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TT.TTTT M I i t -J i. l lU.Ciy'A I I I " V 7 1 ivl 1 4 y y.;V t i' ';"'?:J ;3i.K2 1 It' II i v J i 7 - 4 "I i.! . kit -...- - r. VOL. I. V illiiBlIiI J'?5 Paper At AshcvlIIe-UncHs. verqausamcAs Blind Staggers In ? Asherille, SpeciaL-Tle 56th an nual poctiiig cf the Korth Carolina Medical Associatioa was convened :: Iiexe Tuesday. . ' . ; A most - interesting paper was it-ad and discussed i by Dr. B. "Wood, of .Wilmington, on- "A further report on the Pellegra problem.' f Dr. Wood has been : giving 'his time up to study of this interesting disease in connection with Dr. E. H. Bellamy, of Wilmington, and while he has made several interesting discoveries, much is yet unknown in regard - tft this disease, 4 which ho . termed one of the most dangerous, next to tuber culosis, and the hook worm that the people of Eastern ; North Carolina and the South hafl to . face V He said he had found this disease widely pre valent in the eastern counties, par ticularly in . New Hanover, county? and Wilmington. -Dr. Wood has re ceived some aid from je : United States Marine. Hospital Corps, but touch that is at present known be longs to the work of 'North Carolina physicians. W Dr. Woods reported that, while the idea is that Pellejjra is ' connected with and due to v the eating of corn and corn bread, he.was not convinced that it was due entirely to the use of either of these. The thought ithat i GENERAL PROSPERITY PREVAILS IN THE SOUTHLAND i-iciuiiurB ju.anuiaccnrftr.4 record gives a. concise idea of I the prevaling prosperity in the SoiUh as follows: r if;'.- "The financial condition of South is excellent, and all indications are of the most favorable character. The crops last year were good and Tthe prospects for 1909 are exceeding ly encouraging. ; An exchangs$ys. ;ilat taking seven of the principal bouthern crops as' a standard f of comparison, it , appears that tho bouth gained nearly $100,000,000 -in -IK)8 as contrasted with -1907, last year's crops beinsr worth more than those of 1907. The va?ub 7f of v the com V, iSTi I? IWK ; m y3o,C00, har declined from ftfifi77- O00 to $60,649,000, tobacco declined from $55,353,060 to $55,256,561, oars increased from $25,922,000 to $33- E DLTY ON PRINT PAPER IS MATERIALLY RAISED uauuigiua, opeciai. Just before adjournment Friday. . the Senn;-. adopted by a vote of 44 to 32. the amendment of the Senate committee on finance, fixing a duiy of $4 a ton on print paper, in place of the House rate of $2 a ton, but the other amend ments to the wood pulp and print paper schedules had not been acted upon when the Senate adjourned a 7 o'clock. After this vote had been taken there was an effort to reach an agreement upon a time for voting upon the various income and corpora tion tax propositions. , Mr. Aldrch sought to obtain a gen eral agreement to postpone the furth er consideration of this question until after the disposal of the tariff sehed ules, but Senators Bailey and ' Cum mms insisted upon coupling with the apeement an understanding that there should be taken a direct vote on the adoptipn of an income tax amendment and no agreement was reached. Discussion of the tariff was con- nned largely to the Democratic side THE IMPEACHMfcNl OF ALABAMA SHERIFF STANDS Monteomerv. Ala.. Supreme Court Friday afternoon de nied the application of Frank Caza las, impeached sheriff of Mobile county, for a new trial, thus making Lis impeachment final. - Cazalas was removed from affice bv the Supreme Court on the charge of gross neglect in. allowing Richard L'obertson, a negro, to be taken from the Mobile county jail and lynched. RUSSIAN VESSEL FIRES btockholm, By Cable. despatches received here from Helsingx?-?s con l:rm the news that the British -"team-er Woodburn, cf Newcastle, wav fired upon by a vessel , of the Russian squadron in Pitkipass bay, the rend .pvous of Emperor Nicholas and F.mperor William on Thursday. The first shot was a blank charge lut this was followed a few seconds later by two shells. Portions of the shells penetrated the bulkheads and the boiler of the .Woodburn. The en BISHOP CANDLER TO ACT Washington,. Special Bishop War ren A. Chandler, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of Georgia, . was Friday agreed upon as the third arbi trator in the dispute between the Georgie Railroad Company and. its firemen. It is not at all certain that he will accept the position. After receiving notification of his 'election, Bishop Candler made this statement: "I am not inclined to accept such it. was due, probably to a germ, but aa 1m L J 1.1- i jryuv iu uwu una Die xo discover th eernL He referred 'tn"-t.h ron-rlr of .Teitzonia on the subject and iome of the experiments."; that he" had per formed in Grermanv. but wfts nf th opinion that the disease in the South was- or a mueh more malignant va riety thaii that in EuroDe. Dr. Wood icported that he., had heated corn up to degrees, centergrade, and yet naa not been able -to destroy the oel legra that was prevalent in the corn. He .thousht that it was i i possible to find it in other products as wen as corn. Me referred to the ract that Dr. R, H. Bellamy, of Wil mmsrton, and Dr. Powell, of Clem. son College, are of the opinion that, ine so-called ' blmd staggers ' ' that is found in horses is due to Pellegra. . -.Dr. Wood reDorted that hn not believe that Pellegra is due to ftomaine poisoning, but to some germ which as yet has not been sue cessf ully isolated. He reported that ne is now Carrying on cultures and uopea io report further on. this" mat ter. He said as vet he liasi Tin nn. able to i find any successful treatment for the diseasejmany cases of which were fatal, but was now' trvins the arsenic method, Recently,; said Dr. wood, seventeen persona have died in nis section trom the disease. " - - w.ww. .uii mLiii 1 iftn mm 'I I ' uK-iHHi TJci -- ' j. ,1 . 529,000 to $23,563,000 and rye from 5-,iiavu to- gy.,154,000, the -totals xor tne two years being $694,108,000 TPBrwntiirolT i jfJtVis stated by . the same anth; "4jiuai. ne cotton crop, with, its sedis5,worth probably at least $f 00, (00,000 more, while the rice harvest is placed at $17,771,281, the siiar; cane yield Is appraised at $34,000, 000, making the grand, aggregate for tbe?10 Southern crops not less than :142,000,000 This total must be increased by the poultry and dairy products, 'by garden truck and kher .4i--iL.i 11 . . . ... agncuitural crops, which, it is esti u &a PaP? 700,000,000 to r ' 'With these facts and fiirure h, view, it is assumed that the present yr ar wui oe attended with much pros perity, and that trade in the various Southern states will be much larger than for unmet i-ooro no o- f) I IU J . cf the chamber, and. whil t. ly based upon the tariff, had more pertinent reference to the Democratic national platform. The imemdiate subject of debate was an interview with former Congressman John E. Lamb, of Indiana, iu which that gen tleman was represented as criticising the Democratic Senators who had not east their votes on some of the sched ules in accordance with the declara tiens of the Dtnver. platform. Among those who were referred to were Sen ators Daniel, of Virginia, and Sim mons, of North Carolina, and each made response to the criticism. During the course of his remarks, Senator Hughes took occasion to op pose the policy of attempting to im pose an income tax by the round about way of a constitutional amend ment. He declared his .conviction that it was now competent for Con pess to impose ah income tax under its present authority and he pointed out that the former income tax law was not still on the statute books, as had been stated by the President, but inai n nas expired by its own limita- in tne original proceedings before the Supreme Court it was shown that, notwithstanding rumors were current that an attempt would be made to Knch Robertson on the night of the occurrence, the sheriff took no steps to protect the negro. . The costs of the impediment pro ceedings, amounting to several thou-f-and dollars, were assessed against the sheriff. ON A BRITISH STEAMER gineer of the steamer ,was wounded in the leg. and was taken aboard the Russian . cruiser Asia, where his wounds were dressed. j The German imperial yacht Hohen zollern, with Emperor William on oard, joined the Russian squadron conveying ..Emperor Nicholas on board the imperial yacht Standart at 10 o 'clock Thursday morning. Em peror . Nicholas immediately went on board the Hohenzollern and -welcomed Emperor William. All the ships present were dressed and manned. AS STRIKE ARBITRATOR a task unless it is perfectly clear that it is my-duty to dp so on behalf oi the parties at issue and in the inter est of the general public. No' consid eration 1 could move me to undertakt it short of a sense of duty. In replj to the dispatch of ; notification fron: Mr. Herbert: and Mr. Hardwick I have sent a telegram and will nol decide the matter finally until I heai from them further." ' . V v CHlkA GROTE, Ni C PffiK)! NEW YORK'S TRAGEDY Oen. Nigel's Oranddanghtsc -the Vic : tim of Foulest Murder All Shroud ved ia Mystery: ' :.; & w York m. Special. jEIizabeth Sigel, daughter' . of Paul Sigel, of this tity, and granddaughter of the illus trious' Franz; Sigel, the German war rior, who enlisted his services with' the Union army during the civil war, is according to all indications,' the victim of one of the most sordid mur ders in the history of New, York. If she. is not the victom the policeVaro confronted With 4 remarkable series cf ioincidental facts., - i The young lady has been' missing for more than;' a Week. Packd .in a steamer trunk' tied with rope and left in a stuffy little roem in a house occu pied' principally by Chinese the body of a young woman was discovered last Friday night. .. The girl's stomaci, is. in '.the -hands the Columbia University professor; who will make a chemical analysis of it& contents. Although the murder is supposed to have been committed June 9, the exact cause of, her death has never been ascertained. A Mrs. E. Smith, . w)io says she knev the Sigels well, suggests that the -s victim is not Elsie Sigel but a mysterious "Nellie" who has figured in Leon Ling 's love affairs. She holds ti i as pussiuie mat Jiirsie ana me cnina- manv were preparing to elope when miwd uppeuieu, crieu a scene and was kilkd. ' .-. v Paul Sigel, Elsie Sigel s father, at first failei to recognize the decompos ed mass at his daughter.- Sunday night, however, in company with oth ers of the family' and family connec tions, it was ultimately decided that the clothes, iewelrv. hair Din and oth- .. rv I. 1 1 . n . ,1 A i er things on the body arc, those 'worn oy Ji isie tsigei and the tayier claimed the body. fSun Leonsr-, proprietor of a restau rant, who also conducted the rooming house above, disappeared shortlv after the discovery of the murder, ad ding iurther-to the mystery. The case has . man v unusual" features, notachla among which is the fact that a China man had' been known to call at the Siger home, presumably with the sanction of the. parents. Elizabeth, r Elsie, was. 20 years old, and was greatly interested in work.' among Chinese. The Chinaman-.was fnnn1 Liter to be passionately; in love with uu, way luruiuuen -xne oigei home. Miss Sigel was. afraid of her admirer' it is said." A telesTam rppjti- lmglyj5ta be -from-her-Was. received iimiuuguu ciiy saying, sne would be at "home on Sunday follow ing her disappearnce. Two" Chinna men and a white srirl ree-ist errH nt Pennsylvania Avenue Hotel, one of the Chinamen meeting the description of the suspected man. The mvstei-v was still more deepened by the find- ma; or tne iellowmz undated note asnong the Chinamen's effects: You seem to be growing cold to me: Just think of the sacrifice T made for you, my family,, my friends. xor uod s sate don't lorsake me. "ELSIE," The police on -Snndav rpfpivpl In formation from Chi val of two Chinamen who it is be lieved are the fleeing culprits. They tccui ucskiuea xor oniisn Vancouver. Mexican Invents New Alrshlm Citv of Mexico." Snprint. JTpniH 6amson's invention of an aeroplane promises -success. Models of the ma chine have alreadv been thoronchlv tested and have worked perfectly, and the construction of a. full-sized machine will soon be nndr wnr. Tim claiins of superiority made for the new aerial ycraft are externa rnm- pactness, elimination of horizontal rudders, ability of the navigator to control its vertical course mppnam. cally, by simply varying the centre of gravity, such construction as to mit of the ship's being made in any size, ana a mecnanism by which its course is changed automatically. 14 Hurt On Sight-Seeing Auto. New York, Special. Fourteen per sons on a sight-seeing automobile to Coney Island were injured Monday, one perhaps fatally, when the ma chine became unmanageable, ran into a tree arid turned over. The chauf feur tried to stop the machine but could not. Neither could It be steer ed. Six of the occupants wer! taken to the Coney Island Hospital. Prosecution of Bigger?. rjCharlotte, Special. The .defense in the ease of the, State against Biggers closed its case Monday at noon ; in the afternoon the State began refut ing the testimony as to the-insanity of the -defendant. . Policeman J. E. Hunter declared on the stand that Biggers told him after the homicide that he had killed Green Hood and asking him after being imprisoned to send word to his attorneys, Maxwell & Keerans. The State t further brought testimony - from many - other witnesses who said that they were not Impressed with the man's bein insane before the tragedy. Eenben D. Beid Dead. Wentworth, N. C, Special. Ex- J Mate Senator Reuben 4 D. Reid, of this ,town, died Monday morning at 7 o'clock at the residence of, his broth er, Thomas. S. Reid, as the result of an attack of appoplexy, which occur' red Friday morning while he was -sitting- in his law office at Reidsville Ex-Senator Reid was a man of un-' uiuaf strength of character and CARS RUN TOGETHER jAcqdcht Caused by t Dlsobe- fii d'cncc tqf Orders, q r JIN KILLED BYOllEY CLASH :Big Suburban .Electric Cars " : Oome . Together Wear i South j Bend, IncL, Killing Ten. Persons " Outright i and v Injuring Forty ? More .or Less Se- . riouslv.' ' : - South Bend Ind ' Special.- Ten persons were'kiUed And forty injured in a'wreck on thiv Chicago, Lake Shore. & South Ben Kailroad inPer ter . couiity,Indiai,Sunday i night, two of the big'electric cars collided headon According? to General Man ager, H. iU.'y?allace, the wreck was due " to a disobedience of orders by Motorman George 'fXi. Reed, of the east-bound cartwha was killed. ; Keed received instructions at Gary tr wait at Wiisoni; a short distance west of JJailey town, the point at which the disaster.t occurred, for tho wesiDouna car io: pass, me impact l1 1 ' - A. :' 'A. VIII ' J A. i ; . i t 01 xue c wero. se great tncy were educed ! to a' mass, of wreckage. The dead are i ueotge M Keed, motorman, Michigan gCjy,! nd., formerly of Villa Grovo,v 111. ; ; Ray F. Merriman, married SbuUi pend; Charles- John son, Porter, ' Ind Edward Gilbertson, PorterIndj Barber, Mishawaka; F. T. Moore, residence unknown ; William Leon, secretary of the Dow agiao ; Moto? Works, Dowagiac) Mich.; FrA Lake; president Dowa giac Motor Works Jowagiac; II. H. Hutson; Niles, Mich.; Charles Swan ton PorterInd. - .f The eastbbund'car was going fifty miles and hour toijpake up lost time. When the- crash, furred, the east bound cpr vas telescoped and almost demolished.? In this train , were'iill of the killed and most of the injured, passengers on i he westbound train ea ceping: with' bruises. .The twq cars. were welded togeth er in ""a mass Of debris The cries fot help cansed a'scene of confusion for many t minutes. , Soon, however, the cool-beaded passengers brought order out of chaos," and.,wjjile some con verted iHrhCffife f 6fTt6rgiiatb'l hospital and morffue." others rescued J ine injured. , Car ' Wrecks Automobile. Anderson, S. C, Special. James H. Cobb, superintendent of the Bel ton Cotton Mills, is dead. Rev. D. D. Richardson, pastor of the ' Second Baptbt church, of Belton, and the Gluck Mills Baptist church, of this city, is in a critical condition, in a hospital here, his wife is slightly in jured and Rev. E. A. McDowell, of Ninety-Six, field agent of The Bap tist courier, is seriously hurt, as the result of a collision between an inter urban car of the Anderson Traction Company, and an automobile, which occurred at Breazealejs crossing, nine miles east of Anderson, shortly be fore noon Sunday. The dead and injured were occu pants of the automobile. The acci dent occurred at the foot of a smart grade as the car was coasting at the rate of about 15 miles an hour. The automobile party was sighted by those in charge of the car, Conductor C P. ,Burriss and Motorman E. E. Banders, and the usual signal given, there being plenty of time for tha machine to clear the crossing well in front of the car. When the front wheels of the automobile, however, had cleared the first rail of the track the engine seemed to come to a dead standstill and in a few seconds the car struck it. Kev. Mr. Richardson's skull .was fractured and his left leg and arms broken and he is yet unconscious. Rev. Mr. McDowell was removed from the sceno of the accident to the Belton Hotel, where -his injuries were dressed. He is suffering from a brok en shoulder and arm and while seri ously hurt Jiis condition is not ser ious. He was removed to his home at Ninety-Six late in the afternoon ap parently resting well. Ohioan Shoots 'Neighbor and Wife and Tries Suicide. Stubenville, , Ohio., Special. Meier Osman shot and .killed Mike Dernck, shot and seriously wounded his wife and thep attempted to:ommit suicide Sunday. - Osman quarreled with a neighbor, over a cat and .ran into his jipupe to obtain shotgun with which tp shppt him. In the room where Os man' kept his gun he found Demick, a hoarder capessing Mrs" Osman. Se curinc hi'enn Osmnn mhnt rA al- a , C " . mvw HMW most - instantly:: killed Demick. Mrs; t ' ' V. 1 ?i I . ...am. wsmnn was snoi in tat bflcic. .' osman then turned the e-un noon himiAlf unA ilred; but did. not wound seriously, Husband 'a Aim is Bad. Anniston, Ala.,": Special. A 1 sensa tion was created here Sunday afternoon- when A: WU Falls, a prominent cotton -factor, fired four shots from a revolver at R. Ripley, of : , Spartan burg,S." C, when: he found the latter at his'home in the company of Mrs. Falls. . Although the shots were fired at close range, none took effect. Both Ripley-and . Falls, were arrested and To"i-n in ioil ' "Coll lntn bond. r - . label AUim&ii4Jjc f- 5.. 25, 1909. COTTON REPORT ISSUED OoTeriunent Pnblishes Besnits of Ex-. V part's Study Sea, Island" Cotton Acreage Has Net Changed Much; . " 8ince 1900.. :-: ' '. 'Washington, Special, Daniel C. Roper, of the United ' States census bureau, has just prepared a compre hensive report on the cotton industry in the United States iaetyear. ; ;- In reference to the estivation of sea island cotton this report says : The cultivation of sea island cotton in the United States at the present time, as shown by returns of ginners, confined to 17 counties in ' Florida, 26 in Georgia,, and 4 in South Caro lina, or a total of .47 counties. It is not grown,1, however, throughout the counties from which it is ... returned. The area given to this culture in 1S09; as returned at" the 10do census,'. -and' which has probably not changed ma terially, was 317,445, acres, distribute ed as ' follows : - Georgia, . 170,753 ; Florida, 122,787; and South Carolina, 23,902. Experiments have been made iu in any other parts, of these States,; and in other State's, to grow this eot-r ton,, but so-unsatisfactory have been the results that all efforts to grow it outside, of. certain , well-defined areas in the States named have been aban doned. ' Farmers who grow sea island cotton in the interior secure new seed frequently from the .coast regions in order to preserve its identify, as the fiber degenrates rapidly into that of upland cotton. The . distribution of sea island cotton by counties for the last five years will be found in Table 15. arid the localities producing it are represented on Map 1, page 24. The increased demand in recent years for superior staples is develop ing better varieties of upland cotton by seed selection and more careful cultivation. The United States de-' partment of agriculture has been and is now rendering very valuable ; ser vice in 'assisting the growers along these lines. The long staples grown chiefly in the portion of the Missis sippi Valley, which- extends from Vicksburg to Memphis, region about 57 miles wide and 200 miles long, are receiving more attention' than hereto fore. The fiber of much of the cotton grown in this territory measures from.", one and - one-fourth , to one 'and jeven-eiirhths4. inches v in length; aiidthevera-gtfyMdira one bale to the acre. The seeds of these fancy varieties have been plant ed in localities outside of this? region the last two or three years with grati fying results, as the staple not in frequently commands a premium, of from 5 to 10 cents a pound over mid dling upland'. Unfortunately, few of the loaclities producing this cotton are supplied with the 'ginning facili ties best suited for the proper treat ment of the fiber; saw gins, which cut and break the fiber, are generally em ployed. In contrast with this prac tice attention is directed to the faet that the Egyptian and sea island cot tons are treated by roller gins, which contribute to regularity and unifor mity ia the fiber. The increase of the imports of for eign cottons which come in competi tion with sea island and other su perior cottons grown in this country has aroused" the American growers, as is evidenced by the fact that, when the Payne tariff bill was recently un der consideration, representatives cf the growers of sea island cotton and of the best varieties produced in the Mississippi Valley petitioned Cong ress for the speedy enactment of an amendment to the tariff laws, by which an import duty of not less than 40 per cent would be imposed on the market valuation of all foreign grown cotton imported into America, which can be used as a substitute or compe titor by American mills against simi lar grades raised in this country. It may be stated in this connection that the importation of foreign cotton for the year ending -August- 31, 1908, amounted to 143,490 bales of 500 pounds each, of which 122,170 were imported direct from Egypt; the pro duction of sea 'island cotton in 1908 was 93,858 bales,' and that of the su perior varieties grown in the -Mississippi Valley has been estimated at about 300,000 bales. ' The Gould Divorce Case. New York, Special. Sensation seekers and the curious who have at tended daily the sessions' of Kather ine Clemmons Gould's suit for separ ation from her husband, Howard Gould, were sadly disappointed at the resumption of the hearing before Justice Dowling' in the Supreme Court Monday when it was announced that the define had rested and that Howard Geuld would . not take the stand. It had been expected that his direct testimony and his cross-exami nation by Clarence J. Sbeam coun sel for the plaintiff, would tako two full days.- , Seaboard Buys a Railroad. Cheraw, S. C, Special A. H. Page and son of this place, Monday trans ferred to the Seaboard Air Line Rail way, the controlling interest ' in the Chesterfield $ Lancaster Railroad. Company. The -purchase price of the stock was not- announced. The Ches terfield & Lancaster -Railroad, -which was built in 1901, is about 40 miles in length, running from Cheraw to Crowberg, about thirty . miles -: from Charlotte, N. C . . , NORTH STMEi Items of Slate Interest Gathered V Teachers Assembly Ended. Morehead City, Special The. twenty-sixth annual meeting, of the North Carolina ; Teachers' Assembly was brought to a close Friday afternoon when the annual business session was held. -. : . . V-V . ' -. .- ." -' - ; : At the meeting President T. ; R. Foust .presided and B. D. W. Connor was. secretary. ; The usual vote of thanks was' extended those who had a part in making the, assembly a sue-; cess. A nominating, committee con sisting of E. C. Brooks, W. H." Rags dale, H. B. Craven, H. L. Smith and Miss 'Mary . Applewhite, , nominated the following officers for the coming year : Dr. D. H. Hill, president ; C. L. Coon, Wilson, vice president; R. D. W. Connor, secretary, and H. B. Smith andA. E. Woltz, members of the executive committee. A number tf resolutions were read and adopted": One endorsing Superintendent Joy uer S 01 president of the National Educational Association, another ask. ing the State to provide an educationl building at Raleigh another calling upon the State teachers to attend the Southern Educational , Conference at Charlotte in December; endorsing the Stonewall Jackson Training School; to send delegate to National Educational Assembly at Denver in July; thanking Dr. Brooks for his .real in editing North. Carolina Edtt eation. The motion to send dele- t'ates to Denver created much discus sion. President Fdusfc, of theV State Normal, was elected, no provision be ing made for paying. hia expenses.; . - An interesting paper was submit ted by C. L. Coon. It was- not' ia resolution or report, but t some thoughts hy Mr. Coon. If all the things suggested by the paper are carried, out the educational system of the State- will show i many changes. Among things it was suggested that the State board of Jucation consist of teachers. The-' report . was ordered to be printed with other proceedings and a. committee of five was. appoint ed to make further investigations. Shot His Father. ; v w ' Spencer, - Special. Mr. Phillfp Sowers, a well known farmer near 'Spencer, was painfully shot SatucJ- while the two were out hunting near their country , home. The son fired at a squirrel, not knowing that his father was in range; and a part of 'the load accidentally took, effect in the breast of Mr Sowers, who is eighty years old, though hale and hearty. After being shot, he fired his own gun, killing the squirrel, after which he was given medical atten tion, and it is thought will soon re- cover, as the shooting was at long range and the shot made only' flesh wounds. No blame attaches to Mr. J. C. SoweraT on account of the ac cident. v ' Encampment of Guards. Baleigh, SpecialA readjustment of dates for the encampment of reg iments of the North Carolina Nation al Guard was made Monday and, the general orders were issued by Adjutant-General J. F. Armfield. The dates finally agreed upon are : Sec ond Regiment, July 8 to 14; Third Regiment, with Reidsville Hospital Corps and Battery A, Charlotte, July 39 to 25, and First Regiment, with Charlotte Hospital corps, July 28 to August 3. The advisory board had decided on July 5 for. the beginning of the encampments, but it has been found since that necessary equip ment cannot be gotten to . certain ocmpanies in time for the earlier1 dates. Former Durhamite Arrested at Lynchburg, Va., For Murder. Durham, Special. The authorities have received word here that Anglo Hamilton, a former Durham man, has been arrested in Lynchburg, Va., and is being held there charged with the murder, of Sallie Hicks. There is nothing telling the story of the crime. The man was unknown there and there is the simple suggestion of scandal. Teachers Convene at Morehead. Morehead City, Special. In the presence of a large audience the twenty-.sixth annual meetine of the North Carolina Teachers' Assembly was begun Tuesday evening at 10 o'clock at the Atlantic Hotel as sembly room. Dr. p. H. Hill, of the A. an d-M. College, made the opening address of the nieeting and introduc ed Governor W. W. Kitchin. Tha Governor did not make a- sDeech.bnt he mada a talk that delighted hi au aience. He told some good jokei and men a number of beuqets. He said he had nothing new or startling to offer along educational ; lines, t Forty-Threa Pints Oaptnred. ' , Charlotte, Special. Ed. C- Caton, a resident of Sharon township, .was arrested Friday for , having in. his possession '43 pints of whiskey, the law allowing a man .only two and a half. gallons at a time. A charge of retailing was sworn, out against , him and a bond of $200 fixed for his ap pearance at court. Mr. T. L. Caton, a brother of the accused man, went on his bond and it is said the ease will, be fought. - - . - NEWSIWOTES from fHere? iad llvere ap4 ;-: Jailer Struck. Over . Heai;, v Greensboro, Special. When - Jailetv W. H May, in company with Depity Sheriff John W. Weatberly, went into a cell of the. jail at noon Mon- j day. to take out a prisoner who was wanted in ; the I conrti honse,; ' John u Spease, who was. occupying ihe cell c with the prisoner wanted, suddenly began larruping. Jailer May over ,the head with a big- linked . iron chain, ; cutting a- ba4 scalp wound on haa hcaditbiorigh his hat; before the 'as sailant with 5 tb!e aid of the deputy1 sheriff, the jaile and the .other pris-v 1 oner could get 'him down and tie binju : Spease has- been in jail eight weeks ; awaiting admission into the asvlum Laving been sent here from 'High Point. He lias been very quiet and i orderly,, showing no signs of .. beiBg dangerous-until the sudden attack' ot the jailer Monday. JSis' companion im the cell says sometime in the morn- ; ing, Pease twisted an iron chain: from -a bunk, remarking that he was going . to makefthe jailer who had him lock ed up without a cause turn him ou ' The; man seemed . perfectly cool and, nnexcited' arid his s remark? was not considered amounting to anything. un til the sudden "attempt to carry; ont the. threat recalled it. There are now two white men, from High Point in ' jail, on account of failure to get them in the asylum. . . -' '." . ' -.a r : :rj- Wilmington ' Man Makes a Bungling: Attempt at: Suicide. ,.; Wilmtngton, ; v Special. MiUon , Breckenridge, . a' well-known young -man, formerly a, bank clerk in this city until he lost his position on - . count of- dissipation, made a . bungling, attempt at suicide by shooting him-' 1 self in the mouth on North Fourth street early: Tuesday afternoon. After, shooting hiiriself he became frighten ed and urged those about -him to . hnrry with the summons for a phy sician, and cautioned the . policeman. ... who disarmed him of his : pistol - to mind how' he handled the weaponifor fear it would go off while pointed in his direction- He was hurried to the hospital where it is stated the wound ; , is" not fatal, the ball having lodged in : the ; roof of - the mounth. ' - wKiUs -atl'fUo" ;Sayi,.2Iothffr., 1 Zi. Selma, Special. Mr. Frank Craw ford, who lived about eight miles, north .of Selma, was struck ; on ..- the head with. &a .axe " by his. thirteen-' year-old fsqn, Herman Monday morn-. inb aboult six o 'clock and instantly . -'-. '.. ' killed. ; The particulars of the homi cide as can be learned are that Craw- : ford and his wife had a quarrel over Crawford's cursing the boy Herman,; ' n the result of' which' was Crawfor . threw her to the floor -and was beat- ' ing her. She' asked her son to get him off and not being able to do so without force he , picked up an axe ; and struck his father crushing in his skull. Herman was taken to jail" at Smithfield. '. ' ; ' Lightning Struck Factory. ; Wilson, SpeciaL Monday after noon during a heavy downpour - of rain lightning struck the Contehtnea guano factory in. the southwest sec- : tion of Wilson and in a few "mo- - ments the whole' structure was seething mass of flame. The factory and content were the-property of . 1. L. Woodard & Co., and was in sured for onlv tbree thousand dol lars, a policy for $300 expiring on June 4th and another one for $1,500 on May firsts The loss was $15,000, ' But for the heavy rain and the ex client work of the firemen the wil son Oil Mill would have gone, up .in . 1 smoke. ' - Boy Drowned In Biver. Lincolnton, Special.George, the 11-year-old son: of Mr. Christopher James) of Worth, was drowned while bathing ia the river last Friday after- -noon '- The burial service' was con- ' . ducted Sunday by Rev. Risinger. George was born the day of the bat tle of Manila ! was fon)ht and was named for Ad mifal Dewey. ' ' ' 4 Pomona Mills Sold. Greensboro,, SpeciaL The: Pomona Cotton Mills of Greensboro, bank-i mpt, was sold by trustee Thursday " afternoon for the second time, bring ing two hundred and eighty-five thou- ; sand dollars E. P. Wharton, repre- )' senting the syndicate which had purV' chased the claims against the con cern, being the ': highest bidder. At the former sale Mr. Wharton was the bighesti bidder at two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars; , Judca Boyd did not confirm the sale ordojv Ing another. I . ; : .. V. Arretted ? for: lliirdir a . Winston-Salem, ., Special. Del ec- . tives. who have been investigating the death of Ted Bently, a wealthy farmer of Wilkes county, supposjd to have been killed three weeks ago by -drinking poisoned whiskey, jar- rested and jailed at Wilkesboro, Fri- ; ; day night Foor and Marshall Fleteh-' er, their sister,., and Lee Hubbard,"; r charged with committing the crime. '5 "l- '-",f:i ''-V: 1 mm v 4 . : i J...' l :V