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i' "This Argus o'er the people's rights Doth an eternal vigil keep ; No sooth ingstrains of Maia's son Shall lull itshundred eyes to sleep." $1.00 a. Year. q$1.00 a Year State library GOLD8BOBO, N. C, SATURDAY, JULY 31,- 1909. VOL. XXTV NO. 70 'X, i ? i "4 AGREEMENT SUDDEN. Struggle Over Tariff Question Absut to Come to An End. Report Laid Before President Taft and Question Is Whether It Suits Him Duty of $1.40 on Sough Lumber. Washington. D. C. July 28 After working for nearly three weeks at what proved to be one of the longest and most anxious tasks ever experi enced in tariff building, the mapority members of the conference commit tee of the Payne-Aldrich bill brought their labors to a sudden close at six o'clock tonight. Without a moment's delay, the Sen ate and House leaders whose names are carried by the bill, started away by automobile with the intention of laying their report before President Taft, who had gone to Fort Myer to see what had been intended to be the last aeroplane official flight of the Wright brothers. All day long the conferees had struggled with the question of bring ing down the House rates on lumber figures they felt would meet with ex ecutive approval. In this ecort they failed. . Lumber was made dutiable at rates only a little below those named by the Senate bill, and there was a very slight shading from the House rates on gloves of good quality. Although It was not admitted by the conferees, the general impression drawn from the hurried trip to Fort Myer was that Messrs. Aldrlch and Payne had been authorized by their colleagues to incorporate in the conference re port such figures as could be agreed upon with the President, in so far as they came within range of what the leaders believe will be acceptable in the House and Senate. Returning from the conference at Returning from the conference at Fort Myer, Messrs. Aldrich and Payne seemed to be entirely satisfied with the outcome of their mission, al though neither would discuss the con-1 elusion reached. It was announced officially that the .Democratic members of the confer ence committee would be called in session tomorrow. In view of President Taft's uter :ances, Senate and Housejeaders were .predicting tonight that the confer ence rates on gloves and lumber would not prove satisfactory to him. It required a roll to fix the rates on '.lumber which are as follows: Lura Iber, rough, $1.40 a thousand feet. The IHouse rate $1, and the Senate $y.50. 'The Senate differentials were adopted. Gloves were made dutiable at rates 'considerably in advance of the duties :by the Senate bill, which for the main part were the same as the Dingley rates. The session today was the busiest tsince the bill has been in conference. (Dozens of senators sought audiences rand were received by the Senate members of the committee and there called also man ymembers of the House, including the committee rep resenting the anti-free raw material insurgents. In the corridors swarmed :agents of special interests, who seem ed to realize' that the crucial period of the conference had arrived. JULY WHEAT ADVANCES 9 CENTS. A Vigorous Demand Causes Grain to Go to $1.34 Per Bushel. New York, July 28. The price of July wheat was advanced more than nine cents per bushel today on a vig orous demand by the traders on the short side of the market. They finally paid $1.34 per bushel, -which equalled the high point of the season. The price of the crop of the late months advanced two cents per bushel on reports of black rust in the Northwest.. Upward of 130 loads were taken for export today. EXECUTRIX'S NOTICE. All persons indebted to Dr. W. J Jones are hereby notified to make im mediate payment. All persons hold ins claims against his estate are here by notified to present the claims duly verified before the 25th day of July, 1910, or this notice will be plead In Thar of their recovery, All bills may be presented to Mrs, Margaret C, Jones at the residence of "Mr. F. I Castex, in Goldsboro, and all payments may be made to her. This July 15, 1909. CLARA E. JONES, Executrix. Tnbn W Gates says we're on the v f ereat prosperity. That oug! t to settle it. ' SEEK UNIFORMITY IN LAWS. Representatires of Federal and State Governments Assemble. Atlantic City, N. J., July 29. Well known leaders of roganized labor, ex ecutive heads of railroads and other large industrial corporations and rep resentatives of the Federal and state governments assembled in Atlantic City today and entered upon three day discussion of the general subject of employers' liability and working men's compensation for injury. The call for the conference was issued some time ago by H. V. Mercer, chair man of the Minnesota employees' compensation commission. The simi lar commissions that exist in Wiscon sin, Illinois, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Kentucky and one or two other states have sent representatives to the conference. The conference will discuss the Eu ropean laws covering the subject of workingmen's compensation for in juries, the constitutional questions involved in the passage of Federal or state laws, and the various systems proposed. Efforts will be made to formulate a plan for uniformity of state laws dealing with employers liability and preventing, if possible, legislative enactment by any state in the future that might conflict with the laws of another state. Included among those who are ex pected to address the conference are George M. Dixon, vice-president of the United States Steel Corporation; W. E. McEwen, state labor commis sioner of Minnesota; John Mitchell, former head of the United Mine Workers; Prof. John R. Commons, of the University of Wisconsin; E. E. Clarke, of the Interstate Commerce Commission, and J. M, Smith, of the Lackawanna Railroad. SPANIARDS LOSE HEAYILY. 21 Officers and 200 Men Killed in Se rious Revolution. Madrid, July 28. -The revolution in Catalonia has reached a serious stage. There is much bloodshed and artil lery has been employed in the streets, of Barcelona to quell the outbreaks. The city is terror-stricken. The revo lutionists are reported to be fighting desperately behind barricades. King Alfonso hastened back to Madrid from Sonsebastian and at once issued a proclamation of martial law and suspending constitutional guar anties throughout Spain. Orders have been given to the governors of the provinces to crush the revolution at any cost without hesitation and with out pity. Today marks a black chapter in Spain's history, for there was tragedy both at home and abroad. The King reached here in time to learn that part of his army at Melilla had had a bloody battle with the Moors, which, though finally a victory for the Span iards, cost the lives of 21 officers and a total of 200 Spaniards killed or wounded. CONFERENCE POSTPONED. Congressman Small Unable to Re in Hyde at Appointed Time. State Superintendent Joyner stated yesterday morning that the meeting of the State Board of Education and Congie&sman John H. Small with the prop'-ny owners of Hyde county to confer upon the matter of draining Matlami.skeet La'.-.e pnd other over flowed lands in thac district will not be held next week owing to the im- jossioility of Mr. Small's attendance at that time. It is probable, he stated, that the conference will be held dur ing the third Week in August, al though this has not been decided upon definitely. The conference will be of the ut most Importance to those owning lands in the lake area, as drainage is the paramount question with those who desire to make their, property valuable or even profitable.- Addi tional interest has been taken in the drainage proposition recently because of the incessant and "heavy rains which have overflowed the cultivated lands and destroyed the flourishing crops. No papers were signed at the meet ing of the Board of Education Tues day, when a proposition for draining the lake was submitted by Mr. John Seip, of Cincinnati, O., but his nego tiations for the purchase of the lake will continue. Biennial Institute. The biennial Institute .for the pub lic school teachers of Wayne county will be opened in this city next Mon day, August 2, for a session of twd weeks. The institute will be con ducted by Prof. W. W. Walker, of the faculty of the University of North Carolina, assisted by Mrs. Mariana , Guerrisen, of the faculty of the Golds- : boro public schools." The law requires all public school teachers to attend the institute. The advantages to be derived from a two weeks' course of study in the Institute are so great that no teacher can afford not to at- , tend' PULLIAM ATTEMPTS SUICIDE. President National Baseball League Shoots Himself. New York, July 28. Harry C. Pul liam, president of the National League of Baseball Clubs, attempted suicide tonight in his rooms on the third floor of the New York Athletic Club. Standing In the center of the room Mr. Pulliam held a revolver to his right temple. He fired only one shot. The bullet destroyed the right eye and passed through the upper part of the left. It is not believed that, he can re cover, although he continued con scious for some time after the shoot ing. The sound of the pistol was not heard, but Mr. Pulliam in falling to the floor apparently dislodged the re ceiver of the telephone, which was standing on a table nearby so that help was soon at hand. His wound were carefully dressed, but the physicians had little hope of saving Mr. Pulliam 's life. Coroner's physician Sprady, who arrived about half an hour after the -.hooting, assisted Dr. Higgins in at tending to the wounded man's needs. Both of them attempted to get some explanation of the . baseball presi dent's attempt to kill himself, but he was too dazed to give Intelligible an swers. The sight of both eyes was de stroyed by the bullet, the physicians said. Although the, course of the bul let was not traced it appeared evident that it had entered at least the cov ering of the brain, and it seemed more than likely that the injury to the brain itself was enough to cause death. Although Mr. Pulliam's act at this time was entirely unexpected some of his friends said that at the time of his recent illness he suffered from se vere attacks of melancholia. Since his return to New York in June he had apparently been in ex cellent spirits. PRESIDENT PULLIAM DIED AT- 8 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING New York, July 29. Harry C. Pul liam, who shot himself last night, died shortly after eight o'clock this morning at the New York Athletic Club. WHAT KEEPS THE SOUTH POOR, Victor S. Bryant at Unveiling of Mon ument to Professor Shurley. Twenty-five years ago Mr. Shurley realized (what we all now know) that ignorance and poverty go hand in hand, and the best investment a state or community can make is to tax it self to educate the young. Had some one asked him, "Are we not too poor to tax ourselves for schools?" he would have answered: "You are too poor not to tax yourselves. A dollar properly invested in education will bring a hundredfold in return." Mr. Shurley knew and taught that as long as the Southern laborer earn ed 50 cents a day, and the New Eng land laborer $2 a day, so long would the South remain poor and New Eng land prosper. That so long as North Carolina sells the labor of her young men at ten, fifteen, twenty, or thirty dollars a month, and imports young men from Massachusetts to earn one hundred, five hundred, or one thous and dollars per month, so long will one state remain near the foot and the other at the top of the ladder of wealth. But he also knew and taught us that the Southern laborer would earn as much as the New England laborer whenever he could do the same work, and his abiding faith in his own people, made him believe. the difference not in natural endowment, but a difference in training. This training was the. work of the school the work of education. Although his opportunity to teach it was poor, he knew the hand should be trained with the head. He taught us self-reliance, diligence and persistence. EVIDENCE AGAINST BREESE. Seeured People to Sign Notes That Were Without Means. Asheville, N. C, July 28. C. B. Leonard, formerly of this : city, but now living at Chattanooga, was the star witness of the Breese-Dickerson bank case today. He stated that in 1891 Major Breese wanted to borrow some money from his (Breese's) bank and not being able to do it under his own name, asked Leonard if he would not lend the use of his name on notes Leonard said he signed seven blank notes for amounts ranging from $500 to $800. He paid nothing on the notes, nor was he asked to pay any thing, he said, until after the bank failed. At Mr. Breese's request JLeon ard said he had secured other people of no means to sign notes he delivered in bank to Breese. It's the little things that - count, says Rockefeller and the little div idends. " IN SCHOOL DAYS. Still sits the school-house by the road, A ragged beggar sunning; Around it still the sumachs grow, And blackberry vines are running. Within, the master's desk is seen, Deep scarred by raps official; The warping floor, the battered seats, The jack-knife's carved Initial; The charcoal frescoes on its"' wall; Its door's worn sill, betraying The feet that, creeping slow to school, Went storming out to playing! Long years ago a winter sun Shone over it at setting; Lit up its western window-panes, And low eaves' icy fretting. It touched the tangled golden curls, And brown eyes full of grieving, Of one who still her steps delayed . When all the school were leaving. For near her stood the little boy Her childish favor singled; His cap pulled low upon a face Where pride and shame were min gled. Pushing with restless feet the snow To right and left, he lingered As restlessly her tiny hands The blue-checked apron fingered. He saw her lift her eyes; he felt The soft hand's light caressing, And heard the tremble of her voice As if a fault confessing. I'm sorry that I spelt the word; I hate to go above you, Because," the brown eyes lower fell "Because, you see, I love you!" Still memory to a gray-haired man That sweet child-face is showing. Dear girl! the grasses on her grave Have forty years been growing! He lives to learn, im life's hard school How few who pass above him Lament their triumph and his loss, Like her--because they love him. John G. Whittier. Of Interest to Automobilists. Raleigh, N. C, July 15, 1909, Hon. J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State. Dear Sir: I have the' honor to acknowledge receipt of your favor of the Mtli instant, enclosing clipping from the Charlotte Observer in which you asik my opinion as to whose duty it is to prosecute violators of the au- tomoble law. The act referred to, which is chap ter 445 of the public laws of 1909, provides that "Any police officer of any city, any marshal, deputy mar shal or watchman of any incorporat ed village or any sheriff or deputy sheriff of any county or any consta ble of any township shall have full power and authority," etc., to arrest any person violating the provisions of J;he act. Section 2877 of the Revi sal of 1905 provides: "It shall be the duty of the sheriff of each county to make diligent inquiry as to whether or not all license taxes provided for by law shall have been paid and, upon the failure of any person to pay on demand and license tax for which he liable to swear out a warrant before some justice of the peace in such county, and the procedure thereon shall be as in other criminal actions. Provided, the payment of the tax and all costs accrued at any stage of the action shall be a bar to further pros ecution." Construing the statutes together it will be seen that it is expressly made the duty of the sheriffs of the several counties to see to it that these auto mobile licenses are paid, and I sug gest that you write letters to every sheriff in the State to this effect. Very truly yours, T. W. BICKETT, Attorney-General. By G. L. Jones, Law Clerk. v Annual Meeting and Picnic Confeder ate 'Veterans Notice is hereby given that the an nual meeting and picnic of Thomas Ruffin Camp Confederate Veterans will be held jointly with the Daugh ters of the Confederacy at' Camp Ham (H. D. Ham's springs) three miles north of Goldsboro, on the second Thursday in August, 1909, it being the thirteenth day. All friends of the Veterans are invited, and requested to : bring Dig baskets well filled. All who attend are expected . to contrib ute, as it is a basket picnic, and this is the, only way of furnishing the din ner and if you don't bring it with you you cannot expect to participate. Let all who come bring a bountiful sup- piy. AH Veterans are urged to be pres ent, as it is the regular annual meet ing and election of officers. A. B. HOLLOWELL, Adjutant Thos. Ruffin Camp U. C. V, Deep down in his.' heart, John D. still thinks Standard Oil Is the best i Club will tender a banquet to M. Bler Investment. .lot, V 250 MILES IN A CANOE. Two Young Men Had Fine Trip From Chapel Hill to Wilmington. Wilmington, N. C, July 29. After traveling an inland water route from Chapel Hill, N. C., to Wilmington, a distance of fully 250 miles, In a ca noe, Messrs. Duncan MacRae, of Chapel Hill, and Elden Bayley, of Springfield, 111., two graduates of the University, arrived late Tuesday af ternoon and report their novel trip a most successful and enjoyable one. . The young men are spending their vacation in this manner and left Chapel Hill on the thirteenth of the month In a canoe of their own and made their way through creeks and rivers, which they found all naviga ble for a small craft of the type used The trip began on New Hope creek in Orange county, between Durham and Chapel Hill, and from this they final ly drifted down into Haw river and then after a long stretch came into the Cape Fear. They made several stops en route, the principal one at Fayetteville, where they remained a day or so to obtain provisions. They experienced fine weather most of the time and the water route was as interesting as it was successful. This is the first trip 4 of the kind on record for the season. Messrs, MacRae and Bayley are spending some time here and at Wrightsville Beach. STILL A MYSTERY. No Clue to Murderer of Old Woman in Guilford County. Greensboro, N. C, July 29. The murder of the aged Lydia Newman, whose mutilated body was found near her home in Sumner township on Sat urday morning, continues to be the baffling mystery It was at first sight. Despite close investigation, the au thorities have been unable to find the slightest clue of the murderer, but they have by no means abandoned hope. That the murder was a peculiarly cold-blooded and deliberate one ,$s now fully developed. After cutting the dogwood sapling with which the old woman was beaten to death, the murderer, from evidences found, had apparently sat down and waited for a favorable opportunity to waylay the old woman. There are evidences of a severe struggle, despite her ex treme age sventy-six and after the murder, her body was dragged, the perpetrator nolding ner teet to a thicket some 300 yards away. It was then that the cold-blooded criminal ransacked the house. Every drawer, every possible place of con cealment was gone through. It is impossible to say now if any money was secured, as the old woman was so secretive about her affairs and lived so entirely alone and out of communication with her neighbors that it is not known if she had, but it is very probable that if there was any, the sum was comparatively trifling. Death of Mrs. Hanff. New Bern Journal. Mrs. Margaret Miller Hanff died at her summer home in Morehead City on : Tuesday, July 27, after lingering for several months from the effects of a paralytic stroke. Mrs. Hanff was seventy-nine years of age, and had been a resident of New Bern most of her life, although she had homes at Raleigh, Goldsboro, and Morehead City also, where she passed part of the time in her later years. She was the widow of the late Prof. John Hanff, a noted musician of his day, who preceded her to the grave more than twenty years ago. Four sons of this union survive, John F. and Robert L-, of this city, Alexan der M., of Raleigh, and WilliamM. of Norfolk. The remains were brought up from Morehead City yesterday morning and placed in Centenary Church, from which the funeral will be held this morning at ten o'clock by Rev. R. C. Beaman. The interment will be in the family plot in Cedar Grove Cem etery. ' PARIS HONORS BLERIOT. French Capital .Takes on .National - Holiday Appearance. Paris, July 28. Louis Bleriot, who made a successful flight across the English Channel Sunday, was given an enthusiastic reception today on his return to Paris from London. The city ; was decorated with flags as if for a national holiday. M. Bar thon, the minister of justice, and M. Millerand, minister of public works, presented the government's congratu lations to the aviator at the railroad stations, and M. Bleriofs employers presented him with a ; souvenir and the flag with which M. Lafontalne signalled to the aeronaut to descend In the Northfall meadows near . Dover. ! The municipal council and the Aero MOORE'S CREEK TODAY. Many Wilmington People Will Attend the Celebration. Wilmington Star. A large number of Wilmington peo ple will go to Moore's Creek today to attend the annual celebration of the Battleground Association. They will leave here on the 8:40 o'clock train, arriving at Currie at 9:25 a. m. Some will return on the evening train, while others will come back on the freight train in the afternoon. The Coast Line has announced a special round trip rate of 60 cents. A special train will be operated over the Coast Line from Fayetteville to Currie, leaving Fayetteville at six o'clock this morning and returning in the evening, It is expected that this train will be crowded with people from the upper Cape Fear section. President James F. Moore, of the association, confi dently erpects an attendance of up- waards of 5,000. The unveiling of the monument to the Scottish Highlanders will be one of the special incidents of the day. The monument will be formally pre sented to the association by Prof. M. C. S. Noble, of the University of North Carolina, and will be accepted by President Moore. The orator of the day, will be State Auditor B. F. Dixon, who arrived in the city last night from Raleigh, and will go to Currie this morning. ASSAULT WAS JUSTIFIED. Case of Senator Stone for Slapping a Negro Porter Dismissed. Baltimore, Md., July 28. Senator William J. Stone, of Missouri, appear ed in the central district police court here this afternoon to answer to the ebarge of assaulting Iiwrence G. Brown, a negro waiter on a Pennsyl vania Railroad tram on which the senator was traveling from Philadel phia to Washington yesterday even ing. Counsel for the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Pullman Company stated to the justice that those com panies did not desire to push the charge, and desired that it be with drawn. Brown, the -complainant. however, refused to acquiesce and the case against Senator Stone proceeded. Justice Grannan, after hearing the evidence, which included a statement by Senator Stone, decided that the as sault was justifiable and dismissed the case. CONDITION COTTON CROP 71.7. Lowest Ever Known at This Benson of the Year. Memphis, Tenn., July 28. The crop condition report on cotton, up to July 25 was issued this afternoon by the National Ginners' Association. It gives the general average as 71.7. The average by tsates follows : Ala bama, 70; Arkansas, 76; Florida, 85; Georgia, 79; Missouri, 8-; North Caro lina, 73; South Carolina, 77; Oklaho ma, 79; Tennessee, 77; Texas, 66. The report says: "This Is the low est condition ever known at this sea son of the year and indicates a crop around 11,000,000, and unless good rains fall in the next week, through out almost the entire belt, but more especially in. Texas, southern and western Oklahoma and Mississippi, the crop will be under that figure." DISCUSS CRIME AND CRIMINALS. Convention of Delegates Appointed by the Governors. Seattle, Wash., July 29. The char acter of the criminal, his reformatory or penitentiary treatment, and the steps necessary to reform him and reinstate him in society are the vital subjects to be discussed at the con vention of the American Prison Asso ciation to be held in Seattle next month.. The convention will be at tended by delegates appointed by the governors of practically all of the states of the Union. The attendance will include distin guished jurists, educators, . sociolo gists, clergymen, physicians, peniten tiary wardens and others interested in prison and . reformatory . work, Foremost among those who are slated to address the gathering are Carlos Garcia Veloz, Cuban minister to the United States; Judge eBn. B. Lind sey, of the juvenile court of Denver; Rev. Aleys M. Fish, chaplain of the New Jersey state prison; Mrs. J. El len Foster, of the department of jus tice, Washington, D. C; R. H. Under wood, assistant superintendent of Texas penitentiaries; W. A. Gates, secretary of the California state board of charities; J. C. Sanders, warden of the Iowa state penitentiary at Fort Madison; Joseph F. Scott, superinten dent of the reformatory at Elmira, N, Y.; John E. Hoyle, warden of the Cal- 1 ifornia penitentiary at . San Quentin and Frank L. Randall, superintendent pt the Minnesota state reformatory, Panama is said to be in need of a - . i spanking, spank, but not enough to 1 hurt the canal. HE DIDfl'T SEEK FIGHT Mis44 i c , Kennedy Substantiates Con tention of Mrs. Sutton. Tells a Frank, Straightforward Story of Incidents Before and After the Snooting Said He Had Been Ordered to "Keep Quiet. Annapolis, Md., July 26. Today's session of the board of Inquiry at the Naval Academy which is investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Lieut. James N. Sutton, of the Marine Corps, who was mysteriously shot two years ago, afforded some sur prise in the testimony given by Charles W. Kennedy, now a private in the Marine Corps, at Norfolk, and Surgeon A D. McCormick, U. S. N. Kennedy dropped into the situation like a bolt from a clear sky and told a frank, straightforward story of some of the incidents prior to the shooting which had not been men tioned by any of the young officers who have already testified. Though an eye witness to the earlier encoun ter between Sutton and Lieutenant Adams on the night the former was shot, Kennedy's name has not been mentioned by the witness concerned in the affair. His testimony supported the contention of Sutton's mother and sister that Sutton did not seek the fight with Adains and the other offi cers. In attacking his credibility, Ma jor Leonard, the judge advocate, show ed he had been disciplined on several occasions. i Kennedy said he had been reluctant to mention his part in the affair be cause Lieutenants Utley and Adams, his superiors, had admonished him to 'keep quiet." On his way to relieve a sentry he had come upon Sutton, Adams, Osterman and Utley in an an gry argument. 4 hamr 1 'Adams, If you want to fight, I'll fight you," he heard Sutton say, the witness testified. They fought hard for a few minutes and Sutton's face was bloody, when Lieutenant Utley in terfered. A second time he saw Ad ams and Sutton come together as he was going away to his post, Kennedy said. Half an hour later Kennedy heard the shots from his post at the naval hospital. Soon after Adams ap peared and told Kennedy that Sutton had shot himself. Utley also told him that Sutton had killed himself, the witness said. Next morning they both cautioned him not to say anything about the affair. On the following morning the witness said he saw Lieutenant Utley go to the edge of the parade grounds and pick up a 38-cal-ibre Colt service revolver. Kennedy's testimony was not shak en by the cross-examination of Adams' counsel, Mr. Birney, nor by that of Major Leonard. Dr. McCormick was present at the autopsy held on Sutton's body and examined the bullet wound, he testi fied. He located the wound back of and slightly above the right ear, while Dr. Pickrell testified it was near the top of the head. There are no other navy witnesses on hand, and it is expected Mrs. Sut ton and her daughter will testify to morrow. To substantiate Kennedy's testimo ny, Lawyers Davis and VanDyke, Mrs. Sutton, Mrs. .Parker and several newspaper men went to the parade grounds after the adjournment and took the various positions from which the witness said he saw and heard the fights. Lawyer Davis said afterward that their case would rest principally on the testimony of Ken nedy and Mrs. Parker. Gifts lot the Cruiser Salem. Salem. Mass., July 27. As a feature of the eld home week celebration here' there were presented this afternoon to the scout cruiser Salem a handsome silver service and a bronze seal of the city, both of which were paid for by popular subscription. The ceremony of presentation took place on the city common and was witnessed by thous ands of spectators. Mayor Hurler made the presentation speech and Captain Key, of Salem, accepted the gifts in behalf of the United States navy. iC23 The silver" service Is of colonial de sign and consists of seventeen pieces. On the punch bowl is etched a repro duction of the frigate Essex, built by merchants of Salem at an expense of $95,000 and presented to the United States government. A Record Sized Pumpkin. Mr Grady West is contesting all honors for the largest pumpkin raised in Wayne county, which weighs 182 pounds and is 86 inches In cir- cumference. It Is 24 Inches In height I and 28 inches across beam.
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