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' iWLTOlAL Trtw aelaa tarred paper tot WUw or «*tar oattaildlnga It fat tatter to •ptaee U c-.t the outAdr, aa U will then M eoly tor* I ho wtala oat hat oteo kaa» tta taardi diT. ikM aaahrtiaa *a nrtala heat la tta httlMtaga fia cold waattar. u well a* prelect agalaet *1 * Many pleae ter a row oC dark acata tak for a cantrtraaee wide raenph to «*rw « dark wall eta| tta taw at dark Mata. Thia wakes a a—har ■ « sf iMkow far allure. Tha ■a a long, narrow box with at aae cad lad nests In i hen Will go to the forth beat la har effort to : away, ao tha bests will I la regalar onler. If a ht-n ha ta pass ror another to rnailag oat no harm wot ha doae. The advaaiago la aoeh a plan I* tha ease With which sack a box on be made sad the small space It occnplas. —New Tark Tribe oe. Than ta ao mystery aer secret Its hasping my apples. I hare an cold, aa* even tool storage faculties, ton dag; a plate daobit waH brick team a. one foot In tbs ground with •arts braked up two fast outside, l accept tha fact that «aly a auaad ap ide ran bg axpcctcd ta seep, anti tkat It Is the basinets at this toad to kny ■Mil dead ripe, uabu affected by a ratable ogcat. Tha ripening 1« liasttaad by heat nod retarded by cold, whether oa or off the tear, Under aaam tcmpaiatnre tbey riptvt mock taster off the tree than ua. A aoaod apple baagtag in aaaahlae ott a troe wtU always ftel coal to the bead, while tn the sau» son skins It wUl cask throogh If detached. ITctuoture j fathering deee uat add ta keeping waaUttoa, hot docs detract from sating gaAto. Tha amst critical period ta koeptag apgdea Is tha bat weather during and Jwst after gathering. am I hare no caot place. | want them ta pass aa ■■eh of Ibis period oa tha trees as passible. Bat It la not safe to have them tea leeg. leal they drop. When barreled I keep la bora woodshed or •ay aatbaHdmg aatU approach sC bard winter. The instructions Often given to gather to a sack swung around the eboitMara Is very pernicious. livery ■Cilia of the picarr’K Itody beulsea •very apple at every Mot white It tan flies aaetber apple. I pick la ooa thtnl basket basket*, handling with aaPch ears. Pram tlu-ee they are poured carefully into s lung assorting tax lined with arrow ur grass. I grade tola fancier. PnU. eecuada and eerie. Nearly anybody ran pick, but it wtaws n person at good Judgement and jaucb wig power to assort sad made. Not only the Ukd barrels but tha empty sacs ahoolU be kept la the ■tads. tVbra the weather wtU penult 1 prater to leave them In the orchard atwr night to t.'isrotighly cool off. The •MU aad aatoade I sell at very tempt lag price* Tha hr at aad Caaclos are vary tempting (bminalvca aad I like to let people pay for them. Prom tha above yea will note that my sac cam Is dee ta tbe haaduag aad tfana of gathering, and aet to a storage plant. I know if I tad cool, not cold, •torugc. daring the hat weather la the fall, my cppUs would keep aban*t whbent lam aatU April—Jo* a. Uw ma. to Aaotaa Agricattoriat. T» toad Owed lap. Oea of the chief outdoor dUHcalllea at tariatartag than la tbe leading of tha heavy dressed hags at, rrsgasntly this la man. aided by rba household. aad it is aaaaDy hriky. AB I Me may be rite Mtawfag way: Hake aad teap from sac * “attar a large tripod by • strong Iron rod or bolt. a. An Iron, b, ranted llho I be tetter U Is fastened to tbs outride codr Of tba rod which joins tbo polsa by macing tbo rod through ryes feroted in tbs Iron. This loap of Iron Is tu support tbo chain which bolds the beg. When ready tu bang 111* hog. lower ono let; of th# tvlpral, rnston un tbo bog. then raise Ike teg until il>e bug bang! rutDcleutly clear of the pound, la loading, hack tbo I torse*, jctciug wagon min flat ttlpvu close tu tbo bog. Then raise one leg of tripod nn td the hog will rvriag uuo the v.-ugoa, then lower It. Tbo hog Is loaded In this way wKk almost uu lifting. This tripod IS equally as valuable for bann ing bogs to be dressed. They way be left hanging opoa It uadi loaded.— Orange Judd k'nnner. Tb* root crops ire gtcntly ever looked In this country, but la Euiope ao farmer would expect socccas wltb. oat tbo aid of turnip*, boot*, carrot*, panwipa or potato**, far It la owl knows that under very favorable ren dition* 1000 tmahela map be grow* open aa acre, tbuugh tbe average la mock less In England mack si tbe literature devoted te * aviculture la of stock raising and root or bulbous crops. When It la considered that the Bogush fanner pays an ainual atun far rent equal t* tb* coat of a farm In the Bulled Plato*, and tbit be make* tbrep s-u' turnips pay all Ilia expense. It should < :tcourage our farm eta to give more a lection to the mut ton breeds of steep and to tbo ad van t agea of tbo root crop* us rood for stork. A tending English scientist, Ur. i. 8. Kerning too. calls tho atten tion of farmrro to live adrnntages of selecting the brat varieties, and Uis importance net oaly of soring seed from tbe beet plants, but also of mak ing comparative testa In order to deter mine tb* must suitable varieties for each particular farm, tb* quality, and also tbe yields By so avlag the vari eties can be greatly Improved. la fact, by selection, tbe tanner can doable ills yields, aad also seen re va rieties specially adapted to hi* farm. There are farmers llrlag vrbo aa remember when the tomato was email and watery, aad they bare noticed wonderful change* in corn, wheat, oat* and other plants that havo been made by selection. Tb* root crops have also been Improved, for every year new and better varieties are of fered. but more work la before thuse farmers who ore willing to further Im prove la that direction. The improvement of farm root crops —mangels, turnip*, etc.—should bu dune with regard to diminishing the amount of water contained and la creasing the proportion of auger, starch and protein. The experiments made by tbe Messrs. Carter, of Eug | land, shew that all roots bare a tend ency to contain sa excess of water. which In Itself la valmdess, aad some varieties are claimed to contain water to a harmful degree. In the root crops a ■ oisll derlatlon In tbe percentage of water materially affects the feeding valor, as a ton of one kind may con tain twice as much solid matter as a ton of another variety. It la na ad vantage. aa well aa a necessity, there fore, that tbe farmer ascertain the weight of tb* aolids In a crop. This bo can do by sending ru tuples te the Mate sxperlmrut station. Tb* specific gravity of a root Is a guide to Its keeping quality, and tbo specific gravi ty of tko Joke h n gride to Its fc*Ulug quality. Hencu. wiieu the density Is highest la noth the Juice end tho whole root the valor or the crop for fecdJag la the great.in. The former ran easily csceitnln these facta with out tbe aid of the experiment station, but the station can assist him la or rlvlag at a knowledge of tlm propo. tlous of sugar, protein aad mineral metier contained. The proitortloa of sugar In roots In Important, a* the uuxne sugar tho greater the value of tbo root* si assistants la fattening animals. The farmer who knows something of tho value of root* may secure a luor* valuable crop with less yield than from a larger crop that coatulus a low percentage of Minis and an txcer* of water, and he stmald. therefore, endeavor t* become thor oughly Informed la that direction. Boon odd Tolu* lo on other rood* hcennse of tbo foot Hut daring Uu winter, wbea dry food la tlu role, too oac af turnips. beats or parrot* give* a chance (rota tba dry ratios to a owe •occ-ntant k.od. Dlgcatlou lo, tbcro faro. promoted, end oil kind* of food beoom# toora bowed elsl. becaaso atom thoroughly digested asd assimilated. Coaktag roots far stock la not now practiced, compared with formerly, as In Tea tors harj tatrodeeod not slice rs ar polpers. which prepare each foods for alock with bat llttls tabor asd with rapldlry, tbna placing before tba fa ris er of today advantages whlch he ehoold Mt nrrerlook. It I* part tbo ttato for potting be crops of boots and carrots, bat Jaly lo the asoatb foe growtag torolpo. Place so asocb la Jury ha* boss dona the grata crops la ••toe seed— thSe year the fanaors who may giro tbrlr attorn lea to tar. alps win largely roeorsr tbrlr lorn of fesdtag material. Tba tarnlp crop ta mw aaa sf tba ebeapeat prodocsd as lbs farm, oanildsilag tba targe ylrlda that ore poasfblo. as sssdo drills, wind boos sad hand colUrallaa ogabta the •rower lo pot la tbo saoda and keep daw* Ike wsede wih as tfltfe oattay pro oceo m tor eon. The tnroip ta a •row |g a short tba*?' The growtag af tart a* aero at toraJpo win ptwvldf the farmer ta the wtoaro seam with a food that ta ralaabla from a dtatary ptaM at rtow. area If It la taw ta aallda sad oastalas a targe proportion af GROWTH OF TRADE. Statistics Strawnf Ike Ucrtase of Cor Sfaifpiaj. IT BAS CIE.N KOTABLE THIS YE.V2 Despite Our Remarkable Increase Bui Little ntralhu 1 Pur Cent. o« tbs Country's Couiscrcg Is Carried By American Vessels. Washington. Special.—The report at Ur. Chamberlain, Urn Unlloj 8 tat re 0»—!■ loner of Navigation, states tbai the past fiscal year has been the third successive year of notable pros Parity and growth In American ship ping, exceeding the two previous year*. The extant sad nature of work uader way or projected In ship yards promisee an even grantor growth tor the current fiscal year. American tonnage has now attained practically the former maximum of IBfiL The flgniea of 1X01. . ora pared *lth 1**1. show an increase In coast ing trade vessel* from :.701.M4 toot to LM3.1M3 toes (twu-thlrds of this Increase being on the Ureal Lakes), fi decrease In foreign trade vessels from 2.4X1,194 loan to I7X.2XS tons and B decrease la whaUag and fishing from 333,754 to 61440 tons. Of oar total tonnage 1,433401 tons are wooden vessels, and only LX01. 017 tons are Iron or steel, m 1900 Grant Britain launched 1.440.000 tons of steel vessels .Although registered American vessels Increased 41,426 tons during the year. American vs* tela carried only 34 per cent, of our exports sad Imports, tbs smallest per centage In our history. uur uset or ocean steamers la tor «lgn trade, tho report say a. la too small to be compared with that of foreign nations. It Is compared with the fleets of four large British and Oerman steamship corporations, each of which exceeds the American fleet In toosaee. mileage and business* The tonnage bnllt aad documented In the United Statue during the pest ■seal year comprised 1.580 vessel* aad 44 3 160 gross toms. The steel ves sels snder construction or under con tract during the current fiscal year will much exceed similar tonnsz built In any previous year. Tho bureau Is advised of 89 such merchants ves sels of 16S.84S gross tons, to bo rallied at about $34,000,000. Besides those. 71 aaval vessels of 181.148 tons displacement are building at contract prices of $78,000,000. In this work It plants with a capital of about $48.00), 000 and employing about 44,000 men are engaged. The bnlldlna of ten transatlantic steamers prssamsbly rests on anticipated legislation by Congress. Six for the Atlantic Trans port Line are building from the same plana aned In building steamers in England for the same company. The coat of • steamer of the “Minnehaha" type will be 1,846.000. the British -carwo si is si in will he $7*9.006. fur which the British price ranges from $614,000 to $488,000. The difference In wages on Ameri can and foreign vessels Is considered la detail. In lllastratlon. the pay roll (excluding master) of 380 men on the steamer St. I.ouIs Is $L1.*00; of 417 on the British * trainer Oceanic Is *9.900. and of 6IW on Uir Oerman Kaiser Wilhelm Dur arnese. $7,715. The Oerman Is the fastest steamship and the American Is Uie smallest. The ropart contains n detailed statement of the foreign voyages of American vessels last year, sbowlug that (be American flax was sreo much oftener on Ibe North Atlantic during Presi dent Jefferson! embargo 11108) or during the crnlses of the Alabama than at present. Foreign shlpp'nc In our Pacific trade has doubled In threo years. The purchase of tho I.rland Line Is rouslJared as evidence that Amerieon capital la willing to Invest in ocean steamships, that there It an advan tage to American exporters in Ameri can control of ocean steamship*, oven If not under the American flax amt that In the coming development of our ocean transportation facilities Ihc un'oa of trank railroad tinea and tho trtermshln corporation will be an Ira portant factor. Including the Leylnn ! nnrv-haoe American rnpital owns full* 870.066 tons of steamers under for eign fine*, which In actual carrvln? power exceed all American vessels now engaged In foreign trade. The War and Navy Departments also own 126.747 gross tons of forcignbollt transports sad colliers. Bv various xperlat nets. 88 foreign built vessels of 111,187 grots ton* have bean ad mitted to registry. Americas money aceordlaxlv of late years has pur chased *11.000 tons of foreign-built steol steamer*, while since 1891. there have hsoa hullt la the United States 1.008 060 tons of steel steam vessel* of all kinds. Disth of U nan* dust Pekta. Bp Cable.—14 lion* Chan* died at 11 o'clock Thornier morale*. At I o'clock Wedsssdap errata* while Karl U wee at 111 alter the courtyard of 'Ao yeeire was flHrd with llfo-elro pa wn- horses tad rbetre wits cootie bear ers. which his friends aeat. la acoord saco with Chlaaoe customs, to be burled when he died la order to rarer hie seal to beers*. Hie Ohlaese offl dais are somewhat saraap coacerata* the sdTect Ms death win bare na Ike peoalaee. aad to *aard acalaat a poe alkie aaU-forr1*n d mb os strati on the CMaoso ceaorale her* dlepoaad their troops about the dtp be sack a wap •• to eommaad tha sttaalloa. Trouble, howorar. It oatraaastp Imprehafete. Mew Turk. Special.—t’hlllp Schmitt aad lot 2. Has the* are aador arrest, share** with swtadUaa Thomee p Oraaeaa, a whoteaale shoe dealer of Now Task, oat of peede raised at ap ward of I1MN Haefaer Is a traeoHas ee Moans smptoyed by Or eases, sad acsordlag to the police, he transferred terse aaoasts of poods to SrhaiKt aa dor fraadaleot sales. Aa eaasalaatlea ad Orates*"! boose showed that the Ir rrfwl settles dated booh for tee pears. lAILKOAb BUILDING IN THE STATE A Showing That Will Prove • Sur prise (I North Carvliahag . There !* more activity In tha projec tion and co.retrwrt ion* of railroads la North Carolina now tran In a lone while. The fljurr* of the Corporation Com islulon showing tho amount of rail way coaatnictiuiia for the ytar are not yvt complete, but Secretary H. C. Brown eeye thero la ueneual activity lu rhllway projection and construction. We have ••cared aa nearly aa poe alhle a list <jt railroads that are betnjf planned and are la actual coerse of constrnctlon. It ta a remarkably large Uet and give* evidence of the tact that North Carolina la moving along at a ragtd pace laduetrially Internet la railroad matter* for tha paet faw day* haa coat*rod in tha re port that tha Seaboard Air Una waa contemplation an Invasion of Aahe vllla Whll* thla has been aa oft re peaied story, credulity was alvei to tha report by reason of th* fact that Vico Hmldem V. E. Me Dee of tha Seaboard Air Uae, recently made a trip through the country ovwr the proponed route In oompaay with Mr. Prank Cox mud other Aihevlll* genuemaa. The Seaboard ha* tTarmeAahg-grcaUr part of the Bute •ad stopped almoet at AahevUte a gata. It has been a matter of surprise for years that tha Seaboard did not •pan th* gap between Rutherford to* and Asherllie, which la only abxnt fif ty miles. Mr. McBec's recent trip over Ike proposed Seaboard extension to the iAnd of the Sky la very algalficant at vbIb Umt. It 1b known that tho qbw ■“Mnornt of the Seaboard Air Line haa many big plan* on foot. On# of th* moat important railroad developments In tha State la the ex tension e* the Ohio River and Charles ton, which la In operation fxom John ston City In Tenures** to Hnntadale In Yancey county. The company la mak ing big preparations for tho extens'on 134 eon*let* from the prison at Raleigh having font to Yancey county ami there are orders for aa many more a* tha penitentiary can spare. Theae con vict* have been put to work a few mile* this aide of Hnntadale. Tb* ob jective point of the n*w extension la marc speculation. On* report 1* that it will be pushed to completion a* far a* Marlon, wh*r* connection can be hud mi rvuncrToraion There la another report that tha cx taaalou Win so direct to Morgan ton with the nttlnuste object of extension to Wilmington. Aahevtll* la also re f,rr»d to«i» possible terminus of tht road. However, the people of Tancry and llltchcp are satlsflod with the fact that tht railroad la bring built In their midst. A» soon as the pris-n crops are harvested Superintendent Mann will dispatch another squad of coavtcta to the acene of construction. The Washington and Plymouth rail road has twenty mile* In operation frotr Plynuruth. and la building thlr teaq mliaa nor# to complete the road C. Tha road gill ha rtMnpfttW by January 1st. R A. Armstrong la president and 8. rnrker la genua’. manager Tha Carthage railroad from Hamlet to Carthage la also considered an ex tension to Greensboro. Mr. W. C. Petty la praaldent of this road The East Carolina, from Tarboro to Marciellald, propose* an extension to Snow Hilt, a distance of about twon ty miles The Aberdeen and RorkBsb la build ing an axtenaian to connect with the Atlantic Coast Lina at Hopo Mill*. The Rochnah road la now forty mile* in leogtb. Tbe Capo Fear and Northern propos es an extension to Lilllngton and Fayetteville The Carolina and North Western ll being made standard gauge from Chester, 8. C.. to Lenoir. KM miles A branch twelve miles to a point In Lin coln haa been contracted for and a thirty-lire mils extension north of Lenoir Is pratsetod. The Charlotte, Monroe and Cclumhla from MeDe.\ 8. C.. to Monroe, baa ten miles completed. Work la progressing on this mail, of which Mr. Cbas. tt. Johnson is president. The East Tennessee and Wex-.era North Carolina haa completed twelve miles of an extension via a proposed route through Montercr a and Mor ganton to Llaoolnton. a total distance of sIxty-Bvs miles The Raleigh and Western la graded to Harper’*, a distance of fifteen mi ca and there le talk of an ultimate extru sion-to Ash boro. Tbs Appalachia Short Line, at Apt lachta. N. C., has ten miles of railroad In operation aad la building three miles «rn hts a branch from North Town to AppaJaekla nearly complct* 4. The Atlantic and North Carolina la surveying a branch of fifteen milcr from LaOrange to Snow Hill. The Caldwell aad Northern hi* »ur ▼eyed aa extension from Collettirlllo. alnea mllan weat to Hanck. The EUxsbetb City aad Western, a new line from EHanbeth City on the Norfolk end Southern, about furly ■Den to the Ben board, has been aurvey ed. The Fayetteville tad Albemarle from Southern Plan to Fayetteville, thirty three aallaa Bight miles here been graded eastward. J. C. Brown, of Southern Pints la president. The French Broad aad Southern hna proponed an eztcaston from Togaway to a point near Wnlhnlls, ft 0. The 0rent Kaatern It projected 117 ■line yin Trent, Snow Hill to Doerlce Bay. on Pamlico Bo and The grading has been partly done from Freemoat to Snow HIM. The prwaotsra of thin road aspect ultimately te extend It on from Frtenaont to Raleigh. Mr. J. W. Lynch, of Kinston. to president The Ncrtelh and Western to bnild tag Urns hr sachet la Us Buie The Brat branch in frees a point one mils thto tide of Crayton, Vs, whera the MerU Carolina (1 vial on orceaea New River u extend ap New River Cotton fineforles and ether Isdnatr.ae me to be nested theta. The branch to to be abowt ntaty-dsur mites Into > North Carolina. Ape'.b.r li-aneb la be ing bnllt from Chesnnt Yard. Va.. nio '«h to the blue Iron or* la Asho Coun ty. Tbe Stone Mountain Ilallrcad cn Roaring River, to run northeast via (tone Mountain to the cnal Helds of Virginia, la projected. It La tiona LC to 17* miles. I'll* Siitlol'a and Carolina aalcnalcn from Rviand. N. C-, ni.'.h Mveatru mile* via C-.nier Hill tu Edenton. la proposed. Blue Rldg-.- and Atlrntlc Inim Tullu lah Fall*. S. C.. to Franklin. N. C, 110 miles. Ls projc.ted. Tennessee and North Carolina, from Newport. Teun.. southeast about slaly mites to Wnynctvllle Is planned. Tbe Winston and Wadesboro la be ing surveyed from Winston to Wades, boro, a distance of ninety miles. Tbe Beaufort Lumber Company la building from Greenville southeast about twenty-live miles to Vaacsboru. Tbe Eureka Lumber Company of Passaic, N. J.. la building from Marble to Umber leads. The contract has bteu let for seven miles. Tbe McMullen Lumber Company la projecting a road from Bowdens to Newton Orovs. seventeen miles. Tbe Ohio, Transit** god Carolina, from a point near Jaillco. Ttnn.. to <T* OP, «■ Russian blouses of fttr are promised extended vogue this winter. For tall, 'lender girls the Urge ro sette. with long ends, is an especially becoming dress accessory. Some of the leading designer* are combining red. blue and gold in artis tic effect. White and red and black and red arc also combined. An effort made la*t winter to intro duce the Raglan shocldcr in shirt waists is being repeated by some makers, but the mode is not becoming ami there is little chance of its winning f*\or. Flannel waists have undergone more clung.* in. or addition 10, the designs and color* shown than in style. Many of the heaticr son i:i plain color* are made with yokes bat for the most par* they arc quite plain, or show tuckvd front-*. Glace silk skirts are now made with three shaped and corded flounces ex tending up the entire skirt. One cannot go far a'tray in ti-ing anv. thing in the way nf lace this year, and silk laces come in all color* to match gowns With a white gown one can have twn or three entered slips, am! with diffcrcitt colored stock* and belt it gives one vv eral changes, making the one circs* ap pear like twn or three different one*. Jackets showing *ab!c as well as chin chilla collars with basque comidcrahlv below the waist arc more joonty titan the long cent* and more suitable for young girls* wear. Blue chenille in a pale shade twisted with whi’r forms a pretty yoke to an imported White alTk waist. Dolled over ;he lower part of the waist are small, round imitation turquoises matching the chenille in color. DETECTIVE DEDUCTION. D|J«W, Jr. Agiiln Shu«a Ulul Ha U> l>i. "Aha!" cxclalnu'd Sherlock Holmes. Jr. Hla companion oturu-d ns ono who lft recovering from a hi. and asK •d: “\Vhal Is It?" “DUI you notice th? man who parsed its just now* Thore he la looking at the pictures in the window of that nov/s store." "What nbout him?” "Ha la th* father of a little child. Hta wife has to lake care of the toliy, b.>caufe they mn’i aO’o.'tl to keep a nurse girl, and rnco be inn ft neadle nnde- hta thumbnail." "\Vlw> la he?" *1 haven't heard hla natn? VJntftl he pam^d nt n moment ago I wn* not awera that there was such a person fts to In existence." “Now. Sherlock don't t:? to mr.ko me b<v llcve that you arc not gifted with a myiteilotit power of inmc kind that enables you to f .it hum thins* which are forever hidden from the kaowledfo of other people. I teller*. you Kre the seventh ton of a seventh aon or eome tJiIua of that kind r i\lai«Hi feel creepy when I am In your rntnpnny." "My dear fellow." tbo great nnmtcur dv'.ec tire answered, “you am foolish to per mit yourself to entertain au-h absurd notions concerning me. 1 am not supernatural, honestly I'm not. I was born near Cerebri ana. Pa., of poor pa rent*. who were tco Ignorant to undnr *tand that It was roollab to work when thore arc e*» many people waiting to be worK.-d, No, it la simply my rrun derfill power of deduction that enable* me to make these dl.voverlv*. Jna’ one little thing about thU man tc’.l" me what f have disclosed to yon eo;i rerulng him. He cant afford hire a nurse girl, and he hi the father of a ISttlo child. How do I know this? If he didn't have to count the pennies he would have hla eiothea kept la good condition by some tailor.” "Very well, bat how do you know he has a young child and that hla wife takes care of It?" “One of bis suspenders Is fattened to bis trousers with a safety pin. Ton see It Is plain enough. If his wife didn't bavo to taka care of the baby she would aew a button on for him. and without a baby la the bonne them would be no looie safety ptna for him to gat hold of. The fast that to once ran a need la under bis thumbnail keeps him from aewtng the button on hlmaolf." A pretty young wofean who wort one of these thin shirt waists, which bare a tendency to sag passed tbsa. and Mr. Holaita harried after tor U> make further deduct Iona.—Chicago Racaed-Htt aid. The Mexican Govemasset proposes to Mari work in econesnic miumukjgy. an' der official suspires. at an early date. The Arat investigation wiB be that of the chan but ion of tbs Mexican orange wor.. SHOT HER BETRAYER Prooiacit Aiheviik lY.eu Got Wlut He Ocicrred. YOUNG GIIL USES HER RLYOl.VER. The Target a flan Who £ho Claim* Accomplished lirr Rdi-Ho Waa Shot Three Tinuta. Aahovihe, Special.—Great excite iceot waa created In the c. nival part of tho city Wednesday morning by a shouting affair. The victim was Hous toe Merrimon. aaalataut cashlor of the Blue Ridge National bank and ao.i of cx-Judga James II. Merrimon. The Dailey street car had reached the court square at 9 o’clock. In it ware the two persona concerned. Aa young Merrimon atarted from the car the girl flred, but the abot only took effect la the aide of the car. When he reached the ground three other shots were tlivd. One catered the left arm splin tering It. and the young man paitlally fell. Aa be roae, the fourth and last •hot again sent him to the ground. Tho bullet entered about the center of tho back and passed almost through hla body. The Injured young man waa car ried at onc«£io the Mission Hospital and a nembfr of prominent physicians summoned. He may recover. The whole tragedy waa enacted In a few moments, and no on# could reach Ihe girl until she had accomplished her purpose Chi. f of Police FulUm rushed through the crowd, sad was astonished beyond expression when the g'rl. a mere child, said In a clear voice: "I •hot him. Ha rtidicd me. and 1 wanted to ruin him. God told me list night in doit.” Evan then Chief Pullman weald have turned away, but In her hand waa a ?H-ealll)re blue aterl revolver which bore evidence that abe spoke the truth. With a steady step and dry eyes the walked to the police station with tbs chief, not once losing her nsrve. In fact, the girl exhibited a self-possee* aion that ta pan all Liman understand ing. She will not be IB until uext month, and in a few weeks aho will h* comn a mother, but not once has the shown a Jrare of nervousness. T.V girl waa at once placed in a cell at the police station, and everything poai'IMc done to make ber comfortable. Apples and other et table* had bean • tal on to lirr and it Is said a number of ladles will ilt up the cell in an attrac tive manner. Sympathy Is n*tnlty with the girl in such cases, but In this tn smiicc the sympathy he* been moro pronounced, partly because of the ten der age of the girl, and partly because the opinion prevail* that aha haa been very much wronged by Merrlmoa The •Ctrl lire* near the Merrimon residence on Preach Broad avenue, with her mother, and aho baa at various times been employed to do light work at tb* Merrlraon home. The girl claims that Mrrrlrr.on took advantage of hc*r pret ence in the house and enticed her to her ruin. Among those wjo railed on the girl in her cell vraa J. G. Merrl oion. brother of the young man who waa shot. Mr. Mnrrlrcon told tin* girl thot he would be glad to bn of service to fci*r la say way and would aid ber in making a bond for her release. A bio counsel has been employed to defend the girl. At lh?* hospital the bullet* which bad bntorel Mr. Meirimon’a arm and back were extracted. Th ’ one which entered the bark was extract-ri from the left breast, it having lodcoi under the skin. Late nt night the physicians said that Merrimon baa an even chinre to recov er. Tar Marl Notes. A blanket charter has been granted by the State to Sommer Bros. £ Com pany. of AabevtUe. Riving them power to operate a department store, to gen erate and eell electricity In alt tbs forms, and also to do varlona other thinks. Tha capital is *30.000. A char ter wee nlan granted to the Amu Ow ens Cherry Tree Company, of Henriet ta Rntherford county, capital SKI.(100 The commlaalouer waa ndvtaed that C, R Hassell, under arrest at Bmlth neld, on the charge <>* soliciting In surance, for unlicensed companies, had waived examination and that *800 bail la demanded for him. II* admits that hie name la C. R. llaoac’1. The com missioner gays there !a no doubt that he Is the man who waa sent to the penitentiary f.-um Beaufort. Carterot rrnmiy. for ••graveyard ln*urineeH swindling A special civil term of Haywood Court Is ordered. Judge Jones to pre aid*. The Agricultural Department Is busy this week packing Its exhibits for the Charleston Exposition. Progressive Goldsboro. Goldsboro, Nov. I.—At the election the.entire bond laaue In the sum of 1110.00 for waterworks. Hghta. street Improvements, city hall and market house was adopted by a good ma jority. The Ootdaboro Argun rooster Turedny evening, srlth wldeopun month, la crowing: "We have the meet progrcastro eldsaoa la the world; an wonder that Goldsboro la tha beat tosrn In tha State." Nearly AH of Dare Cowaty SeM. Raleigh. If. C.. ■ pedal—News haa just bora received here that tha Halted ■tatea Circuit Court of Appeal* •firms a decision of tha federal Oourt. which orders the tale of about ItO.OOO scree of toad la Daro oowuty. This lavolve* practically tha entire county of Dure la pasters North Carokaa. except the town. The raloe of property la Dare county la put at aearly a half million dollars Tha land la heavily timbered, end la valuable.
Richmond Headlight (Rockingham, N.C.)
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