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; , ' . -! f :- - - - - . 1 .y, y mJ -r r- w - . , , I I - 1 - - i . - i I ' 11 " " "" ' " ' j - ! ' " ' i i i i ii . ii , i , n, - - i mj saccEssoa io the mwijm,&agsg&FSt: ao- ROCKINGHAM, N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL I9. I9C0. IJ.00 HI TFtt !1 EmCl 10 fflRTBODT '' - . - . - . ........ w rm f FINLAYE SAYS HE WILLJACE CHANGE Will Return to Kentucky When His Case Comes Up. REQUISITION BE REFUSED (iovernor Mouut Will Not Surrender Acriised to Heckham Trial of Col-non-Captain Oolden Put on Witness Stund by Commonwealth. Indian a reus, April 18. Charles Fin laye, fonner secretary of state of Ken tucky, who has been here for several weeks, has been notified of the indict ment that has been returned against him and other Kentucky Republican, was called upon today by the Kentucky Republicans who are in the city. "I intend to return to return to Ken tucky and face the indictments against me," he said. "My mind has not been chauged by the news of the indictment. I have all along intended to go back to my state. I cannot say just when I shall go, probably not until the trial on the indictment, for I am not willing to go back and bo thrown into jaiL When the time for tho trial comes, however, I shall go to Kentucky and defend myself against the unjust charges they nave brought against me." Mr.- Finluye said further that he had no doubt that he would have been thrown into jail like Powers and Davis were in Lexington, if it had not been simply by chance private interests had brought him into Indiana. As to his belief as to whether Beck ham would make another attempt to re move him from Indiana by requisition Mr. Finlaye politely declined to talk. CANNOT ARREST FINLAYE. Governor Mount Will Refuse Requisi tion of Governor Beckham. Frankfort, Ky., April 18. It is be lieved here that there will be some trouble in securing the extradition from Indianapolis of ex-Secretary of State Charles Finlaye, who has been indicted by the grand jury in connection with the murder of Governor Goebel. Governor Mount of Indiana has re fused to recognize requisitions from Governor Beckham and Governor Tay lor will not be asked to make the requi tiou by the Franklin county officials-, be cause that would be a requisition of the contesteo, who has an adverse decision from the stato courts. COLSON PLACED ON TRIAL. Captain Golden Appears as Witness ' For Prosecution. I Franktokt, Ky., April 18. The tak ing of testimony in the Colson trial com menced this morning in the circuit court. The first witness introduced by the coinonwealth was Captain B. B. Golden, who wus badly shot during the duel and who is supposed to have entered the hotel office with Ethelbert Scott. Gol den testified at length as to his where abouts after arriving in this city up to tho time of the shooting. Golden said he left Scott at the cigar stand and started across the office to the main entrance. Did not know whether Scott was following him or not, got almost to the door when he saw Colson arise" from his chair and heard some one moving rapidly behind him. , "Colson took steady aim and fired the first shot," said the witness, "but I don't know who fired the second. I was shot in tho back while trying to get out of the room." In the cross examination nothing new was brought out and after two hours on the stand Captain Golden .was excused. ELECTION IN LOUISIANA. Democrats Carry State by Large Majority-Light Vote Polled. New Orleans, April 18. The Demo crats elx'tevery one of their senators and representatives. The storm inter rupted communication- with' many of tho country districts, but such returns as have been received indicate Demo cratic majorities, and it looks as though the two Republican tickets together had received not over 15,000 votes, a Demo cratic majority of 3 to 1. The total vote will scarcely exceed 60, 000 against 207,000 a year ago and with a total registration of 140,000. The state senate will be unanimously Democratic, and the house of 105 mem bers will contain about three Populists and two Republicans. This assures the re-election of McEnery to the United States and M. J. Foster to succeed Sena ator Caff rey. Democrats Carry Xew Ilaven. New Haven, April 18. The annual election of city and town officers resulted iu a complete victory. for the Democratic candidates. No mayoralty candidate was voted for. The Democratic majori ties range from 2,000 to 2,300 and are the largest in years. The Democrats hate control of both branches of the common council. Illinois License Kleetlona. Chicago", April 18. Of 145 cities, towns and villages iu Illinois, 70 voted against license, 55 for license, Joliet for high and Lockville for low. Republi cans carried 1 1 of the 18 communities in which party lines were drawn. Present to Deweys. Pittsburg, April 18. Admiral George Dewey and his wife have been tendered magnificent portraits in oil of themselves by President Charles M. Schwab of the Carnegie company and M. Chartian, the famous French painter, has been com missioned by Mr. Schwab to do the work. Mrs. Here Married. New York, April 18. The newspa pers announce the marriage in thi city yesterday of Mrs. Bernard .Bern, the actress, to Q. W. Oliver, a format txi- SERIOUS RIOT AT SELMA. Strike Sympathizers Refuse to Allow Operators to Work. . Selma, N. C., April 16. This village is the storm certer of the Southern rail way telegraphers' strike. Most of the -village sympathize with the strikers. Four railway police are here to preaerve order, but are helpless, before the mob that surrounds the sta tion. All efforts to instal the new ope rator hare been in Tain, as a mob of 75 or 100 gathered and said it would kill the first man who entered the office. A mob boarded the train from Norfolk looking for another operator, but he was not there. The wires are cut and the office is still locked. . The names of some of the mob were secured. They told the operator that if he tried to telegraph his life would not be worth 2 cents. At Gibsonville there was trouble. A new operator arrived on the train. The conductor opened the station and the operator was put in, but as the train left the strikers and sympathizers rushed in and ejected the new man. EXPERIMENT WAS A SUCCESS South Carolina Farmers Will Raise More Tobacco. Cos way, S. 0., April 17. Last year several farmers in this county were in dnced to plant tobacco as an experiment, the merchants of the town erecting a large warehouse which was placed at their disposal, and under the manage ment of an experienced man. The trans actions through this house last season amounted to nearly 100,000 pounds, the price averaging about $52.50 per 100 pounds. The product was of a high grade and the results so satisfactory that this year tobacco will be the leading crop among the farmers. The; soil is excellently adapted to the culture of high grade to bacco, and the farmers are please with it, because it is the best ready money crop they have yet found. f ( To handle this year's product the did warehouse will be run under the same management, while a new one of equal capacity is now being built. COLONY OF WESTERNERS. Several Hundred Have Located Near Conway, S. C. Conway, S. C, April 17. Homewood colony, situated about 4 miles from Conway, is composed of emigrants from the middle northern states, who haye come here seeking better farming lands. Monthly excursions from Chicago ena ble them to come and look the land over,, and they purchase land and send north for their families. They are thrifty, scientific farmers, introducing new methods of farming and more varied crops. Several families located here last winter, while others will come this fall and winter, having already pur chased their farms. Deep Water at Georgetown. Georgetown, S. C, April 17. A committee of the board of trade of this city will appear before the river and harbor committee of the house of repre sentatives at Washington this week . to recommend an appropriation of $500,000 for the improvement of the approaches to that city. The report of Reid Whit ford, assistant United States engineer, who made the survey of Sampit river, under authority of the act of congress passed at the last session, urges the im portance of the projected improvements. Will Succeed Judge Ewart. Washington , April 16. In spite of in spired statements from , this city and points in North Carolina, it is apparent to all who take the trouble to investi gate that Judge Ewart is not to be judge much longer. His name, it is asserted, is hot to be reported by the senate sub committee, and his term of service will end with the last moment of the present session of congress. It is also stated that Senator Pritchard of North Caro lina will be Judge Ewart 's. successor. Prospective Xew Railroad. Spartanburg, S. C, April 16. The proposed railroad from this city to Poore's Ford, N. C, to connect with a road known as the Polk County railway, which will soon be built, is being given serious consideration by influential citi zens here. The city council several years ago voted $25,000 in 8 per cent, bonds for a railroad to be built from Spartanburg to Rutherfordton, N. C. This plan can now be realized by con structing the line to Poore's Ford. Fell From the Bridge. Columbia, S. C, April 17.- While at work on the Seaboard's new bridge across the Congaree below the city, one of the workmen fell from the middle span, turned over several times and dis appeared beneath the water. A rope was lowered and one of his fellow work men climbed down, dove into the wa ter and rescued the unfortunate man. Although he fell about 50 feet, it is be lieved he will recover. Accepted by Commission. Columbia, S. C, April 13. The Sea board Air line's new line, Columbia to Cheraw, completing the new Florida route, has been inspected and accepted by the railroad commission of this state. Passenger service will be inaugurated at once and a through vestibule service from New York to Tampa will be run ning at an early date. State May AppeaL Columbia, S. C, April 16. Attorney General Bellinger contemplates carrying the question of the Neal indictment be fore the supreme court. He thinks it necessary to have that tribunal decide whether or not Neal was responsible fox the collection of convict hire money, at that question enters largely into th Carolina bank suits. Rearing Completion. Conway, S. C, April 17. The Con way and Seashore railroad, a short line Connecting Conway and the beach, if now within one mile of being completed. Great difficulty is experienced in getting 1 a sufficient number of hands to do tha work properly, but the road will be fin- i ishfid in time for jammer tcardL ; HAY INVOLVE THE WHOLE OF EUROPE America Will Enforce Pay ment of Indemnities. SEIZE POET OP SMYRNA fnless Claims of American Missionaries Against Turkey Are Immediately Adjusted United States Will Take Chargeof Turkish Harbar. . Washington, April 18. The United States charge d'affaires at Constanti nople will be directed to inform the sul tan that this government must insist on the payment without further delay of the indemnity for outrages on American missionaries and destruction of their property, unless prompt action on the sultan's part anticipates the ultimatum and the debt is discharged before a re sort is made to drastic measures. Several courses have been urged on the president for the collection of the indemnity, which is admitted by the sultan to be due to the American mis sionaries. Consideration has been given to a proposition to seize the port of Smyrna and administer its customs rev enues until the judgment and expenses of collection are cancelled. This course has not been wholly abandoned in the' remote contingency that satisfaction is indefinitely delayed. It involves serious complications in the Mediterranean, for which the United States is extremely reluctant to assume responsibility for the recovery of so small an amount at the present time. It might precipitate war through, Tur key's sending some of its antiquated warships to Smyrna to resist the tempo rary American occupation. In that event the necessity for sending a large fleet to the Mediterranean would create alarm among the powers and disturb the delicate equilibrium now existing in Europe. Under the circumstances it has been determined to exhaust all resources of peace with confidence that the sultan will be brought to understand that his promises cannot be lightly broken. The proved elaims against Turkey in cludes about $300,000 for the destruction of property alone. To these which ad mitted of practically no dispute, there was added the Lentz claim of $40,000 which was presented to Secretary Olney. 1 PORTE REPLIES TO POWERS. Serious Complications May Arise From Increase of- Duties. Constantinople, April 18. The porte has replied to the third of the collective notes of the powers on the subject of an increase of 3 per cent in duties. The note announces the intention of the gov ernment to adhere to the plan of increas ing the duties on account of the bad con dition of the Turkish finances. The ambassadors have decided to ad dress another note to the porte again stating their objections to such an in crease without a previous understanding with the powers. The pertinacity of the porte threatens to have serious results. LECRANDE ON ALCOHOLISM. Alabama Fh3-sician Has Strong Views on Subject. Montgomery, Ala., April 18. Dr- J. C. Legrande of Birmingham, president c5 the State Medical association in ses sion here, delivered his annual ad dress and complimented the state board of health on the practicability and econ omy of its yellow fever quarantine ser vice for the past two years and advised that a compulsory vaccination law was a necessity in Alabama. He said typhoid fever should be included among the dan gerous contagious diseases and that sta tistics and conditions concerning it should be gathered by the association. I He called attention to the fact that alcohol had done more than any other agency to wreck the health of humanity. Prohibition and the dispensary had both failed to attain their desired object. He suggested that education with suitable textbooks showing the evils of alcohol ism was the true solution. For men who are now inebriates the state should establish an asylum, he insisted. j CAREY'S WOUND WAS FATAli. Editor Who Made Fight Against Gam. bling In Charleston Dead. ! Charleston, April 18. W. J. Carey, editor of The Seashore Review, a small publication which made a bitter fight against gambling in Charleston, is dead. Two weeks ago Carey was cleaning ah old pistol when it was accidentally dis charged, the ball entering the breast just above the heart. There were -sensational rumors afloat at the time about the shooting and the story tvas current that Carey was cleaning hi firearms in anticipation of trouble. Carey made a bitter fight against the city administra tion and the police department. What he printed caused a big stir here, but since the shooting the tone of the paper has been changed. Baking Powder Made from pure cream of tartar. Safeguards the food against alum Alton. eovdenaic fhc; to health of the netaeot day. BE NO FUSION THIS YEAR. , . . ,.j . Republicans and Pepallste to Nomi nate Separate Tickets. WAsraxaTOX, April H.The efforts of the Populist and Republican leaders of North Carolina to agree upon terms of fusion have failed, and according to the announcement made by Senator Pritchard, representing thef Eepubli cans, and Senator Butler, representing the Populists, there are to be tickets represented by each party in the North Carolina campaign. ' I Apparently this is an assurance of Democratic sriooess. although both Pritchard and Butler talk hopefully of the prospects. Senator Pritchard has reached the conclusion that the failure f fusion, wideb gave the Populists and Republicans temporary power in the state, will bring about a Republican vic tory and the state will go in the McKin ley column. .Senator Butler, on the other hand, is. pusitire that .the failure of the fusion which he, like his Republi can colleague, has been trying to pro mote, insures a Populist victory. ANOTHERNEW COTTON MILL Commission Issued to Greenville Com panyOther Enterprise. CoLUitBiA, S. 0., April 13. The secre tary of state has issued a commission to the Carolina mill of Greenville, the cap ital stock of which is to be $50,0QQ. , . The Blackshear cotton mill filed notice of a decrease of its proposed capital stock from $100,000 to $50,000. ; - , The Southern Telephone - and Tele graph company of Barnwell filed notice of the increase of its capital stock from $500 to $5,000. : - . A commission has been issued to the Farmers' cotton seed oil mill and gin nery of Tangle wood, Greenville county. The capital stock is to be $15,000. A commission Was also issued to N. A. Craig, William I. Mc Bride and F. 8. Evans of Greenville as corporators of the Greenville Hardware company. The capital stock is to be $5,000. SUMTER'S WALKING1 STICK. Aged North Carolina Lady Has It la lier Possession, j Washington, April 13. A letter to Senator McLaurin from a prominent citizen of Windsor, N. C, oonveysl the information that Mrs. .Hannah Biddle, an aged lady of that town and a grand daughter of ex"-Governor Stone of North Carolina, has in her possession; as an heirloom, the .walking cane of General Sumter of revolutionary fame. The stick is in a good state of preserva tion, with the exception of some four or five worm holes. It is made of some kind af jointed wiood, resembling', briar root, and has a buckhom head with an ivory capping, upon which is inscribed the word Sumter," said to hare been put there by the old general himself. BENS0N7SHALLUC1NATI0NS. Imagines He Is Dreyfus and Is Pursued by His Enemies. Asiieville, N. C, April 13. Michael Benson has developed a case of insanity and labor's under the hallucination that he is Captain Dreyfus. The fellowjwas formerly employed on the Vanderbflt estate at Biltmore. He thinks that his enemies are pursuing him all the time and that they have succeeded in charg ing him with electricity and avoids all street car rails and all objects which - he thinks might conduct an electric current. Benson, while under this hallucina tion, endeavored to gain an entrance . to the Biltmore house and swam the Swan nanoa river, thus securing an entrance to the estate. ' ProsecutlonFaila to Convict. ; Columbia, Si C, April 13. The pros ecution of Colonel W. A. Neal, ex-superintendent of the penitentiary has fallen flat. There were three indictments backed by cords of evidence before the legislative investigation committee. ; On one cause the jury brought in a verdict of not guilty on account of a technicality. The second indictment was quashed' on account of another legal technicality, and the third indictment was not pushed. It was not nolpros8ed, because the so licitor objected to that. In the absence of the solicitor it was continued, and that is, the end of it. T ; ' ' ' New Enterprise For Gaflney. -Gaffnkt, S. C, April 13. Plans are being perfected for the development of Gaston Shoals, near here. H. D. Wheat, president of the Gaffhey Manufactur ing company, has purchased that prop erty with a large tract of land on either side of Broad river, and is now organisr ing a company to develop the water power. An electric power plant will be installed and power transmitted to Gaff ney, Spartanburg and other nearby towns,- while several towns 'will 7 be furnished with electricity for, Hghrhtg purposes. . , .. Will Complete Statehonse. Columbia, S. C, April 14. The state house commission has awarded the plan of finishing the statehouse to Architect Milburn of Charlotte, N. O. It ' win take about three months to complete the plans and specifications and call forbids. The cost will be about $165,000. Mr. Milburn 's plan includes generally a handsome portico at the front and rear end of the building. I Sale of Georgia Pine Land. Davis Station, S. CL, April 17. C. M, Davis, president of the C M. Davis Lumber company of this place, is in South Georgia, where he is arranging to develop a 10, 000-acre tract of long- leaf yellow pine stumpage which he bought some time ago. Open For riusinesa. Columbia, S. C., April 18. The new State Bank and Trust company of this city has opened its doors for business.1 The bank is in charge of Dr. W. H. Timmerman as president, Edward Ehr lich as vice president, and John Taylor; as cashier. . Awarded 91,0,000 Charleston, April 16. In the court of common pleas the sealed verdict in the case of Mrs. Mary K. Appleby ugainct the South Carolina and Georgia, railroad was opened and fband tooaa- tain a judgment tat tKQ tat Urn plaintiff. . THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA British to . Mo ve Northward at an Early Date. . If , April It XadysE&ith , dis patoaes confirm therepbrt. "that ; the Bpert have retf red, from jfche lQaadsr laagte district to their. ' Bigsburg po sitions. No raiding operations, sooth, ward have been reported and' it is now' clear that the Boer advance was ordered for the sake of employing the burghers oil active duty and of checking deser tions. The- British inactivity in one sense is masterly, since it demoralizes the enemy. - - An official bulletin issued at Pretoria contains a survey oi the military situa tion in the various sections and - implies that there is activity all along the- line. The Boer officials evidently- find it neces sary to convey tile impression to their own people that the enemv's forces have not dUbaudfid. but are actively employed itfj various points. The onlv fresh claim of victory in this report is that General lYoneman has de feated a British column and' driven it across the . Orange , river, - There is no Confirmation of this story from British 'sources. . "" -1 V1- f" j Genera Chermside, with a full dirt, sion, is moving east from Reddersburg, and the. Boers may be caught in a corner some where In the southwestern section ef the Free State.- 4 The general situation at Bloemfontein is unchanged : Military experts here do hot expect an advance north will follow for a week or ten days. Lord" Roberts is probably waiting for large shipments of horses which have barely arrived at fipe Town, . - .,; - 7. At last Iyord Roberts seems to be on th eve of moving -his main body of troops toward Pretoria. Unless all the usually reliable sources of information and all the' Indications smuggjed.pasi the censor are'at fault, the British army, Within ra few days, will be marching northward. .After many premature and unfounded reports that have purported to tell of this move, there is . naturally, even in the best informed quarters, con siderable hesitancy in definitely ' setting npon-the day. Lord Roberts -is - likely to leave Bloemfontein but there is. a set tled impression that it will occur -either at the end of this week or the beginning of next. , '. - I The troops have been well rested dur ing the few weeks stay in Bloemfontein, and unless the British proceed north ;ward now the strategism of the . Boers rwill make itself felt. The advance win propably be, made in parallel columns with an advance guard, sweepingnorth. ward to 1 the "east " and west, the force amounting to 75,000 men. 5 r I I from The Hague come the news; that the Boer delegates refuse to make public the object of their mission. They hope to be received by Queen Wilhehn, but nothing in this direction has yet been decided npon. -r- - " ; i .The Boers, for two days past, have been displaying great activity along the .Reddersburg and Rotuville road. Their aoouts report them advancing on those places to the relief of Wepener, and the burghers, - consequently, are divided j whether to remain or retire. A majority of them desire to abandon Wepener, fearing to be cut off, .while the minority, led by .Commandant Olivier, are reluct-, ant to move as long as there is a chance to capture Colonel Dalgetty's garrison, j ' Scoutr have just reported recent firing in the direction of Thabanchu. Both Claim Victory at Wepener. LoypOV,' April 16. Conflicting reports regarding the , conditions at Wepener continue. -But there is no definite or important news from the front. A Cape Town dispatch says nearly 3,000 horses ha Ye been landed there since April 13, - which - indicates that every effort is being made to remedy the great defect in the British organization. The chief Boer delegate, Fischer, ac companied by Dr. Leyds, has visited the president of the Dutch cabinet at The Hague, but the doings of the delegates create little speculation in England. ' Frederick WHliers, the veteran war correspondent who has arrived . freza the. front, says he believes the . worst of the war is overr but that guerrilla warfare will continue for some time. An official bulletin issued at Pretoria Afaril 1$ that the .Bvghers -cap-' tared 500 'slaughter exen at Wepasr and that General Foeneman that day -de-, ieated tha British-causing them, to Ay in the direction of Wolverport , appa rently over the range everywhere.. , -. The Irish-American ambulance arrived at Pretoria April is. t ;. . ;.. : -. . . . The Boers report no casualtfea during the recent fighting at Warrenton. A dispatch from Ladysmlth '.says na tive scouts have just reported that the Boers in the Elandslaagte district have retired beyond- Biggarsburg. ' " Other information tends to confirm the report that the Boers have blown tip three Important collieries near Weasel's Nek, completely destroying the engine houses and plants, j ; . .. ,i ,. ; j Dewet Engages Brabant. BRAXproBT, April 16. Fighting with Brabant's horse at Jammerberg drift continues. Commandant Petros Dewet is reported to have engaged the troops sent from Bloemfontein to Brabant's as sistance. s , There was also a brush with a British . column advancing toward Bullion tein. without decisive result. All the foreign attaches are now here. Boer Defeat Reported. Caps Towjt. Alr-TXUttpotttd that! General Brabant has defeated tie Boers at Wepener and captured their SemWOfilelad Dealal, , BxaLor, April 16. The reports, circu lated of conferences between Count Yon Buelow, the minister of fcoiign affairs and the Boer delesatos sxesemi-oQdally denied and declared to be pure inven tion. It is added that the only thing which has occurred was an exchange of viattaofsmrtesyiaada by tha ttedefesatesitatwha C1X LJENQTHENSMIUrrUFE The scrabbing broth b the tmpUmeat which thoassaus of women ate wearing It's the half 4 half their half their Washing Powder comes to their relief. Used with this great cleanser, tne scrubbing brush loses its terror at oboe. All clean ing is easy with Gold Dust. It does the work ii&alf the time with half the effort and at half the cost of soap or any other cleanser. For greatest THE N. K. aocAco ST. LOUS IN UNITED STATES COURT. Kentucky Governorship Case Docketed and Set for April 30. Washington, April 16. The cases in volving the Kentucky governorship have been docketed in the United States supreme court. A brief statement in which counsel for both Taylor and Bock ham joined was filed at the same time asking for an early hearing. In this agreed statement, it is set forth that both Taylor and Beckham as governor, John Marshall as lieutenant governor on the republican side and L. H. Carter as president pro tern of the senate and John B. Castleman as adjutant general on the democratic side are each and all demanding the right to and actually attempting exercise the powers of the respective ffl xs claimed by them, thus producing re it confusion in Kentucky by reason of the doubts as to which offi cial persons named have the lawful right to exercise the authority pertaining to the several offices named, all to the great injury and detriment of the people of the state. The supreme court advanced the case to be heard April 30, and gave each side four hours for argument. TELEPHONE GIRL 1$ DYING. Was Victim of Peculiar Accident Iu Chicago Exchange. Chicago, April 17. Prostrated by an electric shock, received while at her desk in the offices of the Chicago Tele pone company, two weeks ago, Maud Turnbull now lies at tho point of death. Physicians have been unable to relieve the continuous twitching of the girl's muscles, while the derangement of the nervous system has caused violent heart convulsions. These result in sinking spells, when the pulse ceases to beat un til injections of strychnine are admin istered. Miss Turnbull was in charge of the board where connections are made be tween the various offices of the com- Eany. She had just made a connection, oldrng the plug in her left hand and the receiver in her right, her fingers chanced to close over the ' metal attach ment, which sent the current through her body. i . Four Perish In Flames. Newcastle, Pa., April 17. A large tenement house occupied by Italian and negro families, near Rock Point, was de stroyed by fire last night. David Abi atte, an old man, and his three young nephews, Joseph, Pastelle and Erwin Abiatte, were burned to death. Many of the other occupants escaped by jump ing from the windows. Judge Candler Breaks Record. Atlanta, April 17. There were 99 cases on the docket when Judge John S. Candler convened court Monday morn ing in the criminal branch of Fulton su perior court for tbe spring term. When court adjourned for the day at 6 o'clock 22 cases had been called and disposed of. - Mexican War Veterans Pensioned. .WASHXXQTOJr, April 17. At the be ginning of today's session of the senate, a bill was passed granting to soldiers of the Mexican war pensions of 1 12 a month in certain cases. Ltamplighter Turned Out. Louisville April 18. The Comxoer. cdai says that Charles Patterson, yester day before leaving for the east decided to turn out I am plighted, his 8-year-old, that ran last in the New Orleans derby. Iamplighted gave some promise as a 3 y ear -old and in the early training this spring, but his showing at New Orleans and Memphis were very ducouraging and Patterson decided to end his racing days. Mr. Patterson gave $6,100 for him as a yearling. FREE BLOOD CURE. An Offer Proving: Faith to Sufferers- Is your Blxi Pare? Aae you sare of it? Do caisor ecrstrhes heal lowlv? Doesi four ekin itch or burn?. Have yon Pim ples? Eruption? Aching Bones or Back? Eczema? Old Sore? 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Rock well Clancy, a missionary at Allahabad, who is visiting his brother In Medford, said last nightt , j "The condition! of the famine itricki n In India today Is something perfectly aw ful to contemplate. I cannot tell ant. thing about the number who are dylnf , but when I left Bombay last Februai j there were some 60.000,000 people suf fering from famine and over 30,000.000 were iu dire distress, and of these but 5,000,000 were receiving goverment aid. "When the famine set in the people began to sell everything they had that might get a little grain for food. They took the doors from their houses and sold them; sold their furniture and farm lug utensils and when 1 they had no longer anything to sell they sold their children. The boys don't sell well and the traffic is largely in girl. "I saw girls in one town jut before I came away being sold for 80 cents a piece. They were bought up by Mo hammedans. But they won't buythe boys, so when the parents caniiot longer support their children they abandon them and henceforth they must get on as best they can. These castoffs congre gate about the doors of the grain mer chants' shops, and the only way the pro prietors can get rid of them is to throw out handsful of grain, scattering it wide. The children pick and pick all day and at night perhaps are rewarded by hay ing collected a single handful.' HEAVIEST RAIN FOR YEARS. Mississippi Is Cut Off From Outside, World.. Msmphis, April 17. Reports from northern and central .Mississippi are meager, telegraphic and telephone com munications being seriously interrupted. The heaviest rains those sections bare experienced for years have fallen within the past two days. Travel and trafflo in many instances are suspended. Reports from Jackson state that no trains have passed through the city since the south bound passenger train on the Illinois Central yesterday morning at 0 o'clock. Washouts are reported in all directions. Reports from Crystal Spring and Madi son state that both cotton and corn crops will have to be replanted in many places. Meridian Isolated. Meridian, Miss., April 17. The flood situation in this section has reached frightful proportions. This city is cut off from tbe outside world except by three telegraphic communications of the Western Union wires. All trains are marked annulled for an indefinite period. Heavy Rains la Louisiana. New Orleans, April 17. There was an unprecedented heavy rain here today, the streets in many places being flooded 6 inches deep. The rain, which is gen eral throughout the state, is still falling. and there is no prospect of a letup. A HUSBAND " Before my wife began using Mother's Friend she could hardly get around. I do not think she could get along without it now. She used it for two months and it is a great help to her. She does h e r housework without trouble- Mothers Friend is an external liniment for expectant mothers to use. It gives them strength to attend to their household duties almost to the hour of confine meat. It is the one and only prepara tion that overcomes morning sickness and nervousness. It is the only remedy that relaxes and relieves tha strain. It is the only remedy thai makes labor short and delivery easy. It is the only remedy that puts the breasts in condition so that swelling or rising is impossible. Don't take medicines internally. They endanger the lives of both mother ana cnua. Mthmw- Fftead I mU by artststs far SI Smd for ear fr ttirutrsUd bowk. OADTOIIIA. ! SAYS i baTtr v 1 j
Rockingham Post-Dispatch (Rockingham, N.C.)
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April 19, 1900, edition 1
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