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:m te m mma mm. Old Series. Vol. XVIT, No. 22. NewBvrien. Vol III. No.. 24 ROCKINGHAM, N. C, THURSDAY, N0VEA1BER 21, 1901. :i.00 rat TFAR IK HCVfi.il IC EVIREOD i.CNEL BAXTER RESIGNS. Presidency of Cumberland Zca aic Coke Company. , -hr.m. A!a., Nov. 19. Colonel a; t, pi. , rt of the Tennes ( ,ai. i.'ii and lailroad conipany, nounoed to his friends 1, l ad tendered his resignation ; directors of the company and a. ( ptod the presidency of the rlan.! Coal and Coke company, Y' ;,nsste. .ir.it xter announces that there nasj i, no friction between him and the . , 'ors of the Tennessee company, tl,;.t he has acquired a large inter in th" Cumberland company, which i i, ht coal mines and other large in Tennessee, and that he "- n the change will profit him pe- cm:: ilarily. - ' .)... II. Bacon, the present chair n of the board of directors of the V.-.tny arid its virtual manager, will i. ted president, it Is thought. HEMP FOR TWO. Wi'ite Man and Negro Must Pay the -Death Penalty. i irminam, Ala., Nov. 18. In the r r : i,nal court two men have Just been b Mit t-'iiccd to hang, and long terms of ir..;:! isunment have been imposed upon t ral others. .Jim Winton, who killed his wife at FiUy because she insisted on leav i: 4 him, has been sentenced to hang on December 20. Will Dorsey, the negro convicted of highway robbery, was also sen t !((! to hang on December 20. He i: ih- man that went to the house of I avid McNamara for the purpose of rohhery, and shot Mr. McNamara In presence of his wife and son, who were pleading with him at the time r it to shoot. An appeal will be taken ia his case. To Operate Reed Mine. Concord, N. C, Nov. 16. The gold Xi 1 1 business in this county is at t very much attention this fall and :Jso, vhat is more to the point, a 1 ir aiiiour.t of capital. The old Reed nl': -. irmoiis as the locality where the 7-ftound piece was found many years ago, will be operated in a short tii:ie fey a Massachusetts company. The Mepriow creek mine, where so i iL.ny rich nuggets have been picked t ; hitf lj, is in the vicinity of the Heed mine. Court of Inquiry for Kyle. Montgomery, Ala., Nov. 18. Adju tant Genial Brandon has issued an order tor a general courtmartial for the Thiid regiment of the national j. ia:d to assemble in Montgomery on December 10. It will consider any matters coming before it. but its main business will te to try lieutenant Colonel Kyle, of Decatur, on charges of neglect of duty, i . i'erred by Colonel Higdon. Colonel Kyle is judge of the Decatur circuit. Anti-Ratification Majority. Opelika, Ala.. Nov. 18. The vote in this county was not counted until Saturday. The official count shows tiie total vote cast 3,545 for ratifica-. tion. 1,174 against; majority against ratification 1,197. Nearly 2,000 less than a full vote wa polled and of the vote against ratification over 2,000 were negroes. A large majority of those not polled were whites. No ne groes voted for the constitution. There vere no contests. Libel Suit Up Next Week. Kaleigh, Nov. 16 The noted libel B iit of Rev. T. J, Gattis against Rev. Dr. John C. Kilgo, president of Trin ity college, comes up next week for the third time at Oxford. An effort w ill be made to remove it to another o'tnty. The supremo court last month i'ul there. was an error and granted the new trial. There will be a decided eliange in the line of argument in this ea&e. Making "Hobos" Useful. Raleigh, Nov. 16. The authorities here are determined to put all the tramps they capture at work on the roads. Yesterday the nine white tramps caught in a car of the Seaboard Ad- Line were put on the roads.' They bring the number of the Wake road vans: up to nearly 100. They are white, n. ai ly all from the eastern states and were working their way southward. Negroes Escape From Jail. Louisburg, N. C, Nov. 18. There i as just- been a jail delivery at this : i; e. Five negroes were in prison at the time and they wrecked one of the itt.i eases and then broke through t .e outer barriers. One of the pris oners who escaped, Ben Fostei, was t: der sentence of death for murder, but hath taken an appeal to the su preme court. Coal Found In Marengo County. -Mobile. Ala., Nov. 19. Railroad builders, running a branch of the j.ouisvillo and Nashville railroad t uough Marengo county, Alabama, biasted open yesterday a seam of coal 7 tect below the surface about 6 miles east of Linden, the county seat. The presence of coal in that county was not suspected. Crazed by Cheap Cotton. Tialeigh, Nov. 16. A negro farmer bee ame crazy on the street here yes terday on account of the low price of cotton and became so disorderly that his arrest was necessary. He ought two policemen like a tiger. He v.'as sent to the asylum. Harding Resigns His Office. Raleigh, Nov. 16. The Rev. Natha ns 1 Harding, who has been superin-to-nd-nt of education of Beaufort coun y ever since that office was created, years ago, tenderd his resignation jesifcrday. y THIEF GETS $10,000 WORTH OF DIAMONDS New York Broker Loses That Amount at Portland, Or. ALSO ABOUT $200 IN GOLD Valuables Were Placed In a Trunk, ! Which Was Left At a Hotel, and During the Owner's Absence It Was Broken Open and Contents Taken. Portland, Ore., Nov. 18. E. F. Loe- ! wenthal, a diamond broker ' of New I York, arrived here Saturday evening 1 and registered at the Portland hotel. He was assigned to a room on the groundfioor of the botel and placed a trunk containing diamonds valued at 110,000 and $200 In gold in the room. Mr. Loe wenthal states that he left the hotel between 9 and 10 last evening and that when he returned he found the trunk broken open and the dia monds' and cash missing. Detectives are now searching for a missing jan itor, who is believed to have com mitted the robbery. AT THE WHITE HOUSE. President Roosevelt Discusses Reci procity Question. Washington, November 18. The president's time today was occupied largely in the discussion of reciproci ty. Senator Cullom of Illinois, and Representative Dalzell of Pennsylva nia, had something to say to him upon that subject and a delegation of agri cultural implement manufacturers con sisting of James Deering of Chicago, A. B. Farquhar of York, Pa., and W. C. Barker of New York, who are here to attend the reciprocity convention which meets tomorrow, presented s memorial strongly urging that some thing be - done. The delegation told the president that, in its opinion, the time for action had come. Reciprocity had been talked and preached about for years and unless a decisive step was taken now whlph would effect something the whele subject might well be abandoned. The members of the delegation said that they had no particular interest in any of the trea ties, but thought, taken altogether, that the French treaty more nearly represnted the best possibilities in the way of reciprocity and that if it could be ratified a distinct victory would be won. Senator Cullom, after his interview with the president talked in the same vein. His attitude is considered im portant, as it is now practically set tled that he will be at the head of the foreign relations committee. THE TAMPA STRIKE. At a Meeting of Cigarmakers It Is Declared Off. Tampa, Nov. 18, The working cigarmakers held another massmeet 'ing Saturday night and declared the strike off here, acting in harmony with the cigarmakers of Havana, who have done the same thing. A number of speeches were made denouncing the strike and urging all who are yet idle to go to work. The meeting was attended by a commit tee from Havana, which came here to make a report to the idle working men in that city and to look through the factories, see the class of work, get the prices and other general in formation. They were surprised and pleased when they found the prices paid for work in this city. They will recommend Tampa to the men who want work. Injunction Suit Is Dissolved. Raleigh, Nov. 16. Two weeks ago the Cumnock Coal Mine company, which several months before had transferred that property to the Chat ham Coal and Iron company, applied to Judge Purnell here for an order to restrain the latter from selling any bonds, alleging that it had sold some and had used the money to meet cur rent expenses and not in paying off a mortgage debt. The matter has now been adjusted and the injunction dis solved at the request of the applicants, who are Philadelphians. The output of coal from this mine will by the end of this year be larger than ever before. Jacksonville Sells Bonds. Jacksonville. . Fla., Nov. 16. An is sue of $400,000 of city of Jackson ville water works and improvement 5 per cent, maturing in 1924, gold bonds has 'been sold to Townsend, Scott & Son of Baltimore at 107.535, a net gross premium of $30,140. Tm bids were made for the whole issue and five others for portions. The second highest bid was that of a syndicate of local banks, their bids being $421,087 for the total issue. Suicide At Jacksonville. Jacksonville. Fla., Nov. 19. J. E. Nobles, a traveling salesman from Co lumbus, O., representing a cigar com pany of that city, was found dead in his room at the Aragon hotel yester day afternoon. The- body was found lying on the bed. The gas jet was turned on and the room filled with the deally fumes. The deceased left no clew giving the cause for his com mitting suicide. Crushed By Falling Pole. Tampa, Fla., Not. 18. Harry Solan, foreman of a gang engaged In raising telephone poles for the Peninsular Telephone Company, was seriously in jured. The gang was at work rais ing large poles on Sixth avenue when one of them slipped and fell. It caught Solan and crushed him about the back in a most painful manner. He was at nee taken to the Kmersaaoy hospital TRAGEDY AT MOBILE. Husband Kills Woman He Thought Was His Wife. Mobile, Ala., Nov. 18. Peyton Alex ander killed an old woman named Sarah Brown at Plateau, near here, at an early hour yesterday morning. Alexander came from the Gulf and Ship Island railroad looking for his Wife. He went into several houses. In discriminately striking women, think ing each was his wife. He was told she was in a certain house and went there. There was no light In the house, and Alexander shot a woman who was in bed. He then beat her with an ax and a shovel handle, ter ribly mutilating her. When the murder was discovered a chase after Alexander was begun and he was captured by two members of a negro vigilance committee, who held him for the deputy sheriffs. A mob of about three hundred ne groes attempted to take the prisoner and lynch him, but he was finally brought to the county Jail. He will make no statement. WILL BORE FOR OIL. Machinery Orderd for Work at Clt ronelle, Ala. Mobile, November 18. Official an nouncement has been made that an oil well will be bored at Citronelle, In this county, some miles north of Mobile, on the Mobile and Ohio rail road.' The announcement was made by C. C. Kimbrough, of St. Stephens, Ala., who is attorney for a company headed by William Thompson, ex-sheriff of Macon county; ex-Governor Jo seph F. Johnston, T. G. Bush, for merly president of the Mobile and Ohio railroad, and other Mobile and Birmingham capitalists. Machinery has been ordered and the work will begin as soon as the necessary material is delivered. Professor Anderson, a well known geologist, has analyzed some oil se cured on the site and pronounces it valuable and in large deposit. ONE MAN KILLED IN WRECK. Smash-Up on Alabama Great South ern Railway. Birmingham, Ara., Nov. 15. Yester day morning a bad wreck occurred on the Alabama Great Southern railway, near Powderly, 4 miles south of Birmingham. One of the journals un der the third car of the-southbound local freight train, in charge of En giner Murphy and Conductor D. G. Gray, broke and the car was ditched. The other cars wer smashed " Into splinters and five cars were derailed. One unknown white man, who was evidently riding on the rods under the car which was first wrecked, met a horrible death. He appears to have been probably 25 or 27 years of age. None of the train crew were in jured. The track was blocked for three or four hours. Alleged Wrecker Caught Birmingham," Ala., Nov. 18. Will Morgan, a negro, has been arrested here on the charge of having caused the wreck on the Central of Georgia railway near Leeds last month by fe loniously removing the underpinning from the trestle through which the train fell. The motive for the alleged attempt to commit wholesale murder is not apparent, but the railroad de tectives have been zealously endeavor-; ing to locate the perpetrator, and be lieve they have done so. Sugar Cane Cars for Cuba. Chattanooga, Teen., Nov. 18. The Chattanooga Car and Foundry compa ny, of which H. Clay Evans is presi dent, has asked the railroads for 40 cars to be loaded with sugar cane for shipment to Cuba. This makes over! 100 carloads of these tram cars that have been shipped to Cuba by this company for this season's cane crop. Saloon Row Ends Fatally. Gadsden, Ala., Nov. 18. In Attalla Perry Stovall was shot and Instant ly killed by John R. Kelly in a sa loon. Both were young boys about 19 years old. Stovall had been drinking and pick ed up a billiard cue and struck Kel ly. Kelly drew his pistol and shot four times, two balls penetrating Sto- i vall's heart. Failed to Cross Border. Willemstadt, Island of Curacoa, Nov. 18. (Via Haytien Cable.) Gen eral Uribe-Uribe has arrived here from Maracaibo, proving that the last effort to cross the Colombian frontier and effect a junction with the revolu tionary troops under General Marin has resulted in another failure. Burglars Demolish Bank. Wilmington, Kans., Nov. 18. Safe blowers who are believed to have been the same who attempted to rob the bank at Milan Sunday morning blew open the safe of the bank In Man chester, south of here, in Oklahoma Territory. They obtained no booty,i but demolished the bank. 4 Board of Health Negligent. St. Louis. Nov. 18. Coroner Funk houser today rer.cered a verdict find ing the St. Louis health department negligent in the -preparation of diph theria anri-coxine that caused the deaths by lockjaw of the seven chil dren to whom the remedy was admin istered for diphtheria. McCain Made Land Agent. Montgomery, Ala., Nov. 18. Gov ernor Jelks has appointed State Sen ator J. R. McCain, of Clay county, to be state landagent, to fill the ra cancy caused by tho recent death of L XL XAwreoce. jFROPOSED CANAL ACROSS THE ISTHMUS ! ' " ' 1 " .- Text or tne Treaty uabled From London. . some features; are. outlined Canal Shall Be Free and Open to Ves sels of Commerce and of War of All ' Nations Observing the. Rules On Terms of Entire Equality. STW:;::-! New TorlNoT8.--rhe Journai and Advertiser publishes a London Dispatch giving what it claims jis the text of the' Nicaragua canal: treaty-. The London cable states that the copy of. the Nicaragua canal treaty was shown to a Journal and Advertiser cor respondent in London by a high offi cial of the foreign office. After giv ing a. preamble, ths- dispatch says: "It was agreed that 'the canal can be constructed under ..the auspices of the government of the United States, either directly at" Its own cost or by gift or loan of money to individuals or corporations, or through subscriptions or through purchase of stock or shares, and that, .subject to tne pro visions otj the prenent convention, the said government shall have 'and en joy all the rights incident to such con struction as well as the exclusive right of providing, for the regulation and management of ths canal ' ' 'Other: provisions follow: Free to All Vessels. 1. The canal shall be free and open to the vessels of commerce and . of war of all nations observing the rules on terms of entire equality, so that there' shall be no "discrimination against any. such nation or its citizens orsubjects in, respect of the condi tions or charges , of traffic or other wise. - 2. The canal shall never be block aded, nor shall any right of way be exercised or any act of hostility be committed within it. 3. Vessels of war of a belligerent shall not revitual nor take any stores in the canal except so far as may be strictly necessary, and the transit of such vessels through the canal shall be, effected with' the least possible delay, In accordance with the regula tions in force and with only such in termission as may result from the ne cessities of the service. Prizes shall be in allspectfiSubjecjtJto the same rules as vessels 6f "war of tTSe" bellig erents. " ' 4. No belligerent shall embark or disembark troops, munitions of war or warlike materials in the canal except in case of accidental hindrance of the transit, and in such case the transit shall be resumed with all possible dis patch. ' As to Belligerent Vessels. 6. The provisions of this article shall apply to waters adjacent to the canal, within 3 marine miles of eith er end. Vessels of war of a belliger ent shall not remain in such waters longer than 24 hours at any one time, except In case of distress, and in such case shall depart as soon as possi ble; but a vessel of war of one bel ligerent shall not depart within 24 hours from the departure of a vessel of war of the other belligerent. 6 The plants, establishments, build ings and all works necessary to the construction, maintenance' and opera tion of the canal shall be deemed a part thereof, for the purposes of this convention and in time of -war as in time of peace shall enjoy complete im munity from attack from belligerents and ffom acts' calculated" to impair their usefulness as a part of the canal. Injured In Trolley Accident, Youngstown, Ohio,. Nov. 18. A trol ley car on the Youngstown and Sha ron railway Jumped the track at Hub bard, 9 miles from here, at 7 o'clock this -morning while going at a good rate of speed. Six persons were in jured. Frank Neilson, of Sharon,' Pa., was badly hurt about the head. Five others received slight injuries. Five passengers were on the car when the accident occurred. Two Children Cremated. Ottawa, Ontario, Nov. 18. Alfred and Jennie Kendall, aged 2 and 5 years, respectively, children of Albert Kendall, were burned to death in a fire at their home last, night while they had been left alone for a few minutes by their mother, who had gone to a neighbor's. It is supposed one of the children upset a lighted lamp and an explosion followed. Chilian Cabinet Crisis. New York, Nov. 18. It is believed that the Chilian cabinet crisis will end at once in nearly all of the min isters retaining their portfolios, says The Herald's London correspondent. The controversy, between Argentina and Chili over the opening of path ways in the disputed territory will be amicably settled. Passengers or. the Majestic London, Nov. 18.-pThe White Star eteamer Majestic, which sails from Liverpool Wednesday via Queenstown Thursday for New York, will have among her passengers Jean Rubelik, the young Bohemian violinist, and United States Senator W. A. Clark of Montana. " ' ' Woman Gets Twenty Years, j Wichita, Kans., Nov. 18.-Mary Mark, who has been on trial for kill ing her babe, born oat of wedlock! was today sentenced to 20 jvzz 'tn the yesifwHirjr. GEORGIA LEGISLATURE. Senate Refuses to Reconsidsr Howard Franchise Tax Bill. Atlanta, Nov, 18. The senate, by a was defeated in that boay last Friday, vote of 19' to 6, refused to reconsider the Howard franchise, tax bill, which was defeated in that body last Friday? Two measures were introduced in the house today to elect the members of the general assembly every four years and to change the state elec tions from two to four years. Hawes of Elbert, and Kodgcs of Hart, were the authors. Wright of Floyd, wants to build over the right of way of the Wegtern and Atlantic property .in this city be tween the Whitehall viaduct and For syth street bridge, and the comptrol ler general, secretary of state and treasurer Is appointed a commission of three to inquire into' the matter and report to the next general as sembly. The use of the hall was tendered Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, president of the National American Woman's Suffrage association, Miss Francis E. Griffin of Alabama, Hon. Robert R. Hemphill of South Carolina, Mrs. Ju lia Patton of Georgia, and others for I Monday evening, November 25, for the purpose of delivering addresses on the scope of the elective franchise. The following "bills were passed : . By Mr. Symons of Glynn To pro tect fish in the waters of the coast 88 to 0. Passed. By Mr. Miller of Muscogee Author izing the Free Kindergarten associa tion of Columbus to sell certain lands. 80 to 0. Passed. By Mr. Howard of Dooly To incor porate the city of Vienna. 89 to 0. Passed. To abolish the county court of Dooly. Tabled. By Mr. LcMendon. of Telfair To establish the city court of Mt. Ver non. 89 to 0. Passed. Also to change the holding of the courts of the Oco nee circuit. 90 to 0. Passed. By Mr. Madden of Pike Amending the act creating the Barnesvijle dis pensary. 90 to 4. Passed. For the election of dispensary commissioner for Barnesville dispensary. 91 to 0. Passed. By Mr. Harper of Chattooga To change the manner of selecting the trustees for the blind asylum at Ma con. Tabled. WHEATON SHOOTS HOULIHAN. Bad Feeling Had Existed Between the Two Men. Savannah, Nov. 19. John F. Whea ton, a. member of a prominent family here, yesterday shot Thomas Houli han, a mail carrier. The shooting oc curred on Habersham street, where Wheaton was a lodger at Houlihan's house. For some time there had been ill feeling between the two because of alleged attentions that Wheaton had been paying his landlord's wife. Yesterday afternoon they were both at the house. Wheaton claims that Houlihan was advancing upon him with an uplifted bed slat when he fired. The wound will not prove fatal. Wheaton was arrested. Sheriff Accidentally Killed. Cedartown, Ga., Nov. 19. Sheriff John Hutchings, of this county, was killed Sunday night by the accidental discharge of his revolver.- In stoop ing over to place some coal in a scut tle the pistol fell from his pocket, the trigger striking a lump of coal. Death was instantaneous. For eight years before his election as sheriff the de ceased was treasurer of Polk county. He was a prominent Odd Fellow and Mason, and was the brother-in-law of Representative Newt Tumlin, of Car roll county. Damages Awarded Blackburn. Bainbridge, Ga., Nov. 19. Judge Spence, of the Albany circuit, is hold ing a two week's term of court here. In the case of Martin Blackburn against the Alabama Midland Railway company for injuries received in a wreck on that road some two years ago Blackburn was awarded a verdict of $10,000. Blackburn was a mail clerk between Waycross and Montgomery. The criminal docket will consume the entire week. Negro Burglar Gets Ten Years. Macon, Ga., Nov. 19. Joe Brown, a negro burglar, was sentenced to serve 10 years at hard labor in the Georgia penitentiary by Judge Felton in Bibb superior court this morning. This ne gro entered the residence of W. A. Streeter, on New and Oak streets, about two weeks ago and stole a re volver and several knives. The stolen goods were found in his possession. White Man Shot by Negro. Danielsville, Ga., Nov. 19. Thomas Russell of Comer, Ga., was shot yes terday by Goody McLeroy, a negro, who was in the yard cursing and threatening to kill the first white man who came out of the house. When Mr. Russell stepped out the negro shot him. The wound is considered dan gerous. The negro escaped. Mercer's Endowment Assured. Macon, Nov. 18.--Mercer universi ty's -faculty announces that they have the $50,000 endowment required to be raised as a condition under which John D. Rockefeller ia to donate -S15,-000 to the institution through the American Baptist Educational Society. Mercer has $40,000 of her part of the in cash. ; tWest Virginia Postoffice Burns. Washington," Nov. 18. A dispatch announced that the postoffice at Free mans burg, W. Va., was robbed and ' burned to the ground early Sunday jaorning. No loss is stated. OLD MAN MURDERED Found In Dying Condition In a Si vannah Park. , . Savannah, Ga., Nov. 18. Samuel T. Baker, a highly respected citizen and confederate veteran, formerly of Beau fort, S. C.was found unconscious in Colonial park about midnight Saturday sight with a fractured skulL Parties who found the old man lying near one of f the walks: reported the. matter to the police, ne was at once removed to the barracks and physi cians summoned. Later he was taken to his home at 416 Hull street, where he died yesterday ; afternoon fwithout having recovered consceousness: . Mr. Baker for years had been em ployed as bookkeeper for the Lyons Grocery company, and yesterday Col lected $800. Thi3, however.rha had turned over to his employers. It is the theory of the police that some one knew of his collections and hoped to find the money on his person. He left the store at about 11 : SO o'clock at night and went to a barber shop. After getting shaved he started homeward, going through Colonial park as the shortest route. That was the last seen of him until he was found in a dying condition yesterday morning. The body had been robbed of a watch, chain and 'other; valua bles and the pockets turned wrong? side out. There were evidences of a struggle. The spot where the body was found Is about midway between the police station and the county Jail and is with in hailing distance of both. RURAL DELIVERY 13 WANTED. Newton County Making an Effort In This Direction. Covington, Ga... Nov. 19. The pros pect of a rural, free mail delivery for Newton county seems good at present. Congressman L. F. Livingston has been working hard to obtain this ser vice for Newton county for several months and feels sure that his plans will succeed. The' postoffice depart ment has sent out two agents from Washington, who are investigating the claims of this county for a rural free delivery. To establish this system in New ton about 35 or 40 mail carriers will have to be employed. A conservative estimate made by those who are fa miliar with the working of this sys tem shows that $17,500 more will be turned loose in this county by the new system than by the delivery sys tem now in operation. If Newton county obtains this service it will be the only one of the kind in the south and one of eight in the United States. COTTON FIRE IN ALBANY. Warehouse and 25,000 Bales Go Up In Smoke. Albany, Ga., Nov. 16. A. W. Muse & Co.'s cotton warehouse, with about 25,000 bales of cotton, was destroyed by fire last night. The building and cotton, except one or two lots of cot ton, belonged to individuals pretty well covered by insurance. The fire department emptied over 6,000 gallons of water on the fire in the vain en deavor to put it out. Warehouse and Cotton Burned. Vienna, Ga., Nov. 16. Smith & Wal ton's warehouse, with its contents, was destroyed by fire here at an. early hour yesterday. Nearly 800 bales of cotton were destroyed, involving a less of over $25,000. The property was only partially covered by insurance. The loss will fall, mostly on farmers who were holding their cotton for higher prices. The origin of the fire is unknown. SUMMONED IN POISON CASE. 8ensation at Memphis In Which Wid ow Figures. Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 19. The sen sation sprung yesterday in the grand jury's investigation - of the poisoning of C. G. Hooks, a Main street book merchant, was the summoning of his widow to appear Wednesday morning. The summons was issued upon the theory that she was about to leave the city for her health. ' Hooks, according to an expert, was poisoned with arsenic Ground glass was also found in his stomach. The grand Jury yesterday had be fore it a man who said enough arsenic was found in the stomach to have killed twenty men. Ticket Dealers' License Raised. Charleston, Nov. 16. The anti scalping audience adopted by the city council for the exposition period la not popular with the army of ticket dealers which had been sweeping to ward Charleston. Out of 23 epplica tions the city assessor has only la rued one license, but it is expected that many others will be issued af ter January 1. The license has been raised from $200 to $500, and dealers opening now will be required to pay the entire $200 for the rest of this j ear. Negro Arrested for Assault Dalton, Ga., Nov. 18. Will Collin, a negro, has been arrested in this county for assault, one of the first perpetrated in Whitfield county in many years. The victim was Mrs. McPherson,' a wMte woman, living near Carbondale The negro was first taken to Dalton . and placed in Jail, but on Sunday afternoon" was spirit ed away and taken to the Rome jail, as the whole community was wrought up and a lynching was threatened. Ex-Mayor Matthews Dead. Roberta, Ga Nov. 18. Hon. J. W. 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Beirinv down pains, morning sickness, soreness of breast, ana innorania are all relieved an. I diminlnhed by this wonderful remedy, back fd hv two scoro years of success. Of druRits1.00 , Send lor our book Motherhood free. THE BRADFIELO REGULATOR CO. Atlanta, Ga. Mice of Trustee's Sale, In re E. A. Hendley, .1 Bankrupt, Notice ia hereby givn at the un dere.igned trustee wjll expona to eale to the highest bidder for cash, at the Court House door in the town of Rockingham, Richmond count)'. North Carolina, on Monday, the 2nd dy of December, 1901, at 12 o'clock, AI., the reversionary in terest of the aforesaid bankrupt in two town lota u the town of Rockingham, Richmond county, North Carolina, re fierce to thefchedule filed by the said bankrupt is hereby had for a more par ticular description of the i-aid lots. This 30tb, dav rf -ctol.er. 1901. A. S DO' KERY, Trustee. ADHUAWS NOTICE, This is to notify all persons that I have -his day qualified as Administrator of the estate of John P. Yates, deceased, 'ale of the County of Richmond. All persona having claims against the deceased are hereby notified to exhibit the earne to me at ocbefore the 21th dav of October, 1902. All persons indebted to said estate are hereby requested to settle their indebted ness at once or suit will be instituted for the recovery of the same. This the 19th dav of October, 1901. PAUL C. WIIITLOCK, Administrator. p '.in i i i i ii i i i. in i eeesslf Trustee1. Sab of Pro::rty, In re J. M. Hine, Bankrupt. Notice is hereby given that the under signed Trustee of the estate of J. M Hines, bankrupt, will sell at public out cry, to the highest bidder, for cash, a the residence of the said J. M. Hines bankrupt, in the county of Richmond State of North Carolina, on Tuesday, No vember 19th, 1901, at 12 o'clock, M., the the following personal property, to-wit: 13,500 pour ds of seed cotton . Notice is also given that the said Trustee will also sell in the same manner at the Court House door in the town of Rockingham, Richmond county, N. C on Monday, December the 2nd., 1 001, at 13 o'clock, a'l the excels of the real estate homt stead a lotment allotted the said Hine, bankrupt, hj the said Trustee, containing about 500 acres, and known as the Jas. Thomas, J. C. Thomas, Mracham and parts of the Hines Old Homestead tracts. Also the reversionary interest of the said Hine in the real estate allotted to him as his exemptions by the said Trustee. - This 30th. day of October, 1901. 1. W. LtGRAND, Trastee. Mce cf Fetilin f;r WEc M. NORTH CAROLINA, 1 Richmonl Coucty. Before the Board of Commissioner, Notice is hereby given that t. petition has bn fili before the Board of Com rnifnrs of Kichrooni county, by W. C. Webb, K. L. Steele, et, aj. to lay out and establish a public road in feaid Coun ty, Wulf Pit township, from Rockingham to Steele Mills, i. e. First; To discontinue that part of the ' Steele' Mill road below Midway village between the two bridge lower and up- perl across Hitchcock creek, inclusive of eaia bridges. J Second: To open a public road in place cf the aforesaid discontinued, part of the Steele's Mills rod, leaving the said road at the lower bridge and going up said creek on the right hand side, across the land of T. A Home, R.S A B; 8. Led better and r there until it rnns into the present Steele's, Mills road, at or near. Midway village, the said new road, to gether with that1 part cf the present Steele's Mill road which is not to be in-. terfered with, te reus ti tut e a public rad to aaid Steele's Mills village. The petition will be heard at the .next meeting of the Board, on Monday the 2nd WrS. THOMAS, Clerk of the Board. Tbi4(hdayof 1001,
Rockingham Post-Dispatch (Rockingham, N.C.)
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