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X Old Series, Vol. XVIT, No.22." New Series, Vol III. No. .29 ROCKINGHAM, N. C THURSDAY JANJARY 2, 15021 annum n cnnx-iomca- NELL CROPSEY'3' BODY FOUND., Jury Returns Verdict of Murder Jas. Wilcox Arrested. Elizabeth City. N. C, uec. 23. Fire week3 of mystery and speculation a3 to ihe fatfc of Miss jNeil Cropsey ter rd&ated yesterday when the body of the missing irl was found floating in the river apposite her father's home. The boily was diaeUvered by J. D. Stlliman, a fisherman, -who was return ing from his nlght's'flsliing trip. Upon discovering tL t the floating - object was the,boJy or ayoung girl he imme diately i;ot.Jed the committee ; and Corcner bearing had the body brought to the shore. ' . When the body was found it was face downward. jAll; the wearing ap parel was intact with the exception of the . rubber which !Nell wore on the night of her disappearance; ami that was missing. " I j With the exception of some slight discoloration pf the) face the body was' in a good . state of preservation and little decomposed, j Tne body was eas ily Identified as that4of Nell Cropsey by all who had knoyn her; in life.. , After the physicians had. held an au topsy and the coroner's , jury investi gated the case the. following verdict was rendered;- ! ' "We, the coroner's jury, having been duly summoned and sworn by Dr. L.' Fearing to inquire what caused the death of Eila M. .Cropsey, do hereby report that from the investigation made by three physicians ot Elizabeth City and from their opinion, andalso from bur personal observations, that said Ella' M. Cropsey came to her death by being stricken a blow on the left temple and by being drowned in the Pasquotank river. We have not yet investigated nor heard any testi mony as to who inflicted the;biow and did the drojwningi We are informed that one James Wilcox is charged witn same and is now in custody.- We rec ommend that investigation as to his or any one else s probable guilt be had by one or more magistrates in Eliza beth City township, and that said Wil cox be held to await said investiga tion." ' . .' ' : Much Feeling Against Wilcox. . . Elizabteh City, N. C, Dec. 28. The 'Verdict .of the coroner's jury on the 1 death of Missj Nell Cropsey, whose body was found ; in the Pasquotank' river yesterday, j was - read today . in front of the coroner's office to the people of Elizabeth City. Because of the feelingagainst James : Wilcox, the sweetheart of the ;dead girl,publica-' tion of the verdict in tnis city was de ferred in the hope that the intense excitement wpuid have subsided by to eay. The lack of sympathy torj. Wil cox was marked in the large crowd assembled about the coroner's office .to' hear thef reading -of the verdict. DISCUSSED THE ACADEMIES. North Carolina ! Educators . Meet at . j 'Raleigh In Convention. Raleigh, Dec. 28. The annual meet ing of the North Carolina Association of . Academies , began here yesterday In the senate chamber. The opening prayer , was by Rev. Dr. M. M-. Marshall and "the' address of welcome by Pro fessor W. A. Withers ,-of -the Agricul tural and Mechanical College. Other addresses during the day were by Gov ernor Aycock, Professor Noble, of the state unive&ityi; Principal f lenderson, of the state normal school for Croaton Indians, and Principal. Campbell, o Brier's Creek academy. 'The officers of the association are L. 1 Shelf, president; John Graham, vice president, and Robert L. Madison, secretary. '.,.:, House Party at. Biltmore. , j Asheville, N. C., Dec. 30. Mr. and Mrs. George Vaiiderbilt are. entertain ing a party of distinguished guests at Biltmore house-; who arrived in their private car, the Swannanoa and the China. : The party includes Ambassa dor Josaph H. Choate, Prince Del Gra. go Maquies Talleyrand Perigood, Com mander W. J. Cowles and Mrs. Cpwles, of Washington; Elliott Gregory, . Miss Stlnson, Captajn and Mrs. Lang An derson and John p. Trevor, of New York. . . v ' 4 ' ' Falls on a Red Hot Stove. Raleigh, N. C, Dec 30. John Mor gan Green, a well known tobacco deal er, formerly of Jurham, : was killed, yesterday at Mount Airy by. falling on' a red hot stove. He was at ' home standing near the stove when he had an epileptic fit and fell across the stove, seizing the pipe lit his, arms. The door was .locked and had to be - forced open by j the mother and broth er, who found the flesh nearly burned off much of the man's body. . . ' Saloon Breakers Are -Shot. . Raleigh, Dec. 27. Walter Silvey, a white ex-convict in JJew Hanover, who on Christmas day ended his term of j imprisonment, j went to Wilmington with a "trusty"; convict and attempted to forcibly enter a barroom. The own er, Jamos Chapman, warned, them he 'would shoot, but they burst open a door and a window, in an instant he shot both. Silvey is badly hurt. .He is an ex-counterfeiter. - - - . - .f ' - - Neck Brpken, Lived 34 Hourv. Salisbury, N. C, Dec 28. Jee Byer ly. the negro flagman who was hit by a train at Barber Junction, nis died of his injuries. His surviving nearly 24 hours is remarkable in view of the fact that he suffered a broken neck and a fracture of the skulL He never regained - consciousness. Mr. Hammer Made Solicitor. - Raleigh, Dec 27.-Governor-Aycock has appointed William C. Hammer; of Asheboro, solicitor of the ITenth dis trict to succeed Wiley Rush, deceased. Mr., Hamm ar i a strong Democrat and editor at XLj Aahehcro Coariex. B8L0MEN ATTACK AMERICAN. TROOPS Pierce Hand-to-Hand Fight In Eavine. TWENTY-TWO FILIPINOS KILLED Sergeant, a Corpora! and Five Pri vates Slain- War. 'Department. la No tified of the Surrender of, the insur gent Chieftain Samson. ; Manila, Dec. 27. Captain Schoeff e:, ith a detachment of 18 men of com pany E, Ninth Infantry, at Dapday, is land of Samar, Was attacked by a large force of bplomen. A; severe hand-to hand fight ensued, Jn which a ser geant, a corporal and 5 privates were killed. -. " I ,. Captain Schoeff el was wounded, but not seriously. Five privates "were dan gerously and one slightly wounded. No property was ' lost. The enemy was finally repulsed with heavy loss. Washington, Dec. 27. The war de partment is advised by General Chaf fee at Manila that company F, Twenty first Infantry, had a desperate hand-to-hand encounter, in j a gorge 6 miles south of San Jose, Batangas, on Dec. 23. Twenty-two of ! the enemy, were killed. Patrick A. Connolly received an ugly bolo wound in the left cheek, Private Carney received six bolo cuts in the neck arid snoulders. r ' The war department -has been ad vised by cable from Manila of the sur rerfder of the insurgent chieftain, Sam son, at Matasarpu, with -all his offl' cers and men, 28 cannon and 45 rifles. Matasaron does not' appear on any of the maps in the possession of the de partment, but-it is 'assumed that the surrender took place on the island of Bohol, as it was there that Samson of late has beCn operating with his fol lowers, having crossed over from the former scene of his -depredations, the island of Cebu. . ' ; . 'The war department is in receipt of a cablegram from General Chaff eere porting that Odus Reeder, second lieu tenant Philippine scouts, committed suicide on the morning of Dec. 23" by shooting himself with a carbine on board the iAwton. lie was suffering from temporary insanity, due to ' ill ness. Lieutenant Reeder was a native of Beverly, W. Va. j JEWELS VANISH AMID MVTERY. Two Hundred Diamonds, Set In Chain, Stolen from Adams Express. Co. Washington, Dec. 27.-3A mysterious robbery of a diamond chain valued at 13,500, of which either the Adams Ex prfes company or Shaw & Berry, a lo cal jewelry firm which shipped it to tNew York, are probably the victims. occurred some time between Sunday afternoon and yesterday."" ,' , The jewelry, was dispatched from here to Joseph Franke.l & Sonsi of 68 Nassau street, New York. When de livered ttiere was no evidence that the seal had been tampered with and the package was not opened In'New Yoric until yesterday, when, the chain, was found missing. . The stolen gems num bered 200 and were set in a platinum lorgnette chain 54 inches Mong. The package was made up by the local firm under tne personal . supervisor of the I proprietors and duly, registered. De tectives . here and" in New York are working on the case. It is supposed that the package was opened by some one acquainted witu its contents, the chain removed ,and the package then restored to its origi nal appearance. EDITOR ARRESTED FOR ASSAULT, Is an Anarchist and Has Threatened . Life of. Roosevelt -: : -New York, Dec. 27.-Rudolf,Gross-man, editor of the Austro-Hurigarian Gazette, was arrested today charged! with assaulting his wife with, a knife. Mrs. Grossman declared her husband to be an Anarchist and1 said that he repeatedly told her he .would, consider himself highly honored if he could but do- to President Roosevelt - what ' Czo gosz did to President McKinley, She? alleged that- her husband on . Dec. 9 last addressed a meeting of anarchists in this city; where he was introduced by Emma Goldman. : . Champion Jim to Meet Winner, . Denver, Dec 27. The. News says: Jim Jeffries will meet the winner, of the Sharkey-Maher bout in this city either in March or ApriL When Jef fries was here he was asked by local promoters if he ould consent to such a match arid he stated that he would. A letter-has since been received in which he expressed a strong desire to meet the winner of the fight which takes place in Philadelphia. . - Expelled From Austria. -Vienna, Dec 27. Emperor Franz Jo seph has ordered the expulsion from Austria of the principals in the bac carat game of Dec 21, when, at . the Vienna Jockey club Count Potocki lost $500,000 during ' three, hours playing. Count Pallavicini winning most, of the Money. Coanta John and Joseph Po tocki have retired to Russia. Gam bling for large amounts of money is Illegal in Austria. ' Oil Struck In Tennessee. . Knoxville, Dec. 27. A Sentinel spe cial from Jamestown. Tenn says a flow of oil has been struck on Wolf river, 10 miles north of that town, which is pronounced by experts 1 to equal the. . finest Illuminating oils of Ppnnsvlvanla. The - well is .700 ' feet t ia Mtimifmi it -uril! fbssr UCCk,,UU ' " " 00 baxrela dUy- .. ; BLACK DESPERADO DEFIES LAW. Slayer of Fincher Causes Reign of Ter ror In huesell County, Ala. ' Columbus, Ga., Dec. 28.--TJre Craw ford community In Russell county, Ala., has been in a state of the great est excitement since the killing of Jo seph Fincher by Uriah Porter Wed nesday night. f'-A." '. '"c-'; , ' The latest advices "from Crawford are that Porter is still at large, armed with a shotgun and Winchester rlfle terrorizing'' the community, and defy ing arrest., The sheriff of RusseH coun ty; went to the scene from.Seaie yes terday afternoon, but with what result has not vet beien lampd J It is reoort- ori unrtr cot in tv, rrtari nonrW . all day yc-eterday in front of the Finch- tMs afterndon issued a. list of the Brit er residence guarding it with his guns. lsh .casualties- at Zeefontein Dec. 24, Furthar details of the affair as re- ' when Colonel Fornmns force, cxraslst eeived show that the traced v was even ' inS ofthree companies ol yeomanry more deplorable than first reported. After shooting Fincher down; in his store Porter fired at Miss Thompson, a qusin of Mrs. Fincher, the. charge narrowly - missing her head, and she ran screaming Into the house.. Por ter followed, shooting charge after charge into the house, the shot breaking nearly all the window panes, smashing mirrors and playing havoc generally. Porter then turned his gun loose in the store and smashed lamps and showcases. .. - : y . -Mrs. Fincher, Miss Thompson and the three children took to the woods. Porter following. They hid out in sev- eral - places,, and it is claimed that he searched for them thoroughly. They final! jr. found refuge in a big ditch and stood in a , pool of water while Porter passed on by. It was late that night before they dared to go tb the house of a negro tenant for protection, ' B AN KING RECORDS SMASHED. Atlanta Clearing House Statement Shows Big Increase In Business. Atlanta, Dec. 28. Returns from the Atlanta clearing house show , that all known local bank records will be broken this year. , ; It is estimated that the statement to be issued on the last day of r the month will indicate -that 1901 is ahead of 1900 by" more than $15,000,000.. . The figures of. the entire year of 1901 show that $96,375,251.22 passed through the clearing house. For the .presentVear, up to and including yes terday, just $110,597,015.45 had been recorded an Increase of $14,221,764.23 and the year will not be completed for several days yet. f - It is believed that during the next three days fully $1,000,000 will be add ed to this year's figures, and in that event the statement for 1901 willlbe represented by $111,597,015.45. WANTS TREASURY BRANCH. The Savannah Clearing Association ' Working to Secure It. : Savannah, Ga.; Dec. 28. A meeting of the Savannah Clearing association was held yesterday and it was' decided, to use every effort to secure the sub treasury for which a bill has been in troduced in cdngress. " it " -. The Clearijjk, association will call on the board " o? trade, the otton ex change, 'the city council and the Geor gia Bankers' association to back it up in its efforts to support the movement begun by. Senator Clay and Congress man Lester to secure a branch of the United States treasury at Savannah. ' A committee from Savannah, repre sentlng each of the local organizations s will be sent on to Washington to ap pear before tne committee to whicn the bill has been referred. ' Exciting Time at Dupont. Valdosta, GarDec 28. News reach- ed here1 of a threatened riot -between the whfes and blacks at Dupont, in Clinch cfgity." i A number of negroes und'ertOoK to run the town Thursday night and the whtes organized to pro tect the peace of the place. TomPrlg- .gett, a leader of the gang, was arrest ed and lodged in jail at Homervllle, while a pesse started after eight or ten others for the purpose of arresting1 them on the charge of rioting. Banker R.v A. Graves Dead. V Sparta, Ga., Dec 28. R.-A. Graves died at his. home here yesterday.; He was a man of large wealth. and prom inence and was one of the best known and .popular men jn the county. He came .to Sparta from Richmond coun ty and engaged in mercantile busi ness, and ln1887 commenced the bank ing business. Several times. he; was vice president of the Georgia Bankers' association. t Primary Held at Jackson. "' Jackson, Gal, Dec 28. At the mu nicipal pilmary here yesterday the fol lowing were nominateu: Mayor. Judge B. P. Bailey; aldermen. " first ward. S. B. KInard; second ward. W. M. Taylor; third ward, J. L. Bryant; fourth ward, J. H. Carmichael. A;very light vote was polled, being only 156. The election was very quiet, there be ing no excitement whatever during the day. : . . '. ' Balden Will Manage Combined Roada Atlanta, Dec. 28. D. A. Belden ar rived in Atlanta yesterday morning and immediately took charge of the Atlanta Railway and Power Company with the title of president and general manager, succeeding President EL Woodruff, whose resignation was an nounced several, days ago. Jury. Says Brooks Killed Himself. Atlanta, Dec 28. The verdict of the coroner's jury in the killing of Walter EU Brooks was that the young man j came to his death by a self-inflicted . j wouna. ims veruict 01 buiciue Be- cured the release of T. IL Crosley. the nnr mn n v with nmnt t J ....... - ! 1 11- fha time of the ghnotipg. -J HEAVY . BRITISH LOSS . AT "HANDS OF BOERS Zeefontein Fight Hemorable Disaster to Eedcoats. 6 OFFICERS AND 50 MEN KILLED War Office Issues List of Casualties . When Forma n's Force,Was Success fully Rushed by Boer Force Under ... Command of DeWet. vet; i i J. The London, Dec. 28. Then war office and two guns, was successfully rush ed by a Boer force, under 1 the com mand of General DeWet. The length of the list demonstrates the entire M success of .De Wet's attack. Six olfi cers and 50 men were killed, eight of ficers were wounded and four are miss ing.. , It is .presumed the missing, offi cers were taken alorgl with the cap tured guns. : Z ' . r"J i J: t .1 r V i The numbers of the nf)n-comiriission-ed officers and men- wounded andmis3- ing have not yetDeen received, out tne aggregate promises to Intake the Zee fontin affair a memorable disaster to the British. . ' .(.. Simultaneously withhthe above the war otacei gave out a, dispatch from Lord Kitchener chronicling a, minor success of. the South African constabu lary, who raided Bothaville and cap tured 86 Boers.' FIELD.OF CARNAGE.' , " , i. Fearful Conflict Between Colombian Forces and : Rebels. ' "r Colon,' Colombia, Via Galveston, Dec 28. News was received here today that General . Marin the Colombian revolutionary, leader, f attacked Honda; on the Magdalena river Dec 9 with 1,200 men. The garrison, . consisting of 30 men, f ousht if rm 1 6. a. m until 11 : 30 p. rn.-r-.-At 8 ip$ in. the garrison received., reinforcements numbering 200'men..-' ' ;J:itJ.;-, T'. : The battle started :bn the outskirts of the city and endld 'at-Caracol, 9 miles from Honda, f Bayonets , and. machetes were used. 4The government forces were victorious"! Four hundred men were killed during the battle. Hopes to Restore Party a Unity. : London, ;Dec 28. It' k asserted up on; apparently, good authority that the Liberal, leader . Sir Henry SCampbell Barinerman, , has written - a' letter to Lord Rosebery ' in' the hope of. restor ing unity among the Liberals; but that Lord Rosehary declines , to, join his fortunes to those of jn party In the present circumstances' r: Should' thisi, statement prove to b correct it will beyconsideved a further proof of ;the. sincerity of "Sir Henry" efforts for par ty unity and. will give Jifm a new claim W the loyalty -of the Liberals arid thus strengthen his posltionr as , leader and the effectiveness pf' the opposition.' i Will . Return-' to Chattanooga. Chattanooga, Dec, 28i-Pension Com missioner. Hi Clay Evans has purchas ed handsome J residence ' propertyj ln Washington, which, it is said; he pxo cured'at a jbargain ijtiilLbe7occ pied as , temporary home only, as he intends coming back here to live when als"' official tenure ! at ' Washington ceases.. - 1 --"'g . j I- , Inhaled Gas and pled. ; . New York, : Dec ;28.--John' J. Keliy, L former member of the New Jersey as sembly from Bordentown, was found lead inj bed in Jersey City today. Death was caused by 'inhaling illuminating gas. .Kelly, was In-gbod spirits last night and his friends; do not; believe he committed: suicided 1 He was ; 50 years old. -f:T.'l'r- :'L Postoffice Robbed at' Cold water, Miss. ' Memphis, Dec -28. A Scimitar spe cial from- ColdwaterrMlss-i says: The postoffice at this- place, was burglarized last night by. expert cracksmen. The safe was blown by nltrb-glycerlrie aad about $500 worth of stamps and money secured. All papers and books were carrled'away. ; I-:,. . . i , Southern Pacific .Earnings. New York, Dec 28. The annnal re port of the Southern j Pacific Railroad company for June 9, fiscal year, was issued today. It show a gain of $12, 970,500 in gross earnings, The sur plus was $3,456,581, against $3,918,831 the year before. Eetterment expendi tures in.1901. were $6,870,950. , Depew-Palmer Nuptial Knot Tied. Nice, Dec 2S. The marriage of Sen ator Channcey M. ;Dcpewf to Miss May Palmer was celebrated "at the . Ameri can cKhrch here totjay;; following the ceremony of , the; Catholic marriage service 4n Notre Dame.? Dead at Po of Duty. Evansville, Ind.;i ! Dec ! 28. Jack Sands, - 63 years bfl;a. barge watch- . man for the Barretts; Cincinnati, ' was found dead at his Jost of duty here this morning. " Natural causes was the result.' He had a wjde river acquaint ance. - Policeman Kifl Engineer. Ceredo, W. Va.. rec, 28. Michael West, an engineer 0 the Norfolk and Western, was shot taj death by Police man William Freeman- West was re sisting arrest- - : - . Rattleshin Miksetirt Launched. , Newport News, Va., Dec .28- The battleship Mlssourii was sncccssnurjr - f launched todajr. KILLED HIM IN PQCL ROOM. r Tom Stewart Kills-His Brother-in-LaW . at Blocton, Ala. '? - Birmingham, Ala., Dec. 28. West Reach, a prominent citizen of Blocton, was shot and instantly killed y ter--day morning by Tom Stewart, his brother-in-law. The deed was premed itated on the part of Stewart, and when he surrendered to an officer "he said he loaded his ; gun and left home with the intention: of killing Reach. Stewart claims that Reach, who mar ried his sister, had continually , mis treated , h'er: and.- she -was . forced to separate from him a few days age He says Reach then threatened to kill him and his brother. Lji :.'V!;.;..vv;i:X .At the time of the shooting Reach was unarmed . and it is said was not expecting an attack from Stewart. He was standing in a restaurant, which is separated from a pool room by a screen. Stewart, who had been stand ing behind this screen walked out and Called to Reach to look that way, say ing he wanted him to Know who shot him. Reach turned around and as he did so Stewart fired, the entire load entering the neck and severing the jugular vein. ; - -'.-. : Stewart was accompanied by his brother, and both of them are now in jail at Centerville. The affair has created a sensation in Blocton, as all the persons concerned belong to prom inent families. v BIG DEMAND FOR COAL. Louisville and Nashville Paying Pre mium of .10 Cents a Ton. Birmingham, Dec. 30. There is such a demand for, coal that the mines are working hard and same of the larger operators In the district are buying the product of the smaller concerns, i " The railroads are In urgent need of coal and the statement Is made that the Louisville and Nashville railroad is paying 10 cents per ton advance for coal for immediate use, giving $1.24 for car coal and $1.45 for chute coal. The railroads are beginning to "furnish more cars with which to handle the product from the mines and the pro duct! on 'will shortly be at its greatest height. Railroads! and steamship com panies arc demanding a large amount of coal from this district. . A company whose mines are at Horse Creek, In Walker county. Is filling a rush order of 200 cars of coal for Savannah, Ga. - BOYS PLAY TRAIN WRECKERS. They Plied Timber on Track and j..- . Drove In Spikes. v' Smiths Station, Ala., Dec. 28. The Central passenger train . for . Bir mingham nanrowly escaped being wrecked neaihere. There were a large number of passengers, aboard.' Small boys, either willfully or thought lessly, piled timber on the track and drove spikes in between the ends of the rails. -H-V '.V' Professor Johnson, the Smith Sta tion schoolteacher, chanced to discov er the obstruction and succeede'd In removing It shortly- before the train appeared. The boys are 7, 8 and .10 years of age, and on account of their tender age will hardly be prosecuted. Body Found In Pit . Edwardsvllle, Ala., . Dec. 28. The body of W. E. Hogan, who lived 5 miles north of this place, was found dead in an old gold pit on Shoal creek. He was at a neighbor's house Christ mas eve and started home. A search was made for him all day yesterday and his body was found in about 3 feet of water in the old pit. It is believed that he fell into the old pit Tuesday night and there was enough water in the hole to drown him. There were no bruises on his body at alL He was 52 years of age. ': Santa Glaus' Narrow Escape.; Girard, Ala., Dec 28. A. casualty that Would have been felt throughout Christendom was narrowly averted here last night, when Santa Claus came near burning up. While hand ing out presents from a Christmas tree his long beard, caught from one of the lighted candles and In an Instant his light cotton costume .was ablaze.9 : He was painfully burned In several places. Santa was Impersonated by Jim Kin dred. In the Hands of a Receiver. . Opellka, Ala. Dec. 28.tW. B. Snod grass. of Montgomery, has taken pos session of the 4 stock of J. H. Powell, who made an assignment Wednesday nlghL Mr. Powell made a general as signment, with C. M. Varner as as signee, .whereupon some f the cred itors placed him in involuntary bank ruptcy with Mr. Snodgrass as receiver. , - His Legs Ground Off. New Decatur, Ala.', Dec 28- While greasing cars j In the Louisville and Nashville yards Sim Winn, a negro employe of the company, was knoclfcd down by freight car and several cars and the switch engine ran over him. Both legs were ground off and he was badly mashed about the bo4y. He lived only two Lours. 1 Belden Wilt Manage Combined ftoads Atlanta. Dec. 28. D. A. Belden ar rived. In -Atlanta yestarday ' morning and immediately took charge pf the Atlanta Railway and Power Company with the title of president and general manager, succeeding President. E. Woodruff, whose resignation was an nounced several days ago. Assault on Negro Girt. Ozark. Ala Dee. 28. A litUe nesro girl 9 or 0 years of age was assaulted by Henry. White, a married negroi f au v- v here. Hi was arrested by tse city m.Mti.l Tt TI rrhalkfr. i&rift IrultraA In i g I n 1 OUH MJfm " W " 1 O jalL This is the third case of the 1 kind that has occurred In this comma- . xtity la the past Xew weeks. - EXHIBITORS ARE ORGANIZING., Club at Charleston Exposition Its Of ficers and Objects. Charleston, S. C Dec 30. The ex hibitors and coaceBSlonalres at the Charleston exposition have organized a club for the double, purpose of for warding the Interests of the exposition and that of the firms which they rep resent. The president of the club is H. C. Bliss, the vice president Wal lace H. Shaw and the secretary 4nd" treasurer L. C. Good. The exhibitors have made.' splendid progress In the last week in the installation of their exhibits. - ,".'.' ;.' The attendance on the exposition is steadily Increasing. The races are proving a splendid . attraction, the buildings9 and ground present a most charming appearance and the rail roads are doing a heavy passenger business. Today Is Citadel Academy day .at tho exposition, and New Year's day will be celebrated by the negroes as Emancipation day. Arrangements are being made for the International League of PreiClubs and the Pen andPencil . Clubs . of Philadelphia, which will spend two days at the expo sition In January,. and an elaborate program will be made for the recep tion of , the Liberty bell., which will arrive here on Jan. 10. The live stock show will open on Jan. 6 and will be the largest ever held in the south. SOUTHERN PROGRESS. The New Industries Reported In the .Souh In a Week. Chattanooga, Tenn., Dec. 30. The more Important of the new industries reported by The Tradesman for the week ended Dec 28 are: . Agricultural and implements works at Harrison, Ark.; bottling works at Chattanooga, Tenn.; a box factory at Tuscaloosa, Ala.; a $30,00K bulldirig and manufacturing company at Vlcks- burg, Miss.; a company at Frog Level, N. C, ; ro manufacture builders' sup plies, coffins; furniture, etc.;; a $200,- 000 fertilizer factory. at Atlanta; a $40,- 000 fertilizer factory at Nashville;' a $10,000 ' fence works at Knoxville, Tenn.; ourlng mills at High Point and Lytch, N. C; a $25,000 ice factory at Jacksonville, Fla.; a knitting mill at Gadsden, Ala.;' a $50,000 land com pany at Appalachia, N. C; . a lumber company at Cordele, Ga.; an oil mill at Cleveland, Tenn.; a $3,000,000 rail way and electric company at Atlanta. Ga.; a sash and blind .factory at Bag' dad, Fla.; a saw mill at Jlmps aG.; a shoe andharness factory at Birming ham, Ala.; a $24,000 tar and turpentine company at Pensacola, Fla., and a zinc mining company at Chattanooga to de velop zinc mines la Tennessee. TO ERECT LARGE STEEL PLANT. Elizabethton, Tenn., Site for Mammoth 1. Industry. - L Knoxville, Tenn., Dec 28.---A special to Tjhe Sentinel from , Elizabethton, Tenni, says: ." ' ,;-;: Charles Toncray and George E. Bor- . den .have returned . from- New York, where theyj' had been closing negotia tions with the Electric Furnace com pany in regard-to the erection of an electric steel plant at Elizabethton. It is claimed that by this method steel ingots can be produced directly from iron ore in 30 minutes. An 8,000-horse power electric plant will be commenc ed j as soon-as the site can be decided upon on the Watauga 'river near Eliz abethton and this will supply the pow er for the plant. J : " v BATTLE WITH ROBBERS. Policemen at Martins Ferry Succeed : In Getting Two Crooks. , t V Martins Ferry, O., Dec. 30. Masked robbers entered the home of Thomas Ylngllng, a butcher, yesterday morning and forced him at the point of a re volver to give up $G00. H Later the police had a battle with two of the robbers, who were captur ed after a lively exchange of shots t close range , The men gave their names as James Elliott, alias Taylor, of Chicago, and Harry Hoyt, Wheelng. Four of the robbers escaped. ' BLOWN UP WITH DYNAMITE. Storehouse of G. W. flagsdale, at Rich- bMrg, S. C Destroyed. Columbia, 8. C Dec 28. The gen eral merchandise, store of G. W.'Rags? dale, at Rlchburg Chester county, was blown up with dynamite Thursday nlghL The destruction wa complete. Several young men who had sleep ing rooms above the store were out visiting and so escaped. There is no clew tb the miscreant Bloodhounds 4 followed the trail for some distance. but were bafledV Charleston Cattle Show. Charleston, S. C.. Dec 33 More than 1,000 entries have been made; In the live stock show which will open at the Charleston exposltloa Jan. S and will continue until Jan. 20. One of the largest sections of the live stock exhibit will be the sheep section, in which' -tO head, embracing every known treed, have been entered. One of the chief exhibits in the cattls divi sion vill be the cham Dion beef bull of the world,1 weighing 3,000 j pounds and valued at $12,000. The special oh- ject of the live stock exhibit ia to en- -Tin rxara 1 lit ur iriu KJUAvrrua. ua. i.ud - - " -ftwlfur InAnttrr In the south. -Jh ranges in this section being adaptd to the growlcgfiy .fci cattle. Fatal O-'-tCT About 25 Cents. OrT' ryz. S. C Dec Zls There i i:Jt shooting scrape between j rinr vuii 9 a a m v-waaa, J The ircest over the dead negro was hM 111 U.ctnf m nnvnlr It la M r f gy 4B 4. SW MmJ that,e dispute which led to the klll- IsgrViS over cents. . The accused UaUjarga, 1. J Ncvcr thought ofl such a iign for a medicine G:d you ? Well, its a good sign f c Scott's Emulsion. The bo&; has to be repaired, like other triinV nnrl Srnft'; TTrrii1c?nn the medicine that docs lt.' These poor bodies wear- mu from worr from ovcr-wcrk, from disease. They get thin and weak. Some f-the nW" oites arenot well madc--;in(t all of the old ones are racked from long usage. ' , Scott's Emulsion fixes: all kinds. It docs the work both m M A J A. M d sV - 'TsV Mm1mm' Sa " -'" i . bones Jiard, thin blood red, weak lungs strong, hollow places full. Only the best ma terials are used in the patching' arid the patches don't show through the newglow of health. No one has toiwait his turn. You can do it VourRelf -Vou and the bottle. ThU pict uri rcprocnti the Trade MarU cf , Kcsi.'t . Emulbion ar.4,i m i'h Mm fpyjjtt wrapper of everv lystt'.i. send lor lite ampic h SCOTT fif UOWNE, T.t y W ile, 409 I'ca rl Ht ' jcc. and Ji . s!) druj,'grts. s JOHN W. Le GRAND, J i ...r , -, 1 Rocldnghaazt N, C, Prompt attention given to all law mat ters. Real Entate Agent. Ufhce over Richmond County Dra Co.'a store. rt.' t Phone 67. ;; ' Dr. n a HUNTER, Physician aod Druggist Office and Store pext to Poitoffice ' I have established a new and modem Drue Store in Rockingham, and - re-s a . res-, of the rT.lA' pcctfuiJr solicit the patronage cojimunity for tame, N.C. Hum A, S0 Dockery, Lawyer, ! - Stall ; Buldng - ROCKINGHAM , N C Cameroa Morrioa Psul C. Whltt ock M orrison & WHiTLqac ,:,' ;;; Attorney i'at'Ltw Ane Real Estate Agents ' JtOCKiNGHAWNX: Says He Wat Tortured. MI offered euch pain from corns I could hardly walk," writes U. Robinson, Hills borough, II'.. "but Back lens Arnica halve completely cored them." Acts like magic on sprains buisea. cut, sores, scalds, bams, .boils, ulcers. Perfect healer of skin dineaiw and piles. Cure snaraD teed bv AU Druggist 2"c. COMMISSIONERS' SALE. 'By Tirture can ordr and deer vt the' Soperir Couit f Richmond County ia a special Proceed'0 therein pending entitl ed Paol C. wbitlock, Administrator of the estate of John' P. Yat, deceased, vs. .Yates etal., I will, on Mondav the 6th dar ol Jan 1902 at 12 o'clock, M, offer for sale to the highest bidder f-r cash at the court bouse door ef Richmond Coontv, Ine following described piece or parcel of land Iriog and beinis tbeCoon- ' iyt of Richmond, HtaU of North Catotina, on Hitchcock creek, bounded as follows. Beginning at the mouth.of tbe Big Bran ch, and rent op the various coarse sf Ilitithcock creek-to the John Watkinlins then with it N. 15. W, 70 poleeto a pine tlea with CoTiugtou's line N. 4 VV. VI yo.ea , to? a hickory, then with .Eob t'jtoo' line to or ner a p a pi a then iritn Roltnon' iise to or near cm the Est bide of ' the Big iirsa ch;thn B. 4 E 4d poles to a willow, ,tre 47 W: 9 poles to a saaairas in a rock lej .thn 8. 70 E. 43 pole to a soar wood r ee. t ben E. 4 W. 11 pote to the ran o f ihe Etg Branch, then down tne ttnoos eontaioirg eight jr acre? oott w. l- 0j. mm ia rr.npn HinUF" . nr. J ft ai -f"i u 10 Jas IwHt cock 1 o ounp uj u tr deed ow 1 .- - - w the ' PK'O'V"' " ria of Richmond Cosnt . and except riiit of way over said r lndl from tbe Dawkins land to Mid war Fao iotr owned by Leak Walld McRas. Tnis the 3rd day of Dec., 1901. Caxraox Moasisojt CouiatsAtooe i U told suffering. lli.;iD Hood's toned nd djtpcpei) JO CUilCtV ... i
Rockingham Post-Dispatch (Rockingham, N.C.)
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Jan. 2, 1902, edition 1
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