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iJEHHio-iHE eswBSiu man, Old Serie, Vol.VXVir, Tfo. 22. Rockingham,- n. c, Thursday, January 9, 1902. si.0Q fir mi 11 mm 10 rod CROP&ZY CASE CLEW. 7 Man Located Who May Throw Some Light "On Affair. ; . Elizabeth City, N. C, Jan. 3. A ru in or was afloat here last night that the 'man who was met by Mr. Parker be tween the Cropsey residenceland EJiz aocth City has been located. Mr. Purker was. on his way home from Mi. Fletcher's, about 7 miles r from town, aud in passing the Cropsey residence about i 11:10' o'clock, on the night, of Nov. 20, saw aj man and w om an standing at the gate. Very little attention was given to thi3 couple, and Mr. Parker cold not say , definitely who they were. After wards he met another .man, whom he thoroughly tibserved and described. The citizens' committee since then has been tryhng to locate this party, as It is believed he would be able to throw some light' oil the tragic death oi xyeine uropsey. LIVED WITH BULLET IN HEART. Gratton Is Charged With the Assassi nation of King. Raleigh, Jan. ; 6. A negro named Charles Gratton Js in jail at Wilming tonr charged with the assassination qf an-aged negro, Tom "King. : . The latter, at midnight, was at work in the yard of the" house in, which Gratton boarded.' In King's hand was a lantern. Gratton. it Is alleged, took a shotgun and fired through a win dow at Kipg, smashing the lantern. The gun was heavily loaded with buckshot: and several struck King. -One lodged in his heart, yet so won derful was. his vitality that he. walked to a police "station, took-an officer back to the scene of the crime, then went to a hospital and put himself under treatment. He actually lived two hours. ." ! : ; - TAXADLE VALUES ARE SHOWN. Old North Stats' Corporation- Commit tee Completes Its Returns. Raleigh, N. C, Jan. . The corpo ration committee; yesterday completed a summary of returns showing the taxable values for last year and their increase over 1900. '' . ; The valuation of' real estate is $173, 738,984, an increase of $7,294,601; per sonal .property, $107,824,440, increase $14.321837; bank stocks, $6,232,243, in crease $33C. 151; corperate excess, $5, VjaOUO. fi.This is an entirely new item.) . . ' Railway and telegraph, $43,148,786, increase $1.63S,719; building and loan p.ssociations, $604,131, increase 21G, 926. Total valuation, $337,420,593, in crease over 1900,; $30,328,234. North Carolina Health Report. . Raleigh, Janw6.The December bul letin of the state board of health has just been issued. " It says there is smallpox in twelve counties. - In Wil son there are many cases..'. It says the condition of ' ailairs there is unfortu nateas there is extensive prevalence of smallpox, dde to the neglect of prop er precautions by the county superin tendent of health, who persists'in call ing the disease chicken pox. , One of the hotels in the town of Wilspn . is Quarantined. Morgan Released on Bond. Birmingham, Ala., Jan. 6. George t. W. Morgan, president of the defunct Continental , Security company, who has been . in jail several weeks on charges df embezzlement, was released Saturday, on $5,400 bond. v The amount was- reduced from $7,000 upon applica tion for a writ of habeas corpus. The application stated that Morgan's1 wife bad mortgaged her home for $3,000 and that she would be unable to make bond in an amount over $5,000. See No Cause for Uneasiness. ". Raleigh, Jan. 6. The chairman of the corporation commission Ceclares that he cannot see the least ground for the uneasiness of the state treas urer regarding the finances this year; that there are plenty of assets; that the tax of 25 cents on the $100 on real and personal property, now valued at -$339,000,00t), will bring in $847,500; that since the present treasurer took jDfBce, Jan. 15 last, he has raised $1, 703.000., ; - Collision on Southern. -Charlotte, .N. C. Jam; 4; A lodal freight train and a work train Collided at Holtsburg. on the Southern , riil road, yesterday morning,' a bad smash up being the result Two dead-head engines and a number f of cars' were derailed. ' Fireman R. . Harrison was .badly injured and was sent to a ho ) pital in 'Salisbury, i Dyke Broken By the Flood. Raleiih, N. C. Jan. 4. A telegram to Superintendent. Mann, of the Deni- tentiary , says the flood in. Roanoke 1 has again broken the dyke at the state fa"rm and inundated a large part of the Hatter. The dyke was swept away ist "May and the rebuilding was just com pleted' in November at a cost of some $15,000. Governor Names Editorial Day. Raleigh, Jan. .6. Governor Aycock. 1 by request, has named Thursday. April j(o, as ' Editorial day" of North Caro lina week , .at, the Charleston expo ?sition. It is proposed to have J the State - Press association, which I has 300 members, meet there that daw I ' Governess Ends Her Life, I Raleigh, N. C. Jan. 4j Miss M$nnie Evans, aged 27, governess in the fam Hy of Mayor Webb, at Kingston, yiste tatbolic acid. Death resulted ii 20 ninutes. Unrequited affection X the nljr assigned reason for her ac CASTRO GOVERNMENT -TOTTERSfTO ITS FALL Gen. Andrad Declares Whole In Eevolt. Coun PREDICTS CASTRO'3 OVERTHROW Says That Venezuela and Colombia .Are Now Enemies for the First Time, Thanks to the President's Machinations. ' Colon,' Colombia, Jan. 6, via Galves ton, Tex.-eaeral Andrade, the for mer president. . of Venezuela, wh6 ar rived 'here from Curacoa yesterday, said "today:., ; "It is not Venezuela, but Castro, who 13 the.enamy of CdTSmbia. Vene xuela and Colombia during the past 70 years have always regarded each other as sister republics, bound by the closest and most friendly ties, and they are now for the first time ene mies, thanks .to Castro's machina tions'. ' ' ..'::; V- Referring to Venezuela General An drade sajkd he was satisfied that the whole country ,was In revolt against Castro, hcjse government was likely to fall ait any time. - General Matos, Andrade said.would ' and ask that he be adjudged insane. -possibly' be a candidate for the presi-. t . This case has attracted mucn atten- dency in case Castro was overthrown. Mr. Anfirade said that he himself was unwilling to seek re-election. 1 When questioned on the subject of the Venezuelan revolutionary steamer Libertador (Ban Rlgh), Andrade said he was confident the expeditions-would succeed in effecting a landing on some eastern point of the Venezuelan coast. Willemstadt, Island of Curacoa, Jan. 6, via I midnigli aytien cable. Shortly before , last night a steamer, beiiev the Venezuelan Evolutionary Libertador. Dassed several ed1 to bd steamer times (before this port,' signalling to people ashore. Answering signals ap peared to have been received from the shore, and it is asserted that the last membeija of the revolutionary , expedi tion, v-.o had (assembled on tni is land, erabarked on board the I iJerta dor anfl should have been landed early this morning on the Venezuelan, coast near Vclade Coro. Venezuelan-Colombian Imbroglio. " New York, Jan. 6. In explanation of the note, whicn the Colombian gov ernment has sent to President Castro declaring that the grievances of Ven ezlja against Colombia are not found er on If act, a dispatch to The Herald from Caracas says: The note is con sidered a dispassionate presentation of Colombia's side of the case. It is evidently an .answer to Castro's Com munijration to th,e Chilian minister at Bogota in reference fo Chili's offer of mediation to settle the Colombian Venezuelan imbroglio. President Cas tro declared In his conditional accept ance of the. offer ofmediatlon that Venezuela expected reparation for the alleged invasion by Colombian troops and other grievances. 1 NINETEEN DROWNED AT SEA. British. and Spanish Steamers (Collide I Off Coast , of Portugal. Lisbon, Jan. 6. The British steam er Alfonso from Newport Dec. 15 for Gibraltar and the Spanish steamer Vi telva, both loaded with coal, collided during the night of Jan. 4 Off Ayeiro, -Portugal. Both vessels sank. Eighteen men of the Alfonso, and a an belonging to the Vitelva were owned. Twenty-four members of the itelva's crew and the captain of the lfonso were picked , up' and landed at Linhoos.- New Glycerine Projectile Invented. I Oakland, Cal., Jan. 6. D. Pettiri- rill, of this city, has invented a glycer ine projectile, which, If the claims of the Inventor hold good, will prove bf great importance. The mechanism of the invention is. a secret and Pettin gill is now negotiating with the Unit ed States for the sale of the device. The matter will be considered by the ordnance department. The invention, Pettingill saiys, is a shell that will car ry with the least concussion from' 50 to 200 pounds of glycerine oil as far as the ordinary shell can "be carried by ordinary modern ordnance. The concussion necessary to project thisj shell, he says, is, by his device, re flected by the sides of the shell so that the glycerine oil is not disturbed in the leasL , Collision In Mississippi; One Killed. New Orleans, Jan. 6. The regular ley bound south collided with a switch ' engine at Vicksburg today. Engineer Samuel S. Craig was killed. Fireman W. H.-Brought jumped In time and received only bruises. The passen gers were badly shaken up, but none of them were hurt. British Capture Burghers, i Bloo'mfontein, Orange River Colony, Jan. 6. :Beresford's constabulary en countered.; a force of Boers on Jan. 4 In the central partr of . tti Orange River Colony, killed Field Cornet. Pre torius and ten men and captured 35 burghers, including Field Cornets Le- roux and Erasmus. Attack On the President Treason. Albany, Jan. 61 In the assembly to day a bill vras Introduced amending the penal code so as to make an at tempt on the life , of the president of the United States or on tnat of tha .iTOvexncr cf i5cw. yoxk treason. MINDER MAY HANG. U. S. Supreme Court Affirms Decision of Lower Tribunals. , Macon, Ga., Jan. 7. Colonel J. R. Cooper received a telegram yesterday afternoon announcing that the supreme- court, of Ununited States has affirmed the deeisfbn of the supreme court of Georgia in the case, of Isadore Minder, charged with the murder ot Andrew Mahoney. " - Minder was tried and convicted In the superior court here during the November term, 1900. In May, 1901, the case was carried to the supreme court of this state on the ground that several material witnesses who lived In Alabama . could' not be reached un der the Georgia laws, and that Min der should not be hanged without the evidence of these witnesses. -.Tile"" su preme court of Georgia affirmed the decision of the superior court. . - After the decision of the Georgia su preme, court Colonel Cooper went to New" York and filed with 'Justice White of the United 5tates supreme court an application for a writ of error. This writ was granted on the 3d of Sep tember. 1901. In tire meantime M in-, der had been sentenced to be hanged on Sept. 6, but the action of Jus'tice White in granting the writ of error caused Governor Candler , to grant an indefinite respite In Minder's case. Colonel ! Cooper says he will 'now t!ake Minder into the superior court tion the past two years and a desper ate effort has been made to save Min der's life. "V FAST FREIGHTS COLLIDE. Three Men Cremated In Southern Rail y way Wreck Near Rex, Ga. Atlanta, Jan. 6.; Three men-were burned to death and 30 freight cars were destroyed by fire as the result of a wreck on the Southern late Satur day" night at Rex, Ga., 14 miles from Atlanta. - The three men who are miss ing and whq are known to have died in i the flames are:.. . Engineer C. C. Wallace, Of 75 South McBaniel street, Atlanta. Flagman Z. H. Harris, of Jacks, Ga Fireman Prater. . i The injured are: Engineer Lee Whatley, of Atlanta, cuton head. Fireman Hicks, of Atlanta, slightly cut. - . ... 1: . . Freight train second No, 5i, in charge of Conductor J. A. Wood and Engineer "Wallace, was coming north and passed McDonough at high speed when they should have: waited there for the freight coming south to pass them. " t t Conductor Wood states that no sig nal for a siding (the red ,board) was hung out at McDonough. The opera tor at the station asserts that he gave Wallace the red board and it was dis regarded. 1 Freight first No. 54 going south in charge of Conductor Strickland , and Engineer Whatley went into the nbrth Dound freight he,ad-on a mile and a half from Rex. "j , . , , The wreck then took fire, two of the cars being leaded with lard, in which the flames are 'supposed to have started. . I - Bussed - Offers Reward. Irwinville, Gar', .Jan. 7. TV' 'A. Bus sell and his friends have offerpd a re ward of nearly $200 for the arrest and conviction pf the parties who waylaid and robbed Mrs. Bussell and her broth er at Mystic, in this county, last Tues day night. Every effort has been made by the officials tc apprehend the guilty parties, but no clew leading to their identification can be found.- The governor will also be asked to offer a reward for the' arrest ; and conviction of the criminals. J Hockett Behind the Bars. Albany, Ga., Jan. 7. D. W. Hocket, the real estate man' who disappear "d from Albany between suns .ten 4ays ago, was arrested yesterday morning in Montgomery, where he was recog nized by a former Albanian. He will be brought back here ; as soon as a requisition can be procured and sent through the necessary channels. Hock ett will have to answer 'to; several charges of larceny after trust, and a number of alleged crooked transac tions. Flood Victim's Body Found. ' West Point, Ga., Jan. 6. The body of John Qrim, the negro who was drowned in the high waters of the Chattahoochee fiver at the same time, with Messrs. G. W. Callaway and H. V. Jones, was found yesterday morn ing in a ditch near the river. The body was partially covered with sand, and being In a ditch, searching parties were unable to find It until the waters had gone down entirely. The river is now In Its original banks and every thing has resumed its jiormal aspect. Farmer Dead by the Rails. Sparta, Ga., Jan. 3. The body of deorge O. Davis, one of the most prom inent farmers of thrs' section, was found lying on the side of the railroad track yesterday morning in a horribly mangled conditon. He left towVi in an intoxicated condition, and it is thought by some tnat his deatn resulted from toul play. It is known that he had a considerable sum of money on his per son. Davis was well connected here and leaves a large family. ; Grasty Caught at Rapidan. Atlafita, Jan. 7. Robert Ware Gras ty, ex-private secretary of the mayor, who disappeared last week while the city detectives ere trying to arrest him on the charge of forgery, was caught yesterday at Rapidan, Va. LAWMAKERS AGAIN AT POSTS DUTY s'-. Congress Reassembles After a Fortnight's Recess. NO BUSINESS ' TRANSACTED Adjourned Out of Respect to Memory of Late Senator Made- Touching' I Chaplains ributes Other Washington Ne Washington, Jan. 6. When ; the house met today after the holiday rei cess there was a large attendance In the galleries, but more than half the seats on the floor were unoccupied. The-1 chaplain in his invocation referred feel ingly to the death of the late Senator Sewell, of New Jersey. ' No business was transacted. Mr. Loudenschlager, ot New Jersey, an nounced the death of Senator Seweil. In doing so he paid a warm and feel ing tribute to "the citzen, soldier and statesman." He offered the customary resolutions, which ,were adopted, and as a further mark of respect the house at 12:10 p. m. adjoymed. ; : ' --T- Washington, Jan6.-4The senate met today ' after a recess of more than two weeks, but no business was trans acted on acount pf the , death of Sen ator Sewell, of New Jersey. In his invocation at the opening of the ses sion the chaplain,! Rev. Dr. William Milburn, made touching reference to the death of Senator SewelL He re ferred also to the ; disability of Sen ator Berry, of Arkiiixsas, and prayed that he might be- aple to. soon return to the senate.- Lj Mr. Kean, of New jersey, formally announced to the senate the death of kMr. Sewell and offered the custom rfcry resolutions: expressive of the sor row of the senateand providing for an immediate adjournment in respect to his memory. As a m&ri$ of respect to his memory the senate adjourned at 12:07 p. m.. Immediately upon the adoption of the resolutions. The seat formerly occupied by. Senator Sewell has been assigned to Senator Depew, of New York. ! : -V . 1 DECISION IS AFFIRMED . In Case of Benjamin Green and the '- !. ' ,-' -'';; Gayncs. : V Washington, Jar?. 6. The United States supreme court today' affirmeu the decision of the .United States cir cuit court for the southern district of New York In the case of Benjamin Green, John A. Gaynpr, William Gay nof and Edward H. Gaynor. Green and the Gaynors are charged with being In complicity ifrith Captain O. M. CarjLer, now serving a term in the United States prison at Leaven worth, Kan., on the pharge of defraud ing the governmehtjof a large sum of money while superintending public works at Savannahj Ga. Green and the Gaynors have sought by habeas corpus proceedings gin New York to avoid being sent toGeorgla for triaff The; New York cour refused to. grant the writ and the opinion rendered to- day confirms that-verdict. The opin ion was delivered by? Justice Peckham. Extradition (Treaty Signed. , Washington, Jan. 64-Secretary Hay and Mr. Constantine Brun, the Danish minister to the United States, today signed a treaty of extradition between the United States anir Denmark. This particular treaty was 'drafted during Secretary Gresham's' administration of the state department,; but was not com pleted then owing to; the objection oi President Cleveland f 0 any extradi tion treaty that does not permit a country to deliver up ts own citizens under extradition preedings. ,The treaty was allowed to Remain In abey ance until recently, waen finding that the United States ha made several treaties without the objectionable pro vision, Denmark renewed the negotia tions that ended today in the signature of the treaty. . ; , ;' ! . , ' ..' ;.; - ''.'.'-' '.' . . 1 ; f '-.: Kearney Siicceed3 Maclay. ' Washington, Jan. 6.t Secretary Long has ; appointed John A. Kearney, of Cohoes, N. Y., as the Successor of E. S. Maclay, hfttorlan laborer j at the New York navy yard, J?ho wast remov ed by order of the, president !for his strictures upon Rear Admiral Schley. The office is officially 'designated "spe cial laborer in the department! of sup plies and accounts inavy yard, New York," with pay at the rate of $2.40 per day." '..;';. . !'..: Admiral Dewey Leaves for Florida. Washington, Jan, teAdmIraI and Mrs. Dewey left here, today for Palm Beach, Fla. ' The lengfh of their stay there . is indefinite, as the trip- is un dertaken for the benefit of Mrs. Dew ey's health. . They were accompanied only by a maid and vileL ; j Wants $2,500,000 forNew Postoffice. Washington, Jan. 6.-r-Representatlve Cummings, of NewYdfk, today Intro duced in the house a ;hll to appropri ate $2,500,000 for aiew postofilce building in New York; city. ; . M. Lamprey Arrives at New York. New York, Jan. 6. ELjLamprey, secretary-general of the Manama Canal company, arrived today; ou board the steamer L'Aquitaine frojm Harrej M. Lamprey will go to Washington to con sult with Rear AdmirLfjT,'alker con cerning -the proposed si&( the' Pana ma canll to the Unltm States gov ernmenL He refused lt$t&lk on. the subject ben. . f l' Sewoa Mf LUCKY SKEETS WAS DEALING. Eut the House Player Stood Pat With a Gun. f I Charleston, S. C, Jan. .3. The sport ing elemnt, which has flocked to S Charleston for the exposition races, has been excited over an incident which, occurred in a well Known poker room, the other' night. A professional card player known throughout the south as Skeets was the principal actor. Skeets has at tracted much attention on account of his wardrobe, which is unlimited anl flashy. There -was a stiff poker game In progress when Skeets walked into the gambling housa. He bought a stack o chips and soon after the game start ed he had a lucky streaft which ran his winning' up to more than 10,000. . While he was dealing a hand thej hduse player drew a pistol and order-' ed Slreets to show his cards. The other player, not expecting tne move, fell back in terror. As a. result of the gun play Skeets was not allowed to cash his , $10,000 stack of chips, and he declares that the money with which he entered the game was not returned. ' CITY'S GUESTS. Daughter American Revolution In tlnguished Persons. '-, vite, Charle Carolina "C., Jan. 7. The South ,ters of the American Revolutio Ugh Mrs. W. H. Rich- ardson, sta ;ent, have invited the delegates Se annual convention. which meetafV Washingtom on Feb. 22. to visit Charleston on Feb. 7. This invitation has heen accepted by a large number of delegates, among them the. president general, Mrs. Fair banks, and :the ex-president general, Mrs. Manning. They have also invited Admiral Schley and Captain Hobson to be pres ent on that occasion , and address the Daughters and their friends. , The invi tation has been acepted by both Ad miral Schley and Captain Hobson, and both of these distinguished naval of ficers are expected to be present. Liberty Bell Starts for Charleston. ' Philadelphia, Jan. 6. The .old Liber ty Bell, accompanied by Mayor Ash bridge and an official, escort of city councilmen and city department heads, started on its journey to the Charles ton exposition this "morning. As the special train left the Pennsylvania railroad station a salute of 21 guns were fired at the League island navy yard. The bell is scheduled to. ar rive at , Charleston' at 10-Io'clock next Thursday morning. General Wade Hampton, III. -Columbia, Si C., Jan. 6. The rela tives and many friends of General Wade Hampton were seriously alarm ed yesterday afternoon over his sud den and very serious illness. General Hampton's heart was suddenly affect ed and for a time the' gravest of fears were entertained. This is the first at tack of the kind he has ever experi enced. General Hampton rallied sev eral hours later and last night his con dition is reported a3 being greatly im proved. ": : ; I - ' '. '. Cook Democracy, at Exposition. ' Charlsston, S. C, Jan. 7. CV E. Mil ler, secretary to Robert R Burke, one of the leaders of the Cook county democracy of Chicago, arrived here yesterday .morning to arrange for the coming of that famous organization to the exposition. He announced 'that probably 250 members of the Cook county democracy would arrive here on the evening of Feb. 10 and stay for several days, perhaps until after Pres ident Roosevelt has left. President to Visit Charleston. Washington; Jan. 4. Arrangements are being made for the president to visit the Charleston, S. C exposition in February, The president proba bly will be accompanied by most of the members of the cabinet and some of the cabinet ladies. They will leave here probably on the 10th, arriving at Charleston the following day. . Two days, possibly three, will be spent at the exposition,, when the return trip will be made directly to Washington. New Insurance Company Chartered. Columbia, 8. C, Jan. Ar The secre tary of state has issued a commission to the . Southeastern Mutual Life and Savings Insurance company of Green ville, which is tor do a genera mutual life Insurance business. The capital stock is to be $50,000. The corpora tors are B. A. Morgan, J- L Wester velt and T. P. Cochran. ! Shooting Scrape at Lockhart. i Union, S. C Jan. 6. George Seel' ly, of Lockhart, was lodged in jail here for shooting and probably fatal ly wounding John Wesley, a negro. The cause of the affair Is unknown. L. G. Young, Constructing manager of the Buffalo cotton mill3, was badly but. not seriously hurt today 1 by falling in a reservoir. - , Death of Prominent Atlantan. Atlanta, Jan. , 7. William Clark Rawson, ne 'of Atlanta's most promi-. nent young business men and until the very day of . his death a member of the city council, died yesterday morn ing at S o'clock at his home, 126 Wash ington stje.t, after an lllnes3 covering ten days. Vardeman Seeks Governorship. Jackson, Miss., Jan. 7. Major James K., Vardeman has formally announced his candidacy for the governorship of Mississippi, which will becojoe vacant fa January. 1904. DEFIANT TO THE END. Execution of John Robinson at Dub- ;'.h I in, Ga. Dublin, Ga., Jan. 4. John-Robinson, murderer of Bqrtha" Simmons, was hanged yesterday, in Dublin for a crime committed ilast May. The drop fell at 12 : 09 oclock ' and the nero j was Bead in 18 minutes. Death resulted from strangulation. ' ', He was defiant to the end, stoutly maintaining his Innocence. He was abusive of the officers , who guarded him in jail and utterly Indifferent of his future condition. At least 6,000 people came to see the execution, it be ing the first In this county in 40 years.; Asked I If ha wished to talk to the crowd, he said: "Let them .go to helL However,! he made a talk of nearly half an hour in a rambling kind of way. ... Ernest! Outland Hanged. .Sylvania, Ga., Jan. 4. Ernest Out land was hanged here yesterday for the murder of Tom Mitchell one year ago! ' Both negroes. EXPLOSION IS A MYSTERY. Central Railroad Officials Investlgat . j Ing Recent Accident. , Macon, Ga., Jan; 4. The Central Railway of Georgia officials have been enraged in an Investigation of the ex plosion which occurred In the shops of that company here with a view to . determining the cause of the accident, but as yet they have given ou no statement other. Jthan to the effect that they have been unable to place the responsibility on any In dividual. They say. so far as their In vestigations have revealed up to this time the explosion was one of those things which happen now .and then for which no cause can be assigned. The cause of the explosion Is ,as much a mystery as was the cause of the disastrous wreck which occurred on the Central road in this city a few Sundays ago. . HOWELL RESOLUTION. It Is Declared Constitutional By Su preme Court of Georgia. 'Atlanta, Jan. 4. -The Howell resolu tion, ipassed by the last legislature de voting $325,880 of the public property fund I of the state,! which was to go to the payment qf interest on the bonded debt of the state, was today declared constitutional by the supreme court of Georgia, i " The principal question at Issue was whether . the interest on the bonded debt was a part of the debt itself, and. the court decided that it was. The resolution was Introduced into the sen ate by the speaker Hon. Clark Howell. JUDGE FALLIGANT DEAD. Had Been on Bench In Georgia for Twelve Years.' ' Savannah, Ga., Jan. 3. Hon. Robert Falligant, judge of the superior court of Cuatham county,; died this morning at 8:08 o'clock after a long Illness. lie was born in Savannah Jan. 12, 1839 and had represented the county aud district in statehouse and senate. He was commander of Confederate k Veterans' camp and had been on the bench twelve years.; . Dr. Gazaway B. Knlfjht Dead. Madisqm, Ga., Jan. 3. Dr. Gazaway B. Knight died. 'at his home In this city after an Illness "of over ajwedk. Dr. Knight was one 01 the best known men ' In this section of Georgia. He was born In Augusta in 1825 and grad uated at the Georgia Medical college, of that city, in 1848.1 He came to Mad ison about 1855 and soon attained a wide and lucrative practice. For many years he was tne leading physician of Madison. He had retired froin active practice about, ten years- before his' death. -. ..." '( ' . - : 1 . . I; ', Suicide at Thomson, Ga. Thomson, Ga., Jan.; 3. Herbert Neal, an 18-year-old son of J.; B. Neal, com mitted suicide last evening by shoot ing himself with a pistol. He went to Boneville, a small station about 4 miles from Thomson, and after wan dering around for four or live hours took his life. He had for several years been in exceedingly bad health, and it is supposed that the act. was commit ted during a temporary mental aber ratlon. : t'-;". ; : ! : 1. j ' Carnegie Will Endow Newrfan. . 1 Newnan, Ga Jan. 3. Much interest has been aroused here over a condi tional offer of $10,000 from Andrew Carnegie for a Horary for this place. The only: condition Imposed by Mr. Carnegie is that the city snail do Its part toward the founding and main tenance of the Institution. - : f ' Heirs to Large Fortune.' Brunswick, Ga., Jan. 4. By the death of an aunt In Bremen, Germany, Henry and William Cam man. of this city, fall heifs to a large fortune. The amount is variously estimated at from $75,000 to $100,000 In American money and consists of stocks and bonds. Three Negroes ! Drowned. Columbus, Ga, Jan. 4. By the over turning of a flatboat in the CaatLanoo-. ihee river. Just below the North High i&nds dam. yesterday morning three negroes .were drowned and W. S. Lee, engineer for the Columbus Power com pany, had a Yery narriow escape. v.: i. ; r-.':.'..... New Columbus Cloudscraper. Colombos. Ga-, Jan. 1 3. Richard W. Needham has let the contract for a handsome 4-storr balldinc; In the seat cf the business district on Broad street. 4 It will have an elegant glass, stone and J iron front Eavlow Bros, recti re4 the j contract. , 1 - ...... ft Never thought of sucha ign for a, medicine did you? -Vclj, it's a good "sign fc ioott s Emulsion. The bod .33 to be repaired lihe other ' '.ings'and Scott's Emulsion m Vc medicine that docs it. ) These poor bodies, wear cut rom worr, from over-work, o;n d isease. v Th cy ge t . th i n s ad vcak. Some of the new ; ncs arc not well made and .11 of the old ones arc racked . . rom long usage. CJWlia JJ.1I1U151UU ILXCS Oil ! :jnds. It docs the work both aside and out. It makes soft oncs hard, thin blood red. .vcak iungs. strong, hollow places full.' jpnly the best ma icrials arc used in the patching ind; the patches don t show through the newglow of health iv une nas to wan nis turn. You can do it yourself you" and the bcttle. r ' Th!i picture rcprOTMtn the Trade Mirk cf Sec.:' , EtnuLtiuii ar.d i 01 i'.m . wrapper of every lr.U:. , . r.-j f . . . SCOTT X liOWNT, 409 Tcsil h)t evv Yo'V oc. attd $l. ail (irugguifc round. ' A young lady's cloak wn left in cour house on night of Pee Dee school enter- I'tainment. Owner can get same at Sher- IfT'a office: - t. Dwelling for Sale. I offer my largedwelllng house and lot on Fifth Avenue, next to Baptist church, for sale. Also a large part of househeld and kitchen furniture. A bar gain for somebody. For anjj informa tion in regard to same apply or write to J. F. CAUDLE, - Wadesboro, N. C. Lost, Strayed or Stolen. v One black and white setter bitch. Last seen in Rockingham December 34th. Answers to name of "Belle." Satisfac tory reward for her return to . : , JOHN L. EVERETT, ' ' -' Rockingham, N. C. StreetLanfps for Sale. Havincr out In electric lleht sritem the koven vt Rockingham has aout fifty of the best street lamna lor aJat bar gain. Any town needing street lamps would do well to correspond with W. J. FULFORD, Mayor. : A , five Cents a Line 1 Pays for advertising in this column If you want to sell, buy or exchange, try a notice in this column. . 1 NOTICE. None w hereby gaffn (bat bids for cop t facts to keep , in repair tbe county fence, anl (or S n pen u indent of county borne for the tear 1002 may be delivered lo the clerk cf 1 h board of Co. Com is. on or before Jan. Ctb, 1902 All bids to b scaled. tb commissioners reserriag the right to reject any and all bids W.C.LnV. Ch'm. Bd. Comis. V. 8-Tbomas, Ork. OHN W. LcGRAND, Rockingham N. C, Prompt attention given toall rw matter-. Real Estate Agent. Office ovei Richmond Countv Drufc Co.'s store. Phone 67. Dr n. c. HUNTER PhyskUn and Dt vggUt, Office and Store next to Postoffice. . , - . I bae esrablitbed a new and mod err Drug Store In Rockingham, and res pectfully solicit the patronage of the community for same. N.C. Hl'XTKft. A, S, Dockery, Lawyer, " SaH BuUag ROCKINCHA M , N C Csmcroa fJorrion PsulCWhidock MCRRJSCNSr WHriLCCK Attorney S'at'Ltw Alt? Real Estate Amenta :V KCOWGHAUNX: a- I
Rockingham Post-Dispatch (Rockingham, N.C.)
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Jan. 9, 1902, edition 1
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