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FT-i : i . V !' : $1.00 M IfllV IF M vttPlUilFFtP OM Kerle. Vol. XVII. ft., ROCKINGHAM, N. C, THURSDAY, FcBROAkY .9Ui. Miira.riM, Vol III. No. 35. .. . 4 .. ' ' - . , I .. ; - - - 1 t ' .- - f - . - . . , . - : - , -. v --. - . .. . -'. ' DIED AT PC ST CF DUTY. Shacking Fsts of .Tel-pone Girl at Charlotte. K. C Charlotte. N. C I-Vb. 17. Mils Ma- r.e MrKa:-?. H years of age. met a ; lerrille fat" l-y bu-Rlas. Mi5s MKar.e niht operator or t e ' Charlotte tf',c;!icne exchange. t While on .! ty ! v clothing cauznt on . fire In or: " i. " and she received l,(rT!, L:.b resulted ia her death af- ter hours of rrat epeny. just how the accUcnt occurred win , probably never be known. The only jnoa in the exchange at the time 'was her S-ycar-oI J trother, who was sf;p u"on a lounse. He was not aakene: urtU the young woman had lfome enveloped in flames. Miss lie Kane made desperate efforts to stifle the fames with a blanket, but falling to do so she ran screaking down the stairs into the street. Two jollcemen. attracted by her cries, ran to her assistance an.1 rolled her In the snow, tnas extinguishing the flames. Their assistance, however, came too late, as eTery bit of clothing had been turned from the unfortunate young toman's body and hr fl?sh.reduced to a blackened and cbTe4 mass. She was carried to St. Peter's hos pital, where she lingered in great agony for several hours. FOR THE WARDS OF NATION. Appropriation ism ror me inaian. Has Over $8,000,000. Washington. Feb. 11. Tie incian appropriation bill Just completed car- rles ine iicn r i of schools Is 3M732 for fulfilling trusty . t.ai. ,ii in. The Dawes co.no!ssion Is reduced !n nenbership from four to three, as Its work will be completed In two year. Ar-ong the general provisions i. nn forMJdlns th? withholding of rations because of attenflance at a non government school; also requir- Ing Indian Territory Judges to resIJe at Muskosee. The bill omits the usu- al appropriation for an Indian reboot at urana juucuou. vuu., - local controversy. It being claimed tnat me goTFrnEtn ia uc i for sewer and other Jmi rovements which the public enjoy. The estimate was ' ' bl!l futs ot the school entirely. . - J ,1 t ."AAft art i wr ro.c..imx tui u ( idlao exhibit, at the' Louisiana Pur-' ln.li chase exposition at t. I ouis. FIREMAN VA3 BDLY SCALDED. Accident to P-s;?n-rr Train on Sid- inn at Clift-n. S. C. Charlotte. N. C. Feb. 15. A special . from Spartanburc:. S. C. says that j passenger train No. 3?, due here at t 10:30 a. m. from Charlotte to Atlanta, crashed Into ten fr I;ht cars oa the siding at Clifton yestordry morning. ' The engineer was slightly injured and j the fireman badly scalded. The track . is torn up for yars around and trade at that point will be delayed 21 hours. The caus of the; collision was due to the tender leavln? the track and the enslneer's Inability to stop the train in time to prevcrt the wreck. Nearly all th cochf3 vcre derailed, freight cars shattered and the engine demolished. The rasscngers were shaken up, but there were no further lajuriea. Fire from Exploding Lamp. Elizabeth City. N. C, Feb. IS. A Ump exrloded In the house of Wiley Taylor, a negro, and caused a fire at South Mills, 14 miles north of here, which swept the main bu-Incrs and residential portion of the town. The fir raged for four hours before It was , icot iia-Vr controL Twcntj -five bull Int. were destroyed.' The loss Is esti mated at $10,030; inJHirance $13,000. There was no loss of life. Fell Dead at Prl.:n Door. lUlcirh.-Feb. 13. A. J. Carroll, a white man 6 years old. was arreste at Durham, his wife ua!;!ng affi.avi. that he had threatened to kill her and their children. He was ordered to be placed In J.fl. As he reached the a!I entrance he fell dead. It 13 said he was of unsound ralnJ. He leaves U'ow and nine children. He was an xcnfelerate soldier. Want His Sentence Commuted. RaJefgh. Feb. 17. Attorneys are here urging Governor Aycock to com mate the death sentence of John Hen ry Rose, of Wilson county, to life im prisoamenL Rase murdered Thomas Farmer. He now confesses his crime, but says that it was because of Farm er's threats and the' statements of t friends that Farmer intended to kill hia. . Knives Flashed t Dante. Kaieigh. Feb. 17. A number of F her;as are employed In oyster rack ia? houses at Swan Qnartrr, Hyde county. They recently tave a balL A number of "he natives attemrted to nter. the building ac 1 participate. A desperate fight with knives resulted and 13 persons were iujured, seven se riously. Three Children Cremated. Raleigh. X. C Feb. 13. Three chil dren, aged 2. 4 and C years, of James Edwards, a negra.j were turned to death in his house in Lenoir county. He and his wife locked the children in, and went to work a'mile d!stanL The children probably played with the Cre. Brigadier General Ccoper Dead. Camden, N. J Feb. 17. The briga dier general. William H. Cooper, com mander of the Second brigade national gaard of "New Jersey, died of apoplexy in h 3 olce today He was born in Bristol. Pa. in 1SU and was a veteran pi. tae iril wax. FORTY CHOIR BOYS STRIKE IN NEW YORK , ,, ,i TT4.il TAn4.J ing, wnicn arnvea yesieraay irura Stone Chap.l Until Bouted,NJ;Yarkf tells a th7rilli. ,t01T of hv ih& PoUce. I111 CIPerIence and the probable loss 'of two shipwrecked seamen off the yERE LED BY TH . ,Q CftN Hoot and Jeer the Four Men Soloists. Claim That ChoJrmaster Has Insti- J tuted Plan of Fines That Takes From Them Remuneration for.Servlcea. - j Kew York, Feb. 17. Led by the 12- year-old son of the rector, 40 boys, comprising the choir of St. Clements Protestant Episcopal church, &ro 'gone on a strike and at the morning service hooted and Jeered the lour menu soIo!3ts who furnished the voc1 music. They had preceded this by stoning the chapel Saturday even-1 Ing and were routed by the police. At the evening service the boys maintained a dignified silence. There were two policemen stationed at the main entrance to tne cnurcn. ai u.that both must have perished. conclusion of the service the boys met on the corner and discussed the griev : ances. , , . j Today the 40 strikers the oldest Is ' not yet 15 years win UU the rector, Rev. Dr. Franklin Mre, with the rec- tQr.g gon-M spokesman, that the or- ..t. .. vnirmoatar inatlttut, ed a pUn -of nnes that Ukes from thpm renuneratIon for their, ser- vlces and leavea them In debt to th. end f each mont . 1 . t MADE CLEAN SWEEP. e a, Bell Suppresses Insurrection B.ui. - I ,n c"1 u . . ' Manila. Feb. 17. General j. 'k Un Bell has practically cleaned up the . insurrection in Batangas province, the troops under his command having' made a clean sweep of the distrlcL It i8 noi Deuevea i -" iuuim enra have been captured or surren- acrca. dux inai a numoer ui. luem hern taken by the Insurgents to other, pio"vinceB or safely hidden. The In- crease 01 rouuer uuus iu mo v , Incs of Tayabas and Cavlte show the; .. . j . I Jnwst. cuects oi me arasnc aurtr .-uys.- cd in Batangas pronce and Laguna-jgin Uar-ai lie says ine pcopie ui w t la'tt-r provinces never realized the ter . roxs of war until thoy personally expe-rier-rcd its ..arcishlrs. owing to the ! closing of the ports and the concentra tion of the natives In the towns. Gen- eraj nc believes that the insurgent icader, Malvar, Is becoming exceed; iEgjy unpopular with the Filipinos and that when the natives cease to fear his veriear.ee many will be found willing to beiny him. What has been said of Batangas province applies almost equally to La guna. NEpRO MINSTREL LYNCHED. Missiourl Mob Makea Short Work' of -One Julius Wright. St Louis. Feb. 17. A special to The Post Df&fiatch frcm New Madrid. Mo., says that last night a crowd of masked men overpowered the Jailer and took a nesro. Julius Wright, a short dis tance from town and hanged him. Richard and Pringle's negro min strels rave an entertainment there Sc-iurtiay night, when an altercation arose between one of the musicians and some of the white town boys. Several of the boys undertook to take the musicians out, when the negroes oa the stage began to shoot. Several whites In the audlenco were hit, but no one was seriously hurt. The negroes ran out the back way to their private car, which was soon surrounded by armed men. but no vio lence waa done owing to the arrival of the town - marshal. All the negroes were put In Jail and as the result of an examination the name of the one who did the shooting was discovered. He was lynched and the othere will be released. Several of the prisoner" were badly beaten Saturday night. BURGLARS BLOW SAFES. Overpowered Watchman Got Away With $700 In Cash. Northampton. Mass- Feb. 17. Five men blew open two safes In the street railway company's offices early today alter overpowering he watchman. They secured about $700 in cash. In their haste they overlooked $500 In one of the safes. They escaped !n, team, and when the watchman suc ceeded In getting a gag out of his mouth so as to give the alarm ths trace of them bad been losL Inventor Ertefl Dies on Train, Qulncy. Ill- Feb. 17. George Er tsll. inventor and manufacturer of In-cuVjU-rs and presses, died last night at Pinta. Ariz., on a train crossing the dtsTt enroute to Qu'ncy. He waa suf fering from Brleht's disease and had srent the winter on his ranch In Cali fornia. Later he had grown worse and was being brought home to die. The deceased was born In Germany 72 years ago. He aned a large for-i tune by his Inventions. Santos Will Rebuild Alrshl. New York. Feb. 17. 31. Santos ta mort Is already at work preparing his plans for the rebuilding of his air ship wrecked on his last attempt to cigs3 the Mediterranean, says a Jour nal and American dispatch from Monaco. Efforts to grapple his motor. !Va clnVlnr rt rVilrVi waa Ihn innri rcritus loss of the disastrous attempt. I have fatted and be has ozdersd a aav aul znore powezl aaa. A TRAGEDY OF THE SEA. Captain Biatchfcrd, of the Dark Chaa. V Loring, Tells Thrilling Story.. Savannah. Ga., ffeb. . 15. Captain Blatchford. cf the bark Charles Lor- j Ing, which arrived yesterday from norm Carolina coast aunnj m uikw cf Feb. 5. when; a fearful storm and , cold prevailed. Captain B latch ford heard a cry for nelD whfch seemed to come from al- most un,r hla vpsspL Lookine over the, diA'fiA saw two men In an onen boat. One was lying down as If dia- ,abled. A rope was hastily thrown overboard and struck the small boat, but the men were probably too over- . by coM to seire it .. A boat was ; manned and let down for rescue.. but geag were go hlgll tnat it was al - m)6t 8wamped and one of the sailors knocked overboard. By the time the' Banor tad been rescued the other boat had disappeared. Tne Lorlng .cruised back and forth untI- mornins" without getting any farther sight of the boat or Its occu- pants. Captain Blatchford Is certain . BLAZE AT PELHAM, GA. . ' " Warehouse and Dwelling Burned, Loss Estimated at $10,000. Pelham. Ga.. Feb. 15. The cotton seed warehouse or tne Hana iTaaing tomMnT. totether with about 700 tonS of cotton seed, was destroyed by. Are yesterday morning. The building is, a total wreck and the seeu are aimos wholly ruined by the Are and water. - - ... . w 1 11.1 The dwelling of ,W. S-Atkinson, im mediately across the street, was also '; ! totally destroyed, together with all the outhouses, only a portion of the furni- ture being saved. , By the most stren-, frart of the assembled crowd large cotton ginnery, of W, S. At- MnsOQ Jmd oil mI11 of Hand TradIng company were saved from the flames. For a time it seemed .that that entire portion of the town was . aoomea. . During the fire J. M. Harst, man-V ager ior me tiana iraaing cuiuyau, was struck on the head by a falling timber and badly stunned. ! 1 uo enure iobs ia esuuiaicu . o,-. 000 to $10,000. Both losses were par- . . j . , TIV I uany coverea oy insur-atc iu u-( of the fire, which, was first dis- coverea in ine coiioa euu rwiu, -a unknown. MACON j MILL CHANOZS HANDS. . I Atlanta Capital Buy.. Plant of Meek. Manufacturing Company. ! g company. Macon; Ga., Feb. 14. William Mo Ewen Johnston has closed a trade with Merits Klinger, president of the Standard Manufacturing company, of Atlanta, by-which the plant of the ! weeks Manuiaciunng company; m . this city, becomes the property of the Atlanta concern. . . Mr. Johnson announces that the plant will be operated at Us present location In this city, but that it will be greatly improved and enlarged. The new concern will operate i50 machines, employing from 200 to 300 operatives, women and boys. Mr. Johnston says the pay roll will amount to several thousand dollars per week. Mr. Klinger will at once make ar rangements to take ' charge . of the planL It is said that it will be ready for work by the middle of next month. On Trial for Wife Murder. Savannah, Feb. 14. Louis M. Ash by, who shot his wife to death In this city last September, was placed on trial yesterday on the charge of mur der. Ashby's defense Is Insanity. Ashby and his wife were separated, and the shooting, it is alleged, was plainly urrovoked and uncalled for. Ashby's Insanity plea Is based upon his peculiar conduct both before and since the killing aud his lack of clean ly habits. It has been necessary for the Jail officials to use force to com pel him to bathe since his confine ment there. $18,000 Fire .at Molena. Ga, Molena. Ga.. Feb. 14 --An $18,000 fire occurred at Molena last night, The fire originated in the store of J. J. Mangham at 7:15 o'clock. The esti mated losses are as . follows: S. C. Richardson. $4,500; Dr. G. M. McDow ell, $700; W. J. Harris, $2,500; J. J. Mangham, $3,000; Mrs. Ida Garland. $ 4.000 ; W T. Barker. $1.500 ; W. T. Cockrell. $1,500; F. R Drewery, $500; J. J. Alford. $200; Miss Bertha Carrl ker, $300; S. L. Hardy, $200. There was very little Insurance on the va rious properties and the blow falls heavily on this place. . Shots Fired Into Home. - Mount Airy, Ga., Feb. 17. On. more than one occasion the house of or-e L J. Austin, living near this place, has been shot into by unknown per sons at nighL Mrs. Austin was re cently hit o the forehead, but not se riously hurt, The' shooting sup posed to have been done by parties who suspected Austin of reporting il--licit distilleries. School and Church Burned, LawrenceviUe. Ga Feb. 14.--The city school building and the Methodist church were destroyed by ore yester day afternoon, the total . loss being about $7,000. The school building was Insured for 5 1,000. one-half in the. Con tinental and the. other half in the i Queen. There was no insurance on the Methodist church.' '''" a- a a, f . Atlanta. .-- l.":-1. i I , w . r - 1--f- A I. A f rv. I "J Vi gtiittmd X-ra acco-u TWO THOUSAND DEAD . FROM GREAT 'QUAKE Bursting Volcano . Adds the Horror. to 4.000 HOUSES WERE DESTROYED Further Details of; Seismic Disturb anca In Country Surrounding Sham- aka Show That the Disaster Was -'-' i -" " ' J.nVrii Than at First Reported, - . : ' Baku, Trans-Cadcassla, , Feb. 17. Details which are slowly arriving at ' Baku from ShamakahoWj that 2.00Q persons, mostly women and children, . perished as a result! of the earthquake last week, and that4,000 houses were, destroyed. .Thirty-four Tillages of the country surrounding Shamaka lso suffered. To add to the terrors of the neigh-. borhood a volcano near the village of Marasy has broken out 'Into active eruption. A great : crevasse i .has ap- peared, whence immense names ana streams of lava are'belng thrown out. nooja; a telephone company at Mpre I , The ' course' : of the ' river Geonchaika heaa City, N. C; a veneer factory at has been altered in consequence of its . Mcr.Jinnvilie, Tenn., and a plant at Si- r t bed being dammed -Wtn eana wwco had been disturbed (by ' the earth- - it Battalions of. guajs . and detachv n aniAara wttv: tpntR tiftve been aiipatChed to Shamajbi to aid in the WQrk of reacue. . ' The Red' Cros society Is active ..In ; aueviaUng distress, i j"."- 1 - . " . BOY'S INHUMAN ACT. - Deliberately Sets Fifi to His. Baby . Sister's Clothing. . Hammond. Ind. ; Fftb. 15. Willie Nowak, the 3-y ear-old "lon of, Mr. and Mrs. John Nowak; of ila city, is said .to have deliberately ; et. fire to the clothing of his baby sister and watch- ed her burn to death. I ; v ai iuhucbi yxo child it developed that after the father 01 me cnuureu, uiejuu, ua,u a; to his work the mother reprimanded the boy for some trlfl)ng fault' and wtwu uvw mnuicu while she went to a; grocery, store. In . A iStl.-ft . -rrrna a ilf 1 -u- curuer ui wc nnuisu no board in which was faiored matches. ib moi-er wuB .bcm i .. Tin..- v -.,. o rf nnensd "ves . """" fuo --.--r- X&? ataS QYewereS , smeu- her. On the floor lay the 15-months writhing in pain and burned " r JL,.. nJMan standing near by was her lUtle-brother watch ing the flames, which : had begun to eat into the pine f .dor of the room. The boy, who Is precocious and talk- atlye 8aid at the inquest that he had 1Ighted tne haby's clothes. He exhib- lted no grief upon 1 being shown the charred body. CORPSE WEIGHED700 POUNDS. Required Twelve Men-go Carry Casket . - : . - to Grave. New York, Feb.' 15.riJt required the utmost strength of 12 wen to carry to the grave the casket eontainin the remains of Dennis Leahy,.-whose fu neral has Just been held. The - dead man ' weighed 700 pounds. . Leahy's enormous weight, had 'been acquired within the past 10 years. When he turned the ' 500-pound ',mark two years p--, a nhvsfoifin nrotinunced .his in crease of size due to: fatty degenera- tloa of the 'heart arid told Leahy his death was only a question of Jime. , Appreciating the trouble his inter na ent might cause his friends, - Leahy hunted up a place of residence close to a cemetery, and it was necessary : to carry the casket only a short, distance. TURNER FEUD ENDED. Church Will Be Built' Where Notorious "Quarter House'' Stood ; , Mlddlesboro,' Ky., . Feb. 17. Next week the American iais'ociatlon "(lim ited), with headquarters.' Jn Mlddles boro. will begin the erection of a large church where the" "Cuarter ; House" stood. Lee -Turner., who owned the saloon and fortress and an acre of ground on which they; were built, last week transferred his property to this association. Vj. f:;'; The "Quarter House" was-burned Wednesday. Lee .Turner has 'left the country and the feud Is ended.- ; ' ' ' Both fake Carbolic Acid. Seattle, Wash., Feb. ;i7. Mrs;. Sallle Cohn, a descendant - of the famous Valijoe family of California and for merly one of the beliefs of the city of Monterey, committed suicide last night S i, a lodging house here. Less-than a hour later Edith. Cnrran, fa beauty , fl 19-y ear-old. giri;.whad i)een.env nloved as a waitress In, a local restau rant. Also ended her fife. V- Both took carbolic acid. Despondency J was the cause in both cases.-.'" J .' Y' Z' Mother and Child ; Fatally, Burned. ; Washington, Feb. l. Mrsr.Henry Dague and her three-yer-old. son were fatally burned last , evening . by ,'the child pulling an oil lanjp off the Uble. An explosion foUowedand the blaz ing oil was scauerear pyer tne Henry Dague. the. husband,', was also badly burned, while trying to rescue his vife and chUd. ; , , V "Bim, the ytton JM,', Bankrupt, " New York, Feb. l3.-Thousands of politicians who have a tended national and state conventions illl be surprised to learn that Meyer lUBlmburg. more - ,aeJr im u Stm. the Button Man.-Th2 filed . peOtig. ta hankrupf The amount iavced is ar s-xall . " SOUTHERN PROGRESS. The New Industries Reported In tha -South In a Week. r ; Chattanooga. Feb. 18. Among the more Important of the new industries reported by The Tradesman, for the week ended Feb. 15 are the following: A ?10.00CTbrlck and tile works at Ken ton. Tenn.; a broom . factory at Bar nard. N. C; a canning factory at Rich burg, N. C; a ?30.000 coal mining company at Birmingham, Ala.; cotton' gins at Bessemer and Drone, Ala., and Small, Fla.;'a $75,000 cotton and wool en mill at L-incolnton, N. C? a $30,- 000 company to manufacture dying ma . . . : ill .J chines at Chattaroo?a; flouring mill at Salem, N. Cr a grist mill at Bessemer, - Ala.; a $10,000 hardware, company at Kewnan, Ga.; a knitting mill at High oaiSr Ga; la $20,000 lumber com pany at Molina, Fla ; a $25,000 lumber company at Tarboro, N. C; a $C0O,0C0i lumber and mining company at W'ayncsoro, N. C-; a $20,000 lumber mill at Clayton, N. C; a $1,000,000 oil com fAny. .t Rome, Ga.; an oil com- pany, at Ccokeville, Tenn. a $50,000 oil. And gas company at yTinchoster, Tenn.;" a ipacking plant at ackson,' Tcnnl;. a. $50,000 paper mill at Pensa- cola. Fla.; a plow factory at unatta- ler.City, N. C, to manufacture wagon wheels and chair stock. i " BLACK MAFIA AT CHARLQTTE. . secret Society Among , the Neg Hcs Been Unearthed. roes f charlotte, N. C, Feb.J 18. Recorder Shannonhouse has Just unearthed a secret society among the negro of fenders of the city which would rival the most approved Italian Mafia. , - It is caUed the "Market Associa tion," and the object of Its members has been to never bear witness against a fellow associate. That the .associa tion has been eff ectlve has been prov en by. the failure .of officers to con Yict negro' offenders upon the testi- "mony of negro witnesses ; The "existence 'of thii secret society ; came to light bi ! charges being brought' in the rei ' stace of an UI1 1ft,i,H s court at the ing member who ride across the . fln Wa noo-i-n " marbot ' " XlcrC. f . fpe members' who : were concerned ! . initiator? Droeram told a story in the initiatory program told a story t1f v -p-U, iptall Rp- corder Shan-onaouse-however, wrest-; . ... .... ' . - .. . if the truth of to3 attalr fror, the ne-; gj-oes concerned ; by , threatening per- Jury charges, which he later had sworn outv As a result U neSroes are await- ing trial, SOUGHT DEATH IN BLIZZARD. Barefooted and Thinly Clad Girl - Leaves Home at Night, . , Greenville, S. C., Feb. 18. The dead body of Eiiza Goodlet; a white girl 22 years old, was found Saturday morn ing covered in snow about 2 miles from Greers. - . ! The girl lived with her grandparents and was subject to fits. She com plained during the day Friday and re tired earlier than usual. In a few min utes she Jumped from her bed, told her grandparents goodby and ran from the' house. Barefooted, bareheaded and with only a thin gown to shield her the girl faced the-wintry weather. The, girlls grandfather, a man of 70, cried in pleading " terms for her to re- i turn, but in,vain. The old man sought the help of his neighbors. The news spread' and soon numerous citizens were searching the surrounding coun try. - . ' , ! . The body was not found until 9 o'clock Saturday, cold and rigid in death and covered with several inches of snow. ! Young Girl Ends Her Life. Columbia, S. C, Feb. 17. Yester day morning Elsie Wilson, or Elsie Russell, 19 years old, an occupant of a house in the Red Light district, sent a bullet through her heart. A month ago the girl tried to ' end her life ia the police court. ' She had been tak ingmorphine recently. Nothing is known of the girl's antecedents. There is a storjr of a marriage, cruelty and desertion,' but this cannot be verified. Fight Over, a Dispensary. Yorkville, S.' C, Feb. 18. The dis pensary agitation at this place Is be ginning to become Interesting. The directors of the York cotton mills held a meeting at the mill offices on the 11th instant, and - passed resolutions condemning- the establishment of a dispensary here and calling upon the stockholders of the, company to use every effort to preventthe establish ment of the same. , " i ' " ' . Dispensary Robbed of . Money." Blacksburg, S. C, Feb. 18. The dis pensary building here has been enter ed, the safe door blown off witL iyna mite and a check for $50 and $30 in cash ' belonging to the dispenser, Mr. J. M. Philips, taken ouL No clew as to the robber Has been ciscovered. Road Law' UnconstitutionaL Columbia, SL C, Feb. 14. Judge Gage yesterday at Anderson declared the county road law unconstituUonaL classing it nnder.the head of special legislative acts. A new law will prob-. ably be enacted by the general assem bly now in session. . - ; v McS weeny Offers; Reward Columbia. S. O, Feb. 15.-The gov ernor has offered a reward of $50 for the apprehension and conviction , of Dock Gleaton,' who coi? raltted a mar- j derous assault upon G. Bl Bolen, mar- hai in Oxasgvburg ooaaxj receatfj. 'i Commissioner Stevens Estimates Sams - at 1,300,009 Bales.: r " Atlanta, Feb. 18. The sUte depart ment of agriculture sticks to Its esti mate of 1,300,000 bales for the Georgia cotton crop despite the assertion in many quarters that it, will reach 1.500, 000 or 1,600,000 bales or. thereabouts. It was last August that Commission er O.B. Stevens' gave out an estimate that the Georgia crop: would not go over 1,300,000 bales., v The Oeorgla re ceipts . up- to date are bout 135,000 bales ahead of the same . date - last year, but they have already begun to fall off rapidly In comparison with last year. Lastyear total receipts were L295.000 bales..- V '. "We stand by our estimate of 1, '300,000 bales," Colonel Stevens said yesterday. ,";There may fee 75,000 bales more, though I hardly think so. But it will not go beyond that amount at the outside. 1 have, watched the crop closely and from my observations and the port receipts, I am satisfied . this will prove close to correcL-' .Every thing has been favorable to the gath ering of the crop and It came on bet ter than was expected. While the re ceipts now. are considerably ahead jof what they were last year, , they are now beginning to run behind what they were last year, at the rate of about 28,000 bales' a week." HIS SKULL WAS CRUSHED. Fatal Accident to a Young Man In Worth County. . I Albany, Ga., Feb: 15. At Doles', Worth county, J. T. Champion, a prom-1 inent young man of that community, ; was thrown from hi buggy and killed; He had started to drive from his home to the residence, of a young, lady a mile and a half distant, - when his horse became unmanageable and ran-i aWay ' r "j One ' of the wheels of the buggy f struck a stump and Mr. Champion was thrown ouL His head struck- a tree and his skull was crushed to a Jelly. He lived for two hours. . The young man was a son of Rev. J. M. Champion and a successful merchanL Only Seven -Survivors. 1 Columbia, S. C, Feb. 18. There are now surviving only seven of the mem bers of the original secession conven tion, which was perhaps the most eventful' gathering of men ever held In South "Carolina. On the occasion of the last . state veterans reunion there were rnine of the ; convention's surviving, members. Since that time Dr. Campbell and Captain Klnsler have crossed the river. The survivors are Chief Justice Mclver, Colonel Jos. Daniel Pope, Dr. James H. Carlisle, Dr. Stokes, Hon. R. A.. Thompson, L. W. Spratt and R. C. Logan. " Duncan Dies from Wound. Atlanta, r Feb.; 17. Police Officer Duncan', who was shot by his wife Sat-, urday night a week agOi died at the Grady hospital this morning. He be !gan to sink ' rapidly yesterday after noon and early in the evening the phy sicians announced that he was dying. The death was reported to the coro ner, and he will probably hold an in quest today, when all the facts In the tragedy may be brought ouL , ' The case has greatly puzzled the police, as much of the evidence Is conflicting. Clncinnatiana li - Atlanta. ' AtlanU, Ga., Feb. 17. The party of Cincinnati business men, headed by Mayor Fleischmann. which has been visiting the Charleston exposition, spent an hour in Atlanta this morning, leaving for Chattanooga and Cincin nati at 11 : 20. The shortness of the stay prevented the attention and cour tesies to the party which had been ar ranged by Mayor Mlms and the cham ber of commerce. : Granade Goes to Tower. Atlanta, Feb. 18. T. J. Granade was,'. committed to the Tower yesterday morning by Justice Orr without bail on the charge of killing W. Jesse Pope in the rooms of the Atlanta Den tal college on Monday; Feb. 10. : An ef fort was made by Granade's attorneys to get ball for the prisoner by a pre liminary triaj. ' Judge Speer Overruled Pleas.,' Savannah, Feb. 17. In the United States court this morning Judge Em ory Speer overruled every plea hi abatement filed . by Captain B. D. Greene andthe Gaynors to the Indict ment charging them with conspiracy against the government, A demurrer to the, indictment will be filed tomor row morning. " V - . Judge Bennet will Not ' Run Again. Brunswick, Ga,,' Feb. 18. Judge J. W. Benhet has decided not to offer for re-election to the Judgsblp of the Brunswick circuit His term expires next January. His voluntary retire-', ment is based on personal grounds. Samnoi f Atkinson. f Brans ' wick, is being pushed for the place by-j his friends. .s ' . ' Work of Flames In Quitman. -Ouitman. Ga. Feb. 18. The planer of the Dasher Lumber company at Marchman, on the South Georgia rail-' way, has been destroyed by fire. Three box cars were burned on the side : track, one of them loaded with lunv ber. This side track was ruined. Fur ther details connot be obtained. . ;; ..- Wanted In Burke County.. Columbus, Gs-, Feb. 15. At the In stance of the Columbus police, who have been on his trail, the Opeilka au thorities have arrested Charles Mitch ell, ali-a Charles Blanchard, a negro, ' who is wanted in Burke county. Ga-, on the charge of murder. The Burks . xcstntr 2tv heeai wi'mnA. GEORGIA COTTON CROP. rtiiliiJaV AAXi well vXi happy--lots of fun". Thr.t , is the regular ... . report from the monkey cco ? f J3arnum's Circus c-er since !e keepers began elenng the tf.cnkeys with Scotts . Ernul 'on. Ccqsurnption was carry .ic: off two thirds of then; ' very year ana the circus l rul : Luv new ones. ..',.'".' v One day a keeper accident-. ''j I rcke a bcttlj: of Scott's rr5t:!iicn r.car the monkey r; anv the monkeys eagerly ippcd . it up from the flocr. h$ suggested .the idea that it """" -'?ht clo them r good. Sincp ::en tlic monkcj s have received regular doses and the keepers cport very few deaths freni -ons.ump.ion. Of course it'i cheaper to buy Scotts Emul- -sicn than new monkeys -anJ that suits the circus men.' o Consumption in monkeys .,d in man is the rnme disease. I you 'have it cr are thrcatciv ed with it cr.n ycu take the hn:t ? . ) ft., i J ll i rictrre rL-prfHtiiK ft'v .racic Mr!: rf t'con iVlW-tfi V-mtisum xr.d .1 on .53 '.ItHVPl Skrd Lr free s:r ;p'e. SCOTT BCV,"", SEASONABLE GOODS. Full line of Pickles, To ma te Cit tsup, ' v Pepper Sauce, Olives, Preserves, Mixed Sweet Pickles in keg, Raisins, Da tcs, Cur, rants, Prunes, Dried Ap pies and Peaches X T IN CANS, PINEAPPLE . Sliced aod Grated PEARS Vcrjrnice PEACHES Detert todPU) APPLES TOMATOES SUGAR CORN . SUCCATASH Corn sod Bcsn TOMATOES ANDOKRA TRIPE SALMON - DS1ED BEbF CHIPPED BEEF HAM LOAF MACKERAL VIENNA SAW SAGE SNOW FLAKE . . HOMINY with, Country Sautage CORNED BEEF SAUERKRAUT ' OYSTERS SEAOUODS SAPDINES CONDENSED MILK ( Lsgle or Puxie BtaO$ ROYAL REX AND GOOD LUCK BAK ING POWDERS CORN SYRUP 7 The above it a partial list of the good thinga to eat which I hare in stock, : Call ana make selections, or phone your or der. Free delivery La town, join mm, Hl!8!l, II. I i . . - i v
Rockingham Post-Dispatch (Rockingham, N.C.)
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