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S-:53SS0a TO IEE RjXjMGBAl nnnvrr Old. Series. Vol. XVII. No. 22, nlMtl New Sonei, Vol IX. R0CKIGHAM, N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 7 1902. Ji.ro m mt 11 mm ELANTON SAVED " FKCM GALLOWS C3erncr Acock Commute His. Sen tence to Life Imprisonment luleirh. N. C, Aug. 2. Governor Ar.-uck tas disposd of an extremely '.,..,.1 rase by commuting to life j--.r:.'f!nsent to the penitentiary the cl-h sentence of Richard Blantoa. & tWo. wr.o was convicted of as (iult a.r.l sentenced to bo hanged ai S .!- bury. K;ifcri Fleming, convicted at the iirte tin-.", was hanged, and. dying. tT:-r.! ICaaton'a Innocence. n.tfrxor Ayrock says In his reasons f. r 4 mutation: ."Ills guilt Is too c-. .rtam to permit hia execution-" j... r.d-nce against him was that cf tv voxaa who only saw him In th uatertain light through an opn . ir. At first she failed to identify I.m. ast'i the oSicer turned him loose on hr stateraenL He proved an alibi 1 y a witness who.proved a good char a, t. r. The trial Judge earnestly ree-otrn:a-la the commutation, and says that tut for an Implied understanding tiat the sentence would be commuted it t fe imprisonment he would have , t- verdict aside, 13 Ian ton proved sod character on the trial. Many vt it lawyer and other reputable txi:z of the county recommended cort mutation, and most of them ex rri crave doubt as to his guilL WILL SUE VANDERBILT. Juijt Jones WanU $10,000 Damages of Millionaire Aavtl!e. N. C. August L Judge TLoxas A. Jones will, at the Septem " t?r term of the superior court In tills ,: city, bring suit for damages against Oorse W. VanderbllL The action will le brought for Injuriea' received at;! Judce Joaes was attempting to :.ter on of the carriages used for traasrorting the members of All Soul r;.urr j choir to and from the city. Tfc aocldest occurred last winter oa one nigit when the weather was ur usually cold for this section and it U stated that among other things the toties grew restless from exposure, t: at it u dark when Jlghts should fcae been provided and that the driv er a Irresponsible. TLt suit will hardly be for less than 1 1 ."). and will doubtless prove J. nl battle of decided .consequence. A?oflatd with a acore of Asheville attorney for the prosecution will be a of the best known lawyers of the NVw York bar. The representatives cf Mr. Vacderbilt have also made prf ;r:ioils to resist the claim ol tj.t pnscution at every turn. BIG MILL MERGER ASSURED. 8:ty Per Cent of Southern Mills Agree to Combine. Wilrainxton, N. C. Aug. 4. F. L. Uadtrwood. " of New York, at tne head of a movement to merge southern jira milts into one combination trust. I21 arrived here from Charlotte to hare a consultation with members of a social committee selected to assist la the formation of the merger. The committee is composed of R S. Ileithardt. Lincolnton; W. C. Heath. UozTce; W. L. Holt. Fajettevlllc; D. r. Mjrro. Rutherfordton; D. D. Ad ac:s. Four Oaks. Mr. Keinhardt says the success of th. mirger Is. practically assured, early 60 per cent of the yarn mills la the south have agreed to combine. KILLS SELF WHEN SON DIES. Grief OverDath of Insane Boy Drives Father to Suicide, Ka:!ga. N. C. August 1. Jackson a farmer living near here, com--l;tsl suicide yesterday by shooting hlttself with a shotgun. Ills soo. Jeha Ellis, who had been ccr:f.tid in the Insane asyhim her til scd the body was taken to the l-me of hW father. "ten the corpse of hla boy was rarricd lato the house the grief of tH heart-broken parent was pitiable. sorrow wu so great that his rea Jr. v& dethroned, and while In this o-litioa he went into nl , tobacco aid fired a charge of shot Into brain. j Charred Body' Found In Ruins. CLiriotte. N. Aug. 4. W. M. Du l'a. a prominent farmer of this se t;au, was burned to death In his home 5ar this city Saturday mlghL He i alone In the house, his wife an. es;:.ir-a b!ng at a neighbor's. Fire ia tLe Dulin tome was discovered ai 2 o Iok In the morning. Neighbors 2:st cn tb scene found that the house As enveloped In flames; that $9.13 ia silver and a charred roll or paper fcot,y were found under Dulln's -arri body after the fire. Nelgr u' o not suspect foul play, but ta;tk the Cre was the result of a lamp ;I-s.ja. Head Almost Severed. Charlotte; N. Aug. 4. John Har cy. a ell-known colored man of thi tJ. ct an awful death at the Mint r,,t crossing of the Southern rai -r- Hardy attempted to cross the In front of an engine, and his -7 as cut into pieces and his head alaost severed. Damaae Are Awarded. Kalish. Aug. 2. In the superior n here the Jury gave a verdict for '--. "0 In favor of Mrs. Annie Rose id in her suit for $30,000 damage loathe killing of her husband, a lo ?fTr'L'Te raineer. In a washout oa , ' - beard Air Lie a. 1m oX& Cax- AVERAGE CONDITION OF THE COTTON CROP Honthly Beport of Statisti cian of Agriculture. TEN YEAR AVERAGE OF 82A Except In Some of the Western States a More or Less Marked Deteriora tion Is Reported From the Entire Cotton Beit. Washington, Aug. 4. The monthly reportof the statistician of the depart ment of agriculture shows the ever age condition of cotton on July 25 to have been 81.9 as compared with, 84.7 on June 25; 77.2 on July 25, 1901; 76 on August 1, 1000; 84 on August l, 1S99. and a ten-year average of 82.8. Cxcept In Texas and Oklahoma, which report averages of condition on July 25 4 points "higher than last month, and Indian Territory, where there has been an improvement of 6 points, and Missouri, where there is no appreciable , change, . a more or less marked deterioration is reported from the entire cotton belt, the decline amounting to 1 point In Virginia, 2 in Arkansas, 4 In Louisiana, 5 in Missis sippi, 6 In Tennessee, T In North and South Carolina and Alabama; 8 in Georgia and 12 In Florida. There is a marked absence of uniformity of conditions In the states making the most unfavorable shoving, not a few counties reporting a. condition far above the average and some even reaching the high figure of 100. The condition. in the principal states Is reported as follows: North Carolina. S6; South Carolina. 83; Georgia. 83; Florida. 84; Alabama, 77; Mississippi, 80; Louisiana, 81; Texas. 77; Arkansas, 92; Tennessee, 92; Oklahoma, 94; Indian Territory, 95. BIG DEAL IN MINERAL LAND. Seven Thousand Acres Sold In the State of Virginia. Roanoke, Vap August 1. A special to The Roanoke Times from Wythe vllle, Va.. says the Bertha Zinc com pany, of Pulaski City, has purchased the property of the Wythe Lad anJ Zinc company In Wythe county, ftr $450,000 cash. The property was owned by a Joint stock company and consists of 7,0o0 acres .lying in Wythe and Carroll coun ties, and the celebrated lead and zinc smelting works at Austinville, on Nen river in Wythe county, which have been operated for more than 125 years, furnishing munitions of war for the United States government in the wart of the revolution. 1812 and 1848, and for the confederate cause In 1861-65. COMMODORE 'MONTGOMERY DIES. Aged Confederate Naval Officer Passes Away at Chica30. Chicago. Aug. 4. Commodore Jo seph E. Montgomery, - the aged- con federate naval officer who nearly cap tured General Grant during the civil war, died here today, at the home ol his son. Dr. James Montgomery. Commodore Montgomery was born In Carrollton, Ky., in 1S17, and from his youth until the war broke out was engaged In river traffic. At the bat tle of Mobile bay he played a conspio uouse part. He also was at the bat tle of Fort Pillow and New C leans, and at Memphis he lost his fleet. He was an intimate friend of Jefferson Davis. He lost his eyesight 12 years ago and since that time had lived in this city. Appointed Assistant Surgeon. Knoxvllle, Tenn., Aug. 4. Dr. J. It Nankevllle. of Athens, has been ap pointed assistant surgeon of the Sixth regiment, national guard, state of Ten nessee, with the rank of captain. The appointment comes from Colonel J. J. Mitchell, of Greenevllle. command ing the regiment, on whose staff Dr. Nankevllle will serve. The regiment will go Into camp at Athens the latter part of August. ? Leading Knoxvllle Lawyer Dies. Knoxvllle, Tenn.. Aug. 2. Tully R. Cornlck. one of the leading attorneys of Knoxvllle, died here this morning after a prolonged illness. Mr. Cor nlck formerly resided in Texas. Hs was one of the attorneys in the celebrated Rothschllds-Memphls and Charleston railroad litigation, involv ing the Southern's right to take over the Memphis and Charleston. He Is known all over the state. Sixty-Seven Bodies Recovered. Melbourne. Victoria. August 2. So far 67 bodies have been recovered from the Mount KImbIa colliery, at Wollongong, where an explosion oc curred yesterday. The work of res cue is muoh hampered by after-damp in the mine. ?' 1 ' IT : : ,w:n IentzlVr a Voung negro, was hanged privately in the fourthouse yard here toTay for an assault on Mrs. Ed Oard- ... ... t. '! ner, . a respectame wnue voaia, u 5. He stuck to his confession of the crime made several days ago. Train Derailed; Sixteen Killed, miT(t railway train was '-derailed near Meut yester- : , v.tiL, vTLY LAMAR SPARES LIFE OF HIS FOE. Attorney General of Florida Attacked "While In His Office, Tallahasse, Fla, Aug. 5. A desper ate attack was made yesterday morn ing on Attorney General Lamar, nomi nee of the recent primary for congress In this district. In his temporary of fice In the northern part of the city, by Walter L. Taylor, who was in the late primary as clerk for the precinct 14, this county, where charges of fraud were brought by Lamar's, friends. Taylor was accompanied by his fath er, who lives near Lloyd, Jefferson county. Taylor . demanded of Lamar his signature to a paper disclaiming reflections upon him. Lamar stated that he would leave for Monticello on the noon train and return today, and that he would then consider the mat ter and give him (Taylor) a written statement of his position In the mat ter. Taylor demanded his instant signa ture. This Lamar declined. Taylor assaulted him, striking him several heavy blows with a stick.' Lamar was sitting In a chair. He arose and closed with Taylor. After pressing Taylor across the room, Taylor broke loose, drawing a pistol and pre senting It quickly at Lamar Before he could shoot Lamar took the pistol from him. Lamar called lnUiis clerk, Walter Taylor's uncle, the mther fol lowing. Lamar declined to kill Tay lor, stating so to the clerk and hand ing the pistol to him. The clerk and father were not In the room during tha first part of the difficulty. MURDER AT BIRMINGHAM. Walter Cotton Killed by Negro Mur. derer la In JalL Birmingham. Ala., Aug. 2. Walter Cotton, the assistant manager of the Atlantic and Pacific Tea company, waa cut and almost instantly killed this morning by a negro, name nnknown, also employed by the company. ' The killing occurred In the store of the concern, in the heart of the bus iness section of the city. There were no witnesses to the deed. The negro claims that Cotton struck him and threw him to the floor, and in falling on him the knife he had drawn struck him. The negro 13 in the county jail jand no riot Is apprehended. DUEL TO DEATH. With Long-BIaded Jack-knives Men Carve Each Other. Erenham, Tex., Aug 2. Two ne groes. -John Arnold and Wesley Da vis, fought a duel to the death near Independence last night. Arnold i3 dead and Davis will probably die. The men had had a difficulty sever al weeks previously, and meeting In the road agreed to fight it out. Each was armed with a Jack-knife, with blades 6 inches long, and were horri bly cut and slashed. Davis managed to stab Arnold to the heart and then came to Brenham, wher,e he gave him self up. He will probably die from his wounds. MISS GALT GIVEN MEDAL r Because She Refused to Sing "March ing Through Georgia." Owensboro, Ky., Aug. 2. Miss Laura Talbot Gait, the Kentucky girl who re fused to sing "Marching Through Geor gia," was presented with, a gold med al by the Georgia Society of Mont gomery, Ala., at the confederate re union here. Miss Gait accepted the medal, saying . that, she 'had not thought of such an honor when she re fused to 6lng the song that represents Sherman's only claim for greatness. The medal is very pretty, and bears the coat of arms of Georgia.' It waa presented by Captain W. T. Ellis. Florida Appointments. Tallahassee,- Aug. 2. Governor Jen nings has made the following civil appointments: D. S. Gaulldng of TltuBville to be prosecuting attor ney for Brevard county; J. E. Snow, of SL Augustine, to to clerk of circuit court for St. Johns county; C. H. Al ston, of Pensacola. to be notary pub lic for the state at large; Addin Light body, of Jacksonville, to be constable for district No. 10, Duval county; W. B. Watson, of Jacksonville, to be no tary public for the state at large; Miss L. Emmett Calahan. of Pensaco la, to be notary public for tne state at large; ,W. B. Farley, of Marlanna, to be supervisor of registration for Jackson county. Letters Patent Granted. Tallahasse, Aug. 2. Letters patent have, been granted-for the incorpora tion of the American Phosphate com pany with a capital stock of $25,000, to mine and ship phosphate and other minerals. The incorporators are Charles Milder, E. S. Mcintosh and J. IL BelL Democrats Nominate Stanley. cient returns have been received from the Democratic primamry election to show that A O Stanley, of Henderson. is nominated for congress Inj se- nnd TOntuekv district by.several hun- . , " First Bale at Sumter, S. C . . a tv 4- I faumter. o. u.. uS. or new couon wa suiu at 9 cents a pound. It was grown hT W. A. Bowman, whoso place la ?UStJ NO FEAR OF MOB VIOLENCE. Howard Committed to Jail on Charge of .Murder. . -New Decatur, Ala., July Z0. The preliminary trial of Robert Howard, the Louisville and Nashville freight conductor,' who shot Frank Baur, the ball player, in Buchhelt's saloon re cently, was held yesterday. Baur died two days after the shooting and How ard was then taken to Huntsvllle and placed In jail for fear of a mob., -Howard was brought back for trial at 8 o'clock this morning, and while the feeling is strong; against him, quiet reigns and there is a feeling on the part of the people that the law shall be allowed to take its course. . : , The state introduced ten witnesses. The gist of the evid"enee was that Howard commenced the trouble by cursing Baur and that Baur took con siderable abuse and then struck How ard and staggered him backward, when Howard drew his revolver and fired two shotsjthe first only taking effect. . The defense did .not Introduce any witnesses, but friends of Howard say he will plead . self-defense when the case comes to final trial. " Howard was sent to Jail without bond. TWO THOUSAND CANDIDATES. State of South Carolina Has Large Number of Office Seekers. - Columbia. S. C, Aug. 4. There are Jus't three more weeks, of the state campaign. The state has s been tra versed In great part by the two par ties,' one of the candidates for. the United States senate, the other can didates for state offices. The people have had a surfeit of oratory already, and now the agony will be piled on, for there are about fifty candidates in each of the 41 coun ties seeking for county offices. They traverse the counties even more thor oughly than the other parties do the state at large. In one county 20 bar becues are advertised in the weekly papers. Of the 95,000 voters in this state, fully 2,000 are candidates this year. 1 Preparing to Build Road. Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 2. The Donelsoa Construction company, who have tne contract to build the East ern Railway of Alabama" from Talla dega to Pyrlton, In Clay county, are sending a big force, of men and roa-d building apparatus to the right of way and the road -will be pushed. More than 160 negroes have been sent, to the scene, while a large : amount of stock and scrapers were carried over the first of the week. The 10 miles to be constructed, by this company will be through a rough section. The. road has the pyrite beds of Alabama as the objective point. , Hot Political; Fight On. Athens, Ala., Aug. 2. The warmest fight is on In this section that was ever waged politically and the Democ racy is enthused as it has not been for many years. Everything is turn ed Jelksward, and s the white men of Limestone are . standing as '-.one grand phalanx for the constitution and it3 friends. A Jelks club in this county that has for its purpose the enrollment of every white voter, Is gathering strength as the days go by. Every ef fort is to be made to get a full vote out Aug. 25. To Sell Gas PJant. Talladega, Ala., Aug. 2. At a meet ing of the board of mayor and alder men of Talladega it was voted to sell the gas plant of this city to the Tal ladega company. The consideration Is to be 820,000. The council also agreed to make a contact with the new light company to light (he streets of the city at an annual rental of $C0 for each 2,000 candle power and S30 for each 1,200 candle light. Tragic Death of Mining Engineer. Montgomery, Ala., August i. Ca; tain R. L. Davles, a prominent mining engineer In Mexico,, was found dead In the Diente canyon. 30 miles from Monterey. The supposition Is that he fell from the top of a cliff while at work examining some prospects. Cap tain Davles had been missing- for a week, and friends started a search for him, resulting in the finding of his de composed body. ' Death of Presiding Elder. Lafayette, Ala., Aug. 4. Rev. Eu gene H. Hawkins, presiding elder of the Lafayette district of the Southern Methodist church, dfed here Saturday of typhoid fever after a ten days' ill ness. The deceased was a leading minister In his church, and had a bright future. He was a son of Dr. V. O. Hawkins, of Dadeville. Mr. Hawkins was only. 31 years old and left a wife and three children. ' No Advices From Baldwin." New York. Aug.' 4. William Zeig- 1 ler who supplied the funds for the Arc tic expedition said to the Associated Press today that the statement that he had received advices from Baldwin was untrue. He has had no dispatches from the explorer since his reported arrival at Honningsvaag, and said he was even Inclined to be skeptical of the report that Baldwin had returned. Morsan Will Not Retire. London, Aug. z. rne Associated ' ----- pres. Is authorized to give rne mo contradiction to me report J Morgan intends to rj mtiVtt business life on hia rTnrnuxoi to the aTlANTA! HOTEL IS PREY TO FLAMES Alhambra Hostelry Complet ly Destroyed. MARROW ESCAPE OF GUESTS. So Rapid Was Spread of Falmes That Guests Were Compelled to Leap From Windows to Save Their Lives. Many Injured. - Atlanta, Aug. j 2. The Alhambra ho tel 391 Peachtree street, caught fire at 1:45 o'clock this morning and m the space of a few moments the structure was in flames. ! - At 3 o'clock every portion of the building was wrapped in fire and Its total destruction was seen to be inevitable: , Flrsmen worked heroically to save the building, but being constructed of wood, it burned "with great rapidity, and their efforts were futile. t There were 75 guests in the hotel at the time, and many were forced to jump from , windows to save their lives. , No one was ; killed, but sev eral sustained more or less serious in juries and , had narrow escapes from cremation, i ' : V Thesmoke that pervaded the build ing in thick volumes was so dense and hot that many; were overcome and were carried from the- building Insen sible; - , v -- . : v. The guests succeeded in saving most of their trunks. The Alhambra hotel was built in 1895 for the express purpose of accom modating the crowds that came to the big exposition. Built as an emergen cy hotel, the materials used In It were very cheap, consisting for the most part of wood with an exterior of plas ter. V ir ..' ' The property jwas owned by J. L. Dickey, and the total loss Is estimated at between $15,000 and $20,000. TRAGEDY AT SALT LAKE CITY. Taunted About Domestie Troubles Man Kills Woman and Suieldes. Salt Lake City, Utah, Aug. 2. At the Salt Palace grounds early this morning J. C. McCaslln, a well known mining man of this city, shot and kill ed Lottie Russell, seriously wounded F. Max Peters 4 and then committed suicide by shooting himself through the head, . j. '; .- : r 1 McCaslin. Miss Russell, Peters and another man, who name has not been learned, formed a party which attend ed the bicycle races. It Is said that McCaslin, had had trouble with his wife and had been drinking. Peters and Miss Russell are reported to have taunted him" about his domestic trou bles, whereupon he became enraged, drew a revolver and shot Miss Rus sell, who had started to run, through the back.' j Peters, who attempted to keep McCaslin from shooting the girl, was shot through the chest. i- McCaslin, after firing a shot at the other member of the party, placed-hig revolver to, his right temple and fifed a bullet through his head. He died an hour later. Peters is. in a precarious condition, but it is thought he will recover. r. - ' : TRIANGULAR RACE THE TALK. Warm Fight for Congress in Second Scuth Carolina District. Aiken, S. C., Aug. 4. As the time draws near for the primary on Au gust 26 the all-absorbing topic in pol itical circles is the triangular race Tor congress in the second district between Solicitor Thurmond, of Edge field ; Attorney General Bellinger, of Barnwell, ': and Colonel George W. Croft, of Aiken. It Is generally con ceded that there will be a second race betvseh Bellinger and Croft with Jhe odu 'a Croft's- favor. LCFT PULPIT TO FIGHT FIRE. Mint s arid Laymen Engage In Con. .AItVi finnHav Cnnftamratinrt tc Lat . .3ter, Ky., Aug. 4. The hotel Garraii!,f'the opera house, W. A. Ar nold's livery .stable, with nine horses and twelve vehicles, Burnett Co.'s shoe and clothing establishment and F. P. Frisbie's drug store were burned here yesterday. The loss if about 150,000; . insurance f 20,000. Services" in all the churches were abandoned, i minister and laymen joining the Are company In the fight to extinguish the flames. . Americans Honored. Paris, July SO. General Patrick A, Collins, mayor of Boston, Mass., haJ been appointed an officer of the Le gion of Honor,' and Paul De Capedo vielle, mayor of New Orleans, Tb; v as St. John Gaff neyy an attorney -New York, and Sir. DuVeen, a taer chant of New York, hare been appoint ed chevaliers of the Legion- Used Mails to Defraud. L&Granpe, Ind., July 31. Mrs. Vic toria Gibson, of Butler, Ind., is under arrest .charged with fraudulent use of the malls in conducting a matrimonial bureau. It! is charged by the United States authorities that by means of ad vertisements she secured a number cf matrimonially, inclined victims who sent her sums of money for wives.' - Number of Lives Lost Was 120. Sydney, N. 8. W Aug. 2. The total number of lives lost by the explosion ai the Mt KImbIa colliery, WoUen Cobs. Thursday, waa 120. GEORGIA'S TAXABLE PROPERTY. Returns Show Increase of About Twelve MUlion Dollars. .. . r Atlanta, Augv 4. The tax returns 91 counties of the state have been re ceived at the comptroller general's of fice. Of this number 55 show an in crease In the returns, while 36 hare decreased. : The total amount of In crease is $4,964,131, and the decrease 13 $1,438,814, showing a net gain of $3,525,817 in the returns of general property received so far. There are yet 46 counties to be heard from. Including all of the coun ties containing the large cities, with the exception of Muscogee. The coun ties containing the large citlesvjtlmet always show an Increase In taxable property every year. Judging by lha present returns, however, It may be predicted jlhat the returns of general property Will show an Increase of something , like $6,000,000 or more. Good Increases ares expected from Ful ton, Chatham, Bibb, Richmond, Floyd and other counties, as the value of city property has been on the upward trend. ! I The returns of railroad, telegraph, telephone and express companies which are, by law, made directly to the 'comptroller general, will show about the same increase this year as last, or about $5,000,000 to $6,000,000. This will make the total net increase of , property values . in Georgia this year something like $10,000,000 to $12, 600,000, which is about $12,000,000 less than last year's increase. The increase In general taxable property last year was about $17,000, 000, and together with the railroads, etc., the.net gain for 1901 amounted to more than $22,000,000. GIGANTIC REAL ESTATE DEAL. Btrip of Land In Atlanta Is sold For r $200,000. Atlanta, Aug. 2. The largest and mqst significant rear estate deal that has ever been consummated In the city of Atlanta was closed a few days ago when iho firm of G. W. Adair sold to a local 'syndicate all of the property la the city and in Fulton county belong ing to the Atlanta Real Estate com pany for the handsome sum of $200, 000 in cash. This is the largest single sale of Atlanta dirt- that has' taken place since there was any to be sold In this Immediate, vicinity. The next largest sale that occurred at one time was made when the James bank building and property was sold to the Century company for $160,000. The transfer of the property Is sig nificant of the fact that residence building property Is. in greater demand In Atlanta at this time than ever be fore in the history of the city. With the transfer of the property to this lo cal company it will mean the placing oh the market in the near future some of the most desirable residence prop erty in the city, property that has been sJa M n& 1 lying lcue ior u years. . .. GHASTLY FIND IN DALTON. Body of Unknown White Child Dis covered In Old Well. V' Dalton, Ga., August 1. The remains of an unknown white child have been found In an old well on the Bard prop erty In East Dalton The family of Brownie Smith had moved into the house recently. One of the family drew a bucket of water and detected an- awful stench. : In vestigation ..followed, and some old clothing was drawn from the well and later the body of a white child, prob ably a-month old. A cord was found around its neck,, tightly bound, suffi cient to cause death. S. B. Felker empaneled a Jury, which rendered a verdlot that the child came to its death by strangulation by un known hands 'by means of a rope be ing tied around Its neck. The house on th premises has een vacant for 1 some time, and was last occupied by a negro family. There is no clew to the perpetrators of the crime. Populist Enters Raoe. Dublin, Ga., August L Hon John R. Baggett will make the race for the legislature from Laurens county on the Populist ticket. Some time since a full ticket was put oat by the Popu list party. Hon. J. L. Keen and John C. Register were the nominees for the legislature. Mr. " Keen declined the nomination and Mr. Baggtt has been nominated ( in his stead. Mr. Baggett for two terms 1 represented Laurens county In the legislature. Dies From Rattler's Bite. . f TIfton, Ga August 1. One day this week John Suggs, a negro man living In Worth county, near Sycamore, waa bitten by a huge rattlesnake 5 V4 feet long. Despite all that could be done for him Snggs died, after 24 hours' of terrible suffering" yesterday. Suggs bore the name of a good, humble negro, and his tragic death is regretted by many whit friends who knew him well. i Oil Found at Rome, Ga. Rome, Ga Aug. 2. The Rome Pe troleum and Iron company, while bor ing for oil la the fields west of this city, have discovered petroleum at a tfepth of 860 feet.. The well has a capacity of CO barrels per dayJ Slew His Father. McArthor, O., Aug. 5. David Mor ris, a farmer aged 48, was killed by hia son David, aged 22, hear Platte Vffie. Th son was living with his father al Cmantoi the us x hi For The Complexion, ' The cotoplexion aJwa?s suffers from bl- ' iousness o contiption. Unless the bowels re kept open the imrurites from the body rppear a the lorn , of unsightly eruptions O-UVle - Liu; Earljr fi.sm keep the bpwe.s in healthy condition and remove he can of such trouble, ft E. Hoorr A.bany, Ga., Say; "I took De Witts Ut ile Ear y Kistrs for bibousnci. They were jatt WLat 1 needj. I. rn frelin? "Utter now lean ia years." : 'Never gripe or du Safe through and geatle. The very "Let the GOLD DUST twins do yosr work. More clothes am rubbed out than worn out. (boiled manor will spare roar back and sire four clothe. Better and far more economical than soap and other warning h-owaers. Made only br THE N. K. FAIRBAltK COMPANY", uucago, new Toric. Boston, at umus. Makers of OVAL FAIRY SOAP. Jackson Springs Hotel is now open and ready for guests. The Hotel is furnished with all the latest improvements. Rates $7. 00 ioSlO.OO per week For further information, ad' y dress, ' - . I R. R ROSS, Proprietor, Jackson Springs, N, C seasonable:! n GOODS- ' Full line of Pickles, To' ma to Ca tsup, Pepper Sauce, Olives, Preserves, Mixed Sweet Pickles in keg, Raisins,- Da tcs, Curs . ran is, Prunes, Dried A v pics and Peaches SX 1 IN CANS. PINEAPPLE Sliced tuid Grated PEARS . Very nice) PEACHES Dctcrt aoo Pie APPLES ; TOMATOES SUGAR CORN SUCCATASH Cora sad Betas TOMATOES ANDOKRA TRIPE' SALMON DSIED BEbF CHIPPED BEEF HAM LOAF mackerM vienna sau SAGE SNOW FLAKE HOMINY with Coua try Si usage CORNED BEEF SAUERKRAUT OYSTERS SEAOUODS CONDENSED MILK Etgleor Dune Brands ROYAL, REX AND GOOD LUCK BAK' ING POWDERS CORN SYRUP The above is a partial list of the good things to eat which ! hare in stock Call ana make selections, or phone your or der Fre edclirery in town in ib lie 1 - ' ( nn mnimifit n n i n H V 4K f HIM. If I L IUV I U i l . II. U. f
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