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The Farmer's Friend. , L1. T J-MMm. I.' II ! -.II Ml I. I. !. II. ,m , PTBIilSHED WEEKLY . at MOimANTON, - - N. CAROLINA. 6NE BOY SHOOTS ANOTHER. The Innocent, UnloaJed Gua Gets in Its Work Again. News comes . from Charlotte of the shooting of a young lad by the name of Caldwell Pharr by hi? playmate, George Hamilton. A number of boys, including the above mentioned and little Jo. Wadsworth were in Mr. 8. J. Asoury s back yard playing. Hamilton had a small air rifle, on which a B. B. cap was used, and which shot a ball not larger than a pea. Little Jo. Wads- I ii 1 1 1 ii i . ii im mw ma rine iviuj? on vue fcround, and, child like, loaded it He did not think to mention the fact, and went oh playing again. A short while after, Hamilton picked up the rifle, which he had some minutes before laid aside unloaded, and thinking it still unloaded, pointed it at Caldwell, and aid in fun: "I'm going to shoot you." As he said so he snapped the trigger. n v ' i . . i j.v uii uonor, iae gun went on auu the ball stuck Caldwell on the cheek, shattering his jaw bone, knocking out several teeth and lodging at the root of the tongue. Caldwell fell as soon as be was shot, and immediately the boys fled, alarmed and screaming for help, into-Mr. Asburjr's house. Hamilton was very much frightened. The gun was not loaded when he laid it aside, and he did not see Jo. put the load in. Jo. on the other hand, did not think Hamilton would point the gun at any one, and just loaded it for fun. He was as badly frightened as the Hamil ton boy. The victim of the boyish pranks in the meantime was taken home and a physician summoned. Part of the ball ; was , gotten out, but the rest of it could not be located; The wound is painful, but not serious. They ire in Washington. R. H. Bunting, John R. Melton and C. H. Gilbert, who were exiled from Wilmington during the late unpleas antness in that city, are in Washing ton, and called at the Department of Justice. The object , of their visit is not known, but it is understood that they will make efforts to have certain parties in North Carolina prosecuted, if they themselves can remain out of the State and not give evidence. All of them agree that they cannot go back to the State, believing, they say, that the threats of the white people of Wil mington will be carried out. Manly, the editor of the late Wilmington Itecord, says he is not so much to blame as others for the infamous arti cle in his paper, and he intimates that when they can get out of danger he wJJl defend himself by giving the facts and naming the' parties he accuses. - Three Times a Criminal. John Jack Mays was publicly hanged at Dobson, in Hurry County. It was estimated that from six to seven thous and peoplo witnessed the execution. He made a short 'talk and joined heart ily in singing a hymn just before the trap fell. The story of the crime for which he paid the penalty with his life was one of. the . most . atrocious crimes ever committed in that country. Mrs. Hagans a very old lady, living in a little cabin alone, had accumulated quite a sum of money and to obtain: this Mays first robbed her, then mur dered her, and to cover up the crime, burned her and her House, thus mak ing a triple crime robbery, murder anil nriinn . Charters and License Granted. ' The State has chartered the "Levi Cotton Mill Company; of Rutherford ton, capital 3-jO, 000; stockholders: M.ev cr Levi, I). F. Morrow and J. F. Flack. Half of the capital is paid up. .The Stato also chartered the Southern Card v lathing and Heed Company, of Char lotte, which will furniah cotton and woolen mill supplies. Its capital is SJ2000. and the. stockholders are Geo. H. Hall, J. M. McMillan and J. J. Ad ums. The Secretary of State licenses tlio Royal Exchange Association Com? pany, of Loudon, to do business in North Carolina, C. N. G. Butt, of Char lotte, being general agent - i A Year at Trinity. '1 here have been added to the mem bership of Trinity Methodist church at Charlotte during the past Conference year 167 names. "Sixty-seven infants hare been baptized. The congregation and frieuds havo contributed lor all pur po!os between $4,000 and $.",0U0. : Octogenarian Dead Mrs. Lydar Brown-died at her home in Raleigh. Deceased was, 85 years old. Sho leaves nine living children, 45 grand childreu, and 82 great grand childreu. Will Operate the New Road, The Seaboard Air Line will,' as baa le.n long understood, equip with rail ing slock aud operate tho new shortcut rmii oad between Richmond and Ridge vrny. Four of the six divisions of the ! cuboard Air Line, have so voted. The Ra'.eigh & Gatou, Raleigh & Augusta, mid the Durham & Northern divisions at their annual meeting in "Raleigh made a good financial showing. Busi ues has iucreased largely. Irate Farmer Holds up a Railroad. A Wake couuty farmer held up 80 in 0:1 at the poiut of a double barrel HUot-nn and halted the 01 eration of a railroad for an entire day. . The farmer in question is.B. G. Funis, of Middle Cieek township and the railroad that incurred the farmer's auger and caused linn to hold up SO men is the. Raleigh and Cajo Fear. . . J. A. Wajoner Made Captain, (iovernor Russell has filled two vacancies c.f officers iu the First North I sroi.ina Regimeiit.' The appointments i ueio, Jhn A. agoner to be captain 4 osui'any I, from Achcville; First Sea.-ga it Win. L Jones to be second lieutenant Company ii, from Shelby. Tnc Wrecked Ashetilie Bank Cases, lu the Federal court, District Attor ney lloltou has entered a -motion of containing the cases against the of ficials cf the First National Bank of Asheville to the -special term of the Circuit court. -?- Forger Committed to Wake Jail. W. A. Burton, alias W. A. Gales, a forger, was arraigned in police court in Raleigh. He waived preliminary ex amination and was. bound over to the next term, of Wake Criminal court uuder $700 bond. I;;:?S ilNO nisi iov."r. T l'AVTS. "X ' could die-for you 1" "be cri.'d passionately..,'.-- - '. '.JOf cGur4vM she jvidic-d. 'But trou!d you ?" - fc'ouie girls me so practical and fxo tuic, you know. ZJb Jir V -f VER in the Tillage the Kingsleys were called by their n eighbort "pe culiar" and we are not disposed to contradict . them. There was the father, mother and three eons, the lat ter all women-haters, or" at least wom-an-shunners, for even when boys at the district school, not one of them would play rwith or in any way notice n girl. As a family, they were indus trious, economical and well-to-do. Work, work, work was the .order of the day, and save,, save, save, was the key-note of their lives. If there was one among them more . of a hustler than the others it was the eldest son, Jack, and if one more than another of tho sons was averse to society, it was Jack. f It was ou Thanksgiving morning that our story opens, but we doubt if any of the i Kingsleys had given a thought to the day. In their busy, unsentimental existence there had been no account made of the days that come like pleasant mile stones along Jhe way. There was no Thanks giving cheer, or. Christmas gifts; New Year meant ; nothing to . them but a change of date, and Easter was only Sunday, the day of rest at the farm house. If any one could be said to rise first in a family where all were up betimes, it was this same Jack, whose heavy footfall ofttimes wakened the house. On this. Thanksgiving morning he was out even earlier than usual, for it was corn-husking"time and in one way and another they had been hindered this particular fall. Stumbling out into the cold, early light, he was sur prised to run against a great willow basket. "What the nation's this?" he growled. Now we would not have you under stand that Jack was a particularly ill natured man; but it is usually true that in families where the little refine ments and courtesies are omitted, tho boys and sometimes tho girls grow up surly and irritable" in manner, even when, in reality, there is no an ger in their hearts. With the half-formed thought in mind that 'some neighbor had left it after the family had retired, he lifted the lid. . "Jupiter!" was the one word that escaped his lips, and then he simply stared. But it was not Jupiter or any other celestial body that lay there so snugly in the basket, but a very beautiful terrestrial body in other words, a beautiful babe smiled up into his face. "Jupiter!" he said again, and let fallthe lid, only to lift it again imme diately. It would have been a study for an artist the old brown farm hpuse amid the. leafless trees for a. background, tho flurry of snow sifted; over the porch, the great willow bas ket, from which smiled the lovely in fant, and the uncouth figure in high boots, overalls, short brown coat" and slouch hat bending above.it.- now long he might have remained in this pose is uncertain, but the lit tle one's efforts to free he.r arms aroused him. Once more letting fall the-lid he lifted the. basket into tho kitchen just as his mother emerged from her room. 'What on airth you got?" she questioned. "Somebody's young 'un left on the door-step." Mrs. Kingsley wonderingly undid the rich wrappings until the little ai ais, unpinioned, were held pleading ly up. What woman could refrain from lifting tho little creature out and pressing it to her breast? Even Mrs. Kingsley could not, though she made sure first that Jack's back was turned. Soon the remainder of the family were on the scene, surprised aud wonder ing over "Jack's bauy" as it was called from the first. There was nothing by which she could be identified, save a square white card bearing the one word "Fav." At breakfast Mrs. Kingsley remarked complainingly: "Now there'll be a trip clean to John Sweet's." "John Sweet's?" 'queried Jact, absent-mindedly, a3 fro watched his : JACK WAS M ABCHIXG AB&UT. mother feeding milk to the little stranger. "Yes, he's the poor commissioner, ain't he?" ; "What of that?" " 'What of that;' did I ever! Why, you can't git this : young one into the poor house' without seeing him about it " A wave of color swept across Jack's tun-burned,' nnshaved face, but he only replied that he guessed they could'board her until Buuday, least ways no onei could be spared from the husking now." i , ; ' -' " Xd how d'ye s'poso I'm to do my work nd care fer a baby all that time? Here it's only Thuxaday." i A STORY FOR THANK5QIVIN0. ST YXUfA CAiP WELL MELVILLE. "She don't seem troublesome yit," "No, of course-sheMl be good while I'm minding her all the time, but wait till I put her by." : Before Jack had been at work two hours he made an excuse to go to the house. His mother happened to be out of doors when he entered the kitchen, but there sat the lovely child in her basket, gleefully pulling the strands of a skein of scarlet yarn. The moment she caught sight of him she gave a happy, gurgling laugh, dropped the yarn and held 'out her arms; but he pretended not to see. When next he glanced in her direction, the baby's lip was trembling and tears were well ing up into the great dark-eyes. He made a step toward her, then paused, looking from, his dirty hands and dusty clothes to the dainty gar ments she wore. - "I ain't fit," he muttered, but then that look! . Once more the smile came like a burst of sunshine . through the clouds and the dimpled hands reached out alluringly. "Goo goo!" she said, buthe thought she meatt good, aud well, when his mother entered the room she was sim-. ply dumbfounded at the sight that met her gaze. , ' . -.-.". Jack, who had never even touched a baby before, was marching about, the child on his shoulder, one hand fastened in his rather unkept hair, the other patting his cheek. "Goo, goo!" she crfed louder and louder. "Jack Kingsley, are you crazy?" she cried. With a shame-faced ex- JACK QUIETLY LIFTED THE HIGH CHAIR TO A PLACE BESIDE HIS OWN. pression, he turned toward tho basket, but paused half way and turned de fiantly. "No, I ain't crazy, but I'm goin' to keep her." "Goin' to keep her? Mercy on us, you must be out en yer head." "I tell you I ain't, but I'd be 'shamed to put a purty little critter like her in the poorhouse. Hain't we got enough, I'd like ter know, to feed one sech kid?" "But who'll' take care of her?" The poor fellow looked perplexed, but Fay, at this moment, nestled her head againtt his neck, cooing content edly, "Da, da, da, da!" "I will, if there's nobody else," he answered defiantly; "leastways I can hire a girl." "A girl!" Mrs. Kingsley fairly shrieked for in ail her life she had never hired help in the house one day. And then 'she poured forth a tirade of abuse that, could little Fay have understood, would have-burned into her very soul! Happily she could not understand, but Jack did, after a fashion at least, but the effect was ex actly contrary to what his mother de sired and his answer showed her her mistake. .'It may all be as you think, he said slowly; 'we don't know anything about it, but I do know this innercent babe ain't to blame- 'nd I'll be blamed if I don't stand for her 'nd fight the hull world, if need be. I ain't fit fer much! the Kingsley s ain't like other people nohow, nu if this here kid ain't respectable it can't make no great odds to us; we ain't s'ciety folks but all these fine fixens she's got on shows she don't b'longto no poor trash round here. There's a mvstery about it that I hope we won't never under- stand. After this uncommonly long speech, Jack Kingsley put the child in the basket and went out, his mother never saying a word. We are inclined to think she was a little alarmed for his mental condition, though.' When she re covered from the shock a little, she remembered n few other times in his life when Jack had unexpectedly flung out in a similar fashion' in defense of an abused animal, and once in the case' of a sick tramp. She blamed herself severely for not using more strategy afche outset; now the battle was hopelessly lost. Well, he might hire somebody to care for it; she would not and in five minutes after she had settled this point she was holding the object of controversy in her arms and feeding it most tenderly. Then for tho first time she remem bered that this was Thanksgiving Day. Thanksgiving! And sitting and rock ing, her mind traveled back to a time when the day meant much to her; to a time when life was not so narrow, so sordid, when she went to church and enjoyed human companionship. Then she remembered the first Thanksgiv ing on this farm, when Jack was a jBturdy boy of five and the others younger; how she had mada a little feast almostut of nothing, but, des pite the homesickness and loneliness, they had been far happier than in the years since when love of gain had "eaten them up," spiritnally and men tally. With a start sha heard the clock strike eleven. The baby was sleeping; .cquld she manage to get up a Thanksgiving feast in au hour? She had intended to have boiled potatoes, fried salt pork, bread, coffee and sorghum molasses. Ben, her youngest son, was at the barn for something and, yielding to the impulse of the moment, she called to hjni from the doorway : "Run me down a chicken, Ben, if you men folks 'can get along till one o'clock without yer dinners.'' t A SONG OF THANKSCIVINC Thanksgiving for the men who brav-4 The yet scarce farrowed sea. Bather than cringe, witb soul enslaved. To kingljr tyranny; ; , Who sought upon this virgin sod "Freedom to worship God!" Thanksgiving for the men who met The stormy brant of war, Who yielded life without regret Lest wrong be conqueror; For those who fought and lived to sea Triumphant liberty! SUPPLANTS THE EAGLE FOB ONE DAT OXLT. , Thanksgiving that the olden scars By time are hid and healed; That now our flag's close-clustering stars Shine on no gory held, But year by year a rich increase Springs from the arts of peace! Thanksjflving for a past that glean'. With light so fair to see; Thanksgiving for the glorious dreams Of triumphs yet to be; Thanksgiving, all, with one jcord, Unto our father's Lord! Clinton Scollard, in Harper's Weekly. "Aye, aye!" said Ben heartily, but when he came in with the chicken he looked so inquiring that his mother said: "I plum forgot 'twas Thanks giving," just as if they ever observed it either inwardly or outwardly. Ben said nothing, but shying a glance at the sleeping babe went out softly, but was whistling gaily when he reached the corn' sheds. "Can't have dinner till the horn blows; reckon that'll be about one o'clock." "What's up?' asked Tom. The Kingsleys were not humorous, but an idea did occasionally strike Ben and now he answered severely: "You can't expect mother to take care of a youngun and have meals square up to time." "Hang the youngun!" was Tom's ungiacious reply. "Say, Jack, you better go over to Sweet's this after noon." "If you've any business at Sweet's go yourself; I haven't any." Even Mr. Kingsley, who was not at all observing, opened his eyes when he entered the big kitchen, from which most savory 'odors had already greeted him. Never had the old room looked so inviting before, and no wonder! A toothsome feast on a table spread with the white cloth and best dishes -only used for company and a baby form in the old high chair so long relegated to the garret. He smiled and laid. his rough hand on the little head covered with golden red curls. "Whoop-ee!" said Tom, looking ap provingly about. "So all this comes of having a girl inf the family!" Jack glanced at his mother and then did what no Kingsley was ever known to do before without being asked filled the water pails. Ben looked down at himself; then there was another departure. He put on a clean "wamua" and washed and combed with unusual care. Everyone had a smile or a pat for the bright, fearless babe who, they tacitly under stood, was in some way responsible for the good cheer. When ready to eit down, Jack quietly lifted the high chair to a place besides his own. He meant to take care of her, evidently. And so the new life at the Kingsleys began. Not all in a day did the changes come, but' the truth of the words: "And a little child shall lead thecg" was never more thor oughly verified than in this instance. By another Thanksgiving time a royal feast was spread and the minister and his family invited to partake. The house was brightened; each member of the family dressed, talked and acted more like "other' people;" they even sent wood and vegetables to several poor families, and remembered that they themselves had cause to give thanks for man blessings, not least among them Jack's baby. Thanksgiving- Turkey. Oh, the turkey's waxing fatter Than he waxed a moon ago, " And he ripens for the platter In the dreamy afterglow. While the piglet ? 8 kips' a Jiglet i In the bosom of his sty Is the turkey Quite as murky As the chilly, purpLe sky; For he knows that he will very Soon be going on the plate, With the sauce of the cranberry. And the stuffing all elate. Oh, the turkey's full of sorrow, . From his wattles to his tail; When he dreams about the morrow, ' Every feature's snowy pale. Ob, 'tis shaky .As the flaky Pie that lures us on to kill; And his talons' Show that gallons Of good stuff would not unchlll All the thoughts that thrill his wishbone, When he dreams the carving knife Soon will pierce him like a fishbone, And wind up his happy life. Ob, the turkey now is glowing. And we watch him in our joy, For we know we soon are going : With his drumsticks for to toy. In our rapture. We will capture All the dark meat and the white. And the giblets Ofhisniblets Will suffuse ns with delight; And we'll way In language regal. As our lines we all op gird. That the torkey beats tbe eagle As old Freedom's mighty bird! ii. E. Munkittriek, Don't ask too long a blessing at the Thanksgiving dinner. Bemember that the turkey is not a bird of prajr. STATE SQUIBS. RaxjZIOK. From advanceaheets of the annual report of the State Superin tendent of Public Instruction these in teresting facte are gathered. The achool fund disbursed for white school teachers was $451,474, colored $227. 195; for school houses for whites $30,663, eolored fl6,607J paid city schools $34, 490; paid treasurers' commissions $17,' 269; expended for other purposes $46, 297. Total $832,836; balance on hanll $185,599. The census of children of school age shows 211,855 white males, 200 78S female, total 412, 243 5 total en rollment 114,635 males 107, 629 females, total 222,232; average attendance 110, 877. Colored males of school ago 106, 054; famalas 105,455, total 211,519; en rollment 60,856 males, 70,643 females, total 131,404; average attendance 89, 548. Value publio school . propertyj - white $644,809: : colored $234,324. Average length of school term ISf weeks white, 10 9-10 weeks colored, and in cities and towns 86 weeks. There are 3,433 white and 1,545 colored school houses. The amount appropriated 'to white schools is $485,203; colored $244,468. The total assessed value of white , property is $211,301,836; colored $7,350,064. Amount paid for schools by whites $505,278; colored $79,392. From ad vanoe sheets of the annual report of the llureau of Labor Statistics it is learned that there are in operation 191 spinning or weaving cotton mills and 29 hosiery mills: total 220, There are 24,585 looms and 1,054 spindldes. But 47 per oent of the mills run day and night, thus giving a consuming power of 519,800 spindles. The consumption of .cotton during the year is 163,889,000 po'unds, the report will say. The erec tion of new mills added 43,000 spindles and 230 looms, while old mills enlarged their plants to the amount of 16,820, .while in two fires 3,320 were burned, so that the net gain was 56,600 spindles for 1898. The average day 'a work is 11 J hours and 293. was the average number of days on which mills were in operation out of the year, with its 313 working days. Raleigh. The Democrats held & jubilee, and it was what in the slang of to-day is termed ' 4a warm time. " The procession moved at 7.30 up Fayette ville street It marched literally out lined in fire, as a straight stretch of tar barrels only a few yards apart reached from end to end of the wide and handsome street. In front of the city hall was the arch of triumph, showy white, and topped by scores of native flags, and with a band stand on its top. On one side of the arch, which spanned the street, was the inscrip tion, "Good Government," and on the other, "Good Will to All." The line of march was under this arch and around the capitol square and thence by way of Hillsboro and Dawson streets to Nash square, which, was the princi pal speaking place. All along the route tar'barrels blazed. 1 Raleigh. The North Carolina chap ter of tho Sons of the Revolution held its annual session here, Dr. Peter K Hines presiding. There was presented to it a gavel of oak with a remarkable history. The gavel is silver mounted and bears this inscription:. "Made from wood from the Spanish flagship Infanta Maria Teresa, defeated and captured by American sailors at Santi ago de Cuba, July 8, 1898. To the North Carolina Sons of the Revolution; from A. A. McKethan, U. S. Army." The Sons of the Revolution ordered oil paintings to be made of Alfred Moore and James Iredell, of Revolutionary fame, for presentation to the Supreme Court. Mr. J unins Davis, of Wilming ton, is speoialty requested to present these to the court. ChabiiOtte. The first consolidated mortgage for $3,000,000 from the Caro lina Central Railroad Company to the Farmers' Loan and Trust Company of New York, trustee, was filed for reg istration in the register's office of Mecklenburg county. The mortgage is for the redemption of all outstanding bonds and for the better equipment of its lines deemed it necessary to borrow money and issue its bonds therefore to the aggregate amount above stated. The' mortgage is a first lien upon the entire property of the company, includ ing all branches and extensions. ChabIOTTE. Articles of incorpora tion have been filed by "The E. 31. Andrews Furniture and Music Com pany," of Charlotte. The incorpora tors are: E. M., F. H. and T. W, An drews, C. W. and W. E. Parker and George N. Adams. The capital stock is $30,000, divided into 300 shares of $100 each. The limit of existence is 30 years. It is.rumored,that the work that has been going on so flourishingly at the Isenhour gold mine, Cabarrus county, is now somewhat checked. The reason for the rumor is the fact that some of their machinery is being moved from that place to another mine. There appears to be quite a general opinion that the Legislature will cre ate the office of insurance commis sioner, disassociating from the Sec retary of State. Twice before this tbe Legislature came near doing this. Raleigh. Auditor Ayer says that this year $120,000 is available for pen sions, this being $18,000 more than last year. The reports received showed that only 45 widows and 13 soldiers on the pension list have died this year. There is some increase in thenumber of pensioners, yet it seems this year's ponsions will be approximately 20 per cent, larger than last year's. The cause of the increase in pensions this year is that a larger proportion of ap plicants were passed by the county boards. ! - ' " mm. Wilmington. The white ship-carpenters, caulkers and other, workmen employed at the docks here, have been discharged and negro .workmen em ployed in their places by the United States authorities. ! Great indignation is felt at this action of the government. Cl a rt o VTA. Tn front of Mr T CI ( Falls' house, at Pleasant Ridge, near here, a white man by the name of Par ish and Phonse Rhyne, colored, were having some hot words, when Mr. Falls came out to investigate the trouble. The negro without the slightest warn ing, stabbed Mr. Falls with a very sharp knife, which pierced the larger intestine. The cattle quarantine, which has been in effect during the summer was raised Tuesday, ana now cattle can be : shipped from all parts of the State to points north without being subject the Quarantine regulations. v DcbhaM. The case of the State ts. W. 8. Brown of this city, who was charged with setting fire to his store cn the night of June 10th, came up for trial in Person Superior Court at Rox boro. The jury rendered a verdict of not euilty. About forty Durham peo ple were summoned to Roxboro as wit nesses in the case. The county commissioners of Cabar rus county have ordered bills paid for the holding of the election, which amounts to about $340. It had not been intended to pay the judges any thing -for their services, but finding that this would; be compulsory else have no judges scarcely, they were allowed $1 apieoe for the day. M LOSE 1 1 III! Terrible Railroad Accidents in New , : York and Illinois. ; MOWED DOWN UKEGRASS. :' :' pans, iHUid Terror of Negroes -Neweroos Encounters Between tbe Neirbes and Miners To Raise J of Dewey's Ships. New York (Special). -While ft gang of 20 track hands were at work upon the Pennsylvania Railroad's line over the Hackensack, near Jersey City, they were run down by a local passen ger train. Eleven of the workmen were killed outright and five were seriously injured. Only three escaped unhurt The .dead men all lived in JersevCity. Wm. Quirk, the fore man of the gang of workmen, made this statement: "The smoke and fog are to blame. My men were in a cloud of smoke when the calamity came upon us. I had Michael Lawless stationed about 50 yards ahead of the gang, to give us warning. Lawless was struck first' and cut to pieces. ' My men were mowed down like grass.' Engineer Van Nosfraud said : ' 'I felt sure that the track was clear and had noadea that in that cloud of smoke and fog, just ahead of me, were twenty laborers who did not know of my oncoming.- I got within 100 yards when bit .locomotive struck the outpost, Michael Lawless. I put on the brakes at once, but in another second I was upon the main gang, and my locomo tive cut them down before I could stop the train." - ' Other Accidents, in the fog. ' -Wtlto III.4 Special)'. Twenty two men were more or less seriously injured in "two railroad wrecks near here during a heavy fog. In a head end freight collison on the Rock Island at Moscow, brakeman John Donahue was fatally hurt and brakeman Mills had a leg broken Three other train men were seriously injured. Donahue did not.long survive. Just after the ac cident a construction train, which left here to clear the track, was struck by the fast mail. The crew of the mail train failed to see the signal displayed at Wilton to stop. The construction train had on board about 20 men, in cluding section men and oitieens of Wilton, going to the scene of the Mos cow wreck. Of this number 17- were more or less seriously injured but none killed. ., : - , . Pana in Terror of Nef roes. Pana, 111. (Special). Desultory fir ing in every section of the city contin ued through Fridsy night. . The ter rorized oitizens were huddled in groups which were guarded by heads of fam ilies heavily armed. Quite a number of families left the city aud spent the night in the country. C. H. Heath, an ex-railroad man, whose home is in Flatham, a negro district, was fired upon by the blacks, and himself and family were driven to shelter in the country. The blacks - claimed shots were fired at their homes from Heath's yard, a statement which he denies. Members of Troop B were kept on the alert ail night, but accomplished little. A colored union miner reported to the police that, a white man had been killed in the Flatham' district. Offi cers Smith and Lee, accompanied by the negro, started for the scene, tut they were met by Captain Butler, the militia oommander, who told the offiy cers it was unsafe for them to enter the Flatham district. Captain Butler re fused to send a guard to accompany the officers. In the Springside, Ed Jones, a white non-union miner, is re ported to have been shot in the back and dangerously wounded. A report reached here that 75 negroes with Win chesters had lined up in Springfield to cleatt out the whites in that section. Captain Butler at once sent troops to the scene. . : ai ' -V To;-Raise Three of Dewey's Ships. The United States navy will soon possess more than a sprinkling of foreign built warships. Admiral Dewey has informed the Navy Department that he has contracted with a Hong Kong firm of wreckers to raise three of the Spanish war vessels, sunk in the battle of Manila last May day. The cost of raising the sliips and putting them in through repair will be $500,000. On a Comprehensive Scale. : The national quarantine convention at Memphis adopted a resolution for the establishment on a broad and com prehensive scale of a national bureau and publio health in the Department of the Treasury of the United States, and that the administration of all the public health functions now exercised by au thority of the United States be placed in the charge of this bureau. , . Dreyfus Heard of It. " The Governor of French Guiana has sent a dispatch to the Colonial office in Paris, saying that Alfred Dreyfus, the former French officer undergoing im prisonment for life on Devil's Island, has been informed of the revision pro ceedings in his case. The Keely Motor Man Dead. John W. Keeley, inventor of the Keeley motor, died at his home in Philadelphia, with pneumonia. Mr. Keeley was 61 years of age and leave a widow. Lieutenant Young, of the Hist, re ports that the Riena Mercedes can be raised. She was sunk by the openicg of her sea valves, and is in good condi tion. , Maryland to Sell Her Canal Interests. Baltimore (Special). The board of public works has decided to sell all the interests of the State of Maryland in the famous Chesapeake k Ohio canal. This interest has cost the State, in one way and another, about $25,000,000, but its present value is indeterminate, ss it is now in the hands of receivers. . Of late, , Havana , has been almost overrun with Americans, who have ar rived there without means oOnpport, but in hopes of getting , lucrative em ployment.. Scores of them .are now begging on the streets. Walker Attacks Crokcr. John Bnsben Walker, of Kew York, has issued an address' attacking Rich ard Croker as a man who had gained complete control of the Democratic party within the city and State, and who is "unworthy of trust." In his address Mr. Walker urges the forma tion of a new Democracy. ' Commissioner Evans, of tho Pension Office, has a otified Secretary Alger, that Jesse T. Gates, of the Second United States Artillery, who had lost part of -his upper lip ia the West Indian i cam paign, has been awarded the first pen sion on account of the Spanish war. EXPERIMENT STATION REPORT. Cotefin the Wert for the Yeir IW ani for tbe First Half of ists. i Th .?xperinon Station: has ,a,t issued its report of 44 psges, coverm the work for the year 1807 and fcr tw first half of 1893. The volume con.Uu of the report of the Director, toeethe with the Chiefs of ihe different Dit . ions of the Station, and is sccompao e I by an index to the report and to tho bulletins of the Station issued durin -the period referred to. - 0 An examination of the report shows that 16 regular bulletins of the Station were issued, relating to fertilizer an alysis, compost making, compost ped dlers, orchard, garden aud field crops and their diseases, the housing and feeding of stock, birds and msdicinat plants. There were also various special press and information bulletins, and other publications, amounting in all to fifty, containing 783 pages. The Station has kept up with its rather heavy correspondence, its work at Southern Pines, the study of poultry -keeping, the analyses' of the com mercial fertilizers on sale in' the State, the studv of the digestibility of the common feeding-stuffs, as well'as other lines of work referred to in previous re ports, and the importance of which to the people of the State is probably well known and highly appreciated. In addition, the Station has aided in securing the enactment of a law pro viding for inspection of the nursery stock sold in the State, and which m liable to contain the San Jose scale and other dangerous crop pests. At the time of the enactment of this law, there were laws in other States, and sinco the enactment of this law many other States have realized the importance of. such legislation and have secured it - -During 1897, the Station discovered the presence of tuberculosis in its herd of cattle, and in consequence, some of the ' animals were, slaughtered. The wide publicity given the matter has served to call the attention of the people of the State to the . danger of tuberculosis, and the result will doubt less prove very beneficial. The first edition of the bulletin on Trucking iu the South was so popular that it became exhausted, and it was necessary to reprint it The bulletin on the Ornithology of North Carolina and the bulletin on the Medicinal Plants of the State, should prove particularly valuable as records. There was a considerable increase in the number of samples of fertilizers sent for analysis, and attention is called to the fact that during the year about 208,000 tons of commercial fer tilizers were consumed in the State, and that one brand out of four fell below its guarantee in some single con stituent. An investigation has been t begun as to the nature and extent off food adul teration. , The consumption pf food in North Carolina, annually, amounts tu probably one hundred millions of idol -jars, and it will be interesting to know the extent to which our people are im posed upon by adulteration or mis branding, or by some other meaus. Many. States have a FoodT Control sim ilar to our own Fertilizer Control, am' it may be advisable, at some time, fur our State to endeavor to protect Lor citizens from fraud by. the same means. The report and index will be sent to any one, free of charge, who will make application to the Director of the Experiment Station at Raleigh. - . , , , WissTOK. The ninth session of the Western North Carolina Annual Con ference convened here. The Conference was called to order by Bishop O. P. Fitzgerald, of Nashville, Tenn. Ho requested that a stanzaof some familiar hymn be sung, while the. Conference assembled. In answer to this request, the first stanza of "Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing" was sung. A mat ter of interest and pleasant surprise to tbe Conference here was reached, namely, the all important question of Trinity College, discussed and settled in a moet pleasant manrer. AsHEViriiE. Dr. Chas. Jordan of this city, surgeon in 'U. S. A. Volun teers, sent in his resignation with tho request that it be granted at once, it was accepted ' and he honorably dis charged from the service. Dr. Jordan was one of the most popular surgeoun in the corps. The North Carolina boys especially will regret to give him up. Chablottk. The Southern Railway Company secured the contract for haul ing 1,000 tons .of structural iron work from the Stacy Manufacturing Com pany, of Cincinnati. The iron is for the 4 C's new gas holders in Charlotte, and the work of erection will begin .in the course of ten days. Chablotte. The importance of Charlotte as a commercial centre has been demonstrated in many ways. An additional indication of its prominence and superior location is shown by the fact that the Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company will very shortly make it the centre af an im portant and extensive system of toll lines. This company -has already Lo- 1 guu the construction of along distance line lfvax i Bun uurg, 10 tusr- lotte, from which point the line will go to Columbia, Augusta, Charleston and Savannah. Raleigh. President John A. Mill, of the Raleigh & Cape Fear Railroad, has taken what the sailors term a round turn on the Cape fear and & Northern Railroad, and B. G. Ennis the Wake county farmer who stoppel the Raltigu & Cape Fear convict force from work ing on his 'land. Mills obtained from Judge Bryan an injunction restraining Enmss from interfering with, the roa 1 building. It was served by the sheriff Ennis said he would not let the forcn go on his land. The sheriff in reply told him he had better not monkey with a judge. Ennis then gave in. Bids for electric street lighting, in cluding propositions fbr running an electric street railway in connection therewith, have been submitted to the Goldsbore board of aldermen. : CiiarliOtte. Architect Milbnrn re -Ceived a telegram telling him that his plans for the Confederate veterans auditorium in Charleston, S. C, bad been accepted, and that he was to send working plans and specifications as soon as possible. This award is quite a feather in Architect Milburn's cap, ft" he won it over 28 competitors, repre senting arebitectuel talent in New York, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Richmond 'and Atlanta. The building is to seat 7,000 people, and will cost 10.000 WiLSOx.- A fire broke out here in a grocery store on Goldsboro street cc cupied by a negro named Hnut, and spread rapidly, dsetroying that build ing and Leonard's bar room building and tbe store and restaurant occupied by Wiley Corbett four buildings in all including the armory. The top of Hare's livery was burmed and with it one horse. The other horses were gotton but. Small insurance. Auxiliary proceedings were begun in the United States Circuit Court at .Cleveland, O., for the appointment of 'a receiver for the Cincinnati k Ohio Fuel Mining and Transportation Com pany. The liabilities are placed st
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