North Carolina Newspapers

vol yi RALEIGH. N. C, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1904. Nb, 3 36 AFTER TWO DAYS' FIGHTIN KUROICI IS AGAIN VlCTO Russians Retreated Toward Tangheyen Fierce Onslaughts by Japanese Over Steep Court- try in a Heat of 112 Degrees. Stout Resistance of Russians London, Aug. 2. Although ; the 'Jap anese -s xac5 m aetans, while the Russian dispatches' are - patch from St. Petersburg says that nwrkel with customary vagueness it the artillery j engagement on Sunday nrobable that the heaviest fight- WaS f the fiercest character.. The bat c , , teries on the left flank of the Russian iug of the war occurred near Haicheng army fired 4842 shats ln four htrargn and Liao lang resulting in the severe Two hundred WOunded men were dis defe,t of the Russians. Three great patched to Liao Yang the night after battles are reported. The report of the battle the occupation Gf Haicheng is not con- During 'the fight the thermometer firme-.. but it may be assumed that registered 112 degrees Fahrenheit in this latest Russian reverse marke an the shade.- The men suffered severely important stage of the c ampalgn. from the weights of their arms and the Haicirensr has always been regarded as clouds of dust. Many of them had one of the strong places of Manchuria, Trie quesnuii now is: jan me soutn em portion cf General Kuropatkin's army be intercepted before its retreat to Liao Yang is made good? His army undeniably in the greatest danger IS although it still has the railwar to facilitate the movement of its bag gage. It is an open question Whether it is even worth while to hold Liao Yang now that alt hope of relieving . k ort -Arthur seems to be eone. t The eatheria abnomal. It would have been impossible any August in tr.e iasi iuui ui uve years jur me jap irese to have taken the offensive in the plains on account of the rains. General Kuropatkin doubtless counted upon the rainy season protecting him !rom serious attack while his army was growing until the end of August. He may yet be assisted by a return c: the usual weather. Two -days downpour would be sufficient to check General Kuroki's advance. The Russian explanation of the Ma- lacca and the Knight Commander in- ne?.ts ao not sausiy .cngnsn puDixc vanced position at Yangzelin, retreat tpirion. St. Petersburg evades the ed in the direction of Linatansin and ration of the Dardanelles. The Rus- towards Saimatse and Liao 'Yang. !iar. action in the case of the Malacca f Yesterday the Russians -retired to fusuuuteu a .p ? earcn at Algiers, wouia 11 aamiueu, !? a tacit recognition by England of th? volunteer steamer St. Petersburg's a successful -struggle even against nu- risht of se hing. It is claimed that merically superior forces. According nothing justifies the sinking , of the to recent reports General Kuroki has Knight Commander. concentrated his forces so as to strike . towards Saimatse and Liao Yang. To- Two Separate Actions day the enemy is acting, undecidedly Tokio. August 2. (Noon). After two on the southern front, but a recon tfays fighting General Kuroki has de- noissance ascertained that the Jap fated the. Russian forces in two sepa- anese are beginning a turning move rate actions fought at Yiushulitzu and ment against the Russ'an left wing the Yangze pass. ThP Yanr Pass or Yflntrs Pass, is rftuated thirty miles east of Liao Yang, The Russian army engaged there is generally known as the 'eastern army, and was commanded by the late Lieu- tenant General Count. Keller, who was killed by the explosion of a shell. Yiushulitzu is where the Russian forces have apparently sustained a de feat. . The Official Report Washington, Aug. 2. The Japanese legation has received the following of frial cablegram from the foreign office t Tokio, dated today: "General Kuroki reports that at day brea on July 31 our army commenced rations by attacking the enemy oc- Wing Yiushulitzu (four miles west Hsuoyen) and Yang Tsuling (six I ;l:V?St f MotienlinS- both places - u duuui iwemy-nve mnea u aoYang. The enemy at Yiushulitzu torsisted of twn rtJvisiinns with corre- fpon'ling artillery. "Tfe attacking-operations were car rfi out as prearranged and by sunset 'legated both wings of the enemy, tut owing to their large force and i to irn? positions were unaoie xo ais-j . 'r1 entirely" Al dark sua. 1 we resumed the attack and ; A ,u u expelling me enrny .t t and pursued them four miles tn'" th V'estv;irfl rUrertlnn. The enemy toward Anping. "Th "e eiT-mv at Vane TanHnir fnn sfst- 3 of two and a half divisions - with batteries of artillery. The attack- ? operations there also progressed cespfuiiy and by sunset we carried '"enemy's principal positions, but a JJ10n of them offered the stoutest stance, and we had to bivouac the cf tin bntlle formatlon 1 daybreak of August 1 we re umed th itto,ir o it L . - -t -tiv auu ill O 1. 111. a.xi H71V T int Ur handS The en" Baltic toward Tangheyen. The cas ' !-s are under Investigation. "We ured ?ome field guns, but details tsti1' unknown. In this engagement Mv!tackin forces , were at a dis- Pness cf the ground, and secondly "COUnt Of tVia In.V m.ttxVla Miat- on account W " cur artillery, while the heat 0Vpr I 'D degrees Fahrenheit." port Arthur Defense Taken ivAusr- 2 a p. m.).-It Is re wfo that after three days des- hrM ' ''"nTing the Japanese have cap- VLa. ,ant?ikow, one of the fmpor- 1 aefense nf t 10US Thermometer 112 London, Aug. 2.-A news ajrency dis. nothing to eat or drink the whole day. Kuropatkin's Position Precarious Paris, Aug. 2. A dispatch . to The Journal frm sv Petersburg says there - - mivio uicic uidi vreuerais xvuruK.1 and Oku have gained an important vic tory. The latest advices are that Gen eral Kuropatkin is in a precarious po- " .nu ,win be compelled to accept a decisive engagement at a disadvantage or make a precipitate retreat. Grave news la expected hourly. Opened Trade to YInkow Tokio, Aug.; 2. The Japanese move- ment has opened trade to Ylnkow. the P" or -New hwang. , Retired to Main Positions St. Petersburg, Aug. 2. In a dispatch of yesterday's date General Kuropatkin says that according to a report from tne commanding officer, the eastern troops, after abandoning their f'ad- tneir principal positions. They sns- tained heavy losses. It is hoped that in their main rjositions thev' will' maintain :at Haicheng with at least three di- visions. The Russian eastern detach- ment was engaged until noon today in the direction of Saimatse and Liao Yang. The enemy is advancing appa- rently only small bodies against the Russian rear guard's right. Gone Beyond Haicheng London, Aug. 2. A St. Petersburg dispatch, to The Exchange Telegraph Company says the Russians have re treated beyond Haicheng. Tokio Notes Tokio, Aug. 2. The JijI Shimpo says it learns that the Russians have noti- j3 j .il T nutVinrltlaa that thV lntended to use a disarmed cruiser and trang t at yin&kow as hospital ships. a dispatch from Yingkow states that Sunday three torpedo boats and three samn vessels entered the port. tv,r war shins entered. . iUVUUUJ v The Russians are actively building roads at Tayongheung and Honjin. They have nearly completed a bridge acrpss the Tumen river. ; - The Kokumin explains that the Co rean reclamation question relates only the Improvement "of - waste crown . f nrtnT,pcted with the acquisition of title. The government ghould K addSf therefore; insist that & Ug proposals. th r It is reported that the Corean min ister of the interior, while visiting the Japanese legation, explained to high officials that the outlook is brighter. "..) v Vlflorausly Attacking . Paris, Aug. 3. A dispatch to The Temps from Haicheng, dated August 1. says that the Japanese have been for three days vigorously attacking the Russian positions southeast of Hai cheng. The Russians are slowly, re tiring. The Japanese consist appa rently of three divisions. A large pro portion of their troops are fresh. Un happily the weather continues obsti nately fine. ' Breach Unofficially Reported London. Aug. 3.-A dispatch to The Standard from Odessa says it, is un officially reported that there is an im portant and irreparable breach in the defenses of Port Arthur. Public opin ion is more or less resigned to the early fall of the fortress. r y Destined for the East a TWprshure. Aug. 2. Ten vessels of the Baltic fleet, destined for the far east, are lying in the roadstead at Cronstadt almost ready for sea. They are being fitted with American marine cableways for coaling at sea. v, Haicheng Reported Taken , New Chwang, Aug. 2. It is reported here that the Japanese have captured Haicheng. ; Viceroy Alexieff Harbin, Aug. 2. Viceroy Admiral Alexieff arrived here today. He will pr eed to Vladivostok Friday. GOT $1000 Two Passengers Who Were Beaten Improving St. Louis, Aug. 2. It was learned to day after the arrival of the "Diamond Special' on the Illinois Central Rail road from Chicago that the robbers who held up the train about twenty five miles fro mChicago last night ob tained $1,000 and a number of watches from the passengers. Wm. Toolan of Lansing, Mich., and Leonard Christmas of Ontario, Canada, who were beaten on the head, were able to walk from the train, but Toolan was in a dazed condition. BASEBALL VS. POLITICS Candidates Can't Get Audi diences to Hear Them New Orleans, Aug. 2. Last year many complaints were made about the baseball lever, which raged among the negroes of Mississippi and particularly in the Yazoo Delta. This craze, it was urged, greatly interfered with the picking of the cotton crop, and an ap- peal was made to the legislature to so regulate baseball as to prevent it in terfering with cotton or cutting down the leaf. This year it is complained that politics also is seriously handicap ping work. In the sixth Mississippi district where E. J. Bowers, the senior member, and Stone Beavers are campaigning for the Demicratlc nomination they have found it almost Impossible to get audi ences because of the competing base ball games. Even John Sharpe Wil liams has been unable to overcome this baseball craze and on his recent return home had no one to meet him, the en tire population of Yazoo City being in attendance at a baseball ; game in the suburbs. An agreement will probably be made to combine baseball and poli tics and allow Messrs. Bowers and Beavers to open each game with a few Tvords "on the issues of the day and in this way thy will be certain of large audiences. SUBWAY TAVERN . ... .. Model Saloon Opentd in New York-Bishop Potter's Address New York, Aug. 2. Bishop Henry C. Potter delivered the principal ad dress today at the formal opening of "Subway Tavern" a model saloon which was established by a number of leaders in ihe reform movement in the city. The purpose of the promot ers of the enterprise is to serve pure liquor and food at low prices under the best possible moral conditions. In his address Bishop Potter said he keynote had been struck by this at tack on the liquor situation. He said he believed in the old village tavern as the meeting place where a long evening could be spent without the necessity of intoxication. "I belong to a dozen clubs," he said, "If I want to go out to dinner or a social evening I can do so in any one of these clubs. But what of a mad who lives in two rooms with five small chil dren. He has no club. Xo get his glass of beer ' with his luncheon he must go to the saloon. . J "This is the greatest social movement New York has ever known. "It is a movement every one of you must take into account if you would 'save "the republic." Bishop Potter concluded by wishing every success to the movement. The formal opening ended by the singing of the Doxology. Our Bishop in Boston Boston, Aug. 2. -The following are the assignments of the two North Car olina bishops during the Episcopal convention here: for October 9, Bi3hop Horner of North Carolina is 'assigned to Grace .Church, New Bedford, for the mornini-; services and at Christ Church, Qulncy, in the evening. Bishop Cheshire of North Carolina is assigned to St. Michaels, .Marble head, in the forenoon, and' at Grace church, North Battleboro. in the even ing On October 16 Bishop Cheshire will speak at St. Luke's, Alveston, in the forenoon, and at Calvary, Damvers, in the evening. The two bishops may be given other assignments later. Didn't Take It New York. Aug. 2. It was learned today that the Yoakum-Pierce, syndi cate which : took an oDtion on Sea board Air Line stock, declined to ex ercise the ontlon, the stock having greatly declined since the options were offered some months ago. BRAINED BEFORE HOUSEleUHNED No Doubt Now as to Murder ers of the Entire Hodges Family Last Week Savannah, Ga., Aug: 2. A special from Statesborough, near the scene of the murder last week of Henry Hodges, a farmer, and his family says:1' All further need of the proof of the guilt of "Will Cato and Paul Reed for killing Ar. Henry Hodges and the mem bers of his family is now dispensed with. Statements made in the coroner's court seem to fix the crime upon them. Reed's ii"ife on the witness stand ,gave away the whole crime. She says the negroes went from her house and found money buried in the i Hodges' yard. They dug it up' and were starting ofC with it when Hoderes cfliicrht tliem. TTp told them to give him the money, which was in a pot, and handed it to his wife, who took It in the house, They demanded that he get it anu divide and he refused. They brained him, with an iron brace to a buggy top. Mrs. Hodges was followed to the house and brained. Both babies were killed before they burned the house. Kittie, the six year old daughter, had hidden and her death was effected by a blow In the head with a lamp, which Reed gave her. The prisoners were marche i. to the court in a body, with deputies ann.1 with Winchesters on either side of them. The farmers -i are here by the hundreds and are still coming. Ex citement is .. greatly renewed and the proof of guilt is the reason a, trill will be held Monday beyond a doubt. Reed's wife also testified that after the first quarrel" Airs. Hodges went into the house and returned with her husband's gun. This gun was later found in the home of Andy Bell, and seems to im plicate him in the crime 'more strongly than ever before. ! '- MURAVIEFE SUC CEEDS VON PLEHVE The Minister of Justice to Be- : V.. . - come Minister of the - Interior 1, St. Petersburg, Aug. 2. It Is officially announced that. privy councillor,: N. "V. Muravleff, minister of Justice, will suc ceed M. "Von Plehve as minister of the interior. MAY; GO TO ST. LOUIS But Judge Parker Won't Make Any Speechmaking Tour Esopus, N. .Y Aug. 2.- Judge Par ker refused today to confirm the re port that he had accepted the invita tion of Norman E. Mack, the naional committeeman from New York state, to be. with Mrs. Parker, his guest at the St. Louis exposition on New York state day October 4. -There Is reason, however to believe that he might make such a trip as this without violating the principle on which he has based his determination not to make any speechmaking tour. The occasion Is not to be political. Governor Odell Is expected to make an address upon that day, and persons prominent in the state, regardless of Statement: ' Seizure Russia Does Not Abandon In tention of Sending Out 1 Cruisers to Search for Contraband-Released Malacca on Eng land's Assurance St. Petersburg, Aug. 2. The govern ment has Issued a statement regarding the seizure of the Peninsular and Ori ental line Malacca, declaring that the liberation of the ship was the result of the declaration , of the British govern ment, that her cargo was state proper ty. .: It must not -be inferred, says the statement, that, the Russian govern ment has abandoned its intention of sending out isolated cruisers, as well as warships in general, to search for con traband. - The statement also - declares that . the special commission given to the. St. Petersburg and Smolensk, under which they stopped the Ma J.acea. has alerady expired. Russia's declaration is likely to cause comment in England. It says that the captain of the Malacca refused to show the ship's papers re lating to the cargo, which refusal' led to the seizure of the vessel and the de cision to send : her to Libau. But in view of. Britain's official statement that the Malacca was carrying state cargo only, Russia acting in agreement with party affiliations, will participate in the ceremonies. The new railway station and other; Improvements at Esopus being made! by the West Shore - Railway will be completed : before the ontifi cation. Storekeepers and residents are prepar ing to make August 10 the greatest day in the history of Esopus. A large supply of bunting and . flags has been procured for decorative purposes. E. C. Wall of Wisconsin, who was a candidate for 'the nomination which Judge Parker won, is expected at Rose mount about noon ' tomorrow. Mrs. Wall will accompany him. . They, will lunch with Judge Parker, but may not remain for dinner. Mr. Wall probably will be consulted on the question of the treasurership of the national commit tee. Just now it is believed that George Foster Peabody will be elected. The story in the Brooklyn Eagle that Judge Parker has decided to resign ; before August 8th is characterized at Rosemount as idle t speculation. Judge Parker has told no one what ' va urni An than possible that he has not decided. j He has conferred with his associates in the court of appeals on the subject . . . . . - . . . . rnt ho ia Tint infnrmoil thorn n-f Y19 ( final decision. The candidate did not work hard this afternoon. He spent about two hours on horseback. THIS DARKEY IS AMPHIBIOUS Started to Swim From Balti more to Norfolk and Got 125 Miles jammore, Aug. i. japtam nanDury, county in the state of Mississippi and of the schooner Early Bird, reports requesting that it be named 'Varda that "Abe" Taylor, the Norfolk negro man wanted by the Baltimore police andi '.t,., i i,..n wno made his escape on July O by umpmB uveruum i0m lfle Ua necessity of the establishment of the Z 1 . Line steamer Georgia, was picked .up offlce.was undertaken. Pendine the After the cablnet meeting 'today the by him about 125 miles down the bay. lnauIrv a ot the 'n-iiv riarion announcement of the appointment of! Taylor, it is said, swam all the way llvZ puWlshe at w-. Lloyd as postmaster at Chapel,' from Baltimore. The negro, the cap- JJSSi iss dated Ausf ts 1903 HU1 WaS by Po8tmtr General tain said, had a life preserver when first VT' I ' USnS? ' , ' Payne along with a number of other. sighted, but when ?he schooner went s '11; T ' 1116 fiht er the Postmastersnip S about and picked him up he rid himself ff1?,6 t0 whlJheJ?fart- the University has been, on for some of it. TL?l 1 7tS f1. f" between 'two relatives! A warrant was shown for Taylor by cl. a of the editorial printed Qf whQm arft named u PoUce Sergeant Lancaster, and when ln the T011 Unf6r -Vf I There is a movement In many quar the servant went to the steamer to itT&TyJ0 , pu?llshed ' ters of the south to attract Italian !L place the negro under arrest he found that h had rnn nvprhnard. nrpferrine A- , , . .i 10 swim norae 10 xxorioiK miner fall into the hands of the Baltimore po- uwiwr. v. uicwwueiii ml lice.' j United States as to be unfit for repro- Taylor was sighted "on his journey duction. The postmaster general 'did down the bay by several vessels, and not deem It proper to give a post office each time when assistance was sent the name of any man who . had used him he refused to come out of the wa- such language regarding any-wroman. ter .saying that he was swimming for The post office in question has been a prize. . - f ; i- ', established and given the., name of When the Early Bird hailed him he 'Tlmberville ' T gave the same explanation, but the! "In exercising the "discretion given suspicions of Captain Hanbury were him by the law the postmaster general aroused and he took the negro into cus- frequently rejects names suggested for tody. The sheriff of Essex county, Va., proposed post offices. He has never was communicated with by the captain been clearer as to his duty than In this and when the schooner arrived at the case. ( wharf in that county the negro was, -It is proper to say President Roose sent ashore. Captain Hanbury says velt nad no knowiedge of the incident tnere were two men waiting on tne shore when Taylor was landed and he thinks that one was the sheriff, but he can not state positively that "Abe" was placed under arrest. Taylor is a pow erful negro and gave but little evidence of the hard strain he had undergone by swimming such a distance without food. Fatal Crap Quarrel TTiiTv Miss.. A?. 2. Two neeroes. Dan Sinn and Albert SteDhany. were j killed today and Sam Steramp seriously wounded in a quarrel over craps. asto of Malacca England, decided that a fresh "visit" should be paid to the ship at the near est port in the presence of a British consul. Vladlvostok Cruisers Safely Home ' - Vladivostok,' Aug. 2. The Vladivos- referred to Roosevelt a3 "the relent tok cruiser division . returned to port less blackguard of the presidents of at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The. the nation." He told a simple truth cruisers were in perfect condition. They and hls coiieagues cheered him to the captured during their cruise the steamer ccno It was lese majeste In Roose- Arabia and destroyed some scnooners, a small Japanese steamer, one German steamer and one British steamer. The last mentioned two were carrying con traband material and had nearly reached their destination, Yokohama, but were almost without coal, and it was therefor impossible to send them to Vladivostok. This is the first intl- mation that any foreign steamer other. thai, the Knight Commander had been, the fiscal year ending June ay, iw. sunk. j shows that North Carolina contributed The cruisers steamed up and down in $418,341.53 more for the support of the fFont of the Japanese capital, but saw ' federal government than during the nothing of the enemy's warships. A1-; previous year. The total aggregate though the Russian vessels had only j collections of Internal revenue ln North three doors through which to get home, j Carolina during the past year amount the straits of Korea, La Perouse strait ed to $4,667,182.60 Of this amount $2, and Tsugaru strait, which apparently , 256,777.58 came from the eastern dis could easily have been barred by Vicejtrict and 22,410,405.02 from Collector Admiral Kamimura's vessels, bad luck Hastings' territory. Collector Duncan's pursued the Japanese admiral, and the ' district shows a greater increase in the Russian cruisers had no difficulty in ' way of contributing revenue for Uncle eluding him. May Coal at Cherburg ' Cherbourg, France, Aug, 2. A trust worthy report is current here that six (Continued on Page 2.) '$ ill it mi it i i i4 ni THE CAUSE OF THE REFUSAL Postmaster General Payne So Announced After the Cabinet Meeting and Gave Name of Tim berville to the Mississippi Postofflce. V. A. Lloyd at Chapel . Hill By THOMAS J. PFIiCE Washington, Aug. 2. Special. Post- 163,079.41 over, the receipts for tha fls- master General Payne today bestowed the name of Timberville,' upon the village in Chickasaw county. Miss., whirh th nnmi. n y, -, -wvr "- w . name of Vardaman in honor of the governor of the state. The subject .was brought up at the cabinet meeting today, where it was discussed with much deliberation, In fact the Vardaman incident is said to have overshadowed all other matters brought before the cabinet. Immedi ately after the president and his ad visers had dispersed, the postmaster general gave out the ' following official statement explanatory of the unusual action of the administration: "On the 6th day of May, 1904, a peti tion was filed with the department ask ing for the establishment of a post office at a certain point In Chickasaw 'made. by the department as to the!. . , . y.wuimu The article in question was so vile and indecent in Its statements concernine . - referred to." No one endorses Governor Varda man's indecent reference to the presi dent's mother, but the action of the administration in noticing it and deny ing any people the privilege of naming their town and substituting therefor a desk name is considered very small, to say the least. Vardaman has been a thorn in Roosevelt's side. The president is said to have been very resentful over Var- , daman's recent statement comparing him to a boll weevil. It will be re called that Governor Vardaro'-in re ferred to Mr. Roosevelt, while; occupy ing the floor at the St. Louis conven tion, " as the "national terror;" It' was announced at the. post office department that those Mississlppians who do not like the name "Tlmber ville" can go elsewhere for their mail. As In the Indianola case, the people of Mississippi are to be given another 1 dose of executive and personal govern- ! ment. It is a good thing for the people of Kitchin, the village of Halifax county, N. C, that they chose that honored name before the Terrible Teddy as- ume,a Tnt tx, suv. Claude Kitchin in his famous speech velVs eyesight. Who knows but that the Terrible Teddy will abolish the post office at Kitchin if he is re elected? He has been- guilty of stranger and freakier acts since the assr.ssin's bullet placed him in the White House. V : The preliminary report of Cbmmis- sloner of Internal Revenue Yerkes for Sam's purposes than that of his col league. The gain in the eastern dis trict was " $221,354.55 and that in the western district was only $197,486.98. The receipts from all sources of in- ternal revenue for the year aggregated 1 $232,904,004.63, being an increase of $2,- EDITORIAL WAS , c1 year ended June 30, 1903. I At impossible to state the exact i amount expended for the collection of this sum until after all accounts of col- . 1 cou : icLiuia j.ir me nscai year nave hppn J ua,c WJCII received and adjusted, but the expenses of collection for the past fiscal year wil approximate $4,513,259.83. Ex-Representative E. Spencer Clack-) burn was here today and conferred with Commissioner of Internal' Reve nue Yerkes for some time. Mr. BlacfcO burn's spec ial business was to urgetWa appointment of a North Carolinian aa; revenue - agent to succeed the late Mr Patterson. Mr. Blackburn maintaVnedJ that North Carolina is not represented in this branch of the service, and that the importance of the state' as a.reve-' nue producer merited such recogiition.) It could not be learned "whom Mr Blackburn favored, but the statement? was made this afternoon that tje man ie.is endorsing will probably get the plum. Mr. Yerkes has not flrally de- elded that he will appoint a Caro- ,',. , ,. ou bor from the cities of the east for the purpose of harvesting the cotton and otner crons, Immigration experts pre dict that this Initiatory movement, means the settlement of a large foreign population in the south for agricultural purposes. L- , -C. S. Pippard, manager of the Society, for the Protection of Italian Immi grants in New York, has jmst returned' from an inspection of southern cotton' fields and declares his intention to ship a large number of Italian families from this port to Mississippi to take . the' place of negro laborers who are aban doning the .industry. The planters ln and around Greenville, Miss., he ex plains, wanted good Italian workers. "All the. planters," Mr. Pippard added, "are anxious to procure labor to gather this year's crop. The gathering will be started about September 15th. I am advised by reliable parties that a greet hand can pick from 100 , to 150 pounds of cotton per day and on becoming an. expert from 250 to 400 per day. J By this means any family sent down in Green ville and vicinity on or before Septem ber 15th will be assured of a Cash In come up to the titme of the next plant ing in January, 1905, when they can-, take a farm for each family 'of at many acres as theV can properly han- die.". i "In my estimation we are going te have a very satisfactory crqp 'year,; said Mr. Wilson, secretary of agricul-J ture,. today. "Corn is looking better J than it has at this season for thre years, wheat compares well witn pasr years, is better in fact than, at this time last year or the year before, and the reports from the cotton belt are: encouraging.' All the hay crops are, reported good, and so are the oats. 1 cannot make any predictions on prices.? That is somewhat out of my line, but I will say that I see no reason whi the prices should not prove satisfaa tory." , ; A prominent gentleman front Missis sippi who arrived tonight said the'' name of Timberville will probably b(? satisfactory to the people, although tf does sound like "big stick. They had J begun to fear that if they ever did getfi a post office it would be named "illn-.l nie," "Cox," "Crum," "Vick," or "Booker." '--1 3 Baldwin's Airship San Francisco, Aug. 2. A successful ascension was made today in Oakland by Capt. W. S. Baldwin in his new air ship. The craft ascended about five hundred feet, made circuits and landed in the space from which it had started..; Captain Baldwin will compete for the prize at the St. Louis fair. ; , ' '"-TV Killed by Son-jn-Liw I Tarboro, N. C, Aug. 2. Special. Mr. Varnell of this county was killed, this afternoon in a personal encounter with his son-in-law, Joe Phillips. The kill ing took place near Macclesfield in No. 9 township. Joe Phillips has been ar-, rested and Is now in custody. The trials will take place tomorrow at Maccles-, field before Justice J. T. Harris. Mr, j Varnell was a highly esteemed citizen) of the county and his death is deepjj;' deplored. ui l wi m lUUi.