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FT Mommi ECTION ONX t tt rr-rr EG i PAGES 1 to 8 Vol; ix RALEIG-H. N. C.. SUNDAY, JULY 16, 1905. No.40 LAWLESSNESS 1 TYRRELL COUNTY Murder the-Plan of Blind Tiger Men AN OATH-BOUND LEAGUE IVn.ilv Assault on Lawyers and Ex i ituyor ExplainedA Drunken Ivluii Strikes the Mayor in Court Room-Judge Shaw Will Devote His Bssc Efforts to the Situation F.:i,-"Vth City, N. C, July 15. Spe- ! c;.. The arrest and arraignment of .: conductors of blind tigers in r. : county during the present week -;ujsod the most sensational de-j . ; i,:onts to ensue ever known in emmty; lor to no other reason can - retributed the attempts . to shoot i u i'ruiu ambush and in cold blood . of the section's most urominent ::.:;-.-. .licitor Hallet S. Ward of ?:: i. h and W. M.'. Bond of Eden-! i:i the ex-mayor of Columbia,' : i Woodley, which attempts were t '. iii Coiuinbia last Wednesday j .. : The would-be . murderers j V' ; unsuccessful, but evidently j I.i' .ich no fault of theirs as they j i the only means of procedure i y v.i.k-h they had a chance to aceom- C-h ih. ir purpose and avoid detec- i '. . i Tht re is now in session at Columbia, T; - county seat of Tyrrell, a two ks' term of superior court, over . hi h Judge Shaw of Greensboro is ;. i -V: The convening of this spe ri u term was ostensibly for the piir ; of hearing , (Civil cases only, and a v: s also Judge Shaw's original in i;: : to hear only civil cases; but i , -iits transpiring have changed ! i:s purp. !-?, and he has already bound 'v-r to the next criminal court seven ! charsfd with the illicit sale of ?;;ritu'-.;s liquors. -j n Tu. s.Viy Judge Shaw acted as a ocmmTUiug magistrate,',, and on the n cn'icncl charge Charles Decormis, .joiu.'in jnnes, james itnermge twnue; , jtuvl three negroes, named Smith, Joe !:.ti ice-t iinl Louis Ransom, were lroui;ht b' l'ere him. After hearing the evi i fiicr he bound them all over to o'trt. ''mlv three of them could give the nerrrsfiry '-and, and the other four -were' kpt under guard at the court- '. -. u;t of this proceeding, as previously jriennoiie-, undoubtedly grew the mur- :;;s attempts. In the capacity of Lwye.rs M?s.-rs. Ward and Bond were 3'iovt-l in the case. That night they ad retired in tlieh- roorrTin the Colum i i Hotel. About three o'clock in the :"rRing a phot rang out and a heavy ad V'lMughcd through the boards of : room. in a moment another shot a? henrd, and this time the load i--d through the door of the room hi' h opened on the street. Neither of inmates of the room was hit. Short- ifter this three fhots were' fired :. rough the front door of the home of :l !yor Woodley. But again the in-d-d victims escaped. 'I;' n Judge Shaw convened court next rr.ing he stated . that he had come a Coimr.hia to hear a civil docket, 1 - th.it he would give notice'that the :vii cases ' would . be merely a side Kie during the remaining time, and it became necessary he would stay Columbia the whole summer to. meet e demands of unsatisfied justice.' During Wednesday seven more ar- f rs were made on the blind tiger bare, three of the defendants being arriei to Columbia from Alligator In c an in,, county. Current reports are to the effect that f ? Illicit sellers of snirituous llauors Tyrrell have formed an oath-bound ' Y, and to members of this organ oid is allotted the attempt to kill e lawyers and the ex-mayor, although j -5t how the latter is involved In -the J ?os of the week has not been made u. It is stated that more trouble expected from the desperate men fired the shots,, and that the offl of the law have prepared them- 'ves.for any emergency.- 'Hie foiiow'iiTg wire yas received this 'T'tioon: ! " 'fbimbia, X. c, July 15. The offi- have decided to send the men to r Elizabeth City for safe keep- IP: Mayor J. T? T-pIVi was assaulted 'erday afternoon and slapped in the wntiQ he was holding court in munle'nnl V.nMrJTo- offer Vvofncr indly purged and threatened. The riuit and battery was committed by Cartwright. who was arraigned T ''"rtkennesa and disorderly con- ine case -had been heard and a of two dollars and costs had been po.9ed. Mr. Leierh was busilv en- K-d in flUing out the. blanks of anme Ipt, taking no notice whatever of I' twright, Iwho was leanina- 'on the. fr tne table talkiner anerilv about t ?a? Perceiving that what he said WM n attention, ho Hol1V.ernt1 v fned over, and with hjs open hand 1 , mayor a blow that was "cuiu m an parts of the room. Consternation reigned for a few minutes. , . In the records of the court there was nothing to jjKiual it. The spectators sprang- fo' their feet and surged up to the rail, and Chief of Police Bell rushed on the prisoner and bore him back wards, and then- waited to see what course the mayor would pursue. After a moment's hesitation, during which he recovered from the surprise the blow must have caused, he simply told the officer to lock llm up if he did not pay the 'fine imposed for beirij drunk and disorderly, and that he would be heard on the charge of contempt when he had become sober. Chief Bell was leading him from the room to the sta tion house after he said he would not pay the fine. On reaching the door the prisoner turned about and commenced cursing the mayor, who had apparently Just treated him with so much len iency, using names that do not at all appear well in print; but he had not time to say much as he was hurried forward, and in a moment more the doors of 4he lockup had slammed be hind him." Real Estate Deaiers Greensboro, N.. C, July 15. Special. The second annual cession of the North Carolina Real Estate Dealers' Associ ation met here this afternoon, presided over by Col. J. S. Cunningham. Ad dresses were made by Dr. Charles D. Mclver, J. S. Cunningham and J. W. WIiitakerT The report of Secretary J. S. Kuj-kendall was most encourag ing and showed a good year's work. There was a large attendance, and the meeting was a most interesting cne. Narrowly Missed a Wreck Spencer, N. C, July 15. Special. A northbound freight train loaded with Georgia peaches had a miraculous es cape from wreck two miles north of Spencer this afternoon. While running at about sixty miles an hour the en gine struck a hand car, just before the long bridge across the Yadk'n river was reached, derailing the pony trucks of the engine. Engineer Glenn applied the emergency brakes, but the speed was so great that the train and engine with front wheels off the track, ran across the bridge and continued one quarter of a mile before it could be stopped. OUR COMMERCE GROWS Figures for Foreign Trade Eclipse All Records Exports and Imports Greater Than Ever BeforeAs an' Exporting Nation We Are Pressing Great Britain for First Place Washington, July 15. Figures Issued by the bureau of statistics show that the foreign commmerce of " the United States for the fiscal year, ended June SOth, was the largest in' its history for both imports and exports. The total value wa3 $2,633,970,333, or $184,055,691 greater than for the previous fiscal year. The Imports, aggregating' $1,117, 507,500, exceeded those of last year by $126,420,129, and passed the previous hr'gh-water mark,' made In 1903, by $92,000,000. N x The year's exports, despite a decline of $41,000,000 in the value of breadstuffs, increased $57,635,562. The volume of exported manufactures sent to foreign countries formed a large portion of the nominal increase of $9S,000,000. The total exports for the first time passed the billion and a half mark, and may possibly-place the United States at tho head of the exporting nations of the earth. The June figures of Great Brit ian, which holds first place, are not yet obtainable, but her exports for the eleven months aggregated $1,393,872,926. If she- maintains for that month the avefage for the other eleven the total for .the year will be $1,520,406,829, or less than $2,000,000 in-excess of the exports of tihe United States.- With such a narrow margin the official figures will be necessary to determine which of the two countries is the greatest exporting nation of the world: -- Miss Kilbuck Dead in alem Winston-Salem, N. C, July 1 3 5. Spe cial. Miss Katheririe' Kilbuck, a de servedly popular young lady, and a member of the Salem Female College faculty, died at the hospital 1 here to day, this be'ng her nineteenth birth day. Miss Kilbuck had," in her resi dence at tllie Salem Academy and Col lege, since the age of 5, won the love and admiration of alt who have known her. Her father and mother are in Alaska, where they have been laboring in the " Moravian misssdon. fi&ld for many years. Since her graduation at the academy Miss Kilbuck had been a member of the faculty.. Yellow Fever on the Isthmus Washington, July 15. The Panama canal commission today received a re port by cable" from Governor Magoon of two additional ' cases of yellow fever, also the death of G. H. Harper, who' was reported sick July 6. Mr. Harper was a clerical employe in the department of government on the isthmus, and his ' home address was Masrnolia, Tex. Tlie President Says He Is ; a Great Scoundrel ' SETS MOODY AFTER HIM Dismissed Official of the Crop Bu reau to Be Prosecuted if the At torney General Can Find Any Law to Hold Him Nothing to Report at Present Oyster Bay, July 13. President Roosevelt leaves no room for doubt of his earnestness in pushing the. prosecu tions in the cotton scandal. He sent the following letter to Attorney Gene ral Moody: ' Oyster Bay, July 12, 1905. My Dear Moody: I most earnestly hope that every effort will be made to bring Holmes to justice in connection with the cotton report scandal. Please go over the papers yourself. The man is, in my judgment, a , far greater scoundrel than if he lhad stolen money from the government, as he used the government to deceive 'outsiders and to make money for himself and others. Sincerely yours, THEODORES ROOSEVETT. The President wishes the Depart ment of Justice to leave no stone un turned in its efforts to convict Holmes, but at the same time it is understood here that the President has no idea of listen:ng to harangues by members of the cotton association or any other association. It is believed that the President ordered his Secretary to send everybody with anything like evidence to the Department of Justice. The following letter oame from Mr. Moody 84 State street, Boston, July 14, 1905. Dear Mr. President: I have received your letter of July; 12th and note with care the anxfety you express that H6lmes, the offending official in the cotton case, be brought to justice if possible. I have kept, through corres pondence with the solicitor general, in close touch with this investigation. It shall receive my most earnest per sonal consideration. I will not now ex press an opinion, as I think it better to await the result of some investiga tions now in progress in the Depart ment of Justice. At the first season able moment I will communicate to you the progress , we have made and the prospect of Indictment. Very respectfully, ' .' ' WILLIAM H. MOODY. NAMES FOR COLLIERS : Secretary Bonaparte Offers Sugges tions to the President Oyster Bay, July- 15. President Roosevelt received the following let ter today from Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte: . "T have tb honor to enclose a letter from the office of naval Intelligence, suggesting a change in the names as signed to the two squadron colliers about to be built and therefore desig nated as the 'Erie and 'Ontario.' The office of naval intelligence proposes for these ships the names 'Diamond' and 'Pearl.' The endorsement of the bureau of navigation concurs In the opinion of the chief Intelligence officer that the names of these colliers should be changed, but does not approve of the names suggested, and recommends Nestor' and 'Orestes' as suitable new names. The bureau likewise indicates Its belief that the president only has power to change the names of vessels.; I entirely concur in the view of the bureau that only the president has power under the law to change the names of vessels. "I concur in the opinion of the chief intelligence office and also of the bu reau of navigation that the names or these two colliers5 should be changed for the reason given in the letter of the chief intelligence officer. I concur with the bureau in its disapproval of the names suggested by the chief in telligence officer for the reason stated in the bureau's endorsement. I do not approve of the names suggested by the bureau itself. The name 'Nestor suggests great age and the name 'Orestes Insanity, both of which ap pear undesirable for vessels cS our navy. I submit as apt names for these colliers' Prometheus' and 'Vestal as it appears to me that a collier may with propriety receive the name of a mythological character who Introduced fire, and also a historical dfflcer whose duty it was to supply fuel."' The Strike in Charlotte Charlotte, No July 15. Special. John E. Burke of Norfolk, Va a mem ber of the executive committee of th United Typothetae of America, was in Charlotte today in conference with local employing printers with reference to the strike of the printers of th Queen City Pointing Company. A rep resentative of the International Press men's Union, was also present, with the result that the strike; so far as it con cerns the pressmeri, has been agreeably settled. The conditions affecting the relations between the printing concern and the local typographical union are unchanged, the management holding out in its open shop policy. ' I Opinion on the Cotton Crop Concord, : N. C.f July 15. Special. The Cabarrus Cotton Growers' Associ ation met here today and agreed to the fact that1 the cotton crop now shows a condition of sixty-five per cent, average crop. Mitchell's Motion Refused Portland, Ore., July , 15. Judge , De Haven, in the federal court this after noon, overruled the motion of United States Senator John H. Mitchell for a new trial. , Mitchell was recently convicted of using his office as United States senator in the furtherance of legal practice , of .the law firm of Mitchell & Tanner, of this city. The firm was deeply engaged in legal work in connection' with public lands in this state. DRUNK ON DUTY Commander Scott Allowed His Ship to Run Aground "Washington, July 13. President Roosevelt will receive in a few days the record of the court-martial in the case of Commander B. O. Scott, U. S. N:, who commanded the Detroit when she went aground at Puerto Plata. The case is now at the navy department. having been forwarded by Rear Ad miral Bradford, in command of the American squadron In Santo Domingo waters. The court tound Commander Scott guilty on the charge of drunken ness on duty on board the Detroit, of suffering his vessel to be run on a shoal and harzarded, and neglect of duty. He was sentenced to dismissal. The acts complained of are alleged to have occurred May 17 at Puerto Plata. The board recommended clemeny. FREIGHT CAR BUCKLED Accident to the Pennsylvania - Flyer-Hesultsd. Engineer Took Fright and Jumped, and Was the Only Person Hurt, Fireman Kept His Head and;extent these mobs are for the moment Pulled the Flyer Through Harrlsburgf, Pa., July 15. A train on the - Pennsylvania Railroad known as the Pennsylvania Flyer, the new eigh teen hour train between Chicago and New York, met with an accident to day which fortunately did not result seriously. A westbound freight train nearing" Port Royal tried to stop suddenly and the engineer made a too violent appli cation of the air, the consequence was that a car buckfed and was thrown over to track No. 1, on which the flyer was speeding east. An-attempt was made t flag trains in front and in the rear of the wreck, but the break oc curred almost simultaneously with the arrival of the flyer, and the train plunged into the wreck. The momentum threw the wrecked car from the track, but the flyer did not jump the rails. Engineer Miller, when he saw the obstruction on the track, Jumped from the engine and was hurt about the head and back. He was the only one injured on the train. Fireman Garman brought the train to a stop. The passengers, all of whom were in their berths, did not know there had been an acoident until after the train had been stopped for some time. They were not even shaken up, and no one was injured. , A wreck train was sent for from this city, but the order was countermanded before the train got fairly started, and it returned here. The Pennsyl vania Railroad physicians, Dr. Walters and-Dn Hume, were also notified and were at the station, but their services were not required. A wrecking crew from Miff cleared the tracks and Fireman Garman brought the train to Harrisburg. The engineer was brought to his home here. Beyond the damage to the engine which was slight, and the smashing of the platform of the combined bag gage and smoking car, the train was not damaged. It arrived here at 8:25 and left at 8:32, two hours and forty minutes late. - Nearly Got Left Honolulu, July 15. Returning from Waikiki Miss Roosevelt, Mrs. DuBois, Senator Newlands and Representative Longworth. who were guests of Sheriff Brown, were too late for the steamer Manchuria, wh'ch had already left the wharf. They were taken out on a tug shooting Julia " McHughes, eighteen which was carrying a large number of : years old, but not injuring1 her seri cltizens to bid the party farewell, and ously. - were 'transferred to a launch -to. thel , a crowd . of several hundred persona open sea, and then carried to the Man- surrounded " the man, bent on killing: I churia. JAPANESE AR 1 SAGHALIEN . Russians Pursued With Prob able Loss of 150 Men DAY AND NIGHT FIGHT Whils the Japanese Are Strengthen ing Their Position in Manchuria They Do Not Seem Disposed to , Force a Great Battle Before the Peace Negotiations Washington, July 15. The following fH3nn ti-"i xtraa t- t ' legation from Tokio this morning: "The Saghalieu armies report that our army pursuing the enemy dislodged him from the neighborhood of Vliamey- rozka and Vlimeyo, two miles west of Vliameyrozka, on the 10th and oc cupied both places. The enemy's main force retreated to fortified positions , northwest of Dalemeye, where with j some field and machine guns they of- j f ered stubborn resistance. Our army ! commenced the attack on the 11th and' routed the enemy toward Mauka at dawn of the 12th. The enemy's losses cannot be ascertained, but are probably at least 150." London, July 15. One of th-i most eminent diplomatists in St. Petersburg1 expresses-the opinion that Japan, while strengthening her position in Man churia as much', as possible, will not seek a great battle until she sees how the peace proposals are received. As a matter of fact serious operations in Manchuria will be almost impossible for -the next four or five weeks because the rainy season has begun. Regarding the internal situation in Russia the Laffan St. Petersburg cor- j respondent writes that recent local outbreaks have been of quite different character from those of January," .The shooting-; at Lodze, Odessa and other places was on unorganized mobs who were seeking loot and destruction. The stories about an armed populace be hind barricades were fabrications. These anrachisttic outbreaks are re- pudiated by the people who could rarrv thrmieh n. rfi volution, and to that strengthening the hqnds of the govern ment. The latest demonstrators are the dregs of the population, and they will soon be shot at by .other civilians. Mutiny Quickly Quelled Berlin, July 15. A dispatch to the Lokal Anzeiger from Breslau says that two hundred Cossacks, en route from Lodz, Poland, to Zgeierz, mutinied and elected ss Mohammedan their leader, who demanded double rations and pay for them. The commanding officer of the detachment shot the Mohammedan dead on the spot. .Infantry arrived and restored order. Sixty of the mutineers were sent in chains to the fortress of Ivausorod. Plot Against Czar and Grand Dukes Paris, July 15. According to an un confirmed report from St. Petersburg a plot against the life of the Czar'and of the Grand Dukes Vladimir and Alexis has been discovered. A number of the servants at the winter and Anitchoff palaces have beeen arrested, including two men servants of the dowager empress. Amnesty for Religious Offenders . St, Petersburg, July 15. The Official Messsenger publishes a decree releas ing persons arrrested for religious of fences against whom judgment has not yet been delivered, remitting one-third of the sentences of those who have al ready been, sentenced to simple impris onment and cutlng in half the terms of those who were sentenced to penal service. . ; The police discovered a bomb f ac- tory to-day. They found twenty bombs, feach containing' fifty pounds' of dyna- j mite, and thousands of proclamations i summoning workers .to meet July 22nd to commemorate "red Sunday throwing bombs at the soldiers. by ESCAPED LYNCHING Negro Policeman Rescued From a Dangerous Situation Chicago, July 15. Members of the eighth regiment, I. N. G., rescued a colored policeman from a crowd that was threatening a lynching last night in 37th street, near 1 the Rock Island tracks. The policeman was Fred Locke, who was appointed recently for strike duty. In trying to escape from 1 a mob he opened fire with his revolver, 4 him. He wns kneoked down and trampled upon. About twenty neero militiamen were on their way to the eighth regiment armory, preparatory to leaving for their annual encamp ment at Springfield. They heard the shots and rushed in the .direction whence the sound came. The militia men were in full uniform and armed with rifles. The mob was " driven oft and Locke was taken to the hospital, where his injuries were ! dressed. Later he was locked up. The trouble was due to an attempt by Locke to disperse a crowd that was jeering at non-union-teamsters. Peary Will Sail Today New York, July 15. The polar ship Roosevelt will sail for Labrador at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. The last of the supplies were taken on board the ship today. sCommodore Peary spent tonight ashore with his family at the Grand Union Hotel, but he will go aboard the Roosevelt early tomorrow. The Roosevelt was to have sailed to day, but duplicate parts of . her ma chinery, shipped from Portland, Me., went astray and did not get aboard until shortly before noon. ANTI TRUST LAW UPHELD Hard Sledding for Fire Insurance Companies in Arkansas Little Rock; Ark., July 15. The 'su preme court, Justices Battle and Wood dissenting, today sustained the anti trust law enacted by the last legisla ture. The opinion, which contains sev eral thousand words, was filed with the clerk of the court this afternoon. The case was instituted by the Hartford Fire Insurance Company to test the consitutionality of the rate fixing and penalty clause of the act. The law prohibits fire insurance companies be longing to rating bureaus anywhere on earth from doing business in Arkansas and imposing a fine of $5,000 for each day's business. Penalties aggregating more tlflan $350,000 have been piled up against the Hartford Company since the law went into effect. Chief Justice Hill, in handing down the opinion today, sim ply said the case was affirmed. A TOUCH OF ROMANCE Dentist's Wife Elopes With a Young, Doctor , The Injured Husband Sues for Heavy Damages-Mother of Three Children Runs Away With the Man Who Infatuated Her . Goldsboro, N. C, July 15. Special. Goldsboro has a sensation in the way of a damage suit. The plaintiff in the case is Dr. J. R, Stockard, a dentist who came here several years ago from Alamance county. Dr. Dan W. Powell is the defendant in the case, and th3 amount asked for in the suit is $10,000. In the compla'nt Dr. Stockard sets forth that the defendant has alienated bis wife's affections and has broken up and destroyed the peace and happiness of his home. Counsel for plaintiff, Dortch & Barham and Aycock & Daniels, have asked that the defendant give bond in the sum of $5,000. The law says that the bond can be equal to the amount sued for,. but the defen dant is not worth that much. He Is a young physician who has been doing some practice and conducting a small' drui: store. The case has attracted a great deal of attention and has furnished a theme for gossip since the papers were Issued for the arrrest of Powell. .Dr. Stockard alleges that Dr. Powell '-has been, inti mate with his wife for. some time and that he (Stockard) had ordered Powell to cease hte visits to his home and dis continue his attentions to his wife. The climax in the affair occurrred during1 the latter part of June, when Mrs. Stockard left here to visit her people in Alamance county, so she said. In stead of going1 where sfae said she went to Burlington and stayed , three days. She left Burlington and went to Rich mond on the 3rd of July, and was join ed there by Dr. Powell, who had in thei mean time closed us his drug store here and left the cit. After waiting a week or so ; and not hearing from his wife, to whom he had written, Dr. Stockard boarded the train last Sunday morning and went to Bur lington, where the learned that hie wite had taken a check for her baggage to Richmond. Dr. Stockard went on to Richmond and secured the 'services of a detective to hunt ud h!s wife. He found her Sunday night at the resi dence of her uncle in Manchester. He says that Dr. Powell had Mrs. Stock ard's trunk at his hotel in Richmond. Before bringing' his wife " home Dr. Stockard says he learned that Dr. Powell and his wife had been to Louis ville, Ky., and that they had returned to Richmond, where Mrs. Stockard was to keep a boarding hcuse-. Dr. Stock ard brought his wife home last Mon day night and Ir. Powell arrived on the scene this week. . Dr. Powell Is about 30 years of age and unmarrried. Mrs, Stockard is a handsome woman and Is the mother of three children, the oldest, a daughter, being about 15 years old. LEADERS AGREE THE PICKINGS Rollins and Blackburn Com sJ to an Understanding VILL DIVIDE THE OFFICES - The State Chairman to Be District Attorney and Be Succeeded by Judge Adams Member From the Eighth to Have the Naming of the Marshal By THOMAS J. PENCE Washington, July 15.-SPecIal.-Th positive statement that an agreement has been reached between Blackburi and Rollins with reference to the disJ tributlon of federal patronage in tbV. state was made today by a well knownj North Carolina Republican who gen- erally knows what Is going on, and this authority declares that the patron- age program not only had been agreed upon, but that the president has been, thoroughly acquainted with all that' has. been done. According to this authority, Thomas S. Rollins of Asheville will be the next'. United States district attorney In the1, western' district, succeeding A. E. Hol-j ton, and thbt he will surrender his- imantle as the head of the organiza-' tion to ex-Judge Spencer B. Adams, j who is slated for the chairmanship of i the Republican state executive com-j mittee. H. S. Harkins will hold ont ! temporarily as collector of the western, j district, and unless the pressure be-1 comes too strong on the part of the other candidates he will be retained in the position for a terra of four years. " The marshalship is to b t awarded by Representative Blackburn, wrTo is said to be undecided as to whether he will chcofe C. H. Cowles or L. C. Wagner. "The organization apparently gets the big end of the stick. Blackburn has played his hand well," was the' comment of the Republcan who' brought the news to Washington. "The president, he continued, "made it plain i that the warring factions had to get together and Rollins started the peace negotiations by offering Black burn the marshalship. The represen tative from the eighth said he was going to name the marshal anyhow, and opened Rollins' eyes by demand ing the district attorneyship. The re moval of Holton was the sine qus non with him. Blackburn said he harf no special candidate and that he had just as soon name Fo'lins as not. This sounded good to Rollins, and It Is hard to tell which was the bettep pleased, for Blackburn was at thai same time evening up an old score wltb an ancient enemy." "As for Harkins, the Aheville crowd? will hold him in office until the presi-, dent takes up the North Carolina ap-i pointments, but if the leaders in the, organization east of Asheville make any kind of a fight he will go. The naming of a marshal will be one of, Mr. Blackburn's' most perplexing problems. He has got to decide be- j tween two friends snd Ire does not know himself what he is going to dor The choice of Judge Spencer B. f Adams for the state chairmanship is j not a part of the patronage arrange- ment. Blackburn is helpless because Rollins and the office-holders control! the present state committee, which 19 to make the selection. The fight in side the party frcm now on will not:, be pver patronre, but over control of the organization of the next stat; convention. Control then means thai naming of the delegates to the next Re-j .publican national convention, ttnaj there is where the rub comes. Oscar L. Coffey was appointed post master today at Foscoe. Wataug county, and William Kuhn at Fowls, Jones county. ; Route No. 2 is authorized to begin , operation from Cleveland, Rowan , county, August 15. ..; New Cotton Crop Report Ordered j Secretary Wilson, of the department j of agriculture, is finally coming' around : to the opinion that his department is j in pretty bad shape. To-day he agree j to set aside the June cotton report an Issue a hew one, realizing the us plcion that attaches to every crop re-; port that has emanated from the agri cultural department in twenty years. Later Mr. Wilson announcel that ha did not know that he had sufflcdntj funds with which to get out ai new re port, but he admits that such a coursel should be pursued and says he hopes he will be able to do. so. If Mr. WHsom can make up enough money to get out! this new report he will begin work at once, concluding the preparation of statfirtics with all haste consistent with accuracy. In the mean time the de mand for a new report is increasing from every direction. Annnouncenuent was also made tcx day that some important developmenf may be expected In the near future il (Continued n part two,)- On I
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