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Populist Convention Called
to Order at Noon.
WORKING RAPIDLY.
Platform Presented and the Convention
Preparing to Make a Nomination for
Governor Cy. Thompson for
Governor.
Senator Marion Butler called the
Populist State convention to order
at 12:15 today in Metropolitan Hall
He made only a few remarks and di
rected Secretary Hal Ayer to read
the roll of counties. Every county
f , , , .. i
f . m was represeniea ana mere was oniy
I . one contest. The contestees from the
county of New Hanover were accord
ed five votes and the contestants
one.
. The hall was taxed to ita utmost
Capacity to accommodate the dele
gates, many of whom occupied win
dows and stood around in the aisles.
The galleries overflowed with on
lookers. The heat was torrid. Del
egates were in their shirt sleeves
fend a thousand fans were in motion.
The convention was composed of
rugged faces, which indicated that
the delegates were from the rural
districts. A sprinkling of several
Char-coal countenances lent interest
to the body. The darkies did little
as possible to make themselves con
spicious. After the calling of the roll Sena
tor Butler again took the floor. He
stated that he had the honor of cal
ling the first and second Populist
State Conventions to order, and that
he felt prouder of being a Populist
now than ever before. "I have the
honor to announce the temporary
chairman, the Hon. L. C. Caldwell,
mayor of States ville," spoke the
chairman in retireing.
Mr. Caldwell acknowledged tfie
honor in taked the chair. He stated
among other things that Populist
blood ran higher than the tempera
ture in August. Continuing he said,
"There is no prescription in the
Peoples party . nook into the faces
6T freemen today-i into the faces of
men who -want to give this State a
chivalrous ticket. The Populist
party is the only party that wants
to do right. ' '
Mr. Caldwell declared the conven
tion ready for business after speak
ing ten minutes.
Mr. Bolding, of Chatham, and Mr.
Penny, of Wake, were appointed
door-keepers.
A roll call was ordered for the
purpose of ascertaining the various
.committees as selected by the dis
tricts. They are given as follows:
Committee on Credentials.
."If 35 .Mitchell, first district; A L
;Swip9i. second district; Zed T'
Kivette, third district; J M Wil
liams, fourth district; Dr. Merritt,
fifth district; R W Elliott, sixth dis
trict; Z F Westmoreland, seventh
. district; J Y Hamrick, eigth district;
W L Hendron, ninth district.
(Committee on Permanent Organization.
- Harry Skinner, W E Fountain, W
11 Smith; J L Kelly, T B Lindsay,
W A, Oldham; G Ed Kesler, S M
Asbury, A D K Wallace.
Committee on Platform.
' T E McClosky, M L Wood, Dr
Cjurus Thompson, A C Green, J A
Walker, S AEdmunds, AC Shuford,
Frank McDowell, J M Coutner.
The Vice Presidents.
John Brady, JTB Hoover, W K
Rickford, P T Massy, Dr Wra Mer
ritt, W R Henry, L C Caldwell, J
W Speech and Geo E Boggs. j
Senator Butler announced that it
was evident that the first work of
the convention was over and that
the reports of the committees would ,
be necessary before permanent or
ganization could be affected. There
fore he moved that a recess of one
hour and a half be taken in order to
get dinner and give the committees
time to report.
" Harry Skinner offered a substitute
to Butler's motion for a recess of two
hours. , A delegate yelled out, "we
want to get to work and nominate a
.ticket."
"We're not goingtoputout a ticket
on the 13th of the month, ""said Con
gressman Skinner, but the crowd
failed to dutch the force of the re-
.'toark.' : ; y
" Skinner's motion was lost and a
recess wasalien at 12:46 for an hour
and a half .v .'--.'
The delegates were slow in as
' Bembling . after " dinner, ; Senator
JJntler did not arrive until after
'temporary chairman Caldwell called
the convention to order at 3 p. m.
The committee on credentials re
ported through the chairman, J. Y.
Hamrick, authorizing Mr. F. White
to cast the vote of Chowan county.
It also recommended that proxies
The committee or permanent or
ganization reported in favor of Col.
Harry Skinner for permanent chair
man, Hal W. Ayer, of the Caucasian,
J. W. Ramsey, pf the Progressive
Farmer, as permanent secretaries,
and all editors of reform papers as
assistant secretaries.
The chairman appointed Messrs.
Lloyd and Peace as a Committee of
two to escort the permanent chair
man to the chair. Col. Skinner was
given hearty applause on his ap
pearance. Rev. H. W. Norris, of Wake, was
invited to invoke divine blessing
before proceeding to business.
At the suggestion of Chairman
Skinner the delegations were ar
ranged by counties. After this
delay, which occassioiied a good
deal of confusion Chairman Skinner
declared the convention permanently
organized and ready for business.
He recited some of the early his
tory of the People's party and de
clared that it enunciated a second
declaration of independence at the
convention in Omaha. He declared,
but that for the Peoples party, the
two old parties would now be cling
ing to the single standard .
Mr. Skinner declared that the
People's Party had swallowed the
Democratic party. Ho said that the
Democrats had named a candidate
whom the Populists would have been
glad to nominate. "Mr. Brvan was
elected to Congress by Populists'
votes and he is more of a Populist
today than any Populist in the State.
I am surprised at the North Caro
lina Democrats. The State lias al
ways been true to duty. It has al
ways been patriotic. I would have
expected that the Democrats of this
State would have come to us after
our convention and said, '"God bless
you, we'll help elect Tom Watson. "'
Congressman Skinner .announcecd
that the purpose of the Populists
would be to corrall all the silver
forces for Bryan. He said that
Watson would never be taken,
down.
"We had co-operation in North
Carolina in 1894 and we put our
selves above every other Southern
State, because wo know that our
votei both black and whites will be
honestly counted. Loud applause.
If we have got to co-operate
with the Democrats to obtain free
silver, let us do it; if we have got
to co-operate with the Republicans
to secure good local government and
a six per cent interest law let us do
that. Loud applause.
Col. Skinner declared that he was
a friend of the colored man, believing
in extending the education of the
race, but that the colored man could
not expect to govern the white race.
The Committee on Platform sub
mitted its report at 4 o'clock. Dr.
Cyrus Thompson was the chairman
of the committee. The platform en
dorses tho Populist platform enacted
at St. Louis. It favors the election
law of the last Legislature as well as
tho county government system and
the six percent, interest law. A
reformatory for young criminals is
advocated and the non-partizan ju
diciary endorsed. The State Demo
cratic administration is condemned
for failure to execute the anti-trust
laws. The lease of tho N. C. rail
road is condemned. The removal of
cases from State courts to Federal
courts is also cendemued .
A resolution was offered to fill in
the Republican skeleton ticket which
received only about three votes.
The convention then went into
nomination for Governor, and the
oall of counties began for candidates.
"Forced Fusion" the New Idea.
The policy of a number of the
leaders of the Populist party which
at one time favored the nomination
of a straight ticket by the conven
tion has been entirely changed, and
it now seems that what is termed as
"forced fusion", will bo the result
of the convention's action in putting
forth a ticket
Tho Russell-Pritchard element of
the Republican party is not to bo
taken into account into this forced
fusion arrangement.
The plan is to nominate a Populist
for Governor, Col. O. H. Dockery.
for Lieutenant Governor, Zeb Vance
Walser for Attorney General with
possibly one or more Republisans
and then complete the ticket with
Populists. It. is said that Rut Hen
derson is to to be given the marble
heart and a "silver" Republican put
in his place.
- It is stated on high authority that
Butler has given his consent
.to this policy and that he,
with several other Populists, has
further agreed to comply with the
Republican Executive Committee's
ultimatum, allowing that party to
name Senator Pritchard's successor.
No exactions are to be made of the
Republicans in supporting the Na
tional ticket.
Butler's idea last evening was to
put out an electoral ticket composed
of silver Republicans, Democrats and
Pops to support Bryan and Wat
son. This scheme failed, because
Col . Dockery and Zeb Walzcr, who
had boon selected to represent the
Republicans declined to seperato
themselves from their national or
ganization. It looks like three elec
toral tickets in the State.
Cy. Thompson' Boom.
A Russell boom was turned loose
lust evening but it is meeting with
scant success.
The political sensation today was
the launching of the Cy. Thompson
gubernatorial boom. His speech
last night made him popular with
nearly all the delegates, many of
whom think he has been snubbed by
Butler and other leaders, lie has
strong support so it is said, but he
can 't overtake Guthrie's strong lead.
Judge Wbitaker will place Dr,
Thompson in nomination.
Jno. IS. Lloyd will present Maj.
Guthrie's name to the convention.
The Caucus Last Night.
The Republi"an party' is the ex
ponent of gold and stands for the
yellow metal, while the Democratic
party has thrown itsOif on the prin
ciple of free coinage of silver and is
the champion of the white metal.
There was a caucus of the Populists
in this city at Metropolitan Hall last
evening and a number of the leaders
of the party spoke. Not one word was
heard inopposition to the -Republican
party, whose principals are diamet
rically opposed to those of the Popu
list party. The Democratic party,
whoso standard-bearer has been en
dorsed by the Populists, was de
nounced, villified and abused. Cy
Thompson raked and rasped the
State organization in his satirical
tirade. But the man made a great
speech, such as few men are capa
ble of making. He caught that
crowd of bewhiskercd Populists
and carried them off their feet.
When the delegates had almost been
worked into a frenzy, Senator But
ler stepped forward and in a few
words adjourned the caucus. There
was not a murmer.
The Democrats who favor fusion
with Populists should have been
present and heard their proposition
for fusion spurned and repudiated.
It was nearly !) o'clock when
Senator Butler called the caucus to
order. He spoke very indistinctly
at first, but finally warmed up and
made one of his earnest, forcible ad
dresses. His hearers listened
eagerly. The Senator said virtually
nothing. He ran shy of North
Carolina and dwelt upon generali
ties. In part he said:
'The executive committee passed
a resolution today inviting the dele
gates to join them here in caucus.
The caucus is not secret. There
are those herewhoare, not Populists.
Possibly they come to get inspira
tion. They are welcome to the seats.
We hope they will continue with us.
"The People's Party today,
though a young party, occupies the
most commanding position of any of
the parties in America. The pro
ceedings of our recent convention in
St. Louis were watched with more
interest than those of any of the
other national parties. The Peo
ple's party came into existence to
condemn trusts. to condemn
and right the wrong. That
party is based on fundamental
principles, which Thomas Jefferson,
Andrew Jackson and Abraham Lin
coln advocated."
"We havegoneforward advocating
the principles that have split the
two old parties. The people s party
is the only party in existence today
that has not been split; our parly
cannot split or die so long as it is
true to the principles, which split
the other parties. The party bug is
more dangerous than any other
factor in politics. I think we have
met to preach the funeral of the party
bug. We have liberated the people
of America and they are freer today
than they have been in a quarter of
a century. It is easy to become a
Populist now. In fact the Populist
party is so repectabie that all the
politicans will be hopping into it. "
Senator Butter closed by stating
that the People's party was in the
majority in this State and nation .
Nat. Garrett, of Vance, was intro
duced by Senator Butler. He told
all he knew about the St Louis con- -
vention. Mr. Garrett said:
"If Bryan is defeated it will be
because the Democrats have refused
to take Sewall down. If they favor
free silver they will agree to put out
a clean cut silver ticket with Bfyan
at the head of it. If the Democratic
party is true it will deliver its Vote
for Bryan and Watson. ' '
Comparing the State Democracy
to a turtle with his head chopped off
he said the party was as dead as it
ever was, but wasn't sensible j)f it.
There were loud calls for Skinner
and Guthrie. I
Walter Henry was called ' and
made a splendid speech which took
with the delegates immensely:
"Mr. Henry said the Democrats
stole the platform and then stole
Bryan from the Populist party.".
"Bryan,'' he said "was nominated
with the understanding that Sewall
was to be taken down and Watson
put in his place. Sewall is a rail
road King and monopoly prince.''
"We will say to the Democrats
that if they do not take So wall down,
we will put out a straight ticket."
The convention went wild, at this
statement. Senator Butler sit per
fectly still and did not join in the
applause as be formerly had. p:
DENOINCES THE LEASE
Resolution Passed at the .Meeting of the
N. C. State l ormars' Alliance
The following is the resolution in
troduced by John Graham at the
session ol the N. C. Farmers' Alli
ance and unanimously passed:
"Whereas, Attorney General Os
borne did in aletter dated February
22, 181)0, refuse the representative
of a special committee of Alliance
men, acting upon their own'Tftspon
sibility as citizens, permission to
bring suit to test the validity of the
lease of the North Carolina Railroad
to the Southern Railway in accord
ance with the permission granted
him by the Supreme Court of 'North
Carolina, to-wit: 'Leave to bring ac
tion in the name of the State for the
purpose of vacating the charter of
the North Carolina Railroad or for
such other relief as the court ."may see
fit to grant in the premises', and did
threaten to dismiss the action unless
confined to the vacation of the char
ter of the North Carolina Railroad. '
"Now, be it resolved by the
Farmers' State Alliance in efi ven
tion assembled at Hillsboro, ;
"1. That we denounce this action
of the Attorney General as unworthy
of the great office he holds.
"2. Th-ut while we recognize the
great benefits conferred upon the
commonwealth by railways, as ser
vants of the people, we dread tho
consolidation of our commercial high
ways in the hands of any one corpor
ation as subversive of the liberities
and rights of the people.
",'i. That to prevent this over
whelming calamity to North Carolina
we urge all citizens of our beloved
State to unite regardless of party
ties in demanding the amendment
of the lease of the North Carolina
railroad to the Southern railway
company.
'4. That we favor a constitutional
prohibition of the purchase, lease, or
rental of competing or parallel lines
of railways, and that the North
Carolina Railroad, the Southern
Railway, the Atlantic Coast Line,
the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley
Railway, and the Seaboard Air-Line
be defined as competing lines.
"5. That we pledge ourselves as
Alliancemen and urge all citizens,
regardless of party ties to refuse to
vote for any candidate for governor,
attorney-general or member of the
legislature who will not pledge him
self to use his best endeavors to se
cure the enactment of the sentiment
of these resolutions into laws. "
Mr. Bryan Ready for Work.
By Telegraph to the Press-Visitor.
New Yoky, Aug. 13. Candidate
Bryan was about early this morn
ing and ready to continue the pro
gram of speech making. He had early
breafast and at nine o'clock enter
tained such callers as presented
themselves among whom were Fath
er Ducey, Senator Tillman. Treas
urer St. John dispatched a note to
the proprietor of the Hotel Windsor
stating Mr. Bryan wonld receive on
the balcony or stoop with Mr. Sew
all and later he would receive mem
bers of the committee only. Mrs.
Bryan, Mrs. Bland and Mrs. Stone
will hold a reception for women only
at four o'clock in the ladies parlor of
the hotel which was decorated early
this morning in anticipation of the
reception.
There was a jail delivery at Hen
derson' this afternoon and 3 prison
ers escaped, so says a telegram sent
here to Sheriff Smith who is visiting
in Raleigh.
To Butler's Proposition for
Furiou With Democrats.
POPULISTS REPLY
In a Letter Addressed toChairmuu .Manly.
Th Proposition the Same us
Printed in tke Press
Visitor. Last evening the Populist ICexcu
tive Committee appointed a sub
committee to frame a reply to the
propositioiifmade by the Democratic
Executive Committee th rough Chair
man Manly for fusion on the electoral
ticket in this State.
Tbe committee's reply is given in
full below. It is a complete con
firmation of the story published in
the Prkss Visitor Tuesday after
noon. Rai.eiuu, N. G. , August 12, '!)ij.
Hon. Clement Manly. Chairman State
Democratic Kxcutive Committee:
Dear Sir:- -"Your communication
of yesterday addressed to Marion
Butler, Chairman of the People's
party State Kxcutive Committee, en
closing copy of a preamble and reso
lution dated August 11th. lSIM!,
passed by your committee, and which
you requested to have submitted
through our Chairman to the Kexi-u-tive
Committee of the People's party,
has been received, and at a meeting
of the Executive Committee of the
People's party held this day in the
city of Raleigh your letter, with en
closure, was submitted to our com
mittee, and the undersigned were
appointed as a special committee to
comply with your request to give
you a reply to your communication
expressing the sense of our commit
tee. For the information of our
committee our chairman stated to
our committee that you had, on
August 1st, submitted to him, pur
suant to tbe authority of your com
mittee, a written proposition for
fusion between the Democratic party
and the People's party on the elec
toral ticket by dividing the eleven
electors by giving to the Demo
cratic party six electors and to the
People's party five electors. Our
chairman further stated that he ex
pressed to you at the time of receiv
ing your communication of August
1st an unwillingness on his part to
recommend to our committee the ac
ceptance of the proposition contained
in your communication standing by
itself; but that he promptly on Au
gust 1st, submitted to you as a
counter-proposition a written memo
randum embracing your proposition.
and also other matters contained in
said memorandum, as follows, to
wit:
COUNTER PROPOSITION
Ei.kctohs Democrats li, Popu
lists 5.
Statu Officious Populists: Gov
ernor, Treasurer, Superintendent
Public Instruction. Democrats:
Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of
State, Auditor, Attorney General,
U. S. Senator, or Democrats: Gov
ernor, Attorney General, Superin
tendent Public Instruction. Popu
lists: Lieutenant Governor. Treas
urer, Secretary of State, Auditor,
U. S. Senator.
CoNOKKSSMKN - Populists: 1st, 4 ill.
Gth and 7th districts. Democrats:
2d, 5th, Stb and 9th district, lid dis
trict to be left open for a free light.
Juimies Each party one Supreme
Court Judge.
Cot'NTY Officers The two execu
tive committees to use their good
offices to secure a fair and honorable
division of county and legislative
candidates between the t wo part ies
in an equitable ratio similar to the
above division of State and Congres
sional offices.
Our committee being thus fullv in
formed by our Chairman as U the
antecedent facts in relation to your
proposition and the above counter
proposition, seeing that the matter
contained in the above counter-proposition
are not even referred to in
your last communication of August
11th, and not Knowing troni your
communication whether the same
has been acted upon by your commit
tee, and if so, what action was taken
thereon on their part, and as your
last communication is only a repeti
tion in substance of your first
communication of August 1st, it is
the sense of our committee, and by
their direction you are so advised,
that your committee having ignored
the counter-proposition which was
submitted to you through our chair
man for the consideration of your
committee, we are left in the posi
tion of having no reply to make to
your last communication other than
that already made by our chairman.
Marion Butler, i
A. Shaw, Com.
Jas. H. Sitebrhx, )
TODAY'S MARKETS.
New York, August 13
Cotton quotations furnished by E.
B. Cuthbert & Co., 5(i Broadway,
New York, and 'Mf Wilmington
street, Raleigh, over their special
wire:
MONTHS iOPK--,HIOH-;I,OW- (Ij0S
MON1HS. KS,r ,NU
January, Til j T ft j 7 :tst 7 ,T
February, 7 -II ' 7 (4 7 4 1 7 dl
March, " 7 4!t 7 iK 7 4S 7
April, i 7 .71 7 7'J 7 .71 7 ivi
May, ! 1 '
June, :
July.
Aiiffii.il, 7 71 7 HJ 7 tj.i 7 ',:
Se.iJt'nili'r,! 7 :iJ 7 47 7 IS 7 4.7
October. . 7 In 7 .7'i 7 :i.7 7 .7J
Noveinb'i-,1 7 .'(.7 7 .71 , 7 XI 7 111
December. 7 ; , 7 M I 7 .'S7 ; 7 "i
New York opened '' points up. ad
vanced sharply, eased olTaain and
declined 5 points below ytenlay.
owing to reports of rain from Texas
which cheeked buying.
Later on the market advanced
again c losing; finally steady IT) to lli
points higher than yesterday Sales
213.400. Reports from Mississippi
and Gouisianiasiv the ciopshuve
been damaged from li." to ."!' per
cent.
Spinners are apparautly not (lis
posed to buy at pre. soul, prices.
New York Stock .Market.
The following were the closing
quotations on the New York Stock
Exchange today :
Missouri Paeilie lt5
Union I'aeilie li
Hock Island ;VI8
St. Paul r,
General Electric .'15
TenneHsee ( 'oal anil iron Ilii
Manhattan 7.1.4
American Tobacco ?tit
Burlington and (Juincy .7S
Western Union 774
Louisville and Nashville -118
United States I father 4;"j
Southern liailroad 79
Southern I 'referred l!l
Chicago (Jas f.ll
Sugar 1 0! 8
Readin;f
Des. and C'l-t. Feed
Atchison
D. L. W 142
Jersey Central til 4
Erie
Silver
Liverpool Cotton Market.
Liverpool opened ft (!4th lower and
declined 2-(i4 more; closing barely
steady at bottom prices. Spot sales
8,000 bales, moderate demand: mid
dling 4!t-:-12. In Manchester yarns
were strong but cloth dull.
August 4. OH s.
August September 4.0-1 s.
September October .'I.li.'il I).
(X'tober-November It. til 4 b.
November-December .').ti04 b.
December-. anuary .'UiOi b.
January-February II. (il s.
February-March XtKI s.
Sales, H.000 f
Receipts, - - Spots, 43.
American,
Chicago (jraln and lro isinn .Market.
The follow ing were the closi ngi j no
tations on the ChieagoG rai n and Pro
vision market today:
Wheat September, ;7,7L" December,
,-8! .
( 'oi'H SeptenilM'i', Tl; December,
21,
Oats September, 158 ; December llij
Fork SeptemtM'r, ti.4;7: December
Lard September, l)c. 1.7.
Clear Kit) Sides-September, W.'Vl.
H E A T"M SES Ml7! I ) E K.
W illiam ccmba Kills his llcM 1 ticnj and
Takes hi Oun l ife.
By Telegraph to the 1 Yoss-Visitor.
Nkw Y..itK, Aug. l:t. The tierce
neat of yesterday bred a double
tradgedy, a probable murder and a
suicide, over in Jersey near the
Kingsland station on the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western road.
William Zcomha and Otto Senda
were employed as track walkers,
and were next-door nei a li ! u's in
Passaic.
Senda was at work near the Kings
laud station at 5 p. in.. whcnSeeniba
came staggering along the track.
His face was livid and he waved his
arms like a mailman.
" 1 1 s hot, oh. how hot 1 he shriek
ed, as he approached his astonished
friend. An instant later he drew a
revolver anil blazed away at Senda.
The bullet struck Sonde in the
breast He turned and tied, only to
be brought down the next minute
by a second bullet in the back.
Zcemba staggered up to the un
conscious body of his friend, fixed
his blood-shot eyes upon him for an
instant, then bred a bullet through
his own head.
He fell dead. Senda was removed
to St. Mary s Hospital, in Passaic,
where his injuries were pronounced
fatal. The closest friendship ex
isted between the two men. and the
only explanation of the tragedy is
furnished by yesterday s terrible
heat .
Populist Committee to Meet.
Senator Butler has called a meet
ing of the national Populist commit
tee to be held at Washington next
Tuesday to decide on the immediate
opening of headquarters at Washington.
fLT
Minor Matters Manipulated
for the Many.
AROUND THE CITY.
lrn-eouri of the cra IHctureJ on H
per- I'olntw and People lertineutl)
I'ickeJ ttilj IMlhily Put III
I'liul.
Tin1 sherilf's force is busy copy
ing lax books for township deputies.
County warrants are buingoffered
at a discount on the streets. This
hou Id not be so
The eastern part of Wake county
had splendid rains yesterday even
ing. No wind or hail.
.Mrs. R. (J Dunn, wife of cotton
weigher JJ. G. Dunn, Ksip , is quite
ill at her home just east of Raleigh.
"Those lueious grapes at Whiting
liros. arc delightful' remarked
Miss S- to a friend. Have you
t ried them '!
KITorts will probably be made to
establish a waif saving station in
Raleigh. Certain good women of the
city are considering the matter.
Tin; work on the new bridge which
will replace the old coverud one over
Crabtrceon the Louisburg road is
being pushed forward by Mr.
.Mc.Mackin.
Go to rest early tonight. Arise
early in the morning. He at the
lialeigh and Gaston Relief Associa
tion excursion train at Ii:li0a. m. to
morrow and get on board with a It!
to 1 silver dollar and take a whole
day of pleasure by a trip to Little
ton. Now don't miss this oppor
tunity of spending a day with a
clever lot of workmen and the next
Governor of North Carolina.
It is said on good authority that
Mr. W. li. Tarkington will resign
the position of editor of the Orphan 's
Friend, the organ of the Masonic
rphanage at Oxford. A few weeks
ago he denounced certain institu
tions of vice in Oxford. He was re
quested to give his evidence to the
grand jury, but it failed to make out
a case. The citizens of Oxford were
very indignant, and it is said Editor
Tarkington was hissed on the
streets.
A SAD ENDINU.
Mr. w. u. Ilohgood of OiforU AcclJcntly
Shot While Hat Hunting.
William I loyal 1 llobgood, his elder
brother, Frank P. Hobgood, Jr.,
and a young man, Mr. Howard, all
of Oxford, went out near thaf. town
yesterday afternoon bat hunting. By
an accident, Mr. Howard's gun went
off unexpectedly, and the entire load
took k-ffoct at very close range in Mr.
W. li. Hobgood 's cheek, reaching (ho
brain. He died in a few minutes.
Young Mr. Hobgood was a mem1
her of the rising senior class at
Wake Forest College. Heforeenter
ing that institut ion he had occupied
with great credit a position in the
Oxford bank. At college he was an
excellent student. He will be re
membered here bv many, having
spent his early years in this city,
when his father was president of the
liaptist Seminary, the Park Place
now.
Kxpressioiis of sorrow on our
streets this morning were general.
The dist ressed family has the sym
pathy of the large number of friends
over the state.
When the accident occurred the
young man's father was attending a
Paptist meet ing at Stovall, top mfles
from Oxford. I le did not lu;ar the
s;ul news until he reached Oxford,
having tarted home through th
country before the news reached
Stovall.
Kvlief at Last.
By Telegraph to the Fross Visitor.
Nkw Yoiik, Aug. Ft. A fifteen
mile breeze came this morning giv
ing New York much relief. The
thermometer is several degrees
lower with humidity still high. This
morning there were thirteen deaths
from beat and fifteen prostrations.
The streets are still strewn with
carcasses of horses which died in.'
harness from the heat, the sanitary
department being ony able to re
move a small percentage of the ani
mals with added belpand continuous
duty. Tbe stench from carcasses-:
on the main thoroughfares is sicken
ing. It will require several days of
coot weather to enablo the depart
ment to catch up. - - , .
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