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- L: v .s , TIN SAIjISIJUJJV, -'.. . AVKDKSDA'Y IVTiNING, IECEMi$KK 21, 1J04 VOL,. XVI NO. 298 4 WORKMEN DIE IN AN EXPLOSION APOSTLE IN iGARB ! GOES TO THF PEN BRITISH PLOT IS SUSPECTED FOR RETAILING Only Ono County In'.tft fn AoGldcnilVh!c Goals f f ? 5 . w w InsrRevoIt''aoaInsf lih authority, in Yemen the Fat3 Ci.Fc:: i1 f F. -k n Penalty . , . ' i . i K' ;v . . ,, ' s' . - . - . " . :-'. . ' - - - . - - - ...... . . - - . .. - V ...... . ..- . .. -... ; - ' - - : . i ' V? RIGHT HAND I'D xv"&R , ' ' ! 'efL-i v - r.. ' T- K III !.. - :. Caxjtse is a Mystery: A Boiler Used for generating Steam in Pennsylvania Hamlet, Blown up. Wilkesbarra, Pa., Dec. 21. Four men were killed in a boiler ex plosion at Rohrsbourg-, a small hamlet nine miles from Blooms-burg- yesterday. The accident was from an unknown cause. The boiler was used for the generating of steam: j DEFECTIVE WIRE CAUSES BIG FIRE. Columbus, Ohio, Dec. 21. A defective electric light wire caused a confl agation in the busi ness section of the city this morn ing, entailing a loss, approximat ing 8300,000. . The fire started in the carpet house of Krauss, But- "Ier & Benham, Xorth High street. "Several firemen; were injured. " The most seriously hurt is Capt. Welsh whose back was wrenched. TWO K'LLED' : AiJD FIFTEEN HURT Detroit, Dec. 21. It's reported from -Menominee, that Engineer Garvin and Fireman Miller, of the fast Chicago, Milwaukee & St.-Par' ' " in, were killed and fifteen passengers badly hurt in a ; wreck at Lena last night A broken . rail threw tle engine and two coaches into the ditch. j PHONE SYSTEM 83.3ystems Now In operation in North Carolina. ! A statement from the office of the commissioner of labor and printing on telephone sy stem of the state prepared for the commissioner's forthcoming an nual re port shows systems, 24,680 miles -of wire, 15,632 subscribers and 36,485 conversations with $346,472 receipts , and $47,354 profits in the state of North Ca'rolina. The summary of the reiwrt follows: : ) Number of systems, . ,83 Miles of wire, 1 24,680 Subscibers, 15,632 Messages or talks during the 1 . 'year, 36,485,308 Local, 39,039,272 Long distance and toll, ' 446,226 Stations or telephones of all . kinds, v 16,252 Number of public exchanges 125 Switch-boards of all kinds, Salaried officials, clerks, etc., 130. 81 Waee earners " - ,' 40O Wa'res $ 1 105 190 Total revenues 346,472'; Total expenses, ' 299,118 is et pront, . 47,.J.)1 A Word From BKer William's. ! Many a man would lend to de poor ef he wuzn't 'f raid he'd f have ter Avait too long on heaven fer de inter est. , , V J., Hit'ss sa dispensation of Providence flat Phric'miiQ nnlv pnmps rvnro a voar Ef it come any mo frequent, few 0j ' uss wouia De able ter stand - it. , r A) 1 - J . 1 ' ' wora ier e wise is sam ter oe suracipni; out it taKes sixty woras en a sermon ter make a fool come ter his seBse-s. ' Maaya man in diis wol' .cries fer iustice. when de Lawd knowss. f hp had It he'd 'deat thunder hollerin' ter git out! . . - rr i i ?l8?r yJik, cTn7' Tear t4l 4 plain truth,, dat's de time we needs it fer consolatioh purposes v a , : : 1 itm? Jr, wmmsf Mm WW i stm j! t l imi . 1 a .-:.;.vr;-7 y ? fep?-- ' ffpmWX W: , I lfmJJ& totrf RIGHT HAND I STATE'S OEfiLTH , ... ' Gail, of $150,000,000 During . iiU ! : Past Five Years. ?$&.Jrr& I mmKmlm& k dispatch from Raleigh contains following: 1 The Corporation Commission, acting he capacity of a tax commission, issues a statement or summary oj. property valuations and taxes in the Stale that makes a very interesting showing. It shows that the total val uat on of all property. in this State for 1904 is $443,282,781, a gain of '?151,- 93 13JJ3 since. compared. wit 1 $433,372,939 in i 1903. v There are 29,304,882 acres of land, with an average value of $4.92 per acre, Dur ham county having the highest acn ?age, $15 per acre ; Gaston second at ! 14.23. Dare has lowest valuation, ave -aging $1.19 per acre. Tpe valuation of real and personal property in the state is $128,204,279. Tht 'valuaions in some principal towns are (Durham, $10,470,173 (highest) ; Chrlotte, $9,681,885; Wilmington, $9,2 47,766; Salisbury, $2,476,260. The tot 1 solvent credit in the state is 702,019, Forsyth being firsc, with 1 . $30 $1,(191,685; Wake second and Mecklen- bur ? third, with $1,080,721. The cap ital stock of banks is $7,583,498, with ,$9,730,670 assessed value. Railroads I . mm r r-V C 1 i. 1 are vaiueu at sjj,biz,zi, ana ompr cor jorations at $5,803,025. The total indebtedness of counties is $2,514,580 anc of towns $6,554,238. Mecklenburg has the 4argestof any county, $339,500 anc Asheville the largest of any town, $991,500. Charlotte owes $615,00); Wi hiington, $684,700; Greensboro, $45G,000. " Of county taxes, $198,724 retiains uncollected and of the town taxes $125,225. Thirty-four thousand the toiiowms:: s i 1 ! l r i?A 1; I - I ninje hundred and eighty-four pols are -unpaid in the counties, and nearly dou ble that number in tire towns. reiTort snows :t,nat -bere are 858 law yeite, i 1,322 physicians, 281 dentists, SM6 merchants and 953 corporations in the state. Governor; Glenn's Inauguration dolonel Olds writes the Charlotte Observer as follows: Is yet no details for the inaugra tioi. of Captain Glenn -as governor l of Captain Glenn as governor e been arranged. Governor 'Ay cock was inaugurated out doors.speak ing from the eastern portico of the cariitol, the day being a superb one. Qf course it tkes' perfect weather to enable such a ceremony to be held out doors. The inaugration may take Plale in the Academy of Music, which j - , t now presents a very handsome ap 11 ' " ' i in j - 1ST MELiCHTdEDCK F.K1ESTHOOD BIGHT UPiMD "UNDER . LEFT. EL&GW THE SESSION ENDS Congress Adjourned To day Until After the Holidays. 5 AVashington, Dec. 21. The v- j House and - Senate adjourned to- s - day until after the holidays. Leadiog Figure io - Investigation of Smoot Gase ; It - f , - s ' - . v ri j The ' . im ...;: s '.iw..-: ....y.v.v xt5 Ml- : . ' . .. : ' ; .A- "... W;.i.r. . : ; - . ;-.,' i ; - v . . '"I ' ':'h s ' -r: ' ; . f -1. ' '.- ,::r v ' 1 1 !r l dot p STomnn - ; I eOTH. HANDS UP., 1 ffT I THE WEATHER. I Washington. Dec. 21.! tair and colder tonight;, . :Thur$djty fair, fresh northerly winds. Dr. C. E. Smitb left yesterday for . a j pleasura trip of several tlaysfi; He will return the latter part of j-he ajionth. ' Miss Birdie Watson sisteil of Miss NeitaNWatson, one of the tochers in the Graded School, has been jheae on a v'sit to her sister, returned jthis morn- i ing to her home in Henderspiji Serrate's Two New Grocery Concerns Itr - corpoated To-day by Sec retary of State ; V (Special to Sun.) Raleigh, Pec. 21 -The Seere- tary of State today charters the Edenton Grocery Co., of Eden ton, $100,000 capital authorized and $10,000 subscribed by T. A. AYoodard and others and the Leaks ville Spray Grocery' Co., $10,000 capital, by J H. '"-'Moore and others. Sheriff Haycotte, . of Yancey county, brought Arlemas Tinsley, a young ' white man here today to serve twelve' months in the peni tentiary for retailing whiskey. He says Yancey is the only county in the State that makes retailing pun ishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary under the statue. In the Federal Court just closed here 116 cases were , tried and 66 verdicts of guilty were secured, with fines-aggregating $17,000. PATTERSON , WOMAN WILL SOON KNOW New York, Dec. 21 Nan Patterson, on trial for the murder of CasarYoung will in all probability, hear her fate tonight. Chief Counsel Levy summed -. - , - ' .- - upthe case for the defense in a long and exhaustive speech this morning. William Rand, Jr., the states attorney presented its picture' .of guilt drawn froma mass of evidence adduced dur ing many days of trial. The defendant was blithe and gay and conversed in a lively manner with her father Judge Davis expects to charge the jury late this afternoon. . -v.. - . . . r DRUG STORE CHANGE The Salisbury Drug company, which has been doing a good business here, has closed a sale contract and . will change hands soon. The new pur chasers will be here within three weeks and the business will be en larged. Until these gentlemen appear, C. J. Webb oL Shelby will be wih the pes ent company. 'He is a graduate of the - Pharmacutical schol at the State .university and is a thorroughly com petent pharmacist. Mr. Webb is here now and is conducting the business for the present, owners. 1 The two young men who will en gineer -the new business . desire their names withheld for the present but they come -wiith ey fair promise to make the town glad of their, profes sional and social citizenship. -- BIG JUNIOR RALLY The three Salisbury councils, Jr. t U. A. M. will officiate at a flag raising at Yost's school house, five miles from Salisbury," tomorrow morning. All juniors who will attend are urged to be at the hall of Council No. 18 at 9:30 o'clock sharp. The Salisbury Juniors will leave at 10 o'clock and -speaking will, begin at 11. X Congregation First Baptist Church, Ho Come to the prayer meeting this evening at 7:30. The pastor will dis cuss matters of interest and Import, ance. ; Wm. H. Rich, pastor. ' j I Serioxzs 7prtsing In the Last Encounter the Turks Sustained Significant X Defeat Berlin, Dec, 21. Schlessissche Zeitung reports that thirty thous-, and Bedouins rebelled ag-ainst the Turkish authorities in Yemen, Arabia. Several encounters have occurred in the last of which the Turks sustained a serious .defeat. The Sultan, it is said, suspects England is secretly rousing the rebels for the purpose of ultimate ly annexing Yemen. , WASHINGTON'S FASHIONABLE CLUB BURNED Washington, Dec. 21. The Metropolitan Club, the most ex clusive social institution here hav ing a membership of distinguished government officials and other no tables, was destroyed by fire this morning. All the fire companies within the city boundaries were f called out. The flames raged for two hours and only walls were left .; standing. - Several members of the club were in bed when the fire started and were rescued with dif ficulty. The club -was two blocks, from tkeJSbite ..HouseVxL.X ; ... The most serious loss to the club was the library, which con ained fifteen thou3aq4 VPluines, The loss is in the neighborhood of 100,000. Fireman Purcell was dangerously injured. DRftNK ftfJD BID Six Kentuckians the Dead From Wood Alcohol. Ashland, Ky., Dec. 21 Pour more men have been added to the list of six dead and two others are reported dying from the effects of woo1 alco hol poisoning -at the mouth v. Rea ver river at Big Sandy. Three others of the party are missing. Three push boats with a crew of seventeen men were,- enroute to Pikevile, the boats being loaded with freight. At the mouth of the Beaver, five miies above Prestonsberg, two ot the .boats sank and the men swam and waded ashore with much of the freight. A' jug of wod alcohol was one of the articles saved.XIt was dark and the men were' chilled "n1. wet. Fires were built and surU rted. A man came along and ' them ,'four bottles of moonshine -aiske They brank the whiskey and wanted more. One man. ssaid: "Let's drink the alcohol." '.Another - said:. "ft .will kill is ; se6 the poison la bel." ; , .., V . One of the crew began mixing drinks and said: ' ."Come on, let's have our Christmas now. ' If it's poison we will all die to gether." They drank the stuff and while at suppeKthey became violently 111. Two doctors were called but could not e lieve them. . That is a neat balance Gpvernor Ay cock's administration will leae to its credit. And that, too, des pite the fact that Dr. Cy Thomp son has returned to the practice of medicine and ex-Senator Marioa Butler fleecing the lambs on Wall street."
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