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NASHVILLE, North Carolina, JANUARY 23rd 1908.
NO. 4
-7
f JEWS' OF THE OLD -IJORTil STATE
Brief Summary-of JVVhat
7 r . th& Past
eek.
- j
Whst 0-r Ex,hir42S 'Tell
Some Thiers Pleasant, While Otters
Are, Somewhat Revoltlnj.; ; . -j
" " " 1 - i
UeM of Interest CiU1bm4 la Short
Faratfraphs and Mainly For- (
tailing te Hatters U ' .
,. North bnliiuu
A movement has been started In
Newbern for the establishment of a
boatline between Newbern and Nor
folk, 'Plans are immature, but it is
horjed to ron ltoeoffcrmgcomfort
:' able and pleasant passenger service
- as well as handling freight.
Cameron, N, C, ; Jan; 14-e" W.'
'y-- Clark, a prominent young man,
while out hunting this morning, was
accidentally shot while driving in a
;-'' buggy, the entire load entering in
his right side and ranging upwards.
' " . He died this afternoon about four
..." o'clock. . '.'" :L-
' : .Winston-Salem, Jan, 14.--At a
. meeting' tonightVof the executive
. committee of the North Carolina
h Fireman's Association, it was de
.'" cided to accept ' the invitation, to
j , hold the annual meeting to be' held
f-"'. in Wilmington in June. Salisbury
r'; contested for the meeting. '
: .
' Presidents of railroads operating,
in Tennessee have been requested by 1
'Governor Patterson to ..meet him.in '
v . conference at Nashville on January
27th to discuss the question of re
ducing passenger rates in the State
, and saying him the necessity of eall-i
' tag a special session of the legisla-
1 Charlotte," Jam 13. An express ;
car" of 'Southern Railway train No.
29, was burned today near Royal
Road, Va. An explosion in the car
1 from some unknown orignTcauBed
" , the fire. Messenger - Cunningham;
was wedged in thevestibule between
" the tender and the end of the car
- and narrowly escaped death. .
The farmers in the vicinity of
y ' Maysville, have orgahiied a Cotton
' - Growers Association, and will build
. a cotton warehouse in the near fu
r ture , Several hundred 'dollars
worth .of stock has been taken al
v. "Teady. and one of the officials stated
that there as' a good demand for
stock and that the movement was
v ' " sure to succeed. Newbern Journal.
George Roussf a negro barber of
" High Point, NI C.', unearthed a tin
- ' can filled with gold and silyftr to the
amount of three hundred dollars;
The find was. made on the railroad
embankment near - the Globe home
, . ( factory. ' His coat got caught on an
iron stake driven, in the ground,
. which caused him to , make an exam
- ination.V, The money -was buried
' ;; 'during the Civil war. .- ,r
i Lent will begin much later this
1 ' year than 1907, Ash Wednesday f all-
Ing in March 4th, Easter Sunday
will fall this year on April.19; last
year it waTMarch 81." School .child
ren will deplore the fact that both
Washington's birthday and Fourth
y of July will occur on Saturday, which
is really too bad. - On the 28th of
' June- there will be" a large partial
eclipse of : the sun , visible to5 North
, s , CaroKnal. beginning 'Jer i about 9'30
a. m.. and lasting three hours. - -
s "" '." ...
Guilford College, Jan. 13.-One of
the buildings of Guilford College,
-"" v3 a" waa destroyed by fire be
1 "n 5 and 7 o'clock this morning.
' il. is building contained the library,
two society halls and six class rooms.
Ey the time the fcre was discovered
it waa too late to save the building.
Tf V a 1 i"ic.f..T'irtsf ..sees 1 rro-
f oi3 i 1 sludonts "a portion of
1' 1 ' py was saved and moyt of
t" -f,
ti I' e
L i L
-3 in the halls tmor;;nT
j f :r 1".". ?en Y ,
r f 'en yt-ars I tav? v,
Has Transpired During
Read It All. ;
? Elizabeth City, N. C, Jan. 18.
The little two-year-old child of Mr.
Tom Davis, had a narrow escape
from death this afternoon. While
playing in the back porch the little
tot fell headforemost into a tub of
water and when discovered by the
mother a few minutes afterwards
was unconscious and from all ap
pearances dead. ' Mrs.' Davis snatch
ed the child up and screamed for
help., Mr. Cliff Madrid reached the
side of the mother quickly and ran
with the child to the. Standard Phar
macy, where Drs. Pendleton, and I
Fearing, by the use of pumps soon
restored it to consciousness.; .' I -, '
Tillett Vaughan, a white man of
Durham, N. C, who' has been In all
kinds of trouble and is about ascom-
mon as a .man can get to be in this
life,' was before the "mayor on the
charge of. beating . his lS-year-old
daughter. Miss Lillie, and inflicting
serious injury, The mayor sent him
to the grand ' jury under bond of
$250. He could not give the security
and is now. in the county jail. It
was late in the. afternoon when
Vaughan, who was filled with liquor,
beat his daughter. A crowd of in
furiated citizens went after Vaughan
who tried . to make his escape, and
captured him. For ' a few minutes
there was talk: among those who
had held Vaughan as prisioner of
dealing out summary vengeance. , '
I ElieabetK City, Ni C.j Jan. 16th.
-With, flags at half mast the schoon
er George A. Gaskins, Capt. George
Gaskins, arrived in port today with
the bodies of CaptGflchrjst, and
mat Charles, of the ill-fated Leo
nora, which- was: reported was ship-;
wreked and five men drowned Tues
day in the dangerous waters of Cape
Hatteras. All . the bodies have
washed ashore and the other three
bodies were buried in the.vicinity of
the wreck. The owners of the lost
vessel ordered the bodies of the cap
tain and mate shipped to their homes
in New London, Conn., and upon
arrival here the bodies were put in
charge of undertakers and prepared
for shipment.-
.Thursday afternoon one of the
young girl students of J.R Tyn
dal's Industrial Christian college, at
Orphan Heights, 8 miles from this
city, attempted to commit suicide
by ' drinking the contents of a one
ounce phial of laudanum. Her act
was' discovered shortly afterwards,
and the officials used such means as
were at -hand to prevent death and
phoned- Kinston fora physician.'
When the physician left her ; late
Thursday night, she had been
brought around and pronounced free,
from danger. The authorities , at
the college seemed very reticent
and we have been unable to learn
the girl's name or any of the circum
stances explaining her reasons for
attempting to take her own life.
Kinston Free Press. '
The perfidy of one Peter Rogers,
a tailor of this city, has placed Mrs.
Martha. Maybe,' a widow, who had
been the housekeeper at Mrs. ' Mc
Cullen's boarding house for the past
six months, in a strange predicta
menfc debauched by . the alleged
bridegroom, who in a mock ceremo
ny at his place of business on West
Centre'' street Wednesday night,
made her believe- that she was his
lawful wife." Rogers; who is; re
ported to have a, wife and three
children at TarbOro, is -in jail in de
fi.uH of a f")0 bond to appear at the
ner.t term cf court when the plot to
eiitrap this poor woman will be un
earthed t 1 the guilty ones made to
suffer. KThe accused is 43 years old,
and withthis fdony bids fair tobe a
member of the cn.ty chain-gang.
Goldsboro Headlight
Davidson, N. C, Jan. 16. A bru
tal murder was committed near here
t'.'j r.icr:.'-j heh Ezekial Gresory,
an oil r in over sixty years of age,
T.i f D th' traia io the back, that
r f r join' nnd mu-'.!lc,
. t r i, back-
! . ; - . -'.,- Vu Ket
j : , ' t "6 f.-.r 4 1 i J. A
j . i (. t .( rove?, their
was killed by his son Dave, the wep
on used being an axe. The murder
er, accompanied by his wife, left im
mediately following the deed, but
both were arrested near Mooresville
this evening. The county coroner
was notified and will arrive tonight.
The substance of the story gathered
from the daughter of the dead man
was that, following an altercation
this morning in regard to arising,
the son went from the house into
the yard . and defied his father to
cross a line drawn with the blade of
the axe in the earth. The father
crossed the line, a blow was heard
and the daughter rushed out to nnd
her father prostrate, i - , .
Elizabeth City, Jan. 13.- Mr. Jas.
W. Pritchard, a farmer, who resid
ed about two fle8 west of this city,
committed , suicide . early Sunday
morning by blowing his brains out
with a rifle. Last summer Mr.
Pritchard had 1 a severe attack of
sickness effecting his brain, but had
fully recovered, and since then had
been in his usual Jiealth. Saturday
night he remarked to his wife that
he was not feeling well and feared
he was going to have another at-'
tack as he had last summer,. He
went to bed, however, as usual, one
of his children sleeping with him,
and his wife thought nothing more
of it. Upon awakening early Sun
day morning bis wife found that her
husband had already gotten , up.
Having called and ' looked around
the lot for him and receiving no ans
wer, she became uneasy and called
one of her neighbors, Henry Pritch
ard, who is a cousin of her husband.
He came . .at once, and after
searching all the outhouses, finally
located Pritchard, lying in a pool of
his. own blood in the wood house only
a short distance from' the dwelling
with a rifle lying close by. - j " -
SULLY AT THE HEtC
And Cotton Advances Two and One;
,"r- Half Dollars Per Bale. -:V V
New York, Jan. 16. The "engross
ing topic of discussion in the cotton
marget today was the admission by
Daniel J. Sully, "Cotton King,"
that he had taken up the reins" of
full leadership. On , the, heels of
yesterday's sharp rise there was another-
bulge, of 19 to 23, within the
March option selling at 11:45, the
highest price since early in Decem
ber. - -"'.'..'. : :". '.; v.', -
The magic of the name of the old
bull leader has been sufficient to put
prices up 50 points in the past few
days, or $2.50 a bale. ' j ; r;;
" It appears now that the first bull
campaign ;of , any- consequence in
months is now in -full swing with
Sully at the helm.. .' ,U
No little: curiosity as to Sully's
backing. He is quoted as saying:
"1 was asked by certain interests if
I could do certain things, and I said
I thought I could, I am now going to
do them." There is one story that
Sully )s acting for the Farmer's Un
ion in the South, which is fighting
for 15 cmtCQttim:&fK:Jf&
'; Nath Coanty if Froud, Bt , "
' , - , i
i Our 'esteemed contemporary.the
Raleigh News and Observer, says:
"The Nashville Graphic! has enter
ed on ita fourteenth-year, Editor
Lincke has made it one of the best
county papers in the State'jujd Nash
county has cause .to be proad of so
good an exponent." f "
', Yes, we : have one of the best
towns in the State, one of the very
best counties in the State, ?'one of
the best local papers in the State,"
some of the very best people in the
World and getting better every day,
so, why should we not be proud.
The', Graphic, Well!.; We fear, the
manifested . appreciation,' flowers
arid kind words of cheer which
would be of such bouyancy and
sweetness to us in this life will only
be heard by twittering bird8 after
this "exponent" has paid the debt
to nature (like affeof our other
:L) v' .t 1j dae.
; Mini YourEuslness. '
If you dou't Di be Jy will. It Is
your business li kf f r-. rf all the
trimbie you can aod iil keep out
if 1 vr a- 1 t iK'i'l t ' If if you
r ' 1 : . "s I v Li'3 rills.
'i . - , r ,'.,1 kSCd
A GENERAL LAW.
'4
Pass' It At Speda! Session
Says Senator Simmons.
MANDATE OF TKE PEOPLE.
After Tkereaili aa Deliberate Ce
tUeraUea f tke Tameeraac
. SitMUea TEli 1aIa D
.' etnt Gitret Oplaiea as te
' Waat Is Best
Mr.. Thomas J. Pence, special
Washington,, correspondent of the
Raleigh News and Observer, ends
that paper the following interview
with Senator F.M. Simmons, former
leader of the State Democracy as to
what the special session of the leg
islature now in session in Raleigh
should do with reference to the de
mands made for State prohibition.
Senator .Simmon in his interview
said; '' v "v-
"It must be apparent to every
one that the tentiment in the State
in favor of prohibition is so over
whelming that nothing can prevent
the adoption of State prohibition, as
the policy of the State. This may
be accomplished by one of three
ways; by an act of the Legislature
at the special, session which meets
next Tuesday, or by its submitting a
constitutional ' amendment to the
people to be voted upon at the next
general election, or an act of the
next Legislature.
"Whatever may be the views of
some as to the enecuveness ot tne
local option provision of the Watt's
Law in bringing about ultimate
prohibition it is evident that a vast
majority of the people are unwilling
to await the. slower process of this
method, and ' that we are to have
State prohibition in the near future
by one of -the three ways I have
mentioned seems to be certain. : .
I have hail some doubt as to the
extra session should do with refer
ence ' to this matter, but after
thorough and deliberate considera
tion. It seems to me that under all
the circumstances, giving full con
sideration to the interest of the tem
perance people, the State, and the
party,, it would be better that the
special session of the Legislature
should take the responsibility and
as a general law prohibiting the
sale and manufacture of liquor any
where in the State. - When the man
date of the people with reference to
a matter of State policy, after ma
ture deliberation, ' is unmistakable
and it is evident that delay will not
change tbat purpose but only result
in - friction and agitation,i it would
seem to be the duty of their repre
sentatives as well as wise policy, to
execute that mandate at the first
opportunity."
The Wkltkty Qaestloa -
The whiskey question presents it
self i to' the: farmers from two as
pects. First, as a personal question:
What shall each man do in regard to
this matter? -i Some will become to
tal abstainers. Some will be in a
class that rarely takes a drink. Some
will be in a class that occasionally
drinks because they find no danger
in it for social' purposes or even for
medicinal - purposes. Others will
drink too frequently. Others will
drink constantly. So down to. the
last drunkard in the gutter. ? 'it
Each man. determines for himself
into each class he shall fall. ' i "
The other phase of the question is
as to the restraint the State may
placer upon each individual. In other
wOrds whether the State shall allow
men themselves to decide these
points or, whether to a large extent
it will decide the question itself for
its citizens. '
' In Georgia recently they passed a
law prohibiting the sale of liquor in
any part of the State. In Kentucky
nearly 90 per cent of the counties
have, under the local option law.
voted to forbidt&et'sale'of liquor in
each of these -counties.- ' : n
j Each State is dealing with the
Advice to Mothers: Don't let your
children waste awpy, Keen them
stron? an1 hfilthy ourln-T t ,e win
ter wuh L.il. inter's T ' '-v . -!. 'i
'iti. It is the ; .i j! rc d-;'-cn.
I ere r i hv ' st'.e
tf . 5. i.a, Ita vr'lwLlca.
i .vklj Li-u.jCo.
matter in its own way, according to
its own conditions, and in these
States there te a varied opinion con
cerning the law. There ought to be
no great variety of opinions concern
ing temperance. In our judgment
the question will finally be settled
by the attitude fathers and mothers
takfl in their home, the attude of
the church and of social communi
ties. If the children are educated to
believe in temperance, in self-res
traint, in self-control, if in season
and out of season parents and teach
ers and preachers - will say to the
boys and girls of America, "touch
not, taste not, handle not," a gener
ation will be raised free from the in
fluence of strong drink. -'
The law wilt- fall unless it be sus
tained by public sentiment such as
we have outlined; by a sentiment
that exists permanently and not tem
porarily, but a campaign such as we
have indicated, a campaign of edu
cation extending through twenty
years is necessary if the law is to be
enforced. In time this education
makes the law unnecessary, because
when men refuse to drink there is
no necessity for law forbidding
them to drink.
. That time te far off, and at pres
ent Southern communities are pro
tecting themselves against the cross
roads groggeries and the corner sa
loons by laws forbidding the sale in
the different counties and States. In
the South it is largely a matter of
self-protection. . It te not so much a
temperance wave as it tea determi
nation on the part of the peopleto
maintain order not only in the cities
where we have, organized police
forces, but in the country districts
where men are exposed to more dan
ger from the brutal and the igno
rant, from the drunkard who puts a
thief in his mouth to steal his brains
away .Home und Farm. -
TO A WATERY GRAVE.
Five Young People Meet Tragic End
While Skatinf oa Thin Ice.
Connellsville, Pa., Jan. 15.--Of
six persons who formed a skating
party at the Jimtown Reservoir near
here tonight, five were 'drowned.
They are: John Luxner, 19 years old,
George Cochran, 21 years old, Frank
Cochran, Jr., a brother, 17 years old,
George" Fulmer, 21 years old, Eliza
beth Fullner, a sister: Miss Fuller
and. George Cochran started toward
the center of the resorvoir, but had
not gone far when the ice broke,
and they were thrown into the wa
ter. As the other members of the
party gazed horrified at the spot two
heads appeared above the surface.
Cochran supporting the girl with
one hand, was clinging to the broken
edge of the ice with the other. In a
moment a human chain waa formed
by the other four, who clasped
hands with Andrew Mack, the only
survivor, at the end of the line near
est the shore. Just as a hand was
being reached out to- clasp Miss Ful
mer, there was another crash of ice.
Frank Cochran, Luxner and William
Fulmer had also gone down, the
thmdee giving way under their com
bined weight. Mack was Obliged to
dash to shore: Helpless to save, he
saw his merry companions of a few
moments before, go to death. He
heard a scream and a'chokingsound,
saw uplifted hands above water for
several seconds and then all wasstill
At a late hour tonight none of the
bodies had been recovered. ' ;
MeJUni-Farming Far.
. There Is no way of making farm
ing pay except by making each day
contribute something to the profit of
the farm. Line upon line, precept
upon precept, day by day, these are
the rules of successful farming.
Neglect, indifference, lack of con
tinuous labor-, these are fatal. Na
ture never stands still. Work in
her laboratory goes on every day in
the year and every hour of the
twenty-four in each day. The farm
er must imitate nature in this. He
ought to regulate his work so as to
Why suffer from Rheumatism?
Do you know tbat rheumatic pains
con be relieved? It you doubt tbis
-y o;,e errllcatiun of Chamberlain's
i "a I ,' !. It will rnnke rest and
, r i 'Me, and tkat certainly
r a ' - .t deal to any one af-
l. I . a rbeumum.
WHAT OUR NEIGHBORS ARE DOING.
Occurrences In The Various States of The Union
Since The Last Issue of The Graphic.
secure the greatest results
greatest comfort. There are period
of the year when the weather does
hot permit him to work out of doors,
but these days can be well occupied
about the house and the barn.
Moreover, a man te a thinking ma
chine, and the farming man should
be thinking about farming methods.
We' do not mean that he should
think of nothing else, but if he te
going to have satisfaction in, and
good rules from his work, he must
put himself, into it He must put
his thoughts upon his crops, upon
his soil, upon his markets. He
ought to keep a record; if not a dai
ly record, 1 diary, he ought to keep
a running story of the year's work
so that he may know next January
what he did wrong last January or
what he failed to do at all, what he
ought to have done or what he did
that turned out well. It will not
do to trust to one's memory for
these things. . Time plays us many
tricks, and as we get older we re
member many things that did not
happen, and we forget the things
that everybody about us well re
members. Do not suppose that you can make
money on the farm in any happy-go-lucky
manner. What you want te
methodical work, continuous work,
intelligent work. The future be
longs to the" American farmer. He
has done in this year work that has
saved the whole country from se
rious disaster, but unless it has
saved the individual fanner from
disaster he will take little comfort in
it When we say that the future be
longs to the American farmer we do
not mean that it belongs to the in
dolent farmer nor to the negligent
farmer nor to the farmer who does
not care what happens so it does not
happen to him. It belongs to the
industrious farmer, the intelligent
farmer, the man who learns by his
own mistakes and the mistakes of
his neighbors. Home and Farm.
' Itacate Tear Children.
. No argument is needed to impress
upon cvsry farmer the fact that the
best -;i .1 most valuable crop on any
farm are the little boys and girls
who make happy the firesides of ev
ery father and mother. The man
who through indifference or unpar
donable neglect failed to give his
children the full advantages of all
the school opportunities offered in
his neighborhood last year should
resolve to do the better by his little
ones in 1908. The proper education
of the boys and girls on the farm is
a sacred' duty which all parents owe
to their children. It te not a ques
tion to be argued nor one that any
parent can defend. If . any crop
must suffer by neglect' let it be a
field crop of the fireside. The sordid
selfishness which puts the value of a
dollar , above these priceless little
jewels can only be actuated by an
almost criminal disregard for, the
future of the child or the future of
the community, county, State or
country. Ignorance is the most dam-
aging of all legacies that a parent
could bequeath to a child, while a
proper education is the most valua
ble. No child can now enter the do
main of manhood . or womanhood
and meet the competion of life in the
20th century with any hope to carve
success in material development un
less he or she is fortified and equip
ped with a brain educated and train
ed to do things well. We stress
this important feature of our home
life on the farm because it te the
most important of all else and be
cause in many sections of the rural
districts it is most netdected.
. The man who in 1907, gave his la
bor, and that of his wife and child
ren to provide comfort and luxuries
tor those who sat m easy places and
enjoyed the profits from the pro
ducts of his labor; should resolve to
bring about a change. The Cotton
Journal.
It fills the arteries with rich, res
blood, makes new flesh, and h-. ' V
men, women and children. KoiLir"
can tuke its place, no re? t
done so mucn good as 1 .,. rs
Pockv KounUio Te.. '&.?, or
Tebk'. Nashville Drujj Co., I.,;-:.
vllIe,K.C. ..
with thejVhat The Dispatches Say
t periods! - ,
These Items Taken From Our Val
ued Exchao;ei.
rtefleriew ef What Bas Traatplre
la Other Sections Daring Tfce
Last Wee! aa Slace
Oar Last lane.
AshburyPark, N. J., Jan. 16.
Miss Olga Sjostedt, a Red Cross
nurse during the Spanish-American
war, who recently returned from
the South, bringing with her a hor
roring tale of . abuse, is going to
prosecute T. E. Pender, the planta-.
tion owner of Weldon, N. C, who, -Miss
Sjostedt alleges, mistreated
her on his lonely plantation.
The exportation of manufactures -
from the United States te now in
excess of the importations by 120
millions of dollars. Prior to the
fiscal year the imports have exceed- .
ea me exports, this neaitny con
dition of the Commerce of our coun-'
try will make it hard for a panic to
last long, under wise management of
affairs. - ':'.-';', ",
New York, Jan. 13. Mrs. Cathe-
rine Martin, who was shot by her
husband, Alfred Martin, . in their
apartments in a Brooklyn hotel last
Saturday, died early today. Martin .
died Saturday from a self-inflicted
bullet wound.; The double tragedy .
te said to have resulted from a suit
for separation begun by the wife.
Mrs. Martin was a native of Char- '
Iottesville, Va.
The Rocky Hoaat Tobacco Market.
Owing to the extremely bad
weather of the past week or ten
days, and the rough condition of the
roads, the receipts of tobacco are
very small this week," lasting only a
few hours each day. The offerings
consist most of re-sale warehouse
and shippers tobacco, with but few
loads of farmers tobacco fresh from
the country. When such appear the
buyers are eager for it, and the bid
ding spirited. All of the independent
buyers are out in force, and seem
anxious for every pile of tobacco of
fered that show color and character. .
The common grades still predomi
nate in the receipts, but are more
eagerly sought after than before the
holidays. It is reported that one or
more larger orders for foreign gov
ernments have been placed on the
market recently, which may account
in part 'for the renewed activity. It
is estimated that prices on some
grades are fully 10 per cent higher
than any time this season, r
; Will Forfeit to the Government. '
The order issued to District At
torney Holton by the Commissioner '.
of Internal Revenue to institute libel
proceedings against all land-owners
upon whose lands illicit distilleries -"
are operated, , will no doubt cause
land-owners to open their eyes to the -(
situation : and proceed to search
every inch of their grounds for these
hell-kettles. If this order is issued
to all District Attorneys in North
Carolina and a few confiscations of ::
land are made by the government,
the law giving, this power will be
a strong factor in ridding this and
all other States of "blind tigers."
The order says, that, "the land up.
on which an illicit distillery is found
will be forfeited to the government
and that the man who allowed an
other to pass over his land going to
and from a whiskey manufacturing
plant for the purpose of operating
the same, will be guilty." .
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last arrival was not cci;.'.1-.1 ',.3
best of the lot?
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