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7 y ( ..('.. i 1 . I X A NOEL L B nop I Proprictoro. Vol. XX. GREENSBORO BADLY SHAKEN. Five Cars - of Merchandise Totally ! Ruined and Seven others Badly Damaged--Freight " OfflceaV-- and Wholesale Bulldfs Have a Kar - iow Escape: - . - .! V) Greensboro, Oct. 9." Three ; ter rific explosious at i. Vclock to night, threw Uie ; city into ; alarm for buildings everywhere rocked as if the power of an earthquake was directing-the blow. The fire v alarm located the source ;of disturbance on the fifteen-track shifting yards of the Southern , Railway, in the heart of town, near the passenger station. In shifting hox cars loaded with all kinds of merchandise a box of dynamite in one car was ex ploded by the concnssion, followed by a second explosion " in; a car three lengths ahead and a third ex plosion in a car - two" lengths--removed from the second. :The three cars were fihatterui'like glass, -the other merchandise taking fire- In numerable cars on , the various tracks caught fire, but, at the peril of their lives fromCbther possible explosions of oil taoks,. powder, cartridges or more dynamite, the firemen rushedf in, ihe raitroad force separated the cars as fast as possible and prevented a general conflagration of tbe large,, freight ffices and wholesale buildings- ; Five cars loaded with ; lall kinds of merchandise were ..totally conl- sumedJ sevett r cars :?and contents badly damaged - and the trucks bumedf in - many- places. By u o'clock the fire was . under control, there being no personal casualty. It is impossible to estimate the dam age. .jvJ:-"; -? v.: ; ; . . - Preparing to tayv -V-.Y. New Chwang, Manchuria, Thurs y, uci. 1 ne Russians are taking no steps to restore the gov eminent of New Chwancr to the Chinese. On the contrary, they are hastening the erection 91" extensive government buildings and have added abojther gunboat to, ;the na val forcefnere. ' " ;;; 7 Reports from Northern. Manchu ria indicate ihat no 'movement has been made towards the evacuation of that territory,, and Russian ofh cials are discussing, the-P?rmanent occupation of the points pow . held being the settled policy.. " The Russian viceroy, . Admiral! Alexieff, ;has been" .conducting pint naval and military manoeuv res on a great scale in, the - victoity of Port Artnur this week. Ninety Russian war vessels of; all "classes were eno-aorp: . . r. Engineer's Wife Sues Southern. HARLOTTErA'N. C.. OCt. 12. Mrs. Dorothy A. Brickman, widow of EnmWr TTprW.'ppUflT,. who lorslifedier.atVish- Creek trestle! has -instituted SUlt aorQincf OWm t-Ur -JT?n? I rnnH f- a ' V' W1 uamages 10 tqe amount .01 py$$ at a 1 : . , r notice ot the suit Was mea in Vorkville Saturday. Theattorneys 111 the suit are Xegare and Holman, of Charleston., . ThVnd engineer formerly ,ived in" Charleston. At the time of his death he was an en- gineeron the : Southern,,, running . - . tween 1 Marion.. North Carolina and Camden, South Carolina. A movement ha3 been: etaited in Aj,Qeville to erect csme cert clvzzzzo- T?H7TiAliA-. TATmTT yttiii Hurdle Mill Notea. , About all kinds of farm work are now over TOit.h -V : i jpatherlnga and shuckings, which are .... , " vv VAVfMUUU VJL MUl UU now; beginning to come into line. Our cchool opened up Ilohday with ;'b very good attendance 1 The oomiu.ttee was fortunate in securing him Nellie Moore again. Shsjtaught our last school, and won the respect and love of nearly all, if not every student, that attended while" she taught, and they were all proud to welcome her again into dear old Ter rell Academy. , 1 . - Mr. John Loy,; of Roxboro, is visiting in this vicinity .this week. - Another additionito our village is a nice dwelling beitjg erected for Air. K L. Wilbon. ': - The writer had the pleasure of 8 pending several days last week in th thriving town of Mebanef . . ; While there I bttended a, Methodist revival two nights, and the sermons I iis-J tenexl to were preached by Mr. Mello. (""ay, of Bunington, which I consider the beat I ever .heard fiom the de" nomination 1 aiso nau me pleasure of looking oyer the White Furniture Company's large plant, which is in deed a monarch. 1 close. Oct. iar1903. . f J Schmitz'8 , Sandbagging, : ; Raleighc Oct. , lo.Italeigh' is laughiife-tcnight at Benrafd Sch mite, of. Baltimore, oneJ&thewitt nesses.m the Haywood ; caser who gave out a cock nd tmll Vstory Thursday nigbt to tHe police that he had bften attacked oy sandbag gers on he street It was discover; ed to-night that a little white ;boy whistled and Schthiia;. who. is ex cessively timid, ran and dashed into a telephone pole. It was this which gave him a blow on the head.: The boy who whistled , saw the whole affair and has told; the whole story. Wind.Blew, 72 Miles An Hour. " ir4l,irrtrin. tSpL ' sOffi. io. The .Viimiuwm j , - rpTPired a reoort from the signal station at Cape Henry, Va.; v . X to-day saying that the wind : was then blowing 72 miles an hour and was carrying everything before it. The regular steamer from Norfolk, - here- tllis morning - .c ut exoerience in -L. tftrv of tlie linei with one ex o ..An ThP cteamer came lip the ohesai ake Ray in a 60-mile, gale u ef . h t with tf.e seas washing k - th how '11 niffhti but escaped without accident. Evervbody's Magazin for Octo- be- comes heiaiaea wim ? uf nouncement that; unuer us rnv tho p.irnuiation nas grown bv 100,000 copies during tbe nast four months. Now , the normal UjauuguivM . - - . L, - mhoi. whi Ia the reading worid is I t-u rncrt nf neWSStaUUS anu I it-a Atroninora ont of. doors, the spfuuo i v.v.o- -r . . L:is nff hv thousands, ana the w hitme and P"" strength' on the Vuntumn Kumbers wmch ar to pull him LaW fo his higbwater line, and per- haps . little bevona. or terpnse, uw o.,mh v na iue uusuuiw uv nrpfcinjt the - brave jump in new tho fan One piclia :up the Evcrvbcdy's to cee why it , has. io lated the uuai pruuuto. Witbbest wishes to all, I willPrts to the Comptroller.: He has 1 !' V- : - 4. E30p QFinOT! ACHOAD Vi " A, .Wednesday W;.R. HEN RY ASKED TO RESIGH vraerea to Cease Visitations, to Banks in His Capacity of Natioca 1 Banlr .Examiner for North and Couth Carolina and Alabama. Washington, Oci 10, The "res; ignation of Walter B. . Henry, na tional bank examiner for the States of North and South . Carolina and Alabama', has been requested by Comptroller of the-Currency Ridg ley. Negligence and carelessness in his, work is the cause; assigned. The demand for Mr. Hehiy's res ignation. This information was ob tained at the Treasury Department today, and, whtn it became known; created genuine surprise among. Tar Hevls here. .The, demand .for '.."Mr.. Henry's : resignation ; was made several days'ago and, as .yet;; it has not been received.. The - pre sumption is that the(-Carolinian will not surrender; his very profit able position, without' putting up a fight,; and-his arrival here, with that of Chairman Roliinj, is not unexpected, The principal J charge against Mr. Henry , is that he has .i neglected his wor&, and is far : be hind in his examinations . land' je-- been ordered: by the Department to cease visitations to " hanks io ; his territory, and, at, the -cime time, his resignation was requested, ; to gether with atf government papers in his5csnxc:6n. "if. -t. ::-H,Bj;yarher; North Carolina Press Association, was here this week, s arrahgingfor the mid-winter convention of that organization in: December, : Head quarters have been secured-' at the Natiojal Hotel, and the 150 Tar Heel scribes who are. to make, ; the trip will be handsomely ehteriain-r ed. The , congressional delegation from the State will do 1 its-share, and the Washington PrihtersSup ply Company, Maurice Joyce" En graving Company and the R- P. Andrews'-Company "are ; arranging a fine programme. This will include a banquet, trips to Arlington, Mt. Vernon and Alexandria, C drive3 about" the city and a theater party. Meetings will be held in a hall at he National Hotel. The - principal address is tcrjbe" delivered; by Joe Mitchell Chappie, editor of . The National Magazine, of .Boston' his subj ect being ,The . Relations 7 of the Publisher to the'Advertiserand the Advertising Agent and How to Build Circulation. "The associatipn has never met out of the btate or in the wintertime President Varr- ner declares it .will - be the , most profitable, as well as the most in teresting meeting in the-history oi the association . v ; : A House Small But: artistic i Oana house . of moderate cost meet more than, the practical f needs or the dav? this question s answered ih aconvincinar' arrirmative bv the house which is described and pic . ... . , - - - - tured in the November Delineator. In dpi it; of the limitations preccribed bv economy, this house poscssses a distinctive charm and refinement, in pdditi n to the usual conveniences and comforts of the modern home. The interior finishing contributes a touch of originality, and the fur nishin are artictic, while in cer tain portions of the) hcuc?, to fur thirth2 ends cX ccc.c"iy, bcu:;- uUcly iw:nnity 1- M " - f, EK Evniniia, October 14, 1903. STATE JJEVS. Conbord Times: i A teacher in bar graded School recently told one of her pupils to form a sentence containing the word RagsianVf . The teacher J73 greatly atansed, when the follow ing fiehtenceLwas; handed in: wThe train" went:iU8hin'jby.f,t;',,"r"'-" v n t A StatesyHje Landraafkr A pecnliai accident befell a hor3 belonging to Mr tEcmus Holland,:of Olin town ship,; a few days ago, 1 The horse, while lying dovn; bv some means got a hind foot in its mouth. The. calk of the 6hoe became" fastened behind a tooth , and the mouth had to be prized iopen to release the animal from.its unusual predicament... Stanly Enterprise: ; It is. a matter of note that the entire product - of the Albemarle Furniture and; Manu facturing Company for. the ensuing twelve months: has letn . sold in ad vance to one buyer. ;v While' this fac tory is yet younsr, it is alreadv well estaDlisned.'v Winston -i Sentinel :V .Tom fiege, who a Seventh Day A!d?entist, and observes Saturday instead of Sunday ; as a day ofT rest, was fined $1 - and charged with '.'the-4 costs .by. Mayo Eaton receritl v for . sellin sr water melons on Sunday. : Tom refuses to pay the fine bn conscientious prihei pies and thus the matter stands. Kinstqn Free Preset Over 150,000 pounds of tohacco was eold on : the focal market in one dayvat prices prsncajly' unchanged from the brer vicui wesk's rulisj figures. Tha moveraent of the crop is getting more liberal, and it is expected , that the iealei will pick up ' markedly during the present month. V - " ! :, ; VChaAhar4.Ricord: cnd. whof went from Edshton Street Methodist church, of Baleigb 7J as a missionary to Brazil in 18987 oh ad count of the failure of her health returned to her home in Kaldgh las year. Having regained her strength ihe is now making a tour of the Fay eteville district, addressing the women and organizing thera into the Women's Foreign " Missionary pp Dunn Banner. , Tne county corn missioners 01 Jonnston county at their regular meeting Monday res fused to grant license to sell whiskey at Benson., It will be. remembered that Benson voted on this question in August, and the dry facuon had a maipnty : of j on,,; but upon some ground the election , was declared void.or lllegak The commissioners have only sustained, the. majority of me voters of the town. 7 , , Durham Herald:,. Robert Hester, atprominent young man or Creeds moor, son of Benjamin Hester, and prominently, connected in that part cf the State, has ben taken from here to Granville county :npon the charge of burglary. , He was arrested by' Sergeant J..M. Cagle aiid carried backby a7 deputy who came here from Creeilmoor. , Y6ung Hester, whqjsabout 17 vears of age, is charged with enterfng the store of L. T. Buchanan, in which there is sleep ing: quarters for Ed. Rogers, his clerk:-:' lt is aid that he entered the store several time3 and that the case against him is very strong. , ' , - Our stock of Mens, Ladies and Children's - ' V.ri7 j Vzljj 7u7i . cannot be beat and will not bo matelied. Cono to 110 fq? drc: Gcc: cop x - "liount Airy Ne-sirThofsrnitr.: j factories are running fall tic;3 r::u always fullcf orders. It x::z r:x intercs'tisg dht ;fl5sd.iy cTCh to Z23 the hundreds c employees mr.rcl:- ing to the cay cflico to hi pzid clZ 1:1 Ci3h. This thinrr -happens cv;:7 other Monday in tha -year end it means , that more than a hundred thousand dollara go into circulztica in Mono t Airy "annually ' from tlio furniture : factories t albnt! : Town builderSr-yesthcsa factories are do ing their f ull part in this direction; Asheviile Citizen : ' It can be stated pp good authurity that several distil leries in counties east of the- ridge are running in open defiance of tho Watts law. The names of proprie tors of these etilJs and their locations cannotbe learned' because the officials of the United States revenue depart--ment are not allowed to disclose the" recDrds -of r their office. The only record jirhich is open to the public is register showing the names of thosa to whom license has has J)een granted to sell liq nor " ; --: - y m 111 nm : 7r: 7 " - - ' ' Having bought a full stock 'of,, furniture "before the late rise, we -feel certain we can save you money if you will call and examine our stock. Wc , are"'at.th'2; "j'" Old Stand t on Jail Street, ' and wilh take pleasure in showing you our stock, cell cr I and- examine our ctcc!i fr? : syourselvesi :-7 , -.:7; : : DANIEL & TUCKER, 3 o - - . oa l3- V f; S3" CD 1 1 CR O a . o B a S3. P o II II trirn" ,111173 Cr7: . 1 : 1 ' -X 4' ..- , - - ul at the grave of Bill Nye, vLo ia r.uMu m an unciirhecl cr-73 c A8heyiUs7. cu L. -
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