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NEW BERN, CRAVEN; COUNTY, N. C. TUESDAY JUNE, 11, 1912 FIRST SECTION
35th. YEAR
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TRUST PROBE
; LAID ON SHELF
Nothing of Moment to be Done
- " Uotil After the Presldeu-
-- tial Election.,
New York. Jane ?th.-Because the
Matte had not passed the bill giving
' the house committee on banking' and
currency more power to investigate tha
I money trust, chairman, Poja yesterday
' announced that no testimony wou'd he
taken at this time or tantil autumn on
the main branch of frqiiiry. ' . '
- Pujo mid a trie announcement at the
outset of the hearing, t which was be
gun fn the custom house, with J. Law
rence Lauchlin, executive cha'rman of
the National Civic League, as the first
witness. Samuel Untrtneyer s'ppeared
as inquisitor for the committee, agist
ed by E. H. Farrar, of New Orleans
Pujo aaid that the committee now
' was without fower to enforce its de-
: mands and could not compel testimony
and it was deemed advisable not to try
to take important evidence nntil si
doubt as to the comml.tee'e powar Was
settled. He added; v
"The committee considers it ina l vis
able, in any event, to conduct thia im-
. portant and far-reaching I qiiry during
the heat and exciteme it' of po'itica!
campaign and has not contemplated any
uch course."
We have a complete line
of Fruit Jars and ( Jar Rub
bers, at the right prices. y J
S. Basnight Hdw.Co.
Saint John's Day Oxford Orphansge
This time h ndred celebration will be
held this year at Ox'orJ Orphanage,
Oxford, N. C. Saturday, June 22nd, in
stead of Monday 25th, , .
.". This has come to be one, of the most
representative gatherings which occurs
ta our S ate. " E ich year, for a great
many, it has been the cuitom for the
Urand LHlg of Masor.s 1 hold a
Special Co.omunlcati n V. th Orphan
age. .,, In this way this occasion hisb n
the means of bringing together lirge
crowds, and friends frrm ail over the
State have begun io look forward to it
With great pleasure.
Each year crowds seem to get larger.
Last jo tr. it was estimated .that 10,000
ta 12,000 people attended. Preparations
are now begun looking to the enter
tainment of even larger number than
usual. The railroads have 1 made ' ar
rangements to put on sale reduced rate
tickets and to ran special excursion
train on all the roads on that day com
log Into Oxford,
The address of wo'come will be de
livered by Mr. T. G. S.em, of Oxford,
N. C, and the oration by Rev. F. H. T
Horsefleld. Rector of Sr. Stephen's
Episcopal Church, Oxford, N. 'C.
The inspiration of tiese occasions
has reached and tendered many hearts
as they behold the great work being
done for the Orphan children : of our
State.' The location is one of the moat
attractive In the State and the! Institu
tion is the oldest and one of the larg
est, - r;- -
High Piic s ot Meat.
New York, June 8. Women p'edged
to a war on I igh prices of ttaple foods
have started a cam aign of viqlence in
Brooklyn.directing their eiforta against
meat shops. :,v-v-
- There were riotous scenes when the
plat glaas door of one shop was shat-
tared while 500 . women screamed ap
provaL In three or -four other slops
militant housewives attacked custo
mers, kcocking from their hande par
cel of meat and trampling upon it.
Dealers were warned against continu
ing to offer meat for salo. A canvass
Of tha disttict dic!osd that eight shop
had obeyed the otdrr of the housewives
removing all meat and piomiaing not to
make any further sales until they cn
doaoat lower price,
The scenes of disorder were limited
to two sections in Brooklyn, wl ich are
- foreign quarters. ' . .
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, Cotton Worm ia a. c
Rock Hill, S. C., June 7. -The ct
. ton ca erpi'lar, a little worm that made
havoc with tha eition plant late last
fall, has made its sppiarance ftt this
county and the farmers a-e already li
king steps to exterminate the pest.
The agricultural department at Clem'
son College baa been a-ked to assiKt'in
this work, an 1 the farmers will no
doubt begin at once to apt inkle arsVna'e
of lead on the infested plants. It ft un
usual for the pest to appear so early
and it cou'd devour (he entire plant in
a short tlms once the wormi begin to
accumulate in m mbra. '
You say your ice cream
723 not properly mixed?
Then VOU didn't make" the!
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A 1-.1.
mixture in an nntAx nuui-
J. S. Cacnisht Hdw. Co.
ALL AMERICANS '
WILL BE SAFE
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in Waters Adjacent to
- '.Cuban Territory.
Washington, June 7th. -"-With four
American battleships steaming toward
Guantanamo.. the marine force immedi
atIy available for pro' eel Tog American
lif and .property . in Cuba,. U "increased
to over I,o 0." The battleships M noe
sota. Missouri, Mississippi and Ohio of
the fourth div'sion of the Atlantic fleet
which put out from Key. West under
ihsCommind of Rear Admiral U-hor,
have aboard 800 marines. The ships
should arrive at Guantanamo today.
The cruiser Prairie which already ha i
landed 400 under command of Colonel
Lucas, has 350 more aboard. Four bat
tleships of the thirl division, still at
Key West, have nea.ly 1,000 marines
aboard. -.. - ;
The combined forces on all the ships
near Cuoa which vwould only be landed
in te most pressing emergency would
total the American force available "to
over 3,500. It is estimated that 1,000
American marines would be th? equiv
alent of five .times that number of Cu
ban regular soldier. The State depart
mrnt confirms President Gomez's decla
ration regarding the non political na
ture of the American naval movement.
- President Gomez informed the Uni
ted States, through American Minister
Beaupre, that he is forming a volun
leer guard to protect foreign property
and asked that his recent order for
Krag . ' Jo'gensen rifles be increased
from five to ten thousand, and that two
mill on cartridges accompany them
Gomex urged the United States to make
every effort to facilitate the q lick de
1 very of r.fles and ammunition.
Heroic
Motor-man
Livt'8.
Saves 7&
Cambridge, Mass., June 6. Several
persons were injured, 75 were badly
L,h(,ken 8mj bruited, end the ah. le car
fu 1 narrowly ecped plunging to death
in the Charles river when an in-bound
car jumped the trw k on the Western
avenue tridge.
I Men, women and children g' ing to
wi rk leaped rem thVir seats in s panic
many being bacily crushed in the rush
for eaft ty. 1 he heioism of the motor
man. ho stuck to his pnst. and kept
winding up the brake even after the
front platform hung far over th wator,
kept the car from slipping into 20 feet
of water, . . ' - .
. Notice to Builders. ,
I haveY large stock of all kinds of
sawed Shingles on hand. Will sell
cheap to make room for a lushing bus!
nss; also lathes in any quantity. Fur
nished or unfurnli-hed rooms for light
housekeeping at No. 101 Craven St.
opposite court house, delightful loca
tion.' See B g Hilt, the Reliable Shingle
Man. Office 153 South Front street
Phone 566. . ' '"
Lorlmer To Quit Is Latest Report,"
;,Waihlngton, D. C .June 7. It is now
rois'dered altogether probable that
Senator Loiimer, of Illinois will resign
before a vote i taken on the re-trial of
hie case because of the appeals that are
being made to him to save his support
a e in the Senate from having to go on
record again In his bthalf, whn it h
certain that the result as a whole will
be adverse. r " ; J i"
The defeat of Senator Gamble for re
nomination in South Dakota where the
issue of Lorimt-rism was the predonvn
ant one In the campaign, following the
significant results in all of the other
casea where the same issue has been
factor, is believed to have settled the
nutter. Lorimer insisted upon comi' g
to Washington to find out the situation
in the Senate for himself, but hie can
vas has convinced him that there is no
hope. .'! '
It is rumored that Senator ' Simmons
of North Carolina, who is in the mid 4
of a csmpsign for re-ncmlna'i n, is cn
of the senators vo'ing fcr Loijmxr laH
year who would "vote '"against Mm ni;
but Senator Simmons himielf rt fujei
to make any statement.
Claims Large Reduction, -r
Columbia, 9. C, June 6. That the
moit conservative figures for the prin
cipal cotton growing States show a total
reduction of 6,071,750 arret, was the
statement contained io a report tcday
by E J. Wa'sn, Commissi ner of A
r.culiure ot South Carolina, and prtsi
donl of the Southern Cotton Cor grets,
on the remits oh aintd under the"Rock
Hill plan" for reduction of cotton acr
ae, which wa inaugurated by John G.
Anderaon. of E ck Hi I. The rep r
which wai addressed to the members of
the cotton c Higres places the acreage
redui ion at about 18 percent. Accord
In to h rfPr' received President
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witwn numiin mil
the c op this
yetr will be about 2.630,0 bales less
thai 1311.
F
THIRTY KILLED
Ammunition Factory Is Blown Up
! and Fearful Loss of Life
Kesutts.
' Vienna, June 8. Thirty men are
known to have been killed early yester
day, and torn fragments of booies scat
tered all ovtr the vicinity indicated thnt
many mow were blown to their deaths
by an explosion of an ammunition fac
tory at Mollsdorf, near here.-
To hundred tones of powder blew
up, and the entire countryside was
haken as if by an earthquake.
Tne shock was felt heie. and Emper
or Fianz Joseph, in the royal castle at
Schoenbrunn, was alarmed, The build
ings of the ammuni ion plant werecox
p!etely wrecked, and in the debris 30
bodies were founl.
Portions of other boiies .indicated
that more perished, but it was impossi
ble to estimate the number.
Get your floor Stains, Hanover
Brand, none better, from New
Bern Furniture Co., 76 Middle
St., Coplon building.
Cottonseed Oil Butter Is Cheap.
St. Louis. June 7. One item in the
cost of living wii! bo cut in h tlf a
leajt if m-mbers of the Interstate Cot
tnnsefd Crushers' ASfOciation, which
mst here for their s'xteenth annual con
vontion, can induce rit zens to use e
riewproluct. C. W. Ashcnft of Flor
nee, Ala., vibe p ejiiknt of the aiHOci
ation, announced that a cottonseed ol
"butter" which will retail for 18 cents
a pound can be pnduced.
The aafoi-i ition, arcoroi g to J. J.
Oilberson of Pri, Texai, will pass u
resolution -opposing ide present (axon
oleomarcarine. The convention il
continue three days and 1,000 delegates
are expected to attend.
American Sailors Outclass Germans
Norfolk, Jun? 8 -American skill and
strength completely ouUlasscd that of
the German sailors in the international
navel fi l l and track meet held at th
St. Helena Training S'ation jesterdy
afternoon. Intti ad of it leing a German-American
ccnipt tition it scon nar
rowed down to a gruelling fight between
the teams entered from the battleships
Kansas and I.ousiana. The Kansa--
att Ktej repeated t'icir trumph over th
same teams several weeks ago, winning
the meet by a five poin mirgin. They
scored a total of 49 p ints to the 44
chalked up I y the blue jackets from the
Louisiana. A drizzling rain kept the
crowd down and m id the track slow,
but seven records hung up at the other
naval meet went by the boards. The
three German ciuiserj. Molike, Brem
en and Stettin, now in Hampton Roads
sent a score of a'h etes to complete.but
the foreigners won only one event,' and
that a preliminary one, Five men from
the flagship Molike of the German
squadron out tugged the quintet from the
Keeeivingship Franklin in the tug of
war.
Philadelphia " synonym
of excellence in Lawn Mow
ers. They push easier and
cut smoother. J. S. Basnight
Hdw. Co.
' h Put on War Footing.
, Washington, June 8.-To place I he
revenue cutter service on an efficient
war footing, always prepared to j m
the navy in an emergency, every crew
his been ordered, for the first time in
history, to undertake periodical target
practice, in accordance with the naval
drill regulations. Each vessel will prac
tice every sraton tn its own station.
Like in the navy- records will be pre-
servtd for the awtrd of etinaotsand
h- nms i.i mark mar ship.
Within a few weki every revenue
cu'ter will have been supplied, by the
t avy with modern six pounders to re
p see the obsolete guns wi'h which they
IiBVj been armed. ' This work has been
going on for several months and all of
the cutters have been so equipped ex
c pt the Gresbim, Yamecraw a d the
two new ships the Unalga and Miami
: New Furniture House.
Under the ttyle name of the New
Bern Furniture Compinv, a new fun.i
ture store has been opi ned at No. '6,
Middle street, Cop'on building. Messrs
C O, H. Doyd, and W.S. Mallard com
puee the membership of the Arm. Uoth
are young m m of considerable energy
and huttle. ' With several years experi
ence already as salesmen, it la not too
j much to predict a successful business
I eareer for them. .
Tnelr stock is not all placed in per
fect dinplay order y t but enough can
'be een to show that it was very care
fully selected. ,
POWDER
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STATE C0:iJ-;
TlOnjESTERDAY
Locke Craig Is Endorsed For Gov.
ernor of orth Carolina.
Special to Journal - ; "
s Raleigh, June Bin'; ,10:30 pi' m. The
f tate Convention was held, in this city
today. The delegate from the third
district held aii(miprj ,ts
convention.- - - ' "'l.';"'-': ''" :
J. H. Bell, of Jones county was elect
d member of Committee on Creden
tials, i::--; ' -P,
M. Pearsall, of Craven, was elect
ed a member of Permanent Organisa
tion Commit tee.
C. S Wallace, of Carteret was el ct-
ed district vice-president of State Con
vention. A. D. Ward, of Craven, was elected
member of Platform Committee.
The convention was called to order at
12:20 o'clock by Chairman Elltr. After
roll call i x-governor Glenn was made
temporary chairman, making a strong
HON. LOCKE CRAIG
Endorsed For The Next Governor of
North Carolina at The State Con
vention Yesterday.
speech on Democratic meat ares. Com
mittee rn organization ntmed, permar
nal rfficers, chairman F. D. Winston,
tecretaiy Walter Murphy.
Siate olficers were nominated with
out speeches. In a splendid speech
Pelix Alley, of Jackson, presented
Locke Craig for governor, provoking
reat applause. On motion the nomin
ation was made unanimous. Mr. Craig
scoited to platform received great
nvavtion responding in a magnificent
speech, :
Raleigh, N. C June 6, . 11 p. m.-E.
F. Douhtridge, of Nash county was
nominated for Lieut-Governor on fifth
a lot, after five times balloting. -
Quits The Race,
Atlanta, Ga., June 8, Refusing to
' 'go m rtaee ycur little farm," as he
is reported to have been told by those
h induced him to enter the race for
Goveinor Thomas G, Hudson, former
Commissioner of Agriculture, has an
ounced his withdrawal from the
Gubernatorial contest, Two reasons
assigned by Mr. Hudson for his action
are failure to receive financial support
for his campaign and his failure to se
cure the support of Thomas E. Watson,
who, he fays, "held the winning hsnd
in every Georgia campaign since 1906.
The retiiemrnt of Hud-.on leaves
John M. Slaton, of Atlanta, and Joe
Hi II, of Macon, as the only candidates.
Marines Already Landed
Number.
Scant la
Santiago, Cuba, June 8. The United
States gunboat Paducah has landed fifty
marines under Lieutenant Torry, at
Elcuero Mines, and aixty marines under
Captain Gulfo, at Punta DeSal, These
gurnsons will be Increased as soon as
poisible. They are considered insuffici
ent n w to protect the properties there.
Underwood Cotton Bill ; is
; Favorably Reported.
Washington, June (.The Under
wood cotton tariff reduction bill was rs
port, a favorably In the bouse yesterday
by the ways and means committee,
The bill Is identical with that passed by
both houses and voted by President.
Taft last August - j
' D moeraiic leaders repeat their chim
(that tha enactment wou!d save mora,
than $80,000,000 a year to the users of '
cotton clothing. The bill is expected
to pass the house q.iickly, but may en
counter rnmplimaiiona io the senate.
Th committee's report claims that
by I ha passage of the law not only
wou'd tha people's burden be vastly
reduced, but that actual loss of revenue
would remit. - . .
Loss of sleep caused by
mosquitoes can be pvercome
With One thorough applica-
a - x t - . t r-
tion of our Scree;
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MARKET REVIEW
Weather Starts Prices Upward,
Speculator Active. Big Con
sumptive Demand Expected.
New York, June 8 Cotton has ad
vanced owing to several causes. Firtt
the weather has latterly been Unfavor
able. . There have bead ' reports of too
much rain la Georgia, Alabama, Missis.
Sippi and Louisiana, 'while at the same
time more rain is needed in Tennessee,
Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma. Mean
time the spot markets lave been strong.
This is a rfljx of remarkable large ex
ports this a -ason. They are now 10,-
275,000 bales and it would not. be sur
prising if they were increased by sever
al hundred thousand bales more before
he end of the season Noeuch exports
were ever before known in the hi.-tory
of the American cotton' trade. Ameri
can, spinners and traded interests have
been steady buyers, fh4 government
report on June 4 was ncjt so bad as Home
had expected. The consensus of opinion
among, (he bulla is thti the outlook is
not favorable for a big crop, tinme
eritics predicted a crop xjf nearly thir-
l Mil lT' . P .
teen million oatee on ine, ohsm oi iiw
government report. Bat hulls contend
that what the country . seeds is a mop
of fully 14,000,000 bales if not more Jt
was noticed in the forepart of the week
even after the government report was
received that the ntarket showed note
worthy re.-ioting power, it dragged
along, however, with nogreat activity
until Wednesday when rfce reports of
txceseive rains in tha Atlantic and
western Gu'f States Which caused a
sudden outburst of trading which on
Thursday swept prices up 25 to 27 oinb.
in short order. Large Wall Street in
terests bought on a big scale. In a few
hours they are said to have purchased
50,000 bales. Nor was this all. They
h'd been buying for some days and are
supposed to have taken within 46 hours
some 75,000 bales, la many cases they
bought heavily. The Waidorf-As'oria
shorts became alarmed. , Qn Thursday
they bought some 25,000' baleB. Big
spot houses aleo bought finely. Room
traders who had taken the short side
covered with precipitancy. There i:
an undercurrent of bullish sentiment
here however, which bears bave found
it prudent not to ignore. It is based on
expectations of a short crop and a bi
c nsumption, Excessive rains in Geor
gia are being emphasized by the bulls.
PILES ! PILES 1 PILES I
Williams' Indian Pile Ointment will
cure Blind, Bleeding and Itching Piles.
It absorbs the tumors, allays itching at
once, acts as a poultice, gives instant
relief. Williams' Indian Pile Ointment
is prepared for Piles and itching of the
private parts, Sola by druggiats, mail
60c and $1.00. Williams' M'f'g, Co,
Props., Cleveland, O.
Will Resume tha Coinage of Gold.
Washington, June 8. Tha constant po
pular demand for new glistening coins
has caused the United Seatee govern
ment to resume the coinage of gold, al
though the proportion of bullion which
the treasury is authorized to hold iu its
vaults has not yet been reached.
Director of the Mint Roberts said that
the government should always be in
position to meet panic conditions with
ample margin to receive all the gold
bullion offered for immediate exchange
for coin. .
The slock of gold in tha revenue and
trust funds of the government amounts
to about 11,184,000,000 in coin and but
lion. One-third ot this amount, or near
ly 8395,0X0,000, according to a lav pa?
ted by Congress last year, may be held
in bullion, Only 1201,000,000 is now in
bullion, however.
Hotel Xnglnccrs Joining the Strike.
New York, June 7. -The strike of 16
ergiueers, electrl ians and firemen of
the Hotel Net' e Ianda'force gave s new
sest to the waiters' strike ytsterdar.
With the quitting of these man came
tha threat that this was only the begin
ning, and that not only would other en-
oinmnwa mnA flrmMn fend le-trfii'inB in
fc tha hoU,. ,trllI. -,lkoutl
nnM ,h. h. -.m. ,ori.
Md g0f cubl.
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Prof. Csrrswsy Is tlccttd.
Swansboro, June 8. Prof. Bruce H,
Carraway who has dona much for ed
ucation at this place baa been re-elect-d
auperindent of tha Swansboro Grad
ed school.
It was through him that Swansboro'e
two story school building was
raw .
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and Detectives.
Roanoke, June , Striking miners at
Wacotna, W. Va., lq the Kanawha Coal
Fields fired oa detectives. A battle fnl-
inMi n Italian minir was &uiaa.
-j
Five strike
held for attempted murder.
CRUSHED in
WIGIREEARE
Vancleiniaire Went Down With
all of -Its Crew on Board When
Kipped Apart by Battleship
St. Louis.
Cherbourg, June 10. Francs suffer
ed another marine' disaster and lost her
fourth submarine w)en the Vaudemia
ire, in the mimic warfare off Cherbourg
peninsula was crusljed down by tha bat
tleship Saint Lo4s and disappeared in
150 feet pf water. Tne submarine was
undoubtedly ripped apart by the steel
prow of 'the battleship and all hope has
been abandoned ot saving the crew.
An official statement issued by the
Minister of Marine fixes the number
of men aboard as 23, including the com
mander, Lieutenant Prioul, and Ensign
Audic. Although a board of inquiry
was immediately appointed, it is aald
that no i blame attaches to the Saint
LouiB as the Vendemiaire came to the
surface directly under the battleship's
l ow and the collision was unavoidable
Tin o' her submarines lost wre the Lu
i. n, tlics Faradetand Pluvoa.
Thrilling AutomihUe Race.
TaVing advantage of the beautiful
watin-r a large number of New Bern
citizens walked out to tne National
cemetery Sunday afternoon and spent
an ho.it' or m"re at that beautiful spot.
Na'i. n I h venue all during the after
noon was crowded with pedestrians and
v. h eUs Shortly after 8 o'clock those
who happened to be on the avenue just
at i hut time were startled to bear a
terrific roar and to see a huge object
II -i: h by at terrific apeed, leaving in i
wake clouds of dust. Within less than
a minute the automobile, xor aucn it
wai, agair. sped hy, this time at even a
more terriftic speed. Down the avenue
the driver steered the machine, wind
ing in and out of the crowd of pedes
trians and vehicles with almost mirac
ulous dexterity. Those who saw the
machine and its reckless driver are of
the belief that they wen moving at
the rate of leaat sixty milts an hour.
Doubtless the young maa driving the
machine was doing this for the purpote
of "showing off." but if he cruld have
heard some of the ridiculing remarks
directed toward him there is but little
doubt that he would have acted in a
more sensible manner Such diiving
endangers human liyes, and although it
may possibly gratify tha whims of one
person, that is no xcuse for such ac
tions.
Suit Against Gen- Booih-
Dresden, Germany, June 6. -General
Booth, the famous 82-year eld blind
chief of the Salvation Army, is the de
fendant in a libel action which will
come to trial here in a few days. . The
Association of Dresden Bar, Cafe and
Saloonkeepers complain that tha "War
Cry'Mibelled them in1 It a bitter criticism'
of the conviction here of Dr. Bark, the
German Temperance preacher who was
found guilty of libelling some of the
Dresden brewery and saloon proprie
tors. They bave brought suit against
General Booth and J the ''War Cry"
editors, K
See our fine display of . furni
ture before buyinz. We have a
lot of new styles in very pleas
ing designs. New store. New
Bern Furniture Co., 76 Middle
St., Coplon bujldiog.
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The Supreme
Court Xc Dukes Lower
Court.
Washington. June 8. -With the de
claration that the eemmerce court was
not to substitute (iself. for the interstate
commerce commission, tha United States
supreme court in s oeciaion today revers
ed the commerce court and upheld the
interstate .commerce commission. The
principal decision! were announced by
Chief Justice Whieand concurred in by
the entire court, ' -The
supreme court reversed the com'
I merce
Court's decision which would
have allowed the rai'tvads tn carry rail
road fuel coal at tower rates than com
mercial courts. The (nUrststa eommis
aioa was upheld. ' . , .
Jumped from Bed,
' Buffalo, June 7.r-Jthur HammonJ,
an actor, aged E?, is in the hospital in a
delirious conditio. Be plunged head-
foremost from tha fobt of the bed to
the n r, areakuig bis neck., uts auras i
1 was absent Hammood is fromGold-
M&cVeagVi tsfmple Life.
Washington. JiAieS Secretary of tha
Treasury acV!gh, 'a millionaire, is
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' aeiiua ui f ... ju wr iu muuutm miw
street dairy 1 i room,
DISASTROUS FIRE
VISITS LEIGH
Cotton Warehouse of Nokomis;
Mills and Many Bales of
Cotton Destroyed. Loss
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Lexington, June 10. Lexington was
visited with one of the moat disastrous
Area in many years yesterday morning
when the cotton warehouse of the No- "
komis Cotton mill caught fire. The
warehouse was divided into1 two sec
tions and thanks to the good work of (
tha firemen, only onarection was burn
ed The section burned contained 295
bales of cotton. A great many bales
were completely destroyed and all were
very badly damaged. Just now it is im
possible to estimate the amount of dam
age done but it is expected that it will '
exceed $10,000. It is fully covered by
insurance. ,
The fire broke ont about ona o'clock.
According to officials of the company,
the fire must have been of incendiary
origin. -. Tne warehouse lssiiuaiea wen
out of danger from the boilers and
away from the railroad, and there is
no house close to it that 'ever has fire
in it. The theory is advanced by local
officers that the boose was fired by
some tramps who took shelter in the
waiehouBe. So far aa can be learned
the mill people have no clue to the guil
ty party or parties. ' 4.
Tom Watson Bound Over to
Grand Jnry.
Augusta, Ha., June 8, Thomas E.
Watson, the former Popul st leader and
presidential cand date, was hound over
to grand jury yesterday . under $500
bond after a hearing before United
Statee Commissioner Godwin, on the
charge of sending obscene matter
through tha mails. The matter object
ed to was contained in an article in
Watson's magazine, attacking the Ro
man Catholic Church. Watson was ar
rested at his home st Thomson last
week.- -. --.,.. vj. - -. "r f
More Soldiers Needed.
Caimera, Cuba, June 10th.-Colonel
Lucas, in command of the U. S. Ma
rines, has decided that 10 mora compa
nies are needed to protect tha foreign
interests Iwtwten Guantanamo and Sao
Luis. These properties sre owned by
French, British and Spanish Compa
nies. It will also ha necessary to place
a guard along the Guantanamo West
ern railroad.
Tha insurgents ara becoming more
active io that region. They cut the
wires and burned several buildings a
few m.lta from Guantanamo,
Thaw to go to County JalL
White Plains,-N, Y. June 8. Su
preme C.'Urt Justice Keogh filed an or
der y it rdsy permitting the transfer
of Harry K. Thaw from the asylum at
Matteawan to the county jail here.
The transfer la to take place on June
8, and Thaw is to be kept at the jil
subject to the further order of tha
Court It is believed this order was
obtained so that Thaw would be within
eas.ar teeth of his counsel in the pro
ceedings instituted to procure his re
lease, which ara scatduled to begin
here on June 17,
WU1 Check Hasty Marriage.
Grand Junction, Colo., Juna 8. All
rectors of the , Utah diocesa of the
Episcopal church have agreed to refuse
to perform wedding ceremonies except
after twenty four hours' notice. They
insist that it is undignified to roll out
of bed at unreasonable hours to join
eon pies who rush In to be married be
fore p rental-objections arrive.
The Kev. T. C. Smith of St. Mat
thew's Church, Grand Junction, aaid:
"It lowerj the institution of holy mat
rimony to rush into it without serious
meditation and twenty-four hours ahead
ia not too long to think'
Senate Keports Naval BUI Providing for
Mora fighters, .
'Washington, June 7. -Tha Senate
committee oa naval sffalis yesterday
decided to report the naval appropria
tion bill to the Sena'e tomorrow. It in
cludes' the provision for teo new battle
ships this year, together with other ad
ministration racnmmendstiona which
tha House refused ta grant The bill
wiU carry $133,000,000, an increase of
$15,000,000 over the eurrent appropria
tion. nrhm lisdro Dies But Wins El Bet.
.Durham, Jnoe 6, Psul Cullen, a
negro workman at the East Durhum
coal chute died yesterday afternoon as
the result of drinking flvs half pinis of
whiskey to win a bet with a white n : -..
The negro drank ever a quart of v : t
corn I: j'ior in about an hour. i
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