A WINSTON-SALEM, N. C. THUHSD A Y. OCT. 4. V90G. PRICE 5 CENTS mm .,mn to Governor Glenn Sst NlgHt Wa Success , In Every way. . Number of ' Pop' i Calfcd t . .u. Twln-Citv Club And 'j Their Respecxi o ... tive of the Stats. .rtceptlon tendered Governor R. W on last evenlllS at the Twln" Clb was a most decided success -o.tiv enjoyed. r wn most attractlve- United for h occasion m ceuar laurel, golden rou ana umuwu L contrast of the dreary scene Lt only emphasized uie orignx- hriiiiancy ami beamy 01 mat a all present endeavoring to do to our popular and weii-Deiovea rnor. ' islte music was rendered dur entire evening by Raleigh's fa- L string orchestia. urinns uiiiich was served by Mrs. L Woodruff. Mr. Walter Nadlng 'uisg Annio Ludlow. iiaptlng Ices and cuke. were sery- lr lhi club. " ',- Lag the oiii-of-lown guests were, itames W. E. Shtpp, Edwin Over- Misses Relnhart. Blue, Louise Ethel Carr, Mary Benbow, .Mary Bethel. Robinson, Brown, (tat, Xoell, Lewis'Swank, Duke, and Lula -Hairs-tony Susie ond Bitting, Annie and , Louise cbtason. Messrs. Caldwell, Foe McNeill. " AT FORSYTH FI DAMAGE AMOUNTS TO SOME MILLIONS Vit No Report of Lota of Life Hat ktii Received. Communication by irdinary 8ources With Several lucei Cut Off. 8trrn, ; It ;, Now Wired at Little Rock, Ark., And Moving North With ' decreased Ve- kcity-Reportt Indicate That Dam Ige Wat Greater Than Thought at lint '. . WASHINGTON, 3ept. 28. It I m at the weather bureau that ' irm bas now centered over Little Jtk, Ark., heeded in He direction of i Great Lakes, but with a steadily rasing force. telegrams liavo been, pouring" into bureau from persona Interested in cotton industry, Inquiring Into the bifedone. Its extent has not yet ft learned but it Is feared the grow- crop has been seriously interfer iin. Reports show that through the cotton belt' with the exception i small area in Texas there were pdiugly high winds, in some s reaching a velocity' of 'more JtJ fifty miles au hour, and very !f rains. Up to ten o'clock this wring n advices regarding loss of te had been received. E ' XEW YORK. Sept.v2S The storm M visited Louisiana, -Mississippi, rama and Florida 'yesterday and ight wrought havoc to railroad Nerty and cotton crop, according to wnes received her today. special from Jackson. Miss.. ;' damages at from $300,000 to ?J.IHI. from Montgomery come the re t of damages to tracks, and land een Flomanton and Pensacolsr. of trackage to Escambia Bay and flity-nine ears of coal washed into r ; j . '. - , - Passengers arriving here thla morn. 'from Mississippi point tell of a pi ioss to crops through the, section r the train passes. Sidney OT ssnq veteran newspaper ' man, left TObiirg Wednesday and arrived F this morning. He states that twin was made to rock by vlo- -of the storm. , I Atlanta is in, communication with Orleans by wireless telegraphy. re comes a report of a heavy wind siurm ln New Orleans last night. Bigger Crowd At The Grounds Today Than Yesterday. Despite The Rain. Horse Show to Be Held Friday, Thit ;'' Making Fair Last Day Longer Than - Fair Last One Day Longer Than Advertised. If 'Weather It at All "Favorable Big Crowd Will Attend Tomorrow And Friday. Despite a drizzling rain, practically all day, the attendance upon the For syth county fair today " was larger than on yesterday. The management is making an effort to get the Southern to operate trains between the city and Piedmont park on Friday, provided weather conditions are favorable, and if this arrangement Is made the fair will be continued one cay longer than advertised. . The rain prevented the races schedule, for 'this 'afternoon. The exhibits of farm products and other attractions surpass all former efforts made by tie -association.';' Governor Glenn's address, at -the formal opening of the fair yesterday afternoon, was , particularly , approp riate an dlnterestlng. He spoke of the great benefits to be derived from the. holding of these annual , county fairs and discussed the .progress being made in farming and all other Indus tries in the old North State. The ad dress was on Industrial lines and was heard Vith genuine interest, ' , Horse 8how Friday. .The Sentinel Is requested by hefair management to state that the horse show will take place Friday, instead of tomorrow, as formerly announced. There will abo be racing, balloon as cension and other attratclona on Fri day. None of the exhibits will be re moved before Saturday. The trains ,'6 the .fair grounds will.be operated on half hour schedule on Friday. With favorable weather great crowds are expected at the fair tomorrow and Fri day. -.".' Racing Evtntt. The racing contests yesterday after noon opened with a 2.20 trot, which was woa by Elector, owned iiy Geo. T. Dyer, of Roanoke; Cn.pt. Cook, owned 'by W. C. Dyer, was second; Kate Campbell,' owned by W. W. Sraoak, third, and Portsmouth, owned by James, Brothers, of Yadkinvllle, was fourth. The time was 2.30 and 2-2H!4. The second event on the'eard was the 2.1C pacing race. It was won by St. Louis, W, W. Burgess owner, the time being 2.19 and 2.20, Lexington and Carnegie dividing, the second money. , .- 1 A 2.25 pacing race followed. Jessie C winning. She Is owned by W. C. Dyer. King Max and Farrls took the honor of dividing second and third money, while Senor Woodland ran fourth. The time was 2.2C'4 and 2.29. J. B. Dyer acted as starter and Robert S. Galloway, D. Rich and C. E. Sheiton were the judges. ' ' Today's Races. " The events announced for today are as follows: 250 trot Bonnie Benton, Venlo, Cap. Cook, Rose Leo, Kotor. ' 2.25 Trot or Pace Senor Woodland, Tom Rowe, Capt. Cook, Magazine, Rose Leo, Lucy Hull. . . '' 2.19 Pace Jessie C. Sadie Temple, Maude Adams, Carnegie, Belle Isle, Pal Medium. ; SIMMONS TALKS T A POLITICS Sentinel Man Interviews U. S. Senator And Demodratlc State. Chairman. Sayt Democratic Campaign It Pro gressing In a Thoroughly Satisfac tory Manner. Feelt Confident That Hackett Will Defeat Blackburn And That Crawford Will Increase Demo cratic Majority. Senator and Democratic State Chair man Simmons, who spent the night here, the guest of Mr; Clement Manly, went to Elkln this" morning, where he made a political address today To morrow lie will discuss political Issues before the Democrat? of Alleghany at their comity convention at Sparta. In an iutervlew this morning Chair man Simmons stated that the cam paign is incving along satisfactorily. "More interest is being taken In pol ttlcs by the Democrats in the State, as a whole, than for several years, said the senator, who added that. In the close counties the party is organizing and getting ready for an earnest coiv tst. In counties " overwhelmingly Democratic the fight will not "warm up" until the latter part of the cam paign. :'v'.""v.-' '- - V' -, ? - Chairman Simmons said ' that the Democrats would have about the same majority In the next general assembly as two .years ago, He thinks there will be very few changes in major! ties, etc. ' : . V - i ;' The senator is confident that, the Democrats of North Carolina will elect a solid delegation to congress. "Hackett will defeat Blackburn by a substantial majority in the Eighth dls trict, whlleiCrawford is likely to in crease the Democratic majority in the Tenth," said the state chairman. Senator Simmons is ''showing up' the federal office holders in this State who are violating the civil Bervice laws by pernicious activity in politics Some of these are likely to lose their jobs. The matter has been referred to the department at Washington Stamp. Clerk J. F. Reynolds Is In the class against which charges of too much activity In politicsvare -likely to be filed. NEGRO IS It T Judge Long Sentences Former Winston-Saiem Negro For Murder of Foreman ' . Beachman. SITE FOR SALISBURY'S PUBLIC BUJLDING ?1S KPT XV (i i-naA nn tsi 1ao.rA thai r8ia is not much hurt by the . except in southern Georgia. A special from Glonaton, Ala., tell3 Jje experiences of a man Just ar 'here from fensacvola. He that he spent four hours in a hurricane, that the hotel caught rame down In. sheets and n the. city ig under water and all J1 is suffering from the terrible OAt.rftTiTTRY Rent 27. Mr. O. D. pikwnrth nf Washington, a special representative of the treasury depart ment. Is in Salisbury today inspecting the various sites, ten la number, of fered the government for the purpose of erecting thereon a public building ini. thin oiiv a hIM for which was passed favorably upon at the last ses sion of congress. Tue appropriation made for this purpose was for $75,000 n it la evnwtpd that the matter of erecting fhe building will be pushed rapidly as soon as a- site is Bgrreu upon. A mass meeting of citizens v.,.-,, ..,: haM last nicht in the In terest of the public building move ment. 11 '-S SHOOTS INTO 1 IP'S ROOM EEXsnoRO, Sept. 27s. Because ,7 ln whom, he had gone to onld not ;et him'enter the house HeMasters, whipped out his pls 'd shot several times into the ww ot ,he roonj , wnere Rolie "fM. the girl upon whom he had ?.Vt!I- ws ln- ne bnnet the bed and another the pillow her head was resting." He .Jnd ore to auperlor court by Murphy -"Tterdsr afternexm. E OFT SIOENM U U. . . n . . . ....... 4n inniW re- KAL.Iilln, BrJi. o- -- port Is going the rounds here about the expulsion of the four members of the Sophomore Class at A. fc M. Col lege. It was given out thai the haz ing the boys were guilty of was mere ly the forcing of some of the Fresh men to do some menial work such as cleaning up rooms. But now It is stated on good authority that ths Sophomores went to the room or a Freshman where several were gather ed and attempted U fofe the door open to haxe tnem " ! . -k .wi in thlee of one of tne, Sophomore. The sharp panlshmen. STt was meted out i. .the , ,m,ld-be PLACE IN DURHAM (Special to The Sentinel.) DURHAM, Oct. 1. The police made a raid at an early hour , yesterday morning and landed a numuer of gam blers' who were arraigned in the'po. lice court this morning ana sent up to the grand jury. , ; The place raided was In the Wright building., third floor, on Main street. The iioilce have for a long time known that there was gambling going on in the rooms raided, but it has been a hard matter to get evidence, yester day morning Sergeant Crabtree with two of his officers, Policemen Rigsbee and Lewter.ralded the place and made the captures. . . Two men were pulled for conduct ing a gambling house, these being Charles Harris and A. S. Peel. They were unable to give bond and remain ed in the city lock-up until tills morn ing when they were tried. Five others were arrested on the charge of garni). ling, these being; Abner Webster snd his son, Foy Webster; Charles Har ri s, Walter K. Dabnam and Thomas Walker. Charles Harris was in for both gambling and. Conducting the gambling htAise. He gave bond as a gambler bit his other bond was so high that ite could not raise tn nec essary cashX While the police have known for some time that there was gambling going on In the rooms or rather have suspicloned this to be i fact they did not know -until the raid that there was a regular gambling den. Poker tables and other furniture was found in the room and those who bad charge had a regular "take out" so the offi cers have been Informed. There were others in the room when the door was opeued but these were used as wit nesses in the case. Superior Court Convenes. Superior Court convened here this morning with Judge Fred Moore on the bench. It is a civH term of court and will bo for two weeks. There sre eighty-three cases on the docket and some of these are lor large amounts In. damage suits. It is thought that most of the cases on the docket ran be disposed of during the term, but there are Several that will take con siderable time to try. New Addition Under" Way. The new addition to the Second BaDtist Church is now well under way and will soon be completed. This ad dition is to cost $18,000. It Is propos ed to have the new addition complet ed so as to hold services by the be- gining of the new year. In addition to this work tne new tpiscopai church, to cost over $20,000 is well un der wav and work is Just now sianeo on a aew Baptist church to be erected in North Durham, Uiis to cost sk.ooo. in ihp meantime the Main feireet Methoo'lst congregation is preparing to begin werk on a cnurcn lo cosi $100,000 or more. AH beers are pure, tint are not all of the tame quality. Portner'a Hof brau Is made of the finest malt and hope obtainable; hence Us supei-lority. Execution of Frank Bohannon, Col ored, to Takt Place During October. Kltar Crutchfitld Sentenced to . Life Term In Penitentiary for Com plicity With Him In Killing of Beachman. '. Frank Bciliahnon, colored, a former Winston negro, woo was convicted In Guilford superior court of murder In the, first degree for killing R. E. Beachman near Jamestown, has been entenced to hang on Thursday, Oct 25. ; Klser Crutchfield, also colored, was given a life sentence In the peni tentiary fur being an accessory. The counsel, for Crutchfield gave notice of appeal to the supreme court. Judge ' Long, In pronouncing sen hence upon Bohannon, said: ; - "You have been tried under the laws (hut govern not only yourself. out eveiy cltlsen of North Carolina. The most prominent man In the State may be tried as you have been and jonvlcted by the Jury If they are sat sfleil that the offense Is committed as charged. There Is no higher offense known to the law thau the taking 'of human life. There are only four of fenses, according to our laws In this State, for which life is demanded by the law, and you have been convicted f one of those. -You have ha coua leVyou have had your witnesses' to testify In your behalf and the court. 'ias endeavored to give you a fair trial.': The Ignorant man thinks and tometimes sayt that a sentence is a sentence of the Individual, but this Is not the case, - It is the sentence of he law. The same law under which you were convicted would convict him (the court), if under similar, clrcum- ttances he be found guilty. There !g no more painful duty that de olves upon a Judge than th pro- lounclng of sentence of the law In capital cases. The sentence of the aw upon the verdict and hence the enlence of fhe court in this case Is that the defendant, FraiHc Bohannon, e demanded to the common jail of Jnllford county for safe keeping until Thursday, October 25. 1900, when he aalt"1)e taken therefrom by the sheriff wtween the hours of 10 a. m. and 8 i nv and hanged by the nock until ip is dead; and may the Lord have nercy on your sou!." : '. The Record says that when i ths jrlsoner first arose he seemed Cool ut as Judge Long proceeded with he sentence Bohannon began to grow 'isibly affected and Just as his honor moke the last word, the iereninnt vho had begun tottering, collapsed iompletely and sank Into the chair 'rom which he had arisen. He trem lied violently and his groans sounded jltlful in the extreme. Dr. A. T. urooKs was summoned to attend him. He was removed to one of the Jury rooms ind .placed on a cot. FIRE DESTROYS Tl OF Nearly A Hundred Have Lost Lives In Fierce Storm PROPERTY LOSS IN CITY OF MOBILE. ALA., ALONE IS ESTIMATED NOW AT THREE MILLION DOLLARS AND FOUR MILLIONS IN NEARBY SECTIONS. ADAMS, POLICY KING, 5 the by COMMIT - NEW . YORK. Oct. 1. Adams, policy King, committed suicide shooting; himself In .the head at liis apartments sonic time this morning. Worry over the failure of his bucket shop enterprises Is supposed to'have beon the cause. ' ' ' The hullet passed through his head and lodged In the wall of his private hallway leading to Aiinms apart ments. He was found lying on the floor in . his night clothes. He hud fired the shot standing In front of a mirror. He was discovered by the hall boy. ..'.' v ;;,? . According to Coroner Harburger letters found in his rooms would In dicate that Adams died worth eight to ttrf million dollars and the coroner insisted there must, be some reason other than. heavy llnnnelal troubles to prompt the ex-policy king to take his life. He leaves a wife and five chil dren. ' . 1 v ' ' . . DR. WINSTON WILL COTTON IN MOBILfc SECTION IS RUINED Mr. W. E. Alsspaugh, a brother of Forsj th'a sheriff and one of the coun- tvs most successful larniers, nnu Van containing about 1200 pounds if toliacco destroyed by fire Thursday Mr. Alspaugh declares that his loss las caused him to resolve that he win never raise another pound or the WAnother barn, filled with the leaf, was destroyed by fire in Vienna town ship Wednesday night. The tobacco was owned by R. Ci Conrad and the barn by Newton Boose. ' CHRISTIE BRED THE AUTO RECORD .1 NEW YORK. Sept. 28. Braving dangers of treacherous turns on roads of the Vanderbilt cup course. Walter Christie drove his srtxty horse power car over the distance of 29 mile in 27 minutes and - smashed record early today. Christie's record was made in a practice spin. He had ear course and swung around, tne death-threatening turns without slack ening his pace. The record was pre viously held by Joe Tracy, wno covered the distance in Vanderbilt elimination trials last Saturday in 29 mfnutet and 29 seconds. RALEIGH, Sopt. 30 President Geo. T. Winston, of the A. & M. Culleae. has accepted an Invitation to deliver ths address on education; for the Mecklenburg county fair Friday, Oct, 19. The school children of the city and county will he admitted free to ne.falr thut day and President Win Hton'a address will be on "How to Choose a 'Profession . or Culling for 1.110.' . .t . SANTOS DUMONT IS ; COMPELLED TO QUIT Additional Reports Received Today With . Reference to Qrsat i Storm That Started On Qulf Ceaat a Faw Nlghtt Sine Would Indicate That the Amount of Damage Don Is Much Greater Than Was Supposed. Something of tho Great Havoc Wrought by the Terrible Cquinoo- t tial Disturbance j . . .. MOBILE, Sept. 29. Nearly a hniv dred Ijves were lost In the gulf hurri cane, which did great damage In this city. .;- Keiwls from nearby towns Indicate thut death list will be Urge. Provis ions are about exhausted and ths poor are starving. Eight thousand hornet are In rului. The damage to this city will amount to $5,000,000, wlille estimates of ths loss in outlying districts reach $4,0n), 000. : , The beeches are strewn with dead as the loss of marines was heavy. T.hfc military are In control and are trying to uipet the situation. There Is a complete cessation of business lo Mobile as the commercial districts are Inundated. - . . The, dead along the shore are being burled as quickly as found. Shipping hat been destroyed. Wharves are washed away. The cotton crop in this ctlott Is ruined. . v . -. , - Later Reports. 1 MOBILE, Bept.' 29. The lUirm did ijamuge to the- amount of $3,000,000. The dead are now estimated at fifteen. Eight churches wer ' wrecked, ' Ths : destruction of shipping alone' will reach half a million. PKN8ACOLA, Sept. J9.-BO fsir but one body has. been recovered hers, PARIS, Oct, I 8antos Dumont, representing the United States in the balloon raco -for Gordon cup. which started here yesteiday, has been com- fini . .? ,0"L,of th.e ""'""''iwlll llnd.no expression of opinion WIN8T0N-BALEM REPUTATION. Our People Should Sustain It At Any Reasonable Cost., , - To fhe Editor. I heard a man In Raleigh say the other day, in 'speaking of the splen did receptions our people gave to Sec retary Shaw and Mr. Bryan, that there was "one thing about Wlnstou-SsJem Bhe never does things . by halves, and Is always equal to every occasion." This is a splendid reputation for a town lo have.. Go wheie you will, you owing to a severe Injury to bis arm. Hecaugnt his arm lit the cordage of his aerial ship and the member was badly torn. He was compelled to descend when 75 miles from Paris. BALLOON RICE FOR LONDON, Oct. 1. Six of sixteen balloons which left Paris yesterday In the International race for the Gordon Bennett cup, are known to have crossed the English channel. , Frank K. Buttlnr's English balloon, Cll of London,", and Count De l-ajdo La Vaulx's French balloon WathalAt, passed over Hastings . this morning, Three other balloons have been re ported passing over British territory. FELL FROM A TREE. Surry Farmer In His Effort To Catch A Squirrel, Fails From a Tree ana Sustains Serious Injuriet. ML Airy News. Aaron Creed, a man of perhaps 35 years of age. had a little farm six mllet north of Dobson snd he and bis wife and children were happy, and liv ed comfortably by dint of economy and good management After he had planted his crops In the spring hall destroyed the result of his labor and it was too late to replant. Last Satur day be was working In the field, and seeing a squirrel run up a tree near-by ho climbed the tree to catch it. Wben about 25 feet or more from the ground the limb broke and he fell to the (round. Injuring his back. If he Uvea he will be a helpless cripple nnable to cultivate the little farm that was his only means of supporting himself and family. He Is a man held In the high est estrem by his neighbors and they sre giving him every attention they can. : APPOINTMENTS FOR The following appointments for distinguished Democratic speakers In Forsyth have , been announced by County Chairman A. 11. Eller: Hon. W. W. Kltchln: Winston-Salem, Monday night, October 22. Vien na, with county candidates, October 23. Salem Chapel, October 24. Rural Hall, at night. October 24. Governor R. B. Glenn: Walkertown, November 3. Kernersvllle, at night, November 3. Clemmonsvllle, Novem ber 5. Winston-Salem, at night, Nov ember 5. . i ; , Ex-Governor (J. D. Aycock: Winston Salem, at night, October 2. CHANCE IN WINSTONIA HOTEL MANAGEMENT ' Mr, E. V, Fearrlngton, of Durham, a relative of Dr. J. P. Fearrlngton, suc ceeds Mr. J. M. Goddard as manager of the Wlnatonla, the new hotel at the corner of Third and .Chestnut streets. Mr. and Mrs. Goddard and son left the city Sunday morning. Mr. Fearrlngton, the new manager, has bad eight years experience in the hotel business and comes here with splendid endorsement as a hotel man. Harry Dalton bas accepted the posi tion of clerk under Mr. Fearrlngton'! management. - v to a city that creates a better Impres sion upon me puuiic iuiuo mau an opinion of this kind. If our people will at ull times lay aside small private matters and private demands and prej udices and rise to the occasion when ever a matter of Importance to th u -tire community Is at hand the return will be fourfold, it is like bread vast upon the waters;, and, while it doss not return until after many days,. It comes surely, substantially and boun tifully. - ' -.-' ' We have an annual fair In Winston. Salem. The dates for this year are October 2-4. The question 1st Are. all of our people going to rise to (lie oc casion and make It a success!1 While the world Is looking upon us with fa vor and believing In us as a communi- . ty, can we afford for it not to be a suc cess? - .. V . , : If the peoplo of Wlnston-Salera themselves will only make the proper arrangements r all of their employ- ees to bo free to attend tiie fair Its success is assured. I think Mayor Eaton's csrd In The Sentinel was ex actly to the point. We should not be small about these' matters, but who ever worketh or hath In his employ a clerk or bookkeeper or employe of any kind should make preparation at once so that every one can have ths opportunity of lending bis or her pres ence to the fair. It strike me that our. merchants are more interested In its- success than any one else and can greaily contribute to Its success If they will so make their arrangements that all clerks can get out. at least part of a day or 'part one day and part notber. This is merely a sug gestion by one who loves ths town snd Its good reputation sbroadV A FAIR ONK. ENCLISH SPINNERS FEAR COTTON CROP SHORTACE LONDON.' Oct. 2. The probability of a shortage of the cotton crop In Am erica is causing alarm among English manufacturers and there are tears that prices must be rsrsed to record level for manufactured goods. Eng land wants 12.500,000 bales of Amer- , lean cotton next season and It Is be-' lieved she mar be able to secure 10,- Oofl.OOO or more bslea at an Increase in price of half a cent a ponna wnicn means a total Increase of $rw,00ft,ooo to meet British requirements. The traders on Mncne,er and Liverpool exchanges' are roost sensitive) over the situation and bears have been nn able to item upward tendency of prices at these exchanges. -..' t-ii m

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