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CHILDREN VICTIMS AT PRES- ,
BYTERIAN HOME.
Heroic Deed of Woman. Fifteen
Brought Safely From Falling
Building by Mrs. Priest?Jury
Exonerates the Home Authori- 1
ties.
Lynchburg, Ya., Oct. 26.?Late
this afternoon the remains of the 1
five children who were burned in '
the fire which destroyed the Shel- ,
ton cottage at the Presbyterian ,
Orphan's Home near the city at j
4 o'clock this morning were re
covered though they were burned '
past reoegnition. '
A coroner's inquest which con- 1
eluded its work at 8:15 o'clock *
tonight threw no light on the 1
cause of the fire, but the verdict '
included a statement fully exon
erating the home authorities from '
blame.
The children were all in the J
second floor of the wing of the ?
building and they were caught by 1
the fire in a manner that made '
their rescue impossible. Ruby
Moorefield, however, was taken 1
out of the building, but when she '
ascertained that the young sister 1
was still inside she ran back into
the burning building and lost her
life.
The tire was discovered by
Mrs. 1'riest, the cook, who was
aroused by the roar of the flames. '
When she saw that it was then
impossible to get the children, out
by the stairway the entire base
ment and first floor at that time
being enveloped, and that it
would be but a few minutes be
fore the whole building would fa
she rushed to the third story and
brought 15 children down to the
second floor lending them to the
veranda top where they were tak
en down a ladder, several of
them dropping into the outstretch
ed arms of the older boys in the
institution.
When these children were all
safe Mrs. l'riest had to jump for
her life and in doing so sustained
a dislocated shoulder, a sealp
wound and an injury to her
a disloaeted shoulder, a scalp
wound and an iinjury to her
back. She will recover. While
all of the escapes were miracu
lous only one of the rescued girls
was injured, and she escaped with
a sprained ankle, sustained in
jumping.
Cotton Ginned to October 18th.
"Washington, Oct. 25.?The cen
sus report shows 5,525,591 bales
. counting round as half bales ginn
ed from the growth of 1909, to
October 18 compared with 6,296,
166 for 1908, 4,420,258 for 1907,
and 4,531,621 for 1906. Sea Is
,land cotton 36,330 for 1909, 32,01
for 1908, 18,775 for 1907 and 12,
091 for 1906.
The number bales ginned of the
crop of 1909 by states is as fol
lows:
Alabama 513,535, Arkansas 327,
645; Florida 34,903; Georgia 1,
112,700; Louisiana 144,073; Miss
issippi 393,414; North Carolina
253,245; Oklahoma 329,709; Soutl
Carolina 622,570; Tennessee 101,
190; Texas 1,672,812; all other
states 19,799.
Baaly hurt in Gin.
Four Oaks, Oct. 28.?Roby
Adams was caught in one of the
gins belonging to the Adams
Co. today, lie was cleaning out
the gin when his right hand was
caught by the saws and the arm
drawn into the gin. The arm was
broken in two places and torn
badly. In some way he threw
the belt off but it was twenty
minutes after the gin stopped be
fore they could take him out of
it. Doctors Dickinson, Ilooks and
Stanley amputated the arm this
afternoon about three inches fron
the shoulder. lie is seventeen
?years old and a son of Mrs. So
phia \dams.
STATE NEWS.
Cyrus Parliam, of Durham, an
Did man of about 73, who was
soon to have been sent to the
County llome, and who was so
badly affected with Bright's dis
ease that the physicians said he
:*ould not live more than thirty
lays longer, was killed by a
freight train on the Southern
main line at that place Friday.
Raymond Ellis, age 20 years, of
Wilmington, was fatally injured
last Friday while coupling cars of
freight train, on which he was
flagman.
Walter Stallings, of LaGrange,
iied Friday of hydrophobia caus
ed from a dog bite last Way.
Clingman Benge, a citizen of
Winston-Salem, was found dead
m bed last Friday morning. On
rimrsday he was enjoying his
usual good health, but he remark
ed to his sister that he would die
luring the night. Little atten
tion was paid to the statement
md his death fulfilling his pre
iiction came as a shock.
While hauling rails last week,
T. W. Aldridge, a Lenoir county
farmer, met a tragic death. His
mule ran away with a loaded cart
He was dragged under the wheels
and his body was so badly crush
ed that he died a few liouVs later.
Charles Finch, a fifteen-year
aid boy of Thomasville, fell from
a moving train in Greensboro Sat
urday and was so badly injured
that he lived but a short while.
He fell while passing from one
ear to another.
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?jones ruin*, 01 lJiirnam, uux;
resigned as solicitor of the Ninth
?Judicial district, to locate in
Boston as attorney for the United
Drug Co.
The North Carolina Synod is
in session at Red Springs this
week. Rev. J. M. "Wells, of Wil
mington, was chosen Moderator.
This is the 96th annual session of
the Synod.
Jo. Cotton shot and killed
Frank "Wilson, at a construction
camp of the Southbound railroad,
in Forsyth county last week.
Both color Cotton has disap
peared.
The stewards of three Char
lotte clubs?the Business Men's
club, the Tar Heel club and the
Park Driving club?have been in
dicted for retailing liquor.
The 5 year-old son of "William
Fields, who lives near Goldston,
Chatham county, was smothered
i hursday in a pile of cotton seed.
He was playing with other chil
dren in the seed pile and later
was missed. When found he was
covereu in the seed pile and was
dead.
Indictments were returned Sat
urday in Onslow county Superior
Court against a dozen or more
parties charged with violation of
the antibucket shop law of North
Carolina. The defendants in the
bill are charged with being the
buyers, sellers and those who
"furthered the alleged transac
tions.
Editor "Whichard, of the Green
ville Reflector, was assaulted on
the streets of Greenville Saturday
by J. R. Ilutchings. Hutcliings
had published a statement about
the editor which the latter de
nounced as a falsehood. During
the scuffle the editor drew a pis
tol and fired twice but the balls
did not hit ilutcmngs. A pistol
was found on the latter when he
was arrested.
SHOT BRIDE AND HIMSELF.
Charles Rhinehart Commits Sui
cide After Wounding Wife.
Norfolk, Va., Oct. 2-">.?Charles
Rhinehart this afternoon, at the
North Coal Company's mines,
shot and fatally injured his 13
year-old wife. She had started
for water, and when only a few
yards from the house, he drew a
pistol and fired three times, the
bullets taking effect in the back.
The man then ran about 200 yard
from the house, stopping and shot
himself through the heart, dying
instantly. The girl will die.
Trouble with Rhinehart's moth
er-in-law is said to have caused
the tragedy. The couple had
been married about a month.
COTTON MILLS
TO SHOT DOWN.
RAW COTTON TOO HIGH FOR
PROFIT.
Thousands of Operatives Will be
Idle as a Result of Curtailed
Production in New England
and South Carolina.
Boston, Oct. 25.?The officials
of the Arkwright Club reported
today that cotton manufacturers
in New England, representing
several million spindles, have ex
pressed their intention of follow
ing the club's suggestions for a
curtailment equivalent to 224 ,
hours between November 1 and
August next.
While some of the mills may i
not curtail unless there is gen
eral action by a large majority,
many other mills will close their (
factories regardless of what ac
tion others may take.
It is said assurances have been
received from mills in New York
state that they will follow the ex
ample of the New England mills.
If the other mills represented
in the Arkwright Club join in
the movement, between nine and
ten million spindles will bo af
fected.
Greenville, S. C., Oct. 25.?It >
was announced here today that
the cotton mills in Greenville, An-i
derson and Greenwood counties,!
finding it impossible with the
present price of raw cotton to
sell their products at a profit, ha
decided to curtail production by
closing down one day in each
week, effective immediately. One !
million spindles and 25,000 looms
are represented in the mills in
cluded in the agreement. These
mills consumed annually 300,000
bales of cotton.
Anderson, S. C., Oct. 25.?Be
cause the price of cotton goods
does not correspond with the hig
price of raw cotton, the cottoft
mills of Anderson and adjacent
counties will operate but five
days a week. This action was
decided upon today and became
immediately effective. Several
thousand operatives are affected.
Tt was not announced how long
this curtailment would be in fore
CONFERENCE AT BENSON. I
Methodist Laymen to Meet There
October 31st.
The Laymen's Conference of
the Methodists of this section will
be held in the Methodist church
at Benson next Sunday, October
31, beginning at 10:30 o'clock,
and dinner wUl be served in the
grove just opposite the church.'
Mr. W. S. Stevens, of Smithfield, J
is chairman and Mr. N. E. Edger
ton, of Selma, is secretary. The
Elevation choir will furnish good
music and a good time is expecte>
The program is as follows:
llvmn 180. All Hail the Power
of Jesus' Name, by the Eleva
tion choir.
Scripture lesson and prayer.
Hymn 653, Morning light is
breaking, (Tune, Webb).
Object Qf the meeting, by the
Chairman.
Short Talks:
"The Laymen's Relation to
i His Home Church," Mr. E. S.
iYarborough, of Duke.
I "The Four Oaks Circuit," Mr.
; B. B. Adams, of Four Oaks.
"Business Methods for Church j
Finances," Mr. W. M. Sanders,
] of Smithfield.
"The Right Distribution of a
Laymen's Time in his Business
and Church Duties," Mr. L. H.
Allred, of Selma.
Short talks by other Laymen.
The Elevation Choir will ren
der sweet music between talks.
The public is cordially invited.
o
The United States government
has filed a suit against the New
England Navigation Company for
50 cents.
Attorney General "Wickersham
declares that the District ./ail is
a rc^roach to the nation.
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JUDGE PECKHAM
Ultn SUNDAY.
APPOINTED BY GROVER
CLEVELAND IN 1895.
Had Served as Member of Su
preme Court of New York. Was
an Able Lawyer and a Strong
And Fearless Judge.
Albany, N. Y., Oct. 24.?Rufus
W. i'cckhaiu. Associate Justicc of
the Supreme Court of the United
States, died at 8:13 this evening
at "Cool Moore," his summer res
idence, in the village of Altamont
Friday night he had a sinking
spell, but rallied Saturday after
noon and it was thought he might
survive for a week or two long
er, but Saturday night and Sun
day he grew weaker.
Angina pectoris is given as the
cause of death, though the heart
trouble was complicated with
Bright's disease and hardening
of the arteries. Justice Peckham
had been in ill-health for some
time, but his condition was not
considered serious until recently.
Ilis heart action, which became
affected after an attack of asth
ma in Washington, had, however,
despite the efforts to stimulate
it, steadily failed..
Rufus William Peckham was
born in Albany, November 8,
1838. lie came of one of the
oldest families in the State, and ,
nis father, Judge Rufus Wheeler j
Peckham, was for years one of;
the most eminent jurists in New |
York, being at the time of his
dentil, which occurred in the
shipwreck of the Ville de Havre,
November 20, 1873, Justice of the
Court of Appeals.
In 18(>9 Mr. Peckham was elect
ed District Attorney of Albany,
and conducted several notable
cases. lie represented his Con
gressional district at the National
Democratic Convention of 187<?,
and was an ardent supporter of
Tilden for the Presidency. In
1880-81 Mr. Peckham was Corpo
ration Counsel of Albany, and in
1883 was elected a Justice of the
Supreme Court of New York.
While holding this position he was
elected, in 1880, an Associate
Justice of the Court of Appeals,
and while on the Appeals hench
he was appointed, in 1895, by
President Cleveland one of the
Associate Justices of the Supreme
Court of the United States.
On the bench and in public
speaking Justice Peckham was
noted for the positive character of
his opinions, often delivered with
such fearlessness as to win him
the name of being the most out
spoken man on the United States
Supreme Court bench. His opin
ions were considered as among
the ablest and clearest coming
from the highest court.
Commissioner Narron's Court.
Commissioner John A. Narron
had in his court here last Friday
Charles Game, of Boon Hill town
ship, whom he bound over to the
Federal court for working at a
still on -Tack Eason's land. On
Monday Ward C'apps was bound
over for operating and for feed
ing his hogs at the same still.
Jack Eason's case was sent for
\.ard to the Federal court for aid
inj and abetting the running of
t'.ie still on his land.
Robbed at Raleigh Fair.
Mr. Robert I. Lassiter was rob
bed of seventy dollars by some
negroes last week while in Ral
eigh nt the Fair. It is said he
took out a roll of money to pay
for something and it is supposed
that it as seen by the robbers.
Just a little later he was passing
through a colored ear of a train
to get to a car where he could
j get a seat when he was suddenly
| seized by som> negroes who held
him until his pockets could be
searched and thj money taken
I They made their escape and no
>ne knov. s who they were.
GENERAL NEWS.
P. H. McCarren, State Sena
tor and a noted Democratic poli
tician of Brooklyn, N. Y., died
Saturday morninig of appendici
tis. He underwent an operation
on the 13th and his ocndition had
been critical since then.
At Los Angeles, Cal., Wednes
day nignt three boys, from 8 to
10 years old, were blown to piec
es by an explosion of giant pow
der caps. They bad secured the
caps and were playing at mining
when the explosion occurred.
Nineteen thousand looms and
000,000 spindles in Spartanburg
county, S. (J., are idle as the
result, of the decision of the
presidents of the cotton mills in
that county to curtail the output
of their plants. There are also
curtailments at various other
points.
A dispatch from Ilartshorne,
Okla., says that ten miners are
dead, two injured and one is mis
sing as a result of an explosion
in Mine No. 10 of the Rock Island
Coal Mining to. Thursday. Nine
bodies were recovered. The men
art; believed to have gone beyond
a "dead line" with lighted lamps
in entering the mine, the lamps
igniting escaping gas.
A committee of 15 colored men
from Ohio, Indiana and Ken
tucky, representing the colored
citizens of Fairbanks, Alaska,
presented former United States
Senator Koraker a gold tndal in
Cincinnati the other day in recog
nition of his efforts in behalf of
the colored soldnrs who were
dismissed from the United States
army for alleged participation in
the Brownsville (Texas) riot.
Texas Cotton Crop Short.
Mr. Clarence II. Poe is in re
ceipt of a letter from President
D. J. Neal, of the Texas Farm
ers' Union, declaring that the cot
ton crop there is the shortest in
the history of the State. Letters
from other States also indicate a
short crop.
President Neal says:
"The cotton crop in Texas as
it looks now will not exceed one
and a half million bales. It is im
possible for it to exceed 1,750,000
bales. In many sections of onr
State the rain was insufficient to
bring up the cotton that was
planted, and today the fields are
just as bare of vegitation as they
were the day they were planted.
In other sections what little cot
ton was made has been gathered
and the eattle turned into the
field. It certainly is the shortest
crop in the history of Texas."?
News and Observer.
CORN GROWING CONTEST.
Committee Called to Meet At
Smithfield November 10.
All the boys in the county who
entered the corn growing contest,
all the various committeemen who
were appointed to measure the
corn of said boys, and all those
who offered premiums to said
boys and all other people who
will are hereby asked to meet in
the court house in Smithfield on
Wednesday, November 10, 1909,
at 11 o'clock A. M. The object
of the meeting is to decide what
three' boys have won the pre
miums, and to award the pre
miums. Furthermore, we would
like to lay out larger plans for
next year.
While there is no appropria
tion to pay the committee for
their trouble, their services being
given solely for the benefit of
the boys, yet we hope they will
come promptly. Then in case any
controversy should arise as to
land, corn, fertilizer, etc., the com
mittee will be here to explain.
This meeting, let me emphasize,
is very important. Let a large
crowd of our farmer friends at
tend the meeting.
J. P. Canaday.
L The funeral of Patrick Ilenrv
' McCarren, the Democratic leader
? was the largest Brooklyn has
? seen since Ilenry Ward Beechei
<lied.
JAPANESE PRINCE
ASSASSINATED.
GREAT STATESMAN SHOT BY
fc IN HA JED KOREAN.
Japanese Leader was Premier at
44. Was Murdered at Harbin aa
He Alighted From His Train.
Prince Ito was ADOut 70 years
Old.
Ilarbin, Oct. 26.?Harobumi Ito
a prince of Japan, but the great
est commoner in the empire, for
two years the uncrowned ruler of
Korea and who was hoping to
build up that country anew, was
assassinated by Koreans today
just as he alighted from a special
train here, having come from
Tokio in his capacity as presi
dent of the privy council on a
mission of peace. Suddenly a
half dozen revolver shots were
heard, followed by the cries of
those standing near the Prince,
who had either been wounded or
imagined themselves to be.
At the second shot Prince Ito
staggered and fell fainting. It
was subsequently found that he
had received three bullets, two of
which entered the abdomen.
Prince Ito did not recover consci
ousness, and died 20 minutes later
The perpetrator of the outrage
was not hard to locate, as he
stood defiantly in the crowd,
revolver in hand. lie proved to
be a Korean, and, with two com
panions of the same nationality,
boasted of a conspiracy to take
the life of the former resident
general of Korea in satisfaction
for the alleged tyranny of the
I'rince over the Koreans.
As the police pounced on the
three Koreans the one who did
the shooting exclaimed dramat
ically:
"I came to Harbin for the sole
purpose of assassinating Prince
Ito to avenge my country."
None of the three Koreans at
tempted to escape. The assas
sin, while claiming to have been
inspired by a patriotic motive and
to believe that Japanese wrongs
to Koreans justified his act, ad
mitted under examination that he
had a personal grudge against the
Japanese statesman, who, while
resident general in Korea, had
caused the execution of several
of the murderer's friends.
Ilirbumi Ito, the "Bismark of
Japan," four times premier and
the head of the elder statesmen
who practically decided on war
with Russia, was between 68 and
71 years old. Home of his biog
raphers say he was born in 1838,
but the Japanese year book plac
es the date at September 2, 1841.
He was prominent in the affairs
of Japan for many years and con
cluded the argument with Li
Hung Chang after the Chinese
Japanese War. He made several
tours of the United States and
was LL. D'd by Yale in 1901. He
was created a court in 1884, made
a marquis in 1895 and a prince
in 190ti.
'In 1885 he succeeded Prince
Sanjo, who resigned aas premier.
He was then 44 years old.
OLD LOVE ROUTS DIVORCE.
Couple Parted Two Years Remar
ry With Children Witnesses.
Cincinnati, Oct. 21.?Just 30
years ago today Kathrine Martin
and August Lux were married in
Cincinnati. Two years ago today
they were separated, both claim
ing incompatibility of tempera
ment as the cause, and this even
ing they were remarried.
Lux is 52, his wife 55. Only
the four children of the couple,
the oldest being 18, wore present
when the ceremony was perform
ed at the Lux home.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Lux asked
that no presents be sent thom, anc
that none of the neighbors make
' any undue celebration.
, "We have got ovtr our diffcr
i ence and feel that %vc can live in
? harmony together again," said
the bride.