North Carolina Newspapers

11.00 ▲ Yiu. VOL. 111. TOWNS GROW FAST. ■ Karal Mstricis ia ft* Ssatb bpitlfy i KTAILS Of TK Ull CCRfIB Pspslstl.s ml Nttt CiiutH !■ A. Uf|cCHk» h Ifct sit ttt la nwit Mm Btca It oral v • ulJCca. fi pacts! -T» IHrMii tl the C«tM kit given oat a Hair ■toa? regarding tie growth of er.nn MnUiiM Kant gad talk. «kkk •k)»l ibe following tarts: Tlh brp raata MDoctltvlr are nearly twite as fact as the vet of lie country Tfee r"T reat cf the population of North S:iU« tirlai ia tarp (iUt if HK'.T tana iters as great as the r»- pt.- >ret la the South, the Karth has a rate of iarrcaae ao great er Ou that of the Soath. Tbv luge oil sof the North ai? grow '.tig Bitch faster than tho-e of tie sam- «.it ia the S„«th. bat this diler cace Uiiar>4 b» an citrearlr rap".4 growth of laill towns cad cities ia U: SMMI >bl especislly rani fopcla ttoa. y The siateni'wt aajs these remits w«a paradoxical bat are correct Merrimaa"s statemeat is 4* . ctSßed to eiplata bow the dedacttoa thmt tie sca:h for the tm time Is sow •racing ss rapidly as the North Ur aotui risk the veil kcava fact tiut ?a the North the peps'srac of lahibi teats l.i lag la cities ia asth larger thaa It is !a the Sooth aad that aa a tu!e cities increase ia population mach Bore rapidly thin country districts Tfc ■ statements chaws that ia the North tie pripuitKn af the popaUt ca j lir.ag ia tbi»« s «ore thaa three i I'.tef aa great y* it Is lc *he Sojii. | Tfc - ; l:ttu ia cities of or er SW '.ahaMraats iarreaced 1 p»r teat be. wees I6M aad Ittt, paitlr be tc- p-owrk of tie IS cities of that "in ' fi ISH nl pattlr by the addition J«r ; JL? the rol!">«iag tea rears of M ether I cities t) the He*. The reputation of j th» 'UiitTf owtsiJe tk»! cjtiee increas ed t«: »c«a l&M act I*# It» per cent I The 1M dlUs of the I'utnl States, j nch of which had over 25.M* lnhai« | tart; in MM iarraM ia populate i »2.5 per e at Men tM* cad l»#s. ) the rest cf the I'nlied Slates, | Alaska ctsd the repeat acres- ' i»i»ii>.i ]Ts per feat Of the tcral of ia (osuteau! States 1».T15.212.! ex 23 9 per --at life la cities of 2i -v-> inhabitants or more The proportion • cf inhabitants cf the three MUM. the North. Semi aal West »ato «kbk the te&vu dlrido* th- !"n!;ed States fol lon North. 'Otal popular >n of • rtiec of Ji.WM or a* " )«.:?«»«• or 31 per reat: South, total jl , ritiea of 23ae«$ cr aorf. 2.- U*„Zi3 or 19 per '-at. West l«IJ» titles of or won l «W.W. cr 23 ' per real. The per . eat of Imreeee of population ' living is piiKS of sixes indicated Iron : ISJO to IKS by sections follows 251** and over. North, til. Sojth i Wst. 17 3 ia I'aited State*, il l. ' Sjm to UV>. X—th. 22 »: South 26 | West. 17.9: la I'aited s:at*. 23-1. 4.- ! W to SC». North. 27.5; South. ST 2; West. 59.7; ia I'aited State* M.T. In j eorperatH places ef l-*s thaa I.W. ( Narfh. ITJ: So ith. M.L Wmt «S; la I'aited States. S3-* R» il Soith. 5.2: Sooth trs. West. 22.»; la l aiteJ | Etatf?. ».l These hgaies ecatißds* the state-! meat, sho* that the prcsea: growth of popslilioa is a resaltaat ia (he N.«rth of a very rapid growth ef large cities, as Iwer srrwth cf isill cities, an-1 a virv c:igb* growth ia the coaatry: sal a reesltant ia tb-» Soath of a rate of growth cf larger rtliet helaw the aver age for the 'occtrr. talaared by a ; Mrlhlng growth of small Ht:«s cad aa | tacreace of rnral popalatioa as fas* aa J the average for the Taited States Lee Mesccrtil Service* Memphis. Special —Memoclal cer trices commemorative id the Mrthdav of Gem Robert E. LEC. were keM throorSmt the Soath. At the Centra 1 Methodist cbarch. la this city, the Her. \V K. Finer took as the test 4 Ms Jterawa. "The BeUier ~ IW«a haadre.] people listened to Mr. Plaer'c eulogy of the dead chleftala Sjnlaa BckhJ. Kirhsvllle. *o. Special L Solo ■oa a Syriaa. Hviag at Keofcah. la.. was held ap Sunday eight aad fobbed cif a money belt mataialag WiM. golomi had sold his tosinCi la Kej hah and was Jpohiag tor a localkw here. Two fellow coaatry mea have bee a arretted for the robbery. Mo ten says oar of ttesa held him while the other est the belt from kis waist. The money baa not ton recovered. Sanllp x ia Ncrth CaroHaa WHrnlngtaa. N. C. Special.—The smallpox sitaatioa ia Eastern Caro lina coaaues is bcgiaalag to he aeri occly regarded. Alihoagh ao quaraa tine hac beea esoMUkcJ agalatt aa; place, the health department hu a watch oa all trataw froca the iafected distrkt aad will centiawr to keep "topen boose" aaHi conditions as tariaOy rinege Dr. Joahna Tayioe. State gaallpoz at Wash ington. N. C, Is here aad reports three very virulent cases gt Clinton, all of then ia puaJattl families It is feared oae of the patients will die. Warsaw quarantined against Clinton Sat or day. heart cf the ■ hole sale district at this city, collapsed Sunday night without any apparent causa aad all that aw remains Is a cmonldcrtag heap at rains The bnildiags vara a part of the block tacaiii bp fcfcrapaaw aae aad Shelbr aad GrtowoM strwets. and were ULl spied by Sua eoaeerns i aad their stochc are a total loan, which Is esti*atad at «- r. """" .. .. THE ENTERPRISE. LAITKFVAKI II IEIKXL Three Hmadrcd Pscpls Arc Said M Have Been KRled. kexico City. Special.— (Mo Mt tad most terrible catastropben ever re corded la the State of Guerrero Is reported to hare or* aired late PH day afteranoa. when aa catreasely 'Meat eankvnlr stork wan Mt at L'hllpaa iag.v ranting a great koca Of life nnj laiarlag maay p i rscat lie tails from the strickea dtottfet ar tery neagrc. bat scattering reports , received here indicate that prskaH? IM persons wn» killed aad a* aaa> Mv Injured It to known thai the i Stat* captuii. the parish tkwreh aad maay basiaess hnases aad IICMITCS in lg miac aad there is maeh aof fering from awful seismic diatar baace. Oae of the edldces that snf fered atuat was the Federal Tele graph oflre. which explains the past! ty of news that has so far reached this city. Later, meagre details hegaa to arrive here. The telegraph llaen aad apparatus nl Chilpancinga were bad ly damaged, but the employes, all of whoaa were nalnj«r«d. t'cuwlid to erect aa Improvised telegrAph oMce on the oatshlrts of the city. The sum ber of dead was greater ia the parish cbarch thaa ia aay single place, as a crowd of worshipers were gathered there for the afternooa service- The solid BMMonry nsUed roof came top pling down oa the worshipers as tf it had bea wrenched from its bear logs by a tboaaaaJ strong haads. Sev eral people were killed there. The War Department has ordcted the l:oopa in the neigblmrhood ta co operate la the work of rnecae- L'atil this work la completed It will be im j possible to aecarately leaia the asm j bar of victima. It is how | ever, tbst this Is one of the moat , destructive seismic pheaotneaa that baa «»ccnrred In Sniro. The greater i part of the pirpulatioa of Chllpaa ; rlacn nre now enmptag oat oa the • outskirts of the t«>w*. ! Rarthquakr shocks «er* felt it : many other clues an-1 towns. *n | Mexico City the earlhjuake took piai e at a: IT Thursday alteraooa sad s was of such vroSenee as to shake the most sutslantlal t.-ulldlags. The Paa Ainercan t'oagress was la seosloa at the time. The »rst movement was os ' of trepidntioa aad was sharp- it was | followed by aa caster oscillatory ' movement from north northwest to The duration sras Si Igecoadic The >la»iage la this city wai ' otilv slight. ( The Statr of tluerrero has always been the foews of Hismk disturb anccs. Reports received here tonight stale that the .book aaa very severe at fails pa No casualties reported w far fremi there. In duratkoa the Chll pane inc. shock was less Important than that la Mexico City, hat lag last ol 5« secvads against S-" seconds at the capitnl. It'p to II o'clock at alght ao farther •ears had come through from Chil paaclago. The earthquake was ahi ; heavy at Ignata. In the Stale of j Guerrero, destroying the parish chac.. . and many building? la th.-- oily aad j neigh 'K>rhcrfw|. Among the latter was j the sugar mill of tleneral FrtsMe. aa ' American The mill had Jnst beec ' completed and mted np with Amerl j rsn mael.lnery at a coet of ' The pro r»Tie loss Is laamease through ■ out the State of Tenrrem. The Associated Press ">n|bnii I dent has jost seen a private^tele gram from Chilean'lago from a gen ' tleman to relatives la tb>s city say ing **l and family are safe. Uanv houses were destroyed."" The fart thai he does not refer to bias of life is considered signißeaat aad It Is amr developed that the first estimate of deaths was greatly exaggerated Train W recbed I.a Payette. La.. Special —The taut ! passenger 'rain wh*eb left S«v cVleaaf was wrecked Friday at Code statioa 12 miles east of LaFsyette. Five paa i senrer ears were throws from the track, sit well fllled with pameagers hut fortunately only three were hurt. The Injured are: Dr. H. C Smisnon. of Stoecm. Internal lalortea: nr. Brecker. of Detroit, leg hurt: Mrs C. H. Mem ber*. of Buffalo X. T.. lajared iateraal ly. The Injured were hroaght her* seat to s hotel aad are i tpurtsd aa d» «M WALL J Baah Cloacc Albany. Ga. Special.—Aa application for a temporary receiver has been tied by the directors ef the Commercial BaaV of Albany. Ths baah did ao! opea for business aad a posted notice stated that the beak had saspeaded payment, pending the actios of the State authorities The MaVltties of th* baah are satimated at tl2lM. with assets of la Mlla receivable aad real estate. Mwpc Makes Rep art. Wash'.sgton. Special —Senator Mar pi» chairman of the Senate committee oa latsr-oceaale canals, made a brief report of that committee, as the resalt of hto Investigation of the status of the Paaaaaa sale proposition He stated that he had learned officially that the Preach government had made no pro position to the United States ia con nection with ths Paaaaaa canal, aad that aothlac had been heard from the goverameat of Colombia oa that sub ject. a suh-commltttce rem#w lag of Seaators Harris. Klttrldge and Foster was appointed to take tesUmoay con coralag ths warlooa eaaal roatw sag- NaanbMtlsac Casftomsd. TtosMdsr*'''uislr n' * ths fsthrwlag or of paNlc money, at Moatgnsaery Me. Lath Cmtrflna. O. L MeOmy. T mai J. C. Baats. Cnksa: P DUcs; True to Omrmclvr», Onr Xeiyhbor*, Our Country and Our Jod WILLIAMSTON, N. C., FRIDAY. JANUARY 24, 1902. {THE PANAMA OFFER I - Cast »f ike !«• Auila- Mt Caul Nal«« MBit EM SENDS IN Tft tEPOIT the brtu ot the LMiful to M AN It* Rights u Coacmlstf U i Lttcnl OK. tn«l"n. Special.—The kM arat to Conjrmj a Marl; traasmittal. »f the supply tal report of the Utbailaa .-anal com missioa. is which it i» unanlin>'i.*ir rmaasiM .! that the offer of th«* »•» Fauna Canal Cnaipeni to »►!! all >f its rights, property and unfinished wwrk t» tbc I nlinl State* for lit' v «».- Ht be antnlhl. The Ccnajf or J:- «*d the report prlaiM In the Congrea.. jtt it Record. an J alio as a documedt The report gives la full the corre spondence whUh has pss»d the commission anl the Paaama '.'anal Compnny at Par 4 .-*, which include! .» •ali'.egram tr-m the president of the board dated January s. a* follow* "The new Panama "aas! Company dec lams that it t* ready to accept for the totality, without exception, of i:s property and rights on the lathtnu* ibe amount of »4m w.«o»». tho. above offer to remain in forca up 10 March - 4. The r*part state* that th? "Uiirity" mentioned In thia message iildiii' '( parcels of Lands amounting to Ima. which rover n-a ri> all the gronnd rHjnlrH for the actual i-on strm-tion of the canal. It also Includes till building*. u«ed for office*, i|ua. - ters. hoapltsl*. storehouse*. etc.,- also an Immenae amount of machinery consisting of Bolting plants. figs, dredge*, locomotive*, can. t-t - - It iI«J includes all excavation wo*k accomp lished upon the main in»l lin amounting to about K.IW.tW loliir tank Tile Value Af the work already done U estimate.l at si;.S9j "IS. leu rsmtingen. .'.* MtmnJ at M.ail W. 1-wring an aggrcsiat of $97,474 v2'f. The offer also emloa. •« all, of th" ex isting share* of tht> Panama Railroad and Canal Company, except I,l'M •hares held by ißdivlilisaU in friropf and the Cnlted States. Again*: this property ait mortgage hrtnds am i-r.it lag to Of this amount the canal company owns fx7l.»«'. It »li 3 hold* tn Its tnaaary $l.OM.M>» sj'i- Ject to sale, or cancellation. lea\!».- in Oke hand* of ihe public sl,lOl WW. These bonds bear 4>j per ccnl. iu'er e«t. There are also outstanding s&'-•.- MM c per cent. s!nKiag fund bjoHJ The transfer als> will include t*»rre passenger anJ freight sieamtrs of •M ton* each The railroad cosiiway owns an undivided half interest la the Islands of N'oas, Culetiala. P-rico an I Flamenco In the Bay-of Panama, th» Paciffc Mail Steamship Company befog the Joint owner. Besides Its rigiit of way. terminals, vhann and confider abie areas of land. !t owns nearly the whole of tl»e town of Colon. the housp* there being constructed under ' Summing up the commissi"»n the total value of the property to Tw as follow* Excavation work done $27,474,033; j Panama Railroad stock at par H.kS6 - 14*4. maps, drawings, etc.. S2,M.W', total $».36A.333. Add 1« per rent, to cov.->r commis sions. S3.CI»CC7; total $4««OO.tiOO The estimated cost of constructing the Nicaragua Canal Is $15.«30.7(»1 more than th? most of completing the Pan ana Canal. The .Miniate! annual cost of maintenance and op-ratlan i« Sl.- ♦OO.Wi greater at Nicaragua than at Panaana The Panama route would toe i 134 C mill short' r than the Nica ragua route from fc'-a to sea. *ith fewer locks and less curvature. to;.i in decree* and miles. The estimates for •be deep sea vessel- through the Nica ragua Canal were placed at 33 honest ss aplost 12 hour* for th" Panama these estimates being the time of a« tnal navigation and not Including de lays for wind*, currents or darlwr«. If th* paaaaee were male without in terruption. tU- : a d,v «rll »•' sav. 1 by the Niacag>ia over the Pan ama route by ordinary ateiaiera iini i'»f commerce between our P*-I4c pot* s and all Atlantic ports, and abut two days by steamers of the same tlajK trading between oar Gulf porta Noith Parißc port*. The time adran tage of the Nicaragua rotite would l.t Im» in the case of f»«t high powered ■teamen. the use of which is Increas ing. Between Atlantic porta a»J tiie weat ccd of South America the Pan ama rout* ha* the advantage of aboat two days and between Gulf porta and the west cnaat of Sooth Africa the Panama route ha* the advantage of about one dav. The trade of the wes tern coast of Suatb America la a verj Important one which has hlthartr oeen la European hands The offer receive! from the new Fan -ma Canal Company to convey all It# - roper!y. including all its Interest In uf Panama Railroad to the Caited will make the estimated cost o.' the two canal* as follows: Nica ragua $15M(4.062 Panama $134,233.- li». The transfer would fflve title to all the land now held by both th« Pan .-1- t Company and the Panama BallitMi Company, which covert near ly all laada required for the construc tion of the canal- Tho land held by private parties at Nicaragua must be a -rulred and Its acqnislthni may pnm en anrive -4 DasMOooffloe Drad '." Washington. Special. —Word haa. jast bosn lacoived here of the d««tb Saturday. In North Carolina, of Daniel R. iff tho ttth ysar of hit ago. Mr. Goodloa psssad the greater portion of hia lifa In Washington where ho in nid for many years as eorrespondeßt at New York newspa •era. Ho waa also the anthor of ulrtlii literary work* Including thoao of a historical character. Ht m mnvshnl of the district of North CaraMna darinff isiu—ti action day* I SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL Stu taltffriM Thai An HaricMng hwr Scctten. _ # kralack) Oil Fields. la t rartlll lira* of the Morning Herald oil liiittl"". It» , IS publish''l a sketch of the of the .ll Held la Eastern Kentucky, about miles (ram Islington. The beginning of the sdvinremewt of that Mellon lc traced to tfte t«nnni»iwt ill about tscnty-five year* ago b# the Chesa peake 4 Ohio Railway of a road frorft Mt. Sterling to Huntington. W. Va. lion or* had be N IUIUVJ in Hath 'ovin ia for s-»entv-flve jeara in unall • quantities. bet the *rri*«l of the steam roa.l lacrMmi ilrf rtut.mt til the »rc and of timber A lillle mora than a year the Mt Sterling Oil & Has Co.. which had arqaited leaci in tlie neighborhood of Kaglafid. drilled its flrst oil * -11 !n Hath county, anil Al most every dl since drilled In Ilia: count) ha* 1., ru found to be prod'i.- ti*e Th» Herald •«> • "None of the «ell« hate V-eti gush ers. and now that the tlfld Is i>.ir! i.iliv developed, no gusher* arc wspected. One rea»*»n that the oil would not llow without pumping Is that it is free "row gas, the pressure which causes the oil In most (usiitin to #.» freely. A soc mul reason is the quality of the oil Itself. "The oil produced in the lacking tlver fields is a thick, black. heavy lu bricaul. * ery similar in appearance to hot tar The qnality Is good. and She oil n»n claim that it will sell on the ground at $1 to $1 25 per barrel. Tho only market i.'imj for it ao far. lioW ever. is local. the Hath county ma chinists using It as a lubricant on del -1 Icate machinery thai require* tho best quality of ail. paying fifty and s«v --' enty-five cents per gallon. The oil Men believe that r. market can readily be found wheu otcasian demands it. "Th* ordinary tanks provided lor the first Hon of th«. sells have iieeil filled As yi no pipe lines have own laid, and Indeed. It lias not yet been determined to shat point thy will be ' tald. "The Oufey ft Oaley Company, re puted to h» largest Independent oil the w.nrld. la constructing a «i.Buft-banedl tank wilhin JOO yard* of the depot at Ragland "They hare few. If auy. leases In the vicinity. all o? the neighboring terri tory having been already ItSBSd. !!r, J. K. Maguire. a representative of the ' tiufl-y fttialey Com pan y, stated that his company expected to handle any 1 Oil offer*it to tt II It could see Its »v»* clear to make a profit »>n the oil. '1 he (Jnffey tc lialey people evidently be lieve that there !» money In the fluid by going to the expense of erecting such a tank There are no larger tanks lc the country than the one ul Rattan!. a!t h-nigh the same pe >!> l» , have f rt,r link* of Its sl*« in various part- of tlie United States. Mr, Ma ' gulre said that the tank would " cost J about $29,090 when completed. The ei|>ens*i of erecting It alone, without the cost of the material, will bo bc . tween WM and It will be ISO feet m diamater and thirty fee? In ' height. | "Nearly all the wells which havo b*en drilled at Ragland have been plugged to await the completion of the tank When the tank I* completed they will be pumped to their full caoacity. If the tank la then filled In any rea sonable time, which Is confidently ex peeled, active in "azures will at on.'c be , taken to construct pipe lines, probrthly . to Salt Lick/though there has been _ some talk of pumping the oil to the ' top of a nearby mountain and pipo It to the Ohio river and al the river load . it Into barges for f)nal destination. "On« of the m.■£>: promising cotap.v nles in the llalh cjunty.field Is Uirt Licking Valley Oil * Cas Co . compos ' ed almost entirely of Lexington men I The company baa Bffl>o acres of land leased tn the Immediate territory, n tgrte portion or w'llch la contiguous r to the Oarlan l wells. Other leases aru across 11.s- Mountain, and some He to ward Salt Lick wlille It has several hundred acres of leaned land In Meni fee adjoining producing wells. Thp r>nM«y has subleased part of Its io Mr J. M Sieeny. who has dtllled one well upon It. The well was found to be a good producing well, but , was immediately plugged up to await , atorags facilities. -The company Is drilling another well nearby, and >s * now nearly too feet deep. Not loss than > thirty wells have been drilled In Ilalh | county. of which number at least twenty-five are profitable wells. , "Two wells were shot at Yale, about two miles acroas the mountain from ' Ragland. Oil was found In the wells, j but It was so Hooded with salt water t that It la not deemed profitable at i present to work. , Iddastrial Miscellany. i Tlie British steamship Cayo lion to ■ailed from I'ensarola last week with t a cargo of M.i&O bales or cotton, val -1 jed at |4S;.tOJ. • The Morgan Line (Vf steamships has 1 begun recvlar service between tho I Southern Paefic terminals at Oalves - ton and New York. Hie company has recently placed several of Its largest > vessels upon this line. The Norfolk ft Southern 1 recently chartered In New Jersey with - tI.VXMMO capital stock, it Is stated will " engage In Use coastwlae steamship ' business between ports or\. rflampton ' Roads and points .further South. * Ercnst B. Uoes of Yonkere. N. Y„ Is oat at the Incorporators. A bulletin of the census bureau shows that the Talus of manufactured ' products in Tennessee In 1900 was 1 a gain of 48 per cent, over 1 '.890. The Invested capital was 171,123.- ' CM. a gain of M per csot The flrst submarine cable to aur , render to wlrelaes telegraphy W that lying between Rome and Sardinia. Its f use win shortly be discontinued, as t the 200 kilometres of sea between the i Imperial City and the Island has , been successfully traversed by wire- TAR HEEL NEWS. Items ol Intercut (lathered TrOHt All [ seetl«n* ol the Commonwealth. fh* fallowing grand uffiwn (l ( tjj V grand WSfW of Mason* ay iioiuUil f» Clark. t«y. A. MttfeliAu, cUupittini | It. \V Hatcher, lecturer; T> iiooil. senior frraml dMton; It. N- iKfUUi irritnd deacon 4 K K. l.nmi>. marshal; V. tX Winchester, »«orl bearer; K. W. Oliaii!'« pup"»lv* nt ; W. It. McKay sua J. U. Snydt'. *»ai» darildmams; 11. 11. Bradley, tiler. | Tb'j Offleitra elected lust iught and tho*V> above named were installed by Past Grand Mister Klchrtrd i. Nol'le. S. L. Parker aetiiu; i** grand iuar glial. The beautiful gavel of # p««t Kraud master was presented to B. S. Hotter by tj. W, Minor anil was ae copied 111 u speech marked by a line taste and feoliftg The grand lodge was invited to attend tlii gond.Mads convention here February lU-lu. The committee to eodify the rulings and decision* of the grand masters \v»i appointed, bclftg ftmpnaed of Thomua 11. Woutack. I'. M. lVarSnll nnd A. it. Andrews. Jr. The following was aj> pnlnled as the local board of the Ox ford Orphan Aavltim: W. H. Hal lou. iV t.. Mitchell, F, 1' Hobgood. Hubert H. Bradley will ai'lHiltited Krand llbrailan. After praysr by Grutid Chaplain Marßhall the session of the Rrand lodge closed. Grand Tiler Itradley say's he has never since INtU missed a session of the Krand lodge and that this wan the best of them nil. The attendance was larger, there were representative men from all (•arts of the State and ther« was \ groat deal of young blood. The grand lodge does not approve of the remission of tho iluoh to the grand lodge of aged and Infirm members of the order. In other words the dinate lodges. wh(le they may remit the dues of such members. bo far ns suh-lodges are concerned should nevertheless pay them to the grand lodge. The Sinte Superintendent ef PutOic Instruction decides that a term of t*n public schools must lie unless «» epidemic renders it neces*-. ssry to- close the s liool. In Trnnsyl vjinia county the board mal* such an order. A teacher closed Ids school three weeks so ids pupils could "pull fodder," and then taught three weeks afler the time prescribed for the schools to close. Tho superintendent .refused to pay him for Unit . three weeks. The board sustained the super Intendent, nnd now the State Super intendent mistnlus the .hoard. The Slat ' Buperlti.tßiid.e_nt of Publl Instruction Is having ho-cfifi of trouble with the reports from the various coun ties as to the sums needed to bring all the schools up to Your months term !. Tho reports 10 tar received are with i out exception Incorrect and Incomplete. One which came . ailed for over SI,OOO, | and yet waa not corre.tly signed, lie.! sides It was full of eicviri. A special from Dnihain says: —J. 1., Wright,'while, 31 years of age, net u' horrible death in the Krwlii Mill Fri -ilay Attainting alnilit X In a belt his body was jerked to. the pully above and his right leg lorn off | at the hip Joint, lie lived some eight | or ten minute!) after tlio accident. The number of convicts now on tho Ohio nlver nnd Charleston Railroad j Is O7; the greateat number on any t road sinc> the completion «>f the Western North Carolina Kail road I The State Poultry show held nt High j point was n very creditable affair mi l | was largely attended The prlie* \vm : numerou.l and valuable, Cut* n rian nnd \N ontaii Winston Haleni, Special. —Cliarb 9 Stewart, colored, was arrested lit home' ln West Winston on two war ranis, charging hhu with making as satilts with a knife, upon ii white mac named William Blxemore and bin sis ter. The latter works in the picking room lit the It. .1. Jteynoliis fa tory. She says that Stewart In passing her maile some Improper timl insulting r,> marks. She told her brother what lie' negro Kllid to* her illifi fif —the-dinner hour Mr. Slzemore called on Stewart and asked him what lie meant by the language used to bis sister. The discussion resulted In the while man knot king the negro dpivn two or throe limes. The latter drew his knif" nnd cut Mr. Slzomoro and his sister.' while the latter was endeavoring to separate the flghlere. The wounds are not serious Stewart was arransinK ,c skip when captured. Two .Miners Killed Chattanooga, Tenirv Kp> iai. —"Fwo negro miners wero killed and ei»ht others Injured, one of iheni probably fatally, In nn accident Friday ?t the mines of the 'Cumberland Coal nnd Coko Company. They wi re riling on a car and while g'dng down hill cr-ish-. Ed Into a train of empty cars. The dead ar* 4, Ixjpn Mills and Floyd Thompson. An Ea»v Way. , Montgomery. Ala., Special. Th" State Superintendent of Education has been Informed of tlio .arrest of eight negroes In Henry county who appeared for an examination with-a-full ll*t of the questions and answers R3 prcnared secretly by the baard of educaticm. C!onnty Superintendent Espy had them arrested, and they claimed'that they received the fic.eSliv' l ' 1 ' r ' ir 'i a negro teacher named Itrooken. paying him f5 each. Investigation showed that Brcoken had procured the papers from Oscar Hall.a.negro teacher of . Troy, paying $5 for them, .'til oFthe parties are under arrest exempt Hall, who has escapted Into Georgia Maryland School Books Baltimore, Special.—The 1 Baltimore County Tax-Pavers Convention ha 3 placed a ban npon any text books which does not give Rear Admiral W. S. Schley credit of the naval victory at Santiago. A resolution was unanimous ly passed calling upou the. Baltimore county delegation In tho Legislature to have a law enacted which will prohibit the use of such,text books in Lbe pub | lie Mhoola of the county. . _ - NEWSY CLEANINGS. I briinkeitMss Is said to be dluilntfth lug iu Italy. Minneapolis millers Art* hampered by • scarcity of enrs. The Hold output of California in 1001 reached *17,000,000. Uertnan textile centre* rv|>on gioal ly Improved conditions. I'aper twine stockings at three cents a (will- are the latest things In hosiery. Jho Government Is building twenty one revenue cutters for use in the Phil ippines. The mining Industries of Prance cuosnnie about ;i,002,000 tons of coal per annttui »» England Is watching a proposed to 1 bncco combine that will tight the Aiuer- [ lean Trust. > A square mile of land near Mi. far- 1 met P»n«.. has suddenly sunk two and j n half fee/. Wealthy farmer* cf lowa have IHNJJI J caught with promissory notes for ul>oui j f!tr>.ooo hy swindlers. President Roosevelt has signed't he | parcels post flgieenunt recently ar- , ranged between the t'plwd Niate-» and Bolivia. ... "-«•» Secretary Wilson Is advised ibat the ! Department of Agriculture tol)aet> yx j pertinent* In Cotin»«licut have been i successfttl. { Itotli In Baltimore and Denver liter* I Is an energetic agitation for putting | under ground ,tho electric feed wires 1 maintained by the trolley lines. ( The Uovernnieut revenue from ihe j sale of public lauds last year was ; SKir.,ooo and from the sale of Indlau lauds ? MOO,OOO, a total or $4.3(15,0(10 I The Jewele.sword which the Sun-1 day-sclfool cliildi'tm of the State n-f ! Texas presented to the late John \V 1 'h 1111(1. who conimauded the battlealiip j T'cxns iu the Santiago fit lit, lias been ! turned over to the National Miiiemu, at Waehlngton, by the late Admiral's family. Judge Changes Ills lack. Knotvllle, Tonu., Special—A now phase originated In the Huektown Copper Company Injunction, caso when Judge Allen declared that the remedy of the Injured parlies Is by action for damages and that he will not allow the Injunction hereto foro Issued to stand. Judge Aliens, ruling is made under an act of the last Legislature iu ap. action of this character It rests In the discretion of the court when the work Is on«> of public utility, whether he shall the nuisance or not. if It determines not to do so, It Is a matter for a Jury tu determine the damage. ! Will lo to (leorgla. New York, Special.--'Tho mandate 0! ! the United Slates Supreme Court. U. j the (ace of the agitation mralnst th( (Jaynors, chained with complicity If | the frauds for which Captain O. M Carter I* now undergoing Imprison- I incut, was received here by the l ! n!ter'- I States Supreme Court. Judge l«acoftH' ' made the order directing the four de ! fondants to appear In court oh Men I day next, on which they will be sur ; Tendered to u raarshai and taken tc I j Georgia for trial. Senator Simmon* Presided, j Washington. Special. Senator Sim -1 niotis Tuesday WUB the recipient of our | of the greatest compliments that tan Ibe palil a new Hoiialoc lie was I to piLiild') over, the S nale. He 0" ! Fryo. I'reaident of the Senate.! lie >"- j r-upied the elialr for nearly tvto hfiirß j During part of the time Suva'.oi Ma-i.r. of Illinois wan bpi akin - : abbot re -lpto i city wi h Cuba Senator flramons pre- I sided ever the highest. i««lsUtlvi body. I in the uofld with a quiet dignity that I bespoke amuaiiilanc with H.o cumplex j mles of paillainent procedure onBERT WE CHALLENGE THE WORLD] J TO PRODUCE THE l-w JA L OF Fl%f ROBERTS CHILL 7 ohic FOR CHULS.FEVERS, MMQfVWPFM Night Sweat'j arid Grippe, and [■Willi li aii f ° rms ° f M?4ana Hi DO N'T WAIT TO DIE! 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