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SKEWARKEE A
No. 90, A. F. fc A. M. AIJA
DißKcroav Pom 1904.
S. a Brown, W. II.; H. D. Taylor. S
W -I O. Taylor, t. W.; T. W. Thorn
' "• a D -: A. P. Taylor, J.D; S. R. Biggs
Secretary; C. D. Carstarphen, Treaaurer
M.M. Critcher and J. D. Biggs, Stewards
R. W. Clary, Tiler. W '
STANDING COMMITTERS:
Cha*ity-S. 8. Brown, H. D. Taylor
Mc. G. Taylor.
Piwakc*— W. C. Manning. W. H.Har
HI, R. J. Pael.
Rnnutct-H. W. Stubbs, Joaept
R. Ballard. P. K. Hodgea.
Aavtu*—G. W. Blount, W. M. York
H. M. Burraa.
MasshaUt—J. H. Hattoa.
Williamston Telephone Co,
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WILLIAMSTON, N. C.
Phone Uuures
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To Waahington jj Ceata
" Giaenville 15 «•
" Plymoath 13 •«
" Tarboro jj «•
" Rocky Moont j5
" Scotland Neck t,
" Jamearille Ij
" Kader Lilley's ,5
" J. O. Staton , 5
„ " J. L. Woolard ,5
" O. K. Cowing ft|Co. 13 "
" Parmele Ij ••
" Robenonville ( l 15 «•
M Bveiatls jj
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Geo. P. McNaagfaton ij .««
Hamilton 20 **
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JAMBSVILLE
Hiss Mary Moore left for her
home in Clio S. C., Tuesday.
Mis Jones, of Mackey's Ferry,
ia visitLif her aunt, Mrs. Cooper.
Mias Amu Savage went to Wil
liamston Friday and returned Tues
day.
Preaching Sunday at the Metho
dist church by Rev. Mr. Rumlev,
of Roberaonville.
Capt T. W. Tfllery, General
Managar of the N. &. S. Seamboat
Line, was in town Saturday.
Means. Geo. M. Bunas, J K.
Evans and J. T. Casper went to
Flat Swamp Sunday to attend the
yearly meeting.
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DARDENS
Mr. Ed. Sallinger returned to
Charkstou. S. C., Tuesday,
Miss Mae Williams, was the
guest of relatives here Sunday.
Miss Minnie Hardison, of near
Jamesville, is in our midst teach
ing the public school.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Jones, of
Roper, were guests in the home of
Mr. Jones' mother last week.
Miss Clyde Hassell, one of Wil-
Itamston's moat beautiful young
ladies, is here visiting the Misses
Darden.
The Misses Bennett, of Hamil
ton. and Mr. and Mrs. Meads, of
Norfolk, are the guests of Mrs.
David Swinaon.
Misses Olive Jackson and Ada
Moore have been attending the
protracted meeting at Christian
Hope the past week.
Mrs. Lizzie Sallinger, who ha*,
been suffering so long with dropsv',
is very ill. Her Children from Nor
folk have been called to her bed
side.
The protracted meeting last week
held at the Methodist church by
Rev. Mr. Jones, of Plymouth, re
vived the community very much,
and gained Miss Maggie Darden as
a charming addition.
Will the powers let Japan hold
Port Arthur after she takCs it, or
will they reinstate Russia under
that 99 year lease from the over
awed Chinese?— Atlanta Constitu
tion.
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WILLIAMSTON, N. C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9.1904.
Tke Democratic Chasces
Election forecasts, nearly three
months before the event, are—not
to put too fine a point upon it—
rather inconclusive; bnt speculation
is at least interesting, and when in
dulged by anything like an intelli
gent authority must command a
certain amount of attention. The
New York Times is certainly one
of the most responsible newspapers
of the country, and though more
democratic than otherwise, vet pur
sues always the truth as it sees
and would not sacrifice it charac
ter for honest dealing for the sake
of any party. It has made a table
of calculation and it follows :
DKMOCHATIC STATES.
Alabama 11
Arkansas . . • g
Florida 5
5 Georgia . . . .
' Kentucky 18
• Louisiana g
Maryland ' 8
: Mississippi io
Missouri . . ift
Nevada * 3
North Carolina 12
South Carolina ...... g
Tennessee 12
Texas 18
Virginia 12
Total 162
REPUBLICAN STATES
California 10
Idaho 3
Illinois 27
low* 13
Kansas u.
Maine 6
Massachusetts ...... 16
Michigan i 4
Minnesota . . tI
Nebraska 8
New Hampshire 4
North Dakota 4
Ohio 2^
Oregon 4
Pennsylvania 34
Rhode Island ...... 4
South Dakota 4 .
Vermont 4
Washington 5
Wyoming 3 ,
Total 207 (
Since 239 votes are required to
elect, it is seen from this table that
the Republicans require only 32
votes from the doubtful States
while the Democrats need 77. Thi«-
is a tolerably unpleasant showing
on its face, but see further- The
Times' list of doubtful States is a»
follows :
Colorado ........ 5
Connecticut 7
Delaware g
Indiana ' ... . 5
Montana ' 1
New York •jy
New Jersey u
Utah . . . 3
West Virginia ...... 7
Wisconsin 13
Total 107
The States which The Times re
garding as likely to l»e carred by
the Democrats are these :
Connecticut ....... 7
Indiana 15
New Jersey ....... 12
New York r* .r—7- - m
West Virginia 7
Total 80
This would give the Democrats
just three votes more than neces
sary; and they ought to have all
these States and Wisconsin besides.
—Charlotte Observer. ,
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THE SEQUEL TO THE OUTRAGE OF
MRS. PACKER
Two negroes, Neil Sellers and
Dave Brown, supposed to be the
guilty parties who outraged and
murdered Mrs. Q9O. Packer, a re
spectable white wocun at her home
near Clarkton, have been captured.
The evidence is very strong against
them. A lynching was narrowly
averted when the men were placed
in jail at Elizabethtown Sunday.
Sheriff Lyon left on the steamer
Monday for Wilmington where he
took the prisoners for safekeeping.
Brown was the first man arrest
ed. The bloodhounds were put on
the trail and the capture of Sellers
soon followed.
Sellers is unquestionably the
man who committed the horrible
crime. Brown's confession removes
all doubt. While Brown probably
took no hand in the commission of
the bloody deed, he confesses that
Sellers tried to get him to help,and
he Jtnew all about it.
Tuesday night the prisoners, in
charge of Sheriff Lyon, of Bladen
countv, and several deputies, were
on the train ready to depart for
Raleigh to be placed in the peniten
tiary, when several hundred ex
cised citizens of Wilmington gath
ered about the car and there wen
J Veils of "pull them out and lynch
them." Every minute the situation
became more intense, and just
about the time for the train to de
part a rush was made to break into
the car and take out the prisoners.
AU. THAT SAVKD THKU
At the same time the Wilmington
Light Infantry, in command ol
Capt. W. F. Robertson,was rushed
under the shed and the crowd way
made to fall back before flashing
bayonets.
Several car wiudows were smash
ed with thrown missies, but then
was no shooting.
SENT TO PUNITENTIARY
When the mixed train from Golds
boro arrived in Raleigh at 12:2 c.
o'clock Wednesday morning it con
tained the two negroes charged
with the crime, accompanied bj
Sheriff Lyon, of Bladen, and two
young deputies.
Both negroes are of low statute
and Sellers is very slightly built
The latter is of a light ginger-cakt
color and Brown is of a deep black.
Neither of the prisoners appears to
1* more than twenty-three yean
old. They were securely hand
cuffed together and were hustled
by the officers from the train autl
rushed through the station to the
sidewalk where a carriage was wait
ing to take the party to the peni
tentiary.
A Bof's Will Rlli fir Ufi
With family around expecting
him to die, and a son riding foi
life, 18 miles, to get Dr. King's
New Discovery for Consumption.
Coughs and Colds, W. H. Brown,
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THE CHURCH TAKES A HAND
Augusta, Ga., Sept. 6.—The Me
thodist church of Statesboro has a
sort of indication meeting last night
and expressed thorough disappro
val of the recent lynching and
burning of two negroes in that
town. The meeting first proposed to
expel all.church members who took
part in the lynching, but later
passed resolutions asking resigna
tions. If certain resignations are not
forthcoming in answer to the reso
lutions the names will be called and
expulsions will follow.
FROM CAPITOL
OF THE STATE
Items of Interest Gathered from Over the
State by our Raleigh Correspondent
Raleigh, N. C., Sept. 5, 1904.
That troublesome 'asset" of the
State of North Carolina, the A. & N.
C. railroad is leased at last.
The stockholders, by the over
whelming vote of 1,259 *° 97- ' n *
structed the directors to make the
lease and the attorneys last night
drew up the papers.
The rental starts at three per cent
on the capital stock and gradually
increases to six per cent; This
means an annual revenue of $37998
to the State from tMs source from
the d-tte of the lease, while the p'l
vate shares draw the same rate ot
dividend.
Before tSc stockholders met at
noon in New Bern it was apparent
that the leas** would be carried.
The sentiment of the largest private
stockholders was particularly unan
imous for the State retiring from the
railroad business. Director C. E.
Foy fought almost single-handed
against any lease, and when he saw
the battle would be lost he gave
notice that legal steps would be
taken to set the lease aside when it
was made.
The called meeting of stockhold
ers was the most largely attended
in the history of the company. At
ter a brief session in the warehousi
at New Bern Joseph Robinson was
elected chairman and George Green
and Chas. Stevens secretaries. Thi
meeting then took a recess to meet
in Morehead City at 3 o'clock. How
ever when the party af ived at the
Atlantic Hotel a dinner was served
and it was 4 o'clock before tin
meeting proceeded to business.
Governor Aycock and the board ol
internal improvements, B. W. Bal- J
lard and B. C. Beckwith, were pres
ent with their counsel, ex-Governor
T. J. Jarvis. The successful bidder,
R. S. Howland, attended by R. P.
Foster, Fred L. Merrit and his at
torneys, Theo. F. Davidson and
James H. were on hand. W.L.
Kennedy and the parties in his
syndicate were not represented by
counsel, but attended in person.
When the meeting reconvene v
State Proxy Grainger announced
that he was instructed by the State
board of internal improvements to
vote for the lease of the road and to
submit two propositions for a least'
and support whichever had the ap
proval of a majority of the private
stock. The Kennedy syndicate and
the Howland propositions were
then read to the meeting They were
almost identical except that How
land ofFers to spend large sums in
developing Eastern Carolina, Di
rector E. C. Duncan offered a reso
lution that the Howland proposi
tion be accepted for a term of 91
and 4 months from this date and I
that the directors and olTicials be in
structed to make the lease, turning '
aver all the property to the lessee 1
upon his executing his part of tht '
:ontract. '•
Theo, F. Davidson, counsel for
Howiarid, stated to the stockhold
ers that Mr Howland had resided
in North Carolina si* years and had
invested over three hundred thou
sand dollars in permanent improve
ments at Ashevi le. He told of his
vast business interests in New Eng
land, California and Cuba, and pre
dicted that he would bring untold
prosperity to the territory traversed
by this road.
Terms of the Lease.
The proposition of the (lowland
A Power For 6oo
The pills that are potent in their
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Phil pot, of Albany, Ga., says:
"During a bilious attack I took
one. Small as it was it did me
more good than calomel, blue mass
or any other pill I ever took and at
the same time the effect was pleas
ant. Little Early Risers are cer
tainly an ideal pill." Sold by An
derson, Crawford & Co.
Improvement Company, which has
been accepted, is for 9i years and
4 months. The rental is 3 per cent
on the capital stock for the first ten
years, 3 1-1 for the third ten years,
4 for the fourth ten years, 4 i-j for
the fifth ten years, and 6 per cent
for the balance of tha term. The
proposal includes an offer 50 or 60
years at the rate named up to that
period.
The Howland company assumes
and pays the bonden indebtedness
of the road as it ills due, and if
the debt is refunded it shall be at
the lowest possible rate of interest
and in no case shall Howland pay
more than six per cent on these
bonds.
The Lease is Valid
Governor Jar vis says there is abso
lutely no question about the legal
ity of the lease. The same matter
has been passed on repeatedly bv
the courts. All hen
concur in this opinion. It was
nearly midnight before the details
of the lease were drawn up, signed
by directors and ratified by th«-
stockholders.
President Howland's first act on
taking charge was to instruct his
assistant manager Fred F. Merrit,
to advertise for one hundred thous
and standard cross-ties. The entire
line of 96 miles from Goldsboro to
Morehead will be laid with 76-
ponnd rails displacing the present
light 50 pound rails.
What Governor Aycock says.
Governor Aycock said:" The ques-
tion of leasing the Atlantic & North
Carolina road has always been on«-
to trouble the Governor and others
charged with the duty, but I believe
the lease now consumated will meet!
with general approval, and as th«
(lowland Improvement Comyany
puts improvements on the road and
begins the active development ol
this section the people of the whole
Stijte will rejoice that th>- road ha*
been leaded. The rental itself, whil.
satisfactory, is not of so much jcon
sequence as the development of th
rich country through which the road
passes There is evt ry reason to
believe that Mr. Ilowland intends
to do his utmost to bui!d up the
agricultral and industrial interest*
of Eastern Carolina.
Your Correspondent ha-* talked
with a large number of the leading
liti/.ens of Raleigh, including some
State officials, and a so several gen
tlemen from other parts of the
State here today on business.
Without a discordant note the
eneral acclaim was that the lease
as effected is very satisfactory and
will be endorsed by the people
generally of North Carolina.
Gov- rnor Ay cock especially is to
be cogratulated, said a number ol
gentlemen, on the final disposition
of this troublesome matter, and his
action in the premises yesterday
will add much to the success and
repution of his successful and bril
liant administration.
A piominent man from the truck
ing section was enthusiastic over
Release; for, said he. it will|evident
ly greatly benefit an! promote the
growth of our st ction—-already one
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