North Carolina Newspapers

NORTH STATE HAPPENINGS Occurrences gf Interest Gleaned Prom Al| Seetious •f the Bv»y Made Him Stop. Wilson, Special.—Parties from Rocky Mount report a shooting in that town just before the shoo-fly started southward. The • facts ns gleaned are as follows: Mr. Matt Overman had just left his resideuco which is opposite the North Rocky Mount passenger depot, for his place of business, leaving no one at home but his wife and son Frank. The father had not more than left the yard before a white man, besotted with drink, slepned ,on the front porch and attempted to enter the door. Younsr Frank asked him what he wanted, but received no reply. lie then ordered the fellow to leave the premises, but instead he drew a knife and again tried to enter the door. Once again the fellow was ordered from the premises, but paid no hotd to the warning, and continued to ad vance. Then the young man, to save his mother and himself from harm, caught up a pun and sent a load of shot into the intruder's shoulder. When last heard from the fellow war, unconscious. Night Riding Threatened. Raleigh, Special.—because he threatened to foim a band of night riders and burn the cotton gin of W. S. Adams in New Light toivnship, this county, if Adams did not stop his cotton gin until prices advance, C. B. Thompson, a well known" farm er, has been arrested an 1 will be tried Saturday. Threats to burn a number of other gins and barns are charged against Thompson, who, has retained a prominent Raleigh lawyer to de fend him. In this connection it is of interest that Mr. Clarence H. Foe the editor of tlie Progressive Farmer having wide circulation throughout the. South, has addressed letters a second lime to nil the Governors of the Southern States pressing upon them the idea that the better element of fanners throughout the country will back them in the most" vigorous efforts to stamp out night riding wherever it breaks out. He says farmers in many sections of the South are really terrorized by this impending evil and the wcel-being of the country depends on the most summary justice being dealt out to every offender by the State authori-, ties. Debris of Odd] Mill Sold Fcr Junk. ( oucord, Special.—A large force cf hands lies been put to work between the walls of (he old Odell Mill No. 4. which was destroyed by (Ire several months ago, removing the debris and •petting the old iron and fixtures in • shape for shipment, the stuff having 'been purchased by some Northern ,/•oncern ns old junk. The task of removing this great mass of iron will be an enormous one, hut with the vim with which the force is now working, it will not take a great ■while to have the grounds clear of all of it. The bare towering walls ■will soon be the only remanants of ihe big (Vre to remain, and it is thought that when the mil* property is sold, that a movement will be made at ouce. to build H new mill on the void site, Another Iredell Veteran Dead. Stotesville, Special.—Another of Iredell's loyal veterans of the strug gles of the 'tiO's passed away last week when Mrt. Wiley Ilamon, of Bethany township died. While Mr. Harnon had been/in poor health for some time did not be come critical until Sunday evening. Funeraf services were conducted at Friendship Methodist church, and the'interment was in the ehurchvnrd. Deceased was a member of the Meth odist church. Negro Tern to Pieces in Cotton Gin. Elizabeth City, Special.—A report J was received here Friday that n ne- | pro, Will Gregory, was Thursday killed in the Covvell cotton-gin at Shiloh. The negro, who was an old hand, pot mixed up in the machin ery in somo way and was literally torn to pieces. Strto Sabbath Convention. High Point, Special.—The State Convention of tlie N. C. Sabbnth Ob servance Association had its opening session here lr.si Thursday in Wash ington Street M. E. church. The :ul dress of welcome was delivered by Mr. W. T. Parker, of High Point, and the response by Dr. S. P>. Turreui tine, of Greensboro. Dr. Wm. Dun can, of Charlotte Reformed church, made an address on "Modern Con dition* Change Our Obligations to Observe Sabbath." After the address the enrollment of delegates followed. A very enthusiastic meeting was held. Barn and Automobile Bnrned. La Grange, Special.—The barn of Mr. Emmett Robinson with its coli tents, including an automobile and a quantity of feed, was consumed by fire Thursday night at midnight. The automobile had been used only about four months by Mr. who i« R. F. t). carrier. Mr. * Robinson succeeded in saving his horse. There was some insurance on the barn aud automobile. T«LT Heel STATE JF * Salisbury's Fair s Great Success. SWlisbury, Special.—Thursday was the closing day of the Ygdkin Valley Fair, which opened here" Tuesday, On account of rain no races were called at the grounds of the fair as sociation Jjere Thursday afternoon. There Were, however, two thousand to three thousand people on the grounds, notwithstanding the adverse weather conditions. The day was spent in viewing the various exhibits r.nd visiting the midway. A number of the fakirs pulled stakes and left the city when the Jain began. The stake races will, according to the rules of ttio Nationai Trotting Asso ciation, be made as soon as the track can be used even if the horsemen are compelled to remain here for a week. Serious Affair in Caldwell County. Hickory, Special.—As a result of bt>oze and an old feud, John Hafer, livii:g just across Catawba river in Cnltlwell county, was cut to the heart with a knife and left for dead, by an unknown would-be assassin sup pored to be either Earl Brinkley or Frank Propst. The deed was cora mlttoi Sunday, but full details un obtainable, except that Dr. H.' C. Menzies was called and pave atten tion, Hafer's life, the physician stat ed, was hanging by a mere thread as it were, but after putting in an entire night with him, Dr. Menzies expres sed a belief that he might be able to pull him through. Site Fcr Wilmiartcn'o New Custom House. Wilmington,, Special—Mr. 0. D. Ellsworth, an r.gent of the United States Treasury Department at Washington, arrived in the city Tues day evening and spoilt the day in company with Collector of Customs B. F. Keith inspecting the number Jof available sites in the city for the new and handsome Custom House recently authorized by Congress for this port. • It is understock that the | sites considered most available are those at the southeast corner of Water and Princess streets and at '| northeast corner of Water and Mar ket streets. ' I Finds 'Possum in Mail Box. - " Wadesboro, Special.—Carrier Allea ' on Route 2, of Polktou, was ninth surpirsed on* day last week when ho opened a mail box. looking for letters, and found a big 'possum grinning at him. Mr. Allen is not quite sure I whether the owner-of the box was '• using it for a 'possr.rn cage or that this,is a new idea among patrons for showing favors to their carriers. Re that as it may, the 'possum was quickly dumped into a mail sack und experienced not a little mental nn uuish for several hours, fearing that i might be starting' on n long and rough trip byway of postal rout. 1 ?. Mr. Allen was grinning next day. Two New Hospitals For OMtonla. P Gastonia, Special.—Gastonia will soon be well supplied with hospital* . and they will he up to date. Tire city hosnital will likely be occupied 1 first. The painters are finishing tip one of the T. L. Craic residences and the furnishings aro beine put in by Rankin Bros. The building is being renovated and an operating room built on the third floor in the rear of the building. with good skylight. Everything is being put. in first-class shape. The rooms are large and airy and ncntly painted. The building is practically a new one. Items of State News. Work is progressing rapidly oh the concrete sidewalks which nrc being laid on the main streets of North Wilkesboro. Upon the charge of pushing his wife firm a moving train Tuesday night. J. W. Wells, of Hoekv Mount, is being held without bail. Mrs. Wells' eon liticn is still critical. Seven Thousand Dollar Firo Wilson, Special.—Thursday morn - ing about three o'clock Middlesex; : citizens were disturbed from their - slumbers by the «ry of "fire." On in vestigation it was found to be the I store and residence of Mr. B. F. Hol i Iflud. The fire originated in the second - story of the building, which is used ' as a residence by Mr. Holland and his ■" family. The building, with stock of B goods, furniture, etc., was completely 1, lost. Loss about seven thousand dol 1. lars. A Murderer Respited. Raleigh, Special.—Governor Glenn j last week granted ft reprieve till Thursday, November 19th, to Henry Harvey, ft ueerro murderer, who was to have been executed in Rockingham Inst week. It is understood that the counsel for Ilnrvey will make appli cation to Governor Glenn to commute the death sentence to life imprison ment on the- grounds that the is of a low order of intelligence and half-witted. . .bi'.r r • f HAINES PtHIS INSANITY Oayt. Peter 0. Hains Wffl Plead That He Waa Temporarily Insane When He Kin 3d William H Annis-De murrer of Denfense Overruled— Date Per Trial to Be Set Monday- New York, Special.—Temporary in ■anity will be tbe defense of Capt. Peter C. Hains, Jr., United States army, who killed William E. Annis at tbe Bayside Yacht Club's landing last August. In the Supreme Cotkrt at Flushing?- L. 1., Judge Garretson overruled the demurrer entered by counsel for the defense in the case of Thornton Jen kins Hains, brother of the captain, which ret up the that the in dictment was defective in that it charged Jenkins Hains both as prin cipal and accessory before the fact. Jenkins Hains was then called to Ihc bar and pleaded to the indictment not guilty. J. F. Mclntyre, of coun sel for the defense, entered a plea of not guilty for Captain Hains, on the ground that at the time of the killing of Annis, Captain Hains was insane. District Attorney Darrin of fered no objection to the plea s6 that the court corld set a date for the be ginning of the trial. This Judge Gar retson said he preferred to leave to the judge who would preside at the November term of the court. , Mr. Darrin announced that he will go before the Supreme Court at Hushing next. Monday and ask that the trial of Thornton Jenkins Hains be set for November. He said it'has not yet been defi nitely decided whether or not Mrs. Hains shall be called as a witness for the prosecution at the trial. COTTON GINNING REPORT. Census Bureau S*ys 6,283,780 Bales Havo Been Ginr.ec! From Growth of 1903 Up to October 18th. Washington, Special.—-Tba census report on cotton issued Monday shows % total of 0,283.780 bales, counting round as half bales, ginned from the growth of 190S, up to October 381 h, and a total of 25,440 active ginneries. This is as compared with 4,420,258 baits ginned for 1907; 4,931,621 lur 190(5; 4.990,500 for 1905, and 6,417,- 394 for 1994. The number of active ginneries in 1907 was 24,920, for 1900 was 20,125, and for 1905 was 20,577. Round bales included this year num ber 115,4.38, as compared with 97,T97 for 1907; 132,144 for 1906, and 140,- 574 for 1905. Sea Island bales ag gregate 32,402 for li) 08; 18,775 l'or 1907; 12,091 for 1900, and 3 1,4*7 tor 1905. The report by States, givin!? bales (counting round hales a* 'inlf bales) and active ginneries', respec tively, is as follows: Alabama, 090,788 and 3,205. Arkansas, 347,108 and 1,934. Florida, 34,577 and 231. -fleorgia, 1,119,017 and 4,2500. Kentucky and New Mexico, i 566 and 2. Louisiana, 20(i,207 and 1,41(0. Mississippi, 621,425 and 3',190; Missouri, 20.234 and CO. North Carolina, 270,171! nntl 2',449L Oklahoma, 131.578 and S0l» South Carolina, 059,070 and' 3*0461 Tcnneapre. 132,227 and s?r.. Taxes, 9,041,570 and 3.07 ft. Virginia, 12,810 and 03. The rrpwrt also announces that the earrectecf statistics of the fi-ruth'ty hi Sepfembcr 25th are "2,500. 03j? cor rected baTes. Mrs. Madness Pleads For CTmency Fbr Her Deserted Husband, Waffting-ton, Special. Assistant Secretary 1 Newberry, of the Navy recenved a letter from Mrs. !Wnriess asking clemency for her ftnsband. Mr. Newberry said the leltor was one of the kind that is constantly being received by him, tfiat it vrt'll be re plied tc in the usual way, and the usual course will be taken in relation to the Macness cose. Ha declined to make the letter public. Dr. J. W. Moore Discharged From Paris Asylum. Paris, By Cable.—Dr. John Miller Moore, of South Carolina, who has been confined here in an asvlnm for the insane, was discharged from the asylum Monday night and placed in the charge of his brother-in-law E. H. Fullenwide, who will take him back to the United States. Cashier Found Guilty. Pittsburg, Pa., Spscial.—William Montgomery, former cashier of the ' defunct Allegheny National Bunk, which failed some time ago for over $1,000,000, who was placed on trial last Friday on two indictments charg ing the embezzlement and abstraction of $409,000, was found guilty as in dicated by a jury in tho United States District Court. Montgomery was immediately placed on trial on I a third and last indictment, charg ing him with the misapplication of $144,000 in bcni-s. Rounding-up Prisoners, Camp Nemo, Reel Foot Lake, Tenn. Special.—Fourteen more prisoners were brought into camp in connec tion with recent night rider outrages in this section. This makes a tbtal of 01 prisoners now in custody hero. Three mounted'scouting parties went out and two cf them returned. Tho detachment away is under command of Captain C. B. Regan, United States Army. PRINCE HENRY FLIES Splendid Success Attained By Practical Airship - HIGHLY SATISFACTORY FLIGHT Count Zeppelin Makes Ascension in Remodeled Airship With Prussian Royalty as Gnest. Frederichshafen, By Cable.—Prince Henry of Prussia spent several hours in the air as the guest of Count Zep pelin, who made an ascension in his remodeled airship. Not only did the Prince thoroughly enjoy his experi ence, but he sat. at the steering wheel for many minutes of the flight guiding the movements of the craft and com pelling it to execute all kinds of com plicated mancuvres. Prince Henry's satisfaction at the great flight was unbounded and he gave expression to it in a telegram which he sent to the Emperor. " Un der Zeppelin's guidance I felt just as safe as on my own flagship." The start was made in the direction of Überlingen, to the northward of Constance. With Count Zeppelin him self at the wheel, the airship rose to an altitude of 600 feet, soon disap pearing behind a bank of clouds. Messages began to arrive shortly af terwards from the towns in the Hhine valley announcing the passage of the airship, but about 2 o'clock in the afternoon a sonorous sound from the sky indicated that the eraft was re turning. Scon it appeared above the thronged streets of Constance, where the Prince gracefully saluted in ac knowledgement of the ovation from the crowds below. After maneuvring above Lake Con stance in full view of the city for some time the airship made its way towards the Swiss frontier, disappear ing in the direction of Tyrol It re turned to its moorings about sunset. The Associated Press' correspon dent followed it in a racing motor boat, but was unable to keep the air ship long in view, as it soon attained a speed of 37 miles an hour. Short ly, however, the airship reappeared above the lake, emerging from a cloud bank like some uncanny visitor from an unknown world. Count Zrppeßn evident fy wished to show the Print*? some rrranuevering by the craft and he descended to about 300 feet from the surface of the water, turning from right to left and from left to right like a well drilled tile of nwftiiers. Then sud denly it mounted a thousand feet and shot into the cloirrftr, only the mighty hum of its ptopelfers indicating the course it had takrrr. Roosevelt Yeara Old. Washington, Special', President Roosevelt observed 1 liis 50th anniver sary Tuesday very simplv. He attend ed to his executive duties- as* wsnal and except for thr reception erf a [delegation from tfle Hungarian* Re publican Club »' New York in the east room of the White House; and the reception of tr lftrge number of congratulatory messages, some fforal tributes and gift» from the members [of Irs family, tli» day was th«> same Wirtttn WT wy" onflrer Late in the afhtrnoon the Ptwwdent denned his khaki" riding uniform and rough rider lmt and went for a hrose back ride remaining out until' ft p. m. There was a jolly family dinwer at the White House in the evening in honor of the PYesident's anniversary. No euests wera present. King Edward, of Great Britain, sent one of the first congratulatory messages rewived. It said'; "I request that yon will accept my cordial congratulations up#* the oc j casion of your birthday together with my best wishes for your welfare and prosperity." A Satisfactory Tear. Atlanta, Ga., Special.—A satis factory year's business, considering financial conditions, has just been passed by tht> Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic Railroad, according to the annual report ef the president, H. M. Atkinson, made here. All the old di rectors and officers were re-elected. Convention ef Coal Miners. Pittsburg, Special.—A convtntkj of delegates from all locals of the miners' union in the Pittsburg dis trict was called here to consider the check system and other important matters. The action of the conven tion will directly affect 40,000 men, and may havo an indirect effeet upon eoal miners throughout the country. Whilo thero has been no rupture of a serious nature between the opera tors and miners, it is claimed that the operators have not been living up to their agreements, especially in re gard to the check-off system. T. 0. Trestle Burns. Clarkpville, Tcnu., Special.—A Ten nessee Central trestle over Bush Creek, near Hickory Point, was par tially destropey Tuesday afternoon by fire. The blaze was supposed tc have started from a spark from a passing tiain.which passed about 1C o'clock. The trestle is about .'WC yards lonp, and ten bents were de stroyed. Traffic has been interrupted OLDEST EDITOR DIES At the Ripe Age of Nlncty-Ponr Tews OoL Riihftrd Benburg Creecy a Distinguished Journalist Passes Away—His Influence as a Writer Was Great and He Waa a Terror to the State's Enemies During Re construction Days. Elizabeth City, N. C., Special.— Deepest gloom is eaat over the city in the death Thursday morning at 0 o 'clock of her oldest, most honored and most revered citizen, Col. Rich ard Benbury Creeey. Colonel Creecy, while always blight, had been gradu ally falling away for months and his death was not unexpected. He waa entering into his 95 year and would have lelebtated the occasion on the 19th of December. Colonels Creecy was one of the State's most learned and beloved sons and had the distinc tion of being the gldest living editor in the world. He was also the wid est living alumnus of the University of North Carolina. Colonel Creecy ,was born at Green field Chowan county, and was reared in Edenton. % He movfed to Elizabeth City in 1843 and began the practice of law. Tbe year following he mar ried Miss Perkins, daughter of one of-the largest planters and slave own ers in this county. Colonel Creecy won reputation as a writer by cor respondence to different leading news papers an 9 during reconstruction days need for a strong newspaper was most apparent. Colonel Creecy, of this city; Edward Wood, of Edenton, and T. J. Jarvis, then of Tyrrell county, established The Weekly Economist and elected Colonel Creecy as editor-in-chief. The great power BBd influence wielded by the brilliant writer's pen is now a matter of history. No man in the State did more for the South's causd and no man was hated and feared more by the carpet-baggers and scalawags of that day than he. Colonel Creecy's wife died years ago but he is survived by five dsngh tera: Miss Nannie and Henrietta; Mrs. E. F. Lamb, of Texas; Mrs. TV. M. Luwfon, of New York, and Mrs. D. C. Winston, of E^cnton; and three sonsr Joshua and E. P., of St. Louis, tho latter chief of police of that city, and R. B. Creecy, Jr., this city. rfrefrogi Busy In Norfolk Norfolk, Special.—lncendiaries are still working in this city, three fires in the business district having been reported between midnight and fi a. m. The ffrsf,. at the wholesale notion establishment of—l* S. Fine & Co., causod SS,(WTO. The second, at the office of the United States Express Company, and the third, at the City Hay and Grain Company's establish ment, were extmsrrrished in their in cipience Tfnr chiefs of the Are and nolice conferred with t lie Board of Control on the situation and beroir steps are tobe taken to apprehend tho incendiaries. Governor's Effe Is Threatened. Union City, Special.—Governor Patterson, RTSTTarmcfed by a personal guard of twent*r-fTve, is m charge of the encampment of State troops at Samburg and wiTT personally lead the hnnt for the night riders who hanged Captain Rankirr. Detachments of troops are scouring three coanties for the murdeders. *Fearing a possible raid by the ni'gfit riders, the State troops are maintaining fwo lines of sentinels following the posting of notices that if th« Ooverm»»-dU- not discontinue tl»e- bant be bimself WO\M b* kidnapped.. Ijost His Xife for a Hoop. Lynchburg, Special.— Hooprolling cost Walter Davis, a 7-year-old col ored boy, his life in Amherst county Sunday. The hoop rolled into the river and the boy followed it, being unable to dtoefc himself. He has not been seen sines. Big Lumber Plant Burned. Pensacola, Fla., Special.—News reached here of the destruction by fire Thursday of the lumber milling plant of the Salye-Davis Company, at Southport. The fire, of unknown origin, was fanned by a high wind and destroyed the entire plant, en tailing a loss of SIOO,OOO. News Notes. President Roosevelt in a letter to Senator Knox demands that Mr. Bryan state whether he is committed to Gompers' labor legislation pro gram, and points to the Pearre bill as a dangerous invasion of property' rights. Explorer Evelyn Baldwin plans to float on an ice pack across the Polar sea from Alaska to Greenland. The Pacific fleet ia expected to reach Panama from its South Ameri can cruise the same day the Atlantic fleet reaehea Hampton Roads—Feb ruary 22, Textile Workers to Hold Ifext Meet ing in Charlotte. Schenectady, N. Y., Special—The eighth annual convention of the Unit ed Textile Workers of America, which has been in session in Cohoes, closed Friday. Charlotte, N. C,., was select ed as the place for holding the next convention. John Golden, Fall River, Mass., was elected president. THE NEWS«; BRIEF items of Interest Gathered By Wire and Cable GLEANINGS FROM DAY TO DAY Live Items Covering Events of Mors or Less Interest at Home and Abroad. Foreign Affair*. The Duke of the Abruzzi is still at Turin and his marriage to Miss Elklns continues to be the chief sub ject of discussion. The Formosan trunk railway was formally opened. Caf>t. B. D. Man ton, of Uruguoy, aged 80, and very rich, eloped from Providence, R. 1., in an auto with Miss Sarah E. Hartman, of Philadel phia, aged 40, and married lier at Fall River. National Affairs. Paper is being made from lumber mill waste in Texas. Cardinal Gibbons, in an interview in Washington, declared his opposi tion to woman suffrage. Miscellaneous. The Reel Foot Lake murder case will come up in court in Tennessee next week and militia has been order -3d out as a guard. Governor Wilson says he will order out troops and spend $1,000.00 if needed, to fumish protection against Night Riders. Miss Emma Nutter was ordained a minister of the Methodist Protes tant Church, at Atlantic City. A cowboy belonging to a Wild West show and a policeman shot each other dead in Gulport, Miss. Twenty thousand sheep perished in i New Mexico blizzard and six sheep herders are missing. All the members of President Roosevelt's Cabinet are to go on the Hump next week. Bryan delivered speeches in .Wilmington, Philadelphia, Trenton, |N. J., and other places. Judge Taft received enthusiastic welcomes from great throngs in In liana. President Gompers, of the Federa tion of Labor, is preparing to answer Mr. Roosevelt's attack. Comptroller Murray has adoptod Measures to increase the of bank directors in managing financial institutions. The so-called "Pearre" Bill was introduced a by request," the Record ihows. It never passed either house if Congress. An alleged social equality club in Richmond was broken up by the j>o !icc. The three-masted schooner Flora Rogers, from Georgetown, S. C., to New Haven, Conn., with lumber, was wrecked on Bodies Island. The Winchester fair ended one of ts most successful seasons. Three 1 persons broke jail at Lexing ton. The' suit of the Baltimore and Ohio Railrovd" against the Berkley Springs braneH- of an accounting was heard »t Mtrrtainslnirg, W. Va. * A rejected suitor killed a young (owsiajia tbarfter while he and his brute wfiv wtTwti. l iboard a train bound for New Or- Nofth Carolina cotton pinners are urging Governor Glenn to call out the militia to suppress night riders [who threaten to burn gins. The Ohio Valley Improvement As sociation will ask Con err ess f o r an ap propriation of $63,000,000 for a look and dam system for the Ohio. The Denver and Rio Grande or Gould lines have been merged under a $13,- 000,000 mortgage. Two children of Mrs. Roby Cun ningham were burned at Kanawha Falls, W. Va., and their mother has disappeared. Republican Congressional Candi date D. Lawrence Groner declined to enter a joint debate with Mr. Robert Withers. Alabamian Mortally Wounded by Negro Robber. Birmingham, Ala., Special.—«T. A. Cummings, who conducts a store at a small settlement between North' Birmingham and Sayre, was shot and fatally wounded by a negro who it is alleged was attempting to rob him. The negro entered the 6||re and de manded Mr. Cummings' money. Mr. Cummings jumped into the next room, seized a pistol and re-entered the store. The negro flred upon him fUst and made bis escape in the darkness. Breakfast Food in Bankruptcy Court. Chicago, {special.—Hearing in bank ruptcy proceedings against the Bat- - tie Creek Breakfast Food Company, manufacturers of "Egg-O-See," v;as begun in the Federal Court making the. third move against the company in four days. Th# orcecedings re vealed a condition of internal war faro between the utoeichrlders ?ud the officers of the coporation. siLrfr-i- \ rat* M. «i ' •"*s?''' .-X s* g v | i gkm & • -j