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3 V; i t If yowWnl (o reaxh (lie peo- t 'A -Si J T!c of the Piedmont Section i t put your TOE CHIT lent Adrcrtiiini Ilediara. ISAAC S. LONDON, Proprietor. A NON-PARTIdAH ? FAMILY; NEWSPAPER J V LOOA YEAf yoL.v. !r,'-Ni p., WEPNESCTAY; JUNE i&ml t $IO,250(flQOSai t KEWST. GLEANINGS - X - .-.': .' . Happenhg?,d:pplngs!diPF Vangban, Sial.ar(tawn an4 commtinity was , shocked Sunday af 1 c rnoon jylicn . it was . reported.; that air. . Corhclius; SBearina farmer,. CO years o. age bad ; taken his : life by shootuigj: himself , in tho - head ' 'aiyl htoraachi with," a shot gun. : 'Mr. SKearin jtad been in" very poor health for some months.' He went to Raleigh and Durham a few- weeks aso to $rct a hospitai,' but, could not ge 111 lffhan. ' Hia wife' atxA nn enn in Louisburg, he hot having lived with his wife , for about, two years. It 19 reported that, his family had forsaken himV'and that only, a fey days ago, i&. answer ,to an appeal to 1) is son George, who lives Mn Louis lnirr, fcV help, he wrote him that he would pot give him anything and that he j would not go to sU him if ho was dead. This, together with, his poor health, is attributed as the cause oi his committing the ratti act. His son, with, whom helived, had walked lout to look over hig crop, leaving jhis father and wife and two small children at home after he had l een gobe for about an hour the old man went in the house, took down the gun from' a rack over the door, ami went out and placed the muzzle airainst (his head and pulled the trig ger, the; entire load striking his lower i i ' . blowing it off and pieces of flesh wer found stuck up against the side of the house. - As-soon as he regained conseioiisness he got up, attended a call of liature and then went into the liouse, got two other shells atjd went back to! the sanie spot and shot him self in the stomach, just above the naval, the second shot killing ;him it) 'stantly.l"' When his son's wife saw him coming in the door with about half of ,his head sbt off, she ran out of the j back- door and went tt a neighbor'8 house. ' Mr.' Buck" Harris was parsing the . house just after the first shot, and Mr. Sheariirmotoned to him to come and knock him in the head, but he ran on down the roed to a rsibt'pon9&AtofnxittBTkort liclp. but -when he got back the fatal shot had been fired and. he was,-dead. Xow there lias arisen a 'suspicion of foul pliy. ' WHkina Jury Tied Up. Ralei?h, Special.--The Federal Court has a "hopelessly divided'! jury in ! the case of Charles Wlkins, of Goldsboro, charged with ' writiii'g two "Black, Hand "letters, to J. E. Cole, a prosperous merchant of Ooldsbro, and threatenins: to blow up Cole, his store and family if $100 was not forthcoming. Wilkins admit ted writing the letters but bis .counsel, Aycocki and Winston, made a fight for him on the ground that he trjas bo addicted to the opium- habit that ng will power and power of discrim inating between right and wrong were destroyed.. There was rMmim ht he took as much as one and a half eiuwes of the drug each day, wl,th fonsequent physical ' and C mental wreck age hat he read cdnstantlv. vels of, the "Black Hand" and Jesse J ames sort. Wilkins wife aud two children attended the trial? His wife was an important witness in Jws Jfhalf. , He testified that, nude in llnence of a drug, he often, saw green alligators with . velJow heads." The prisoner is .deafly a mental, and physical; wreck fora dope" and the jury was divided as e the degree of . responsibility for u conduct. Appalachian Snxnmer School Opewi Boone, Special The summer term of the Appalachian. Training School opened Monday with the.- following iaculty; B. B. Dougherty,. principal oy M.;Brownf English; A-Mastew, penmanship; Miss Mildred Atkinson; atin ; .Mrs. M. RietzelV arithmetic, end Miss Carrie, Wichael, mqsic.' In additionj to the above the following named teachers have been added' for "iff summer term: H. H. Hughev, H. Downum, Miss Anna Weedon, 'oy T: Jones, W. L. WinKler and i-r!ss Sallie Kirby. This term ; bids Jfr to be the best. in. the history of 'ic school. ' . ' ivMMjr so iur vyh 1 lamarm, ab TT Vai Southern 'Jdiltayv fS' f a ...QUIOK ROUTE TO ALL POINTS... - - J i N OJlt H&SjOlU TBB AS T-WJt ST.': : Through Trains Between Principal Cities and Hetorts v s ASttMag nm-ClMa AaHmjttu, -C- - ' v Elegant Pullman Sleeping Cars on all Through , Trained I P1NINQ. CLUO AND OBSERVATION OAW&. . -'V For Speed, Comfort and Courteous Employes travel via the 5o,wtnern I Stft, SehsdolM ia4 ether taf omstioa f arolshed by addrsntaff ' SBWOH, Trsv. f MS,Agt, ., f. & ITOOO. Slstrlat pssi, Aftat; ; TTi A. TUBE, PufcTraffle ltej4 - 8. H. HAfetfWIpK Qea'i Pais Aft; "mlm'mmmm "TimTT"miil. ii'aia!.!!lj55ij. i ii' . ;j Gdjdsteiif and:Siler Win Medals.: X DOTham; ecml ' est speechs heard to 'this; city,: in a long time were made by. R. (. Gold stein, Asheville, n Another ;View of Socialbin ; ' by Leonidas ) Herbin, ' of Greensboro on A Plea, for the South ern Factory Worker ; -Edgar oWaliac-e K!night; Rich : Square, Thoplift of Country Jife and, Gilmer Siler. on The Law and Public! conscieince The judges, Joseph G.. TJrown; of Raleigh, Rev.; W. A. Lambeth, of Walkertown andProGB, pgt'omii erk: Theyf awarded "Ihe 'medal ' to' m r. Goldstein.-l. There was tremen dous applause at his -aamc. Gilmer Siler, son of Atlanta, preacher form erly living in ' Asheville, wa given the Braxton Craven medal for high est honors of the class, marking las times will ever be given for s general work. ,. ; B. N. Puke Give's Another $50,000. . Durham, Spcciai.At the gradu ating exercises Wednesday at Trinity College it was announced that Mr. B. K Duke had donated $50,000 for the purpose of furnishing another dormi tory building and in this connection it was announced that the graduating class had given $1,000 for the pur pose of forming an endowment for the, college library. The announce ment of both these gifts was received with . much 1 enthusiasm and- applausol This gift of Mr. Duke sums up a total of about $715,000 that . the Dukes have given to Trnity, first nd last. I is a known fact that the late Washington Duke laid the founda tion for the great Duke gifts by the magnificent gifts , that he made to the college. One of these gifts, for $100,000 opened the doors of the col lege to women and this act also prac tically opened the doors of all the colleges of the State to women. :; Albemark Lands Big Wiscassett WXL f Albemarle, Special. The cotton mill which is intended as an enlarge ment of the Wiscassett, of this city, is to be built at Albemarle and hot Kannapolis, Cabarrus county, as formerly stated. . A letter - received by Mr. R. L. i Smith, of this -place, from Mr. Cannon states that the mill will be" erected here Whefe tho ther mills belonging to the Wiscassett Company are located. This mill . is to be as large as both the other mills of this name here and means much for Albemarle. It together with the doubled capacity of the Eflrd, Manu facturing Company, which is now a settled fact,, means 10,000 inhabitants for Albemarle within " the next two. days years. Y - 1 Gaston to Vote on New Conrt House August 6. Gastonia, Special. At the June meeting of the county commissioners' Tjiesday a , special election, in com pliance with an act of the last Legis lature, was ordered for August for the purpose of voting on the ques tion tf a new court house. Ai com mittee was named to visit and inspect court houses in other counties of the State to ascertain just what is need ed and the" cost of erection, t Gas? Ionia will again put in a bid for the removal of the county seat to thU place, and a hot fight is promised be tween now and the date for the i elec tion. ": .li.f' , , Street Oar Conductor Goes Insane. Charlotte, Special.-r Conductor r F. L. Stewart, of the 4 C's, has Iosthis mind and has been sent to his home1 at King's Mountain.-" Sickness seems to have brought on this condition, Mr. Stewart - is a young man about 24 years old. Brought a Big Whale. Raleigh,' T SpeciaLMr.- . T. ; W. Adickes, of the State Museum" has returned from Cape Lookout arid has brought back, with hita the bigwhale that was brought ashore there. ; This was left on the sands for some time, till the flesh was off. and is now : be ing placed in a huge sand box. in the yard at" the State, Museum , so ; as to get all; the oil out of 'the bones be fore it is mounted and placed in the Museum, r The- whale, which was i a young one, was forty-seven feet long and nine feet - across ar the thickest portion of its body, 1 -, KAUway. J vv,- JJ NATIONAL ORDER tettciSlibwl Members Ai! Oyer thi United States, HEADQUARTERS AT MARldN, OHIO r r . i , ' , 'cairrio, One f 'oil iheWlkmmti 1 ; : Ueved to .Have Been; Connected p. With PetrosWe, Death Evi- , ClnclnnaU, i Ohio.Detectives ' are gathering.evidence against the Black Hand Ibadfwhtchwas rounded up In' (3olumbtt8 and Marion, Ohio;' and it Is' expected ihkt , operattone in nearly ahd ramiflcattons of the Secret Serv ice in Italy will be laid bare. lit addition to the arrest of four Bicillanafa ; Marion .Columbus and; Dennison,; Joe Botella and SamRlwo were taken into, custody in Marion. Those .-arrested were Sain. Lima, said to be the ringleader of - the gang in the united States, and Joe Rlzza iiv Marion; Antonio Marsis in Dennison: and Tony Bicherio . ih : Columbus. These arrests were made on letters sent to John Amicon, a wealthy! fruit' dealer of Columbus, Ohio.. Tie in spectors state they have evidence showing that a room in the rear of a little fruit store in Marion; conducted by the Rizzos, was the headquarters of the society in ' this country, and they found In a safe there letters which throw light on many successful attempts to extort money from wealthy Italians In Ohio. New York, Pennsylvania and other States: - "There is no doubt that the Black Hand; with its headquarters in Ma rion, Ohio, has its branches in Chi cago, Pittsburg and other cities, and also Im Italy." said-Chief Postoffice Inspector Holmes, "We have- abso lute evidence that a division meeting of the Black Hand was held at Belle fontalne. jOhio, a few weeks ago, and immediately thereafter the members of the gang who had voted on the di vision of the spoils sent $2000 in pos tal money orders to Italy from the postofflce at Marlon, Ohio! It Is plain that these, men are so well or ganized that they meet and vote on the division of their proceeds. of ex tortion on somewhat of a business basis." s Columbus, Ohio. Postal inspector Oldfleld is positive the Black Hand suspeot, Collogero Vicarrio, arrested at Belief ontaine, was connected with the murder of the New York detec 4Ive,Petrosino inr Italy some months ago. v "I base my belief," he said, Von the fact that this man Vicarrio la. kno.wn tohavs lftft Ji)r JLt&ly. about the time Petrostno was assassinated." Vicarrio is a brother of Antonio Vicarrio, arrested at Marion. He was found at the home of Mrs. Salvatpre Cira, which was surrounded by the officers. Vicarrio was heavily armed and had $1000 on his person. Wom en and children, in the house are said to have been armed also. Vicarrio is a member of the fruit firm tt ;Demar & Co. Salvatore Cira was shot and killed a year , ago by Charles Demar, a jiephew, who fwas acquitted on the plea of self-defense. A year prior; Joseph Demar, a broth er of Charles Demar, was assassin ated, and his slayer was never cap tured, i .. RIFLES FOntJAXI DELIVERY. Lives of Trolley Passengers Pat in Great Peril by 150 Convicts. Joliet. I1LA Jail delivery plot, by which more than 100 men were to have escaped from the State Peniten tiary, was thwarted by the coolness of a handful of guards when 150 con victs, were held under threatening rifles after one of their number had broken from the atone Quarry line and made his escape. For a time, while August Vatter, the running convict, was making his wild dash from the Hnej lives of pas sengers In two electric cars were men aced by the rifles of the guards, as they were aimed in a vain attempt, to catch a glimpse of the fleeing prisoner as he raced side by side with the speeding trolley. 1 vv; Vatter, who was picked : by the leaders of the plot to make the first break for liberty, was captured after a chase : of two hours through the countryside, He was trapped Jn s shed by the daughter of,, a farmer. who had been notified of his escapi over the telephone. SOO CANAL LOOK WRECKED. Steamer Perry Q. 1 Walker Crashes , ,i c - Through Ga'tes.J SauIt Ste. Marie,: Mlch.The Can adian locks were wrecked when' the lower gates were rammed while the ; steamers Asslniabola and - Crescent ; City were passing down through the ship canal by the Perry G.-Walker, .-of the Gilchrist fleet, which was passing up. As a result, the Walker, which rammed the gates, has a hole in her hull; the Crescent City has 'found ered, and the Asslniabola Is damaged, and the $4,000,000,. Canadian canal "is out of commission for the rest of the - season, - the damage being estlf mated at $250,000 - Former Sheriff the Vlcttui, , Edward Callahan, former Sheriff of Breathitt County, Kentucky; and who was one of the prlncloal figures in the Hargls-Marcum feud was shot from ambttsh in his home In .Crock ttsviUe and mortally wounded. - 7 v 1 . ' ' " 1 a'i''-. r, : t' S Auto Speeder Loses License. j Charged with excessive speeding in Trenton, N.' J. John' P.. Betz, of Phil adelphia; was deprived of his ninety-horse-power automobile license, and will have to appear before the State Commissioner to show cause why.hla; driver's permit should not also be ret voked. ; - ' 4 Immense pea Crep.' - v Pea picking has hegun in New Jer- jsey, and the crop is Immense. I s lililpDlllfiiijil Trust Gives $2,000,000 Cash ant Returns WOO.OOOSewiitifc SUICIDE- rECALlED 'rpm -3t"e?v. 'jry.; '(.rjh ww.Jhw i'. ',';'X--'--tf- ;'V "" - X'- r ' t- Xi'XXX X: " '-: 'V-?! Suit .of the Pennsylvania Sugar Coni- .( vpany Foy S30,000,000; Suddenly ! V Stopped in . TJnited States Court ;f IVhctt Restitution a Made. KewkCTwmil lars tncashi the return of $ 7 ,t 0 0 , 0 0 r par value of securities heWias ;eolIat eral, and the cancellation of a Joan of $ OlOyCtO 0 morewaU theprlcehlch?4 leAmeylcaiijaiefi pany . agreed tq ' pay in settlemVnt ,bf . the suit brought against ! itVby the? TennsylvanJatiSugar Refining ' Com pany Vunder fei ShermariiAirti-Trust act; ; . X':X ';: ' l;v XA r:: u-' - The ieulfc was "brought f toreco vet ' $304;000,000; beingthe triple damages allowed by the statute, on the chargo that the Sugar' Trustvits counsel, John E. Parsons; and Gustav KisselV a broker had-conspired to wreck the Pennsylvania ; Company through the medium of 'a (well concealed, loan deal.. The case has been on trial be fore, Judged Holt, In the vj.ulted States District Court for two weeks, but was stopped ; suddenly when the; lawyers got together for a final settlement.. This settlement of the Pennsylva nia Sugar Refining Company's Buit comes immediately on top of the pay-Jj ment.by the Sugar Trust to the tlnl-T ted States Government of $2,000,000 -- In cash as the-amount out of"whk.h the United States 'had been cheated through the use of fraudulent scales on the sugar . weighing Pier. - la tragedy behind the Pennsylvania com- pany's suit, for the closing down of xne new plant which Adolph Segal had built for it to comoete with' the Sugar Trust, and consequent depre- elation of.4ts securities, was one of the contribuUng causes n the down- fall of the Real Estate Trust Com-' nanv. of Phlladelnhia whOBa t.rl. dent, Prank Hippie, committed sui cide when the exposure came. Th'e suit just settled' was instituted through the Real Estate Trust Com pany as holder of large amounts -of the Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Company's securities, although it was brought in the name of the corpora tion. In 1903 Segal built the new plant of the Pennsylvania Sugar Refinin Company, and then, after tying up I stock , in a. voting; jtrust,; wanted; to ; ,vvv.vvv uuw t a,vvu,vvv ui Its borrow $1,250,000 .for some of his ventures and pledged this stock along ' with ra big block of 7 the concern's bonds andVarlous'other collateral as ' security 'for tho loan. Gustav Kissell asked that during the pendency of tne loan the bolder of the -collateral should name the directors of Segal's bugar company. irhuti ..fin fi,. m. pllcit authorization of the 1 Sugar Trust: he named as directors himself and three clerks, who voted not Ao open the plant until the loan was paid. The plant was accordingly locked up, and has remained so ever since. SIX SENTENCED FOR FRAUD, Members of O'Dell Brokerage Com pany Get Jail Terms. Cincinnati, Ohio. Louis W. Fos ter, John M. Gorman. Walter Camp bell, A. C. Baldwin, Edwin Hell and J. M. Scott wero sentenced each to a term of six months in jail and each fined $200 and dosts by Judge Thomp son in the United States District Court here, for using the 'United States malls, to further schemes to defraud in conducting a bucket shop. The defendants operated as tht O'Dell Brokerage Company. William J. O'Dell came here from Savannah, Oft . wltlf 110 ftftft nh nnrt nnianaA bucket shop. He soon had brancheaJ in the principal cities an towns of the West and South. When O'Dell died he left an estate of $2,000,000. The men sentenced' were O'Deli's former clerks and telegraph , .opera tors, who continued the business. V PASTOR PAYS S603a ALDIOXT. I The Rev. C. T KnsseU, of BrooKlyn, settles Lttlgaaon With His Wife. . Pittsburg, Pa. The long pending litigation: hetweehthe Rev. Charles V, Russell formerly of this city, but now pf Brooklyn, V Y., and his wife, Mrs. .Mrla' Fy; Rusself, ' was eettled here, when counsel for the wife, who sued some time ago for a divorce, re ceipted on the dockets in the protho notary's office for, the, payment c of $6036 alimony ttp-to September-!, 1913, $1500 for counsel, ees and $60 costs. .; , -"Jj.-:-. .j.-.'v" vV;: Months 'ago the ! Rev; Mr. Russejl removed alf his property to Brooklyn 'with the. result that his wife obtained a writ of foreign attachment agalnsc it. , - ' r t , f FOUR AUTOISTS DROWNED. Machine Topples : Into acramenta . Rlver-Ctiattffenr Swims to a Boat, f Knight's Landing, ' Cal. Mrs. W. F.r Pbcon, -Mrs., J. H. Dungan, Miss Merle Dungan' and Miss Julia Dun? gan, of Woodland, were drowned here when their ' automobile toppled into the Sacramento River. " AThe chauffeur swam to a boat and Was saved. - . . , -v J FIERCE ; DUEL WITH , SWORD3i X-1 tf-' Portuguese Politicians Fight . in ' m ?-Park at Lisbon , f Lisbon, 'PoTtugal.---DomingV Cen teno and Count Arnoso. a former Min ister, fought a iierce duel with swordi in a local park.', -, - - t, . ; n Tie cause el, the dispute wag' po litical. Centeno is afriend Of Dr. Jose Alpolm, chief fot the Progressive Dis sidents., y a - "'v , - - Centeno finally ran ' his' siiosd through his opponent' thigfl, and tht encounter came te an ead :ri Jwif sht- Ptaia of the Hare feWs dd whlle batfilns.: arn&''Antolinobn ' the death penalty. i likely fokJ SfSer-speedipg automobillst'Who kills a person" in -this city was uttered ffiiit' 'to sencVncinl AVilllam DarrAgli to prison f or sevef to twenty years, i ! - . V ' ratflck BInst Serve Term; " : . Brooklyn; :N.Y.-The Appellate gjj siou dismissed the habeasul wrlt of Lawyers Albert T Patrick Whrtc.ted.Tpfifth; murder.ofwStt Lien TItmfcr noMn. ' " 1 rk;CItDr- LoI;LLiSea Lk ;from a hunting trip la SSSS ft Vft?lca-;nU- amewas plentlfuU but that shooting lions was tame .sport.- " i ; - v - Broker Saves nanself. . f ; rew York. Cliv. Tn from punishment for contempts. A. ttelnze's counset told the Grand-Jur the hiding p dc of the-tlhited Cop; per Company's pissing books. ' Rig Mill For PaWtucker. ; ' ' Pawtucket. ri t .Th. t r -w bu.v uiiuaeit VL??- makers,of w" u wursjpea aress goods; ia.to build a large addition to cost $100 additional operatives ' nemored Without Trial . .....Mfc 1UUI I "Helena MontiTnTOi V Goodwin nSSSL8 iif,a r.ionerit cl', nf?- , w .n.er af4 ciT SSS ifSS f . - uofawln from Qfflca Pollution of Lalte Enjoined. RariinrtOB v . ! Pollowlnf Iha thT onDosite .idS m m-PU1D UI8 on XLn& ??Ztk 8W Hth ml ' factS "! lt PhanDlan Jews ?hit Cnwm,1130 . aL Chancellor William H. Taylor, of Vermont, has issued an tn- juucwaa restraining the BurUngton Rendering Works from discharging fat and grease into, the lake. ttarr Assistant Attorney-General. V ashln tnt r n. T tjt . aroainted .William R. . Harr. , of .Se District of Columbia, an Assitt r"".e.raL 01 tne United SUtes AIiura--w.juooiey,- who wa re vcuti appointea a Supreme Justice in Arizona. Court i JaDan TTnnm Ttrn.T.i. I Washington, D. C.Admlral Urlu f MuuiuAiull ' wreatn or red nnrf Mt. i SnnnLlTf Washingtonvat , M M ,r v ' Aflf Aamiral ent "fc "4 me ayipn. Pearl Harbor Dry Dock Ordered. 9 Washington. d. C. The contract for constructing the concrete dry --v. b trua jnaroor, Hawaii,' has been awarded to the San Francisco Bridge Company for $1,760,000. The lowest bidder ttas C M. Leach, of Boston, whose proposal of $1,295,321 was rejected oing to an irregularity in hia guarantee check, Secretary Wilson's Degree r .ity"?1?0?'0; c McGill Univer sity, of Montreal, conferred degrees on Secretary Wilson, of the Depart" Phone by Wireless CS IileS. . jr. Toulon. Frahce. TrialV iof the wireless telephone system 1 Invented by Naval Lieutenants Jeance and Co lin 'were madei between the armored cruiser Conde, Jwhich was at sea, and stations on shore. The results have ' been gratifying. The conversation was carried oh; perfectly at a distanef of H 110 kilometers, -v or sixty-eight mUei. . ..j... . ; V Trade Ships Not Warships; 2i ' Tokio, Japan.'--. America needs trade ships, not battleships, to pre serve the peace of the Pacific, said Ambassador, 0!Brlen at a dinner glt en in his honor here, . ' 1 -' -1 . " ; , '- : ; Prince Slays PrinceV f X ' -Tiflis,,. Russia. Prince Eaatlonf a -descendant f Prince Peter . Bagra tion, the Russian General who served with , distinctldn. In the . Napol.mic wars, conslderlnghimself insulted by a remark made by Prince Er.stoff, struck the latter in the face. Prince Efistoff drew the Ipng dagger always worn by the jCaucasians and killed Prince Bagratfon oh the spot, i 83,000,000 onDeath Dn' '- London. Af " million':' sterling ' was paid into the British Ercbequer in 'a lump sum by the executors of the es tate of the late Charles Morrison, the London merchant whose, death - re cently revealed him as the possessor of a fortune estimated at from 15 0V 000,000 to $76,000,000, .thourh he had been previously almost unknown. Airship JJtestrtiyer in Japan.;.' ; ' Victoria,1 B- C.Secret '. trials of airships and aeroplanes in Northern Japan -have demonstrated,, that guns and heavy loads can be carried. Is tht story, brought! here by the eteamshljr Monteagle. t rr -,.. . s. ;. X '. -- v . - t " Moss Jumped From Steamer, v1 ' Crobkhaven; Ireland.- Isaac 'Moss, an attorney; jf NeW Tork City, com mitted suicide; by jumping overboard. He was suffering Jrom melancholia, and was - traveling ' with pr. . Bnrwell to Bad Nanheini, Qcnaiay. .' Wholesale Prices. Quoted lo Kew Xork fr.? & 1H;: vtucX- ? X -r -.. ., The Milk Exehahffs nrim td lli.n,!snf Quality is 2Hc. per. quart. , . , -. - CreameryWcsterri. . extra .$ : 2Gbmi i 27t i Firsts ..o. . y;t; . v r :- 25 26 1 Seconds ill.'.-r rj..i l .. MUffl. tate dairy; coratnon U fair 21 : Factory,' second to, fints.'i 1" Marrowv' 190S, choice." . i , ;V 3 15 iuam ,UW8, choice..... : kidney. 1908. . .... 1 65 Red iidner, 1008, choke: Yellow ere. 1908, choice. 3 45 'Pea. 1908. choice - 9 75 .Hlack tnrtle aoup, choice. 2 23 & 2 30 M ; 0? vcnMsev , x ? Stnte-rTuli crcaTa,pccial.. 13 14 ; Small r. a ; -.- r. . .v. . . id 134 )cmi,.fair,t gtiod,JrV'.e,.t7- .rui sums .-X't-J : taa. Jersey-iFflncy StateFair to' choice .... 2 3 22 il 2?' 41 21 V extern Firsts rouiTs axd . BEnBias r-frxsir. ' : Applea Raldwin, per bbl.. S 00 a' 8 7o Kujwet. per bbl ...... 4 00 4 J5 , Northern Spyr per bbl... 5 00 & 00 Strawberries, per qt.. 3 12 Blackberries,- per qt, 8 ' 8 Huckleberies, per qt. ...... 10 16 Monkmelons, per crate 75 (a) 2 00 Wntermelonn. ppr 100...;. .25 00. 40 00 UTI VUVUIMX.'- ' Broilers, per lb............ . 2 Fowls," per. lb RoMtera, per lb. . . . lurkeys, per lb Ducks, per lb.. ....... Geese, per lb . 8 ilgeons, per pair - . D8ESSED POVTLTBY. Fowls, per lb 12 Cocks, per lb . Kprintt ducks. L. 1- oer lb. TtSquabs, per, dozen 1 25 j-j-' uat axd rraiw. ffiay Prime, per 100 lb.... ' os. 3 to 1, per 100 lb.... 80 Clover; per 100 lb ....... 65 Straw, long rye, per 10Q lb. 1 40 I ' aors. State, 1908, prime to choice 13 Meaium to good.... .... , 10 Pacific Coast. 1908, choice. . , Medium to good, 1907. ... 6 ' VBarraBLXS. Potatoes Maine; per bag.. 2 50 State, per bag .......... 2 40 Sweet, per basket...... 1 00 Tomatoes, per carrier...,,. 75 Keg plant, per box 1 00 Squash, per bbl 1 00 Peas, per basket .......... 50 Peppers, per carrier .,... 75 Cabbages, per crate 50 String beans, per basket... 40 '. Onions X. O., per bag.... 75' : Texas, white, per crate.. 1 00 Texas, yellow, per crate. 75 Asparagus, per aoz. bunches 50 Beets, per 100 bunches...:. 1 50 Carrots, per 100 bunches... 1 00 Spinach, per bbj. 50 Cauliflower, iper dozen . . ... 1 00 Cucumbers, per basket .... .60 Radishes, per 100 bonebes.. : 25 . Lettuce, per bbl 100 Turnips, per 100 bunches.. 60 Rhubarb, per 100 bunches. . 1 00 Scallions; per 100 bunches.. 25 Watercress. 100 bunches... 75 Kale per bW.... 25 Parsnips. cr bbl 1 00 Rorsemdwh. per 10ft lb...; H CO' f ' - BAi.". arm Flour Winter patents 6 75 "Spring patents .......... 8 35 Wheat No. 2 red. ....... . No. 1 Northern Dnlnth.. Corn, No. 2 Oats Mixed Clipped, white. Rye. No. 2 Western Lard, c'M 82 g ;-, ' uu stock; Beereselty dred .... Calves-City dressed. r Countav . dreued -9 9 8 Sheep, per MO.ilb.. ,..,;, $ 00 Munos. per iw io. 7 23 Hogs. lire, per 100 lb.,,,,, 6 85 WHEAT REPORT DISAPpODmJfQ, .' . - , - - --v s Wall Street Had Expected Increase in Winter Percentages For May, ' New Tork City. Th's Government crop report-especially important this yiar, when so -much depends -upon the harvest yield, was a disappoint, ment to Wall, fltreet. -The ppecnia tors had expected .an Increase in the winter ; wheat percentages for May, bat, as it turned out, the average was only' 8 0.7 per cent, as Compared with 83.5-percent, on May 1. According to-this estimate the Indicated winter wheat crop will be 401,342.000 bush els,' as compared -with 437908,000 in 1908., The condition of spring wheat on June, r was 98.2, as compared with 95 on June 1, 1908, and 88.7 on June. V, '19 07. If the indications art fulfilled, ther ' should be a spring crop of ' 308,451,000 .bushels, which will provide the largest spring wheat erop in four years. The total wheat crop would be somewhat less than the bumper crop of 1906. when a to Jtal harvest of 735,251,000 'bushels was t sarnerwl. ; if , the , Government prediction should prove correct the total wheat 'crop oLJ.909 would be 704,793000 bushels. This would be about 40,000,000 bushels more than last ,' year- i-'and 50,000,000 bushels more than 1907. The corn crop has Just- been. "-planted ' in most of the States. TheGovernment gives no estimates, but it Is believed that the acreage shown will provide the larg est crop in the hltory ot the. country. X'AX;--r'- ,:' C r - " :y.X ;;..') Good Apple Crop. t ; V '-vThere will be' a cheerful story to tell about the apple crop this fall if early bloom' was a fair Indications A good : crop is promised f or ' the New England States in general. -". t ' ' ;?'.; v .-. ;:. c , . i X Depression in Earope. ; '-' a -Jacob H. . SchlfiV home from En rope, said he, found financial and in dustrial conditions ouch depressed abroad.--: .-;. ' ' j' - '. -v . :. . ..V-'' '' Tlorse Trade Active. Not in many' years has the demand for strictly choice drivers ' been so good as this season. This is an Inti mation that the light harness horse in spite of the. general use of the au tomobile continues to fill an Impor tant place.;.- ;; V; :. - A: f.:.;-v c;-sw:-.- ;j' -.. ' . ' s.', ; Glutted With Strawberries. . ; v Gloucester;' . County,: N. . J.,' ' was glutted with strawberries, and "fine f mil sold at five cents a box by tht . 20 320. 270 ft 2 42H 3 60 1 Clemen t,v Hopkins. " actor; stabbed ; himself fatally while 111 at hlsjranga? low In MontromrT..V.VrT"y-.'--k- -''V,i .. ' A cargo . of ,460; frogs .arrived in '' - - New .York City from Germany. to pa -.'.v y used as weather, forecasters.-. . ? t .i " . - x The' bill amending the Jaw -under &: -which . Porto i Rico is governed was w passed In, the House at Washington, pf C. r ' j. , " "..-f ; :-:-'', " -.Pasteurized milk ;wai-: condemned i' : by the American Association of Medl- "i -' cal Milk Commissioners In conventtoa4? i j at Atlantic City. - j v - y'i-.-XX-ti ; Lightning struck explosives at Cra--."J "; f.X' cow and Kingston. Jamaica,' 500 per- ; . sons being Iniured by the explosion " ''y : In the former, cy.t ,' v . J .- ? -. '' - A woman caught shoplifting in Uy-i X-: Brooklyn (N. T.) store said she rtol ;7 so her (husband, would admire tc . stylish way of dressing, v ,; K.iJ" v-' i Three natives convicted of msrder- ? - ing Dr. WUHa'm; James In Luxon jcaped.from their guards while on th. way to execution at "Manila.'" Governor 'Hughes and ' President Woodrow Wilson, of Princeton, at tended the Installation of Dr. Charles A. Richmond - as president of Unlou -. .College. ' ' ' - . .' . . Magistrate Finn, of New Tork CKy, gave a youth 'arrested for-kissing chance to save himself by rhyming. The rhyme was so. bad ho fined the. youth $1. I . ; - - --f-.V, After' finlns heavily reveral sellers of adulterated milk and rotten eggs I Justice Hoyt, of New York City, said that hereafter; such pffenders would . be sent to prison.'- : a m As a result, of the denial' of recog-. nition of the union by the Philadel phia Rapid Transit Company It was predicted that the strike of its wa ploy ct would be resumed. -' - ' FEBHXrXE NEWS NOTES. - , There are'' more than' COO womcnf studying medicine at the French unl-' versitief.- . . i J:. Sweden, Nofifay, Iceland and pen- : mark bare glren the municipal fran-v chise to women. - . ." ..,- .' Mrs. IT. Level, "of Topeka,' tn'.' l was fined one cent for disturbing an- : other woman's peace.; . . . ; Two thousand , women attended Uncle Sam's public view of smuggled ; goods to be -said .at auction la New YorkGIty. ' . - A town In North Prussia, 'has de- creed that any - woman who prom-' r enades the streets lna trailing skirt V. will be fined $7.50. ' . . Christian Science leaders Invited reporters to the home of Mrs. Mary 1 1 Eaker O. Eddj-, in Newton, Mass., but refused to let them talk to her.- 'f Miss Adeline I'Knapp,' toagaclne '. writer and an." authority on : condi tions in the Philippines, died In her home. In San Francisco, in her fiftieth year. "; Of the" 26OOo7''xrh6'hi0 qualified for the law In tho ' United States, less than forty have become? V, advocates in the, Federal Suprema Court. '. .;,, V; . The American Suffragette a new -weekly publication, managed by suffragettes, is Iu the handsof Mrs. Sofia Loeberger and Miss - Helen - Murphy. ;:-; . v.-- Mrs. Caroline Woodward, of . New .! York City, found herself a prisoner through action "taken, by the Legal' " Aid Socletv' - nft nead of a rival sodety, - r .- , Miss Grete WHdmasef. whok wa -i married. to Paul Laudbeck,. rf 'hunter -of large game in Africa, was tbe first I European woman to acquire citlzca ship jn the Congo Free State. . - u : ' v' .' - -'.-" ;X-'.:X The finest eollect!onto. orchJds in the world is said to he in the Austrian Emperor's palace at Ccbonbruun, n Jt 1 COntllTI! K.ftftS lmt v- -. .... mPSOVED, SEEVT05 VIA " BSA; : : ;s X'.;; boabp,;-; x To Atlanta, Blrxdngtii" 'lleashls,'' : Kansas ; oiry, iDenrer, and Prists , y South and West.' 4 r ' iXX:':? 43 J -Ko;ai; Lv Raleigh; . , .5 :15pm 3:45am. Lv Durham . . , 3 Opm D, & S. s " Lv .Wilmington, s ,30pm jZMzax C Lv Hamlet. . -,8:15pnv.'. 7:lCarA ' At Atlanta. 7:00am ' ;5:00pm' Ax. Birmingham. 12 ao . 8 :45pm 5. Ar Memphis. . :. ' 8 :05pm . 7:30am . Ar Kansas . atv. ,10:2Sim' " 7:00am At Denver .V. . ,10:00am ' 10:00ain - No. 43 Pullman 1 Drawing Boom . ' ; Sleeping Baleigh tO'BiminRham eon-" , nections with through Pullman - tn. Kanws Cirv and Denver,.. Day' coach' . onNcv . from Baleigh at.4:05 p. xn. 'sj, to -Birmingham. Dining ar on Ko. . dto Mamletv -, V - .-. ;, No. 81 Pullman TJrawinV' I?vim , 61eepinir. car Baleigh to'.iremphji,.' ', Day coach to Birmingham, dining car 1 " . serving ail . meaJsY-r ,; ..;; "-, Ttrongh . Train Service Between Wfl- '-: -. mington, Charlotte . and Johnson '- " City, Tenn and New Bleeping Car - -Service . Between' ' Charlotte " aid t ' , r;WflmIngtoni ' v :- W v . ; , ' " Ko.-45. ; ' ,No.'.,- 'v 3 :00am , Lv Wilmington Ar 12 :30am -' ; 7:00am Ar ; .Hamlet. 1 " Lv" fl 30 " . . 7.25am Le .Hamlet;s.-'Ar SrOOnm n " : 10 :25am Ar . Charlotte;- Lv 5 :20pm-: 10 :35am Lvv : . Charlotte . Ar 5 danai T l0pm Ar .Bostie.. Lr -2:15pm j ' ; 1 :50pm Lv . .Bostie. . ; Ar ; 2 :15pm ' ' " ,8 :05pm Af JohnsonGty Lv 8 Oam' : ' ? : - Nos. 44-45 Through train Mvun "Wilmington and Johnson ' City , and ' ' ' rawing Koom bleeping Car, servjce . Detween .Wilmington and Charlotte. V Open for passengers at Wilmington V X 9:00 p. m.-and arriving 120 a.' in.' ' passenger can! remain -m same until X.. :r 8 :00 ' a..m. Conniction for; this, can' ' be made .from Baleigh for, WilmiDS ton by Nov 43 or 4L r . ; ' - ; For : information apply tV ticket . . agents..: ' --v ; ' X.Xt X XX:; -, X " ' -JX:X:-v;C, .H. OATTIS, i.'f j ' District Passenger- Agent, " T , iialeigh, N. CA . v. '-' : t- Tt '- -r X: e ' X- X XX & Xp . t
The Siler City Grit (Siler City, N.C.)
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June 16, 1909, edition 1
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