VOL. I,
ELM CITY, N. C., FRIDAY, JANUABY 3,1902.
NO 21.
DAMAGE BY FLOODS
Severe Losses From Hifh Water in
Many Places.
LOSSES REPORTED VERY GENERALLY
Water One to Five Feet Deep in the
^Streets of West Point, Qa. —Trains
Badly Delayed.
Atlanta. Ga., Special.—The torreatial
rams of the past two days in Georgia
Alabama and east Tennessee and por
tions of North,Carolina caused the
fieath of our persons as far as known
and inSicted serious damage to «il
kinds of property. The rains have been
iOlJ'jwed by much colder weather ac
companied by high winds. Tha Weather
Buroau announced that the Chatta
hoochee river would continue to rise
iuring the next 36 hours and it is
feared much damage will result. Three
D5ople were drowned at West Point,
Ga., while attempting to cross the tur
bulent Chattahoochee^ and Thomas
Russell, an engineer on* the Atlanta &
West Point Railroad, was killed in a
freight wreck caused by a washout
near Notasulga. Ala. Thousands af
dollars’ worth of property has been ae-
stroyed at West Point and there is
much suffering. The water in the
streets of West Point was from one to
five feet deep. Many of the people
spent the night in Fort Tyler. No
trains have been sent through from
Atlanta to Montgomery over the At
lanta & West Po-int road since Satur
day and the Southern Railway’s New
* ork and New Orleans limited was sent
around by Birmingham and Meridian.
At Columbus, Ga., the Chattahoocace
registered 38 feet. The property dam
age is already heavy. Nearly fiva inches
Oi- rain has fallen in the vicinity of
Rome, Ga. Two washouts are report
ed on the main line of the Louisville
i- Xashvills road south of Montgom-
Section of Richmond FloadeJ.
Richmond, Special.—There has been
a t smendous rush of water down the
James. The people in the lov^’er part of
the city arc moving out and the
wharvps at Rockett’s are under water.
The extreme lower part of the city is
cut off. Owing to the fact that the wires
are down along the James river divis-
joa of the Chesapeake & Ohio nothing
can be learned definitely of the condi
tions above. It is expected, basing cal
culations on precedents, that the water
here will reach its height about mid
night. and fears are that the freshet
wiJl be the heaviest in years. No fatal-
•ties have been reported. The Rappa
hannock took a tremendous rise, put
ting the Frcdericksburg gas works and
electric light plant under water and
plunging the city into darkness. A Mr.
Hart, at Hascl Run. had to take bis
family out of his house on horseback.
Luray reports a great freshet in the
valley, which seriously Interfered with
ihs running of trains.
riany Wasliout5.
Roanoke, Va., Special.—Railroad
traffic in southwest Virginia has been
Foriously interfered with for the past
4-S hours, owing to the hea%Tr fall cf
snow and rain during the last two
weeks. Many washouts are reported on
the Norfolk & Western main line, the
Roanoke & Southern and the Shenjin-
nnah Valley Railways. Jo-hn Wright
ln.?t his life in (his county v.'hile at
tempting to cross a swollen stream on
a horse. A heavy fall of sleet and snow
at Christianburg has prostrated the
telegraph and telephone lines fn that
vicinity. A telsgram from Radford ’
says, Nev/ river has been doomed igain
for the fifth rime this year, breaking
all records. The water rose 20 feet and
spread over the adjacent country, par
tially submerging trees, houses and
railway tracks.
Danville, Va., Special.—The hlgSest
water in the Dan river since ISS’J,
reaching a depth of 13 feet, prevailed
here Monday morning, necessitating
the shutting down of the Riverside
Cotton Mills, the power plants of the
street railway company and city elec
tric lights. At this hour the river i«
about at a standstill.
Town in Darkness.
Columbus, Ga., Special.—The Chatta
hoochee river is still booming. Tne
vvaters have receded some two or three
feet, but another rise is expected. The
only very great damage is that on the
flam of the Columbus Power Company,
which cannot be estimated until the
water falls. The mills which are oper
ated by water will likely be closed all
the week. The city is in darkness again,
and few street cars are running.
Forced Mills to Shut Down.
Spartanburg, S. C., Special.—A spe
cial to The Herald from Anderson, S.
C., says that the dam of the Anderson
Light and Powcc Company was washed
away Sunday night. The lass will be
545,000.
The disaster will enforce the shut
ting down cf the Orr and Ander.«oa
Mills, employing 2,OCO hands, for six
months. The mills were run by elec
tric power generated at ihs plant. The
Andersen Mills used partial power and
by this method will be able to givi em-
pioymeat to about haif-the force. The
other employes must go elsewhere for
work. Should the mills decide +.o in
stall an exclusive steam plant, this will
icquire ssvecal months.
No Trains to Asheville From West.
Asheville, Special.—The storm of the
past two days has crippled train ser
vice. TraflSc from t&o west on the
Southern Railway has been completely
blocked since Monday morning, trains
being water-bound at White Pine, N.
C. Trains on the Asheviile-Sparca.i-
burg division are waterbound at Cam v
robello, but the passengers are coming
Ihrough about six hours late. At
Twinnell’s, on Black Mountain, the
Fireoch Broad Is within a foot and a
half of bieh wal^er n»ark.
INCREASE IN VAIVATION.
(lany North Carolina Counties Show
Large Advance in Wealth.
The increase in the valuation of
property for the present year over
that for 1900 ttill be between tweirity
Knd twenty.fi 7e millions.
OiBcial flgvros from 90 of the &7
counties received ly State offi'iials
Jhow an tccruise in property vftlna*
ticns of |20,loL,07i. This is the lars-
esl increase in the history of the gov
vrnment for years.
The valuations for the present
year from counties heard from is $260,
878,805 as ccmpari-d with $240 747,-
727. The counties that have not yet
reported are Catawba. Edgecombe,
Harnett. Mitchell. Rockingham, Vance
and Wilson.
V/ake county Is the wealthiest of
all the counties in the State accord
ing to the new assessment, v/hich
I’aces the valuation ot property in
the capital county at |11,794,806. lAst
year Mecklenburg led in wealth with
a valuation of $50,000 in excess of
that of Wake.
Forsyth leads with increased assess
ments for the year, the amount being
$1,853,736. Wake is next with an In
crease of $1,044,744. Guilford and New
Hanover show nearly a million in-
creasei. The increase in Mecklen
burg is $897,767. Wayne shows an
increase of $700,000.
Scotland shows up for the first
time with an assessed valuation of
$1,692,998, which places it far in ad
vance of many counties.
Durham county shows a xiecrease of
nearly a quarter of a million. Among
the other counties that fell l)ehind
last year's assessment were Cumbsr-
land. Jones, Swa' i, Tyrrell. 'Watauga
and Rockingham, which gave Scot
land to the State.
The figures by counties for the two
years are as follows:
1901. 1900.
Alamance 4.990.S02 4.s;;?.,264
Alleghany 790.357 723,1:07
Alexander 1.147,695 1.10!>.)04
Ansrrj 2.126,576 l,95S.02t
Ashe 1.661.2'9 1.6C6,lO
Beaufort 3.302,073 3,002,576
Bertie ■*,.733.410 2,bS5.]i2
Bladen 1.5S0.293 l,o37.fc49
Brunswick. . . . 1,317,000 1,216,419
Buncombe. . . .10.116.S61 9,725,9^7
Burke 1.4S2.475 1,413.165
Cabarrus 3.722.698 3.50l>,t;29
Caldwell 1.896,130 1,7.^7.460
Camden 605,555 386.2S6
Carterat 1,026,090 942,901
Caswell 1,476,053 1,344.824
Chatham 3,115.9S9 3,001,228
Cherokee 1,733,758 1,651.T' 6
Chowan 1,634,911 1,54.5,726
Cla\ 505,534 505.259
Cleveland 3,913,093 3,644.499
Columbus. . . . 2,447.492 1.990.7.6
Craven 3,222,564 3,104.952
Cumberland. . . . 3,151,391 3,194,121
Currituck. . . . 749,858 706,S94
Dare 432,298 423,i>23
Davidson 3,929,683 3,608,774
Davie 1.970,193 1,748,251
Duplin 2,268,678 2.097,826
Durham 10,347,138 10,6'»5.%42
Forsyth 9.583,690 7,729,954
Franklin 3,039,349 2,751,234
Gaston 5,217,170 4,476,149
Gates 1,146,487 1,098,892
Graham 667,256 656,108
Granville 3,227,857 3,077,271
Greene 1,804,387 1,497,813
Guilford 8.274,817 7.477.CS4
Halifax 4,564,202 4,142,274
Haywood 2,036,8160 1,915.407
Henderson. . . . 2,129,434 2,106,706
Hertford 2,119,512 2,034,326
Hyde 1.074,590 ’J73,3i3
Jackson 1.366,854 1.312,140
Iredell 4.612,175 4,066,532
Johnston 4.0 SI ,687 3,648,494
Jones 1.212,047 1.128.3^.4
Lenoir 2,666,095 2,236,522
Lincoln 2.232,850 2,137,CS7
Macon 1,177,256 1,174,722
Madisoii 1,698.874 1,508,789
ATartin 2,451.353 2.279,064
McDowell 1.077,337 1.021,30)
Mecklenburg . ..11.697,242 10,799,475
Montgomery. . 1.794,931 1,698,161
Moore 3.284,115 3,045.390
Nash 3.948,878 3.531,310
New Hanover. .. 8.451,441 7.465,191
Northampton. . . 3,345,901 2,380.145
Onslow. .... 1,567,167 1,475.719
Orange 2,3S2r15 2.159,468
Pamlico 831.604 722.148
Pasquotank 2,523.202 2.254.C90
Pender 1,312,777 1,220,£-50
Perquimans . ... 1,659,795 1,440.023
Person 2,005,502 1,820,052
Pitt 4,037,145 3,6^9,000
Polk. . . . ... 1.110,991 896.f.*»3
Randolph 4,171,893 3,847.021
Richmond .2,370,347 3,692,002
Robeson .... 4.479,081 4,420,354
Rowan ..... 5,974,329 5,489,461
Rutherford 2,806.247 2,677,658
Sampson 2.383,727 2.103.721
Scotland 1,692,993
Stanly 2.322.697 2,122,9S9
Surrv 2.945,3'*6 2,874.199
Stokes 1,955.972 1,904,091
Swain 949.0.S9 1,076,045
Transvlvania . •. 1.056.507 1,003,434
Tvrrell 64’,113 546,288
Fnion. 3,476,351 3.193.406
Wake. 11,794,806 10,750,062
Warren 2,335,468 2,055.093
Washington 1.133,797 1,053,669
Watuaga 1.390.675 1.3D2,f49
Wavne 5,783.360 1,942.082
Yadkin 1.695.898 l,613.n:.6
Yancey 610,091 '371,147
COJPOKATE WEALTH
Laborers Employed and Amount of
Wafes Paid Them.
MONEY AGQREGUEOF Bii LIONS.
Of the 3^203 t*lant& keported) 174
Were Idle D.: ring I he Census Vear
—Valu bi« Statistics;
Total . . .$260,878,805 $240,747,727
Five Injured in Freijtht Wreck.
Grand Saline, Tex., Special.—In a
freight wreck near Silver Lake Christ-
rcai day fifteen cars were derailed and
five persons mere or less injured. The
Texas & Pacific “Cannon Ball” engine,
which had been detached, and sent on
wilh a wrecking cr»w was derailed
while returning from the freight wreek,
and four men were Injured, none fatal
ly.
Railroad Discrimination.
Austin, Texas, Special.—Membera of
the Texas railroad commission return
ed from the Beaumont oil fields, -where
they have been investigaQng the
charge that the railroads were discrim
inating against the oil fields to not fur
nishing transportation for the product
The commission would not gire out an
•fflcial statement.
Washington SpecUil.—Canr-us statis
tics made public on induslL-ial combina
tions show a total authorized capitali
zation on May 31, 1900, for the 183 cor
porations reported of$3,607,539,200 and
capital stock issued $3,C'35,200,SGS. Of
this total the authorized capital in
cludes $270,127,230 in bonds; $2,5’29,510,-
900 in preferred stock and $2,077,871,0,j0
common stock. 'The capital stock is
sued comprises , $216,412,781 in bond?.
$1,006,525,963 in preferred stock and
$M02,262,146 in common stock. The
total value of all the products of the
combinations reported is $1,661,295,2; i
and subtracting the value of th.' pro
ducts of the hand trades, cr the me
chanical and neighborhood industries,
which amount to $1,216,165,160, th>i pro
ducts cf the industrial combinations iu
1900 are found equivalent to over 20
per cent, of the total gross products of
the manufacturing industries of tho
country as they existed in 1890. Tho 183
corporations employed an average of
399,192 wage earners, receiving $191.-
534,715 in wages. Employment also was
given to ^4,583 salaried ofiicials. cl?rks,
etc., receiving a total of $32,653,623 in
salaries. Miscellaneous expenses of
these combinations aggregated $151,-
851,077. The total cost of material used
was $1,085,083,828 The gross value ht
products, less the value of material pur
chase! in partly manufactured form
gives the net of true value of produfi’s
cf those combinations as $1.051,»81,5SG.
This represents the increase in the vol-
ue of the raw materials resulting tiom
the various processes of manufacture.
The 1S3 corporations reported control
2,029 plants that were active durin;j the
census year and 174 reported as ’die
during that period. The returns
showed an average of 11 active plants
te each corporation.
Of all these industrial combinations,
63 were organized prior 10 1897 and in
the year 1897, 18»8. 1893 and pri >r to
June 30, 1900, there weie organized sev
en, twenty, seventy nine and thirteen
corporations, respectivc-ly. Over 50 per
cent, of the total number cf such cor
porations were chartered during the 18
months from January 1, 1899. to .fuao
30, 1900. The statistics of industrial
combinations exclude all corporaiions,
tnanufacturing and distributing ga?
and electric light and power, it beins
impossib'e to trace all cf the latter, and
they do not genccally pos.se«s the samo
economic significance. Tho ret-n-ns
show that the Iron and steel industry
is at the head of the list, with a gross
product of $508,626,482, which is move
than double the value of the product of
any other group, except food and kin
dred products, and represents coarly
one-third of the total gross value of
products of all the industrial combina
tions respectively follow;
Iron and steel and their produci.s,
$341,799,945 and $508,626,482; food and
allied products, $246,623,633 and ^282,-
408,081; chemicals and allied produ::s,
$175,002,8S7 and $182,391,744; matala
and metal products other than steel
and iron, $118,519,401 and $180,154,703;
liquors and beverages, $118,484,184 and
$93,432,274; vehicles for land transpor
tation, $85,965,683 and $85,935,533; to
bacco. $16,191 and $74 063,029: tex
tile. $92,468,60« and $11(^*5,202; lea^h-r
and Its finished products, $62,734,011
and $45,684,829; paper and printiug,
$59,2^71,691 and $44,418,417; clay, glass
and stone products, $46,878,928 and :>23 -
258,182; lumber and its cc-manufuc-
tures, $24,470,281 and $20,378,815; mis-
jeellan«0us industries, $45,408,869 and
$48,605,073.
MADE A HEAVY HAIL.
Asheville 5hut Off.
Incessant rains for the past 48 hours
throughout east Tennessee threatens to
do more damage to property than the
disastrous flood of last May. The
Southern Railway has annuallcd all
trains between Knoxville and Ashville,
N. C., owing to water-covered tracks
between Newport and Rankin. All
through traffic and maiil will be hand
led over the Norfolk ft Western. It
will be impossible for the Southern to
1- ;ndle trains east via the Asheville
division until the late Monday at least
and possibly longec for rain is still
falling. The Tennessee river is near
ing the 30-foot mark at this point with
indications that it will reach 40 feel
and do heavy damage.
In East Tennessee.
Bristol, Tenn., Special.—High water
has washed three spans of the Virginia
ft Southwestern Railway bridge at
Elizabethtown, two spans of the bridge
at Butler, half a mile of track be
tween Elisabethtown and May Mead,
and several trestles on the Tennessee
division of the road, forcing a suspen
sion of traffic. The East Tennessee &
Western Nortli Carolina Railroad has
also suffered serious washouts.
Heavy Rains In Tennessee,
Chattanooga. Tenn., Special.—Heavy
rains over tho entire upper basin of the
Tennessee river will produce a flood
tide. The weather bureau predicts that
the river will pass th« danger lino here
by noon and tfood warnings h«ve
been sent out The crest of the rise can
not be estimated at his time, as rain is
■till falling over the entire Tennessee
river system, according to late^ re
ports received.
K New York Couple Lose $$o,o3o
Worth of ilswelry.
New York, Special.—Mr. and Mrs.
Paul G. Thebaud, of Madison avenue,
were robbed today o£ jewelry worth
$50,000. This was comtborated by Mrs,
Thebaud himself at headquarters,
where, in company with a member of
the 'firm from whom most of the jew
elry had been purchased, he gave to
the police a partial list of the jewels
taken. The valuables consisted in part
of one pear-shaped diamond, said by
Mr. Thebaud to be worth $20,COO; one
pearl weighing 44 gi-ains, said to be
worth $15,000, and 300 small ornameuis
and made up a total of about $50,0‘J0.
The robbery is said b^^ the police and
also by Ml-. Thebaud luavc been the
work lit a uewly-engased valot, who
had been employed by Mr. Thebaud but
two weeks. The valet is missin,s and
the butler who recommended him la un
der ccnstant police surveillance.' Mi.
and Mrs. Thebaud went to Whlt«
Plains >esterday as the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Howard Willetts. The valet
accompanied them. The valet was last
seen about 9 o’clock this morning when
he took one of Howard Willet’s rigs
and drove to the railroad station in
White Plains. Three hours later tho rig
was found at the station, abandoned.
It is supposed the valet, whose name Is
Kearn. left town on an outgoing train
soon after he drove to the station.
NELLCROPSEY FOUND
Preacher on Cropsey Case.
Elizabeth City, Special.—^The most
discusscd happenings in the Wilcox-
Cropsey affair Sunday were pointed
pulpit utterances in the morning from
two of the most prominent clergymen
Rev. Mr. Lewellyn said that he did not
hesi^ite to believe Wilcox innocent,
while Rev. D. H. Tuttle called atten*
tion to the order of the mayor closing
the bar-rooms on the day the body was
found. Sunday afternoon in the pres
ence of about 1,500 people.
“1 don’t hesitate to say that 1 believe
the prisoner is innocent,” declared the
Rev. Mr. Lewellyn, of Christ’s Episco
pal church. “I want to caution you, my
hearers, against forming and express
ing opinions condemning a fellow-man
until you have read the 140th Psalra.
I will say that I condemn some things
in his past life, and had he been a
member of my church I should proba
bly have censured him firom the pulpit,
but now I bc-lieve he is innocent of the
dark charge which hangs over him.
Though the young lady is dead, and
it is very sad. her character was vin
dicated and I think»iow your sympathy
should go out to the defendant’s fatuily
in their great sorrow.”
Macao Retires.
Havana. By Cable.—Gen. Bartolome
Maso, candidate of the Democratic par
ty for the presidency of Cuba, left here
'Hiursday morning for his home at Man
zanillo. He has given up the cam
paign. The demonstration yest-srday
evening as well as that held at the rail
road station this morning brought a
large crowd. Havana newspapers quote
Gen. Maximo Gomez as threatening to
have Civil Governor Recio, of Puerto
Principe province, expelled from office
when he returns to Havana for having
permitted demonstrations against Go
mez in the course of his polllical tour
of that province. The same paper says
also that Gen. Gomez had threatened to
“string up” a few others when tho Cu
ban republic is formed.
Philippine Situation.
Manila, By Cable.—It was publicly
announced that the ratio for the first
quarter of 1902 will be $2.10 Mexican
silver to one American gold dollar.
Gen Wright, the acting civil governor,
says that, though unsatisfactory, this
is the only solution of the matter the
Philippine commission thought pos
sible. He hopes lor early action by
Consress of this sublect. Gen. W^rig-it
considers that the situation in those
parts of the Philippines where military
operations are being carried on Is
daily improving. He has the greatest
confidence in Gen Chaffee’s ability to
end the insurrection in the islands and
says perfect harmony prevails between
the civil and military authorities.
Two Wrecks in Alabama.
Opelika, Ala., Special.—Two wrcoks
occurred on the Western Railway of
Alabama Sunday night on account cf
heavy rains, which caused two embank
ments to give way. One man was killed
three Injured and the property loss is
.heavy. The dead: Thomas Russell, en
gineer on extra freight. No. 21. The
Injured are: Cy Lee, negro fireman; B.
W. Jackson, engineer freight No. 29;
negro fireman, name unknown. The
wrecks occurred about 30 miles apart.
Extra freight train No. 21 was wrecked
near Notasugla and train No. 209 was
going for assistance v.’hen it was
wrecked.
Plood-lide In Ohio River.
Pittsburg. Special.—Heavy rains for
36 hours here and at all headwater
points on both rivers has produced a
condition which will result in what
may be called a flood stage in the Ohio
rlT«^ when at least 20 feet to predicted.
Timely warning by the we^er bcreau
wHI bo the means of saving much
property and only temporary incon-
reniencfl is expected by interests along
the river front.
Will Not Go With Liberals.
London, By Cable.—The Daily News,
a Liberal organ, admits that Lord
Rosebery has declined to act with the
Liberal party. Although the paper ro-
grets his volnntary severance from this
party^t makes it weD that the air has
been cleared and tiiat Sir Henry Canip-
bell-Bannennan te more'firmly iBStall
ed la fh«
Dead Body of Missinf Girl Discov*
ered in River.
FATHER IDENTIFIED THE CORPSE.
A Coroner's Jury Held An Autopsy
and Reeommecded That Wilcox Be
Kept For Trial.
CALENDAR FOR 190s.
Suffolk, Va., Special—Nellie Cropsey'^8
dead body was found Friday in Pasquo
tank river. After thirty-seven days
of anxiety and fake reports and the
lavish expenditure of money to
solve tiie mystery of Ella
Maude Cropaey'a disappearance, Pas
quotank river gave up its dead at 10
o'clock this morning.
Nellie’s body was located on the river
bottom by J. D. Stillman, a fisherman,
who hurried word to S. W, Turner, a
member of the citizens’ committee of
five. The news of the find spread like
a prairie fire, and soon a great crowd
of excited people had collected. Jus
tice W. H. Cropsey. the girl’s father,
was summoned. Almost overcome with
emotion he pushed through the crov.'d
and stood beside the corpse, where it
hod been tenderly laid near the bank.
There was a hush as he looked upon
his daughter's form, but only for a
minute. Justice Cropsey soon pro
nounced the body before him the re
mains of his missing Nellie. Word was
sent to the mother, who has seemingly
suffered most, to the sisters and to
Miss Carrie Cropsey,' of New York,
who has remained with the family
during all their trouble. There were
weeping and cries of grief and th^y
would not be consoled.
The corpse was found out in the river
nearly opposite the Cropsey home.
Later, Coroner Fearing was notified
and he had summoned a jury vihj
viewed the lemains in a small house on
the Cropsey premises. Witnesses told
hov/ the find was made, and there was
evidence to show conclusively that the
body was Nellie Cropsey’s.
A careful examination wa.s made by
physicians. The body itself, thoug'ii
darkened by the water's action, was
considered in an excellent state ol
preservation.
James Wilcox, the suspected luv?r
who, in pursuance of advice of his
father and lawyer, had left town and
was stopping at a country house in
Pasquotank county, was gone after
and biought to Elizabeth City at 5
o'clock. There was no apparent chartge
in his expression and when ciuest4oned
about the case he answered in mono
syllables. Of course he maintains nol
only his innocence, but his ignorance
of the causes which led to Miss Crop-
sey's death.
The Coroner's luquest;
Elizabeth City, N. C., Special.—The
coroner’s jury reports that Miss Crop-
sey came to her death by being strick
en a blow on the temple and drowned
and recommends that au examination
as to Wilcox’g guilt be made.
The report made by the physicians
who performed the autopsy on Miss
Cropsey says: “The garments show co
marks of violence. There were no ex
ternal marks of violence on body, bead
or face. There w^as a discoloration of
a pinkish tinge on the front of head
and face with a slight bluish discolo
ration over the back of the neck. Th^re
were no marks upon the front of her
neck, except as made by construction
of her dress collar. An examination
of the internal organs showed she waf
a pure girl.
“There was no fracture discovered at
any point of the cranium. There was
no effusion of blood or water upon the
surface of the brain or any evidenr^e
that violence had reached its structure
or the internal plates of its bony cov
ering. The brain substance £0 far as
we could sec shows no evidence of dam
age. The brain was removed and the
base of the train thoroughly inspected.
There was no damage to blood vessels
or bony structure.
The report was signed by Drs. J. E.
Wood, 0. McMullan and I. Fearing.
The verdict cf the coroner’s jury fol
lowed: “We, the coroner’s jury, having
been duly summoned and sworn by Dr.
I. Fearing to inquire what caosed the
death of Ella M. Cropsey, do hereby
port that from the Investigation made
by three physicians of Elizabeth City,
and from their opinion and also from
our personal observation, that said Eiia
M. Cropsey came to her death by being
stricken a blow on the left t^nple an^
by being drowned in the Pasquotank
river. We have not yet investigated
ntir heard any testimony touching as to
who inflicted the blow and did the
drowning. We are informed that one
James Wilcox is charged with sam^
and is now in custody. We recommcad
that Investigation as to ms or any one
else’s probable guilt be held by one o»
more magistrates in Elizabeth town
ship and that said Wilcox be held to
awaflt said investigation.
(Signed) I. Fearing, coroner; P. S.
Shipp, B. F. Spence, Maurice Weat-
cott, Robert J. Mitchell, J. B. Fear-
bee, J. H. Leroy.
Ihreafs Af:ain5t Wilcox.
Bialelgh, Special.—Friday evening
Governor Aycock received the following
telegram from Sheriff Grandy. of Eliza
beth City: , .
“Miss Cropsey’s body found in nver.
Threats of violence against James Wil
cox. Notify Naval Reserves here to h«
at my or*mmand.” ^
Tbs Governor replied: "Naval Re
serves ordered to obey your orders.
Maintain law at all hazards. Keep ass
fnlly informed by wire.”
Industrial Notes.
Messrs. T. W. McCord and J. L. Mc
Cord of Jackson, Ga.. have Incorpor
ated the McCord Milling & Munufac-
turing Co. to build knitting and weav
ing mill. Character of product not an
nounced yet.
Benjamin Russell of Alexander City,
Ala., contemplates establlEhing a mill
for the production of ladles’ underwear
and asks manufacturers of the neces
sary machinery to submit estlmalss on
eqiUpnvant and other Infonmttlon.
SOUTHERN WDOSTRIAL
ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS FOR 1902.
rh«r« WIU B« riT« E^UpkM »t tiM Baa
aad Maaa.
I. A p*rtisl cclipse of the cua April
8th, invinUdMrc.
n. A total edijMS of the moon April 23,
not viaiUe here, nt the bepnning vuib!«
throtuhont Asia and the eutcra portiwns
of Amca and Xnropc; the endjng riaihle
throughont Asia. Xnrape tad Africa.
in. A partial ceUjMS of the san itmy 7.
invisible here. Visiole to New Zealaad
and the South Pseifie Oeeas.
IV. A to«il eclipse of the moon Osto-
ber 16 and 17, visible here as follows:
Eastern Standard Tituew
Moon enters shadow..18d. llh. 17». p. m.
Total eclipse h«gitts..l7d. Oh. 19m. s. at.
Middle of eeUpee 17d. Ih. 3m.a.m.
Total eeUpee ends—J7d. Ih. 4Sm.a. m.
Moon leaves shadow...17d. 2h. Mm.a.m.
V. A partial eeUpse of the sqm Oetobet
SO, invisiDle here, visible to the preatw
put of Europe sad nearly all of Asu.
ManUaii mmtt EveataK Stan Tar IMS.
The pluet Venus is eveniof atar uatil
Februaiy li, then roorning star uatil No*
remhT 28, after whic^ date ahe ia eran*
incstar to the eod of the vear
The. plsnet Mars will he
nntll March
of the year.
he. j&iet Mars will W evening ctar
11 March 29, then norains atar the rest
Tbs planet Jupiter is evening star until
January 15, then momiag atar nntil Au-
gnst 5, and t’nea evening atar the balance
of the year.
The planet Saturn' begins aa evening ctar
acd continues as aach until January !t,
then morning stsr nntii Juir 17, and tlten
evening atar to the cud of the year.
Planeta Brlaliteat ar Ba»t Saan.
Mercury, after runset oa the evcainsa
of February 3, May Si acd SeptembM
m. and before aunritie on the moraing* of
March 17. July 15. and Xovember 4.
nns on January 9. Mara not this year.
Jupiter at M^aition Au^n^t 5. Satan: at
^position July 17. T’ranoa at oppoaifion
Jane 10. Neptune at c{>pDaition Decem
ber 24.
Rva*ana.
Winter bejdna, 1801, December 22. lattf
eiebt:r-niue days, t’nirtr-cine oiinutej.
Spring bcglaa, 1002. March 21. laata nine
ty-two daya, nineteen hours, tifty-nine
uinntes.
Sommer begina, 1802, June 22, lasta nine*
ty-thres days, fourteen houra. forty min
utes.
Autumn begina. 190S. September S3,
lasts eighty-nine dsya, eighteen hou». for
ty minute*.
Winter begina, 1002, Dci^^t^iuber S3, trop
yr., 365 d&ya, five hsura, forty-eight ~ “
utes,
Chnreb Daya and CT«lea af 'Xliau
Epiphany .Tan. •
Septuageain» Sunday Jsn.2f
Sexagesima Sunday —
Quinqnagaaima Snnday.
Ash Wedneada\-
Quadragesima Euudsy...
Mid-Leot
Paln» Snnday
tiool Fridav
Eaater Snnday
Low Sunday
Rogation Sunday...
Aacension Day
Whit Sunday
Trinity Sunday
Corpaa Christi
Advent Sunday
Chriatmas Day
Qolden Number
|^>act
Bolar C^cle
Dominical letter K
Roman Indietion 15
Julian Period ■. 6®13
The Jewish new yesr S063 begina at auh.
aet October 1, I90S.
Kanber Dayr.
Wed.. Fri. and Sat. Feb. 19. 21 and 22.
Wed., Fri. «id Sat., Sept. 17. 19 and i.*3.
Wed., Fri. and Sat., May 21, 23 and 24.
Wed., Fri. and Sai., Pec. 17. 19 and 2j.
Feb. 2
Feb. 9
Feb. 12
Feb. 1«
Mar.
Mar. 23
Mar.»
>Ur.»
April«
May
Mey
Mav IS
May 25
May SO
Nor. 30
Dee. 25
3
21
Ov PBvofwd SwIImi*
^ ^ -a ti
PHytafTfe* Wmy.
A dispatdi tram Jadnoa to IM0
Memphis Commetelal-Appsal tfows
that'^e Mississippi State goraruMBt
is moving in the direction of
port. It says that nnder the
convict farm system the
penitentiary has been converted into a
source of revenue, and It adds:
‘During the past two years tlbe poni>
tentiary has paid into the State tr—
nry as net revenue orer and above the
prison expenses I18.T71.70. Darias the
last fiscal year the amonnt paid ia warn
only about f700 ^«ater than the ysar
previous, but over 940.000 had bees
paid out for a new farm.
“The State revenue acent ia also »
self-sustaining office, and one that haa
proven an enormous source of rareana
to the State during the paat two flaeal
years. Prom this sOnree the iraaanry
of Mississippi received for the two
years 9348,151.90.
“The office of State land commiasion-
er has also proven a moat remnnerativa
one to the SUte during the paat Men-
nial period. The report of this olDcsr
shaws that he has collected enon^ feea
to pay the ezpenaea ot Ida department,
snd that the State treasnry has receiv
ed from his hands the sum of flSS.Otl.-
33t
"The report of the secretary of State
is. not yet ready for publication, but it
Sias been repeatedly'publiahed aince the
new charter fee bill went Into effect
that the office waa yielding a handaome
revenue derived from thia sonrse, many
thousands of dollars in excess of its
expenses.”
Cold In Florida.
Another drop in the temperatiir«
In FlcHida seriously endangers the
orange trees.
Fatalities Amooc Boys.
HunUvllle, Ala., Special.—Two fatali
ties have been reported from among
boys who celebrated Christmas. Tom
McKnlght was shot and killed four
miles north of here by Chas. Davii^
whose pistol exploded accldentlly. A
boy named Jones, living in West
Huntsville, waa fatally wounded by the
explosion of a toy cannon.
Nacogdoches, Tex.. Special.—W^hila &
crowd of men were discharging pislo's
in celebrating Christmas a stray bullet
struck Mitch Bird, aged 13, inflicting a
mortal wound. The hoys fathe? then
fired Into the crowd with a shotgun, seri
ously wounding Ed Lee, Reuben Chand
ler and Edgar Moore, all negroes. The
boy Is dead and cnc of the negroes is
dying.
Three Negroes Killed.
Little Rock, Ark., Special.—Three
TCgroes were killed near WUmot Tues
day as the result of a quarrel over a
land sale. Martin Davia and Jeff Daria
cousins, engaged in a fatal duel. Ita.
Thompson ,a friend of one of the dagd
men. was subsequently shot and kiUad
by Arthur Davis, father of Msrthi
Davis. _
Sampaon*a Coadltlos,
Urbana, 111., Special.—JObm &
Weeks, of Champ^gn. a personid
friend of Rear Admiral Sampson, haa
received a letter from Mrs. Sampson,
in which she says the menul condi
tion of the admiral is beyond recovery.
Tho letter waa written In reply to a
note expressing sympathy with the
rear admiral in the penumal annoy-
anoea he haa anff^ed In the oontrover-
ay vrtth Rear Admiral Schley.
A lo.ooo-Tolg $hip.
One of the ateamahipa now beiaff
built by the Maryland Steel Co. at Spar
row’s Point for the Boston Towboat Co.
is to be named the Shaihnut, ud haa
reached a point irtiere It ia ready for
the water. The veaael la one of two
being built by thia.sBmpany and wtll
be the larg^t yet constructed at the
Sparrow's Point yards. It ia SOS teat
in length. 58 feet beam, and will have
three ateel decks. 'Its total carryfag
capacity is estimated at about 10.M*
tons. It will bd placed in aervlce aa am
American “tramp” ateamsbip. Joiniag
the fleet owned by the Boston Company,
which have been built at the same
plant. It will have engines capable of
producing 5000 horse-power. ^ving it
a speed of from twelve to fourteen
knots an hour.
Shlpbutldlas oa the Oalt
Officers and directors ot the Gnlf
Coast Shpbuldng A Dry Dodc Co..
which is considering the establishment
of such plants at Mobile, also at Naw
Orleans, have recently been in both
cities examining coast sites. Chas. If.
Jesup of New York la president; C. M.
^^ckes and Samuel B. McConnlco, vice-
presidents. There Is a poaaibllity that
what la known as the McLeHaa dock
at New Orleans may be purcbaaed. kad
it is reported that ^e company haa aa-
cured extensive water frontage at Mo
bile for its purpose. The financial plan
of the company includes the iaane of
$5,000,000 in bonds to furnish the necaa-
sary funds to build the plants. C. PJE.
Burgwyn of Richmond is alao reported
to be intmsted in the projects.
Norfolk Shlpbaildiag.
Another addition to the
ship-repairing and building tetereata
of Norfolk, Va., ia announced In tto
Union Construction ft Dock Co., cafA-
talized at |20,000. This company in
tends to build and have In operation
within six months a general plant, to
include foundry, marine railway, lin
ing do^ of 500 to 100 tons c^Muaty,
spar-yard and sail-Ioft. Abovt 200 m*a
will be employed. Large veaaela will be
put on the dock and the smaller craft
on the marine railway. The officers are
D. D. Hitchings. president; J. E. Davie,
vlce-prealdent; C. T. Dean (of Ironton.
Ohio), aecretary-treasurer, and direc
tors. Messrs. W. T. Bowden. Thornton
Reed and T. S. Ward.
Textile Notca.
The Weatherford (Texaa) Board of
Trade annonnce» that a textile mill of
eonaiderable extent will be erected in
Weatheford. The work of^-coastmeting
said plant will comm«ice within thirty
days, and its product will be woolen
sloth and camel‘s-halr presa-cloth.
It la rumored at Sanford, N. C;, that
parties are inveatigating the Waters of
a creek near that town with a view to
establishing a bleachery.
It is stated In a diapatch from Bir
mingham that the proposed cotton mill
for Pell City, Ala., mentioned lac:t
week, will be built by a I6OO.OOO com
pany that Boston and Lowell (Maas, t
partlea will organize, and thattioo. W.
Pratt of Atlanta, (la., will be preai-
dent.
Messrs. Pomeroy Broa. of anAavi.
N. C.. win build a cotton facU^, Int
as to the extent of the enterprise no
report has been made. Brick and ioas-
ber have been ordered tar the bniid-
Ings, and their construction will bo
commenced at once.
Willingham Cotton Milla'Of Macon.
Oa.. referring to its addition of 409
spindles and other complementary us-
chinery. reported last week, says th&t
U will alao install 120 heavy wide loonsa
for the manufacture of hose, beKIrg
and numbered duck.
W. J. Oswald, P. O; Box 243, Bino-
ingham. Ala., ia investigatlns with a
view to estabUahing a vp^ tat Icait'
ting hosiery, underwear, aal a^a
maaufastnrsrs ot tha roquM aackln-
enr to submit estimatea % ooat cf
eeulmaaat and othar information.
Meaaraw DcHa A S. B. Kiaard, Tows-
Uga, (H., prapoae installing aqoipmaat
for the production of knit hoaiery ai:-1
roping, and want to buy the neces«a;y
machinery.
Rlverview Knitting Mills of Tarboro,
N. C.. waa destroyed by flre laat wee>c.
ransipg a loss of about $50,000. with in
surance reported at |a5,«00. The plant
had 186 knitting machines, etc.
Catowba Wooten MlUa of Htekory, N.
C-, reported Incorporated
liaa an eatahliahM plant at Plataaa, N.
G., maaafnctarlng wod^a^raa. Tiw
cumpatiy*e oSIre fs
»«T.