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VOL. XII. PLYMOUTH, N. C. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1901. NO. 32.
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WINS SECOND TIME.
Columbia Leads Shamrock in Another
Fair Race.
THE FASTRST RACE IN CUP CONTEST
The Shamrock Qot Exactly the Kind
of Weather Desired, and Was Out
sailed By the Columbia.
New York, Special. Here is the of
ficial time of the second race between
the Shamrock II and the Columbia
for the American cup: Start, Sham
frock, 11:C0:13; Columbia, 11:01:47;
first mark, Shamrock, 11:51:10; Co
lumbia, 11:52:22; second mark,
Shamrock, 12:45:57; Columbia, 12:
46:39. Finish, Shamrock, 2:16:23;
Columbia, 2:15:05; elapsed time,
Shamrock, 3:16:10; Columbia, 3:13:
18; corrected time. Shamrock, 3:16:
10; Columbia, 3:12:35; course trian
gular; first leg east half south, ten
milea; second leg, southwest half
south, ten miles; third leg north
northeast, ten miles to finish; weath
er, f reeh breeze from north north
west, which remained true and main
tained its strength throughout the
day.
In a glorious whole sail breeze,
which heeled the big cup contestants
down until their lee rails were awash
in the foaming seas. Herreschoff's
white wonder, the Columbia, beat
Watson's British creation over a
triangular course of 30 miles by 2
minutes and 52 seconds, actual time.
With the 43 seconds which the Irish
aloop must allow the American boat
, on account of her larger sail plan,
the Columbia won the second race
of the series by 3 minutes 35
seconds. The fastest race ever sailed
in a cup contest, it was not only a
royal struggle from a spectacular
point of view, but it was absolutely
decisive as to the merits of the two
racing machines. There is not a
yachting man who witnessed the
race Thursday who is not firmly con
vinced that the defender is the abler
boat, blow high or blow low, beat
ing, reaching or running, and that
Sir Thomas and his merry British
tars are doomed to return home e:np-
ty handed.
Schley's Conduct In Action.
Washington, D. C, Special. After
Lieutenant Doyle, formerly of Com
Commodoro Schley's flagship, the
Brooklyn, had completed his testi
mony before the Schley court of in
quiry Thursday, Captain Wm. C.
Dawson, of the marine corps, was
called, and he wa3 followed by Lieu
tenant Ohalos W. Dyson, of tbe bu
reau of steam engineering, of the Na--vy
Department. Lieutenant Dyson was
introduced to testify concerning the
coal supply of the flying squadron but
the court adjourned for the day before
ha could be hoard. At the openinj of
ourt Lieutenant Doyle resume! hi3
testimony. Mr. Rayner asked:
"What was Adimral Schley's con
duet and bearing at any time ei ther
during the bombardments or during
the batJe of July 3, when his ship was
under fir?"
"He eJvj-ays struck me as being just
about as well possessed as it wa3 possi
ble for anybody to te under those cir
cumstances." Sympathetic Mike Threatened.
Chicago. Special. All the aerial line
And repair men connected with the
Various telegraph and telephone com
lianios in Chicago except about ho.lt
the Western Urjion force have declar
ed, according to the strikers of the
Chicago Telephone Company, that
tb,ey will go out on a sympathetic
strike unless the telephone , company
settles with Its sinking linemen.
Air cArthur May Succeed Otis.
Chicago. Special. Gen. MacArthur
will probably be the next commander
of the Department of the Lal:e3. Gen.
MacArthur passed through Chicago
Thursday on his way to Washington,
and when asked if he were to take
command or the Department in March
when Col. Otis retires, he said: I
think it very possible indeed. I may say
probable, that I shall assume com
mand." Henry Cramp Dead.
Philadelphia, Special. Henry W.
Cramp, eldest sra of Chas.. H. Cramp,
and vice president of the Cramp Ship
and Engine Building Company. ded
Thursday, at Devon Inn. near this 01 ty.
from a complication cf diseases. He
had ben ill three weeks. Mr. Cramp
had been connected with the shipyard
from his boyhood He was 52 jejrs o.d
and unmarried.
SOLDIERS BADLY BURNED.
Harrowing Details of the Samar
Slaughter.
Manila, By Cable. The latest ad
rices from the island of Samar give
harrowing details of the slaughter of
the members of Company C, Ninth
United Statea Infantry, last Saturday
at Baligigan. It seems that the prcsi
dente of the town, claiming to be
friendly, led the assault in person.
On hearing of the slaughter Colonel
Isaac DeRuasey, of the Eleventh In
fantry, started for the scene immedi
ately with a battalion. The body of
Captain Connell had been tied at tha
heels saturated with kerosene and
partly burned. Forty-five bodies had
been burned in a trench, leaving seven
unaccounted for. The charred remains
of many were recovered. In many in
stances the bodies had been badly mu
tilated. Three hundred Macabebes will
also be dispatched to the scene of th
massacre on board the Legaspie, which
is delayed by a typhoon.
Clemency Asked for Czolgosz.
Albany, N. Y., Special. Odell arriv
ed in this city from Newburgh, and
when he reached the executive cham
ber he was surprised to find on his
desk two letters requesting him to
commute to life imprisonment the sou
tence of Czolgosz, the murderer of
President McKinley. Ouo letter was
sent 'by a man in Illinois and the other
by a man in Malne.They were evidently
written by cranks, in the opinion of
the Governor, and no attention will' be
paid to them. "You may bo assured,
that nothing will be done by me," said
Governor Odell, "to prevent the execu
tion of Czolgosz on the day fixed by
law." The Governor also received a pe
tition that the body of the murderer
after the electrocution os buried at
sea. The Governor understands that
the body must be surrendered to the
condemned man's relatives if they
claim it after death and that they
have charge of its disposition.
Pre-Arranged.
Manila, By Cable. The United States
hospital ship Relier will leave hero
with one battalion of the Seventh Reg
iment and at Legaspi will embark a
battalion of the Twenty-sixth Regi
ment to re-enferce the troops 5n the
island of Samar. The American, pub
lishes a telegram giving an account of
the fight in which a majority of the
men of Company C, Ninth Regiment,
were killed near Balangiga, Septem
ber 28th. The fight was long premedi
tated and the Filipinos were called to
commit the slaughter by the ringing of
church bells at daylinght. They got be
tween the soldiers, who were at break
fast, and their quarters. The insui--gents
were mostly armed with bjl:s,
but they had a few rifles with them.
Hanged to a Trestle.
Shelbyville, Ky., Special Jinibo
Fields, aged 16, and Clarence Garnett,
aged 18, both colored, were lynched
here early Friday morning for the al
leged murder of Willie Hart, a prin
ter, who was stoned to death on Sat
urday night, September 22. The boyi
wero taken from the jail and swung
from .the Cando trestle within 50(
yards of the jail. The mob went to Un
jail, and demanded th.) keys from th
jailer, but he refused to surrenlej
them. The doors of the jail were bat
tered down. The prisoners were re
moved almost befoic they had time t
realize what was happening. The wc-ri
was done quietly, and the mob disap
peared without its members identitj
becoming known. Hart's body wai
found in a path leading from the hcust
of the mother of Jimbo Fields.
Great Rush for Nome.
Port' Townsend, Wash., Special.
The steamship Queen arrived from
Cape Nome, bringing 474 passengers
and a half million dollars in gold
dust.' The passengers report thai
Nome is crowded with people waiting
for an opportunity to get out.
custom repeat at Nome shows that
7,000 people arrived thre thl3 season
and that 1.C99 have already dpArto!
JUDGE BOYD'S NAME
Used By a Fake Promoter of a Com
pany in the Phifippiaes.
IT IS MENTIONED BY COL.HEISTAND
Who Is on Trial Before the Senate
Committee Charged With Manila
Frauds.
Washington, Special. When Judge
James 7. Boyd was Assistant At
torney General -he become interested
in a coi, ..ny to form a deal In Manila
hemp. Adjutant General Corbin, As
sistant Secretary Meiklejohn and Col
onel Heisting, U. S. A., were in with
Judge Boyd. The capital of the com
pany was to be $1,000,000. Now Heist
and is on trial before the Senate
committee charged with fraud.
His part of the testimony contains
Mr. Boyd's name as mentioned .by
Major E. L. Hawks, the promoter of
the company. Senator Harris asked
the witness if he had expected that
the gentlemen named In connection
with the company were expected to
use any influence other than that of
stockholders in its behalf.
"They were not to pay anything for
their stock."
"Did they know this?"
"I ' desire to say that I never had
any conversation with any . of the
gentlemen named except with Mr.
Boyd," was the reply. "I took Col
onel Heistand's word for it."
"Did any of the gentlemen ever
sign any subscriptions to stock?" in
quired Senator Hawley.
"The only paper any of them ever
signed was the "To whom it may
concern letter."
"Was there anything in your con
versation with Mr. Boyd regarding
the matter of influence?"
"I do not recollect."
"Did you ask Mr. Boyd to sign, the
'To whom it may concern' letter?"
"I gave him the letter and he
signed it."
The witness reiterated that he had
never had any conversation with Mr.
Boyd about the amount of stock he
was to 1 avo. it naa never ueen
fully decided what the amount of
stock in the proposed company
would be. It was first intended-to
be $1,000,000, of which the promoters
were to get 15 per cent, or 5150,000,
of which the witness and Col. Heist
and were to get $40,000 each, the
rest to be divided up, as formerly
stated, between the other alleged
promoters and Attorneys Dudley and
Michener. No prospectus of the com
pany was ever published.
Judge Boyd's Statement.
Greensboro, N. C, Special. Judge
Boyd returned from a visit to Wash
ington. While there he attended the
investigation now being conducted by
a committee of the Senate in regard
to the alleged frauds of the Manila
hemp combination. While he was As
sistant Attorney General Judge Boyd
was .instrumental in having E. L,
Hawkes appointed to a commission in
the volunteer army. After the Cuban
campaign he was requested by Hawkes
to assist in the formation of the Man'
la Hemp Company, but Judge Boyd
emphatically refused to have anything
to do with the concern. Afterwards,
however, his name was used without
his knowledge or concent. Some ol
the other gentlemen whose names were
used in the same manner are Adjutant
General Corbin, Assistant Secretary
Meiklejohn, Governor Charles H. Allen
and Lewis B. Jackson.
Emma Goidman to Lecture.
Chicago, Special. The speech which
Leon Czolgosz claims Inspired him to
assassinate the President will he re
peated by Emma Goldman here Thurs
day night. Czolgosz heard this lecture
in Cleveland and Miss Goldman said
today she wished to give th-e public 1
chance to see if there was anything in
cendiary in it. So deep has the feeling
against the anarchists been that not
until yesterday were the reds able tc
secure a hall at any price. The chief
of police said he would have detectives
in the hall to preserve order, and keep
the speaker's utterances within prop
er bounds. .
Cubans Accept.
Havana, Special The constitution
al convention has addressed a letter
to Governor General Wood, informing
him that the changes which he sugges
ted should be made in the election law
have been made and that the conven
tion deeming its work completed and ia
ready to dissolve. It is probable that
General Wood in his reply will suggest
a dissolution.
NORTH CATOLINA CROP BULLETIN.
No More Regular Bulletins During
the Present Season.
Generally fair weather prevailed
during the greater portion of the past
week, which was very favorable for
farm work, such as picking cotton,
making hay, plowing, etc., but rather
low temperatures from Monday to
Saturday prevented much further pro
gress in the growth of vegetation. A
general rain with brisk to high easter
ly winds began Friday night, and some
local heavy showers damaged unstack-
ed hay and open cotton at many places
on both Saturday and Sunday. Tha
rainfall the latter part of the week was
quite unnecessary and only hlndere.1
farm work. The soil is now in very
good condition for plowing, and much
progress in that work was made. Soma
winter oats have been sown, and the
indications are that a large acreage
will be seeded to winter wheat. Splen
did crops of crabgrass and pea-vine hay
were saved during the week; fodder
pulling is now generally completed.
The cool weather has prevented any
further development of the top bolls
of cotton; many bolls are small, hard,
plainly immature and valueless. Shed
ding and rust are still reported from
several sections. Cotton opened rather
slowly during the week, but picking
made fairly good headway, where
there were sufficient hands for thfc
work. Corn is turning out rather a
poor crop, excepting on some uplands.
Tobacco i3 nearly all cut. Sweet pota
toes are yielding fairly well, as also
peanuts, rice and field peas; fall cab
bages and late Irish potatoes are poor.
Turnips have improved and are grow
ing very nicely. Tbe season has been
very favorable for setting out straw
berry plants, and a considerable in
crease in the acreage devoted to straw
berries is apparent.
NOTE: This is the last crop bulle
tin for the season of 1901. As cotton
however, will come in very late, a
' special bulletin will be issued in case
any marked injury to that crop occurs
! during October.
Lyle Sentenced.
Charlotte, Special. Charlie Lyle,
charged with larceny, was convicted
in the Superior Court and sentenced
to 12 months on the county roads. He
will not take an appeal, but will serve
the sentence. This is, practically, the
end of a very sensational episode. It
will be remembered that the verdict
of the coroner's jury charged Lyle with
with the murder of Newton Lanier,
who was found dead near this city
August. An analysis of the contents
of Lanier's stomach by a chemist dis
closed the presence of a large quantity
of morphine; supporting the theory
that Lanier had committed suicide or
at any rate, had taken the poison
voluntarily. The grand jury failed to
find a bill for murder against Lyle,
but acted upon testimony that showed
that Lyle had tricked . : swindled the
dead man out of $20.
North State Items.
The Governor pardons Alex. Hill,
who was serving a four months' sen
tence on the roads in Forsyth for for
nication and adultery Hill's wife had
left him over seven years and he had a
popular idea that he could remarry.
The statue says a person remarrying
under such conditions is not guilty ol
bigamy, but of fornication and adulte
ry. Hill is old and feeble and haJ
served half his term. Tho judge anc
solicitr recommended pardon.
The State Superintendent of Public
Instruction decides that a coat is not
a prerequisite to attendance at a North
Carolina public school. This appears
to settle the High Point case, whicb
has attracted so much attention in t.h
papers.
The 'tax books of Cumberland county
show an increase in valuation of half
a million this year over last year.
While Secretary Brunei and Curatoi
Brimley are in the west collecting spec
imens for the exhibit at Charleston. 11
P. Dortch is in the east, now the bast
tobacco section, getting specimens to:
the same use.
State Chemist Kilgcre ha gone t
Hot Springs. Ark., to represent Nortl:
Carolina at the convention of commis
sioners of agriculture of the cottoa
States.
SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL
New Enterprises That Are Enriching
Our Favored Section.
Marine Works at Norfolk.
Work has been started at Norfolk
on a marine railway, machine works,
boiler shops, saw-mill and woodwork
ing department, equipped with mod
ern apparatus and machinery for re
pairing marine craft. It is the inten
tion to add the construction of tugs,
schooners and kindred vessels. The
railway will accommodate a 1000-ton
vessel; its groundways will extend
550 feet into the water, where a depth
of twenty to twenty-five feet is had.
Messrs. Fred O. Smith and Geo. W.
McCoy, proprietors of the 'Southern
Iron Works at Berkley, Va.. are build
ing the new plant, and will operate
it.
Duck Mills to Enlarge.
The Anchor Duck Mill of Rome, Ga.,
will enlarge its plant. This mill was
built during the past year and com
pleted recently. Its equipment is
mainly thirty looms and steam-power
plant for the production of duck and
other heavy goods, its capitalization
being $20,000. The improvements
mentioned will include the erection
of an additional building asd the in
stallation of machinery, about $20,
000 to $25,000 to be the expenditure.
This enlargement will considerably
increase the output.
South and West to Finance Their
Crops.
The fact that not until last week
did St. Louis call upon the United
States Treasury for money to move
the crops, and then for only $300,000,
Is an indication of how the financial
independence of the interior has
grown. In former years.
Hustling at Henderson.
A letter from Henderson, N. C, says:
"Our town is humming with various
new enterprises. The cotton mills, the
knitting mill, the buggy factory, the
ice factory and the steam laundry make
things lively, and aJI do a very good
business."
Industrial Miscellany.
Work upon the government navy
yard at Charleston, involving the ex
penditure within the next three years
of $6,000,000. is to begin early next
month. The work involves the con
struction of two drydocks of stone and
concerts 750 feet long and 140 fees
wide, and accommodations for the
torpedo fleet and machine and repair
shops.
The Southern Pacific Railway Co.
has placed its first oil-burning engine
in service between Houston and Gal
veston. The officials have found that
with 675 gallons of oil as much
steam can be produced as with four
and one-half tons of coal, and that the
combustion of the oil is attended with
satisfactory results. Steam can be
raised more quickly than with coal,
and as high a rate of speed attained.
At the meeting of the Island Park
Driving A&ECcia.tacn at Albany, N. Y.,
"Dariel," driven by Miss Nina Phelps,
of Watervleit, N. Y., beat tihe world's
record for lady drivers by 3 seconds.
The horse trotted the mile in 2:09 1-1.
The best previous record or a lady
driver was 2:12 1-2.
During August there were mined
at the Brushy Mountain mines in
Tennessee 21,446.65 tons of coal,
while the coke ovens turned out
4,712.90 tons of coke.
The Long Island Railroad has filed
an application for permission to con
struct a tunnel under the East river
to New York city.
Textile Notes.
The Scotland Cotton Mill o Laurin-
burg, S. C, is about to contract for 'five
10-inch revolving flat top cards, and is
asking for bids on this machinery.
It is proposed to organize a $20,000
stock company at Greenwood, S. C,
for the erection of a cotton-bat t'ng
mill, and Mayor T. B. Lee can give in
formation.
The Tifton (Ga.) Cotton Mills Co..
has completed its new mill, and ex
pects to be in full operation in another
week. The spindles number 5132, and
the product is to be thread, and later
lace curtain and yarns.
The Wlscasset Mills Co. of Albe
marle, N. C, has completed the $2000
school building which it has bem
erecting. This school is to be equipped
and officered for instructing the chil
dren of the mill's operatives.
The Durham (N. C.) Hosiery Mills
states that it will remove to its new
plant about November 1. With the 1C0
new machines to be added the plant
will have a daily output cf about 120D
dozen seamless tcso and half-hcs?.