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IT'Mrief MIH03 MATTERS OF "NTFRFST Ul g Tiro at Lancaster. T.anfasiirr, S. C, Special. -Fire 'fwhic.b bTokc out in the livery stable "of the Gregory-Hood Live Stock Com pany at 3 o'clock Saturday night wip jp out a largo portion of the town rul threatened to burn the whole fkurc, there being no water supply fierc with which to check the con flagration. The Rock Hill fire depart ment was wired for and held itseif in veadinrrs to come but there was no xise, without a water supply. The following are the losses: GiTSory-lIood Company, $15,004 with $7,009 insurance. Meifcodist church, $5,000 with 61, 500 iiHvn ranee. Dr. J. F. Mackey's residence, $4, 000 with $2,000 insurance. The J. F. Mackcy Company's fur niture warehouse, $4,000 with $2,000 insurance. Old Ledger office, $500, r.o insur ance. James Tanner Shot Down. Columbia, S. C, Special. Another Oispensary tragedy occurred in Co lumbia Saturday morning when Wade Hampton Sellers, known locally as 'the b:ozo king of Gervais street," the "king of blind tigers," etc., shot and killed Dispensary Constable Jsu. Farmer, a former policeman. Thfl shooting occurred at Sellers' place, when Mr. Farmer, accompanied by . Detective W. S. Ogg, applied for en trance nrmed with a search warrant. ISeing denied entrance they forced the door. Sellers shot once with a sawd-off 41-ealibre Winchester rifle, "whuh it ha.s been his custom to car ry about with him in his buggy and jnrap?d behind his door. By Wire and Cable. The race question bobbed up in the naticur.l house Saturday. Six people were killetlrf-at a gradtt mxsski Sunday at Spring Valley, New York. Crosby S. Noyes, editr-in-chicf of the Washington Evening Stardied in California on Saturday. Mrs. Dora McDonald was acquitted in Chicago of the charge of murder ing Walter Cuerin. ' The indictments against the Bridge Trust were declared defective by the Supreme Court of Ohio. The woman who accused Cam son of annoying her was fined for being -lrunk and disorderly. The four crnlsers in advance of .iAdnsiral Evans' fleet arrived at San Francisco. In a riot of unemployed foreigners in Philadelphia 20 persons were in jured, some by shots. Midshipman Victor N. Metcalf, son of the Secretary of the Navy, has re signed from the naval service. Major Chittenden, U. S. A., and Lis brother, C. C. Chittenden, are ac cused in a land fraud suit at Seattle. Turkey has withdrawn troops from Persia territory and adopted a moro conciliatory attitude toward Russia. yycsfTn railroad managers repeat ' ?d Ibvir declaration that wages wiil he cut and blame ihe president for Jiis Ieitfx. 'Germany has effected a strategic move in Persia in securing an appro priation for a German school in Te heran. .. "The Republican primaries in Ohio for delegates to the State convention resulted ia au overwhelming victory for Taft. A special from Starke, Fla., says ,JIa'm Robinson shot and killed his father-in-law, J. L. Wynn, at Simp son City Sunday during !, difficulty feetwecvi them. A coroner's jury Tin ker Judge D. K. Lee found the shoot ing to have been in sIf-defense. While on his way to church at Uaxler, Fla., Dan Crewr, accompanied toy his nephew and two Indies, was shot by James Petty with a rifle and instantly killed Sunday morning. Tbs campaign for the nomination jfor governor of North Carolina wa formally opened at Wadcsboro, An son f-ounty, Saturday, Locke Craig and W. V. Kitchin speaking on the issues. A letter was read fiom Ash ley Home also a candidate, declaring iiis candidacy, but stating that he ' -was not a public speaker, but a busi ness man. Hev. L- W. Crawford, D. D., a prominent member of the Western North Carolina conference of tho MetLodist Episcopal church, South, and a very able minister, died at iVshevillo Saturday. A man wanted in Germany on a eharjtn of nrsoil was arrested in Phila delphia after a chase of 10 years, whieh led three times arcur.d tho Rogers, of the Yale Law School, warned against Federalism in an address before the students of "Kentucky University. - Th case of Raymond Hitchcock, the comedian, who is accused by sev eral young girls, has been set for Feb ruary 2L The Interstate Commerce Commis sion refuses to suspend the law pro viding a nine-hour day 'for railroad telegraph operators and other em ployes. Judge Rail in Chicago decided r.iraiust Sfuyvesant Fish on every point in his suit against llarriman to preent the voting of 2S0.321 sl-ans of stock at (lie annul meet ing of the Illinois Central Railroad. Mr. Thosi Asks Tor Early Hearing. Washington, Special. Attorney A. P. Thorn, of the Southern Railway Company, entered a motion in the Supreme Court of the United States for the advancement of the docket of that court of the cases involving; the Virginia passenger rate law. He stated that the opposing council concurred in the motion and a;;ked that a hearing be had before tie end of the term in May. Ferriri in Roanoko Jail. Koanoke, Va., Special. Moses Fer ris, a Syrian merchant who a year ago killed Frank Assaid, another Sy rian merchant in this city, and made his escape to South America, was lodged in Koanoke jail. Ferris 'was captured in the Argentine Republic six months ago and made a hard fight against extradition but was finally turned over to a Roanoke detective. He said that he killed Assaid in self defense. South Carolina Constable Killed by a Negrc. Columbia, S. C, Special. Ragland R. Brunson, a constable, was shot ai d instantly killed near Dillon by a negro whom lie was attempting to ar rest. The murderer escaped. Theiv is considerable excitement at Dillon as the dead man was popular and had a large family connection. A re war d of $100 has been offered by the Governor for the negro's arrest, and this sum has been increased by pri veto subscription. Bishop Sattcrleo Dead. Washington, Special. Right Rev. Henry Yates Satterlee, D. D., for the past 12 years protestant Episco pal bishop of Washington, died at his residence here Saturday. He was Co years old. Although threatened with the grip Bishop Satterlee officiated at services last Sunday morning. Shortly afterward his condition be came acute and a physician was call ed in death quickly following. Bishop Duncan's Condition Some what Improved. Spartanburg, S. C, Special Bish op W. W. Duncan's condition is somewhat improved. He seems stronger and his mind is clearer. He recognized the members of his fam ily and talked with them. Iiis phy sicians say that while ho is a very ill man there is no immediato danger of tho end. Torpedo Boats Return. Norfolk, Va., Special. After two days' of battling with the heavy 'seas off the Virginia coast, tho five tor pedo boats which passed out Tues day night, bound for points on the Gulf of Mexico, returned to Hamp ton Roads. The prevailing adverse winds with a velocity of 32 miles an hour -and high seas prevented the bAits from making any headway and the commanding officer decided to return. Seaboard Cuts Salaries. Norfolk, Va., Special. W. A. Gar rett, chief executive officer for the receivers of the Seaboard Air Lino Railway, issued the following: "Ef fective February 1st, all officials are working under a 10 per cent, cut Thos-e getting between $3,000 and $3,000 per annum, inclusive, ere working under an 8 per cent cut." General Stoessel Convicted. St. Petrsburg, By Cable. Lieutcn-ant-Gencral Stoessel was condemned to death by a military court for tho surrender of Port Arthur to the Japanese. General Fock, who com manded the fourth east Siberian di vision of Port Arthur, was ordered reprimanded for a disciplinary of fense, which was not connected with the surrender, and General Smirnoff, acting commandant of the fortress, and Major-General Rcis.-;, chief of staff to General Stoessel, were ac quitted of the charges against them Capt. W. A. Marshall to Command tho North Carolina. Washington, Special. Selections for two important naval commando were announced at the Navy Depart ment. Captain Henry Morrel will command the Wisconsin about April 1st. He is now ordinance officer at the New York Navy yard. Captait. W. A. Marshall will command the new cruiser North Carolina. He is now a captain at the oston navy yard. Brit I h India hns the swiffe.-.t river in thn worM. Thq Sutlej has a de scent of 12i00 feet in 150 miles. COUNTRY MERCHANTS FLOCK TO HEW YORK WITH HEWS THAT EVERY SECTION IS PROSPEROUS Ten Thousand Buyers From South and West With $ 100,000, 000 to Spend Tell East to "Cheer Up." New York City. Ten thousand Business men and women from the West and Southwest are in town spending, it i3 estimated, $100,000, 000. They have driven pessimism from the great down-town jobbing district with storie3 of assured pros perity and are spreading joy and cash among the hotels, theatres and other amusement places. This is the annual buying period for the spring trade and reduced rates on the railroads are bringing merchants here from the small towns in far away Texas as well as from Chicago, St. Louis and the big cen tres. The registration at the Mer chants' Association Is within a hun dred odd of the phenomenal registra tion last spring, when prosperity was at its height. Nearly 2000 buyers or their representatives, about one-half of whom are women, have registered. They are coming at the rate of nearly 200 a day. As only a portion take advantage of the special, railroad rate3 it is estimated that the total number ot buyers at present here is about 10,000. Hotels Are Crowded. Every hotel that caters to the out-of-town custom is crowded, the big hotels have all they can handle and the family hotels are turning hun dreds of people away. The buyers are being entertained at clubs, din ner parties, theatres and with auto mobile trips by the merchants who are receiving the benefit of their trade. S. C. Mead, secretary of tho Mer chants' Association, said of the influx of buyers: "It means that the country Is all right. The men who are coming to New York now to lay in their spring stocks are mainly from the West and Southwest. I have net heard cno of them talk about hard times. They laugh at the Idea, and I tell you their optimism is having a big effect here la New York. Our merchants rather had the Idea that trade was going to be dull this spring, but they have changed their opinion in the past few days. Buyers have registered hero from towns of not over 1000 popula tion in Texas, the new State of Okia-. horn a and the entire Southwest as well a3 from Chicago, St. Louis, In dianapolis, Detroit and the other big cities. "The most encouraging reports are brought from Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas, where the crops have been good. I have bsen surprised at the number of new frees and have been told that scores of new business houses are springing up." In the shops of the II. B. Claflin Company, Tefft, Weller & Co., C. B. Rous3, the Chelssa Trading Company and other3 extra employes have been hired to take care of the increac?d trade. There has also been a boom in the mail order business, while re PANIC DIDN'T HURT TSiE SOUTH YVakernzsn Reports Only as a New York City. Astonished that the recent panic affected the South so little, Wilbur F. WaUeman, treasurer and general secretary of the Ameri can Protective Tariff League, re turned from the cotton belt. He said only one Southern bank crashed in the course of the disturbance. Sev eral banks carried from fifty-five to seventy-five per cent, of their depos its in cash from October 1. One sold $200,000 of currency hsre early in December. "The possibilities of the South," Wakeman continued, "are scarcely yet fully understood by industrials. Up the Savannah River there is 200, 000 horse power going to waste every day. That covei'3 the region above Augusta, Ga. Of virgin soil there are Farmers Buy Michigan Prison's Output of Binder Twine. Jackson, Mich. The State Prison Board has just sold the output of the binder twine plant in the State prison, estimated at 1.000.POO pounds, for the next year, to the Order of tho Gleaners, an organization of farmers. Representatives of the International Harvester Company and other dealers also bid for the output. The. Glean ers will pay eight and one-fifth cents a pound and the twine will be sold to farmers at this price with only the cost of handling added Cartoon by Scar, in the New York Globe. ports from commercial travelers are to the effect that conditions are as good as they were this time last year. Alexander Bombard, representing one of the largest houses in Galves ton, Texas, 6aid: "We hare had splendid crops down in our State, and we have no patience with hard-time talk. I am here tP purchase one of the largest orders for expensive dry goods that our house has ever put in. Texans haVe money to spend and they are going to spend it this spring. My advice to New Yorkers is to cheer up." A. S. Semmes, of Detroit, said: "I guess I wouldn't be buying $50, 000 worth of clothing, mostly expen sive, too, if we were running bread lines in Detroit. The outlook in our section is very bright, and I am sure it is going to be a good business year." "Business was never better in my State," said Chester L. Walbridge, of Batdn Rouge, La. "We anticipate a big spring trade, and I am going to take South with me the biggest stock of goods that I ever purchased. Not even the coming Presidential election has scared us." Similar statements were made by business men from Chicago, St. Louis, Louisville and other cities. H. C. Fisher, of Buffalo, said the merchants there are preparing for a great rush of trade. New York Alone is Nervous. "We are not worrying anything like the New York merchants seem to be," said Mr. Fisher. "It appears that New York is the most nervous town in the country. Further afield you find more confidence to the block than there is here to the acre." Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Newman, represent; e g several departments of a large Chicago store, spoke for the Middle Wesl". "We expect to do a banner busi ness this year," said Mr. Newman, "panic or no panic. There is no fear of overstocking in Chicago, and I be lieve the same is true of the Middle West towns. I expect to purchase more goods on my present trip thait ever before, and I've beer, a buyer for a good many years." Representatives of firms in Colum bus, Cincinnati and Youngstown, O., had the same thing to say. Irwin Hochstein, of Atlanta, Ga., declared that Southern city to be just as prosperous a3 the big towns fur ther north. Cheer Up! Money's Tlenty. "New Yorkers should cheer up," he said. "There's plenty of money around, and people are spending all the more freely for the temporary stringency." Albert Frescb, of a Memphis firm, said he understood that the planters expected a good year, and added that as the planters fared, so fared the South. One of Its Result. Banks Tailed hundreds of thousands of acres. Fer tilizers are in great demand, and when it was pointed out to me there were millions of ton3 of natural fer tilizer accessible by stripping the land of five feet of surface I thought Noah must have left the balance of the world in the neighborhood of Georgia and South Carolina. "There is general enthusiasm throughout the South regarding the betterment o waterways, which nat urally will have an Important effect on transportation of freights." He intimated convivial Georgians were not suffering from prohibition, a3 he understood each colonel had laid in a household supply so lavishly as to cause a temporary local financial stringency. None of Cuba'3 Sngar Mills Grinding Near Its Capacity. Havana. The Agrarian League J lias appointed a committee to memor ialize Governor Magoon and urge hirafl to use the $1,000,000 the last Cuban Congress voted to promote immigra tion. The league bases Its action on the present scarcity of canecutters, which is due to roadbuildlng and other pub lic works. None of the sugar mills i3 grinding more than three-quarters of its capacity. $ TAR HEEL TOTICS .ltems Gathered from All Sections of the State ff Slava are Charged with Shocking Crime. Charlotte, Special A special from Marion, N. C, says: "Deputy Sheriff Cox has just reached here with 14 Slavs, who are charged with a shock ing murder. Fifteen of these foreign-, ers came to camp No. 5 on- the South & Western railroad a year ago and have been at work there ever since, according to the officers storyf tfjfo men quarreled among themselves Thursday, the brunt of the war of words falling upon the member of the little colony who had been serving as cook. The 14 fell upon the unfortu nate cook that night and securing him with ropes they led him to a spot in the forest a mile from tho camp. There they bound the cook hand and foot and placing him in an upright position against the end of a fill, the crowd stepped off a few paces and be gan shooting, using the cook as ' a target. The unfortunate man was riddled 'with bullets. After satisfy ing their thirst for blood the murder ers dug a shallow trench in the fill and buried their victim. The hastily provided grave and the. blood on the ground led to the discovery of the crime by a foreman. The dead man was known to have had $100 in cash,, but no money was found on him. Not one of the prisoners speaks English and though court is sonvened, the trial can not be held until an inter preter is secured." The Birth of a New County. Sanford, Special. Pursuant to the statute creating Lee county as amended by the special session of the General Assembly tho officers quali fied and assumed charge of the coun ty affairs Monday. The board of com missioner's was organized by electing J. J. Edwards, of Lemon Springs, chairman. Senator A. F. Seawell was chosen county attorney and Dr. J. P. Monroe, health officer. No special exercises marked the event, but a considerable crowd from all parts of the county assembled at the Mc- Keithen Building to be present at the birth of the new county, the State's ninety-eigth. The oaths were administered by W. S. Weatherspoon, Esq. The officers are as follows: T. M. Campbell, clerk of Superior Court ; T. M. Cross, reg ister of deeds; B. C. Pearce, treasur er; J. C. Watson, sheriff; Dr. II. B. Hoyle, coroner; W. T. Temple, sur veyor; J. J. Edwards, John K. Jones, J. "Fletcher Jones. J. L. Godfrey, J. F. Womble, commissioners. Negro Flung Under Train. Salisbury, Special. Monday about 12:30 Will Carr, colored, who says he resides at 105 South Craig street, this city, tried to board No. 33 as it was passing south under Fish er street bridge. The negro missed his jump and was flung under one of the coaches. Both feet were badly mangled and there appears little hope of saving either of them. A large crowd gathered at the scene, but Carr was soon carried to tho baggage room where Dr. Whitehead saw him. Tho doctor ordered his immediate removal to the sanatorium. Postmaster at Newton. Newton, Special. After several months of waiting Dr. W. II. Ever hardt received notification of the con firmation of Inn appointment as post master of Newton. He has been busy filling out his bond, which is signed by many of the leading Democrats of this place, thus testifying to the high esteem in which he is held by U parties. Postofftce is Broken Into. Salisbury, Special. The postoffi.ee at Granite Quarry was broken into Wednesday night and a quanity of stamps . taken. Postmaster Biwn has a mercantile establishment in con nection with the postoffico and a lot of cheap jewerly is missing. The safe was rolled to the lot in the rear of the store, but not opened. Suspic ion points to two strange negroes Much Valuable Property Lost. High Point, Special. In the burn ing cl J?e Southern Car Company much valuable property in the way of patterns and blue prints were lost, the work of the past sixteen years. While the company will get in shape to turn out work in tho next month or so it will take several years to get back the patterns and other val uable plates which were destroyed. Mr. Briggs, the secretary and treas urer, said it was a big undertaking, but the difficulties would bo sur aouuted in time. Kingston State Bank to Become a National Institution. Kinston, Special. Monday after noon a special meeting of stockhold ers of the Citizen's Bank was held. A dividend of 50 per cent., payabla either in cash or stock, was declared. It was also decided to increaso tho capital stock of tho bank from $50, 000 to $100,000 and convert it into a national bank. The First National Knnk will bo its name. Mr. Carr Is Continued. Raieigh, Special' The executive committee of the board of agricul ture met at tho Agricultural Depart ment to consider the matter of the secretaryship made vacant by tho death of Thomas K. Brunei-. Mr. Brunei- has been absent abroad or sick since last June and Mr. Elias Carr executive committee considered the whole matter of how it was bestflo uo mis wors wmcn is so important and which, owing to Mr. Burner's ab sence and illness, could not, of course, receive his own attention. His desk and chair were dra.pedrin mourning. The committee adopted a resolution regarding its late secretary, in which, after setting forth it$!!regrets at his death in the midst 'o his splendid work for the State, it says it desires to put on record its very high ap preciation of him as a lover of his State and an unselfish worker in ad vancing the interests of North Car olina, and for his genial, obliging and generous companioship. The resolu tions also express sympathy with Mr. Brunei's family. Medical Society Adjourns. Charlotte, Special. The sessions of the Tri-State Medical Society closed here on Thursday, the following offi cers being elected for tho year: President Dr. Albert Anderson, Kalcigh. First vice-president, Dr. It. C. Bry an, Richmond, Va. Second vice president, Dr. J. E. Stokes, Salisbury. Third vice president, Dr. W. P Timrnerman, Batpsburg, S. C. Secretary-Treasurer Dr. J. How- u nr.... ir I iew memocrs oi juuiciai council, Drs. E. G. Williams, Richmond; A. J. Crowell, Charlotte, and A. E. Baker, Charleston, S. C. The secretary reported that 57 now members had applied for member ship in tho Tri-State Medical Society, they being members of the affiliated State societies, and on motion tkeso were received into full membership in the Tri-State Society. Damage Suit Against Norfolk & Western. Winston-Salem, Special. R. F, Overby, of Stokes county, through his counsel, has instituted a $20,OOC damage suit against the Norfolk & Western Railway. The complaint was filed in this county, but the counsel for the defendant company had the ease removed to the United States Circuit Court of Greensboro. The plaintiff alleges that he sustain ed permanent injuries by being struck bv a cross tie, hit oy a box car of tho defendant company while in the employ of the Pinnacle Coal and Coke Company in West. .Virgm and injured so seriously that "tie has been disabled for his work as a miner and unfitted for any kind oi manual labor. New School For Negroes. High Point, Special. Rev. A. J. Tate, a colored minister of this city, who has been engaged in work among his race here for nine years, receiv ing the endorsement of-white, as well as colored p?ople, has just complet ed a new school building, known as Fairview Institute. The building is of brick to the second story and will furnish class rooms and rooms foi industrial work on the first floor, white the second floor will be used for dor mitories, thus laying the foundation for a good work for the children oj his race. Violently Insane. Statesville, Special. Mr. Jonah Ryan, a farmer about 50 years old. is violently insane at his homo ia Olin township, and an effort will b made to get him into the State Hos pital at Morganton. Mr. Ryan's mind has been impaired for some time, but ho did not become violent until a few days ago. He has been a religious fanatic for some years. Smallpox in Iredell. - Statesville, Special. It has devel oped that there are a number of gen vnt "es of smallpox in north Ire dell and portions of Wilkes and Yad kin counties. Dr. M. R. Adams, coun ty physician, returned from that section, where he had been to meel the county physicians of Yadkin and Wilkes to examine some suspects. The physicians found several cases which they pronounced smallpox. All these and others have been quarantined and disinfections are being used to pre vent the further spread of the dis ease. Fatal Eiot in Pennsylvania. Connellsville, Penn. Special. In a big riot at Dunbar, Pennsylvania, Monday night in which something like one hundred men and women par ticipated, two men were stabbed to death, a score badly injured,, and a wagon load carried oft by the police are in jail awaiting trial. They aro mostly foreigners and the riot origi nated in jealousy of boarding house V.e rera,
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