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VOL. X.X.
NORTH STATE
Iiems of Staie Interest Gathered from Here and There and
Told Briefly for Busy Readers.
Frazier Held For Jury.
Greensboro, Special. The prelim
inary hearing of James Frazier and
vlolm Leonard, alias John Hall, who
have been accused of being implicat
ed in the recent murder of Miss Ly
dia Newman, of Sumner ' township,
was held before Justice of the Peace
Collins Wednesday. The hearing was
held in the county court house and
attracted an immense crowd of peo
ple. The first ease taken up was the
indictment charging Frazier with
burning Miss Newman's ( residence
five years ago, and while the evidence
was considered very flimsy, the de
fendant was held without bail for
the action of the grand jury. Leonard
who had been arrested for indecent
exposure on a warrant sworn out by
the defendant's wife, was the only
witness who gave any direct testi
mony against Frazier in connection
with the arson case. He swore posi
tively to having seen Frazier set fire
to the residence on the afternoon of
June 17, 1904. The defense intro
duced twelve witnesses, several - of
them being leading citizens of the
township, who swore to the good
character of Frazier and the bad
character of Leonard. Five of the
witnesses established an alibi for
Frazier on the day the house was
burned.
Must Be a Citizen of the State.
Raleigh, Special. That none but
qualified North Carolina voters can
be appointed -to the position of rail
road policemen by the Governor to
serve in this State is a ruling just
made by Attorney-General T. W.
Bickett. The inevstigation and con
struction 'of the law in this State
was made by the Attorney-General at
the request of Governor Kit chin, who
has been asked by a number of the
railroad authorities, especially the
Seaboard Air Line and the Southern,
to commission a number of men
brought into this State from Virginia
and other States. The ruling of the
Attorney-General is under the consti
tutional requirement that none but
Qualified voters can ' hold office in
North Carolina, the special railroad
policeman 's commission being held
to be within the purview of this con
stitutional requirement. Therefore,
no one can in future secure a com
mission of this kind from the Gov
ernor unless tor two years past a
resident of the State. ,
Old Moonshiner Falls in Battle.
Asheville, Special. Sam Palmer,
a veteran moonshiner, whom revenue
men have been seeking for years, was
captured after a battle with officers
in a raid Tuesday. Palmer did not
surrender until he was shot four
times, and then only after he had
been ovei-Dowered. He is a block-
ader of the old school, who believes
he has an inherent right to make
whiskey as he pleases, and who kas
no hesitancy in sacrificing the life of
any one who will question that right.
It is not. "thought that any of the
wounds will prove fatal. A large
still and. out fit, with 3,000 gallons of
beer, in which Palmer was interest
ed, was captured and destroyed. Sev
eral shots were exchanged, but none
of the officers was hit. All the moon
shiners made off, and it is not known
whether any except Palmer were
wounded. The posse was led by De
puty Collectors Hendrix and Alley,
of Asheville, and Marshall, of Bry
son City. Old citizens throughout
this section say that never before in
their memory has there been as much
illicit distilling as since the . State
prohibition law went into effect.
Big Cotton Mill.
Wilson, Special. D. D. Little,
president and treasurer, and II. F.
Little, general manager, of the Mar
ion Manufacturing Company, have
arrived in town and will spend the
week looking after the building of
the $300,00f cotton mill which is un
der construction here. Work on the
mill is progressing rapidly. When
completed it will be one of the larg
est plants in the State.
Eight Men Were Injured.
Hickory, Special. At Brookfield
an overloaded scaffold gave wav
Tuesday afternoon and eight men fell
to the floor, a distance of twenty
feet. J. Worth Elliott, the contrac
tor in charge of the work, was se
verely cut and bruised about the face,
and all the others bruised and
scratched. No bones were broken,
although the men fell among a tang
led heap of heavy beams and timbers.
Mr. Elliott was brought to his homo
and the gashes on his face stitched
up. liie oiners tapeu nu wuism
and a few sprains.
NEWS. MOTES
Young Davidsonian Bound Over on
Charge of Forgery.
Mooresville, Special. J. F. Saw
yer, a young man of about 20 years
of age of Davidson, came to Moores
ville Saturday and went to the Moor
esville Loan and Trust Company to
secure a loan of $105. He presented
as collateral a note purporting to be
legally signed by himself and three
other men. Mr. E. C. Deaton, to
whom the note had been presented
for. payment, suspected forgery and
deferred payment until an investiga
tion. The result was that Sawyer
was arraigned before Mayor Brown
and bound over to court under a $250
bond, in default of which he went to
jail. Sawyer , admitted "his guilt at
the preliminary hearing.
Arrested For Embezzlement.
Marion, Special. Somewhat of a
sensation was caused here Thursday
when it became known that Sheriff
Washburn, of McDowell county, had
returned from Canton with J. R.
Hawkins, a lumber dealer, as a pris
oner and landed him in the jail here
on the charge of embezzling $1,250
from E. R. Hill, the Marion repres
entative of John P. Shearer & Son,
of Philadelphia, lumber dealers.
From what can be learned Hawkins,
while buying lumber for this com
pany at Canton, is alleged to have
sent notices of. lumber bought to the
headquarters of the company here
and kept the money sent for same
for his own use. No time has been
set for the preliminary- hearing. Pless
& Winborne have been employed to
prosecute the case. Hawkins has not
as yet retained counsel. The defen
dant is well connected here.
"Q. CD." Sounds Once More.
Beaufort, Special. The steamship
Arapahoe, of the Clyde Line, for
Charleston and Jacksonville from
New York,", broke her tail shaft
ceived at this station at 4:50 o'clock,
and reported by wireless message, re
ceived at this statio nat 4:50 o'clock,
that she was drifting helplessly. The
ship at the time that she flashed her
"C. Q. D." was 21 miles southwest
of Diamond Shoals lightship. The
wind was strong from the northeast
and was drifting the ship in shore.
She was heavily loaded and had quite
a number of passengers on board.
The Iroquis, of the same line, was
sent and arrived in port with the
Arapahoe in tow.
Caught By Belt.
Greensboro, Special. Mr. L. A.
DeWitt, superintendent of the
Greensboro Furniture Manufacturing
Company, was the victim of a pain
ful' and serious accident Thursday.'
While attempting to put a belt on
the main line shaft his left arm was
caught in the machinery and he was
hurled around the shafting several'
times with great force, his left arm
being broken in three places. He was
removed to St. Leo's Hospital and
given medical attnetion. Mr. De
Witt's injuries are of a serious na
ture and his physicians say he will
be confined to the hospital for several
weeks.
North Carolina Navigators Drowned.
Boston, Special. When the naval
tug Nezinscott, Captain Thomas E.
Evans, founded in the gale of Rock- I
port Wednesday afternoon four of
her crew lost their lives. Both of the
white men, Dr. Charles F. Trotter,
acting assistant naval surgeon, and
C. L. Taylor, a seaman, are natives
of North Carolina. Trotter entered
the naval service from Franklin, N.
C, last April and was on duty at the
naval hospital at Portsmouth, "N. H.
Taylor was a native of Henderson
ville, N. C, and made the trip around
the world on the battleships Wicon
sin and Illinois.
Gay Old Bird Landed.
Wadesboro, Special. News has
reached here of the arrest at Hinton,
W. Va., of Dr. A. E. Cline on the
"charge of passing worthless checks.
Cline is now in jail, and will be held
for trial. His girl-wife, formerly a
Miss Cook, to whom he was married
only a short time ago in Gainesville,
Fla., has returned to her parents.
Governor at Jonesboro.
Sanford, Special Governor Kitch
in addressed an old soldiers' reunion
at Jonesboro at noon Tuesday. Fully
3,000 people were present and after
the address the old soldiers, number
ing about one hundred and fifty, were
served with a picnic dinner in the
grove. Governor Kitchin was met at
Sanford, where he 'spent the night,
by a delegation from Jonesboro and
was escorted by a - beautiful float
trimmed in national colors containing
4& CVllAl V ..... i L ' ' i- - - - v , I
dies who made the welkin ring with'
j Dixie and other appropriate songs.
FOR GOD, FOR COUNTRY AND FOR TRUTH."
PLYMOUTH, N, C.
FARMERS' STATE CONVENTION
Four Days' Session, Aug. 24-27
Railroad3 Giv9 Special Rates.
haleigh, Special. The Farmers
Stale Convention will meet here Aug.
24th to 27th, inclusive.
A reception committee, of Which
W. C. Ethericlge is chairman, will
meet all trains arriving at the Union
Station Monday .evening, Tuesday
and Wednesday. When you get off
the train, look for men with badges
"Reception Committee," or for sign:
"Headquarters, Reception Commit
tee, State Farmers' Convention," and
make yourself known. The committee
will take care of you.
Those who prefer will be assisted in
securing satisfactory accommodations
in the city, while those who wish to
room at the College will be escorted
there and provided with rooms free
and meals at cost. Those who intend
rooming at the College should notify
Mr. E. B. Owen, West Raleigh, when
they will arrive, but failure to do this
need not prevent anyone from secur
ing a room at the college on his arriv
al. Those expecting to room at the
College should bring towels and pil
lars with them.
The accommodations for rooming at
the Colloge are not good, owing to
the fact that the College has no fur
niture or bedding except that furnish
ed students, but such as is there will
bo at the disposal of those who wish
to avail themselves of it.
Railroad Rates.
. A rate of one and one-half fare
plus fifty cents has been granted for
the Farmers' State Convention, pro
vided there are as many as one hun
dred persons attending the meeting
holding properly receipted certifi
cates. Information, sample certificate and
programs may be. secured from the
Secretary or E. B. Owen, Registrar
of the College, West Raleigh, N. C,
upon application. '
T. B. PARKER, Sec.
PROGRAM.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 24.
11:00 a., m. Address of Weleomo
by Major W. A. Graham, State Com
missioner of Agriculture; Annual ad
dress by the President of the Conven
tion. 2 :15 p. m. Reclaiming Soil, Mr. R.
W. Scott, Alamance County;; Discus
sion by Mr. J. P. Wyatt, Wake Coun
ty; The Crime of Gulleying, Prof. C.
L. Newman, A. and M. College; Dis
cussion by Mr., R. W. Pou, Iredell
County; Crop Varieties and Soil
Types, Mr. J. L. Burgess, State De
partment of Agriculture; Soil Preser
vation, Mr. E. E. Miller, Managing
Editor Progressive Farmer; General
Discussiai.
8:00 p. m. Progress in Agricultu
ral Education, President D. II. Hill,
A. and. M. College; Agriculture's
Debt to Science (Lantern Lecture),
Dr. F. L. Stevens, A. and M. College.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25.
7:30 to 10:00 a. m. Live-stock
Judging: Cattle, Prof. John Mich
els; Horses, Dr. W. G. Chrisman;
Hogs, Prof. R. S. Curtis; Poultry,
Prof. J. S. Jeffrey.
10 :00 a. m. How to Make Two
Bales of Cotton to the Acre, Mr. W.
A. Simpkins, Hake County; Discus
sion by Mr. T. J. W. Broome, Union
County; What Shall the Farmer Do
With His Cotton Seed? State Chemist
B. W. Kilgore, State Department of
Agriculture; Discussion by Mr. W. D.
Trotman, Iredell County; Peanuts as
a Farm Crop, Supt. T. E. Browne,
Hertford County; Discussion by Mr.
Thos. W. Blount, Washington County.
2:15 p. m. Doubling the Corn
Yield, Mr. C. R. Hudson, State De
monstration Agent; Discussion by
Mr. John F. Latham, Beaufort Coun
ty; Ineets Injurious to Com, Prof. R.
I. Smith, A. and M. College and Ex
periment Station; Preparation of
Land for Corn, Mr. B. S. Skinner,
Superintendent College Farm; Dis
cussion by Mr. J. I). Sessoms, Cum
berland County; General Discussion
by all Corn Growers.
8 :00 p. m. The importance of Edu
cation in Agriculture, Mr. F. S.
White, Commissioner of Agriculture,
Rock Island and Frisco Lines, St.
Louis, Mo.;; Farm Methods, Dr. S. A.
Knapp, U. S. Department of Agricul
ture. THURSDAY, AUGUST 26.
7:30 to 9:30 a. m. Dairy Demon
stration at College Dairy.
9:30 a. m. Dairy Development in
North Carolina, Mr. J. A. Conover,
State Department of Agriculture; Dis
cussion by Mr. W. W. Finley, Wilkes
County; Economical Feeding of Dairy
Cattle, Prof. John Michcls, A. and M.
College and Experiment Station; Nec
essity of Good Farm Equipment, Mr.
John W. Robinson, Catawba County;
Discussion by Mr. W. C. Andrews,
Orange County; Feeding Cotton-seed
Meal to Horses and Hogs, Prof. R. S.
Curtis. Experiment Station; Sugges
tions for Selecting a Breeding Ani
mal, Dr. W. J. Hartman, State De
partment of Agriculture.
2:15 p. m. Legumes as Farm
Crops, Mr. T. B. Parker, State De
r
FRIDAY AUGUST 20,
partment of Agriculture; Discussion
by Mr. C. C. Moore, Mecklenburg
V. C. Riddiek, A. and M. College;
County; Building Good Roads, Prof.
Factors Affecting the Maturity of
Corn, Director C. B. Williams, Ex
periment Station; Grasses and Hay
making, Mr. R. L. Shuford, Catawba
County; Agricultural Extension
Work, Prof. I. O. Schaub, A. and M.
College. ,
8:00 p. m. Improvement (of Farm
Homes, Mr. Franklin Sherman, Jr.,
State Denartment of Agriculture.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 27.
7:30 to. 9:30 a. ru. Demonstration
of Tests for Tuberculosis in Cows,
Doctors Hartman, Roberts and Chris
man.
9:30 a. m. Commercial Fruit
Growing, Prof. W. N. Hutt, State De
partment of Agriculture; Lettuce
Growing in Eastern Carolina, Mr. W.
H. Brav. Craven County.
2:15 p. m. Handling and Selling
Tobbaco, Mr. J. O. W. Gravely, Nash
County; Improvement of State Horti
culture. Mr. S. B. Shaw, btate ue
partaient of Agriculture; Election of
Officers and Other liusmess.
At an extended conference Friday
night with Secretary Nagel, of tha
Department of Commerce and Labor;
Pastmaster General Hitchcock and L.
Dana Durand, Director of the Census,
President Taft at Beverly, approved
the appointment of 330 supervisors
of thethirteenth census. The list
had been prepared here for the Pres
ident and the qualifications of every
man inquired into.
There has been marked discontent
among some Southern Republicans
over the decision of the President to
divide the census patronage in the
States of the "solid South."
Col. Cecil Lyon, Republican na
tional committeeman from Texas,
who came to Beverly Friday, told the
President that he Avould rather have
the State put in charge of one super
visor a good Republican than to
have to divide the congressional dis
tricts with th'j Democrats. Colonel
Lyon said the declaration of this pol
icy on his part held good for all of
the States. Oklahoma, he declared,
had been included with Tennessee.
Kentucky, North Carolina and Mis
souri in the list of nearly doubtful
States that had" been set apart from
the other Southern States for a full
list of Republican supervisors.
"If Oklahoma is a Northern
State," declared Colonel Lyon, "I
am in favor of moving Mason and
Dixon's line still further South to
let Texas in.' '
Each census supervisor will havo a
tremendous field force of enumera
tors under him. The supervisors will
receive a salary of-$2,000 and theii
work will extend over eight or ten
months. The States where the super
visors are divided equally between
the Democrats and Republicans are
Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia,
Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Ar
kansas, Louisiana and Texas. In mosl
of the States .supervisors are' appoint'
ed in each congressional district.
President Taft, it is said, laid down
the rules specially in States where
a division has been made between
Democrats and Republicans, that su
pervisors shall not be active parti
sans and that no attempt should be
made to build up political machine!
out of the census patronage.
The President appointed Charles A
Overlock, of Douglas, Ariz., as Unit
ed States marshal for that Territory.
He also signed the commissions ol
some sixty-odd supervisors in differ
ent sections of the country and ths
names of these appointees were mads
public by Mr. Durand at the conclu
sion of the conference.
The list includes: ' (
Florida: First district, Henry W.
Bishop (Republican) ; second district,
L. Lesueur Gaulden (Republican);
third district, Thomas David White,
(Democrat).
Alabama: First district, Lawrence
W. Locklin (Democrat); fourth dis
trict George W. Parsons (Democrat);
fifth district, William P. Cobb (Dem
ocrat); sixth district, Simeon T.
Wright (Republican); seventh dis
trict, James J. Curtis (Republican);
eighth district, Thomas P. Wood (Re
publican) ; ninth' district, John T.
Mc-Eniry (Republican).
President Taft at Beverly, talked
over the Cuban situation for an hour
Sunday afternoon with Carlos Garcia
Yelez, the island's minister to Wash
ington. From 3 until 4 o'clock the
diplomat and the President sat in
earnest convers-ation on the veranda
of the. Taft cottage. Mr. Yelez ue
dared after the long interview that
he had found President Tat deeply
interested in Cuba and thoroughly
i WASHINGTON NOTES
1909.
acquainted with the ideals and ambit
ions of the people. Mr. Yelez said he
realized that forces were at work in
the hope of disintegrating the repub
lic. Some of the American newspa
pers, he declared, had said unkind
things about the Cuban people which
were disheartening and discouraging,
but he emphatically shook his head
and said, "No, no, no," when asked
if he thought it ever would be neces
sary for the United States again to
intervene to set the republic's house
in order.
In a letter addressed Sunday to
Secretary Nagel, of the Department
of Commerce and labor, President
Taft served notice that any man en
gaged in the taking of the thirteenth
census of the United States who en
gages in politics in any Way will be
dismissed immediately from the ser
vice. At the same time announce
ment was made of the appointment
of 134 additional supervisors. Out
side of casting their votes the Presi
dent believes that census supervisors
and enumerators should keep clear of
anything that savors of politics, nat
ional, State or local.,. In his lettter
President Taft orders that the Secre
tary of Commerce and Labor and the
director of the census embody in the
regulations governing the taking of
the census the rule as forcibly laid
down in his letter. Mr. Taft says
that in appointing census supervisors
f it has been found necessary to select
men recommended by Senators and
Congressmen in their districts. He
says he realizes that this method of
selection might easily be perverted to
-political purposes, and it is to take
the census out of politics, so tar as
the actual work is concerned, that he
has explicitly expressed his desire as
to the regulations. The census super
visors announced from North Caro
lina and South Carolina as follows:
North Carolina First district, Jo
siah C. Meekin, Sr.; second, James M.
Newborn; third, II. Frank Brown;
fourth, William Claudius Pearson;
sixth, Irvine B. Tucker; seventh, A.
Turner Grant, Jr.; ninth, J. Yates
Killian.
South' Carolina First district,
William J. Storen; second, George
Waterhoune; third, William Walker
Russell: fifth. Robert Leroy Douglas.
Predicts Heavy Business.
Washington, Special. A heavier
business than ever has been known
in a single year is looked for by
Chairman 'Knapp, of tlfe Interstate
Commerce Commission, for America
railroads during the present fiscal
vear. The serious situation antici
pated is that there may be a shortage
of cars. The crop prospects are con
sidered so bright that the liklihood
is the railroads and "other transpor-
tion companies may be taxed be
yond their capacity to handle tne
freight that "will be ottered to them.
Earthquake in Japan.
Tokio, By Cable.-Reports received
concerning the earthquake in central
Japan Saturday afternoon show there
were a number of fatalities and that
great damage was done. The dead at
prsent is said to be 30, though it is
feared that the fatalities will be
greatly increased when the outlying
districts are heard from. The num
ber of persons injured is 822. Thus
far 3G2 buildings, including many
temples, are reported to hav been de
stroyed and more than one thousand
ethers badlv damaged.
NEWSY GLEANINGS.
The homeward rush, of tourists
from London has begun.
Battleships of the Atlantic fleet be
gan the work of turning tests in Cape
Cod Bay.
Bolivians at Guapai stoned the
houses of Peruvian and Argentine
residents.
Talk of combining the Marine
Corps with the army was again re
vived in Washington, D. C.
Advices from Stockholm said that
the strike was growing; only one
paper will be printed in the capital.
Two regiments of Swedish troops
n the northern part of the country
mutinied and were confined to bar
racks. The French Government Is pleased
with Germany's exertions to induce
Turkey to modify demands regarding
Crete.
It was reported that the Union Pa
ciSc has sold its Great Northern ore
certificates and thus closed out its
linecf ILjll stocks.
Hush of wine ard other imports to
escapr increased duties will reduce
the estimated receipts under the
Payne-Aldrica tariff.
The Swedish National Labor Utiion
issued a manifesto announcing that
every was;on driven by a person with
out a badge would be stopped.
President Taft gave full authority
to Secretary lino:: to organize the
new Far East Bureau and directed
him to proceed with tha work.
William reterson, a patient at the
Metropolitan Hospital, Blackwell's
Island., choked to death at the dinner
table in the presence of forty per
sons. Arthur II. Grimm brought suit
asainst tee Swifts, the Armours and
other meat packers, charging they
had conspired to control the retail
price of meat.
Gaa-Enguiei
, a.
ru-pickers over-
and put in
for service
n needed.
30 days extra time just
SNAPPY
services ,o the pablic.
vdiue Engine, Peanut-
i'sr. Engine, Gin, or
S. needs attention, . I
Items Gathered and?' aud 8nanu,tee
YOU hold YOLT E AMBROSE,
'. yujoutb, N. C.
SOME EVERY DAY HAT "
n Conoty.
Lively and Crisp as Theyry Taker for
nered From . the Fields o '
at Home and Abroad.
. , . sod being
A constable at Black .beW
Saturday at 1:30 a. m., shot'Tl' TJ
t.. t , Vv 'Oil A. V. Aneea
John Bunting" and P.
'uiii'ko with th.ii
Buntinjr is dead and Collh?s line, running
ly wounded. The men duok Suttoia Jind
other guests in the GlacriJ1y conrse wittx
and the shoot in? foil owed d1ei'B ,in
appearance on the scene. r,y cour.? nb,r
Une man was killed and i Ange's line,
injured in Philadelphia, line to C. V,
by the giving- away of onrt with C. W.
their, automobile which Ciih" beginning,
overturn. " June 14lh.
President Taft beg-an his
at .Beverly by engaging- iiS. ANGE,
orite game of golf. . y Taker.
By an erroneous throw 97777777"
one train ran into another
still on the siding- near q org
Sunday morning, and Joe
engineer of thirty years '.Collegiate
was killed and several otiu.jtr o,a j
crews were badly hurt. iip-
A celebration of the 275th a-nente i
sary of the coming of the P-whed
man to Green Bar, Wt'g
there on Tuesday, -id'' 8tudent8-
historical sites were unv? 8Tudt txw i
dedicated. TBZ?
A dispatch from Tokiq xeoe.,. . .
members of the coral ' ,
, , . , jer Information
were caught in a squalt;
Att tt-vi a A r A oil ci --P
storm have not been 'M, Regiatrar
The annual encara, N. C.
Grand Ai;my of tin.
held In Salt Lake Cif
Three inspectors w"'
on Tuesday in a miue-at.
ri i -i- i.i.. - . i i
ings at the entrance. TQJ
vui vi neu ij" uimnr urea i nit
posed to be demented, has been ioi
covered to be the possessor of a in. $
tune, which he hid about his ho
and lived in the greatest povabo
Irunks lull of coin, stockings full 'c
bills, washboilers full of nickl" ,1
dimes and pennies, estimated at
$100,000, were loaded into a patrol
wagon and taken to the Farmers' De
posit Bank by the police.
Henrv Roberts was president of the
Y. M. C. A. of Bristol, Va. lie be
lieved high license the best solution
of the liquor question and id
against prohibition. lie, was askeu'1--to
resign and has conformed to the
request.
The Dan River Power and Manu
facturing Co., and the Riverside Cot
ton Mills have combined, making one
of the biggest cotton mill corpora
tions in the world, having a capital
of $7,000,000 with a surplus of near
ly $1,000,000. , ;
Ilal II. Havnes, a stock farmer, of
Bristol, Va., is confident that he has
discovered the cause of blind stag
gers in horses and cattje. .It is a
growth called water hemlock. It is
fatal to man and beast.
It is now a fact that Dr. Mell will
leave Clemson College. His resigna
tion has been accepted by the board.
He will remain till the end of the
year till a successor can be secured.
Near King, Lee Bennett and Jack
Tolloston successful farmers, in
Stokes county, N. C, attempted to
settle a dispute arising- from a line
between lands on last Friday by the
use of shot guns. '- Some friends wera
involved in the battle and when the
smoke blew over five men were bleed
ing; with wounds, two are having a
life and death battle now.
A rain and hailstorm Friday did
great damage to crops about Dan
bury, N. C. '
The fear of an uprising in Merico
is subsiding.
The Cuban Minister had a confer
ence at Beverly Sunday with Presi-
dent Taft on the critical situation-" in
the island.
The late tariff bill putting $20 a
ton on zinc ore, it is said, will cut off
this trade with the United States bv
Mexico. Hertofore about 1.30.000
tons per year have come in from
there.
The Boll Telephone Company has
won its light before the Corporation
Commission to arise rates in Ashe
ville .JVi Wilmington making them
equal At he rates in Charlotte and
some. tt
cities in the State;
T ;o your v.
a colored woman of
Louisvil!K Kv., ate five water;
winmng a content, but uLymg lrm t::e
effects l:tt week.
l.iti! Beneta, in the employ of an
amusement park1 at New ork. Sun,
dav afternoon came in op.tct with a
live wire in ,. , witii
ara-
chute. She was sharp
in struggling to escape
air in .the parachute a
l mi. . .
he spji .
Angea