News of His Death Came as a
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Great Shock -to AH Mern
Carolina. WOne of Pitt
1 County's M?o& Brilliant
Young Men.
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THE YOUNGEST JIM} EVFJLHONORED
WITH POSITION# SUPERIOR
COURT JUDGE IN STATE
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Bora in Farmvi!le February 3rdr J
I 1894, Judge Hortoa Hid
I Achieved Motf RemaifcaWe
I Career. Honored Will} Every
Political Position Aske^ For.
- Left^ FarmviHe for Greater
FieUf of Service Oirfy Fear
Months Ago.
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in. the almost sodden death .. of.
Judge J. Loyd Jforton, which occurred
at his hodae in RaJaigh Sooday alter- s
noon, J?iy 11, at 4:30, following an.
attack o? "meningitis, no section of. the
st^Sbe suffers so great a loss as does
Firm^iiie, -his home since infancy.
Jud|j5^ Horton was bonjin this city 11
Fefcrjajy 3d, 1894, and -frony ehlW- '<
hood was a.-farorite among his fel- .
lows. 'Saving finished the 4fraded;
edarol'here at the-Jage of'^sixteen,
ahead-of his class, he entered =,
thtfUniyersity of North Carolina, and
affo amending two years at this iasti
Itor<& tESOTth' JEWearOKCTKl, mcrrs f
in<^ in that positidrr for two- yearsi He I
?was elected superior'court judge hr
19?, *f thTage rf % mi Wmfttl*'
yowgest of all the judges of ifefe'
raakih. the state. NT&\xhd'he attain '
distisc^on alone in being the young
court o'fficer.. I
f;Durmg the fire years that be rode j
tlm-xirsuits of Eastern-North Carolina I
as ;the~younge?t Tar Heel
deli to"serve in so Important. a'jfeB- I
ciaf position, Judge Hortoii presided]
I at the trial of many important eases. |
labile sitting oil tha fetich Judge
did not lose his interest in
I
cakfogathkr>roethod of spending hi# I
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I of Suftr c&jtti of i$flportimc6v *?
a kidney complication in connection
with the attack of meningitis, though
death ' wg/s caused by an acute dfla
tipn of the heart; said his physicians.
All through the torrid heat of last
week, Judge Hortoh fought for life
with the determination that he had
carried into many legal battles, and
his friends throughout the state as
well as his physicians, believed, he
would win,.even against great odds,
and anxiously>$hey kept in touch with
his bedside* aiways hoping for the
best.
t Judge Horton is survived by his
widow, former Miss Sailie Finette
Keel, and two children, Joseph Loyd
Horton, Jr., 8 years old, and a little
girl, Gene Horton, six years. He is
also survived by his mother, Mrs.
Dora Horton. Keel, two sisters and a
brother, Jdrs. Frank Capps, of RaJ
wgh, Mid Mrs. Chas. S. Rountree' and
Marvin V. Horton, of Farmviile. v ;
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Bbowod fceads, a* the far away strains
chpre^j^tha antefwas p^cei^
Rev. J L. Romley; former paster j
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- BtftfWfc, J9^ 'i^#.^ U "being
eonirideredas a fourth recover foMhe
W-St^ ^ Grower^ asscfa.
tion, W. G. Bra?iham knows nothing
about it. Ih fact, he de^ares that
he has .received no frtimation that |& ,
name is being connected "with the as:
-ffis statement was made during an
interview wgarf^ ^rtniation ^jjtv
teived here that he will be named
fourth receiver for the association by
l^dge.'Wahe M/^e?irins.^" j^e&ding
|d the nisftort received, .the Durham '
man will be the man for the job. The
plaintiffs have.asked for4 a-receiver^$$
take over Hie affairs of jtlie subsidiary
?n?te qf I
???<? nttivm nor* are James &
L .mtv JtlW v ^ 0-fii.ilii'ifljfr itffljof
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pjv ' V|Qggfcifcw* ''<ijUs])|i:j' <9'oK?f Q<j .' ? Mf|' i
j * After s fthdrt business session Miss
l^Viseoati a well^plann^
^flfiiClildflv yvo| WAst*" 1*1 i sc.
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^ r^Waiii' iiIKt tf>'i';<ai: '"?^''f/Yflf'tr1 I'll.'" teir:' '"l ill .jiXx." "1 I
J p5I;.CjwBI^ TPppP4: ftvvBpuSMw, uSu*
e f Trees in North -?an>iui '^was' read %
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JUPGE J LOYD HORTON
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Fyvin. wnc a member of a detach
ment which -went to Dover yesterday
3r>t^p Spf fe.p3
"I was^ding^about }<W ya^jft
oTlghtriing bt^fc^treS, splitting ft
to two and setfmg f& to ft,ufte Wdf
"Sparks from the tree spread to th|A
shell house, whHra. up immedi
ately,1 throwing parts -M shells, wpod
and dirt high into the air. -, I
"The flames spread at- once to the
officers' quarters, and then f wajjf I
knocked unconscious when somethftp I
struck me oh the head. When I came
too I dragged myself to Laka I
'tbark, jumped ipand swam atom* ;.f
quarter of a mile, to a row boat* with
four of my buddies %ngftjg on. JM
though we were 'Mout f ntfte m*
when we got ash?re, shells were ex
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pajrwitai Messin^^fast^^ it
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? Washington, July 12.?"-The United
slates war department regard* the
ultimate development of a large deep
X xl XT O
water portion the North Carolina
cOaat as a-certainty and will permit
uo step to bet taken that may inter
fere later with the construction of such
'a | port, Gen. Edgar Jadwin, chief of
engineers, today. informed a delega
tion which, called upon him In "advo
cacy of a permit to complete the de
velopmant of Mojrehead Jsland, a tract
oi 50 acres of swamp land in Bogue
sound, facing MoreKehd City atfa
dtBtcnca of abput. 500 yards, which it
is proposed to develop into building
lofts.
General J ad win tow tne allegation
before the conclusion of the confer
ence that they could be satisfied tijat
they would be alio wed bo snake % fill
and create pn island for their develop-"
IsMnt, but that he could not give tHem
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any assurance that they could use
the .exact site proposed unless . his
I stpdles which are now being made
l^yfiiced him. that there would be no
?fcwt of a big p?rt. Us respond to ?l
suggestion that such a development
ssnsssfssta
town of Morehead City, brought akng^
Snid Carteret counti^ and hutnerous
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timetSPI^;^:.. &
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Raleigh,' June M.^fiecenti'genid^ I
rains in' North Carolina furnish the
opportunity of planting late hp^lertofe
apd farmers who'need: fe&? - should
take, advantage of this opportunity, v I
|?fThe&e hay crops aught ba 'jfcfeted'
after small grain or'on !lan dfcihero'
theyspilng planted eropi have C come
up to a poor ?aad," said E.^Bfeir,
extension agronomist at State Col
lege. "Many of our fanners wijl be
hard pwfssed for. hay and forage
year and should by all. means,
plant such late
eastern part o# Ndrtb Carolina* these
crops . might *|U: follow Irish pota
toes,
y Mr. l[Ualrimfets out, however, that
that reason, they should be -planted
y ^ ^ ma**
nf rnp T 2V(3irt vi?iihi]in tti-1
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I nfAflrtV ftVHWWl\fi kttta Bfttttfl hittH
i rtA>n nn/i / ii-jj haoti ?rj!1 ?
j should ,vc. c\it? when ? thft blooms 'ijwJ
I jifojn wiie tflssfi?
o ^ajaj^^aggy- um' w- <> -?
Operate Same Under
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! "liX.-i'^Wwetotiae .;? ?
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| Wt^ th? t6^acco crop outlook in
with the addition of a .third W/? ware
house in operation here the coming
^seab^-bymen of experience, Farm
vilie has-bright prospects of selling
a: larger amount Of the farmers' to
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b,vcoo thah ever before in the history
?-? The .third boysd hepe, the coming
s^asoa ^UJbeLkiuiiPXi as the Greene
Cpunty vWnrehoiwe, ,and. will beoper
ated by J. H-.Hobgood and L, R. Bell,
0}ey haying leased the O)-0r. house
?Ca* toe Norfolk ?, Southern yailpoid.
t Yi 3<ook wifi continue to operate _
f! onfes v Warehouse, and R. H. Knott
wJU - continue |o operate Knott's
Warehouse.
:;? With iiea* three houses in fall op
eiatfion, and with the experience of
ttqe:<Warehousemen 'at the various
h< ?ums; Farmville is destined to go
fjb om a 12 or45 ritillion market to a '
i tv rertty or thirty milion market
hv FanbviHehasthfe assurance of be
of buyers should qaed them
' for the proper ftdndfing of salesj and
; w? are'glad to report that the present
| outlook1 points %o *t IS^st twe sets of .
'bqyers from the opening, or very soon '
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l. ?j r TTifliirtfctf'f i>?mi '
^Of tv ? *iOOv%f?ij ~fiftw ^>OBnjBFP
thority - in- Iew,' th^ ojpcn
*^y GwtvsW
1 - Alttouiih tk^V '4^6* &boufc 760
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of ^iOHt^ho KSVQ
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