Som of the survivors of the
Virhg, nf ti theta, iadudiug
the flrst oBcer of the snip arrived
ia Constantinople k$w days
ago, ct> route to Russia. The
■MV seriously vrouuded, with
the captain, will follow in another
one can gainsay, bo ha ever so
ardant an admirer of Japan. ■ .
On* of the impressive things
was that not a
[Of the W bad
headgear they were it motley
•cmbly of sailors of diXarcat as
lions, for after the battle the taco
ia the other ship# in the harbor
»bo ted witnessed sod cheered
their heroic action were eager
for souvenirs. The only thing
the sailors had to give waa their
caps, so there was a genera) ex
The first officer of the Varbg
Mfd that soon aftef. Dm eagage
ewat began tbe electric steering
gear was damaged. In tbe din
di tto battle, with banting ab«Q
and booming gnns, no hamaa
voice be M
For aoaae aiiantes the vessel
was exposed to the merciless fin
of the enemy. Dot being able to
take a position to avoid the rak
tagof tbe deck, by shot and
shell. During the time tbe men
« the gaaa never faltered.
Others came to take tbe places
of their fatten comrades with
the knowledge that a like fate
vat awaiting them. Before the
uip coo I a veered about 100
■M®, at the guns wen killed.
The Rnastan priest who was
on board said that after the first
few momenta be went below to
administer the last rites to the
Mag- The deck was then so
■ippaiy with blood sad so
■sauna with particles of hasten
bodies that be had difficulty in
crossing it. When the distblc
Mtat of tbe steeriag gear be
caam apparent a yoang coant
ywnateeted to guide tbe radder,
hot be had been only a few mo
ment's at his post when a bunt
tag shall shattered bb body.
Imhaadwas left grasping the
Tbe en to tbe crow to Best
bad a horrible experience. A
shell struck the iron work about
1
W with eweb force that they
had to be literally cat out, leav
ing bis feet la the mass of hoa.
The cook bad both anas aod
legs shot away clone to tbe
trank-1 ^ Vet, strange to say, he ia
The captain, who was made
totally deaf fay .the explosion,
las beta appointed aide de
wap. to the Bmperor. aod all
the sand vims arc to receive the
ottow.St George, la antici
pation they era Wearing yellow
rtbfaoae la their bottonholes
wbBe they were ia Constanti
nople. The lose of this ship,
tbe best and fleetest ia the
Rasetaa navy, was a noble in
•tost* Of the strong protecting
the weak aad going down to
darirmnoa rather than desert.
Tbe Kariets wee a wary small
vessel, la Russia they do not
eon apply the word meaaiag
ship to so eouU a boat. She
JP »» larger than a yacht.
Tha Vering woeld easily have
_ the Japanese
and (offered little
hot to do this would
the desertion of the
leaving her to flgbt
nappes! battle. So
and protected her to
ult meant the lorn of
hot os the traaaoc be^ri^^
as a tributeto tka
art ~
A »t an ling ramor reached here
tbisglleruoon in connection
with the tragic death of Boose
Hotter, who was killed in Wa
tamra last Saturday. It is stated
that Potter ou bis death bed
confessed that he killed Charles
Campbell.
Campbell escaped from New
ton jail end a a hurt time ago
was said to have committed fili
cide. The body was tound with
a bullet bole through the brain.
Hi* death occurred at or near
Potter’s home, and some of hi«
family claimed to have seen
Campbell shoot himself. The
story alleged to have been told
by Potter in hia dying hoars was
as follows:
Campbell bad been in jail at
Newton with Clarence Potter,
brother of Boone. Clarence was
under sentence of death for the
same crime as his brother.
When Campbell escaoed, by
Clarence Potter’* advice he went
to Watauga county and sought
ont Boone Potter, thinking that
they might help each other.
Boone Potter saw him approach
ing and exclaimed : ’’Don’t
come oo jnc."
Campbell replied: “I want to
know you. I’m in trouble.”
Potter at once fired npoa him
and killed him. The suicide
story waa invented to screen
Potter._
LnWrtaa Lawyer* (a be Ar
ralflaed by Mft Peebles at
Fayetteville Cent. May M.
A special from Wbiteville to
the Wilmington Star. 18lh, says:
Despite the inclement weather
»was a targe,gathering of
e here to-day at the open
tng oi the April term of the
Superior Court. Judge Peebles
was on the bench and the rumor
to the effect that he would place
on trial the lawyers of Robeson
county for contempt of court
brought a large crowd,-not only
from this, but from many ad
joining counties, and some at
torneys from other portions of
the State. Judge Peebles is
suffering from indigestion' and
baa been confined to his room
and that was the only reason be
did not bring the attorneys be
fore him. The Judge ieels very
much hurt because the attorneys
of Robeson did not prepare a
calendar for him at the last
regular sesilon ol the Superior
Coart of that county, find he will
arraign them before him at the
Fayetteville. Cumberland coun
ty Superior Court on Monday,
May 2nd. This is positive, the
Judge asserts, unless be be too
ill to be present.
THE PALL OF ADAM.
Mat Applea hat Paaaaa Over tba
Santhaen Kaliway Wan (ha
Cfculacta OtMcrro. 29U.
Adam Stedman, a yonng ne
gro who baa been employed in
the superintendent’s office of the
Southern Railway, has succeed
ed, not only in riding free on the
railroad himself bat has been se
curing and trafficking in railroad
paaaes for others. Inquiry made
late last night developed no news
as to what disposition can be
made of Adam’s case. If the
matter comes to so Isaac, certain
acquaintances of Adam, who,
however, may not be friendly to
wards him. say that be will in
all probability, take the attitude
of the Ant Adam and blame it
on the woman. ..
Ta Patch Bar Up With Pigskin.
IWsnal ltm.t«i<p.
Saturday at noon Drs. Trevil
Han, Sycle. Rex and Cramp will
begin to appliqne pigskin to the
arm of Mollie Hatam (colored)
at the city hospital.
The woman’s arm was terribly
horned in a lamp explosion, and
so mncb of tbe cuticle was de
stroyed that there was no remote
prospect of getting human skin
enoogb to graft it.
A 2-month-old pig -white
boa been secured And is now in
training for tbe event. He will
be chloroform «d and bis skin re
moved in patches and placed on
tbe arm of tbe womaa.
Tbe affiliation of pig and ne
gro baa bees triad here before
end with success.
A VlmhU Aaaaf.
. The ability in employe to
imiute without, at tbe uat
tlaaa. becoming odkions is a v»l
oable ahsracteristic, mn that
•vary ymntg man shodM culti*
♦ateMd yona* woman wall,
bey^a, ba hTTrar soekckSrt!
to handicapped whan it cornea to
co«op*f kkrowith bU who net
only does what he la told to do.
bot can soe What should be done
and does it vfchoot being told.
Good lodgment ia sorely a vain'
ablaaaset.
„ Llnaoln coart adlonvnad on
Wedneadsy afternoon of last
weak. It was s two wanks lam
and lasted only theta days, yet
dawn people say that potting
Honor opt nf the cosotry hasn't
Tbs taa^^ran^mi^em^mCam the
ibe Mwstttporr fessks up.
Sava he Vralt *T milii" and
Said ha Wda’L
-•UwYort Sos.lwk.
Jamea Whitcomb Riley the
Homuer poet, made a statement
about "Leouaine," tbc poem
whiebbe wrote in his youth iu
imitation of Poe, and which Al
fred Kn**eii Wallace leccutly
published in the Fortnightly Re
view, crediting it to Poo and giv
ing the circumstancea of the
find.
"It was a mistake due to the
folly of my youth, that 1 ever
wrote that poem,” said Dr. Riley
"end God knows how I have ant
lered from it. It is always com
ing up at the most inopportune
times aud I suppose it will do so
until the end of my life, but I
must stand by my error. Oi
course 1 reassert that I wrote it,
but as to its merits 1 am not tbe
judge. .This same man who
wrote this article published one
several months ago in tbc same
magazine. It was at the lime I
was iu Philadelphia to receive a
degree of honor that it came out
and 1 was humiliated beyond be
lief.
"All I have to say about the
author la that he ia entitled to
“» belief, as I have stated both
that I did write tbe article and
that i did not. In fact, he is as
good a man as he believes me to
be bad and that is the greatest
praise I could pay him.
"About eighteen years ago 1
i '*',s working on the Auderson
Democrat. A lot of ns got to
talking one day about critics,
and I said that they did not
know what _ they were talking
about. I said that some of my
poems were.jnst as good as other
poets', but I coaid not sell them
besansel signed them simply
J. W. Riley,' and no oue knew
who I was."
Kiley then told the story of
wnhng the poem and of liaviftg
it published in a Kokoma paper,
wmi a story to the effect that it
bad been found in an old book.
The poem was widely copied and
led to much discussion, and
when proof was demanded a
young man named Richards was
employed to write it in the fly
leaf of an old dictionary. He
a qwN P«n, and with
diluted ink, to make it look old
and'it was almost a perfect imi
tation of Poe’s handwriting. The
old dictionary was purchased by
Mr. Foote, of New York, and
Paol Lemperly, of Cleveland,
Ohio, now has it.
"When the truth came out,"
continued Mr. Riley, "I lost my
position on tbe Anderson Demo
crat. No paper would ever print
my explanation of the affair.
The memory of that time still
stands out as one of the saddest
experiences in my life and one
that I can never outlive. Even
as it is now, there is nothing for
me to do but to acknowledge
that I wrote it, as I do; but that
does not stand since I once de
nied being tbe author. I wrote
it, bnt I did not; 1 did not write
it, bnt l did, and I am a liar any
way yon put.it,"
Srawer School la talelgk.
The summer school for teach
ers to be held 'in Raleigh will
doubtless be a great success. It
will be held «t the State Agricul
tural and Mechanical College
from July 4th to August 4th.
The faculty will Include forty
fonr members with forty special
lecturers. The offer is made to
accept the entire teaching force
of any county id the state for
seventy-fire dollars. Several
county boards have already de
clared their intention to accept
this offer. Persons attending
•ingly will be furnished board
eery cheap Anyone desiring a
copy of the prospectus should
write to Cbaa. J. Parker, secre
tary, Raleigh.
TrmU Held Iwr Wedding.
A special from Monroe to
Wednesday's Observer seys:
The Seaboard train d a e
iu Monroe at 5:35 a. tn. to
day was held five minutes for
the wedding of Mr. John Cox.
of Lexington, end Mias Clara
Terrell, of Columbus, Os. Miss
Terrell boarded the Seaboard
train in Atlanta and came to
Monroe, where she bad an en
casement to meet Mr. Cox from
Lexington, and while the train
waited they were happily united
in- merriac* by the key. H. W.
Elder. Prom hen the couple
Co to Mr. Con's home at Lex
ington, and Mr. Elder continues
his way to Virginia, where he
foes to attend the Southern
Christian Convention
Both the contracting parties
belong to good families in rheir
respective towns. Mr. Con is
• a a_. aa .a - »
*bo wedding. She is a mem
ber of the Christian chnrch of
Colnm-we, of which Mr. Elder it
past or.
Tho large Hvery stable of Mt
OaUlerd ft Price to Morgsetoe
0EWE1AL HEWS ITEMS.
Allred Daniels, (he murderer
of Mr. P. G. Simmons, lather oi
Senator Simmons, will be hanged
at Trenton, Jones county, on
May 19th.
At the Democratic primary
held in Greensboro Wednesday
night Major Charles M. Stead
man was utmniincm»ly endorsed
(or Governor.
The county commissioners of
Henderson county have decided
to build a $40,000 court bouse at
Hendersonville. They will is
sue bonds. Work is expected
to begin the middle of July.
General Joseph Dickinsou, the
last of the Adjutant-Generals of
the army of the Potomac, and
Cbief-of-Staff under Generals
Hooker and Meade in the Civil
War, died in Washington Tues
day.
Wallace Heims, the twelve
year-old son of Mr. A. D. Helms
of Crab Orchard township, near
Charlotte, was accidentally shot
by bis father one day last week
and as a result of the wound,
the boy will lose his left leg,
and the right will probably be
injured for life.
Mr. Henderson Stewart, of
Davie county, a yonng man
about twenty-one years of age
died suddenly last Wednesday
in Salisbury Two weeks be
fore be swallowed a piece of
steel while drinking water, but
it was thought by all that his
recovery was certain.
A special from Pensacola, Fla.,
dated 13th, to the Charlotte Ob
server says: While on the tar
get range this afternoon, 1.600
pounds of powder exploded on
the battleship Missouri, killing
five officers and twenty-four men,
and injuriug a number of others,
two of whom will die.
Mrs. R. I,. Taylor was granted
a divorce from ber husband,
Governor Robert I*. Taylor in
Knoxville last Thursday. Mr.
Taylor has served three terms as
governor of Tennessee and has
a natioual reputation as a lecturer.
Both Mr. and Mm. Taylor have
had children by former marriages
and they, it is said, were the
cause of the unhappiness.
A terrible tornado passed over
Fairlaud, Indian Territory, last
Sunday, destroying half a dozen
business blocks and killing and
injuring many people. At Prior
Creek. I. T. six were killed. It
is estimated that the damage
will amount to $10,000,000. The
towns of Pastoria and Sherrill,
in Arkansas, were also sufferers
from the storm. Several lives
and much property being lost.
The Yorkville Enquirer aaya:
There is a farmer in the Beer
sheba neighborhood who has
been giving considerable atten
tion to fruit within the past few
years, and who now has over
300 trees. He baa learned that
fruit trees will do a great deal
more if they receive proper at
tention than if allowed to look
out for themselves, and be has
lota of confidence in the ultimate
outcome of hit venture.
President Roosevelt hat ap
pointed Justice Jeter Pritchard,
of the Supreme Court of the
District bf Columbia, to succeed
the late Judge Simonton as
jndge of the United States
Circuit Court of the fourth
district. Judj^ Simonton was a
Democrat, and it would have
been gratifying if hit successor
could have been of the same
political faith. The position ia
for life and the salary is $7,000 a
year.
For sometime there has been
no room in the Morgantun Hos
pital for additional female pa
tients. Dr, Murphy laid the
matter before Gov. Aycock, who
with the concurrence of the
Council of State provided the
hospital with $12,000. ThU has
enabled the Superintendent to
write for all the insane women
in the district who were supposed
to be curable or who were in
jail; alao to ralieve the over
crowded hospital at Raleigh.
There are yet nearly 100 beds
vacant in the female department.
There wee unearthed iu
Greensboro recently the most
gigantic fraud against the gov
ernment ever practiced in North
Carolina. A whiskey concern
at Milton, Css well county, bss <
defrauded the government out
of no lass than thirty thousand
dollars. To do this, it had to
have the co opersiioh of the
swum revenue officer pat in
chsrgp of the concern by the
Collector of Internal Revenues.
Gangers Andrew J. Davis and
W. M. Mebsne. -who were
recently removed, war# last
weak tried and convicted iu the
Federal Conn at Greensboro.
Low proof stamps were used for
a high proof class of goods.
tealahla WUa jmd Mgshrnf
l>B|lMaS*OB.
There was a great discussion
recently at the BiMrrn Met bo
4l*t Conference owr the qnea
lion iif how to support a se«l
•hio wife no a mnskrat salary
It la a vexatious problem, hot
why should a good Methodist
preacher have a itafcla wife?
wUUheyawceeed la their iegili
T# Xefarikl llnwikm Fault
Callage.
The friends of Greensboro Fe
male College—and they are le
gion—are making great efforts to
soon begin to rebuild. A special
from Greensboro says Mr. B. X.
Duke baa just made a proposition
to donate $10,000 to Greens
boro Female Collrge, provided
the college is rebuilt and $30,000
uioie raised uii an endowment
fund.
The cburch now owns (his
beautiful, historical site valued
at $30,000, with walls standing
worth $12,000, in the midst of
one of the most progressive cities
in the atale. The friends of the
institution have already sub
scribed over $16,000, lincludiug
tbe sum secured last November
and December.
The bonds will all be retired
within a few days, and the prop
erly will be uuincuuibered by
debt. Work on tbe new build
ing will begin when$20,000 more
is secured in good subscriptions.
The iriends of the college are
hopeful, and au fetive campaign
is being made iu behalf of secur
ing funds for rebuilding.
Miss Nannie I<ec Smith of
Greensboro was in Gastonia Fri
day and Saturday in tbe interest
of the college, going from here
to Bessemer City.
The High Point Enterprise
commences this month to publish
a semi-weekly instead of weekly.
Professional Cards.
dr. p. e. McConnell,
DENTIST.
Office§rst floor Y. M. C. A. Bld’g
GASTONIA, N. C.
Phone 6»
Wm. H. LEWIS,
Attorney at Law.
Office over Yeager’s store.
DAVID S. L. JOHNSON,
Maalc Twckcr sad Tnci,
has tuned (or A. D. Jones & Co.. St.
Mary's College and many Gastonia
families. He room, at Dr. E. F.
Glenn's (dentist), whose telephone
call ia 83. it
A. L. BULWINKLE,
*
Attoniey-at-Lsiw.
DALLAS. N. C.,
A. K. LOFTIN,
CONTRACTOR.
Cotton Milt and other heavy Con
»traction* a apectalty
GASTONIA. N. C
EXECUTOR’S NOTICE.
The aadrmlned havtaar title day qaaltded
" eejctltor orthetaat -ill and tcKtntm ol
Martha K MrX.ean. decanted, all creditor,
of the estate oX I tie aaid decedent an here
by notified to present theft claims to aeon
or before the
Uth day at April IMS.
dhly aythentteatod ioe payment, ox this no
tice will be pleaded ta barot any recovery
A" twraona indebted to aaid relate ate re
qneetad toatake ptvppt aett ten. ret.
... a JSTsff ■‘-rysio
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