COLUMBUS, N.
CONDUCTOR SHOT
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1 Tragedy Near Asheville, N. CM
I Last Wednesday.
I H. SALISBURY BADLY WOUNDED.
he Shooting Occurred at the Glen
Rock Hotel Salisbury Slapped the
Negro.
f Asheville, N. C, Special Wednesd
ay morning at 7 o'clock J. H. Salis
ury, one of the best konwn conductors
i the Southern between Salisbury and
T.oxville, was shot and seriously
ouiided by Press Dillon, a colored
viler at the Glen Rock Hotel, where
jisbtiry was breakfasting. Salisbury
U taken to the Mission Hospital. He
isshot in the abdomen, the bullet
xlging near the spine. He was uncon
iious at night and his condition is re
arded as grave. Railroad men art
bming in and much indignation is
aanfested.
The negro, who was arrested imme
Jiately after the shooting, was given a
Keliminary trial by a police magistrate
lad is still in the custody of the. city
police authirities. He is very uneasy
tad the authorities hurried througgh
lis trial in order to get the prisoner
"ovked up.
Salisbury had slapped Dillon a few
minutes before going to breakfast be
cause the latter had taken the seat off
an old gentleman and was slow about
giving it up. In the dining room the
waiter said, M You de man slapped me;
lint you?" He thep pulled his pistol
and fired four shots, one taking effect.
Six Killed in Kentucky Fight
l Middlesboro, Ky., Special. Six are
dead and as many more are dying as
'he result of a battle between Middles
boro officers and mountaineers. The
iattleone of the most desperate of its
kind in the history of mountain war
fare, occurred between 4 and 6 o'clock
Wednesday afternoon at Lee Turner's
aaloon, 3 miles from Middlesboro.
f Turner had some mules and pother
goods levied on in payment of a debt
and a few nights ago, it is said he with
others went to Virginia, where the
property had been taken, secured what
;was formerly his and returned to his
house. Deputy Sheriff. William Thomp
son summoned a posse of 10 or 15 men
for the purpose of arresting Turner.
Railroad transportation was refused
the officers and they footed It through
he mountains. Turner had heard that
in attempt would be made to arrest
him and he and his men, 15 in number,
were prepared. The saloon is, built oi
huge jogs and is surrounded by a 30
foot fence in which loop holes were
eut. Turner's surrender was demanded.
His reply was a round of shots. Charley
C. Cecil, of Middlesboro, was riding a
pathway in plain sight. Some one, be
lieved to have been Mike Welch, Tur
ler's bar-tender, fired through a win
low, killing Cecil. Instantly the mur
lerer fell back, pierced by a halfdozen
bullets. The officers scattered and hid
behind trees and rocks. In the shooting
that followed John Dayleiwas badlj
bounded, perhaps fatally, and Simon
3ean, another ex-railroader was shot.
A. torch was applied to an exposed side
of the building and in a few minutes
the building was in -flames. Several ol
the mountaineers came to the window?
ind were shot down. Lee Turner and
everal of his friends, however, escaped
Jid are reported 'to be at Mingo mines,
lght miles from Middlesboro. Several
f his men perished in the flames.
I Fight Over Miss Stone.
f Paris, Special Referring to the re-,
horted engagement between Brigand?
for the possession of Miss Stone, the
Constantinople- correspondent of the
fjphn Paris F?vs: "The raptors ol
Miss Stone and Madame Tsilka have
!ecn attacked by another band of bri
gands., seeking to secure the prisoners
in order to get the Tansom. Twenty
men on both sides were killed during
the fight but the original captors of the
missionary were victorious. Miss Stone
"rwas. not. hurt."
300,000 Bales Destroyed.
Washington, Special. In presenting
a petition for congressional relief oi
eotton-growers from the cotton weevil
In the Senate. Mr. Culberson, of Texas,
said that the boll weevil had destroyed
tOO.OOO bales of cotton In Texas alone
during the 'past year, and on account
I -of the ravages of the pest grave appre-f-
henaion Is felt fpr the cultivation &.
1 Votton in central and southern Texas. .
PRESIDENT RETURNS
His Son Much Improved and He Is
Back in Washington.
Washington, Special. President
Roosevelt returned to j the White
House Friday forenoon in a very hap
py frame of mind, after! five anxious
days at the bedside of his boy, who
has been critically ill with puenmonia
at Groton, Mass.
In his home-coming the President
had a chance T to make three short
rear car speeches to the crowds at
Worcester, Woonsocket ! and Provi-:
dence. In each' he assured the wait
ing hundreds that "Ted" was all
right and out of the woods, and in
each case the .crowd seemed ? a3
Joyous as the President and cheered
vociferously. The journey, after leav
ing Providence, was uneventful.
There were only a few people at the
Pennsylvania station here when the
train arrived. Assistant Secretary
Loeb met him and the party was
driven to? the White House.
Young Roosevelt Better.
' Groton, Mass., Special. Friday
was an uneventful day at the Groton
School. - Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., has
improved very rapidly and for the
first time since his illness he partook
of solid food, meat being included in
the diet. At each taking of the chart
showing the respiration, it indicated
patient was normal, and from all ap
pearances the convalescence was un
interrupted. It is hoped that the boy
will be able to sit up by. Monday.
Young Roosevelt's lungs ' are rapidly
clearing; .with the possibility of re
storation being completed in a few
days. J .
Serlousfy Burned.
Charlotte, Special. At 3:45 o'clock
from the office of the Charlotte Tel
Saturday morning smokeissuing
phone Company, in the Davidson
building, on North Tryon street,
caused Policeman Hargett to turn
in a fire alarm; and as he and Police
man Johnson ran toward the build
ing they heard the screaming of some
one in agony. Just as the officers
started to run up the steps that led
to the telephone office, which la on
the third floor of the building, they
saw a woman, whose clothes were
burning from feet to head, run
down the last flight of stairs. This
was Miss Mamie, McKane, the night
operator of the Charlotte Telephone
Company. Quickly the officers seized
her; covered her as well as possible
with snow and sought, as rapidly as
possible, to extinguish the flames.
But little clothing covered the un
fortunate girl, and in a few minutes
these ceased to smoulder and she
was carried into Jordan's drug Btore.
It was discovered that clothing the
entire length of her body had been
burned until, at touch, it fell away,
and exposed sadly balckened and
burned flesh. Her agony was intense
and most pitiable.
The firemen responded immediately
to the alarm, but when they arrived
they found no fire to extinguish ex
cept the flames that came from burning
clothes and blankets that had been
thrown from the telephone office and
had caught on wires above the pave
ment in front of Jordan's drug store.
I A number of sympathetic people
gathered to aid the suffering, but all of
these; with the exception of Mr. Clin
ton R. Mayers, of the drug store staff
were helpless in the presence of the
calamity. Before physicians could be
reached he did everything possible to
alleviate a pain that was horrible even
to witness. Finally, after the physi
cians had arrived. Miss McKane was
taken to the hospital. The full extent
of her injuries had not been ascertain
ed, at 4:30 o'clock. It is feared that her
injuries will prove fatal.
In the room with. Miss McKane was
her brother, Paul, a boy of 9 years old,
who si cot on some blankets In. the cor
ner of the room. As she ran here and
there in the room the clothing from
Miss.McKane's clothes -set fire to thesei
blankets, and, they were hurled, Subse
quently, from the window to the pave
ment. Paul stated that he was awak
ened by hearing his sister scream, and
knows nothing as to the origin of the
fire.. He followed her down! the stairs,
too frightened to cry, and j remained
with her untir her relatives came.
Miss McKane is a daughter of - Mr.
Paul McKane, who lives, on East Hill
street. She is "a most estimable young
lady with a large circle of friends, who
will deplore the distressing occurrence.
$40 000 Fire, j
Elizabeth City, N. C, Special. A
lamp explosion in the house of Wiley
Taylor, colored, caused a fire at South
Mills, 14 miles north of here, which
swept the main business and resident
tial portions of the town. The fire rag
ed for four hours before it was gotten
under control: Twenty-five buildings
were destroyed. The leas is estimated
at' $40,000, insurance $15,000. There wa
no. loss of life, .
SOUTH SNOW-CLAD.
Heaviest Snowfall Recorded in Recent
..'Years.
RAILWAY TRAFFIC WAS BLOCKED
Maximum Depth of Snow Was Re
ported From Charlotte, N. C.t At
16 Inches. ' : -
Atlanta, Ga. Special. The storm
which was central Saturday morning
near Vicksburg has moved eastward,
giving the section of the country over
which it passed a variety of weather.
caused rain, snow and
sleet, and thunderstorms occurred at
Vicksburg, Montgomery and Charles
ton. The snow is the heaviest of the
winter in many places, Charlotte re
porting 15 inches; Nashville 12; Knox
ville 10; Chattanooga 10, and Atlanta 3,
Freezing temperature extended " south
to a line running southwest from Wil
mington, N. C, through the central
portion of the cotton belt; .
In Atlanta street car traffic was
seriously Interfered with, many of the
suburban lines temporarily abandoning
their schedules. Sleighing was In
dulged in on many of the residence
streets.
Train service from the east was not
seriously Interrupted.
Asheville, N. C Special Ten Inches
of snow has fallen here within 36
hours. Street car and railroad, traffic
was affected biJL not to any serious
extent. ' . . ;
ChattanoogaSrif jal. One of Jtfie
most severe snow storms in years has
covered the ground with eight Inches
of snow here. A number of factories
were unable to start their machinery
owing to the inability of employes to
reach the city from their suburban
homes on; account of the street cars
being blocked. Street cars and traffic
of all kinds is greatly impeded in
Knoxville and many wires are down.
Norfolk, Va. Special.- A heavy fall
of snow began here Saturday morning
shortly after 5 o'clock and continued
during the greater part of the ' day.
Over three Inches fell according to the
weather bureau measurment, but a stiff
wind made the. drifts much deeper.
Blacksburg, S. C Special. The
snowf all here amounted to 18 inches.
No trains Amoved in any direction for
several hours.
Saluda, N. C Special. The heaviest
snow in 20 years, 13 inches on the
level. Drif in places four feet deep.
Rock Hill. Special. Snow began
falling here at 4 o'clock Friday after
noon and continued until late "in the
night and as a consequence we have
about 10 inches of the beautiful. Al
ready the sleigh bells are jingling. So
seldom is it that we have- a good snow
that the young people do not allow
il to get good settled before getting out
the selighs.
Ninety-Six, S.' C. Special The snow
Is five to six inches deep and caught
many people; short of wood.
Laurens, S. C.Special-Eight inches
of snow fell here. This makes six or
seven snows this season. All except
this one has been light, however.
Small grain will . be greatly benefitted
by it. ; .. j..." -
Clemson College. Special. Nature
has put on her white organdie. Eleven
inches of snow at 7,a. m. Saturday, and
cloud indications are that more will
fall. It began snowing at 2 p. m. Fri
day and was snowing heavily at 11
p. m. The heaviest snow storm here
in years. ; - y '
Charleston. Special. Charleston
maintains its record for unusual weath
er. Early Saturday' morning : in the
space of seven hours, .92 of an inch
Qf rain fell,-which is the heaviest rain
fall since last August. Charleston has
been undergoing a very severe drought
and the rainfall was sufficient to end
the drought if it was caught in the cis
terns? The rain was accompanied by
a 30 mile wind and a thunderstorm,
which; was the worst that has passed
over Charleston in a long time. In a
few house the temperature- jumped
from 38 degrees to 54 degrees and then
fell down to 36 degrees. Altogether it
was a night of peculiar weather and
furnishes interesting statistics for the
weaker bureau fo compile.
EDUCATIONAL PROCLAMATION.
Proper Instruction of the State's Cit
' Jzens Paramount. 1
Profoundly convinced of the pro
phetic wisdom of the declaration of
the Fathers, made at Halifax in 1776,
that "Religion, morality, and knowl
edge being necessary, to good Govern
ment, school and the means of educa
tion shall forever be encouraged";
and cognizant of the full meaning of
that recent constitutional enactment
which debars from the privilege of the
suffrage, after 1908, all persons who
can not read and write; and relying
on the patriotism and foresight of
North Carolinians to deal with a great
question which vitally concerns the
material and social welfare of them
selves and their posterity, we, in an
educational conference assembled in
the city of Raleigh, this February 13,
1902, are moved to make the following
declaration of educational facts and
principles:
1. Today, more fully than at any
other time in our past ' history do
North Carolinians recognize the over
shadowing necessity of universal edu
cation in the solution of those prob
lems which a free government jmust
solve in perpetuating its existence.
2. No free government has j ever
found any adequate means of uniyer-.
sal education, except free public
schools, open to all, supported by the
taxes of all its citizens, where every
child regardless of condition in life or
circumstance of fortune, may receive
that opportunity for training into so
cial service which the constitutions of
this and other great States and the
age demands. v
3. We realize that our State; has
reached the constitutional limit of
taxation for the rural schools, that
she has made extra appropriations to
lengthen the term of these schools to
SO days in the year. We realize, too
that the four months' term now pro
vided is inadequate, for the reason
that more than 14,000,000 children of
schob age in the United States outside
of North Carolina are now provided
an average of 145 days of school out
of every 365; that the teachers of
these children are paid an average
salary of $48 per month, while the
teachers of the children of North Caro
lina are paid hardly $25 per month;
thus securing for all the children of
our sister States more efficient train
ing for the duties of life. And we fur
ther realize that, for every manj wo
man and child of its population the
country at large is spending. $2.83 for
the education of its children, while
North, Carolina is spending barely 67
cents ; that the country1 at large is
spending on an average of $20.29 for
every pupil enrolled in its; public
schools, while North Carolina is spend
ing only $3 or $4, the smallest amount
expended by any State (in -the Union;
that the average amount spent! for
the education of every child of scpool
age in the United States is approxi
mately $9.50, while North Carolina is,
spending $1.78. - -
These facts should arouse our pride
and our patriotism, and lead us to in
quire whether the future will hold this
generation responsible for the perpet
uation of conditions that - have , re
sulted in the multiplicity r .of v small
school districts, Inferior school
houses, poorly paid teachers;-: and
necessarily poor teaching; that . have
resulted In twenty white illiterates
out of every 100 white population
over-ten years of age, in . generally
poor and poorly paid ' supervision of
the exDenditure of our meagre school
funds and of the teaching done in pur.
schools; and, finally, in that educa
tional 'indifference which is the chief
cause of the small average daily at
tendance of 36.6 pupils out of ; every
100 enrolled in our present - public
schools. j
We believe the future will hold; us
responsible for the perpetuation; of
these unfavorable conditions, and,
therefore we conceive it to be the pa
triotic, moral, and religious duty ! of
this generation of North Carolina to
set about in earnest to find the means
by which all our children can receive
that education which will give them
enual opportunities with the children
of other sections of our common coun
try. r:vr--. '.?.:. ' ...j -
4. Viewing our educational problems
and conditions in the light of educa
tional .history and experience; we de
clare it to be our firm conviction that
the next step forward for North Caro
lina in education is to provide more
money for her country public schools,
making possible the consolidation! of
small school districts, the professional
teacher, and skilled supervision of the
expenditure of all school funds and
of the teaching done in the schools.
The history of the adoption of jthe
principle of local self help by oui 35
graded school towns and cities must
surely be an inspiration and an lex-,
ample to every village and rural com
munity In North Carolina. Those towns
and cities have adopted the : only?,
means at hand for the adequate edu
cation of their children. In adopting: -this
principle, local taxation; they;
secured; first, adequate school fundsr
second, competent supervision; third
skilled teachers. Lacking any one of
this educational trinity no community
has ever yet succeeded fn establish
Ing the means of complete educatloa
for Us children.
These 35 towns and cities within our
borders have 'followed the lead of
other sections of the United States
in ' adopting first the means of educa
tion, local taxation. The fact that GT
per cent of the total school fund of
this Union is now raised . by local
taxes, while North Carolina raises
only 14 per cent of her funds by that'
means, and lags behind all her sis
ter States in every phase of public
education, has both its lesson and ft
warnings - r
1 5. Remembering that in the last
year nearly thirty communities in.
North Carolina, some of them distinct
ly rural, have adopted the principled
of local taxation for schools, we. think
this time most . auspicious to urge a
general movement of all our educa
tional forces in that direction, and.
therefore, we appeal to all patriotic
North Carolinians, men and womeii
who love their State; and especially -that
part of their State which is worth.
more than all its timber, lands, mines,
'and manufacturing plants, to banc
themselves together under the leader
ship of our "Educational Governor"
and the State Superintendent of Pub
lic Instruction, aided by the Southern
Education Board, to carry forward the
work of local taxation and better
schools, to the end that every Ichild
within our borders may have the op
portunity to fit himself for the duties
of citizenship and social service.
And, finally, heartily believing in
the Christlikeness of this work of
bringing universal education to alt
the children of North Carolina, we
confidently rely on the full co-operation
of all the churches of the State,
whose work is so' near the hearts of
all the people, and, therefore appeal
to the pulpit to inculcate the supreme
rty of universal education.
f The Cotton Supply.
New Orleans, -- Special. Secretary
Hester's statement of the world's visi
ble 'supply of cotton issued Friday
shows the total visible to be 4,454,16$
bales, against 4,451,718 last week and
4,095,821 last yean Of this the total of
American cotton is 3,059,168 ' hales
against 3,641,718 last week and 3,168,
821 last year, and of all other kinds, in
cluding Egypt, Brazil, India, etc., 945,
000, against. 910,000 last week and 927.V
000 last year. Of ' the world's visible
supply of cotton there is now afloat
and held in "Grat Britain, and continen
tal Europe 2,362,000 -against 1,811,0ft
last year;-in Egypt 247,000 against 186,
000 last year; in India, 432,000 against
455,000 and in the United States 1,412,
f00 against' 1,644,000 last year.
Miss Stone's Ransom Paid.
Constantinople, By Cable. The ran
som of: Miss Ellen M.: Stone and her
rrkTrtnaTiinn.. Madame Tsilka. has beett
paid. The limit of time for the release
of the captives has not yet expirea,
but their delivery to the American
agents is hourly expected. -
Washington Special The State de
partment has received cable advlce
confirming the report that the ransom
money for Miss Stone has been pala
to the brigand captors. It Is not known
whew her release will occur, but it IB-
understood that the brigands' have.
made a condition that they shall have-
a neriod of a week or ten days in
which to make sure their safe retreat
before the prisoner is delivered up.
' Postal Bill Completed
Washington, Special. The postofficc
appropriation bill has been practically
completed by the House committee n
postoffices and post roads and will be
reported in ' a few 1 days. It carrfe ,
$137,916,598, an inoreasc of $14,133,910
over the current appropriation and ol
$3,185,022 over -the estimates'. The larg
est item Is $41,250,000 - for railway
transportation of mails. The rural free
delivery service gets an appropriation
of $7,529,000, an increase of $1,525,003
and provision is to be made to plact
the rural carriers under a contract sy3 ;f
tem, instead of salaries as at present
. Three Killed In Wreck.
Altoona, Pa.K Special. Three men
killed, four probably fatally wounded
and two seciously Injured, one freight
train a complete wreck, and another
nearly so, are the results of an accident
this morning on the Pennsylvania
Railroad on the steep grade, a few
miles above the ! Horse Shoe curve. .
Control of the second "section of zti
east-bound freight train was lost soon
After emerging from Galiitzin tnnnel
-and two miles west f -Allesrlppus it
crashed into the rear of the first2
tion. Ten cars, the"ahoose and - txtt
engines ere complete! wrecked, -,J