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THURSDAY, APRIL 20 1905
f ' NOTES AND COMMENTS. J
The recent spell of cool weather
; has given trucking a set back in
. this and other states. As usua
Potic county has not suffered, as
much as other places. That's
more evidence of our superior
climate. -
We do not claim to know what
is best, for the farmers to do
and we- do not wish to dictate,
.
but it does seem, foolish on their
part to plant largely of cotton
this spring after their experience
with low prices the past year.
Better be a little careful and
think twice before you put many
acres in cotton.
"The hanging of Parr in Col
umbia Friday was the first exe
cution of a white, man in this
State in eleven years, and it's a
question whether or not he would
have suffered the death penalty
had he possessed wealth. We
hope, however, it is but the be
ginning of a new era so far as
the punishment for murder is
concerned. Gaff neyx(S. C.)
Ledger. -
Will "the new era so far as the
punishment for murder is -con-
ycerned" ever make a beginning
' in Polk county ? Sentencing a
: man guilty of killing his fellow
man, to a few .months on the
chaingang is more like encourag-
ing than punishing the criminal.
THE WAR.
The opposing squadrons : of
Pussia and Japan are still in the
China Sea, but so far as known
no engagement; has yet taken
place. Admiral 'RojestvenskjJ is
apparently staking all that Russia
possesses on the present venture,
anT if - he should win Japan
would be shorn; of much of her
great advantage, if she did not
in fact .lose it all. The squadron
under Admiral Togo is short one
or two battleships by comparison
with the force of Rojestvensky,
and there is that element of nn
certainty about the result of an
engagement when it does come
that is calculated to make the
' friends of the Japs a little un
easy. If Japan's fleet should be
destroyed and she lose command
of the sea, it is likely that her
army would be forced out of
f Manchuria and the tide turned in
Russia's favor. This is of course
merely a possibility, and what
race-track habitues would term a
' long shot, " but it is perhaps
the best thing that Russia can
do, and she is apparently playing
.the last hand with desperation.
It is hardly conceivable that Ad
miral Togo would permit his
ships to be destroyed when they
are so greatly needed, and the
situation may not be as serious
as it appears, but when the en
gagement occurs, as it seems
likely that it will in a short time;
it will doubtless be to the finish.
The reports from Vladivostock
are to the effect that the Rus
sians are preparing for a pro
longed siege, and the Japanese
are said to be determined to place
an army of. a million men in the
field in Manchuria by iiext fall.
There is a continuation of desul
"Y fighting in Manchuria, but
it is of apparently little . conse-
auence. the armies seemingly
awaiting the result of the naval
operations. - - '
The matter; of bringing about
peace has received but little at
tention during the past week, all
parties doubtless awaiting devel
opments in the China Sea. As
bearing on the latter situation it
is interesting to note that French
critics think 'Rojestvensky will
lose. Their sympathies are nat
urally with him, but they do not
believe he can win. Charlotte
Observer.
COLUMBUS NEWS.
McMurray & Uwterv to Dissolve Partnership
, People Coming and Going Other
"Notes.- , ;
? Rev. T. C. Croker preachedfat
the Presbyterian church Sunday
morning.
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Morris
returned from Rutherfordton
Monday.
Rev. W. W. Jones, of Campo
bella, S. C.,. will preach at the
Baptist church the first Sunday
in May. v v
Misses Nellie and Coy Le-
Compte, of Corydon, Iowa, arriv
ed here Tuesday. Jhey enjoy the
climate here and will probably
remain several weeks.
Mrs. J. H. Hill, of Rutherford
ton, is visiting her mother and
other relatives and friends. Mrs.
Hill expects to remain in Colum
bus about two week.
It is learned that A. L. Mc
Murray and B. F. Lawter, ofvthe
firm of McMurray & Lawter will
dissolve partnership about the
first of May. Mr. McMurray
will continue to keep store where
he is now and B. F. Lawter will J
open a store in the N. B. Hamp
ton building which is situated on
the samg street a few doors far
ther along.
DUNNE'S URGE FAMILY,
Chicago's New Mayo Come Under Pro-
v viston of New Hotel faw.
Mayor Dunne made the dis
covery that under the new city
fire regulations he is classed as a
hotel keeper, and that he lives iii
a hotel. This is hppfliisp ha
maintains a home in which more
than twenty persons live.
When the report was laid on
the Mayors' desk, the executive's
fingers began playing a tattoo.
and in blocks of -five the mayor
counted up to twenty and added
three. .
''That's right," he murmered,
"Twenty three. Ten little
Dunne's, me and; Mrs. Dunne;
that's twelve; the grandpas and
grandmas, the uncles and-the
aunts, land five servants. Great
Scott, what is it coming to? I
guess I am keeping a hotel all
right, but I must have time to
consider what is best to do, ?I
must consult my friends." 5 ' U
A SHORT LETTER FROM COIUNSVIILE.
Farmer's will plant as much Cotton this year
as usual Inspite of low prices Peaches
killed, "
The wheat crops look encourag
ing., Moses Shields went to Colum
bus Monday on legal business.
We have not had as much rain
here as there has been about Col
umbus and other parts of the
county.
All the peaches in this section
are killed except what is on
the Cowpen Ridge from G. C.
Love's place to a point some
where above Sandy Plains.
Rev. Jack Tate preached in the
Collinsville school house . to a
large congregation Sunday. His
text was taken from : the 1st
chapter of Romans, 15th and 16th
verses, .
0 Planting cotton is the order of
the day in this section.. We
think in this neighborhood"! the
farmers are going to plant as
much cotton this year as common
regardless of the present low
price. .
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- ALimilSTBATOS'S NOTICB.- V
Having qualified as administrator of R, "Sp
Abrams deceased, late of Polk county, N. C,,'.
this is to notify all; persons having claims
agninst the estate of saijl deceased, to exhibit
them to tit undersigned on or before March
2 1st x 906. or this notice 'will be plead in bar
of their recovery. . ' ' , - :;X
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ATTORNEY AT LAW.
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