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Three Cents the Copy. INDEPENDENCE IN ALL THINGS. COEIJMBUh, N. afHCKSDAY, JULY 20, 1905. ' - , , - VOL XI. NO 'A tfUMawiipugn rnuc,ii.uu Her Year in Arivn- " . . - - - -" w a aw . - - . . ' 7 : , f- PEACE IS NOT At' Witte Will Act in Strict Accordance With Instructions From the Home Government DOESN'T FAVOR GREAT CONCESSION The Senior Russian Peace Plenipoten tiary Declares Tha Russia Is Not Willing to Make Peace at Any Price, and That the Ultimate Decision Re mains with the Emperor The Mis sion of the Plenipotentiaries Is To Ascertain Whether It Is Possible To Conclude a Treaty of Peace Russia Is Not Crushed, and (the Russian People Would Be Willing To Con? tinue the War Indefinitely If Nec essary, i 1 St Petersburg, By Cable. M. Witte, the senior Russian peace plenipoten tiary, received the correspondent of the Associated Press at his villa on Yela gin Island. M. Witte spoke in French. After greetings, which were cordial, the conversation gravitated quickly to the high mission with which the Russian statesman is charged, and the disposi tion of the foreign press to interpret his appointment as an indication' that Russia has decided to make peace at any price. No, no," said-he, straightening up in his chair and speaking slowly and distinctly, as if weighing the value of each word. "In the first place. I have been designated by the Emperor as his ambassador extraordinary for pour par- iers witn tne Japanese . plenipotentia ries . to ascertain whether it is nos- sible to conclude a treaty of peace. My personal views are of secondary importance,, but my ideas are in entire accord with those of my friend, Count Lamsdorff. In? serving: my Emperor I have received precise instructions from lis majesty and shall follow them. "The , ultimate decision! remains in the hands of x the Emperor," and it is for him to decide the destinies of Rus sia. The Emperor is a friend of 'peace and desires peace, but I very much fear that the JaDariese terms will be such that we will be unable to reach an accord. . .. .. -..- "Secondly, the xiorld should disabuse its mind'ef Ihe fdsa that Russia wants peace at 'any price.' There are two parties in Russia. . One favors the con tinuation' of the war a outrance this is a- large and-influential' party. The other, to whom I belong, favors peace. I avow it frankly, because telling the truth has always, been my rule, in poli tics.. 1 was for peace before hostilities broke out. 'When the war began, the situation changed. Even though : there are these two parties as to .the advise ability of ending the war in the .pres ent circumstances, both would be unit ed if these Japanese" demands wounded tne amour propre of the Russian -peo pie or jeapordized our future as a na- tion I am sure that? if I - report that the fconditiohs. of 1 JaDan 'iannot.be ac-! cepted, Russia will accept the verdict and the Russian people will be ready to continue the war for years if neces sary. 'Thirdly Russia is 4 not crushed, as the foreign -press has led the world to believe. -The' interior situation is very serious, " I donot Jdeny.'Jmt !in .Europe aad America the trueignificance of what is happening is not understood. Correspondents come t here 'j and 1 talk with a. few' 'hundred people in St.' Pe tersburg and , ,M6scqwr. misinterpret what is happening and fill the -.world with,' fajse impressions as to ' Russia's future, . Russia is 'not on the verge 4of dissolution as 'aTgreat power and is not obliged to accept any conditions offer ed in spite of the military reverses she has sustained. "We are passing through an Internal crisis, which has been marked by many grave events and which may .'have others still in jstore but the crisis will pas3, and in afew. years Russia will again take her place as a preponderant power lthe European concert. ' - 'BodyToBe Exhwmedi New York. Special The body of Mrs. . Mary Gorman Carlton, the Second wife ' of Frederick K Carlton, of -Brooklyn, to die of-'iockjaws tdto,;.exhtutied f nd subjected , to" minute1 examination for traces of poison. An order to tMs effect was signed by, Supreme Court Justice SeweJLL, in 'Brooklyn up on request of District Attorney Clark, of King's county. Carlton is now in Raymond street jail, held on a techni (al charge of grand larceny. Charges Against a Woman. Washington, Speclal.7rSecretary.Wil 8n, of the Department of Agriculture, tas begun an investigation ot a report a.t a certain female employe of his department has sold questions to' be a8ked in , civil - service examinations -J.rtor to the holding of such examina Jins. A complaint has been made that woman-for several years has been, Jjng applicants for positions In, this fanner, and that in a.number of cases ;e applicants have pajd liberally, for JAe service. The "examinations alleged J have been thus manipulated were r Positions requiring technical knowl in!! and tne questions were prepared 111 the Department. YET ASSURED His Instructions Are Full , St. Petersburg, By Cable. M. Witte spent an hour, with Mr. Meyer, the American7 ambassador, at the Kleon michel Palace, discussing the forth coming peace conference. , Before leaving for Paris next Wednesday, M. Witte will have still another audience with the Emperor. In the meantime he must pay a round of official visits to all the imperial ministers. M. Witte is expected to be the bearer of a pesonal message from the Emperor to President Roosevelt. The press is authorized by Mr. Hart wig, . director of the first department of the Foreign Office, to deny in the most categorical fashion, the report of the alleged contents of the instruc tions to M. Witte, published in Paris by The Echo de Paris and elsewhere abroad. ; "Reports pretending to reveal 1 the character of the instructions ' to the Russian plenipotentiaries are mere guess work," said M. Hartwig. "These Instructions have been seen by only four persons, the Emperor, M. Witte,, Foreign Minister Lamsdorf and my self. The Echo de Paris report says they consist of five pages, whereas the fact is that they cover over twen ty pages. The paper says the Instruc tions are very vague, while on the con trary they are very detailed. On one point only, according to the Echo de Paris, are they absolutely specific, namely, as to the leveling of the forti fications of Vladivostok; but I can say to you that there are many oth ers." ,M. Hartwig also pronounces the sto ries that M. Muravieff's displacement was the result of intrigues by Foreign, MIniste Lamsdorf to be pure inven tions. . The Novostl says it believes that the desires of the - anti-German coalition, which Great Britain is trying to engin eer, 5 to restore Russia as a threat against German aggression, should be a powerful diplomatic -weapon in the hands of the Russian plenipotentiaries. "Europe wants to 1 end the war," says the paper, "as Russia's preoccu pation in the Far East destroys the equilibrium. Austria is in danger from Germany, which ' seeks a thor oughfare to- the Asiatic, in exchange for "the compensation in "the - Balkan peninsula. I Germany ' has pretensions now which she would not have dream ed of before the Russo-Japanese war. It is evident from the Morocco inci dent that Europe wants peace. in order that Russia may safeguard her against German aggression." , : Grand Army Commander Dead. Boise, Idaho, Special. Gen. W. W. Blackmar, commander-in-chief of the G. A. R., died Sunday of intestinal ne phritis. . His wife was with him during his illness. The body will be embalmed and taken to the home of the family in Boston. General Blackmar arrived here on July 10 on an" inspection tour 'of Grand Army - nosts - throughout the Northwest. He was 111 when he ar rived, and gradually failed. The se riousness of his condition was kept from the public at t the request of his Wife., s t ;:' i 'i ' - ' General Blackmar was born July 25, 1841, at Bristol, Pa. He enlisted in the Fifteenth Pennsylvania Calvary and subsequently joined the First' West Virginia Cavalry. He served, with, dis tinction throughout the war and at Five Forks was promoted on the field by General Custer to the rank of cap tain. t ? Meeteese, Wyoming, SpeciaL-Three men were killed and four were Injured here by an explosion in the Kirwin gold mine. There was no doctor near er than Thermopolis, 100 miles to the southeast, but Dr. Richards, , at that place, covered ihe; . mountainous dls-( tance in a little less than .eleven hours. Four relays were used by him in mak- Inf thp tHn ranchmpn alonz the route j supplying the horses. Prisoners Reach Birmingham. Birmingham, Ala., Special. Sheriff William Chandler, r of f Etowah . county, accompanied byj Ideputies,? arrived inf Birmingham Monday night with Vance Garner, Bunk Richardson and Will Johnson, three of the negroes charged with the murder and criminal assault of Mrs. S. K. Smith, near Gadsden, Saturday night. The . prisoners were placed in the Jefferson county jail for safekeeping, v . r - Jap Victory on Sakholin. ' Tokio, By Cable. It is officially an nounced that the Russian center, hold ing barline, and vicinity,, was attack ed July 11 and offered 'stubborn re sistance ;Thei attack was renewed at dawn of July 12, when the. Japanese dislodged - the Russians, driving -them in the direction of Mauka. This vic tory assures the complete occupation of South Sakhalin by ; the Japanese. Eighty prisoners s were ; taken t by the Japanese, among whom was lieutenant Maximta. f Four field pieces, $ one i ma chine gun and the ammunition ware houses wera captured. The-Japanese loss was about seventy men killed and wounded. The Russians lost .. about 160 men. TAR HEEL CROP CONDITIONS Weather Conditions Given Out by the ; Department Observer. Cloudy threatening weather with showers nearly - every day prevailing over the entire State during the - week ending Monday, July 17th, until Sun day, July 16th. Conditions were gen erally detrimental to crops and caused a complete suspension of all farm work. While mostly in the form of light show ers, heavy downpours occurred at many places on the 12th, 13th and 14th, which caused a rapid rise in Uie rivers, with flooding of low lands. This was the case especially In - the west, 1 where all streams were out of their banks, and the French , Broad - was very high; thousands of acres of lowlands were under 1 water, and the crops' growing thereon were badly damaged. Hillsides were badly washed in places, and gen erally the ground; is soggy that work' in the fields is quite impossible. , The average rainfall for the week for twen ty selected stations was 3.00 or more than double the normal amount. Very little, hail, however, was reported. The temperature conditions were ' not unfa vorable; the mean .was slightly above normal, but without extremes; no max imum above 90 degrees occurred until the close of the week. The sultry, damp weather caused rapid and rank growth of many crops, as well as of grass and weeds, which are again becoming very troublesome in many fields. More sun shine is needed, and opportunity to fin ish laying by crops. ;i Cotton is reported quite generally to be making rank growth, and in the central-eastern portion is not fruiting well; considerable damage by. shedding of forms and young bolls has also oc curred; some rust is reported; In the western portion of the State the crops is fruiting well. While cotton at pres ent appears to have been considerably damaged, the crop was generally in such good condition as regards tillage just before the rains began that prob-r, ably a few days dry weather will show less Injury -than -anticipated. Upland corn was benefitted by rain, . except where pollen "was washed off from plants just in bloom, but young lowland corn was damaged nearly everywhere; the true extent of the damage, however, cannot yet be ascertained. Tobacco did fairly well on Vell drained land, .but suffered a little on low ground, where some Is taking on second growth j cut ting and curing are now well under way in a number of counties, but condi tions were not favorable for making good cures during the past week. Some jyheat and oats still in shock in the west were damaged by sprouting, and some uncut oats were lodged. Peanuts and sweet potatoes were slightly in jured more for want of work than oth erwise. Field peas grown for hay are very thrifty, and many more will be sown. Melons have suffered from ex cessive moisture and are poor in qual ity. The wet weather has favored the rapid development of those fungus growths which cause the decay of fruit, and much rotting of peaches, apples and grapes is reported. Early grapes are ripening. Rain3 reported: Goldsboro, 0.30; Lumberton, 1.22; Newbern, 1.48; Wel don, 2.06; Wilmington, 1.30; Hatteras, 0.60; Davis L. 1.50; Nashville, 3.74; Southport, 3.61; Greensboro, 3.96; Ral eigh, 2.23; Moncure, 3.24; .Lexington, 1.89; Pomona, 5.50; Angier, 2.25; Char lotte, 2.10; Asheville, 4.20; Henderson ville, 8.50 and Morganton, 8.76. North State News. Insurance Commissioner Young is issuing a warning against the Interna tional Registry Company, , of New York, saying that some time ago he gave warning against it, and now finds that it is trying to do an underground business, and is now endeavoring "to issue policies of the United Casualty and Surety Company, of St. Louis, though the latter has not been doing business since January 1, 1904. The method of the International Company seems to be to flood North Carolina with offers to agents, proposing to pay them heavy commissions, for securing business. It seems that a good many men are inclined to jump at the offer the company makes. Not only will they be swindled if they take this course, but they 1 will also be prose cuted by the commissioner for unlaw fully doing business for a blacklisted company. ' ' , ' ' Fayette ville, Special. Mr. and Mrs. R. B. .King and little son, Ralph, re siding on Maymount, were taken vio lently 111 after dinner Sunday, and a physician was hurriedly called, who pronounced tyrotoxicin poisoning from eating ice cream. The whole family had a close call, but they are now all out of danger; ' V: A charter is granted the Citizens' Bank, of Creedmore, Granville county, to do a commercial and savings, busi ness, capital stock $25,000, B. G. Rogers and others being the stockholders. r Wilmington, Special. The local po lice have arrested Sampson Cooper, a negro , wanted in Sumter, . S. C, since September, 1888, for highway . robbery and for an assault with intent to kill. Sheriff Gilllard came, ' identified the prisoner, and returned ' with- him to Sumter, where he will, answer for-the WUCU3C : luuuuu, ----- " J-:"' ; i i Greensboro, Special.--A . meeting of the board of aldermen will be held Wednesday night to consider, the ques tion of requiring the telegraphs com panies here to put their wires under ground in the business part 01 the City. An ordinance has already been passed requiring telephone companies to place their wires underground in the business r streets of the city. - in s r at tsTies iiext mm - - . , , The Government Will Withhold Them Pending Investigation TRUST AGENTS IN DEPARTMENTS Numerous Charges "From Southern ,' Sources Lead Secretary Wilson to 4 Begin an Investigation in Deference iJ.H the Sentiment That the Depart ; rnent's Figures Were. Wholly Incor. feet Special Agents Sent to, Ken- i!tucky , and Tennessee Statistics i Partly Held Up Pending the Inquiry! J Washington, Special. Through the receipt of numerous . communications from the South and statements in the press at various times that the statis tics of, th$ Department, of Agriculture on tobacco , were being manipulated in the interest of the so-called tobacco trust, Secretary Wilson has begun an inquiry into the subject. - Pending the investigation, the publication of the tobacco - statistics of the 1 several dis tricts will be held up, although the regular monthly figures by States will beven out. Monday next ;..f t was stated at the Department that special agents have been sent to the daric tobacco districts - of Tennessee ano Kentucky for, the purpose of yeri-. fyipg or correcting the Department's figuresu This;acUoh MnV . Hyde,' ne chl-ftatlstian, said, was in deference to ihe sentiment which had been' en- rMered that the Department's figures wete wpolly incorrect, Mr. Hyde has beeii given direct charge of the investi gation, which, it is expected, - will be conpludedw!thin two or three weeks. , 1 T : ---v.- .. .. . .. -.1 ... New Directors.' -4 I Jjfew York, Special. Twelve new di rectors were chosen, and the resigna tions of two old directors and one re cency elected were accepted by the ItaalfT of directors -J of 4 the 4 Equitable' Life Assurance Society.. The directors who resigned were:; General , Louis Fitzgerald; . former president ; of the Mercantile Trust Coqapany; Horace C. Deming, who is now president of that institution, and Frederick G. Bourne, who was chosen at the last meeting of the. board. The Mercantile Trust Com pany is controlled by the Equitable So ciety. The full list of the newly-elected directors follows: To fill vacancies in the term expir ing December 31, 1905 Wallace L. Pierce, of Boston; Daniel A. Tompkins, of Charlotte; Thomas S. Spratt, of Og densburg, N. Y.; Louis Stern, of New York; Frank S. Witherbee, of New York; James McMahon, of New York. For term , to expire December 31, 1906; Williard F. McCook, of Philadelphia; Congressman Charles R Littlefield, of Rockland, Me. For term to expire De cember 31, 1907: Nevada N. Stranahan, collector of the port of New York; D. Cady Herrick ,of Albany. For the term to expire December 31, 1908t Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University; Charles H. Zehn der, of Philadelphia. . "" No Grudge Against Wilson. New York, Special. President Wal ter C. Hubbard, of the New York Cot ton Exchange sent the following com munication to .the Associated Press: "Permit me to. ask you very kindly to correct a misapprehension of the press in regard to my letter to Presi dent Roosevelt concerning the disclo- sures in the Departemnt of Agricul ture. ': ' X " - - "I have never written to v Secretary Wilson and my . letter was not the se quel of any , correspondence with him conducted by my brotner, samuei 1. Hubbard, when president of the New York Cotton Exchange. f "My note was prompted simply by the recent revelations and had for its purpose solely to make a clear state ment of the attitude of our exchange." ; Will Aid Investigation- ; . , Washington, Special. -- Richard Cheatham, secretary of the Southern Cotton Association, was in lengthy conference with District Attorney Beach and Mr. Moran, kcting chief of the secret service division, 'regarding the recent cotton investigation.' Mr Cheatham, proposes to remain here for some , time, and will i assist in the preparation of . evidence upon which possible criminal prosecutions will be based. -: ; ; ; - - .. . ' v . ' : ;-;:; y ; Telegraphic Briefs. , , t ' M. Sergius Witte' has been appointed chief peace plenipotentiary for Rus-" sia.; y':-j;iy:'. -'V-;-; '''X '' ii;y" It is stated a German ' Swedish., alli ance is probable. V , f ,yu s; ,-. . ',- : In the House, of Commons Premier Balfour stated no further negotiations had- been had regarding ; President Roosevelt's call for a second peace con ference at The Hague. . Twenty-four leaders of the Odessa riots were hanged-. -v. , " A' violent X scene occurred In the French Chamber of Deputies during a debate on the Amnesty bill, which was killed. r WITTE WILL SERVE 7 ii ... Czar Became Convinced That Nego- tiations: Might Fall If His Appointee as Chief Plenlpotentitry ; Went to Washington and. Now Consents' to .Replace Him by Russia's Great, Con r.tructive Statesman, Long Out .of " Favor, " ' - ...4 ( - r ' v.'? - - ...-,. lip . Qt Petersburg pedaL-MJ. , Mlura- reiff has resigned position1 as' chief peace plenipotentiary' it may 'be 're garded as practically certain that he will be replaced by M. :Witte, president; of the committee, of ministers, who all along has been considered the Rus sian statesman pre-eminently qualified' to undertake the difficult task of negb-' tiating peace with Japan 1 : vH l- , Though the Emperor on two previous; occasions has flatly declined to, accept M. Witte,; he has now indicated , his readiness' to make ' the appointment' The ' commission,' however will-not be actually signed until i Foreign Minister Lamsdorff, who throughout ha been Mr. Witte's twarm supporter, has .had an audience with the Emperor, s ; M. Witte's selection will undoubtedly "be hailed as a practical 'assurance of peace. While it would be a! mistake to1 denominate ; . him . as a ,"peace-at-any-prlce" man, M. Witte earnestlybelieves that the struggle should be ended and should be succeeded by an understand-; ing between Russia and Japan- which would insure peace In the Far East for' half a; century. Indeed, he Ms person ally .believed to be in favor of a Rus$o Japanese alliance. ' v M. Muraveiff's retirement, ostensibly owing to reasons "of ill health, is in reality due to the ' fact that the Em peror became convinced of the fact that the negotiations might be jeopardized if he went s to Washington. M. Mura vieff himself, upon consideration, quite frankly recognized his lack of diplo matlc training and his want of ac quaintance with the questions .in volved, and with equal frankness ex pressed satisfaction that he had been relieved. ' ' . . . .-. -1 ; i T'-i ; Train Stalled in Tunne! J Asheville; Special.- A special from Andrews, on the Murphy branch, says: Heavy rain; practically a cloudburst caused numerous washouts, flooding the track over two feet for a half mile near Topton. A number of trestle sup ports were carried away, paralyzing traffic. TrainNo. 19 stalled in a' tun nel five miles east of Andrews. Over a hundred were on board all night. The trestle at the east entrance of the tunnel gave way on the passing of the rear coach, and ditching was narrowly avoided.. The train was brought to a stop , in the tunnel. . Investigation ahead revealed another washout bridge 50 feet from the west end of the tun nel. The train is still unable to pro ceed either way. y The coaches were packed with people, two in a seat, some standing all night. Many women and children attending the Topton bar becue were aboard. A majority of tlje passengers walked to Andrews over the flooded tracks for breakfast. The wires are crippled. 'v . - ' y, . Growers Sue Tobacco Trust. Clarksville, Tenn.. Special. Suit , . - . - . - v - was entered by a committee from the executive committee 4t the Dark" To bacco Growers' Association; .against the American Tobacco Company and buyers, , who are, alleged to Jiaveibdy cotted the .association, for, ?250,000 al leged damages. . The suit is brought , on behalf of 7,000 planters' who are members , of , the i4 association, 5 and is based on fan alleged action Of the de , fendants In trying to ' break up and ' destroy the association, in restraining! competition, and also for the alleged boycotting of the, association's tobacco in the Clarksville market, ifi Bremen and in other -foreign. markets-' . t 4 Other Disclosures Likely. -1 Oyster bay, Special. It is regarded here as probable that other sensation al developments; may grow .: out"of ? the leak in the cotton, crop report, which Secretary Wilson, of. the Department of Agriculture, is investigating. ,Noth-. ing definite has reached the President regarding possible .future ? disclosures ; In fact, by direction of the President, Secretary Wilson is conducting .the in auirv along-his' own lines' with a deter mination to sift the matter td the bot torn. Attorney General Moody will 4r' termine finally wnetner criminal prose cutions are to be instituted by the government against any one Of the al leged conspirators., : rif :: i - , Lawson Leaves. Omaha. ; lOm'aho, 'Neb., Special. Thomaw. tne- 4city, .left for JVBssj where . he is to address . .the Chaut au qua' Assembly "on ' the 'System.'' 'His coming has been extensively, heralded and a" large num ber ',: of-persons gath' ered at the station to see the. aaaouatJ 'antagonist of the Standard Oil Com- I pany and the Copper Trust ' - , Ii HEEL- HS 111- BRIEFS Many Newsy Items Gathered roi3 - all Sections. -If V Charlotte' Wtolfkei.1 ; These figures represent nrfS naidib Wagons: tt; -V n I fmmXliT Strict good middling THMlofc Gbr middiing.rr.m rnrrrn-;ifr-5i6 Strict middling,...... . . . . .10 Middling ; ; r. f K .xii Vt. . . .10 Tinges ... .....,,,....5 to Stains' Jl.iitflv l7 to .00 -nil- v General Cotton Market' a v Galyestoni steady ..4ij.ii..f10Ti New Orleans, steady Zl... !. . ItH 10 Mobileeasy adl.. .t10 Savannah, dull Norfolk;'quiet.-1 . .msSlUViXX .lQTfc Baltimore, nominal lLOO Ne wfYork, ' 'quiet . fVi vt ?. . -. V Boston,, quiet., . ... . .11.36 Philadelphia, quiet V. . r.V .r,t.ll.05f Houston, easy is.fr'to: Augusta, qui$t . . . . Memphis; quiet .iiiUlO ,1341 1 ...... 1 St .Louis, quiet ........... .. . 10,13-16 Louisville, Arm 't : r. i .'! ll .I.H . X-'i ftQW . SOLICITOR ATTACKED. 'Mob Composed of Men Under Indict ment"' For ' Operating BuncMvTigers Attacked Room at Hotel Occupied ! By Solicitor Ward Alsi" Attach Mayors Houe With' Rifles and Pis tolsNo One HurtSeveral Arrests ; v. Made? Vtms It Xau - i Elizabeth Cityr Spetveagr,4e tails of an assault cpmmUtea at Col umbia,' the bounty se'at of rTyrrlicoun4 ty, , whenia . crovjd, of JUicH' ; whiskey distlllere, operating bllnd'tigeVs nHhati section, made an, attack on 'a room? la. tiie hotel occupied "by Solicitor Ward andi William 'BondVeachjedJ hejfe, thej . news being brought by t a party which has just arrived at Edenlon lfromJrjo4 lumbia, They state, that the.mob, also attacked the resldeiice "'of Maybr Wpodley , about 5 .2 , o'clock, - rifles, .aniL pistols being used In both' 'Instances' A numberJof window'lightintereijjtok en out,, but fortunately,, no one was injured.1 -It -is commonly reported that' the attack was made by some whiskey men who were bent on wreakltig ven-' geancetfor something they claimed Solicitor Ward and Mayor WWobdley had' done against them. , : It isl :very. probable that the crowd was composed of, some men 1 recently 'ruh down and prosecuted by the solicitor, foroperat-j ing blind tigers, and who are now'our on bond. Seven or eight of them, soma white men and some negroes, have been arrested, but lit is impossible !to 1 Rogers and Sorrell Convicted.1 ' Raleigh; Special. 7In- the Superior Court Thursday ex-Sheriff Rowan Rog ers and J.. P. Sorrell wereaTraighed' on 'the charge of embracery. Two bills hud. been sent in to the grand jury, -one of which was returned, yesterday and another, a more complete one, this morning. Both defendants plad-, ed not guilty. ; . It has been expected , that" there would be a . fight in the .enibracery case against .Rogers and Sorrell, but ' really no defense was made. After the men had pleaded not guilty, the jUry was empannelled and then; the State, introduced its evidence, among the witnesses being Marcom . and King, : who were on the jury in the Gattis- ; Kilgo case. Some oth'er( , witnesses were examined,' and then counsel for Rogers and Sorrell toldj the .Judge; ; they had. no objection to his "Instruct-' ing the jury to return" ' verdict- of guilty.. The jury was then. charged by the judge -that, if it believed I he evidence- it -had nothing5 to dobutt J return a verdict of guilty, and. thisth jury did, after having retired forv a few minutes. The leases Vagalnsfcitne two men were taken separately. ft , , The judge ' suspended sentence :for the time being at the request, of counr sel for the defendant, wh6" said, they' desired to be ! heard I upon a mo4Pn This will probably, be a 'motion in ar rest of judgment VJ udge" Allen 'called In the, grand, jury j and paid .it .had is-, sued subpoenas' tot all' the" grand ju rors, excepti Marcpm: andi .King, WhOj had already been summoned, p Judge Ailenln iYiesponsejlOiipleaaa for mercy for Rogers and .Sorrell, im- posed a sentence of siinth'sta-ialli" Their attorneys, jnade .a, frpsh,f appeal for reduction of theif "sentence and thef judge saidhe would Jk.e thjs, ;vn der advisement ... . ; - Chemical Company, t)f Marlon, capital 8&ck. nO.OOOi tdtiilceJiallt'Aortft '6 jfbitntractlhelt remarkably, wide, variety of other. towers em&rlmaPtig&km ., thej Purham Ph ptogrphj5PJy4Com; f nanv canital stock SlO.600. - " Tvo car loads btMWi'i encampment -of -the Second? and Third h Regiments of ,the;NaUonaLGuard at - L WrightsTllleliatfeeeiJsWfrd the arsenal here." including 390 com mon tents,H 90twaUf 7; hosfltW fuld'v ' conical;,-L20Q blankets, and. 32 Lamp -Stoves. " - ..-.., Miift( i Y. Market HQissatoli" -! I Tarboro, Special The quekiqn ,of , a market li6use. so Monggifated seems now practlcaUy;tettled . tohlishment 4a, .assured., .the Jtowa commissioners v have purchased a , handsome two story triclc ' building;.4 " jBltu8td pk SktiUf'ViH : will expend X,000 or mqre U nxf to ccayert What la now a. csm . tory into an u-to-data market hcur . . - ' . . : ' y:. : :y,.y -j..,-"" iff I'k
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