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VOL XI. : COLUMBUS, N. Q.', TP L'RSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1905. ' N0.19.
FEVER IS SPREADING
Conditions Have Not Improved as
Expected .
MANY NEW 'CASES DEVELOPED
Chief Mississippi's Board of Health
Announces the Presence of the xei
'low Fever and From Six to Ten
Cases New Cases in New Orleans
Drops to 31 and Deaths Beach Rec
ord Number Thus Far of 13.
New Orleans, Special. Official re
port to 6 p. m. :
New cases, 31. Total to date, 1,743.
Death, 13. Totai, 402. '
New ,f oci, 12. Total, 402.
Remaining under treatment, 199.
Board of health at Natchez, Miss.,
pronounces six to ten cases yellow
fever there.
The record shows the smallest num
ber of new cases since August 6, and
the largest number of deaths on any
day since the fever made its appear
ance. The unusual number ,of deaths
is attributed, in a measure, to - the
change in the weather, Sunday being
cool and pleasant, in great contrast
to the weather of the preceding week.
Three well-known merchants' are
among the new cases. Only two njones
that can be traced to Italian origin
are among the 31. Of the deaths, eiyht
are Italians. Two died in the Charity
Hospital and :two.in the Emergency.
All but two of the deaths were down
town- . . '
The principal news from outside the
city was. the announcement from Nat
chez of the discovery of six cases
there. rfT.
Other reports from the country are
as follows , .'v.-,. M
Amelia two cases , -
Bayou Eceuf, one case.
Prean Grove, three cases and one
' .-'vV
Elizabeth plantation, one aeam.
Hanson City, four cases and one
death. ' ' ."
St. Rose; two cases. " 4
Port Barrow, two cases.
"NMnh -ttrarfl rf ".Tpffmrsfin narish. one
case.-;. (; n" ' '-
Lake Providence, three cases.
Gulf port, three cases.
Mississippi City, no new cases. .
The Southern Pacific Railroad, at
the request of the State board of
health, has put on a special coach for
the accommodation Of people travel
ing between infected points on that
road. It will be run every other day.
Quite a controversy has developed
between City Health Officer Kohnike
and Dr. Joseph H. Holt, at one time
president of the State Board of health.
Dr. Holt, in the .course of an address
before a meeting, passed some severe
strictures on the city health ,officer,
who, when, he heard the report of the
address in the morning papers, wrote
him. asking if he had been correctly
quoted. Dr. . Holt has made a rather
warm reply."
Tever Until Cold Weather.
Pensacola, Fla., Special. Dr. Porter,
State health officer and assistant sur
geon of the Marine ' Hospital Service,
who is here expressed the opinion that
yellow fever is not likely to spread in
New Orleans as it has in the past, but
he does not- believe the disease will be
entirely stamped out before cold weath-
fr. ur.'i'orLer saia; . xue ume w
mence'work to eradicate the mosquito
and to clean up is winter. This was
shown by the manner in which Ha
vana was cleaned. Most of the work
was done during the winter season and
when summer appeared it found the
city in good "condition. You cannot ex
pect any city, if any 'size to be cleaned
in a month or two months; as it re
quires time and hard work to place it
in condition."
KiUs ' Two arid is' Killed. "
Selma, Ala., SpecialsOliver J Lott,'
a negro laborer at the lumber mill, of
G. Talley In Tunnel Springs; during a
quarrel with John ' and ? Henry Heltdn
over a debt, opened fire on . them,
killing John Helton and, seriously
wounding Henry Helton. The negro
then fled and barricaded himself in a
house. A nosse of citizens under. the
leadership of G. Talley attempted to
arrest- him. They surrounded the
house, but Lott refused to surrender,'
and fired on the crowd. Talley was
mortallv wounded and died a few
hours later. The oosse then fired on
the negro and his body was afterwards;
found riddled with 'bullets.
Strike in Foctory. , ;
Warsaw, By Cable.The strikes In
the factories at Warsaw and Lodfc
have ended. Trains are running from
Warsaw on time. They are guarded
and driven by soldiers. The wholesale
arrests which have been made here in
clude leading members1 of the Polish
Socialist narty. Several persons have
been conveyed to to the Fortress of
Modlin, because Jails set apart for po
litical offenders -are full.
I wraM t - mWr 0m m. lFTn I v W. MM WW ' M 1 MM . W 1 WW F " 1 1 ! i i ,
WILL EXUAVS NECK SAVED
But He Promises Never Hereafter to
Appeal to Any Governor Tor the
Reduction of His Sentence Gover
nor Believes the Man is Worthy of
Death. '
News and Observer. ,
Governor Glenn, has commuted the
death sentence of "Will Exum, of Le
noir county, to life imprisonment at
hard labor in the State penitentiary
at Raleigh. Exum was tried at the
September term, 1904, of Lenoir crim
inal court and convicted of murder
in the first degree. He was sentenced
to be hanged. Appeal " after appeal
was made to the governor after the
Supreme Court refused to find error
in the ruling of the lower court.
Large representations of lawyers and
prominent citizens appeared again
and agaain before the governor, some
urging a -commutation, while others
as strongly opposed it. Once compell
ed by pressure to give a written
statement as to what he would do in
the case, Governor Glenn wrote that
commutation was denied as Exum was
guilty of murder in the first degree.
At "last the murderer's attorneys
headed by ex-Governor Chas. B. Ay
cock, petitioned for a commutation
on the ground, that there was no pre
meditation in the commission of the
atrocious crime.. This and the arnest
heart-rending appeals of the ex-Governor
have saved' Will Exum's life.
Governor Glenn's raseons for grant
ing the commutation are as follows:
-'On appeal to Supreme Court, no
eiTor was found in the ruling of the
lower court, and the judgment of the
court was affirmed. The prisoner un
der the rules of law, having applied
to me for commutation from the death
-penalty to life imprisonment at hard
labor in the penitentiary, I have read
and re-erad the evidence and consid
ered carefully everything urged, both
by counsel for the State and counsel
in favor of commutation of the pris
oner s sentence. - . , -
. f The prisoner, himself, acknwl
edges the great atrocity of his crime
by filing a written statement, signed
in the presence of witnesses to the ef
fect that if the extreme penalty of
ine law-is not enroreed against him,
that he will. never hereafter appeal to
any Governor for the reduction of
his sentence
"In my own opinion, there was
ample evidence of murder in the first.
degree, and the prisoner would receive
but a just sentence to pay the penalty
if his crime by the forfiture of his
me. However, nine of the -mrors. th
trial judge, the judge delivering the
opinion ot the Supreme Court, and
another of the Suoreme Court
who had carefully examined the case
strongly recommended commutation
of the prisoner's sentence This is
also urged by thousands of -tha .heat
citizens of Lenoir Greene and Pitt
wuuucs, auu wuiie a great many good
men oppose the commutation, "public
sentiment seems to iavor it on the
.ground that there was lack of premedi
tation on the Dart of the
"Therefore, while I still bfili
is guilty of an awful crime, acting in
iavor ot lite, and on account of the
strong recommendation of those who
heard and tried the case, I commute
tho sentence from death to life im
prisonment, believing that if I err it
is better to do so on the side of hn
manity than run the risk of doing a
wrong that could never be recall'
. ' ' The sheriff of Lenoir county is
therefore directed to immefliatfilv
take Will Exum and convey him to
me proper authorities at the State's
prison in Raleis-h. Chere to be
fined at hard labor the remainder
of ..his hie ': HI ; ? i , r4
"This, '21st day of August, 1905.
"R. B. GLENN.
"Governor.
it
Frank .Gilliam Drowned.
Winston-Salem, Special. - Frank
Gilliam, aged 17. was drowned in a.
pond a few miles from this city. Gil
liam, with several companions, were
in the pond bathing. He was a good
Swimmer, but it is believed that he
remained in the water too long "and
wag attacked with cramp. He came
near drowning another boy while the
latter was- trying to rescue him.' ;
' Fire at Goldsboro. '
Goldsboro, Special. -A small ten
ant house belonging to x Messrs. H
"Well & Bros., and occupied by a col
ored man by 'the name of "Dee"
Cole, situated on John ' street just
opposite the cotton yard, was com
pletely destroyed by fire Monday
night about 12 o'clock. ; The fire; was
occasioned by thei oyehuTning of ji
lamp. The oil quickly ; ignited and
in a few seconds the building was in
flames. Cole lost everything , he ; pos
sessed in the way of household ef
fects, except one chair.
NORTH STATE NEWS
Occurrences of Interest in Various
Parts of the State.
Charlotte Cotton Market.
These figures represent prices paid
to wagons: : "
Good middling.' .lO1
Strict middling. . . . . . . . . . . .10V2
Middling. . . . . . ....... . .. 10y2
Tinges 9 to 10
Stains... ... .. .7 to 9
General Cotton Market.
Galveston, firm . . . .
.10 11-16
.. ..10
....ioy8
10
....1038
.....10
.. ..11V4
. . .11.20
.....12.25
. ..11.45
. .10 11-16
. . . .1034
.. ..103s
10
..:.ioy2
New Orleans, firm ; . .
Mobile, nominal ...... .
a
Savannah, steady..
Charleston, steady.. .
Norfolk, firm. . .. ..
Baltimore, nominal.. .
New York, quiet ....
Boston, .quiet. . ....
Philadelphia, quiet..
Houston, steady. ... .
Augusta, 6teady, .
Memphis, steady. . . . .
St. Louis, firm. ... .
Louisville, firm.. .. .
Building and Loan Progress.
Insurance Commissioner Young
says there is an unusual activity in the
State in the formation of Building
& Loan Associations. The last Leg
islature placed these associations in
the Insurance Department under the
charge of the commissioner. At the
time there were forty-four Building
& Loan Asociations in the State. The
remarkable success that has attend
ed their work in the State, especially
in the building up of the cities and
towns where they are located, has
prompted other business men of other
places to take up the organization of
asociations in their cities and towns.
Seven associations have already been
organized since the adjournment of
the Legislature a'nd samany more are
now being promoted. Nothing does
more to build up a city or town than
a good, well managed Building &
Loan Association, Said Mr. Young,
and there is no safer investment than
the, stock in one of them. They can
run at the , smallest expense "or any
business institution in the State, and
many of them in the State, that have
done a very large amount of business
have ' a record of never having lost
one cent in any busines transaction.
Suit For Damages Instituted.
Salisbury, Special. Announcement
was made here that Wright & Carlton,
attorneys for the heirs of Watt V.
Burleyson late of this city, have in
stituted a suit for damages in the
amount of $25,000 against the South
ern Railway Company for the tdeath
of Young Burleyson. The latter was
a private , in the Rowan Rifles ,and
while attending the annual encamp
ment at Charlotte about ten days ago
fell into a cinder pit, near the yards
of the Southern railway, sustaining
internal injuries, which resulted in his
death. Through her attorneys the
administratrix claims that the defend
ant company is liable for damages on
account of permitting dangerous
holes to remain open on its premises.
It is also stated by the Salisbury
Evening Post that the city of Char
lotte may likewise be made a party to
the action.
Owns Its Water Works.
Fayetteville now owns its water
; works, the transfer having been made
in the directors' room of the Bank
of Fayetteville. This was done in
obedience to a decision of Judge Pur
nell, of the Federal Court, sustain
ing the city in its suit- against , the
company, under the franchise giving
the city the right- to take, over the
property after a term of years by of
fering its value, set by a board of apr
praisers. The purchase price is $79,
000, the city assuming $55,000 of the
company 's , bonds "and . paying v the
company .$24,000. The city pays its
lawyers, the company paying the court
cost.
North State News.
Penitentiary Superintend Mann
says the crops in Hyde county are
better than he ever saw them, and
that they simply astound people from
up the country who have been there
this season.' It has been quite dry
through all that section of the State
and no damage has occurred on " ac
count of rains which have caused
such losses in a number of sections.
" The Secretary of. State is prepar
ing abstracts of all the wills in his
office, 4,000 in number, these running
from 1700 to 1773, though there are
very few after 1750. All names giv
en in the wills and the locations of
the lands ' are covered ' by these , ab
stracts, which wil be printed. The
wills have i been placed in packets. "
Ceburn L. Harris,' expert of the Ag
ricultural Department, ; has complet
ed the . inspection of foods for man
and beast in this State in search of
adulterations, and finds a very re--markable
improvement over last year.
The results will be giyen in The Bul
letia or November. !
NEWSY GtEANTNCTSr
Tokio is to have a four-track ele
vated railroad.
New, York now consumes each year
75.WO to 100,000 pounds of bullfrogs.
It is said that we shall send, abroad
200,000,000 bushels of jvheat thhT year.
A London newspaper the other day
printed our Declaration of Independ
ence. - ; -.
New York society women have be
gun a crusade to "reform Coney Isl
and." ; ....
In the upper part of Ksfmrland in
South Africa a postal service of motor
cycles has been established.
A mouse on the stage of a New York
theatre stopped the performance -the
other night, the chorus girls fleeing in
terror.
Persia has asked Russia to send
sugar experts to examine the possi
bility of the cultivation of beet root
in Persia. v : -. ;
Boston, it is stated, has a club in
which boy babies of the first families
are proposed as soon as they are
christened. ,
Recently a third, survey of the' his
toric Mason and Dixon's line between
Pennsylvania and Maryland has been
completed.
. Automobile street-sweet) ine: ma
chines are to be added to New Or
leans' municipal outfit for ttte fight
against yellow fever.
Two educational institutions in Ten
nessee are to be consolidated, the Lin
coln Memorial University, and the
Medical College of Nashville. -
The area of land In the United King
dom under cultivation steadily de
creases, according to the reports of
the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries.
The trustees of the British Museum
have expressed their willingness to. re
ceive carefully selected phonographic
records of the voices of distinguished
living men. .
PERSONAL GOSSIP.
lord Leicester, of England, is said
to- own 50,000 acres of land.
The youngest professional organist in
the world Is Kathleen Mills.
Mayor Woodward, of Atlanta, Ga., is
a foe to the swallow-tail coat.
Justice Giegerich, of the New York
Supreme Court, is fond of sailing. ;
The youngest master of foxhounds
forthe world is Lord De Clifford.
; Ting, Chian Chen and Ying Hsing
We are the names of two Chinese who
have entered West Point.
1 Probably the most popular person on
the lecture platform In Germany to
day is Professor Haeckel.
The richest baby in the world is said
to be the little son of the late Harold
Brown, of Providence, R. I.
. W. L. La Follette, a son of Governor
La Follette, of Wisconsin, is said to
be making a fortune in fruit growing.
The Rev. David H. BuelL the new
president of Georgetown University, Is
a son of Colonel David H. Uuell, U.
S. A. - ,
Harry Lander, a Scottish comedian.
is so popular in Great Britain that he
is booked at the music halls tiU'Christ-
mas, 1912.
Thomas Shevlin, of Minneapolis, has
given,?GO,COO for the erection of a wo
man's building at tho University of
Minnesota.
Waldo Story, the Boston-London
sculptor, is to execute a . statue of the
late Sir William Vernon Harcourt for
the House of Commons.
Colonel James R. Randall, the well-
known Southern author and veteran
journalist, has accepted the editorship
of the Morning" Star, of New Orleans,
La. . .
The late Sir D. M. PetitI, a parsee of
Bombay, who founded numerous cot
ton mills iuMndia, gave $2,500,000 to
benevolent projects and was created a
uaron.
Bad Freight Wreck.
Charleston, S. C, Special. A local
freight on the Greenville & Laurens
Railroad was wrecked near Barksdale
four miles from LaurensMt is thought
that the accident occurred on account
of an iron bott on the track. The colored
fireman was killed and Engineer J. L.
Bearden badly injured. The engine
and seven cars cars were demolished.
There have been three wrecks near
this point within the jpast six months
and foul play is suspected.
' To Retain Collector's Office. .
Washington, Special. Representa-
tlve Rixey and a number of prominent
citizens of Alexandria, Va., called "on
Commissioner Terkes of the Internal
Revenue Bureau, and - were - siven a
hearing in opposition .to the proposed
change in the location of the principal
'office of the collector of internal reve
nue of the sixth Virginia district; from
Alexandria to Aibington, the home of
Mr. Summers, the- present ; collector.
Ten days were given the delegation in
which to file a r written argument
against the change.
1 'Mutineers Courtmartialcd.
Libau, Russia, "Aug. 25. The court-
martiat of , 137. mutineers of the , battle
ship KniazPotemkine has just been
. completed. Eight of the prisoners were
sentenced to be shot, but it was recom-;
mended that- their sentence be com
muted to life ImDrisonment. Others
were sentenced to various terms ot im
prisonment at hard labor.
NORTH CAROLINA CROP BULLETIN
Conditions For Past Week as Given
Out by the Department.
The North Carolina section of the
climate and crop service of the de
partment of agriculture, issues -the
following official bulletin for the' past
week:
In general the weather has been too
wet for the best growth of crops ;
the week has been cloudy and in
many places rain has fallen every
day. Cotton has been injured to a
considerable' extent by the rains, bot
tom land corn has been drowned and
the land badly washed. On the other
hand the rain and sunshine in many
places proved ' very beneficial to
most crops esepcially corn, but as
many farmers still, had their hay and
fodder to cut and cure, the week was
In that respect unfavorable. ' The
average temperature of the week for
the State was only about one degree
below the average. '
In many places the farmers are
ready to plow for wheat, and while a
great deal of land has been broken,
it has been too wet for plowing to be
come general.
It has been too wet for cotton. In
many sections it is making too much
weed, and not fruiting well. It is
opening generally ' throughout the
State, and picking is in progress m
many sections but more common in
the east and central districts. In
some" cases opening has been caused
by rust and thus it is somewhat pre
mature. A few report bolls rotting
near the ground and also of the cot
ton yellowing. .-'
hue tobacco cutting and curing
have been in progress for some time,
there is some that s oust about ripe
in the western districts. The crop
will not be quite an average in most
places, while some report only a one-
half crop. Firing and specking has
been reported in some portions of the
central and western districts. In all
districts cutting and curing are in
progress. The cures are reported as
f air color good but leaf somewhat
lacking m body. . . ,
A great deal of lowland corn dam
aged by rains ; while many report an
improvement in the corn during the
past week, others report too much
weed and not earing well. Corn, both
early and late, on uplands will do
fairly well, although the crop is not
as good as was anticipated.
Most 91 the minor crops are doing
well. Turnip planting is still in pro
gress, some have come up, and a good
yield is expected. White , and sweet
pofatoes, buckwheat, cow peas, water
melons are all doing well. In gen
eral the fruit crop-is a failure, the
fruit rotting and falling to the ground
but a few report apples and peaches
plentiful. Fodder and hay have been
greatly injured by the rams m all
parts of the State. Fodder stripping
is under way m all sections, and in
places there is lotsof hay uncut, the
weather being unfavorable.
Rains reported : Raleigh 0.81 ;
Goldsboro 0.34: Greensboro 0.92;
Lumberton 0.26; New Bern 0.6S; Wel-
don 1.94. A. H. Thiessen, Section
Director.
A Fruit Fair.
Asheville, Special Representatives
from the fruit-growing sections of
western North Carolina met here last
week to discuss the advisability and
desirability of holding an apple fair
m Asheville this fall. At the con
clusion of an interesting' meeting it
was decided to hold the fair from
September 20 to October 1, under the
auspices of the Asheville board of
trade. '
North State News.
; The Lorav Mill has brought to Gas-
tonia about 100 people this week to
work in the mill. There were two car
loads of them. They came from Ashe
ville.
Mr. Walter O. Cox, ay oung law
yer of Winston-Salem, died at 4
o Iclock Thursday afternoon at his
home in East . Winston, after three
weeks', illness with fever. The de
ceased was educated at the Univer
sity of North Carolina and for four
years was .county superintendent ol
public instruction. He leaves a wife,
and' 6nV- child,' besides4 a number of
relatives and many friends ?to: mourn
his death. - , , .
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" Mr. W. C. Hardison, a banker and
'wealthy ;and influential citizen of
Wadesboro,- committed suicide at his
home there Wednesday evening. , Mr.
Hardison had been in poor health, for
some time, and this coupiedJ with the
fact that he had recently losta great
deal of money preyed upon hjs mind,
causing him to ! commit thV ;terrib!(-
act. 1 . rf:.!'.i . I
poldsboro; . ' Special. Mr James
Handley," a young merchant, of this
city, who -was tried 'by two ;ouvts
before the present term for relailing
whiskey without Jicense,: has . ; been
found guilty by a jury which was out
two days and nights. As yet the
judge has not imposed the sentence.
NOW UP TO RUSSIA
Japan Materially Modifies Terms of
Peace Proposition
FOREGOES QUESTION OF INDEMNITY
Envoy Komura Will Offer Envoy
Witte a Waiver of the Claim to
' Reimbuurse f dr the Cost of the
War" and Will Propose to Refer to
Arbitration the Amount to be Paid
Japan for Evacuating the Northern
Half of Sakhalin.
Portsmouth, N. H., Special. Tuesday
morning Baron Komura, acting upon "
instructions received from Tokio as, a .
result of Monday's meeting of the cabi-'
- -
net and "elder statesmen" under the
direct presidency of the Emperor of
Japan, submitted to Mr, Wltte a new
basis of compromise, and that compro
mise, it is firmly believed,' will insure
peace. : -: :-' : ..v-
The revelation contained in the an-
nouncement that President Roosevelt
had already informed Emperor Nich
olas, through Ambassador Meyer, -that
Japan was ready to waive the question
of indemnity and submit the price to
be paid for the northern half of Sa
khalin to the judgment of a mixed com
mission but prepared the way for Ja
pan's back down upon the main issue.
It had met with denials high and low.
It was declared to be impossible and
incredible. The Japanese declined to
admit it and the Russians-said they
had no confirmationr Mr. Witte inti
mated strongly that St. Petersburg has
not apprised him to" any such action by
-the President. There h was even a dis- c
position to rmicuie tne. iaea or aroitrat-
ing the price of half of,. the islands. ',
Nevertheless, on all' hands it was ad
mitted if Japan took this position the
ground was cut out from under; Czar
Nicholas. , ' :-T ,
RESPONSIBILITY NOW RUSSIA'S
Mr.' -Witte,- by consummate skill In
conceding all the demands of . Japan
involving the feal . Issues of the war,
had manoeuvered his adversaries into
a position where, unless they abandon-""
ed the claim for indemnity, they could
be held responsible for continuing the
war for money. ,
The Japanese, by now forgoing the 1
demand for indemnity, practically, turn
the tables upon Russia and shift the
burden back to her shoulders if she
does not consent to submit a minor
issue to the impartial Judgment of a
tribunal. Mr. Witte publicly dissents
vigorously from the proposition, and
their will still be a struggle with Pe
terhof, but if Japan agrees to formally
renounce all . claims for direct or indi- !
rect compensation for the expenses of
the war the big stumbling block' to
peace Is out of the way. v v ,
RUSSIAN WAR PARTLY ACTIVE. '
Everything will depend , upon the ,
form in which the proposed is submit
ted. Shuld the renunciation be so cou-
.. ..
pled with the other proposition tnai
Russia could claim it was still only a
disaruised demand for tribute, the' gulf
might only be narrowed, not, bridged.
All the private advices that reach tne
Russian mission from St. Petersburg
indicate that military party is bellicose,
chance, and .actives in "its Insistence
that negotiations be brokfen off.
Mr. Witte feels the pressure or this
.sentiment and as a man of ambition he
may not feel that he can anora to iay
himself open to the charge that he Is
temporizing with the situation. He has
power under his instructions to, reject
out of hand any proposition involving
the payment of a kopeck of tribute. He
need not consult his Imperial mater.
He is a man of inspiration and he is
quite capable, if the Japanese proposi
tion savors still. of "blood money," to,
refuse even to accept it .for transmls-,
sion to St. Petersburg. '
But such a strike is not expected. Mr.
witt knows that nubile opinion, both
in America and Europe, -as well -as In
Russia, would condemn him if he broke
off the negotiations just as the way was
opened for a possible accord.
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Turfman Gets Jail Sentence.
New York, Special. John EJ' Mad- -den,
the Kentucky turf man, owner of,
several fast horses, two of 'which -were
entered, in 'the futurity, t was convicted
of criminal contempt. of . court,, fined
$250 and sentenced to seTTethirty days -i
nthe Raymond street .jail in i.Brook
lyn to-day for ignoring a Subpoena of
the Supreme Court of this 'State.' Mad
den was summoned to appear before a
commissioner In Saratoga during the
racing season there to be questioned
in his wife's' suit for, diyorce but.
failed to respond. ; '" ' ' j ' ' t ' "
Lynching atNewbern, N. C, , v
. Newbern, Special.- John Moore, the
negro . who brutally assaulted the wife
of Postmaster ' GcKirgo T'. Eubanlio, ai
Clarks with a,Jmoat'a;:e, .wa3 taken
from the Craven county -jail at 1:30
o'clock Sunday, morning and lynched. .
The mob was- composed r mostly .. ot r
countrymen, neighbors of Eubanks,'
but there were . Newbern citizens in
the crowd. The farmers arrived in
town about midnight.