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VOL XIII.
COLUMBUS, N. C, THURSDAY, JCNE 13, 1907.
NO. 7.
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Items of Interest from Many
Parts of the State
MINOR MATTERS OF STATE NEWS
Happenings of More or Less Import
ance Told in Paragraphs The Cot
ton Markets.
Directors' Meeting.
Morganton, Special. The "board oi
directors of the Deaf and Dumb
School met here this week for the
election of officers and teachers for
the ensuing year. There are a num
ber of changes. Capt. George L.
Phifer, the popular steward since
the establishment of the school, retir
ed, to be succeeded by Mr. J, K. Clod
felter. Captain Phifer was not an
applicant for the position, there hav
ing been some understanding last
year that he would not stand for re
election, owing to ill health. His
health having improved during the
past year, his friends hoped that the
board might see fit to re-elect him.
Mr. Richard ger, of Morgantou,
was placed in nomination for the po
sition of steward. Mr. Clodfelter has
been connected with the school be
fore in the capacity of stenographer.
Misses Clark, of North Carolina;
Taylor, of Texas; Kellogg, of India
na; Conn, of Mississippi, and Talli
ferro, of Virginia, were elected to
take the places of Misses Orr and
Murphy, discharged; Mrs. Smith,
Misses Bryan and McNamar, resigned,
and Miss Ball, deceased.
The office of chaplain was abolish
ed, but upon application was re-established
and Prof. David Tillinghast ie
tained in the position.
Mame Massey Convicted.
Charlotte, Special. Mame Mass?y,
the large and muscular negress who
has been on trial, charged with the
killing of her husband, Dave, or
Demy Massey, last December, was
convicted before Judge Ward and
sentenced to five years in the State
prison. She was tried seven months
apo but the jury could not agree on a
verdict. The State made out a better
case than it did before. ' Former Re
corder Shannonhouse worked up the
evidence and did it exceptionally well.
Many points that were not made in
the first trial were brought out this
time. Messrs. McNinch and Kirk
patrick, who represented the defen
dant, made a strong fight for their
client but did not let her go on the
stand to testify; they did not believe
that the prosecution had made out its
case. Yesterday, when the verdict of
guilt, followed by the sentence of the
court came, those friends of the ne
gress who had stood by her from the
first to the eventful hour, appealed to
Judge Ward and begged him to
change the sentence so that Alderman
P. M. Cave, the woman 's employer,
could hire her and not let her go ro
jail. The sentence was later changed
to two years at hard labor, the wo
man to be hired out to her former em
ployer, Mr. Cave.
Foul Play Suspected.
Hope Mills, Special. Mr. Malcolm
Morrison, one of the oldest citizens
of Hope Mills, disappeared last Tues
day and was heard from no more un
til Thursday afternoon, when a
arching party found the body about
half a mile from town dead. When
lat seen he was on the Aberdeen
Kailway, going in the direction of
Aberdeen. His body was about 100
yards from the railroad track. He
was for many years head ' machinist
for the Hope Mills Manufacturing
Company. There seems to be some,
suspicion as to his death and the cor
oner hedd an inquest.
A Mass-Meeting Called.
si!isbury, Special. The Law and
Yrer League organized Sunday aud
designed to make war upon the pai
vices of the city, has issued a
eall for a mass-meeting Sunday when
some speaker will make an address vO
- At the Tuesday evening meeting
y- -r - Snider was chosen president,
s- Carlton, vice president, and J.
J- Stewart, secretary.
A New Bank For Hamlet.
!: '"lot, Special. Monday night
vottl 30 of the business men of the
t, v' met in the office of the Hamlet
i y Company and launched a sec
0 bank for the town. The meetiifr
as very enthusiastic and all present j
Cre of the snmp rmnrl that nnnrlinrf
was needed. It was decided to
p toanize at once, and build a home ,
ior thfl
1Jank wil be called the People's Bank,
and will begin business on a paid-up
Pital of $15,000.
WaGcD HcRCEFISi battle
H. Clay Gmbb and R. D. W. Connor,
Jr., Engage in a Rough and Tum
ble Affray During an Ednactionai
Meeting.
Lexington, Special. A public
speaking on the question of special
school tax at Piney Academy, in
Boone township, Saturday night end
ed in a sensational fight between H.
Clay Grubb, the distiller of Boone,
and the principal speaker of the oc
casion, Mr. R. D. W. Connor, Jr., of
Raleigh. The following is a partial
bill of particulars as reported by one
of those present.
The Bill of Particulars.
In the middle of his speech, Mr.
Connor was interrupted by Mr. Grubb
calling him a liar, prefacing this
short ugly word with the usual ad
jectives of condemnation. Mr. Con
nor was game. Without any prelim
inaries, he left the speaker's stand
and made for Grubb, shedding bis
coat as he went. He met Grubb half
way, landing a heavy blow full in
Grubb 's face. Then the speaker and
his interrupter clinched. For two
minutes or more a fierce fight ensued
on the floor. First one party seemed
to have the advantage, then the god
of battle favored the other side
Grubb got Connor's finger in his
mouth and bit a hole in same. Con
nor beat Grubb with his fists. Grubb 's
friends prevented any interference
with the combatants. Finally,
through sheer exhaustion more than
anything else, the two men eparatod
with honos about even.
The Battle Renewed.
Then Mr. Connor discovered his
bloody firmer. He seized an umbrel
la from the corner and with all Lis
might let Grubb have it again in the
face. It is not known exactly what
occurred next, but the meeting was
adjourned sine die and Messrs. Han
kins and Connor returned to Lexing
ton, from which place Mr. Connor left
for Raleigh Sunday morning, bearing
with him evidence of the actual war"
fare which he waged for education
in Boone, an injured finger and bruis
ed face. It is stated that if Grubb 's
friends had not been present in such
large numbers, the fight would have
resulted in a victory for Mr. Connor.
Grubb bears marks on his face
enough to show that he had serious
opposition. It was a fair fight, with
no weapons, except the umbrella used
by Mr. Connor.
Foreign Missionary Society.
Greensboro, Special. The annual
conference of the Woman's Foreign
Missionary Society of the Western
North Carolina conference M. E.
church South, closed Monday. Inter
esting exercises were held. Sunday
at eleven o'colek the annual mission
ary sermon was preached by the Rev.
Dr. G. H. Detwiler, pastor of West
Market street M. E. church. The ser
mon was appropriate, interesting and
scholarly. A large audience attend
ed the service.
Sunday afternoon a special service
for children was held. This, too,wns
quite largely attended. At five
o'clock Sunday afternoon a consecra
tion meeting took place. This was at
tended by delegates and missionary
workers. Sunday night Miss Mamie
Gibson, of the St. Louis Public school
made an address in West Market
street M. E. church.
Convict Makes His Escape.
Asheville, Special. A con
vict guard here Friday reports the
daring escape of Herbert Gaddis from
the county ganar several miles from
the city, late Friday afternoon. The
convicts had just quit work for the
day, when Gaddis darted out from
under the guns of the-- guards and
started on a run for a nearby creek
and laurel thicket with double chains
a-clinking. The guards fired, but
Gaddis continued to run. At the bank
of the creek the guards fired twice
and Gaddis yelled and tumbled in. The
guards thinking they had killed the
escaping convict, hurried to the creek
to pick up the "remains." They
found, instead of the remains, Gaddis
going through the laurel thicket. He
succeeded in making good his escape.
Burglars Use Chloroform.
Burlington, Special. The home of
Mrs. Mattie Ireland, of North Bur
lington, was entered by burglars a
few nights ago and a purse containing
jewelry and some money left lying on
a dresser was taken. Mrs. Ireland's
physician states that it is his opinion
that chloroform was used.
$100,000 Fire in Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, Pa., Special. Fire
destroyed a building in the heart of
the financial district occupied by John
R. Hathaway & Brother, printers; G.
W. Jackson, printer, and other office!
were scorched. Loss $400,000.
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Twenty-One People Are Swep
Away in flood
MUCH PROPERTY DESTROYED
Thousands of Acres of Growing Crops
Ruined Cloudburst .Causes .Big
Creek to Submerge Gradyville and
Vicinity, Waters Leaping From
Creek Bod and Taking New Course
With Toice cf a Tidal Wave.
Louisville, Ky., Special. Twenty
one persons dead, the village devasted
and several thousand acres of grow-
crops ruined are the havoc wrought
by a cloudburst that caused Big creek
to submerge Gradyville, Ky., and vi
cinity .AH the dead are residents of
Gradyville and, although reports are
meagre, it is believed that no further
fatalities will be reported from the
surrounding country. v
The dead:
MRS. L. C. NELL, wife of State
senator Nell.
FOUR CHILDREN of Senator and
Mrs. L. C. Nell.
MRS. LUMHILL.
ONE CHILD of Mrs. Lumhill.
MRS. CARL WILMERE.
DAUGHTER OF Mrs. Wiimere.
GRANDDAUGHTER of Mrs. Wii
mere.
MRS. HARTFIELD MOSS.
SIX CHILDREN of Mrs. Moss.
MRS. J. W. KELTNER.
ONE CHILD of Mrs. Keltner.
MISS MARY MOSS.
The disaster was due to the erratic
behavior of Big Creek which was al
ready swollen by recent rains. Whon
the cloudburst precipitated three
inches of rain in an hour on Grady
ville and vicinity the creek leaped
from its bed and took a new course
with the force of a tidal wave.
Inhabitants of Gradyville were
nearly all in bed when the foaming
waters struck the town, carrying
away six residences, a mill and a
large number -of small houses. Near
ly all the victims were drowned, but
four were crushed by the collapse of
dwelings.
State Senator -Nell, who is a physi
cian owes his escape, from the fate
that overtook his family to the fact
that he was several miles away in
the hills, sitting up with a patient.
When the news of the disaster reach
ed Columbia, Ky., the nearest town of
any size, several hundred citizens de
parted for the scene with wrecking
appliances, food and clothing. All
the physicians available went along.
They found the residents of the de
vasted village dazed and helpless,
but by nightfall all the relief possible
had been afforded. Several persons
were injured, but none of these will
die.
Gradyville is a village of 175 in
habitants in Adair county, six miles
from Columbia and 18 miles from '.he
nearest railroad station.
Chicago, Special. Dispatches
from various places in Southern Illi
nois, Indiana and Kentucky tell of
severe storms of tornado severity
which have caused some loss of life
and the destruction of muchh prop
erty.
Early Saturday the town of New
Minden, 111., 25 miles southeast of St.
Louis, was visited by a tornado which
killed four persons and injured a score
of others.
At Gradyville, a cloudburst is said
to have caused the loss of from 10 to
15 lives, and washed away eight resi
dences. At York, III., Saturday 25 or 30
houses were destroyed and a number
of people are said to have been killed
Because of the loss of telegraph wires,
exact details are not available.
The storm is said to have been es
pecially severe in southern Idiana and
at Farmersburg and Sullivan, much
damage was done by wind and rain.
Duquoin, 111., was also visited at
night by the same storm that caused
the destruction at work. A number
of houses were blown clown, but no
lives were lost.
59 Per Cent in Mississippi.
Jackson, Miss., Special. Commis
sioner of Agriculture Blakeslee gave
out a bulletin showing crop condi
tions on June 3, and estimating the
average condition of the cotton on
that date at 59 per cent, against the
government- estimate of 65 per cent.
The difference is attributed to the con
siderable bad weather between Miy
31 and June 3, the dates on which the
data was compiled. Blacksdale esti
mates the cotton acreage at 83 per
cent, and the corn acreage at 99 per
cent, or about normal. The average
condition of the corn crop is placed
at 69 per cent.
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I IDAHO IIB CBSES
Harry Orchard Gives Details
of Cold Blooded Crimes
MURDER PLANNED BY HAYWOOD
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Assassination of Former Governor
Stuenenbergj He Declares, Was
Plotted by the Ma on Trial, Moy
er, Pettibone and Himself, Financ
ed by Haywccd and Executed by
Himself After Failure of Attempt
in Which Jake Simpkins Had Par
ticipated. Boise, Idah, Special Harry Or
chard crowded his admissions of
grave crime when continuing his
case against- William D. Haywood, he
made a detailed cbnfession of the
murder of Fraik Stuenenberg by an
infernal machine that directly opens
the way for his own conviction and
execution for the mortal offense. He
swore that the assassination of Stu
enenberg was first suggested by Hay
wood, was plotted bv Havwood. Mov
er, Pettibone and homself, was fianc
ed by Haywood and was executed by
minscll alter the failure of an at
tempt in whiej Jack Simpkins had
participated. 1
Orchard lifted the total of his own
murdered victims to 18, detailed the
circumstances under which he tried to
murder former Governor Peabody,
Judge GoodarM, Judge Gabbart, Gen.
Sh erman Bell, Dave Moffat and Frank
Heme. Incidentally he confessed to
a plan to kidnap the child of one of
his former associates.
Hunt for Stuenenberg.
Then under cross-examination by
the defence Orchard confessed guilt
of the sordid social Crimes of de
serting his young child and wife in
Ontario, fleeing to British Columbia
with Hattie Siinpson, the wife of an
other man, and Committing bigamy by
marrying a third woman at Cripple
Creek. Through vthe shocking details
of murder plots,' stories of social
bomb-making and tale of manhunts
with sawed-off shotguns and infernal
machines as weapons, the witness
Avent on in thej same quiet off-hand
manner that rfiarked his demeanor
the day beforej His voice droDDed
to a lower keyjas the pitiful story
of the long huntpfor Stuenenberg nar
rowed down to !the last day and he
told of the ras from the hotel to
the house of hi victim walking into
the death trap and the meeting in
the evening g-looja as the victim walk
ed unconsciouslyjtp his doom. Through
it all he winced! but once, and that
was when the defense made him name
his six sisters and his one brother and
give their residences in Ontario and
iNew lork. jf
State Gets Full Story.
The defense fought the story with
a multiplicity of objections and sue-.
ceeded m headi&s: off an attempt to
tell the story of the murder of Ar
thur Collins at Telluride and tempo
rarily shut out the contents of a tele
gram received and a telegram sent
by Orchard afte his arrest. Except
for this the Stale managed to get in
its story intact.
The State begau its corroboration
of Orchard's crimson tale by produc
ing the lead casing of the Peabodv
bomb. Orchard identifier! it. Kwnrff
that he brought it from Canvon Citv
to Denver and then on to Wallace,
where he gave it to a man named
Cunningham. It was thrown into
the river, and the State promises
later to prove its recovery.
Haywood and his kinfolk listened
quietly to the long, recital and about
th eir first show of feeling was one of
amusement when Attorney Richard
son bean his onslaught and brought
out Orchard's domestic crimes.
There was the same precautions
and the same armed guards to protect
Urchard and the same court room
scenes except that among the spec- I
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iators me women to men were two
to one. There was another rush for
admittance and the doors of the
court had to be closed at both sessions.
Orchard finished his direct exami
nation at 2:35 o'clock and the cross-
examination only reached to the Coer
d'Aiene days of 1899, when the court
rose. S ' .
Death cf a Bride.
Knoxville, Special. Miss Nellie
Ruth Lyon, daughter of J. B. Lyon a
well-known newspaper man of Greens
ville, Tenn., died at her home there
within twenty-four hours after her
marriage to Ellis E. Crabtre of Vir
ginia, a student ,-for the ministry in
one of the Boston theological semin
aries. Some time ago thev had ar
ranged their wedding and, although
the bride was ill! her condition was
not considered affirming at all. The
wedding was performed, she e-rew
rapidly worse and! died.
I PARASITE BEE KILLS GREEN
BUGS.
Professor S. J. Hunter, of tho Uni
versity of Lawrence, Kan., who has
taken 'charge of the fight against
the green bug in the wheat fields, is
sending out a parasite bee, which lays
an egg in the greenbug that causes its
-ceath. The bee has five hundred off
spring, while the green bug has only
forry. The bees are kept in cold
storage at the university and sent out
when called for.
New York Quarantine Against Ha
vana. New York, Special. The quaran
tine against passengers arriving from
Havanna went into operation, and as
a result 34 steerage passengers on Liie
steamer Monterey were sent to the de
tention hospital for observation. The
suspects were found to have abnor
mally high temperatures when they
were examined by the health officer.
If no serious disease develops thf
will bo released Mondav.
Anti-Race Track Law Knocked Out
Memphis, Tenn. Special. Judge
Palmer of the criminal court of Shel
by county held in a test case that the
anti-race track gambling bill passed
by the recent legislature was uncon
stitutional, because the caption con
tains more than one subject. The race
horse owners are jubliant, asserting
that the decision will permit racing
in Nashville and Memphis in the fail
as the case can not reach the supreme
tourt for several months.
Dead in Bed With Gas Turned on in
Room.
Washington, Special. Arthur Lu
dewitzhe, of New Orleans, a Confed
erate veteran, formerly of the Louis
ana Tigers," who came here from
the Richmond reunion for a few days
visit, was found dead in bed in a local
hotel with the gas turned on in his
room. The police believe Ludenwitzhe
turned the gas on by accident.
"Night Raiders" Scrape Several
Dozen Kentucky Tobacco Beds.
Henderson, Ky., Special. A report
received here states that several do
zen tobacco beds near Jordan Springs,
Ky., were scraped Friday night. The
plants destroyed would have been suf
ficient to set out seevral hundred
acres in tobacco. The work is sup
posed to have been done by "night
raiders. '
Raise Railroad Assessment.
Jackson, Miss, Special. The Mis
sissippi Railway commission, sitting
as a board of equalization, increased
the assessment of the property ci
common carriers two and a quartei
million dollars, making the total as
sessment about $48,000,000. The
The heaviest increase was on the Mo
bile, Jackson and Kansas City line,
amounting to about one million. The
Cumberland Telephone Company was
also increased a quarter of a million
or on any kind of terms, until
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