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i NORTH CAROLINA AFFAIRS r 5 Tr News ot uw worm Mate fathered and Put in Condensed Form. Big Storm in Buncombe. . 1 -era . . Asi.cv.iie, special iteports ..j Five Conricti Partfoned. e- Raleigh, Special. Governor Glenn ere are to the effect that one Friday granted five pardons and re- no m rest storms in the history fosed ten applications, inbe countypssed over the . Farions are granted to the follow ( reek, Flat Creek and "Ivy 1Bg: . - of the countv Wednesday 1 J216 Helms, Mecklenburg coun ot tne county Wednesday, t sentenced in 19 mnnth the usands of dollars' worth of road for manslaughter. Helms was a to lands by washing and to youth of fine character and the The storm was little short of mother of the girl whom be killed hurst. Reem's creek went 18 jins in the reiuest for pardon, higher than it had ever been I Joseph Dauley, Bertie county, 2 io ceivc of i i 101 DU" Keem -s leection? lioinir ' tlamage crops. inches V. A m 1 T jy a 1 i n 1 1 kniiwn to go oeiore. Tne abutments yr xor carnal Knowledge or a cmid. of a now steel bridge across the creek lne governor believes on, testimony were washed away, while a mill near that the man is innocent. W eave n ille was damaged -$20,000. 1 C. W. Hyams, Mecklenburg county, The creek rose rapidly after the 12 months for larceny. Hyams was storm had passed and as a result of once a professor in the A. and M. Col- this an old couple, Mr. and Mrs. Mc- lege in Raleigbt and took books from Canless. of Baker's Mill, came near lawyers. Many persons have asked losing their lives. Mr. and Mrs. Me- the Governor to give the man anoth- Canless went out to view their gar- er chance. den to see what damage had been Jaek Paimerj Wilson county, for dene when the waters rose and cut storebreakin. sentenced to three them off from their house. They years The man has com5umtion and were marooned on a strip of land wm die if kept in jail and is too scarcely six feet square, where they weak to' work. were forced to remain in water until !.l niilif TTfT-iTfo r vn finn them ware futile. Had the creek moths fF larCeny risen much further they would prob ahlv have heen drowned. George Rhyne, Gaston county, six The pardons refused were as fol lows: Sam Watson, Chatham county, murder in second degree, sentenced for 25 years. Ed. Causey, Guilford, larceny, two fill Ml I P North Majority Votes Out Liquor By of Over Forty Thousand BUT FEW WET COUNTIES ; Leader of the Prohibition Movement Issues Statement in Which he Sats Forth his Views on the Victory of the Prohibition Forces. Cumberland Currituck Dare.. .. Davidson . . Davie. . Davidson Gets $100,000. The general education board en dowed bv John D. Rockefeller, gave tut for publication a resume of gifts years made to colleges and institutions, and ' W. J. Archbell, Beaufort county, also aunuunced the election to the six months for assault with' deadly board of President Charles W. Elliot, weapon. ' of Harvard, nd Andrew Carnegie. ! Warren Perkins, Mecklenburg, The list of gifts was announced as murder in second degress. 12 years. follows: Davidson College, Davidson, tf. C, $100,000; Hamilton College, f prjre Yoo Law Effective Jnly 1. Clinton. X. V., $50,000 Knox Col- I . . kU ; lew, Ualesburg; 111., $50,000;; Wa-1 igh, Spccial.-Mr. Allen, head bash College. Crawfordsyille Ind., of the pure food seetion of the Agri $50,000: W illiamsburg Institute, cultural Department, says that on Williamsburg, Ky., $o0,000; Umver- the Xst of July the law becomes ef-Uation of the Anti-Saloon Ieagv sity of Rochester, Rochester, N. Y., fectlxt5 which " fprbidslhense of any rNaaquarters wirr t, muvea TO Tay- ijutujuu; Mnitli college, jNonnamptim, . Ms Moon. MAWr f!,.lle?. preservatives m foods. St. Paul, Minn., $75,000j Jewett OOO . W.f tn-f TTnmpn nvf.,r n nnna. wflrvrd TTniver- they could not put up and ship them , v., ,y , r,rncD,-vafiu0Q WPrA llRPrf y, vaniDriage, mass. Lvr grauuaic Durham. . . Edgecomb Forsyth . . Franklin . ' ttaleigh, Special. "Our majority Gaston.. is around 42,000 and taking the-' Gat p State through and through our ma- Graham., jorities are better than our friends G ranville had hoped for", said Chairman John Green.. Gates, of the State An$i-Saloon 1 Guilford League to-night. He added: "Our galifax league ottered a banner to the county giving the largest majority. It goes to Buncombe, which gave 3,6Sl. An other to the county casting the larg est percentage of its vote for prohi bition goes to Yancey, which voted 1,200 to 15. "The people have spoken. This is shown by the fact that nine of the ten congressional districts have given prohibition majorities, only the fourth of Raleigh districts being in the wet column. "One of our greatest triumphs is in Forsyth, Governor Glenn's home county, which was considered doubt ful. It eave 1,500 orohibition ma jority, a great compliment to the Governor. My own county, Cumber land, where there was a heavy fight, went dry by 500. "Another notable victory was at Salisbury, the anti-prohibition head quarters, which went dry by 126, the county going that way by 600. Tele grams of. congratulations have come to us from Virginia, saying that State would be the next to get in the prohibition column. uui t iv iui jr uucs nut. uicau uiosu- m i 540 .... 250 .... 300 .... 400 .... 450 .... 400 .... .... 700 .... 175 156S .... 200 EX-SENATOR JONES DEAD m i . r 1418 200 13-1 250 400 1500 300 150 .2000 .1200 393 384 This will be William strictly enforced and the sale of all r ii t M ivA such food will be prohibited. Many iT' V manufacturers of foods who had caid Sit are t s. i school of business) $62,000; for far- lY.?m demonstration "ry- law is sweeping. ne aepanmcni nas rriers' . co-operative work in the Southern States, $80,000; for special" high school agents in con nection with State universities in the Southern States, $20,000; Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va., $10,000 ;Tus- kciree Institute, Alabama. $10,000; usuallv depended on publicity which is really more powerful, he thinks, than arrests and wonderful improve ment has been made in the foods on sale in this State. Spi'lltnan Seminary, 500 ; total $782,522. . Atlanta, $12,- Bad Storm at Newbern. Newbern, Special. The worst storm in several years has raged here all dav. Foiir inches ot rain tell, tne Three Interesting Opinions. Raleigh, Special. The Supreme . feV been blowing a gale an day ourt filed three interesting opinions fa M .g m ha in tbe etteville, and our organixation will be kept up and be ready to go into bat tle at a moment's notice." The returns of the election on State prohibition as received at State prohibition headquarters places the majority for prohibition at 42,948, figures that are expected to vary but slightly from the official returns. The returns show that 77 eounties gave majorities for prohibition and 21 against it. C Friday. That of Commissioners of Pitt county against McDonald in volves the bonds issued for the Eastern Training School at Green villo. whieh have heretofore been held valid. The buyer now wants adjudication so that the county can exeee the nrincinnl nnd interest. This the , j - court declines to do as-there was no such promise in the statute under which the people voted the bonds. In Holtwell asrainst Borden, from w ayne, it to Kiild j unless si people. In past year or two. Many trees nave been blown down in the streets and the city electric plant has been out of service all day. Just how mush dam age has been done to the trucking in terests cannot be learned for a day r- trn Thp storm was so bad that the limit of taxation to pay the 4 exercises for the city school were postponed until Monday. Receiver Fcr Printing Company Ask ed For. Winstom-Salem. Soaeial. The reg is held that bonds issued ujaf two weeks' term of Forsyth Su sehoolhouse are not valid nfirinr Court adiourned late Friday ibmitted to the vote of the -fternoon. Maior J. E. Alexander, at torney for Bradley Reese Company. Victor aaninat Teniae Cotton mA nmdication for a receiver for Mills from Mecklenburg, it is held the King Printing Company, of tins to bo ultra vires and without authori- city, Friday afternoon. The motion ty for a corporation to insure the vas continued until June 15th, when lives of its officers out of the corpar- the matter will probably be heaid be- ation's funds. -fore Judge Jones. Items of State News. The State Agricultural Department Four Years in Penitentiary. Fayetteville, Special. The Com- """"in ounerior 1 ourt conveneu uere . , , a ast week. The only ewe of interest asked fiftccn ftanarea was that of Adolphus Ingram, who ents for information as to the aere was sentenced to the penitentiary for age of crops May 20tb, compared four veavs i !nr.WP- with last vear's acreage, whiccn is ith and mrrv;n Tt -WaaI: a vnuner nut down as 100, and tne reports trirl of Pa,.iunn u;i. Viav.no- n slinw the acreage of v UIII UL111V7U, TV lillv AIM T fc' w w ' eotton this 200 Reports From Various Counties of the State. The following reports have been received from the various counties of the state on the prohibition election. Maj. Maj County 'Dry Wet Alamance. . . . . . . . . 1198 Alexander 50 Allegheny Anson V. .. 553 Ashe 600 Beaufort.. 550 Bertie 200 Bladen., r. 650 Brunswick 200 Buncombe.. 3300 Burke 400 Carrabus .. 118 Caldwell.. 600 Camden Carteret 300 Caswell. ... . . .... Catawba .. .. 300 Chatham.. 600 Cherokee 1250 Chowan 160 Clay 500 Cleveland 2083 Columbus Craven w 350 Harnett . . . Haywood . . . Henderson . . Hertford . . Hyde. . . . Iredell. . j ... .. 12S6 Jackson .4 . . . . 1000 Johnston. . . . . . , Jones. . . . . . ...... . . 125 Lenoir, . . . . ... 630 Lee ..... 500 Lincoln 900 McDowell.. . . . 1 .. .. 800 Macon.. .. .. .3 .. .. 600 Madison . . . . . J . . . . 1500 Martin. . .......... Mecklenburg.. . ... 1896 Montgomery. . Moore Kash ..! $cw Hanover . J Northampton. . ...t Onslow.. .. , . . Orange 1, Pamlico v Pasquotank . . .. Pender. . .... I. Perquimans . . . Person 1. Pitt Rando'lpfu . f. Richmond. . . . '.- Robeson Rockingham . . Rowan .... Rutherford . Sampson . . . Scotland . . . Stanly.. .. Stokes.. .. Surry . . Swain. . . . Transylvania Tyrell.. .. Union Vance . . . . V AmCB Warren . . . . Washington . Watauga. . Wayne. ... Wilkes., .. Wilson.. .. Yadkin.. .. Yancey: . : i ' t 1500 400 . . . . . - 95 a 140 500 50 882 126 250 us 200 750 i8r 275 200 250 438 945 650 523 350 350 450 1208 350 280 58 600 500 715 1200 180 300 199 75 Former United States Senator James K. Jones' Dies at His Home in Washington After a Brief Illness - Was Member of the Senate from 1885 to 1903 and Was Prominent in the Councils -of the Democratic Party. Washington Speeial. -7- Formmer United States Senator James EL Jones, of Arkansas, died at his. resi dence here at 5:30 Monday afternoon after an illness of a few hours, aged 69. He was one of the leading Dem ocrats in the Senate from 1885 to 1903 and, was one of the strongest supporters of William J. Bryan, hav ing, as chairman of the Democratic national committee, conducted the campaign of 1896 and 1900. Since leaving the Senate in 1903 he has conducted a law practice in this city and has not actively engaged in poli tics. On Friday Senator "Jones returned from a visit to his daughter, Mrs Leonora Carrigan, in Arkansas, and Sunday night was apparently enjoy ing good health. Complaining slight ly Monday morning, he remained in I bed and died that afternoon, the im mediate cause of death being heart 1 tanure. A nai.ivA Mississitrai. where he was born in 1839, James Kimbrough I Jones received a classical education and fought as a private soldier in the Confederate ranks throughout the Civil war. Becoming 'a resident of Dallas county, Arkansas, he lived on his plantation there until 1873, when he took up the practice of law. He was elected to the State Senate the same year and became president of that body in 1877. Afterward he was elected to the Forty-seventh and the two succeeding Congresses, and in 1885 succeeded to the seat of James D. Walker in the United States Sen ate, where he served thre terms, re tiring in 1903. A BOX DRESSER, We have one of those handy arti cles in our home and wouldn't care to 9e -without it. in the first Dim, it was a oacMne case a yard om and half mm wide and about i feet high. After planing off all the rough edges I put in S shelves and casters in the bottom 1 in each corner, so an to move it around easily. To .make K neat and pretty I got 5 yards of pink cambric and just as many of white dotted muslin and some trass-headed tacks, and covered the box dresser very easy so that the muslin could be taken off and done up without much trouble, and I-left the drapery in .the front so that it would part easy, so that we could get to the sleeves. 1 keep my bedding in mine and find It Is as handy as anything ire own. Correspondent of the Bos ton Post. 0 Prominent Georgian Killed. Eastman, C2:t., Special. A. Joup was shot -ami instantly killed Fridaj night by Gun Kagai: at the latter'! slabics. There were no eye witnesses but the trouble is said to have growj out of iiie driving of a horse ly Mr Jones. Mr. Jones 'leaves a wife anc. six children. Mr. Kagan is a singli man. Both parties arc members o. Dodge county's most prominent fam ilies, and are largely connected 01 both si lcs Young Man's Rash Act Charlotte, N. C, Special. Louis Murphy, an employe of the American Machine and Manufacturing Com pany, a young man about 24 years of age, commit fred suicide, late Friday afternoon b fhooting himself through the 1 ad in the thick under growth of the Wilson wods. The body was found by two colored men whe happened to be passing nearby. Lost of position, together with his inability ! to get other employment, was the cause of his rash act. 166 400 200 Flags zt Vicksbur? at Half Mast. Washington, Special. President lOanonrnh i:GuaJL. n honor of the memory of the late General Stcp'icu D. Lee, commander-in-chief of the United Confederate Veterans, who died at his homo in Mississipp. the ifaes in tlie national park cemetery at Vieksburg should be half-mastecl. General Lee was 0 member of the Vicksbitrg park com mission. Flavrs on the Federal bnild- 4-Hgfvat Vk-kshu'ir, J?Vk-on end Col- um'jin, Miss,, also will be placed at hul'-mast. S00 1500 515 The BiU in a Nutshell State wide prohibition will go into effect January i 1st next. The bill forbids the sale or manu facture of infoxicating liquors, and this means spirituous, vinous and malt liquors or intoxicating bitters, with in the State. Licensed drug stores will be per mitted to handle it and sell it upon the prescription of a regularly licens ed physician provided it is prescribed only for sickness. The place of delivery, as is the case now, is made ihe place of sale. The officer of any church, or any minister of the gospel is permitted to purchase wine for communion ser vices. T Virginia Fanner Killed By Lightning Roanoke, Va., Special. Shilo Bish op, a well-known Montgomery coun: farmer, who lived near Christians burg, was struck and instantly kill ed by lighijHHg Friday afternoon Bis!;op, .with several of his childrer was standing in his yard" under a tree when the fatal bolt fell. One of tht children was knocked senseless, bul recovered. Are a Necessity in the Country Home. r The farther you are removed from towivto railroad station, the more the telephone will save in time and horse flesh. No man has a righrto compel one6f the family to lie in agony for hours while he drives to town for the doctor. Tel ephone and save half the suffering. Our Free Book tells how to or ganize, build and operate tele phone lines and systems. Instruments sold on thirty days' trial to responsible parties. THE CADIZ ELECTRIC CO., 20J CCC Building, Cadiz, Ohio. Montgomery's Dry Majority Small. Troy, Special. Montgomery coun ty gives a majority for prohibition of 140,, approximately. Three pre cincts are net heard from, though these figures are practically correct. Troy township gave a majority of 211 for prohibition. Mount GHead township voted wet by a majoriry 01 wtte and family living in South Caro- year is 97 corn 100, tobacco 10 pea- J 15 Not a fun vote was polled m lin nuts 101 Rope Broke, Elevator Fell. The North Carolina National Guard. Asheville, Special. An accident Raleigh, Special Adjutant Geo that may prove fatal befell Seeb eral T. R. Robertson has issued eoin Orant at the Asheville laundry Fri- missions to the following officers of mornfng. Grant had gone to the Company G, Second Infantry, North third floor to make some repairs and Carolina National Guard, at Wash as starting down the elevator when ington; Captain O. B. Wynne; First a rope broke and the elevator with Lieutenant, J. F. Ross; Second. Lieu is human freight, crashed to the bot- tenant, R. B. Cowell. General Rob (m. Grant was rendered unconsei- ertson has accepted the resignation fms Rnd remained in this condition 0f Z. L Walser, First Lieutenant for several hours. An examination Company A, Third Infantry, Lesing established the fact that there were ton, and W. O. Brown, Second Lieu six broken ribs and a rupture of the tenant Company L, Tb'rd Infantry, lungs and bladder. Gre'sboro. the county. Richmond Dry. Rockingham, Special. Latest re urns indicate Richmond county ma jority for prohibition will- be over 275. Bladen. Elizabethtown, Special. Eight townships in Bladen give prohibition majorities as follows: Abotts, 27; Bladensboro, 101; Brown Marsh, 82; Elizabeth, 39; Hollow, 28; Coly, 19; White Oak, 206; Central, tied, voting 14 to 14. The other seven townships not heard from will probably give from 150 to 200 majority for prohibi- 1 tion is a conservative estimate. Brunswick. Wilmington, Special Returns from Brunswick county indicate that prohibition carrie dby a small major ity. Township results are as follows: Southport, 69 majority; Northwest, 33 majority, and Town Creek, 31 ma jority, all for prihibition. Supply and iShattotte township also give a majority for prohibition. The ma jority wil probably be iSW. Polk. Tryon, May 26. Returns from the five precincts Tryon, Saluda, . Colum bus, Mill Springs and Big Level, give the vote as; follows: Tryon, for 91; against 32; Columbus, for 51 ; agianst 2; Mill Springs, for 51; against 10; Saluda, for 28; against 16; Big Lev el, for 33; against 10; Pearidge, for 14: aeainst 10. About a two-thirds" vote was polled. No direct communi cation with Cooper's Gap and Green's Creek and vote not obtain able at this hour. 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