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f A AWm fefek. t Blba. ' lA ; ff A ' & Ifbe ipolk founta fen$. KgnlTthe Copy. INDEPENDENCE IN ALL THINGS. Subscription Price, $1.00 Per Year in Advance" XIV VOL gfONGS Of WORTH STATE NtWS COLUMBUS, N. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1908. '-" 1 - 1 WORLD'S OLDEST EDITOR DEAD NO. 26. of Interest Gleaned From All Sections of the State and Arranged For Busy Readers filson jrade Sim Stop. Snec i -1 Parties from kj Lfnrfl the shoo-flv Miwn1. The facts as M w Min. Mr Maff. nea left his residence h 1S UHiIr ,1 Pnnt. for his rdaee writ passe"11 - HI"1, r 1 , ,,,, nn rn o or hnma TOwd 'Son , Frank. Tbe not more man leit ine J rink. stepped on the front -h and autuij.icu w YOUH0" ri":itv ci iaa uiux nuai r. but nveivea no reply, lie arpi the fellow to leave Ihe n uiui'- , - . raises, but instead ne urew a mine M i tr'.fii 1 emn mc uuur. e ' : j 1 j m (hp premises. i)iu pai-u iiu iirtu ,u warning and continued to ad lliv Then the young man, to save 1 1 I 1 mother ana mmseu irom uann, Kt un a irun and seni a roaa 01 ul r -i 1 into the intruders snouiaer. last heard Irom the iellow was konscious. oce. Night Riding Threatened ialeigh, Special. Because he leateneil to iorra a band ot night lers and bran the cotton gin of W. Adams in New Light township, countv, if Adams did not stop cotton sin until prices advance, IB. Thompson, a well known farm- has been arrested and will be tried fcdav. Threats to burn a number other fins and barns are Charged dnst Thompson, who has retained arominent Raleigh lawver to de- r . ' "... - Id him. In tins connection it is interest that Mr. Clarence H. Poe editor of the Progressive Farmer 2 wide circulation throughout South, has addressed letters a ond time to all the Governors of Southern States pressing upon m the idea that the better element fanners throughout the country back them in the most vigorous jrts- to stamp out night riding Mrever it breaks out. He says lers in many sections of the ith are rrallv terrorized bv this ending evil and the weel -being of country depends on the most Binary justice being dealt out to try offender by the State authori- ibris of Odcll Mill Sold For Junk. bneord. Special. A lanre foree of ds has been put to work between walls of the old Odell Mill No. 4. eh was destroyed bv fire several ntfcs removing Hip dobria nnA ting the old iron and fixtures in pe for shipment, the stuff having n purchased by some Northern cern as o hi -hint Th tact T ovin? this great mass of iron tvill an enonnou one, but with the with which the fnree is now j, WD?, it v; tint tnlcA a (rrpat r ie to have the eronnds plnar of 01 mo bare towering walls soon be the only reinanants of Dl? fire to remain, nnrl if. is Mt iliat when the mill property ru mat a movement will be made 0n.ce to build a new mill on the site. Saliglmry'a Fair a Great Success. Salisbury, Special. Thursday was the closing day of the Yadkin Valley in. . . x- air, wnicn opened here Tuesday, On account of rain no races were called at the grounds of the fair as sociation here Thursday afternoon. There were, however, two thousand to three thousand people on the grounds, notwithstanding the adverse weather conditions. The day was spent in viewing the various exhibits and visiting the midway. A number of the fakirs pulled stakes and left the city when the lain began. The stake races will, according to the rules of the National Trotting Asso ciation, be made as soon as the track can be used even if the horsemen are compelled to remain here for a week. Serious Affair in Caldwell County. Hickory, Special. As a result of booze and an old feud, John Hafer, living just across Catawba river in Caldwell county, was cut to the heart with a. knife and left for dead, by an unknown wouia-oe assassin sup posed to be either Earl Brinkley or Frank Propst. The deed was com mitted Sunday, but full details un obtainable, except that Dr. H. C Menzies was called and gave atten tion, Hafer 's life, the physician stat ed, was hanging by a mere thread as it were, but after putting in an entire night with him, Dr. Menzies expres sed a belief that 'he might be able to pull him through. Site For Wilmington's New Custom House. Wilmington, Special. Mr. G. D. Ellsworth, an agent of the United States Treasury Department at Washington, arrived in the city Tues day evening and spent the day in company with Collector of Customs B. F. Keith inspecting the number of available sites in the city for the new and handsome Custom House recently authorized by Congress for this port. It is understood that the sites considered most available are those at the southeast corner of Water and Princess streets and a northeast corner of Water and Mar ket streets. A the Ripe Age of Ninety-Four Years Col. Richard Benburg Creecy a Distinguished Journalist Passes Away His Influence as a Writer Was Great and He Was a Terror to the State's Enemies During Re construction Days. Elizabeth City, N. C, Special. Deepest gloom is cast over the cfty in the death Thursday morning at 9 o'clock of her oldest, most honored and most revered citizen, Col. Rich ard Benbury Creecy. Colonel Creecy, while always bright, had been gradu ally falling away for months and his death was not unexpected. He was entering into his 95 year and would have eelebcated the occasion on Ihe 19th of December. Colonel Creecv was one of the State's most learned and beloved sons and had the distinc tion of being the oldest living editor in the world. He was also the old est living alumnus of the University 01 JMorth Carolina. Colonel Creecy was born at Green field Chowan county, and was reared in Edenton. He moved to Elizabeth City in 1843 and began the practice ot law. Ihe year following he mar ried Miss Perkins, daughter of one ot the largest planters and slave own ers in this county. Colonel Creecy won reputation as a writer by cor respondence to different leading news papers and during reconstruction days need for a strong newspaper was most apparent. Colonel Creecy. of this city; Edward Wood, of Edenton, and T. J. Jarvis, then of Tyrrell county, established The Weekly Economist and elected Colonel Creecy as editor-in-chief. The great power and influence wielded by the brilliant writer's pen is now a matter of history. No man in the State did more for the South 's cause and no man was hated and W fill tins NEWSY GLEANINGS. After Splendid Reception By the Japanese People VESSELS HOMEWARD BOUND The Departure of the Big Ships the Feature of the Week- A great exodus of American tour ists from London has started. Tho opening of the historical con gress in Saragossa, Spain; was de layed by floods. The report of the Kansas - City Southern railway showed a surplus of more than three millions. By the calling out of more union men in the paper mills the press of the country is threatened with a shortage. Roman . Catholic notables were T0W0 Resumes Normal Condition present at the cornerstone ceremon- I ine r f n vAnr wf fi A A AAA nothnitol in After a Week of Delirium, st. inis. Cantaio Joppoh T. Brown, of Bir- rp v -j-j . , f i iiT.y , muui. lcixjvrvi etui vauuiuaic iui XOtio, By Cable. After a week's Preside tie 1 lector, died in a St. suspension of almost every kind of Louis hospital. busiftese, because of the presence of Herren HarVstetter and Schreider the Amenean fleet in Japanese waters were rescued from the balloon Plau and so that fitting welcome might be en. which fell into the North Sea, Z .-Vm. a m 1 otirl tttot-o landed at TTnll PnclnnH Thp forty-ninth annual report of the State Insurance Denartment, ma'le public at Albany, N. Y., showed a rtrease in the life insurance business. nolin and Ballot. With fifty-eight other thoroughbreds belonging to given to the American officers and sailors, Tokio is resuming its normal conaitions. Already many of the de corations have been taken "down, al though every ne is yet discussing the remarkable teatures of the past few days. President Roosevelt's messages to Keene. Belmont. Whitney and Hiteh the Emperor was presented to him cocV. Mled for England on the Min through Count Komura, thei foreign nehahn minister, and the Emperor probably Martial law was declared in the will fftnlro o ronlv 1 Turkish nroviues of Asia Minor rJ V"!. KUCiC 1 I , .. nA no reason to expect that the Em- r ,ea l,,m'', 6liauuu , . t a mj-?"acre of Jews has occurred at s message wm contain otner 1 Baaa(j. . r ,.f. men aVa A New York syndicate Is forming an expression 01 gratincatiqn at rne t0 take -Jl O.OOO.OOO of a $75,000,000 President's warm words of iapprecia- loan souerht by Brazil to meet the tion. Nothing could possibly exceed cost of a vMn effort to corner the in the public mind in Japan the sig- I coffee market A a 1 . 1 - , , a mm it was nrouguT. out. at tne iviorse- Curtis trial in New York City that the National "Rank of North America lent hundreds of thousands of dol lars to two clerks nificance of the Emperor 'si previous message. The departure of the fleet Sunday morning was one ot the prettiest 'fea tures W the week. The flgship Con necticut slipped her cables ?at exact ly 8 o'clock.- She steamed' past the Louisiana and saluted and; was fol- FKSflNJNE i n S "The detachable shivf. collar vented by a Mrs. Montasne. of Troy, N. Y., about 182T,. - Mrs. Luther G. Tillotson, of York City, bequeathed about 0C0 to charitable and educational Stitutions. Miss Laura Gordon rfoot, niece eC the Secretary of Si was married to Stanley Gilbert, of New York City. at Clinton, N. Y. Miss Tiffany, p American colony Mrs. Cornwallis W on American socie- Among the acti of the Anglican i are the Viscounties Marchioness of Wx A men's league has been formed ;; Lutheran church in given women a vol fairs. Di Phoebe D woman who was g the nent in -".?aris. ber rrb ward in Fnglantt suSfrmgo; and and tbe " -y has 1 ch urch t- from Cornell U School, has receive on the staff of Fl Tho Finns evi' found woman s Nineteen women their first PaxJiami five have just be. second. Miss Miller, the Chicago who is hi because of her E" $30,000 fee, is th Michigan farmer, woman suffragist. For the first i$v of the British P i t, the Pareiva a prize fa phar ie : woman. Tlie Cerirnde H. V- t the only 1 this year y Medical vntmeat : al. havia not a failure. elecred to 'm twenty ed to the "awyer of " rttntion iing a of a is also a. H ' : story icie ibon by a te i Effort at Suicide Successful. Spa rtanbu'-, Special. Will Bur nett, a well-known young white man lowed by the remainder ofr the first squadron, vvnen tde eight ships had wh0 shot himself in the hrad with n feared more bv the carnet-k T11' au pistol last bunoay, died at his home a nlocc fKof w v I 9 tfte entire Ueet tb termed as a result of the wound. Burnett rolonl rwnv's wifA Aio vprs in .sinle column. , was one of ten men who were ar ago but he is survived bv five danh , . eac ot the Amencn Dattle- rested a short time ago for taking ters: Miss Nannie and Henrietta ; - SSmnX. part in the mob that sought to lynch tlt TP tt t i m T,r column the crews of the ships of both John Irbv. the uecro eharered with M. tot ,7Ne; S'aJM enfhnsiasWly, and attempting, a criminal assault upon D. C. Winston, of Edenton and three "e Dn" 01 ,DOCn ine Amenean eiupa a young white worn: A BIG DdSR "You must let thp Taby have cow'3 milk to drink er ery day the doctor. "Very well, if you ?sr so. noolor." said the perplexed vr-v? Mvolher; "but I really den't se how he i going to hold It all ."--Life, rtloVAil tVlA Tonn wopa v n I i a -i n 1 litrvvtm sons: Joshua and E P., of :St. Loms, tfae fa gixteen thfl off am y-v- iaa at f hnf Altll 1 and R. B. Creecy, 7r., this city. Ano ther Iredell Veteran Dead. statesv: ek a s lova then non had fe tinip W or't if i lends :in hiternipi reaso-d I .church Special. Another q veterans of the strug- s passed awav last M Wiley Hamon, of nship died. While Mr. ' 'i in poor health for .condition did not be "ntil Sunday evening. !s were conducted at Methodist church, and 1 "'as in the churchyard, s a me mber of the Me th ro Torn to Pieces in Cotton Gin. wzaboi li p;t o .. . " "v, npeciai. a report received lie tj it.i "i, xiiuny mai a lie- ' Will Gregory, was Thursday p 111 Hie Co well cotton gin at l0h. Tha -1 .1, "ckiu, wno was an oia ; o - iiiiAeu up in the macnin- ( "ie way and was literally Ktopim:g. Finds 'Possum in Mail Box Wadesboro, Special. Carrier Allen on Route 2, of Polkton, was much surpirsed one day last week when he opened a mail box, looking for letters, and found a big 'possum grinning at him. Mr. Allen is not quite sure whether the owner of the box was using it for a 'possum cage or that this is a new idea among patrons for showing favors to their carriers. Be that as it may, the 'possum was quickly dumped into a mail sack and experienced not a little mental on guish for several hours, fearing that he might be starting on a long and rough trip by way of postal routes. Mr. Allen was grinning next day. Two New Hospitals For GastonJa. Gastonia, Special. Gastonia will soon be well supplied with hospitals and they will be up to date. The city hospital will likely be occupied first. The painters are finishing up one of the T. L. Craig residences and the furnishings are being put in by Rankin Bros. The building is being renovated and an operating room built on the third floor in the rear of the building, with good skylight Everything 4s being put in first-class shape. The rooms are large and airy and neatly painted. The building is practically a new one. Items of State News. Work is progressing rapidly on the concrete sidewalks which are being laid on the main streets of North Wilkesboro. Upon the charge of pushing his wife from a moving train Tuesday night, J. W. Wells, of Rocky Mount, is being held without bail. Mrs Wells' condition is still critical. &atc Sabbath Oopvention. 18h lvint, SpeciaNr-The State Vem:'"' of the N. C. Sabbath Ob- PJnee Association had its opening -v xaai, j.uursuay in vtasn- Pon Si re t M. E. church. The od- w 01 Uf.l j-i: a i Ur rn "ulc was aeuverea uy I J Parker, of High Point, and i nso by Dr. S. B. Turren- I 'ifeenshorn Tli T.i ur '-'narlotte Reformed t;hurch, fill il rl.rlyir, lr.J r . lfih. , con uu' mouern LJn- serv t,!::lne Our Obligations to , v sabbath " Affa AAat. I ftw . . 111V UUU L ni(,Hment of dd followed Firebugs Busy in Norfolk. Norfolk, Special. Incendiaries are still working in this city, three fires in the business district having been reported between midnight and 6 a was saluting, the Connecticut was in- t i- n ii -r , . , visible on the horizon. Within exact- Berh"'. Cable -Duchess Alex- ly fllty miuntes the entire manouvre a ? J&9ZggZ had been completed. f?' r5.01 Fredenek married in the chapel of the imperial palace at 5 o'elock Thursday after- Seven New Cases of Cholera An 11 OT! of a v a Manila, By Cable Seven new cases noon to Prince August William, of n -p nYi rl c ro wara ronnrf aA Irv fViio aitn I J? i "L i T7 TTT 1 ocf alTiiciimoTV nf T Pn ror tne mhn Sunday night. Ham. The ceremony was witnessed estabhshment of I S Fine & Co The gHght increage in the d of , fae memberg . lH"scu r:YVXJ .x"c, uu the disease is ascribed by the au- ilv and fiftv nrinees and r,rineeSSeS orrtpo at r hp nirpfi rarps f,vnrp?s i ... .. , . , . . ' m9tA a nu onnes to the many gatherings ot 0f the minor German royal house the people on Saturday night rind Hay and Gram Company's estabhsh. Rr V v -oef JL ann ment, were extinguished m their in- panied the assemblies. The situation cipieucj. xxic tuicxs ui. t ,s not considered to be grave and the pokes ; departments ; conferred with the heaUh acpartmeDt feelg as though it Korean Insurrection Over. Tokio, By Cabl-. The so-called in- cinrofif inn in ICm'pn is nrrn'tienll v Board of Control on f has the epidemic well under control, ended. The tro.ps are still on active expressing no alarm over the m- dut but the ilisnrj?eilis have dwin o,f will ct.;f 1,0 -oiu died to merely a disorderly clement. w a. iiuivuv a a. xuAiufi a v. o 1 x 1 v i. 1 ai 11- 1 n eriners of the natives and also the It is stated mat rrmcc ico, iormer arid heroic steps are tobe taken to apprehend the incendiaries. Governor's Life is Threatened. f!it.v. Sneeial. Governor I 8&k of dangerous foods. It is be Patterson, surrounded by a personal Heved that cock pits located in the guard of twenty-five, is in charge of suburbs of the city where it is diffi- the encampment of State troops at w uuuuwu a sioct watcn oyer STnhnrir and will nersonallv lead the the sale of foodstuffs are responsible i,nnt fn tho niVht. riders, who hansred for the slight increase in the num Cantain Rankin. Detachments of her. of cholera cases noted at each 1 . ... 1 1- 1 troops are scouring three counties lor 1 wee euu- th ynn-rAoAf-ra TTpnrintT a TtORSlble I f raid bv the night riders, the State Oirille Wright Improving Nicely. troops are maintaining two dines of Washington, Special f- Orville sentinels following the posting of Wright, the aeroplanist who narrowly notices that if the Governor did not escaped death in the nccident to his discontinue the hunt he himself would aeroplane during a flight at Fort resident general, a Steoul will prob ably return to Korea tarly in No vember. Two thirds of the Japanese troops in north China will be with drawn in a few da vs. TELEPHONES Are a Necessity in the Country Home. The farther you are removed irom town to railroad station, more the telephone will save time and horse flesh. No man a right to compel one of the family to he in agony for hours while he drives to town for the doctor. Tet ephone and save half the suffering. Our Free Book tells how to or-I ganize, build and operate tele phone lines and systems. Instruments sold on thirty days? trial to responsible parties. THE CADIZ ELECTRIC 01, 201 CCC Building, Cadiz, I I tbef , be kidnapped. Lost His Life for a Hoop. Myer, Va., five weeks ago, will soon be able to leave for his home at Dayton, 0. His most serious injury was a broken thigh and the splint was removed fom this Sunday. It was found upon measuring the left Lvnchburg, Special. Hooprolling cost Walter Davis, a 7-year-old col ored boy, his life in Amherst county w the one iniured. that it is but a Sunday. The hoop rolled into the 1 quarter of an inch shorter than the river and the boy followed it, oeing otter X-ray examination of the unable to check himself, ne has not fracture showed that the knittine of the broken bones has been perfect. been seen since. News Notes. President Roosevelt in a letter to Senator Knox demands that Mr Bryan state whether he is committed to Gompers7 labor legislation Chapel Hill Man Elected President of Peat Producers' Society. Toledo, 0., Special. The second annual convention of the American rvrr to vjom J"Th2 7m bill Peat Producers' Society has adjoura gram, and points to the Pearre bill J as a dangerous invasion oi property rights, Seven Thousand Dollar Fire Wilson, Special. Thursday morn ing about three o'clock Middlesex citizens were distmrbed from their slumbers by the cry of "fire." On in vestigation it was found to be the store and residence of Mr. B. F. Hol land. 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