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Thursday, January 5, 1905. THE RALEIGH ENTERPRISE. 3 It is stated that a petition will be presented to the Legislature asking that the charter of the town of Shore, in Yadkin, be repealed. Shore was incorporated by the last Legis lature purely for the purpose of per mitting whiskey to be made there. Atlas Kornegay, a demented white man who was kept confined at his home in Nash County, was cremated in his own home a few days ago dur ing his wife's temporary absence. The house caught fire and the roof was falling in when the fire was dis covered. Near Jonesboro, Moore County, Tuesday morning, a negro named Hicks was playing on a harp and one Thomas, colored, asked for the harp. Hicks refused to surrender the harp and Thomas cut his throat from ear to ear, death resulting al most immediately."' Near Old Fort last week C. L. Bird and his nephew, Carliss Bird, were hunting together when the former's gun was accidentally dis charged, the load taking effect in young Bird's abdomen, resulting in ln3 death four hours later The vic tim was about IS years old. The Concord Times of last Friday says : Mr. Ed. Powell and family, of Iredell county, are here visiting at Mr. A. 0. Atwell's, Mrs. Powell's father. Mr. At well will celebrate his fifty-second birthday today, and there will be a family reunion.; He has 10 children and thirty-six grand-chil-dren. Jeff Beasley, white, 18 years old, was run over and killed by a train at High Point Friday. Beasley left home the night before about 10 o'clock, telling his mother that he was going to leave, and it is believed that he was "beating" the train from underneath the cars when the acident occurred. Samuel Maddox was shot and in stantly killed on a farm near Green ville by J. B. Waldrop. Both men seem to have leased the same farm, and when Maddox went to take pos session he found Waldrop there. The men were well-known and industrious farmers. Waldron surrendered to the sheriff. Congressman Guder, who attend ed the Lieutenant Pr it chard funeral at Marshall Thursday, was robbed while there of $25 in money and $200 in checks. Mr. Gudger had left the money and checks in his room. The thief effected an entrance and stole the property. It is said that there is no clue to the robbery. FARMERS AT GARNER. They Will Hold Cotton and Reduce the Acreage. The farmers iii the vicinity of Gainer met at that place on Decem ber 31st to discuss the cotton ques tion. Many of the leading planters in the community were present. On motion of Mr. J. T. Broughton, Capt. C. N. Allen was elected chah man. Mr. Ransom Hinton moved that J. L. Ramsey be made secretary of the meeting. Chairman Allen made a rousing speech, explaining the objects of the meeting, and on motion of Mr. George Turner, the chair appointed a committee of five to draft resolu tions relative to reduction of acre age, etc., and the following gentle men were appointed : Messrs. J.T. Broughton, George Turner, F. K. Howell, F. A. Whitaker and Ransom . Hinton. Messrs. Snelling, Black, Parker. Bagwell Rand and others discussed the cotton situation during the ab sence of the committee, giving absence of the commitree, giving their views as to the cause and the remedy. The committee on resolution-; re ported as follows: 1. That we recommend that all farmers hold all the cotton they can for higher prices as the present prices are too low to replace the money spent in raising the same. 2. We suggest to the cotton grow ers of Wake County that they keep out of the hands of speculators and gamblers as much of the cotton as they can until after the Government, report on acreage in June. ". Your committee further sug gests that as many farmers as can, hold at least 20 per -cent or more un til we begin to gather and gin the crop of 1005. 4. Your committee further recom mends that a reduction of 25 per cent or more be made in acreage for the year 1005 hi the cotton crop, 5. We recommend that the farm ers of Wake County raise, as far as possible, all the .-oinpliVs 'necessary for home consumption ami that the purchase of commercial fertilizers be reduced at least 25 per cent. After some discussion, the various objections were all overcome by the committee, and the resolu! ions were adopted unanimously. The following Were elected dele gates to the county meeting to be held in Raleigh next Saturday. Jauii arv Ttht Messrs. Ransom Hinton, W F. Black; F. K. Howell. George Turner, F, A. Whitaker, C. N. Allen. STATE NEWS. The Charlotte papers report con siderable work in gold mining in that section. A company has been incorporated to mine and refine Kaolin in Macon County, capital $25,000. Charlotte, Greensboro and New Bern put in for.e prohibition with the advent of the New Year. The citizens of Vance County will ask the Legislature to allow them to issue $25,000 bonds for road im provements. Robert Hardison, of Morven, An son County, aged 16, lost his right eye by the explosion of a cracker during the holidays. A train of 25 cars loaded with manufactured tobacco from F. R. Penn Tobacco Company, left Reids ville, for Atlanta, Friday. Rev. W. F. Staley, of Biltmore. has accepted a call to the pastorate of the Baptist churches at of Wilkes boro and North Wilkesboro. In Anson County the other day two negro boys were fooling with a gun. The one they buried was named Adolphus Johnson and he was about ten years old. On Monday night Mr. Lindsay Lucas, of Shelby, who was a flagman on the vestibule, on the Southern Railway, was killed between Atlanta and; Greenville. Hector McMillan, 9 years old, shot and killed himself in Fayetteville Friday afternoon. He was playing with a small rifle when the weapon was accidentally discharged. Greenville Reflector : A movement is on foot in the section around Mt. Olive to petition the Legislature to form a new county out of portions of Wayne and Duplin with Mt. Olive as the county seat. Will Thomas, colored, charged with the murder of Jim Floyd, also colored, at Cooleemee two years ago, was arrested in Charlotte a few days ago, Thomas admits the kill ing, but says it was an accident. Jackson County Journal: It is re ported that in the near future there will be an electric line of railway built from some point on the South ern Railway to the copper mines near the fork of the Tuckasee River. .At Walnut Cove, Stokes County, a few nights ago, three men assaulted Policeman C. II. Rayborn and beat him so badly that he was confined to bed. Rayborn's assailants were ag grieved becouse he had arrested one of them. After three times refusing to reli cense the distilleries of Asheville the Board of Aldermen, in extra session Saturday afternoon, reconsidered its previous action and again licensed all the establishments for another six months. A small colored boy of Charlotte sneaked into the yard of a residence, turned the family cow out and drove her away. He then put a rope on the cow, returned her and claimed a reward of $1 for returning a strayed animal. He got the reward. The board of alderman of Wil mington have decided to increase the liquor license tax from $204. to $600 per annum, the increase effective May 1st. The action of the board is a compromise, the high license ad vocates holding out for $1,000. Irvin OV Day died in Durham Fri day night as the result of a pistol wound received nearly two months ago. Soon after midnight the third of October he was shot in the hip by Allen Hopkins, a negro, in an af fray in which Hopkins claimed that Day and another white man attacked him with knives. It was expected that the young man would recover from his wound, but blood poisoning set in with fatal results. The Observer says that Mrs. Lucy Parmenter, the oldest woman in Char lotte and probably the oldest in the State, died in Charlotte Friday after noon. She was nearly 104 years old, and her death was due to a stroke of paralysis that she received about 12 months before she died. Mrs. Par mcnter's husband, who is OS years old, survives. The explosion of fireworks furnish es amusement to those who are not hurt, but it is the innocent that us ually suffer. In Mt. Airy, Christ mas eve two plate glass windows were smashed, the damage amounting to $S5 or $90. In the same town at the same time one Sid Jones was struck in the eye by a Roman candle and the sight of the eye destroyed, A little son of Ned Reeves, colored, residm"1 at White Oak Mills, north of Greensboro, died Thursday night from hydrophobia.. The boy was bit ten by a dog nine weeks ago. The parents drove the dog away, not knowing that it was mad. The wound did not trouble and apparent ly healed, but two days ago the boy began complaining and ' developed symptoms of the disease. He died in terrible agony, having suffered con vulsion after convulsion for several hours. Meeting of County Commissioners. The County Commissioners met Monday in regular session, all pres ent. ";.-' Jas. H. Bobbins, the newly elected superintendent of roads, submitted his bond of $2,000, with Henry E. Litchford as surety. It was accepted and he was sworn in. W. G. Allen, the retiring superin tendent of roads, read his report, in which he recommended that two new roads be opened in Panther Branch Township. James Adams was au thorized to lay out these roads at an expense to the county of not over $20, any other cost to be paid by the petitioners. I. M. Bailey, road supervisor for the northern district, was allowed five days to file his bond. Mrs. J. II. Keith, of New Light Township, asked that a new bridge be built across Little Ledge Creek and the bridge below on Big Ledge Creek be repaired. The matter was referred to the superintendent of roads. It was ordered that the bill of T. E. Smith for lumber for bridge build ing during the year 1904, under the administration of J. C. Ellington, superintendent of roads, be referred to J. C. Ellington and A. J. Stephens, overseer. A petition was presented by- citi zens of Panther Branch and Middle Creek Townships-, "asking for a new road from the A. T. Johnson place on the Raleigh and Fayetteville road, running wi st to W. II. Holland's on the Yadkin road. The matter was postponed till next meeting, adver tisement being made at the court house door. i It was ordered that J no. W. Hayes, supervisor, of the Raleigh road dis trict, be allowed $20 per month addi tional for furnishing 'his .own horse and buggy and boarding same, as w 11 as himself. Mr. Bailey, supervisor of the nor thern district, was allowed to use his own horse at his camp, the county boarding same as well as himself. P. P. Medlin, of Mark's Creek Township, called attention to the need of a bridge on Smithfield road near R. B. Todd's and L. W. lloney cutt's. Referred to superintendent of roads. Constables-elect Thomas E. Daniel, f St. Matthew's Township; J. A. V iles, of Mark's Creek, and W." R. I iorton, of Gary, submitted their bonds and were sworn in. A petition was received from citi zens of Wake Forest Township ask ing for the opening of a public road from the northern extension of Main Street. Wake Forest, to the Oxford road, near the residence of 11. 11. Harris, through the land-; of J. B. Carlyle. W. T. Holding. G. II. Wall and II. II. Harris. The Commissioners met again Tuesday morning. The printing of the annual state mo! and renort of : the. Clerk of the Court was given to the Xews 'and Ob server .'for $250. C. W. Beavers was allowed to pay single back taxes and costs on lands in St. Matthew'-; Township. The Board decided to hold a spe cial session d-.uuiary 12th lo pass on the bonds of the road supervisors. J," l. Huprco' resinned as constable of Buckliorh township and it was ac cepted. The consideration of the old New I.iirlit road .mat ter xu postponed un til Wednesday, The chairman id' the Board an nounced that Henry V. Pace had 'do--" clinod to aecort the position of Sup erintendent of the County Home, and the Board went into an election. The following made application : J. A. I. owe!-v. John (!. Saunders. M. C. ButTaloe. W. F. 1 Hack, J. W. A vent. Robert E. Gattis. A. R. Holloway, C d. J. T. Adams and Frank M. Ter rell. The first ballot stood : llollowav. 1 ; Adams, 1 ; Black, 1 : Avent. 1 ; BufTaloe, 1. The second ballot: Black, 15; Avent, 1; Ferrll, 1. The road supervisors. J no. W. Hays and L. II. Smith, submitted their bonds for $1,000 each, and they Were sworn in by Major J. J. Ber nard. The aecustomary reports were sub mitted and several werv granted tem porary relief. The meet ing yesterday was largely devoted to the franchise of the Raleigh-Durham Passenger and Power Company. The franchise was granted. Spoiled Her Beauty. Harriet Howard, of 209 W. 34th St., New York, at one time had her beauty spoiled with skin trouble. She writes: "I had Salt Rheum or Ec zema for years, but nothing would cure it, until 1 used Bucklen's Ar nica Salve." A quick and sure heal er for cuts, burns and sores. 25c. at all druggists. When a jury divides evenly . in opinion, after hearing the same testi mony from the same people, it - is small wonder that there are such rad ical differences in political views. Washington Evening Star.
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