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Thursday, May 4; 1905. THE RALEIGH ENTERPRISE. STATE NEWS. Mr. C T. Pfohl, of Winston, has been book-keeper for the same firm for fifty years. A test truck farm has been estab lished on Senator Aaron's farm near Mount Olive by the National Depart ment. Fred, Wolfe, an Asheville news boy, was held up on the street by a young negro and $1.03, all the boy had, forcibly taken from him. Measles may be said to be epidemic in this city. There are 147 absentees in the white graded school caused by this disease, says the New Bern Jour- nal. ' W. P. Merriman, of Wilkesboro, was recently robbed of $52 by a wo man at Roanoke, Va. Merriman re covered his money and the woman was sent to jail. Work has begun at Shull's Mills, Watauga County, on a railroad. About seventeen miles of this road will pass through Watauga and is the first railroad in that county. The Carolina Distilling Co.'s plant at Hamlet, a mammoth con cern, and a big distillery at Hoffman, Richmond County, have both been seized for alleged irregularities. The Virginia Press Association has accepted an invitation to meet with the North Carolina Association at the annual meeting of the latter, which will be held in Asheville, July 5-C. J. P. Horn, for 18 years sheriff of Union County, died suddenly lhurs day night at his home in Union County, aged about 70 years. He was the father of B. A. Horn, pres ent sheriff of Union. Charles Taylor, colored, living about seven miles west of htre in Hickory Mountain Township, has lost within the nast two weeks four children from typhoid fever, says the Pittsboro Enterprise. Twenty illicit distilleries were captured and destroyed in this in ternal revenue district during April, and 12,800 gallons of beer and a quantity of low wines destroyed, says the Statesville Landmark. The Winston people having decid ed that a $60,000 public building is better than none, and advised the Treasury Department, accordingly, bids will be asked for the erection of a building at Winston. Ed. Speagle, 13 years old, who ' killed his brother in Burke County last fall, has by order of the Supe rior Court been committed to the care of the North Carolina Children's Home Society at Greensboro. The $5,000 damages given against the Southern Railway in Davidson Superior Court last week for killing a boy at Thomasville, was scaled to $2,700 on an intimation from Judge Bryan that he would set the verdict aside. At a meeting of Mecklenburg farmers in Charlotte Saturday, re ports from all the townships of the county save four showed a reduction in cotton acreage of 26 2-3 per cent, and a reduction of 31 9-13 per cent in the use of fertilizer. The dean of the University Medi cal School announces that under the uniform minimum curriculum adopt ed by the American medical colleges, hereafter the term required for ma triculation will be four years. Here tofore the term has been three years. Mr. S. F. Wall has recently dis covered a very rich monozite mine on his farm near Henrietta. It is being worked by Mr. J. W. Fisher, quite an experienced monozite mine work er, who recently took out $124 worth of monozite in nine days. Mr. Fish er claims that it is the richest mine in Rutherford County as it makes from three to four bucket fulls to the trough, " The dwellinsr occunied bv: Billv " n 1 v v Walston on Dr. Hayes' farm was com pletely destroyed by fire early Mon day morning. Most of the house hold fiffectfl were saved and the ad joining out-houses were only slightly damaged. 1 he loss was $oUO, says the Fremont Courier. Charles O'Dav. alias Charley Cross. the safe-cracker, who was desperate ly wounded when captured at Liles ville about four weeks ago, con tinues to improve, and his recovery now seems assured. He is still beiner guarded at the Klondyke Hotel, says the Wadesboro Messenger. Dr. Keller, the ontician who is sued whiskev nrescriDtions that grot - v . - ' several Charlotte druggists in trou ble, and who was held m durance vile as a witness aerainst the drug gists, was called up in Mecklenburg Superior Court last week and given two days to get out of town. During a thunderstorm Saturday morning the barn of Geo. Whisnant in Burke County, was struck by lightning and burned with three mules, a lot of farming implements and feed. While attempting to get the mules out of the barn Mr. Whise nant was kicked and badly hurt. A colored man by the name of D. Green got caught in the brick ma chine at the brick yard of the M. F. Ilouck Brick Manufacturing Coni uanv. near Fox Swamp bridge, on last Saturday morning, and was so badly injured that his right arm had to be amputated, says the Louisburg Times. Andv Hall, the neerro who murder ed George Gaff ney two months ago, at Charlotte, and whose escape was frustrated by a plucky young wo man with a revolver, was adjudged insane recently and the case was not Dressed. The court ordered his re moval to the Eastern Insane Asylum at Goldsboro. J. W. Hammond and wife, of Win ston, had been senarated for some months. Saturday nierht Hammond met his wife and shot her, inflicting a wound which resulted in the wo man's death. The man was arrested and is in iail. He alleges that his wife was unfaithful and says he shot her for that reason. P. B. Worlev and his sons. Tom and Clemm, charged with killing Ed. Waters, in Lenoir County, a few days ago, had a preliminary hearing at Kmston Thursday. The elder Wor- ley was discharged and the boys held without bail. They claim self-de fence and application will be made to have them released on bail. While Mr. Make Ballard, a young man of Newton, was feeding shingles at Sigmon's shingle mill, two mile3 south of Newton. Friday, he got his hand caught in the machinery and had it cut almost entirely through iust below the thumb joint. The thumb was taken off and it is feared that the whole hand will have to be amputated. Newton News: A big force of hands are at work filling in the Pond trestle below town on the Southern Road. A steam shovel is employed and we understand it will take sev eral months to do the work. This is one of the longest trestles on the Western Railroad. The Southern is making it a point everywhere to fill in trestles and the policy is most commendable. The Charlotte Chronicle says all the papers taken from the office of the "MfiAden Mills, at McAdenville, on the night of March 4th, when the safe was cracked and robbed by pro fessional burerlars. have been recov ered. The papers, consisting of notes, mortgages, deeds, etc., and valued at over $16,000. were found under the Methodist church, about 300 yards from the scene of the rob bery. The money taken amounted to $1,540, and none of this has been recovered. Late War News. St. Petersburg, May 3. The ad miralty here professes ignorance as to whether Admiral Niebogatoff and Admiral Rojestvensky have joined forces, but the impression prevails in naval circles that the juncture has not been effected. Some doubt is ex pressed , whether Niebogatoff's divi sion has yet entered the China Sea. The admiralty officials vigorously deny any intention of sending the protected cruiser Askold and the tor pedo boat destroyer Grozovoi, in terned at Shanghai, to join Admiral Rojestvensky and some resentment is shown against the United States and Great Britain for having officially warned China upon the basis of Japanese representations in this connection. Tokio, May 3. It is rumored that the destination of Vice-Admiral Ro- jestvensky's fleet is Petropavlovsk, on the peninsula of Kamchatka, in stead of Vladivostok. It is stated that the Russians have been collect ing coal and stores at Petropavlovski. It is regarded as improbable that the Russians intend to use Petro pavlovski to any great extent, because its defense from land is considered impossible. The work of salving the sunken ships at Port Arthur and Chemulpo is progressing satisfactorily to the Japanese. Details are withheld, but it is believed to be certain that the J apanese navy will secure several battleships and cruisers. Hong Kong, May 3. Steamers ar riving from the south continue to re port that the Baltic fleet is in Hong Kong Bay, some forty miles north of kamranh Bay. A telegram from Haiphong, Toquin, reports that Vice Admiral Bayles has rejoined the French fleet in Along Bay. Admiral De Jonquieres, on the cruiser Gui- chen, has sailed from Saigon for Hong Kong Bay. Tokio, May 3. Dense fogs prevail in the China and Japan seas. It is stated that the government is defi nitely informed that the Baltic fleet was at the port Deit Tuesday, appa rently moving to an anchorage which would enable it to evade French neu trality.:- place. All of these gentlemen re ceived votes on some of the ballots taken. The first ballot stood Jordan 2, Thompson 2, McGee 1, Sorrell 1 and Horton 1. On the second bal lot Dr. Hines received 1 and on the sixteenth ballot Dr. Cotton got one. The eighteenth ballot stood McGee 4, Sorrell 3; so Dr. McGee was declared elected and his salary was fixed at $500 per annum. He succeeds Dr. J. J. Meddlers. Troy Lee of St. Mary's and Misses Mirandy and Martha Harris were ad mitted to the County Home. Tuesday a delegation from Pan ther Branch, including Jas. Adam, A. J. Blalock, Dr. Blalock, and others, appeared before the Board and asked that certain changes be made in the roads of the township. The matter was referred to the Superintendent of Roads and supervisor of the township. W. II. Gilbert was admitted to the County Home. A delegation from Wake Forest, consisting of S. I. Allen, W. W. Holding, Lassiter, Geo. Davis, W. Smith, C. E. Brown, Z. V. Peed and John Jones, appeared and made com plaint that the roads in that town ship were in a terrible condition. H. G. Holding, Superintendent of Roads, submitted his bond for $2,000, given in the United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company. I). P. Burns was allowed $30 on account of damages by reason of a change in the public road. Wake County Commissioners. The commissioners of Wake Coun ty began their regular monthly ses sion at the court-house Monday morning. : W . D. Chappell was granted a per manent rebate on poll tax because of physical disability. W. A. McCullers was give a poll tax rebate for 1904. A jury was ordered to assess dam ages on the land of II. B. Jordan be cause of the new road from Cary to Apex. The petition of F. Reid Clif ton for damages in Wake iorest was referred to Road Superintendent, IT. G. Holding. B. F. Sears was ex empted from road duty in Cedar Fork. The County Sanitary Board, com posed of the County Commissioners and Dr. M. L. Fowler and Dr. W. B. McNider, met at noon and went in to an election of a County Superin tendent of Health. Drs. T. M. Jor dan, S. W. Thompson, J. W. Mc Gee, Jr., L. P. Sorrell, W. C. Horton, P. E, Hines, A. T. Cotton and D. S Rowland were applicants for the "Please Lock Me Up." Tuesday a vouner man. who gave his name as DeYoung, from New York, approached Policeman liogers and asked: "Have you a vagrant law here?" "Yes, said the othcer. "Then lock me up," said the young man; I am from New York, have no money and cannot find work. 1 will not beg." "Mr. P; B Fleming was near and overheard the conversation. "Here is half a dollar," said Mr. Fleming, But DeYounsr declined to accept it. Later he accepted a quarter to buy sunner. and the noliceman told him he would not lock him up, but that he could sleep m the station-house. Later lie was given work by the Baker-Thompson Lumber Company, and if he reallv cares to work he will have no further trouble here, though a man cannot always step into a de sirable position here. Several stranded strangers have turned up here lately. If they let land. At any rate, no one will be al ways be secured; that is, if there is nothing more serious against them than being stranded in a strange land. At any rate, no oe will be al lowed to starve to death here. A CREEPING DEATH. Blood poison creeps up towards the heart, causing death. J. E. Stearns, Belle Plaine, Minn., writp that a friend dreadly injured lJj? hand, which swelled up like blol poisoning. Bucklen's Arnica Salve drew out the poison, healed the wound, and saved his life. Best in the world for burns and sores. Twenty-five cents at all druggists. The Fisher cigars are rapidly be coming popular. Wliu Not Geniie Best Groceries? When you can get them just as cheap of Wo. 9, E. Hargett Street.
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