Thursday, July 4 , i 6 ?:
STATE NEWS.
The contract has been awarded f'-r
a $40,000 new Y. M. .C. A. at Winston-Salem.
Winston-Salem is having free band
concerts in her parks which are
largely attended.
J. K. Lawrence was drowned Mon
day while swmming in Smith River,
near Spray, Rockingham County. He
leaves a wife and children.
Edgar Crosby, eleven years old,
was drowned Friday in a pond at
Cliffside Mill, in Rutherford County.
!He accidentally fell in the pond.
In Robeson County Sunday John
'Locklear, &. Croatan Indian, shot and
skilled John Bellamy, a negro. Jeal
ousy is said to have caused the trou
ble. ,
Mr. W. F. Gibson, of Gibson, who
was in Raleigh yesterday with four
score of people from his town, says
he had one cotton bloom on the 26th
and three on the 27th.
A factory to manufacture pipe or
gans, probably the only one of its
kind in the South, is to be erected at
McLeansville, Guilford County, eight
miles from Greensboro.
At its meeting Tuesday night the
Board of Aldermen of Wilmington
granted license to sixty saloons and
gave them the privilege of doing
business from 5 a. m. to midnight.
At Washington (N. C.) Thursday
Daniel Jackson, twelve years old, was
riding on the trucks of a log train
when he fell off and the cars passed
over him, horribly mutilating his
body.
The Georgia Pine Distilling Com
pany's plant at Fayetteville was
burned Wednesday night, involving
a loss of $75,000. The industry con
sists of extracting turpentine from
fat pine.
Miss Dot. Lemly,. of Winston-Sa-
;lem, and Mr.. Henry Sergeant, of
(Greensboro; were married at the.
;home of the bride in Salem Frida
.night, the wedding being a surprise
;to their friends.
The barn of County Commissioner
Aert Wharton, near Clemmonsville,
Forsyth County, was struck by light
ning Sunday afternoon and burned
with seven horses a lot of farm ma
(Chinery and feed.
Governor Hughes has ordered the
extraditon from New York City to
iNorth Carolina of Charles Johnson,
colored, for the murder of Fannie
Bell Jordan, in Mecklenburg County,
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At Durham Saturday Milton Peeks,
colored, drove a wagon load of lum
ber on the railroad track and was
struck by a switch engine and killed.
His horse was knocked down by the
impact; but escaped injury.
Troutman correspondent in the
Statesville Landmark: We had beana
and roasV in' ears for dinner Satur
day. No more at this writing 'cept
in' that the summerless summer is
gettin' summary all right all right.
Policeman- Johnson, of Charlotte
shot and seriously if not fatally
Charlotte Sunday morning while ht
was trying to arrest Crawford for
alleged criminal assault on a seven
year-old negro girl.
that at a saw-mill near Moravian
Falls! Monday afternoon, Mr. George
Scrogg was caught in a belt and his
thigh broken, the bone being badly
fractured. While seriously injured,
he is expected to recover.
In Macon County Saturday Floyd
- Bryson, eighteen years old, cleaned
- his shot-gun, put in a loaded shel
; and fired at random. The load took
, effect In his four-year-oia sister, ai
ma, who was in a grove near the
:. bouse, killing her instantly.
In Greensboro last week a- two-
year old colored child got hold of
some matches and chewed the heads
off. Apparently it suffered no in
convenience for two or three days,
when it was suddenly seized with
convulsions and died in agony.
Mr.- J. R. Lewellyn, a well-known
lawyer of Dobson, Surry County, has
been seriously ill for some time, suf
fering from white swelling, and his
leg was amputated at the knee Thurs
day, the operation being performed
at a Greensboro hospital.
The Wilkesboro Chronicle says
that at a saw-mill near Moravian
Falls, Monday afternoon, Mr. George
Scroggs was caught in a belt and his
thigh broken, the bones being badly
fractured. While seriously injured,
he is expected to recover.
Mr. Geo. B. Ashe, son of Capt: S.
A. Ashe, has just 'passed his mental
examintaion for admission as a mid
shipman at the Naval Academy.
He has yet to pass the physical ex
amination. He passed the prelimi
nary competitive at Wake Forest last
spring.
The Second and Third Regiments
of State Troops will be in camp at
Jamestown August 12th to 16th, in
clusive. The First Regiment will en
camp at Morehead City August 8th
to 13 th, inclusive, and will then go
to Jamestown and camp August 14(h
to 16th. . .
Miss Marsh, the sixteen-year-old
daughter of Mr. A. S. Marsh, of Pin
nacle, Stokes County, was killed by
lightning a few days ago. She was
with her father in the harvest field
and the two had started home to es
cape a storm when the girl was
stricken.
Monday morning while out swim
ming in Smith River, near Spray
Woolen Mill, J. K. Lawrence, while
attempting to cross the river the sec
ond time, was drowned. He appear
ed no more after sinking the first
time, and the body was not found un
til late ' in the afternoon.
Oscar Kearns, colored, was found
dead in the woods near High Point
Monday evening with three bullet
holes in his back. Evidently he had
been gambling with a crowd, and
grabbed the stakes and ran, when
he was shot, as in the leaves ahead
of him were found some dice and
money.
Canton, Haywood County, was a
village of 1 00 inhabitants two year3
ago. Since the Champion Fibre Com
pany began to build a million dollar
pulp mill there the population has
Increased to between 2,000 and 3,000
and the town has issued $65,000 of
bonds for paved streets, water and
sewers. -
Lightning struck Steele's M1113 a
Jew nights ago, doing considerable
damage. But for the assistance of
the automatic sprinklers, the entire
mill would have been burned up.
The night watchman was stunned.
The damage done is estimated at
about $4,000, says the Wadesboro
Messenger.
J. W. Purdy was badly slashed up
at Winston-Salem yesterday by Daniel
Carter. Both men are white and
Purdy will probably die. The cutting
was the outcome of a difficulty caused
by Carter and his brother beating
Purdy's dog with a gun. It required
one hundred stitches to sew up Pur
dy's wounds.
John Clodfelton, a carpenter, em
ployed on the Elks' Temple at New
Bern fell thirty-one feet striking the
floor of the building and breaking
the temporary flooring. He suffered
a dislocated shoulder, a broken
hand, fearful bruises on the head
and body, a fracture at the base of
the skull and internal injuries.
A tremendous wind and hail-storm
struck the Dobbersvllle section Fri
day afternoon about 6 o'clock, break
ng many, window glasses and badly:
injuring the crop. In the Pikevllle
section about 4 o'clock that after
noon the hail was small, but the
rain-fall amounted to a small cloud
burst, says the Goldsboro Headlight.
The express office at Henderson-
ville was broken into last Monday
night and the robbers escaped with
their booty. While It is known that
a, good many articles are missing,
just what haul the thieves made
could not be ascertained, as the of
ficials are keeping the affair under
cover in hope of running the men
down. :,:
A gentleman from Trenton Town
ship who was in Kinston yesterday,
said that the electrical storm was in
much evidence out in that section
Wednesday. At Mr. J. J. Barwick's
it struck a tree near his house, ran
along a clothes line to a post ana
passed on to another post which it
tore all to pieces. It melted the wire i
from the tree to the first post aud ,
killed four hens and four small chick- '
ens.''. '
The State has chartered the Cape
Fear, Southport and Atlantic Rail
way, which is authorized to build a
road forty miles long from Southport
to any point on the South Carolina
line and from Southport to Wilming
ton. The road may be merged into
any other line. The stockholders are
all Pennsylvania people. The capital
is one million, and it is claimed that
$1,000 per mile of the stock has been
paid in.
Renew Promptly.
We often meet subscribers whose
subscriptions have expired and who
say that they wanted the paper on,
didn't want to miss a copy, but neg
lected to renew; "didn't come to
town," etc. They show their faith by
renewing. But they could often
avoid missing several Issues of the
paper by using the U. S. mails, which
were invented for just such purposes
If it is icecream in fancy shapes
and of the finest quality that you
need Dughi manufactures it.
The Raleigh Enterprise and the
New York World, thrice-a-week edi
tion, f ot only $1.60 a whole year.
Think of it!
The Raleigh Enterprise and the
American Farmer both one year for
only $1.00.
Wise Counsel From the South.
"I want to give some valuable ad
vice to those who suffer with lame
back and kidngy trouble," says J. R.
Blakenship, of Beck, Tenn. "I have
proved to an absolute certainty that
Electric Bitters will positively cure
this distressing condition. The first
bottle gave me great relief, and af
ter taking a few more bottles, I was
completely cured; so completely that
it becomes a pleasure to recommend
this great . remedy." Sold under
guarantee at' all drug stores. Price
50c. '
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In the home and in educa
tion, produce noble men and
women.
Our greater Colleges use
STIEFF pianos exclusively,
because they are musically
PURE.
In the home a STIEFF
piano is an emblem of purity
in musical refinement and
proof of an Artistic taste.
Only Artistic Standard
sold direct. Write today
for prices and terms.
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NO. 8 EAST D AVIE ST., RALEIGH,
PLUMBERS.
Gas and Steam Fitting, and Gen
, eral Repair Work. First-class
work at moderate prices.
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THE HABIT OF READING OIIrI
"AD." IS A PROFITABLE
RELAXATION.
We have plenty of Palm Leaf as well as
other Fans
We made some extensive purchases of White Lawns and
Batiste for this spring. The prices are now from 2 to 5c
a yard lower than they are worth.
40-inch India Linons 12 y 15, 20 and 25c.
45-inch Batiste, at- - 25 and 40c.
Regular Width Persian Lawns 12 x2) 15, 17 and 20c.
White Dress Linen 25c.
Sheer Linen Lawn at 20 and 25c.
Oxford Ties are selling. We have the colored
goods as well as white.
WALTER U00LLG0TT,
12 EAST MARTIN STREET.