MARSHALL, MADISON COUNTY N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1909.- NO. 35. VOL. II. 2 010 X Most Destructive In hz Present Gen eration Vr'sitS Italy WHOLE CITIES DESTROYED Earthquake Followod By Tidal Wave, - Destroys City After City in South Italy and Sbily and Obliterated Sniallor Towns and Villa&ea With out Number. . ... - One; of the, most disastrous earth quakes in the world's history occur red ctf Monday in the lower portion tf Italy . including the island of Sicily. - The, sews of the appalling ; disaster was not adequately conceiv ed when the cables first brought the Messages No tongue or pen can de pict the horrors Of the awful calamity that has fallen upon that rcsion.' Later detail covering more fully tch horrible occurrence are given in the following dispatcher,, and show that the first news of tho disaster came nowhere near giving the full ex tent of the devastation wrought. The immensity of the disaster in southern Italy and Sicily can only bo have not jet been put out and theu measured by the fact that it is now i is no water with which to combat tin estimated that 110,000 people perish-' flames. Many of the people still re ed in Messina and Rcggio alone. Ale to leave the ruins of theii score of other towns have been do- j houses. , vastatcd and thousands of victims in ' A dispatch received here from these places must be added to the Deputy .Felice at Messina says: roll. In the face of this awful total! "Organize a squadron ofv volun oll Iiclv stands 'appalled. Jtcers for rescue work. Send us food Nor has. the full death-list yet for we aro dying of hunger. A num bed reached. Ship loads of fugi- ber t the survivors are leaving for tan have arrived at -Naples and Catania. Rcc-jive tbcm , with love - ether ports and the vast majority of nnd fraternity. It is- the duty of - thousands remain near the ruins of family from Messina." thoir homes or wander half-starved, I t Only two members of tho munici-lialf-aaked over the land. Tho forces , P?l council of Messina survived the that cn .Monday -'overwhelmed 'the disaster. cities 'also destroved fha ; man(i - of i?- Great Earthquakes In History, Bubs'stenee.- TelearraDhio N commitni-l catiCH has been established with" Mis- amtv. tbo appariitnav having been Dialled in railway van. thonirh thev I have been meagro iin " detail,.' show- ihat hope is gone. Nothing remains, of the city but a, mass of ruins that have been swept by fire. A morel handful of survivors are bain eared , for by: the-"rescuing forces, but their distress is great and it has. been increased- by the violent icy wind that followed the deluge of rain.. ' Des'ti tution is cverywberl and appalling. There is little food and less water. v Of Messina's 90.000 nomilation it is believed that fully 70,000 persons lw7. - perished. - ' ' I Many buildings in Quito, capital Forty thousand people died in cf Ecuador, shaken No pieces. 1859. Eeegic. : - - -1 Manila, severely shocked, 1SC.1 -and Despatches state that the city of 1S8 ' . "' ' Pa'mi contains 1,500 dead and twice Vslpariso, Chile, badly damaged in as many injured. Two-thirds of the 1880. town was laid waste. All the vil-- Earthquake at Colchester and case laws adjacent stiffened as severe!;'. ern counties of England. 1834. The commander of the battleship Charleston,, S. C, visited August Admiral Makharoll, eenfirms the re- 31, 1330, by a severe earthquake, that port of the death of the American shook down many buildings and cans consul at Messina, Arthnr S. Chaney . ed losu of life and propertv damage; end his wife, who wcro buried" in the disturbance felt over entire eastern mips of the consulate. , section of the enntrv. Tho British consul at Messin3 is St. Pierre and other towns of the reported injured and his wife and Island of Martinique,, destroyed by ' children dead. - I eruption of Mont Pclee May 8, 1002 ; This. disaster has resulted in a earthquake skocks through the West greater loss of life than any of onr 1 Indies and more than 30,000 lives wars for independence.. Indeed the.los. -.,, . ', ' situation is much worse, as, while I San - Francisco and neighboring war is always preceded by a period towns shaken Wednesday, April .18, of preparation, , this, has . happened , 1900, Are swept tho ruined districts in.-:.? wnnJa Wliilrt wnf tt iht jiiv nnH -ihe nrnnprtv lopa run ii i: UJ I. iui t snvmiB, - ii mv - , nnlv affects the vonnff and strong ' among tho people, the present calam-: -ity has mowed down women and ohil. ) 'dren, old men and youths. While in war the armies are followed by tho most complete camp hospitals, Jhe ( Kingston, Jamaica, partially de numbcrless woiladed in Calabria nnd stroyed Monday, January 14,, 1900; eastern Sicily have been left in many, 100 Miners Entombed. Maburv, W. Va.,' Special. More than 1(10 'miners are believed to be hopelessly imprisoned irt a local mine hmcse cruisers, near Knm ; Chuk. of the Lick Branch Colliery Compauv The reason for the capture is be as a resrlt of a terrific explosion. All bered to lie m the act that the night long rescurers worked tireless, steamer several months ago ran down lv. Up to an early hour 42 men had a junk and drowned a theatrical corn been removed from the mine, 12 of ' which was on board. Fmthei them dead. Only the main part of developments from the capture are the mine, has been explored. Kin? and Qaeen on Scene. ' : CatcnW Special King Victor Em manuel and Queen Helena arrived at Mcssiua on board the battleship Vio-"toria-Emm Anele. . They . disembark ed and made their way into the ruin ed city. 'As eoon as it was known that the King and Queen bad come crowds 'of the" terror-stricken popu lace swarmed arfOnd the royal party, prostrateing themselves in the mud and crying- aloud for pity. Thia re ception was too much, for the Queen who almost fainted. DHiI0AI cases 43 hoars without assistance. Even when rescued, it is impossible to houso them, everything available having been filled bv the 'dead. Lack of earo and starvation will eomplete tUo work that the forces of nature have left undone. The King and Queen of Italy has tened to the scene and disregarding the dangers proceeded to help in res cuing trcso injured beneath ttio ruins. An ilgcd man who had been abandoned under a bea-.u that "appar ently had crushed out his life, reviv ed for a moment at the shouts of greeting to the royal pair. He stretch ed out his hand and raised his head long enough to cell out : "Now I con die happy.. Long life to the King." He then fell back and expired. It was learned that General Coll: lost his life at Massina. The troops and sailors have beer, obliged to sheet down robbers whe persisted ill looting. The rescuers nt Messina are rapid lv becoming exhausted. The fires Guatemala, Central America, lound- ed in .1524, destroyed by yearth'makeff rt those ,a,,.y.Mirtyi,. ywiiwi.. toyimKn second : Guatemala, established near (be site of the firsts almost destroy by errthqupke in 1773, succeeded fey the construction of the present .town, Lisbon; Portugal, almost destroved by quake and accompanying ; tidal j wave. November 1, 177o, with the loss of 00,000 lives. Caracas; capital of Venezuela; de stroyed by earthquake shock in 1S12. "Akppo, destroyed in 1822. Naples, severely shaken, with ac- comoanying eruption of Vesuvius, ." - ' ----- i r -- into the hundreds of millions, with hundreds killed. . . , Valparaiso and other towns jn Chile rained by earthqnako August 16. 1906, and 2,000 killed. 800 killed, British Steaarer Taken by Chinese. Hong Kong. By Cable. The British steamer Tai On was captured by two expected. Labor to Suspend, Unfair Catalogue. - New. York, Specfal. Notwithstand ing the unanimous protest against the jail. sentences imposed " on Samuel Gompers, John Mitchell and Frank Morrison, the Central Federated Un ion hero received from Mr. Gompers a letter in which he notified the unions that he had discontinued on the advice of connsel, the ".We Don't Patronize" list in the future issues of Th Federatiomst, the labor organ tt i, tho rontml ' Fd-l eration nnion, also decided apon the i advice of the chairman to suspend its I unfair list for a while. J PLANS FOR RELIEF WORK nations, Clothing, Tents, and Othel Supplies Are Ponrinj In ; and . the Hungry and Injured Ars Being . Cared ror. '; i:?y ''-:-':'r-. Rome, By Cable. What chiefly concerns the government and the peo pie is the progress . that ; is bsirig made towards the relief of those who have suffered by the dreadful earth quake in southern .'Italy and. Sicily. Considerable adrvnee in this respect has been made ai Messina, whero, ac cording to reporU received here, ihe supply scn'ico i3 beginiiing to work satisfactorily. The different "regipns on tho coast have been.' allotted to various Warships and other ships as centres from which torpedo-,, boats, and launches convey .and distribute rations and water to the different villages. ,'." '"' ' . The Minister of Justice has wired from Messina to' Premier Giolitti that large bodies of troops have ar rived and are now occupying all parts of the town.' The appalling extent of the diastcr renders anything like a systematic search of the ruins is impossible, but persons are being dragged out ell day long and are quickly transported to the relief ships as soon as their wounds have receiv ed attention. The appalling message came :on New Year Day that the Ripari Is lands which lie just north pf Sicily had gone down with its 2S.000 inhab itants, but a messenger boat sent to learn the facts has returned with the news that .the islands are but little in jured. Only the cracking of build ings make any real damage. Estimates of Death List. ' ' ' Rome, By Cable. Estimates of the death roll of the earthquake ' . now cease to concern the Italian people It is enough to know that the catas trophe is overwhelming figures would add nothing to the grief of the stricken nation, not move to. 'greater" .. 4 ,1 . I i , , relief and mfutf has fallen: top wnorn me jsari - , Every 'channel open to the1 govern ment has buen utlixnd to this inil. and other nations have been quick to come to its assistance, even before the cry for aid went up. Shiploads of fugitives have been carried out of the stricken zone to Naples, Palermo. Catania and other ports, and accord ing to the Minister of Marine, rescue vessels to the number of 36 are now centered in tho Strait of Messina, and 5,000 soldiers are being landed on the two coasts. Most important of all now is the question cf the living. Thousands of those who escaped the falling walls and the sweep' of the tide are stnrv. ing and without clothes or shelter They can .searcelv longer survive their sufferings. The first thouebt has been to carry feed and covering for these helpless people, and it has now been dee'ded by the government to send a fleet of emigrant steamers to transport them to other places. . Professor Ricco, director of the ob scrvatory aj Mount Etna, states that his instruments have recorded 42 dis tinct shocks after the first, but that during the last 14 hours they have been almost motionless. ' Etna ' and Stromboll arc now quiet and ho is certain that the earthquake was not of jrolcanic but of geographical orig in, similar to that of 1875. , Tho horror of the situation nt Mes sina and Rcggio grows with. .' every fresh dispatch. One of the correspon dents places the death rolV throueb our tjje entire territory cs liigh as auo.uuo, not tms appears to ...be ex-H tre'mc. Others make their estimate 200,000, but the oflioial estimate t made by the Minister of Marine still holds to 'lis.ooq The tidal wave lasted "rruch Joncer' than the earthquake. Drring- all the timo vessels shivered" intermittently, as though shaken by sota) huge me rino monster. ' -. , A naval observer cf ('"-a destruc tion of Messina says there were four tidal waves, ranging in haighl from 12 to 30 feet. . Thirty .minutes elaps ed between the rolling in of the first and ,the ' destructive onslaught of the last ;wave. "' ''""''' -'' " "", ' -. ; ; TO WASH BLAOK , WOOliEN. Cut J-2 bar whiter soap In saiall pieces; dissolve In I quarta of wa ter; when cold add 'two-tables peons of household .ammonia;' put 'n tub with cold water to Co.' skirt, flft Ina; often and aoujtng thji akin up and down ' In the water; leave In the - water several hours or all nlghtj drain well and rinse la cold water until all soap has been removed from the garment; do not wrinir hut hansr by the waUtbanJ on line. Just as you lift It fram the fab. It will not shrink or taJ9 ,T find It much better than gasolene-to remove dlrrand grease. 1 have used Uis two yean uom , THEr WILLIAMSON METHOD i Ml Till TO "Scklicn; Ccrn fcr Wxz South" VFor a i.iii-hcr of years after I be gan to far:i:. 1 followed the old-time methxx putting the fertilizer all "'rn, planting on a level Ity three feet, pushing the I lie start ami making a 'it the ears were few, and' Mil,; II. I planted much 'spring and bought much under tin higher, .-ix plant ft i :i big stnl I;, frequenil corn;in t! more' i i i, i nr.lly 1 - i I lie next spring, until fi driven to the conclusion i ould not be made on np section, certainly not by : .Led, except at a loss. '. give up, however, for I that-i lands :' the .! . 'x J:'d:d 1 1 knew t!:a make i;. eecded. . t.e t?.' : er, r ii ' ' Stfil ::- tinnid i fertili;.;- the fanner who did not ''mi torn never had suc- never would, so I began nt. First 1 planted low- yid l v;; better, but the till too large; so 1 disron gell'cr the application of hct'(.ie plnntiusr. and, know ing that all en lis should be fertilized as!, It -:d'- apiiliraliou. and applied the: r rr ; clul.de nitrate of soda Inter, brfni liitii'ed in this bv the excellent reBU'ts iitaired i'nuii its use as a top dreps''n-' (,,, ,,.,S. still, the yield, thoiie'i n-gular. v.;,s not large, and the st . ! u (. ;hc stalk itself i:t-w fugee-'.,i thnt thev should bo planted thick, i in the drill. This was .'.one the "i yiiir, with results so satis fae'oix thiit i coni inued from year to fear" I., inennse (l:e nutiiber of stalks and't' -' I'er! ili: er with which to sus tain ti;r:n ; also to applv nitrate of 3odn in hist plowing, and to lay by jailv. "-owing peas broadcast. This Bethi"! ste- 'Mv inerenscd the vield. kntil v.nr before last (1004), with torn leven inches apart in six-foot rows, and .fll worth of fertilizer to iho ;r,crr, I made eighty-four bushels ayc$i!.re to the acre, several of my befri ai res making as much,, as 125 !Ut.iii 1-. ' - t year (1905) I followed the mothod, planting the first week pril, seventy acres' which had year before1!. OOU pounds nd.'i 'somewhat rolliiiir. seasons were .-unfavorable, owing' to lie,: tremendous tains in .Mr.y and the Iry and extremely hot weather later From June 12th to July 12th, the iimeVwben it most needed moisture, here wag only five-eights of an inch )f rainfall hero ; yet with $7.01, cost jf fertilizer, my yield was fifty-two iushels per aore. Rows were six leet'and corn sixteen inches in drill. With' this method, on land that will irdinarily produce 1,000 pounds of ieod, cotton with 800 pounds of fer iliter,J fifty bushels of corn per acre hould be made by using 200 pounds if cotton seed meal, 200 pounds of icid phosphate,1 and 400 pounds of Saioit mixed, or their equivalent in it her fertilizer, and 125 pounds of itirate of so9a,: all to bo used as side tpnlication as directed below. -On land, that will make a bale and ine-half of cotton per acre when well iYitiliwd, ' .hundred bushds of corn ifcouW-be produced by doubling the tmourit : of ? fertilizer above, except !hat 30O pounds of nitrate of soda should; be used. ; In cech : case there should he left an the land in com stalks, peas, vines and rcots from $12 to $10 worth nf fertilizing material per acre, be side. the- great benefit to the land from bo large an amount of vege table matter.' The 'place of this in the permanent improvement of land ."nuv never bo taken by commercial fertilizer,, foi' it is absolutely impos sible to-make lands, .rich as long as they 'are lacking in' vesetnblo mat ter.'- .- Land should be thoroughly nnd rteoply broken for corn, nnd this is Iho time in a svstem of rotation to deepen the soil. " Cotton requires a iroio compact soil than corn, nnd while a deep soil is essential to its best development, it will not produce as' well a? loose, open land where eom does-, best on land thoroitghlv broken. " A deep Roil will not only produce more heavily than a shallow soil : with good seasons, but it will stand more wet as well as more dry weather.. In preparing r for the com crop, land should be broken broadcast dur ing the winter one fourth deeper than ;t Jims been-' plowed before, or if much vegetable "matter is being turn ed, under, it may bo broken one-third deeper. This is os much deepenina UaVland. will , usually stand in one tear and produces .well, though it nay be continued each year, so long rrrmeh deal vegetablo - matter' is being turned under. It may. however, be eubsoiled Jo any depth by "follow ing in bottom of, tarn plow furrow, provided no more cf the subsoil than has hi en directed is turned np. Break srit'i two heavy plows, if possible, or. bets , with disc plow. . With the lat ter, t ton stalks or corn stalks as lurt 3 we ever make can be turned ui lunii i iii i ii mr.t ender without having been chopped, end in pea vines it will not choke or die . Nc-rr plow land when it is wet. if yen r ret ever to have any use foi it ra.n'-i. Bed with turn plows in six-foot krows, irflving ttve-mcii nam. nen ready to rlnnt, break this out with srotter. f llowintr in bottom of this furrow r.-rn with Dixie plow, wins taken rff. I? idee then on this fur row with spnie plov,'. still poing deep, linn corn rlanter 'ii this ridge, drop pins: ene uiain every (ue or s;x i tubes. 1 1 : - sit catty, fi seen as f:- si dan-r-.T is imst. sav (list sei.so"nbl sitcll after March I'llh. in tliis se'-lion. Ksp-ia'ly is carlv planting necessary on very rich lands where sUlks 'a;!'-not'-othcrwise bo prevented fro ;i srowir.g too large, (live firs! wei 1-iir.r with harrow cr any plow that will not cover the plant. For second working, use ten cr twer e-nii-i' whii h inches II is sweep on hoth side: or corn, should new be about eight liiuli. Thin after this workii'g. not necessary that the plants shout J be left all the sa:nes distance apart if the right number remain to each yard or row. Corn should not be worked tf.n'n until the growth has been so retaidid and the stalk so hardened thnt it 'vil! never crow tro larg.-. This is the ii'fl't difPrnl! point in the whole pro cess. Experience tut! judgment are required to know i,t--i how mn?h 'he "'r!': should he s'.'t.itcl. and plcii'.;. of narvc is rc'iuirrd :o he I 1 hack vour com when yi'itr n-is'ilscrs. v.lio fer tilised at jd-'iii i:ig t:me nnd eulliva: e 1 rapidiy. have corn twice the sii'O cf yours. (They are havinsr their fun now. Youis will come nt harvest time.) The richer the land the n ore necessary it is that the stunting pro cess should be thoroughly done. When vou are convinced that your corn has heen sndicknUv humiliated, you may besrin to n.a!:e the ear. It should now be foira twelve to ei"b' cen inches high, and loo!; wor" '"'! von have ever had any corn to lco!r bef ore. Put. half of j-our mixed feniliccr (this being the first used at oil) in the dd sweep furro,v- on both sides of every other middle, and cover by breaking out this middlo with turn plow. About one waek later tr.iat. ' (1i"flie;':'itt!a t.tywmetagirhie i are relaf '-ely cheap, end fe wnnin a lew days side corn tti nest middle,', with sixteen-inch sweep. Put all 'your nitrate of soda in this f:ir-r5;-if leso- thaii 150 pounds. If more use one-half of it now. Cover with ono furrow of turn plow, then sow pease in the middle broadcast at the rate of at least -one bushel to (he tcre, and finish breaking out. In a few days side corn in other niddle with same sweep, pu! balance of nitrate of soda in this furrow if t has been divided rover with turn plow, sow peas and break out. Tlrs lays by your crop, with a rood bed tnd plenty cf dirt aioimd your stalk. This shov.id be from une 10th to 201h unless season is very lute, and corn should be hardly bunching for tassel. Lay by early. More corn is ruined by late plowing than by lad; of plow ing. This is when 1 ho c;ir is hurt. Two gend rains afrer laying by should rr.ako you a good crop of corn, and t will certainly make with much less rain than was required in the old way. Tho stalks thus raised ore very small and do not require anything like the moisture even in proportion lo size, that is necessary fcr large sappv stalks. They may, therefore, be left much thicker in the row. This is no new process. It has long been i custom to cut back vines and trees in order to increase the yield and quality of fruit; and so long as you do not bold back your corn, it will o, like .milie so long went, all to stalk. Do not be discouraged by the looks of your corn during the process of cultivation. It will yield out of all proportion to its appearance. Large ?tnlks cannot make large' yileds, ex cept with extremely favorable sea ?ons, for they cannot stand a lack of r.oisture. Early applications of man ure po to nake large stalks, which von do not want, and the plant food is all thus xused up before the ear, which you do want, is made. ' . Tall stalks not only will not produce well themselves, but will not allow you to make the pea vines, so necessary to She improvement of land.- Corn rais sd by this method should never grow over seven and one-half feet high, and the ear should be near to. the ground. ' . '.''-;.''- ? ' ; I consider the final application of nitrate of soda an essential point in this ear-making process. ;. It should always . be applied at . last plowing and unmixed with other fertilizers. .1 am satisfied with one esr to the stalk unless a' prolifio variety ' is. planted, and leave a hundred stalks for every bushel that I expect to make. ; I find the six-foot row easiest to cultivate without injuring the corn. For fifty bushels to the acre I leave it sixteen inches apart; for seventy five bushels, to the acre,, twelve in ches apart, and for one hundred bush- els, eight inches apart. Corn should be planted from four to six inches below the level and hid by from four to six inches above. No hoeing should be necessary, and middles may be kpnt clean until time break out, by using harrow or bv running one shovel furrow in centre of middle and bedding on that with one or more rounds of turn plow. I would advise o-.dv a few acres tried by this method the first year, or until you are fnindiar with its p.npli-i-alicn. Espeeihllv is it hard at first, to full earrv c,i; the hunting process where n whol" crcp is i : vcl red. and Ill's is the iib.-eluicl issenlinl part ( J' 1 1,1 IV (H ( - :, This r'r'lod T have applied, ot f(.n aripl'.cd snrcessf'el)-,' to nil 'iinds ( T land in thv section, except wet l"?i'! nnd rrt-:i-t 1ni Imtig, and 1 :ir:i (fifidenl it can he made of great benefit thrMt?hott' the entire Sonlh !! the ir.idd, I 1 to mi !'(!' r:td pr . wh"re com if hie., end where -:i much of ours e stalk does not As wc i omfl is. at the ex 1 '.: C-ha. and unfort'inntt lv for n--. fi has tiecn prc lu; i d. t!u r-itlni i liv grow I n c. lilli its sii i i use of the ear n ' Mexico, it is !:.:..' r.il laili f wit ties? itfexie.tn variotics.) T o punoe if tl:i: m-.-'hed i:i fc ( liiidiiiite this (ttulcnev ;' ern tc (..-. iCiowlh ai it:" c.'Nr-i-.' of yii I I ir this Vouib fi (d'mate. By Hi's r-ithed I hav : :-de my t-o.-'i etc p lvi'.t' pvofitiiM;' than m iiflr-i o:ip, and ni'' ii"iohhms an" friends w!o have adi pted il have williout rxi-epiicn, derived great ben i fit thereficr.i. plant your o.vn seed. T would no' advi-e a chnn-je of seed an 1 method the same year, as you will not thou know from which yen have derived 'he he::: fi:. I have used three ve rities a:id all have done well. I have iiever us "ii this method for late plant ing. In fact, I do not advise the late planting cf corn, unless it be necessary for ccld lowlands. The increased ccst of labor anr 'he high price of material and land nre rapidly making farnring unprofi table, except to those who arc getting from one acre what they former got fiom two. Wo must make our" lands richer by plowing deep, plant ing peas and other legume?, manuring them with fic;d phc phuu; and potash, oif ret-,.. .Ltmie, itKii- table matter rich in humus and ex pensive nitrogen. The needs of our soil are si'cli tnm tau c-outu can nev er reap the full measure of prosperity that should be hers until this is done. . 1 I give this method as a farmer to" the farmers of the South, trusting that thereby they may be benefitted as I have been. E. M'lVER WILLIAMSON. Locking After Inland Waterways. A party of Congressmen and others are making a personal inspection of the inland waterway route along the eastern Carolina coast under the per sonal direction of 'Congressman Small. Colonel Olds joined the party Sunday at Norfolk and will not re turn to Raleigh before the new year. Steam "Laundry Burned. Lenoir, Special. Early Christmas morning the. Lenoir Steam Laundry was burned to the ground and was a total loss to the owner, Mr. W. H. Sherrill. The building was partly in sured. It is thought the fire originat ed on the first floor in the rear of the machine room or in tho pressing department. Owing to the unusual amount of fire-cracker popping -and hollering going on about that hour the people were a little slow in reach ing the fire, but as fast as possible every man was-hard at work to pre vent the fire from spreading. - , Will Servo the Sentence. Joseph Lane was convicted of fir ing a random shot from a passing train durit g the Christmas holidays or iuuy at iioauni vista, wmch re sulted in the death of little Alma Green." He was sentenced - to nine years imprisonment on a charge of manslaughter, but escaped the claf eh es of the law till last Thursday ha camo up and surrencied to the prop er officers at Asbeville. , Ho was a citizen cf 'Limestone township. ;'.' . . Exchanfo-of Courts. . Raleigh, Special. Governor Glenn authorizes au exchange of courts be tween Judge Allen and Judse Cook, whereby Judge Allen will- hold the Pitt .country, court beginning January 18th and, Judge Cook will hold the Franklin' county court : to. - convene January 11th. There is rlio an order by the Governor, annulling the order for a special term of Brunswick county ccurt January 11th for the reason that it , conflicts with the Cumbcilcnd county eourt. - An average man, living for the aver age period of aumraa lite, may be cal oulated to get through, about 2,501 miles of reading. . '