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» ««»«9»«*«»9»W«*» »•* W 2 a The only way to reach the a a people of Raleigh is 2 ^ ^ THE TIMES x ^ 2 • e 0 ®®e®®®®®®®®®e®«®®«®®®«® Che Raleigh times. And EVENING VISITOR. Established 1879. a c®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®* • 5 { You’ll be lonesome in J J Raleigh if you don’t r;ad * J ^^THE TIMES^^ J a c®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®* Whole No. 9581 RALEIGH, N. C. MONDAY EVENING, JULY 1, 1901. $3.00 a Year, 30c a Month A HUNDRED DEGREES DEATH OF MAJ. BLOUNT ROBT. 0 BURTON This is Hottest First Day July on Record in New York of He was a Brother of Mrs. L. O’ B. Branch of Raleigh Mrs. L. O’B. Branch has received e BROUGHT $10,500 IN CENTRAL AFRICA telegram from Washington, N an- SEVENTEEN DEATHS nouncing the sudden death cf her broth er, Maj. William A. Blount. He passed away at 6 o’clock yesterday afternoon, aged 77 years. Major Blount was one of the most prominent citizens of Wash- Dr. Kilgo’s Address Filled With Quotable Pithy Phrases Carrollton Hotel Property □ Bought by Mrs. F. P. Tucker Today Rev, S. P. Verner’s Interest- ing Description of its Development ington where From Heat This Morning—H dreds of Prostrations are un Oct., 1823. liam ; who w wood, L. O'B. He of he was was the Bl hunt, Miss Raleigh. born the 6th of son of Gen. Wil- and Nancy his wife During Hay- ■ the served ask aide-de-camp to Gen. Branch, and was a gallant sol- Reported By telegraph New York are reported to The Times. July 1.—Seventeen deaths from heat this morning. This is the hottest first of July on rec ord. The prostrations are growing fright ful. The thermometer was lamsot one hundred at 1 o’clock. No relief is expect ed for several days. The total deaths for four days due to heat are fifty-three. FAIR TONIGHT For Raleigh and vicinity: Fair tonight; possibly thunderstorms Tuesday. For North Carolina: Fair topight; Tues day partly cloudy, probably thunder- storms, except on the northeast coast; variable winds. WEATHER CONDITIONS.-Local thun derstorms occurred Sunday over the South Atlantic and East Gulf States with small amounts of rain; showers also fell in the extreme northwest. Generally throughout the country fair weather pre vails, with extremely warm weather from Nebraska cast to the Atlantic coast. The highest temperature Sunday was 100 de- greesat St. Louis and Baltimore; 98 de grees occurred at New York, Washington, and Omaha. Slightly lower temperature^ prevailed in the South. The barometer is lower over the Southern Plateau region, while the entire east is dominated by an ■ extensive high area. dier. He married Miss Mary Wahington, the daughter of Col. John C. Washington, of Lenoir county, and she, with four children, survives him. He was a man of the most genial type, beloved by all who knew him. His host of friends through out the State will regret to hear of his death. WILL NOT BE MOVED Shops to Remain Here—40 Dis charged at Abeville A telegram from Vice-President John M. Barr to the Raleigh Merchants’ Asso ciation states that the shops here are not to be removed. This is gratifying news to the people of Raleigh. Raleigh is the logical point for the general shops of the from Portsmouth they should bt located here. It is the only large town on both BOSTON PIERS BURNED Steamer “Sachem” Caught Fire, but Was Saved Bv Telegraph to The Times. Boston, Mass., June 1.—Fire was dis covered in the Hoosatonic tunnel docks. Charleston, this morning. Within minutes Piers Three, Four and Five were burning. •r Sachem caught fire, but The explosion cf shellac caused the to “tart. The loss is a quarter of a million lars. dol- LOOTERS CAUGHT The Five Represented Themselves as Americans Pekin, July 1.-Five men, calling them selves Americans, were captured by Chi- ness troops in a town fifty miles from Pekin today. They were turned over here to Major Robertson, commissioner of the United States legation guard. The en were caught in the act of loo-ting, be ing ignorant of the presence of the Chi nese troops in the town. Many shots were fired before the men surrendered. MAY BE DRIFTING MATCH “Columbia” First to Go Over the Line By Telegraph to The Times. Bateman's Point, R. July 1.—Colum- bia was first over the line, a trifle ahead of the Constitution. 11:40 o'clock. There is only breeze. Yachtmen fear a drifting match. LATER—Columbia crosses the line first and showed apparently better in wind- ward work than the Constitution, was a mile ahead in the first hour, course is thirty miles. The TO GO VISITING King George of Greece to on. the Sultan By Telegraph to The Times. Call Constantinople, .—It is reported “LEGAL DEMAGOGUES” SOLD AT PUBLIC AUCTION RAILROAD PROJECTS How the Profession is Disgraced. Refers to fir. Burton’s Last Quite a Crowd in Attendance Artseian Wells in Sahara Desert. What the Other Articles Speech in Oxford Brought Slavery Among the Natives. People of the Congo Yesterday, morning in the Edenton Street Methodist church Rev. Dr. John C. Kilgo, of Trinity College, delivered the address at the memorial service of the late Robert 0. Burton, who was a faith ful steward of that church until his death. Dr. Kilgo was a personal friend of Mr. Burton and his eloquent words carried with them the power of a heart full of love, veneration and sympathy. In spite of the rain the service was largely attended. The late Robert 0. Burton was born at Poplar Grove, Halifax county, January 19, 1852, the son of Rev. R. 0. Burton, D. D., a Virginian, who was educated at West Point, but entered the ministry. His father’s purpose was that he should be a lawyer. Mr. Burton’s mother died when he was only four years old. He was educated at home, then taught school a main lines of the Seaboard, and has the best location. Sixty workmen in the Seaboard Air Line shers here have been discharged. ' This is in line with the policy of re trenchment adopted by the new vice- president, Mr. Barr. Te Seaboard people have been threatening to move the shops from Raleigh ever since the strike began. At a meeting of the Mercrants’ Asocia- tion a. protest was made against the re moval of the shoos. It is thought that the shops here will be retained, but the number of workmen wil be reduced until the strike is over or men are secured to take the strikers’ places. DISCHARGED AT ABEVILLE. By order of Vice-President Barr forty men employed in the Seaboard / ir Line charged. Master Mechanic Evans, Chief Clerk Calloway, Stenographer Roberts, Master Car Builder Kellond are among those discharged. The thirteen men who were sent to Abbeville to take the strik ers’ places, have returned Nor.h. Will Affect 50,000 By Telegraph to The Times. Pittsburg, June 30.—President T. J. Shaffer, of the Amalagamted Association of Iron. Steel and Tin Workers, tomorrow will issue an order calling out all union employes of the various mills of the American Steel 'Hoop Company, known as the hoon trust. It estimated that 15,000 men will be subject to the call, which, in connection with the big strike of the American Sheet Steel Company ordered by President Shaffer on Saturday, will affect 50,000 men. Navy Yard Menaced By Telegraph to The Times. Boston, July l, 1 p. m.—The Charleston Navy Yard is menaced by the fierce fire raging on the Hoosatonic tunnel docks Much cotton and coffee were destroyed on Pier Five. KNIGHT PARDONED. Governor Aycock today pardoned Leonidas Knight. Knight was first sen tenced to be hanged, and Governor Holt commuted his sentence to twenty years imprisonment. Governor Russell reduced the term to ten years. Deducting the time allowed for good behavior he would have been released in April, but he tried to escape several years ago, and this was charged up against him. He was from Surry oners Dr. year at Ridgeway in order funds for his college expenses. to secure On leav- ing Randolph-Macon he taught school and studied law in 1873. and was admitted to the bar in 1874. He married Miss Mary Carroll May 28, 1878. He located first in Halifax, then in Richmond, and mov ed to Raleigh, where he died December 27, 1900. Twice in his address Dr. Kilgo referred to Mr. Burton’s great effort in the famous trial at Oxford last November. Dr. Kilgo named the counsel for the defence in that suit, when "Trinity College, the church and its ministers were attacked,” and declared that Mr. Burton's interest was; consuming and his speech before the jury, which was his last effort, would never be forgotten. Dr. Kilgo’s address abounded in rich thoughts and the pithy expression of ideas, for which he has gained renown as an orator. Some of the thoughts he presented are given below: “Virginia is the home of American aristocracy, a spirit not in itself false, for it secures society from the vulgar and fosters high ideals.” “A small library is a blessing, for the habit or Knowing wr^ is ratner to oe chosen than reading widely. The country boy who must stay for years with Shakes peare, Macauley and Wordsworth is not to be pitied.” “There is no higher genius than to per ceive truth and the ability to follow it.” “Education is a parental duty and the further that duty is removed from the parent the less effective it becomes.” “Compulsory education is right but the compulsion should be in the parental con science rather than in the law of a The Carrollton Hotel property at the corner of Fayetteville and Cabarrus streets, was sold at 2:30 o’clock this af ternoon under execution to satisfy a mort gage on the property. It was bid in by Mrs. Florence P. Tucker for $10,500. Mr. L. A. Carr, of Durham, was the only other bidder, he bidding as high as $.10,- 000. Quite a crowd attended the sale, and there was considerable bidding on the furniture, carpets, etc. The carpets, lace curtains, etc., were bid in by Mr. R. S. White at $155. The Carrollton Hotel was erected in 1898 by Mr. 0. J. Carroll. It was built on the site of the Hotel Florence that was for a number of years conducted as an annex to the Yarborough, and was af terward a boarding house. Mr. Carroll at first conducted the hotel himself, but since that time there have been a num ber of managers, including Messrs. Jor dan, Gregory, Mrs. James, Mr. Bennett, and others, but it was never very suc cessful. The house was finally closed sev eral months ago. Furniture, $950.00, White Furniture Co., of Mebane; bowls, pitchers, etc., $135.00, H. B. Chanler and Co.; refrigerators, ice chest, $40.00, Hutchings and Bros.; bar fixtures, $50.00: Nick DeBoy; two barber chairs, $58.00, Sherwood Upchurch; barber mirrors, $9.00, C. T. Bailey; show case counter, $7.00, Jeff. Ellington; linen, towels, etc., $50.00, State Hospital; show case, $4.50, Alfred Williams and Co.; large writing desk, $2.50, G. A. Oldham; writing desk, bell, etc., $3.50, J. W. Bar ber; 7 large office rockers, $8.75, State Hospital: 26 large office chairs, $26.00, Rev. Samuel P. Verner, of Congo Free State, in Central Africa, delivered two most entertaining addresses in the First Presbyterian church yesterday. Mr. State Hospita solving office chair, $2.00, J. A. Turner: 8 dining tables, $6, State Hospital, and other minor articles to different persons. COURT HOUSE CROWDED Commissioners, Pension Board and Tax Listers The court house was crowded all today and three separate bodies were in ses sion. The pension board met in the court room and received hundreds if applicants for relief from the State, thecounty com missioners were busy examijing the tax and was one of the best pris- in the penitentiary. PARTY TO BUFFALO. Martin Fleming, Mis Fleming, Miss Belle Fleming, Miss Mary P. Mills, Mr. and Mrs. Otis Betts, and Miss Nimrocks left this morning for Nor folk, where they take the steamer for New York and then go to Buffalo to at tend the Pan-American Exposition. Mr. and Mrs. Betts and Miss Nimrocks will attend the convention of teachers of the deaf there. here that King George, of Greece, intends to visit Sultan Adul Hamid, of Turkey, this being the first time in the history of Greece that the King of Greece visit- cd the Sultan of Turkey. visit the King will visit Kaiser Wilhelm, of Germany. 30,000 en a Strike By telegraph to The Times. Pittsburg, Pa., June 1 . Reports re ceived here this morning state that the mills of the American Sheet Steel Com pany at the following places have been idle since midnight: Scottsdale, Schose- tewn. Hyde Park. McKeesport and Van dergrift. Pa.: Cambridge, Canton, Niles. Bridgeport and Wellsville, Ohio, and Mun- TO MEET AT HILLSBORO. The annual meeting of the North Caro lina Society of the Cincinati will be held at Hillsboro the Fourth of July. This is in commemoration of the organization of the society in that town October 28th, 1788. General Jethro Sumner, whose tomb is on the battle-field of Guilord Court-House, was the first president of the society. UNEQUALED-UNAPPROACHED! Only five steps ond five hours :n the schedule of The great Weathers & Chris tian excursion Tuesday July Th to Nor folk for $2.50. Wasington or Baltimore, $5.50 round trip. Quite a number of prominent lawyers are here returning from the meeting of There disorder in the Bar Association at Wrightsville towns. About thirty thousand men are now striking. Trouble on The Commercial By Teles owners iph to The Times . July 1.—The uprising 'of the the New York Commercial against the labor unions Saturday night has thus far done the paper no harm. The non-union men are now established in the office and appear to ! handle the work satisfactorily. able The Governor did not appoint directors of the North Carolina the new Railroad today, but they will be named before July Hth. “Opportunity is a question of personal character rather than circumstance.” “To be a good boarder requires char acter.” “The requisite of a student is ability to get the best things from the teacher; faith in the teacher is necessary.” “Moral power is a development, not a gift, moral talents follow moral training." “Not overestimating one's powers is not always a sign of weakness.” “Pure intellect that has not the claim of moral character will never reach true height.” “The eloquence that comes from the explosion of spiritual impulses is the rise of one’s own soul.” “Be afraid of the man who stays much in his own company, for that man is well armed: Moses returned from medita tion to lead the children of Israel, John the Baptist issued from the wilderness and Christ went into the desert alone, before meeting the tempter.” “Great deeds are rehersed in the closet before they are given to the public.” “A man brave enough to live in solitude of duty is brave enough to alone.” “The belief in a divine call to ministry is well founded, hut it does preclude the belief in a divine call to professions.” Beach. This was the most successful ses sion the association has ever held. It was distinguished by a lively debate on the new revenue bill that attracted attention throughout the State. The op ponents of the act endorse Mr. James H. Pou's speech, while its advocates think Judge Allen and the others effectively disposed of Mr. Pou's arguments against it. Many business men. especially those at the head of the corporations, think the bill inquisitive and onerous to a de gree. while rhe tax assessors generally endorse it, and say that it was framed to catch a great many people who have been in the habit of dodging taxes. It will probably result in a large increase in the amount of property on the tax list. the die the not the "Faith in one's profession is necessary; law has a divine mission on earth, it was instituted for reaching a true end, justice, and justice is only truth applied." lists from the various towns! tax listers for Raleigh were taxes from those who had attend to the matter earlier PENSION BOARD The county pension boards sion in the various counties number of applicants for pen large, and it is feared thft ips, and the still listing icglected to are in today. ions is ses- The very the amount that each pensioner wil get will be small, because the pension fund is distributed acording-to he total numter of pension ers. The pension rolls ae ceared this year, every pensioner havng to make a new application. ENTRANCE AM IN ATON FOR AND M. COLL’GE. Candidates for admissio. to the A. and M.’ College at Raleigh wl be examined by the County Superintedent of Schools in the court-house at 1 o'clock a. m., July 11, or at the Colley, September 3. This College is giving intruction in the most important lines ofJractical educa tion, and its students re in great de mand, always securing jofitable employ- •ment on graduation. It tiers special ad- vantages to students ciAgriculture, in- eluding free tuition ail work on the College ftm. lodging and The textile building is now being rccted. A Pro fessor of fancy weavinjand dyeing has been added to the Faulty, and about $30,000 of textile machiary secured. As dormitory accommodate is very limited it would be well for cadidates to apply early. Write to Presidit Winston, Ral eigh, N. C., for cataloic and booklets. See advertisement. REWARD FOR cCUBBIN. Verner is the grandson of Rev. Dr. Chas. Phillips, a former professor at the State University, and he found many friends here to greet him, both on his own ac count and that of his parents. He is a young man full of consecrated enthusiasm and a most entertaining speaker. In his evening talk Mr. Verner threw much light upon conditions in “The E^rk Continent.” Africa was the cradle of civilization, the arts flourished there be fore Babylon was built and while the Greeks were barbarian's. One might wonder then why missionaries are not being sent from Africa now to Europe and America, or, equally strange, why that great continent was neglected and the eyes of Europe turned to far away America instead. Africa, although just south of Europe, was cut off by natural boundaries. The desert, of Sahara, as large as the entire United States, stretch es across the north, a vast chain of mountain ranges encircle the coasts, the mighty rivers are broken by cascades and few natural harbors indent the uniform coasts. But in the past few years this mighty area has come into touch with the world, it is no longer an unknown and impenetrable continent. Since Living stone and Stanly blazed the way. the past twenty-five years have seen a phenomenal change. Steamboats now ply on the fopr tremendous rivers and railways con nect stations on water routes with the coast, so the land once hidden is oven to all. Africa has 11.000.000 square miles and more areable land than any continent except Asia. If is inhabited by 200,000,- 000 blacks and 5.000.000 of other peoples. Liberia is the only republic in Africa and is under the protection of the United States. There the negroes have their own government. Africa is possessed by 1 the various powers. Franco claiming the most land and England owning the most Some days ago A. Capbell McCubbin, | “Truth is a hidden secret to an insin- j . cere mind.” 'who has been conducig a little daily “‘Attorney at law means a substitute ■ called the Messenger . Burlington, de- parted from that towrather suddenly, self in another’s place.” j It was reported that ae reason of his “The legal demagogue (who leases his I departure was an intsue with another success on suits_based on bad punctua- ; man's wife. The rope at last reached tion. limbs broken in unblamable accidents ! the husband's ears, al he issues a no- and only a great man can truly put him- ! tice offering a reward' $100 for informa- judices of the jurors) creates distrust inl tion as to the whereputs of McCubbin, legal justice and the courts.” and on appeals to the passions and pre- “The great lawyer is not made at the ballot box.” “No place is more difficult to fill than the position of wife of a growing man.” “A married man without a is only to be pitied equally with a married oman without “An insincere ‘husband’." 1 cannot tease and a sincere' man only teases his intimate friends.” “It is bad for the sense of duty and physical weakness to be at war.” traerx. The now bnilding a rnilread across the desert of Sahara and digging artesian wells as they go. Strange to sav more water is found undor this desert than under anv other land in the world, and these wells are a great success. Cooil Rhodes’ great rail road has been built northward from Cape Town the con- tinent for 2,500 miles, and the road from Alexandria extends southward about the same distance, leaving a, stretch of 2,500 Fine' rnment has troop transpor- t^fion trains running straight through created immense wealth, one tract which was sold by a Dutchman for $2,500 having yielded $5,000,000 worth of the nrecious gems alreadv. The output of diamonds amount to $30,000,000 vearlv. Gold is also extensively min trade exists no only among the natives and their slaves sell for from $3 to $5, never over $10. so one can readily see the great profit in the trade when it was carried on in the past. The Boston or Bristol slave trader bought the negroes for S3 each and when landed at Charles ton thev were sold at from $400 up. Mr. Verner was most interesting in his description of the Congo Free State, where he was located. It is about the size of Texas and marvelously fertile. The year is-one perpetual harvest time and fruit in all stages of development appear on the same tree. Three crops of corn are grown in a twelve months. The natives are very large, magnificently formed and wonderfully strong. They are very in genious as mechanics or carpenters when taught, and negroes are now seen as skilled pilots on the steamers who little more than a decade ago were eating each ether. Yet in a land of plenty they do not know how to live, with the best food at command they will devour dried cater pillars and eat rats, having perhaps just sold venison or bear flesh for a few beads. The best laborers can be hired for 50 cents a month and plenty of them are ready to work 10 to 12 hours a day for that. The ambition of every young man when he becomes 14 or 16 is to get mar ried and he works hard until he gets enough to buy him a wife, who will cul tivate their patch of ground and easily pigmies are also found in Congo State. the offer to hold goodidefinitely, stating that McCubbin had “cculated a report damaging to myself d family.” FUNERAL OF R. STUART. The funeral of theTe Mr. Patrick M. Stuart was held froithe residence, 816 South Fayetteville set, Sunday after noon at 4 o'clock. N Stuart was in his 63rd year. He camto Raleigh from Johnston county andas engaged in mer- chandising here. one time i an alderman from 1 Fourth ward. He “There is an element of suicide in the was a member of Mteo Lodge, I. 0. 0. death of men who bear great burden ' F., and his funeralis largely attended "Each man has an eternal right to bo I by members of thforder. Rev. A. A. himself: each life is a finished book of Butler, assisted bylr. John T. Pullen, which there is no second edition." to hevo it mockingly dramatized others.’'’ in little villages of their own. The men are not four feet high. These queer lit ¬ tie people seem to be the oldest race in Africa. They were described by the historian Heroditus and their habits have not changed since that day. Their sole occupation i's hunting and they use a lit tle bow and arrow with a poisoned tip. As hunters they are very skillful. Mr. Verner believes a great future awaits Africa. Upon his return his pur pose is to establish a school of an in dustrial nature to teach the natives to work for they are anxious to learn. With the Anglo Saxon race and directing their efforts great possibili- in store. Mr. Verner intends I conducted the servi by The St publishing a book on conditions in Cen tral Africa within the next six months. TO PICNIC HERE. The Methodist and Baptist Sunday schools of Carv are to picnic at Pullen Park next Wednesday. A baseball game will be played between the Cary Red Shirts and the Seniors. Mavor Powell this morning fined Phonso Trice, colored, $5.25 for assault. this mor PICNIG AT EENSBCRO chool I are estimated at ait 500. REV. M. J. XT VERY ILL. Rev. Moses J. H. one of the oldest Methodist ministein the State, is al most in a dying cation at the home of his son in Greenso. JUDGE F. D. WINSTON. Judge F. D. Williston, of Bertie, this morning took the oath of office before home. His first court will be at Hert ford August 12th. MORE DELIVERY ROUTES. free delivery routes ar? to be establisned in Wake county. Those now in operation PERSONAL NOTES Going and Coming of Well Known People. Rev. Dr. Charles E.. Taylor, President of Wake Forest College, passed through this morning on his way home from Cool Springs, Iredell county, where he deliv ered an address. Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Cooper, of Hender son, and Mrs. H. C. Jackson, of Atlanta, were here this morning on their way to Morehead City. Capt. E. S. Parker, of Graham, was here yesterday, returning from the meet ing of the Bar Association at Wrights ville. Messrs. John 0. Burton and J. H. Bur ton were here yesterday to attend the memorial service in memory of Mr. R. O. Burton. Miss Lola Templeton Turner, of Suf folk, Virginia, is the guest of Misses Vera and Edna Watters, on Newbern avenue. Messrs John 0. Burton and J. H. Bur ton, of Weldon, were here yesterday to attend the memorial services of theii' brother, the late Robert 0. Burton. Mr. C. M. Pritchett, formerly instruc tor in the A. and M. College, who now lives in Charlotte, is in the city. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Bernard returned this morning from Wrightsville, where they have been for a week. Messrs. F. L. Fuller and Jones Fuller, of Durham, spent yesterday in the city with their father, Judge T. C. Fuller. Rev. Dr. John C. Kilgo, who was the guest of Rev. G. F. Smith, returned to Durham this morning. Prof. J. Y. Joyner, of Greensboro, and Prof. W. L. Poteat, of Wake Forest, are spending today in Raleigh. The condition of Mrs. Stark Batchelor, who has been quite ill for several days, is unchanged. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Lancaster are both sick at their home on West John ston street. Mr. A. M. McPheeters, Sr., returned Saturday evening from a business trip to Baltimore. Mr. R. A. Doughton, of Alleghany, former Lieutenant Governor, was here yesterday. Mr. N. P. Cannon, of Charlotte, who was severely injured in the wreck at Rockingham, spent Sunday in Raleigh. Mr. G. W. Corbett, of Durham, spent Sunday in the city, the guest of Mrs. H. E, King, on Edenton street. Mr. Clarence Call of Wilkesboro, a prominent Republican of the Eighth dis trict, is in the city. Mrs. P. T. Wyr.tL who has been ill for some time, has gone to Richmond for treatment. Capt. J. R. Renn, of Durham, conduc tor on the Durham and Northern, spent Sunday here. Miss Julia Hales is spending awhile in Durham as the guest of her aunt, Mrs. W. T. Slade. Miss Belle Watson will leave tonight for Battle Creek, Mich., on a visit to friends. Mr. W; F. Wyatt and daughter, Miss Jessie, returned yesterday from the north. Mrs. Walter Tucker ap 4 children have returned from a visit to Rockingham. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. McKimmon, of Newark, N. J., are at the Yarborough. Mr. N. P. Cannon, of the Charlotte Casket Company, spent yesterday here. Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Spruill, of Louisburg, are at the Yarborough. Mr. Benjamin Faison left this morning for Chase City, Va. Mr. B. W. Ballard returned to Frank- lintton this morning . Mr. A. B. Freeman, of Hendersonville, is a Raleigh visitor. Mr. W. H. Williamson went to Hender son this morning . Miss Mamie Enniss returned to the city this morning. Mrs. Julian Timberlake went to Cotton dale this morning. Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Carr, of Durham, are in the city. Rev. W. C. Barrett arrived in Raleigh this morning. Rev. J. S. Atkinson, of Elon College, is in the city. , Mr. Wilson G. Lamb, of Williamston, is in te city. Mr. R. S. Claywell, of Morganton, is in the city. Judge F. I). Winston, of Bertie, is in the city. Mr. B. F. Nunn, of Wilson, is in Raleigh today. Mr. James Webb, of Hillsboro, is in the city. ELECTION BOARD —♦-— R. A. Doughton Chairman and R. T. Claywell Sec retary SESSION THIS MORNING Board Composed of Three Demo crats and Two Republicans. Chats With the Members This morning the State Board of Elec tions, chosen by the last Legislature, held their first session which was merely for the purpose of organization as the law prescribed. The board is composed of five members, three Democrats and two Republicans. The only business trans acted by the board today was the elec- Lion of a chairman and a secretary. Ex- Governor R. A. Doughton, of Alleghany, and Mr. R. T. Claywell, of Burke, were elected chairman and secretary respec tively. The board is composed of R. A. Doughton, of Alleghany, W. G. Lamb, of Martin, and R. T. Claywell, of Burke, Democrats, and Clarence Call, of Vikes, and A. B. Freeman, of Henderson, Re publicans. Gov. Doughton, cf Sparta, has served the State with conspicuous ability and has hundreds of friends here and all over the State. He is still deeply interested in educational work and the development of Western Carolina. Col. Wilson G. Lamb, of Williams ton, a scholar and a statesman and above all a North Carolinian, is known widely as a student of State history. Col. Lamb remarked this morning: “The crops are fine in Eastern Carolina and the season thus far has been very fa vorable. The farmers expect large crops and good prices and the merchants are pleased with prospects, and we have no McLaurin Democrats in my section; our people are all true blue to our party.” Mr. R. T. Claywell, of Morganton, the junior Democrat on the board, and a young man whose political star is rising rapidly in the west, spoke of the great flood disaster in Burke. “The loss in our county is estimated at over half a million; not only were this year’s crops destroyed, but hundreds of men had their land washed away. Many who were prosperous and were considered wealth? two months ago must begin life over again now. We lost two splen did steel bridges, but the county is in excellent financial condition and can stand the loste.” Mr. A. B. Freeman has represented Henderson in the Legislature and is onb of the most progressive business men in this section. He is deeply interested in the development of summer resorts at Chimney Rock and other points in the county. Mr. Clarence Call, of Wilkesboro, has served as sheriff of his county, taken a leading part in politics and is now being mentioned as a Republican possibility for the Congressional nomination. Mr. Call remarked: “Our people have suffered terribly from the May floods and some land which was worth $200 an acre is, now practically worthless. The people of Wilkes are not disheartened, and the county is otherwise in a prosperous con dition.” FUNERAL OF MR. HILL. The funeral of the late Theo. H. Hill was held from the residence on North St. Mary's street yesterday afternoon at 6 ©clock and was largely attended. The service was conducted by Rev. Dr. M. M. Marshall, of Christ church, assisted by Rev. G. Smith, of the Edenton Street. M. E. church. The interment was in Oakwood cemetery. The pall-bearers were: Honoary, Dr. A. W. Knox, Dr. Hubert Haywood, Mr. S. L. Ruth, Capt. S. A. Ashe. Messrs. J. J. Mackay, H. J. Stockard, John H. Boner and S. W. Whiting: Active, Messrs. Al bert Hay, Victor Boyden, Oscar Hay, Henry King, T. W. Partin and H. E. Litchford. NEW YORK COTTON Corrected Daily By MURPHY & CO., T. H. Winslow. M'g’r. Opening Closing Ja.wgyy 7.69 7.62 Feburary 7.68 7.61 March 7.72 .... 7 65 April May July. 8 70 8.66 August .. ..8.00 _r... .7.92 September ....7.67 7.66! October 7.63 7.59 Noxember.... 7 63 7.56 December 7.65 7.59 Chicago Grain and Produce. Wheat, September ....65% Corn, September 46%©% Oats, September ..27%@% Pork, September 14.75 Lard, September 8.67^2 Ribs, September 8.12% Stocks. Sugar 144% American Tobacco 141% Continental Tobacco 68% United States Steel preferred .. .. 98% | Manhattan 124%! Western Union 93 j Missouri Pacific 120% i Union Pacific 109 1-8 St. Paul 174% Southern Railway 33% Southern Railway preferred 87 American Cotton Oil 32 There will be a lawn party in front of Brooklyn Methodist church tomorrow- night for the benefit of the parsonage of that church. FUNERAL OF MR. LAMBETH. Mr. John T. Pullen conducted the fun eral services over the remains of the late Charles W. Lambeth fro"i the Edenton Streeth Methodist church last afternoon at 5:30 o'clock. The interment was in Oakwood cemetery. Many Confederate veterans and other friends attended. The pall-bearers were Messrs. Jos. G. Brown, Charles Root, D. T. Johnson, John Ward, James I. Johnson. W. Z. Blake, F. H. Briggs and Robert P. Dickson. THE GAME BY WIRE. Reports of the ball game between Ral eigh and Wilmington at Wilmington today will be received over the wires at Mur phy and Cdmpany’s office thjs afternoon as it occurs. 1,000 FEWER CASES. The smallpox record of the fiscal year just ended shows a thousand fewer cases in this State han last vear. These sta tistics are gathered by the State Board of Health. RESCUE CO. MEETS. The Rescue Fire Company, Number 1. is called to meet tonight at 8:30 o'clock in their hall for the purpose of electing delegates to the State Firemen's Con vention in Charlotte. All the bodies of those drowned at New bern in the Neuse river have been recov ered. The funeral was the most largely attended ever seen in Newbern. See Charles Boot, secretary and treasurer of the North Carolina Home Insurance Company, and have your fire insurance placed’ in this strong home company. POSTPONED. The lawn party which was to have been held at Epworth church tomorrow even ing has been postponed until next week.
The Raleigh Times (Raleigh, N.C.)
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