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aOFnlgM THE DILLON HERALD. DILLON SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 18. 1920. V * ? ; I
V* McJLAlIRIX RETURNS HOME.
^ Bennettsville Bank President Thought
Head Found in Atlanta.
i
T. B. McLaurin, president of the
Mutual Saving Bank of Bennettsvillo,
who disappeared from home last week
and whose ahoes and coat were found
on the banks of Bluett's Falls, was
found in Atlanta last Friday. He was
taken to an Asheville sanitarium
for a few day's xest and his father,
-Former Senator John L. McLaurin,
went tip to Asheville Sunday
and returned home with him.
Mr. McLaurin Jeft a note on the
banks of the river at Bluett's Falls
stating that he thought it best "to
* ? end it all'* and the supposition was
that he had committed suicide. Relatives
end friends'beaan a search for
the missing man And trailed him to
| Lilesville, N. C., where it was supposed
that lie took a train to Charlotte.
Charlotte police could not
* locate him, however, and nothing was
heard of him until Friday morning
when he turned up in Atlanta.
An old darkey at Bluett's Falls
told the searching party that a man
answering Mr. McLaurln's description
was seen to leave an automobile and
go to a spot near the fiver bank the
morning of Mr. McLaurln's disappearance.
He built'a fire and remained
at the spot some time. Later he
crossed the dam and went in the direction
of Lllesville. The searching
party followed this clue and at Lllesville
were told that a man answering
Mr. McLaurln's description came into
a drug store with a transfer driver
and ordered cold drinks. The man sat
around until the train'arrived.
This Clue was followed to Charlotte
and then on to Atlanta where
Mr. McLaurin was located.
Following Mr. McLaurln'e disappearance
the Mutual Savings Bank
of which he Is president was ordered
closed and the State bank examiner
asked to make an examination. The
examiner completed his examination
Saturday and reported alleged worthier
securities held as collateral by
the bank to loans to Mr. McLaurin
amounting to 178,000.00.
fThe Mutual Saving Bank is still
closed pending an adjustment of its
affairs. The State bank examiner
thinks the bank will be able to pay
its depositors in full.
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DOWNWARD SLUMP IN
* MEN'S CLOTHING.
v, _ . New York, Nov. 9. ? Ready-made
3 clothing for men will sell at prices
f close to normal this spring and summer.
The downward slump is well un
der way, and there are apparently
tew obstacles to halt the rush of
prices to the pre-war level.
Prominent clothing manufacturers
made t^ese predictions here today.
Irvin Crane, executive secretary of
the Clothing Manufacturers' Association
of New York in an interview
. stated that prices would surely drop.
Gastner Browdner, editor of Cloth
ler ana lfurnisner, wno is one or me
best Informed men in the clothing industry,
said:
"Clothing prices will be pretty near
normal this spring. Not quite prewar,
but pretty near it."
The executive committee of the
National Clothing Manufacturers' Association
mee'ts here tomorrow and a
fairly atyurate estimate of next years
clothing prices will be announced.
In Chicago, where the United Na4
tional Clothiers' Association is in conf
ventlon, it was announced that clothing
would be sold next spring at anywhere
from 10 to 35 1-3 per cent
below prices of a year ago.
Michaels, Stem & sCo., one of the
laagest retail stores in Rochester, announced
today a cut in clothing
prices of 33 1-3 per cent.
While price-cutting predictions are
being made the mills and factories
which combine to produce the clothing
are standing idle. In New York
alone 35,000 .employes of the industry
are not * at work.
The labor situation has tided up
the production end of the clothing
industry and the attitude of the publict
toward high-priced clothing has
perplexed the merchandising aspect
of the trade.
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ARCHDUKE FERDINAND
LOOKING FOR A JOB.
Is there any American who aspires
to the distinction of having an Austrian
archduke for hotel or house
porter, a valet, chauffeur, traveling
companion or newspaper reporter?
Archduke Leopold Ferdinand, who
would be next in line for the Austrian
throne should Otto, eldest son
of Emperor Charles die, is looking
for a job. He speaks six languages
A fluently, including English, and because
of that, in a letter to an AinerF
lean here, thinks he would be well
.-qualified as head porter in a hotel, or
' a valet or chauffeur or traveling
companion. He is modest in apprais
ing his own value, but thinks he
ought to be worth a minimum of $5
a day to someone.
At present he is writing for a Berlin
paper and is disclosing much of
the inner life of the Hapsburgs. He
writes under the name of Leopold
Woelfing. As his present Job will soon
be at an end, he is looking for another.
Since the Austrian government is
undecided about continuing paying
him his small pension and even if it
should continue paying him the sum
in Austrian crowns is 30 small when
reduced to real money that it will no*
buy him any meals. The archduke
was formerly a naval officer.
SIX CHILDREN KILLED IN PANIC
; Frenzied Men Trample Victims in
Mad Rush from Theatre.
i Maddened with fear by the cry of
"fire", Italian, Greek and Assyrian
adults trampled out the lives of six
children in a lower East Side moving
picture theatre Monday, says a
New York dispatch.
The "theatre was full of children
when smoke from a faulty furnace in
the cellar below percolated through
cracks and crevices and frightened
the theater pa trons into the belief
that & /ire was raging.
A mad scramoie ior in? una h?o
made. One of the children to the fore
stumbled. In a twinkling scores had
fallen on him crushing bis life from
him. Behind cam? frenzied adults
tearing at the massed children in an
insane passion to reach the door.
Arms and legs were woven Into a
tight human matting. Arms were seized
and wrenched of sockets. Legs
were broken. The little onee were
stamped upon, kicked and struck with
i clenched fists. '
The dead are: Pasquale Qomisi,
aged 11; Leesie Guldice, 8l Elmira
Alpina, 13; Joseph Ramlola, 11 Josi
eph Lombard!, 2; Domlnlco Manlsc&llo.
2.
In the hospitals ten children lie sufi
fering from broken limbs and one
from a possible fracture of the skull.
In the hornes hard by are scores who
received minor injuries.
Th? theatre is a small brick structure
standing in the heart of a densely
populated district. In front of
the theater, ironically enough, hangs
the fign, "Children under 16 years
not admitted except when accompan.
led by guardian."
The theater seats about 350 persons.
It is estimated that more than
half of this number were children.
A gallery in horseshoe formation
extends over the orchestra of the
i theater. /
Below the gallery is the basement
where a furnace for heating the thea*ter
is located. The theater porter had
coaled up the furnace, which possessed
faulty flues. When the fire was
started clouds of smoke rolled up Into
the theater.
Stricken with panic, a voice yelled
"fire.'? This shout crystalized the uneasy
snifflings of smoke into a stampede
for exits.
There are no t 'exits in the balcony
and on the ground floor there are
two, one which those seated in the
orchestra could use and the other is
situated at the foot of the staircase
leading down from the gallery.
It was on this staircase that the fatalities
occurred. The hundred children
and adults seated in the horseshoe
huried themselves down the
steps and in this wild rush several
tripped and fell. Atop of them piled
the others. ' <
The pile of struggling knotted
grown-ups and children jammed
against the door. It is not known yet
whether the door was shut or whether
it opened inwards and was unable
to function because of the push
against it.
To add to the chaos hundreds from
the crowded nearby tenements rushed
up to the doorways to see what
was taking place. .
Mothers shrieked and grim fathers
fought to gain admission and between
the incoming and the maddened
QUtstreaming theater patrons
there was no progress whatsoever.
Outside the Italian mothers in
bandanas and gay skirts gathered, |
? i 1 otoIKmo
wringing meir uauua >uu naiuag
aloud. In the saloons on the corners;
small lynch parties organized. All
about were knots where sympathizers
jabbered vociferously in Italian.
In tho meantime a few of the cooler
heade-l reached over the heads of
the tangled masses pnd lifted children.
too frightened to cry, out of
peril.
Mrs. Bella Thompson turned back
from tbe street to rescue two chil?
dren and fought her way up the gal- j
lery stairs in an effort to rescue more I
but was flung savagly down the steps!
and sustained bruises and confusions,;
The police and firemen picked up,
the little ones off one by one. The.
crush was so violent that little girls!
and boys were pressed up into the
air and sustained thereby the pres-j
sure of the crowd. '
Tessie Guici's story is particularly
pathetic. She has been entrusted with
the care of two-year old Dominic
{Maniscallo. She was very proud of
the trust. M. Pollandini, a man who
lives near her, found her, her hand
was clutched tight to the hand of
I Vn liltlo nhllH
The other two-year-old was little |
Joe Lombard!, who has just emerged
fronr the hospital. It was his first,
moving picture show. Throughout
the performance he crowed his appreciation.
Paier Romano rescued four children..
Fighting his way to the exit
with the fourth child he was forced to
club down several men who attempted
tq( block his passage.
For hours afterwards the crowds
swar^ned about the theater, but no
efforts were made to mob the proprietors
or manager. The latter were
take* to the station house and were
; grilloq there by Assistant District Attorney
Dinneon and Fire Chief Brcnj
nan alnd others.
"Tlii.it fifty children were not kill1
ed is d( miracle," said a witness of the
tragedty. "They were piled in places
four ?leep with their faces covered
and their olees muffled beneath the
tvmblei! mass of humanity. !t was a
dealn t'ra;. if there ever wa? one. If
It had a real fire few would have
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ROBBERY OF TRAIN IS. BIGGES1
Bandits Break Into Treasury Car 01
C. B. & Q. Railway and Get Awa;
With More Than $10,000,000.
Omaha, Neb. 14.?Efforts wer
being made tonight to recover be
tween five and twelve million dollar
stolen by train bandits when the;
broke into a mail car on the Chicago
Burlington and Quincy railway, be
tween here and Council Bluffs, earl;
today. Scores of secret service men
postoffice inspectors and details o
police worked throughout the da;
searching for the robbers and thei
loot.
.
A porUUU Ul IUC luui nao a
ury shipment of gold from the Unit
ed States mint in San Francisco t<
the United States treasury in Wash
ington, it was reported. Besides th<
gold there was a vast quantity of cur
rency, bonds and reg'atered mail.
Biggest Train Robebry.
"There is no use to deny it was th<
biggest train robbery in 25 years, 1
not in the whole history of the coun
try,*' said Captain Charles Shafer o
the Council Bluffs police tonight. Hi
had worked on the case all day.
Mr. Eberstein, captain of police o
Omaha, charged the robbery wa
committed by persons familiar witl
the government's method of shippinj
gold.
"Somebody connected with the de
partment, somebody on the inside
was in the plot," he said. He ha(
heard unofficially the shipment ex
ceeded $10,000,000.
Officials Make No Statement.
Government 9fficials working oi
the case would make no statement
They said the amount of loot securec
might not be known for 30 days. Thi
car was made up in San Francisci
last Wednesday and consisted of i
shipment of money, stocks and bondi
from many different California town
and cities. It was addressed to banki
in numerous cities on the Atlanti
seaboard. It was understood then
was a heavy shipment for Chicagi
and another for New York, in addi
tion to a great gold shipment fron
the San Francisco mint to the treas
ury department in Washington.
"Until complaints of the shippe
and consignee have been, received
postal officials said, the departmen
V?o? mow A# o"hoolrl?or %%T\ O 11 f Vli
uao uv no/ wi vuvvam^ uy ? *
different shipments and the anfounl
The treasury shipment of gold wa
contained in a number of stroni
boxes.
Come Into Omaha.
The treasury car came Into Omahi
on a Union Pacific train and wa
transferred to the Burlington at thl
place. It was put in the center of th<
Burlington's fast mail to Chicago
When the car left Omaha it was fee
curely locked and bolted. At the Un
ion Pacific transfer, between Omahi
and Council Bluffs, the train stopped
At that time the treasure car wa
still intact.
Half an hour after leaving Omahi
the train drew up at the Counci
Bluffs depot. A postal clerk attempt
erf to pass the treasure car b\it foun<
the door locked from the inside. Sus
pecting robhery he summoned othe
postal clerks. The door was brokei
down. The interior of the car was ii
disorder. Instead of being half fillet
with registered sacks of mail, it wa
almost empty; boxes of gold from thi
mint thr.t were said to be in the ca
could not be found.
A winuuw umHcn.
A window on one side of (he ca
had been broken. The gold and mai
bags were thrown through the win
dow while the train was in motion
The robbers were supposed to havi
leaped from the window after com
pleting the robbery. Passing betweei
the transfer and the city depot thi
*rain runs at not more than fiV'
miles an hour.
An hour was required to organiz
a posse and search the line the trail
had traveled. There was evidence o
the loot having been loaded in wait
ing automobiles.
"The plot was well organized am
executed," said Chief Eberstein. "I
was the work of professionals, as
sisted by someone on the inside. Th
bandits knew just what they wer
looking for. They knew which of th
six cars carried registered mail am
wasted no time dn cars carrying on
ly ordinary mail.''
Postal inspectors had a "lead" ur
on which they were working lat
tnnie-ht. hut no arrebts have bee:
made.
More than 500 officials and new?
paper men were working feverishl
on the case tonight.
Garages are being searched through
out Omaba and Council Bluff';
Guards have been placed on all roa
crossings and close watch on Incom
Ing and outgoing freight and passer
ger trains is being maintained.
A report that the treasure ha
been taken by automobile to the Mis
souri river and loaded on a motor
boat was being investigated.
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Fork.
Misses Marguerite and Annie Dam
eron spent the week end wrth Mrs
W. S. Floyd of Floyd ale.
Mr. Eugene Marley of Columbi
spent Sunday at the homo of Mrs. I
K. Bethea.
i Mrs. Oliver Carmiehaol spent Ins=
week with relatives at Kentyre.
I escaped."
The proprietors of the theater an
a -porter were held on a technicr
charge of manslaughter followmg "o
eral hours of an inquiry into th
tragedy by Assistant District Attoi
ney Dinneen.
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r BETHEA GETS 80
YEARS IX PEN.
n
y Negro Charged With Killing Deputy
Sheriff Kitchin Submits to Second
Degree Murder ? Evidence Indie
rated that Faital Shot Might Have
Been Fired by Negro that Kitchin
s or Rural Policeman Smith Killed.
f,
i, Lumberton Robesonian.
Thirty years in the State prison at
y hard labor was the sentence imposed
upon John Henry Bethea, negro,
f charged with shooting and killing
y Deputy Sheriff J. A. Kitchin, by
r Judge Lloyd Horton. Bethea entered
a plea of' second degree murder,
- which was accepted by the State.
- The trial came up Friday afternoon
j and was completed about 7:30 Fri
day evening. While no Jury was Lme
paneled in the case, the evidence waa
- taken for the records. A special venire
of 100 men bad been summoned
from which to select a iury.
a Rural Policeman W. W. Smith,
f who was with Deputy Kitchin on the
- night of July .2, last, when he was
f shot, was the first witness put on by
a the State. Mr. Smith testified that he
and Deputy Kitchin had started to
f search for a blockader on the night
s of the murder. When near the
i 8eren Bridges they came upon a car
I stopped in the road./They stopped
just before reaching the car for an
other man to pass. After the other
i, man passed, Mr. Smith drove the
1 car beside the ;one standing in the
- road. He then saw two women Jump
out of the car and run. This aroused
kis suspicion and Deputy Kitchin
i stepped ou\ of the car and he fol.
lowed. Deputy Kitchin went around
i in front of the car'where John Hene
ry Bethea was standing, and he
3 (Smith) looked into the car. . He
i found that the car was 'loaded with
b whiskey and called to Deputy Kltchs
in, advising him that the car was
3 loaded with liquor. At that time the
c firing between Kitchin and Bethea
s began. He did not know who shot
3 first. He started thenar and met Ben
- Bethea, John Henry's brother. Ben
i had something in his hand and he
- took no chances, but fired at him,
the bullet entering Ben's forehead.!
r He fired one other shot at Bethea as
, lie was rieemg. jjepuiy tt.ucmn w??
t following after Bethea and when, he
e fired all the bullets from his pistol
:. he called to Smith for his gun. Mr.
b Smith asked him not to shoot any
? more, as the two women were in the
road about Bethea. Deputy 'Kitchin
never fell, but told him he was parai
lized when*they went back to the
s car. He then rushed Deputy' Kitchin
s to Maxton and sent jiim to a hospital
e at Hamlet.
>. Sheriff R. E. Lewis testified ' that
- Smith told him the same story the
next day after the killing and that
a, the two women in the car told him
. that John Henry Bethea was the man
s in front of the car when the officers
drove up. The women also told him
i that the men said they would kill
1 any officer about their liquor.
Deputy Sheriff A. H. Prevatt, call1
ed to the stand, presented Deputy
- Kitchin's hat. The hat had two bulr
let holes in the brim, one in the
i front and one through the edge of
i the left side. No other witness were
1 put on by the State.
s The defense put on a number of
e character witnesses.'J. D. Manning of
r Dillon, S. C., testified that he had
known Bethea for a number of years
and that up to the time of the killr
ing, his character was good. J. H
IjMeadors, an officer of the Bank of
-'Little Rock, S. C., said he had known
. I Bethea for a long time and considp'ered
him "a very good negro." Af
- ter the killing the negro sent wora
n to him that he had confidence in him
e and wanted him to advise him what
e to do. He informed him that he
! would have nothing to do with the
p matter until he placed himself in the
11 hands of the law. Later Bethea,
f I through somebody else, asked if he
- would take him to Columbia and see
I that he had good counsel if he sur3
rendered to him. He sent the negro
t word that be would. Bethea came in
i- and he carried him to Columbia in
e an auto and placed him in the coune
ty jail. While on the way to Colume
bia Bethea wanted to talk to him
3 about the killing, but he advised the
i- negro that all he wanted to know
was, did he kill Deputy Kttchin. The
i- negro said he would swear ho did
e not shoot Kitchin.
n J. B. Gibson, an attorney of Dillon,
said he knew Bethea as a "good
i- negro." F. M. Huggins, of Ltimbery
ton testified that he had known Bethea
and never heard anything
i- against him. T. L. Smith, an arJ.
torney, of Choraw, S. C., testified
d that he had some dealings with Bei
thea and found him "all right."
i- E. B. McLaurin of McColl. S. C
testified that he was at the hospital
d at Hamlet the night Deputy Kffohin
went there.. He helped carry him to
- the operating room. He asked the
officer how it happened, that Deputy
Kitchin said he did not know, but
ho killed the man that erot him.
W. B. McLaurin of Marlboro
l" county. South Carolina, testified that
' Rural Policeman W. W. Smith fold
him he did not know who killed Ben
a Bethea. he or Deputy Kitchin.
' Maggie Barnes, colored, testified
that she was one of the two women
'' in the car the night Deputy Kitehin
was shot; that she, her sister. f!n?n
r Manning, B'n Bethea and John TIrtnry
Bethea were all along: fhrt th v
d left home op thp morning of July 2il
that Ben Bethea stopped at a house
- hetv epu Rao ford and Fnyftoville
e and the others went on to Fayefre -
ville; that the whiskey was placed
in the car while it was stopped at
TOO MUCH KISSING. ' |
Wife Asks Court to Adjudge Her H
Husband Insane.
Magistrate Jas. O'Neill, in Adams
street police court, Brooklyn, yester- 11
day committed Edward A. Stoddart, oi
30, of No. 157 Harrison 'street, veter- P1
an of the 165th Infantry, to the observation
ward at Kings County Hos- it
pital because he kiased his wife too tl
much, says a New York dispatch: oi
His wife was complainant, and is
when men in the court room looked t<
upon her more than one opined that c<
he didn't blame Stoddart. A pretty n<
little woman is Mrs. Stoddart. tl
"Your honor," she said to Magis- ai
trate O'Neill, "he was killing me with
kisses and love. He kissed me on the lc
street, in church, at home, I counted *?
300 kisses last Monday, and the good cl
Lord only'knows how many on Sun- b<
na VIooaH ma until T felt T Wflfl m
UOJ , HO atDOVU WV UMVM A *? ?
dying from his kisses, and then he e<
wanted me to smile.*' ' ' ai
"A strange world," sollloquilzed the
court. "Most women protest because M
their husbands do not kiss them
enough."
Mrs. Stoddart said her husband has
been acting irrationally and complain- P<
ing that some one is trying to shock I w
him with electric batteries. She said g<
he was gassed and wounded in T
France and she feared his mind was al
affected. ^ d:
i She is 32 and has an eight year old
daughter. They have been married a
ten years. n<
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Why the Printer Loot His Job. tt
Out in Missouri a farmer gave a 1;
printing office an order for sale bills.
The job was promised' for June "1
30th, the date being just before the g<
prolonged drouth started. The prin- tt
ter decided to take a few parting d>
drinks, he took several then he hap- di
pened to remember the bills that hi
were promised for delivery that day tl
and staggered to the office to get out
the job. The farmer called for Jhe C
bills, paid for them and went home
and next day he started to put them
up. This Is what they read when he
came down to the list of articles to R
be sold. J
25 cows broke to work, 11 head w
of cultivators coming in soon, 10|di
head shoveling boards with scoops, 8 p<
piano mares, 120 rods of canvas belting
better than new, Belaval cow ai
with ice crean attachment, McCor- ic
mick binder ! foal, Poland China tl
Bob sled due to farrow in April, 14 t<
head of chickens with" grass seed at- s1
tachments in good working order, 2 b
J. I. Case heifers good as new, Spray- P
ing outfit can be ridden by. children, tl
15 Billy Goats, 70 bushel capacity
with spraying nozzles, and other at- tl
tachments. Many other articles too
numerous to mention, which I expect ^
to get at night between now and sale.
By W. L. ROAK,
Arline, Idoha.
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Oak Grove. it
Rev. C. S. Felder will preach his tl
last sermon for this conference year y<
at Bethesda next Sunday morning be- d
fore leaving for the annual confer- P
ence which meets at Georgetown i nnext
week.
J. S. Fair and family attended the j si
marriage of , Mrs. Fairs' sister, Miss a;
Mary Ray Carlisle at Bennettsville ai
last Thursday evening to Mr. Luther, e;
Martin of Mullins. j h
W. R. Dunn who far the past fev*; a:
months has been merchandising herejb
has sold out his stock of goods and (o
returned to Blenheim. i it
The good weather of the past few jc)
A. *WA ! rv
1 weeks has been very Denenciai iu
farmers in gathering their crops and a
in many of the fields very little cot- B1
ton remains. a
cl
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j the place Ben stopped; that a punc- tl
i ture of a front tire caused them to
stop near the Seven Bridges; that
John Henry was at the front of the
car jacking it up when the officers A
came up. That she got out of thej
car when the officers came up so shei
would be on tho ground and could!
run if anything hapened. She#did not, b
see Cain Manning when the shooting'd
took place and did not know where (f
he was. 1 3
Caswell Breeden, colored, testified j t<
that Ben Bethea had shot a man "in 0
the fore shoulder.'' 1c
John Henry Bethea, the defendant, o
said he was 30 years old, that his
home was near Little Rock and he d
owned around 100 acres of land ' n
|where he lived; that the car he was a
| driving on the night of the killing; si
(belonged to him; that he was mar-lsi
fried and has five children; that hejw
Iwas in the act of Jacking up his car tl
(when he saw two men. One man cametl
(towards him and said "Don't run, or (if
! I'll shoot you." He asked, "What's iT
| the matter, white folks?" that as he- j tt
[turned a bullet strticK nia ungrr u.nu ?.
he ran; that he had no gun and didtl
not own a pistol. The defendant then]
told of his surrender to Mr. MeadorsJy
[the last Saturday in July. He,-n
said that he spent a while at the g
home of a "peg-legged'' negro. near si
Maxton, after the shooting. leaving h
there about 2 o'clock the following !)
morning. When asked how he got to
J tho negro's house, he said he did no' tl
know, as he was lost. V
! John Ilenry is a bhvk, thick-lip-! n
' ped negro and wears a mustache. h
The solicitor was assisted in Shejo
prosecution by Messrs. G. B. P.i!ter-f1
1 son of Maxton and T. L. Johnson tind'ci
J. Dixon McLean of Luviherton.
while the defendant was represented' t(
h> the firm of Messrs. Mclntyre. r
Lawrence & Proctor of Lumberton P
A large crowd witnessed the trial n
but there was no disorder. g
FOOD FOR FISH.
[undreds of Tons of American Products
Going to Waste in Havana """
American products valued at milons
of dollars are tied up at the .port'
f Havanna seemingly without pros*
ect or hope of early delivery. .
Conditions have become so menaclg
from the standpoint of health
lat hundreds of tons of foodstuffs
a which war prices are paid on tlje
land, already have been dumped in)
the sea. There is such an utter
ingestion on the wharves that It has
ol been possible however to dig
1 rough the growing pile of boxes
3d reach many decayed shipments.
Warning against a possible epidamwas
sounded this week by the chief
initary. officer of Havana, who aeared
that "while the people werw
;lng taxed almost beyond their
eans, enormous quantities of needI
articles are rotting on the dock*
id endangering public health."
UCH OP DRUNKENNESS
AMONG AMERlGAfflg.'
Havana, Nov. 13.?About the only
arsons Been on the streets of Havana
ho show symptoms of over lnduV
ance in Intoxicants are Americana,
bis does not mean, however, that
II the Americana" who come here
rink to excess.
Beer and light wines are so much
part of the Latin life that it has
) Intoxicating effect. They drink '
oderately. But some visitors from
ie dry land seem to drink constaht',
once they find
Cuba happens to be the nearest t
foreign country" to the States, and
)vernment officials here declare
iat much of the growing travel is
ue to the fact that the island isn't
ry. It Is a big Item of revenue, and
is helped to put up prices for every
liny.
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OST HIM $900 TO
WHIP STENOGRAPHER.
I
Raleigh, Nov. 11.?L. K. Rotter, '
aleigh mill supply manr charged
ith assaulting his stenographer by
hipping her with switches, was toay
fined $600 by Judge Kerr in Stt*1'
?rior court. ' - ' \
? ' -mm m - _ 1 _?ll.n UL.
KUlier onerea a pica urgum;. m?
ttorneys ajsked for mercy, contendig
the humiliation resulting from
le crime had been such that Rntsr's
family was forced to leave the
ate. Rutter offered no excuse for
is action, which attorneys for therosecution
declared put Rutter in
16 class with Thaw and Frank, a
loral degenerate, who should get
le maximum punishment.
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lENRY GRADY TO
THE COTTON FARMER
In 1888 Henry W. Grady had a x
Ision of undisturbed farm prospery
for t?e South. The fullness of
le day which he foresaw has not
et come or our farmers would not
oes break, there will be no lowriced
cotton forced on an unwilling
larket.
"When every farmer in the South
hall eat bread from his own fields
nd meat from his own pastures,
ud disturbed by no creditors, and
slaved by no debt, shall sit amid
is teeming gardens, and orchards,
nd vineyards, and dairies, and
arn-yards, pitching his crops to hip
wn wisdom and growing them in
idependence, making cotton his
lean surplus, and selling it in his
wn time, and in his chosen market,
nd not at a master's bidding ?
etting his pay in cash and not if)
receipted mortgage that dlalarges
his debt, but does not restore
is freedom?then shall be breaking %
le fullness of our day."
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HEAVY FIRE LOSS AT HAMKR.
. K. McLell.in's Big Ginnery ami
800 Bales oi Cotton Destroyed.
The big ginnery at Hamer owned
y A. K. McLellan was completely
estroyed by fire at an early hour
rlday night. Besides the ginnery,
00 bales of cotton, 300 tons of cot)n
seed, two seed houses and other
utbuildinga went up in smoke. The
>sb is esitmated at $75,000.00, with
nly $18,500.00 wort,h of insurance.
The ginnery had been running alt
ay and was closed down Friday
ight at the usual hour. Between 10
nd 11 o'clock flames were seen
booting through the sides of tho
sed houses. A f^w minutes after ard
flames were sfeen to shoot from
le ginnery and those who reached
be scene first found that the inter)r
of the gin was a mass of flame*,
here was no fire-fighting apparaiis
at hand and all the spectators
An rtma tn ctanrl hv and watrh
le property go up in flames.
The ginnery was built just a few
ears ago at a cost of $30,000 and
as one of the largest individual
inning plants in the county. It
rrvcd a wide area and tne loss falls
eavily not only on Mr. McLellan
ut upon the entire community.
Everything points to the fact that a
lie fire was of incendiary origin. *
I'll *n th" flames were di covered
ot only the gin house and seed
oii=e wtp burning, but five wagns
loaded with seed cotton were in
lenv s. The wagons along with the
r?tton were completely destroyed.
Th" "oftnn and wagons belonged
:? parties in the neighborhood who
cached the gin too late that night
i g"f thefr g'nning done. \n aufomhlle
which belonged to one of the
in employees was destroyed.