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HE CAMDEN CHRONICLE L VOLUME XVI. (JAM l>KN, S. KIUDA Y, Al'lUL 21, 1905. NO. 15. 1H? SPIRIT OF GABBER BY HELEN KELLER. H. give thanks unto the Lord, (or He Is good, and HU mercy enduteth (orever.*^ Sing unto Him a new song. for He causeth the desert to put forth blossoms, and the valley* He covereth with greenness. Out cM the night He brlngeth day, and out of death life everUAlng. On this day a nefc light Is upon (he mountains ; for life and the resurrection ?re proclaimed forever. HE bands of winter are broken In sunder.'and the land is mad# s<jft with showers. Easter day brlngeth the children of men near to the source of all light (or on this day the lx>rd declanth the permanence of His world, and maketh known the Immortality of the soul. He hath revealed the life > jS* <-? ? ^ " 4 everlasting, and His goodness endureth forever.) ASTER is the promise of the Lord that all the best and noblest in ma; shall be renewed, even as growth and bloom and ripening shall not cease The bars of winter a/e broken and the Iron bands of death are riven. The bird is on the wing, and the flight of the soul shall know no weariness. (The lilies lift their holy white grails, brimmed w'th the sunshine of Cod's love' For has not the Lord manifested His love in flowers and in the tipspringfcig of greenr thing-.? They are sweet interpreters of large certainties. Each year the winter cuts them down, and e3ch spring they put forth agfcin Every spring is a new page in the book of revelation, wherein we read that life is an eternal genesis, and its end Is not . fpr^jt endupeth forever. HE festival of the springtime Is as old as the hope of man.^ The Jews had their feast of the Passover. The Romans*celebrated the Megalensla in honor of mother earth. But not the Jews nor the Romans Interpreted the whole message of spring. To the regeneration of earth Christ has added the new birth and eternal youth of the soul. V/e know that our branch grows in the physical life, but In the soul bears fruit that shall endure forever .' EL1EF In eternal life compels us to believe H good deeds and honest thoughts , The good man toils not for to-day. nor (or to-morrow alone but because he knows thai his labor shall survive long after his hand has fallen from the plow. The good man pours tjlmself into the world and makes it new. He Is among the blessed who win sight out of blindness, order out of chaos and life out of death. Since the first Easter morning the soul of man has shone with unwastlng light ; for then he looked into the radiant face of the rfsefl Christ, and knew that Cod's universe shapes Itself not to destruction, but to a yet more glorious genesis; yea. It endureth from everlasting to everlasting IHEr SI<5NIM(AN(E of~ EASTER, PY REV. W. S. SAYRES. I I*' a man <lie shall ho 11 Vo again.'' lias been the ques tion of tlio ages. Men have tiled In vain to answer it. Philosophers have. reas oned* poets have dreamed, grout sot^s hnvc hoped, but nil with out any rortainfy. Tbo analogies of 'lint u rr, I be requirements of justice, the sense of artistic or scientific unity, have shown the probability of I ni mor tality, ami that only to tbo few. But there was no convincing proof of any thing beyoml tbo grave. Man was an animal, and like an animal ho must cease to exist. Tin* dramatist, Indeed, bad visions of a dreary, shadowy exist ence in i bo underworld, but it was only the life of ghosts, and was not to be compared even with the present life. Most, touching, indeed, were the epi taphs on heathen graves. "Farewell Forever, O Brother." \Tho world was full of those who longed "for the touch of a vanished hand and the sound of a voice that was still." Djffleiilt. in deed, is it for lis to put ourselves in the position of those who know of no future life. The gloom of a limited ex istence was unrelieved by any back ground of llnht. Tills world was all. There was no hope. Spine few, like the Stoics, proudly made tbo best of it anil when life became too hard ended - "It by self-destruction. Some,- like the Fpleurenns. adopted the inotto,"'I'Ot us eat and drink, for to morrow we die." A rare few, like Plato, hoped against hope. The effect of this on morals was ter rible, and degrading. The animus of Idolatry was either ,fvar. or lust, or both conjoined. The unknown gods wore to be placated, at tlrst by offer ings. and at last by iniquity. ? But when at last, "in tlie fulness of; time," when the world had bad time to prove its helplessness and the futil ity' of its systems, and was ready for the truth, the light earne. ? * * * Beautiful as a vision, sweet as a song, was the story of the resurrection. !^Yhe glory of the, ri&ep Cbrfst be ?^Hfclarod tbr^ifwiowitb its unspeak JJWs. Men bad not looked for Wrtfc*j*be" golden light streamed all' # At onco through the o|M gates of -Heaven, and in that light tbe enigmas -of life were clearly read. Human life was not a tragedy, but a poem, a drama, where tbe last aet was an end- . less life of glory and activity. Tba| old faiths were but the broken tomb, tho empty grave clothes, that broken band* tbat bad blinded and fettered tmman life and freedom. What wonder then that tbe dlaelples eagerly Hi&Alnfo all. tbe laofU iHwoeblng fh? ? * carrying tbo good news r over death Into tbo far - r^r,.jr,^au the plains of Asia and the isles of Wie | sea. What wonder that thy lunv re lief inspired enthusiasm, extinguished the of martyrdom, and converted the empire Itself. The knowledge of a future life brought a new forjoe into the, world. Modern civilization is the present, but not the final result. Mail's horizon was enlarged until, it >VT<s bounded only by infinity^ The expan sive power of t lio rf*surrectU>n on hn^ man thought and UtfK-^tui hardly bo sJUeasurejl. Human 'progress dates from rhe resurrection. The burdens of life nrtr4J#frfene<l. j? jjle perspective of eternity, the world assumes its proper size. Present sorrow may be endured "for a night If Joy eometh in the morn ing.'* Death becomes a mere incident, a passing onward, a new birth, the grave but the gateway of life. The ef fect was also seen at oneo-ln morals. Crime, injustice, wrong/ wmifd H* judged. Responsibility would be de maiuled. The new. life might be missed through moral unfitness and nnrepent ed vlleness. I The resurrection of Christ was lack ing in nothing to make it complete and attractive. It was nut only a riving of the spirit, hut of the body as well, ?ind the new body was not the natural body, but that body splritmfy'/cd, en dowed with new powers. Independent of earthly forces and restrictions, and yet real and tangible. It was not a phantom, hut changed indeed in na ture, still recognizable as the same in appearance and font tire as^Oefore. with the print of the ualls and the wounded side. Without, this, Indeed, the resur rection" would have been incomplete. A ghostly existence had no attractive ness for us. The perfect man consists of body and spirit, and with the eilpat ity to realize again the touch of the vanished hand and to hear the sound of the voicc that was still. Thus future recognition becomes a certainty and progress a necessity. ' It Is interesting to conjecture what will be the nature of our future cttfcdU tion and occupations. 'Wie can do tjils. only partially. The child cannot com prehend the man's thought, nor the animal, the man's. But we may be lieve that each houI wjll ffnd some work flint is congenial and in the line of present tastes. The universe is fio inconceivably vast that there will be an infinite scope for every man U> exe* else his genius. Thflpo will be no itfle -tfess, for activity Is necessary for hap piness. Nor will men of a practical turn be required to spend an eterntty playing on harps. It is reasonable to suppose that ?ien with talent for leadership and' governing will have nom? field in which to govern and lead. "Y? shall Judge angels." The teacher may teach in other worlds. Those who love to minister in works of mercy, to alleviate suffering, may And employ ment In their special calling. Mastc, poetfy? ?rt, sH^nce, philosophy will not- be lost out of that life, and the rnrfmW creator may be employed In fashioning now -worlds. In line, ?pocvlation lad* da limit to the possi ble tad probable ftekU of future ac tivity. Fewer* and capacities that are bar* (CH, but in Input for want of J [ opportunity, will doubtless be satisfied. "Sal infied ! Sati?lied! The spirit's yearning Kor dttwt companionship with kindred mi lids ; The silent love that here iiu-cl * n<> return inx. The inspiration which no lan^ua^e limb." ? ? ? Hut will till men luivo this happy . Immortality, or will It l>e restricted l>> conditions? This is a question for (lie meoiogians. Holenco teaches that the j lit test survive, ami the teachings of the rlKt>n Lord make Him (lie only ? source of the resurrection. The only mail who has yet arisen makes per , sons I relationship , of some sort with Himself to bo indispensable, but it may be populated that the demand* oft /in tnre and. of revelation will be found identical, sinee both are from the same author. It may also be suggested that, to persons who are erimjnal, vil lous, satanle, an Intinite prolongation of life, with no change of character, would mean an inllnite development of unhnpplness. (Jood work is never v.'hcjj !i?i. is viewed as a preparation for eternity. Nothing we learn is to be lost, but will have its fruitage by and l?y. Iienvo nuto Cellini, the famous artist, when asked why bo bad spent so many weeks making a certain miniature carv ing on a gem. replied that lie expected to live forever, and n few weeks was well spent in preparing himself for the future. . And so the old problem has been solved, and we rejoice at the Kaster ? sea son, which preserves the historienl testimony of the fact of the resurrec tion. Our bodies may indeed sleep in the grave, but our souls shall rest in consciousness until the perfect con summation of the general resurrect ion "There in no death; What seems so is transition. This life of mortal breath Is hut the suburb of the dark clysian Whose portal we c-^|l death." ^ Knitter Morning. ^ T gathered flowers to deck my tomh .nt night And strewed where hopes and drettm* were locked in bleep; I f"lt the veil of nhadows round me ?\\ eep And wrap mc in its fold* ; ] heard the flight " Of fluttering t tings that upward soared to light. ur _ . 1 r.tl (?< il< a walk or two With tin1 hares ami rnhhlti, Aiul K'.tsc i linn /.iuIi a talking to About thesr% c.uvl*?t?$ habits. Kht* r< oldt'd them for jinn so Jnstead ol' walking proper, Ami to!. I t lu'iti how their iiown go When tiny tat their Ktipper. Ami said, "Now you should never 1ft Your ear* si irk up like that, Itiii you should comb them neatly bark Ami link them in your hat." Ilonr to MitUe t It <* M )ntiirloun )'?KK Hhk. Mil ke two bags, about twolvc inches ioh}- b.v six with*, of some nark iniue I'bil. and *cW tin* two together. SO that ! one may be Inside tin* other, ami it will j appear tin* same if turned inside out. Next make a number of little pockets, with a cover to each, which may be fastened down by a button ami loop. I'lace these about two inebes apart, between (be i w bags, sewing one side of tin* pocket t<, one bag and tin* other side tn the other. Now uiakc slits through both bags about an inch in length just above the pockets, so that the opening is large enough for a hand to go ihroiigh. Insert your thumb and j linger through the slits and open the pockets. To perform the trick small articled should be put ill the. pockets, one ill etn h. and the pockets covered ?ver. The bag may now be tutted inside out any number of times a1 pleasure, and il will appear 4.o be empty; indeed, it will thus appear if examined closely by any one of the spectators. You can now cause to appear ami disappear any number of articles, much to every one's amusement, as well as amaze ment. The celebrated egg-bag trick of the magicians who perform in public is done with this kind of a bag. A Jnek Horner 1'ic I'"or Kmli-r, A Jack Horner pie Is something new for Master, and tire little boy or girl who has one will have endless fun with it. It is made In the form of a large egg, iill in Unify tissue paper, a tiny ladder leads up to the top of the EasLer Morning. This beautiful pluturo U reproduce 1 iVom the pniu'iiije by iho wetl-Unowu artist, Alexander Kiuler. . . . ..... f only crouched down in the gloom to weep. The crescent moon swung up the slurry steep. Tears and repining Winded all my t . The perfume of thv lilies soothed each sense. I slept and dreamed, the hours throbbed on and on. A song bird woke me caroling its lay. The dew-gemmed flowers caught the frank incense * Of chime and song; it was the Faster dawn And love had rolled the stone of grief away. ? Km ma Playter Sea bury. The Lfrion of ihn Sr??on. ? . ??'''? * Apes pass, but each returning Enster brings again Its lessons of sacrlticc^of uuselflthucss ami of great Jove for Im munity. Great snowy banks of emblems of purity* :arc offered in ra membrauce of the greatest self-abne gation In- the history of the world. In vast cathedral uiul modest chapel vi brate* the majestic music of praise for the most wonderful resurrect loir, upon which Is based the faith of the might* teat peoples of the earth. ItfWMMllt*. Customer ? "What arc the Raster noveltlen this year?" |>caler? "Ob, rabb'ts and eggs? same it U?t y??r." pjr;;, and on it aro porrlicd 1 i 1 1 yvllow rii ii'k?'ns< TIhmv arc more Inside. And lots of little f i k Hllcd with candy. 1'icccs of riltlxm arc attached to these, and tho fun starts when each In turn pulls their jji f t out of tlx* i>Kis. "3 *>it> EoW." 1 hid my love ?n the heart of a rose. All day to vour happy v throat 'twin pre*Td, From dewy mora till iwi liKhtv.ow And you never ctte?*ed! ? ?Clifton llinghaiVi. PALMETTO CHOP BULLETIN Weather and Crop Conditions as View ed by the Department. Columbia, 8. C., Special. ? Tim week ending hi ii- in. April 17th. averaged t> 1 i K 1 1 1 1 y I'Dolt-i' than usual but the do partures front normal wuro small until tho ltith when the temperature f?*l 1 rapidly and to tho morning of the 17th when it was below freezing over t h?? central ami western part a of tho State, with killing frosts as far east ; ward as Williamsburg comity and heavy frosts along the coast. There ! arc as yet no roportH available as to the extent ami severity of the damage j caused by the frost except lit the vi cinity of Columbia where practical ly all garden truck, corn and other young crops were killed. The damage was likely more serious to tho west- J ward where the temperature was low er. There are no reports available as to tho effects of the frost on fruit, 1 which tip to this time was in a very promising condition, except in parts of tho extreme northwestern counties where so ill q, was killed by the frost of tht? 7th. The precipitation was gener al during thy week, ami was exces sive in portions of tho central, western and extreme northwestern counties. f Scattered localities had hail on the 9th and 13th. The rainfall ranged from less than one to over four Inches, greatly delaying operations in the western half of the State and parts of the eastern. A a rule tho rainfall was needed and proved beneficial to grain crops, garden and truck. Corn planting was continued over the western counties, but made slow progress. In the eastern counties replanting is under way, and most of the early corn Is up to fair to good stands, and some has received its first cultivation. Cut worms did much damage in places. Preparation of lands for cotton Is nearly finished over tho eastern coun ties, and made some progress over the western ones. Planting is Hear ing completion in a few localities, but generally is less than half finished and was delayed by the wet soil in the central and western comities. Some cotton is up to stands. In the greater portion of the State it is probable that /practically all cotton and corn that Is up will need be replanted owing to the frost . The wheat ' and oats ctops made marked improvement In appearance and growth during the week, especial ly spring oats, that were greatly bene fitted by the rains. Some tobacco has been transplanted in Marlon county. The acreage to be planted to tobacco will be somewhat larger than last year. Rice plfptlng is nearly finished in the Collecton district, and the conditions for planting arc favorable irt the Georgetown district. Truck was doing well, with heavy shipments of beans, peas, radishes and strawberries under way. It is believed that truck was ma terially damagod in districts somewhat reriiote from the coast, but the amount of Injury cannot be stated in this week's bulletin, and may prove to have been slight. J. W. Bauer, Section Di rector. '? CORNERSTONE LAYING. / ( Crittenton Home Exercises to Take , Plate Easter Monday. The exercises of isying the corner stone of the Charlotte Crittenton Home, which is located at the corner of Mc Dowell^ and Ninth streets, will take place Easter Monday, April 24th, at 5 o'clock. Mr. Charles N. Crittenton. will be present and participate in the exer cises. This will be an occasion of no little Interest, and will furnish an at tractive opportunity to the people of tho city to see the beautiful jind com modious building now ncarinz comple tion. T Peaches Killed in Georgia, Gainesville, (Ja.. Special. ? Almost the entire peach crop in northeast Giorgio was killed by Sunday night 's ' freeze. Growers state that there will not he enough peaches grown for a single shipment. Vegetables jif all hinds were hurt. The thermometer registered 29 degrees and ice was half an inch thick. <,f Joseph Jefferson Very Low. West Palm Beach. Kla.. Special. ? The condition of Joseph Jefferson, the vete ran actor, has undergone a change for the worse, and the outook for his recov ery is not s<> hopeful. Physicians have been in constant attendance at his bed side and report him as very weak Mon day. In response to an inquiry as to Mr. Jffffei son's condition. Dr. Potter said: "Mr. Jefferson i? very low." It is re ported that the members of his family who are oot already with him have been tolegrapbed to come. Telegraphic Briefs. The corporation of HastJpjs, -Bag land, decided the other day that It couldn't affonfl,<o Invite the Prince oi Wales to open Ita new waterworks this summer. U would have coat $10,000, and Haatlnga la a well-to-do seaside re \ sort of 60,000 population. The Prince of walea it sot popular. " Mr. J. Sumter Moore has bean ap pointed general manager of the Olym pta> Oran by. Rlchlaod and Capital City urn# ? . ? _ : v PROMINENT EDUCATORS Programme of Great Mcetmy to Be Held in Columbia. Columbia, H. C , Special Prepara tions havo been completed fur the eighth session of t ho Conference for Kducat i< >11 in the South. This body meets in this city on the evening of April 20, and continues its sessions through the evening of April 28. The Conference comes to Columbia by invitation of th^ Governor of the State, the Legislature of South Caro lina, the Hi ate Department of Kduca t Ion, the educational Institutions of Columbia, the mayor, tho city council and the Columbia Chamber of Com merce. Attendants upon the confer ence come from every quarter of the country, representing men and women interested in the general cause of edu cation, people of affairs as well as people professional ly associated with the schools. The address of welcome will be delivered by Governor Hey w ?rd. The program will be as follows: lClghth Conference for Kducat Ion In the South. Columbia, S. C., April 20 28, 1905. All Sessions of the Conference Will Ho Held in the Columbia Theatre. Wednesday, April 20. 8 p. in. ? Address of Welcome, by the Hon. I). C. Heyward, Governor of SoiiHi Carolina. Annual address of the president, bv ."ftr. ltobiut C. Ogden, New York City. "A Southern Interpretation <>f the Conference for Kducntlon," by Dr. George B. Denny, president of Wash ington & l,eo University, Lexington, Va. Thursday, April 20. 10 n. in. ? Announcements, Appointment of committees. At this point the morning's session will be assigned to the State Superin tendents of Kducntlon from the south ern States, the superintendents choos ing their own chairman and discussing subjects of interest in their respective fields. At the conclusion of the discussion there will be an address on "The Touch I uk of Agriculture in l ho Public School* of (ho South," by Dr. A. C. True, director of the United States D? pari incut of Agriculture. 3. HO p. m. ? The social reception at the capltol. 8 p. m. ? "The High School In the Pub lic School System of the South." by .1. H. Phillips. Superintendent of Schools, Birmingham, Ala. "Somo Arguments for Compulsory Education," by W. II. Hand, superin tendent of /iehooU, Chester, S. C. "Some Phases of Educational HLs tory in New York City," by the Hon. Seth Low, ex-mayor of Creator New York. Friday, April 28. 10 a. lii. ? ?Business session. Reports of committees. Meet ion of officers.? "Tho Question of School Suporvl slon," by I John W\ Ahercrombio, president of tho University of Ala bama. ; x ?... "Public Order and the Public Schools," by Col. G. A. Cordon. Sa vannah, Ge.# ' p. m. ? "The Local Taxation Movo tnent in the Carollnas," by the Hou. John W. Small, member of Congress from North Caroline. "Some Sectional Misapprehensions," Ernest Hamlin Abbott. New York City. An address, subject to be nnnounaed, by tho Hon. Edward M. Shepard, Brooklyn, N. Y. The officers of the Conference ar<^ Mr. Robert C. Ogden. of New York Clly, president: Edward Gardner Mur Phy, of Alubama, vice-president; Or. B. J. Baldwin, of Montgomery, Ala., secretary; Mr. William A. Blair, Win ston-Saleni, N. C., treausrer. The ex ecutive committee in B. B. Valentino, Richmond, Va.. chairman; Dr. Robert B. Fulton, chancellor of the University of Mississippi; the Hon. John B. Knox, piesldent of the recent constitutional convention of Alabama, Ala.; G. p. Glenn, superintendent of schools, Jack sonville. Fla. ; B. C. Caldwell, prcsl dent Of the St Me Normal 'School, La.; C. B. Gibson, superintendent of schools. Columbus, Ga,; Dr. Richard II. Jesse, president of the University of Missouri; Hon. S. A. Mindors, State Superintendent or Education, Tenn.; Clarence H. Poo, editor of the Progres sive Farmer, Raleigh, N. C.; Dr. D. B. Johnson, president of Wlnthrop Col lege, Rock Hill, S. C.; Dr. D. F. Hons Ion. president**)! tty? Agricultural and Mechanical College, Texas. Mr. Robert Q. Ogden, president of the conference, will bring a distin guished party of visitors by special train. The greater /fltyniber of those In attendance will be frrtm the South ern States, about one thousand being expected from south of Mason and Dixon's line. The chairman of the local committee of arrangements Is E. S. Dreher, su perintendent of schools of the city of Columbia. Those intending to attend the Conference should give early no-, tlce to Superintendent Dreher. The railroad rates are one-half fare plus twenty-live cents for territory in the South Eastern Passenger Associa tion. "N tw? of the Day. Dean Lefroy, speaking at Norwich. England, thfi other day said ha yield ed to no man In his loyalty to the Book of Common Prayer, but It was not always adapted to the people, it was too stately. ? V Asked In the course of an rtVni Hon what "Parttameni** wa?, ? bright Birmingham." BthlenUj ha "had Chant II ?UI1 DECISION Supreme Court of United States Says light-Hour Law is Unconstitutional Till: RIGHT OF COM R ACT SACRtD United States Supreme Court, in What Justice Harlan Calls the Most lOV portant Decision in the Last Century Holds Unconstitutional the . New York 10-Hour Law For Bake>'ie3, Four Out of Nine Justices Dissent ing ? New York Court's Opinion, Now Reversed, Written by Judge Parker. vv'floiiiMpioM, Sped:*.!. -!r. s". opinion by Justice Peckham, the United State* Supreme Court of the United States hold to ho unconstitutional the New day'H work and sixty hours day's work and nlxty-slx hour# a week's work In the bakeries of thai State. Justices llarlau, White, Day and Holmes dissented and Justice liar* Inn declared that no more Important decision has heen rendered In the last century. The opinion was handed down In tha^ case of Ijookne.r vs. State of New York and was based on the ground that the law interferes with the free exorcise of the rights of contract between Indi viduals. The Court of Appeals of the State upheld the law and affirmed the Judgment, of the trial court holding I xjekner guilty. Judge Parker wrote the opinion of the New York Court of Appeals supporting the law, and the court divided four to t lumjju..the ques tion of validity. / I/><#ncr is a hrtker who was found guilty ftf permitting an employe to work in his bakery more than sixty hours in a week. Four Die in Stampede. Indianapolis. Special.? Kronzled by a false alarm of. IH'C. several hundred newsboys struggling to obtain free tickets to a show by a patent medicine advertising company, stampeded In a narrow airway in the Masonic Tem ple Monday night, crushing the life out of four boys and probably Injuring sev? oral other children. Long before tho time appointed for the distribution of free ticket*, the stairs or MaSonic Temple, at the south wftHt corner of Washington street and Capitol avenue, were crowded with a pushing, yplllng crowd of children, mostly newsboys, each anxious to be j^rst to riSfcfve a pass. When the dis tributing began, the excitement bo came more Intense, and the effort^ of several policemen to maintain order were unavailing. It Is allege^ by a witness that one of the boys, In an endeavor to hasten the exit of those who had received passes, shouted "Fire?" Immediately; those at the top of the stairs faced about and madly began to force a way to the bottom of the steps. Shrieks and physical encounters followed. Those at this top became so closely entangled that the mass of boys fell, clinging to cach other, Into the strag gling mass of yotrths at the bottom of the stairs. A .. ? Policemen from central station re sponded to a riot call and began to. extricate the smothering bi\ys *our boys were dead when uncovered, l ne boys fought dosperately to get free, and dozens were Injured by the first crush or were hurt by the subsequent scramble aforesaid. ? An immense crowd of people, ai-? tracted by tho wild shouts Jostled about tho mass of boys and hampered the work of the ambulance corps. The severely Injured were sent to a hospital, while many, who suffered . slight Injuries, were sent home. Serious damage Near Goldsboro. Goldsboro, Special. ? The cold wavo has prevailed in this section since since last^Svcdnesday evening reached a climax Sunday night, when it frosted heavily. Ice was also plen* {'.fill in many places. Means, peas, Ir ish potatoes and other garden plants were hurt. Heann have been hurt to an extent of half the crop. Straw berries aro also hurt, but not to any serious extent. Great Anxiety Felt. Wilmington, Spoclal. ? Ico formed throughout the east Carolina trucking belt Sunday night, but owing to high winds thero was little, any, frost. Temperatures falling from 33 to 36 de grees are reported from various points In the belt, and the damatffe to the crop cannot yet be estimated. Irish potatoes and beans suffered most. Strawberry blooms were cut 'off ia places, but the damage In that particu lar la not regarded -as serious. Con* tinued cold end frost agalu tonight la prodlcted and the greatest anxiety prevails among truckers. : ? Fruit probably Doomed. Roajioke. VtL, - 8p?ciat.? Reports - fiora soolhwoat Virginia indicate fl?*? If tke fruit crop was not killed last fJchi It (a* Iii txjial night. The mercury fell Mo.? M In aone places, and at there was an Inch of- ' ?t tttproi* Monday. heavy fall of snow ft Tltfnlty Sunday tl tow*. If do. tntt "-rjs