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MCE 111 ASSASSINATED. I MEAN SHOOTS HIM IN HARBIN RAILROAD STATION. Make* No Effort to Roam* That Ho Hod Avenged Wrongs Has Country Suffered s\t sMaMsl of Japan. Harbin. Get ft.?Prince Hlrobuml former Japanese president gen of Korea and probably Japan's statesman, was assassinated ejg the TsalUagan railway station here sgsday. At the moment the Jspsnese Coaaat was acknowledging the ly welcome that had greeted him sna hs stepped down from the coach he had occupied In the railroad Smiling and bowing, he turn to make his way toward the Re? finance minister. M. Kokovsoff, was awaiting him on ths station Form n few pacss distant. Sud o half dosen rsvolver shots red In quick succession wsre heard, Mowed by the cries of those stand sj near ths prince who had either wounded or imagined them to be. At the second report Ito staggered and fell faint It was subsequently found that received three bullets, two of :h entered the abdomen. Prince did not regain consciousness and 10 minutes later. fusllads of shots thrsw the Into a panic, and It was some before It could be determined beside ths prince, had suffered, the excitement had somewhat lead It waa found that three oth nabere of the party on ths plat had been Injured. Prince Ito's secretary received a bullst, as dttt Japanese Consul General Kawa tJsss and General Manager Tanka of fJao South Msnchurlan railway, who %nd been standing eloos to the prince firing began. It it thought that three are not mortally wounded, perpetrator of the outrage waa'1 to locate as he stood defiant In the crowd, revolver In hand. Hs oved to be a Korean, and, with two sn pen to TVs of the same nationality, of a conspiracy to take the of ths former president general of In satisfaction for the alleged iy of the prince over Koreans, the police pounced upon the Koreans ths ons who did the sassotmg exclaimed dramatically: "I ejaane to Harbin for the sols purpose ^ejf assassinating Prince Ito to avenge any country." None of the three Koreans attempt ejl to escape. The assassin later sd -ejnsttad thst be had a personal grudge ejBjnJnst the Japanese statesman, who. settle president genersl in Korea, had amused the execution of several of his sVesnda. It had been supposed that the po- | protection for the prince was ade- ! ite but the police stated later that they were unable to distinguish the Koreans among the many Japanese who bsd been admitted to the rail? way station to welcome the prince. The Russian police stated that the Japanese consul genersl. Kawanakan. had authc-lsed them to permit en? trance to the station of all Japanese who sought admission. Very soon after death the body of Prince Ito was made ready for re? al home and, placed upon a rail train. The casket was covered flowers and In other ways the w of the official and public life manifested. Prince Ito had come to Harbin to let M. Kokovsoff. the Russian min? or of finance, for what was believed be an Important conference. The nference was suggested by Prince ! ? In his capacity as president of the j council of Japan. The subjects On be discussed were not definitely known to the public but they were supposed to concern affairs of admin? istration in Manchuria. Kokovsoff had before declined an Invitation to esslt Japan for such a conference, and Harbin was agreed upon as a meeting j place. In accepting the Invitation the ; sslsn minister said that political | Hons must be barred, as he was, potent only to discuss financial j technical subjects, those concern the status of the Manchurlan rait The conference had been an aweneed widely In advance and It was generally known when the diplomats would reach Harbin. ?Ither run s town with a vim or an sell out and losf. One thing be done?run the town for all It Is worth. Get up steam and steep It up. Do you want trade? En e^nrage whst you have. Do you want a prosperous town? Then never per the Jeslousle? to rule your ae i, but work together for common dby Aurora. Unter den Linden Is the centre of rlln and the hub of the German nsnplre. This msgnlflcent boulevard Is Its feet In width, and under tho of Its lime trees the Berliners a meeting plsce which Is equal architectural beauty to any In Ku? lt Is lined on either side with oent hotels, restaurants and SAND HILL FARMING. Marked Success in Increasing Fertility Of Land by Growing Winter Cover Crop, The Columbia correspondent of the Augusta Chronicle writes interesting? ly of a successful effort to Improve sand hill land and grow profitable crops without using barn yard man? ure. He says: One frequently hears it said that it is impossible to maintain the fertility of the soil without the use of live stock. It is supposed that only by using barn-yard manure the organic matter in the soil can be profitably maintained. Experiments with win? ter cover crops, however are rapidly disproving this theory. By growing vetch, burr cloever, or crimson clover, and either cutting them off for hay or turning them under as a manure crop the poorest of soil with the prop? er fertilisation and cultivation can he brought up to a high state of fertility, j An excellent example of this fact has been demonstrated on the Gon? zales Farm, near Columbia. In the spring of 1906 Mr. Gonzales took hold of nine acres of the poorest kind of sand-hill land. The previous crop was Bumble Bee cotton, the stalks being not more than six Inches high. The clay In this land is so deep down that It has never yet been discovered. The first plowing given this land was shallow, but It has been gradual? ly dsspensd until In the fall of 1908 it was plowed twelve inches deep with a disc plow. The fertilisers have been only acid phosphate, and potash. Three hundred pounds of the former sad one hundred pounds of the latter per acre applied before planting each crop except once each year a small amount of cotton seed meal was ad? ded. The first crop planted in the spring of 1906 was sorghum, only a part of It was large enough to cut for hay, the remainder being so small it had to be plowed under. In the fall of 1906 the land was sowed In oats and vetch. Only a small growth was secured. The vetch grew only on about half the field, as the land had no\ been lnnoc ulated. The oats and vetch were cut for hay. the yield being light. In the spring of 1907 after the oats and vetch were removed the field was sow? ed in peas. The yield was better than that of the oats and vetch but still was not heavy. After the peas were moved, vetch and oats were sowed again. This was cut for hay in4 the spring of 1908. The yield was. better than the previous year as more of the land had become innoculated for vetch. After the hay was cut, corn was planted, Intending to harvest it for grain. The yield was estimated at 30 bushels per acre, but it was put in the silo instead of husking. In October U08. soil was taken from the part of the field where vetch had grown most luxuriantly and scat? tered over thA parts where It had not grown before in order to inoculate the soil. An application of fifteen hundred pounds of air slaked lime per acre was made in order to correct the ac? idity of the soil. Oats and vetch were then sowed. The vetch grew over the entire field for the first time. The crop was cut for silage, yielding nine tons per acre, or the equivalent of a little more than two tons of hay per acre. The silage has since been fed to dairy cows with marked success. Fol lowing the crop of oats and vetch cow psag were planted in June, 1909. These made a yield of approximately two and one-half tons per acre. A heavier growth rarely ever having been seen. This shows conclusively what can be done in building up land without the use of barnyard manure, and by judiri >us use of fertilizer, and winter cover crops. But a little ammonia was used, the vetch and cowpeas having supplied the larger portion. The yield of cotton In 1905 and the sorghum In 1906 was almost lnsignflcant but this year, the fourth year after beginning with the land Mr. Gonzales with only moderate amount of fertilizer has se? cured a yield of four and one-half tons of hay per acre. Prof. A. G. Smith, of the United States Bureau of Plant Industry is doing this kind of work all over the State, there being now planted 325 fields of vetch, burr clover, crimson clover, red clover and alfalfa under his direction In all sections of the State. Live stock growing should not he dscouraged by any one but for those who do not have the menu.; or the knowledge to follow up such an in? dustry can build up their lands by the no ans of winter cover crops as Mr. Gonzales has done on bis farm whose soil is only typical of the sandhill re? gion of the State. Miss (Mara M. Howard has been appointed to the International fellow? ship founded by the Society of Amer? ican Women in London. She is in? structor in rhetoric and composition at Wellesley College. Send us your Job work. COAST LINE IMPROVEMENTS. Company Preparing to Issue a Huge Mortgage? Double Tracking In Yiew. Baltimore, Oct. 26.?Stockholder?* of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad company, It was understood here to? day, probably will be asked at the an? nual meeting, to be held In Rich? mond, Va., November 10, to authorize a refunding mortgage to provide funds for improvements and to retire underlying liens. Notices apprising stockholders of this action are ex? pected to be sent out shortly. It is understood that the company, which is controlled by Baltimore cap? ital, does not contemplate issuing any of the bonds In the Immediate future, but the directors wish to be in a posi? tion to raise money for double-track? ing and otherwise improving the sys? tem when they decide the time is pro? pitious. Cotton Goods in Manchuria. Consul R. S. Greene, of Harbin, finds that there is much interest in the status of the cotton goods trade of Manchuria. He says: "The neces? sity of taking measures not only to extend, but even to preserve the ex? isting market for American cotton goods in China, should be brought clearly to the attention of American manufacturers. The situation in Man? churia requires special notice, where the Japanese are energetically intro? ducing their sheetings, shirtings, and drills. The leading mills have com? bined for this purpose and have ap? pointed as agents the Mitsui Bussan Kaisha, which has offices in all the leading cities of Manchuria, and con? ducts an exclusive business In both exports and imports. The cotton goods are shipped on consignment di? rect to the branches of this company In the principal market towns, and special banking arrangements have been made, so that the heavy loss by exchange ordinarily Incurred in mak? ing payments or remittances In Man? churia is reduced to a minimum, while the money necessary to finance the business is advanced at unusually low rates. "Thus the Chinese merchant in the interior who wishes to buy a few bales of sheetings finds the Japanese article for sale in his own city at a price which seems to him very rea? sonable. He can examine the gods and take delivery immediately if he wishes, or he can order from sample for future delivery. On the other hand, if he prefers American goods, he will probably have to order them from Newchwang. On account of the chaotic condition of the currency In Manchuria, he has to pay not only ' the Newchwang merchant's commis? sion, but also a considerable premium on his remittance. But the New? chwang merchant himself has bought the goods, not from the manufactur? er, but from an importer in Shang? hai, whose expenses and commission are added to the cost of the cloth. A very heavy loss by exchange between Shanghai and Newchwang has also to be included. Consequently, by the time the goods have reached the trad? er in the interior their prices seem unreasonably high, compared with the Japanese goods, even considering their superior quality. "The remedy is simply for Ameri? can manufacturers to follow the ex? ample of the Japanese and go after the business themselves. To speak only of the Manchurian market, the manufacturers of several of the most popular 'chops' should combine to j send a well qualified agent, acquaint- j ed with Chinese business, to reside, says, at Kuangchengtzu, the principal OOtton-gOOds emporium of the three eastern provinces. From there he could go by rail in 24 hours or less to Newchwang, Dalny, Mukden, Liao yang, Hsinmlntun, or Kirin, and An tung, Tsitsihar and Intermediate points would be within reach. At Kuangchengtzu a small stock of the goods most in demand should be kept under the immediate supervision of the agent, and arrangements could be made with a reliable firm In Dalny to act as warehouse agents to receive shipments and forward them as re? quired to various points in the in? terior. By traveling from town to town with a good compradore the agent could get and keep in touch with the leading merchants in each place. Once the business is well start? ed an effort should be made to keep prices as stable as possible, even at the cost of some loss by fluctuations of exchange. With reasonable care losses and gains by exchange can be made to balance. "Unless the manufacturers get af? ter the business themselves very soon the Japanese goods will be so strong? ly Intrenched that It will be difficult to supplant them. At present Amer? ican goods are well and favorably known, and advantage should be tak? en of this start. There can be no question of protecting the local trade by staying out of the business, as the commission merchants have been given a chance and have failed to protect adequately the interest of the manufacturers." i BOY FARMERS GIVEN PRIZES. Splendid Showing Made by Youthful Planten* of Clarendon. Manning, Oct. 26.?The exhibit made here today by members of the Clarendon County Boys* Corn Grow? ing Club, working under the direction of the bureau of plant industry of the United States department of ag? riculture, was highly creditable in every particular, except that there was not as many exhibits as was de? sired. Quite a number of prominent farmers from different sections of the county attended the exhibition, and there were also present Mr. A. G. Smith, expert on corn culture, and Mr. Ira W. Williams, State manager of the farm demonstration work. Af? ter careful consideration of the merits of the several exhibits, the committees awarded the following prizes: Twenty nest ears of corn, $10, Jeff Lee, Alcolu. Twenty second best ears of corn, $5, J. B. Bagnal, Wilson's. Greatest yield of corn per acre, 93 bushels, $10, Ernest C. Way, Sil? ver. Cheapest production, 14.6 cents per bushel, $6, Wesley Graham, Jordan. Best bushel shelled corn, .22 cali? bre rifle. J. B. Bagnal, Wilson's. Best six stalks cotton, $5, Thomas Snyder, Manning. Second best six stalks cotton, $3, Edgar Way, Silver. Greatest yield of cotton per acre, 2,800 pounds to date, Chesterfield hat, won by Edgar Way, Sliver. A scheme is under consideration to further the work for 1910 somewhat as follows: Organize as many as ten clubs, with any number from ten to twenty boys in each club; charge a fee of $1.50 per year for each mem? ber; the Manning board of trade, the county of Clarendon and the county board of education to jointly agree to raise or guarantee $300 to apply on the salary of a Government expert, the agricultural department to pay balance of salary, said expert to come to this county and become a traveling teacher of agriculture, visiting each club twice a month, prescribing a course of study in agriculture, quiz? zing on subjects studied, lecturing and practically demonstrating in the lines studied; a variety of valuable prizes to be offered and every possible effort made to advance the cause of suc? cessful, scientific agriculture in this county. Further details will be pub? lished as the plan develops, and it is hoped there will be a more extensive and more enthusiastic competition next year than there was this year. In Need of Herod. Portsmouth Square, the old Span? ish plaza of the city centers a Chinese and Italian tenement population. By all the rules of probability, there should have been a struggle of the races on Portsmouth Square that morning. As a matter of fact, the Italians were stupefied and the Chi? nese accepted it as a matter of course. When the fire came their way, says Will Irwin in his stories of the San j Francisco fire appearing in "Success Magazine," the Chinese took their treasure chests and the Italians their bedding, and trooped in stupefied silence into the Square, where they camped out under guard of the re? gular army. On the afternoon of that first day. one whom we will call Dr. Friend, passed the Square drugging his trunk. An acquaintance met him, and the following result? ed; "Hello, Dr. Friend." he called. A sergeant of regulars heard the greeting. "Are you a doctor?" he asked. "Yes." "Well, there are babies being born over here in the crowd and we've looked everywhere for a doctor. Come over and get busy." "I car't refuse to help?but I've got a family waiting for me!" pretest? ed the doctor. "Get busy!" responded the sergeant with a suggestive shift of his gun. In that day a soldier had only to raise his finger and the citizen obeyed. Dr. Friend found three patients un? der a tent of blankets. Everything went nicely. By evening there were three new babies in Portsmouth Square. The doctor cut up an army blanket to wrap them. The sergeant halted an army ambulance which happened to be empty. They laid out the moth? ers?two of them Italian and the third a Pole?on the floor of the ambu? lance, tucked the babies safely on the shelves, and drove to the temporary receiving hospital. After the attendants had unloaded mothers and babies, the doctor and the ambulance started back for Ports? mouth Square. An orderly ran up and stopped them. "Doctor!" he called, "which baby goes with which mother?" Dr. Friend's mouth flew open, and his hands dropped. ?TU be d-d If I know!" he gasped. A. K. Relnhart has opened a new hotel in Gaffney. It Is known as the Palmetto Inn. Southern Mill "Slavery." Richmond News-Leader. Several months ago some of the sensational magazines tilled their pages with accounts of what they called "child slavery in the South." Special commissioners, including sev? eral women, were sent to the South? ern cotton mill districts. We had pa? thos and rhetoric and vivid word pic? tures, human interested narratives, sobs in type and the rest of it. This newspaper has little confidence in stuff of that kind. If a Northern mag? azine writer sent to a Southern cot? ton mill town reported the conditions good and the working people reason? ably well and happy the story would have no interest. It would be a bald statement of fact. Probably it would not be printed and the writer would miss the space and maybe lose his or her job. The public likes to have its feelings stirred. A picture of a cotton mill girl fairly good looking, well dressed and in good health would be of no value from a news or magazine standpoint. It would be common place and usual. A photograph of a child emaciated and miserable ap? peals to the sensibilities. It is pic? turesque and stirring. On two or three occasions The News Leader, discussing the question of cot? ton mill labor in the South, has re? ferred to the town of Pelzer, S. C. The town was chosen as an illustration be? cause healtn statistics are kept care? fully by the mill management and, therefore, any assertion regarding conditions there can be verified offi? cially. In the South Carolina news? papers of October 18 we find one of the annual reports from Pelzer. The town has a population of a little over 5,000. It has four or five large cotton mills, all owned by the same company, and 2,800 of its people, more than half, actually are engaged in daily la? bor in the mills. Last year the deaths were 19, not quite four to the thou? sand. The births were 239. Twelve of the deaths were those of Infants. Only one death was caused ijy con? sumption. These actual facts will offset col? umns and pages of argument and as? sertions and eloquence. The death rate is not quite 4 to the 1,000 a year. The birth rate is nearly 50 per 1,000 a year. These are facts and all the theory in the world cannot prevail against them. People who are over? worked or starved or miserable or who live in the unwholesome condi? tion so vividly described by the mag? azine writers do not have the vigor and vitality represented by a death rate of four to the thousand and a birth rate of fifty to the thousand. This town is owned and governed entirely by the mill company. It has no municipal government or organi? zation and the population is entirely white, no negroes being permitted to live within its limits. We do not mean to say that every cotton mill town in the South would show the same con? ditions. We doubt if another town in the country of like population has a death rate so small and a birth rate so large. The facts from Pelzer show, however, that work in cotton mills is not necessarily unwholesome or injurious and need not involve any impairment of physical or mental strength. The first Pelzer mill was completed about 27 years ago. Some of the present employes are grand? children of those who worked in this first mill, representing the third gen? eration of cotton mill workers in the same town. Evidently there is no im? pairment of constitution and no in? herited weakness. The demonstra? tion is complete that where the man? agement is wise and the people have the intelligence to co-operate with the methods used to maintain the public health cotvon mill labor and life real? ly is more wholesome and more con? ducive to physical well being and long living than employment on farms. Gabriele d'Annunzio, in search for "color" for his next novel, in which an aviator is to be the hero, is to ride with Glenn H. Curtiss in his areo plane. WHICH SHALL IT BE ? Having tried all other remedies, Will you continue to suffer through false pride? DON'T BE FOOLISH. Repeated Eye Headaches sap one's vitality and bring about a general nervous break down. Lot Us Relieve Your Headache by Removing the Cause. Save your Eyes and nervous energy. I have a graduate Optician in charge of my Optical Parlor and all work is guaranteed. W. i. THOMPSON, Jeweler and Optician. 6 S. Main St. Phone 333. ASSAULT AT LANES. Itobbery Motive of Dastardly Crime? Negro Wound* Aged Woman But Gets No Money. Lanes, Oct. 26.?At an early hour tonight, about 8 o'clock, an unknown negro entered the house of Mrs. Mea eham, a widow woman, white, aged about 60 and attacked her with a stick, striking her. Mrs. Meacham screamed and managed to get the stick from the man's hand and the latter becoming frightened ran off. The sheriff of Williamsburg county is scouring the country for the criminal. Mrs. Meacham, whose home is close to the town, had received some rent money within the last few days and robbery is supposed to have been the motive of the attack. Three or four stitches were requir? ed to close the wound on Mrs. Mea cham's head. It is said that this year's cranberry crop will be the largest on record. This will be good news to all but the turkeys.?New York Mail. Ex-Governor Glenn, of North Car? olina, is up in New Jersey, trying to abolish the 11,000 saloons of that State. They don't even close the New Jersey saloons on Sunday. The pros? pect for week-day closing is there? fore unattractive?Spartanburg Jour? nal. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children, Thi Kind Yon Han Always tagH Bears the Signature of The Jury's Verdict tound by those who have given the "Shaw" a thorough test is for sweet? ness of tone, and its general make-up is entitled to all praises and "nice sayings" that have been bestowed up? on it in the past. Are You one of the jury ? If not, we will be delighted to send you a'little information that will interest you, "on terms and prices." Chas. M. Stieff, Manufacturer of the Artistic Stieff, Shaw, and Stieff Self-player Pianos. Southern Wareroom 5 West Trade St. Charlotte, - N. C. C. H. WILMOTII, Manager. (Mention this paper.) 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