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THE WILMINGTON MESSENGER. FBIDAY. OCTOBER 2S. 1906 THE EOnQN CROP DAMAGED Heavy Rains Did More Injury Than Recent Frost. Work to be Resumed on piant at Iluckhorn Falls Weather Ilccord in the State for September Ra leigh's New Street Railway Company . to Mak; Extensive Improvements. Ticket Srx-culators Bitten Charters Grunted Fight Among Fakirs. Messenger Bureau, Raleigh, N. C, October 22. Charters are granted the Bank of Ramseur, commercial and savings, capital etock $50,000; the Bank of Bladen, $15,000, commercial and sav ings, and the Bank of Tarboro, $5,000, commercial; the Watauga Lumber Company, Granite Falls, $100,000, D. H. Warlick and .others. There is to be an election here on the question of the issue of $30,000 of county road bonds. It is feared this important measure will tail. The re tiring county commissioners. leaves to the incoming ones the appointment of a road commission in case the vote is favorable. Ti.ere b'gan here today a civil term of superior court, Judge Peebles pre siding. There are 12 ulvorce cases on the docket. In a few days it is expected, work will be resumed on the great power plant at Buckhorn Falls. The esti mate of cost has gonL' on to New York. It is $100,000 to develop 1,50J horsi power, and $150,00 to develop 4,000 horse power 0 months in the year. The cost is greater than expected, as part of the dam must be rebuilt. It was not properly built. .The dam is 1200 feet long and 9 feet high. Judge Purnell, Marshal Dock ryand others left for New Bvrn to hold a term of federal court, next going to Wilmington. There are two pension fraud casts at New Bern. One man, convicted at Wilmington last week of this offense is here on his way to the Atlanta penitentiary, and w.ll be held here until th- other courts are held. The report on the weather in North Carolina for September was issued to day by Section Director Thissen at this station. It says the month was con siderably warmer than usual, the amount of sunshine above normal ex cept in the west where the weather was generally cloudy and rainy and the rainfall was about normal. The ex cessive rain in the west did considera ble damage. The mean temperature for the month was 74 degrees, which is 3 1-2 degrees above normal. The highest absolute temperature was 99 and the lowest 35 decrees, the latter at Buck Springs. The average rain fall was 4.3S inches, or not quite half an inch above the normal. The aver age for the western district was 8.12 which is 3.32 inches aDove normal. The heaviest rainfall during the month was 22.46 inches at Horse Cove, the least was fifty nine hundreths of an inch at Kinston. The greatest amount in 24 hours was 8 inches at Horse Cove. The average number of rainy days was 9. The highest wind velocity was 50 miles on hour at Wilmington. The mouthy per centagc of possible sunshine was 47 at. Asheville, 68 at Raleigh and 61 at Elizabeth City. A letter from Mr. T. K. Bruner wno with Mr. Herbert Brimley is in charge of North Carolina's splendid exhibit at the Boston Food Fair says the Fair closes on the 27th. The days now are very busy ones, the attendance in creasing as they pass. In every way the exhibit has been a success for North Carolina. A great amount of literature regarding this state has been distributed and with judgment, to peo ple all over New England and will reach the very class of people with whom North Carolina desires to get in touch. Chairman James R. Young of the democratic committee of this congres sional district has made up his list of appointments for Congressman Pou who spoke at Louisburg today, his other appointments being at Sandy Cross, Benson, Poplar Springs, Cum nock, Pittsboro, Johnson's Bridge, Buckhorn Ford, Kittrell, Middleburg, Dabney, Henderson and Auburn. The new company which has taken over the street railway here is consid ering plans for extensive improvements along various lines. It is expected that by next fair it will have the line to the fair grounds double-tracked. This year long switches were put In. History came near repeating itself at the Union passenger station here this morning. A train load of fakirs wa salmost ready to go out, headed for Columbia, S. C, when two of the gen try got into a figh: in the very room where one of them mvrdered another on Saturday of fair week last year. One was knocked dewn and got a black eye and the other was hit sev eral times in the fac. The police simply loaded the ouLIIt on th.2 train and let them go. The toughest fakirs were not here this week, having gone on towards Columbia last Monday, upon getting notice that' only the good kind could stop over in this city. The rain of this wee':, particularly the very h?avy rains Thursday and Friday is declared by observant paople to have done as muc!i dr.mage to the cotton as the frost did. The weather has been unusually warm and some cotton growers said that if it contin ued there would he danger of the seed sprouting in the bolls. Farmers who a month ago were looking forward to 10 cents cotton are now talking about 12 cents as the figure, the price having for some days been around 11 cents. Everything militates against cotton this year. The supreme court devotes next week to the Ninth district. None of the dockets are heavy this term. The marshals' hall at the capital club last night - was the crowning social event of fair week. The ball room Is beautiful but far too small for such crowds as have assembled there thi3 week, and dancing was more like go ing through motions than anything else. From now until election day Chair man Simmons is going to drive the democratic campaign with all his low er. The republicans are putting forth every effort in the state and are de claring that they intend to carry the Eighth and Tenth districts positively. Next Sunday afternoon, October 28th there will be a mass, meeting at the city hall at 4 o'clock at which the Y. M. C. A. movement will be launched. Among the speakers will be Governor Glenn. Associate Justice Hoke of the supreme court, Hon. Richard H. Bat tle, Dr. Hubert A. Royster, Editor Josephus Daniels of the News and Ob server, President Joseph G. Brown of the Raleigh chamber of commerce. President Winston of the Agricultural and Mechanical college, Rev. Dr. A. H. Moment, the pastor of the First Pres byterian church, who is the chairman of the meeting and who is directing the preliminary work, several other clergymen and Colonel F. A. Olds who Is to look after the financial side of the .business. A great deal of valuable matter has been secured, which shows conclusively how great an influence these associations are exerting all over the country. Charters are granted the Belmont Cotton Mills at Shelby, capital stock $50,000, to spin and weave, J. C. Smith and others of that place being the stockholders and to the City Land Company of Raleigh $50,000, Albert L. Murray, William J. Andrews and Wil liam J. Andrews, Jr., being the stock holders. It turns out that about 30' of the seats which were sold to the Nordica concert last night were bought by people who wanted to speculate in them, some being purchased at the instance of speculators, in blocks of six, this being the limit for any one person'. The speculators thought there would only be one appearance of the great singer and that they would reap a harvest and some tickets were sold at a fancy figure, but the Thurs day night concert knocked the bottom out of the plan and a number of the seats bought on speculation at $3 were sold for $2. There is general satisfac tion at this blow at the speculators, who have played some pretty sharp tricks on people here during the fair in previous years. Rain commenced falling about noon and there were showers during the af ternoon, making the Cth day of rain, this being along the line of the record made last June, July ,Ld August. AS A MARKET GRAPE The United States Department of Ag riculture Making: Efforts to Improve the Cultivation of the Scuppernong. United States Department of Agri culture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Washington, D. C, Oct. 11, 1900. The Progressive Farmer, Clarence H Poe, Editor, Raleigh, N. C: Dear Sir: Yours of the 28th ul timo is just at hand. Our investiga tion is an effort to get at the facts ia. relation to all rotundifolia grape va rieties and their culture. . . .an effort is being made to locate all the promising species that have thus far been brought into cultivation and to ascertain their record for productive ness, size, color, quality, time of ripen ing, etc., with a view to ascertaining at as early a date as possible the rela tive value of these varieties for culti vation in different portions of the south Atlantic and gulf states, At the same time,-we are endeavor ing to ascertain the soil and climatic conditions most favorable to the cul ture of this species, the methods of cultivation, training, pruning, etc., and the uses for which varieties are likely to be found best adapted. It is quite apparent that a consider able number of promising varieties have been brought under cultivation in different localities, from North Car olina southward, many of which are practically unknown outside of the lo calities of their origin One of the first efforts will, therefore, be to assemble these promising varieties into a vine yadr where thsy can grown under identical conditions for accurate com parison of their important character istics. The vigor, productiveness and excellent quality of the Scuppernong and the few other varieties of the species that have been planted to considerable extent in commercial vineyards, indicate that this is the most promising species for commer cial viticulture in the Southeastern United Stats. At the same time, we would not advise promiscuous or ill considered planting in large areas nor heavy plantings anywhere until the species has been tested and found adapted to the particular section. This investigation is being made under the direction of Mr. Geo. C. Husmann, poloiaolo 1st in charge of viticultural investigations, who is at present in California; assisted by Mr. E. F. Cole, special agent, who is spend ing the vintage season in the south Atlantic states. I may say, in this connection, that the department is especially interest ed at the present time in locating promising varieties that have not been generally disseminated and will ap preciate information regarding such from any source. Yours very truly, WM. A. TAYLOR, Pomologist in Charge of Field Inves tigations. Governor Terrell and Party Safe. Savannah, Ga., October 22. The ! steam yacht Josie on which Governor j Terrell, Mrs. Terrell and Major Wil- liams, the owner, were cruising and for the safety of which some fears were entertained put into St. Cathe rines island during the Tecent tropical storm. She has now gone to St. Si mons. All the party are safe and well. STC Bttntlw Tha Kind You Hava Always Signature cf S9 DAVIS 31EMORHL MEETIX Resolutions and Speeches of Condo lenceThe Cumberland Fair Street Railway New Savings Bank- Xews and Personal Xotes. (Special to The Messenger.) Fayette ville, October 22. Yesterday J afternoon at 4 o'clock an Impressive ' meeting was held in Pythian Hall. J commemorative of the death of Mrs. j Davis, under the auspices of the i United Daughters of the Confederacy, ; Mrs. E. J. Halepresident, and attend- i ed also by Camp 852, United Confeder ate Veterans, G. M. Rose, commander, J and many prominent citizens. A com-) i mittee, with Col. C. W. Broadfoot as j chairman, was appointed by the Vet- i erans, to draft resolutions, with a like committee on the part of the Daughters of the Confederacy. These resolutions were forcible, earnest and graceful. With good weather this week, there is bright promise that the Cumberland fair will be one of the most successful in its long history. The exhibits will be extensive, the racing very fine, and the attendance will embrace people from all this section of the state and upper South Carolina. There are al ready here 20 or 25 foreign horses of hSgh speed, and more are expected. The fair has been well worked up, and Messrs. L. A. Williamson and J. B. Tallinghast, president and secretary, deserve great credit for their manage ment. Mr. Arthur Armfield, the chief marshal, has published his staff of as sistant marshals, made up of promi nent young men here and in the coun try. The many novel side shows will be a feature of the fair. A new savings bank has been or ganized here with a capital of $30,000, and Mr. Leighton Huske as president, which will begin business next week. Contractors of the Pittsburg Bridge Company are here to secure quarters for a large force of workmen in build ing the new iron bridge for the Atlan tic Coast Line R. R. over the Cape Fear river in the northern outskirts of the city. It is understood that it will be a very handsome structure equal to the other bridge over the river placed there by the old Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railway, at a cost of $90,000. The Fayetteville Street Railway Co. will at an early date begin laying a trolley line to run from the boat land ings on the river to the passenger sta tion on upper Hay street, taking in the Holt-Morgan village, and embracing a circuit of the city of about three miles. The line Will have accommodations for freight as well as passengers. The democratic county ticket is rea sonably safe from top to bottom, al though the majority may be reduced from first anticipations. Registration is slow, and the meetings on the can vass have not been well attended, on account of the hard work on the farms. But Cumberland may be counted on for at least 500 majority. Mrs. Fiers, of Sunbeam, Va., will visit friends in the city during the far. The correspondent has been Informed that a strong movement is making her to organize a fire insurance company, and that Mr. C. J. Cooper is one of the principal promoters of the enterprise. He 'is a business organizer of re markable ability and breadth of view, and has been chiefly instrumental in achieving the great success of the Fay etteville Life Insurance Company, of which he is general manager. He wag former cashier of the national bank of Fayetteville, which he organized and placed on a splendid financial footing. i nr FOR GREAT ROWING RACE British Champions and Winners of Yale-Harvard Race, May Meet in Contest. New York, October 22. H. P. Burchell will leave for England to morrow on the Cunard Line steamer Carmania as the special commissioner of the Jamestown Exposition, to in vite the winner of the coming British inter-varsity rowing contest to meet the winners of the next Yale-Harvard race, together with the winners of the inter-collegiate eight oared event at Poughkeepsie. The English collegians will be offered the opportunity of a dual contest with the winner of the New London contest or participton in a three cornered race to include the winner of the 'Varsity race at Pough keepsie. Should Oxford and Cambridge de cline, Mr. Burchell will endeavor to arrange for a combination crow from the Oxford and Cambridge crews ar.l another comination from the Leander and London Rowing Clubs to meet the American oarsmen. SUITS FOR COMMJSSIOXS Aggregating $23,503 Instituted in the Federal Court in Norfolk. Norfolk, Va., October 22. Suits ag gregating $23,500 for commissions whereby the Virginia-Carolina Lumber Co., of Spring Hope, N. C, sold to tho Montgomery Lumber Company for $135,000 all of its timber land holdings in the counties of Nash and Franklin, North Carolina, were instituted in the federal court here this aftrncon. . The plaintiff in the first instance is A. R. Smith who claims $7,500 includ ing damages on an agreement to pay him $5,000 if the sales of the Virginia Carolina Lumber company's property was brought about on an option given to G. Fred Johnson for a sale of the property at not less than $450,0Q0. The plaintiff in the second instance is G. Fred Johnston who sues for com missions on the sale at ten per cent, and damages, claiming to have brought about the sale to the Montgomery company through M. B. Tremaine, whom he introduced, and to whom he first offered the property at $175,000, Tremaine refusing it at this figure, because, it is alleged, he did not find the class and quantity of timber the owning company first claimed was on its land. The Hon. Thomas Wats cm, sometime of Georgia, who has posed as an au thority on the subject of counting 'em out can now speak as an expert on the subject since Colonel Mann, of Town Topics fame, showed him the door. Salisbury Post. . ( BOYXTOX PLEADED GUILTY Tried on Charge of Being Party to a Plan to Counterfeit Venezuelan Money. N-w York, October 22. Captain George Boyton pleaded guilty today In the United States circuit court to the charge of being a party to a plan for counterfeiting silver coins of Vene zuela for the purpose of financing a revolution in that country. He was sentenced to six months in the Kings county penitentiary. Lewis M. Thompson and T. B. Wil cox, who were associated with Boyn ton interposed pleas of guilty of hav ing In their possession dies for tne duplication of a foreign country and were fined $250 and $f00 respectively. When arrested Captain Boynton pro duced papers to show that he was in New York as the special commissioner of a Venezuelan revolutionary party and that it was his purpose to finance a revolution by making duplicate sil ver dollars of the same fineness and in trinsic valu? as the -s issued by the government, which v -uld be legalized by act of the junta hen the present government of Yen ;uela was over thrown.' Captain Boynton said: T guess I was technically guilty al though we never intended to make any money in this country. I did not know that having dies alone was a crime." A WEEK OF PRAYER Episcopal Mission Opened In Golds boro Services Conducted by Bishop Coleman, of Delaware, Assisted by Rev. F. T. II. Horsfleld. (Special .o The Messenger.) Goldsboro, N. C, October 22. A mission h?s been opened in St. Steph en's Episcopal church which will con tinue throughout this week. No less a personage than the Rt. Rev. Leigh ton Coleman, Bishop of Delaware, will conduct the mission assisted by the rector of the parish Rev. F: H. T. Horsfield. The mission in the Epis copal church '? a call to extra devo tion and spiritual renaissarce; a sea son of prayer, meditation and preach ing, whereby the faithful may be strengthened, the lukewarm made fer vent and those of no rt'i'us belief have the truths of Christianity laid before them with apostolic authority. Bishop Coleman is a man of patri archial years and appearance, being forty years in the ministry, of pro found learning not only as to the scriptures and thelogy, but as to hu manity with all its "foibles and frail ties. It is a benediction to sit in his presence and , his preaching leaves nothing to be supplied to his hearers but the quickening spirit. He opened the mission yesterday monrng very appropriately with an able, eloquent and persuasive sermon on the words of St. Paul, when vo of the Damascus incident r;?o.en:zed e hand of th Lord and yiplde.1 to the sovereignty of Christ "Lord, what wilt Thou hav me to do?" mar'.c rn appealing ap plication of te text to each and every one of his hearers, and with such force that nc-e could get away from the personal responsibility of the an swer. Services will be held daily morning and evening for the week and will conclude next Sunday. VESSELS SUFFERED BADLY Two Schooners Arrived at Norfolk in a Cripled Condition. Norfolk, Va., October 22. The thre masted schooner Edna A. rogue, of Philadelphia, Captain Bell, arived here today after having suffered badly in Saturday's gale on the outside. Htr sails were torn and her masts broken so that it is said they will fall out when the rigging is removed. The schooner John A. Curtis of Bal timore, Captain Simmons, reports hav ing had a severe experience in Ches apeake bay Saturday night when hei main sail burst in the gale and she Izzne very near being destroyed. The tug Peerless, with a wrecking outfit, is preparing to sail from Nor folk to make an effort to float the schooner Charles Butler from Mystic, Conn., which was driven ashore in the gale at Little Bay, near Windmill Point, Chesapeake Bay. BRYAN IN TXDLVNA In Speech at Evansville Discussed the Government Ownership Question and Prosperity of the Country Indianapolis, October 22. WTilliam Jennings Bryan wound up the first day of his Indiana tour speaking before large crowd at Evansville tonight. He will arrive in Indanapolis tomor row and will leave almost immediate ly on a special inter-urban car, visiting a dozen cities in central Indiana. The principal address will be made at In dianapolis tomorrow night. Today's tour was through the south ern part of the state, a special train under the direction of the democratic state commiteee being uilized. Thomas Taggart, chairman of the democratic national committee met the train at Mitchell and he was cor dially greeted by Mr. Bryan. The two retired to Mr. Bryan's state room and consulted for thirty minutes. At Terre Haute, Mr. Bryan address ed a large crowd, saying: "I .am here in Indiana, not as a can didate for office, for I have insisted that it is -too early to know who ought to be nominated by either party. But I am here in the interest of those who are candidates. This year we hope to lay the foundation for success two years hence." Mr. Bryan discussed the govern ment ownership question and the prosperous condition of the country. If the railroads continue to refuse to do the things that they should do they may expect to find later on that they will have to do many things that they do not want to da. Durham Herald. 3LVRK TWAIN'S WIFE The Humorist Describes His life Com panion on Thirty-Sixth Anniversary. (Mark Train in North American Re view.) Tomorrow will be the thirty -sixth anniversary of our marriage. My wife passed from this life one year and eight months ago. In Florence, Italy, after an unbroken illness of 22 months duration. I saw her first In the form of an ivory miniature in her brother Char ley's stateroom In the stamer Quak er City, in the Bay of Smyrna, In the summer of 1S67, when she was in her 22nd year. I saw her In the flesh for the first time In New York In thQ fol lowing December, she was slender and beautiful and girlish and she -was both birl and woman. She retained both girl and woman to the last day of her life. Under a grave and gentle exterior burned inextinguishable fires of sympathy, energy, devotion, enthu siasm and absolutely limitless affec tion. She was always frail In body, and she lived upon her spirit, whose j hopefulness and courage were inde jstructlble. Perfect truth, perfect hon esty, perfect candor, were qualities of j her character which were born with ; her. Her judgments of peopl and j things were sure and accurate. Her S intuitions almost never deceived her. j In her judments of the characters and acts of both friends and strangers, there was always room for charity, and this charity never failed. I have com I pared and contrasted her with hun j drtds of persons, and my conviction I remains that hers was the most perfect j character I have ever met. And I may ; add that she was the most winnlngly I dignified person I have ever known, j Her character and disposition were of the sort that not only invites worship, but commands it. No servant ever left her service who deserved to re main in it. And, as she could choose with a glance of her eye, the servants she selected did in almost all cases de. serve to remain, and they d'.d remain. She was always cheerful; and she was always able to reason me out of my despairs, and find a bright side to the clouds, and make me see it. In all that time, I never knew her to utter a word of regret concerning our alter ed circumstances, nor did I ever know her children to do the like. For she had taught them, and they drew their fortitude from her. The love which she bestowed upon those whom she loved took the form of worship, and ir that form it was returned return ed by relatives, friends and the ser vants of her household. It was a strange combination which wrought into one individual, so to speak, by marriage her disposition and char acter and mine. She poured out her prodigal affec tions in kisses and caresses, and in a vocabulary of endearments whose pro fusion was always an astonishment to me. I was born reserved as to en dearments of speech and caresses, and hers broke upon me as rne summer waves break upon Giberalter. I was reared in that atmosphere of reserve. J As I have already said, in another chapter, I never knew a member of my father's family to kiss another mem ber of it except once, and that at a deathbed. And our village was not a kissing community. The kissing and caressing ended with courtship along with the deadly piano-playing of that day. She had the heart free laugh of a girl. It came seldom, but when it roke upon the ear it was as inspiring as music. I heard it for the last time when she had been occupying her sickbed for more than a year, and I made a written note of it at the time a note not to be repeated. Dog on Operating Table. "Bum," a black and yellow middle sized mongrel dog, for fourteen years the pet of Flower hospital, having had an ear nearly torn off in a battle with a younger and more active canine, yes terday ran home, made for the emer gency ward, and of his own intelli gence and a wisdom born of many years' experience with wounded and injured persons, climbed onto an op erating table and barked loudly for surgical assistance. The truth of the story is vouched for by Dan, the orderly (less well known as Daniel Falvey), and Dr. Day, of the hospital staff. Dr. Day said: "None of us was sur prised by the dog's running in, after having been hurt and Jumping on the operating table of his own accord. 'Bum' has spent most of his time around the emeigency ward with his friend Dan, who first discovered him and brought him to the hospital. The dog had seen so many people placed on the table, fixed up, and sent away comparatively happy, that when it came his turn he seemed to know just what to do. He hardly let a whine out of him as I was taking the stitches in his head and ear." Orderly Dan is proud of his clever old dog. He said: "Why. 'Bum' could go into a dog hospital and be a trained nurse, he's that wise about doctoring." New York Journal. BIG LUMBER DEAL A Number of Companies of This Sec tion Combine With $1,000,000 Cap ital. One of the biggest lumber d als made in this country in some time was in the consolidation of the Wil liams and McKeithan company of Darlington county, the Apex Company of Hamlet, N. C, the Palmetto Com pany of McBee, S. C, and the Chat ham Company of Durham, N. C, all under the control of Ernest Williams of Lynchburg. The united capital is $1,000,000. Lynchburg will be the home office and a number of the best men from the offices at Lumber will taken to Lynchburg which will be a distinct loss to Darlington county. Florence Times. VIRGINIA "FETITTLIZER" TRUST Case Set for a Hearing on December 3rd. Washington. October 22. la the su preme court of the United States today the Virginia "Fertilizer Trust" cases were advanced in the docket and a hearing set for December 3rd next. The cases are In the nature'of habeas corpus proceedings and the defend ants who are connected with the al leged trusts are resisting removal from the eastern district of Virginia to the middle of Tennessee for trial. AL1ERIGH HAS ITS SHARE Deposits to Facilitate Gold Im portation Discontinued. SECltETAKY SIIAVS STATEMENT Doe Nit Want to Disturb Conditions In Europe Will Accept Appro ml Securities Hler Than Government Bonds for leoitii Already Made to Stimulate National Hank Circula tion. New York. October 22. Secretary Shaw authorizes the announcement that from and after Tuesday the 23rd. deposits to facilitate gold importations will be discontinued. He said in con nection with the announcement that Importations had exceeded his expec tations, and he believed for the pres ent, America had quite its share and he had no disposition to disturb con ditions in Europe by a continuation of that method of relief. .Secretary Shaw also announced that he would stimulate national bank cir culation to the extent of eighteen mil lion dollars by accepting- approved se curities other than government bonds fur deposits already made, the bonds released to be usvd immediately as a basis of circulation without withdraw al from the treasury. He does not ob ject to the assignment of the bonds to other banks than those new holding them, but to Insurt their us,, tliey rntsM remain in th- treasury, nd in addition the batik taking out th. cir culation must agree to retire th same between the 15lh day of March and the 10th day of August li07. The banks will be required, when taking; out their circulation, to make appll catlon for its requirement, and tho order or per cent, of retirement from month to month will be determined by the treasury department. In this way eighteen millions of ad ditional circulation can be Immedi ately issued and gradually retired dur ing the spring and summer months. In this way. also, Secretary Shaw expects to demonstrate, in limited form, the benefits of an elastic cur rency. victims or Tin: stokm Mallory Liner Colorado 1!iniips !ur Men at Sea The Men Were on Haft of ! and Had Suffered Terrible Hardship. Mobile, Ala.. October 22. Tho Mal lory liner Colorado, which arrived in port today, had as passengers Joseph! Melson, Charles Anderson and Otta Brink, who were picked up at sea Sat urday morning 90 miles off Key WCSU Melson says he saw 79 men drowned from a house boat which waa "WTOcliCcI off Long Key, Florida, in last weok'fll storm. Tho four men who weTO fonndl by the Colorado's crew, were standing on a raft made out of six logs nnd were in the water waist deep at the tlmo. Melson said he and the other men were Ion a house boat at Long Key -when the hurricane struck them and blew! the boat out to eea. It Boon went tai pieces and out of the 125 people ox bard, 79 were drowned. Tho other 42 have since been taken Into Jackson ville, Florida. The men suffered ter rible hardships. The men say that tha loss of life was heavier off Long Kcj; than any other point. Tho men word employed by the Florida East Coast railway on their . extension work through the Florida swamis from Miami to Key West. I)K. MATTIircVS PLEA Contends Tliat North Carolina Law lias Xo Degree of Murder by Polnon ing and Tliat If CJullty of the Crime lie Should Have IJecn Sentence! to Deatli. (Special to The Messenger.) Raleigh, X. C. October 22. Dr. J. B. Matthews, convicted at Greensboro of murder in the second degree In poisonlnsr his wife with Morphine and sentenced to 20 years In the peniten tiary. Is in a Baltimore sanitarium un der five thousand dollar bond. He has able counsel In his appeal to the su preme court, the chief defence beln; that the North Carolina law providen for no degrees of murder by ;o!sonInc that If Rruilty of the crim h should have been sentenced to death. It Is contended that the use of morphine had made him crazy. TO escape LYxmixr; Xegro HaiIt Carried to Penitentiary Dihguld as a Omclunaii. Montgomery, Ala.. October 22. Dis guised as a coachman for a prominent citizn, Herman Thompson, a negro who on Friday attempted to assault Callie Belle Caine, a white child, es caped lynching by armd men who have been scouring Alabama for him, and he, is now serving a twenty year sentence at Pratt Mines Penitentiary. This afternoon, the negro in tho ;ruie of a coachman, was slipped Into the Montgomery city court room and! pleaded guilty to the crime. He then drove a private carriage to the sta tion where he was put on a special train for Pratt Mines, since the crime was committed Thompson had been in hiding, carefully guarded by deputy sheriffs. In order to take him to the court In safety and thence to the train a prominent citizen consent ed to have him Installed temporarily, as coachman. The negro was glad to accept the job and made no attempt to escape. x?Tta tai Ym Kin Atari fag a Frying Pan Shoal Lightship Damaged by Storm. Charleston, October 22. Frying Pan Shoals lightship went adrift la the hurricane, lost mushroom anchor and ninety fathoms of cable. Set sails and was driven southward of Charleston Beat backward to entrance to this port and was towed In by buoy tender Wis teria. Did not sustain any damage. Anchor and cable are being pat on on board at Castle Pinkney. Light ships will be towed back to station by; :.. :