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It 1. VOL. XXIV. RALEIGH, NOBTU CAROLINA. THURSDAY. .1 UN H 2S. I'JOG. NO. 23. C A.XJ C AS..Al. L 1H1 IK GUESTSOP EMPEROR Mr. and Mrs. Longworth Arc Royally Entertained FELICITATIONS QUITE GENERAL After Dinner the Party Went on Quarter Deck to Witness the Ulu ruinations. Kiel, By Cable Emperor "William, when he was certain of the day on which Mr. and Mrs. Ijiigworth would arrive here, telegraphed to Princess Kit ! Frederic k asking if she could not eoriie to Kiel at once so that Sirs. L'igworth couhi be entertain- (i aboard Kr: i" i or 's is the the Hamburg, .the improvised yacht. It ctniMTor's rule iirv r to invite women on hoard his i'-- 1 unless the empress or one of the i!.,"-rial princesses are present. Kinpress Augusta Victoria, it is un iic!!udd, desires to remain near the ciuu!' princess, and Princess Henry i.f Prussia is taking a holiday in Ha uria, and Princess Kitcl Frederick, who also is a, bride, had arranged to u on a cruise in the Hamburg with I he imperial party after the regatta, but ujH.n receiving the emperor's tele gram she came from Potsdam iinmed iatetly, ariiviring here Saturday even ing with Prince F.itel, and Mr. and Mrs. Longs worth were invited to dine with the emperor. It was quit an American evening. Besides Mr. and Mrs. Longsworth, Al lison, Howard and George Mott were present. Princes Kitel was amiable and Fmperor William jolly and com plimentary to America and Ameri cans. After the dinner the emperor and Princess Eitel with their guests and the emperor's staff, went on the quar ter deck of the Hamburg to witness the illuminations. The club house, the hotel and other buildings were out lined in electric lights, and the 1G bat tleships, 10 cruisers, 12 merchant ships and 100 yachts in the harbor were strung with incandescent globes while many searchlights played about made a gorgeous scene. Just above the room in the hotel, occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Longworth, were the Stars ami Stripes in' colored lights. A great assemblage from Kiel and neighbor ing towns crowded the water frount to witness the illumination. Mr. and Mrs. Longworth were de tained by Emepror William until after II o'cleok. The illumination ended with every warship sending up blaz. inir rockets. To Mark His Grave. Bristol, Special. The success of Congressman Brownlow's bill to es tablish a national cemetery at Greene ville means that the grave of Presi dent Johnson is to be properly cared lor by the government after more than a quarter of a century of neg lect. The bill provides for the care of ten acres of ground surrounding the grave. This property will be taken in charge under the usual regu lations governing national cemeteries and will bo converted into a beauti ful spot. Last of Hearing. Washington, Special. The last of the hearings for the present by the Interstate Commerce Commission in connection with its investigation into the relations of the railroads with the coal and oil traffic was held here and marked the practical completion of the inquiry as regards the Eastern bituminous fields. Hearings will be resumed in the fall. The commission in the meantime is preparing its re port on the facts developed for the consideration of Congress. Fatal Crash on Coast Line. Norfolk, Ya., Special. In a rear end collision between trains on the Atlantic Coast Line at Ahoskie, N. C, Engineer O. O. King, of Ports mouth, Ya., and Brakeman Walter Carter, of Windsor, N. C, were kill ed. Conductor Meacham and an un known man were injured. The acci dent happened while one of the trains was shifting cars. The en gine of one train and six cars were badly damaged, as were the caboose and six rear cars of the other train. Murder by Millionaire. New York, Special. Stanford "White, a member of the firm of Mc Kim, Meade & White, architects, was shot an instantly killed during, the performance at Madison Square Roof Garden. The police state that the murderer was Harry Thaw, a mem ber of a well-known Pittsburg fam ily. Child Shot to Death. Marshville, Special. While play ing on the bed with someother little children Thursday morning at 10 o'clock, little Dolly Harrill, the three-year-old daughter of Mr. Sid Harrill, was shot and almost instant ly killed by the discharge of a gun, which was in some way dislodged from the position it had in the eor- SPEAKS FOR HIMSELF T&kiBf for His Text th Statement That He is Beinf Described as Conaervatfyt, Nebraakan Declares That Radical measures Afainst Prirate Monopolies Are Neceaaary to Sav Legitimate Wealth From Odluxa. Trondbjetn, Norway, By Cable. William J. Bryan has arrived here to attend the coronation of King Haa kon. Mr. Bryan, taking for his text the statement that he was being de scribed as conservative, said: "1 am not responsible Cor the phrases used in regard to me; but I am responsible for my position on public questions. That tosition ought to be well known. Take the trust question for instance, as it seems uppermost just now. My po sition is, that private monopoly is in defensible and intolerable. That was the Democratic platform in 1900 and the plank was incorporated in 1101 and it is the only tenable posi tion. "There is some talk of controll ing the trusts you might as well talk of controlling burglary. We do not fay men shall not steal a little bit, or in some particular way, but that they shall not steal at all. It is so of private monopolies. It is not suf ficient to control or regulate them they must be absolutely and totally destroyed. Corporations should be lontrolled and regulated, but private monopolies must be exterminated, root and branch. Now you can call that a radical doctrine. Yet it is more conservative to apply this rem edy now1 than to wait until predato ry wealth has by its lawlessness brought odium on legitimate accumu lations. "What used to be called radical is now called conservative because people have been investigating. The doctrine has not chanced but public sentiment is making progress." Mr. and Mrs. Bryan will spend a week in Norway and will then go to England. HAIL THREE FEET DEEP. Terriffice Storm Sweeps Over Por tion of Orange County, Causing Thousands of Dollars Worth of Damage to Crops. Durham, Special. From parties who were in tiie city today particu lars of a hail storm that did great damage in the northern part of Or ange county Tuesday night were learned. The loss was something fearful, large planters losing every thing. The hail belt was from three quarters to amile in width. The storm did not last more than 15 or 20 minutes. In that length of time thousands of dollars worth of prop erty was destroyed. "In some places," t;aid Zlr. S. T. Pittard, who lost his entire crop of tobacco, oats, cotton and corn, "the ice was piled three feet deep yesterday morning This was in ditches, or places where it was rifted.'"' Continuing, he said that yesterday morning one of his neighbors gathered a guano sack full of the hail stones and carried them to Hillsboro, a distance of 11 miles. "When he reached Hillsboro," said my informant, "the stones were as large as guinea eggs. This gives you some idea of the size of the stones when they fell, these being gathered after lying on the ground all night." Telling of sorjae of the losers, Mr. Pittard said that he lost his entire crop of tobacco, 90,000 hills; all his corn, oats and cotton. Fate Cooper lost from 80,000 to 90,000 hills of tobacco, Joe Hurst from 50,000 to 00,000 hills, Rufus Wilkins 35,000 hills. John Saterfield, D. L. Wells, William Ellison, Will Wright, Chas. Wilson, Mi's. Anderson and numbers of others lost practically their entire crop. All of these pirties lost corn, cotton and oats, in addition to the large loss on the tobacco crop. The first hail belt was 11 miles north of Hillsboro, near Carr's post office. Here the belt was little more than a half mile wide. At Caldwell, a distance of nine or ten miles, the loss Ayas fearful. The average width of the belt was probably from three quarters to one mile. The storm went intowards the" western part of Person county. One year ago this same section was visited by a fearful hail storm ana wind storm and the damage occasion ed to the tobacco crop was fearful. This 3'ear some of thoe who lost a year ago are again losers, but in most instances the stcrm belt was a little removed from the old belt and the losers this year ,as a rule, are those who escaped the destruc tive storm a year ago. Mr. Pittard said "that he did not know what the farmers in this belt would do. The oat crop is not worth cutting and the corn is left stand ing in many instances without a single blade left on the stalks. China Pays for Missionaries Paris, By Cable. China signed a treaty according complete satisfac tion to France for the massacre of Six French Jesuit missionaries at Nan-Chang Kiang-Si 'province in February .last. China $200,00 indem nity to the mission and $400,000 in demnity to the deceased missionaries' families, builds a memorial hospital, and punishes the ring-leaders of the ... WILL VISIT PANAMA President Roosevelt Decides to See For Himself WILL GET INFORMATION DIRECT Announcement is Made at White House That the Chief Executive Will Sail on One of Navy's Big Cruisers in Latter Part of October or Early November, to See Wheth er Dirt is Flyins Will Confine Visit to American Zone. Washington, Special. President Roosevelt will visit the isthmus of Panama to make a personal investi gation of the work of construction of the Panama canal. This announcement was made at the White Houe by Secretary Ixeb after a conference with the Presi dent. It is expected the President will leave Washington for Panama the latter part of next October or in the early days of November. He will be absent about three weeks. The trip probably will be made on one of the big cruisers of the navy, but what vessel will carry the President and his party is not yet known. None of the details of the trip has yet been worked out. Beyond the bare decision to make the trip, the President has reached practically no conclusions. It is likely he will be accompanied on the journey by Sec retary Taft and Chairman Shouts, of the Panama canal commission, but even this has not been determined definitely. Wants to See For Himself. The President long has desired per sonally to inspect the route of the canal and to make himself peisoually familiar with the great undertaking of constructing the waterway. The decision announced today, that he will visit the American zone on the Isthmus of Panama, was not reached hastily but has been under considera tion for a considerable time. It is the expectation that the President will be able to spend at least a week on the canal zone, and in that time he will familiarize himself with the situation by a study of it at close range. lie believes a personal visit to the canal zone will enable him to gather information that will be of immense advantage not only to the canal work itself, but to Congress and to the American people. Above all, it will enable him to handle with an absolute knowledge of the situation the great problems which will con stantly be arising in connection with the work of canal construction and administration. $60,000 Factory Fire in Atlanta. Atlanta, Ga., Special. Five de stroyed the plants of the Atlanta Spring Bed Company and the Atlan ta Iron and Brass Bed Company. The loss is estimated at $90,000, fully cov ered by insurance. At one time it was feared that the tanks of the Standard Oil Company, which fid joins one of the plants, would be ig nited, but quick woik by the fire de partment checked the flames in that direction. Wages Raised at Fall Pwivsr Fall River,' Mass., Special. The cotton ' manufacturers of this city have granted their operative a 11 per cent, increase in waxes. About 25,000 hands are benefitted. The new scale, which will take effect July 2. is practically the same a that pre vailing previous to July 1. 1904. A? the other New Kngland cotton manu facturing centers follow the lead of Fall River, ns a rule, the chance is expected ultimately to effect all cot tori mill wovkeys in this section. Dr. Denny Re-elected. Nashville, Special. The book com mittee of the M. E. church South, met here and re-elected Dr. Collins Den ny, of Nashville, secretary. Rev. J. M. Moore, of Dallas, Texas, was electer as editor cf the Christian Advocate and Rev. S. M. Goodbye was re-elected as assistant editor. Rev. L. F. Beatty was re elected assistant to the Sunday school editor. Plans have been prepared for the erection of a publishing house at Dallas, Texas,' and the facilities of the "publishing house in China will be increased. Run Down and Killed by Train. Roanoke, Special W. A. Hinchee. aged 74 years, a former citizen of Roanoke, was run, down by a passen ger train at Lithia, Bete tout t coun ty, on thVe Norfolk and Western, and ) instantlv killed. He was quite deaf and failed to hear the signal as the train approached. Hit by Stray Bullet. Columbia, Special. -In a shooting affair on Washington street near Gadsden Thursday afternoon, Matil da Fields, ar. aged colored woman; was struck and seriously wounded bv a bullet intended for a negro man named Silas Payne. The shooting was done by Walter Bailey, also 'colored, and was "the result ox a threatened assault upon Bailey's fa ther, a colored minister- NORTH CAROLINA CROPS General ef Cosditicn of North Carclisa Crop for Week Endiag Monday, Jane 2-5. 2 06, The weather during1 the fore part of the week " part'y. cloudy ith numerous thunderstoi rav while dur ing" the latter portion. there .were le cloudiness and fewer thunder storm?, The rainfall over the State as a whole was somewhat below nor mal and was not well distributed. At New Bern 3.26 niche was reported which is much above normal, wihle at Hatteras only 0.01 inch fell which is much below normal, la Beaufort county there is some complaint of too much rain, the fields being fin der water one-fourth of the time: and in Montgomery and Forsyth counties the land rains were so heavy as to cause damage. In 'Chatham county the land is rejioiwd as being badly washed. In Burke. Davidson, and Wilkes counties, damage by hail which accompanied a thunderstorm on the 21t was reported, which dam age in places was severe. A corre spondent of Montgomery county re ports that after his report of the week ending dune lih was mailed n severe wind accompanied by a de structive hail storm occurred on that day. The average temperature for the State was about normal. The day temepiatures rose very high, while the nights were relatively cool. The highest temperature reported was DC degrees on the 21st in Johnston coun ty; and the lowest was 52 degrees on the 23rd in Buncombe countv. RURAL CARRIERS' CONVENTION Third Annual Convention to be Held at Kinston July 3rd and 4th. Following is the programme of the North Carolina Rural Letter Carriers' Association, which is to be held at Kinston, July 3rd and 4th. July 3, 11 A. M. Preliminary Meeting July 3, 1 P. M. Call to order by President C. IT. Monday, calling roll of Officers and Representatives, Read ing Minutes, Report of Credentials and Auditing Committee. Report of Officers, Address of Welcome by Mayor of Kingston, Response by Mrs. 1). Mille and others. Subject. ''Relationship which should exist between Postmaster and; Carrier." Discussion by B. L. Hester C. H. Baines and Postmaster of Kins ton. Subject ' Insurance." S. II. Rogers, J. M. Hart is, T. S. Royster and others. Subject "Penny Nuisances and How to Overcome It." Discussion by W. G. Gore, C. B. Satterfield, P. C. Dillard and others. Wednesday, July 4th, 9 A. M. Call to order by President. Report of Standing Committees. Subject "Good Roads and how to obtain them." Discussion bv W. G. Foard, J. W. Hollifield, C. J. South crlantTand others. 1 Subject "Does a Rural Carrier Grow old." Discussion by B. L. Hester, E. D. Pearsall, Oscar Sutten and others. Question as to Carriers' Duties, Privileges, etc., by all Delegates. Subject i Organization. ' ' Discus sion by the Officers and others. Adjournment for Photograph. 1 P. M.--Call to Order, Report of Standing Committee, Report of Com mittee on Constitution, Report of Committee on Resolutions, Electing Officers , Selecting Place for Next Meeting. Body Found in Well. Elm City, Special. The body of Mr. II. C. Braswell, who resides on his farm at Upper Town Creek church was found in a well and the remains were brought here for burial. Mr. Braswell probably committed suicide while suffering temporary insanity. No one saw him jump in the well, but a broken window in his rooom would lead to the impression that he jumped through that an4 running to the well jumped in. His body was in three or four feet of water, head downward. Struck by Lightning. Salisbury Special. During a hard rain and electrical storm here Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock lightning struck the rectifying house of J. G. Broadnax and Company, located in the southeastern part of the city and set it on fire. The firemen responded to the alarm but the building being a frame structure and cotaining lanre quantities of whiskey burned rapidly. The loss iss heavy. The company will re-enter business. New Enterprises. " Charters are granted the Tar River Manufacturing Company of Louis burg to manufacture anything- out of cotton, wood or trraiu, capital stock $20,000. Robert G. Allen-chief stock holder; the White-Jetton Company to deal in general merchandise at Lin- I colnton, capital $25,000. TAFT AND CORTELYOU Coming to the Eejmtlicaa Suu Convection- Roowvtll i&ttrtit4 In tht State. Tht potting of tht Western Revenue District Under Civil Service a Heavy Blow to the Schemes of the Grafter. The Keeping of the Office at Aihenile a Blow to Selfish Ambition.. Con gress Haa Done Great Work for the People and Good Government. Washington, D. C, June 2t, 1906. Special to The Caucasian. It is now expected that Congress will adjourn on Friday or Saturday. This ha been indeed a most remark able session. It is safe to say that more legislation that was aimed at real and great evils affecting the body ditic has been enacted than ever before at one session in any Con gress. These great reform measures are so familiar to the peojJe that it is unnecessary to rehearse them here. The President has taken the lead in all of these reforms and yhile he has unfortunately met with a great deal of opposition in his own paiyy, but in every instance he has triumph ed in securing substantial results, if not all that justice required. It is noticeable that the President did not have the united support of the Democrats of Congress in many of these reform measures which the Democratic partv has declared for as their platform. The Democratic par ty declares for many good things, but the trouble with that party is that it is not able to win victories and is not in a position to carry out what it declares for, and when it does ac cidentally win,-' as it did under the Cleveland administration, it utterly fails to live up to its promises. Then again, when the Democrats, who are elected have an opportunity to united ly support some great reform meas ures, as they have had during the past session of Congress, they refuse to support them, or at least divide their support. The Appointment of Collector Brown. The appointment of Mr. George II. Brown, of Statesille, as collector of the Western Difjict of North Caro lina has been very favorably com mented upon by the Republicans of the State who have come here. They all speak of Mr. Brown's high char acter and business ability and pre dict a highly successful administra tion of the office under him. The ap pointment of men of the qualifica tions and high character of Mr. Brown to Federal positions is fortu nate for the party, no matter upon whose recommendation they are ap pointed. It will not only mean high class government service but it will impress most favorably at this time a great mass of the independent vo ters of the State who are outside of the Democratic party and who would like to join the party of progress and prosperity. Mr. Blackburn claimed the cred it for the appointment of Mr. Brown, but if be expected to use Mr. Brown and his office for partisan and politi cal purposes he will be woefully dis appointed. The President did not appoint Mr. Brown because Mr. Blackburn wanted him. but he ap pointed him because he thought he was one of the best, if not the very best, men to administer the office, but at the same time the President de termined that the office should not be used by Mr. Blackburn or anyone else to further their political ambi tions. Therefore the President promptly put the office under Civil Service and instructed that no man who was now in the offiee under Mr. Harkins was to be removed except for cause, and that no man was to be appointed to office except for his special fitness, and that he should se lect such men regardless of who re commended them. Mr. Blackburn also received another very sharp blow when the President decided that the office was not to be removed to Statesville but was to remain in IV lilt Taft and Cortelyou to Visit the Stated The State will be especially hon ored next month by a visit from two of the members of President Roose velt 's Cabinet. Secretary Taft will address the Republican State Conven tion on Monday, July Oth at 8:30, and Postmaster General Cortelyouf who is also Republican National Chairman will address the Convention on Tues day afternoon. Secretary Taft, in announcing hif final decision to attend the Republi can State Convention stated that he had had the invitation under .advise ment for some time trying to adjust his other engagements so that he could attend. He had an appointment to addres? the National Lawyers Association at Put-in-Bay on Lake Erie on July II. at 9 a. m., but found that he could not reach this appointment if he went to Greensboro on July 10th. He 1hen agreed to go to Greensboro and address the convention. -on July 9th Later on he found that he could not mi !. list as4 rrar& Pnl-nB tit Iser that) I h- ftrnn f July UtS. mfrrrsn L rrxir4 I tat ik rmtmtt to rkfc hi aJUIft- f rm 9 o'rUfk in lb tssermr.gr t 3 VWV in lb ftrrtvjKn, Ual h rttW ttrcd tbf K5blifa State tka. Tb fart that bth f thrr tlW attend and ddn the tltmhlnma State tontcntkm Ko th iutrrr! tb" National Republican ,dnnntr fkm i taking itt North Carolina a the mt prvniiini; Sujtbrm RrjHtb lican Mat. SHORT ORDER NEWS i Epitome of Current Happeni&ft of Interest Briefiy Told. John Jowh Ktaa, who kUir.apptf-4 8-year-4ld Pmldie Mutb in Philadel phia, wa sentenced to JU year in the penitentiary le than 24 hour ifter hi intt. . The league of Republican Cluta adjourned it Philadelphia eoarsHi after adopting resolution aid c lett ing ofiicer. A t-eeret room full of plate and other valuable, wa found in the Bronx mansion of vUl Mr. I-ue Malcolm Stenton, Jhm?, daughter, Mrs. Alice C. I). Keunan, was luumi mysteriously imirdnrd June S. A man who pleaded guilty to grand larreny, being ac-u.ed of making away with $1(K),0K) worth of h!., was allowed to o free while nn t conviet, who stole cents, a sen tenced to six year in the penitentiary- Mrs. John N. Hood, at Asheville. identitied a photograph of "Iod Douglas," also known as J. C. Caven dish, as that of the man who married her daughter. The Pennsylvania Railroad Compa ny is said to be prepared to aban don the fight for the $10 deposit on mileage books. Two persons died in Brooklyn, N. Y., after diiiking cocktails suojujsed to have contained wood alcohol. With a Democratic majority iu the Senate it is thought improbable that the new Republican Governor of Ohio will oust many of his predecessor ' nominees. It is reported that great impiove ments will be made in their terminal facilities by railroads entering Rich mond. The Republicans of the First Con gressional district nominated Wil liam P. Hubbard to succeed Capt. R. B. Dovener. Dr. Arthur Grattan Cabell, of Richmond, is dead. ine thirteenth annual eonveufum of the West Virginia Bankers' As sociation began at Elkins. Labor leaders are demanding five days' notice before injunctions arc granted, a provisionof the Railroad Rate bill regarding rates fixed by the commission. Dr. Elmer E. Brown, of California, has been appointed United State? Commissioner of Education to suc ceed Dr. W. T. Harris. Huntington Wilson, of Illinois, be comes Third Assistant Secretary of State, succeeding Herbert H. D. Pierce, just made Minister to Nor way. The House passed the compromise meat inspection measure, whk-h now goes to conference. The House passed a substitute Im munity bill, the Revenue Cutter Ser vice Efficiency bill and the Naval Militia bill. Senator Knox spoke in the Senate in iavor ol the lock tvpe canal. The opposition of Reprensentatlve Champ Clark and others defeated the bill to coin abraded silver dollars in to subsidiary coin. The massacre at BiaUtok resulted in the killing of about 300 pertons. nearlv all of whom were Jews. The lower house of th eRussian Parliament concluded debate on the agrarian question, and sent it to a commission. In the British none of Common it was said that tullv the canned meat fed to the British army in South Africa came from America. The American delegates to the cor onation of King Haakon arrived at Christ iania, Norway. A cloudburst caused much damage in the southwestern part of Bohemia. The Senate passed the Lake Erie and Ohio Canal bill after making sev eral amendments. The conferees on the Railroad Rate bill have not reached an agreement on the points in dispute. Secretary of the Navv Bonaparte has modified the sentence of th- court-martial in the case of Capt. Perry Garst, of the battleship Rhode Island, which grounded on York Spit, Virginia a few weeks ago. Much damacre was done in Virgin ia and West Virginia by Sunday's storm. Chief of Police Ren fro. of Dorches ter, Va., was shot and killed by men he eouldn't see. William Lee the negro wanted m Somerset county, Maryland, for as sault, is still in the Norfolk jail. Barto Rimel, horse thief, from Fen- dleton county. West Virginia, jump ed from a train while being taken tq Moundsville Penitentiary. Items of Interest Gleaned from . Various Sections . FROM MOUNTAIN TO SIASKOPJL Uiuer Ocaurv&t ef U W ef XsUreet U Tar Qtli TfcU is TarV ChariotU Cettca Jtfuktt Tie prtee repf? ll fV said to tm: "h! ttjtddilt-. . !ih tuiJdhnj;. . Middling- 11 1 11 I m 9 oJ middling, "taint.. .. tii rJ General Ctt;n Mtkt. jalventon, steady.. St Otiran, ea . . Mobile, quirt . . Savannah, quirt . . , rbarleton, quu t . . Wiltniagtor,, teadv. S'orfolk, quiet Baltimore, hotmcal, Kew Yoik. steady. oton, qnirt.. .. Houston, Mrndy.. . 1 : !n t i 1U P it I i l !1 H 11 s .ugt;ta. trady M iiij'hi, quirt . 1! .P'J Carolina Sammer Sited. Wilmington, S--ial.- The i'ii : a Summer School for Sumlav I woiker o( nil rlt'ih it ti.r .! Sinas and aln the Aliai.t:r at J which ha been fu eioi! the week at the Seashore Hotel, WitjiSa ville heaeh, came to a rh-e with what Wjj termed a elu: teovr;.t i.ii erviee. The infinite rotoL.i t .1 largely by Dr. II. M. l!n Hi. ( Nashville, Tetin., fujierititeiidrtit of .ra cing work of the Southern Mtl odist Chureh, and hi wife, a j rtraty sepeialist. The cUm have bro.,t t between three and four hundred vis itors to the beach and the m h i i Glared to have been a pffit m, io m in every way. Anion, the prom neM teachers in the school were I'u l, 1J. B. Carr, of the chair of (link m Vanderbilt Cniveifcity : Dr. J. A P. Sherer, the gifted president of Ne lierry College, S. C; Miw Hid.i Noitlr of the WashmiMcn public chw!, jnd Rev. X. M. Walton of Crnec rhudi, Wilmington. Excellent mnic he? ! furnished by the North Carolina in ference Quartette composed of Mi. It. M. Phillips of ItaN-ish; Rev. A. J. Parker, of Wiltitiruifon; Rev. Euil.d MeWhoiter. of Matton, and luv. J. II. Frizell, of Sanford. Officeri Elected. Lake Toxaway, Speeial. The tenth annual convention of the State Bark ers' Association closed last week. The principal bu.-iness ni the ek!i i of officers for the following year. The ?Ieetion resulted as follows: John F. Wiley, of Durham, !i dent; H. J. Jackson, of Ra! i$rh; W. T. Old, of Elizabeth City, and W. C. Wilkinson, of Charlotte, vice-presidents; W. A. Hunt, of HcmbrMJti, secretary and terasurer; Chaile X. Evans, of Wilmington; K. Sluder, of Afdieville; J. O. Ellington, t.f Fy "ttcville; Oeorpe W. Maslin, of Wnv nesville; J. F. Watlington, of wills; J. K. Little, of fireen ville, ki.d J. S. Bradshaw, of Roxboro, ineirj m of the executne eoriiiuittee; tlcnr Stevenf, of Cbarlottee; W. O. Brad sbaw, of High Point; O. S Coving ton, of Rockingham, and J. V. (iruii- ger, of Wilmington, debgaten to the convention of the American Banker' Association; alternate, II. I. Wwl- bouse, of Concord; CP. McXeelv, e.f MooresviUe; R. N. (Jrainger. of Nutti Wilkesboro. and R. W. Taylor, cf Morehead City. Arm Torn From His Bcdy. Greensboro, I'peeu!.--Eogne 0. West was the victim of a mct hor rible accident at the plant cf the, Greensboro Wood Fibre PJaHcr Com pany, of which he is secretary and treasurer, Thursday afternoon, wb-r ie lost an arm by injuries ntccsM'iit- mg an amputation or the rreitber, just below the right shoulder. North Sate Newt. R. B. Hewitt conductor on a car of the Charlotte Railwav and Elec tric company was instantly killed Sat week by being run over by Lii owi ear. In the suit of the State Corpo ration Commission to eomrel the a Southern Railway to retasii it lor mer' schedule ; of RshigL n or der to make connection vith the Seaboard Air lJiue the mattes wa finally settled by the State with drawing its order and paying th costs in the ease. Postmaster Bailey of Raleigh, an nounces that he is not apj''jng 0f reappointment. Friends of Chairman McNeill, of the torjHJration commission ray enough counties have instructed for him to make his rcnomi nation cer tain. The Governor appoints L. G. Dirt iels, of Nev.hcrn, a director of.tke At Iantie & North Carolina Railway vice C. T. Watson, deceased. r i 1 1 rioting. -