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THjS WILMINGTON MESSENGER. ERIDAT, APBili 29 IJiO-5. 5 The use of Royal Baking Powder is essential to the healthfulness of the family food. Yeast ferments the food. Alum baking powders are injurious. Royal Baking Powder saves health. OYAL BAKING POWDER SOME POLITICAL GOSSIP GENERAL COX SAYS SENTIMENT FAVORS STEDMAN. Captain G,en Says 1I.S o, Pros- pects Are Bright Many Aspirants ..For Con-redsman Kluttz's Scat Pnrnell 3Iay Succcctl Oilier News Notes. e. Simon Ion Messenger Bureau, Raleigh, N. C-, April 2C, 1904. State Bank Examiner EUington says the statement is now in course of preparation showing the names of the banks in the state, the increase, etc He says the bank development is really remarkable. The Supreme court is at work on cases from the thirteenth district, among' the attorneys present being Samuel Erwin, A. A. Whitener, W. C. Newland, Edmund Jones and Charles E. Childs: Mr. Jones says the eighth district is the storm cen ter of politics and that more politics can be raised there than in all the remainder of the state put together. He says the Democrats will clean up Spencer Blackburn, the Republican nominee for Congress, though the latter will put up a strong fight and is very aggressive. There are a num ber of aspirants for the Democratic nomination for Congress, among these being ex-Congressman Bower, W. C. Newland. T. C. Bowie, R. M. i Hackett, Mr Gwaltney and W. R. Odell. A charter was granted to the Leak Toliday Company, of Salisbury, cap ital etock $25,000, to make articles of wood, metal and cloth f Is'verygiflncant0 that the office j "holding Republicans are claiming that North Carolina will send to the national convention a delegation ab solutely solid for Roosevelt. To-day Rev. Dr. R. H. W. Leak, the well known colored preacher-politician, was asked about the attitude of the colored voters, and said that if the party attempted to shut out the ne groes as it did at Greensboro at the last state convention, it would cer tainly hear something drop and drop 1 very naru inuecu. On Saturday the Raleigh bar will meet to adopt resolutions in regard to the death of Judge Charles H. Si monton, of the United States Circuit court. Judge Simonton got up from a sick bed to come here for the hear ing of the Finch-McBee matter. He used to be here a od deal before the appointment of Judge Purriell. There are Intimations that Judge Purnell may succeed him. The sal ary of the office is $7,000 a-year. Professor W. F Massey says he thinks the damage to fruit on up lands is probably exaggerated, but that In the lower country, where veg etation is more forward and the lia bility to damage from spring frosts is much greater, he thinks that there is nrobablv considerable damage General William R. Cox is here as a witness in the Selma Junction case beforp the Superior court. Speaking about the gubernatorial race by the i.lishments in seven states, with head Democrats, he said he thought the Quarters for operations in North Car- trend of sentiment now favored Sted- j olina. man and was increasing that way. j At the opening of the Federal court Next Saturday there will be a very j this morning Judge Boyd announced Interesting athletic contest here be- j the death of Judge Simonton in feel tween picked men from Trinity, Wake c ng terms, and a committee of the Forest and the Agricultural and Me- bar was named to take appropriate chanical College at the state fan j action at a future dav in honor of grounds, and it is said it will be the j jjjs memory and to express anorecia largest meet of the kind ever held tlon of his distinguished services to in the state. j his country. It is asserted that this is the cold- j The state Sunday school conven est and dryest April of record. It is tion, bting ifc twenty-fifth annual noticed that grass, clover and things j session, met here to-day, four hun of that kind are parching as if there J'drecl delegates from all parts of the were a summer drought. j state being present. It is the largest A charter is granted the Sigma attendance In its history, and will Alpha Epsilon Fraternity, of Chapel j Hill. E. V. Howell ana otners Denis the Incorporators. a A charter is granted the Smithfield Savings Bank, W- L. Woodall and others being the stockholders, the capital stock being $10,000. The hundred state convicts grading the Raleigh and Pamlico Sound rail way are now within two miles" of Ra leigh, and will soon strike some of the heaviest work of the grading. This afternoon State Superintendent .T. V. Jovner and Editor C- H. Poe, j. x. joyner anu of the Progressive FaeJ' JTt Birmingham. Ala., to attend the great educational conference. Both are to make speeches there. Charles B. Mclver is to be another of the speak ers. Mr. Joyner will hurry back and will speak in Union county next Fri day. Receiver R. H. Hayes, of the Cum nock coal mines, was here to-day and will at once make up his report. Th property is to be sold June 1st: His report will be to the Superior court. Judge Bryan having appointed him receiver. " Among the arrivals here are: W. R, Meroney, Ashevllle: Elder P.. D Gold, S. A. Woodard. F. A. Woodard, a W. Gold, Wilson; E. L. Daugh tridge. Rocky Mount; W. A. Darden, Greene county; C. G. Peebles and C. i Midyette, Jackson; J. E. Albright, V Greensboro Work is being pushed quite rapid Vss'iy on the Methodist Orphanage main building, and its tall white tower is sow a land mark for many miles. ' There are all sorts of little, rumors about en impending receivership for ' " - CO., NEW YORK. the Atlantic and North Carolina rail- way, but it does not eem that any attempt will be made along: his line ""ti1',the VTt?ent iuiry cornea to an end and the report is made. Some persons have expressed the belief ; mat the state courts should be in- i duced to appoint a receiver, but j &Joul,Tdo so, but then it is said on the contrary ! mat tWs could not De arranged. . uicuu wia ucr . to-day on his way east to sneak. He is working hard to secure the nomi- nation for governor, and remarked to your correspondent with "a smile J iSiSSSj1 5?. I -"- in vx uct iu uc lit cue u;iu, j but that all the work done was in a friendly way. He said: "The re- J Prts I am getting from every section The people seem to remember my : m otner countnes- work in the campaigns from IS 92 to j Mr- Bacon said he did not expect to 1900. both years inclusive, when the j see a low tariff in the United States !5?08i,WerK fGW' nW' fiince,the j for many years; first, because the rev victory has been won and a nomlna- M .1 -tlon means an election, they assure enue necessities of the country render me they will help those who pulled j it impossible, and secondly, because the the plows during these perilous times. business affairs of the country are so I asked my friends to say nothing! on, o ov imnMKu CJCMUOI. 1J.1JT VUUCUIS, UUl AJ W KJL n. and that all would be well." There really never was a friendlier contest than the one in progress. In which the participants are all North Carolinians, whom the people delight to honor Stedman, Glenn, Turner and David son. WHISKEY FRAUD CASES. Progress of the Trial at Greensboro Death of Judge Simon ton Sunday School Convention. (Special to The Messenger.) Greensboro, N. C, April 26. In the whiskey fraud cases on trial in the Federal court here, a jury was select- ; ed and evidence begun by 3 oclock. 1 Deputies for the collectors offices in North Carolina, Illinois, Kentucky j weights" had another bout in the House and Oklahoma were introduced, with j today with Messrs. Dalzell and Cock records from those offices In support i ran as the combatants. The spp:h:3 of the government's charge, that the were a renewar of last Saturday s ds defendants operated bogus distiller- bate. tu wer Ders?nal in f re r ies in either state, receiving stamps ! character As-on Saturday the speak for ten-proof goods at Louisville. : were greeted with vociferous applause Ky.. Springfield. 111., and other west- j the4r respective col eagues and the coc o 1 c-o hi9pirhr.-v bitterness of party feeling ran Mr-. brandy. w . The North Carolina operators and j wholesalers, oy collusion v.nn tne : government gauger, as the records j in the North Carolina collector's fflA r.rt or,tii i low proof stamps, obtained in other . stated as 190 proof, being able thereby-' to move out apparently properly stamped a hundred gallons St whis- j ISoni StampS rCaUy fiVG i Court adjourned, pending the exam- Ination of the custodians of the rec ords In collectors' departments of other states There Is no question of immense frauds on the government, the con tention of the defendants being that they are not the parties committing j them. The government claims that it will be able to connect them 'with every one of the eleven pretended distill ing, rectifying and wholesaling stab- continue until Thursday. Supreme Court Opinions. (Special to The Messenger.) RaleiFh. N. C. April 2S.-The Supreme hiV informant. He court filed the following opinions: j then read The New York Journal, pub Brooks vs. Tripp, form Brunswick, no j lished by Mr. Cockran's colleague, Mr. error; Helms vs. Helms, from Union. ' Hrst. in August 1SS6. in which the , . statement was made that Mr. Cockran no error; Martin vs. Clark, from Mont- a3 for Mr McKlnley a position which gomery. affirmed; Sigraan vs. Southern! to those who remember his career In Railway Company, from Iredell, no er- ror; State vs. Goulden. from Rocking- I ham, no error; Self vs. Shugart. from reversed; Fisher vs. Brown. from Cabarrus, modified and affirmed; Drum vs. Miller, from Catawba, new trial; Ratcliffe vs. Southern Railway Company, from Mecklenburg, per cu riam, affirmed; Boyd vs. Southern Rail way Company, from Mecklenburg, per curiam, affirmed; Holbrooks vs. South em Railway Company, from Mecklen burg, per curiam, affirmed; Smith vs. Johnson,, from Alexander, certiorari allowed and case continued. New Schedule. The new schedule will te in effect on the Buburban trolley line beginning Saturday April SOth. Cars will leave Wilmnigton at 7:00. 10:00 a. m.. 2:30, 3:00. 4:00. 5:00 and 6:30 p- m. On Satur days there will be a car at 10:00 p. m. The freight car will make a trip from Ninth and Orange at 10:00 a- m- daily except Sunday. The present Sunday schedule will toe maintained on Sun days, that la, a car will leava every hour from 9:00 JP, to 7:00 p. m. WORDY BOUT Personal Speeches By Dalzell and Cockran V IN THE HOUSE Both Became Heated in Their Lan guage, Arousing Their Respective Sides to High Pitches or Enthusi asm Mr. Cockran Wants a Com mittee to Investigate the Charges Made Against Him by Mr. Dalzell Senate Passes tho Military Academy Appropriation Bill. Washington. April 2S.-The Senate to- day passed the Military Academy ap- propriatlon bill, the last of the, supply measures. The amendments suggested t , , j Dv tae committee on military affairs j for a reorganization of the medical and ordnance departments of the army and j ' taWlshmet .t a umber of i camp sites' were declared to be out of order and none of them were retained. : These amendments were discussed at ! "entft &erore ceing disposed, or. i Mr. Bacon concluded his! -tariff j speech begun yesterday, continuing to clte instance, inwhich domestic pur- chasers of American manufactures are feauired to pay higher prices than purchasers of the same articles residing He contended, therefore, only for a rea- sobable tariff and for a modification of some of the schedules, under which he said, there were abuses. After a colloquy with Mr. Aid rich re garding tariff revision, Mr. Bacon said that the country had known ever since last summer tht no changes would be undertaken at this session, saying that the entire programme had been arrang ed on the occasion of the visit of the Rhode Island Senator and a half dozen other Senators to the summer tome of the President, and that Comrress had not dared to disturb the arrangement The Senate took a -recess until 10 1 Mr. AUIson In moving the recess ex- pressed the hope that a final adjournr ment might be secured Thursday next Washington, April 26. The "heavy TnlrolI rononttwl nic pnnrp'oa that Cockran had received money for 1 77 .7; ,"71 " ir " was indignantly denied by Mr. Ccckran. The climax came when Mr. Cockran offered a resolution providing for the 5 Qof f f "5? T Lf J?he,PlIoBS' w sate the charge which had been made Jffi"' W. if!11 6 wW 82 rSSltVSSSr! demand "T fVX against the resolution until he had ex amined precedents. Mr. Dalzell said he would mention some facts in connection with the his tory of Mr. Cockran. He read from a number of documents to show that Mr. Cockran started as a greenbacker, and in 1896 stood with the McKinley side because he was for sound money. "For sound money in 1896," he said amid Republican applause. "Traveling all over the continent in 1900 in support of Bryan, greenbacker, sound money man, free silver man. He has teen a Bryanite and an an'ti-Bryanite. He was for Bryan in 1900. Is he for Bryan now?" Looking Mr. Cockran in the face, Mr. Dalzell, speaking in derision, said that Mr. Cockran "has been a Tammanyite and as such has been a member of Con gress; he has been an anti-Tammany ite and as such ceased to be a member of Congress. The gentleman from New York is a Tammanyite now again, and now again he is member of Congre?s." The republicans were roused to a hieh pitch of enthusiasm and approval when ; Mr. Dalzell softly Inquired, "would not that make one suspicious that it was I more than a matter of conscience with ! a gentleman having such a harlequin j case?" The Democratic side cf the ! House, he said, had gotten hysterical 1 1 n . -1 1 - n.. j:. congress aoes not seem 10 envoive sucn a strain on his feelings as n supposed and especially with in the air of $250,000 checks srram on nis reenngs as mignt De rumors out of I Hanna's "educational fund Mr. Dalzell closed amid wild Repub lican applause, with a most bitter de nunciation of Mr. Cockran. He re ferred to that gentleman's speech before the Democratic convention which sent him to Congress In which Mr. Cock ran said: "We have reached a point where the country is regarded as an international hoodlum" Facing the Democratic side and looking "cTTrectly at Mr. Cockran, Mr. Dalzell declared: "If there be any hoodlums amongst us. they are not the product of American soil.' Amrican institutions or Aarrer lcan civilization." He was Interrupted with loud and prolonged Republican applause. Continuing, he said: "They are to be found amongst 'the adven turers, who having left their own coun try for their country's good, find in the field of American politics prolific source of notoriety and pelf, men who without an opportunity now with one party, now with another, to find a market for their peculiar wares, among which is J not respectability." He took hia seat I amid another storm of Republican ap plause. ' ' . -; . Mr. cockran had 3at through the en tire speech of Mr. Dalzell "unmoved and waited for him to finish, when rising from his seat, he . was greeted with great applause by the Democrats. " Mr. -f Dalzell. he declared, had thought it proper to justify a charge. of Infamy against a fellow member, searching the various channels "through which anon ymous calumniation circulates in a po ll t'cal campaign and with hands no cleaner than those with which it deals hurls it over a body of deliberative men." - Mr. Cockran denied the charge that he had received $15,000 from the Palmer and Buckner campaign committee. He also denied in the most positive manner that he had ever received money for supporting President McKinley's elec tion In IT a enlMl tha l t-cp-a 4i he ever was a greenbacker. If Mr. Dalzell believed the charges he had brought against him Mr. Cockran said, it showed him (Mr. Dalzell) in a pitiable state. - He was In Infamy and did not know it. He had confessed to his party's own corruption. He had proved, if he had. proved anything that the presidential election had been pur chased. It had been charged that six teen million dollars had been spent by the Republican campaign committee in that campaign. Mr. Cockran said he had never believed the charges himself. As to defending himself, he said. ' can always protect myself from the gentleman from Pennsylvania, by choosing my own side of the street. "Before I sit down." he said. "I shall ask this house to agree with me on this. that if what the gentleman has said Is true, I am unworthy of its mem bership." Mr. Cockran was interrupted with loud cheers from his Democratic col leagues. He continued: "This will tako a wider range Jhan our personal virtues. I shall ask for a committee to investigate this charge, and shall ask for power to send for persons and papers. Mr. Cockran then read his resolution reciting that Dalzell had charged that Cockran had been paid money by a po litical party for support of a candidate for the presidency; that if the charge was true it established such conduct as should unfit any man for membership In the House, and providing for a com mittee of five members appointed by the speaker with power to compel atten dance of witness for the Investigation of such charge. Loud Democratic applause followed Mr. Cockran's reading of the resl tion. He then resumed and said that when that resolution was adopted iu all its terms, something more important than his conduct or the action of the member from Pennsylvania would b clear. "We will see," he said, "just how the election in 1896 wasconducted, and we will see whether in fact ' the presidency was bought or purchased or whether it was won in honorable politicial conflict or whether it repre- j sented as the gentleman from Penn sylvania would haveN us believe, the skill in corruption which was possessed by the managers of the Republican or ganization" if it be true he said if that campaign resulted in such use of money as he had been described there was but one possible safety for the republic. The gentleman from Pennsylvania, Mr. Cockran said, had asked him "who It was that we would choose for our standard bearer. I said there was Tr F man out In Missouri whom we might caoose to nominate as our standard bearer because the main issue of this campaign will not be "how we are to collect revenue." "But" he said amid Democratic cheers, "how we are to keep the thieves from stealing its proceeds." Continuing, Mr. Cockran, still facing the Republicans said: "You have a distinguished candidate already named, in the White House, who is strident of voice in professions of reform. We al ways have elevated Democrats to dig nity who have known how to prosecute the men who violated the law and brought reform into disgrace. Your candidate denounces corruptionists be tween elections and utilizes them at the primaries." More Democratic cheering and applause greeted this ut terance. "We will go," he said, "go before the people, whoever may be nominated, whether it be the young giant of re form who has won his spurs in Mis souri, whether it be that upholder of the law who administers justice In New York" At this reference to Judge Parker the Democrats broke out into unrestrained applause, which did not for some time subside. "Or whether it be the man whose great achievement on the Monroe doctrine evoked the sen timent which the gentleman from Penn sylvania read from my speech in the usual garbled method, suppressing the context." Mr. Cockran denied hving re ferred to the United States as "an in ternational hoodlum." The Democrats went wild as Mr. Cockran sat down and the speaker found difficulty In restoring order. The House adjourned until 10 o'clock tomorrow. PRITCnARD IS NOMINATED. President Roosevelt Names Him Judge Simonton's Successor. As Washington, April 27. President Roosevelt to-day nominated Justice Jeter C. Pritchard, of the Supreme court of the District of Columbia, to be United States Circuit judge" of the fourth circuit. In succession to the late Judge Charles II. Simonton. The fourth circuit includes the states of Maryland, North Carolina, South Car olina, Virginia and West Virginia, and under the law the appointee had to. be selected from one or these states. Justice Pritchard, who formerly was a United States Senator from North Carolina, has served on the Supreme bench of the District of Columbia but a short time. He pre sided at-the trial of Machen, the Groffs and Lorenzs, who recently were convicted of postal frauds. For 'a Creditable Negro Jamestown. Exhibit at Washington, April 27 Giles B. Jack son dlrecter general, and several mem bers of thee colored Jamestown Expo sition Association called on the Presi dent today to secure his influence to enable the association to make a cred itable exhibit at the Jamestown ter centennial, of the accomplishments of the negro race in the last 40 years. The delegation presented to the -President an addresM embodying a record of the achievements of the negro since his emancipation from slavery. The Pres ident promised that he wbuld aid the association In any way he properly could. - "Ashevllle. N. C April 27.- The grand Jury " to-day failed to find a true bill against Messrs. Sitton and Long, who were 'charged with palm ing off a block of stone as a "petri- man" . on the Pristine Petrified Phenomena Company-for I5.CS 9. - 17 aval Appolntmmt--CoarirEiUon by tho - Bishop An Ancient Masonic Lodre War IteUc "Wanted Newsy Parasraphs.. (Special to The Messenger,) Fayetteville, N. C. April. 28. Mr. William Owen, of this city, was the successful competitor in the examina tion at Maxton for the naval cadetshlp of this district, and Hon. G. B. Patter son has notified him of his appointment, He now has to stand his entrance ex amination at - Annapolis. His high stand at Maxton reflects great credit on Mr. Owen, but those who know him expected it of him. Right Rev. Dr. Watson administered the rite of confirmation in St. John's Episcopal church last Sunday to eight persons, and his discourse though brief on account or his frail physical condi tion, was tender and touching. Jus before the -services the rector of the church. Rev. L W. Hughes, paid an eloqent tribute to the venerable bishon. recalling the fact that, fifty-nine years ago he was ordained deacon here, and came with the record of three-score years of consecrated work -for th church. j.ae correspondent makes nis ac knowledgements to Mr. T. -T. McGU- vary, secretary of Phoenix Lodge No. S. order of Masons, for a pamphlet giving a history of nhe lodge, embodied in ad dresses delivered by Edward Lee Wins low December 24th. 1S49. and bv Jam Banks June 24th. 1858. It will be inter esting to Masons all over the state to know that In 1788 the Grand Lodge met in Fayettevllle. holding- Its session In the' hall of Union Lodge, and at that time the name was changed to Phoenix. ana Dy dispensation, James Porterfield was maae Master. In 1793 a charter was granted to the lodge. Its officers at present are: E. L. Remsbure. W. M R. A. Southerland. S. W.; J. A. Barnes. j. w.; i. w. ciark. treasurer; P. M. l r. -Mcuiivary, secretary: L. W. Sea well, S. D.; p. M. J. B. Wilson. J. D.; C. W. Watson, J. M. Grady, steward; j jackson. t. The county commissioners, at thelr speciai meeting yesterday, passed an order for the purchase of mules, scrap ers and other implements for the con struction cf the public roads, to the amount of 51,000. Fayettevllle feels gratified at an Im plied compliment to three of its citizens in a certain line of work. Mr. R. W. Bidgood. the former auditor of the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley railway, recently in the railroad service at Birm ingham, Ala., was chosen as the man best fitted as expert accountant of the committee engaged in the investigation of the affairs of the Atlantic and North Carolina railroad; since then Messrs. C. J. Ahearn. of the McGeachey Drv Goods Company, and Mr. Charles Haigh, Jr.. experienced railroad office men. have been telegraphed for. Mr. Ahearn is already at New Bern, and Mr. Haigh left last night. A news paragraph has been sent out from Chester, S. C, giving an account of the illness from scarlet fever of a child of Dr. and Mrs. Brice the disease having been contracted from a book sent from a house where a violent case of the fever prevailed a year ago. Mr. ,T. E. Garrett, of this city, has a c' il i sick with measles, caught In the same way. For the past day or two extensive woods fires have been sweeping over a considerable area of territory eight or ten miles northwest of the city. All the fencing has been destroyed at "Mille," the extensive property of Colo nel C. W. and Major J. B. Broadfoot. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Standi leave in a few days for Louisville, Ky., where they will make their home in future. Captain Tho?. Whit ted, of Bladen county. Is Jhe sr.iest of Mr. and 2.;:?. T. J. Whitted on Dick street. Colonel F. A. 'Olds writes to Mr. ' J. W. Carroll, an old Confederate artil leryman of this city, asking him to give, or lend for the collection of relics at R3leigh the Whit worth gun rhell. an account of which appeared in The Mss senger last week. The municipal primaries were held yesterday for the nomination of mayor and board of aldermen. There was no opponent to the present mayor, Mr. C. B. McMillan, who will succeed himself, which is only the recognition of public service well performed. In the wards the results were as follows: First ward, T. H. Maultsby. W. L. Hawley; Second, N. B. Alexander, J. A. Barnes; third. R. G. Haigh, D. A McMillan; fourth. J. D. McNeill. J. F. Johnson; fifth, R. H. Buckingham. J. G. Hol Hngsworth; sixth, Ifc W. Clark, W. W. Home; seventh. J. A Pemberton. J. B. Underwood. Jr.; board of audit and finance, H. R. Home, R McMillan, R. H. Holland. There was no excitement, execpt In fourth and seventh wards, where there were contests. This morning about 7 o'clock Captain J. M. Goddard. proprietor of the God dard livery stables, corner of Franklin and Maxwell streets, missed his foot ing, and fell down the flight of steps in rear of his residence on Maiden Lase. He Is a very large man, and the fall might have been serious, but th cor respondent is glad to know that he es caped with his back wrenched nnl bruises on his knees and ankles. Mr. and Mrs. Will Corbran, and Bev. and Mrs. Haughton, of Pennsylvania, are-the guests of Mrs. -M. F. Cochran at Myrtle Hill. A freight wreck on the Atlantic Ccast Line railroad, near Pembroke yesterd afternoon, blocked the track for sever al hours, the northbound train at 10 p. m. arriving about 12:300 o'clock. MiS3 M. E. Ellison, of this city, has sent to the Observer a solid six pound shot which was fired by the Federals on Starr's artillery at the seize of Washington. N. C. In the spring of 18S4, and which, with many others, completely riddled the residence of Miss Ellison's family. y THREE FIREMEN KILLED. Buried Under Tons of Debris Fire in the John Stanley Worka. at a Soap New York, April 27- Three lives were lost and Property valued at S200.000 was destroyed in a fire at the John Stanley Soap works here today. The dead al of whom were firemen, are: Thomas Madigan, James Crean and Hugo Art gone. - . Madigan and Crean were buried un der tons of debris when the walls of the building fell and it -was many hours before their bodies were recovered. Aigone who was caught in the same crash was still alive when released but was so badly injured that be died at a hospital several hours later. - Many firemen who had been called out by the four alarms had narrow escapes during the progress of the fire, one great source of danger being the frequent explosions of chemicals in the buUd!n. - '- " " - : . T Berfdei the soap pTant. the Dunbar boxes lumber companies, lumber yards nniAGzz nr cold vcrsr cizzzrz. Prospects Fine For Larp Cirz.iT- berry and Vegetable Crop -Ccrrlc - Badly Damaged In Virginia. " Special reports to The Carolina Fruit and Truckers Journal, of thl city, from more' than 200 points in North Carolina, Virginia, South Car olina, Georgia, Alabama and Missis sippi, disclose the resultant effects of the recent cold weather and frost on the fruit and vegetable crops In these states. A summary of the whole mass of information reveals the fact that In North Carolina very little tSamage has been done, the? strawberry crop, potatoes, beans and peas being- the greatest sufferera. The greatest damage was in the Mt OHve and Goldsboro sections on the W. & W. railroad; at New Bern and Klnston on the Atlantic & Norm Carolina railroad: at Greenville, Washington. Conetoe and Tarboro on the Coast Line; Elizabeth City and Hertford on the Norfolk & Southern. In the Southern Pines section some damage Is reported to the peachesv plums and dewberries, while In west ern North Carolina the frost killed many of the peaches, some of the apples, but growers claim that la those sections the crop will not be more than 25 per cent, short. In Virginia itrawberrles were dam aged as much as 33 1-3 per cent. In some .places; potatoes and beans were cutdown even with the ground, and the peach and apple crop cut short 30 per cent. Farther south la South Carolina peaches and plums were damaged not more than 15 per cent., while in Georgia the damage will not "exceed- 15 to 20 per cent, to peaches, peais, plums and other fruits. Of Alabama and Mississippi the same seems to be true. From all this Information we rather feel like congratulating dll Tiand) iat the conditions were not even worse, as the weather was extremely cold In many places. Ice forming In near ly all these states, but Providence provided and all Is well. The strawberry movement is now on In earnest. 57 carloads going for ward in refrigerator on Tuesday, the 26th. besides 2,516 crates by ex press. As longs ago as last Friday 1,967 crates went forward by express; while th first refrigerator car went out on Monday morning, the 25th. Coplus rains fell In the various parte of the strawberry and vegetable dis trict of this section Tuesday night, and the berries - that have been, held back on account of the cold weather are now ripening, at a rapid rate. Several carloads of pickers and packers left the city on all outgoing trains , Monday and Tuesday for points on the W. & W. and along- the W.. C. & A., thus furnishing all tne necessary help for harvesting "the magnificent crop of the luscious fruIL. Lettuce continues to go forward In good healthy volume, and peas and beans will follow next week. Later on will come Irish potatoes, canta loupes, melons, which will carry tho growers Into mld-isummer. after which the crops of potatoes and" green vegetables will come along- m'm 1 TELEGRAPIlETtS GET RAISEL , Atlantic Coa Lino Increases Pay of AH Telegraph Operators. The Atlantic Coast Line has In creased the pay cf .its agents and tele graph operators from Virginia o Flor- ' Ida. The agents and operators are very happy because of the raise In their salaries. Telegraphers say that for years tfie Atlantic Coast Line paid smaller sala ries at the small stations and to net men than any other railroad in the south, while men in the larger towns have always been well paid, the night opera torn and agents at the small sta tlons were much underpaid. For a long time some of these men received' as little as 125 per month to which they were able to add a small commission from the express company, but this ex tra frequently did nit amount to 33 n month, giving a total salary of lea than 330. on which income some were bold enough to marry. The Plant system always paid good salaries, it is said, and when the At lantic Coast Line took charge there It did not make reductions but contlnnex! the salaries on the same schedule. Soon after acquiring the Plant syetem the Atlantic Coast Line people vol untarily raised the salaries of their own telegraphers. Those getting J 40 or leas were given a raise of $4 and those get ting more than 340 had their salaried increased 33 a month. A committee from the Order of Rail way Teleraphers recently visited the Atlantic Coast Line officials and asked for higher salaries. The committee was well received and the schedule of salaries agreed to after but little con sideration This schedule fixes the minimum salaries at 340 and carries an Increase of 32.00 for all receiving more than that amount. The schedule also fixes a day's work at twelve hours In- eluding one hour off for dinner or mid day as the case may be, and fixes a compensation of 20 to 25 cents for each hour over time the men work Flo renco nmes. 2Jr nixs NEGRO KILLED. ' West Rlcliardson, Colored, Sprang From Train and Broke His Neck- Yesterday evening as Atlantic Coast Line train No. 47 was on Its run to Wilmington, when between Ashton and Rocky Point, West Rica-, ardson, who was endeavoring to a ride on the train, jumped ofC -breaking his neck, arm and leg. - Richardson and several other ne groes boarded the train at Ashtonv not as passengers, but got on on. what is known among railroad men, as the first blind. When between the stations the fact that the negroes were beating a ride on one of the front cars was reoorted to the con ductor and .he ordered the flagman to tell the men Ho come Inside or the passenger car. All of the negroes entered the car as ordered, but Rich ardson, who sprang from the train, which is said to have been going at s speed of about 50 miles per houx? The negro was killed instantly. a The train was stopped and backedr to the scene of the accident, when . Richards body was placed on board and bronht to thb Ity. It. was turned over to a - mdertaker to prepare for bu' The dece? -'-. known In police an -cles on and the had se chain gt f XL D. Sl W. G. Whit a lot 3 by i Sixth and Dan from- ii