The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-03
FROM FAYETTEVILLE
Young Girl Burned to Q eath-.Northerr
Colony for Cumberland.
!. (Rpecial To- The Ttmes. Dispa tct

Especial 10 Inc tIlneB. LlepaCcQ
FAYETTEV1LLE N. c.. March a.
Last Saturday Miss Lovely King, laugh-
ter Of NJ W. King, living In Gamers
Creek Township, a few miles north Of
town, while experimenting the burning
Of brush heap on the farm, ignited her
clothing and set ofD In blaze from head
Sto foot at full speed across the field,
screaming In agony and terror. Her ia
Their caught her and was badly burned
on the chest ands arms In his efforts to
extinguish the flames. but the girls fear
full injuries proved fatal in an hour 8siss
DR.. Hughler. OF Pennsylvania, has been
in this city for several days. looking into
the agricultural, labor and chemical con-
ditions Of the country tributary to Fay
tetteville, with q view to purchasing
large body OF cleared and uncleared land
Tor the establishment OF q colony OF
Northern farmers, stock Z raisers and
fruit and vine growers. DR.. Hughler
seems pleased, 80 far. and is especially
struck with The character Of the soil and
the ease with which 1t can be kept in
good filth. He is carefully examining
into Its possibilities under q system OF
intensive farming. He also says that
Fayetteville. the halfway relay, between
New, York and Florida, possesses excep-
tional advantages as an all-the-year tour
lists resort. X e III f5. X AZ,
Yesterday e, L. Utley. sentenced to
twenty years imprisonment, whose ap-'
peal to the Supreme Court is pending,
was carried to Raleigh to appear to-day
before Associate Justice Walker, Of the
Supreme Court, on application for ball.
The prisoner was taken to the State cap-
ital by sherifr Marsh himself, a splendid
specimen of physical manhood, Six feet
high and as straight as a May pole. weighs
ing 200 pounds. A large crowd was at
the pa ssenger station to see U tley depart,
as his remarkable bearing during his
trial. his sensational escape from jail and
still moro remarkable voluntary return,
have kept alive a, keen interest In his
fate. Utley was accompanied by his
uncle, Mr.. Herbert Letterlow, a proml-
nent business man and perhaps the larg-
est property owner In Fayetteville. and
by Mrs. Letterlow. whose devotion to
the prisoner has been unflagglng from
; first to last, is y 4
pall-bearer at the funeral services of the
late Captain ]. B. Smith. presented 4
wreath to be placed on the grave. the
ivy, In which has an interesting history.
The original plant was procured from
the wall of Melrose AbbeyNby Sir Walter
Scott, and planted at Abbottstord, When
washington Irving visited the home Of
the Wizard OF the North" the great
Iscotchman presented to the great Amer
loan tWig Of this Ivy, which the latter
planted at 'sunnyside," his home on the
Hudson River, When John Smith, the
father Of Captain ], B. Smith. came to
this country from Scotland. he was 40
Lander, and the two men were for years
partners as stonecutters and mnrble-
workers, Many years ago Mr., Lander
visited Irving at Sunnyside,' and the
genial author gave to the Scotchman a
root OF this ivy. which precious souvenir
af,,1Iv orhk 1,>,S as.oS, ,>1o
In his flower yard at his home on Hay
mouth a suburb OF this city. - W