davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-05-03

New Bern Journal: The report
from the country districts is to the
effect that the frost has killed all the
truck. Potatoes which are the hard
lest r ruined and of course the
smaller and more tender vines have
been likewise affected. Some farmers
came to the city Friday to order new
seed by telegraph. Their supply was
lost.
Harnett County News: Perhaps
the biggest mortgage ever recorded
in Harnett County was that recently
given by the Atlantic and Western
Railroad to the International Trust
Co., of Boston, for 5000, 900. This
road is being built from Troy to
Goldsboro, and when completed will
mean much to the people of this sec
ton. W. learn that work on this
road will commence at once.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-05-03
Cold Weather Badly Damaged Straw
berries and all Early Crops.

Wilmington, n. c., April pa
summary of special reports from
more than two hundred points in
the Carolinas, Virginia, Georgia,
Alabama and Mississippi with refer
ence to the damage to truck by the
recent cold weather and frost will
appear in the Carolina Fruit and
Truckers Journal of this city to-
morrow, and will reveal the fact that
in North Carolina very little damage
has been done the strawberry crop,
potatoes, beans and peas being the
greatest sufferers by frost. The max
imum damage appears to have been.
in the Mount Olive and Goldsboro
section on the Wilmington and We'll
don Railroad, New Bern and Kin
ston, on the Atlantic and North Car
DINA; Greenville, Washington, Con
etoe and TarborO. on the Atlantic
Coast Line, and Elizabeth City and
Hartford on the Norfolk and South
ern. At Southern Pines, N. c., some
damage to peaches, plumbs, and dew
berries is reported, while in Western
North Carolina frost killed many Of
the peaches and apples, but growers
claim a shortage of not more than 25
per cent. Virginia strawberries are
estimated to be damaged SO 1-3 per
cent in some places, while beans and
potatoes were cut even with the
ground, and peaches and apples we're
cut short 80 per cent. In South Car
Dina, damage to peaches and plums
is estimated at not exceeding 10 or
Is per cent, with about the same
average in Georgia, Alabama and
Mississippi.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-05-03

"By the use of my phone in con-
sulting the physician during a pro-
tracted illness in my family I have
already saved enough to pay for my
phone, and I had rather pay five dol
lars a year than to be without our
rural delivery of mails" said a farm
er of this vicinity the other day. The
rural telephone system and the rural
delivery Of mails are doing a great
deal to revolutionize things in favor
of farm life. With these and rural
schools supported by taxation the
country will possess practically all
the benefits enjoyed by town and city
people without the d~emoralizing sur
roundings of the l~atter.-Marshville
Home.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-05-03
STATE NEWS
FROM cURR1TUcK TO CHEROKEE.
Items of Interest Cleaned from Our Cor
respondents and Exchanges.

berries were shipped from this point,
and on Monday seventeen crates left
here. The recent cold weather, fol-
lowed by the present drought, is re-
sulting in injury to the truck in this
section.
Alamance Cleaner: w. I'll. Wom-
bic, of Apex, lately sold a load of to-
bacco in Durham at fancy prices.
For $50 pounds he received 40 cents
per pound; for "a pounds SIS cents,
and for 1874 pounds 2O12 cents. The
average price for the entire lot was
34.54 cents per pound.
New Bern Journal: Reports from
the farmers of this section all show
very favorable outlook for next sea-
sons cotton crop. The work of get
ting ground into shape is making
good progress, and the estimate is
for about fifteen per CEN increase in
- acreage over last year.
Lexington dispatch April "a: A
fire, which originated in the dry kiln
or engine room of the Dixie Furni-
ture Company's factory, destroyed
that plant, the electric light plant,
four dwelling houses and two ears be-
longing to the Southern Railway
Company tonight. The loss is esti-
mated at 100000.
Marshville item in Monroe Jour
nal: Prof. W. f. Massey, after a
careful examination of the fruit trees
at the experiment station, says:
"The peaches have all the fruit they
should carry; plums have a full crop,
cherries a scattering crop. There
are only a few pears"
Wilmington Dispatch: The recov-
cry of Ex-Governor ID. L. Russell is
almost a miracle. For days, even
weeks, his life was dispaired of. Ev-
cry breath was thought to be his last.
To-day the news comes from Balti-
more that he was discharged from
Johns Hopkins Hosnital this morn
ing a we'll man,
Goldsboro Headlight: The frost on
Friday morning did more damage in
this section than any preceding frost.
Truck on high, dry land escaped Sc
rious injury, but on damp, undrained
ground it is ruined. 1t will require
several days of the present warm
spell to determine the real extent of
damage the frost and cold weather
have wrought. Many bean patches
have been %replanted, some truckers
paying as high as $3.50 for a bushel
of beans last Saturday.
Goldsboro Headlight: A fire which
broke out in the storage shed of the
Wayne Agricultural Works, Tues
day at 3.45 p. m, burned it and con-
tents of castings and cotton planters.
The flames communicated to the
south side wooden structures of the
Oil Mills, all of which were consum-
ed with about $50 tons of cotton
seed bulls. The adjoining boiler Don
was badly damaged, likewise a lot of
81 I'LL 4@4a1 loo x-I1I DAf
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-05-03
GENERAL NEWS
The Lesser Events of Last Week.

American missionaries in Corea are
in no danger.
The two houses of Congress ad-
iourned sine die Thursday.
Japanese torpedo boats made a
demonstration at Port Arthur.
Russia is negotiating, it is said, for
purchase of more merchant ships.
Fire at Syracuse, N. Y, destroyed
the Lyceum Theatre; loss. 100000.
Only the advance guard of the
Japanese army has crossed the Yalu
River.
Charges of gross immortality are
made against consular officials in
Liberia.
Judge Pritchard's nomination as
Circuit Court Judge was confirmed
by the Senate.
Mrs. Taylor has been granted a di-
vorce from former Governor Robert
L. Taylor, of Tennessee.
The House passed the bill for a
lighthouse and TO" signal station at
Diamond Shoals, N. @.
President Roosevelt has directed
the reappointment of w. d. Crum
as collector at Charleston, S. @.
The forward movement of the Jap
anese in Manchuria is delayed by Sc
we're weather; the whole country is
flooded.
The United States Supreme Court
dimissed the Virginia cases involving
validity of the suffrage provision of
the new Virginia State Constitu-
ton.
A tornado in Indian Territory de-
molished many houses, and killed
seven persons at Falkland; at Prior
Greek six persons were killed and
many injured.
Saturday at noon the great St.
Louis Exposition, upon which The city
has 1avished millions of money, to
which her people have devoted years
of their best endeavor, and for which
they have labOred with infinite patti
ence and persistence, was thrown
open to the world with appropriate
ceremonies.
The closing day of the second ses-
sion of the House of the Fifty-eighth
Congress was made notable by the
demonstration which was evoked by
a resolution offered by Mr.. Williams,
the minority leader, testifying to the
courtesy and impartial n in
which Speaker Cannon had presided
over the House.
Nearly two years ago President
Roosevelt forced upon the people of
Charleston, S. c., a negro collector,
w. d. Crum. Through the insistence
of the Senate Democrats under the
leadership of Senator German of
Maryland a vote has been prevented
on confirmation and the appointment
died with adjournment Thursday.
Crum, however, has been again re-
orroioto6
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-08-17

the uYre one % those in front asked
Reed II he wanted % tell the truth
before be died
Yes. sir killed SIR and Mra.
Hodges be replied
Who killed the ehildrenaa be
vas asked
Handy Bill" came the response
a. the flames leaped upwards FUR
Their questioning vas impossible In
the wild tamuIt
A. the flames touched Reed q
naked. ull-soaked skln he twisted
hIs head around In an endeaYor 10
choke himself and avoid the fearful
torture only ones did be- complain.
He said Lord have mercy
Cato screamed In agony and beg
ged that he be shot Ills heavy
crop 81 hair. which waH ali-saaked
was almost the first thing the
flames fastened on while the rope
became a collar 81 fire around bic
neck For only about three min
uteH was be visible 90 fhe crowd be-
fore the great pile 81 fagotH made
a wall 81 flame which the wind
wrapped around Catos body hiding
him from view. Before the flames
progressed very far his head sank
forward Apparently the fire bad
reached bis lungs and killed him
A. soon az II was seen the men
we're dead the crowd commenced 10
diHperae a large number remained
behind. however piliug more fuel
on until both bodies we're burned
except the trunks
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-08-17
CITY OFFICIALS PLEASED
WITH 8-HOUR DECISION
SOME CONTRACTORS. however, AR1 DISAPPOINTED AND
WILL CONTINUE EioHr HOURS DAY

Strange az Il may seem. the city
officials particularly the board Of
works. rather than the contractors.
are meet pleased with the decision
THAT Judge BELL rendered yesterday.
deelnrlnEIuE the state eight hour
las a. be- unconstitutional The Of
ndala feel aa they do. because the
decision makes Il possible to work
men 10 house ON the lighting plant
and the aubatutiun at seventh and
Nealer. and on the pole line rlEhts
uf-Way. which az this late hour
must be rushed. and also allows
contractors 20 put In extra time ON
contracts which are not LET soon
enough by the board or during the
proper Beaon Moreover II makes
q possible to make public improve
mentH a trlfe cheaper city En-
.gIncer Thomson has frequently stat
cd that he does not believe Ia the
cleht-hour law
Several 81 the city contractors
however. said this morning that
they we're sorry 10 see the decision
o. an II did one 90 them. Frank
Mcclellan. who does aH much work
aa any other contractor Ia the city.
said that regardless ~ Judge Bells
decision he was going To observe the
law.
"Aa Tor some time past. ] will
continue 20 use the elghthour day
be- declared. My men want IL and
they shall have a. ~ Wili cost me
o. little more 10 do work under the
system. but I can afford u aH long
na please my workmcn Eight
hours 10 long enough for any man
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-08-17
AMERICA
PROTESTS
UNITED STATES RAISES CUES.
TON or coRTRABANo OF
WAR

ST PETERSBURG Aug 1.-THE
United States. through Ambassador
Mccormick. has formally raised the
question Of food Etuffa aa contra
band Of war The protest follow
the lines 81 the American deelara.
tion ~ the time ~ the spanish war
u 81 made ln the form of a protest
against the ronfiseation Of flour ON
the steamer Arabia. The United
States la proceeding Independently
~ Great Britain. although on sim.
Tar lines.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-08-17

After graphing with bis assailant
for a time the man got away and
MoCioud notified the police.
Later patrolman Kennedy. who
" eut 10 the scene 10 investigate,
saw y Bulna Jump onto a
car and complain that hs
had been held up officer Ken
needy thought his actions rather
strange and arrested him A. the
station Bulua protested his limo
cenee. but could not give a very
good account Of his ho.d-up He 10
being held as one OF the parties
who aeeosted MeCioud
officer Peterson reports that a
man notified him at ! O'Clock this
morning that be had seen a man
held up "a First avenue and Nir-
Eiula street lie could not give a
very good description Of the hold
up artist OF his victim.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-08-17

20 WORK A man can do more per
hour IN a day Of eight hours than in
ore - ten
The now system need not cauae
any DELAY 10 doing work II viii
be necessary Co employ a few more
men. bot they can be- easily pro
cured No work Of mine has ever
henn delayed hy lack 81 men. al
th0uRh IL has been by lack 81 ma
tefial
MANY 81 the local contractors cx-
pectsd me 30 set in and fight the
eight hoar law They were dlsap-
poinfed. They can 80 ahead and
WORK msn ten hours ! won
Several other contractors talked
in the same vein. They did not say
they would continue 10 observe the
eight hour daY. as Mcclellan. but
expressed themselves as disap-
pointed at Judge BELLS decision
They had hoped 90 have tho law en-
forced 50 that an the contractors
would b. placed ON an equal basic
They believed that the system
would To- liked by all the contract
cra aa soon az they became used 20
90 and that tho additional cost n
improvements would be- hardly
worth considering
Some 81 them are sore 10 think
that the city hall officials who
think that they are performing a
charity for the public II they work
more than seven or eight hours.
should want outsiders to work ten
The grading contractors are The
chief directors 10 the eight hour
law. This Ia because they use
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-08-17

CHICAGO. Aus n The North
vest ahs rust mad TODAY IL bought
wheat be the Chicago market a. If
famine vas Threatened Miunrau.
oils. 81 Louis and other points %
ured In the buying MAJ uheat
scared 90 titz Is the highest price
since Armour tried - cofncf that
commodity ia tgdl old September
sold 81 Sos 90 tte9a uss g. 0sA
e. 81 0sts aud MAJ al siaa T.
ttltf-N Corn cold a. O. Us cents
and cats a. q IS ernta 90 q. cents
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-08-17
H()([)(]P
TWO BANDITS ROBBED SEVEN.
TEEN HARVEST HANDS IN
EASTERN WASHINGTON
tspseialto The start

GARFIELD. Wash. Aue. II
Two bandits held up Il men riding
IN a coal ear to the harvest fields
near here Monday night. The rob
beers secured SEQ In cash. three
watches. and then walked away.
They were uumasked one 81 the
victims had three so bills In his
shoe aud had hid his watch IN the
coal in the car No complaint was
made 20 the sheriff
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-08-17
RIO !
ns sorspp. New. AssaI

CHICAGO. AuE IA mob q
strikers attacked the house occupied
b. imported stock yards employees
this morning compelling the nrgus
pants. Htx men and tao women. Ia
flee for their lives The house Wa
wrecked. windows being shattered
and doors torn from the hinEea The
occupants we're pursued ~ the mob
and they finally took refuge ia the
stock yards police station
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-08-17
RLPLMGER DIVORCED

Mrs. Ada l.. Riplnger was grant
ed divorce from John Hiplinger
the city comptroller. iu the superior
court this morning on the ground
of iucompatahllity OF temper Mrs.
RiuliuEer was given the family
home. ON Capitol hIIl and the eus.
tody of the l6yearold daughter
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-08-17

IN NIAGARA
WOMAN LEhPED TO Her
DEATH IN PRESENCE or
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE

BUFFALO. y. =, Aug y This
morning an unknown woman com
mittod suicide by going over the
American falls Hundreds ~ per.
sons Witnessed the act She leapcd
Into the rapids a hundred feet from
the preeipiee.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-08-17
DO GREA
DAMAGE
FOREST FIRES HAVE pEVEs.
TATED THOUSANDS OF
ACRES or RICH TIMBER
LAND
PORTLAND. Ore. AUG. lad

PORTLAND. Ore. AUG. lad
vices from all the fire sections show
that the disaster Is increasing. In
the Mckenzie valley the flames are
again beyond control They are
now engroaehing on one Of the
finest forest bodies In the state.
Adyices from the coast range west
of Albany say the settlers are flee
ing TO the railway line for safety.
Forty square miles have already
been devastated. A new fire broke
out AZ Middle Fork and Willamette
in the timber Of the King Hylands
holdings.
sILVERToN. Ore. Aug l7.-Fire
Is sweeping south ward and will this
afternoon destroy the big kuefner
mill. from which the men fled for
safety.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-08-17
TRkINMAN
INJURED
Especial 10 The start

KEYSTONE. wash. Aug II
George U8ane. "a Northern Pacific
conductor. foi under a train near
here yesterday and was badly cut
on the head HiH foot was broken.
also. lie may recover.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-08-17

teams Uullke men. horses can
work ten hours just about IS easily
o. eight and they cannot be rushed
on an eiEht-hnur shift like their
twa- footed eolab0rers Cement and
pavement contractors. as rule. do
not work their men more than eight
oF nine hours
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-08-17
Attempted
ROBBERY
Especial TO The star)

PALOUSE. Wash. Aug. i7-An
unsuccessful attempt To rob the
Northern Pacific express office took
place Monday night The robbers
drilled six holes In the safe. but
we're frightened away. The safe cons
tanned $1,000
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-08-17
WRECK
ny seripps News Ass'nl

CHICAGO. Aus. IA Chicago
Great Western engine crashed into
a loaded electric car and two trail
ers. bound TO the Hawthorne race
track. at 1850 this afternoon. Eight
we're killed and i6 injured. The
cars were demolished.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-08-17
RAINILR IN PORT

Pollard Steamship company's big
steamer Rainier. l.. II. Gray a Co.
agents. arrived In Seattle at $3.50
O'Clock last night She had full
cargo of general merchandise for
Seattle and Puget Sound ports, aud
T. passengers.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-08-17
Note Sent to Russian Commander Yesterday and lie
Promised to Answer il TOday=-MikadO Offers Re-
lease of NOncOmbatants=Jap Advance on Land
Has Been Resumed

LONDON Toxic dispatch states that the japanese
have formally demanded the surrender Of Port Arthur The demand
made yesterday accompanied
combatanA The to the demand expected today.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-08-17
FOOTPADS Hold
HIGH CARNIVAL

FOUND FIVE VICTIMS WITHIN THREE HOURS
moRwno-oAro OF THUGS rGRsoRzeD FIRST HILL DIS
TRlcT-oHG CITIZEN IN TIE LEG
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-08-17

ST PETERSBURG. 1.-THE following dispatch Cen
KuOpatka today There Dc change
ftuK where The Iana railway
Fug Wang Chang and Leng
b.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-08-17
roo HOT ron RUSSIAN VESSELS

ctiEFoo Aus i7Yestsrday's varthpa
ron Arthur regarded
TIE japanese have oeapie important land position the fire
which compelled the
certain they returned % their former anchorage after the
lanks which len Port Arthur August ID that heavy
fighting
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-08-17

PETERSBURG Aus l5-The casualties aboard the Russian
varuhin Askod Shaaghai durnE "Wednesday
last Il Killed aud - wounded.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-08-17
JAps RESUME ADVANCE


ST PETERS HuRG IA dispatch reporting the rcump=
Mukden Il The occupied Saudha
ien
nepludu pass our uuposts retleated
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-08-17
BURNED AT
THE STAKE

HANDY BILL IS TnE THIRD oil the srATEsBoRo MURDER
ERs TO Dc LYpcHeo-AHeaY MOB AVENGED DEATH OF
WHITES IN BRUTAL MANN R
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-08-17
OBJ scripp. News AssnJ

% - AsAsfAAAf - - ~ ~ nanny
BIZ. another negro implicated In
the Hodges murder. Is reported TO
have been burned near statesboro
b. a mob last night
SAVANNAH. Ca. Aug IRE
ports from stlteabofo this after
noon say that a. X Talbot and A. J.
Gaines. negro preachers. were
ignched 0ith Handy 1911 last night.
The men were captured al Gaines
house. Gaines lived several miles
from statesboro. IL - impossible %
verify the reports al this time.
The burning Of Paul Reed and
Will Cato vas a frightful spectacle
After the guards were OverpoWered
yesterday afternoon the two con.
Flcted negroes we're dragged from
their cells with ropes around their
HeckH and taken two miles distant
from Statesboro. where stakes had
besz set up for the burning
The men were stripped and their
bodies covered with oil Then theY
were chained 90 the stakes and
after on had been poured over the
pile u faR0ta beneath them. the
fires were started
Before the match was touched
Reed confessed again 10 the murder
Of the Hodges family. telling the
same story and duplicating the
same men that he had in the court
room during the course Of bis trial
lie denied. however. that be had
taken an active part In the killing
Cato was 80 erazed - the doom he
faced that he could not answer CO.
hereutly the questions asked him.
A member u the mob then made
Man lmpaadoued speech. rer0uutiuE
&C. negroes crimes
This set the crowd Wild the
torches we're Touched and the flames
leaped up about the condemned men.
just Is the match vas applied 70
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-08-17

TOXIC. AuE. l5-Aduiral Tosos Jsraneas
casualties In he hght "Wednesday
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-08-17

LONDON Aug 1.-THE Kobe correspondent NJ
that the commander ~
reply
this The demand delivered
ST PETERSBURG FIT 3 reported a portion
Russian Baltic squadron sailed yesterday
East
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-08-08
EXPENSE OF COLLEGE MUSCLE.
Vast Sums Spent by Leading Ameri-
can Universities.


The impressive totals of university
funds invested in athletic equipment
during the present year make the
outlay for developing the "soand
, body rival for endowment of classi-
cal chairs and foundations, SAYS Col
lier's Weekly The University of
PENNSYLVANIA is completing an ath-
letic field and gymnasium in one
magnificent quadrangle at a cost OF
nearly hali million dollars. Har
ward has inst thrown open a new field
called the stadium" at a cost of
$3.50 600.
A movement is under way at the
University CT Chicago to endow ath-
letics in order to remove certain OBJ
jectionable features of an admission
fee system to struggles for college
honors, and half million dollars is
the amount needed to provide suffi-
clcnt capital to maintain the varied
sporting interests of the institution.
Columbia has recently purchased real
estate valued at $4,000, ,OOO. a part Of
which Will be used for an athletic
netd according to present pla7s.
Princeton is building a gymnasium
which will rival in cost and elaborate
equipment any of her collegiate halls.
There are several preparatory schools
whose symnasiums and fields added
within the last three years represent
an outlay of $4,000 each.