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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-19
HAD A BAD WEEK
Crops Need Sunshine
After the Rain.
Mondays Frost Set Back Truck Crops
and Fruit Which Up to That Time
Had a Promising Out
look.

The Weekly Crop Bulletin of the
North Carolina Section of the Climate
and Crop Service, issued by the
Weather Bureau for the week ending
Monday, April II, says:
Monday and Tuesday We're warm
and dry and favorable for farm work
which was resumed with vigor; the
remainder Of the past week, however
was decidedly unfavorable, both foi
work and the growth of vegetation,
on account of the frequent ana ntaNy
rains from the 18th to the end or the
week, and generally low temperatures
which chilled the ground. The COLO
soggy soil is unfit to be ploWed, anu
unfavorable for rapid growth or the
germinatiCn of seeds. The tempera-
ture exceeded 80 degrees on the l0th
and 18th, but was SO low the balance
of the week, that the mean averaged
nearly / degree daily below norman.
Freezing temperatures occurred Mon
day morning (17th) in central and
western North Carolina; what damage
has resulted must be reported IN the
next crop bulletin; unquestionably the
injury to fruit of all kinds, truck crops
and Strawberries must have been con-
siderable. The rains from "Wednesday
on were quite heavy in some counties,
causing a complete suspension of
farm work The precipitation this
week average over zoo inches above
| the normal. Warmer, dry and sunny
weather is much needed
Very little cotton land has been pre-
pared as yet, and the amount OF Ter
| tili2ers used is smaller than usual; only
small patches of cotton have been
sown in the extreme southern portion.
A large amount of land is ready for
corn. but progress in planting has been
slow; the acreage in corn Will be quite
| large but of course the bulk of the
crop has not yet been planted, though
| q few reports from the southeastern
counties state that planting has been
| finished; early planted corn came up
| to fairly good stands, but late plant
| ed is terminating slowly. Tobacco
plants are rather late, and small but
| seem to be in good condition other
wise Reports on the condition of win
ter wheat, oats and rye continue to be
extremely favorable; in some sections
| these crops are reported the best in
many years; in others, however. al
| though the plants show very green and
vigorous, it is feared that abundant
rains are causing sappy growth. Glover
| and grasses are also very thrifty and
| cattle are already able to live on pas
lures in the west.
| So far truck crops have done well;
| irish potatoes are coming up nicely
and generally to good stands. pros
poets for early peas are good; cab
bage plants have mostly been set.
Shipments of. lettuce and radishes
have been large, and the shipment of
berries is just beginning. The frost
Monday is likely to have caused a Sc
we're setback to truck crops, strawber-
ries and gardens Up to Monday the
f,.11it lIxys 1nc
was still favorable many peaches and
other fruits are so well set that per-
haps the anticipated damage by the
| cold may not be serious
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-19
COTTON PLANTING DELAYED.
Fruit Injured i'm the Central and
Southern Districts.
(By the Associated Press

(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, April 1S.-The weekly
crop bulletin of the Weather Bureau
says:
Cotton planting is much delayed in
Mississippi and Louisiana, and is
later than usual in Texas and the
Carolinas. Better progress with this
work has been made in Alabama and
Georgia and in the Southern portion
of these States is nearing completion.
Fair to good stands of the early
planted are reported from Alabama,
Georgia and Florida. In Texas the
early planted is reported as prom
Using.
Tobacco plants are generally plenti-
full, and transplanting has begun in
South Carolina and Florida.
While fruit must necessarily have
sustained injury from the severe sold
during the latter part of the week in
the central and southern districts 1t
is probable that in the more north
erly sections to the eastward of the
Mississippi River the damage has been
less serious. In New England and
the northern portion of the Lake
region it is probable that no serious
injury has been done.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-19
Order of Conductors Meet.
Especial to News and Observer.

Especial to News and Observer.)
Wilmington, N. c., April 1S.-Mem-
bers of the Order of Railway Con-
ductors from the nine divisions on the
Atlantic Coast Line from Richmond,
Va. to Jacksonville. Fla, are holding
their annual meeting here. Today
representatives of the body had a
conference with General Manager w.
n. Royall which is spoken of as hav-
ing been very satisfactory. Captain
John M. Walker, of Wilmington, is
general chairman of the central body
OF the Atlantic Coast Line territory
and says that the conference was for
the purpose merely of revising and
amending the general rules and reg
ulations which now obtain in the SER
vice. While here the visiting COM
ductors We're entertained at an oyster
roast on the sound.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-19
SIRE INSURANCE COMPANY.
Movement on Foot to Establish One
at Durham.
Especial to News and Observer

Especial to News and Observer.)
Durham, N. c., April 1S.-A move
ment is on foot to establish a local
fire insurance company here. The
company will have a paid in capital
of 100000. The company will be
backed by many prominent, influen-
tlal and wealthy men. 1t is expected
that at least half of the capital stock
will be raised in Durham and that the
other half will come from the State at
large.
Mr.. II. A. Holton, member of the
Junior class at Trinity College, is at
the Watts Hospital, where he under
went an operation last evening for
appendicitis. 1t is reported this af-
ternoon that he is getting along very
We'll and that the physicians do not
think that there will be any serious
trouble.
Another patient was also operated
on last evening for the same trouble
both operations being under the direc-
ton of DR.. Hubert A. Royster. who
returned to his home in Raleigh this
morning. The second patient was
Mr.. Charles Cothran, who lives in the
northern part of the county. He is
also getting along very nicely this af
ternoon.
In the police court this morning Sam
Gladstein and Dick Davis. white
who We're before the United States
Commissioners a few days ago on the
charge of selling whiskey without
license, were arraigned before the
mayor on the same charge. Both
were sent over to the grand jury and
gave bond in the sum of 500 each
they were already under bond of
500 each to appear at the Federal
court in Raleigh.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-19
GREGORY APPEARS INSANE.
Wife Murderer May be Confined as q
Iundtic--OtlleP Cases Before the
Court.
Especial to News and Observer.)

Especial to News and Observer.)
Wadcsboro. n. C.. April 18.-Supe-
rior court for the trial of criminal
cases convened here yesterday with
Judge Geo. w. Ward presiding. Judge
Ward is sustaining admirably his rep
utation as a lawyer and jurist in dis
patching the business of the court.
His charge To the grand jury was par
ticularly impressive, as he reminded
them of the high importance CT their
position, how they held the scales of
justice between the public and individ-
Uals and that they should be a terror
to the guilty and a protection to the
innocent.
John Gregory, who is under indict-
ment for the muEder of his wife last
fall, was brought into court today and
appeared so insane that the judge had
the jury to pass on the issue as TO
whether he was capable of pleading
to the Indictment or not. which they
very readily answered i'm the negative.
Gregory VIII very likely be sent to the
insane department of the pcnitentiary.
Laura Leak. a colored girl about
fourteen years old. was convicted to-
day Of burning 9 dwelling house of
Mr. +. j. w. Redfearn some time last
year. Sentence has not been pro-
nounced on her.
Arthur Thompson, 4 young white
man, is now on trial charged with an
assault on a colored woman with in
tent To commit rape.
A postoffice detective by the name
of Gregory came here from Charles
ton, 5. C.. yesterday and identified Jno.
Fisher, one Of the alleged safe-crack-
ers as one of a gang that is wanted
at Charleston for safe-cracking. Chas
Oday, the one that was shot so badly
when captured. is getting along very
well and will likely recover.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-19

Death of Mr.. John C. James.
Especial News and Observer.

Especial o News and Observer.)
Wilmington, N. c., April 1S.-Mr
John Christopher James, secretary
and treasurer of the Acme Manufac-
turing Company and one of the most
popular young men in Wilmington,
died last night at the home of his
mother, Mrs. Sarah S. James, in this
city, aged 20 years. He had been a.
sufferer with Brights disease for a
number of years, but his immediate
illness was only about ten days. The
community mourns his loss as it has
mourned the loss Of no other young
man of his age in a generation The
funeral will be held tomorrow morn
ing and the remains will be laid to
rest in Oakdale cemetery.
Mrs. G. B. benson, of Raleigh, an
aunt of the deceased, arrived Sunday
and was with the family when the
sad death occurred.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-19
DR.. Haymore at Tarboro.

Tarboro, n. c., April 1S.--pr. T. D..
Haymore, of Mt. Airy, who has 3ec.l
the guest of Mr.. j. c. Austin Turing
the protracted meeting at the Mis-
sionary Baptist church, preached to a
crowded house on the eve Of his de-
parture The services have been very
successful and our people parted with
Dr. Haymore with regret. Il purse of
$40 was raised for him, saws the Tar
boro Southerner
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-19
Gifts to Small Colleges.

Chicago, April 18.---Dr. Daniel X.
PEARSON, OF this city. celebrate his
eighty-fifth birthday Yesterday and
announced that he would soon name
five colleges in the mountain districts
of Kentucky, Tennessee, < nth Caro-
lima and West Virginia to which he
would make donations. These schools
will receive $150,000 from DR.. Pear
SONS.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-19
THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
II Elects Permanent Secretary and
Gets Down 10 Business.
(Special to News and Ohserver

NoPVOIdI 70 4N1"s IIIu VUstINEI'J
Greensboro. N. c., April 1S-The
newly organized Chamber of Com
merce of Greensboro with a large
membership of the best business and
professional men of the city has made
an suspicious and bGsiness-like be-
ginning. Last night the board of di-
rectors elected permanent secretary,
With a salary cf $1,000 to devote his
entire time TO work for the city. He
will be furnished a stenographer and
commodious accessible headquarters.
Mr.. G.. f. Newman, cashier of the
freight department of the Southern
Railway at Greensboro was elected to
the position and will begin his work
May 1st.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-19

Mr.. Wade II. Riggan has returned
to the city from Asheville, where he
attended the Grand Council of the
Royal Arcanum, having stopped over
i'm Lexington visiting relatives and
friends.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-19
Fremont Votes Tor Schools.
Especial to News and Observer.

Especial 10 News and Observed
Fremont, N. c., April 1S.-The
graded schools election held here to-
day resulted in a victory for schools
by a majority of fffty-eight. One
hundred land fifty-four votes were
cast, one hundred and six for and
forty-eight against schools.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-19
YOU CAN TEST TT FREE.

Stuart's Gin and Buchu can be OBJ
tanned at drug stores, but if you de-
sire to test the remedy send us your
name and address and trial sample
will be sent you absolutely free. DO
not delay or neglect this warning
which nature is giving in the form
of pains in the back, deafness, irregu-
larities in the urine, ETC., but write
for a sample today. Address Stuart
Drug Company, 352 Wall st., Atlanta,
Ca.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-19
jackson County Schools.

Webster township, in Jackson coun-
ty, has voted special tax for rural
graded schools.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-19
WATCH YOUR
.IDNEY f!
The Slightest Derangement OF These
Important Organs Should Be
Promptly Needed, for No Disease
Is More Dangerous.

Deadly diabetes, gravel or stone IN
the bladder, uremic poisoning, and
other fatal forms of Kidney Diseases
always begin in mild form. There
is little harm at first, and with proper
treatment all Irregularities can be cor
rected, but the slight symptoms are
often overlooked and before the vic
tim can realize it, fully developed
and dangerous stage is reached.
A thoroughly reliable and time
tested remedy for all diseases of the
Bladder and Kidneys is
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-19
STUARTS GIN AND BUCHU.

For thirty years this remedy has
been in general use, and has made
some noteworthy cures of cases that
had reached a dangerous stage. 1t
promptly reaches the cause of the dis
ease, dissolVing and expelling from
the system all poisonous matter, and
restores the bladder and kidneys to
their normal healthy condition.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-19

Geo. B. Hill, of 0eoya, ILL.,. writes: ss0ne
year ago nay wife was in deplOrable cOndI-
r menstrual ioW, Since taking Cardui she
ars. 1t is WOman's best friend"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-05-18
Cuban Politics.

The political parties Of Cuba are two,
the Liberal and the Moderate, not, as
has been frequently stated, the Con-
sentative and the Radical. The Lib
erals are the successors Of the former
Nationals and the Moderates of the
Republicans The line of difference
between the professed aims and pur-
poses of the two parties is very vague.
Cuban parties are groups of supporters
Of particular leaders rather than ex-
ponents Of some special policy. Presi-
dent Palma has until recently avoided
affilfating himself with any one party.
In January last, however, in view Of
his campaign for reelection he an
nounced his definite connection with
the Moderates, step which caused the
resignation of his cabinet and a split
in that party's ranks A strong boiling
contingent is now supporting Jose
Miguel Gomez, who is likely to be
President Palma's most formidable OPP
ponent. The Liberal candidate has
not yet appeared, but he will probably
be General Emilio Nunez, who has the
support Of General Maxine Gomez.
Still there is the chance of coalition
between the boiling Moderates and
the Liberals in the interest of Jose
Miguel Gomez. It is understood that
Maxine Gomez would not oppose such
a union. The old warrior is not on
good terms with President Palma.
The political pot is already boiling
merrfly, and the opposition to Presi-
dent Palma, which is in the majority
in the present congress, is accusing the
administration Of misuse of patronage
and other miSdemeanors.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-05-18
The Fate. of Paul Jones.

1t is natural to think that the proper
resting place for the ashes of John
Paul Jones is the cemetery at Airing
ton, where so many Of the nations he
roes are buried But in life Paul Jones
was not one of many, and it would
seem that he can be fifty honored now
only by surrounding his tomb with the
highest possible distinction. 1t is sug-
gested that his grave and monument
stand apart from all as a shrine for
special pilgrimages.
The career of Paul Jones was unique.
He did not reach the top by rotation.
He was a genius and carved place for
himself. Napoleon said that had the
great American admiral been alive in
1905 the French naval disaster at Ira
falgar would not have happened. That
means that Lord Nelson would have
found his master in the hero Of the
Bonhomme Richard
Jones himself first conceived the idea
of carrying the war into the home wa
tiers Of the enemy. He first gave the
stars and stripes to the breeze on the
ocean, commanded the first ship that
foated it and fought on her decks, cut
lass in hand, like common sailor
within sight Of naughty Albion's
shores. A grateful republic will give
the hero's remains fitting ceremonial
voyage and welcome, but the occasion
will not be complete unless mauso-
leum is prepared which shall be to the
memory Of Paul Jones what Mount
Vernon is to Washington, the chapel
Des Invalides, in Paris, to Napoleon
and the crypt by the Hudson river side
to Grant.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-05-18
NEW HEAD FOR LINE
Indiana Syndicate Emphasizes Its
Control Of Chicago and Mil
Waukee Electric.
A. |. DRUM NAMED MANAGER

A. G. Frost, who has been the king
pin of the Chicago and Milwaukee
Electric Railway, which is to build
into Kenosha this summer, has been
turned down from his place of dicta-
ton, and yesterday the Indiana syn
dictate of stockholders emphasized
their control Of the line by removing
Mr.. Frost from the management of
the road, and putting in his place A.
L. Drum, of Anderson, who has been
prominently connected with the build
ing of the interurban line running be-
tween Indianapolis, and Anderson.
Manager Drum is now in charge of
the work of the company, and in the
future Mr.. Frost will be a mere figure
head in the management of the line.
It is understood that Frost will now
give his entire time to the manage
ment of small spur line running
from North Chicago and Lake Bluff
to Libertyville.
Manager Drum will offer a new pol
icy for cities through which the line
is now seeking rights of way, and it
is claimed that his conci1iatory sys-
tenn has been most successful in the
Hoosier state
It was announced yesterday that it
was the intention of the company to
have the road connected with roads in
Kenosha by the first of next Septem-
Der, and that the company would have
a through line to Milwaukee before
the end of 1906.
The citizens of Lake Forest yester-
day showed the result of the coming
of the new manager, and by an over
whe1ming vote the people of that
town voted to give the company a
perpeta1 franchise for the use of the
streets of Lake Forest. There was
only 50 votes against the perpetual
franchise proposition.
The new management of the line
promises to be decidedly vigorous
one, and the Indiana syndicate is now
supposed to be fully in control Of the
stock of the company.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-05-18
WOMAN A BURGLAR
Christina Ross Claiming Keno
sha as Her Home Arrested
on a Serious Charge.
ADMITS THEFTS OF JEWELS

lChristiana Ross, young woman Is
years of age, claiming Kenosha as her
home, is in jail at Wausau, Wis,
charged with the crime of burglary.
| The woman has made partial con-
fession in which she admits that she
has several times entered houses and
stolen jewelry valued at several hun
dred dollars. When arrested the wo-
man was in a pitifu1 condition, it be-
ing alleged that she is suffering from
tuberculosis and it is hardly possible
that she will live long enough to be
brought to trial.
/ The woman was formerly connected
with resort near this city and it is
not thought that she has any relatives
in Kenosha. She was arrested sever
al times during her stay in Kenosha
on charges of statutory nature, but
at these times friends appeared and
paid the fines assessed and she was
never committed to the Kenosha
'county jail. The woman left Keno
~sha two years ago and after she had
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over month she gained notoriety by
attempting to commit suicide on one
leading streets there.
After this incident she dropped out
of sight, only to turn up at Oshkosh
in the role of heroine. During a
/ fire in Oshkosh she carried two I'M
conscious women from boarding
house. AS result of her bravery
she obtained work in Oshkosh and re-
manned there until she went to Wau-
SAT-.
| 1t is claimed that she was one of the
smoothest workers in the burg1aring
| business ever seen in Wisconsin and
she would probably have escaped de-
lection, had it not been for the fact
that her illness made her faint and
she fell to the floor while attempting
to get away from a house in which
she had been discovered. The woman
had none of the jewelry which it is al
legged she has stolen, but claims that
all of it has been sold to provide her
with means for livelihood.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-05-18

"AND there need not be the slightest
apprehension in the hearts of the
most tinid that ever the mob spirit
will triumph in this country. Those
immediately responsible for dealing
with the trouble must, as | know you
feel, exhaust every effort in SO deal
ing with it before call is made upon
any outside body. But if ever the
need arises, back of the city stands
The state, and back of the state stands
the nation.
"And there, gentlemen, is a point
upon which all good Americans are
one. They are all one in the convic-
ton, in the firm determination that
this country shall remain IN the future
as it has been in the past, country
of liberty and Justice under the forms
of law. A country in which the rule
of the people is supreme, but in which
that will finds, its expression through
the forces of law and order, through
the forms of law expressed as pro-
vided for in the Constitution of the
United States and of the several
states that go to make up our ma
ton. President Roosevelt.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-05-18

FEW of our people realize the mag
nitude of the improvements planned
by the Chicago Brass Co., or what the
investment of so much money by the
company means to the city. Two OF
our industrial plants are the largest
of their kind in the world, and wher
the Brass company carries out its
plans we will have third plant in
this city that cannot be equa1led any.
where in this country. When the
company gets it's new mill in opera
ton it will add thousands of dollars tc
the weekly pay roll of the city and in.
crease the value of every piece of real
estate.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-05-18
ARRANGE FOR MEMORIAL DAY
The Rev. Harvey Dee Brown Will De
liver the Annual Grafton.

Members of the Fred S. Lowell Post
of the Grand Army are now making
elaborate preparations for the ce1e-
bration of Memorial day in Kenosha,
and committee to be in charge Of
the day will be appointed at the meet
ing of the Post to be held on next
Monday evening. The celebration
will be in keeping with .the ce1ebra-
tions in other years, and will consist
of a service at the Soldiers lot in the
city cemetery, after which the differ
ent cemeteries IN the city and county
will be visited and flowers placed on
the graves of every one OF the silent
heroes of the past.
The Rev. Harvey Dee Brown, pas
tor of the First Baptist church, will
be invited to deliver the annual ad-
dress.
The Grand Army men will make an
effort to have all sports and games
done away with during the services
held at the cemetery.