Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-28
gently searching for him. A reward OF
SsOO has been offered for his capture alive

gently searching for him. A reward of
$500 has been offered for his capture alive
or $3.50 for his dead body.
The supreme court has affirmed the de-
cisiou of the lower court in the famous
case of J. H. and Chalmers White of Rowan
county. who shot and killed young Russell
Sheriff. on the front porch of his mother
home. The killing occurred near Salisbury
in Rowan county The verdict was murder
in the second degree. and the two young
men We're sentenced to the state prison for
six years each. Sheriff. was accused by
the White brothers of seducing their niece.
and going to Sherrilrs home, demanded
that he marry the young woman at once
Sheriff. refused, and both the Whites fired
on him at once, killing him. Sheriff. was
unmarried In discussing the case the SUI
preme court said in the opinion that the
least crime disclosed by the whole evidence
was murder in the second degree.
Anticipating a visit to Raleigh by Presi-
dent Roosevelt the second week in October,
the executive committee of the North Caro-
lima Agricultural Society Will consider the
changing of the state fair. which is now
in the third week in October. to the sec
ond week This change depends wholly
upon the certainty OF the visit of the Presi
dent. The past Legislature adopted reso-
luton inviting investors and practical
farmers from the north, east and western
states to visit North Carolina and partiCi-
pate in a meeting to be held in Raleigh dur
ing the state fair. The President will make
his visit in October. and he has been urged
" Ifldhe II during the week or the annual
state fair, because at this time the people
from all over the state gather in an annual
reunion The people of Raleigh will give
President Roosevelt a welcome in keeping
with his great office and the century-old
reputation for the souths hospitality
Mayor Murphy of Greensboro has vetoed
the ordinance passed by the city council
granting additional trackage facilities
across Main street of that city to the South
ern Railroad Company. The former coun-
ell had refused this privilege. The mayors
veto sustains the position of the old board
ana pubic sentiment indorsed his action
Disastrous Trucking Industry
In the New Bern section the trucking in
dustry is having the most disastrous sea-
son of its existence caused by bad trans
portation and the sultry and humid condi-
tons of the weather. The entire cabbage
crop, the estimated value of which is $50
600, and the pea beet and turnip crops
were almost totally destroyed and the
largest shippers OF New Bern place the
blame for the losses entirely upon the rail-
road companies. The railroads have ad-
yertiSed thirty-hour schedule but not one
shipment has arrived in New York on
schedule time. and the delays in transit
have been from twenty-four hours to five
days. The growth of the trucking indus
try in the past two years have been great
er than the increase in facilities by the
railroads for handling II. The cabbage
crop ends today; picking beans has COM
menced, and potatoes and Cucumbers viii
be shipped after June /. The potato crop
will amount to more than 10000 barrels,
and expected to bring 100000; the Gu
cumber and bean crop 10000 each. and
other crops will be worth 100000. These
figures cover the New Bern section, in
Guiding Craven, Jones, Lenoir. Pamiico and
Carteret counties. A conservative estimate
of the value of the crops this year, says
Mr.. Willett of the firm of blackburn IL
Wfllett will amount to more than so50,0Oo.
l. Z. Warren has been bound over to the
federal court by United States Commits
sioner John Nochols, charged with shoot
ing at Deputy United States Marshal j. z.
H Adams in raid which a party of rev.
enue men made on an Illicit distlllery IN
Wake county this week. Warren denied be-
ing at the still and said that he did no
shooting.