Woodruff County news., 1908-09-17

S alarm of a race war among the col bred population, and the police have learned that many of them arc pur- chasing firearms. A pawnbroker on East Eighteenth street reported that the negroes had purchased all the shotguns, rifles and revolvers in his store, besides large amount of am- intuition. Robert Thomas, negro, was arrested at circus Tuesday for carrying a revolver ''to protect his color" Robert Mauhlin, another negro, fatally wounded himself while cleaning revolver, which it is be- lieved he intended to carry. Excit- ed groups of negroes have been dis persed by the police, but no violence has occurred.
 Ortha Bard, young married woman, travelled from Frankfort, Ky, to Middletown, O., carrying her dead infant in her arms to prevent anyone learning her secret. A police man found her in the waiting room of the C., H. & D. station. Mrs. Bard said sae was afraid to tell the conductor her child was dead, fear ing she would be put off the train. At Middletown she met her husband, George Bard, and the dead baby was turned over to an undertaken. Mrs. Bard's home is in Chattanooga, Tenn, and she started from there to join her husband. The baby had been suffering from whooping cough and was unable to withstand the long journey.
 A total of 397, ,924 bales of cotton ginned from the growth of 1908 to September l, and 6,613 active gin- neries, are announced in the census report on cotton ginning issued Tuesday. This is against 200,278 bales at the corresponding date in 1907, 4,000 active ginneries; 407,- 55f bales and 6,62S ginneries in 1906, and 4T6,655 bales and 8,629 ginneries in 1905. These figures count round as half bales. The re- port for 1908, 11,503 for 1907, 21,- S55 for 1906, and 22,231 for 1905. The report also embraces 1924 sea island bales for 1908, S5 for 1907, 63 for 1906, and 1165 for 1905.
 Rivalry for the hand of woman, which began in Sicily several years ago, resulted in a murder at Cleve- land, O., Tuesday, when Angelo Mag 20 was stabbed through the heart by Carmen Bulone. Both men loy- ed the same girl in Porta, Sicily, but Mazzo won and married the young woman. Bulone swore vengeance. In order to escape Bulone's wrath the couple came to America. Bulone, however, followed them, and Tues day morning, on crowded thorough fare. killed Mazzo with a stilletto. Bulone fled, but was captured as he was about to board a train for New York.
 The widow of Capt. G. A. Mer- riam, who died Wednesday at Ports mouth, N. H., of "embolism of the heart following an operation for ap- pendicitis,' said Tuesday that her husbands death was hastened by the action of the Navy Department in relieving him of the command of the battleship Missouri. Mrs. Merriam says that her husband felt he was disgraced by his recent transfer and she believes that this broke his heart and killed him.
 An express package worth $52, ,000 has disappeared and the Wells-Fargo Express Co.'S. detectives are trying to run down the thief. The package was sent from Salem, Ore, to Jo- seph M. Meyers at the Portland Ho- tel and contained jewelry, notes and valuable papers. It reached Port land on the night of Aug. 21, but immediately disappeared.
 Over 10000 bushels of apples have already been put in cold storage at Wichita. Kas., for the winter, and they are coming in at the rate of 5000 bushels day.
 The 2-year-old child of MT. and Mrs. J. J. Irwin of Pryor Creek, Okla, died in Kansas City from eat ing bread that contained an appll- cation of rat poison.