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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-06-20
Cotton Receipts.

New York. June 16.-The following
are the total net receipts of cotton at all
ports since September LIST:
Galveston 2,13l ,95i; New Orleans I.1oe.-
6S3; Mobile 249 .522: Savannah 1.4nS.S1T ::
Charleson 2SJ.RS; Wilmington 400, ia5;
Norfolk a51.11+: Baltimore 1851: New
York 142l5: Boston 3S.025: Newport News
21J9: Philadelphia go: San Francisco
S4.055: Brunswick 215.9l3: Port Town
send &c 800: Pensacola 121.9 Portland.
Ore. 500: Port Arthur 4 Sabine Pass .D6,-
TO-: Jacksonville 25.2l0: Eagle Pass. Tex.
80: Ell PaSo Tex. 80: Laredo 400: George
town 1919: Gulfport 1920; Texas city
3OS.S7O: Minor Ports 80, 7o4; total S,422,-
0S3 bales.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-06-20
Cotton Seed Oil.

New York. June 16.-Cotton seed oil was
firm early on covering OF shorts and IN
under renewed liquidation and lack of
outside support. The bnik of the business
was in the way OF switching of July into
later months. Futures closed five points
higher to 2 points lower. June 641M6L52;
July 6.41n6.4: Aug. d46064S: Sept. 64s
G6.JO; Oct. 615@6.19; PRIME crude Hemi-
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-06-20
New York Live stock.

New York, June Sleeves receipts
o46O: steers steady; bulls and cows slow;
steers 4.7JM6.S0; bulls $40 10 30; COWS
1.OM4.75.
calves receipts 6oO: market weak to
c5c lower: veals p: few extras
go: buttermilks calves 5.OOM5.J0.
Baltimore Grain.
baltimore. Mr.. July dull;
spot contract 81 IA.
Corn dull: spot contracts %.
Oats firm: No. 2 white A. 34Mf3.
RYE nominal: No. , Western domestic
93G9G.
sheep and lambs receipts $50: market
slow to 15c lower: sheep cuils
! GOA / lambs 5.JOMS.00; culls 4-O0M
500.
Hogs receipts 1,765; market easier at
610MS.O.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-06-20
Weekly Cotton Ne,~r~nt.

New York. June l6-The follow in- sta
tsties on the movement Of cotton for the
week ending Friday, June Is. were COM
piled by the New York Cotton Exchange
Port receipts ieas2 this year. e4.StS laStt
year: overland To mills aud canada 54e6
this year. 5,as2 last year Southern mill
takincs( estimated1 Su.ooo his year. 10000
last year: gain of stock At interior towns
1904 this year. 1921 last gear: brought
into sight for the week @.io5 this year.
24.026 last year.
Total Crop Movement.
Port receipts S,43i.sic this year. 1,13f.-
"a last year: overland 10 mills and Can
ada S22.S54 this year. so4.4Ss last year:
Southern mill takings estimated H,0aS.-
600 this yeor, 10000 last year:
stock at Interior towns in
excess Of September ist 9o.SS this year.
1o2. 10 last year: brought into sight thus
far for season 1l.543.434 this year. To-
0gS, so last year.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-06-20
Sea Island Cotton.

Savannah. Ga. June 1G."Sea Isiands:
Fancy Florida and Georgia 21MS extra
% 1-o024: extra fine u 1-eM22: fine 70
1-om21: common 19MaO sales ia re-
ceipts 34s: shipments 7a4; stocks s2l6.
Charleston. s. G.. June l6.-Sea islaho.
receipts 396: sales none: exports Great
Britain o32: domestic mills TOE: stock l.
41: market nominal: quotations omitted.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-06-20
Writer Disputes State
ment of Jim Jones
Formerlyof Raleigh
SAYS IT IS IN ENGLAND

". Nj. X. DarwOOd, Writing tO New
York Newspaper, Alleges That the
Statement of ia mes III. Jones, For
ncrly of This City, Well and Widely
known Body Servant of President
Davis Part of the Wa Period. is
Not True-DeciareS the Seal Was
Seen by Him in 1891 in Trinity Lii
brary, Cambridge, England-Where
and What Jones is Doing Now.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-06-20
Ueste,,s Would supply statement.

New Orleans. June 16-Secretary Hes
tiers statement Of the worlds supply or
cotton issued today shows The total Wis
ible supply TO he 2.67S.S93 against 2si%.s2
last week and 200. 80 last year. or THIS
the total of American cotton * l~LE'.Sd'
against 1.I42.OOO last week and l,ll2thD
last wear. and Of all other kinds including
Egypt. Brazil. India. etc. i1Sh6p,
against -.142 600 last week and i.l12,ec
last year.
OF the worlds visible suppl OF cotton
there is now anoat and held in Great
Britain and continental Eurore i~S'so
araipst 36S COO last year and in EGypt
1io.O0O against 81 $50 last year N INDIA
rs 600 against 10s.O0 last year and IN
the United States e2.OO against 1s."v
last year
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-06-20

mall prinse nnmer yellow spot 64sks
as: prime winter yellow %. prime
summer white O.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-02-01

Melvin went down the shaft for an in.
vestigation, he came up and reported
that there was another body at the
bottom. Word vas soon noised around
the ne%ighborhood and in fifteen min
utes fully 800 curious people we're again
thronging the bridge and adjacent
docks. Theye had a long wait, as 1t was
not until 1880 that the body was
brought from the shaft.
AS the corpse came out of the shaft
the sight was a weird one. Boyd, the
last victim, was a very dark negro, also
q very large n He weighed probably
200 pounds. Ropes were placed under
his arms and the body was swung with
the huge crane. Boyd's hair was closely
cropped and the bright sunlight flashed
on the skull in a way that made the
sight a gruesome one Many women
and children were present in the crowd
that witnessed the daylight recovery OF
the last victim 9 he accident.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-02-01

head took a look behind me. There
were all those poor devils fighting each
other to get to the ladder. I'll never
forget II. Shrieks, curses and prayers
We're mingled with the sound of fists
hitting heads as the men fought for
a place on the ladder. 1t was all over
so quickly that it seems more like q
dream than anything else now
No More for Him..
Going back to work tonight?" sonle-
n asked Clements.
mot on your life" was the quick
response. "a Job above The water Is
good enough for me from now on"
Dick Corbett. who lives in East l26th
street. New York, was still too scared
this morning to talk. Don't ask ms,
boss. Please don't. I don't know
nothing about it. All / know is l got
OH the ladder and went out the top OF
the air shaft. / don't know anything
that happened down there. All 1 was
thinking of was myself"
Police Kept Busy.
Up to 8 o'clock a big crowd of on
lockers kept the police Of the Second
Precinct busily engaged keeping them
moving on the narrow footpath of the
railroad bridge. Then the crowd
dwindle6 away to almost nothing, as
tho word went forth that all the bodies
were out of the ce!sscn
At 10 o'clock, when Superintendent
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-02-01

ing in at the bottom while the laborers arr at work. The release of this
arrrasure through the breaking II the arIocks caused the death of the
men
According to the survivors and officials of Arthur McMulen & Co, the
contractors In charge of the work, the catastrophe was of a character dis
similar to any that has W occurred before. Tho bucket, enormously
heavy itself ws filled with mud and rocks and was hauled out of the
working chamber by a cable operated by a derrick from q scow anchored
nearby The bucket vas attached to tn end of he cable by a pin that is
supposed to engage with a "shacke" In SUCH way that its slipping out is
practically impossible It is apparent, however according to the experts who
are probing the accident that the "a adjusting the pin did not slip it far
enough into the shackle to catch. Tha result wal 1t rested oil the rim of Its
predpiate the bucket back into the casson. This Is what occurred when the
bucket was half way between the lower ron door, which is kept closed by
the ar pressure In the working chamber. and the outer door to the shaft
through which tho bucket ws being raised.
Plunges Into Caisson.
The bucket fell. crashed through the iron door that held the air pressure as
though 1t was tissue paper, and fell among the terrified negroes, who were
ever then in the act of filing another bucket to be raised to thu surface The
release of the compressed mir was instantaneous. and Immediately the water
began to creep In under thu bottom edges OF the caisson.
The condition of the bodies in In morgue is such a to indicate tina none
OF thu worhrnen we're struck by the falling bucket nut in escaping that death
te men did not fail TO realize that the grim scepre stnIr reached nut for them.
They were trapped in a boz that would son Ill with wstera and In a moment
there ws pandemonum.
One means of escape presented itself. the manhole beside the bucket shaft
through which the mn descended when their day of work was over. Every
M of the fifteen negroes knew thar only chanc lay In tina direction, n
there vas a concerted rush for the opening Then ensued a battle for life
in which all the primitive instincts ofmen brutauzed by their labor, came ito
the surface. and serpreservation. the first lay OF nature. as obeyed to
The letter. It vas a case Of II 10 quarter given or taken. he strongest came
off victorious, will. life as the trophy.
At the top of the man-shaft we're two tenders. John Green, the only white
TAI employed a the casson,a and Aaron Bryant When the cable. minus the
iron bucket shot up into the air they realized that Il terrible accident had DC
lied police headquarters, II a score of policemen in patrol wagons were sent
to the scene. The hospitals we're also notified. but it "a necessary to take but
ne OF the survivors to the hospital This a Richard Corhitt AZ years old of
New York. who ws found to be suffering from exposure,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-02-01
SCENES AT MORGUE AS
BODIES ARE IDENTIFIED.

It was a weeping throng of colored
people that wendell its way to Mullins
morgue in Washington street today to
view the bodies of the dead. Many were
women. and as a body was identified
by q relative or friend all Joined in
their grief, and 1t was a strong heart
that could withstand the scenes. Moth
ers, with little ones hanging to their
apron-strings, pushed their way by the
policemen on guard, and If their loved
one was found among the dead 1t was
pitiful to see the poor soul drop on her
knees and offer up prayer. while the
children looked on in fear and trem-
bling.
All morning the place has been be-
sieged by colored residents from all
parts Of Newark and suburbs. but it
was an orderly throng. despite the grief
shown,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-02-01

Quick resulis are what YOU ret II YOU use IN.
srRr. Try q nIsseined ed.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-02-01
BACHELOR GIRLS" GIVE SHOWER.

THE Bachelor Girls Sewing Club
gave a linen shower to Miss Edith e.
Thomson Monday night at the home OF
Mrs, Margaret A. Lewis, es Sherman
avenue. Vocal solos were given by
Mrs. ]. F. Thomson and Miss Louise
Haring. Those present were Mrs. M. A.
Lewis, Mrs. S. d. Thomson, Mrs. Har-
riet n. Haring, Miss Harriet Camp
bell, Miss A.. Loretta Moleson. Miss c.
Maude Gehrett. Miss Ethel Thomson,
Miss Natalie Bilcher and Miss Nell l..
Haring. Refreshments were served by
the hostess.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-02-01
POSEY THANKS HIS LUCK
FOR ESCAPE FROM DEATH,

Charles Posey, a colored man, who
lives at 1873 Orange street, is congra
tulating himself today that he is not
son accident.
Posey applied Tor work OH the job
yesterday and was employed. with in
structions TO come to work today. He
was on one OF the scows alongside the
caisson when the men came up for a
brief rest at $3.50 last night.
They were all joking and good
natured," said Posey. Poor fellows
they little dreamed that in a few hours
nearly all of them would be dead"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-02-01
IS ALIVE TODAY BECAUSE
HE REPORTED TOO LATE,

Albert Wood, 81 years old, of 122 Ber-
gen street, Harrison. vas Rugged and
kissed by his wife and two small chill
dren this morning when they found
him alive, Wood was to go down in
the caisson with the men who met
death there, but arrived for work late
The shaft had been made up, and,
heartbroken at losing the opportunity
to make money for his little ones. he
went home. That was the reason fol-
Joy in the Wood household today.
George Mason, 10 years old, who
lives with his mother and three younger
Masons at n Boyden street, is another
who Is congratulating himself that he
is not numbered among the dead
Mason, like Wood, arrived too late tc
join the shift.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-02-01
MURDER VERDICT
RETURNED AGAINjT
SEARS BY JURY
Negro Tells Own Story as Only
Witness for the
Defense.

TRENTON, Feb. John Sears, the
negro, was convicted of murde in the
fl st degree in the Mercer county cour.
here today for the killing of the Rev
AMI l.. Armstrong at Dutch Neck,
the night before last Thanksgiving
Day. Mrs. Armstrong was killed at
the same time.
The jury was out an hour and a
quarter, but it Is understood that the
verdict was reached in much less time.
After the jury had been polled Judge
Reed pronounced the death sentence.
leaving the date for execution to be
fixed by him later.
Appears Thoroughly Scared,
Sears was handcuffed when brought
into court to heal the final summing
up, and the verdict of the Jury. He
smiled at two or three acquaintance.
but the smile seemed to be forced and
he acted as one thoroughly frightened.
He was continually gazing around the
courtroom.
The room was crowded when the Jury
returned with its verdict. and also dur
ing the summing up. In the crowd
were about fifty women. Sears made
no outward show of feeling when ths
verdict was announced.
CSdlo . HlVllleI was nOt III court she
having been remanded to Jail as a
witness. 1t Is expected she will now
be discharged.
John Sears, the negro half-breed ac-
cused of the murder of the Rev. and
Mrs. Amzi l.. Armstrong, told a re-
markable story of lapse of memory
when he took the stand In his own de-
Tense in Mercer Court here yesterday.
Sears has already confessed that he
murdered the aged minister n his
wife at the parsonage in the Dutch
Neck Presbyterian Church on Thanks
giving eve last.
Tells Own Story.
He took the stand in his own defense
today and said that he shot the Rev.
and Mrs. Armstrong, but did not know
what he wal doing at the time. He
gave in detail his every action on the
night of the murder up to the time Mrs.
Armstrong called him Niger" Then
he said. his mind became a blank. He
took n dou~ble-barrelled gun from the
corner of the room and first shot the
aged minister through the heart. Mrs.
armstrong picked up a heavy paper
weight from the table and hurled 1t al
the head of the half-breed. Sears duck
ed the paper weight and then shot Mrs.
Armstrong.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-02-01
BROWN TELLS OF
FICRT FOR LIFE At
CAISSON BOTTOM
Continued from First Page.)

ing. He had a chance to reach
the ladder like Clements and myself"
Will Clements, who lives at 265 East
11Sth street. New York city, another
survivor, told a thrilling tale of how
tho men fought at the bottom of the
airshaft in an effort to get out of the
death trap.
1.-THE bucket had just gone up and we
were standing around not doing much
when there was a crash and the air
gave way on us. I knew that If /
wanted to get alive I would have to
be one of the first TO get the ladder. /
was about a dozen feet from 1t, but I'll
bet / made 1t in two jumps. / don't
tnow whether there was any one ahead
Of me or not, but ] do know there were
a lot behind me.
lust before tile 'vater got yer my
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-02-01
WILL STAND BY SENATOR YOUNG.

DIES MONIES. Ia, Feb. Ia caucus
of the supporters Of Lafayette Young
for United States ,enator was held last
night. When the caucus adjourned at
midnight 1t was hat every
man present had pledged himself to
vote for Young until the end of the
session unless q special primary Dill
shall pass in the meantime.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-02-01
MUTE DIES

YORK, Pa, Feb. 1.-Emanuel Bent
eel. aged IS, and Bird Heistand. both
well known mutes Of Manchester town
ship, were driving together when Bent
eel expired from heart disease. Hei-
stand was not aware of his frieTSEs
death for some time. Bentzei wa9 y
Of the best carpenters in that secx4
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-02-01
BANKER AND HORSEMAN
COMMITS SUICIDE

CHICAGO, Feb. l.-Robert NJ. New
ton, 45 years of age, banker and prom
inent horseman, committed suicide last
night at Ottawa. Ill.,, by leaping into
the Illinois river from a bridge. Loss
of $500 in the failure of a bank at
Billings, Mont, recently, and despon-
dency ver the fact that some of his
relatives, whom he had induced TO put
mony in the bank, lost al they had, are
believed to have been the causes of his
suicide.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-02-01

away too quickly. and 1 had no other
chance until I saw him at Mullins
morgue today. Both of us had lived
with John Mckinney, who Is another of
the dead men, at Cross and Ogden
streets, in this city, and 1t vas McKa-
mey who got my brother the fatal job.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1911-12-21
THE MOOSE CHRISTMAS TRAIN

At one o'clock next Saturday, the
Moose Christmas train of fifteen auto
mobiles will leave Moose Hall laden
with Christmas cheer for two hun
dred families, comprising seven hun
dred individuals. The work Of locat-
ing needy people has been systemati-
cally done, and response to the appeal
of the lodge has been equal to the
burden of providing SO many families
with necessaries and in some instan-
ces Injuries
The purchasing committee has
bought something like one hundred
hams, cases Of canned goods, tea,
coffee, etc, while barrels of pota-
toes, apples, cabbage, clothing, etc.,
has been brought in by Moose collec-
tors. The cash contributions total
nearly $500 and the value Of products
given is much more There is prac-
tically no expense in distribution, as
the use of auto trucks and motors
have cen sufficient to make the de-
livery Is the furtherest point in few
hours.
This is the most extensive scheme
of Christmas giving ever undertaken
mere, scli OiQ cduLd OtduS, WlEH dll
his reindeer teams, never made a
more generous contribution to the less
fortunate of Gods creatures than will
the Woodbury. Moose next Sssurday.
May those who have given to this
grandly conceived Christmas charity
be equally blessed with those who
will receive.
Following is the schedule of articles
to be distributed as reported last
evening: 400 lbs. sugar, $50 baskets
white potatoes, 900 lbs. hams, 70 bas-
kets sweet potatoes, 500 cans corn,
peas, tomatoes and string beans, so
boys suits, new 80 sweater coats,
100 caps and hats, 20 quarts jelly and
sundry cases of fruit, 800 lbs poultry,
Is, 600 lbs. coal, $50 lbs mixed cand-
les, 1900 lbs flour, 40 doll babies, rs
boys outing shirts, 200 lbs. coffee,
besides many other articles of wear
ing apparel, some slightly worn, and
many second hand pairs shoes and
hundreds of articles that will make
the little folks happy as we'll as COM
Portable.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1911-12-21
Woodstown Banks Almanac.

The First National Bank of Woods
town has just issued their annual Al
manac and Year Book which this year
covers As pages. 1t is filled with
everything that first-class almanac
usually contains. In addition, there
are some views of Woodstown and
several scenes of an historical inter-
est, such as photographs of the Octa-
gon School House at Mullica Hill, old
Trinity Church at Swedesboro and
others.
We also note an article entitled,
THE Old Grave Yard at Trinity Epis-
copal Church, Swedesboro, New Jer-
sey, which, in addition gives the his
tory Of the Swedish Church, which
preceded the present church.
The booklet gives the list of Salem
county officials, the list OF members
of the State Legislature of 1912, and
the Judiciary and Court Calendar of
the State.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1911-12-21
STATE TO LIBERATE GAME THAT
is WORTH ssO,0OO.
Pheasants, Partridges, Quail and Deer
Now Bought.

Announcement has been made by
President Ernest Napier, of the
Fish and Game Commissioners, that
arrangements have been completed
for the annual stocking of the woods
and uplands of the State. The COM
mission expects to spend at least $780,
900 in stocking the State with English
pheasants, Hungarian partridges, quail
and deer.
Orders have been placed by the
commission with a firm of importers
for about 5000 English plleasants and
600 Hungarian partridges. These
birds are to be delivered during March
and arrangements are also under way
for large supply OF quail and deer.
Mr.. Napier believes that the t'Ira-
ing out of the birds in the early spring
will be productive of better results
than have been attained by liberat;ng
them earlier. In the past the mortal
ity resulting from releasing birds
during the winter, or purchasing hem
at this season and holding them o7er
has been large.
Under the present contract, the de-
livery next March is to consist uf
nothing but strong, healthy birds. As
the species of birds to be purchased
is already on the increase because of
the stocking in previous years, the
commission believes that the release
next spring of the highest quality Of
birds obtainable will cause a marked
Improvement in both the quality and
quantity of game to be found later in
the hunting covers.-Ex.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1911-12-21

than Christmas itself, having been an
important feature Of the Roman Sa-
turnalia, the Jewish Feast of Taber-
nacles, and the woodland rites of the
Druids. Ivy for its connection with
neral associations; and mistletoe for
its pagan origin, have never been al
lowed in Church decoration. Holly,
bay, rosemary and laurel have been
most commonly used In holly, the
special Christmas plant, spiritual
writer's have seen much significance.
Its green, its red berries and its
sharp thorns standing for the Divin-
lity, the sacrifice and the sorrows of
the, Redeemer.
Inadvertently and rather unfortu-
nately we mention last Christmas
fare, contenting ourselves with a
mere enumeration of the boar's head;
(from which so many cid taverns
were named) the peacock pie, incon-
gruously displaying the emblem of
fallen pride; the mince pie and plum
pudding, perpetuating modern IL
lustration Of the survival of the
! fittest; a Christmas Eve dish called
4 d1AEnty dt1A tfiC doA 6ClOQc w do
sail Bowl, whose spiced compound,
lit is feared, excited the thirst to de-
| plorable excess. All these things and
many more urged and then satiated
the carnal appetites of our English
| forefathers Goblins and ghosts,
! fairies and sprites we're naturally
created in excited brains Hence all
kinds Of superstition, celestial and
mundane. raised disorder in what
| should have been the undisputed real-
| ism of the Prince of Peace.
1 Well the altar Of the Christian
Church is infinitely higher than the
shrines Of Bacchus and Therpsi-
chore Christmas as in name and
/ fact the Christ Feast, will outlive a
misnamed feast with Christ left out.
/ The mysteries Of Christian faith and
worship will grow more real, while
the myths and superstitions of q cor
rupt age become more and more a
fanciful dream. = II. 3: