North Carolina Newspapers

'I A Home Newspaper Published in the Interest of the People and : for Honesty in Governmental Affairs VOL. VU1 :NO. 23 Salisbury, N. O.v WednespayMay ; :22nd, ; 1912. WM. H. CTtVART, EDITCn .AX r-. CAPT. SAMUEL E. LINTON. DEAD. Ccaslructei The First 6as plant in Salis- feiry uii is Wei! Benenbered Here. Raleigb. K. 6: .May 17.Capt. Samnel E . ' Lnfcon, moat highly esteemed baaiaess man- of Kaleight and foimerly of Charlotte, died at hla liome on North Wil miDg "ton atreet. thit city, this morn ing at 4:10 o'clock the nes of hia death oooaiioning the deepest regret hera and wherever he was knlwn thjronK&out the atate. He haa been in failing health for everal monthi and wai known to be in a dangerous condition for aeveral weeks past. However, he had improved considerably so that his friends were not all "pre pared for the news of his deaper ate illneas and death . The re mains will be carried to Charlotte tomorrow afternoon for bo rial, the tuneral to be from St . Mark's Lutheran church there,' of which he was one of the fouuders. Oapt. Liutou waB bora in Phila delphia in 1835 He came scutb in 1865. He located in Salisbury where he erected a gts plant, It was wnile located in Salisbury that he came to Raleigh, and in stalled the gas fixtures in the state capitol building, a long dif ficult task, but one that was per formed in such manner as to elicit the highest compliments right along up to the present time. He removed to Columbia in 1861 and established a gas plant there and aB the civil war ad vanced he rendered such service to the confederacy as to be granted exemption from military duty. : After the civil war Capt. Linton went to Jacksonville, Fla., and installed a gas plant. In 1875 he removed to Char lotte where he was engaged in his ipefeialwork of gas - plan t : pmp agement for twenty-four years, proving a most useful and valued citizen. He became cne of the founders of St. Mark's Lutheran oburch, and retained his member ship there to the end. He came to Raleigh in 1899 and took charge of the gas plant here whioh he managed as president of the company until it told out to the Carolina Power and Light company Beveral months ago. Since then he has retired from ac tive business. While retaining his membership in St. Mark's Lutheran church, Charlotte, here, he worshipped regularly with the congregation of the Church iof the Good Shepherd, Raleigh (Episcopal), and. was a large contributor to the support of the church work. Capt. Linton waa twice married, first to Miss Roxie Fraley, of Salisbury. She died leaving no children. Later he married Miss Mary Frances Mc Rae, of Montgomery county. She and six children survive. They are Misses Mary and Lottie V. Linton, Raleigh ; 8. E. Linton, Jr , Linton Falls ; Mrs. W. N. H Smith, Raleigh; Mrs. A. O. Corpening, Roskingham, and T. S Linton, Raleigh, S. E. Linton, Jr., is to come from Soux Falls, S P., before the funeral takes place at Charlotte. YacDB Ice Machine For Honsebold Use. A German vacum ioe machine, made in sizes adapted for use in the homo, is of interest because it does not involve the use of sul phuric or jother dangerous acids, says Popular Mechancs Magazine for June. It may be operated by hand or by a small electric mo tor, the smallest type of machine producing from 4 to 6 lb. of ice at each operation. . Helps A Judge In Bad Fix. . Justice Eli Cherry, of Gillis Mills, Tenn., was plainly worried. A bad sore on his leg had baffled several dootors and long resisted all remedies, "l tnougnt it was a cancer," he wrote. "At last I used Bucklen's Arnica Salve, and waa completely cured," -Cures ' burns, be lis, ulcers, outs bruises and piles, . 25 cents at all drug- 'gisti. VOTES CLAIMED BY CANDIDATES. Chances For National Conreotloa Honors at Baltimorre and Chleago. Washington. May 19 The situation as to how many votes in tha Raitimnrft convention will be received by the various candidates is more or less confusing. There seem to be authentically named for Mr, Wilson 126, Clark, upon the same basis of reasoning, is creaitea wiin zoo, Mr. "Underwood, instraoted, o4. Governor Baldwin, 14. Governor Marshall, 80. Governor Burks, 10. Governor Harmon, 2. The following is up to Saturday i i i it . m a morning compiiea Dy tne iait committees. Taft, 528. Roosevelt, 856. LaFollette, 86. Cummins, 10. Contests, 82. To be elected, 120. Delegates in the Chhago con vention, 1 078. Neoessary to nominate, 540. It is believed that the LaFol lette and Cummins strength will ultimately go to Roosevelt. Should the Roosevelt delegates from the South be seated it will materially change the situation ia the convention. The Roose velt faction is laying - great stress upon the ultimate hope of con troling the organization of; the o invention. Senator Dixon, Colonel Roosevelt's manager, has already stated that such would be the result. HE MAY BOLT PARTY ACTION. Colonel Will Not Stand foe Frand In Con lentioa, lotlnates A Disnrptioa. XJolumbus, O., May 17. A veiled threat to bolt the republi- canvpanyJWenJria nominated ' by the seating of fraudulently elected delegates, was voiced tonight by Colonel Roosevelt. It was while Roosevelt was pounding the president for wink ing, as he charged, at the election of delegates by fraud that Roose velt made. his threat. He averted to the action of the Taft leaders in the state of Wash ington in holding a "rump" con vention and arbitrarily electing fourteen delegates at large after shutting the Roosevelt men out. "When Mr. Taft says the Chi cago convention will be controlled by the friends of constitutional government, he means that it will be controlled by such men as Lorimer and Penrose and by the delegates fraudulently seated from states like Washington where, avowedly, they would be seated not because they represent the people but because they do not represent the people," declared Roosevelt hotly. "Mr Taft is miataken. Tne unicago conven tion will not be controlled by fraud and foake." the oolonel went on with increas ing emphasis "will be unsucess- ul. If successful let me tell you this," and Roosevelt pointed his finger at the crowd, "it would mean the disruption of the repub lican party. The colonel's ut terance was hailed with a roar of cheers. - Fraternal Bi'ilding. V Durham, May 19. The frater nal orders iii Bast Durham have and. are making plans to unite in au effort to have a three-story hall built to hold their meetings, and also for a regular fraternal home. The building is not to ex eeed in cost over fifteen thousand dollars, and to be of the best ma terial possible. The three orders that are making an effort to get the new building are the Juniors, the K . of P.'s and the Odd Fellows. This will be the best building . in the town of East Durham, and will be a big help in the growth of that place. Just where the .... . . v building will be erected has not as yet been decided on as a suits ble site has not been announced. This is the largest projeot that the Est Durham peop!e have ever had to come before them, and the will meet it with full force. 1 RICHESON BREAKS DOWN. Boston Murderer Collapses and Raves I Hjsiericailr Oier Fancied Persecuiloo. 1 Boston, Mass., May 18. Clar- ence V. T. Ribheson slept in deep J sleen this mornins under the in- :in- fiuenoe of opiates. The fortitude of the clergyman whaawaits elec trocution for mui during Avis Linnell, 'gave way last night. The collapse came while Richeson was beseeching Attorney Morsel fco h&ve his bod v interred beside his mother in Vireinia. He I raved hysterically over the fan-la cied persecution of the two gnards I forming the death watch. Richeson learned definately for the first time yesterday he mast die by electrocution. Through I the day he bore himself with out- I ward calm. Later the awful import began to impress itself upon him. Some one of those wJqo entered the chamber told the prisoner that his father did not want his body taken to Virginia for burial. Richeson immediatly broke down and made pitiful appeala to his lawyer to airange that he might lie beside his mother in the fami ly lot. As the day lengthened other rooidends -disturbed Riche son. The discussion between Richeson, his counsel and spirit ual adviser turned upon tne exe cution. - The prisoner begged Mr . Stebbins, the prison chaplain, and Rev. Herbert Johnson, his chosen adviser, to walk to the chair with him. He expressed the wish that Morse be with him during the last few minutes.' Richeson exacted a promise that one ot the ministers would remain with him until he died. He ate no dinner or supper. Jt was near ly 12 hours after learning his fate that Richeson burst into a paroz- yam of grief. . He threw himself I upon nil oos moaning ana Baiie& rng.- His arjnvandu -shoulders lwncnea ana ma mco wm uiattuc- ted in agony. During the spell of hysteria, moneson a eiauce iexi uuuu tun i -r- I . 1 .II guards sitting in the death watch and he soreamed out in horror: "They're watching me, they're watching me." Warden Bridgen was notified and hurried to the death houa9. When the physiaian reached the death-house in re- snonse to the summons Richeson apparantly was unoonsoious. Dr. Lyons administered a sedative. The prisoner fell asleep about 2 o'clock, remaining in slumber un til a late hour. The attack fol lowsout the alienist' conclusion that Richeson, although sane, was subjeot to periodical spells of emo tional disturbance, or hysterical dsliiium. It was olaimed that such attacks would be of short duration. There will be no advance an nouncement of the hour of Richs- son's execution, Beyond the sta tutory provision that it must oc cur between midnight and sun rise, the prison warden has discre tion extending over the week des ignated by the court for the in fliction of the death penalty. It is thought the execution will take place Tuesday morning. Armour Indicted. Chicago, May 17. Armour & Co. was indicted by the grand jury today for criminal violation of the United States meat inspec tion laws for alleged iuterstate arnnmanr, or mp&ta witnnnt; in spection by government agents The indiotments wete returned be foreUnited States District Judge Landis. The indictment, in four counts, charees that the packing firm on March 13 shipped forty calves to w w South Bend, Ind., Without the meat being inspected and stamped under Federal laws and in evasion of the meat shipment regulations, The maximum penalty for such violations as are charged is im prisonment for two years, a fine of $10,000 or both. A similar indictment waa re turned against Fred Oppenheimer, a commission mercnant, wno is charged, with having shipped un inspected msat to a branch plant of Armour & Co.. in Davenport, Ia., last Marob. J FLOYD ALLEN FOUND GUILTY Lawyer for Defense Says fis got a Fair Trial. Dot win Appeal. - Wythville, Va., May .I7---J Floyd Allen's jury today -und him irailtv of murder in ,the7.first degree. Death- in tf electric chair is the penalty. - :. After a night of defeneration, which at one time threatened a disagreement, the juryHfUed into court this morning anC delivered its verdict. Sentence : was de- f erred, as Allen may be called as witness in the trivia of his kinsmen, who are alio, charged with the five murders n Carroll county court. A sparsely filled court room heard the end of the trials Some thought that fear of an.vQUtbreak, such as marked the adverse ver-'l diet at Hills rille, might be seen today. It was impossible, how ever. Officers searched' all who entered the room. The other prisoners, probably will be tried immediately. Claude, Friel and Victor Allenr Byrd Marion and Sidna Edwards, are under indictment for the - m murders, while Sidna, . Allen and Wesley Edwards, two other mem bers of the gang, are atill at large. In his cell tonight, - surrounded I by guards, Allen broke put into a tirade of defence of tne' law. 'I am not going to the electrio chair," he shouted. ?I've still got - some friends -in Carroll county-." -v. - The guards are fearful that Allen may repeat his attempt at suioide, and one or more are- al ways locked in the cell with him. Bristol, Va. May l7.--MFJDyd Allen got a fair trial' declared Judge in if. Uglesby, wno. re turned to Bristol thisiafternoon, after spending three weeks in - de - ae aeiense inrousnoui. ' I Judge Oglesby eaid that a writ I of error would at once be asked, XT 1 A. 1 TT . unaer ene v irginia practice an i appeal does not come as a matter of right but only by permission of the higher court after it has con sidered the grounds for appeal. Judge Oglesby said that Floyd Allen's case was prejudiced by the faot that during the trial he was so heavily guarded as to give the impression to the jury that he is a desperado even though his leg is broken, and is likely to shoot up another court. Judge Oglesby was more hope- fal of saving young Claude Allen, whose trial will be begun Satur- day. Prssnyterian Assembly Will Spend Large Sum For Church Work. Louisville, Ey., May 17, The Presbyterian Church in the Unit ed States of America was pledged by its general assembly late, to day to a campaign of increased evangelistic effort throughout the coming year. To this end the as semoiy voted unanimously to re tain in service tne speoial com mittee on evangelastio work. ine reappointing and rein- structiog of this committee came at the close of the day's session, devoted to the tusiness of the Church. Numerous routine mat ters were disposed of. The moderator. Rev. Mark A. Matthews of Seattle, announoed the appointment of James Year- lance of New York, who has been in attendance on every General I Aaaemblv for over forty years as I - vioe moderator. L Approximately $3,250,000 will I be expended by the several boards and other agencies of the Church in furthering the -work of the Church during the year ending March 1, 1918, according to fig- urea nresented in the report of the executive committee. t v An repui. """ """ on evangensiio w piaceu tne approximate total of members in the Churoh at 1,870,000, the an- nnaLTate'of increase being corn- nuted ' at about one and three- j tenthi per cent tense oi sne uarrpnoft&xjcians iiiia breeding: plaoea around our I Terv troni? evideno that hlpBI8n' " mEy oe IOWMW Ww MOSQUITOES. Wait They do, How The; dolt, and How v to Preient Them. Mosquito prospeoti are flue this season for the mosquito. AH they need is a little more time. They will do the rest. Wet weather, with abundance of water standing about in ponds, swamps, puddles, rain barrels, old tin cans, bottles, dishes,, roof pouting, etc., furnishes ideal mosquito- conditions. Add to this from one to two weeka of weather and the result will be - 1 1 n m marvelous, inousandi oi mos quitoes will appear as if by magic. Of oouree a few will bite vou while others will hum and buzz around your ears in a .tortuous wtay when you wish to sleep, rest or read. But this is the least of the trouble. What they may do is to inject the tiniest amount of malarial germs into your blood. That will give you malarial chills and fever for months or years. make you generally inefficient, impoverish your blood, and make you the easy prey of scores cf other diseases that you would not otherwise contract. Approximately 550 North Caro linians died of malaria last year, and several times as many died of other diseases becauses their bodies were in such an "all run down" oondition, due to malaria and the mosquito bite, that they contracted every other disease to which they were at all liable. Fortunately the mosquito is not a great traveler . He usually resides within from one hundred to fiye hundred feet of his birth place. Winds may occasionally drive him farther away, but like the fly, he is very domestic. Therein lies our cue. TV . . I destroy trick, it tne average in the city would have removed all his old tin cans, bottles, tubs, I. . . barrels, buckets, and otner ves- sels containing water, if he would examine his roof spouting and cellar to see that there is no stale water, and if he would either fill or drain all low wet holes, his mosquito pests would be decreas ed over half. If be sucoeed in getting his neighbors on both sides to do the same thing, he will have less than a fourth of an average mosquito crop. If be can get all the people in his block to abolish all their mosquito breeding places and keep them abolished for the summer, he will not have one mosquito where he hid ten last year, and when the entire town learna to follow suit. roosQuitoes will be round only in the museums. But perhaps you nave no near by neighbor, or he does not know about mosquitoes, or dees not care to know. Yon can still win out. Simply abolish all of your mosquito breeding plaoes, both inside and outside the house, screen the doors and windows with fine screen, not less than eighteen meshes to the inch, and kill the mosquitoes that get into the housa. Mosquitoes and flies are easily stupified by burning pyrethrum or "insect powder When stupmed they may be easily swept up and destroyed In bed rooms further precautions may be taken by having the beds soreened with fine mosquito net ting. The State Board of Health, at Raleigh, publishes a free pam phlet on the mosquito and malaria, which tells about the pest and the disease1 he produces. Write for it. The Demons Of the Swamp are., mosqmsos. as tuey sting they put deadly malaria germs in the blood. Then follow the ioy ohills and the fires of fever. The appetite flies and the strength fails; also malaria often, paves he way for deadly typhoid. But Electric Bitters kill and cast out ?e maiana germs irom tne piood ; . . . ; I give you a nue appetite ana renew your strength. 'After long suf- fflP M wrofeB Wm. Fretwell. of Luoama, N. 0., "three bottles drove all the malaria from my system, and I've had- good health ever since." Best f or all stomach, liver and kidney ills. 50 ots. at all druggists, v nousenoiaer i LESSONS FROM "TITANIC" DISASTER.' Life Boats Uncerfaln. Seieril liBpron- meats Needed to Make Sei traief Safer Now that tha first shock of the "Titanic" - disaster is over, the world is in better condition - to hear what the most able authori ties have to say on the subject. in the June Lumber of Pormlar I - : r r Mechanics Magazine anoears an I article! by D. W. Taylor. Naval Constructor, U. S. Navy , discuss-: ing the accident iu its important phases. Mr. Taylor is pre-emi nently fitted to write on this sub ject, and his article is enhanced by many fine illustrations and fdiagrams. He says : "The 'Titanic, catastrophe teaches no new lesson as regards! the fallibility of man. It simply famished another example of the well established principle that if, iu the conduct of any enterprise an error of human ludgment or fault working of the human senses involves disaster comes. ' Looking backward it is easy to sse that the long established pass- age lanes of the Atlantio involved langtr of just such an accident, and from the point, of view of safety it 'was an error of judg ment to give them such a north-1 erly location. "Looking backward it deems an error of judgment of the captain of the 'Titanic, to risk passage near the ice. That gallant officer and gentleman went , down with his ship to honorable death, and his story can never be told. It seems practically certain that be did not for one moment think he was running any material risk of acoident to his vessel, much less risk of destruction. The mere fact that he was not on -the bridse at the timn of thu nnUi-irin i cleared the bergs whose position nan been repotted to mm. "Picked captains of Atlantio liners cling to the bridge to the point of exhaustion whenever they consider the circumstances to involve the least danger to the' ship. "If Captain Smith erred, it was the error of a captain whose rec ord and experience were of the best. We need not expect to se- cure greater safety by better cap- tains. "The most salient fact is that if the 'Titanic had carrrid more boats or a number of life rafts in addition to her boats, many more lives would have' been saved. 'The facts that under the cir - cumstances more boats would have saved many more lives from the 'Titinio' and that she could have carried about three times as many boats as she had, should not blind onr eyes to the fact that lifeboats are, after all, a very in efficient device for Baving life from a sinking veissl; If the Titanic' had actually orrried 56 boats, it does not seem at all like ly that nearly all of them would have been- launched. One she did carry was not launohed at all, being inconveniently stowed. The I crew was new to the ship and ap- parently had been given no ade - quate boat drill, but on the other hand the conditions were exceo - tionally favorable, there being ap parently an unusually smooth sea and little list of the vessel at any time.' Had there been any sea worthy of the name, the roll of survivors would have been short indeed. "The difficulty of launching lifeboats is enormously increased by a very moderate sea and the chance of living in them after launching very much reduoed. Properly built boats with air tanks would not sink, but if over- I loaded ad inadequately manned, the majority of the passengers would succumb vey soou. A boat . whicn would carry 60 or- oo per sons in smooth water could not carry nearly bo many in rough water. "Lifeboats, no matter how muoh improved, will probably always be inefficient as life-saving appliinoei for the mammoth - SAVEO.000 UYtSYAft: 6casisptlaa Rati Fills Tiles is Fist is General Death Rate. In theil6atleirdnrl901 to 19)0. the death rate" from tuberculcaia in the United! States. Reclined from 198i9or;BWjfr-100,000 per eons living to 160.8, a decrease of 18 7 HPT ftRIlt M1r lha min.Ml . -jmr-t .-. . s . UD w jnoinoing an causes of death rfaftHrroi- i nnA.k.i as fast, or at the rate of 0 7vper cent, from 1656.0 to 1495.8. These figures" were given Cut in a statement issued today by The National "AierjaBiation - for the Study and Pretention of Tubercu losis. They are based on data ab stracted from the reports of 'the United States Bureau of the Cent sue, and-covers- the -registration area in this ocmntry. 'According to the statement the tuberculosis death rate has declined Steadily since 1904, " when it was i 201.6. On the other hand, the general death rate shows a fluettfation downward in -general trend, but not as steadily-as the tuberculosis rate.- The decline in the tubercu losis death rate in the last ten years means a saving of 27,000 lives at the present time. In certain cities, such as New York, Bostonj Cleveland and Chicago, and in States like Mass achusetts, Rhode Island and Con necticut, the decline in the tuber culosis death rate is much more marked than in the oountry at large. The Natidnal Association says that there are many factors work ing together to oause the decline in the tuberculosis ; death rate, such factors as the change in the character of our urban population, increased sanitation, and better housing, rut probably as potent I a factor as any has been the na I a ' a " r . . . .. . won wjae anti-Buoeremoeis cam- j the' effect! of the ptesenl rkbidly I lucreasmg provisnn ior tne care ?f tuberculosis patients shall have Deoome evident, tne decline in the death rate from consumption in the coming decade will be even more marked than that in the last one. . . . steamers of today. Something different is needed. "There will be a flood of sugges tions as a result of the Titanio' disaster. A favorite idea is a refuge deok or similar device to I which all bands repair when the ship begins to sink . and which floats cheerfully away as the ship takes her last plunge. The idea" ia not so easy to carry out as to 1 conceive, but there seem no insu- I perable mechanical difficulties in the way." Mr. Taylor summarizes his sug gestions for increased safety aa follows: "1, Ai an immediate measure sufficient boats should be carried for all souls on boardj but acorn binationof boats and lafge' un sinkable self-launching life rafts would be better. "2. The radio-telegraphic equipment and operation should be auch that vessels near each other should be able to communi- cate. l "a Longitudinal water tight wing bulkheads, or the equivalent 1 should be fitted. "4 Transverse watertight bulk heads should extend to the high est continuous deck as' regards everal at each end, and several that come next should extend to the next deck below. u5. A stout and reliably watertight deok should be fitted in the vioinity of the waterline or a little above it. "6. Rudders should have aboout double the areas now com monly fitted on merohant vessels with operating gear of adequate power and speed. " What Texana Admire is hearty, vigorous lifer according to Hugh Tallman, jf San Anto nio. "We fndr he writea," that Dr.' King's New Life Pills surely put -new life and energy into a ersOn.4 Wife and I believe they are the 5 best' made." Excellent or itomaoli, liver or idnj -troables . 25 eta t all druaUtsa, Vv.'r mm -P it :"