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PITTSBOKO, CHATHAM COUNTY. N. C, AUGUST 9, 1911.
NO. 52.
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Complete Review of Happenings of
Greatest InterestFrom All
Parts of World.
Southern.
Reports of the ravages of the cot
ton caterpillar in Louisiana continue
to come in, the farmers resorting to
the use of paris green for relief. The
planters say that continued rains are
also making the boll weevil worse.
An investigation of alleged fraudu
lent voting and use of money in the
state-wide prohibition election in Tex
as. July 22, which the anti-prohibitionists
won by a small majority, was
passed by the senate by. a vote of 16
to 11. The senate resolution author
ized the appointment of several sena
tors as an investigating committee.
C. A. Wickersham nas turned down
the position offered him in Chicago
and will remain in Atlanta, Ga., as
president of the Atlanta and West
Point road. Some time ago he was
offered the position of chairman of
the General Manager's Association of
Chicago. Mr. Wickersham made two
trips to Chicago to investigate the sit
uation and after looking into the mat
ter from every standpoint decided he
would prefer to remain in Atlanta.
The Glidden automobile tour of 1911
originally planned to be run from
Washington to Montreal by way of
New England points last June, will
be run to the South, instead, accord
ing to announcement. The tour will
be run in October over the route of
the national highway, extending from
New York to Jacksonville, Fla., by
the way of Atlanta. The Glidden tour
is the greatest road event known to
the automobile world.
Seven Southern senators asked Pres
ident Taft to send the United States
marine band on a six week's tour of
the South, beginning September 5.
The president was so. favorably im
pressed with the request of the sena
tors that he wrote Acting Secretary
of the Navy Winthrop, saying, "I have
no objection to this if you have not.
It is not a bad idea to familiarize the
Southern people with so admirable a
body as the marine band."
If the more remote country districts,
regarded as his stronghold, maintain
the ratio shown in the returns receiv
ed, former Gov. James K. Vardaman
will be declared the Democratic nomi
nee for United - States senator from
Mississippi without the necessity of a
second primary. Mr. Vardaman is
leading his two opponents, United
States Senators LeRoy Percy and C.
H. Alexander, by a small majority.
Nominations were also made for all
state officers in this election. Hon.
Earle Brewer of Coahoma county
headed the ticket for governor, and
had no opposition.
Miss Celeste Parrish, wha has for
years been head of the department of
pedagogy at the Georgia Normal
school, at Athens, Ga., director of the
Muscogee elementary practice school,
and much-sought writer for the edu
cational and psychological journals,
has sold her own brain to a Northern
institution of medical research for pur
poses of examination and analysis af
ter her death. Miss Parrish sold her
brain to the institution, it Is said, for
$40,000.
General.
Voluntarily assuming tvftt responsi
bility for the editorial recently pub
lished in his weekly paper, which
caused Congressman Underwood of
Alabama to brand him as "falsifier"
on the floor of congress, William Jen
nings Bryan replied to the attack and
declared that he intended to give the
Democratic leader of the house an ear
ly opportunity to discuss some other
things.
The succession of fines which has
marked the progress of the govern
ment's successful campaign against
wire manufacturers indicted for form
ing pools in alleged violation of the
anti-trust law, reached a climax when
Edwin E. Jackson, Jr., the New York
attorney, was sentenced to pay $45,
000. This is by far the heaviest pen
alty inflicted upon any of the sevenfy
taree wire manufacturers who have
pleaded nolo contendre.
Bishop Fitzgerald, the venerable
Southern Methodist minister, suffer
ed another attack of neuralgia of the
heart at Monteagle, Tenn., and his
condition is critical. He is In his
eighty-second year.
Secretary Hester of the New Or
leans cotton exchange announces that
his reports will be discontinued.
The Pacific Mills at Lawrence;
Mass., employing over five thousand
hands, started on full time in all de
partments. The Everett Cotton Mills
of that city also resumed on full time
until August 17, when the plant will
shut down until September .5.
Application will be made to the
Federal board of parole, which meets
in Leavenworth, Kansas, September
12, for the release of oJhn R. Walsh.
President Taft refused to pardon
V'alsh several months ago.
The United States circuit court, sit
ting in New York City, under whose
direction the American Tobacco com
pany will work out its dissolution,
handed down on the mandate of the
United States Supreme court, an or
der outlining the conditions under
which the company may perfect plans
for dissolving. A clause in the or
der enjoins the defendants from doing
any act which may further enlarge
and extend the power" of the cobina
tion prior. to its disintegration.
The United States formally welcom
ed to its shores Admiral Count Togo
of Japan, and hero, of the Russo-Japanese
war. The welcome was given
in New York by representatives of the
state, war and navy departments and
a representative of Governor Dix. Fol
lowing a few warm words of welcome
on behalf of the nation, the delegation
of Americans accompanied the distin
guished Japanese to his "hotel. Later
Admiral Togo departed for Washing
ton. . (
"Dorothy Arnold is not dead. She
is abroad and her parents have gone
there to look for her. That is all that
can be said now." Miss Griffith, com
panion to Mrs. Rufus W. Peckham,
Dorothy's aunt, is quoted to this ef
fect in a dispatch to the New York
World from Biddeford Pool, Maine.
"Miss Arnold was heard tyom some
weeks ago yes, months ago in an in
direct, I might say, in a very indirect
manner, but she is safe and will re
turn to her parents."
An uprising against the government,
apparently of a serious character, oc
curred at Regla, a suburb of Havana,
Cuba, where General Acevado, a Rev
olutionary veteran, with eight or ten
companies, armed and mounted, took
the field. Before leaving Regla Ace
vado issued a manifesto denouncing
the administration of President Go
mez as scandalous and corrupt and
calling on all patriotic Cubans to rise
and overthrow it.
The Hartford (Conn.) Times says
that the Connecticut State Grange has
notified the Connecticut Fair associa
tion it cannot partcipate in the re
ception to be tendered President Taft
when he comes to the fair in Septem
ber as the guest of the Connecticut
Fair association. The Times also
prints interviews with officers of the
State Grange, endorsing the attitude
of the grange, following the activity
of the president in connection with
the reciprocity bill.
John D. Rockefeller admitted lhat
great wealth is somewhat of a bur
den. He confessed it to the Rev. Car
ter Helm Jones of Oklahoma City,
following the latter's sermon. Doctor
Jones was supplying the pulpit in the
absence of the regular pastor.
Washington.
The condition of the growing cot
ton crop of the United States on July
25 was 89.1 per cent, of a normal, com
pared with 88.2 per cent, on June 25,
1911; 75.5 per cent, on July 25 last
year; 71-9 per cent, in 1909 and 79.4
per cent., the average of the past ten
years on July 25, according to the
reports of the United States depart
ment of agriculture's agents to the
crop reporting board. Comparison of
conditions by states follows:
Ten
States. 1911 r 1910 Year Av.
Virginia ... .102 80 81
North Carolina . 87 71 79
South Carolina . 86 70 78
Georgia .... 95 70 80
Florida .... 95 70 82
Alabama .... 94 71 79
Mississippi. . . 86 71 79
Louisiana ... 84 69 78
Texas 86 82 79
Arkansas ... 94 73 79
Tennessee ... 92 76 82
Missouri ... 96 72 83
Oklahoma . . 88 87 81
California ... 90 98
Standing upon chairs, waving hand
kerchiefs and yelling at the tops of
their voices. Democratic representa
tives acclaimed Representative Oscar
W. Underwood of Alabama, Democrat
ic learlpr of the house, when he fired a
verbal broadside at William Jennings
Bryan for criticising his position on
extension of the tariff revision pro
gram. It was the most remarkable
scene in the house since the begin
ning of the extra session of congress.
It all came about from a published
interview which purported to be "au
thorized" bv Mr. Bryan, declaring it
was time Democratic Leader Under
wood was "unmasked."
The farmers' free list bill as it came
frnm the Democratic house of repre
sentatives failed of passage in the sen
ate by a tie vote of 39 to 39. Senator
Railev of Texas was the only Demo-
cart who voted against it. Had an
other Democrat been present and vot
ed the house bill would have carried
and been sent to President Taft. It
will now go to conference. In order
to secure enough Insurgent Republi
can votes to pass the bill the Demo
crats were forced to support an amend
ment which in effect strikes from tne
hnnso hill meats of all kinds, lard,
flour, cereals, breakfast foods and
sweet cakes. As thus amenaea, tne
measure was passed by a vote of 48
to 30.
Bearing an Initiative and referedum
feature to safeguard against gerry
mandering, the congressional reappor
tionment bill passed the senate. , It
aym the future house membership at
433 with two more when Arizona and
Nek Mexico attain statehood instead
rf the oresent 391. There was not
sven the formality of a roll call on
the final vote. The reapportionment
hiii i5 so drawn that no state will lose
in representation, but in some cases
there will be a decided increase, xne
average congressional district will con
tain 211,877 people. .
OLD VETERANS
BREAK
Al
THE ANNUAL REUNION AT WIL
MINGTON WAS CLOSED WITH
A GRAND PARADE.
THOUSAND IN LINE OF MARCH
The Rebel Yell and the Music of the
Fife and Drum Corps Turned the
Hand of Time Backward Fifty
Years.
Wilmington. Marching under battle
flags tattered and tourn and scarred
with the strife of many a bloody con-
-flict, the North Carolina Division,
United Confederate Veterans, assem
bled here for their annual reunion,
passed in parade before hundreds of
citizens and visitors, keeping step to
the stirring tones of "Dixie" from
brass bands, fife and drums, and then
broke ranks, bringing to a close the
formal features of the gathering.
Touching and pethetic waBThe scene
as the broken remnant of those brave,
those incomparable men, who left their
homes in the fairest land in which
man has ever been privileged to live
and braved a hostile army on a thou
sand fields of war, marched some with
heads erect and firm steps, others
bowed with the weight of weary years
and feet that faltered in ther pro
gress, but all inspired with a memory
that is as sacred as the names of Lee,
Jackson, Longstreet and Stuart and
those other imperial leaders of the
Confederacy.
Fully one thousand veterans were
in the parade, some of them for the
last time, possibly, for the "thin gray
line" is ever growing thinner and ere
another year has rolled around many
of them will, with the dauntless
"Stonewall" Jackson, have crossed
over the river and be rested under the
shade of trees.
At frequent intervals along the line
of march some hoary-headed hero
would break forth with the strill rebel
yell and the soul-stirring battle cry
would be taken up by his comrades all
down the gray-clad columns.
The Fort Caswell and Vineland
bands furnished the music for the
occasion, aided by the Confederate
drum corps of the L. O'B. Branch
camp of Raleigh. -The music by the
drum corps was a feature that brought
frequent cheers from along the line
of march, for it was to the sound of
drum and fife that the veterans went
forth to battle in the days of the war.
The parade brought to a close the
formal features of the most success
ful and enjoyable reunion ever held
in the state. It was stated by many
veterans that this has been the best
attended meeting in the history of the
organization.
Cannot Ascertain Crop Conditions.
At the State Department of Agri
culture it is said that the crop con
ditions in this state this season seem
to be phenominally irregular, so much
so that it is next to impossible to
get together any figures that will
make a reasonably authoritative
showing of the conditions. There are
many sections of the state in which
the crops, cotton, corn, tobacco and
the others, are developing beautifully
and where normal and even consider
ably increased yields will be obtained,
but that there are many other locali
ties, notably in the Charlotte section,
where the crops are still badly parch
ed by drought and others where the
rains have come too late to prevent
serious curtailment of the yields. It
is said that while the corn har
vested will probably be a normal yield
for North Carolina, this will be due
to greatly increased acreage that
under more favorable season condi
tions would have produced "bumper"
crop for this state. Tobacco, follow
ing the late seasons for planting that
cut the acreage and stand in half,
there have been hail storms jin num
bers of localities that still further
damaged the crop. However, where
the seasons are holding up anything
like fairly -the tobacco crop is de
veloping nicely.
Re-Assessment of Railroads.
The re-assessment of railroads by
the Corporation Commission adds con
siderably to the wealth of Davidson
county. There are 24 miles of the
North Carolina Railroad in the county.
Four years ago they were assessed
at $46,500. The assessment has been
raised fifty per cent and this makes
the value per mile about $70,000. , The
increase will amount to nearly $525,
000. The Southbound railroad, 87
miles long, has 42 miles of road in
Davidson county. This is assessed at
$22.50 per mile.
Tigers Caught at Fayetteville.
Seven alleged "blind tigers'" were
haled before Mayor McNeill as the re
sult of the activities cf A. A. Lindsay,
recently employed bv the city as a
plain-clothes officer wo work on the
liquor traffic. An eighth, who failed to
appear, was bound over to superior
court along with the other seven. The
alleged offenders are Jane Evans, col
ored; Ellen Bostick, colored; Marshall
Powell, George Hales, John Haywood,
J. F. Carpenter, Dora Kelly, colored,
Mary Johnson, colored.
TRAINING SCHOOL IS CLOSED
Total Enrollment at End of Second
Year is 528. Most of Students
Were From North Carolina.
Greenville. The East Carolina
Teachers' Training school closed its
second year July 28th with a total
enrollment' of 528 students. These
came from all over . the state and a
few from other states, though the
majority of the student body came
from the eastern counties.
The summer term had an enroll
ment of 301 students. This term was
intended especially for those teachers
who wished to spend a few weeks im
proving themselves for their profes
sion, and for those young men and
women who are to begin teaching next
fall. v A . ., .
In addition to this the school this
year offered a course in Administra
tion and Supervision. It is the aim
of this school to offer those courses
of instruction that will help the teach
ers of North Carolina to become
more efficient. The books adopted by
the state are used whenever prac
ticable. During the summer term in addi
tion to the regular class room work
a series of public lectures on educa
tional subjects were delivered. Among
those delivering addresses were:
Dr. L. G. Gibbs, Washington, N. C.
Dr. George D. Strayert Teachers'
College, Columbia University, New
York City.
Mr. I. O. Schaub, Raleigh, N. C.
Dr. J. A. Ferrell, Raleigh, N. C.
Dr., Charles O. H. Laughinghouse,
Greenville, N. C.
Dr. John L. Cunningham, Durham,
N. C.
Mr. Harold Barnes, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.
Miss Edith Royster, Assistant Su
perintendent of Schools in Wake
county.
Governor T. J. Jarvis.
Sandlin Must Go to Electric Chair.
After being out for less than two
hours, the Superior Court jury which
had been hearing the case against L.
M. Sandlin, charged with the murder
of his wife on June 25th last, re
turned a verdict, declaring the defend
ant guilty of murder in the first de
gree. Sandlin showed no sign of
emotion when the verdict was rend
ered. Sentence will be pronounced by
Judge Cline, who is presiding. The
verdict meets with the approval of
the public generally and comments
have been made to the effect that
there has been a decided change in
sentiment in favor of law and order
In the past few months, and especial
ly has there been a great change
relative to capital crimes. Sandlin
shot his wife in their own home fol
lowing a quarrel and then turned the
weapon upon himself, inflicting a pain
ful wound in the head. Evidence was
adduced to show that as long as ten
days before the homicide he told per
sons he had bought a pistol for this
purpose.
Teachers Institute at Shelby.
Prof. M. C. S. Noble, here for the
past few days, goes next to Shelby to
hold a two weeks teachers' institute
and thereafter will go to Page county,
Iowa, to deliver lectures in a big
teachers' institute there on teaching
mathematics and geography. He
lectured on these subjects in the Page
county institute last season also and
the call for a second series comes as
a decided compliment. Page county,
Iowa, schools, were the mecca of the
Ogden party last year in conducting
the superintendents of schools for
Southern states to inspect model rural
schools, these - having national reputation.
Approved Foreclosure Sale.
Judge J. C. Pritchard in the case
of J. W. Perry et al, against tfie
Navy Yard Home Corporation, ap
proved the foreclosure sale by the
special master in the D. B. Gilland
according to a decree made by the
former June 28. The report sets forth
that after due advertisement the pro
perty of the Navy Yard Home Cor
poration near Charleston, S. C, was
sold to Chicora Residence Corpora
tion of Charleston for $60,000 at pub
lic auction. This sale was to satisfy
J. W. Perry et al, of Norfolk, Va.,
holders of notes secured by a mort
gage. Special Master Gilliland has
been ordered to execute a conveyance
of the property to the purchasers.
Water Supply Little Impaired.
Despite the continued drought
Statesville's water supply has been
little impaired so far and unless the
drought continues for some time to
come the town is in no danger of a
water famine. The city pump sta
tion two miles north of town has
plenty of water, although the streams
which furnish the supply are naturally
running low. The regular reservoir
is fed by a half dozen or more springs
and in addition to this water is taken
from a large branch a short distance
from the reservoir.
Elder Hardy Freed of Charge.
Attorney A. L. Brooks was at Went-
worth where before Judge C. C. Lyon
the contempt case against Elder L. H.
Hardy was argued, the court discharg
ing the defendant. vIn deciding the
case Judge Lyon said that the words
used by Elder Hardy did not constitute
a case, of contempt. Recorder Humph
reys cited the minister to appear be
fore him for contempt and found him
guilty. The defendant appealed and
the court held that he was not entitled
to an appeal. A writ was procured to
have Judge Lyon pass upon the case.
FARMERS PROTEST
A COMMITTEE FROM FARMERS'
UNION FILESPETITION WITH"
THE CITY CLERK.
IS PLACED BEFORE BOARD
Ask That Section Requiring Hogs and
Cattle to Be Slaughtered in Slaught
er House be Amended Will Take
Action When Mayor Returns.
Greensboro. A petition was filed
with the City . Clerk, by Justice. and
Broadhurst representing . a commit
tee from the Guilford County Farm
ers' Union asking that the present
meat inspection ordinance be amend
ed so that the farmers be allowed
to kill their cattle and hogs and
haul them .to market before having
them inspected. The farmers state
that they do not object to the in
spection, but they contend that the
requirement that they bring their cat
tle alive to this city before killing
is a hardship. As a part of the pe
tition they made a 'suggestion as to
an amendment that should be made to
the present ordinance.
The petition was placed before the
board, but no action was taken by,
that body. Mayor Murphy is absent
from the city for a .week and it is
not likely that any action will be
taken before he returns, even if there
is then.
The committee is composed of J. C.
Kennett, Pleasant Garden; R. M. Glad
stone and W. H. Williams.
Onslow's High School to Be Opened.
Raleigh. Representative E. M.
Koonce, of Onslow, was in Raleigh and
said that about the first of September
the new high school building will be
opened with a big occasion. It is ex
pected that the Grand Lodge of Ma
sons will lay the corner-stone. Invi
tations will be sent to the Governor,
State Superintendent of Public In
struction, and N. W. Walker, of the
State High School Department, to de
liver addresses. Mr. Koonce says it
will be attended by many and will
be one of the greatest occasions in
the history of Onslow county.
Developing Orchard Lands.
North Wilkesboro. The following
parties have been in Wilkes county
looking over farm properties whiCh
are listed with the E. A. Strout Com
pany, and nearly all of them have
either bought or returned home to
make arrangements to come back and
locate later: S. P. Dykes of Georgia,
Mr. Charles Febwebber of Alabama,
Mr. Sides of North Carolina, Mr. T.
B. Sample, North Carolina; Mr. J.
W. Furen and wife, Florida;- Mr.
Aaron P. Gould, Canton, Ohio.
Live Stock Company is Chartered.
Raleigh. The Carolina Live Stock
Co., of Ellerbee, is chartered with
$3,300 capital by J. F. Stafford and
others. Other charters are for the
Watson & King Co., Hockingham, cap
ital $10,000 by H. G. Watson and oth
ers for mercantile business and De
Priest & Yelton (Inc.) Lattimore,
Cleveland county, capital $50,000 au
thorized, and $2,000 subscribed by A.
B. C. DePriest and others, for mer
cantile business.
County Engineer Surveying Road.
Newton. County Engineer Barb is
surveying the new road leading east
ward from Newton, and It will doubt
less be adopted by the county com
missioners at their meeting. Right of
way has been over all the lands, with
the possible exception of one tract,
and $500 has been subscribed along
the route to be applied to the ex
pense of opening and putting it in
shape as part of the central highway.
Raleigh Gets Repair Shops.
Rleigh. The Raleigh and Southport
Railroad Co. Is - erecting here repair
shops to be 100x100 feet. The work
on the extension of the line from Lil
lington via Broadway to Sanford is
making steady progress and President
and General Manager Jno. A. Mills ex
pect to push the work as speedily as
possible to completion.
Aeroplane Contract Closed.
Raleigh. The management of the
North Carolina State Fair announces
that a contract has been closed with
the Curtis Aeroplane Co. for exhibi
tions each afternoon of the fair,
October 17 to 20. and that the aviator
will be either Lincoln Beachey or
Hugh A. Robinson, two of the most
noted aviators in this country, Beach
ey having recently driven his machine
under the Niagara bridge and Robin
son having driven his -machines suc
cessfully under the great Illinois Cen
tral bridge at Caro, 111.
Mills Will Start Operations.
Concord. The Cannon mills will
start operations after being closed
down for several days on account of
the power being cut off. The part of
the Cabarrus" mill that uses primary
power started up, as did the Gibson
mill. The Locke mill will probably
begin work also. The Brown, Young
Hartsell, Franklin and part of the Ca
barrus mill have been closed down for
several days on account of the scar
city of water in Buffalo creek but are
expected to resume work in a few
days. :
FROM THE OLD NORTH STATE
Short Paragraphs Containing the Best
News That Will be of Interest to
the General Public.
Charlotte. The regular weekly
meeting of the pity executive board
was held in the council chamber of
the city hall and was presided over
by Mr. C. A. Wlliams in the absence
of Mayor Bland.
.Charlotte. Briar creek is not con
taminated by the sewer of the Meck
lenburg Country Club. The condition
was gone into fully by Messrs. A. J.
Draper, president of the club, E. V.
Patterson, secretary, E. W. Thompson
and Mayor C. A. Bland.
Charlotte. We will have the county
tax books completed inside of - six
weeks more. Fine progress is being
made now on the new books," said
Mr. W. M. Moore, register of deeds,
who is in charge of the making up
of the books under the new assess
ment for 1911.
Asheville. The directors of the
board of trade, the Retail Merchants'
Association and the good roads asso
ciation have decided to hold a mass
meeting at the county court house for
the purpose of discussing the advis
ability of asking the county commis
sioners to borrow $50,000 for improv
ing the roads of Buncombe county.
Raleigh. A charter was issued for
The Lenoir Co. (incorporated), capi
tal $5,000 by Willard M. Axley and
others, for real estate development.
There is an amendment for the char
ter of the Dixie Ice and Coal Co.,
Greensboro, by which the company,
which has $50,000 capital, is empower
ed to issue $10,000 additional pre
ferred cumulative stock.
Greensboro. Jim George and Jim
Roan, two negro street convicts, were
set at liberty, havins received par
dons from Governor Kitchin. Both
men were in advanced state of tuber
culosis and their pardon was univer
sally requested. Jim George was a
Virginia negro. He was cupplied with
transportation home, where he went
to die.
Raleigh. Raleigh and Wake county
authorities directly interested in good
road construction and maintenance
and also numbers of interested citi
zens of adjacent as well as Wake
county were here at Union Station to
benefit by the visit of the Southern
Good Roads train to Raleigh. The
train was here and there was much in
terest in the lectures that were given
by the road experts who accompanied
the train.
Hendersonville. A good roads meet
ing for the purpose of completing the
automobile highway between Ashe
ville and Greenville, will be held here
on August 15. State Geologist Joseph
Hyde Pratt and other good roads ex
perts will be present. The twelve-mile-long
link of bad roads in the
otherwise admirable highway between
Asheville and Greenville, now blocks
automobile traffic between those two
cities via Hendersonville.
Morehead City. Two new arrivals
are Mr. L. Banks Williamson and Col.
James H. Holt of Burlington. They
made a catch of 286 bluefish and mack
erel. Mr. W. L. Kennedy made a
record catch of 476 mackerel. Other
parties are reporting good luck. Aug
ust is the best season for fishing in
this, the best fishing ground on the
Atlantic coast. A number of fishing
parties are booked for this month.
Albemarle. The executive commit
tee waging the campaign in this coun
ty in' behalf of a bond issue for a farm
life school, has decided to ask the
county commissioners to postpone the
election from Aug. 15, 1911, to Aug.
15, 1912. The election was just called
in June, and this being a new subject
our people, the committee think, will
not have time to become sufficiently
educated to vote intelligently should
the election come off in this month.
China Grove. A Farmers' Institute
was held at China Grove with a very
large attendance, almost a record
breaking crowd. It is estimated that
there was about 1,000 in attendance.
The party was conducted by Dr. F. L.
Stevens, of the A. and M. College and
Experiment Station. With him were
Mr. Millsaps district agent in demon
stration farm work, and Mr. Kerr, an
expert poultryman, of Vanderbilt's
poultry farm.
Raleigh. Sheriff A. S. Richardson
was here from Cumberland county to
deliver to the penitentiary two con
victs to serve ten years each. Kid
Shine, is to serve ten years for lar
ceny and Carrie Smith, colored, gets
ten years for killing another negro
woman.
Raleigh. Sheriff M. M. Buford, of
Newberry county, S. C, was here and
procured from Governor Kitchin an
order honoring a requisition from the
Governor of South Carolina for An
drew Pratt, who is wanted in .New
berry to answer the charge of murder.
He is now in jail at Fayetteville.
Asheville. The police of Asheville
have found a considerable amount of
goods, supposed to have been stolen
within the past few days secreted in
the underbrush on the banks of the
French Broad river. There is at pres
ent no clue as to where the goods
came from or who put them there.
Greensboro. City Judge Eure sent
two more negro cocaine blind tigers to
the street chain, gang, one in two
cases for six months in each case
and another for six months. This
makes about 27 convictions of co
caine peddlers here in the past two
months.
JUMPED TRACK
AT FULL SPEED
ENGINEER STICKS TO THROTTLE
AND ESCAPES FIREMAN BAD
LY INJURED.
PASSENGERS BADLY SCARED
Locomotive Pulling New York-Chicago
Flyer Goes Down High Embank
ment No One Was Seriously Hurt.
Pullman Cars Stayed on Track.
Chicago. One hundred and twenty
five passengers on the Pennsylvania
18-hour train for New York were
frightened, but uninjured, when the
engine, tender and baggage car jump
ed the track, while going at full speed
between Indiana Harbor and Buffing
ton, Ind. The engine and tender
broke from the train when the engi
neer applied the emergency brake
and leaving the rails, plunged down
an embankment. The train stopped
with a jerk that threw the passengers
from their seats but remained upright
on the tracks. The baggage car, im
mediately behind the tender, left the
cracks, but did not overturn.
The fireman jumped when the en
gine left the rails and was hurt se
verely. The engineer stuck to his en
gine and went into the ditch with it,
in some manner escaping serious in
jury. The accident happened when the
train had gathered full speed in going
down the incline from the elevated
tracks in Indiana Harbor. For no
known reason the tender left the
tracks and bumped along the ties.
Engineer Summers applied the emer
gency brake and the strain broke the
coupling between the tender and bag
gage car and the tender and engine.
The engine, released of its load, jump
ed ahead and left the rails, running;
over on the right side of the tracks.
The four pullmans, of which the
rest of the train consisted, were taken
back to Indiana Harbor and sent on
with another crew.
The total delay to the fast train
because of the accident was two
hours.
Careful investigation failed to re
veal any cause of the tender leaving
the track and railroad men seemed
unable to explain how it occurred.
Street Car Company Obeys Judge.
Des Moines, la. For the first time
in the history of the country, the or
der of a court put an end to what gave
every indication of becoming a long
and bitter struggle between organized
labor and capital. The mandate Issu
ed by Judge Lawrence de Graffe of the
district court was obeyed promptly by
the Des Moines City Railway Com
Jany and the Carmens' Union and
while there is ample prospect of a
fight later in the courts, one thing is
certain, an injunction has restored,
temporarily at least, nearly 500 con
ductors and motormen to their origi
nal positions. The scenes attending
the resumption of traffic rivaled those
when the men turned the cars in
for what many of them thought would
be their last time. The streets in the
vicinity of the central waiting room
at Sixth and Mulberry were thronged
for nearly three hours before the time
set for the first car to pass. When
extras announced that the first car
had left the Twenty-fourth street barn,
enthusiasm began to show itself, and
when car No. 188 of the University
line passed the station the crowd ten
dered the crew a rousing ovation.
Capital City Has Been Selxed.
Port au Prince. The first division of
the revolutionary army entered the
capital and immediately proclaimed
General CIncinnatus Leconte chief ex
ecutive. General Leconte's election to
the presidency appears assured. The
city remains calm. H. W. Furniss,
.the American minister, went outside
the city and warned the victorious
army that if public order was disturb
ed he would cause American marines
to be landed to keep the peace. The
troops advanced in good order and oc
cupied all the stations in the city, dis
lodging therefrom supporters of Gen.
Antenor Firmin.
Boy Tied to Track and Kllied.
Austin, Tex. There were no addt
tional developments in the case of the
unknown Mexican boy who was tied
to the Houston and Texas Central
tracks near Elgin, and killed by &
gravel train running over him. It is
surmised by the officers that the act
was committed by small boys who in
tended to scare the boy and then re
lease him, but the unexpected arrival
of a gravel train frightened them away
and he was left to his fate. The auth
orities are doing all In their power to
apprehend the guilty party.
Liquor Fight in Georgia.
Atlanta, Ga. With but eight work
ing days remaining of the present ses
sion, the Georgia Legislature is facing
the most important liquor fight since
the adoption of state-wide prohibition
In 1907. Night sessions probably will
be adopted early in the week. Sup
porters of the Tippins anti-near beer
measure are confident that the bill
will reach it final hearing and it is
expected that a bitter fight will follow.
The bill prohibits the handling of any
beverage containing more than one
half of one per cent of alcohol.