A REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THt UPBUILDING OF AMERICAN HOMES ANb AMERICAN iNDUS^RI^.
VOL. IV.
BURLINGTON. N. C, MAY 24’1911.
. 2
THE LnR UD IS ON v*!* m wowi meii
THT IN ASflEVIllEi
Asheville, May 18. — It is prob-,
gtle that Asheville is one of the
driest towns in this dry state of
North Carolina. It is said that
'.j5 a result of the activity of the
yioiice department and the seiz
ure of great quantities of wine,
iiquors and beer, the supply—
rather that sniall portion that es
caped the eya of the police—has
aoout been consumed and that
the town is literally dry. It is
urdei"siood that the price of even
a drink has risen rapidly
Y. iihin t’.ie past 24 hours and'ihai
ihere have been many hurry or-
(Wrs sent to liquor houses in the
state? where the manufacture
i^''d sale of intoxicants is permit-
iVd.
The police have not only been
active in locating and seizing
■' ,vet goods’' in Asheville, but
they have also, under the direc
tion of Colonel Lusk of the Law
Knioi'cement league, kept a close
watch on the Asheville station,
F.ikniore and Craggy. Colonei
Lusk remarked this morning in
.Municipal court that he under-
s:ood there w'as a quantity of
liquor in Asheville freight depot._
I; is probable that the stuff will
lemain there, too, since it is
doubtful if the consignee will at-
T-?rnpt to take it out, fearing ap-
orehension and capture w^hile en
route from the depot to some hid-
lace.
ins,' n’
Dover, N. J„, May 19.—Slowly
burned to deat;h as they were pih-
ioned beneath the large automo
bile which had turned turtle as
they were rounding a curve at
Chester, N. J.,.was the fate of
Edward D. Middlekauff, a brok
er of Plainfield, and his compan
ion, Miss Elsie Walpole, of Scotch
Plains, N. J., \ate last night.
Middlekauff and Miss Walpole
had been oh an automtTbile trip
through eastern Pennsylvania
artd New Jersey. As they were
nearing the Chester Crossroads,
Middlekauff turned out to avoid
some obstruction in front of the
home of E. C. Searles, and the
wheels of his ear struck a bould
er, causing the car to turn turtle.
Miss Walpole was evidently re»-
dered unconscious, but Middle
kauff was conscious when the
gasoline tank exploded and slow
ly roasted him to death. His
cries could be heard for blocks.
Mr. Searles, who witnessed the'
accident, summoned aid and at
tempted to raise the overturned
car, but in vain. It was not un
til a team with block and tackle
could be procured that the car
was raised. By that time both
victims had, been burned to'a
jrisp.
WILL TAKE UP WAGE
iESTlON LATER
in
Ii:
FJlOiCI AWARBEB IN
BLEWITT FALLS LlTlliATlOf;
.Jud^
t’ov ■
■:' V'.ington, Ma'y 18. — Today
l .t.' I'nited States Circuit court
■p i onnoi' directed a verdict
i>^intiff in the'' sum Of
I'
_,;io . \a ilie case of the Knick-
crbocKi-r Trust Company, of New
York, Hgainsv William E. Worth,
this beiHs-' tiie i)ciiar'!ce due for
subscvi-'iiion to stock in the Kock-
injrhai)! Power Company.
The del'endants alleged fraud
in cOFiriectiori with the transac-
uov,, i u ihe court held that no
T'raud had been shown, Mr.
Worti'i has a suit in die state
court against the Knickerbocker
Trust Company. The defendant
gave rifjtice of appeal.
This suit grew cut of the en
tanglement of financial -matters
in coi'nection with the develop
nient of Blewitt Falls on the Yad-
idn ri\ er.
IERNTRWNH44
KILLS A CONCOSD BOI
IRON WORffiR iMIIES
Pittsburg, Pa., May 18.—James
Elliott, a structural iron workei*
of this city, appeared before labor
leaders here tonight and made
an alleged confession in which he
charged officers of the National
Erectors Association and detec
tives employed by it with the.
wrecking of buildings through
out the country constructed by
non-union labor.
The alleged confession was
made to Wm. Kelly, president of
the Iron City Trades Council; A.
L. Collins, secretary of the
Structural Iron Workers Union,
and H. W. Legleiter, vice-presi
dent of the International Asso
ciation of Bridge and Structural
Iron Workers, and was sworn to
before a notary. The labor lead-
erSj then turneci Elliott, over ^to
the police, who are holding him
for further investigation.
The affidavit was not given.out,
but in his statement to to police
Elliott said he made the confes
sion because he was not paid for
information he furnished the
Erectors Association and for
which he was promised SI,000.
Washingtori. May 18.— “The
smoothest lUi'ndown ever handed
outw' Was the way firemen of the
Southern Railway today described
the rejectien of their demand for,
27,8 per cent increase in wages.
The men were told by President
Blnley. that: tkeir- deman4®-^?>’e
refused'solely because the road
was i)0t making money enough
„o grant them, but that things
might be different “in the fall.”
“The demands of the rnen
were for an increase amounting
to approximately $400,000 iper
annum,” said Finley. “Being
convinced that there was nothing
in general business conditions to
justify an increase in expenses,
I frankly so stated to the Commit
tee. I explained that I dicl not
desire to assiume any arbitrary
stand, and would be willing to
take the question up again in the
autumn of this year. "
LOSES LIFE IN ByRNING
STOHEHOtiSE NEAR OXFORD
Oxford,-: May 19.-The five sto
ry mill and adjoining storehouse
of W. 1).'Kimball, eight miles
from here was destroyed by fire
during last night and the mil er,
L. T. Kelley, i^erished in the
flames. Kimball and his three
daughters, all of whom ^lept a-
bove the store, barely . escaped
with their Hves by leaping from,
■he windows, and alt v/ere m.ore
or less seriously injured. One gf
them sustained injuries whidh
will cripple her for life._ Kelley
leaves a widov/ and child. The
f;re, which was of unknown ori
gin, started in the storehouse and
quickly communicated to the miU,
destroying both. The loss is
$40,00i).
ON SOURHERN RAILROAD
HIS AEROPLANE TURNEII
turtle,
Washington, May 21—In pur^
and had a narrow^eseape
it will -prnw inflfant
Bristol, Tenn;, May 18^-
tor Fred Eells sustained gainful
life the policy of the Southern
I^ilway Company to continue
di)uble-tracking its main line at
pbints where the traffic is heavi
est ^and traffic on the Charlotte
division having reached such den-
fity as to Justify the provision
of some additional double-track
on that division, the board of di
rectors has authorized the con
struction of S2 miles oi second
track between Atlanta and Gains-
ville,^ Ga. '
It is proposed to continue the
use of the existing track fjom
Armour, 6 miles uorth of Atlan
ta, to Crosskeys, a distance of 5
miles, as a single-track gauntlet,
pouble-track will be constructed
from Cros’skeys to iDuluth, a dis
tance of 15 miles. From Duluth
to Sumanee, 5 miles, the existing
track will be operated as a single-
track gauntlet, and 17 miles Of
double-track will be built from
Sumanee to Oakwood.
The effect of this improvement
will be practically the equivalent
of 46 miles of double-track from
Atlanta north, and will greatly
facihtate the movement of trains
over that important part of the
system.
Work on the double-track is to
be begun without delay, .
BEATU CLAIMS ADLAI HOLT
DIXON AT A S M COLLEGE
Concord, May 22.—John. Car
ver, the 14-year-old son of Mr.
J. L. Carver, who lives on Mr.
Robert Phifer’s farm, a short
distance from Concord, was kill-
rd by passenger train No. 44
yesterday morning about 7 o’
clock. Young Garverand sever
al companions v/ere walking down
ihe railroad track and when near
The overhead bridg'2 a few miles
from the city, train No. 45 dasVi-
•id down the track. The boys
:iade a rush for the other track
on which was approaching train
No. 44, but on account of the ex
citement in getting out of the
',vay of No. 45 they failed to see
it. All the boys succeeded in
clearing the track except Garver,
who was struck and hurled sev
eral feet. His neck and right
arm and shoulder were broken
and his body horribly mangled,
death resulting instantly.
NEGROES STOP WOR
SHIP TO FICHT BATTLE
Miss Hazel Albright the popu-
iar daughter of Mr. and Mrs, J.
?, Albright v/ho has been in
school at Elizabeth College, Char
lotte, was one of the graduates
This year. She has returned home
a.rjd is spending her vacation with
'I'ler parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. Hoge of
Asheville arrived first of the week
to be the guest of their friends
Mr. and Mrs, R, F. Durant. We
='egret to learn that since arriv
ing 'sir. Hoge has been quite un-
v.-ell.
Spartanburg, S. C., May 22.-■
Rocky Zion church, colored, near
Newberry, S. C., wa^ the scene
of a bloody pistol battle which
raged for a„ few minutes late
Sunday evening in which one ne
gro was killed and four or five
others were more or less serious
ly wounded.
The shooting was the result of
a quarrel which started in the
church when Henry Baxter walk
ed into the meeting with his hat
on. One of the negroes took of
fense at this seeming lack of re
spect on Henry’s part. When
the difficulty arose an adjourn
ment was had to the grounds Out
side, where a number of pistols
were put in action, between for
ty and fifty shots being fired.
Henry Baxter, who had failed to
uncover when he went into the
meeting, was killed.
CHARDED WITH
ARRESTED IN VIRIiINU
from instant death at the Bristol
aviation meet this afternoon
when his machine tiirnGd turtle
two hundred and fifty feet ih the
air^ Eells had left the aviation
grounds and flown /about half a
mile when a control wire iii some
manner came loose and he was
unable to manage th6 aeroplane.
In an instant it had turned over
and was plunging toward; the
ground, landin-e in a plowed field.
He shifted his positioh duHng
the downward dash otherwise he
would have been eaught under
the big engin^ and killed.
made a beautiful flig^ht, however:
His machine.fs a tbtal loiss.
S. C. Doran, the Wi^shirigton
aviator with his affoxco flyer, a
new biplane, did not leavei the
ground today. ' His $8,000 ma
chine, owned by Edmuhd L. Fox,
of Washington, is set up at the
aviation pounds.: ; Two other
machines will arrive tomorrow
and in view of this the avia,tibn
meet has been postponed until
Monday, Tuesday and Wednes
day. Manager John S. Berger
went east tonight for two" more
machines to be used > in connec
tion with the others for the meet
to be held in this and other cities
already billed.
^ RalMgh, May 19. ^Near-beer
licenses may be issued for the
month of June, Attoiiiey GenersU
Bickett having made a ruling tc
this effect t5day> The matter
was brought to his; attention by
Sheriff Sears, of Waki^ county.
The state and couftty licenses ex
pire Maybut the federal li-
cehses do not expire until July
1, v^eh the- act outlawing hear-;.
be^ and similar beveralges will
go into effect. The various towns
and cities will . probably follow
the advice of thie attorney gener
al arid pro rate the licenses for ,,
the month of June. Wake coun
ty and the city of Raleigh wiB,»
extend the licenses.
TKe following letter is being
sent blit from ;State Treasurer
Lacy’s office: .
“By the advice of the attorney
gerieral, I have decided to rule .
that the Sheriffs will issue near-
beer licenses for the month of
June and collect for only oii^
month. I do this on account or
the conflict in the lawi but k
must not be un derstood, exce^
when the law conflicts, that' I
will agree to ever pro rate a li
cense. ■
Granite trails, N. C., May 18.—
Several days ago this place was
visited by Post Office Inspector
Leonard. Postmaster Starnes
was called up over long distance
’phone by Inspector Leonard,
who informed him that Robert
Glassorooks, a young man whose
home is near here, had been ar-
reste^d at Chase City, Va., charg
ed with the crime of burning the
postoffice building here and
would be carried to Lenoir for
imprisonment. The young man
is now in the keeping of Cald
well county’s jail.
E. L. Boland spent Sunday at
Greensboro the guest of friends.
The readers of The State Dis
patch will be interested in a
splendid proposition being made
by the Observer Company, Char
lotte, N. C. Just at this time the
Daily and Sunday Observer-
seven da,ys in the week—will be
sent until October 15th, 1911 to
all new subscribers for $2.00.
This is a considerable . reduction
from the regular price and is
made for the purpose of intro
ducing this paper to new readers..
The only rule is that cash must
accompany all orders. Send name
and address and check for $2.00
to the Observer Company, Char
lotte, N. C., and let this splendid
paper be sent to you until Octo-
ber 15th. ; .■
WEALTHY FARMER SHOT
BY NEIGHBOR AT SPRAY
Spray, May . 22.—A serious
shooting affair has just been re
ported as occurring about three
miles from Spray. D. M. Ver
non, a wealthy farmer of this
county and at one time postmas
ter of Leaksville and a political
leader in the Republican party,
being shot three times in the hip
and legs by a man named Mur
phy. It seems that Vernon re
cently shot a dog belonging to
Murphy which was trespassing
on his place and this seems to be
the cause of the trouble, Mr.
Vernon was in Spray about 12
clock today and was on his way
home when shot. A posse has
been sent to arrest Murphy. ,
' "’Miss Sue 'Mebane of -"Mebane,
accompanied by her friend Miss
Mable Griffeth spent from Satur
day io Monday the guest of
Ifriends in town.
> Messrs. Hendrix arid Mimms
who have been closing out the
?stock of Cooper Dry Goods Co.,
5will move what ^fhey have ^ nojt
iold to'Reiidsyille Monday. Mrs.
ii^da Patterson will continue Mrith
The Raleigh Evening Times of
Saturday gave the following ac
count of the death of a young
kudent at the A. & College at
Raleigh, whose, home was in Ala-
itf^nce county,'and '^’ho Was well
known to a large number of our
readei’s,
“Mr. Adlai Holt Dixon, a first
year student in the agricultural
work course of the A. & M Col
lege. w^as found dead in his bed
by his room mate and friend, Mr.
■I. W. Bason, this morning at 6
'}’dock, the young man having
expired during the night from
neart failure. He probably was
asleep when the end came, for he
did not arouse his sleeping com
panion.
Dr, Henry McKee Tucker, the
college physician, v^^asatonce no
tified of the sad tragedy and pro
nounced death as the result of
heart disease. Mr. Dixon enter
ed college last fall from Haw
River, Alamance county. He was
a most excellent ybungman, was
proficient in his studies and was
popular among his fellows. He
was working his way through
college /one week he v/ould work
on the farm and the next devote
to his studies. His room mate,
Mr. J. W. Bason, from the same
section, was horrifidd when he a-
w^oke this morning'and found his
elass-mate dead.
The college authorities report
ed the death to Coroner Chas. A.
Separk, who went out this morn'-
ing and viewed the body.- There
was not of course the slightest
evidence of foul play, the youpg
man’s body and face being in
perfect repose. Coroner Separk
was satisfied with , the report of
the physician, but inspected the
body from a sence of duty.
Mr. R. W. Scott, a member of
the board of Agriculture from
Alamance county, was interested
in the young man and secured
him entrance at the college. Mr.
Scott is assisting in looking after
the details of shipping the body
home. Mi*. Dixon was 17 1-2
years old and was the son of Mr.
H. A. Dixbn of the Haw River
section. .
Mr. Bason and a committee of
student will accompjipy the re-
rriains to Haw River this after
noon. The burial will take place
tomorrow.
Nevi? York, May IS.—John Cain,
the big negro - ^ho ran;
with/a knife ami a reyolyer, last
night on upper West side, killing
two men, and, wOupding eight,*',
admitted to the poh’^e. tbd^y that
he is the mair who )iill:ed Richard
Ball, a newspapervman on Broad
way eleven years^ ago. Bail’s
slayer said he killed him for step
ping on his toes. Cairi went wild
ast riight when a' ^hite passen
ger on an elevated tmiri platform
objected ¥0 his sriioking. Cain
said he was sentenced to four
teen years in Sing Sing for kill
ing Ball and w^as released a few
weeks ago, his term ^being short
ened for good behavior. The two
dying, h’om Cain's slashes were
John Hall and Saxon Surrdl.
Cain during his, wild escapade
^as shot through his lungs, but
will probaJ)ly recover. .
COL R. M, STALEY DIES
SUDDENLY IN CHARLSHIE
Charlotte^ May. 20,—Col R. M.
Staley, sergeant-at-a»*m« of the
s^ate senate for many years and
one of the state- s best known cit
izens, dropped dead of apoplexy
on the street hert tonight, eia
iTUte from a late train to his
hotel..:: He was a. resident of ,
Wilkesboro and a man of means,
acquiied in the furniture manu
facturing business. Colonel Sta
ley served the Confederacy in the
civil struggle and won his title
by courage on the battlefield.
He was a man Of unusual physit •
al stature and strength. Coloni^
Staley is survived by a widow;; .
two daughters and a son. The
daughters,^ Misses _Frankie ani; ;
Mabel, reside in Richmond, Vijc-
ginia. He was 65 years old a*?d
never required the serviees of a
physician in his Ion and active
life.
LAST THURSDAY IN APRIL
FOR INAIIOIIRATION DAY
BY RUNAWAY liORSE
Mr. and Mrs. Will Sanders and
Miss Roxie Riddle o:;’ Spray, N.
C. were visiting Mr. R. E. Riddle
and family last week. Miss Rid
dle was on her way to Rocky
Mount as a delegate to the Epis
copal convention.
Mr. M. W. Hunter of Oxford,
a liaih?\'-!ay Mail Clerfe, visited his
friend Mr. R, E. Riddle, last
Thursday.
Washington, May 18.—A re
vised draft of the proposed con-
stitiitional amendment, changing
the date of the presidential in
auguration to the last Thursday
in April, providing for the con
vening of Congress the second
Tuesday of each January, and
eliminating the biennial short
session of that body, was pre
sented to the House today by
Chairman Henry of the Commit
tee on Rules. The new resolu
tion is the result of prolonged
conferences to reach' ;a ’ satisfac
tory solution of the inauguration
problem. ’
The Henry resolution, besides
extending thff terms of the presi- Muskogee, Okla., May 21.—
dent and vice-president from Clarerice Henderson, book-keeper
March 4 to the last Thursday in in a bank in ; Beggs, Okla., is
April, and making their terras dead and Edward Bright, sop of
begin and end On that date in. the
Goldsboro, N. C., May 18.—A
serious acciden t occurred this af-
ternOon, which may prove fatal,
the vietim being the little girl of
Mr. and Mrs. McKeel. W. B.
Hobbs was driving in the north
ern part of the city, when hk
horse be^ame unruly and ran a-
way, throwing him from the ve*^
hicle and running over the little
girJ2 who was on the street with
her nurse. She was seriously
injured about the head, and it is
thought the wounds will prove
fatal. Mr. Hobbs escaped with
a few light bruises.
r
fpture, changes the sessions of
Congress so that the newly elect
ed Congress will convene in Jan
uary immediately after election,
instead of the following; Decem
ber, Congress thereafter would
sit in long session each^ year, the
inauguration of a president tak
ing place without the breaking of
the session. It also empowers
Congress to designate a successor
to the President>-eleCt betv/een
the time when the vote is official
ly can vassed in February and
theijiii|ie of inauguration, i£ both
the President and vice-president
should die during that period.
By this time, we suppose the
railroad, habit has becoiriie sb fix
ed with Mr. Bryan that he can’t
sleep at night
Pialiman"can ^
a real, estate man of the same
place, will die as the result of
mistaking a quart can of nitro* ^
glycerin for muddy water. /
The young men were hunting
today whsn they discovered th«
can of explosive under a boulder.
They placed it on top of the roe t.
and one of them fired into it f rone
a small caliber rifle. Hender»ou
was so badly mangled by the rie-
sulting explosion that he die?
v/ithin an hour. Bright’s body,
was cut in more than a hundree
places by particles of the can and
of the rock on which it stood.
He crawled to a farm house a
mile and a half away and tolid of
the accident, ' There is no hope
for his recovery.
The accident occured in the oil
fields and the nitroglycerin hai
been; hidden by well ^ho(
when they quit work last vnigt