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NORTH STATE NEWS Items of State Interest Gathered and Told la Brief. SOUTHERN TEXTILE ASSOCIA TION. Fourth Regular Meeting of This Growing Organization of of Cotton Mill Men to Be Held in Raleigh, N. C., Wednesday, Oct. 20. The Fall meeting of the Southern Textile Association will be held in Raleigh, N. C., on Wednesday, Oct. 20th. As this will be at the time of the North Carolina State Fair tha sessions of the association will be held in the morning and at night, giving time in the afternoon for vis iting the fair and looking through the Textile Department of the State Ag ricultural and Mechanical College, which consists of a fully equipped model mill with competent instructors who take an active interest in the work of the association and will ren der assistance in any possible way to make tbe meeting of interest and value to every mill man who may at tend. The program of the association will include addresses and papers on Weaving—by Prof. William Nel son, formerly instructor in the Lowell Textile School. The Spinning Frame —by Supt. T. F .Cuddy, of Clio, S. C. The Card Room —by Supt. Alfred N. Landau, formerly of the Maginnia Mill, New Orleans, La. Power Economy in Mills —by Chief Engineer G F. King, of King's Mountain. Humidifiers—by Mr. W. P. Hazel wood, of Atlanta. Cane of the Operatives' Health— by Supt. A. S. Winslow, of Clinton, S .C. The Southern Textile Association composed chiefly of superintendents and oversc.-rs of departments in the actual work of cotton manufacturing had its birth in a meeting held in Charlotte last fall which was attend ed by a number of representative men in these lines, chiefly from North and South Carolina. A permanent organization was ef fected with provision for holding meetings quarterly; and the next reg ular meeting held at Greenville in April was attended by large delega tions from the leading mill towns of the Carolinas with representatives from other Southern States. The meeting at Spartanburg in July was the largest yet held when the_at tendance was over two hundred, the membership at that time and by ad ditions since having grown to consid erably more than 300. Yoang Boy Accidentally Killed While Hunting. Lumberton, Special.—Loyd Odum, the 15-year-old " son of Ferdinand Odunj, who lives about seven miles from here, while out hunting with his brother Tuesday was killed. He with a pistol and his brother a pun started in different directions and in a short time his brother hearing a pistol fire called to him, but receiving no answer went to him and found him dead with wound in the left breast. There wfcre no oyo-witnesses of the affair and it will probably never be known exactly how he came to be killed. Woman Seizes Rat With Hand and Hurh it Against Wall. Tarboro, SpeciaJ. —To grab a rat with the hand and hurl it to death is an act of bravejry. This happened here, when Mrs. John Grimmer went to her pantry to cut a piece of meat. She found a rat helping himself to her meat, and struck at him with the knife. The blow fell short and the rodent made for the door. With th« quickness of thought, she grasped the rat and hurled it against the wall, killing it. Morphine by Mistake. Pilot Mountain, Special.—A sad oc currence took place here. Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Fulk's little child had sores on its mouth and the mother pave it four grains, of morphine by mistake for calomel. Every effort was made to wake the little one, but without avail. The parents are grief stricken at the child's death. Washington Stave Mill Destroyed by Fire—Loss SIO,OOO. Washington, Special.—The large stave manufacturing plant of the Moore Lumber Company of this city caught fire Wednesday night about 10 o'clock and rapidly burned down, resulting in almost a total loss to the company. The stave mill was ap proximately worth SIO,OOO and as nearly as can be ascertained there was but little insurance. The local fire department responded to th£ alarm very promptly and renderd va liant service. Fifes at Bocky Point. Rocky Point, Special.—Thomas J. Brown lost his barn, its contents of hay, tools and fertilizer by fire. The loss is about SSOO, with no insurance. Harry Hearne lost a fine saw mill planer, valued at SI,OOO, with no in surance. It i« dry here and forest fives are raging. ROBBED ASHOWMAN On Main Street, in the Heart of Washington, Unknown Highway man Crushes 0. R. Shafer's Skull Washington, N. C., Special.—One of the boldest and most daring as saults and robberies that has ever taken place in this city was commit ted on Saturday night on east Main street when Mr. C. R. Shafer, owner of several of the Barkoot carnical shows, which have been exhibiting in this city for the past week, was way laid on his way to his boarding house by a thug, who coming up behind struck him a powerful blow over the right eye with an old gun barrel, fell ing him at a single blow, and very nearly killing him. When found bo{h pockets of the man had been rifled and between $75 and SIOO had been stolen. The pa tient regained consciousness Satur day morning, and gave a partial de scription of his assailant. There are slight hopes for the recovery of the injured man. Nina Bitten By Rabid Dog. Raleigh, Special.—Saturday thers was a regular influx of people bitten by mad dogs. Mr. J. C. page came in with his six children, Kathleen, May. Annie, Jane, John ami Henry, from Pender tounty. All of these were bit ten by a little puppy, a shepherd dog. The same dog bit a yearling heifer and a little calf, both of which were killed Saturday. Another patient is a 3-year-old daughter of Sidney W. Burton of Reidsville, and another James Wornack of Rockingham coun ty, 3-year-aid, bitten by a pug dog. Yet anothrr is M. B. Baldwin of Scotland county, who was in his yard, a neighbor and a little child beins; with him. While loading his wagon with cotton, a dog ran in, open mouthed, at the child, whose father kicked the dog awav, the animal im mediately biting Baldwin on the leg. He seized the dog and choked it to death. The people now under treat ment, as well as those who have been under it, are crying death to the dogs, and one man said he intended to use poison freely on his premises. Statesville Revenue Statesville, Special.—Cashier Rob erts, of the revenue office of Collec tor Geo. H, Brown reports collec tions as follows for last month: Lists $788.68; spirits $280.28; cigars $48.00; tobacco $243,749.64; special tax $478.- 88; total $245,345.48. Compared with the collections for September, 1908, the collections last month show a decrease o£ $165.84. The collections on spirits in Septem ber of last year were $51,144.39; to bacco $192,899.04. Compared with these figures the collections on spirits last month show a loss of $50,864.11, but the loss is almost entirely covered by the gain of $50,850.60 on tobacco, and the decrease in the total collec tions is therefore small. Receives Gift From Carnegie Greensboro, Special.—A check for $25,000 has just been received by the president of the Greensboro Female College from Andrew Carnegie, this beini? the amount offered conditional ly to the Collesje by Mr. Carnegie two years ago. The conditions have been complied with, and this check for $25,000 completes the SIOO,OOO en dowment fund. The conditions- im posed by Mr. Carnegie that he would give $25,000 after the friends of the College had raised $75,000 was an incentive and enabled the College to raise this fund within the period of two years. ' Accidentally Shot While Chasing a Chicken. Fayetteville, Special.—Moses Mc- Lean Saturday acidentally shot and dangerously wounded his sister, Ila gar McLean, while attempting to shoot a wild chicken which the woman was assisting him to round up. A clump of weeds hid his sister from McLean's sight when he fired. Plenty of Partridges This Season. Raleigh, Sportsmen will be inter ested in the information that there are far more partridges this year than there were in 1908, in fact, it is said that over a large area of the State there are ten where there was only one last year. The terrible rains of 1908 drowned vast numbers of the birds. In the early part of last sea son nearly all the birds killed by hunters were old ones. Bold Robbery at Washington. Washington, Special.—One of the boldest and most daring robberies ever perpetrated in this city took place in broad daylight Thursday af ternoon when the office of Mr. W. Mayo, a justice of on Market street, was entered, his safe broken into and something over SIOO in cash taken. It seems that Mr. Mayo had gone out of his office for a few min utes and on his return he found the drawer to his safe open and the money missing. The police are at work on the case, but as yet there is no clue to the guilty parties. Seven White Caps are Convicted. Raleigh, Special.—After being out all Wednesday afternoon and over night the jury in the "white cap" case from Mark's Creek township brought in a verdict of guilty againat all. seven defendants. The verdict took the defendants and their counsel completely by "surprise and a' demand made by counsel that a poll of the jury be taken. Every juryman re sponded "guilty." No appeal was taken. THE MECKLENBURG FAIR Unusually Good Attractions Secured and Prospects For An Unprece dented Exhibition of What the Public is Glad to See. Charlotte, Special.—Viewed in the light of comparison with similar events of recent years, the approach ing Mecklenburg fair promises to out strip any of its predecessors in its uniform character. From the amount of space contracted for on the show grounds and the exceedingly large number of exhibits that have been en tered, the fair looks as if its several departments Would measure far be yond anything of previous attempts. Secretary Cres well's estimate of the occasion is that in its various in dividual parts it will be more uni formly attractive than ever before. Among the more fastidious of the side attractions which have been en gaged, Sadie Knowlton, winner of a world's championship swimming and high diving event, justly deserves rank. This lady has a record of swim ming an aggregate of 1,000 miles n 97 hours and 25 minutes. She will do a high diving act at the coining fair, riding a bicycle from a platform high in space and leaping from it into a pool of water measuring 7 feet deep and dontair.ing 20,000 gallons. This engagement is one of the best that has been booked. Kemp's Wild West Show and In- x dian hand is another troupe that has been contracted with. It contains (>0 people and 50 horses and the hand is made up of lt> pieces. The maneuv ers of this company will he of espec ial interest to those who wish glimjv ses of the wild west life. The Fili pino midgets, a brother and sister, 30 and 34 years old. respectively, are numbered among the principal attrac tions.' These little people are 24 and 21 inches in height an-% will make an interesting exhibit. Doylan and Venrodnie are the, en listments of two of the most promi nent midway attractions, the perfor mances within tlie enclosures with such names being represented as be ing high class and laughable. The Jospeh 0. Ferrari animal show and the international theatre which contain features of interest are also booked and in another enclosure real istic scenes of the Monitor and Merri mac will be exhibited. The midway will be crowded with attractions of the usual sort, but of a good class and individual merit. The management will see to it that, the nature of the shows cprrespond to the demands of the law and that nothing of the vulvar or indecent ten dency be tolerated, and while our highest ideals are never fullv attain ed the management.assures the public that impositions will be borne against and flagrant violations of public con fidence will be excluded with the hope of producing such attractions as will be educating, entertaining and pleas ing. Mr. Creswell also states that there will be a balloon race each day by the Hurgeth brothers. Two parachute drops will be made, and the races will be so arranged as to keep four pen pie in the air. Between the races 15. 11. Demarest's New York equestrienne combination will give fancy performances in from of the grandstand, these exhibits to consist of various features. It will be free, designed to fill in the. gap be tween the individual raees. It will doubtless keep the grandstand enter tained. Already two-thirds of the space on the spacious grounds lias been con tracted for and these shows which art* mentioned above as among the attrac tions represent only a minimum pro portion of the total exhibits. The midway will he larger and more uni form than over before- as will aI HO every other single depart ment of th fair. The dates of the fair are October 26, 27, 28 and 29. Cotton Mill Operatives Engage in Gutting Affray. Taylorsville, Special.—Sunday af ternoon in the vicinity of the Taylors ville cotton mills, two of the mill hands engaged in a combat in which Charles Bently received a gash rang ing from the top of the head to a point between the eyes, about five in ches in length, inflicted by a knife in the hands of Luther Frazier. Young Engineer Killed in Electric Light Plant. Newbern, Special.—Fred Thomas, assistant engineer at the city electrie light plant, was instantly killed Sat urday night by coming in contact with some part of the arc light ma chinery carrying a voltage of '2,300 He was alone in the generator room, working on the arc machine, whieli had been giving some trouble. The fireman heard hits cry, and going in to the room found his lifeless body. Just how he met his death will never he known. There is a burn across his cheek. Otherwise the body is un marked. Pasquotank County Fair. Elizabeth City, Special.— The great eat interest throughout the Albe marle section is centered in the big agricultural fair to be held in this city October 26, 27 and 28 and all prepartions have about been complet ed. The exhibits, which are large and elaborate, tell of the wonderful pro ducts and prosperity of the Albe marle section and will be extermely interesting and instructive not only to agriculturists but to the public. • IT HAS —Cnrtorm by Q. A\ illiamn. in the lmlinnapolis News. ELELTKICAL SHOCKS TO DESTROY EVERY WARSHIP AFLOAT Lewis Nixon Says Currents Flashed Through Air is Cattle Method ot Future—N( Cancer From Airships—Destruction So Terrible That Nations Will Be Forced to International Peace. Now York City. Lewis Nixon, ■hlpbuilder. praduate of the United States Naval Academy and for several years one of the chief constructors of the American navy, flouts the theory that (he airship In any of Its forms will liccojuo a formidable war ma chine. Instead, Mr. Nixon believes that, the d eath-dealing terror of the war of the future will be the electric shock. This conclusion has been forced upon Ills judgment by a careful study of the subject of new war agencies and by closely watching the manoeu vres (if the Wright aeroplane as It Bailed up the Hudson and circled the representatives of the world's great est navies In Mr. Nixon's opinion warships can guard against the danger o( ex plosives that might be dropped upon them by airships by specially pre pared armor. He believes, though, that sooner or later there will be per fected a gun or some other piece of mechanism for hurling a thunderbolt that will shock to death every man aboard a warship, Irrespective of its protection. "I am convinced." said Mr. Nixon to a reporter, "tha.t the thing could be done now, but the mechanism Is no crude that the thunderbolt, or elec tric Impulse, would kill the man who should release It. as well ns the en emy. it Is possible, of course, that some foreign nation alreadv has per fected the necessary machine with which to hurl this deadly bolt. I hope, however, that It has not been done. When the principle is mast ered the result will make war so hor ribly destructive that the human rnee, through the sheer force of nature's first law self-preservation will abolish war. "The aeroplane Is mnlnlv Interest ing now on aepount of tho fact of what may grow from If. Possibly we f.hall see them like swarms of glnnt locusts flying over and hevond armies, to occuny positions and to cut off communications. "For purposes of observation they will be of great use v The helicopter, owing to its smallcrdlnicn«ions, seems heat adanted to sueh uses, especially to he enrried on men-of-war. "Insofar as I rrtn sec, the dirigible, which tvlll combine much that. the aeroplane Is now proving out, Is the fili'p of the future. "Count Zeppelin hasalready crossed STARVING ESKIMO St. John's, N. P.. —Tragedy In the I' V wastes of the Far North formed !h rt burden of the news brought to this port by the Hudson Bay Com- I unv's steame" Adventure, which ar rived with the ■'rfw of tho lost I)un (!t>e whaler Paradox, In the story of nn Eskimo, driven to cannibalism by starvation, who ate his child and shot several neighborswho attempted sum mary punishment. The Paradot, one of the fleet of Dundee whalers, met the fate of her companion shin, the Snowdrop, which was crunched In the merciless jaws of the Ice floes off Baffin Land early in August a year a;o. The crew, with scanty provisions, made their perilous way over the broken Ice toward the mainland and were picked up by the EXPERTS TO ADVISE PITTSBURG. Pittsburg. The Pittsburg Civic Commission, fathered by Andrew Car negie and H. C. Frick. announces that soon there will arrive in Pittsburg one of the most Important and high priced trig of experts to be had In the coun try for the purpose of giving advice on Pittsburg's bad street, car system, her river front and on plans for lay ing out the $500,000 park which ! Frick has given the cltv of Pittsburg through his daughter Helen. Those who have been emnloyed to come at a ralarv of *BOO a day ago are Elon J. Arnold, of Chicago: Jam»s R. Free man, of Providence, and Frederick Law Olmstead, of Boston. Mr, Arnold, who Is an expert on street railways, will do his best to Nearly All Animals in Canadian Buffalo Herd Kscape. Calgary, Alterta. Word was brought here by a man named Ed wards that the Canadian buffalo park at Walnwrlght, Alberta, had been de stroyed by the prairie fire which has been burning in that section. As the Are burned the fence sur rounding the parks the herds of buf falo, estimated at 800 animals, and a large herd of elk escaped. Many of the animals were killed. , The fires caused a ; financial loss that will ran into millions. the Alps and made long voyages against adverse conditions In all Borta of weather. His airship Is larger than the Bteamshlp of thirty years ago and more speedy than those that are now crossing the ocean In record fcreaklng time. I look to see airsblps of the Zeppelin type half a mile in length. They will not come down to the earth any more than the Mauretania will anchor in a shallow stream, but will be anchored up in the air, possibly a thousand feet or more. "Explosives will not be dropped down, as you could not hit a tug with an anple from the Brooklyn Bridge, which is only 130 feet high. Electri cal guns will be used, of course, and heavy ones like our present powder guns. "Ships at anchor will send up bal loons or kites to carry special ilium- Inantß, and In time of war the heavens all around will be brilliantly lighted with special forms of rockets. "Men-of-wnr will he protected best by special armament for attacking air craft. The airship, however, will rap- Idlv develop as a peaceful device and will Boon he ns much a necessity of modern civilization as the automobile. "The attraction of gravitation, be ing a condition of matter, may Boon be comprehended In such a way that the repulsion which some way or some how balances attraction may be utilized to man's advantage. "The gas enplne has made the air ship nosslhle. Yeanjiign the French found that each power could lift thlrtv-two pounds, so as much as we develop our horse power below this weight so much net lifting power shall we gain. "Hut you R«>lced me as to the mili tary possibilities." continued Mr, Nixon. "We are on the eve of a tre mendous and far-reaching change in warfare. As long ago as 1 900 I pointed out that soon thunderbolts woujd be thrown. The significance of a news Item published about, a year ago of a mint receiylnir a shock which nearly proved fatal while talking over a wireless telenhone was not then fully a'pnreclated. It would be possi ble at the present day to shock to death every man on a vessel nt five miles distance, hut HO far the impulse cannot be tirojoeted at any one mark. But direction and aiming will be mas tered after a while, and then thun | derboltß will bo thrown just as shells I are thrown now." SI.AVS ins ciiii.li. Hudson Bay fompnny's steamer Pe!l» can, which took them to Port Church - 111, where they remained until the ar rival of the Adventure on her regular fall trip. The Adventure also brought several missionaries, surveyors and prospectors from the Northwest coun try. The Adventure's report of the can nlbalism says the Eskimo's fishing and hunting season had been a fail ure, and, driven mad by hunger, ho cut the throat of one of his children and then ate the little victim. When the man's neighbors learned of the crime they attacked him, according to the primitive law of their race. The outcast beat off all assaults, shot sev eral of the attacking party and es caped Into the wilderness of ice. figure out a way In which the trans portation facilities of Pittsburg can be bettered. It is conceded that the street car service is about the worst In the country. Mr. Freeman Is the hydraulic engineer whom President Taft is said to have paid SSOO daily for making the trip to Panama, and he will take up the matter of Pitts burg's water frontage and suggest ways and means of saving the city millions yearly lost through the riv ers' overflow. Mr. Olmstead will tell the people of Pittsburg haw they can best beautify the park land gfven them by Frick. It Is understood that Mr. Carnegie and Mr. Frick share equally t,he B§.QO a day paid to this trio of experts. Coal and Coko Advancing; Roads Short of Cars. Baltimore, Md. —For the first time since the early part of 1907 the rail roads entering Baltimore, especially those having a large coal tonnage, are face to face with a car famine. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad began distributing coal cars on the percent age basis. In West Virginia scarcity of cars is more pronounced. Practically every mine In Maryland and West Virginia Is being-operated to the capeclty of the railroads. Prices of coal and coke are rising. 0 WASHINGTON NOTES The popular idea that the Ameri can Indians are decreasing in num ber is dissipated by official figures showing that today there are more than 300,000 Red Men in the United States. The increase in population of about 40,000 during the last two decades is attributed to the govern ment's constant effort to uplift the Indian to the level of contemporary civilization. Three and one-third qsil lion dollars are being expended by the United States annually lor the education of more than 30,000 In dian boys and girls. After a recess of more than four months, and with wily Chief Justice Fuller and Justices Harlan, Itrewer, AVhite, Holmes, McKenna and Day present, the Supreme Court of the United States Monday began the reg ular term for the next twelve months. Justices Peckham and Moody were absent on account of illness, reduc ing the court to unusually small pro portions. The commissions of several addi tional supervisors of the next cen sus have been signed by President Tal't and forwarded by Director of the. Qensus Durand to the appointees. Among them are Livingston, F. Mc- Clellan, Stone Mountain, for the fifth district, and Harry Hums, Macon, for the sixth district of Georgia; James L. Michie, Darlington, for the sixth district and Ernest M. Dupre, Columbia, for the seventh district, South Carolina. The question whether tho ordinary insurance policy insures a man against death by legal hanging is raised in the ease of the Mutual Life Insurance Company, vs. J. William MeCue and others, which was pre sented Monday to the Supreme Court of the United States. McCue is 0110 of the children of the late J. Samuel MeCue, who while serving a term as mayor of the city of Charlottesville, Va., was found guilty of murdering his wife and hanged for the offense in 1905. About a year previous to the crime MeCue took out an in surance policy of $15,000 in the Mutual Life. The company refused to pay the policy on the ground that "the death of the insured by hanging under sentence of a court of justice annulled the contract of insurance." Although this is the day of reduc tions in government expenses, Po&t master-General Hitchcock docs not overlook the value of the cat in the postal service., lie has authorized an allowance for the support of cats in the large offices. The cost of their maintenance comes out of the annual appropriation made by Congress for "miscellaneous items necessary and incidentals to offices of the first and second year the department will spend ap proximately $135 for eat meat. The National Oeogrphie society, in response to a propsal from the Peary Artie club Monday adopted a resolu tion agreeing" to join the American Geographical society anil the Ameri can Museum of Natural History in requesting Dr. Ira Remsen of the* National Academy of Science to ap point a commission to examine a re port of the Artie records, observa tions and data of Commander Robert E. Peary and |)r. Frederick A. Cook. If lie finds time, Secretary of the Navy Meyer will make a visit to Char leston, S. early in November at tLie time President Taft reaches that section on his journey homeward. The. secretary was cordially invited to come to Charleston by Mayor I?. Goodwin Hliett and J. Ad'.rcr Smyth, president of the ('hamhcr of Cam mcfec. If he sjoes Mr. Meyer will make n tour of inspect ion of the Char leston navy yard and also will look into the workings of the marine school of application at Port Royal. The Panama Canal Commission Friday forwarded an estimate of $4.'!,- 0(»:J,000 as necessary to continue the construction of the canal in the fiscal year of 1911. This estimate is $lO,- 000,000 more than 1010 and $15,000,- 000 more than 1009. Fifteen and a half million is for labor; $'20,000,000 for supplies and the remainder for general expenses. Two hundred anil ten million dollars has tieen appro priated for the canal iu date. Lee McOlung, treasurer of Yale University, who lias been appointed United States Treasurer to succeed Charles H. Treat, wiw at the Treasury Depart meat Friday and met many of the officials whom !;e will he associat ed with. Mr. MeClung will leave Fri day but will return in time to assume office on November Ist. With the removal from Font Myer, Vn., Wednesday of tlie AVfight Aeroplane owned by the gov ernment to the new aerodrome at > Park, .\Jd., the work of teaching the signal corps officers of the army was begun in earnest. Wilburg Wright is the instructor. President Taft and his party on their return' from the aroimd-th continent trip will be taken on a cruise of the Cape Fear river. The revenue euttor Seminole has been de tailed to take tho Presidential party at Wilmington, N. C., on November 9 on a short trip down the river, when the local reception committee will show the President the conditions UIOUK the stream.
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