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THE ENTERPRISE. WILLIAMSTON, V. 0. SHOT HIS STEP MOTHER. Refused a Demand For Money the Boy Fins at Woman Three Timet and Then Himself.—Phy*- rH>n« Bay Mother Will Recover. Oxford, N. C., Special.—The most heart-rending tragedy that ever oc curred in the town of Oxford ahoeked the people Monday afternoon when Otis Brown, in a fury of rage, «ho 4 Lis step-mother and killed himself. The young man entered the house .ml demanded a euro of money from hit step-mother, whiah she refused to Hire him, and he drew his pistol and fired three timea. One ball struck and remains in the door. The seeond ball passed through Mrs. Brown's arm and across her breast near her heart. The third shot was into the head of tha young man and he fell gasping hie life oat, killed by his own band. Mr. J. fi. Brown diod eereral year* aA> and left his estate, whioh waa rai ned st $40,000, to Mr». Brown during her lifetJfrj, hating the utmost eon fideoee in her ability to manage and take care of the estate. She has been generous and kind in advancing mon ey t« young Otis Brown, who was s little oter 21. Having advanced him SI,OOO lately, she waa alow to pa? over the dernsnd he made and in a fit of irritation the tragedy followed. The hall was extracted from the chest of Mrs. Brown and the physioians re port her condition favorable. Distressing Accident on Southern 37. Gaffney, S. C., Special.—A most distressing accident occurred at Bea ver Daj* church, three miles south of Gaffney, Monday, when No. 37, the Southern vestibule limited, ran into • team of mules and wagon at the rail way crossing near the church. The waj*on was oecupded by S. W. Wyatt and '.lis two sons, Ilamlet and Luther. Ths elder Wyatt was killed instantly and Lurtjer was fatally injured. The other boj was slightly injured. Both muiui were killed and the wagon was reduced to kindling wood. Botl» of the boys were taken to Spartanburg on the train and fa inquest was he-Id over the dead man. The crossing where the accident occurred it near an abrupt curve where the engineer conld not possibly aoo any distance in front of his train. Fragmeuts of the mules were carried a distance of five hundred yards. Wyatt WM an industrious and hard working maa loaves a large fam ily. Some More New Religion New York, Special.—Twolve elergy men and I' 2 laymen of the l*h)tes tant Episcopal church hare just in corporated the Christian Unity Foun dation, which hopes that, by "the op eration of the spirit of flood, the va rious Christian churches may be knit together in more evident unity in the essentials of faith and practice and in one organic life?." Texas and State-Wide Prohibition. Dallas, Tex., Special.—State-wide prohibition is the leading issue in a campaign now op in the Democratic party of Texas to select nominees for all State office* from governor down to constable. Primaries will be hold on July 23. Prisoners to be Parolod \\ ashington. Special.-—Preliminary fitejw have been taken at the depart ment of justice for the putting into effect the law enacted nt the last ses sion of congress for paroling United States prisoners, thus establishing a practice that had l»ecn adopted by probably one-half of the States. The law has the warm approval of Attor aey (renoral Wickersham. Must Look Ebewhero for H?lp. Beverly, Mass., Specitl.—President Taft Monday stated with more em phasis than ho baa heretofore em ployed, th« position he is taking with regard to Republican State platforms and candidates. The president doesn't think he should be called upon to ■write the party declaration in the different oommouwealths or to name men for any of the elective offices. A president, it was intimated, has a big enough job on his hands when he undertakes to fulftll all the pledgei in the national platform and to bring eoogress around to UM same way of think inc. Sixteen Christian Scientists Expelled Boston, Special.—Sixteen of th« practitioner* who were identified ■with and supportod Mrs. Stetson in her controversy with the First church. Christian Scientists, in New York City, have been dropped from membership by the board of directors of the mother church in Boston, ac cording to a statement made by Arch ibald McClsUand, one of the Boston directors. NOT IN HIS LINE. "What's this Hetch-Hetohy Ques tion ?" "I don't think It would Interact you. dear boy. It han't anything to do with a dance of any kind."— Louisville Courier-Journal. SAME EVERYWHERE Patriotism and Meals of People Noted by Traveler. PRESIDENT TAFT TALKS OF IT. Chief Magistrate and Family Cruising Along Coast of Maine —First Visit of a President to That Section. Eastport, Maine, Special.—Begin ning his ten days' stay in Maine President Taft reached the northeast corner of the United States Tuesday. It was the first time a chief magis trate of the nation had visited this section of the State and for Mr. Taft it completed travels to the four quar ters of the country. lie has not been to Key West as President, but he said that his tours of the United States always deeply impressed him with the homogeneity of the people—their aims, ambitions and the ideas of true American citizenship being every where the same. In his speech here the President, after staling that the proper way to understand the country is to no to the four comers and the places be tween, said: "Now I have been at Seattle, San Diego, to the Southern-most point of Florida and now at Kastport, and I have found the same people, the same patriotic spirit, the same progressive civilization at each of these four points anil also between When a man has had that privilege he may be naid to understand the American nation. It is true that they talk n little more through their noses in this part of the country than they do far ther South, but the style of woman's bonnet is just the same litre as it was way down in San Diego. "I hope that in this audience I am addressing there are some Canad ians. You are close enough to theni to know them and to value them as neighbors. Canada is a great coun try and we are just learning how great a country it is. .Speaking for the administration we are convinced that a closer commercial relation with Canada will he well .for both*coun tries and if in tlio next year we can come to any agreements by which our commercial relations will be closer we shall think ourselves fortunate. We have reached a time when neither ought to IK> envious of the other, but each ought to be convinced that the more prosperous (lie one the more likdy the other is to be prosperous and that the growth of the trade of one means the growth of the trade of the other. It is pleasant to see that all the controversies between Great Britain and the United States which in the past have been many are now settled or are in course of settle ment by arbitration. That is the first time in the history of the two coun tries when that could he said." President Appoints Colored Man. Washington, Special. Whitfield MeKinlev, a negro real estate agent of this city, has been appointed col lector of customs here, the technical designation of tbe ollieo being the port of Georgetown, D. C. News of MeKinlev's selection bv President Taft .was received here Tuesday from Secretary Norton at Revorlv. It is stated that the appoint ment signifies the recognition of ne groes in important Federal positions. MeKinlev came to Washington from Charleston, S. ('., in 1884, and has taken an active part in clitics. 1,800 Michigan Men Join Strike Detroit, Special.—Tuesday night it was estimated that at least 1,800 employes of the Grand Trunk in Mich igan have struck or are out of work as the result of the strike inaugurat ed on that road Monday. Approxi mately 800 miles of railroad are idle as far ns freight traffic is concerned and the passenger traffic is said to be considerably delayed at several points To Make Insecticide Rules Washington. Special.—A board of Government officials has been appoint ed to carry out the law of the last session of Congress to prevent the adulteration and misbranding of in secticides and fungicides. A of*'regulations governing the manufacture of articles covered by the act will be prepared. In cidentally the Treasury Department i? interested in 4 the matter for the rea son that tobacco, which is subject to an internal revenue tax, is one of the ingredients of many of the pre parations of the character coming within the scope of the law. Break Up Officers' Foolishness. Washington, Special.—As a conse quence of the report of a court of in quiry that unsatisfactory conditions existed in the marine corps largely as the result of many officers having been in Washington too long, the headquarters staff with only a few exceptions was Tuesday ordered to new posts in different parts of the world. EVENTS TOLD TERSELY. News From Everywhere Printed la Short Paragraph* James J. Corbett has an "un known" under cover, who he hopes will Show himself fit to "win the title that Jim Jeffries lost to Jack John soiKat lieno. A stampede of 46 head of eattie waiting to be loaded on a river boat resulted in the drowning of all but ten of the number at Columbus, Ga. President Taft has been invited to head, as honorary president, a move ment to appropriately celebrate in 1914 the one hundredth anniversary I of peace among English-speaking peo ple. Taking a leaf out of the book 01 the Socialist Mayor of Milwaukee, the Boston Central Labor Union is tc start a fight there far the establish ment of public laundries. At South Hend, Ind., Edward Hes ton. a 3-year-old boy, is in a critical condition from poisoning, lie ate several ice-cream cones the day hi was taken sick. Despite the unexpected bestowa' upon her of a fortune of $50,000 Mrs. J. S. Hollins, a trained nurse of Atlanta, announces that she haf no intention of giving up her work among the sick. The annual Novena of St. Ann, i nine days' exhibition of a relic o) the saint, brought to New York ir 1892 from the (Tiurch of Stc-Marie de Baupre, in Canada, begun Sundaj at the Roman Catholic Church of St Jean Baptiste. Hundreds of sick oi crippled pilgrims and others bearing sick children came from all parts oi the country for the Noveniys- Tin shrine of St. Ann is flanked on eitliei side bv cases of crutches cast aside by those who walked after touching the rtslic. Twelve well known Washington residents from 17 to 49 years old were arrested for playing poker in the middle of the road. Tlx men spread a newspaper —-on the road and forced automobiles and bug gies to go around them byway of t ditch until complaint was made. Tw hundred dollars in the pot was taker by the police for evidence. John D. R oekefeller prefers pro celain to gold as fillings for his teeth because porcelain costs less than gold. The secret came out when Mr Rockefeller had the toothache again A. 0. Spaulding, the sporting goodf man, has filed his application as c candidate with the Secretary of, State of California for United States Sen ator. Theodore Douglas Robinson, nephew of former President Roosevelt, has,, announced his candidacy for the Re publican nomination for member oi .Congress from the Twenty-seventl District, New York. He is the sor of Douglas Robinson, who inarriei Mr. Roosevelt's sister. The Robinsot residence is in the town of \Varren Herkimer county. Prospects of another battle foi power in Zion City, 111., is seen wit! the arrival in Chicago of "King' Dowie, professed brother of the lal John Alexander, "Elijah II," ant claimant to the throno of a Soutl Sea Island. It is said to be the in tention of "Kins?" Dowie to over throw Overseer Wilbur Glenn Viliva By a most peculiar accident Mis.' Ivena Phillips, of Harlem, N. Y., was almost instantly killed when a pane ol glass fell from a fifth-storv window in the apartment of Mrs. Tillie Gold stein, striking Miss Phillips in the neck.' The young woman fell on the sidewalk and died before assistance could reach her. The application of the supposedly final ruling of President Taft on what constitutes whiskey may be suspend ed for some time as the result of the restraining order issued by Louisiana courts, acting on a petition of rep resentatives of the so-calleil whisky trust. Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy, foundet and head of the Christian Science Cfiurch, recently celebrated her H9th birtlulav at her home in, Brookline Mass. Her daily routine is practically the same neiw as a year ago. She at-, tends to the work of the Church a? its head, and all matter deserving her attention are placed before her for action. Hundreds of messages con gratulating her on her birthday were received. She is in good health. Miss Mary McDowell, of the Uni versity of Chicago Settlement, is the first Chicago woman to enter practical organization polities. She has —ac- cepteel the post of member from the Fourth Senatorial District of the Ad visory Council of the legislative Voters' League. This is known as the stock yards district. George Noble, an undertaker, of Martin s Ferry, 0.. may die in hys terics because his friends, in a joke, i tied him in a coffin box wtih two blacksnakes. Noble has always been afraid of snakes. When released he was unable to recognize his friends. Physicians say his e?ondition is seri ous. Capt. Caspar H. Conrad. U. S. A., has suggested a new. method of brand ing army horses. He proposes to tattoo figures or letters on the inside of each horse's upper lip. The Eighteenth National Irrigation congress -will meet at Pueblo, Colo, on September 26, under auspicious circumstances for its work to "save the forests, store the floods, reclaim the deserts, and make homes on the land." CAPITAL FACTS. Interesting News Gathered in the District of Columbia. THE AMERICAN CONGRESS. Personal Incidents and Important Happenings of National Import Published for the Pleasure and In formation of Newspaper Readers. Must Inspect Bugs. Chief bug inspector of the United States is the latest title acquired by Secretary of Agriculture Wilson. It is up to the Secretary now, ac coreling to the new bug law, to see that all insecticides and fungicides and other brands of death-elealing con coctions are up to the standard. Just bow the inspection of sundry insect powders on the market will b« made is puzzling the Secretary* A commission is now investigating the manner of enforcing the new law which went into effect recently. Over 1,000,000 Immigrants Admitted Nearly 25,000 of the immigrant! who arrived at United States P or l* during the fiscal year ended June .w last were denied admission by immi gration officials and were compelled to return to the countries from which they came. Various reasons were assigned for refusing to allow then: to remain here, including those ol physical defects and the probability of their becoming public charges. The fiscal year 1910 was « "mil lion immigrant year," the first foi several years, the total number ad mitted being 1,041,570. To Fight Open-Shop Policy. Organized labor in the District oi Columbia has begun to lay plans foi a systematized fight against the open shop policy. At a meeting of the presidents of the 80 local trade unions and of th« executive committee of the Cenrtal Labor Union, SIO,OOO was pledged at the nucleus of a defense fund tc carry on the contest against the em ployers' and various other associa tions which have been seeking tc establish on a firm footing the open shop system. The money will be given by the various unions, and Viore will be 1 raised, as needed, by assessment. Texas City Holds Record. Among cities of its size, San An ton ion, Tex., holds the record of un delivered mail matter. Letters and packages found to be non-deliverable*by the post-office elur ing the last fiscal years reached the tremendous total of 42,495 pieces. Of these 2(1,525 had-no return address and for this reason had to be sent te the dead letter office. Most of the pieces were letters, though there were also many packages and several postal money orelers. Printing 3,000,000 Cards a Day. The Government Printing Office ha reported to the Petst office Departmen that since the new postcard presse have been installed the daily outpu is now approximately 3,000,000. Young Men Needed for Soldiers. The Uniteel States needs an army of young, aggressive men, is the opinion of Maj. (len. Leonard Wood who is in Washington getting in touch with affairs before assuming his new duties as chief of staff oi the army. Counterfeit Of $2 Bill. The ap|>earance of «i very poor counterfeit of a $2 silver certificate has been reported to the Treasury Secret Service. It is of the series of 1599, with a portrait of Washington. The note apparently is printed from crudely made wood cut plates. $170,000 For Electric Light Bulbs. Contractu have been let by the Treasury Department for electric light bulbs, of which the Government uses approximately 1,000,0000 a year. The contracts aggregated about $170.- t)00. Four types of bulbs have been ordered. They are the carbon fila ment, which will cost 12.92 cents each; metalized filament, 14.85 cents; tanta lum filament, 29.70 cents, and tung aten filament, 40.68 cents. Pension Divisions Merged. Commissioner Davenport, of thr Pension' Bureau, has consolidated three divisions of his bureau into one branch, to be lyiiown as the Civil War Division. The consolidated office will handle all pension claims growing out of the war. The division grouped under one head were the Eastern Western and Southern divisions. The commissioner also has created the Re moval Division which will be charg ed with the removal from the files of all the superfluous papers con tained in the great mass of pension records. To Name Peace Commission Soon. The personnel of the universal peace commission, provided for in the closing days jjjp the last session of congress, will be named in the near future. Friends of the project stil! are hopeful that former President Roosevelt will accept the chairman ship. Five members will constitute the commission, all to be appointed by the president. > It must report within two y—n. DATES AND PLACES FAIRS Announcement Made For the Holding of Fain in the Great Virginia- CaroUnae-Geoxgia Circuit Hand eome Prises Offered For Baees. Rich mood, Special.—The following an the places and dates of fairs in the gnat Virginia-Carolina-Georgia associations: Galax, Va., August 30, 31, September 1, 2; Radford, Va., September 6, 7, 8, 9; Tasewell, Va., September 13, 14, 15; Roanoke, Va., September 20, 21, 22, 23; Lynchburg, Va., September 27, 28, 20, 30; Win ■ton-Saiem, N. C., ( October 4, 5, fl, T; Greensboro, If. C., October 11, 12, 13, 14; Raleigb, M. C- October 17, 18, 18, 10, 21, 22; Chaslotte, K. C., October 25, 26, 27, 28; Colombia, 8. C., Oc tober 21, November 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; Au gusta, Ga., November 7, 8, 8, 10, 11, 12; Batooton, Ga., November 15, 18, 17, 18. Tbe total purses offered by these combined Fair Associations oa horse races, amounts to $30,000 or over. Tbe entry books were cloesd oa Juns Ist AMERICAN VICTORY IN GER MANY. Prosecutor Fin da Oil Company Hai Committed No Wrong. Berlin, By Cable.—The long Mid renomoui campaign waged by Ger man newspapers and rival industrial interests against one of the German broncho* of tho Standard Oil Com pany—the Deutsche Vacuum Oil Company— fcas just been brought to a victorious end for the Americana involved. A well known Hamburg newspaper for months printed such a series of attacks on the " American graft meth ods " allowed to have been practiced by the vacuum company in the con duct of its German business that ths public prosecutor of Hamburg felt constrained to make an official inves tigation vrith a view to event)>al in dictments. The prosocutor has now eondudod bis investigation, especially of the work of E. L. Quarles, Ameri can manager of the German com pany's sales department, and an nirunees that no necessity exists for pursuing the inquiry further. No evidence of anything warrant ing prosecution was found against Mr. Quarloe, and the costs of the en tire inquiry will be borns by ths State. The result of the investigation eon stitutes a notable triumph for Amer ican interests in Gardiany. It is not the first time that Oer> mans finding themselves unable to compete with Americans on ordinary terms have resorlrrd to slander. Unci* Bam, "Leave It Alone." FVmsaeola, Fla., Special.—Judge W. B. Rheppard of the Federal court Friday denied the application of the Southern Express Company for a permanent injunction restraining th« State Railroad Commission from en forcing an order reducing interstate rates about 17 per oeijt. In rendering his decision Judge Sheppard stated ttu* only in aatreme cases should a Federal eonrt interefere with State officers who are endeavoring to en force laws paeaed by the liegislature. Capt. Lyon Not Guilty New York, Special.—Captain Sam- Mi K. Lyon, of the 25th infantry, U. S. A., recently tried at Fort Mye*, Va., for irragwlaritiee growing out of the Brownsville, Texas, matter, was fouud not guilty and honorahly a/xjuitted by the court. General Wal ter Howe, commander of the depart ment of the east* however, acting as renewing authority, passed upon the ease and disapproved the finding of the eoiat. Big Tobacco Loos ia Kentucky. Henderson, Ky., Special.—Reports reaching here Saturday from Hender son, Union and Webster counties in dicate that damage approximating $2,000,000 was done by a cloudburst Friday night. It is estimated that 10,000 acres of pooled tobacco in Henderson county alone have been destroyed and one tobacco plantation •f 200 acres is a total loss. Gasolene King at Elks' Reunion. Detroit, Mich, Special.—Five mil lion dollars' worth of autos rolled through the city in an unbroken line of twenty-five miles Friday afternoon. There were 2,500 cars in this monster procession, which took two and a half hours to pass. Truly gasolene was king at th« Elks' reunion. While this trecmendous automobile pageant was wending its way through the streets tbe Wright brothers' air ship was soaring and wheeling above the earth at the State Fair Grounds in successful speed flights, and on the river speed launches were cutting the river at express train spaed. Spectacular Fire U New Tork. New Tork, Special.—Four hundred thousand spectators witnessed Satur day afternoon the most apertacuhu> pier fire since the Hoboken disastee tea years a go in whieh 150 lives were lost. As far as eaa be ascertained, two men perished daring the eosfil tration. . Tbe monetary lorn will n« betwaea g75d,0C0 and WHOSE IIS FATHER Distinguished Men Disagree as to Originator Conservation. UNCLE JOE ADMITS MISTAKES. Speaker Cannon and Gilford Pinchot Wide Apart on the Question of the Chief Promoter of the Conservation Movement—Pinchot' ■ Party. Kansas City, Special.—Gifford Pin ehot and Speaker Jos. G. Cannon eo aged in an extemporaneous debate >- upon the subject of conservation be fore the Knife and Fork Club in this city Friday night, and while each man gave expression to the highest personal regard for the othar and both agreed that conservation of nation's natural resources should be eoeouraged, they differsd on the whole as to who was ths father of •jenservation. Mr. Cannon said 4baA J. W. Powell, at one time directly of the government geological survey, deserv ed the honor, but Mr. Pinchot assert ed that Theodore Roosevelt wse tbe father of conservation. Turning to Mr. Pinchot, Mr. Can- non said: "I have the grsatest personal re gard for you, but I understand that jrou are now engaged in ecueervation work for the organization of a new phrty. 4 ' t tell you, air, that a party cannot itand on a single issue, although our party did stand on a single issue once Ln that great conflict betweeu servile and free labor." Speaking of bis record as a public official, Mr. Cannon said: 4 "I admit I have made mistakee. Great God, I hare been mistaken * a icore of times in the last 35 yean. There are other fellows in Congress who havo been wrong just as often, , but they aro not honest enough te admit it." "Theodore Roosevelt was the fath er of conservation in this country," Mr. Pinchot said, "tbe national con lervation association is continuing the work be started. The last session of Congress did great work and our as sociation was largely responsible for it. The withdrawal bill as it passed was due largely to the efforts of the association. "We now intend that the people must be compensated for what the private interests get. The old prao ftce of giving perpetual grants to pri vate interests now is impossible and the future is rjow safe againet the oppression of monopoly. "I believe a new school of politico is coming in the United States. This new school will decide whether tbe country shall be governed by money for profit or by men for human wel fare." _ i Warm Times in Tenneseee. Memphis, Tenn., Special.—ln every town and village and county in Ten nessee. the State's serious political situation has aroused the most intense feeling. Regular Democrats and in surgent Democrats and Republicans are lining up their forces for the struggle which coroos in Auguat, when the State judiciary and county electionj are hold. No candidate to oppose Governor M. R. Patterson hat been announced. Adjust Rates on Hardwood Lumber. Washington, Special.'—That Louis ville, Ky., be made a reeonsipnment point for hard wood lumber shipped from the Southern States to pftinta in the North and West, and that rate* be adjusted accordingly is a reqiaMl contained in a pctitiou received by the Interstate Commerce Comws— iaa. Monorail Accident Firat Trip. New York, Special.—Twenty per sons were injured and one seriously hurt, in the first commercial trip Sat urday of the new monorail service between City Island aad Bartow, ia the suburbs of the Bronx. Howard Tunis, the inventor, who was motor man, broke a rib, and one passenger broke a leg. Trainmen and Colored Man Fight. ■ Albany, Ga., Special.—Coot Tay lor, a negro man, was shot to deatb and—Baggageiraster Edgar (Wurmen was slightly injured in a battle be tween tho crew of a special train on the Atlantic Coast Line railroad andj the negro late Friday night. The ne-" gro was trying to kill Purmen and had shot at him three times. Con ductor W. I). Bulianl then took • han(T in tbe fight, shooting the negro" three times, killing him instantly. The shooting occured beiweon Thom asville and tin* pku. Married In Masonic New Orleans, Special.— Witb tba grand lodge room of the Masons her* furnishing the unique setting of the ceremony, A. P. Dennison and lira, noma K. Stiles, partners.in businesa, Friday night entered into the closer partnership of marriage. " Their home is in English, Tex. It waa the first time in the history of Masonry in the city that a wedding ceremony took pise# in a lodge room af the order.
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