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VOL. XIV
MARSHALL, MADISON COUNTY, N. C, FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1912.
NO. 28.
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Vga Madisoa C aunty.
Bstabushed by the Legislator lea
. don lUO-'SL
, Population, 10,131
i County Saat Maraball.
M4I feet above sea level
New and modern Court Homa, eoat
IS3.000.00.
Naw and modarn jalL ooat 115.000.00.
New and modern County Homa, ooat
110,000.00.
Offlesra.
Hon. Jaa. L. Hyatt. Senator; 33
District Burnavill, N. C.
, Hon. J. C. Ramsey, Representative.
Marshall. N. C.
W. H. Henderson, Clehk Superior
Court.' Marshall, N. C.
W. M. Buckner, Sheriff. Mar aha 11.
N. a
James Smart, Regiater of Deeds,
UarshaU. N. C.
a f . Runnlon, Traaaurar. Marshall.
N. C R. F. D. No. S.
R. L. Tweed, Surveyor, Whlta Rock,
N. C
Dr. J. H. Balrd, Coronar, Mara Hill,
N. C .
Mra. ElUa Handaraon, Jailor, Mar-
ihall N. C.
John Honeycutt, Janitor, Maraball
N.C.
Dr. C. N. Sprinkle. (Jounty Physician,
Marshall. N. C.
Jamaa Haynie, Supt County Homa,
UarabalL N. C.
Homa located about two mllea south
west of MarshaU.
Courta.
Criminal and Civil, Flrat Monday ba
te re Flrat Monday In March. Com
mencing Feb. 26th. 1011.
Civil 11th, Monday after Flrat Mon
day In March, commencea May 20,
1911
Criminal and Civil. Flrat Monday
after Flrat Monday In Sept. Com'
mancea Sept 9th, 1912.
Civil 6th Monday after First Mon
day In September. Commenoea Octo
ber 14, 1911
BOARDS.
County Commissioner
W. C. Sprinkle, Chairman, Marshall.
- ti. C -.
C F. Cassada, Member, Marshall,
N. C R. F. D. No. 1.
Reubln A. Tweed, Member, Big
Laurel. N. C.
C. & Mashburn, Atty. Marshall,
N. C
Board meets first Monday In every
month.
Road Commleeloner.
'" A. B. Bryan, Chairman, Marshall, N.
G, K. t . u. z.
J. A. Ramsey, Secretary, Mara Hill,
N. C-R.F. D. 2.
Sam Cos. Member. Mara HUL N. C
" R. F. D. No. 1 ; ' ' "
O. W. Wild, Big Pine. N. C.
Dudley Chlploy, Road Engineer,
Marshall. N. C.
George M. Prltchard, Atty., Marshall,
N. C.
Board meets first Monday in Janu
ary, April, July and October each year.
Board of Education.
Jasper Ebbs, Chairman, Spring
Creek. N. C.
Thoa. J. Murray, Member, Marshall,
N. C, R. F. D. No. 8.
W. R. Sams, Marshall. N. C, R. F.
.. D. No. 1 ' .
Prof. M. C. Buckner. Supt of
Schools. Mara Hill. N. C, R. F. D.
No. 1 . ' i
Board Meets first Monday In Janu
ary, April, July and October each year
. Colleges and High Schools.
Mars HU1 College, Prof. R. L. Moore,
President, Mara Hill, N. C. Fall Term
begins August 17, 1911. - Spring Term
begins January 2, 1911,
Sprint: Creek High School. Prof.
a C. Brown, Principal, Spring Creak,
N. CL 1 ft Mo. School opened August
M.ittann q.mlnan Tfleh School.
Prof , j. M. Weatherly, Principal. Mar
shali N. C R. W. D. No. I T Mo.
- Softool began October 2, 1911. , ;
., Bell Institute. Mlaa Margaret E.
Ctrlfflth. Principal. Walnut, N.C 8 Ma
School began September , 1911.
t Marshall Academy. Prof. - R. O.
Anders, Principal, 'Mars'haTl, "N. 'C,
f
Mo. Schvol began Sept 4, 1911.
f Notary Publiea.
t. C. Ramsey, Warihall, N. C Term
esplrea Jan.. 11. 1912.
f A. J. Roberta, Marshall, N. C
R. F.
v D. No. 8, Term expiree May 80, 1912.
) Jasper Ebba, Spring Creek, N. C.
( Term expires August 10, 1912.
C, C. Brown, Bluff, N. C. Term ex
v piree December 6, 1912.
J. A. Leak, Revere, N, C Term ex
pires January 10, 1913. , "
; . . W. T. Davis, Hot Springs, K. C.
: Tana expires January 10, 1918.
J. H. South worth, Stackhouse, N. C.
Term expires January IB, 1913. s
N. W. Anderson, Paint Fork, N. C.
Tenos exptrea February , 1918.
J. H. Hunter, Marahall, N. C R. F.
D. No. 1 Term expires April 1, 1918
J. F. TUson, Marshall, N. O.. R. F. D.
' No. 1 . Term expires April 8, 1911 ;
. C J. Ebba, Marshall, N. C Term
expires April 21, 1913. ;
J. W. Neleon, Marshall, N. C. Term
expires April 25, 1911 -
Roy 1 Gudger, Marshall, N. O.
Term expires May 8, 1918. -
Geo.' M. Prltchard, Marshall, N. C.
Term expires May 25, 1911
. Dudley Chlpley, Marshall. W. O.
Term expiree July 29, 1913. 1 '
" Yf. 6. Connor, Mara Hill, N. C. Term
xplrjs November 27, 1913.
" P08T.
George W. Gahagaa Post, No. 88
' 0. A, R.
8. M. Darts, Commander. '
3. H Ballard, AdjaUnt
1'U at the Court House Catvday
arore the aecond Snnday In
fcoath at 11 A, It
WRECK CLAIMS
iilAHY LIVES
fREIOHT DOUBLE HEADER JAMS
PAS3ENGER COACH INTO
SPLINTERS.
THIRTY PERSONS INJURED
Passengers Hurled Into Air Only to
Fall Under Wheels Twenty-on
Persona Are Killed.
' Latrobe, Pa. Twenty-one persona
Were killed and thirty injured, a num
bar fatally, in a wreck on the Ugo-
mer Valley railroad at Wllpen.
An . overloaded passenger coach,
pushed by an engine, waa struck by a
double-header freight train of coal
cars, crushing the coach like paper
and spreading death and Injury to all
but one aboard the train.
. That any eacaped death seems mi
raculous, as bodies of dead and In
jured were hurled through the air or
crushed in the debris when the loco
motives split the coach almost In
twain.
All the occupants were hurled to
the roadbed. Some fell under the
wheels of the onrushtng engine. . The
flrat engine of the freight train stop
ped soon after tearing through the
passenger 'train, turned half way
around and rolled over on Its side.
Enlgneer McConnaughey was scald
ed to death, while his fireman, George
Byers, Jumped, only to fall on the
track and meet death almost instant
ly under the wheela. Engineer Smith
P. Beatty of the aecond engine Jump
ed and sustained a' broken leg. His
fireman, John Ankney, tell beneath a
car. His legs were severed and he
died en route to a hospital. Engi
neer Dunlap of the passenger train
and his fireman remained at their
posts and escaped wtih slight injuries.
A pathetic feature of the wreck waa
The Injury to Mlsa Esther M. Mat
thews, a nurse, and the death of two
and the Injury of four children she
waa taking to the woods near Wllpen
for an afternoon's outing.
Farmers near the scene of the acci
dent and of the workmen employed
at a race track In the vicinity were
at the wreck within a few minutes.
An hour and a half after the accident
physicians, nurses and railroad offi
cials had reached the scene. From
that time on the work of rescue and
tending to the Buffering ' was effec
tive. , -; ,,. ..., v v- ;. 5 v.u.
FATAL FIGHT IN PANAMA
Soldiers and Police In Conflict Which
Uncle Sam Will Investigate.
Washington. Major - Smedley D.
Butler, commanding the -marines at
Camp Elliott, Panama City, has re
ported that eight soldiers 6f the
Tenth Infantry, two marines and one
civilian were, seriously wounded in a
fight with Panama pollde. He reports
two o fthe Infantrymen will die. Maj.
Gen. Wood, chief of staff, has sent a
telegram to the commander of -the
Tenth infantry requesting a full re
port on the Incident Immediately.
Later advices to the state depart
ment stated that the Americans were
wounded In an attack by the Panama
police,, probably caused by the lat-
ter'a overzealousness, and that, while
accounts of the affray are confused,
there Is no evidence indicating that
enlisted men committed any act war
ranting the use of firearms by the
police. . :
It is the inflexible rule of the com
manders of American soldiers and
salllra who are given shore leave or
liberty in Latin-American ports to
deny them the right to carry any
weapons, so that In an affray they
rely entirely upon their fists for If
tense or protection. ';. . - , : ,
New Plan to Nominate President
Washington. Representative Nor-
rla of Nebraska, Progressive Republi
can, introduced a bill which, he, de
clared would remedy the evils of all
presidential campaigns. The bill pro
vides for the election of delegate! to
the convention at the primaries and
permits voters to express a first and
second choice for presidential candi
dates. The candidate having a ma
jority of the presidential votes would
become the nominee of his party. -
Kills Four; Slays 8elf.
Dawson, T. T. Eugenio Vagllo,
aged 45, killed his brother, John Vag
lio, proprietor of the Central hotel;
hla brother's wife and their two chil
dren, Rosa, aged 16, and Christina,
aged 9, and then committed suicide.
Eugenio Vagllo was Infatuated with
his niece Rosa and had been forbid
den by her parents to enter the house
The murderer went to the hotel with
two pistols and, a dagger. He found
Mra. Vaglol In the kitchen followed
her to her bedroom and ahot her. The
husband waa killed In bed.
All-Winter Fox Hunt
Macon, Ga. T. R, lnhla famous
hunt In the Jungles of 'Africa, has
nothing on T. J. Roberta of Anderson,
. C- who passed through Macon fol
lowing a wlnter'a fox hunt in Florida
and south Georgia. Mr. Roberts was
in a two-horse wagon, to which was
attached a dog kennel consisting of
twenty "houng dogs." In the wagon
were seventy-five fox skins, the fruits
of the chase. These fox hunts are
annual events with Mr. Roberta, but
he remained out later than usual this
year.
JAMES M. COX
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Representative Cox of Dayton, O,
announeed himself a candidate for the
governorship of Ohio, aubject to the
choice of the Democratic state con
vention.
TWO KlllEDflY AEROPLANE
MI3S HARRIET QU1MBY AND W. A.
P. WILLARD ARE KILLED AT
BOSTON AVIATION MEET.
They Fell Into Dorchester Bay at Low
uae ana were Buried in
the Mud.
Fourth .Womm to Die
in Airship Accident '
Boston. Miss Quimby is the
fourth woman to lose her life
In an aeroplane accident The
first woman killed was Mad-
ame Denlz Moore, who fell
while flying in France in July,
1911. '
The deaths of Miss Quimby
and Wlllardbring the total of
aviation fatalities for the prea-
ent year up to forty-one, com-
pared with 73 during all of
1911.
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Boston. Miss ' Harriet Quimby of
New York, the first woman to win an
aviator license In America and the
first woman to cross the English
channel in an aeroplane, was instant
ly killed with her passenger, W. A.
P. Wll lard, manager of the Boston
aviation meet,, when her Blerlot mon
oplane fell Into Dorchester bay from
a height of a. thousand feet .
The accident happened when Miss
Quimby and Wlllard were returning
from a trip over Boston, harbor to
Boston Light, a distance of 20 miles
in all. . The flight was made in 20
minutes. The Blerlot, one of the lat
est models .of military monoplanes,
circled the aviation field and soared
out over the Savin Hill Yacht club
Just outside the aviation grounds.
Heading back Into the 8-mile gusty
wind, Miss Quimby started 'to vol
plane. The angle was too sharp and
one of the guests caught the tall of
the monoplane, throwing the machine
up perpendicularly. For an Instant it
poised there, : Then, sharply outlined
against the setting sun, Wlllard Was
thrown clear of the chassis,' followed
almost immediately by Miss Quimby.
Hurtling over and. over, the two
figures shot downward, striking the
water 20 feet from short They splash
ed out of sight a second before tho
monoplane plunged down 15 feet
away. - V
Dynamite Used on Troop Train.
El Paso, Texas. Col.; Castulo Her-
rera of the rebel garrison in JuareJi
has announced that a message from
Chihuahua gave details of the blowing
up of a Federal troop train by rebela
and the killing of all the troops on
board twenty coaches. The Federals
were attempting to enter a pass .ac
cording to the telegrams, when mines
laid by the rebela were exploded.
Treasury Clerks In Counterfeit Plot
Washington. An - aieged counter
feiting conspiracy, hatched In the
United States treasury, only a few
feet from the office of Chief Wilkle,
has been unearthed by secret service
men. J. D. Atkins, a clerk in the of
fice of the auditor for the treasury
department, was arrested on a war-
rant signed by United States Commis
sioner Bond of Baltimore, charging
htm. with raising one-dollar notes to
ten. This action followed the arrest
In Baltimore of Percy H. Carman, a
fellow clerk of Atkina
Bubonlo Plague In Porte Rico.
San Juan, P. R. The American of
ficers who arrived to assist the Por
to Rican authorities In stamping out
the plague. In a report to the acting
governor, H. Drew Carrel, confirm the
findings of the insular phyaicians that
true bubonic plague exists. The opin
ion Is expressed that the disease can
be controlled and finally eradicated If
the methods which are now being ap
plied to stamp it out are carried Into
effect rigorously. The total number
of cases so far recorded. It 31, with
17 deaths.
BAH REBELS
BEATEN III BATTLE
OROZCO'S ARMY, DEFEATED AT
BACHIM8A, IS NOW A DISOR
GANIZED MOB.
CHIHUAHUA IS DESERTED
Oroxco Admits Rout of His Army and
Blamea the United 8tatea
for Defeat,
Chihuahua, Mexlco.-i-The rebels
who had occupied Chihuahua for near
ly five months as their capital and
base, evacuated in the face of rap
idly-moving' column of cavalry, the
vanguard of General Haerta's army
which drove the rebels from Bacblm-
ba, forty miles south bf here.
Losses in the fighting were great,
as the battlefield was strewn with
the dead and wounded on both aides.
The rebels bad clung tenaciously to
their positions, but the combined as
saults of infantry and cavalry, sup
ported by the deadly fire of the ar
tillery, had forced them to yield stra
tegic hills and ranges overlooking the
canyon.
Determined to save the city, If pos
sible, from looting and rioting, Geo
eral Orozco declared he had Bent his
troops In varloua directions, from
Mapula, avoiding a return to Chlhua
hua. He added that the troop trains
which had been sent through Chihua
hua without stopping would be halted
at Sauz and Montezuma, 190 and 114
miles south of Juarez.
Juarez will be the rebel capital
hereafter. .
It Is now confirmed that Juarez and
Casaa Grandes soon will receive the
bulk of the rebel troops, and that a
determined stand will be made . to
hold Juarez.
The rebels will try to mobilize op
posite El Paso, a strategic entrance
to the state of Sonora. General Oroz
co admitted that lack of ammunition
and superior Federal artillery made
It futile to attempt to hold Bachlmba
He has distributed hla forces in sev
eral directions, but the mobilization
point will be close to the American
border, if there is one. Rebel officers
sa yit will be guerrilla warfare from
now'on. i
There Is no question about the ap
parent disorganization jof the rebels,
but it-is probable the.-Invasion - of
Sonora will mean a serious problem
for the government, as the region is
mountainous and lmpas9able to artil
lery and troop trains.
WRECK KILLS 42 PEOPLE
As Result of Collision of Trains Near
Corning, New York. .
Corning, N. Y. Westbound Lacka
wanna passenger train, No. 9, from
New York, composed of two engines,
a bagag ecar, three Pullmans and two
day coaches In the order named, was
demolished at Gibson, three miles east
of Corning by express train No. 11.
Forty-two persons were killed and
between fifty and sixty injured. Many
of the victims were holiday excursion
ists bound to Niagara Falls.
The atmosphere was heavy with fog
and to this Enlgneer Schroeder of
the express attributes the wreck. He
said he failed to see signals set
against his train, whipped around a
curve at 65 miles an hour, and crash
ed Into the stationary No. 9, held up
by a crippled freight engine. The
train had not been stopped long
enough for a flagman to get'' back
to protect the rear. The wreck was the
worst In the history of the Lacka
wanna.
Ratea Too High, Says Commission.
Washington. A rate of forty cents
hundred pounds on cotton factory
sweepings and cotton waste from
T.lnrtale. Ga.. to Paducah. Ky., waa
held b ythe interstate commereo com
mission to be unreasonable to the
extent that It exceeded thlrtywo
cents. The case was against varloua
railroads operating in the South to
obtain a determination not , only of
JuBt rates, ut of fair minimum
weights of carload shipments. The
commission sustained the contention
of the complainant
48 8tara In United States.
Wnnhlnzton. The new national
flag bearing forty-eight stars, emblem
attn of all the states, including the
recently admitted Arizona and New
Mexico, waa flung from an Feaerai
structures In the country and from
American navy, throughout the
world. Thirteen stars only will be
permitted In the blue square of the
flags that are less than five feet wide
avoid overcrowding. The rea neia
the president's flag was changed
to blue; only the regular nag was nut-
tering above the white house. ,
Two Killed by Lightning. '
Calhoun, Ga. James May field and
Felton Jackson, were killed and K. J.
Kllgore waa seriously Injured when
lightning atrnek a peach shed under
which a number of white men had
taken shelter. The tragedy occurred
on the Veach and Turner plantation,
between this- city and Adairaville. and
th men killed were prominently
known throughout thla section. Pome
eight or ten- men were in the party
which took ahelter In the ahed when
thunder atom came, and lightning
REUBEN B. KALE
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Mr. Hale la vice-president of the
Panama-Paclflo International exposi
tion, to be held In San Francisco In
1915, and la a member of the com
mission that went abroad to secure
the participation of foreign countries.
ROW .WORRIES PRESIDENT
A83ISTANT SECRETARY A. PIATT
ANDREW8 QUITS JOB IN THE
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
in Letter to Taft, He Assarts That
MacVeagh la Destroying Efficien
cy of the Department
Washington. A row in the United
Statea treasury department of more
than a' year'a standing between Sec
retary MacVeagh and Assistant Sec
retary A. Piatt Andrew culminated In
Andrew's resignation and a proposal
for a congressional Investigation of
Secretary MacVeagh'a administra
tion. Representative Cox of Ohio present
ed a resolution for such an investi
gation to the house after he had read
Mr. Andrew's letter of resignation to
President Taft.
Andrew's letter to the president cre
ated a profound aensation. He de
clared that energetic young men in
the treasury department had been
hampered and discouraged at every
turn by Secretary MacVeagh's Idio
syncrasies, his astounding capacity
for procrastination, his incapacity for
decision and the peculiar moods of
suspicion and aversion - to which he
Is constantly subject"
Andrew also Informed ' -f President
Taft that Lawrence O. Murray, comp
troller of the currency; Lee McClung,
treasurer of the United States, and
other high officials of the treasury,
were practically unable to transact
the business of their offices because
of Secretary MacVeagh's moods,
which, Andrews says, "would seem In
explicable in a man of normal mind."
RII I " MINER IN THII Q AftAIN
uibh ill 1 1 wii in wifcw nwnni
Old Bandit Had Planned to Leave thj
Country.
Toomsboro, Ga. "Old Bill" Miner,
bandit and train robber, who recent
ly made his second sensational es
cape from the Georgia penitentiary,
was captured in the swamps of the
Oconee river near here. W. M. Wig
gins, who escaped with Miner, was
also arrested.
According to Miner, the old man
and his partner hoped to make their
way to Brunswick or some other port
and ship as deck hands to another
country. . . -
When they escaped the men made
their way to the Oconee .river, where
they secured a boat and started down
stream. They floated by night and
slept by day. When they reached a
few miles below MUledgevllle they en
tered the swamps and toon lost their
way. It was for this reason that they
had not gone much further distance
In this time. - :
Miner said that they made their
escape at MUledgevllle by filing away
the bars of the second story window,
and dropping themselves down with
ropes made from the sheets of their
beds.-:
W. J. Wldecamp, the other man who
escaped with Miner and Wiggins, was
close by when the officers arrested
the couple, and It la believed that
he was drowned while attempting to
make his escape.
Maneuver of Army.
Washington. The senate agreed to
the Joint resolution appropriating $1,
250,000 for the encampments and
maneuvers of the organized militia of
states. - The appropriation was origi
nally in the army bill, which was ve
toed. General Wood has ordered the
commanding officers of the regular
army, whose troops are to join with
the militia to start their men for the
various- encampmentsand rendezvous,
so that the most extensive series of
Joint exercises ever undertaken in
this- country will be undertaken.
fthana Tall Fata of Glrla.
Perth Amboy, N. J. Four pairs of
little
e shoes and stockings found at
edge of a water-filled clay pit told
the
the
story of the drowning of four
small girls In Perth Amboy. Ellen
and
Martha Paneon, in company with
Susan Pazen and Frances Stanley
went to pick berries. The parents
became alarmed at their continued
absence and a search was comment
but it. was unsuccessful Finally
bo vi came upon four pairs of
ahoea and stockings beside a yard
clay pit on the outskirts of the city
A
Hal
SAYS STATE HEEDS
MORE POPULATIQ
THE NUMBER IS ENTIRELY IN
ADEQUATE TO CULTIVATE
ACREAGE PROPERLY. '
MILLSAPS MAKES SPEECH
He Aaka the Co-operation of the Peo
ple in Spreading the 8clentiflo Farm
ing to Enrlce the Old North State-
Many Attend Meeting.
Charlotte. North Carolina's prime
need of more people to Test from
her soil her products , which mean
wealth to the state loomed up large
at a conference between farmers and
bualneas men at the Selwyn Hotel,
presided over by C. C. Hook, and ad
dressed by E. S. Mlllsaps of the gov
ernmental farmers' co-operative dem
onstration work, followed by W. S.
Lee. It waa emphasized by these
speakers and by J. 8. Myers, who of
fered a resolution expressing approval
of the system of work outlined by Mr.
Mlllsaps, and pledging the co-operation
of all the people, this being unan
imously adopted.
The meeting was held under the
auspices of the Greater Charlotte
Club, and while not largely attendad.
Its personnel waa representative and
the speeches were heard with much
Interest Mr. Mlllsaps la an Iredell
man, a farmer and for a number of
years a school teacher. He is a fine
type of the Intellectual farmer who
Is well posted and doea his own think
ing on broad lines.
. Mr. Mlllsaps said he wanted the city
people to know a little more about
the problems of the farmers and the
farmers to know more about the prob
lems of the city folks. The demon
stration work has been in progress
from five to eight years, the latter be
ing the case in North Carolina. In this
five years the average corn crop in
this state has been raised from 14
bushels to a little over 18 bushels to
the acre. Since there are 8,000,000
acres in corn, this means an Increase
of 12,000,000 bushels In the state's out
put.
"We are sending out of the state,
or recently sent . $60,000,000 for
wheat corn, hay and meat and" this :
Increased output will decrease this
outgo by so much.
A blew Railroad to Be Started.
At a meeting of the stockholders
and Incorporators of the Greensboro,
Roxboro & Norfolk Railway held at
Greensboro officers and directors were
elected and other detail matters at
tended to. The directors chosen were
J. W. Fry, R. C. Hood, A. U Brooks,
C. D. Benbow, A. B. Kimball, A. W,
McAllster, E J. Justice, Garland Dan
iels, John J. Phoenix, all of Greens
boro, and T. O. Troy of Randolph
county. The directors elected the fol
lowing officers: T. O. Fry, president;
J. W. Fry, vice president and treas
urer; W. H. Thompson, secretary.
Divide Surplus 8aved on Salaries.
. At the meeting of the Durham coun
ty commissioner a resolution was
passed to divide a $3,000 surplus, rep
resenting the amount of money saved
by the officers for the past six months
between the county road fund and
the county officers on the salary basis
two yoars ago provided that the sav
ings resulting from the departure
from the system of fees, be equally
divided between the. roads and the
schools twice each year.
Approaches To Be Of Concrete.
The Gaston county commissioners
have decided that the approaches to
the Sloan's ferry bridge across the
Catawba from the western side shall
be of concrete and have awarded the
contract to the Requarth Construction
Company, ' which is building the
bridge. The cost wjll be about 17,600.
Work will be begun at once, an extra
force of hand being placed at work
so that this may proceed In the Inte
rim of the work on the arches, caus
ed by the delay In the arrival of the
steel.' :.
Report of Revenue Department
The fiscal year of the revenue de
partment of the Eastern North Caro
lina district closed June 30th, and
the receipts for the past year show a
substantial increase, the exact amount
being $3649,667.70. The entire receipts
for the year amount to 14,324,741.68,
while for the previous year they were
$3,775,178.70. The receipts for the
month of June of this year were $362,
142.98. The Western district led the
Eastern by $211,889.83, that district
gaining over a million dollar during
the fiscal year. " :
Iredell County laeue Road Bond.
The Iredell county .commissioner
ordered the issuance of series "B"
of the Iredell road bond Issue of $400,
000. The Issuance of the bonds la or
dered became the money derived
from the sale of the first series of
$125,000 1 running low on account of
the extenalve road building. The new
erie will bear date of August L 1912,
will be Issued .in denomination of
$1,000 and will be payable a follow:
$60,000 in twenty year and $100,000
la thirty year from date of la-
WANT RAILROADS' TO HELP
To -Remove the .Danger of Railroad
Crossings The MecklenttCrg Com
mission la Moved to Action.
Charlotte. The shocking accident
several day ago, when an automobile
with six persons stalled on a grade
crossing of the Southern Railway in
Mecklenburg county, and was struck
by a freight train, Mr. J. M. Jamison
of Charlotte being killed while at
tempting to rescue other member of
the party who were unable to leave
the machine In time to avoid serious
Injury, ha recalled a similar accident
two year ago when a touring auto
mobile with Dr. Charle Herty, of the
University faculty, and family of
Chapel Hill, choked down on another
grade crossing ' in the county, the
members of the party barely escaping
while the machine was almost totally
demolished by a passing train. The
two accidents, one a tragedy and the
other not far removed, have created
a wave of protest throughout the
county againat the danger of the
numerous grade crossings and a de
mand that some action be taken to
eliminate the crossing or reduce the
danger to a minimum. ...
It 1 a fact not generally known,
however, that the commissioner of
Mecklenburg county hav been con
sidering for some time the matter of
taking up with the railways operating
10 the county a proposition to abolish
all grade crossings. To this end the
chairman of the county commissioner
has written to both the Southern and
Seaboard railways calling their atten
tion to the conditions and asking the
co-operation of the railway in remov
ing the danger. The road force of
the county 1 offered In case at any
of the crossings their services should
be necessary.
Mr. Brevar Nixon, attorney of this
city, is of the opinion, that the rail
roads should be and can legally be
compelled to maintain safe crossings.
Apportionment For County 8chools.
At the regular meeting of the Dur-,
ham county board of education the
apportionments for the first four
months of the school next term were
made, and vacancies on the school
committees also made. The appropri
ations were made on the prospective
money that they will have from the
next year's taxes. In addition to the
money from the general fund, the nine
special tax districts will have to sup
plement the money with that raised by
the local tax. The annual report of
the county superintendent -presents a
number of Interesting statistics. The
county School now employ forty-seven
white teachers. They have spent
$6,760 for new buildings this past year
not Including the new school at West
Durham, which will cost about $10,
000, and 1 to be completed,hefore the
fall term opens. Twenty-nine of the
rural schools are teaching high school
subjects.
Politic In Lenoir County.
The Greatest surprise in Lenoir
county's political history in - recent
years, was sprung in the primaries
held recently when only three Incum
bents were renominated for office.
New candidates have been put in the
field by the Democrats for sheriff, reg
ister of deeds and the entire board of
commissioners, whereas It had been
confidently expected here that there
would be practically no change in the
ticket. Arden W. Taylor, for sheriff,
defeated J. P. Nunn, the Incumbent,
and Rhem by substantial majority,
and in the run for register Cari'W,
Pridgen led John Barwlck, the lncum- 7
bent by an overwhelming majority. Z ""
Wooten, the present representative,
and Dawson, treasurer, had. an eaay
victory qxer Hooker and Sumrell.
Progressive Move In Lincoln County.
Lincoln county made a progressive
move of vast Importance In the organ
ization of the Lincoln County Good
Roads Association. A mas meeting
was held In the court house at Lln
colnton at the call of Dr. W. C. Klser
of Reepsvllle, who 1 the prime mover
in this undertaking. Some 250 repre-i
sentatlve citizens of the town and,
county responded and as a result a
permanent organization was framed'
with the following officers: Dr. W. C.
Klser, president; vice presidents, J.
F. Relnhardt, Dr. R. B. Kllllan, O. B.
Goodson, J. A. Abernethy and Dr. W.
A. Hess. M. H. Groves waa mad sec
retary.
Good Road Meet at Rutherfordton.
On July 20th. at Rutherfordton. th
member of the Ashevtlle Motor Club
and the Good Roads association will
attend the good roads meeting. Among
tnose who will attend are Hon. Locke
Craig. Solicitor Robert R Ravnnlda.
and Judge Jeter C. Prltchard., Th
Aahevllle party will make the run by
way of Hendersonville. This road has
been nut In aood lhana (nr th iw.
caaion and at Hendersonville. The
tourists from Asheville will be joined
by a number of the member of the
Hendersonville Motor Club.
Llgtnlng Strikes Church.
During a severe electrical atnrm at
Morganton the Presbyterian church
was strucK ny lightning and greatly
damaged by fire, the steeple being
burned away and the Interior of th
church being damaged. The volun
teer fire department nut ud th moat
spectacular fight ever witnessed her
and In a steady downpour of rain hun
dred of people stood and wajtched
them perched on top of the Co-foot
structure, part of It afire, and tlu-a
of the burning steeple which was 11J
iee high fauinj around tiaa. ,