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A A TIZS ASSOCIATED DI3PATC3T3 LAST EDITION. 4:00 P.M. Weather Forecast': Cloudy; Warmer. VOL. XIV. N0.251. ASHEVILLE, N. 0., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 27, 1909. Sc PIE COPY VERDICT OF GUILTY, IS RENDERED TODAY IN VIRGINIA, AGAINST LITTLE Total Cost of Construction of Isthmian Canal It Is Now Estimated Will Reach $297, 766,000 GO S 0 U T II Svelte .Wewi YOU " Jury at Tazewell Arrived at This Conclusion Today After Deliberating Through out the Night. LITTLE TO BE ELECTROCUTED IN RICHMOND JANUARY 7 Practically All the Evidence Against the Accused Wae Circumstantial, but None the Less Conclusive. Richmond, Va., Nov. 27. Howard Little, charged with the sextuple mur der of Mrs. Betty Justls, George Mead ows, his wife, and three members of his family, wa found guilty of mur der In the first degree this morning by the Jury which deliberated all night Little was sentenced to be elec trocuted In Richmond. January 7. The murder occurred at Hurley, Buch anan county, and the bodies of the victims were burned. The crime for which Howard Little was found guilty was particularly at trocioua. The motive was robbery. The authorities believe Little sought to obtain money he thought was In the house amounting to $1300. The murder and arson followed. Since the crime was committed the money has not been found. Feeling against Little ran high for a time, and It was neces sary to place a guard around the jail whore he was confined to prevent any untoward act. Yesterday" Proceedings. Richmond, Va., Nov. 27. A Taxe- .; patch says evidence of the most sensa tional and damaging character was Introduced at Qrundy In the trial of Howard Little for the murder of Mrs. Betty Justin, her son-in-law, George Meadows,, his wife. qd their three children, -ansa "t in conclusion me ease went to the Jury, Senate Justls, a son of the murdered woman, was the first witness yester day. He stated that he had worked with Little when he was foreman of the Ritter Lumber company and that Little had frequently asked him how much money his mother had "by her." He told him. Another witness stated that Little said to him that if he was the old woman ha would not keep money by him: that It would be an easy matter for some one to murder the family, rob the house and burn the victims. Mary Stacy, the woman whom Little was to leave with, was the next wit' ' acm. She stated that Little gave her tit the day before the murder to buy clothes that she might be ready for the trip, and told her they would go from a bank. ' Damaging Testimony. Several witnesses testified as to the time of nlglit the house was burned and voices they heard going In the direction of the building. Mary Lee, the woman who made her home In the family of Little, was the most important witness of the day. being on the stand over two hour. She told of Little's relations with Mary Stacy, and his troubles at home with his family. She stated that on the night of the murder a lamp was kept burning when Little went away and that he waa absent all night. She stated that she was awake twice dur Ing the night and the lamp waa still burning. , , At six o'clock In the morning she arose to get breakfast and found Little asleep. His coat waa hanging near him wet, as if It had been washed. A lantern not 'his own, was on a table near him.' Little took the lantern out after breakfast and began to file on It, and would not tell her why he did so. She said he cams Into the room two hours after breakfast and called for bandages to tie up his leg, stating that he had cut his leg while cutting brush that morning, but' when she examined the wound It was found that the blood was dry. . iGEOnil TO SETTLE ; ULSOP CU.I!.l DISPUTE United States and Chili Have ; Agreed Upon a Protocol To This Effect , Washington, Nov. 27. From - an authoritative source It Is learned that (he United States and Chill have reached a Anal agreement upon the terms of a protocol referring to King Edward for definite settlement, the celebrated million dollar AIsod claim The protocol will probably be signed wunin four days. The king has signified his witling nest to act as mediator. ' Thla claim has been a source of much friction for many years. By the protocol's terms the King's action will be final, binding ooth parties. . A Big Relief Fond. Nor. 27. Donations to 1' ,i I 9 r " f fund today rail is to E Officials of Tennessee and N. 0. Made Important Announce ' ment Today. Special to. The Gnzette-News. Canton, N. C, Nov. 27. That Can ton Is to have a through railroad, ter minating at Newport, Tenn., waa the statement made today to a Gazette News staff correspondent by Superin tendent A. J. McMahan of the Ten nessee and North Carolina Railroad company. J. S. Green, W. M. Sutton and A. J. McMahan have succeeded in buying rights of way from the present termi nus of the T. & N. C. railroad, at Wa torvllle, N. C, up the Pigeon river Into Canton. Mr. Green, claim agent of the road, said: "Yes, we have se cured the rights of way, and have paid for them In cash on account of the fact that there Is so many pro posed lines through this particular section of the country, and a great many of them have secured their right of ways, we had some trouble In making the land owners believe our purpose, and that we were not agents trying to get the land to sell to another party. This work has been going on for three weeks and not until yesterday had every foot of the way been se cured. Three years ago the company had a survey made over this route, which cost them In- the neighborhood of $8000. and It was along this sur vey that the right of way men have been laboring. According to the en gineers' report a railroad can be built here on less than a two per cent. arade following the river all the way, only crossing It twice before getting to Canton, , , ' .- - Twenty-one miles of road la now In operation and ha been for the. past six years leading out of Newport, Tenn., Into the state or Nortn Caro lina to Waterville. From this point to Canton It la a distance of 35 miles of. which It Is said that work will commence within the next o days. The owners of this raiiroaa are largely interested in the Pigeon River Lumber company which owns 66,000 acres of timbered lands along the pro posed road. In fact this particular section Is heavily timbered and Is so situated that it Is almost Impossible to transport lumber without the aid of a railroad. It Is said that Just before the "pan ic" In 1K07 the Tennessee and North Carolina had every arrangement made and a large portion of the rights or way secured for building the extension to Canton. But like many other pro jects this one was called off for the time being. Canton citizens have always reit tnai this rood was coming and very little talking waa done when suggestion was heard of making any other town on the Murphy branch the terminus. The Champion Fibre company alone would be more Inducement than any otner town could offer a railrond. What the road means to them is hard to esti mate, but It will certainly give them access to millions of cords or pulp wood and will more than likely de crease the high freight rate now In existence all along the Murphy branch. It might be Interesting to note tnat a clause was Inserted In the rlgnt or way purchase deeds that If the rail road was not started within the next six months the deeds would be void. HEAVY FIRE DAMAGES III IIMUS PLACES Forests, a Bank, Numerous Residences, Etc. Hundreds of Thousands Loss. Colorada Springs, Colo., Nov. J7. Fire In the First National bank today caused a loai of 1100,000. t ires inTnrptiUn Forests. Savannah. Nov. 17. Fores fires are doing heavy damage throughout the naval stores belt, according to re porta received today. Tea Residences Burned.- n&vennort. la.. Nov. IT. Fire de stroyed ten residence here entailing a loss of 1100.000 insured. . Fire at Seward, Alaska. Seattle. Wash.. Nov. 17. Fire In Be ward. Alaska, has been checked after 150,000 damage. QUADRUPLE CRIME DONE NEAR FRONTENAG, KAS. A Man and Wife and Their Clill.l Killed, the Woman Criminally Assaulted. Frontenac. Kan.. Nov. 17. A lonely road s mllo north of her was the scene of a trlplo murder and assault n a woman last night The dead are Mr. and Mrs. William Bork and their Infant son. 1 Bork presumably was killed while trying to defenj bis wlfo. railroad f "St. -V !' je":" .N, U-'v ., n . ' , 1 ' r ; ,4 i .... . . -..t' C - x ,'. V.-fc CULCBRK CUT AT BA6 if." ' " , - " ' , TC CUT nrtc? TO THE I ' K '..'-' ' ' ' ..? SOMFIFCISIITIOII f "" ircaS A 'I W MOST WAIT J Monetary Commission Report Not To Be Made at This Session. Washington. Nov. 27. White House conferi-nces have established the fart thnt there is no probability of the monetary commlsHlon's report being presented to congress at thin session, nnd thnt legislation for the establish ment of postal savings banks must wult until the commission's report Is made and the new currency law en acted. These facts were vouchsafed by Representative Weeks, of Massa chusetts, after leaving the executive offices after a conference with Mr. Taft. The president probably will rec ommend such a system of hanks In his message to congress. DR. IN. R. BROOKS Spectacle an Unusually Beauti ful One and Halley's Comet Seen Distinctly. Geneva, N. Y., Nov. 27. Dr. Wil liam R. Brooks, director of Smith Ob servatory, made a fine observation of the eclipse of the moon this morning, the sky bring clear. It was an unusu ally beautiful spectacle, the eclipsed moon haying the appearance of bur nished copper. The obscured moon rendered possible a satisfactory ob servation of Halley's comet, which is now in taurus, and quite faint, onlv visible In good sized telescopes. OF CONDITIONS Deplorable Labor and Econom ic Conditions Obtain in Porto Rico. Washington, Nov. 87 Organised la bor representatives from l'orto Klen today called on President Taft, telling him that the six thousand Industrlu' and agricultural workers of the Island are surrounded by deplorable socla' and economic conditions. SHE SHOOTS AT NEGRO TO MM EVIDENCE Woman Taken to Jail to Inden- tify Negro Who Had At tempted Assault. McAllster, Okla.. Nov. J7. Mrs. John King, whan taken to the county jail today, to Identify Will Jones, a negro, pulled a revolver rrom ine folds of her dress and fired at the prisoner, The bullet went wild, anil the officers disarmed Mrs. King and took her away. The negro attempted to assault Mrs. King yesterday. Last night a mob tried to get him away from the officers and lynch him. More Bad Storms. New York, Nov. J7. Heavy storms In the eastern aone of the West Indies have again cut off from cable com munlcation the Islands of Antigua, Guadeloupe and Martinique. Married In Their Eighties. Chicago. Nov. 17. Scorning cupld's wiles SI years, William Tursks, takes sn si vears old bride, Mrs, Caroline Weese. ... OBSERVES ECLIPSE COMPLAINT MADE .... zzlsten&&d& staoffire " Vi i.a . , . t- rA ATUK LOCKS rOJ-I ! -. " t . ; -r- east skowjk III I " j i COJtSTJTUCTIOM- PLANT. j I 'msM THE SPEED LIS : J? MUST BE OBSERVED Fifty per cent, more work than was contemplated In, the original es timate and a 10:vtr rent. itK-rnurf- In the money paid In different forms to employes will be reiulreil for the completion of the Pnminin ennui, which 1'resldent Taft hits promised will be reaily for use not later than January 1. 115. The estimate of the Isthnihin Cnnul commission, made In its annual re port, brings the total cost of engineer ing nnd construction up to 2!?,Cii, 000. If the purchase price ami cost of sanitation are added they will make the cost of the work total $375. 201.000. Changes have Increased the IS Another Move Made Today in Contempt Case, in Which La bor Leaders are Involved. Wushlngton. Nov. 37. On behalf of Samuel Uompers, John Mitchell .Mid Prank Morrison, the labor lender un der sentence to Jail terms for eon tempt, a petition was tiled tills morn ing In the I'. S. Supreme court for u writ of certiorari requiring the district court of appeals to certfy to the na tion's highest trlhunul for Its revis ion and determination, the appeal taken by the labor leaders in the famous Hack Stove and Itunge com pany case. The petition states: "The. luestlons Involved are of great public mportnnce, affecting the views and conduct of many millions of people. Including two million who aro by rep resentation made defendants In the principal action.". Tore Himself IOiwe From a Dime. St. Louis, Nov. 27. Speaker Cannon was caught today In the net of the hospital "tug day" collectors, and con tributed a dime to the collectors for the city's sick poor. Three Army WRIT OE CERTIORARI NOW SOUGHT Ready for Immediate Use San Francisco, Nov. 17. ecret or- divulged,- but the orders are consi ders from Wushlngton were received ered significant In view of the Nicer today at army headquarters to Imme- aguah situation. Orders were previ. rtlat.lv nrenare ths army transports ously received by the gunboat Prince Logan, Bufotd and Croom for use. Th destination of these vessels is not of Nicaragua. Scranton Manufacturers Sect the Cincinnati. O., Nov. 17. Alleging that they ft re compelled to pay ex tortionate prices for tobacco, as a re sult of the Kenfm Vy Tnrley pool, the quantity of work to be dona and the commission explains labor conditions In tltts pnraitratih s.. . ' . ."Prosperous conditions In the, Unit ed States, combined with the unsnvo-1 ry reputation thnt the isthmus had regarding its henlthfulness, mnde it necessary In order to secure labor to Increase the wage scales from 30 , CO per cent, over those paid In the I'nited Stales for similar classes of work. Certain gratuities as addition al Inducements were also offered, which, In the main, have since been continued. Moreover, the provisions of the eight hour law were made ap plicable to the Isthmus." LIVES ARE LOST IN One Man Killed in a Mine Ac cident While Another Was Killed in Railroad Wreck. News reached here today of two fa tal accidents which occurred this week In Mitchell county. Tom Wilson, an employe In a mica mine on Itebel s creek, with a companion. It seems. was working In ti shaft of the mine Wednesday when a cave-in occurred completely covering him, ami death from suffocation ensued before lie could be extricated. More .than eight feet of dirt fell upon him. Ills companion, while partly covered, was able to pull himself out and was not seriously In jured. The other fatal accident occurred Wednesday also In a wreck on the C. C. A O. railroad between Spruce Pine and Pcnlnnd, when the local freight train was derailed nnd the en gine overturned. Hubert White, the brakemnn, wns killed outright, while the fireman had one leg cut off. THE WKATIIEK. Fnrernsls until S p. m. Sunday for Ashevlllo and vicinity: Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday, with rising Uin perature. Transports ton to hurry to Corlnto, a Pacific port MITCHELL GOUHTY Burley Society Scott and Clark Tobacco company, manufacturers, at Bcranton, Pa., has brought suit at Covington. Ky, ngslnst the Hurley Tolmcco society fu 1 130,000. Distances Are Being Measured and Police Officers Are Again After Scorching Auto. The police authorities of Aslievllle (ir again hot on the trial of violators of the automobile and motor evele ... " ,i l'nl-Uinlt vl,.llor.. ami It li MlWtwl j th.it within the next few days, unles j the "scorchers" suddenly become "good." that mnnv srrests will be!10 engage in larming. made nnd no few nutoists find them selves facing the pollen court judge charged with exceeding the speed limit. Recently the police authorities mnde application to the police com mission for two or more stop-watches with th..- end In view of putting a stop to scorching. The commission grunted the request; the stop-watches were ordered; they have arrived und today police officers were engaged In meas uring distances along certain promi nent streets whi're automoblllsts are in th hn lilt or nt times hitting It up. These measurements will be marked, and nt some time during the duy or the night officers will bo stationed at both ends, und as the automobile come whining along they will simply be caught At the request of automoblllsts of Aslievllle the state automobile speed limit was given a more liberal con struction by the board of aldermen, and the maximum speed fixed going up hill at 20 miles per hour; the general spec t!-llmlt, however, is 15 miles per hour with a more moderate limit around corners. It Is said thut recently many complaints have come to the niithortilee that autolsts areleourse. wnhis tne ninaranceT But. even exceeding this 20-mlle limit, andj,h southern farmer must quit send a request for relief Is made. I Ing his cotton seed meal over tha Chief Chambers said toduy that he desired It distinctly understood that bicyclists und motor cyclists came un der the same head as aulomolilllslts und thut motor cyclists and bicyclists will be watched und arrested just the same as automoblllsts when they ex ceed the limit. IITEJIIDDEIILI He Will Rest in Italy News Not Very Favorably Re ceived by Explorers' Club.' i New Vork, Nov. 17. -Dr. Frederick A. Cook, the explorer, sailed today for Europe on the steamahlp Caronia. Al though his name waa not on th pas- senger list, a statement Issued from the offices of his lawyers confirmed the rumors of the doctor' departure. While awaiting the University or Copenhagen's verdict Dr. Cook will rest In Italy, where he can work upon the narrative of hie Arctlo jour ney. Ths book Is not to be published until tha claim of tha discovery of the north pols has been confirmed. He remains confident, he says, that ths "most competent aclentlflo body In Europe" will find that he reached the pole on April II, ItOI. Dr. Cook's departure la not favora bly received by members of the Ex plorers' club, who expected him : to appear before them la reference, to the dispute over his claimed nsrrM of Mount McKlnley. GONE This Is the Advice That Is Being Sounded Through the Country as Result of the Congress of Farmers In. Raleigh. AGRICULTURE SECRETARY HIMSELF AN ENTHUSIAST Says Lands In This Section Are Cheaper, and Can Be Made as Productive as Those in Other Sections. Special to the Guzette-N'ews. Washington, Nov. J7. "Oo south, young man," Is the cry thnt results from the meeting of the Farmers' .Vutlonal congress In Halelgh, which was attended by a thousand delegate from all parts of the nation, Secreta ry of Agriculture Wilson, Krltish Am bassador James Bryce, and other prominent jeitlzens; and It is a cry that promises to displace the shibboleth of another day to which expression was given by the eilltorlul sage of two generations ago In speaking of the fu ture development of the country. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson Is a great believer In the wonderful af rliult tiral possibilities of the south. He has exploded the Idea that there are worn-out lands In the south that cannot be made as productive as the best farming lands in the nation. The head of the department of agriculture has outlined simple methods of farm- ' Ing to guide the planter In the south, which he says will make the lands of that section equally as productive as the rich soils or the northwest, and will at the same time result In In creased erops of double and treble proportions. Tike MoHt Rapid Advances. The secretary of agriculture la of the opinion that the south Is making -the most rapid advances of all sec . tlons In agricultural development. The cheap price of southern lands and th P"swlltlity for mnking them the equal of any for agricultural purposes jMi Mr. wllllon , ,he bellef that 1 many farmers In various sections of ! the country will migrate to the south Our Cheap Lands, In a most interesting Interview on the agricultural possibilities of the south. Mr. Wilson said today: "The cheapest thing In the south today Is land. Home of those farmers rum the northwest, who attended the annual convention of the National Farmers' congress. In Raleigh, own, farms nt home that are worth from 1100 to $ 1 CO per acre. Southern lands that will produce equally as well are held at a great deal less. The south ern farmer has yet much Improve ment to make In the methods of agri culture. The most striking advances of the south have been along manu facturing lines. No farmer csn leave his southern land to tetter his con- . I II Inn .i v fiii-mlnav .Hwh.M alaA Ti A i mfetnK of the Fnrm,. con at Rnlelgh will result In many farmers of the north selling their dear lands nnd locating In the south to buy cheaper lands." Just as Productive. Asked the question whether the farm lands of ths south can be mada as productive as the rich lands of ths northwest, which sell for $ 1 B0 an acre, Mr. Wilson ssld: "Why, of world to enrich other lands. He i must use this rich fertiliser himself. The south hns produced this year the heaviest corn crop It has ever grown. This Increase Is due to the demon stration work of this department. Our campaign of education la finally pro ducing results. The next step will be for the farmer of the south to grow his own hogs, and mak his own meat from hla own corn. Dr Knapp haa prepared a circular showing them how to do this. We have circulated 60.000 copies of the, end I gave au thority today to print 60,000 more. "The farming Industry In tha south la picking up. Right now mora prog ress Is b mg made In the south In Im proving farming conditions than In any other section of the country. ' M"Anybody who says the farm lands of the south are played out does not know what h la talking about Tha run-down farming lands can be brought to their original state and made as fertile as aver. Thsra haa already been a wonderful Improve ment In the condition of soma south ern lands. First It will be necessary to rotate crops and make pastures. Eliminate tha cattle tick, and feed the cotton seed meal of the south to the cattle, and th southern farmer will grow twice or three time as much cotton to th acre as h doea now. And this ratio of increased pro ductiveness will apply to all eropa. Th southern farmer doe not fully appreciate th situation, and he will not until he finally beglna to double and treble hla present crop on the sam acreage. (let Rid of the Cattle Tick. "On thing I want to carry home to the southern farmer. Get rid of the cattle tick. If the farmers of the south will co-operat with v partment they will s'"n t r' i ' pest. W hn v ' ' " entMfl t;.-k f" .
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