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Mrerille feette News. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES LAST EDITION 4:00 P. M. Weather Forecast: Unsettled uml Wanner. VOL. XV. NO. 262. ASHEVILLE, N. C, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 10, 1910. 3c PER COPT MOREHEA&S PLAN TO HAVE NOMINATIONS WITHDRAWN : HAS GONE WRONG Map of the Proposed China Railways And the OfficialsConnected Therewith 1, FARMERS MEETING GREAT SUCCESS iNIUEC.11 MS CORN SIN "''nr Gilliam GrisOh. "er-More-head Affiliation Learns That Nomination Papers Re main Undisturbed. EXPLANATION: HITCHCOCK SAW THE PRESIDENT LAST North Carolina Republicans from the Taft Viewpoint Senator Overman Spoke at Fuller Memorial Exercises. Gazette-News Uureau, The Hotel Hamilton, Washington, Dec. 10. SOMETHING has gone wrong with the Butler -Morehead plan to in duce the president to withdraw several North Carolina nominations, including that of Willis Brigus for postmaster at Raleigh. Gilliam Grlsom, who likes to feel that he shares with liutler the honor of making u statesman out of More head, went to the senate committee to ascertain if the papers had been sent for. He found them undisturbed. Perhaps the explanation may lie found in the fact that Mr. Hitchcock .saw the president last. Claud Hernard is here hacking Morehead in his antl-Morehead un dertaking, but Raleigh Is Mr, Dun can's home town. Mr. Duncan us na tional committeeman will help to or ganize the next nutlonal convention and when it is remembered that Mr. Briggs has a line record and Is liked by Mr. Hitchcock It will be realized that Morehead has let liutler cut out n good-sized Job for him. Secretary Buckner of Asheville says the passenger department of the Southern railway has purchased 5000 more Asheville booklets for distribu tion in the north. Mr. Richards of the land and industrial department, is planning another advertising cam paign for western North Carolina and told Mr. Buckner he wished to have a meeting held In Asheville soon to consider the matter. Senator Overman was among those who spoke today in the Supreme court room on the occasion of Puller memo rial exercises. North Carolinians Not Considered. The few southern republicans here, most of whom have been chastened by defeat, and all of whom lire a meek and lowly lot in the very nature of the case, have been set to won dering about some things. For ex ample, President Taft has Informed the North Curollna senators that he cannot appoint a North Carolinian to memlership on the new Court of Commerce. One mny as well leave the Supreme bench vacancies out of the discussion, for few North Caro linians, without reference to their unlitlcRl affiliations have had the hardihood to harbor the hope thatl the president would devote more than u passing thought to the suggestion that he elevate a North Carolina man to that supreme body. That he might not prove altogether Inhospitable to tho onirtri.Htlnn that a man from thi made a member the Commerce ' I Old North State be of that other body court, was considered not only pos sible, but highly probable. When Senator Overman, a member of the Judiciary committee, called at the White House he got the impression that the president would consider the proposal to appoint a North Carolina man, and the North Carolina senator took the matter seriously enough to plan a return engagement at the White House to discuss the matter. Subsequently, however, the president must have concluded that it would be well to pass up the Tar Heels for the verv good and obviously ingenious reason that such a fearful row had been made over the Connor appoint ment. Hut, the little band of south ern republicans hus ventured to in quire, why. If the president admits the eminent propriety of designating a North Carolinian for service on the Court of Commerce, why, they beg leave to inquire, should he not ap- nolnt a member of his own par.. The obvious answer is not at all terlng to southern republicans. Hut North Carolina Republicans from the Taft VlewMlnt. it Is known that the North Caro tin. Aiuinn ralline- to secure the niuinlnlmont of 1L democrat, would be v.rv i'o i in nee some good North I ';,r,.!l,. .illy.il So honored, Wltholll rrr..iee to his uolltlcal affiliations, because there arc large and growing mar I nnil nthcr commercial inter ests In the state which they would be glad to see given special consideration and attention. A republican presi dent, however, could not see his way clear to pursue such a course; he could not very well subscribe to a view so broad. Mr. Taft has hitherto (Continued on page 4.) Stone to Present Final Ultimatum to Railroads Chicago. Dec. 10 Back td by an al most unanimous strlks vote of 11,000 engineers on all the western railroads. Warren . Stone, grand chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, arrived todsy to present the dual ulti Pi 1110,000 FOR STUMPAGE RIGHTS Carolina Spruce Co. Buys Timber from 5,200 Acres of the R. B. Johnston Estate. PRICE PAID WILL AVERAGE MORE THAN $21 PER ACRE Ten Years Ago Laud Would Not I Brought $5 per Acre 12 Years Time to Gel Off Timber. The li. li. Johnston estate has sold! !o tho Carolina Spruce company of Johnson City. Tenn., the timber rights! on 5200 acres of land in Yancey county for 1110,000. This sale Is one of the most signilicant that has per-j haps ever been closed in this section. The purchasers get all of the spruce j timber on the lands, and are allowed to cut only the hardwood and poplar j trees that are over 10 Inches in diameter. The company is given Hi years to get the timber off the lands; and what is uncut at the end of that time reverts to the estate, which re tainM the title to the lands. The price paid for the timber per acre Is a little more than (21. Ten years ago the land, including the timber, it is said, Kiuld have hardly been sold for more than $5 per acre. Even recently some big boundaries that have been sold, including the lands, have averaged about $15 per acre. Heavily Timbered. The Johnson lands are heavily tim bered with spruce, poplar, chestnut und hardwoods. This boundary ad joins the Murchison boundary and these two are regarded as perhaps the tlnest bodieB of standing timber to be found in this section. Tho Johnston's only sold the timber on what la known as the big boundary, lying mostly on Cat Tall creek; the estate still has another smaller boun dary near Pensacola which is not in eluded in this sale. Kailroud In Prospect. The passing of tho timber on the Johnston and Murchison boundaries Into the hands of lumbermen means that a new Industrial era Is in pros pect for Yancey county. The coun try recently voted a ( 100.000 bond is sue to aid the Illack Mountain Rail road company to construct a line from lloonford to Hurnsville and thence to Cane river. The construc tion work Is now in progress and it is expected to have the road con structed to liurnsvllle within six months. The Carolina Spruce com pany and Mr. carr, me purcnasei oi the Murchison boundary. It is under stood, are going to co-operate In the construction ot a lumber road from liurnsvllle to this timber boundary, a distance of about 12 miles. The con struction of this road Is necessary to get out the timber from these twi boundaries. The opening of the hour.. . 1 , 1 .... i A ...niulni.'lbill U two darles and railroad construction win i,-lve employment to a large number of men; In addition to the fact that the coming of tho Black Mountain railroad will give quite a stimulus to the Industrial life of the county. The Carolina Sprm Company. The Carolina Spruce company is a ,nHn.i In Which Dr. A. dridge. a former resident of Pennsyl-! vanla, but now or Johnson t ity. is largely Interested. The company In tends to begin work Just as soon as possible. The heirs of K. H. jonnsion who share in this timber sale are K. r-. Johnston, William Johnston, Jr., Har old Johiton and Mrs. Mason. The negotiations for the sale were carried on through W. R. Whitson. Haywood County Deputies. Waynesvlllc Enterprise The follow ing appointments of deputies have been made by Sheriff Palmer: Ivy Hill. .1. J. Carver; Beaveri? 1 J . Z. Smathers; Waynesvllle, R. G. A. Love and Berry Plott; Fines Creek. Robert son Rogers; Ironduff, Horace Fergus on; Crabtree, Rufus McCracken; Clyde J. Mc. Haynes. Esquire William H. Leatherwood has been appointed dep uty clerk of the Superior court. Fifteen Days to t liristnias. DECEMBER 10. Don't Put Oft Shopping Till Too Late. BtStStMK matum to the railroad managers. Ne gotiations with the engineers will be resumed Monday Mr. Stone will then announce the count of the strike vote. The engineers are asking for IS per cent Increase I t wages. I sltmWm!? SHAD Vt , TJ -I &KIH. iDtRElCTOR.- GE KETRAU OF KrVUjmttS. CHINA . MAP Pekln, Dec. 10. China Is pushing forward plans for a comprehensive system of trunk lines and local rail roads destined to form a network of railways over the whole empire. Tang Shr.o-yl, president of the board of communications, who was appoint ed for this very purpose. Is hopeful of making a great advance in the next V- : POPULATION OF U. S. IS 93,402 J5t INCREASE Total Does not Include, However, the Philippine Islands All Other Territory, Including Alaska, Counted. FROM 1890 TO 1900 INCREASE WAS MORE THAN 22 PER CT. The Total Population of the United States With All Her Possessions Is 101,000,000 States in Their Rank. A ASIIINOTON, Dec. 10. VV -The population of the United States is 93.402,151 , , nan U"W n muii HumUw u. i)e enumerated tln'Ollirll the states, territories, District of Columbia. Alaska, Hawaii and Porto Rico by the l.'Uh census which bei?an April 15, 1910. The total does not include the Philippine Islands. The in crease in the country's popu lation during the last 10 years was 1(5.145,521, or 20.9 per cent, over 77,256,030 population in 1900, compared with an in crease of 14,276,864 or 22.7 per cent, over 62.979,766 population in 1890. Population of V. H. With All Powse sloiw is 101,100,000. The total population of the United States with all her possessions Is nbout 101.100,000. This Includes 7. 05,426 In the Philippine Islands, and esti mates for population of the Island of Guam, American possessions in Samoa and persons on the Panama canal sone. The statistics of population of four stateB, announcement of which was withheld until the countries' to tal population was announced, as fol lows: Georgia, 2,001.121: increase 312, 790 or 17.7 per cent, over 2,216, 331 in 1900 Montana, 376,063; In crease 132.724. Washington. 1.141, io: increase 623,067. Wisconsin. 2,- .133,860: Increase 264. 812. Tho number of persons In the mili tary and naval services of the Uftlted States stationed abroad and on naval vessels Is 55,608. How I he si,-s Bank The states In their rank according to population follows: 1, New York; 2, Pennsylvania; 3, Illinois; 4, Ohio; r, Texas; 6, Massachusetts; 7, Mis souri: 8, Michigan; 9, Indiana; 10, Oeorgls; 11. New Jersey; IS, Callfor (Contlnued on peg 8.) SHOW1MG TRUNK KiMIROrVD LINES OF CHINA. OR PROJECTED. two or three years. Heaving out of consideration the rojcct Manchurlan railroads, which, being destined for strategical purposes, will be more of less controlled by Japan, many dennlte projects in other portions of the Empire show real progress Work is going ahead on the Chang- Of OVER 20 PER CENT ft) m H R ft) ft ft ft n r ft) ft) ft f ft) s? ft) w r . ft ft ft m i ft ft ft ftj r 1 t STATES. The United States (inclusive of Alaska, Hawaii and Porto Rico) Continental United States. Alabama Arizona . Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentuckv Ixiulsiana . . . Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan .... Minnesota . . . Mississippi . . . Missouri .... Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico . . New York .... North Carolina North Dakota . Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin I. . Wyoming Alaska Hawaii Porto Rico Military and Naval. ft ft Includes (63,243 persons in Porto Rico (1899 census). xAccnrdlng to the consus of I'orto Rico, taken In 1899 under the direction of the Wsr Department. !(SBBlltltStStftStStSSltstltlt(t TERRIFIC EXPLOSION IN CANADA MINE AT BELLEVUE Galgary, Alberta. Dec. 10. A ter rific explosion In the Western Canada collieries mine at Bellevue on Crow's Nest Pass, entombed from 46 to (0 miners last night. Twenty of the men were removed, seven of them being dead; the others were burned, some fatally. Men in mine are foreigners, either Italian or Slavish. EXISTING sul extension of the Pekiu-Kalgnn line. This splendid railway leading from the capital to Kalkan. on the edge of Inner Mongolia, was con structed wholly by Chinese, wlthoui I any foreign assistance or advice. The credit for It belongs to Jeme Tk-nyou, who is a gruduate of Sheffield Scien tific, and is called The Father of Chinese railways." 1910 1900 1890 93,402,151 77,256,830 62.979,766 75.994,575 62,947,714 2,138,093 204,354 1,574.449 2,377,549 799,024 1.828,697 122.931 1,311.564 1,485,053 539,700 908,420 184,735 278.718 528,542 2.216,331 161.772 4,821,550 2. 518.402 2.231.853 1.470,495 2.147,174 1,381.026 694.466 1,188.044 2,805,340 2,420.982 1.751,394 1,551,270 2,106.665 243,329 1.066.300 42,335 411,588 1,883.669 195.310 7.268.894 1,893.810 319,146 4,157,545 790,391 413,536 6,302.115 428.666 1.340,316 401.670 2,020,616 3,048,710 276,749 342,641 1,854,148 518,103 958.800 2,009,042 92,631 63.692 154,901 X953.243 91,219 1.513,401 88,243 1,128.211 1,213,398 413,249 746,268 168,493 230,392 391,422 1,837,353 88,648 3,826,352 2.192,404 1.912,297 1,428,108 1.868,635 1,118,688 661.086 1,042,390 2,238,947 2,093,890 1,310,283 1,289,600 2,879.185 142,924 1,062,656 47.365 376,530 1,444,933 160,282 6,003,174 1,617,949 190.983 3,672,329 258.657 317,704 5.268.113 145.506 1.161,149 348,600 1.767,618 2.235,627 210,779 338,422 1.655,(80 367,232 762,794 1,093,330 62,565 32,062 1,114,549 202,322 331,069 752.619 2,609,121 326,594 5,638,591 2,700,876 2,224,77 1 1,690,949 2.2S,'Jin 1,656,388 742,371 1.295.346 3.366,416 2.810.17:! 2.076.708 1.797,1 14 3,293,335 376.052 1,192,214 81.87 430,572 2,037,167 327,301 9.113,814 2.206,287 577,056 4.767,121 1.057,155 672.763 7,665,1 11 -.42.6 10 1.516,400 583,868 2.184.789 3.896.542 356.166 2,061,612 1.141.9S0 1,221,119 2.333,860 146.965 04,350 191.909 1,118,012 65,008 !St StUHHHHStHSt StStStSfttStftiStlt DR. MERIWETHER'S CASE IS SOMEWHAT IMPROVED Physicians Give Out Statement To I X feci Thai Tliey Are More Hope ful of Recovery. The physicians who ure attending Dr. F. T. Meriwether gave out the fol lowing statement "' -'ternoon: "Dr. Mrlweer's condition Is somewhat (.improved and we are still more hope- ful of his recovery in the absence of new complications." There Will Be Sessions at Court House Both Morning and Afternoon Good Speakers Will Be Present. EVERY FARMER IS REQUESTED TO BRING TEN EARS OF CORN Corn to He Judged and Considered as Seed Corn Prizes Will Be Award ed by Corn Contest Committee. A farmers' meeting will be held at the county court house Monday, De ember 19. There will be sessions both morning and afternoon under the charge or the agents of the United States department of agriculture and the Buncombe County Corn Contest committee. Good speakers will be present, and the work of the United States and state departments of agri culture in the corn demonstration work will be explained. Kverv farmer, whether he has en tered the corn demonstration work or j lioi, li uigeu 10 ue jjicacin .iu ... i 10 ears of corn that have been careful ly selected to be Judged and considered as seed corn. Prizes will be awarded for the best 10 ears. The Buncombe County Corn Contest committee will distribute the prizes won In this county at that time. Ev ery contestant must bring 10 ears of corn as part of the requirement of the corn contest, to receive a prize. Energetic Measures Adopted Loyal Ships Opened Fire Rebels Hoist White Flag. Rio Janeiro, Dec. 10. The naval battalion in barracks on Columblu Island, near here, mutinied lat ntsjttt. The mutineers were supported by the scout ship, Rlo Grande de Sul. which took part In the naval revolt last month. There was intense excite ment in the city and the government officials hurriedly met and decided upon prompt and energetic methods to suppress the outbreak. The shore batteries and the loyal warships in tho harbor were ordered to tire upon the relM-ls. At 5 o'clock this morning the guns were turned upon Columbia Island and furious cannonading con tinued several hours. At 11 o'clock this morning a white flag appeared over tho barracks and the bombard ment ceased. Affairs have assumed a normal shape again. SIX-DAY BICYCLE RIDERS APPEAR WAN AND HAGGARD New York, Dec. 10. A grim pro cession of seven bicycle riders, wan and haggard, coursed the saucer-like track at Madison Square Garden on the last day of the six-day bicycle race. Each was reserving his power for a Una! burst of speed tonight for the chief prize. With eyes and muscles dull as with hopelessness of drudgery, the teams were unrespon sive to the clamoring of the crowds The four leaders are: Hehlr-Goullet Fog'er-Hlll, Root-Moran, Rutt-Clark JUDGE PRITCIIARD AFFIRMED IN WOOLIiBY-WIUTTAKKIt CASE A message received by The Gazette News from Richmond this afternoon states that Judge Prltchard's decision In the case of United States Marshal Bailey against Wool ley and Whlttaker Is affirmed by the United States Cir cuit Court of Appeals. The case grew out of the sensational litigation brought by Frank B. Hayne against R. J. Woolley and Craton Whlttaker, two men living near Hendersonvi e, to obtain possession of the lands near Flat Rock which Mr. Hayne had pur chased from Mrs. Woolley. The point at issue at the time seemed to be as to what understanding the purchaser had with Mrs. Woolley as to date of vacation of the property. The suit for possession was Instituted about a year ago and for several days the hearings before Judge Pritchard were markxd with some elements of the sensational. A suit in arrest and hall was brought against Woolley and Whlttaker fur (10.000 damages and both men were arrested and brought to Asheville. The defendants brought habeas corpus proceedings and obtained their release. Judge Pritchard holding that the suit In arrest and bail was without authority of law. He discharged the prisoners. Attorneys for Mr. Hayne took an appeal from Judge Prltchard's decision and It Is this that Is passed upon today by the higher court. Two Lizards Stomach 1 9 Cleveland, Dec. 10. A live lizard six inches long and the head of an other lizard were discovered in the f stomsch of Miss Dovie Herman, aged 19, who died Friday. She had been ill s year from a diss ass which pus- Mr. Hayes Tells of Exposition at Columbia N. Carolina Corn Won Best Single Ear and Best Ten Ear Prizes. SCHOOLS WELL ORGANIZED IN MOST OF S. C. COUNTIES County Superintendents the Active Leaders About 700 Individual Exhibits - My. Hayes' Prizes. R. P. Hayes of West Asheville re turned yesterday from the South At lantic corn exposition, the first corn exposition ever held In the south, held this week at Columbia The exhibits Included North Carolina, South Caro lina and Georgia. "During the past year," said Mr. Hayes, "in South Carolina under the direction and aid of the United States department of agriculture special ef forts have been made to reach the pu pils In the country schools. In almost every county the county superin tendent of education has been the active leader in organizing and carry ing on this work. "There were probably 700 exhibits from individuals, these being grouped : Into school and county exhibits. For the purposes of competition in similar I locailties the counties were grouped by congressional districts and the best in the various districts competed as districts. ' North Carolina and Georgia each were divided in three districts. The best In each district competed with the other districts. "For the grand sweepstakes prizes the best in each state were compared. "North Carolina had the best single ear and the best ten ear exhibit, South Carolina won the best 50 ear and was the only competitor for the general display. "The exhibition is to be held next year and ae Columbia Is the natural center of this section and has already pledged 82000 it will probably be held there. "In Buncombe county we should see to it that more and better exhibits are sent next year. "The management of the exposition deserve great credit for the way In which everything was done. In spite of the fact that this was the first exposition any of them had ever been connected with, the entire arrange ments both before and during the ex position were most satisfactory cour teous and fair. To Mr. A. D. Hudson in particular and the other members of the committee the greatest credit Is due for tho success of the exposi tion." There were more exhibits from the mountain division of North Carolina than all the rest of the state. For the mountain section Mr. Hayes won first prize on ten-ear exhibit, and first one one-ear exhibit a weeder, valued at IS5, and a plow, valued at (10. The second and third ten -ear prizes in this class went to the Messrs. Breese of Brevard. There was no yellow corn sent from North Carolina that was fit to show. Mr. Hayes expects to attend the great corn show In Columbus, O., In February, and exhibit his corn there. MORALLY STUNTED WON OUT IN LYNCHBURG, VI. Virginia City, Prohibition Sine 1808, Returns to the Open Saloon. Lync hburg. Va., Dec. 10. Lynch burg yesterday turned from the no license policy, which has prevailed since March, 1908, and favored the return of the open saloon by a major ity of S6 In a total vote of 8. (S8 votes. The result was a great surprise to the "drys" for they were confident of vic tory. The "wets" are jubilant today, over their victory. While the election was fought hard the spirit between the workers was splendid throughout the day. Thousand Going; to Europe to Christmas. New York, Dec. 10 Eleven trans Atlantic steamships, sailing today, carried about 11,000 steerage passen gers going to Europe to spend the Christmas holidays. The total num ber of steerage passengers out of New York during the present week ap proximates 25,000. Are Found in Years Old Girl xled the specialists. The girl lived near Miltersburg and drank spring watsr. It la supposed the girl (wal lowed the llsards when small and that they gradually grew and klfSsa her.
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