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ASHEVILLE, N. C, WEDNESDAY. AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 21, 1912.
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HOUSTONlIS SWEPT RAILROAD WOJRK
"BIG LZJSINESS
AND Trir P
nvrTiXTPT Af2T A TTnisJ 1 KJ JdiLUIJNi dUUJSI
eOple
Col. Roosevelt Tells How He
' Would Have Government
Deal With' Present Day
Problems.
AGAIN URGES NEED
OF CURBING COURTS
Says He Wants to Make "the
Popular Judgment Really
Effective "Praises
LaFollette. ' '
PATROFJAGE TRADE
STIRS III
URGENTS
President's Move to Secure
North Carolina Delegation
Strongly Condemned.
Columbus, O., Feb. 21. "Biff IiubI
ness," the fitness of the American peo
ple for self-government, the recall of
Judges, and praise for the progressive
legislation In Wisconsin instituted by
and furthered by Senator Robert M.
LaFollette when he was governor,
were topics discussed by Theodore
Roosevelt in un address, today before
the Ohio Constitutional convention
here. Colonel Roosevelt chose as his
1 subject,' "A Charter of Democracy."
Of what he termed "big business,"
Colonel Roosevelt had this to say:
The anti-trust law does good inso
far as it can be invoked against com
blimllons which renllv are mononolles
or which restrict production or which
artificially raise prices. But insofar as
its workings are uncertain or .as It
threatens corporations which have not
been guilty of anti-social conduct It
does harm. There should be a fixed
governmental policy which shall clear
ly dellne find punish wrongdoing and
give In advance full information to
any man as to Just what he can and-
Jnst what he cannot legally and prop
erly do."
Ah to the fitness of the American
people fur self-government, . Colonel
Roosevelt said:
Sni-8 Wo Arc Fit for Self-Government.
"Many eminent lawyers believe that
the Americon people are not fitted for
popular government and . that it 19 1
necessury'to keep the judiciary 'inde
pendent of the majority of the peo
ple.' 'I take absolute Issue with all
- iniiKe wnu nuiu iin wn, ,.-
"The "question Is one of expediency
merely. Each community , has the
right to try the experiment for itself
iA whatever shnpe It pleases. I do
not believe In adopting the recall save
its a last resort, when It has become
clearly evident that, no other course
will achievethe desired result."
; Senator LaFollette was mentioned
but once, as follows:
."Following Senator IiFollette a
number of practical workers and
thinkers In Wisconsin have turned
that stale into an experimental labor
atory, of wise governmental action In
aid of social and . Industrial justice.
They have Initiated that kind of pro
gressive government which means not
nnlv the preservation of- true democ
racy but the extension of the prin
ciple of true democracy Into Indus
tiiiillsm hs well as Into politics."
! Colonel Roosevelt said In- part:
i "I hold it to be the duty of every
. public servant, and of every man who
in public or private life holds a posi
tion of leadership In thought or ac
tion, to endeavor honestly and fear
lessly to guide hi fellow-countrymen
.to rleht decisions; but I emphatically
dinsent from the view that it is either
wise or necessary to try to devise
methods which under the constitution
will automatically prevent the people
from deciding for themselves what
. . .. 1 Doilnn th.iv dppm lllBt
),irvci iuiiruu.1 .. v ...... - - - ,
and nroner.- '
Would VfMt All Power In the 1'eoplc
"It Is Impossible to Invent const!
mtlonal devices which will prevent
the popular will from being effective
' for wrong without also preventing u
from being effective for right. The
only sare course to follow In this
great American democracy is to pro
vide for making the popular Judgment
really effective. Rut It is a false con
stitutionalism, a false statesmanship,
to endeavor by the exercise of a per
verted Ingenuity to seem to give the
peoplo full power and at -the same
time to trick them out of It.
"Yet this Is precisely what is done
in every case where the state permits
Its representatives, whether on the
bench or in the legislature or In exec
utlve office, to declare that It has not
ihe power to right grave social
" wrones. or that any of the officers
' created bv the people, and rightfully
tin. f.rvnnt of the people, can set
themselves up to be the masters of
the people. Constitution-makers
should make It clear beyond a shadow
of doubt that the people In the legis
l live canacltv have the power to en
n,-t into law anv measure they deem
necessary for the betterment of social
und industrial conditions.
"I hold that he Is the real progres
sive, that he Is the genuine champion
of the ncoDl. who endeavors to shape
t lie policy alike of the nation and of
th wveral states so as to encourage
legitimate and honest business at the
: snine time that he wars against all
crookedness and Injustice and unfair
ness and tyranny In the business
s world. This Is the reason why I have
, for bo many years Insisted as regards
our national government, that It Is
inth fnttlA n ml tnlsrhevloiis to - en
leavor to correct the evils of bi
business by an attempt to restore bus
Inepa conditions ni they were In the
middle of the last century, before
"; railways and telegraphs had rendered
birgpr business organizations both in
evitn-hle and desirable.
nintlix-k IiOfflxlatlon."
"The effort to restore such conill
Thousands Homeless;
Loss Estimated at
Five Millions.
FACTORY BUILDINGS
'. Onzette-Nows Uureau,
Wyatt Building,
Washington, Feb. 21.
Insurgent republicans are bitter in
their denunciation of the methods be
ing prncliced in the Interest of Presi
dent Taft's nomination. Senator Jon
athan Bourne, of Oregon, head of the
National Progressive league, has wax
ed wroth because; of the president's
action i withdrawing all North Caro
lina nominnuons.
This flagrant mlsusago of patron
age, says Mr. Bourne, ."must neces
sarily receive credence throughout the
country, especially In the minds of
those remembering the famous Nor
ton letter."
Continuing Mr. Rourne says; .
"The presidential withdrawal of ten
nominations for the state of North
Carolina, .resulting in rumors that the
cause Was not theiunfltness of the in
dividual nominees,: but. to leave those
oflieea open for trading purposes in
the securing of delegates favorable to
the. renomlnatlon of President Taft,
demonstrates the necessity for the
earliest possible adoption by1 states of
my presidential preference bill which,
when generally adopted, will destroy
the federal machine, so far as enab
ling n president to renominate himself
or designate his successor Is concern
ed, making demonstrated efllciency in
office the sole measure of the reten
tion of the incumbent.
"This rumored flagrant misuse of
patronage must necessarily receive
great credence throughout the coun
try, and especially in the minds of
those remembering the famous Norton
letter. - The purchase of votes for
money debauches but two Individuals,
the purchaser and the purchasee. The
purchase of votes for federal patron
age debauches not only the Individual
parties to the transaction, but the na-UiUVilJJt-Mj'liich
- juMryAthoiKsJltt'til
man not only deprecate, but abhor.
J. E. Little, of Charlotte, was hero
for several hours yesterday and visited
Roosevelt headquarters In the Mnnsey
building. Those, In charge said tlint
Mr.-- Little reported great unrest
throughout the country Mid predicted
that unless Roosevelt is tlven . the
nomination, the democrats are wire to
elect the next president.
REDUCED TO ASHES
Most of the Monetary Loss Involved in the instruction of In-
dustrial Plants Twenty-Five Squares of Cottages Wip
ed Out Burned Area One Mile Long ; and Seven
Blocks Wide.
H .OHSTON, Tex., Fell., 21 .
Fire which broke out at
12:.'J0 o'clock this morning in a
wooden hotel building, swept
by a wind blowing 35 miles an
homyate its way one mile
across Houston, covering an
area seven blocks wide.
The loss is estimated at five
million dollars.
At least twenty-five squares
in a residence district were
burned. There were no casual
ties reported, but thousands
are homeless and the weather is
wintry. 1
Underwriters refuse to make
a positive statement regarding
the property loss. Most of the
homes wore not of great value,
as the flames swept through a
district - comprising working
RKW!rotfcTgM; Most -of "the
property loss was sustained1 in
. . n n i 11
the destruction ot lactory min
ings. The fire was got under
control at 7 o'clock.
Anions the mills, factories and oth
er Industrial plants either totally de-
itroyed or seriously damaged are the
McFadden Southern
Warehouse company,
syrup mills,
Lumber Co.
Compress and
Dew Brothers'
the Houston & Liggett
Rogers Paint Co., the
LEOiSLATIVE HOLD-UP
BY
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Gas Company Man Says Jersey
Solon Wanted Money to
Kill Bill.
FATE OF TARIFF
BILLS IN DOUBT
Progressives Hold Balance of
Power LaFollette's Illness
Hampers Them.
Washington, Feb. 21.' With the
Trenton, N. J., Feb. 21. A sensa-1 pasimge of the chemical revision bill
tlon was created in the legislature! """"5 l"uay , . IV:
, ... , i rauu lariii measure is uuui iu mc
here yesterday when the senate, in . 8enuteaiendar. The Bteel bill Is still
executive session, ordered the judi-. pending In the senate, where only a
pf EFFORT TO COLOR
T.B.S SPEECH! REPORTS ?
. - X
Taft People Offer to Send Com-
plete Accounts, Tolls r .
Prepaid.
Destructive Windstorms
Rage in the Gulf States
Gaiette-Newa Bureau,
- Wyatt Building,
"Washington, Feb. 21.
An effort In President Taft's Inter.
est was made yesterday to color th
news ' accounts of Col. Theodore
Roosevelt's speech at Columbus, O..
todav. It Is considered sensational
in its way as was the president's
"nurse In withdrawing the ten North
Carolina nominations as a means ot
vetting the state's support.
Correspondents were invited to pay
friendly visits to Representative mc
Klnley at tno onices ot ine imi rain
paign bureau in the Raleigh hotel. By
way of illustrating the purpose
such calls, a telegram sent by one o
these correspondents to his editor last
night serves:
McKinley suggests If we are not
represented at Columbua tomorrow
night a complete account will be sup
plied by Gus J. Karger, Tolls will be
prepaid." Karger is the Washington
orrespondent for the Cincinnati
Times-Star, Charles P. Taft's paper,
and has been press agent of the
White House slnee 1910. .
Magnolia Compress company, the
Hudson Pencil factory, the Houston
Packing company, Kd. II. Harrell
Lumber yards, the Standard Com
press company, the Co-operative Man
ufacturing company, the Acme Mills,
St. Patrick's Catholic church.and the
Catholic school were also destroyed.
AO,000 Cotton Bales Burned.
: Philadelphia, . 21.: George H.
McFadden ft Broa, cotton merchants,
received a message, from their man
ager in Houston today estimating that
from &0,000 to G9,000 bales of cotton
were destroyed or damaged in the
Houston fire district. Two or three
thousand bales were in the McFadden
compress, which, was destroyed.
The heaviest Blngle classification of
loss involves cotton. The estimated
loss on cotton compresses and the
staple stored therein reaches to one
million dollars. One estimate places
the cotton loss at five millions.
Relief work la under way and there
is plenty of food and shelter for the
homeless. ''. ' '
The origin of the fire has been defl-
niteh' establlwtied'S, A: roaring wind
UHcked p-Mk;t7Wi--hi-lingrUtent Jora
neighboring, houses- and half an hour
after the fire Btarted a great area was
in flumes. . The greatest loss was sus
tained by the cotton and lumber in
dustries.- In cotton compresses 45,000
bales were burned. The burned area
was a mile and a hnlf long and at
liolnts a quarter of n, mile wide. It
was swept clean y the flames an I
nothing was savedti- v "
ciary committee to investigate an al
legation that efforts had been made to
have money Improperly used in con
nection with two bills now before the
legislature. One of these bills pro
hibits the use of a certain kind of gas
on passenger cars and the other pro
hibits the manufacture of the gus
within a given di.stunce of other build
ings. The bills werg" Introduced by
Senator Kltxherhert of Morris county.
" The bills were given a hearing be
fore the senate committee on judi
ciary. Oscar F. Ostby, a representa
tive of the gas company and whose
home is in New York, appeared in
opposition to the legislation. He
charged (bat an effort had been made
to obtain from him a consideration
for the withdrawal of the bills. Mr.
Ostby's allegations involved conver
sations between Senator Fltzherbert
and a third party.
Senator Fitzherbert attended the
hearing and when it was told that
conversations had been held in respect
to the withdrawal of the bills In con
sideration of money. Senator Edge,
chairman of the committee, asked
Senator Fltzherbert "was It not pret
ty nearly time for you to knock some
one down ?"
Senator Fltzherbert denied that he
had asked for any money, but said
that the conversations related to the
withdrawal of the bills and that he
represented others who were behind
the measures. ,
Senator Reed of Camden asked- Sen
ator Fltzherbert If he considered this
the proper conduct for a senator
Senator Fltzherbert. replied that he
meant WWrohBrnrtu thatTrT'"WW
always the Innocent Who suffered.
He would not disclose the names or
those for whom he had. introduced
the bill. '
coalition of progressive republicans
and democrats can pas it. The steel
bill hearing probably will lie conclud
ed by the end of this month.
LaFollette's Illness has Interfered
seriously with the formulation' of a
policy by the progressive republican
senators who hold the-balance of pow
er. So far there have been no real
overtures between them and the dem
ocratic leaders. v
The house this afternoon passed the
Underwood chemical tariff bill by a
vote of 178 to 127. The Insurgents
voted with the regular republicans
against the measure.
Meridian, Misst, Feb. 21. Ind-
storms swept this district last night
destroying thousands of dollars worth
of property, killing herds, of cattle
and demolishing homes.
Attemnts to communicate witn
Pensacolii, where a severe storm raged
biet niirht were ineffectual. All wires
coast. The wind's velocity reached
BO miles an hour. Heavy tains are
falling.
Snow In Central SlatCH.
Chicago, Feb. 21. The central
states were visited by a snowstorm
today. The mercury fell rapidly and
there was a 40-mile gale. Railroad
raff-in affected in some sec-
TO DEVELOP THE SOUTH
Repesentatives of 16 States De-
r i
cide to Raise Funds for
the Work.
IS
N BLACKMAILING PLOT
Dorothy Arnold's Father Has
Received Numerous Threat
ening; Letters Recently. '
were down at points along the Florida, Hons.
TRUNIN KILLED
K IN TUNNEL
Freight and Express Trains
Collide on the Boston
and Maine.
WOUNDED, ENGINEER
'FOILS
TRIES TO ENTER ARMY
TO JOIN HER LOVER
Girl In Man's Attire Applies at lie-
(Tiiltlng OfTWe for Knlistnient
In Roje tetl.
Louisville. Feb. 21. In the hope of
joining her soldier sweetheart In Pek
ing, a girl clad In male attire applied
at the recruiting office here for en
listment today. She broke down when
ordered to submit to a physical exam-
Inxtton and admitted her sex. She
refused to give her name.
.. , I
WANT HI GILL AGAIN
North Adams, Mass.. Feb. 2 1. Four
trainmen are dead and Hoosac tunnel
Is so effectively, blocked that it may be
several days before the tracks will be
cleared as the result ot a rear-end col
lision between, a freight train and a
Boston hound express on the Boston
& Maine railroad late yesterday.
The passenger train was not seri
ously damaged with the exception of
tho electric engine, which was draw
ing It, but several cars of the ireigm
were demolished and tho wreckage
took fire.' The amoke, pouring from
the east portal of the tunnel, drove
back those who sought entrance from
that end. while the heat made it im
possible to go beyond the central shaft
from the other end. Hours after the
crash tho wreckage was still burning,
The heat was so great that portions
of the tunnel rock were cracked off
and fell to the tracks.
Pulls Open Throttle as Bullets
Shower and Speeds Into
Cedar Rapids,
is
Cedar Rapids, Feb. 21. Five men
made an unsuccessful effort to hold
no . o ihnund passenger train on
the Chicago & Northwestern at
o'clock this morning nine miles east
of here. While the train was passing
slowly over new construction work,
the bandits signalled tne engipeer iu
top. Instead he opened tne inromo.
They bttgan firing. One bullet struck
the engineer In tne arm, dui ne siuu
to his post and brought the train into
the city. '
Possees have started In pursuit or
the robbers. ;
COMMITTEE TO REPORT
PARCELS POST BILI
New York. Feb. 21. Bessie Green,
a mulatto, 23 years old, was arrested
lota vesterday. charged with attempt
ing to blackmail Francis R. Arnold
father of Dorothy Arnold, who mys
teriously disappeared from her home
more than a year ago. Accoraing to
detectives who made the arrest,
bund of six persons, of which it
horii the nreen woman IB one,
since last June has been sending let
ters to Mr. Arnold demanding a large
mim of money under threat that he
would be BhoU Fifteen threatening
l.-tters were received. John 8. Keith,
Mr. Arnold's attorney said, all of which
were turned over to the police.
Following the receipt of a letter
week ago demanding that Mr.' Arnold
...mi ii.iriO bv way of a letter box
in a newspaper office, detectives ob
tained a clue which led to the Green
woman's arrest. A decoy letter sent
through the newspaper office was
traced to an apartment house. Ac
cording to the detectives the Green
woman called for the letter and her
arrest followed. She was held in
15000 ball for examination. Other
arrests are expected.
The police said last night that one
of the letters received by Mr. Arnold
contained a demand for $10,000 and
nnother stated that If the money was
not paid In a reasonably time Mr. Ar
nold's other children would disappear
aa did Miss Dorothy Arnold.
BIGGEST EATER DIES
Early Completion of Canton
Sunburst and Canton-Crest-mont
Lines Indicated by
Developments.
AN OPTION IS TAKEN
ON LAND AT CANTON
Talk of Erection There of Big
Band Saw Mill, and Linking
Up the Greenville-Knox-ville
Railway Line.
Baltimore, Md Feb. 21. Represen
tatives of 1C southern states, heads of
railroads and ateamship lines that
railroad and steamship lines that serve
that section, and men who tmve studied
Hons pf the south for years, met here
yesterday and formed the Southern
Settlement and Development organi
zation. Baltimore was made the
headquarters, with S. Davies Warfteld
of this city as chairman and Ell
Frank, also of Baltimore, as secretary.
It was resolved to start at once to
raise funds to carry on the work of
the organization to establish branch
offices where necessary and to carry
on such educational or other work In
the 16 southern states as may . be
deemed desirable with the view to
procuring desirable immigration, colo
nization and settlement as the needs
of the several states may require.
It was further decided to recom
mend to the several states ol tne
south "the urgent necessity of estab
lishing in each state a state Immi
gration bureau for the purpose of dls-
geminating reliable Information re
garding the resources, the posslbilltie
and opportunities of the south, to be
supported by the States' macninerj
and money, under the indirect super
vision of the governor of each state,
with a good practical business man In
charge, whose duties shall De to co
operate with the United States gov
ernment, the transportation compa
nies, the commercial bodies, the real
estate men. the press and the south
ern settlement and development or
ganization in placing the countrj
nroDerlv before the people of the
world."
Special to The Gazette-News.
Canton, Feb. 21. It Is stated on
good authority here that the Cham
pion Lumber company has optiont.d
the "Bert" Smothers property. Just
across the Pigeon river from the WesV
end of Main street, and that this waa
done In order to secure rights o way
into Canton for their railroad up the
river to Sunburst, and that work will
begin very likely next Monday on the
construction of this road, the grading
having been mostly done about two
years ago.
It is believed that the final securing
of entrance Into Canton for this road
means much more than is seen upon
the surface. It Is said to spell the
early completion of the road down
Pigeon river to Waterville, the present
terminus of the Tennessee & Nort'i
Carolina railroad; and the erection of
a big band saw mill at Canton, with
a capacity of 100,000 feet per day, to
gether with, some say, a plant for the
manufacture of bleaching material for
use by the Champion Fibre company,
the big . paper pulp - manufacturing
plant located here.
Han Large Timber Holdings. ,
It will bet remembered that about
COAL PRICES UP
Industrial Conditions Grow Worse In
United Kingdom as Miners' Strike
Threatens.
Mayor nxnlld IKl'ause He Made
. Scntl'lo "Vlil-Oie.n" Town Ih
Again Nominated.
. Seattle, Feb. 21. Hiram C. Gill,
elected mayor two years ago and re
moved by recall In less than a year,
finished at the head of the poll In a
nominating convention for city offi
cers yesterday. '
Hill wns recalled as the result of iris, today
INQUEST POSTPONED
The Coroner Awaits the Development
of ICxpectcd Evidence In Asphyx
iation Catte.
Gazette-News Bureau,"
The Hotel Raleigh,
. , Raleigh, Feb. 21.
Pending a further conference and
the developing of other testimony, the
coroner today postponed the proposed
Investigation of the deaths of the three
Benson mors by asphyxiation.
The first of five blind liter cases
was won by the defendant, Tom Mt
The other casps.'WV be
cases,
Ix fmc different' magistrates.
Majority Member of Hoifse .Bod J
Agree us to Provisions of the
ProNKe(l Mcamire.
Washington, Feb. 21. Democratic
members of the house committee on
Tinstofflces and post roads have agreed
to incorporate in the appropriation
hill provisions for the establishment
of a general parcels post system.
They also have agreed upon a gen
eral domestic rate of 12 cents and a
maximum package of 11 pounds.
This is the present international par
cels post rate. They would also pro
vide for a rural parcels post, the rate
to be five cents for one pound and two
cents for each addition pound.
The provisions will be Incorporated
In the bill to be reported to the house
come time next week, but the actual
wording of the provisions has not been
framed.
Food Desire Fatal to Edmund Bacon,
Aged 8 Had Man Appetite
in Infancy.
Louisville, Feb. 21,-fedmund Ba
on. aged eight, died today, the vie
Im of hla abnormal appetite. Since
nfancy the boy had possessed a man's
tppetlte and his hunger never was
issuaged. Brain congestion superin
duced by acute Indigestion caused his
death.
London. Feb. 21. Conditions In
Great Britain, particularly in ine
northern manufacturing districts, are
hecomlng rapidly worse because of the
threatened coal strike, which If
brought about at the end of the pres
ent month, will throw 800.000 miners,
besides workers In other trades, out
of employment. In London and otner
cities the price of coal has Jumped to
J 8 per ton.
Coal mine owners conferred toaay
regarding Premier Aaqulth'a Invitation
to meet and arrange a basis or settlement
Twelfth Week of Packers' Trial.
Chicago. Feb. 21. The packers'
trial entered upon the twelfth week
today and District Attorney Wllkerson
stated It would take the government
three weeks more to conclude ita case,
The government concluded Its exami
nation of William E. Ehlert, Morris
& Co.'a margin clerk, this mornlDg.
one year agd, the Champion Lumber
: ...I 'J T -L- j.!i.r&' ' ,-.' ,
tal stock of i5.000.00O. and that thv
purchased something like 100,000
acres of land lying along the lino of
these two proposed railroads, about
40,000 acres surrounding , Sunburn,
rom the Champion Fibre company
and 60,000 to 70,000 of the old orig
inal Love grant extending almost, if
not quite, the entire length of Hay
wood county from the Tennessee state
line to Jackson county, and possibly
a small strip of the latter county.
The Champion Lumber company is
composed largely of Pennsylvania
capitalists, William Whitmer & Sons
being the largest stockholders, so it
is understood. These latter are ex
tensive exporters of hardwoods, as
well as lumber dealers In America on
a very large scale. . The road from
Canton to Sunburst, a distance of lit
miles, will be an almost exclusive lurr -
ier und pulp wood road, the soft or
ulpwood to be used by the Cham
pion Fibre company for the manufac
ture of paper pulp; while the hard
wood lumber. It Is understood, Is tc
e handled by the.Whitmers for both
'heir American and export lumber
rade.
Two-Fold Purpose.
The railroad down the Pigeon river
from Canton to Tennessee la unlor
itood to be for a two-fold purpcHo;
first, for conveying pulpwood to the
pulp mill at Canton and hardwoods
to the Whltmers' big band saw millc
at both Canton and Crestmont; and
secondly for a connecting link In n
Interstate railway between Tennessee
and North Carolina. The latter road
is known as the Knoxvllle & Green
ville railroad, and is projected to run
from Knoxvllle via Sevlervllle to Win
ton Springs on the T. & N. C. along
the T. & N. C. to Waterville (or Crest
mont) at the North Carolina-Tennessee
state line, thence up Pigeon river
to Canton from Canton through New
found Gap via Leicester to West Ashe
villo. . Thence through Mills River
section to Hendersonville, via River
View to Grenville, 8. C-
Work to Begin at Once.
It Is stated here that a large force
of hands will be put to work at once,
possibly next Monday, re-grading and
atmninir nn the old grade ud Pigeon
River to Sunburst, and that track lay
ing will follow at once, a large lot of
ties having been contracted for for
immediate delivery all along the line,
so that the construction of Wn 16
miles will be pushed to a speedy com
pletion. It Is further said that about April 1
possibly sooner, a very large number
of men will be placed on the railroad
grade down Pigeon, beginning at Can
ton, and that the work will be rushe 1
from both ends or the road, to a proo
able completion late next fall or win
ter or early In the spring of 1813.
MOB CORNERS NEGROES
Double Lynching Seems Inevitable at
Brentwood, Tenn. Blacks Slew
White Farmer. .
Nashville, Feb. 21. Reports, from
Brentwood, ten miles from her say fi
mob has surrounded In a wood two
negroes who killed a white farmer
this morning. A double lynching
seems Inevitable.
MY CHOICE FOR PRESIDENT
If I could Select the Man I Would Name
Name. . ,
Address.
Cut thla ticket oat and mall It to The GawtteNews, or hand It lit !
this office. If yon do not rare to write your name on the lwllt, y"
can write It In revtstry book provided at tno oiih-p.
Remits l!! be published from time t" time and In no "-o
name of the voter be givu out nnlws so reqne-teil.
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