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WOMAN POISONS ' EIGNTPERSONS OECLARED INSANE AND WILL BE PLACED IN AN ASYLUM WITHOUT TRIAL. St Paul, Neb.—Mrs. Emmanuel jßoreuson, 28, wife of a section fore man, is In the county Jail charged -with the death by poisoning of eight persons, Including three of her own children, her first husband, ths Ist ter's mother, and three other child ren. Found to be mentally irresponsible ehe will be taken to ths State insane asylum as soon ss possible and there will be no trail. County Attorney V&- ■brey, of St. Paul, Howard county, said. Another of the children, the name of whom Is unknown at present, was eleo said to have died of poison ad ministered by Mrs. Sqre&son, the county sttorney said. Mrs. Sorenson. he said,, was stoical and would make no etatement —except that "another one of my children died of oonvul olons recently." Authorities ssid thst the investiga tion started about three weeks ago. According to County Attorney Dob rey, the women had visited the Irwin Knott family at Danneborg recently and two of the children became sud denly 111 of convulsions. The child ren, be continued, had eaten some cookies given them by Mrs. Sorenson. Tests found that poison had been ad ministered. The Investigation then waa continued, he said, until It lad to the arrest of Mrs. Sorenson. In addition to the children she ii charged with having poisoned, she has two others, who were also sick according to County Attorney Dobrey 'Dr. Fast, of Lincoln, an alienist •aid that the woman Is a paranoias Good Rosd Body Mssts in Texas. Houston, Texas. Messages from President Coolldge, Secretary Jardine end other widely known personages, Including governors of IS states, were read at the opening of the thirteenth annual 'convention of the United States Good Roads association here. "With more than 17,500,000 motor ▼chicles now In use of our roads." Secretary Jardine's messsgs said, "there can be no question of hs neces sity for continued aggressive activity In road Improvement. Ths expend! tore of public money for the purpose, when properly controlled by sdequate engineering supervision, Is a sound in ▼sstment which certainly will yield abundant returns In the form of re duced costs of transportation." All of the Investigations made by the department of agriculture, he added, present the most convincing evidence that the Improved roads are well worth all they cost Mssssges of good will snd sssurance of 00-operatlon were read from the governors of Georgia, South Carolina. North Carolina. Wyoming, Vermont, Nevada, West Virginia, Tenneesee. New York, Oregon, Colorado. Arisona, Nebraska, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Cali fornia and Arkansas. Addrseses of welcoms included one : by Governor Mlriem A. Ferguson. Duds Robbsr Osts *425. New York.—A lone robber who car fled a cane and wore spats and eilk > gloves held up a Schults's cigar store on Broadway, two blocks from Times . Square, and escaped with 1435 taken | from the cash register. Drawing s revolver from his pocket he forced the i clerk lqfo a cloaet He wsited on three customers who entered before he could rifle the cash register. Twe Dead, Two Missing. Jerome, Ark.—Two persons lost their lives, two othsrs are missing and 9M.MO to 1100.000 worth of property waa destroyed In a fire which swspt Cottonwood, near here. O. L. Brooke of Los Angeles, waa burned to deeth when ths small hotel In which he was sleeping, waa con ssmsd by ths flames. The body of an other person baa not been Identified. Thirteen stores, ons hotel and 10 > rssldsncss were destroysd. Ths fire started In a restaurant | ' Firs Destroys Yscht. Qusbecr—Fire destroysd ths stsem yacht Thomas 8., la ths 8t Lawrence riser, 11 mllea above Qaebec. The mas who wsre on the yacht eeeaped without Injury. The loss waa esti mated at 1150,000 Ths remains of the craft aaak. W. J. Morton, of this «lty, owned the yacht P f Four Killed In Auto Crash. r 81 Paul, Minn.—Four St Paul f ®en were killed when their antomo bUe overturned into a creek near White Bear. Just north of here, pin ning them down In five feet of water. | Three other passsngera were rescued. J ValiMbls Whiskey Candy Destreysd New York.—Silver foiled chocolate IgiMWiy valued at 515.000. each place | mntslning a taste of whlsksy or bran I* dy. won destroysd by representatives I of ths Cnlted States asarshal'a offlcs. Thousands at brightly colored besee | erere piled In the Bast Blde street tn KSiat of the warehouse where they had I gean bsM crowds SEVERAL PERSON* KILLED IN STORM AREA. Chicago.—A severe wind snd rain storm approaching the propor tions of a tornado in some locali ties, swept a destructive course from Wisconsin to New England. Several persons were killed and ap proximately two score were Injured, while property dsmags waa esti mated at more than 11,500,000. New England waa deluged with snow and low temperatures were reported at many points. Scores of buildings were destroyed or unroof ed, trees were felled, boats were besched and telephone, telegraph and electric service crippled, while lire in some towns. In the wake of high winds and driving ralna, com pleted destruction. TO WORK ON STONE MOUNTAIN AUGUSTUS LUKEMAN, NEWLY APPOINTED SCULPTOR, WILL PUBH WORK. Atlanta, Ga. —Augustus Lukeman, \"fcw York, whose appointment as sculptor to complete the Stone Moun tain Confederate memorial, has agreed to begin work immediately on models to be used In his work. A contract with Lukeman was con firmed by the directors of the Stone Mountain Monumental association, after they had voted against a motion to postpone consideration 10 days. Ths contract previously had been ap proved by the association's executive committee. "Mr. Lukeman has agreed to go to work at once upon his model for the central group and his plans for the memorial ball, which when finished will be submitted to the association for approval," said an announcement by the executive committee. "Also he hss given his sssurance that he will devote himself to the Stone Mountain memorial until it la completed." Selection of the New York sculptor, who formerly resided In Virginia, fol lowed the dismissal of Gutxon Borg lum as directing sculptor of the me morial several weeks ago. The ex ecutive committee charged that Borg lum had not met the terms of his con tract with the association. Borglum d eels red the executive committee had not met the contract provisions. Borglum destroyed his models snd fled from the state. Later, he was srrsstsd on charges of malicious mis chief snd larceny from the house. He was held at Greensboro, N. C., but the state withdrew requisition pspers which had been issued (or him. Many charges and counter charges were exchanged between the sculptor and ths committee during the contro versy. The executive committee. In its sn nual report, said Lukeman had been highly recommended to it and that the selection waa made from a list containing the names of s number of prominent artists who were svailabls for ths work. Mothsr Confssssd Poisoning Chlldrsn. Crown Point Indiana.—Calm and unmoved, Mrs. Anns Cunninghsm, 43, hss confessed thst shs gave poison to three of the flve members of hsr fam ily whose mysterious deeths within six years led to an Investigation resulting in s murdsr charge against hsr. Her desire to "Join my husband in heaven" prompted Mrs. Cunningham to take poison herself snd sdminlster It to Iss belle, IS, Charles. IS. and Waltar. IS, shs said. Thsss three she killed because shs loved them best, the mother told authorities. Shs spsr sd Mae, IS, surviving daughter, be cause shs disliked hsr. she said. Mrs. Cunningham denied that ahs hsd poisoned her husband who dlsd find, or Harry, another son, in whoss sxhumsd body Coroner's Chemists found arsenic. Shs admitted giving poison to Dsvtd, ths last son. in a critical condition in a Chicago hos pital. Ths oonfsssion of ths woman, who hsd rsmalnsd unshaken under the questioning In Chicago of Prosecutors Robert B. Crowe and John S. Scar boro, who had obtain ad admts elans of guilt from Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, kidnappers-slaysrs of Robert Franks, was obtained by Sher iff Benjamin R Strong and Miss Man reen McKernan. . French Cabinet Selected. Paris.—After ardous negotiations, Paul Painless oompistsd hlk cabinet and sent notifications to President Doumsrgue that be fad ssocesdsd in constituting n ministry, whsre Br land had tailad- Bo difficult wsre ths last bourn of the task that hope had almost bean abandoned of ranching an sgrsement. But in addition to forming the minis try. en accord also was found on ths minlatsrtal program. Whipping Pest Looms Per Isntsrs Lansing, Mich.—Two threnta of sstnbUshmsat of a legal status of ths whipping post In Michigan hava bssn made in the State Senate. George M. Condon, attorney, announced he was basing a bill draws allow hag Jwdgss to gsatsnos wife bsatsrs to a certain ■amber of laahes with the knout The threat waa followed by one from Senator Arthur B. Woods, say tag that ha waa having a bill drawa in the attorney-gsnami's dspsrtnienl which wonM prescribe two lashes par »tar asntaesd span eonvMkn. MANY HOMELESS IN LARGE FIRE 43 BUILDINGS ARE BURNED AND THREE INJURED IN CHAR LESTON. Charleston, 8. C. —Three firemen were Injured, hundred* of people were rendered homeless and damage estimated at approximately $200,000 was caused by fire of undetermined origin which swept a section of the business district of Charleston. The fire, which is believed to have started in the rear of a furniture store on one of the principal business streets of the city, destroyed five oth er mercantile establishments and 37 dwelling bouses on adjacent street* before being brought under control. The Injured are Fire Captain A. West and Fireman T. Turner and P. D. Morris. They were rushed to a hospital where It was stated their In juries would not prove fatal. When the fire department was call ed out on a general alarm the fire, fanned by a southwest wind, had al ready gained considerable headway. For nearly three hours th e firemen bat tled the flames, while marines and sailors from the aavy yard patrolled the streets to keep back the crowds of onlookers. A number of the houses which burn ed rapidly were tenements. Their oc cupants were cared for by organisa tions of the acting upon the call of Mayor Thomas F. Stoney. Storm Does Big Dsmsgs. Wheeling, W. Va. —A severe storm swept eastern Ohio and th e West Vir ginia pan-handle and wrecked business buildings and residences at Wheeling. Wells burg, W. Vs., Martins Ferry, Ohio, Weodfleld. Ohio and a dosen other small Ohio and West Virginia communities. Ten persons were injured, two of them seriously, at Wheeling and un confirmed reports from Ohio indicate many Injured. No fatalities have been reported. Wheeling's streets were littered debris. Roofs were blown from build ings and In some Instances carried 100 feet away. A heavy cornice was twisted from the Uniton Trust com pany building and five automobiles in the street below were caught in a tail ing stone and timbers. ' Some of those caught In the cars were Dr. W. P. McLaln, city health commissioner, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Dickinson, of Belleaire, Ohio, Louis J. Haines and John Engler, of Wheeling. All were injured. Blaze Swssps Erie Thsstsr. Erie, Pa. —Fainting women and crushed snd trampled children were carried from the Oolumbia Theater when fire started a panic and did $200,000 damage. Pervival Peseur, the organist, play ed until overcome by smoke, when he staggered through an exit and was saved. His heroism probaly saved lives, ss the audience quieted down when the organ's notes swelled through the packed theater. The entire fire department of Brie answered alarms, snd the district sround the theater, a motion picture house, was roped off. Rooeevelt Medals Are' Awarded. New York.—The Rooeevelt Memor ial association announced that Gov ernor Pinchot. of Pennsylavanis; Georgia Bird Orinnel. of New York, editor of The Forest and Stream, and Martha Berry, of ML Berry, o*., have been awarded the Roosevelt medals for 1925. Governor Pinchot was chosen for his ssrvice in the csuse of conservs tlsm; Mr. Grlnnel for his promotion of outdoor lifs and Miss Berry for hsr work in advancing the welfare of women and children in the mountain districts of her state. All three were friends of President Roosevelt. Th« medals will be presented by President Oooildgs at the Whits House on May IS. ' IS Buildings in Gsorpls Dsstroysd. Gainesville. Oa— Firs discovered here was brought under control after more than two hoars of stubborn ef fort. bat not before fifteen buildings had been dsstroysd and tea others damaged by firs and water. Calls for ssslstaacs were seat to Atlanta and Athena, a special train being made available to transport ths Atlanta firemen Early estimates wsre that the loss was approximately 55W.000 When discovered la the second story of ths Hurt Opera Houss. a four-story brick building, ths firs had mad e much headway and soon spread to other buildings In the businses section. The most ssvsre loss was the four story Hart building. followed by the State theater, a motion picture houss. which recsntly reopened after being rebuilt following destruction by IN. One Dead. Seven Injured. Baltimore.—One boy was filled and sevan other persons were injured when n cable snapped on a suspension bridge at Orange Grove, ahoat 13 miles from this city. Ths brMgs to 400 tost long and la used for padsstralna R crosses ths Pstaysco river. Aoosrdtag to wltneanaa. 43 persons ware crossing the e»aa when a number of children in tike canter were Jaasp *« brtdgs vibrate. A psdsstratns wan thrown into the river, a drop of SS tost WOMAN KILL* SLEEPING CHILDREN WITH HATCHKT. Ashland, Ky —Mr*.' J. E Sloan became violently Insane suddeiy mad with a hatchet killed her two sleeping children, Margaret, 11, high school student, and "Jack, 18. She then attempted to end her own life with the same weapon after locking herself In the bathroom and turning on the gas. Hospital attaches said she probably would recover. The bodies ware found by the husband, John B. Sloan, upon his return from a trip down town. The demented woman inflicted severe injuries on her arms and body. CENSUS BUREAU GIVES FACTS COTTON CONSUMPTION, STOCKS, EXPORTS, IMPORTB AND SPIN DLE FIGUREB ANNOUNCED. Washington.—Cotton consumed dur ing March aggregated 582,674 bales of lint and 68.845 of linters, compared with 550,132 of lint and 50,598 of lint ers in February this year and 458,840 of lint and 41,197 or linters in March last year, the census bureau announc ed. In consuming establishments 1,644,- 793 bales of lint and ]j57,872 of linters, compared with 1,546,210 of lint and 1749,292 of linters February 28 this year and 1,503,852 of lint and 126,336 of linters on March 3J last year. In public storage and at compresses 2,237,111 bales of lint and 62.256 of linters, compared with 3,075,140 of lint and 69,661 of linters on February 28 this year and 2,000,552 of lint and 88,- 339 of linters March 31 last year. Imports of March totaled 33,955 bales, compared with 59,984 in Febru ary this year and 49,833 in March last year. Exports for March totaled 714,697 bales, including 27,061 bales of linters, compared with 811,838 including 19,- 800 of linters in February this year and 332,161 including 17,091 of linters in March last year. Cotton spindles active duAng March totaled 83,225,182 compared with >3,* 277,189 in February this year and #2,- 371,978 in March last year. Statistics for ootton growing states follow: Cotton consumed In March 891,492 bales, compared with 372.524 in Feb ruary this year and 333,202 in March last year. Stocks on hand March 31 were held as follows: In consuming establishments 950,- 569 bales, compared with 914,801 Feb ruary 28 this year and 856,399 March 31 last year. In public storage and at oompreeses 1,911,030 bales, compared with 2,751.- 915 February 28 this year and 1,737,- 090 on Msrch 31 last year. Cotton spindles active during March totalled 16,926,521 compared with 16.- (95,783 in February this year and 16,- 181,926 in March last year. Physicians Sentenced In Dope Cases. Charlotte, N. C —Three physicians an£ one dentist, recognised as the chief sources of supply of narcotics dispensed by drug peddlers and con sumed by the small army of addicts, recently taken Into custody in Meek i lenburg and adjoining counties by fed eral court here. Each waa sentenced to serve a term in the federal penitentiary ia Atlanta. Dr. A. V. Boyles, dentist, of Dallas, Gaston county, was given a year and a day; Dr. M. F .Boyles, physician, of Gaatonia, and brother of Dr. A. V. Boyles, was given 18 months; Dr. Frank Taylor, of Stanley Creek, Gas ton county, 18 months and Dr. T. A. "Smith, former practinooer, of Char lotte, four months. The Boyles brothers and Dr. Taylor were taken to the county Jail imme diately following the Imposition of sentences Motion for a new trail wfts made tor Dr. Bmith, but there was some doubt in the court whether this would be pressed. The court here has rarely been sub jected to a more strenuous drive against penitentiary tens. The Boy les brothers and Dr. Taylor submitted their cases, acknowledged their guilt, I but, through their attorneys. Clyde R. Hoey, of Shelby, and J. J. Parker, at Charlotte, pledged to hind themselves to a proper observance of the law In the future, to give all they posssassd In fines for immediate sentence an one count and to accept any Judgment for other counts held against, to be come effective immediately ape* de tect toe of farther violation. Excitement Cauee of Fan's Death. Louisville. Ky.—Chariee Meyer. M. col la peed at Parkway field as he was about to purchase his ticket to the Mil waukee-Louisville baseball gsase. He died I* the Colonels' clubhouse with out regaining consckrasaess. Excite meat attending the spa* tag gam* Is bettered to have been responsible. Selling Bleed Par Mao*tl*a. Ann Harbor, Mich.—On* hundred and fifty University at Michigan stu dents are givtag their blood In trans fusions to help pay their way through college. Dr. Jeha L. Carrey, chief resi dent physician of th* anises *Hj hos pital. said Th* stud sat Mead donors are anh- J*et to caH atght or day, ensn moaed from clase room, theater or from el«* aa th* emergens* r*qair*s. Pajraeeat Is made ea heals «C i 111 tor MM cnMc centimeters. «r las*. ISO KILLED WHEN BOMB {MODES J ' _____ CASUALTY LIST EXPECTED TO GO MUCH HIGHER; INJURED m CRITICAL CONDITION. Sofia, Bulgaria.—The toll of dead from the explosion of a bomb in the roof of the Sveti Krai cathedral whil funeral services were in progress for General Georghelff, who was slain in the streets of Sofia, stood at ISO but the figure likely will increase as manj of the injured are in a critical con dition. Hospitals and clubs are crowded with the injured, some of them so bad ly hurt as to be almost unrecognisable. It has been impossible to Identify some of the dead, and they have been placed in a mortuary chapel. With the exception of Minister of Interior Rossef, all the members of the cabinet, who were present at the funeral services, escaped with only slight Injuries. They owe their livee to the fsct that the infernal machine was concealed in the roof, near the side of the cathedral, while they and the other prominent persons were as sembled around the catafalque in the renter of the edifice, a detail which had been overlooked by the perpe trators of the-outrage. Among the dead are the mayor of Sofia, M. Paskalef, former Minister of War General Davidof, Prefect of Po lice Klssof, M. Medelechef, prefect of the department in which Sofia is situ ated, and Deputies Colon, Chief Rat chef and l^ekarski. It is assumption of the police that the agragro-communista, to whom the authorities attribute the outrage, in as sassinating General Georgheilf, count ed upon the assembling at the funeral of all the prominent persons attached to the exitaing regime, thus affording an opportunity for wiping them all out at one time. The counted on the contusion in which the kingdom would be plunged, according to the police, to facilitate the installation of a soviet regime in line with the terrorist plan of cam paign prepared by the communists and emissaries of the Third Internationale, ..recently discovered by the police, and under which the revolution was to break out on April 15. In pursuance of their campaign in which the cathedral bombing was the sulminatlng outrage, the authorities declare the communists, within ft brief period ftssassinated 41 police officer* and men, and 20 mayors, priests and schoolmasters. * Pays Faree For Rides After to Year*. Greensboro, N. C. —A man whose conscience has been aching for 20 years bad it eased by paying hare tor two rides on freight trains. He used side door Pullmans of the Southern Railway to travel from Greensboro to High Point in 1901 but twenty fears was as long aa ha could stand the lo ner gnawing so ha appeared in the up town ticket office here and asked the tare from Norfolk to Raleigh. The ticket agent asked him when ha want ed to make the trip and he said it had been made twenty years ago he wanted to "make this right." He paid for the Greensboro-High Point trip, too. 'Fares were cheaper then, he was told, and he was due a refund, but he asked the ticket agent tp keep the excess tor interest. ' It waa the first time in the agenta experience that anybody ever paid to salve his conscience. Carnegie Corporation Aids Schools. New York. —The board of trustees of the Carnegie corporation haa approved aa appropriation of SIOO,OOO to the Hampton-Tuskegee endowment fund. This sum will be equally divided between Hampton and Tuskegee, $50,- 000 for an endowment fund for each institution, the income to be used for the general support and maintenance of and instruction in the industrial and applied arts. Te Meet In Wilmington. Jacksonville, Pla—Wilmington, N. C., was chosen aa the next convention city by the Sooth Atlantic Coastal Highway aasodation at Its dosing ses sion hare. P. O. Miller, of Jackson ville. president, and the other officers a era reelected. •hisfc SsM to Hang. Constantinople.—Shiek Said, leader of the Kurdish rsbels. who was cap tured at GhsdJ oa Wednesday, waa sentenced to be hanged. He will he taken to Angora tor execution along witlk ssveral of his chief followers, sayJlaa exchange telegraph sissssgs- King Receivas Read. Rome. —Senator David A. Reed, of Pennsylvania, who caae to Bnrope to tow the battletelde tar the battle BNS«nsst commission, was received hp the king end Premier Mussolini. Air Pellee Per Chicago Talked Chicago—Plana for aa aarall police fores In Chisago arc under considsra tton by Morgan A. Collins, chlsf of police. Captain Ray A. Anuaei, for merly of the MSth attack and credited with developing New York's afar polloe, la projecting the or ganisation A tore* of twenty liars woeld he utilised in the plea. The air pattern would co opsrats In psi—H *r thieves, sake topographical stadiss and locate lake wrscks or vesesls to DOINGS IN THE TAR HEEL STATE NEWS OF NORTH CAROLINA TOLD IN SHORT PARA GRAPHS FOR SUSY PEOPLE Kinston. —The last dollar for Kin ston's 10-atory hotel *« raised by of Commerce workers. The structure will coat >220,000. It will be the tallest building here. Fayettevllle.—After one week of a scheduled two weeks' experiment of not printing any crime news, the Fay ettevlUe Observer announced "in re sponse to an overwhelming public de mand" for crime newa, abondonment of the expriement. Chapel Hilb —Orange county is go ing to build a new county home one mile out from Hillsboro on the Dur ham road. According to Ralph Ward, chairman of the board of county com missioners, the cost will be about $40,- 000, including the $7,000 paid for the land. Wadesboro. —Fred H&rgrave, aged 6( years, for many years a prominent citizen of this place, passed away at his home following a prolonged Ill ness. He was a son of the ia-te John son Hargrave, a prominent lawyer here some years ago. Winston-Salem.—The sixth, annual meeting of members of Five of the North Carolina Bankers' Associa tion, composed of about 90 banking in stitutions located in the counties of Alamance, Caswell, Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Wilkes and Yadkin, was held at the Robert E. Lee hotel. About 250 bankers were in attendance. Danville. —Mary Catherine Lane, in fant child of James Lane, was burned to death at Pelham, N. C. The father was visiting an ailing brother In Dan ville. The mother, who had been in the Held, saw the house on fire. She tried to enter the dwelling but the heat drove her back. The building and all interior effects were destroyed. Greensboro —Concerted effert on the part of executives of the Carolina Mo te Club will be directed toward de creasing child accidents during the present year, it is announced by C. W. Roberts, vice-president Mr. Rob erts udged that motordom correct its attitude relative to this situation. "Don't worry so much about children playing In the streets —watch your step yourself. AsheVllle.—'Richard Knapp, driver of the automobile which struck a tele phone post on Biltmore Avenue, result ing in the death of S. H. Qosnell, was given a preliminary hearing . before Judge Macß&e In Police Court Satur day and was bound over to Superior Court under bond of $5,000. Ashevllle.—Buncombe county in creased its area by 100,000 acres when forced action was taken annexing Broad river township of McDowell county. The Buncombe county board of commissioners adopted a resolution changing Is boundary lines soas to In clude 1116 township, and to take charge of the affairs of the township. Elizabeth City.—'Rev. Daniel Ivor son, of Howard Memorial church. Tar too, was elected moderator of the Albemarle District Presbytery, at the opening session of the presbytery hers at which work of organisation for the sessions was completed. Rev. J. L. Yandell, of the Edgecombe county field, was elected temporary clerk. Danville. —Strapped to and engaged in repairing wires Land re th Collins, aged 29, was instantly killed at Leaks ville. He came In contact with a pow er wire carrying 2,300 volts. Worfck men on tbe ground saw him collapse across the wire held by his belt. By the time a switch could be pulled and help could reach the lineman he was dead. Elisabeth City. Staring about breakfast on an April morning and wishing tor a fresh list to cook for the meal, Mrs. W. G. Etheridge, wife of the officer in charge of Nag's Head Coast Guard Station, bad the surprise of her life when a large North Carolina herring, still alive and kicking, drop ped at her feet la the kitchen door. The herring had fallen from the clutches of a Ash hawk overhead. Asheville—-Walter B. Carpenter, as sistant cashier of the National Bank of Commerce was awarded damages in the amount of SII,OOO as a rssnlt of the death of his wife toy the Jury la Superior Court la the proceedings against the AshveUle Powet and Light Company. The Jury hold that the death of Mrs. Carpenter over a year ago was caased through the negli gence of the Power Company. Wilson,—'The formal opening of the Wilson Woman's Club new sso,o*o home held at the building on Went Bread street proved 90* of the most brilliant events of the Sanson. Several hundred visitors were entertained dur ing the coarse of the evening, many of them from out of town and prom inent in clnb circles throughout the State. Jacksonville, Pin-—Prank O. Millar, of Jacksonville, president, sad othsr officers of the South Atlantic Coastal Highway Assodatloa. wnqs re-elected, and Wilmington. N. C.. was selected as the IMS convnntlon city, nt the closing session of ths annunl convnn tlon of the association hsrs. Rocky Mount—Robert M. Dillnrd. night snpsrlntendeat and maanger of BiwariaCntchfb Motor Company, wns fatally Injured here whan th« auto mobile which ho wns driving ran late and snapped o* a elspfcone polo an ltahnro highwny 1b ths vicinity nt Ptonvlew Cemtnry. .1 307 GOODNESS Every batch of biscuits and every cake you bake is the best you ever ate when you use this tried ynl proved baking pow» der. Every can is full of goodness and it Is eco nomical to buy 25 foil ounces for 25 cents. One Secret of Beauty Is Foot Comfort Frequently yon hear people say, "My feet perßpire winter and summer when I put on rubbers or heavier foot-wear— then, when I remove my shoes my feet chill quickly, and often my hose seem wet through"—in every community thousands now use AUJ9TS FOOT=EASE in the foot-bath daily, and then dust the feet and shake into the shoes this antiseptic,, healing powder. Ftitt directions on box at dU Drug Store*. Trial Package and a Foot-Ease Walking Doll sent FREE, address AUXITS FOOT-EASE. La Ror. K. 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