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XOU I.XXXV-NO. 52
SURVIVORS FOUND
IN SI. PAUL FINE
After Week of Suffering 20
Are Brought to Sur
face Alive. ' .
SH'OF THE
Scene Changes From Deepest Despair
to an Hysteria of Hope One of .
Most Thrilling Stories of '
Mine Disasters.
Cherry, 111., Nov. 20.-The gamut
from deepest despair to an hysteria of
hope was run here today when 20
miners:, entombed in the St. Paul mine
for a week, almost to the hour, were
brought to the surface alive.
The story of their sufferings and the
heroism of their resourceful leaders
is one of the most thrilling" in all the
black history of mining disasters.
Dawn broke with the bearers of
stretchers moving from the pit mouth
to the tent which served as a morgue
with bodies swollen and scorched al
most beyond human semblance. . For
ty of them had .been brought up and
most of them identified when the mar
velous report shot through j the pros
trate community: "They've found
them alive! f They've found them
alive." ;
In a moment the morgue was desert
ed, scarcely to be revisited while the
crowd, fairly insane . with the great
hope which had sprung like a miracu
lous flame from the ashes of despair,
, rushed to the pit.
All thought was of the men who
were alive. It took six hours to bring
the survivors to the surface. Mean
while a report spread that 70 or more
men were alive in a far reach of the
ii'ine. cut off from escape ;by a bank
of black damp between their barricade
and the main shaft.
But two oxygen helmets remained
at the mine;1 tte others having been
started back to Pittsbure today and
with this scant equipment two experts
began a new exploration. At 9 P. M.
they emerged, their oxygen tanks be
ing exhausted and reported no .suc
cess. "There are other resourceful lead
ers among the'missing and they like
Waite, Clelland and others may have
led their men to comparative safety,"
paid State's Attorney ML. Eckert to
night. "The search is now for the liv
ing." -
Less optimistic notos were sounded
by others, but "the women, with hope
born afresh, refused to believe any
thing but the best and haunted the
limine far into the night seizing, fran
tically at every straw of encourage
ment offered
FOOTBALL AT CAROLINA.
Season Comes to Close With Award of
Distinctions in Athletics.
(Special Star Telegram.)
Chapel Hill, N. C, Nov. 20. Except
ing the electing of next years captain",
th(i football season was brought to a
close last night. The N. C. Monogram
Men, those wearing "N. C." won let
ters in any athletic meet and awarded
sweaters to men playing football this
; t;ar. Sweaters were awarded to Ends
It: W. Winston, J. M. Venable, F. Wil
liams; Tackles Hedgepeth, Shainhouf,"
f'.uard McLean. Center Brown, Quar
terback Belk, Fullback Porter. Men
who had sweaters awarded stars,
Crosswell and Belden, Halves, Ruffln,
Quarterback Deans, Center Thompson;
'.uard. Capt. Garret, tackle.
The season has been most success
ful. Five games were . won, one lost
and one tied. The Yale system does
not permit a large score, nevertheless
Carolina's points total 53, opponents
1". The goal line was crossed only
twice the entire season, that in one
same with V; P. I.
Greensboro . High School defeated
'"! freshmen here- today 6 to 0
'v'cnsboro played excellent ball. The
,1-"shmen were not in the best of
-liajio. Strange and Tillet played the
"'hole game for the freshmen, Rich
af'Json at half and the other backs
were best for Greensboro.
EDUCATION IN DUPLIN.
Big Rally at Warsaw Yesterday Ad
dress by Prof. Stacy.
(Special Star Telegram.)
This has been a big day for Warsaw
;,tl(l Duplin county, an educational
'Hy was held under the auspices of
h" County Betterment Association,
'lot. m. tl. Stacy, of the University of
Konh Carolina, was present and made
-'in aunress, taking as his subject, the
eachers Work as a Factor m Enam
nig a Boy to Play a Mans Part." Prof,
Stacy made a most pleasing impres
sion and his address received the high
i commendation from all who heard
h;in. A beautiful picnic dinner was
served by the ladies of the town. The
ounty Betterment Association "held
a session in the afternoon and the day
has resulted In much inspiration to the
cuucaiionai forces of the county.
Best selection rmialln underwear t
' had at Rehder's, Fourth ' Street
ridge. , ..
?2.25 Grey Woolnap. Blankets for
Rehder's, .
TAFT VISITS HAMPTON NORMAL
Carnegie Delivers Principal Address
and Calls" the President "The
Great Pacificator" Posi-'
tion Toward Race.
wampum, Va., Nov. 20. -Assuming
his duties as a member of the board of
trustees and declaring that he wished
by that representation to testify to
the interest of the American people
in the problems being worked out by
the school, President Taft spent all of
today at the Hampton Normal Insti
tute for Indian and negro boys and
girls.
He attended during the morning a
meeting of the board, inspected the
building and guns, reviewed the stu
dents, was entertained at luncheon
and together with a number of prom
inent educators gathered from all sec
tions of the country, made an address
to the students and to a large gather
ing of white people la the school late
today.
. As soon as the gymnasium exercis
es were ended the President went
back aboard the Mayflower where
Mrs. Taft had spent the greater pan
of the day, and just as the night sha
dows were falling, the graceful little
cruiser weighed anchor and headed
for Washington. ... t .
The President in, a brief address
said he believed that the institutions
ke Hampton and Tuskegee, and the
spirit of co-operation which they en
gendered among both white and col
ored people for the uplift of human
ity, are doing more for the solution of
he . so-called race, problem than any
other factors that could be brought to
bear. . .
Former Governor A. J. Montaeue. of
Virginia, had spoken of the Interest
the white people of the State had al
ways taken in the work of Hampton
and declared that no race could pros
per by the oppression of another race,
and that the happiness and prosperity
of the white people depended largely
upon what they should do to improve
the condition of the blacks.
Dr. Charles W. Eliot, president eme
ritus of Harvard, Bishop McVikar, of
Rhode "Island, Andrew Carnegie and
President Herbert.4 B. Frizzell, of
LHampln, Alsa were' among the speak
ers. Mr. Carnegie paid a high tribute
to President Taft and declared that
he had done 'more than any other man
to bring the North and the South Into
closer union. He predicted that Mr.
Taft would do down in history as ''the
great pacificator." Mr. Carnegie de
clared that there is no such thing, in
the world as forgiveness.
There cannot be" he added. "It
does not accord with the laws of na
ture, which mete out justice only.
We are all weaving webs in this life
and if we commit an error, if a fault
passes into our web, it goes down. I
do not mean to say that any of us
are perfect. We all have our faults.
But a man's character is affected by
every fault he commits and by every
thought he harbors. If we err, if we
commit a sin,' we never can be as
perfect if we had never erred or never
sinned. Bear that in mind as you -go
out of here today and let it stand as
my word to you, and you will have less
difficulty in living up to a higher stan
dard of life. Remember that you have
to give an account" for all you do be
cause everything you qo effects your
character. In that sense I say there
s no such thing in the world as for
giveness."
Mr. Carnegie predicted that the
Ines between the white and colored
races; soon will be obliterated as the
ines between . the North and South
so rapidly are disappearing.
I do not mean," he explained, "that
the black man will cease to be black,
do mean that the races ,will live in
contentedness. wishing . prosperity
each to the other and with a common
purpose in mind will go forward hand
n hand.
Clarence Kelsey, president of the
Title Guaranty Company, of New York
was today , elected a member of the
board of trustees of the institute.
President Taft said it was his hope
and he believed it already to be a rea-
ization. that' Hampton should serve
as a model for industrial ana eauca
tional work not alone for the negro
and the Indian, but the white people
as well. .
Before he spoke, President Taft lis
tened for an hour and a half to a se
ries of talks by five Hampton gradu
ates on characteristic phases of the
school's work in agriculture, Industrial
and social welfare activities
Malor Robert Morton, commandant
of the Hampton Cadets, made, a ratn
er striking address.
"Ever since the black, man set foot
on the shores of this country," ,said
the .Major, "He has bfcen a problem,
sympathize with the white ; people
that they have this problem on their
hands, but my friends. I am 'mighty
glad we are here and I'm going to do
all in my power to keep all our people
here. We have imbibed many of the
traits and ambitions of the Anglo
Saxon race and I believe that the
American negro is 500 years ahead of
any body of ten million black men .to
be found anywhere in the world.
have never found my color a disad
vantage. It has been an inconven
ience at times, but never a disadvan
tage."
A -feature of-the exercises was the
chorus singing of the entire student
body. They sang plantation melodies
and camn .meeting songs that fairly
swayed tne audience wun their rythm.
Robert C. Ogden, president of the
board of trustees, was called to New
York this afternoon by the k critical
illness of his wife.;..
v WrLMIKGTOK, 1ST. C,
ERS OIL TRUST
TO DISSOLVE
Government Wins a Sweep
ing Victory Over The
Standard Co.
OPINION OF JUDGE SANBORN
Declared an Illegal Combination Ope
rating-in Restraint of Trade
Monopoly Will Disappear.
Action of Court.
St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 20. In an opin
ion written by Judge Walter H. San
born, of St. Paul, and concurred in by
Judges Vandeventer, Hook and Adams
with a special concurring opinion by
Judge Hook, the United States Circuit
Court for the Eastern District of Mis
souri, today handed down an "opinion
declaring the' Standard Oil Company;
of New Jersey, an illegal combination
operating in restraint of trade and or
dered its dissolution.
The opinion of the court was filed
simultaneously in St. Louis and in
St. PauL
In this decision the government of
the United States wins a sweeping
victory and according to Frank Kel
logg, of this city, who was the gov
ernment s special prosecuting attor
ney, the government has won every
point for which it contended.
The case will be appealed direct to
the United States Supreme Court as
the judges who signed today's decree,
are in effect the judges of the United
6tates Circuit Court of Appeals, al
though they were sitting for the puv
pose of trying this ease as the Circuit
Court for. the Eastern District of Mis
souri.
The decree of the court dissolving
the Standard Oil trust becomes effec
tive in 30 days, when, no doubt, a stay
will be; granted for the purpose" of an
appeal. :
When the decree takes effect unless
a stay is granted, an injunction will
Issue . restraining the Standard Oil
Company from a further continuance
of its business under its present for
mation. It appears from 1he concurring opin
ion written by Judge Hook that the
company cannot do business under
any form without stifling competition,
for, he says, on thi3 subject, that it
is thought that with the end of the
combination the conopoly will natu
rally disappear, but should it not do
Bo, and the members of the combina
tion retire from it except one who
might perpetuate the monopoly by
the aggregation of the physical prop
erties and instrumentalities, it would
constitute a violation of the decree
of the court. v '
In the trial of the case, the point
was made that the Standard Oil Com
pany was a beneficent corporation in
that it, by reason of economy in opera
tion, reduced the price of its product.
This Judge Hook says can have no
weight. .
The suit terminated by today's de
cision was begun by direction of the
Attorney General of the United States
in St. Louis. November 15, 1906. Frank
B. Kellogg, of St. Paul, was appointed
special prosecutor, assisted by Charles
B. Morrison, of Chicago, Frank H.
Poole and J. H. Graves, of the Depart
ment of Justice; and W H. Higgins.
of Minneapolis ,and Cordenio A. Sever
ance, of St. Paul.
The Standard Oil Company present
ed a formidable-array of legal talent
lead by John O. Millburn, of Ne
York. Their defense was that th
present organization of 'the Standard
Oil Corporation was the result of the
natural growth of a great industry
and that no statute had been violated.
Important Decision.
Leavenworth, Kans., Nov. 20. "It is
one of the most important decisions
ever rendered in this .country," de
clared Attorney General Wickersham
when apprised today of the decision
dissolving the Standard Oil Company.
"I am very much gratified at the de
cision." , '
A decision of dissolution of a great
corporation like, that ;of the Standard
Oil Company is the u'tmostthat could
have been imposed by the law upon
the great monopolies which has been
the object of the anti-trust legislation.
Mr. Wickersham arrived here today
from Kansas City. .
Elliott and Archbold. .
.. New York, Nov. 1 20. M. F. Elliott,
general counsel of the Standard Oil
Company, aid : "In the absence of
the full text of the court's, decision we
Can make no statement In the matter."
John D. Archbold was at his' home
in Tarrytown, N. Y.. when he was in
formed cf .the court's decision. Mr.
Archbold said: "I shall not make, any
statement, and if anything is said it
must come from Mr. Elliqtt, the coun
sel for the company. Certainly there
will be no statement made in the mat
ter today, for naturally we desire to
look over, the text of the. court's de
cision."
. . Standard Will Appeal.
New York, Nov. 20. It was author!
tatively announced by officials of the
Standard Oil Company that an appeal
would be taken from the decision of
the United States Circuit Court filed
today at St. Paul and St. Louis, as that
has been the general ' understanding
' (Continued on Page Eight.);
SUNDAY MOpKmG-,NOVEMBEB 21, 1909.
VERDICT FOR $35,320 GIVEN
i
a-
Case Against Atlantic Coast Line For
Damages Growing Put of Killing :
of W. A. Stewart, Esq., .of
Dunn, N. C in,. February
"
, (Special Star Telegram.)
Dunn, N. C, Nov. 20. The case of
H. C. McNeill, executor of W. A.
Stewart, against the Atlantic Coast
Line, was concluded today in Harnett
court. The jury- rendered a verdict
for $35,320. Godwin & .Townsend and
R. L. Godwin appeared for the plaintiff
and George M. Rose, J. C. Clifford and
D. H. McLean for the" defendant.
Three days were consumed in the trial
of the case. The closing argument
was made last night by Congressman
Godwin in a speech of nearly two
hours. ;.
The jury was given, the case at 9
o'clock last night ard just twelve
hours later returned the above verdict.
The plaintiff asked for.. $75,600.
On the night of February 20th, 1909,
Mr. Stewart - was standing near the
tracks of the Atlantic Coast Line Rail
road, at the Broad Street crossing,
Dunn, talking to Professor Ezzell, Su
perintendent of Schools, when, what
was said to have been h "flyirfg styift"
of cars struck both men, with the re
sult that Mr. Stewart was killed, while
Professor Ezzell ' escaped unharmed.
He was one of the most brilliant
young lawyers in Eastern Carolina,
and was exceedingly popular.
The Atlantic Coast Line will appeal
from the verdict rendered this morn
ing. . , . '
WESTERN CONFERENCE,
Sessions at Hickory Observance
of
the Sabbath Other Notes.
(Special Star Correspondence.).:
Hickory , N. C, Nov. 20. The West
ern 'North. Carolina Conference, held
two sessions today and much -business
was transacted. The reading of the
appointments' is looked for on Monday
unless this be delayed by-the report
of the, committee of trial in the of
Rev. C. F. Sherrlll. No' report for the
committee has as .yet,.been made to
the conference; The ' raining ;
gates to the general conference were
elected today, these being Revs. J. C.
Rowe, H. K. Boyer, G. H. Detwiler and
W. L. Sherrill with Rev. S. B. Turren
tine, W. R. Ware and R. M. Hoyle as
alternates. The remaining alternate
lay delegates were elected, H. A.
Hayes and J. S. Martin.
After the passing of the characters
of the superannuated and supernume
rary preachers, Bishop Atkins urged
the conference to establish an emer
gency fund for superannuates so that
each preacher can receive financial
aid as soon as he superannuates in
stead of being forced to wait a year as
is the case at present. A motion was
carried to set aside 5 per cent of the
amount contributed tor conrerence
claimants next year as an emergency
fund for this purpose.
D. C. Ballard was located on account
of inefficiency on motion of R. M. Tay
lor. An animated discussion followed
the presentation' of the report of the
committee on Sabbath observance and
finally the recommendation that the
Conference discourage the use of
trains and street' cars on the Sabbath
especially to attend church services
was stricken out and the substitute of
Rev. Plato Durham was adopted in
stead. The substitute read that such
Sunday, travel be discouraged except
in cases where it is an absolute ne
cessity. ROBBER STUCK IN CHIMNEY.
Taken Out More Dead Than Ali
Occurred at Washington, N. C.
Wasnington, N. C, Nov. 20. Sliding
down the chimney in an effort to rob
the home of J. H. Davis at an early
hour this morning, David Fulford stuck
fast The burglar's efforts to liberate
himself awoke Davis who telephoned
for the police. Though the chimney
was razed to the roof and officers and
neighbors -worked for an hour, efforts
to release the man were in vain and
finally the services of a briek mason
were required and after the mantel
and fire place was removed. Fmrora
was taken out more dead than alive.
He was locked up pending trial.
OUTLINES. '
It is believed that a submerged
wreck sighted by a German steamer in
Jamaican waters is that on which Col.
John Jacob Astor and party were
cruising The Standard Oil Company
was declared an illegal corporation
operating in restraint of trade and or
dered to dissolve in a n opinion hand
ed down yesterday by Judge Sanborn,
of St. Paul After being entombed for
a solid week 20 survivors of the hor
rible disaster ; in the St. Paul mine
were yesterday brought to the surface
alive Yale, College- yesterday won
back the Eastern Inter-College cham
pionship, by defeating Harvard . by a
score of 8 to 0. Davidson college yost
to the Navy President laft, Andrew
Carnegie, - and Dr. Chas. iSliot, were
yisitors yesterday at Hampton Normal
Institute, at . Hampton, Virginia. The
President was called "the great pacifi
cator" by Mr, Carnegie in a speech-
President Gompers and otner, officers
were re-eleeted by the American Fed
eration of Labor yesterday New York
markets: Money on call nominal, time
loans easier: flour dull; wheat; spot
easy, No.' 2, red 1.26 nominal, domestic
elevator; corn barley steady. No. 2,
721-2 elevator; bats spot quiet, mixed
26 to 32 pounds nominal; rosin quiet
turpentine quiet 59.
E
Situation Between United
States and Nicaragua' at
Acute Stage.
KNOX CALLS IN COLLEAGUES
Important Conference Held in Wash
ington Yesterday Revolution Dis
cussed State Department
, Demands Explanation
Washington , Nov. 20. That the
critical situation between this country
and Niagara has ' reached the acute
stage was evidenced tonight when Sec
retary of State Knox sent for his col
leagues in the State Department and
for the Acting Secretary of the Navy
and his aides to meet in conference in
his home. For nearly three hours the
statesmen went over the situation.
The result of their deliberations was
not made public, but it was not denied
that more warships are to be dispatch
ed Soutu at once.
Those present at the conference
were Secretary Knox, Assistant Sec
retaries Wilson, Adee and Hale; Act
ing Secretary of the Navy Beekman
Winthrop; Rear Admiral' William P.
Potter, chief of the Bureau of Naviga
tion of the Navy Department; Rear
Admiral Charles H. Stockton, retired;
Henry M. Hoyt, counsellor of the
State Department, and A. T. S. Doyle,
assistant chief of the Latin-American
Division of the same department. As
sistant Secretary Winthrop flanked on
either side by the two rear admirals,
on leaving seemingly was impressed
by the weight of responsibility the con
ferees had placed on his Department.
"When does he sail", he was over
heard; to ask Rear Admiral Potter, as
be came down the steps of Secretary
u"wu "
dele-1Kr Jf !
Monaay" responded the naval of
ficer laconically.
Neither would explain the meaning
of their question or answer. The
others likewise refused to dwell on
the result of their deliberations.
The day was replete with conferen
ces on the Nicaraguan situation.
Acting Secretary Winthrop in the
morning held a long session with Ad
miral Potter and his assistant Captain
Chandler. Immediately' at the conclu
sion of the meeting Mr. Braddock, pri
vate secretary to Secretary Knox was
summoned to Mr. Winthrop's office.
There was considerable rumor about
the State, War and Navy buildings to
day, that the 400 marines in the canal
I zone are under waiting orders. These
could be remtorced quiCKiy Dy a ae
tachment of the same strength which
are now at Philadelphia and which can
be sent South instantly. '
Official confirmation of the execu
tion of LeRoy Cannon and Leonard
Grace, Americans by the Zelayan gov
ernment in -..caragua was followed by
a statement from the Nicaraguan leg
ation here justifying the action on the
ground that the men confessed to lo
cating mines in order to blow up the
two vessels carrying Government
troops.
The State Departmen received a tel
egram today from the American vice
consul at Managua in which he says
that the Nicaraguan minister of for
eign affairs had informed him that the
Americans who were executed on Nov
ember 12 at 10 a. m., had made a con
fession in which they admitted lay
ing mines in the San Juan river with
the object of blowing up .Nicaragua
ships. The minister also stated tnat
the Americans were tried oy court
martial.
The State Department received a tel-
that the case is absolutely unprece
dented and tnat the oommander-in-
chief of the Nicaraguan army and the
minister general opposed the execution,-
which- was ordered by President
Zelaya.
Secretary of State Knox has cabled
the American vice consul at Managua'
for information regarding the execu
tion, stating that the Nicaraguan
charge here had been asued' for full
information of the affair and announc
ing that the United States government
would not tolerate such treatment of
American citizens.
The cruiser Tacoma has been ord
ered to proceed ; from Guantanamo,
Cuba, to Cristobal, Panama, to be in
position to co-operate with the pro
tected cruiser Des Moines which is ex
pected to arrive at Port Ldmon. The
gunboat Marietta win De oraerea 10
Port Limon within a day or two.
BIG FIRE AT ROXBORO.
Lumber Plant of Long, Spencer & Co.
, . Totally Destroyed.
Roxboro, N. C, Nov. 20. The lum
her vard of Long. Spencer & Company
was badly damaged by fire here last
night entailing a loss of approximately
$18,000 with no insurance. Tne aam
aee bv water to the tobacco ware
house of A. S. Devlaming will amount
to several thousand dollars which is
fully covered by Insurance. .
' - The ; Exhibtion building was f ull to
overflowing Sunday . evening to nea
the American; Evangelist's sermon on
the resurrection. Four thousand were
nresent The i Register, Adelaide,
Aus Christian Church' tonight 'Hear
him.- - :r -y . r
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THE WEEK AT L1DERT0N
Transcontinental Bonds Will Likely
Not Carry Many Bills Returned
by Grand Jury Personal
and General News.
(Special Star Corespondence.)
Lumberton. N. C, Nov. 29. Before
next writing, the bond issue will be
held and according to the way the peo
ple are talking, it will not carry by a
large majority, if at all. Col. S. A.
Jones has been all over the section of
the State, through which the proposed
road will run, many are sorry and
many are glad. Several counties have
been "stung" by just such a bond is
sue and it is to be hoped that "Robe
son will hold and save the State."
Robeson needs roads but not railroads,
for a man can walk to a railroad from
any point in the county in an hour
and a half with ease. What has be
come of the $500,000 bond issue for
good roads? That is the thing we
need these days instead of railroads,
especially one that will parallel the
Seaboard for a hundred miles.
Ex-Sheriff Geo. B. McLeod last Sat
urday evening spoke to the Croatans
at Pembroke, at the Educational Ral
ly held by them.
Mr. John D. McAllister, after spend
ing several days In the North purchas
ing a stock of goods for the new store
at St. Paul's, returned today.
. The Bright Jewels of the Methodist
Church entertained the Home Mis
sion Society Friday evening.
As the result of talking too loud Sat
urday night Sloan and Jake Powell
and "Colonel" McLean, all colored,
were taxed a total of $20.15 before
Mayor Rowland Monday morning.
Mr. R. McA. Nixon, who has been in
the Thompson Hospital for some time,
is improving.
Mr. John Morris will spend tomor
row in Wilmington at the home of his
wife's mother, Mrs; Kerr, joining Mrs.
Morris, who has been there for sev
eral days. They will return Sunday.
Mr. John Wishart is having material
hauled to his vacant lot near his pres
ent home and work will begin in a
few days to erect a handsome houss
thereon.- Mr. Frank ; Stephens, of
the postoffice force, says he has been
working for the government now two
years and that during that time while
the office was open, there has, not been
five minutes that some one was not
there after mail.
There were two deaths at tie
Thompson Hospital Monday Mrs.
Will Britt, of Britt's township, and
Mrs. Florence Powers, of Powers
ville. Both had been in the hospital
several days.
Mr. Thos. H. Lindsey, of Durham,
gave an entertainment at the Graded
School building and as a result the
graded school realized $12 with which
song books will be purchased.
Mr. W. J. Prevatt, who received in
juries in the wreck at Armour, con
tinues to improve.
On account of frequent runaways re
sulting from careless driving, the town
fathers have passed an ordinance, ef
fective the 25th, imposing a fine of
$10 for leaving an animal unhitched
on the streets.
Mr. W. D. Prevatt, who has been in
charge of the chain gang for several
years, has been dismissed upon recom
mendation of the grand jury. The
grand jury returned tt true bill against
the negroes who murdered Wm. Ross,
near Maxton.. last August. In all 468
bills were passed upon by the grand
jury at this term of Superior. Court
something like 400 of that number
were for failure to list taxes.
What has become of that commit-
te that was appointed to have the
Court House yard laid off and grass
planted?
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Caldwell re
turned from Baltimore this week
where Mr. Caldwell had been under
treatment for some time. Mr. Cald
well's hand Is almost well again
Mr. Alex. Currie, who lives on Fourth
street, has typhoid fever Mr. W. B.
Harker. editor of the Scottish Chief.
of Maxton, spent a day or two in town
this week attending court- Mr. S.
S. Steohens, of Greenville, S. C. for
merly "of Lumberton, is visiting home
folks for a few days. Mrs. W. A.
McPhaul and little son are visiting at
the home of her parents, near Fair
mont. One of the largest bales of cotton for
the season was brought to Lumberton
Wednesday by Geo. Wishart. It weigh
ed 722. pounds ' and was sold for
'101.08, the seed bringing $17.62, a
total of $128.70..
Mr. Geo. Thompson, who was mar
ried Wednesday to Miss. Gorphella
Howard, after spending several days
at the home of his father, returned
back to his duties at John , P. Mc
Neill's store. For the last few
morning there have been heavy frosts
and a few of the pumps have been
frozen and some little Ice has been
seen. . ,v" '
EX-MAYOR' IS ARRESTED.
Former Executive of North Wilkes
boro Charged With Bribery.
North Wilkesboro, N, C, Nov. 20.
J. R. Caffey, ex-mayor of North
Wilkesboro was arrested here today
on a charge of graft and bribery,
while mayor,, following the finding of
a true bill by the Wilkes county
grand jury. He gave bond for appear
ance at the March term of Superior
Court. .' ,
The doors of the town hall were
closed : thirty-- minutes before Mr.
Brown was to deliver hie address and
800 were turned away. The . Daily Ad
vertiser, Adelaide, Aus. Christian
Church tonight Hear him.
WHOLE lOJMBEIl 13,158.
THE YALE ELEVEH
Will BACK HONORS
Takes Eastern Championship
by Defeating Harvard
Yesterday.
GREATEST GAME OF SEASON
Davidson Loses to Navy LaFayette
Wins From Lehigh Brown De
feats the Carlisle Indians
Football Scores.
Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 20. The
splendid kicking of Capt Edwin H.
Coy brought the Eastern intercolle
giate football championship back to
Yale today in an old fashioned game
in which Harvard went down to de
feat by a score of 8 to 0.
Driving the Crimson team steadily
back hv his loner mints "!htyt Cnv
dropped two goals from the field and
the aggressive forwards of the . Yale
team contributing two points more by
blocking a Harvard punt which re-
suuea m a sarety for tne urimson.
While Yale seemed to win pnsllv.
the game was a distinct disappoint- '
ment rrom a Harvard standpoint, tor
the Crimson eleven showed more than
twice the nower nf the Blue hi
straight rushing and at one time in'
the game carried the ball 53 yards
In four scrimmages.
Yale riisHnsed nnthlnc In the wnv
of spectacular football, while Harvard
resorted to but few open methods of
play.
It seemed Yale's nollcv to relv on
Cant. Cov's kickine rather than on
any intricate plays. Only.twlce In the y
pontes did Yale seriously threaten
the Crimson goal line by. straight
rushing. In . both instances, tne . Har
vard defense stonned nroeress at the
eleven yard, line and Capt Coy's ef-
siohs failed.'... . ,
The game started 'with one of those
Harvard errors and a Yale score
seemed Inevitable in the first few
minutes of play. But the Crimson
defense at once showed its sterling
qualities by holding Yale.
While the Harvard forwards "got
the inmn" on those of Yale. , their ag- i
gressiveness robbed the team of more
than 100 yards in penalties.
The game started encouragingly ior
uarvarri after O'Flaherity's first muff.
The ball was rushed twice to the
Yale 30 yard line, some of the Har
vard o-ains heinz 15 and 20 yards
straight through the Yale team. Then
came the Crimson penalties, which
seemed to take awav much of the
aggressive power. Kicking' was re
sorted to and each time annot receiv
ed poor protection. Finally on his
20 yard line the ball was blocked and .
rolled back over the Crimson line
wnere uoruen icxi uu i .
and the first score of the game. Fo
the balance of the half the ball was
always in Harvard's territory and
three times unsuccessful tries for
goals were made. With the ball on
Harvard's 25-yard line, and standing
ten yards back, Capt. Coy aaaea inree
points more by a pretty filed goal,
with two minutes to . spare,
v.io aa more rifshinc in the sec-
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ond half, but usually kicked on the
second or third down,' and again Har
vard was driven steadily back unth
the ball was once more on the Har
vard 25 yard line. Here Capt Coy
MnoaH feat and three more
points were added to Yale's score. All
through the latter half, with compara
tively few substitutes, Harvard show
ed ability to pierce the Yale line for
short but inconsistent gains, renai
ties, however, almost invariably turn
ed the' forward movement into a re
treat ' '
The character of the game can ie
nroii .nTuiersfond bv an analysis of tle
play. Yale rushed 51 times for a to
tal distance of 88 yaras. v;oy puuwu
23 times from downs for a total of
715 yards. The Yale back field ran
back the Harvard punts for a dis
tance of 83 yards. Yale .had two first
downs and suffered twice' from penal
ties for a total of 25 yards. .
Harvard rushed 80 times for 224
yards and Minot kicked 22 times from
scrimmages for 598 yards. The Yale
kicks were run back for a total oi
35 yards, while Harvard scored eight
first downs through the Yale line.
Harvard's ten penalties showed an ag
gregate loss of 160 yards. ;
Indians Lose to 'Brown.
New York. Nov.. ,20. In a spirited
and hard fought game hT which old
fashioned football . predominated
Brown defeated the Carlisle Indians
on the Polo grounds today by. a score
of 21 to 8. The game was replete
with sensational, plays, not the least
f wViioii was a run1 for .the entire
T MAV- " -
length of the field by-Spracklln,. the
Brown quarteroacK. - He caugm we
ball on the Indians kickoff and land
ed it safely behind Carlisle'' goal lino
after a sprint of nearly a hundred
yards with practically no interference.
The Indian tallies resulted from- a
goal from placement which took the
Providence boys by surprise and a
touchdown made after an intercepted,
forward pass by Brown, neatly cap-,
tured on -the fly . by Kennerly, ' th .
Carlisle right end. ' ' , v
Brown scored three touchdown '
chiefly through straight football . and t
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