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H. A. LONDON, Editor and Proprietor. TERMS' OF SUBSCRIPTION. $1.50 Per Year. Sirictlv en Advance RATES Of ADYiDTISIUOr Om mut, one insert! ti.00 1.69 On square, two insertions On square, one month For Larger Advertise ments Liberal Con tracts will be made. VOL, XXIX . PITTSBQRO, CHATHAM COUNTY, ,N. C THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1906. NO, 15. " ' " U 1 FPrLJ U It was a dilapidated hovel, situated n a rear street on the edge of a bare common, where unsightly heaps of rubbish were deposited. A little, low, tumbled-down affair, with mossy eaves, under which the swallows ruild their nests, and over the roof of which a tall spruce, with brown and dry branches,, towered. The chill November wind whistled about it, sighing down the chimney, and ingress in many a crack around window and door. There dwelt Mrs. Grant and her little granddaughter, Peggy. Mrs. G. was a little, with ered old lady, with a placid face and kindly smile.. . She was very poor, partly supported by the town, and eking out her slender income by means of s knitting, braiding mats, and sewing carpet rags, for the busy housewives of the village. . Peggy was a bright, little girl of eight summers, much attached to her grandmother, and a favorite at the village school, notwithstanding her patched dress, dilapidated shoes and faded hood. Everyone had a kind word for her, and many a rosy cheeked apple or crisp cookie was slipped into her basket, to eke out her dinner of 5cold . johnny-cake, by her more favored- companions. School was out, and a merry group were putting on their wraps in the hallway, and discussing the coming fertlval, so dear to every New 2dng iand child. - "I think Thanksgiving is just one of the best times of the year, don't you,Pesgy?" asked a little, roly-poly girl about her own age, as she tied her red hood about her rosy face. "I don't know; we never had Thanksgiving at our house," replied the little girl, who had been listen ing with wide-open eyes to the tales of roast turkey, chicken pies and frosted cake. "Never had Thanksgiving, Peggy why don't you 'l "Granny's too poor, she can't af ford it." "Sure enough.. I didn't think about that," and Hattie.Miller turned homeward with a thoughtful face and preoccupied air. All the evening she seemed to be engaged in studying some problem, and said good-night very gravely. But the next morning she came bounding into the dining room with a radiant face. "Oh, mamma!" she exclaimed, "do you know Peggy Grant says they never have Thanksgiving at her house, her grandma is so poor. Isn't it too bad?" "I never thought of it before, dear. I'm sorry." "But mamma, I've got a plan in my head." "I'm afraid this curly patel cannot keep it long, returned her mother, affectionately smoothing her hair. "Well, you see, we school children all love Peggy, and I'm going to ask them all to give their pocket money, and we'il bu her a new dress and shoes for a Thanksgiving present; then we can each spare a few of ou'r toys, 'for I don't s'pose she has any; and if you grown folks would . only make, a little feast for them, they " .v'e never had Thanksgiving at oui house." can have a nice Thanksgiving." Mrr. Miller smiled as she kissed the; little;; earnest face upturned to -.her. .... . .. ... "I'll do my part, and thank my little girl for giving me a hint. 'I think if you get your schoolmates In terested in your plan, their papas and mammas will be glad to help, and we will make Peggy and her grandmother happy for one day at least." "Oh, thank you, mamma," and TIattie sat down to her breakfast with a very happy face. She hastened early to school, call - Ing on the way upon several of her ( schoolmates, and enlisted them in f ner plan. She met 'vith good euc css in all her appeals, even the older EfARy A H. COPELAND. scholars promised to help the mat ter along, and a sum of money was raised far exceeding Hattle's most sanguine expectations. This was Judiciously expended at the village store by Mrs.-Miller, who enlisted the sympathies of the mer chant in the scheme, and materials for several serviceable garments ere purchased, the garments cut out, and some younp ladles offered to make them up, s , , Poor Peggy looked sorrowful at the happy, faces of her schoolmates during the week, thinking it was the anticipated enjoyment of the coming J Thanksgiving that made them so gleeful, and, she wondered why they became so ! silent when 5 she ap proached a group . of tnem chatting away in the corner. - ' Thanksgiving morning dawned j clear and cold. Mrs.' Grant and j Peggy ate their frugal breakfast, and j with a sigh the elder lady put away the remnants, thinking of the many j happy Circles that would assemble around festive boards, and she could ' not afford an extra article of food that day. ' When .the church bell sounded she laid aside her knitting, donned her oi ', rusty, bombazine dress and. crape bonnet, that aad served her many r. year, and' taking Pegy'e hand set out 'for church; first covering the fire to save the lit tle fuel In the stove "until their. ?,re- turn. The air was keen, and pene- j trated their 'thin garments, but the church would be warm they could take seats near the stove and as Parson Harvey's sermons were lengthy, tur would have two good hours of warmth. As the little black bonnet passed on its way, it was watched by a score of bright eyes; and as it disappeared through the church door, there v was a general donning of hoods and cloaks, and bevy of young girls came out of the different houses, bearing baskets, pails and bundles, and took their way ' to the dilapi dated hovel 4 rj t i A- load of wood, - that had been waiting on the outskirts of the 'vil lage, was driven to the door and; un loaded, and half a dozen young men with saws and axes began to demol ish it, while a corps of little boys packed it neatly under a tumble down shed in the rear. Meanwhile, within doors, the girls were, busy transforming the cheerless apartment into one of comfort. .The bare floor was partly covered with some strips of half-worn carpet two or three. cheap prints in rustic frames, with some wreaths of ever green, gave th dingy walls a home like look. Opposite, the" door the door the word "Thanksgiving," in evergreen, was placed. A bright fire was burning in the little stove, and the teakettle singing away as, if it entered into the spirit of the occa sion. The old table was drawn: into the middle of the room, covered wiin a snowy cloth, arid the widow's scanty array of crockery arranged to the best ' advantage upon it, while baskets, pails - and bundles gave up their store of goodies to fill it. As the time for the close of serv ice drew near.t they finished tkeir work and left for their respective homes, watching with dancing eyes, Mrs. Grant and Peggy as they trudged demurely homeward. As they reached their' little domi cile and opened the door of the kitch en; both uttered an exclamation of astonishment., The old lady sank I into a chair and rubbed her eyes. mMM m tmnking they were playing her some trick, while Peggy cried: "Oh, granny, the fairy folks have been here!" The table was set for two. A .roast turkey occupied the place of honor, flanked by a chicken pie and a dish of scalloped oysters, while vegetables, bread and butter, pies and cakes of various - kinds, and dishes of fruit filled the board, and a pot of coffee t nen -h chur:h bell sounded she laid aside her knitting." bubbling on the stove sent forth a delicious odor. "Oh, granny, is it all a dream, and shall I wake up soon?" asked Peggy, her eyes swimming with tears. "I don't know, dearie, what it all means; but here's a note," and taking a folded paper from the table,, she read: "A Thanksgiving dinner for Mrs. Grant and Peggy, from their numer our friends." "Thank the Lord for such friends who remember the widow and or phan," said Mrs. Grant, wiping her eyes. "Oh, granny, see here!" shouted Peggy, pointing to the bureau, on which was arranged an asortment of toys and picture-books, a crimson merino dress, sack and hood, with a neat pair of gaiters. A card, with this Inscription, lay. by their side: ; "Peggy Grant, from her school mates." We must not dwell upon the pleas ures of that day; it was the richest in i Peggy's experience, and in after years, when she moved in the best circles in society, she looked back with a warm feeling at her heart to that Thanksgiving Day. New York Weekly. , . .. .. - - Cranberry Hints. In cooking cranberries avoid cook ing them in tin, which gives them a purple hue. Use granite or porce lain, and' to. each quart of ' cranberries measure or, a pint of sugar and a cup and a half .of water. Put the berries into a pan first, on the top of them the sugar, zxA over all the cold water. Cover closely and cook for ten minutes without stirring. Watch that they do not boil over, shaking and turning the pan from time to time. Then take off the lid, skim with a" silver spoon, push back ana let simmer a few vmoments longer, then turn into a dish to cool. The skins, cooked in this way, will be soft and tender, the berries nearly whole and the juice clear and almost a jelly. A Noble BirT Slighted. An Englishman in Paris asked Franklin why his countrymen se lected a stupid, uneatable "eagle as their , emblem, when they had sup plied therji with such noble bird as: the turkey. -. .. ST. PETER SHflKENBY BOMB The famous Cathedral Was the Scene of Panic THE CELEBRATED TOMB IS SAFE Congregation Assembled to Celebrate the Dedication of the Bascilica to St. Peter, Started Prom Its Demo tions by the Roar of the Bursting Boom Panic Stricken Worshipers Flee in Dismay and a Scene of In describable Confusion Follows. Home, by Cable. A bomb was ex ploded in St. Peter's Sunday. The euiiice Avas crowded arid an indescrib able scene of confd&ibn followed. Thero were no fatalities. As soon its the echoes of the tremendous roar had cease'- a canoi. sought by re assuring words to quiet the people, but iu vain. They fled in all direc tions and a number of women faint ed. No trace of the perpetrators of the deed has been found. Holy Relics Exposed. Sunday was the anniversary of the dedication of the bascilica to St. Peter and it was beautifully decorat ed for the occasion. Holy relics were exposed and a large number of the faithful attended the services. Car dinal Kampolia, formerly papal sec retary of State, was among those present. Hje took part in the service in the choir chapel. The last mass had just been concluded when the explosion occurred and only one ca non, who had not quite finished, re mained at the alter of Saint PatroA illa. This altar is at the end of the right aisle, and it was near here that the bomb had been placed. As the canon turned to bless the communi cants there was a trmendous roar, which echoed through the lofty arches of the immense dome like a thunder clap. Panic Seizes People. At the same time a dense smoke spread throughout this portion of the basilica' and a strong odor of gun powder filled the air. Confusion and panic at once seized the people. The canon at the altar tried to stem the tide of fear. He shouted : "Do not be afraid, it is nothing, merely the noonday gun." His words, however, had little effect. They were, refuted by the smoke and the pungent smell of powder, and the people continued their headlong flight. Chairs were overthrown, making the confusion more serious. Men and women fled, stumbling in all directions, the screams of children and cries of an guish were heard on all sides, and for a few moments it seemed as if nothing could obviate a grave disas ter. The vast size of the church, however, gave room for the crowd to scatter and at the end of a few mo ments the people were surging toward the doors, excited" and nervous, but orderly. Celebrated Tomb Uninjured. It was discovered that the bomb had been placed under a scaffolding which had been erected to facilitate repairs to the roof exactly over the celebrated tomb of Clement XIII, by Canova, which consists of a figure of the Pope and two lions and which is the most remarkable piece of sculp ture in the basilica. fThis tomb ranks among the finest efforts of modern sculpture, and by its execution Can ova estblished his reputation. An ex amination of the remains of the boom leads to the supposition unless it was crudely prepared on, purpose to mis lead, that it was manufactured in the country and brought into Rome. It has been impossible to trace him, and no one has any recollection of seeing a man who, by his move ments, might have aroused suspicion. Militia Guards Negro Murderer. Center, Tex., Special. Owing to the excitement over the killing Sun day of Dr. Paul by Dick Garrett, a pegro, the militia company from Timpson has been on guard here. William Paul, brother-, of the dead man, prevented a lynching last night by an address to the crowd. Tho grand "jury will assemble Monday and Garrett will begiven a speedy trial. Tragedy in Mining Town. Wheeling, W. Va., -Special. Silas Conaway, a miner, of Flushing, O., near here, shot and instantly killed Marcus Piverotti, an Italian store keeper vith whom he quarrelled. Following the murder ; Conaway made his escape and a posse formed by Sheriff Amrine is now in pursuit. The . murder has" caused much excite ment among the foreign population of Flushing. In 1884 Conaway shot and badly wounded Marshall Jos. McCon naughey of Bridgeport, O., and serv ed 12 years for ' the crime in the Ohio penitentiary. , Fatal Shooting Affray at Alabama Mine. , 1 Birmingham, Ala., Special During a quarrel at - Sayres mines Sunday Doc Mann and Oscar Linn, two white men, engaged in a shooting affray, in which both received mortal injuries. Sam Stephens,. a negro, who was standing near, -received injuries from which he will tlie. x ; ; WANT THE WHITES PARDONED Vigorous Attempt Being Made Foi Pardon cf Principals in Famous Case. Salisbury, Special. Notice has een given, that application Nwill be nade to Governor Glenn for the par Ion of Thomas and Chalmers White, iwo prominent citizens of Concord, who are each serving a five year sen renre in the penitentiary for the kill ing of Russell Sherrill, a prominent poung man of Mt. Ulla, Rowan coun ty, several years ago. It will be re membered that they went to Sherill's home to induce him to marry their niece, whem they alleged he had be trayed. -, Their visit resulted in the 3hooting of the young man on the porch of nis mother's home. They then drove to Salisbury, surrendered and were placed in jail, later were given a preliminary hearing and re leased on a $25,000 bail each, which was immediately given. After their conviction and after an appeal and the suvrcmecourt had passed upon the case they went to Raleigh unat tended and remained unrecognized at the Yarborough Hotel for a day ox two. Sheriff Julian went to Raleigh to commit them to the keeping of the prison authorities and the two men drove out to the penitentiary and met the sheriff at the entrance and began to serve their sentence. Gov. Glenn was. one of the prosecuting attorneys in this famous case. State Board of Education Consider ing Text Books. Raleigh, Special. The State Board of Education is in session hearing the publication of text books in regard to the adoption of the following books: North Carolina history, civics, and pedagogy. These books were not adopted when the text book commis sion were in session several weeks ago. There are three North Carolina books bfore the commission "for their consideration. These are a History in manuscript, by Prof. D. H. Hill of the A. & M. College. This book will be published by the Stone and Barrin jer Company of Charlotte ; also a His tory of North Carolina, by W. C. Al len of Waynesville, N. C, and a book on civics by W. J. Peele of Raleigh. Besides these quite a number of larg er publishing houses are represented before the board. It will be several days yet before the final action of the board will be made public. Teller of First National Bank of Mt. Airy Arrested. Greensboro, Sjecial. Chief of Po lice Neely received instructions from Mt. Airy for . the arrest of Graham Trotter, charging him with being a fugitive from justice. He is wanted in Mt. Airy for complicity in an as sault made there one night last week on a young man and two young ladies of that city in which one of the young ladies was very seriously , injured from a pistol shot fired by the as saulting party. Trotter is teller of the First National Bank of Mt. Airy and a very prominent young man aa are all of the people connected with the affair. It will be remembered that a Mr. Brimm of Mt. Airy was arrest ed the day after the shooting charged with being connected with the affair. Trotter is locked up here and he ab solutely refuses to discuss the mat ter. By instructions of the Mt. Airy authorities he is held without bail. 'Fatal Crash. Detroit.. Mich., Special. Three per sons were killed and several injured when a Michigan Central freight en gine crashed into the wall of the waiting room at the Michigan Central station. A considerable portion of the building was knocked down. Briefs of State News. i Auditor Dixon says the State will make a fine financial showing this fiis cal year and that there will be a balance, of $300,000. The State Department of Agricul ture will issue its pure food bulletin by Becember 1, this containing the analysis of the samples taken during the past six months. ... From the office of the State super intendent of public instruction there has been issued the complete pro gramme " for North Carolina Day which this year is McIver(Day, Fri day, Dec. 14th The pamphlet is very well prepared and is full of in struction and inspiration. , A charter is granted the Atlantic Improvement Company, of Lumber ton,, to build railways and do all oth er kinds of construction, the capital stock being $150,000, and the stock holders being J. F. L. Armfield, of Fayetteville. Another charter is granted to the Norwood-Welsch Com pany, of Salisbury, $100,000. 25 Killed. San Jose, Cal., Special. Two men were killed, -another fatally injured and many passengers more or less shaken up and cut by broken glass in an ascident to the Southern Pa cific Sunset Express No. 10, south bound from San Francisco to New Orleans, opposite the depot at . Sar gent 's Station',87, miles south of: San Francisco Sunday night. THE PRESIDENT'S ORDER Iegrr Soldiers Drscharged at Fori Reno, Oklahoma. riic Officers Cannot Believe That " They Themselves Will Be Court-Martialled, Fort Reno, Oklahoma. The order Tor the .discharge of the 167 negroes comprising Cos. B, C and D, of the Twenty-fifth Infantry, wh were sta tioned at Fort Brown at the time of the trouble there, was received here. It reads: "By order of the- President the fol lowing named enlisted men, who, on August 13. were members of B, C tnd D Companies of the Twenty fifth Infantry, - which took part in the trouble which occurred in Brownsville, Texas, on the night of August 13, 1906, will be discharged without honor from the army by their respective commanding officers and forever debarred from re-enlisting in the army or navy of the United States, as well as from em ployment in any civil capaci.y under the Government." The names include those of sev eral men whose terms of enlistment has expired since the Brownsville affair and have already been given honorable discharges from the ser vice. Eight of these have re-enlist-d in other companies and regiments. All of the officers at this post, in cluding those of the Thirtieth In fantry as well as of the Twenty-fifth believe that everything possible has been done to detect the men who en gaged in the Brownsville rioting, and they will not believe that there nil be any court-martial of the offi cers in command at Fort Brown. "jfhave tfied to shield no men. but traCve used every effort to find the guilty ones," said an officer of the dishonored battalion. "As the time for the discharge of the troops has neared, they have redoubled their efforts to find out the guilty men. They have kept the men under the closest espionage. They have noted what men seemed to chum together, their actions and anything else that might lead to the detection of the guilty men." Many of the men now to be dis honorably discharged are veterans who have served in Cuba and in the Philippines. At El Caney the regi ment was at the front and two of the companies were in the very hoi test of the conflict. Their conduct excited praise. As they marched back from the bloody slope after victory had been won they wero greeted with cheers by the Second Massachusetts Volunteers. During the service of this regiment the de sertions and absences without leave were comparatively few. Of the men to be mustered out fully seventy per cent, have won medals and decora tions for meritorious service in Cuba and tho Philippines. ROOSEVELT ARRIVES AT COLON. "Warships Make Panama Port Ahead of Schedule Time. Colon, Panama. The first trip of an American President outside of the boundaries of the United States was successfully ended when the battle ship Louisiana, having on board Pres ident Roosevelt and his party, dropped anchor in the harbor of Colon. The Louisiana, which arrived ahead of schedule time, was convoyed by the Tennessee and, the Washing ton. The three vessels anchored about a mile from the landing in a heavy rainfall. Owing to the fact thatthe Louis iana arrived ahead of time, neither President Amador of Panama nor Chairman Shonts of the ' Isthmian Canal Commission was. on hand to welcome President Roosevelt. In the afternoon President Roose velt received the local newspaper cor respondents on board the Louisiana. He said - that his voyage had been pleasant and uneventful, and ex pressed himself as gratified at the welcome, . He said he proposed to look into the Jamaican labor ques tion, and also intended to see every thing possible concerning th'e canal. RETURNS TO PRISON FOR LIFE. Clergyman's Indiscretions Kesloro His Murder Sentence. Indianapolis, Ind. W.- E. Hin shaw, a formor clergyman, convicted in 1895 for wife murder, and sen tenced to prison for life, but paroled in 1905, was before Governor Hanly, charged with wrecking the honi3 of Sheriff-Elect George Freeman, of Wabash County. After heaving the evidence the Governor ordered Hin shaw returned to Michigan City prison for life. Hinshaw admitted correspondence with Mrs. Freeman since paroled, masting her by appointment and go ing with her at night to a hotel at Shirley. j BOERS INVADE CAPE COLONY. i Parties of Freebooters Enter British Territory Police 3Ieet Ferreira. Cape Town, South Africa. Ac cording to information received here the colony has been invaded by two parties of Boer freebooters, in ad dition to the men operating under Ferreira. The police have had an ineffectual encounter with Ferreira near Uping ton. Edward Honored Haakon. King Edward invested King Haa kon, now in London, with the Or der of the Garter. The ceremony of investure was ' the most brilliant pageant of King Edward's reign. . Ohio Faces Cqal Famine. Ohio is in the grip of a coal fani ine. The shortage of cars and th demands of the -Northwest are given as the reasons. The famine is fell especially iu the manufacturing cities. . - . ; WASHINGTON. Officials of the Department of Jus tice conferred on methods to prose-" cute the Standard Oil Company for violation of the law. President . Roosevelt, accompanied oy Mrs. Roosevelt and Surgeon-Gen-sral Rixey, started for Panama. Sir Henry Mortimer Durand, Brit ish Ambassador, announced his re tirement from the Diplomatic ser vice. , Director of the Census North and Chief Garry, of the Customs Division of the Treasury Department, sailed trom New York for Germany. . The President placed 1100 deputy lollectors of Internal revenue under Civil Service rules. Samuel Gompers and other labor leaders had a conference with the President on the Pearre Anti-Injunction bill and other questions affecting labor. The Army will adopt the new bul let, which was recently tested at tho -National rifle meet at Sea Girt. President Roosevelt has approved t the arrangement made by Colonel Rodgers,, of the Sixth Cavalry, for the settlement of the grievances of the Ut& Indians. The President instructed the offi cials of the War Department to In- form the Indian chiefs that he will give them an audience at the White House on his return from Panama OTJR ADOPTED ILAN DS. The moderate party of Cuba voted to disband and reorganize under an-. other name. Cuban Liberals,' dissatisfied bo cause Governor Magoon has not giv en them office, held a meeting to plan to bring pressure to bear on him. A Cuban band of one hundred for mer rebels was dispersed near Cien fuegos by Major Kane, commandant of marines. i Three thousand Filipinos assem bled at Cagayan de Misamis, capital of the province 4)1 Misamis, Mindan ao, P. I., to protest against the ru mored separation. . Captain Fredendall, of the Army, who was tried in the Manila civil courts on the charge of misappropri ating the funds of the quartermas ter's shops, Mas been acquitted. DOMESTIC. Jet Hicks, a negro, was lynched at Sale City, Ga., for the murder of John Akridge. The Society of the Army of the Tennessee has re-elected General Grenville M. Dodge as its president. It is believed that Winston Church ill, the author, stands a chance of be ing United States Senator from New Hampshire. President Roosevelt returned- to Washington from his outing in Vir ginia w.ith one wild turkey, which had fallen to his gun. The President has approved the re port of the committee exonerating Governor Frantz, of Oklahoma, of charges against him. District Attorney Jerome, of New York City, explained in a letter to ex Judge Herrick his reasons for defer ring action on alleged coercion meth ods of the Mutual Life. The British laborers on the Isth mian Canal were granted a holiday in honor of King Edward's birthday. San Francisco policy holders have appealed to the State Department for aid in forcing three German and one Austrian fire insurance companies to pay $14,000,000 losses. Suits were begun in the Federal court in Utah to recover thousand of acres of coal lands for the State from the Gould corporations. A brother of Senator Money killed another man in a pistol duel at Mon ey, Miss. ' The will ef the late James G. Morse, several . times a millionaire filed at Thomasville, Ga., leaves near ly all to his daughter, Mrs Carolyn . Morse Ely. The Louisiana State Board of Health has modified the quarantine against Havana, so that passengers may go direct to their homes without detention, provided they report oil their health daily. Secretary of Commerce and Labor Metcalf visited the Oriental schools in San Francisco, in pursuance of his investigation of educational condi tions. Sonntnr Oh&iincev M. DeDew. com pletely recovered in health, it was learned, would attend the next ses sion of Congress. Voluntarily appearing before, tho Fifth Court in Mexico City, J. E. Starr Hunt, charged with fraud in connection with the International Bank and Trust Company, was ac quitted. FOREIGN. The Pope, it was announced at Rome, had decided to call a consist ory. A rumor that Herr von Podblelskl, the Prussian Minister of Agriculture, has resigned was published' In Ber lin. Dr. Carl. Hau, of George Washing ton University, was arrested in Lon don, charged with murdering his mother-in-law In Baden-Baden. Counsel for Count BonI made a vicious attack on Edmond Kelly, the American lawyer, in speaking for the defense in the Castellane divorce suit in Paris. Replying to a message from the In ternational Peace Association at Mi lan, the Pope urged all nations to take steps for the prevention of war. Action by the captain of a British warship in the Newfoundland fisher ies dispute provoked a protest from the Colonial Cabinet, to the Imperial Government. German industrial circles greatly fear a tariff war with America' as the result of the Congressional elections. A fire in Canton, China, near a Eu ropean suburb, caused a loss of over $1,000,000. . i -r if I i