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JURORS IN THE THAW
CASE FAjL-TO AGREE
Thsy Are Discharged, Standing 7
For Bsath, 5 For Acquittal "
HEW TRIAL SET FOR NEXT FALL
Insanity Plea Favored by Those Who
Stand to End For Prisoner Jer
ome Will Oppose Bail Family
lir.ppoiiitcd.
j?ev York City. After forty-seven
hours spent in fruitless discussion,
the jury in the trial of Harry K Thaw
for the killing of Stanford White was
discharged by Justice Fitzgerald in
the Criminal Branch of the Supreme
Court. Contrary to the custom in
discharging a jury, the court did not
thank the twelve men for the trying
work they had done. As they left the
court house the furors said" they felt
hurt by the cold manner in which they
had been dismissed.
The jurors on their last ballot, tak
en three-quarters of an hour before
their discharge, stood seven for mur
der in the first degree and five for ac
quittal on the ground of insanity.
Soon after the twelve men retired
they stood eight for murder in the
first degree and four for acquittal on
the ground ct insanity, but after read
ing Thaw's letters and the will and
codicil the defendant had drawn up
on th? night of his marriage, John S.
Dennee, Juror No. 10, said he had a
reasonable doubt as to Thaw's sanity
at the time of the shooting, and he
went over to those who voted for ac
quittal. Dennee offered to compromise on a
verdict of manslaughter in the first
degree, but the four jurors who had
voted for acquittal from the first
would not accept the proposition. In
all nine ballots were taken.
Of the seven jurors who voted for
conviction sis were willing to compro
mise on a verdict of manslaughter in
the second degree, but the rest would
not change their views. George Pfaff,
Juror No. 2, voted from first to .last
for conviction of murder in the first
degree, contending that if the de
fendant were sane at the time of the
killing he should be sent to the elec
tric chair.
At no time from the moment the
jury retired until it was discharged
did Thaw have a chance for freedom.
The five jurors who voted for acquit
tal did so on the ground of insanity.
Had that verdict been brought in the
4 defendant would have been committed
to the Matteawan -Asylum for the
Criminal Insane, there to remain un
til he should be pronounced cured.
District Attorney Jerome told re
porters that he would place Thaw on
trial again, but not until the fourteen
homicide cases now pending had been
disposed of. This means that the sec
ond trial cannot possibly take place
until late fall or early winter. In the
meantime Thaw must remain in the
Tombs, because Mr. Jerome has said
that he would oppose any motion to
admit the defendant to bail, and it is
scarcely likely that any judge would
grant a motion in face of the District
Attorney's decided opposition.
Mr. Jerome says there is a possibil
ity that a change of venue may be
applied for. Jerome has his doubts
about that, however, and believes that
a jury can be found in New York
County that will declare Thaw guilty.
Of course, in the event that Thaw
should develop insanity to a marked
degree in the meantime he would be
sent to Matteawan without being
compelled to undergo another trial.
Thaw is in good spirits. It was ex
pected that he would break down and
shout to be liberated. He did nothing
of the kind.
As soon as the courtroom had been
cleared the Thaw women went to the
pen above the-courtroom under the
escort of Lawyer O'Reilly, there to
console Harry. They found that they
needed more consolation than did the
man they had hoped to take to their
home with them.
Mrs. William Thaw and her two
. daughters, Mrs. Carnegie and the
Countess of Yarmouth, left the court
building in one automobile, Mrs, Eve
lyn Thaw in another. Mr. Hartridge
accompanied her They declined to
say anything for publication. They
were overcome by thetblow and too
agitated to speak.
Estimates of the cost of the Thaw
case are as follows:
Expense to New York County
Jury fees $1,536
Jury expenses 5,200
Fees to waiting talesmen. .. . 5,000
Fees to experts. 22,200
Judge's salary 4,375
District Attorney's salary... 3,000
Assistant District Attorney's
salary 1,875
Extra clerical work 2,000
County detectives 5,000
Extra' detective service..:.. 3000
Traveling and Incidental. . . . 5,000
Court ; attaches 3,000
Stenographers' pay. . ...... 4,500
Extra police. . . . 8,000
Witness fees and expenses.. 5,000
Grand total .... $7
Expense to the Thaw family
Experts . . . . - $4
8,68G
5,000
0,000
0,000
0,000
Attorney fees (chief coun-
sel)
Assistant counsel
Cost Gf original lawyers ....
Expenses of detectives, etc.
Prisoner's meals
Traveling expenses
Cables, ecc '
Tracing up testimony (esti-ju-.cd)
10
4
2
1
5,000
1,500
1,000
2,500
10,000
$235,000
. Xanchuija Clear of Japs.
M. HayasM, the Japanese Minister
p.t Pel? in, has officially informed the
Chiness Foreign Office that all the
Japan29 troops, with the exception,
of the railroad guards, have been
withdrawn from Manchuria.
Premier Stolypin Censured.
M. Golovin, President of the Duma,
at St. Petersburg, sent a curt letter
to Premier Stolypin, rebuking him
for curtailing the activity of Parliament.
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VOL. XXIX. PITTSBORQ. CHATHAM
CHRONOLOGY OF
THAW WHITE CASE.
These are the chief events in
the Thaw. White tragedy:
1906 June 25 Thaw shoots
and instantly kills Stan
, ford White tt the Mad
ison Square Roof Gar
den.
1907 Jan. 23 Thaw arraigned
for trial before Justice
Fitzgerald in the Crim
inal Branch of the Su--
preme Court; drawing
of jury commences.
Feb. 4 Morning Tak
ing of testimony begins;
prosecution puts in its
case during the fore-
noon. Afternoon De
Tense .opens.
Feb. 7 and 8 Evelyn
Nesbit Thawj wife of the
prisoner, testifies to the
story of her ruin by
Stanford White, which
p she told her husband,
Harry Thaw.
; Feb. 12 "Brainstorm"
theory advanced by
alienist for the defense.
Feb. 14 Death of juror's
wife stops trial.
' Feb, 18, 19, 20, 21 25,
26 Jerome cross-examines
Evelyn and attacks
"her story of her down
fall. March 8 Thaw's defense
closed ; prosecution
opens in rebuttal.
March 18 Abraham II.
Hummel puts in photo
graph of last page of
Evelyn's alleged retrac
tion of charges against
White.
March 20 Jerome halts
trial to demand a com
mission to test Thaw's
present Sanity.
March 26 Commission
appointed by Justice
Fitzgerald to decide on
defendant's mental con
dition. April 4 - Commission
after having examined
Thaw reports him sane;
trial ordered resumed.
April 8 Lawyer Delmas,
all evidence for both
sides being in, begins
. final appeal to the jury.
April 10 District Attor,
ney Jerome made his ar
gument; Justice Fitz
gerald charged the jury.
April 11 Jury deliber
ates. April 12 Jury disagrees
and is discharged.
BUSINESS SKY CLEARER.
Country's Great Trade Centres Re
port Record Prosperity.
New York City. Special dispatches
to the Tribune frefm three of the
country's great centres of trade
Pittsburg. St. Louis and Chlrasrn-
show no appreciable falling off in
Dusmess. une opinions of financiers,
manufacturers and business men in
general are uniformly optimistic, and
ao not renect tne pessimism expressed
by James J. Hill, Mr. Schiff and Mr.
Belmont in recent interviews.
Pittsburg espects eome slackening
up, ana will welcome it, but scouts
any real business depression. Men
high in the steel trade say there can
be no depression there this year or
next.
St. Louis is enjoying the greatest
business prosperity in Its history, and
prospects are for more business this
year than last. ' One of the great rail
road equipment companies reports or
ders on its books for nearly 100,000
cars.
Chicago reports business in every
nne Dooming, ana on tne increase.
FIFTEEN KILLED IN WRECK.
Injured Passengers Burned to Death
on the Canadian Pacific.
Fort William, Ont. - Fifteen per
sons were killed and twenty injured
In the wreck pf a Canadian Pacific
passenger train near Chapleau, 300
miles east of here, The train was
thrown from the track by a broken
rail and plunged down an embank
ment into a small lake. Some of the
injured passengers were pinned in
the wreckage and slowly burned to
death, while others met death in a
more merciful form lu the waters of
the lake. -
When the train struck the broken
rail five tourist cars near the middle
of the train broke loose and rolled
down the embankment. One of the
cars was entirely submerged. The
other four stopped closer to the shore
and were only partly covered by
water. The latter caught fire and
the passengers imprisoned in a mass
of wreckage were burned to death. :
NO ROCKEFELLER BOULEVARD.
Cleveland Takes His Name From the
Driveway He Gave.
Cleveland, Ohio. John D. Rocke
feller's name is no longer borne by
the boulevard he gave to the city.
The administration has changed the
name of the upper driveway in Rocke
feller Park from Rockefeller Boule
vard to East Boulevard.
Residents in houses and apartments
along the driveway are indignant.
The change was authorized some time
ago, but those most affected knew
nothing of it until signs bearing the
new name were put up within the last
few days. .
No explanation has been oifered by
the city authorities.
Galusha Grow Pensioned by Carnegie
The late Galusha A. Grow, of Penn
sylvania, was so stripped of his for
tune by blackmailers that his wants
were provided for by Andrew Carne
gie for the last two years.
Peary Gets Three Years' Leave. ,
Secretary of the Navy Metcalf
granted the application of Command
er Robert E. Peary for a leave of ab
sence for three years, the time to be
devoted by him to Arctic exploration.
6; Q C
ftlRNEGIE DEDICATES HIS
323.000,000 INSTITUTE
Turns Pittsburg Institutions Over
to the People.
"IT'S ALL LIKE A DREAM TO ME"
Denies That He is Entitled to Any
Credit For Amassing Millions
Distinguished Gathering at the
Ceremonies Scope of Institute.
Pittsburg Pa. Surrounded by a
brilliant assemblage of world-famous
personages Andrew Carnegie for
mally turned over to Pittsburg the
magnificent institute which bears his
name and for which he has given
$23,000,000 in round figures, the
largest sum ever given by any man
to any one institution.
WTith 25,000 people lining the quarter-mile
boulevard between the Hotel
Schenley, the headquarters of the vis
itors, and the Carnegie Institute, Mr.
Carnegie and his guests marched to
the dedication.
The line was led by Director Ar
thur Hammerschlag, of the Carnegie
Tech Schools, followed by the mem
bers of the faculty. Then came Mr.
Carnegie on the arm of W. N. Frew,
chairman of the board of trustees,
and behind them the guests, with
Lieutenant-General Alfred F. J. von
Lowenfeld, General Adjutant to the
German Emperpr, and Lieutenant
Dickhuth, of the German army, in
the lead.
Following the German officers
Came statesman and educator, artist
and famous manufacturer, church
man and politician. The Catholic
Bishop of Pittsburg walked with the
Episcopal Bishop. With Booker T.
Washington marched two educators
of another complexion.
The proceedings began at 9.45 a.
m., when Chairman Frew received
the guests in the Founders' room.
At 10.30 a. m. came the municipal
reception to visiting guests by Mayor
and Mrs. Guthrie, assisted by Mr.
and Mrs. Carnegie. At 11.30 came
the academic procession from the
Hotel Schenley to the institute, under
escort, from the Faculty and students
of the Carnegie Technical Schools.
At 2 o'clock the dedication exercises
began in the music hall, and at S
o'clock the rest of the buildings were
thrown open to the general public.
At night there was a concert of the
Pittsburg Orchestra.
The ceremonies, while elaborate,
were marked with extreme simplicity.
When Mr. Carnegie arose to make
his address the applause was long
renewed. He had been introduced
by Chairman W. M. Frew of the
Board of Trustees as a man who had
long been absent from Pittsburg, but
who still needed no introduction.
This expression seemed to furnish
Mr. Carnegie his inspiration. He
put his manuscript down, his eyes
flashed, he stepped far to the front
beyond the speaker's table, and rais
ing his arms, cried out:
"I have been in a dream ever since
I arrived here, and I am still in a
dream. 'As I look upon this build
ing, I can hardly realize what has
been done in my absence by the men
who have made it. I have tried to
make myself realize that I have any
thing to do with it, and have failed
to do so. My banker tells me that I
have so many bonds; I never even
saw them. Did I earn them? Well,
I started the machinery going and
they came to me. When the insti
tute project was first mentioned I
wrote my name to a little slip of
paper. That completed my task. I
do not even know how many bonds
they took, because I don't know how
many I have. And still I am given
the. credit. It doesn't belong to me.
"I cannot feel that I own a moun
tain, I don't think any man can
really feel he owns a stretch of land.
Let him walk over mountains or
heather and say to himself, 'These
mountains are mine,' and he will pot
be able to make himself understand
the meaning of the words.' So it is,
impossible to make one's self under?
stand that he owns a great fortune,
"I don't miss the money I gave.
So far as I know there are as many
bonds in the safe deposit vault as
there were before, I told my wife
last night, after I had viewed thia
wonderful place, that I felt that Alad
din's Lamp had been working, and
she replied, 'Yes, and you did not
even have to rub the lamp,' That
sizes up my position exactly,"
Mr. Carnegie delivered this re
markably speech in the most Impas
sioned way with his eye glasses
thrust back over his head, and his
arms gesticulating. At times in it
he was vigorously applauded, but for
the most part the audience sat silent,
not unsympathetically, but rather as
if unable to take it in. Having said
this, he walked back to the speaker's'
table, picked . up his manuscript,
pulled down his glasses over his eyes
and delivered his prepared speech.
The institute is of marble, and
stands in Schenley Park, one of the
most beautiful in the city. The build
ing faces the south, and with its
wings and extensions covers an area
of four acres, while with the three
floors there is a space for the various
departments of sixteen acres, exclus
ive of two basements and the power
house. The total cost of the insti
tute, which occupied thirty months
in construction, was $6,000,000.- The
bqokstacks have a capacity of 1,500,
000 volumes The art galleries cover
44,700 square feet and the museum
covers 104,000 square feet.
Fremont Court-Martial Begun.
.? The court-martial trial of Major
F. F. Fremont, son of "The Path
finder," on the charge of conduct un
becoming an army officer in connec
tion with several financial ' transac
tions, was begun in New York City.
Free Rides For Jersey Congressmen.
The Free Railroad Pass bill was
amended in the House at Trenton, N.
J., to give to United States Senators
and Representatives in Congress free
travel on all New Jersey railroads.
COUNTY. N. C., THURSDAY. APRIL 18. 1907
TAR HEEL CROP BULLETIN
Condition of Crops as Given-Out by
the Department of Agriculture.
The weather crop bureau of the
Department of Agriculture for the
North Carolina section gives the fol
lowing summary of conditions for
the week ending Monday, April 8.
The week began cold and windy.
On Tuesday, April 2nd, the minimum
temperatures were below freezing
Over the entire State. The lowest
temperature reported was 26 dgrees
in Buncombe county on the 2nd. Ice J
formed in many places, andi frost j
trom light to killing were general.
Considerable damage was done in . the
western counties, but less In the cen
tral and eastern counties. On Wed
nesday the temperatures rose, and
the highest generally occurred on Fri
day, April 5,th. The highest report
ed was 81 degrees on the 4th in Mad
ison county, and on the 5Jh in Ran
dolph county. The last portion of
the week was again cool. The tem
perature averaged about 6 degrees
below normal. The week was fair un
til Friday evening when rain began
whieh continued in most places Sat
urday and Sunday. The rainfall
averaged above normal somewhat,
and was heaviest in the interior cf
the State. A. H. Thiessen, Section
Director.
Killed His Own Son.
i
"Wilson, Special. A preliminary
hearing was held Saturday nioaiing in
the court house on the case of the
State against Nathan Moore, who was
failed here charged with the murder
of his 19-year-old son, Nathan Moore,
Jr. As the prisoner is a popular
and well-known farmer, and the cir
cumstances of the killing are so
horrible a large crowd attended the
hearing before Magistrate W. R.
Wood. The State's witnesses were
examined by Solicitor C. C. Daniel
and the evidence in substance was as
follows: Moore, senior, on returning
home found his son Nathan absent.
He learned that he was at a neigh
bor's house 200 yards distance. He
went there and saw his son with a
friend, John Ellis, asleep under a bug
gy shelter. Moore picked up a square
pint bottle and approached his'son.
As he did so his son raised up andl
Moore beat him over the head with
the bottle and kicked him. There
was true evidence after the young
man had been carried in the house his
father struck him with a chair. Be
fore young Moore died he told his sis
ter that his father had killed him.
The evidi nee is very strong and con
vincing. Moore was a high-tempered
man and it is thought that he did the
act in a fit of temepr. He pulled a
gun when Sheriff Sharp arrested him,
but saw it was useless to resist and
surrendered. The solicitor asked
that the hearing be continued until
next week so physicians could make
a post-mortem examination. Bail
was refused Moore in the meantime.
The prisoner did not go on the stand
or offer .any witnesses. Super
ior Court meets next month and then
the case will probably be called then.
There is a great deal of excitement
over the murder.
Will Build Again.
Enfield, Special. It has been de
cided to rebuild the Enfield Knitting
Mills, recently burned. The company
will erect a one-story structure of
brick and cement, 40 x 160 feet, with
firewall in center, making two rooms
40 x SO feet each; dyerooms, 20 x 50
and 20 x 30 feet ; engine room, 20 x 20
feet; boiler room, 20 x 20 feet; each
department cut off by automatic fire
doors. There will be installed to be
gin with 100 knitting machines for the
production of doubl-knee ribbed hos
iery, 400 dogen pairs daily. The com
pany will issue $20,000 of common
stock and $1Q,000 preferred 6 per cent
stock, . , -
tfew Hotel in Kinston.
Kinston, Special On or ab'o'.it
June : 1, Mr. J. A. McDaniel will open,
in his splendid three-story, building
near Caswell monument, a. modernly
equipped hotel which will be run on
both the American and European
plans. The name selected for this
hostelry is "The Caswell," in honor
of Richard Caswell, North Carolina's
first governor. v
Firebug in the House.
Salisbury, Special. The home of
M. C. Quinn, in this city, was discov
ered to be on fire about midnight Sun
day night anci parties who broke ths
door down to get in found Charles
McCormick, a negro secreted in the
kitchen. He was arrested for setting
the building on fire and it is is expect
ed he will be tried for arson. He is
held without bail for the preliminary
hearing. The house was saved by he
roic work. McCormick hails from
Sonth Carolina. It is claimed that
he bore ill will to the Quinn family on
account of the discharge of a cook.
Why, asks an obtuse contemporary,
notes the Boston Herald, should it be
required of a steamboat company, any
more than of a railroad company, to
keep on shore a list of its passeng
ers? Well, one good' reason is that
there is some chance of discovering
and identifying the remains of the
railroad passengers, which isn't al
ways the case with wrecked steam
boat passengers. There are other good
and sufficient reasons, but this will
do for one. ' -
SAFE BLOWtlRS IMFRIS0NED
Safe .Robbers .Sentenced at Davie
Court.
Winston-Salem, Special. Sheriff
Sheek, of Davie county, carried three
white men Wood, Rogers and Wil
son, convicted in Davie Superior
Court last week f ar the robbery of tEe
bank at Mocksville, to the penitenti
ary. Wood and Rogers are to serve
two and a half years each and Wilson
fifteen months. Investigation shows
that these men were triedt and sen
tenced at GreenvElle, S. C, for robber
ies of the postoffice at Greers on Jan
uary 16, 1903. They appear also to
have been , implicated in the safe
blowing of the Bank of Benson on
January 30, 19G3. On January 30,
1903 they blew the safe of W. G.
Sheomaker, of Charlotte, - securing
$250 and two marked nickles after
wards found in possession of Wilson
on his arrest at Monroe. They' also
blew two safes at Matthews January
31, 1903, only obtaining a small sum
of money.
Fell With a Gun.
Teaeheys, Special. A young man
named Dobson lost his life by a pe
culiar accident., He had planned to
go in a barn on his father's place to
shoot rats. The boy had a gun with
him and he" attempted to mount a' lacV
der in order to reach the top of the
barn. While about midway of the
ladder, Dobson lost his balance and
fell to the floor not retaining hold of
the gun. The weapon was discharged
when it came in contact with the floor
and the load from one barrel took ef
fect in the'skYi of the lad. His
wound was of such a desperate nature
that he died within fifteen minutes.
Another Telephone Company.
The Walnut Telephone Company
was chartered with headquarters at
Walnut, in Madison county. The ob
ject is to construct, maintain and op
erate telephone lines from Walnut to
varions other points in Madison coun
ty. The capital stock is $2,000 au
thorized, with ' $1,200 subscribed.
The incorporators are: Messrs. A. J.
McDevitt, Frank MeDevitt and Paul
McDevitt, of Walnut.
Southall a Dope Fiend.
Charlotte, Special. J. A. Southall,
charged with - robbing the Southern
Hardware store here a few days ago,
has been arrested in Augusta, Ga., and
an officer has; gone from Charlotte to
bring the man back for a hearing.
The officer wires that the evidence
against the prisoner is jstrong. He
secured several hundred dollars worth
of goods from the hardware store.
Southall is saicl to be a dope fiend.
Damage to Berries.
Wilmington, Special. Telegraphic
reports to the Truckers' Journal in
dicate that the damage to strawber
ries by Monday's cold snap will range
from 10 to 15 per cent. Many of the
vines were strawed and were thus
protected. The crop of the present
year is estimated at 1,800 car loads
against 2,300 last year, the falling off
being due largely to decreased acre
age. Injury to beans, potatoes, peas
and the like was somewhat greater.
Continued in Ofiice,
Morganton, Special. At the meet
ing of the board of directors of the
State Hospital all the officers were
re-elected, their terms dating from
the first of July next. 'Although Dr.
Murphy, the superintendent contin
ues ill, the .work is 'carried on in the
board,
Notes of Late News.
Perry Belmont's calling Mr. Roose
velt "Mr, Face-Both-Ways" i3 said
to have been one eause of the Presk
dent's antipathy to him,
The United States Geological Sw
vey has completed the Roekville quad,
rangle and a large seetion of the
Laurel quadrangle.
A fierce storm is raging on the coast
with resultaiit damage to shipping.
. A Homicide in Georgia..
Sandersville, Ga., Special. Turner
Roughton shot and instantly killed
Ben S. Jackson.- Both men wore
prominent farmers near Davidsboro.
Roughton had shut some cattle of
Jackson's that had ctestroyed Rough
ton's crop. Jackson demanded their
release. Roughton refused unless
the damage was paid. Words follow
ed. Jackson shot but missed. Rough
ton returned the fire and killed Jack
son, Roughton is in jail, having come
to town and given himself up to the
sheriff. He claims self-defen?e.
Alabama Deputy Sheriff Killed.
Birmingham, Ala., Special Deputy.
Sheriff John Roderick, of Centerville,
Ala., was shot and instantly killed at
a bouse near a lumber plant in Bibb
county. Roderick and Sim Darden,
a Tuscaloosa , deputy, bad 'gone to a
house to arrest a man named Redd,
charged with burgalry. As they ap
proached, the door was thrown open
and Roderick was instantly killed.
The men escaped,
NO. 36
IMPORTANGl OF ARBOR DAY
What Arbor Day Means to the
School Children
THE PRESIDENT ISSUES ADDRESS
President Roosevelt Emphasizes Im
portance of the Celebration and Ex
plains Why the Bay Should be
Observed. - .
Washing-ton, Special. President
Roosevelt has addressed "to the"
school children of the United States"
a message on the significance of Arbor
Day which during the month of April
is celebrated in many of the States.
It follows:
"To' the school children of the United
. States:
"Arbor Day (which means simply
'Tree Day') is now observed in eery
State in our Uniou-and r.i:i.. (ia
the schools. At , various u..i.s trom
January to December, but chiefly-in
this month of April you give a ci.iy
or par!, of a day to special exercise'
and perhaps to actual tree planting),
in recognition of the importance -jf
trees to us as a nation, and of what
they yield in adornment, comfort and
useful products to the communities
in which you live.
"It is well that you should cele
brate your Arbor Day thoughtfully,
for within the lifetime the nation's
need of trees will become serious. We
of an older generation can get along
with Avhat we have, though with, grow
ing hardship; but in your fu;i man
hood and womanhood you will want
what nature once so bountifully sup
plied and man so thoughtlessly de
sivevoc. and because of this want you
will reproach us not for what we have
used, but for what we have wasted.
"For the nation as for the man or
weman tnd the boy or girl, the road
to success in the right use of what
we have and the improvement of
pret::t opportunities. If you neglect
to prepare yourselves now for the
duties and responsibilities .which will
fall upon you later, , if you do uot
learn the things which you will need
to kno v when your school rhys are
over yoc will suffer the consequence.
So any nation whieh in its youth
live only for the day, reaps without
sewing- and consumes without hus
banding, must expect the penalty of
l'ie prodigal whose labor could wilh
Ctillicalty find him the bare means of
life. .
"A people without children would
face a hopeless future; a country
without trees is almost as hopeless;
forests which are so used that they
cannot renew themselves will soon
vanish and with them all their bene
fits. A true foi'est is not merely a
storehouse full of wood, but, as it
wtie; a factory of . wood, and at the
same time a reservoir of water. When
you help to preserve our forests or
to plant new ones ypu are acting the
part of goodi citizens. The value of
forestry deserves therefore, to be
.taught in the schools which aim to
make good citizens of you. If your
Arbor Day exercises help you to real-
wize what benefits each one of vou ve-
ceive from the forest, and how by
your assistance these benefits may
continue, they will serve a good end.
"THEORORE ROOSEVELT."
Three Killed, Fourth May Die.
Alexandria, La., Special. Three
men killed and one probably fatally
injured is the result of what is be
lieved to be the work of train-wreckers
at Cheneyville, 30 miles south
west of here on the Texas & Pacific
Railroad, when a westbound passenger
train plunged into an open switch,
while running at a high rate of speed.
The wreckage caught fire and the mail
car, baggage and express car anfj two
passenger coaches. were burned.
Ex-Governor Chamberlain Dead.
Ch'ariotesville, Va SpecialDan
iel H. Chamberlain, who was governor
of South Carolina during the. turbu
lent times of the Reconstruction era,
died Saturday at 'the home of Wil
iian? C. Chamberlain', near the Uni
versity of Virginia. He was taken
i'l of cancer of the stomach last fall
upon his return from a trip to Egypt,
lie had recently disposed of his prop
colics in Massachusetts with a view
to locating in Virginia. He was a
graduate of Yale and of Harvard laiv
school anc5) was 72 years old.
Peary to Start on Second Epedition
July 1.
Portland, Me.. Special Command
er Robert E. Peary, who has announc
ed his intention of starting from New
Yc.rk on July 1 for another voyage, to
the far North in another attempt to
reach the Pole, left for New York,
after passing two days at his sum
mer home on Eagle Island, Casco
Bay. He was accompanied by Mrs.
Pearv. '
Birmingham Has Mid-Winter Froat.
Birmingham, Ala.., Special Heavy
fro&i was general throughout north
Alabama Sunday morning. 'Reports
from Huntsyule say there war ice
and all vegetables, early strawberries
ar.il much of the fruit was killed. The
thermometer registered 27 in Decatur
and all grapes were killed in that
tic-n. ' In Birmingham the frost was
as heavy as ever seen ?re in, mid
v.ir.ter, "
filje Chatham tlecorb,
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RATES OF ADVERTISING,
On qutr, on Insertioa $1.00
On square, two insertion 1.50
One square, one month 9.50
For Larger Advertise
ments Liberal Con
tracts will be made.
CULLING OLD FOWL.
It ,1s a iJ.tle provoking when egg3
are selling at top prices to have a
flock of fresh-looking birds standing
about with uter indifference to the"
caretaker's profits, especially when he
is giving them excellent attention. One
cause of this trouble every winter
season is that the average small
owners that is the persons who do
not make a specialty of the business
are not particular enough about hatch
ing their chickens with- the view ot
getting eggs when the stock is moult
ing and recuperating. They are hatch
ed too early or too late, as the case
may be. If too early and well cared
for they begin laying before old ones
are shortening their product; if too
late, they loiter around until early
springr when eggs are always abund
ant. The "happy medium" fits in right
here, and may be reached with reason
able accuracy if one studies the habits
of different breeds . as to their age
for becoming self supporting five
months or more. Then it is a mistake
not to mark each season's pullets so
that their profitable age may steadily
be kept track of. Opinions differ on
this point, tut if a three year limit
is decided upon it will not be far out
cf the way. Eggs from mature hens
are larger than those of the pullet,
but they grow less in number after
the second year. The writer got bad
ly mixed on this matter by not keeping
tally of ages and he finally "took the .'
bull by the horns," as the saying goes,
cut out some fifty hit or miss, being
careful not to include pullets, and the
whole bunch left the place. TIbo
young stock at once began to assert
themselves and after a few days be
gan laying increasing from day to
day until fully fifty per cent. ra "
doing duty, regardless of the extreme
weather that has dropped in two or
three times this winter. A small pen
cf white Plymouths has made the
best average, on several days each
one laying, and the eggs are of good
size. A distinguishing mark of each
season's additions will simplify mat
ters, and the old stock can readily
be cut out.
The Blizzard That Blizzes. '
"Blizzard" is an American word.
The date and circumstances of Its
origin are obscure. Though it was
first commonly used by the American
newspapers as a gcod word for a snow,
squall in the winter of 1880-1881, it
is said to ;ave been known to the
west in that sense nearly twenty
years earlier. From an English writer
of 1834 this sentence is quoted: "A
gentleman at dinner asked me for a
toast, and, supposing he meant to
have some fun at my expense, I con
cluded to go ahead and give him and
his likes a blizzard." Here "blizzard"
might well mean a metaphorical vol
ley, which would square with the evi
dence" of a correspondent of an Amer
ican paper who recalled that in the
40s a "blizzard" was a particular kind
of volleya rattling one fired in. quick
succession. Kansas City Star. (
Tbe Ethiopian Hawkshaw.
The Ethiopian method of detecting
crime is quick and effective, and has
the great advantage of always catch
ing some one. A priest is called, and
by his exhortation, prayers, sorceries
and drugs a youth is sent to sleep
with the command to dream. The
person he dreams of is the criminal.
No further praof is sought or needed.
The sanction of the church is quite
enough. N If by chance the boy fails
to dream he is promptly put to sleep
again by the same process until he
does, so that ho usually manages the
affair in a e'nort time, Pall Mall Ga
zette.
The walls are the books of the
poor, Punch. -So. 16- '07
ROMANTIC DEVONSHIRE
Tle Lai;d Jknilc Fainons by Phjpolts'
Novels,
philpotts 3xs made us familiar
With romanil; Devonshire, in his fas
cinating novclv, "The River," ''Chil
dren of the Mis', etc, The charac
ters are very hmanj the people there
drink' coffee yita the sani? results aa
elsewhere. A writer at Rock House,
OrchanWlill, Bldeford, North ."cvon,
states -
"For J30 yeaj-3 I drank coffee for
breakfast and dinner but some 5
years ago J found that it was produc
ing indigastiou mid heart-burn, and
was making r.u restless at night.
These eymptor.i.i wera followed by
brain fag an 4 sluggish msctal con
dition. "When I rsalized this, 1 made up
my mind that to quit drinking coffeo
and having re.'d of Postum, I con
cluded to try it. I had it carefully
made, according to directions, and
found to my agreeable surprise at the
end of a week, that I no longer suf
fered from either indigestion, heart
burn, or brain fag, and that I could
drink it at night and secure restful
and refreshing sleep.
"Since that time we have entirely
discontinued the use of the old kind
of coffee, growing fonder and fonder
of Postum as time goes on. My di
gestive organs certainly do their work
much better now than before, a re
sult due to Postum Food Coffee, I am
satisfied.
"As a table beverage we find (for
all the members cf my family use It)
thit when properly made it is most
refreshing and agreeable, of delicious
flavour and aroma. Vigilance is,
however, necessary to secure this, for
unless the servants are watched they
are likely to neglect the thorough
boiling which it must have in order
to extract the goodness from tho
cereal." Name given by Postum Co.,
Battle Creek, Mich. Read the littla
book, "The Road to Wellville," in
pkgs, J'Tbere's a reason," :