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f Economic Conditions Will f
Improve
By Talcott Williams.
IERE has grown a consciousness that trade, business, the
organization of capital, the corporate activities of men in all
the fields' of material activities have been untouched by this
new principle of human action. In business the individual
will, sometimes arbitrary, is still supreme Trade is still
under a competition which approaches war. Our corpora
tions are under a despotic personal control, little modified
by the votes of shareholders. Through all the world of
i rnip nnri thp old svstem with
which j3' jciety began and out of which it has grown in religion and in the
pusme? of government, still remains supreme. Its working, instead of tend
ing to . equality, tends to inequality. Nothing has so grown upon the public
consc piousness as the conviction that the economic system of which we are a
Part. is at war with the democratic principles which control the rest of the
orf anized activities of our nation.
As self-rule is- applied to the control of economic agencies, experiments
Till come, failure will succeed, and the successes will at last bear fruit. In
time the lesson of ascertaining the will, of awakening the responsibility, and
securing the rule of a great mass of scattered policy holders or shareholders
will be solved. But the mere circumstance that the attempt is made to solve
It, that the absolute rule of our great insurance companies, which a short
three years ago seemed as powerful, as impregnable,, and as permanent as
;any Old World despotism, should have disappeared in' a day and been succeed
ed by even an attempt to govern through the many for the many, instead of
by the few for the few, is itself a gauge of the rising tide of a democratic
economy.
Financial
By Louis
HE ways of Wall Street look dark and the tricks of corpora
tion managers are peculiar. The announcement of every
increased dividend is followed by further issues of bonds,
stocks, or notes. Underwriters know how to float these
loans by dividing their commissions with confidential cus
tomers. None of the subscribers worry about the issue, as
long as it remains profitable to them. The capacity of
American financiers to borrow surpasses the proverbial
"Pump Genie" of John Law; they announce a new loan
before the last has been digested.
If a curious stockholder should stroll into a perfunctory annual meeting
and inquire what benefit the company may derive from a flotation made nec
essary by the acquisition of new feeders of the "system," he would be con
fronted by the astonished president and silenced with a condescending ges
ture; if he had the audacity to question the accuracy of any statement made
by his sworn accountant, he would be snubbed for his impertinence. As long
as the majority of stockholders perpetuate the directors' power by signing
what proxies they mail, they can expect no better treatment. And while the
greater part of speculative stocks is held by speculative brokers who control
the property and who look for their own temporary interest more than to
the permanent interest of their customers, so long will present conditions re
main. Speculative abuses and corporate mismanagement will not be corrected
by legislative enactment. They may, however, cause temporary revulsions
By which fortunes are diminished and margins swept away; but all parts of
the country will continue to grow in spite of them, and the .feeders that seem
premature today will become valuable tomorrow.
Something
Successz
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By Jl. C.
Kj
SAGACIOUS, shrewd, acute man of the world is sometimes
a mere nuisance; he has made his prosperous corner at the
expense of others, and he has only contrived to accumulate,
behind a little fence of his own, what was meant to be the
property of all.. I have known a good many successful men,
and I cannot honestly say that I think that they are general
ly the better for their success. They have often learned
self-confidence, the shadow of which is a good-natural con-
contempt for ineffective people; the Bhadow, on the other
hand, which falls on the contemplative man is an undue diffidence, an indo
lent depression, a tendency to think that it does not very much matter what
any one does.
But, on the other hand, the contemplative man sometimes does grasp one
very important fact that we are sent into the world, most of us, to learn
something about God and ourselves ; whereas if we spend our lives in direct
ing and commanding and consulting others, we get so swollen a sense of our
own importance, our own adroitness, cur own effectiveness, that we forget
that we are tolerated rather than needed. It is better on the whole to tarry
the Lord's leisure, than to try impatiently to force the hand of God, and to
make amends for his apparent slothfulness. What really makes a nation
grow, and improve, and progress, is not social legislation and organization.
That is only the sign of the rising moral temperature; and a man who sets
an example of soberness, and kindliness, and contentment is better than a
pragmatical district visitor with a taste for rating meek persons. From Put
nam's Monthly,
fjvw-w "The nrup
Power of a Voice
g) By Kate Clyde.
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HEN you live in hotels a great "deal, as have I more or less
thia summer, you realize the power of the human voice to
soothe, or quite the opposite.-
Oh, what a lot of harsh, disagreeable voices there are
in this worldi women's voice, too! The pity of it!
One morning I was on the beach at the bathing hour
when I heard some one call "Tommy!" in discordant tones
that set my nerves atingle with thejr acid sharpness. The
child so called frowned and answered back in a peevish
way." I turned, expecting to see some uncouth nursemaidi, and to my surprise
I beheld the extremely elegant mother of the boy.
Now, that woman's husband is always irritable and peevish, just like the
boy, and who shall say her voice is not responsible for it?-
One of the worst-tempered men I know married a woman with- a sweet,
low voice and an even disposition. He is now completely changed. You
know, you simply can't quarrel all by yourself when everything is peaceful and
soothing all around you. It seems to me if more women realized this, "there
would be more happy homes. Pittsburg Christian Advocate.
East Versus West.
Whenever the white men are great
xn an Eastern state comparative tor
por falls upon all other aspirants.
Military distinction, political distinc
tion, even social distinction, seem to
be transferred from the natives of the
country to aliens. ... That chance of
rising to the top which in independent
states vitalizes a thousand ambitious
and able men for every one who can
succeed is taken away, as it were, at
a stroke, without a reason apparent to
the people, and without a hope of any
future alteration of system. London
Spectator.
4 THE CHATHAM ftECORD. PITTSBORO,
Puzzles
Windmuller.
etter Than
Benson.
A Blind Lawyer.
An instance of remarkable ability
among the blind is to be found in Dr.
Ranger, the solicitor of the Salvation
Army, who was to be seen in' his D.
C. L. robes at Oxford when General
Booth received his honorary degree
last June. Dr. Ranger has been total
ly blind since he was 'fourteen, and
took a first-class in jurisprudence and
the B. , C. Li. examination when at
Worcester College. Now head of a
large firm of lawyers in Fenchurcu
street, the whole of the practice has
been built up from his initiative.
London GlcffQ.
HETTY Mercy Stand
well drew out the end
of the huge iron crane
almost as high as her
self and peered into
the pot which it had
brought from the fire, shielding
her face from the blaze with a
pretty, plump hand. Someone
had to fctay at home to look
after things, and this morning
Mercy had insisted on, the oth
ers going to meeting and leav
ing her to this task, and she had been
Utilizing the three hours of the long
sermon in adding to the stock of
food. There were a goodly number
of home folks and guests, and no
one knew how many her father and
mother would bring from the service.
"So ho, mistress," eame a deep,
mocking voice; "ye have been pre
paring for .our coming, it seems.
Beshrew me. but the odors are good.
What say ye,, boys," turning to a line
of piratical, sailor-looking men who
were following him into the room.
"Shall w sit for a while and let this
fair wench minister to our appetites?
'Twill be a difference from our black
amoor's cooking, I am thinking."
A hoarse growl of assent came
from tha line from all but one, who
looked doubtful.
"Will it be safe, captain?" this, one
asked. v
"Safe!" the deep voice echoed
grimly. "What have we with a land
word like that? Besides, it sounds
weak in thy big mouth, Turbell. It
is their Thanksgiving time here, and
they word long sermons. Let us be
thankful, too, and partake of their
good cheer. We shall then be fitted,
when they return from service, to
pick out good ;aen and true for our
vessel. And for thy word safe, the
soldiery are at their gorging a mile
awaj1 from here. We can eat and be
merry, cull our need from the praise
singers when they come back, and be
dipping across the water before . aws
of the exploit can get over che leaded
tables to their ears. Now, Turbell,"
his keen, scornful eyes flashing about
and seeming to see and comprehend
everything; "get all the men inside.
You fill up the "able here, and I will
take charge of the one in the next
room. It will be time enough to bag
chickens and pigs and other live
stock when we are through; and per
haps there will be a few scraps left
from our feast that we can carry back
to the vessel. It will be a change
from the blackamoor."
All this time Mercy had be-in
standing by the fireplace; and her
eyes, which at first had dilated with
terror, gradually calmed and grew
watchful and speculative. She had
thought they might be king's men, on
a raid to impress seamen. Now she
believed they were buccaneers, or
pirates; but it amounted to the same.
The one impressed in the king's
name, the other in their own. In
either case, the possibility of escape
or release were equally small; only,
with the pirates, in the event of cap
ture, explanations might be difficult,
and then punishment would be quick
and certain.
As she hurried from table to table,
trying to meet the demands for hot
coffee which were hurd at her from
all sides, the lips of the young girl
were pressed firm, her brain busy.
Something must be done, and she was
the one who must do it. In another
hour her father and brothers and
uncles and cousins, and all the men
of the neighborhood would be com
ing from service, and, unwarned,
would fall into the hands of these
evil-eyed freebooters, who would pick
out the strongest among them and
bear them away to slavery that would
be worse than death.
Mercy knew what it meant. The
coast was an exposed one, and press
gangs had visited it before. Men had
been carried away, and not one of
them had ever returned. Occasional
ly stories had come back of hardships
and cruelty and even of death, until
the word press-gang had become a
word to whiten the cheeks of women
and clinch the fists of men. Only the
year before the son of their nearest
neighbor, the most promising young
man around, and the playmate and
schoolmate and dear friend of Mercy,
had gone out in a boat for a day's
fishing. But he had rowed too far.
A schooner had slipped from behind
an isljand, a boat been dropped from
her davits filled with dark -faced men.
Mercy had been on the shore with
others and had witnessad it all. And
from that lay to this no t?dings had
come backf Robert Wade. '
Mercy was thinking of her play
mateas she tried to keep the cups
of the men filled, and of the similar
-isig taf wag pending oyer her. dear
ones. And doubtless there would be
bloodshed, for the dear ones would,
resist to the last.
. For the most part the men ate
noisily, with loud guffaws of enjoy
ment' and much rude badinage. The
viands were before them, and they
helped themselves liberally, with
long Teachings. It was only the ftips
that needed replenishing; but the
men seemed to throw the contents
down their throats at a single gulp,
and then cried lustily. fQr more.
Fur times the big pot was refilled
and ehiptied; fresh coffee being added
with each refilling. But the men's
impatience would not. allow for boil
ing, anc when hot water was poured
in for the fifth time Mercy had an
uneasy apprehension .that the coffee
was -very weak.
Suddenly a cup flew across the
room, crashing against a looking
glass and breaking them bqth.
"To blazes with dishwater," a man
yelled. "Here, girl, what ye got
that's good to drink strong?"
"Nothing, sir," answered Mercy,
keeping her voice steady with an
effort.
"No wine or cider?" threateningly.
"No. The only barrel of cider that
we had is is too strong to drink. It is
vinegar now. Father made it for
that."
"Father made it for us to drink,"
mockingly. "And vinegar is just
right. Bring in a pitcherful, quick."
"It is out in the barn."
"Quick! Didn't I tell ye! ""yelled
the man. "We don't want any pala
vernia." Mercy caught up a large pitcher
and hurried out, an eager light com
ing into her eyes. If she was to do
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anything, she must do it now. But
what?
As was often the case In rural com
munities, the Standwell young people"
had some little interest in the farm.
Mercy owned a calf and a few of the
chickens and a field which she some
times gave to crops and sometimes
left in grass for the hay. The last
season it had been in grass, and her
seven or eight tons of hay now rose
in a large stack on the slope below
the barn, where it awaited a pur
chaser. With its proceeds she ex
pected to buy two or three more
calves from her father, some English
dress goods from the store, and some
presents for the various members of
the family.
When she left the house her mind
was on the stack, and her face cleared
of some of its anxiety when she no
ticed the wind blew away ' from the
barn.- .'
"Ye was a long time drawin',"
grumbled the man who wanted his
vinegar, surlily, as she came to him
with the pitcher.
"Vinegar runs slow when the bung
is small," she answered, "and, be
sides, the pitcher is heavy. "
"Lazy sten lag," he retorted.
"Ye'd ought to be a boy, and on ship
board. "
Ten minutes' later the - captain
leaned back, wiping his mouth on the
back of his hand.
"Now, what do ye give us for the
finish?" he called to Mercy. "Have
ye cake and other sweet stuff?"
"Yes, sir, many kind; and pies
and things fit for a thanksgiving."
"Well, bring them all on. But
what's that smoke?" suddenly, and
springing to bis feet, he rushed out
side, drawing his sword. When he
came back, a few minutes later, his
eyes were red and angry.
"Didn't I tell you men to be care
ful until we had eaten?" he cried.
"Some of ye have dropped ' fire in
lighting a pipe, and the dry grass is
burning beloW . the barn. If it
spreads,' the barn itself may catch,
and then some of the torpid soldiers
may ; be wakeful enough to ' see.
Hurry, now, and get through. The
psalm singers will be here soon, and
we must be ready to invite them, oh
board. Your carelessness will lose
us part of the feast. Come now,
girl; bring on the sweet things,
quick! quick!"
Mercy, ran into the storeroom, ro-
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turning a few minutes later with her
arms straining under a pyramid of
pieg. These she hurried along the
table, dropping one before each mark
Then sho ran back after, more. Oh,
if she could only keep the men feast
ing until the soldiers arrived and
even more than that, if , only the men!
in the meeting house would be slow,
slow in discovering the smoke,- so the'
soldiers could arrive as soon as tney.
All of them would believe it was a
raid, with buildings being set on fire,
and would come hurring to the spot.
Fortunately the freebootlng captain
himself did not suspect. He had gone
just, far enough to see It was not the
barn, and then the feasting had
tempted him back. He supposed the
fire to be grass burning in some field
beyond.
He did not seat himself again In
his chair, but stood by the table, tak
ing huge mouthfuls of cake and pie,
and swallowing glass after glass of
the" fresh buttermilk that -Mercy
brought, in. Presently he swung
around.
"Turbell," he called to the neit
room, "take all your men and gather
Roasr Fio.
Cranherry Cobbais
pnhod Stewed
Pofnrocv""'"'" '"'Squash'
brewed . -yL Lrcflrn
Jbr
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Cocornbcr Picnic.
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up what food ye can find in the house.
Go into the storeroom where the
wench keeps her- pies and cakes.
Take everything, and all we are leav
ing on the tables. We will have a
few days' rest from the blackamoor.
Hurry, now, and get them to the
boats, in case anything might hap
pen; then come back. .We will stay
here and watch. The praise-makers
will be here soon."
Ten minutes and "the house had
been stripped of its food; five more,
and there was the sound of voices.
"Stand by the doors," ordered the
captain. ".When they get close, spring
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out on them. Better club every one
into insensibility; they will be easier
carried. "
"The soldiery," he warned in a
hoarse whisper. "They're almost
here. What "
But the captain was by him with a
bound. The men tumbled after. One
look was sufficient. The soldiers
were approaching at a run.
"To the boats!" yelled the captain.
"They're too many for us, and ye
know our fate if captured. Where is
Wade? Not here? Then Turbell
must have taken him. Run! now!
run!"
When the soldiers came up pant
ing, the last of the buccaneers were
tumbling into their boats on the
beach. The soldiers fired a volley to
accelerate their movements. As the
echoes died away a gaunt, disheveled
figure crept froni'under the Standwell
porch. Its eyes were big and hollow,
and. there were scars of ill-usage and
cruelty upon the face, and one arm
was in a sling. The people coming
from the meeting house stared in
credulously, then united in a ringing,
welcoming, joyous shout of "Robert
Wade! Robert Wade!" Frank H.
Sweet, in The Advance.
Often.
Far too much abuse is levelled at
the medium for lack of results, when
it is the advertisement itself that is
faulty. Newspaperdom. '
Why They Wonder.
Many advertisers try to fit a sixr
inch space with a two-inch ad. and
they keep wondering. White's Say
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THt REMNANT Of OMt AMO THfc- BAIIS
N. C.
FAVOR SOUTHERNER
Tennessee Democrats Want a
Candidate from Dixie
GETTING READY FOR CAMPAIGN
Tennessee" Democrats Inaugorata
Movement tdi Nomination of
Southern Man Tor President.
Nashville, Tenn., Special. A fat
convention of Democrats here inau
gurated a movement fox the nomina
tion of a Southern man as Demo
cracy's candidate for' the presidency
in 1908. Each delegate was ihstrtfet
ed to worl in the interest of Seftdihg
a delegation from Tennessee to the'
national convention that would vote
first, last and all the, time for a
Southern man, and an address to the
Democracy of the nation was issued.
Only one name that of former Gov
ernor James D Porter was mention
ed id, connection with the nomina
tion. 'This wfls greeted with ap
plause, but Governor PoTtery chair
man of the convention,- refused to
countenance'., a discussion along such
lines. Woodrow Wilson, president of
Princeton University,- was invited to
address the convention, but declined.
Governor Patterson was a speaker
and expressed hearty sympathy with
the movement. The address autho
rised by the convention declares that
the Democratic party was born in the
South, but that this subject ia ap
proached in. no sectional spirit. It
asserts that conditions that made
available candidates from the East
no longer obtain and that recognition
of a Southern man would emphasize
the unity of the nation. "The fidelity
with which the South has adhered
to the Democratic cause is pointed to
and the assertion made that "the
Democracy of the South is entirely
fre from the domination of corpor
ate interests and predatory wealth."
It makes the claim that "in leader
ship, in war, statesmanship and
literature the South is not behind
other sections, and at this particular
time we have men equal to the best
that the past has produced.' '
Submits Estimates.
Washington, Special. Estimates
of appropriations aggregating $23,
461,911 are made by General Alex
ander Mackenzie, chief of engineer
of the army, for fortification work
during the fiscal year 1909. This
contemplates work in the United
States proper, Cuba, Honolulu, Porto
Rico and the Philippines. It in
cludes among other things, gun and
mortar batteries $4,4S9,900; elec
trical installations at sea coast for
tifications $1,000,000; sites for forti
fications and sea coast defenses $3,
47S,500; searchlights for harbor de
fenses .$1,000,000; preservation and
repair of fortifications $300,000 ;' sea
wall. Fort Moultrie, S. C, $125,000 ;
repair and protection of Pensacola,
Fla., defenses $500,455; repair and
protection of Mobile, Ala., defenses
$589,500: defenses ' of Galveston,
Tex., $1,275,000.
The estimates submitted by Gener
al Mackenzie include the following
for river and harbor improvements,
the amounts asked for in many cases
being in addition to large unexpended
balances now on hand:
Virginia Harbor at Norfolk, 30
foot channel, $350,000.
North Carolina Inland waterway
from Pamlico Sound to Beaufort In
let. $350,000: Cape Fear river at and
below Wilmington. $250,000.
Georgia Savannah harbor $350,
000; Brunswick harbor $350,000.
Florida Biscayne Bay $146,000;
Withlacoochee river $150,000. i
.Tennessee and Kentucky Cumber
land river above Nashville, $250,000.
Tennessee river, Chattanooga,Tenn.
to Riverton, Ala., $213,000.
Fire Destroys Business Section
Collins, Miss., Special. Fire wip
ed out almost the entire business
section of Collins Tuesday. -The wa
ter supply was cut off, the machinery
undergoing repairs. A high wind
prevailed and drove the flames away
from other parts of the town that
were in danger. The loss is estimat
ed at between $75,000 and $100,000.
News Notes.
All of Governor Comer's railroad
bills were reported favorably at the
special session ofthe Alabama legisla
ture. Dr. Doty, health officer of New
York ridicules the idea of anybody
catching disease from handling mon
ey. A Nebraska man who undertook to
subsist entirely on peanuts starved to
death.
Snow was reported from such wide
ly separated States as Colorado,Mich
igan, Wisconsin, Louisiana and Texas.
Banks Will Import Gold Direct From
England.
New Orleans, La.,, Special. -Announcement
that two New Orleans
banks have arranged to import $1,
000,000 gold direct from England was
made. The Commercial-Germania
Savings Bank and Trust Company
and the Comercial National Banks
are importers, and announce that
$250,000 of this gold was shipped on
a steamer leaving England Tuesday.
Issues Call For Caucus to Assemble.
Waco, Tex., Special. Congressman
R. L. Henry, chairman of the Demo
cratic caucus of the National House
of Representatives, has issued a call
for the caucus to assemble in - the
House November 30 at 8 o'elock. Mr.
Henry in answer" to a question stat
ed that he would not be a candidate
for the minority leadership' of the
Hou In tbc in;H;ib Congress.
November 21, 1907
LANDED A HIGHWAYMAN
famous Atlanta Baseball Catcher
Lands a Negro Robber in His Mitt
Ordered to Stop While on Way
to 'Theater, Smith Bluffs High
wayman, But Later Returns With
Pistol and Takes Him' to Town.
Columbia, S. C, Special. At his
home in Camden Tuesday night a
negro highwayman attempted to
hold up Sid Smith, the famous catch
er for the Atlanta team in the South
eril league last season, while he was
on his way to the theater. The ne
gro called out from behind to "hold
on there a minute." There have been
several murders in Camden by lilp-h-waymen
and Smith immediately suS.
pected what was CP. Wheeling up
on his man Smith called out, merely
as a bluff for he was unaided, ' ' ilove
on or I'll shoot you." The tall form
-of the negro apparently holding a
stick behind his back, fell back reluc
tantly, and Smith quickly jumped a
ditch and caught a passing cab. Se
curing a revolver he returned to look
for the negro and soon found his
man. The negro retreated on be
ing called on to halt and Smith
emptied his revolver at him, but with
out effect. The negro then rushed
upon Smith with a butcher knife and
struck the athlete, on the head with
the but. Smith's powerful right shot
out and the negro went to the ground.
Smith summoned a passing haeknian
to assist him and the two overpow
ered the negro and carried him to jail
where he was recognized as Elijah
Mayhew, a well-known butcher of
the town. The night before a similar
hold-up occurred, but that lime the
criminal got away.
Three Thousand Are Homeless aa
Result of Tire.
Iquque, Chile, By Cable. Two live.?
were lost in the fire that visited this
port and destroyed a large section of
the poorer residential quarter. They
were two little girls, and when the
bodies were discovered by the dis
tracted mother the unfortunate wo
man expired from the stress of her
emotion. A total of three thousand
people are homeless as a result of the
conflagration. They are being cared
for by the authorities and the charit
ably inclined citizens.
Aiken Concern Prosperous.
Aiken, Special. The annual meet-.
ing of the stockholders ofr the Aiken
Ice company wras held on Wednesday
at the office of the company. AI!
the old officers and directors were
re-elected. The affairs of the com
pany were shown to be in a prosperous
condition. A net profit for the yesc
was shown for the two factories at
Aiken and Warrenville, to the
amount of $3,455. The officers ar
B. F. Holley, president, treasurer au
manager; J. P. McNair, vice-pres;-dent;
W. W. Hollep, secretary.
Bark With Cargo' of Salmon Goes
Ashore.
San Francisco, C'al., Special. Th
Alaskan Packers' Association Tues
day received advices from Seward.
Alaska, stating that the bark Scrvia
had parted her chains at Karluk
moorings and went ashore at Julia
Ford Point on November 6th. The
vessel was with its cargo of 40.00C
cases of salmon reported to be a to
tal loss. The steamer Nashagak.
which is now anchored in the Ookland
Estuary, will sail at once for Karluk
to bring down the officers and crew
and also the cannery men who were
lo have come down on the Servia.
Protest Against Omission of Legend.
Richmond, Va., Special In accord
ance with the action of the vestry
of St. John's church, the historic
building in which Patrick Henry
made his great revolutionary speech;
official letters were mailed to Presi
dent Roosevelt and Secretary Cortel
you protesting against the omission
of the legend "In God we trust'1
from the new ten-dollar gold coin.
Suicides Over Love Troubles.
Tampa Fla., Special. Willi? m
Kersey, of the Kersey Lumber Com
pany, of Atlanta, committed suicide
in a hotel room here by taking mor
phine. He left scaled letters for hi
business partner, I. D. Campbell, (jO
Neal street, Atlanta; his father,
W. Kersey, Dillon, S. C, and Mi
Frances Timmerman, of Tampa. 1J
was engaged to Miss Timmerman and
it is said that a misunderstanding
with her caused his taking his own
life. Miss Timmerman fainted when
she heard of his death.
Pittsburg Bank Closes Doors.
Pittsburg, Special. The People's
Bank of California, Pa., near here, a
State .institution, closed its doors late
Tuesday. The following statement;
was issued by President A. B. Pu
vall: "The bank is closed pendin;
an- examination of the books by t'
State examiner. The financial strin
gency and other reasons not disclosed
are responsible for this course." Thf
capital of the bank is $75,000 and
the surplus $15)00.
Dispensary or Prohibition.
Raleigh, Special. This city is
have an election on the liquor ques
tion next month, and it w-ill be the
hottest number on record, The sp"
iaj aldermAnic committee who have
the proposition petition, in charge de
cided that they would at a spei1
meeting of the board of alderc'ii
recommended the calling of the elec
tion petitioned for, the necessary one
third of the voters having signed
the petition.
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