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XTbc Cbatbam TRecorb. A LONDON finnr RATES OF ADVERTISING: One Square, one Insertion. !....$!. o One Square two insertions.... 1.50 . One Square, one month........ a. 09 AND PROPRIETOR. OF SUBSCRIPTION: For Larger Advertise ments Liberal Contracts will be made. gt .50 Per Year :TRICTLY IN ADVANCE VOL.XXJX. PITTSBORO. CHATHAM COUNTY. N. C, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1908. NO. 38. taw 2 w w.vy v 19 PIAIT A TREE." riant oak or ash . in useless spota. of ground, . , A birch or willow at the murmuring brook, !--' Some flowering shrub upon the grassy mound, Or useful tree in any vacant nook. The graceful maple and the fragrant pine, In school house grounds where children love to play; c. me hardy trees along the highway's lines, To shade the traveler on his tiresome way. Charles L. Lochman. ands. From irbor Day A VERY practi cal use Is made of Arbor Day In this State in beau tifying the school the establishment in 1S80 to 1906 Untnil ir this wnv 6 were 11 Hi .- r ui miiTifla 31 S 920 trpps. ourscuuui . this were proportionately ais- uted it would be more man tnirty 1 - . . nimt O A A A k to every uisii let , jci. ricts in the State remain wmcn e absolutely no trees or shrubs tieir grounds, and many others 1 only a few straggling trees, reover a very small proportion of whole number cf districts give t sort 01 attention 10 we care 01 :r grounds. To plant a tree and it die is a poor way to celebrate tor Day, wnicn, tcougn an annual day, should have perennial re- 5 one of these neglected school mds in vour district, reader? If can you not mak3 a beginning i vear? This is no mere matter bntiment. It certainly pays in the p to plant ana care tor trees ana ubs about the grounds and give whole place an inviting air of nUness ana respectability that hmacds the regard of the stranger V offers an invaluable example to orne comniuniry. 'mm this standpoint it is obvious the school planting deserves rial care. The trees must be so ised as to please the eye and ?est agreeable contours to private ters. But they can also serve er and no less important uses. may form the direct objects of re study on the part of the pu- and they may act as windbreaks as screens to shut off unsightly ob- Here are some of Mr. L. C. e:ts suggestions: planning the arrangement of the rations on the school ground the irements of the school should sept well in mind. If large play- uds are desired, all plantations "uid be kept well to the borders to the immediate vicinity of the lings. Ample playgrounds are nig the first considerations in con tra with a school whether it be 'ted in the city or country, and desire for trees and shrubbery 'id be made subservient to a de- for ample space for healthful Clse. The rmpstinn nf snaw M not enter when planning the dement of the grounds about 11 schools, for there land should available to carry out the ideal re in between nlavernimdif and nlan- oas. In far e York, especially with the KT district school, this will be possible unless the adjacent land - unng to set aside aaai 5al space for the improved school Mds. i the trees qi ; er. fruit and ornaments, the ast variety will be afforded both -KUl in Dlnntinp- anH for stndv. j timber trees should be represen tee of the region and include both 'QUOUS and PVPrp-rPon ener.ieR. The pwderance 0f the species need UB ased on tho natural forest much as upon class differences. If it be a question of providing a list of fruits for illustrative purposes, the varieties of apples chosen are of sec ondary importance n in comparison: with .providing apples, pears, plums and : cherries It is better to have a seedling apple of no commercial value than to have no apple at all. So with the timber and nut-bearing trees. If the grounds will permit, use an ex tensive list of' the valuable timber trees. But if the area is limited, use only representatives of e. class. The Country Gentleman. of the region, for in many sections this would be evergreen; on the con trary it will, in a majority of cases, be found most desirable to have a predominance of deciduous trees in the school-ground plantings. The fruit trees should be few in number, but should represent the species grown commercially in. the region. If it is not a commercial fruit-growing region in which the school hap pens to be located, representative sorts for a good family collection should be chosen, which in most parts of State will .include the apple, pear, plum, cherry, peach and grape. Several small fruits can be added if thought desirable, but as most of them are short-lived and demand considerable care in their mainten ance, their value is questioned. 1 With the tree fruits the case is ' different; the planting and main-' tenance of fruit trees on the school ground affords the best possible Trees of Historic Note. The Burgoyne elm at Albany, N. Y., planted the day Burgoyne was brought there a prisoner. , The elm tree at Philadelphia under which William Penh made his famous treaty with nineteen tribes of bar barians. xThe charter oak at Hartford which preserved the written guarantee of the liberties of the colony of Connec ticut. ' The tulip tree on King's mountain battlefield in South Carolina on which ten bloodthirsty tories were hanged at one time. The huge French' apple tree near Fort Wayne, Indiana, where Tittle Turtle, the great Miami chief, gath ered his warriors. The wide-spreading oak tree of Flushing, L. I., under which George Fox, the founder of the Society of Friends, or Quakers, preached. The elm tree at Cambridge in the shade of which Washington first took command of the Continental army, on a hot summer's day. The Freedman's oak, or Emancipa tion oak, Hampton institute, Hamp ton, Va., under which the slaves of this region first heard read President Lincoln's emancipation proclamation. The magnificent black walnut tree near Haverstraw-on-the-Hudson at which General Wayne mustered hi; forces at midnight, preparatory to his gallant and successful attack on Stony Point. A SOUTHERN STORM Furious Tornado Sweeps Over Wide Stretch of Country DEATHS MAY. REACH 500 HUNDREDS DEAD IN ITS TRACK A Wind of Cyclone Velocity Sweeps Oyer Parts of Louisiana, Mississip pi and Alabama Scores of small Towns Destroyed and Partially Wrecked. No rrrtm hath oer knov?n orjaid Hov7 many there may be, Bur each tree helperh to make a jhade; Each leaf to make a free. An Arbor-Day Surprise. 'I. ' I II 1.1 I I ! I I II II I I I I I . . . . ttw-i rr m ri rr- rw "tout c st 0 AIJIiOR DAY. i V 3 3 a HviA 'AH If '4 12 J.'"r4ij Mml 1 isgmi means of creating a sentiment in fa vor of and a respect for the property rights of the fruit grower. A proper regard for the rights of the grower to his pioduce is sadly lacking in some sections of the country Then, too, the presence of the fruit trees on the school ground will afford ma terial of the greatest value in teach ing the elements of agriculture. The chanees which come with the seasons in bud, leaf, flower and fruit all j serve a most valuable part In tne in- , struction of the school. The realiza- j tion that these trees are for instruc-tion-purposes will give them an added value in the minds of the students which will tend greatly to their pre servation. Besides affording winter buds and the changes which come with the seasons they can be made useful exponents of how and when to prune. No little interest will attach to the study of '-he lives of the many pests, both riant (and insect, which will beset them. The stories of the lives of these pests will bring out their relation to the economic pro ductions of the trees or plants under observation. Knowledge of this kind gained first-hand is much more valu able than that gained from books. It stimulates observation and investi gation and impresses the relation of cause to effect. Th- school-ground gardens and plantations should be planned to con tain as large a variety of illustrative material as is practicable, and yet confine the hardy plants, to thos; which thrive and have an economic place in the industries of the com munity The selections should not be based upon variety differences so THE FOREST. They stand like tested warriors, clad in OTf-'fT My pines each one a weathered veteran. The winter routs them not, nor the stout van Of tempest whirls them to defeat; dark, lean, Loyal, watchful, all seasons they are seen Guarding the water-brooks. 'Tis only mac They fear; if they should fall, 'tis he they an; . 1 For, without them, but drought were hit r cr Ail n Since then the laughing naiads would de- Jart, eep into the earth and sing no more; And man would starve where he shoulc. reap lull cheer, For these my pines are jealous; .each at heart Some iiien-v waur-mairlcn doth ndoie; Mar thou iiits love and ln' 1 dedt.-i t here. C. U. lilanden, in Cluc-Kgo Evening Post. GOSSIPS. Deep in the woodland you will hear, - -If you but lend attentive ear, A inurmurous talk from time to time, And all the .words will run to rhyme. Ky light of sun and light of star, . The wind and trees the gossips are; In whispers to the questioning trees The wandering wind tells all he see3, For he ran roam and roam and roam, While all the trees must stay at home. Clinton Scollard, from "A Boy's Book o: Rhyme;" used by permission of th author. Arbor Day Hints. Consider the trees. Conifers are in high favor. Then comes the . trees that drot their leaves. Above all, don't forget the cak, th( monarch of the forest. Choose anj one of the half hundred 'native, sorts The scarlet oak is a favorite, it autumnal beauty being tremendous. A wind of cyclonic proportions swept over portions of Louisiana. Mississippi and Alabama late"- Friday, leaving a trail of dead "and -injured. Friday night the number of : killed is estimated at close o a hundred and the number of injured at over a hun dred, with many portions of the af flicted districts to hear. from. Most of the dead are negroes. Per haps a dozen white persons were caught in falling buildings and either fatally injured or so seriously dis abled as to require medical attention. The loss of life was chiefly in the quarters of colored persons where the wind destroyed their cabins, burying the occupants in the debris, or in the farming- sections of the country where the trees were uprooted, tele graph and telephone poles torn up and general destruction became an encore to a storm which swept with almost tornado fury through the country. It js difficult to estimate the loss of life or the extent of the destruc tion to property, for there is little or no communication with the points where the rain and wind ' did its greatest damage. In Louisiana it is estimated that a score of small town.3 were destroy ed or partially . wrecked. These in clude Amite City, Arcadia and Inde pendence. Belle Grove, Melton, Lor- man, Pine Itidge, Quitman, Landing rairchild s Creek, Purvis and Lum berton, Miss., are reported seriously damaged by the storm. In Alabama Dora was the chief sufferer. This town is also known as Bergen. Four or more persons were killed, among them the wife and daughter of Station Master Moore. Fifthy persons at the lowest( estimate were injured. Those most seriously hurt were carried to hospitals in Bir mingham, Ala. One woman, a Mrs. McCully, died on the train. Two oth er members of this farailj were ser iously injured. At Bergen cars were blown from the railroad tracks and considerable other property destroy ed. Reports also say that the storm struck Albertville, Ala., late in the afternoon and destroyed nearly the entire northern portion of the town. A cotton mill was blown down, the storm ranging northward, doing much destruction to life and property. An unconfirmed report from this section gives the de?.th list at from 30 to 35, with scores of persons injured. A special train was sent from Binning ham. carrj'ine: physicians and a squad of State militiamen to the district. Aid is also pouring in from all other directions. From Meridian, Miss., comes a re port that Mrs. John Minniece and her child were killed outright nnd John Minniece was seriously injur ed, while a number of other persons were hurt and there was considerable destruction of property. Winchester, Miss., a small towrt, is reported wiped ont;though only two persons are known to have been killed. ; ' Natchez, Miss., reports 60 ar known to be dead, in the northern Louisiana storm. Hundreds of plan tation cabins are reported destroyed in his section. Mobile repors nine dead in "Hat tiesburg. Miss., but this has not been , confirmed. The first damage done was at S. H. Lambdins plantation, seven miles south of Vidalia. Here Mrs. Shields of Natchez, while in bed ' with hei two little boys was instantly killed by a beam falling on the bed. Hei boys were uninjured. . Four negroes were killed on the plantation and many cabins were razed to the ground. S. H. Lambdin was struck by a beam and injured internally. From Lambdins the tornado passed a mile and a half west of Vidalia. striking Dr. J. C. Carter's plantation whore several negroes were killcJ and others injured, two of whom will die. The tornado proper covered a breadth of 900 feet through this par ish and swept across the Mississippi river striking Adams .county at Giles Bend, four miles north of Natchez. Here four negroes were killed and seven injured. Continuing northeast the tornado ravaged Pine Ridge in this county, killing 12 and injuring 20. The brick church, a historic build ing, the first Presbyterian church erected in the southwest, was demol ished. Two plantations in the neighbor hood belonging to James McClure, ol Natchez were shorn of their twe houses and 17 cabins. Eight deaths were reported on these plantations New Orleans, La., Special. Amite, a small town in southwesterr Lauisiaha, was almost destroyed by t tornado. The dead are estimated b;, physicians at from 25 to 50. Th first details were brought to New Or leans by trains with 17 injured. Cor respondents on the secene . howevei assert that not more than a dozer were killed, but that so many suffer ed fatal injuries that the list wil reach 25 before morning. The Hurricane Which Swept Over Eight States Friday Left a Path of Death, Desolation and Want in Its Wake Death List is Estimated at Fire Hundred and Hundreds Are Seriously Injured. Atlanta, Special. As . a. . result of the storm which swept into Georgia after having done extensive damage in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, 25 persons are dead and at least one hundred were injured, while many others received bruises and scratches from flying debris in a dozen towns in this State. - The, storm which first appeared in this State at Columbus, on the Ala bama line, seems to have moved in a northeasterly direction, striking the towns of Chippley, Hams, La- Grange, Griffin, McDonough, Locust Lrrove, Cedartown and Cave Springs, while a' portion of its fury was felt in the eastern suburbs of Atlanta shortly after midnight. Homes Swept Away. At Cave Springs, near Rome, where the largest loss of life oc curred, nine persons were killed and nine injured, while a score of ne groes are reported to have been more or less badly bruised. In this vicinity the wind swept a path half a mile wide and five miles long from the outskirts of Cave Springs in a south westerly direction to Hamatie. There is not a house left standing in the storm-swept area. Hearn's Academy, at Cave Springs, was badly dam aged. At Cameo two negro section hands were killed, and one white man is reported dead at Stinson. At Columbus Mrs. Vila Norris and her daughter were instantly killed by the destruction of a pavilion at North Highlands in which they were staying. The property loss in this section will be heavy. Griffin reports that three white women were killed and eight white persons injured and a property loss of $50,000 sustained. The path of the storm at this point Avas directly over the cotton mill and cottages of the mill operatives. Twenty-five of these cottages were entirely de molished and the escape of their occupants is considered miraculous. Ten Negroes Killed. The boiler and engine room and the roof of the card room of the Rushtown mills were blown away, as was the commissary room. The Oak Hill Baptist church and Levotie chapel were destroyed, while a score of other buildings sustained great damage. Physicians of the city rushed to the scene of disaster and gave prompt relief . to the injured, who were removed to hospitals as quickly as possible. Hundreds were bruised and by flying missiles. A public meeting was held Sunday to raise funds for the injured. At Chipley Mrs. Frank Hopkins and Mrs. Forrester and 10 negroes were killed, while the husbands of the two women were seriously in jured. Practically every business house in Chipley was move or less damaged; the hotel, in which there were 11 guests, was blown down, but none of its occupants was in jured. All the warehouses were damaged and not a negro house is left standing. The residence ef H. A. Middlebrook was lifted from its foundations, carried 150 yards and deposited in its new position with out being damaged. The depot and three freight cars were blown away at Harris, a mall station three miles from Chipley. One report says that six white per sons ccd two negroes were killed at that place. 1 Engineer Neisler Killed. Engineer Samuel Neisler, of Abbe ville, S. C, and a negro brakeman were killed, and Fireman G. C. Brown seriously injured when a freight train on the Seaboard Air Line ran into a washout at Tucker, 16 miles from Atlanta, early Satur day. . The storm was first felt in At lanta shortly after midnight, when numerous houses in the southeastern section of the city were unroofed. The storm then jumped nearly a mile to the eastern edge of the suburbs, where three houses stand ing close together Avere demolished. Avhile houses on the opposite side of the street were left untouched. A vivid electrical display accompanied ihn torrent'l rain and Avind. Many houses "in. the city"' were struck by lightning and their inhabitants giA-en bad scares, but no one was iniured. A large suburban electric car, mak ing its last trip to College Parkv was blown from the track at East Point and its passengers compelled to walk two miles in the blinding rain. The usual freaks were played by the wind, one roof having been trans ferred from ' a house to a ' nearby building. Twenty-seven prisoners were in the little town jail. The roof was lifted completely off the jail, leaving rain and debris beating in upon the exposed prisoners, but so terror-stricken were they that not one gained ' his freedom. None of the prisoners was seriously injured. The wreckage which remained on the site of a lumber mill near town consisted largely of splinters from the size of toothpicks up to small sticks. The total money loss at Purvis was estimated at $200,000. These figures were obtained from dozens of busi ness men, each of whom calculated his individual loss. The State is fur nishing tents, neighboring towns sup plies and with' martial law, the, town is practically safe from looting. WILL CLOSE DOWN Carolina Cotton Mills Agree to Suspend Operation July 1 WILL DECLINE TO TAKE ORDERS At a Representative Meeting of Cot ton Manufacturers at Spartanburg It Was Decided That All Cotton Mills of Piedmont Section of North and South Carolina Will Shut Down For Indefinite Period After July 1. Spartanburg, S. C, Special; The cotton mills of the Piedmont section of North and South Carolina Ayill closeJ doAvn indefinitely July 1st, and no further orders for , cloth at the present prices will be accepted by the mills. This action was taken at a meeting of mill presidents represent ing the mill industry of the upper section of South Carolina and North Carolina. The action of the cotton mill men did not come as a surprise, for it will be remembered that it Was reported in this correspondence several days ago that the mill men were up against a serious proposition. It was either a reduction of wages and shorter hours or the closing down of the mill in definitely. The mill had hoped to op erate; on 'shorter hours and reduced wages ; in fact, some of the mills have been ' pursuing that policy for " some time; but it gave no relief to the sit uation. , The meeting was held in the cham ber cf commerce and nearly every mill in this section was represented either by personal representatives or, by proxy. The meeting was held quickly and quietly. In fact, it did not become knoAvn that the meeting had been held until representatives of the mills made the following state ment: "At a representative meeting of cotton manufacturers held this day in the chamber of commerce it was resolved that they will accept no fur ther orders for cloth at present prices ; that they will shut down their mills indefinitely not later than July 1st, 1908." The closing down of the mills will throw thousands and thousands of people out of employment, and the great problem before the mill opera tives is hoAV thev will employ thera- seh'es after July 1st until the mills resume operation. Had the mills closed down earlier in the season the siutation would not have been as se rieus as at the present time, for the mill people could haA'e easily made ar rangements to secure Avork on the farms. The employers of farm labor have now made all their arrange ments for agricultural AA-orkl It has been said that possibly the mills haA-e made arrangements to proA-ide for the operatiA-es while the mills are idle. Dead of Heart Failure. Greenville. S. C, Special. Capt. A. D. Hoke, a prominent business man of this city, was found dead in bed Sat urday morning. Heart failure' Avas the cause of his death. Captain Hoke vas a A'eteran of the Spanish-American war, havine been one of the cap tains in the First South Carolina Regiment. He Avas educated in Char leston. His mother AAas a Miss Mills, of that city. The funeral sen-ices will take place here Monday morn ing at 11 o'clock. Murderer Confesses. Roanoke, Va., Special. John Etamlett Phillips, aged 20, was ar rested charged with the killing of Walter Bell and the wounding of Hunt Lester. Phillips confessed, saying be shot the men in self-defense. Phillips was Avith a woman when it is said Bell and Lester ac costed her and their conduct was re sented by her' champion. Sidney Herbert Lacy Deal. Orlando, Fla., Special. Major Sid-nej- Herbert Lacy, journalist, soldier and historian, died at his home at Maitland. Over the pen name of Sydney Herbert he had for years contributed - an interesting article each Sunday for The Savannah Morning NeAvs. He was the best post ed man in the United States on the history of the' civil war, vieAved from both the , Federal and Confederate sides. BISHOP (MKS DitS Able Pelmetto Churchman Is Gathered to His Reward BOTH PATRIOT AND CHRISTIAN Protestant Bishop of the Diocese of South Carolina Passes Away at Co lumbia, S. C, After an IJlncs3 of Many Months. Columbia, S. C, Special. Biihop Ellison Capers, of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina, died at his home in this city at 2:30 p. m. Wednesday. - " ' Bishop Capers had been in feeble health for many months and for sev eral days had bsen sinking gradual ly. Wednesday mbf ning his physi cians announced that he could not survive the day. , , Bishop Capers was 70 years of age and bad presided over the Dioeese for the past 15 3-cars." He had been Secretary of State of South Carolina, brigiidier general in the' Confederate army and held . other positions of rank andinfiuence that had made him one of the best known ' in the South. He Avas the father of John G. Capeis, Commissioner of Internal Rerenue and national Republican committeeman for South Carolina. - The funeral Avill bs held from Trin ity church, this city, Friday at no jr. Confederate veteran?, visiting bish ops and many clergy will act as es cort' of honor. Telegrams' of con dolence haAre come from all parts of the South. Bishop Capers literally fell asleep His expiring hours Avere free from pain. Sketch of Bishop ' Capers. Brig. Gen. Ellison Capers, a de scendant of an English family which settled ' in South Carolina among the earliest colonists, Avas born in Char leston October 14th, 1S37. His father, grandfather and several generation? of the name, belonged to the parishes of St. Thomas and St. Dennis, in Charleston county, in the territory originally called Berkelsy county. His mother was of Irish extraction, her father William MeGill, having set tled in. Kershaw county, upon cominy. from Ireland. The active state of affairs in Charleston during the summer and fall of ISfiO roused the military spirit of the people, and tha Firs?: Regiment of Rifles was organized in Charleston, . of Avhich Lieutenant Capers was unanimously elected major. He serv ed Avith his regiment at Castle Pinck ney, on Morris. Sullivan's, James and John's Islands- His regiment also constituted a part of the army under Beauregard during the attack on Fort Sumter. He continued to serve in the vicinity of Charleston until November, Avhen he resigned the rank of lieutenant colonel, to. which be had been promoted, in order that he might enter the Confederate service. He served Avith distinguished cour age in the Confederals army" and was wounded in action. ' After the Avar General Capers was elected Secretary of State of South Carolina, in December. 1865. In 1S67 he entered, the ministry of the Pro testant Ep'iscopal ' Chnrch. He was for 20 years rector of Christ church, Greriville, S. C, for one year at Sel ma, Ala., and for six years at Trinity church. Columbia. In '1SS9 the de gree of doctor of divinitv was confer red on him by the University of South Carolina. On May 5th. 1803, he was elected bishop coadiutor bv the Diocesan Convention of South Carolina on the first, ballot; 4ld on July. 20th. 1&93, was consecrated to this sacred office. - Judge Wellborn Dead. Millen, Ga., Special. Judge Carl ton J. Wellborn, aged 72, died here Sunday. He had ' served many years as State librarian, was a brigade quartermaster in the Confederate army, had been a circuit judge of the State courts, and under Secretary of the Interior Hoke Smith - during . a term of President Cleveland served as one of the attorneys of that deart-ment. Alleged Yegman Arested. Greenville, S. C, Special. A white man giving his name as W. J. Henry was lodged in the county jail Satur day, charged with blowing open the safe in Carpenter Bros.' store. Mon day night. He was arested at Dun can 's, a town near this city. The evidence against him looks pretty strong: and he will be held for trial in -all probability. Forraer Premier Deal. London. By Cable. Sir Henry Campbell-Banerman, former British Premier, died at 9:15 o'clock Wed nesday morning at his official resi dence in Downing street. The end was peaceful. In the death chamber Avhen the ex-Premier 'breathed his last were his neice. Mrs. Campbell, who had acted as Sir TTenry's host since the death of La-ax. C:japLv-" Bannerman, a little mon than a year ago: Dr. Burnet. Avho ay as Mr. Camp-bell-Bannermsn 's personal phys'aii and avIio had been in constant a.ii?n danee during his long illness, and --Sir Henry's butler. ' 'Shot Frcm Ambush. Lancaster, S. C., '7 Special. J. B. Simms, a farmer, was shot from am bush Wednesday afternoon about 3 o'clock by some person unknown. A charge, of buckshot entered Simms' left side, near the hart, and it is not probable that he avi'II recover. The tragedy is shrouded in mystery. The shooting occurred within a few yards of the spot where, a short time ago Simms shot and killed J. Hampton Stogner. Gasoline Kills a Child. Greenville, S. C, Special. Helen, the 19-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Odom, of this city, drank some rzoYtnv which wa3 in a coca cola bo' tie and died .twenty minutes later "7v?TsdaY. The little child suffered for the twenty minutes piecy ' ".' deaM?. 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