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Zhe Cbatbam "Kccorfc. gfte Cbatbam TRccotft- H. A. LONDON EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: 81.50 Per Year STRICTLY IN ADVANCE NORTH STATE HAPPEN8NGS Occurrences of Interest Gleaned From AH Section of the Busy Tar Heel State Iligh School Teachers, Raleigh, Special. The State De partment of Public Instruction last week issued State high school three year teachers' certificates to 33 ap plicants and special certificates for one year were issued to a small num ber. These receiving the three year cer tificates are as fellows: J. A. Hornaday, Liberty; Miss Laura M. Jones, Franklin; Herbert Schotz, Macon, N. TV. Britton, Win ton; C M. Gallamore, Fletcher; Robt. A. Freeman, Dobson ; Miss Elizabeth F. Powell, Lenoir; M. H. Ackerman, Abbottsburg; Z. II. Rose, Williamston; D. Z. Newton, Lincoln ton; Miss Emma DeLorine, Ariail; Cary; Horace Stewart, Wallace; J. fl- Redden, Honea Path, S. C; Miss Alice V. Wilson, Lenoir; Edwin P. Connor, Mars Hill; Isaac T. Newton, Blacksburg, S. C; Miss Brownie Lombertson, Rich Square; J. O. Ald erman, Tyner; Lonnie E. Osborne. Independence, Va.; Julius M. Weath erly, Kernersville ; Cameron E. Pen nington, Kittrell; Maria E. Bristow, Conley, Va. ; Andrew McNair, Fay etteville; John G. Viser, Walkertown, Jno. A. Patterson, Shelby; M. K. Meadows, Lcwisville; Andrew 13. Riley, Brevard ; Isaac Horne, Swan Quarter; MiSs Anna May Withers, Lillington; Emmett C. Willis, Trinity; J. J. Lincoln, Elon College; Benja min E. Phillips, Aulander; Chas. C. Sharpe, Greensboro; Wm. P. Henley, Farmington; Earl R. Franklin, Merry Oaks; Miss Lizzie Moore, Burgaw; II. H. McKeowh, Stanly; J. 0. Good man, Helton. A Pecuilsr Accident. Lenoir, Special. A peculiar acci dent occured here Tbi:rsday afternoon about four o'clock, when the two carpenters began work on the resi dence of Mr. W. L. Minish on West Main street. The street was raised six feet in 'front of Mr. W. L. Minish 's residence. The aldermen agreed to have the residence raised up to the street and this was being dons when the accident happened. The house had been raised and blocked up and while the workman were about their work thise after noon the house gave way on the southwest corner and collapsed and is a complete wreek.. Mr. Minish ?s oldest daughter, Miss Maude was up stairs in the room over the corner where the. sill gave way and was thrown against the; window and only saved herself from serious injury by catching to the window sili. She emerged from the wrecked build ing with only a gash cut in her ahn caused by falling against the window glass. -. The "L" to the back of the house, used as the kitchen and dining room, is a total wreck, tables turned up side down, crockery and glassware smash ed, canned fruit and everything breakable is. almost a total loss. The housekeeper was in the kitchin at the time of. the accident ironing,, but was not hurt. None of the workmen were hurt. As the hou3e fell it swerved to the leftand the .front porch and the "L" were torn from the main building. Warning to Farmers. Raleigh, Special Rev. S. J. Befts has just lost a two hundred and fifty dollar mule, and Mr. Ben Sasser a fine horse, their sickness and death having b?en caused by eating corn half cured on the stalk, not green, but not properly seasoned. It was only a few days ago that a mule was seen rolling on one "of Ralsigh's principal streets, suffering from colic. It is understood that many farmers are feeding their stock on such corn and that many of their best animals are suffering from it. New Corporation. Raleigh, Special. The Smith's Lithia Water Company was granted a charter last week to build a hotel and sell mineral water, with a capi tal stock of $50,000. The incorpora tors are- Mrs. H. T. Smith, R. T. Smith, L. W. Starke, W. B. Shaw, of Oxford, and J. B. Mayes, of Stem. Shot at His Wife. Wilson, Special. H. D. McDowell, a bad, bad negro, who has caused no end of trouble here, filled up on dis pensary booze, hired a horse and buggj', armed himself "with a breech loading shot gun and went to tho home of his wife on East Nash street and demanded admittance. The cou ple have been separated for some time. When he reached the woman's house he knocked and demanded ad mittance. Tie door was slammed in his face, when he raised his gun and jet drive perforating the door in jgeveral places Honorably Discharge! Wilson, SpecialThat .gentleman and soldier, Mr. T. F. Miller, wEo 'enlisted in the United States array in 1901, and who has. for the past year tbeen m charge of the recruit ing cface i Wilson, last week was honorably discharged by the govern ment. His successor, Mr. James B Lloyd, who has been stationed r Raleigh, is now looking after Unck Sam's interest here, v VOL. XXXI. The N. C. Peace Congress. Greensboro, Special. The North Carolina Peace Congress ia to be In session at Greensboro October 12th to 16th, in connection with the Cen tennial celebration of the founding of Greensboro and the programme that has been arranged is especially attractive. United States Senator Lee S. Overman will discuss "Inter national House of Representatives," Hon. John Sharp Williams, "The Modern Amphyctonic Council." Chief Justice Walter Clark, of the North Carolina Supreme Court, "The International Judiciary," Hon. Geo. W. Norris, of Nebraska, "A Practi cal Plan for International Peace Con ference," Hon. Richmond Pearson Hobson, "Arbitration and Anna ments." There are other special speakers including a number of prom inent men in this and other States. Ex-Governor Charles B. Aycock is president of the North Carolina Peace Conference, and the board of directors include James Sprunt, Wil liam E. Springer, Wilmington, A. A. I Thompson, Raleigh, Hayne Davis, W. E. Holt,. Julian S. Carr, Hugh G. Chatham, Thomas II. Wright and others; Thomas H. Wright, Wilming ton, being secretary. Forsyth Sunday School Convention. .Winston-Salem, Special. The For syth County Sunday School Conven tion, at Kernersville, was largely at tended, quite an elaborate and inter esting programme having been pre pared. Among these taking promi nent parts in the convention were Mr. E. A. Ebert, president of the ; association ; W. B. Broughton, chair man State executive committee; Rev. A. S. Betts, Mr. J. B. Robertson, Rev. W. A. Lambeth, Rev. E. S. Cros- ! land, Rev. W. R. Lowdermilk, Mr. F. j H. Stockton, Mr. G. S. Norfleet, Mr. j R. B. Horn, Rev. J. A. Hopkins, Mrs. j L. F. Owens, Mrs. J. K. Norfleet, Mrs. J. F. Griffith, Mrs. G. T. Lumpkins. and Rev. E. A. Sehenk. $17,500 For Her Husband's Death. Asheville, Special. What is de clared to be the biggest verdict foi a death ever rendered in any court in North Carolina was returned-by a jury in the Superior Court here when an award of seventeen thou- 1 sand and five hundred dollars was made against the Southern Railway Company and in favor of Mrs. Ma tilda Hough,..widow of the late Con ductor Hough, killed at Swannanoa Station several years ago. The case has been on trial since Monday, Mrs Hough demanding fifty thousand dol lars damage. Locke Craig, who with P. H. Winston, represented the plain tiff, made the concluding argument. Left Insane Hospital. Statesville, Special. An attendant at the State Hospital at Morganton was in Statesville Wednesday search ing for a patient wlp escaped from the hospital some time after mid- . night Tuesday night, but he failed k I find any trace of the fugitive there. The man who escaped is a Mr. Wil liams, of Yadkin county, and he ef fected his escape by removing the bars from a window of his celL II was thought by the hospital v people that he would pass through States ville en route to Yadkin after making his escape. Cotton Gin Burned. Raleigh, " N, C, Special. Fire de clared to be incendiary Thursday night destroyed F. R. Gray's gin, 4'i bales of cotton, several mules anr! two buildings at Cary, near here. Ru ral Free Delivery Carrier Ivery says men told him that notice had beet sent to Gray and also posted, telling him he must shut his gin down bul Gray has received no such notice. Fatal Fire at Morganton, N. C. Asheville, N. C, Special. Will Mull wasjroasted to death in the flames that burned his residence Tues day morning at Morganton, this State. Eddie D. Mull, a cousin, whe was with him at the time, narrowly escaped a like fate. The deceased and his cousin went into the house and after building a fire went tc sleep. Ed Mull was awakend by th rcof of the house falling in and made his escape, but his cousin, who did not wake, was burned to a crisp. Exchange of Courts. ' Raleigh, Special. -An exchange of courts between Judge Justies and Judge FeVguson was granted by Gov ernor .Glenn'; f Judge Justice "wjll hold the Rutherford court, beginning No vember. 2d and continuing two weeks Judge Ferguson to hold the second week of Cabarrus court, beginning November 2d, and the first week oi j Cleveland epurt, begining Novembei 0th. ' " -. . - ': . or. ml o PITTSBORO. CHATHAM COUNTY. N. C WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7. 1908. THE GOV'T CROP REPORT Condition is 69.7 and Number of Bales. Ginned 2,282,000. Washington, SpeeiaWCrop condi. tion, 69.7 number of bales ginned, 2,282,000. These are- the reports is, sued by the government Friday morn ing, the crop condition being based until September 20th and number of bales ginned until September 25th. . Compared with the reports issued on the game date last year tho crop condition is 2 per cent higher and the number of bales ginned one million less. The reports had an inappreria ble effect on the market. The variance in the mrmber of bales ginned this and last year is attributed to the fact that the weath er -this fall has been much more fa vorable to the gathering of the staple than at the same time last season. In many sections of the country it is stated that a large part of the crop has been gathered. Cotton Ginned During Year. Washington, Special. The census bureau Friday announced that 2,532, 6SS bales of cotton had been ginned from the growth of 1908 .to-Septeml ber 25th, as compared with 1,532,602 to the corresponding date last year. The number of active ginneries re porting is 23,050. Condition of Cotton Crop. The crop reporting board of the bu reau of statistics of the department of Agriculture reports the average condition of the crop on September 25th at 69.7, as compared with 7G.1 on August 25th and 67.7 on Sep tember 25th. 1907. North Carol ir;i 69; South "Carolina, 63; Georgia, 71, and lexas, 71. Now Georgia Railroad Opened. Valdosta, Ga., Special. The Geor gia & Florida Railwav. a newlv con- .- . st meted hue running from this place IU0 ; miles northwest to Hazehurst, was -formally opened to the public Friday. A special train brought 500 representative citizens from points along the line to this city. Work is rapidly progressing with a view lo uniting the newly constructed road with other divisions now in opera tion, which will erive a nnw short line between Madison, Fla., and Au gusta, Ga. Lincolnton Men Interested in -New York Corporation. New York, Special. According to official report of the Secretary of State "The Mutual Farm Commis- sion of New York City," capital $1U,000 has filed articles of incorpora tion with the Secretary of State at Albany with permission to increase capital to $200,000. The directors tuuscu Bie iiauieu as xaniei it. Rhyne and James A. Abernethy, of Lincolnton. North Carolina, and Frank -duy Hull, of 1644 Nineteenth avenue, Brooklyn. To Extend Trolley Line. Spartanburg, S. C, Special. The street car company will soon begin the work of extending its North Church trolley line to the fair grounds. Preliminary work is now under way and a large force of hands will be put to work shortly and the laying of the rails will be rushed. The county fair will open November 3rd and continue until the 6th. Indictment of T. Jenkins Hains. New York, Special. District At torney Dorrin appeared before tho grand jury in Queens county and de manded the indictment of T. Jenkins Hains as accessory before the fact in the murder of William E. Annis, who was shot and killed bv Peter C. Hains. The principal witness against him before the grand jury was Mrs, Annis, widow of the victim, Four Killed on Ohio Central. Toledo, O., Special. Four persons are dead and two fatally and threco seriously injured as a result of n wreck on the Ohio Central Railroad at Sugar Ridge, when an extra freight train plunged into the rear of a special passenger train. The dead are George Gcsler, Richard Rideout, Thomas Crane and Leslie Fuller. Texas Raises the Quarantine Against Cuba. . Austin, Tex., Special. The State health department, through Acting State Health Officer J. II. Florence, raised the yellow fever quarantine which has been in effect against Ha vana and other Cuban points fcr some time past. This action was based on a message received from the surgeon general of the marine hos pital service conveying the informa tion that the government had raise! the embargo existing at Havana. Officer Kills One tad Wounds An' ether. Hartwell, Ga.j Special. James E. daj?er, i4a prbmine'iit business . man, while acting as a "'special pbUcVm.h, .Friday shot and killed ' JohnTe.asley, and seriously wounded William Hall, both negroes. It is said Carter fired in K self-defense, the negroes having jnade an attack on him. He has sur rendered to -the sheriff. m WAR CLOUDS LOWER Outfook is For Swift Beginning pf Hostilities ONLY SMALL NATIONS INVOLVED London Hears News From Several Sources That Two Crises Are Im pending Which May Force Hostili ties in the Near Future. x London, By Cable. Events which threaten to change the political face of Europe are 'crystalizing with light ning rapidity. Almost over night the horizon of the Near East, which" seemed gradually to be assuming a peaceful appearance, Jbas , become crowded with war, clouds. News has reached here from sev eral sources that two definite strokes are impending which cannot fail to bring matters to a crisis, and perhaps force an immediate war. One is the proclamation by Prince Ferdinand, of the independence of Bulgaria, which will incuude Rumelia, taking for himself the title of "Czar." The other is an announcement of Austro Hungary of the practical annexation of the provinces of Bosnia and Her zegovina as appendages of the Austro Hungarian crown. . Either action will be equivalent to the leasing up of the treaty of Berlin while Prince Ferdinand's course seems almost certain to precipitate a war between Bulgaria and Turkey. Before these possibilities the quar rel over the East Rumelin section of the Orient Railway sinks into insig nificance. Both armies are reported to be quietly and swiftly mobilizing near the borders. Bulgarians are said to be buying munitions and horses on an extensive scale. Bulgarians have faith in their army, which has reached a high state of efficiency although it is perhaps lacking in officers and the war, for which Bulgaria - has long been sus pected of preparing, could be fought with more advantage for her now than when ' the Turkish government had time to reorganize its forces, which have become cnravelled by the corruption and neglect of the old regime. The Emepror of Austria, it is un derstood, has despatched a letter to the President of France, setting forth his intentions regarding Bosnia and Herzegovina, although the contents of the letter are kept secret, and he is sending similar notes to the other powers. ;' It seems incredible that Emperor Francis Joseph, who always has been a scrupulous observer of forms, should reveal his plans to the rulers of other nations before he has com municated them to his own Parlia ment. One explanation is that the letter was not intended for delivery until Tuesday, when identical notes would be presented to the other powers. Austria is suspected of encouraga ing the recent Bulgarian-Turkish trouble for her own interests, but the British government has made pro posals to the two countries looking to the settlement of the railway case, under which the other powers have agreed to give support to the plan, which contemplates the -temporary restoration of the way to Tui'key "to save her face,"-and .then transfer ence of the companyttrthe Bulgarian government. The English press expresses sur prise that Austria and Bulgaria should plot against Turkey and -asks if the great powers will submit to having obstacles placed in the way of the regeneration of Turkey. General Wright Selected. Washington, Special. President Roosevelt ; will designate General Luke E. Wright, Secretary of "War, as the government's official representa tive at the Southern commercial con gress, which will convene in - this city December 7th and 8th just prior to the national rivers and harbors congress. v - Roosevelt to Take Stump. Lincoln, Neb., Special. That Pres ident Roosevelt fully intends to take the stump in favor 'of the candidacy of Mr. Taf t was the information re ceived at Fairview from the East. It was said that the advices came frcm persons on whom reliance could be placed and were to the effect that Mr. Roosevelt is planning to make at least six speeches in the course of a trip from the Atlantic to the Pac ific,' the concluding speech to be de livered at San Francisco with numer ous short speeches ' en route. Mr. Bryan, however, refused to make any -comment on the subject, - Nejro Burned to Death. Birmingham, Ala., Spseial. A. A. McLenahac, a negro, was turned to death and several othershad narrow escgpss when file" destroyed the t'wo stcry building on the southwest cor ner cf Third avenue and Eighteenth street. The negroes rere sleeping t.: r)iV2 in 'to ra:Si u "-dow -v.uen lie was suffocated. The' flames -Spread so rapidly that he could not be rescued. I I yv ' i A FATA! EXPLOSION 9 Powder Mouse Blown JUp et Spencer, N. C Shops TWO DEAD : SEVERAL INJURED Two Men Killed and Many Others Injured Thursday Afternoon by Blow-Up of Powder House at Southern Shops Buildings Wreck ed and Much Property Destroyed. Spencer, N. C, Special. Two ffitn killed outright, two so badly hurt that they can hardly recover and fif teen or more slightly injured, with" a destruction of thousands of dollars' worth of property, is the result of a terrible blow-up Thursday afternoon of the house in which the Southern Railway Company kept stored its powder and other explosives used in connection with the work at- its large shops here. The plant is bad ly wrecked and work is at a stand still for some time. - The Head are " Charlie Leyton, an unmarried man about 45 years of age, whose body was mangled and charred almost beyond recognition and George Gould, colored. Those believed to be fatally injur ed are: , - Fletcher Stafford and James T. Gobbel. . , Those slightly injured are: W. F. Kaderly, master mechanic, knocked unconscious ; C. H.. Kadie shop Superintendent; W. W. Kluttz, Ernest Kluttz, Robert H. Kluttz, George Huneycutt, C. R. Trexler, J. W. Crowell, Karl Lentz, Fred Loflin, Will Lofiin, E. D. Whitmire, J. M. Ellis r.dR. G. Koontz. There may be others who received minor bruises and contusions, but their names could not be learned. The explosion - occurred at 5 :30 o'clock and the shock was terrific, being felt for miles around. Tho house in which the explosives were, was a metal structure 8x8x3 feet and was practically full "powder, d' namite, torpedoes and fusees, nearly a car load in all. A caboose standing on the track which ran within a few feet of the house had caught on fire from Feme unknown cause and an alarm had " been turned in. The Southern's fire company, composed of volunteer men from among the shop force, responded immediately and three men had got a hose in hand and were plying water on the burn ing car when 'the powder magazine was touched off. Other workmen, re sponding also to thvi fire alarm, had gathered and these were the men who were killed and injured. Leyton was employed in the round house, a short distance frcm the scene of the explo sion as flue blower, but he had got close enough that his body was bad ly Jtmrncd and his f acje blown off, death being instantaneous. The ne gro was Leyton 's helper in the round house. Stafford and Gobbel, were two of the three men who were hero ically working to save the road's magnificent shops from being burned to the ground, The third, man was Koontz, who was more fortunate and escaped with a slight injury to one arm, a splinter or bolt being blown through the limb. Had the awful blow-up been a few hours earlier the fatalities would no doubt have run up in the scores and perhaps hundreds. Dea'th3 Remain at 1 Two. Spencer, Special. Up to Friday night there have been no further fa talities as a result of the explosion of the powder magazine of the South ern aRilway at Spencer Thursday af ternoon at 5:50 o'clock, and most of the twenty injured in the accident are resting well. W F. Stafford, a member of the fire department," it is feared, cannot recover. . It is said both eyes were blown , out, his skull fractured and face arid . body fear fully lacerated. J. T. Gobbel and Will Loflin are also in a desperate condition. Tho work of clearing up the debris from the wrecked building was pros ecuted Friday with a big force of men and conditions are rapidly be coming normal, though the town has been in a decided state of confusion since the great explosion. The- loss to property is variously , estimated at from $75,000 to $100,000. All the injured are being cared for at the hospitals in Salisbury and at their homes and the Southern offi cials are-doing all in their power to alleviate, their ; suffering. A number of those least injured was able to bs out Friday. Since the early morning telegrams and othjr messages have poured into Spencer inquiring about friends .who are in the employ of the company. t " . It was learned that many families in Spencer suffered greatly frcm the shock and a number of dwellings was damaged. Several women have been in a hysterical condition since the catastrophe. ' One Killed and Others Injuredl in Cave-In. Lynchburg," Va., Special. In a cave-in of an excavation for an of fice . building . hero Dilley Robinson was buried beneath the eath and killed. Charles Clements sustained a fractured- leg and injuries about - th bod v. Clement . Morris and Frank Nicholson - v'fre b; msi-d about tli-'-bedy. All the men were negro la boreig, l. NO. 9. SEVERE ACCIDENT AT FIRE Mr. James H. Wood, While Fighting Stubborn Blase, j9 Injured by Hav ing an Ankle Broken, Flats and Residence of O. D. Revell Burned. Asheville, Special. -While fighting a fire which broke out here Sunday morning in one of O, D. Revell 's big flats on Haywood street, District Pas senger Agent James H. Wood, who ia also -captain of one of the fire hose companies, fell through the burning roof and suffered a broken ankle. Mr. Wood was helped out of the burning building and down a ladder and re moved to his home. The fire on Hay wood street was one of the most stub born the firemen have been called up on to combat in some time. It broke out about 10 o'clock, or only a short time after the firemen had returned from fighting a fire at Mr. Revell 'a residence on Charlotte street. The structure contained eight flats, all of whieh were occupied save one. Build ings on either side were saved by hard fighting.. The flats were practically destroyed. Mr. Revell 's residence was badly damaged, -while members of the family were compelled to leave the burning building in scant clothing. The origin of the fires are unknown. The property loss will amount'to sev eral thousand, dollars partially cov ered by insurance. Charlotte Cotton Market. - These prices represent figures paid to wagons Good middling.. ........ .. 9 Strict middling . . . . ; . .... 87-8 Middling .... 8 3-4 - Columbia Cotton Market. , Good middling.. .. ........ 9.50 Strict middling.. .. 8 7-8 Middling 8 3-4 Charlotte Grain and Produce.. Rye.. .... $1.35 Corn .1.08 Cotton Seed 22 1-2 Oats 68 Meal Seed.. 26 Cotton Seed Meal 26 Butter... .. 1013 Chickens Spring. ... 3035 Ducks.-. 20 Eggs.. 2022 Geese per head... 40(?50 Hens per head. 3540 fturkeys per pound 1314 The Rocky Mount Tobacco Market. Rocky Mount, Special. The . mar ket has been exceedingly active the past week. There has been right sharp advance on the medium to good grades of strips and leaf, . including all grades of bright leaf and wrap pers, which latter are getting mote plentiful. The offerings as a whoie, show some improvement over last week, the proportion of primings and common tips diminishing, while the better grades . of leaf are increasing in proportion. The sales for the week aggregate close to 600,000 pounds. Up to date the market has shown a gain of about 1,500,000 pounds over the corresponding period of last year. The average price paid for the last week will exceed $10.50 per -hundred pounds. September Tobacco Sales in Wilson. Wilson, Special. That the prices received by farmers for their tobacco is satisfactory, is evidenced by the fact that it is still coming in in abun dance, not only from Wilson county, but from counties adjacent. Up to the present 8,419,105 pounds have been sold on the tobacco warehouse floors this season. For the month of Sep tember, 5,902,242 pounds were sold here. Saturday 270,000 pounds wery sold and the prices realized were sat isfactory. Unprecedented Tobaco Sales in Twin City, Winston-Salem, Special. By the sale of nearly two million pounds of tobacco in September, the local mar ket broke all records. Moreover,' the prices of the weed averaged $1.37 a hundred higher than those in Septem ber, 1907, and farmers and ware housemen rejoice accordingly. The money paid to tobaco growers amounted to $163,345.73. Thisweek the enormous sales will continue and it is predicted that close to 3,000,000 pounds will be sold in October. Spring Hope Has a Mad Dog Scare. Spring Hope, Special. There were two or three mad dog scares in town last week. Tuesday while a large crowd was in town to take in the cir cus a dog ran through the streets fiercely attacking every dog it came up with. The officials soon decided that it was 'mad or would go mad, and it was promptly killed. The dog belonged to a negro some three miles in the country. The dog's head has been sent, to Raleigh for examination. The next morning there was another scare in the back of the graded school. A dog supposedly : mad was disepvered and killed. Officials Visit Spencer. Spencer, Special. A party of Southern Railway Company officials nrrivAi? in SrncAr Sundav afternoon making an annual inspection of the big shops, grounds and other proper ties here. The party included offi cials from President Finley do'wii, as wll as a. number of division super intendents from Knoxville and. other cites. Amqng other things the pany totchA th scenft of the rjowdcr mag azine explosion in "which three "lives were lost last week. RATES OF ADVERTISING: One Square one Insertion .$i.o One Square two Insertions..., 1.59 One Square, one month........ s.09 ;For Larger Advertise ments Liberal Contracts will be made. MARCH OF SCIENCE The President - Addresses the Tuberculosis Congress PRAISES GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS Great Meeting of Scientists Adjourns to Assemble Next at Rome Presi dent Speaks. . Washington, D. C, Special. Tho International Tuberculosis Congress, whieh has been in sessionere 'closed Saturday to meet next in Rome. One of the most pleasant surpirses of the closing scenes of the congress was the appearance for the first time during its proceedings of President Roosevelt. In a characteristic address President Roosevelt paid a notable tribute to the assemblage of sa-many scientists of intenational reputation. The President spoke in part as fol lows: "It is difficult for us to realize the extraordinary changes, the extraordi nary progress, in certain lines of so cial endeavor during the last two of three generations; and in no other, manifestation of human activity have, the changes been quite so "far-reaching as in the ability to grapple with disease. It is not so very long, -measuring time by history, since th ; attitude of man towards a disease such as that of consumption was one of helpless acquiescence in what he considered to be the mandates of a supernatural power. It is but- a short time since even the most gifted members of the medical profession knew as little as any layman of the real cause of a disease like this, and therefore necessarily of the remedies to be invoked to overcome it. "Take, for instance the work that ' the United States government is now doing in Panama. The Isthmus of Panama, which was a by-word for fatal disease,' has become well-nigh a sanatorium; and it has become .?o because the investigations of certain medical men which enabled them io find, out the real causes of certain diseases, especially yellow fever and malarial fever, and to take measures to overcome them. The older doc tors here when they were medical students would have treated the sug gestion of regarding mosquitos as the prime source of diseaes like tbfti 7 as a subjeet of mirth. These utterly unexpected results have followed pa tient laborious, dangerous and extra ordinary skillful work that has en abled the cause of the disease to bo found and the diseases themselves to be combatted with extraordinary suc cess. " "At-this moment in the middle of the great continent of Arfrica there is a peculiarly fatal and terrible diseaso the sleeping sickness, a disease whic'i if it had been known to our ancestors in the middle ages would have been spoken of as the black death was v spoken of in the middle ages as a scourge of God, possibly as something., , connected with acomet, or some sim ilar explanation would have been ad vanced. We all know that it is due to the carrying'of a small and deadly blood parasite by a species of biting fly. ' . "And the chance to control . that disease lies in the work of just supIi men as, and indeed, of some of tho men who, are assembled here. You who have come here, however, have come to combat not a scourge confin ed to the tropics, but what is on th' whole the most terrible scourge of the people throughout the world. But -a few years ago hardly an intelligent effort was made or could be made to war against this peculiarly deadly enemy of the human race. The chanco successfully to conduct that war a rose when 'the greatest experts in the medical world turned their train ed intelligence to the task. It. re mains for them to find cut just what can be done. "I feel that no gathering could take place fraught with greater hopo for the welfare of the people at large than this. I thank you all, men and women of this country, and you, our guests, for what you have done and are doing. On behalf cf the nation I greet you, and I hope you will un derstand how much we have appre ciated your coming here.'" Tennessean's Brutal Crime. Bristol, Tenn., Special. A special from Johnson City says : L. A. Bay less? a magistrate attacked his broth- 1 er-in-law, Bemey"Baylessr-while the latter was sskep'in bed at his home in this city and almost literally chop ped -his head off with an axe. He then attacked Bayless' wife, fatal? v. wounding her. Turning the weapon upon his own wife, who was in tin house, he struck hor several blows, inflicting probably fatal injuries. Bayless was" arrested and half an hour later was found dead in his cell,"" , having hang?d himself. 0 Ycsng Han Killed at Oil M?1L Vienna, Ga.,' Special. Millard Sheppard, .the night foreman at tho Vi'p-ra C'ottcu OH Company, was caus-ht ia a bolt at the mill earjv Saturday morning and instantly kill ed The body was bad!; mangled, one arm being torn from the frame and nearly every bone being broker.. YoiMv' Honour. v-p ?, in-Vr ;.f .1 prominent Dcoley county family and had a large circle of friends here,
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