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VOL. XXXI.
PITTSBORO. CHATHAM COUNTY. N. C, WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 25. IS08 NO. 15
Cfie abatfcsm''Rcccrt.
1 A
STATE
Op?rrcrics of Interest Gleaned
a.F ht
u&sa Wart! Threatened.
Asbevillo Special. Judge Ward
created - something f a stir in Su
perior Court shortly before adjourn
ment when ho announced from the
bench that he had received through
t he mails a threatning anonymoue
communication and directinng tbat
!'io chief of police of the city be
notified to appear in court with his
rliie officers for such instructions
a.- the court shall give. Judge "Ward
declared tbat the threatening commu
nication would not deter him from
hi? purpose to put a stop to lawless
ness in Ashcville and break up
'Mind tigers" in fact, the court
the! ami that it made him all the
!. ! determined and intimated that
Si.to appearing before him charged
wi'.li the illicit soiling of whiskey and
emoted would fare badly.' The
threatening letter was received by
J i -uv Ward after a two days' trial
:l il.ree men. Black, Doan and Wat
fo'i. chaarged with maintaining a
Miisa'.ue in the conduct of a soft
drink establishment, ending with the
emmet irn of the trio and the
er.t.'-tM ing cf each to two years on
the county reads; but it is not be
lieved the bttcr has any connection
with the case. Just what the court
will have to say to the eity police
fen e is mf made known. It is 'in
tubated, however, that he intends
eivir.g them instructions to make a
: (i-t'i t d and system? tie raid on
ph'ei s where ' it has been rumored
lif.iin r is fell
Semra'ioa in Fayelteville.
Fa; ettcvi!?. Special. Jacob Hart,
the white man who drugged and r ;b
bed D. W. Parker, an upholsterer of
this city Monday and afterward es
caped wps brought here and turned
aver to the police by Chief of Police
Thomas cf Aberdeen, baring been
:-rp:r.red there. Somewhat of a t-.en-
?at;cn was produced at the hearing!
ot tr.e ailagcd "blind tigers" arrcst-:-.
this week, when Robert Clark, a
young white man', swore on the wit
ness stand that he had purchased
whiskey from Detective Morris, cue
:i the three detectives who - was em
ployed by the Anti-Saloon League
to ferret out tiie " tigers" and who
is p. star witness for the p:os?cu
ticu in trying the cases. It has been
moored that a warrant has bt?en is
zi'd hy the United States govern
or:! acarr.sr one cf the detectives
tut this rumor cannot be confirmed,
several ether warrants have been
served en alleged "blind tigers"
nn.l ?h? offenders brought to .bar.
Cut Out.
Dali
is. Special. -Cvis G rises. 17
years k!. was killed here by Arthur
Terrett, another youth of about the
sen? age. The killing occurred in
teeur cf Green Brown's store- and
the weapon used by Jarrott was a
pocket knife, Griggs being cut thro'
the heart and death being almost in
stantaneous. As soon as he had
stabbed Griggs Jarrstt ran to his
lather's home a short distance away,
hut r,iih the aid of a number of de
puties Shcrifl Shuford socn had the
J-',s- surrcunded and Jarrett in .cus
yty. Sheriff Shufcrd got up from
hj bod. having been sick for some
nine, and by quick work had the
'00." s slayer in jail in a short time.
Jnirett is the son of a merchant
:c:c, while Griggs' people are mill
operatives here. It is alleged that
Jarrett had made some slurring re
marks about Griggs, which the'latter
resented when they met on the street.
A quarrel followed, with the result
cs S;ven. No weapon was found on
the dead boy's body. The killing
created much excitement, as Dallas
is usually a quiet and orderly town.
Orphan Asylum Physician's State-
Oxford, Special. Dr. T. L, Booth
issued the following statement: On
ly one new case cf seat let fever has
appeared in the Oxford Orphan Asy
h'm since Tuesday, November 10.
The type continues very mild indeed.
T. L. BOOTH,
Physician Oxford Orphan Asylum.
$100,000 Per the G. F. C. Endowment
Ashevillc, Special. Thursday's
session of the Western North Caro
lina Methodist Conference was inter
esting, and important, the feature of
the session being the voting by the
conference that it would, as1 indivi
dual members, sign notes by which
the one hundred thousand dollar en
dowment fund for Greensboro Female
College would be secured,, making it
the only woman's college in Southern
Methodism owned by the church with
-100,000 endowmept. Only one vote
was cast against the proposirOn.
Lewis lstcher Hangs.
Charlotte, Special. Facing the in
strument of his death with n,srve un
affected and practically without a tre-
-cr cr a flinch Lewis Fiet;
penaltv FpVvj ni,,, -p u
- -J iiiuj; 1U1 lilt!
murder of George Eoyd in the Hcpe
eii community one Sunday ; morning
' ptoiobvr. The drop was made
at n:(,i o'clock and at 31 :15 the
attending physicians pronounced that
ue was dead.
HAPPENINGS
Frcm All Sectious of Ih? Bjsy
Slate
Tar Keel Topics.
It is learned from the deputy re
venue collectors that the number oi
brandy distilleries this year tnakinj?
brandy from apple older is very larg
indeed, but most of them have closed
up their work in the east though in
the mountain region'it continues, the
apple crop there being extremely
heavy. In the eastern district some
of the leading distilleries will pay
tax on as much as a thousand gallons
each cf this brandy. It is the last
year in which they can make it un
der the terms of the prohibition
law. It is said that twice as much
brandy has been made as heretofore.
A Jood deal of wine has been made
but not much grape brandy.
The Broughton Buggy Manufactur
ing Company, of Elizabeth City,
which was recently incorporated with
an authorized capital of $50,000, is
preparing to begin business at once
at the old stand of the Elizabeth City
Lturay Company. Some cf the leading
business men cf tbat city are con
nected with this new enterprise and
its success is assured. The officers
are: W. J. Broughton, vice president;
W. M. Olch, treasurer, and Dr. S. W.
Gregory, secretary.
The State Agricultural Department
issued its first booklet, .containing
a list of the North Carolina farms
for sale in the tidewater section, the
law requiring such publication. The
booklet is "handsomely illustrated.
Others will follow containing lists
of lands for sale in the coastal plain,
the middle section, the Piedmont
section and the mountain region.
Ex-Judge Walter A. Montgomery
sues for $50,000 from The News and
Observer en the ground of libel in
publishing Tom Dixon's denunciation
of Montgomery after the latter 's ref
erence to Dixon in a speech here. This
is the same amount of damages claim
ed against Dixcn in the Federal
court.
A Man A?ci 105 Die3 in Eaywocd
County.
Asbevillo, Special. News has been
received here cf the death on Upper
Pigeon, Haywood county, Thursday,
of "Uncle" Henry Grogan, who
passed to rest at the ripe age of al
most 105, Had he lived until last
Thursday he would have celebrated
the 103th anniversary cf his birth.
Surviving are several children and
a number cf grand children and great
grand children. Mr. Grogan was the
oldest citizen of Haywood county
since the death in that count7 a year
or mere ago, of "Uncle Ed" Messer,
who went to rest at the age of 114.
Mr. Grogan was a native of South
Carolina, removing to Haywood
county during the war of the States.
Pie was an honest and upright citi
zen and had many friends in the
western section of the State.
Detectives Are Arrested.
Fayetteville, Special U. L. Stan,
ton and M. J. Morris, two cf the anti-saloon
league detectives who fur
nished information on v which the
eighteen alleged blind tigers have
just been indicted, were arrested by
Constable Gcddard, charged with car
rying concealed weapons. A revol
ver was found in the possession of
Stanton, but Morris had no weapon.
They were both bound over to court
by Magistrate McRae under a $200
bond, which was furnished by City
Attorney J. Sprunt Newton.
Crop Estimated at 600.000
Raleigh, Special. Commissioner cf
Agriculture William A. Graham, at
the request of the Association of
Commissioners cf the Southern
States estimated from reports to him
the North Carolina rotten crop, put
ting it at 600,000 bales, a decrease
of 1G per eent frcm last year's crop.
This year's acreage is larger than
last vear.
Slaio News Items.
Work has been commenced cn the
new freight depot at Gastonia, which
the Southern Railway is to build to
replace the cue burned some months
ago. Mr. J. E. McAllister, of Gas
tonia, has the contract for it. It
will be rebuilt on the old site.
At a recent meeting of the stock
holders of the Citizens' Bank of
Elizabeth City, Judge George W.
Ward was elected a director to suc
ceed the late Benjamin F. White.
A charter is granted the Shapei
and White Hardware Company,
Elizabeth City, $25,000 capital stock.
Bulletin cn Fruits.
Raleigh, Special. The Agricultural
Department has issued the September
bulletin, whica is upon the verities of
fruit best suited for North Carolina,
this having been prepared by W. N.
Hutt, State horticulturist, . and his
assistant, S. B. Shaw. The bulletin
which the Agricultural Departmit
is preparing arc so extremely valu
able rtiat they are in request not only
in this State but in other States and
are very frequently quoted.
PALACE TO GOTTAGE
. 9
Mayor Torn L Johnston Goes,
Into Bankruptcy
RE WAS ONCE VERY WEALTHY
Mayor of Cleveland, Fey Years
Credited With Possessing a Large
Fortune, Announces lhat He Hae
Lost Everything and Will Be Com
pelled to Move Into Smaller and
Less Expansive Quarters.
Cleveland, O., Special. Mayor Torn
L. Johnson, who for years has been
accredited with possessing a very
large fortune announced that he
had lost everything and would be
compelled to give up his beautiful
home on Euclid avenue and move in
to smaller and less expensive quar
ters. The mayor also stated that he
would give up his automobiles and
other luxuries, as he could no longer
afford to keep them. His fortune
was wrecked, the mayor declared, by
his devotion to affairs of the estate
of bis dead brother, Albert, who was
heavily interested in traction prop
erty in the East.
After Albert's death a question
was put up to him whether he should
resign his effiee as mayor and take
up the management of Albert's es
tate. "I decided that I would not. I had
entered the fight in this city with
certain ideals ; before me. I wanted
to fight privilege and special interest,
and I had already decided to give up
working for dollars. So I concluded
to stay right here and do what I
could to help my brother's children
at long istance.
"Why did I cheese the course I
did? I'll tell yen. I wanted happi
ness and "nothing else when I closed
up my business affairs and took up
civic activity.
"And I've been happy, too.
"I'm going to be happy yet, too.
We may have to go back to a cot
tage, but that's the way we started,
and we can look upon life just as
joyfully there as we did in the big
house cn Euclid avenue.
"They toll me my c.nemigs are
planning to bring financial trouble
upon me. I've been expecting it.
"My enemies are cauable of doing
that. One pray expect nothing else
from special privilege. Let them
make any sort cf attack upen me
that they choose. I'll never give up
and they'll ahvaj-j fnd me at the
front.
"If I had been a coward if I had
run away fro mthis fight for the peo
ple cf Cleveland I could have saved
my fortune and built it up. But I
had chosen my course. I haven't
been laboring as mayor with the ex
pectation of being rewarded by the
gratitude cf the pecple. One cannot
count on that. It's pleasure in doing
work that I like that has kept me
in the fight.
"I have never made a single penny
out of the street railways since I be
came major. I don't feel discourag
ed. I'm a free man, and that means
a greet deal to me.. Don't you sup
pose it will be worth something to
me to have my friends realize that
I entered the mayor's office rich and
left it pcor?
"I'm going to keep on just as I've
started. I'm going to be a candidate
for mayor again when this term is
over."
Ch?f?eur Killed in Auto Crash.
Washington, Special. Noble Davis
a chauffeur, was killed and several
others were injured by the overturn
ing of an automobile near Hyatts-
ville, Md. The automobile was own
ed by Joseph Strasburger, a mer
chant of this city, and Daivs, who
was his chauffeur, had taken out a
party cf his friends in the machine.
Famous Feder?l Scout Dies at Mount
Vernon, IT. Y.
Mount Vernon, N. Y., Special.
Col. John C. Babcock, who was one
of the principal ecouts for the army
of the Potomac during the Civil war,
died at his home here. Colonel Bab
cock was 72 years of age. At the
outbreak of the war he enlisted at
Chicago in the Sturgis Rifles. He
was later assigned to the secret serv
ice of the army under Major Allen,
and it was he who discovered Gen
eral Lee's forward movement which
ended at Gettysburg.
Many Die in Szplosion.
New York, Special. Twenty-five
persons arebelieved to have lost their
lives in an explosion of gas which
tore a great, section of Gold street,
Brooklyn. It is definitely known
that fifteen persons wera buried un
der the hundreds cf ton of earth and
timber that were thrown into the
air by the explosion, and ten more
persons ara reported as missing. The
exact number of dead cannot be determined.
CAMPAIGN FUNDS OF
REPUBLICAN PARTY
J. Fierpont Morgan Has Second Place
Andrew Carnegie : and Whitelaw
Pveid, However, AIo la. 025,009
Class Freddent $1,00$.
New York dispatch, 21et. '
When the report cf George S, Shel?
don, Republican national treasurer,
is filed with the States Auditor of
New York at Albany it will be found
it is said that the Republican cam
paign which elected William H. Taft
was conducted with a f a id of about
1,700,000. ".." ; -
- Charles P.' Taft was the heaviest
contributor "having added $160,000 to
the fund." '
The following isthe list of leading
eontribntois who gave over $250: -Charles
P. Taft. ..... $160,000
J. Pierpont Morsran..
'25,000
25,000
25,000
25.000
5,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
1.200.
1.000
1,000
n,l,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1.000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1.000
1,000
1.000
1.000
1,000
Andrew Carnegie..' .. ..
William Nelson Cromwell.
Whit el aw Rcid
D. O. Mills
Adolphus Busch, ... . .
3. C. Kerens
W. C. Dickey
Will'am Barrett lTidgely
President Roosevelt
Frank B. Kellogg
A. Severance.
E. N. Saunders ,.
Thomas F. Cole
Kdward It. Stcttinius
Marvin ITughitt
N. W. Harris.. ..
II. K. Ccnchran
Charles R. Crane.. .. ....
Samuel Instill
John C. Wharton.. ..... ..
Chailes Page Bryan
W. II. Baitlctt
James A. Patten
liobcit -T. Lincou
E. P. Frazier
John G. trhedd
Joy Morton
Vj. A. W. Kieckheifer
Crrc Less lhan $1,000.
Will:am Kent
V. II. Smith
A. S. Little-field
John Milton Oliver
Walter Burroughs..
Cinytcn Mark v. . . .
C. A. Smith.. ..
W. K. Bixbv
O. B. Gorin
A. W. Goodrich
soo
soo
G25
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
II. Evans.
c.
C.
F.
B. Borland.. .
S. Jobcs.. ..
E. Grimes. . .
F. H. Smith
T. D. Jones.. .;
B. E. Sunny. . , ,
John A. Spoor. .
Samuel Cupples..
R. S. Brookings. .
Julius Rcsenwald
A. A. McKay
John S. Runneils. . . .
W. F. Comstoek.. ,,
William McLaughlin,,
J. A. Iiolmcs.
Spencer Otis. .
E. B. Price .. ....
William T. Joyce
And Ifcese Gave $500.
J. C. Shaffer .....
George F. Griffin .
D. A. Compbell..
E. F. Swinney. .
D. M. Houser. .v. ,
Edward B. Butler.
H. W. Coe.. ..
I. II. Etcught . . .
Stewart Spalding.
E. J. Buffing! on. .
A. 21. Mull-kav . . ,
David B. Jones.,
R. W. Sears.. ..
Mark S. Willing..
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
400
400
400
300
300
SOO
300
300
300
300
300
300
300
300
300
300
9 9 9 9 9 9
John Dupree. . . .
9 9
F. J. Dewes.. ..
J. C. Ames. . ... .
Warren Nichols....
Harry Hart. . . . . .
J. F. Downing, . . .
E. E. Morgan. ..
Charles Piez. , . . . .
T. B. Ljcn.... ..
II.' P. Knapp
E. V. Price ..... .
Francis Beidler. .
Calvin Durand
E. J. Lchmann
Alexander Robertson.. .. ..
Ard These Gave $250.
The following gave $250
Charles J. Singer, R. Ortman,
eaca :
R. A.
Keyes, John P. Wilson, Levy Mayer,
Geoisre J. C'coke, G. M. Reynolds, C.
L. Willey, A. C. Bartlett, J. D. Eas
tern, H. Woodland, F. S. Winston,
Henry G. Hart, W. H. Whiteside, J.
B. Tarbell, H. M. Vlyllesby, R. L. W.
Bowers, William Butterwortb, W. V.
Kclley, P. J. Bennett, M. J. Spiegal,
A. B. Conover, M. A. Ryerson, D. H.
Burnham, C. H. Hurlburd, Matz Boy
den Fisher, E. L. Ryerson, Eugene S.
Pike, D. N. Barker, Graham H. Har
ris, J. S. Field; D. M. Cummings, Jo
seph B. Field, F. H. Raweon, O. W.
Nor: on, A. M. Barnhart, W. Stone,
Kenneth Clark, TLsA. 'Schulze, John
I. H. Field, C. K. Sharcod, John R.
Mitchell, Gebhard Bohn, A. H. Lin
dke, C. W. Gordon, E. H. Bailey, F.
B. Wells, F. C, Vann Dusen, W.
Deering, Byron L. Smith and H. H.
Porter.
Governor of Florida Will Open Cot
ton Convention. v
Lake CityJ-Fla., Special. The com
mittee on arrangements for the cot
ton convention here November 25th,
received a mssssge trcxa' e-ovejaoi
Brcvfard that he would bs on hand to
open v the convention.' Senators Talia
ferro and Fletcher, together with
many merchants and bankers of
prominence will be present and ev
ery phase of the cotton business will
be -discussed. i . .. .
FAMOUS INN BUR
Costfy Fire Destroys Hotel On
Lockout Mountein
NO LIVES EEFORTED AS LOS?
Famess Hostelry cn lbs Crest cf Fa
mous TeiiSeiceo Mountain, Goes'. Up
In Smoke, Together With Four CoV
tases.
Chattanooga, "Tenn., Special. Fa
mous old Lookout Inn, on the crest of
Lookout mountain, was burned to the
ground Tuesday afternoon, together
with all its-contents, and also four
ottages in proximity to the hotl.
The hotel owners, Messrs. Jung and
Shamotulski, stated that a-deal had
just been consummated for the sale
of the Inn property for a considera
tion of $135,000 and that but for the
fire the deal would have been Closed
Wednesday. There was $26,000 in
surance on the hotel and its furnish
ngs. The less on the four cottages and
their contents was estimated at $16,
000, "with insurance not given.
The incline railway power house
was badly damaged and the trestle
on the face of the bluff was ablaze
for a considerable time. Tuesday
night there was a streak of fire al
most from the top to the base of
Lookout mountain along the line of
the incline railway and a force of
men is fighting to prevent it from
spreading to the timber on the moun
tainside r.nd to many cottages which
dot the slops cf the mountain.
The fire, started in the south wing
of the Lctcl building but the exact
cause has not yet been ascertained.
The generally accepted theory-is that
a defective flue is responsible for the
fire.
The building was as dry as tin ier,
and a high windwhich was sweep
ing across the mountain from the
west, quicLlv carried the flames the
entire length of the structure, which
w?s consumed in a ery short time.
Seen firm the city, the fire was
spectacular during its early" progress,
but socn the mountain was entirely
enveloped in a dense cloud of smoke
and all that cculi be seen from high
points in the eity was what appeared
as a terrible storm elcjid rolling from
the southwest.
With the coming of darkness, how
ever, the emoke cleared and the out
line of the crest of old Lookout was
marked by a rim of red fire, resemb
ling a huge figure 8.
It is definitely known that there
will be no attempt in the near future
to rebuild the inn.
The hotel was completed in 1839 at
a cost of $150,000 and contained
about 400 rooms.
Each succeeding season following
its opening it has been visited by
persons of note frcm all over the
world. Prince Henry of Prussia,
pronounced it the most ideal spot Ire
had ever vkitcd and the scenery
more gorcgous than that of the Swiss
Alps.
There were no casualties so far as
can be learned.
Dentist Is Acqnittel
Roanoke, Va., SpeciaWNo'
guilty," was the jury's verdict i.
the case cf W. S. Gregory, a wealthy
Roanoke dentist, whohas been on
trial for the past ten days on a
charge cf attempt at repe on Miss
Theodora U. Irvine, a teacher cf ex
pression of New York, while she wai
a chloroformed patient in his office
here last summer. Miss Irvine testi
fied that she emerged from the an
aesthetic in time to positively iden
tify Gregory a her assailant. Greg
ory maintained that Miss Irvine Was
dreaming. Eminent physicians gave
expert testimony ta-the effect that
hallucinations frequently follow the
administration of anaesthesia.
Heney Rapidly Recovering.
San Francisco, Special. Francis J.
Heiicy is recovering with surprising
rapidity frcm the bullent wound in
flicted by Morris Haas, and it is pre
dicted that in a few weeks he will
be able to resume his prosecution of
the graft cases. There are no indica
tions of bleed poisoning. He was'
able to take liquid nourishment.
Watchman Killed by Robber3.
Lynchburg, Va., Special. Thomas
B. Monroe, for many years night
watchman as a bluff cn the James
river branch of the Chesapeake &
Ohio Railroad, eighteen miles west
of here, was murdered Tuesday nighft,
robbery being the motive His body
was found lying partly in the James
river, and under a fifteen-foot em
bankment, where it had been
thrown. His pay, received only the
previous day, was missing and a cor
oner's jury rendered a verdict of
murder. v-.-.-':
Victims of Their Own Flot.
Birmingham, Ala., Special. Fifty
State convicts employed in the mines
at PraK City forced a conspiracy
Tuesdays night to set No. 3 mine afire
and escapa doling the confusion. ' '"As
a result eight cf them nere burned
to death, one is missing and the .oth
er 41 are safely locked in the stock
ade. The coup was cunningly plan-,
ned and daringly executed.
jT.osi pyjsu Tin; sisas.
Japanese jiewsnapera biame Briilh
firms tov China's bo;-coL against Jap
anese goods,
Fifty yvright aeroplanes were or
dered by Laxare Weiiler, tp patyuilt
in Franc?.
Kins JdaaucJ was warm?y wel
comed In Opo-to, the centre pf Por
tuguesa raDutUrRu!sn
SUas C, McFarlana, American Con-su!-at-Larg3
Ja rjarope, kilUtt him
self in a raijway $arrlase of the Ber
lin express,
The Rv. 3, W, ftaehforl, the firsi
hlshcp of the new Methodist Episco
pal reeldeney in tha Chinese capital
arrived at Pekio. '
Tlie German Hsicbstag moved four
interpellations askins for aa expla
nation of the Kaiser's interview with
an unofficial Englishmen.
. Special correspondence from Hons
JCons stated that the tall: of an al
liance with the United States has
fired tne Chinese Imagination.
A report that Patrick Ford and
O'Meagher Condon Intended to visit
the United Kingdom provoked a bit
ter attack on them in the British
House of Cc nmons.
Japan will reduce the large force
of troops held in Northern China to
only two eonjpan'f3. By making this
reduction in the C' inese forces Japan
will be ab'.3 to save ?37o,000 a year.
Premier Asquitb, in tne House of
Commons, denned the "two-power"
standard a3"meaning an etcess of ten
per cent, over the combined strength
in capital -ships of the two next
strongest naval powers.
Letters were received by the Arctic
Exploration Glut) from Dr. Stefanson
announcing that he had arrived a?
Point Bar o.v, Alaska, and had madt
preparations to penetrate into the in
terioron a two years' exredition.
FEMININE NEWS NOTES.
Miss liilma. Johnson defied death
threats and frightened off two bur
glars in New York City.
Miss Clara Howard, an American
girl, has been chosen for a free schol
arship at Girton College, London.
.Eautard College girls, responding
to a "help wanted" poster, took jobs
as waitresses in the college lunch
room.
Mrs. Louisa Balderman, sixty
seven, of New York City, proposed to
John D, Haight, fifty-three, her
boarder, and was accepted.
Five hundred young girl friends
escorted to the grave the body cf
France? Grossman, a leader in charit
abla endeavor find a political worker
in New York City.
Surrogate Thomas. New York City,
refused to probate the will by which
Mrs. Sarah II. Bartnett was made to
disinherit her children, declaring it a
"cruel, heartless deception on a dy
ing woman.''
Mme. Michaels, an architect, is
now constructing what will be when
finished the largest building in Mar
seilles. Franc?. - Great Britain has at
least one famous architect. Miss Eliz
abeth McClelland.
. Mrs. Allen Potts, owner of Castle
Hill, 'a Virginia estate, became indlg
anr. at the Horsa Show after riding
her own entry, only to be unplaced,
while the bine ribbon went to a thor
oughbred ridden by a negro.
Miss Anna Meldrum. of Dundee,
Scotland, on her way to Ottawa to
marry, met an old sweetheart on the
ship. Thev were married in the New
York City Hall, and the. bride wrote
her regrets to the man in Ottawa.
Mrs. Isaac L. Rice, of New York
City, decided to organize a branch of
the" Society for the Suppression of
Unnecessary Noise. Sbe carries with
her a phonograph with records of
many of the ear-splitting and nerve
racking noises cf New York,
Democratic Contributors Number
Over 74,000.
Albany, N. Y.,Sp9cial. Represent
ing' Chaiiman Norman E. Mack and
Treasurer Herman Ridder, of the
Democratic national committee, Sam
uel Bell Thomas, a New York attor
ney, arrived in Albany with treasurer
Ridder ' report of Democratic cam
paign contributions which will, be
filed at the office of the Secretary of
State. The complete list of contri
butors numbers ovr 74,000.
Raised 121 Bnehdi cf Corn to Acre.
Gaffney, S. C., Special. The com
mittee appointed by the Merchants
and Planteis' Bank to decide who i?
entitled to the $50 piize offered bj
it for the largest .yield of corn rcm
one acre of land in Cherokee county,
awarded, the prize to O. P. Hill, whe
raiscd 121 bushels. The total nrm
Iscr rf bushels of corn raised by the
seventeen r-en wl o competed for this
prize is 33d: 13-80. being an avrcagt
of mere thru 80 bushel an acre.
"Fighting Eob" Evans to Become a
Builder of Railroads.
Los Ageles, Cel., Special.
"Fighting Bob" Evans is to become
'a builder- ef railroads and a develop
er of harbor waterwajs. This becam
known when it was announced tha!
'he had been chosen chairman of the
directorate of the Los Angeles Har
bor Cempanj', which is building i
railway system frcm Sen Pedro har
bor to points in Southern California
Officials of the harbor company stated
that Admiral Evans is expected tc
assume his duties before April 1st
sr;-.
Big Mississippi Compress Bnrns.
Indianola, Miss., Special. The
nlant of the Indianola Compress and
Warehouse Company, and several ad-
ioinins buadines were destro-ed bv
fire Tnesiav. Ths less probably will
be in excess cf $330,003. with a com
paratively smd! amountxof issurance
A Urge- quantify of cotton ' was
sire'ed. - .
; Senator Flkins announces formal
ly that Miss Katherine Elkins is not
engaged tothe Duke of the AbruzzL
VENUE ONLY
Andrew Cernegie Cni 0t
; for Tariff Revision
AVS PECTrCTIOH NOT NEEDED
Iron Master, in a Notable Article in
Pftnfecr hri6 of a Magazine,
WilJ Declare Ifcat Duties cn Manu
factured Articles Should be Rsdttc
ei cr Altojstker Afccllefced, and
1 Hi Orl7 the Lnxnrie9 Used b7
. the Rich. Should Bear a Duty.
New York, Speeial. A notable ar
ticle, from Andrew Carnegie, dealing
with the tariff, will appear in the
forthcoming Deeefeber number of
The Century Magazine, in which the
iron master takes the position that
"infant industries" no longer need
protection; that the steel and other
industries havo how grown beyond
the need of tariff protection; that
duties on luxuries used by the rich
should Jje maintained, but that those
on manufactured articles should - bo
reduced greatly, or abolished entire
ly when no longer needed.
. Mr. Carnegie's article is entitled
"My Experience With and Views
Upon the Tariff." ,
Mr. Carnegie says:
"We have already become by far
the greatest of all manufacturing na
tions. While the tariff as a whole
even today has ceased to be primar
ily beneficial as a measure of protec
tion, it has become of vast import
ance from the standpoint of revenue,
and it is to this feature I bespeak the
special attention of readers of all
parties, for duties upon imports, not
for protection, but for needed reve
nue, should not. become a party ques
tion. Reasonable men of all parties
may be expected to approve this plan
of obtaining revenue."
He says: "The American tariffs, in
happy contrast to others, almost ex
empt the pcor and heavily tax the
rich, just as it should, for it is they
who have the ability to pay as .re
quired by the highest economic au
thority." Mr. Carnegie says of future tariff
legislation :
"The next Congress dealing with
the tariff will probably be inclined at
first to reduce duties all around and
perhaps to abolish some, but its first
care should be to maintain present
duties, and even in some eases to
increase them, until all articles used
almost exclusively by the rich, and
this not for protection, but for reve
nue, not drawn from the workers but
from the rich. That is the first and
prime duty of Congress.
"Its second dut3T is to reduce du
ties greatly upon manufactured ar
ticles and to abolish entirely those no
longer needed.
What Democrats Spent.
, Chicago, Special. The Democratic
national committee received in all
$620,644.77 and spent $619,410.06
during the recent presidential cam
paign, leaving a balance on hand of
$1,234.71. So reads a statement made
public by the officers of the commit
tee and the itemized statement will
be filed for record in the office of the
Secretary of State of Kentucky in
compliance with the resolution ador
ed by the national committee at Lin
coln. Neb., last Jul v. Tbo statement
made public by ths committee in
cludes n certificate of audit by Hy-
on D. King, auditor of the national
committee.
Briefs of General News.
Gen. William L. Marshall recom
mends that Congress appropriate
$965,000 fcr next year's work on the
Baltimore channels.
John D. Rockefeller began testify
ing fOr the defense in the suit of tho
government to dissolve the Standard
Oil Comuany.
Snrday Tragedy in Alabama. TcT?n.
Birminghom, Ala., Special. J. A.
Norlbcutt. a well-known citizen of
Henry Ellen, Jefferson cenntv, was
shot and almost instantly killed by
J. W. Dement. The shooting occur
red in front of Northcutt's home and
three bullets tcck effect. Dement was
brought her and lodged in the county
Tail. He will say nothing as to l.ie
?ause of thet ragedy.
Clavelard Street Car Stake
Celled
Off.
Cleveland, O., Special. At a meet
ing of the local union of the street
railway motormen and conductors it
was unanimously voted to call of? the
strike against the Municipal Traction
Company, which was begun last May.
The company was forced into the
hands of receivers who now are in
charge cf the railway property. -The
Mutual Tracticn Ccmpany refused to
grant an increase is wages, which
was demanded by the union and the
strike -was ordered.
Atlanta Negro Murders Ei3 Wife.
Atlanta, Ga., Special. Using a
razor with which he severed the
carotid artery and jurjlar v3i2? Ssal
iorjhz, a nsgrc, Sunday kilbd his
vii-s and bft her dead tody in s pr-d
-if bleed in a hcuss in the rsar cf 177
West Mitchell street. Jones made
his escao:. he is c.cscnoeu us a
heavy-set negro, very
black and
wci
ghs about 140 pounds.
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