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vol, xxxi. PrrrsBoito. c hath am county, n. c, Wednesday, march 17. 1909.
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nisLiiaBiiA ii om nan
arkest Africa" Will Welcome the Ex
President With Open Arms.
1 a?a. East Africa, By Cable.
ia is preparing already to Avel
Tkeodcre Rccsevelt when he
ore the latter .part of next
in his much-heralded' African
. :ul the coming of the former
.Y-.t of the United States has
; decided impetus to the inter
: the present hunting season. The
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i or of the protectorate, Lieut, j
ir James Sadler, is getting up
, linment for the distinguished
hut in spite of these arrange
h. t lie greeting to Mr. Roosevelt
be more to the great spoitsman
o l'srae is Avell known-to local
- than to the former president.
African sportsmen were high
a ritied to learn that Mr. Rocse
!. -fused the offer of the authori
ty -riant him a special hunting
-, that would have permittecMimi
:.! uame to an unlimited Extent
,; i of confining himself to the
riophants, two rhinoceroses, two
; iitaiui. etc. Lions and leopards
are i-hissed as vermin and consequent
ly ;;! license to kill them is required.
T: white population of Mombasa
has hvanl much of Mr. Roosevelt's
j!;e!!a!ity and in a joking way
frw.rnt references to the "big
tick" 510 being made.
TL. prospects for good hunting this
season are considered excellent. Many
settlers in the outlying districts, real
iziiv." ike increasing interest ia the
prospeets for good sport because of
the coming of Mr. Roosevelt, are vol
n;;ta;;:iy sending in information about
the movements of game. According
DECISION !N FAVOR OF
Cliratio. Special. The Ctandard
Oil t'orv.pauy. of Indiana, found not
guilty of accepting rebates from the
Ciiicfliro & Alton Railroad on. ship
ments of oil from AVhiting, Ind., to
East St. I.cuis. 111.
returned hy a jury
The verdict was
in the Federal
C'or.rt i!
A tulers o
lo'.vtd 1
decision
the i'H'':
instructions cf Judge A. G.
110
averted that he fol-
e Circuit Court of Appeals'
as t" the verdict returned at
er trial of the same case and
f:- rl.i. !i ver-ii-t Judge Kennesaw
fountain Laudis assessed a line of
Judge Anderson's decision was not
unexpected as he had Tuesday told
the government prosecutors that the
proof relied on in the first trial was
incompetent and that it must be com
pkveented or fail. It was Avith some
thing of an air of hopelessness that
District Attornev Edwin W. Sims and
GEORGIA TOWNS SUFFER FROM STORMS
Atlanta. Ga., Special. Wilh the j
completed death roll of Sunday
night '3 Arkansas tornado just . com
ing in, the tail end of the Arkansas
stonn wjiuh Tuesday night swept
across Alabama and south Georgia
t'dr.tsday set in motion a new death
count for the latter two States. This
count was ten, ve negroes killed in
Cuthberr, Ga., and three whites an!
two negroes drowned at Montgomery,
Ala,, the latter dcl'hs a result of
h:gh water following a record rain
tali for the past 20 years.
Camming, Ga., Tuesday got into
tegraphic communication with the
outside world and sent word that a
tornado ploughed through miles of
timW. farm yards and valuable
property in that vicinity besides de
Btroymcr half a dozen farmers' homes
and seriously injuring a young man
find a young woman.
Cuthlert Hard Hit.
Cnrl hcrt, Ga., reported the damage
at j'JO.000 and Mayor D. A. Mc
Piierscn issued an appeal for aid.
SHIPS COLLIDE ON MASSACHUSETTS COAST
Chatham,
The
stealer Horatio Hall of the. 'Mains
Steamship Company, from Portland,
New York and H. i Dixpck, cf the
Metropolitan line, from New Ycrjc to
Boston, collided at 7 o'clock Wednes
day morning and the Hell went
to the bottom in half au hour and the
M U ST NOT PLACE ON
"ashington, Special. The Ameri
can Federation cf Labor hereafter
fi'y freely refer to the boycott
gainst tie Buck Stove and Range
euir.pany cf St. Louis, except by in-r-''
n in the "Wc den't patronize
list," This in substance of Avide
si -'-ad importance to the labor world,
rnanufactures and to newspapers
?nc rally, is the sweeping decision
!!"i'kd down Thursday by the court
' -.ppeals of the District of Colum
intre noted injunction case of
Bucks Stove and Range company
tuainst the American Federation of
L"-oor, which has been before the
ANGRY f IRE IN SPARTANBURG DOES $50,000 DAMAGE
Spartanburg, S. C, Special In a
i':r':e and angry fire Friday night,
l-n resisted all efforts of the fire de
Pwtment, the two-story breik build
n:? of J. B. and J. F. Cleveland and
cccupied by Harry Price, clothier,
lrj'i R. L. Bowden, dry goods, was
Jostroyed together Avith the stock of
I'Otli merchants, entailing a loss of
vuQ,000. Assistant Fire Chief Mitch
e5!..5EwmaSUvftwere injiir-
SEVELT
to a dispatch received here a record
group of lions, numbering 32, was
seen on the Nandi plateau Tuesday at
aNpoint about 50 miles north of Port
Florence. (The Nandi plateau is on
the west side of the great Rift val
ley.) Among them were three huge
males.
Giraffes Seen.
Four families of giraffs have been
iien at Makindu, 200 miles inland
from here, cn the line of the Uganda
railroad, and elephants have been
seen at Elburgon, 475 miles inland on
the railroad and alcng the Sabaki
river, not far to the north of Mom
basa. R. J. Cunningham, the noted Eng
lish big game huntsr and natural:M,
who is to be guide to and general
manager of the Roosevelt party, has
been heie for some time completing
the preparations for the trip into the
wilderness as Avell as the shooting and
collecting excursions alongjhe line of
the railroad. He is selecting and hir
ing native porters for the excursion.
He takes only experienced men "who
are known to be courageous and to
possess great physical strength. The
safari kit, in other words, the camp
equipment for the work in the open,
is to come from London and wiJl be
in readiness when Mr. Roosevelt
arrives.
Every hing points to a successful
stay in British East Africa and Ugn
da for Mr. Roosevelt; the natives are
peaceful; game is plentiful and the
people of Mombasa aro waiting eager
ly to extend him a welcome.
THE OIL COMPANY
his assistant attempted to show the
advisability of the Illinois classifica
tion to prove the existence of a legal
rate cf 18 cents, which was a vital
point in the government 's contention.
Attorneys Threw Up Case.
It was after Assistant District At
torney James H. Wilkerson had ar
gued for two hours and in the end ad
mitted that the prosecution could not
furnish the further proof deemed nec
essary' by the court for a continuation
of the case, that Judge Anderson an
nounced his decision. Mr. "Wilkerson
said that the government could pro
ceed no further and suggested dismis
sal of the case. Attorney John S.
Miller, chief counsel in the case for
the oil company, immediately moved
that there be an instructed verdict of
not guilty. The court so.ardered, and
tho jury, which had been excluded
dur. ",7 the arguments' by the attor
neys, was called in and charged.
Nearly half of the main business
block of Cuthbert was demolished.
Every store on Depot street was
blown down, filling the street with
piles of brick and timbers. Home
less persons ivandered through the
town searching for household posses
sions which the wind had scattered
for blocks in all directions.
The whites dead at Montgomery
are;
Wil'am Dillard, 20 years old.
Thomas-Harper, of Atlanta, 2J
years.
Unidentified white man.
Floods at Montgomery, Ala.
Montgomery, Ala., Special. Heavy
and continuous rains wrought great
damage here and the situation was
made serious Tuesday. Several
homes in north Montgomery were
abandoned and inmates carried to
places of safety in boats.
The Grand Theatre, a handsome
new structure, was flooded and the
damage will be heavy.
Dimoek ran ashore six hovjrs later pu
Cape Cpd beach, whero the passengers
an4 crew pf the HaJl wero Jandecj
imharmpd. Wireless calls were mado
but the position of the ehipg was not
well stated and in the dense fog Us
sistcrics failed to reach the point oi
diaster.
THE "UNFAIR LIST"
courts of the District of Columbia in
various phases for months. In a re
cent decision by Justice Gould of the
supreme court of the District the
American Federation of Labor and
the officers, Messrs. Gompers, Mitch
ell, Morrison, and others were en
joined from conspiring to boycott the
Bucks Stove and Range company and
from printing or publishing or dis
tributing, through the mails or other
wise, any copy of The. Federationist
or other publication refering to the
complainant, its business or products
in the "We don't patronize" or
"Unfair list."
ed by falling timbers, though it is
not thought their injuries will prove
serious.
At one time it looked as if the en
tire block from the Whittington drug
store on the corner of Main and
Church streets, just north of where
the fire originated to the Lee Build
ing on the south, would be destroy
ed. The loss, which is estimated a$
JSOjOGO, is partially insured, .1 '
TWO TRAINS COLLIDE
Colored Firemen the Only Victim of
Head-On Crash Between Freight
and Passenger Trains at 'Colon.
Sanford, Special. Seaboard pas
senger train No. 32, southbound, and
a northbound freight ran together
head-on Saturday morning about
4:35 o'clock at Colon, a small station
about 35 miles south of Raleigh.
Hassey Lindsay, the colored fireman
of the passenger train Was killed,
and the engineer, Ed Robertson, of
Raleigh, was badly hurt.
The engineer, M. J. Eisenhart, of
the freight, and his fireman jumped
and neither was hurt. Capt. W. C.
Cox, conductor on the passenger
train, had a leg broken; Ernest Du
val, baggage master, was hurt in the
back and internally. W. R. Lamb,
a merchant of Hamlet, was badly
bruised; John Newton, colored, of
Hamlet, had a leg crushed; W. S.
Rowe, express messenger, was badly
cut; Sam Wicks, colored, of Char
lotte, was badly cut. Others receiv
ed minor injuries.
The injured were taken to Raleigh
for treatment.
The engineer of the freight train
misread the orders. He thought No.
33 was an hour and a half late, when
it was No. 32 that Avas late. The
trains were running at full speed
and engines were practically demol
ished. The baggage and express cars
and first passenger coach of the pas
senger train were splintered.
WAR ON "BLACK HAND."
Brutal Murder of Italian Detective
Stirs New York Police Other Cit
ies Asked to Aid in the Extermina
tion of the Criminals.
New York, Special. Relentless
warfare will be waged against the
"Black Hand" socielies by the
police of this, and it is hoped, other
cities as a result of the murder of
ed detective of New York, 'in Paler- l
mo, Friday night. For years Petro
sini had been active in his work to
bring to justice members of his oAvn
race who carried on blackmailing
operations in this country, through
threats of murder made in the name
of the "Black Hand." It is believ
ed here that his murder was the re
sult of a plot that had its inccpion
in the United States and that the
persons indirectly responsible for
his death are still within the reach of
the American police. If so, every ef
fort will be made to bring about their !
arrest and conviction, and with this
end in view Inspector McCafferty,
head of the New York detective bu
reau, sent telegrams Saturday to the
authorities in the principal cities of
the country asking that increased
activity be exerted against all
"Black Hand" suspects. Immediate
orders were given to arrest at once
all men in New York City who are
believed to have connection with
"Black Hand" operations.
Petrosini's murderer, who was a
member of the "Black Hand," fired
four shots from a revolver. Petro
sini arrived in Sicily only a short
time ago and was engaged in con
ducting an investigation regarding
Italian criminals.
Inspector McCafferty said Satur
day that he was anxious to know
whether Petrosini had been robbed
after being shot. He intimated that
Petrosini had some papers valuable
to the police here in running down
Black Hand and oilier Italian offend
ers. A cablegram from Palerma (Italy)
says : The assassination of Lieuten
ant Petrosino has stirred the police
to unprecedented activity. Many ar
rests already have been made, includ
ing a number of Italians with crimi
nal records, lately returned from the
United States.
Great Floods in the South.
A special from Montgomery, Ala.,
says the Alabama is 51 feet aboAo
normal and is slowly rising". It is
expected to be 55 feet. No great
casulties have yet occurred as fa.ip
warnings were given and residents
from the lower districts moved tq
the higher parts. The Coasa at Rome
is 31 12 feet, and 29 feet at Gads,
den. The Tallapoosa ii a raging tor
rent, South Pines Chosen.
Fitzgerald, Ga., Special. The Blue
and Gray Association at its annual
encampment here Saturday selected
Southern Pines, N. C, for the next
reunion. The following officers Avere
elected: Commander in chief, Major
B. F. Dixon, North Carolina; senior
vice commander, Capt. William M.
McCormick, Georgia; junior Aice
commander, Capt. Joseph Price,
Florida; chaplian in chief, Rev. W.
S. Harden, Georgia ; judge advocate
general, O. S. Deming, Warren, O. ;
quartermaster general, C. H. Worth,
Texas.
Gas From the Caddo Field.
New Orleans, Special.- The ques
tion of supplying natural gas to cities
in Louisiana and neighboring States
from the extensive fileds in Caddo
parish, Louisiana, a distance of 300
miles from this city, has assumed
concrete form in an application for
franchise submitted to the city coun
cil of New Orleans. Shreveport, La.,
and Texarkana, Ark., have both been
getting their gas supply from that
source for the past two years.
THE IWS IN BRIEF
r
Items of Interest Gathered By
Wire and Cable
GLEANINGS FROM DAY TO DAY
Live Items Covering Events of More
or Less Interest " at Home and
Abroad.
By an act of Congress on Feb. lrtt
the windows of President Harrison
ind President Cleveland may use the
mails free cf postage for the balance
Df their lives if their autographs be
placed on the letters."
The annex for the demented at the
county home of Rockingham, N. C,
was burned on Tuesday and two aged
inmates were burned to death.
The State cf Washington has local
jption. Every incorporated town and
svery country district is a unit.
When Mr. Fairbanks was Vice
President he had an elaborate ink
stand made for his desk. On hearing
:omplaints of extravagance he sent in
his check for $200, which covered the
sost and took it with him when he re
tired.
The federal grand jury in NeM
York found a true bill for slander
against the New York World in the
Panama affair.
South Carolina makes it bad on the
man that drums for liquor orders.
Diplomatic relations with Nicara
pia were practically broken off Fri
day by the State Department, which
ordered Secretary of Legation Greg
ory at Managua to return home,
leaving tnc legation in cuarge oi me
consul, who will have no diplomatic
capacity.
Six persons were hanged in Louis
iana for murder and one for criminal
assault March 5th.
Maj. Hale, editor of the Fayette-
irille Observer, presented to the N. C
Supreme Court last week an oil paint
tng of Jno. De Rosett Toomer, who
' Kade the speech of welcome to Gen.
LeFayette when he visited Favette
ville Editor Hale also published the
speech and tht General's response,
i At this writing Gen. Butler of
South Carcl'm, and Hon. Cyrus B.
1 Wat sen of North "Carolina, seem to
be in the power of fatal sickness.
Preparations are being pushed for
ihe 12th conference for education in.1
the South to be held in Atlanta, Ga.,
Dn April 14, 15 and 16.
m , . j :i.:
.i digrams receneu xtom iunuima,
Austria, report that a series of devas
tating avealanches lurve occurred
there and thai, numbers of houses
have been swopt away. It is already
known that ten deaths haA-e resulted.
Hirschcl Hogg, a confessed membei
I of the band of night-riders Avho mur
j dered Captain Quenten Rankin at
j Walnut Log in October, escaped from
I jail at Dresden Sunday night.
It is said that there are 32,000
cases of land frauds for the Attorney
General to see to as soon as practi
cable. Mrs. Ruth Bryan LeaA-itt has won
her divorce suit and is noAV free from
her husband.
Miss Jennie Reed and Joseph Muel
ler were strolling in Baltimore a few
nights ago when she Avas shot and kill-
higliAvaymtm had held him up and
gotten his A'alnables and on approach
ing her reteiA-ed a slap in the face,
Avhereupon the robber shot hen Muel
ler noAv says he himself shot her ac
cidentalhy. Dlb Springs, Texas, had a fire
Wednesday that destroyed a number
of business blocks entailing a loss of
$100,000.
Lewis Nixon, the shipbuilder, pre
dicts a great future for aeroplanes
nd airships.
Michael Donnelly, judge pf Third
District, Obi" Circuit Court, is charg-;
ed Avith imbezzlement of funds be.
longing to the Ohio German Insur.
ance Co. to the extent of probably
$300,000. The company has failed.
A tornado struck Brinkley, ArJ.,
last Sunday night ana killed 35 per
sons, demolishing most of tha houses
and leaving few fit for habitation.
Charles M. Schwab said the Bethle
hem Steel Company would not reduco
wages.
The Standard Oil Company won its
suit that releived it from paying the
$29,240,000 fine imposed by Judge
Landis.
The United States District Court at
Kanses City declared the 2-cent rail
road rate in Missouri confiscatory
and illegal.
Dr. W. D. Crum has resigned as
collector of the port at Charleston
and it is understood that Mr. Edwin
W. Durant will become his successor.
The - technical high school of Mu
nich has conferred the honorary de
gree of doctor of technical sciences on
Wilbur and Orville Wright, the Am
erican aeroplanists
Washington Notes.
A petition widely signed is being
handled by former U. S. Senator C.
W. Hinds, of Mississippi, to be pre
sented to Congress to pension old
people.
President Taft is so pleased with
his caddiy that he is sending the
youth to the University of Virginia,
allowing him $2 a day or expenses.
It is stated with some degree of
authority that -President Taft wil
visit the Southern States next fall,
TORNADO KILLS 30
:
Brinkley, Ark , a Scene of
Terrible Desolation
THE INJURED NUMBER OYER 50
Reports From the Stem-Swept Ar
kansas iewn F.c7eal an Appallin:
Condition.
Brinkley. Ark!, Special. Fnrthe)
details cf the great disaster her
state that thirty or mere lives wen
snuffed "out, CO pec pie were injurer
and property estimated to be worrl
f 1,000,000 was destroyed" as a resul
of the tornado which' wrecked thi:
little, city Monday - night. Cf tin
krtown dead 14 are while people, th(
others olored.
Wrcca-o Fil;d Hi;h.
The tornado hovered cbcut the cit;
onl ya few minutes but its workioJ
desluetion was corrplete. The Ro
can Catl:( I'c church, standing direct,
ly in the path of the storm, aloiv
escaped damage p rdestmsticn am.
stands a grim sentinel on a scene oi
lesdation.- Main street and Cypress
avenue, the two principal thorough
fares of the town, are impassable and
arc piled high with wreckage from
end to end. Every business house h
in ruins and there is hardly a home
that has not at least' suffered the loss
of a icof cr wing.. The Arlington
Hotel was totally demcl'shed. Eighty
guests were registered but all eseap
ed uninjured. The Brinkley Hotel.
Southern Hotel nd Kelly Hotel were
all destroyed- without loss cf life.
Relief-squads were at Avorki all
day Tuesday earing for the d ;ad ane!
injured. The Rock Islund and Cottoi.
Belt Ra'lways haAC placed cars at tht
disposal cf the relief committee and
seeking a temporary refuge at othci
poin's neaib". The dead Avove sen,
to Helena, frcm which point inter
ment will 1:xl e pi tee.
Governor Donsghcy arrived from
Little Peek in the aftcmccn in re
sponse to a call from the citizens'
committee, llu has the shiatien wel'
in hand and s.aye ftod, eiothing ami
shelter are the things most needful
Hundreds f pcpie are 1 omeless anil
are wandering abTnit seeking a tern
porary abode. T'iree special t rainy
arrived firm neighboring- towns
bringing lcl'rf workers, physicians
and" nurses. The Catholic church
has been converted into a hospital
and here the doctors end nurses art
carir.g for the injured. The citizen
of Helena have generously offeree! tht
use cf their J.cmcs for the denture.
Mass meetings were called for In
Memphis, Little Rock and othei
cities to rnisc funds and supplies for
the storr.i victims.
MiSOi:ri Lees Noted Case
Kansas City, Mo., Special. Mis
souri's 2-cent passenger and maxi
mum" freight Isavs Avere nulPficd by a
deeis'on handed clown Monday in th
United States District Court by Judge
Smiih MePhcrscn, of Red Oak, Iowa.
As a icsuP, it is believed there will
be a quick return in M'ssouri to 3
eeut fares. Frank Ilagrrman, foi
the IS companies invcl.cd, assertei"
that the deeis'on sounded like the
death In -11 cf the 2-cent rate in every
State in the Uni'Mi.
Judge McPherson held that both
the ccmmodily and passenger law
were eoufisca'ory and unoonslitutioc
al. and Mr. Ilrsrcrman declared that
it is not i-uiiceiA-fble that if the 2-cen
rate is confiscatory in Missouri, it
can be ccmpensatcry in ether States.
The t;'.'e on the other hand, de
clares inphatiealiy that Missouri's
fight over loAvrr rates will continue.
Elliot W. Major, Attorney General,
Avho avt.s in court w'-.ea the decision
was reached, said an appeal would be
taken and that the present Legisla
ture Avculd bo asked to pass new rate
laws that avcuM s'and the tests of the
courts. Coveinrr .lladley made a
similar statement.
Government by Commission.
Birmingham. Ala., Special. Dr,
Chailes W. Elliot, retiring, president
cf Harvard University, spent the day
here. He discussed "Government by
ComnW-pn.V' He maintained that
the highest efficiency in municipal
government is accomplished by sbjbII
governing Iodic? placed in cucob.
un'veisnl suffrage. He gave 4 ho re
sults cf hi invest igjt! ion ia Galves
ton under the commission form.
Hinton Helper a Suicide.
Washington, Special Hin ion Row
an Helper, a native cf Davie county.
North C'arcl'na, former United Slates
consul general at Buenos Ayrcs, com
mitted suieide here Tuesday. He was
80 years old, a veteran of the civil
war. The tragic act was committed
in a room at 628 Pennsylvania avenue,
northAvest, by tying a toAvel abor",
his neck and turning cn the gas-
Papers and letters found in the
room where Helper took his life re
vealed the fact that he was eAudentlj
deeply interested in only one matter.
the project to bnild a great inter
continental railway, fo extend through
Korth, Central and South American
Virginians Fined Fcr Pccnage.
Lvnchburs. Va.. Special. In the
Federal district court here Tuesday
upon pleas of guilty, Judge McDow
ell entered the following judgments
A. A. Luck, $1,000; Robert Bran
then, $500; E. T. Edmunds, $150, and
Samuel Butler and Walter"" Wildman
$100 each. The accused were indii.t
ed at the Roanoke court recently on
charges of holding a large number pf
laborers in involuntary servitude.
NORTH STATE
Occurrences of Interest Gleamed From All Scctious of the Busy
v ' Taur Heel State
DESTRUCTION OF TERRAPIN BUG
Kill the Pests Before They Multiply
How to Do" It.
The -following information issuing
from the North Carolina Agricultural
Experiment Station is of decided in
terest and importance to those in the
line of its beneficience.
The annual loss eaused by terrapin
bugs sucking the life out of collards.
cabbages, turnips and allied plants is
.difficult to . estimate accurately,' but
certainly; amounts to thousands of
dollars in North Carolina. A large
proportion of this loss may be pre
vented if farmers, gardners and
truckers Avill take the trouble to col
lect or in some way destroy the-bugs
that first appear this spring. We
have conclusive eAridence that such
work may be made a paying invest
ment. We cannot, howeA'er, con
tinue to wait, as is usually done, until
the bugs become so numerous as :o
cause very noticable injury in gar
dens or fields, but on 'the contrary
they must be destroyed before they
commence to lay eggs; otherwise the
annual loss will remain the same or
will increase.
In November last this Station pub
lished a press bulletin urging farm
ers to immediately collect and kill
the terrapin bugs, then in their fields,
to pre-ent their living in such num
bers through the winter. Now it
seems advisable to urge the equally
important work of destroying those
individuals that escaped last fall, and
which will soon commence to come-out
from their winter hiding quarters.
Only Adult Bugs Survive the Winter,
Eggs and young bugs do not live
through the winter in this State:
hence it is only full-grown, strong,
adult males and females which sur
ATiATe by -finding favorable hibernating
quarters under rubbish around the
gardens, under stones, in fence cor
ners and similar places, Avhere they
are protected from the weather. As
this has been a mild Avinter, they are
liable to appear in greater numbers
than usual in the spring.
When Egg Laving Commences.
We could not consistently urge the
task of destroying the OATerwintering
bugs if they commenced to lay aggs
upon their first appearance. Careful
observation has shown that at least
two weeks' time elapses after the
bugs appear before the first eggs are
deposited. . During this period they
are Arery actively feeding and mating,
and the majority will congregate on
the few old plants left from last
season's wild mustard and turnips
are favorite food plants, and collards,
with their broad leaves, often harbor
a large number of them.
The prime object of this article
is to emphasize the fact that the far
mer or gardener Avho watches close
ly for the first terrapin bugs to ap
pear has about two weeks' time to
kill them and still prevent the ma
jority from laying eggs for the first
generation.
Rate of Increase.
Have you eArer considered the
actual benefit that results from kill
ing one female terrapin bug when
she first appears in spring? Observe
he following statements: The aver
age number of eggs laid by each bug
varies from eighty-four to ninety-six
that is, seven or eight masses of
twelve eggs each, deposited over , a
period of "from four to eight weeks.
There are three full generations each
year. Suppose we kill a single terra
pin bug and thus prevent ninety-six
Victim of Curious AccidentC
Gastonia, Special. Mrs. Eugene
Ratchford, who lives three miles east
pf Gastonia, was perhaps mortally
wounded by a bullet from a stray
cartridge, which she had swept into
the fireplace. The cartridge explod
ed before the woman completed her
tasK, tne bullet entering her ncht
breast. The case was said to be very
serious.
Two Homicides in Madison.
Asheville, N. C, Special. News
has been received here by telephone
from Marshall, Madison county, of
two homicides occurring in that coun
ty last week. One of the killings oc
curred Saturday night about 7:30
o'clock on Bailey's branch, when
Hartly Bryan shot and killed Zeb
Brooks, the slayer of Brooks using a
shot gun. The other homicide on the
Tennesee line, Wednesday, when W.
M. Andrews was shot and killed from
amubush by Elias Pate.
Will Harness Haw River.
Burlington, Special. Following
his sucess of interesting capital suf
ficient to build an electric line con
necting Burlington, Graham and Haw
River, which is now in course of cou
struction, Mr. J. W. Murray . is cn
gaged in the promotion of the larges
enterprise this section of North Caro
lina has known the Southern Trae
tion and Power Company, chartered
Saturday wjfc authorized capital o
HAPPENINGS
young tor the first generation, , of
which one-half might be females. If
these forty-eight females reproduced
at the same rate, the second genera
tion would number 4,608 individuals.
Counting only, one-half as females,
pach ' capable of producing ninety-six
young, the third generation would
reach the enormous number of 221,-
1S4, the progeny of one female in a
single year. We can divide this num
ber by one hundred and still have
over 2,200 as the number of bugs pre
vented by killing one individual when
she, first appears.
During the warm summer
months a minute parasite in
the form of a tiny black
fly destroys a large percentage of the
eggs, but as a general thing these
parasites do not become abundant
until the first generation is Avell de
veloped ;so that the destruction of
the bugs that produce the first gener
ation is more essential than the death
of bugs later in the year; Another
point in faAror of early destruction!
Are not the above facts sufficient
to impress farmers with the impor
tance of spring destruction of terra
pin bugs?
How to Destroy Them.
Hand Picking. This is probably
the most valuable method of killing
terrapin bugs at any season of the
year. Ihe Avork can be done rapidly
by children. The bugs are inclined
to hide on cold, Avindy or dark days ;
so that Avarm, sunny days should 'be
selected for this task. We cannot
expect to find all the bugs in one day,
or even the majority of them. A good
plan would be -to collect two or three
times a week, but be certain to com
mence Avithin a feAv days after the
bugs first appear. They may be killed
by crushing or by dropping in a little
kerosene.
Spray With Pure Kerosene. When
the bugs are abundant on Avorthless
plants they may be killed with pure
kerosene. With the aid of a small
spray pump a large number of bugs
may be killed in a few hours.
Arsenical poisons are not effective
against this insect, Avhich feeds b
sucking the plant juice.
Kerosene emulsion of 15 or 20 per
cent concentration is used with suc
cess for killing small or half -grown
bugs, but this treatment will not kill
many adults. By folloAving the sug
gestions made above, the young bugs
Avill not become numerous, but when-
eA7er spraying does become necessary
kerosene emulsion is the best remedy
to use. R. I. SMITH,
Entomologist.
Mountain County Enterprises.
The Watauga Turnpike Company
has leased the convict force from
Watauga county and the first Avork
will be to construct turnpike roads
from Edgemont to Linville, Blowing
Rock and Sholes Mill. It is stated
that a narroAv gauge railroad is con
templated from Edgemont to Boone.
The idea is that the County of Watau
ga and private citizens and other in
terested parties will put up $100,000.
If this road should be built, it will ,
have a station very near BloAving
Rock. The resources named are con
sidered sufficient if they can be got
ten together. It is expected to get
150 convicts from the State. Talk
is also heard of extending the Lin
ville RiArer narrow gauge road which
runs from Cranberry to Pinola to a
junction point Avith the proposed
Watauga road, either in the Carey
Flat's neighborhood or at Edgemont.
So far all these plans are simply
being talked of but it is hoped that
out of the talk something will come.
Clayton Man a Suicide.
Clayton, N. C, Special. David W,
Avery committed suicide Monday
morning about 10 o'pJock, No special
reasons can be given fpv his act. -Ho
was suffering eome slight depression
but no fears of uch an outcome weru
entertained. Ho used his shotgun
with which he went out ostensabiy to
kill a bird for a sic father.
Moonshine Still Destroyed in Alex
ander County.
Statesville, Special. Revenue Of
ficer Davis, of Statesville, was in
Alexander county last Aveek looking
after the moonshiners of the Brushy
Mountains and during the latter part
of the week he and Sheriff Adams, of
Alexander, found and destroyed an
illicit distillery near the corner of
the three counties Iredell, Alexan
der and Wilkes. The 65-gallon still
and other fixtures shoAved that the
still had been in operation only a
short time before the officers arrival,
but no one was on the premises when
the officers arrived. -zssr
TJnseemingly Ages.
Newton, Special. Last Saturday
there was a wedding in Caldwell
township, Catawba county, that at
tracted more than ordinary attention.
The groom, Mr. Lee Campbell, was
22 years old and the bride, Miss
Martha Caldwell, was 60. It is said
to have been very muck of a love
affair, and had been looked forward
to for some time. Another match in
the same neighborhood of a groom
j ol 20 to a bride ol 40 is expected toon,