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TEbe Cbatbam "Record. RATES OF ADVERTISING: One Square, one Insertion $i. One Square, two. Insertions.... 1.5 One Square, one month........ v- 1--- ' OF SUBSCRIPTION: For Larger Advertise ments Liberal Contracts will be made. v D Per Year ,Y Hi ADVANCE VOL. XXXI. PITTSBORO. CHATHAM COUNTY. N. 0., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31. L909. NO. 33. .1 I . U-9 H i lllH tags Ikihs Says Thai The Bill low Siaids Will Never ecome a. Law. Special, Senator El . Virginia Tuesday . is believed to be the ; the Payne tariff bill : ?liape, when he declar emphatic terms that i ihat presented to the -prion by the ways and It tee would never be fore 3 ';rv' auu lual 1J- iiece&sui v .-''.v.v would remain in session the N--1.' , . , . j ,;i r;;:s;i--;.?. it ie;uiivu iu uu so, lei: more aceeptaoie xo an tkt country. This is the 1 expressed by many other Jlicy maintain that a close i show tiiat sucn a mil proposed would be most Ik1 interests of the South millions of dollars of to Eastern eapital-t-ted there, such a bill tHorr.c a law. Oojecticns to the Bill. Vror.i:' tbo objections set out are rAn:--ts the taxation on the ne-.vssi tiolts ac'iiy nr.n "... roir.c That the nir fe:t:ir of the and. if ' '" t::.-: -k:.-.-.- ceav- ;- in i:- i ;' : ed Eoue fov means w-Ti:: until to ;et a sections analysis as that riov.-har:r:'-:I to : ad thar money kl--1'-ift; ?ro rl new. wards reducing raw materials -without corresponding reductions in the duties en manufactured articles, as in the ease of free hides and boots and shoees. That the countervailing duty of petroleum is still retained in the new' measure, as it exists in the Ding ley bill. That tea is taxed and beer allowed to escape without additional taxation, The storm of opposition to the bill has already broken in the House, and, though the Senate will have no opportunity to consider the measure for possibly a month, there are al ready signs indicating that when that body finishes with it, its best friends will not be able to recognize it. Aldrich Opposes Bill. Senator Aldrich objects to the bill because he does not like the maxi mum and minimum features, the in heritance tax, and other equally un satisfactory parts of it. He especial ly opposes he inheritance tax clause because in his opinion, it would con flict with any of the State laws bear ing on the same point. He is also strongh- opposed to a tax on tea and coffee. Senator Aldrich 's opposition came as a surprise to his colleagues in the Senate and to President Taft. It is practically certain that the Senate finance committee will figure very largely in shaping up the. measure when the Senate gots hold of it, and as Senator Aldrich is the chairman of this committee what he says with respect to his opposition is taken to mean that there must be a consider able amount of rebuilding before the Senate will agree to pass it. The outlook- is for a hard fight in the House, especially from Southern Representatives, and an equally hard the American wholesale market J fight in the Senate from those mem- i 11. -1 it. o ii ate. aua mat mose ar :Iv required by the poor conic higher to him. ximum ana minimum b:Ii are loosely drawn in operation, would ,:.k::?ome to the Amen-sc- be hurtful to Arneri e!:itioris. drawback provisions of I work out injuriously to niseis of the great West, ise be hurtful to Aemri- be both i" nEa otherw. can rtade : That the the bin -.v-;: the .-. ' and others industries. That the inheritance tax provisions interfere with the State laws bear kz en the same subject. That the bill is lacking in any reci procal features, which would enable the United States to make favorable trade arrangement s. That the svstem of valuation based THE CHILD RESTORED; KIDNAPERS CAUGHT Required Ransom Paid Agent Mar and Woman Described by Willie Whitla Arrested The Woman Had the Money and Confessed. Gov Stuart Offers $15,000 Revard Identified on Wednesday The Boys Description Led the Police tc Suspect the Man and Woman. On Monday J. P. Whitla, father of Willie, the kidnaped boy, received a note telling hint where to go and com municate with a woman in Cleveland. Ohio, who would tell him how to se cure the boy. The first plan having failed on account of the watching oi detectives, Mr. Whitla went alone, found the woman and paid the $10, 000. He then returned to the Hollen den Hotel and waited. The kidnapei dressed Willie in disguise, paid the fare and saw him off on the car. He was soon in the arms of his father and back to Sharon where the whols town went wild in rejoicing over Willie's return. TP1F WSP OATH nit WmvrAii! Creek Endians In Okfeboms fa Arms Against Government CRAZY SNAKE IS T!iiR LEADER Two Hundred Red Men, Anted to tiic Teeth, Rise Against . Lawful Authority and Announce That They Will Yisht to the Death. price is of doubtful wisdom, and will work to increase craties. That too much has been done to- bers who think the bill, as it now stands, would not be acceptable to the people of the country generally. DEPRESSION DOES NOT EFFECT THE DAM. Washington. Special. Chairman Goethals. of the isthmian canal cocn- Ebion. who is about to return to Panama, said Friday that the three hundred feet of embankment of the rebuilt Panama Railroad line which Thursday's dispatches from Colon re port had settled about thirty feet, was a mile and a half from the Gatun dan. and therefore, has no direct bearins- in connection with the con struction of that portion of the ca nal waterwa-s. The settling occur red at a place where the re-located road is being constructed over a wamp. The road is being raised frcm a height of 6 feet to 95 feet above sea level. "Inless there is some unforeseen fcTiculty such as labor trouble or an eqideuiic of some kind, I feel confi dent that the canal will be opened by January 1. 1315." said Colonel Goe tkals Friday. "I vras originally an advocate of a sea level canal at Pana ma. That was at a time when I formed ray judgment upon what seemed to be the demand of com merce and from general information eoneernincr conditions that would be encountered. Going to the isthmus about two years ago, observation and careful study convinced me that the construction of a sea level canal woidd involve expense so great as to make it impracticable and at the same time would result less satisfac torialy because of difficulties connec ted with its maintenance. "Since that time everything that has come to my attention has srengthened my belief in the advan tage of a lock canal." Colonel Goethals declared that re ports of engineering difficulties that would be met on the isthmus have been greatly exaggerated. "There is not a single thing in con nection with the lock canal," he said, "that can be called unusual beyond the question of the magnitude. En jrineers have performed similar work elsewhere. There are no doubtful poblems. If I knew of anything that might jeopardize the stability of this work after its completion, or make doubtfi-1 its successful construction, I would prompt!- make a report on it, but there is nothing of that kind." President Taft Friday again told Colonel Goethals that if the great wa terway can be completed by the close of 1913, he wanted to see that feat accomplished. Colonel Goethals, al though not thinking it likely of ac complishment, told the President he would put every force to work to ex pedite matters to carry out the Presi dent's orders. Colonel Goethals left Washington and will sail from New York for Panama Saturday. Cleveland, O., Special. In the ar rest here Tuesday night of a man and woman having $9,790 in their pos session, the police believe they have captured the kidnapers of Willie Whitla. In fact, the woman in the case, Avho is somewhat befuddled, ad mitted that she had been responsib'e for the kidnaping. When placed in custody at the central police station she said to Captain Shattuck: "I am the one who planned the whole thing. There will be trouble for me and hell in Sharon to-morrow." Beneath the woman's skirt was found $-0,790. All of it but $40 was bound in packages with the original slips placed on the money when YVihitla took it from the banks still around it. Whitla says he has the numbers on the currency bills handed the kid napers and the police are comparing the notes found in the possession of the prisoners with the memoranda of Wliitla. Sharon people who heard of the ai rests in Cleveland suspect a woman well known there. The woman sus pected has not been living with her husband for some time, but has been ! making her home there. She is said to have had intimate knowledge of the Whitla family and to have known that Mr. Whitla would unquestionably give up any amount for the recovery of his son. Gov. Stuart offered a reward of, $15,000 for the arrest and convic tion of the kidnapers. A CRISIS MOW REACHED IN THE BALKANS Pans. By Cable. It is held in offi cial circles that the Balkan situation n account of the irreconcilable atti re of the tr-nie r.t. y'-. T'i1 'ioc'ide between peace an T;:. , -.'forts, of Great Britain, 2;;(-e sr..! Russia to present a for ffcr the settlement of the dif- Austro-IIungarian gov- s now reached a most ' and that the next few flculty acceptable to Baron von Aehrenthal, the Austro-Hungarian minister of foreign affairs, having failed, Austro-Hungary is expecting forthwith to deliver an ultimatum at Belgrade. After this, if Servia re fuses to make complete surrender, no doubt exists in Paris that Austria-Hungary will dispatch an army the Servian crown prince. KlDNAPcR BOYLE IS LAMDED BEHIND THE JAIL BARS er'-frr. i ',., Special. Heavily ina- Eit"V, ) 1 1 '-'..'CI to Sheriff Chess, and guarded DV (;fj.. . , u'i oetectives, Jaimes Boyle, HTdtla : 'V:n? and l0(Jged in kidnapers of little Billy s brous-ht here Kndav the J0 broil o-hr h nva frnm Mitra- r'( the CO.nnlp will K Pormnllv fair! -11 J Jal1- xi.J-s wij.e, it 10 1 1,1 a j- 1 " ccarge 01 Kidnaping in n hi ':n-Vs- Boyle feared violence joumS &! !iVal in Mercer, and on the Cbt,?'lIrm Pittsburg asked Sheriff W 2 tJ,0'Jht the crowd would 'U&i. The prisoner looked greatly relieved when he saw only a scattering of people at the Mercer station. Boyle was hurried into a waiting bus and taken to the jail where he was locked in a cell on the second tier. An armed guard was pJaced in front of. Boyle's cell, and a patrolman will be stationed outside the jail all night. Sheriff Chess said that the jail would be guarded until the trial of the Boyles was over. The officials questioned the prison er about his wife's identity but other than to say that there was no ques tion about the ,f act that he was mar ried, he would say nothing. CJSTROTO EIGHT FOR HIS LOST POWER IN VENEZUELA P.,..: form ' ' '' ( anle- Cipriano Castro, Uu,,.!".1. '"'"ent of Venezuela, left the for Bordeaux. At a sr:u'i ? .' Senr 9lstro confided to ers ri,,i, of Venezuelan admir his Po?..r1;!t.,'nli!3n of re-establishing tion. .Venezuela by a revolu- esiu-'r, !! ', this be necessary. After V,o'. 1rf car he leaned from a Bess an-jaUtl ?Pke with an earnest ' passi0 which left no doubt that he was convinced that he was another Napoleon returning from Elba to reconquer his country. "Like Francis I, all is lost save honor," Castro declared. "I am going back to Venezuela. My country needs me, and my mission is there." - "I believe that God and destiny call me back to Venezuela. I intend to accomplish my mission there, even though it involves revolution." On Wednesday Willie Wliitla iden tified the man and woman held on suspicion by the Cleveland police as the persons who kidnaped him from the school at Sharon, Pa., last Thurs day and held him for the $10,000 ran som which was paid by his father, Attorney J. P. Whitla, Monday. Willie said the man. who gave the name of James II. Boyle, was the one who took him from school and carried him through a torturous route to Cleveland, then to Ashtabula, back to this city and placed him in the house in the east end, where he was held until the money was paid. Willie also declared that the woman was the one who cared for him., at the house where he was detained and who acted the part of a nurse. Boyle Says Woman is His Wife. Boyle said the woman is his wife. The police have no other identifica tion of the couple than the names given. So far as the man i? concern ed the police believe the name is cor rect. Boyle is said to reside in Shar on, and is a plumber ky trade. He is said to have a widowed mother, four brothers and a sister. The woman, vho is accerdited with being the wife of Boyle, declared soon after her arrest that her identi fication wovdd cause a sensation in Sharon. When identification was completed, Mr. Whitla would say nothing regarding tho woman. He said he knew Boyle slightly. A 1-oman. known as Mary Diener, who, the police say. may have been an associate of the kidnaper, or was implicated in the plot, committeed suicide Wednesday by drinking mor phine. The woman drank the poison while standing in front of a drug store in the east end. not far from the house in which Willie Whitla was de tained here. She died in an ambu lance while being taken to a hospital Provide For Ex-Presidents. Washington, Special. Two bills affecting ex-Presidenis have been in troduced in the House. One, offered by Representative Coudrey, of Mis souri, makes them honary members ol the United States Senate for life, and as such gives them a salary of $25.00C per annum. The other, introduced h Representative Bennett, of New York provides that ex-Presidents of th United States shall have a seat in tin House of Representatives, with tin right of debating, but not of voting Under this bill they would receive tin same compensation and allowances as members. Oklahoma City, Okla., Special. Five companies of Oklahoma militia marched Sunday against Crazy Snake's band of Creek Indians, ho-lf-breeds and negroes, entrenched in the Hickory Hills, 7 miles from Herietta. A battle is regarded as inevitable, as the heavily-a nmed troops set out either to capture or exterminate the murderous band, which since Thurs day lies caused the death of six men, the wounding of many others, and brought about a condition of terror. Leaving Henrietta at 3 o'clock with seven miles to go, and encumbered with arms and equipment, it was ex pected the troops could not reach the Indians before 7 o'clock. Crazy Snake's men number about 200, all armed with imodern rifles and plentifully supplied with amruunitioir. They had prepared for two months for this final stand against lawful authority. They sent out word that they would fight to the death. Crazy Snake's band strongly en trenched itself early in the day and was reinforced from time to time. Crazy Snake Commands. Crazy Snake is in personal com mand. This was established by testi mony chocked out of his college-bred son by means of a nice new inch rope. Young Harjo. strung up by the de termined deputies until nearly dead, gasped out that his father was in command ; named the ' Indian who killed the deputies, told the officers how to trail the band and did every thing which a storical Red Man is supposed not to do. This first real Indian uprising of years has held this region on edce for three days. It broke out last Thurs day when several deputy sheriffs went to Herietta to arrest negro cat tle thieves. They were fired on by negro half-breed friends and forced to retreat. Returning with addi tional forces they were fired on by the band, then augmented by some of Crazy Snake's Indians. Three negroes were killed and five wound ed, according to the official reports, although it is thought that many more Indians were wounded. This dash resulted in 41 arrests. Marshal Edward Baum and Depu ty Sheriff Herman Odcim were thr deputies killed. Have Negro Allies. A Stidman special says an engage ment between officers and Indians oc curred near there Sunday morning, in which several Indians were wound ed. Both the Indians and negroes. many of the latter allied with the Creeks, took their wounded into the hills, which made it impossible to learn definitely the casualties. The number of the dead since Thursday is placed unofficially at six. The bodies of Marshal Baum and Herman Odom were taken to Eufau la. There Avas evidence that Crazy Snake and his family had left hur riedly in the night. After Chitti Harjo, Crazy Snake's son, struggled hard against yielding, whispered "Let down, tell all know" the noose was lossed and he gave a complete list of Indians who participated in the fight of the previ ous night and confessed that his fath er, instead of being in Washington, was at the head of the outlaw bands scattered among the hills of the for mer Creek nation. "Those were your father's tracks in the yard this morning1?" asked Deputy Jqnes. Harjo 's Ccnfcsrion. "Those were his tracks," said the Indian, who then told that Charles Coker. reputed as a dangerous Indian outlaw, had fired the shots which killed Baum and Odom. His confes sion also revealed for the first time some of the real secrets of general ship over the Creeks. "Coker is an expert shot," he said, ."and was fully 300 yards distant when he made fine targets of the bodies of the officers. He is scouting now with the band and will be hard to catch." With Crazy Snake's whereabouts almost definitely established, the offi cers prepared with the aid of the miltary- to crush the Indians in the fight which it? was believed was imminent. I WASHINGTON NOTES Fremont in Disgrace. Major Francis P. Fremont, Fifth United States Infantry, is to be dis missed from the army as a result of his conviction by court-martial in Cuba on the charge of insubordina tion, President Taft having approved the sentence of the court Wednesday. Majr Fremont is a son. -of the "Pathfider," and is now stationed at Plattsburg Barracks, New York. An official statement regarding the reasons for dismissal says: "Major Fremont Avas convicted of charges of knowingly making false statements in regard to another of ficer of the army afid 'of making a false statement in regard thereto to an inspector' general in violation of the 61st Article of War, end of mak ing derogatory statements to junior officers about their senior officer in violation of the 62d Article of War.""' I NORTH STATE HAPPENINGS Occurrences of Interest G3ea.ied From All Sections cf the Busy Tar Heel State Roesevelt Order Revoked. The last remaining vestige of the Roosevelt order taking marines off the battleships and cruisers of the United States navy was swept aAvay Friday when President Taft, after the matter had been considered at a cabinet meeting, directed that an or der be issued restoring the marines to exactly the same duties that they performed prior to their being order ed ashore. After Congress had plac ed a provision in the navy appropria tion bill to the effect that a certain percentage of the marine corps should be assigned to ship duty, an order Avas issued the day before President Roosevelt went out of of fice restoring the marines to ships, but placing them under the orders of the captains of the -essel on Avhieh they were to seiwe. Under the old order of things the marines Avere giv en spechic duties. One of these Avas to fight certain guns of the secondary battery. The order placing them un der the direction of the ship's cap tain made it possible to assign the marines to any sort of duty and to deprive them of righting any part of the ship's battery. New Interest in Good Hoads. Lexington, Special. Discussion of good roads, bonds and special road tax goes on apace in Davidsol: Since the recent visit of the yavidson farmers to Mecklenburg .ere has been a remarkable iner , in good roads sentiment. Lead farmers in various sections of . the vounty are publishing letters weekly in the local press advocating bonds for roads. At no time in the history of Davidson has there been such interest manifested in the road question. This is partly due to the condition of the highways at this time. The roads-were never worse and indeed are Avell-nigh impassable in places. The Davidson-farmers seem determined to do something and it should not be surprising if under a law applying to Davidson, a bond election is called at no distant date. The Dispatch, Avhieh sent the Da vidson fanners to Mecklenburg, is now carrying on a popularity contest in Davie and Yadkin counties for the same purpose of sending 45 formers from those counties on a trip to Mecklenburg to see the roads there. Punish Kidnapping by Death. To define the crime of kidnapping and proAide punishment therefor, in the District of Columbia." This is the title of a bill that Representative Rodenburg (III.), introduced Tues day. It was suggested by the har rowing experience of little Willie Whitla. of Sharon. Pa. Burned With a House. Weldon, Special. Fire Saturday night completely destroyed the hand some country dwelling knoAvn as the Whitehead place, near Weldon, and owned by Mr. W. B. Drewry. The occupants of the house, Mr. and Mrs. Will Carroll, and their four-weeks- old baby, barely escaped with their lives, and a colored bov, who slept in the barn was burned to death. When Mr. Carroll aAvoke the bed Avas on fire and his Avife's hair Avas burn ing. Clasping the sleeping infant to her breast, Mrs. Carroll fled from the room in her nisht robes, folloAved by her husband. The night was cold and for several hours they were exposed to the night winds before help could arrive. Mrs. Carroll is prostrated. The body of the colored boy was en tirely consumed only his heart being left in a charred condition. The build ing was a splendid two story barn, newly remodeled, with metal roof and was valued at $2,500. It Avas insured for $1,500. Y .M. C. A. Convention. The sixth annual conention of the Y. M. C. A.'s of North and South Carolina, held in Charlotte, N. C, and one of the most successful of the entire series, came to a close Sunday night at a meeting held for the spec ial benefit of the delegates. A meet ing Avas held for these in the morn ing and in addition thera Avere the usual special services for men and boys at other hours At the meeting Sunday night talks were made by Messrs. R. H. King, of Charleston, S. C, Julian M. Smith, field secre tary; James E. Johnson, secretary of students' and boys' Avork; J. b. Kluttz, office secretary of the inter state executive committee ; D. L. Pro bert, secretary of the Charlotte Y. M. C. A.; P. M. Colbert, secretary of the Y. M. C. A. at Winston-Salem ; E. E. Barnett, secretary ai the Uni versity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; L. P. Hollis, of Greenville,, S. C. ; G. C. Huntington, of Charlotte, and Dr. George J. Fisher, of New York,. Unanimous Avas the sentiment expressed that the meeting had been far more than Avorth AAdiile. "It has more than fulfilled our expecta tions," said many. General regret was expressed that the meeting Avhieh had been so fruitful in results and so pleasant had, like everything else, to come to an end at last. Before adjournment, suitable resolutions were passed expressing much grati fication at the cordial reception and splendid entertainment of the bedy by the citizens of Charlotte. Wants to Finish Canal in July, 1913. It developed Wednesday that dur ing a recent con-ersation betAveen President Taft and Chairman Goe thals of the Isthmian Canal Commis sion the President expressed his de sire that the canal be completed by July 4th, 1913. Colonel Goethals, hoAvever. is not at all sanguine of ac complishing any such results, holding to his heretofore expressed opinion that Jnr.uary 1, 1915, Avill see the canal open to navigation. Colonel Goethals will leave NeAv York fox Panama next SaturdaA Within 111 Miles of the South Pole Lieutenant E. H. Shackleford ol the British navy, has just returned tc NeAv Zealand and reports that his ex pedition which left in July, 1907. reached the South Magnetic pole anc came AA-ithin 111 miles of the Soutl Pole proper. The theory' of a still aii zone about the pole is practically dis proves At the point where the party was compelled to turn back the alti tude is 9,000 feet. In order to expedite discussion of the tariff bill in the House, unani ous consent Saturday Avas given that the sessions hereafter shall begin at 10 instead of 11 o'clock a. m. ; that a recess should be taken at 6 and that resuming at 8 o'clock the sessions should continue until 10 :30 p. m. each day. The request for unanimous con sent Avas made by Mr. Payne, Avho said that there already Avere 40 or 50 members aaIio had indicated their de sire to speak. Mr. Clark, of Missouri, the minori ty leader, asked how long general de bate would continue. He said he was much embarrassed by his lack of in formation. When his Democratic col leagues asked for time in which to speak he found it difficult to make allotments. Mr. Payne 'replied that he was suffering under a similar em barrassment, but did not supply the information desired. Without any intimation having been given as to when the general debate on the measure shall cease the bill was laid before the House. Declaring that there would be no dissension in the Deimoeratic ranks of the House with regard to the tariff and that the Fitzgerald amendment to the rules made it possible for the Parents Desert Child. Asheville, Special. An interesting case of desertion has come to the at tention of the police of the city. Thei deserted is a baby girl two or three weeks old and the victim of the evi dent plot at desertion is an old ne gro woman named Lillie Jackson. It was just dusk Avhen the man, haA-ing every appearance of a high-bred gentleman, told the old negro that he and his wife had been suddenly call ed aAvay for a feAv days and giving other plausible excuses requested that the AA-oman' keep the child until their return. The man gave the AA'oman $3 in money, a quantity of clothing for the babe and also some prepared baby food. He left and since that time has never been heard from. The avo man took good care of the child and is deeply attached to it. It will be turned over to one of the charitable institutions till a home can be found for it. Ex-Police in Jaill. Durham, Special. Albert V. Sor rell, the ex-policeman, who is being sued by Henry F. EdA'ards for $10, 000 damages for allienating the af fections of his Avife and destroying the happiness of his home, is now in jail. He Avas arrested on a warrant for bond and bail to sustain the ac tion and being unable or unwilling: to give bond in the sum of $5,000 he was committed to jail late Tuesday night. There he has remained since then. This combines a civil and a criminal action and the $5,000 bond required is not an appearance bond but is one to sustain the action that I is noAv brought by Edwards. On this account the bond has not been given. Sorrell is-Avorth all of $10,000, but since his person is attached in this later action he cannot get to his prop erty to secure his bond. He and his advisers are umvilling that his friends should take up responsibility of probably having to settle the dam age suit and he Avent to jaiL Dr. Elliot at Greensboro. Greensboro, Special. In an ad dress before the students of Guilford college Wednesday Dr. Charles W. Eliot, retiring president of Harvard university, denied that competition betAveen endoAved and State educa tional institutions is hurtful. He said competition everywhere helps and promotes growth, adding 'that is why protection to American in dustries is harmful to those very in dustries." Dr. Eliot's subject Avas "Public Spirit the Virtue of Free Men." Family Has Narrow Escape. ' J Fayetteville, Special The family of OliA-er Thratt, a trucker and in ventor, liA'ing on the outskirts, Tues day moining narroAvly escaped a har rowing death, when betAA-een 1 and 2 o'clock the father ATas aAvakened by a burning shingle falling on his hand. The household Avas aroused and made their escape just in time, for as they fled from the building the roof came crushing . in. They Avere housed and clothed by kindly neigh bors. It AA'as afterwards learned that the $000-insurance policy, Avhieh Avas burned Avith the house, expired at noon of the same day. State Boundary Question. Washington, Special. The Su preme Court of the United States granted the petition of- the State of North Carolina for leave to file an original bill in that court for a de limitation of the boundary between that State and Tennessee at the crossing of the Tennessee river. Death Due to Drink. Burlington, Special. The lifeless body of Dolph Fawcette AA'as found Monday morning in a bam near his home, about six miles north of Bur lington. The verdict of the coroner's jury Avas that death tAvas due to ex cessive drinking. W. M. Beckom minority to express its views upon ' was found asleep in the same room, amendments to the bill by a record and near the body of Mr. Faucette. A-ote, RepresentatiA-e Harrison, of 1 Gets Good Lift. Salisbury, Special. John Ridge Avay, a blacksmith by trade, is iioav in Salisbury collecting amounts ag gregating $20,000 to Avhieh ho has fallen heir by the estate of his broth er, William Ridgeway, who died re cently in Alabama. The tAVo brothers came to America fronr-- England in 1SS4 and had been separated since that time. JNeAV York, discussed various features of the Payne measure. Silly Canard. On last Saturday morning it was flashed o-er the wires all along the line that the U. S. Battleship Missis sippi had been bloAvn up at Guanta nama, Cuba. The ill-fated Maine came quickly into mind and the re sultant war with Spain and ours was a nation on tiptoe of expectation. Message after message said it was so reported, till finally before noon the report was declared only a silly conard. The Mississippi is safe and the 750 men said to dead are living and happy. Crazy Snake Means Trouble. Henrietta, Okla., Special. A posse reached Crazy Snake's house Sunday and searched the place. The found the record of enrollment of Indians Avhom Crazy Snake has been organiz ing to fight for Avhat he regards as liberty. The documents furnished in disputable evidence that the old chief was. trying to incite a general uprising. Mrs. Boyle Makes Sensation. Pittsburg, Special. Making a sen sational and foolhardy attempt to escape from a train going at the rate of 30 miles an hour; denying that she had a hand in the kidnaping of little Willie Whitla ; asserting that she is not Anna McDermott, of Chicago; saying that numerous other stories are absolutely incorrect, and through it all strictly maintaining the great air of mystery that surrounded her. Death by Assassin. Wilming-ton, Special. Jerry Big ford, a young Avhite farmer and store keeper, living near Freeeman's, Col umbus county, was murdered Mon day night by an assassin, who fired upon him through a window of his home, Avhere he lived alone. The sheriff was notified and with blood hounds traced the supposed assassin to and across Cape Fear river, Avhere Cleveland Russ and Stilmore Russ, brothers, Avere arrested, one of the number being a rival of young Big ford for the hand of a Miss Squires of an adjoining county, whom the dead man was to marry Tuesday. N. C. Senators on Important Com mittees. Washington, Special. In the new committee assignments in the Senate North Carolina fares well. Senator Overman is placed upon the neAV committee to be knoAvn as Conserva tion of National Resources. This will be an important commit te. Senator Simmons goes to the Finance Com mittee to lill the vacancy caused by the retirement of the venerable Sen ator Teller. This committee has charge of all matters pertaining to revenue and taxation as aa-cII as fi nance, currency and banking. Government Seizes Flour. Raleigh, N. C, Special. Acting under instructions from U. S. Inspec tor Wagner, the United States mar shal here has just made the first seiz ure in this State of flour for violation of the government regulations of the pure food department. The seizure is for short weight, the flour put up by the Riverton Mills, Virginia, as "six teenth barrels" weighing only ten pounds. The seizure was from the W. C. Brewer Company, at Wake Forest. Will Unveil Monument. Salisbury, Special. A monument in honor of the Rowan county sol diers in the Civil War Avill be un veiled by the Robert F. Hoke Chap ter, United Confederate Veterans, of Salisbury, on May 8. The shaft which is the result of eight year of hard work by the chapter, will be erected on Innis Street, one of the principal thoroughfares of Salisbury. An elaborate program is in prepar ation for the event.
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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March 31, 1909, edition 1
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