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EDc Cbatbam TKCcoro. A- LONDON VDITCS AND PROPRIETOR. fERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Per Year STRICTLY IN ADVANCE jJ Ay vj VOL. XXXI. PITTSBORO. CHATHAM COUNTY. N. C, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16. 1909. NO. 44. Zbe Cbatbam lRccor&. RATES OF ADVERTISIHG: One Square, one Insertion. .....$. One Square two Insertions. ... L5 One Square, one month,. .....ra.op ' v.. ,,!'. For Larger Advertise ' meats Liberal Contracts will be made. EARTHQUAKE IN FRANCE Qrei Damage Is Done in the Smaller Cities and Towns. Sill PERSONS ARE KILLED f.fcnv Houses Wrecked Warships in the Harbor Shaken From Their Moorings. -.Tcire'.llos. France. Two earth r1: , vui.niiis from northeast to s.ui.invsi, wore felt throughout the p;v; :u. While the damage dour i'c: -j was net great, reports troni tnu sa-.r.Iier ciiie5 show that the effect-3 ol "stc.-v.J shock were serious. At Lon.'coso, a town of 2,500 inhab- in miles northwest of Aix, sev e 'ai ioures collapsed and eight per-.- s v.l:c killed. Troops were imme uiarJ; hurried there to search in the uelnir' x'or dead or injured persons. Several buildings also fell at Enguil-Ic-T ai.J ;-t Aix a vermicelli factory was i-iially demolished. The dis-tarVai:i-o extinguished the arc lamps in u.t j i reel and broke crockery and trisdow puncs. Tlie sir ek were felt practically thiou.-heui the whole south of France, .,V4 ttct they equalled in severity the ,e of 1884. The violence of the ii'ri.;: appeared to have been Luvaur: iri 1 lie vicinity of Toulon. " Warships in the harbor there were shaken fioni their moorings. In some I'luvs. mysterious subterranean rum b.hius areompanied the shocks. se.4bs.4rd"" reus gaxFzati ox. Fcreclcsure of the S. A. L. Property Is to Be Avoided. "ev York City. Definite action to ward the dissolution of the eSaboard Air Lir.e Railway Company receive; ship was taken here. Although no of k'ial siatemein was issued, it was Rained thai the general reorganiza tion committee had met and piacti-c-ally areeJ upen a plan of reorgaa jza'.iou by which foreclosure of me p:c erty is to be avoided and the ex istiag first mortgage 4 per cent bonds will remain undisturbed. Money 10 r.ay off the receivers' cer tificate cud ether immediate obliga tions will be raised by the issue and sale of income bends. It is expected that the reorganization will be effect-: ed without assessing either the pre-1 ferred or common, shares. it is planned to retire $3,000,000 of 1 the collateral trust three-year and j ten-year 5 per cent notes before ma J tari-.y. As now outlined $3,000,000 is to It- called in cn Decemoer 1 anvl J 4.23'j,0CO on January 1, 1910, thereby automalicaly terminating the recei v ership. The ' plan also provides for the dissolve ion c the voting trust cn January l, nl.. A saving of not less than 2j jser evu in fixed charges is tapecittl u::u-r the proposed piau. WATEfiWAY APT DESIRABLE, Unfavorable Report in Regard to Deep ening the Mississippi River. Washington, D. C. A blow was giv en the proposed fourteen-foot deep wa terway project from St. Louis to the gulf when the board cf engineers re ported to congress that such a wa terway is not desirable. The water way would cost $128,000,000 for con struction and $6,000,000 annually for maintenance, the engineers say. The report was based on a survey of the Mississippi river by a special board of engineers. The conclusion reached by both tho special board and the regular board of engineers are practically the same. The report of the regular board that it is not desirable to construct a navagable channel fourteen feet deep from St. Louis or from Chicago to the mouth of tho Mississippi was based on the conclusion of the spec ial board that only commerce origi nating from sources that do not at present ship by river would justify the great cost of a fourteen-foot waterway. FOUGHT FOR LIFE ON GALLOWS. Texas Sheriff is Stabbed by Doomed Man. Floresville, Texas. Using as a weapon a metal spoon, sharpened to a keen edge, Refugio Juarequea, sen tenced to hang, fought desperately on the platform of the scaffold to pro vent the execution and succeeded in stabbing Sheriff William Wright over the heart when he attempted to ad just the black cap. The blade, how ever, was deflected when it struck u bone, and the wound is not consider ed necessarily serious. When the man was subdued, the execution was pro ceeded with, a brother of the wound ed officer acting in his stead. The first time the trap was sprung, Juarequea fell across the trap, and it was necessary to repeat the prelimi naries. The second springing of the trap was successful, Juarequea falling through the opening and strangling to death. The man protested his innocence to the end. TORA'ADfl SWEEPS TEXAS. Einht Kiiiad; Scares injured, by a Fierce Stcrm. Lenders, Texas. E. Gelurp and his three children were killed by a tor l;ado, which struck here. Mrs. Gelurp y,as fatally acd A. Anderson seriously injured. Thirteen houses were de stroyed. a;,d fifs.y head cf cattle kill ed. O'.hor fatalities are reported over this section cf the state, and it is es timated ci:e hundred houses were blown down. Firmer, residences are also report ed to have been destroyed at Merkei, Texas. Haskell, Texas. Three dwellings were destroyed by a storm here. A Pan, his wife and one child, names unknown, r.re reported to have been Kiied, while seeking safety in the cellar, Fcrt Worth, Texas. According to Edvicts received here by the dispatch er's osce cf the Texas and Pacific fte'-Ircad, cloudbursts occurred in sec tions northwest of Fort Worth, wihrig at least one person and injur es scores of others. It is reported lilai a passenger train on the Kan sas City, Missouri and Orient was "lowa from the rails in the terrific ynd which accompanied the heavy aown;jour near Knox City. chabqeFsoxs killedhbiher. Woman's Eocly Was Found in Well at Columbia, South Carolina. Loluniuia, S. C With a gash in the lol 01 her head, and with her throat cui irora ear to ear, the body of Vie nna GriSii, a married woman of this Clt. wa.s found in the well on her Premises, in the kitchen of the wo f a,a s kouie were found a bloody ax a.!ia ia,2tl' with, which the murder tviuon-ly v.uj committed. Three son.j w trie lau.-de-ied woman Walter, Jim f-i Ku--kt'11 Griffin; Luke Lewis, a hJcnd of the dead woman's daughter, S. Wash Mediin, a former board ? at the woman's house, are under -lC'st in connection with the mur der. ; POOR FEEfl KILLS HORSES. Ea tr y f deatbs, was c e ? barley in the "Upc-nr.tvi'.dents eay tl t'fc'S Ht II 1 ' ILl.r, f Jl,. ley with the Oats is Responsible tor Mortality in New York. Xow Y-.rk City. The mixture of juifcy wirh oats, shipped here from fo i''0ST' i:; blamed by veterinarians horv ,le i'.-'e number of valuable work iv.'s whicii have died recently in a', Following the death of a,iiy. ii( vsos in the stables of express ''t'er companies and depart v'f: s,Uj-, an investigation was !; p-1!(1 it is said that intestinal due to the pres oats. The stable lulenf s sav that western shiD- beo-a.iu.ite''ate the oats wlth barley, ----- it xo cneaper. MA5i CAilDATE FOR U."S. SENATE. Netrskan Statesman Will at Once Begin Formulating His Plans. ir,1haha' Neb- William J. Bryan is ft, race f r United States senator Nebraska. This statement was r' by Richard L. Metcalfe, editor -i'r 1? Commoner. Mr. Metcalfe says UrVn ryan wil1 at once begin forrau 'tig a campaign. His name will go fh-. v,e Pr5mary election ballots, he . coping to show he is the choice -iu PeoulQ. Then all legislative uiiatM wiU piedga him nppert. Condition of Crops. Washington, D. C. The general av erage condition cf crop growth in the United States cn June 1, based on all crops reported to the department of agriculture was announced as ap proximately 4 per cent below the con ditions cn June 1 of last year but about 8 per cent better than two years ago. Representing last year's acieage by 100, the preliminary es timates of acreage planted this year, as given in full in the supplemental report issued are: Winter wheat 91.8 per cent; spring wheat 10(5.9; oats 100.2; bailey 103.5; clover for hay 89; sugar cane 10G.9; cotton 95.6. Waiter Saved 5200,000. New York City. Charles Miller, who has w-orked for $30 a month for thirty-four years as a waiter behind the lunch counter in a hotel here, re signed his job and announced his in tention of taking a trip to Europe. At the hotel it was said that Miller had accumulated a fortune of $200,000 from working as a waiter. 'He is fa miliarly known by many prominent men in the lower part of Manhattan and about his counter every day could be found men on whom he had been waiting for a quarter of a century. Monument to Southern Women. Washington. D. C. L. Amateis, the French sculptor who was commission ed by a joint committee cf the United Confederate eterans and Sons of Con federate Veterans to design a .bronze monument to the women of the south ern Confederacy, has completed his work. The statue will be entitled "The Inspiring Genius of the Confed eracy." It is designed to commemo rate the heroism, self-sacrifice, patri otism and devotion to the Confedera cy of the women of the south. Alabama Pleases Taft. Washington, D. C. Governor Co mer of Alabama was with President Taft discussing southern matters. The president referred to recent impeach ment cf an Alabama sheriff for not de fending a negro against a mob and the action-of Alabama troops in de fending a negro against a mob. He told the governor he was pleased u see Alabama and other southern states leading the way in breaking up mob law. Cigarettes Under Ean. Seattle, Wash. The new anti-cigarette law i-s now effective. It is the opinion of the attorney general's of fice that any person who has them in his possession is subject to fine and imprisonment. The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition police will enforce the law strictly. No one will be permit tcr to smoke a cigarette on the grounds. Man Found In Swamp. Pensacola, Fla. After wandering about the swamps in the vicinity oi Bayou Chico for ten days, George Holmes, S3 years of age, was found by parties who had been searching for a number of days for the old man who is partially insane. He is in a crit ical condition from exposure and bite3 of insects. j France to Spend Millions on Navy. Paris, France The naval program approved by the cabinet involves an expenditure of $600,000,000, covering a period of ten years. Six battleships of the Danton type, six of the Repub lic type and four armored cruisers are included in the estimates. Death Ends Long Sleep. Lowell, Mass. Louisiana Piette, Lowell's so-called "sleeping sickness" girl, died after lying on her bed prac tically unconscious for . thirty-two days During that time the only nour ishment, which passed her lips was the milk forced through her teeth. The girl had four other similar spells, lying unconscious for days, and each longer than the former. A sleep last fall of thirty days was end ed by electric treatment given by VETERANSELECT EVANS Gallant Soldier Again Chosen Commander-in-Chief of U. V. C. MOBILE GETS CONVENTION In a Speech Texa. Woman Said, "Wo Are Still Rebels; We Will Die as Rebels." Memphis, Tenn. After re-electing General Clement A. Evans commau-der-in-chief over his vigorous but fu tile protest, and selecting Mobile, Ala., as the next place of reunion, the United Confederate Veterans adjourn ed their business meetings on - tho heels of a very stormy session. The only candidate for commander-in-chief placed in nomination was General Wil liam M. Gabell. commander of the trans-Mississippi division. Just be fore nominations were in order, Gen eral EVans read an announcement to the convention, in which he declined re-election. He said he had served In every capacity, from the lowest to the At m mm f3v Gen. Clement A. Evans. highest, and that he felt that the highest honor in the veterans' gift should be passed from one ex-Confederate to another, in turn. But the delegates disagreed with him, and by a vote of 1,540 to 744 for Cabell, re-elected him to command With tears streaming down his cheeks and shaking with emotion, the stately and aged soldier bowed to the com mands of his comrades. (His election followed one of the stormiest sessions of the Confedera cy, which old time delegates can re call. After Mobile, Houston, Nash ville, Chattanooga and Oklahoma City had been put in nomination for the next reunion, some one began to Intro duce ov.tside speakers. Sweltering in a temperature of over 100 degrees, the veteran delegates objected strong ly and yelled vigorously for a vote. But the disorder was desultory. Fi nally, John W. Apperson, commander- in-chief of the United Sons of Con federate Veterans, secured the floor and 'introduced Congressman T. U. Slsson of Mississippi, as the spokes-, man of the Sons. Nearly every one thought Sisson was to spring a "dark horse" candidate for the next meet ing place. But, as it became evident that the young congressman merely desired to make a speech, the dele pates became noisy and calls of "sit down" and "vote" were Insistent. Sis son was game, however, and won put on a test of endurance. Meantime, Mrs. Moore Murdock of Dallas, Texas, was endeavoring to be heard. She possesses a very mascu line voice and manner of delivery, and she soon quieted the assembly. The veterans listened in patience until she declared: "We have lived as rebels, we are still rebels and we will die as rebels." Then pandemonium broke loose. It was difficult to tell whether the ma jority favored her senteiments or op posed them. Cheers mingled with cat calls and hisses, and above all rever berated the ear-splitting rebel yell. Mr. SIsson's speech was received with mingled cheers and hisses, and many Confederates left the hall in dis gust. Others crowded around him and swamped him with congratulations. Several other speakers were intro duced, but no one heard I'helr names or what they said until Governor Has kell of Oklahoma was Introduced. Even he had a stormy greeting, which might be construed one way or an other. Finally, however, he tired out the crowd and made a diplomatic speech, inviting the convention to choose the Oklahoma City for the 1910 reunion. Immediately after the governor's speech, the vote for the next reunion city began. Every one picked Hous ton, Texas, as the winner, but Mobile, Ala., seemed to have conducted a gum-shoe campaign, and it soon be came evident that the Alabama city had won. She polled 1,384 votes with Houston second, with 695, Oklahoma City, Nashville and Chattanooga re ceiving scattering votes. General Evans' re-election likewise was made unanimous, and the con vention, forgetting its disagreements of an hour before, adjourned to the tune of "Dixie," the delegates cheer ing, laughing, crying and even hug ging one another. PROSPERITY IS CERTAIN. Boom Times Will Be Here by October 17, Say Pittsburg Manufacturers. Pittsburg, Pa. From a canvass made of the principal iron and steel manufacturers, it is apparent that a wave of prosperity equal to any ex perienced in tliis country Is about to take place. . It is also said that before long some thing may be done to restore the price of steel products. According to steel manufacturers of Pittsburg boom times vlU b brt la tixalr fuilaero t? Oct. 1. NATIONAL BANKS GROWING. Individual Deposits for the - Year Total $4,286,060,384. Washington, D. C During the cur rent fiscal year the national banks of the country hare received in Indivldt ual deposits $4,826,060,384, which is more than a billion and a half dol lars in excess of the entire outstand ing money supply of the United States. The year which will close with the present month has been one of ex ceptional prosperity for national banks. Since May 14, 1908, there has been a net increase of 155 in the number of national banks. Of the number that went into liquidation, 71 were in Oklahoma, and withdrew from the na tional system to reorganize under the state law in" order to take advantage of the state guaranty law. Notwithstanding ' the unusual num ber of banks withdrawing from the na tional system, the aggregate capital, surplus and profits of the banks re porting on April 28, 1909, amounted to $1,729,057,010, or an increase of $58, 586,428 during the year. The loans and discounts increased $434,766,993, deposits $513,403,584 and total re sources $774,261,145. Cash in banks on April 28 amounted to $926,776,902, an increase of $25,354,752 over the call of May 14, 1908, although between the dates mentioned the government with drew from the national banks $111, 255,542.11. leaving still on deposits $70,401,822.99.. STATUE OF GEN. LEE UNVEILED. Splendid Monument Erected to Mem. ory of Confederate Leader. Vicksburg, Miss. The scene of tha Confederate Veterans reunion was transferred from Memphis to Vicks burg, and several thousand of the old soldiers, who followed Lee in the six ties, witnessed the unveiling of thu heroic statue to General Stephen D. Lee. The splendid monument, design ed by Kitson, stands in the National Park, upon the exact spot from which General Lee directed the movement of his troops during the siege of Vicksburg. Two little boys who un veiled the statue were John G. La and Lee Harrison, grandsons of Gen eral Lee, while the general's son, Ble wett Lee of Chicago, stood at their side and directed them. General Clement A. Evans, comman. der-in-chief of the Confederate Veter. ans, formally presented the statue to the federal government on .behalf of Mississippi and the Confederate Vet erans. When General Evans finished and Colonel Watterson arose to present General Grant, who had been dele gated by the secretary cf war to re ceive the statue, a storm cf applauso broke out and continued for nearly twenty minutes. After the second demonstration, which marked General Grant's conclu. ding words, had subsided, the Vicks burg school children sang "America," Then George R. Peck of Chicago spoke feelingly of the splendid affection that bound together both north and south. The ceremonies closed with an invoca- tion by Rev. Dr. Sproles of Clinton, Miss. CONFEDERATE GRAVES TO BE MARKED Government to Erect Monument at Salem, New Jersey. Washington, D. C. A monument ol marble or granite to cost about $8,500 is to be erected by the United States government in the Confederate sec tion of Flinn's Point national ceme tery, of Salem, N. J., to mark tha resting place cf 2,460 officers and men of the Confederate army and navy who died as prisoners of war at Fort Delaware between 1862 and 1865. Bids for the monument will be opened on January 21 by Colonel William Coats, commissioner for marking the graves of Confederate soldiers. The adop tion of a monument for the purpose Is due to the fact that it has been found impossible, because of imper fect records, to place distinctive headstones at each individual grave as contemplated by the act of con gress. , ' Heirs to $25,000 Wanted. Cincinnati, Ohio. Twenty-five thousand-dollars Is lying in the safe of the German Deaconness Hospital awaiting the finding of heirs to the estate of a Mrs. Tredel, who died at that institution following a stroke of apoplexy. The money is in bills of large denomination, and was carefully concealed in her clothes, together with her will and other important papers. Newsy Paragraphs. When he united in marriage with one ceremony recently five eloping couples from southwest Virginia, Rev. A. H. Burroughs of Bristol, Tenn., came wiihin one of equaling his own best record for couples united in this manner. This brought the total mar riage performed by Rev. Burroughs up to nearly three thousand. Ex-sheriff Edward Callahan, famous throughout Kentucky for the part he played in the numerous Breathitt county feuds, was shot from ambush near Jackson, Ky., and lies fatally wounded at his home in Crqcketts ville. Holding to be void, under the laws of New York, certain trusts by which the testator sought to tie up his es tate, D. Cady Herri ck, referee in the suit brought by the three daughters of the late Antonio Yznaga del Valle, decided in favor of the plaintiffs. Un der the terms of the decision, Consue- lo, dowager duchess of Manchester; Lady Natica Lister-Kay and Emily Yzncga are entitled to an equal divis ion of $356,880, the principal of the trust fund created for them. Leta Williamson of Indianapolis, Ind., aged eight, lost her life trying to save her baby sister from fire in the house. The brave little girl died Lin a policeman's arms. The plant of the Decatur Cereal company at Decatur, 111., the largest corn mill in the world, has been de stroyed by fire. The loss i3 $650,000. The mill was built two years ago and had a capacity of twenty thousand bushels of corn daily. It made grits used in .brewing beer and other corn products. John STiehy, a fireman, was Hilled by falling timber, ... ! LATE NEW? NOTES. General. At Gordon, Vt., tramps are given a loaf of bread and a can of ealmoto cr piece of cheese and directed to tha lock-up, where they find the door open to receive , them. They build a fire, make themselves at home and go whenever and wherever, they like. Mrs. Harry E. Mitchell, wife of Cap tain Mitchell, United States army, military instructor at the .Washington State college at Pullman,: Wash., has completed for the cadets there what is believed to be the largest American flag In existence. It is one bund-red and ten feet in width and tiilrty-nlne feet deep. Each of the thirteen al ternate red and white stripes is three feet wide, while the field of blue with huge white stars is twenty-one feet square. The flag, stretched, across the front of a three-story brick build ing, furnishes a background for a full corps of cadets and officers and bands men lined up in military order. The body of Chouchard, the French multi-millionaire department store owner, who died last week, has been placed in the coffin ready lor burial. The buttons of the waistcoat of the shroud were pearls, which cost $100, 000, and were his favorite gems. For this reason the executors decided they should be buried with him. The cof fin is a wonderful work of art. .It is made of bronze and copper and the carvings on it cost nearly $10,000.! It is so heavy that fourteen men are re quired to carry it. The will of. the late M. Chauchard was made public. The state receives his collection Qf pictures, which cost him $5,400,000, and are now worth much more. Mrs. Rebecca Burns, who . rs said to have been one hundred and fifteen years old when she died at her home near Bellefontaine, Ohio, recently, found tho secret oflongevlty in her custom of eating onions twice a day. Chicago's oldest woman pins her faith to doughnuts. Washington. . . President Taft made public the opinion of Solicitor General Bowers, as to what is whiskey. The president withheld action. The solicitor gener al finds that "no drug refined by the United States pharmacopla or formu lary shall be deemed to be adulter ated, if the standard of -strength, quality or purity be plainly stated upon the bottle, box or other contain ant. Under these provisions of the pure food act, whatever is described in the pharmacopla as whiskey, must be entitled to that name." Conditions in the southern states formed an interesting topic of conver sation between President Taft and Booker T. Washington. President Taft asked Washington for some Qf his ideas regarding southern agricultural and Industrial problems involving the negro. He replied that in his opinion the training of the negro In industrial pursuits was having the effect of ob taining for them the respect of the better element of the whites. The president spoke of his desire to d all possible to eradicate sectional feel ing that had developed between the south and the north. Employees actually at work in build ing the Panama canal now number 26, 835, as shown by the report of the chief quartermaster. Of this num ber 4,355 are "gold" employes and the remainder are on the "silver" or labor roll. The Panama railroad force numbers 6,078, and the railroad com missary force 786. Thus the ' total number at work both on the canal and railroad is shown to be . 33,699. The report states that 750 laborers from Barbadoes were imported, 500 of them being assigned to the rail road on the re-located line, and 250 on the three construction divisions of the canal work. J.. S. Abbott, state dairy and food commissioner of Texas, having read the opinion rendered by Solicitor Gen eral Bowers to President Taft on the question, "What Is Whiskey?" has telegraphed the president from Dsn ton, Texas, as follows: "Texas will follow" Roosevelt - Bonapate Wiley whiskey rulings. ; No diluted, color ed spirits for Texas." At the white house is is said on high authority tliat President Taft has not offered the ambassadorship to France to former Secretary of State Bacon nor has he at the present time any intention of doing so, reports to the contrary notwithstanding. President Taft hss been forced, through the illness of Mrs. Taft, to postpone his proposed western sum mer trip until fall. Although he has made no definite anaouncement here tofore, it had been the president's in tention to depart in August on a ten weeks' tour of the west and Alaska. It has developed that the possibility of Mrs. Taft being able to accompany the president with safety is slight, although' she is making satisfactory progress toward recovery from her re cent illness. Roughly speaking, it is said that the annual importations into the United States of coffee, tea and cocoa amount to $100,000,000 a year, three-fourths coffee, and the remainder about equal ly divided between cocoa and tea. Up to May 31 last there were re ceived by the postal department 58, 741 petitions for rural free delivery mail service, 16.884 of which were ad versely reported upon. A total of 40,637 rural routes were in operation on June 1 last, served by 40,058 car riers. Of the 1,563 petitions pending 1,358 remained unacted upon. Jewelry to the amount of ' several millions of dollars, according to re ports, was discovered at Yildlz kioak, the home of the late sultan of , Tur key, in addition to the $10,000,000, either in cash or negotiable secur ties, found there. This statement is contained in a long communication to the state department from the am bassador at Constantinople, who says, "conditions in Turkey continue to im prove." Warren H. Ives, secretary and treasurer of the Niagara County, N; J., Vterans' association, is dead. He was President Lincoln's confidential messenger between the white , house and the firing line during the civil war, and was a noted scout in the Shenandoah valley NORTH STATE NEWS NOTES Items o! State Interest Gathered from Here and There and Told Brief ly for Busy Readers. Hunting Wild Cattle. Fayetteville', Special. For the last several days a hunt for wild cattle has been in progress within ten miles of Fayetteville. A number of years ago Major J. B. Broadfoot turned several cows loose on a stretch of land he owns between Carver's creek and Cross Creek. There they have been ever since, multiplying and growing wilder with each generation, until now the herd numbers fully a hundred, rl wild as zebras. These animals ranged for a distance of seven miles between two creeks and along their banks ten or twelve .miles. . Finding it almost impossible to catch any of them and hearing that certain parties were hunting them with rifles Major Broadfoot decided to take a hand in the matter himself and enlisted the services of J. A. Eat cliffe, a crack rifle shot. So. far the last several days accompanied by a pilot, a man in the neighborhood, who knows the wild cattle and their range Mr. Ratcliffe has been having real sport. , ' So far he has been able to get with in rifle range of six of the animals and he has brought them all to the ground. One of them, a great bull, after being shot twice, made a dash for Mr. Ratcliffe, and it took three more bullets in the head before the animal dropped at the hunter's feet. The pilot, Sam Elliott, estimates the number of these wild .animals at 100, having himself seen as many as seventy-five different ones. Wilmington Wireless Station. Wilmington, Special. A commer cial wireless telegraph station for Wilmington is included in the plans of the United Wireless Telegraph Company for the present year, and an office of the company has just been opened in this city. The eastern operating department of that company, .which has its head quarters in New York, has announc ed the placing of an order for 250 complete sets of wireless instruments all of which it is said will be install ed at stations to be established dur ing J909 in cities east of the Missis sippi river, requiring an expenditure of $500,000. Besides the station at Wilmington, others are to be established in North Carolina at Newbern, Raleigh, Greens boro, .Charlotte, Asheville, Hender son and Winston-Salem. The com pany already has stations at Eliza beth City and Cape Hatteras, and the United States government operates a wireless station at Beaufort. The wireless station to be estab lished here will probably be one of the long distance kind, of from 5 to 20 K. W., which will transmit long distance messages, under all con ditions of weather, for a range of from 500 to 2,000 miles overland and from 1,000 to 3,000 miles over water. Killed by Lightning. Mt. Airy, Special. Thursday even ing at 5:15 o'clock, Mr. Jesse L, Bunker, a mute, son of Chang Bunker one of the late Siamese Twins, was instantly killed by lightning vwhile at work in his corn field. He lived two miles west of this city. At the same time four cattle were killed by light ning on the farm of Mr. S. C. Frank lin, a near neighbor of Mr. Bunker. The bolt or force, struck Mr. Bunker on top of the head, tearinar his clothes up considerably. His wife has been very sick for several days and it is feared the terrible shock will be rore than she can bear. The deceased be longed to the Baptist church and was highly respected. Vote on School Tax Was a Tie. Salisbury, Special. At Granite Quarry on the 5th inst., an election was held to determine whether a special sohool tax of 25 cents on the $100 worth of property shall be levied, and the election resulted in a tie. A ne7 election will be ordered as soon as the law permits another to be held. The friends of the pro posed increase of tax are working hard for the schools. Fire Destroys Two-Story Building at Southern Pines. Southern Pines, Special. A two story biulding on Pennsylvania av enue owned by I. L. Hamliy, occupied by Newton C. Zuver's barber shop and James Bethea's meat market, was entirely destroyed by fire at 4 o'clock Tuesday morning. The loss is $1,500, insurance $500. When dis covered the building was beyond hope, but the fire department pre vented any further damage, although another building was within seven feet. Nothing was saved, from the building. Mr. Zuver's collection of curios was a total loss. Alleged Florida Forger Run to Earth at Fayetteville. Fayetteville, Special. Grant De vanent was arrested here Tuesday at the request of Tampa, Fla., authori ties on the charge o forgery, and is being held for the Florida sheriff. Murphy Votes School Bonds. Murphy, Special. School district No. 1 Saturday voted $10,000 bonds to build and equip a modera school building. Not a single vote was east tgaiait the beadit ound After Seven Years. Charlotte. Special. The mystery surrounding the disappcarnce of Mr. Ellis M. Moore, on the nipht of May 20, 1902, was cleared Friday morning when the remains of the missing man were discovered fifteen feet below tho level of East Boulevard in Dilworth, at the intersection of Winthrop aven ue. Negro workmen had been t to wrtrk digging up the street for tho purpose of making sewer connectio.s from the line on East Bnlevard with Winthrop avenue. Two negroes were shoveling dirt from the bottom of tho hole, when the shovel of John Twitty struck the "body of the dead man. The earth was then taken from around the skeleton and before it was removed, Chief of Police T. M. Christenbury and Coroner V. ' A. Gresham were notified and arrived cn the scene. Mr. E. V. Moore, a brother of the dead man, was then called and posi tively identified the remains as h:s brother. Mr. Moore was able to iden tify the pair of trousers the dead man wore, and stated that -he had given them to his brother several days be fore his death occurred. ' Many Charlotte people remember the sudden diappearanre of Mr. Moore seven years ago, but until Fri day there was no posiliv-j knowledge that he was dead, thouch his w'.V and brothers have always thought that only death could account for the long absence. , ' . Terrible Hail Storm. Millboro, Special. One of the larg est cloudbursts and hail storms pass ed through this county last evening that was ever known in this country. It lasted about one . hour. The hail ' literally destroyed everything in its path. It hailed for about one hour and the stones were as large as quail eggs. The wheat is down flat on the ground and lots of it beat off the heads, while the corn and vegetables in the gardens are completely de stroyed. Beans, tomatoes, cabbage and other vegetables are cut smooth with the ground. It killed a lot of young turkeys for Captain Lineberry and blowed down his tool house. For tunately he had his binder in tho wheat field but a mowing machine and corn drill was in the house and received some damage. It reached from Millboro to LinebeiTy station, a distance of five miles, and every thing in its path is obnt destroyed. Fruit Crop Good. Elkin, Special. The cherry crop is much better than at first expected. They are now ripening and a great many are being brought to market, where they find a ready sale. Tho blackberry crop is full and there will . be lots of apples and a fair crop of peaches in some sections. The wheat crop will be excellent if nothing hap pens to it. The farmers ought to be happy and not complain, for every thing seems to be in their favor. There has been no time in the past, forty years when all kinds of farm products brought as high prices as they are doing now, and yet there is not enough to meet the demands. Cashier is Short $5,000. High Point, Special. S. B. Ben ner, cashier of the Southern Oil Com pany, has been arrested in Baltimore on charge of embezzlement. He will be brought back here by Chief Ridge. The warrant charges the embezzle ment of a normal sum, but it is un derstood that the real amount is about $5,000. The shortage was at the High Point and Asheville of fices. Benner left here last Decem ber, but the shortage was not dis- covered until a month ago. Benner is from Philadelphia. Spencer Woman Hurt in Runaway. Spencer, ' Special. Mrs. Ellie Owens, well known here, was severe ly injured in a runaway accident near Spencer Tuesday afternoon, being thrown down an embankment by a horse which she was driving. Tho animal took fright at an automobile and Mrs. Owens lost control and wa3 badly bruised in the face and shoul ders. N -v Methodist Children Home Opena August 1st. Winston-Salem, Special. The Methodist Children's Home here will be opened August 1. The directors representing the Western North Car olina Conference have purchased the Davis school property for $12,500 giv ing the orphanage site about two hundred acres, same being one of the finest and most valuable tracts in the State. Many useful furnishings, gifts etc., are being received daily. Prof. A. H. Hayes, of Reidville, superin tendent of the orphanage, enters up on his work July 10. Spencer Concern in Receiver's Hands. Spencer, Special. Upon an appli cation of Mr. C. II. Morrison, the principal stockholder in the Rowan Grocery Company, of Spencer, the concern was Tuesday placed in the hands of Mr. L. A. Raney as receiver. There was no pressure on the part of the creditors and it is said the step was taken voluntarily with a view of a settlement of matters concerning the stockholders and with a view to reorganizing ths buiineu.
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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June 16, 1909, edition 1
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