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33 UY
ES ARE LOST IN STOR
Towns in Georgia, Alabama and
Tennessee are Total Wrecks.
MMENSE PROPERTY DAMAGE
At Hamburg, Tenn., Fifteen Were Killed.
Crops in Sections of Three States
Are Ruined.
Memphis, Tenn. With the known
death list already reaching a total of
SS human lives and with 13 others
reported dead, with scores seriously
injured and many others painfully
arui.-ed and scarred, and with the
property damage running to a mil
ii or mare dollars, the havoc and
licsiruetiou of the storm which swept
mill. lie and west Tennessee, Alabama,
Georgia and portions of Arkansas and
Sou'.li Carolina, grows hourly as re
poi is are received from remote dis
trict.' and as wire communication is
gradually restored to a normal con
uitiur.. Tie siorm was probably the worst
that has visited tnis section of the
south in years, being intense in its
destroying fury and widespread in its
area. Whole sections of counties
were laid waste and in ruin. Towns
were destroyed, plantations were
daatas-vi to untold extent and from
ail :tc;icns of the storm-swept area
ccme reports of loss of life, ruin and
deeolttitcrr.
Air aiently the storm broke in all
its fury over middle and west Tennes
see and proceeded in a southeasterly
Uiricticn across the state into Ala
bama and Georgia, assigning the pro
portions of a West Ind'an hurricane
as it swept along, leaving desolation
and ruin behind.
It came practically without warn
ing, and in seme places, it is report
ed that the wind attained a velocity
of SO miles an hour. While only one
dt'ata occurred at Denmark, Tenn.,
the Lonsrs of the storm were great
ly heightened by the fire, Which start
ed amid the ruins and debris of what
was cuce a flourishing little town in
middle Tennessee. The fierce flames,
unqite.iclied 'by the -heavy downpour
of rain and j hail, rapidly consumed
what few dwelling and storehouees
were- left standing and a scene of ut
ter desolation is presented. Two hun
dred people ' are rendered homeless,
and are appealing to neighboring
towns and citizens for immediate aid.
Reports of five deaths and heavy
damage come from McNairy county,
where is located the famous battle
field cf Shilch and which was direct
ly in the path of the storm. Homes
srd stoie-3 were leveled to the ground
scd great trees in the historic Na
ticnil Cemetery were uprooted to be
tossed about by the raging tempest.
Many handsome and imposing state
monuments in the National Park were
tern from their pedestals and the
superintendent's lodge and otnei
buildings were destroyed. The prop
erty damage m this section is esti
mated at 1100,000.
The heaviest known loss cf life oc
curred at Hamburg, Tenn., where in
the immediate territory the storm
claimed fifteen victims and did great
property damage.
At Russellville, Ala., it is reported
that forty inhabitants were seriously
injured by the storm.
A property damage of at leaet $50,
000 is estimated at Cartersville, Ga.,
while that at Atlanta will run between
180,000 and $100,000. One life was
lost at the former place, but Atlanta
escaped with only the property dam
age. Hardly a house in the city 'es
caped damage to some extent. Many
were unroofed, others had windows
blown out and chimneys were blown
down by the score.
The interurban line from Atlanta
to Marietta, Ga., was put out of com
mission and many passengers had to
resort to the railroad trains or re
main in Atlanta over night. At East
Lake, a suburb in the city, thirty-five
head of stock were killed.
Reports from Rome, Ga., indicate
that heavy damage was done the
crops and vegetation of all kinds by
the storm, but no loss of life was
reported.
From' Montgomery and Decatur,
Ala., similar reports were received,
all indicating that damage to prop
erty throughout the' area swept by
the Gtcrrn will amount to a million
ormcre dollars.
No damage was done . in Memphis,
the wind being hardly noticed.
Hiverdale, Ga. Fifteen people
ere injured here during the storm,
-dany dwellings' have been blown to
atoms and seyeral ginhouses and
oarno demolished.
Madison, Qa The wind and hail
storm struck Morgan county with ter
rific force. The cotton crop in the
CHINA STIRRED AGAINST JAPAN.
Fueling is Fomented by Circulars of
Chinese Association.
Tokio, Jaan. Copies of circulars
issued in China by a-bpdy of Chinese
calling themselves the ' 'Popular As
suciaiion of Three Eastern Provinces,"
ttd -fprcad broadcast, created a sen
nation upon ": their receipt in Japan,
iho circulars contain inflammatory
foments against the Japanese.
iu,y 'near upon what is called, the
eaKness f poor China and the "In
hu!. - aggression of Japan."
ihUOrl" arc being made to prevent
T:,K;'lfia-inS cf their contents among
ayauc-so of the 'ignorant class, be
us of the danger of arousing feei
ng at this time.
WILL SELL RED CROSS STAMPS.
50.C0O.QOO Stamps Will Be Placed on
. SaU November First.
Washington, D. C Officials of the
erican Rod Cross Society have
urayietcd their plans for placing on
K ,arkt for holiday shoppers the
-u Cross -stamp, which was eo pop-
during the Christmas season last
stSr ?eet the demand 50,000,000
future 6 been let and in near
v.iii a contract for 30,000.000 more
in e made.
upper part of the county was almost
totally destroyed by the hail, which
covered the ground to the depth of
several inches.- There is no estimate
as to the damage dne in this county.
Cotton has been beaten out of the
bolls and burled in the ground. Bost
wick, Appalachee, Pennington and
West Morgan seem to be the worst
sufferers and the loss in this section
is immense.
Washington, Ga, Terrific wind and
hail storms swept Wilkes county and
$10,00 damage was sustained by the
farmers in the northern section of the
county, where hail fell in great quan
tities. Much damage to the cotton
crop is reported from all sections.
Russellville, Ala. Twenty-four peo
ple injured, three fatally, and dam
age to property amounting to thou
sands of dollars was the result of
the storm -around Russellville. . The
whirl of a wind of great velocity
took a straight course and left only
ruin in its path. At the Tennessee
mines, south of this city, only three
houses are left standing.
Lithonia, Ga. The hailstorm did
considerable damage to houses at and
near Lithonia; also damaged the cot
ton open in the field to a great extent.
PREACHER RETCRNS TO PDLPIT.
One Week as Conductor Enough for
. Rev. D. H. Carrick.
Lawrence, Kan. Rev. D. H. Car
rick, recently resigned from the pas
torate of the North Lawrence Presby
terian Church to become a street car
conductor here, because, he explained,
"ministers were not honest and
"that a man could not earn an honest
living as a minister," has quit ring
ing up each fare in the presence of
the passenger, after one week's serv
ice as an "honest conductor." He will
go east to conduct evangelistic serv
ices. Mr. Carrick had been the North
Lawrence church's pastor only a very
short time when he resigned and said
wealthy men who control the churches
made it impossible for their pastors
to live honest lives, and that the pas
tors' wives were criticised if they
wore good clothes at the congrega
tion's expense.
WILL BUILD AIRSHIP LANDINGS.
Atlanta Church, in Erecting New
Building, Prepares for Future.
Atlanta, Ga. Anticipating that air
ships will be in common, every-day
usage 20 years hence, the board of
stewards of the Wesley Memorial
Church, which edifiice is rapidly near
ing completion, adopted a motion in
structing the building committee to
so arrange the roof of the building
that there will be no difficulty in
adapting It to commodious airship
landings.
The committee was requested to
see to It that a large staircase runs
all the way to the roof and that the
electrical wiring be so installed that
proper lights can be displayed about
the landings, and wire taps will be
convenient for the recharging of ex
hausted dry battries.
First Killing Frosts. '
Nashville. Tenn. There was a kill
ing frost throughout this section. Be
cause of the lateness of the season
the damage will .be small. Thin ic
is reported.
Huntsville, Ala. The first killing
frost of the season fell here. The
late cotton crop is believed to be
damaged to a considerable extent.
Charlotte, N. C. Killing frost and
the lowest temperature of the fall
was recorded in the cotton belt, ac
cording to the weather bureau here.
Considerable damage has been done
to cotton but to what extent yet is
a matter of speculation. Young corn
was ruined, but the pea crop general
ly Is saved.
Longest Balloon Flight.
Richmond, Va. Winning the Lahm
cup for the longest flight made in a
balloon under the auspices of the
Aaero'Club of America, and breaking
all speed records for long distance
flights, A. Holland Forbes of New
York and former Mayor Max Fleisch
mann of Cincinnati, landed in Ches
terfield county, twenty miles south
of Richmond.
Starting from the gas works in St.
Louis, the distance of 731 1-4 miles
was made in nineteen hours and fif
teen minutes, at an average rate or
38 miles an hour.
Cleveland Children In Europe.
Lausanne, Switzerland. Mrs. Gro
ver Cleveland, accompanied by her
daughters, Esther and Marion, and
sons, Francis and Richard, arrived
here. It is understood that the chil
dren will be placed in a school here,
and that Mrs. Cleveland will take
up her residence nearby for an indefi
nite period.
Auto Only 3 1-2 Feet Long.
New York City. What is said to
be the smalest complete automobile
ever constructed has arrived here. It
is the property of - W. J. Durand of
New Iberia, La., president of the Lou
isiana Automobile Club. It is 3 1-2
feet long and 18 inches wide, most
of the parts being made in France
by special order.
Train Ran Into Burning Bridge.
McNeil, Texas. Fireman O. J. Sut
ton was killed and eight persons were
injured when an engine and two cars
of the Austin and Northwestern Rail
way express train plunged into a burn
ing bridge over Watters Creek, near
here. " ''.
Counterfeiter Gets Six Years.
Louisville, "Ky John Roberts, who
was arrested some weeks ago near
this city with a million dollars in
counterfeit Mexican pesos in his pos
session, pleaded guilty in the federal
court here and was sentenced to spend
the next six years of his life in the
federal prison at Atlanta, Ga. On his
way to jail Roberts smashed the
camera of a newspaper photographer
Vinrl "snarmed" him. His broth-
Ler, Marion C. Roberts, tried on the
same cnargw, wao vAi"". ,
BLACK HAND FALLS DOWN.
Mr. W. T. Sharp Receives Demand
Tor "$1,000 to Be Placed at tht
Corner pf Locust Field Church,,f
Accompanied by the Usual Threat;
A Trap is Set For the Hold-Ur
Man, But Ho Refuses to Put Hi-
. Foot Into It.
Asheville, N. C, Special. A dar
ing attempt to blackmail W. T. Sharp
of Canton, on5 of the wealthiest men
of the toAvn and a very prominent
merchant, came to light 'Saturday
night, and along with it an attempt
to blackmail certain other citizens of
the town and officials of "the Cham
pion Fiber Company, and although u
trap was well laid to catch the parpe
trators no one came to claim the mon
ey. Mailed at the Canton postoffiee
September 27, W. T. Sharp received a
letter reading as follows:
"On October 35 before 11 p. m.
you place under S. E. corner of Lo
cust Feld church $1,000 in large bill?.
Failure, to do so means cetrain death
to yourself and perhaps to your fatu
ity. Dynamite is cheap. Spies mean
same thing.
(Signed) "BLACK HAND."
When received it Mr. Sharp at
once became frightened and laid the
matter before certain of his friends
and after a consultation it was
agreed to place the letter in the
hands of postoffiee inspectors. It
was arranged that Mr. Sharp should
deposit the money there and a num
ber of officers would watch the spot
to' see if any one appeared. No one
appeared.
After Dr. Cock's Scalp.
New York, Special. Four more
affidavits were made public here Sat
urday in connection with the inevsti
gation of Dr. Frederick A. Cook's
expedition to Mount McKinley. Three
of them arc by members of the Cook
party Fred Printz, a guide; Walter
P. Miller, photographer and Samuel
Beeeher. Their testimony relates hi
detail the movements of the party ex
plaining that Cook and Barrill were
alone together the period in which Dr.
Cook claims to have reached the sum
mit of Mount McKinley. All three
say that Barrill assured them after
that Dr. Cook's story was false.
The fourth affidavit is that of Dr.
John E. Shore, a plrysician of Leaven
worth, Washington, who tells of a
conversation with Oscar F. Blanken
ship of the United States forestry
service in which Blankenship said
that Dr. Cook's claims to have climb
ed Mount McKinley were false inas
much as the feat was impossible in
the short time which Cook and Bar
rill were absent. Blankenship was
located near Mount McKinley at the
time Cook's expedition was there.
A New York dispatch of the 16th
saj-s, ''Having failed in his effort to
get Professor Herchel C. Parker and
Anthony Fiala to conduct an expe
dition to ascend Mount McKinley,
Dr. Frederick A. Cook announced
here that he would abandon his lec
ture tour as soon as possible and
himself head an expedition to ascend
Mount McKinley and recover if pot
sible the records which he sa.ys he
left there in 1006.
Former U. S. Minister Found Dying.
London, By Cable. William I. Bu
chanan of Buffalo, N. Y., former Am
erican minister to the Argentine Re
public and Panama, who had been
closely identified with several import
ant American diplomatic missions,
met a tragic death Saturday night on
a London street. He was discovered
lying on a sidewalk in Park Lane,
near the American embassy, in a dy
ing condition, a few minutes before
12 o'clock and was carried to St.
George's hospital, a short distance
away. Life was extinct when the am
bulance reached the hospital. The
cause of death is not known positive
ly, but physicians who examined the
body state that it resuited apparently
from heart disease or apoplexy and
that there was no indication of foul
play which was suggested.
Western Express Wrecked.
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Special. One
passenger was killed and 15' others
were injured when the rear section of
train No. 28, the Western Express
on the New York Central Railroad,
was wrecked at Rhineback early Sun
day. President Brown of the New
York Central was on board the train,
but was not injured. President
Brown himself directed the removal
of the injured passengers.
KEY WEST NEEDS HELPL s w
Immediate Assistance Appealed
For By Mayor Fogarty.
STORM VICTIM8 SUFFERING
Hundreds Are On the Point of Starva
tion On the Island and Great Dis
tress is Reported.
Greatest Balloon Flight Yet.
Charleston, S. C, Special. Break
ing all speed records for long distance
flights, the balloon St. Louis No. 3
landed near Ridgeville, 31 miles west
of Charleston, at 9 o'clock Saturday
morning, after having left St. Louis,
Mo., Friday at 5:30 o'clock. The
balloon carried A. B. Lambert and S.
Louis Von Puhl, who arrived here
Saturday night, after a thrilling
cross-country flight. They had ex
hausted their ballast and, seeing in
the distance the waters of the Atlan
tic, which they were fast approach
ing, they were forced to descend.
Death List Grows.
Memphis, Tenn., Special. The to
tal death list of the destructive wind
storm of Thursday was increased to
46 Saturday by the detailed reports,
eleven more being drowned.- The
storm swept Tennesee, Alabama , and
Georgia with a fury seldom, if ever,
equaled in this section of the country.
If rumors of death at various outly
ing points are to be believed, 68 peo
ple were killed by the storm. These
reports have not been confirmed.
Key West, Fla. Mayor Fogarty of
Key West, in announcing that the
city was forced to suspend work be
cause of the lack of funds, said that
Immediate assistance from the out
side world is necessary to carry on
the work of cleaning up the city and
caring for the victims of the hurri
cane which . left more than half of
Key. West in total ruins.
Sewers are broken and clogged
throughout the town and unless they
can be repaired shortly it is feared
an epidemic cf sickness will result.
Great distress and suffering already
is reported among the employes of the
large tobacco lactones, which suffer
ed heavly by the storm. Hundreds
are out" of employment. Many streets
have been lelt impassible, filled with
the wreckage of houses and uprooted
trees.
The "loss of life on the tug Sybil
includes, besides Captain Parker, En
gineer Fox, Pilot Whitmere, Tngineer
Peterson and seven decy hands.
The loss of life on the Florida East
Coast extension is limited to the
crew of the tug Sybil and Timekeeper
Brown at Marathon, a total of twelve
persons.
The track north - of Marathon is
washed out at several points.
Tke only work in progress is be
ing carried on by private corporations
and the large chipping interests.
CRANE'S RtSiliftlATION ACtEPTED.
President Taft Backs Knox in the
Crane Case.
Washington, D. C. At the white
house Secretary Carpenter made the
following telegram public, which he
had just received from President
Taft;
'Convey to Mr. Crane the following
communication: 'I concur in the let
ter cf date of October 12, which the
secretary of state has addressed to
you, and I greatly regret that the cir
cumstances found to exist by him
makes it necessary for me to accept
your resignation.'
"(Signed.) TAFT."
This message was immediately con
veyed to Mr. Crane.
At the state department when in
quiry was made scon after the receipt
of Mr. Taffs telegram became known
it was said that the name of Charles
R. Crane as United States minister
to China had been dropped from the
rolls.
Denlariug that he was humiliated
by bis treatment and consequent re
sults of his dealings with th9 state
department, Charles R. Crane, former
minister to China, issued a statement
following President Taft's acceptance
of hl.j resignation.
Prosperity Returning According to Re
port of President Finley.
Washington, D.-C. A substantial in
crease Is shown in . the gross income
of - the Southern Railway Company
during the year ending June 30, last,
according to the fifteenth annual re
port of President W. W. Finley. The
report Jsays the return of business
from the low level of panic conditions
of 1907 was slow, but substantial dur
ing the past year. The total gross
income for the year was $17,737,699,
an increase over 1908 of $3,890.-733.
The progress in the south indicated
in the report, which shows that during
the year 453 new manufacturing plants
were completed. More than 70 y?r cent
of the year's tonnage originated in 'the
south. .
INTERNATIONAL RELIEF FUND.
Recommended by the Peace Bureau in
Session at Brussels.
Brussels, Belgium. The permanent
international peace bureau at its ses
sion adopted a resolution suggesting
that the various governments of the
world join in the creation of an in
ternational fund for the relief of suf
ferers in the event of the occurrence
of great disasters in any part of the
world. The alleged bad management of
the funds subscribed for the rilief of
victims of the recent Italian earth
quakes prompted the suggestion. A
motion was also adopted favoring the
interdiction of the throwing of explos
ives frcm airships in time of war.
GIRL SUES HER MOTHER.
Margaret O'Mara Refrained From
Marrying at Mother's Request.
Grand Rapids, Mich. Because she
stayed home and cared for her pa
rents for nineteen years when she
might have married and made a home
for herself, Margaret O'Mara was
awarded $3,114 by a jury in circuit
court in a suit brought against her
mother, Catherine O'Mara.
It developed that the mother prom
ised to pay the daughter regular
wages if she would stay at the old
farm in Ada township.
Remarkable Mode cf Sufctie.
Asheville, N. C. Leaping from be
side his watchful keeper, who was ac
companying him on a walk, J. R. Giles,
ct Wilmington, N. C, an inmate of
an Asheville sanitarium, jumped head
long beneath the wheels of a 15-ton
eteam roller and his head was crush
ed out of shape by the ponderous
wheels of the machine.
Temporary aberration, for which
Mr. Giles was being treated here, caus
ed this remarkable mode of suicide.
PROFESSIONAL TOURING.
Maxim Believes In Airships.
New York City. Declaring Napo
leon's dictum that God fights on the
side with the heaviest artillery entire
ly out cf date? Hudson Maxim, the in
ventor of explosives and engines of
war, predicted ' in a public address
here that God hereafter would fight
on the side with the strongest flying
machines and the most cf them. He
added that aeroplanes with explosives
could do little harm.
SCHOLARSHIP FOR A GIRL
Women's Clubs Will Educate One
Girl in England.
New York City. The General Fed
eration cf Women's Clubs ha3 offered
an English scholarship, valued at $1,
500, to an American woman who shall
successfully pass the examinations.
The scholarship is for Oxford, Cam
bridge or London university for next
year. The examinations are to be in
mathematics, Latin and Greek and
will be held in every state in the
United States on the 19th and 20th of
this month. Candidates must be un
der twenty-five years of age and un
married. The examination papers will be
read and rated at Oxford and return
ed to the National Federation chair
man. In a final decision the state
contributing to the scholarship will
receive preference over one from a
non-contributing state.
SEABOARD MERGER.
Williams Talks of Consolidation of
Lines.
Richmond, Va. John Skelton Wil
liams, upon his return from New York,
where the reorganization committee of
the Seaboard Air Line has been in
session, confirmed the reported merg
er of the branch lines of the road
with the parent system. -
The southern roads included in the
Seaboard merger are:
The Atlanta and Birmingham Air
Line, operating 237 miles.
The Florida West Shore, operating
70 miles.
The Plant City. Arcadia and Gulf,
operating 19 miles.
The Catawba Valley, operating 22
miles.
The Tallahassee and Sotuhern, op
erating 39 miles.
MADE FALSE CIRCULATION STATEMENT
Publisher Given Six Mentha in Jail
by Judge Landis.
Chicago, 111. Roy Keator, publisher
of a weekly newspaper, was sentenced
to serve six months in the Bridewell
by Judge Landis, in the United States
district court. Keator was indicted
oil a charge of making false circula
tion statements to obtain second
class mail rates. He admitted that
in order to get advertising he had
represented the circulation of his pa
per to be 100,000, when, in fact, it
had but 1,000 subscribers, and that
he had placed many names on his
subscription lists without authority.
The periodical was an agricultural
journal.
BOY ROBS BANK.
Kansas Youth Wanted to Gst Money
to Marry.
Lawrence, Kans. It was to obtain
money with which to marry a Law
rence girl, the police say, that prompt
ed Earl Mullock, 18 years old, to rb
ihe state bank at Eudora. near here.
The young woman was being sought
.by the' police, jno trace nas seen
found of the youthful robber. Wilson
TJ-iTiffiP the noliceman shot bv Bul
lock," in making his escape, cannot
live.
Hemes Without Bibles.
Nashville, Tenn. Rev. William
Thome, moderator of the synod ot
Tennessee, Presbyterian church, Unit
ed States, made the startling an
nouncement to that body, wrhich is in
session here, that there are forty-one
civil districts in this -state which have
no church cf any kind, and that there
are hundreds of families in which
there is no Bible.
N. C. Farmer Killed By Son.
Charlotte, N. C. Colonel Robert L.
Abernethy, cue of the largest owners
of farm land in Mecklenburg county,
was shot and killed by his son, Reu
ben Abernethy, at the home of the
father at River Bend, the son claim
ing self-defense. There is said to
have been trouble between father and
eon for soma time. The son made no
effort to escape.
Insane Farmer Kills Aged Man. ;
Charlotte,. N. C W. S." Wise, a
wealthy farmer of Lincoln county,
while insane, cut off the head of his
father-in-law, Joseph Hallman, with
an ax, then barred the door .of his
home, set fire to the furniture and
was cremated.
To Divide Nicaragua.
Washington, D. C. Official advices
received at the state department indi
cate that the Nicarauguan revolution
ists if successful are to separate the
country into v two republics, one to
consist of the Caribbean states, and
the other of the Pacific coast states.
Newsy Paragraphs.
The Cudahy Packine comnany com
promised their oleomargarine case on
trial at Leavenworth, Ivan., by paying
$97,777 to the government. It was
indicted for colorins oleo and selling
it for uncolored goods.
The Illinois food commission start
ed a crusade against dealers deceiv
ing the public with artificially colored
and smoked fish hams, ibacon, sau
sage and other edibles. Examination
showed that most of the "salmon"
in the market was carp from the Fox
river and other near-by streams. They
were first given a bath of pink and
then subjected to treatment in "li
quid smoke."
Ruth Bryan Leavitt has announced
her candidacy from the First Colora
do district on the democratic ticket.
As president cf the Jane Jefferson
club, she hopes to command the sup.
port cf the women voters, as well as
many of the men. It i3 said that the
republicans intend to nominate a
woman in the same district.
Another revolution broke out in
Nicaragua and Juan J. Estrada has
been elected the provisional president
of Nicaragua. The revolutionists had
evidently long been preparing for the
blow that was struck against Presi
dent Zelays.
Bishop Hartzell, missionary bishop
of Africa of the Methodist Episcopal
church, announces that $200,000 of
the $300,000 which the church is try
ing to raise for African missions, to
celebrate the seventy-fifth anniversary
of its entrance into that field has al
ready been raised.
Ajiti-TubercuIOEis Warriors Cam
paigning the State.
Fayetteville, N. C, Special. The
Anti-Tuberculosis Society of North
Carolina is making a tour of the
State lecturing on tuberculossi its
rapid increase, causes and means of
prevention. The society . commenced
lis tour at Faj'etteville, holding a
meeting in Lafayette opera house
Friday night. An immense crowd
attended, white and colored. The
medical fraternity of Fayetteville
and Cumberland county the mayor
and prominent citizens occuped the
stage with the speakers. Following
was dhe program: "The Germ
Theory Its Conquest and Possibili
ties," Dr. W. S. Rankin, secretary
State Board of Health; "The Pre
vention of Tuberculosis.'' Dr. C. A..
Julian, secretary of the State Tuber
culosis Society of North Carolina;
'Transmission of Disease -by Flies,"
r-r. D. , A. Stanton, secretary of ths
State Medical Society. The lectures
were illustrated by steropticon views
and exhibits. They were of a very
high order and calculated to do much
2'ood.
Two Elockaders Nabbed.
Durham, Special. Officers Merritt
and Jordan of the revenue service,
assisted by several State officers,
captured a 100-gallon still 10 miles
from Durham Wednesday and de
stroyed 1,300 gallons of beer, and
saving 15 gallons of liqnsr. R. G.
Laws, white, and Ben Ruffin, colored,
were caught and a horse and wagon
taken. Two men escaped.
Mr. Merritt had a fierce encounter
with one of the men who escaped,
who tore his coat from tail to
neck-band and jerked the officer
into a stream, attempting to get
his gun while having the advantage.
The captured men were bonded m
$400 bonds. All .revenue officers de
clare that there never has been such
violation of the liquor laws and that
there is but little assistance given the
government in the arrests of block-aders.
Brakeman's Fatal Fall.
Canton, Special. Carroll Smath
ers, an employee of the Southern
Railway was thrown from the top of
a moving freight at Addie a station
of the Murphy division and instant
ly killed. Young Smathers was a
son of Dr. H. H. Cmathers of Can
ton and had served in the Philippines,
returning he had taken service as
brakeman on Sothern Railway.
About two months age as lie was
crossing the train near Turnpike, :i
handhold on the side of a box car
pulled loose and threw him down a
thirty-seven foot embankment, mash
ing him so that he was unable to
work until about teir days ago. Thurs
day morning the cars were wret from
the rain and it is supposed that his
feet slipped as the train was, passing
over a high trestle and threw him
to the ground, killing him instantly.
Burglars in Hertford.
Hertford, Special Hertford seems
threatened with, an epidemic of bur
glary. Unknown thieves Thursday
night entered the residence of Messrs.
George D. Newby and Charles Whed
bee At each house they secured a
watch and cash. At Mr. Whedbee'a
they entered a room in which he and
his wife and two children were sleep
rl took his watch and about
thirty dollars in cash and a suit of
clothes. At the other house twelve
dolars in cash and checks for thirty
dollars were taken. No traces were
left. Bloodhounds were wired for
and have been following trilas all day
with indifferent success. Inhabitants
of the town are beginning to be
armed as this is the second recent
night robbery with no cine to the
perpetrators.
Small Fire at Mooresville Cotton Mill
Mooresville, Special. Tuesday
night about 9 o'clock the fire alarm
was given at No. 2 cotton mill. A
crowd soon collected and succeeded
in putting out the fire, which at one
time threatened to be serious. The
most damage done was the destruc
tion of 15 bales of ootton.
MEETING OF PRESIDENTS.
University Day Observed.
Chapel Hill, Special. One hundred
and sixteen years ago William Rich
ardson Davie, soldier, statesman, pa
triot, founder, with the solemn rites
of Masonry laid the cornerstone of a
building which to this day has given
shelter to the youths of the land and
which marked the founding of an in
stitution in point cf actual service
the oldest State university in Ameri
ca. Tuesday in honor of that event
fitting commemorative exercises were
held participated in by alumni, fac
ulty and students.
Gin Houce and Cotton Burned.
Tarborc, Special. During the af
ternoon of October 8 the gin honse
and contents of Ed Battle, between
Battleboro and Rocky Mount were
' consumed by fire. The building, forty
bales of cotton and new ginning ma-
chinery were destroyed by the c-on-j
flagration.
President Taft Receives Prcsidenl
Diaz and in Turn President Dia2 :
Has President Taft as a Guest.
The long expected meeting betweet :
President Taft and President Diaz . :
of the Republic of Mexico, occurred
at El Paso. Outwardly it was attend
ed with a display of scldiery, a flari
of trumpets, a boom of cannon, and
a pomp of ceremony suggestive ot
supreme authoritj-, but in the actual
handclasp of the two Executives and.
in the exchange of courteous words
there was simple but cordial infor
mality. President Diaz was the first lo
speak. He assured President Taft of
his Avarm personal regard and his
high esteem of the man who had ac-' '
complished so much in the Philip-"
pines, in China and elsewhere, and
who had now the honor to be the '
Chief Executive of so great a nation '
as the United States. President Taft,.
in simple American-fashion, declared,'
he was glad to meet President Diaz.
He was glad to know the President of,
such a great nation; especially glad.,
to know the present President who
had made the nation great.
Both Presidents dwelt upon the
cordiality of the relations existing
between the United States and Mexi
co, President Taft declared that this
meeting was not necessary to make
stronger the bonds of friendship; it
merely typified the strength of the
bonds as they already exist.
There were les them a score of
persons permitted to witness the
meeting of the two Executives. Even
these were excluded later when Presi
dent Taft and President Diaz with
drew into an inner room of the cham
ber of commerce building where Ihe
historic meeting occurred and was
only 'attended by Governor Creel of
the State of Chihuahua, former am
bassador to the United States, who
acted as interpreter.
The scene of the day's ceremonies
shifted from time to time from tlm
thriving little American city across
the Rio Grande river to the typical
settlement of Ciudad Juarez.
In the customs house at Juraez,
President Diaz received a return call
from President Taft and in the even
ing entertained the American Presi
dent and a large dinner party at a
State banquet which in all its sur
roundings of lavish decorations and
wealth of silver plate handed dowu
from the time of the Emperor Maxi
millian, probably wasj.be most nota
ble feast ever served on the American
continent.
President Diaz, on his visit to Presi
dent Taft, was attired in full dress
uniform. Secretary of War Dickin
son rode beside him, and an aide-de-camp
occupied the forward seat in
the carriage.
With President Taft when be
greeted Diaz were Secretary Dickin
son, Postmaster General Hitchcock,
Capt. Archibald W. Butt, Gen. Albert
Meyer, U. S. A., Assistant Secretary
W. W. Mischler and C. S. Wagner of
the White House staff.
President Diaz was accompanied
by members of his Cabinet and mili
tary staff. The private interview be
tween the Presidents lasted for 15
minutes. It is officially stated that it
consisted of but an elaboration of
their public utterances and that na .
matters of diplomacy were touched
upon.
Less than an hour after President
Diaz had withdrew, President Taft
was on his way to Juarez to repay
the call. He was received by Presi
dent Diaz with the same honors and
distinction as had marked the visit
of the Mexican' Executive to this
country.
President Taft and President Diaz
sat side by side at the banquet in
the evening. Their speeches wcra
given as toasts from one to the other.
Prsident Diaz was the first to rise.
The Mexican Executive concluded
by proposing a toast.
"I toast for the hope," said he,
"that the country of immortal Wash
ington may alwaj's enjoy all the hap
piness and prosperity which justly
correspond to the intelligent activity
and high civil qualities which char
acterize the many and cultured Arr
erican people, and for the everylai
insr irlorv of its heroic founders. I also
toast for the personal happiness of
its illustrious President, who has
come to honor us with his friendship,
the manifestation of which will con
tribute to cultivate the common inter
ests which bind the two neighboring
countries whose respective elements
of life and progress are reciporcally
completed and magnified by associa
tion." In concluding his respon.se, Presi
dent Taft said: "The aims and
ideals of our two nations are identi,
cal, their sympathy mutual and last
ing, and the world can be assured of
a vast neutral zone of peace in which
the controlling aspiration of either
nation is individual and human hap
piness. "I drink to my friend, the Presi
dent of this great republic, to Ins
continued long life and happiness and
to the never ending bod of mutual
sympathy between Mexico and the
United States."
President Taft left EI Paso as 8
p. m. Saturday night to continue hii
journey through the South. Presi
',i t;o lato Saturday nisht is
I UCJlly Jjiat J
speeding back to the City of Mexico.