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IBc (tbatbam "Kcor&- H. A- LONDON r-TTOS AND PROPRIETOR. XERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: 51 .50 Per Year .STRICTLY IN ADVANCE V VOL. XXXII. PITTSBORO. CHATHAM COUNTY. K. C, WKDMjSgD A Y , NOVEMBER 3. 1900. NO. 12. Zbc Chatham RecorlJ. RATES OF ADVERTISING: One Square, one Insertion One Square, two Insertions.... 1.30. One Square, one month.. ...... . For Larger Advertise ments Liberal Contracts will be made. TO EXTERMINATE "HOOK WORM" Rockefeller Gives $1,000,000 ts Fight the Disease. HE IS FONOjnHE SOUTH misgave Say3 11,8 Gift ExPresses His Appreciation of the Hospitality Shown Hi By the Southern People. New York Citl. A gift of $1,000,000 lY .Tchn D. Rockefeller to fight the "hook v.o-.m disease" was announced here. do-cn well known educators ana ccier'icts selected in large part,- frm f,.;ttinn5 of learning in the south. Uer the parasite is prevalent, were call'a in conference with Mr. Rocke feller's reuresentatives, and at that mee'in-' Ir- Rockefeller's desire to aVizo a commission to carry .on a ramoVcn acainst the malady was dis ,,ea" a result of this discussion of ih' situation, the "Rockefeller f.cmnvsf ion for the Eradication of the Hook Worm Disease" was organized. The r embers of this commission, a, sheeted by Mr. Rockefeller, are: Tir " William H. Welch, professor of Tiatliolcav u Johns Hopkins universi L pveA'den: of the American Medical -'iociat'en: Pr. Simon Flexner, direc f;r 0 Rockefeller Institute for Med ial Research: Dr. Charles W. Stiles, of the division of zoology, Unit ed tmes Plic Health and Marine Hosp'tal service, and discoverer of . ' 4ffer:'cou species of hook worm, a-d te prevalence of the disease in AE-'ca- Dr. Edward A. Alderman, irev'V'cnt cf the University of Virginia- "ir. David F. Houston, chancellor of Waiasrron university, St. Louis, Mo Frcfessor P. P. Claxon, profes sor of education in the University of Tennessee: Honorable J. Y. Joyner, state superintendent of education in North Carolina, and president of the Xa'rions! Educational association; WaW H Fase, editor of the World's Work- Dr. H. B. Frissell, principal Hampton institute; Frederick T. Gates, one of Mr. Rockefeller's busi ness ;aeers; Starr J. Murphy, Mr. Rockefeller's counsel in benevolent matters: John D. Rockefeller, Jr. All but Professor Claxton and Mr. Jovner were present at the meeting and thev have both since accepted places on the boards elected to carry cut Mr. Rockefeller's plans. In calling taese gentlemen together Mr. Rockefeller addressed to each a letter pointing out his interest in re lieving the human suffering caused by the "hook worm" parasite, especially because, he said, it had been his pleas ure to spend a portion of each year among the warm-hearted people of the south, and he welcomed the op nnrTnr.:Tv to exDress appreciation of their many kindnesses and hospital- irips The members of the commission in framing a reply to Mr. Rockefel ler's oif-:r of $1,000,000 declared that the preposition met with their hearti est approbation. "Two millions of our people are in feciprl with this narasite." they ad ded. "I: is by no means confined to one c!as?: it takes its toll of suffering and death from the intelligent and well-to-do as well as from the less lor i.nnnrps." The -hook worm." according to Xew York .Medical authorities, is a hair-like parasite to which is charg ed a form of anemia prevalent espec ially -.mc:ig the poor people or tn smn'n Ti v.t 5 not until recent years that members of the medical profess- sion recognized that a parasite caut. pfl The ror.lp.flv I:i December, 1902, Dr. Charles Wardell Stiles, then a zoologist in the Bureau of Animal Industry at Wash insren whn had been studying in tetinal parasites, announced to the Pan-Aineiican Sanitary congress nib connciicn that the so-cauea iazt ness' and "shiftlessness." widely ob served in certain portions of the south was a specific disease due to the hook worm. Many members of the congress expressed surprise at the announcement and up to the present the disease has been a matter of some controversy. SEPORT m RAILROAD ACCIDENTS. Railroads Killed 2,791 During the Year 1909. Washington D. C The interstate COTnrr. f-Xf-Si f Arimiocinn annmincrs that by railroad accidents during the year ending .Imie 30, 1909, 2,791 persons were killed and 63,920 injured, as against 2.7ti4 killed and 68,989 injur ed in the preceding year. The num ber of employees killed in coupling cars va-s 32 per cent less than last year. h is also shown that there were 2,917 derailments and collisions in the same period, of vhich 272 affected passenger trains. WOMEN THREW ACID ON BALLOTS. English Suffragette, Smashes Bottles, But Doesn't Hurt the Tickets. London, England. Mrs. Chapin, a suffragette, furnished a thrill at the Bermondezey, by-election, when she smashed a bottle containing corrosive acid upon a ballot box. Her intention evidently was to destroy the ballots in the box as a protest against the exclusion of women from the right of franchise. What she accomplished was the painful burning of some of the election officers and assurances of her own arrest. About the same time a similar out rage was attempted at another booth by a young girl who wore the suffra gette colors. In the latter instance uttie damage was done beyond the burning of the finger tips of the elecr tion officials who removed the bits of broken glass. So far as could be as certained, not much acid reached the ballots in either case. SCHEME TO DEF3AUD. Spanish Swindlers Again Set Their Trap for the Unwary. Washington, D. C. After a period cf quiescence an adroit gang of Span ish swindlers which has for the last 15 years been exploiting credulous people in America has resumed activ ity. Within the last few days letters have been received in Washington del icately approaching the recipients for funds. While the scheme is many- sided and the details vary in each case, the -basts of the appeal is al ways an injured damsel in distress. Large sums of money are promised to the confiding American who will put up a small amount of cash to res cue the unfortunate young woman. In one case the alleged writer of the letter was a Spanish banker and escaped to Russia only to be arrested and returned to Spain. He, however, had taken the precaution to secret a document which would be indispensa ble to the finding of the treasure in a secret pocket in a portmanteau, and this find he would divide with the American who would take in charge his young daughter and recover the property at the place he would indi cate for a present financial consideration. It is known to the state and post- office departments that a number of credulous Americans have fallen into this trap, so that every effort will be made to break up the gang. MISSION 1Q.4RQ MISREPuESE&TED. Suffrage for Women Was Not Men tioreci at Recent Meeting. Nashville, Term. Mrs. R. W. Mac ucneli. LM neral secretary cf the wo-. rac E aid cf heme, missions of the -wetbed.-.a Episcopal Church, south, -istcs iI.li xhc woman's board, which recently met in Savannah. - Ca.. had u(-en Rik.repiesented in the statement l"St n Iitici declared in favor cf wo "ut smarage. Mrs. MacDonell states that the hoard not only did not take -i-'u dcimii out nnt one word was ut tered cn tro subject during the entire "-"1-;a- Aflis board, she says, is tnu-.cu body and devotes its time and atten'ion v0 eiiurch and ecclesiastical airs. W. C T. U. CONVENTION. All Old National Officer Re-Elected by Temperance Workers. Onaha, Nebr. Election of officers and adoption of resolutions were the features of the sessions 01 the na tional convention of the Women's Christian Temperance Union. No change of importance is made in the national organization, but that body went unanimously on record as giv ing little encouragement to woman suffrage. Total abstinence is again made the watchword of the organization. President Taft is asked to use his prerogative and abolish the sale of in toxicating liquors in the Panama Ca nal zone. Child labor is denounced and the organization is pledged to secure a minimum working age by federal en actment. The convention re-elected its old na tional officeis for the coming year. The six general officers are: Mrs. Lillian M. N. Stevens of Maine, president; Miss Anna M. Gordon 01 Illinois, vice president-at-large; Mrs. Frances P. Parks of Illinois, corre sponding secretary; Mrs. Elizabeth Preston Anderson of North Dakota, recording secretary; Mrs. Sarah Hoge, of Virginia, assistant recording secre tary, and Mrs. Elizabeth P. Hutchin son cf Illinois, treasurer. WILL CHANGE PROHIBITION LAW. Mississippi May Adopt Constitutional Liqucr Statute. Jackson, Miss. The prohibition leaders of Mississippi, not satisfied with the present prohibition law as a whnlp. will ask the legislature at the next session to pass additional laws for the purpose of tightening it up ana strengthening it in its weaker places. Particularly will they suggest meth ods of securing its better and more uniform enforcement. As to the statutory changes, it is tire practically unanimous opinion that if the present law is to be tampered with at all the tampering ought to be done by those who made the law la the first place. At the time they; thought they were getting up the best law they could frame and pass. It will have had a practical test of a year by the time the lawmaking body meets, and its weak points will have been shown. AUTOMOBILES THROUGH N. C. End the First Week With Increasing ly Enthusiastic Receptions Speed Excels Schedule Time North Caro- - lina Wild With Joy. Charlotte, N. C, Special. With the Stars and Stripes afloat on ceaseless breezes, emblem of the common nat ionality of the North and the South which their tour is destined to bind "with closer and more enduring ties. 37 automobiles of modern make ending a six-days' journay of more than 600 miles from the metropolis of the nation somewhat weary and worn stopped Saturday evening in the me tropolis of North Carolina. - The cheers of thousands of watching peo ple and the glad hand of hundreds more bade the participants in The New York Herald-Atlanta Journal good roads tour, en route from New York to Atlanta, welcome to Char lotte and to Dixie. In the language of Mr. W. T. Wa ters of the staff of The Atlanta Jour nal in the story which he Sunday night wired his paper: T-P V. J 1 a i? mi. aj. ijjc guun xuiius tour uj. xiie lanta Journal and The New York Herald has been met with ovations growing more enthusiastic with each mile of southward progress until Sat urday, the receptions which were ac corded it on Saturday defy descrip tion. Nothing even half so cordial had been anticipated. Its movement on Saturday from Winston-Salem to Charlotte, 138 miles, has stirred the whole western half of North Carolina. Its progress has been attended by such widespread and intense welcome that it seems as if nothing could equal it. Yet so it seemed on Friday. On Thursday it 1-loked as though the high-water mark' of enthusiasm had been reached. "Winston-Salem bade the tourists a rousing farewell, and passed them on through Greensboro to High Point, where all business was supended while the whole city did honor to the dusty visitors. Thomasville indus tries and chair manufactures gave ail their employes holiday while the tour ists were passing. " Lexington feasted them upon barbecue and flattered Ihem with an ovation that represent ed not only the city itself but the whole county of Davidson. Automo biles from Winston-Salem, thirty-two in number, met them again in Lexing ton. Other automobiles gathered at Lexington from High Point and Greensboro. The way of the tour to Salisbury was preceded and followed by a flying squadron of automobile escorts, and still on through Salis bury to Charlotte, where many of the unofficial visitors are remaining over Saturday night. Salisbury begged the tour to stop a few moments and par take of refreshments and finally com promised by putting the refreshments in the cars. Salisbury had already extended the courtesies of the toil bridge over the Yadkin river to th:j tourists, every official car being pass ed with a cheer by the toll keepers. China Grove, Landis, Kannapolis, Concord and Newell suspended every thing to give rousing acclaim to the passing tourists. Charlotte turned out as never before and gave the good roads army royal welcome." To the Maxwell Toy Tonneau of Marietta, Ga., belongs the distinction of achieving the best speed of the day Saturday. It accomplished the allot ted distance in 6 hours and 33 minues, or in 1 hour and 37 minutes less than the time in which it was scheduled to cover it. A close second was fur nished by Mr. Jacques Futrello, the well-known writer of Scituate, Mass., who is driving his own car and is accompanied by his wife and two children. He made the distance in 6 hours and 46 minutes a differ ence of 16 minutes. Refreshed by the first day's rest afforded by their long itinerary and, judging from their freely expressed comments, entirely delighted with Charlotte and the entertainment of- forded them here, approximately 150 automobilists journeying in 37 cars form the nation's New York to the New York of Dixie early Monday morning glided out across several leagues of the finest roads they have experienced since they left the vallev of ilie Shenandoah. For more than 36 hours they have been in a very real and manifest sense the guests of the city of Charlotte and for not one single moment has that fact been al lowed to slip from their minds. NEW ORLEANS GREETS TAFT. GUILT NOT ESTABLISHED Alabama Must Ccrrow. Montaomery, Ala. It is shown that with a" balance, cf $60,000 in the treasury, the state will have to bor row at least - 550,000 to meet the de mands -cf' the month of November. Governor B. B. Comer, who, under the new law, may borrow, as much r.s $300,000, is neotia a loan, it understood, to come in .hen needed. Dickinson Sells Ma Meade. Nashville, Tenn. J. M. Dickinson, secretary of war, has sold his coun try seat "Belle Meade," four miles west of here, to J. O. Leake, a Nash vilel capitalist. The place comprises 400 acres of land and the price is ?110,000. H8ST TRAIN ON C. C. &0. Road Eetween Dante, Va., and Spar tanburg, s, C- Formally Opened. Spartanburg, s. C First train over e C. c. and O. railroad between cin ana Dailte Va arrived .in this Yrif V'i'h (isht hundred visitors from I, fon c;tv- Tenn., and other points for rcad which was held nere p., Uir celebration of the completion tinif lh0UEaRd people were at the sta un to witness the arrival of the first cr .rr the new road and to wel cme the visitors. Women Like Polygamy. San Francisco, Cal. "The women are more anxious for polygamy than the men are," said Bishop Spalding of Utah, at a conclave of the Episcopal diocese in this city. The bishop went on to say that polygamy in Utah has more recruits among the women than among the men, and that so long as women suffrage prevailed in that state it would be utterly impossible to es tablish laws that would result in the abolition of polygamy. Two Dead in Duel Following a Wed ding Frolic. Gonzales, Tex., Special. In a duel following a wedding frolic in the Mex ican quarter on the Henry Cardweil farm two miles north of Wrightsboro, two men met death early Sunday. There were no witnesses to the quar rel nor to the fight. The men went Spends Saturday and Sunday in Strenuous Program and is Tired Out at Seeing the Sights and En joying His Glad Reception. New Orleans, Special. President Taft arrived in New Orleans Satur day to renew old acquaintances and to enjoy two days of the hospitality which he declared a few days ago he both 'longed for and feared." From the moment of his arrival at 12:30 p. m., on the lighthouse tender Olean der, which led a long trailing .fleet of river packets into port, the President was kept on the go until past mid night Saturday night. N" He ended his river trip with an ad dress before the waterways conven tion in the afternoon in which he re iterated what he said before, that he favors the issuance of bonds to carry forward every deep waterway pro ject which shall be approved by a competent board of engineers as prac ticable and can be shown to be neces sary to take care of the growing com merce of the sections. This address concluded, the Presi dent became the guest of the city. He lunched with Archbishop Blenk at the latter 's palace, attended two foot ball games, had a dinner given in his honor at the Pickwick Club Saturday night and went direct from there to a gala performance of "Les Hugenots" at the French opera house. A little supper at a famous French restau rant after the opera brought the Chief Executive's busy day to a close. He thoroughly enjoyed his four and a half nights and five days on the Mississippi river. And, although he has learned much of the difficulty that must be encountered in attempting to control that powerful waterway, he seemed Saturday to be just as enthu siastic as ever in the belief that the Mississippi can be made to recognize a channel deep enough to handle all of the commerce that can be assigned to it. President Taft went to bed on his train Sunday night a thoroughly tired man. His New Orleans friends kept him on the go nearly all day long. He made two speeches during the after noon, visited the naval station and Jackson barracks, rode through the interesting old French quarter of the city and attended a sacred concert on the campus of Tulane University. This day of strenuousness, following the activities and entertainments of Saturday, which did not end -until,, 3 o'clock Sunday morning when supper after the opera was concluded brought the President's stay in New Orleans to a close. His train left before daylight for Jackson, Miss., where he spent all day Monday. The President was so tired when he got back to his hotel at 6 o'clock Sunday night that he declined all invitations for dinner and had the meal served in his apartments with Secretary of War Dickinson as a guest. The drive through the old French section of the city was immensely interesting to the President , and he vetoed any suggestion of its curtail ment. The ride followed the President's attendance at the morning services of the Unitarian church, where he heard a sermon on "The Interpretation of Life," by Rev. H. Elmer Gilchrist. The President was accompanied through the quarter by Prof. Alcee Fortier of the Louisiana Historical Society, who pointed out the succeed ing places of interest. The route was first through the old Rue Royal and thence to Jackson square, which for merly was the place d'Armes and is surrounded by some fine old types of French architecture. From Jackson square the party went to the old slave mart, to the old St. Louis Catholic cathedral and then began a journey through Esplanzade avenue and en virons. Here the President's interest was centered for a time upon the ruins of the old Spanish barracks. It was at this point of the journey that Professor Fortier suggested that the committee had not allowed time enough to go further and the Presi dent said he did not care how long the ride required, for his interest in old New Orleans was greater than in any other feature of the day and he dii not wish to hurry. Death Checks Foot Ball. West Point, N. Y., Special. Be cause of the death of Eugene A. Jiyrne, of Buffalo, N. Y., no more football will be played by the west Point eleven this year. This state ment was made by Col. Hugh L. Scott, superintendent of the United States Military Academy, late Sunday "night, after a consultation with the athletic authorities cf the academy on the death of young Byrne, who expir ed Sunday morning as a result or m Peculiar, and Knotty Case With Jury Five Hours. Beaufort, Special. Court convened at 9 :30 Saturday morning. Solicitor C. L. Abernethy consumed 4 1-2 hours in going over the evidence for the State. He placed special stress on the evidence of C. E. Herfington. Judge Guion made a lengthy charge,, paying special attention to every part of the evidence that could in any way assist the jury in giving its verdict. At 3:30 the. jury took the case for consideration. At 8:30 the jury sent for the judge and after court conven ed the jury was called and polled and a verdict of "not guilty" was givenr Wayne County Still Destroyed by Revenue Officers. Goldsboro, Special. Revenue of ficers arrived in this city Friday from Fork township bringing with them a still which they captured over in that section. When the officers approach ed the still and demanded of the moonshiners to surrender, they were greeted with silence, and upon inves tigation it was found that the juice makers had been too sharp to be caught napping, but in their hurry to get away they had to leave most of the whiskey, which proved to be quite a large quantity. The still has been stored until the case can more definitely be worked out. I8C. COTTON PREDICTED The Condition of the Crop This Month is 55.5. BANKS TO LOMON COTTON South Carolina Mills Are Buying Indieci Cotton Laid Down for 11 3-4 CenU. Crop Being Picked Rapidly. Two-Year-Old Child Burned to Death. Lenoir. SpecialA-Late Wednesday evening the 2-ycar-old child of Mr. Forney Lackey of this place was burned to death. It seems the mother went out of the house for a bucket of water telling the child to stay in until she came back. On returning she found the child screaming with its eyes burned out. Having gone too close to the fire its clothe became ig nited by the flames which enveloped and burned the little fellow so badly that he died before the doctor arrived. Wife Shoots Husband, Mistaking Him For a Burglar. Wilmington, Special Returning to his home on a late train Thursday night, Frank Lahna, a well-known traveling man, upon entering his house was mistaken by Mrs. Lahna for a burglar, and shooting through the door she wounded him in the hip. Mr. Lahna cried out at the crack of pistol and his wife recognizing his voice desisted from further shooting. Mr. Lahna is painfully but not ser ously wounded. Hand Torn Off by Corn Shredder. Concord, Special Ernest Untz, the young son of Mr. G. J. Untz, of No. 2 township, sustained a serious in jury Thursday afternoon while feed ing a. corn shredder. He was passing up the stalks when his Tight arm was caught in the machine, and before re lief could be given him four fingers and the major portion of his hand were torn off. It is quite probable that his hand will have to be taken off entirely as the bones were pretty badly shattered. Insanity Dodge Fails. Wilson, Special. An interesting case was tried in superior court here Saturday. On Christmas Eve, 1907, Roy Goshea went to the home of Sa rah Armstrong in this city and killed her with a butcher knife. Goshea then was pronounced insane and sent to the asylum. Recently authorities there pronounced him sane, and he was returned here for trial. His de fense was insanity, but he was con victed and given ten years in the penitentiary.. about twenty steps from the building in which the dance was held and be- jures sustained in the Harvard game gan firing at each other. Erroyo was ! Saturday. instantly killed and his body tell across Moriale's. The latter lived for about an hour. Mine Explosion Kills Twelve. Johnstown, Pa., Special. Twelve men were killed in the Cambria Steel Company's coal mine 2 miles from ho-ro Sunflav nirht. as the result of Or- Guilford County Poultry Raisers ganize. . Greensboro, Special. At a meeting of local poultry fanciers held Friday night the Guilford County Poultry Association was organized for the purpose - of encouraging the growing Four Women Sent to Roads on Charge of Vagrancy. Durham, Special. Justice Pegram sent four women to the roads Friday morning cn charges of vagrancy with allegations of a Avorse nature. They take terms of 30 days. The city court has been much worried by a growing class of workless women and has de cided to put them where they can serve the county. New York City. Deterioration for :he past month in the condition of Mtton was somewhat less than nor-. mal, being 3.9 points, against 3.6 points last year, 4 point in 1907, '7.5 points in 1906, 4.3 points in 1905 and S points in 1903. In 1904 condition gained 1.6 points. The loss of 3.9 points ma"kes condi tion this month 55.6 compared with 57.5 last year and 62.4 in 1907. De terioration was most marked in Ala bama, Mississippi and Louisiana, where declines were 5.9 points, 7.9 points and 10 points, respectively. . Owing to the very favorable weath-' sr conditions picking has proceeded with marked rapidity, 75 per cent be ing gathered against 71 per cent last year, 65 per cent the year before and 56 per cent in 1906. Only once has this been exceeded since 1903, when in 1904, 76 per cent was picked at this time. Texas and Louisiana are aearly picked out, where 83 per cent is gathered in the former and 90 per cent in the latter. Unusually favorable weather condi tidons with practically no scarcity of labor enabled farmers to gather the crop with great rapidity, giving a clean staple and free from stains. MILLS TO BUY SEVERAL BALES OF INDIAN COTTON Anderson, S. C. President R. C. Townsend of the Townsend twine mills, and President Ellison A. Bmythe of Pelzer . cotton mills, have placed orders for several hundred bales of Indian cotton, and it is "un derstood that other mills in the Pied mont section have done likewise. The Indian cotton is of a shorter staple than the upland cotton, but is as white and smooth. The mills are going to experiment with this cotton, and if it works satisfactory the mill men are confident large orders will be placed at once. The experiment is being made with this cotton 'on account of the high price of Ameri can cotton. The Indian cotton was bought at 11 1-3 cents, f. o. b.. New York. The freight to Anderson is 56 cents per hundred pounds. This cotton can, therefore, be laid down here for about 11 3-4 cents, while the American cotton is bringing 14 1-4 cents here now. BANKS WILL MAKE LOANS ON STORED COTTON Atlanta, da. Banks an 9 . orgia have agreed to loan, upon cotton stor ed in Farmers' Union warehouses in this state, a sum aggregating several million dollars, to the end that the commodity thus financed may be held until the price reaches 15c. That was the announcement made on behalf of tfie Farmers' Union by R. F. Duckworth, former state presi dent, and now chairman of the na tional executive committee. The agreement has been actually executed, Mr. Duckworth says, and it will go into effect at once.' The banks pubscribing to the ar rangement will advance money up to a basis of 13 cents a pound val uation. For this accommodation, it is understood, interest is charged on a basis of 8 per cent. The arrangement will become effec tive at once, so that members own ing cotton stored in warehouses ' and pressed for funds, may approach the banks designated by their officials and obtain sufficient funds to relieve their Immediate needs. 18-CENT COTTON IS NOW PREDICTED BY PATTEN New York City. James A.-Patten, the Chicago wheat king, who is re puted to have just taken another for tune of $4,000,000 from the bull side of the cotton market, is the dominat ing influence in the trading on the New York Cotton Exchange. Prices are booming, and it is almost univer sally believed here that Patten is the boomer. Patten himself is in Chicago, but his campaign is being carried on in the New York market through score or more of his agents here according to the firm belief on the floor. There was some heavy profit-taking but prices held firm and all hands were predicting another rise this af ternoon. The bulls appear to be in were predicting another rise. The bulls appear to be in absolute con trol of the situation, and Patten's ad herents are as sincere in their belie in his infallibility as ever .were Sul ly's in the palmiest days of the erst while "cotton king." REVOLUTION IN GREECE. Government Forta and Rebel Torpedo Boats Exchange Shots. Athens, Greece. After almost 2,000 years which have elapsed since Them istocles gained a memorable victory over the Persians, Salamis again was the scene of a naval battle. The correspondent of the Associat-j ed Press has just returned here from Scaramanga, where he witnessed 20 minutes of fighting between field bat teries and big warships - on the ono side and the mutinous band of raval officers which quitted the capital with, torpedo .boats on the other. Some of the projectiles struck the arsenal buildings, but the correspond ent saw only 0e shell hit a torpedo boat the Speudona which was Im mediately enveloped in a cloud of smoke. During the action the torpedo boats gradually retired, steaming back ward until they obtained the shelter of the headland, when the firing ceas ed. The rebel vessels, while ths en gagement was In progress, returned the fire of the warships and field ar tilleries, but apparently little damage was done on either side. The rebels were led by Lieutenant Tibaldos and are reported to have numbered 300 men. Athens remains quiet, .but much suppressed excitement prevails. An official statement has been is sued, stating that the arsenal, whlchr was in the hands of the rebels, has been recaptured, and that the mutin ous torpedo boats are expected to surrender. Contract Let For Doutle Tracking Into Concord. Concord, Special. Assistant Chief Engineer Durham of the Southern Railway was in the city Friday and stated that contracts had already been let for the double-tracking of the Southern's line to this city from Kannapolis. Work on this link will begin this week, and the crew that is now located at Landis will be trans ferred to the Phifer place, one mile above the city, where a camp will be pitched. w SXtoi. f fine poultry ,ul f tta pnotkjn x- tL aii (ho aa nrfi fnr- of JV poultry show. The following oi- Sgners Three men csV-aped" with ficers were elect! : - C.-F. Nicholson, eigners. x k president: 'W. M. Montgomery, firs! tneir lives uy a fwiwub 1 . . , T, o o TVrifk . ., i : rvr.- vir-M resident: lev. o. o. j.uncw. loHfiPts tnrousrn doiwuuus uuuc and falling slate up the walls main shaft. ne gas vice' prgsident; Rev. S. S. Mvrick. of the ' second yc president; L. IT. Cherry, becieiarv: E. D. Ilodgin treasurer. Watauga's Record Shipment of Cattle. Talorsville, Special. About three hundred head of tine Wautauga cattle were shipped from here Friday and Saturday, ' their destination being Rock HilU S, XJnaJs. , tbev largest shipment ever made to one point f rom this place. Mr. T. W. Watson of Wa tauga did the shipping. Beside these, fifty head were sent through the coun try to Salisbury. OFOSSUH DESTROYED U. S. MAIL Practical Jcke Will Get Louisiana People Into Trouble. Washington, D. C A practical joke, with an opossum as the chief factor, is likely to get some prominent people Into trouble with the United States government. A party of about twenty-five well known people of Leeo ville, La., placed an opossum in the., package bin of the local postoffice. When the postmaster opened the bin he found that the mail had been chewed to fragments by the animal. The names of the jokers have been obtained by the department and ac tion against them will be instituted in the near future. LATE NEWS NOTES. General. Evidently having in view some of the criticisms aimed at - those who have been engaged in locating the weevil and warning the farmers, at the same time telling them how to make cotton, even, in. the presence of the insect, State Commissioner of Ag riculture and Commerce H. E. Blakes lee will shortly publish a statement on the subject. Seventy-five thousand pounds of to bacco, belonging to C. A. Simpson of Grant county, Kentucky, who was aided in its shipment by state mili tia, arrived in Lexington. Simpson is not a member of the Burley pool. Having been threatened, and fearing interference if he attempted to ship his tobacco, he appealed to Governor Wilson for aid. The governor detail ed a detachment of state troops from Cynthiana to go to Grant county and assist .in the shipment of th tobacco. In their effort to give President Taft a royal welcome when he visited Jackson, Miss., the citizens had an entire banquet furnished from Chi cago. The hotel where the dinner was given supplied nothing but the chairs and the tables. Linen, china, glassware, silverware and food were shipped from Chicago. Forty ser vants, including the most skilled waiters and the finest cooks to ba ' found in Chicago, traveled the seven hundred and thirty-eight miles to the Mississippi city to prepare and serve the repast in the most artistic and p proed fashion. Of the food, only filet of pompano and roast wild tur key, both of which are native of Mis sissippi, were obtained in Jackson. No wines were shipped from Chicago as Mississippi is a prohibition state. GREAT WASTE OF FUEL Louisiana Will Force Owners to Pre serve Wild Gas. New Orleans, La. What is declared by experts of the federal government to be the greatest waste of fuel in the United States may he checked by legal action taken by the state of Lou isiana. "Wild" gas wells in the Caddo parish oil fields have for the past two years sent their flames with unabat ing force his?h into the air, entailing a loss of millions of cubic feet of ga3 daily. In response to inquiries, Attorney General Guion expres-ses the opinion that the state in its sovereign capac ity can bring action to stop the end less waste, i COLLEGE FOR POOR GIRLS. $1,000,000 Institution to Be Erected in' Boston, Mass. . j Bcfeton, Mass. Boston is to have a $1,000,000 college for the education of women and girls of the middle or poorer classes, where instruction will , be free and will prepare pupils to; perform -housework.-sewing, trades -or business suitable for women to earn sn independent living. This college has been made possible by the will of the late T?Tik B. Cottcn of Brook lyn, New York. Washington. The coast defense guns at Fort Hancock, near Sandy Hook, N. have made a new record. At a mov ing target four miles off the ten-inch disappearing guns were fired and four hits out of four shots in one minute-, were recorded. Half a million dollars In the Chero kee, Choctaw and Chickasaw Indian tribal funds is involved in a decision announced by the comptroller ot the treasury authorizing the disbursing officer to pay claimants entitled to re ceive the money on behalf of minors or deceased ' allotees. There are ap proximately ten thousand minors to whom are due amounts ranging frora 3 cents to $50. The $500,000 is ex clusive of what may be found duo the Choctaw and Chickasaw freedmen and the Mississippi Choctaws, whoe right to participate in the tribal fuud is yet to be determined. The prevailing sentiment in the in land waterways commission is not yet in favor of the issue of bonds for "the improvement of iiiLenial va terwavs. President Taft has ex pressed himself in a tentative -way, at least, in favor of thus raising mon ey to expediate the improvements of rivers and harbors, but the commis sion is not convinced that this is de sirable. President Taft has approved the sentence of dismissal in the case of First Lieutenant Edward W. Terry, Twenty-second infantry, recently tried and convicted by courtmartial at Fort Gibbon, Alaska. Terry had given his pledge in 1906 to abstain from intoxicating liquors for five years, this he violated while cn duty. The supreme court of Illinois held that the city of Cbicago was respon sible, for cars burned in the railroad riot3 in Chicago In 1S94, whether or not they were owned by the compviy on whose tracks they stood when de stroyed. The court declared tlie rail road company held the earv? a bullee. Secretary of the Treasury II nc Veagh has awarded a silver u:edal of honor to Second Ieutesa:it M. -'-Usina, cf the revenue cutter .service. for gallant conduct in saving Ml.' Emily Gray from drowning last July at Fort Morsan, Ala.
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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Nov. 3, 1909, edition 1
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