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MORE CUSTOMS FRAUDS
10 Assistant Weighers Dropped
From Rolls in New York.
MEN HAVE BEEN REMOVED
Mr. Loeb Announces That the "General
House-Cleaning" in the Custom Hcuse
Service Has Been Completed.
New York City. A new series of
rlitged customs frauds was brought
to iight here with the arrest of
Thomas C. Giddings, a customs weigh
er, on an indictment charging him
with conspiracy to defraud the gov
ernment in connection with importa
tions of figs in 1906. According to
tho federal prosecutors, Giddings un-
derweighed two shipments of figs con
signed to local importers, recording
the weight of the first shipment at
30.00' pounds instead of 40,600, and
defrauding the government of the
duiv on $,700 pounds of the figs con
taiiied in the second shipment. .
The indictment against Giddings, it
is intimated, is the first of a series
whica the government hopes to obtain
from the grand jury now in session
as a result of following up Collector
Loeb's investigations and dismissals
Ten more assistant weighers have
been dropped by Colector Loeb from
the customs service.
Mr. Loeb announced that with these
dismissals the "general house-cleaning"
in the customs house as the re
sult of the investigation to under
weishine frauds had been completed.
Some individual cases remained, how
ever, on which he might find it nec
essary to take action, the collector
adding.
Including these last dismissals, a
total of S3 men have been removed
bv the collector since the work of
readjustment of the staff m the cus
toms service began.
RATES OF ADVERTISIU6:
Om Square, oao laerttoa.....
One Square, two Insert leas.... t.99
One Square, one month .f
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Ojnannnnv
For Larger Advertise
ments Liberal Contracts
will bo made.
150 CORMJUTOUflD.
Conceded That No More Men Are Living
In Cher.y, II'.; Mine.
Cherry. III. After mnra than n-na
hundred and fifty bodies had been
uncovered m the St. Paul mine ef
forts to carry them to the
were temporarily abandoned while an.
enon was made to check a fire which,
again threatened the main shaft.
The mine has been sealed, and will
remain so for weeks.
That no men survive in the minq
now is generally conceded.
An accurate count of the victims
has not been made, but it is now be
lieved all but a score of the missing
men have been accounted for.
ThoJbodies discovered were found
five hundred feet from the main shaft
on an elevated surface, where they
had retreated before the advancing
water and fatal black damp. They
died after a strugle that may have
continued for two days.
Messages, scrawled on wood and
the natural slate cropping from the
walls, placed the number of dead at
one hundred and sixty of one. hundred
and sixty-eight. One message said:
.'We are all here to die together'
This is accepted by mine officials
as indicating that many men whose
escape from the second vein had been
cut off by fire had descended to tiw
lowest level, and that less than' a
dozen bodies will be found in other
sections . of the mine.
TOWNS DOOMED.
Canary sla.d Trembling Through Ac
tion of Volcano.
Santa Cruz, Teneriffe. Four town3
in the path of the streams of lava
that are thrown out by half a dozen
craters, are threatened with destruc
tion. The situation is critical. The
inhabitants of the apparently doomed
towns are fleeing, and those of a
fifth, Arguayo, have appealed for aid.
The four chiefly endangered by lava
pre Tanquek, Tamaimo, Chasna and
Santiago.
The entire island is rocked almost
continuously by the tremblers, explo
sions and eruptions. The ashes dark
en the sky all over the Canaries, float
ing many miles. Ravines and gullies
are filled with lava. Flames shoot
from the peaks to great heights, some
times reaching more than 1,000 feet.
From all over the island refugees
are fleeing to Santa Cruz. The gov
ernment has . started work on the
opening of a way from Guia to San
Juan on the coast. The Red Cross
has a large organization in the field.
LAND OFFCE SHAKE. UP.
Sensation is Predicted That Will As
tonish Whole Country.
Washington, D. C. A shake-up in
the administration of the general
land office and prosecutions for land
frauds in the west that will create a
sensation throughout the entire coun
try is predicted by close friends of
the administration as the ultimate re
sult of the so-called Ballinger-Pinchot
controversy.
The recent appointment of Francis
J. Honey, the graft prosecutor, to his
eld post in charge of the land cases
in Oregon is said to be but the be
ginning of the upheaval promised in
the general land omce.
If Attorney General Wickersham
finds that Secretary Ballinger, in
connection with the Cunningham coal
land claims while he was out of the
government service, had interfered
with his administration of the inte
rior department, the secretary will
either be asked to resign or be trans
ferred to another depatment of the
govenment.
AMERICAN liOLD OUTPUT.
Value of the Product in 1908 Fixed
at $94,560,000.
Washington, D. C. The gold min
ers ot the United States produced
$94,350,000 worth of the precious met
al during 1908, according to the Unit
ed States geological survey and tho
bureau of mints, which have co-operated
in pieparing an analysis of the
reports from private refineries and
federal mints and "assay offices.
The total gold product was 4,574,
340 ounces, a net increase in-value
of $-1,124,300.
Colorado leads with a 'productive
value of $22,871,000; Alaska was sec
ond with $19,858,800, and California
was third with $19,329,700.
REWARD FOR BRAVERY.
Man Given an Orange Grove for Sav
ing Boy's Life.
New York City. Benjamin Le'vin
of 4946 Michigan avenue, Chicago, has
given an orange grove in Florida as
a reward to Private Charles J. Mor
ris of the United States signal corps,
stationed on Bedloe's Island, for hav
ing saved Mr. Levin's 10-year-old son,
Robert, from drowning. Mr. Levin
and his son went to the island to see
the Statue of Liberty, and while there
the lad fell overboard, and the sol
dier, through an act of remarkable
heroism, drew him from the water.
When Mr. Levin found it was im
possible to obtain the soldier's promo
tion, he offered him his choice be
tween a life position in Chicago at
?150 a month or an eighty-acre orange
grove in Florida, fully equipped with
a house and implements for conduct
ing it. Morris accepted the vprange
grove, and Mr. Levin gave him suf
ficient cash to buy his discharge from
the army and pay the expenses of
himself and his wife to Florida.
LUMBER OUTPUT TOR 1900.
Yellow Pine of the South Amounts to
Third of Total Cut.
Washington, D. C. Washington,
Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas and
Wisconsin, in the order named, con
stitute the big five in producing the
country's lumber supply, whose valu
ation for the last year runs far above
the half-million-dollar mark.
Yellow pine of the south, which has
been far in the lead in the lumber
production for more than a decade,
more than maintained its supremacy
last year, contributing slightly more
than 33 per cent of the total cut from
all kinds.
Louisiana was the heaviest producer
of yellow pine lumber. Texas, Missis
sippi, Arkansas and Alabama follow
ed in the order named.
Oak lumber manufacture now cen
ters in Kentucky, West Virginia and
Tennessee.
W. N. CONFERENCE
Appointments Bead Change of Name
of Church Discussed Rev C. F.
Sherrill Imprudent Rev. H. L.
Atkins Desperately 111 Interesting
Statistics.
Th Western North Carolina Con
fererjr of the M. E. church South, in
assembly at Hickory was saddened
Monday " by a telegram read at the
opening session that Rev. IL. L. At
kins was at the point of death at Ban
ders, Texas. Rev. H. M. Blair .by re
quest led the conference in interces
sory prayer for him and family.
A motive was made and discussed
favoring the movement to change the
name of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, to Episcopal Metho
dist church.
Rev. C. F. Sherrill against whom
certain charges were preferred was
buspended from the ministry for 30
aay, not for immorality, but impru
dence. The statistical questions were call
ed and answered. In round numbers
these figures show that the Church
membership in t he conference is now
89,000, a gain of about 3,000 over last
year. During the year the conference
has paid $19,000 for foreign missions,
$12,000 for domestic missions, $6,000
for Church extension, $671 for Bible
cause, $71,000 for presiding elders'
salaries, $2,680.90 for bishops' fund,
making a total of $151,116 for all
purposes.
The following appointments were
read :
ASHEVILLE DISTRICT D. Atkins,
presiding elder.
Asheville, Bethel D. J. Miller.
Central G. H. Detwiler.
Haywood Street T. L. Lallance.
North. Asheville C. C. Marley.
Bald Creek Circuit W. L. Ed
wards. Biltmore and Mount Pleasant. C.
H. Christ enbury.
Burnsville Station A. F. Rutledge.
Burnsville Circuit Ruf us E.
Brady.
Elk Mountain Elmer Simpson.
Fairview Circuit J. A. Fry.
Hendersonville Ci--uit. C. E.
Hypes.
Hot Springs Circuit C. R. Aldson.
Marshall E. O. Lawion.
Mars Hill L. H. Griffith.
Riverside To be suplied.
Swannaona Circuit D. R. Uroffitt.
Tryon and Saluda W. A. Newell.
Weaverville Station W. E. Poovey
Weaversville Circuit C. L. Keever.
Reidsville Station L. T. Mann.
Ruffing Circuit J. F. Hornbuckle.
Uwharie J. A. Sbarpe.
Wentworth A. L. Aycock.
Editor North Carolina Christian
Advocate, H. M. Blair, assistan editor,
W. L. Sherrill; secretary-treasurer
Greensboro College, W. M. Curtis;
missionary to Korea, J. R. Moore.
MORGANTON DISTRICT R. M.
Hoyle, Presiding Elder.
Bakersville M. A. Osborn. J
Broad River J. L. Meneer.
Cliffside A. C. Swafford.
Connelly Springs E, C. Puzey; R.
3. Abernethy, superintendent.
Elk Park William M. Johnson.
Green River W. S. Cherry.
Forest City J. F. Moser.-
Henrietta and Caroleen L. P.
Bogle.
Morganton Station W. T. Womble.
Morgan Circuit E. M. Modling.
Marion Station II. II. Jordan.
McDowell Circuit D i. Richard
son. North Catawba J. J. Brooks.
Old Fort W. C. Malone.
Rutherford ten T. J. Rogers; J. B.
Carpenter, assistant.
Rutheford'College E. E. Cree.
Spruce Pine E. E. Jones.
Table Rock Albeit Sherrill.
Thermla City J. E. Womack.
Hartland M. E. Tuttle.
West Statesville Circuit E. E.
Yates. .- -
Statesville, Broad Street Harold
Turner.
Race Street O. J. Hinson.
Stoney "Point T. B. Johnson.
Troutman J. J. Edwards.
Conference missionary evangelist,
D. H. Coman; president Davenport
Female College, C. C. Weaver; pro
fessor in Davenport College, J. B.
Craven.
WHY THE CHURCHES FAIL.
Bishop Williams Says It's Because
Church Doesn't Do Duty.
Kansas City, Mo. That America is
in a worse state of class conscious
ness and social stratification than is
England, and that the churches are
wasting time over the details of
creed and ritual instead of being the
leaders In declaring, those spiritual
principles which are the guidance of
society, was declared by the Right
Rev. Charles S. Williams, Episcopal
Bishop of Michigan, in an address
here.
'The masses are leaving the church
because the .church does not concern
itself with the vital questions of the
masses," he said.
"We have no right to turn away a
beggar because his breath smells of
whisky and receive into the front
pew a wealthy debauchee because he
helps support the church."
GHOULS TAKE BABY'S BODY.
Fiends Rob Grave of Infant Son of
Montana Millionaire.
Great Falls, Mont. One of the most
fiendish crimes ever committed in
thi3 vicinity was brought to light
when the sexton of Highland Ceme
tery found that some time during the
Eight the grave of the infant son of
HarSeld Conrad, son of William Con
rad, the Great Falls millionaire bank
er and former candidate for the dem
ocratic vice presidential nomination,
had been opened and the body of
the child made away with. The only
iea&cm which can be ascribed for the
crime is that the perpetrator desired
t( hold the body for ransom. The
tnild died a year ago.
ASTOR IS SAFE.
H' Yacht Was in San Juan After the
Hurricane.
New York City. The Astor yacht
oiumahai was seen in the San Juan
I r a week aS b7 the steamer
, Luckenbach. which arrived
The yacht Nourmahal was battered
L terrific West Indian storm,
Put into San Juan for repairs,
u wa3 Cclonel Astor's intention to
aavl San Juan for Ponce as- soon
the repairs were completed.
Newsy Paragraphs.
The Manchester, England, federa
tion has recommended that the time
curtailment now in force in the cot
ton mills be continued until the end
of February
Mrs. Augusta E. Stetson, who has
been living in seclusion since her ex
communication recently by the moth
er church of the Christian Scientists
in Boston," announced - that she has
resigned from the membership of the
First Church of Christ, Scientist,
New York, of which s.he was formerly
first reader.
A letter from Chief Forester Gif
ford H. Pinchot was read at the Na
tional Farm congress -in Chicago. Mc
Pinchot said that upon the develop,
nient of the country's farm lands de
pends the vitally important increase
in the food supply, and also the in
.crease in the proportion of the popu
lttion Which lives on the farms.
A bill was introduced in the Cuban
senate for the establishment of a na
tional currency on the guld basis, and
similar to that of the United States.
Ihe gold coins are to be of five, ten
and twenty-dollar pieces and the sub
sidiary coins of silver, nickel and cop
per. The amount of coin issued is to
be determined by a currency commis
sion to be appointed by the government.
The arrival of the steamer Utstein
at Bluefields, Nicaragua, from New
Orleans, bringing ten thousand rifles
and a great quantity of ammunition,
gives the Estrada army complete con
trol of the revolutionary situation.
Estradia is now ready to . proceed
against -Managua. The rebels now
hold" more than half the country.
Word was received from New Orleans
that Estrada will be recognized .by
Washington soon. It was reported
fronr Greytown that the government
troops are bottled up , there and are
ready to surrender.
CHARLOTTE DISTRICT H. K.
Boycr, Presiding Elder.
Charlotte, Belmont Park L. A.
Falls.
Brevard Street Ira Irwin.
Calvary E. E. Williamson.
Chadwicx and Seversville H. H.
Bobbins.
Dilworth and Big Springs A. L.
Coburn.
North Charlotte W. O. Goode.
Trinity E. L. Bain A. W. Plyler
assistant.
Tryon Street G. T. Rowe, W. L.
Nicholson, suernumerary.
Derita Seymour xaylor.
Lilesville C. H. Clyde.
Matthews E. J. Poe.
Monroe, Central H. F. Chreitz
burg. Morven To be supplied.
Mount Zion J. W. Clegg.
North Monroe and Icemorlee W.
T. Albright.
Pineville W. S. Hales.
Polkton L. T. Cordall.
Prospect C. C. Brinkman.
Unionville A. J. Burns.
Wadesfcoro J. H. West.
Waxhaw- C. M. Campbell.
Weddingion J. II. .Bradley.
"Principal Wedington Academy, J.
M. Downum; principal Piedmont In
dustrial school, J. A. Baldwin; mis
sionary to Japan, S. A; Stewart; stu
dent Vanderbilt University, N. S.
Ogburn.
MOUNT AIRY DISTRICT R. M.
Taylor, Presidint Elder.
Boone Circuit T. E. Weaver.
Creston Circuit E. M. Jackson.
Elkin Station R. C. Tuttle.
Daibury Circuit D. A. Finkley.
East Bend Circuit J. S. Mock.
Helton E. L. Doggett.
Jefferson Circuit F. L. Shore.
Jonesville W. T. Carner.
Laurel Springs Circuit O. P.
Routh.
Mount Airy Circuit-J. D. Gibson.
Mount Airy Station J. F. Elk.
North Wilkesboro Station Z.
Parris.
Pilot Mountain Circuit J. C. Rich
ardson. Rockford Circuit.-xT. J. Houck.
Rural Hall Circuit C. A. Swift.
Sparta Circuit J. C. Keever.
Watauga Circuit B. F. Fincher.
Wilkes Circuit J. Wr. Kennedy.
Wilkesboro Station B. F. Hargett
Yadkinville Circuit B. A. Tork.
Student Vanderbilt, W. O. RudisUI.
FRANKTTN DISTRICT J. E. Gay,
- Presiding Elder.
Andrews tSation L. D. Thompson.
Bryson Cit' and Whittier A. S.
Raper.
Dillsboro and Sylva C. H. Neal.
Franklin Circuit W. I. Hughes.
Franklin Station M. F. More.
Glenville Circuit R. L. Andrews.
Hayesville J. R. Warren.
Hiawassee Circuit Guy Bryant.
West Market E. IC. McLarty.
Maco CircuitA. W. Jacobs.
Murphy Station W. E. Abernethy.
Murphy Circuit J. H. Hopkins.
Robbinsville A. F. Foster.
Webster Circuit J. A. Peeler.
SALISBURY DISTRICT J. C.
Rowe, Presiding Eder.
Albemarle Station E. C. Sprinkle.
Albemarle Circuit P. W. Tucker.
Bethel and Big Lick S. S. Higgins.
China Grove J. J. Eads.
Concord Central P. T. Durham.
Epworth J. A. J. Farrington.
Forest Hill -W. L. Hutchins.
West Concord W. C. Jones.
Concord Circuit W. P. McGhee.
Cottonville Circuit E. A. Wiley.
Jackson Hill Circuit E. M. Avett.
Kannapolis W. B. Shinn.
Lexington Station A. L. Stanford.
Linwcod Circuit A. R. Surratt.
Mount Pleasant N. R. Richardson.
New London Circuit O. J. Jones.
Norwood Station T. E. Wagg.
Salem Sation G. A. Stamper.
Salisburj', First Church S. P. Tnr-
rentme.
Holmes Memorial C. M. Short.
South Main Street W. O. Davis.
Salisbury Circuit J. T. Stover.
Spencer Station R. D. Sherrill.
East Spencer, North Main C. A. B
Holderbj'; J. P. Lunning, supernum
erary. Woodleaf Circuit M. B. Riden-hour.
Principal New London High School
. D. Rankin.
GREENSBORO DISTRICT W. R.
Ware, Presiding Elder. .
Asheboro Circuit James Wilson.
Ashboro Station C. A. Wood.
Coleridge R. L. Fruit.
Denton II. V. Clarke.
East Greensboro S. T. Barber."
Greensboro, Caraway Memorial S.
B Richardson.
Centenary D. M. Litaker, W. L.
Grissom, assistant.
Spring Garden Street J. W. Lon.
. Walnut Street J. W. Ingle.
West Market E. K. McLarty.
West Greensboro W. L. Dawson.
High Point, South Main O. P.
Ader.
Washington Street J. E. Thomp
son. Liberty C. II. Caviness.
Pleasant Garden R. A. Taylor.
Ramseur and Franklin ville J. E.
Woosley.
Randlercan and Naomi G. E.
Eaves. -
Randolph Circuit L. E. Stacy.
SHELBY DISTRICT J. R. Scroggs,
- Presiding Elder.
Belwood Circuit W. V. Hunnicutt.
Bessemer Citv J. F. Armstrong.
- Cherryville, Melton Crouse M. B.
Clegg.
El Bethel E. G. Kilgore.
Gastonia, Main Street G. D. Her
man.
West End and Franklin Avenue J.
C. Harmon.
Ozark NT C. Smith. .
Kings Mountain D. F. Carver.
Lincolnton Station F. L. Town
send. Lincoln Circuit J. W. Strider. N
Lowell M. D. Hix.
I.owesville D. P. Waters.
McAdenville R. S. Howie.
Mount Holly J. A. Bowles.
- Polkville W. M. Boring.
Shelby, Central To be suplied; A.
G. Garrett, supernumerary.
Lafayette Street T. E. Smiley.
Shelby Circuit E. M. Crowder.
South Fork II. G. Stamey.
Stanley Creek B. Wilson.
Wayesworth J. Frank Harrison.
STATESVILLE DISTRICT J. N.
Huggins, Presiding Elder.
Alexander, Circuit E. Meyers.
CaldwdL Circuit J. C. W. Hollo
way. Catawba Circuit J. M. Price.
East Monbo To be supplied.
Davidson R. E. Atkinson.
Granite Falls W. F. Sanford.
- Hickory Circuit P. E. Brittain.
Hickory Station-r J. H. Weaver.
Iredell Circuit- J. P. Davis.
Lenoir Circuit J. O. Erwin.
Lenoir Station C. M. Pickens.
Maiden T. S. Coble.
Mooresvillft Circuit M. T. Steele'.'
" Mooresville Station R. M. Court
noy. - -
Newton E. W. Fox.
Rock Springs W. F. Elliott.
. Statesville Circuit- J. D. Rankin.
SOUTHERN LAND IDLE
i , .
Less Than One-Fourth of South'
Acreage Being Tilled.
THE COMMERCIAL CONGRESS
WAYNES VILLE DISTRICT W. H.
Williams, Presiding Elder.
Brevard Station C. S. Kirkpatrick
Brevard Circuit R. C. Kirk.. .
Bethel E. D. Stabbeler.
Canton L. B. Abernethy.
Clyds-nJ. II. Green.
Haywood J. F. Starnes.
Johnalhan T. A. Groce.
Leicester C. II. Curtis.
Mills River J. W. Williams.
North Haywood C. E. Steadman. !
Spring Creek J. B. Parham.
Sulphur Springs J. W. Campbell.
Wayncsville Station J. II. Barn-
hardt.
West Asheville S. E. -Barnhardt.
Missionary to Korea M. B. Stokes.
WINSTON DISTRICT T. F. Marr,
Presiding Elder.
Advance L. L. Smith.
Cooleemee W. Y. Scales.
Davidson Circuit J. T. Ra Hedge.
Davie; P. E. Parker.
Farmington A. C. Lof tin.
Forsythe J. S. Hiatt.
Kernersville II. C. Byrum.
Leaksville A. T. Bell.
Lewisville J. B. Tabcr.
Madison and Mayodan L. W. Col
ins. Mocksville B. Margeson.
North Thomasville A. B. Bell.
Spraj- and Draper T. C. Jordan.
Stockesdale L. T. Herndon.
Stonesville J. II. Robertson.
Summerfield C. F. Gcode.
Thomasville, Main Street Parker ;
Homes.
Walkertown M. II. Vestal.
Walnut Cove J. II. Brendall.
Winston, Burkehead W. II. Biles.
Centenary J. E. AT-ernethy.
Grace W .M. Robbins.
Southside and Salem T. R. Wolfe.
Agent Children's Home J. P. Rod-
gers.
West End W. A. Lambeth.
Transferred: W. W. Peele, J. .C.
Wooten, F. S. Love, M. Y. Self, C.
R. Ross, M. A. Smith, to North Caro
lina Conference; J. P. Ilipps, to East
Columbia Conference; V. L. Marsh to
Virginia Conference, and A. H. Wish
ner, Baltimore Conference.
Startling Figures on Our Own Country
Will Be Presented to Southern
Commercial Congress.
DR. COOK CANNOT BE FOUND
M. P. CONFERENCE CLOSES
Most Successful Meeting at Randl3-
man Closes With Following Ap
pointments. Randleman, Special. The Metho
dist Protestants closed a most suc
cessful session Monday afternoon.
The stationing committee reported
as follows:- Alamance, W. M. Rikej
Albemarle, J. F. Dosier; Anderson, L.
W. Garringer; Asheville, J. I. Wil
liams; Buncombe, G. L. Curry;
Burlington, J. D. Williams; Caldwell,
H. D. Garman; Chatham, J. R. Hut
ton; Chesterfield, J. W. Self; Cleve
land, W. D. Reed ; Concord, A. O.
Lindley; Davidson, J. W. Hulin;
Denton, W. A. Ledford; Fairfield, F.
W. Easter; Fairview, D. A. Braswell;
Flat Rock, AV. F. Kennett ; Forsythe,
W. C. Lassiter; Gaston, T. A. Wil
liams; Graham and Haw River, A.
H. Bryan; Granville, J. W. Frenk;
Greensboro, T. J. Ogburn; Greenville,
W. D. Fogleman; Guilford, J. II.
Stowe; Halifax, W. L. Harris; Haw
River, C. E. M. Roper: Henderson, R.
M. Andrews; High Point, A. G. Dix
on; Ivy, W. A. Lamar; La.G range, J.
H. Abernathy; Lebanon, J. H. MoJon;
Liberty, C. J. Edwards;. Lincoln, T.
F. McCulloch; Littleton, S. W. Tay
lor; Mebane, G. W. Holmes; Mecklen
burg, O. D. Stacy; Mocksville, W. J.
Hackney; Monroe, W. P. Martin;
Mount Hermon, J. A. Burgess; Oak
Ridge, W. R. Lowdermilk; Orange
Homer Casto; Pinnacle and Mount
Zion, T. L. Hunter; Randleman, T. H.
Mathews; Randolph, W. F. Ashburn:
Roanoke, C. L. Whittaker; Rocking
ham, J. E. MeSwain; Rocky Mount,
nnsupplied; Saxapahaw, J. H. Bowman-;
Stanley, E. G. Lowdermilk; St.
Paul, II. W. Braswell; Tabernacle, C.
E. Cecil; Thomasville. Edward Suits;
Uwharie, Thomas Plyler; Vance, R.
C. Stubbing;. Why Not, J. A. Led-
better; Winston Station, W. T. MIllo
way; ' Winston Mission, D. R. Wil
liams; Yadkin College, II. E. Powell;
Welch Memorial, Thomas E. Davis.
Washington, D. C In view of the
present and increasing depression in
the rural and Lancashire districts of
the British Isles, conditions which
have been inveatigated by a royal
commission and reportei upon with
genuine alarm,-a paper will .be read
and discussed at the Southern Com
mercial Congress, December 6 and 7,
on "Opportunity for Southern Prop
aganda in the British Isles." The pa
per will be prepared by Thomas L.
Field of London, a Virginian by birth,
resident in England in connection with
varied shipping interests;.
Additioal subjects to be" considered
during the congress: "Nglected Agri
cultural Opportunities in the South,"
"Manufacturing Opportunities in ths
South," and "Colonization Opportuni
ties in the South," will all have rela
tion to the one great subject of at
tracting to the south elements of pop.
ulation that will strengthen rather
than tear down the civilization of
which the south is justly proud.
The committee on arrangements, at
the headquarters of the congress in
Washington, is already in receipt ot
letters from owners of large planta
tions and real estate men relative to
lands that could be grouped for colo
nization purposes, and it is hoped that
a safe working plan will be evolved
from the proceedings of the congress.
The South's Empty Acres.
State. . Total Acreage. Improved.
Alabama . . . .32,818,560 8,654,991
Arkansas . . .,33,616,000 6,933.735
Florida. . . . 35,110,040 1,511,653
Georgia .... 37,54,000 10,615,644
Kentucky, . . . 25,715.840 13,741,96Ss
Louisiana . . . 29,061,760 4,666,532
Maryland ... 6,362,240 3,516,352
Mississippi. . . 29,671,680 7,594,428
Missouri. . . . 43,985,280 22,900,043
North Carolina . 31,193,600 - 8,327,106
Oklahoma . . . 44,424,960 5,511,993
South Carolina '. 25,916,800 5,775,741
Tennessee. ... 26,679,680 10,245,950
Texas. . . . .167,034,720 19,576,076
Virginia .... 26,767,080 10,094,805
.West Virginia. . 15,374,0S0 5,498,981
Totals ... .612,096,920 145,185,999
The above figures show that less
than one-quarter of the land area of
the south is serving agricultural pur
poses, yet the distribution of rainfall,
the steady temperature, the long
growing seasons, the varieties of soil,
promise preeminence to the south in
agriculture when science and - brawn
unite to produce the result.
RED CROSS STAMPS.
Forty Million Dollars To Be Used On
Christmas Mail.
Washington, D. .C While .Uncle
Sam struggles under , the load of
Christmas packages in the mails this
year, there will be forty million Red
Cross stamps circulating on the mail
matter carrying the practical mes
sage of peace and good-will to the
four corners of the eartn.
The demand for Red Cross stamps,
always heavy at the Yuletide, gives
promise of exceeding all records this
year, and the Red Cross society is
preparing to meet the demand by in
creasing its supply of stamps from
thirty million to forty million.
These forty million stickers will be
sold for the benefit of the Red Cross
tuberculosis camps exclusively this
year. From the middle west particu
larly comes an increase in the de
mand, and in this the directors of
the society feel a new interest in the
work suddenly aroused by the mine
disaster at Cherry, 111.
Relief supplies of all kinds for the
stricken people at Cherry are being
sent from all parts of the country to
that place in care of Ernest P. Bick
nell, director of the Red Cross, who is
at Cherry in personal charge of the
relief work.
MURDERER HELPS MOTHER.
Admits Double Killing So Mother May
Get Reward.
Galion, Ohio. That, as he said, his
mother might get the reward, Edward
Bachman, under indictment for bur
glary in five counts by the grand jury
here, has confessed that he was guil
ty of a double murder, committed in
Gulfport, Miss., in October, 1908, dur
ing a celebration there. He shot and
killed Policeman Lee Varnada and a
bystander who had been deputized by
the officer to arrest Bachman, he said.
Chief Woldman, communicated with
the authorities at Gulfport and ascer
tained that the murders confessed by
Bachman had been, sommilted.
Medical Advertising in Japan.
In future no licensed medical prac
iiticner will be permitted to 1 adver
tise in Japan details of methods of
medical treatment or the history or
success of such mctnoas. iociora
and dentists connected with hospitals
or engaging in .general practice will
not " be allowed to advertise any in
formation beyond that - indicating
their degrees and specialties. In this
respect the ordinance approximates
perhaps more to the American idea
Df what is legitimate, for it is quite
common to find in transatlantic jour
nals small rectangular spaces -containing
the name, address and tele
phone number of some -practitioner,
with an indication of the branch or
branches of work in which he claims
to be especially adept and instructed.
(Dundee Advertiser.
Brother Quiets the Exasperations
By Saying the Doctor is Near
New York Taking a B.est.
New York, Special. Dr. Freder
ick A. Cook dropped completely from
public view Sunday. Not even John
R, Bradley, whose money was behind
his polar explorations, knows where
he is. Confiding his secret to only
one man and perhaps to his wife, the
Brooklyn explorer - slipped, quietly
and mysteriously away, leaving . be
hind a string of puzzled and exasper
ated friends, and a debate more acri
monious than that which followed his'
announcement of September last that
he had discovered the North Pole on
April 21, 1908. - -
Charles Wake, an insurance man of
this city, appears to be the only one
who knows the mystery of Dr. Cook's
whereabouts. And Wake is firm in
his resolve to keep his lips sealed un
til Cook himself sees fit to take the
public into, his confidence.
A New York dispatch says that
they found Dr. Frederick A. Cook .
Sunday night, that is, an authorita
tive statement was issued by his
brother, W. L. Cook, saying that the
explorer, who mysteriously dropped
from public visw Saturday, was still
in the vicinity , of New York, recu
perating. He was on the verge of a
nervous breakdown and his retire
ment was absolutely necessary.
The statement, as issued by Mr.
Cook follows:
"Dr. Cook is in the vicinity ot
New York trying to f,et' a much
needed rest. If he decides to go to
Europe there will be no secret' con- .s
cerning his departure. I think that
his friends and critics alike should
be charitable enough to allow him to
rest until his health is fully restored.
He has not been reading the news- ,
papers in the last few days and is
not responsible for the statements
that have been issued by those who
were acting as his spokesmen.
"In sending his data to Copen
hagen, Dr. Cook has fulfilled his ob
ligations to the public,"
WALTER WELLMAN SPEAKS.
A bwnei child dreads the fire, ad
mits the Phila3ephia Ledger, but
lots of divorced people marry again.
POPE'S NEW CANOS.
It is Believed it Will Affect
Marriages,
Rome, Italy. Pope Pius X has or
dered that a new canon law be pub
lished before Easter. Although the
terms are still kept secret, it is be
lieved on good authority that the
edict contains important" modifications
of the ' modernization regulations af
fecting marriage. The issuance or
the present law more than a year
ago attracted much attention, as it
marked another step in the fight of
the Vatican against the modern ten
dency of the church. The law affect
ed by the union of Catholics and non
Catholics, making - unrecognized any
marriage not performed by the priest.
Takes Strong Ground Against the
Claims of Dr. Cook Believes Him
an Impostor.
- Washington, Special. Walter. ...
Wellman, whose preparations for a
conquest of the North Pole in an
airship were abandoned upon the an
nouncement of the claims of Dr.
Frederick A. Cook and Commander
Robert E. Peary issued here Sunday
night a long statement in which he
analyzes the narrative of the two ex
plorers, declaring that t of Peary
"preicse, workmanlike, consistent,
credible in every patricular," and de
nouncing that of Dr. Cook as a self
evident and even deliberate impos-
ture.
"Cook's story is suspicious both in
what it does tell and what it does
not tell," Mr. Wellman declares.
"He is generally vague and indefi
nite but, like most men of his class, .
altogether too precise at the wrong
place. Nowhere does the story ring
true. It was always an approxima
tion of reality itself. This is true of
his figures, his description, every
thing.
"Those of. us who have had a
share in Arctic work," say Wellman,
in considering his analysis, "and who
have felt anxiety that no blot of
fraud should stain the proud record
of effort and sacrifice, had a first
hope that Dr. Cook would be able
to demonstrate his good faith. This
was disolvcd in the analysis of his
own story. A second hope that he
was the victim of some hallucination
of mental illness and himself believ
ed he had been to the Pole though of
course he has not, vanishes in the
light of earlier and subsequent
events. There remains, though one
says it with keenest alternative
that the journey which he did make,
and the report which he gave of it,
were deliberately planned from the
outset."
The gist of Mr. Willman's finding
is that with his meager party and
equipment Dr. Cook could not pos
sibly have acomplishcd the feat for
which he claims credit, that his as
tronomical data arc too minutely pre
cise to have been made under tho
claimed conditions in the field, and
that the explorer's dash for the lec
ture platform and his acceptance of
"crowns of flowers placed upon his
head by innocent women and chil
dren" before submitting his field rec
ords to scientific examination all con
spire to his discredit.
Triple Murder and Assault.
Frontenac, Kan., Special. A triple
murder and an assault on a woman
was enacted on a lonely road a mile
north of here some time Friday night.
The dead. are Mr; and Mrs. William
Bork, Germans, of Frontenac, and
their son, who was 2 1-2 years old.
Mr. Bork was presumably killed while
trying to defend his wife. The child
probably was slain because the mur
derer wished to silence him. The
Borks were Friday night, when they
started to drive home to Frontenac
from the home of Mrs. Bork's mother
two miles out in the country.
SHIRT WAIST MAKERS STRIKE.
Total Halt in the Industry in New
York Called.
New York City. What, it is . be
lieved,, will be substantially a total
halt in the shirt waist making indus
try in this city was called when the
shirt waist operators in shops all
aver the city, went out on strike.
The workers demand . a working
week of 52 hours in place of the 9 1-2
aour day in force now, and an ad
vance of from 25 to 30 per cent in
the rates of piece work.
Kills Sweetheart's Father.
Camilla, Ga., Special. Pursuing
his elopirg daughter who had run
away from home with Columbus
Huey, T. J. Sellers, one of the
wealtheist farmers of Mitchell coun
ty, was shot to death in the public
road 10 miles southwest of here Sat
urday afternoon, when he caught the
fleeing couple. Leaving his body in
the road, Huey and Miss Sellers, it is
alleged, went on, driving rapidly in
a buggy, intending to complete the
elopement with a wedding.