HA. LONDON
EDITC3 AND PROPRIETOR.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION:
1.50 Per Year
v- i i it' it ii u ii ii it iff ft ii i i i i i i r .i i ii -. I
crRICTLY IN ADVANCE VOL. XX XII, . PITTSBORQ. CHATHAM -CO UNTY. N. O.; WEDjSBAY, MAY 25, 1910. NO.41. I
I 4
Cbe Cbatbanr Pecorb.
RATES OF ADYEflTiSICG;
One Square oo Insertion. f
One Square, two loaertlof L,
One Square, one moata........
;rt:
1
For Larger Advertise
monts Liberal Contracts
will bomado. -
EDWARD BURIED
la Tomb of Forefathers English
Huler Is Laid to Rest
CEREN0N1ESWERE IMPOSING
Kings and Potentates Followed the Casket
Afoot Americans Occupied Places of Honor
in the Procession.
London, England. Sovereigns and
representatives of the powers of all
the world paid last tributes to Eng
land's great monarch, Edward VII,
whose body now rests in St,s George's
Chapel at Windsor Castle, where the
bones of Edward IV, the sixth and
eighth Henrys, Charles I, the third
and fourth Georges and William IV
are entombed.
Bright sunshine followed a night of
thunderstorms that swept the city and
soaked the funeral decorations of the
royal purple, the half-masted flags
and the wreaths of evergreens and
Cowers that hung along the line of
march, but had no deterrent effect on
the gathering thousands, who from
midnight until dawn sought points ol
vantage from which to watch the
passing of the cortege.
London's millions filled the streets
and open places as they have never
been tilled, either at a funeral or a
festival.
Far surpassing the removal of the
ting's body from Buckingham Palace
to Westminster Hall, the procession
included nine sovereigns, the former
president of the United States. Theo
dore Roosevelt, who alone was uhar-
rayed in uniform, the heirs to, seve
ral thrones, the members of the royal
families, the officers of the house
holds, the officials of the government,
field marshals, generals and admirals,
whose names are synonymous with
Britain's achievements in war; de
tachments of troops of all the British
arms and representatives of foreign
armies and navies in varigated uni
forms, making a solid phalanx of glit
tering colors.
The line of red-coated soldiers
were drawn as on that other great
occasion of England's mourning nine
years ago, with arms reversed and
regimental flags dipped to the ground.
The vast throngs along the streets
were massed so tightly that those
once caught found It impossible to
move. The great viewing stands,
covered with mourning emblems, were
crowded, the roof- tops black. And
through this multitude, from among
whom not a whisper arose, the gun
carriage that bore the king's body
moved to the strains of funeral
marches, the tolling of bells and the
booming of minute guns.
No personage. in the parade attract
ed greater interest than did Theo
dore Roosevelt, the special American
ambassador, whose civilian clothes
contrasted curiously with the gilded
state coach with its white-wigged and
silk-stockinged flunkies, within which
he rode.
The representatives of the two great
republics, the United States and
France, were given a position at the
rear of all the royalties and the prince
of the pettiest of European states.
Their carriage followed those carry
ing the royal ladies, and they were
the last in line of the representative
of foreign governments.
"There's Teddy!" was the cry set
up as the ex-president passed and the
throngs saw him through the open
windows of the closed royal carriage.
which was gorgeously gilded and man
ned by uniformed coachman and foot
men. More Interest was shown in
America's envoy than In the new
king, who Eeemed worn and troubled.
Only the solemnity of the occasion
prevented volleys of cheers from
greeting Mr. Roosevelt. He alone as
a civilian, raised hi3 hat in passing
the draped standards, all the others
in the procession giving the military
salute. . .
It was unrelieved even by ribbon
of an order such as M. Pichon, the
French representative wore, and yet,
u tnis complete simplicity, Mr,
Roosevelt was given prominence rath
er than rendered inconspicuous.
Amid the glitter of the procession
there walked two vnuner hovs. Simnlv
clad as midshipmen, their youth em
phasized by their broad, turned-down
collars, they seemed lost amid the
gorgeousness of the pageant, and yet
every eye turned on the procession
marked them well. They were the
sons of King George 'Prince Albert,
a lad of fifteen,, who will one day
euvern ureat Britain, and his 11-year
old brother. Prince Henrv.
Nearly every monarchv In EuroDe
was represented by its sovereign or
ttU immediate member of the royal
LONG BALLOON FLIGHT.
Balloon Centennial Flies 450 Miles in
Twenty-Two Hours.
Ionia. Mich. The balloon Centen
nial, piloted by Captain H. E. Honey
and carrying also William F.
Assman, which left St. Louis, Mo.,
-a an attempt to capture the Lahm
lor long distance flights, landed
at the town of Shiloh, 10 miles north
of Ionia. The balloon had been in
ine air twenty-two hours and had
covered 450 miles
Crossing Lake Michigan early-from
Kencsha, Wis., the balloonists made
good time at high altitude and- had
hopes of reaching New England until
they encountered a calmness near
antral Michigan.
THE LATE KING EDWARD VTL
Kivg Edward in His Coronation Robes.
BIG CATTLE SALE.
52Q 000 Paid fop Herd of 77 Jersey
Cattle.
Kncxvilie, Term At a live stock
le at Athens, Tenn., seventy-five
Jrsey cattle sold at an average price
of $265 or over $20,000 for the herd.
ne bull brought $700 and another
over $600. - .. -
These cattle were raised on east
Tennessee farms. It is said to have
een the largest price paid for a
r'iooded herd in the history of Amer
i a cattle raising.
family, who followed the body on
foot. ,
The presence of so many European
rulers was not only due to King Ed
ward's position as head of the British
empire, but to the fact that nearly
every monarch on the continent is re
lated to the late English ruler.
Those who were present in person,
and who are closely related to the
dead king, are: .
Emperor William II of Germany. "
King Frederick VIII .of Denmark.
King Haakon VII of Norway.'"
King Alfonso XIII of Spain. -
King Albert of Belgium.
King George of Greece.
Although King Manuel II of Por
tugal, can claim no close relationship
with the late king, he was also pres
ent. It is rumored that this young
ruler is to, be married to Princess
Patricia, the charming daughter of the
Duke of Connaught,- King Edward's
brother.
The late king was related to the
czar of Russia through the dowager
czarina, Marie Feodorivna, who is a
sister to Queen Alexandra. As the
czar was afraid to attend a ceremony
of such a public nature, he was rep
resented by the Grand Duke Mi
chael. Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria,
owing to his extr.eme age, was not
present and was represented by the
Archduke Ferdinand.
The Duke of Aosta represented the
king of Italy. .
SOCIALISTS CHANGE CREED.
Important Change Made in Constitu
tion of Socialist Party.
Chicago, 111 An important change
was made in the constitution of the
socialist party at its congress when
the phrase in the pledge of the party
was changed from "a political party
distinct and opposed to all paruv
formed by the propertied classes" to
read "by the capitalist class."
There was a heated debate before
the vote on the proposed change was
taken, by the word 'capitalist" won
by 58 to 38. -
Foe of Slavery Dead.
Richmond, Ind. John Wright John
son, personal friend and co-worker
with Harriet Beecher Stowe in the
campaign against slavery, died at his
home In Fountain City. Death was
due to the infirmities of old age. Jonn
son, who was 91 years of age, is ac
credited with having assisted Eliza
Harris of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" fame,
to escape by means of the "under
ground railroad," and to have given
Mrs. Stowe the -facts for her story.
Newsy Paragraphs.
Minnie Maddern Fiske, the actress
who is a member of numerous organ
izations that stand for the prevention
of cruelty to man and beast, has
made a public protest against Theo
dore Rossevelt, the hunter. She says:
George W. Coleman, after admitting
that he looted the National City bank
of Cambridge, Mass., of $309,000, was
sentenced to fifteen years In the coun
ty jail at Greenfield, Mass., by Judge
Haile in the United States district
court in Boston. .
The Rev. William A. Wasson, has
resigned from his Episcopale pastor
ate at Riverhead, N. Y., to work tor
limited license ; as against total pro
hibition of the sale . of intoxicating
liquors. In a letter to the Right Rev.
Frederick Burgess, D. D., bishop of
Long Island, Dr. Wasson says he
wishes to' give his whole time to
"fighting temperance falsely so-called,
and advocating the true temperance,
which means moderation and self
control." .
Professor David Lyon of Harvard
Sematic museum makes the rather
startling statement that we are really
living in the year 1914, instead of
1910. From recent archeological re
searches he figures that Herod's son,
Archileus, was deposed in 759 of the
era A. U.. C. The records show that
he reigned nine years, so that he
must have ascended the throne in 750,
the year in which Herod must have
died. The ancient historians have
placed Herod's death at 753, and this
latter date has. teen, accciaed 3 the
beginning of ue era A. L.
HALLEY'S JOMtT CAME
Earth Passed Through the Tail
of Heavenly Body.
FIYE HOIS TOPASS EARTH
Atmospheric Conditions Were Perfect at the
Yerkes Observatory and Pictures of Unusual
Value Were Obtained.
AAA AAA AAAAAAAA
A . . ' A
Comet Came, Comet Went; A
A Old World Still Moves. A
A , ..- - A
A The comet came, the comet A
A went, and this old earth is no A
A worse and no better off, thus far, A
A very little wiser. There was no A
A collision, as the superstitious and A
A the ignorant feared, and, now A
A that the comet is headed away A
A from us, there will be no recur- a
A rence of the manifestation of A
A terror that were recorded from A
A all parts of the country and of A
A the world. . - - A
A The earth did pass through the a.
A tail of the comet, and simulta- A
A neously brilliant auroral dis- A
A plays were seen from Williams A
A Bay, Wis.; Milwaukee and else- A
A where, but the majority of ..as- A
A tronomers were not willing to A
A concede that the streamers in the A
A heavens were consequent upon h
A the presence of cometic matter A
A in our atmosphere. .A
A - ' A
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
t
Yerkes Observatory, Williams Bay,
Wis. Following close upon the whol
ly unexpected astronomical condition
that prevailed when the tail of Hal
ley's comet was plainly seen in the
east, astronomers at the Yerkers
Observatory here were further bewil
dered by a startling apparition across
the face of the sun at noon-time.
A broad spectrum of light, extend
ing across and a considerable distance
to each side of the sun, challenged
the attention of the vigilant, though
weary, observers. For the second
time in a dozen hours the little
band, of scientists here were aroused
to a point of much excitement. Pro
lessor E. B. Frost, who first sighted
the phenomena, declared he had nev
er beiore witnessed its like. Profes
sor E. E. Barnard said the same.
The spectrum at once became a
topic for overmastering interest and
conjecture. Enormous sun spots seen
followed by brilliant displays of . au
rora lights - at night, ' and these in
turn succeeded by varied reports ol
fiery streamers shooting across the
horizon to the southwest, had been
passed by the astronomers as having
absolutely no direct connection with
the comet. But the spectrum became
another story.
"Although I cannot advance an
opinion at this time," said Professor
Frost, "I can see no other cause out
the comet for the appearance of the
spectrum."
He seems to feel that the two are
related in some way as yet unexplain
ed. The passage of the tail of the com
et, delayed a day in its schedule, is
believed to have taken place twenty
four hours behind schedule time al
though early observations did not
give positive proof of this condition.
Atlanta, Ga. The comet has con
and gone, and nothing more serious
has happened than a spell of bad
weather, if that can be charged up to
the celestial wanderer.
With all the fears and misgivings
the comet caused, he left us as he
found us, and we are still doing busi
ness at the same old stand.
Denied all privilege of a stop-over
ticket, greeted by the stony and re
sentful stare of an unsympathetic pop
ulace, and with every man's han.
turned against it in uncompromising
distrust, Halley's famous comet, hold
ing its schedule of some 3,000,00(
miles per day, shot through the earth's
orbit without even hesitating, and a
last reports was burning up space for
parts unknown.
And, when Halley's comet passe
and neither the heavens fell nor the
earth was rent in twain nor any other
hair-raising phenomena of similar dire
character was exhibited, the some
what skeptical and pessimistic inhab
itants of this mundane sphere breath
ed a long, sweet sigh of -relief am
then went back to sleep and dreams.
Topeka, Kans. A meteor weighing
about a pound fell through the sky
light . of the Shawnee Tjuilding into
the office of the Shawnee Fire Insur
ance Company, splintering the desk of
Clerk Harry Morgan, within ten feet
of J. W. Going," secretary and general
manager of the company. There were
about 50 persons in the room at the
time.
Brazil, Ind. Many foreign coal min
ers employed in the field3 near here,
drew all the money that was coming
to them, believing that the passage
of the earth through the comet's tail
meant the destruction of the world.
The men spent their money lavishly
San Juan, P. R. Fearing disastrous
consequences from the comet, hun
dreds of Porto Ricans . paraded the
streets of San Juan and other towns
in Porto Rico, carrying candles and
chanting prayers. Many of them also
spent a. considerable time in the con
fessionals. A large number of work
men failed to report at the tobacco
factories and plantations and the pine
apple shipments have been curtailed
because the laborers have refused to
work. .'
New York City A child of 9, gaz
ing for the comet through a broken
bottle, the best telescope she had, was
shot during a street battle in Little
Italy. Her spine was shattered and
she will die. In another street m
the same quarter 500 Italians fell to
their prayers when they saw bearing
down on them from the heavens a
bright ball of flame. There was a
panic in which many were trampled
when the supposed aerolite" exploded
into small fragments. Somebody had
been unkind enough t send up a fire
balloon;
TRUSTS NOT A MENACE.
President Hadley of Yale Says Combinations
of Capital Not Dangerous.
Berkeley, '.. Cal. "Large combina
tions of capital are not in any true
sense the cause of our dangers and
difficulties today. They are sypmtoms
rather than causes.' .
In these words President & T. Had
ley of Yale summed up his address on
"An Educated Democracy" at .. the
golden jubilee exercises of the Uni
versity of California.
"It is commonly said, that concen
trated wealth is fatal to democracy,"
he said. "Large combinations of capi
tal, however, are indications that the
population has become so large and
society so complex that their needs
have outgrown the framework that
sufficed for, the older and simpler
conditions. " -Ufluer these circumstanc
es it is absolutely necessary to sepa
rate the problems "of the people from
the problems of the experts. We must
educate the public up to the point
where r it will be content - to leave
some things to trained experts.
- "The growth of invested capital,
the increased importance of transpor
tation, the consolidation of industry,
the incipient separation of classes in
American society, have produced "a
set of conditions with which neither
the lawyers nor the people can deal
intelligently, because neither lawyers
nor people have the special prelimi
nary education necessary for the un
derstanding of some of the compie
problems connected with them.
"A public opinion watchful and ac
tive on all general questions of ethics,
but ready to give a free hand to the
trained experts in all matters requir
ing technical training as a basis for
intelligent judgment this is an edu
cated democracy; and this is the kind
of democracy which will endure in
the face of great problems."
LASCELLAS' BODY CLAIMED.
After Seven Years Mumified Body ot
Bigamist is Claimed.
Asheville, N. C After standing un
claimed for seven years in embalm
ed -solitude, dressed in full evening
dress, with silk hat and cane, -th
mummified body of Sidney Lascellas,
alias "Lord Douglas,' ' alias "Lord
Beresford," alias Charles J. Asquith,
is on its way to Washington, D. C,
consigned to Dr. McPherson Chrich
ton, presumably to be burned, in the
crematory at that city. The body
was claimed and identified by a Mrs.
J. T. Summerfield of New Jersey who
said that she was the sister-in-law of
the deceased's , first wife, now living
at Baltimore. She . made affidavit to
that effect and by her order the mum
mified body was shipped to Wash
ington. The departure of the "petrified
lord," whose body has twice been
identified as that of Sidney Liass
celles, noted forger, swindler 1 and
bigamist, writes "finis'" to a-tale of
crime and deception in high life,
which opened in Australia, shifted to
the ranks of nobility in England, and
closed in-a cheap lodging house in
this city. He was lionized in London
after securing an introduction to the
American ambassador under the name
of Beresford, posing as a cousin of
the powerful . English house of that
name. In America the highest cir
cles of society did homage to the
bogus lord. -
At Rome, Ga.; Fitzgerald, Ga.;
Norfolk, Va., and other cities, wher
ever he went, . Lascelles formed mat
rimonial alliances with .the daughters
of the rich, only to leave them in the
course of a week, poorer in puTse,
but richer in experience. As Las
celles passed through Mexico and
Texas he left a trail of weeping
brides, and he was apparently rolling
in wealth when justice overtook him.
He was convicted at Rome, Ga., of
promoting fraudulent schemes, and
sentenced to six years, hard labor.
He lost appeals in the supreme court
of Georgia anfi In the United States
circuit court, and served his term
He came to Asheville from Norfolk,
Va., eight years ago, suffering from
tuberculosis, and died In 1903. There
being no claimants for his body, it
was embalmed by local undertakers.
The body became almost petrified,
losing but little of its lifelike appear
ance. .
AN IGNORANT MAN.
North Dakota Man Does Not Know
Name of the President.
Mi not, N. D. An American born
citizen, a resident of North Dakota
for the last seven years, was found
who did -not know a single state or
county official by name, nor the name
of the president of the United States.
During the selection of a jury ; for
a murder trial, .a farmer swore he
knew nothing of the case. He ad
mitted his ignorance as to the iden
tity of any county or state officer,
and when asked for the name of the
president of the United States he-replied:
"I have heard the name but
have forgotten it." He was accepted
on the jury.
CANAL FORTIFICATIONS
Government Will Spend Millions
to Guard Panama Property.
STRONG- COAST DEFENSE
Government Cannot Afford to Leave $500,
000,000 Investment to the Mercy
of An Enemy.
Favor Income Tax.
Washington, D. C President Taft
has recommended to congress an ap
propriation of $4,000,000 be made-; im
mediately available for the work of
fortifying the Panama canal. The total
cost of the work will be $14,000,000,
and ;it is to be completed in three
years and six months, at which time
it is estimated the construction of the
canal proper will be completed.
When opened to navigation the ca
nal will bristle with the most modern
and powerful means of defense that
modern military strategists have been
able to work out. While the plans
for the fortification of - the big ditch
can be given In only the most general
terms, enough may be set forth' to
show that Uncle Sam Is not going
to leave the work half done, or, in
other words, complete the house with
out providing for fire insurance.
" In addition to the hidden forts with
their disappearing guns, of larger cal
ibre than any now In use; the subma
rine wisth the mostpowerf ul explos
ives ever invented; the most wonder
ful fire control to direct" the shots of
the battery ; the instruments for tele
phone, telegraphic . and radio commu
nication between the land and naval
forces; the most expert men in the
land and sea forces to direct'the work
and handle the machines of destruc
tion, there will be called into use all
the modern inventions of aerial navi
gation, including the aeroplane and
dirigible balloon, to watch out " .for
and report every movement of the
enemy, and to carry messages and
commanding officers from one vantage
ground to another.
No military man will contradict the
axiom that it is the man behind the
gun who wins the fight. Realizing this
the military authorities have arranged
to place along the Panama canal about
500 coast artillerymen.
Every foot of the 53 miles of canal
banks will be patrolled every hour ot
the day and night by these men who
have a thorough technical knowledge
of the defenses they are there to
guard. Under their feet and over
their heads will stretch telegraph wire
putting them in instantaneous com
munication with headquarters. Almost
at hand will be men who could defend
against an army, or repair any seri
ous breeches in the works of tiie ca
nal. Off the west entrance to the canal
and about three miles out in the Pa
cific ocean are three islands. On
these will be erected forts to com
mand the entrance to the canal. On
each will be erected a hidden fort,
manned by a protected garrison. Four
great 14-inch guns are to be install
ed on these islands, mounted on dis
appearing carriages, and worked by a
perfect system of fire control which
protects the gunners. These guns are
now being proved at Sandy Hook.
The 14-inch guns will carry at least
10 miles, therefore, the western en
trance of the canal will be protected
with a radius of 13 or 14 miles, a
greater distance than any from which
a modern battleship can make an ef
fective fight.
But in addition to the guns of the
forts on the island, the water be
tween these outposts and the mouth
of the canal will be threaded with
lines of submarine mines, some to be
worked by electricity from the forts,
others which will explode by contact.
This system of submarine defense
will be more elaborate than any ever
devised for the protection of a port
or harbor. Two torpedo boats at each
entrance of the canal will be about
the only floating defense that will be
constantly maintained to guard the
canal.. -
On the Carribean sea side, the east
ern side of the canal, the plans of de
fense will not be so elaborate. The
inland forts will have, in addition to
the battertes of small. guns, four of
the great 14-inch guns. The system
of submarine defense will not be so
elaborate, nor will the range - of ef
fectiveness of the big guns be as ex
tensive as on the western side of the
canal. The torpedo boats and the
submarine mines will be maintained.
At the canal will be maintained air
ships . to transport officers to danger
points; and swift launches to aid in
quickly mobilizing the army. The war
lords of the army and navy war col
lege hold that after the country
spends $500,000,000 on ther canal It
should not be left at the mercy of an
enemy.
Albany, N. Y. The New York sen
ate by a vote of 26 to 20, adopted the
Davenport resolution placing New
York state on record as favoring the
income tax amendment to the federa
constitution. .
Kentucky Has "Rat Day."
Lexington, Ky. Hundreds of farm
ers of Nicholas - county, - Kentucky,
joined in a war of extermination
against rats. This is the second an
nual "rat day," and wagon loads of
the rodents were killed. The pests
have caused thousands of dollars'
worth of damage la central Kentucky,
and an, effort is being made to exter
minate them. '
Mexico Claims U. S. Ground.
Washington, D. C The United
States has suggested to . Mexico that
the boundary question involved in the
celebrated Chamizal zone case be sub
mitted to some well known jurist of
a mutually friendly power for arbitra
tion. The question involved is wheth
er the southern section of the city of
El Paso, Texas, valued at several mil
lions of dollars, belongs by right un
der, the boundary treaty of the United
QtHtc'-!' With -'".l- .'- iAXfcO U" t j
DEVICES FOR CHEATING.
Short Weights and Measures -Are
'- Used by Dealers.
- New York City. Some things that
add to the high cost of living ' are
shown in the quarterly report of Act
ing Chief McCoy, of the bureau ol
weights and measures. Nearly 401
violations of the laws are reported.
One shortage of 4 1-2 quarts out oi
a supposed 30 quarts of milk, was dis
covered, and one coal dealer was
found short in weight four times 1l
a monthr. Devices for cheating includ
ed measures containing false bottoms,
while weights were found to be drill
ed out and the holes filled In. with
wax and blackened over, some four
ounces short on the pound.
ADVERTISING THE SOUTH.
Southern Railway Exhibit Bringing Desirable
. r ' Settlers South.
Atlanta, Ga. In connection with
the work it is doing in exploiting the
resources of the south with the pur
pose of attracting desirable settlers,
the Southern Railway company an
nounced that during the coming fall
it will make displays of southern pro
ducts at a number of important fairs
in the north and west where they will
be witnessed by at least a million peo
ple outside the south.
At the Ohio Valley exposition to be
held at Cincinnati, October 29 to Sep
tember 24, the Southern Railway com
pany; co-operating with . other railway
companies cf the south, will make
a -very large exhibit. Arrangements
have been made for over -twenty
thousand, square, feet of .floor space
in which: it s planned to install just
as complete exhibits as possible of
the agricultural, horticultural, miner
al, forest and manufactured products
of the south. Attractive photographs
will also be used to exploit the re
sources and beauties of the sotuhern
country. - r ...
; In addition to this joint display at
Cincinnati, the Southern Railway com
pany will make a number of displays
at other expositions and important
fairs where it is likely the greatest
number of people can be reached and
shown the possibilities and opportu
nities which await them in the south
along the lines of the Southern and
its allied roads.
The co-operation ' of the people of
the south is needed and requested in
making these exhibits as attractive,
complete and. .convincing as they
should be, and it is hoped that they
will give this co-operation by contrib
uting specimens and samples of prod
ucts which will aid in showing the re
sources of the country. Samples of
agricultural products of high class,
together : with . information about
yields, cultivation and returns are es
pecially wanted. "
M. V. Richards, land and Industrial
agent, Washington, D. C, will make
the exhibits for. the Southern Railway
system and all who are interested
should communicate with him, giving
information about the material they
can furnish, so that proper instruc
tions may be given as to shipping
products for display. It is important
that every section1 be properly repre
sented and commercial bodies, agricul
tural organizations and citizens gen
erally interested in the growth of
their localities are invited to promote
the interests of their particular sec
tions by working x'or a thorough rep
resentation. The representatives of
the Southern's land and industrial de
partment in the south are: W. L. Hen
derson, Mobile, Ala.; 0. J. Stephens,
Macon, Ga.; T. B. Thackston, Bristol,
Tenn.; and J. F. Hays, Brevard, N, C.
A letter to any of them or to Mr. Rich
ards will receive prompt attention.
The determination of the Southern
Railway company to make such exten
sive exhibits of the resources and
products of the south - at expositions
and fairs in the north and west this
fall is due to the splendid results re
ceived from such work in the past
Since its organization in 1894 the
Southern Railway company has made
exhibits of the products of the coun
try along its lines at nearly fifty ex
positions and fairs, both in the United
States and Europe. In this work the
company ,has expended a large
amount of money, believing this to be
one of the best methods of advertis
ing the southern states.
These displays have done most ef
fective "boosting" for all portions of
the south reached by the company's
lines and many settlers and industries
can be traced directly to them.
FROM COUNT Y TO COUNTY
North Carolina News Prepared and
Published For the Quick Perusal of
Our Patrons. ' . . ...
,j.te of Tei.-i
Students Favor Morse Pardon.
New : Haven, Conn-A petition l.
being circulated in the senior aca
demic class at Yale in favor of par
don of Charles W. Morse, the con
victed banker, now in the federal
prison at Atlanta, Gi. The entire se
nior class will sign it and the petitk
will 'go to President Taft. Erwin .
Morse, son of Charles W. Morse, is .
' senior. The signature of Robert- A.
Taft, son of the president, and amem-i
ber of the Eenuv is expected to
La n the petition. "
NO HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
Department of Health Will Not Be
Created by Present Congress,
.Washington, D. C There seems to
be no likelihood that congress will
take any action at the present session
on the Owen bill to create an addi
tional executive department to be
known as the department of health.
The hearings on the bill were con
cluded and no meeting of the senate
committee on public health and na
tional quarantine had been called for
the purpose of. making a report.
Washington News Notes.
There is reason to believe that Sec
retary . Knox contemplates taking
some immediate action, having for
its object the re-establishment of
peaceful relations between Peru and
Ecuador. The state department of
ficials, however, decline to discuss
the matter at this time.
After weeks of alternate Inactive
deadlock and careful work of consider
ation, conference and compromise the
house postal savings bank bill, as fa
vored by the republican members of
the committee on postoffices and post
roads, was introduced to the house
by Representative Gardner of. New
Jersey.
More than two hundred .witnesses
from many parts of the country are
to be summoned by the government
to appear before the grand jury at
Montgomery, Ala., which is to inves
tigate the jewelry bankruptcy fraud.
A dozen persons have been arrested
in connection with the alleged frauds,
as a result of the inquiries prosecut
ed by the department of justice. Loss
es estimated to range from $500,000
to $2,000,000 are said to have been
suffered by merchants.
After a conference with the presi
dent at the white house Secretary Na
gle of the department of commerce
and labor announced that he .would
make a two months' trip to the north
west and to Alaska, leaving Washing
ton the latter part of June.
- Battling Nelson, the prize fighter,
was before the house committee on
interstate and foreign commerce and
spoke against the bill introduced by
Representative Smith of Iowa to pro
hibit the transportation through inter
state commerce cf moving-- picture
films of prize fights and boxing
matches. The battler told the cmmlt-
ce that such a drastic law would kill
boxing and do much to injure athlet
ics. He said there is over $5,000,00
invested in the "eame." and that the
Smith bill, if it became a law, would
destroy that propertyk
. Trying to Block Bond Sale. 7
Governor Kitchin and "cither". State,
officers received Saturday dippings
from a number of Northern financial
journals giving a statement"'; signed
by John G. Carlisle and 4Wo: other
members of the New York syndicate
to force collection of lhe( North -Carr
olina repudiated special ' tax . bonds.
The statement is an open letter to the.
New York stock exchange insisting
that" North Carolina's --f orthcoming
$3,430,000 bond issue should not bo "
listed on the exchange and that . bond
buyers should have notting to do
with them. v
The statements purport to review
the history and status of the repudi
ated "special tax bonds, representing
that they were issued by the State
government in 1869 and duly listed
on the New York exchange and that
a political change put a hastile party
in control of the Legislature and
brought about the repudiation. Efforts
to collect are reviewed and the state
ment made that at least two States
are seriously considering the question-
of sueiner North Carolina for
(blocks of these bonds that have come
into their posession.
j The State officers do not believe
that this attemDt to bar the impend-
A b
ing refunding bond issuo ' will have
any serious effect and assert that the
outlook is very bright for .the bonds
to be - floated in spite cf .the un
precedently flooded condition of the
general bond market at this time. '
Sensation in Wilmington.
In the last rally held by the Wil
mington citizen's organization, dur
ing the recent campaign, Mr. C. C.
Covington, one of Wilming;ton's prom
inent citizens, in the course of . a
speech relative to local affairs, made
the charge that Mr. Hugh' Wallace, a
well-known citizen, had made certain
remarks about the election being fix
ed so that any work the citizens' or
ganization might do would be fruit
less, and he (Covington) declared that
he wanted to brand Hugh Wallace as
a' self-confessed thief.
As a seauel. suit has been institut
ed by Wallace for not less than $10,
000 damaeres. Wallace denies abso
lutely having made the remark credit
ed to hjm and had a communication
to that effect published.
Government Lawyer in Charlotte.
Mr. W. R. Benham, of Washington,
D. C., who is affiliated vdth the De
partment of Justice at the national
capital, is spending several days in
Charlotte conducting an investigation
as to the genesis and growth of the
so-called cotton pool which has been
so widely discussed in cotton circles
for the past several months. . Mr;.
Benham came to Charlotte for the rea.
son that this is the natural center
of the textile industry in this general
section and for the. additional rea
son that one; of the conferences at
which this so-called pool was discuss
ed was held at the Selwyn hotel in
Charlotte. There are also several
prominent cotton mill men in . this
section too who are said to be mem
bers of the so-called ''poDl."
Three White Prisoner;! Escape.
Three white prisoner! in .Wakt
county jail overpowered Assistant
Jailer Marion Justice Saturday, took
the keys Urom him end scaped.
They were Will Holmes, L. W. Daw
son and Howard Cook-
Holmes made belief l,e was very
sick and sent for the jailer, who
came in hurriedly withoit the usual
precautions, thinking all the prisoners
were locked back in their cells. Tbey
overpowered Mr. Justice and got out
ft n double fluick time. . The three
prisoners were all in lail charged
with larceny. " .
Shepard's Testimony Fre :d Patterson.
The ' jury at Durban acquitted
the negro Patterson. The jurors be
lieved Shepard 's testimony, the ac
curacy of which -was the marvel of
the case. Singularly enough Sbepard
has cleared two men of " capital felr
onies, his confession . cf Engineer
Holt's murder acquitting Ruben Bar
bee and of the robbery, restoring
Patterson to liberty. t . ,
Boy Killed in Tunnel
Marcus West, aged 23, met a hor
rible fate Friday wheni "he was
struck by westbound freight train No.
69, with Engineer Willim Brown at
the throttle, inside qf the Indian .Hill
tunnel, near the station of Rhoda on
the Murphy division of the Southern
Railway.'
Bears in Martin (.County.
The farmers in Martin county are
being greatly annoyed by the depre
dation of bears and are making efforts
to exterminate them. The latest and
so far the most successful method
used is to build a pen of strong wire,
covering and flooring it i?ith the same
material.
. High Point Piremen Pixed.
The firemen of High Point have
received a handsome large tent which
was bought by them to ie used when
going to the tournaments each sum
mer. In the past,-hey have -always
engaged board at . hotels; or boarding
houses in the cities where the tourna
ment was held, but each year there
has been difficulty in gutting the ac
commodations they desired,