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KNOXVILLE, TENN,
Big Harvest From Unredeemed Money president finuy speaks
WASHINGTON. The United States
government in fifty years has ac
cumulated $13,000,000 from unre
deemed money. A longstanding ques
tion, namely: How much does a gov
ernment make through the failure of
Its citizens to present its paper for
redemption? is answered . fairly ac
curately for our country in these fig
ures. Expert mathematicians in the
United States have fgurei on the
problem, and the results they have
obtained by different methods are so
nearly identical as to lead the layman
to feel confident that they have hit
somewhere near the mark.
Obviously the difficulties surround
ing the statistician wishing to tabu
late the gains of thegoverament from
this source are -almost insurmounta
ble, if accurate figures are what he Is
looking for. The destruction of pa
per money of all sorts goes on rapid
ly throughout the country, yet this
loss is never reported to the treasury.
So the mathematicians have had to
take the complete figures of the gov
ernment redemption division, and by
comparing the average life of notes,
the average percentage of actual re
demption, and other items of that
sort, have been able to work out a
fairly accurate percentage of paper
asoxey teat is cither destroyed or Is
in such bands that it will never react
the treasury for redemption in sold.
Well-known authorities who have
worked independently on the subject
round, when they compared notes.
tbat they had reached substantially
the same result that of all paper
money issued the government escaDed
payment on from one-tenth of 1 per
cent to about one-half of 1 per cent.
Thi3, of course, means that the gov
ernment makes on the paper money
it issues a -commission varying be
tween the percentages set forth. The
most definite result shows a gain of
approximately one-eighth of 1 per
cent, a total gain to the government
amounting to $13,241,000 since the
beginning of our paper money about
baifa century ago.
All sorts of causrs contribute to
increase the amount of paper money
that will never be presented for re
demption. Fire is perhaps the most
important cause, though improved
safes and the more general use of
safes for holding the cash supply are
annually reducing the loss from this
cause. Then there is a sort of inertia
that money seems to have which
keeps it out in the country once it
is started in circulation, even though
it ba of an issue supposed to mature
at a given time. Shipwrecks, too, are
responsible for some of the loss.
Ias:l, there are the collectors, and
it is probable tbat every fairly gaod
ut-jiiciion oi united states paper
morey accounts for at leapt one piece
of every denomination that has failed
to come back to the treasury.
Army Wanting in Marching Ability
THE United States army has lately
undergone a series of stern and
Eevere criticisms. Authorities have
studied the existing conditions from
every point of view, and in their re
ports have delivered their opinions
in a fearless manner. .In a report
recently made public one inspector
points out ' the case of a, whole bat
talion of artillery starting out for the
Philippines without a single field of
ficer and one of the batteries com
manded by a second lieutenant of
1c i than two years' service. In one
department alone a third of the line
officers were absent from duty with
their commands under detail, and al
together, the inspector says, the situ
ation warrants the prediction that re
sults of a disastrous kind m ast sooner
or-Jater be realized.
People who think the United States
army stands at the top of the pro
fession would be rudely jarred to
Jearn from Inspector General Ball
that the field army is wholly unpre
pared for field service. He says the
new regulations are almost entirely
theoretical or dependent upon the ex
perience ;of European armies. Our
transportation is the rame as at the
beginning of the civil war, for our
army las so far failed to make use
of cutcmobilcs, traction engines and
other modern appliances in the field
The weaknesses could be quickly de
veloped if the-, pre?ent annual maneu
vers could b3 replaced at Isast once
by the march of a- complete army
corps. Very few of our officers have
ever marched with more than a regi
ment.
To remedy these conditions. Maj.
Gen. "Wocd. chief of staff, has issued
orders which wi'l change, materially
the training of the army. The inspec
tors general, will be required to sub
mit the troops to an annual inspection
in the field, in addition to toe present
inspection, which Is described in some
quarters as being little le3s than an
inquiry into the accounts and garri
son work of the troops. The new in
spetion will be designed to show the
efficiency of the troops in the theoret
ical work taught army ofneers in the
various schools and provided for in
the various drill regulations.
First Report on Infantile Paralysis
THERE were 560 deaths from
acute anterior poliomyelitis, or in
fantile paralysis, 116 from pellagra.
55 from rabies, or hydrophobia, and 9
deaths from leprosy in 1909, la the
death registration area of continental
United States, which comprises over
55 per cent of the total population,
according to the census -bureau's
forthcoming bulletin on mortality sta
tistics for 1909, submitted to Census
Director Durand by Dr. Cressy L.
Wilbur, chief statistician for - vital
statistics.
It is reported that -of the 569 deaths
from infantile paralysis 552 were of
white and only 17 of colored persons.
The bulletin states that no statis
tical segregation of Infantile paralysis
as a cause of death has been made
heretofore, but the increasing import
ance of the disease and it3 wide prev
alence throughout the country in the
form ef local epidemics render a
statement of the mortality important.
The 569 deaths compiled for the
registration area for-1909 were widely
distributed, and indicate endemic or
epidemic prevalence in many parts of
the country. It should be remem
bered, the bulletin points out, that.
the census data relate only to regis
tration sources, and that for the non
registration states the deaths are
only those returned from the regis
tration cities contained therein.
Fellagra is a new disease in the
mortality . statistics, the bulletin
states. Only 23 deaths were returned
from this cause for 1908," and no
deaths for any previous year except
one for 1904. Such deaths undoubt
edly occurred, but were not recog-
niged and were consequently returned
as due to other causes or aa of un
known cause. j. - .
Gifts of Potentates Vex Uncle Sam
HALF a dozen resolutions authoriz
ing acceptance of gifts by Ameri
can military men and diplomatic of
ficers from foreign rulers were turned
down last session by the house com
mittee on foreign affairs. Accom-"
panying the rejection was a report
tending to discourage any such efforts
in the future.
In strong language the committee
pointed out that the provision of the
constitution prohibiting the accept
ance of such gifts by Americans -in
official life was drawn wisely by the
fathers of the country in the interest
of the integrity and perpetuity of the
republic. Underlying the prohibition
is the thought that those accepting
such gifts would be under more or
las obligation to the . giver, and to
that degree, at least, weaken his' al
legiance to this country.
The most noted exception to this
nils by congress was the authoriza
tion of acceptance by former Presi
dent Roosevelt of the Nobel peace
prize, amounting to about $39,000.
Colonel Roosevelt' turned this money
over to the department of commerce
and labor to form the basis of a
fund for expenses attending arbitra
tion and. the peaceful settlement of
disputes, between capital and labor.
Before granting the authorization in
this Instance, congress had full knowl
edge of what was to be done with
the money. The prize wa3 awarded
to Colonel Roosevelt for his efforts
in terminating the war between Rus
sia and Japan.
The action of the house committee
arouses . new interest in the notable
collection of valuable and curious
gifts presented by foreigners to of
ficial Americans which this govern
ment has not authorized acceptance
of by Americans and which are now
in saf ekeeping in the national mo
seem and in the stata, war and navy
departments.
Monetary Value cf Improved High-
waya Stressed by President of
" Southern Railway.
Knoxville, Tenn. The .Southern
Appalachian Good Itoa'as convention
closed its second annual convention
leaving the place of meeting for next
year in the hands of the executive
committee to decide.
y-The principal address : of ;the day
was made by President W. W, Finley
of the Southern railway, who spoke
of improved highways and the en
Iargement of opportunities which
came to those contiguous to good
roads. He expressed the cpinicn that
the greatest result of road improve
ment would be an increase of the
"back-to-the-farm" movement.
Good roads, he said, contribute to
the attractiveness of country life,
greatly enlarging the farmers' social
circle, facilitating attendance upon
church services and making it possi
ble to more regularly attend school
during tad weather.
Improved roads made possible the
consolidation of country schools, so
as to give the children the benefits of
a graded system. The. monetary valued
of good roads, he said, had been sum
marized as follows:
"First, a reduction in cost of haul
ing; second, an increase m value of
land within its zone of influence;
third, increase in productive area
through the making of uncultivated
land accessible; fourth, the substitu
tion of more profitable crops for the
less profitable crops; fifth, the ability
of the producer to market his pro
ducts at a time when prices are most
favorable instead of marketing the
products when the roads permit. .
"The fundamental suggestion I have
to make," he said, inconclusion, "is
that he should apply the principles of
conservation to our road building pol
icy. We should conserve our ener
gies and our financial resources and
adopt such policies as will eliminate
waste of either or both, as far as possible."
Other speakers "of the day were
Congressman W. R. Austin of Ten
nessee, M. V. Richards of the land
and industrial department of the
Southern railway, M. O. Eldridge, gov
ernment good roads expert, and W. J.
Craig of the Atlantic Coast Line.
WAGES INCREASED.
Roads in the Southeast Raise Wages
$500,000 Month.
Atlanta. A wage increase of ap
proximately $300,000 per month for
railrbad employees south of the Mis
sissippi and east of the Ohio was
brought to light by the announce
ment that the Nashville, Chattanooga-
and St. Louis system, at a meet
ing held in Nashville, decided upon
a wage scale, which added to an in
crease, effective July 1, will add $300,-
000 to the salaries of all its em
ployees. -
From authoritative sources it has
been learned that practically all other
system operating in this section
have decided upon similar advances
during the past few months, making
what is known as the "Chicago" wage
scale general throughout the southeast.
CONDITION OF COTTON.
The Last Government , Report Showt
Cotton Condition 65.9 Per
C?nt, f Normal,
Washingtpn.-i?he average ondi
t;on of the cotO crop on Septembei
25 was 65.9. per pen. pf a normal, as
compared with 724 a month ago, 58.J
a year ago, 69.7 in 1?08 and 66.6, the
average of the lat ten years oh Sep
temter 25, a3 estimated by the croi
reporting fcoard pf the Pepartment ol
Agriculture, The condition of the cot
ton crop by states, with the ten-yeat
average on September 25 was:
Ten Yeai
1910 " Average
Virginia 78 74
North Carolina 72
South Carolina
Lleorgia .
... 70
.. 63
,.. 65,
. . 67
, . . kC3
.. 51
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6b
Florida .j ;
Alabama .
Mississippi
.Louisiana
Arkansas 68
Texas ............ 63
Tennessee 73
Missouri .... 75
Oklahoma . . .... .... 70
California 90
The census bureau's cotton report
shows 2,302,211 bales, counting round
as half bales, were ginned from tht
growth of 1910 to September 25, as
compared with 2,568,150 for 1809, 2,-
590,639 for 1908 and 1,532,602 for 1907
There were 37,767 round bales includ
ed. The number of sea island bales
included were 7,112.
FATE OF PORTUGAL
ISM
KING MANUEL AND RQYAL, pAM
ILy Aj GIBRALTAR UNDER.
PRITAIN'S PARE,
SPAIN NOW FACES CRISIS
King Manuel Asks Great Britain to
Answer Its Treaty Compact end
Restore His Throne.
CRUSADE AGAINST QUEUES.
Wu Ting Ft-.ng Would Change the
Chinese Hsir Sty'.er
Washington. Memorializing the
throne at Pekin in favor of abolish
ing the queue, Wu Ting Fang, the
tormer minister to Washington, who
kept Americans busy answering his
questions while he was at this post,
nas explained how he happened to
take that attitude. In his memorial,
the text, of which has just reached
Washington, Mr. Wu says Chinese res
idents in North, Central and South
America have been mocked and teas
ed by foreigners until they implored
him to seek an imperial edict giving
official sanction to croping the hair
and changing their costume to accord
with western ideas.
"BOB" TAYLOR NOMINATED.
Tennessee Democrats Name Successor
of Governor Patterson.
Nashville. Tenn. United States
Senator Robert L. Taylor was nomi
naied for governor by the regular
Democratic convention, although his
senatorial term does not expire until
1912. No other man was presented
to the convention, the demand being
for Taylor and no one else." Senator
Taylor appeared in the convention
hall and after an ovation, accepted
the nomination.
In the platform adopted trusts are
condemned and temperance reform 13
endorsed.
COTTON FACTORS INDICTED.
Three Members Steele-Miller Company
Charged With Misuse of Mails.
. Aberdeen, Miss. Indictments were
formally announced in the United
States circuit court here charging J.
H. Miller, L. C. Steele and H. G.
Linde, members of the bankrupt cot
ton firm of Steele, Miller & Co., of
Corinth, Miss., with having misused
the . mails in the furtherance of an
alleged plan to defraud through the
issuance of forged bills of lading. J.
I. McKnight, confidential secretary to
Mr. Miller, is also named party to-the
alleged conspiracy.
Extreme Militarism Advocated. -
St. Loui3, Mo. The plan , to ask
congress to place the National Guard
on the army salary list at rates of
from 5 to 25 per cent, of the regular
wages was adopted at a conference
of National Guard officers here. Gen.
Leonard Wood said the War Depart
ment would support the bill to appro
priate from $5,000,000 to $6,000,000
as pay for officers and enlisted men
of the guard. Everybody in-the Unit
ed States more than 13 years old
should be trained as a soldier, ac-1
cording to General Wocd.
Unwritten Lew Saves Girl. .
Pittsburg, Fa Kathenne - Beiti, a
girl of 12 years, who slew her godfa
ther with .. an axe and red-hot poker
in aversging his theft of uer honor.
was cleared of criminal charges on
the ground that the homicide was jus
tifiable. Judso John M. sweanngen,
in charging the jurors, after a two
days' recital cf testimony, upheld the
unwritten law. The girl - hail faceu
the trial with confidence tnat her act.
was vif.rrar.ted, and sue went to her
'home free, but . to face mothe rhood
soon . .
PRISON CONGRESS.
Many Important Resolutions and Rec
ommendations Adopted.
Washington. Payment of prisoners,
according to their industry to insure
protection for their families and their
own rehabilitation on release was rec
ommended to the International Pris
on Congress by the section on "pre
ventive means."
The resolution provoked heated dls-
cussion in the congress, not because
he principle of caring for prisoners'
families was opposed, but because it
was not so worded as to fit adoption
in several countries, including the
United States, where prisoners are
unable, under existing law, to earn
any money.
The subject was referred back to
the section on motion, of Mrs. Ella
Flagg Young of Chicago..
- A resolution favoring the provision
of productive work for prisoners, in
cluding those in houses of detention
and county jails, was adopted by the
congress. It was recommendeded by
thethe section on "prison administra
tion,'' which spentthe morning in dis
cussing it. It provides for central
control of the .work' and official spe
cially trained to direct such employ
ment. The congress . also recommended
treaty agreements between all civil
ized states whereby each country
should receive from the others notice
of sentence pronounced by foreign
courts against its citizens. -
Public institutions for inebriates
are advocated by the congress. Ex
periments conducted In several coun
tries during the : last ten years have
demonstrated the success of estab
lishments of this character and the
congress placed Itself on record as
favoring their extension. The con
gress also adopted resolutions rec
ommending that prisoners be allowed
payment for their work. A .com
plete investigation into the subject of
earing for mentally defective children
with dangerous tendencies is provid
ed for in another resolution adopted.
After opposing for thirty years the
efforts of American criminologists to
induce the International Prison Con
gress to indorse the principle of the
indeterminate sentence which under
lies the reformatory system, the Eu
ropean members of the congress yield
ed, and resolutions advocating, this
system were adopted. The resolu
tions declared jthat the indeterminate
sentence should be applied to the
mentally and morally defective, and
that it also should be applied as an
impoitant part of the reformatory
system to criminals.
U. S. CRUISER DES MOINES
IS ORDERED TO LISBON.
Gibraltar. The United States
armored cruiser Des Moines has"
been ordered to prececd to Lis-
bon immediately.
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Paris. France. While reports came
uut of Portugal that the provisional
republican government's army had
teen temporarily routed in the north
ern provinces and that monarchists
were being recruited for a proposed
move on Lisbon, the great continen
tal powers held aloof from Portuguese
affairs, awaiting tiie action of Eng
land.
The ultimate success of the revolt
and the establishment of the republic
cf Portugal hung in the balance with
the influence of England counterbal
ancing the present success of the re
publicans. It was reported here . that
King Manuel indicted an appeal to
Great Britain from the royal yacht
Amelie arid that this petition has been
forwarded through the regular chan
ncls of the foreign department of the
empire by" Sir Frederick Forestier
Walker, the governor of Gibraltar.
The scope of the royal plea is not
defifinitely known. Hazards extend
frcm the mere supplication for the
protection of the crown's property in
Portugal to the bold demand that Eng
land answer its treaty compact and
restore the' throne to the deposed
king.
Although a circular note has been
sent to the powers by Provisional
President Braga, only two - nations
had pledged indorsement to the new
republic, and both of these -were on
the condition that the republic is
made permanent.. These two nations
are Spain and Brazil.
The tremendous influence of the
Vatican has been brought to bear upon
friendly governments against .recogni
tion cf the new republic.
Emboldened by the success of the
Portuguese the Spanish republicans
are becoming more open in their dem
onstrations. The eyes of the conti
nent are upon Spain. In every chan
cellory in Europe carefuLpreparaa
tions have been made for a fcyanish
revolt. The Spanish ministry, admit
ting the intensity of the situation, ex
plained that troops had been massed
upon the frontier not in fear of an
outbreak, but to prevent the influx of
refugees of questionable character
from Fortufeal.
It " is conservatively estimated that
more than 2,500 persons have been
killed or wounded through the demor
alized republic. The Duke of Oporto,
who was taken on board the. imperial
launch Amelie, was said to be griev
ously wounded.
The royal family was under the
protection of the British flag on the
frowning heights of Gibraltar. They
were given quarters in the governor's
mansion. In the party were King
Manuel, Queen Mother Amelie, the
Dowager Queen Maria Pia, the Infan
ta Alfonso and the Duke of Oporto.
37 KILLED IN WRECK.
Crowded Illinois .Trolley Cars Dashed
Together at High Speed.
' Staunton, . 111. Thirty-seven per
sons were killed and from sixteen to
twenty-five injured in a collision in
the Illinois traction system, two
miles north of Staunton. The cars
came together with a terrific crash,
and both "were demolished and-piled
in-one huge mass of wreckage,
through which the bodies of the dead
and wound&d were scattered. It is
certain that by far the larger portion
of the passengers on both cars were
either killed or - desperately injured.
NORTH CAROLINA
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Reductions Made in Europe and th
Far East in Campaign to Increase
- , Use of Kerosene.
New York. J. I. C. Clark through
whom the Standard Oil ; , company
makeg its official announcements to
the pubjig, ha issued ft statement to
the effect hat the gompany has en
tered on a thoroughly mapped out
campaign to increase the consumption
of kerosene in European countries
and the lands of the Orient. The first
move in this campaign is the reduc
tion of the prices of oil in those coun
tries. Mr, Clarke's announcement
says, in part:
: "The Standard Oil company has in
augurated campaign to Increase the
world's consumption . of refined oil.
The level of prices for refined oil to
day in the United States is lower than
at any time during recent years, and
.3 a direct result of these prices the
consumption of refined oil in this
country is increasing.. The same pol
icy is now being actively pursued
abroad."
As indicated by thi3 statement, the
Standard company began trying out
the policy of lower prices in the
United States, though without an
nouncing that it had in view a cam
paign that would cover the world. In
August the price of refined oil in
tanks was reduced from 6 1-2 to 5 1-2
;ent-:- a gallon, and the price of re
fined'oii in barrels at the refinery was
cut 1 cent, from 9 3-4 to 8 3-4 cents a
gallon. - '
RIVERS ON RAMPAGE.
Floods Sweep Over the Ohio Valley
Stater - . ' :u
Louisville, Ky. Deluged by ' the
neaviest continuous rainfall in some
places in forty years," a wide strip
of country, extending from eastern
Texas northeastward across the
northern portions of Louisiana anc
Mississippi -and over sections' of r
kansas, Tennessee, Kentucky-, south
ern Indiana and Ohio, almost':to Pitts
burg, Pa., was a veritable inland
sea. . - .
Only two lives are known to nave
b43n lost, Mrs. A. J. Burchfleld and
her grandson beinng drowned in a
rapidly rising stream near Dyersburg,
Tenn. "Washouts on railroads in some
sections of Kentucky and Tennessee
were numerous; the delivery of mail
by rural route agents was abandoned
in some quartern, and there was
much damage to farm lands and corn
iri'the shock: ' - -
FIGHTING BOLHWEEVIL.
restruction of Cotton Pest Difficult
' Task for Entomologists.
New Orleans. Of a score or more
of , insect' problems being " worked out
by the United States bureau of en
tomology, the destruction of the boll
weevil in thp South and of the gyp
sy and browntail moth in New Eng
land have proved most difficult, ac
cording to Dr. L. O. Howard, chief of
this division. - .
In connection with this work Dr
Howard is now in this section, being
accompanied to New Orleans by ' Dr
D. W. Hunt, in immediate charge oJ,
the campaign against -the boll wee
vil.
Same Train Was Wrecked a Little
Over- Week Ago.
One of the worst passenger wrecks
that ever fleeurrc4 cn the Murphy
division of the Southern Railway war
that which happened at Governors
Island near. Dry son City when pas
senger train No. 18 was derailed, the
entire train turned over and in
juring1 twenty-one people, two
of them rather seriously. Inci
dentally, it was the train of the same
number which just over a week ago
was derailed only 7 miles from this
spot, the entire train, except the ea-"
sine, leavin-r the track. No official
announcement i3 made as to the.'
cause, hut it "is said the track gave
way. The wrecked train was drawn -by
engine No. 15, with Engineer "Wil
son and Conductor Lowe of Asheville
in charge. A wrecker bearing Dr.
Hillard was rushed to the scene. The
three coaches rolled down an embank
ment.' - -
The seriously injured are W. R.
Pulliam, Cherokee, badly hurt in
body and hand eu$, aad J. C. Hamp
ton of Waynesville, who was badly
crnshed; Gary Thomas, colored, Cry
son, was'fcadly crushed.
Other injured are F. H. Hughes,
Nantahala, cut in forehead and bip;
D. W. Christian, Bryspn, back injur
ed; E. A. Ray, Stony, arm and hip
iujured; Mr3. George W. Bryson,
Canton, cut in head; Helen Agent,
Ela, head bruised and finger cut ;
Lloyd Owl, Indian, hip injured; Man
uel Weeks, Whitaker, ebest injured;
Sevier Skitty, Cherokee, "shoulder in
jured; John Palmer, newsboy, cut in
face; Benlah Powell, Ela, colored, -leg
hurt; Richard Watts, Wilrnot, leg
and ankle hurt; I. B. Ashe, Franklin,
head hurt; W. B. Nelson, baggage
master, hurt in "chest; W. B. Bishop,
flagman, leg hurt; John Love, porter,
leg hurt; W. W. Gudger, mail clerk.
Asheville, slight injured.
It is feared Pulliaa and Hampton
will die. v -
RATE ADVANCE HALTED.
Points North, West and East ef New
Orleans Affected.
Washington. General advances In
reight rates between New Orleans
and points north, west and east,
which were to have become effective
on November 1, have been suspended
by the interestate commerce commis-
ion, pending en inquiry into the rea
ionabieness and propriety of the in
creases.
Bv order of the commission, the tar
iffs are suspended for 120 days from
November 1. Meantime it is the in.
tention of the commission te hold
hearings on the proposed advances.
Labor Turns Down Socialism.
Chicago. -By a majority of more
than two to one Typographical Union
Xc. 16 defeated the proposition to
co-operate with the Socialist Party
in the coming campaign. The vote
against forming an Independent polit
ical party was even more one-sided.
44,604 People in Chattanooga.
Washington. Population statistics
as enumerated in the thirteenth cen
sus were made public: Chattanooga,
Tenn., 44,604, an Increase of 14,450,
or 47.90 j?er cent, over 30,154, the
population in 1900.
F.ought Militia; Then Killed Self.
Ocala, Fla. After, fatally wounding
Deputy Sheriff Hudson and ex-Sheriff
Gordon at his home near Ocala, Wil
liam Summerlin placed the muzzle of
a rifle in his mouth and blew his
head off. For three hours Summerlin
was barricaded in his house, where
he successfully resisted the efforts of
members of the police department and
the local company of militia1 to ar
rest him on a warrant charging a mi
nor offense. The condition of the
wounded officers is said to be criti
cal. ' .
Extravagant Living.
San Francisco. A tale of extrava
gant living was told to, the police by
Caesario Munez, who, with Alfonso
Garcia, is under arrest in this qity,
charged with robbing J, M. Summaga,
millionaire mine owner of the City
of Mexico, of ?50,000 in jewels and
nearly 52.000 in cash. Munez says
then Garcia proposed that they set
about spending the money without det
lay. They did so. Munez estimates
that during their waking hours they
lived at the rate of more than 75"
an h-ourj
Population of Jacksonville, Fla.,
Washington. Population statistics
a3 enumerated in the thirteenth cen
sus' give Jacksonville, Fla.', 57,699, an
increase of 29,270,- or 103 per cent,
over 28,429 in 1900.
Nine Spoons in Woman's Stomach.
Concord, N. H. Nine spoons in a
human stomach have been disclosed
by an autopsy performed on , Miss
Catherine Moher .of Manchester, an
.nmate of the state insane hospital
here.' A few days - ago the patient
died in terrible agenv.
To Settle Tampa Strike.
Tampa, Fla. At a meeting of 500
of the .business men of the city, ac
tion was taken ; which, it is believed,
will settle the strike among the cigar,
makers. Manufacturers were Invited
to open their, places, with full assur-,
ance of protection, and the workmen
who so desire are Insured protection
and employment , as long as they de
sire it. Resolutions to this effect-;
were passed, and a copy furnished to
the joint advisory board. The meet-:
ing declared for the "open shop" in
all trades; ' ' j
Romance Civil War.
Passing throught two generations,
a romance of the civil war culminated
in Washington, D. C, in the mar-'
riage cf Stonewall Jackson Jenkin
and Miss Bessie Dickerson, both of
Beaufort, by the Rev. John Shannon,
Named after his uncle, the famous
Confederate general, "Stonewall
Jackson," the bridgroom, a young
man of 26 j-ears, was destined by a
psculiarfreak of fate to marry the
grand, daughter of Capt. John Steele,
an Ohioan,-' who fought against
'Stonewall" and after the war went
to North Carolina to claim as his
wife Mrs. . Dorothy Felder, the
daughter of a private under General
Jackson. . .
A daughter of the Northern cap
tain became the wife of Mrs. Jenk
in 'a father, making a complex union
cf old families of the South and
North tbat in difficult to unravel in a
casuual way, but withal involving a
romance extending through a half
century. and two generations.
Col. Wood for State Auditor.
Col. W. P. Wood of Randolph
county was nominated as canidate for
State auditor by the Democratic
State executive committee to fill th
vacancy caused by the death of Dr,
B. F. Dickson, ' State auritor. Col,
Wood is 67 years old, a Coiifederata
veteran and has several times rep
resented bis county in the general
assembly. .
Dr. Wrote Prescription Arrested.
As the result of the testimony of
Berry Pettj', a young white man, in
the recorder's court at Charlotte, a
warrant wa3 issued for Dr. Wither
spoon, charging that he "did writo
a prescription for one pint of whis
key for Berry Petty and Eerry Petty
not being bona fide under his charge
and'wa3 not sick at the time."
Petty 's story was .that he asked -for
a prescription and some physician
granted it, without making any in
vestigation to determine whether or
not he needed it.
The Soughing of the Pines.
W. A. Sharpe, a well esteemed man
of Greensboro, committed sucide.
He was 65 years of ae. Ill health is
supposed to have caused the deed."
Tomas L. Rogers la been appoint
ed Postmaster at Graham, in place
of M. L. Rice, removed. " .
Alderman L. Ed. Heilisr of Salis
bury committed sucide at Morganton,
where be escaped from a hospital
there. He had gone there to be treat
ed for a. nervous trouble.
Under the auspices of the Daugh
of the Confederacy, there is being
erected a handsome monument to the
Confederate dead at Laurinburg.
On Ocfober 22 the annual educa
tional rally and picnic of the Croa
tan Normal school at Pembroke, will
be held.
At the Robeson Republican Con
vention resolutions were drawn up
Xavoriog putting all county officers
on a salary and abo favoring the re
peal of the crop or agricultural Hen
law; . '