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PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C. AUGUST 30, 1911.
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Greatest Interest From All
Parts of World.
Southern.
Voters of Jefferson county, Alabama.
in which is located the city of Bir
aningham, declared for the open sa
loon and rejected the plan to establish
a, dispensary in this city. The "wet
majority is estimated at something
over 1,000 votes. The county beats
gave the dispensary a small majority,
but this lead was soon killed when
-votes in the city wards were counted.
"Under the Smith liquor law Birming
.hain will have 44 saloons to be con
trolled by aa. excise commisssion to be
appointed by the governor.
Commissioner of Agriculture Kolb
of Alabama has heard from six com
missioners of agriculture of the South,
in answer to inquires, in which the
information is given that a general
crop deterioration is noticeable. The
average is given as 20 per cent. Ten
nessee is the only one of six states
which announces no depreciation of
the crop, while the commissioners of
Florida, Louisiana, Georgia, Mississip
pi and Arkansas announce a deterio
ration of 20 per cent. each.
Reports received by Secretary Reid
of the South Carolina Farmers' union
indicate that the cotton crop in a
score of counties of the state will av
erage from 50 to 80 per cent. The
general average for the counties is
about 75 per cent. A report of all
counties and a general average for
the state will be announced later. The
information is being gathered by the
State Farmers' union to prevent the
farmers of the state from selling cot
ton at a price too low,
While three thousand men, women
and children stood by, shouting their
approval, Peter Carter, a negro, who
had previously been baptured by three
members of his own race, and idtnti
fied as the man who had attacked Mrs.
.Minnie Spraggins, wife of a farmer,
was burned to death on a brush-pile
in the main street of Purcell, Okla.
Two deputy sheriffs who attempted
to rescue the negro from the crowd
were overpowered and locked in the
courthouse.
Internal revenue officers in search
of illicit distilleries near Winston-Salem,
X. C-, have discovered that a new
weapon is being used to discourage
their investigations by two revenue
officers, who just missed stepping into
a large steep trap presumably set for
them by "moonshiners." The officers
had destroyed an illicit still recently,
and were pursuing their investigations
when one of them saw the trap just
in time to avoid their being caught.
Representatives of 66,000 farmers of
the bright tobacco belt of Virginia and
North Carolina, allied with the Farm
ers' Educational and Co-operative un
ion, in executive session at Greens
boro, X. C, entered into an agree
ment to pool the 1911 tobacco crop
until a price of not less than 15 cents
per pound is obtained in any section;
the "bright" grade of tobacco will be
held for 20 cents. Details of the
agreement were withheld.
"Hold cotton for 13 cents,'' is the
advice to be formally given to farmers'
organizations by a committee consist
ing of Senator Williams of Mississippi
and Senator Owen of Oklahoma and
Representaive Burleson of Texas, rep
resenting a conference of senators and
representatives from several cotton-
growing states. A committee will urge
the state banking associations to co
operate against "the bearish move
ment of the speculators."
J. Prank Skinner, the tallest Elk In
the world, died at his home in Augus
ta, Ga., after a long illness. He was
seven feet and four inches high
He was at one time with a circus and
traveled Europe as the "tall man,
but for the past ten years has been
a drummer. While he was higher
than the ordinary man, still he came
from a family of tall people, his grand
father being the tallest man Georgia
ever produced. He was nearly eight
feet tall.
That New York 'can already fairly
claim to be the largest city in the
world is shown by a comparison of
the census just completed in London,
with the health department's estimate
of New York's -numbers. The popu
lation o fthe administrative county and
city of London is. 4,522,628, as com'
pared with 4,988,385, the population of
the administrative boroughs of New
York City. London's death rate is
given as 19.1, while New York's is
only 14.8.
Speeding eastward behind time, Le
high Valley passenger train No. 4 ran
into a spread rail on a trestle near
Manchester, N. Y., and two day coach
es from the rear section of the train
plunged downward 40 feet, striking
the east embankment like a pair of
projectiles. In the awful plunge and
crash at least forty persons were
killed and more than eighty injured,
The mortality was high among the
older passengers, most of whom were
veterans of the Civil war and their
wives.
Rioting occurred at Bargoed, on the
Giamorgean border, near Newport,
England. A dozen English and Jew
ish shops were wrecked and looted
Troops were called to the assistance
of the police and dispersed the wreck
ers. Xo further rioting has occurred
in the Monmouthshire valley towns,
but the threatening attitude of the
mobs at Tredegar and Rhymney ne
cessitates the continued presence there
of soldiers. Many Jewish families are
leaving the country.
An answer was filed by Harry K.
Thaw, through his attorney, to the pe
tition of his wife, Evelyn Nesbit Thaw,
in which Judge L. L. Davis was asked
to appoint a lunacy commission to
take charge of the income of Thaw in
Pennsylvania and provide for the sup
port of his wife. Thaw's income is
said to be $60,000 a year. Thaw claims
the verdict of the jury in New York
state was not a finding that he was
insane.
An interesting feature of the Do
minion election campaign was a vig
orous denunciation at Winnipeg, Man
itoba, of the Laurier government by
Joseph Martin, M. P., for London, Eng
land, former attorney general of Man
itoba, and ex-premier of British Co
lumbia. Martin is strong for reciproc
ity. "Reciprocity will undoubtedly
mean more money for Canada, and
more money for Canadians, and would
be a good thing for Canada in this
respect," said Martin.
General.
Sailing serenely over New York,
Harry X'. Atwood, the Boston aviator,
arrived there in his aeroplane, the first
man in history to travel 1,265 miles
in a heavier-than-air machine. He not
enly broke the world's record, covering
1,265 miles in an air line, or perhaps
100 more miles with his detours, but
he flew all the way in the same bi
plane, and with no important mishaps.
Atwood's flight is comparable only to
that made by fast trains, for he cov
ered the distance from St. Louis to
New York in an actual flying time
of 28 hours and 31 minutes.
The Marquis of Queensberry, who
landed in New York several days' ago
to "make his fortune" in America, has
gone to work as a special sporting
writer for a Chicago daily newspa
per. .
The members of the Federation of
Railway Employees of the Illinois
Central voted to strike.
Ex-President Roosevelt in a letter
to the editor of the Pittsburg Leader
says: "I must ask not only you, but
every friend I have to see to it that
no movement whatever is made to
bring me forward for the nomination
of 1912."
The national monetary commission
"will close its work pn March 31 next.
The senate accepted the house amend
ments to the senate measure and the
bill was then ready for the president's
signature. -
Washington.
President Taft has selected some
of the subjects on which he will speak
on his Western trip that will begin
next month. He told callers that the
tariff, peace and arbitration, currency
reform, reciprocity- and conservation,
probably, would form a nucleus for his
speechmaking. He will make ad
dresses on many other subjects, but
the topics named would make a sort
of "big five" around which speeches
that he deemed less important might
be made.
On the eve of his forty-day swing
around the circle, on which Republi
can leaders expect him to define the
issues for the campaign of 1912, Pres
ident Taft announced himself unalter
ably opposed to the "nostrums" of re
form, which, he declared, "dema
gogues" and "theoretical extremists"
have advanced for the solution of the
problem of concentrated wealth in this
country. The president spoke to the
veterans of the Grand Army of the Re
public at Rochester, N. Y.
The first session of the Sixty-jsecond
congress ended, and immediately the
exodus of members began. President
Taft joined with several hundred tired
legislators in the hegira, and official
Washington was comparatively desert
ed. Every outgoing train bore sena
tors and representatives on their
homeward journey after being togeth
er 12i days and setting the liveliest
pace of any legislative session in
years. The adjournment was feature
less, despite the strenuous activity
that had gone before. The president
vetoed the cotton tariff revision bill,
President Taft signed the joint res
olution for the admission of New Mex
ico and Arizona into the Union. There
was but one resolution, so the presi
dent used three pens in order that
some of the relic hunters might be sat
isfied. "Well, it's done," the president
said, as he signed the parchment. The
resolution provides that Arizona shall
elimnate the judiciary recall clause in
its constitution.
Some 880 initial "doses" of typhoid
vaccine have been distributed to physi
cians throughout South Carolina, by
the state health department since the
distribution was commenced about two
weeks ago.
Senator LaFollette electrified . the
senate with a vitriolic attack on Wall
street. Addressing his colleagues in
the upper chamber on conditions in
Alaska, he charged that a conspiracy
is being hatched in Wall street among
the money kings for the "upbuilding
cf a monopoly equal,; if not greater,
than that in the anthracite Coal fields
of Pennsylvania. Senator LaFollette
did not mince words nor was he back
ward in his allegations. He declared
the gigantic powers in Wall street
were using the government to, help
tht min tying up Alaska for their own
exploitation.
WILL POOL THEIR
T
OBACGO
CROPS
11-115 PLAN WAS ADOPTED BY
NORTH CAROLINA ANR VIR
GINIA GROWERS.
TO HOLD FOR BETTER PRICES
Six Hundred Farmers at Secret Meet
ing In Greensboro When Decision
Was Reached Supply World With
Millions of Pounds of Tobacco.
Raleigh. A special from ' Greens
boro states that at a secret session of
six hundred farmers and tobacco
growers of North Carolina and Vir
ginia in the Grand opera house, a re
port of the resolution committee fa
voring the pooling of the 1911 crop
and holding for better prices was
unanimously adopted. At the sessions
of the convention being held details
of the plan were worked out. This
is an important step for the tobacco
growers of the bright tobacco belt
of Virginia and North Carolina, and
is the first time such a pool has ever
been undertaken in this section.
A sort of preliminary meeting was
held behind closed doors, and Presi
dent Charles Barrett of the Na
tional Farmers' Union made the prin
cipal address. Open session was held
and addresses of welcome were made
by Mayor T. . Murphy and Mr. E. D.
Broadhurst on behalf of the city and
chamber of commerce. The re
sponse was by President Barrett. Af
ter this the farmers again went into
secret session.
Among those who were present and
taking part in the discussions, in ad
dition to President Barrett, are As
sistant Secretary Hayes of the Uni
ted States Department of Agriculture,
Mr. Joel B. Forte of Tennessee and
President Alexander of the State Far
mers Union. The attendance was
large and every county in the bright
tobacuo belt of the two States was
represented.
The tobacco district of the states
of Virginia and North Caolina, which
comprise the northern central coun
ties of this state and the adjoining
counties of southern Virginia, supply
the world with millions of pounds of
tobacco of an exclusive grade, being
called by tobacco-growers the "bright
leaf," and a tobacco very necessary to
manufacturers of the weed.
Two Companies Were Chartered.
The Guilford Poultry Association
of Greensboro was chartered with $2,-
000 capital authorized and $200 sub
scribed by WT. R. Golden, W. M. Mont
gomery, F. H. Nicholson and Thomas
J. Shaw for the purpose of holdinf
poultry fairs at Greensboro and pro
moting the raising of thoroughbred
poultry in that section of the state.
Another charter is for the Crystal Ice
& Ice Cream Co., Lexington, capital
$50,000 authorized and $15,000 sub
scribed by H. E. Cartlend, E. B. Cra
ven and others for operating ice fac
tory and other purposes.
AMENDED MEAT ORDINANCE
rne commissioners Make a Slight
Change From Ordinance Proposed
by Farmers in Amendment..
Greensboro. The Board of Commis
sioners forestalled any possibility of
initiative proceedings in Greensboro
until after the baseball season is over,
at least, by acceeding to the demands
of the farmers and passing an amend
ment to the meat inspection ordinance.
The amendment was practically what
was asked by the farmers and the cit
izens of the cityjuwho had rallied to
their cause, the'only exception being
that the head and spleen of the slaugh
tered animals were required to be
brought attached to the carcass for in
spection. The ordinance will, it' is be
lieved, be generally satisfactory to the
farmers. i
The vote on the amendment was two
and one. Commissioner Brown voted
against the amendment, while it was
championed by Mayor Murphy and
Commissioner Foushee. The amend
ment to the ordinance, which does not
become effective within 20 days, is
published in full. Until the ordinance
is effective the former ordinance will
remain in force.
The action of the board in passing
the amendment is regarded by many
as a victory for the farmers. Some
are of the opinion that it will have the
effect of causing the farmers to pro
test against any ordinance that does
not suit them which may be enacted
in the future. Commissioner Brown
when seen stated that he did not see
why the people of the country should
not have the same right to come to the
city and suggest to the city just how
long the city schools should run as
they had to come here and suggest the
kind of inspection laws the city should
have.
A close tab is going to be kept on
every slaughtered animal brought to
the city from the country in order to
ascertain just how much fresh meat
consumed in the city comes direct
from the country.
Franklin County Superior Court.
Franklin Superior Court convened
with Judge C. M. Cooke presiding. In
the judge's charge to the grand jury
he dwelt earnestly on the great impor
tance of their work, that the petit jury
and the court could not commence
business, without their having investi
gated cases for trial. He said he
would not call their attention to their
known duty in murder, burglary, arson
and other cases, but wished to empha
size the violations of vhe law vs. boys,
cigarette smoking, which is now alarm
ingly done, with terrible results, also
the violation of the law vs. the carry
ing of pistols and other weapons, and
gambling ?n cotton futures, prominent
whites playing poker as well as ne
groes os river banks and in vacant
houses, playing craps. He stated that
he had heard of the violation of the
prohibition law here with impunity
and reminded them that they were not
judges of the law, and whether they
were opposed or not, all violators
ought to be punished.
Mrs. Noel Brought Back For Trial.
Deputy Sheriff Sink arrived with
Mrs. Charles Noel in custody, the
woman made ho effort to resist extra
dition and apparently came willlingly.
She was arraigned before Judge Dan
iels and a spirited scrap ensued be
tween General Walser, the woman's at
torney and Captain Wade Phillips,
representing the state. General Wal
ser asked for a continuance on the
grounds that he did not believe that
the woman could get a fair trial in
Davidson county at this time. The
words of Judge Daniels in passing sen
tence on Charles Noel, convicted of
the crime for which the woman is to
stand trial, said General Walser, 'had
also created a profound impression on
the people of Davidson county, and the.
people are thoroughly aroused and In
dignant. He said that he did not be
lieve that a jury could be found in
the county who could give the woman
a fair trial. Attorney Phillips for the
state, took a different view of the mat
ter and asserted that there would be
no trouble in finding twelve fair mind
ed men in the county. After some
more , talk it was finally agreed that
the case should be removed to Rowan
county for trial.
NORTH STATE LEADS
ROM THE OLD NORTH STATE
TO INVESTIGATE THERMAL CON-
UNIONS REGARDING FRUIT
GROWING.
General News That Has Been Gotten
Together With Much Care For the
People of the State. v
Wadesboro. Preston Hanna, the 15-
year-old boy who shot and almost in
stantly killed Mr. Jas. Eddings, two
weeks ago, at his home near Peach-
FIRST WORK OF THIS KIND land- had a Preliminary hearing before
Enquire J. H. Benton.
A HORRIBLE PAW
AT
PICTURE SHOW
Was Inaugurated by National Weath
er Bureau Matter Was Brought to
the Attention of Prof. Wills L.
Moore by Section Director Denson.
Statesville. The postal savings de
partment of the Statesville postoffice
has been opened for deposits. Post
master Raymer has designated Assis
tant Postmaster Sherrill to be In regu
lar charge of the department with
Stamp Clerk Harbin as assistant.
Greensboro. The Guilford register
Raleigh. North Carolina is first of deeds recorded one of the biggest
w , . tu book. U wa- tKft Aftft..
UI...UB.UU6 uinuu conamons ior 000 bond issue bond mortgage from
fruit growing. Far-reaching co-opera- the Southern Bell Telephone Company
tire investigations are about to be in 10 tlie Bankers' Trust Company and
NO NECESSARY CAUSE FOR DIS
ASTER AT THE CANONSBURG
OPERA HOUSE.
DEATHS FROM SUFF0CATI0M
A Mass of People Fought For the Exit
" and Twenty-Six Die in the Struggle
Many More Were Seriously Injured.
augurated In this state by the Nation
al Weather Burr i which will mean
much to fruit growers. This is the
first work of this kind ever undertaken
anywhere in the United States and the
results obtained in North Carolina will
be a criterion for fruit growers
throughout the whole country.
This work was undertaken in a pre
liminary way two years ago by W. N.
Hutt, State Horticulturist, but owing
to the great expense of the delicate in
struments required, it was not possible
to carry it forward on a sufficiently
John H. Parsons, of New York.
Hickory. There is at last a ray of
hope that Hickory will get a new pas
senger station. Men high in the coun
cils of the Southern Railway have
submitted plans to a number of prom
inent citizens for a new depot. It was
decided that these plans did not pro
vide for sufficient accommodations and
it was agreed to revise the plans and
start the work as quickly as possible.
Raleigh. On the recommendation of
the mayors of Hot Springs and Mar
shall, the trial judge and solicitor.
comprehensive scale. Through the co- Govenor Kitchin granted a pardon for
operation of Mr. L. A. Denson, of
Raleigh, Section Director of the
Weather Bureau for North Carolina
the importance of thermal investiga
tions in North Carolina was brought
before Willis L. Moore, Chief of the
National Weather Bureau. These ef
forts were ably supported by Cou-
gicssman R. L. Doughton, who is ever
alert in furthering the interests of the
Old North State.
In order to look into the possibility
of undertaking these investigations,
the U. S. Weather Bureau detailed
Prof. H. J. Cox, special expert, to co
operate with Mr. Denson and Mr. Hutt
in making a preliminary survey of the
general topography of Western Caro
lina in relation to fruit growing. These
gentlemen spent most of the month of
July in making this survey and in se
lecting location for observing stations
where this work could be most advan
tageously carried on.
On his return to Washington Prof.
Cox reported mot favorably on the op
portunities of Western Carolina for
fruit growing and recommended that
the work be undertaken,
Owing to. the great expense of equip
ping a number of stations it looked as
though these very valuable investiga
tions could not be gotten under way.
Halifax Court is in -Session.
Halifax Superior Court is in session
with Judge M. H. Justice, of Lincoln
ten, presiding. The state docket con
tained 66 cases when court opened,
the most important being the state
against S. M. Dickens, Chief of Police,
and Lonnie Dickis, his brother. The
charge is that on or about March 25th,
the Dickens brothers assaulted old
man Jones and that on account of in
juries inflicted Jones died. The Dick
ens brothers stoutly maintain that
they are innocent of the charge. They
are represented by Corporation Com
missioner E. L. Travis, State Senator
A. P. Kitchin and Elliott Clark. The
prosecuting attorney, Hon. John II.
Kerr, will be assisted by W. E. Daniel
and George C. Green.
Farmers' Union of Wilson County.
The Farmers' Educatlonal Co-operative
Union for Wilson cotfnty met in
the courthouse in Wilson and found
that out of eighteen lodges, seventeen
were represented. The attendance
was large and deep interest was man-i
fest. In the absence of President C.
E. Bream, the meeting was presided
.over by Vice-President W. H. Lamm.
Mr. L. E. Robbins, who is largely
responsible for the organization , in
Wilson county, and who has devoted
much time to the work, was on hand
as secretary and treaurer.
An Interesting Case Being Tried.
An interesting criminal case is be
ing tried in Superior court. It is the
case of state vs. George Cathey. The
defendant is charged with violating
the, "search and seizure" law by hav
ing on hand for sale, it is alleged,
more than two gallons of whiskey.
When the officers made the raid on
liquors alleged to belong to Mr .Cathey
they confiscated about 25 barrels. The
whiskey is now being held by the city.
Mr. Cathey has never laid claim to the
whiskey and it is up to the state to
prove that it is his property.
Shelby School Closes Session.
A session of summer school, embrac
ing two weeks, has just closed at
Shelby, Cleveland county. Among the
instructors were Prof. M. C. S. Noble.
Chapel Hill, N. C; Miss Anna Wet
more, Duke, N. C, and Prof. Carmich
ael, Durham, N. C. During the session
Prof. J. A. Bivena, of Raleigh, was
present and added much interest to the
cause of popular education
Have Appealed to Commissioner.
North Carolina Commissioner of
Agriculture W. A. Graham has been
appealed to by a number of the com
missioners of- cotton-growing states,
of which there are thirteen, to call a
special conference of the commission
ers to look into the status of. the cot
ton crop and form some estimate of
the prospective yield and the average
quality. The appeal comes to him
because he Is vice president of the As
sociation of Commissioners and Agri
cultural Workers of the CottonGrow
ing states.
Advisory Committee is Named.
Together with eight other North Car
olinians, Mr. W. S. Lee has been ap
pointed by Governor Kitchin to mem
bership on an advisory committee
with which officers of the National
Irrigation Congress can co-operate in
making the coming congress in Chica
go, November 5, of benefit to North
Carolina. The other committeemen
are Messrs. J. J. Furlong, Frank He
witt, A. B. Lukens, S. S. Mann, O. L.
Clark, J. A. Wellons, R. P. Richard
son, R. F. Richardson and W. D.
Mills.
Fair Premiums That Are Offered.
Raleigh. The work for the eraaica-
agriculture is paying this year $150 in
premiums for each of about -twenty
county and district fairs that are to
be held during the fall in every sec
tion of the state. Also there are very
considerable cash premiums offered by
the state department for exhibitors in
the State Fair. Major Graham, com
missioner of agriculture, is deeply in
terested in bringing about a uniform
system of making the awards, or rath
er of judging the exhibits in competi
tion for the premiums. It is to this
end that he has called a conference
of the secretaries of all the county
and district fairs to be held in this
city. It is a notable fact that in in
vestigating the premium systems in
many' of the fairs of other states it is
found that the state fairs offer far.
greater premiums than North Carolina.
Hookworm Disease Hard Fought.
Raleigh. The wor kfor the eradica
tion of the hookworm disease goes for
ward apace in North Carolina and Dr.
John A. Ferrill, secretary for the
Hookworm Commission' for North
Carolina, gave out the information that
Pitt county had made an appropria
tion for the free dispensary for the
hookworm cure. Pitt is the twelfth
county to act and its appropriation is
$50 a week for six weeks. Such work
against the hookworm disease ha- sal-
ready been done in Robeson, Sampson,
Columbus and Halifax. Work is now
going on in Wayne, Onslow, Coumber-
land and Northampton, and work is
arranged for in Brunswick, Pender,
Craven and Pitt. The fact of local ap
propriations shows the deep interest
being taken in the work.
Two New Enterprises For the State.
Raleigh. Certificates of incorpora
tion were filed with the secertary of
state by two new enterprises, these
being:
Rose Alexander, Inc., of Charlotte;
druggists; authorized capital $5,000;
subscribed $5,000, by A. B. Reese,
Mamie W. Reese and O. T. Alexander.
The Savodine Company, of New
Bern; to manufacture Savodine and to
do general drug business; authorized
capital, $25,000; subscribed, $2,000, by
Dr. Leinster Duffy, E. H. Gorham and
B. M. Duffy.
Plans For State Building.
Raleigh. The plans in detail for the
new state administration building that
is to be erected at a cost of $250,000
on the south side of Capital Square,
are to be ready early in September
and then as little time is to be lost
as possible in the procurement of bids
and awarding the contract for the
erection of the building. It is expect
ed that the clearing away of the old
buildings and the excavations for the
splendid fire-proof structure that is to
go up will require the greater part of
the winter months. '
Reuben Franklin, sentenced at the
February term, 1911, to one year on
the roads for selling whiskey. The
contention is that Franklin has been
sufficiently punished. The pardon ia
conditional on good behavior.
Asheville. As a result of the grand
jury's investigation into liquor selling
in Asheville at the regular April term
a large number of Indictments against
Asheville men have been returned by
the present grand jury. While the
names of those indicted are not made
public it is said that there are no
fewer than 35 and that the list in
cludes some prominent Asheville men.
Gaston. The question of establish
ing a farm-life school in this county is
not a matter of politics. It is simply
a matter of taking a forward step ia
the way of better and more practical
education for our boys and girls. Gas
ton hat been taking the lead in many
matters relating to the betterment of
conditions among the people generally,
and there is no reason why it should
not do so in this.
Fayetteville. The coroner's jury,
who sat on the case of the negro Jim
Townsend, killed in an affray, and who
adjourned until a missing witness
could be had, resumed its hearing on
the arrival of the Bennettsville freight
train, which brought in Clay Johnson,
the missing witness. The jury render
ed a verdict that Jim Townsend came
to his death from a wound inflicted
by a knife in the hands of Adam
Smith.
Winston-Salem. Revenue Officer
Henry, who was shot in the left breast,
the ball lodging in his back, in Wijkes
county, during a raid on moonshiners,
is able to leave his hotel. The ball
will not be removed unless it gives
Henry trouble. Four arrests have
been been made and while officers
were out looking for others implicated
in the shooting, they ' destroyed an
illicit plant of 140 gallons capacity.
Burlington. Three drug firms of
Burlington, the Burlington Drug Com
pany, A. Bradley and t. h. stroua,
were surprised when they learned
through a representative of Uncle
Sam's internal revenue department
that they were charged with violation
of a Federal statute in dispensing alco
hol in quantities not in conformity
with the rules of the department.- The
druggists were in each case required
to pay a penalty and take out whiskey
license for one year.
Winston-Salem. Internal revenue
officers in search of illicit distilleries
have discovered that a new weapon is
being used to discourage their Investi
gations. It was admitted by two rev
enue officers that they had just missed
stepping into a large steel trap pre
sumably set for them by "moonshin
ers" in Iredell county. The officers
had destroyed an illicit still recently
and were pursuing their inevstigations
in the same neighborhood when one
of them happened to see the trap just
in time to avoid their being caught in
it.
Henderson. The Chamber of Com
merce has succeeded in locating a
large planing mill and lumber plant
here. The new plant will have the ca
pacity of about ten carloads of dressed
lumber a day, and will employ a good
many laborers.
High Point. As a sample of the
watermelon growth in this community
it may toe stated that some of the far
mers, among whom is J. A. Frazler,
bring in the city some specimens
weighing from 60 to 75 pounds each
and selling for 75 cents to a dollar.
They are luscious and the quantity is
far above the average this year.
North Wilkesboro. Superior court
for Wilkes county adjourned, this be
ing a two weeks' session with Judge
J. Crawford Biggs presiding. This
was Judge Biggs' first court in this
county and he made a good impression
on the people. There were no cases
tried of any general interest.
Raleigh Among the improvements
in sight for Raleigh is a new ice fac
tory, to be erected by Powell & Powell
on West Hargett street, in time to be
gin business next spring. This new
plant will be of brick ad will have a
25-ton daily capacity and will employ
about twenty people.
Canonsburg, Pa. Twenty-six dead
from soffocation, twenty-flve seriously
injured, thirty suffering from minor
hurts, is the human toll exacted dur
ing an inexcusable panic at a moving
picture show in the Canonsburg opera
house. The moving picture machine
developed a slight defect. A small
boy shouted "Fire," at the same timer
starting for the narrow exit. Bolus
Dubrowski, a foreign miner, one of the
dead, a giant in proportions, jumped
from his seat and ran wildly for the
same exit. In a moment there was a
fighting, struggling mass after him.
At the head of a narrow stairway.
which led to the street, the foreigner
tripped. As he rolled down the stairs
he swept along others before him
who were waiting their,, turn to enter
the theater 'and soon there was an in
describable pile of human beings at
the foot of the steps, battling like
mad. With the exception of three per
sons all of the dead are local people.
It was all over within a short time. .
Volunteer firemen, several policemen
and a few level-headed citizens un
tangled the human mass. The unhurt
and those slightly injured were pulled
from the top of the pile. As they
gained the street, they ran screaming
like maniacs to all parts of the small
town. Next came the more seriouly
injured, and these were sent home or
taken to nearby houses, while a few
were rushed, unconscious, to the hospitals.
Then the rescuers came to the silent .
forms of those who had reached the
fatal stairway first. One after an
other,, the victims, many of them
women and small children, were car
ried to the sidewalk. All had suffo
cated and the faces showed terror.
Coroner James Hefran has begun a
rigid investigation. He arrived at the
scene early and within a short time
had selected a jury.
The moving picture machine opera
tor was about to conclude the first
performance when a film c parted.
Some of the audience already had
commenced to leave the building, and
other persons were on the stairway
coming up.
Many Persons Hurt in Wreck.
Middletown, Conn. Sixty persons
were injured, eight of them seriously,
when an express train on the 'Valley
division of the New York, New Haven
& Hartford Railroad was wrecked by
spreading of the rails. The train runs
to various resorts and returns at
night. The train consisted of the en
gine, two baggage and eight passenger
coaches. The engine was thrown on
its side into a sand bank; the two
baggage cars went down a 35-foot em
bankment and the first passenger
coach ran into the tender of the en
gine and was badly splintered. It was
in this car that most of the injured
were found. The engineer was caught
in the cab of his engine and had to be
chopped out but escaped with a dis
located hip and bruises.
Designated More Postal Banks.
Washington. Postmaster General
Hitchcock designated fifty mofe post-
offices of the first-class as postal tar
ing depositories, among them were:
Montgomery, Ala.; Texarkana, Ark.;
Athens, Ga.; Paducah, Ky.; Shreve
port, La.; Jackson, Miss.; Greensboro,
N. C; Greenville, S. C; Bristol,
Tenn.; Austin, Tex., and Petersburg;
Va. The receipts in the postal tar
Ings offices at New York, Chicago, St.
Louis and Boston, which opened for
business on the 1st of August, It was
announced at the department, amount
ed to a quarter of a million dollars at
the end of the first three weeks.
Mutilated Body Is Found.
Knoxvllle, Tenn. The vicinity of
Etowah is greatly excited over the
discovery of the mutillated body of J.
L Miller, aged' 65, a well-to-do farm
er who resided within 2 miles of that
place. Miller's son Roscoe, Thomas
Senter and G. W. Rose and wife, the
last two tenants on one of Miller's
farms, are under arrest charged with.
the murder and hare been spirited
away to the jail at Athens on account
of the high feeling against them at
Etowah. Officers claim that one of
the quartet has confessed.
Another Long Distance Swim.
New York. Elaine Golding, a Bath.
Beach girl, swam from the Battery
in New York to Coney Island, IS
miles. Miss Golding is 20 years old
and weighs 190 pounds. She has won
many championships at short and
middle distances, but this was her
first effort at such a long distance.
Her time, one minute more than 4
hours, is regarded as very exceptional
as a heavy rain fell all the time and
the sea was very choppy. It was
thought she would not be able tat
make it. 1