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PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C., SEPTEMBER 20, 1911.
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MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS OF
THE PAST WEEK TOLD IN
CONDENSED FORM.
WORLD'S NEWS EPITOMIZED
Complete Review of Happenings of
Greatest Interest From AH
Parts of World.
Southern.
Five hundred farmers and as many
bankers, congressmen, United States
senators and business men, represent
ing every cotton growing state in
America, declared in convention at
Montgomery, Ala., that the farmer's
cotton is worth 15 cents a pound, and
resolved that the farmer should hold
his cotton for that price. The reso
lution followed a committee report
that the crop in America would not
exceed 12,500,000 bales. For financing
the crop of this yar a resolution was
adopted to the effect that the farmer
should deposit his cotton in a ware
house and use his receipt as collat
eral until he could sell his cotton at a
fair price, not less than 15 cents.
There was also a resolution that the
several state legislatures provide for
a system of bonded warehouses. At
lanta was chosen for the next meet
ing place.
One thousand men from every cot
ton growing state in America met in
Montgomery, Ala., and until black
night darkened an auditorium which
contained no provision for light, con
ferred together to devise ways and
means to rebut the figures of the Fed
eral cotton report and to secure a
better price for cotton. Among these
men were numbered congressmen,
the commissioners of agriculture
from every Southern state,
Mississippi river levee residents in
New Orleans were overwhelmed by
a flood of molasses that flowed out
of a storage depot and turned streets,
yards and houses into a sticky mass.
The people and 30 officials fought it,
but it will be several days before the
district is cleared up. The "ware
house" wsa a reservoir used by the
old municipal water works plant. The
quantity of sticky mass which flowed
out was more than 1,000,000 gallons
and the property loss is about $125,
000. After experiencing many hardships
and losing five of their number
through deaths, three families of
Georgia farmers, who came to Ceiba,
Honduras, a few months ago from the
American colony near Ceiba, left
aboard the steamer Mount Vernon for
New Orleans. A popular subscription
was taken up here to aid them in
reaching their homes. Aid was also
given them by the American govern
ment. Prof. H. Carman, Federal entomol
ogist aud bacteriologist at the Ken
tucky experiment station, believes
that the prevalence of pelagra in
Kentucky is due to an insect known
as the buffalo gnat.
In the petition for a charter filed
in the superior court at Savannah,
Ga., by Kenneth D. Steele, attorney
for the Hilton-Dodge Lumber compa
ny, the formation of a gigantic lum
ber corporation, capitalized at $7,
500,000, full paid in, is disclosed.
The move means a complete reorgani
zation of the Hilton-Dodge properties
and the consolidation of all subsidi
ary concerns under one head. The
general headquarters of the new com
pany will be in Savannah.
General.
Three hundred and fifteen thousand
dollars were stolen from the branch
of the Bank of Montreal in New West
minster, B. C. Five robbers entered
the bank by the front door, broke
through the thin metal coating of the
vault, blew the safe by a charge of
nirto-glycerine and made their escape
with their booty without being seen
except by a Chinese caretaker. There
was in all $350,000 in the bank safes.
The robbers took all they could carry.
r-remier Stolypin, who was shot
down in the municipal theater at Kiev,
Russia, in all probability, will sur
vive his wounds. The surgeons an
nounced that the premier's conditions
was satisfactory. They declared no
complications were feared, and that
there were good hopes for his recov
er". The local police believe Bogroff,
the would-be assassin, is a political
malcontent, and the reasons for the
crime were his hatred for M. Stolypin,
due to the premier's reactionary pol
icies. France's reply to German's propos
als on the Moroccan negotiations has
been written and will be laid before
the French cabinet. The German de
mands were such as could not be ac
cepted by France.
Great Britaon, Germany, Austria
and Spain have agreed to recognize
the republic of Portugal.
The keel of Uncle Sam's greatest
dreadnought, the battleship New
York, was laid at the New York navy
yard. The new sea fighter will be
of 27,000 tons displacement. The New
York will be more than two years in
building.
James Russell Soley, formerly as
sistant secretary of the navy, a mem
ber of the New York bar, died at
Roosevelt hospital from pneumonia.
Mr. Soley was born in Boston October
1, 1850. 1
25,000 persons engaged in the New
England textile industry resumed
work after a period of idleness.
"No man, you know, would run
away from the presidency of the Uni
ted States," said Governor Harmon
of Ohio, when asked if he was a can
didate for the Democratic presidential
nomination.
Governor and United States Senator-Elect
Hoke Smith of Georgia, be
fore leaving the conference of gover
nors for home, announced the next
Democratic national ticket as Har
mon of Ohio and Wilson of New Jer
sey, for president and vice president,
respectively. The burden of the
thought of Governor Smith was that
the meeting of governors perhaps has
resulted in a solution of the Demo
cratic situation.
Improvements of a distinct nature
is indicated in the cotton crop during
the past week in Texas and parts of
Oklahoma. Elsewhere the improve
ment was irregular and not general.
To central and northern and western
Texas, it is said that the recent rains
have been very beneficial and that
with a delayed frost the last crop will
be large, although in southern Texas
there are sections where the bulk
of the crop has already been picked.
In South Carolina rains almost daily
following the storm of two weeks ago
have damaged open cotton and kept
pickers from the field.
James J. Ward, the young aviator
who started from Governor's Island,
New York, in the race to the Pacific
:oast for the William R. Hearst
prize of $50,000 landed here less than
20 miles from his starting point. He
had planned to make Midletown, N.
Y., his first stop, but he lost his way
twice and encountered adverse wind.
The twenty miles separating Govern
Dr's Island represents very probably
Dne-third of the distance actually trav
eled by Ward.
Twelve-inch guns roared repeatedly
at Sandy Hook as twenty-six gover
nors of the states stood on the ram
parts of Fort Hancock as guests of
the United States government and
watched thousand-pound projectiles
whistle 10,000 yards over the water
at a fragile canvas target. A system
af employees' liability insurance, con
ducted by the state for the benefit of
working men, was advocated by Gov.
Woodrow Wilson.
Germany's counter proposals to
chose submitted by France regarding
the settlement of the Moroccan diffi
culty reached Paris. Me De Zelves,
the foreign minister, after taking cog
nizance of them, immediately carried
the document to Premier Caillaux.
Revised returns on the question of
the repeal of constitutional prohibi
tion reduced the majority against re
peal to 295. The total vote stood:
For repeal, 60,216; against repeal,
60,511. Most of the towns yet to be
heard from have been unofficially re
ported with small majorities favoring
retention of the "prohibitory amend
ment in the constitution.
Gov. Woodrow Wilson of New Jer
sey and Gov. Emmett O'Neal of Ala
bama measured swords over the ini
tiative and referendum before the
conference of governors at Spring
field, N. J. Governor Wilson, as chair
pion of the measures, replied to Gov
ernor O'Neal, who had previously de
nounced them as "an insidious popu
lar vagary," and the Southern execu
tive was on his feet in a moment with
an impassioned defense of his posi
tion. Governor O'Neal spoke vehe
mently for ten minutes, bowed and
without a word walked through a
casement window to the piazza front
ing the ocean.
Washington.
Praise instead of criticism is given
Dr. HarVey W. Wiley, chief of the
chemistry bureau and popular pure
food champion, by President Taft in
his opinion disposing of the much
discussed Rusby case made public in
the shape of a letter to Secretary of
Agricutlture Wilson. The resignation
of Wiley will not be asked for nor
will the "condign punishment" for the
chief of the bureau of chemistry,
which Attorney General Wickersham
held to be necessary, be meted out
to him.
President Taft celebrated his fifty
fourth birthday. Congratulatory mes
sages poured into the executive of
fices from all over the world. One
came from King George V. of Eng
land. It read as follows: "Balmoral
Castle. President of the United
Ctates: I have great pleasure in send
ing you my most hearty congratula
tions on the anniversary of your birth
day, and trust that the friendly rela
tions existing between our two coun
tries may ever continue."
The reciprocity campaign in Can
ada is going on with intensity as elec
tion day draws near. The two lead
ers, Sir Wilfrid Laurier and R. Bon
den have gone to their home constit
uencies in Quebec and Nova Scotia,
respectively, but their lieutenants
have taken up their work in Ontario.
Odds in favor of the re-election of
Laurier have lengthened, and even
money is now offered that the Iifbsr
als will have a majority- of thirty in
parliament, while 3 to 1 is freely of
fered with few takers that the gov
ernment will be returned.
The Federal prison parole board
will meet at Leavenworth peniten
tiary to hear the application for pa
role made by John E. Walsh, the con
victed Chicago banker now serving
a five-year sentence for his connec
tion with the troubles of three banks.
All pending indictments against
Walsh have been dismissed. He has
served one-third of his term, and, un
der the law is eligible to apply for
release. The board will hold a meet
ing at the Atlanta penitentiary, where
about 100 applicants for parole will
be considered.
AFTER BBOGGIST
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LAW AND ORDER SOCIETY SAY
TOO CARELESS ABOUT PRESCRIPTIONS.
IRREGULARITIES ARE SHOWN
Col. V. S. Lusk Represented State in
Prosecution Evidence Showed Po
lice Inspected Whiskey Prescrip
tions Law Was Read on This Point.
Raleigh. A special from Asheville
states that an interesting case was
tried in police court before Judge
Junius G. Adams. The case was
against C. C. Seawell, a registered
pharmacist and druggist here in
which he was charged with wilfully
and unlawfully failing to keep a full
record of his sales of whiskey on pre
scription. Col. V. S. Lusk represent
ed the state in the prosecution and
introduced as evidence the reports
of the police officer who inspected
Mr. Seawell's records weekly.
The evidence showed that the offi
cer had inspected the whiskey pro
scriptions as the sole record and
that these prescriptions showed nu
merous irregularities, in the absence
of dates, full names of doctors issu
ing them and, in a few cases, the ab
sence of the name of the person to
whom the prescription was made.
Law was read to the court on these
points, showing that a complete rec
ord of all these things was required
of the druggist licensed to sell whis
key in this state. The defense did
not offer any testimony but the case
was argued by R. M. Wells for the
defendant, after Colonel Lusk had
stated that he did not deem it neces
sary to argue the case for the state.
Mr. Wells admitted to the court the
irregularities, as existing on the face
of the prescriptions, but contended
that the state had asked for no other
rceord and there was no specification
in the law as to how the records
should be kept.
Judge Adams ruled, however, that
Mr. Seawell was technically guilty in
that he allowed the officer to believe
that his prescriptions were his only
record, even though he had others.
HAS CONFIRMED CONVICTION
Cedar Works Employees Who Invad
ed Roper Camp and Drove Men
From Shanties Must Serve.
A State Case Was Argued.
A state case argued this morning
when the docket for the third dis
trict was called in the Supreme
Court was state vs. Marable, from
Pitt county. This is a case in which
Manson Marable appeals from a con
viction and sentence for stealing ten
rolls of sheet tin roofing from J. J.
Jenkins of Greenville. Another tin
ner put the tin on the roof of Mara
ble's house and detected the ma
chine stamp of Jenkins on it, the
latter having had a quantity of tin
stolen. This tinner reported the find
to Jenkins, who asked Marable about
it with the result that Marable in
sisted that he ordered the tin from
a Chicago mail order house. Later
when arrested, he essayed to prove
that he procured it from other
sources and offered witnesses to that
effect, the contention being that it
had been gotten from a man who
had died since the purchase. The
conviction was for receiving stolen
goods, knowing them to have been
stolen.
Two Badly Injured in Runaway.
While Mr. W. H. Hudler and Miss
Blanche Freeman were returning
with their team from spending the
day with Mrs. Eli English, grand
mother of Miss Freeman, they met
a party of joyriders in an auto about
five miles from Hamlet on the Gib
son road. Miss Freeman had the
lines. As the machine dashed up,
the horse took fright, and in an in
stant had dashed away at a fearful
rate. Mr. Hudler attemtped to se
cure the lines and was thrown from
the buggy. A badly wrenched knee,
is his worst injury. The young lady
held pluckily to the frightened horse
until a tree was struck. She was
thrown from the buggy and fell on
her head, sustaining a fracture of
the skull at the base of the brain.
Raleigh. Most notable in a batch
of ten opinions delivered by the Su
preme 'Courts ttievf;irst for this term,
was state vs. Davenport, from Gates
county. This ruling is "no error,"
thus affirming the conviction of T. S.
Davenport and others for forcible
trespass in a sensational fight of the
Richmond Cedar Works against the
Roper Lumber company for the pos
session of a tract of timber in the
Dismal swamp. . Davenport and forty
men under him, for the Richmond
Cedar works, invaded the camp of
the Roper Lumber company, carry
ing axes, guns and other implements
and drove the men from their shan
ties and burned the shanties. Then
Davenport and his principal assoc
ates were convicted and sentenced
for forcible trespass.
Associate Justice Walker, in writ
ing the opinion for the court at con
siderable length, twenty-six pages, re
views the case and the law in detail
bearing on it and declares in conclu
sion that it should be well understood
that individuals cannot usurp the law
and by their own procedure and in a
violent manner ve:ther protect or , as
sert their right to property; that
such conduct is against the peace and
dignity of the state and the cry of
the mob must not be mistaken for the
voice of the law.
Imposition On Civilian Is Cause.
Formally charged with conduct to
the prejudice of good order and mili
tary discipline in violating the 62d
article of war, Capt. Howard L. Lan-
I ders of the Coast Artillery Corps, sta
tioned at Fort Caswell temporarily
during the summer, was arraigned
before a court-martial in Wilmington.
The proceedings against Captain
Landers grew out of the arrest of
Mr. A. W. Moore, a civilian of South
port, on the orders of the captain
at Fort Caswell on the 12th day of
July, last. Mr. Moore alleges that
Captain Landers fixed the price on
watermelons which he had brought
to the fort to sell and that when he
charged an extra price for delivering
the melons to the quarters of an of
ficer he was arrested and detained in
the guardhouse at the fort. He felt
indignant over the matter and when
Released, after being confined for a
short time, he complained to Senator
Lee S. Overman, who took the mat
ter up with the War Department.
Tax Books Are Still Delayed.
It will hardly be possible to com
plete the city of Charlotte and the
county tax books by October 1 this
year, according to local tax officials,
although books are expected to be
finished, and in the case of the coun
ty have to be turned over to the
board of county commissioners for
approval, in accordance with the re
quirements of the law. The reason
stated for this state of affairs is that
the assessments made by the state
Corporation Commission and which
are necessary before the books can
be finished up, have not yet been re
ceived frcm Raleigh. The assess
ments of bank stock are the principal
item which is wanting, but a complete
list of all assessments it is practi
cally out of the queston to close up
the tax book3 after making the divi
sion of the taxes among the various
funds, etc., to which the taxes are appropriated.
Superior Court Convened.
September term of Superior Court
convened at Smithfield when Judgo
Peebles and Solicitor Norris arrived
from Harrnett county. Appas David,
a Syrian merchant of Selma, through
his counsel, submitted in five cases
of selling cigarettes to minors. Mr.
Harris, his counsel, expressed (the
hope that his Honor would suspend
judgment upon payment of cost.
Judge Peebles stated that he could
not take that course in such a case;
i that there was presentment made by
the grand jury in March term under
the charge of Judge Cooke. Judge
Peebles then fined the defendant two
hundred and fifty dollars, stating thjit
he was about as big a "crank" as
Judge Cooke about selling cigarettes
to minors.
Baldwin Finally Goes Free.
William Baldwin, who killed police
man Miller at Blowing Rock several
years ago, was tried the third time
for the crime last week and was ac
quitted. When tried the first time
he was found guilty of murder in the
first degree and sentenced to be elec
trocuted but his attorneys took an
appeal and he was granted a new
trial. The second time he was con
victed of manslaughter, or murder
in the second degree and his attor
neks appealed again and at the third
trial last week he was acquitted.
A Wholesale Jail Delivery.
There was a wholesale jail deliv
ery at Troy when six prisoners left
the Montgomery county jail. The
prisoners used an old file saw to cut
through the bars and then by use
of an old bench pried the bars apart.
They then came through the wooden
wall, where an old hole had been,
knocking off the weatherboarding.
An old file had been passed td the
prisoners in some way, and they
used this in getting out of the cell.
The delivery was made early In the
morning about daybreak.
Interest Lags in Recall Movement.
The fifth mass-meeting called for
the purpose of further considering a
recall of the mayor and councilmen
of Wilmington, the special purpose
being to receive the petitions which
are in circulation, was held in the
court house with not over one hun
dred present and with little enthu
siasm as compared with the first
meetings, when the attendance num
bered at least several hundred and
interest was intense. Copies of peti
tions returned indicate that not a suf
ficient number of names were secured.
Not a Candidate For Office.
Former Congressman R. N. Hack
ett, who was recently mentioned as a
prospective candidate for the con
gressional nomination against Con
gressman R. N. Page, gave a clear-cut
declaration that the report is without
foundation; that while his interest in
politics is active and will remain so,
he will not be a candidate for any
j office next year; that he is a close
personal friend of Mr. Page, thinks
he deserves general support for his
efficient record and that he will get
the solid support of the Democracy.
TO OISGBSS CASE
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND
COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH
WILL MEET.
STATUS OF MATTER IS GIVEN
Purpose of Conference is to Reach
Agreement to End Present Disagree
ment as to Election of County Su
perintendent of Health.
Raleigh. Arrangements have been
made for a conference between the
board of County Commissioners and
the County Board of Health, with re
lation to the matter of the election
of a County Superintendent of Health.
By request of Chairman D. T. John
son, of the Board of County Commis
sioners, has issued a call for a meet
ing of the board for the purpose of
having a conference with the Board
of Health, of which he is also chair
man. At that meeting the entire mat
ter, in which is involved the selec
tion of a County Superintendent of
Health and the fixing of his salary, is
to be discussed, with the purpose of
reaching a settlement.
The status of the matter is this:
The County Board of Health elected
Dr. J. J. L. McCullers as County Su
perintendent of Health, the salary
named to be $2,500 a year, the County
Superintendent of Health to be also
a health officer for the schools; the
Board of County Commissioners,
which by law fixes the salary, put this
at $600 a year, with forfeitures for
failure to attend to certain duties;
Dr. McCullers resigned under these
terms; Dr. W. S. Rankin, secretary
of the state Board of Health, holding
that for two months there had been
a failure to elect, appointed Dr. Mc
Cullers on a fee basis; the Board of
County Commissioners declined to
recognize the appointment or pay the
bill presented by Dr. McCullers, and
forbade his admission as County Su
perintendent of Health to the jail, the
county home and the convict camps;
Dr. McCullers brought suit for an in
junction against interference with
him and Judge Peebles declined to
grant the injunction; Dr. McCullers
gave notice of an appeal to the Su
preme Court; the County Board of
Health elected Dr. McCullers as Su
perintendent of Health on a fee basis
and prescribed rules and regulations
imposing penalties on any one inter
fering with him in the discharge of
his duties of the position. The Coun
ty Commissioners would not recog
nize Dr. McCullers.
Zack Marks Has Been Acquitted.
Acquitted at Lillington of the mur
der of Charles Ellen nine years ago
in Harnett county, Zack Marks is to
be returned by the Harnett officials
to the Florida authorities to be tried
for immoral relations with his step
daughter. He had fled to Florida
on account of the Harnett akair,
when he was arrested recently in
Florida and a declaration by his in
furiated wife that he was a fugitive
from 'Harnett county, North Caro
lina for murder, brought about his
delivery to the Harnett authorities
for the trial of murder.
Force Removed From Gastonia.
Encountering some difficulty in
making arrangements to build its
viaduct under the Southern railway
tracks near the Avon mill, the work
of grading Franklin avenue has been
temporarily abandoned by Messrs.
Stewart & Jones, contractors for the
Piedmont & Northern Railway Co.
Two or three weeks ago the firm
moved a section of its grading force
here and began work on East Frank
lin avenue.
Two Forces on Wake's Portion.
Supervisor Wiggs stated that there
were two forces at work on Wake's
portion of the Central Highway one
near Method and the other near Mor
risville. The squad now stationed
with the machine near Fuquay, will
be put to work at Garner. Mr. Wiggs
reports fine progress in this work,
and says that the force at Fuquay
have been doing some fine work that
pleased the peeople of that section
of the county.
LAND OF THE LONG LEAF PINE
Latest News of General Interest That
Has Been Gotten From Many
Towns of the State.
Has An All-Day Water Supply.
Spencer. For the first time in
many months Spencer is being treat
ed to an all-day and all-night water
service from the plant of the Spen
cer Water Company, now in the
hands of J. L. Rendleman and J. W.
Neave as receivers. For more than
a year the service has been short,
water being furnished at times for
not more than one-third of the day.
The receivers have made a wonder
ful improvement in the character of
the service. This was done even
before the great drought was broken.
Bitter Fight in Guilford County.
Greensboro. One of the bit
terest local fights in Guilford
county in recent years came to
an end when an election was held
at McLeansville, in North Jefferson
township, to determine whether or
not the local tax now levied therein
for schools should be continued or re
voked. The result was that the lo
cal tax was abolished by a vote of 68
to 14. This is the first in the large
number of special tax districts of
Guilford to abolish the local tax and
'3 the second in the state.
Durham. The postoffice Depart
ment at Washington has announced
that it will in a short time create a
station at Trinity College for the
benefit of the college patrons of the
office and will put a clerk in the new
office.
Statesville. The chaingang is doing
good work and progressing nicely on
the Turnersburg road. It has almost
reached the hill near the Turnersburg
mill and will put a steel bridge over
the creek, leaving the wooden one
where it is. The new road leaves the
old one at Stimpson & Steele's store
and goes by the roller mill.
Wilkesboro. The 'managers of the
Wilkes county Fair are making ef
forts to have a flying machine here
for the occasion and they are pretty
sure of success. The directors at
their meeting appropriated $500 for
the purpose of securing a flying ma
chine. It will be something new and
attractive for our people and will be
worth seeing.
Dallas. An enthusiastic crowd
gathered here in the interest of a
farm-life school for Gaston county.
Dr. J. Y. Joyner was present and dis
cussed the farm-life school in all its
phases in a most interesting way.
There was a most hearty response to
his appeal, and, judging by the pre
vailing sentiment, the school is as
sured. Raleigh. Rev. J. E. Underwood,
presiding elder of the Warrenton dis
trict, and chairman of the board of
trustees of Carolina College at Max
ton, passed through Raleigh for Max
ton to attend a meeting of the trustees
and a big educational rally there.
The people there have put big money
into this institution which will be a
great factor in the education of wo
men. Tarboro. E. B. Hussey, the assist
ant cashier of the defunct and de
spoiled Bank of Tarboro, when ar
raigned for trial plead guilty of the
charge against him. His speculations
began seven years ago, when J. J.
Green was cashier. Judge Ward felt
for the families of the young man
and gave him a light sentence of
eighteen .months in the penitentiary.
Charlotte. Despite the fact that
rains have fallen in gracious abun
dance during the past two weeks
throughout this entire section, the Ca
tawba river is still low and is still
threatening trouble for the plants of
the Southern Power Company. At
Sloan's ferry where the new concrete
bridge is being erected, water is only
three feet deep.
Newbern. Indications at present
are that there will be more money in
circulation in this section this fall
and winter than there has been be
fore in several years and the mer
chants and manufacturers are making
preparation for large sales of their
goods in all lines. All of the crops
this year have proven to be complete
successes and the farmers have re
ceived gold prices for their products.
Siler City! Theodore F. Headen,
who shot and dangerously wounded
J. P. Dark last week, gave himself
up to the sheriff and had a hearing
before 'Squire George W. Womble
here. He was held in the sum of
$1,500 for his appearance at the next
term of superior court of Chatham
county, which convenes November 13.
He gave bond for his appearance at
court.
Fayetteville. The City and Coun
ty Boards of Education signed con
tracts for eleven hundred and fifty
school desks of the latest and best
sanitary pattern, fifty sanitary teach
ers' desks, and eight thousand feet of
the best quality of the celebrated
green hyloplate blackboards. This is
said to be one of the largest single
orders ever placed in the state, and
was awarded as a whole to Mr.
Charles J. Parker, of Raleigh.
Newton. The cotton fields in Ca
tawba county are as white with open
cotton as they were last year at this
date in October. Picking is going on
as rapidly as possible, but not much
ginning has yet been done. There
will be two pretty good pickings. But
there are very few late bolls. The
crops will be picked unusually early
this year. Taking the county as a
whole, there is not more than half a
normal crop in Catawba.
Raleigh. Mr. Frank B. Simpson, of
Rileigh, who is the associate archi
tect with Mr. P. Thornton Marye, of
Atlanta, for the new state building,
has gone to Kinston on matters per
taining to a choice of architects for
the state School for the Feeble
Minded
Goldsboro. Because of some hitch,
the Barnum and Bailey circus will
not show here October 21st, and ne
gotiations are opening up to sue the
circus by the traction company, the
billboard man and others who think
they have lost money by cancelling
the date.
Concord. Governor W. W. Kitchin
has notified Exalted Ruler A. R. How
ard that he has accepted the invita
tion recently extended to him to de
liver the annual address at the me
morial exercises, December 3, of the
Concord Lodge, No. 857, Benevolent
Protective Order of Elks.
Statesville. The state high school
at Harmony, Iredell county, has had
two grades added to its department,
making it a first-grade high school.
The fall term begins in a few days
and those interested have every reas
on to believe they are to have a suc
cessful year.
THOMRS H. GARTER
HAS PASSED AWAY
PROMINENT MAN IN NATIONAL
POLITICS HAS GONE TO HIS
LAST REST.
REMARKABLE CAREER ENDED
Had Twenty-Two Years of Congres
sional and Official Life Was Born
in Ohio and Was the First Repres
entative From Montana.
Washhington. Former United.
States Senator Thomas Henry Carter
of Montana for many years a notabl
and picturesque figure in national
politics, once head of the Republican
national committee and since last
March chairman of the American sec
tion of the International Joint Con
mission, died at his home of in
forction of the lungs. He was 57
years old.
Mr. Carter had been under the
of a physician for months. He
able to go about, however and his ali
ment, a filling of the lungs with, clot
ted blood, did not become scute until
a week ago. A Baltimore specialist
was summoned and at that time the
attending physician expressed con
fidence in the patient's recovery. But
the malady became worse and death
resulted. Mrs. Carter, wife and their
sons, students at Georgetown Univer
sity, were with him when he died.
The interment will be at Mount.
Olive cemetery this city.
Mr. Carter had a remarkable career.
It extended over twenty-two years of
congressional and official life at
Washington. This embraced service
at the first Republican elected from.
Montana, two terms in the United
States Senate and executive positions
as commissioner of the general land
office, chairman of the Republican
national committee in the second and
unsuccessful campaign of Benjamin.
Harrison for the presidency, president
of the board of United States commis
sioners for the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition at St. Louis and, since last
March, chairman of the newly created
''international joint commission,
American section" especially charged
with Canadian boundary matters.
An Ohion by birth, and Iowan by
adoption, and a Montanan long before
that territory was adimitted to statehood.
Will Likely Free Shakers.
Kissimee, Fla. The coroner's In
quest over the body of Sister Sadie I.
Marchant, the member of the Shaker
colony who was treated to euthanasia
by Sister Elizabeth Sears ad Brother
Egbert Gillette, will be held in a day
or two and it is declared the inquest
propably will do away with the neces
sity for an investigation by a grand
jury. At her urgent request Sister
Sadie, who was in the last stages of
tuberculosis, was given chloroform by
her fellow Shakers. There is no
statute against attempts at suicide isi
this state and it Is believed this will
enter largely into the question wheth
er the Shakers have been guilty of any
criminal act.
Rogers Has Started on Trip.
New York. C. P. Rodgers. thirtf
aviator to start on the trans-continental
flight for the Hearst priie, rose
from the race track at Sheepshead
Bay, swept in a wide circle over the
grounds and then headed northwest
until his white-winged flyer merged
into a bank of clouds over the Jersey
meadows and disappeared. He drove
a Wright biplane and carried mes
sages from Mayor Gaynor to the may
or of San Francisco and from the
commanders of the eastern division
of the army and navy to the com
manders on the Pacific coast.
Shoots Bride of Seven Months.
Cordele, Ga. J. T. Hudson of this
city fatally wounded his bride of
seven months and then turned the pis
tol on himself in an attempt to take
his 'own life. The bullet penetrated
his breast, but it is expected he will
recover. No cause for the shooting
has been ascertained.
Mass Meeting of Arkansas Planters.
Little Rock, Ark. In line with the
suggestion of the Southern cotton con
ference which met at Montgomery.
Ala., Gov. George W. Donaghey has
issued a call for a mass meeting of
planters and others interested in the
marketing of the Arkansas cotton crop
to be held in conjunction with the
state convention of the Farmers"
Union. The Governor in his call de
clares that the present condition of
the crop does not warrant an estimate
of as much as a 900,000 bale yield in
this state.
Vienna Ooverrun by Mob.
Vienna. A critical situation has
arisen in Vienna owing primarily to
the high price of necessities of
life. Riots broke ' and many per
sons were killed or wounded. Troops
fired on the mobs, which had erected
barricades In the streets. There was
a fierce exchange of bullets and the
soldiers were pelted with all sorts of
missiles. Following a huge Socialist
demonstration outside the Hathhause
was held to protest against the higte.
prices of food and the troops wi
again called ouL