Newspapers / The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, … / Sept. 27, 1911, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
THE CHATHAM RECORD ft A. LONDON, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR Terms of Subscription $1.50 Per Year Strictly in Advance Wtot (f fl I isv iff illIM' vol.:xxxiv. PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. a. SEPTEMBER 27, 1911. NO. 7. THE CHATHAM RECORD Rates of Advertising One Square, one insertion $L00 One Square, two msertioae $1X0 One Square, one moadi S2JS) For Lsrgsr Advertisements Liberal Contracts vrfH bo resda. BRIEF NEWS NOTES FOR THE BUSY IN MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK TOLD IN CONDENSED FORM. WORLD'S NEWS EPITOMIZED Complete Review of Happenings el Greatest Interest From AH Parts of World. Southern. After a special session of fourteen days, in which 316 witnesses were examined, the Lincoln county, Missis sippi grand jury, which has been in vestigating the alleged rote-selling scandal of the August Democratic pri mary, finally adjourned having turned in 56 true bills, not all of which, how ever, charge vote-trafficking. Seven arrests have been made. The names of many prominent persons, both in church and politics, have been con' nected with the affair. The central bureau for the valida tion of cotton bills of lading recently established in New York City is still in operation, despite rejection of the plan by Southern bankers and cotton shippers at New Orleans. It was said at the bureau that no action would be taken pending the return from the south of Charles S. Haight, American representative of the Liverpool com mittee. New York bankers think the action of the Southern conference ef fectually put an end to the validation plan. Samuel E. Hyde, confessed murder er of his young wife and her father, was convicted by a jury and sentenc ed to be hanged at Anderson, S. C. The reading of the verdict had no ef fect on the prisoner, who said, later, the finding was a just one; that he was guilty of murder and expected to be convicted. Under the laws of South Carolina, pleas of guilty in murder cases are forbidden. The jury was out less than an hour. The cotton interests of the South will have absolutely nothing to do with the Liverpool spinners' scheme of a New York clearing house for cot-, ton bills of lading. This was settled beyond peradventure when ringing resolutions denouncing the scheme was passed by the representatives of Southern cotton interests gathered at the New Orleans cotton exchange to discuss the matter An organization of a $4,000 con cern, known as the Southern Cotton Corporation, with an eye to controll ing the marketing of the cotton from the South, was announced at Macon, Ga., by George Dole Wadley of Bowl ing Brooke, one of the wealthiest men in Georgia, and controlling finan cial interests of great extent. The concern will work in connection with a string of banks operated by . the National Bank Audit company, of ubich William ' Barrett Ridgely, for mer comptroller of currency, is presi dent. The Southern Cotton Corpora tion will advance farmers' money up to 74 per cent, of the normal price on cotton deposited in warehouses. This cctton will be held and when the time arrives each year when a correct estimate will be fixed and the cotton held until such price is paid. General. According to an official communi cation from the Italian government, the cholera cases in Italy are decras ing. From September 10 to 17, in clusive, there were a total of 1,007 cases with 320 deaths. For the first time since the epidemic began, the disease has made its appearance in Sardinia, nineteen deaths from a to tal of fifty-four cases at Cagliari be ing reported. turned in Boston, Mass., against five officials and a large stockholder of the United States Machinery compa ny. The indictments alleged conspir acy in restraint of trade under the Sherman act. The penalty provided under the statutes is a fine of $5,000 or imprisonment for one year, or both. The six defendants probably will plead within the next ten days. The long periods of national anxie ty attendant upon the Moroccan negotiations is drawing toward a con clusion. The French people have been slow in accepting the optimism which has prevailed in Berlin, and it was only after a communication to the press based on Ambassador Cambon's report of his interview with the Ger man foreign minister, that sufficient reasons appeared for the conviction that the six months' uncertainty is nearing the end. Following an investigation by a state inspector, in which he reported that the papers held by the Metropoli tan Bank and Trust company of Cin cinnati, Ohio, did not show conserva tive transactions, the bank closed. The death list in the earthquakes in the northern Chilean provinces and Tarapaca will reach forty. A new record for speed in the Ken tucky courts was established at Mays vine when W. T. Ham, a 62-year-old church worker, was tried and sentenc ed to forty years in the penitentiary charged with attacking three little girls under 12 years of age. The Tradesmen's Trust company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has closed its doors. The company company was established in 1890 and has paid up capital of $500,000. Peter Boyd is president of the institution. li evolution is still simmering all through Mexico. Reports were re ceived tellinjr of rebel successes. , The conquest of the Atlantic, the most ambitious exploit yet undertak en by,-an" aviator. Is contemplated by a Danish airman, who describes his plans in a letter published in The Nord Lyset, a Danish newspaper of Brooklyn. This aviator writes that he has enlisted the necessary finan cial aid . and made arrangements to fly next spring from Copenhagen to New York, resting only at London and Queenstown, and upon ships sta tioned at intervals across the Atlantic ocean. Two lives were the toll paid by the world of aviation. Frank Miller, a daring young birdman, was cremated in mid-air, at Troy, Ohio, and "Dare 'Devil" Castellane lost his " life in an accident that befell him three-quarters of a mile above ten thousand specta tors at Elmira, N. Y. In another ac cident, Vangie Ludwig was severely bruised when his aeroplane failed to work and landed in the midst of a yard of horses, causing forty runa ways into a crowd of thousands of people. The Laurier government and reel procity suffered an overwhelming de feat in the Canadian elections. By a veritable political landslide, the Lib eral majority of 43 was swept away, an'd the Conservative party secured one of the heaviest majorities up wards of 50 that any Canadian par ty has ever had. Robert L. Borden, leader of the Conservative party, will shortly become prime minister of Canada. The government defeat means that the Fielding-Knox reci procity agreement ratified by the American congress in extra session, will not be introduced when the twelfth parliament assembles next month. Spurred on by appeals to pa triotism and the cry that reciprocity was the entering wedge for annexa tion, the Conservatives swept nearly everything before them It was reported in New York on ex cellent authority that the matter of dissolving and reorganizing the Unit ed States Steel Corporation is receiv ing the earnest attention of the de partment of justice and legal repre sentatives of the so-called "billion dol lar trust." There ; is ground also for the assertion that the steel corpora tion is making a strenuous effort to meet the demands of the government, but little headway has yet been made. United States Circuit Judge Peter Stenger Grosscup of Chicago, one of the most widely known Federal ju rists in the United States, has resign ed, to take effect October 1. The an nouncement came as a surprise. It has been rumored that he would take this step as a result of statements concerning his attitude in the Chicago traction litigation and other matters in his court. He always laughed at the rumors and seldom replied to the statements. Intense excitement prevailed in Kieff, Russia, over the death of Pre mier Stolypin, and it needed but a single spak to set off a bloody dis aster. Flags fluttered at half-mast over all the public buildings and over many of the private buildings, while thousands of Cosascks and foot sol diers patrolled the streets to preserve order. More than 250 arrests have been made, some for political causes, others merely on suspicion, but all re lating to the intense situation. If present plans do not miscarry, the stentorian voice of John L. Sulli van, the former world's champion heavyweight, may be heard ringing in the lower halls of congress within a year or two. The candidacy of the one-time champion heavyweight prize fighter of the world has been launched by a number of his Democratic neigh bors, and Mr. Sullivan will make a formal statement from his Masaschu setts farm within a few days, it is said. With a big hole in her starboard quarter, the Olympic, proudest of the White Star company's trans-Atlantic liners, and the biggest passenger ves sel afloat, returned to Southampton, England, four hours after she had sailed for New York. Her more than 2,000 passengers were unharmed. Washington. President Taft had a heart-to-heart talk at Peoria, Illinois, with the lead ers of the different Republican fac tions in Illinois, defined his status as to Progressiveness, pleaded guilty to being a poor politician, acknowledged again his ambition had lain in the di rection of the office of chief justice arther than the presidency, admitted that he had undoubtedly-made mis takes, but asserted as president he had tried to do what he thought to be right. Business war was declared upon the so-called "bread trust" by delegates to the Bakery and Confectionery Work ers' International Union of America in conference in Kansas Sity. Factories will be established by the union in the strongholds of the alleged com bine and attempt made to drive the non-union bakeries out of business. The committee appointed to investi gate the 'trust problem" reported to the convention that enough money could be raised immediately to finance six factories costing $75,000 each. The resignation from the navy of Lieutenant Roy C. Smith was accept ed by the acting secretary of the navy ( Nicholson to take effect when Lieu tenant Smtih arrived at his home In lies, Mich. Lieutenant Smith's res- nation is said to have been given the reauest of Rear Admiral Mur doch, commanding the Asiatic fleet, after a court of inquiry had investigat ed charges of unbecoming conduct made against him. He was attached to the gunboat Villalobos, and his brother officers persuaded him to re sign rather than cause a naval scan dal. - -- - N i at DAMAGE SUIT OVER ALBEMARLE BRIDGE SUIT IS FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF A BOAT BECAUSE OF THE BRIDGE. BOAT WRECKED ON SHOAL Bridge Was Constructed by Authority of the General Assembly of North Carolina Has Right to Authorize Construction of Such Bridges. Raleigh. The matter of the Nor folk Southern bridge over Albemarle Sound has again come up before the Supreme Court of North Carolina. This time, it is a suit for damages for the destruction of a boat because of the bridge. The sSit is entitled White hurst vs. Railroad and the opinion in the cause, handed down by the Su preme Court is written .by Justice Brown. It appears that there are two draw bridges working on pivots in the bridge and that during the construc tion of the bridge, a sailing boat com ing up Albemarle Sound found one of the drawbridges closed to allow the cement to set. The sailing boat tacked over to the other drawbridge and started to go through when it discovered that that part of the draw was blocked by a pile driver. The drawbridge works on a pivot, and when open presents two openings through the bridge. One of these openings was blocked by the pile driver and the other was open and unobstructed. The captain of the boat, attempted to "come about" when he saw this opening was block ed but the boat failed to respond and was wrecked on a shoal. Judge Brown states that this bridge was be ing constructed under authority granted by the general assembly of North Carolina and the general as sembly has the right to authorize such structures across navigable wa ters within its border subject to the power of the National Government and if reasonable spaces are left for the passage of the vessels, such structures are not a nuisance but en tirely lawful. He further states that the injury, the destruction of the boat was not due to any negligence of the railroad but was an accident which could not be foreseen, the prox imate cause being the failure of the boat to respond to her helm. GOVERNOR PARDONED TWO Will Wilkinsand Ellis Lee, One Sen .tenced For Selling Liquor and the . Other For Abandonment. The First Farm-Life School. ( Dr. J.' Y. Joyner, state superinten dent of public instruction, has re turned from New Bern, where he at tended the meeting of the board of directors of Craven county, who lo cated the Farm-Life School at Vance- boro. "The selection of Vanceboro," Mr. Joyner said, "was on the fifty eighth ballot. There was a great deal of earnest and generous rivalry, all in good spirit. In fact, it showed the enthusiasm of the people for the school and their estimate of the value of it. At the conclusion of the meet ing a motion was made and it was given a hearty second by the advo cates of other places and carried unanimously to make the selection of Vanceboro unanimous, assurances being given of the cordial support of the school by the representatives of all the competing places. Charters For Five Corporations. Charters for five new corporations were granted. The Fleming Com pany, Charlotte, capital $125,000. R. H. Perry, W. D. Rock, A.' W. Burch and others incorporators, will do - a wholesale and retail drug business. The Shaffner-Landquist Company Winston-Salem, capitaC$5,000f by H.; F. Shaffner, t T.' E.' Xandq,oist . aEu others, for drug business.;' .the Il&ifield Farmers' Union Warehouse Company Enfield, capital $25,000, by JV H. .Sher rod and others; the A. V. Driver Company, Selma, capital $25,000, by A. V. Driver and others' for mercan tile business; the Chicora Club (inc.) Dunn, no capital, for social purposes, J. W. Wilson and others. Judge Sentenced A Blind Tiger.- In the Greensboro Superior - Court Judge Allen sentenced Charles Rob- erson, who had been keeping a blind tiger and disorderly house near Rev olution Mills, to six months on the county roads. His attorneys made eloquent pleas in his1 - behalf, and while the judge yielded to their plea for leniency he would not allow the man a fine. Dr. McLaurin, a' negro physician, was fined $100 and ' the costs in four cases for giving ' pre scriptions to other negroes for t co caine. The Postmasters AdjjotirVI. ,. The closing session of the -North Carolina Postmasters' Association ad- journed to meet next year-at Wilming ton. The choiP,e was unanimous. Much routine business was transacted, followed by the election ' of officers. The feature of the routine business was the report of the committee on resolutions-by which they thanked Postmaster, Rollins and Assistant J. L. Wagner, the city, reception committee, board of trade-Hejadersonville authori ties and the Asheville press for hos pitality and-faToVs. Raleigh. The pardon of Wlil G. Wilkins, of Nash county, convicted at the September term, 1909, of the crime of selling liquor, and sentenced to pay a fine of $250 and serve twelve months on the roads, was announced, the reasons1 for pardon being: , - ."Prisoner was convicted in August, 1909. After payment of the fine of $250 'and the costs the judge ordered that capias for enforcement of the im prisonment be not issued until De cember following, upon the theory that prisoner would leave the state and the -imprisonment would not be inflicted. He has, however, since been arrested and has served five or six months of his term. In the meantime his health has failed, he is unable to work on the roads, and it is doubtful if he can receive proper treatment in jail. Clemency is recommended by many county officials and other good .citizens). Practically all opposition to his pardon has been withdrawn, and many who formerly opposed clemency now recommend it. I, there fore pardon prisoner on condition that he remain law-abiding and of good behavior." Ellis Lee, of Rowan county, con victed at the August term, 1910, of the crime of abandonment, ' and sen tenced to three months on the roads, was pardoned, and reasons for pardon being: "The trial judge, in recommending the pard,on of prisoner, says 'If I had known the facts before the adjourn ment of court that I learned immed iately after I would not have sen tenced him. I believe the facts stated in the petition are undoubtedly true." The prisoner's wife, the prosecutrix, states that in the heat of passion and through the influence of relatives she instituted the prosecution without time to reflect; that prisoner has heretofore been committed to the state hospital for the insane- and that he still suffers more or les3 from mental weakness. Her statements are, endorsed and approved by the sheriff of the county. I therefore par don prisoner on condition that he live with his wife No Half Rates at The Fair. At a meeting of the executive com mittee of the state fair it was deter mined without a dissenting vote to stand by the resolution adopted by the committee last March cutting out all half-rate tickets of admission to the state fair. It has been the cus tom for a great many years to sell admission tickets in blocks to schools, colleges and organized bodies at half price, 25 cents. There had never been any intention to discrimi nate in favor of Raleigh people, but as a matter of fact in its practical workings the system has come of late years to so discriminate, for the rea son that the railroads have been put ting on special rate tickets for the fair with a ticket of admission to the grounds attached for which 50 cent? was added to the special rate. Land Values Fair and Correct. .When the railroads filed with the corporation commission sometime ago a mass of affidavits from coun ties through which they operate, tending to show that real estate had been assessed upon an average basis of value from 25 to 75 per cent, of actual value, the commission de cided to test the value of these affi davits and see what the officers of these counties would say about it. So four bounties were selected, from whilh affidavits were filed, alleging the lowest average of assessment, and it happened that this fell to Wilson, Pitt, Forsyth and Davidson. Organized Bank at Townvllle. The Bank of Townsville with capi tal stock of $10,000 was organized at that place, with J. J. White, presi dent, and cashier to be named later. Directors: J. J. White, G. W. Mor row, J. H. Taylor, S. R. Adams, J. E. Kimball, C. . W. Hargrove and A. R. Torry.. Arrangements are being made as to building, fixtures, etc., and the bank to begin business about the 15th of November. Durham. The death of Dr. Wil liam A. Graham by his own hand gave the city one of the rudest shocks that it has ever received. An Attempt to Wreck a Train. A dastardly but unsuccessful at tempt to wreck northbound Carolina & North-Western passenger train No. 10, near Gastonia, was .made by an un known person or persons. Had the plans of the would-be train wrecker not miscarried the entire train with scores of passengers would have plunged down fifty feet to the bed of Crowders creek and many perhaps would have been instantly killed and injured. As it was no one was injured apd the would-be criminal's plan? were foiled. Was Killed By A Cave In. Ben Long, colored, was killed at Concord while working in the bottom of a well belonging to Mr. C. A. Linn of. Landis. Mr. Linn and his son, Mr. A: L. Linn, were operating the wind lass at the top of the well and the negro went down to the bottom to clean it out. He had hardly reached the bottom, which is about 35 feet, when the" sides of the well caved in, burying him in the well. A force of hands was at once set to work tak ing out the dirt and his body was re moved about three .hours later. FOR A FLAT SALARY PROPOSITION OF THE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH FOR COUNTY PHYSICIAN. fHE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS This Was Result of a Conference and the Matter of the Adjustment as to Wake County Superintendent is Taken For Consideration. Raleigh. A flat salary of $1,200 a year to the county superintendent of health, regulations governing his prac tice to be made' by the county board of health., was the proposition made to the board of county commission ers by the county board of health, which withdrew from its position of a fee basis as the salary it fixed when it recently elected Dr. J. J. L. McCul lers to the position. This proposition is now being con sidered by the board of county com missioners, final action in the matter being postponed so that the board may consider the matter. If the of fer does not satisfy the board of county commissioners, a counter proposition may be ;submitted. In case there is no agreement or no counter proposition, there will hardly be another meeting. This was the result of the confer ence, the meeting of the two boards being at the request of the county board of health. There was some dis cussion of the difference of the two boards as to the election and com pensation of a county superintendeent -of health. A joint session of the two boards was held in the court house, there being present at it Chairman D. T. Johnson, of both boards, Messrs. W. C. Brewer, I. H. Lynn and W. H. Chamblee, of the board of county commissioners; Mayor James I. John son, County Superintendent Z. V. Judd, Dr. G. M. Bell and Dr. Henry McKee Tucker, of the county, board of health. There were also present County Attorney B. C. Beckwith, Mr. B. M. Catling and ex-Judge R. W. Winston, counsel for Dr. J. J. L. Mc Cullers, who was also present and a number of spectators. After a general discussion the two boards went into executive session. The Assessment Values. Raliegh. Th corporation commis sion is to hear from the county commissioners and the county as sessors of Forsyth, Davidson, Pitt and Wilson as to the assessment of prop erty in those counties. During the hearing given in the Southern Rail way and the Atlantic Cost Line on their petitions for a decreased as sessment of their property, there were affidavits from citizens of those counties setting out values of prop erty to be from 25 to 50 "per cent. of the true value. On these affidavits the corporation commission called on the county commissioners and the county assessors to explain this low assessment. Court Hands Down Opinions. Raleigh. Eleven opinions in cases on appeal from first to third dis tricts were announced by the supreme court, the .list being as follows: Whitehurst vs. Norfolk Southern Railroad Company, Pasquotank coun ty, reversed; Pool vs. Walker, Tyr rell, no error; Brady vs. Dull, Beau fort, affirmed; Mann vs. Gibbs, Hyde, appeal dismissed; Bowser vs. Tarry, Halifax, new trial; State vs. Marable, Pitt, no error; In re guardianship Robert Dixon, Green, reversed; Car son vs. Bunting Oil Company, Pitt, affirmed; Whitford vs. North State Life Insurance Company .Craven, re- versed Debruhl vs. Hood, Craven, no error; West vs. Wilkinson, Pitt, no error. Members of Peabody Alumni. Asheville. Superintendent A. C. Reynolds hase been appointed as the North Carolina member of the alumni association of the Peabody Institution at Nashville. A representative has been chosen from each of the South ern states. The association is en deavoring to raise the sum of $200,- 000 to endow the institution. Think The Man Is Insane. Salisbury. The case against Char les F. Stewart for using the mails for fraudulent purposes was called In Recorder Miller's court, in Salisbury, and the defendant failed to appear. It is generally reported here that ef forts will be made to place Stewart in the Insane asylum at Morganton, as his mind is thought to be affected. It is common talk that Stewart's , mind is affected, and that the case against him will be suspended upon the con dition that he be placed in the state hospital for treatment. Bar Association Elects Members. Asheville. At a meeting of the Asheville Bar Association the follow ing officers wer elected: Thomas H. Rollins, president; Thomas A. Jones, vice-president; Guy Weaver, secre tary and treasurer; Zeb F. Curtis, member of the executive committee for three years. A committee was ap pointed Jto have published the address of Judge Pritchard made at the me morial exercises held some weeks ago in memeory of Judge J. S. Adams, for distribution among all of the members. FROM THE OLD NORTH STATE General News That Has Been Col lected For the People of the State of South Carolina. Thomasville. -It is a fact that Thomaaville has increased in popula tion ' more than 500 per cent, within the past ten years and if signs fall not she will have a population of 5,000 before the first year of the new decade has passed. Raleigh. In an interview here Gen J. S. Carr put an end to persistent reports that he would be in the race with Senator Simmons, Governor W, W. Kitchin, Chief Justice Walter Clark and ex-Governor Charles B. Ay- cock for the seat in the United States Senate now being held by Senator F. M. Simmons. He says he will not en ter the race. Southern Pines. Work has com menced on the Raeford boulevard, the improved road that is to connect Southern Pines with Hoke county's capital. John R. McQueen, the road supervisor, when locating the road, said it would be the handsomest drive out of Southern Pines, - as it 1 through picturesque territory until long after it passes out of Moore county. Salisbury. Fire of unknown origin destroyed the store of Geo. Reed and the dwelling of Marvin Ritchie at Misenheim, Stanly county. The loss of store building and goods is placed at $5,000, with insurance of $3,500. The loss to Mr. Ritchie's house is placed at about $2,000. The build ings were among the best in Misen- heimer. Salisbury Officers who have been busy at work on a possible clue to a gang operating under the name of i Black Diamonds, in connection with the arrest of Chas. F. Stewart, the al leged black hand, near Salisbury, have so far been unable to connect others with the plot to extract $5,000 from W. F. Snider, cashier of the Wa chovia Bank and Trust Company, who was the victim of the plot. Raleigh. The Wake county author ities have brought about a slight change in the roadbed of the. central highway through the county between Garner and Auburn that will' elimi nate two dangerous railroad crossings. To do this about a mile of the road was changed as to location and the people along the route of the change provided for the expense of the change besides giving the right-of-way for the new road. Greensboro The Guilford Supe rior Court jury in the case of Red C Oil Manufacturing Company, charg ed with violations of the new oil-inspection regulations, returned a ver dict of "not guilty," and the defend ant was discharged by the court. This is the first case to be tried in this state under the new oil-inspection law requiring oil that will test 100 by the Elliot flash test. Trinity College, Durham. With its fifty-third opening, Trinity College entered upon what not only promises to be one of the most successful years in its history, but one wheh in the future will be looked back upon as the era of the greatest expansion and growth. The largest freshman class in the history of the institution entered this year, and even with the increased dormitory facilities, every building is filled to its utmost capac ity, and rooming space is at a pre mium. Smthfield. Aleck Jernigan, on trial for the murder of Albert Todd, was found guilty of manslaughter and was sentenced to twenty-five years in the State's prison. Albert Todd was killed by Jernigan in John ston county .near Wendell, both white men. The verdict of the jury being that Jernigan was guilty of manslaughter. Court will be in ses sion again next week and there are murder cases to come up. Wilmington. Contrary to expecta tions E. M. Doughty, chairman of the car workers in the employ of the Atlantic Coast Line, did not reach Rocky Mount and there were no de velopments in the strike of repairmen and inspectors in the shops there. He is expected to reach Rocky Mount in a day or two and make known the result of his conference with the of ficials of the railway here, after which it is believed that the men will return to work pending a final adjustment of the differences. High Point. At a large and en thusiastic meeting of the citizens at the Manufactures' Club Mr. J. J. Far ris was elected chairman and Mr. F. N. Tate secretary. Mr. Farris stated that the purpose of the meeting was to raise funds to complete ' the con nection between High Point and Winston, by finishing the corner of Davidson. Mr. Tate read "Mr. Spoon's estimate of the cost wihch showed the road could be built for $5,000. There was a unanimous vote to raise the money and complete the road, and to this effct a collection was taken amounting to $1,300. Durham. The board of aldermen passed an ordinance that does away with street signs and sidewalk adver tising, this step after an unbroken, rule of the street goods exhibitor, having come as the result of the work of the Durham Civic Association. High Point. So far subscriptions by the citizens of this place for the completing of the macadamized high way between the Twin City and High Point amount to about $1,500. A committee has been appointed to so licit further subscriptions and it 13 now apparent that quite a handsome amcunt will be raised for this work. TREIR SONG WAS ENDED BY DEATH A FAST TRAIN RUN DOWN A LARGE CROWD OF MERRY. MAKERS. MANY HORRIBLY MANGLED A Chcago and Northwestern Flyer Running at Very High Speed Crash es Into a Party Returning From a Picnic No One on Train Hurt. Neenah, Wis. Thirteen persons are dead, three others are dying anl five are seriously hurt as the result of a fast train on the Chicago & Northwestern Railway crashing into a hayrack on which a party of thirty one merrymakers were returning from a celebration. A big billboard beside the railroad tracks obscured the view from the lo comotive as well as from the. wagon. Dust and fog were contributory causes to the tragedy. Nine members of the party escaped without a scratch. No body on the train suffered except from a momentary severe jar. The collision occurred at the Com mercial street crossing here. Train No.121, northbound, whirled through, the wagon-load of singing and happy unfortunates, who were returning from the Peter Hanson farm, where they had gone to attend the celebra tion of a wedding anniversary. All but two, who were Chicago men, wero residents of Menasha. The dead: John Drill, Chicago, James Cheslock, Gustav Finn, Mabel Finn,' John Hart, Steven Lisk, Domi nick Omniechinski, Mabel Renz, John; Schedick, . Joseph Schedick, Joseph Sienyo, Frank Sisgardt, Isabella Suchowskl. Armless, legless and headless bodies covered the right of way as the train, nine coaches in length, was brought to a stop 800 feet from the scene of the crash. , Several of the bodies were so badly mutilated that identification was pos sible only by fragments of clothing. Six bodies, were discovered on the engine pilot and two other bodies were hurled through a flagman's shanty with such force as to overturn the structure. One of these was Miss Finn, who was projected through ono of the side walls of the house and was breathing when removed. She died a few hours later. Financial Side of Trust Presented Washington. The intricate financial side of the American Tobacco Com pany, known as the tobacco trust, and which is now in process of dissolution by order of the Supreme Court of the United States, because it was a com bination in restraint of trade in viola tion of the Sherman anti-trust law, was set forth in a report of the Com missioner of Corporations, Herbert Knox Smith, which was sent to the President and made public. ' It was the second part of a report on the tobacco industry and deals with the earnings, capitalization and invest ment of the great tobacco combina tion. The commissioner points out that the vast earning power which arose from the substantial control of the tobacco industry was a monopoly resulting from concentration. A Very Useful Institution. Blowing Rock. The Sandy Flat school is operated at the junction of the road going to Linvllle and the one going to Shulls mill. It is about two and one-half miles from Blowing Rock. It was founded by Mr. Moses Cone, and is run under . the auspices of the county superintnedent of edu cation. Half the term it is operated as a county, school, and the other half out of the funds supplied by Mrs. Cone, continuing the work her hus band started. It has fifty-five schol ars. Miss Edna Rheinhardt of Lincoln county, is the teacher. Aside from the regular academic studies, one morning each week is given to indus trial work. There is a large and well appointed room devbted to this pur pose. Promises to be Unsolved Mystery. Leesburg, Ga. Intense Interest cen ters about the preliminary hearing of Mort S. Childers, held on the. charge of killing his wife on August 15 by placing poison in medicine which she was taking. Childers was arrested at Americus on September 19, after an ot' er man, R. C. Kennedy, also had been arrested on the Bame charge. The lull In the legal proceedings has not served to bring to light any mo tive for the poisoning of Mrs. Childers and it is thought the crime will go down as an unsolved mystery. Test of An Important Law: Washington. The iniative and ref erendum probably will be the subject of a discussion 5?:i far-reaching consequence by the ' irreme Court of the United States t.uring the ap proaching term. The question of the constitutionality of these expedients of government forms the basis of a suit between the tate of Oregon, where they are in use, and the Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph Co. As the case is near the head of the- docked, 'it will be reached to insure , a decision before the end of the term.
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Sept. 27, 1911, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75