H. A. LONDON, Editor.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1911
One of the most sensational tri-
alsever undertaken in the United
States came to a sudden end on
; last Friday at Los Angeles, Cal
ifornia, when the McNamara
brothers pleaded aruilty.' Their
trial began several weeks aero,
but thus far the jury had not
chosen, a longer time being ta
ken in its selection than in any
other trial we can now recall.
On the night of October, 1st,
1910, the plant of the Los Ange
les Times was wrecked by an ex
plosion of dynamite and twenty
one persons were killed. The
proprietor, of that paper had be
come obnoxious to the Union,
because he dared to emplojT prin
ters who did not belong to the
,Union, . and he suspected that his
property had been destroyed by
... some member of the Union, Sus
picibn fell upon the McNamaras
and after a long search they were
found and arrested, and their
trial began several weeks ago, as
above, stated, and was bein
watched with much interest
from all parts of the United
States.
Samuel Gompers, the president
of the American Federation of
Labor, had denounced the arrest
of the McNamaras and had done
what he could to aid them on
their trial, contending that their
prosecution was an attempt to dis
credit the labor unions. When
informed that the accused men
had pleaded guilty he expressed
great astonishment and. is quot
ed as saying that "the cause of
. labor cannot win by such meth
ods as these men pursued. Dam
age to property and destruction
f life we have denounced and
done all in our power to prevent.
Such methods as these we have
got to stamp out."
The labor unions had raised a
fund of $100,000 to defend the
McNamaras on their trial and ta
ken a very active part in their
defense, but after they had
pleaded guilty many of the un
ions demanded their execution
and the timely suggestion is
made that the balance of the
fund that was raised for the de
fense of the McNamaras be giv
en to the families of the victims
of the explosion. This would be
eminently proper.
The man to whom is due the
chief credit of bringing the Mc
Namaras to justice is a detective,
named William J. Burns, whose
success in their conviction is
wonderful. And yet, until the
guilt of the McNamaras was
confessed by them, this detect
ive had been denounced most
bitterly by tlie leaders of the la
bor unions and his life was in
danger.
1 The petroleum industry of the ! ed statesmen in the United Sfatal'l" "A'Mort&pduiuf5 Murker wis siren
I v Ti i. -fJ J : i- XT. rat. r. - . . - -- mf . - .
x-rcHMieni' rait-Kur m nianKsgiviug
United States has increased won
derfully within the past few
years. From a recent press bul
letin of the U. S. Geological Sur
vey we are enabled to give our
readers some interesting statis
tics about the production and use
of petroleum ih this country.
More than 200,000,000 barrels
of oil, with a value of nearly
8128,000,000, were produced last
year in the United States. In
the year 1900 the production was
63,000,000 barrels, and every
year the increase has been very
great and there now seems no
limit to its production. It may
surprise our readers to know that
the United States produces more
oil than all of the rest of the
world together. There are 148, -
440 oil wells in operation in this
country, and California leads all
the other States in the produc
tion of oil and indeed more than
any foreign country. The new
State of Oklahoma comes next
to California in- the: production
of oil.
While the increase in the pro
duction of oil has been so great
its use has become more diversi
fied. The railroads now consume
many million barrels a year an d
even the United State Navy is
now using it in great quantities
in place of coal. The two new
battleships, authorized to be
built by the last Congress, will
burn oil exclusively instead of
coal.
Football seems to have been
the all-absorbing attraction for
Thanksgiving Day. We confi
dently venture the assertion that
more persons attended the games
oi tootbali played on last Thurs
day than those who attended the
churches. The day after Thanks
giving Day the daily newspapers
published many more columns
about the games of football than
about anything else. Indeed so
fashionable has it become to play
match games of football on
Thanksgiving Day that the day
might well be- called:;' "Football
Hay" instead of Thanksgiving
Pay.
In every city of much size ex
Citing games of football were
played last Thursday in the pres
ence of thousands of enthusias
tic spectators, and many thous
and dollars in bets were lost and
won . on , the results of those
games. , Is it not time that a
halt was called on such a dese
cration of a day ' that our civil
authorities and the churches de
signate as a day of prayer and
praise and giving of thanks?
What do you think of promi
nent white gentlemen acting as
honorary pallbearers at the funer
al of a former slave? Yet that was
done at Fayetteville a few days
aeo. 1 he deceased was Guilford
Christmas, a former slave of the
late Col. Wharton Green, who
accompanied his master in the
war, sharing his dangers and
hardships, and remained faith -ful
to him until Col. Green's
death abbut two years ago. He
was elected by the Democrats
assistant doorkeeper of the Sen
ate in the Legislature of 1870
and was as polite and humble in
that capacity as he was during
the days of slavery, and dis
charged the duties of his office
most satisfactorily- It was there
that we first, knew him and we
are pleased to testify thus pub
licly to his efficiency and polite
ness. He was one of the most
courteous men we have ever
known and most faithfully did
his duty in that station of life in
which it had pleased God to call
him.
One was Senator Henry Cabot
Lodge, of Massachusetts, who is
the Republican leader in the Uni
ted States Senate, and the. other
was the Hon. . Champ Clark,, of
Missouri, who is the Speaker of
our national House of Represen
tatives. . Both were greeted with
a warm welcome and large and
appreciative audiences.
It was the... privilege. of. this
writer to hear the address, of
Senator Lodge, which, ' although
nearly two hours in its delivery,
was heard with unabated inter
est being highly instructive and
entertaining. He dwelt at some
length upon : the modern and
Populistic doctrines of the "Ini
tiative, Referendum and Recall,-
and made an exhaustive and (as
we thought) unanswerable argu
ment against those fads ,
The occasion , of these two' ad
dresses demonstrated mostpleasi
anny aim xorciuiy trie au vantage
of having the new and commo?;
dious auditorium, ' of which Ral
eigh now has so' mucbl'cause, to'
boast. ;-,o-sv-
llay dinner.
. Saxed Hi Wife's Lite.
t iifV;'Viffr: would - -Jiave been in her
rtave tdT, writes O. H, Krown, of
Muscadine.' AT."Hm. f it. hart not
She wa J&fwa iftHter bed: hot able to
gt up without, kelp,' ;Bhe.hadi a se
vere broEttthial trutjte saicl . dredful
cough, I ot hr a bottle of Dr King's
Kcr Discovery itttil sh soon began to
ttUsndaad fit tell'la i &h6rt time "
InfalliBte'tf)? cukW nI colds, it's the
most jeiiate. remedy iKi&rjtiv for des
perate lun'fcrotiblCy hemorrhages, l
rPpe jktfimt:hay XSV:Mv croup and
whopping(Juglv .;' .60c, fi. ' Trial bot
Ue free .''Uviarauieed. by G,. H -PUk-
Pellagra Gaining.
Washington, Dec. 3. After
many months of-investigation of
pellagra in the Southern States;
the scientists of the public health
and marine hosDital service are
in as much doubt-as ever? as tA:
the cause Of the scourg6.. Mean-
while the disease. "seems: to K'p"
craininfir and it has been renorted'
that nearly every 'physiciai in
South Carolina has rom; five to
fifteen cases in his private prac
tice.
Assistant Sursreon General
John D. Long says itjia's been
demonstrated that ,eurs can be
effected even up to the, fifth at
tack, but that there is little hone
when the patient has reached the
stage of . insanity. . Pellagra has
been r found -to ha a .spasnnnhlA
disease and it is thought that the
greatly Varying temperatujes'of
South' Carolina mav'be nartlv
responsible . for its. prevalence
there. ' . -
The investigators have f mind
that the greatest number of ca-'
ses develoD durihe the sririni?
and autumn months when there
are sudden and marked changes
in the weather.
Coffins and
: caskets::
; A full stock of Coffins and
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vaifcCKi suways uu nana ana
sold at all prices. H kinds 3
and sizes. x
B. Nooe,
. ;Pittsborc. N. C.
Half Price Clothing Sal
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closeisl'Sattird
KJiuy
p. in. i
Sale at' Stein Bros.
ayV Dec. 9, at 11
4 more prof it-slash-
Reniember and
STEIN BROS.,
Sanford, N.G.
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DURHAM, N. C.
In order to turn our accumulation of carried
over Suits, Overcoats, Boy's Suits, Pants
and Mats into, money right away,
we are snaking the following
Unusual Reduction in Prices
mers Cars
Are Good Cars
tmis monogram an ta , mi i . -
rmdiator siandsM - Ihey.are good looking cars. They are
jwamotkuteMrtcrw gUaranteed. .
! c.niX' f'SPey ip raediura priced. They, are jusl high enough
, mpwxd tr eoable ua Lb put iiito them the fine iaaterials, the
high grade rfrerfeiriarrehip and the time necessary to a high
; "7&rade .ear. . .. - . .
P? Vif.you want proof that Chalmers cars are good cars, you
Uhave?the word of Ghalraers owners if you care to ask them.
I'bdlfave the : word of other makers and sellers of motor cars
- ra1?1 t ask them.
. ' tzt ; have, the unsurpassed record of Chalmers cars in all
visrrd of contests. "
- iAv)te Vou to call and see for yourself that Chalmers
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. ... Carolina Garage and Machine Co.,
t-t.-'c ... .' : : RALEIGH, N. C.
18 A By 8 811118 with straight cut pant3 in
I siices from 8 to 16, carried over, which
formerly Bold from 2.1)0 to SG.0O, now
offered at :
Men's Hats," formerly sold from fl.SO to
how' being offered at.;
Half Price
"Half Price
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The first regular session of the
62nd Congress began last Mon
day, and, with a recess at Christ
mas, will continue until next
summer. The session held last
spring and summer was an ex
tra session, called by the Presi
dent for the purpose of passing
the Canadian reciprocity bill
which was afterwards . rejected
by Canada. As all the commit
tees were appointed at the extra
session Consress ouffht to vat
right down to work now without
the usual delay at the opening of
every Congress awaiting the ap
pointment of the committees.
Although the Democrats have
a large majority in the House,
yet the Republicans have a ma
jority in the Senate and there
fore the Democrats cannot enact
any relief measures without the
co-operation and votes of the so
called insurgent Republican's in
the Senate.
When you have a bilious attack
give Chamberlain's TaWets a trial.
They are excellent. For sale, by all
deal-rs. . ,
The eighty-first annual session
of the Baptist State Convention
is being held this week at Winston-Salem,
having begun yes
terday. It is one of the most in
teresting ever yet held and those
in attendance are being enter
tained most hospitably. This
body represents the largest re
ligious denomination in tv;
State, nearly 2,000 churches and
.about 225,000 members.
The annual ' meeting of the
teachers' assembly was held at
Raleigh last week and an "unusual
incident occurred. ' When the
president of the assembly. Prof.
Charles L. Coon, was delivering!
his address he was compelled to
stop because of the disorderly
conduct of some of his hearers
who were displeased at his criti
cisms of the public school svs-
tem and the method of its ad
ministration. This was a most
disgraceful act by men who
ought to set a better example to
those whom they are expected to
teach and train. Whether the
speaker was right or wrong in
his criticisms is immaterial to the
point we wish to emphasize, and
that is, his hearers should not
have interrupted him so as to
force him to stop speaking.
Census Mortality Statistic. v
Washington, Dec. 3. A pre
hminary statement giving .the.
general death rates for all cities
with a population of less than
100,000 in the Census Bureau's
death registration area in 1910,
as drawn from the advance Mor
tality Bulletin 112, now in press,
was issued today by Director
Durand, of the Bureau , of the
Census.
Among a group of the 13-cities
in less than 100,000 population
class recording high rates of
mortality in 1910, Charleston,
S. C, shows the highest rate
per 1,000 population, namely,
29.7.
In the State of North Carolina
Raleigh had a, rate of 27.9'; Wil
mington, 20.8: Winstdh, 20.S;
Durham, 19.9; Ashe ville, 197;
Greensboro, 19; and Charlotte,
17.7. ' .
Raleigh was
week with Visits
honored last
and , addresses
.by two of the most distimruish-
Lightning Kills Few. .
In 1906 liphtnlnfr killed only 169
people in this whole country. Ohf
chance3 of death by lightning e.re less
than two in a million. The chance 'of
death from liver, kidney or stomach
trouble is vastly greater, but not if
Klectric Bitters be used, as Robert
Madsen, of Went tturjingtoni . Iowa,
proved. Four doctors gave tilm ut
Sifter four months of knfTlrinirfrrr
virulentdiver troublearifl fellow jaun
dice, lie was then completer Ciired
bv Electric lUtterjs. .They're ihettet
stomach, liver, nerve and kidney . reus
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KfSn nt' n 1 T3 1 1 1. 1 . -1 1 ' ...
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constipajtioq, the. mild and etttlife Wtf.
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beginning-, and when that is cut in half, you
must realize what you are being offered. '
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Smartset Clothes for fcoys."
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Sanford, N. C.
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fit
The lifetime BaVinJts 'ttf'an old'taafe
in Minnesota, amounting tof 2605,
were destroyed by ratg, .the. money bt-J"
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NOTICE OF LAKD ENTRY.
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To John VV, Johnson, Erttry-taket of
Chatham county: : .
The undersigned claimant, being a
citizen of the State. of North Carolina,
hereby sets forth and show's that tbo
following tract of land', towit.lying in
Williams-township, Chatham' county,
N. C, and described as follows: Ad
joining the lands of J. E. Andrews on
the east and southeast, on the west bv
the lands of Esperan Eigjfsbee, also on
the north by Esperan Hiegsbee, eot
nering on Henderson creek, begin
ning at a branch west 23 poles, thence
south 48 1-2 poles to J. J. Andrews
line, thence with J. E. Andrews liu
to the first station, containing by esti
mation three acres.
It Is vacant and linnnnrnnrntprf
land belonging to the State of North
ruiuiu.au Buujcct io entry, ana the
undersigned claimant hereby makes
entry of, and lays claim to an pays
for a grant for said land. " This 15tk
day of November, mi.
' J. E. ANDREWS,
Claimant.
Witness Myrtle J ekasoa.
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M. T WILLIAMS ,
-. Cashier.
We will give 15 per cent dis
count on our Single and Double
Barrel Barret Shot Guna for the
next ten days.
EVERYTHING IN
HARDWARE,
SHOT AKD SHELLS.
LEE HARDWARE CO.,
. SANEOIiO, N.- C.
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in iFttrnlturc. litovca.
' j nmMfjmy
aid all MoHsefurnUliiiigs.
Come on the "Shoo-fly" and let ut showou how
far we can make your l go. '
FOR $20 CASH TRADE
we pay the freight ar.d pay your way to Sanford
and back a distance of 25 milet.
CARTER FURNITURE COMP,
NEAR WATER TANK, SANFORD, N. C.