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VOL. XXXIV.
PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C, JANUARY 3, 1912.
NO. 21.
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BRIEF NEWS NOTES
FOR THE BUSY
MOST IMPORTANT SVENTS OF
THE PAST WEEK TOLD IN
CONCrNSED FORM.
VOHLD'S NEWS EPITOMIZED
Xit'r-Uti Review of Happenings of
Greatest Interest From AH
Parts of World.
Southern.
E. Kline, a Hungarian, who repre
sented himself as James Stewart of
New York, was arrested in Nashville,
Tenn., on a charge of forgery, and
will be taken back to Scranton, Pa.,
to face his accusers.
William Rodenkirchen, a foreigner,
registering at a Greensboro, N. C,
hotel as "Rodenkirchen, Adrian, Si
beria,' was discovered by a hotel
clerk groaning and vigorously jab
bing his throat with a pen knife.
When disarmed it was discovered
that Rodenkirchen had slashed each
wrist thrice; stabbed himself just
above the heart, and had dug a hole
in his neck large enough to place
three fingers.
Indications are that the "regular"
Tennessee Democratic state commit
teemen will ignore the opportunity to
name the three "regular" Democrats
in the committee of seven to hold the
state primary called by the Independ
ent state committee for April 30.
Despondent, according to a note
found, James Grant, a prosperous
farmer and merchant of Benton, Ark.,
clubbed his wife, five children and
step-son to death, and then hanged
himself. Grant's body was found
suspended to a rafter in a barn, and
those of the woman and children
about the farm dwelling, their skulls
crushed.
An appeal to friends of education in
America for $1,000,000 to make the
George Peabody college for teachers
at Nashville, Tenn., a great final me
morial to Mr. Peabody's beneficent
service to the South and as the ed
ucational crown of the system of the
schools now established in that sec
tion, is made in a lengthy statement
from the trustees of the Peabody edu
cation fund. The trustees give notice
of having voted to close the trust.
General.
The peace conference held at Shang
hai between the represtntatives ol
the Pekin government and the revo
lutionary party agreed that the form
of government to be ultimately adopt
ed for China should be decided by a
national convention, whose determi
nation should be binding on both par
ties. It also was agreed that pending
the decision of the national conven
tion, the Manchu government was nei
ther to accept nor to attempt to ob
tain foreign loans
It is understood at Teheran that
the regent and cabinet desire the ap
pointment of the American, F. E.
Cairns, the principal assistant of Mr.
Shuster, as the new treasurer general
of Persia.
niation has been unearthed at the in
vestigation in Indianapolis, which
gives to the dynamite conspiracy
case an international scope and a
much wider, deeper meaning in the
United States than heretofore it has
had, according to information obtain
ed. One detail of the new informa
tion is certain large commercial or
ganizations not affiliated with the Na
tional Erectors association made con
tributions of thousands of dollars to
ward the execution of dynamite plots
originating in the International Asso
ciation of Bridge and Structural Iron
Workers.
The state failed in its effort to fix
the blame for the fire horror of
-March 25, 1911, in which 147 employ
ees of the Triangle Waist company,
in New York, lost their lives. A ver
dict of "not guilty" was returned by
the jury in the case of Isaac Harris
and Max Blanck, proprietors of the
factory, who were indicted in connec
tion with the holocaust.
Douglas H. Harris was shot and
instantly killed in the lobby of the
Cherokee hotel, Rome, Ga., by Uriah
L. Starnes, traveling salesman for a
marble factory. Starnes claim
ed that Harris wrecked his family,
and after giving himself up to the
nearest policeman, said that he, was
the happiest man alive, and assured
bystanders that if his victim ws not
dead he would go back and make a
good job.
Mrs. Ella Wilson is in control of
the affairs at Hunnewell, Kansas, at
last. Three members of the council
have resigned. Governor Stubbs or
dered the attorney general to bring
ouster suits.
It is said Harry K. Thaw will soon
make another effort to be released
from Mattaewan.
A prayer book in his pocket saved
Michael Corbell, of Hastings, N. Y.,
when a revolver shot was fired point
blank at him by a man he refused to
admit to the factory where he is
watchman. The bullet stopped just
over Corbell's heart.
Upon the grave in New York of
Clement C. Moore, who wrote "'Twas
the Night Before Christmas," a holly
wreath was placed by a hundred chil
dren from the Sunday Pfhool of lh
Church of the Intercession.
Samuel and William Muncy, the
oldest twins in the world, have just i
1
A 24-hour battle, in which the Turk
ish troops defeated the Italian force,
killing half of it in the rout, is de
scribed in an official message from
Constantinople, made public at the
Turkish embassy in Washington. The
message was transmitted to the im
perial ministry of war at Constanti
nople by the commander of the Turk
ish troops from Tobruk, Tripoli, un
der date of December 22.
The physical and mental condition
of the Rev. C. V. Richeson of Boston
is so unfavorable that his trial on
January 15, the dat set, will be an
absolute impossibility in the opinion
of his counsel. "Perhaps his wounds
may be in a favorable condition,"
says a statement from his lawyer,
"but his general and mental condition
is far from favorable, and I believe
an early attempt to put him on trial
at so early a date would cause col
lapse which would delay the trial in
definitely." The crippled torpedo boat destroyer
Warrington, which was run down off
Hatteras in a gale Wednesday night
by an unknown ship, was safely tow
ed into Hampton Roads. The revenue
cutter Onondago brought in the de
stroyer's crew.
al court at Danville, 111., January 1.
,His first night in the military pris
on in Mexico City did not appear to
depress Gen. Bernardo Reyes very
much. He slept in the room of the
sub-director of the Santiago prison,
and was granted all that was neces
sary for his comfort.
The Vatican has declined to grant
ount Boni de Castellance an annul
ment of his marriage with Anna
Gould, who is now the duchess of
Talleyrand and Sagon. Countess de
Castellan e was granted a divorce
from her husband and give nthe cus
tody ofh er their three children No
vember 14, 1906. About a year ago
Count Boni applied to the Vatican for
annullment of the marriage. The
duches of Talleyrand did not oppose
the count.
Control of state authorities by in
ferior United States courts has de
veloped to such an extent that the
people are becoming impatient, de
clared Gov. Simeon E. Baldwin of
Connecticut at the opening of the
twenty-seventh annual meeting of the
American Historical association at
Buffalo, N. Y., and the eighth annual
meeting of the American Political
Science association in joint session.
If some of the recent court decisions
are not disaffirmed, Governor Baldwin
Baid, the judicial power of the United
States will extend to any justifiable
oontriversy arising in any state, al
though pertaining to mere matters of
local concern.
A dispatch from London states that
the Russian government has decided
to suppress disorders at Tabriz and
other disturbed Persian towns. The
dislocation of the telegraph lines
makes it impossible to get a reliable
narrative o fthe outbreaks. Yet it
cannot be doubted that a situation of
the gravest complexity has arisen.
Close on the heels of one great
peace meeting in New York, which
was broken up by disturbers opposed
to the ratification of President Taft's
proposed treaties with England and
France, disagreements have arisen
over what is being planned as one of
the greatest peace dinners ehe coun
try has ever seen. Former President
Roosevelt replied to an invitation to
attend the function with a letter de
claring ehat his sentiments were
wholly at variance with those to be
expressed at the affair and censuring
it as "traitorous."
The proclamation of martial law at
Teheran following the dismissal of W.
Morgan Shuster by the Persian cabi
net and the fragmentary reports re
ceived as to a bloody massacre by
Russian soldiers at Resht are caus
ing serious apprehension in London.
The Persian cabinet notified W. Mor
gan Shuster, the American treasurer
general of Persia, of his dismissal
from that office. This follows the
decision of the national council and
the ministry to submit to the de
mands in the Russian ultimatum.
Washington
Senator Works of California will at
tempt to attach to the Sherwood pen
sion bill a provision absolutely pro
hibiting any special pension bills, and
making ineligible for pension any per
son who attempts to get special leg
islation. Senator Works hopes to
stop the flood of special pensions
which are passed by congress at each
session. The senate committee on
pensions is framing a substitute for
the Sherwood bill, which would scale
down the pension proposed.
President Taft settled the vexed
questions of allowing the practice of
Christian Science or other non-medical
methods of healing the sick in
the Panama canal zone. The erecu
tive order made several months ago
which members of the Christian Sci
ence church feared would prohibit
their method of healing, was modi
fied so that there can be no doubt
as to the lawfulness of such practice.
The order as modified goes into ef
fect at once.
The senate, by a unanimous vote,
formally ratified President Taft's no
tification to Russia of the termina
tion of the treaty of 1832. The Lodge
joint resolution, reported by the for
eign relations committee as a substi
tute for the Sulzer -resolution that
passed the house 300 to 1, was adopt
ed after an all-day debate over Rus
sian discriminations against the
Jews of America. The house is ex
pected to agree to the senate meas
ure. The resolution was Introduced
for the committee by Mr. Lodge of
Massachusetts.
STATE IS TO HAVE
ANOTHER RAILROAD
'
'HOUGHT TO BE AFTER CON
NECTION WITH THE TRANS
CONTINENTAL RAILROAD.
DUNCAN WOULD NOT TALK
Mr. Duncan, a Director of the Norfolk
Southern, Has Gone to New York
to Attend -Meeting of Transcontin
ental Construction Company.
Raleigh. On a mission concern'ng
the building of another railroad,
which may go into the Norfolk South
srn railroad system. Mr. E. C. Dun
san, a director of the Norfolk South
ern, who has been identified with the
recent purchases of lines in this state
for the Norfolk Southern left for New
York.
Mr. Duncan is a director of the
.Vorth Carolina Transcontinental Con
struction Company, which owns the
South Atlantic Trancontinental Rail
road Company and its charters. The
men behind that railroad are endeav
aring to construct a line from Knox
ville, Tenn., to Rutherfordton, N. C,
and work has recently begun on this.
The directors are to meet in New York
and it is expected that as a result
there may be more railroad building
in North Carolina.
Mr. Duncan declined to say any
thing of the purposes of the meeting
in New York but it is reported that
he will endeavor to secure at the
director's meeting an interest, n the
2onstruction company for the Norfolk
Southern Railroad, with the view of
giving to that road a connection with
the Transcontinental railroad, which
would give it direct access to the
ooal fields of Tennessee and West
Virginia.
The directors of 'the company are
Mr. E. C. Duncan, Raleigh; Gen. T.
C. Dupont, Wilmington, Del; V. L.
Mason, W. H. Strayton and Harry Con
tent, New York. Mr. Mason is presi
dent, Mr. Strayhorn, vice-president,
Edward F. Cloran, treasurer, and Ar
thur H. Faust, secretary of the com
pany. Has Asked State to Intervene.
The members of the Corporation
Commission, the committee on trans
portation of the Southern Furniture
Manufacturers Association and Gover
nor Kitchin conferred relative to the
Corporation Commission and the State
intervening as complainant before the
Interstate Commerce Commission in a
suit the furniture manufacturers of
North Carolina have brought to com
pel the railroad ompanies to give them
the same low rates to the, Pacific
coast that the manufacturers of New
York, Ohio, Georgia, Indiana and
Pennsylvania have. If the commis
sion and the state take over the liti
gation of the manufacturers Attorney
General T. W. Bickett will be expect
ed to take charge of the suit.
North Carolina New Enterprises.
The Secretary of state issued two
charters for new enterprises in the
state. The Dublin Store Company,
with offices at Dublin, N. C, is charter
ed to do a general mercantile busi
ness. Ccpital stock is $100,000, but
the company may begin business when
$9,000 has been paid in. The incor
porators are Mr. J. C. Newsom, of
Dublin; Mr. T. G. Frasier, of Dublin,
and Mr. F. A. Brooks, of Greensboro.
The Molenburg Farm Company, of
Mest End, Moore county, to do real
estate business. Capital stock is $125,
000, paid in $4,000. The incorpora
tors are Messrs. R. J., W. O., W. P.
and F. A. Cochran, all of Charlotte.
Portrait of Sir Walter Raleigh.
A magnificent crayon portrait of Sir
Walter Raleigh has arrived in Manteo.
It is presented by Chief Justice Wal
ter Clark to Dare county, and will be
formally received, with appropriate
ceremonies, in the near future and will
be hung over the judge's stand in our
new court house. Our people unite in
highest appreciation of this valuable
and appropriate gift, and an enthus
iastic audience is expected.
Poultry Show Dates Were Mixed.
Through mistake, it appeared that
the dates for the coming meeting of
the Charlotte poultry show which is
to be held in the auditorium were Jan
uary 26-29, when the dates should
have been January 16-19. This moves
up the show 10 days and therefore
it behooves all those who are to have
birds on display should get busy with
their plans as quickly as possible.
All arrangements are being consum
mated with the view of having - the
largest and best poultry show that
Chralotte has ever known.
A Big Fire At Grimesland.
. Fire starting in a negro restaurant
destroyed half the business section of
Grimesland, a town 12 miles from
Greenville, on the Norfolk Southern
Railroad. The fire swept the entire
side of the street on which it originat
ed and was only prevented by hard
work from getting a foothold on the
other side of the street. The total
loss is about $25,000, more than half
covered by insurance. The heaviest
losers were H. H. Proctor and D. G.
Moore, who carried on a large mer
car.t'le business.
WORK IN ROBESON COUNTS
The Scientific Method of Farming
and Any Old Way Contrasted.
Pertinent Questions.
Raleigh. Having been employed at
agent for the farmers' co-operative
demonstration work in the southern
part of Robeson county for the pasl
year, it is gratifying to know that the
United States Department of Agricul
ture methods of preparation and culti
vation are far superior to the commor
methods used in our county. Of theii
method I will give briefly: Prepara
tion -deep and thorough pulverizec"
seed bed; seed carefully select tht
best;- cultivation intensive, every '
to 10 days, but shallow and late. O'
the common method I will give so tha
we may get the idea better. Prepara
tion shallow. Seed any kind, just sc
they will come up. Cultivation deei
and just often enough to keep tht
grass from getting higher than tht
corn or cotton, and quit soon.
Now I will give you some of the re
suits of the two methods, first o!
co-operative demonstration work, th
names of parties who worked som
corn under this method, which rang-ec
from 27 1-2 bushels to 129 bushels pel
acre. First, those who produced 10
bushels and above per acre are: A. H
Leggett, J. S. Floyd and Ondre
Smith. Second, those who produret
90 bushels and above per acre: R
A. Hardell, J. A. Thompson, F. J. Nye
J. H. Bass. Third, those who pro
duced 80 bushels and above per acre:
M. Shephard, D. F. Phillips, N. D
McCommac, G. H. Floyd. Johi
Bridgers; fourth, those who produced
70 bushels and above per acre: J
A. Stone, W. A. Graham, W. G. Gra
ham, J. E. Parker. Fifth, those wh
produced 60 bushels and above pei
acre: W. H. Watts, Haynes Prevatt
F. B. Johnson, W. W. Lee, J. B. Wal
ters, E. F. Purvis, G. L. Robeson," W
H. Harden, J. W. Burnes. Sixth, thos
who produced 50 bushels and abov
per acre: W. H. Faulk, J. T. Purvis
WTilliam Byrd, U. A. Bullock, W. P
Britt, O. T. Atkinson, G. B. Kinlaw
A. W. Harrington, H. G. Byrd, G. D
Floyd, P. H. Adams, J. F. Adams, F
W. Wralters. Seventh, those who pro
duced 40 bushels and above per acre:
E. H. Prevatt, W. H. Allen, W. A
Sealey, H. E. Purvis, J. P. Britt, Offi
Quay, W. O. Sellers, B. W. Pittman
J. H. Johnson, A. Davis, J. C. Carlyle
S. L. Parker, WT. A. Leggett, L. D. Pitt
man, Wright Leggett, J. F. WTalters
To Have A Central Warehouse.
A meeting of the supreme counci
of the Farmers' Union of North Caro
lina was held in the office of Secretar;
E. C. Faris in Raleigh. At this meet
ing a warehouse committee, consist
ing of Messrs. W. B. Gibson of States
ville, W .H. Moore of Pitt county, W
G. Crowder of Wake county, I. T
Coggins off Chatham and C. C. Wrigh
of Wilkes county, was appointed foi
the purpose of securing the necessar:
charter for the incorporation of th'
State Warehouse Company. It is th
intention of the officers of this com
pany to place a central warehouse fo;
the storage of cotton, in one of th
principal cities of the state.
Another Crime in Cleveland.
A dastardly attack somewhat simi
lar to the one made on Mr. and Mr3
John Dixon in upper Cleveland De
cember 13, occurred at Earl, 8 miles
below Shelby on the ' Southern Rail
way when Mr. William Kendrick, i
brother of Policeman Bob Kendricl
of Shelby, went to his barn to feec
and was assaulted by two negroes
who pelted him with rocks and se
fire to his barn. Policeman Kendricl
and Deputy George Allen went tc
Earl to work on the case and arrest
ed Plato Jennings and Henry Whis
nant and the latter's young son.
Await The Result of Meeting.
Upon the result of a meeting ol
the stockholders of the Mecklenburg
Fair Association which will take plac
on January 8, depneds the continu
ance'of the organization and the fur
ther holding of annual fairs in Char
lotte. It has been estimated thai
during the 10 years which the associa
tion has been in existence, an averagt
dividend of six per cent, has beet
forthcoming yearly to the stockhold
ers.
Raleigh. Governor Kitchin has nol
yet named the man who is to suc
ceed Judge Geo. W. Ward as judge
of the First" District
To Canvass State to Complete Fund.
At a special meeting of the BilJ
Nye building at the Stonewall Jack
days ago at Charlotte Mr. J. P. Cook:
its treasurer, was authorized to make
a canvass of the state to complete the
fund for the erection of the Bil
Nye building at the Sotnewall Jack
son Training School at Concord. A
great personal sacrifice Mr. Cook ten
dered his services to the committee.
offering to devote at least four months
to the task of bringing to a success
ful conclusion an undertaking begun
over a year ago.
An Important Transfer.
In the probate court at Greensboro.
Mr. Isaac Hammer, of Kansas, re
corded a transfer of title from him
and Mrs. Hammer of 540 acres of land
in Kansas, valued at $30,000, to the
endowment fund of Sylvan Academj
in Alamance county. The gift is made
in honor of Mrs. Hammer, who was
Miss Jane Stuart, of Alamance, anc
was educated at Sylvan Academy. The
trustees are. J. S. Cox, of Greens
boro; Nathan Stuart, Mrs. Lydia Al
len Stuart, Najhan Hornaday, W. E
Stout. Henrv Hornaday. Alamance.
THIS STATE IN LEAD
BIG PRIZES AND SWEEPSTAKE
ARE TAKEN BY THE STATE
OF NORTH CAROLINA.
PEOPLE ARE ENTHUSIASTIC
It Is Gratifying to Know That This
Has Been Made Possible By the
Earnest Co-operation of the Grow
ers of the State.
Raleigh. For the third time the
horticultural products of North Caro
lina have been exhibited in competi
tion with similar products from all
over the United States at the Nation
al Horticultural Congress, which was
tkis year held at St. Joseph, Mo., No
vember 23-December 3, 1911, and once
more the Old North State takes first
place in the production of fruits and
vegetables.
It is gratifying to all the people
to know that this has been ntade
possible only by the earnest and
enthusiastic co-operation of the
growers in the state. The quality of
the fruit this year at both the State
Fair and the National Show proves
every evidence of improvement in
cultural methods.. Not only was this
true of the individual specimens, but
the fact of North Carolina taking
first place in the commercial five
box class at St. Joseph shows that
North Carolina can hold her own in
te production of apples for market
purposes as well as for exhibitions.
Many people from other sections of
the country who have heretofore
thought of this state as a vast pro
ducer of corn, cotton, tobacco and
other staple farm crops have looked
with wonder and surprise at the hor
ticultural productions. Thhe interest
displayed by these people lend new
encouragement towards the still
greater development of these re
sources. The Blind Tigers Get A Scare.
New Bern. Acting under a section
of the Pure Food Law the police vis
ited every soft drink stand in the
city and made a. search for whiskey
and beer or other intoxicating
drinks. At only one place, an estab
lishment in the northern part of the
city operated by Joe Tisdale and
quor. At this place eight pints of
quor. At this place eight pints off
whiskey were found and the proprie
tors will have to appear before the
mayor and explain the "how come,"
A few months ago there was much
whiskey being sold in this city.
However the police got down to busi
ness and succeeded in giving the il
licit dealers such a scare that it
would be safer for them to desist
from their operations and there is
but little, if any whiskey being sold
here by "blind tigers."
Takes Federal Prisoners to Atlanta.
Raleigh. Deputy Marshal . R, W.
Ward left for Atlanta, Ga., where he
went to convey four Federal prison
ers to the prison at that place. These
prisoners were convicted at the term
of court last week and failed to get
off with a fine. The following are
the names of those who received
sentences: G. Beasley, white, from
Johnston county, convicted of retail
ing and sentenced for a term of 18
month. J. L. Ray, Wake county, con
victed of retailing and sentenced for
15 months. Paul Judd, colored, from
New Hill, convicted of retailing and
sentenced for one year and one day.
Governor Kitchin Grants Pardon.
Raleigh.-Governor Kitchin grant
ed a pardon to Frank Berryman, Lee
county, who was sentenced in Novem
ber to 2 years on the roads for selling
whiskey. The boy is only 17 years
old and the pardon is on the special
request of the trial judge, who has
become convinced that Berryman
was over persuaded to submit on
the charge when the case against a
number of defendants was called. The
solicitor and many citizens join in
urging that the pardon be granted.
Gastonia. Bab Adams, a negro,
was shot and killed at Clover by Ed.
Orr, another negro, who also shot
and injured John Stowe
Returned From Visit of Inspection.
Raleigh. Capt. A. J. Doughtery has
just returned from an official visit ol
inspection and instruction from the
militia companies of Lumber Bridge
and Fayetteville. It is learned that
his report showed the Robeson com
pany to be in excellent condition,
showing up well in the inspection,
and receiving with enthusiasm the
suggestions from the Adjutant-General's
office. Captain Doughtery fur
ther reported that there was excel
lent material in Fayetteville for an
efficient organization. -
Champion Corn Grower Gets Prize.
Raleigh. Mr. ,D. P. Finch, the
champion corn grower of Davidson
county received a check a aw days
ago from Mr. W. G. Cooper, secre
tary of the Atlanta Chamber of Com
merce for $100, covering his win
nings in the great corn show recently
closed there. This crowns Mr. Finch
the champion corn grower of the
state of North Carolina and the sec
ond in the entire South. Only one
man made a larger yield and he wai
ruled out because of the fact that
his report was not properly certified
NEWS OF NORTH CAROLINA
Paragraphs of State News That Has
. Been Very Carefully Collected
By the Editor.
Raleigh. John Johnson, of Ridge
tr&y, 4 in Rex hospital in a very se
rious condition from the result of se
vere injuries received by being struck
by a Seaboard Air Line train
Winston-Salem. President H. E.
Pries emphatically denied the truth
fulness of the report current that W.
H. Cohn & Co., of New York, had
purchased the Winston-Salem Stree
Railway.
New Bern. Will Avery was shot
down and killed on the streets of
tfew Bern by Baker Bryant ,and the
.atter is now reclining in jail charged
with first degree murder From all
evidence adduced at the coroner'B
hearing it seems to have been a case
af deliberate and unprovoked murder.
Wilson. The terrlfflc explosion of
four hundreds pounds of dynamite,
when the Atlantic Coast Line station
burned at Elm City, threw the citizens
in a panic and broke out glasses and
shook down chimneys all over town.
About two hundred bales of cotton,
together with all freight, was de
stroyed. Wendell. The Wendell Industrial
and Devolpment Club, of Wendell, N.
C which was organized about a
month ago for the upbuilding of
Wendell and its vicinity, had its first
regular meeting a few days ago. Not
withstanding the bad rainy night
there were about fifty members pres
snt.
. Franklinton. Two men, Ambrus
Mitchell and W. H. Floyd (negroes)
entered the home, by force, of Dick
Roe (also colored), m the suburbs of
town, and took a jug of corn juice.
Dick's daughter was there and refus
ed them admission. J. E. Nicholson,
justice of the peace, heard the case
and sent the defendants to jail.
New Bern. Mr. G,. M. .Wooten, oi
Fort Barnwell, has brought to this
3ity Claude Grant, colored, and of
Dover, and placed him in the Craven
sounty jail to await the next term
of the superior court. Grant is
charged with destroying a barn own
ed by Mr. A. R. Richardson, of Do
ver, and also firing at a party of
possum hunters.
Hickory. A movement is being
agitated to issue bonds in this coun
ty for the improvement of the public
roads of the county. The movement
is "being pushed by John W Robin
son, George R. Wooten and others
who are interested in good roads. It
is hoped to have bonds issued for
Hickory township, as 1 a starter and
from that extend the movement over
th-j entire county.
La Grange. Noah Hill, a white
man, was killed by the Westbound
shoo-fly train near his home about
;hree miles east of town. He is sup
posed to have been on his way home
:rom La Grange. The body was hor
ribly mutilated, so much so as to be
inrecognizable. At the inquest cer
tain papers on his body established
lis identity.
Chatham. Probably the largest
pine tree in this county is one on
the Minnie Bell' place in New Hope
township. It is 29 feet in circumfer
ance, four feet from the ground and
is 60 feet to the first limb. It is too
arge to be cut into lumber by any
saw mill in that neighborhood, and
it is estimated that it would make
25,000 shingles.
Ellenboro The western North Car
olina Poultry Association's second
annual show will be held at Henriet
ta, January 11, 12 and 13. Judging
from the number of requests being
received from various states for the
premium list, and the interest shown
by the breeders in this and adjoining
counties, prospects are very encour
aging for a large show.
Elon College. The executive board
of the board of trustees will meet
Ln called session in the president's
Dffice to pass on many items of gen
eral interest for the winter and
spring terms. This board consists of
Mr. Kemp B. Johnson, Cardenas; Dr.
R. M. Morrow, Burlington; Dr. G. S.
Watson and Rev. J. W. Wellons, of
:he Hill, and the president of the col
lege. Raleigh. A suit was instituted
against, the Southern Railway by Mr.
W. M?:,Creecti, of Clayton, who asks
$5,000 damages on account of injuries
he received at the hands of one ol
the company's employes. Mr. W. C
Harris, of this city, represents the
plaintiff.
Washington. The following named
North Carolinians are here to attenc
the meeting of the American Assoc!
ation for the Advancement ol
Science: V. M. Allen, W. C. Nortor
and O. J. Tillman of Raleigh, Colliei
Cobb, C. H. Hertz and Andrew H
Patterson of Chapel Hill.
Franklinton. Joe Purgerson, an
other one of the dynamite men, whe
was implicated in the blowing up oi
the H. G. Woods residence, has been
caught in Roxboro. Chief of Police
A. B. Cooke left to bring him back.
He is now in Persons county jail.
Wilson. The town, of Lucama,
near .Wilson, was thrown into a state
of excitement by the rapid .discharge
of a pistol, and from reports the vic
tim of the fulisade is in a critical
condition in the Wilson Sanitorium
being shot in a leg, through the
groins and in the r.tomach, just be
low the navel.
THINK THAT Til
WILL FAVOR THEM
THEY HOPE THAT THE DELAV
WILL AVERT THE CRISIS IN
THE CHINESE EMPIRE.
REBELS WOULD FORCE ISSUE
Neither Side is Willing to Hasten the
Termination of Negotiations. There
Was a Clash Between the Japs and
Chinese a Few Days Ago.
Peking. Negotiations between
Shanghai and Peking, continue, but
apparently there has been no develop
ment in the situation during the past
twenty-four hours. The Imperials are
endeavoring to delay matters, hoping
that time will favor them; the rebels
seem desirous of forcing the issue, but
neither side is willing to terminate the
negotiations. .
Soldiers from the Japanese legation
came into conflict with Yuan
Shi Kai's bodyguard. Bayonets and
swords were used and six or more
Japanese were wounded. It is report
ed that more than that number of
Chinese were Injured. The Japanese
as well as the Chinese soldiers were
off duty at the time of the clashes,
but the Japanese legation sent out a
company with officers to rescue its
men. The incidents are not believed
to have any significance politically.
Sheng-Hsuan-Huai, ex-Minister of
posts and communications, writes to a
friend, saying that the rebels are se
questering his extensive property at j
Shanghai. They allege, he says, that
the "foreign nations" group of finan
ciers heavily bribed him for favoring
them in connection with the currency
and railway loans. This he emphati
cally denies.
A dispatch from Hankow says that
three soldiers have been courtmar
tialed and beheaded because they were
suspectd of an attempt to assassinate
General Li Yuen Heng, the command
er of the Revolutionists. They were
captured with revolvers in their hand
Btanding close to the general.
Protest Against Sale of Lands.
Boston. A protest against any fur
ther sales of the Friar lands in the
Phillipines in contained in a letter
sent to President -Taft by Moorfield
Storey and Erving Wlnslow, president
and secretary respectively, of an anti
imperialist league. The letter was
written in pursuance of a resolution
adopted by the executive committee of
the organization. "We earnestly pro
test," says the letter, "against any
further sales of lands in question, both
because such sales tend to foreclose a
question that is now under considera
tion by Congress, and because the
sales in our judgment tend to post
pone the independence of the Philip
pine islands and to embarrass the re
lations between those islands and the
United States.
Potash Matter Is Settled.
Atlanta, Ga. A final settlement of
he "potash controversy," between
American interests and the German
government, has just been reached, ac
cording to telegrams received at the
Southern headquarters of the inter
naitonai Agricultural Corporation., Ac
cording to the terms of the compromise
agreement Germany wins Its main con
tentions, and the American trade again
will be handled through the German
"syndicate," which is controlled by
the government.
New York Wants Convention.
New York. The local committee
which is urging that the metropolis be
the place chosen for holding the
Democratic national convention ad
dressed letters to every member of
the National Democratic committee
announcing that sufficient funds had
been guaranteed and a suitable hall
obtained to care for the convention.
Three Lives Lost in a Fire.
Suffern, N. Y. Mrs. James Baker
and her two children, Lillian, 5 years
old and Ethel 3, lost their lives here
when fire destroyed their home. The
origin of the fire is not known.
Murder Frankly Confesses.
Centralia. The young bandit who
ahot and killed Lawrence Bar, presi
dent of the Farmers and Merchants
bank of Centralia, in an unsuccessful
attempt to rob the bank, talked freely
but refused to give his name. He
said his home formerly was ln Syra
cuse, N. Y. On one side of his silver
watch was engraved the word
"Ernest" and on the other "Riblett."
Bar's tslayer expressed willingness to
plead guilty to murder and said he
was aware that the penalty would be
death.
Vessel Comes to Grief Off Coast.
Norfolk, Va. The three-masted
schooner Mary S. Eskridge, Captain
Griffith, bound from Jacksonville, Fla.,
to Batimore with a cargo of phosphate
rock anchored off Big Kenniket life
station on the North Carolina coast
waterllogged and is in a sinking cond
ition. Life savers from the coaEt res
cued Captain GrlfSth and five men
composing the crew of the schooner.
Wreckers worked unsuccessfully in
an effort to float, the British steamer.
They will soon begin stripping the
schooner.