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VOL. XXXIV.
PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C., JANUARY 10, 1912.
NO. 22.
BRIEF HEWS NOTES
FOR THE BUST
MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS OF
THE PAST WEEK TOLD IN
CONDENSED FORM.
WORLD'S NEWS EPITOMIZED
Complete Review of Happenings e
Greatest Interest From All
Parts of World.
Southern.
Gen. Francis Tillou Xicholls, for
per governor of Louisiana, who was
redited with putting an end to the
Louisiana lottery, is dead at the Nich
!Is Lome in Thibadaux, La. He was
.i brigadier general in the Confed
i-racy and left the army with one eye.
ine arm and one leg. He was about
?ichty years old.
Edward S. Whitakar, former inspec-
or of police of New Orleans, convict
ed some months ago of unnantural
'rimes against several little girls, is
iead in a News Orleans hospital due
o a complication of diseases. For
nany years he was prominent in Lou
siana politics and police affairs.
Fire, in Columbia, S. C, cleaned out
i block in the West Gervais street
-.nd the wholesale district, and inflict
ed damage variously estimated at be
tween $223,000 and $450,000. It was
the most disastrous blaze in Columbia
since the town was laid in ashes dur
ing the last year of. the Civil war.
The fire started in the department of
the Gibbes Machinery company, prob
ably from an overheated boiler.
Caft. John Cussons is dead at his
heme, Glen Allen, Henrico county
Virginia. Captain Cussons was chief
of scouts under Stonewall Jackson
and General Lee and gained fame in
ihp West as an Indian fighter imme-
tiiatelv after the Civil war.
Ninety-five out of the ninety-six
counties of Tennessee are infected
with hookworm disease, according to
the annual report of Dr. Olin West,
hookworm specialist, working under
direction of the state board of health
Since the work was started two years
ago Doctor West and his assistants
have thoroughly inspected diseases in
every county in the state, and have
found every one infected ' with hook
worm, with the exception of Lewis
county.
Five minutes after he had pleaded
guilty of having secured $400 undei
false pretenses, C. J. Stafford, declar
er at one time to have been a curt
banker in New York City, and whe
was also known as J. E. Anderson
swallowed a quantity of carbolic acid
in his call at police headquarters in
.Memphis, Tenn. He died in ten
minutes. Remorse and a desire tf
spare his wife the humiliation that
would attend his conviction prompted
him to take his life, the man explain
ed in a letter.
Scores of men in the convict camps
in Arkansas will be liberated if Gov
ernor Donaghey carries out th
threat he made to free them if con
tractors do not use methods more
humane in handling them. "I give
notice to the contractors," the gov
ernor indignantly .declared, "that 1
will depopulate every convict camp
in the state if this cruelty is not
stopped. I will turn the prisonei
out as fast as they are brought in
unless conditions are changed, h
exclaimed.
One of the biggest taxes ever paid
to sell near beer in the United
States was paid by J. M. Bassett &
Co.. who turned $ 8,000 over to City
Clerk Thomas Nail for a license tc
conduct a near beer saloon in the city
of Griffin, Ga.. during 1912. In addi
lion to this amount the firm pays a
state license of $300 and a revenue
tax of $20 on the same business. This
was supposed to be a prohibitory tax
and no one suspected that anybody
would attempt to take out a license
at that high figure.
Ger er .
Dr. Sun Yat Sen, provisional pres
.dent of the Chinese republic, has is
sued a manifesto to the foreign pow
ers, in which he explains the public
aims and policies of the republicans
in China. In it he says that the pres
ent situation has been forced on Chi
na by Manchu misrule, which was in
capable of remedy without a revolu
tion. The manifesto is a lengthy doc
ument, and sets forth the wrongs of
the Chinese people and promises a
strict adherence to all treaties, obli
gations and concessions undertaken
Ly the Chinese government.
A resolution indorsing Governor
Foss for the Democratic nomination
for the presidency of the United
States and indorsing his administra
tion, was adopted by the Democratic
committee of Massachusetts.
The wages of motormen and con
ductors of the Philadelphia street car
system have been increased.
Policemen and a few volunteer
hunters, are seeking a gray timber
wolf that has visited Chicago. The
animal was seen in the streets of
the south side. The men who saw
and recognized the animal followed
it until it slunk behind sheds.
The death sentence of Ely Kent, a
murderer of Miss Delia Congdon, a
tieaf mute, was confirmed at Wind
for, Vt. Kent killed the girl in July,
l!'t8. He will be executed in the
state prison.
Daniel Howard, a negro, has just
1 een inaugurated president of the
"if-nuLiic of Liberia.
MAN
The first quadruple birth so far aa
known . in the vicinity of Hickman,
Ky., occurred when four children,
three girls and one boy, were born
to the wife of J. T. Bivens, in West
Hickman. All of the children are
said to be of normal size.
The National Democratic club,
launched to make a tariff reform the
paramount issue of the coming pres
idential campaign at a largely attend
ed dinner in New York City with Gov.
Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey as
the principal speaker. Governor Wil
son insisted that the time had come
for the country to set itself free from
the burdens of the protective tariff.
The club has appointed a committee
to lead a systematic and progressive
campaign tariff reform.
"I cannot conceive any condition
that would make it possible for me
to consider the question of my be
coming a candidate for the presiden
tial nomination of the Democratic
party in 1912," said W. J. Bryan, who
arrived in Tampa, Fla. Asked as to
what he thought of the movement
of the Progressive Democrats of Ohio,
who pushed his name to the fore,
Colonel Bryan smiled. "I have not
read the press reports yet, and I hard
ly know what to say," he replied.
Gov. Chase Osborn of Michigan
took charge of a meeting of Progres
sive Republicans that had gathered
'o hear Senator Robert II .LaFol
!ette, who failed to appear and de
livered an address. Some of the aud
itors objected to the governor's re
marks in referring to Senator LaFol
ette. The governor asked both Taft
md LaFollette to withdraw from the
race and join in nominating former
Senator A, J. Beveridge of Indiana,
)r former President Roosevelt.
With a general refusal to "confirm
r deny any rumor," Col. Theodore
jtoosevelt declined to discuss a re
sort that a movement was afoot in
Vew Jersey to place his name on the
presidential primary ballots. The for
ner president was asked if he had
Deen approached by any one of con
sequence or authority in New Jersey
politics with a view to having his
lame placed on the ballots. "That
necessarily involves a definition of
the phrase 'any one of consequence
yr authority," he .replied. "I must
decline to confirm or deny any re
port or rumors of this sort."
Washington.
President Taft sent to the senate
.he nomination of Dr. Rupert Blue of
South Carolina for surgeon general of
the public health and marine hospital
service, succeeding the late Walter
Wyman. Doctor Blue's appointment
was made after several weeks con
sideration by the president and the
Secretary of the Terasury MacVeagh.
Andrew Carnegie has been asked
to testify before the house steel trust
investigating committee. He has as
sured Chairman Stanley that he will
be present.
Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans,
"Fighting Bob' to an admiring nation,
died suddenly at his home in Wash
ington. Acute indigestion ended the
careers of one of the most popular
officers in the navy. He was ill less
than two hours. Admiral Evans, born
63 years ago ia Floyd county, Virginia,
One of the iron links that bound the
old navy to the new, a commanding
figure in each, was Robley D. Evans.
He did not take kindly to the sobri
quet of "Fighting Bob," for although
of gruff exterior, he was a man of
the kindliest impulses.
"Nothing but death can keep me out
of the fight now.' ' President Taft is
reported to have made this statement
to the white house callers and to have
added that he had no objection to the
statement being made public. It un
doubtedly was intended to set at rest
all reports that Mr. Taft might with
draw from the race for the Republi
can nomination for president in favor
of Col. Theodore Roosevelt.
The mere breaking up of large
combinations into a number of sep
arate parts by no means meets the
whole trust questions, says Secretary
Nagel of the department of com
merce and labor, in his annual re
port to President Taft. Secretary
Nagel declares that the Sherman law
has been proved to be an effective
statute beyond all doubt, and that a
degree of combination of capital is
quite necessary; but he adds that the
Supreme court decisions in the Stand
ard Oil and Tobacco cases have dem
onstrated that the next step in the
control of great industrial corpora
tions will be the creation of a per
manent Federal agency.
President Taft commuted to ex-
pire at once the life sentence of Ar
thur Adams and Rovbert Sawyer, two
negro British subjects, convicted at
Wilmington, N. C, in 1906, of murder
on the high seas. In a confession be
fore his execution Henry Scott, an
other negro, convicted of and hang- j
ed for the same crime, completely
exonerated Adams and Sawyer. Orig
inally Adams and Sawyer were sen
tenced to death, but this was com
muted by President Roosevelt to life
imprisonment.
Although without formal advices on
the subject the state department of
ficials in Washington are inclined to
believe that China's infant emperor
probably the last of his dynasty, al
readv has been spirited away from
Pekin by his father, Prince Chun,
and is now being conveyed to the
summer residence of the court at
Jehol, about 150 miles northeast of
Pekin, in the province of Chihli, or is
bound for the ancient Manchurian
capital at Harbin. The place of resi
dence chosen for the young emperor
is important. In Harbin he would
be under Russian mnuences.
FEW ILLITERATES
N DURHAM COUNTY
THE SUPERINTENDENT OF EDU
CATION REPORT MAKES A
FINE SHOWING.
DOES NOT INCLUDE THE CITY
The Report Is a Very Optimistic
Document "Vocational Education"
is the Name of a Speccial Subject
Taken Up In Annual Report.
Raleigh. A special from Durham
says the report of Supt. C. W. Mas
sey to the Durham county school
board shows that there are only 41
white illiterates in the country dis
tricts of Durham. The report fur
ther shows 147 negroes who can
neither read nor write. This report
does not include the city, as there
are no definite statistics on this, but
the county superintendent was of the
opinion that there were not over 300
illiterates in the city.
Mr. Massey considers this a re
markably fine record, considering the
fact that Durham is the home of
many cotton industries, and is essen
tially an industrial town. And when
it is considered that out of a popu
lation of about 35,000 people the coun
ty of Durham has about five hundred
illiterates, it will be seen that the
percentage of illiteracy in this county
is a very small fraction.
The report is a very optimistic doc
ument, and the statistics of the prog
ress made during the past eight
years gives ample grounds for this
optimism. Out of a census of 3,892
the county schools have an enroll
ment of 2,691. There are 255 families
in the county not sending children
to school and the value of the build
ings and equipment of the county
schools is very nearly $70,000.
"Vocational Education" is the name
of a special subject taken up in ,the
annual report, and has to deal with
the education of the children in the
country districts in some of the rudi
ments of agriculture. The superin
tendent is establishing this new
branch of study in the-schools as they
open up after the holidays. Durham
county sometime ago failed to vote
a farm life school, but a careful analy
sis of the plan that is to be put into
operation will show that the children
in the country districts will be given
a pretty thorough and practical course
in agriculture.
Seaboard Flagman Is Injured.
Mr. Walter Elks, flagman of the
Seaboard Air Line, was probably fa
tally injured when he was thrown
from the top of a northbound freight
which was shifting on the Wake For
est yards. Elks is a resident of Ral
eigh and is 22 years of age. He was
standing on the end of a bcx-car,
when the engine, ran into the car
with such force that he was thrown
headlong to the ground between the
two cars. He probably received a
fractured skull, his left leg was bro
ken in , two places below the knee
and he also suffered internal injuries.
War Plans Highly Complimented.
The war plans adopted by the ad
jutant general for use in North Caro
lina are being highly complimented
by the United States army officials.
These plans for the state military
were presented by Capt, A. J.
Doughtery, United States Army, now
on duty with- the North Carolina Na
tional Guard. They have been recom
mended and highly complimented by
the United States Division of Military
Affairs' office and by the War College
authorities. In doing this, they ex
press the desire that all the other
states -should follow this lead.
Drawing Net Around John Ross.
Shelby. The threads of evidence
are drawing tighter around John
Ross, who, with Will and Hack Ross,
is in jail at Gastonia, awaiting the
special terms of court, with Judge
T. L. Webb presiding, when they will
be tried for the brutal murder of
Mr. and Mrs. John Dixon near Falls
ton December 13.
North Carolina New Enterprises.
Charters were issued for the Unit
ed Mills Company, of High Point,
capital $300,000 authorized and $3,000
subscribed by J. R. Myers, C. F. Lam
breth and others, for chair and gen
eral furniture manufacturing; the
Central Banking & Trust Co., of
Asheville, capital $50,000 authorized
and $25,000 subscribed by W. B. Mc-
Ewin, W. B. Davis, Charles W.
Brown and others; and: the Brown
Hardware Company of. Asheville,
capital $15,000 by H. C. Brown, M.
Weaver. Owen GudgerN and others.
Have Granted A Franchise.
The Durham county commissioners
granted to the Southern Power Com
pany a franchise to construct a tele
phone line from Durham to the Wake
county line on the way to Raleigh
along the public roads. The line will
be used solely by the company in
the work of maintaining the power
transmission line which has been
completed from Durham to Raleigh,
and in communicating with the sup
plementary station near Raleigh with
which the Durham sub-station has
een connected.
THE SCHOOL FUND INCREASES
The Total Fund For 1911-12 Reachey
$92,233.54, As Opposed to $70,
751.22 During Year 1910-11.
Charlotte. The apportionment list
which has just been completed by
County Superintendent of Education
R ,J. Cochran, shows that exactly
$21,472.32 more will be available for
Mecklenburg school expenses during
1911-12 than was at the disposal of
the county board of education in 1910
11. After deducting the amount of
$.3,875.30, which wast lost through re
leases and insolvents and the sum of
$3,895, the expenses of the board of
education, a total of $74,371 remains
for distribution amongst the various
institutions of learning throughout
the city and county. Of this $74,371,
I the apportionment to schools within
the city of Charlotte will reach a
total of $33,006.60. To the schools in
j the county there will be given $36,-
375 The remaining $4,989.40 goes to
the building fund. Of the county
apportionment, $28,695 will be dis
tributed among the white grammar
schools aiiu $1,585 to white high
schools. The remaining $6,095 will
further the cause of colored educa
tion in the county.
The total fund at the disposal of
the county board of education this
year amounted to $82,141.81, before
the deduction of releases and insol
vents and the expenses incidental tc
the maintenance of the board itself.
Of the sum total of this school fund,
$6S,086.S3 came through the channel
of general school taxation. The ap
portionment from the state reached
the sum of $3,256.31. The remaining
$10,528.67 was obtained through fines,
etc.
Will Be Settled Amicably.
It developed that there is consider
able prospect for a satisfactory ad
justment of the muddle that has ex
isted at Fayetteville for some tii
in the matter of her military organi
zations and their relation to the
North Carolina National Guard and
which of the two is the Fayetteville
Light Infantry, which has an historic
ancestry running back to around
1799. Major Vann is the captain of
the old line organization that retains
the gray uniform and has assets in
revenue from the sale of a part of
the armory property to the. govern
ment for public building purposes.
Captain Watson commands the latter
day aggregation regularly enlisted
in the North Carolina National Guard
as regimental Company F. The mili
tary officials and the business men
of the city are understood to be get-.
ting together in a settlement of the
trouble that promises to assure Fay
etteville one of the strongest com
panies of the National Guard.
Get $16,000 From County School Fund
The city schools of Winston will
get $16,000 this year from the county
school fund. The county school
board met in regular - ion at the
court house and made ... apportion
ment. The apportionments for the
other schools will not be made out for
several days. The county school fund
this year . will run between $65,000
and $68,000. It comes from taxes,
fines and forfeitures and the balance
left on hand from last year. The per
capita apportionment for each child
of school age will be approximately
$3 this year.
Carried Mail by Aeroplane.
Walter R. Brookins made four
flights in his Wright aeroplane at
Highwood Park, Wilmington, before
1,500 spectators. A feature of the
afternoon was the carrying of a Uni
ted States mail pouch filled with post
cards and letters and delivered to a
representative of the postoffice at a
designated spot. This was the first
carrying of mail by aerbplane in the
state. No passengers were carried
up on account of the condition of the
track where the starts were made.
Destroy An Illicit Distillery.
Special Employe Lee Sams and
Deputy Collector Robert Henry de
stroyed an illicit distillery in Polk
county near the South Carolina line.
It is on the site of another plant de
stroyed only a few days before when
William Raven was arrested and
bound to Federal court. It must have
been immediately put up.
To Make An Advance Payment.
At a meeting of the board of coun;
ty commissioners at Charlotte County
Treasurer J. W. Stinson was instruct
ed to pay to the Requarth Construc
tion Company, the sum of $9,000 as
an advance payment upon the con
crete bridge which is at present in
course of construction over' the Ca
tawba river at 'Sloan's Ferry. This
is the first payment which has been
made by Mecklenburg. Gaston coun
ty, which is bearing an equal portion
pro rata, according to population, of
the expense recently placed $6,000.
Intelligent Crop Cultivation,
At a meeting of the board of coun
ty commissioners held at Wilson, Mr.
Hudson, of the state agricultural de
partment appeared before that body
and stated that if the county would
appropriate $300 the state would do
nate a like sum for the purpose of
stimulating our farmers to cultivate
crops more intelligently, viz : to have
"patches" of corn, wheat and other
products in different parts of the
county to be cultivated according to
direction of the superintendent who
will have the matter in charge.
(E IS IN THE LEAO
WILL HAVE DISTINCTION NO
OTHER COUNTY NOR STATE
f
HAS HAD.
SMALL ELECTION EXPENSE
School Tax Election Will Be Held
Where All Qualified Voters Are Of
ficers of Election -ThePe Are Only
Three Voters in the District.
Raleigh. Wake " county is soon to
have a distinction that probably no
other county in the state or in the
United States has enjoyed of having
an election where all the qualified
voters will be election officers.
This item of news carries wth it
in unusually large amount of interest
because of the fact that there will be
no opportunity to charge bribery or
election corruption. The expense of
said election will ..Iso be probably the
smallest cf any election ever held in
the county.
The county commissioners at their
session was presented with a petition
for" a special school tax election in
district four of Cedar Fork township.
In this district there are only .three
freeholders, Mr. J. R. High, Mr. W. H.
McGee and Mr. W. T. Markham. The
petition was signed by only one man
Mr. High. The law requires that one-
fourth of the qualified voters shall
sign a petition to call a school elec
tion. This petition was signed by
only one man, who claimed that as
there were only three freeholders in
the district he constituted over the
required one-fourth, and therefore the
petition should be granted under the
law. , '
The commissioners granted the pe
tition and ordered the election to be
held February 13th. The petitioner,
Mr. High, was appointed registrar
and the two other voters, Messrs.
McGee and Markham appointed
judges of the election, this making
the first time in the history of the
county where an election will be held
in which election officers will be the
onlyf qualified voters. The expense of
said election will not amount to over
$20.
Making Good Damage Done.
Wilson. The Atlantic Coast Lint
Railroad Company is making good all
damage caused by the explosion of
dynamite in Elm City on the morn
ing of December 26th, when the store
fronts of twenty-five business places
were smashed to smithereens. All
damage resulting from the explosion
shattered windows and doors,
cracked walls, toppled chimneys, etc.
will be made as good as new, and
the railroad company will pay the
bills. As Elm City has an ordinance
forbidding anything but brick struc
tures in the neighborhood where the
railroad depot was destroyed on the
morning of the explosion, it is
thought that hustling Elm City will
have a handsome depot.
Received First Shipment of Prizes.
Raleigh. The North Carolina De
partment of Agriculture received the
first shipment of the prizes this state
won at the National Horticultural
Congress, held at St. Joseph, Mo. This
was the sweepstake prize, a great sil
ver loving cup on an ebony base. The
cup is gold lined, massive in design,
22 inches high, and ten inches across
the mouth of the top. It has on one.
front "National Horticultural Con--gress"
and on the other "Forwarded
to ' North Carolina as Sweepstakes
for the Best State Horticultural Ex
hibit, 1911."
Increased Reward For Mclntyre.
Raleigh. Governor Kitchin in
creases from $200 to $300 the reward
for the ' arrest v of Will Mclntyre of
Rutherford county, who is charged
with a series of murders and his
operation of a blockade distillery, in
the furnace of which he is believed
to have burned his victims. Murders
charged to him are John H. Melton,
in September, 1906; . B. Hines, 1908;
md J. D. Atehley, in November, 1906.
Elimination of Raleigh Is Remote.
Raleigh. Vice-President and Gen
eral Manager C. H. Hix of the Sea
board Air Line Railroad declined to
discuss the probability of the construc
tion of a short cut from Norfolk to
Moncure via Durham to leave out
Raleigh, now on the main line, and
get rid of the Apex grade, except
to say that there had been discussion
of the matter, but the elmiuation of
Raleigh from main line connection
with the Seaboard is exceeding Iv re
mote, if in the range of poesitilities
at all.
Shoofly" Will Not Be Discontinued.
Raleigh. The Corporation Com
mission has determined after a con i
ference with Vice-resident and Gen
eral Manager C. H. Hix and other
officials of the railroad company to
not allow the withdrawal of the Raleigh-Hamlet
shoo-fly train that the;
Seaboard Air Line insists is not pay-i
ing operating expenses. The commis
sion will very soon issue a formal or!
der in the matter. It is understood
tht the Seaboard will, for the present
at least, abide by the ruling of the
commission.
II
NEWS OF NORTH CAROLINA
Paraghaphs of General News That
- Have Been Collected By the
Editor For the People.
Reidsville. Albert Lilliard, a well
known business man of Quick, Cas
well county, committed suicide bj
shooting himself. Death was almost
instantaneous.
Raleigh. The "service medals,"
which are to be awarded to members
of the North Carolina National Guard
are beauties. Samples of them wer
received from the makers by Adjutant
General Leinster.
Statesville. The county board of
education was in session. Aside
from routine business the apportion
ment of the school fund as previous
ly published, was confirmed. The
per capita apportionment is $2.21.
Advance.' A sad aftermath of the
holidays in Advance was the accident
il shooting and killing of Bahnson
Orrell,- a young white boy 14 years
3ld, while out hunting with John Tol-
aert, a youth of 12 years.
Gastonia. The Dallas cotton mill,
which recently filed a voluntary peti
tion in bankruptcy, was sold at public
mction by S. N. Boyce, receiver. It
was purchased by Col. C. B. Arm
strong cf Gastonia for $20,000.
Washington. Senator Bailey of
Texas, told Senator Overman that he
would accept the invitation to speak
before the North Carolina Bar Asso
ciation at its annual meeting in June
Mr. Overman extended the invitation.
Charlotte During tt Month of De
cember one white " three col-
;red inmates of thr county home
3ied. There are a present 67 in
mates under the care of Superintend
ent Holton. Of the number 31 are
white and 36 colored.
Winston-Salem. More than one
hundred prominent Socialists met in
aonvention here for the purpose of
effecting a state . organization. The
following counties were represented
by one or more delegates: Beaufort,
Boncombe, Wayne, Forsyth, Guilford,
Pamlico, Mecklenburg, Rowan, David
son, Stokes, Davie and Durham.
Statesville. The cotton root bark
industry has about been worked to
a finish in this section the past few
months. At the beginning of the sea
son local buyers paid 7 and 8 cents
the pound for the bark when properly
cured, but so much of the bark has
been brought in that the market is
now overstocked and only 3 cents the
pound is paid.
Raleigh. The revenue collections
in the Eastern District of North Car
olina amount to a goodly sum for the
past year, the total r-ching the big
figures of $4,223,742.96. This was
some $300,000 more than the receipts
in the Western District, which amount
ed to $4,260,005. During December
the receipts of the Eeastern District
amounted to $255,756.12.
Raleigh. In , preparation for begin
ning operation of the first thirteen
miles of the Elkin & Alleghany Rail
way, General Manager John A. Milk
has just filed with the Corporatio?
Commission a schedule of freigh
rates in effect when the first train
is put on for public service Febraury
1. The passenger rate will be 3
cents per mile.
Statesville. The inauguration of
county sales day in Statesville was
all that could be expected, and more,
considering the recent rainy season
and the subsequent bad roads. Many
country people came into town regard
less of the mv.d and a big crowd at
tended the auction sales, which took
place on Center street just north ol
the square.
Greensboro. The directors of the
North Carolina Railroad Company met
here and declared the usual semi-annual-
dividend, -of. 3 1-2 per cent on the
capitalization of $400,000. Among
those present were Col. Benehan
Cameron, president of the road, and
Gen. R. F, Hoke, said to be the sole
surviving division commander of the
Confederate army.
Charlotte. The taxes for the city
of Charlotte for . 1911 amount tc
$227,000. In November $12,000 was
collected in December up to the 28tb
$124,140.25 was collected. The city
offered a discount of 1 per cent on all
taxes paid before December 28th and
announced a charge of . 6per cent in
terest ' on air taxes Unpaid after Jan
uary 1st.
Asheville. Freeman,'- Owens, repre
sentative of the Chicago Industrial
Moving Picture' Company, and N.
Buckner, secretary of the board of
trade here, left here to go over the
Spartanburg branch bf the Southern
Railway as far as Tryon to get some
views frcm the railroad.
Lexington. The county commis
sioners were in session here and an
nounced that the total amount of
taxes for the year will be $91,144.97,
dedducting insolvents and commis
of more than $87,000 In 1911 the net
income of the county was $71,000, so
this shows a gain of $16,000.
RaJeigh. Governor Kitchin ap
pointed J. Frank Ray, of Franklin,
Macon county, a member of the state
board of elections to succeed J. D.
Elliott of Hickory resigned. Col. Wil
son Lamb, of Williamston, is chair
man. Durham. The election of a record
er for Durham county to succeed
Judge R. H. Sykes, whose term will
soon expire, was postponed ' on ac
count of the death of Alderman Mark
ham's sister, which necessitated his
absence from the joint meeting of
the county commissioners and board
if aldermen .
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MAY ESCAPE CHAIR
GOVERNOR FOSS SAID TO FAVOR
LENIENCY FOR CONFESSED
MURDERER.
CONFESSION ENLARGED UPON
The District Attorney Is Now In Pos
session of Details of the Poisoning of
the Ministers' Sweetheart May Let
Jury Render Verdict.
Boston. Speculation was rife as to
what ultimately will be the ate of
Rev. C. V. T. Richeson, who confess
ed to the murder of his former sweet
heart, Avis Linnell. From a source
close to Governor Foss the statement
came that the attitude of the execcu
tive probably would be in favor of
a commutation of sentence of death
in the electric chair to one of life
imprisonment, if the law's fullest pen
alty is imposed by the court.- Mem
bers of the Governor's council are
known already to have been approach
ed concerning their attitude in case
the death penalty is imposed and a
petition for commutation is made.
No leniency for Richeson on the
part of the district attorney is ex
pected and no less plea than that of
murder in the first degree will meet
with his approval, according to a
statement which he reiterated so that
the only hand that seems able to
save Richeson's march to the electric
chair is that c.! Governor Foss acting
under the advice of the council.
Richeson is expected soon to appear
in court and ask to be permitted to
change his former plea and be ad
judged guilty of murder. Whether
Judge George A. Sanderson and Dis
trict Attorney Pelletier will accept
this change or will put aside the con
fession for future consideration in or
der that the regular procedure may
be followed and a jury called upon
to pronounce the verdict was , not an
nounced. Richeson learned from the papers
that his confession was known
throughout the land, but while he read
the various accounts , he made no
comment upon them. He passed a
quiet day.
Richeson's confession, as made
public, was bare of details. It is un
derstood, however, that he enlarged
on it in conversation and possibly in
writing , to his counsel and .that the
district attorney is now in posses
sion of most of the information which
has come to the defense.
Crew of Wrecked Vessel Resccued.
Baltimore. After having lighted
their last signal torch and given up
or lost, Capt. C. W. Harrison and his
crew of three men were rescued by a
passing schooner off Hooper's Island
from the disabled schooner Eloise,
from Newbern, N. C, to Baltimore.
The four men had fought the storm
for several days without food and at
the mercy of the high running seas.
They were put ashore at Hooper's
Island. The wrecked schooner was
picked up by the revenue cutter
Apache and towed into Hooper's IB
land inlet and the story of the suf
fering and rescue came to Baltimore
by wireless telegraph from the
Apache.
Georgian Has Horrible Death.
Ellaville, Ga. Maddened by the
flames which licked his body, Joe
Sears fought off the frantic attempts
of his bride c three weeks to ex
tinguish the fire and died -In agony
several hours later. Clad only in a
night shirt, Mr Sears was standing
in front of an open fire before re
tiring when the garment caught and
in a moment was a mass of flames.
His wife ran screaming to his assis
tance, but could do nothing. The
young man was the only son of Dr.
W. D. Sears, a prominent physician
of Ellsville. .
Torpedo Boat in Trouble Off Coast.
Washington. WireleBs messages
received here report the United States
torpedo destroyer Terry in trouble.
Not a Cause For Pellagra.
Washington. Cottonseed oil manu
facturers are gathering evidence and
statistics to refute a theory that cot
tonseed oil might be one of the
causes of pellagra. Assistant Sur
geon General Long, of the public
health service, in a public address, re
cently mentioned the names of some
investigators who were inclined to
that belief. Passed Assistant Surgeon
Lavinder, writing in one c the re
cent public health bulletins says the
theory is all out of harmony with the
facts and history of pellagra.
Postal Rate Increase Is Urged. '
Washington. Adequate postage
rate3 are discussed at length in the '
annual report of the Third Assistant
Postmaster General Britt just made
public. Mr. Britt recommends a fiat
increase of one cent a pound for news
papers and periodicals, in connection
with his consideration of second-class
rates. He also recommends that pos
tage stamps be issued to Senators, 1
Representatives and executive officials
of the government, instead of permit
ting the use of congressional frank
and penalty envelope.
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