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THE CHATHAM RECORD tl A. LONDON, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR Terms of Subscription $1.50 Per Year Strictly in Advance THE CHATHAM RECORD Rates of Advertising One Square, one insertion One Square, tW insertion ?SU&) " One Square, one month ' '- Off) For Larger Advertisements Liberal Contracts will bo made. VOL. XXXIV. PITTSBOO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C, JANUARY 17. 1912. NO. 23. BRIEF NEWS NOTES FOR THE BUSY ill VOST IMPORTANT EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK TOLD IN CONDENSED FORM. WORLD'S NEWS EPITOMIZED Complete Review of Happenings of Greatest Interest From AH Parts of World. Southern. The presidential race is officially en in Atlanta, The inevitable candi date's button has appeared upon the street. -Welcome Back Teddy." loud t proclaims the little button, and, although it is the first and only one vet seen in Atlanta, it attracted much attention. Theodore Roosevelt's fa miliar line of shining teeth is the t:rst thing which catches one's eye, then the remainder of the familiar teatures dawn upon one, every line of the smiling features flagrantly ex posed. Charles V. Morse, the New York 1 anker, was ordered transferred from Fort McPnerson, Ga., to the army -c-neral hospital, at Hot Springs, Ark. 1'resident Taft and Attorney General V.'ickersham decided upon the trans fer, 'relieving special medical treat ment was necessary. Because of his physical condition, Morse recently was transferred to Fort McPherson from the Atlanta penitentiary, where he was serving fifteen years for vio lation of the banking laws. About fifty families, mostly women and children, seeking a temporary residence free from cerebro spinal meningitis, arrived in Austin, Texas, frcra north Texas points. A large number of families is said to have passed through en route to San Anto nio, where the disease has not ap peared. The state board of health decided to try to secure for distribu tion throughout Texas a supply of the New York board of health meningitis serum. It urged county attorneys to pjrosecute the practicing of alleged healing of meningitis by unauthorized persons and also to prosecute delays in reporting or diagnosing meningitis by regular physcians. The disease was declared to be most prevalent among negroes. Twelve new cases in Dallas and five deaths have been re ported to the city board of health. All these deaths were of white per sons. Three of the new cases were negroes. Col. W. T. Gentry, president of the Southern Bell Telephone company, will be elected president of the Cum berland Telephone and Telegraph company at a meeting which is to be held in Louisville, Ky., early in Feb ruary. This confirms the recent As sociated Press dispatches from New York and means that Colonel Gentry will be the chief officer of that part cf the Bell system east of the Mis sissippi and south of the Ohio rivers. The same officials will be elected by l oth companies. Defending herself and mother from the attack of a boarder in their home at 350 Fraser street, in Atlanta, Miss Kate Moore, 15 years old, shot and killed V. L. Bankstcn, as he threat ened her with a heavy oak chair; af' ter the shooting she took to her heels and ran o her mother and two J'uuiic sisters, who were waiting some doors above. The two younger girls were almost without clothing and had been driven from their beds when Bank ston commenced his disorder. "Oh! for an hour of Andrew Jack son!" This slogan, figuratively a wish for the resurrection of the tariff and economy policies of President Jack son, summarized the views of Jov. Judson Harmon of Ohio in a speech at East St. Louis. The governor at tacked the financial policy of the three last Republican administrations as having increased the Federal out lay from one billion dollars every two years to more than a billion dollars each year. Following four hours of sweat-box examination at the hands of Central fo Georgia Special Officer Poole and Sheriff Hicks of Bibb county, P. H. Smith, the railroad ticket agent who was found bound and gagged in his office, in Macon, Ga., saying two men had robbed him, broke down and con fessed that he had taken the money. He at once led them to a store room in the union depot above the ticket office and produced $1,300 in bills, mostly wrapped in bundles. A statute of Andrew Carnegie is to be erected in Dunfermline, Scot land, in recognition of the iron mas ter's benefactions to his nataj city. The decidsion was reached at a meet ing of the town council. V. Morgan Sinister, deposed treas urer of Persia, will return to the United States in the near future. For 24 hours Portland, Ore., was in the grip of a "silver thaw." The dam age from the present storm is esti mated at $200,000. When the "silver thaw" is on, rain is transferred into ice as soon as it touches any ob ject. At a meeting of the executive board of the Ohio Federation of Labor held in Columbus strong resolutions were adopted indorsing President Samuel Gompers of the American Federation cf Labor. Graham White, the aviator, has an nounced his intention to give up flying. Seven Turkish gunboats -ere sunk and large numbers of TurKish tars were drowned or killed in the first important naval engagement of the Turco-Italian war on January 7, ac cording to an official account given out in Rome, Italy. The battle was fought out on the Red Sea. The Turks were preparing to convoy a military expedition which was to cross Egypt and join the Turkish forces in Tripoli. The number of Turkish sailors who were drowned was not given out. Af ter the Italian ships had battered tlje Turkish war vessels with broadsides of shells and projectiles the Turk tars swarmed into the sea. Great numbers of them were picked up by small craft from the Italian gunboats. After launching an anti-tipping cru sade the Southern Hotel Men's asso ciation adjourned at Charlotte, N. C, after electing officers. The hotel men will issue an appeal to the trav eling public in the South to help abolish the tipping system. To prove their sincerity in the crusade a com mittee of three was named to meet in the near future in Atlanta and attempt to enlist all hotel organiza tions in the South in the reform through amalgamation with the asso ciation. William Twyman, a negro, consid ered insane, murdered his father at their home iu Scottsville, a little vil lage near Rochester, N. Y., shot dead a deputy sheriff, severely wounded three other deputies and slightly in jured Sheriff Harley Hanil, the lead ers in a posse of more than a hun dred persons who endeavored to enter Twyman's house, in which he had barricaded himself. Twynan held the besiegers at bay for six hours until a one-pounder gun arrived on the spot. "It does my heart good to think that I got, ahead of Jehn D. Rockefel ler, my fellow millionaire, in that Lake Superior ore deal," Andrew Car negie gloated thus in testifying be fore the house committee of inquiry in the United States Steel Corpora tion. If the Japanese timekeepers and athletic trainers may be believed Western- athletics will have to look to their laurels at the forthcoming Olympic games in which representa tives of Japan will participate for the first time. Aspirants for the Olympic trip were recently tried, out at Tokio with surprising results. One of the greatest surprises was the lowering of the Olympic world's record for the 25-mile Marathon race. Shiza Jxani urki set th emark at 2 hours 32 min utes. Flames destroyed the great granite and marble nine-story building of the Equitable Life Assurance society at 120 Broadway, New York, the home of the Mercantile Trust company, the Equitable Trust company, the bank ing house of Kountze Brothers, the Mercantile Safe Deposit company and the Harriman lines. Four men are known to be dead and fibe hurt. Sev eral persons are missing. Conserve tive damage estimates now place the loss at 18,000,000. Others say it will run as high as $15,000,000. Washington. The movement for a fitting celebra tion in 1913 of the fiftieth anniversa ry of the battle of Gettysburg took definite form when the Pennsylvania commission, having the matter in charge, appeared before the joint con gressional committee and made pub lic its plans. It is proposed to have the celebration extended over the first four days of July, and the most important feature will be the laying of the corner-stone of a great peace memorial to be erected by the nation at the entrance to the battlefield. Veterans from the Civil war are ex pected to attend from all over the country, South, as wel las Nort at v.2 o-v-eiiLC or the re. oral states, ?nd three states have already ; taken ac tion with this end in view. The Democratic national commit tee completed its work in Washington with the selection of Baltimore as the convention city. June 25 was fixed as the date of the national gathering, when candidates for pres ident and vice president will be se lected. The Republican national con vention is to be held in Chicago on June 18. The Democrats adopted a "permissive" primary resolution in connection with the call for delegates, and such states as have laws on the subject, or desire to do so, can select their representatives in the national convention by direct vote. There are 1,074 delegates to be chosen. The grip of the interstate commerce commisssion over the commerce of the country was tightened through a series of decisions by the .Supreme court. The paramount "authority of the commission in reasonable rate making was upheld. The field field touching the acceptance of all goods for interstate shipment was marked forever as Federal territory and all states were warned to keep off. The supremacy over state laws of the Federal "hours of service law'' was upheld. ' Democratic leaders 'at the .Jackson day dinner in Washington . urged their followers tcfcfcfopv fighting each other and assail the ctommon enemy, the Republican party, with a united front. Gov. Woodrow WMlson of New Jersey, Speaker Champ Clark, Wil liam J. Bryan, William R. Hearst, Jo seph W. Folk and other Democratic chieftains, who have differed in the past, joined in a unanimous plea for harmony for 1912, and predicted po litical victory would follow. It was a tumultuous dinner in which pros pective candidates for the presiden tial nomination shared honor. MANY INSTITUTES FOR THE FARMERS THERE WILL ALSO BE AN IN STITUTE FOR THE WOMEN AT THE MEETINGS. PARTIES GO OUT TO LECTURE Matters of Importance to the Farmers and Their Wives Matters of . Home as Well as Those Pertaining to the Field Crops. Raleigh. There are to be many Farmers' Institutes in North Carolina this year and some cf. these are tc begin this month, three parties tc take the field. There will be Wo men's Institutes at the meetings at well, and these are of great import ance, perhaps more so than the insti tutes for the men. At these meetings for the women subjects are discussed pertaining to the health of the fam dry, -foods, cooking, sanitation, and bo on, subjects of as large, or of more importance than field crops and such matters as are discussed at the men's meetings. In order to get the best results at each meeting the co-operation of the people is needed and the progressive people of each place visited should give aid to the meetings. There should be a large attendance at all of - them. . . Concerning some of the features- of the meetings, in addition to the ad dresses and lectures to be given by .specialists, Mr. T. B. Parker, the Director of Institutes for the. North Carolina Department of Agriculture, makes the .following announcements: "A prize of $1,00 will be given for the best . exhibit of. five ears of corn, provided . they - are "meritorious and show points of excellence. Otherwise no premium. will be given. Also a premium of $1.00 for the best loaf of bread exhibited by a woman or girl living joo. a. farm, the following con ditions to be observed: In making the bread, bought or home-made yeast may be used, but bread made by the "salt rising" process will not ' be awarded a prize, nor will bread scon ing less than 75 points out of a pos sible 100 points for a perfect bread, be given a prize." To Have Up-to-Date Poultry Show. As the result of a movement in augurated a few days ago with that end in view, a live- up-to-date poul try show for Statesville is assured. The movement was launched at a meeting in the Commercial Club rooms and the plans were completed at a similar meeting. Feb. 26th has been decided on as the date for the event and the purpose is to hold it in a big vacant store room on one of the principal streets of the town. So licitors are now at work securing funds to finance the enterprise, and the list of those who are to become members of the poultry association is being largely signed. Not Having Anticipated Effect. According to the information re ceived here the recent announcement of Robert H. Reynolds as candidate or Congress in the tenth district to succeed Congressman J. M. , Gudger, Jr., is not having the effect upon some of the other possible candidates which some anticipated. It was the cal culation of some political leaders that as soon as Mr. Reynolds made his announcement nearly every county in the district would put forth a candi date. There are at least indications that the candidates in two of the counties will not do this. Commission and Officials Confer. The Corporation Commission and Superintendent W. H. Newell, of the Atlantic Coast Line, have just had another conference with a view to settling the question of a new pas senger station at a new location for Tarboro. The citizens are fighting not only for a more adequate station but also for a new and less danger pus location, the complaint being that numbers of dangerous side; tracks havw to be crossed to get to the present inadequate station. Ordinance Is Unconstitutional. Judge N.:L. Eure held that Greens boro's "hog-pen "ordinance" is un constitutional and that a man may not -be prevented from keeping a hog or hog-pen in the city unless it is proved in. a case against him that the particular pen, or "the locus in quo," is itself! a nuisance. This was the - ruling of the court in holding in thecase of state and city against R. F. Rice of Goose Grease liniment fame, with the defendant in a motion to quash- an indictment against him for violation of the ordinance. Is Changed With Embezzlement. One oi the bigjfesjt sensations was sprung- at High Pojnt, especially in business circles, when it was learned that Mr. Frank Wineskie, secretary and manager of the -Standard Mirror Company of this'city,vhad been placed under 4 arrest by Deputy Sherif Weatherly for alleged embezzlement. The charge is made by President Mc Knlght of the company. The indict ment was made before 'Squire Col lins c Greensboro. Mr. Wineskie is charged by his accusers of mis appropriation cf $30,000 in money. ONSLOW TEACHER'S MEETING Superintendent Talks to Teachers on How to Manage Children Discuss Many Matters of Imprtance. .Raleigh. A special from Jackson, ville says that the Onslow County Teachers' Association held its Decem ber meeting several days ago. .Rev. F. A. Liles, of the Baptist church, conducted the devotional ex ercises, and talked briefly to the teachers concerning the school as an influence in character building. ' The school is compared with the artist's gallery. A likeness of the subject is impressed on a sensitized plate. This emphasizes all of the unlikely fea tures. By the retouching process these features are toned down and a more ideal likeness of the subject is obtained. The teacher takes the child in its original type or character, ob serves the defective and effective .raits and retouches this type so as o restrain the undesirable and bring out the desirable qualities. County Superintendent Thompson, in regard to local difficulties that sometimes interfere with the school work, appealed to the teachers to rely on personal tact and individuality in bringing about the settlement of such difficulties. They arise mostly from personal dislikes, and the solution is necessarily a personal one. A round-table discussion of various subjects was indulged in by the teachers. The discussion was largely of the new text-books and the re quirements for teaching them. The teachers generally seem well pleased with the newly adopted list of books North Carolina New Enterprises. , S. M. Maddox Company, of Greens boro, to do a general retail drug business. Authorized capital stock is "$2o,000, but may begin business with $3,000 paid in, by J. R. Pitts, S. M. Maddox, Lillian L. Maddox and Lelia I Pitts as incorporators. Wallace I - .. J I A- Bros., of cartnage, incorporated io sell merchandise. Authorized capital stock is $10,000, paid in $7,500. In corporators: P. D., B. C. and L. C. WTallace, all of. Carthage. The Kres net Company, of Concord, to conduct a five, ten and fifteen-cent store. Cap ital stock is $10,000, paid in $1,250. The incorporators are Julius Fisher. Luther Sappenfield and A. F. Good man, all of Concord. Blue Ridge San itarium, of Hendersonville. To organ ize and carry on the business of a sanitarium for the treatment of per sons afflicted with tuberculosis and training of nurses. Capital stock is $50,000, divided into, two thousand shares, par value of $25, with privi lege of increasing to $100,000. Incor porators are Judge P. C. Walker, J. G. Schutchin, Jr., and Dr. John Roy Williams. Neal Sentenced To Two Years. In Judge Watson's court William Neal, the bad negro who shot Patrol man C. B. Barbour several weeks ago submitted to an assault with deadly weapon and was sentenced to a term of two years on the roads. Neal made no defense whatever, and his statement was reduced to monosyllables. He was evidently sor ry for it and had no words in excuse. He fired at the officer who went with a warrant to arrest him and the wound came near being fatal. It struck a little high, otherwise Mr. Barbour would have been shot in the vital part of the side. Important Matter To Deal With. j The transportation committee of the new chamber of commerce of Winston, which has not yet been ap pointed, is to have an important mat ter to deal with immediately upon its appointment. There has been con siderable discussion of the proposed Goldsboro and Swansboro and Trent River railroads, and also o,? a propos ed extension of the Kinston and Car olina road, and it is the desire of the chamber of commerce to preserve to Kinston as far as possible the trade of the territory through which these roads, if built, will pass. Craft Goes Down In Storm. A wireless from Capt. John W. Harper, master and owner cf the har bor steamer Madeline, of Wilmington states that the craft, while en route from Wilmington to New Bern, en countered the coastal storm off Cape Lookout and went down. Offer $200 Reward For Upton. ' Governor Kitchin announces a re ward of $200 for Jess Upton, who is wanted in Swain county for a dou ble, murder on Christmas Day, when he shot George Brendle and his son, Manly Brendle, and fled to Georgia. There had been aa old grudge be tween Upton and Brendle and Christ mas Day Brendle met Upton .and sug- ! gested that they be friends again. Whereupon, -Upton fired upon Bren dle, killing him, and then fired twe shots into Manly Brendle, resulting in the latter's death. Thirty-Three Months In Sentences. Thirty-three months in sentences went to the Zebulon retailers who were submitted without trial, James Staton excepted, and Juige Bragaw imposed these judgments. These were the result of a raid of the Raleigh Detective Agency, which went into the young town and broke up a flour ishing business. Four of the men, Lee Anderson, Bossie Hopkins, Paul Craig and William H. Smith, were given the uniform sentence of six months Station contested bis case and wi.. given nine months. SEHTEHCED TO CIE ROSS THE CONFESSED MURDER ER IS TO FORFEIT HIS LIFK ON FEBRUARY 16. ARE NOW TRYING GLADDEN The Alleged Instigator of the Henioua Crime is Expected to Confess and Clear Up the Whole Affair May Implicate Others. Raleigh. A special from, Shelby eaysv that John Ross, confessed mur derer of Mr. John Dixon on the night cf December 12 at his home near Fallstcn in the upper part of Cleve land county, was sentenced by Judge James L. Webb, presiding over the special term of court ordered by Gov ernor Kitchin to try the alleged mur derers, to die in the electric chair at I he state prison at Raleigh February .6. Frank Gladden, the white man who was implicated in John s Hoss' confession as the jinstigator cf the di abolical crime, is now on trial, first i n a charge of the murder of Mr. Dixon, in that he enticed him out of the house and to the barn for Ross to deal the death blow, and if the (tate fails to make out a case oh the charge, he will be iried for the mur der cf. Mrs. Dixon. Will Ross and Clif ton Hoyle, who have been in jail, the former charged with being a princi pal in the double murder and the lat ter held as a material witness, were released from custody. The jury was out just fifty minutes in the Ross case. They made up their verdict of guilty of first degree mur der in the jury room a few feet from the jury box, and while they delib erated, the crowded mass of people in the court house discussed the un , expected climax of the case, when Sheriff D. D. Wilkins went on the stand and told of John Ross' voluntary confession that "I killed John Dixon and Frank Gladden killed 'Miss Clay ton.' " Report on Nojth Carolina Banks. Raleigh. The Corporation Commis sion issued statement cf. aggregate resources and liabilities of State, private and savings banks in North Carolina at the close of business De cember 5. It shows a gain of $6,259, 629 in the banking resources of these banks, of which there are 349 in the state, with 14 branch banks. The to tal resources aggregate $68,406,179, as compared with $62,166,551 previ ously. The total capital stock is $9, ,527,030, a gain of $610,696 for the year. Deposits for the year have rounded up $49,897,157, a gain of $6, 868,212 for the year. The savings de posits amount to $9,881,112, a gain of $3,507,093, and deposits subject to check aggregate $28,016,749, a gair of $836,000. Want An Additional Appropriation. Lexington. The County Board of Education is engaged in a struggle with the county commissioners to se cure an additional appropriation of $2,000 for the use of the public schools of the county. With this amount they will be able to secure $2,000 rom the state's second $100,000 and will be able to run the schools four months Without it, the school term in every district will be "docked" eight days. The estimates made in June by the board of education were too low by something more than $2,000. The board explains that the shortage came about by the increase of teachers' sal aries and the building of schooJ houses. Farmers' Union Selects Officers. ' Statesville. The Iredell County Farmers' Union has selected officers for the year as follows: W. B. Gib son, president; C. M. Wagner, vice president; Rev. J. P. Hipps, chaplain; C. F. Sain, doorkeeper; T. J. Mur dock, conductor. Messrs. J. M. Robe son; W. C. Wooten, F. T. Meacham, J. M. Sharpe and P. M. Cline, mem bers executive committee. The union is growing in numbers and influence Concord. At a regular meeting of the board of. aldermen Attorney H. S. Puryear was re-elected police jus tice of Concord. None of the Bids Were Accepted. Durham. None of the bids sub mitted for the erection of the two buildings at the State University were accepted by the committee, which met in the office of Mr. John Sprunt Hill, of this city. All of the bids were for a larger amount than the commit tee is authorized to spend on the buildings. The committee was com posed of Dr. J. Y. Joyner, . Secretary C State J. Bryan Grimes, Col. Bene han Cameron, General J. S. Carr, Dr. F. P. Tenable, Dr. Herty, Mr. John Sprunt Hill and Judge J. S. Manning. One Death Daily Asheville's Average Asheville. City Clerk Lawrence Young has just completod his com piling of the records showing the number of deaths that occurred in Asheville during the year 1911. Ac cording 'to this, record 365 deaths, ar average of one' death a day were of ficially registered. Considering the fact that a large number of non-residents come here who are in bad health when they come, many of them past all relief, this is a good record; It is also better than the record for 1910, which was 402. LAND OF THE LONG LEAF PINE Short Paragraphs of News That Has Been Collected By the Editor For the People. Asheville. Estelle Cook, the 5-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs Thomas Cook, of West Asheville, died at a local hospital as the result of being severely burned ' at the home of her rarents while playing before an open fire. The child was burned about the face, neck and chest and it is believed that in screaming for aid she inhaled the flames. Asheville. The stockholders and directors of the Western North Caro lina Fair, held a meeting at which the business of the fair held last tall was wound up, reports of offi cers heard and preparations discuss ed for the next fair. A dividend of 3 1-3 per cent, was declared and it was decided to hold the fair next fall on September 17, 18, 19 and 20. Winston-Salem. Winston town ship voted one hundred thousand dol lars in bonds to aid in the construc tion o,f the Randolph and Cumberland Railroad. Broadbay township, ad joining Winston, defeated the propo sition by a small majority to issue thirty thousand dollars in bonds to the proposed new road. Another elec tion will be called for Broadbay township on the same proposition. Duke. A very prosperous year seems inevitable for the busy little town of. Duke. Many new families have moved in during the closing days of last year, and all have found prof itable employment with the mills here. The mills have gone on the ten-hour system and so arranged the working hours that the entire Sat urday afternoon is given to the oper atives, and they still draw pay for six days' work. v . . Newton. Train No. 12 on the Southern was flagged by. three boys two miles east of Hickory and what might have been a disastrous wreck was narrowly averted. The boys had found that one of the .heavy stee: rails had cracked in twain about middle way. The train passed over the break slowly and the damage was attended to. The train was hitting s pretty lively clip and was brought to a stand not a great way from the break. Raleigh. The trustees of the East Carolina Teachers' Training School cf. Greenville have made definite ar rangements for a big summer school for teachers the coming summer. The board was in session several days and directed a special committee to work out the details for a summer school that will doubtless prove the most ef fective that has yet been held in this state. Dr. J. Y. Joyner, state superin tendent of public instruction, attend ed the session. Thomasville. The chamber of commerce of Thomasville has just completed its first year's history and during the past Vear has made .its influence felt in the town. At a re cent meeting the efficient secretary, Capt. W. O. Burgin, tendered his res ignation, which was accepted, and Hon. Don'l C. McRae was elected as his successor. Permanent headquar ters .for the chamber will be in the future established on the third floor in the Bank of Thomasville building. Wilmington. Mr. J. B. Whyte, for merly of Richmond, Va., but now of this city, has been selected by the committee in charge of arrange ments as the speaker of the exer cises to be held in ths Academy of Music Friday, 'January 19 in honor of the birthday anniversary of General Roberrt E. Lee. The exercises will take place at 12 o'clock and the din ner to the Confederate veterans will be served by the Daughters of the Confederacy in the Masonic Temple immediately following. Raleigh. Enforcement of the state prohibtion law came in for special and striking treatment by Judge Ste phen C. Bragaw of Washington, N. C, in the charge to the jury convening his first court here. He said good men differed as to the wisdom of writing state prohibition on the statute books, but having been pass ed,' it has become the burden duty of the officials and the court to en force what might have been their view as to enactment of the laws. Durham. Mr. Paul C. Graham was elected judge of the Durham record er's court at a joint meeting of the boards of aldermen and county com missioners called for that purpose. The opponent of Mr. Graham was Mr. R. H. "Sykes, who has held the po sition for several years. . Fayetteville. Dr.-Frederick. A. Cook made his appearance .in North Caro lina here when he described to an audience in the LaFayette theater the polar explorations upon which he based his claim to the discovery of the North Pole. He was introduced by Mayor James D.' McNeill. . Raleigh. The . ceremony that un veiled the beautiful bust of Samuel Johnston, one of North Carolina's greatest Eons, was the most unique in which the Masons have yet figured and was magnificent, without a hitch. Greensboro. Mr. - W: O. Burgin, of Thomasville, the new secretary of the chamber of commerce has ar rived and taken up his work, suc ceeding Mr. C. C. McLean, resigned. The annual meeting of the chamber will be held in a .few days at which time business men of the city will meet Mr. Burgin and together they will discuss plans for next year. SHOULD OWIi THE TELEGRAPH WIRES GOVERNMENT ACQUISITION OF TELEGRAPH IS URGED BY , HITCHCOCK. AS PART OF POSTAL SERVICE The Postmaster General Will Send a Recommendation to Congress In the Near Future Is Operatsd Similarly in Other Countries. " Washington. Acquisition of th telegraph lines of the United States by the government and their operation as a part of the postal service will be recommended to Congress in a short time by Postmaster Hitchcock. For a year or more Mr. Hitchcock has had this recommendation under consideration. After a thorough study of the operation of government-controlled telegraph lines and postal tele graph systems of foreign countries he has decided to urge the matter upon Congress. "Should this recommendation be adopted," s?'d Mr. Hitchcock,' in a statement of his intention, "I am con vinced it would result , in important economies and very materially lower telegraph rates than now are exacted. In approximately f.fty countries of the world notably Great Britain, France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Spain, Russia and Japan government-controlled telegraphs now are in successful and profitable operation. " In many of the countries they are operated in con nection with the postal service. These telegraphs serve an aggregate 'pop ulation of 90,000,000 and in every in stance they have been found to be of immense practical ..benefit to the peo ple, in both promptitude and" cost ' of the service. "In this country, . postoffices are maintained in numerous places , not reached by the telegraph, systems and the proposed consolidation, therefore, would afford a favorable opportunity for the wide extension of the tele graphic facilities. j , ' Six Are Killed By a Train. Philadelphia. Six persons, five wo men and a man, were killed when an express train on the New York divis ion of the Pennsylvania Railroad crashed into a light station wagon at the Linden avenue grade crossing in Torresdale, a suburb. The dead wom en were all employed as servants in fashionable homes in Torresdale, and were being conveyed to church when the accident occurred, Davidson was the driver for a local liveryman and had been making the trip every Bun day tor the past two years. The Lin den avenue crossing is usually guarded by a watchman, but the regular man was on leave of absence, and his sub stitute had not appeared when the coach reached the crossing. Davidson waited for a freight train to pass and then drove directly in front of the ap proaching express. Spanish Cabinet Has Resigned. Madrid. The Spanish Cabinet, of which Jose Canalejas Y. Mendes was Premier, resigned. The Cabinet re signed as the result of a divergence of views with King Alfonso as to the ad visability of commuting the death sen tence of one of. the rioters, who mur dered a judge and wounded several court officials in the town of Cu.'lera, province of Valencia, last September. The general strike at that time at Valencia and ether provinces involved a plot to assassinate General Weyler, and the King was compelled to suspend the constitutional guarantees. Wilson is French Ambassador. Washington. Huntington Wilson, Assistant Secretary of state, is to suc ceed Robert Bacon as ambassador to France, according to persistent rumors in diplomatic circles here. Thomas C. Dawson, resident jlomatlc officer of the State Department, whose name was mentioned prominently in con nection with the post of ambassador to Brazil, to which Edward W. Morgan was named, will be made Assistant secretary of state. , , A Big Fire at Birmingham. Birmingham, lAa. Fire which rag ed for several hours - resulted In an estimated loss of between $250,000 and $300,000 to the Cable Piano Company and Southern ' Bell" Telephone' Bell Telephone buildings on Second avenue, and indirectly was responsible for the death of one man. The Bell, telephone service in this city Is demoralized. The fire originated in the Cable Piano Company building and after having been gotten apparently under control burst forth anew, leapinjto the build ing of. the-telephone company.' Preacher Also a Moonshiner. Nashville, Tenn. Rev. Joseph R. Smith of Sewanee was . brought to Nashville after having been bound over to the April term of Federal court on a charge of making moon shine whiskey. At the preliminary hearing Rev. Smith pleaded guilty to tha rY a vira P.iv Cmttti Vina fnv gdv. eral' months been the regular pastor of three small churces near Sewanee. His "wild cat" still was located in the smokehouse a few yards from the par sonage and less than a quarter of a mile from his principal church.,.
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