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VOL. xxxiv.
PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C, FEBRUARY 21, 1912.
NO. 28.
BRIEF NEWS NOTES
FOR THE BUSY
MOST 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.
Patriotism was the keynote struck
by the Southeastern Division of the
Ad Men's Club of America at its ses
sion in Atlanta. About two hundred
men, interested in publicity, from the
Rio Grande to the Atlantic coast, as
sembled for the meeting. They did
not talk about themselves. They
talked about what they had done,
might do and would do for their par
ticular city and section and gave their
fellows the benefit of their advice.
Thomas E. Basham of Louisville, Ky.,
declared that every city in the South
should appropriate a' fund , for : adver
tising itself and its ' resources. He
held that every city in the South is
worthy of advertising. Throughout
the entire program the note re
sounded. .
That he murdered Gov. William
Goebel of Kentucky, in cold blood, at
Frankfort ,in January, 1900, was the
dying declaration of James Gilbert,
ex-feudist of Breathitt county, Ken
tucky, who was fatally wounded in a
pistol fight with a bartender, at Hel
ena, Ark. The name of James Gil
bert did not appear in the proceed
ings of the (joebel trial and persons
who, were in close touch with the
Frank tragedy were not impressed
with the Gilbert confession.
Mann Hamilton, a negro, identified
by Mrs. John Bell as the man who
attacked her at her home near Stark
ville, Miss., and after clubbing her
about the head with an iron bar,
threw her into a well, was hanged
by a mob near Starkville. Mrs. Bell
is probably fatally wounded. She
was found in the well, which con
tained only several feet of water, by
her 10-year-old son when he return
ed from school. Posses were imme
diately organized .and Hamilton was
captured.
Shorn of its "injunction feature,"
and delayed in taking effect, the
Erickmann-Osborne-Carlisle anti-rac-bill
law was accepted by the house of
representatives of the-South Carolina
legislature, and was. ordered enrolled
as an act, the senate having passed
it in amended form. The bill now
goes to the governor for approval.
The fight on the racing bill eliminat
ed the provision making violation of
the law a common nuisance abatable
by injunction proceedings.-
The Rock Hill plan of cotton re
duction was indorsed by the South
ern Merchants' convention at their
meeting in Atlanta. The convention
deemed it unwise to encourage the
production of a large crop in 1912,
because another bumper crop would
certainly sell for a very low price,
which, in turn, would cause general
and serious demoralization in busi
ness. Another 16,000,000-bale crop of
cotton will bankrupt half the farm
ers in the state and and hundreds
of merchants, said a speaker.
General.
Twenty-five thousand dollars in cur
rency was stolen from a taxicab in
the heart of the New York business
district by progressive highwaymen,
who sprang into the vehicle and over
powered W. F. Smith and Frank War
dell, messengers of the East River
National bank at 680 Broadway. Both
messengers were badly injured and
the robbers escaped with the money,
$15,000 in five dollar bills and $10,000
in one hundred dollar bills.
The United States government ar
rested in cities from New York to
Savannah to Denver at least forty
one, almost all of the fifty-four men
indicted in the dynamite conspiracy
cases. It took into custody within a
few hours practically the entire offi
cial staff of the International Asso
ciation of Bridge and Structural Iron
Workers, including the chief officers,
the members of the executive board
and about twenty business agents and
former business agents. These in
cluded Frank M. Ryan, the president;
John T. Butler of Buffalo, N. Y., the
first vice president, and Herbert S.
Hookin, the second vice president,
and successor to J. J. McNamara as
secretary-treasurer.
For the first time in twenty-seven
years Seneca Lake near Elmira, N.
Y., is frozen over completely, the last
gap of open water having been closed
People along the lake are feeding
the wild ducks.
Andrew Carnegie is confined to his
home in New York City with a severe
cold.
Chicago Methodist preachers decid
ed to appeal to President Taft to im
prove alleged vice conditions at
Washington, D. C, after hearing an
address by Dr. Wilbur F. Crafts. Doc
tor Crafts said conditions in Wash
ington were a disgrace to the nation.
Dr. Peter Spahn, leader of the Clerical-Center
party, who was elected
president of the German reichstag,
gave notice that he would resign be
cause he refuses to be associated with
a Socialist vice president.
A verdict of acquittal was returned
!n the cases of railroad contractors
ried for peonage at London, Ky.
MAN
"Edward B. Alsop, 75 years old, a
wealthy retired Pittsburg steel man
ufacturer, and Miss Effie Pope Hill,
19 years old, of Washington, Ga.,
were married in Trinity church, New
York City, with the bridegroom's two
grown sons, Haiold and Edward Al
sop, students at Harvard, as witness
es. The wedding was originally to
have been on March 13, but the
young bride herself decided to hasten
the ceremony. Mr. Alsop met Miss
Hill in Washington, D. C, about two
years ago.
The Chinese national assembly
unanimously elected Yuan Shi Kai
president of the republic and then de
cided that the provsiion capital shall
be Nanking. Dr. Sun Yat Sen's res
ignation of the presidency of the Chi
nese republic was accepted by the
national assembly on condition that
both he and the present cabinet hold
office until tho new president and
cabinet take over their duties. The
national assembly afterwards passed
a resolution paying great tribute to
Doctor Sun.
The fundamental cause of the tex
til strike at Lawrence, Mass., is the
high cost of living, in the opinion
of Governor Foss. in a letter to Rep
resentative Oscar W. Underwood, the
Democratic leader of the Federal
house of representatives, Governor,
Foss urges the immediate removal of
the duties from foodstuffs and 'other;
necessaries1 of. life The letter . says,
in. part: "Back of whatever local
causes there may be for this strike,
the fundamental cause is the high
cost of living."
Promising the new state a "golden
rule" administration, George W. P.
Hunt was inaugurated as governor
of Arizona, accompanfed by a num
ber of newly elected state officials
and a few close friends, Governor
Hunt, who began life in Arizona 25
years ago as a waiter In a small min
ing camp restaurant, walked to the
capitol, about a mile from the cen
ter of that city, where the ceremonies
took place. Governor Hunt is a Mis
sourian, and 50 years old.
Reduction of boll weevils in the
cotton belt during 1911 undoubtedly
had an important bearing on the pro
duction of the record cotton crop, in
the opinion of W. D. -Hunter 'of the
bureau of entomology. In a report
on the movement of the Mexican cot
ton boll weevil, . Mr. Hunter says :
"During 1911 the boll weevil was
greatly reduced in numbers through
out its entire range. This resulted
from a combination of climatic influ.
ences extending over a period of
three years.
Franklin MacVeagh, secretary of
the treasury, firing an administration
pre-convention campaign gun at Lan
sing, Mich., at the annual diner of
the Zach Chandler Republican club,
where, he was the guest of honor,
came eout flatly with the expressed
belief that Col. Theodore Roosevelt
"would not and with his make-up,
ould not run against Taft," for the
Republican presidential nomination
this year. Secretary MacVeagh con
fined his confidence to the present
contest.
Washington.
Adj Gen. Fred C. Ainsworth, who
was relieved of his office on charges
assumed to be those of conduct prej
udicial to good order and discipline,
was placed on the retired list on his
own application. This precludes the
possibility of a courtmartial. Presi
dent Taft approved General Ains
worth's application because of the of
ficer's thirty-seven years of service.
' "Foolish stories" about American
intervention, circulated in Mexico,
through erorneous press dispatches,
have aroused so much feeling
throughout the troubled southern re
public and so endangered the safety
of American residents there, that the
state department issued a circular
to its diplomatic and consular repre
lar representatives in Mexico, deny
ing all such stories and reiterating
expressions of good will and sincer:
est friendship for Mexico.
Comptroller of the Currency Mur
ray announced that he would strict
ly enforce the law which holds di
rectors of national banks liable for
losses sustained through loans in ex
cess of legal amounts. He instruct
ed national bank examiners, when
such losses are discovered in future,
to request the board of directors of
the institution affected to pass a res
olution setting for the names of the
directors responsible for the excess
loan.
Publication of the names and ad
dresses of the 900,000 pensioners now
on the Federal pension rolls, feeding
on the bounty of the government, is
provided for in a bill offered by Sen
ator Bryan of Florida, and adopted by
the senate pension committee as an
amendment to the Smoot substitute
for the dollar-a-day pension bill. A
howl of protest will now go up from
a large group of these pensioners. For
years the demand that the list should
be made public has been met with the
most subborn opposition.
Alleged political influence of Maj.
Beecher B. Ray, the army paymaster,
who is dcelared to have enjoyed fre
quent changes of station and immun
ity from various troubles because of
the influence of President Taft, was
again a subject of investigation be
fore the house. Paymaster General
Whipple testified that Major Ray has
established a record in the service for
frequent changes in 'station. In thir
teen years he had been successively
tationed at 18 points; whereas,
he average assignment of a paymas
ar at any station is between three
nd four years.
TO ARGUE THE
RATES
AGAIN
MR. BICKETT HAS GONE TO
WASHINGTON TO APPEAR FOR
NORTH CAROLINA.
IS THE OLD MATTER AGAIN
State Wins Freight Rate Case Before
Commissioners It is a Matter That
Especially Concerns Merchants of
Winston and Durham.
Raleigh. Attorney-General Thomas
W. Bickett left for Washington where
he appears before the Interstate
Commerce Commission upon the cele
brated freight rate reduction cases
begun years ago against the Norfolk
and Western . particularly, the .road,
that enters the state and affects the
merchants' of this state.
Since, that warfare' began, there
has been registered' a substantial "re
duction, on ..a ton 6i "coal, though it
is only ten cents. .-t.WinstonrSalem
merchants and Durham men began
the fight several years ago and had
a hearing before the Interstate Com
merce Commission. That body also
went against the road and it ap
pealed to the higher courts. It
comes .back, to the Commerce Com
mission again, the former action of
the Norfolk and Western having
been for annulment of the order of
the commissions.
Mr. Bickett will represent North
Carolina in this case. He was not
attorney general when the case was
started, but has since come into it
and is making a great fight for the
state and its dealers. The warfare
ag'.inst the rate is made upon a car
riage from Cincinnati to Lynchburg
and then to Durham in the one in
stance, and from Cincinnati to Roa
noke, then to Winston-Salem in the
other. The injustice of the whole
thing has been shown to be the
grossest.
North Carolina New Enterprises.
The following charters were issued
by the secretary of state: Theo.
Buerbaum & Co., of Salisbury; gen
eral merchandise; authoried capital,
$50,000, with ,$10,000 paid in by R D.
Eames, Theo. Buerbaum and M. D.
Buerbaum. Standard Insurance Co.,
of Charlotte; to carry on the business
of insuring against loss by fire, etc.;
authoried capital, $100,000, with $50,
000 paid in by George Stephens, W.
H. Wood, Harvey Lambeth, P. C.
Whitlock, A. P. Feltz, T. C. Guthrie,
C. O. Kuester, Ernest Ellison, John
W. Todd, J. E. Davis, E. V. Patter
son and A. Jones Yorke. People's
capital, $10,000, with $9,000 paid in.
A Fatal Wreck Was Averted.
A probably serious, if not fatal,
wreck was averted on the Glenwood
trestle of the Norfolk Southern rail
road when the train from Norfolk
collided with a switch engine stand
ing on the main track. As a result
of this mishap many passengers were
severely jolted and bruised, while the
conductor, Captain P. E. Furr, suffer
ed a wrenched neck. Mrs. Furr and
little child were also more or less
bruised, the extent of which is not
known. Judge Whedbee was one of
the passengers and he was badly
shaken up and received several small
cuts.
Serious Burns Prove Fatal.
Following the fatal burns sustain
ed a few days ago, Margaret, the 2-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ru
fus Dorsett, died at their home on
Rowan Avenue, in Spencer. It was
found that the child had inhaled the
flames, which burned its clothing off
while playing In front of an open fire.
The neck, chest and limbs were burn
ed to a" crisp to say nothing of inter
nal burns. A severe shock also fol
lowed the accident.
Murderer Gets Twelve Years.
At Carthage, Clyde McDonald, col
ored, was sentenced to 12 years in the
penitentiary for killing Sinclair, a
negro, at'Keyser last December.
Sues Street Car Company.
Damages in the sum of $20,000 are
asked from the Charlotte Electric
Railway Company by Mrs. Annie Mc
Clure, who says she sustained serious
injuries November 5, 1910, when the
motorman started the car which she
had boarded in Seversville, before
she had taken her seat. She fell in
the aisle, sustaining' bruises on an
arm and leg. No bones were broken.
She contends that she has been per
manently injured, and has suffered
great mental and physical anguish to
the extent of $20,000.
A Bottle of Whiskey Explodes.
A near-serious explosion occurred
in Spencer and a well-known young
man had a narrow escape from being
burned to death, a bottle of whiskey
exploded in his pocket, while seated
near an open fire, causing his cloth
ing to ignite. All was serene until
the whiskey became heated by the
fire. The explosion caused consterna
tion in the home for a short time and
it required heroic efforts on the
part of several friends to put out the
flames before the clothing was burn
ed from the body of the young man.
FARM DEMONSTRATION WORK
A Number of Government Experts
Talk to the Farmers of Wilson
County About Farm Work.
Wilson. Quite a number of intelli
gent farmers met in the mayor's court
room to hear Messrs. C. R. Hudson,
C. B. Williams and Prof. I. O. Schaub,
who are in the employ of the govern
ment, discuss farming.
The meeting was presided over .by
Mr. Offie Parker, who was recently
placed in charge of the farmers' co
operative work of Wilson county un
der the plait; between the county and
the ,Unitedi States governments
whereby the expense of carrying on
the work is shared.' .
About fifty plats of ground in dif
ferent sections will be put in culti
vation and Mr. Parker will visit
them often to see that the instruc
tions as to cultivation are faithfully
carried out.
The day was given over to discus
sion of raising of corn, the necessity
of preparing a good seed bed, deep
breaking of the land, etc.
' Mr. Williams discussed seed selec
tion and seed cultivation, and the ne
cessity for improving .the'- seed on the
farms.
Mr. Schaub, in charge of the
boys' corn growing contests explained
that work, and also the "tomato
clubs" for the girls, who contemplate
putting up canned Foods for the fam
ily. Mr. Hudson gave a history of the
work in the South for the past
eight years and the good that it has
accomplished. He talked of soil im
provement, good seed and better
methods in agriculture, rotation of
crops, etc. He says -that the Agri
cultural Department of the United
States is spending annually $25,000 in
this state and that North Carolina is
spending at least $3,000 annually to
advance farmers' co-operative work.
The Governor Pardons Two.
Charles Houston of -Mecklenburg
county received from Governor Kitch
in a commutation of v sentence so that
his service of 4 years sentence from
November 1910 for manslaughter ter
minated, this being on the reommen
dation of the solicitor and the attor
ney for the prosecution. A pardon is
granted by Governor Kitchin for
Charles Warren, who has been serv
ing since August, 1910, on a 5-year
sentence for attempted criminal as
sault. This action is taken on rec
ommendation of the solicitor, judge,
attorney for the prosecution and a
large number of people, who, have be
come convinced, especially by reason
of developments as to the character
of the prosecutrix, that Warren was
not guilty of criminal assault.
Political Situation Warming Up.
The Mecklenburg county political
situation continues to warm up and
talk of different candidates for spe
cific offices increases. The names of
Messrs. E. R. Preston, W. C. Max
well and Plummer Stewart wer men
tioned, here and there, as suitable
men for the state senate in the event
that Mr. H. N. Pharr, the incumbent,
does not again make the race. The
name of Mr. F. R. McNinch has al
ready been placed before the public
and while Mr. McNinch has not ex
pressed himself on the subject it is
believed that he will become a candi
date if assured of support.
Another Railroad Is Planned.
It is learned on good authority that
there is a possibility of a railroad be
ing built from Littleton in the north
ern end of Halifax county to Hamil
ton, Marion county, touching Brink
leyville, Enfield, Scotland Neck, Pal
myra. In conversation with Mr. A.
Paul Kitchin, this writer was told
that a gentleman was at Scotland
Neck looking into the advisability of
such a road. He told Mr. Kitchin
that while he did not represent any
of the big railroad systems, yet there
was plenty of private promoters hav
ing built several short lines in Vir
ginia last year.
Company In Shape To Mobilize.
Pursuant to . general orders from
the War Department Captain Sidney
Chambers of the Durham military
company, has his company in shape
to mobilize at Fort Glenn, and thence
to the Mexican, frontier, should the
War Department find this necessary.
Goes Forward Agriculturally.
Speakers from the national and
state departments of agriculture will
be in Forsyth county within the next
two weeks and a decided interest is
evinced in the interesting programs
prepared for the meetings. This sec
tion has always been noted for its
corn crops, but in recent years, along
with the advent of scientific study of
soil and general farming topics, For
syth has leaped forward greatly.
North Carolina farmers have never
developed their corn fields to the
fullest extent, generally speaking.
Little Girl Burned To Death.
The 3-year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. John James, a prominent farm
er of Durham county, was burned to
death several , days ago at the home
near Greers mill. The little girl was
playing in the fire with strips of pa
per and her dress became ignited.
Her four-year-old brother, with extra
ordinary presence of mind for one
so young, dashed a bucket of water
over her. In spite of hi sbrave e'
forts to extinguish the flames, tLc
burns were so severe that death re
suited a few hours afterwards.
SAVE OUR FORESTS
NORTH CAROLINA FORESTRY AS
SOCIATION TO SOON MEET IN
RALEIGH.
THE PROGRAMME IN PART
Meeting is to Be Xn Important Onr
and There Will Be Addresses Made
By Men Thoroughly Informed on
Forest Protection.
Raleigh. The ' North Carolina For
estry Association is to hold its sec
ond annual convention in Raleigh in
a few days, the meetings to be prob
ably held in the rooms of the Ral
eigh Chamber of Commerce. Many
prominent men have been invited to
address the meeting on the various
phases of forestry t this' promising a
most interesting and instructive ses
sion. . ; - ,
The following is the program in
part":
Opening' Prayer Rev. Charles E.
Maddry.
Address of Welcome Gov. W. W.
Kitchin.
Response.
. Address of the President Dr. D
H. Hill.
Reports of Secretary and Treas
urer. Appointment of Committees.
Co-operative Fire Protection for
North Carolina Mr.' J. G. Peters,
U. S. Forest Service.
Enforcing the Present Forest Fire
Laws: Hon. J. R. Young, Insurance
Commissioner.
The Railroad's Part in Fire Pre
vention Col. W. W. Finley, Presi
dent Southern Railway.
What Improvements in the Forest
Fire Laws Would be Advisable? At
torney General T. W. Bickett.
The Value of Local Forestry Asso
ciations Mr. M. V. Richards, Land
and Industrial Agent, Southern Rail
way. The Southern Pine Beetle and Its
Control Dr. A. D. Hopkins, U. S.
Bureau of Entomology.
Fire Protection in the Sand Hills
Mr. Leonard Tufts, Pinehurst, N. C.
The State Charters New Railroad.
Raleigh. The Yadkin River Rail
road Company, with principal office
at North Wilkesboro and with $225,
000 capital, was chartered for the
construction of 45 miles of railroad
from Boone in Watauga county to
North Wilkesboro .in Wilkes county.
The directors named in the charter
for the first year are: C. H. Cowles,
Wilkesboro; W. J. and G. M. Gandin,
of Pennsylvania; J. T. Henderson
and H. C. London, of Lenoir, and T.
B. Finley, of North Wilkesboro. The
road will traverse Watauga and
Wilkes counties, opening up a rich
erritory.
Will Be Candidate For Reelection.
Hamlet. The term of office ot
Postmaster E. C. Terry, of this place
expires the first of this month, and
as usual with office holders he is a
candidate for re-appointment. He is
opposed by Loreno Medlin, an attor
ney of Hamlet, and there are several
either recpetive candidates. Mr. Med
lin has quite a. long list of signers
to his application for the appointment
and Mr. Terry also has many friends.
Mr. Terry has had the office for
twelve years and feels that now the
office has gotten into a class that will
pay a good income that he should
have a reappointment.
Urged To Diversify Crops.
Raleigh. Mr. J. A. Brown, of Co
lumbus county, spent a day here, con
ferring with the officers of the Ral
eigh Chamber of Commerce and the
Merchants' Association, having these
bodies adopt resolutions urging farm
ers of this section and throughout, the
state to diversify crops next season
to a far greater degree than ever
before and reduce cotton production.
Both organizations will do this at once
putting their stamp of approval on
what has come to be known as the
Rock Hill plan for reducing the cot
ton acreage and bringing up the. acre
age of other crops cultivated.
Held On Two Serious Charges.
Durham. Luther Williams, a whiti
.employe of the Durham hosiery mills,
was sent to jail without bail by Re
corder Graham on the dual charge
of burglary and criminal assault, the
penalty for either of which is1 death
in the electric chair Williams broke
into the home of A. S. Tyndall, a
night watchman of the hosiery mills,
on the night - of February 3 and as
saulted the 13-year-old daughter of the
night watchman. Williams has a
wife and several small children and
lived next door to Mr. . Tyndall.
Laymen's Convention Has Closed.
Winston-Salem. The laymen's mis
sionary convention which was held
at Winston-Salem came fo a close
with addresses by the Rev. J. O. Re
vis, of Columbia, S. C, and J. Camp
bell White, of New York. Meetings
for both men and women were held
in the afternoon. At the. morning
session addresses, were made by Dr.
Paul Des Chweinitz, Bethlehem, Pa.,
on how to make missions interesting
to men, W. E. Dougherty, of New
York, on features of the educational
policy of the laymen's movement.
LAND 0E THE LONG LEAF PINE
A Column of Short Paragraphs That
. Were Collected With Very Much
Care by the Editor.
Murphy. Deputy Collector R. F
Henry and Deputy Marshal T. V.
Shope destroyed two large illicit dis
tilleries on Beaver Dam creek. The
stills were running. The men made
their escape.
Raleigh. State ' Superintendent J.
Y. Joyner left for Salisbury, where
he met with the district superintend
ents of public instruction and the city
superintendents. They discussed mat
ters largely among themselves.
Reidsville. The local tobacco mar
ket had another good week. Total
sales were 217,139 pounds, bringing
$28,499.88, or an average of $13.12.
Prices are firm on all grades and
sellers are highly pleased with re
turns. Linville Falls. The famous Grass
lands farm, up the river four miles
from Linville Falls, has been sold and
will be divided up. This beautiful
place, one of the show places of the
mountains, has had a rather tragic
history.
Lenoir. Many new buildings are
being erected in Lenoir at the present
time and many more have recently
been completed. Eusiness conditions
are looking upward in almost every
line and the prospect for a busy year
is evident on every hand.
Winston-Salem. Fire completely
gutted the fine two-story stone and
brick department store of Rosen
bacher & Bro., with a loss probably
exceeding $50,000. Firemen fought
valiantly and prevented a spread of
the flames to adjoining buildings. The
origin of .the blaze is not known.
Greensboro. E. W. Tilley, a white
man of Surry county, under sentence
of 30 years for the murder of A. Jolly,
was brought here by Sheriff Haynes
of Surry and carried to Raleigh to
begin the service of his long term.
Tilley is a man of splendid physique
and apparently will make a good man
for the state.
Newbern. With the ground cover
ed with snow and the temperature
only two' degrees above zero, New
bern was visited by two fires. The
water pressure was extremely low, as
is usual in this city during cold
weather and the firemen were handi
capped in fighting the flames. The
loss is estimated at $5,000.
Kinston. News was received In
Kinston of the death of Mr. Bryant
Parker of Jones county. While driv
ing along the Trenton road Mr. Hen
ry Gray of Jones county discovered
the body of a man covered in snow
by the roadside. After digging away
the snow he discovered the body to
be that of Mr. Bryant Parker, frozen
stiff and lifeless.
Gastonia. As successor to. the late
George A. Gray, Mr. L. L. Jenkins, of
Asheville, a large stockholder, was
elected president of the Gray mill
Mr. Thomas L. Craig was elected
vice-president, and Mr. J. H. Separk
and J. L. Gray the latter a son of
the deceased were re-elected secretary-treasurer
and superintendent re
spectively. Winston-Salem. The friendly suit
of the city of Winston vs. the Wa
chovia Bank and Trust Company,
wherein the" plaintiff was suing to
compel the defendant to comply with
the contract to take $160,000 of the
city bonds recently voted, was decid
ed in favor of .the city after it had
been argued before Judge Frank A.
Daniels in the superior court.
Salisbury. Jim Bradshaw, colored,
was convicted of manslaughter, in
Rowan superior court and sentenced
to 12 months on the county roads.
Bradshaw shot and killed Mollie
Hyde at a colored festival in west
ern Rowan several weeks ago, the de
fendant's gun, which he had secured
for an assault on another, was dis
charged in a scuffle, killing the wo
man. "
Raleigh. Commissions were issued
for the officers of Troop A, North Car
olina National Guard, the cavalry
company just organized at Lincoln
ton, for which the War Department
is to furnish the equipment', other
than. horses, at a cost of about $6,000..
The officers are: W. A. Fair, captain;
J. O. Shuford, first, and R. S. Rhine
hardt, Jr., second lieutenant. The
equipment is expected to arrive about
April 1. -
Raleigh. New uses are being con
stantly found for Raleigh's big Audi
torium, and it is proving its right to
be regarded as perhaps Raleigh's
greatest feature for publicity, and its
greatest paying asset. The latest call
is for the use of the Auditorium as
a banquet hall.
High Point The Hill brothers,
whose trial for the shooting- of their
father on the 3rd inst., came off in
the recorder's court, were bound over
to superior court under a bond of
$2,000 each. In default of meeting
their bond, they were taken to
Greensboro jail by the local police.
Raleigh. Detective Harvey Byrd,
who was so seriously shot by acci
dent in December, was here on his
return from the Eastern section of
the state where he has just finished a
raid that resulted in catching eigh
teen tigers.
Raleigh. Comrade Bryan Muck, of
Pitt county, died at the Soldiers'
Home, where he has been for the past
five years. He was 71 years old and
was a member of the Fourth Regi
ment North Carolina troops and lost
an arm in that service. He also
served one while in the Third Regi
ment of the cavalry.
OFFERS AN INSULT
TO THIS COUNTRY
SrtAVE SITUATION PRECIPITATED
. IN BY ACTION OF COLOMBIAN
MINISTER.
MAKES PROFOUND SENSATION
Smarting Under the Panama Canal
Zone Differences thu South Ameri
can Republic's Representative Takes
a Rash Step Toward United States.
Washington. A grave diplomatic
lituation between the United States
and Colombia has been precipitated
by the publication of a letter which
Senor Pedro Nel Ospina, the Colom
bian Minister, has written to Acting
Secretary Huntington Wilson of the
State Department suggesting 'that it
might be "inopportune" for Secretary
Knox to visit Colombia during his
projected tour of Central America.
The Colombian minister, first draw
ing attention to the fact that the
views are his own. and, not officially
those of his government, seriously
criticises the United States for not
submitting to arbitration the differ
ences with Colombia growing out of
this government's acquisition of the
Panama canal zone.
Inasmuch as the letter, admittedly,
is the personal expression of the min
ister, written without having com
municated with his government, it
was received at the State Depart
ment in the nature of a personal in
sult to this government.
No action has been taken and no
official would comment on It for the
present, but the incident is known to
have stirred officials of the United
States to such an extent that the re
call of the Colombian minister is ex
pected as a matter of course. At pres
ent, however, the United States is dis
posed to wait until Senor Ospina re
ceives the instructions he has asked
for.
Are Hiding the Real Situation.
Mexico City. Emilio Vasquez Go
mez, declared that he would accept the
provisional presidency in case the
rebels succeeded in forcing President
Madero from the national palace.
This declaration has gone far toward
convincing unofficial residents of the
capital that a general rebellion is in
progress. Mexican officials, however,
continue to characterize as local dis
orders every insurrection in the
country. Although rebels now are
operating in eighteen states the De
partment of Interior countiues to give
out news denying trouble in a great
part of these.
Lubricating Oils Prey to Flames.
Philadelphia. Half a million gallons
of lubricating oils were destroyed by
flames which raged for more than
tewlve hours in the works of the At
lantic Refining Company at Point
Breeze in the southern section of this
city. When the flames finally died out
for lack of further fuel, the still
house, receiving works and pump
house, together with numerous build
ings and large tanks, had been de
stroyed. Loss about $80,000.
Situation in Manchuria Acute.
Nanking! The situation in Man
thuria has become much more acute
3ince Kang Yu West, leader of the
reform movement in 1898 and grand
head of the Empire Reform Associa
tion, has thrown his lot with the new
regime. The latter, according to a
dispatch from Tien Teih, ' refuses to
give up his office. The ' Manchuria
Prince Su is financing a movement to
establish a constitutional monarchy
in Manchuria.
To Develop Potash Resources.
Washington. To develop more
thoroughly the fertilizer and potash
resources of the United States, Secre
tary of Agriculture Wilson has order
ed the establishment at Reno, Nev.,
of a government laboratory where
natural material supposed to contain
potash will be examined without cost.
Those sending samples must prepay
transportation charges, however.
A Jerseyite May Be Appointed.
Washington. Mahlon Pitney Chan
cellor of the state of New Jersey,
member of Congress for two terms, a
lawyer and jurist of thirty years'
practice, looms up as the man whom
President Taft will appoint to the Su
preme Court bench to succeed the late
Associate Justice John M. Harlan.
Among friends of the President, It
was reported as practically certain
that -Chancellor Pitney would be ap
pointed and the nomination, according
to excellent authority, will be sent to
the Senate in the near future.
Pinchot Is Now For Roosevelt.
Washington. GIfford Pinchot, 'in a
signed statement, made public, an
nounces that he has withdrawn his
support from Senator LaFollette'8
presidential candidacy and that he
will hereafter advocate the nomina
tion of Theodore Roosevelt. Mr.
Pinchot declares that the events, of
the last month have made it apparent
that Senator LaFollette's candidacy
will neither hold the progressive Re
publicans together as a fighting force,
nor prevent the nomination of a "re
actionary Republican."