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VOL. XXXIV.
PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C, JUNE 19, 1912.
NO. 45.
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IF 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 All
Parts of World.
Southern.
Baltimore's women suffragists are
planning a big parade on Thursday
evening of the Democratic presiden
tial convention week as a demonstra
tion to the delegates and leaders. Sev
eral thousand women are expected to
be in line of march. Some of the suf
fragists will be costumed in the heroic
dress of women of history, while the
parade will be led by mounted suf
fragists. Following a family feud of many
years standing, O. C. Walton, a well
known planter, shot and killed his
uncle, W. O. Evans, and his cousin,
Oscar Evans, son of the latter. The
killing occurred near Woodberry, five
miles from Greenville, Ga., and, ac
cording to witnesses, was in self-defense.
Walton was not arrested, and
probably will not be.
Representative Underwood of Ala
bama will determine upon the desig
nation of the man who will nominate
him as Democratic nominee for presi
dent after a conference with Senator
Bankhead of Alabama. Representative
Heflin is said to be Mr. Underwood's
choice for the honor.
Pellagra-phobia or fear of pellagra
is a clearly denned disease which
has been discovered by the Thomp-son-McFadden
pellagra commission,
sent to Spartanburg, S. C, recently
by the New York Post-Graduate hos
pital for research work. In an ad
dress to the South Carolina Press as
sociation Dr. Joseph F. Siler, a mem
ber of the commission, requested the
newspapers not to publish sensation
al stories about pellagra, the fatality
of which he said had been exagger
ated. All defendants in the Myrtle Haw
kins case were declared not guilty
by the jury which has been sitting
through the three long weeks of the
trial at Hendersonville, X. C-, and
were ordered released by the court.
The release of George Bradley, Boney
Bradley, A. B. McCall, Beatrice Mc
Call, Dan McCall, Lizzie Shaft and
Nora Britt puts the situation back
where it started with the finding of
the body, and sends the question,
' Who killed Myrtle Hawkins?" down
among the unsolved mysteries of the
age.
Plans are being quietly formulated
by several members of the Democrat
ic national committee at Baltimore
to create a new office to be known as
chairman of the campaign commit
tee. This new officers of the cam
paign may or may not be a member
of the national committee, and his
selection will be made after a con
ference with the new national com
mitteemen. The national chairman
in active charge of the campaign.
General.
Crop conditions in general on the
first of June averaged for the United
States slightly better (0.3) than on
the same date last year. Crops, as a
whole, were above average in the
north Atlantic states due mostly to
favorable hay prospects and in the
far Western and Xorthwestern states.
They were below average in South
ern states and in the Xorth Central
states east of the Mississippi. In the
Xorth Central states west of the Mis
sissippi conditions were but slightly
above average.
Apparently irreconcilability of dif
ferences between Taft and Roosevelt
leaders in the Republican party, borne
on a rising tide of charges of bribery,
theft and other accusations, threaten
to precipitate decisive developments.
Charges of corruption were made in
an open statement given to the press
by Director McKinley of the Taft bu
reau. Senator Dixon of the Roosevelt
forces says it is merely "a campaign
lie."
Xorman E. Mack, the chairman of
the Democratic national committee,
announced that he had issued a call
for a meeting in Baltimore on June
20 of the arrangements committee to
select the temporary chairman of
the convention. The selection of the
committee will be placed for ratifica
tion before the national committee on
June 24.
South Florida has suffered half a
million dollars' loss from torrential
rain, which have prevailed here for
ten days. Not since the establish
ment of the Tampa weather bureau
has such precipitation been recorded.
The Minnesota legislature has gone
on record as being in favor of direct
election of senators.
A hydro-aeroplane was employed at
Hammondsport, N. Y., to convey Dr.
P. L. Allen to Urbana, on Lake Keu
ka, eight miles away, where a boy
was believed to be suffering from
concussion of the brain as the result
of a fall downstairs.
The American girl is the prettiest
girl in the world in the opinion of
Prince Henry of Reuss, one of the
distinguished German naval visitors
who were recently guests of New
York City.
MAN
Two thin lines of deputy sher:ft3,
leavily armed, held at bay 2,000 strik
ers who tried to storm the $5,000,000
plants of the American Smelting and
Refining company and the Barber As
phalt works at Perth Amboy, N J.,
while searchlights, atop high towers,
played upon the rioters. Two hun
dred shots or more were fired by the
deputies at the mob. When the fir
ing ended one man lay dead and sev
eral of the mob were injured.
Theodore Roosevelt announced,
through Judge Ben B. Lindsey of Den
ver, that he is in favor of woman
suffrage in this country, and that the
platform which he will submit to the
Chicago convention will contain an
unequivocal declaration to that effect.
With an attack on his opponents in
the Republican national committee
and on President Taft, Colonel Roose
velt again protest against the course
of affairs at Chicago. In a statement
issued at Sagamore Hill he said Mr.
Taft assumed "that the presidency
is to be treated as a gift within the
bestowal of the politicians in defiance
of the duly expressed wish of the
people."
Eight bodies all mutilated almost
beyond recognition were found mur
dered in the home of Joseph Moore,
a prominent business man of Villisca,
Iowa. The bodies of all, with their
heads terribly mashed with an ax,
were found murdered in their beds.
There is no definite clue to the mur
derers, although the authorities are
searching for a suspect. A desire for
revenge is believed to have prompted
the murderer.
President Taft has gained 40 more
votes in the Republican national con
vention through the settlement of
contest cases by the national com
mittee in session at Chicago.
Kodiax and Woody island villages
in Alaska are buried under a foot of
ashes as a result of the eruption of
Katmai volcano lasting 48 hours. Xo
lives have been lost at Kodiax, but
many settlements near the volcano
have suffered indescribably. The rev
enue cutter Manning was in port
when the eruption began and furnish
ed refuge for all the inhabitants of
Kodiax 500 men, women and chil
dren doubtless saving many lives.
A demonstration by striking waiters
of New York City outside the Waldorf-Astoria
hotel during the dinner
given by Mayor Gaynor to officers of
the visiting German squadron result
ed in scenes of violence and rioting.
An army of policemen, including the
"strongarm squad," picketed the
streets in the vicinity throughout the
banquet to avert further trouble, and
in two raids upon the mob the police
carted away in patrol wagons 125
prisoners, many charged with disor
derly conduct.
The house voted, 144 to 101, not to
accept the senate amendment to the
metal tariff revision bill, which would
repeal the Canadian reciprocity pact
and fix a universal duty of $2 a ton
on print paper. The house accepted
two senate amendments reducing the
duty on pig iron and certain alloys.
The bill again will go to conference.
Majority Leader Underwood estimat
ed the reduced duties on pig iron and
alloys would result in a falling off of
approximately $300,000 in revenue.
Washington.
Justice Charles E. Hughes of the
United States Supreme court, with
his family, has gone to the Adiron
dacks, where he will pass the sum
mer. Justice Hughes says that he
is completely out of politics, and will
not permit the use of his name for
president by the Republican national
convention.
All ocean steamers entering Ameri
can ports in the future must be equip
ped with life-boats sufficient to carry
at one time every passenger and
member of the crew, according to the
new regulations adopted by the steam
boat inspectors and approved by Sec
retary Xagel of the navy. In the case
of coastwise, lake, bay and sound
steamers, life-boats for all aboard
must be carried, except from May 15
to September 15, when, for various
reasons, such travel is comparatively
safe.
As the final chapter in the con
gressional investigation of the Flor
ida Everglade (reclamation project
and the drainage lands in Xorth Car
olina! the house agricultural commit
tee inquired into the disbursement
methods of the department of agri
ture of the national government. Dis
bursing Officer Zarpone of the de
partment and Director True of the
experiment station division explained
the bookkeeping methods in connec
tion with the alleged technical irreg
ularities. Another fearful toll was taken by
aviation when the mutilated bodies of
Lieutenant Leighton W. Hazelhurst.
Jr., Seventh infantry, U. S. A., and
Alfred L. Welch, a professional avia
tor in the employ of the Wright Broth
ers, were hauled from under the de
bris of a collapsed aeroplane at
Washington, D. C. The. acicdent oc
cured while they were attempting to
make the tests) required by the gov
ernment in a machine contracted for
by the war department.
The present of American battle
ships in Havana harbor may be re
garded as greatly diminishing the
likelihood of intervention in Cuba, ac
cording to the construction placed
upon that fact by the administration.
Secretary Knox, who all along, has
lost an opportunity of declaring
against any purpose to intervene po
litically in Cuba, unless absolutely
driven to do so by the failure of the
Cuban government to uphold the law,
and protect life and property, felt
called upon to renew that assurance
directly to the Cuban people.
CRANBERRY
RON
ES ARE F
ORE UTILIZED FOR THE FINEST
GRADE OF STEEL AND IS IN
GREAT DEMAND.
IS ON THE LINVILLE RIVER
The Nursery Industry Is Growing Very
Rapidly in the Blowing Rock-Li n
ville Country More Railroads Are
Needed Badly in This Section.
Charlotte. The Cranberry iron
mines, which are located at Cran
berry in the new county of Avery
on the line o the East Tennessee
and Western North Carolina road,
are reputed to be among the richest
in this country and they are certain
ly among the oldest. They were in
operation long before the great war
between the states and now are being
worked to their full capacity The
narrow-gauge E. T. & W. Y. C. road
was constructed from Johnson City
to this point, a distance of 34 miles,
in order to afford an outlet to mar
ket and tee daily ore tonnage trans
ported from these mines to the smel
ters aggregated 225 tons. The be
loved General R. F. Hoke of Lincoln
ton, who was a large stockholder in
the property, had charge of these
mines for years but they only re
cently disposed of his interest to
Pennsylvania capitalists who now op
erate the mines. The ore mines from
these Cranberry deposits is of such
grade that the finest razor and highly
tempered knife may be manufactured
from the steel.
The Kelsey nurseries, which are
located near Montezuma river narrow-gauge
road, which is an exten
sion of the East Tennessee and West
ern North Carolina line, shipped dur
ing the past season more than 200
solid car loads of trees and shrubs,
not only to all parts of the United
States but into a number of foreign
countries as well. These trees and
shrubs are native to western North
Carolina and reach their highest de
gree of development in this imme
diate section. There are many varie
ties but the principal ones are rhodo
dendron, mountain laurel, hemlock,
balsm, spruce, to say nothing of the
more pretentious trees, as the oak,
chestnut, beech, maple, etc. The
plants are gathered as shoots in the
mountains, carried to the nursery
beds and there transplanted and then
taken up and distributed wherever
needed.
Unveiling of The Wyatt Statue.
In delivering the address at the
unveiling of the bronze statue of Hen
ry L. Wyatt in the Capitol square
Maj. E. J. Hale of Fayetteville, him
self a participant in the battle of
Bethel, in which young Wyatt shed
the first blood for the cause of the
Confederacy reviewed North Caro
lina's part in the inception of the civil
war and narrated most interestingly
the story of the battle and the heroic
part young Wyatt had in it.
Pratt Must Serve Three Years.
Herold T. Pratt, the former New
bern insurance agent who misappro
priated funds not his own, in various
ways, and who then left under covr
darkness and succeeded in eluding the
grasp of the law until a few weeks
ago, when he was arrested at Omaha,
must serve three years in the state
rlson, was the decision reached.
To All Who Were Candidates.
Here is something that calls for
quick action. It is matter that is
directed to all who were candidates
the victors and the vanquished in
the recent primaries inVake. It is
a call to both Democrats and Repub
licans. This is that all who were can
didates render an account of their ex
penses in the campaign, and certify
the account to Clerk of the Court.1
This account is required of all can
didates for all offices, from the high
est to the lowest, from Governor to
delegates and members of committee.
Mill Fatally Destroyed by Fire.
long distance message from Bur
lington stated that the plant of the
Snow Camp Woolen Mills, located
in South Alamance county, was total
ly destroyed by fire. The loss in es
timated at from $40,000 to $150,000,
though it is said that this estimate
is based on meager information as to
value of equipment and stock on hand.
The loss is only partly covered by
insurance. The mill manufactured
woolen blankets and had a contract
to furnish material for uniforms of
convicts in this and other states.
Burgin Tendered His Resignation.
The directors of the Greensboro
chamber of commerce announced that
Secretary W. O. Burgin had tendered
his resignation effective immediately
and that in all probability a com
mittee of the comercial body at the
meeting of the directors in the near
future would recommend a successor.
Mr. Burgin has held the office of sec
retary since the resignation of C. C.
McLean and resigns to take a course
in law at the university this summer
and later to engage in the practice of
his chosen profession.
1U
TO HAVE THREE STATE MEETS
Trio of Conventions Will Gather in
City of Charlotte in Near Future
Many Will Attend.
Raleigh. A special from Charlotte
states that that city will whirl into a
convention zone in the near future, en
tertaining in the space of four days
no less than three state gatherings.
Tuesday and Wednesday, 18th and
19th, the North Carolina Retail Jew
elers' Association will be here: Wed
nesday, Thursday and Friday, 19th,
20th and 21st, the State Association
of Trained Nurses will be in session;
Thursday and Friday, 20th and 21st,
the North Carolina State Optical Soci-
eity wil hold its annual meeting.
Attractive programs have been pre
pared by each of these societies and
an attendance of about 100 visitors
is expected by the officers of each. It
will be observed that their dates over
lap so that on Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday Charlotte will be host to
two conventions simultaneously.
Fred N. Day, of Winston-Salem, is
president and W. G. Frazier of Dur
ham is secretary of the jewelers' asso
ciation, J. D. Hathaway of Elizabeth
City heads the officers of the opticians.
An automobile ride will be given
the nurses by the Greater Charlotte
Club at 4:30. on the afternoon of
Thursday.
The public will be welcomed at all
of these sessions and the local com
mittees would be pleased to have a
good attendance of Charlotteans to
give the visitors assurance that they
are welcome and that the people of
the city are interested in their w.ork.
Heretofore the attendance has been
almost imperceptible outside the ranks
of the businesses and professions pe
culiarly interested. Detailed arrange
ments have not been complied as to
the halls at which sessions will be
held but Charlotte has sufficient audi
toriums available to accommodate a
much larger number of conventions
than will descend upon her at this
time.
Arrested In Connection With Murder.
Frank Gladden, the white man im
plicated in the double murder of Mr.
and Mrs. John Dixon in their home
near Fallston on the night of Decem
ber 12 was re-arrested several days
'ago at his home in Shelby to answer
the second charge against him of kill
ing Mrs. Dixon. At the special term
of court which convened here Janu
ary 8 he was acquitted while the prin
cipal witness against him, John Ross,
colored, confessed to wielding the axe
that killed Mr. Dixon and is in Ral
eigh awaiting electrocution, August
14. Ross made his confession the day
before the special term of court to
Sheriff Wilklns and in his confession
story said Frank Gladden was the
wyhite man who planned the murder
of this prosperous farming family
and that he was lured into the crime
by Gladden. His evidence was unsup
ported, however, and the jury return
ed a verdict of acquittal. The grand
jury returned another true bill against
Gladden for the murder of Mrs. Dixon
and it is on this that he will be tried.
Wreck on Southern Railroad.
Eastbound freight No. 88 in charge
of Conductor J. A. Caldwell and Engi
neer Bashatt was wrecked between
Connelly Springs and Hildebrand, "6
miles from Hickory. The wreck was
caused by a broken rail. None of the
train crew were hurt. Three hoboes
were seen on the train as it passed
Connelly Springs, but as only two
were seen after the accident, the oth
er is supposed to be under the wreck.
Fifteen coal cars were piled up on
each other and totally demolished. The
wrecking crews arrived upon the
scene and cleared the track. Passen
ger trains Nos. 11 and 22 were de
toured over the Spartanburg division.
Murderer Captured in Baltimore.
Sheriff Petty received information
several days ago that Ed Womack,
colored, who shot and killed Fred Mc
Iver, colored, in Womack's restaurant
here in April, 1910, had been captured
by a detective in Baltimore. Sheriff
Petty left for Baltimore and wjll stop
in Raleigh for requisition papers. Wo
mack made his ecape after killing Mc
Iver and no information had been got
ten about him until the sheriff learn
ed that he was in Baltimore and
through the aid of a detective there
succeeded in landing him.
Mile of Road Building Arranged.
A mile of modern road building has
been arranged for in Wake county,
and the work is planned to be done
in such a fashion as to make it an ex
ample for future work. The arrange
ment for the work was placed by the
board of county commissioners in the
hands of a special committee, consist
ing of Messrs. John M. Mills, Henry
G. Holding, W. L. WIggs and H. E.
Litchford. The committee met and
awarded the contract to T. J. Ma
guire, of Norfolk, and C. L. Woodall,
of Raleigh. '
Disastrous Fire at Lexington.
Lexington was visited by one of the
most disastrous fires in many years
when the cotton warehouse of the Na
komis Mill caught fire. The ware
house was divided into ' two sections
and, thanks to the good work of the
firemen, only one section was burn
ed. The section burned contained 295
bales of cotton. A great many bales
were completely destroyed and all
were very badly damaged. Just now
it is impossible to estimate the amount
of damage done, but it is expected that
it will exewd $100,000.
FOUND NOT GUILTY
DEFENDANTS IN HAWKINS CASE
FREE WILD SCENES MARK
RETURN OF VERDICT.
THE JURORS ARE EMBRACED
Defendants Mad With Joy Over Acquit
tal Court House Bell is Rung As
Signal That Verdict Had Been
Reached Court House Packed.
Hendersonville. Demonstrating
their gratitude for a verdict of not
guilty, the 7 defendants tried for their
lives for the murder of Myrtle Haw
kins wept for joy as they leaped to
the farmer jurors, who had been iso
lated from their loVed ones for 25
days and kissed them and embraced
them while the shouts of the audience
rent the court room.
A member of the jury stated after
court that some of them were in fa
vor of murder in the second degree
but after several ballots the verdict
of not guilty was agreed upon.
The defendants, Dan W. McCall,
and daughter, Mrs. Beatrice McCall,
and her husband, A. B. McCall,
George and Boney Bradley, Mrs. Lizzie
Shaft and Mrs. Nora Britt were in
dicted under four counts but were
not found guilty uner any of them.
The ringing of the court house bell
was the signal for the rendering of
the verdict and when it was received
the court room was taxed beyond its
capacity by men, women and children,
both white and colored, all anxious to
learn the verdict of the jury.
Commenting on the outcome of the
case Judge Foushee said that although
the county had incurred considerable
expense in trying to clarify the mys
tery, the money was well spent in
view of the fact that the country had
been clearly shown that Henderson
county citizens and officers w.ere not
trying to cover up one of the most
mysterious and horrible, crimes of
modern times. He vouched for the
fact that a most exhaustive effort had
been made to solve the mystery.
Solitcitor Johnston stated that he
had spent considerable time in trying
to ferret out the case, but despite
whatever view would be taken of his
actions, he felt that he had only per
formed his duty.
Judge Foushee declined a motion
made by defendant's counsel for an
order authorizing the county authori
ties to pay the expenses of some of
the defense witnesses, on account of
the poverty of some of the defendants.
To Plan State Board of Trade.
Charlotte. Plans for the formation
of a state board of trade or a state
chamber of commerce are on foot
among the commercial organizations
of the state, and it seems now not im
probate that the state-wide organiza
tion will be effected. The purpose of
such an organization, and the plan for
its erection, has been endorsed and
approved by the Winston-Salem board
of trade, the Greensboro chamber of
commerce, the Greater Charltte Club,
and other commercial bodies in the
state are expected to take action.
State Board of Medical Examiners
Hendersonville. The state board of
medical examiners is in session here
for four days during which time ap
proxmately 130 applicants for license
to practice medicine will be examined.
On June 17th, the state health officers'
association will convene here in an
nual session. The North Carolina
Medical Association will convene for
a session in the near future.
Asks Pardon To Serve Out Term.
Harrisburg. Former Sheriff John
E. Shields, of .Westmoreland county
now in the Western penitentiary for
embezzlement has applied to the state
board of pardons so that he can serve
out his term as county commissioner
He was selected to the latter office
after his conviction and the fact that
he was. sentenced to from three
months to three years did not deter
the electors from giving him the larg
est vote. He asserts that this indi
cates the sentiment in his commun
ity regrading the charge against him,
Mistrial Ordered in Hook Case.
Raleigh. After being out for over
24 hours the jury in the case of Rob
ert J. Hook failed to agree and a
mistrial ,was ordered by Judge Connor
in the Federal court. Hook was
charged with using ihe mails to de
fraud, in a bond sale scheme in which
George W. Averill has pleaded guilty,
and claimed that Hook was an accom
plice in inducing bond dealers to ad
vance fees for sales that were never
consummated. Hook claims he was
inducted by Averill to undertake the
work in good faith.
Victim of Pitiful Accident.
Kinston Ira Lee, a white man aged
30, was the victim of a pitiful acci
dent at the plant of the Lenoir Oil
and Ice Company's plant here, in
w,hich he lost an arm and narrowly es
caped with his life. Lee, not a regular
employe, was working for a day at
the plant, near his home in East Kin
ston. In passing a screw elevator,
used to take cotton seed from box
cars into the mill, his jumper was
caught in the revolving mechanism
and he, was drawn into it. His right
rm was horribly mangled.
FROM OVER TAR HEEL STATE
Short Paragraphs of News That Has
Been Gotten Together With Care
By the Editor.
Waynesville. J. S. Cowan, postmas
ter at the sub-station in Hazelwood,
resigned. Thomas L. Green, the post
master, appointed Miss Roberta Sny
der to fill the vacancy.
Wilson. Deputy Sheriff Howard M.
Rowe returned from Raleigh, where
he went to place in the state hospital
Mr. Will Pearson, of Elm City, whose
mind is impaired.
Salisbury. Arrangements are be
ing made to take a religious census
of Salisbury and suburbs. This is
in connection with the Men and Reli
gion forward movement work.
Salisbury. Announcement is made
here that the North Carolina Public
Service company, owner of the street
railway, will spend $75,000 at once
in improving its plant in Salisbury
and Spencer.
Kinston. A large number of sports
men and others left here for Neuse
township to participate in an organ
ized bear hunt which will extend over
a large area In that section. Near
the farm of H. C. Parrott in Neuse
township a family of the animals was
seen, and others at the neighboring
place of Starr Hicks.
Newbern. Seven of the crew of
the three-masted schooner, Frederick
Rossener, after clinging to the one
remaining mast of their waterlogged
and partially dismantled craft for 36
hours were rescued off Cape Hatter
as by the United Fruit Company
steamer Carillo, bound for New Bed
ford, with a cargo of lumber from a
South Atlantic port.
Lexington. At their regular month
ly meeting the board of aldermen
passed an ordinance putting bull dogs
out of commission in Lexington. The
ordinance forbids the appearance on
the streets of a bull dog muzzled or
unmuzzled, leased or unleashed, and
puts a penalty on the owner of the
offending canine of $10, or not less
than 30 days in jail.
Raleigh. About one hundred of the
most prominent educational workers
in North Carolina are here for a four
days' conference preparatory for go
ing out into every section of the state
to hold institutes for the public school
teachers. The meetings are being held
in representative hall of the state
house and are being conducted by
Prof. A. L. Bivins.
Elizabeth City. Although the
weather was anything but attractive,
the homeseekers, w,ho arrived here, on
board the special train operated by
the Norfolk and Southern railroad
from points in New England and the
West, had a most pleasant stay in
Elizabeth City and expressed them
selves as most favorably impressed
with the metropolis of Eastern Caro
lina.
Raleigh. Judge Connor in the Fed
eral court passed sentence on W. D
Stevenson, the railway mail clerk, who
submitted some time ago to the
charge of rifling mail while clerk on
the Raleigh and Southport Railway
Ho was let off with the payment of
$200 fine and costs, having proven a
fine character and having a family
that he is supporting on a farm in the
country.
Charlotte. Charlotte will send a
large delegation of retail merchants
to the tenth annual convention of the
Merchants' Association of Nrth Caro
lina which is to meet in Raleigh, June
18-20, inclusive. Elaborate prepara
tions have been made by the organi
zation in Raleigh for the accommo
dation and entertainment of the visi
tors and the delegates have been as
sured that their experience on this oc
casion will not only be pleasurable
but profitable.
Salisbury. The remains of Phillip
Logan, aged 24 years, who was in
stantly killed by a premature blast
while working on a railroad at Green
w.ood, Ky., arrived here and were tak
en to the home of his sister, Mrs
Mary Foster in East Salisbury.
Reidsville. J. H. Hood, who lives
near Pelham, is suing the American
Telephone and Telegraph Co., for $10,
000 damages for the death of his wife,
which occurred nearly a year ago
when she expired of apoplexy follow
ing a discussion of telephone line
men, who wished to cut down trees
in Mr. Hood's yard.
Raleigh. The State board of Geo
logical survey was in semi-annual ses
sion several days ago, the members
being Governor Kitchin, M. R. Bras-
well, Rocky Mount; Frank Hewett,
Asheville; Hugh McRae, Wilmington,
R. D. Caldwell, Lumberton, with Dr.
Joseph Hyde Pratt as state geologist.
Durham.- Durham merchants are
making preparations for sending a big
delegation of the association to the
state convention, which meets in Ral
eigh. The Durham delegation goes
armed with an invitation -for the
convention to meet in this city next
year.
Raleigh. Burlington won over the
field in securing the next state con
vention of the North Carolina Build
ing and Loan association. The asso
ciation heard a few appeals, elected
officers and then went out to eat bar
becue at the fair grounds.
Lumberton. Chief Redfern, assisted
by Officers Barnes and Shooter run in
14 negroes charged with retailing.
Thirteen of the bunch were tried v in
the mayor's court. Tw.o were releas
ed, 3 gave bond and 8 went to jail to
await July criminal court. Mayor
Caldwell and Chief Redfern declare
the town shall he dry.
W. J. BRYAN IN ROLE
OF NEWSPAPER MAN
DEMONSTRATIVE WELCOME IS
GIVEN AS HE MADE HIS WAY
INTO HOTEL.
HE INTERVIEWS MR. DIXON
The Nebraskan Also Had a Talk With
Mr. McKinley and Told Him That
the Democrats Would Not Need
Steam Roller.
Chicago. William J. Bryan was a
center of attraction in the pre-con-vention
scene and though appearing at
the headquarters of leaders of a rival
party as a newspaper reporter, was
given a demonstration by the throng
of visitors and delegates.
Mr. Bryan had a personal chat with
Theodore Roosevelt late in the day af
ter he had Interviewed Senator Dixon,
the Roosevelt campaign director, and
Managing Director McKinley of the
Taft bureau.
' As he entered the hotel lobby el
bowing his way through the crowd
some one shouted:
"Hurrah for Bryan," and the Ne
braskan was given an demonstrative
welcome. He was cheered for several
minutes and continuous cries of
"speech, speech," came from all parts
of the lobby. Mr. Bryan waved his
hand to the crowd and remarked to
those near him that he had come
"merely as a newspaper reporter" and
not seeking presidential nomination
from a Republican convention.
"I came to see your steam, roller,"
said Mr. Bryan as he shook hands
with Congressman McKinley. "Is it
anywhere in sight?
"No we have laid it aside," said
Mr. McKinley, "but would be glad to
lend it to you if you would like to have
it at Baltimore."
"Oh, no, we Democrats don't need
it," Mr. Bryan laughingly responded.
"We are going to hold a model con
vention." No Sign of Life along Kodiak Island.
Karluk Kodiak Island, Alaska.
The relief tug Rodonda arrived here
from a cruise along the mainland at
the foot of Katmai volcano and re
ported that she was unable to make
a landing in that section because of
the extremely heavy deposits of sand
and ashes. No sign of life - was seen
and those on the tug were unable to
recognize the location of the fishing
village which were scattered along
the coast line before the eruption sev
eral days ago.
Would Fire In American Territory.
El Paso, Tex. Mexican insurrenc
tos would not hesitate to fire into
American territory from Juarez, if
any troops recruited by the Mexican
Federal government on American ter
ritory attempted to cross the Rio
Grande here.. Col. Pascual Orozco, St.,
father of the rebel commander-in-chief,
thus replied to the demand of
Col. E. Z. Steever, commander of the
department of Texas that no rifle
shots or booms or shells must cross
into the United States from Juarez at
any time.
Windstorm Does Much Damage.
Columbus, O. A rain and wind
storm almost amounting to a tornado
swept central Ohio causing , three
deaths, rendering hundreds homeless
and doing monetary damage estimated
at more than a million dollars. The
storm reached its greatest force at
Zanesville where three were killed
when the steeple of St. Thomas Catho
lic church crashed through the roof as
the morning services were being held.
At Delaware the roof of St. Mary's
Catholic school was lifted and borne
across the street wrecking two cot
tages. John P. Warren Gets Pardon.
Hartford, Cann. John P. Warren,
who has probably served more years
continuously behind prison bars than
any other man in the country, has
been granted a pardon by the state
board of pardons.
Movement Takes Definite Form.
Chicago. A movement in behalf of
Justice Charles E. Hughes of the Unit
ed States Supreme . Court as a com
promise candidate for President, took
definite form. William H. Hotchkiss
of New York, former state superinten
dent of the insurance and a close per
sonal friend of Justice Hughes is its
leading spirit. "No man, particularly
a man with Justice Hughes' ideas of
civic duty, can refuse to serve the
people of the nation in such a crisis,"
he said w.hen reminded Justice Highes
would not permit his name to be used.
Underwood Has Good Chance.
Washington. Senator Bankhead
managing the presidential campaign
of Representative Underwood of Ala
bama, conferred with Mr. Underwood.
Later he voiced roseate views of Mr.
Underwood's prospects. Senator
Bankhead said Speaker Clark, Gover
nor Harmon or Governor Wilson would
not be able to muster the two-thirds
vote necessary for their nomination
and the path would be open for the
Alabama candidate. The question of
nominating and seconding speeches
will not be settled at nrpspnt