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VOL. XXXIV.
PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. X, AUGUST 7, 1912.
NO. 52.
IF NEWS NOTES
01 THE BUSY IN
!!0ST 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.
"Not guilty!" A star led cry fell
from the quivering lips of Mrs. Dai
sy Ulrich Opie Grace, when the jury
foreman pronounced the verdict that
forever puts the woman beyond the
pale of the law on the charge of
shooting her husband, "Gene" Grace,
in the-r home, 29 West Eleventh
street. Atlanta, Ga., last March. The
stirring climax of the trial crowded
itself upon the prisoner, her attorneys,
the court and others. The woman,
pale and trembling, almost ran
through the streets from the car line
to the court room, where she - sank,
exhausted, in her seat.
In front of the Savananh, Ga., cot
ton exchange, the first bale of cotton
for the new season of 1912-13 was
sold at auction. The staple brought
31 1-2 cents, a new record for the first
hale for many years. It graded mid
dling and weighed 350 pounds. The
bale was expressed to New York. The
first bale was received in Savannah
last year on July 26 and sold for
26 1-2 cents a pound.
Satisfied that 12c is an excellent
price for cotton, even with the. assur
ed prospects of the shortest crop lo
cally in several years, some farmers
in Americus, Ga., evidence a willing
ness to sell at that figure. Several
hundred bales were sold through a
warehouse to American buyers for
12 cents, the cotton being good mid
dling to be delivered during Septem
ber. Similar lines were attempted
three years ago,
A Socialistic lecture at Tallapoosa,
Ga., by Mrs. Cates Richard O'Hare
of St. Louis, Mo., in which she at
tacked the employment of children
under legal age in cotton mills, was
broken up by the fire department
sprinkling the assembled crowd after
Mayor C. E. Pearce, who is also su
perintendent of the largest cotton mill
at Tallapoosa, had failed in his at
tempt to have Mrs. O'Hare arrested
Gen era L
The conquent of Mount Sir Sand
ford, the highest peak in the Sel
kirks, by Howard Palmer, secretary
of the American Alpine Club, is an
nounced in New York City in a mes
sage which was sent by Mr. Palmer
to the American Geographical society.
The ascent of the mountain, which is
11,634 feet high, and is practically
one continuous wall of ice, was made
one June 24. No less than eight sep
arate attempts to scale Sir Sandford
have been made during the last half
dozen years.
The modern Rip Van "Winkle lives
in Liberty, Mo. This name is Gus
B.shop. In forty-one years he never
has been outside the city, he never
has seen a telegraph instrument, nev
er has seen an aeroplane, never has
sen a moving picture show, never
sa wan electr.c street car, never was
inside a theater, never saw a horse
race. There are scores of buildings
in the little town that Gush Bishop
has never seen.
A fifteen million dollar corporation
for reclamation and drainage purposes
and the development of electrical
power in southwest Louisiana has
been practically formed according to
representations made to the state tax
commission by Wellborn Bradford,
representing New York interests. The
company plans to divert water from
the Red river by means of a natural
and artficial waterway system
through the southwestern portion of
the state to supply irrigation and
Power for electrical transportation in
that section.
Sworn statements in New York
Clty tend to show the annual graft
collected by high officials from the
gambling houses and illegal resorts
has amounted within the last year to
l2,4'f.,ooo, and are in the hands of
the district attorney. The annual
Jield of $2,400,000 protection money
was equally divided among four .high
officials of the police department, ac
cording to the evidence so far gath
ered by the newspapers. It is stated
that there were four separate sys
tems or bureaus of graft collection,
A tombstone toppled over in the
cemetery at Poughkeepsie, N. Y.,
Miile the funeral of John D. Rockefel
of Tivoli, a distant relative of the
Cli k.n? was in progress, and crushed
to death Raymond Callender, aged 4.
-ngland will make no -further pro
est against United States ships pass
toi? through the Panama canal free.
Because it obstructed the view of
he Western mountains from the Bilt
bouse, George W. Vanderbilt
oas ordered the demolition of a three
Vh'h 3f'"room residence built by Mrs.
pL, I ' sister'iP"law of Marshall
''d, at a cost of $36,000.
"y a vte of 6 to 7 the finance com
"tter; agreed to adversely report the
0 resolution which would especial
cormJWer the house "money trust"
bankT106 t0 investiSate national
Capta n Ejnan Mikklesen, the
han il exrjlorer- who, it was feared,
da been lost in Greenland is safe.
Clyde Marcellus Sims, 42 years old.
who disappearer from his home in
Georgia ten years ago and has been
hiding under the name of C. E. Van
Wormer, was found in St. Louis, Mo.,
and, after close questioning by detec
tives, admitted his identity. His wife
has been seeking him for a long time.
A reconciliation took place between
them in the office of the chief of de
tectives. Sims was found through de
tectives employed by an insurance
company, which had been sued for
a $5,000 policy on his life, under the
legal presumption that one who is
missing seven years is legally dead.
General Pascual Orozco, commander-in-chief
of the Mexican rebels, de
clares that he does not recognize the
United States government. He made
this remark to Thomas Edwards, the
United States consul at Juarez, who
called at the rebel leader's quarters
to deliver a message from Secretary
Knox. While Orozco did not receive
Mr. Edwards as a representative of
the United States government, he was
glad, he said, to see Mr. Edwards and
to receive him as an American citi
zen. Orozco accepted the message
without comment.
Two Americans were hanged near
Cananea, Sonora, Mexico. Their bod
ies were found and the incident re
ported to President Madero by the
governor of Sonora. The governor
has ordered an investigation. He be
lieves the two men were executed by
rebels in order to precipitate Ameri
can intervention. The victims have
not been identified.
The era of Taisei "great righteous
ness' has commenced in Japan. The
era of Meiji "inteligent administra
tion" closed with the accession of
Yoshihito. Telegrams of sympathy
over the death of the emperor are
pouring into Tok'o. They include mes
sages from President Taft. The Ja
pan home department has Issued in
structions for one year's mourning,
but it is understood that full mourn
ing will be limited to fifty days to
prevent disturbance of business. The
self-restraint and dignity of the en
tire people was a striking feature of
the first day of mourning.
No change in the Roman Catholic
church law relating to marriages of
Catholics with non-Catholics in the
United States has been made by the
recent order of the pope affecting
such cases, according to Bonaventu
ra Cerretti, charge de'affaires of the
papal legation at Washington. Mgr.
Cerretti said that the order as explain
ed from Rome simply restored force
to a provision of the church govern
ing mixed marriages in Germany and
Hungary which had been suspended
in the early nineteenth century.
Sensational developments in the in
vestigation of the murder of Herman
Rosenthal, the gambler, who was
shot down in front of the Hotel Met
ropole, New York City, two weeks
ago, came with a rush when Police
Lieutenant Charles BeckeF, accused
by Rosenthal as his side partner in
a gambling game, was arrested, ac
cused of participation in the killing
and forced to plead at once to a
charge of murder in the first degree.
He was remanded to the Tombs.
.Washington.
Evidence of the growing anxiety of
the administration in regard to the
revolution in Nicaragua was shown
when orders were issued to the gun
boat Tacoma at Guantanamo, Cuba,
to proceed forthwith to Bluefields. She
is due to arrive soon, and will try to
communicate with Managua, so Min
ister Weitzel may keep the state de
partment informed of developments.
The gunboat Annapolis, on the west
coast, has been getting only fragmen
tary advices from Managua. These
have been sufficient alarming to war
rant sending another warship.
The senate gave Its approval to
the abolition of the "blue tag" system
or fast freight branch of the second
class mail service inaugurated by
Postmaster General Hitchcock, agree
ing to second class provisions of the
postoffice appropriation bill, requir
ing transportation of periodicals in
mail cars. Senator Swanson led an
unsuccessful fight to give publishers
the option of having their publications
go by mail or fast freight, declaring
that the postoffice bill as presented
was unfair to the newspapers.
The United States has again pro
tested to the Mexican government and
.to General Orozco, leader of the rev
olutionists, against attacks upon the
American citizens and property in
northern Mexico. Secretary Knox of
ficially renewed his notive of two
months ago, that the United States
will hold Mexico to strict account for
all damages, and unofficially notified
Orozco that he would be held per
sonally responsible for damages to
Americans or their property.
That the Monroe doctrine express
ly forbids any foreign nation acquir
ing a naval base at Magdalena bay
or other similarly situated points on
the American continent is the sub
stance of a report made by Senator
Lodge Senator Lodge is chairman of
the sub-committee to which the Mag
dalena matter was referred last April,
The hou'se ways and -means com
mittee determined to reintroduce the
Democratic cotton tariff bill, which
was passed at the last session of Con
gress and vetoed by President Taft
The importance of the tariff program
was reflected in the meeting of the
ways and means committee all of fhe
membership being called into confer
ence When the house met, Majority
Leader Underwood presented the
amended wool tariff measure and the
excise tax bill passed last weekly
the Senate. He will ask that confer
ees be named to take the measures.
CHAOS LIKELY IN
STATE'S SCHOOLS
IF THE DECISION IN THE SCHOOL
TAX CASES STANDS AS IT
NOW IS.
OTHER CASES MIGHT ARISE
Chain of Attacks on Past Elections is
Possible If It Is Decided That Wom-
en Freeholders Can Legally Sign Pe
titions For Elections.
Raleigh. That the decision of
Judge Ferguson, of the superior court,
in the Wake Forest school tax case
threatens chaos in no one knows how
many of the 1.325 school tax districts
in North Carolina is the conclusion
6"f several attorneys. The decision
of the advocates of the tax to carry
the case to the supreme court is one
that has drawn forth intense interest
from all parts of the state. If it is
decided in the supreme court as it
was in the lower court it is possible
that a chain of attacks on the validity
of past elections will follow.
That the attorneys and the state's
educators are deeply concerned over
the outcome of this case is easily to
be understood. The decision of Judge
Ferguson, making null and void the
recent election, has raised the ques
tion whether the entire local tax
scheme may not be vitiated if the sen
timent against such elections cares to
assert itself. There are no figures at
hand whereby the number of districts
which have held elections without
calling upon women freeholders to
sign the petitions can be ascertained.
But uneasiness is rampant. The fact
that these districts are operating un
der the present law does not provide
against attack upon their validity. An
injunction may be applied for at any
time.
The Wake Forest promoters of the
election were more careful than they
might appear to have been. Before
proceeding they called upon Attorney
General T. W. Bickett, whose opinion
was to the effect that women are not
to be regarded as freeholders in elec
tions of this nature, that is to say
that they would not be counted In the
aggregate of a district freeholders
against the one-fourth of the- men
freeholders.
Officers Receiving "Hush Money."
There is talk around the court house
at Wilmington that the grand jury is
making searching investigation of a
report that officers of the law have
not only winked at certain offenses
in New Hanover county but have, it is
alleged, accepted "hush money" from
those engaged in the whiskey traffic,
gambling, etc. An alleged "blind tig
er" is quoted as saying that he had
to go out of the business on account
of , the amount he had to pay officers
for protection. It is expected that ad
ditional bills of indictment for differ
ent offenses, especially violations of
the prohibtion law, will be returned
by the grand jury.
Tax Report of Mecklenburg County.
County Assessor Henderson has just
finished tabulating the returns of tax
able property in Mecklenburg county
for the year 1912, a task on which
he and his assistants have been lab
oring for the past several months.
That the work has been a large un
dertaking is evidenced by the mass of
figures which he has piled up in his
office, an accumulation representing
months of effort on the part of no
less than 26 statisticians.
Murder Committed in Union County.
Ike Dees, colored, shot and killed
D. Staton, also colored. The killing
occurred at the home of the Dees ne
gro on Elison Hamilton's place in
Goose Creek township. Station had
follow.ed Dees home, threatening to
kill him. Dees seized his gun and
went to the door just as Staton shot.
Staton's bullet entered the stock of
Dees' gum Dees then fired with the
above result. Dees surrendered to
Sheriff Griffith.
Tax Valuations In Davidson.
Register of deeds, has just complet
ed a statement showing that Davidson
county has gained in taxable values
during the past year, $614,000. This
gain is distributed among 14 town
ships. Three townships show losses
ranging from $2,000 to $6,000. Thom
asville township makes the biggeat
gain, showing net advance of $397,199
and a total valuation of $1,705,809.
Lexington township shows a total val
uation, of $3,063,382. Thomasville's big
gain is attributed to the rebuilding of
several big furniture factories.
To Remove Holly Case To Pender.
In superior court at Wilmington
Judge Carter made an order removing
the celebrated case against J. C. Hol
ly, charged with the murder of his
ward, Edwad Cromwell, by poison
ing, to Pender county and set Septem
ber 21st as the date for the hearing.
Holly has already been tried twice.
The first time he was convicted and
sentenced to be electrocuted, but at
the second trial the , jury failed to
agree, being eight to four in favor of
the defendant. The motion for remov
al was made by the solicitor.
GOVERNOR GRANTS PARDONS
Aged Negress Convicted as Blind
Tiger E. Higgs of Warren and
Lane of Durham.
Raleigh. Governor Kitchin granted
three pardons, an aged colored woman
lying in jail for selling whiskey, an
other for larceny, and the third for
manslaughter. - '
The old colored woman is Easter
Miller from Ashe county. She is los
ing her health and the governor gives
these reasons for his action:
This woman is 85 or 86 years old
and has sprved a considerable part of
her sentence. A reputable . physician
certifies that her healthis failing on
account of her extreme age andher
confinement and ' recommends her re
lease. The solicitor and the judge
who recently held court there and in
vestigated the case recommend clem
ency. I pardon prisoner on condition
that she remain law abiding and of
good behavior and upon the following
conditions: That she enter into bdVd
in the sum of one thousand dollars to
be approved by the clerk of the Su
perior court to refrain from selling
spirituous liquors, and that she lived
and remain at the ho hi of her son,
Willis Miller.
E. Higgs, of Warren, is let out on
a larceny Imprisonment. The gover
nor says this of him:
Owing to the diseased condition of
this prisoner, the trial judge, solicitor,
county physician and other prominent
citizens recommend pardon. I there
fore pardon prisoner on condition that
he remain law abiding and of good be
havior. Harvey Lane is a Durham man who
has served five of his fifteen .years
for manslaughter. He was convicted
in 1907 and has gained his freedom
under these conditions:
Upon the recommondation of the
trial judge, the solicitor and many
prominent citizens I pardon this pris
oner on condition that he remain law
abiding and of good behavior.
The North Carolina National Guard.
, A total of $196,629 will be placed
in the pockets of the national guard
of North Carolina, in addition to the
pay now received by these citizen sol
diers, if the Pepper militia bill be
comes a law. The present Federal
appropriation to the national guard of
the various states is $4,000 annually.
Adding this to the appropriation of
$30,000 now made by the state for the
maintenance of the guard, the total is
more than a quarter of a million dol
lars. The report on the Pepper bill,
which was submitted'; to the house,
shows that the strength of the North
Carolina national guard is 237 officers
and 1,965 enlisted men.
North Carolina New Enterprises.
Charlotte Dairy Company, Char
lotte, capital $25,000 authorized, by
J. A. Berryhill, D. H. Watkins, H. D.
Kirkpatrick, A. C. Blanton, G. V. Kel
ler. The Pastime Social Club, Con
cord, capital $2,500 by W. M. Smith,
.W. A. Joyner, D. H. Hamilton and
others for building club houses, oper
ating cafe and other features. The
Bank of Denton, Davidson county, "in
creases capital from $7,500 to $10,000.
The Berry-Owen Shoe Company, New
bern, changes name to the Standard
Shoe Company. The Newlin-Brooks
Dry Goods Company, High Point,
changes name to the Georgia T. Wood
Dry Goods Company.
Durham in Grip of Dry Spell.
Durham continues in the grip of
the dry spell, and unless there is
rain in a few days some of the crops
of this county are going to be so bad
ly hurt that the farmers will " be
greatly damaged. The tobacco of this
county is standing the hot and dry
spell better than any of the other
crops, and the bottom leaves of this
have begun to dry up, and fall off.
The reports from other sections of
the county show, that the crops all
need rain.
Southern Railway Fireman Hurt.
Lee Harrison, of Spencer, a fireman
on the Southern railway was danger
ously injured near Gastonia. It is
stated that when his train stopped for
some length of time for orders he sat
down on the main line to rest and a
fast train speeding by struck him a
terrific blow. The extent of his in
juries have not been learned.
Uniform Assessment Rate.
A uniform tax assessment for the
long distance transmission lines of
the Yadkin River Power Co. was
reached at a conference between the
corporation commission, tax assessors
for the counties through which the
lines run, and the officers of the com
pany, which is a subsidiary corpora
tion of the Carolina Power and Light
Co. Different county assessors had
named confusing rates. The counties
involved are Anson, Richmond, Moore,
Lee, Chatham, Wake, Harnett and
Cumberland.
Dog Was The Cause f Murder.
W. R. McCullen, a well known farm
er and country merchant, doing busi
ness at Krener, 10 miles north of Clin
ton, was brought to jail, charged with
being accessory to the murder of
John Simmons, a. white farmer, who
was shot and killed from ambush
while coming along the road, from
church, near his home. James Mc
Cullen, son of W. R. McCullen, is
charged with firing the gun. which
killed SimmonB. ' The trouble it is said
grew out?of the killing of a dog be
longing to the McCullen's.
NOT
FOR
LEASING
STATE CONVICTS FEATURE FIRST
DAY DISCUSSION OF GOOD
ROADS MEETING.
MANY ATTEND CONVENTION
Superintendent Laughlnghouse of State
Prison, Advocates Employment of
Able Bodied Convicts on Roads.
Dr. Hyde Pratt Delivered Report.
Charlotte. A spirited discussion of
the advisability of leasing convicts to
railroads and corporations, in the
course of which the state farming
operation were denounced as the com
petition of criminal labor with honest
labor, was the decided feature in the
first day of the sixth annual conven
tion of the North Carolina Good Roads
Association. . The discussion was pre
cipitated by a talk of Superintendent
Laughlnghouse, of the state peniten
tiary, in which he advocated the em
ployment of all able bodied convicts
on the county roads under the county
chain gang system and the employ
ment of crippled, weak or otherwise
incapable ones on the state farm.
About five hundred" regular dele
gates and a large number of visitors
were present in the city auditorium
w.hen President H.-B. Varner, of Lex
ington, called the convention to order.
Following the opening prayer Mayer
C. A. Bland welcomed the visitors to
the city. 'For the Greater Charlotte
club, its president, C. O. Kuester, ex
tended welcome aM announced the
entertainment program for the two
days. C. C. Moore, clerk of court for
Mecklenburg county, welcomed the
delegates in behalf of the county.
President Varner responded first for
the association and was followed by
W. C. Feimster, of Catawba, who in
the absence of J. A. Wellons, on the
formal program, responded for the
delegates.
Sand Bag Automobile Chauffeur.
Reidsville. A dangerous and das
tardly deed was perpetrated by some
person on the Reidsville-Wenthworth
road, when Mr. Honeycutt, Mrs. Wil
liam Nissen's chauffeur, was hit in
the face with a sand bag as he was
motoring over the road. The sack
bursted and Honeycutt's eyes were
filled with sand. With rare presence
of mind he brought the machine to a
standstill within three feet of a tele
phone pole. He was completely blind
ed and it is considered marvelous that
the machine was not upset when it
ran into a ditch. The chauffeur was
carried into a farm house and his
eyes washed. , The car was occupied
by Mrs. Nissen and several other la
dies. Stranger Struck by Work Train.
Spencer. A stranger , giving his
name as John Edwards, and claiming
England as his home, was seriously,
if not fatally injured, by being struck
by a work train of the Southern rail
way near Spencer. He was walking
south, on the main line, when the
train making good speed and running
backwards, struck him, knocking him
down an embankment. Both legs and
one arm were broken and other inju
ries sustained. In a half conscious
condition he was brought to Spencer
and attended py Dr. H. L. Monck and
later removed to a Salisbury hospital.
He claimed that he hadn't any home
or people and at first refused to give
his name, but later said he was John
Edwards.
Lee County Teachers' Institute.
Sanford. The Lee county teachers
institute is in a two-weeks session
here using the Sanford graded school
building for same. It is conducted
by Profs. John A. McLeod of Carthage
and M. A. McLeod of Broadway and
Miss Addie St. Clair of Sanford. At
tendance is good, there being forty
to fifty teachers on hand and profit
able work is being done. County Su
perintendent E. M. Judd is also at
tending. At the same time an insti
tute for the colored people is being
carried on at the colored graded
school building under the instruction
of Professor McLeod.
Drainage Question In Rowan.
Salisbury. The drainage proposition
is now receiving considerable atten
tion in Rowan. The people are not
only coming to ralize that it will pay
to look after the health conditions of
the county, but that every acre that
is inundated is about $50 that the
owner is paying tax on and getting no
returns to say nothing of the addi
tional crop-production that he would
realize. R. A. Cooper, who is at the
head of the w.ork in Iredell county,
has been asked to make an estimate
on the wo-k in this county.
Durham Has 'Made Good Showing.
Durham. A report prepared by the
county auditor for the purpose of pre
sentation at the Charlotte good roads
convention which was made publio
recently shows that Durham county
has spent $68,110 from June 31 of last
year to July 1 of this year. The fig
ures for the preceding year are not
available, but a material increase
over them is shown in the figures
now at hand and Durham county will
not be backward when reports of
progress are being made at the Char
'otte meeting.
LAND OF THE LONG LEAF PINE
Short Paragraphs of State News That
Have Been Gotten Together With
'Care By the Editor. .
Hendersonville. Judge M. H. Jus
tice convened a special two weeks'
term of superior court in Henderson
ville for the trial of civil cases.
Winston-Salem. Hon. Locke Craig,
Democratic nominee for governor, has
accepted an invitation to address the
Confederate veterans of North Caro
lina at their annual reunion here.
Raleigh. Owen S. Butler, of Samp
son county, who escaped from the
state hospital was caught about eight
miles out in the country and returned
to the institution for the insane.
Smithfield. Work on the new coun
ty office building is progressing nice
ly. This is to be a four-room fire
proof brick building for the clerk and
register of deeds and will be a hand
some building.
Elizabeth City. The Camden and
Pasqoutank counties educational meet
ing will be held in the court house
here under the supervision of Con
gressman John H. Small. A very in
teresting program has been prepared
for the occasion and a large crowd of
farmers from these counties are ex
pected to be present.
Salisbury. The Salisbury fire de
partment is arranging to purchase a
motor fire truck. It will be modern
in all respects and will be used In
fighting fire in Salisbury. Alderman
John Ludwick, who is a leading mem
ber of "the council, has been making
an investigation of the matter and
will recommend the purchase of a
truck for this purpose.
Dunn. Dr. Highsmith and C. J. Bell
of Dunn, claim that the state cham
pionship for killing swallows at a
single shot each. They shot into a
drove on the grounds of a local sana
torium and declare they got eighty
two birds. Thousands of swallows
had been roosting In the shade trees
on the grounds, and had become a
nuisance to the patients.
Winston-Salem. The revenue de
rived by the government from the
sale of revenue stamps in this city
for July aggregate $400,868.26, which
means that a total of 5,010,853 pounds
of manufacture tobacco was shipped
by local manufacturers this month.
This is an increase 'of $135,172.74 in
revenue and of 1,689,672 pounds of to
bacco over the corresponding month
of last year. .
Charlotte. E. H. Gibson, of the bu
reau of entomology, department of
agriculture, Washington, is spending
several days in Charlotte investigat
ing the ravages of the fall army worm
'in this immediate section. He is also
urging upon farmers in localities
where the worm has manifested it
self to take instant and effective
measures to eradicate the pest.
Dunn. County Superintendent Ez
zell is holding a two weeks' institute
for the teachers of Harnett county at
Lillington. He is being assisted by
Prof. Joe E. Avent of Goldsboro and
Miss Ada Womble, who has the chair
of pedagogy at Peace Institute, Ral
eigh. A large number of teachers
are in attendance. There will be a
big school rally, celebrating the past
decade in the school work in Harn
ett county.
Sanford. The Lee county highway
commissioners met again and elected
R. P. Coble of Oxford engineer, they
having been advised that he would
accept and enter upon the work as
soon as desired. The commissioners
now feel sure that the work can begin
on the roads without further delay.
Arrangements have been made with
each commissioner to have necessary
repair work done on old roads in their
several townships, until permanent
work can be done.
Fayetteville. Former Congressman
John G. Shaw, late candidate for lieu
tenant governor before the state Dem
ocratic convention and president of
the local law and order league, which
is at present active against violators
of the prohibtion law, has received
an anonymous letter signed "Friends
of Liberty," threatening to burn his
ootton house and reminding him that
his tobacco barn was burned some
time ago. A postscript adds, "You
got to let beer alone and stop impeach
business."
Kinston. After hearing the state's
side of the case against Jonah Holmes
a negro youth charged with attempt
ed criminal assault upon a J6-year-ald
girl of his race at Falling Creek,
Justice Peebles in this city, bound
Holmes over to the court under $500
bond.
Dunn. A son of a very substantial
farmer and mill man, S. C. Neighbors,
was badly Wrt when his four-mule
team became frightened and ran away.
The young man was thrown out of
the wagon and the wheel ran over
his head, inflicting a severe scalp
wound.
Lexington. President W. C. Wilson
of the Davidson county agricultural
association, announced that twenty
five farmers have entered the third
annual farmers' corn contest.
Durham. The statement of Mr. Vic
tor S. Bryant, that should two law
yers be nominated for the lower house
he would ask to be relieved of his
candidacy for the senate, since he did
not believe that three lawyers should
represent the county in the next leg
islature is working out for the good
af Mr. G. C. Stallings, the farmer In
the three cornered race for the house
nomination. . ...
COLONEL TO DRAFT
S Of
PU 01
COMMITTEE MUST ACCEPT HIS
"CONFESSION OF FAITH" IF HE
IS NOMINATED.
WILL NOT DELAY HIS SPEECH
Roosevelt Asserts it Was Question of
Principle He Left Republican. Party
and Refuses to Compromise Copies
of Sp'eech Sent Out.
New York. The National Progres
sive party must accept Col. Theodore
Roosevelt's political doctrine if he is
to be its standard-bearer. He said
that he would insist upon making his
"confession of faith" to the delegates
before the committee which is to
draft the plaform makes its. final re
port and that he would not accept the
nomination on a platform which did
not meet with his approval.
Colonel Roosevelt's speech was or
iginally scheduled for. Monday night.
When it was suggested to him that
the time of its delivery be postponed,
he sent word to his managers that
he would not consent to a delay until
after the platform had been present
ed to the convention. Advance copies
of the speech reached the leaders of
the new party several days ago. The
Colonel said nothing, however, to in
dicate that the suggestion for a de
lay in the delivery of the speech was
due to the impressions of those who
had read it.
Colonel Roosevelt said that in his
speech he had dealt fully with all the
great political questions of the day.
He spoke frankly and fearlessly, he
said, and believed that the conven
tion ought to be fully apprised of his
views before ratifying the tentative
nomination which he accepted at
Chicago last month. He contends that
it was upon a question of principle
that he left the Republican party and
now that he has done so he cannot
make a compromise of principle in
accepting the leadership of the new
movement. ,
His declaration of political faith,
he said, is one which will be termed
either socialism or anarchy, and prob
ably both, but represents his convic
tions. He goes to Chicago to make
these views known and to receive the
presidential nomination only if they
are acceptable ' in their substantial
provisions to the new party.
Taft Will Veto All Tariff Bills.
Washington. President Taft's in
tention to slaughter all congressional
efforts to lower the tariff was con
veyed ,to standpatters of both houses
in a most postive fashion when the
Senate, by a vote of 33 to 28, voted
to recede from its amendments to the
steel tariff revision bill repealing the
Canadian reciprocity. The president
will immediately veto the bill. For
this reason the Old Guard Republi
cans did not endeavor to delay action
on the steel and iron bill.
Charles Crane May be Treasurer.
Sea Girt, N. J. Charles R. Crane of
Chicago, wealthy manufacturer and
supporter of LaFollette in his cam
paign for the Republican presidential
nomination, may s treasurer of the
Democratic nationa campaign com
mittee. Gov. Wo row Wilson had
the name of Mr. ane under consid
eration. The only announcement the
Governor would, make was that the
treasurer had been agreed upon by
himself and National Chairman Mo
Combs.
To Try Lieutenant Becker Soon.
New York. District Attorney Whit
man intends to place Lieutenant
Becker on trial during the present
month, according to authoritative
sources. Plans have been made by the
district attorney to prevent any pos
sible tampering with the talesmen.
As soon as the panel is drawn at least
two private detectives will be assign
ed to shadow each talesman to prevent
any one attempting bribery or intimi
dation. Demand Observance of Law.
New York. The revelations of tha
Rosenthal murder case pointing to
the existence of a system of police
blackmail levied upon illegal ' resorts,
prompted a number of leading citi
zens to- issue a call for a public mas3
meeting at Cooper Union to adopt
plans "to make effective the public
demand for the observance of law and
order in this city." The signers of
the call are Jacob H. Schiff, Eugenius
H. Outerbridge, vE igee A. Pihlbin,
Henry Moskowitz, Aliea Robinson and
Felix Adler.
Situation Has Become Serious.
La Libertad, Salvador. While tele
graphic communication between Sal
vador and Nicaraugua is suspended!
sufficient news has leaked through to
show that the stiuation in Nicaraugua
is regarded as very ; serious. Both
President Diaz and the ex-Minlster
of War, General Vena, who is now at
the head of the revolutionary party,
are conservatives and it is understood
that the Liberals' are supporting Mena.
Mena, now - holds Masaya and Gran
ada and is said to have a strong fore
at Rivas.