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PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. Q, AUGUST 28. 1912.
NO. 3.
1
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.
When Ij. I. Waxelbaum returned to
his home in Macon, Ga., after an ab
sence of four or five days, he found
that his home had been converted into
a hotel for burglars. The unbidden
guests had evidently been making the
most of their sojourn and had taken
their time in ransacking the house
for valuables. They had taken a mat
tress from one of the beds and placing
it on the floor had apparently rested
from their labors long enough to play
a few games of cards and consume a
goodly portion of Mr. "NYaxelbaum's
supply of "nigh-beer."
Gov. Albert W. Gilchrist of Florida
has called a special session of the
Florida legislature to convene on Oc
tober 1 to consider a proposed bill
offered by the board of trade of that
city to enable the issuance of bonds'
to the amount of a million and a half
dollars for the purpose of purchasing
and equipping municipal docks. The
bill will also provide for dock com
missioners, and other matters neces
sary to the completion of the plan.
The expense of the extra session will
be borne by the Jacksonville Doard
of trade.
There was a negro picnic at Pow
der Springs, Ga., made up of ne
groes from Atlanta. Shortly after ar
riving they engaged in a general
riot. The sheriff was notified, and he,
together with Deputy Sheriff Lindley
and Messrs. W. A. and A. A. Bishop
and W. J. Morris, went down and re
turned with twenty-one negroes,
more or less out, bruised, drunk and
disorderly. No white persons' were in
'ured. General.
The wrecking steam Greenwood,
(ommanded by Captain Whitelaw, sail
ed from San Francisco under rush or
ders to reach the wreck of the steam
er Pleiades, on the rocks off Magdale
na bay. The haste with which the
wrecker was dispatched to the scene
of the accident was accounted for
when the owners of the Pleiades an
nounced that the wrecked vessel had
125 tons of dynamite stored in her
hold.
Great Britain has served notice
upon the United States government
that it will patricipate in the Panama
exposition in San Francisco in 1915,
despite the action of the United
States senate in passing the Panama
canal administration hill., England
had entered formal complaint against
the bill, which was alleged to be a
violation of the Hay-Paunceforte trea
ty and her hesitancy in accepting the
invitation to take part in the world's
fair had led to reports that there
would be no English exhibit.
American bluejackets have been
landed at Corinto, Nicaragua to pro
tect that port. There have been but
slight disturbance, but desultory
fighting between rebels and govern
ment troops continues between Corin
to and Managua.
The Rev. William Booth, general
and commander-in-chief of the Salva
tion Army, is dead in London. He
was born at Nottingham in 1829. The
veteran Salvation Army leader was
unconscious for forty-eight hours pre
vious to his death. The medical bul
letins had not revealed the serious
ness of the general's condition which,
it is now admitted, was hopeless. So
great was General Booth's faculty for
handling and inspiring men, that Mar
shal Wolsely once declared that the
British army had taken lessons in
the methods of organization, distri
bution and control from the Salvation
ists. He started his career as a soap
box preacher at the age of 15 years.
Mexican Federals, numbering 2,300,
under command of Gen. Jaquin Tel-
lez, arrived in Juarez, across the bor
der from El Paso, Texas, which was
recently evacuated by the, rebels. The
Federal troops arrived on three trains,
hearing cavalry, infantry and artille
ry. Forces under General Rabago did
not arrive, having pursued an over
land course from Casa Grandes. Small
hands of rebels hovering around Jua
rez offered no resistance. 1
ft was announced at" the treasury
department that the Panama canal
u'ii! be completed with funds now
available in the treasury and that an
other issue of Panama canal bonds
not be necessary.
Fire caused a loss at Jamesville - N.
c-. estomated at $75,000, with insur
ance of $40,000.
Mrs. Kate Ferrell, widow of John
Ferrell, a rescue worker of the United
States bureau of mines, who lost his
life several months ago in an at
tempt to save others in the Spring
aliey, pa., mine disaster, has re
ceived a cheque for $1,080 from U. S.
The first bale of Georgia sea island
otton for the season of 1912-13 was
received in Savannah and sold before
the entrance of the cotton exchange.
he offering brought 27 cents a
inund.
Attaches of the New York City dis
trict attorney's office are investigat
ing what is believed to have been an
attempt to steal evidence of grafting
in the police department by breaking
into the home of William Flynn, chief
of the. eastern division djf the United
States secret service.
The figures showing the amount of
excavation to be done on the Panama
canal indicate that the great work
was five-sixths finished on August 1.
Harvey Dodd, one of the two Amer
icans reported- to have been killed in
the massacre of Federal troops by
rebels at Leon, Nicaragua, had served
with the rank of colonel in the revo
lutionary army which overthrew Pres
ident Zelaya in 1909. .
John D. Archbold, testifying under
oath before a senate committee, said
that the refusal of the company to
contribute $150,000 to the Republican
national campaign committee in 1904,
after they had given $125,000, brought
down upon their heads the wrath of
Theodore Roosevelt and their subse
quent misfortunes. Colonel Roosevelt
thanks Messrs. Archbold and Penrose
for "making it clear beyond possibil
ity of doubt that I am the man the
Penroses and Archbolds of the coun
try most dread in public life."
Five persons were seriously injured
and forty were bruised and cut in the
collapse of a grandstand seating 300
in University place during the for
mal notification of his nomination as
the Democratic candidate for vice
president at Indianapolis, Ind. The
injured were quickly carried into the
Indiana Democratic club nearby or
taken to hospitals, and the notifica
tion ceremony proceeded. The grand
stand had been set up on the asphalt
pavement directly back of the speak
er's platform. Judge Alton B. Parker
was in the midst of his address when
the stand swayed and sank slowly to
the street.
LaViolette Pollock, a deaf mute, 19
years old, is in the St. Louis, Mo.,
city hospital observation ward pend
ing an examination by physicians
and city officials. Patrolman John
King said he was attracted to the
Pollock home by faint cries for help
made by the girl. He found her hold
ing her father in a chair at a front
window. A long chain was wrapped
around both of them. The father said
he was trying to restrain the girl
from going out, and that she had
overpowered him.
The 40,000 small homes of Wash
ington (D. C. clerks and workingmen
are assessed for taxes at 90 per cent,
of their true value, while the imposing
residences of the Northwest section
average only 50 per cent., according
to a report by a special house com
mittee. The report condemns what it
says is the under-assessment of the
homes of millionaires. It also charges
gross discrimination between classes
of people, between sections of the city
and between lands and improvement
property.
On evidence unexpectedly strength
ened by the testimony of Sam
Schepps and "Jack" Zelis. the east
side gang leader, the grand jury re
indicted Police Lieutenant Charles
Becker for the murder of Herman Re
sen thai, the New York gambler,
Washington.
Undeterred by talk in the senate
of Droiected resolutions regarding the
constitutionality of the landing of
American sailors and marines in Nic
aragua, the navy department -dis
patched peremptory orders to navy
vards on two sides of the continent
to rush reinforcements to the naval
forces now located far in the interior
of the insurrection-torn country. Fear
that the forces there are now in dan
ger of annihilation at the hands of
the insurgents prompted the order
Two thousand bluejackets and ma
rines will be rushed to Nicaragua.
This force will be sent over the Pan
ama railroad and taken on board the
cruiser California and then be rushed
northward to San Juan Del Sur and
Corinto.
Secretary MacVeagh, in comprehen
sive instructions, issued to the. com
mission he has appointed to invest!
gate appraising methods, condemned
the appraising system of the United
States, and declared its rehabilitation
should unearth frauds and produce
improvements to increase the Federal
revenues by millions. The gross un
dervaluations in various lines of im
portations which have been exposed
by a general reform of the customs
service, the secretary said, have con
rlusivelv shown that the grave de
fects of the appraising branch to go
beyond any accurate knowledge the
trade has acquired.
More American bluejackets and ma
rines. it was made apparent to gov
prnment officials at Washington, prob
ably would be required in Nicaragua,
if safety of American life and proper
ty there is to be assured. For the pres
ent Managua, with the American rail
road station, steamboat wharves, le
eation and the residents of the Amer
ir.an customs officials and many oth
ers, is considered safe, but the report
that General Zelidon, one of the rebel
leaders, has promised his men that
they may sack and pillage the cap!
tal has caused a determination to pre
iron t It.
The Moss committee presented tc
the house two reports of its invest!
gation of the Florida Everglades
charges and the suDsequent inquiry
intn the drainage division of the de
partment of agriculture. The reports
take up the charge tnat a certain
circular unfavorable to the sale oi
Everglade lands was suppressed. Sec
rtarv Wilson escaped personal ar
raignment. ' The minority report held
that Secretary Wilson had acted with
in his legal discretion. Both majority
and minority agreed that the msmis
sal of Elliott and Morehouse on tech
nical charges was "over disciDllna.
FARMERS GREA
T
STATE 1E1G
WILL BE HELD IN RALEIGH IN
NEAR FUTURE. PROGRAM IS
COMPLETED.
MANY NOTED MEN TO ATTEND
Will be One of the Most Vital and In
teresting in the History of the State.
Some Important Features of the
Convention.
Raleigh. Never before in the his
tory of the state of North Carolina
have the farmers been so thoroughly
interested in matters pertaining to
agricultural , interests as they are at
present. The state convention has
been called to meet at Raleigh on
August 27-29, and at this conference
the agriculturists of the state will
discuss subjects of vital importance
to their interests, and confer as to
the best plan to gain proper recogni
tion and advancement for the welfare
of the farm and farmer.
Headed by representatives of the
North Carolina College of Agriculture
and some of the best representative
farmers in the state, especial ar
rangements have been made for the
coming meeting, which will be one, of
the most vital and interesting that has
ever been held in the state.
Dr. C. G. Hopkins, of the Illinois
Experiment Station, one of the great
est agriculturists in the .United States
will be present at the meeting, and ex
plain to the farmers of North Caro
lina how fertilizer bills can be re
duced more than one-half by using
proper methods. The farmers of the
state are wasting thousands of dol
lars every year by wrong fertilizer
application and the talk of Dr. Hop
kins will help stop this waste.
The successful marketing of farm
crops is a subject widespread in im
portance, and Dr. J. L. Coutler, of
the Census Bureau, will give a talk on
how the farmers can more profitably
conduct their crop selling methods
Dr. Coulter has organized more , than
three hundred successfully operating
farmers' societies in the Northwest,
and now comes to the aid of the farm
ers of the Old North State.
Important Transaction Closed.
One of the largest and most im
portant transactions for the western
part of this state was closed when
the Methodist colony was organized
at Black Mountain. This will be in
keeping with the Southern Presbyte
rian Church headquarters at Montreat,
the assembly grounds for the South
ern Baptists, which is located at Ridge
Crest, and the International Y. M. C.
A. of the South, which is located at
Black Mountain, and whose building
is known as Robert E. Lee hall, erec
ted for the purpose of holding sum
mer meetings and chatauquas and all
gatherings of the Y. M. C. A. The
Y. M. C. A. project represents an out
lay of $500,000.
Simmons Leader of Senate.
During the present session of Con
gress Senator Simmons has been ap
pointed conferee on more bills than
any other senator. He was minority
conferee on the river and harbor bill,
the wool, the metal, the excise and
the sugar tariff bills, and the Panama
bill, and, if the cotton bill had gone
to conference, he would have repre
sented the minority on that confer
ence also. The bills mentioned here
are seven of the most important bills
that passed congress at this session
Carr Refuses to Talk of Case.
" Although Southern Express Messen
ger E. F. Carr, who was arrested fol
lowing the disappearance of about
$900 from his car, and his relating
a story to the effect that he had been
held up by robber, refuses to make
any more comments concerning the
case, according to the advice of his
attorney, and the express officials
who are responsible for his arrest are
also silent. It has been to his telling
different versions of the occurence,
Bad Nearo Instantly Killed.
A bad negro ran amuck in the
Tilghman Lumber Company's logging
camp, about ten miles from Dunn, m
SamDson county, and began shooting
up the camp. He was ordered to stop,
and' leave the premises by the woods
boss. Mr. Horner, and was given e
pass on the logging train. Mr. Horner
came back later and found the negro
still on the premises and ordered him
to leave again. The negro drew his
gun, but before he could shoot, Mr.
Horner drew his and killed the negro
instantly.
Entirely New Postoffice.
dharlotte will have an entirely new,
postoffice building. Senator Overman
will have the bill amended to make it
provided for a reconstructed build
ing. This means that every bit of the
old building can be removed, to have
the new structure front on Trade
street. Representative Webb called up
on Treasury Department officials and
got a ruling that "the building should
be rebuilt from the foundation." With
both Senator Overman and Represen
tative Webb working the Queen City
will profit.
SIX INJURED IN COLLISION
Number of Runaway Freight Cars Get
Away From the Crew and Dash .
Into Passenger Train.
Morganton. Six persons were in
ured and westbound passenger train
No. 15 wrecked about a mile east of
Morganton by meeting a number of
runaway freight cars, which through
the alleged carelessness of the local
freight crew in attempting to make
what is known as a "flying switch"
without a brakeman on the cars, ran
away down the steep grade from the
Morganton depot to Hunting Creek, a
distance of about one talle.
The freight crew knowing that the
passenger train was due and that a
wreck was almost inevitable took a
desperate chance and rushed the
train back down the track in a vain
effort to overtake the runaway cars
and had got within a few yards of
them when the passenger train dash
ed around a curve and met them at
almost full speed, which owing to
the closeness of the speeding freight
caused a double collision, both trains
crashing into the runaway at almost
the same instant.
Those injured are:- I. Allison, engi
neer, and . T. W. Muse, fireman, both
of Asheville; Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Stitt
of Charlotte; N. L. Hemmett of At
lanta; H. W. Clifford of Statesville;
Martin Berry of Drexel, and D. C. Wil
son of Connelly Springs.
The wounded were brought here
and cared for by Dr. I. M. Taylor of
Broak Oaks sanitorium, who reports
that none of the injuries were serious
and that all were able to resume their
journey after having their wounds
dressed.
It is alleged that the responsibility
of the wreck rests on Conductor
Young of the freight, who took too
great a risk in shifting cars on so
steep a grade without a brakeman
and especially with the passenger
train in the block.
North Carolina New Enterprises.
Certificates of incorporation were
isaued from the office of the secre
tary of state as follows: Asheboro
Fruit and Prduce Co., of Asheboro;
to do a general fruit and produce bus
iness. Authorized capital, $20,0000, di
vided into shares of $50 each, of which
30 shares have been paid in by W.
C. Richardson, J. R. Allen, J. N. Kiv
ett and J. S. Lewis 11 of Asheboro.
Hamlet Milling and Ginning Co., of
Hamlet, to own and operate cotton
gins, cotton seed oil mills, saw. and
planing mills and conduct merchan
dise business. Authorized capital
$50,000. Incorporators: W. R. Land,
E. N. Rhodes, C. B. Terry, L. R. Terry,
R. C. Mullican, J. R. Gordon, J. C.
Neimyer, M. L. Millikin, J. W. Pe-
gram, O. E Lackey, all of Hamlet.
The Grant Realty Co., of Goldsboro,
to move or otherwise acquire and sell
brick, clay and other building mate
rials: to manufacture brick and con
duct real estate business. Total au
thorized capital, $25,000, in shares of
$100 each, of which 250 shares have
been paid in.
nuarris Not Rid bf "Looters."
Though the officers have been mak
ing diligent efforts to do so it seems
NTz-.TtVi rnrniina National
LUai LLLC Awn." vw.
Guard is not yet rid of all the "loot-
ters" and "shoplifters" wnicn Dnng
the guard into . disrepute on au occa
sions, when any great number of the
nnMiarii avo brnnsrht toeether. It is
understood that at least three of the
soldiers here for Adjutant General
Leinster's funeral practiced their
game in a number of Statesville
caught "red-handed" and
w),di thoir identity was disclosed to
their officers they were forced to
give up the goods they had taken and
at the same time received notice of
dishonorable discharge from the ser
vice. A Disastrous Fire Near Wilson.
The mammoth Astoria Mills at
Jamestown, on the Roanoke river,
was destroyed by fire, entailing a loss
of $75,000, which was partially insur
ed. The destroyed property was one
of the many mills owned and oper
ated pY the Dennis Simmons Lumber
Company, with headquarters in Wil
son. Over two hundred men are tem
porarily thrown out of employment.
Origin of the fire is unknown at pres
ent. Teachers' Institute In Rowan.
The enrollment of the Rowan coun
ty teachers' institute, which is being
conducted by Prof. I. C. Griffin and
Mrs. Giles has reached the largest
number that has ever attended an in
stitute in the county. Among the in
teresting addresses made by leading
educators was one by Prof. M. C. S.
Noble of the department of education
at the university. Col. A. H. Boyden
made- a very interesting and instruc
tive address. He compared the work
of the 'schools in this country with
those of the foreign countries.
Old Man Held For Retailing.
John W. Goodnight, an aged and
well known farmer of Bethany town
ship, has been placed in Statesville
jail in default of $500 bond to await
trial in Iredell superior court for re
tailing. ' A few years ago Goodnight
was cconvicted of retailing, was fined
and placed under bond for his good
behavior. Recently officers have sus
pected that he was falling back Into
evil ways. Officer Kerr kept an eye
on him when be came to town and
saw him deliver a pint of liquor to a
negro and receive money for it.
THETACMA1GH
OPENED BY THE DEMOCRATS AT
RALEIGH HAVE OUTLINED
WORK.
. .
HAS PREDICTED A VICTORY
Chairman Webb is Making Appoint
ments For the Speakers in the
Fight Begin By Craig and Heflin at
Laurinburg Several Days Ago,
Raleigh. State Chairman. Charles
y
A. Webb, who has just opened up
state headquarters here for the im
pending Democratic campaign, is ad
justing appointments for the speech
making features of the campaign and
experienced campaigners are to go in
to every quarter of the state preach
ing the doctrine of Democracy in a
campaign that Chairman Webb confi
dently predicts will terminate in a
75,000 majority for Democracy.
Already a number of speeches have
been made by Hon. Francis D. Win
ston and others, but the campaign
really opens with the speeches by
Hon. Locke Craig, candidate for Gov
ernor, and Congressman Heflin of Ala
bama at Laurinburg, an occasion that
is being pulled off on a scale which
will make it a feature for that entire
section of the state. -
Then on August 31, Mr. Craig will
be the principal speaker for a big bar
becue at Weaversville, Buncombe
county. Presidential Elector G. Ellis
Gardner is designated as a speaker
'for a political rally at Spruce Pine,
Mitchell county, August 31. Hon.
Francis D. Winston is to be at Burns-
vllle, September. 2. He is a presiden
tial elector. Mr. Craig is to be at
Asheboro September 7.
Democratic headquarters in Yarbor-
ough hotel will be a busy place from
now on. Secretary W. E. Brock of the
state committee has come from Wades
boro to join with Chairman Webb in
directing the -affairs of state headquar
ters. Miss Freeman of Asheville is
here as stenographer, and just as fast
as they are needed others will be add
ed to the working force for the fight
from now until the close of the polls
on election day.
First Book on Life of Aycock.
Raleigh. Mr. E. R. Blanton, mana
ger of "The Life and Speeches of
Charles B. Aycock," has received the
first installment of the book. The
book is bound in green cloth with
gold lettering, and contains 369 pages
and eight illustrations, as follows
Aycock's last photograph; Benjamin
Aycock, his father; Serena Aycock,
his mother; Aycock a sa stuflent at the
University; the Old South building at
the University, in which Aycock room
ed; Aycock as he appeared while gov
ernor; Aycock delivering his inaug
ural address; an outline of his "Uni
versal Education" speech, in Aycock's
handwriting.
Three Men Killed in Wreck.
Statesville. Three men were killed
and three others injured when an east
bound freight train collided with a
couple of railway hand cars at a point
about nine miles east of Statesville,
All the victims are colored members
of an extra force at work on the road
bed between Elmwood and Cleveland
and the accident occurred when the
entire force of eighteen men were on
the two cars en route to their camp
at Elmwood. A blinding rain storm
was raging and those on the hand
cars were within a few feet of the
train before it was seen.
Fourteenth District Convention.
Dunn. The Democratic senatorial
convention for the fourteenth district
met here and nominated A. O. Bar
bour, of Johnston, and George L. Pet
erson, of Sampson, to represent this
senatorial district, which is compos
ed of the counties of Lee, Sampson,
Harnett and Johnston. This was the
largest and most enthusiastic sena
torial convention ever held in this dis
trict, and all indications point to a
large Democratic majority in Novem
ber.
School Attendance in Caldwell.'
There are in Caldwell county accord
ins. to the report of Superintendent
of Education Y. D. Moore, 65 rural
school houses, valued at $25,525, for
the white race and 18 rural school
houses valued at $940, for the colored
race. Last yeare there were 65 schools
taught for the white race and 14 for
the colored race. In the county there
are 6,222 white and 778 colored child
ren of school age. The attendance dur
ing the past year . in the rural
schools, on the average' was whites
2,148, colored, 341.
Money Not Available For Work.
High Point. There are several hun
dred dollars not available for the work
on the High Point-Winston highway
until the retail merchants contribute
their $500. Some tardiness is charged
to these merchants, but the situation
seems to be they are ready and will
ins. as they realize the great benefit
to be derived from the road. They
are semingly only waiting for the hat
to be passed and have their contribu
tions ready. All of them are desirous
that the highway be finished in time
for the fall trade.
S1EWS OF NORTH CAROLINA
Short Paragraphs of State News That
Has Been Gotten Together With
Care by the Editor.
Albemarle. R. L. Smith, chairman
of the Stanly Democratic executive
committee, has announced that Locke
Craig will speak here on the night of
September 5. This will be the first
campaign speech for the county.
Raleigh. At the twenty-second an
nual session of the State Council,
Jr. O. A. M. in session here,
Wrightsville Beach w.as selected as
the place of the 1913 meeting. Other
Ities that asked for the convention
were Goldsboro and Charlotte.
Lumberton. While a party of ne
groes were playing cards at Pem
broke. 11 miles west bf here, they
had a falling out and one of them shot
and instantly killed another. One of
the party charged with doing the
shooting was brought here and plac
ed in jail.
Spencer. Buck KeBter, who lives
near Spencer, drove into Spencer
with a load of the finest melons seen
in this place for many a day. They
were of the blackjack variety, were
two feet in length and the average
weight of the load was about forty
pounds.
Kinston. Brick is being hauled to
the site of the new $40,000 Christian
church which is to be erected here on
Gordon street, near Queen. Work on
the excavation for the office has been
in progress for several weeks. The
building is expected to be ready for
occupancy by the end of the year.
Winston-Salem. Col. G. E. Webb,
editor of the Southern Tobacco Jour
nal, and one of the greatest tobacco
experts in the Piedmont section, does
not think that the crop of tobacco
this year will be as Uirge as was first
estimated.
Spencer. A serious break-down oc
curred at the waterworks plant sev
eral days ago when the shafting used
to lift water from the new. artesian
well broke about 150 feet from the
too of the well. It was necessary to
lift the cylinder and all the fixtures
from the well and a force of men were
set to work at once.
Wilmington. With upwards of 100
delegates in attendance from all parts
of the state, the eighty-fifth annual
session of the Grand Encampment of
Independent Order of Odd Fellows of
North Carolina, convened at Wrights
ville Beach. R. P. Clingman, of Winston-Salem,
Grand Patriarch, presid
ing. Salisbury; One of Rowan county's
oldest citizens and one of the oldest
soldiers who spent four years in ac
tive service in the civil war, Eli Han
barger, died at his home in Litaker
township after a month's illness. He
was 89 years old and has always been
active in his old age until the last
year.
Raleigh. The S. B. Parker Co., of
New Bern, was chartered with $25,
000 capital authorized and $6,000 sub
scribed by S. B. Parker and others for
metal working business. There is
also a charter for the Coats Brick Co.,
of Coats, Harnett count, capital $50,
000 authorized with $5,000 subscribed
by R. F. Pope and others.
Wilson. At Langley's saw mill, in
Old Fields township, a negro man
took it into his head that his wife
needed a chastising and went at it
with a vim. The woman's brother
was in the house, and made it un-
Dleasant for his brother-in-law, shoot
ing him in the head, through one of
his lungs, a thigh and both legs. He
then made a clean get-away.
Winston-Salem. The last hundred-
dollar subscription on the $20,000
fund for erecting the Central biuldinf
at the Methodist Children's Home in
this city has just been received here
by Superintendent Hayes. The new
huildine will be two stories high and
will be constructed of brick. The su
perintendent is now. making a study
of combination buildings with a view
to securing the most convenient house
possible.
Asheville. Lovers of horse flesh in
this city and society in general ii
Asheville and other cities, had an
ooDortunity to see some fine stock at
the Inter-State Horse Show, which
was given here. Two exhibitions
were given daily and owners of show
horses present for the exhibition say
that it compared favorably with any
horse show ever given in the boutn
Raleigh. The great state fair is
now within two months of the open
ine date, this year marking the fifty
second annual exhibition. Last year
was high-water, mark for the half cen
tury of fine work for North Carolina
The fair surpassed itself at every
point.
Louisburg. Hon. J: Y. Joyner, state
superintendent of public instruction,
was here on August 14th, and in the
graded school building delivered a
fine address to a large audience of
school committeemen and others,
which was very much enjoyed by all
Dresent.
Wilson. Jim Reed, a negro, who
had just been discharged from the
road gang at Rocky Mount, while at
tempting to board a southbound train
at Lucama lost his hold and fell be
neath the fast revolving wheels and
was badly mangled.
Spencer. One of the United States
mail carriers in East Spencer found a
live cat in a mail box. The animal
had been placed there by some un
known person and attracted attention
by making a noise. It is said thai
the department may take a hand ii
the matter and bring the party t(
trial for tampering with a mail box
IS
TfllHB OF THE PAST
CONGRESS PASSES LAW FORBIDs.
DING DISTRIBUTION EVEN
INTO THE BOXES.
TOOK EFFECT IMMEDIATELY
The Patrons of the First and -Second
Class Offices May Receive Only Let
ters That Bear the Special Delivery
Stamp.
Charlotte. The postoffice at Char
lotte, as in every other first or second
class postoffice city in the United
States, might as well be a sarcophagus
on Sunday hereafter, unless the mail
you are expecting happens to bear a
ten-cent special delivery stamp.
And if you reecived a single article
the past Sunday, letter, newspaper or
merchandise, that did not bear that
stamp it was only because the local,
authorities had not received notifica
tion of a law passed by Congress a
law which is probably the most drastic
and -stringent Sunday enactment that
ever received the signature of the
President of the United States.
It provides that from midnight of
Saturday until midnight of Sunday no
article of mail received at a first or
second-class postoffice shall be "work
ed" even to the extent of placing it
in a box, except it be of a special de
livery variety. In that case it will be
delivered as usual. The law is effect
ive at once.
The new statute does not affect the
dispatching of letters posted, which
will be sent off on the various trains
as usual.
Some couriosity was expressed here
as to how such a law. could have pass
ed through both houses of Congress
and been signed by the President
without publicity attaching to the pro
cedure. Advantages For Homeseekers.
Washington, D. C. The advantages
and oportunities which the Southeast
ern states offer to industrious home
seekers will be strikingly displayed
during the next few months at fairs
and expostions in Iowa, Wisconsin,
Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and
New York which last year had an ag
gregate attendance of over two million
people and at the great annual Cana
dian Exposition at Toronto, running
over two weeks with an average daily
attendance above 100,000, by exhibits
which will be made by the Southern
Railway System.
Exhibits will be made at more than
twenty-five fairs in the states named,
each one of which has been selected
with a view to its character, attend
ance, and probable interest in loca
tions . in the Southeast on the part of
the people attending. Four sets of ex
hibits have been prepared. Each set
will be shown at from six to nine dif
ferent fairs covering a wide stretch
of country. A special exhibit will be
sent to the Toronto exposition. The
exhibits will consist of fresh fruits,
cotton, tobacco, potatoes and truck
crops and colored pictures showing
farm and orchard scenes will be dis
played. Representatives of the Land
and Industrial Department of the
Southern system w.ill be with each ex
hibit. Attractive literature giving full
information about the Southeast has
been sent prepared especially for
these fairs and a set of fine Southern
views will be distributed as souvenirs.
By these exhibits the Southern Rail
way will reach a large number of
farmers of just the type that is wanted
in the Southeast and it is going to
the heavy expense involved in making
the exhibits for the purpose of attract
ing such settlers to the country along
its lines.
Flood and Steadman Appointed.
Washington. Representatives Flood,
of Virginia, Steadman bf North Caro
lina and McKinley of Illinois, have
been appointed the House members of
the newly created commission to in
vestigate the conditions under which
foreign governments purchase Ameri
can grown tobacco.
Danish Navy Will be Represented.
Copenhagen, Denmark. The Danish
navy is to betwell represented in the
great fleet which is to assemble to
commemorate opening of the Panama
canal. The big cruiser "Valkyrien,"
one of the finest ships in the navy,
has been chosen as the Danish rep
resentative. It is planned to send as
one of her officers a prince of the royal
family either Prince Valdemar or his
son Prince Axel, both naval officers.
It is also known that Prince Gustav,
brother of the king, would like to5
make the voyage.
Grateful For Red Cross Aid.
Washington. Gratitude to the Am
erican Red Cross and other Red Cross
Societies of the world for help follow
ing the earthquake which destroyed
Messina and other cities and killed 76,
000 persons was given 'strong expres
sion by Italian delegates to the Inter
national Red Cross conference, held
in Washington. Count Somaglia said:
"It is with the greatest satisfaction
that I take this occasion to express to
all the societies which came to our
aid, our feeling of lively gratitude for
their efficacious assistance."
SUNDAY
MAIL