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VOL. XXXV.
PITTSBOkO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. G.t OCTOBER 16, 1912.
NO. 10.
BRIEF NEWS NOTES
FOR THE BUSY
MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS OF
THE PAST WEEK TOLD IN "
CONDENSED FORM.
WORLD'S NEWSEPITOMIZED
Complete Review of Happenings of
Greatest Interest, From AH
Parts of World.
Southern.
Tom Tankersley, a simple-minded
youth of 18 years, is locked up in the
Fulton county jail, having confessed
to participating in wrecking the
Southern train near Cornelia, - Ga.,
last week when two lives were lost.
According to the boy's confession, 'he
and two others are responsible for
the wreck, and their motive was to
rob the train.
Charley Tipton, a noted moonshin
er of the north Georgia mountains, is
dead. A coroner's jury has been un-.
able to clear up the mystery of just 1
when and by whom he was killed. j
Tipton was famous for his exploits as j
a moonshiner. He had been frequent-1
ly arrested for illicit distilling. His !
body was found by accident by some j
children on top of the mountain.
The bank of Wesley, Ga seven
miles south of Swainsboro, was enter- i
ed by burglars, the safe completely j
demolished and all the funds taken. I
A thousand dollars was secured. The
sheriff and posse are on the scene,
and have some clues. All trains are
well guarded and every effort is be
ing used to apprehend the yeggmen.
The bank is protected by a burglary
policy.
The dead bodies of Mr. and Mrs.
T. O. Naftel of Woodlawn, a suburb
of Birmingham, Ala., were found in
the Woodlawn cemetery, a bullet
through the woman's temple and one
in the brain of the man. A pistol
was found in the man's hand, and all
indications point to his having killed
his wife and then himself. The cou
ple left the home of Mrs. NafteFs
parents to go to a drug store. It is
believed the husband induced his wife
to go to the cemetery, where the dou
ble killing took place. The bodies
were found by the sexton.
As a result of an investigation of
the hookworm disease in the section
around Pineville, Ky., it is announced
that 1,750 cases have been discov
ered in Bell county alone in the last
twenty-eight days. All cases discover
ed are under treatment.
Bulloch county, Georgia, had its
first bank robbery when the Farmers'
State Bank, at Register, 10 miles
from Statesboro, was entered by pro
fessions, who took away $900, leav
ing about fifty dollars in gold and
silver. It Is said there were three I
men implicated in the robbery. j
With "fire raging in holds Nos. 1 and
2 the British steamer Iran, cotton la- '
den, from Galveston to Bremen, put
into porv t Newport News, Va., in ;
distress. ine fire was discovered two
days out from Galveston and had ;
been burning fiercely for five days. ;
"When the ship arrived the crew was
nearly exhausted. The fire was said ;
to be under control. The damaged ;
cotton will be discharged at Newport
News in order that the amount of
damage may be ascertained.
Two hundred Italians employed at
Mathis Shoals in the construction of .
the Georgia Power company's new j
dam across Tallulah river, after im-
bibing a little too much of the "over- j
joyful," attacked a young man named
Grover Shirley. They knocked him
into the river, then fired several pistol
shots at him. Shirley has not since
been found. A difficulty growing out
of the same transaction was renew
ed in which a dozen or more of the
citizens of Rabun were accosted by
the foreigners with rifles, pistols and
shotguns. They quickly retreated, tak
ing shelter behind buildings, rocks
and trees.
General.
Twenty-two passengers were injur
ed in a rear-end collision of elevated
trains at the One Hundred and
Fourth street station, New York City.
Failure of the brakes on the second
train is said to have caused the acci
dent. United States marines and sailors
now in Nicaragua can be withdrawn
in about a month, according to a re
Port from Rear Admiral Southerland
to the navy department in Washing
ton. Six persons are dead as the result
of a collision between an automobile
and a car on the Dallas-Fort Worth
interurban line, 14 miles 'east of Fort
Worth, Texas. This is the most se
rious accident in some time.
Cleveland, Ohio, housewives have
started a boycott against the so-called
milk trust.
William A. Pfeffier, first and only
Populist senator from Kansas and the
founder of the Populist party, died
at the home of his daughter at Gre-r-ola,
Kans. He was born in Pennsyl
vania in 1831, and was a very prom
inent national character.
Capt. Acton Shrontz of the Long
mcnt high school football team, high
school champions of America, died
from a fractured skull while being
tackled with the West Denver high
school.
MAN
Six American railway conductors
who were taken prisoners recently at
Sain Alto, in northern Zacatecas, Mex
ico, would have been shot if Antonio
Manoz, a rebel chief, had not made a
timely appearance. The conductors'
captors declared their belief that an
American -army had invaded Mexico
nda proposed to wreak vengeance on
the prisoners.
A cheque for $3,150,000 was receiv
ed by State Comptroller Schmer of
New York in payment of the advance
inheritance tax on the estate of the
late Col. John Jacob Astor, who per
ished on the Titanic.
Mexican rebels warned officials of
the Northwetern railroad not to at
tempt reconstructing the toad and
warning also has been issued that
American railway men will be shot if
found operating trains. This is the tes
timony of railway men before the sen
ate committee in El Paso, Texas.
Three hundred persons are suffer
ing from injuries and 45 mangled bod
ies are in the morgue as the 'result
of an explosion of dynamite in a store
house at Tampico, Mexico. Of the
injured twenty will die. An investiga
tion by the authorities led to the dis
covery that the explosion occurred
during a fire which had evidently
been set by an incendiary. Many of
the killed and injured were spectators
attracted by the burning building. Sud
denly as they pressed close there was
a terrific detonation, which shook the
earth and sent flying embers for many
yards through the air.
A trust estimated at $2,000,000, cre
ated by the will of Mrs. Mary Baker
Eddy, founder of the Christian Sci
ence church, for the benefit of the
denomination, was declared void by
the Massachusetts supreme court.
The trust was to have been adminis
tered by the directors of the mother
church in Boston, but the court decid
ed that the trust provisions were null.
All records for milk and butter
have been shattered by Creamello
Vale, a Holstein cow owned by Earl
Upton of Brockton, Mass. The cow
has given 26,930 pounds of milk with
a monetary value of $1,300 since No
vember 15, 1911.
A general conflagration in the Bal
kans is expected. Montenegro's dec
laration of war against Turkey is re
garded as the beginning. It is believ
ed other units in the Balkan coalition
wrill follow suit as spon as the mobi
lization of their armies is complete.
Two hundred and fifty talesmen jam
med the court room in New York
City of Justice Goff in the criminal
branch of the supreme court when
Police Lieutenant Charles Becker
was called to trial on the charge of
murder in the first degree for insti
gating the assassination of Herman
Rosenthal, the gambler, who was shot
to death last July.
Enrique Maza, a Cuban newspaper
man who recently assaulted Hugh S.
Gibson, the American charge d'af
faires in Havana, was sentenced to
two years and a half in prison. This
is not the extreme penalty under the
Cuban law, but was considered by the
court as a fair equivalent for the
same offense in the United States.
Pages from the careers of the Mc
Namaras and Ortie E. McManigal, as
leaders of the "flying squadron of dy
namiters' with conversations in
which they are said to have plotted
to send McManigal to Panama to blow
up the locks of the Panama canal,
were read by District Attorney C. W.
Miller before the jury at the trial in
Indianapolis, Ind., of the accused "dy
namite conspirators." The Incident
in reference to Panama, Mr. Miller
said, occurred just before the arrest
of the Los Angeles dynamiters,
The town of Leon in Nicaragua has
surrendered to the American forces.
In their march upon Leon, the last
stronghold of the rebels, the Ameri
can forces, under Lieutenant Colonel
Long, ousted a rebel mob at Chichi
galpa, killing thirteen and wounding
many more. Five Americans were
Washington.
The authenticity of the majority of
the letters recently made public by
William R. Hearst purporting to have
passed between John D. Archbold
of the Standard Oil company and va
rious members of the house and sen
ate, was admitted by Mr. Archbold
before the senate committee investi
gating campaign activities and expen
ditures. Mr. Archbold was a willing
witness and presented four new let
ters, which he said "had escaped the
thiavaa.'
Suit to test tl?e right of the govern
ment to enforce the Federal law of
August 24, 1912, requiring newspapers
and periodicals to pubish their circu
lation figures twice a year and im
posing other publicity requirements,
was filed in the United States district
court in New York City by the Jour
nal of Commerce and Commercial Bul
letin company, publishers of the Jour
nal of Commerce. In its petition the
complainant anunounces that it will
not comply with the law, for the 'rea
son given, and declares the defendants
are about to enforce the law by de
nying the defendants the use of the
mails.
From a half-dozen witnesses heard
by the senate campaign expenditures
committee drew a small amount of in
formation bearing on the campaign
expenditures. Charles R. Crane of
Chicago denied the statements of E.
H. Hooker that he had given $70,000
each to Senator LaFollette and Gov
ernor Wilson and swore that' his gifts
to the LaFollette campaign totaled
$26,684.40, and those to Governor Wil
son's pre-convention campaign $10,
000. John D. Archbold, president of
the Standard Oil company, has been
recalled, and will testify again as to
his contributions to the Republicans.
ILL MEN SELECT
WASHINGTON AGAIN
NEXT ANNUAL CONVENTION TO
BE HELD APRIL 18-8 IN NAT
IONAL CAPITAL.
THE TARIFF IS, VITAL ISSUE
Board of Governors of American Man
ufacturers Association Held Inter
esting Meeting In Charlotte. Why
They Selected Washington.
Charlotte. Washington was chosen
for the place of holding the next an
nual convention of the American Cot
ton Manufacturers' Association at a
meeting of the board of governors
of that organization, which was held
in this city. Invitations were receiv
ed from no fewer than 13 cities all
over the country, including Chicago,
Niagara Falls, Atlantic City, Louis
ville, Norfolk, New Orleans, Rich
mond, Atlanta, Memphis, Raleigh,
Greensboro and Asheville. There was
a very Btrong sentiment expressed in
favor of New Orleans and also At
lanta but when the claims of Wash
ington were presented, there was a
consensus of opinion that the capital
city was the proper place. This was
by reason of the fact that the manu
facturers are keenly interested in the
status of the tariff fight and they
are very anxious to keep just as close
in touch with the trend of sentiment
in Washington, as possible. April 8,
9 and 10 were chosen for the dates
for holding the meeting and the place
of headquarters will be the New Wil
lard Hotel.
"The cotton manufacturers have al
ready set forth in the most convincing
fashion their views on the subject of
the tariff," declared one of the mem
bers of the board of governors pres
ent, "and the more thorough investi
gation of the facts and figures deal
ing with the textile industry in all of
its phases only fortifies the manufac
turers in the belief that they are cor
rect in their position.
Bull Moose State Headquarters Busy.
The Bull Moose state headquarters
are now in full swing at Lexington.
A force of stenographers is busy send
ing out "Progressive dope about Zeb
Vance Walser, state chairman is a
happy and busy man. He announced
the following changes in the Progres
sive state ticket: Mr. E. S. W. Dam
eron of Burlington, candidate for at
torney general, has decided to run
' for the legislature in Alamance coun
j ty and Hon. John Raymond McCrary
of Lexington, one of the leading Re
publican lawyers of the Piedmont sec
tion, has been chosen for Mr. Dam
eron's place on the Progressive and
Roosevelt Republican ticket.
John Ross' Sentence Commuted.
Governor Kitchin granted a com
mutation to life imprlsoment of the
sentence of John Ross, the negro
rwhose electrocution for murder of
John A. Dixon of Cleveland county
was fixed for October 11. The gov
ernor issues a statement that his ac
tion was the result of recommenda
tion for the commutation by Judge
Webb, who tried Ross, Judge Daniels,
who presided at the trial when Ross
was used as state's witness, the solici
tor who prosecuted the prisoner, the
sheriff of the county in which the
crime was committed and the father
of the murdered man.
Politics In Polk County.
The Republicans of Polk county
held their convention with a full del
egation present, and proceeded with
the routine of business harmoniously.
J. G. Hughes was made chairman, A.
S. McMurray, secretary, and a full
ticket was nominated. Charles W.
Pearson, independent Democrat, was
endorsed for the legislature; W. C.
Robertson, for sheriff; John C. Smith,
for treasurer; T. A. Reppy, for regis
ter of deeds; John T. Gilbert, for coun
ty surveyor; D.- E. Connor, C. A. Car
son and N. S. Whitesides for com
missioners. Progressives in Wake County.
The Wake county Bull Moosers in
convention at Raleigh with Lester But
ler, brother of ex-United States Sen
ator Butler as chairman have named
a full legislative and county ticket.
It has George M. Glenn, of Raleigh,
for the senate and R. L. Sorrell, H.
H. House and J. H. Powell for the
house. The relative strength of the
Taft and Bull moose forces in this
county is problematical and the Demo
cratic leaders declare that there was
never finer prospects for a record
breaking Democratic victory.
Wautauga County Republicans Meet.
The Republicans of Watauga , coun
ty met in convention at Boone in a
harmonious meeting. The following
ticket was nominated: John W.
Hodges, house; A. L. Wilson, sheriff;
W.- R. Gregg, register of deeds; C.
M. Critcher, terasurer; A. G. Story,
coroner; Tom Vandyke, surveyor; W.
L. Winkler, Z. T. Watson and A. W.
Smith, county commissioners. All fac
tions w.ere united and the above is
oonsidered by many to be the best
ticket put out in Watauga in many
years.
STATE TEST FARM EXHIBIT
Now on Tour of .State What This
Work is Being Done For. Is Very
Interesting.
Statesville. The possibilities of
North Carolina soil could hardly be
more forcibly demonstrated than is
done in the state test farm exhibit
car which is touring the state. Ar
tistically and attractively arranged
within the car are specimens of about
everything that is grown on the sev
eral farms of the state and this means
about everything grown in North Car
olina. The display is truly a pleasing
one and to the agriculturalist or any
one who glories in the products of
properly handled soils it is a thing
of beauty with which he is inclined
to tarry.
The purpose of the car is educa
tional and if it is failing in its pur
pose it is not the fault of the car, the
exhibits of the manager, Mr. F. S.
Puckett, assistant director of state
test farms, who gathered the exhibits
from the state's farm, arranged
them in the car and is traveling with
it to give whatever information is de
sired. The hundreds who have visited
the car since it started on its tour
have found that Mr. Puckett is an
agreeable gentleman and are com
pelled to admit his display of farm
products would be hard to excell.
j Those who visited the car during
its stay in Statesville were naturally
most interested in the exhibits from
the Iredell test farm and they were
by no means disappointed in the
showing made by the Iredell soil. The
' exhibits are to show what can be pro
' duced on the various soils under va
( rious conditions with proper cultiva
, tion and fertilization, and all the ex
j hibits are by no means the best that
can be grown, but w.ith each is a
card telling the variety and method
of production.
HOLD FAIR IN NEAR FUTURE
Mecklenburg Fair to Take Place
October 22, 23, 24 and 25.
To attend the Virginia fair at
Richmond and the Guilford county
fair at Greensboro, Mr. C. M. Cres
well, assistant secretary of the Char
lotte fair association, went to the
Virginia capital recently. At the two
places he secured the best attractions
for the Charlotte fair, which occurs
October 22 ,23, 24 and 25. The Char
lotte fair folks are going ahead brisk
ly with their plans. They confidently
expect to have everything in ship
shape working order when the time
arrives. Now that it is assured that
the circus will be here fair day they
announce their intention of making
circus day so highly interesting that
the majority will attend the fair by
day and the circus only by night.
One of the attractions thus far secur
ed is H. C. Zarrow, a long-distance
singer, whose voice has wonderful
carrying power.
The days will be set apart as fol
lows: Tuesday, October 22, will be Chil
dren's Day. 8,000 white children of
the city and county will be admitted
free.
Wednesday, October 23, will be
Charlotte Day. Banks, stores de
pots and nearly eve.y place of busi
ness close during the afternoon.
Thus drawing from city alone of 50,
000 and county of 100,000 and addi
tional territory of 100,000.
Thursday, October 24, will be "U.
C. T." Day.
Friday, October 25, Is to be Every
body's Day.
Running races exclusively.
Constant street car service, and
reduced railroad rates covering terri
tory of five hundred thousand popula
tion. Everything new and the best
grounds, buildings, tracks, etc.
Child Killed by Passenger Train.
The five-year-old daughter of Thom
as Manning, a white' section hand on
the Atlantic Coast Line, was instant
ly killed by a passenger train from
Parmele, near Whitehurst. Speeding
over the rails in the darkness, the
engineer did not see the little girl
who, probably unconscious of the ap
proach of the train, was Btanding in
the middle of the track. The fender
struck the child, ' throwing her clear
of the track. The mother of the girl
was hastening to her when the loco
motive struck her, and the little body
was flung out from the rails almost
into the woman's arms.
Suit Filed Against Indicted Men.
Following the recent indictments
brought by the Wake county grand
jury against W. L. Wiggs, superin
tendent of the county convict camps
for alleged negligence and other
abuses in the housing and care of the
convicts, there was brought a suit
against Wiggs and also against John
Nipper and James Johnson who are
associated with Wiggs in the custody
of the convicts, claiming damage on
account of Henry L. Crawford having
been, as he alleged, brutally whipped
without sufficient cause.
Fund For Crop Improvement.
The. Catawba county commissioner
agreed to appropifate 500, to be paid
in monthly installments, to supple
ment the fund leading farmers are
trying to raise for crop improvement
in Catawba. The board was told that
if it would make this appropriation,
thg state department of agriculture
would give an equal amount, the citi
zens would raise 500 also, and the
crop improvement committee of Chi
cago would give $500, this being, in
fact, the mainspring behind the whole
proposition.
CHANGE IS NEEDED
IN FREIGHT RATES iW NORTH
STATE SAY CORPORATION
COMMISSIONERS.
MEETING IN WASHINGTON
The Intra-State As Well as the Inter
State Rates and Schedules Are Now
Under Fire. Case Will Soon Be
Heard.
Raleigh. A special from Washing
ton states that another blow will be
struck for more equitable freight rates
for North Carolina shippers in the
next few days, when the North Caro
lina corporation commissioners, Mc
Neill, Travis and Lee, will file with
the interstate commerce commission
a petition for the establishment of
rates for Charlotte, Greensboro, Hick
ory and other North Carolina towns
along the Seaboard Air Line and
Southern railroads, which shall be
reasonably in accordance with con
current rates ordered established by
the commission in the Durham and
Winston-Salem case against the Nor
folk and Western. A reduction of 9
cents in the coal rate from Lynch
burg to Winston-Salem was ordered
in these decisions.
The North Carolina commissioners
will ask in their petition a general re
duction, which will result in a specific
reduction of about six cents per hun
dred pounds on freight shipped from
Lynchburg to Charlotte, nine cents
per hundred for Greensboro and sev
enteen cents per hundred for Hickory,
reductions for other sections of the
state to be determined by application
of the general ruling asked in the pe
tition. Commissioners McNeill, Travis and
Lee were in Washington for a con
ference with members of the inter
state commerce commission on the
matters which their complaint will
cover.
The commissioners intend to inves
tigate freight rates for numerous sec
tions of this state with a view to de
termining the cause of delay in trans
portation from the western to the
eastern part of the state, and in
other. intra-Btate- shipments.
Refused to Admit Epelled Student.
Elon College. President Harper, of :
Elon College, refused to allow a stu- j
dent who had been expelled from j
another institution for hazing to enter
Elon. When the student called to j
enter, Professor Harper called the j
president of the other institution, on j
the telephone. The president of the
college in question told Professor j
Harper that it would be all right with ;
his institution to accept the young
man and that be helieved that he
would profit by his experience and !
make a good student. The president !
communicated these facts to the fac- J
ulty here and unanimously the young j
man was refused admission.
To Put It Up To Commissioners.
Winston-Salem A committee from
the Twin City Ministerial Association
appeared before the board of county
commissioners and asked that a chap
lain be appointed for the county ;
home and the county reformatory, as ;
the ministers of the city were unable
to look after their pastoral work and
give satisfactory service to the coiin- '
ty institution. No action was taken,
but Mr. P. H. Hanes assurred the com
mittee that the county would do what
is right in the matter as soon as the
new reformatory, which will be turn
ed over to the county soon, is put in
to operation.
Politics In Pender County.
Burgaw. A Republican convention
of interest In this section was held at
this place. The convention was call
ed to order at noon by Mr. Joseph
Newkirk, the county chairman. It i?
said that the Progressives were in ab
solute control of the convention at all
times. The convention marks a new
era in the political affairs of Pender
county as it was the first time in 16
years that the Burgaw postmaster
was not county chairman. It was a
very harmonious gathering of the
''Christian Soldiers."
Sets Aside First Degree Verdict, j
Kinston. Judge Cline, in superioi i
court in New.bern, set aside a first de- j
gree verdict by the Craven jury in
the cast against Test Hill and Charles i
Moore, negroes, for the murder of ;
Leon Johnson at Dover on the night j
of September 1. With their death ;
warrant lying before him and only
awaiting his signature to become of
ficial, the judge allowed the prisoners
to submit to a verdict of murder in
the second degree, sentencing them
each to a term of 20 years at hard
labor in state's prison.
Channel Deepening Work Halted.
Wilmington. Until the secretary
of war gives his decision as to
whether the work on the Cape Fear
river at and below" Wilmington can
be carried on legally, no further work
will be done' on the project of deep
ening the channel, the order having
just been received by Maj. H. W.
Stickle, the local engineer, from Gen.
W. H. Bixby, chief of United States
engineer corps. The recent congress
authorized that the work proceed, ap
propriations to be made from time to
ime until the work was completed.
LAND OF THE LONG LEAF PINE
Short Paragraphs of State News That
Have Been Gotten Together With
Care By the Editor.
Salisbury. The 13th district Odd
Fellows; including twelve lodges in
Stanly, Rowan, Davidson ' and Davie
counties, held a meeting at Lexing
ton recently.
Salisbury. The Rowan Democratic
committee has opened headquarters
in Salisbury and will wage a vigorous
campaign. The candidates are now
touring the county.
Waxhaw. A freak of nature is ob
served in Waxhaw these delightful
October days a cherry tree in full
bloom. Some of the blossoms have
dropped, leaving the young cherry.
Huntersville. J. E. Honeycutt and
William M. Wilson representing the
candidacy of Judge Clark and Wil
liam M. Tye, one of Gov. Kitchin's
staunch supporters, spoke at Hunters
ville to a crowd numbering some 250
people.
Raleigh. During the month of Sep
tember, just closed, there were sold
on the Raleigh market only 1,678
bales of cotton compared wjth 3,300
sold during September, 1911. This is
taken to indicate that there Is a very
short crop in this territory this sea
son. .
Raleigh. Governor Kitchin issued
two pardons, the first to Jack Ham
rick, retailer of Cleveland county,
and to Will Cannon, convicted of mur
der in the first degree from Cabarrus
county. Both are conditional 1 clemen
cies and must be followed by good
behavior.
Salisbury. A plan is on foot to
have built a central high school build
ing as an addition . to Salisbury's
school facilities. The city is short on
school room on account of the re
cent unexpected growth of the city
and some of the rooms of the city
schools are being taught in relay now.
Salisbury. C. M. Miller, county sur
veyor, has been engaged to make a
map of Rowan county which will
show every road, the names of all
land owners, all churches and" school
houses and all the natural resources
of the county. A corner map of Sal
isbury and Spencer will show avail
able factory sites.
Pinewood. The prices paid here so
far this season for cotton have been
in line with prices paid in larger
towns. There are three regular buy
ers here this season, besides several
speculative buyers. Alvin Mims rep
resents McCabe, Rogers & Co.; Ran
som Richardson, Alex Sprunt & Sons,
and W. G. Elwell, Levi Brothers of
Sumter.
Scotland Neck. Quite a delegation
went to Halifax recently to go before
the board of county commissioners in
an effort to secure the county con
victs to work the public roads in this
section. The efforts of the delegation
were successful and the convicts will
be sent here as soon as their work in
Conconara tow.nship is completed,
which will be in about a week or ten
days. '
Raleigh. The county tax books for
the year 1912 have been completed
by the printer and will within a few
days be turned over to the sheriff and
his forces. The deputies have been
eager to begin their work of collect
ing the taxes. They have not had
enough work during the past two
months and numbers of tax-payers
have also been a little anxious to pay
up.
Spencer. Since the clubs were
closed in Spencer some two months
ago, it is said there has been no poker
playing, and, indeed, little "kyards"
of any kind. It is claimed that the
"boys" while off duty, between runs
on the road, spend their time in pitch
ing horseshoes. This sport is. cham
pioned by a number of well-known
railroad men mixed with a few busi
ness men.
Lincolnton. The movement for
road improvement in Lincoln county
has tiken on formidable proportions
as evidenced by the enthusiastic
meeting held here recently of the
Lincoln county good roads association.
The membership of this association
now numbers over 500, the majority
being the leading citizens-of the coun
ty. Steps were taken for the ap
pointment of a county good roads
commission, consisting of five mem
bers from each of the five townships.
Ashevillfe. Twenty Greeks, who
have been employed in various capa
cities in and around Asheville ans
wered the call to arms sent out by
their government and left here for
Greece, to take up arms against the
hated Turk.
Wilmington. The Brunswick coun
ty Republican convention was held
recently at Supply with a large at
tendance. With the exception of sev
eral contests over the nomination for
the office of sheriff and member of
legislature everything passed off
quietly, the Roosevelt-Taft fight being,
ignored.
Washington. Another North Caro
lina woman has become a lawyer. She
is Miss Mary C. Farmer, who was
born in Henderson county near Flat
Rock, and who was admitted to prac
tice law before the supreme court of
the district of Columbia.
Smithfield. Hon. Thomas Settle
and D. H. Blair of Winston-Salem
spoke in the court house here to a
small crowd. The speaking had been
well advertised and both of them ap
peared to be some disappointed at
the crowd of Republicans present.
The two speakers consumed only two
hours' time.
DEGIN PROBE INTO
DEMOCRATIC
FUND
FINANCES OF PRECONVENTION
CAMPAIGN ARE TO BE IN
QUIRED INTO.
TO QUESTION THE LEADERS
The Managers For Wilson, Harmon,
Underwood and Cla-k Will Tell the
Investigating Committee the Source
of Their. Expenses.
Washington. The finances of the
Democratic preconvention campaign
of this year will be inquired into by
the Senate Campaign Contributions
Committee, when the managers of the
Underwood, Harman and Wilson cam
paigns fCi the presidential nominations
appear for examination.
Senator Bankhead, who was in
charge of the Underwood campaign,
will be questioned as to the contribu
tions of the Underwood forces. Lieu
tenant Govenor Nichols of Ohio, who
had charge of Governor Harmon's in
terests, will be asked about his finan
ces. The Wilson campaign fund will
be discussed by William F. McCombs,
and his assistant, William McAdoo,
Alton B. Parker of New York, Josiah
Quincy of Massachusetts and Roger
Sullivan, the Illinois leader, are the
other Democrats under subpoena to
appear.
Some time during the week the
committee expects to call George B.
Cortelyou, who was Republican Na
tional chairman in 1904, to question
him as to the disclosures made by
various witnesses concerning alleged
campaign contributions that year by
the Standard Oil Company and of the
so called Harriman fund of $240,000.
George W. Perkins and probably
Frank A. Munsey will appear later in
the week to be questioned as to their
part in financing the preconvention
campaign of Colonel Roosevelt this
year.
Have Reached An Agreement.
Atlanta, Ga. An agreement was
reached between the Atlanta Joint
Terminal Company and representa
tives of the striking employes, prac
tically settling the strike on the Geor
gia and Atlanta Terminals. Terms
for arbitration will be decided at a
meeting later, and it is announced
that train service will be resumed on
the Georgia road. It was stated that
as a result of the final conferences
here between Mediator Charles P.
j Neill, United States Commissioner of
j Labor, and representatives of the
strikers, all the 46 striking employes
of the terminal will be reinstated.
Turkey Granted Three Days Grace.
Paris. Italy granted Turkey three
days grace to decide whether it shall
be peace or a continuance of the war.
If by that time the Turkish govern
ment is not prepared to sign the
protocol the Italian fleet will immedi
ately be dispatched to strike a blow
at a more vital part of the Ottoman
Empire than has yet been reached.
Robbers Loot and Burn Postoffice.
Sheboygan, Wis. Robbers secured
several hundred dollars from the
postoffice and caused a fire . loss of
$30,000 at Adell, Wis., near this city.
Dynamite was used to force an en
trance to the postoffice safe and the
eplosion set fire to the building, the
flames spreading to a big store.
Wreck on L. & N.
Birmingham, Ala. One man was
killed, two fatally injured and others
badly hurt when Louisville & Nash
ville fast passenger train No. 3 left
the tracks near Cunningham, 10 miles
north of Birmingham. The baggage,
express and smoking car turned over.
Cruiser Ordered to Nicaragua.
Seattle, Wash. Orders to sail im
mediately for Nicaragua were receiv
ed by the armored cruiser Maryland
which returned from the Orient. The
Maryland is at the Puget Sound Navy
Yard coaling for the southern trip
and is expecting to get away at once.
Hold Up Train and Rifle Mall Car.
El Paso, Tex. Rebels held up a pas
senger train 15 miles south of this
point, on the border, rifled the mail and
express cars and kidnapped John T.
Cameron, a wealthy stock broker of El
Paso. The train was allowed to pro
ceed. John T. Cameron was on his
way to purchase cattle to be imported
into the United States. It is believed
he is being held for ransom to prevent
further stock shipments from the dis
tricts held by the rebels. A Mexican
passenger also was held by the rebels,
who molested no others.
Conductors Demand More Pay.
Nashville, Tenn. Members of the
general committee of the board of ad
justment of the Order of Railway
Conductors have arrived in Nashville
to confer with President J. W. Thomas
of the Nashville, Chattanooga & St.
Louis Railway with reference to
changes in the working conditions and
incidentally to negotiate an advance in
pay. The engineers received an in
crease and the conductors hold that
they are over the egineers and they
should be given more pay. They have
given the customary day's notice.