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VOL. XXXV.
PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C., OCTOBER 30, 1912.
NO. 12.
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1RIEF NEWS NOTES
FQfi 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.
Clementine Bernabet, the negro ;
'axe-woman-' and follower of the j
Church of Sacrifice, whose murders
number 19, was found guilty of mur
der at LaFayette, La., and sentenced
to life imprisonment in the state pen
itentiary. Standing by as an interested specta
tor, while a large ballon was being
inflated at Wilmington, X. C, for an
ascension by a professional, J. W.
Smith. 42 year old, a farmer of an
adjoining county took an involuntary
flight, when the bag broke from its
moorings and, sailed majestically at
an altitude of several thousand feet.
He was unhurt., however.
The national meeting of the Soci
ety of the United States Telegraph
Corps met in executive session in
Jacksonville, Fla., and took up plans
for securing pensions from the United
States government. They precipitat
ed a movement to get pensions for
old members who have given the best
years of their lives to the service, and
a bill will be drawn to be presented
at the next session of congress pro
viding for the pensioning of these old
military telegraphers.
Aviator Louis Mitchell, president of
the American Aviators, while 600 feet
in the air at Montgomery, Ala., lost
control of his machine while making
a spiral glide, and was killed.
Fifty cents a burglary is a rate fre
quently paid to boys by an organized
gang of New York City crooks, that
employs boys to do the bulk of its
work, according to the testimony of
the young operators for the band in
the police court.
A distinct earthquake shock was
felt in Central Georgia. As far as
could be learned no damage was
done to property or life, although
nerves were badly rattled and build
ings, especially those of frame con
struction in Macon, quivered slightly.
A wedding was in progress in Macon
at the time and the shock halted the
ceremony until the bride could be re
suscitated. General.
When the sultan of Turkey went to
war with Bulgaria he sent a sack of j
millet with a letter stating that "there
are as many soldiers in Turkey as ,'
there are grains of millet in this ;
sack." The czar replied, in kind, :
with a smaller sack, filled with tiny :
grains of red pepper, that "be sure I
if you stick your nose into our affairs
it is like sticking it into our national
condiment. Try it and see." i
' Goodbye, dear; something dreadful
is going to happen." With these
words, J. E. Herworth, an electrical
helper, fired a shot through his tem
ple as he faced a telephone, while
talking to his sweetheart, Miss Agnes
Fromm in Milwaukee. Herworth call
ed the girl over- long distance tele
phone from Fon Du Lac, Wis., and
questioned her some time relative to
her love for him. He was engaged
to the girl and expected to be mar
ried in a few months.
More than two thousand Arnaut
tribesmen were killed by Servian ar
tillery in a fight near Merdare and
Kursumli in southern Servia. The
Servian artillery did extreme havoc
among the tribesmen before they re
treated into the hills.
An examination of the barograph
carried by Lieut. Hans Gericke, win
ner of last year's international bal
loon race, and Lieutenant Stelter,
who were killed by the bursting of
their balloon while making a flight
near Grossenhain, Germany, showed
that they were three miles above the
ground when the accident occurred.
The two aeronauts were making a
trial flight anticipatory to the inter
national balloon race on October 27,
when the tragedy occurred.'
Grand Duke Alexis, the eight-year-old
czarewitch, is dangerously ill at
the Imperial Huntington Lodge at
- pala, Russian Poland as a result of
a wound in his groin sustained while
hunting. The accident caused no anx
iety at first, then the czarewitch wa3
taken to his bed with a high fever,
his temperature rising to 103.6.
The United States revenue cutter
Windom has sail to search the gulf
for the steamer Xicaragua, a 400-ton
learner plying between Mexican and
Texas ports. The Nicaragua carried
a crew of 24 men.
More than 500 Servian soldiers are
reported to have been killed by the
explosion of a Turkish mine.
Official accounting of the estate of
William T. Burbridge, who was at one
time declared to have won more than
a million dollars in gambling estab
lishments in New York City and Hot
Springs, Ark., show that the property
left by him is less than $2,000.
Secretary Knox and Ransford S.
Miller, constituting the special em
bassy dispatched by the president to
Japan to represent the United States
at the funeral services of the emperor,
bave returned to Washington.
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Katmai volcano, in Alaska, which
caused great damage on the Alaskan
peninsula and adjacent islands last
June, is believed to be in violent
eruption again.
Police Lieutenant Charles Becker
was found guilty of murder in the
first degree by the New York City
jury which has been trying him for
instigating the death of Herman Ro
senthal, the gambler. The verdict
read: "Murder in the first degree."
For the support of their postal ser
vice the people of the United States
next year will pay $283,805,760, far
more than for any other branch of
the government services. Estimates
forwarded to the treasury department
by Postmaster General Hitchcock of
appropriations necessary to the oper
ation of the postoffice department
during the fiscal year beginning July
1, 1913, propose an increase of $12,
$S6,909 over the appropriations of the
current fiscal year.
The revolt of Gen. Felix Diaz, neph
ew of N the exiled president of Mexico,
has been short-lived. The town of
Vera Cruz, which he occupied with
about 2,000 adherents for several
days, was captured by the Federal
forces. The casualties were few. Two
Federal .columns, commanded by Col.
Jiminez Castro and Gen. Joaquin Bel
tran, entered Vera Cruz from the
north and south. There was slight
opposition to their advance.
Hundreds of Berlin housewives
joined in a riot because the butchers
in the municipal markets refused to
handle meat imported so as to reduce
the cost of living in Berlin, Germany.
The principal trouble occurred in the
W7edding district, which is entirely in
habited by working people. Hundreds
of women, finding that the butchers
had agreed not to deal in meats im
ported by the municipality, stormed
the butchers' stalls and trampled them
The government has given notice
of a reward of $150 for the capture
of Frank Rudisill - and John Wright,
who were indicted for the murde of
Moultrie Hughes and his little baby
in the mountains along Black Creek
in Fannin county, Georgia.
Fighting between Turkish and Bui-'
garian soldiers before Adrianople is
being marked by heavy casualties on
both sides. Censored dispatches from
Sofiqr state that the Bulgarians are
still advancing, and the city is be
lieved to be completely surrounded.
The fighting around Kirl Kilisse is
particularly severe. The Greek fleet
is preparing to force the Dardanelles
and has occupied the Gulf of Madrod
as a base of operations. Victory in
the Dardanelles would be a vital blow
to Turkey.
Mineral Springs race track at Por
ter, Ind., is in the hands of state
troops, with orders from Gov. Thomas
H. Marshall to prevent gambling on
the races. The companies are en
camped at the track with three days'
rations. The troops halted all spec
tators as they appeared at the gates.
Those that entered before the troops
arrived were detained in the inclos
ure an hour or more. In the num
ber were fifty women. A conference
of owners considered court proceed
ings to restrain the governor from
further interference, but final decis
ion has not been reached.
General Beltram's Mexican army,
which was sent to dislodge rebels un
der Gen. Felix Diaz, from Vera Cruz,
has been defeated. It is stated that
Colonel Ordaz led the rebels and that
his troops did severe execution.
Dr. William Brooks, director of the
Smith observatory and professor of
astronomy at Hobert college, Geneva,
N. Y., has discovered a comet in the
eastern sky. This is the twenty
seventh comet discovered by Profes
sor Brooks.
Before' 200 patrons of a popular
cafe in St. Louis, Mo., a well-dressed
unidentified man drew a butcher knife
from his pocket, stabbed to death his
woman companion and then took his
own life with the same instrument.
The woman, who was fashionably
dressed, is also unidentified. The
man had a postcard in his pocket, ad
dressed to L. D. Morelle, St. Louis.
The couple had been in the cafe for
half an ''hour before the tragedy.
As the result of racial troubles at
Coalmont, Tenn., seven miles north
of Tracy City, one negro coke puller
is . dead and two others wounded and
S. Crick, a white miner, is shot
through the knee, according to a spe
cial to Nashville, Tenn., from Tracy
City. More than two hundred shots
were exchanged- v
Washington.
The United States transport Prairie
with 750 marines on board, has re
ported to the navy ' department at
Washington that she had arrived at
Santo Domingo city. As he trans
port had not been heard from for
20 days, fears were felt at the navy
department that she had met with a
mishap, but these were set at rest
by this message. The vessage was
last heard from October 2 off the
coast of Santo Domingo, to which it
had been dispatched as a result of
the revolutionary situation in that
country. The Prairie sailed from
Philadelphia on September 27.
Fears are felt in the navy depart
ment at Washington for the United
States transport Prairie, which, with
750 marines and the United States
commission aboard, was last heard
from on October 2 off the coast of
Santo Domingo, whither it had been
ordered to investigate the uprising
there and interfere if American or for
eign interests were endangered. Act
ing Secretary Beckman Winthrop has
sent urgent dispatches to all stations
in Santo Domingo and Haiti seeking
for information of the vessel's where
abouts. The long silence has created
uneasiness in official circles.
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TEACHERS TO MEET
AT
THE TWENTY-NINTH ANNUAL
SESSION OF ASSEMBLY TO BE
HELD NOVEMBER 27-30.
AN INTERESTING PROGRAM
In Wide Range of Discussions, Practi
cability, Timeliness of .Topics and
Personnel it Appeals Not Only to
Teachers But Public as Well.
Raleigh. Secretary R. D. W. Con
nor of the North Carolina Teachers'
Assembly announces the completion
of the program of the 29th annual
session of that organization .which is
to be held in Greensboro Nov. 27-30,
1912.
The program is one of unusual in
terest. In the wide range of its dis
cussions, in the practicability and
timeliness of its topics and in its per
sonnel it appeals not only to every
class of teachers, but to the general
public as well." The Teachers' As
sembly is composed of the following
allied organizations: the State Associ
ation of Kindergarten Teachers, the
State Association of Primary Teach
ers, the State Association of Grammar
Grade Teachers, the State Association
of County Superintendents, the State
Association of City Superintendents
and Principals, the State Association
of Music Teachers and the State As
sociation of Academies and Colleges.
Each- of these organizations has its
own program in addition to that of
the Teachers' Assembly itself. The
program is made up of fifty-three im
portant papers and addresses, in addi
tion to the general discussions.
The names of several educators and
lecturers of national reputation ap
pear on the program. The opening
address will be delivered by Hon. F.
T. Fairchild, state superintnedent of
public instruction of Kansas, and
president of the National Educational
Association 1912-13; the closing ad
dress Friday evening, Nov. 29, will be
delivered by Dr. George D. Strayer,
of Teachers' College, Columbia Uni
versity, one of the best known writers
and lecturers on educational topics.
Progressives Meet in Durham.
The mass convention of the Pro
gressives met in Durham, adopted a
platform, appointed an executive com
mittee for the coming campaign and
nominated candidates for all of the
offices. The candidates are: State
senator, T. J. Anderson; representa
tives, J. M. Sykes and R. P. Kerley;
sheriff, Thomas B. Talley, register of
deeds, C. A. Gribble; treasurer, E. W.
Reade; county commissioners, W. A.
Guthrie, R. H. Rigsbee, K. R. Man
gum, A. L. Holden and Wr. T. Hollo
way; recorder of Durham township,
William G. Bramham; clerk of the
recorder's court, D. C. Mangum.
Governor Revokes a Pardon.
The order revoking the pardon of
Walter Hobbs was served on the ne
gro, and this means that the "Mayor
of North Durham" as the negroes have
named this notorious blind tiger, will
have two years and a half to serve in
stead of the sentence of twelve months
imposed by the recorder for the last
case 'tried a few days ago. Hobbs is
a cripple and when the recorder sent
him to the roads for three years for
selling whiskey under fourteen charges
his attorney in this city secured a
pardon for the negro.
Mecklenburg Drainage Commission.
The Mecklenburg drainage commis
sion will have a meeting at the court
house on November 5th for the pur
pose of hearing any protests that may
be made against the assessment for
drainage. All the property in the
drainage districts will be assessed for
the cost of drainage according to a
graduated scale by which the proper
ty owner receiving the largest bene
fit will pay the largest assessment.
The drainage commission held a
meeting some days ago for the pur
pose of hearing protests, but postpon
ed until the 5th of November.
North Carolina New Enterprises.
Charters are issued for the Mc
Keel Lumber Co., Newbern, capital
$50,000 authorized and $20,000 sub
scribed by H. C. McKeel, J. A. Jones
and others for general lumbe rbusi
ness. A charter amendment is given
changing the name of the Rankin
Armstrong Furniture Company to the
Rankin-Armstrong Company and pro
viding for the addition of stoves,
ranges, kitchenware and electrical
and gas supplies to the company's
lines of business. E. J. Rankin is
president of the corporation.
Ask Governor to Offer Reward.
An appeal came to Governor Kitch
in from Laurinburg for a reward to
be offered by the state for the arrest
of Will T. McKensie, who the tele
gram stated, had shot and killed Pe
ter B. Jones, a valued citizen of Lau
rinburg in apparent cold blood. The
Laurinburg authorities were instruct
ed from the governor's office here to
have the request for reward come
through the sheriff of the county with
the statement that everything possi
ble had been don by him to accom
plish hi arrest.
GREENSBORO
GOOD ROAD FOR RANDOLPH
Have Built Excellently Graded and
Gravelled Road From County Seat
to Montgomery County Line. '
"High Point. The citizens of Ashe
bore and Randolph county have built
an excellently graded and gravelled
road from their county-seat to the
Montgomery county line. This con
nects with a splendid road across
Montgomery and Moore counties all
the way to the Cumberland county
line. This new road will be extended
soon from Asheboro north to Randle
man, and from there very likely still
farther north to Greensboro. In what
ever direction extended, however, it
will be within eight miles of macadam
at Archdale, and it is the opinion of
High Pointers that High 'Point should
arrange to put this eight miles in
proper condition. It is very probable
that as soon as the Winston road is
completed, which will be soon, the
building of this new connection and
the strengthening of the Asheboro
road all along the line will be taken
up.
Appropriation For State Militia.
The secretary of war announce
the allotment among the several
i states and territories of the fund ap
propriated by the last Congress for
the maintenance and outfitting of the
organized militia. The North Carolina
soldiers will receive $76,963.61". Thirty-one
thousand three hundred and
fifty-three dollars of this sum is to be
used , in purchasing ammunition and
supplies and $45,610.01 for camp pur
poses and the promotion of rifle prac
tice. The total appropriation for the
United States is $4,000,000 and the al
lotment for each state is based on the
enlisted strength of its militia.
Fifth District Republicans Meet.
The Fifth district Republican exec
utive committee in session at Greens
boro named C. W. Curry of Greens
boro as the candidate for Congress to
oppose Major Stedman. Mr. Curry
has been a citizen of Greensboro sev
eral years coming here from Philadel
phia. He is a traveling representa
tive for bridge material and supplies,
and was an unsuccessful candidate
for election as a city commissioner
of Greensboro two years ago.
Loses Petition For New Station,
Wilson loses her petition for a
union station, the corporation corn-
vision dismissing the prayer of citi
zens on the ground that a union sta
tion cannot be provided without do
ing the Nerfolk-Southern much injus
tice, through sacrifice of present ex
cellent station and having to buy new
right-of-way to the present Atlantic
Coast Line station. . Commissioner
Travis dissents on the ground that
union station facilities must be pro
vided now, or else people of Wilson
and the traveling public be subjected
to gross inconveniences for many
years to come through lack of them.
Formation of State Baseball League.
A conference will be held in Greens
boro to consider a movement looking
to the formation of a state baseball
league. If Raleigh and Durham will
take franchises and put teams in the
field, the league is regarded as assur
red, as Wilmington and Asheville are
anxious to get in the game. Winston
Salem, Charlotte and Greensboro are
ready to co-operate with the other
towns named in organization of the
proposed league.
Western Carolina Colt Association.
A novel and entirely new show for
North Carolina was pulled off at
Mooresville when C4 finely-bred colts
were exhibited at the first meeting of
Western Carolina Colt Association.
The attendance was large and there
were no colts entered for prizes ex
cept those under one year, atlhough
there were quite a large number
brought to the show that range from
two to three years of age, for which
there were no prizes but special men
tion was made.
-Report Is Without Foundation.
Collector G. H. Brown, asked about
the reported removal of the office of
collector of internal revenue from
Statesville to Charlotte, expressed his
surprise and said that the question
was the first intimation that, he had
received of such a thing, and that, so
far as he knew, the report was abso
lutely without foundation.
Return True Bill. Against Carr.
The grand jury returned a true bill
charging embezzlement against E. F.
Carr, the express messenger, who was
found in a chest in his car when
the train pulled into the Asheville
station. At the time Carr declared
that a masked robber had boarded
his train at Biltmore and at the point
of a pistol had compelled him to turn
over a package of money. After
wards, under alleged third, degree
methods of Southern Railway Com
pany's officers he told a different tale
and was held under bond.
Unveiling to be November 21.
The monument to the Confederate
heroes of Gaston county, whiccb? has
been erected on the grounds" at the
court house at Gastonia will be urv
veiled November 21 . It was, first de
cided to have this exercise this month
but owing to a delay in receiving the
fife-size figure of a Confederate sol
dier which is to be placed on the cap
of the monument, the date of the un
veiling had to be' changed. A splen
did program is being arranged by the
Gastonia chapter of th Daughters oi
the Confederacy. "
WILE RECLAIM LAND
FORMAL BEGINNING OF HUGE
DRAINAGE PROJECT IN ROBE
SON COUNTY.
33,000 ACRES ARE EFFECTED
The Celebration Was at Alma, Where
the Dredge Shovel Was Christened
and the Addresses Were Delivered
Many People Attended.
Maxton. The formal beginning ol
the construction work of the Bach
Swamp and Jacob Swamp drainage
canal was celebrated at Alma neai
here several days go. The celebra
tion occurred in a grove at the head j
of the swamp where the dredge boat j
is located, and was attended by 50C !
persons, mostly farmers who hold j
lands in the drainage district. Caro
lina College and the Maxton graded
schools sent a delegation of 100 oi
more young ladies and school chil
dren. G. B. Patterson rearti a telegram
from Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, who is
detained as a witness in a case be
ing tried in Cabarrus court at Con
cord, and a letter from F. F. Wet
more drainage engineer, who was
also detained there.
Mr. Patterson introduced Oscar L
Clark, of Bladen, and Joseph A,
Brown of Columbia, who delivered ad
dresses. After the speaking, the
crowd visited the dredge boat and
witnessed it pulling stumps and dig
ging the channel, after which the
christening ceremony was performed.
A bottle containing Lumber Bridge
water was broken over the dredge
shovel by Miss Evelyn Sellers, daughter-
of Col. G. B. Selers, chairman
of the drainage commission.
It will take two years to complete
the canal, which will be 22 miles
long, starting three miles south ol
Maxton and emptying into Lumber
Bridge three miles below. Lumberton
It will drain over 33,000 acres oi
land and will cost $150,000.
Hope To Secure Large Registration.
Wilmington. The leaders of the
Democratic party in New Hanover
county hope to secure a registration
of 4,000 voters for the approaching
election. Ninety per cent of these, ol
course, are Democrats. This would
give New Hanover 70 votes in the
congressional, senatorial, and judicial
conventions and 23 in the state con
vention, thus placing the county along
with other big couties of the state
in the councils, of the Democratic j
party.
Have Not Turned In Expense Account
Washington.- None of the candi- j
dates for the Senate in North Caro- j
lina have turned in the first install- !
ment of his expense account which
was due several days ago. There is
considerable curiosity to see just
what the campaign is costing Sena
tor Simmons, Governor Kitchin and
Judge Clark. The publicity law re
quires an accounting 15 days before
a primary and 15 days after one.
There is some doubt in the minds oi
Senate officials as to whether the pu
blicity law. applies in a primary like
the one North Carolina is having.
Run Down by Switch Engine.
Asheville. C. R McCoy, formerly oi j
Statesville, but for the last four years i
weighmaster in the. local Southern
Railway yards, was run down by a
switching engine and almost instantly
killed. The injured man was horribly
mangled and died in about twenty min
utes after being picked up. He never
regained consciousness. Just how
the accident occurred is not known,
but it is thought that he had his hat
pulled over his eyes on account bf the
wind and did not see the engine.
Raleigh. Sherwood Higgs and Jas.
Hicks, the two negroes who are charg
ed with stabbing the Mexican Morrillis.
were committed to Wake jail until
Morillis recovers sufficiently for the
hearing. Morillis is gradually im
proving and will recover. At . first !
it was thought that he could not live.
Politics in Halifax County.
Scotland .Neck. The camaign now
drawing to a close has been one of
the quietest that has ever been con
ducted in Halifax county. There has
been absolutely no account taken of
county politics since the primaries
were held some time ago. The ticket
then nominated had no opposition and
will be elected next month. The Bull
Moosers called a meeting some time
ago to. be held in Halifax, but if they
ever held ' it nothing has been heard
of it. It seems that it all ended with
the call.
Preparing For Conference.
High Point Dr. J. H. Barnhardt,
pastor of the Washington Street
Methodist church, is doing all possi
ble to make the coming of the 23rd
annua! assembling of the Western
North Carolina conference, which con
venes in High Point November 20th
next, a successfully entertained one.
Some four or five hundred ministers,
delegates and visitors will be in at
tendance. This conference, which is
among the largest Christian organi
zations in the South, will be presided
'over by Bishop Collins Denny.
NEWS OF NORTH CAROLINA
Short Paragraphs State News That
Have Been Gotten Together With
Care By the Editor.
Kinston. The court house of Lenoir
county was filled to its capacity when
Hon. Locke Craig addressed an en
thusiastic audience.
Salisbury. A five-year-old son of
C. H. Gobbell, of Salisbury, was shot
accidentally by Leo Carlin, a play
mate. The wound Is thought to be
only slight and will not prove fatal.
Raleigh. Goldsboro is now. ( hitched
on to the Carolina Power and Light
Company's long distance transmission
lines for light and commercial cur
rent from Blewitt Falls.
Clinton. Chief Justice Walter
Clarlf addressed the people of Samp
son county here in the interests of his
candidacy for the Senate. He had a
large representative audience, and
made a strong speech, mainly in sup
port of the measures for which he
stands.
Raleigh. The Farmers' Union
Banking and Trust Company, of Wal
nut Cove, amends its charter increas
ing capital from $12,000 to $25,000; J.
Spot Taylor, president. A charter
is issued to the Enfield Building and
Loan Association and formal license
granted by the state commissioner of
insurance to begin business.
Mackey's Ferry. It is estimated
that a thousand people of Washing
ton, Tyrrell and Chowan counties
were present at the Democratic rally
here several days ago when addresses
were delivered by Hon. Locke Craig,
Congrssman John H. Small land Hon.
Harry Stubbs, the latter the choice
of the Democracy of this district for
the state senate.
New Bern. Everything has been
completed for the Great Eastern Car
olina fair which will take place Octo
ber 29, 30, 31 and November 1. Tues
day, October 29, will be "Military
Day. Every naval resreve and mili
tia company in Eastern North Caro
lina has been invited to participate in
the military exercises that will take
place on -that day.
Asheville. Judge Howard A. Fou
shee appointed Vonno L. Gudger re
ceiver for the Grant Realty Company,
a firm doing an extensive timber and
realty business up to the time of the
death of the president,- F. Rogers
Grant, who committed suicide about
three weeks ago. Suit has been
brought by W. A. Rexford of Elmyra,
N. Y., to recover on a debt of $450.
Roxboro. Unprecedented prices
have prevailed on this market
since the opening of the season and
high water mark was reached when
wrapers brought $1.05 per pound; cut
ters 41 cents and one farmer aver
aged 50 cents on all grades. It is es
timated that the crop is about 40 per
cent short in this section and if pres
ent prices continue the bulk of the
weed will be marketed by Christmas.
Ashevlle. The. directors of the
Asheville board of trade, at a meeting
held several days ago, adopted a res
olution addressed to the President of
the United States, asking him to use
his influence to have the name of the
Panama Canal changed, preferably to
the American Canal. They hold in
the resolution that the canal is call
ed the Panama Canal by custom only,
and that, being an American enter-
prise, it should be called the Ameri
can Canal.
Charlotte. The proposition of con
structing a new. bridge over Paw
Creek on the Dowd road came up for
discussion by the members of the
board of county commissioners at
their meeting at the court house. The
imperative need of the bridge was ar
gued by Mr. Ben Price, one of the
foremost farmers of the 'county, who
lives out on this road. He stated that
the present bridge is positively dan
gerous to heavy travel.
Kinston. G. V. Cowper, Esq.,, Dem
ocratic county chairman of Lenoir,
was hit by a brick and cut by glass
when a window of a Norfolk-Southern
passenger coach was shattered by the
missile, thrown - probably with mali
cious intent at New Bern. The brick
was hurled at the train as it was
pulling out of the. outskirts of New
Bern. Striking a window facing, it
broke in two, one piece smashing the
glass and striking the Kinston man
on the shoulder.
Kinston. A car shortage is handi
capping freight traffic on the Norfolk
Southern, and prevails on other rail-,
roads as well, it is said, throughout
the East. The loral yard, usually a
scene of much bustle at f his season
presents an almost deserted appear
ance at the present time.
Reidsville. Hon. R. O. Everett, of
Durham, addressed the voters in
Reidsville at the .Democratic head
quarters several nights ago. He made
one of the most interesting speeches
on the national issues heard in the
Qity during the campaign. The audi
ence was enthusiastic.
Asheville. After living to the ripe
old age of 105 years, Henry Duncan,
a Confederate veteran, died a few
days ago at his home in Big Ivy, his
death being due to heart failure su
perinduced by excessive drinking of
coffee, so the doctors attending him
claim.
Asheville. The final deal between
the George W. Vanderbilt estate and
Louis Carr, where the latter obtains
the timber rights on 68,000 acres of
land of the Pisgah-Biltmore forest, is
hanging fire on some side issue, al
though the final result is practically
assured. "
IS
RY COURT MARTIAL
REVOLUTIONARY LEADER AND
THREE CONFEDERATES SEN
TENCED TO DEATH.
THE SITUATION IS TENSE
The Impeachment of Madero is
Threatened By Senate if He Allows
the Execution to Take Place- Have
Appealed For Clemency.
Mexico City. Gen. Felix Diaz, lead
er of the revolution recently inaugu
rated in Vera Cruz, and three of his
confederates have been sentenced to
death by court martial before which
they were tried in that city.
At the same time word of the ver
dict against Diaz was received came
the report that the military' court
had decided to recognize the order of
suspension of sentence upon the revo
lutionary leader granted by the Su
preme Court for the pending investi
gation as to whether the trial of Dias
should be military or civil court. Pop
ular apprehension regarding the fate
of Diaz has not been greatly allayed,
however, by this action of the court
martial.
The delay In the receipt of the
news concerning the outcome ( of the
trial is characteristic of all communi
cation between the capital and Vera
Cruz. The uncertainty as to what has
been transpiring there has served to
increase the tenseness of the situation.
Friends of Diaz here fear the conse
quence of the conflict of authority
which has arisen between the judiciary
and military courts. If the military
court observes the order of the civil
authority the final disposition ofthe
case will be long postponed. But it
would be no surprise to thousands
here to receive a message announcing
the execution of the rebel general and
his associates.
Efforts to save their lives, especially
that of Diaz continue unabated.
Turks Ready to Defend Adrianople. v
Constantinople Reports of skir
mishing on the right wing of the east
ern army seem to indicate that the
Bulgarians around Adrianople are still
developing the turning movement. A
dispatch from that city says the com
mander of the Turkish forces has is
sued a proclamation declaring that
the troops of the garrison have hero
ically accomplished the mission re
quired of them and have now with
drawn inside the fortifications which
they are prepared to defend with the
courage demonstrated by their fathers
at Plevia. According to information
from reliable sources, the Sultan has
expressed the desire to accompany the
generals to the front.
An Automobile Party Drowns.
Belvidere, Pa. Four members of an
automobile party bound for Shawnee,
Pa., from their homes in Noble, Pa.,
were drowned in the Delaware River
when the ferryboat on which they
were crossing was wrecked. The dead
are: Mrs. Leon H. Gilbert, Miss Re
becca Tyson, Mrs. H. W. Trump, Leon
Gilbert, Jr., 7 years old. There were
eight members In the party in two
automobiles. The ferryboat was struck
and knocked from its course by a raft.
When the ferryman lost control of the
windlass which propelled the boat,
those drowned were thrown into deep
water. ,
Autoist Killed By Train.
Atlanta, Ga. R. Vincent Cohnerat,
manager of an automobile agency
here, was instantly killed near Jones
boro, Ga., when a Central of Georgia
passenger train struck a racing
automobile which he was driving. Ac
cording to trainmen the auomobile
was carried about a half mile by the
engine and Connerat's body was pick
ed up - a quarter of a mile from the
scene of the collision. Mr. Connerat
was 45 years old and formerly lived
In Savannah. He was one of the best
known automobile agents In the
Southeast. ,
Tells of Returning Cash.
Washington. After hearing former
Senator Albert J. Beveridge tell of
returning $57,500 sent to him for cam
paign use in 1904, the Senate Cam
paign Contributions Committee ad
journed indefinitely. Since Septem
ber 30, the committee has "been in al
most continuous session with Sena
tors Clapp, Oliver, Paynter and Pom
erene conducting the examination of
witnesses. J. P. Morgan, Col. Theo
dore Roosevelt, Charles P. Taft,
George W. Perkins and a score of oth
er witnesses have testified.
Graves Have Been Marked.
Washington. Gen. James H. Berry
of Arkansas, who was appointed by
President Taft to see .that the graves
of Southern soldiers who died in
Northern prisons during the Civil
War and were buried near the prisons,
were marked, has completed his work
and tendered his resignatidn. In his
report to the President he says that
every grave is marked with a stone, a
tablet or a monument. About $51,000
at the money appropriated by Congress
for the purpose of carrying on this
work w.ere not used.
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CONVICTED