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VOL. XXXV.
HTTSBOaO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C, DECEMBER 18, 1912.
NO. 19.
if F HEWS NOTES
FOR THE BUSY
IU0ST IMPORTANT EVENTS OF
THE PAST WEEK TOLD IN
CONDENSED FORM.
WORLD'S NEWS EPITOMIZED
Complete Review of Happening of
Greatest Interest From All
Parts of World.
Southern.
Thirty-five years in the penitentiary
is the penalty Sidna Allen will pay
for the part he played in the shoot
ing up of Carroll county courthouse
on the 14th of last March, when five
persons, including the presiding judge,
the sheriff and the commonwealth'
attorney, were killed and many
others wounded. Allen's nephew,
Wesley Edwards, will spend twenty
seven years. in the penitentiary.
That Frank Holloway, bank robbex
and escaped convict, was in Mem
phis. Tenn., with several of his fol
lowers to intercept Deputy United
States marshals en route from Savan
nah, Ga., to Omaha, Neb., with Deggs !
Nolen, accused of misuse of the mails,
and free Nolen at all hazards, devel
oped in connection with the raiding
of a cottage in the city of Memphis,
the capture of Holloway and several j
of his followers and the killing o j
another "Kinney" Bergen, ex-convict.
Declaring that there is too general
use of pistols, too much shooting ol -human
beings in Athens, Ga., and in j
Clarke county, the grand jury has
recommended the introduction of a
bill in the next legislature forbidding j
the manufacture, sale or carrying j
about the person in any manner what
soever of any pistol with a barrel less
than sixteen inches long.
General.
All the plenipotentiaries to th
peace conference with the purpose oi
ending the war in southeastern Eu
rope, are assembled in London. The
Turkish envoys have arrived and un
less the continuance of hostilities be
tween the Turks and the Greeks
should prove a hindrance, there now
seems nothing in sight to prevent the
conference getting down to business.
Luitpold, prince regent of Bavaria,
is dead in Munich. He was 91 years
old. He had been in failing health
for sereral months. He has occu
pied the throne for 64 years, as lie
became ruler at the age of 18.
Three men, residents of Wharton,
X. J., have been arrested at Do
ver, X. J., charged with writing a let
ter threatening President-elect Wood-
row Wilson with death unless he i
caused $5,000 in gold to be left for
them in a designated unoccupied
house in Wharton. The men arrested
are Peter Dunn, 34 years old, his
brother, Jacob, 26, and Seely Daven
port, 42. United States Commission
er Stockton committed them to jail in
default of two thousand dollar bail
each. The letter to the governor was
written November 11, and was signed
"Xew York Gang." Postoffice inspec
tors ran down the alleged blackmail
ers and made the arrests.
Nervous exhaustion and strain and
tense excitement among the people of
the present day was ascribed as the
cause of the enormous increase in
the use of alcoholic spirits in the
United States by Dr. J. n Searcy of
Alabama, president of the American
Medico Psychological association, in
an address at the concluding session
3f the American Society for the Study
3f Alcohol and Other Narcotics. He
discussed the question, "Why do men
irink alcoholic spirits," and declared
it was "the great struggle to secure
relief and to attain some sort of psy
2hic consciousness that makes alco
holic beverages a popular drink." The
meeting was held in Washington, D. C.
A carefully planned attempt to kid
nap and rob M. J. Wright of Chicago
Df nearly $30,000 was signally success
ful in every way except getting the
money. Wright was walking along
the street with the money in a bag.
Several men fell on him and threw
i sack- over his head. He dropped
the bag containing the money be
hind a telegraph pole. A few minutes
later a young man noticed the bag
ind picked it up. Finding the con
sents valuable, he turned it over to
'he police. Wright, who had been
-aken away in an automobile, after
iiaving been searched, was set down
miles from where he had been
'M up.
Kleven dollars and eighty-five cents
"as the average weekly, wage of
-he 21,230 coal miners in Indiana last
''ear, according to the annual report
3f Frank I. Pearce, state mine in
?P"ctor. President Taft has placed 20,000
smpioyees in the United States navy
Fards under civil service.
Representative Johnson of Ken
tucky has introduced a bill for the
requisition by 1e government of the
arm and the log cabin in Kentucky
to which Abraham Lincoln was born,
fie proposes the homestead be kept
as a national park.
"Mansions, not stables, should be
provided for cows, the artificial moth
ers of the race," said Dr. Cassius
Way, a sanitary expert of Chicago,
"They deserve more elaborate hous
ing than a man."
1
Carlo Baptista, an Italian who Is to
be hanged at Montreal, Canada, on
December 20, for murder, has con
fesesed to the police that he was one
af the gswng that plotted the assassina
tion of Joseph Petrosino, the fam
ous New York detective, who was
shot to death in Palermo, Sicily, on
March 12, 1909. The prisoner re
vealed the names of several other
members of the Camorra that engi
neered the assassination.
A smuggling conspiracy to which
many large dressmaking establish
ments through the United Statese are
parties and through which the Unit
ed States treasury has been defraud
ed of $1,000,000 revenue, was alleged
by the Federal authorities when the
first indictment in the case was ob
tained in New York City.
Punishment, consisting of demerits
and deprivation of all, privileges for
the rest of the academic year, was
assigned to the 400 midshipmen who
were found to have violated Superin
tendent Gibbons' orders forbiddins
betting on 'the recent inter-service j
football game. It is understood that j
the youths practically confessed to '
having participated in the formation '
of a $2,000 pool to wager with the '
West Point cadets on the result of the
game.
Berry W. Parker, former vice presi
dent of the State Bank of Commerce,
Winnebago, Minn., who was recently
captured in Georgia, pleaded guilty
to the indictment of grand larceny in
the first degree, returned by the
grand jury.
By the terms of a bill passed by
the house, persons in Kentucky and
other battleground states of the 'Civil
war who have claims against the
United States for property destroyed
by Union troops, will not have to
prove loyalty to the Union in order
to collect the money, provided the
loss was sustained after June 1, 1S65,
the date of cessation of hostilities.
Representative Heflin of Alabama in
troduced the bill. It is estimated that
upwards of $5,000,000 worth of South
ern war claims may be adjudicated in
the court of claims if this measure
becomes law.
Charles H. Hyde, former city cham
berlain of New York City, convicted
of bribery in connnection with the
manipulation of city funds, was sen
tenced by Justice Goff to serve not
more than three years and six months
and not less than two years in the
state prison. He was admitted to
bail, however, on the ground of "a
reasonable doubt."
Four midshipmen at Annapolis
have been dismissed from the naval
academy by Superintendent Gibbons,
after an inquiry by a board of offi
cers covering a period of a month,
for alleged maltreatment of a fellow
midshipman. Six clergymen have been put on the
rolls of the police department of Los
Angeles, Cal., as special officers.
They have been commissioned not
only to safeguard the young girls and
prevent exploitation of girls, but tc
arrest and prosecute parents who
neglect their children. Los Angelea
also has police women.
Important changes have taken place
In the Austro-Hungarian war depart
ment. General Auffenberg, minister
of w-ar, has resigned. General Kro
baten, under secretary in the war of
fice, has been appointed as his suc
cessor. Washington.
Oscar Olscn, an aviator at the war
department in Washington, is suffer
ing from bruises and a shock as the
result of a narrow escape from div
ing his machine into a fast flying ex
press train.
President Taft listened to some
startling disclosures about conditions
in Mexico. Four American business
men with Mexican interests, two of
the members of the senate and a
congressman sat in the cabinet room
in the white house offices and heard
the story vouched for by all told to
the president by one of the business
men who had been in the southern
republic within the last few weeks.
It was a tale of outrages on Mexican
women, of murders and hold-ups of
Americans, of bandits who seized
Americans and held them for ran
som, of general lawlessness and dis
order, such as seldom has come to
the ears of the president since trou
ble began in Mexico ' nearly two
years ago.
Great Britain and the United States
have agreed upon the composition of
the tribunal for the arbitration of pe
cuniary claims, as provided in the
special agreement recently ratified by
the two governments. Sir Charles
Fitzpatrick, chief justice of Canada
and the British member of the north
Atlantic coast fisheries arbitration
tribunal at The Hague in 1910, will
represent Great Britain. Candler P.
Anderson, counsellor of the depart
ment of state, will represent the Unit
ed States. These will select a third
member, who will act as umpire and
will be a subject of neither Great
Britain nor the United Statees. The
third member's name will be announc
ed later.
Great Britain's formal note of pro
test against that section of the Pan
ama canal act, which exempts Amer
ican coastwise shipping from pay
ment of tolls for passing through the
Panama canal, has been presented
to United States Secretary of State
Knox by the British ambassador at
Washington. James Bryce read the
note word for word to the secretary
it the latter's home. It is an elabo
ration of the points of objection in
the note presented to the state de
partment last July. It is not known
what action congress will take In the
premises.
con
RO
WILL
SHORT
BE ft LITTLE
INDICATIONS ARE THAT FEWCR
BALES WILL BE GROWN THIS
YEAR.
BETTER PRICE FOR STAPLE
Price This Year Has Played Prominent
Part in Cotton Market. How Ware
houses Have Benefitted Farmers.
Should Get 15 Cents a Pound.
Charlotte. The last of the fall cot
ton is being marketed and from the
present outlook, the crop will, in the
estimation of a number of prominent
cotton men, be somewhat smaller tnan
the yield of last season. So far, the
statistics show an increase of only
305 bales over the amount sold in
Charlotte last year until the closing
of the market on this date of Decem
ber. From the beginning of the planting
season, the question of the amount
that would be raised this 'year has
been the subject of a vast deal of
speculation among those interested in
the market. Before planting time
there was a great amount of interest
exhibited in the planting.
The price this year has played a
prominent part in the cotton market.
For almost the entire season last
year the price was from 8.50 to 9
cents a pound for the staple. This
year the price has been from 11.50
to 13.50 cents a pound with an aver
age of about 12.50 so far.
A conservative estimate made by a
cotton man in this city, gives only
about 900 more bales of the staple
remaining to be sold this season.
There was considerable talk about
the warehouse benefit to farmers, but
the receipts show that only a small
interest was taken in the storage
proposition. The farmers of the coun
ty early in the season gathered a
number 6f prominent growers together
and held several meetings, during
which the question of prices for the
stands were discussed strongly. It
was agreed among the growers that
15 cents a pound should be the price
asked for the yield of this year.
Tobacco Sales in North Carolina.
Thirty-three tobacco markets In
North Carolina reported sales ag
gregating 26,038,129 pounds during
November, 1912, as compared with
25,938,852 pounds during November
1911. Of the sales for the past month
23,640,112 pounds were first-hand for
the -growers. In the total sales Wil
son leads with 4,690,383, Winston-Salem
was second with 3,599,409 and
Greenville third with 2,944,229. Other
markets that reported to the depart
ment of agriculture sales of one mil
lion or more pounds were: Roxboro
1,557,105; Durham, 1,695,174; Hen
derson, 1,275,404; Rocky Mount, 1,
187,886; Oxford, 1,110,330.
Asks Pardon For Old Indian.
The pardon of an Indian of Jack
son county is being sought by Hon. J.
Frank Ray, of Franklin, who is in
Raleigh attending the supreme court
The Indian is Spuince Tooni, 76
years old, who was sent up for two
years for manslaughter, convicted of
the killing of another Indian, Lloyd
Owl. Tooni is now at the state farm
! and has served 18 months of his sen-
tence, Mr. Ray says that the judge,
! the solicitor and the jury recommend
j the pardon of Tooni, and the judge
I and jury expressed themselves as in
doubt as to the guilt of the man.
War Against Hookworm in Henderson
Dr. G. F. Leonard, of the state
board of health, who has been waging
i a campaign against the hookworm in
Henderson county for several days, re
ports that but . of 675 patients ex
amined in this county it was found
that 251 were infected with the hook
worm. Dr. Leonard, who is assisted
by W. S. Tuttle, has conducted exam
inations at Fletchers, Dana, Liberty
Tuexod, Horse Shoe, Hendersonville
The work will be continued in this
county until December 2.
Charter for Carolina Railroad.
A charter is issued for the Carolina
Railroad Companay of Kinston, capi
tal $175,000, for the purpose of devel
oping and operating 35 miles of road
from Kinston to Snow Hill, built as
lumber road by Hunt Brothers Lum
ber Comany. It is understood that
the road is to pass to the manage
ment of the Norfolk Southern. ,The
incorporators of the Carolina Rail
road Company are C. I. Millard, J. C
Helms, Jr., M. S. Hawkins, R. A
Black and H. Hanley of Norfolk, and
W. M. Hayes of Kinston.
Saving in Running of Otate Hospital.
During the past two years there
has been a saving of exactly $50,
788.24 in the management of th
state hospital at Raleigh, and this
amount is a balance of the $350,00(
appropriation to be returned to the
state treasurer, as outlined in th
biennial report of the affairs of the
hospital ending November 30. This
report was submitted by Dr. L. J
Picot, superintendent to the board
of directors, which was in session a
the hospital recently.
TO PUT OFFICERS ON SALARY
New Hanover County Commissioners
Fix Percentage Basis For the New
County Treasurer.
Wilmington. After considering thi
matter for about a week, the board o
county commissioners decided upon
the compensation lor the countj
ireasuiti-, J. A. Orreil, succoeding H
xixcj-,. ureen, who held tne omce fo;
iouiieen years. The treasurer will ie
ctivt noiii tne county one-naif of one
ei " cent on receipts, ana one am
one-haii per cent on Qissoursements
ine boara of education voted to givt
ami cue and one-naif pendent on th
Jibburaeruents of the scnocl fund. I
is estimated that tne onice wm pa;
about $2,2uo a year, wincn is a reduc
cion of - about !j2,Ui)d ovt-r the commis
sions arawn the pa,st year Dy tne re
tiring ueasurer. xor uauu.iug tn
county tund the retiring treasurer re
ceived 1 1-4 per cent ior rectipts ant
1 1-4 per cent for disbursements anc
ne leceived from the boaru of educa
tion 2 per cent for disbursements.
A bill will very probably be intro
duced in the approach.ng session c
the general assembly, placing all the
county olneers on a salary. Some ar
in favor of adopting the scale of sal
aries paid in Guilford county. Th
bill would likely go into effect soor.
after adoption and would effect th
office of treasurer as well as the othe
county offices.
Will Not Confirm N. C. Postmasters.
There will be no confirmation of
nominations for North Caroilna post
masterships at this session of con
gress. Democratic senators have
agreed that the question of confirma
tion be left to the senators from the
states for which the nominations are
made. Senators Overman and Sim
mons have decided that they will holr"
up every nomination sent in for North
Carolina. Unless peculiar and excep
tional features can be shown to char
acterize some appointment for th
state, this ironclad rule will leav
every North Carolina postmaste;
whose term expires during the win
ter In the "holdover" class unti
March 4 next, when he will be ousted
by a Democrat.
Controversy in Orange County.
The face of a suit for defamation
of character against the election board
of Orange county, eleven members
of the fifteen upheld the charges of
Dr. E. A. Abernethy and E. T. Tilley
against Jy D. Webb, chairman of the
board of county commissioners and
called for his resignation for the al
leged sacrificing of Allen Browning
to save himself. The Orange chair
man of ' the commissioners occupies
high standing in the party and was
elected again on the board of com- j
missioners. He is the chosen head i
of the county's affairs by the grace
of two votes, the Hillsboro story goes,
and recently there grew 'up a contro
versy as to whether he had used
stickers in the recent election.
Of Interest To North Carolina.
The annual report of the national
forest reserve commission sent to
Congress recommended the establish
ment of purchase areas in the South
ern Appalachian and the White Moun
tains, containing 6,383,000 acres. The
establishment of the following pur
chase areas in North Carolina; Boone
area on the watershed of the Cataw
ba river, 241,462; Mount Mitchell area
on watershed of the Catawba, 358,720;
Pisgah area on watershed of Tennes
see river, 692,902.
Farmers Should Assert Themselves.
President H. Q. Alexander of the
North Carolina Farmers' Union, de
clared that it was time for the farm
ers to assert themselves and get what
they need in the way of legislation
and protection of their interests. Con
stituting 82 per cent of the popula
tion of the state, they have suffered
much from the impositions of other
interests, he said, and they are now
becoming well orgnnized, and the
time is' at hand to act.
High Point The fight for the in
dustrial life of High Point, which has
been begun here before the interstate
commerce commission by the city's
progressive manufacturers, is bring
ing to light many alleged flagrant
abuses of High Poit,, shippers by the
railroads.
Real Blind Tiger at Bar.
A really "blind tiger" lined up be
fore Judge Adams' bar of justice at
Asheville and despite his infirmity,
was sentenced to eight month01 on
the county roads. His name was
Frank Guthrie, an aged white man,
who is said, in spite of his inability to
see, to be one of the best woodchop
pers in this section of the county. He
denied his guilt, but the prosecution
had several witnesses who testified
that Guthrie conducted a regular
bar at his residence. Guthrie made a
$4,000 bond for appearance to court.
Examination For Postmaster.
The United States civil service
commission announces that on Jan
uary 4 an examination will .be held at
Hendersonville as a result of which
it is expected to make certification
to fill a vacancy in the position of
fourth-class postmaster at Flat Rock,
Henderosn county. The compensa
tion was $576 for the last fiscal year.
It is required that applications be filed
with the commission at Washington as
before the date of examination. It i'
understood that there are . several ap
N. C. WATERWAYS
SENT PARTIAL REPORT OF NORTH
CAROLINA RIVERS AND HAR
BORS TO HOUSE.
MUCH WORK IS TO BE DONE
Core Creek Project is Reported Un
favorable. The Breakwater in Bel
haven Harbor Not Necessary. The
South River Work is Favorable.
Raleigh. A special from Washing
ton says that the secretary of war sent
to the house unofficial reports on a
number of North Carolina waterway
projects, preliminary examinations for
which they were authorized in the
rivers and harbors act of 1910.
Major Earl 1. Brown, of the engi
neers' corps, who niaue an examina
tion of Core creeKL, a tributary of the
Neuse river, to uetermine tne advis
ability of removing a snoal 300 feet
long from tne mouth of the creek,
declared that the Improvement would
be only temporary and that the re
sults obtained would not justify tne
demanded expenditure of tne govern
ment's funds.
An examination was made of Bel
haven harbor looking towaid the
construction of a breakway for pro
tection from waves caused by the
south winds. The report stated that
the channel depth of Belhaven is
sufficient and that the breakwater
would be a convenience rather than a
necessity. The division engineer con
sidered, however, that a moderate ex
penditure on improvements for the
harbor might be justified and recom
mended that an estimate be made.
Leut. Col. M. M. Patrick reported
that a desired restoration of the chan
nel depth of Edenton harbor was not
necessary.
Reporting on an authorized exam
ination of South river, the division
engineer recommended that a chan
nel seven feet deep and fifty feet wide
from Anian to Royal and thirty-five
feet wide from Royal to Idalia. The
cost of the improvement was esti
mated at $6,092 for first construction
uad $800 annually for maintenance.
Governor Grants Pardon to Two.
Raleigh. Governor Kitchin granted
pardons to Riley and Elisha Gunter,
who were convicted in Madison coun
ty in September, 1911, of assault with
deadly weapon and sentenced to two
years each on the roads. The reasons
for the pardons follow: "On recom
mendation of solicitor, county officers
and others, I pardon prisoners on con
dition that they remain law-abiding
and of good behavior."
Allowed to Plead Second Degree.
Smithfield. Needham Belle, color
ed, who was indicted for murder in
the first degree, was allowed by So
licitor Norris to plead guilty in the
second degree. Judge Ferguson, af
ter hearing the evidence, and a short
talk by Mr. Pou, who was erpresent
ing the defendant, also one by the
solicitor, sentenced the negro to thir
ty years at hard labor in the state
penitentiary. Judge Ferguson made
a very impressive talk before an
nouncing the sentence.
Charged With Incendiarism.
Raleigh. Deputy Commissioner of
Insurance S. W. Ascott has procured
the indictment by the Moore county
grand jury of Jeremiah Damm on the
charge of burning his hotel, Prospect
Inn, at Southern Pines. He came to
Moore county from Ohio, where, it is
alleged, he is wanted too for burning
property in that state. Damm got
wind of his indictment in Moore and
skipped out, forfeiting a $500 bond.
Mecklenburg Has Two Candidates.
Washington. Mecklenburg county
has two candidates for the marshal
ship of the Western North Carolina
district. They are Messrs. W. C.
Dowd, of Charlotte and Larkin H.
Robinson of Providence township. Mr.
Manly McDowell of Morganton is also
in the race. The candidacy of Mr. Mc
Dowell has been known for some
time, but that of Mr. Dowd came out
only a few days ago.
To Close Contract For Highway.
Hendersonville. William C. Sir
rine, president of the Greenville Good
Roads Association, is expected in Hen
dersonville soon to close a contract
for the building of the Greenville-Hendersonville-Asheville
highway. In
order to hasten the building of this
road enthusiasts met at the state line
and talked over the situation as a
result of which it was decided to
build the South Carolina link in time
to accommoadte automobile tourists
making their way from Southern
points to the "Land of the Sky."
Progressives in Gaston County.
Gastonia. "To oppose all that is
wrong and detrimental to county
growth and to aid in putting into ef
fect all things that are good" is the
way in which is described the object
of a meeting' of the Progressive par
ty, which was held at Dallas. This
meeting was called by a number of
the leaders of the Progressive move
ment in the county and a permanent
county organization was effected. Jno.
N. Hanna of the Republican executive
committee is chairman of the execu
tive committee of the new party.
FROM THE TAR HEEL STATE
Short Paragraphs of State News That
Has Been Condensed For the Peo
ple of the State.
Maxton. Col. E. F. McRae, one of
the most loved and highly respected
citizens of Maxton was found dead in
bed. For the past year he has been
living at the home of his niece, Mrs.
Rwfus Williams. ,
Raleigh. The secretary" of state
charters the Salisbury Metal Culvert
Co., of Salisbury, capital $50,000 by
James M. Maupin and others. And
The Kendall Knitting Mills Co., of
Wendell, this county, capital $100,000
authorized and $20,000. subscribed by
W. B. Whitley and others.
Wilmington. The police a few days
ago took charge of six cases of whis
key found on a dray that apparently
had no owner. The drayman, Ed
McNeill, at first denied any knowledge
of the ownership of the whiskey, but
later said that he was taking two
boxes to Jim Walton and four to Son
Roderick.
Raleigh. Commissioner of Labor !
and Printing Shipman reports 660 mis
cellaneous factories in the state that
have $44,673,bl3 capital and an output
of $86,030,562 worth and pay $11,086,
760 wages to 25,321 employes. He ex
pects to have the report of the cotton,
woolen and knitting mills ready very
soon now.
Greensboro. With a purpose of
gaining information upon which to
make recommendations for the
building of a state normal and indus
trial college in Maryland, a commit
tee of legislators and educators from
that state recently came and made a
thorough inspection of the state nor
mal and industrial college here.
Statesville. Harvey Fortner, a ne
gro arrested in Wilkes county, charg
ed with horse-stealing in this county,
was committed to jail in default of
bond to await superior court. He ad
mitted his guilt, but said that where
he came from Watauga county it
was considered no harm to ride an
other man's horse.
Winston-Salem. The local school
officials are very mucA interested in
the proposed compulsory education
law, urging that its passage will mark
a new era in the commercial and in
tellectual renaissance in North Caro
lina. It is urged that no state can
long make progress when so many of
its children are out of the public
schools.
Greensboro. In his charge to the
grand jury here after the opening of
superior court recently, Judge Harry
W. Whedbee told that body that it
was his opinion that a large, rich and
progressive county in many ways like
Guilford should have a better "temple
of justice." He instructed the jure -f
that it came within their power to
recommend to the proper authorities
the building of a new court house for
Guilford.
Greensboro. Two young 'white
farmers of well-known Guilford fami
lies were brought to St. Leo's hospital
suffering with fearful wounds as the
result of an explosion of dynamite in
a well. Alfred Brown, about 23 years
of age, and the most seriously injur
ed, is badly hurt about the head, his
face is horribly burned and arms mu
tilated. Brown will lose the sight of
both eyes and there is little hope
offered for his life.
Greensboro. The burial of Dr. W.
L. Vestal occurred near High Point.
Vestal died at the state farm, where
he and his wife were serving sen
tence of 15 years. The Vestal case
was one of the most sensational Guil
ford county has had. It was shown at
the trial that Dr. Vestal, with the as
sistance of his wife, had made a prac
tice of performing criminal operations
within his High Point residence and
after a three-day trial both were sen
tenced to long terms. ,
Asheville. Sitting in a secluded
corner of a lot on College street, just
off the square, is a little one-story
frame building, occupied by a shoe
maker, and if a movement started
in this city is sucessful, that same
little building will be bought and set
aside for the edification of visitors to
the metropolis of the "Land of the
Sy." For that little one-story frame
building is the building in which
Zeb Vance, revered by all North
Carolinians, the great "War Govern
or" of the state, first set up the prac
tice of law.
Greensboro. A life-sized bronze
figure of the late Joseph M. Morehead,
for years " president of the Guilford
Battleground Company, has been re
ceived and will be placed and ready
for unveiling at the regular battle
ground celebration next July. The
figure will stand on a rough granite
boulder, six feet high.
Saisbury. Announcement has been
made here that former State Senator
Whitehead Klutzz, of Salisbury, will
be a candidate for ambassador to Bra
zil under President Wilson when - he
steps into office. Mr. Klutzz was an
original Woodrow Wilson man. v
Charlotte. The coming exhibit of
birds by the Charlotte Poultry Asso
ciation on January 10-14 is said to be
the largest that has ever been plan
ned for this city. Ths. managers and
committeemen in charge have been
hard at work on the pirns and ar
rangements for some time.
Winston-Salem. What promises to
be the initial step looking to greater
Winston-Salem will te taken when
the matter of the consolidation of
Winston and Salem will be widely dis
cussed at a great meeting of the
board of trade, which will be held at
the court house.
WHTELAW
RED
DIES IN L
AMERICAN'S SCHOLARLY AMBAS
SADOR AT THE COURT OF ST.
JAMES SINCE 1905.
WAS AT HIS POST OF DUTY
The English Government Will Offer
Battleship to Convey the Body to
the United States. Physicians
Statement As to the Cause of Death.
London. Whitelaw Reid, the Amer
ican Amabassador to Great Britain
since 1905, died at his London resi
dence, Dorchester House, from pul
monary oedema. The end was quite
peaceful. Mrs. Reid and their daugh
ter, Mrs. John Hubert Ward, were at
the bedside.
The Ambassador had been uncon
scious for several hours and at inter
vals during the previous 24 hours he
had been slightly delirious as a result
of the drugs administered to induce
sleep.
Sir Thomas Bartow j physician to the
King, who was called in after Mr.
Reid's illness became acute and his
regular physician, Dr. William Hale
White, issued the following bulletin
as to the cause of death:
"A fortnight ago the American Am
bassador had a slight bronchial at
tack similar to others which he had
suffered at considerable intervals.
Recently asthma supervened and the
asthmatic paroxysms became very
severe, leading to extreme exhaus
tion. "It was hoped that he might rally,
as no pneumonic symptoms had ap
peared. With difficulty the parox
ysms of asthma were got under con
trol, but the exhaustion became ex
treme and he died from pulmonary
oedema.
The Hon. John Hubert Ward, who
with his wife had been at Dorchester
House continually since the Ambas
sador's condition became serious, no
tified the staff of the embassy when
the patient began to sink, and when
death came he sent word to the King
and Queen at Buckingham Palace, the
Queen Mother Alexandra and the offi
cials at the court.
Annual Report of Secretary Nagel.
Washington. Charles Nagel, Sec
retary of Commerce and Labor, would
sharply define and restrict the powers
and discretion of the proposed Feder
al commission to regulate industrial
corporations. In his annual report
submitted to President Taft, tho
Secretary opposes the endowment
of such a commission, if finally creat
ed by Congress, with far-reaching
powers equal to those exercised by the
Interstate Commerce Commission over
railroads. He disapproves the sug
gestion that the commission have
authority to fix prices of commodities.
Completion of Work.
New Orleans. In announcing the
satisfactory completion of the work
of making the graves of Confederate
soldiers who died in Northern prisons,
undertaken at the suggestion of Presi
dent McKinley and provided for by
Congressional act, Gen. Bennett ,11.
Young, commander-in-chief of the
United Confederate veterans, says the
work "reflects credit upon the United
States Government and is further evi
dence of the bond of brotherhood
which binds the sections of our great
country."
Hope of Rescue Abandoned.
Lon Angeles, Cal. Hope of rescu
ing Horace Kearney and Chester Law
rence, who started for San Francisco
by hydroaeroplane was abandoned
when a pontoon believed to be part of
Kearney's hydro-aeroplane was picked
up four miles out at sea off Redondo
beach. Glenn MaTtin the Santa Anna
aviator who took part in the search
in a hydroaeroplane, was reported to
have suffered a mishay. The Argyle
reported by wireless to the steamer
Yale that it had sighted Martin's ma
chine being towed by a powerboat
on! point Dume.
Mexican Congress Closes Session.
Mexico City. With a record of few
more than a dozen measures enacted
and about 180 still pending, the first
congress elected under the Mameor
administration, which was expected
to carry out many revolutionary
promises closed its three months' ses
sion. The more important bills pass
ed include authorization for a 20,000,
000 pesos ($10,000,000) loan, as yet
unfloated, and authorization for a
40,000,000 pesos bond issue. The
budget also was approved, providing
for an increase of 13,000,000 pesos.
"Gag Rule" Hurled at Members.
Washington. A deluge of impas
sioned oratory swept the house dur
ing the general debate on the Dillingham-Burnett
bill, fixing a literacy
test for immigrants to the United
States. The measure as brought up
in the house after a fight on a spceial
rule brought In from the committee
on rules which was adopted on a roll
call vote by an overwhelming major
ity, respite complaints of "gag rule"
from the opponents of the bill. After
four hours of discussion the house ad
journed with the bill pending.
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