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VOL. XXXVI
PITTSBOSO, CHATHAM COUNTY. N .C; AUGUST 20. 1913.
NO. 2.
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iRIEF HS NOTES
FOR THE BUSY
tfOST 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.
Charged with shooting at J. C. Jack
son as he passed along the road in
his automobile, about three miles from
Tallapoosa, Ga., -Ed Barry, a farmer,
was arrested and lodged in jail at
Buchanan, Ga. Barry became enraged
at the auto just ahead of J. C. Jack
son, driven by his brother, Henry
Jackson. Barry claimed that the lat
ter had scared his team. When J. C.
Jackson's machine came along he
fired at it, but did not iht the car.
Mitt Latimer and Emmett Benson
were badly injured, the two horses
they were driving were killed and the
carriage was demolished when struck
by a W. & A. train at a crossing three
miles north of Marietta, Ga. Latimer
had an arm broken. The two were
returning from a reunion of Philip's
Legion, held at Kennesaw, and had
driven upon "the track unaware of the
swiftly approaching freight train.
Governor O'Neal announced the ap
pointment of Henry D. Clayton, Ala
bama congressman, to the United
States Senate to fill the vacancy caus
ed by the recent death of Senator
Joseph Forney Johnston. Mr. Clayton's
commission was delivered to him in
the governor's office, the ceremony be
ing brief. Mr. Clayton accepted the
appointment and announced that he
would leave for Washington to present
his credentials to the senate. He stat
ed, however, that he would not resign
his seat in the house until after he
is seated in the senate.
Hon. W. F. Coulter, one of the
most prominent lawyers in west Ten
nessee, and his son, Harry Coulter,
also a prominent lawyer of that sec
tion, were shot to death at the depot
at Trenton by J. A. Alford, a promi
nent citizen of Rutherford, Tenn. Al-fo-d
got off the northbound M. & C.
train as it came in and without a word
s:-'jt W. F. Coulter three times with
a: automatic 32-caliber pistol and
t ; i ing, ' shot Harry Coulter twice.
?r Harry Coulter had fallen to the
. . md, Alford shot him again in the
General
The worst electrical storm in years,
acompanied by a sixty-mile gale, has
swept across Manitoba from Brandon
to the eastern boundary. Hundreds
of thousands of dollars damage was
done. The harvest had just begun
and damage to the grain cannot be
estimated. At Milwaukee, Wis., build
ings were struck by lightning when
the severest electrical storm of the
year swept over the eastern portion of
Wisconsin. The loss will reach thou
sands of dollars. Oshkosh reported
27 houses struck by lightnig.
That Cincinnati has lost former
President William H. Taft as its most
prominent citizen was made known
through the report of an humble col
lector of taxes in the ward in which
Mr. Taft formerly resided. The as
sessor reported that he had never re
ceived a report from Mr. Taft as to
his taxation. The board of review, the
official taxing body, took up the ..mat
ter with Mr. Taft at his summer
home at Point-au-Pie, Canada, and
Mr. Taft replied that he is now a citi
zen of New Haven, Conn., where he
has already paid his taxes.
Twelve hundred were killed in fight
ing in Canton, China. Pillage is in
progress everywhere. Half of the gov
ernment troops have joined the rebels
and altogether they have looted the
principal goldsmiths and silversmiths'
stores.. Officials and army officers are
powerless, owing to dissensions among
themselves,. An attack on the for
eign concessions at Shameen is be
lieved by foreign residents to be in
contemplation and the detachment of
Indian native troops stationed there
as a guard was reinforced from Hong
Kong.
The Japanese government intimated
to the Mexican government that it
would not receive Gen. Feiix Diaz as
special envoy to Japan to express the
thanks of Mexico for Japanese partic
ipation in the Mexican centennial. It
declared that it would receive General
Diaz only as a private individual. After
reading the dispatch from Tokio, Gen
eral Diaz, who was in Vancouver, B.
C, preparing to depart for Japan, said
he Avould go to Japan anyhow, regard
less of the Japanese government's at
titude toward his mission. The envoy
said he was surprised at the contents
of the press cablegram.
Democratic leaders in. the senate are
considerably perturbed over the fail
ure to make progress on .the tariff
bill and informal conferences have
been htU With Progressive Republi
cans and the Regular Republican
leaders in the hope that some means
to hasten the consideration of the
measure might be found. It was stat
ed, however, that nothing definite had
been accomplished. For the purpose
of sounding Republican sentiment,
Democratic leaders have inquired
what progress could be made on the
tariff should it be agreed that the sen
ate would not take up the currency bill.
IN
Prayers for rain were asked for in
Kansas and Missouri by citizens and
clergymen who believe that spasmod
ic prayers are not sufficient to end
the drought which has beset the South
west. In Kansas hundreds of persons
have written Governor Hodges asking
him to issue a proclamation calling
for a day of public prayer. The gov
ernor decline, not that he did not be
lieve "in the efficacy of prayer, but
not in the case of flood or drouth."
August Ferdinand Bebel, German So
cialist leader, died at Zurich, Switzer
land, aged 73. August Bebel probably
was the best known of the modern
Socialist leaders. He joined the Ger
man labor movement in 1862, and con
tinued to struggle for the working
classes until his death. He was a
member of the imperial parliament al
most continuously from its formation
in 1871. -
William Sulzer, governor of New
York, was impeached by the assembly.
This action has raised a vital question
as to whether, under the constitution,
the governor must vacate office pend
ing final adjudication of the impeach
ment issue by the senate and the court
of appeals, sitting jointly as a trial
court. Long articles of impeachment
lay ready for presentation on the desk
of Democratic Leader Levy hours be
fore the organization trusted its im
peachment resolution to a roll call. A
roll call showed the adoption of the ar
ticles of impeachment.
Anent the impeachment proceedings
against Govxernor Sulzer, it is inter
esting to note that seven other gov
ernors have faced thes ame proceed
ing. These men and. the results that
followed were: Charles Robinson of
Kansas, 1862, acquitted; Harrison
Reed, Florida, 1863, charges dropped;
William W. Holden, North Carolina,
1870, removed; Powell Clayton, Ar
kansas, 1871, charges dropped; David
Butler, Nebraska, 1871. removed;
Henry C. Warmoth, Louisiana, 1872,
term expired and proceedings drop
ped; Albert Ames, Mississippi, 1876,
resigned.
Reports from the various govern
ment weather stations show that av
erage temperatures in Kansas were
higher than on any previous year. In
Missouri and Oklahoma the maximum
temperature of the season was equal
ed. For nine successive days tem
peratures in Kansas have averaged
higher than one hundred degrees. This
has been the most severe hot weather
period in Kansas in 27 years and at
Topeka. Extreme humidity and hot
winds added to the discomfort in Kan
sas. A thief, disguised as a brakeman,
entered a , Pullman car in the union
station at Cleveland, Ohio, and, grab
bing a chamois bag containing $1,000
worth of jewelry, belonging to Mr. and
Mrs. W. J. Beckham of Shelby ville,
Kentucky, ran out again. Mr. Beck
ham's little daughter saw the flee
ing thief and gave the alarm. A score
of passengers aided in a chase.
Washington
President Wilson's message to Pres
ident Huerta is now in the possession
of the government which may be ex
pected to reject it or to return some
answer shortly. Foreign Minister
Gamboa, in the two conferences, he
has had with John Lind, came to the
conclusion, with the consent of Presi
dent Huerta, that the simplest way to
an end was to accept the document
for President Huerta and his cabi
net, and study it. It would appear
that the message has been in the pos
session of the Huerta regime some
time. No action has been announced
concerning it.
Congress will remain in session "un
til snow flies," and, if necessary, pro
long the extra session until the regu
lar term begins in December to dis
pose of tariff and currency legislation.
This was the "decision of the Demo
cratic caucus of the senate, which
adopted a resolution declaring that
congress should proceed to consider
and determine legislation concerning
currency and banking immediately fol
lowing the passage of the pending tar
iff bill.
Congressional expenditure of twen
ty million dollars in the immediate
future to complete the inland water
way between Boston, Mass., and Beau
ford, N. C, was recommended to the
house by the war department. The
plan contemplates a construction of a
12-fot canal, with later improvement
to a sea level canal, 25 feet wide. For
mer Chief Engineer Boxby, in making
his report to the house, urged federal
purchase of the Chesapeake and Dela
ware canal between the Chesapeake
and Delaware bays, at a cost not ex
ceeding $2,514,290, and its" enlargement
to a sea level canal of 12 feet depth
and 90 feet bottom width.
Banks which borrow or loan money
for speculative purposes will be de
nied any portion of the $50,000,000 of
government funds about to be depos
ited in the national banks to assist in
moving the crops, and the entire
amount will go to institutions that
earnestly strive to meet the currency
demands of the agricultural sections.
This policy of the treasury department
was announced when Acting Comp
troller of the Currency Kane, in con
nection with a call for the condition
of national banks at the closeof busi
ness August 9.
A telegram was sent from Washing
ton to Democratic leaders in Alabama
by Senator Overman, acting chairman
of the senate judiciary commitee, ad
vising them that Governor O'Neal, in
the opinion of the Democratic law
yers in the senate, had no power
now to appoint a successor to the
late Senator Joseph F. Johston. The
message added that a majority of the
lawyer senators held the governor
could call a special election at once,
but qualified this by adding that there
was much difference of opinion in
the judiciary committee of the sen
ate. .
RATE GONSESStQNS
REJECTED BYSTATE
GOVERNOR CRAIG DECLARES RE
DUCTIONS INSUFFICIENT; IS
FOR JUSTICE NET.
IS UP TO THE LEGISLATURE
Justice Insinuates Threat Against
. The Carriers. The Railroads of
the State May Voluntarily ' Operate
Readjusted Scale.
Raleigh. The proposal of the rail
road companies doing interstate
freight business in North Carolina,
submitted through tne Corporation
Commission to Governor Craig for
settling the differences between the
shippers of this state and railroads
because of excessive rates to North
Carolina points compared with Vir
ginia cities, is rejected by the Gov
ernor as a result of the conference
here in which the Governor, the Leg
islative Freight Rate Commission,
the Corporation Commission, and the
Council of state participated. The
general impression is that there will
be no further negotiations of conse
quence until the Legislature meets
September 24.
In a signincaat speech closing the
conference, Governor Craig said he
was gratified at the unanimity in the
conference on the proposition that
the proposal should not be accepted.
It is also a fact, to which the Gover
nor did not allude, that there were
the widest sort of differences as to
what sort of an adjustment, would be
acceptable.
John C. Forester of Greensboro in
the closing moments of the confer
ence declared that there is no wisdom
in a "multiidde of counselors" on
freight rates; that somebody had to
take the situation in hand, fix it
and then look the people of the state
in the face and say "we did the best
we could." Nobody could fix a scale
of rates that would satisfy everybody.
E. J. Justice of the Legislative
Commission made the significant
statement that "no doubt the rail
roads will regret that the state has
jurisdiction over a number of things.'
The final session of the conference
was a long and spirited one. In de
claring the final adjournment, Gov
ernor Craig said it was a matter of
congratulation that substantial re
ductions have been offered. He re
viewed the negotiations since the last
Legislature, congratulated the Gener
al Assembly on having boldly under
taken to secure relief, and said that
the Corporation Commission in secur
ing and working out this proposal has
performed for the state a patriotic
sarvice, doing the very best it could.
Archie Blue Killed by Negro.
Enraged, it Is said, because the
white man refused to lend him mon
ey, Jim Cameron, a negro, shot and
killed Archie Blue a prominent mill
man, near Keyser. Mr. Blue died
before medical aid could reach him.
Following the shooting the negro took
to the woods. An Aberdeen posse
scoured the country. It is reported
that Cameron was seen in Keyser
and that he asked a negro woman if
Mr. Blue was dead, a negro thought
to be the murderer was surrounded
and captured in a swamp near Aber
deen, having been seen to alight from
a Seaboard freight and make for
cove..
Engineer Meets Horrible Death.
Sam Propst, engineer on the Lawn
dale Railroad, a narrow gauge 10
miles long running from Shelby up
the river to Lawndale, met a horrible
death when the engine and two box
cars crushed his body into a pulp.
He was standing in the caboose on
the engine when the engine and ten
der became uncoupled by some means,
fell to the center of the track and the
wheels passed over his body. His life
less form was picked up in pieces
and carried to his home. His wife and
three children survive.
Action Against Commissioners.
The county board of education of
McDowell county have made applica
tion to the district judge for a writ
of mandamus to institute actions
against the county commissioners of
McDowell for not complying with the
school law respecting the four
months' school law, in that the com
missioners have not furnished esti
mates of the cost of the four months'
term. The state department of edu
cation had been notified by the
county board of education that such
writ has been applied for.
Will Effect Saving For County.
Convinced that they will effect a
big saving for Cumberland County,
the county commissioners have pur
chased fwo road machines .and a road
engine. In testing the road building
machinery a three mile stretch of
roadway was worked in less than
three hours. It is claimed that the
apparatus will do more work in a
day than 100 convicts. Long before
they hae finished the 100 miles of
roads they are rebuilding, the com
nissioners expect to bring about suf
icient saving to pay for machinery.
CAMP GLENN IS DESERTED
The Tihrd Infantry Has Struck Tents.
.Teams Are Selected For Shoot .
At Camp Perry.
Morehead City. Camp - Glenn is
practically deserted. The Third in
fantry, the last of the three regiments
here this summer .struck tents sev
eral days ago and following the very
pleasant duty of being1 paid off, the
first section pulled out.; This section
contained the colonel and his staff
and the hospital corps and companies
from Reidsvllle, Burlington,-' Thomas
ville, Durham, Asheboro and Lexing
ton. One hour later the last section
left carrying the band and companies
from - Raleigh, .- HenSerson. Louisburg,
Franklinton, Warrenton - and Oxf ord.
The weather conditions have been
ideal, and altogether this encamp
ment has been one of the most pleas
ant and profitable that one could de
sire. Capt. Longdon, U. S. A., the
camp instructor, is highly elated over
the progress that has been Imale.
Enlisted men who came here as prac
tically raw recruits have departed
with a fair knowledge of the duties
of a soldier, while the more experi
enced have gone away with the
swing and bearing of the regulars.
While Capt. Langdoh has found it im
possible to instruct in anything like
all. of the fine points that the men
should know, he has brought out
many valuable points and consider
ing the short time he has had- for
work, no man could have accomplish
ed more.
The full regiment was out In war
attire. The "hike" from camp was
started and an hour later the soldiers
were engaged in a sham battle. The
militia was attacking an imaginary
force, and while no decision has yet
been rendered by the umpires, it 13
probable that the victory was won by
the soldiers in khaki.
The first few days gave the men an
insight into some pretty hard work,
but as they became accustomed to
the various duties and answered the
calls more promptly, they were of the
opinion that after all the work was
not so laborious.
The Compulsory School Law.
Indications are that stringent regu
lations will attend the enforcement
of the compulsory school law in North
Carolina and preparatory to assisting
the attendance officers in the enforce
ment of the regulations governing
the law the state department of edu
cation is co-operating in the work
Within a few weeks the officers in
the various school districts of the
state will be appointed and duly qual
ified to enforce the law without fear
or favor. The state department of
education have had printed blanks
which the attendance officer will serve
on the parent or guardian that is neg
ligent in respecting the compulsory
law. v The tone of the notice, printed
in blank form, with stub to keep rec
ord of the notice Indicates the se
verity which will attend the strict
enforcement of the law.
Aid For Educational Purposes.
Superintendent C. W. Massey, of
the Durham county schools, was in
Raleigh in conference with A. C
Brewer, secretary of the loan fund
of the state department of education
with the view of securing aid in the
erection of the new school buildings
that are to be erected in the county
within the next month. The proposed
new buildings are to cost $5,000
apiece and will be a credit to the
Durham county school system. One
of the buildings is a structure for
the new high school that has been
added to Durham schools at Bethea,
Oak Grove township, and the other
building will be erected at Mineral
Springs, Oak Grove township.
North Carolina New Enterprises.
The secretary of state granted
charters to the following corpora
tions: The Ward Company, " New
Bern, to buy and improve lands, deal
in. timber and construct Duildings, au
thorized capital stock $50,000, paid in
$7,000; A. D.; Ward and Virginia Ward,
stockholders. Rich Square Electric
Company, to furnish light to that
town; $50,000 authorized capital stock
and paid in ,$350; M. Bolton, J. T
Bolton, R. B. Boyce and others stock
holders. The Gibsonville Hosiery
Mills at that town; $100,000 capital,
$11,000 paid in.
Simpson 'Seriously Wounded.
At the' Atlantic Hotel, Morehead
City, Julius Parker shot and serious
ly wounded Charles Simpson, hotel
policeman. Simpson and Parker were
in a room with friends and are sup
posed to. have been drinking. Oaths
and pistol-shots were heard. Simp
son was found lying on the floor, Par
ker standing near holding his own and
Simpson's pistol. The wounded man
was taken to the hospital and the ball
was found to have eatered the left
breast near the heart. Parker is held
for court.
Appalachian- Association to Meet.
The Appalachian Highway Associa
tion will hold its annual meeting in
Asheville this year, probably October
9 and 10. The last meeting was held
at Atlanta and 200 delegates- were
present. The object of the organiza
tion is to encourage good roads in the
state of North, and South: Carolina,
Georgia and Tennessee. The dates of
the convention have not yet been
definitely chosen .by the Executive
Committee, although the local good
roads association will, suggest tha'
they be named as October 9 and 10.
WITHDRAW CONVICTS
BECAUSE RAILROAD COMPANY
FAILED TO MEET REQUIRE
MENTS OF STATE. ,
THE TIME WAS UP AUGUST 10
Squad of Thirty Convicts Had Been
Furnished by the State for Work on
The South Atlantic and Western
Railroad.
Raleigh. The squad of thirty . con
victs that the state's prison has been
furnishing for work on the South
Atlantic & Western Railroad building
from the Tennessee line toward Ruth-
erfordton, is withdawn by "order of
the council of state because the rail
road company has failed to meet the
requirements of the state as to giving
bond for the completion of the road
and make the convict labor represent
only one-third of the work actually
being done. At the conference some
time ago with the prison directors it
was agreed that all railroads receiv
ing aid through convict labor must
comply with these terms and the
South Atlantic & Western was given
until August 10 to meet the require
ments, failing to do so tne order is
made withdrawing the convicts.
It is expected that J. W. Bailey will
be duly Inducted into the ' office of
internal revenue collector as the suc
cessor to Wheeler Martin In the near
future. Mr. Martin arrived from Wll
liamston recently and an official is
expected from Washington within the
next day or two to make the transfer
and at the same time separate the
affairs of South Carolina's internal
revenue business from the office here
for the immediate re-establishment
of the South Carolina office at Colum
bia. Mr. Bailey's bond is already
duly executed and the commission
made out and the formal transfer is
all that remains to be done.
Collecting Historical Material.
Raleigh. Dedicated to and concern
ing the sturdy Scotch people that
have migrated to the Cape Fear sec
tion of North Carolina, Hon. A. W,
McLean, of Lumberton, is busily en
gaged now in collecting historical ma
terial and traditions stored away in
the archives of the public libraries in
this state and elsewhere. The his
torical material will perhaps be com
prehensive to the extent of two vol
umes, as all the local traditions .and
history concerning the Scotch in the
Cape Fear region will be included In
the work. Arnold A. McKay, of Lum
berton, has been In Raleigh for the
past several days searching in the
historical records of the historical
commission for anything of local na
ture concerning the Scotch people In
this state.
Delivered Unique Charge to Jury.
Smithfield. The August term of
superior court convened several days
ago, Judge Frank A. Daniels presid
ing and Solicitor Waited D. Siler
prosecuting. This Is the first court
that judge or. solicitor has held in
Johnston,. Judge Daniels delivered
one of the ablest and most unique
charges ever delivered -to a grand jury
in this county. Unique in that he
reversed the order and told of the
glories of one state and her citizens
and the benefits to be derived from
an observance of the law. He paint
ed no dark picture of "crime stalking
abroad in our land," yet he fully ex
plained the criminal law to the jury
and Impressed upon them their duty
Run' Down and Killed By Train.
Wilmington. Matthew Garriss,
white, aged 20, was killed outright
and his cousin, Judson Garriss, aged
21, received injuries from which he
died a few hours later when they
were run down by a train between
Willard and Watha. The young men
had been at Willard and started to
their homes at Watha. Foul play has
been suggested, but general opinion
is that they went to sleep on the
tracks.
Mecklenburg Teachers' Institute.
Davidson. The Mecklenburg Teach
ers' Institute convened in Shearer
Biblical Hall several days ago. After
calling the meeting to order, Miss
Mary Graham, assistant county super
intendent, called Dr. J. Henry High-
smith to the chair and turned over
to him the opening exercises, which
consisted of a hymn, a Scripture se
lection, the repitition . of the Lord's
Prayer in- concert and the singing of
"My Country 'Tis of Thee," and "The
Old North State." The singing was a
conspicuous feature,
Growth of State Odd Fellows.
Raleigh. That the order of the
Odd Fellows in North Carolina is en
joying a phenomenal growth in the
history of the order in the state is
indicated by recent reports showing
that the membership at the present
numbers 16,000, with this membership
divided into something over 260
lodges in all sections of the state.
Added to this encouraging report is
the fact that many applications are
iow under consideration with the or
der for the establishment of new
'odges in many portions of the state.
NEWS OF NORTH CAROLINA
Latest News of General Interest That
Has Been Collected From Many
Towns and Counties.
Raleigh. Wake county defeated
the proposition for a $1,000,000 good
roads bond issue at least -5 to 1. Only
one precinct in Raleigh voted for it.
The vote was very light.
Washington. E. L. Auman, whose
nomination as postmaster at Ashe
boro has been opposed, was- here seek
ing to Jearn the ciiaracter of the
charges filed against nan, He was
accompanied by J. A. Spence.
Winston-Salem The Southern Fur
niture Manufacturers Association held
its quarterly meeting here recently.
Three states, North Carolina," Vir
ginia and Georgia were represented.
The 20 or more manufacturers here
were optimistic.
Snow Hill. The bond election for
good roads held in Snow Hill, Olds
and Ormonda townships,, Greene
county, carried in all three townships
by an overwhelming majority. The
vote In Snow, Hill was 116 for and 55
against.
H'gh Point. Two cases against
Toe Welborn for retailing were tried
n municipal court recently. In one he
was found not guilty, but in the other
was convicted and fined $25 and the
costs. He was also put under a $50
bond for future good behavior.
Raleigh. The county superintend
ents of schools, in the Northeastern
District Association, will assemble in
Manteo in the near future many ad
dresses from well 'known superintend-
ends and educators of Eastern Caro
lina has been arranged.
Kinston. "Duck" Lassiter, a negro
man, is to face trial here under the
white slave laws for the adbduction
of Annie Bowlen, a 20-year-old girl of
his race, who has totally disappeared
Moses Bowlen, father of the missing
girl, told the sheriff here that Lassi
ter stole the girl from her home near
LaGrange.
Statesville. The Iredell County
Teachers Institute opened recently
at the Statesville graded school .build
ing with atiout 125 teacuors from all
parts of the county in attendance. The
institute is being conducted by Prof. J
H. Mclver, superintendent of the city
schools of Wadesboro and Miss Hud
gins of Marion.
King. Rights-of-way have been se
cured looking to building an interur-
ban electric-car line from here to
Vade Mecum Springs and from there
to Stuart, Va. One of the promoters,
W. D. Wilcox, a Northern capitalist,
was in this section lasr week in inter
est of the project. The proposed line
would open some fine county.
Durham. There is a movement on
foot in Durham to make investigation
of the great increase of the fire in
surance premiums on dwelling and
tenant houses out of the fire district.
Property owners say that since the
city of Durham was placed on a
first-class fire insurance rate the pre
miums on tenant house insurance
have increased instead of decreased
Asheville. For the purpose of de
vising ways and means for increas
ing interest among the farmers in
more scientific methods of farming
and to consider better methods oi
marketing farm products, the Ashe
ville board of trade has announced
that it will hold a series of meetings
within the very near future, to which
all of the farmers of Buncombe
county will be invited.
Washington. Congressional expen
diture of $20,000,000 in the immedi
ate Ifuture to complete the inland
waterway between Boston, Mass
and Beaufort, N. C, was recommend
ed to the house by The war depart
ment. The plan contemplates a con
struction of a 12-foot canal, with la
ter improvement to a sea level cana
feet wide.
Raleigh. The highest bid received
by the city commission of Raleigh for
the old municipal and market build
ing on Fayetteville street was $90,575
made by Cary K. Durfejv executor of
the Tucker estate. There was only
one other bid, that being by Daniel
and Frank Allen for $80,500. This
was carrying out their pledge to see
that the property brought the mini
mum $80,000 in making their sale of
the new site for a market house to
the city commission some weeks ago
Salisbury. Sheriff J." H. McKinzie
made a settlement with the Rowan
county commissioners for taxes for
1912. The settlement of the sheriff
was the most complete ever made
and the officer was highly commended
for his successful work in collecting
taxes.
Elizabeth City. Surgeon H. R. Car
ter of the national bureau of health.
and Mr. Booker, private secretary to
Dr. W. S. Rankin, of Raleigh, are in
the city to study the malarial condi
tions of this section. Doctor. Rodman
of Washington is also accompanying
Dr. Carter in his investigations.
Caroleen. Prospects point to the
largest corn crop in ftutherford this
year that has ever been gathered
Special mention should be made of
the remarkable success of young John
Smart in raising corn on a two-acre
tract in the eastern prt of Caroleen
Washington. Dr. J. C. Rodman, of
this city, has been detailed by the
surgeon-general of the public health
service to accompany Dr. H. R. Car
ter, senior surgeon of the public
health, on his itinerary through East
era North Carolina in the latter's work
of the prevention and cure of malaria
'.n this section of the state.
HARRY
THAW
MADE HIS ESCAPE
AS PRISON GATES OPEN IN EARLY
MORNING INSANE MAN MAKES
DART FOR LIBERTY.
ARREST MANY ATTENDANTS
Now Outside New York Jurisdiction.
Think He Made For State of Con
necticut. Reward of $500 Has Been
Offered For His Capture.
Matteawan, N. Y. Harry Kendall
Thaw, the slayer of Stanford Wfclte,
escaped from the Hospital for the
Criminal Insane here. A dart for lib
erty through an open gate, a leap Into
the open door of a powerful auto
mobile that stood quivering outside
and a flight like a rocket for the Con
necticut State line, 30 miles away, ac
complished his escape.
At last report he was still at large,"
and the hospital authorities felt cer
tain he was outside the state. Once
beyond its boundaries Thaw is free.
Only months, perhaps years, of liti
gation, can bring him Lack to Mat
teawan and then only in. one event
that he be adjudged insane in the
state to which he has fled.
Five confederates manned the car
in which Thaw, escaped and a big
black limousine which trailed it past
the asylum gate. The police have the
descriptions of Thaw's confederates
and the names under which they reg
istered at a local hotel and are seek
ing them.
The hospital authorities believed
that Thaw fled to the shore of Long
Island Sound and boarded a yacht
waiting with steam up to .rush him to
Europe.
A reward of $500 for Thaw's appre
hension has been offered by Dr. R. F.
C. Keib, superintendent of the asylum.
Howard H. Barnum, the attendant at
the gate past whom Thaw flashed in
his break for freedom, is under arrest
and other arrests are expected to fol
low in the rigid investigation begun
by Doctor Keib.
Long years' residence at the asylum
and reported declarations by Thaw
that he would never attempt to ob
tain his freedom except by legal means
had established Thaw's status as t
trusty." There was little out of the
ordinary in his appearance, even at
so early an hour in the courtyard, and
if Barnum saw him as to this no one
save the hospital authorities could
say and they refuse to talk he rais
ed no question.
Unable to Shake His Testimony.
Washington. The house lobby in
vestigators centered their attention
on the statement of J. H. McMichael,
one time chief page of the house, that
Representative James T. McDermott,
of Chicago, had received about $7,500
for efforts to defeat a bill affecting
local pawnbrokers and "loan sharks."
After more than five hours of hard
work the committee was not much
nearer a definite conclusion about the
$7,500 than it was when McMichael
made his first statement.
Sufzer Still Holds Fort at Albany.
Albany, N. Y. An armed truce it '
the present situation in the fight for
the governorship of New. York state.
Both Governor Sulzer and Lieutenant
Governor Glynn, as acting governor,
signed official papers during the day.
Apart from this the only skirmish
was the issuing by Gov. Sulzer of a
reply to Mr. Glynn's declination of
the suggestion that their differenceg
be taken at once to court.
Warrant For Many Miners.
Nanaimo, B. C. Warrants for the
arrest for more than 100 miners im
plicated in the disturbance here and
at Extension were issued. The men
will be gathered in by the provincial
police. Burning and looting occurred
in Chinatown at South Wellington. No
one was injured and the property
damage was small.
Battleships to Start on Tour.
Newport, R. I. October 25, 1913.
has been set as the date for the At
lantic fleet to start on its Mediter
ranean tour. Plans for the trip were
discussed by Secretary of the Navy
Daniels and Rear Admiral Badger
aboard the flagship Wyoming. The
fleet will return December 20 so that
the sailors may spend their Christ
mas holidays at home. The ports at
which it will call will be tentatively
decided upon by Admiral Badger and
submitted to the navy department in
the near future.
Republicans to Call Caucus.
Washington.T-A call was issued to
Republican senators and representa
tives to caucus in the house chamber
August 26 to elect a new National
Republican Congressional committee.
The new committee will meet . and
choose its chairman and other offi
cers. Representative Burke, of South
Dakota, has - served notice that he
will not accept .the chairmanship.
Representative Madden, of Illinois,
and other veterans in Congress have
been mentioned as possibilities for
the executive head.