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THE CHATHAM RECORD H. A.LONDON, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR Terms of Subscription $1.50 Per Year Strictly in Advance THE CHATHAM RECORD Rates of Advertising On Square, on msrtiM $1.00 One Square two ktMrtiftM One Square, one idos For Larger Advertisements Liberal Contracts wtfl bo made. VOL. XXXVI PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. 0., FEBRUARY 4, 1914. NO. 26. BRIEF NEWS NOTES FOR THE BUSY MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS THE PAST WEEK TOLD IN CONDENSED FORM. OF WORLD'S NEWS EPITOMIZED Complete Review of Happening of Greatest Interest From All Parts of World. Southern. Conductor Walter Little picked up a package in a seat of a Central of Geor gia railway car at Columbia, Ala., that iater was found to contain, ten thou sand dollars in bills. The name of J. C. Kountz appeared on the pack age, and it was found that the money belonged to a Dothan bank with which Mr. Kounta is connected. The money was in possession of a messenger, who left the train at Columbia. It was re- turned to the bank. The money along with several otner packages, uau ueeu placed in a hand grip, which in some manucl iittu tumc upcu nuuc iru seat in the day coach. That the party aboard Frederick W. Vanderbilt's yacht Warrior faced death probably for hours after the vessel went aground on a reef off the coast of Colombia, was information gained in New Orleans from the fragments of wireless messages. All the life boats of the United Fruit company's steamer Frutera were lost in the ef fort to take the passengers off the Warrior and Captain Henschaen sum- snoned the steamer Almirante, which effected a rescue, according to the wireless reports. In the party were prominent Englishmen and their la dies. ' The lower house of. South Carolina passed to third reading a bill prohib- iting white people from teaching in ths negro schools or negroes in the white schools under penalty of a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment for not exceeding twelve moifths. The passage of the measure was recom mended by Governor Blease. The bill ras amended to include the "intima- cy of the races in houses of ill re- pute." Another amendment provides that the bill shall not be regarded as prohibiting the teaching of the Bible to negroes. It passed to the third read- ing after a bitter fight. The weird wails of a wild beast roaming the forests of northwest Geor- gia, in the vicinity of Lyerly, resem- bling the screams of a terrified worn- an, has caused many an unpleasant hour for persons traveling during the night hours along the lonely roads through the country. The animal, which no one seems to recognize, nas been seen several times, but still, alter seeing it, no one can give much of a description of it, other than that it is like a dog, raw and lanky, and does not have any particular place of abode. - General. After being barricaded in a henhouse all night on her father-in-law's farm near Mountain Home, Ark., and firing at occupants every time they ventured from their home, Mrs. Gill Siler was hot and killed as she emerged from her fortress. Will Siler, her brother- in-law, is under arrest, charged with Laving killed her. His father, Hays Siler, and his two brothers also were detained. Mrs. Siler had entered suit for partition of the farm to obtain a postion deeded to her by her husband, Court proceedings at Pretoria, Union of South Africa, against the ministers of justice, defense and interior, be- caise of their action in deporting the South African strike leaders, be- gan promptly. The supreme court, Sir John W. Wessel, judge, granted an application for leave to apply to attach the three ministers for con- tempt of court. The judge declared that if he had possessed information he would have granted an injunction restraining the government from de- porting the men. The president of Haiti, Michel Or- este, fled from the capital, Port Au Prince, and took refuge on board the German cruiser Vineta. He was ac- companied by his wife. Fighting be- gan in the city, and an hour later the president left the palace under an escort and was conveyed in a launch to the warship. Almost immediately detachments of bluejackets were landr ed from the United States armored cruiser Montana and the Vineta. IN The highest seas known on the Pa- ernor will be supreme under the sec- cific coast since it was chartered by retary of war. the United States government were How to dispose of the Panama canal recorded at San Fr&ncisco. The light tolls question was the subject upper- on Trinidad Head, near Eureka, Cal., most in discussion about the capital "ft-as put out last week by surf that when the attitude of President Wilson, smashed the thick protecting panes outlined to the senate foreign rela- jf glass surrounding it. Trinidad tions committee, became public. The Head rises 380 feet above the sea level, president's position was asserted to be The light is perched on a shelf of that the provision of the Panama ca- rock about half way up, and the lens nal act granting toll exemption to all is 200 feet above the margin of the American vessels is in violation of the surf. s Hay-Pauncefote treaty. It is stated in El Paso, Texas, that A sweeping investigation of strike although the Mexican troops quartered conditions in the coal fields of Colo there are to be sheltered and fed in- rado and the copper district of Mich definitely, they have received from igan was authorized by the national their own government some of the house of representatives. By a vote pay due them for fighting before they of 151 to 15 the house adopted the crossed the Rio Grande. Each Mexi- resolution of Representative Keating can soldier received $5, his first pay of Colorado, empowering the mines for months, and, according to Gen. and mining committee to make inqui Salvador Mercado, the commander, the ry as to conditions in Colorado and last. None of the foreign soldiers were Michigan in which the federal govern permitted to leave the reservation to ment might be concerned. Hearings spend the money. It is shown that will be conducted In the strike regions there are now 5,295 soldiers and refu- by a sub-committee, or sub commit gees to be provided for by the United tees, which will start west as soon as States government. The story of how 43 souls went down to death in the. chill waters of the Atlantic when the liner Nantucket rammed and sank the steamer Monroe, was brought to port at Norfolk, Va., by 91 survivors of the sunken ship's passengers, rescued and brought to shore by the Nantucket. A thorough investigation of the circumstances has been ordered by the department of commerce. The steamboat inspection service has been ordered to make an exhaustive inquiry. Thrilling stories are told by those rescued from the jaws of death. Revised lists put the loss of life at forty-three. The American Red Cross Societey has been granted by the. Chinese gov ernment a year in which to obtain twenty million dollars to carry out a project for controlling the river Hwai, whose overflows have hitherto caused every year great loss of life and dam-' age to property.' A preliminery agree ment to this effect was signed by Paul S. Reinsch, American minister to Chi na, and representatives of the Chinese government at Peking. Earthquake shocks at Mendoza caus ed a panic. Mendoza is the capital of the province of Mendoza, Argentina, lying about sixty miles distant from the volcano of Aconcagua. It has a population of about thirty thousand, and is an entry port for the trade be- Buenog &nd In 861 Mend Larthquake 1861 Mendoza was overthrown by an "I sincerely hope our experience may give you warning and cause you to take prompter measures to pre vent plutocracy reaching the danger point," said former President William H. Taft at Toronto, Canada, in an ad dress before the Literary and Scien tific Society of the University of To ronto. The former president had dwelt on the industrial expansion of Canada and the probability that its COnditions of corporate control exist- ing in the United States. Canada, he said, had advantages of profiting by the mistakes in the United States. Fifty-eight children, sixteen women and one man were killed during a pan- turg ghow Qn & lantation in the DutCh resI(J o Slirabaya near Batavia, Dutch East Indies. Most of the vic tims were trampled to death or suffo cated. Washington. A model of the Panama canal which probably will be more than five hun- dred feet long will be the government's largest and most elaborate individual exhibit at the Panama-Pacific expo- sition at San Francisco in 1915. Foodstuffs seized by the federal au- thorities are held as evidence of adul- teratiOI1 or misbranding in violation of tie pure food drugs acts are rapiaiy accumulating pending court ac- tion the department of agriculture an- nounces. Several warehouses scatter- ed throughout the country at various snipping ports are practically filled with conaemned products. The territory in the South freed from cattle ticks and released from quarantine has been increased by 17, 106 square miles by an order issued by the acting secretary of agriculture, effective February 16, 1914, releasing additional portions of Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Ala- bama, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Tex- as. This action has been taken as a result of further progress made in the extermination of the ticks which spread splenetic or Texas fever of cat- tie. The total area released since the beginning of the work now aggregates 215,908 square miles. Former Senator Shelby M. Cullom Qf Illinois died in Washington after an illness of more than a week, during which he hovered between life and death. His last words were a wish that he might live to see the comple- tion of the national memorial to Abra- ham Lincoln, who was his personal friend. Since his retirement from the senate last March he had been resi- dent commissioner of the commission created by congress to build the $2,- 000,000 Lincoln memorial. His death ended fifty years of continuous public service that had made him a figure in American national life, Organization of a permanent govern- ment for the Panama canal zone to su- persede the isthmian canal commis- si0n April 1 was authorized by ires ident Wilson, with the announcement that the nomination of Col. George W. Goethals to be first governor of the Panama canal would be sent to the senate in a few days. Colonel Goe- thals' idea of -a "one-man" government i3 carried out in the executive order, which was made public by Secretary Garrison immediately after the cabi net meeting. The authority of the gov 1 arrangements can be made for the trip. URGE GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP PLANS COMMMITTEE WANTS CONTROL OF ALL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH LINES. THEIR REPORT IS SUBMITTED Believes Private Monopoly Has No Real Incentive to Serve All the Peo ple. Should carry out Three Sug gestions. ( ' Washington. Postmaster General Burleson submitted to the Senate the recommendations of the departmental committee appointed by him to investi gate the practicability of Government ownership of telephone and telegraph lines. The report declared that "the only way to afford to the people the com plete and modern postal facilities that the constitution makes it the duty of the government to provide," is by car rying out these suggestions: "That Congress declare a govern ment monopoly over all telegraph, tel ephone and radio communication, and such other means for the' transmis sion of intelligence as may hereafter develop. That Congress acquire by purchase at annralRfirt vainfi t.hn commercial telephone network, except the farmer lines. "That Congress authorize the post master general to issue, in his dis cretion and under such regulation as he may describe .revocable licenses lor the operation by private individ uals, associations, companies and corporations of the telegraph service and such parts of the telephone ser vice as may not be acquired by the government The recommendations are signed by Daniel C. Roper, first assistant postmaster general; Merritt O. Chance, chief clerk, postoffice depart ment, and John C. Kons, superinten dent division of salaries and allow ances, composing the committee. "The private monopoly," states the report, "has no incentive to extend its facilities to unprofitable territory; but the government must serve all the people. It is economic waste to nermit private enterprise to build up vast properties that eventually mast be taken over bv the eovernment. in re- - 0- suming its constitutional monopoly at a cost out of all proportion to the value of the parts of such properties that may be utilized to advantage in the postal system. "Telegraph facilities have not been extended to the small towns and villages along with the government postal facilities. "According to the best available data, the capitalization of the long distance and toll lines represents ap proximately $200,000,000 and the capitalization of the entire commer cial network approximately $S00,000, 000. The cost to the government would be less than the appraised value, since It would be undesirable foB the govern ment to purchase the real estate hold ings of the companies. Exchanges could be leased until accommodations could be provided In the postoffices and stations. Swift & Company Inlicted. Chicago. Indictments against three railroads and the packing firm of Swift '& Co., were returned by the Federal grand jury on charges of rebating .brought by special agents of the inter state commerce commission. The rail roads indicted are the Pennsylvania, its subsidiary, the Pittsburg, Cincin nati, Chicago & St. Louis, known as the Panhandle, and the Chicago and Northwestern. Observed Laws of the Sea. Baltimore. President C. Whitney, of the Merchants and Miners' Steam ship Company isued a statement in which he said that , every precaution suggested by proper steamship and merchant marine practice, as as well as those required by law, was observed in the manning and the equipment of the Nantucket. Against Increase in Peanuts. Washington. Protest against the proposed five per cent increase in freight rates in Eastern territory was lodged in Eastern territory was lodg ed by Virginia peanut producers with the Interstate Commerce Commis sion. Frank B. Bain of the American Peanut Corporation of Norfolk, declar ed that much of his company's product was shipped in territory that would be affected by the proposed increase He said an advance in rates would handicap American producers In com petition with Japan, China and Spain. Mexican Politician Arrested. Mexico City. Jose Luis Requena, a leader of the National Democratic party, and a candidate for the Vice Presidency with General Felix Diaz in the recent elections, was arrested at his home and incarcerated in tha military prison here. No charge has been formulated against him, though it is understood, his detention is due to suspicion that he was implicated in some seditious movement. That his arrest was determined upon was indi cated by a premature publication of his indictment STATE CAN PROVE RATES REASONABLE ACCORDING TO E. J. JUSTICE, RAILROADS' FIGURES ARE MISLEADING. J DISPATCHES FROM RALEIGH Doings and Happenings That Mark the Progress of North Carolina Peo ple Gathered Around the , State Capitol. Raleigh. E. J. Justice, author of the Justice freight rate act and now of the depart- ship of the Cape Fear and Yadkin Val ment of justice at Washington, was in ley, of which they were respectively Raleigh recently in conference with general manager ana general tranic Governor Craig, Attorney General T. manager, there were overtures from W. Bickett and Messrs. Winston & the Norflok & Western for the con Biggs, counsel for the state, regard- struction of a connecting link between ing preparations for the cross-examin- the C. F. & Y. V. at Mount Airy and ation of the railroad officals the lat- tne worroiK & western at tne most ac ter part of this month with a view to cessible point in Virginia, and that breaking down the force of the array some part of such a link was actually of figures presented by the railroaft companies on direct examination. In the "conference were also a num. , . ., , , , A . . - i state will use in the presentation of I evidence for the state and cross-exam- ining the witnesses for the railroad companies, xnese were .rresiueni ixr m . , , , . I Fred N. Tate of the Freight Rate Asso-t elation, High Point; J. C. Forester rate expert for the Greensboro board of trade; W. S. Creighton, expert for the Charlotte board of trade, and T, J. Ryan, expert for the North Carolina. Furniture Manufacturers' Association, High Point. The whole scope of the rate situa- tion and the evidence that has been presented by the railroad companies were considered, and a general line of procedure agreed upon. These pros- pective witnesses for the state were directed to work out figures that will break down the nosition taken by the railroad companies as to contractors effect or injustice of the reduced rates prescribed by the Justice act. After the conference, Mr. Justice took occasion to say that he regards the figures presented by the railroad companies as entirely -and grossly Tnidtfa i in nnH that ho hns nnintprt out theo foiioM tn the mnnspl for the state and the experts, so that they may work out the real facts that shm,lrt rnntrnl tho final tn-Hne- nf the - - i rates. He says the railroad compa- nies hav entirely too great a part of the operating expenses of their lines chaTged against the intrastate freight business and have their operating ex penses placed a whole lot too high as well. He remarked that if the intrastate business for the other states served by the Southern Railroad Company were figured out on the same basis as that applied in North Carolina, they would represent fully 200 per cent of operat ing expenses of the whole system. He insists that the counsel for the state will have no trouble in breaking down the figures the railroad compa nies have presented, and that the rea sonableness of the rates prescribed will be fully vindicated. Too Late to Prevent Lynching. Speeding 18 miles across country in automobiles under urgent orders from Governor Craig to avert a threatened lynching, Assistant Adjutant General Gordon Smith and Capt. W. F. Moody, commanding a squad of 40 men of Company B, Third Regiment North Carolina Guard, reached their destina tion just beyond Wendell, across the county line in Johnston county, only to find the body of the negro they were attempting to save riddled with bullets and his head literally beaten into a pulp. A mob of infuriated citi zens had taken him from Sheriff Grimes of Johnston county and his deputies and taken his life for his con fessed crime of murdering Mrs. Wil liam Lynch recently. The victim of the lynching was Jim Wilson, who was arrested as a suspect at Warsaw, la ter confessed the crime and claimed that there were four or five accom plices, whose names he gave. Gathering War Records. Capt. Hollis C. Clark of the United States Army has returned to Washing ton after a conference with Marshall DeLancey Haywood relaticve to the gathering of copies of authenticated Revolutionary War records for the purpose" of publishing them in a series of government volumes. Captain Hol lis is in charge of this work for the war department and is appointing competent representatives in each of the thirteen original states to seek out and copy desirable documents for the publication. More Territory Is Tick Free. Special from Washington says the territory in the South Fred from cat tle ticks and released from quarantine has been increased by 17,106 square miles by an order Issued by the acting secretary of agriculture, effective Feb ruary 16, 1914, releasing addition por tions of Virginia, North Carolina, Ten nessee, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Texas. In North Carolina: The counties of Moore, Hoke, Scotland, Robeson and New Hanover. investigating Railroad Sale. ' I The work of taking testimony as to the receivership, sale and partition of the old Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley Railroad when it was divided between the Southern and Atlantic Coast Line i nl894 was resumed by the corpora tion commission recently, J. W. Fry of Greensboro and W. T. Kyle, now. of the traffic department of the Norlfolk Southern, being the witnesses ex amined. The state was represented by A. L. Brooks of Greensboro as counsel and the railroad companies by Assistant General Counsel George Elliott, of the Atlantic Coast Line. The hearing was a' continuation of the session some weeks ago when Harry" Walters, chairman of the board of directors of the Atlantic Coast Line, and a number of officials of both the Coast Line and the Southern testified as to the circumstances of the pur chase of the road by the two roads and Its partition between them. A special feature of the testimony of both Mr. Fry and Mr. Kyle was that aDOUt two years Deiore me receiver- graded, Dut never ironeo Furthermore, they stated, that when the Norfolk & Western later purchas ed the Roanoke & Southern, Roanoke iu vv ino uuii vjaiciii, Lino uiau iui , . , . '. . , Mount Airy extension was abandoned, the newly acquired line giving inter section with the Cape Fear & Yad- kin Valley at Rural Hall. Then there . . . WfcJItJ UVC1 tUl CO Ul HCLlXXls OilOUSCUlCUW between the two roads and the officers of the C. F. & Y. V. were invited to New York for a "meeting to work out traffic arrangements that would make Rural Hall and Winston-Salem basing point for freight rates much on the or der of. if not auite so low. as thosa vireinia cities enjoy. This meeting wnn nav(xr aTiA the Cane Feai & yadkin Valley soon thereafter went into the hands of a receiver and wa later divided between the AtlantU Coast Lme and the Southern. Report of Fish Commission The report of Fish Commissioner J. H. LeRoy to the state geological board made a remarkable showing as to dit rerences oetween me nsnenrc wmu tions in this state and Virginia, the first place, he showed tha the lack of law in this state agamsi the catching and marketing of under- size mullet is making possible terribla inroads on me munei crop m mia state. Uf late shipments oi unuersizea mullet to Norfolk and other Virginia points have been condemned and th fish not only stopped from being sold, but actually confiscated and destroy ed. Now the under-size fish are being marketed in this state. It is insisted that the catching anfl sale of such small fish should be pro hibited in this state to assure their be ing left in the water for further growth. Move Marshal's Office. All of the furniture and equipment oif the office of United States marshal was shipped from Greensboro to Ashe- ville, where Marshal Webb will have his offices In the future. It Is prop able that the offices here vacted by the removal will be occupied by "the office force of Revenue Agent Vander ford, who has been directed by Com missioner Osborne to move his offices from Asheville to Greensboro. Nine Postmasters Confirmed. The folowlng North Carolina post masters were confirmed: P. H. Lin- ville, Walnut Cove; A. Elmer Powell, Whiteville; Gaither G. Blackwelder China Grove; J. M. McCracken, Gra ham; W. G. Bradshaw, High Point; F. C. Gilliam, Kannapolis; G. H. Rus sell, Laurinburg; E. C. Winchester, Monroe; James W. Smith, Norwood. Governor Issues Requisition. Governor Craig isued a requlsiition on the governor of Alabama for P. L, Kincard, now being held in Hunts ville, Ala., for the North Carolina au thorities. He is wanted in High Point on a charge of defrauding the Colum bia Furniture Company of High Point out of $406. Revenue Officers Make. Raid. State Revenue Officers H. G. Gulley: J. P. Stell and J. E. Lowe returne recently from a place in Johnston county, fifteen miles below th etown of Smithfield, where they went a few days ago, and where they destroyed two thousand gallons of beer, one bar rel of molasses and another barrel oi low wine. The officers have for some time had this trip in mind, and are of the opinion that had they struck at the point at the proper time, they would have been able to catch . the owners of the business. ,. Trustees Take No Action. After a spirited discussion of the subject the trustees of the University of North Carolina in annual session at Raleigh a few.days ago decided not to take any action as to petitioning for $50,000 from the Carnegie fund for the erection of Y. M. C. A. building at the University, but made it clear that in the event the students raised the 25,000 they desire and secure the $50,000 from the Carnegie fund for a $75,000 building, that the board will provide $600 a year for maintenance. PLAN RALEIGH MONUMENT Sir Walter Raleigh Committee Start Campaign For Funds For a Memo rial to Raleigh. Raleigh. Each of the original thir teen colonies of the American Union, every school child in North Carolina, and every North Carolina Society in every state and city of the Union and the District of Columbia will be called upon to contribute toward the fund that Is now being raised for the erec tion of a monument in Raleigh to the memory of Sir Walter Raleigh if the plans of the Sir Walter Raleigh Monument Committee are carried out. The decision to do this was reached at the meeting recently of the commit tee having in charge the raising of the funds necessary. The following mem bers of this committee were present for the meeting: ; General Julian S. Carr, chairman, of Durham; Joseph G. Brown, Colonel Benehan Cameron, A. B. Andrews, Jr., Alex. J. Field, Frank Ward and W. J. Peele, all of Raleigh. The meeting ,was one or the first that has been held by the committee in a long while, but the lapse of time since the last coming together of these men did not in any way lessen their enthusiasm over the project, and they are now more determined than ever to succeed in the movement which they have started. ' The committee in session was of the opinion that the best time for the un veiling of the monument is on October 29, 1918, which is the ter-centennial anniversary of- the martyrdom of Sir Walter Raleigh in England. Not only will the monument be a memorial to Sir Walter Raleigh, but if the plans are carried out, it. will likewise commemorate the event of the Century of Peace betwen all of the English-speaking nations of the world. This will be in 1915, and It is planned that the corner-stone be laid during that year, and so inscribed as to keep fresh in the minds of all who ook upon the great marble shaft the long period of peace that has been established. The committee passed a resolution calling upon the state superintendent of public instruction to request a do nation for the monument fund from every child in the public schools of the state on Arbor Day in 1914. An other resolution that was passed calls upon the city commissioners of Ral eigh to petition the legislature for permission to erect the monument on Nash Square in Raleigh, and at such a point in the square .as will be decid ed upon by the committee. General Julian S. Carr, Mr. J. G. Brown and Mr. W. J. Peele were authorized to select in each county of the state one person to serve on the committee, and to aid in the work in his particular section. Fifty-Six Want . Little Girl. Duke. Recently a little advertise ment appeared in the want columns of three of the daily state papers wish ing to place a six-year-old girl In a Christian home. It was simply te- markable to note the ' answers that came to this advertisement. In five days fifty-three letters had been re ceived asking for the girl and three persons had called, making a total of fifty-six applications for her. All the letters came from elegant homes and well-to-do people from all sections of the state. It is sufficient' to say that the little girl, little EUie Blake, whOse mother is dead, has found a nice and comfortable home with Mr. and Mrs D. Y. Harper, of Dunn, N. C. May Move Surry Court House. Mount Airy. That the county court house will in the near future be mov ed from Dobson to .this city , is pre dicted by many citizens. In fact, there is a movement on foot to bring about this change. For many, years there has been a growing sentiment favor ing this change, but only since the re cent refusal of Dobson township to vote good road bonds has the senti ment crystallized into an active move ment. Falls In Line. Raleigh. After hearing an address by William Brown . of Chicago, field secretary of the International Sunday School Association for America, re cently in a stirring address on organiz ed Sunday school work, a mass-meeting of Raleigh Sunday school workers formed a city association. For Tobacco Market. Fayetteville. Fayetteville will have a tobacco' merket next season. This is the determination of the Chamber of Commerce, reached at the first meet ing of the year. J. D. Fletcher, tobac co demonstrator for Cumberland coun ty, met with the members, and there was a general discussion of the ques tion of growing and marketing tobac co, with special references to Fayette ville and Cumberland county's future. Mr. Fletcher estimated that there would be 1,600,000 pounds of tobacco grown in Cumberland this year. Build Modern Hospital. Mount Airy. A modern hospital fs one of the possibilities for this city in the near future. Mrs. B. A. Irvin, a retired and wealthy milliner, who left here sev eral days ago to visit her son, a phy sician in New York City, informed her friends that upon her return that she would begin the erection of a 30-room granite and modern hospital upon a splendid site already purchased for that purpose. - The site consists of several acres of grove near the heart of the city and is an ideal location. DOCTORS MEETING TENTATIVE PROGRAM IS AN NOUNCED FOR TRI-STATE MEDICAL CONVENTION. BE HELD IN WILMINGTON Many Prominent Physicians With National Fame Will Read Papers at the Meeting in Wilmington on February 18th and 19th. Wilmington. A great deal of inter est throughout this section centers in the. sixteenth annual session of the Tri-State Medical Association of the Carolinas and Virginia which is to bo held in Wilmington, Wednesday and Thursday, February 18 and 19. The preliminary announcement of the pro gram has been made which is intend ed only for information. It is stated that eight or 10 prominent' surgeon? will read papers at this meeting and that two or three from New York and several from Chicago will also attend. The tentative sketch of the program Indicates that the meeting will be one of the most interesting in years. The Tri-State Association, embracing three states, always attracts a number of the leading physicians and specialists in the country. Charlotte will send a large deelgation to this convention and several will read papers, includ ing Drs. A. J. Crowell, J. P. Monroe, John Hill Tucker, William Allan, Ad dison G. Brenizer, A. N. Whisnant and others. The officers of the Tri-State Medi cal Association are: Dr. Southgate Leigh, Norfolk, Va., president; Doc tors Augustus B. Knowlton of Colum bit, S. C, Alfred L. Gray and Andrev J. Crowell of Charlotte, vice presi dents, and Dr. Rolfe E. Hughes, of Laurens, S. C, secretary and treasury er. On the Executive Council are: Drs. J. Shelton Horsley of Richmond, R. B. Epting of Greenwood, D. A.. Stanton of High Point, James H. Cul pepper of Norfolk, Samuel Lile ol Lynchburg, A. E. Baker of Charles ton, Charles T. Harper of Wilming ton, W. W.' Fennell of Rock Hill and J. Howell Way of Waynesville. The North Carolina chairman of sections are: Dr. E. C. Register, medicine; Dr. D. T. Tayloe, surgery; Dr. Joseph Graham, gynecology; Dr. D. A. Stan ton, obstetrics, and Dr. H. W. Carter eye, ear, nose and throat. Reorganize Toxaway Power Co. Asheville. Developments of far reaching importance to western North Carolina are presaged by the reorgan' ization of the Toxaway Power Com panya corporation chartered about 8 year ago with an authorized capital ol $1,500,000. 1 When - the company waa chartered the incorporators were H. S. Mitchell and W. ' E. Moore of Pitts burg and George H. Wright of Ashe ville. At that time the company in tended to'do extensive electrical devel opment along the various rivers oi this section of the state, but the pro ject hung fire for a time and finally was apparently, abandoned. The new company owns or con trols extensive water rights and prop erty in Western -North Carolina and it intends to develop power projects along the Toxaway river in Transyl vania county, the Green river and other streams on the southern side oi the Blue Ridge. .All rights, properties, options and agreements held by tha former incorporators have ben trans ferred to the new company. Sanders Negro Submits. Raleigh. Worth Sanders, the negro who so narrowly escaped being lynch ed and took refuge In Wake county jail and was subsequently transferred to the State's Prison, has made admis sions of guilt that make his conviction much more certain, according to state ment made by Sheriff Sears. He says that Sanders told Jailor Jordan that he was out at the Lynch place when Mrs. Lynch was killed by Wilson and that he helped him "put the body, in the brush, but that he was too drunk to have any clear recollection of just what did happen. Sheriff Sears has another prisoner in jail, who occupied the cell with Sanders, and says that Sanders made much the same state ment to him. Establish Training School. Greensboro. A movement is on foot here to get the County Commission ers to establish a training school for boys who get into the city courts of Greensboro and High Point for minor infractions of the law. The last Legis lature authorized the commissioner1 to make an appropriation for such a school. The idea is not to make of it a reformatory, but a real school. Boys sent there will be educated and taught useful occupations. It is believed that the commissioners will undertake the school. Three Demonstrators. Statesville. Misses Cora Bell of Mount Mourne, Mary Lawrence of Olin and Essie Smith of Scotts have been appointed demonstrators to have charge of the tomato clubs in redell county board of education has greatly Increased its appropriation for this work, and the United States depart ment of agriculture is supplementing the fund, which means a great expan sion in the work next season. Tho alubs made a fine showing last season, when only one demonstrator was em- loyed.
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