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ASHEBORO, N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1909.
NO. 4!.
Senator ESkiss Says Thai The Bill As
It Now Stands Will Never
become a.
Wislungton, Special. Senator El
kins, of West Virginia Tuesday
sounded what is believed to be tho
deatii knell of the Payne tariff bill
in its present shape, when he declar
ed in the most emphatic terms that
such a bill as that presented to the
House for adoption by the Avaya and
means committee would never be
come a law, and that if necessary
the Senate would remain in session
until Christmas, if retired to do so,
to -et a bill more acceptable to all
sections of the country. This is the
opinion also expressed by manv other
Senators. They maintain that a close
analysis will show that such a bill
as that now proposed would be most
harmful to the interests of the South
and that, as millions of dollars of
money belonging to Eastern capital
ists are invested there, such a bill
will never become a law.
Objections to the Bill.
Among the objections set out are
that it increases the taxation on the
necessities of life, and that those ar
ticles actually required by the poor
man will come higher to him.
That the maximum and minimum
features of the bill are loosely drawn
and, if placed in operation, would!
De both burdensome to the Ameri
and otherwise be hurtful to Ameri
can rtade relations.
That the drawback provisions of
the bill will work out injuriously to
the wheat raisers of the great West,
and otherwise be hurtful to Acmri
can industries.
That the inheritance tax provisions
interfere with the State laws bear
ing on the same subject.
That the bill is lacking in any reci
procal features, which would enable
the United States to make favorable
trade arrangements.
- That the sj-stem of valuation based
on the American whclsesale market
price is of doubtful wisdom, and will
work toinerease duties.
That too much has been done to
wards reducing raw materials with
out corresponding reductions in the
duties on manufactured articles, as
in the case of free hides and boots
and shoees.
That the countervailing duty of
petroleum is still retained in the
new measure, as it exists in the Ding
ley bill.
That tea is taxed and beer allowed
to escape without additional taxation.
The storm of opposition to the bill
has already broken in the House,
and, though the Senate will have no
opportunity to consider the measure
for possibry a month, there are al
ready signs indicating that when that
body finishes with it, its best friends
will not be able to recognize it.
Aldrich Opposes BilL
Senator Aldrich objects to the bill
because he does not like the maxi
mum and minimum features, the in
heritance tax, and other equally un
satisfactory parts of it. He especial
ly opposes Vie inheritance tax Clause
because in his opinion, it would con
flict with any of the State laws bear
ing on the same point. He is also
strongly opposed to a tax on tea and
ccliee.
Senator Aldrich 's opposition came
as a surprise to his colleagues in the
Senate and to President Taft. It is
practically certain that the Senate
finance commit fee will figure very
largely in shaping up the measure
when the Senate gets hold of it, and
as Senator Aldrich is the chairman
of this committee what he says with
respect to his opposition is-taken to
mean that there must be a consider
able amount of rebuilding before the
Senate Avill agree to pass it.
The outlook is for a hard fight in
the House, especially from Southern
Representatives, and an equally hard
fight in the Senate from those mem
bers who think the bill, as it now
stands, would not be acceptable to
the people of the country generally.
DEPRESSION DOES NOT
Washington, Special. Chairman
Goethals, of the isthmian canal com
mission, who is about to return to
Panama, said Friday that the three
hundred feet of embankment of the
rebuilt Panama Railroad line which
Thursday's dispatches from Colon re
port had settled about thirty feet,
was a mile and a half from the Gatun
dam, and therefore, has no direct
bearing in connection Avith the con
struction of that portion of the ca
nal waterways. The settling occur
red at a place where the re-located
road is being constructed over a
swamp. The road is being raised
EFFECT THE DAM.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF
Items of Interest Gathered By
Wire and Cable
GLEANINGS FRGM DAY TO DAY
Live Items Covering Events of More
or Less Interest at Home aad
Abroad.
STilON THE WAR-PATH i nortFTstate happenings
Arms Against Government
CRAZY SNAKE IS THEIR LEADER
from a height cf 6 feet to 95 feet
above sea level.
"Unless there is some unforeseen
difficulty euch as labor trouble or an
eqidemic cf some kind, I feel confi
dent that the canal will be opened by
January 1. 1915," said Colonel Goe
thals Friday. "I was originally an
advocate of a sea level canal at Pana
ma. That was at a time when 1
formed my judgment upon what
seemed to be the demand of com
merce and from general information
concerning conditions that would be
encountered. Going to the isthmus
about two years ago, observation and
careful study convinced me that the
construction of a sea level canal
would involve expense so great as to
make it impracticable and at the
same time would result less satisfac
torily because cf difficulties connec
ted with its maintenance.
"Since that time everything that
has come to my attention has
srengthened my belief in the advan
tage of a lock canal."
Colonel Goethals declared that re
ports of engineering difficulties that
world be met on the isthmus have
been greatly exaggerated.
"There is not a single thing in con
nection with the lock canal," he said,
"that can be called unusual beyond
the question of the magnitude. En
gineers have performed similar work
elsewhere. There are no doubtful
poblems. If I knew of anything that
might jeopardize the stability of this
work after its completion, or make
doubtful its successful construction,
I would promptly make a report on
it, but there is nothing of that kind."
President Taft Friday again told
Colonel Goethals that if the great wa
terway can be completed by the close
of i913, he wanted to see that feat
accomplished. Colonel Goethals, al
though not thinking it likely of ac
complishment, told the President he
would put every force to work to ex
pedite matters to carry out the Presi
dent's orders. Colonel Goethals left
Washington and will sail from New
York for Panama Saturday.
Near Green River, "Wyoming, Wed
nesday, a train ploughed into a sand
slide burying the engine" and piling
up five freight cars and killing en
gineer Layhaa and Brakeman Pear
son. Mrs. Jessie Culberton, of Vincen
nes, Ind., was, in the absence of her
husband, taken from her house into
a shed Wednesday by a strange , man
and woman, who poured carbolic
acid down her throat and tied her
mouth shut, then left her. She could
barely tell the tale.
A rather severe tornado passed
ovr parts of Texas Wednesday and
over parts of South Carolina Thurs
day morning, killing several persons
and doing much damage to property.
Two negroes in Asheville, N. C,
fought a duel with razors last Tues
day and both came out cut within an
inch of their lives.
The Montgomery Advertiser fig
ures it up that President Taft, with
in the last nine years, has traveled
202,114 miles, excelling all others
who ever arrived at the White House.
Captain Mueller and his five com
panions in the balloon America were
found safe near Pasadena, after
landing in the mountains. It was
thought that they had floated out on
the ocean.
A 20-year-old widow, who re
married, has been awarded the estate
of her first husband, amounting to
$20,000, in Brooklyn, in a suit
brought against her by his relatives.
Five months after the . husband's
death a child was born, and, although
the plaintiff's contend that it was
dead at birth, the young woman
proved by the testimony of a nurse
that the baby lived a minute and
therefore she was entitled to the full
estate.
Joe and Isham Taylor and Lewis
Jenkins were found guilty of first
degree murder in the Skipwith mur
der and arson case at Powhatan, V.,
and John Brown, guilty of murder in
the second degree. All are negroes.
Brown got 15 years in the peniten
tiary and the others will die in the
electric chair.
The Supreme Court of Appeals of
Virginia decided that voters may pay
their .poll tax, which is essential te
qualification, in person, by messen
ger, by check or by postal order.
The National Association of
Liqupr Dealers will test in the Unit
ed States Supreme Court, the pro-
vision of the Byrd law, of Virginia,
which requires a license of $500 for
salesmen selling liquors by sample.
Willie Whitla identified the Cleve
land suspects as his kidnappers, and
his father said he knew John Boyle,
the man, but refused to talk of the
woman prisoner.
The anthracite miners will ask
President Taft to arbitrate their dif
ferences and will not strike April 1
F. H. H. Richardson, of Elmira,
Freir:nt in Disgrace.
Major Frauds p. Fremont, Fifth Creek Indians in Oklahoma in
united istates inrantry, is to oe ois
missed from the army as a result of
his conviction by court-martial in
Cuba on the charge of insubordina
tion, President Taft having approved
'.he sentence of the court Wednesday.
Majer Fremoat is a son of the
"Pathfider," and is now stationed at
Plattsburg' Barracks, New York.
An official ..statement regarding the
reasons for dismissal says : - -
"Major Fremont was convicted of
charges of knowingly making false
statements m regard to another of
ficer of the army and of making a
false statement in regard thereto to
an inspector general -in violation of
the 61st Article of War, end of mak
ing derogatory statements to junior
officers about their senior officer in
violation of the 62d Article of War."
Two Hundred Bed Men, Armed to
tne Teeth, Rice Against Lawful
Authority and Announce That
They Will Fight to the Death.
Oklahoma City, Okla., Special.
Five companies of Oklahoma militia
marched Sunday against Crazy
Snake's band of Creek Indians, half
breeds and negroes, entrenched in
the Hickory Hills, 7 miles from
Herietta.
A battle is regarded as inevitable,
as the heavily-aumed troops set out
either to capture or exterminate the
murderous band, which since Thurs
day has caused the death of six men,
the wounding of. many others, and
brought about a condition of terror.
Leaving Henrietta at 3 o'clock with
seven , miles to go, and encumbered
with arms and equipment, it was ex
pected the troops could not reach the
Indians before 7 o'clock.
Crazy Snake's men number about
200, all armed with modern rifles and
plentifully supplied with ammunition.
They had prepared for two months
for this final stand against lawful
authority. They sent out word that
they would fight to the death.
Crazy Snake's band strongly en
trenched itself early in the day and
was reinforced from time to time.
Crazy Snake Commands.
Crazy Snake is in pergonal com
mand. This was established by - testi
mony chocked out of his college-bred
son by means of a nice new inch rope.
Punish Kidnapping by Death. Younjr Hario. strnnsr trb bv the de-
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i o aenneine crime ot kidnapping termined deputies until nearly dead
gasped out that his father was in
Rocsevelt Order Revoked.
The last remaining vestige of the
Roosevelt order taking marines off
the battleships and cruisers of the
United States navy was swept away
Friday when President Taft, after
the matter had -been considered at a
cabinet meeting, directed that an or
der be issued restoring the marines
to exactly the same duties that they
performed prior to their being order
ed ashore. After Congress had plac
ed a provision in the navy appropria
tion bill to the effect that a certain
percentage of the marine - corps
should be assigned to ship duty, an
order was issued the dav . before
President Roosevelt went out of of
fice restoring the marines to ships,
but placing them under the orders of
the captains of the vessel on which
they were to serve. Under the old
order of things the marines were giv
en specific duties. One of these was
to fight certain guns of the secondary
battery. The order placing them un
der the direction of the ship's cap
tain made it possible to assign the
marines to any sort of duty and to
deprive them of fighting any part of
the ship's battery.
and provide punishment therefor, in
the District of Columbia." This is
the title of a bill that Representative
Kodenburg (111.) introduced Tues
day. It was suggested bv.the har
rowing experience of little Willie
Whitla, of Sharon, Pa.
Wants to Finish Canal in July, 1913.
It developed Wednesday that dur
ing a recent conversation between
President Taft and Chairman Goe
thals of the Isthmian Canal Commis
sion the President expressed his de
sire that the canal be completed by
July 4th, 1913. Colonel Goethals,
however, is i:it at all sanguine of ac
complishing any such results, holding
to his heretofore expressed opinion
that Jnauary l, 1915, will see the
canal open to navigation. Colonel
Goethals will leave New York for
Panrma next Saturday.
Occurrence Interest Gleaned From All Seettous of the Bwy
Ta.r Heel State
In order to expedite discussion of
the tariff bill in the House, unani-
oiCis consent Saturday was given that
the sessions hereafter shall begin at
10 instead of ll o'clock a. m.; that a
recess .should be taken at 6 and that
resuming at 3 o'clock the sessions
should continue until 10 :30 p. m. each
The reuuest for unanimous con-
day.
N. Y., accused of embezzling $300,-1 sent was made by Mr. Payne, who
000, committed suicide in Harris- I said that there already. were 40 or 50
A CRISIS NOW REACHED IN THE BALKANS
burg Wednesday.
Portsmouth, by the annexation of
its suburbs, is now the third city in
size m Virginia.
The penalty in Virginia for kid
napping is death or in the discretion
of the jury, it may be imprisonment
from 8 to 18 years.
Henry A. Wise, a member of the
well-known Virginia family, lias been
appointed United States District At
torney for the New York district.
Paris. By Cable It is held in offi
cial circles that the Balkan situation
pa account of the irreconcilable atti
tude e the Auatro-Hungariau gov?
rnmeni, has now reached & icost
ftcuts stag snd that ths next few
dftya will decide between- pe&se an
The c&orta cf Oreat Britain,
Ttinti slid Rgiftia to present a iov
(aula te the settlement of the dif
ficulty, acceptable to JJaron von
Aehrenthal, the Austro-Hungarian
minister of foreign affairs, having
failed, Austro-Hungary is expecting;
lorthwitn to deliver an ultimatum at
Belgrade After thia, if Servia re
fuses to make osteplete surrender,
no doubt estiBts in Paris thai Aai.
hlKiUigftr? n dispatch m Bray
tug Reman crown prinea
Washington Affairs.
The Inaugural committee has a
surplus of $6,000 left from ths Taft
inauguration fund.
Republican insurgents are fighting
f Jf05! "Ki v?i $ o tbfi HcuM wd to the tariff
Mundnrati te the Pays hill in the ftaa that th' Fitcgerald amendment
members who had indicated their de
sire to speak.
Mr. Clark, of Missouri, the minori
ty leader, asked how long general de
bate would continue. He said he was
much embarrassed by his lack of in
formation. When his Democratic col
leagues asked for time in which to
speak he found it difficult to make
allotments. Mr. Payne replied that
he was suffering under, a similar em
barrassment, but did not supply the
information desired.
Without any intimation having
been given as to when the general
debate on the measure shall cease the
bill was laid before the House.
Declaring that there would be no
dissension in ths Domoer&tia ranks
command; named the Indian who
killed the deputies, told the officers
how to trail the band and did every
thing which a stoncal Bed Man is
supposed not to do.
This first real Indian uprising of
years has held this region on edge for
three days. It broke out last Thurs
day when several deputy sheriffs
went to Herietta to arrest negro cat
tie thieves. They were fired on -by
negro half-breed friends and forced
to retreat. Returning with addi-1
tional forces they were fired on by
the band, then augmented by some
of Crazy Snake's Indians. Three
negroes were killed and five wound
ed, according to the official reports,
although it is thought that many
more Indians were wounded. This
clash resulted in Ml arrests.
Marshal Edward Baum and Depu
ty Sheriff Herman Odcm were tire
deputies killed.
Have Negro Allies.
A Stidman special says an engage
ment between officers and Indians oc
curred near there Sunday morning,
n which several Indians were wound
ed. Both the Indians and negroes,
many of the latter allied with the
Creeks, took their wounded into the
hills, which made it impossible to
learn definitely the casualties. The
number of the dead since Thursday
is placed unofficially at six.
The bodies of Marshal Baum and
Herman Odom were taken to Eufau
la. There was evidence that Crazy
Snake and his family had left hur
riedly in the night.
After Chitti Harjo, Crazy Snake's
son, struggled hard against yielding,
whispered "Let down, tell all
know" the noose was lossed and he
gave a complete list of Indians who
participated in the fight of the previ
ous night and confessed that his fath
er, instead of being in Washington,
was at the head of the outlaw bands
scattered among the hills of the for
mer Creek nation.
"Those were your father 'i tracks
i the yard this moraine;!" ftjki4
New Interest in Good Koads. 1
T iivi n art tin Rnecial. Discussion of
pood roads, bonds and special road
tax goes on apace in Davidson. Since
the recent visit ot me xvuviuauu
armers to. Mecklenburg t .nere nas
been a remarkable increase m
roads sentiment. Leading fanners in
various sections of the county are
publishing letters weekly in the local
press advocating bonds for roads. At
ao time in the history of Davidson has
here been such interest mamtestcu in
the road question. This is partly due
o. the condition of the mguways ai
this time. JThe roads were never worse
and indeed are well-nigh impassable
!n places. The Davidson farmers seem
determined to do sometning anu n
would not be surprising if under a
law applying to Davidson, a bond
election is called at no distant date.
The Dispatchf which sent the Da
vidson farmers to Mecklenburg, is
aow carrying on a popularity contest
in Davie and Yadkin counties for the
ame purpose of sending 45 farmers
from those counties on a trip to
Mecklenburg to see the roads there.
Burned With a House.
Weldon. Special. Fire Saturday
niffht completely destroyed the hand
some-country dwelling known as the
Whitehead place, near Weldon, and
owned bv Mr. W. B. Drewry. The
occupants of the house, Mr. and Mrs
Will Carroll, and their tour-weeKs-
old baby, barely escaped with their
lives, and a colored boy, who slept
in the barn was burned to death
When Mr. Carroll awoke the bed was
on fire and his wife's hair was burn
ing. Clasping the sleeping infant to
her breast, Mrs. Carroll fled from the
room in her night robes, followed by
her husband. The night was cold and
for several hours they were exposed
to the night winds before help could
arrive. Mrs. Carroll is prostrated
The body of the colored boy was en
tirely consumed only his heart being
left in a charred condition. The build
ing was a splendid two story barn,
newly remodeled, with metal roof and
was valued at $2,500. It was insured
for $1,500.
Parents Desert Child.
T .M. C. A. Convention.
The sixth annual convention of the
Y. M. C. A.'s of North and South
Carolina, held in Charlotte, N. C,
and one of the most successful of the
entire series, came to a close Sunday
night at a meeting held for the spec
ial benefit of the delegates. A meet
ing was held for these in the morn
ing a.nd in addition there were the
usual special services for men and
boys at other hours. At the meeting
Sunday night talks were made by
Messrs. R. II. Kins, of Charleston.
S. C, Julian M. Smith, field secre
tary; James E. Johnson, secretary of
students' and boys' work; J. S.
Kluttz, office secretary of the inter
state executive committee; D. L. Pro
bert, secretary of the Charlotte YT
M. C. A.; P. M. Colbert, secretary
of the Y. M. C. A. at Winston-Salem ;
E. E. Bamett. seeretarv at tho Uni
versity of North Carolina, Chapel
Hill; L- P. Hoi lis, of Greenville,, S.
C.; .(x. C. Huntington, of Charlotte,
and Dr. George J. Fisher, of New
York. Unanimous was the sentiment
expressed that the meeting had been
far more than worth while. "It has
more than fulfilled our expecta
tions," said many. General regret
was expressed that the meeting which
had been so fruitful in results and
so pleasant had, like everything else,
to come to an end at last. Before
adjournment, suitable resolutions
were- passed expressing much grati
fication at the cordial reception and
splendid entertainment of - the body
by the citizens of harlotte.
Ex-Police in Jaill.
Durham, Special. Albert V. Sor
rell, the ex-policeman, who is being
sued by Henry F. Edwards for $10,
000 damages for allienating the af
fections of his wife and destroying
the happiness of his home, is now in
jail. He was arrested on a warrant
for bond and bail to sustain the ac
tion and being unable or unwilling
to give bond in the sum of $5,000 he
was committed to jail late Tuesday
night. There he has remained since
then. This combines a civil and a
criminal action and the $5,000 bond
case of desertion has come to the at
tontidn of the police of the city. The
deserted is a baby girl two or three
weeks old and the victim of the evi
dent plot at desertion is an old ne
gro woman named Lillie Jackson. It
was just dusk when the man, having
every appearance of a high-bred
gentleman, told the old negro that he
and his wife had been suddenly call
ed away for a few days and giving
other plausible excuses requested that
the woman keep the child until their
return. The man gave the woman $3
iu money, a quantity of clothing for
the babe and also some prepared baby
food. He left and. since that tune
has never been heard from. The wo
man took good care of the child and
is deeply attached to it. It will be
urned over to one of "the charitable
institutions till a home can be found
for it, :
au- -ii ci i : I required is not an appearance bond
Asheville, Snomal. An - intereBig.feut i-j i'v, k uasbw-ir-x
SH'b- n i to.th rnlM Bad it poMibld & thi deputy Jeaei.
Tbi gtnate n&anea Omni ttN J; toinorjty td npmt its viowi m ,ifltu Bwjft'l GdafesiieB,
ink! a pratically at TariS bill amendments to tho bill by a record tfaaki."
KIDNAPER BOYLE IS LANDED BEHIND THE JAIL BARS
greatly relieved when he saw only a
scattering of people at the , Mercer
station. Boyle was hurried into a
waiting bus and taken to the jail
where he was locked in a cell on the
second tier. An armed guard was
pJaced in front of Boyle's cell, and a
patrolman will be stationed outside
the jail all night. Sheriff Chess said
that the jail would be guarded until
the trial of the Boyles was over.
The officials questioned the prison
er about his wife's identity but other
than to say that there was no ques
tion about the fact that he was mar
ried, he would say nothing.
Mercer, Pa., Special. Heavily ma
nacled to Sheriff Chess, and guarded
by several detectives, James Boyle,
one of the kidnapers of little Billy
Whitla, was brought hero Friday
from Pittsburg and lodged in the
Mercer county jail. His wife, it is
said, will be brought here from Pitts
burg and the couple will be formally
araigned on a charge of kidnaping in
a few days. Boyle feared violence
on his arrival in Mercer, and on the
journey from Pittsburg asked Sheriff
Chess if he thought the crowd would
harm him. The prisoner looked
framinff
t iti own.
President Taft baa' already chang
ed 14 of the policies of Mr. Boose
velt and is considering a number of
other changes
Senator Aldrich is said to be op
posed to all kinds of special taxes
and would so adjust the rates as to
raise the revenues required from
customs duties.
The new Senate committee hopes .
to point out means by which the
Government can save millions.
Minority Leader Champ Clark
made a vigorous attack, on certain
features of the Payne hill and out
lined the position of the Democratic
members on tariff legislation last
Thursday. .
Bftld thi
vate. RnffKiit(it va TTarenn $ inula, wno men 101a mat inariU
flew York, discussed various features 'Co " ' diattWttl IndUa
of the Payne measure.
outlaw, had fired the shots which
killed Baum and Odom. His confes
sion also revealed for the first time
some of the real secrets of general-
snip over the Creeks,
"Coker is an expert shot," he said,
Silly Canard.
On last Saturday morning it was
flashed over the wires all along the
line that the U. S. Battleship Missis
sinrji had been blown nn n. Onanta.
. C . ml, !. -1 IS A . m i 1
came quickly into mind and the re- bodies .f the officers. He is scoutiHg
sultant war with Snain and ours was now wltfl tne band and will be hard
a. nation on t.infnn nf o-rncft otinn I to Catch. '
Message after message said it was so . With Crazy Snake's whereabouts
reported, till finally before noon the almost definitely established, the offi
report was declared onlv a sillv prepared with the aid of the
conard. The Mississippi is safe and
the 750 men said to dead are living
and happy.
CASTRO TO EIGHT tOR HIS LOST POWER IN VENEZUELA
Paris. Bv Cable. Cipriano Castro, that he was convinced that he was
former president of Venezuela, left
Thursday morning for Bordeaux. At
the station Senor Castro confided to
a small group of Venezuelan admir
ers his intention of re-establishing
his power in Venezuela by a revolu
tion, should this be necessary. After
entering the car he leaned from a
window and spoke with an earnest
ness and passion which left no doubt
Chairman Payne completed his
elaborate defense of the Tariff bill
another Napoleon returning f rom I Wednesday.
Elba to reconquer his country. "Like
Francis I, ail is lost save honor,"
Castro declared. "I am going back
to Venezuela. My country needs me,
and my mission is there."
"I believe that God and destiny
call me back to Venezuela. I intend
to accomplish my mission there, even
though it involves revolution."
License was issued for the mar
riage of William Mangum, a white
carpenter, toMiddie Hayes, colored,
in Washington city Thursday. : A
Negro is to officiate in the ceremony.
Twenty-nine persons Vdied from
pneumonia in Washington last week,
many of them as a result of the
Mrs. Boyle Makes Sensation.
Pittsburg, Special. Making a sen
sational and foolhardy attempt to
escape from a tram going at the rate
of 30 miles an hour ; denying that she
had a hand m tne kidnaping of little
Willie Whitla ; asserting that she
is not Anna MlcDermott, of Chicago;
saying that numerous other stories
are absolutely incorrect, and through
it all strictly maintaining the great
air cf mystery that surrounded her.
miltary to crush the Indians-in the
fight which it was believed was im
minent. "
Dr. Elliot at Greensboro.
Greensboro, Special. In an ad
dress before the students of Guilford
college Wednesday Dr. Charles W.
Eliot, retiring president of Harvard
university, denied that competition
between endowed and State educa
tional institutions is hurtful. He
said competition everywhere helps
and promotes growth, adding 'that
is why protection to American in
dustries is harmful to those very in
dustries." Dr. Eliot's subject was
"Public Spirit the Virtue of
Men."
is now brought by Edwards. On this
account the bond has not been given.
Sorrell is worth all of $10,000, but
since his person is attached in this
later action he cannot get to his prop
erty to secure his bond. He and his
advisers are umvilling that his
friends should take up responsibility
of probably having to settle the dam
age suit and he went to jail.
Free
Family Has Narrow Escape.
Fayetteville, Special. The family
of Oliver Thratt, a trucker and in
ventor, living on the outskirts, Tues
day morning narrowly escaped a har
rowing death, when between 1 and
2 o'cloek the father Avas awakened
by a burning shingle falling on his
hand. The household was aroused
and made their escape just in time,
for as they fled from the building the
roof came crushing in. They were
housed and clothed by kindly neigh
bors. It was afterwards learned that
the $000 insurance policy, which was
burned with the house, expired at
noon of the same day.
State Boundary Question.
Washington, Special. The Su
preme Court of the United States
granted the petition of the State of
North Carolina for leave to file an
original bill in that court for a de
limitation of the boundary between
that Stale and Tennessee at the
crossing of the Tennessee river.
Crazy Snake Means Trouble.
Henrietta, Okla;, Special. A posse
reached Crazy Snake's house Sunday
and searched the place. The found
the record of enrollment of Indians
whom Crazy Snake has been organiz
ing to fight for. what he regards as
liberty. The documents, furnished in
disputable evidence that the old chief
was trying to incite a general uprising.
Death Due to Drink.
Burlington, Special.- The lifeless
bpdy of Dclph Faucette was found
Monday morning in a barn near his
home, about six miles north of Bur
lington. The verdict ot ths cprener's
Jury was that dtaia w d9 tp a.
tmin drinking, w, 11 mmm
war f&u&d &slses in tu fa&e rcoL
Md near the body of Mr. Fftusotte,
Death fey Asstssia.
Wilmington, Special. Jerry Big
ford, a young white farmer and store
keeper, living near Freeeman's, Col
umbus county, was murdered Mon
day night by an assassin, who fired
upon him through a window of his
home, where he lived alone. The
sheriff was notified and with blood
hounds traced the supposed assassin
to and across Cape Fear river, where
Cleveland Russ and Stilmore Russ,
brothers, were arrested, one of the
number being a rival of young Big
ford for the hand of a Miss Squires
of an adioininar county, whom the
dead man was to marry Tuesday.
OoTernment Seizes Flour.
, 'Raleigh, N, C, Special. Acting
under instructions from u.is. inspec
tor Wagner, the United States mar
shal here has just made the first seiz
ure in this State of flour for violation
of the government regulations of the
pure food department. The seizure is
for short weight, the flour put up by
the Riverton Mills, Virginia, as "six
teenth barrels" weighing only ten
pounds. The seizure was from the W.
C. Brewer Company, at Wake Forest,
Gets Good Lift.
Salisbury, Special. John Ridge
way, a blacksmith by trade, i? novf
in Salisbury collecting amount3 ag?
gregating' $20,000 to which he has
fallen heir by ths estate pi his broth
er, William Eidgoway, who died re
cently ip Alabama. The tw0 brother!
e&i5s to Aaerlca fro England in
1SS4 end Hi been sfparr.fd sleei
that time,
ft. 0. Senators on Important Casw
mitteeg.-
Washington, Special. In the new
committee assignments in the Senate
North Carolina fares well. Senator
Overman f 3 placed upon the new .
committee to be known as Conserva
tion of National Resources. This will
be an important committe. Senator
Simmons goes to the Finance Com
mittee to fill the vacancy caused by
the retirement of the Venerable Sen
ator Teller. This committee has
charge of all matters pertaining to
revenue and taxation as , well as fi
nance, currency and banking.
Will Unveil Monument.
Salisbury, Special. A monument
in honor of the Rowan county sol
diers m the Civil War will be un
veiled by the Robert F. Hoke Chap
ter, United Confederate Veterans, of
Salisbury, on May 8. The shaft,
which is the result of eight years
of hard work by the chapter, will be
erected on Innis Street, one of the
principal thoroughfares of Salisbury.
An elaborate program is in prepar
ation for the event.
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