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VOL. IV.
NO. 49
ASHEBORO, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1909.
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Greeted by Enthusiastic Thousands
Petersburg and Charlotte
Charlotte, N. C, Special Welcom- man. The following is a quotation not trying to move trains, simply an
ed royally as the head of a united . referring to the nomination of Judge nneing that it has the men, the
nation witn all the honors which a Connor: means and the equipment to proceed
patriotic and public-spirited people
could bestow, and responding in a
kindred spirit which inspired him to
pledge his power to the obliteration
of all sectional differences, the Hon.
William Howard Taft, President cf
the United States of America, was
for twelve hours Thursday the wel
come guest cf Chai lotto and North
Carolina. Culminated then the cele
bration in honor of the Mecklenburg
Declaration of Independence with
which all the drenching power of a
Gulf coast rain-storm could but par
tially interfere. Never in tho his
tory of the City cf Charlotte has
there previously occurred such a day,
marked by such a contest between
the powers of ir.cn and -those of na
ture, a contest which had a drawn
battle as its final issue, with the hon
ors, all things considered, well earned
by the plucky celebrants.
Beginning hours before dawn, tho
rain, which Avas predicted set in with
nnrelented violence, continued until
a few minutes before the arrival of
the President's train at 10 o'clock,
ceased for more than two entire
hours, only to descend again a veri
table cloud-burst just as the rear of
the mammoth parade had reached
Independence Square, two blocks
from the stand where stood Ameri
ca's Chief Executive in review. Its
interference with the occasion on
which it had in such unwelcomed
fashion intruded, forced the change
cf the rlace for the Presidential ad
dress from the open air reviewing
stand to the Auditorium and the call
ing off of the military drills and the
baseball game in the afternoon.
Unquestionably it deterred untold
thcr.sar.ds from leaving their homes
in other towns, and yot special after
special relied in in early morning
crowded from front to rear with vis
itors who knew that whatever hap
pened Charlotte would make good.
And she did, so far as lay in human
power, in the face of a twelve hours'
rainfall three times the - amount cf
that for the month's preceding 19
days.
The line from, the Selwyn to the
depot was tilled with the bests al-!
most every one of whom saw Presi
dent Taft in his open carriage.
The Confederate and Federal vet
erans escorted the President from
the Selwyn to the grand stand,
where he. was seated with Mrs.
Stonewall Jackson cn tho right,
and Governor Kitchin on the
left. The parade was a pageant of
beauty and suggestiveness as well as
an industrial and trade exhibit. It
was completed when the torrents of
rain broke all into confusion. In
Epito of the adverse circumstances it
was a day cf glory for Mecklenburg
and the Old North' State.
The President's speech in the Audi
torium was a measure of the breadth
of the statesmanship of this great
H. H. ROGERS, THE GREAT FINANCIER, DEAD
New York, Special. Henry II.
Rogers, sixty-nine years of age, vice
president cf the Standard Oil Com
pany, moving spirit in the organiza
tion of the Amalgamated Copper
Company, builder of railroads, and
philanthropist, died at his home here
at 7:20 o'clock Wednesday morning
from a stroke of apoplexy.
Death came about an hour after
Mr. Rogers had risen for the day,
mentioning to his wife that he was
feeling ill. At 7 o'clock he lapsscd
into unccnsciousr.es?, and before the
family physician arrived, he was
dead, Mrs. Rogers, three married
PRESIDENT TAFT ENJOYS
Washington,' Spedal. President
Taft, returning from Charlotte, N. C
reached Washington, at 10:40 a. re.
Friday. The President found Mrs.
Taft lunch improved In health. The
President recently was chosen as a
trustee cf the nampton Institute, at
Hampton, Va., and had accepted an
invitation to speak there on Sunday
LAKE MONHGNK ARBITRATION CONFERENCE ENDS
Mohouk Lake, N. Y., Special.
With an imposing array of speakers,
the fifth annual meeting of the Lake
Mohonk conference on international
arbitration concluded its delibera
tions Friday nmht. The speakers in
cluded the Right Hon. James Bryce,
tho British ambassador; Alfred
Mo-ely, London; Representative
Richard Bartholdt, of Missouri; Ed
ward J. Wheeler, Frank Chapin Bray,
and Dr. Richard Watson Gilder.
Mr Mosely, a member of the House
of Commons, took up the causes
which led to the present feeling be
tween England and Germany, begin-
giGHTMEN KILLED BY HAIL IN GALVESTON, TEXAS
Galveston, Texas, Special.-An un
precedented hailstorm Monday, in
Uvalde county cost at least eight
hVJames Carpenter, 70 years of age,
returning to the Southwestern Ranch,
?hcw ro was employed, sought shel
Ter in a cattle shed. Hail struck him
on the head and killed him.
Seven Mexicans were many miles
from shelter, in tho open praire
vha th itorm caught them. All
at
"The Federal judiciary should be and do so when the State an
as much appreciated in the South as nounces that it is ready to protect its
in the North, and if I have an oor- Pr0Perty and employes. The strikers
tunity to make any appointments in Bre standing pat. They assert that
the South it will continue to be my ey ave not been and will notb,
chief duty to make such appoint- Parties to any violence. Sympathiz
ments as shall appeal to all the peo- ' ers with tlie strikers, it is set out,
pie whether they be Republicans or iave one a urt that as een
Democrats, and I urge all citizens to dc-
accept the appointments made, as ! ene1"! Manager Thomas K. Scott,
men, if they are men, Avho .will carry at G P- m- made the announcement
on their bi:h duties with a single f'iat "no tiai"s are moving." Gov
eye to the administration of justice, ornor Hoke Smith his wired the sher
to accept them and congratulate the' l of McDuff',:! county to co-operate
people on their apointment, and not . vvitl1 tlie municipal authorities and to
to make use of them for 'any par- . Slltnmoa. aU deputies necessary to
tisan appeal." J j protect life and property. It is in
. j this country that Thomson is located
Virginia Honors the President. i ?nd is at Thmsou that the crowd
PMrcWn- v o , r, i issued their ultimatum Saturday
ieteisbuig, a., Special. Presi- nillf tW . v.
cent lait s visit Wednesday to this rjing ejthca r.oanidn -firemen or
battle-scarred Virginia city has been negro firemen. Governor Smith has
a. notable success from the viewpoint c!so as"'-d the sheriff there to keep
of the distinguished guest and of the m fully advised of the situation,
hospitable people who were his hosts. ?ie Governor has also wired the sher
The President has seen at close ran-e 'l?s. Rockdale ad Dekalb counties,
all sorts and conditions cf Virginians, ?ivinS tb.em information that engi
for Petersburg seemed to be the cen- neers claim to have been rocked at
tf-l to which the counties cf Southern ' Con5?ers and Lithonia and urging up
Virginia had sent the bulk of their on !Iiem PromPt action for the pro
population, there being, it was esti- t,ecticn f the railroads and property,
mated, 25,000 visitors here in the 1 From the offices of the Georgia
course of the da v. The streets were Kailroad here Sunday night it was
jammed from neon until late evmiu". announced that all freight aecumula-
The '-'oldest inhabitant" even is at ted at Atlanta for Augusta and
a loss to remember when Petersburg P01nts heyend would be moved that
has been as crowded as it was Wed- ni&kt by the Central and Seaboard,
resday. It was a good-natured, eas- Tho Geora ad freight station here
ily handled crowd and, while it was J&s Per Monday for delivery of
at no time effusive in its demonstra- freiSI:t to consignees, but shipers are
tion, it gave the President a very re(luested to withhold all shipments
frisndlv reception and lifted hats to "j1. frther notice. After thus ad
him end cheered him as he rode in ga complete is the tie-up,
the parade through its streets. th? ad .
At Fort Mahone, where the beauti- 1 t he k01 road 1S omittmS
ful monument erected to commemor- nothing that otters promise cf early
are tlv heiwsm nf licr. . r in V. ,
Hartranft and the Pennsylvania sol
diers cf the Third Division of the
-Nin.'h Army Corps was unveiled, the
President made a tactful and imprcs-
sive address. The environment was tleship Mississippi" at Natchez was
inspiring and; although he read his the banquet Saturday night to the of
speech from manuscript, he evidently fieers cf the vessel. Governor Noel
felt the spell cf his surroundings. ! was present end spoke on "Missis
Mr. Taft vied with the Governor of sippi, a loyal member of the isier
Pennsylvania, and Major Isaac S. hood of State, a leader in moral and
Brown, president cf the Pennsylvania material progress."
Battlefield Commission, in paying I The feature of the stay was the
tribute to the valor of the Confed- speech of John Sharp Williams Sat
erate soldier and m recognizing that j urday afternoon at the presentation
uit- Liit-ii uu wxi giay uau prov-
dity in battle and American devotion
to principle.
Inis sentiment evoked an imme-
crate eterana, who were massed m -
i on l oi i no pinnorm rrom Winch Mr. .
Taft made his speech.
daughters, a son, H. II. Rogers, Jr.,
ant Dr. W, J. Pulley, a physician who 1
was hastily summoned, Were at the
bedside when the end came. j
Ilia fortune is variously estimated j
at from $50,000,000 to 175.000.000. i
which will make his son, H. H. I
Rogers, Jr., one cf the richest .en
in the country. Mr. Rogers' first
wife died fourteen years ago, and he
is survived, in addition to his second
wife, by four children, the son men
tioned and the following daughters?
Mrs. W. E. Benjamin, Mrs. Urben
H. Broughton and Mrs. William R,
Ceo.
HIS TRIP TO THE SOUTH
afternoon. He stated on the train,
however, that unless Mrs. Taft wag
able to make the trip with him, ha
would postpone his visit to the Vir
ginia institution. On account of the
bad weather, the President decided,
after reaching the White House, that
it would not be wise to undertake the
trip at this time and he telegraphed,
cancelling tie engagement.
ning with the now famous interview
of the German Emperor.
"I believe,,' he said, "that the
German Emperor means well for his
own country and the world at large,
but there utterances caused suspic
ion and have given rise to discussion
in the House of Commons resulting
in the increase in tho navy.
"Now it is proposed by some that
Mr. Taft take tho initiative in saying
something to England and Germany.
But I am not at all sure that" Mr.
Taft would care to undertake that
task. If he does, may I suggest that
he turn his attention to Germany f"
were struck dead
The stones weighed 6 and 7 pounds
and some oi 10 pounds were found,
They measured 10 to 17 inches in
circumference and they came down
for 30 minutes in two separate
storms, about two hours apart,
Many persons who had started out
to search for cattle were caught in
the second storm and injured
The number of catlla killed wiR not
U ku.swn. for several dayi,
eu uieinheivi'B, equauy wnn me men. bowl to the battleship by the City of
who wore the bine, exemplars in the Natchez. The bowl was made for ex
lughest degree of American intrepi- ' hibition at the .TnmPsWn F.vnnsirinn
i ii i , n "ii it
uiu.b .ua neaiiy icuouse irom ine 0f this welcome, Captain, you will
hundreds of Pennsylvania veterans ; Eoon at Horn Island, receive as the
and also from tue gray-clad members gift 0f the State herself, a silver ser.
ot A. liiii C amp, of the Confed ; Vio xviih nnM. i;
j i, j.
GEORGIA ROAD TIED UP.
Geoeral Manager Scott Hakes the
Announcement That "No Trains
Ara Roving' The Governor In--structs
Authorities tp Take Ail
StePs Necesary to Protect Life
j and Property.
J Augusta, Ga., Special. The Geor
gia Railroad, was completely tied up
j Sunday night. The management is
Williams on Dixie.
Natchez, Miss., Special. The big
formal event of tfc-stay of -the bat-
0f a magnificent beaten silver rrnuch
v - - -
Mr. Williams said:
s a complete and crowning tes-
timnnisl r.f thn. nr-ornfTr ov,,i
gravej upon it 0f the steadfast chief-
tain cf a storm-cradled CtmteAaraav.
which has passed, not unworthily in
T&rZZZfZZ
pieces of silver. Let them remind
3"n in distant seas, not only of the
dnty hereafter doubly beholden to be
"well performed, but of the sweet land
of Dixie, the fairest part of tho whole
earth. When you meet an enemy's
ship, and I hope you may never have
to meet one. sink her and then auaff
from these cups a toast to victory'
victoria Americana but if she sinks
you, as she has chanced to many a
brave ship, well handled, then for the
honor of the sweet women of Natchez,
let these modest pieces of silver go
down with the ship, and not become
enemy's booty to shame their name,'
Runaway Horse Kills Young Ldy.
Augusta, Ivy., Special. Enle
Townsley, the 18-year-old daughter of
Samuel Townsley, of Johnsonville,
Bracken county, was Saturday found
dead cn tho road near her horns. Sbe
had been riding a spirited horse
which became frightened and han
away with her, throwing her off,
dragging her over the rough road
with her foot caught in the stirrups.
Are Denied Licenses.
Jefferson City, Mo., Special.
-The
Missouri Supreme Court Saturday
sustained the Staie law, which denies
licenses to insurance companies,
which pay any of their officers salar
ies in excess of $50,000. The decis
ion was on an application from three
large eastern companies for a writ of
mandamus to compel the State In
surance Department to issue license
to tbem. The writ was denied to tho
petitioners the Equitable Life As
surance Society, of Prudential Insur
ance Company and the Metropolitan
Lifo Insurance Company.
Shops Curtail.
Spencer, N. C, Special. Again a
cut has been made in the working
time pf the force at the Southern's
shops. The men were put on nine
hours, six days a week, a month or
more ago, but recently the work day
was cut to eight hours. Saturday
the entire force, with the exception
of the round house men, are off, an
order having been sent out to begin
ea a five-day-a-wwk ichQdult.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF
Items of Interest Gethcred By
Wire and Cable
GLEANIKGS FROM DAY TO DAY
I4ve Items Covering Events of Mor
cr Lcca Interest ' at Home and
Abroad.
At Uvalde, Texas, last Monday a
hailstorm of unprecedented severity,
slugs of ici weighing 8 and 10 pounds,
fell and eight persons were instantly
killed by being in their line of de
scent. Foylerville, Mich., was visited by
a tornado last Saturday that damag
ed 250 houses to the extent of $40,-
000. Twenty-five families are home- j
less.
The State of Pennsylvania has ap
propriated $2,000 for tho education
of deaf, dumb and plind Katharyn
$Iay Frich, nine years old, who shows
many of the characteristics of Helen
Keller.
The Postal difficulties in Paris- are
believed to be over the strike hav
ing failed and the men having large
ly returned to their places.
H. II. Rogers, who recently fiinish
ed the Virginian Railway as an in
dividual enterprise at a cost of $40,
00,000 died at his home in New York
Wednesday.
The Alfalfa Club, at the Creigh
ton University, Omaha, Neb., will rVjf
to demonstrate that alfalfa is a hu
man food and that a man may sub
sist cn its hay.
Dr. J. H. Daugherty, a physician
for the insane at Elgin, 111., has him
self became insane through sympa
thetic suggestiveness.
Tho great event at Petersburg, Va.,
in which the Pennsylvanians unveil
ed a monument to - Gen. Hartranft
was pulled off without break .or jar
and was exceedingly satisfactory.
Charlotte's great 20th of May cel
ebration was badly marre'd by down
pour cf rain for most of the day.
Prof. A. S. Lovenheart, of the
University of Wisconsin it is believ
ed, has found an antitoxine for teta
nus germs.
The cotton compress at Fort Smith,
Ark., was consumed py fire Monday
together -wifcb-ojOaU' bales" ot cotton.
Flames broke out at many places
simultaneously, indicating incendi
arism. The loss was about UU.UUU,
covered by insurance.
Tracy & Co., of New lork, went
into the hand of a receiver, the assets
supposed to be half a million and
liabilities a million.
Three thousand gallons of water
from Jordan river, was poured into
tlie sewer in New York recently be-
eauso no one attached any impor
tance to it a financial failure.
A distinct earthquake was felt in
northern Montana Saturday night. A
wall of one house fell.
Prof. David N. Todd, of Boston,
has a scheme to go up ten miles high
in a ballcon and from there to talk
to the people in Mars, by wireless
telegraphy. Ho thinks they know
about it,
Alexas Loudent, in an accident in
an Alabama mine last week, got his
back broken. He was informed that
death ere long would ensue. An over
weaning desire to see his parents be
fore death led him to attempt to re
turn to Moscow, Russia, and he is
now on the briny deep making the
race with death.
Washington AS sirs.
The Senate Monday confirmed the
President's nomination of Oscar S.
Straus to be ambassador to -Turkey
and Wm, W. Rockhill to be ambas
sador to Russia.
The Washington, Baltimore and
Annapolis Electric Company ordered
smaller cars, and it is ssid the an
nual saving will be $150,000 through
the msg of direct-current motors.
President Taft has returned from
tho Petersburg and Charlotte func
tions. He is nons the worso of the
trip, notwithstanding the deluge in
Charlotte.
President Taft wrote a letter to
Governor Stubbs, of Kansas, revok
ing the appointment of Robert Stone
and resenting the attempt to drag
him into a factional fight.
Torpedo boats are to be given a
test in the battleship maneuvers this
summer.
The gunboat Marietta was ordered
to Bluefields, Nicaragua last Satur
day, where laborers are rioting and
destroying property on banana plan
tations. Foreign ITews Notes.
Two thousand men are on the way
to reinforce the Russian troops in
Persia.
Rome papers regard the exchange
of messages between the Kaiser.
Francis Joseph and Victor Emmanuel
C9 insuring the continuance cf the
triple alliance.
Emperor William is to spend sev
eral weeks in England nest fall.
Though reported to be resting at
the Ju Ja ranch, ex-President Roose
velt engaged in writing an account
of his adventure.
The trophies of Mr. Roosevelt' and
the job for the taxadennist is thus
far one rhinoceros, six lions, two
giraffes, 20 smaller kinds of game
and a variety of birds, a python and
others.
It is claimed for Germany, that
she will soon be prepared for airship
war with a system of stations suit
able fox' opwationa.
VYflSfflntilUN NOTES
Senator Gore's resolution, direct
ing the committee cn finance to con
duct an investigation into wholesale
and retail prices of commodities, was
discussed before the Senate Tuesday
at some length. Seeking to have the
resolution adopted, Mr. Gore, said he
wished to have statements concerning
the extortionate prices of retail deal
ers fully probed so that the country
might know just where the respon
sibility for high prices rests.
That the cotton manufacturers sell
their products, with an agreement as
to the price at which they are to be
sold at retail, was the substance of a
charge made by Mr. Gore. Demand
ing proof of this assertion Senator
Gallinger said that what the country
is demanding is prompt action on the
tariff bill. He added that it had been
accerted that the business interests
cf this country were losing $10,000,
000 a day by the holding up of the
tariff bill.
At times x;!'ovoked much merri
ment by his ready retort and de
nouncing the protective tariff policy,
Senator Gore spoke at length and
until 12 o'clock, when, under the
rules of the Senate, the unfinished
business which was the tariff bill, was
to be taken up. Before that was
done, in response to an appeal from
Mr. Bailey, the Senate agreed to vote
on Mr. Gore's resolution, amended as
suggested by Mr. Bailey so as to re
quire the appointement of a select
committee cf four Republican and
three Democratic Senators to conduct
the investigation asked for, and by a
vote cf 50 to 29 it was referred to
the committee cn finance, Senators
Bristow, Crawford and LaFollette,
voting no wih tho Democrats.
Mr. Simmons, of North Carolina,
while speaking in the Senate in sup
port of the contentions, made by Mr.
Stone, relative to the price of im
ported razcr3, said that the Demo
crats were ready to vdte on the tariff
bill at any time and that it was the
recalcitrant element cf the Republi
can party, which was delaying the
measure. "As soon as you can get
their consent to take a vote on this
measure," he said,
It
you
can
get
ours.
J7
A vole was then taken on en
taken
amendment by Mr. Stone . restoring
the Dingley rate on razor'- I wa
wJectfecr-by-w-ToTe or oe-Jto 43," the
Kepubiicans voting m tnw negative
with the Democrats being BeTcridge,
Bristow, Brown, Clapp, Crawford,
Cummins, Dolliver, Gambia, LaFol
lette and Nelson.
Describing the men who have come
before the committee on finance in
connection with the tariff bill, "silk
hats and kid gloves and carrying
gold-headed walking sticks." Senator
MeLaurin on the floor saj.d he had
failed to see any one there who could
be classed as a consumer. "I have not
classed as a consumer. "I have not
seen any one there," said the Senator
from Mississippi, "the cut of whose
jib would indicate to me that he is
a farmer, a mechanic, a blacksmith
or other laboring man."
.
The most important happenings in
the nation's capital Saturday were e
follows :
Senator Aldrieh failed in his effort
to have the Senate name a day for a
final vote on the tariff biil, Senators
Daniel an Cummins, both raising ob
jections, when the chairman of the
finance committee suggested June 2
as tie date.
Two battleships and cither Ave tor
pedo boat destroyers or ons modern
repair chip are provided for in the
Navy Department 's building pro
gramme for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1911, it was officially an
nounced. By presidential proclamation, about
700,000 aeres cf government lands in
Montana, Idaho and Washington, are
to be opened up for settlement and
entry.
The Senate sub-judiciary commit
tee, appointed to pass upon the nom
innticn cf Judge. Connor, decided to
report in favor of confirmation. Tba
action of the cotnaittee was unani
mous. Similar action is expected by
the fuli committee which meets Mon
day. No opposition to the confirma
tion of Judge Connor's nomination
has made it3 appearance before the
tho judiciary committee and none
is expected.
Charges against the government at-tornej-s
conducting the prosecution of
the Olahoma land fraud cares were
received at the Department of Jus
tice, but Attorney General Wicker
sham subsequently announced that no
action would be taken in regard to
them, until tie cases in which the
attorneys were engaged, have been
disposed cf. .
The day's session of the Senate re
eoryed itself into a talk-fest, in
which Senators Bailey, McCumber,
Elkins, Scott, Burton, Hale and
Clapp participated. The lumber
scheaula was under discussion for the
greater part of the time but no vote
was taken on any subject,
-
The House rates were retained on
polished plate glass, bfct with the un
derstanding that when the bill is
taken up in the Seante proper, there
will probably be some alterations.
The so-called "progressives" criti
cised the House rate as too. high,
while Senator Oliver, contended that
the rate was entirely inadequate to
the proper protection of the plate
glass industry of the United Statei.
NORTH STAT
Items of Sisie Interest Gathered frcni Here and There and
Told Briefly for Busy Readers.
For a "State Forest." !
Raleigh, Special. Governor Kitch
in, in accordance with the provisions
of chapter S9, Laws of 1900, has is
ued a proclamation making for thirty
jears a "State Forest of North Car
olina" of all land belonging to
George W. Vanderbilt lying above
contour line 2,000 feet and situated
in the counties of Buncombe, Transyl
vania, Jackson and Haywood, total
ing 111.545 acres, providing all the
necessary provisions of the law are
carried cut. As a half cent an acre
is to be paid to the school fund an
nually, this will give $557.73 to the
schools cf the counties named.
The picperty to be made into a
"State Forest of North Carolina" is
that situated above 2.000 feet ele
vation and consists of the following
number cf acres: Transylvania coun
ty, 25,308 acres in Brevard township,
1$,510 acres in Gloucester township,
Henderson comity, 19,754 acres in
Mills River township ; Haywood coun
ty, 1,010 acres in East Fork township,
Buncombe county, 8,300 acres in
Avery Creek tornship, 4.300 acres in
Biltmcre township, 5,000 acres in
Limestone township, G.300 acres in
Upper Hominy township, and 3,500
acres in Lower Hominy township.
The act under which the proclama
tion is made is to render secure from
damages and notably secure from
damages by fires such woodlands in
North Carolina as are situated above
the contour line of 2,000 feet. These
lands so situated are held to be too
cold and too humid for successful
agriculture, their value being in wood
and timber. The lands thus set aside
are to be advertised in three con
secutive issues of papers in the coun
ties in which they are situated at the
expense of the land owner and the
owner is to pay annually into the
school fund of the county a half cent
an acre. The Governor is empowered
to appoint at his discretion and with
the approval of the commissioners of
the county in which the land is situ
ated such wardens as may be desig
nated by the owner or owners of rie
land, who are to pay the wardtfs
who are to arrest wihof&: waiaat
for crimes mibaiAaii, acwinit rea
fate and to saieguard tiie la"3
against trespass and notably asrahwt
hre having tho power cf sheriffs, tpe
minimum fine to be $50 if the crime
is in the jurisdiction of the Superior
court, and $25 if in the jurisdiction
of a justice of the peace.
Hydrophobia May Develop.
Rocky Mount, Special. There is
further alarms upon the part of the
members of the family of Mr. Burt
Joyner, whose twelve-year-old son
died Sunday morning from hydro
phobia as the result of being bit
ten in the face by a dojr about two
months ago. Not even the family
physician thought the boy was sick
with the horrible malady with which
be died cn Sunday, and the fact that
the dog had bitten the child had been
almost forgotten until Thursday
night when he began to complain and
on Saturday night he was uncontrol
lable and it wasTneeessary to tie him
to the bed, while he died Sunday
morning at 11 o'clock. The alarm
had come to the family in this way,
at the supper table on Wednesday
the boy masticated several pieces of
meat which he gave the baby to esft,
and it is feared this child has con
tracted the maladv through the saliva
from this food. With the rest of tho
family there had been no additional
precaution with regard to the drink
ing, water from separate vessels,
while practically the entire family
has caressed the baby. The family
is very much alarmed over the mat
ter, and there is just cause why they
should be.
New Railroad Completed.
Fayetteville, Special. The Vir
ginia end Carolina Southern Rail
road i3 now completed from Lumber
ton to Hope Mills, seven miles below
here, there connecting over the At
lantic Coast Line Railroad with Fay
etteville. A train over that road en
tered Hope Mills Wednesday.
At Elon College
Elon College, Special. The gradu
ation exercises of the music depart
ment of the present year occurred
Firday evening in the college chapel.
The weather was inclement and had
been all day, but that did not prevent
the assembling of a large and enthu
siastic audience. Thero ere three
graduates this year: in voicer Mrs.
Estelle Walker Harper (soprano)
and Miss Mary Ethel Clements
(soprano) : and one in piano, Mrs.
Donie P.ieh Patten, Miss Wilson di
rector, presiding at the piano for the
voice reditions.
Fire years for Stealing.
Winston-Salem, Special. Gaither
Bodenhamer, a young man, was con
victed in Forsyth Superior Court
Wednesday of stealing $2,200 from
the Forsyth Bank and Trust com
pany at Kernersville in February.
Defense put up insanity plea but thee
jury declined to accept it. Boden
hamer was e-iven a term of five years
in State prison. The bank recover
ed all but $500 of the stolen money.
Shows Ei3 Appreciation.
Wilson, Special. The following
letter of gratitude was received in
this city a few days since from Judge
Connor, acknowledging receipt of a
copy cf the resolutions passed in
mass-meeting in Wilson cn the- night
of May 10th in regard to his appoint
ment by President Taft to the judge
ship of Eastern North Carolina. In
the letter he says:
"'I can hardly find words to ex
press to you my grateful apprecia
tion of the continued kindness of my
home people. It sometiires seems to
me that I overtax them in that re
spect, but they always so generously,
respond that it is cn inspiration to
me. The actions of the citizens cf
Wilson on this occasion adds another
to the many obligations under which
I live to them.
"If any honor has come to mo
during my life, the fact that it has
in some degree given pleasure to the
people cf Wilson county, has en
hanced its pleasure to me more than
I can express.
"Will you kindly express to the
Chamber of Commerce at their next
meeting ray sense cf gratitude for
their great kindness!"
Indian Dies From Wound.
Ashevllle, Special. Allen Whip
pcrwill, the Indian from the Chero
kee reservation, who was shot in the
old Hix Souther "soft drink" plMO
on North Lexington avenue a week
ago, died Friday morning at five
o'clock at the mission hospital from
the effect cf his injury. Wade Wil
son, the young man charged with tha
responsibility for WhipponvlU's hurt
and who was released cn bond last
week upon report that Whipporwili
was doing well and would prcbablv
recover, was placed in the custody o
i WulnAsilav c mm nrn anil iVint.
locked up in the Vity jaiL An in
quest was held Friday afternoon
when evidence relative to the fatal
shooting was had. Witnesses testi
fied in effect that the Indian was' at
tempting to tomahawk Wilsen when
the pistol fired, whether as a result
cf scuffle or by Wilson, was not just
plain. The jury returned a verdict
exonerating Wilson and he as prompt
ly released from custody.
Durham Burglaries.
Durham, Special. It is learned
now that there have been a large
number of burglaries in Durham in
the last few weeks and that the police
have kept the reports under cover,
Tuesday -night the. home of J. R,
Simms, ex-sheriff of Person county",
was broken into and the burglar. was
chased out. Engineer Johnson, of
the Seaboard road was called from
his bed a few nights ago to rua out
a burglar who was in the house and
trying to get into hia wife's bedroom.
The home of Policeman Rigsbee was
alsb visited and he met the negro
man face to face in the hall. The
home of Mrs. Carroll wa3 entered
several nights ago and the fact3 not
made public.- Jamea Warren, color
ed, a well-to-do negro who Hve3 on
Chapel Hill street, had an unusual
experience; he was out rather late
and the burglar beat him to the home
and locked him cut, while he was
trying to get in the burglar escaped
with several articles of value. For
several weeks there has been a veri-,
table carnival cf crime on in the bur
glar line.
Greensboro Female College Cloeea.
Greensboro, Special. 'Wednesday
was graduation day at Greensboro
Female College and the graduating
exercises were held in the college au
ditorium Thursday at 11 o'clock,
there being a large and interested
audience in attendance. The day
dawned bright end clear, just an
ideal May day and ideal commence
ment weather.
Wants $5,000 Damages.
Lexington, Special. J. L. Ludlow,
civil engineer, of Winston, has start
ed suit for $5,000 damages against
tho town of Lexington, alleging
breach of contract. It is asserted ;
that Captain Ludlow, who had
charge of the censiruetion of tha
water works, made a survey of the
town with a view of handling pos
sible future paving of the street-s,
charge cf which it is ?aid he was to,
have. The work was eupervised by
another engineer, hence the suit,
Walser & Walser are the local at
torneys.
Arrested Per Bigamy.
Kinstcn, Special. A sensational
arrest was made in this city Tues
day night when Sheriff Nunn arrest
ed Mr. G. S. Longfellow, formerly
of Wilmington, on a charge of big-.,
amy. The arrest was made at Hotel
Caswell just as Mr. Longfellow had
paid his bill preparatory to leaving
the city, on a bench warrant issued
by Judge W. R. Allen, upon infer-,
matioa from Wilmington