North Carolina Newspapers

THE RANDOLPH BULLETIN. ASHEBORO, N. C. When things are what they seem .we've usually teen there before, as serts the Washington Post." 'm There is not a plug hatted candi date in South Carolina this year, toasts the Columbia State. While a Baltimore society girl -was making a speech on woman suffrage her hair caught fire. Hot-headed people, those suffragists, remarks the Washington Times. Another American millionaire has resolved to renounce his native land T,rf v,oMm a olHzfvn of Ensrland. He will remember us, however, rejoices (UiU " " the New, York Mail, to the extent of coming back occasionally to draw his dividends.. Professor Koch is said to have held the theory that -when all nations have become highly civilized and prosper ous the human race will gradually be come extinct through race suicide. This seems to indicate to the New York World that there is something wrong with civilization and prosper ity or with the Koch theory. Two business men were conversing xver the luncheon of coffee and pie. The older man had just been married. He was telling his friend how happy he was, -relates the Argonaut. And he wound up with the ecstatic cry: "And, George, what puts me in the seventh heaven is that her first hus band's clothes fit me like the paper on the wall." tfrance has probably had a larger share than any other country in the development of the submarine boat, but, observes the New York Tribune, the officers who command the craft of that class built for her navy have not quite mastered the art of keeping out of harm's way. In a place where there are so many vessels as in the , , .. . , . . , English Channel it might have been supposed that -a sharp enough watch. -would have been maintained to ren- t der the recent accident impossible. In a letter from Stuttgart a corre spondent of a German paper says that Sudermann has so long been synony mous with success that the perform ance at the royal theatre when 'the drama, "Children of the Strand," was received in silence was remarkable and unlocked for. "Only after the third act was there a small sign of approval, and when the final curtain was lowered hisses were heard in all parts of the house. The stage man ager had probably expected a differ ent result, for the curtain went up after it had fallen, but the actors evi dently had seen and heard the senti ment of the audience and did not ap pear again." In the Youth's Companion Dr. Lur ther H. Gulick, president of the Play ground Association of America, writes on "Celebrating the Fourth,'- taking a strong stand for a safe and sane ob servance of Independence Day, and suggesting some substitutes for fire works, noise and carnage. Dr. Gulick believes that the older schoolboys of America should take the celebration In hand and arrange parades, exer cises and sports. That President Taft agrees with him is shown by the fol lowing letter, dated at the White House: "I heartily approve of the boys of America organizing the cele bration of the Fourth of July on a bigger and better basis, in co-opera-tln with city officials." The corporation does not "slip out of bed o' nights whfle the directors are sleeping" and hold up wayfarers on the public highways, submits the New York Press. It is the directors and other officers who conceive the crime and carry it out. Robbery of the public through "unlawful restraint of competition is by flesh and blood persons just the same as a bank is looted by a band of burglars. .The only differences are that the burglars have no corporations as a shield for their crime, that the booty of railroad conspirators is larger than the plun der of the safe blowers, and that the victims of the offense -number mill ions in the case at bar instead of a handful, as ia the casa of the cruder, villainy. Yfhen a Norwegian was introduced to our National Conference, recalls the Christian Register, he used words In the original meanings. He said. "i feel very much at heme here, you are all so homely." SHOT HIS STEP-MOTHER. Refused a Demand For Mcney the Boy Firss at Woman Three Times and Then Kills Himself . Physi cians Say Mother Will Recover. Oxford, N. C, Special The most heart-rending tragedy that ever oc curred in the town of Oxford shocked the people Monday afternoon when Qtis Brown, in a fury of rage, shot his step-mother and killed himseli. The young man entered the house and demanded a sum of money from his step-mother, which she refused to give him, and he drew his pistol and fired three times. One ball struck and remains in the door. The second ball passed through Mrs. Brown's arm and across her breast near her heart. The third shot was into the head of the young man and he ; fell gzspmg 1S hie out, Kmea ay ui uu Mr. J. S. Brown died several year ato-and left his estate, which was val ued at $40,000, to Mrs. Brown during lifetime, havinz the utmost con fidence in her ability to manage and take care of the estate. She has been generous and kind in advancing mon ey to young Otis Brown, who was a little over 21. Having advanced him $1,000 latety, she was slow to pay over the demand he made and in a fit of irritation the tragedy followed. The ball was extracted from the chest of Mrs. Brown and the physicians re port her condition favorable. Distressing Accident on Southern 37. Gaffney, S. C, Special. A most distressing accident occurred at Bea ver Dam church, three miles south of Gaffney, Monday, when No. 37, the Southern vestibule limited, ran into a team of mules and wagon at the rail way crossing near the church. The wagon was occupied by S. W. Wyatt and his two sons, Hamlet and Luther. The elder Wyatt was killed instantly and Luther was fatally injured. The other boy was slightly injured. Both mules were killed and the wagon was reduced to kindling wood. Both of the boys were taken to Spartanburg on the train and an" inquest was held over the dead man. The crossing where the accident occurred is near an abrupt curve. where the engineer could not possibly see any distance in front of his train Fragments of tne mules were carried ? , , a distance of five hundred vards. y&tt was an industrious and"hard- working man and leaves a largre f am- il.Y. Some More New Religion. New York, Special. Twelve clergy men and 12 laymen of the Protes tant Episcopal church have just in corporated the Christian Unity Foun dation, which hopes that, by "the op- eration of the spirit of good, the va rious Christian churches may be knit together in more evident unity in the essentials of faith and practice and in one organic life.'-' Texas and State-Wide Prohibition. Dallas, Tex., Special. State-wide prohibition is the leading issue in a campaign now on in the Democratic party of Texas to select nominees for all State offices from governor down to constable. Primaries will be held on July 23. Prisoners to be Paroled. Washington, Special. Preliminary steps have been taken at the depart ment of justice for the putting into effect the law enacted at the last ses sion of congress for paroling United States prisoners, thus establishing a practice that had been adopted by probably one-half of the States. The law has the warm approval of Attor ney General Wickersham. One of the Lynchers Arrested. , Zanesville, O., Special. Charged in a warrant for first degree murder with fastening the rope around the neck of Carl Ethrington, the "dry detective" lynched at Newark 10 days ago, William Wurster, Jr., aged 19, was arrested and held without bail for Newark officers. The boy said he was in the mob, adding that he had "been drinking.." Must Look Elsewhere for Help. Beverly, Mass., Spscial. President Taft Monday stated with more em phasis than he has heretofore em ployed, the position he is taking with regard to Republican State platforms and candidates. The president doesn't think he should be called upon to write the party declaration in the different commonwealths or to name men for any of the elective offices. A president, it was intimated, has a big enough job on his hands when he undertakes to fulfill all the pledges in the national platform and 'to bring congress around to the same way of thinking. Sixteen Christian Scientists Expelled. Boston, Special. Sixteen of the practitioners who were identified with and supported Mrs. Stetson in her controversy with the First church. Christian Scientists, in New York City, have been dropped from memibcrship by the board of directors of the mother church ia Boston, jac eordinsr to a statement made by Arch ibald McClelland, ne of the Boston directors. wnos E ITS FATHER? Distinguished Men Disagree as to Originator Conservation. UNCLE JOE ADMITS MISTAKES. Speaker Cannon and Gifford Pinchot Wide Apart on the Question of the Chief Promoter of the Conservation Movement Pinchot's Party. Kansas City, Special. Gifford Pin chot and Speaker Jos. G. Cannon en gaged in an extemporaneous debate upon the subject "of conservation be fore the Knife and Fork Club m this city Friday night, and while each man gave expression to the highest rsonal regard for the other and both agreed .that conservation of the nation's natural resources should be ArLP-nnrao-fifL thev differed .on the whole as to who was the father of conservation. Mr. Cannon ?aid that J. W Powell, at one time directly of the government geological survey, deserv ed the honor, but Mr. Pinchot assert ed that Theodore Roosevelt was the father of conservation. Turning to Mr. Pinchot, Mr. Can non said: "I have the greatest personal re gard for you, but I understand that you are now engaged in conservation work for the organization of a new party. "I tell you, sir, that a party cannot, stand on a single issue, although our party did stand on a single issue once in that great conflict between servile and free labor." Speaking of his record as a public official, Mr. Cannon said: "I admit I have made mistakes. Great God, I have been mistaken a score of times in the last 35 years. There are other fellows in Congress who have been wrong just as often, but they are not honest enough to admit it' "Theodore Roosevelt was the fath er of conservation in this country," Mr. Pinchot said, "the national con servation association is continuing the work he started. The last session of Congress did great work and our as sociation was largely responsible for it. The withdrawal bill as it passed was due largely to the efforts of the association. . 1 "We now intend that the people must be compensated for what the private interests get. The grae tice of giving perpetual grants to pri vate interests now is impossijie. and the future is now safe against the oppression of monopoly. "I believe a new school of politic is coming in the United States. This new school will decide whether the country shall be governed by money for profit or by men for human wel fare." Warm Times in Tennessee. Memphis, Tenn., Special. In every town and village and county in Ten nessee, the State's serious political situation has aroused the mst intense feeling. Regular Democrat and in- j surgent Democrats and Republicans are lining up their forces for the struggle which comes in August, when the State judiciary and county elections are held. No candidate to oppose Governor M. R. Patterson has been announced. Adjust Rates on Hardwood Lumber. Washington, Special. That Louis ville, Ky., be made a reconsignment point for hard wood lumber shipped from the Southern States to points in the North and West, and that rates be adjusted accordingly is a request contained in a petition received by the Interstate Commerce Commission. Monorail Accident First Trip. New York, Special. Twenty per sons were injured and, one seriously hurt, in the first commercial trip Sat urday, of the new monorail service between City Island, and Bartow, in the suburbs of the Bronx. Howard Tunis, the inventor, who was motor man, broke a rib, and one passenger broke a leg. Trainmen and Colored Man Fight. Albany, Ga., Special Coot Tay lor, a negro man, was shot to death and Baggagemvaster Edgar purmen was slightly injured in a battle be tween the crew of a special train on the Atlantic Coast Line railroad and the negro late Friday night. The ne gro was trying to kill Purmen and had shot at him three times. Con ductor W. D. Bmlard then took a hand in the fight, shooting the negro three times, killing him -instantly. The shooting occured between Thom asville and t':is place. Spectacular Firs in ITew York. New York, Special. Four hundred-1 thousand spectators .witnessed Satur day afternoon the most speetaaular pier fire since the Hobokeu disa.svr ten years ago in which 150 lives were lost. Asv far as can. be ascertained, two men perished during the confla gration. The monetary loss will run between $733,000 anL $1,030,000. OFFICERS ARE REBUKED,. I Navy Department Censures 'Superior Officers in the Marine Corps Jeal onsiss and Personal Strife. Washington, Special. The person al strife among the officers of the United States marine corps Friday reached a climax when the Navy De partment, as a result of a court of inquiry, sent letters of censure to, i 1 , -i fr 1 "XT ' nearly all the officers concerned. Not I further judicial proceedings are con-- templated. The censured officers are "Major General George F. Elliott, command ant of the cores: Col. Charles H. Launchheuner, adjutant and inspee- jfcor; Col. Frank L. Denny, the quar termaster at Washington; Colonel .Charles A. Doyen, commanding the marine barracks at the naval academy. J at Annapolis; Lieutenant Colonel Thomas C. Prince, assistant quarter master at Washington; Lieutenantfj Colonel Henry C. Haines, assistant adjutant and inspector at Washing ton, and Majors Louis J. Magill and David D. Porter, assistant adjutants and inspectors at - Philadelphia and Washington, respectively. The court held that General Elliott had been profane, irritable and ir ascible at times, indulging moderately in intoxicating liquors, but never in toxicated on duty and sometimes failed to treat subordinates with cour tesy, but was usually polite, generous, truthful, and a "plain blunt soldier, open and trank." I At the bottom. of the dissension in the corps is said to have been the question of the successorship to Gen eral Elliott when he retires in Octo- ber, the fight being between officers ef the line and of the staff. Stamps by the Billion. Washington, Special. Ten billion postage stamps, worth almost $200,- 000,000, will be used by the people of the United States in the fiscal year vhich began July 1, 1910, and will be ended June 30, 1911. These be wildering figures are set down in the requisition which . the Postoffice De partment has forwarded t the Sec retary of the Treasury, by whose or der the stamps will be engraved and delivered by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. The total of stamps asked for is 9,864,220,000, but that number will not suffice, it is known, the requisition being made for "the sake of economy," smaller than the probable needs. Last year's first supply of $170,746,800 worth failed and more had to be ordered. The face value of the first requisition this year is $7,036,200 greater than last year's. Must Call for Registry Receipt. Washington, Special. An interest ing change in regulations affecting registration of postal matter is noted in an order just issued by the Postmaster-General. Whenever request is made by the sender of registered mail matter, receipt showing person to whom and time when the mattes was delivered will be taken by post master at point of delivery . and re turned to sender. "Receipt desired" musit be inscribed, however, on the registered matter from' which the sender wishes such a receipt. For the present the Pcstmaster-General in structs postmasters to ask if return receipts is desired and, where indicat ed, to indorse mail for patrons of the office. Famous Veteran Passes. Lynchburg, Va., Special. Colonel Auguste Forsberg, who commanded the Forty-Second Virginia Regiment in the civil war, died here Friday af ter a long sickness. He was 79 years old and a native of Sweden. He was city engineer for a long "time here. At the breaking out of the civil war, he was engaged at Columbia, S. C, as an architect. Distressing to Georgia Fruit Growers. Fort Valley, Ga7 Special. It was &tate-d jhere, Friday that thirty car loads of peaches (Elbertas) will be dumped into the Flint river, eight miles from here, Saturday, as a re sult of the failure to move the crop quickly. Eighty thousand crates were awaiting cars here Friday, and it is feared will be a dead loss. Al ready growers here have lost $100, 000 because of lack of iced cars. The situation is said to be the worst in the bistorv of the industry in this section. Fell From Boat and Drowned. Barrington, R. I., Special. In at tempting to climb a bridge abutment from a leaky boat which was in dan ger of sinking, Mrs. Elizabeth Link of Abbeville.i'S. C, f ell into the Bar rington river and was drowned Fri day. She had been -visiting here at the home of her sister, Mrs. Fred- erisk Buck. She was 30 years old, and the wife of Frederick C. Link, a traveling: salesman. DATES AND PLACES FAIRS Announcement Made For the Holding of Fairs in the Great Virginia-Carolinas-Georgia Circuit Hand some Prizes Offered For Races. Richmond. Special The following nrft the rdaces and dates of fairs in the great Virginia-Uaroiina-ueorgia, associations: Galax, Va,, August ou, 31, September 1, 2; Radford, Va-, R' 7. 8. 9: Tazewell, Va- cpnfpmber 13. 14, 15; Roanoke, Va September 20, 21, 22, 23; Lynchburg, V.. September 27, 28, 29, 30; Win- ston-Salem, N. C, October 4, 0,0, i , Greensboro, N. C, October 11, 12, 13, 14; Raleigh, N. C, October 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22; Charlotte, N. C, October 25, 26, 27, 28; Columbia, S. C, Oc tober 21, November 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; Au gusta, Ga., November 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12; Eatonton, Ga., November 15, 16, 17, 18. The total purses ottered Dy these combined Fair Associations on horse races, amounts to $20,000 or over. The entry books were closed on Jue 1st. AMERICAN VICTORY IN GER- MANY. Prosecutor Finds Oil Company Has Committed No Wrong. Berlin, By Cable. The long and venomous campaign waged by Ger man newspapers and rival industrial interests against one of the German branches of the Standard Oil Com- pany tne ieuT-one vacuum Company has just been brougnt to a vwjorious ena xvs me imciivxtua 1 il.. A;v,r. involved A -it? oil Vn.nwn TTflmhiTro" nfiwsnaoer for months printed such a series of attacks on the "American grait meth ods" alleged to have been practiced by the vacuum company in the con duct of its German business that the public prosecutor of Hamburg felt constrained to make an official mves- tigation with a view to eventual in- dictments. The prosecutor has now concluded his investigation, especially of the work of E. L. Quarles, Ameri can manager of the German com pany's sales department, and an nounces that no necessity exists for pursuing the inquiry further. No evidence of anything warrant ing prosecution was found . against Mr. Quarles, and the costs of the en tire inquiry will be borne by the State. The result of la 2 investigation con stitutes a notable triumph for Amer ican interests in Germany. It is not the first time that Ger mans finding themselves unable to compete with Americans on ordinary- terms have resorted to slander. Uncle Sam, "Leave It Alone." Pensacola, Fla., Special. Judge "W. B. Sheppard of the Federal court Friday denied the application of the Southern Express Company for a permanent injunction restraining the State Railroad Commission from en forcing an order reducing interstate rates about 17 per cent. In rendering his decision Judge Sheppard stated that only in extreme cases should a Federal court, interef ere with' State officers who are endeavoring to en force laws passed by the Legislature. Capt. Lyon Not Guilty. New York, Special. Captain Sam uel K. Lyon, of the 25th infantry, U. S. A., recently tried at Fort Myer, Va., for irregularities growing out of the Brownsville, Texas, matter, was found not guilty and honorably acquitted by the court. General Wal ter Howe, commander of the depart ment of the east, however, acting as reviewing authority, passed upon the case and disapproved the finding of the court. Big Tobacco Loss in Kentucky. Henderson, Ky., Special.- Reports reaching here Saturday from Hender son, Union and Webster counties in dicate that damage approximating $2,000,000 was done by a cloudburst Friday night. It is estimated that 50,000 acres of pooled tobacco in Henderson county Aalone have been destroyed and one tobacco plantation ef 200 acres is a total loss. Gasolene King at Elks' Reunion. Detroit, Mich, Special. Five mil lion dollars' worth of autos rolled through the city in an unbroken line of twenty-five miles Friday afternoon. There were 2,500 cars in this monster procession,' which took two and a half hours to pass. Truly gasolene was king at the Elks' reunion. While this trenmendous automobile pageant. was wending, its way through the streets the Wright brothers' air ship was soaring and wheeling above the earth at the State Fair Grounds in successful speed flights, and on the river speed launches were cutting the river at express train speed. Mairisd. in Masonic Hall. New Orleans, Special. With the grand lodge room of the Masons here furnishing the unique setting of the ceremony, A. P. Dennison and Mrs. Roma K. Stiles, partners in business Friday night entered into the closer partnership of marriage. Tbeir home is in English, Tex. It 1 was the first time in the history of 'Masonry in the eity that a wedding ' ceremony took place ia a lo'dge room of the order. THE NEWS MINUTELY TOLS The, Heart of Happenings Carve From the Whole Country. Direct exchange of postal money orders between this country nndj Uruguay will be possible after Oc tober 1 next, the amounts ijotli. directions to be expressed, ia. United' States money. I The tide of emigration of home-; seekers to Canada has turned, in the-i-opinion of officials of the Reclama--; tion Service. Thousands have re-j turned and a great many more are'' expected back soon. ' The elaborate funeral given King Edward cost the English nation $202, 590 as is shown in the supplementary financial estimate issued. Nearly 75 years old, but hale and hearty, Ross Magnus rode horseback all the way from West Virginia buy a farm in Colorado. It was his first trip from home and he says it was great and worth all the trouble. While olavfullv tossing her 6- months-old son, at Morganton, Va., Mrs. Plummer Pride allowed tte child to slip over her shoulder a) a fall to the floor. The boy's necK r HrrvL-pn anri rAflth w,1S inSta.ntaneOLI . The mother is overcome with grief J William S. Kenyon, assistant Iro the attorney general, is in Chicago. assisting: the officials of the distrf ?t attorney's office there in the pre sentation to the grand jury ox evi dence in the so-called beef trust and oleomargarine fraud cases. Organized labor has not been fair ly dealt with by the present admin istration, and its enemies are in the majority in Congress, according to Frank Morrison, secretary of the 'American Federation of Labor. ( The naval yacht Hornet, a steel' vessel of 425 tons, built for Henry 31. Flagler and purchased by ' the Government for $117,500 at the out set of the Spanish war, will be sold ,io Nathan S. Stern, of Hew Orleans,, 'for $5,100. , Contracts have bees signed byj the navy department for the construe: ion of a steel fuel cil storage tank and p. gasoline storage tank at each! or the following naval stations: Bl ad- fxrd, R. I.; Norfolk, Va. ; Charlesl ton- p. C; Key West, Fla.; Guantansjimo, jCuba, and San Juan, P. R. ?J I he united Kingdom sobered up $54,000,000 worth -in: aerording to figures ovemment by Cons Griffiths, of Lond jtion of intoxicating t- -i.i-.i- i j : ,1.1 Jls 7 ' 1 H W A ,Dniisii reaim uuxiug .x yan f aTear the amount efnaV-J for in-" : itoxicating liquors -vras $70 060,000, (a decrease of .$54,000,000 frfi 1908." Sixty thousand crates of rtaches, a . (eonstituting a large portion ofVtAff.'' Elber-ia crop, are rotting in Fort 1 Valley, Ga., on account of theWlure j of the refrigerator car compshj , to supply iced ears for Wednesday j and Thursday's harvest. j . ' President Taft withdrew inore jmillions of acres of coal lane's in the total of - e-oal lands withdrawn made by him up ; to the enormous total 01 71,ola,5a -'acres. Something ,lik3 half of this amount is lieVnk .with drawals.,.' Applications ' are pouring in fro: banks throughout the country wnos i jofficials' are anxious thaitheir insti jtutions Se made depositories- ander :C the postal savings'" I bank law. f Mr. and Mrs. T. Barberi, of Pensa-.;" -cola, Fla., received from Governor,, Gilchrist a handsome spoon bearingj.r the seal of the State of Florida. Married 19 years ago the wife is,? jnow only thirty-seven years old, but.v-. Mr. and Mrs. riaroevi are me par-1 " ents of 13 children. Six. of the chii-1' dren are twins. Governor Gilchrist 1 1 suggested that the Legislature pass n tui aj?t,aUowing the parents a pension Discovery of the existent of a new f counterfeit $10 gold certificate has , been announced by Chief Wilkie. The j , certificate is represented to be of their act of July 12, 1832, series ci 1901; and bears the check letter "D," k plate No. 150. the signature of W. 1. Vernon, Register of the Treasury; Lee I ' Hrrvt m . Tin J fa1 Bv. . .ftieijiung, ireasurer 01 mo -i- States, and the portrait of Hiiligas The note is from a photographic plate printed on bond caper. Because her mother doubted her word and sent her- to her rom as punishment, 10-vear-cld Alieej Dunn, at Meadville, Pa., drank krbolic acid and died an hour later, j Owing: to the fact that soyae let ters mailed to Mrs. Frances F. Cleve land, widow of President Cleveland have been eharsred with postage due addressed the Pcstn:aster General has at the postotiice to wincn xasy were issued an order calling attention of .postmasters to the hill passed at the last session of Cr n-v-ss' whereby ;Mrs. Cleveland's letters, like those of. Mrs. Mary Lord Harrison, widow of 'President Harrison, are entitled tc free transmission. Officials of the Census Bureau say they are paying as fast as possible the enumerators wl:o ccited the sta tistics for the Thirteen! j Census.-The pay roll for the enumerators 13 aver- aging more than $100.C00 a day and! has once gone as hisrh as ?1 0,000 a) f day. Director Durand is appcmtin iagent-s to collect statistic of the. in- J mates of jails, prisons, reformatories, I &lTn,rnac onrl linsmtaB i r ae in- w AAA K Sixty-four (Sane and feeble-minded, hundred of these agents pointed. ill be ap- 1 c 1 i I I s f h 1