IK RANDOLPH BULLETIN. I ASKEBORO, N. C. ' The mere fact that a girl has gold en hair doesn't prove, to the Bostoo Post, that she is brilliant. The man who has religion right should put on the whole armor, and then put on his war paint, says Ram's Horn. "Wif some folks," said Uncle Eben, in the Washington Star, "optimism is de day befo' pay day, and pessimism is de day after." The Greeks called the comet a "hairy star." Many Americans, avers the Louisville Courier-Journal, are calling it a myth. New York's race tracks are being transformed into suburban home dis tricts. Eoth promote the r?.ce,"funs the Duluth News-Tribune, with a dif ference. Horse racing, of itself, makes very little difference to the American peo ple as a whole. Horse breeding does. The trouble is that without horse rac ing jand- right here in New York, so long the great racing centre of the New World the breeding of the thoroughbred will fall into decline, prophesises the New York Herald. And no betting, no racing. On with athletics! We join Lot! In the- cry, shouts the New York World. Give us back the sctand wo man with normal figure and the soKd man whose lines are plumb. No more round shoulders, hollow chests and bulging waistbands. It is never too late to -cure these eyesores and afflic tions. Let phj-sical culture do the work of Praxiteles of old Greece, and turn out for our age more men of heroic mould, more women like grown-up Tanagra figurines. The funeral of King Edward was the subject of discussion at an up town club, narrates the New York Tribune, and one of the elderly men who took part in the conversation eaid that it must have been a grand spectacle. "Yes," said another, "it probably was, but I was present and saw a paracte forty-five years ago on May 23, IS 65, to be exact which was grander. ,It took place at Wash ington, T. C, and the parading body of 75,000 was made up of what was left of the Army of the Potomac. There were no red coats, no goH lace and no fine uniforms. Many men in line wore torn coats and were bare headed, but it was a grand sight, the recollection of which forty-flvo years lias not destroyed." Now they have found a tribe of pigmies, described as averaging fifty one inches in height, in the mount ains of Dutch New Guinea. The "lit tie people," fragmentary though they are, are one of the most widely dis tributed races in the world, observes the New York Mail. Herodotus heard of them near the Nile sources, but never saw them. 'Stanley discovered them in the equatorial forests of Africa. They were known in East Africa before his day. They persist in the Philippines, and now they are noted in Papua. A shy people they are everywhere, hiding in the depths of forests, whose shades may have something to do with thir stunted stature. Doubtless there are other groups of them yet to be discovered by the explorer. Postoffice Inspector Fletcher, sta tioned in Indianapolis, recently re turned from an official tour through the wildest mountain districts pf Ken tucky with a high opinion of the mountaineers. He says they will di vide their last crust with a stranger and are thoroughly honest. "Des pite me fact that there are many feuds and the people kill each other, a stranger is perfectly safe among them," declares Mr. Fletcher. "As there are no banks in the mountain districts, the money sent to them for their logs and other products is by registered letter; consequently they place every safeguard about the mails. There is one thing they won't stand, and that is to have their mail interfered with. Whenever a robbery .occurs every man in the neighbor hood turns out and assists the inspec tors in catching the thieves.' ACTIONS SrEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS. The Sunday-school class was sing ing "I Want to Ee an Angel." . "Why don't you sing louder, Bob by?" "I'm sirging as leud as I feel" ex plained Cobby. The Delineator". BANK ROBBED $600,000 Cashier Erwin Wider its Badly Want ed By Police Description Given. Xew York, Special. "Wanted: Erwin Wider, about 32 years old, 5 feet 5 inches in height. Weight about 135 pounds, swarthy of complexion with a small black mustache curled at the ends. Wears rimless nose glasses, talks with a German accent and is timid in address." Saeh is the general alarm sent out by the police for the missing cashier of the Russo-Cbinese bank, although, oddly enough, the district attorney's office says that no aid has been asked of it by the bank and that no appli cation for a warrant had been filed. But t his con roadie t ion is only one in a series that have kept step with every development of what is now ad mitted to be at once the most puzzling and the most seiious defalcation in the historv of Wall Street since Cor nelius Alvord stole $606,000 from the First National bank, served a term in Sing Sing and then retired to the se clusion of a princely country place. When the Russo-Chinese bank first made public, the fact that its strong box was short, the amount was given as $80,000, all in negotiable bonds, a list of which was furnished. Monday afternoon the amount suddenly jump ed to $600,000, of which the addition al $520,000 is said to be in stocks partly owned by the bank and partly by its customers. Bids Opened For Building Sites. Washington, Special. Bids for the sale of sites for the erection of Fed eral buildings authorized by act of the recent session of Congress were Men day opened by the supervising archi tect of the Treasury of the cities of Rocky Mount, Wilkesboro and Bur lington. There were fifteen offers of property in Rocky Mount, the prices raninu; from $10,500 for corner of Main and Thomas streets to $26,000 for property on corner of Washington and Hall. There were two offers of Burling ton property, each for $10,000 and located on Davis street. Three offers were made of Wilkes boro lots along Main street at prices from $6,000 to $7,500. Xo selection will be made for these sites until the towns are visited by an agent of the Treasury, who will personally inspect each offer. The visits will probably be made early in the fall. Virginia Ex-Mayor Assassinated. Ridgeway, Ya., Special. Ex-Mayor A. II. Bousman was assassinated by a dynamite bomb, which was thrown Sunday evening. He died an hour after the explosion. No clue to the identity of the murderer, or the cause of the crime, has been found. Mr. Bousman had been spending the hot evening in a hammock swung between two trees on the lawn in front of bis residence. The dynamite bomb was thrown about 10 o'clock by some one passing along the street. It landed on the hammock at his feet and in another instant exploded. The ex-mayor's feet were torn away by the bursting shell and his legs frightfully mutilated. In great agony lie died an hour later. As mayor of Ridgeway, Mr. Bous man presided over the police court of the town trying petty cases. It is thought some person upon whom Bousman, in his court, had passed sentence of punishment, held a grudge against him. No State Taxes Gee Whiz! Minneapolis, Minn., Special. There won't be any State taxes in' Minne sota in 1911. The State government expenses will all be met by the huge surplus in the State treasury. No State taxes is an unheard-of thing. The condition is supposed to be without precedent in the United States, as it is in Minnesota. " Plenty Money. Atlanta, Ga., Special. Forty-one new banks, capitalized at $2,612,000 in the aggregate, commenced business or ttompleJid organization in the South dimng the past month. Six existing banks added $470,000 to their capital, making a total of $3, 082,000 new banking capital added to the South 's resources in the past thirty days. Would Be Postal Bank Depositories. Washington, Special. Among the applications for designation as posta1 savings bank depositories which ha,- been received, are those of the Firs-' National Bank of Gastonia, N. C, and the National Loan and Exchange Bank of Greenwood, S. C, and a bank at Rock Hill, S. C. The Proper Way. Montreal, Special. Vice President Murdoch, of the Order of Railway Trainmen, has wired to the depart ment of labor at Ottawa accepting Minister King's suggestion of arbi tration by a board to be named by the government. 7o Keep Out Diseased Cows. Washington, Special. Another pe riod of watching . importations from South American countries to prevent the introduction of the foot and rriouth disease has been inaugurated by the Departments of Agriculture The diesease is now reported to, be prevalent among South American cat tle. Wool, hair, straw, bay and other foodstuffs have been known to carry the germs of this' disease, and such importations are being watched DEMOCRATS IN DIVISION. Two Congressmen Nominated in Sixth North Caroline District Godwin Faction -'Independent" Republi cans Will Enter Field. Wilmington, N. C, Special. Be cause the chairman of the executive committee, and temporary chairman of the sixth district congressional convention in session here, refused to recognize delegates from New Han over and Cumberland counties for the reason that they had been "appoint ed'' instead of elected, in violation of the Democratic plan, it is claimed, the executive committee, during a re cess of the convention, deposed the chairman and re-elected another chairman who admitted the delegates from the counties in question. Osear L. Clark, of Bladen, was nominated on the 143d ballot at 1:20 a. m. Friday, defeating Congressman Godwin and the other three candi dates. The Godwin faction held a "con vention" Friday morning and by de claring that Godwin should have eleven of New Hanover's votes and six of Cumberland's, nominated Han nibal L. Godwin of Harnett on the first ballot. , Supporters of Godwin declare that no matter who makes the race for Congress in thi3 district H. L. God win will be in the fight and that no effort will be made to have the mat ter submitted to the State executive committee. There is no doubt about th Re publicans putting out a nominee and it now looks like a three-cornered fight. Godwin's forces declare that he can win oat over the field no mat ter how many are in the race and in fact this declaration was made by J. C. Clifford of Harnett in placing Godwin in nomination. Sheriff Kills Seven With Two Pistols. Elliott, Miss., Special. Five ne groes were killed and two other? were mortally wounded Thursday when Deputy Sheriff Cauley, who was endeavoring to take them into cus tody on a minor charge, advanced on the officer with farming imple ments as weapons and with the avow ed intention of "cutting him down." Bearing a warrant charging the seven with assault, Cauley and two citizens, Deputized to assist Hiim, went to the home of Henry Beck, p colored farmer, near Elliott. As the posse approached, the negroes ceased their work in the field and grabbing, pitchforks and other farming tools, made for the deputy. Cauley, how ever, opened fire with two revolers before the billigerents came within striking distance, and, before the others of the posse had gained their wits five of the attacking party were dead and the remainder wounded. The deputy surrendered. Several days ago an attempt was made to effect the capture of the ne groes but the arresting officer with drew when they employed similai tactics to those of Thursday. It. R. President Left ScandaL Chicago, Special. Death came to Ira G. Rawn, president of th Monon Railroad, supposedly from a bullet fired by himself, but certainly on the eve of possible exposure as a central figure of w-hat is declared may be one of the greatest railway scandals of the country. Counsel for the Illinois Central Railroad when confronted with var batim copy of questions and answers at a recent investigation of the com pany's affairs, admitted that the foundation had been carefully laid with intent to show Mr. Rawn as pri marily responsible for years of crook ed car contracts. His answers, how ever, had been steadfast denials of the implied charges. Euck's Stove Co. Surrenders. Cincinnati, O., Special. A peace agreement has been reached between the StoveFounders' National Defense Association and President Gompers; of the American Federation of Labor. This, it is believed, will end the pros ecutions by' the Bucks Stove Com pany against officers of the American Federation of Labor. Boy Dives Upon a Stingaree. . West Palm Beaeh, Fla., Special. Death in an almost unheard-of form waited for Laurence S. Baker, an 11-year-old Jacksonville lad, when he dived from a boat while in Lake Worth Thursday. . A stingaree, a huge, flat-bodied and gruesome species of warm-water fish was lurking under the boat. One of the barbed spines which this fish car ries on its whip-like tail, pierced the boy's neck, cutting into the juglai vein. He rose to the surface, crvinst for help and bled to death within four minutes. Prominent Citizen a Moonshiner. Nashville, Tenn., Special. A dis patch from 'Anniston, Ala., says Unit ed States revenue officers have re turned from Cleburne county aftei having destroyed one of the largest moonshine stills that has been located in years in the home of Charles Pes nell, one of the most prominent cit izens of the county, who lacked only 20 votes of receiving the nomination for sheriff in. the May primary. No arrests were made. NEW CONGRESSME H On Census Returns South Gets Increased Representation. NORTH WILL MAKE OBJECTION. South's Population Figures Creating a Sensation Presage Political Power and Importance Probable Fight Ahead Between Sections. Washington, Special. The amaz ing growth in the South and South west already is becoming the sens tion of the 1910 census. Fifty-one counties in Texas show a population of 817,475 in 1910, as compared with 552,906 in 1900, a gain of 46 per cent. This ' percentage maintained throughout Texas will mean a gain of 1,403,606 people in the State, or a total population of almost 4,500, 000. For Nuecea county the Census Bu reau reported a population of 21,955 in 1910, as against 10,434 ten years ago, an increase of 110 per cent. Knox county showed a 500 per cent advance, and Tom Greea county close to 400 per cent. Returns from other States are scattering.- Without; exception, the figmres from Oklahoma and from the "Old South" Louisiama, Mississippi Tennessee, Georgia, asid Alabama record startling increases. '' On the present basis of represen tation'in Congress, a member to every 194,000 of the country's population, the returns from only forty-on coun ties entitle Texas to another messibe of the House. If the ratio of increase is maintained, Texas will get seven additional members, and have a dele gation consisting of twenty-three. The scattering figures from other parts of the South and Southwest, most notably Oklahoma, presage a like advance in political power and importance. For this reason, talk of renewing the Northern demand for limiting Southern representation is becoming general. The Northern Republicans are practically sure to make another effort to pass a force bill, under which representation would be based upon the vote cast instead of upon the census returns. A bitter sectional fight is sure to follow. Finger Nail Growing on Nose. . . . Washington, D. C, Special. There "vas a man in Washington Friday with a finger nail growing from the end of his nose. His name is J. B. Norris, and he hails from News Orleans. . Some months ago he had the greatei part of his nose cut away, and the surgeons endeavored to mend the de fect by grafting his little finger into the gap. After several months the root of the nail which the surgeons had failed to remove, began to sprout, anc! now the patient is afflicted with a claw on the end of his phoboscis. He left for New Orleans, where hf will re-enter the Torro Infimarv tc have the surgeons rebuild his nose with their planes, saws, and chisels. Well, What is "Fitten T'eat?" Washington, Special. Prosecutions against manufacturers of ice cream cones containing borax are to be in stituted by the government under the pure food law. Large seizures of cones were made recently in different parts of the country by inspectors of the depart ment of agriculture. Analysis of the cones seized disclosed the presence of borax, a property which has been held to be deleterious to the human stomach. Flour Jumps Fifty Cents a Barrel. Jefferson ville, Ind., Special. The high price of wheat and prospects of a poor yield in man" localities are the reasons assigned by dealers for the jump of 50 cents a barrel on flour, which has been announced here Farmers say that orchard grass hap begun to sprout in the shock because of the recent heavy rains, and that the loss will be heavy. Bis Gun Causes Another Accident. Fort Monroe, Special. Eleven ar tillerymen are dead and a number of others seriously injured, including two officers, as the result of the blowing out of a breech block in a 12-inch gun at the De Riissey battery during the coast artillery practice Thursday. The accident happened while stu dent officers were endeavoring to sink a fleet of towed targets, represent ing an imaginary hostile fleet, pro ceeding toward Washington. The battery was under the immediate command of Sergeant Harry Haas, of the 69tb company, United Stattes coast artillery. rFrench Justica. Tours, France, By Cable A rag- picker named Joseph has confessed tc the assassination April 21, 1910, of five children of a farmer named Briere, in the , vicinity of Charires The father of the children was found guilty of the murderN and sentenced to life imprisonment. He died ir prison. THE NEWS MINUTELYTOLD Tie Heart of Happenings Carvei From the Whole Country. Although cut in two by a locomo tive on the Reading Railway at Land dale, Giovanni Mattera lest only a pint of blood, lived 1 hour and 12 miutes and was conscious until within 10 minutes of hi? death. Had one wheel run over him, the doctors said he would have died almost instantly. But the wheels of both the engine and tender passed over him and thus gave him a lease cf life that physicians call remarkable. As the wheels roll ed over Mattera, the trectendous weight welded the skin together in such a manner that the lower part of the trunk was virtually seAved togeth er, thus preventing the bloed from es caping and also preventing hemor rhages. Shock killed Mattera, but he conversed with his friends for more than a hour before death. Jimie Holderby, the - smallest man in Missouri, died at the home of his father, G. R. Holderby, of Kirks ville Friday. The funeral was large ly attended by Kirksville citizens who were personal friends of tie little man. Jimmie was 28 years old and stood 3 feet 6 inches high in his stocking feet. He formerly acted as driver of one of his father's ice wagons, but the two prospered in the ice business and retired wealthy sev eral years ago. Jimmie was in strik ing contrast in size to the -Missouri giantess, Miss Ella Ewing, a farmer's girl, who lives a few miles from Kirksville. Miss Ewing is 8 feet inches tall. She is believed to be the tallest woman in the history of the world. Ira G. Rawn, president ef the Mo non Railway and one of the best known railway men in the country. was shot and killed by a burglar at his home in Winnetka, 111., a suburb of Chicago, early Wednesday. Twenty representative negroes and a delegation of whites, under Chair man MeLeod, of the Democratic State Committee, visited Major Fitzgerald and made vigorous protest against the production of "The Clansman, " now being played at the American Music Hall, at Boston. The Georgia Senate has passed a bill declaring the drinking of intoxi cating liquors on passengsr trains a misdemeanor, punishable by fine or imprisonment. Joseph Bennorschild sneezed him self to death, in a restaurant in New York. After shaking pepper into his soup he was seized with a fit of sneez ing and ruptured a blood vessel. He was 51 years old. As a result of 12 years' study of the problem of aviation, Robert J. MeKinley, a BrooKlyn inventor, has become mentally unbalanced and is confined in a hospital for observation and treatment. Sam B. Dobbs, of Atlanta, was re elected president of the Association of Advertising Clubs of America, at Omaha, Neb. Boston was chosen as the place to hold the 1911 conven tion. Wm. Plunkett. at one time chief operator for the Associated Press, at 1 T ' "It . TT 1 ILiomsviiie, 'ivy., was stricken witb heart failure at his key in a down town brokers' office, at Nw New York, and quickly expired. He had been an operator for twenty years. General reports from all parts of British Columbia, confirmed by dis patches to Premier McBride, land minister Ellison and other officials at the Victoria, place the aggregate loss of the present week by forest fires at not less than $1,000,000, while fully $500,000 more will be lost in the enforced suspension of affected indus tries. Collector Loeb has ordered the cap tain of the Italian liner Duca di Ge nova to pay a fine of $7,870 for fail ure to put on the ship's manifest two "sleeper" trunks containing ralu aible laces brought, to New York in Mav. 1909, but never claimed. Miss Carrie May Glover, daughter of ex-Mayor and Mrs. Charles L Glover, was married at South Nor walk, Conn., to Thodore L. Adams. who was best man at the wedding of the bride's father. Mr. Adams is s retired business man of Reading and 75 years old. His bride is just past 20. The father of the bride not only gave her away but returned the com pliment of 45 years ago and acted as best man for the bridegroom. As the result of a mosquito bite received while performing an autopsy in the Newark City Hospital, Dr. James S. Ford, of Newark, came near losing his life. It. was announced at the hospital that a series of opera tions performed for the purpose of stopping the spread of the poison had proved successful and that the sur geon is now out of danger. Accord ing to the specialists who have beer in attendance, the mosquito had evi dently gathered up poisonous sub stance from the cadaver over which Dr. Ford was working. These were injected into his blood when the mos quito bit him. The moon has lost its legal stand- ling in Pennsylvania. Joe Goshen, at Pittsburg, through his counsel sought release from jail on the ground that, according to the moon he had served the month 's time to which he had been sentenced. Judge Robert S. Frazer handed down a de cision that in legal or criminal mat ters the moon has ever since 1821. by ruling of the supreme court, been eclipsed by the calendar as a measure of time. . 1 D T) ! Prohibitionists Split and Anti- Candidate is Nominated. AN EMBARRASSING SlTUATIGIi Wet Man on Dry Wave Vote on Prohibition Amendment to Consti tution Carried by 20,000. $450,000,000 Cotton Exported. w-ei-.ino-f.nn. Special. Cotton, con- per, illuminating oil, wheat these ar ticles in the order named, formed the most important articles exported f rum the United States during the fiscal -1 mi 1 - : 1 year just . closed. J.ne vaiue oi tiie cotton exported was $450,000,000, oi . ztoo rnn Ann. t-U. ill..., - the copper $oo,juu,uuu , hiuil;. nating oil $62,500,000, and of the wheat $47,000,000. Dallas, Tex., Special. Oscar B, Colquitt, an anti-prohibitionist, was Rafnrdav nominated for Governor bv a plurality which will probably reaeis 60,000. Cone Johnson ana wiinam Poindexter. the prohibitionist candi dates, 'have only about a thousand votes differance between tnem. uu-e are now-in favor of Poindexter, but may change as some heavy olinsori counties are yet to come. Former Attorney General Davidson is about 20,000 votes behind dexter and Johnson. Th nrooosition to submit to popu lar vote a prohibition amendment to the constitution has carried by probably 20,000. ' This presents the situation of an anti-proiiibitien Democrat beins: nominated with a party . demanding the submission oi a prohibition amendment conlrom ing him. This was caused , by the prohibitionist split on candidates. 25,000 Less Bars. St. John, N. B., Special There arc approximately 25,000 less open bar? within the jurisdiction of the national division Sons of Temperance of North America than existed two years ago. according to a report made at 'the annual convention of the organization in session here last week. "John D.'s Place" Cause of Protest. Cleveland, O., Special. Because he placed in the window of his salocn a sign reading "This is John D.'s place,' ' John D. Schnapps was ar rested. The complaint was filed by Frank F. Marmann, who says he is a friend of John D. Rockefeller. Marmann says Mr. Rockefeller i known as "John D.," and he asked what the oil man's- Sunday school pupils would say if they, chanced to pass the saloon and say that sign. Scnapps argues as his name is John D., he has a perfect right' to use it on his sign. Hit Bank for a Million. Louisville, Ky., Special. August. Ropke, assistant secretary and book keeper of the Fidelity Trust Com pany, one of the soundest financial institutions in Louisville, is believed to have made away Avith $1,140,000, the entire surplus of the concern, according to a statement made by John W. Barr, president of the com pan3T. Ropke is in the county jail, where he has been for ten days, un able to furnish the sum of $25,000. Ropke was a heavy speculator and lost large sums, it is said, on Wall Street and the Chicago board of trade.' Can Market Molasses Whiskey. Washington, Special. A complete agreement has been reached regard ing the way in which molasses-made whiskey may be marketed by the in ternal revenue officials and all that is now necessary is the perfunctory approval of Acting Attroney-Gcnera! Fowler. Church Will Operate Grocery Store. Washington, Special. As a means of raising funds, with which to erect ; a new church here the congregation- of the Second M. E. church will operate a grocery store. The congre- , gation has purchased a store and the pastor, Rev. William Hogan, has been ' put in charge. The name has been changed to the " Square Deal Gro- eery." ; Eight Hour Limit. Washington, Special. Attorney General Wickersham has ruled that the eight hour limit will apply to work done on and for a battleship in the government shipyards. This decis ion allows the manufacturers of ar mor which is intended for a warship to be built in a government yard to work their employes on such armor as many hours as the employes will stand. The attorney general holds that the recent act making appropriations for vessels to be capable di' no ether con struction. Postal Supplies Depot. Washington, Special. Brunswick, Ga., has been designated by order of the PostofTice Department, as a gen eral distributing point in the South east for postal cards,. starr pel envel opes, and stamped , wrapoers. -The department, will send, boginiung Au gust 1, these supplies inear'oads to Brunswick to be distributed to post masters in that section of t'je South as they may Le required. Vi tc ei Jj 5v cc ft tc ee c d: ti w oi 41 tl S w r( oi tl r. hi as tl re b; b st m 31 a tv '.a ;t i: K 3