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S DEr.7QGRA CHAIRMAN EBB JjOP'-JE,Ari COM M ITTTJEE . HAS CALLED A -MEETING. GATHERING TO BE AT RALEIGH To Act on the Question of the Voters in the Sanatoria! Primary and Any Other Business That They ' H ave on Hand. Rr. igh. Chainnas , Cbarles Webb of the North Carolina Democratic ex ecutive committee issued "aScall? for the state committed I to meet vin Ral eigh Thursday, September 19, ' "to transact ;such business as may come before , it.ce It is understood at this time there will ?' be " threshed "out the matter of what further specifications. if any, there shall be by the commit tee as to what constitutes the ."Demo cratic ticket? as ..qualifying the voter to participate in the senatorial pri mary in which Senator Simmons, Gov, Kitchin and Chief Justice Clark are pitted against each other.- . , - ; It will be remembered; that -! Gov rnor Kitchin made v formal -Remand some weeks -ago on Chairman Webb that the committee be called together to act. -He .is .contending v that, the committee should interpret the rule adopted br the state 'i convention for the primary by declaring that "Demo cratic tickit must mean the com plete nauouax &iiu siaic uuhblb, rmui possibly some privilege to scratch out one or another of the J names of state or county candidates on personal grounds. 5 ; v ' "; There will be other matters, bearing on the conduct of; the "; campaign that wiU be laid, beforethe committee by 3nairman "Webb. : Soil Map of Wake County. ' : . The soil survey division of "the state department of agriculture began the work of making a soil map of Wake county. This work Is also In progress in Alleghany and.. Ashe coun ties. Maps have been completed for .23 counties and show, the- complete topography as to character and loca tion of soils throughout ? the county represented. Dr. B. W. Kilgore, state chemist, is in charge of this , work. And it is conducted, in co-operation with the soil survey division of the United States department of agriculture.- ' . . . . " - Coal Mined In North Carolina. In 1840, three tons of . soft . coal were mined in Nortb Carolina, ' This was the . first coal ever - mined In the 'state. It was the only coal mined there until 1861, when the production suddenly jumped to 30,000 tons. The .output was ther same for the following ;year and then it slowly dwindled to 10,000 tons in 1873. There it stopped -completely for five years, the next production of which h the ". geological survey has record being 350,. tons in 1880. From that time until 1836 it gradually increased until In the7 year named it reached 26,000 tons. A de crease set in in 1899 and continuel until 1905, when the total production w.as 1,557 tons. Since that year no .production has been recorded by the survey. : . . " ; " , -Good Roads in Rowan County. : -The Gold Hill 1 -Township Good Hoads Association : was formed ; at Rockwell in Rowan county. From the interest taken in the meeting the people seemed determined to have the strongest township organization 1 in the county. Af tei the meeting was addressed by CoL "A. Boyden and -others, and some discussion was car ried on, the following : omcers were elected for one year. J.' W. Peeler, president and director in the county association ; Z. A. Klutz, Ivice . presi dent, J. - L. H. Fisher, secretary and treasurer. Mr. Peeler lives ; in Rock well, and the other two jomcera live 'on Rockwell routes. ; The new -associar tion is going right, out and canvass the -; whole township, and try, to" get every good roads advocate to join. ,; Covernor Grants Four Pardons.' Four prisoners in as many counties eceived s clemency '.. from e : Governor Kitchin, ; all being conditional pardons and two of ' these being based upon HI health. . The pisbnera were Tom Hester, of Granville, serving five years lor attempt at criminal assault; :E. F. Wrenn,f of Guilford, r for assault : with deadly weapon ; Rosa ' Boyer, of ? For sytb, retailing, and iHaMe, Bowling, of Durham, for.: larceny; ' tJnder - each -pan's name. Governor Kitchin gives (be reasons which actuated - him in retting the! applications " for pardons. J Nearfy Halt of North Carolina Declar ed Infested With Texa Fever- Regarding Cattle Traffic.- . Raleigh.--A special, from Washing ton states that it was announced by the J Department ' of Agriculture that e counties of Moore 'Harnett, John ston, : Northampton, Hertford, v Bertie, Gates, v Chowan, .Perpuimans, Pasqao tank, -Camden, " Currituck Edgecom be, Martin, ' Washington,' Tyrrell," Dare, Hyde, Beaufort, Pitt, -Wayne, 'Samp son, Cumberland, ..Hoke, Scotland, Robesonp Bladen, Greene; Lenoir, Cra ven, Pamlico, Carteret, Jones, DupVn, Onslow, lender, Columbus, Brunswick1 and New Hanover are quarantined, be-, cause of Texas f eyer. ' - T , -'iFjm. Aicpuntles in the state a ot NorihCarolina quarantined "forr Bpiene ' tic,- SoMnern. or VTexas, s fever, -cattle shall ;nlye. moved: or;. AllowedX to move interstate to points outside-' of the ; quarantined area in; accordance with the regulations for immediate slaughter.-.: " . ' Acting Secretary of Agriculture or dered ;the quarantine against Texas fever in cattle removed form Wilson county, North Carolina. Train Ran Over Section Mastery V- Section Master Farrisb of the Char: lotte-Greenville division of" the South ern was instantly killed by train No. 12". at Juneau. His body was brought to Charlotte on - the same , train," and prepared for burial at the undertaking parlors of J? M. Harry & Co. - Mr. Parrish was at his usual dutlos on the line near Juneau. He had been work ing near ; the switch on ? this side of that station and was trying to ' get back into Juneau' before No. -12 came in," his information being that tho train was. a Jittie iate.: .we eviaeniiy be came confused in some manner with h?s dispatches, for as his lever car and his .. ere w; .were rounding the .sharp curve approaching the , stationi the passenger Hrain came dashing around." All the members, of the ere w; Jumped. fronr . the? work car except : Mr.' 'Par- risi:and5 oiieVnegro, , both of rvhom teemed to I be overcome wiibrrexeitei' ment. . ' ' -. . - X'': .. . v.X :' . vf V Outlook For tSate Falr .GoodV Secretary Joseph iu. c fogue oi .ir.e state fair, says the outlook , Is the very best for a - tremendous sucees3 in 'the holding of the fair which opens Octo ber 14 to 18. - He says the indications ere for" the biggest agricultural and horticultural exhibits on record , for this state. r The demands for apae for horticultural exhibits is especially great, it being impossible to provide anything like. the amount of space that. is being asked for and indeed, insist ed upon. : Commercial: Club For Entire State. I...' E. Tufts,' - secretary of' the Com mercial Club of Durham, acting for the other , commerical Cclnbs of the state has called a meeting of these organ izations . to be held In: Greensboro, Wednesday, September 25, . and has received v assurances of the presence and active co-operation of representa tives of a large number of the clubs.. Among the clubs promising to send representatives .are "the Shippers and Manufacturers'. Association of. Char lote, Greater Charlotte Club, Wins ton-Salem Board r of .Trade, Greens boro Chamber of: Commerce, South ern Furniture I Manufacturers' Asso ciation of High Joint, Commercial Club. of - Durham, Raleigh Chamber of ; Commerce, Goldsboro Chamber of Commerce. Inspect Model of Vance Stafue. Governor '.Kitchin and ; other 4 state officers constituting the. council of state,' inspected the claymodei for the statue of Zebulon Vance made by Ulric Stonewall Jackson Dunbar for the North Carolina ' section ot the statuary hall at i Washington. - The model is being very highly commend. ed and iS to remain here several weeks in the ' state senate : chamber for. criti cism before the final model is chosen. North:Carolina New Enterprises. Charters were issued for: che Depot Drug . .Company of , Asheville, capital $20,000 authorized and ?6,oUtf sub scribed 'by S. D. Pelham. J. C. Stike- eather and others, also forthe Travis' Station, ;Tyreir county,' capital $20,000, by-J. T. Alexander;: F. IV WV KaUoon and others. ' ' " A " - - Plan's For Catawba County Fair.". Plans are being perfected for the fourth annual Catawba county fair, to be held in Hickory October 30, '31 and NoyemDer 1. - Mr. E. L. Flowjers of the Home v Cahner, Company has charge of the arrangements. Cash and pre miums are now being, solicited, and by the co-operation' of i the?" merchants, manufacturers and citizens this fair will surpass .anything; In this line ever held- here. . Dairymen, poultry., kind stock raisers are r taking a great in- terest.SiThe greatest ' feature of ; these fairs is the poultry' show. Sx OOUNTEpi -1 ?r " . cj" 6 ve-rrr-, . , . Tl W ,r.- .IMHHHK? u ) GIBSON HELD : FOR MURDER Says Dead Woman is Not Mrs. Szabo Who Came From Vienna ADMITS HAVING STRUGGLE Accused Man Coolly Tells Custodians . His Version of Incidents That 1 Led. to Charge of , M urder Against Him. New York. The steel door of a po lice cell in Middletown clanged on Burton W. Gibson, lawyer, of No. 55 Liberty street, New York, arrested ; on the charge of murdering Mrs. Rosina Menschik . Szabo, . a client, who met j ico, especially in the state of Sonora, her death in Greenwood Lake on July under the leadership of General Sala 16 last, eleven days before she was'to j zar, and threatening American prop sail for Europe with $10,000 or $15,000 X erty. -, x fk7:X-- r In the morning, hurried in a spectacu- j Permission for . the Mexican troops by Herbert B. Royce, special county judge - of Orange county, to await a hearing on ,a warrant charging mur- der. ' - He had been arrested in his office in the morning .hurried in a spectacu lar manner through - the streets of New York City to a New York Central train, transferred by . ferry to New bargh and. then whisked by automo bile , to Middletown, , where Judge Royce, at ' 10 - o'clock p. m.; refused vi nM.Mi'tic)Ati 4i- romoln Rrnurn'o ? IX HI! UilOOiVU - rVJ A bUIUiU 4. : Hotel. The judge said there had been t entirely; too much display of the pris-j oner and too much freedom had been -j given -to him. - . - t rFrom' the moment he left his home in Rutherford, N.J Jl, after kissing his rx wife and little girl goodby, toy that j when' he was ordered Jnto a cell Gib- son's mood had changed much. - The cool optimism displayed in the morn- Ling; Jais readiness to go alone to Mid- dletown to face the charge and his light-hearted, manner of meeting grave accusations ",. changed to v disappoint ment. - Gibson calmly went over his "whole' relationship with the woman, - de scribed s the tragedy, -asserted ' that he had.' a perfect defence and expressed entire confidence that he will soon, be at liberty. His long statement .sum marized is as follows: The Mrs. Szabo who was drowned hwas not the Vienna Mrs. Szabo, and . he wUl prove it by the mother, who Is now in New York City v He will prove 'by several witnesses that the woman he produces is the "woman in-" tAnA trv him bv hi-client as her mother. m ITHE WHITE HOUSE z m: .... ili MEXICAN TROOPS GREAT CROP CROSS OUR BORDER Taft Permits Federals to Rpsh Through Texas. UNARMED: DURING THE TRIP Military ; Protection ; for -' Cananea Thousand Riflea and 200,000 Rounds of Ammunition Ready to Be Con voyed to Miners," Washington. A, detachment of 1,200 Mexican Federals was rushed across American territory to intercept and dispel the band of rebels gathering along the northern boundary .of M ex- to cross"- the American herder ..was given by the State Department at the f request, of President Madero and the 1 Mexican senate. I Most of. the Federal troops were massed, at Juarez, crossed the bridge at El. Paso, Tex., and shipped by traia to i some roint near Nogales, : where they came within-striking distance of the Cananea district. The- Mexicau troops were accom panied -by -United States army officers aS GSCOrtS. ' .' ' " '' ' ' - i. Their arms were githered together -nd shipped in, a baggage car, so that the soldiers themsolves'were unarmed during the jourtey. , ' That this emergency measure upon the part of vthe Mexican" government, adopted because of pressure from the United States; will prove futile is the belief here. There is every indication that tho -rebels will once more vanish. Great stores of. arms,: ammunition, cynamire, doming ana iooa nave oeen Miiiuuiuiucu, uuuui rug vi CAvia uui ui-n rounded up, and all preparations nmde' for a long and rapid march. It Is be lieved that all the rebels in northern Chihuahua and , Sonora are to come once 1 more under, the command of a single leader, probably General Oroz co,for the purposes of this new move ment, r. , - -: t. C . ' ; The State Department has arDoug- las .or Waco 1,000 rifles and 200,003 rounas oi ammunition ior smpment 10 fne Anowans - empioyea ra inese mines for use in resisUng raiders. It ls necessary, that there shall , be -a sate, convor .of Federal troops to get vweytjaes to the Americans u For. this reason the J Mexican troops are bein rushed lnt" Soncrs - I L 1 . LOSS BY HAIL STORM Southeastern New York and Southern New England Suffer CONNECTICUT TOBACCO HURT Domestic Animals . in Bronx Park - Slaughtered Century-Old Long . Island Church - Destroyed . Fifty, Trees Go.' New York. A severe storm", accom panied by lightning and hail, Iswept over New 1 York. City, Long Island, Westchester county;! Connecticut; and as. far as Newport 1 Dozens of places Were struck by lightning. ' x In some sections of Connecticut the tobacco crop was ruined by the down pour.,. Christ's . Episcopal Church C at Manhasset, the oldest house of wor ship on Long Island, built in 1800, was struck by lightning and burned to the ground. In. the Hudson river a: bolt shattered a motor boat and three" men were forced to swim, for - their lives. These ? , were Emil -Palson, of Ver planck; Frank Beebe and Hugh. Bar rett, of Yonkerg. x : rX' 'yx In Yonkers a big banner with the pictures of Taft and Sherman In front of . the Republican, headquarters was struck and burned. - - :X' . '" ' Because of the storm ; Flushing-, was almost in complete darkness. An elec tric light pole at Nineteenth and San: ford streets was struck and the whole system was crippled Until the damage was" repaired. ; -. -X'XriX A bolt hit the house : occupied by Walter Xosee in Dobbs Fery and split thevbath tub in two. The nouse took fire. . x ' (V - '' A bolt tore a hole through the roof of a house in Peekskill ) occupied ; by: i Charles Miller, Corn and tobacco were destroyed -in large quantities in farm-" ing sections of Westchester. ' ' :;:XX . Wind did considerable , 4amage at West ; Point" and; more than fifty trees in the Military ; Academy camping ground -"were blown down while the wind ripped up several r large, elms around ' the post. '; XxX ''v ; i "xx'X Nyack and yicinlty felt the hail also but there the worst feature was the wind. ; Large trees .were uprooted in great . numbers,' carrying with them the heavy fla g-walks; ; . x0?'x- X'k In the 'Bronx: Zoologidal Park, New York;City, the lightning wrecked the raising, ranch; where the food for the caged ; animals is grown, and - there killed'some $10,000 .worth of chickens, rats and pigeons. , - , MOGI -JDBO. i:DiE;f,on:.:::LAi3 i ... . .v . - yt . -r - - .... v ' V Japanese Genera! CCuts' His Throat asTuneral Train Ctirt ANCIENT SAHUni CUSTC: Soldier Who Took Port; Arthur E Bueso-Japanesef War and ,tjQ3L " - Two Sons'in That Conflict Cenv v. :; r tred -Affection on His Buler. - . - i .... . . i . -Tokio7 Japan. General Count Suke Nogi, Supreme Military ciior of the Japanese Empire, and him wife the ' Countess, s Nogi, commttfrtl -., suicide 'at the - end -"f the religfottst ceremonies for tne aeaa siiipexxur. Mutsuhito. ' -"X- ' ' , X This was in accordance wltlt ' Gar ancient Japanese custom as their fixal tribute to theiC departed Emperor friend, .'Mutsuhito. The takins off fty their oitrn hands of the famous Gexfc eral and his wife was as dramatic mm- ' it was sad. The general cut his thzoaft. with a short sword' and the 'couKteaa 7 committed hara-kari. Followlag th Samuri custom;; the . couple bad carts fully prepared their plans for killing; themselves and timed them so - tkak, they wojjld be coincident witk the de parture forever from Toklo ot, thm dead Emperor. - ' ' " ' " k - General' Nogi and the coimtessr baft; attended the 'funeral serriices of Mttl suhito at the palace here, and It--ast .. expected - tht they .would : proceed' tm.; Aoyama wth the - cortege' . Instead however, at the: conclusion of the ieere4 mony at: the palace they withdreV tm v their: home in Akasaka,'-a. suhnrb;oC f-Xp Tbkio, and; there began ttete-:. lluA ' - pwparaitlbn'fr-e x-i First the general wrote. a' letter t v his r new jSmperor; Yoshihito, . wh&Ia;r; later was found beside1 his w&jrttk n if he;:flf ape .Jii ;7Zx ine.waii. . oi ;iuie;-iate :-4mpercr,r aii.air terward e''andlki8t.-VdtB VUmJiiiC-'Xx selves-in " full Japanese ' costome. and: ' t drank.' a i fare weir cup of sake .trosei :xx-. cups which had been presented 'to tkm , ' x general by Mutsuhito. i Darkness baAi: fallen; and General Nog! p "and '''"Ctar countess ' sat and awaited .' the " signal ? they had agreed' upon . to ", annonso : their .leave-taking.- This was i thai ' booming of a single gun. in the palacaa grounds at Tokio, which was lis let Ousr peopleknow that thebody, of the Ens ; f peror-was starting on tne iunerai for its last resting place. ; . As the.; boom of the signal .gnat sounded, through the 'dear, atfil nistft noriArul 'NTrip-i urn. anA rraantar .tik- his hand a short sworW Into his ' throat, while tho cooBtasw .- stabbed ; herself through .the stoaoucfiu A student, who - resided, ia the ; Ios& heme heard the fall of the bodies salt I rushed into the ' room.' ;Lyiag; nsaik T the floor-were the hero of Fort Arthgrr..J and his rjvlfe. - Both still .were beatftr lng, but their spasmodic gasps shoilpeC ' plainly that their lives were fast csb)V ing. The student, went .'. for, sJdUBSfe, when he . returned with, it hotla -f3u ! general and the Countess had away. The tragedy created a profoaad i satlon and expressions of sorrow w heard on every; hand., i ?X:XSX :'& General ' Nogi, supreme wtrntayy councillor, to the Mikado, sprang: freas''V' the - race of the samurai - The eoicife ' X was ; born in HagiTa few miles 'Xrom;-. Tokio, in the province of Choshn; -fnt ' 1849, a samura of; the ChOLhn clajii-; X-.- The Countess Nogi rwas a daaghterry " of Yuchl Sadayuki,' a samurai of tiLsV V Kagp8hima clan.. - She waa S2 yeans; old. ' - Their two sons, Souten, the. eldex 26 years old, and HouteoL 24. both. killed in the Russo-Japanese- Sputen, "who had risen to fa lieutent' ancy, in the. second, army was kfUetS in the terrific , onslaught on Nanshaa; Hill. The other fell, a victim o Rus sian bullets,-Vhen his; father'. BtsttL. seven regiments on ; 203 ( Metre HHI. when the regiments were practiealljr ; anfaihilated.- - .v . v.;-V ; - FRESHMAN KILLED BY HAZERS. Four, Sophomores Held " or Uurde-r; i Charged in"RaeIsh,;C.C;-;XrV; Raleigh, N. C Four tenrortrlc&e-s. youths were arraigned on the c&xzs v of the murder by hazing of Isaae-TTOr liam Rand; - son of : a '- lumbermam Smithfield, - whose ; death: t':2aaek!; a. m. was the most tragic eveat la Cx niyersityMD0.North iG$xe&la9.i dred' years- pf history.'Si;;:'--V,v Commonwealth Attorney Gatils tnatically accused thest of,' and told the court Its bond too malLfHo f-Xxcr-V'.' l The accused sophomores are Eobeti' . W." Oldham of Raleigh,' A. IL gfjtcr'- ministerial 'candidate - of Wilnlzslra;, j W. C. Merrlman of Wilmington and A. Hatch of Monroe. , f - I '-1 " ' , f K . ' I-.' -X j -
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