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ASSOCIATION OF. SOUTHERN . AG
RrCULTURAC WORKERS; ; AT :
' - RALEIGH. " -
MEETINfiTO BE IN NOVEMBER
Purpose of This Body, is to Help Solve
the Farm Probtm
From Alt Over the Country : will
Attend.
.
RaleiglLState Chemist .. B. W.
Kilgore, who is the secretary of -the
Association. s of Southern Agricultural
Workers, which includes in its ranks'
all the commissioners of agriculture
in the South,' has had j a conference
with Secretary. Olds of the chamber of
commerce here in regard to the next
annual meeting, which is to be ; held
at Raleigh, and which will Tmj the first
here, the dates being November 7-8-9,
There will be from 150 to' 200 mem
bers from other points, -
The association takes jn depart
ments of agriculture, agricultural col
leges rand experiment stations, the
agricultural press and other agrkJul
tural organizations, and farmers gen
erally; It Is decided that there shall
be nteetings each morning and even
ings when all the sections, three in
number, of - the organization shal
unite, and these general meetings wil
he in the hall of the, house of repre
sentatives.
The -Yajborough House has been
-chosen as headquarters for . the asso
ciation and its section -meetings wil
be held in the hotel each afternoon
Xaovenxor Kitchln will be asked td de-
Jiver an address; of welcome to the
association, of which Commissioner of
Agriculture William A. Graham, of
this state, is. the president, the vice-
presidents being W. "R. Dodson, - di
rector of the Louisiana Experiment
Station, and R.M. Riggsbee, president
of Clemnson College and the secretary
i is State Chemist Kilgore of this state,
wno nas Held tnis secretary snip a
dozen years. '
Trial of Hazers Postponed.
As a sequence to a telegram re
ceived from Judge Harry W. Whedbee,
of Greenville, bearing the information
that on account of, illness he could
not convene Orange county superior
court "for. several "days, the, promised
notable criminal trial against the four
hazers" at the state university charged
wjith bring about the death of "Billy'
Rand, of Sroithfield, in the early morn
ing hours of September 13, was post
poned until the March term of Orange
county court. ' This definite agree
ment was reached when the attorneys
in the case, in consultation with Solic
itor Gattis, recognized the apparent
impossibility of - the court's reaching
the case until the latter part of the
weekif then, ....
Pitt , County Teachers M set
? The teachers of Pitt county met in
Greenville recently-, and reorganized
for the present year's work. . A large
number of teachers were present for
the number of schools that are in ses
sion1 at the present . time. . The fol
lowing officers r were x elected: Presi
dent; J. B. Carroll, Wintejville; vice
president, Natt Wright, Ayden; secre
tary, Misa; Annie Perkins, Parmville;
report - W. B. Edwards, Grif ton.
Big Celebration in Robeson County.
On Wednesday, October 23, there
will be a big.ceelbration of the open
ing of the large " canal which , is to
drain about 23,000 acres of Robeson
county's finest) farming land, ; and
many prominent speakers will be
present to address ; the crowds that
sire sure to be here- ) Among them
are Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, J. ; A.
Brown and O. L. Clark. Work on. the
project has progressed i very rapidly
and smoothly and the operations are
now well into the ; swamp, although
access to the dredge Is easy and the
celebration, will be held right at the
plant where the workls in progress.
Republicans Meet at Klnston.
The standpat Republicans of the
second congressional district, in ses
sion at Kihston several days ago, nom
inated Thomas Brad. Brown, of that
city, for congress, and J. Frank Lyles
of Tarboro for elector. T. B. Brown
was made ' chairman of the congres
sional executive committee, and WJ.
Jordan, of Snow Hill, secretary. Pret
ty nearly all of the counties in the
district ; were 1 represented, but there
wag no enthusiasm in the meeting, as
it was understood ' that' it was empty
honors bestowed upon the nomjneei:
THE CHAHRER pCOMMERCl
f Stfe TvPl2r,uca at ; G reensboro.-
-f:vnicer Were Selected.-!
yTate is President,
yfi representatives
cb.amberc 'ot commerce and boards
trade in various cities of the state in
adjourned , sessionJiere; recently per
ffceted .the organization of . the North
Carolina ;Chamb6r of Commerce, . pre
liminary steps : for the organization-of
which., were; taken recently in Greeni
borpi Officers i elected are : S Presi
dent, Fred N. Tate, High Point: vice
president Gen. J. S.:Carr of Durham.
H. A. Ramseur. of Fayetteville, and Ai'r
1 Joy; of Hicoryj C secretary and
treasurer, John O; Ellington Raleigh;
executive - committee. ; the rpRli?t
and secretary; - E. W. Thompson Z ol
Charlotte, F. I. Sutton of Kinston, R.
C. Hood of 'Greensboro.1 r In perfect
ing the organization 6ne or more rep
resentatives were j here" 'from Greehs
boroV Charlotte, Goldsboro, Winston
Salem, High Point Fayetteville, Hick
ory and Statesville. ! - '
Following the organization there
was an informal discussion of freight
rates discriminations and the con
templated fight in the legislature; and
otherwise, 'against such condtions."
Among the speakers were R. D. Doug
las andR. C. Hood 'of Greensboro, A.
K. Joy of Hickory, W. S. Creighton of
Charoltte and J. Ii. Ludlow of Win
ston-Salem. The first business meet
ing is to be held in Raleigh soon after
the legislature convenes itt January.
Each of the commercial Organizations
in the state that joins the state as
sociation is to elect a member of the
board of directors.
Democratic Rally at Hillsboro. ''
In ; spite of the incessant downpoui
of rain, Orange county's temple of jus
tice 'was Overflowed -with Democrats
from many parts of the county to par
ticipator in the Democratic rally at
Hillsboro. It was a great day for De
mocracy. For two hours the speakers
of the dayGovernor W. W. Kitchln
and Mr. J, ' Ed Pegram, of ; Durham,
expounded the . principles of the Dem
ocratic; part jr. to an eager audience of
listeners. Other than those that had
pointedly come here for 'the purpose
of hearing the political speeches; there
were prominent attorneys from dif
ferent parts of the state in attend
ance UDon court, that rallied to the
cause of Democracy.
The Catawba County Fair.
The Catawba county free street fair
which is held annually in Hickory,
promises to be ' the most - elaborate
were held. As much as $2,000 in cash
and merchandise has been subscrib
ed as premiums. This iB by far a
larger amount than , has even before
been offered, ' The premium list.
which has just been issued shows that
premiums-will be given on all exhib
its that may be put up. There will
be prizes for the best displays of field
and garden crops, poultry, live stock,
dairy products, ; horticulture, manu
facturers' displays, pantry supplies,
children's department and a goodly
number of special premiums.. -
Lineman Gaddis Electrocuted.
Neil Gaddis, a lineman employed by
the Waynesville Electric Company,
was instantly killed by an electric
shock from a live wire. He was work-
ng on the line on Main street at
Waynesville when he was observed to
begin to fall and recover himself,
clinging to the wire about which he
had been working. When taken down
if e was extinct. This , is the first ac
cident of the kind that ever happened
in Waynesville. ' '
'ostoffiee to be Discontinued.
Postmaster Willis - Briggs received
notice from the department at Wash-
ngton that the postofflce0 at 'Rogers
Store, Wake county, will be discp-
tinued "October 1 and that the patrons
from that office will be served by ru
ral free delivery. This is' taken to be
considerable improvement over tne
bid service as I it will make possible
receiving a respoise to letters on the
day. after they .are" issued from Ral
eigh; r --This has not7 been" possible be-
ore.
Hendersonville. The Henderson-
County Poultry Association has an-
hounced 'dates tor . the show this
season in this , city, to be October
28th, 29th and 30th.
Hookworm Dispensaries in State.
Three" additional counties," Anson,
Stokes and Franklin, t have made ap
propriations for . the campaign against
the hookworm; making; fifty-six coun
ties which have appropriated for the
work.- The campaign " against the
hookworm 'has been, very successful
n North Carolina, and , the work J in
this state is attracting : the attention
of hookworm officials all .over the
country. Dr.: Edward Pillenburg, a"
noted byiscian .' of Germany, visited
his state and-; inspected the different
tree dispensaries. ,r : - "
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Five 'X-ray photographs of the wound in Cbloael. Roosevelt's chest were
taken, and the bullet was found ; flatt
had fractured slightly.
GUARD ROOSEVELT
Bullet Missed Lung Cavity By
an Infinitesimal Space. J
MUST BE QUIET. J0R DAYS
Thorough Examination Shows Victim's
Escape from Instant Death Was
NarroW Colonel's Hearty Break
fast After X-Ray Examination.
Chicago. Colonel Roosevelt rested
easily at the Mercy Hospital on the
day after he was shot by John Schrank
in Milwaukee-He had much less pain
in breathing than in the forenoon,
practically no cough.
"Another X-ray examination was
made by the surgeons. No effort was
made to extract the - -iet As it had
not penetrated the lungs or pleural
cavity its presence for a time at east
is not regarded as extremely danger
ous.
Aside from the ever present danger
of blood poisoning there is every hope
for recovery. The surgeons say, the
magnificent physical condition of Col
onel Roosevelt, due to his habit of con
stant exercising and his habitual absti
nence from liquor and tobacco is to a
great extent responsible for their be
lief that he will quickly recover, un
less; complications develop, t
Precautionary measures against the
possible development of lockjaw were
taken: A DTo-nhv lactic dose' of anti-
tetanic serum was, administered just
before the doors were closed to all
callers. ." '
The former President arrived In Chi
cago shortly ater 5 o'clock ;a. m. He
was taken .to the ' hospital f where an
X-ray examination was made. ;
Absolute rest and quiet andicessa-
tion from talking for, the next 10 days
i
"Anyway, if I ad to die, 1 wanted to
die with my boots on,? Colonel Roose
velt said in explaining his determina:
tion to make his speech, in Mi waukee!
"We had a middling lively ime," h5
said in referring to the shooting.
With the knowledge that the condi
tion of Mr. Roosevelt was far more
serious than i his exhibition of deter-,
mined nerve in' speaking at Milwaukee
after the attack, indicated, the nation
sent up a mighty chorus of sympathy.
President Taft and .Governor Wilson
sent: telegrams to their stricken foe, 4
voicing this feeling. : ; V
Dispatches from' Milwaukee tell of
the " arraignment of John Schrank ' on
the charge of. assault "with intent to
murder. He pleaded guilty and was
held for trial on Dec.. 10 in $7,500, the
heaviest bail under the law for his
crime., ' - , - - ' v '
:Wn his. confession to - the police"
Schrank denied he .was a Socialist or
an Anarchist. He was a 'member of
no political party he said. He admitted
he had followed Colonel Roosevelt for
weeks seeking an opportunity to kill
him. r . -
. Schrank is the owner of an apartment-house
at Nov .493. ast 8lst street.
New York, worth $25,000. if k ;
Schrank's ancestora for three gen-
ity: . V v " 0 -. - -' .
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Chemist Discovers No Trace of
Poison on Cartridges .
nr,S. ROOSEVELT AT BEDSIDE
A New X-Ray Photo Definitely Locates
Bullet in a Fracture of the Fourth
Rib About Four . Inches
From' the Sternum. '
Chicago.After, a bedside consulta
tion among. Colonel Roosevelt, Mrs.
Roosevelt, Dr. John B. Murphy and
Dr. Arthur D. Bevan, it was r cided
that it. was safe to remove the wound
ed ex-President to his home at Oyster
Bay. He cannot, ' however, unless
every present indication tails, return
to any active part in tbe Presidential
campaign. '
Schrank's bullet fractured Mr.
Roosevelt's fourth rib on the right
side, immediately above which it en
tered and toward which it was de
flected by the steel spectacle ,case
which Roosevelt habitually carries in
a ' right side pocket, and which was
far more of a factor in saving his life
than the hundred pages of manuscript
he chanced -to be carrying there Mon-.
nay night.
By the first X-ray plate the bullet is
shown partly imbedded in the fracture,
in the fourth rib about four; inches
from the sternum.
The radiograph shpws an extraordi
nary spread and arch to the uninjured
ribs, .indicating the unusual size of the
Colonel's lungs and development of
his chest. , . :
Prof. R. E.W. Sommer, thevMiIwau
kee analytical chemist who- tested fie
unfired bullets in Schrank's. pistol,, as
well as the empty shell, declared that
no imeefjQfppison existed ; :
Schrank was" asserted to be. legally
sane by the 'Milwaukee prosecutor, but
alienists will examine him The assail
ant will be tried after election. As
Schrank . possesses property, lie will
be required to. engage his own counsel.
Schrank had indicated that , he would
ask the State to supply one.
After the' examination the; Colonel
ate a breakfast of bacon and eggs,
tea and toast. Then. he read for some
time, followed by a doze..
Milwaukee. The. decision -' that
Schrank Is -sane was announced by
District-Attorney Zahel who, in a
statement, says : . ;: . ' ' :..'; ',.,;.
; "I have no desire to interfere with
the ' Presidential campaign t of Mr.
Roosevelt and for that reason will not
call tbe case for trial in the Municipal
Court until after election. I. believe
that- the assault in Milwaukee should
not be; an issue. For; that; reason; I
will hot keep the matter alive by "plac
ing Schrank on trial immediately. .
"On theOther hand, Schrank is en
titled to the full benefits of the. law in
the light of a defendant and must have
time to prepare his case He says he
is the owner of property valued at
S25.000 and assessed at ?1S,000. He
is in comfortablejclrcumstances..' Be
cause or tnat zact ne is m good posi
tion to retain lhidwa counsel. He is
not . ignorant of court procedure,' eith-
er."
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A Rlillion Men Under Arms in
Nations
THREE KINGS ATATHEFRONT
pSreiie, ? lot,yy fishing to
Abandon AI
to Ports. ...
V 200 Tribesmen A re" Killed , in
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' iJbhdo'nTurkey's declaration of
ar against Bulgaria and Servia was
peedily follow ea - by the proclamation
f hostilities 1 by King Peter, " while
ing Ferdinand 'also declared war and
left Sofia to join the headquarters of
- f '
' Greece, not: wishing to detach her-
Lself from her allies, sent instructions
to the,rMinister at; Constantmople to
communicate a declaration of war to
the Porte, At thesamd iime she sent
af fraterhal greeting ' to th. allied'
statesl :-i::V 9- t't::y'cf
.. Turkey; refrained -Vfrbm declaring
war on Greece, who, ' it. was hoped at
thfe" Sublime Porte, :mignt, even at the
last - noment, dissociate ' herself from
hationalities with whteh : she had no
common racial,; religioiis or economic
ties, Turkish hopes in this particuUir
wereVbeliedi for Greece has opened'
hostilities. . ; :; :. ' ;f
:i Thus five ' states are at - war, three
kings at the front, ?and a million men'
in arms. The greatest'jcbnflicjt that
Europe has, known since the Franco
Prussian war has opened under (Condi
tions which make the struggle likely
to be one of the blood-thirstiest and
bitterest. in modern history.. '. ',. '
The area of conflict is enormous.
Fighting is already tn progress : on
four frontiers. There was a tendency
to .believe that so far in the fighting
on the Montenegrin frpntier the' Turks
had not displayed the qualities with
which in past wars theyhad showed
themselves end6wedpacularlyln
stubborn defense " behind - intrench
ments, and the 1 Montenegrins' capture
of Berana was hailed as a great feat
Of. arms.. . ''-st?:'-'1
As. soon as war was declared Turk
ish? troops were ordered to ; advance
along the border country- of Servia
and Bulgaria, and skirmishing be
tween the Turks and allies began. ' . t
News of actual fighting IriHhe. Balk-;
ans is most meagre. ' It is said that so
heavy were the Montenegrin losses in
the last few days that General MartinV
Qvitch is withdrawing his forces from
the - neighborhood of Scutari. De
spatches " from Constantinople . say
that the Montenegrins lost 600 killed
and eight guns at Krafiia, and were
badly 'whipped at Bjlopoljei These re
ports come from, sources inimical to
.the Montenegrins arid contain no details-X
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SENATOR HEYBURN DIES.
Succumbs to Heart Trouble at Wash-
t m- - . , - . .. . . . .- . - .
ington After Long Illness.
Washington. Weldon Brinton Hey
burn, United States Senator from Ida
ho, died at . his apartment in the
Wyoming here.' The 1 Senator. ' had
been suffering for several ; months
from heart trouble and grave' con
WELDOri B. HEYBURN.
cern had been expressed over his con
dition for a week or more. : : " rr.
Many of Senator Heyburn's friends
attribute ' his death to an 'overtaxing
of his strength in the closing days of
the;5 last "Cohgr(Bss.' He bitterly' op-,
posed the Penrose resolution providing
for a sweeping Inquiry into campaign
contributions. ' ;; ; . ; . : '. .r':y
Senator Heyburn was born' in Dela
ware County, Pa., on May 23, 1852 His
parents were Quakers. He wasadmit
ted to the . bar'lri 1876and wentto
Idaho where he specialized in mining
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tics in 189S when he refused ,tb follow
the bolting Idaho Free'Sllver. Republi
cans i; in their flop; to Bryan.4 .' ',
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. , MEIVSBOY'S LiFE
Hero Who Gave Leg to Save
Girl Dies in Hospital
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He Seized a Chance Had Ropd ' .
Vain for Many j Years H e WouM
? Be of " Use to Somebody in
, Gary;' ihd. Willie : Rugh, f thecrip- V
pled newsboy who. gave up his life
that a eirl. a. iRtra.tifirr irt him T!rtifcs r
live. 'was honored by all Gary when
he' was buried "City officials, employ-.'
ees of ' the great steel ' mills, business ; 'x
and professional. men united in; doing : t
honor to the young . herb. , A jmonuv ; .-.
ment,by popular subscription will be'. : ;
raised oyer his grave. Rugh retained ;
consciousness up to the last moment. ,
He met deaths with a smile, ' happy in
the news that the girl, he helped would ;
recover. - i . .' '-. '' -.-.;
When 'Billy' Rughheardthit Miss
Ethel Smith, a girl he had never met.' . - -had
been terribly , burned by th.e' ex- -
plosion of a gasoline tank on a motor-.;
cycle, and that - she would die unless
large quantities , of living skin:couW ;
be. grafted to her body. he decided 'tov
be of some. use in the world." r' r
. VDoc," said Rugh, when he appeared
kt ' tjie hospital 'in Gary;- "I - Want you f
to cut, off this old crippled leg of mine "
and use the skin' to save Miss SmlthV ,
life: : I haven't been of much use . n '
this J world, but perhaps this leg will , ?
do some ; good, ; after. all.": '.,--r.'k. -V1'
4 Usually a patient is prepared f or ait j
amputation.: - But fixe: doctors did not-,
believe thatBilly's nerve would ho4;:
iut They'didnVkhowBUlyjter
rivea at tne nospitai-on ine " morning
set and announced he wtw , ready III
organs wete. exanjinjeddfound. iai
good condltionlater hewas wheeled
into the operating room. whilefrom
another door v there . entered ' another
cot bearing a trail 'girl;
- The two looked into one another's ,
eyes an instant and e&ohZ smiled faiab
ly. Then they were , put under an an
aesthetic' The living skin was stripped
from the newsboys leg 4owh- to the
foot and transferred, tehe girt 'Thett
the leg was amputated, t -iv;i
C Both patients
the anaesthetic
MissSmith
remarkable thai two days aotshewas
able to bp renioyedfr6mJth.e, :h
to herown homeSefofel'shie . left "she
was; wheeled ' beside . Billy's cot and
kissed him. Since then she has "been
sending him flowers and dainties.
MACFARLAND FREED.
Man Once Convicted of Murdering His '
, Wife ,1s Acquitted. v
Newark,, N. J Allison M. MacFar
land, once convicted, was acquitted in
the County, Court of the murder of his
wife, and fifteen ; minutes later was -hysterically
caressing Florence Brom
ley of Philadelphia, for the love of
whom,, the State alleged, he had pois-r,
oned his wife, the, mother of his two
children, with cyanide of . potassium, :
After the acquittal, rthe pair, . still ;
laughing . and shouting under the
stress of. excitement, were in the Mar- ;
'riage License Bureau demanding that '
Clerk John Hancock hasten the issue,,
of the license. His bride-to-be neglect
ed to bring along her divprce papers. -When
she was unable to produce the "
documents, Clerk llancock refused to l:
issuethe license. : ; p ;. '-S
. TREATY WITH ITALY 8IGN ED. . "
Turkey Obtains Concessions to Soothe -Her
People's Pride. , :,
Ouchy,.Switzerland.iThe final draft
of the treaty of. peace between Turkey .
and Italy .was signed here. It will be
known, as theTreaty. of Lausanne. .
-.The treaty is by no means one-sided
or couched dn'-such terms as are usu
ally Imposed by victor upon vanquish
ed. Not; pnly have Turkish suscepti
bilities -been safeguarded In the .text ;
of the treaty,bnt the Ottoman pleni- -pbtentiaries
have, succeeded in obtain-
ing from" Italy concessions regarding
capitulations, judicial jurisdiction over
Moslems, and 'customs duties, as . well '
as a disguised indemnity. -. ' '. : '
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Three Americans Lost and 2XX Homis-
;;; .-' o less In Philippines.; ; ' V:
" ManHa-f-A typhoon interrupted the ,
southern telegraph lines foj four days.
Cebu, one of tlje islands "has . been
partiallydestroyed byhe stdrnv One If
hundred persons, ' including ". threct .
Americans, were -killed and 2,000 peo- ,
Pie' are. homelesa;;;
Reports from army officers to head-
quarters here estimate that three hun-v
dred; persons were killed outside the
city bfCebu."" The damage is estimate '
d at 110,000,000. t:ry ; i v.V:
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