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J.J. MINER. Mgr. BREVARD, TRANSYLVANIA CO., N. C„ FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11,1908. VOL. XIII. NO. 37.
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NORTH STATE HAPPENINGS
Occurrences of Interest Glea.i\ed From All Se^stiGus cf the Busy
Ta^r Heel State
AN APPEAL TO PASTORS.
WAS HOERIBLE SCENE.
Lcadfer of Ministerial Band at Uni
versity of North Carolina Writes
Open Letter to Ministers of State.
e are requested to publish the
followiiio: self-explanatory letter:
To the Ministry of the State of North
Carolina:
Dear Pastor; The calling and
training of young men to fill the rap
idly growing number of vacant pul
pits in the State is a matter of lively
and continuous interest.
Our ministerial band is trying in
an humble way to show the students
of the University the importance of
the ministry as a life work. It brings
together all who have chosen this as
tiieir profession and makes of them
a working and recruiting agency.
This letter is an appea! to pastors
of North Carolina to stir up the
minds of prospective students of this
and other colleges to the present
pressing need for ministers in all de
nominations. If there is a young
man from your congregation expect
ing to enter the University who has
already decided or who you think
might be influenced to enter the sa-
-cred ministry, will j’ou not w’rite a
frank letter to the leader of the band
acquainting him with the fact and
offering any suggestions as to how
the band may be of help?
Yours truly,
A. RUFUS MORGAN, Leader.
Chapel Hill, N. C.
Norih Carolina Won’t Take Leper.
Raleigh, Special.—This State re
fuses to receive from the Federal au
thorities the leper, J, R. Early, of
Lynn, N. C. This action being through
the State Board of Health, is based
on the ruling of Assistant Attorney
General Haydent Clement, to the ef
fect that a State is not required by
the Stat6 or Federal constitution or
statutes to receive citizens from be
yond her borders having contagious
or jiestilentious dieases, and even if
the State were inclined Tot do this in
tiie present instance it would be im
possible, because the railroads would
refuse to carry the patient, and since
in
The Colored Children Cremated
Home at Cameron.
Cameron, Special.—Sunday night
about 8:30 o’clock, while the family
was at church, the house of Hector
Cameron, a worthy negro of this
place, was burned, together with
three small children, one of his own
and two of his son-in-law’s, Alex.
Worthy. The fire is supposed to
have originated from the overturn
ing or explosion of a lamp which
was left burning low. When it was
first discovered the children could
have been rescued had it been known
they were in the house, but they
were asleep and gave no alarm and
when the family reached there, the
house was env^oped in flames and it
was then too late to save them. The
grief of the terror stricken parents
was touching to see and their cries
with the flames leaping in air made
the scene one of terror.
Conscience Hurt HinL
Winston-Salem, Special.—A con
science striken man in Ncav Mexico
has sent a letter to Mr. W. T. Baynes,
a merchant here, \vriting as follows:
“Dear Sir: Please find enclose 40
cents for some tobacco and water
melons I sole from you several year's
ago, and I ask your forgiveness for
stealing them. You may ask why I
am sending this money for that pur
pose, but the Bible commands me to
straighten up our back life, just as
much as it does not to sin. So I
send this 40 cents, hoping you will
understand it.”
The forty cents was enclosed and
a man’s name w^as singned. Mr.
Baynes thinks he remembers the oc
casion of the pptty theft. He will
send the man a receipt.
LEPER’S PMON SIGNED
Means Devised Whereby Early Signs
Documents Without Transmitting
Disease to OScials.
Washington, Special.—John R.
Early, the leper^ Saturday afternoon
signed the first of the papers that will
entitle him to receive a pension as a
soldier incapaciated while in the per
formance of duty. He signed the re
maining documents Monday and will
receive back pay to the amount of
$165 and a regular pension of $72 a
month. His pension will be recorded
as begining July, 1907.
How Early was to sign the papers
without passing on the germs of his
disease to the ofiicials who would re
ceive the documents was decided
only after a long consultation. Fin
ally Dr. Thonipson, of the pension
agensy, took the papers out to Early
covered each in turn with a sheet of
paper in which slits had been cut to
allow Early to sign the official do
cuments, touching them only with
the point of the pen.
Early’s wife has rented a cottage
opposite the entrance of the work
house so that she can be near hei
husband.
Last Saturday night Early was en
rolled by proxy as a member of the
Army and Navy Union. William A.
Hickory, w’ho served with ^Early in
the Philippines, acted as proxy. When
Commander Lee announced solemnly
that Early Avas mustered in, his new
comrades repeated in unison the pray
er that “God in His mercy and good
ness may protect our comrade and
his helpless family.” A committee of
four called on Early Monday and
gave him the bronzo insigina and but
ton of the union.
GREAT fORESI f IRES
Chisholm Minnesota, Entirely
Wiped Out
FIRES CHECKED; GREAT LOSS
Five Hundred Indictments.
^ Durham, Special.—The grand jury
Eariy evidently contracted the disetise l made a presentment against nearly
in the army service, he was a leper j five hundred delinquents failing to
when discharged, whether the leprosy i list their taxes the past June. There
had shown itself or not. Therefore, is no special excitement over the mat-
the United States government is mor
ally bound to retain and care for the
patient.
ter, though Sheriff Harward says it
is the first time such a thing has hap
pened on such a colossal scale. When
With reference to the wife and | the books closed the last day of June
child of the leper, who have gone to 1 the listers prolong-ed the privilege of
Washington in the interest of hus- listing by charging 25 cents until Au-
band and father, Mr. Clement ad-' gust 1st and half a thousand derehcts
vises the State board that the board ' took advantage of this. It is ^md that
should write her in Washington and I niany of the number failing to list
acquaint her with the fact that if i ^re prominent and constantly failing
she returns to North Carolina she ; to put up their property. Ihe officeis
will be quarantined in Polk county j however, deny that they ha\e been
bv the county authorities. This, he beaten heretofore. This court \\ill
says, should be done not to prevent j take no action in the mattei, other
her return, but in fairness to her in { work being so enormous that it can-
order that she may know what to not be atfempted.
expect should she decide to • return.
A despatch from Washington says: North State News Notes.
There appears to be a hitch about} At W^inston-Salem Mrs. J. J. Cofer
the pension. The Distritc Court de- | fire a revolver at a negro who at-
cided that it could not appoint a | tempted to break into the residence
guardian for Early, to whom the pen- j the other night, while her husband
sion money of $72 a month could be | who is a special officer at the Sou-
paid, as asked for by his wife. Hav- , them Railway station, was absent,
ing been refused this appointment j The intruders screamed, “Oh God, I’m
herself Mrs. Early prayed the court i hit!” and ran away,
to designate the American Surety 1 In 1900 the Republican vote in
and Trust Company, but this was re- j North Carolina was 133,vSSl, while in
fused. Judge Staiford expressed the , 1904 it was but 82,543. Brvan’s
opinion that according to the laws of j vote in 1900 was 150,792 and Parker’s
the District such a ^lardian should | in 1904, 124,121.
be appointed only in case the man j In the county primaries held at
is insane or habitually drunk. ^ The | Asheville to nominate a successor to
1)Ui(‘au of pensions has no intelligence | the late Judge Fred Moore, of the
in it capable of discerning any way [ 15th judicial district, Judge J. D.
to pay over the money which its of-1 Murphy, of Asheville, defeated the
ficials declare Early is entitled to,! jjon. J. S. Adams by a conventiona
because they say, he is segregated \ vote of 13. Mr. Adams’ manager
and incapable of receiveing and dis- j they will contest some of the
bursing money. Hov.^ever, the prob- precinct returns. Adams tarried the
lem is likely to be solved in Early’s'city of Asheville, but Judge Murphy
lied in the county.
Escaped In^ne Father. | gtate Farms
Durham, Special.—After escaping
Winston-Salem, Special,—Chairmaa
Hackett, of the State prison boarc
from his insane father, who, it is al
leged, burnt the house to destroy his
two Motherless children, Lambert ■ , , , , . i.
Riley, who lives 15 miles from Diir-1acconUng to reports le-
ham, was held by the authorities ; ceived, five thousand bushels of corn
and the young children were sent to ^ large maount of cotton on the
the Oxford Orphanage this morning.
The house was burned, but the child
ren escaped.
Killed by “Unloaded” PistoL
Asheville, Special.—The ‘ ‘ unload
ed” pistol claimed another victim
State farms w”ere destroyed by the
freshet of last week.
New Station Opened.
Salisbury, Special.—The large new
passenger station of the Southern
Railway just completed here was
The Town of Chisholm Wiped Out
and Ihousands of Acres of Minne
sota Land Burned Over—Many
Persons Left Homeless and Desti
tute Property Loss Runs up in
Millionu.
Duluth, Minn., Special.—After de
stroying the town of Chisholm on the
Mesaba range, and burning over
thousands of acres in St. Louis
Carleton and Itasca counties in Min
nesota, and in Douglas county, Wis
consin, the many forest fires which
have been raging in these regions
were cheeked on Sunday.
Chisholm, Minn., a town of 4,000
inhabitants on the Mesaba Iron range
90 miles north of Duluth, was com
pletely wiped out.
The damage to real property is now
estimated at $1,000,000 and* that of
personal property at $750,000. The
insurance carried by Chisholm mer
chants was about $500,000.
Orville Wright Makes a Flight.
Washington, D. C., Special.—Orn
ville Wright made another flight over
the drill grounds at Fort Myer, Ta
Friday in wihch he encircled the
field five times in addition to going
its full length before landing direct
ly in front of the tent which shelters
the machine. The total time consum
ed in flight w’as four minutes and
fifteen seconds, the aeroplane being
under the control of Mr. Wright
throughout the flight. The w’ind was
“blowing at a rate of three and three-
jifths miles per hour. Thirty feet
from the ground ^vas the greatest
leight attained. It waS' evident that
the aviator had the machine under
better control than yesterday.
“With each succeeding flight,”
said Mr. Wright, after I.-3 Igjided, “I
will secure a better control of the
aeroplane. The difficulty I now ex
perience is that I pull levers too
far. This is not surprising in view
of length of time since my last flight.
Jilt with a feAV more trials I am con
fident that I will have perfect con
trol of the pianos.”
An enthusiastic crowd witnes£*:d
the flight. The parade grounds was
kept cledr by cavahymen and artil-
lerym.en stationed at Fort Myer. Mr.
W’right was greatly pleased with the
test.
Governor Johnson Issues* Appeal For
Aid.
St. Paul, Minn., Special.—Gover
nor Johnson Sunday issued the fol
lowing proclamation:
“A great disaster has come to
northeastern Minnesota. Chisholm,
one of the splendid cities of the Mes
aba range, has been totally destroyed
by a destructive forest fire which
swept over a large portion of St.
Louis coimty. Every home and bus
iness house of that community is
burned, and 6,000 people are sudden
ly rendered homeless, the property
loss amounting to millions of dollars.
Early reports indicate also the total
a^.estruction of the mining locations
of Shenando, Hartley and Pillsbury
The total number of people rendered
homeless will reach 12,000 and vast
tracts of agricultural lands have also
been devastated.
“This disaster is w'ithout parellel
in the history of Minnesota and in
view of the appalling calamity, I ap
peal to the generosity of the people
of Minnesota for liberal aid, and own
ing to the great necessity, ask that
this assistance be as prompt as pos
sible. ”
The loss on the buildings at
Chisholm is estimated at $2,090,000
III PERSONS INDICTED
Participants in the Springfield Riot
Have to Answer to the Law.
Springfield, III., Special.—the spec
ial grand jury called to probe the re
cent race riots,’ adjourned Thursday
after returning twenty more indict
ments. This makes a total of 117
during the session. Among the in
dictments returned were four against
Sprinfield policemen, Oscar Dahl-
kamp, Jose Ferendez, Joseph H. Ohl-
man, and George W. Dawson. They
are indicted for alleged failure to
suppress the riot when detailed for
that duty. Sheriff Werner, Chief of
J^olice W^ilbur Morris, Captain Char
les W'alsh, of troop D. Springfield
and other officers are commended by
the grand jury.
The report condemns alleged “cow
ards” among the officials and says:
“We condemn in unmeastjred
terms the cowardly, contemptible ac
tion of those members of the fofce,
who, having taken the oath of office,
failed to do their duty; men who
were paid from money from the pock
ets of the people of this city to pro
tect life and property; men who were
ordered by the heads of departments
of the police to go out and disperse
the mob, and not only failed to use
a club, handle a pistol or raise a
voice against the mob, and on the
side of law and order, but some of
whom are shown to have assisted by
act and word in doing the work that
has brought destruction to thousands
of dollars of property and has
brought the blush of shame to every
lawabiding citizen of this city.
“W^e recommend that the civil ser
vice commission of the city of Spring
field, without fear or favor, and while
evidence can easily be obtained, de
termine by fair trial who failed to
prove himself a worthy member of
the force, and deal with him accord
ingly.'*
Cannot Stop Beer Shipment.
Montgomer/, Ala., Special.—In re
straining the Birmingham city au
thorities from interefering with the
shipments of beer into that city
Judge Thomas G. Jones, of the Unit
ed States Court held that the ship
ment was an interstate shipment un
til it reached the purchaser. The
Lemp Brewing Company, of St. Louis
made a shipment which was held up
at the express office. The city judge
held that the interstate haul ended
at the depot and that it was unlaw
ful to deliver the consignment by
transf/r wagon to the place of the
consignee. Judge Jones holds that
such is not the case and that the
SAIIORS DROWNDED
Fifty Drown Within Sight of
Their families.
WERE POWERLESS TO LEND AID
Were Powerless to Help—Stranded
a Hundred Yards From Shore Crew
of Portugese Steamer Louiza One
by One Drop Into the Sea and
Drown.
Badajoz, Portugal, Special.—With
in sight of their frantic families,
one hundred yards away, the crew of
fifty of the Portuguese steam%r
Luize, were drowned Friday morning
from the stranded vessel off Figuera
DaFoz. The vessel was from BraziL
The sea was roug and the lifeboats
useless. The crew dropped into the
sea and their bodies were washed on-,
to the sand some hours later. Rela
tives of the men recognized the men
as they fell into the water. The scene
was hearjrendering and tragic in the
extreme.
PANIC TIDE HAS TURNED.
transfer company as well as the ex-
Chisholm is in the center of the great- press company are Avithin national
Provisions for the Sufferers.
Wilmington, N. C., Special.—Three
boats well laden Avith nearly one
thousand dollars worth of provisions
and supplies were sent on Friday by
the Wilmington relief committee to
the flood sufferers in the Canetucl?
K,elly’s Cove and Holly Shelter sec-
toins of Pender county. All will ar
rive at their destinations tomon’ow
in charge of persons acquainted with
local conditions there so that the dis
tribution will be equitable and where
it is needed. The committee will not
relinquish its efforts any further re
lief boats will be sent out from time
to time as the need may ap^3car.
There w’as no cl\ange in the flood sit
uation here today. Reports come
from nearly all sections of rapidly
falling waters.
est iron producing area in the world.
Refuges poured- into Hibbing until
the population of 10,000 was alm*ost
doubled. Chisholm presents a scene of
ruin and desolation. Blackened and
smoking piles of charred wood, little
heaps of gray ashes, scorching gaunt
skeletons of brick and mortar, all
canopied Avith a dense pall of smoke,
comprise what was one of the most
flourishing towns on the groat Ma-
saba iron range. The only remaining
buildings are the new high school
a graded school, a Catholic church,
the Italian church and a dozen dwel
lings in the southernmost part of
tow’ii.
FIRE SWEEPS RAWHIDE.
Tax on Circuses Not to be Rafeed.
Winston-Salem, N. C., Special.—
Following a little agitation of the
project of raising the tax on circuses
in this city from $100 to $500, the
board of aldermen has decided not
to make the change. There are three
circuses scheduled for this city with
in the next few weeks. Ringling’s,
Coles and Gentry’s Dog and Pony
Show.
tonight, when Wm. Palmer, aged 16, \ T uv t 1
„ ® , 1 11 i. . I formally opened to the public Tues-
fell dead with a revolver bullet in | same will be used regu-
kis brain, "fired by his companion, j larly hereafter. The building which
Xathan Arthur, aged 18. Palmer and , was erected at a cost of $125,000 is
Arthur, with four other boys, were easily one of the handsomest and
playing in a tent erected on a vacant | most commodious on the Southern
lot, when Arthur pointed the weapon j system. Capt. George W’iatt, of Nor-
which he believed to be unloaded, in | forlk, has been appointed station
Palmer’s face and pulled the trigger. | master and is in charge of the station.
Without uttering a w'ord, Palmer fell j The depot is thoroughly furnished
dead at his friends feet. At the in the most modern manner and takes
coroner’s inquest a verdict of “acci
dental shooting” was returned.
the place of one erected before the
Civil War.
Collections on Spirits Decrease.
Statesville, N. C., Special.—Cashier
R. B. Roberts, of Internal Revenue
Collector Brown’s office, reports the
following collections for August:
Lists', $461.50; spirits, $25,519.89;
cigars, $49.50; tobaccos, $206,263.77;
special tax, $727.20, making a grand
total of $233,921.86. The report
shows a decrease of $21,404.46 in the
collections on spirits last month com
pared with the collections, on spirits
during August, 1907, but there was
an increase of $27,260.43 last month
in the collections on tobaccos over
Three Thousand People Rendered
Homeless.
Rawhide, New., Special.—As a re
sult of a disastrious fire which ravag
ed this city on Friday three thousand
people are homeless and property is
destroyed to the amount of $1,000,-
000. The fire started in the Rawhide
Drug Company’s building and fanned
by a gale the flames swept ea.stAA^d
over the town until they reached the
People’s Hospital.
As a last resort tons of mining
dynamite were wheeled into the town
square in truks, placed under 4the
block of buildings and touched off by
short fuses. The hospital was saved.
Miners from surrounding mines aided
the fire fighters.
So far as known no one wag seri
ously injured. President King, of
the Rawhide Coal and Iron Company,
ordered a special train to bring lum
ber sufficient to erect five large tem
porary buildings at Rawhide. The
ruins were searched to recover valu
ables lost in the flames. Reconstruc
tion work will occupy five hundred
carpenters, commencing next w’eek.
Laborers are being imported.
tatutes on interstate orders.
Her Body Found Without a Head.
Boston, Mass., Special.—Chester
Jordan, aged 29 years, of 509 Med-
:ord street, Somerville, was arrested
jy Boston officers late Thursday
afternoon on the charge of having
murderd his wife, Hanorah Jordan,
whose body minus the head Avas dis
covered dismembered in a trunk at
7 Hancock street, Boston. The head
is believed by the police to be in a
furnace of the family home in Som
erville. The police state the murder
was committed two days ago. Jordan
is an actor and his Avife Avas also
connected with the stage. Her age
was 23.
So Says President Van Cleave of the
National Association of Manufac
turers—An Interesting Letter.
President Van Cleave of the Na
tional Association of Manufacturers^
has issued a circular letter to the
three thousand members of that asr*
sociation stating that the adverse tide
has turned and that business condi
tions are noAv improving all along the
lines. The letter follows:
“Dear Sir: The business outlook
is a matter of vital importance; the
future looks bright, and Ave invite
your attention to a feAv lines from
President Van Cleave’s article in
American Industries, of August
15th:
“ ‘The general aggregate of the
crops promises to be greater than,
ever before. Money is plentiful and
low. A country so well endowed aa
the United States, with the things
Avhich the world must buy from us,
cannot be held doAvn long by any
sort of adversity.
“ ‘On all sides Ave see evidences
that the tide has turned. A steady
improvement from this time onward
may be looked for with confidence^
In NeAv York, Chicago, Pittsburg, St.
Louis, Boston, and other industrial
centers, mills are re-opening their
doors. The stocks of goods in the
hands of manufacturers- and whole
salers have been reduced to Ioav fig
ures, and the resumption of pur
chases, Avhich is under Avay in all the
great lines of trade, is beginning to
send in orders to the factories with
a little of their old-time A’olume.^*
36,500 Cold Baths and Still Lives
108 Years Old.
New York, Special.—Mrs. Eliza
beth Hunt celebrated her hundred
and eighth birthday in Brooklyn.
Everj' morning in the last 100 years,
she says, she has taken a cold plunge.
She says that she is the only living
Avoman who was kissed by General
LaFayette. The incident occured on (
the steps of the City Hall 84 years
ago, and Mrs. Hunt tells how the
General had remarked about the
brightness of her eyes and said he
wished France could boast of women
so fair. Mrs. Hunt is a native of
Lancaster, Pa.
The Visible Supply.
New Orleans, Special.—Secretary
Hester’s statement of the world’s
visible supply of cotton issued last
week shows the total visible to be
1,691,549 against 1,710,592 last week
and 2,211,364 last year. Of this the
total of American cotton is 969,502
against 966,546 last week and 1,288,-
389 last year. And of all other kinds'
including Egypt, Brazil, India, etc.,
722,046 against 744,046 last Aveek and
922,975 last year. Of the world’s
visible supply of cotton there is now
afloat and held in Great Britian and
Austtst, 1907. The total collections f9^9,000 against
for August, 1907, were $229,392.02. 11,310..000 last year.
Made Millions and Slept Them.
St. Louis,’ Special.—Judson M.
Thompson, 77 years of Sge, one of
the most frugal millionaires in the
city, and for many years a conspic-
ious figure in St. Louis financial af-
gairs, died at the home of his son.
It was his custom to buy clothing at
a little outlay of expense and wear
the apparel as long as it would last.
General Stewart’s Funeral.
St. Louis, Special.—Gen Alexander
P. Stewart, with one exception the
last of the lieutenant-generals in the
Army of the Confederate States, who
died at Biloxi, Miss., last Sunday at
the age 86, was buried in Bellefon-
taine Cemetery, this city, late W^ed-
nesday afternoon. In accordance
with the custom of the United Con
federate Veterans, the interment
Avas not marked by the call of the
bugle or by the beat of the drum,
the absence of these martial tributes
signifying for the veterans that their
warfare is over.
Mr. Watkins Notified.
Ada, 0., Special.—Before a large
audience in Brown Auditorium of
the Ohio Northern University to
night Prof. Aaron S. Watkins was
officially notified of his nomination,
as the candidate for Vice President
by the national Prohibition party.
Felix T. McWhirter, of Indiana
polis, treasurer of the national Pro
hibition organization Avas the chair
man of the evening. He spoke at con
siderable length and then introduced
National Cliainnan Charles R. Jones,
of Chicago. Mr. Jones made only
brief remarks, and then Hon. Robert
Patton, of Springfield, delivered the
formal notification address.
When Professor Watkins arose to
respond the vast audience Avas on its
feet cheering and waving hats and
handkerchiefs, while little girls pre
sented the candidate with huge bou-
guets of floAvers. The ovation lasted
several minutes.
Two Aged Women Burned to Death.
Gadsdon, Ala., Special.—Mrs. Eliza
beth McNeal, aged 75 years, and her
invalid daughter-in-lav/, Mrs. Joe Me-
Neal, aged 55 years. Avero burned to
death in a fiii? Avhich destroyed their
home on Lookout Mountains, eight
miles north of this city. It is thought
the fire originated from a defective
flue. The tAvo AA'omen Avere alone in
the house at the time.
Presence of Thaw Demoralizes
Prisoners.
Abany, N. Y., Special.—A protest
is made in a report submitted to the
State Commission of Prisons by Sec
retary George McLaughlin against
the further confinement in the Dutch
ess County jail at Poughkeepsie of
Hany K. ThaAv, acquitted oh the
charge of murder on the ground of
insanity. Mr. McLaughlin’s report
is on an inspection he made on Aug.
24 last. The report says, among
other things, that Thaw’s presence
in the jail “demoralizes the discipline
pf the ins('^Ution.’^