fm WiPi! !W* ■s*smp 'TOW" ^W.iJUL.I '^!W.i Tpn H n Valley News Oily [ y'ott Can't Keep “Dotun a 'SforKin^ Totam; L,efj PttU Together. JJ. MINER. Mgr. BREVARD, TRANSYLVANIA CO., N. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9,1908. VOL. XIII. NO. 41. II NORTH STATE HAPFfNINGS Occurrcaces of Interest GlesLived From Ail Sectiotu gf the Busy XaLr Heel State High School Teachers. Kalcigh, Special.—The State De partment of Public Instruction last week issued State high school three year teachers’ certificates to 3S ap plicants and special certificates for one j’ear were issued to a small, num ber. Those receiving: the three year cer tificates are as follows: J. A. Homaday, Liberty; Miss Laura M. Jones, Franklin; Herbert Sohotz, Macon, N. W. Britton, Win- ton; C. M. Gallamoro, Fletcher; Robt. A. Freeman, Dobson; Miss Elizabeth F. Powell, Lenoir; M. H. Ackerman, Abbottsburg; Z. S. Rose, Williamston; D. Z. Newton, Lincoln- ton; Miss Emma DeLorine, Ariail; Cary; Horace Stewart, Wallace; J. fi. Redden, Honea Path, S. C.; Miss Alice V. Wilson, Lenoir; Edwin P. Connor, Mars Hill; Isaac T. Newton, Blacksburg, S. C.; Miss Brownie Lombertson, Rich Square; J. 0. Ald erman, Tyner; Lonnie E. Osborne, Independence, Va.; Julius M. Weath- €^y, Kernersville; Cameron E. Pen nington, Kittrell; Maria E. Bristow, Conley. Ya.; Andrew McNair, Fay etteville; John G. Viser, Walkertown, Jno. A. Patterson, Shelby; M. K. Meadows, Lewisville; Andrew B. Riley, Brevard; Isaac Horne, Swan Quarter; Miss' Anna May Withers, Lillington; Emmett C. Willis, Trinity; J. J. Lincoln, Elon College; Benja min E. Phillips, Aulander; Chas. C. Sharpe, Greensboro; Wm. P. Henley, Farmington; P'arl R. Franklin, Merry Oaks; Miss Lizzie Moore, Burgaw; H. II. McKeown, Stanly; J. 0. Good man, Helton. A Pecuilar Accident. Lenoir, Special.—A peculiar acci- dcnt occured here Thursday afternoon about four o’clock, when the two f-arpenters began work on the resi- 'ioKce of Mr. W. L. Minish ou West 3fain street. The street was raised .«?ix feet in front of Mr. W. L. Minisli’s residence. The aldermen agreed to have the residence raised up to the street and this was being done when the accident happened. The house had been raised and blocked up and while the w’orkmpn were about their work thise after noon the house gave way on tiie southwest corner and collapsed and is a complete wreck. Mr. Minish’s oWest daughter. Miss Maude was up stairs in the room ovc-r the corner w'he.re the sill gave way rind was thrown against tbe window and only saved herself from serious injury by catching to the window sil!. She emerged from the wrecked build ing with onlv a gash cut in her arm caused by falling against the window ^lass. The to the back of the house, used as the kitchen and dining room, is a total wreck, tables turned up side down, crockery and glassware smash ed, canned fruit and everything breakable is almost a total loss. The housekeeper was in the kitchin at the time of the accident ironing, but ^vas not hurt. None of the workmen were hurt. As the house fell it sAverved to the left and the front porcli and the ‘‘L” were tom from the main building. The xT C. Peaco Congiress. Greensboro, Special.—The North Carolina Peace Congress is to be in session at Greensboro October 12th to I6th, in connection with the Cen tennial celebration of the founding of Greensboro and the programme that has been arranged is especially attractive. United States Senator Lee S. Overman will discuss “Inter national House of Representatives,” Hon. John Sharp Williams, “The Modem Amphyctonie Council. ’ ’ Chief Justice W^’alter Clark, of the North Carolina Supreme Court, “The Intemational Judiciary,’’ Hon. Geo. W. Norris, of Nebraska, “A Practi cal Plan for International Peace Con ference,” Hon. Richmond PearsoH Hobson, “Arbitration and Anna ments.” There are other special speakers including a number of prom inent men in this and other States. Ex-Governor Charles B. Aycock is president of the North Carolina Peace Conference, and the board of directors include James Sprunt, Wil liam E. Springer, Wilmington, A. A. Thompson, Raleigh, Hayne Davis, W. E. Holt, Julian S. Carr, Hugh G. Chatham, Thomas H. Wright and others; Thomas H. Wright, Wilming ton, being secretary. THE GOV’T CROP REPORT Warning to Farmers. Raleigh, Special.—Rev. S. J. Betts has inst lost a two hundred and fifty dollar mule, and Mr. Ben Sasser a fine horse, their sickness and death having been caused by e»ting corn half cured on the stalk, not green, but not properly seasoned. It was only a few days ago that a mule was seen rolling on one of Raleigh principal streets, suffering from colic. It is understood that many farmers are feeding their stock on such corn and that many of their best animals are suffering from it. Kew Corporation. Raleigh, Special.—The Smith V Lithia Water Company was granted a charter last week to build a hotel ■and sell mineral water, with a capi tal stock of $50,000. The incorpora- toi-s are Mrs. H. T. Smith, R. T. Smith, L. W. Starke, W. B. Shaw, of Oxford, and J. B. Mayes, of Stem. Forsyth Sunday School Convention. Winston-Salem, Special.—The For syth County Sunday School Conven tion, at Kernersville, was largely at tended, quite an elaborate and inter esting programme having been pre pared. Among those taking promi nent parts in the convention were Mr. E. A. Ebert, president of the association; W. B. Broughton, chaiT'- man State executive committee; Rev. A. S. Betts, Mr. J. B. Robertson, Rev. W. A. Lambeth, Rev. E. S. Cros^ land. Rev. W. R. Lowdermilk, Mr. F. H. Stockton, Mr, G. S. Norfleet, Mr. R. B. Horn, Rev. J. A. Hopkins, Mra. L. F. Owens, Mrs. J. K. Norfleet, Mrs. J. F. Griffith, Mrs. G. T. Lumpkins, and Rev. E. A. Schenk. Condition is 69.7 and Number of Bales Ginned 2,282,000. Washington, Special.—Crop condi tion, 69.7; number of bales ginned, 2,282,000. These are the reports is sued by the government Friday morn ing, the crop condition being based until September 20th and number of bales ginned until September 25tli. Compared with the reports issued on the same date last year the crop condition is 2 per cent higher and the number of bales ginned one million less. The reports had an inappreria- ble effect on the market. The variance in the number of bales ginned this and last year is attributed to the fact that the weath er this fall has been much more fa vorable to the jgathenng of the staple than at th« .“same time last season. In many sections of the country it is stated that a large part of the crop has been gathered. Cotton Ginned Dnring Year. Washington, Special.—The census bureau Friday announced that 2,582,- G88 bales of cotton had been ginned from the growth of 1908 to Septem ber 25th, as compared with 1,532,602 to the corresponding date last year. The number of active ginneries re porting is 23,650. Condition of Cotton Crop. The crop reporting board of the bu reau of statistics of the department of Agriculture reports the average condition of the crop on September 25th at 69.7, as compared with 70.1 on August 25th and 67.7 on Sep tember 25th, 1907. North Carolina 69; South Carolina, 68; Georgia, 71, and Texas, 71. $17,500 For Her Husband’s Death. Asheville, Special.—What is de clared to be the biggest verdict for a death ever rendered in any court in North Carolina was returned by a jury in the Superior Court here when an award of seventeen thou sand and five hundred dollars was made against the Southern Railway Company and in favor of Mrs. Ma tilda Hough, w^idow of the late Con ductor Hough, killed at Swannanoa Station several years ago. The case has been on trial since Monday, Mrs. Hough demanding fifty thousand dol lars damage. Locke Craig, who with P. H. Winston, represented the plain tiff, made the concluding argument. Left Insane Hospital. Statesville, Special.—An attendant at the State Hospital at Morganton was in Statesville Wednesday search ing for a patient who escaped from the hospital some time after mid night Tuesday night, but he failed in find any trace of. the fugitive there. The man who, escaped is a Mr. Wil liams, of Yadkin county, and he ef fected his escape by removing the bars from a window of his cell. It was thought by the hospital people that he would pass through States ville en route to Yadkin after making his escape. Cotton Gin Burned. Raleigh, N. C., Special.—Fir« de clared to be incendiary Thursday night destroyed F. R. Gray’s gin, 43 bales of cotton, several mules and two buildings at Cary, near here. Ru ral Free Delivery Carrier Ivery says men told him that notice had been sent to Gray and also posted, telling him he must shut his gin down but Gray has received no such notice. New Georgia Bailroad Opened. Valdosta, Ga,, Special.—The Geor gia & Florida Railway, a newly con structed line running from this place 100 miles northwest to Hazehurst, was formally opened , to the public Friday. A special train brought 500 representative citizens from points along the line to this city. Work is rapidly progressing with a view to uniting the newly constructed road with other divisions now in opera tion, which w’ill give a new short line between Madison, Fla., and An gusta, Ga. Lincolnton Men Interested in New York Corporation. New York, Special.—According to official report of the Secretary oC State “The Mutual Farm Commis sion of New York City,” capital $10,000 has filed articles of incorpora tion with the Secretary of State at Albany with permission to increa.-5e capital to $200,000. The directoi's chosen are named as Daniel Rhyne ^and James A. Abernethy, of Lincolnton, North Carolina, and Frank Guy Hull, of 1644 Nineteenth avenue, Brooklyn. To Extend Trolley Line. Spartanburg, S. C., Special.—The street car company will soon begin the work of extending its North Church trolley lin€ to . the . fair grounds. Preliminary work is now under way and a large force of hands will be put to work shortly and the laying of the rails will be rushed. The county fair will open November 3rd and continue until the 6th. Indictment of T. Jenkins Hains. New York, Special.—District At toraey Dorrin appeared before tho grand jury, in Queens county and de manded the indictment of T. Jenkins Hains as accessory before the fact in the murder of William E. Annis who was shot and killed by Peter C Hains. The principal witness against him before the grand jury was Mrs. Annis, widow of the victim. Shot at His Wife. Wilson, Special.—H. D. McDowell, a bad, bad negro, who has caused no of trouble here, filled up on dis-« pensary booze, hired a horse and buggy, armed himself with a breech- loading shot gun and went to the home of his wife on East Nash street and demanded admittance. The cou- ]>le have been separated for some time. When he reached the woman’s house be knocked and demanded ad- Tnittance. The door Avas slammed in liis face, when he raised his gun and let drive—perforating the door in several places . Fatal Fire at Morganton, N. C. Asheville, N. C., Special.—^Will Mull was roasted to death in the flames that burned his residence Tues day morning at Morganton, this State. Eddie D. Mull, a cousin, who was with him at the time, narrowly escaped a like fate. The deceased and his cousin went into the house and after building a fire '• went to sleep. Ed Mull 'was awakend by the roof of the house falling in and made his escape, but his cousin, who did not w§iJlie, was burned to a crisp. Four Killed on Ohio Central. Toledo, 0., Special.—Four persons are dead and two fatally and threee seriously injured as a result of wreck on the Ohio Central Railroad at Sugar Ridge, when an exti^a freight train plunged into the rear of a special passenger train. The dead are George Gosler, Richard Rideout, Thomas Crane and Leslie Fuller. Tezaa Raises the Qnarantine Against Cuba. Austin, Tex., Special.—The State health de^rtment, through Acting State Health Officer J. H. Florence, raised the yellow fever quarantine which has been in effect against Ha vana and other Cuban points for some time past. This action w^is based on a message received from the surgeon general of the marine ho^ pital service conveying the informa tion that the government had raised the embargo existing at Havana. MARCH OF SCIiC[ The President Addresses the Tuberculosis Congress PRAISES GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS Great Meeting of Scientists i^.djoums to Assemble Next at Rome—Presi dent Speaks. WAR CLOUDS LOWER Outlook is For Swift Beginning of Hostilities ONLY SMALL NATIONS INVOLVED A FATAL EXPLOSION Powder House Blown Up ak Spencer, N. C. Shops TWO DEAD: SEVERAL INJURED London Hears News From-Several Sources That Two Crises Are Im pending Which May Force Hostili ties in the Near Future. Washington, D. C., Special.—The International Tuberculosis Congress, which has been in session here closed Saturday to meet next in Rome. One of the most pleasant surpirses of the closing scenes of the congress was the appearance for the first time during its proceedings of President Roosevelt. In a characteristic address President Roosevelt paid a notable tribute to the assemblage of so many scientists of intenatk>nal reputation. The President spoke in part as fol lows: ^^It is difficult for us to realize the extraordinary changes, the extraordi- naiy progress, in certain lines of so cial endeavor during the last two or three generations; and in, no other manifestation of human activity have the changes been quite so far-reach- ing as in the ability to grapple with disease. It is not so very long, measuring time by history, since the attitude of man towards a disease such as that of consumption was one of helpless acquiescence in what he considered to be the mandates of a supernatural power. It is but a short time since even the-most gifted members of the medical profession knew as little as any lavman of the real cause of a disease like this, and therefore necessarily of the remedies to be invoked to overcome it. “Take, for instance, the work that the United States government is now doing in Panama. The Isthmus of Panama, which was a by-word for fatal disease, has become well-nigli a sanatorium; and it has become ?o because the investigations of certain medical men which enabled them lo find out the real causes of certain diseases, especially yellow fever and malarial fever, and to take measures to overcome them. The older doc tors here w’hen they were medical students would have treated the sut;- gestion of regarding mosquitos as the prime source of diseaes like thf*.t as a subjcet of mirth. These utterly unexpected results have followed pa tient laborious, dangerous and extra ordinary skillful work that has en abled the cause of the disease to be found and the diseases themselves to be combatted with extraordinary suc cess. ^‘At this moment in the middle oF the great continent of Arfrica there is a peculiarly fatal and terrible diseaso the sleeping sickness, a disease which if it had been known to our ancestors in the middle ages would have been spoken of as the black death w’as spoken of in the middle ages—as a scourge of God, possibly as something connected with a comet, or some sim ilar explanation would have been ad vanced. We all know that it is due to the carrying of a small and deadly blood parasite by a species of biting fly* “And the chance to control that disease lies in the work of just such men as, and indeed, of some of the men who, are assembled here. You who have come here, however, have come to combat not a scourge confin ed to the tropics, but what is on th« whole the most terrible scourge of the people throughout the world. But a few years ago hardly an intelligent effort was made or could be made to war against this peculiarly deadly enemy of the human race. The chance successfully to conduct that war a- rose when the greatest experts in the medical world turned their train ed intelligence to the t^sk. It re mains for them to find out just what can be done. “I feel that no gathering could take place fraught with greater, hope for the welfare of the people at large than this. I thank you all. men and women of this country, and you, our guests, for what you have done and are doing. On behalf of the nation I greet you, and I hope you will un derstand how much we have appre ciated your coming here.’’^ London, By Cable.—Events which threaten to change the political face cf Europe are crystalizing with light ning rapidity. Almost over Bight the horizon of the Near East, which seemed gradually 'to be assuming a peaceful appearance, has become crowded with war clouds. News has reached here from sev eral jsources that two definite strokes are impending which cannot fail to bring matters to a crisis, and perhaps force an immediate war. One is the proclamation by Prince Ferdinand, of the independence of Bulgaria, which will incuude Rumelia, taking for himself the title of “Czar.” The other is an announcement of Austro- Hungary of the practical annexation of the provinces of Bosnia and Her zegovina as appendages of the Austro- Hungarian crown. Either action will be equivalent to the leasing up of the treaty of Berlin while Prince Ferdinand’s course seems almost certain to precipitate a war between Bulgaria and Turkey. Before these possibilities the quar rel over the East Rum(jlin section of the Orient Railway sinks into insig nificance. Both armies are reported to be quietly and swiftly mobilizing near the borders. Bulgarians are said to be buying munitions and horses on an extensive scale. Bulgarians have faith in their army, which has reached a high state of efficiency although it is perhaps lacking in officers and the war, for which Bulgaria has long been sus pected of preparing, could be fought with more advantage for her now than when the Turkish government had time to reorganize its forces, which have become enravelled by the corruption and neglect of the old regime. The Emepror of Austria, it is un derstood, has despatched a letter to the Pi’esident of France, setting forth his intentions regarding Bosnia and Herzegovina, although the contents of the letter are kept secret, and he is sending similar notes to the other powers. It seems incredible that Emperor Francis Joseph, who always has been a scrupulous observer of forms, should reveal his plans to the rulers of other nations before he has com municated them to his own Parlia ment. One explanation is that the letter was not intended for delivery until Tuesday, when identical notes would be presented to the other powers. Austria is suspected of encouraga- ing the recent Bulgarian-Turkish trouble for her own interests, but the British government has made pro posals to the two countries looking to the settlement of the railway case, under which the other powers have agreed to give support to the plan, which contemplates the temporary restoration of the way to Turkey ‘^to save her face,” and then transfer ence of the company to the Bulgarian government. The English press expresses sur prise that Austria and Bulgaria should plot against Turkey and asks if the great powers will submit to having obstacles placed in the way of the regeneration of Turkey. Two Men Killed and Many Others Injured Thursday Afternoon by Blow-Up of Powder House at Southern Shops—Buildings Wredc- ed and Much Property Destroyed. Tennessean’s Brutal Crime. Bristol, Tenn., Special.—A special from Johnson City says: L. A. Bay- less, a magistrate attacked his broth- er-in-law, Beraey Bayless, while the latter was asleep in bed at his home in this city and almost literally chop ped his head off with an axe. He then attacked Bayless’ wife, fatally wounding her. Turning the weapon upon his own wife, who was in th-^ house, he struck her several blows, inflicting probably fatal injuries. Bayless w'as arrested and half an hour later was found dead in his cell, having hanged himself. General Wright Selected. Washington, Special.—President Roosevelt will designate General Luke E. Wright, Secretary of War, as the government’s official represent.a- tive at the Southern commercial con gress, which will convene in this city December 7th and 8th just prior to the national rivers and harbors ’ongress. Roosevelt to Take Stump. Lincoln, Neb., Special.—That Pres ident Roosevelt fully intends to take the stump in favor of the candidacy of Mr. Taft was the information re ceived at Fairview from the East. It was said that the advices came from persons on whom reliance could be placed and wore to the effect that Mr. Roosevelt is planning to make at least six speeches in the course of a trip from the Atlantic to the Pac ific, the concluding speech to be de livered at San Francisco with numei'- ous short speeches en route. Mr. Bryan, however, refused to make any comment on the subject. Spencer, N. C., Special.—Two men killed outright, tw’o so badly htixt that they can hardly recover and fif teen or more slightly injured, with a destruction of thousands of dollars* worth of property, is the result of a. terrible blow-up Thursday Afternoon of the house in which the Southern Railway Company kept stored its powder and other explosives used in connection with the work at it& large shops here. The plant is bad ly wrecked and work is at a stand still for some time. The dead are Charlie Leyton, an unmarried man about 45 years of SLge, whose body was mangled and charred almost beyond recognition and George Gould, colored. Those believed to be fatally injur ed are: Fletcher Stafford and James T. Gobbel. Those slightly injured are: W. F. Kaderly, master mechanic, knocked unconscious; C. H. Kadie, shop Superintendent; W. W. Klutt*, Ernest Kluttz, Robert H. Kluttz, George Huneycutt, C. R. Trexler, J. W. Crowell, Karl Lentz, Fred Loflin, Will Loflin, E. D. Whitmire, J. M. Ellis and R. G. Koontz. There may be others who received minor bruises and contusions, but their names could not be learned. The explosion occurred ^at 5:30 o ’clock and the shock was terrific, being felt for miles around. The house in which the explosives were, was a metal structure 8x8x8 feet and was practically full of powder, dy namite, torpedoes and fusees, nearly a car load in all. A caboose standing on the track which ran within a few feet of the house had caught on fire from some unknown cause and an alarm had been turned in. The Southern’s fire company, composed of volunteer men from among the shop force, responded immediately and three men had got a hose in hand and were plying water on the burn ing car when the powder magazine was touched off. Other workmen, re sponding also to tho fire alarm, had gathered and these were the men who were killed and injured. Leyton was employed in the round house, a short distance from the scene of the explo sion as flue blower, but he had got close enough that his body was bad ly burned and his face blown off, death being instantaneous. The ne gro was Leyton’s helper in the round house. Stafford and Gobbel, were two of the three men who were hero ically working to save the road's magnificent shops from being burned to the ground. The third man was Koontz, who was more fortunate and escaped with a slight injury to one arm, a splinter or bolt being blown through the limb. Had the awful blow-up been a few hours earlier the fatalities would no doubt have run up in the scores and perhaps hundreds. Deaths Remain at Two. V Spencer, Special.—Up to Friday night there have been no further fa talities as a result of the explosion of the powder magazine of the South ern aRilway at Spencer Thursday af- teiTioon at 5:50 o^clock, and most of the twenty injured in the accident are resting well. W. F. Stafford, a "member of the fire department, it is feared, cannot recover. It is said both eyes were blown out, his sknll fractured and face and body fear fully lacerated. J. T. Gobbel and Will Loflin are also in a desperate condition. The work of clearing up the debris from the wrecked building was pros ecuted Friday with a big force of men and conditions are rapidly De coming normal, though the town ha* been in a decided state of confusion since the great explosion. The loss to property is variously estimated at from $75,000 to $100,000. All the injured are being cared for at the hospitals in Salisbury and at their homes and the Southern offi cials are doing all in their power to alleviate their suffering. A numb« of those least injured was able to be out Friday. ‘Since the early morning telegrams and other messages have poured into Spencer inquiring about friends who arc in the employ of the company. It was learned that many families in Spencer suffered greatly from the shock and a number of dwellings was damaged. Several women have been in a hysterical condition since the catastrophe.