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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.