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VOLUME*XIV
BREYARD, NORTH CAROLINA, MARCH 19.1909
NUMBER*11
CUTHBERT CYCLONE.
SEVEN DEAD THIRTY HURT AND
$100,000 LOSS BY STORM THAT
VISITED OUTHBERT,' GA.
Cuthbert, OSl., Mar. 10.—At 8:30
o’clock last night the entlnsi business
section of the town was swept away
by a cyclone. Had it not .^e«ii for
protracted services, it 1ft |^b-
able that dereral hundred piK>ple
would have been killed. On« white
man, a railroad employee, waH found
(dead, and s«yetal wounded. As the
town id in total darkness, it cannot
be ascertained bow many have met
death or been injured.
The damage will probably amount
to $100,000, of which amount over $50,-
000 can be accounted for.
Between 75 and 109 dwellings and
business houses were demolished,
>most of the razed residences being in
the negro settlement. Among the
•business houses destroyed are several
brick buildings, which were literally
demolished including four of the larg
est mercantile establishments in the
town.
Six negroes, and probably seven, are
dead and perhaps thirty seriously in
jured. No whites were killed, so far
as is known tonight, but a half dozen
were more or l^ss injured.
More News From Brinkley, Ark.
Brinkley, Ark., Mar. 10.—Thirty or
more lives were snuffed out, sixty peo
ple were injured and property esti
mated to be worth one mjllion dollars
was destroyed, as a result of the tor
nado which wrecked this little city
last jiight. . ' .
Meeks Say^ no Crime tn Kilting Car
mack.
Nashvillei TenwW >nn-
written law was extended to cover ed
itors who attack priv^e or public
men by General Meeks, counsel for
defense in the Cooper-Sharp trial. The
Sensation was sprung during General
Meeks’ speech to the jury.
General Meeks devoted five hours
to the speech. He painted the de
fendants as the finest types of south
ern aristocracy and breeding; de
clared no crime had been committed
when Senator Carmack was shot to
death, and closed with a dramatic ap
peal to the jury to “turn loose this
gallant old, soldier” (Colonel Cooper).
Appointments to be Made for the
South*
Washington, Mar. 10.—President
Taft took up with Postmaster General
Hitchcock, who was a caller at the
white house, the subject of federal
appointments for the south, and the
Indications are that the man who han
dled the Taft campaign will have tre
mendous influence in connection with
the distribution of patronage in the
southern states.
Woodmen of the World in Atlanta.
Atlanta, Mar. 10.—Over two hundred
delegates from all parts of the state
are in attendance upon the second bi
ennial convention of head Camp T of
Georgia, of the Woodmen' of the
World, which began a three-day ses
sion in Atlanta 3’^esterday morning
with a public meeting in the assembly
hall of the Aragon hotel.
Dr. Eliot to be Dined at Atlanta.
Atlanta, Mar. 10.—Dr. Charles W.
Eliot, formerly president of Harvard
university, has accepted an invitation
from Mayor Maddox to attend a lunch
in Atlanta at 12:30 o’clock next Sat
urday, March 13, at which the distin
guished visitor will be entertained by
the general council and the charter
revision committee of forty-nine.
Killed Girl He Was to Wed.
Baltimore, Md., Mar. 10.—part of
the mystery connected with the shoot
ing to death of Miss Jennie Reed at
Mount. Washington, a residence sub
urb, last night, was cleared up today
when Joseph Mueller, her companion,
confessed to the police that he him
self killed her.
CONeRESS MEETS
TO TAU( TARIFF
EXTRA MtSIMiOiN BECrUN TODAY IN
BOTH HOUSES. BIL,L READY
rOR COMMITTEE.
Wasiitiigton, Mar. 15.—The coming
together of the l^ds in the big clock
la the hall of representatives at noon
today an*d the fall of the speaker’s
gavel from the hand of ClerX McDow
ell marked the opening of the repre-
aentfttiTes* part of the extra session
of the Sixty-flrat •ongress, called by
proclamation of President Taft.
Today’s proceedings in the house
consisted mainly of organization. The
senate is a continuous body and never
dies, but when the house adjourned
before the inauguration it passed out
of existence. It was necessary, ^ere-
fore, to attend today to such details
as the swearing in of the members,
the election of a speaker and other
offlcials, the assignments bf members
to committees and the drawing for
seats. '
SERENO E. PAYNE.
Although the president’s proclama
tion, issued oh March 6, did not state
the reason for the extra session, his
message, prepared for transmission to
the two houses at the beginning of
the session, calls upon them to de
liberate over the advisability of pre
paring and passing a new tariff law
for the United States. Mr.' Payne is
the “father” of the new tariff bill,
and its unofficial title is “the Payne
bill.”
The senate has been in continuous
session since March 4. After the for
mal reading today of the president’s
proclamation calling the two houses
together a committee was appointed
by Vice President Sherman to wait
on the president and inform him that
the senate was ready to receive any
communication he might be pleased
to seild. A recess was declared until
the president’s message should come.
Weston Begins Long Tramp Today.
•New York, Mar. 15.—From New
York to ^n Francisco on foot is the
long tramp planned by Edward Pay-
6on Weston, the world’s most famous
walker, who began his journey today
at the New York postoffice.
Today is Mr. Weston’s seventieth
birthday. He expects to cover the
route, more than 4,000 miles long, in
100 days, excluding Sundays. It is
a matter of principle with Mr. West
on never to walk on Sunday. He de
votes the day to rest and to deliver
ing temperance lectures* The expens
es of his trips are paid from the pro
ceeds of the lectures.
Death From Blood Poisoning.
Milledgeville, Ga., Mar. 10.—One of
the saddest deaths ever recorded in
Milledgeville occurred yesterday at
the Industrial college. Miss Cherry
White, 18 >#ars of age, from Cochran,
died from blood poisoning. Three
weeks ago she accidentally stuck a
fork in her hand -and inflammation
followed, finally resulting in her
death.
BAniE AT SEA.
CENTRAL AMERICAN REPUBLICS
AT WAR. UNITED STATES AND
MEXICO MAY BE COMPELLED
TO INTERVENE. ,
Mexico City, Mar. 13.—^A private
dispatch received here oonfirm<s the
reported naval engagement between
the ships of Nicaragua and Salvador.
Three Nicaraguan gunboats, led by
the Momotombo, Tuesday attacked
the Salvadorean gunboat Presidente.
The latter, by a lucky shot, put the
Momotombo out of action almost at
the beginning of the engagement. The
three Nicaraguans then withdrew.
Later the Momotombo was repaiilBd
and went in pursuit of the Presidente.
The gunboat Presidente left the port
of Acajutla under sealed orders, and
proceeded to cruise along the Nicara
guan coast. President Zelaya, of
Nicaragua, getting wind of this, or
dered the Momotombo and two other
ships to Intercept the Salvadorean ves
sel and engage her in battle.
' It is said here that a second en
gagement was fought Vesterday. Ac
cording to reports the Momotombo
carries among its crew American of
ficers and gunners.
Conditions in Central America are
becoming so intolerable as to be a
menace to civilization. It .is a ques
tion of but a few weeks at the most
when Mexico and the United States
will be compelled to intervene in the
affairs of at least three of the repub
lics apd bring them to a realization
of the pledge signed by them at the
recent peace oonference.”
Judge Anderson Makes Startling As
sertion.
Nashville, Tenn., Mar. 13.—Judge
James McFei^rin Anc/iV^ ^>e^an his
argument in the trial of Colonel D.
B. and Robin Cooper and John D.
Sharp.
Judge Anderson, who is considered
the ablest criminal lawyer in the
state, is chief counsel for the defense.
Strangely enough, he was a close per-
^nal friend and political supporter of
Senator Carmack.
Although in bad health and worn
with the strain of ten weeks of active
work, his speech today, instead of
dimming his reputation, has added on
ly luster to it.
He startled his hearers by solemnly
asserting that Robin would have been
justi'fied in killing Carmack before he
did.
He claimed that Colonel Cooper, af
ter having been assailed in print and
upon the platform, had a right to seek
out his defamer any place he might
.find him, and demand that these as
saults stop.
Forty Thousand March for Gompers.
Boston, Mar. 13.—The greatest la
bor demonstration in the history of
Boston Sunday. Forty thousand men,
members of the unions of this city,
march in parade and attend mass
meetings as a protest against the
sentencing of President Gompers,
Vice President Mitchell and Secreta
ry Morrison of the American Federa
tion of Labor for contempt of court.
No Settlement in Mine Conference.
Philadelphia, Mar. 13.—The confer
ence betw^n the subcommittees of
the anthracite mine workers and op
erators, to arran|:e a new agreement
to. go into effect at the expiration of
the present working arrangement,
came to an end late this afternoon,
without result.
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He Shot His Friend.
Kite, Ga., Mar. 15.—^J. H. Claxton,
a well-to-do farmer here, is dying to
day as the result of a pistol bullet
wound inflicted late Saturday night by
George W. Mixon, also a farmer, and
formerly his good friend.
The two men had been working a
farm together, and quarrelled over
the settlement of the proceeds. Mix
on disappeared after the shooting.
Both men. are highly connected.
TORNADO SWEEPS
ARKANSAS.
BRINKLEY IN FLAMES AND OTH-
ER TOWNS WRECKED BY TOR
NADO THAT SWEPT GREATER
PART OF STATE.
Little Rock, Ark., Mar^i 9.—Four
persons are rei>orted dead and a num
ber injured, as the result of a vio
lent storm which swept through west
ern, eastern and southern Arkansas
late yesterday afternoon..
Three are reported^ to have been
killed at Brinkley, and dispatches at
midnight on the only wire in opera
tion between that place and Little
Rock, a railroad wire, were to the
effect that the town was in flames,
and its complete destruction seemed
inevitable.
Wires are down throughout the
state, and only meager reports have
j^eached Little Rock thus far.
At midnight a special train, bear
ing physicians and nurses and the
.fire-fighting apparatus of that place,
was started from Forrest City for
Brinkley.
A Cotton Belt passengar train is
lost in the vicinity of Baucum, where
a tornado struck, and is reported to
have been swept off the track. An
other report is to the effect that the
train was struck by lightning.
.Jurors Moved by Eloquence.
Nashville, Tenn., Mar. 9.—Captain
Fitzhugh- completed the opening ar
gument for the state yesterday after
noon in the case against Colonel Dun
can B. and Robin» J; Cooper and John
D. Sharp.
Captain Fitzhugh made a strong
and striking argun\ent. It lasted over
five hours, and when! he concluded
he was exhausted. The oourt roonj
was packed to^ suS^atfoh, the ^lentP
lation was poor, and d^en the .specta*
tors felt the effects of the vitiated at
mosphere. Fitzhugh is a dramatic
orator, .and his exertions Ifeft him
nearly a physical wreck WheaJjfi. con
cluded. '
The Memphis attorney’s speech is
considered a masterpiece of logical
argument and bitter invective, and it
had a noticeable effect upon the ju
rors, who leaned forward and listened
breathlessly, to every word spoken.
Keel
of our Biggest Warship Laid
Today.
New York, Mar. 9.—Ceremonies al
most equal to those of a launching
marked the laying of the keel of the
new battleship Florida at the Brook
lyn navy yard today. The occasion
was marked by _ the presence of a
large number of invited guests from
Washington, New York and Brooklyn.
Today’s date is a memorable one in
the history of the navy. On March
9, 1862, the Monitor, which was con
structed in Brooklyn, fought the Mer-
rimac in Hampton Roads.
The Florida anid her sister ship, the
Utah, will be the two most powerful
vessels of the United States navy and
will be equal to any afloat. They will
be 25,000 ton vessels.
Tariff nffl Revision.
Washington, Mar. 9.—Taving been
practically completed by the tariff
framers, portions of the new tariff
bill were sent to the government print
ers.
Although no announcement has
been made regarding any of the sched
ules it has been learned on unques
tionable authority, because of the
placing of hides on the free list, the
duty on shoes will be considerably re
duced.
A duty of 4 cents a pound on coffee
is levied. A tax on telegrams, bank
checks, playing cards and all stocks
bought and sold. And a cut of one-
half in the duty on lumber.
Captain Neel Dead
SOUTHEHN RAILWAY COMPANY,
Operating the Transylvania Eailroad.
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J. H. WOOD, Dist. Pass. Ag’t, Ashevihe, N C.
County Government*.
Representative—G. W. Wilson.
Clerk Superior Court—T. T. Loftis.
Sheriff and Tax Collector—C. C. K'ilpat-
rick.
Register of Deeds—B, A. Gillespie.
Coroner—Dr. W. J. Wallis.
Commissioners—W. M. Henry,-Ch’n;
T. Lyday, W. E. Galloway.
Superintendent of Schopls—T. C. Hen
derson.
Physician—Dr. Goode Cheatham.
Attorney—Gash & Galloway.
Town Govenunent*. '
Mayor—T. W. Whitmire.
Board of Aldermen—^T. M. Mitchell; F.
L. DeVane; F. E. B. Jenkins; J. M. Kilpat
rick; T. H, Shipman.
Marshal—^J. A. Galloway.
Glerk and Tax Codlector—T. H. Gallo
way. '
Treasurer—^T. H, Shipman.
Health Officer—^Dr. W'. J. Wallis.
Attorney—
Profesaond Cords.
W. B. DUCKWORTH,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
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DENTIST
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fect satisfaction.
Office in Dr. McLean rooms. 3m*
ROBERT R. REYNOLDS
LAWYER
[General practice in all the Federal and
State Courts.]
ASHEVILLE, N. C.
Entry No* 2545*
North Carolina—Transylvania County.
C. I. Owen enters and claims 24 acres
more or less of land lying in Gloucester
Township, on the west prong qf French
Broad river, adjoining the lands of Marion
Owen and Jim Owen. Beginning on
Marion Owen’s south-west comer and runs
various courses for complement, so as to
include all adjoining vacant lands. En
tered March 9,1909.
B. A. GILLESPIE,
* Entry Taker.
Near Death in Biff Pond;
i;t was a thrilling experience to
Mrs. Ida Soper to face death. ‘*For
years a severe lung trouble gave me
Intense soflfering,” she writes, “and
several times nearly caused my
death. All remedies failed and doc
tors said I was incurable. Then Dr.
Kings New Discovery brought quick
relief and a cure so permanent that
I have not been troubled in twelve
years.” Mrs. Soper lives in Big
J. L,. Neel, one of the oldest cit z HemQfrhages, Lsgrippe, Asthma,
of this city, di#d yesterday. He was
the father of the late W. J. Neel,
author of the Georgia prohibition hill.
His age was 82 yeara.
Crotl'p, Whooping Cough and all
B^chial affections. 50c and $1.0Q.
Trial bottle fi-ee. Guaranteed by
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