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BREVARD, NORTH CAfitolNA, MAF ^.l. 1909
NUMBER*21
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BAPTIST CONVENTION
MANY PROMINENT WRITEKS AND
SPEAKERS ON PI^OGRAM OP THE
GREAT CONVEN'»‘'ON.
Lonisiville, Ky., May 14.—The first
business which, concerned the South
ern' Baptist Convention, at the First
Regiment armory, was the reelection
of practically its entire official ros
ter. This was done with unanimity.
The officers are: Joshua Levering,
Baltimore, Md., president. J, B. Mar
vin, Kentuckyi B. P. Riley, Texas;
James Allen Scott, Oklahoma, and T,
G. Bush, Alabama, vice presidents.
Lansing Burrows, Tennessee, and Ol
iver F. Gregory, Virginia, secretaries;
George W. Norton, Kentucky, treas
urer, and W. P. Harvey, Kentucky,
auditor.
H. R. Hollard, of Virginia, was nom
inated for vice president, but he with
drew by unanimous'^consent, a formal
ity in such cases.
The huge armory had been qirar^ier-
portioned with a canvas drop from
its ceiling to the floor in order to pro
vide a convention hall. In this space
were seated upwards of 5,000 persons,
of vv’hom 3,000 were delegates to the
convention.
Killed in Auto Accident.
Salina, Kas.—^A. P. Riddle, former
lieutenant governor of Kansas, was
killed near here in an automobile ac
cident. Mr. Riddle was en route from
Minneapolis, Kansas, his home, to Sa
lina on a pleasure trip, accompanied
by a party of four. *
The machine, which was driven by
Thomas Thomas, struck an embank
ment at a point five miles north of
Salina, throwing the three occupants
of the rear seat into a ditch. Mr. Rid
dle struck on 'his head and lived but
an hour.
A. P. iliddle was elected lieatettant
governor of Kansas in 1884 on the
Republican ;ticket and served during
Governor John A. Martin’s adminis
tration until 1889. He came to Kan
sas in 1868. For twenty-five years be
iiad been editor and owner of the
Minneapolis Messenger. He was
bom at Harlemsburg, Pa., in- 1846.
Will Listen to Yankee. '
London.^—The Iron and Steel Insti
tute of Great Britain, the membership
of which comprises the leading met
al experts of this country, with aflili-
ations in other countries in which
iron and steel manufacturing is car
ried on, met here for its annual meet
ing.
One of the principal addresses de
livered before the meeting was by Dr.
Allerton S. Cushman of Washington,
who is assistant director of roads of
the United States department cf ag
riculture.
Auto Smashed by Train.
Valdosta, Ga.—The Messrs. McDow
ell, two young men who were in this
city this week en route from Ormond
Beach, Fla., to their home at Chica
go, making the trip in an automobile,
it was learned here, had their car
torn to pieces by a train on the Geor
gia Southern and Florida railroad
Tiear Tifton. The, young men started
to drive their car across the railroad
track, when the wheels caught be
tween the tires, rendering it impossi
ble for them to budge the machine.
A & W P WRECK
DEFECTIVE SWITCH FROG CAUS
ES A WRECK ON TRESTLE
WHICH ^ANS SUBWAY.
Large Oat Crop Planted.
Tifton, Ga.—Oat crops in ^ Tift
county are the finest for several years
and the acreage is much larger than
in any previous year. A gentleman
who has traveled over nine or ten
counties in southwest Georgia, stated
that oats were finer than he had ever
seen in the entire section he had
traveled over, and that the crop was
in good condition. They are now
ripening, and cutting will begin in
a few days.
Tornadoes Sweep Three States.
Kansas City, Mo.—^A series of tor
nadoes in Kansas, Missouri and Okla
homa killed at least five, injured fifty-
five, devastated one town, wrecked a
train and did great damage to prop
erty.
Twenty-five men were Injured by a
storm that swept over Mount Wash
ington and Fairmount Park , suburbs
of Kansas City. At least tw<l of
these are thought to be fatally in
jured and^thers seriously.
Atlanta, May 15.—Atlanta and West
Point passenger and express train,
No. 33, Washington to New Orleans,
one of the sp'eediest trains which goes
out of Atlanta, was wrecked in the
yards, near the junction of White
hall and Peters streets.
Thomas Jones, the baggagemaster,
who resides on Cooper street, suffep*
ed a broken leg and internal iL. ./ies.
W. P. Hosey, assistant baggage
master, of G4 West Linden street, had
his right leg wrenched and sustained
numerous painful bruises.
John Peacock, mail clerk, who re
sides on South Boulevard, was badly
lacerated about the arms and legs.
Cfrarli® Clark, mail clerk, living on
South Boulevard, was injured in a
Bimiiar way.
Bob Spann, colored, mail clerk, of
SoutU Atlanta, had his back sprained
and received a number of painful
bruises.
The wreck occurred on the trestle
which spans the WhitehaK street sub
way, and so much debris was precip
itated on the street *car tracks below
that a force of hands had to clean
up before the street cars could pass.
Had it not ij^een for the fact that
the bridge was of steel the big smok
ing car would have gone through the
trestle. As it was the ties were brok
en and pieces of the car trucks crash
ed into the street below.
KILLED BY DYNAMITE
TWENTY IVIEN TORN TO FRAG
MENTS BY PREMATURE DIS
CHARGE OF DYNAMITE.
Kermit Roosevelt Lost for a Night.
Nairobi, British East Africa.—It
was learned here that Kermit Roose
velt lost his way from his father’s
camp near Machakos and spent an
entire night alone on horseback rid
ing tnrdugh a region unknown to hinu
Next morning he turned up at Kiu,
a station ou the railway, inquiring
their way to camp.
He was given the desired directions
The region in which Kermit Roose
velt is reported to have been lost lies
between the Athi river and the Ugan
da railway. Kiu, where he finally
found himself, is about 50 miles be
low Nairobi and 30 or 40 miles south
east of Machakos^
Church Unity Still Far Off.
Boston, Mass.—The outlook for vis
ible church unity was a topic which
greatly interested a large audience at
the Episcopal Church Congress, which
concluded its sessions after a num
ber of eminent men had spoken. The
conclusion reached was that there
can be no visible church unity without
a full recognition of the validity of
the priesthood and the sacramental
system. One of the speakers ex
pressed the opinion that no help to
ward the desired end can be expect
ed from the Roman Catholic church
until the idea of a primacy at Ronje
supplants that of the papacy. Bish
op William' Crosswell Doane, of Al
bany, N. Y., thought the possibility
of visible church unity is not likely
to be realized in this world.
Depredations |sy Night Riders.
Paducah, Ky.—Night riders have
commenced their depredations in Crit
tenden county by scraping plant beds.
Bloodhounds were secured from
Morganfield and took the trail, but
failed to run down the depredators.
The affair is a mystery, as they
have not been involved in the tobac
co war in any manner. This is the
first time that particular community
has been visited by night riders.
Guard Kills Convict.
Fitzgerald, Ga.—^In an attempt at
wholesale delivery of state and coun
ty convicts at Luluville, Harry Wil
liams, colored, under sentence of 12
months for larceny, attacked Guard
Patrick and was shot and kille^ in
the struggle which ensued. Six' life
convicts are in the camp with twen
ty others. At coroner’s inquest a ver
dict of justifiable homicide ' was
brou^t*^ in.
Missouri State-Wide-Measure Killed.
Jefterson City* Mo.~The Missouri
state senate refused to recede from
the tax rider amendment to the pro
hibition joint resolution and asked the
house for a conference committee.
This action Is taken generally as
spelling the end of legislative action
on the s^ibject at this session of the
general assembly.
Albany, N. Y., May 13,—At least
twenty men were killed by a prema
ture blast of dynamite in a stone
quarry operated by tite CalUnan Road
Improvement Company uear South
Bethlehem, 11 miles southwest of Al
bany. , -
One thousand pounds of dynamite
exploded and the bodies of the vic
tims were hurled hundreds of leet by
the concussion and so badly mutilated
as to be almost beyond reco^ition.
As darkness was falling a wagon drove
up to the engine house loaded with
bodies" that had been picked up back
on the quarry hill. A crowd cf grief-
stricken relatives gathered around
eager to identify the dead, onty to
turn away at the sickening sight.
Italians with shovels found here and
there portions of bodies and brought
their gruesome loads in boxes to the
engine house, which served as a tem
porary morgue.
Monument and Tablet Jnyelled.
Fredericksburg, "Va.—A memorial
tablet on the battlefield of Bloody
Angle and a monun^ent at Salem
church in memory of the New Jersey
volunteers who fell on the battlefields
of Spottsylvania county in the civil
war were unveiled here.
Colonel E. CJ. Massey, representing
Governor Swanson, delivered tiie ad
dress of welcome at the tablet unveil
ing. • '
Among the events which excited
most interest was the return of the
battle fiag of the Fourteenth Georgia
regiment. . Representative Parker and
Colonel A. Whitehead made
speeches. Abo^ 400 members of the
New Jersey "^eterani^’ Association
were in attendance.
A. N. S. MEW JAILED
CHARGED VIOLATIONS OF ANTI
TRUST LAW. SENTENCE IS IM
POSED BY JUDGE SHEPPARD.
Convention of King’s Daughters. •
Atlanta.—The thirteenth annual
convention of the Georgia branch of
the King’s Daughters and Sons was
held at the Second Baptist church,
over- seventy-five delegates from the
various cities in the state being rej)-
resented, besides a full attendance
from the local chapter. Addresses of
welcome were made by Hon. F. J.
Paxon, of the chamber of commerce,
representing Atlanta, and by Mrs. W.
O. Ballard, representing the local
chapter. The response was made by
Miss Ruble Tommins, of Augusta.
Railroad Asks to Increase Rates.
Augusta, Ga.—The annual meeting
,of the stockholders of the Georgia
Railroad and Banking Company was
held here. The letter of Thomas K.
Scott, general manager of the Georgia
railroad, to the state railroad commis
sion, which was published some time
ago in most of the state press, was
read to the assemblage and a com
mittee was appointed to wait upon the
commission, urging their petition to
be allowed an increase in passenger
tarift of one-fourth of a cent.
Georgia Knights Templars Meet*
Brunswick, Ga.—Ftor the first time
in her history Brunswick is entertain
ing the grand commandery, Knights
Templars at Georgia, and on a scale
which is winning many compliments.
Of twenty-five commanderies in the
state ten had large delegations in pa^
rade, numbering in all 175 men, act
ing as escort to the grand command
ery and Grand Commander Luther P.
Stephens,, of Atlanta. The parade
through the principal streets was one
of the finest ever seen here.
Bishop Galloway Dead.
Jackson, Miss.—Bishop Charles G.
Galloway, of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, Mississippi’s most dis
tinguished divine and best-known pub
licist, who for the past twenty years
has held rank among the greatest pul
pit orators of America, died at his
residence in this city after an illness
of several days with a mild form of
pneumonia, complicated with heart
trouble.
Two Girls Arc Drowned.
Charleston, W. Va.—Miss Edith
Ault, aged 17 years, and a Miss Case-
bolt^^ aged 14, were drowned at Hans
ford. The ‘ girls entered a skiff
moored just above government dam
No. 3. The skiff broke loose and
drifted without oars over the dam.
The bodies have not been recovered.
Savannah,. Ga.*—In the United State*
court Judge W. B. Sheppard pronoun c
ed sentences upon the inen convicted
of conspiracy in conducting a nava'
stores trust. The following were th€
sentences imposed:
Spencer P. Shotter, chairman oi
the board of directors of the Ameri
can Naval Stores company, three
months in jail and a fine of l&jOOO.
Edmund S. Nash, president of th€
company, $2,000 fine.
John Cooper ^yers, yice president
of the American company and presi-
'dent jof the National Transportation
and Terminal company, t^hree months
in Jftil and a fine of $2,500,
George Mead Boardman, of New
York, treasurer of the Am^ican Na
val Stores company, $2,000 ^ne.
Carl Moller, of Jacksonville, Fla.,
agent of the American and general
manager of the National Transporta
tion and Terminal company in Jack
sonville, $5,000 fine.
Mr. Shotter and Mr. Myers were
sentenced to terms in the_ Chatham
county jail. Judge. Sheppard imposing
the punishment\ upon them because
they had been bef«re the court two
years ago, entering pleas of guilty.
Of course the defendants will not
pay the penalty^ demanded by the
court at this time if at all. An ap
peal will be taken to the circuit court
of appeals and if relief is not foun^
there the case will be carried to the
supreme court of :'the United States.
It will probably be on the court cal^
endar for several years to come and
will be as hard fought as was the fa
mous Green and Gayner conspiracy
case.
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Bandits Wreck and Rob Train.
Spokane, Wash.—^la the hold-up d
the Great Northern passenger train,
No. 3, between Colbert and Mead,
twelve persons were injured, when
the engine and mail car, ^started run
ning wild down the track by the ban
dits, after they had rifled the mails,
collided with the remaining cars of
the train.
The bandits detached the engine
and mail car from the train, ran them
down the track a considerable dis
tance and then, after the registered
mail had been opened, they sent the
engine back to collide with the cars
standing on the track.
It is reported that the bandits ob
tained a large sum of money from the
registered mail, the amount being
placed at $20,000.
Confederate Monument Unveiled.
Paducah, Ky.—In the presence of a
great throng of people, a concederate
monument, surmounted by an heroic
bronze statue of General Lloyd Tilgh-
man, was unveiled today in Lang
park, a small circle on Fountain ave
nue. The monument was erected to
the memory of the confederate sol
diers and sailors by the Paducah
chapter. United Daughters of the Con
federacy. The bronze figure of Gen
eral Tilghman was a gift from .his
two sons, Frederick B. and Sidell
Tilghman, of New York, who were
present today. Henry H. Kitson, of
Boston, who designed the figure, was
also in attendance, as was Lloyd
Tilghman Boyd, of Milwaukee.
The . principal address was deliver
ed by Captain William T. Ellis, of
Owensboro, Ky., a prominent confed
erate veteran and former congress
man.
Meeting of National Farmers Union.
Sprin^eld, Mo.—^The first step
toward closer relations between the
grain growers and cattle raisers of
the west and southwest was taken
here at a mass meeting of the Nation
al Farmers’ Union, which has a mem
bership of three millions. The ses
sions was executive. Charles S. Bar
rett, of Union City, Ga., president of
the union, hbwever, gave an outline
of the body’s work in an Interview
before calling the meeting to order.
Killed Wife and Stepson.
Atlanta.—^Through a window in the
rear of his home on Howell Mill road
at midnight George Bui^e entered,
knife in ha&d, and finding his wife
and stepson asleep, attacked them,
killing his wife and badly injuring^ liii
stepson.
SOOtHEHN RAILWAY COMPANY.
Opetating the Tranftylvania Railroad.
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County Governmeiit*.
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Clerk Superior Court—T. T. Loftis.
Sheriff and Tax Collector—C. C.' Kilpat
rick.
Treasurer—Z. W. Nicholls.
Register of Deeds—B. A. Gillespie.
Coroner—Dr. W. J. Wallis.
Commissioneifs—W. M. Henry, Ch’n; G.
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Superintendent of Schools—T. C. Hen
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Physician—Dr. Goo<Je Cheatham.
Attorney—Gash & Galloway.
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. Mayor—W. E. Breesej jr.
Bbard of Aldermen—T. H. Shipman. J.
M. Kilpatrick, T. M. Mitchell, A. H. King,
E. W. Carter.
Marshal—^J. A. Galloway. \
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Entry
No. 2545.
North Carolina—Transylvania County.
C. I. Owen enters and claims 24 acr^
more or less of land lying in Gloucester
Township, on the west prong of French
Broad river, adjoining the lands «f Marion
Owen and Jim Ottren. Beginning on
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