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VOLUME*XIV
BEEVAKD, NORTH
25.1909
NUHBER»26
CENTRAUS SOLD
Georgia Line Is Boaglit by the
HairimaD interests.
STOCK iB60 PER SHARE
Price Paid for the Stock of the Road,
to the Par Value of $5,000,000, It
’ 1% ls^ $3,000,000—Steamship
Line Involved. ^
New York—The sale of the Central
of Georgia railroad, carrying out
plans forecasted more than a year ago
is announced. The transactions orig
inated in negotiations culn^^ating in
November, when the entire capital
stock of the Central passed into the
hands of Wm. Nelson Cromwell and
John W. Castles. The purchaser, it
was announced a few months later,
was E. H. Harriman, whose intention,
it was stated, was to transfer it to
the Illinois Central. The price paid
by the Illinois Central was not given
out
Announcement of the transfer was
made in this city by John F. Hansoil,
of Atlanta, president of*the Central
of Georgia. = The price paid by Mr.
Harriman for the stock, to the par
value of $5,000,000, it was stated, was
$3,000,000, or at the rate of $60 per
share.
The transfer of the Central of Geor
gia carries with it the control of two
Bteamship lines, one from Savannah to
New York, and the other from Savan
nah to Boston, operated by the Ocean
steamship company.
The Central of Georgia operates a
little over 1,900 miles of road." Its
system touches that of the Illinois
Central at Birmingham, Ala.
SHOCKING MURDER.
Granddaughter of General Siegel, Bru
tally Slain^Mother Insarre. #
New York—Elsie J. Siegel, the
young granddaughter of General Franz
Siegel, the civil war hero, who was
slain by a Chinese at 728 Eighth ave.,
near Forty-seventh street, and her
body placed in a trunk was poisoned
and not strangled as was fir^t sup
posed. She was put into the trunk
while still alive and asphyxiated be
fore the poison had done its work.
The startling phase of the myster
ious murder developed as a result of
an autopsy performed on the body
in the morgue by Coroner’s physician
O’Hanlon. He discovered that the
rope found around the girl’s neck had
not strangled her.
Her daughter’s awful fate has driv
en Mrs. Siegel insane. She was re
moved to a sanitarium shrieking re
proaches at herself for having intro
duced her daughter to Chinese mis
sion .work. '
The murderer of the young gin is
believed to be Ling Leon, a Chinese,
who fell in love with hel-.
TEN KILLED—MANY HURT.
Head-on Collision of Electric Cars in
Indiana.
South Bend, Ind.—Ten persons were
killed and forty injured in a wreck
on the Ghfcago,/Lake Shore ana South
Bend railroad in Porter county, Indi
ana, two of th^blg electric cars co-
liding head-on. According to General
Manager H. U. Wallace, the wreck
was due to a disobedience of orders
by Motorman George A, Reed, of the
eastbound car, who was killed.
Reed received instructions at Gary
to wait at Wilson, a short distance
west of Baileytown, the point at which
the disaster occurred, for the west
bound car to pass. The impact of
cars was so great that they were re
duced to a mass of wreckage.
! Howell —If I hadn’t drawn that
<iueen I might have had a straight,
jflush. Powell—That’s right; always
Iblame the woman.
Holland Granted New Trial.
Mont^mery, Ala.-r-The supreme
court gives John Holland, under death
sentence in Cullman; county, for the
murder of H.' D. Putnam, ,a new trial,
and affirms the decision givinig H. M.
Norris the office of sheriff of Shelby
county over J. H. Fulton declared elec
ted.
PROBE FOR EXCHANGES.
Certain Methods of Spectilation Con
demned by Hughes Committee.
New York—The report of the com
mittee appointed by Governor Hughes
to investigate speculation iu securi
ties and commodities and the organi
sations used in dealings therein* has
been made public. The New York
Stock, the Consolidated Stock, the
Cotton, the Produce, the Coffee, the
Mercantile a^d the Metal Exchanges ^
and the curb market Were thorpughly
investigated, and recommendations
looking to improvement of existing
conditions were made at lengtii by
the committee. The most driStic find
ing is that affecting the Mercantile
and Metal Exchanges, as follows:
“Under present conditions, we are
of the opinion that the Mercantile
and Metal Exchanges do actual
harm to producers and consumers,
and that their charters should be re
pealed.”
Some of the methods of certain
exchanges are given unsparing con
demnation in the report of the com
mittee, which is very lengthy, and va
rious recommendations for reform
and improvenients are suggested.
The report in part says:
“The rules of all exchanges forbid
gambling, but they make so easy a
technical delivery of the property
contracted for, that the practical ef
fect of much speculation in point of
form legitimate, is not greatly dif
ferent from that of gambling.”
The subject of “comers” is dealt
with and a suggestion made that the
stock exchange might properly adopt
a rule pr(^vlding that the governors
shall have power to decide when a
corner exists and to fix a settlement
price, so as to relieve innocent per
sons from the injury or ruin which
may result therefrom.
Jary Disagrees the FafiiiHis
’Frisco Case.
HOW THE JPRY STOOD
Celebrated Municipal Graft Trial Has
Been In Progre«« For Over Five
Months---Triai ^ ErVded Quietly—No
Demonstration.
DOUBLE MURDER.
Tragedy in Red Light. District of
Macon.
Macon, Ga.—Officer Oscar Abel, of
the Macon police force, shot and
killed Emma Raymond, in the red
light district here. Whether a quar
rel existed before the double murder
is not yet known. The whole affair
is shrouded in mystery. The officer
was dressed in his uniform at the
time, -badge and all.
The woman was shot three times in
the breast. Abel lived only a short
time after shooting himself twice in
the head.
WICKERSHAM’S SON WEDS.
Married to Daughter of Long Island
Man at Far Rockaway, N. Y.
New York.—Cornelius Wendell
Wickersham, son of the attorney-
general of the United States, was
married at Far Rockaway to Miss
Rosalie Neilson Hinckley, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Parker Hinckley
of Lawrence, N. Y.
The wedding was performed by the
Rev. W. H. Nellso^^ an uncle of the
bride. Attorney-General Wickersham
and Mrs. Wickersham were present,
and messages of congratulation were
received from President Taft', the
members of the cabinet and other high
officials.
Bunker Hill Casualties.
Boston, Mass.—The list of injured
in the Bunker Hill celebration rivalled
that of the actual battle of 134 years
ago. Sixty-five persons were treated
at the hospitals of Boston and vicinity
for injuries caused by fireworks and
pistols, and many more were attended
by physicians at their homes. Fortu
nately there were no serious casual
ties.
Memorial dedication.
Hartford, Conn.—^With ceremonies
befitting the occasion, the monument
erected in Spring Grove cemetery, to
the memory of HeiyTr Clay Work, au
thor of “Marching Through Geor
gia,” was (dedicated here. ,United
States Senator 3ulkley made the
chief address. The monument was
raised by public subscription.
Prisoner is Cremated.
Beaumont, Tex.—Tom Bowen, the
only prisoner in the Klrbyvllle, Jas
per county jail, was cremated in a
fire which destroyed the building. It
is thought the fire was at ineendiary
orlgiH. • i: .-t—LU-
PATRICK CALHOUN.
San j^anclsco.—Terminating in a
disagreement of the jury, with ten
determined on acquittal and two
resolved upon conviction, the trial ot
President Patrick Calhoun, of the Uni
ted Railroads, has been brought to
an end, for the present, at least.
Five months and a week have trans
pired since the wealthy ^street car
magnate, a descendent of Patrick
Henry, made -hl^**£tr»t aj>pearance in
'Court to answer t<f Uie charge of offer
ing a bribe of $4,000 to a supervisor
to obtain a privilege for his corpora
tion.
Not until each juror had pronounced
as hopeless the prospect of a verdict,
was the order for their liberation
made by Judge Lawlor, prosecution
and defense giving assent to the dis
charge.
Calhoun, It is said, was sure of an
acpuittal and proposes to retaliate by
bringing certain charges against the
district attorney and others of the
prosecution.
THE GOULD DIVORCE SUIT.
Multi-Millionarie’s Wife Had Penchant
For Cocl<tails.
New York.—The Gould divorce case
proceedings contipue to attract the
keen Interest of the public generally
and the scandal mongers In partlcu
lar.
Some very racy and startling testi
mony has been given by witnesses,
particularly servants‘•of the Gould
household, regarding the private life
of the multl-mllllonarle’s wife, who
was formerly an actress.
Witness after witness testified to
the weakness of Mrs. Gould for the
“cup that 'Cheers” and that she had
been repeatedly seen very much the
worse for ,a too free Indulgence of
Manhattan >cocktails' and other intox
icants.
Mr. Gould’s foriiier personal valet,
Henry J. Veltch, swore that at one
time he had.^serve^ his mistress with
two quarts of Manhattan cocktail in
as many days, besides the wines and
liquors which he said she drank at
the table. ^ , i
All this, the witness said, had chan
ged her from a chinning, affable wo
man to one of caprices, ill-tempered
and not choice in her language.
Dustin Famum, (he actor, is now
brought into the testimony and the
case assumes, if possible, a still more
sensational character.
Shot From Ambusli.
Nashville, Tenn.--Near Greenfield,
Tenn., at an ice creim supper, Henry
Needham, a promlient young man,
was shot from ambush. “He-was shot
In the neck with i shotgun and In
stantly killed. Th6
woman with him ^as badly powder-
burned. There Is it) clue to the as
sassin, and no mot
the assassination.
ve is known for
WARSHIPS MANEUVER.
Big Fleet Will be K^pt Busy for Two
Months.
Hampton Roads, Va.—With the
steaming out of the harbor of the six
teen battleships commanded by Reair
Admiral Seaton Schroeder, the sum
mer maneuvers of the main portion
of the battleship fleet of the United
States began.
From now until th^ middle of Au
gust, with the exception of a break in
the program for the celebration of
Independence day, the officers and
men will be kept bus*^ en^v^ed at
drilling on the waters of the Atlantic.
The vessels will remain on the.
southern drill grountfe," south of the'
entrance to Chesapeake 'Wy, for the
summer maneuvers, until Jaly 2, with
the exception of five days to be spent
in coaling and taking on provisions.
Following their arduous labor will
come the Fourth of July rest, for
which the vessels will disperse to dif
ferent parts of the coast. The fieet
will be re-united at Princetown, Mass.,
on July 10. The fleet’s program at
Princetown Includes a Review by
President Taft.
The fleet will return to Hampton
roads on August 9.
MOTHER BORE SAD NEWS.
Tells Son of His Final Condemnation
to Hang.
Kahnville, Ind.—The first news of
his* final condemnation to hanging
fior complicity in the kidnapping and
murder of Walter Lamana was borne
to Leonardo Gebbla by his aged moth
er, who came from New Orleans to
console him.
The Lamana youth was kidnapped
in 1907 by a party of Italians who de
manded $5,000_ ransom from the fath
er, Peter Lamana. The latter re
fused to pay this amount, and the
lad’s head was severed from his body,
which was found in the swamps of
this parish. The boy’s father Is ex
erting every effort to act as execu
tioner of Gebbia. Six other Italians are
new serving life sentences in the peni
tentiary for complicity in the crime.
DEADLY FEUD REISNS.
Farmers Near Taitsviile, Mo., Go To
Their Fields Armed.
Cowgill, Mo.—Farmers have been
working in the fields near Taitsviile,
fifteen miles south of here, with rifles
slung over their shoulders. The con
dition was caused by the murder from
ambush of Clyde Hatfield, a young
farmer, and the shooting of Henry
Berry by night riders.
The feeling In Taitsviile is that sev
eral men must die or move from the
community before the feud :ends and
peace is restored. Every house in
the Taitsviile district is supplied with
firearms.
Convicted of Arson.
Aiken, S. C.—Moses Stevens, a ne
gro, has been convicted in the circuit
court of arson. The conviction, v/hich
carries the death sentence, Is on the
charge of burning the bam of Mrs.
M. C. Mosley. Stevens’ -wife and
'mother-in-law testified he told them
he burned the barn for revenge be
cause Mrs. Mosley refused to lend
him some money.
They Had a Close Call.
Arcadia, La.—During a storn;< light
ning struck the residency of B. A.
Madden, splintering the roof and en
tering the room In which Mr. and
Mrs. Madden were. The bolt ran
down the headpost of the bed on
which the couple were asleep, and a
hat thereon was incinerated. Mr. and
Mrs. Madden were severely shocked,
but not seriously injured.
FATAL AUTO SMASH UP.
One Person Killed, Several Injured,
Near Anderson, S. C.
Anderson, S. C.—In a collision be
tween an intemrban car of the Ander
son Traction company and an automo
bile at Breazcale’s crossing, nine
miles east of Anderson, one is
one fatally and two seriously injured.
Some defect in the mechanism or
the automobile caused it to come to.
a standstill on the car tracks^ and
the electric car smashed Into it while
goini; at a high rate of speed/'down
Cpinity GpvmimCTt>.
Rcpresentative-r-G. W. Wilson. '
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.
Commissioners—^W. M. Henry, Ch’n; G.
T. Lyday; W. E. Galloway.
Superintendent of Schools—T. C. Hen
derson.
Phjrsician—Dr. Goode Cheatham.
Attorney—Gash & Galloway.
Town Government*.
Mayor—W. E. Breese, jr.
Board of Aldermen—^T. H. Shipman. J.
M. Kilpatrick, T. M. Mitchell, A. H. King,
E. W. Carter.
Marshal—^J. A: Galloway.
Clerk and Tax Collector—T. H. Gallo
way.
Treasurer—^T. H. Shipman.
Health Officer—^Dr. 0. W. Hunt.
Attorney—W. W. Zachary.
SOUTHEHK fiAILWAY COMPANY.
Operating the Transylvania Railroad.
SUMMER SCHEDULE
Effective May 30, 1909
Time Table No. 5
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‘f’ ’ stop on signal. ‘ ‘s’ ’ Regular stop.
Foit tickets and full information apply to
E. W. CARTER, Ag’t.
J. H. WOOD, Dist. Pass. Ag’t, A.sheviiie, N C.
Professional Cords. .
W. B. DUCKWOR.TH,
A.TTORNEY-AT-tAW.
Rooms 1 and 2, Pickelsimer Building:.
GASH GALLOWAY
LAWYERS.
Will practice in all the courts.
Rooms 9 and 10, McMlnn Block.
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 of 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
includc all adjoining vacant lands. En
tered March 9,1909.
B. A. GILLESPIE,
♦ Entry Taker,
Entry No* 2546^
J. s. Silverstein enters and claims' 10"^
acres of Iftftd* lying in ^^atatoe Township,.
on the waters of Flat creek’and of Toxa-
way river, adjoining the lands of J. S. Sil- .
verstein and. others. Beginning on a pine .
and stone on a ridge, J. S. Silverstein^s cor
ner (formerly a comer of the Pink Gallo
way tract) and runs with said Silverstein's .
line south 18 deg E 94 poles to a stake in
the South Carolina Kne; then with the
South Carolina line N 72^ deg E 70 poles.;
to a stake; then various courses for comple-^
ment, so as to include all vacant l^dt
This March 30th, 1909.
B. A. GILLESPIE,
Ehtry Takef.
Entry No. 2549.
Pred E. Shu£(^d enters and claims 50
acres more ^r less of land lying on the
waters of Little cr««k of the Flat creek of
Toxaway river, adjoiniug the lands of Ed
Hendrix, J. E. Galloway and others, begin
ning on a Pine on the ikac Camp knob,
J. E. Galloway’s comer; thence a south
west direction with J. E. 0allowa3r*s line
to a cijcumber, J. E. Galloway’s and Ed
Hendrix* comer; then with Ed Hendrix*
line north 32 deg east to a Spanish oak
stump, W. H. Smnmey*s comer;'then south
60 deg east 32 poles to the beimninir.
This 9th day of"June, 1909.
B. A. GILLESPIEy
Entry Taker.