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i, OCTOBER 22.1909.
NUMBEE*4S
46 STORM VICTIMS
Parts of Three Sootbern States
Laid Waste by Wind.
GREAT PROPERTY LOSS
Many Towns In Georgia, Alabama
and Tennessee Suffered From Storm
of Cyclonic l»tensity-*^WtJpst 6al9
In Many Years,
Memphis, Tenn.—The total known
death list of the late destructive hu-
ricane, which swept portions of Ten
nessee, Alabama and Georgia, has
been increased by detailed reports
to 4G.
If rumors of death at various outly
ing points are to be believed, sixty-
eight people were killed by the storm.
These reports have not been confirm
ed, as they come from distant sections
of the storm area, and it will be sev
eral days before they can be verified.
Every indication now points that
the damage done by the storm to
property and crops will go far above
the first estimates.
The storm was probably the worst
that has visited these sections of the
Bouth in years, being intense in its
destroying fury and widespread in its
Brea. Whole sections of the coun
ties were laid waste and in ruin.
Towns were destroyed, plantations
were damaged to ^untold extent and
from all sections of the storm-swept
area coma reports of loss of life, ruin
and desolation.
The heaviest known loss of life oc
curred at Hamberg, Tenn., where in
the immediate territory, the storm
claimed fifteen victims and did great
property damage.
Numerous towns in three states suf
fered moro or less severely.
CZAR’S ITAUAhL VISIT.
Extraordinary Precautions Taken For
His Personal Safety.
Rome.—Unusual precautions are be
ing made by the Italian government
for the personal safety of the czar of
Russia on the occasion of his coming
visit to Italy to meet King Victor
Emanuel.
Racconigi, a small town near Naples,
has been proposed as the meeting
place of the two monarchs. Eight
thousand soldiers are centered at
Turin, the nearest town to Racconigi,
In addition to a thousand policemen
and carbineers, while about five hun
dred Russian police are stationed at
Racconigi.
The socialists have addressed a
manifesto of sympathy for oppressed
Russians with reference to tLe visit
of Emperor Nicholas, whom they de
signate ,21 '"great and bloody tyrant.”
ONE KILLED, SEVERAL HURT.
Broken Rail Caused Wreck on New
York Central Railroad.
Poughkeepsie, N." Y.—One passen
ger was killed and fifteen others were
Injured when the rear section of train
No, 28, the western express, on the
New York Central railroad, was
wrecked at Rhinebeck.
Just south of the Rhinebeck station
the eight cars of the train were
thrown from the track by a broken
rail.
The smoker and one of the day
eoaches rolled over on their sides, and
James Krakoskie, a peddler, 21 years
old, of New York, was hurled through
a window and crushed to death when
the car fell on Its side. The injured
were occupants of either the smoke?
or the day coach, but as their hurts
Were not serious, they contlnue’d OB
New York In a special train.
Buchanaji Dies in London.
London.—^William I. Buchanan, ol
I5ufPalo, N. Y., former American min
ister to the Argentine Republic and
Panama, who had been closely iden
tified with several important diplo-
XKatic missions, died suddenly in this
city, it is supposed, of heart failure.
Plans Dash to South Pole.
Ix)ndon.—Captain R. P. Scott, who
Jsd the Discovery Anarctic expedi
tion, plans another dash for the south
pole, and is now making his arrange-
hients. He, expects to leave ESngland
In July well equipped for W# datf|ni
*d venture.
DEPUTIES IN TUMULT.
Spanish Chamber Is Scene of Riotous
Demonstrations,
Madrid. Despite the 'fact that op
position existed among the members
of both the senate and the chamber
of deputies to a sitting at this time,
parliament has been convoked. In
the senate only routine business was
transacted and everything was calm,
but In the chamber of deputies vio
lent scenes were 'enacted.
The republiea'tr deputy, Asatti,
•t^ed the trouble when he demand
ed tiiat a certain speech be ruled
out of order by the president, against
which *action the opposition protested
uproariously.
While Premier Maura was reading,
the tumtilt culminated in the exas*
perated conservatives rushing upon
the republicans with raised fists.
Ushers, however, separated the com
batants and the routine business of
the session was carried out, although
amid continual* interruption. Seething
crowds surrounded the parliament
building during the session.
AVERY BLOUNT EXECUTED.
Pays Penalty for IViurder of Breeland
.Family,
Amite, La.—Avery Blount, the first
man to be legally hanged in Tangi-
pohoa parish in twenty years, paid the
death penalty on the gallows here.
In spite of the presence of state
troops, his brother, William Blount,
Started a disturbance shortly before
the hanging. He was promptly ar
rested and placed In jail in which his
l)rother was spending the last hour
of his life.
The murder of J. O. Breeland, his
wife and stepdaughter, Mrs. Joe JGv-
erette, was the crime for which
Avery Blount was several weeks ago
condemned to death on the gallows.
COL. H. R, HARftlS tTEAO.
Ex-Congressman From the Fourth
Georgia District.
Columbus, Ga.—Colonel Henry R.
Harris, ex-congressman of the fourth
Georgia District, and third assistant
postmaster general during the first
administration of President Cleve
land, died at his home, Odessadale,
Ga., after a lingering illness of many
months. He was 84 years old.
The deceased was one of the most
brilliant Georgians who represented
his state, and was a man of sterling
character and great oratorical abil
ity.
RED FLAG RAISED.
Demonstration Made Before Spanish
Embassy at London.
London.—The red flag has been
raised in London. A large mob mov
ed upon the Spanish embassy to mako
a demonstration of the disapproval
of the execution of Professor Fran
cisco Ferrer, the convicted revolution •
1st, at Barcelona, a few days ago.
Several bodies of policemen were
stationed at the appfoaches to the
emabssy, and they drove oif the
errwds in their usual bloodless, effect
ual way. But considerable excite
ment and uneasiness pervaded the
neighborhood. The groans and hoot-
Ings were plainly heard in the em
bassy and at Buckingham palace,
neinrby.
GIVEN RIGHT TO SUE.
Judge Charlton Passes Upon Petition
of McLendon.
Savannah, Ga.—“Judg6 Walter G.
Charlton has granted the petition dJ
S, G. McLendon, former railroad
c^mlssloner, to bring quo warranto
pFOCeedlngs against Commissioner
Jtoseph F. Gray.
Mr. Gray's attorneys did not argue
the case, but, after Mr. Thomson and
Judge Andrew J. Cobb had spoken on
the motion to file suit, the present
commissioner announced that he was
wlillng for the Judge to make his de
cision. Judge Charlton stated that
he considered sufficient ground for a
suit had. been shown, and Issued an
order returnable Monday, Odtober 25.
Atlanta.—Clara C^il Harhen, the »-
year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
W. L. Harben, was acddenlaliy
drowned in a bath tub at the family
residence, o» Baat IWr street, to
East Atlanta.
SHOCKtNG TRAGEDY
Demented Farmer Ikcapitates
PROF. FERRER EXECUTED,
TAKES HIS
LIFE
Wealthy Farmer, of Ubcolnton Coun
ty, N. C., Whfie in^jiV.e^ Does Hor
rible Butchery Wltlv?^ Axe, Then
Sets Fire to His Horite.
Charlotte, N. C.—W, S. Wise, a
wealthy farmer of Lin^olnton CQjunty,
cut off the had of his father-in^aw,
Joseph Hallman, with an axe, then
barred the door of his home, set fire
to the furniture and was cremated.
Wise appeared rational a few mo
ments before the tragedy, but strange
remarks caused his wife alarm and
with the children she went to her
father’s home and av/akened him.
Wise met the aged man as he neared
the house and severed his head com
pletely with one blow of the aite, and
rushing back into the house, broke
up the furniture with llte same axe
and arranged his own funeral pyre.
The tragedy occurred 4iear Beth-
page church, six miles Irest of Lin-
soln^n.
REVOLT \H NICARAUGA.
People Flocking to The Standard of
the Rebel Forces.
New Orleans.—A special to The
Tlmes-Democrat from Bluefields, Ni-
<5aruga, by wireless, via Colon, says:
The revolution i^eaded by General
Juan J. Estrada against President
Zelaya> has aroused the entire conn
try, and seems to be sweeping the
republic. Everywhere, the people are
reported to be^ flocking to the armies
of the revolutionists.'
Prom the interior, the news
that the revolutionists ^ave seized
Rivas and also that Corinto, the' sea
port on the Pacific, has declared for
revolution and has overthrown, the^
government there.
Martial Law Rules Managua.
Washington.—Advices received at
the state department show that mar
tial law has been declared in Mana
gua, and that President Zelaya has
decreed the Atlantic coast ports
closed to ships. It Is also reported
that the entire east coast of Nicara
gua is in the possession of the revo-
lutionists, and that the revolt has ex-
tended to the western part of the
country.
DEATH CLAIMS LINDSAY.
Formerly United States Senator From
the State of Kentucky.
Frankfort, Ky.—^Former^ United
States Senator William Lindsay
died at his home here.
Judge Lindsay was formerly chief
Justice of the Kentucky court of ap
peals and had served as state senator
and representative before going to
the United States senate. After^ quit
ting political life, he began the prac
tice of law in New York, and at the
time of his death was a member ox
the firm of Lindsay, Kalish & Pal
mer, in that city. He , was 72 years
old. He had been ill two months.
To Recllmh MCt MoKlftle^,
New York.—Having failed In his
effort to get Professor Herschel C.
Parker and, Anthony Fiala to con
duct an .expedition to ascend Mount
McKinley, Dr. Frederick A. Cook an
nounced here that he would abandon
his lecture tour as soon as possible
and himself head an expedition to as
cend the mountain, to obtain, if pos
sible, the records which he says he
there in 1906.
Kidnapers Free Children.
Chicago.—Two Italian?'children Iden
tified from photograph's as TanMsso
and Grace Vlviano, who were kidnap
ed from St. Louis, August 2, ^t, and
who have been -aought' «*nce by the
IK)lIce of many cities, were found
wandering on the north side of this
city by D^ecttve Stephen ParodI, ol
the Chicago avenue police station.
The police believe the kidnapers had
the children secluded in a remote
section of the city, and released them
when effei^ to extort ransom had
failed.
Spanish Revolutionisjt Went to His
Death Without a Tremor.
BarceIona.-7-Pranclsco Ferrer, who
was convicted of promoting the re
cent Barcelqna rebellion, .was shot
in the Montjuich prison in execution
of the death sentence imposed^ upon
Wm.
Professor Ferrer, Spanist. educator
and convicted revolutionist, faced the
firing squad without fiinching, and
fell dead at the first volley.
Except for a momentary expres
sion of emotion immediately preced
ing his death, he retained his com
posure to the last. His attorney, M.
Galoeran, who defended him so loy
ally as to bring about his own arrest
for improperly addressing the court,
secured permission for a brief talk
with him just befqre his executlbn.
To his attorney Ferrer spoke feel
ingly of the work for which he had
sacrificed his life and of the future
of his daughter, whose brave attempt^?
to save his life touched the father
“more deeply apparently than any
other incident of his trial and convic
tion.
On Ferrer’s arrest his family was
left dependent upon his daughter, who
at once secured employment fci a bis
cuit factory.-
Police Frustrate Attack.
Lisbon.—The police have frustra
ted an attack upon the Spanish em
bassy by Ferrer sympathizers. As
they approached, the officers charged
upon the rioters, and revolver shots
were exchanged, though without se
rious fnjury to anyone. The Span
ish consula4;e8 throughout Portugal
are being guarded. At the headquar
ters of the republican clubs fiags are
displayed at half-mast.
SOUGHT HORRIBLE DEATH.
Wilmington Men jumped In Front of
Steam Road RoHer. -
Asheville, N. C.—Leaping from be
side his watchful keeper,^who was
accompanying him on a walk, J. H.
Giles, of Wilmington, N. C., an inmate
of the Asheville sanitarium, jumped
headlong beneath the wheels of a 15-
ton steam roller and his head was
crushed out of shape by the ponder
ous wheels of the machine, operat-
Ing on the French Broad river road,
four miles from’ Asheville.
Temporary aberration, for which
Mr. Giles was being treated here,
caused this remarkable mode of suU
clde.'
MCLEOD FOUND GUILTY.
Recommendation- to Life Imprison
ment by Jury.
Douglas, Ga.—The jury trying WUI
McLeod, charged with murderinig
Miss Mattie Graham, has found hlim
guilty with recommendation to Kfe
imprisonment.
The case attracted great attention.
Miss Graham was found with her
throat cut.
Her body was left in a branch near
her home.
The defense was that the defendant
was weak minded.
An Appeal For Aid*
Key West, Fla.—^Hundreds of la
borers, aided by refugees from tte
small isles surrounding Key Wesi^
are busy clearing the streets and t^
water front of the debris and wre*"
^e resulting from the hurrlca
which practically destroyfed half t ^
city. It will be many days befoff
normal business conditions will . .tw
resumed.
Great rejoicing Is felt OTer the r^
ports coming in from points near
Key West, showing that the loi^s- ol
life from ^e storm will be the small
est ever recorded along the Florida
eoast. The property damage, how
ever, is the heaviest in the history
of the peninsular.
Acting on a resolution adopted by
the city council. Mayor Fogarty is
sued an appeal for help from the peo
ple .of the United States for the stomi
sufferers.
Eleven Chinese Arrested.
Dallas, Texas.—^Eleven Chlnames
■were arrested while in the act of es*
Cluing from a box car on the Texas
tuad Pacific railroad. They are be
lieved to have entered the tJnited
States over the Mexican border. All
were sent to. jail pending the Investi
gation, and wUl protwibly be depmed.
Coanty GovemmeRt*.
Representative—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. . '
Surveyor—^A. L. Hardin.
Commissioners—W. M. Henry, Ch’n;
T. Lyday; W. E. Galloway,
Superintendent of Schools—T. C. Hen^
derson.
Physician—Dr. Goode Cheatham.
Attorney—Gash & Galloway.
Town Government*.
Mayor—W. E. Breese, jr. v
Board of Aldermen^T. H. Shipman.
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 OfiScer—^Dr. C. W. Hunt.
Attorney—W. W. Zachary.
Regular meetings—First Monday night
in each month.
Professional Cords.
W- B. DUCKWORTH,
ATTO R N EY-AT-L AW.
Rooms 1 and 2, Pickelsimer Buildinf^.
GASH GALLOWAY
LAWYERS.
Will practice in allthe,courts.
Rooms 9 and 10, McMinn Block.
Administratof's Notice.
Having qualified as administrator of the*
estate of J. P. Aiken, deceased,^late of^
Transylvania county. North Carcdina, thia,
is to noti^ all persons havi»g claims
against the estate of said deceased* to ex-^
hibit them to the undersigned on or j^fore.*
the 5th day of September, 1910, or thia
notice will be pleaded in bar of their re
covery. All persons indebted to said estate;
will please make imediate payment.
This 30th day of August, 1909.
MARY M. AIKEN,
Administratrix of J. P. Aiken, deceased;..
Admfnistrator^s Notice*
Having qualified as administrator of the
estate of the late C. M. Moore, of Transyl
vania county, deceased, this is to notify all
persons having claims against said estate
of said deceased to exhibit them to the-
undersigned on or before the 6th day 0^
August, 1910, or this notice will be plea^
in bar of their recovery. All persons in-^
debted to said estate will please ms^e inK
mediate settlement. This the 6th day of
August, 1909. P. C. MOORE,
Administrator.
Entry No# 2555*
Mrs. Elizabeth Galloway enters and
claims 40 acres more or less of land on
the waters of Toxaway river. Beginning
on a stake in line of lot No. 775, runs east-
wardly with the line of said lot to a stake
of the Mill lot, then with line of same so
as to cover all the vacant land on the west
side of Elizabeth Galloway’s homestead to
the Woo^and.
Entered Aug. 30,1909.
B. A GILLESPIE*
Entery Taker.
Deafness Cannot be Cured
by local applications, as they cannol
reach the diseased portiou of the
ear.' There is only one way to cure
deafness, and that is by constitution-
aljemedles. Deafness is caused by
an Inflamed condition of the mucous
lining of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube is Inflamed you have a
rumbling sound or imperfect hear
ing, and when it is entirely closed^
Deafness is the result^ -and unless tho
inflamation can be taken out and
this tube restored to its normal con
dition, hearing will be destroyed
forever. Nine cases out of ten are
Caused by Catarrh, which is nothinf»
but an inflamed condition of the^
mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred DolDm
for any case of Deafness (caused bjipr
catarrh) that cannot be cm^ by
Hall’s Catarrh Cure. Send for circu
lars, fwe^^F. J. Cheney A, Co.,»
Toi^o, O, Sold by Droiefgl^, 75c*
Take Hall’s Family Pills for c6q«
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