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YOLTJME»XIV
BKEVARD. NORTH CAROLINA, OCTOBER 29.1909.
NUMBER»44
CONVENTION ENDED
Mrs. McSherry Chosen Head of
Confederate Daughters.
little rock selected
Arkansas Capitai Chosen as Next
Convention City In 1910—-Q«orgia
Woman la Made Third Vice-Presi
dent General of the Order.
Houston, Texas.—With the selec
tion of Little Rock, Ark., as the coa-
vention city in 1910 and the election
of the general ofacers for the year,
ihs^^ixteenth annual conyention of
th United Daughters of the Confed
eracy adjourned sine die, closing the
sessions in Houston. The following
general officers were elected:
President general, Mrs. Virginia
McSherry, of West Virginia; .first vice
president general, Mrs. L. C. Hall, of
Arkansas; second vice-president gen
eral, Mrs. M. E. Bryan, of Texas;
third vice-president general, Mrs.
Thomas T. Stevens, of Georgia; *’e-
cording secretary general; Mrs. A.* L*,
Dowdell, of Alabama; corresponding
€ecretary general. Miss Childress, of
Louisiana; treasured general, Mrs. C.
B. Tate, of Virginia; registrar general,
Mrs, James B. Gantt, of Missouri;
hsitorian general, Mrs. J. Endols Rob
inson, of Virginia; custodian of cross
of honor, Mrs. L. H. Raines, of Geor
gia; custodian of flag, Mrs. F. A.
Walk, of Virginia.
In contrast to general expectations,
no contest developed over the election
of general officers.'
The Shiloh Monument Association
committee's report was read by Mrs.
White, of Tennessee, which showed
that over $20,000 has been donated
last year..
The report by the treasurer of the
fund was read by Mrs. Roy McKinney,
of Kentucky, and showed a balance
of $5,420.30 for the erection of the
monument. On motion on the floor
of the convention, $1,000 was appro
priated from the general treasury to
the Shiloh fund.
SHOT CHORUS ^IRDWIPE.
Husband Then Sent Bullet Crashing
Through His Own Head.
Washington.—Enraged because his
chorus girl wife preferred a life on
the stage^ to his companionship, Wil
liam H. Short, of New York City, shot
and perhaps fatally wounded her at
the union station here, and then sent
a bullet crashing‘through his temple.
He died an hour later at the Casualty
hospital. ^
The tragedy created a sensation
among the large crowds at the sta
tion. Mrs. Short had just alighted
from a cab, which was also occupied
by^ her husband and a gtrl friend, and
was hurrying to catch a train for
Pittsburg, when Short whipped a re
volver from his pocket and flred three
bullets into his wife’s back.
The woman, who was sent to th??
Casualty hospital, is known on the
stage as Evelyn Howard, and played
in the ‘Motor Girl’* company. She
was formerly Evelyn Lewis, of Jack
sonville, Fla., and married Short, who
Is a native of Livingston, Ala., about
seven years ago. They lived in New
York, where he was employed as a
bookkeeper in a bank, but soon after
their marriage, the naan got into the
clutches of the law through alleged
misappropriation of funds, Mrs. Short
•old police when she gained conscious
ness at the hospital, and served a
term in Sing Sing. Through sheer
necessity, Mrs. Short said, she drifted
to the stage as a means of livelihood.
Short was recently pardoned from
prison, Mrs. Short said, and began a
new start In life. IT9 importuned his
wife to return to !:im. but she -le-
clined, and he full.)wel her 1;
where, as related, the tragedy tooiv
place.
WHITE PLAGUE WANING.
WLIVES ARE TAKEN
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A Fatal Mine ExpiosioQ Cccm
Near Hart&horne, Okta.
GAS IGNITED BY LAMPS
DEATH CLAIMS M'CARREN.
MILLS SHUT DOWN.
Curtailment Plan Inaugurated by
North Carolina Mills.
Charlotte, N. C.—Some of the larg
est cotton mills in the Piedmont sec
tion of the Carolinas will inaugurate
a one or two weeks’ curtailment, and,
If conditions do not improve, it^ is
Mkely that this period of curtailment
will be considerably extended.
The first North Carolina plant to
inaugurate the ■curtailment plan is the
Tarboro mill, and the Henrietta mills,
the biggest plant In the state, em
ploying three thousand operatives,
will follow suit; and it Is probable
that the Caroleen mills, under the
came management, will shut^ down in
a few days. The seven big mills in
Spartanburg county. South Carolina,
have shut down. These are the Whit
ney, Spartan, Clifton, Glendale, Ark
wright, Lockhart and Pacolet. They
consume about two hundred thou
sand bales of cotton annually, and
employ ten thousand operatives. The
mills have run two weeks on five
days’ time, but the present sh^it-down
ffi complete, and for an Indefinite
period.
Fight Against Tuberculosis Meeting
With Great Success.
Washington.—The great fight
against tuberculosis is being won,
according to Chief Statistician Cressy
ti. Wilbur, of the division of vital sta
tistics, United States Census Bureau.
In a bulletin, he says:
“A continued decline in the death
rate from it, from year to year, may
be expected.”
He says that the organization ol
many state and local anti-tuberculosis
societies since the international con
gress on tuberculosis in Washington
in 1908 has helped to check the dis
ease, The total deaths from tubercu
losis returned In 1908 was 79,289, ex
ceeding those of any previous year ol
registration, but the death rate per
100,000 for 1908 is considerably less
than that for 1907. In all registra
tion states, the death from tuberculo
sis showed a decline, except in Colo
rado, Rhode Island and Vermont.
A DOUBLE TRAGEDY.
JUDGE PECKHAM
W»s Associate Justice of the U|i*ted
States Su^prome Court.
Albany, N. Y.—Rufus W. Peckham,
ftsso6iate justice of the iTnlted States
Supreme Court, died at Coolmore, his
summer home at Altamoiit, Albany
county. Death was due to a compll-
cation of heart - trouble,
Bright’s dteease •ad hardening of the
arteries contributing.
Justice Peckham hjwi been in iU
health for some time, but his condi
tion was not considered serious until
recently. Following adjournment of
the May term of the United States
Supreme Court, he came on from
Washington with Mrs. Peckham to
spend the summer at Altamont, ex
pecting to return for the beginning of
the October term. A few days ago
his condition became _such that his
physicians said that lie was likely to
die at any time, or might Unger for
several m6nths.
Quarrel Over Possession of a Parrot
Results In Sensational Shooting.
Anderson,' Ind.-^As the result of a
Quarrel over the possession of a par
rot, Charles Bunn shot and fatally
woufided bis landlady, Mrs. Robert
Nelson, and then ended his own Ufa
by sending two bullets through his
brain.
It is said that the parrot was first
taken from Bunn by Mrs. Nelson, but
he went to her home and recovered
It. The woman filed an affidavit charg
ing him with the theft of the bird.
Later he went to her home, and with
thi? words, “I #m going to .kill you,"
fired two shots at her, both taking
effect. The parrot, which had been
V-ecovered^y Mrs. Nelson, witnessed
the triigedy from Its perch.
Pays Death Penalty.
Montgomery, Alik.—^Wlll Stevenson,
murderer of - his wife and step-daugh
ter in Crenshaw county, a few months
ago, has atoned for Ihe atrocity by
surrendering his life on the.gallows at
Luveme.' The condemned man took
the noose without a quiver or without
^ murmur of prayer. Death w»s al
most Instantaneous.
SaKK- Shocks Feli
Memphis.—A slight earthquake
shock has been felt In this city, but
^ damage was done. St., Ix>uls and
Hickman, Ky., also reported haTlng
experienced shocks, severe enough at
the latter place to arouse perwns
I sleenlnc.
Mine No. 10 of the Roo|c island Coal
Mining Company Is tho:^ Scene of a
Most Dlsajstrous E^qsVbsion.—Mine
Boss Among the Victims.
Hartshorne, Okla..—Ten men are
dead, two are injured and one is miss
ing as a result of an explosion in mine
No. 10 of the Rock Island. Coal Minins
Company. Nine bodies were re
covered.
The men are believed to have gone
beyond a “dead line” with lighted
lamps in entering the mine, the lamps
igniting escaping gas. The fact that
Dan Hughey, a sub-bass, wps with the
other men, suggests the theory tliat
the men were arranging the air
courses to carry out the gas when one
or more of the men passed over the
“dead line.” Hughes was alive when
taken from the mine, but n^ver re
gained consciousness.
SENSATIONAL TA1AL ENDS.
Guy Veal Found Guilty of Mansiaugh-
tier at Carrollton, Ga.
Carrollton, Ga.—Perhaps one of the
most sensational trials ever witnessed
in this county came to a close when
the jury returned a verdict of guilty
of manslaughter agtilnst Guy Veal,
who was charged with the murder of
Ex Hayes on August 8, of this year.
•There were no eyewltnesfaes to the
tragedy.
It appeared from the evidence that
the defendant and deceased visited a
campmeetlng about from de
fendant’s home on the day^of^the kill
ing. The defendant pleaded self-de-
fense, and in his statement admitted
the killing, but claimed he did it to
save his own life. A pistol was found
on the pers<m of the deceased. The
deceased was 28 years of age, and the
defendant only 19.
APPEAL TO FARMERS.
They Must Resist Bear Raid, Declares
United States Senator Smith.
Florence, S. C.—United States Sen
ator E. D. Smith, formerly general or
ganizer of the Southern Cotton Grow
ers’ Association, declares that the
recent action of the cotton mills of
the country favoring curtailment wt
production because of the belief that
the prices of cotton were higher than
warranted by the crop outlook, is un
founded, and appeals to the farmers
to resist the bear raid, since the con
dition of the world’s peace assures
Veady markets, and all supplies are
rising in value.
Senator Smith adds that reports re
ceived by him, as head of a movement
of cotton planters having Jn view the
ascertaining of the exact conditions
concerning the present crop, indi
cate that it will fall far below last
season’s crop.
ALLOWS WOMAN -SUFPRAQK.
^yburb of Richmond, V«., .Takes
• Advanced Step.
Rlctoond, Va.—The people of tJin-
ter Park, the most fashionable and
wealthy suburb of Richmond, hare
formally extended the suffrage to wo
men.
At a meeting of the Citizens* Asso-
eiation, the governing body of the
suburb, a constitution and by-laws
were adopted, one provision for which
is that “all males and females, white
and over 11 years of age, owning
property and living In Glnter Park
and subscribing to the constitution
and by-laws have a right to vote,'"
The Richmond suburb is the first
community in the south to take this
advanced step.
Strangled to Death With Whip.
Little Rock, Ark.—Suspected of the
murder of Mrs. W. M. :MoO<k*, moth>
er of James -McCook,'head Wfci'den ^
the state convict fa;rm. In I^eol9
county. Will Johnson, a negi^ trustr,
was brought to this city to avoid niob
violence. Mrs. McCook was found
near the stockade. She had been
•tangled with a whl]^
Famous Character In Wew York Poli-
— tics Passes Away^
New York.—Patriclc H. McCarren,
state senator and democratic leader
of Brooklyn, died at St. Catherine’s
hospital, Brooklyn, never having com
pletely rallied from the effects of an
operation for appendicitis which was
performed on October 13. His death
was not imexpected; in fact, the sen
ator himself realized that his end was
near.
Patrick Henry McCarren, by trade
a cooper, by profession a lawyer, and
by vocation a politician, was one of
the most picturesque figures in the
political history of Greater New York.
No ■ leader was ever more roundly
condemned, yet at the close of sixty-
one years of his life, he was proba
bly the most strongly entrenced
leader in New York state, and had
wielded some influence in national
politics.
Senator McCarren first became rec
ognized as a coming leader in the
days when David B. Hill was at the
height of his power.
Comity Governra@nt>.
Representative~G. W. Wilson.'
Clerk Superior Court—^T. T. Loftis.
Sheriff and Tax Collector—C. C. Kilpat>
^ck.
Treasurer—Z. W. Nicholls.
Register of Deeds—B. A. Gillespie.
Coroner—Dr. W. J. V,Tallis.
Surveyor—A. L. Hardin.
Commissioners—W. M. Henry, Ch*n; G.
T. Lyday; W. E. Galloway.
Superintendent of Schools—T. C. Hen
derson.
Physician—Dr. Goode Cheatham.
Attorney—Gash & Galloway.
MRS. DUKE DEAD.
She Was a Sister of tine Famoijs Gen
eral John H.‘Morgan.
Louisville, Ky.-^Mrs. HenrieJtta
J^organ Duke, wife of General Basil
Duke, known in history as ‘Morgan’s
right-hand man,” was found dead in
bed at the Duke residence here.
Heart failure is thought to have
caused death.
Mrs. Duke, as Henrietta Morgan,
the sister of General John H. Mor
gan, commander of Morgan's men,
was -married to Mi*. Duke In 1859
Her husbaind, six-brothers and a broth-
;er-ln-law, -fought* in th^, confederate
army in the war between the states.
Mrs. Duke was socially prominent in
Louisville and throttghout the state,
and an indefatigable member of the
Daughters cf the Confederacy. Her
efiforts of. late years have been di
rected mainly to the collection and
preservation of data, relics and his
tory Incident to the war.
FLAG GIVEN TOJ4USEUM.
Captured From the Albemarle Just as
It Went Down.
Richmond, Va.—Dr. Thomas A.
Warrell, formerly of Company B,
Ninety-seventh Pennsylvania volun
teers, one of the Keystone State vet
erans, who came down to the Cold
Harbor monument unveiling, present
ed to the Confederate museum here a
confederate flag that was taken from
the confederate ram Albemarle, which
was su&k off the. coast of North Caro
lina during the civil war. K was re^
moved from the vessel just before the
ship went down.
The man who captured the flag, G.
T. Ford, gave it to Dr. Warrell, who
has had it in his possession a number
of years.
PLANS AIRSHIP FLIGHT.
President Taft and Governor Brown
Invited to Make Ascension.
Savannah, Ga.—An invitation will
be extended to President Taft and
Governor Brown, of Georgia, to make
a flight In an airship while they are
here November 3. Two airships will
be hei^e for racing purposes at the
Savannah fall festival. It is planned
to attach the airships to each other
by rigid bars to give them double the
lifting power of one and to guard, as.
far as possible, against any mishap.
If the ascension is made it will be at
the sUrtlng line of the grand prise
automobile race of 1908.
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 Ofiicer—Dr. C. W, Hunt.
Attorney—W. W. Zachary.
Regular meetings—First Monday night
in each month.
Profes^nol Car^.
W. B. DUCKWORTH.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Rooms 1 and 2, Pickelslmer Building.
GASH (S^ CALLOWAY
LAWYERS.
"Will practice in alLthe courts.
Rooms 9 and 10, McMinn Block.
Notice of Service of Summons
by Publication.
North Carolina—^Transylvania County.
In the Superior Court.
R & Osteen
vs.
Mrs. H. L. Lanning.
Notice of Service of Summons by Publi
cation.
The defendant above named, Mrs. H. L.
Lanning, will take notice that an action
entitled as above has been commenced in
the superior court of Transylvania county
by the plaintiflp, R. S. Osteen, for the pur
pose of establishing his title to certain real
estate in Brevard, in said coimty of Tran*-
sylvania, and for the further purpose of
having the title of the said Mrs. H. L.
Lanning to said real estate declared null
and void and of no effect, and for the pur
pose of removing from his own title the
cloud made by the alleged title of the said
Mrs. H. L. Lanning; and the said defend
ant will further take notice that she is
required to appear at the term of the
superior court of the said county of Tran
sylvania, to be held on the twelfth
Monday after the first Monday in Septem^
ber, 1909, at the court house of said
cormty in Brevard, North Carolina, and
answer or demur to the complaint of the
plaintiff in said action, or the plaintiff will
appljr to the court for the relief demanded
in said complaint.
This the 19th day of October, 1909.
T. T. LOFTIS,
Clerk Superior Court
GIRL’S DESPERATE FIGHT.
Fe«ght Masked Burglars In Her Room
With Hat Pin.
Mias, Texas,—^Armed only with a
hat pin. Lent Barrantlne, aged 17*
fought a desperate battle with two
masked white burglara in her home
nwT Mesquite^ Texas.
*nie girl was finally overpowered
and ehloroformed. She was found In
an unconscious condition by members
of her family wh^ they returned to
the house fr<»n wdrk.
- Dies of . FootbalK Injuries.
Des Moinea, Iowa.—^Walter Svans,
a^ IS, died ^e from injurie» re
ceived te a footiMUl game.
Entry No* 2547*
North Carolina—Transylvania County.
Duff Merrick, a citizen and resident of
the state of North Carolina, enters a tract
of land estimated to contain thirty-eight
(38) acres, situate in the above county and
state, on the waters of the Toxaway river.
Beginning on a chestnut oak, the north-
w^t comer of grant No. ^ and the
northeast comer of grant No.'1223 and in
the line of grant No. 388, and ispming
thence with the southern boundaiy line of
grant No. 388 about north 70 degrees east
400 poles more or less to the line of grant
No. 195; thence with the line of grant No.
195 southeasterly to its black gum comer;
thence with another line of grant No. 195
easterly to its chestnut comer; thence^
with another line of said grant No. 195 in
a southerly or southeasterly direction to
the northem line of said grant No. 301;
thence with^the northern^ line of sa^
grant No. 301 to the beginning. This
October 1,1909. B. A. GILLESPIE,
Entry Taker.
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liher, Minn., “without Buckleo’s
Arnica Salve, which 800n cured me.”
Infallible for wounds, euts and
bruises. It soon cures Bums, Scalds,
Old Sores, Boils, Skin Eruptions.
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lison & Macfie’s.