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•BBEYABD. NOKTH CABOLINA. KOVEMBER 26.1909.
KUMBEW
FROM Um6 TOMB
R;scne of Miacrs After Sevm
Day-s’ Qoiror and Dcspw.
V\'AITING DEATH’S CALL
M:3t cf ths Tim« Without Food or^
Water*. Men, Praying for Deliver*
a-ce. Spent a Week t:t the Infemc
c‘ t-e St. Paul Mine.
Cb^rry. KI.—From a lingeruig aao
c^ach a score of tfee mioers en-
trzit-ei in the St. Paul nuns at tbis
r'i.c<c -ave been saved by the reseiie
which kas made heroic efforts
t: brts? the 12^ to the surface
alivr or recover their dead holies.
T’venty xnen of the three huuctred
iziprisonel in the niiixe when the fire
Iroke cui: h€en brought from the
clarV: dept'25 to tLe of day after
sfvec days of eatijaibEieat, the hor-j JAMES REYNOLDS-
rcr az.d suspense cf whicli cnly those [ James Reynolds* nieniber of the new
vv-20 iave experienced the same can j tariff board and former assistnut sec-
ce^crit^e. ' of the treasury, is accused by
Were St 1! Living. i Kl‘^*«rd Parr of rrrliig to binder the
A^-e- scores of bnnsed (Prosw-oston of the sugar trust. «>o-
• - ♦ » ’ ^ted of defrsuding the ^>TerumeDt
End ciiicienei bodies and Dringiitg ^ ^ « T
. _ ' of cuBtoms duties^ Parr Is the por-
r -fT T ~ tr I emment employee who was tnstni-
t. =:iiii:oieu itr^cn ^enty i loental in Bueartbins the fraudaw
Iz. a f2.r passage cf tae mme, where t
SWEEPING VICTORY
^^riBg Bk>w GifCD tf»
3rd OU ^ U. S. (^?rt
GOVERNMENT WINS OUT
^1,500,OGO ON LIFE.
I'zej liad wailed theiaiselTes in as a f i
pro:action agrsinst the Sre wMch was r
Ti?in? in many portions cf the mine. [ e* h i
Tie story cf their sufferings and | E. Nicholscn W.ll Hold La^
th- ieroUm cf -.heir resourcetal lead- Ind-v.dual Pcltcy ,n ths \.orld.
e:s ;s cf tie Tno.t tiriiUns in .IS j ^ Citv Mc.-Insurance of
f-e tuck imcry «' mine dl=3-ters ir : tas fceea .--i ^ =
t-» cosil rs^iens of the United etaM^ ! C-eo-tc - -
for Che f?» iesders, Fart:c-2-i ® cianuficsurtr t.
la-'T etie ^’res.- n=-ie is C!etln=-i. ' i C!tr. Mo. Insarcace men ss; tb:s is
staocch cb=rc-Einaii. t-e entoinoea »e largest amoont in life lasyrance
men wotiM bave given up in despair | ever sought at one time upon tee Itfa
and probably succaisibe;J to tiieir fate. I pcrSCE.
Tbere in tite blackness and awftil Tweatj-Sre physicians represent-
sifence cf eartVj deotts tiU Ea!l different companies exai^ed Mr.
cHe^re-I tte despairins men and ^ NichoUon and tbey declared that ne
tnmed tteir to a i-ercLf-i! 1 Parfect aealth. Tbe local
God. tHe gr-ate.t of all comforters In j insurance said
times of danger and deej-est distress. | th£t the policies for $l.o00,000 un-
TTpon many occasions religions serv-: doabtedljr wouU be issue
ice= were teld. ied by C’.eiland. and, Mr. Nicholson already has four
bv tai>= the f:ili!tins spirits of tie I *325.000 insurance FOlic-.es on his
miners were stistained and hope eon-! !!&• ^o that when the policies for
tint:all^ upheld tiieci as the gleam of j J1.500.0C.} are issued, he ^ .U have
Dpimon Handed D«^vim Would Have
the Effect of P^xtting the Standard
Octopus Out of Bi^ne^h—Case Will
Be Appealed.
St. Paul, Minn.—In an opinion writ
ten by Judge Walter Sanhom, cf
list. Paul, and concurred in by Judges
I Vandeventer, Hook and Adams, with
I * special concurring opimen by Judge
I Hook, the United States circuit court
ffor the eastern district cf Missouri,
fhas handed down an opinion declaring
Uhe Standard Oil Company of Xew
[Jersey an illesal combination, operat-
ling: in restraint of trade and ordered
Its dissolution.
The opinion of the court was filed
simultaneously in St. I«ouis and in
St. Paul.
In this decision the governmait oi
the Fnited States wiiia a sweeping
victery. and, according to Frank B.
Kellc^g, of thi«-^etty, who was the
gcvemment's special -prt^ecuting of-
Ificer, the government has won every
point for which it contended.
1 The case will be appealed direct ta
j the United States supreme courL
i The case is one of the most notable
kin the history of the nation, on ac-
[count of the important industrial and
[legal questions and the vast XTnaneiai
[ interests ii involves. The evic^nc^
t filled 21 volumes and occupied mor^
c than 10 0c«0 printed pages, and the ar-
[ guments of counsel mere than SOU
printed pages.
FATAL WEDDT^G PARTY.
a far off star.
Hoped and Prayed.
For seven days, cut off from the
light of day. they hoped and prayed
for deliverance, and help at last came
when hope had, indeed, all but fled.
No pen can adequately describe
the experience of these men, buried
alive, facing a lingering death by
starvation, or a quicker one possibly
by the encroachlDg Sames. They hai
only a small aciount of food and wa
ter in their lunch buckets and this
was doled ont amongst them tmiil
the last was gone. For days before
nearly $3,'>00,C*00 insurance on his
life. The companies that made ap
plication for the later insurance are
to be beneScIaries when he dies.
SHOUTED WARNING.
Then Newspaper Man Leaped to
Death From Ffro Escape.
Chicago.—Shouting a warning to
passersby, Hugh M. White, 39 years
old, jumped from the sixth story
lancing of a fire escape and was
killed.
So far as is known, White had no
— - - . j re*ison to end his life. His business
they were rescued they had b^n with- j ^^^irs were said to be in a prosptr-
•»T!^7-#-Vv?Tior +<% nnrl I’Tipfr suffer" i
out anything to eat, and their suffer
Ings had become intense. |
Wild With Excitement. |
The rescue of the men threw the t
town, into wildest excitement, and j
men, women and children crowded |
the mine mouth to see them brought j
up, and learn if relatives were amons
the rescued. Even though blackened
bodies of many of the less fortunate
miners were crowding the improvised
morgues the announcement of* the
rescue of the men threw the little
village into hysterics of joy.
The total of the disaster now
stands, 20 saved. 92 known dead an^
198 missing.
Services ^rere held for the dead on
Sunday.
ous condition.
The police found a letter in his
pockets addressed to his wife on the
back of a business card, which read:
“Florence Dear and Kids: There's
$43 in the bank. Ask Mr. M. for what
more you need. ^ Divide the life in
surance—two-thirds for you and one-
third to the children. Love to all.
“HUGH M. WHITE.
“P. S.—Goodby. I am crazy.*"
White was formerly a newspaper
man and was employed on various
papers in Kansas and Minnesota.
ELLIOTT ESCAPES GALLOWS.
Farmer*s Murder Avenged.
Floyd, La.—Tom Hill, Joe Gilford
and Alec Hi!I, three negroes, were
hanged here for Ae murder of Moses
T. Brock, a prominent farmer of West
Carroll parish. Brock was killed a
few weeks ago as he went to inves
tigate a gunshot on his hog ranges.
The three negroes hanged confessed
to the crime.
Student Is Killed.
Knoxville, Tenn.—While scuffling
over the weapon in their room at Lin
coln Memorial university, at Cumber
land Gap, Ky., Herbert Phillips, son
of Rev. J. A. Phillips, of Corryton,
Tenn., was killed by a revolver in the
hands of Roscoe Bryant, of Gibson
Gap, Va, It wag accidental.
Governor Brown Commutes His Sen
tence to Life Imprisonment.
LaGrangc, Ga.—Governor Brown
has commuted the death sentence of
Dr. J. M. Elliott, of LaGrange, who
was convicted of the murder of G.
L. Rivers, and who was to have paid
the death penalty Friday, to life im
prisonment.
The decision of the governor was
made only after careful and thought
ful study, which occupied his time
most of the day previous.
As a pre^utionary measure the
respited man was carried to Atlanta
and placed in the tower for safe keep^
ing.
Elliott killed Rivers while he and
his family were guests at the Riv
ers* hotel at LaGrange. Elliott shot
the hotel man, it is said, in a jealous
frenzy, charging him with improprie
ties toward Mrs.- Elliott. .
Automobite Goes Over Bridge. Killing
Three, Near Cuthbert, Ga.
Ciithbert, Ga.—"^ree persons are
dead and two probably fatally injured
as a result cf an a\,tomobile accident
here.
The accident occurred two miles
west of this place, as the party were
returning from Cuthbert to Coleman.
With the purpose cf being married,
James Shepard ajid Miss* Helene Mat
tox. accompanied by Horace Shepard,
a brother of the prospective groom,
and Miss Mary Mattox, a sister of the
bride-to-be, secured an automobile
from Hearst’s garage at Fort Gaines
and were quickly driven to Cuthbert
by Cuffis Williams.
Upon reaching this point, all the
ministers of the place refused to
marry the cc*uple on account of their
youth, neither of them having passed
their twentieth birthday.
After being unable to secure the
services of a minister, the party hast
ily left town. Speeding along at a
rate of thirty miles an hour, and while
attempting to light a cigarette. Chauf
feur Williams lost control of his ma
chine, crossing a 30-foot bridge over
the Central railway, and the party was
dashed to the railroad tracks below,
the machine falling upon Shepard and
Williams.
Williams’ neck was broken and
death resulted instantly. The two
Shepards were frightfully injured and
death resulted! in a few moments.
Boy’s H^ad Torn Off.
Mobile, Ala.—Kewa received here
from Anniston, Ala., tells of a hor
rible accident to Nestor Leggett, a
7-year-old boy, son of prominent peo
ple in that county. The little fellow
was riding a mule to the field for his
father to use, when the mule, for
some cause, fell down, throwing the
boy off. The boy’s feet were entan
gled with the harness and the mule
took fright and ran with him half a
mile over the fields and ditches until
half of the boy’s head was torn off
and a great hole was torn in His side.
Urge Pardon for Shipp.
Waco, Tex.—Telegrams have been
sent to President Taft by a commit
tee of the local Elks’ lodge urging
the pardon of Sheriff Joseph Shipp
and four codefendants, sentenced to
prison for contempt of the United
States supreme court in connection
wlt^ the lynching of a negro at CBatt-
aiiooga^ in Qclober, 1908;
JAMES F. BENDERNAGEL.
Former geaeml superintendent of
the sut^r trust's refineries Id Brook
lyn. indicted In connection with the
charges of uuderwelghlug made against
the trust by the government. Mr.
Bendemagers salary as superintendent
was 520,000 a year.
BAPTIST MEETING CLOSES.
Eighty-Eighth Session cf the Georgia
Baptist Convention.
Dublin, Go.—The eighty-eighth ses
sion of the Georgia Baptist Conven
tion has come to a close after a four-
day session, which is said to havo
been, in many respects, one of the
most interesting in the hlstcry of the
convention.
A resolution was adopted thanking
the First Baptist Church, of Dublin,
and the people of this city for their
kindness and hospitality during the
session of the convention.
Representatives to the next meet
ing of the Southern Baptist ‘Conven
tion at Baltimore, were appointed.
The convention adopted a resolution
recommending that the churches of
the state make r. greater effort the
coming year to laise money for the
ministerial relief fund.
TAKES HER OWN LIFE.
Mrs. Sallie Cubbege Lamar, of Macon,
a Suicide.
Macon. Ga.—^W’hile temporarily de
ranged, Mrs. Sallie Cubbege Lamar,
widow of the late Hon. Richard La
mar, ended her own life at the home
of her brother, Clarenca H. Cubbege,
on Orange street. She was at the mo
ment away from the members of her
brother’s family.
For a long time she had brooded
over the death of her husblind, which
occurred last year in Milledgeville,
and *her friends and family relatives
feaYed for her.
She took her life by cutting her
throat.
ONE KILLED, THREE HURT.
Train Wreckers Cause Fatal Acci
dent on the Seaboard.
Savannah, Ga.—Two persons were
Idlled and three others injured when
the Florida fast mail train on the
Seaboard Air Line was wrecked two
miles south of Denmark, S. C. The
train was thrown from the track by
the removal of a rail, while running
at the rate of 45 miles an hour.
The dead are a colored fireman,
who was caught under the overturned
engine, and a tramp’ who was steal
ing a ride. The engineer and two
of the passengers were injured, but
not seriously.
Every effort is being made to cap
ture the alleged wreckers.
NICARAGUAN SITUATION.
Connty Government).
Representative—G. W. Witec®.
Q»k Supenoor Cooxt—T. Leftis.
Sheriff and Tax Cc41ect<a—C C
rick.
Treasurer—Z. W. Nicho^
R^^ter Gf Deeds—A. Gilk^ie.
Coroncr—Dr. W. J. Wallis.
Surveyor—A. L. Hardin.
Commissioners—W. M. Heniy» Ch*ki; G*
T. Lyday; W, E. Galloway.
Soperintendent of Schools—T. C. Hen*
derson.
Physkian—Dr. Goode Cheatham.
Attorney—Gash & Galloway.
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Town Govenuttoit*.
Mayor—E. Breese» jr. ^
Board of Aldermen—^T. H. Shopman. 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 Oflacer—Dr. C. W. Hunt.
Attorney—W. W. Zachary.
Regular meetings—^First Monday night
in each month.
Profes^nol Cords.
H. G. BAILEY
Civil and Consnhins E&s^eer
and Surveyor
McMInn Block
BREVARD. N. C
Patronize these ^16 Advertise
U. 8. M«y Demand Reparation From
That Government.
Washington.—Following a confer
ence with the president at the white
house on the Nicaraguan situation.
Secretary of State Knox authorized
the following statement:
“If certain representations of fact
which have been made to the state
department concerning the Grace and
Cannon cases are verified by inquiries
that have been made, this govern
ment will at once prepare a demand
on the Nicaraguan government for
reparation for the death of these two
W. B. DUCKWdkm
ATTO RN E Y-AT-LA W.
blooms 1 and Pickelslmer Buildinjir*
GASH ^ GALLOWAY
LAWYERS.
Will practice in all the courts.
Rooms 9 and 10, McMinn Block.
Patronize those who Advertise
Notice of Service of Summons
by Publication.
North Carolina—Transylvania County.
In the Superior Court,
R. S. 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 plaintiff, R S. Osteen, for the pur
pose of establishing his title to certain real
estate in Brevard, m said county 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
county in Brevs^d, North Carolina, and
answer or demur to the complaint of the
plaintiff in said action, or the plaintiff will
apply to the court for the relief demanded
in said complaint.
This the 19th day of October, 1909.
T. T. LOFTIS,
Clerk Superior Court.
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
west comer of grant No. 301 and the
northeast comer of grant No. 1223 and in
the line of grant No. 388, and ranning
thence with the southern boundary 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 ^corner; thifnce
with another line of said grant No. 195 in
a southerly or southeasterly direction to
the northern line of said grant No. 301;
thence with the northern line of said
grant No. 301 to the beginning. This
October 1,1909. B. A. GILLESPIE,
Entry Taken