NEWSPAPEi dl lUQimfANM C0W1Y * 4s Am mma A HOME PAJ>ER FOR HOaJE TaEOT>T^Tg—AT.T^ >101^TTC T»RrNrT» V^irME^IIY •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.co- • - ♦ » ’ ^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