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BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 17.1911.
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VILE PLOT TO BULL
COnON MARKET
Startlli( Disclosure Made
Governor-elect Smith.
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TO SPREAD BOLL WEEVIL
Plot 18 Said to Be on Foot to Intro
duce the Boll Weevil Plague Into
the Cotton Fields of Georgia.
To scatter boll weevils broadcast
over Georgia and South Carolina in or
der to bull next year’s cotton market
is the gist of a plot just revealed to
Governor-elect Hoke Smith, it is said.
Two men, according to Mr: Smith’a
information, are now headed toward
Georgia with several thousand healthy
weevils in their possession, plannirg
to turn them loose upon the unsuspect-
in farmers in the cotton-raising sec
tions of the state as soon as cotton has
begun to bloom. One of the men comes
from Texas, it is said, while the other
is thought to be a native of Chicago.
To a reputable business man of New
Orleans, one of the men outlined his
nefarious plan and in support of nis
story, showed a box containing sev
eral thousand healthy weevils.
The plotters, according to the busi
ness man’s story, expect to speculate
in cotton futures next spring. In order
to produce a bull tendency in the mar
ket they are planning to turn loose
hundreds, of weevils at different points
in Georgia and South Carolina, believ
ing that reports that weevils have
been found in these sections will have
a tendency to raise the price of cotton.
The plotters expect to buy futures be
fore the announcement is made and
thus profit handsomely by the rise in
futures.
Governor-elect Smith* had his. first
intimation that such a plot was on
foot early in last week, when he re
ceived a letter from New Orleans. In
this letter, the writer, who did not
sign his name, went fully into the de
tails of the plan, setting out that one
of the plotters had told him the story
in confidence while slightly under the
influence of whiskey. He also shov/-
ed the New Orleans man a box of live
weevils in support of his story.
Mr. Smith communicated his intelli
gence to Commissioner of Agriculture
Hudson and other prominent men and
it is certain that some measures will
be taken to nip in the bud the int<^n-
tions of the plotters against the cottoD
crop of the state.
BATTLE ON THE BORDER.
American Troops Under Fire Five
Hours From Mexican Shells.
A dispatch from Mulata, Mexico,
tells of a battle between American
soldiers and Mexicans.
The American soldiers were under
fire opposite Mulata Friday. Tbe fed-
erals, under General Luque, made a de
termined assault on the town, but
were repulsed with heavy loss.
During the battle the Mexican sol
diers used two field guns. Four of
the shells burst on the American side
of the river near Troop H, of the
Third artillery, which patroJled the
river. The American troops were un
der fire for five hours. A Mexican was
shct in the leg while standing beside
Captain Williams. The battle was a
spectacular one. Mulata stands on
the banks of the Rio Grande, and the
bullets and shells swept across the
river. Several times the Mexican sol
diers deliberately fired volleys at wo
men and children refugees on the
American side, it is reported.
GRISCOM PUZZLED.
Disappearance of Miss Arnold Mystery
to Alleged Lover.
George S. Griscom, Jr., of Pittsburg,
Pa., whose acquaintance and corre
spondence with Miss Dorothy Arnold
brought his name into print in con
nection with the two months’ search
for her, arrived at New York from
Italy on the North German Lloyd
steamer Berlin.
“The case is as much of a mystery
as ever to me,” said Griscom to re*
porters, “but it is, I may say frankly,
part of m3’^ purpose in coming home to
offer what assistance I can to the Ai^-
noid family, I haven’t the slightest
theory regarding Miss Arnold’s disap
pearance.”
He did, however, scout the belief
which the missing girl’s father, Fran
cis W. Arnold, entertains that the girl
is dead.
He said emphatically when ques
tioned that he was not, and never had
heen, engaged to marry Miss Arnold.
He saw her first on November 3 be
fore he departed with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. G. S. Griscom, for a visit to
Jem Driscoll, featherweight cham
pion of England, retained the cham
pionship in his fight with Spike Rob
son. Driscoll won in the seventh
round.
UPRISING OF GREEKS.
Several Men Killed and Injured Ip
Battle in Utah. ,
An armed uprising of Greek coal
miners at Kenilworth, Carbon county,
Utah, was suppressed, after four men
had been killed, one fatally wounded
and several o,thers wounded by bul
lets.
The trouble began last Friday, when
the Greek miners complained that dis
crimination was shown in the weigh
ing of coal in favor of Americans. A
proposal from the mine superintend
ent that they appoint their owp weigh
ers failed to give satisfaction.
The Greeks took to the foothills and
began a desultory fire on the Ameri
cans who were going to work. In at
tempting to dislodge the sharpshoot
ers, Deputy Sheriff Thomas Jackson
was killed, and another deputy was
fatally wounded. When two of the
Gi?eeks had been killed, one mortally'
wounded and five others captured, the<i
rest took to flight. •
TARIFF BOARD FAVORED.
Democratic Members Opposed Bill
"■’Passed by House.
ALABAMA FAVORS
LOCAL OmON PLAN
Deat!) Ul of State Wide Frc-
ill
PARKS BILL iS#8PTED.
House Passed Bill by Vote of 58 to 44,
and It Is Almost Certain That the
Senate Will Also Favor the Meas
ure. «
• By a ‘ strict party vote, all of the
democrats in opposition, the senate
committee on finance voted to report
favorably the bill passed by the house
to create a permanent tariff board
Several important amendments were
adopted.
The opposition cf '^he democrats on
the committee was based on \the plea
that the executive should not be em
powered to gather tariff information;
that this function belongs to congress,
and that if a commission is desired, j,
it should be a congressional body, sim
ilar to the national monetary commis
sion.
One of the* most important changes
made by the committee requires that
the five members of the board shall
be confirmed by the senate. Under the
house bill, the executive would have
absolute control of the personnel.
Under an amendment- adopted, the
board will not be requierd to divulge
the names of informant or witnesses
furnishing information, but the pro
vision that information gathered must
be for confidential use was eliminated.
ROBBER IS ROBBED.
Man Who Stole Large Sum Himself
Victim of Thieves.
Even a thief isn’t safe in Chicago,
is the plea of Charles Willard, made
to the police when he confessed that
he held up Rector’s restaurant a few
daTys ago and secured $3,300. Willard’s
joy in his possessiosn was short-lived,
however, for, as he was leaving the
cafe door, he was greeted by three
men, who, with a revolver pressed
against his side, escorted him to an
alley and robbed the robber.
Willard, according to his confession,
was one of three conspirators who
planned and executed the Rector hold
up. He in turn was the victim of a
conspiracy devise^ by a supposed
friend to whom he confided the plan
for robbing the cafe.
The story, incredible as it at first
seemed to the police, was corroborated
by them. Five hundred dollars of the
money was recovered, and William
Loftus, a saloonkeeper, has been re
arrested and charged with being an
accessory to the robbery and with
having received stolen property. '
27 SEAMEN LOST.
Lon^ Survivor Relates Thrilling Narra*
tive of His Experiences.
The only survivor of a crew of twen
ty-eight men who were on board a
dredge of the International Wrecking
Company, wh«n the vessel foundered
in the Gulf while en route from N. Y.
to Galveston, T. J. Farrell reached
Mobile recen^tly, coming overland from
a point on the south beach, where he
was put ashore at his own request, for
purpose of reaching Fort Morgan. Far
rell states that the dredge ran into
heavy seas soon after entering the
Gulf and that the vessel foundered.
As the vessel went down%e leaped
overboard with a life preserver and
was subsequently picked up by a bark
bound for Pensacola, the officers of
which put him ashore between Perdido
Bay and Fort Morgan, but, missing his
way, he walked to Foley, Ala., from
where he came to. Mobile by train.
How ai*e the mighty fallen! Thebat-
tl^hip Texas, which was one of the
vessels that made history in the battle
off Santiago only twelve and a half
years ago, is to become a target for the
newer warships at practice. For some
time she has been a receiving ship.
Things move rapidly toward the junk
pile in our navy.
A man writes in who says he is the
best poet in the state and wants us to
print some of his poetry. Advertising
rates given on application.
By a vote of\J8 to 44, the Alabama
house of representatives passed the
Parks local option^bill, after a debate
lasting five* hours and after a contin
uous session o^ seven houVs and a half.
As the senate is known to bfe over
whelmingly in favor of a local option
bill, it is believed that the Parks bill
will be rushed through that body and
become a law. This does not mean
that the state will .be thrown open to
the sale of liquor ipimediately, for the
Parks bill was Iso amended as to make
it inoperative until regulation meas
ures to accompany it^are enacted.
The principal fight? was bn the mo
tion of Speaker Almon to. substitute
his dispensary bill fey* the Parks bill,
but the discussion, participated In by
local option, dispensary and prohibi-
ton leaders, covered the whole field of
liquor regulation and absolute prohi
bition. On a vote the motion to sub
stitute the Almon bill for the Parks
bill was lopt bry 56 to 47. Then fol
lowed some parliamentary skiiqnishing
by the prohibitionists, with the adop
tion of a minor amendment, the battle
finally ending with passing of the
Parks bill by the above vote.
$10,000,0G0 ON DEPOSIT.
SoutKern Claimants fAay Get Chance
at Big Fund. «
The house has;" awptod an amend
ment to tbe codification bill, which, if
ratified by the senate and approved by
the president, will extend the provis
ions of the captured and abandoned
property act of March 12, 1863, and
permit claims to be brought for'somf*
$10,000,000 collectei^ under that act,
which still remains in the federal
treasury.
The adoption of this amendment by
a vote of 125 to 85 was a victory for
Representative Bartlett, of Georgia,
who introducd and urged it in a
stron" speech.
Not only are the provisions of the
act of 1863, formerly limited in its op
erations to two years, made to apply
to suits which may hereafter be
brought ixi the court of claims, but the
former requirement that the claimant
must prove “loyalty” is stricken.
Representative Bartlett, in his state
ment to the house, sai-d that the pro
ceeds from the sale of captured cot-
tcn, amounting to $4,695,000, and from
other property to the value of $5,000,-
000, converted into the treasury under
this act, remain on deposit. He ar
gued that this money should be dis-
♦ nrsed to the original claimants or
Tieir descendants.
CHANGE CENTRAL OFFICES
Executive Offices of Road to Go to
Chicago.
Executive offices of the Central of
Georgia railway and the Ocean Steanji-
ship company, of Savannah, will be re
moved to Chicago, following the elec
tion of President Charles H. Mark
ham, of the Illinois Central railroad,
to the presidency of these two com
panies.
It is believed that the actual opera
tion of the railroad will be in the
hands . of Vive-President Winburn,
while *the legal business will be di
rected by Vice-President Lawton, as
heretofore. The financial direction of
the road will be from the Chicago of
ficers. *
The operation of the steamship com
pany, as heretofore, will be from the
office at Savannah of Vice-President
W. H. Pleasants, with the financial
direction in Mr. Markham’s hands. It
is said that other offices of the road
and ocean line will remain where they
are.
WORLD’S RECORD MADE.
News Received From Steafrner Korea,
4,492 Miles Away.
It is claimed that a world’s record
for wireless comnranication between
sMp and shore was made when a mes
sage was received at a local station
at San Francisco, from the steamer
Korea 4,492 miles away. The local op
erator heard a faint call from ,the Ko
rea. The message came faintly, but
could be distinguished.
“Seamer Korea, 4,492 out; all well.’
The operator repeated the message
and received an "O. K.’*
GENERAL . News reached *T)alton,
NEWS Ga., of an explosion of a
NOTES. boiler, which occurred at
a sawmill at Old Fort, Tenn., just
across the Georgia‘line, in which Joe
Lowry was killed, and several others
employed about the sawmill were se
riously injured. L^wry is well known
in Murray county, .where his family
lives. His remains will be brougM
back to Spring Placa for itnerment.'
The Atlanta Athletic Club announces
that on May 15th, on its course at East
Lake, -the first golf tournament^for the
championship of the South for women
golfers is to be held. Sir Cups are.
offered conditional on having thirty-
two starts. Mrs. George Harrington,
of Atlanta, may be addressed for in
formation.
The election of United States sena
tors by direct vote of the people and
the proposed Canadian reciprocity
agreement are favored by former Pres
ident Theodore Roosevelt. In a speech
^t Topeka, Kan., at the Lincoln Club’s
banquet Colonel Roosevelt came out
squarely in favOr of the change, it is
said.
Mrs.-Della Whitmire, wife of S. S.
Whitmire, was burned,^to death at Ra
bun Gap, Ga. at 2 o’clock. She was alone
at home, her husband being absent at
his store, when her clothing, by some
accident, took fire and burned so rap
idly she was unable to extinguish the
flames.
The Most Rev. Patrick John Ryan,
archbishop of Philadelphia, and metro
politan of Pennsylvania, died at the
archepuisCopal residence in that city.
The death' of the archbishop came as a
distinct shock, as the prelate was
thought to be on the way to r^overy,
after making a brave* fight against
death.
Miss Virginia McCormick, daughter
of the late millionaire harvester man
ufacturer of Chicago-, and who lives on
a beautiful estate near Huntsville,
Ala., presented the Y. M. C. A. of that
city with a check for $10,000 for the
purpose of completing a handsome
building in the course of construction.
A dispatch from Eagleville, Cal.,
says: Harry Cambron, John Laxgaue^
B. Indiano.and P. Erramuspe, wealthy
stockmen, who have been missing
since January 1, are reported to ha^/e
been murdered. The men left'^amp
January 1 to go to a sheep camp seven
miles distant. It has been learned
that the missing men had, trouble with
cattle rustlers from Oregon.
A wagon carrying twelve school
children was hit by a train southeast
of Wichita, Kan. Harley Hartenbower,
15 years old, and Grover Hartenbower,
19 years old, were injured internally
and will die. Three daughters of Mrs.
Ellen Allen were caught on the en
gine pilot and carried a half mile, but
were only slightly injured.
Penniless and. despondent because
he was unable to obtain employment,
Jacob Van Hasolt, 45 years old, pro
fessor in music, and son of a Holland
nobleman, committed suicide by shoot
ing himself at Chicago. The body,
frozen stiff, was found in a snowbank
by a policeman.
Ten shop employes of the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas railroad were torn
to fragments, and seven others were
injured when an engine under repair
exploded in the Smithville, Tex., yards.
Besides the loss of life, railroad prop
erty Valued at $20,000 was destroyed.
Two sad deaths of little girls have
occurred at Swainsbffro, Ga. Ruth
Edenfield, aged 8, thinking it harm
less, drank a quantity of belladona,
and little Flora Hayes, while wander
ing in the garden, ate some yellow
jessamine blossoms. Despite medical
aid, both children died.
The will of the late Elizabeth Stuart
Phelps Ward, the authoress, was filed
in the Middlesex probate court at
Cambridge, Mass. It leaves the bulk
of her estate, valued at $95,000, to her
two brothers. Lawrence Phelps, of At
lanta, Ga., and Edward J. Phelps, of
Chicago.
The Intermarriage of an American
with the Japanese or any other Asiatic
race is prohibited in a bill passed by
the Nevada legislature. It makes the
performance of such a marriage by a
minister or justice of the peace a mis
demeanor.
As a result of a democratic caucus
of Wisconsin legislators a joint reso
lution was introduced in both houses
favoring the immediate adoption of the
proposed reciprocity agreement be
tween the United States and Canada.
The Kansas senate passed the reso
lution to submit the amendment to
the constitution giving women the
right to vote in all elections. The vote
was 27 to 12. The resolution had pre
viously pas sc* i the
The supreme court of Kansas held
constitutic nal the new liquor law
which prohibits' the sale of liquor for
I'.edicifial or mechanical purposes.
Packey McFarland, of Chicago, and
Jack Britton, of Indianapolis, fought
eighty rounds to a draw before the Ar
mory Athletic Club at Memphis.
The New York American Club re
ceived the signed contracts of Pitch*
ers Harry Abies, who was with San An
tonio last year, and of R. H. RevellSk
Ast year with Richmond.
County GovernmenL.
Representative—Ttos. S. Wood.
• Clerk Superior Court- Cos. Paxton.
Sheriff and Tax Collector — Fred. A
Shuf ord. ' \
Treasurer—Z. W. Nichols.
Register of Deeds^B. A. Gillespie.
Coroner—Dr. A. E. Lyday.
Surveyor—J. C. Wike.
Commissioners—W. L. Brooks, G. T. Ly
day, Arthiir Miller.
Superintendent of Schools—I*. C. Hen
derson. /
Physici^—Dr. Goode Cheatham.
Attorney—R. L. Gash.
Town Government*.
• Mayor—W. E. Breese, jr.
Board of Aldermen—T. H. Shipman. J
M. Kilpatrick, T. M. Mitchell, F. L. De-
Vane, E. W. Carter.
Marshal—J. A. Galloway.
Clerk and Tax Collector—T. H. Gallo
way. •
Treasurer—T. H. Shipman.
Health OflScer—Dr. C. W. Hunt.
Regular meetings—First Monday night
in each month.
Professional Cords.
R. Tj. GASIL
LAWYER
11 and 13 McMinn Building
Notary Public.
W. W. ZASHARY
Attorney-at>-Law
BBEVABD, N. C.
H. G. Bailey
\
Civil and Consulting Engineer
and Surveyor
BREVARD AND HENDERSOlfflrLLI^. H. C,
NOTICE OF SALE AND PURCHASE
OF REAL ESTATE FOR TAXES.
Notice is hereby given that at a sale of
land for taxes made at the court house
door, in the Town pf Brevard, on the 2nd
day of May, 1910, by C. C. Kilpatrick,
sheriff of Transylvania county, one tract
of land containing 100 acres, in Boyd
Township, listed for taxation in the name
of A. E. Reece, was sold to the undersigned
for the sum of $5.19, and unless redemp
tion is made on or before the 2nd day of
May, 1911; the purchaser will apply to the
sheriff for a deed to said land.
W.C. REECE.
NOTICE OF SALE AND PURCHASE
OF REAL ESTATE FOR TAXES.
Notice is hereby given that at a sale of
land for taxes made at the court house
door, in the Town of Brevard, on the 2nd
day of May, 1910. by C. C. Kilpatrick,
sheriff of Transylvania county, one tract
of land containing 30 acres, in Boyd
Township, listed for taxation in the name
of Mrs. Eiiza Reese, was sold to the under
signed for the sum of $2.61, and unless re
demption is made on or before the 2nd
day of May, 1911, the purchaser will apply
to the said Sheriff for a deed for the said
land. W. C. REECE.
NOTICE OF SALE AND PURCHASE
OF REAL ESTATE FOR TAXES.
Notice is hereby given that at a sale of
land for taxes made at the court house
door, in the Town of Brevard, on the 2nd
day of May, 1910, by C. C. Kilpatrick,'
sheriff of Transylvania county, one tract
of land containing 16 acres, in Eastatoe
Township, listed for taxation in the name
of Emily Aiken, was sold to the under
signed for the sum of $2.02, and unless
redemption is made on or before the 2nd
day of May, 1911, the purchaser wijl apply
to the said sheriff for a deed tov the said
land.
♦ M. C. AIKEN.
Execut^rix Notice*
Notice is hereby given that the under
signed has been appointed Executrix of
the last will and testament of W. B. Duck
worth, deceased. All persons having
claims against said estate are hereby noti
fied that they must present same before
the 25th day of November, 1911, or this
noticc will 1^ plead in bar of their recov
ery. All persons owing said estate are
required to make immediate payment.
MRS. ELLA F. DUCKWORTH.
* The Rev. Irl R. Hicks 1911
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