North Carolina Newspapers

A REPUBLICAN NE\ysrAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF AMERICAN HOMES AND AMERICAN INDUSTRIES. VOL. ni BURLINGTON. N. C, MARCH 8, 19n. 4a TUT CAIXS CONGRESS 1 EtTIIA SESSION WasiiiTkgton, D. C. March 4. — Presideiit Taft this afternoon,is- csued a call for an extra seesion of Congress. The proclamation is as follows: “Whereas by the special mes sage January 26, 1911, there was transmitt^ to the Sen ate and House of Representatives an agreement between the partment of State and the C^ana- didn government in regard to re~‘. ciprocal tariff legislation together' with an earnest recommendation that the necessary legislation be; promptly adopted; and, ‘'Whereas a fill to carry into effect Baid haspafs^ the Bottse of - Reprcsfen^ttyeB an dhas failed t© reach a vote in the Senate; and, “Whereas the agr^^ment stip ulates not only that ‘the Presi dent of the United States will communicate to Congress the con clusion now reached, and recom mends the adoption of^uch leg islation as may be necessary on the part of the United States to give effect to the proposed ar- rant,ement,* but also that ‘the goverrments ot the two coun tries will use their utmost efforts to brinifej about such changes by concurrent legisi.ation at W^ash- ington and at Ottaw^a.' Now, therefore. I, William Howard Taft, President of the; United States of America, by virtue of the power invited in me by the (ix)nstitutioQ, do here by prrtdaim and declare that an extraordiaary occasion requires the convenance of both Houses of Congress of the United States at their respective chambers in the City of Washington on the Fourth of April, 3L911 at 12 o'clock noon, to the end that they may eoDsider and determine whether tl^ caDgres53 shall, by the neces sary legislation, make operative the a^sement . *'AU persons entitled to aSt as members of the Sixty-second ingress are required^ to take notice of this proclamation. “Given under my hand and the seal of the Unit^ States at Washihgtpn, the Fourth day of March, A, I),, 1911, and of the Independence c«f the United States the 135t]i. By the President: (Signed) “WILLIAM H. TAFT. (Signed) “P, C. KNOX, Secretary of State." MIS TO SUBMIT AND MAKE NO FIGHT Washington, Max'ch 2.—CMm- plete submission by railroads to the decision of the Interstate Comjnerce Commission in the great rate eases within the nisxt seven days was predicted by Com missioner Lane today. Lane de clared it would never be n^ess4- ’.r.y for the commission to issue a formal on5er in the case. *‘There are no possible pounds al c on which a logical appeal can^e ing to the bones of the fMt and POPDIAR TRAINMAN IN A SERMS iCaOENT Gr-^eneboro Daily New's, Surgeons at St. Leo’s hospital eariy yesterday morning amputa ted the left limb of W. T. Smith of Graham* the young flagxnan who was injured in the freight yards of High ^oint late Thu^ day night The excision ni^e midway between the hip and knee joint, after a thorougn diagnosis which showed that. ow_ based, and this fact is known to ^ejrailroads," said Mr. Lane. ‘■‘Representative Siastem and W«etem rc^ds have already giv en informal notice that they will e^rnply with the dedsicmsM there is no doubt in my mind that all the others will follow suit. It is a good thing for all parties, too. An attempt to appeal would only cause a lot of trouble for the commisaion, and a lot more trou ble for the railroads—and noth ing would be gained/' A Dl STOmf, BUT tr SOUNDS Fismf Tarry town, N. Y.. March 2.— Joiui Grohan, of Glenville, b^^ lieves he owns the most intelU' gent hen in ’New York State. The hen, which is a white leg horn, is a pet, arid Grohan, who is employ^ in Tarrytown, has to take the trolly every morning. The hen follows him to the tracks and when he steps aboard the hen turns around and goes home. This morning Grohan over slept and iwas'in such a harry that he forgot about the hen un til he boarded the car. He heard a flapping of wings behind him, apd turning, saw the hen flyixjg up from the gix>und. It lighted on hjs shouldieh ^ind as it did a coin fell to the ground. It was a nickel. In his hurry Grohan had dwpped the coin and the hen picked it up and ran after him. HAD STflLENliy IN A “BAF ON HER BEAD EICHMONO PRINTER coins SUICIDE. Richmond, Va., March 5.—Ed mund Steptoe, a linotype opera tor for The Evening Journal here aged 3^ and married .but wi^hr out chi ldren, went to the op^^‘ ing roc*m of his paper today turn- ©don the gaS nins hteraa^ inepla(^ the gas tube in his mouth and died as a result of the inhalation. He worked as usual yester^y, and one of his fellow workmen found him dead a t his machine today. No cause for his suicide can he imagined. He left no explanation. ^ mei OLD COlOitED MAN KIllED IT SEABOARD Durham, N. C., Marc.h 6. — An aged colored man was killed on the Tar river bridge Saturday af ternoon by a Sealward ijasai^nger ^ii). The old man was walk ing on the bridge when the en- gine overtook him. He was struck a violent blow and thrown into the river by the engine. The old man «oemed to be en feebled and could make little headway toward getting out of the way of the train. He was almost across the bridge when the engine srtuck him, but on ac count of his feebleness could not quite reach safety. The dead man was picked up by the train crew and left in charge of the section foreman. Milwaukee soon is to have a convention of coronorfi. This does not mean that it is a dead town. Bristol Va., March 2;—When Dora Trobaugn, a Bristol woman, was arrested at Johnson City, Tenn,, after fleeing from here, following a complaint entered by a farmer that she had robbed him of $10^ in gold, a search re vealed $65 of the gold concealed in a “rat" on her head. She ad mitted she had the man's money, and returned it to hira to avoid prosecvation. leg being so badly cirushed, it was impossible tc» save jthe limb. The injured man wa^ a flag man on one of the trough freights between Spen^r, and apd was aft Work, #ith the! rest of the traih crew, shifting ca,t« in the yard at High Point when the ac cident occurred, which causijd the loss of the limb. The injured man was brought to this city on No. 12 and carried immediately to St Leo’s hospital. His sufferings were intense, and, according to the surgeon who at tended him, the young man came very near death on accHint of the severe shock, At a late hour last nigh^ however, it wjub stated over the telephone from the hos pital, that he was resting well and would recover. Mr. Smith is the son of James Smith, of Graham, and has a wife and one child. He is very popular among the ndlroad men and many have been to the hos pital to see him. ORDERTimlnUS DANIU’ CDIEF POUCElFORMER CAIOUNIAI) IPOW FIRE IN NASflyiUISMAr New York", March 2.—One hun dred thousand bibles have been ordered for general distribution by the Gideons, as the members of the Christian Travelers Asso ciation of Amer'ca, style them selves. The order is sa;id to fce the largest ever fiiaced, and it fcrms part of a national plan to place a bible m every hotel bed- rooiYi m the country. W, B, Henderson, national,sec retary of the Gideons, said here today that he has been promised one-fourth of the order for San Francisco and the Pacific Coast It is pb.nne’d that the 25,000 bibles, the largest num!)er ever shippod at oFae- time, bhikil reach San Francisco in time for the tri ennial convention of the Interna tional Sunday School Association, which will be held in the latter part of June. ^ For every bible there will be a member of the adult bible classes of San Francisco to march through the streets in parade, a Gideon^s bible in his hand and at the end of the parade each marther will build his bible into a gigantic pyramid to be erected on the platform of the.copven- tioft auditoriuni there to stand as an object lesson while the con vention is in session. AN ESCAPED IDRDERER Va., March Itar Stripling, who for five years hw been chief of poliKse of Dan ville, under the name of R. E. was arrest here yestei*- day alt^nodn asanes^ped mur- dc^r from the Atlanta, Ga.,^ prison. In he was tried for murder, convicted and sentenced to life |mprkK>nm^nt He es^p- ed pending a motion ; for a new Striplmg held a cool s^rve and promi^Iy ^nfes«ad when the re- quisiti(»i papers were read to hiin. He was taken bade tcmight ;(him.' Tlie^ ■ The return Journey to Atlanta in custody of two ollloers was be gun at Tnldnight The scene as Morris bid farewell to his wife aad children and hundreds of friends w^ pathetic, even nwre than one ^uld imagine without witfi^iBg* the incident It wa« a sc^ such as few people are ever called upon to witness, and Morris passed through it as he has the 16 y since he re nounced the name of Stripling— fearl^sly and without emotion. Previm^sly, at his home, when he was alk)wed to spend two hours with his fsufsily, he wept copious ly. It was ah unpleasant duty was the0hly iBtatementof dSicers who formed the guard for this iatoilb^ gathering of grief would ttmke. Stripling came here from what could be learned last night, about 10 years ago. He worked for the Southern railway as night watch- naan for a time. He m^e friends held them an4 bis private life Vas without a bleniish, ap^ parently. Five years a^o the city wgnt dry, Morris had been ser v ing aji patrolman. The eyes of the to «n4 order league imme diately fell ui^n him and wiih this support h^ was made chief. His official conduct was such that he has twice since be«n re-elected. PRISONEH SEVERElVBVilNED iN HENDERSRN ein pm INNORFOIK Norfolk, Va., March 3. -Wal ter B. ^G^n, formerly a pzomi nent citiiwh of Asheville, N. C,, but who has resided here since 1906, w;^ kill^ ih ah elevator accident in thie Dickson b^illaing whileon his way to his office. Mr. Gwyn wsus about to itep f rom the elevator whieh it fell daught his leg and struck him upon the head, the sharp'hk^ the car ten^bjy cutting and mangling the side of his .face. Guy Bell, th$ Ciolored eteyator boy, and the anly eye witni^ to the affair, was later arrest^ up on a technicail pharge ol murder. Mn Gwyn, WM ;hiarri^ Cuuningh^, of the prominent North Carolina family by thM name, was formerly wealthy and ^as a large investor at Asheville. He was formerly secretair of the Norfolk and Southern Railway Company prior to its receivership. 5^* Asheville, N. C., March 3.- Ed Lavendar, a passenger on train No. 21, yesterday afternoon and holding a ticket from Marion to Greensboror leaped from the rear end of the train about 200 yards before it reached the pa^nger landing at Greenly, The cause of the nish d@^ is unknown, but it is supposed that he became ex cited and losing control of him self, temporarily, toOk the leap. He fell upon the ^cks ahd was badly bruised. His a: hd hi? Ijrdken above the e s^alp lacerated. / to Old Fort and attend^ )by the company physiipian, Dr. Mclh tosh. Hewasemj^loyed at a saw mill;^d'is%te^^ ing two chiidjren:. He is expect ed to recovier. DISORDERLY NESRO SHOT TO OEATH BY A NOB Nashville, Tenn., March 6. - Fire stsirting in the rear of the six stos'y building at 317 and 319 Maiiaima. Fla. March 5,-Cai- J. H. Fall Baker, a negro who came I liere from Georgia recently was clock, resulted m ti\e almost death by a mob at Cypress plete destmction oi the entire ■ ^ small town near here last night northeiTi half of the busmess threatened t9 $hoot Ut the town, m said, and attempted ■ to shoot the town marshal when nprtnem na i oi ine uumne««, threatened t9 $hoot UP blwk, extendmg *ilong the weht,|y.^^ tnwn. Is .Qaltl Side of Third avenue from Union i that of]|cer went to pla^ him un to Deaderick streets. The loss^ tte ^ater part of which is tov- ^ ered by insurance is estimated at t $300,00}. The origin known. of the fire is un- Hew SKerchast Arrived. Mr. T. J. Mazen of Baltimore, who will open a new and stylish line of goods in the old Fleish man stand, arrived last Thurs day. Mr. Mazen tells us his derly conduct Later he was ar rested by a pc»se and plati;^ in the lockup. Some time in the night a mob battei-ed down the door of the jail and poureci a fu- silade of shots into ^kers body. Street Car Track Sold The Street Car track wa;s plac ed on the market from the Court House door at Graham Saturday goods vvere bought to be shipped | ^nd was bid off by J. W., Murray March first and will be coming in | figypgg $26030.00. The con- at all times dunng the month. It | firrnation of the sale will come be- is hiB aim to be ready for his ^ \ Judge DanielSt who is hold- pening by the first of ApnI. He jjjg cpurt at Graham this week. IS a very clever gentleman. We ^^t-higg further can be done un- are very glad to have him join confirmed. The selling our merchants,. i when fcefore - Bold waife $10,000. Massachusetts may raise a few. —► * ———^— dollars by a bachelor tax; but; Mrs. W. H. Fogleman in the think of the enormous amount it guest of her sons Messi-s. John could get by a tax on old maids I and I^ea of Oxford Henderson, March 5--“Quite a bit of excitement was created in the early hours of last; night, when it was learned that th6 town lock-up was on fire. Only ore person occupied the building and he gave the alarm by terrifii yells. Had it not been for the promptness of the fire depart ment, the flames would have proved fatal to the prisoner. When the firemen broke down the door with an axe^ they found the building in full haze and the oc cupant about exhausted from the effects of dense smoke. He re- cei^^ed several severe burns his hand. on Snw IS LANDED IN JAIL A^ COHIiS Columbus, Ga., March 4.—Eld* gar Stripling, former police chJef of Danville, Va., arrested for killing W, J. Cornett at ton, fourt^hy€6M agor was brought here this afternoon by Deputy Sheriff G. N. Williams, of Harris County, Ga., and in jail to await the disposition of his case. He has a life sentence hanging over hini but many per sons in Greor^a favor a pardon in view of his apparent good re cord sin^ he escaped from the authorities in 1897. Mrs. Sarah Cheek wife of Mri Joe Cheek died in her home at the May place between Burling ton and Glen Raven March 3rd. 1911 aged a little more than 42 years. Before her death Mrs. Cheek gave every evidence of be ing ready to go. ^he leaves a bus baiiid 5 childrw and 4 sisters. Her funeral was conducted in Bethel, M. E. Church Mar. 4 at 1 p. m. by Rev. J. D. Andrew. It will require a modern card index system to keep track of (Captain Hobson'S Japanese war scares. FIRE HAS BEEN BURNING IN ONe BOHE 80 YEARS Mr, J. (3/Wrenn tells the Rox- boro Courier of a remarkable fa mily. Their name is McKees, living in Orange county, near Little Ri yer church, and, by the way, among the very best pwple to 06 found, who, he says, has had the same fire in the fire place iot xmre than 80 years, aod pos sibly longer than that The old fork on which the pots were hung in the olden times is still hang ing in the fire place and is known to have been in use for more than 110 years. They own a mule, which is doing good work, that is known to be 47 years old. They are not much on style or fashion, jij^fcjujst to be iii line ^ s^jpr^- oi# more years ago they bought a box of matches, and the box is still full. These good people buy noth^g which can be made at home or raised on the farm, and are set ting this generation k good ex ample. —Winston Daily ^ntinel. GAYNOR AND W SENT BACK 18 fEDERAL PRISIIN Atlanta, Ga.. March 7. -Denied the privilege of taking thema* per’s oath and swearing off the fine of $675,000 imposed by the government in connection with prison sentences. Benjamin D. Green and John F. Gaynor today were sent back to the federal prison to await furrher action in their cases. The hearing was postponed until March 21, when the government representatives expect to show that Green and Gaynor have considerable proper ty under cover and are wot en titled to the privilege of the pau per's oath. Alexander Ackerman, special assistant to the attorney general, representing the government, de clared today at the hearing be fore United States Commissioner Colquit that Green and Gaynor were convicted of embezzling more than $575,000 from the gov ernment in. connection with har bor improvement work at Siivan- nah. Package CiiitifctiMig iS»SQO Di»> A Pecflna, III., distatch saya that Rey. Bur dette. broths .of *’iBob’" Bur- the bannoria^ been vin dicate 6fter yearil of any blanie in dis- appearanee of $9500 a reg* isteiied letter iia^ag^ sent out by the of wWch he was Jwtregis- te^ . John Comstock.' The evidence was a* gainst ywnig1^iurdette, and after ast year^ immeitately discharge the re^tCT i^erkv / Comstock carried the matter, to Waahington and an inspector came from Chicago. He recdm- mended that £Hi)rd^te he ‘^dis charged, but the poetmaster re fused to do so, and Bardette hj^ld his poffltion, Burdette was work ing to get money to study for the ministry. A few years after tdhe Coms^k money was missed, Burdette left UKiiversity, and then to Ndwton Academy. When Ivb was ordain ed minister he was assigned as a missionary in Assam ih^. He now has a paatorate at Spring field, Mass. Into the repair shop: ftt San Francisco a .lew days^go a bat- ter^ inail sa^ sent to be patc^. ^ * |i'iWa$ a Veteran, and s|»€«t the a new it needed knife he ri.. h«e saw- '-^^elo^^e; caught by thecomere which serv ed practiealiy as a false bottom. He opened it and it to con tain the twel^^jteastock letters and the niissiitgl^^, which had been wan^3eiia^. al5>ut the cou n^ try for tnirfy y , When the finding p f the money was reported to the Peoria Post Office friends telegraphed to Mr. Burdette that the cloud, hanging over him for-liad been dispelled, ^ ^ Atlanta^ Ga.; Mareh 6. — Presi * dent Taft, former President Rods evelt and scores of other ipen of national )^miKek)ce WilJ tell of the ^^enaiisspi^ olihe .South ’ ’ - Congr^s convenes . ill the most imjksr- tant session of its history. ' PrjMJtieaHy eviia^y eity in the country will be represented. The speakers representing the North and West as well as the South, will show that the South is to-day competing on almost equal foot ing with other sections of the country. Particular stress will be laid upon its agricultural and industrial facilities. The Congress will be in session three days and will probably be attended by more than 20,000 delegates and visitors. RecepUoiL The King*# Daughteirfrof lington will hold a public recep* tion in th^ Armory of the Hdt Guards Friday evening M^h 10, beginning at 7:80 for the benefit, of their work. Refreshments will be served, and music will be furnished by the be»t talent of the city. No admission, will be charged, but a bo^ will be provid ed at the entrance fora silver of fering, and the public is cordial ly invited and urged to attend and lend their aid to this band of noble women in their very lauda ble Work, The British public alwa/« wa« a little slow in seeing the point of a joke; and in fact there are eome jokes that have no point in them.