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H - RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY, VOL. XXVII. 2. 1909. No. 04 1 EDITORIAL BRIEFS Some politician mistake prejudice for political principles. If the trust should get a corner on gas the Democratic politician will be put out of business. We may never know for a certain ty how the anti-trust law would work In this State unless the authorities get busy and try it. The Democrat should explain what they mean by tariff reform, as It is Impossible to tell 'from their record In Congresa. At laBt reports Sampson County did not have a single prlaoner In her Jail. And Sampson Isn't a cratic county, either. Demo- How are they going to have prohi bition in the South o long a the au thorities allow pawn-shop to adver tise three "high balls." Alabama is not only dry, but It Is against the law to even say "saloon" in that State. Isn't that abridging the freedom of speech? If you were a Democratic politici an how would you like to be nick named "Old Loblolly!" Experts claim that the corn crop of the country this year will reach three billion bushels. That doesn't sound like hard times are ahead. Even If the next Democratic plat form should declare for tariff re form. It wouldn't necessarily mean that the party would stand by the platform after election. Fishermen at Southport claim they discovered a "devil fish" some days ago that would have weighed over 8,000 pounds and Btlll they claim that Southport Is "dry." Mr. Bryan is now beginning to talk as if he really wanted the party to win.. Durham Herald. When did he say positively that he would not run again? In Mecklenburg County the sound of the pistol is more frequent than the song of the mocking-bird. And this under Democratic "good govern ment," too. It is hard to account for the num ber of snake stories that are now coming from western Carolina, un less the prohibition law Is being grossly violated in that section. An exchange says that Bryan will raise lemons on his farm in Texas. That is unnecessary as the voters all over the country will hand them to him when he runs for President next time. Congressman Champ Clark says it takes more sense to go to Congress than to be President. Wonder if that Is why Clark's friends want him to resign his seat In Congress and run for President? It seems that some Democrats are determined that Bryan shall ,nev have a good night's sleep, for almost every day they trot out some new candidate to oppose him for the nom lnatlon next time. Why should it be necessary for some individual to go before the Attorney-General and swear that the anti-trust law in this State is being violated; before any steps can be tak en to get that law into action? We note from an exchange that the Sampson Democrat claims that prohi bition killed the Democratic Tarty In that county. I&n't that a rather re markable utterance for a Democratic paper to make ln North Carolina? In return for free hides, is Massa chusetts going to give us any cheaper shoes? Baltimore Sun. We would suggest that you ask your Democratic leader in Massachu setts, Mr. Douglass, who manfactures the shoes. n j-ayeuevme Observer says that Mr. Cleveland when President defeated tariff reform. And Mr m...i v.eveiana was a Democrat Still the Democrats are begging the voters to put them in power in this country so iney can reform the tariff. The idea Is preposterous. The Raleigh Evening Times says that Bryan should preach "good old Simon-pure Democracy, or quit the Business." if all who have quit preaching pure Democracy should leave the Democratic party there wouldn't be enough left to call the next iMauonai Convention. TO JAIL ON PEONAGE CHARGE. Prominent Florida Lumber Men Must Serve Term in the Atlanta Prison, However, President Reduces Sent' ence. Pensacola, Fla., Aug. 26. The action taken by President Taft In communitlng to six months each the terms of Imprisonment Imposed up on W. S. Harlan, manager of the Jackson Lumber Company; S. E. Huggins and C. C. Hilton, of the company, who were convicted in the Federal Court here three year ago on charges of conspiracy to commit peonage, was to-night communicated by Attorney-General Wickersham to Special Assistant Attorney-General Reese, of this city. The Attorney General instructed that the Supreme Court mandate In these cases be filed Immediately and that the sentences be executed without further delay. It Is expected that the United States Marshal will leave for the At lanta Federal Prison Monday with the three prisoners named, as well as Dr. Grace and C. Gallagher, two other officers of the lumber company, who were convicted at the same time and whose sentences as Imposed by the court were not lessened by execu tive action. The sentences imposed by the trial court were as follows: Harlan. 18 months at hard labor and $500 fine; Gallagher, 15 months at hard labor and $1,000 fine; Huggins, Hilton and Grace, 13 months at hard labor and $1,000 fine. A WIFE DESERTER ARRESTED. Iredell Farmer Who Left His Wife and Babies to Starve is Now in the Toils. Statesvllle. N. C, Aug. 27. Presi dent Christy, a middle-aged white man of Fallstown Township, who t3 charged with abandoning his wife and two small children and has been I aoagmg me omcers since last octo- per, ventured into nis 01a neignDor- hood yesterday and was arrested last nigm Dy onerin j. m. ueaton. tie was given a hearing before Justice A. mm w a- n . I W. W. Williamson and in default of bond was lodged in jail here to await trial In Iredell Superior Court, Christy appeals to be a very worth- less character, and the people of the community in which he formerly lived, and where his wife and babies have been cared for, are pleased as a result of his arrest. Tt will he recalled tbat anmp months ago Mrs. Christy and chll dren visited a number of towns of the State in search of the husband and father, and aroused considerable Bympatny oecause or tneir pitiauie m m . m a. ... mm I conaiuon at Winston tney were louna at me aepot witnout money or rood ana their case was aired in the newspapers. FATAL DYNAMITE EXPLOSION. Twelve Men Hurled to Instant Death Explosion Was Caused by a Cig arette. Key West, Fla.. Aug. 27. As a re- suit of the explosion at noon to-day a- a ... - ui vv yuuuus 01 uyuaiuiie m ou cachica, twelve miles from Key West, on the Florida East Coast Railway. twelve men are dead, five probably fatally Injured and at least a dozen others are sufferine from less serious I iaiaiiy injureu ana at least a aozen Others are suffering from less serious injuries. The explosion was caused by a member of the railroad construction m , , . I iorce careiessiy tnrowmg a iigntea cigarette Into a box of fuses. "l!?1 death and the tenth died whUe beln brought to a hospital here. The men f a a ttir f v Domes oi me aeaa were almost he- MSA lk1t4 im4. V M m.tm . J 4.1 yond recognition, arms and legs be- while the faces of others were mere masses of flesh. Negro Doctor Arrested for Giving Cocaine PrescriDtions. Winston-Salem, N. C, Aug. 27. Dr. A. J. Christian, a well-known colored physician of this city, was be- J lit. . . . . . . ikhhusi viiiuiiu i,u-uajr, vuaiK-i cu wita Kivins prescriDtions ior CO - calne to Claude Stamoa. The corder continued the iudement ln or- der to look up the law ln point and see if there have been any decisions of the Supreme Court on the new law passed in 1909. The law of 1907 made the nenaltv for the flrt ffaoa o Kft k v i amended this year so as to give the court discretion of Imposing a fine or Imprisonment, or both. The witness, i nAfn n n fhof rt Christian wrote the cocaine prescrip - tlon and charged her 50 cents each time Iniutlnhiuiit rt Pnotma(fM. rt s Washington. D. C August 27. . The President made the following ann1Anta nf of.otaro . tviui.iuuvo. v i.vbiu.i.vi. to-day: Jas. F. Teague to be post- master at Bryson City, N. C; Walter B. Love to be postmaster at Monroe, and J. L. Stancill to be postmaster at Smlthfield. Raleigh Wide Open. Tna Mn, nnum ,m,rt Raleigh last Monday of drunks and 0 r dlsorerly conduct 'sounds very much iiv. r.iv 1- a The fact that it is headquarters of the BwolloH n.nnA nnnramt nM. withstanding. State Dispatch. LARGESTON RECORD Last Year's Crop, as Well as Southern Consumption of Cotton, Beat Past Records. RECEIPTS AT P02T THE LARGEST The South Hakes an Excellent Show I Now Manufacturing Her Own Product The Consumption of Cot ton in the South Was 2,559,873 Bale, Comparing With 2,430,000 Two Seasons Ago Secretary Het ter's Report a Surprise to the Trade. New Orleans, Aug. 31. Statistics showing that more cotton was han dled during the commercial year end ing at midnight to-night than ever before, and that all records had been broken in the amount of cotton con sumed by Southern mills, were the f eatures of the annual crop statement of Secretary Hester, of the New Or leans Cotton Exchange. The docu ment forms the preliminary report of Secretary Hester's annual review of the commercial year. The count of the commercial crop showed. It to be the largest on rec ord, 13.825,457 bales. The previous largest commercial crop was 13,565, 885, marketed in 1904-1905. Last season's total was only 11,571,966. The very large total for this year's crop was a surprise to the trade. The most important feature in the report, next to the size of the crop itself, was the statement on the amount of cotton consumed by South ern mills during the season which closed to-day. Here all the records were again broken, the total being 2,559,873 bales, and is taken as of- nciai connrmation or. me many sio- es 01 me great expansion 01 cotton manufacturing in the South. The A fit. 4h ngurea comparea wim z.isj.uuu bales last season, and 2.439,000 bales two seasons ago. In the point of port receipts, an- other record was broken. Net re- celpts at all ports of the season were Put at 10.062,845 bales, against only s,5w,s42 oaies last year, ana 555 bales two years ago. MODEL FARM IN THE SOUTH. The Government Issues Free Booklet on South Carolina Plantation. I W W . H11IIIK L 1 1 - m. HE.. X, U H w I 111 I llfAnllln JS mm 1 fl ST mmmm - - - instruction." Tin, , "r - tl " "t 1 I -;- , " , Z vui luiuus iuuuci laruis ustv uccu studied in various parts of the coun try during the past few years, and the latest of this is what Mr. Wilson regards as a "model and profitable cotton farm" in South Carolina In 1902, when its present owner took possession, this was an old run- 7JL P"AT1 ... 12 w Ji imnroved wTih ZTpV and farn, K.... ...... I " u pruuuwug crops Thtih vlaM th nvnav l,in Inonma and handsome nrofit All this Thaa kp - n ...Z vJ JiA Ttw! and handsome profit. All this hai been accomplished by deep and thor oueh cultivation of tfiA anil mtatlnr ough caltivati(m Df the soil, rotation of crop8f lndustry good judgment ... . , I crons fndustrv ond tnriemont I 1 itiTm It JVnn contain, n X, , ni hftlf of wn..h n-tA1, , ' ' u11 01 WniCU IS Planted in CrOPS. I Tno tarm amaa. unmjt land into three equal fields, on which raises corn, oats and 'cotton ln court convened Monday. Reu- it was producing only from 6 to 8 bushels of corn, or 300 pounds of ottn year he mada lt nrodne i i s hai the acre and 80 hMhelTf oats The "!f "a T a " 7i! uaiuueui tuuiM u weu oi m is farm that it has prepared a special I bulletin on the subject for distribu- I uon 10 tne farmers of the South. I Must Eschew Politics. Unlon Republican 1 I rSnn T. V- -i V. 1 J M 1 omcui. iou uu buu aara ud struck straight at the worst and most crying evil In American political life in hIs executive order warning every! ma on the census that if he takes I W Pa" In politics he will be dis- charged. He must keep out altogeth - er. He must be on no committees. He must attend no nonventfnn u. must ask no man to cast a partisan I voie- me census employe can vote. He can center on no partisan activity . . mmm - or any Kind. l Tn ht ln principle. It is 1 mmmm ...... necessary In practice, if the office- noiaer is to he Kept out of party man- asrement. He has no business there. IHe is nald bv the whole neonle to I.... . . . I nis jod ana ne must not turn from it to-ao pany worg. I - .iu mitt TZV wZZ. Alt Waverlv. Tows. Aue. 27. Tn 97 T- nanie of 200 emnloves of the Kellvi mm v M-mm, mm Canning Factory to escape from sec-1 ond floor of the cannlne deoartment A I a Min tanv h.d oniweH rlnii thrown Are over the room, fieo McRoberts was kUled. three persons I were probably fatally injured and a eM Af nth-r. were aevereiv nnrt . The building was destroyed by the I flm that followed the exnloaion. causing $100,000 damage. BRIEF NEWS ITEMS. October 12th will be "North Caro lina Day" in the public schools of this Bute. ' Nash and Edegeombe Counties are to have a big home-coming week about the second week in October. The census supervisor for Vir ginia were appointed Friday. Half the number are Republicans and half are Democrats, t; Forty-two cases were tried in the police court In Winston Monday, all for retailing liquor in violation of the -prohibition law. The State Association of County Superintendents of Public Schools are holding their annual session at Hen dersonvllle this week. Wilson Superior Court jrill con vene next Monday for ' the trial of criminal cases. There are ' ninety three cases on the docket. Harvey Richard met sudden death at Albemarle, Stanly County, Mon- day afternoon by coming in contact with a "live" electric wire. Elijah Barnes colored was arrest ed near Elm City, Monday, charged with attempted assault on a lady near Wilson Friday afternoon. Henry Griffin. af negro of Wllllam ston, was killed at Edenton last Wed nesday. He was drunk and resisting arrest, when the ehlef-of-pollce shot him down. Mr. W. D. Bowden, wife of a prom inent farmer in Franklin County, was asaulted by a negro, Rufus Red fearn. He hit her in face breaking her nose, and then made his escape. Alexander Ryter, a prominent young farmer, of Cleveland County, was instantly - amea 07 iiBmmuB wnue ne was stanains m mo u M a friend near Grover sunaay aner- I noon. United States District Judge James E. Boyd has accepted an invitation to serve on the reception commltee for the entertainment of President Taft when he visits Wilmington No- vemher 9tn. , Mr. R. M. Forbes was drowned in the Lumber River, near Maxton, Thursday afternoon. He was a Scotchman and had just arrived In Robeson County he day before to learn farming. -At. - Several workmen were Injured at Marlon Tuesday. ty a railing wall, James West, ol Kings Mountain ; Am- Ibrose Strout. of Lowell, and James Ponder, of Rutherfordton, are among those fatally injured. There will be no court in Duplin Countv this week. .Tudee Allen is unwell and Governor Kltchln could find n other ludee to hold the court. If Judee Allen improves he will hold court In Duplin next week for one week only. - I The society 6f the descendants of the signers of the Declaration of in. dependence wiU celebrate thls year ai xoraiown, va., me lZSin anmver- of the nder of Lord Corn- Iwallis and his British forces to Gen- eral George Washington on October ! 19, 1781. The program will probably .. . I cover tnree aays. I The August term of Durham crlm- nan Kiriw inn sa nmnn Nnpnarn will be tried for the murder of en- gineer Holt and there are other charges against Shepard. Savannah the murder of Eva Bum- nas last November. i - - buUdlnr oVcunled bTMr D E Gate- hullding occupied by Mr. D. E. Gate- wood, a merchant, caught fire and A f tXraaVnn la of datnnfav (ha Annafilara Ma dimtta iq A on a Tisforal tnT: rTu; r chant's loss amounted to $5,000, - " partially covered by Insurance. A .v...MVi,. i . I ir.r.rl w v '5 ' f vT05 f ' T T V T UIUIU"-U,-'BW- IZL: ia.Te arrested at " ui8 money lD an improper way. Butner, it is S64 atiempted f488 IJO m ill i siihi nail iwnn rm ihbi rw w -1 n a at Yorktovwn' Va- tbe 128th w sarv of the anrrpndAr of T.ord f;orn-l,,ue' 1 . J ", r , " '""l'"' " mfruiul wrn. in uurma.inim wnn tne otner. me ran nu JLm 2l.e1H?lpto KU elei,naIlts at work handling file of a great district is behind Mr. . w-v. - - The South Carolina counties that voted "wet" ln the recent election in I that State ooened their ifttnanuHM 1olfor hnafneaa Ratiirav .ftnmftnn I ""vu,l.--- irt, tx. f ,. I I There Is a contest over the election! m three counues which will be set - - tied Friday.- The counties that "voted I Ar liova alan nnartoA nn mA will V I ' f " " " Ten until November 15th to dispose 1 or their stock. .1 Than, will He a ntoattn of m m. m-w v mmm w mm smw V mm p. WS bUV Southern Ancalachlan Good Roads I ..... ' Convention in Asnevine. N. C. on October 5. 6. and 7. 1909. The ob- hert of the meetinr ! to nmM w.Y and means for the eonstrnetion of three hundred miles of Improved 1 . roads ln the southern Appalachian I Mnnntaina. wth eonneetln roada leading to the Piedmont region of 1 - a . I Virarinla. Norm Carolina. South Car - olina, Georgia, and Tennessee. BILKINS IN BURMA The Burmese Women Are Good Looking But They Smoke Cigarettes. RANGOON IS THE CHIEF CITY One of the Buddhist Strongholds The Burmese Probably Are of Chinee Origin The Burmese Wo men and Their Habits Mandalay, the Second City, and How Kipling Made It Famous The Burmese Are Ingenious Elephants and What They Can Do What It Means to "Have an Elephant on Your Hands The Pagodas. Rangoon, Burma, Aug. 21. 1909. Correspondence of The Caucasian Enterprise. In goln from Ceylon to Calcutta you hev ter pass near the coast ov Burma. Az this small but ln terestln', country occupies a part ov the east side ov one ov the great pen insulas that stretch down from Asia into the Indian Ocean you might think that hit iz a part ov India. But hit Iz not. Burma lz too small ter cut much ov a flgger, an yet hit iz a powerful country an lz one ov the strongholds ov Buddhism; in fact, this strange religion or superstition iz probably more fully developed In Burma than in India, for India iz now under English rule, while Bur ma iz not. But hit lz only a matter ov time in my opinion, when England i will take Burilla. An' why not? Burma iz merely a small farm ad- Joinln India, one ov England's big farms The reason Bhe didn't take Burma when she got India wuz be- cause she knew that Burma couldn't get away, an' she knew that no oth- er country would attemDt to crab I Burma rite under her nose. Hit would-be discourteous in the first place. Then the fact that Eneiand Qez a large army In India an' a strong division ov her navy in easy reach at awl times leads her to beleeve that Burma will be rite thar when need- ed. An hit will. Rangoon iz the seaport ov Burma, an' iz the chief city. Hit iz built 0n a river ov the same name an' lz erbout twenty miles frum the coast. The buildin's air larro an' on hat an-I tial, some ov the public buildin's be- in' fine. There air tome- beautiful parks here an' the roads near the la. city air very gude the people prob- a oiy navm- caugnt tne good roads rever irom Java ana Ceylon, coun- tries I recently described The Burmese people hev a mixture ov Chinese blood In their make-up. az lz shown ln their features an I A. II . . t I oy cnaracter. nut no one seems ow now nu came ernout. Tney air, aarer m color than the Chinese an air a cheerful friendly people. Many ov the buildin's, especially the temples look very much like pictures ov ouuam s in inina, az seen in books. ThA Tliirmpno wnmon o!i fal . " ... 7 ude lookln. But they smoke cig- Urettes an thaMz ennuff fer me. The U8tom 8mf Sly look iOUK - , "- thef look very well an' behave well BO-f.ar az. 1 could 8ee- Mandalay lz the second city ln BU an " smiaieo. 3u miles north ov Pgnrnnn Kaln' 1nn rA I . " . - -v the Irrawaddy River. Kipling, theL.i-r rmn at Turinhnre. Br ngIlsn poet &ot off a Iot ov Btu f." J" JJ on the road " ' 4 saw-no nyin nsn ir j-l ,, t M I a rln my vlslt tnar. however, though f . . - - fwnET In passm; Detwf the tw0 Tou 8ee Ta8t Quantities ov I rice Tilled hero an thnra THrn or, A w . . r teasiwooa air tne two nnncinai nrnn-i "S8 T . gh rUb,eS other gems air found in the northern Dftrt ov the country . I - A.n ,n a. w 1 ana turn out nne carrinn in ivnnr. teak aild Bandal-wood. The mairJ m.nT tmflfi.Aft nf nnAAu , I . - : " " I Drass and alabaster, an' they air fer 8ale in neany awl stores.- I t Burma, az in India, the ele- l?1 Iz horse and 016 wagon, js-ipnants air very pientirui, an' the quantity an' variety ov work mey can ao iz surprisin'. At Ran- goon, where there air great lumber yards, fer the shippin ov lumber lz wab w am h A i a w i ucai jr Muiuers. iueT air wen train - i vu witryuant aoes tne worK I A Vt' AM U t a V A. M a. 9 " " men. ur course, eacn eie- -"- "c 1BW aeeper wno I uirw-ts me wora. mey air usually lirainea to this work when quite ir y man- a iran uaah iamm Mit-raM. 1 ' Jfluru4 1 ?. ,7 S . wora. mey euner I IIft OT PUSh the pieces OV timber. US - i 4V a. . . ... an "7 06 irain I, i lull T jtjc, sa. man run I na u annanr pivuvy ut patience, an ne Will I - . n0t 8176 lt UD until hit done rtte' I rhA i1M rkv iha nil. rw lnmluw VaI' I . Perfectly straight Some or these elephants weigh as much az four thousand pounds each, an az they con8mf rbout one-fifth their own I w ai eli vnAl MAW a m us warn an sa w n sa ma aXrXAms7l ooting !! roi: work, it means erbout 800 pounds or fenberger, looting the passengers and l al?ther Provender Th I W vi SJStfW WM mt WS Wn A M Tlrtl SB WS 1 m" (Continued on Page S.) T1IE WttOXQ TYPE OF TOBACCO. Eastern North Carolina Farmer Must Change Their Methods of Growing the Tobacco Crop. Messrs. Editors: For the last few years it has been perfectly apparent to every close observer of the sales of tobacco on the western North Car olina markets that this white tobac co was growing less and leas la de mand. During he first few years of tobacco culture in this section of the State, white, or what is known as lemon colored tobacco was in greatest demand and sold for fancy prices, but for some cause the de mand for the manufactured product made from this type of leaf began to drop off. In the meantime, stim ulated by the higher prices of white tobacco, farmers devoted their chief attention to the production of this tobacco, with the result that more of this type of tobacco was made than there was demand tor and con sequently the price fell off. Farmers learned from experience that that the highest type of white tobacco was made by priming off the tobacco early and curing it a pea- green color which changed after ly ing In bulk a few weeks to a very beautiful light color. This method was practiced to such an extent that since 1900. although the crop Is now not transplanted much, if any, ear lier than it was then, yet it is taken off the hill and cured from fifteen to thirty days earlier. This type of to bacco for the last two years has hardly paid the cost of production and as most of our farmers made this type of tobacco. It will be seen that It has been, to say the least, an unprofitable crop. We must change our methods. The manufacturers tell us they want a heavier, richer and riper tobacco. They have paid good prices for such of this tobacco as we have made. A change from present methods certainly cannot harm us, for we are making nothing by growing the thin, white chaffy tobacco. It Is easy enough done. When the tnWm in ahnnt knee h!h it should 9 be primed high and the primings thrown on the eround. Then too low lin ,nH,ni.A ith crri-iwth and vfrnr of the plant, let It stand on the hill nntn thnrnnrbir rine and cure. The Up it will be an utterly different class of tobacco from that we are Lnw mukinr unit a dMi tht mun fnntnrera ther want. Let's make what tw want and little bit less than they want Grow all our home .nnit Market the rron in a sea- ....vi. V1A w mrA throw It all on the market in three or fYrar months Do this and In-my Lp'nlon It will be the xnedlclnt t< wm produce a cure. O. tSiotmt ln Raleigh (N. C. ) Progressive Farmer How About It? union Republican. As note(i in 0ur news columns. cwIp Poddrell. colored, a wife murderer sent up from this county to thp fitatp ppnitentlarv for life, made h, MMTP. the nast week This Is not an exception. Under good (T) rpmcratie state government from 7. 7 " time tO lime a convict escapes, uuw very little l8 Bald aDout it Under a Republican administration some indicated Dad management ana la- competency. at least so the Raleigh News and Observer was free to say. However, there Is a feature to Fod dreirs escape that should not pasi ... . . pass unnoticed tta was at work at the whose authority was he sent there? K kA.nV the LaW Lmp"!! PTnr(iv that life-term prisoners are not 8ent outside of the State r pri80n? If this be a correct version of tne law wny wa Foddre11 8ent to our eVer watchful" sentinel, the News and observer, from his perch in the 1 .... . .t. c. ... ueinocrau& lower ii iu hviwi .1.1 M CSQ eitner CUrfWV UB 1 wo wi fully explain this evasion of the Uw if we are correct u we are correct. Reason for Republicans to Fight m Western Carolina Enterprise. The Gazette-News has It that Sen- at0rs Simmons and Overman are try- lng to fight some of Mr. Grant's ap- polntments. We cannot vouch for the truth -or this, nut we win u more fitting that such should be the case than that certain office-holding Republicans should try to pat him on the back with one hand and knife . . a im. w. 1 Grant. Reauzmg uiis. we see no rea- I . M M XS. son wny ne snouia tear me enem whom ne nas aireaay conquerea. I Republican rrospects ungni in vir- I sduia. washinrton. Aue. 21. Congress- i ' man Slemp. of Virginia, who visited the Treasury Department to-day. 1 . , A. & ..vti I BSIU KUV neuuuiiuiu utuvn iui carrying the State this fall are good. Ttohher TTnlda Tn and Robs a I -7 . ' - Train. I : i A 1 namsourg, r., auB. bandit, masked and armed, held up the Pittsburg Express on the Penn- I sylvan la Railroad in Lewis ton Nar- rows, fifty-two miles west cf here to- I a L. - m JB mm .i mmm s a w m express cars and getting away with I m mi M 1 mm mtM . V mm mkmiWi t ian amount 01 money imwmu.wu mated from $100 to $100,000. TWO MEfUYKCHED One of the Victim had Killed One Person and Wounded Four Other. SHERIFF AtlONGTHE WOUNDED One of the Necrom Lynch Wm an Ccape4 Convict. While the Other Xegro Was Put to Death for Giv ing Him Shelter IW la pursuit of Xegro Woman Who Will 11 Lynched When Caught Intra Peeling ln Georgia Over the AN fair. Soperton. Ga.. Aug. 27. Two ne rroes lynched and a pot la pursuit of the wife of one of the victims; the killing of a prominent planter, a member of the pou; the probable fatal Injury of the sheriff of Mont gomery County, and the wounding of four other members of the pocse. summariies the nsutt of one of the moat exciting man hunts ibis section has ever known. Ben Clark, an earsped convict from the Btbb County chain-gang, was shot to death after a fierce bat tle early to-day, and his body burn ed. The negro threatened to kill Nicholas Adams, a merchant of nibb County, "and a hundred others." John Sweeney, who harbored the ex-convict, was taken from a passen ger train a mile from Tarrytown to night and lynched. The posse then set out In search of Sweeney's wife, who it is said, was ln the neighborhood. Intense excite ment prevails throughout this sec tion. Jsmes Durden. a prominent plant er and member of the posse which captured Clark, was shot and Instant ly killed. The other members of the posse who mere shot by Clark mere: Sheriff James Lester. Walter Sim mons and three others unknown. The officer received an ugly wound ln the breast. The posse found Clark In Sweeny's house. Sweeney's wife was at home, but Sweeney was absent. The sheriff called on Clark to surrender. For an swer he received a 4 4-callbre bullet fired from a rapid-fire gun. Durden was hot and other members cf the posse fell before the torrent of lead dealt out by the negro. He continued to fire until his ammunition was ex hausted. He was the overpowered and his body riddled with bullets. He wore a steel breast-plate that turned Winchester bullets. A ptle of logs was covered with crude turpen tine and the body cremated. In the excitement the woman escsped. The events o f the dsy fired the Intense spirit of the posse, and it Is said she can not evade the search that is be lng conducted to-night. Sweeney was caught near here late this afternoon. He was carried aboard a northbound train to a se cluded wood near Tarrytown, where his body was riddled with bullets af ter being swung up to a sapling. A NEW FLYING RECORD. English Aviator Breaks World's Rec ord in Endurance Test at Rhelms. Bethany Aviation Field Rbelms, Aug. 27. Henry' Farman, the Eng- ish aviator, a hitherto unknown quantity ln the aviation contests, in a bl-plane of his on design broke the world's records for duration of flight and distanced in a heavler-than-alr machine to-day and won the grand Prix .de la Champagne the endurance test by a remarkable flight officially recorded as 180 kilo metres (11.78 miles) In 3 hours, 4 minutes, 56 2-5 seconds. He actually covered an extra ten kilometres and remained ln the air ten minutes after 7:30 o'clock this afternoon, the hour that the time keepers, under the rules, ceased to keep a record of the flight. Although Farman's brilliant rec ord as an aeroplanlst should hsre wsraed the shsrps that he was a dan gerous competitor, his victory was a complete surprise. He had been pre paring bis machine secretly ana naa not appeared upon the field until to day except for a few practice-flights and had been almost forgotten. The Southern Democratic Politician. Henderson Gold Leaf. It Is difficult to believe that any people who have ever been free could long endure such extreme tyranny as fanaticism run daft has prepares tor the people of Alabama. Charlotte Observer. But It Is all to save the dear peo ple from themselves tney ao not know what is good tor tnem ana, therefore. It is right. Any way. the demagogue politicians seem to act upon this assumption. Can't Even Chew Tobacco. Clinton News-Dispatch. Those false teeth made by Dr. Jo sephus Daniels last winter to bite the . trust with wouldn't fit. They could not even 'chaw terbacco" on 'em. While the trust are robbing the peo ple of their tobacco the Democratic party is entertaining the trust with a "Pink. Tea." No wonder the trust sticks so . close to the Democratic party. 4 V Is f f t - t; . fi t i 4 V I
The Caucasian (Clinton, N.C.)
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