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VOL. XXVII.
RALEIGH, N..C. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1909.
No. 39
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EDITORIAL BRIEFS
I'nless the King can do no wrong,
those South Carolina grafters should
j,;4y the full penalty.
Orange County claims to have the
oldest office-holder In the State, and
h' Is, of course , a Democrat.
The Democrats have placed a num
ber of laws on the statute books that
have never b'-en enforced. The laws
should be enforced or repealed.
Has Greensboro an epidemic of
j. llagra, or why did the physicians
of that town prescribe more than one
hundred gallons of whiskey the past
month?
Jt is a little strange to hear a
Democratic Solicitor in North Caro
lina proclaim that corn whiskey is
one of the requisites for the cure
of pellagra.
An exchange says that "Democrats
fight better when fighting each
other." They probably know each
other's record, which is sufficient
ground for their fights.
Some of the papers in this State
favor re-establishing the whipping
post for certain offenders. Not now,
for we need them to help build good
roads throughout the State.
Senator Bailey has Invited Mr.
Bryan to stay out of Texas if he
wanted to help the party. It will
probably be very hard for Mr. Bryan
to take that view of the situation.
An exchange says that Mr. Bryan
now has the interest of his party at
heart. We had not noticed any
statement to the effect that he had
refused to accept another nomina
tion. They must have had a lot of sick
ness over in Greensboro during the
past month. Over one hundred gal
lons of whiskey was prescribed dur
ing the month for medicinal pur
poses. A Baltimore lady, who is a can
didate for tbe legislature in her
State, says there is a crying need for
the legislation she advocates. And
it is quite possible that there is a
crying need for her at home.
The press dispatches state that
the Democratic ring in New York has
nominated a reform Democrat for
Mayor. There must be some mis
take about that, as a reformed Dem
ocrat is afterwards known as a Re
publican. The news comes from Texas that
all her public money has been spent
for "other purposes" and there will
be no salary for school teachers until
November. This is not an enviable
record for the biggest Democratic
State in the Union.
The Durham Herald thinks if the
Democratic party ever hopes to ac
complish anything it had better pull
itself together and let the country
know where it stauds on the tariff
question. The trouble is the "crit
ter" doesn't know itself.
Some of the Virginia papers state
that Henry St. George Tucker, the
defeated candidate for the Demo
cratic nomination for Governor,
made a "rousing speech" at Staun
ton a few days ago. He had prob
ably forgotten the serious charges
he made against his Democratic op
ponent in the primary.
The Winston-Salem board of trade
made no mistake in electing Judge
H. R. Starbuck president of that
body. He is a deservedly popular
man, conscentious in whatever he
undertakes and is all round qualified
for the position. Judge Starbuck
was elected a member of the last
State Senate by the Republicans of
Forsyth, and was recognized as one
of the most able men in the Senate.
A Durham negro finds himself
leading a double life he is out on
bond, yet he is in jail. Solomon
Shepherd, the confessed murderer
of Engineer Holt, is held without
bond in that case, and allowed bail
in the sum of $10,000 on a burglary
charge. The burglary occurred while
Shepherd was in another State, and
yet he admits the crime and exhibit
ed a bunch of keys belonging to a
person in the home that was burg
larized. Shepherd is either crazy or
Is willing to pay a dear price for
some cheap advertising. His counsel
will ask for his commitment to an
asylum.
SUFFRAGETTES TRYING TO
STARVE.
Put in Jail for Assaulting Member
of the British Government The
Women Forced to Take Food by
Use of Stomach Pumps.
London, Oct. 2. Writs In an ac
tion charging assault were issued to
day against Home Secretary Glad
stone and the governor and physician
of the Birmingham jail at the insti
gation of the suffragettes who are
raging because the officials are com
pelling the imprisoned suffragettes
to eat food while they are apparent
ly desirous of becoming martyrs to
the cause by starving themselves to
death.
On several previous instances suf
fragettes were released from impris
onment when they refused to eat,
but the women arrested in Birming
ham were forcibly fed.
Ellen Barnwell and Hilda Burkitt,
who were the leaders in the attack
on Premier Asquith's train, this
leading to their arrest, fought des
perately to prevent taking food, but
they were held while a stomach
pump was used to force them to take
beef tea. The women have resorted
to violence, smashing the jail win
dows and breaking all the furniture
In their cells. They scream "votes
for women" until the rules-abiding
prisoners complain bitterly.
As a result of their violence the
rights of the suffragettes have been
forfeited in part. No one is allowed
to visit them. Miss Christabel Park
hurst, desirous of interviewing one
of the women upon a legal point, was
refused admittance to the jail.
GOOD ROADS CONVENTION.
Now Holding Their Meeting in Ashe
ville. Speeches by Governor
Kltchin and Others.
The Southern Appalachian Good
Roads Convention, met in Asheville
Tuesday and will be in session
throughout today. The meeting is
attended by delegates from the seventy-five
counties of North and
South Carolina, Georgia and Tennes
see, comprising the Southern Appa-'
lachlan country.
Governor Kitchin and others de
livered addresses before the Con
vention. The meeting will adjourn
this afternoon.
The object of the convention is to
provide ways and means for the con
struction of five hundred miles of
improved roads in the Southern Ap
palachian mountains with connecting
roads leading to the Piedmont region
of Virginia, North and South Caro
lina, Georgia and Tennessee.
Destructive Fire at Jacksonville,
North Carolina.
Wilmington, Oct. . A destructive
fire visited Jacksonville, Onslow
County, early yesterday morning, the
aggregate loss being in the neighbor
hood of $15,000, partially covered
by insurance. The fire started in the
living apartments of Mrs. Mary Wil
liams, over a grocery store belong
ing to T. W. Brock, opposite Court
house Square. The origin is sup
posed to have been a defective flue.
Federal Prisoners Carried to At
lanta. Winston-Salem, Sept. 30. J. W.
Pruitt, white, aged fifty years, and
Prince McBride, colored, aged thirty-
five, were escorted to Atlanta to
night by officers, to serve one year
and one day each in the Federal
prison.
Pruitt was convicted in the Wilkes
Circuit Court for counterfeiting, and
McBride for illicit distilling.
Cherokee Indians Starving on Ac
count of Drought in Oklahoma.
Muskogee, Okla., Oct. 3. John D.
Benedict, Superintendent of Indian
Schools, who returned last night
from the Flint Hill district, reports
that several thousand full-blooded
Cherokees are facing starvation be
cause of the unprecedented drouth,
this year.-
The Indians have scarcely any
thing to eat and say they cannot send
their children to school because they
have no money to buy clothing.
Bristol, Va., "Wet" Again.
Bristol, Va., Oct. 1. After a
drought of more than eighteen
months, Bristol is once more "wet",
twelve saloons having opened here
this morning. Others will open
Monday, and it is said the number
may increase to twenty-five. The
license is $3,000 annually.
Wright Breaks Record for High
Flight.
Potsdam, Oct. 2.- Orville Wright,
the American aviator, today broke
his own and all other records for
high flying. He reacned the unprec
edented height of more than sixteen
hundred feet, although an official
measurement was not taken.
Tammany Democrats Scorn Liberty
They say in New York that every
time a Tammany man looks at the
"Statue of Liberty" he laughs.
Charleston News and Courier.
High Diver Breaks His Neck.
San Francisco, Oct. 4. Towers,
the high diver, made his last sensa
tional plunge last night at the
chutes, breaking his neck in the shal
low tank. . . r
TAFT AT PORTLAND
Twenty Thousand School
Children Pay Tribute to
the President.
CHILDREN FORM HUMAN FLAG
In an Impromptu Speech He Ex
pressed Appreciation for Hearty
Welcome Extended Him in Port
land His Ride Through the City
Made the Occasion of a Military
Display by the United States
Forces Stationed at Vancouver.
Portland, Oregon, Oct. 2. Carry
ing out a program which was ar
ranged with special reference to his
comfort and convenience and yet cal
culated to give the people of the en
tire city an opportunity to see him,
President Taft spent in Portland to
day what he declared to be one of
the pleasantest days of his Western
trip.
The day of the President's visit
was one of cloudless skies and a
summer sun. There was but one un
toward incident the arrest of a man
who carried a camera and in his ef
forts to get into the front rank of
spectators just as the President was
leaving hi3 hotel caused his appre
hension by the police. When the
man, who gave his name as Arthur
G. Wright, was searched, a revolver
and an extra supply of ammunition
was found upon him.
Wright tells a straightforward
story. He states that he is a drafts
man in the emnlnv nf thp f! W an
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",iVJ "4 xixwi ico u omcr-
ica, Mass., and his father at Lowell,
in the same State. Wright explain-
ed his possession of a special police
badge by saying it was given him
five years ago by Chief of Police
Hosmer,
' ;w 4 , I,:: f h t ZTZIIa son' Allowed by, a serious drought 01 mB ceu . " reaiIiea in them, not even a little chip or splln
three months pleasure jaunt cage of llonsand then provoked the d th d t falIure of he was In jail, between sobs he stat- ter off hlt . know theT ...
rh the West. Th nnU will animals, which leaDed unon the man- anu e secona was tne lailure or ler 011 Dll 1 Know in'T 11 1Ie oul
on a
through the West. The police will
hold him pending further examina-
Hrtn Intrt Vila onfnAalnnra I
During the forenoon the President
received from 20,000 school children
x- x-. t U1.
a uiuuio w uiuugui mars to uu
eyes. The boys and girls were bank-
ed in red, white and blue rows In the
grand stand on Multnomah field, to
LVtui CK 11 V 111 E
This form of tribute has hen of.
fered at other cities visited bv Mr.
Taft on his trip, but at no other
place approached the magnitude of
what proved to be the distinct feat-
ure of the day.
The 'President entered the field
through a gate at the crest of a hill
and the view of the children burst-
mg upon him an at once called out
an expression or wonderment and
delight. His entrance was the signal
ior an outDurst or cheering irom
the fresh young voices which contin -
ued until Mr. Taft had taken the
place arranged for him on a standi
directly facing the "flag." Then he
witnessed a arm Dy tne cnuaren
whicn combined with their cheers,
inspired him, he. declared, as had no
other sight in all his travels.
Following the motion of a leader,
the children stooped from view, then
sprang to their reet with a cheer
which fairly pierced the ear, and
waved red, white and blue banners
in a perfect storm of fluttering
colors.
Then at the command of thalead -
er to snell "Taft" one set of child-
ren. with a loud shout of T" held
up yellow banners to form that let-
ter. Then came the "A." "F." and
tho fiai t fiw 4 i,w,Jyoung man of this city and an em
cry of "Taft" which seemed to echo
back again from the far distant
mountains.
dent stood with eyes, fixed upon the
children. He asked that the spelling
uc lccatcu' il WBa
tearS CEHie.
ing colors which caused Mr. Taft un -
coiibciuufci to uuu xiis ueau irom u
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iu siue m uuiauu wnu iue uiusiu auu
the flowing picture before him.
When the drill ended and the child -
ren had been called to attention, the
President addressed a few -words to
them.
I did not intend to make a
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lul effort it inspire, who eee It.
and I hope you who participate In It,
with a sense of patriotism and a love
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the school children of nearly every
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no demonstration has been morel
beautiful than this. You call your
city the Xity or Roses because or we
Deautnui nowers, out i ioom. now
upon 20,000 numan roses, upon
which I congratulate your city and
your parents much more. I hope that
you will cherish this occasion as one!
which will bring back with its mem
that in every city he has visited the
peoole should have an opportunity of
satisfying the always prevalent' de-
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sire to see the President of the coun-
try. regardless of who may tempor-
1.;,' M.that ffl and has been
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lrovan .mi iinr lwu ux&l.db vwuuawi
ory the loyal thought of love of vllle and Mineral Point, a remnant that he nas been canea npon to give uoiana iv. ". f m-Li expedWon I secured the services or
country. . God bless you all." - of the line between Milwaukee, and a deed of trust to his entire proper- native J. S twT experienced men, Punjab an'
The President has been anxious I which was estaDisnea in isst. nas i ty, mciuaiug a nut? iarm m oiww iuhui
the arrangements for tbe general
public were not satisfactory.
The Portland Tribute today was
one of the most enthusiastic he has
had. His ride through the city was
made the occasion of a military dis
play by the United States forces sta
tioned at Vancouver barracks, the
troops being reviewed by the Presi
dent at the conclusion of their escort
duty. 1
NEPHEWS FIGHT A DUEL.
Fatal End of a Family Feud In
Georgia One Kiled and Two Are
Wounded.
Moultrie, Ga.. Oct. 2. At the old
homestead of the .late Nathan Flow
ers in the lower part of the county,
Bert Williams is dead, Wright Flow
ers is dying and it is believed Wil
liam Flowers is fatally hurt to-night
as the result of a terrific six-handed
battle with rifles and pistols, news of
which reached here to-day.
The trouble occurred over a dis
pute about the division of an estate
of Nathan Flowers. He' died, leav
ing no children, and since his death
John Hart, who married a niece, has
been living on the home place of the
Flowers. The Flowers boys are nep
hews, while Williams married a
niece. Since Nathan Flowers' death
there has been a wrangle over the
estate, It is alleged, and trouble has
been feared.
It is stated that the six men met
at the homestead and the quarrel
was renewed, the shooting ending
the dispute.
A HORRIBLE EXECUTION
Pretender to the Throne of Morocco
Put to Death by the Sultan.
Paris, Oct 2. A dispatch to The
Matin from Fez says that inquiries
show that El Roghl, the pretender to
a
1U iuUUi i ocy"
tember, was put to death by Sultan
Mulal Hafid himself under circum-
stances of revolting cruelty.
According to the correspondent
the monarch, assisted by his cham-
animals, which leaped upon the man
acled captive, inflicting horrible
tjl' n 1 1 nr? a . Thon a a T7M T? rt crVi f - ?a1 1 4-r I
the ground motionless, the lions left
him alone, despite the goadings of
ik0n. u v,
wc uuuau, muu lucicuyuu puiicu uia
still living victim outside the cage
with hooks, emptied a can of lamp
oil over him and set him on fire,
f.Hf ha flamM h
I tvuiuft via unauva . vv vu vii auan,u
rags until nothing-but the charred
oones or tne pretenaer remained
Soutl Carolinian Dies of a Very Rare
.Disease.
Rock Hill. S. C. Oct. 3. Mr. M.
A. Johnson of the Highland Park
mill village, died Friday afternoon
and was buried here Saturday. Mr.
jonnson was aneciea wun acromega-
y, taisease oi me giants;, an anec-
tlon that causes an abnormal en-
iargemeni oi everyimng aooui a per-
Json. Mr. Johnson's entire body was
enlarged, his hands, nose and ears
being two or three sizes larger than
the average. Very few cases of the
Kina nave ever come io me auen-
tion oi pnysicians at large aitnougn
I am reliably informed that it has
been known to medical science since
1886. Mr. Johnson has been afflict-
ed with this disease for a number of
years, ana nas a son wno snows some
affection of the same disease by en
largement of his jaws.
States.
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l ri,o.Ai isainc inh ft u.n
i xiraic&tro Agiuuo. iiviaj jm.w A .... 111 i
Rocky Mount. Oct. 3. Upon a
Berl0us charge preferred by a con-
I curu wuman. rr u. v. uu,
M fW4 tTTA W A HMO 1 1 TJtl IIAVI A
P10 tof the Atlaicft01!St '
.w.as UT i'vuv I?1
ms aPPearance 1D- uoncora -ax tne
I next term oi court. ine warrant
was sworn out bv a Miss Smith. of
Concord, and four of the most Drom -
Inent i&wyers there have been re-
tained by her. Miss Smith visited
I aKAnr rv turAlira m Anth a ova
and after her return to Concord the
1 young man has married a young
iaay or tnis city, tne time oi tne mar-
I . ... . . i
i riage oeing aDout tne time appomi-
ed for the marriage to the Concord
1 young woman
I Winston's Tobacco Sales Beat All
I Previous Records.
winston-saiem. uct. l. -a earn oi
l " - . -
nearly four million pounds or manu-
I - . . . . . . . . .
5acturM .lOD-acc. D
neM m tne TO ..OI
i year, as compared wun 1SU5 8 Simi-1 n ...tp. ft Hisnfprn to the farmers!. . , a .v ,
Lr VerlodI. th, t? "L' S 5 S! 2L2L ?'
.tatement comnlled from the Inter
rpT.niie omce. The local manu-
facturers have paid the government
.iari thi vr nn fnbaeen
WUS,D "".".'I"".
gtajnpa si,s&z,3ou.ub, an increase oi
t,17 ,,R ,R Tt m. be estimated
tnat manufacturera here have re-
ceived for this huge output nearly
tnirteen million dollars.
One Cent a Year Carrying Mail.
, Oct. 2. Star mail
Galena, HL
z. star mau
between Dodge-
- 1 route No. 39,125,
I . .. . .
been discontinuea. it was cut aown
to eight miles in 1881. .For four
years the compensation for carrying
mall ever the route has been one
cent a year, me earner nas oeen
offered aa high aa 120 for his gov-
nri. . m -ntivnir.
hiu uicuh wa m w w w w
SHORT COTTON MOP
Very Unfavorable Report
Issued by the Department
of Agriculture.
REASONS FOR A SHORT CROP
Official Report Indicates That
on
September 25th the Condition of
the Crop was Only 58.5 per cent
of Normal Excessive Rainfall In
Srplng. Followed by Drought,
Damaged Crop The New Orleans
Storm and the Boll Weevil Got In
their Work North Carolina lias
a Ten Year Average.
Washington, D. C, Oct 4. The
most unfavorable report on the con
dition of the cotton crop issued by
the Department of Agriculture at
this season of the year for many
years, was made public to-day.
Financial and weather conditions
combined to make the report un
favorable. Today's official report Indicates
that on September 25th the condition
of the cotton crop was only 58.5 per
cent of normal, as compared with
63.7 per cent on August 25, 1909,
69.7 on September 25, 1908, 67.7 on
September 25, 1907, and 67 per cent
on the average for ten years on Sep
tember 25, 1909.
After the announcement by the
Department of Agriculture of the
figures recording the average for
this month. Dr. S. A. Knapp, chief of
the co-operative demonstration work
1 fnp nana.t..t t A : 1 .
for the Department of Agriculture in
Secretarv Wilson said that th
L, !f
1. ."uo "6" CD' ?a
TJ "U,1Mlp
r 7" :r.7 rJ-..
th , f .
cotton planters to obtain advances
on their crops from bankers. The
' IT .r
, " "1 J . n
labor at a time when the boll weevil
was a most serious pest.
Dr. Knapp stated that another
reason which induced a falling off in
i;: " ,'"' " " I . r 6 ,T
the general average of Louisiana
was that there was practically 30
pr cent less of acreage in cotton
than in previous years.
The boll weevil did serious dam-
age auring the past year In the
south-western quarter of Mississippi,
"In my judgment," said Dr.
Knapp, "the really serious trouble,
which applies to all of the cotton
States, was brought about by the ex-
cessive rainfall in the early part of
tne season and the excessive drought
in the latter part. In some of the
states planters scarcely could obtain
water enough for their live stock.
This was particularly true of Texas
and Oklahoma. What is known as
the New Orleans storm, which pass-
ea up tnrougn portions or Louisiana
and western Mississippi, blew out
immense quantities of cotton, and!
served seriously to detract from the
excellence of the crop."
Comparisons of conditions by
states follows
Ten.
Sept.
25,'0.
Sept.
25708
78
69
68
71
72
70
70
55
71
70
78
70
70
69.7
Year
Aver.
I Virginia ..... 71
75
I Carolina
70
70
69
70
71
67
68
67
63
67
72
74
69
67
S. Carolina
70
71
67
62
53
Georgia
Plorida
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana ... .. 39
Texas 52
Arkansas
54
68
72
55
5S.
i Tennessee
LVL ,
U,.,v,
United States
CORN' FAMINE IN MEXICO.
I
Import Duties Will Probably be Lift-
ed to Relieve Suffering.
vuj, vrvw i.. -
r n O r AnwAn I n AAwn 1 w rw T -k I J-n a K Q 1
-aa., aUauau6 w "x""
esteir. Secretarv of the Sociedad Ae
i i t i
utuio JUCiliauo.
The recent , frost which worked
I uc tcvcuv
damage to the crop estimated atmfl
lioi. I t the culminaUng blow o:
Ninety per cent of the vegetable
crop has also been destroyed and
rices m rMngt ,n some instances
.
aouDiing
Another Good Democrat Gone Wrong
charlotte Observer.
The numerous friends of Mr. W.
N. Peoples, former collector of taxes
in District. No. 3, that embracing
m uuwjti, iw. o, wai. auui.ui6
the townships in the lower sections
i tne iousmy ia tne eauum
of the county, will be pained to learn
. I t a j -.1 ..l.ki.
trees luwnsmj. uUaC
holdingsto cover a discrepancy, in
his office, aa a result of taxes paid
put wnicn nave not oeen accounteu
ior, ana e l"
fof moneys which he has paid out
hnt for which vouchers are not held.
MARY RILEY 3IURDERED IS DTO-
J1AM.
Woman Had Been Minting for For
Dayi Everett Leach U la Jail
Charged With the Man ler.
Durham, Oct. 4. The Coroner's
inquest this morning in the matter
of Mary Riley, who waa found dead
near Sheriff Markham'a home place
yesterday morning, resulted in bind
ing over Everett Leach, the negro,
charged with her murder.
The woman had been m!ing four
days. Saturday afternoon the neigh
bors gave the officers the first clue
by asking if she was in their custody.
She was found yesterdany morning,
her neck apparently broken, the
clothing torn off and dragged 75
yards. She was little, marked save
the akin on her back. There had
evidently been a fight. Leach left
the dance hall with her Wednesday
night. The cries of the woman were
heard after midnight and near the
scene of battle was found a button
torn from the man's clothes. It took
enough cloth to mark him and hla
clothes had the missing button and
the clinging goods. He was bound
over without ball today.
WANTED TO BE A DESPERADO.
Goldsboro Youth Winds Up in Jail
Result of Reading Trashy Liter
ature. Goldsboro, Oct. 2. After reading
the adventures of Nick Carter and
how he finally succeeded In landing
"Bloody Pete" in jail, after a long
chase around the world, "Cat"
Snipes, a youth of this city, was ar
rested and lodged la jail on the
charge of stealing plBtoIs from sev
eral parties in this city. The youth
ful criminal Informed the authori
ties today that he stole the pistols
11 r LU HUTUUSH OL H01U111K UD EOme
for the purpose of holding up some
uabies and then see if he could have
better success than "Bloody Pete."
wh .m.t h tnnr
on Ms person. aU loaded and seem-
ed to think that he was a hero, but
when he heard the heavy iron door
cu u,
Profession was not the line he was
looking for.
A DASTARDLY CRIME XEAR
ASHEVILLE.
John Hamilton Seriously Wounded
by I nknown Party Missing Stu-
dent Found In Philadelphia.
Asheville. N. C. Oct. 2. John
Hamilton, a highly respected young
man of the Reems' Creek section,
neg n a hlsnital here with a dan-1
gerous wound In his back, near the
Lnin - result either of a delib-
Lrat attpmnt at nssaRsination or a
practical joke, while returning to
n"3 home on Reems Creek road, ten
sio. frnm iovm n., rMnirht
hast nieht Hamilton acromnanied
Ujy two Herron boys, were fired upon
fr0m Ambush, following a fusllade
Qf r0cks thrown at them from a
wonded embankment ahove the road
-jne Doys had been to a box supper
at Hemnhill school house on Reems'
prtk and after escortlne their elrls
home from the function were onl
their way home.
chief of Police Chambers this
Imornlnc received a messaee from
phiiadelnhia to the effect that Alex -
ander Gray Churchward, the Aihe -
viiia fhnni student who disanneared
from the BChool September 19th.
na(j been found, and to cease search
for the boy. The message gave no I the climber la partly acclimated be
partlculars as to where the boy waa fore he starts. The temperature on
found, but it is presumed that he
was located in Philadelphia.
GOV. SAYS SHOOT NIGHT RIDERS.
Chief Executive of Kentucky Says
ifara . nirH tn p(M4
irrankiort, K.y.oct. governor
Willson is advising the independents
tobacco growers of Kentucky to
snoot tne mgm nuers 10 ptw:Mth8 wonderful Himalaya Mountains,
their homes. Piles of letters are
stacked on his desk, the governor
says, from tobacco growers asking
I.. . a. m. i
nim wnetner tney must pooi tueir
tobacco, or whether they will receive
nrotection from the militia if they
I do not DOOl it.
the nocturnal InTaaer.." l tne aa-
I w
i virA that t tif eovernor eives. in a
statement Governor Willson Lwdlng the game back. back, cloa
that no man should nool his tobacco! -t v
unlesa he want. to. and that b. wU!
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ures to protect h!i home. The feel-
independents of the organization
men will be reached within the next
I few daya
Bloodshed is feared.
A Suicide at Mecklenburg County
Home.
Charlotte Observer.
While watching the burning of a
I barn near tne county nome at an
j early hour Thursday morning, Super-
mi' . j
intendent Holton, hearing the groans
i lureuutm "
of a dying man, went to the bed of
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Aei hla Ttw1r onrt tn. l r
" If
arteries of the wrist JLlthougn the
despondent J? "-J
mree -r ZZ,: ZT, JZ
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for 24 hours, dying at an arly hour
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BILKKJSjn INDIA
The Major Goes Hunting And
Btmg Down Two "Kings
of the Forest"
FINE DISPLAY OF BLUFF
More Facta About tbe Great Moan
talna IVary and Cook aad Their
Funny Yarn If the North loi
la So Small, the Major Will ttria
U Ravk With Him The Major
Convinced 111 Gotapanluas That
American Nerve la the Real
Thing Bound for Chin.
Correspondence of The Caucasian
Enterprise. Calcutta, India. Sept. 25. 1909.
I hev mentioned tbe great moun
tain range found in India more than
once since 1 began to attempt to give
some inside facts about India. But
pubiick interest hes just bin stirred
up afresh, not only here but through
out the world., by the announcement
that an Italian, the Duke of Abruxil.
hez cllbmed to the top or one ov the
high mountains, though not the
highest. Mount Everest, the high
est mountain here, the tallest in tbe
world, in fact, is about 2 MOO fWt
in height. The Duke of Ambruiil
and hit party climbed 13 right's peak,
which is about 24,700 feet In height.
I'd bin thinkin' that I'd climb Mount
Evreat just to show them a little
fancy work. But Just about that
time the papers got full or a yarn
erbout Captain Cook havln bin to
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eat tir over hit a fnr h th
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feller. hev broucht th. Mia with
you cannot convince me that any
two Yankee llvln would spend
I years ov time an' many dollars in
money ter hunt an' find a thing like
that, an' find hit an' come home
without hit when hit could hev bin
carried In a little box no larger than
I a match box. Shucks! You Amerl-
Cana do love to be humbugged! Me
an Bob air cow aboard a ahip bound
ter Canton, China; an I am wrlUn
this letter ax we sail fer I am bound
ter nnlsh up this trip with awl reaa-
onable haste an' return to the United
I States an without a moment's delay
proceed to the Arctic regions an
make a search fer the North Pole.
which I claim hex not yet bin found,
The Creator could hev made a world
with a North Pole larger than a
silver dollar. But did he? tit couia
I hev created two Yankees who might
hev discovered hit an" lert nit ax
I they found hit, an whar they found
hit. But did He? I aay no, a tbou-
jsand times no. Cook's yarn sounds
I Ashy. Peary'a yarn smells like
I spoiled nib.
Speakln ov mountain cllbln , a
I most lnterestin' subject, by the way.
I hit lz a fact that almost any strong
I man can climb to tbe top of Plke'a
1 Peak In Colorado, which Is a little
lmore than 14,000 feet high, the top
beln covered with perpetual snow.
I But hit lz on table land nearly six
I thousand feet above tea level, and
top. In summer, the omy time ov
year the trip can oe maae, ix irom
20 to 20 above zero. This la a great
I change to be sure, but lz not like tbe
I temperature on tne top ov some ov
I .i I I.JI. vshKI
muuim.
5Q or more aegreea oeiow zero, w
to 18.UUU leet man can get
f&irlr well: above than he can hard
Tut i didn't start out to ralat an
arKymmt about tbe North Pole nor
Dut something ov our great
bunt near Davjeeling, which, by the
WB. - - famous summer resort
1 '
percDed upon a mountain 7,000 feet
ab0Te Ma leTeJ one 0 tDe foothllla
I .w-
f K... r ihm lirror
. ,mni ,ndu. ranrea. Her
hnndred millions or people air
" ; Vten air
I ylcUUiUl Ul Wink a-"
the UTea wlU not kill them nor
awc v " m
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l low forei unun to kill them.
But the ordinary brown ele
phants, such az you see In every cir
cus parade, air not sacred, air a
nuisance. In fact, fer one ov them
kin eat enuff to create a famine in a
whole district., if . hit happens ter git
outside or the wild animal range an'
into cultivated fields. The tigers
awlso do a glide deal of damage In
i some sections. When one goes on a
I fnrarfn expedition
hi iSfled
he sometimes
I wfti not he satisfied until he eats up
fVmm PoP thI, nnatinit
iDaiiMfia. Tk irre4 tft. furnish
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enni and tame that lx Uke me to
J .ecUon for a small
;ri. ; vad In the bargain that
ther mnat be the 'first to et Wiled
In case any elenhanU or Ugers took
ln ePfa or ugeri wo
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