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TIIE OAUOA8UX. State Netfs. The aldermen of Durham have pawed an ordinance - taxing public dancing. Mrs. Benjamin Wycbe, of Durham, died suddenly Thursday, la Saa An tonla, Texas. ; Cases from the Thirteenth DUtrtct are being argued In the Supreme Court this week Iter. D. S. Kennedy, Superintend ent of Schools of Duplin County, died Monday at Kenansville. The business men of Oxford held a meeting Monday night for the pur pose of organising a county fair. Mr. Barslllal Gardner Worth, aged 88 years, a prominent cltlsen of Wil mington, died Saturday afternoon- John Long, a negro of Mount Airy, was killed Saturday by an "unload ed" gnn In the hands of Leo Long. Raymond Molr, a negro hack driv er, in Greensboro, was found dead in his carriage early Sunday morn ing. Mr. B. N. Duke, of Durham, has contributed $10,000 toward estab lishing a Methodist mission school in Brazil. Mr. V. C. Langley, of Wilson, claims to hold the corn banner for that county. He raised 145 bush els on an acre of ground. The meeting of the Methodist Protestant Conference at Kerners ville came to a close Monday night. Next annual session will be held at Thomasville. J. A. Bloomer, manager of the tannic extract plant at Old Fort com mitted suicide Monday morning, caused probably by mental, derange ment, brooding over rheumatism. The Mount Airy and Eastern Rail road, which has been in the hands of a receiver for two years, was sold last week by order of the court and was bid off for $20,000 by J. T. Hearne, who, it is said, represents several Northern capitalists. If the sale is confirmed it is thought that the road will be developed and ex tended into the mountains. The road runs from Mount Airy across the Virginia lines,' its length being about 20 miles. Will Re-Distill Waster Rosin. The following news-item from Wil son appeared in Tuesday's 'News and Observer: "Not long since, Mr. Bud Deans, of Georgia (formerly of Nash County), was in the Middlesex section on a vis it to friends and, while going over the lands of Mr. W. H. Glover, he -passed over what appeared to be a worthless spot, where twenty years ago stood a turpentine still. He struck a trade with Mr. Glover, giv ing his check for. three hundred dol lars for the privilege of extracting rosin from the earth. On the site is a well which formerly was about eighteen feet deep this being filled nearly to the top with rosin that had soaked into the soil and oozing into the well, besides, for a distance around the well there are large ac cumulations. "Mr. Deans is now having appara tus installed on the premises to re fine this waste and estimates that he will get around twelve hundred barrels of the grade of rosin which is now quoted at $5.85 per barrel. Af ter the cost of installing the machin ery, barrels, labor and freight, the cost will leave him a net profit of $2.85 per barrel. "Mr. Glover bought this tract of land fifteen years ago. It was un der mortgage, and he paid $1,600 for four hundred and twenty-nine acres. He has refused a $17,000 check for - the timber standing on the tract." Stokes Gets Verdict Against Coast Line. Wilmington, Nov. 18. A verdict for $7,000 was returned this after noon in the Federal Court in the case of D. M. Stokes of Pender County, against the Atlantic Coast Line. Judge Connor reduced the verdict to $5,0 Op. The defendants gave notice of appeal. Stokes was seriously in jured here several years ago in an accident on the railroad yards. SENATOR SIASHBTJRN WILL TAKE SEAT. McDowell Democrats Hatch Up a Flimsy Excuse to Try to Disqualify Him. Morganton, Nov. 18. F. H. Mash burn of McDowell County will be one of the State Senators from this dis trict, according to the decision of the canvassing committee, which held its meeting here yesterday. Mr. Mash burn, who received the highest vote at the recent election, is a Republican and is also sheriff pf hjs county, and It is said that on account of the fat ter fact he could not be elected Sen ator. The commission decided, how ever that as his term .of office expired in-December, while he would not take ; his seat in the Senate until the month following his holding of the former office would not interfere with his election as Senator. 1 WOMLIX FINALLY SURRENDERS. Sirs. Josephine O'Neal, f Rocky Mount, Who Had Defied Oflkers j for Months Finally Sarrender, I Then Collar Charged With j Writing Obceo Letter. Rocky Mount, N. C Nor. It. f Mrs. Jotephlne O'Neal, the woman t who has made considerable trouble (for the Post-oSce Department and f the deputy marshals sent here to ar j rest her. by her continued defying of ? arrest for the past six months, was j taken in charge yesterday, or at least I broke down and gave herself up. The papers ror her arrest were serreu though Mr. Ward, the marshal sent here by the Govern inent, and an as sistant, were unsuccessful in making the arrest yesterday morning. Yes terday afternoon several citizens of the city were deputised to accompany the marshals and the credit for the success of their trip is in a large measure due Mr. 8. Robblns, & mer chant of this city, who was one of the citizens deputized. Knowing that the woman had declared that she would kill whoever tried to make the arrest. Mr. Robblns, along with oth ers, appeared at the home yesterday afternoon and Mr. Robblns, by the gentle art of persuasion and relying on the fact that be had known Mrs. O'Neal before, stated that "He didn't come there of his own choice but was deputized," and he asked her "If she wanted to shoot a man who was com pelled to do a thing and who had a wife and loved ones at home." Up on a presentation of this argument she surrendered and her nerve failed her and the officers entered the house and made the arrest. Mrs. O'Neal, when she surrendered, faint ed and It was necessary to call a physician, and upon the doctor's rec ommendation that she was both men tally and physically unable to stand trial, the woman was allowed to re main at her home under the guard of a deputy. Robbers Work Clever Trick, But Are Captured. Charlotte, Nov. 18. While C. S. Brown and D. L. Murdock, strangers here, engaged a Charlotte policeman in conversation to keep him from covering his beat shortly after mid night last night, other confederates entered the pharmacy of Blair Bros., on the officer's beat, and abstracted a quantity of cigars, morphine and other articles valued at approximate ly $90. The trick was neatly turned, but so neatly that the officer grew sus picious and followed his recently made acquaintances. He, with others from headquarters, rounded up five men and boys. Cash Robinson and Joe Caton, boys of this city, pleaded guilty to breaking into the store today, bond being fixed at $500. Brown and Murdock are being held under $200 bonds on a charge of receiving stolen goods. Archie McKay Suicides, Caused by Smoking and Drinking. Lumberton, N. C, Nov. 17 Archie K. McKay, chief clerk for the Sea board Air Line Railway here, com mitted suicide shortly before 7 o'clock tonight by shooting himself through the heart with a 25-calibre Colt's revolver. Mr. McKay shot him self at the home of Mr. J. W. Mor ris, another railroad employe, death resulting in five minutes after he fired the shot. When seen on the streets this af ternoon he was in a happy mood and his death came as a distinct shock to the community. He left a tender and pathetic note to his father telling him not to be surprised at his deed, asking him to kiss his sisters for him, assigning as the cause for ending his life his inability to stop smoking cigarettes and drinking. Lenoir Chair Company's Factory De stroyed by Fire. Lenoir, N. C, Nov. 20. About 11 o'clock last night the Lenoir Chair Company's factory was discovered on fire and before assistance could reach the burning building the flamed had gained such headway it could not he saved. When the fire department reached the scene the, entire building which was a wooden structure, was enveloped in surging flames. The loss is estimated at between $70,000 and $80,000, with about $27 000 insurance. Acquitted of Crime, But Wants to Serve Sentence. Winston-Salem, Nov. 18. Assert ing that he had slain a man named John Bolan, in York, S.. C, 8 years ago, and that he wished to go back and make reparation, although he had been tried and acquitted of the crime, a white man of middle age, giving his name as Dock Lanier, sur rendered himself to Policeman Cofer here today. He was placed in a cell and the York authorities will be communicated with. The opinion of many is that the man is demented, al though he talked freely and rather connectedly of his life. He said that he was working his way back to York and that Ms main idea is to make atonement for his self-alleged crime. To those who stood firm and voted the ticket straight, we admire and re spect, but to those who sulked, or voted a scratched ticket, thereby giv ing aid and comfort to the enemy well, why didn't you have the man hood to go the whole hog or nonet State Dispatch. General Netfs. j The Ramos Typewriter Company of i Wilmington, Delaware, haa made an j assignment j Contracts for six torpedo boat de stroyers were awarded by the Nary I Department Tuesday. I A prevalence of "pink-eye at the Virginia Military Institute. Lexing ton, Va.. has necessitated the closing of the Institution until January 4th- 1 Fred Parker. Cecil Brown and Re- ! ginald Left, all prominent young men of Sault Ste Marie, Mic&lgan, were drowned in the St Mary's River Sat- nrday night. Myron H. Crippen, aged eighty- three years, father or Dr. Hawley H. Crippen, under sentence of death in London for the murder of his wife, died in Los Angeles, California, Fri day, friendless and penniless. L. C. Dulany, a planter of Green ville, Miss., who. it Is charged, paid State Senator Theodore Bilbo $645 as an inducement to vote for United States Senator Leroy Percy, In the recent Senatorial caucus, is now on trial In that State. Census Figures of Some Southern O ties. Washington, D. C, Nov. 17. With the Census Bureau's announcement tonight of the population of Mem phis, Tenn., a comparison of the growth of the six principal cities of the South, for which figures thus far have been made, puts Birmingham, Ala., in the lead in percentage of in crease by a wide margin. The chief Southern cities in the order of their growth during the last ten years, are as follows: Birmingham, Ala., has a popula tion of 132,685, as compared with 38,415 In 1900. or an increase of 245.4 per cent Atlanta, Ga., has a population of 154,839, as compared with 89,872 In 1900, or an increase of 72.3 percent. Richmond, Va., has a population of 127,628, as compared with 85,050 in 1900, or an Increase of 50.1 per cent. Nashville, Tenn., has a population of 110,364, as compared with 80, 865 in 1900, or an increase of 36.5 per cent. Memphis, Tenn., has a population of 131,105, as compared with 102, 320 in 1900, or an Increase of 28.1 per cent. New Orleans, La., has a population of 339,075, as compared with 287, 104 in 1900, or an increase of 18.1 per cent Typhoid Fever on Increase at the Na val Academy. Annapolis, Md., Nov. 20 Notwith standing the precautions that have been taken to stamp it out, typhoid continues to increase among the mid shipmen at the Naval Academy. Eight additional cases were taken from the midshipmen's sick bay to the naval hospital yesterday and to-day, mak ing the total number of midshipmen now suffering from the malady twen ty. The cause of the outbreak re mains a mystery and plans are now underway for a governmental inspec tion of the dairy from which an extra supply of milk was recently obtained. The theory has been advanced that the trouble is due to the fact that the 3,000,000-gallon reservoir in which the drinking water is stored is com pletely covered over, excluding both light and air from this supply. City Councilmen Must Go to Jail for Accepting Bribes. Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 21. Two former councilmen of Pittsburg, by a decision announced todav bv the State Superior Court in this city,' must go to jail for accepting bribes to influence their votes as Coucilmen. The. court sustained the convictions against M. F. Swift, Jr., and A. V. Symon, in the Allegheny County court, the former for receiving $81. 10 for the vote in favor of vacating a county street and the latter for ac cepting a like bribe for vote on the street ordinance and $100 for his vote on a measure designating cer tain banks as depositories for city funds. Death of Gypsy Queen Who Was a Former Society Girl. Baltimore, Md., Nov. 17 The bur ial of the body of Jessie Habersham Michele, the Baltimore society girl, who married a gypsy king, took place today at Loudon Park Ceme tery. Mrs. Michele died in a Cincin nati hospital recently. She was a descendant of Francis Scott Key, the author of "The Star Spangled Ban ner." The young woman disappear ed from her home about five years ago, joining the tribe of gypsies over which she afterwards ruled as queen when' she married "King John" Michele. Child Boiled to Death in Syrup. Thomasville, Ga., Nov. 19. Boiled to death in syrup was the manner of death suffered by the two-year-old son of Georgia Swift, a white man, at Metcalf, Thomas County. The child, walking backwards, fell into the kettle of syrup, which was carried by two men, and was submerged. SEXEIIAL SWINDLERS AKRI3TKD. Omrgrd WIH tttac the !IU to tH frmad Urn lUie--ErflmtJ Tttfi one oi ZTZT inv. rebSerr. and he was captsr0- 000,000 by GctRitiVJttJr Con-; accntta ssaa ZV l ccitu I Cucalcghasj. of Ne York. J . tJt m tr-oiic say h baa confessed. The York. Nor. 2LIn raids 3sJ was not casght important that Ptisaster General - Hitchcock took charge la peraoaV his f ...wrv inspector fell oa two concern ihUt ROOSEVELT IX WASimGTO. afternoon which they charge with! swindling the public out of sore than 140,009,000 by fraudulent use of the mall. Sheldon If. Burr, president of Burr Bros., Eugene IL Burr, secre tary and treasurer of the firm, and Frank II. Toby, If Tic president were arrested la the first raid and held In $20,000 hall each, The Got ernment charges that the firm sold between $40,000,000 and $50,000. 000 of mining and oil stock worth little or nothing. Charle L. Vaughn, a director of the Continental Wireless Telegraph and Telephone Company, incorporat ed, in Arizona, was taken la the sec ond raid and held in $10,000 haiL Inspectors say his company has sold stock to the amount of at least $1,- 000,000 which has brought In no return to the investor. Vaughan is treasurer of the Columbia Finance Company, which acts a fiscal agents for the Continental Wireless Tele graph and Telephone Company and had charge of the Continental of fices in this city. Both raids today are further evi dence that the government in its warfare against alleged Interstate swindlers mean business and no long er will be content with Issuing fraud orders denying them the use of the malls, it will press for convictions on criminal charges. The present cam paign began some months ago, and has resulted in the arrest of Louis Cella and his associates charged with operating a string of bucket shops; the offices of the United Wireless Company, the El Progresso Banana Company; the United Exchange of Chicago, the Steele-Miller cotton firm, of Corinth, Miss., and more than 60 other firms in all parts of the country. Postmaster General Hitchcock, es timates that the public has been fleeced out of at least $100,000,000 by get-rich-quick concerns in the last five years, but says their hey-day is gone. The Postoffice Department In tends to keep after them every min ute, and Mr. Hitchcock said today that other arrests, involving corpor ations that have sought investors the length and breadth of the country, are expected shortly. MORE DISPENSARY GRAFT CASES Charged That One Firm Defrauded Government of South Carolina Out of $500,000. Columbia, S. C, Nov. 19. A re ceiver was this morning at Camden named for the Richland Distilling Company, which has come into noto riety in connection with the old State dispensary. Mr. Alvam Lumpkin of this city was the receiver named by Judge Shipp. The papers were filed in Columbia this afternoon. The Richland Distilling Company is charged in the complaint with having defrauded the State of South Carolina out of $500,000. A collu sion between the officers of the com pany and, the members of the State Board of Dispensary Directors, is al leged. That the company rebated the directorate and overcharged the State of South Carolina for whiskies sold are the allegations in the com plaint. Claims That Negro Vote Elected the Democrats in Northern States. Washington, Nov. 19. That 30, 000 of the 45.000 negro voters in New York State voted for Dix and that 55,000 of the 75,000 negroes in Ohio voted for Harmon is the claim advanced today by the National In dependent Political League, the negro organization with headquarters here, that took an active part in the recent campaign against the Republican can didates. Rev. Dr. J. Milton Waldron, na tional organizer of the league, to day in a statement, which he says is compiled from the reports of the workers and officers in different parts of the country, said: "From reports received we feel justified in saying that of the 45,000 colored voters In New York State 30, 000 voted for Mr. Dix, and of the 75,000 in Ohio, 55,000 at least sup ported Governor Harmon, while in Indiana, Massachusetts, Missouri and New Jersey not less that 50 per cent voted with the Democrats. These conclusions are based upon the num ber of colored men who attended the rallies and other meetings of the res pective parties and upon the number who wore the Democratic and Repub lican badges and colors on election day at the polls when they went in to vote." BOLD DAYLIGHT ROBBERY. A NorfbBc Physician Bound and Rob bed in His Office. Norfolk, Va., Nov. 21. A bold daylight robbery occurred in the bus iness center of the city today, when two young men entered the office of Dr. L. B. Firey, and at the point of a pistol bound him hand and foot to a chair.; After taking all of the money In the office, the men hastened away one of them shouting, "Farewell, Doc! better be quiet about it" Dr. Firey j aaad t fm sd !a can whoa he clalscd to megnU rsas waoa rVlZ I Rwircd by National Pre deb la Afternoon la the Kvmin He Lectured on HI African Trip Ue for Very Large Asdkece When AUmhI About roll Uel san ation. He Said, -Every nit Day but the Xlght Belong to the OaU. Washington, D. C Nor. IS. Theo dore Roosevelt returned to the Na tional Capital to-day for the first time since his offlclal departure from the White House In March, 1909. In the role of sportsman and scien tist he came to relate before the National Geographic Society to-night adventures In the African Jungle. Fully 5,000 persons. Including cabi net oficers and members of the dip lomatic corps, crowded the conven tion hall and gave him an enthusi astic welcome. Much Interest was manifested as to whether he would make any refer ence to the recent political upheaval or politics in general, but beyond the remark that "every dog has his day but the nights belong to the cats," which he made in Jest before the National Press Club, where he was Informally received this after noon shortly before his arrival, the Colonel evaded the mention of poli tics. From the moment of hii arrival at 4.20 o'clock this afternoon , the Colonel kept ap a rapid fire of su perlatives that evinced the hearty enjoyment he felt at returning to scenes that recalled strenuous days of executive action. At the National Press Club there was a great gathering of newspaper men and their friends. . Addressing the newspaper men, he said: "My friends, I am very deeply touched by your kind way of greet ing me, and I do hope you under stand how genuinely I feel IL I do not want to make any comments." Mr. Roosevelt Joined In the laugh that followed, and added: "I was thinking of one, however, that would be sufficiently inclusive. I wish to say that every dog has his day, but the nights belong to the cats." When the laughter subsided, the Colonel paid a compliment to the character of the newspaper men of the Capital. "There were individuals among you," he said, "for whom I think I was able successfully to dissemble my love. In that respect they rank with some Senators, Representatives, plutocrats, labor leaders and others." The Colonel closed with a bit of humor that occasioned laughter when he said: "And now I am going to have a chance to shake hands with every blessed one who does not think his character will be hurt thereby." In his lecture at Convention Hall, to-night, he confined himself entire ly to a discussion of the incidents of the trip and told of the habits of the natives, the encounters with wild beasts and the remarkable collection of specimens which, he declared, he was glad the expedition was able to obtain. The Colonel was Introduced by Henry Gannett, President of the Na tional Geographic Society, who read a resolution of appreciation adopted by the Society for Mr. Roosevelt's services to geographic science. The Colonel, in referring to the African expedition, praised the work of his companions and mentioned among the achievements of the trip the taking of the best photographs of a herd of wild elephants ever tak en and the only photographs of live white rhinoceroses as well as some 14,000 species of much value. "There were no hardships," he continued, "except a mild amount of danger from shooting wild beasts and from disease. Fortunately no white man of the party was lost." , The speaker digressed to mention that he was Just about on the , equa torial line when the news reached him of the alleged discovery of the North Pole by Dr. Cook. He said he did not believe it at the time. When he received news a few days later of the achievement of Commander Peary, he declared that he was con fident that the pole had been reach ed and added that he was glad of the stand which the National Geo graphic Society had taken in defend ing Peary. Indirect allusion was made by the Colonel to his recent strictures on the Supreme Court, when he related an Incident which, he said, only Mark Twain could have done Jus tice to. "Many of us who have had dealings with government officers know the type of bureaucrat that will keep to the rules, even if the heavens fall," he continued. "Captain Smith, the head of the irrigation service in a North African town; had been trying to raise vegetables and flowers. One night a zebra came and his gardener killed the animal, whereat the dis trict Judge promptly fined the garden er for killing game without license." The audience laughed as the Colonel added: "I don't think the most sen sitive soul could object to calling that Judge 'fossilized. After the lecture Colonel Roose- rlt fetid aa tssprs&stt tajusy ctUU ftmata fWaTt cnm.tr t.ttt , 7 CRUELLY klLtit lit A in. His ramtt to twtt 4 t Musei. I&4.. Nor. ti h was dead; I i44 U T' the bsfgy and turttd ff llf , welL I had the body H;p4 J tae teat. Oa the way Uuf ,t, a UtUe and threw his ar- f. ! ay neck. Then 1 fcet tla sf V head again until he was qn, as I was about to throw tt tjTj to the well, he groaaed a&t tit . long sigh." This, according to la ttluK part of the signed coafeios c: rv Jamla Smith, twenty-two mr c; t farmer now In the Mancit xl was the climax of a reaariA:, cital of murder. Last night. Smith, hit smeared with blood, stagser4 the home of Oscar Shaw &4 u: 4 story of having been atun j highwaymen. Smith's father was myiunc missing and suspicions were arc-. which ltd to his arrest. Uzttt n. axnlnatlon, he finally said tut j, would show the police wher father! body could be found. Ho led the way to an abaadoit well and pointing, said: There he Is." From out of the well tiie ;o.: took the body of Charles Smith. ut father. The police learned tfcn n father and son had quarrel! Wo& the father wanted young Salt pay board. DEWEY WANTS 40 RIG SHIPS. Hopes- To Live To See FWt S43 Through Panama Ouud. Washington, Nov. 20. Cecrrt Dewey, the Admiral of the Nary, tJa. self a Democrat, explained in an i. terview today that he anticipates change In the two-hattlesbirt-&.re4r building program under a DemomUe House of Representatives. He tclii that a battleship fieet In each oceaa will still be a necessary after tit opening of the Panama Can, tzi that from 40 to SO battleships !i t! ultimate standard of the America navy. "One can not help but becost thused over the splendid work dest on the Panama Canal as It is mis ally nearlng completion," siii tit Admiral. 'I was especially pif fled to see the statement that ti canal will be opened a year tlai cf schedule time. Aside trca oiler advantages, the one great tti irra diate benefit of the Panaca Caiul will be Its material strengthen c! the barred doors separating tit At lantic from the Pacific, snd I hope to be present at the magnificent s?e tacle of seeing the first fleet of Amer ican battleships go through." FOUR KILLED BY NAVY GUX. Caused By Premature Explosion of Gun at Practice Ground. Washington, Nov. 19. By the pre mature explosion of a 5-inch, 51-cai-lbre gun, at the Indian Head, ill. proving grounds of the nary, foar men are dead, including Lieut Ar thur C. Caffee, who was in charge cf the gun, and one man, a negro, riously Injured. The breech block 0! the ran. which was beine tefte4. blew backward into the crew was firing the gun. The eiplcsica probably was due to a bent or foalel firing pin, which projected beyond th face of the breech plug of the gas Richmond Witnesses Large Parade of Bible Class Members. Richmond, Va., Nor. 20. 0? 5,000 men marched through tht streets of Richmond today In the Sti annual parade of Bible class sies bers. They proceeded to the city t ditorlum where they held religion services and were addressed by H02 HY B. P. McFarland of Washinr and others. Governor Mann 12 Mayor Richardson were in the lice cf par ad era. LION FONDLES A CHILD. In Pittsburg a savage Hon rea died the hand that a chUd thrust Into bis cage. Danger to a child tf sometimes great when least rersxtV ed. Often it comes through CoM Croup, and Whooping Cough. Thtf slay thousands that Dr. King's K Discovery could hart saved. "A f doses cured our baby of a very hw tas of Croup," writes Mrs. Gecrrt B. .Davis, of Flat Rock, N. C. alwaya give It to him when he t always give it to him when he tsktf dlco. It's a wonderful mediclst & babies." Beat far Coughs, Cold, Grippe, Asthma, Hemorrhages, free. Guarantee! by all Druggl ADnNlSTRATORfS NOTICE. Having qualified as adinlfiittf of the estate of the late JoJ J Scarborough, deceased, of Countythis is to notify all pe holding claims against said ettaW present same to me on or !rr: November 15, 1911, or this nes will be pleaded in bar of the.r.T covery. All persons Indebted to fZf are requested to make pronpt F ment to me. This November 15. 1910. JOHN H. SCAKBROTJGH. Administrate
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