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I I . i -i TIIC CAUCASIAN. i is i si J i ! f I 0 ! 5 I i 1 1 ' P : i I i; i i 1. jr. ft r State Netfs. The member of the North Caro lina Metbodist Conference voted to! boycott newspapers that carry whis-1 key adrertiicxnents. j The hotel at Itoseboro, Samptoa j County, ai destroyed by fir Frt- day afternoon. Ixm is eitimated at; 3,000 with co insurance. j Wat Porter, a white man of AH bemarle, shot and badly wounded j Will Talbert Saturday afternoon.? Porter va arrested and placed In Jail. In the Superior Court at Kenans rille a verdict for $10,000 was se cured against tho Atlantic Coast Line in the cast of E. Iioney. administra tor of George Boney, an engineer who was killed in a railroad accident at South Rocky Mount in 1907. The ginning plant of the Glendon Ginlng Company, situated about one mile from Washington, N. C, was burned Friday afternoon. The cot ton gin was owned by Mr. W. D. Grimes, of Washington, and was run ning in full blast when the fire was discovered. During the recent term of court at Washington, N. C, John G. Sims, formerly agent for the Life Insur ance Company of Virginia, was sen tenced to three years in the peniten tiary after pleading guilty to the charge of embezzling from the com pany more than $3,000. Farmer Meet With Heavy loss. Mt. Gilead," N. C, Dec. 3. Mr. A. O. Haywood, near here, lost by fire yesterday morning, his barn, four horses, six cows, two bales of cotton, about 400 bushels of cotton seed, a lot of wheat, forage, harness, vehicles and farming implements. The resi dence was saved by heroic work of the family and neighbors. The loss is about $4,000 with no insurance. Long Distance Walker on the Hog. Wilmington, N. C, Dev. 1. Earl S. Transue, a long distance walker, who was walking for a wager from Bethlehem, Pa., to Klssimmee, Fla., was arrested yesterday at Farmers' Turnout, near Wilmington, upon the charge of killing a hog and conceal ing it. The owner of the hog prose cuted the young man and it resulted in his being bound over to Bruswick Superior Court, and in default of bond Transue was carried to South port and placed in jail. The next term of criminal court in Brunswick County is next March. Salisbury Child Fearfully Burned. A special from Salisbury to Sun day's Charlotte Observer, says: "The three and a half year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Jones, w ho live on North Lee street, near In niss, was fearfully and perhaps fatal ly burned shortly after noon today. While the mother was up stairs the little one came in possession of some matches and set its clothing on fire. The mother made the horrible dis covery at once and just as she was throwing an apron over the burning form, a messenger, who had called to see Mr. Jones, appeared at the door, and rushed in and threw his overcoat around the child, smothering the flames. SEVENTEEN HORSES BURNED. Disastrous Fire at Albemarle, Stanly County Livery Stables Burned and Manager Barely Escapes. Salisbury, Dec. 3. Fire of un known origin, at Albemarle, Stanly County, last night destroyed the liv ery stables of Case & Company, en tailing a loss of about $8,000. With the stables were burned seventeen horses and several hundred dollars' worth of vehicles. The manager of the stables had a narrow escape from death in the flames, being asleep in the building. He was awakened by the firemen who broke the door down. Nothing was saved from the building. PASTOR TOOK MISSIONARY FUNDS. Rev. Lu N. Booth, of Chowan Circuit, Sends Letter to Conference) Admit ting Theft Waa Highly Esteemed. Elizabeth City, Dec. 2. A sensa tion was sprung in the third, day's session of the North Carolina Confer ence of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, which has been in ses sion here since Wednesday morning, when a letter was read from Rev. L. N. Booth, of Chowan Circuit, ac knowledging that he had misappro priated missionary and conference funds amounting to about $200, that he had fled to New Jersey and could not return the money. Charges were immediately preferred and a trial or dered. ' It is a bad case. Booth, who was highly regarded by his congrega tion and fellow members of confer ence, was said to have left home four weeks ago, without the knowledge of the presiding elder, on the plea that his invalid wife was in a sanitarium in New Jersey. . His congregation had recently pre sented him with a fine horse and buggy, and a new suit of clothes to wear to conference. Chowan Circuit had paid all financial claims. MECTIXO OP FAIOCERS' CXION. Annual fusion Will Be Held la Grebro December 14 ad 1& A Large Membership. Greeasboro, Dec 3. Not leas than 400 farnieri, representing etery ac tion of the Old North State, are ex pected to attend the annual sefifcn of the North Carolina Farmers' Union which will be held at the State Nor mal and Industrial College on Wed neaday, December 14 and 15. The Guilford County Farmers Union U making preparations to show the vis itors the best possible kind of a time while they are guests of Greensboro and the coanty association. Dr. II. Q Alexander of Mecklenburg, is the State president, and be will preside over the sessions. Many important matters will come up for consideration among these be ing the report of the educational com mittee. This committee has had under consideration since the last meeting, the establishment of county agricul tural schools. If this suggestion is acted upon favorably by the Union, the matter will then be presented to the next Legislature with a request that suitable provision be made. The plan Is to have the State and county each contribute something, and to make a course in the institution as cheap for the students as possible. When the session of last December was held there were only 936 locals In the State; now there are more than 1,500. The membership a year ago was 20,000; this December it is more than twice as great. Forty-five counties were organized then; now 65 are organized. Last year the balance In the treasury was $3,631.04, while there is at present $10,785. The Guilford County Poultry As sociation will hold its meeting at the same time of the meeting of the union, and the visitors may attend this free of charge. At the last ses sion of the two-days meeting officers for the next year will be chosen. Next Saturday there will be a meet ing in the court house of the Guilford County Agricultural Association and the boys who were in the corn contest will bring a bushel of corn as a do nation to the association. The corn will be sold to the highest bidder and the money used to pay prizes and for other purposes of the association. Ad dresses will be made by Mr. T. B. Parker and Mr. I. O. Schaub. A most interesting meeting is anticipated. Fatal Shooting Affair Near Lexington. Lexington, Dec. 4. Everett Wel born, son of W. M. Welborn, who lives near the Wennonah cotton mill, was shot by Cliff Ross early this morning and died a few minutes later. A Winchester rifle was used as the death instrument, and the ball entered the back of the head. Ross was arrested about 6 o'clock this morning and is now in jail. It is said there were a number of men together carrying on rather a celebration, during the course of which Ross was robbed of a $50 check, his watch and coat. After this he went to his camp, secured his Winchester rifle and, returning, had a few words with Welborn, when he raised the rifle and fired. New and Fatal Disease Among Live Stock. Statesville, Dec. 2. Live stock owners in several sections of the county are somewhat alarmed be cause of the ravages of a contagious deadly disease which seems to be something new in this section. Sev eral farmers have recently lost cattle which were attacked by the new dis ease, and early this week John Gib son, a farmer of Bethany township, lost a fine mare which was affected in the same manner as the cattle. Two mules belonging to Mr. Gibson are now at the point of death, suffering from the disease, while sick cattle and horses are reported from other sections of the county. A few days ago several head of calves, belonging to Sid Crawford, were suddenly seiz ed with the trouble and died within 24 hours, and a horse belonging to another farmer, became ill while in Statesville and came near dying be fore it reached home. The disease af fects the bowels of the animals, and so far the local veterinarians have failed to find an effective remedy. The State department was appealed to yesterday and an assistant State vet erinarian has arrived to begin inves tigations of the disease. Two Boys Charged With Burning Lenoir Chair Factory. Lenoir, N. C, Dec. 1. Two boys were-tried here yesterday afternoon before 'Squire J. A. Bush, charged with burning the Lenoir Chair. Com pany's factory, which was destroyed by fire about two weeks ago. Neither of them looks to be more than 18 years of age, and the evidence against them was sufficient to bind them over to court. The boys are Luther Bowman and Richard Shu- maker. TWO BURNED TO DEATH. Two Others Seriously Injured Lum ber Mill Burned Near Kins ton. Kinston, N. C, Dec 3. Two ne groes were burned to ashes and two others horribly burned about the face and limbs at an early morning fire, which destroyed the Rutledge Lum ber Mill near here. The negroes were sleeping in a shed attached to the mill. General Netfs. Jose U. Flgueras, chief justice of the Supreme Court of Porto Rico. died Friday. President Taft has appointed Fred W. Lehman, of St. Louis, solicitor genera! of the United States, suc ceeding the late Lloyd Bowers. The population of tbe State of Vir ginia Is 2,061,612. according to sta tistics of the thirteenth census. This is an increase of 207,428, or 11.12 per cent over 1,854, 184 in 1000. L. C Dulaney, of Yazoo City, Miss, accused of the bribery of State Sen ator Bilboa, was acquitted Saturday Dulaney was charged with soliciting Bilboa to vote for Leroy Percy for United States Senator. The trial lasted ten days. Copper Hill, a little town of 1,500 people, located in the famous Buck town copper basin in east Tennessee, was almost completely wiped out by fire Friday night. The loss is esti mated at $75,000, only partialy cov ered by insurance. The body of Mrs. Jeanette Brown, wife of a tobacco merchant of Rich mond, Va., who disappeared from her home under strange circumstances early Monday, was found at the bot tom of the city reservoir by a search ing party. Mrs. Brown was twenty three years old. District Court Judge A. J. MurfT haa held the kiss of a young widow was worth $500. The decision waa rendered In the case of Mrs. Grace Hunter against J. K. Norman, former postmaster at Oil City, Louisiana. It was at the postoffice that the alleged offense was committed. Mrs. Hunter allged that Norman kissed her while she was in the office. She sued for $2,000. "Texas" and "New York" will be the names of the two new battle ships of the navy which are author ized at the last session of Congress. These two dreadnaughts will be christened in honor of those States in accordance with the legal require ments that first-class battleships shall bear the names of sovereign com monwealths. COL. ROOSEVELT WILL SPEAK. Will Address New Haven Chamber of Commerce December 13th, and Will Discuss Features of Recent Election. New Haven, Conn., December. 4. In a letter to Col. Isaac M. Ullman, president of the New Haven Chamber of Commerce, before which ex-president Roosevelt will speak on the night of the 13th, Colonel Roosevelt states that at the dinner he will make his first public statement as to the causes that led up to the recent political upheaval and will go into de tail in explaining them. Among the other speakers at the dinner will be Governor-elect Simeon E. Baldwin and President Arthur T. Hadley, of Yale. Next Confederate Reunion to be Held May 16-18. New Orleans, Dec. 4. George W. Gordon, general commanding the United Confederate Veterans, an nounces that the date of the next an nual reunion of United Confederate Veterans which will be held in Little Rock, Ark., has been fixed for May 16, 17, and 18, 1911. He announced also that the Confederate Southern Memorial Association would hold its meeting in Little Rock simultaneous ly. FIRST DAY IN CONGRESS. Both Houses Adjourned in Memory of Members Who Died During the Recess. Washington, Dec. 5. With the opening of the final session of the sixty-first Congress to-day, many fa miliar faces are missing. Following custom, both houses adjourned soon after their convening at noon to-day out of respect to the memory of those members who have died dur ing the recess of Congress. Five Senators and three Represen tatives have died since the beginning of summer. The vacancy caused by the death of Senator Daniel, of Vir ginia, has been filled by the appoint ment of ex-Governor Swanson. Sen ator Percy was chosen to succeed to the seat of the late Senator McLaurin of Mississippi. Governor Sanders, of Louisiana, was selected to succeed the Senator McEnery, but he later decided to retain the governorship and appointed Judge J. R. Thornton to the senatorship. Some question was raised as to the validity of this procedure and the Louisiana legisla ture is now in special session to set tie the matter. Lafayette Young, of Des Moines has been appointed by Governor Carroll, of Iowa, to fill out the unexpired term of the late Sen ator Dolllver. Former Governor Terrell, of Georgia, has likewise been appointed to fill out the term of the late Senator Clay. The deceased representatives are Samuel L. Gllmore, of Louisiana; Charles Q. Tirrell, of Massachusetts, and Walter C. Brownlow, o Tennes see. Their, successors were chosen at the regular election last month. A JiOVK TO UNITE MKTnODlSXS. Joint CteramlOan, Which W la Se ft la IUltiiswrr, Appoint Cte mittew to FonnaUt Farther VUn and Repot to MreCiag at CfcUa ooogps. Baltimore, Dec 2. The Joist com mittee of 27, representing tbe Meth odist Episcopal, the Methodlit Pro testant and the Southern Methodist churches, which has been for the pail three dayi considering: proposal! looking to a possible union of the churches named, or for closer rela tions between them, adjourned to night after having appointed a com mittee of nine to further consider the matter, prepare a detailed plan for further procedure and report to an other meeting of the whole commit tee which is to be held in Chatta nooga, Tenn., next spring. The committee is composed of Bishop Earl Cranston of Washington, Rev. J. F. Goucher of this city, and R. T. Miller of Cincinnati, O., repre senting the Methodist Episcopal church; Bishop E. E. Hoss of Nash ville Tenn., Rev. F. M. Thomas of Louisville, Ky., and N. L. Walton of Woodstock, Va., representing the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and Rev. T. H. Lewis of Westminster, Md., Rev. M. L. Jennings of Peters burg, Va., and S. R. Harris of Hen derson, Ky., representing the Method ist Protestant Church. SNOW STORM AND BLIZZARD. Heavy Snows and Very Cold Weather in Eastern and Western States Snow Foot Deep In Kentucky Much Suffering in New York. Washington, Dec. 6. Old King Winter has blown into Washington, bringing along a miniature blizzard that threatened to leave the capital snowbound. Whipped along by a bit ing wind, snow has fallen for twenty four hours. No relief is offered by the weather bureau. "More snow today, with to morrow fair and colder," was the only answer the anxious questioners received this morning from the weather man. If the western blizzard which is raging in the region of the Great Lakes sweeps over the middle Atlan tic States today, Washington will be in the throes of a storm that will run a close second to that of last in auguration day when the city was completely isolated from the rest of the country. Ten Inches Deep in Baltimore. Baltimore, Md., Dec. 6 Baltimore is today in the grip of real winter. Snow has been falling continuously since 9.30 yesterday morning. The ground is covered to a depth of 10 inches. This is the coldest day of the sea son, the thermometer at 8 o'clock registering 26 degrees above zero. A Foot of Snow in Kentucky. Lexington, Ky., Dec. 6. The mountain and lowland districts of Kentucky are snowbound today and the whole State lies under a thick blanket. Two feet of snow covers the mountain regions and communi cation is completely cut off. In the bluegrass section a blizzard which has raged for nearly 24 hours has tied up traffic. There Is a: foot of snow upon the ground. First Real Blizzard. New York, Dec. 6. The first real blizzard of the winter struck New York today. A heavy fall of snow, accompanied by cutting winds, caus ed injuries to more than three score persons and drove hundreds of poor to seek shelter in charitable institu tions and lodging houses. Traffic was crippled to a great extent Ambulances were busy through the morning hours and before 8 o'clock there had been 100 calls to the various hospitals in Greater New York. At the municipal lodging house six hundred persons were cared for, a record this year. Of these 30 were women and 10 children of tender ages who were found wandering in the snow storm. HUNTING DEERS BY FERES. Louisiana Professional Hunters Build Fires and Shoot the Deer as They Are Attracted to the Glare. New Orleans, Dec 3. Charges have been presemted to the Louisiana game commission that "fir hunters" in the State are rapidly decimating deer. It is said that professional hunters, moving from parish to par ish, are slaying deer by the whole sale, taking only skins and horns and leaving carcasses to vultures. By "fire hunting" Is meant the drawing of animals by fires and then shooting as they come into the Il luminated field. The game commis sion states that It is making every effort to apprehend parties who ex ceed the prescribed kill, but that It has met with great difficulty In doing so. The First Paper Printed by Steam. On November 28, 1814, the first newspaper in all the world printed by steam, made its appearance. That paper was the London Times. Up to that time all printing had been done by hand. Less than a hundred years have elapsed since power printing was instituted. Now steam prints are relatively few. The work is done by electricity. Savannah News. the election fMDsp: ZZZ?,: Some of the Letters Received bf the Caucasian Since i the Election. FRAUDS OF ALL KINDS Tte InformaUoa WftlehThe Cem-j fan Has bcrn Receiflag Since thej Election Woold Idici a Sytem- j malic Plan of Election Frauds Over the State 5Iny RtmbU-j cans Denied the Right to Remitter ! Boodle and Booze V& bf thoj Democrat Many Illegal Vote i Cast. t (Continued from last week.) We give below extracts from let- term from other counties showing thej contemptible methods used by Dem- ocrats in the recent election. Durham County. From Durham we receive the fol lowing Information: "In this county a great deal of money was used by the Democrats, it Is said. But the size of the Demo cratic majority Is not so much ex plained by their increase In votes, but by the loss in the Republican votes. This occurred largely on account of the hundreds of Republicans who failed to pay their poll tax before the 1st day of May. This will not occur again, so It Is safe to say that there are six or seven hundred more Re publican votes now in the county that will be cast at the next election than were cast at this election." Johnston County. A letter from Johnston County says: "There were enough frauds in one I township (O'Neills) in this county to defeat our State Senator, in spite of the fact that Sampson County in creased its majority materially this year over two years ago. I am In formed that a canvass of the voters in that township shows that 174 men voted the Republican ticket, while only 76 men voted the Democratic ticket I am told that the 174 Re publicans are ready to swear that they every one voted the whole ticket. When the Democratic elec tion officials counted out the vote in that township they gave the Repub licans only 120 and gave the Demo crats 219, thus stealing from the Re publicans 54 votes and padding the Democratic vote to the extent of 43, making a difference of 97 votes. If the vote in this box had been counted honestly, our State Senators would have been elected by 33 majority. If methods like this were carried on in other townships, there was enough fraud to make Johnston County Re publican, and if the same kind of frauds were carried on all over the State there were enough to make the State Republican. This does not take into account any frauds that the Democratic registrars may have com mitted in registering voters who were qualified to register, nor does it take into account the use of money and whiskey by prohibitlonlsts. " Iredell County. From Iredell comes the following information: "In this county there was, from my best information, a wholesale steal from the registration, and, besides, a thorough and very effective knifing of our ticket on the part of certain so-called Republicans. We gained in this county at least 300 votes from the Democratic party but we lost that many or more Republican votes, either from the causes I have men tioned or from other causes unac counted for. Our ticket was behind only about 700 votes. If what might be called the antl-Morehead Repub licans had been loyal to the ticket, with the large number of recruits that we gained, we would have either carried the country or had It tied, af ter losing the large amount of votes that were disfranchised by the Dem ocratic registrars. Besides, the Dem ocrats, to the surprise of everybody, had a good deal of money; where they got it, I do not know; but they used it with considerable effect. Again, the registration books In this county were withheld from examina tion by our people until challenging day, in violation of law. It will be clearly seen from these conditions that Iredell County, under fair elec tion, with no corrupt use of money, and with all Republicans being loyal, would have this year gone Repub lican." Nash County. A prominent Republican in Nash County writes as follows: "The element of Republicans who hare heretofore been having things their own way in this, county, who style themselves antl-Morehead Re publicans, have done all they could to antagonize our ticket and to try to make the Democratic majority as large as possible. I am informed that one prominent man who calls himself a Duncan man, said that he hoped the Republicans would not get 300 votes in this county. Besides. I am sorry to say, our county chairman did not impress our people as being anx ious to carry the county. I may be mistaken In this, but this is the Im pression that most of our people have gotten. One thing Is certain, that cave aoae la tai coaty ts did had all Republican :- .7 doty. Our ropi$ ar with lb fit wok 4o if "r1 Morehead as 4 isr Su? from fceadqaarurt. 0r lv?7l publicans don feT 4 t:; could under tt titr zutaa- WAS STILiXGLKn, TUKX nanr Widow Fcmod Dm1 ! u, of itanry Mlftla A Ural! M. dec. S!ftTin W. Va.. Dc. : i I Elizabeth Allen. ac4 $7 jn t k wealthy widow, u foaad her home in Shirley, near lt:r A larjre turn of taony tfh tU had In th house is tabilnr. 4-.; -u coroner is of th opinion , was strangled and then rott-i Mrs. Alien lived alone an3 z faith in banks, Sbe owned -or. able property, l&cludiar farms on which were prodcr!t t:) wells. Tho money b rtu :i royalties from lhe wellt ih In the house. When Mrs. Allen did not ;t. early In tbe day search was her, and she was found, fullr ed. In a rear room on the floor, n-.t,. rooms were In confusion. ho : that she had fought hard for !:?. The physician who was called m : number of small bones in hrr iti had been broken and her ind;!; crushed. In a house 20 feet away Mrs Ai len's son John Is dying from tui-r-culosls. Attorneys for Mrs, Mrs. Allen tt; through the house today and fouti $172 sewed In an old quilt and Ii: in an old sofa. There Is missing an old &i!ri u which Mrs, Allen it known to Lit had over $3,000 cash, with bcztt. notes and other securities. Building Houses Without Anj Wood. New York, Dec. 5. A vilUg wjj no wood In it has just been compet ed on the north shore of Lore it land, at Manhasset, just out$d of Greater New York. It Is the example of the "fire-proof boce Idea." Ten of the houses have ta finished up t odate, and oibvrs tr to follow. The principal naterU! used in their construction it Uttx cotta. Walls, floors and pirtltkst are of terra cotta hollow block -of practically the same kind that U used for the "sky scrapers," of Maa hattan. Concrete is . used for tie floor beams. In the walls the terra cotu t lor kg are laid end on end, with the ho' lor spaces running up and down, m that continuous "dead air" chbTi it formed. These act as non-coed ncttr of heat, and serve to keep the hotiw cool in summer and warm in winter. Japanese Will Send Cherry Tm to Mrs. Taft. Washington, Dec. 1. To replace the Japanese cherry trees presct4 to Mrs. Taft by the government cf Japan. to adorn the Potomac driT those which had to be destroje4 account of insect infestation negoti ations have been entered Into tween Japan and the State Depig ment. Former residents of Toklo no lif Ing in New York will secure J.1 Japanese cherry trees for planticj k Riverside Drive, New York, in coa memoration of the Hudson-FcHsa celebration last year. A WOMAN'S GREAT WEA is how to make herself attractive. Bst without health it is hard for ter to be lovely In face, form or tes' A weak, sickly woman will be cef vous and irritable. Constipation s kidney poisons show in piffl?1 blotches, skin eruptions and a wretch ed complexion. But Electric Bitter always prove a God-send to vob9 who want health, beauty and fries They regulate Stomach, Liter tti Kidneys, purify the. blood; W strong nerves, bright eyes, P5 breath, smooth, velvety skin, loeT complexion, good health. Try tfces Fifty cents at all druggists. AD3OXISTRAT0IVS NOTICE. Having qualified as adxninistrstj of the eiUta of tbe late Jidw Scarborough, deceased, of Wat County, this Is to notify all persos holding claims against said estat present same to me on or befoft November 15. 1911. or this notic will be pleaded in bar of their re covery, All persons Indebted to said eitt are requested to make prompt pay ment to xae. This November 15. 1910. JOHN H. SCARBROUGH, Administrator. NOTICE OP AD31TNISTRATI0& Having this day qualified as istrator of the estate of Csthericr Smith, deceased, late of Wake Coo ty, this Is to notify all persons Ing claims against said estate to pre sent them to the undersigned for pJ ment on or before the 25th &l7 November, 1911. or this notice be plead in bar of their recovery. O.U.SMITH. Administrator of Catherine Deceased. ' A. JONES & SON, Attorney Dec. l-6t i 1 - -- - - 7 A- ' v..
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