r&d&r, December 22. 1910.
TO IS CAl'OAfllAft.
The Caucasian
A.VD K-VLEICn ENTERPRISE,
1010.
l-,.,rw3 tM i'ott-oa In lUIelfh. N. C. j
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local Matters.
- Lula Jones died Monday at
v ,.' -ome on Harp Street In this city.
Mr. S. V. Whiting, formerly of
ti -"'firm of Whiting Brothers, is crit
ically Hi
All th; public schools in this coun
ty ill flofce for the Christmas holi
days on Friday afternoon and re-o;'-i.
Monlay January 2nd.
The case against the Standard Oil
Com;. any, charged with stifling com
je i'io:i, is still being heard in the
Hal-iKh Police Court by piecemeal.
At the meeting of the Baptist
Fur- Mission Board, in Raleigh
Thurv-iay night, the sale of the Bap
tist I'.ook Store to Mr. W. G. Separk
vas authorized.
Mrs. J. H. Gill passed away at her
homo in Raleigh, Saturday after
noon. Mrs. Gill was a sister' of
Messrs. Fabius and Marcellus Whit
aker, of this county.
Rev. T. W. O'Kelly, pastor of the
First Baptist Church, at St. Joseph,
Mo., has accepted a call to the First
Baptist Church in Raleigh, and will
ciovo to Raleigh in January.
A certificate of incorporation was
filed in the office of the Secretary of
State, Friday, by the D. H. Greene
Co., of Oriental, Pamlico County,
which is to manufacture paper pulp
and paper.
Arthur Mills, of Mecklenburg
County, convicted at the February
term, of larceny, and sentenced to
one year on the roads, was Thurs
day pardoned, conditionally, by Gov
ernor Kitchin.
The Governor, Tuesday, honored
the requisition of the Governor of
South Carolina for Meredith Head,
wanted at Union, S. C, for an as
sault with a deadly weapon. He is
now under arrest at Charlotte.
Charles Isaacs, of Watauga Coun- j
ty, who was convicted in 1906, of the :
crime of murder in the second de- i
greo and sentenced to serve seven j
jears in the State's prison was Tues-
day pardoned, conditionally, by the
Governor.
Mayor F. N. Tate, of High Point,
President of the Carolina Municipal
Association, has called a meeting of
the legislative and the special com
mittee on commission form of city
government to be held in Raleigh
next Thursday morning.
Yardmaster Frank Smith, of the
Seaboard Air Line, in Raleigh, was
attacked by three colored men Fri
day and was bruised up badly by his
assailants. John Sturdivant, one of
the party was afterwards arrested,
but the other two assailants made
their escape.
Roy Sanders, of Monroe, a mem
ber of the freshman class at Wake
Forest College, died in the college
infirmary Sunday night from heart
disease. He had an exceedingly weak
heart, which he strained in the gym
nasium some days ago while playing
basket-ball. The body was carried to
Monroe for interment.
The case of JohnDean and Sadie
Thayer, charged with living in adul
tery, came up for trial before Police
Justice Stronach Monday afternoon,
and both defendants submitted. In
the case of the woman, judgment was
suspended, while Dean was made to
pay $75 and costs. Dean was then
tried on the charge of having as
saulted the Thayer woman and was
fined $5 and costs.
Death of Mrs. A. B. Hawkins.
Mrs. Martha Bailey Hawkins, wife
of Dr. A. B. Hawkins, of Raleigh,
died early Monday morning. Mrs.
Hawkins was in her 72nd year.
Pleased With The Caucasian and Its
Premium Offers.
One of our old subscribers at Lit
tleton, in a letter, sending us a new
subscriber, says:
"The scissors received, and please
accept thanks for them. My wife is
delighted with them. I like your pa
per and hope your subscription list
continue to increase."
degress Exhorter Charged With j
Stealing Negro Boy.
A special from Greensboro to
Wednesday's News and Observer
says:
Yesterday afternoon Adam Avery,
colored, of Raleigh, appeared before
Judge Eure and swore out a warrant
for Rev. Mat, aHas Lizzie Burnett,
charging her with kidnapping bis
seven-months-old boy, Lindsay. The
woman was soon located and ' in de
fault of bond was locked up.
Steamer Sinks and Twenty-Four Are
Drowned.
London, England, Dec. 16. The
German steamer Palermo is a total
wreck off Cape Corrubodo on the
west coast of Galicia, Spain. Her five
Passengers and crew of nineteen were
lost. '
Advices received to-day state that
e vessel Struck and went to pieces
during a fierce gale last Sunday.
BIG FIRE AT TUOJ1ASVLLLI1.
Cramer Furniture Company looses
$200,000 In the , CoulLaratlcm
300 Employes Out of Work.
ThomaiTlile, N. C, Dec 20. TM
afternoon at .30 fire was discovered
In the machine room of the Cramer
Furniture Company, No. U The
alarm was quickly given and every
possible effort wax used to save the
plant, but the wind was blowing a
gale and the flames engulfed the en
tire building, destroying the machine
department, boiler room, two dry
kilns, also filled with lumber, nearly
200,000 feet of lumber In rough and
in course of manufacture on the
yards and in the plant.
From the main building, the fin
ishing room, a building nearly three
hundred feet long caught fire. The
building was half brick and half
wood. Every part was filled with
finished chairs ready for shipment.
The wooden part, with contents, was
totally destroyed. The brick part
was saved.
The flames spread so fast and sur
rounded and burned the hydrant
house, this cutting off completely the
water supply and everything was left
at the mercy of the flames and every
thing was reduced to ashes in less
than two hours.
Near ly $200,000 worth of proper
ty is destroyed, 300 employees are
thrown out of employment Origin
of fire unknown.
It was the most disastrous fire in
the history of 'Thomasville and will
take years to regain the loss. The
plant's weekly payroll was nearly
$2,000. The destruction of this
plant will be felt all over the town
and in every line of business. The
machine room was two stories, 400x
GO feet In size, and was by far the
largest plant here.
HEAVY FIRE LOSS AT NEW BERN.
Several Nice Dwellings and Business
Houses Burned.
New Bern, N. C, Dec. 19. Sunday
was a busy day for the firemen. At
6.30 in the morning fire broke out in
the property of W F. Hill, next to
Trent river and between South Front
street and Metcalf. Nine houses were
destroyed and the entire block, with
the exception of N. F. Vincent's store
and the store-house of the Hyman
Supply Company, was. burned. The
plant of the Coca Cola Company was
destroyed. The entire loss to Hill
was about $5,000 with no insurance.
Vincent's store was badly damaged by
water. The loss on the Coca Cola
plant is not known.
Last night about 10.30 the J. F.
Taylor house on National avenue, oc
cupied by Mr. Marshall, of the Roper
Lumber Company, was found to be on
fire. The flames spread and the new
home of J. O. Baxter was burned on
the north side and that of Henry Ep
ting on the south side. Part of the
furniture in each home was saved,
but badly damaged. Loss on the
three about $15,000, partly covered
by insurance.
Big Plant of Neuse River Lumber
Company to Be Sold.
A special from Durham to Sun
day's Charlotte Observer says:
"The trustees of the Neuse River
Lumber Company, now in bank
ruptcy, are offering for sale at auc
tion, Wednesday, January 18th, at
noon, one of the biggest outfits ever
sold here.
"The timber and mill property con
sists of a tract of 16S acres in Dur
ham and 512 acres in Wake, six
tracts of, estimated, 6,000,000 feet of
lumber, eight miles of railroad track
land with steel rails, a thirty-ton lo
comotive with all of the accessaries
in the shape of trucks, logging outfit,
cows, mules, horses, wagons, mer
chandise and other properties. The
company was forced to go into bank
ruptcy some months ago, having
then liabilities amounting to about
$60,000, with assets large enough
but in such shape as to make money
hard to secure.
"The attorneys who are appear
ing for the trustees are Bramham &
Brawley, and they are advertising
the sale widely. It will be perhaps
the largest of its kind that ever took
place here."
RALEIGH COTTON MARKET.
British Steamship Libelled for $20,
OOO Damages.
Wilmington, Dec. 19. The British
steamship St. Jerome, Captain Hal-f
lam, was seized to-night by United
proceedings instituted by Jashua
Moore, administrator of George
Moore, a negro stevedore, who was
killed several days since by a heavy
iron bar falling upon him while at
work in the hold of the vessel at the
wharf of the Champion Compress
Company. The amount asked in the
proceeding is $10,000 damages.
RockefeUer Gives $10,000,000 More
to Chicago University.
Chicago, 111., Dec. 26. John D.
Rockefeller has completed the task
he set for himself in the founding of
the University of Chicago. To-day
public announcement was made of a
"single and final gift," of $10,000,-
000, which includes all the contribu
tions that Mr. Rockefeller had plan
ned to make to the University. This
sum, which Is to be paid in ten an
nual instalment, beginning January
1, will make a total of approximate
ly $35,000,000 that Mr. Rockefeller
has donated to the University.
T17EI1TY THREE AWIESTS
Charted Vith Using tue U; S.
flails to Defraud
the Public
Nlnrtrva Arret ta fhlUdetpM,
Ttim In IUrrUtmrg, ami One ml
Fort Payne AU. CTUclt-Qtskk
fklifme.
Philadelphia, Dec If. Nineteen
arrests were made today la towns la
Pennsylvania and New Jersey la the
Government's crusade against per
sons accuted of using the mails to
defraud. The arrests were made by
postal inspectors and all the defend
ants were given hearings before
united States commissioners and held
In bail for trial, or for further hear
ings, on charges of using the malls
to defraud.
Among the more important de
fendants with the resolU of their
hearings are the following:
Chain Shoe Store Syndicate.
Louis T. Rice, president, Philadel
phia; Andrew C. Patterson, first vice
president, also president of the Ex
celsior Trust Company of Philadel
phia; Edgar Pohlig, second vice
president and treasurer; George H.
Brooks, third vice president, Phila
delphia. Each was held in $1,000
for a further hearing.
Pine Heights Company, Robert G.
McMorrls, Philadelphia; Harry F.
Stanton, Ocean City, N. J. Waived
hearing and held in $500 bail each
for trial.
According to Postal Inspector Cor
telyou the Chain Shoe Stores Syndi
cate was capitalized at $2,000,000.
It had advertised that It was estab
lishing retail stores in large cities,
that it was purchasing shoe factories
at bargain prices and that the com
pany was able to do business cheap
ly by eliminating middlemen. The
Pine Heights Company advertised
and used the malls for giving away
and selling lots in Southern New Jer
sey, which, the Government alleges,
are practically worthless.
Lewis Conrad, Conrad Lotz and
William Bingham, officers of the Cor
respondence Institute of America, at
Scranton, $1,000 each for further
hearing.
This organization has no connec
tion with the International Corres
pondence Schools.
Conrad, Lotz and Bingham are res
pectively the president, secretary and
treasurer and manager of the Corpor
ation. Postal inspectors allege this
concern procured lists of high school
students and wrote them, stating that
their names had been recommended
as those of persons with artistic tal
ent. On this account the institute of
fered a $42 course of art instruction
under its full faculty of fine artists
for $18.50. It was said there was
no factulty of artists, but there were
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We have more calls for office help than we can supply. Your
hands earn from 50 cents to $1.50 a day. Your hesd, when pro
perly trained, csn earn frcm $5 to $20 a dsy. DRAUGHON'S
will fix your head qualify ycu for the $5 to $20-a-day class and
find the job. Clip ad. for FREE catalogue. Call, write or phone
DRAUGHOU'S BUSINESS COLLEGE,
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, BOX 40L
IRaleiflK mBartle PecCss
r
$1.00 EXPRESS PAID.
"Ideal Alcohol" Gas Stove
For Travelers, Sick-Boom, Camp, Chafing Dish, Light House
Keeping, or Wherever Gas is not Available or Desired.
IT MAKES IIS OWN GASABSOLTJTELY 8APE.
Smokeless and Odorless, Wekb Only Eight Oances.
CAN CABBY A VESSEL WEIGHING 100 POUNDS.
It Boils a Quart o Water in Nine Mlnntea.
01.00. Express raid. 01.0G. Express Paid
Hart-Uard Hardware Company,
RALEIGH N.O.
TtM arran, it it cftta
for a &eatfe.a&4 kali.
Waa&sftoa, Dec. H. lafarsA
Uoa was reit4 t: ttr&lgt y
Foctststcr (federal Hitchcock naA
Chief Inspector Si-arp, cf tte arnwt
of E. C. Drew, prettiest of a AU
batsa Electric Serrte Cospaay at
Fort Payne, Ala., oa chanri of sif
ts the United State saiU for tie
conduct of alleged fraadaleat stor
prises.
The general chars agalsst Drew
it that he used the mail to exploit
la a fraudulent way eoapaale in
which he It Interested. It is alleced
that he sent attractive circulars and
other advertising matter through the
mails to Induce the recipients to
purchase stock In fals companies. He
represented, it Is charged, that he
proposed, through tho Alabama
Electric Service Company, to auppty
electric power to Birmingham and
various place la northeastern Ala
bama, Chattanooga. Tenn., and At
lanta, Ga. HU company, of which. It
is stated, he Is practically the main
stay, was represented to have a cap
ital of $3,000,000, being Incorporated
for that amount. It further waa rep
resented that It had taken over the
Fort Payne Fuel & Iron Co., a Louis
iana corporation with a nominal cap
ital of $5,000,000. The latter cor
poration is said to have been organ
ized by Drew.
Harrisburg, Pa., Dec, 16. Abram
G. Stauffer, Oscar A. Stauffer and
Abram S. Stauffer, prominent resi
dents of Palmyra, Lebanon County,
were arrested there today, charged
with using the malls to defraud.
Their operations, said to have been
in several States, are reported to have
netted them thousands of dollars.
The Stauffers are charged with
having been selling instruments to
locate hidden wealth, one of the ar
ticles being the "Spanish needle."
They were sold at from $10 to $15
each and about 1,500 are alleged to
have been sold in the last year.
Charges of the sale of obscene liter
ature through the malls have also
been nade.
Thi men were held In $5,000 bail
for c art. The arrests caused a
sensation in this vicinity, as their
reputations were of the highest bus
iness standing.
THE DREADFUL WOUND
from a knife, gun, tin can, rusty
nail, fire-works, or of any other na
ture, demands prompt treatment with
Bucklen's Arnica Salve to prevent
blood poison or gangrene. It's the
quickest, surest healer for all such
wounds as also for Burns, Boils,
Sores, Skin Eruptions, Eczema, Chap
ped Hands, Corns, or Piles. Twenty
five cents at all druggists.
JOB?
Shipments made to any part of
the State at same price
as at shop.
MOMJMEITS
COOPER BROS.. Proprs
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When writing- to Advertisers erection the Caucasian."
$1.00 EXPRESS PAID.
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aot&f.
craasmw tiouniY iutes via
Oa ftccoemt ef t& Cnsiss, Hl
days Tbm taevtbrrii Hallway will
ry low trip UtaeCa to all
pol&ti t4 kf item $&M&$flit?$4 &4
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Tickets ca tale, Dc I Si. IltX
ITlh, 3 1st, 52al. 23rd. 3 It. 2ith,
as 4 31st. 11, Jaa. lit. 1MI.
Flaal retsra UsUt, to r&a erttl
cal starUsf poiat ml Uur t&aa
night. Jan. Stfc. XflL
Ask for a ItetnKt Trip ticket.
For farther lsfcrtatii$a, aak year
Agai. or write
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NORFOLK SOFTHKILV RAILROAD.
Gretly Improved Shale-o. 1 1
and 12 Now Operate Kttnday oa
lUldcfe IHstrtct.
Refinnlax Sunday, Dcctabcr ISth,
Raleigh District, trains Ko. 11 and
12 will fee ofratfd daily. xc?t Sun
day between Raleigh and Sew Rem,
via Washington, and on Suniajr be
tween Raleigh and Wathlngton.
Beaufort District train No. 1,
Night Express, with Pullman Sleeping
Car for Norfolk, will leave Gold
boro at S:4S p. tn., leave Klnston
9:40 p. m.. leave New Rem 11:05
p. to., arrive Washington 12:35 p.
m.; arrive Washington 12; 3 5 p. in.,
arrive Norfolk S:00 a. m.
Train No. 15. "Night Exprest,"
will leave Washington 4:15 a. za..
leave New Bern 5:40 a. ra.; arrive
Klnston :58 a. m., arrive Goldsboro
8:00 a. m.
No change In schedule of "Night
Express" trains Nos. 5 and 6 on the
Ualelgh district.
Suffolk DistrictTrain No. 20 will
leave at 7:00 a. m.. same as at pres
ent, and arrive Suffolk at 9:20 a. m.
Additional Trains on Belhaven
Branch. Leave Belhaven 6:10 a.
m. and 11:00 a. m.; returning leave
Mackey's 8:30 a. m. and 2:15 p. m..
dally except Sunday.
Columbia Branch. Leave Colum
bia 7:00 a. m., arrive Plymouth 9:25
a. m.; leave Plymouth 9:38 a. m,.
arrive Edenton 11:00 a. m., leave
Edenton 4:45 a. m.; leave Hertford
5:06 a. rn., leave Elisabeth City 5:56
and arrive Norfolk 8:00 a. in.
Motor Car Flyer on Currituck
Branch. Leave Munden 7:35 a. m.
daily, arrive Norfolk 8:55 a. m.;
leave Norfolk, daily, except Sunday,
10:00 a. m.; leave Munden 12:40 p.
m.; arrive Norfolk 2:00 p. m., lesve
Norfolk daily 3:30 p. m., arrive Mun
den 4:50 p. m.
W. W. CROXTON,
General Passenger Agent.
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DR. JOHN T. PATTERSON
ATLANTA, : t X : GEORGIA.
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International Correspondence Schools
OF SCRANTON. PA.
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