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State Ne&s. I suit ovKit sheriff- office. General lslets. ! SENATOR II I LEO IX FIGHT. 31 on roe. N. C I to bare a poital savings bank. KmxAl firm- fey Hi Wu OtN of the Uirf There ere 2SJ bcmt bsixed u! Oi Wit Brtbry.j II. A. Jow. of Forwjth, Sain fw Ofllce to Which II CUlm He Waj FJectrd Lt Fall. j Wintton-Salem, N. C. July il. death la livery thl la C&Uao Surm. Ml, Jaly Hearing of evidence before F. C. Rob- Monday. Farm Topics t Mr. C. H. Edwards, of Robeoa tinv of ixlnjcton. appointed a ref- County, U the new president o; toe erSR ja toe caw of the State of .North' North Carolina Ilural Letter Carrier'! Carolina, on relation of D. A- Jose' Aeociatlon. " agalnt G. W. Flynt. at the May term of Superior Court, wm begun in the' The colored people of wlnttoa"; county court room to-day. Salem have a movement oa foot to! Mucn public IntereU haa been erect a Y. M. C. A. building in that- manfrttc in ihla case, which grew town. -out of a con teat for a county office, that of the shrievalty of Forsyth Mr. Jno. Henry Rich, or "in--County. Salem, was killed a few days ago by It .jromiwj to e ono 0f the a runaway team three miles outn 01 Winston. . Stattf fteiaator Theodore Bilbo. cai! I tor Ueute&ast Governor f Mi4' Two pcroci ere killed and Are pi. wa attUc motor boau wrecKea is a storm oa here to-day the Ohio River, Dear belling. W. ; agent V.. Friday. , Orlea&a lUiUar aad former pe&Uea Grand Clark, of Dan Me. Va. a sequel to a campalsa ipeh by Hllbo n ot 141 Weevil nlu la Fmtmt&g. WHa the advaac f th Mexlcaa led and fete rely bera cottoa bol e 3L m !r r t r!m-th rate of icatySe r u v, " rM lLd W ti frr hate thro it rata r the Mobile, Calcajco aea w L ,, , -..k, -rri- . n.ti.. f.r tnitea- bea cons-eUed to torts to other atl ral chasneU axd hare tseta hkh Is at r V a a ni, as4 t- . . csdtf- 0r4itr7 J? iassssef It C3 c! Xilled by a Southern Railway train a few days ago while trying to reue Mi dog. ost The machinists in the employ ol complex action beard in this county, the Seaboard Air Line have received this afternoon. in a long time when It was started in Superior Court, but it was greatly simplified by a recent order of refer-; enco In which all contentions were waived except those as to votes In precinct No. 1, Mlddlefolk Township, and in Broadbay Township, where there was a difference of opinion as to the vote for sheriff. In Middlefolk Township relator claims a vote to the county canvass-; Ing board, give him 168 votes andl Flynt 4'J votes. In Broadbay Town- ship official returns give Jones 433; and Flynt 214, while relator claims he actually received 4 43 votes in this township at the lection. Both sides are represented by an; About three thousand people at tended a "good roads" meeting in-Smithlk-ld, Johnston County, last Saturday. In criminal court at Lumberton Monday Jim Byrd was sentenced to? the penitentiary for twelve years for killing Willie Smith at a cotton mill In that town a few months ago. I'oliceman McConnell, of Ashevllle,; who was shot by John Huff, colored, gome days ago, died Friday. The mur-' derer is still at large. A large re-; ward has been offered for his arrest.; able array of counsel. Ex-Judge W. Two barrels of-.sveet potatoes have been shipped from Old Trap Camden County. These are the ttrst; v d ctate District Attorney A. E.j shipments of sweet potatoes report-j u0jon anfi Lindsay Patterson, ap-j of water. ed this year. The .shipper expects to, pear for relator and C. B. Watson, realize about $8 a barrel. j A. h. Eller. ex-Judge E. B. Jones and; an increase in wages w; - a-- ceaui an hoar. Dr. Haldane Clemicson, of Chica go, has been sentenced to the penitent tlary on the charge of having pois oned his wife. her Us which ar bow in pro- T .uti ivs r iwo la which he U alleced to have aall- c ot - " ed Ileary. character. Th affray oc-1 cunti la Alabama have tha. rar curred abroad a train oa which BUbo ta affected, the daaacer of Ihe wa proceeding from Coiumbu. to til ha. had no ma II Snce Siurgis. where he wa to have spoken awakening the attention of farmers to other xape gncuimri v. serted. Henry struck Bilbo repeatedly ; !! Chappie, la National Maaaxlne fo. about the head and body. Bilboa July. eterywhet is, ,;, , dilated lti to aSjtor'i ti, and dtry tw t c Aloss iJ ; ratenf.lar thi u -4 and doltME a lot of the worm t t,c: t ( Uu-e. Yet toth r. threat to the -mailer ha Agricultural I-: - tern 6i 'Uc C4 condition is reported to be serious. Eight thousand delegates attended the meeting of the International Christian Endeavor Society at At lantic City, N. J.. last week. Mr.Iiatchelor ThioL the Mlmt-r-rtil-erM Are After tfe Farmer. Editor Caucasian: Aa I haven't Help lle JIaa Who Ifemn. To the Officer and Member of the Farmers Union: If more men bad helped each other seen very much about the Farm Ufe over rougn place since iue School. I will say that I think by the gan. clviliiation and Christianity time we get through with paying our would be much farther advanced than taxes where those 'pater-roller" list- it is to-day. takers have got us into, we will have The obligation to help the man who enough taxea to pay. They used to! 1 down and out is one of the most have "pater-rbllers'r to run the negro : sacred and it Isn't confined to your up and now they have them to run fellow-member in the Farmers' Union, the farmers ud to iret them taxed, so In the first place, you don't know I will vote against the farm life' when you may be in the same fix Staunton, a., was visited Friday . . . ,f . t. ; yourself, and in need of assistance. ' W Vi f . VVJ SVt Ir f V ' - - w P. Bynum. of Greensboro; ex-Judge, b ya neavy rain ana eieciricu eiorm. , Board have lhe powef lo pkk! lu gond. by helping to put a It. C. Strudwick. of Greensboro; j The streets were floodedby the cloud-. . iocation of it. and if they lo-i man on his feet you're saving your- Ten persons were killed and eleven hurt in car riots at Mexico City a few days ago. Soldiers were unable to disperse the mob for some time. burst with from four to eight inches t ft fc 2 ! cate It like they do the public schools, seir the expense or naving 10 ieea mia they are as liable to locate it in some! or hi family. So the proposition cuts other State aa in Wake Countv cr inS from the business as well a tne pnu- Acrordlsc to 4.. , Vinton-Salem 1 the farmer of y . preparing to ji . ,,,, The Joamal "That the n.r-.T t er Union of thu , . t tie a pool of liiv :4 fall wa the nra ;- . , attended the Mc r: . the union jw'.p terday. H(?ui4 !L, s was in the very t, let all sign failJ !. , f unanimoun actiot ,ir the Union in thu . distant future. "Several hunJre.J ir: their families att':ui an enthusiajttlc The chief ftatur A ly J. 7s. Green, State or Union and edUor of t; Union Farmer of Char .r r X t -4 I Thirty-five Maderisto were Mn-j Xorth CarollM hwe BOTed: anthroplc eod. ! Judge G. II. Scrap Holly and .Norman uon ' fendant. Hastings appear ror ae-; leuceu.tu our scnool dQwn iQ WnUe Qak Xown.j Krlaay. ror tne massacre oi inree were killed in a crap game at Greg-i A number of witnesses were exam- ory, a small station on the Norfolk j Jne1 today. The hearing will be con- Southern Railway, in Camden Coun ty, a few days ago. Those who did the shooting made their escape. L. N. Patterson, an employe of the Piedmont Clothing Company of Char lotte was killed Sunday morning by a street car in the suburb of that city. It Is claimed the man was drinking and attempted to cross in front of the rapidly moving car. eluded to-morrow or Thursday, but the referee's decision may not be ren dered for a week or more. NEGRO WOMAN SHOOTS AGENT. Railroad Man Was Trying to Quiet a Boisterous Crowd When the Wo man Opened Fire -Woman and Her Accomplice Captured. Roper, N. C, July 7. Lillie Mc Canless, a middle-aged negro woman, shot and probably fatally wounded Mr. C. C. Whitehead, manager of im etnnHnrrl UnttiA Investment Com- pany of Birmingham. Ala., was ar-j W. C. Liverman, at Gum Neck, in rested at High Point Friday on the j Tyrrell County, yesterday afternoon chare of oneratintr "without a State! The shooting took place on the wharf license. It is said this company had applied to Insurance Commissioner Young for license, but was refused. of one of the steamboat Hues running from Elizabeth City to Hyde Coun ty. Liverman was the agent. A num ber of more or less drunken negroes had gathered to meet the steamer, and, becoming disorderly, Liverman Iron Safe Was Demolished and Roof j ordered them to be quiet or leave the Blown Off the Building lumbers i, v,. Shoot Sheriff. C. C. & O STATION DYNAMITED. Asheville, N. C, July 10 The sta tion of the Carolina Clinchfield and Ohio Railroad, at Marion Junction, was dynamited early to-day and prac tically wrecked, the iron safe hav ing been demolished, the windows drew a thirty-two calibre revolver and proceeded to empty every cham ber at Liverman at short range, three balls taking effect in his side and back, passing out on the opposite side. A negro, man loaded the woman in i a boat ana conveyea ner to a piace hundred Chinese during the recen revolution. A hail storm near Apelika, Ala., Friday did considerable Injury to property and growing crops. The property damage alone is estimated at $100,000. The excessive heat caused an ex plosion at the Standard Power Works, at Harrell, Pa., some days ago, which killed four employes and destroyed the plant. In this country of quick changes, lift to-day may A ship for the chosen few, and if a child; the man you give a ! is off in one corner he must emigrate! to-morrow be in pos! . . grate to-morrow De in position to neip you to the school or do without an educa-j or the organization. So it's good tion. I have heard lots of Democrats policy, as well as a plain matter of say they are tired of so much taxes, duty. and will vote against it and the road I don't think I ever saw a man so bonds. I can't vote any more taxes far gone in meannesa that I wouldn't on myself till I see what the "pater-1 try my best to give him even a little rollers" have done for me. Yours truly, V. J. BATCHELOR. Carpenters. N. C. July 10. 1911. P. S. Nearly all the Democrats up! ray of lift. The man or the woman is cast out by society with the cry of "unclean, unclean," is the man and i the woman who most need help. You are not going to soil your here are grumbling about high taxes' hands by picking people up out of the and will vote against any more bonds. mire. You're much more likely to Mrs. E. D. Wexler, wife of a prom ient citizen of Bristol, Tenn., was in stantly killed Friday by being thrown from a buggy to the cement walk! Richmond, Va., July 11. Gover-j while returning from a funeral. .nor Mann issued a proclamation to-j day calling upon the people of the! The Ice Trust in New York Sunday ; State to pray for rain. Within an j forced the independent ice dealers to; hour of the time the document left pay $7 a ton for ice, while the usual; his hand refreshing showers fell upon price was only $2 a ton. The inde- the capital, at least reducing the tem pendents had run short and had to perature twenty degrees from the pay the trusts their price or lose their j maximum of to-day which was 97, In blown out and the roof torn off. Only j of safety in tne swamp, some distance $4 was in the safe at the time andjfrorn the landing A posse subse- this was taken by the robbers. ! quentiy captured the man and corn- Sheriff Mashburn, of Marion, start-' pelled him tQ point out the place ed in pursuit of the robbers with ; where he set the WOman ashore in bloodhounds, but they eluded the tb. Q,QTTin itpr ho was lnrtsrPfl ini pursurers. j the Columbia jail. The woman was To-night when a Southern freight ; hunted for during the night, a guard train pulled into Old Fort, N. C, heinr Rat at. all noints to nrevent her three men were seen to alight. Sher iff Marshburn, who had come to Old Fort in pursuit, attempted to talk with the men when one of them ran and commenced tiring. The sheriff ,was shot in the ankle and painfully injured. A posse took up the pur suit, and one of them, an unknown boy, was shot in the arm. The rob bers escaped to the mountains, fol lowed by the posse. escape. Her being well armed and of a drunken, desperate disposition made swamp hunting in the dark a rather perilous undertaking. She was captured shortly after sunrise this morning, and is now lodged in Co lumbia jail. Mr. Liverman is said to have a good chance for recovery if no com plications develop. customers. G. W. Cox, pastor of Burrows' Me morial Baptist Church in Norfolk, preached in his shirt sleeves Sunday night to a coatless congregation. The Baptist Ministers' Conference after wards congratulated Rev. Mr. Cox up on his bravery. Benjamin E. Robinson, the oldest locomotive engineer on the Southern Railway, and reported to be the old est in point of service of any locomo tive engineer in the United States, j soil your soul, and lose some good Virginia's Governor Ordered People! opportunities in life by failing to do to Pray for Rain. I it. One of the most beautiful features about some of the secret orders is that they never desert a member, no j matter how far he has strayed from ! the pathway. That ought to be the i motto of every member of the Farm ers' Union, from the biggest leaders down to the newest joiners. We have a good deal of that spirit now in the organization. The more we encourage it, the more we enhance the prestige of the order, and live up to the principles upon which It is founded. CHAS. S. BARRETT. Union City, Ga.f July 6, 1911. about twenty minutes. A great deal more precipitation is needed in the State, however. The showers were not at all general. Senator Swanson Wants National Government to Build Good Roads. Washington, D. C, July 7. Sen ator Swanson, of Virginia, in a speech to-day in the Senate, said that $215, 000,000 is the annual mud tax on the people of the United States. He urg ed the passage of a bill providing an appropriation of $20,000,000 to be used annually for a period of five riipd Saturdav at f!harlpstnn S C. Robinson was eventy-two years ofiars in the highways of age. 1860. He became an engineer about TWO GUARDS STRUCK BY TjIGHT-NING. Boy Drowned Near Castle Hayne Brother Recovers Body With Fish I T t HOOK. j-t v -fr: Woa irjllrwl TnctanHv Wilmington, N. C, July 8. Thej Mr. Lewis Left Convicts to Se- body of David Harris, the thirteen-! cure Physician "Honor Among year-old son of R. O. Harris, of Castle ! Thieves." tt ...i i j. "u : i : :U : 1 1 ! xaajm;, vvnu iuSt ma m m a umi-j Elkirif N. C, July 7. A severe j pond in the northeast branch of the eleCtric storm visited this section this' K.a.yv real xvivei ueai vdBuc xiajiic aft(,rtinnn ohnut 5-2ft rvVWIr Two uj.crii new uiu, cuuf itio at n ui n. uu The biggest fleet of American war vessels ever assembled at a single time is in Provicetown, Mass., harbor awaiting the commencement of war maneuvers along the Atlantic Coast July 15th. The fleet already com prises thirty-five vessels, battleships, cruisers, torpedo boats, submarines, colliers and dispatch boats, and in a few days -will be joined by seventeen other ships, including four dreadnoughts. the country. He would aDDortion the money among the several States according to their population. Gompers WTould Strike Back. Washington, D. C, July 8. Im peachment of Justice Daniel T. Wright, of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, was suggested to-day to the Senate "third degree" investigation committee by Samuel The Forsyth County Farmers' Union held a -grand rally at Rural Hall last Friday. Dr. H. Q. Alexan der, President of the State Union, ad dressed the farmers. A county organization of the Farm ers' Union was perfeced at Jackson, Northampton County, July 3rd. The Winston-Salem Journal perti nently observes: "We'd just like to call the attention to some of those folks who are calling the present cotton crop the 'largest ever made to the fact that it isn't made yet" Must Live at Home. There is one thing Farmers Union members should keep always in mind. and that is that it is absolutely im Gompers, President of the American possible to price the products of your Norfolk Southern Railroj ROUTK of no: WIGHT KXPIUlsv Travel and t i v v run sua. via Iialeih Norfolk Soulhtm lUiln to and From All IVinu Eastern North Cr. Una. SCHEDULE IN EFFECT JI VE U N. B. The follow inp fr?.. ures published as information tj and are not guaranteed. Trains Leave Raleigh 9:15 p. m. Daily Mht h press," Pullman Sleeping CV i Norfolk. 6:15 a. m. Daily for W.; Washington and Norfolk. Br?jr Parlor Car service between IU and Norfolk. 6:15 a. m. Dally, except Sithj, for New Bern via Chocowir.My. h?- lor Car service. 3:00 p. m. Daily, exce; t Sithr, for Washington. Trains Arrire IUlc ish 7:20 a. m. Daily 11: :o k t dally except Sunday and S:U p . t daily. Trains Leave Goldt?- 10:15 p. m. Dally "Ni?h! 1 press" Pullman Sleeping Car Is Norfolk via New Bern. 7:15 a. m. Dally for Brt and Norfolk. Parlor Car Washington and Norfolk. 3:20 p. m. Dally for Ne E" Oriental and Beaufort, 1'arlor Ctf Service. yesterday afternoon, was recovered this mornfng by his older brother, John Harris, with a fish-hook and line. The lad had just recovered from a severe attack of measles and it is thought death resulted from weakness of the heart rather than from drowning. He was in swimming with some companions and had been in the water only a short time. Salisbury Has a Disastrous Fire. Salisbury, N. C, July 11. One of the worst fires for years in Salisbury occurred early this morning when' a two-story brick building owned by Miss Elizabeth Hedrick, and occupied by J. Feldman & Sons, clothiers, was gutted by fire, entailing a loss of $40,000. A list of the losses include J. Feldman, stock, $30,000, with in surance, $20,000; Arey Bros., dam age to hardware stock by water, $20, 000; Miss Elizabeth Hedrick, build ing, $5,000; insurance, $2,000; V. Wallace & Sons, damage to clothing stock by water, $1,500. Mrs. R. R. Davis, of Rowan County, Assaulted by Negro Woman. Salisbury, N. C, July 8. Charged with a serious assault, upon Mrs. R. R. Davis, a well-known Rowan wo man, Etta Pettus, colored, was lodged in the Salisbury jail to-day. Yester day the colored woman went to the home of "Mrs. Davis to pick berries and when asked to leave the premises assaulted Mrs. Davis with a club. In- the Elkin and Alleghany Railroad,; four miles north of Elkin, were struck by lightning, one, Mr. C. R. McGrady, being killed instantly, and Mr. Walter Simmons was seriously injured. Mr. McGrady's home is at Laurel Springs, Alleghany County. He has a wife and two children. Mr. Sim mons lives at Roaring Gap. Mr. C. A. Lewis, who was in charge of a, squad of twenty-five con victs, hurried to Elkin, riding a mule, the telephone service being out of order as a result of the storm, to get a physician. The convicts told him. to do this and they promised him that not any of them would leave. When he returned with Dr. Ring he found that every convict had kept his word. . This is remarkable, especially in view of the fact that several of these den were in prison for long terms. ' It must be stated that the action of Mr. Lewis was necessary, as the two men, struck were the only guards with the squad. Waging Campaign Against Short ! Weights. ' New York, July 8. Notices were a a i , i servea xo-aay upon tne commission merchants of New York, Virginia and other States with whom they deal, that on and after August 1st a barrel of apples, pears, potatoes or quinces must be all that it is represented to be, at least so far as weights and measure are concerned. Commissioner Walsh of the Bureau of Weights and Measures signed the warnings calling attention to the pen alty for disregarding the law a fine of $100. The same ruling was made re garding hags. , Federation of Labor. Mr. Gompers' complaint was against Justice Wright's course in the Buck's Stove Range Company, contempt proceedings against the Federation of Labor leaders. toil except through the live-at-home policy. If there are debts against your products they belong to some-5 body else and you must turn them I loose regardless of market condi tions. Again, if you are under neces stiy of selling your products to buy a New Governor of Georgia is Elected I living at the stores, they are "dis- Senator. s tressed ' products to that extent and you can't hold for better market con- Atlanta, Ga-, July 11. Governor Hoke Smith's election as United States Senator to succeed Joseph M. Terrell is assured by the separate bal lots taken in the Georgia House and Senate at noon to-day. He received more than the 115 votes necessary to elect by joint ses sion, which meets to-morrow. flicting serious injuries. 7 Fine Crops in Surry County. Elkin, N. C, July 6. Despite the continued drouth, corn; tobacco and wheat in this section Of the State are husky and fine. The stand of corn is unusually good, the stalks are large, the crops is well worked, free of weeds "and large farmers predict that with rain this section will pro duce the biggest crop in Its history. Nevada Indicts State Bank Commis sioners for Negligence. Reno, Nevada, July 8. On war rants charging that they knowingly allowed an insolvent hank to be in operation, the four men -jvho consti tuted the Nevada Banking Commis sion, including Lieutenant-Governor D. S. Dickerson, were arrested to-day. The other men are A. Wichter and Samuel Belford, of Ely, and Charles S. Sprague, of Godfield. The arrests are the result of indictments for the failure of the Eureka County Bank. BETTtH iml SPAHKIUG. Spanking does not cure children of Bed Wetting. There is a constitutional causa tor this trouble. Mrs. M. Summers, Box W, Notre Dame, Ind., will send free to any mother her successful home treatment, with all instructions. Send no money, but write her today if your children trouble you in , his way. .Don't blame the child, the chances are it can't help it. This treatment also cures adults and a-rsd neonle fron'S?- jwith urina difficulties by daycr cihu One Woman KiUs Another as Culmi nation of Neighborhood Quarrel. Waycross, Ga., July 6. As the culmination of a neighborhood quar rel, Mrs. . R. L., Robbins this after noon shot and killed Mrs. Belle Smith opposite the latter's home In Gil christ Park, this city. Mrs. Robbins was arrested and is held without hail i in the county jail. Several neighbors saw the shooting. WeU, Who Are the Patriots? Some deliver Fourth of July ora tions for love of patriotism; others for notoriety, and some for political advantage. Greensboro Record. DEATH IN ROARING FIRE may not result from the work of fire bugs, hut often severe bums are I caused that make a quiok need for Bucklen's Arnica Salve, the quickest, surest cure for burns, wounds, bruis es, boils, sores. It subdues inflamma tion. It kills pain. It soothes and heals. - Drives off skin eruption, ul cers or piles. Only 25 cents at all druggists. v. ' ,- ditions. We can't fight a successful battle for profitable prices exqept be hind a breastwork made of well-filled granaries'and smoke-houses. We can't do any better than to continue to preach the live-at-home doctrine, in season and out of season, for it is fundamental. Carolina Union Farmer. Still Flocking to the Towns. Washington, July 7. The people of the United States are steadily de serting the country and the farm for the turmoil and delights of the city and town, according to statistics made public to-day by the census bureau. During the past ten years the percentage of people living in cities or other incorporated places of more than 2,500 inhabitants, in creased from 4 0 5 to 46.3 of the to tal Twenty years ago only 36.1 per cent of the total population lid in such incorporated places. The Cotton Leaf Louse and the Caterpillar Damaging Cotton in Moore County. A special from Southern Pines to Saday,Cnarlotte Observer says: n J adage that misfortunes come not in spies but in battalions Wts the Moore County farmer as a correct statement this year. After struggg with a refractory cotton crop fron the day it wag - planted farmers ontly. have found Iwo pests ap? j . ;is In innumerable force. For further Information and re? vation of Pullman Sleeping Oi space, apply to D. V. CONN. General Ages', Raleigh, N. C. Wr. R. HUDSON. W. W. CROXTQ General Supt, Gen. Pass. Aft, Norfolk. Virginia. 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