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Thursday, Mar u H ' H : y - . , THE CAUCASIAN. ho Page Two. State Nen?s. Henry J. Jordan, a carpenter of Wilmington, was shot and killed last Saturday afternoon by Fannfe Hef ner, a white woman of the city. Bessemer City ha started a new paper called the DUpacth, which i a neway sheet of eight pages, edited by Mr. C. F. Hunter, of Kings Moun tain. Mirain Stadlem, the two-year-old daughter of H. Stadiem. a Jewish merchant In Klnston, was seriously if not fatally burned while playing with the Are a few days ago. Mr. A. L. Whitner. a young man of Hickory, was very seriously injured on the Spencer yards a few nights ago being run over by a shifting train. He was an employe on the Southern. The films In the motion picture show In Thomasville became ignited a few nights ago causing an explos ion which set the building afire, and very nearly causing the death of the operator. Sam Harkey, a white man of Souts, has confesed to the robbery of the po8tofflce at Indian Trail, on Tuesday night of last week. He got less than $30 and $25 has been re covered. A colored man named Rowland, of near Lumberton, was badly cut by his wife a few days ago. He had been drinking and undertook to mis treat her when she defended herself with a knife. The February report of the Reve nue office in charge of R. B. Sams, at Asheville, shows the seizure of sixty-one illicit distilleries during the month. Of these, thirty-four were in North Carolina. John Forlaw, aged fifteen years, was accidentally shot and killed by John Jones, son of Collector C. D. Jones, of Beaufort, a few days ago. The boys wer eout target practicing with automatic revolvers. J. L. Pepper, a carpenter of Ham let, was found dead in a building where he was at work a few days ago by two carpenters. He was said to have been intoxicated and had fallen in such a position that he smothered to death. i In the case of Abner Conklin for the murder of Thomas Compton, on the night of October 28, 1911, which was tried in Graham last week, the Jury rendered a verdict of second de gree murder, and Judge Cooke pass ed a sentence of twelve years at hard labor. A mistrial was ordered in the case of Robert Leonard, of Thomasville, charged with the murder of his cou sin, Charles Everhardt, which case was being tried in Lexintgon last week. Attorney Raper, counsel for Leonard, has asked for a special term of court to again try the case. At a school entertainment at Na than's Creek, Ashe County, a few nights ago, Monroe Hall, a young man of Wilkes County, stabbed a young man named Pennington. It is thought that both men were drink ing, as Hall claims to have no recol lection of the crime. Pennington was only about fifteen years of age. Many Confederate Soldiers Not Prop erly Cared For. According to the Richmond Dis patch, there are a number of old Con federate soldiers in Virginia who are today living in the county poor houses. We have seen it stated and we think the facts to show, that no North Carolina Confederate veteran has yet been forced by necessity to make his home at a county poor house. Wilkeshoro Chronicle. The Landmark wishes the Chron icle's assertion was correct but un fortunately it Is not. There have been Confederate veterans in county homes and we are sure there are some now. The veterans are sent to the Soldiers' Home at Raleigh when that Institution can admit them, but it usually has more applicants than It can take care of, and sometimes, regrettable as the fact is, veterans who are disabled and have no one to care for them, have no place to go but to the county home. This should not be, but if county homes were pro vided with good buildings and equip ment and kept as they should bo kept as the counties are able to keep them it wouldn't be so bad. It is our disgrace that we do not have bet ter county homes. Statesville Land mark. - Horrible Death of Watauga County Man. The Boone Democrat says that Benjamin Saunders, an old man who lived in Silverstone community, Wa tauga County, and who was in feeble health, got out of bed one night re cently, without the knowledge of his family and when found he was lying with his head in the fireplace, his eyes burned out, his hair all gone and his face horribly disfigured. It Is thought he; fell dead, as there were no evidences of any struggle after he fell. Statesville Landmark. A Moore County in nr. There Is a pine tree In New Hope Township, Chatham County, that U 29 feet in circumference. 4 feet from the ground and is 60 feet to the first limb. It is too large to be cut into lumber by any saw mill In that neighborhood and it U estimated that It would make 25,000 shingles. This reminds one of the big tree In the forests of California. San ford Express. The Heaviest Check. Yorkville Enquirer. Mr. J. T. Crawford, President of the Yorkville Creamery Association, gets the largest check for butter fat for this month. Mr. Crawford started from the ground with his herd when the creamery was estab lished, and has been climbing stead ily since. His check for February amounts to $80.60, and this Is the largest that the association has ever paid out for butter fat. Lived Until His Time Had Come. Charlotte Observer. Last Sunday Henry Baker died at Wabash, Indiana, 111 years old. He had used tobacco since he was four teen years of age, that is to. say for ninety-seven years, and, until he was stricken with pneumonia, he enjoyed the best of health. This fable teach es, not that tobacco Is an aid to lon gevity, but that Henry Baker lived until his time to go had come. Death of "Dick' 'Morse. At Morganton, N. C, March 2nd, "Dick" Morse shuffled off this mor tal coil by hanging himself. Every body knew "Dick" Morse. His home was at Charlotte, but he had toured the State as an evangelist.' Twice he was an inmate of the State Hos pital. Religion was his chief con cern. When in Winston-Salem he visited The Republican office fre quently. He was born at Beaufort, N. C, ran away from home and join ed the Confederate Army. At Gettys burg he was severely wounded. Pro fessionally he was a brick mason and contractor. He was twice married and leaves one son, W. M. Morse, of Charlotte. He was a good man, but in his religious zeal, evidently over taxed his mind and sacrificed his life, rashly, but let us hope for a better one, for he was mentally not respon sible for his sad end. Union Repub lican. Prisoner in Car for 14 Days. A dispatch from Charlotte, N. C, says: "Imprisoned fourteen days with out food or water in a freight car, in which he 'beat' his way from Cincin nati to Charlotte, George Johnson is in a pitiable condition here to-day. He was found in the car semi-conscious and with blood oozing from every pore in his body. His condi tion has excited the interest of medi cal experts, and every effort is being made to revive the flickering spark of life. "Johnson, who is a native of the village of Mount Holly, near here, left several years ago to seek a home in the West. Failing in everything he undertook, he decided to make his way back home and concealed him self in a car of loose corn consigned to Charlotte. The car was locked and sealed and his presence was not discovered until the car was opened here yesterday, fourteen days after it was pulled out of Cincinnati." Albert Phillips Held for the Murder of James Bryant. After three separate investigations the first of which was irregular the coroner's jury of Harnett County yesterday held without bond Albert j Phillips for the murder of James 4 Bryant. The first investigation, ir - regular because the corner attempt ed to detlegate his powers to another officer, resulted in a finding that Bry J ant met his death as the result of a i 1 J? 1 XI 1 A j i i , . fceii.-mmci.ea pisioi wouna in tne forehead, but two subsequent inves tigations disclosed the fact that there were too many elements against the theory of suicide to make that posi tion tenable. The facts in the case as brought out at the investigations are that Bryant went to Phillips' home pre sumably to buy liquor Phillips having been charged with this of fense and having in his possession a Federal liquor license and was shot while there with an automatic pis tol.: Saturday's Raleigh Times. A Parcels Post System. A parcels post system Is provided for in the regular post-office appro priation bill, introduced Monday by Representative Moon, of Tennessee. The measure would apply the foreign mail carrying plan to domestic mail matter and permit the transporta tion of eleven pounds of merchan dise. Robesonlan. North Carolina's Oldest Methodist. Mr. P. T. Goforth, of Rutherford ton, R. F. D. No. 4, goes us one bet ter yet as to an aged citizen and Methodist. He says that Mr. William Wiles, of Rutherford County, was one hundred and six years old the 16th of last August. Brother Go forth says that he has known Broth er Wiles for fifty years, and that he is a good old man. Greensboro Christian Advocate. I 1 General Netts. A young lady of Atlantic City. N. J., died a few dayi ago as a result of a pin scratch, which caused blood poisoning. The Spanish Cabinet has resigned within the past few day and has been reconstituted. Premier Caaa lejaa retains the leadership. One hundred and fifty Mexicans were killed in a battle near Cooex. Palacio. March 9th. according to dis patches from Toren, received by the Imparcial. It is said that Russia will build two 30,000 ton battleships at a Phil adelphia shipyard this year. The vessels, It is stated, are to cost about $12,000,000 each.' Mrs. Helen Rose boom, a lady of Chicago, was robbed of $2,000 worth of Jewels In a hotel In Atlanta a few nights ago. They were taken from her apartments. The immense warehouse of the In ternational Harvester Company.Win nepeg, Man., was burned March 9. Five men were killed, three of them firemen, and several other people were injured. In a collision on the Georgia Rail road near Social Circle, Ga., a few days ago, four persons were killed and nine others wounded. The wreck was the result, it is said, of over looking orders. j J. Goodwin, a fireman on the bat tleship "North Carolina," was stab bed to death in a saloon in Key West, Fla., Tuesday by a civilian named Knight. Mr. Goodwin was a North Carolinian. The plant of the Hacker Manufac turing Company, of Erdhart, S. C, was burned a few days ago, causing a loss of approximately $200,000. A workman was very seriously in jured in the flames. Mr. and Mrs. J. Harrison Seibert, of Martinsburg, Va., in crossing the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at Vancelesville, Va., Mn a buggy were struck by a train and instantly kill ed. The horse was uninjured. George E. Huffman, railway clerk, who was charged with stealing $20, 000 from the mails in transit from Keystone, W. V., to Philadelphia, Pa., was indicted in the Federal Court in Lynchburg, Va., Tuesday. A man in New York City, who had some domestic troubles on account of which he had been ordered by court to be home early In the even ings, or take a sentence in the work house, shot and killed himself a few days ago. Miss Mary D. Jones, an army nurse during the Civil War Between the States, for whom was granted a pen sion by Congress on account of he roic services rendered during the war, died in Brooklyn a few days ago at the age of 103. V. B. Cheshire, editor of the An derson Intelligencer, was attacked in his office a few days ago by W. J. Muldrow, a magistrate. The encoun ter grew out of the publication of an article in Cheshire's paper, which Muldrow considered to be a reflection on him. THE MEAT PACKERS' TRIAL. They Will Take About Six Weeks in Presenting Their Defense One of the Largest Cases Ever Tried in This Country. A Chicago dispatch under date of Tuesday says: "United States District Judge Geo. A. Carpenter to-day refused to take from the jury the case of the ten packers, charged with criminal viola tion of the Sherman law and dis charge the defendants. The effect of the ruling is that the jury will decide whether the defendants are guilty or innocent. " 'The arguments of defendants' counsel involve a dissection of the evidence as a basis,'1 said Judge Car penter. 'In my view this is not sound in a charge of conspiracy depending upon circumstanstial evidence. " 'Taken apart, any complicated machine is harmless and useful onlv as junk. Assemble the , parts and you have a powerful device to ac complish the design of its makers. " 'It is absurd to suppose that the directing minds of the guiding hands of these enormous businesses did not know what was being done. "The court also overruled the mo tion of the defense to strike from the record all evidence bearing on matters prior to the statutory period covered by the indictment and the motion of the defense to exclude from the case three memoranda of I margins introduced several weeks ago by the Government for the pur pose of connecting J. Ogden Armoui and Thomas J. Connors, two of the defendants, with personal participa tion in the exchange of business in formation In restraint of trade. "The packers, it Is expected, will begin their defense to-morrow and may, take six weeks . In presenting their, case." WAX IS I.VACGCUATKP. 1 Xew ProTfcOooal Prrridetil of the re public of China Peking. March 101 a the n Foreign OtZce today Yuan Shi Kal as formally Inaugurated Provisional prrldent of the Republic of China In the presence of a great gathering of delegates, provincial envoys, military and naval oficers and other promi nent personages, Many foreigners attended the cere mony, but the legations were not represented. Yuan Shi Kal. who was In military uniform, read a declaration promis ing faithfully to develop the repub lic, observe the constitutional laws and retire when the National Assem bly appointed a permanent President, Thi ceremonr was solemn almost pathetic and typical of China's tran sition. Most of those assembled were at tired either in uniform or European Htpks. The only touch of Oriental ism was the presentation of the a scarfs to Ypan by two yeiiow-rooea lamas. SPENCER BLACKBUHX DEAD. Former Congressman From Eighth District Dies Suddenly at His Xew Home in Tennessee. Ellzabethton, Tenn., March 11. K. Spencer Blackburn, formerly Con gressman from the Eighth District of North Carolina, died here last night at 9:15 o'clock. A sudden heart affection induced by a severe cold and threatened pneumonia, is assigned as the cause of his death. The remains will be conveyed to Boone, N. C, where interment will take place. Mr. Blackburn's wife and two children are in Washington, his wife being a daughter of Col. M. M. Parker, of Washington. Mr. Blackburn had been in Elizabethton about a year practicing law. Al though he had been indisposed for several days, Sunday evening he was in his office conversing with friends, when his illness was noted. It was suggested that he repair to a nearby residence. A short time after he followed the suggestion, he expired, although physicians worked heroical ly to save his life. H was forty three years old. Roscoe Conkling Mitchell Now a Publicity Man. The New York Herald says that Mr. Roscoe Mitchell, a former Ala mance County boy, is chief press Committee. Mr. Mitchell was in Raleigh for some time as correspond ent for several newspapers. The Herald, speaking of Mr. Mitchell, Says: "Roscoe Conkling Mitchell, a for mer reporter on the Herald, has re ceived appointment from Col. Roose velt through Senator Joseph M. Dix on, the national Roosevelt boomer, as chief press agent of the National Roosevelt Committee, with news dis seminating offices to be established In Washington. Two years ago when Dr. Cook, the Arctic explorer, was spending the first trying weeks after his return from Denmark, at the Waldorf, Mr. Mitchell, then on the Herald staff, occupied the difficult place of buffer between newspaper men and the Bushwick doctor on oc casions, and on other occasions of lessened stress he served as Dr. Cook's ex-officio press agent. "More recently after the Colonel's return from Africa, Mr. Mitchell was one of the newspaper men who were assigned to keep tab on Sagamore Hill fro mthe vantage of the Octagon Hotel in Oyster Bay and he accom panied the Colonel on his Western tour, which produced the Ossawa tomie speech. Mr. Mitchell hails from North Carolina." Claims That Vol oca no Threatens the Panama Canal. New York, March 13. A sleeping volcano, which has lain dormant for centuries, is threatening the Panama Canal, according to special dispatch es from Colon, published here to-day. The volcano is said to underlie the Culebra Cut.' Clouds of steam and blue smoke arearislng from the newly turned ground, and are thought to be re sponsible for the trouble. A report of the division engineer says that In the last five days the temperature In the vents has increased, and the sides of two vents were encrusted with a yellow power, apparently sul phur. The Canal Commission's geolog ists scout the volcano idea, declar ing the steam and smoke are due solely to the oxidation of pyrites. Suffragettes at National Capital. Washington, March 13. To-day is "Suffragette Day" at the Capitol. The Senate women suffrage commit tee and House Judiciary Committee heard the women advocates of the pending bills to amend the Consti tution giving women the right to vote. Forty Men Killed in Chinese Prov ince of Kwangtang. Hong Kong, March 13. Anarchy almost prevails everywhere in the Chinese province of Kwangtung. Forty men,-were killed and sixty wounded In a battle Saturday at Chowyang. The United States Mon itor Monterey is at Canton. Several missionaries had narrow escapes from flying bullets. -rtif fWAni r 1 i5 tr if us wv a cAxnnjH KCK,r. I-.Hr x M" toT X'"? Who "Hp 1 Editor of The Caucasian-. allow me space In L' pres. a few ideas why it : U for a change in our National Com- mltteeman. 1 1 nnni v neea a oeru. v rmih down the wrong and put . his shoulder to the wheel and make Republican progress hum in North Carolina. With the kindest of fee . ings to our present committeeman it seem, be doe. not fit he P ce the place doe. not fit him. and If Aacb doe. noi ni uiui, uu n uace "vv does not fit the place the more man does not ni w y.tl" ': iebU The tax-paver, you try to make him fit the worse, lUu be gets out oi iu. . th ia a vast difference oeiween leader and a boss and a man cannot stand on too of the fence and lead BUI uiuci w . man rn n npnri uiaLr it must get on one siae or me oiu.r. a man cannot serve two masters; it does harm some time to make honcroa changes. (2) Then again it is necessary In order to get anywhere, and then it is necessary to know which way he is going when you place the reins in his hands. The only way to ob tain a satisfactory victory is through leadership. The day is passed in our State to pop the lash and say, "Get up Jack," or "Get up Jim." It reminds me of some few days hark- white out ridincr. I asked a yuuiig au wucic who umhi his reply was, he had been where he was gwine. So the thought is, I am afraid our Committeeman has done been where he is gwine. And we have had a man in North Carolina who has the abil - ity as a leader, and that man is the Hon. Marion Butler. He would not nnlv ho on hnnnr in nnr nartv as n leader, but would be anhonor to the i s ni . 0 A.y t- lii A rank and file of the Republican party in the State and, I believe, rank and file of the Republican party in North Carolina would stand by this asser tion and would stand by him and hold up his hands in all of his efforts for a Republican victory in North Carolina, bcause when he started out In life he meant to go somewhere, and he is just started, and you can not down Brain and Energy. There is more hope in trying to dam the Mississippi River. Strength The have you strength for the up-stream pull of life are you gaining just holding your own, or do you feel yourself being swept back by the current of circumstances? Strength is what you need the strength that comes from good red blood You can buy strength Read these extracts from letters Ask your druggist about Ffiffsft SliflDwfiimjBf PFiim WMte (Eeois Colored Linfen, Percales, Gingham, Pop- Hns, Galiteas, Crash Suitings,-Long Cloth Cam brics, Nainsook and Shirting Madras. N HALF PRICE SALE. AH single and odd Curtains will be sold at ' half the original price. EIUMTEIMRIID) CMPY noli fixe Hoacs DevcCea to Stcco- ! So let's rt tix tti of 1! peaks of life. CH Atkinson. N. C . Mxn . In i MUmanasrmfat of luMu w rMtot:-u ' ,hroabut, i :C pwi ! U Deswr,,; agement of the public w A number of the trrin ... Buncombe Co. " T voted and paid their txx for a tlghx moot, end of the four moaths f-.J w Qs pocKeis oj private u.- r dtltHcs In B- fJf Education - o ; a, hrt.,A,,W . . . , . found the school board r. V ; hag been applIed. ai . . . ' Place HIamc Where it IWo j v., i r . aim luu i.auljir mh . . unes, .More Monuments c and Gall." The Itale'.fh Ntm, ' ! Observer Is now trying to bUs i Rpnublican National s i-..i . for the failure of the iva.. State Government in North tv- to enforce the prohibition Ui Now, Mr. Observer, hat !m Republican National asJmir.'.ft' got to do with Democratic Co;r Commissioners drinklnc at i C tiger counter under th c.Z breezes of electric fans fr.-, r.. their heads, and Democratic , men on the streets, knowing inioiin-?3 ionics Yr business carnea on in: tr has a Republican National ?. i t tration got to do with iwxot Constables, Democratic l iffs, Democratic Magistrate asi r,. j uty Tax Collectors? Sm-h hai t ; the case in Ashevlllo. j Now, then, let the News anJ Oiv. ; ver place the blame where the v.is ! liplnnrs fnr tht nnn.tnfnrrir' j ? the prohibition laws and r.ot Ut tt ! i i i . sins of omission and comniUg'.oi t Ropublican administration, that la rpthlng to do with the soni vA bonded duties of Democratic o'ciu If the Democratic press would rxt to the truth and fair argument. & Democratic machines in North Ci Una would go out of existence &j & fleers, and the press would die death of Hester's props nothing eat, nothing to do, nothing to u; dead and delivered. BUNCOMBE REPUni.ICAX of gratitude from those who did: welrh more ffca lerer did la my life ..J. W. T. ruiura. va. Alter nting werrn bnll.r I na W7 a perfect beaJth. fin apprtli nd fpHiof t than la TO yem.Mr. if. keynokl. Cr.u J "K-tM im tanumm oi I lAzn uki na ---- frrj wy. It ia a mf nlOcrut v-oic-Haitt land. Imp. Tofaacro Co.. Uori:h. V. I 1 Milam to be the vretet BjedKine rrt " T"!? for oerroaa aad ruo-dowaiyttcoi. T. SbrpW Norfolk. Va, tke guaranteed remedy. Ml For The Pull " w . mill wtmwTw f rmn I r.tnmy nMhlDcton. D. C f Hm hf.MftUl mm IB
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