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"Page Two, THE CAUOAOAXT. Thursday, Dhtr 12, l3l General NetfsA J. A. Smith, aged eighty, was gored to death by a bull near Athens, Ga., Thursday. Peter Pan, James R. Keene's stal lion, was sold for $100,000 at Lex ington, Ky., a few days ago. In his annual report submitted a few days ago, Secretary of the Navy Meyer made a plea for three new bat tleships this year. Eight persons were killed and fire seriously injured in a wreck on the Pennsylvania Railroad near Dresden, Ohio, a few days ago. J. B. Manlo, the English aviator. crossed the English Channel a few days ago for the first time in the history of winter flying. Azariah Curtis, a young negro, who confessed to having murdered B. B. Bush, a planter, was lynched Friday by a mob at Butler, Ala. Street Cleaning Commissioner Ed wards of New York has placed sand boxes throughout the city to aid the horses when the streets are icy. Charles L. Hawley, Prohlblton par ty candidate for Governor of Penn sylvania in 1908, was killed to-day by a fall from the porch at his home here. President's order was issued with the approval of the Civil Service Commission and in accordance with an opinion by Attorney-General Wickersham. William Collier was burned to death in the Jail at Crowley, La., a few days ago. He and a companion started the fire in the hope of making their escape. In a speech before the Rivers andl Harbors Congress in Washington last week, President Taft advocated ex pending $50,000,000 to make the Mississippi River safe. Cholera is causing havoc in Con stantinople, Turkey. Over a thou sand cases, it is officially reported, occurred during the past twenty days. Half of them were fatal. President Taft has named Dr. Carl Alsberg as chief of the Bureau of Chemistry In the Agricultural De partment, succeeding Dr. Harry Wi ley, who resigned last summer. Major C. Mallery, U. S. A., retired, jumped from the tenth floor of a Manhattan hotel, New York, Mon day, and was instantly killed. His wife was seriously ill at the time. Mnra than 90 000 alHIlprl wnrlfers in the Navy Yards throughout the TTnltPfl RtfttpR wprfi Sarnrdav -nlaced nr1or thA nrntfirHnn nf Civil Service v A-,aa. PmoMont To f f - I , uj v,uu,t wiw i. I Five men were killed by a boiler explosion at a saw-mill near Wilson- dale, W. Va., Thursday night. The dead are Leonard and Jacob Maynard and Albert Fintry and two unldenti- fiftrf wnrkmfin. Comnann William wna nhnt anrl killed at Holland, Texas, Monday and his son Rex was seriously wounded " " " I by Mat Armstrong, who then shot and killed himself. A family dispute caused the tragedy. The Ways and Means Committee in Congress held its first meeting Mon- riav rn lav rmf rtlnnn aa tr t.tan tariff. The trusts will also soon be receiving attention at the hands of Congress. po th Tipmnrrats claim, i. T 1.1 Jt f I Mrs. Austin Elwell killed her two children and herself by jumping with them into a quarry 400 feet deep. Domestic trouble is believed to have caused the awful deed. Th citv of Jacksonville. Fla.. has loaned the State money with which " I to defray expenses. It has loaned the State $15,379.05 to pay the troops called to Jacksonville for duty during the street car strike troubles. The United States Department of Agriculture gives out a statement based on the census items of the crops for the past year showing the value of the products of the farms for 1912 to be 9,532,000,000. In his annual report issued a few days ago Attorney-General Wicker sham defends the adequacy of the Sherman anti-trust law as a civil sta- test against that section of the Pana tute, but does not pass judgment np- ma Canal act which exempts Ameri- on its eflcacy as a criminal act. A Washington dispatch announces that banners demanding "Votes for women" will be conspicuous in the inaugural parade March 4, for suf- ragettes have begun a campaign for a place in lino with the political clubs. At the request of Senator John- ston, of Alabama the United States Senate agreed to print as a public document, President's Taft's recent ad dress at the United Daughters of the Confederacy's annual convention in Washington. Johnston said he re-J garded the speech as embracing such broad statesmanship and noble senti- ment it should be in every American houeshold. The National Highway Protective Society reports that during Novem ber fifty-six persons were killed and 177 injured by vehicular traffic In the streets of New York. The Minister of Customs at Wel lington, New Zealand, announces that a tariff bill will bo Introduced in the New Zealand Parliament, taxing foreign goods In favor of British manufacturers. After being blind for twenty-eight years, the Rev. G. G. Rupert, of Okla homa City, Okla., had his sight re stored when his grandchild struck him in the eyes with a piece of tin foil. George 8. Whltmlre, a United States Reputy Revenue Collector, of Clayton, Ga., was shot and instantly killed Friday near Franklin. N. C, The unknown assassin has not been captured Many cattle and other stock are freezing and starving to death in Colorado on account of the snow and extremely cold weather. It was 29 degrees below freezing in Colorado Saturday. Margaret Williams, aged 12, of Hutchinson, Ky., Is suffering from a rare disease of the bone. She has broken her legs seventy times and her arms twelve times since she was old enough to walk. B. R. Tillman, Jr., and Mrs. Lucy Dugas, formerly his wife, will share the custody of their two children, ac cording to a decision by the South Carolina Supreme Court, handed down Monday. Each are required to give bond. The pay of the officers and men of the British Navy, which has re mained practically unchanged for half a century, is to be raised. The increase affecting seamen and stok ers is about 15 per cent of the pres ent rate. Claiming that he was illegally and unjustly deprived of his seat at the world's series baseball game in Bos ton on October 12, Edward F. Smith, of Worcester, has brought suit against the Boston American League Baseball Club. The Census Bureau of the Depart ment at Washington reports cotton ginned to December 1 was 11,844, 432 bales. Glnnings by States show ed: North Carolina, 754,249; South Carolina, 1,041,221; Texas, 4,308, 760; Georgia, 1,563,443. At a meeting of the Democratic members of the Ways and Means Committee Monday, it was decided to make a thorough revision of the ta riff, schedule by schedule, and to this end the committee will hold hear m6 umcfl " 6"""& Januarv b ne wn OI LOIQ springs, VKia., nas oeen moveu luur imiea buuiu m , J M SI AX. J ,. ... , , xi, compliance witu au uiuci ui mo State Corporation Commission The UUUU,U6B , , 1 7 "at " A "vai l"w" BV fouSh over location of the town for several years. The suffragettes decided in Lion- &n tO US6 explasIveS in their fight Ior lfleiDaul u l"e u- ment refuses to incorporate women s . Ai v-n.i. i 11. n ln f Ioriacommf ;, e UU1 Volunteers were called for to use bombs inside aua outside tne House of Commons. Some excitement was caused at the Archibald impeachment hearing Fri- d,ay The,n W' A' May' a witnef deT carea e "se manage nea u they claimed he recalled a certain contract Decause ne naa a up aooui O. HBBU1UKIUU lUYCBUBttHUU mvu JudSe Archbald's conduct A gun of 14-inch calibre and of fifty-ton weight, the largest and new- est type built by the United States Government at a cost of $130,000, exploded at the Sandy Hook proving grounds near New York Monday. The - 1 X. 1 111 X 015 suu uiew LO pieces wuaoui caus- mg BO mucn as a scraicn " e men auna k The body of Mr. A. J. Clark, a former newspaper man of Lancaster, S. C, was found a few days ago by the grave of his wife in a cemetery &t Lancaster. The dead man's right hand still retained a revolver with which he committed suicide. Mr. Clark was a native of North Carolina. No cause for the act is known. Great Britain's formal note of pro- can coastwise shipping through the Panama Canal, a document written H7 Sir Edward Grey, British Minister for Foreign Affairs, was presented to Secretary of State Knox Monday night by the British Ambassador. I The country's principal sugar sup- ply is in danger of being attacked by dangerous plant diseases and In- sect pests, according to a bulletin of the Department of Agriculture at Washington. To consider the advis- ability of establishing a quarantine against these dangers to cane sugar, the Department of Agriculture will hold a hearing January 7. Should the quarantine be established, it I might include Porto Rico and Ha- waii. ! President-elect Wilson will return to New Jersey, from Bermuda, on the 16th of this month. Leander P. Mitchell, for a number of years Assistant Comptroller of the United States Treasury, died sudden ly of heart trouble in Washington Friday. E. L. Cornelius, assistant Sergeant-at-Arms of the United States Senate, was made Sergeant-at-Arms Tuesday to succeed the late Col. Daniel M. Ransdell, of Indianapolis, Ind. Leonard Lowe, a business man of Huntsville, Ala., was shot and prob ably fatally wounded at Athens, Ga , by Tbad Bray, a watchman at the State College of Agriculture. Mrs. Bray told her husband that Lowe hai insulted her. An official Investigation of the fac tory conditions in New York is said to have revealed the fact that many are unsanitary and that women and children work as long as 111 hours a week. Oklahoma wholesale gro cers have declared a boycot on many of the canned goods from New York because of the report. Governor Mann, of Virginia, has been officially notified by the State Department at Washington of the arrest at Buenos Ayres, Argentina, of William S. Paylor, absconding city treasurer of Danville who left here In July. Investigation developed a shortage in Paylor's accounts with the State of Virginia over $9,000. Despite the efforts of his daughter to secure possession of the shot-gun, A. R. Davis, aged seventy-five, shot and killed his son, Hewlett Davis, near Dalton, Ga., Monday. Since separating from his wife two months ago, Davis is said to have ordered his son to stay away from the fath er's residence. The murderer is a Confederate soldier. Signatures of the fifty-six signers of the Declaration of Independence, part of the collection of autographs of Elliott Denforth, late Treasurer of the State of New York, were sold at Philadelphia Friday night for $15, 100. The highest price paid, $4,600, was for the signature of Button Gwin nett, of Georgia, who was killed in a duel by General Lochton Mcintosh. Postmaster-General Hitchcock has apportioned 1,600 post-offices having city delivery, $300,000 of the parcels post appropriation to be used for equipment for the delivery of par cels post business. For the estab lishment of the parcels post system, the Postmaster-General Hitchcock al ready has authorized the expenditure? of $180,000 for supplies and eqpulp ment. An investigation into the mileage book regulations of practically all railroads east of the Mississippi and south of the Ohio and Potomac Riv ers, was ordered Monday by the In terstate Commerce Commission. Com plaint was made by the South Caro lina Railroad Commission that ex isting regulations were discrimina tory as between interstate and intra state traffic. The old Centerville Inn., at Mer rillville, Indiana, built In 1832 by Michon Pierce and a famous stopping place on the old Chicago-Detroit stage route, was destroyed by fire Friday night. Many famous men, including Daniel Webster, John A. Logan and Stephen A. Douglas, had been sheltered in the place. In Civil War times Northern Indiana troops were mustered in at the station. President Taft, accompanied by his staff and his entire family, will leave for Panama this month on the battle ship Arkansas, the largest and fast est ship in the United States Navy. The Arkansas will be accompanied by the battleship Delaware, and the start will be made from Key West between the 13th and 17th of this month. The President and his party probably will spend Christmas at Cristobal. A Washington, D. C, dispatch an nounces that an extensive system of Government supervision over wire less telegraphy will become effective to-morrow, four months from the date of the enactment of the law. Plans have been made to carry out the new system, both as to the shore stations and steamships operated by commercial companies and the Army and Navy stations. Government li censes hereafter will be required for all shore stations and for steamers leaving American ports. - Unsparing condemnation of those who would from "misplaced senti mentality or lazy self-interest" cast the Filipinos upon the world in the state of helplessness and before they had acquired the full benefits of American civilization, is a strong feature in the annual report of Sec retary of War Henry L. Stimson. Many other subjects of interest are treated in the report, such as the re lations of the National Guard to the Army, the improvement in the army tactical methods, the inadequacy of the present reserve law, the crying need of citizenship for the Porto Ri- cans, the conservation of the National water powers in navigable streams and the advisability of amending the Panama Canal Tolls Act so as to re- impose tolls on American coastwise shipping leaving the water-way. All persons convicted in the United States Court and later pardoned or acquitted, would have the right to apply for peculnary indemnification for defamation of character Lrought about by their conviction by the terms of the bill introduced by Sen nator Sutherland. The amount to be paid would be determined by the court of claims, but In no Instance could exceed $5,000. The big cities in England are mak ing drastic amendments to the sa loon laws. Recently Liverpool alter ed the closing hours for drinking bars from 11 p. m. to 9:30 p. m. Bir mingham is now following suit, fix ing the opening hour for saloons at 8:30 a. xn. instead of 6:00, and the closing hour at 10 p. m. instead of 11:00. Drinking among women be ing common in Birmingham, it is proposed that nobody under sixteen years and no woman of any age shall be served with drink before noon. The Department of Agriculture at Washington announces that it will hire "one farm architect," capable of investigating. In the language of the department's specification, "the dwelling requirements of farms, farm families, and household work under varying agricultural, climatic, and economic conditions." He also will report on available materials and architecture of local requirements. Aspirants for the place must have their applications in before January 13. The Supreme Court of Mississippi has decided the "Jim Crow" law In that State applies to through Pull man cars as well as to day coaches. The decision was given in the case of Miss Pearl Morris, who was recent ly given a verdict against the Alabama and Vlcksburg Railroad for $15,000, because the railroad's employes re fused to eject three negroes from a sleeping car in which she rode. The court held that a $15,00 verdict was excessive, but suggested a $2,000 verdict. The fate of President Taft's judi cial appointments now before Con gress was the subject of an informal conference Monday by the Senate Ju diciary Committee. No formal action was taken on any of the appoint ments now before the Senate but the Republican Committee members re ceived definite information that the Senate Democrats will probably hold up many appointments of judges and United States District Attorneys in the Southern States, so that the ap pointments may fall to President Wil son after March 4. SENATOR CLAPP'S BILL Would Prohibit Sending of Campaign Funds From One State Into An other. Washington dispatch, December 7: "Senator Clapp, Chairman of the Committee investigating campaign funds, to-day introduced a bill to prohibit the sending of campaign funds from one State to another, to aid campaigns of candidates for Pres- dent, Vice-President, Representatives or Senators. "The measure does not represent the concerted action of the Investi gating Committee, but was present ed by Chairman Clapp as his sug gestion of the remedy for exclusive use of money for campaign pur poses. "In a statement to the Senate, he declared such a law would prevent the 'dumping' of great sums of mon ey into outlying States by wealthy communities like New York. " 'This bill is aimed to meet the vice of gathering funds in large cen ters and then sending them to distant States to influence the election of President, Vice-President, members of Congress or Senators, said Mr. Clapp. "At his request the bill was refer red direclty to the Investieatinz Sub-Committee." One Witness Says Tobacco Trust Wanted to Hit Consumer. A New York dispatch of Decem ber 9 says: "The consumer is the man I am after." These words were attributed to James B. Duke, the tobacco job ber, who was a witness to-day in the $300,000 damage suit brought by John E. Locker, of Brooklyn, against the American Tobacco Company, which is being tried in the United States Court here. Hillman described a discussion re garding tobacco prices he had with Duke about the time of the organiza tion of the Metropolitan Tobacco Company, which it was claimed was the local selling agent of the Ameri can. He said he protested that job bers could not stand an advance in prices, and Duke replied: "Raise your price to the retailer Let the retailer raise his price to the consumer. The consumer is the man I am after. If the retailers won't raise prices, we will establish retail stores of our own." Counsel for Locker offered to pre sent evidence to show hat the Amer ican Tobacco Company had cc aspired to injure independent jobbers, but the court ruled out such testimony. A Fions Task. "Johnny, what are you doing?" "11 to learn the fish in this here crick what they'll git if they bite on Sunday." Houston Post. ; State Netfs. Winston-Salem Tuesday reported the biggest tobacco sales in the his tory of that town. The forthy-fourth annual session of tie Grand Lodge of Colored Ma sons was held in Aaheville this week. The Supreme Court has decided that an act exempting Duplin County drainage bonds from taxation Is Ille gal. Victor Graham, of Vance County, was bitten by a mad dog a few days ago. He was taken to Richmond for treatment. J. M. Rosenblatt died Monday In Greensboro from the effects of pto maine poisoning. The deceased leaves a wife and six children. In Alleghany County last week LInville Jolnes was shot and serious ly wounded by O. W. Hoppers. The men were brothers-in-law. After a strenuous legal battle last ing from Friday the jury In the caso of Gernle Klger vs. the Liipfert Scales Tobacco Company of Winston Tuesday awarded the plaintiff a ver dict for $4,000. Klger was suing the company to $6,000 for the loss of a thumb while in the employ of the company. In attempting to marry an alleged negress at Woodleaf by the name of Rosa Brown, Will WTllson, hailing from South Carolina, created a stir in Salisbury Saturday and both were landed in jail. The mother of the Brown woman claims that Rosa Brown is half Indian. The mother is a white woman, but says the fath er of the girl was an Indian. ESTABLISHED 1886 Always under one management Henry F. Miller Pianos The purchase of a Henry F. Miller Piano is true economy. Complete in musical satisfactory, it lasts a lifetime and at any age is a quick asset in time of need. Compared with other makes the Henry F. Miller Piano shows many points of superiority. A. M O "VEX they are sold at the lowest possible prices, consistent with best construction, constant improvements and reas onable profit. Several hundreds owned in this community by profes sional and amatuers muscians and careful buyers demon strate their enduring worth and great desirability. WE ARE SHOWING AT OUR WAREHOUSE THE LARGEST STOCK OF FINE PIANOS IN iapinell & RALEIGH, N. C. remember that LETTERS prove CO YOUR FEET WILL BE COMFORTABLE la pair of Menx "Bam". Youll also find after aereral months' evcry-day aerrica, that a bet ter ahoe cant be put together. And if you have the aama exnerieneA mm Hvna who hare worn them the past II year, they'll 8esdfbr Catslcn Ha. 12 Describee the Men "Ease" from to IS Inch heights: also the" American Boy" an honest snoe made espe laUy for the red blooded, oat ooor Boy. rt&d .the feele and yellow label, and y ou will f leather Is Mens- OTPmmmWh tHmm . .1,1 oaly toper leather Peetleather taaaedbr as a slew ad will r7 always retain its criminal Ifseoyerty cared for. ACS FCa CATALOQ Ha. 1 - I -ft1 we have, woi refer I yoatohim. If net, we can introduce the ah direct to yoa froatbe factanrfJfTIl OtaHfs Shot P.. Cam. Dtlrolt. Die. lenarh ...7i- oux - tit . : . - outuuvn out IHIoiplboiPti amies 129 FAYETTEVII1E, STREET lldtlali. A noautatnt has ba .f Boose, N. a. on rfti rV'; camp site at a cott or C. 6 trtbuted by public sUcrW ' was aceotoplUhM lfcrot!l t. of W. L. Bryan at Mos. " Thre are now orff u n. bers in th North rrolsa Lm7 Odd Fellows. n5 a3 ,r0r: u f being made to brta tb, B v to 20.000 by the tin, v ,7:? x' meeting Is held. -u; Dr. Henry Smith, a vn, Union vllle. Union Coonty M dad by the roadside nr Vv1 Friday morning with in tcr.7 that had contained carbolic . his side. He had pottn oct t buggy and tied his borw drinking the deadly polios, h a man of good habits eajoye4 t practice and no cause u krc- . his rash act, :f After declaring In the Meekest Superior Court that It was t'.V j Be continually bringing the of the tenderllon into court, tl James L, Webb Friday Instruct tig Charlotte officials hereafter to sy-'rV bend all men discovered fret.'.,. the red light district. shoici; T to none and exercising their ac:hcrv ty without discrimination. Tie 0Vj caused Intense Interest In CfcarlotV Makes the Nation Gp. The awful list of Injuria c& 4 Fourth of July stsgiters humaii-j Set over against It, however, it u wonderful healing, by Bucklea i Ar nica Salve, of thousands who tt ed from burns, cuts, bruises. t;: wounds or explosions. It's the qv.a healer of boils, ulcers, ecieraa. lips or piles. Twenty-five cecti it all druggists. NORTH CAROLINA. Tlluomas WHEN YOU READ THIS ADVERTISEMENT in your agricultural paper this month vte have the agency for Menx "Ease? and "American Boy" shoes. THESE they ere worth Investigating. StatetvO. .N-C-"I bought a pair of your Men h and after 6 months trial they are ju as they were the day I bought tbem. I recommend them to any farmer who w food heavy work -ahoe that Ac.J,y service and solid comfort." W. H. BuO.i . OraErrbsrj. C - American Boy shoes are the ody I ever bought that wore long half-eoled. I have had them iuK- Z and the tops are as VotX "Since wearing Mens EaV fislZ diaguat for any other." BEN TLR-N- -I have a pair of your W'jf S they have given me entire f. -recommend them as a gooa jioRaW Asfki. G- -I have worn a pair of Weni'1 end find them to W the best Jr ewore. I i N& Trostcaa ' -The Men 'Eaae' ahoee I have worn constantly, fT2 .n vt4 J farm work. Taer arc au xjaosof h wv- --7' ui cocatortaoie asn ', Z - o4 r meadthemto sSTh HirtrrDe.&J; -Yocr Men TEase fhoe u Jl U -The Mens Eaee a are my favorite shoes. ,. nfiSST- mm aooea are not zmiAammem tss aooee are not inrww j - - r.Mrr B IELossinitlllns1! Berth CcreK3-
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