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.V, Xy -: &flf& fri?; Is V- - - -; -'y - v ' VOL. II, ' v' jX V'.. :; r-;;' -V V. ' .r- v I 4 ' -. ALL ENGLAND IN GLOOM King Edward Passed Wales Succeeds to mony Loved and :W:KingdomB - London, May 7. King Edward VII, vhc returned to England from a vacation ten days ago in the best of health, died at 11:45 oMock last night in the presence of his family after an illness of less than a week, which was seri lous hardly more than three days. J The Prince of Wales succeeded to the throne immediately, accord ing to the laws of the kingdom, without official ceremony. His official act was to despatch to the Lord Mayor the anouncement of his father's death, in pursuance of custom . His telegram said : ''I am deeply grieved to inform you that my beloved father, the King, passed away peacefully at ll:45 tonight. , . (Signed) "GEORGE." The physicians soon afterwards issued their official bulletin, which was as follows: "May 6, 11:50 p. mT, His Ma jesty the King breathed his last at 11:45 tonight, in the presence of Her Majesty Queen Alexandra, the Prince and Prineess of Wales, the Princess Royal, the Duchess of Fife, Princess Victoria, Princess Louise and the Duchess of Argyll. (Signed) "Laking, Reid, Powell A Dawson." Pneumonia, following bronchit is, is believed to have been the cause of death, but the doctors thus far have refused to. make a sxaiemeni . . Dome oj. me jviug h friends are convinced that worry over the critical political situation which confronted him, with sleep less nights, aggravated if it did not cause the fatal illness Besides the nearest relatives in England, the Duke of Fife and the Archbishop of Canterbury were in the death chamber. . The king's brother, the Duke of Con naught, with his family is at Suez, hastening home from Africa. The King's daughter, Queen Maud of Norway, will start for England tomorrow . London, May 7. While the great bell of St. Paul's Cathedral today tolled constantly, speaking the sorrow of Great Britain for her well beloved king, Edward VII, the millions of this city, hushed and sombre, paid honor to his memory in tears . The steady knell of the giant bell sounding above all others seemed like the sad beating of the nation's serart as George :V, the Sailor King, was acknowledged successor to Ed ward the Peace-maker, now lay dead at Buckingham. Silent crowds fill the streets. The usual sounds of the metrop olis are partly stilled; from one end of the city to the other, and from one end of the empire to the other, whither the sad news has -gone the people mourn; they ap pear as if a great physical calam ity had been visited upon the na tion. A pathtic incident that occurred as soon as it was known that the king had died at 11:45 last night is typical of the nation's sorrow The crowd that had waited all day long without Buckingham palace for wordof the ruler's condition had just received the last news Then, unmindful of the mud and water of the pavement, an aged woman knelt and, with hands up lifted, prayed for the soul of the ruler. The crowd bared their heads and bowed as they saw the simple act . , . ; y A day of bright sunshine open ed the reign of George V. This m ornin g come bright and clear "after the drizzzle and1 rain which drenched last night's crowds, all Away at 11:45 last Crown Without Cere- Admired by United '- unmindful of their own discony" fort, while they awaited the last word from the death-bed where the heart tered. of thenation was cen The vast majority of London's millions knew nothing of the loss of their ruler till this morning when the morning borders of the newspapers told a story that could be read at a distance. The news that iudward was no more, after a serious illness of but three days, spread consternation. The newspapers were absorbed by the crowds by the hundreds of thousands and before 9 :00 o'clock the morning papers had been ex hausted. Then cme the evening papers, in tremendous issues, tell j ing of the accessin of King George At railway stations and tram way terminals the people gather ed in groups . There was but one topic. Many gave way to their grief, and the sight' of men weep ing, as well as women, was com mon. - ; Before the day was far ad vanced a mighty tide of humanity was sweeping into the heart of the city, coming for the. most part through the great Liverpool and Cannon street stations. In th V" center ofLondon they gathered a i ' the newspaper offices, about the bulletin boards or walked slowly about the city . f There was no trudged with a semblance of weariness. ' The chief point of interest was the Mansion house. Hour by. hour a close-packed throng of human ity slowly passed, glancing as they did so at the formal tidings of the, king's death. A sheet of foolscap, on which were hurriedly, scrawled 'a dozen words, told the story to the great concourse in the heart of the empire . The mourning of the nation for Edward is not a ceremonial obser vance, but the genuine expression of a people for their leader. Ed ward was to 'the Britons a chief tain in every sense ; he inspired confidence as surely as he guided the destiny of the empire. On thousands of buildings in London today, mourning bunting ripplec on the government buildings, ho tels, schools, business houses and stores in the central parts of the metropolis bore no more crepe than did the mile upon mile o- residential streets. Throughout the city flags flut tered at half mast. Whether it was upon the streets in hotels, outside of Buckingham palace, or in the clubs, today 's scenes are such as will never be forgotten by nay ' who have wit nessed them. Silent respect is the keynote of the people's attitude. Since the physicians at Buck ingham admitted the seriousnes of Edward's illness the streets have never been cleared of human' ity, by night or day. Thousands waited all last night,eager for the details of the king's condition and their places were taken by incom ing airrny from the outer sections of the city early today. All enter tainment is under ban, but there is no need for a formal prohibi tion. .The people have no heart for theatres, the opera or sports. It is prolbable taat the show h6uso will not reopen for some time . . The lower courts opened today only that the judges might ad journ, with expressions of sorrow The blow to the social whirl is keenly felt by American women, many of whom have 8 already ar rived or are expected within a short time. They were e ik a leading part in the 'sea 1 Besides a notable season - from the British standpoint, many mem-4 bers of European : royaUy, had. planned to visit Gre$t - Britain This fact caused a heavy invasion , by American women ot wealth and position. .2' With a ; London, May 9. With the time honored cerejnony of a bril liant and impressive character George V this morning was pub licly proclaimed King of the Unit ed Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the British domains beyond the sea, defender of the faith and Emperor of India . ... Sharply at the stroke of 9 four heralds arrayed in medieval unir forms of scarlet heavily braided with gold mounted the balcony of Friary court at St . James Palace where Queen Victoria presented herself to the people upon the . opening of her memorable reigB and blew a fanfare through their Iong silver trumpets ' The precincts of the palace by this time were "a great , mass of people, many of, whom could se cure but the briefest glimpse of the proceedings. The balconies and roofs of the ancient palace which had been draped with red cloths were reserved for the nota bles alio of whom were in deepest mourning. Members of the roya household, the ministers and their wives and high officers of State, all in brilliant uniforms, were gathered around the court . Gen eral Sir John D. P. French, with headquarters staff in full dress uniform, stood surrounded by a tronn nf horsft eruards in their red I tuiaJcis anefbreast plates' of poKsfi ed steel. From the windows of Marlboi-! ough House immediately opposite the Duke of Cornwall, the young est heir to the throne, the younger Prince and Princess Mary watch ed the ceremony. The heralds having concludev their duties, the officers of arms chief of whom is the Duke of Norfolk, the hereditary earl mar shal and chief butler, of England took their places on the balcony forming the great heraldic com pany. None wore mourning, this having been removoed for the oc casion. Sir Alfred Scott Gatty, garter principal king of arms with the Duke of Norfolk and two offi cers bearing the staves of officers stepped to the front of the bal cony and in a voice which could be heard across the court and in the streets adjoining, read the pro clamation while great throng stood uncovered in a drizzling rain. i . The Duke and Sir Alfred then called for three cheers for the King and the people responded with fairly deafening hurrahs which were silenced only by the reappearance of the heralds who sounded another fanfare. 1 The last note hardly died away when the band of the Cold Stream Guards, which had taken up a po sition in the square, struck up, vjuu. oil v c mc .u.xu.g . The young princess from their point of vantage in the windows of Marlborough House stood withi their hands at salute and the offi cers and troops stood at attention. , As the national anthem was con eluded the first gun from the bat tery in St. James PaTk belched a royal salute and the -people in the square and the streets at the same moment took up the refrain, God Save the King This was probably the most im pressive part of the ceremony, the fervent singing of the crowds growing in volume as more and more singers joined in, while a minute intervals . th guns half drowned the ; chorus. Meanwhile the royal standard had been hoisted over Marlborough House indicating that the -King was in td.tak a leading part In the 'ie-i the royal residenqe and "flags Hupon the.-public .offices' throughout: the icity were raised tb' tHe mastheads: ; The royal standard on the Buck ingham Palace alone Temained at hal mast , :. Th?' flags' will remain at masthead until sunset tnis even ing when they will be . lowered again; to half-inasi t'-r . ' The; Duke k6rfolkd"si Alfred Scott-Gatty, .the officers o Stat'e and! others of he disinguish ed company in " Friary court con tinued in -eirjtijb.tintii the people, having concluded teh sing ing or ine national antnem turned towards MarlboTdu gh" House and renewed itheir . cheers for the King, a glimpse of whpm was caught as he stood . at the" window with Queen Maryvat h side. ? ;T H ARRIMAN 'S DAUGHTER enoa6edSo SCULPTOR Reported That She Will Marry Man Who 'Dcsned Memooria to Father. 4 New York,'May-;4. Mrs. Mary Averell Harriman, widow of the late E. H. Hariiman, declined toniftht that her aughter, Mary will marry Charleli Cary Ramsey of Buffalo. .Whe informed thin afternoon that raws of such an engagement was current she sent back word:: - - : ''I will neither 'confirm nor deny the report' M Sbe would add nothing this laconic statement. Miss Mary Harrfman was said to.be her father's! favorite daugh ter. She shared $is love of hor ses and cattle, his plain spoken ways and capacity for affairs. Duriug his life he took the great est pride in her executive ability and at his death, she succeeded a manager ot Arden farms with their 46,000 acres and hundreds of head of cattle., t L i , i and polo player, as well' as scul ptor. It was his moded that was accepted by a committee chosen to build a memorial to Harriman at' Goshen, the county seat of Orange county, in which Arden. farms are situated in re cognition of Harriman's services as a breeder of blooded horses and a builder of good roads. 4 tmp " THE FASCINATION OF BAR GAIN HUNTING. How many women are there in this country who have not, at some time or other, says Mary Heaon Vorse in Success Magazine, gone out with the intention o buying winter stockings and hav come home with five yards of pom padour ribbon or a muslin kimono instead? How many are there who make out a shopping list and sternly buy what they intended to ? How many can turn their faces from "a wonderful value1 and refrain from buying a mark ed-down piece of goods they may some day want, instead of buying the useful but uninteresting things they need today? It is said that such women exist, and if they do they are : either very noble and possess wdnderful will power, or else are utterly without the sporting instinct or imagina tion, for it is the sporting in stinct that shopping, as it is done in his country, appeals to. Is iti;he sordid desire of getting something for nothing that makes the American "woman read; the massive ' advertisement columns? It is hard to think it. Is it pure onnisitiveness that sends her VlfV v- - , farms? forth into the mighty jungle of the department store day by day? No, it isn't that;, it is the instinct of the game, for most women are not shrewd bar gain buyers ; -X X ;. ' . Taft probably feels easier since the announcement- has been made that Theodore Roosevelt says he hass decided; once and for all to remam' a. private. citizen.' ; , ;. : REWABDED FOE .( HEROISM ; I -..,.1. ".V.".-. Two North i Carolina - Negroes to r Receive Carnegie Medals--Will ; Get Cash Also.' ; -'.' W-X; : ; Wadesboro, May 8 . The Car negie 'V hero fund commissiqn -has Uotified ;Re v ; ' . T ; '. W . Chainbliss of the awards made in the case of Ilarley .Tonilins6n, and Frank Forrest . It will be remembered by readers of The Observer - that last August, -Cwhile ; the Pee Dee river was in flood, Col. Hi G. Myers of Memphis, Tenn., and Mr. A. J. Little of Little : Mills, who were traveling to Little MilLs ,by, buggy," attempted to cross the river . " , They , were in the ferry boat which was in charge of three -. . i negroes, Frank Snuggs, Jule Snuggs and Oscar Colson. When about half way across the river .the front cliain which had beeii properly.: shortened but not securely fastened, slipped its fas tening, letting the front end of the boat down stream unil the boat was at right angles with the cur ren. The current running very swift, overturned the boat, and it sank. The occupants of the boat with the buggy and team were swept from the boat by the cur rent with the exception of one of the boat hands. ' u i - vu mc uau-o. Ui mu at tuu time was Harvey Tomlinson aid Frank Forrest. 'These two ne groes immediatey took a small row boat and went to the rescue of the party. Oscar Colson was still clinging to te sunken ferry boat In attempting to rescue ' Colson Tomllnson and Colson were both drowned and Forrest 'was swept off from his boat and down the stream, i- Later his son, Greely Forrest, rescued Frank orrest and the two together went back: to the scene . of wreck and brought off all the others who were alive. both rescued without any injury. Shortly after the affair occur ed Rev. Mr. Chambliss brought the matter before the attention of the Carnegie hero fund commis sion, with the result that an inves tigation was made and full report of the incident was taken before commission , at JPittsbure. The result of this investigation is that the commission at Pittsburg. The bronze medals, one to the family of Harley Tomlhisoni to his widow and the other to Frank Forrest. In addition to the medals the com mission has awarded to the widow of Harley Tomlinson the, sum of $15 a month as long as Be may live, and to Frank Forrest, the commision has given the sum of $500 in addition to his medal. tmt AN HONEST HORSE TRADER. Sibley Says He Has Sold $1,000, 000 Worth and Never Cheated. Franklin, Pa., May 7. "I ex pect to win this fight and will win it;" says Joseph' C. Sibley in a letter, in which he opens his cam paign for congress in the. Twenty eighth district, against the present incumbent, Nelson P. -Wheeler. He charges Mr. Wheeler witfli en listing the service of all the po- litical Tiff -raff of the district and with having set aside $100,000 to beat him. . Mr. Sibley also charges Mr. Wheeler with having in his ser vice ''some of the most unprinci pled and degraded newspaper men that have ever disgraced the Com monwealth," Mr . Sibley, closes his letter with an appeal to the farmers to rally to his support. He says-he. has . sold $1,000,000 worth .of horses nnd never cheated a man in a trade. Mrs. Ruth Bryan Leavitt mar ried some more today. Hope she wont have" as many ' dissapoint ments as her father nor make: as. many matrimonial races as iier father has made political ones. Raleigh Evening Times. Let the SprmW rains wash your rrroouch awar. ! ' . , : HERD OF COWS AIJ DEAF- Lightning !s ,(hh; Seems , to Have ; Injured Cattle .: ' .. York, Pa., May. .7 In a rief but severe electrical torni light ning struck the residence . of J oseph Strickler, in Wrghtsyille. and through some uncountable freak rendered stone deaf . every one of a herd of .cows ownd by. Latimer Gemmill near Brogue ville, '.. V ; f-. The bolt struck the chimney on the .Strickler home; came out of a pipe hole. on the second. floor and ripped off some of the wallpaper, w- and blew the flne stop, across the i.iifn r-1 1 1 i mi i itm r rt a is t o n room - . ; ? The deafening of the cows is a m. " atier me storm taev failed to come to the bars at the familiar call, and further experi ments showed their hearing to be destoyed. ': - . Some Interesting SStatistics- Shall we take restaurant keep-j ing? The Standard Oil interests control one "chain? of restau rants and, the American Tobacco interests control another. Or printing? ; One house in New York issues and prints twen ty periodicals, and. the small inde pendent printer,, like the small in dependent publisher, is disappear ing. : ; . .. Milk? The Standard Oil inters! ests own the Milk Trust. V Foundries or iron works? The Steel Trust looks after them. , i Stores Company owns about. :six nuuurea reiaii stores ana wm own many more when the- present chances of Utigation are removed. Machinery ? Largely controlled by institutions like the American K,xwv, .-.c.v.vw& , 4 ticuiany vicious iorm oi tnese cbmbih ationsT Men's clothinff? Passing inta the "chain" system. One com pany owns thirty-seven clothing stores in the west. Bauks? Owned or controllec chiefly by the Standard Oil, Mbr gan or Beef Trust ' chains." Butcher shops ? Under .proces of absorption through, the ab sorbed grocery stores, - or -becom-ig practically the agencies for the Beef Trust. The department stores-' con stantly increase in number and in size . What does that mean ? It means that the men that in a. past generation would have .heei independent merchants are now the employees of these stores, jand never can be anything else j em-, ployees on wages with . time checks, fines, and, their daily work dependent upon a manager's ca price. That is their prospect in life. It is hard (in some, of its aspects), and we dislike to admit it,' but it is the truh . 1 TVio crcrarin AfTturimpnt. Ht.nrea a-rrf mQil'niWav hrniQaa ova Kti 1 1 T" Aft the ruins of independent stores, just as the Christian churches jof Rome were built of , the frag ments of the old temples, and each independent store destroyed isj an indpendent merchant turned into a salaried employee From" The Power Behind the Republic,";by Charles Edward Russell. 1 ' - : " m Harmless Thoughts. The human-croaker dosen't make as big a splash as the bull frog. Standby your convictions and sit down on others. .; Some women make good catches while others make bad muffs.; There is no settin the clock back when the time comes to die . allow his boys to smoke eigar- - It may be so that trouble never ettes ?7 ; - f. comes alone, but the 'old miaida ; The Spaniards have smoked ci are willing to take a chance. . rettes for generations; and' see It is fine to "pin roses on people -what they, have come to . Spain , but the proper spirit has got to go oacK ox tue x uu.uow; stick them with the pin when you place the roses on them Scatter sunshine.' the, wprld needs it and you will be the better of it. :- ; , ' ; - .; PKAYER, i S ; . J ,: 1 i We would come to thee. Jld, with. glad;, and.'; trusjhful ) ' neartsior Tnou dost call us to . Thyself by ! all. Thy great ness toward us, and - most Iy because Thou hast,come near f ; ius in such tender and gentle fash- loDi in him in whom Thy name is We T)less Thee that; all questioning of our minds . and longings of bur : hearjts, and the tremor of our con sciences, meet what they need inf i Jesus Christ; and we beseech The : r that He may more and more.be to? each; of vls our all and all.t Seeing --V comnig near .him j may .we h!fi:.4f0f0 access;. with:3eonfidencefto;Theel Losing Him, may; our hearts H&e filled with. the Sweet and cleansing,-.: --JMfi influence; of - Go'd's V loye, and mii-SB3W&!0 all our daily .wxjrkiye" haVe ;U&JC taht blessed example ever before us, and that mighty Friend ever : with us to make our poor feet to ".'; tread in His footsteps who goeth i before us and is the Pattern as well as the way. Amen. Select-''. Influence- of Cigarettes 'on the' Youths of America. ; J Cigarettes are sometimes spoken of as . "nails' They are nails . Every; one smoked is a. nail in the. smokers coffin Nothing is more deadly to the youth of today than those little paper covered demons called, cigarettes. . '. A serpant will give warning be tore it strikes, but the demon ni- f; - k coW He undermines his A victim ' i,. tmin hMrl. ariri : fiftnir; - Pts hrouffh there is but i phygical and moral ck on the Qf destruction. 'Whfire. .dnethjjhjwski that muddled brain, those shatter-. r ed nerves come from, but 'from; the deadly poison, contained in cigar ettes. "v ' ' . "' -.1. Cigarettes are, the most deadly enemy mankind. has to comba with. Men use alcohol, China- men iiqo nninm Tint, t.hft linvs'JJTif g Qf more' deadly, poison, nicotine . A chemist recently took the to- t bacco used in a common cigarette and soaked it in six teaspoonfuls of water and then injected, it un der the -skin of a cat. .The eat went " into convulsions and died within fifteen minutes . A single drop of .nicotine has been known ; to kill- a bloodhound in seven minutes. ; . ' ' .' . " , Look through our insane asyv lums and you "will find that' the . most pitiable cases of insanity are caused ' by cigarettes . 1 Jn Chicago 4 some of the largest - merehantile i houses have this rule: "No cigar- ; ettes, can be smoked by employees . "Why ? Because; it deadens their ; brains, ruinstheir morals and de-" - - . . . their minds, whjch is the secret mmas, wmen is xne of all success of life. '. The superintendent of the Lin- dell,! Street railway of St. Louis ' says : "A"man' who smokes ciga- ' rettes is as dangerous at the front . of, & motor, as a man who drinks . , His nerves are apt to give way at .' any moment. If I find a car run T ning badly,; I immediately begin to investigate: to find if the man smokea .cigarettes . Nine time out of ten he does. When he does he gets the 'time cheek' for; good." -' " ' . 7 ;.;;v::; .Cigarettes are to the youth of America what opium i-.. is to the v Chinese As such1 they should be put down . ; Why. does Uncle Sam L who once was one of the greatest i.ww wwicigjvu?? . z : her sea power, and is a wearing among-nanpnsv lgarexie smo e'rs, bewarel 7; America beware I5; le;st,tbeelM opam i xtaymonu . lunn . :--. ' -JSC . Hi v.-' -.-v. -yjc- k. mm -i 'Mi 'r .V. mi at- " ."tv.v-t'J:i!-"---j. t - :t-j ,V- :.--;i-Ji i : ; , '. . "i '"'"7 fit. m chief : ; ':-:?.f'.-X-; :,? .--"i-' - . l ---r w ... -11 f, ; .-.v-Vi'V?."