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fHE best show win dow in the city is an ad. in this paper. Established 1899 910 PERSONS PERISH WHEN SHIP - SINKS IN ST. LAWRENCE RIVER CANADIAN PACIFIC LINER, EM-: PRESS OF IRELAND, RAMMED BY COLLIER. m A LARGE HOLE IN SIDE | Steamer Goes Down in Fourteen Mln- j u tes After lonpact.—Little Time For "Women First." Rimouski, Quebec.— Sinking In 90 fe€t of water within 15 minutes after ; being rammed amidsliip in the upper reaches of the St. Lawrence River, 1 the Canadian Pacific liner Empress of Ireland carried down with her more | than 900 of her passengers and crew. J Of the 1,367 persons on board the liner, only 433 are known to have been saved, making the probable, death list 934. Looming up through the river j mists, as the Empress of Ireland was 1 lying to, waiting for the fog to lift or day to break, the Danish collier ; Storstad crashed bow on into the side i of the big Canadian liner, striking ! her about midway of her length and ripping her side open clear to the •tern. Crash Near Shore. The crash occurred not for from the shore off Father Point, 150 miles from Quebec, which the Empress of Ireland left the afternoon before j bound for Liverpool and 10 miles from this point on the St. Lawrence., In reality therefore, although the liner was heading for the sea and ; the collier coming in from it, the dls- I aster was not one of the ocean, but of tire river. Unlike the Titanic's vie- j tim 9, the Empress of Ireland's lost, their lives within sight of shore—ln land-locked waters. Immediately the ships crew recov ered from the shock of the collision and when it was seen that the liner had received a vital blow a wireless "S. 0. S." call was sounded. A special train was made up on which many were taken to Quebec and Montreal. The president of the Canadian Paci fic Railway, issued a statement say ing that the Empress had sunk with in fourteen minutes. No one aboard had time to size his belongings much less to dress. Those found in the life boats were in their night clothes. The women suffered most. Only a few were saved, according to the earthly lists, and indications are that they lacked the strength to combat condi tions which confronted them. There was not time, as was the case on the Titanic, for calm deliberation and rig id observance of the unwritten rule of the sea, "Women first!" A party of Salvation Army mem bers en route to London, was almost wiped out; Laurence Irving, son of the late Sir Henry Irving, is among the missing and other prominent persons in the first cabin were unaccounted for. Of those saved crew members and third class passengers predominated. From partial lists available it was evident that but a mere sprinkling of the first cabin passengers were res cued. Only three names of those in the cabin appeared in the preliminary list of rescued. They were G. W. G. Henderson and C. R. Burt, address not stated and Walter Fenton of Manchester, Eng. The stricken vessel sank as if she were lead. An explosion, apparently originating In her engine room, has tened her end, and those persons who were able to make their way from their cabins found themselves on a perilously slanting deck. Many leap ed and were drowned. Others were fortunate enough to grasp driftwood or were picked up by lifeboats. It is apparent that the great hole torn in the ship's side admitted such a delugt of water that many must have been overcome in their beds. The rescued, fighting their way to the lifeboats from the careening deck, slinging desperately to the rails or 'eaplng blindly overboard, broke their arms or legs or otherwise injur ed themselves so badly that twenty mo died after being picked up. Groan -1d S and in some cases practically in sensible, others were landed here w hile the populace of the village gath er ed with medicines and stimulants to relieve their suffering. Vessel Cut Wide Open. The vessel bound for Quebec from Liverpool with 77 first, 206 second and ufJ 4 third class passengers, was cut w ide open by the collier Storstad and «ank within 20 minutes in 19 fathoms of water. Many Were Injured. Of those saved the majority appear- L - t0 bem emb era of , List of Salvation Army Officers. innipeg --salvation Army dele a es to the London World's Conven °n who were booked on the Em fess of Ireland follow: Commisslon ' and Mrs. Rees, Toronto; Feld Sec f*°l - Gaaki n and wife; Feld retar y Col. Maldment and wife; tai w" Becksted . of Grace Hospi fin , mn ' peg: Bri sadler Scott Potter, SL * ecretar y. Toronto; Brigadier o ' l r ' edltor of the Canadian War vm'p . roDto ' Ma y° r and Mrs. Da- Pa^2j hton ' of th « immigrant de THE._H.ICKO RY DEMOCRAT the steerage. Many were badly in jured and 22 died after being picked up. Great Inrush of Water. The crash occurred about 2 o'clock in the morning off Father Point, Que bec. The collier, bound for Quebec struck the Empress of Ireland on the port side about the middle of the ship. She literally tore her way back almost to the liner's screws, leaving a rent through which the water poured in in such a deluge that she sank before many of the passengers were aware of what had happened. Vessels to Rescue. Brief wireless calls for help sent out by the Marconi operator were heard by the pilot boat Eureka here, 10 miles from the scene, and the Eure ka, followed by the Lady Evelyn, a i mail tender, made all speed for the ! spot It was these two boats that found afloat the few lifeboats that were launched from the stricken ship and picked up the survivoo-s they contain j ed. Three hundred and thirty-nine i were saved by the Lady Evelyn and 60 by the Eureka. Among those sav •ed was Captain H. G. Kendall, of the i ; Empress. Noted Persons Aboard. Most of the first-class passengers apparently perished. Among these in the first cabin were Sir Henry Seton Karr, a noted English lawyer and big game hunter, and Laurence Irving, son of the late Sir Henry Irving, and his wife, Mabel Hackney. Of a party of : 140 Salvation Army members on j board only 20 were rescued. They had ; left Quebec for the army's lnterna i tional conference in London. Pitiable Scene. So quickly did the Empress sink that those passengers fortunate enough to get into the lifeboats found ! themselves garbed only in their night clothes. No baggage was saved. The condition of the survivors was pitia ble. Some had broken arms and lega and all had suffered terribly. E. Gos setin, a prominent lawyer from Mon i treal, saved himself by clinging to a j raft. When the rescue ships decked i here the station platform was con i verted into a hospital and the towns i people, bringing food and clothing, united in a common eftert to aid the sufferers. Twelve bodies with faces, covered I lay side by side on tne wharf. They 1 were passengers who had mads the lifeboats but who were fatally hurt. Wreckage Strews Coast. Wreckage strews the St. Lawrence for a long distance near the spot where the Empress sank. The sun shone brightly during the forenoon and though the water is still icy, the i temperature was not low enough to increase the suffering of the.surviv ors. "Ship Gone." Early estimates here indicated that of those saved not more than 60 were ; passengers. Besides Captain Kendall, the first and second engineers and the ship's surgeon were rescued. The captain was too overcome to give at I the time of the crash to do anything. He had sent a wireless to his line after the vessel was struck, saying: "Ship gone." Townspeople Render Aid. The residents of Rimouski, number ing 3,000, came silently to the* dock where the dead and exhausted living were being landed, and under the di rection of Mayor H. R. Fiset, gave aid wherever possible. Every doctor in the town was on the scene and many of the injured were taken to private homes. From cedar chests and clos ets the townsfolk brought garments j of all descriptions for those who had i lost their belongings. Two head ! quarters Were established at the whar? i and at the station of the Intercolonial j Railway. At the station those injured and not removed to homes were cared for. Like Titanic Disaster. The rescue boats, Eureka and Ladj Evelyn, found on reaching the point where the Empress sank, a scene nol dissimilar to that which greeted the liners that rushed to the Titanic's aid They found the ship sunk and the sur face of the water, fortunately calm dotted with lifeboats and smeared witfi floating debris. In the lifeboats were huddled the survivors, dazed and mootning, some then dying of injuries sustained in the crash or in the rush of leaving the sinking Empress. Few could give anything but Incoherent, almost hys terical accounts of what had happen ed. J. L. Black and Mrs. Black of Ottowa, said they had jumped togeth er Into the river. They had been roused by the shock of the collision and unable to get into a lifeboat, had risked the leap. They were picked up by a boat from the Lady Evelyn. Another survivor was Mrs. Patten of Sherbrooke, Que. Some Passengers on Ship. Montreal. —The passenger list of the Empress of Ireland is: Saloon: Mrs. J. R. Abercrombie, Vancouver. J. P. Adie and Mrtß. Adie, Birming ham. A. B. Anderson, London. P. C. Averderck, Manchester. A. E. Barlow and Mrs. Barlow, Mon treal. Mrs. Hart Bennett, Nassau, N. P., Bahamas. Lieut. Col. W. R. Bloomfleld and SloomfleVd, Auckland, N. Z. HICKORY, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1914 MORE ABOUT lENOIR COLLIS! MIDCEDT The annual meeting of the board of trustees of Lenoir Col lege last week was well attended and orogressive. The enroll ment (288) and the work and con duct of the students were record breakers. The best financial re port in the history of the college was given. Prof. George Her man Hartwig, who has been away studying two sessions and two summers in Leland Stanford and Harvard Universities, re turns to take charge of the de partment of English. Miss Lil lie Bell Hallman after a year of rest and study returns to take charge of the music department. Misses Shultz and Hallman will have assistants. Mrs. Mary B. Seherer, A. 8., B. S. f will have charge of the new department of domestic science and domestic a»t. The $100,000.00 endowment campaign is to he pressed vigor ously during the next year, A classic front is to be built to the east nde of the administration building and two large rooms •added to the kitchen department of Highland Hall this summer. The address on Tuesday eve ning of last week by Dr. W. S. Currell. head professor of Eng ish in Washington and Lee Uni versity Lexington, Vs., was in spiring and instructive. Dr. Cur rell is a Southern gentleman and scholar of the finest type. He is a teacher and lecturer of nation al reputation. The prescence of this distinguished scholar and speaker was a distinct honor to the college and our city. The class of 1914 at the college is as follows: A. M. Courses. —Arthur Milton Huffman, Mildred Lela Miller. A. B. Courses. —Robert Abel Yoder, Calvin Clayton Carpenter, Eva Lillian Christman, Charles Everett Fritz, Edna May Ham man, Lawrence Luther Lohr, Maud Ciena Powlas, Thomas Paul Rhyne, John David Rudisill, Clara Rhodes Smyre. Ethel Re becca Tussing, Stella Ray Wes singer, Daniel Polycarp Whitley Graduates in Expression.— Charlotte Elaine Cime, Arthur Milton Huffman. Stella Alenoir Yoder, Nellie Olivia Rudisill. Graduate in Voice.-Clara White Bowles, Graduate in Music (Pianoforte.) --Stella Wessinger. Graduaae in Art.—Berta Ella Huitt. Graduate in Shorthand.—Ra mona Rich. Graduates in Bookkeeping.— Nillah Maie Edmiston, WiUiam Herbert Lyerly, Basil Hedge cock, Willie Efird Rhyne, Russell Ronroe Yount. Certificates in Literary Courses. —Janie Edna Stuck, Lillian Le nora Plonk, Stella Aleinor Yoder/ For the first time each depart ment had at least one graduate, the total number being 31, 28 re ceiving diplomas and 3, certifi cates. This is the largest class in the history of tie college. The honorary degree, D. D., was conferred by the board of trustees upon the Rev. Richard S. i Patterson, secretary Home Mis sions Southern Lutheran Church; the Rev. C. H. Little, of Nova Scot a, and the Rev. J, P, Stire wait, of Virginia. The following were announced as the winners of medals and pri zes: M. Craig Yoder, the scholar ship medal endowed by the Rev. A. R. Beck; Leslie Berge Beam, the Junior Orators' medal endow ed by Atty, A. A. W hitener; Dora Cecilia Rhodes, the expression medal endowed by the Revs. W. H., F. K., and W. J. Roof; Bertie Ella Huitt, the art medal endow ed by Dr. Darius Neas; Victor Vard Aderholdt, the Chrestoniai. Debater's medal; John Leroy Deaton, the Euronian debaters' medal; Basil Hedgecock, the bus iness prize, (SIO.OO in gold,)given oy a former student, E. G, Mau ney; Paul L. Miller, Miss Cloe Epting and Miss Gretta Miller, the Chrestonian, Euronean, Eu menem and Philalethean Society improvement prizes; tne Lenorian prize for best prose article (SIO.OO on gold)to W. Robert Rend;ss.oo in gold for best poem to R. T. Troutman; Coit R. Troutman, the Decl&imers' medal given by Pres. Fritz, Robert Abel Yoder, the Mathematics medal given by the c liege. The graduates prepared Tneses on International Peace (women) and International Arbi tration (men). The American School Peace League gave a prize, $5.00 in gold, and the Peace Movement in America, a large volume by Julius Moritzen. Miss Maude Olena Powell won the first Thesis prize and Miss Clara Rhodes Smyre the second. Last year thealumniassociation presented the college with elec- HICKORY'S CHAUTAUQUA BEGINS THURSDAY, JULY 9 Three Entertainments a Day for a Week. SPLENDID ATTRACTIONS. i Season Tickets Only $2.50, a Little Less Than 14 Cents for Each Entertainment. Hickory is indeed fortunate in having secured the Alkahest Chautauqua. Oar readers will happily recall the splendid pro grams the Alkahest Lyceum fur nished us during the past winter, and a glimpse at the appended program will show that the Chau tauqua entertainments by the same management will be equal ly as attractive, entertaining and instructive. The Alkahest Lyceum, of At lanta which has been furnishing the South with Lvceum talent for the p? st sixteen vears, will furnish about o«e hundred south ern communities with their Chau tauqua programs thi3 summer, and great care has been taken in the building of the program. The Committee in charge wili soon have a supply of programs, which will be distributed through out the City. There will also soon be arranged a campaign for the sale of season tickets, and the guarantors feel reasonably certain that the necessary num ber of tickets will be sold to pre vent any financial loss to the gen tlemen who have so liberally guaranteed this treat for our peo ple. It is only through such organ izations as the Alkahest Lyceum System that the smaller commu nities are given an opportunity to hear high class lecturers and musical numbers at a low cost. This is Hickory's fi -st venture in the Chautauqua. The following is the program for the week: FIRST DAY. Afternoon. Address oi welcome by local citizens, responded to by Plat form Managers- Grand Opening Concert by the Neapa'i'an Orchestra, ass sted bv Miss Hallie Gasaway, Reader. Evening. Musical Preludes by The Neap olitan Orchestra and Readings by Miss Gasaway. Humorous lec ture by Dr. H. W. "Taffy" Sear?, of Illinois. Subject: 4 'More Taf fy and Less Epitaphy." SECOND DAY. Morning Hour. Literary or Biblical Lecture by the Platform Manager. Afternoon. A program of Vocal and Instru mental music by the Hawkey* Giee Club. Evening. Thirty Minutes of Musical Pre ludes by the Hawkeye Glee Club. Shakespearian Recital by Mr. Frederick Warde, the noted Act or and Traeredian. THIRD DAY. Morning Hour. Popular Lecture by the Plat form Manager. Afternoon. Song Recital by the noted So prano, Sibyl Sammis-McDermid, assisted by the New York City Marine Band. Evening. Grand Concert by the New York City Marine Band, M. Lo Zito, Director, introducing a Sex tette and Quartette and Madame Sibyl Sammis, as soloist. FOURTH DAY. "Children's Day." Morning Hour. Literary or Biblical Lecture by the Platform Manager. Afternoon. Preludes of Sketches and Mu sic by the Avon Sketch Clob and Glenn Wells. Entertainment by Prof. Booth Lowry. Program arranged especially for the enter tainment of children. Evening. Dramatic Entertainment and Concert bv the Avon Sketch Club and Glenn Wells, introducing the famous Suffragette Playlette: "How the Vote was Won,*' and trie lights for the auditorium. This year they placed in the col lege library the great new Ency clopaedia Britannica, which was a most acceptable and costly gift. The commencement, as a whole, I was one of the most successful ■ever held at the college. The (conditions and outlook at the j college were never brighter than "now. NEWS OF THE WEEK FROM WEST HICKORY West Hickor v, June 1. —J. E. Setzer and L. C. Pierce will soon have the work of repainting the Ivey Mill finished. Capt H. W. Warner, our worthy superinten dent, is having some nice im provements made in and around the mill. He knows how to make everything look attractive and pleasant for the mill help. Miss Maggie Franklin, of Mor timer. has been visiting relatives here for the past two weeks. Willie Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Smith, is verv sick. The choir of the West Hickory Baptist Church sang at Shoup's Grove Friday night. The choir is improving: finely since Prof. G. C. Cook has been the leader. John Parker, of Glen Alpine, was here several days last week visiting his nephew and niece, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Clay. J. M. Abee, of Drexel, was here last wftf>k on a visit to his brother, Jim Abee. El. Hahn and Dr. and "Mrs. J. J. Hicks went to Washington on the excursion last Friday. Rev. Mr. McSwain, of the West Hickory Circuit, was married last Wednesday and ar rived here with his bride Thurs day, and was greatly surprised to learn that the people of Bethel an 1 West Hickory M. E. Church es had pre Dared them a nice din ner. They also received several nice presents. They have our best wishes. A Secret Marriage. , Married in Icard Township, Burke County, at the residence of H. A. Adams, Miss Martha, j the beautiful daughter of Dr. i Jones, to Mr. Walter Icard, both' of Granite Falls. H. A. Ad&ms was the officiating magistrate. This marriage was celebrated on j Easter Sunday, and the publica-i tion withheld by request. Christ's Evangelical Lutheran Church. Rev. M. J. Heinicke, pastor. Services every Sunday at 3 p. m. Sunday School at 2 D. m. . You are invited to these servic es. A Card of Thanks. We want to thank our Trc-nds for their sympathy and kindness in the sad loss of our mother and sister, Mrs. Browder. also for the loving token of the beautiful flowers. i Brother, Sister, Children, the popular Banjo Quartette. FIFTH DAY. Morning Hour. Popular Lecture by the Plat form Manager. Afternoon. Musical Preludes by The Ern est Gamble Concert Party. His torical lecture by Mrs. LaSalle Corbell Pickett, (widow of Gen eral Pickett, the famous Confed erate Leader.) Subject: "The Friends of Yesterday." Evening. A Concert Recital by the cele brated Ernest Gamble Concert Party of Pittsburgh, introducing Mr. Ernest Gamble, Basso Can tante. Miss Verna Page, Violin jste and Mr. Edwin M. Shonert, Concert Pianist. Thehig h-class 1 musical treat of the week. SIXTH DAY. Morning Hour. - Literary or Biblical Lecture by the Platform Manager. Afternoon. • The Oxford Company, in Song and Drama. A Grand Opera Quartette, presenting scenes from the Operas in Costume, assisted by Miss Coburn, the Cartoonist. Evening. Musical Preludes by The Ox ford Company. Lecture by Dr. Robert Parker Miles, a noted dramatic lecturer of New York Subject: "Tallow Dips," Closing announcements by Platform Manager and local citi zens. P. S.—The Platform Manager may be selected from a list of half a dozen or more who have become famous along these lines, including Prof. Booth Lowrey, Edwin Aldine Pound, Charles M. Newcomb. Mr. Hunt Cook. Prof. Charles Lane, Rev. Marvin Wil liams, Dr. S. R. Belk, etc. The Sunday Programs of the Alkahest Chautauqua Circuits will be furnished free of charge and either one or two programs will be arranged, according to the wishes of the local Committee, made up from the talent booked to appear on the Chautauquas on Saturday and Monday. Democrat and Press, Consolidated 1905 BLAMES COLLIER FOR THE DISASTER CAPTAIN OF LOST SHIP TELLS BTORY OF THE RIVER WRECK. STRUCK WHILE LYING TO Cap£, Kendall Givee Account of Sink ing Which Coat 957 Livee—Othere Deecrlbe Laet Momenta. FIGURES OF DIBASTER. Lost 957. Saved 403 Passengers lost 744. Crew lost 211. Crew saved 201. First cabin passengers lost 31 men, 26 women, no children. Second cabin passengers lost 52 men, 63 women, 10 children. First cabin passengers saved 21 men, 8 women, 1 child. Second cabin passengers sav ed 15 men, 5 women, 1 ohild. Second class passengers lost 564 men, women and children. Third class passengers saved, 146 men, four women, no chil -1 dren. Total on board, 1,360. «.t TT . ■ . I Rimouski, Que. —Final tabulations of casulties in the sinking of the steamer Empress of Ireland made showed that 403 of her passengers and crew had been rescued and 964 had perished. Capt. Henry George Kendall of the liner was telling his story of the dis aster at an inquiry conducted by Coroner Pinault here. Capt. Kendall in substance declared he had taken all possible precautions against a collision. His ship had been stopped and he gave the requisite sig nal when the Danish colllier Storstad, which sank the Empress, was two miles away, but the coUlerr kept on through the fog that settled down; soon after the two vessels sighted each other and had rammed the Em press while the latter vessel was mo tionless. .Then the End. Then, despite his plea to the mas ter of the coUier that he run his en gines full speed ahead to keep the hole in the liners side plugged with the Storstad's bow, said Capt. Ken dall, the Danish vessel backed away, the water rushed In and the Empress sank. Capt. Kendall took up his story of the disaster from the point at which the Empress of Irelaad, bound from Quebec for Liverpool, had dropped her pilot at Father Point. "We then proceeded full speed," continued Capt. Kendall. "After pass ing Rock Point gas buoy I sighted the steamer Storstad, it then being clear. "The Storstad was about one point 12 degrees, on my starboard bow. 1 saw a slight fog bank coming grad ually from the land and knew it would pass between the Storstad and myself. The Storstad was about two miles away. Then the fog came and the Store tad's lights disappeared. 1 stopped my ship. "At the same time I blew three short blasts on the steamer's whistle, meaning 'I am going full speed as tern.' The Stornstad answered. "I then blew two long blasts, mean ing 'My ship was under way but stopped and has now way upon her.' He answered me again. 'Ht was stiU foggy. About two minutes afterward I saw red and green lights. He would then be about one ship's length away from me. 1 shouted to him through the mega phone to go full speed astern. At the same time I had my engine full speed ahead with my helm hard aport with the object of avoiding, if possible, the shock. Almost at the same time she came right in and cut me down in a line between the funnels. "I shouted to the Storstad t~ keep full speed ahead to All the hole he had made. He backed away. The ship began to fill and listed over rap idly. When he struck me I had stop ped my engines. I then rang full speed ahead again, with the object of running her on shore. Almost im mediately the engines stopped, the ship filled and going over all the time. Ordered Out Boats. "I had, in the meantime, given or ders to get the lifeobats launched. I told the chief offleer to tell the wire less operator to send out distress sig nals. He told me this had been done. I said: 'Get the boats out as quick as possible.' That was the last I saw of the officer. In about three to five minutes after that the ship turned over and foundered. I was swiftly taken down with the suction. The next thing I re member was seizing a piece of grating. Some men pulled me into a lifeboat, which already had about 30 people in it. "We pulled around and picked up 20 or 25 more and put about 10 around the side in the water with ror&s around their waista, hanging on We then pulled to the Storstad. I got all the people on board the Storstad and then left her with six of the crew and went back. When we got there everybody bad ftp*" rHIS is a live town. Advertise here and get busy, -o- -o- -o- N. G. HAS OBTAINED SIO,OOO ROAD MONEY OTHER REQUEBTS MADE BUT OLD FORT ALONE MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS. DISPATCHES FROM RALEIGH Dalnga and Happening* That Mark the Progress of North Carolina Peo pla Gathered Around ths Btate Capitol. Raleigh. Washington.—North Carolina has been alotXed but SIO,OOO of the money provided for Federal aid to publio roads two years ago. Other sums have been requested but the require ments have not been met. This ie interesting in connection with the fact that North Carolina has boasted at her good road spirit for years. Uncle Sam offers to put up $1 for every $2 that the state or coun ty does under certain reasonable conditions. The Old Fort project in McDowell county, is the only one that has actually taken the money. Davidson County was on the way to a-f20,000 lift, but struck a snag. It looks now as if the Davidson county project would fall through. That is the way the Department of Agricul ture and the Po3toffice look at it. The Winston-Salem-Statesville road it Is estimated, will cost SIOO,OOO. It does not fit in with the present plan of the Postofflce Department, which helps to build roads for its mail car riers. Yet, the Forsyth, Davie and Iredell people have the money to match *rery dollar the Government will put up. If Uncle Sam will pro vide one-third of the SIOO,OOO the counties interested will get up the rest. The proposed road from Winston- Salem to Statesville is to be 52 miles long. It would pass through beauti ful farming sections and the villages of Clemonsville, Farmington, Mocks ville, Callahan and county line, cross ing the Big Yadkin near Clemonsville on a fine new steel bridge, constructed at a cost of $31,000. P. H. Hanes, D. W. Hartman and C. A. Hartman came here recently to ask the Government to agree to fur nish one-third the money to construct the Winston-Salem-Statesville road. The Winston-Salem-Statesville line is part of a great trans-North Caro lina route from Beaufort to the state line west oi Asheville. It is proposed to connect Beaufort with Goldsboro, Goldsboro with Raleigh, Raleigh with Durham, Durham with Greensboro, Greensboro with Winston-Salem, Win eton-Salem with Statesville, States ville with Asheville and so on. Governor Orders Investigation. Sometime ago Governor Craig com missioned members of a highway com mission for McDowell county, the commissioners being recommended by the authorities of the county and now there comes to the Executive demands from numerous citizens for the official conduct of these commissioners to be investigated, charges being made against them. The fight has developed from a SIO,OOO bond issue for roads that has been voted by Nebo town ship and those after the commission ers are charging incompetency. The Governor has ordered a rigid investi gation. The commissioners under fire are: W. G. Hunter, J. L. Pagell and Charles Hemphill. 75 Women Study Canning. There are 75 women, canning ex perts from all over the state, here to take a special course in this work, especially the demonstration features, under Mrs. Charles McKimmon, head of the eannlng clubs in this state. These ladies come from 30 odd coun ties, and are the local directors of this work among the girls and house wives of their respective communities. It is asserted that there were never such fine prospects for really great achievements in the canning indus try among the farm girls as this sear son. Governor Issues Requisition. A requisition was issued recently by Governor Craig on the Governor of Texas for Archie M. Bunting, who is wanted in Guilford county for wronging Miss Maggie L. Faucett. He left the county some months ago and has enlisted in the United States Army, being now In the service on the Mexican border. The War Depart ment has agreed to deliver the fugu tive to the Guilford authorities and Sheriff Stafford is to make the trip to Texas to bring him back. Pearsall Quits Federal Court. Col. P. M. Pearsall was here from Newborn to deliver to CleTk of the Federal Court A. L. Blow hi% resigna tion as deputy clerk for the Federal Court at Newborn. He says the clerk ship is such that to retain it he would have to abandon his law practlco and what Is still more serious, his political activities also, and he would not of doing such a thing, es pecially for a place that Is so little to his liking in the matter of the duties it imposes and the emoluments ther* trta *s weiL ■■
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