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Monroe Journal cho5 VOL. XVIII. No. 49. MONROE, N. C, TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1912. ONE DOLLAR A Y31&. About Type. Well, you tee, the paper hat had to make wm change in Its type. By making It a little smaller It li possible to set In a great deal more and you old gentlemen who have to wear specs anyhow ran get along alright if you have the girls to clean the lamp chimneys good and then turn up the light a little. The young men dpn't need any help and as tor the women, none of them are old enough to be dim of vision. Besides, this paper is good enough to be read in daylight, anyhow, and possibly a little bit on Sunday. No body but a printer can understand all the reasons for using this size type, and to the laymen It is suf ficient to say that the main reason Is to be able to get more In the paper. Now, we can hear some good old subscriber who has been with us all these years say, "Well, I'd rather have less and have bigger print." We sympathize with that view. and have held back from making the change as long as possible, but the most folks want more news and we have to share their views. It means more work for the shop but It means a better paper for our sub scribers. And some of you will not notice the change In type, and all will soon get used to it and learn to like it. io 'Way, Man, You Make I's Tired. Lancaster News. The Monroe Journal, laboring un der the hallucination peculiar to the Tarheels, In view of the celebration to take place in Washington, on the 8th Instant, la honor of the birthday of Andrew Jackson, suggests that "Col. J. L. Rodman," who claims that Andy was born on his place, in Union county, in that State, go to the meeting and make a speech. We venture the assertion that If Tom Secrost will take his compass and HOD-MAN, he will locate that birthplace on the Crawford planta tion, now owned by Col. T. Y. Will iams in this county and we are satis fied that our Colonel would make a more eloquent and convincing speech than the orator from North Carolina, and if necessary to sub stantiate his claim oiild quote the "utterances of so high authority at Deacon Hemphill, of the Charlotte Obiierver. the erstwhile editor of the News and Courier. (Colonel Hodman never made any In! in. History made tho claim and furnished the proof. Hut wo can't expect anything better than the above from men like the editor of the Lnnci.pter News, who believes the world Is flat. The Journal.) Wouldn't Endorse Harmon. The Progressive Democratic Lea- gue of Ohio came Into existence nt Columbus Tuesday, at a confer ence of Democrats of nearly every county In the State. Many of the conferees had entered tho gather ing with the avowed Intention of declaring against the presidential candidacy of Gov. Judson Harmon, but the executives name was tuen Honed only Indirectly and the or ganization satisfied Itself with the adoptions of resolutions urging the members to work against the choice of any delegate to either State or national convention who had not Droved himself a tried and true Democrat. The Dig Issue. The National Democratic Club launched In New York Wednesday night a movement to make tariff reform the paramount Issue of the coming presidential campaign at a largely attended dinner in its new club house on Fifth avenue, with Governor Wood row Wilson of New Jersey, as tho principal speaker. Governor Wilson Insisted that the time had come for the country to cet lisclf free from the burdens of the protective tariff. "We are rich enough, we are safe enough In our prosperity, sure enough or our skin, sure enough o f our capacity and of our resourcefulness to do this," he said. The House of "The Star Spangled Banner. The house on Georgetown aven ue, Washington City, in which Fran cis 8cott Key, author of the Star Spangled Banner, lived. Is to be torn down to make room for a busi ness block. In 1907 the Francis Scott Key Memorial Association was formed to raise funds with which to purchase the property and pre serve It. The purchase price was 115,000 and the association failed to raise the money. An effort will be made to have Congress appro priate money to remove the build ing to a park In Washington, where It will be preserved for slght-seers. A Hero in A Lighthouse. For years J. S. Donahue, So. Haven, Mich., a civil war captain, as a lighthouse keeper, averted aw ful wrecks, but a queer fact Is. he might have been a wreck himself If Electric Bitters had not prevented. "They cured me of kidney trouble and chills," he writes, "after I had taken other so called cures for years, without benlfit and they al so Improved my sight. Now, at seventy, I am feeling fine. "For dyspepsia. Indigestion, all stomach, liver and kidney troubles, the're without equal. Try them. Only eOcts. at English Drug Co. DEATH OF ADMIRAL EVANS. Veteras) of tlx Civil War and Pop ular Hero of Santiago Laid to Rest With ireat Honors. Admiral Robley D. Evans, popu l-rly known as "FlKhtina Bob" from his career In the navy, died last Wednesday of acute indigestion Along with Admiral Dewey and Ad mlral Schley, who died recently, he was one of the populsr heroes of the Spanish-American war. Admir al Evans was a native of Floyd county. Ya.. and entered the naval academy when a mere boy. Mrs. R. F. Beasley of Monroe is a neice of Admiral Evans, ber fath er. who was a lawyer, and died soon after beginning his practice, being the younger brother of the Admiral. A press dispatch from Washington tells of the funeral which occured on Friday, as follows; Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans lies at rest In Arlington cemetary, Wrapped in the standard that flew at the masthead of his battleship the Iowa, in the battle of Santiago, his body was tenderly consigned to the earth. On the casket lay the sword that the crew of the Iowa presented to tho sea-ftghter after the engagement in which Cervera's fleet was sunk. Two hemispheres joined homage in the All Soul s I nitarlan church where the funeral exercises were held. President Taft, Admiral Dewey and James Bryce, the British Ambassador, were among the first to arrive. Almost Immediately aft er a magnificent wreath was laid upon the catafalque; it was the tribute of Emperor William of Ger many, who had known the Admiral personally and had esteemed htm as among his closest friends. Repre sentees of other governments, mem bora of the Supreme Court and of Congress and officers of the Cabl net and the military establishment of the government, crowded the edi fice. President Taft's pastor, the Rev U. O. B. Pierce, preached the fun- cral sermon, which was brief. The exercises were simple and on their conclusion was begun the march to the burying grounds In Yirginia, ov erlooking the Potomac in which rest so many of the nation s warri ors and famous dead. In the cortege, which consisted of strong military escort, were dlB- tlngutshed naval officers, midship men from the Naval Academy at An napolls. Md., and a detail of marines from the Washington Navy yard barracks. A lifelong friend of Admiral Ev ans, the Rev. Dr. Melbourne, an Episcopalian missionary to Japan, re cited the brief commitment ritual at the grave. Threo volleys were discharged by a firing squad and taps were sounded. Admiral Ev ans had entered his final port. The Yields According to Dciiionsru lion Work. Raleigh News and Observer. Mr. Bradford Knnpp. of the Far mera' Co-operative Demonstration Work, has published the figures of the yield of cotton and corn In all the Southern States. This shows the number of acres cultivated uc cording to the direction of the de- monsrators. As to cotton North Carolina raised 1,332.7 pounds of seed cotton to the ncre, whereas Georgia, the next highest, raised 1,249.3 and Texas 710.4. In the corn demonstration North Carolina raised more corn per acre than any State except Virginia. The crop In North Carolina was 43.4 bUBhels to the acre, whereas In Vir ginia it was 46.5. Qerry: If farmers who conduct their crops upon the approved plans suggested by the Agricultural De partment raise so much cotton to the acre, why do not all the farm ers study the same rule and raise larger crops per ncre? Increase In Clilceiis, Shortage In Turkeys and Ducks. Washington Dispatch. Unless something Is done to re habilitate turkey-growing there will be no such thing as ChrlBtmas or Thanksgiving turkeys in the Uni ted States within ten years. The census bureau has Issued a bulletin showing that In 1910 there were only 3,668,708 turkeys on farms in this country, while in 1900 there were 6.594,095. At this rate the turkeys will be in the dodo claBS by 1920. There was also a reduction of about 50 per cent. In ducks during the ten years and the number of geese dropped considerably . Chickens increased, however, tne total for the country going from 233.566.021 In 1900 to 280,345,133 In 1910. Less Drunkenness, Says Captain Mor rison. Winston Sentinel, 1st. "I have been running a passenger train for 20 years," said Capt.- Mor- rlson, of the Charlotte train, this afternoon, "and this Is the first Christmas holiday season that I have not come in contact with a drunken man." Capt. Morrison believes thi t State prohibition Is responsible for this splendid state of affairs. He re marked that he knew of only one railroad conductor who was an antt prohlbltlonist. Alfred Tennyson DickenB, eldest surviving son of Charles Dickens, the novelist, died Tuesday of acute Indigestion at the hotel Astor, New York. He was in this country on a lecture tour. He was agout sixty- seven years old and his home was In Melbourne, Australia. TlK-jr'ie Caught C ol. HarrU. Charlotte Chronicle. They seem to have nailed us on the fox question. At least we have at last found three citizens bold enough to swear to the fact that to their certain knowledge, foxes "do climb trees. Today's mail from Marshville brought the document. In forwarding It. Editor L. E. Hug gins, of The Home, says: "I am herewith sending you affidavits of those who testify to the thrilling ex perience of having seen foxes climb trees, with the hope that your doubt about such stunts being performed may be removed as far from you as the east Is from the west. If any thing like a plug of tobacco or cigar is coming, please send it to P. O. box No. 58. and greatly oblige." This Is the affidavit: To Whom It May Concern: We, the undersigned, being duly sworn, each deposes and says for himself, that on Saturday night, De cember 23rd, 1911, while we were chasing a gray fox near the town of Marshville. N. C. said gray fox did climb a number of trees, said trees standing erect and said fox climbing to heights varying from six to forty feet from the ground, which sight we did witness with our own eyes. Signed: J. M. Little. W. J. Kennedy. L. A. Bass, Subscribed and sworn to before me this 5th day of Jan., 1912. Julian C. Brooks. Notary Public. This seems to settle our contro versy and gives the cackle to Judge Clark and "Squire Barkley. We shall send Hugglns a cigar in token of our surrender, but as to that plug of tobacco it stays in our office as visible evidence of our triumph over Green on the cotton plowing ques tion. Killed a Doctor Who Refused a Prescription. Charleston. W. Va., Jan. I. Dr. E. C. Thornhlll a well-known doc tor and business man of the south ern section of western Virginia, was shot and killed today by Will Is Hatfield, son of the noted fuedlst Devil Anse" Hatfield, In a drug store at Mullens. The physician was attending an Injured person when the shooting occured. Hatfield, It Is said, asked Dr. Thornhlll to Issue a prescript ion for a pint of whiskey. Tho doctor refused and when Hatfield used abusive language, the physician slapped him, Hatfield, it Is said drew a revolver and fired two bull eta Into Dr. Thornhlll's body. Step- Dins closer he agnln fired two ntoro shots, each taking effect In the head of tho prostrate man. Hatfield ran from the drug store but was captured within a few mo menta by persons who had witness ed the shooting. Fearing lynch lng, Hatfield appealed to tho offl- ers to protect him und he was ta ken to Pineville, the county seat, where deputy sheriffs are guard ing the prison. .Negroes in Pennsylvania. Tho report of the bureau of In dustrial statistics for Pennsylvania shows that negroes and negro or ganizatlons have title to r eal es tate In Pennsylvania valued at$2o,- 000.000 and assessed at 113,000, 000; In Philadelphia negroes own 1,0X0 parcels of real estate sub joct to taxation, having an assess ed value of 12,801,275. In Pitts burg they own 643 assessable pro perties, with an assessed value of $1,437,000 and a market value o; 12.153.000. In other cities the value of their property Is from $35,000 to $150,000. There are 359 negro churches In the State valued at -jvalued at $3,160.26 i and the report Bhows returns from 80,000 negroes who are earning a ivlng in various capacities. onliitiutlons For Foreign Missions Decrease. New York Dispatch, 2nd. Gifts to foreign missions In 1911 by Protestant Christians through out the world, as tabulated by the Missionary Review, show a decrease over the preceeding year or $17 a, 000. North America s total appro- Driatlons of the $12,300,000 was nearly half of the grand total, $25,- 300,000. Great Urltian gave $3,- 000.000. The five societies of the world avln the largest Incomes follow: MethodiBt Episcopal, headquarters New York, $2,220,000; Church England, London. $1,9(10,000; Presbyterian, New York, $1,700, 000; Baptist, Boston, $1,100,000 Congregntionallst, Boston, $1,000, 000. Something We Like. Some time ago we talked of how sweet" it sounded to hear a man come in and say, "Well, my old wo man won't let me rest till I pay for The Journal another year." Here Is another sample of the things we like it Is from a subscriber in an other county: Find Inclosed $1.00 to renew my subscription to The Journal. Please select me a good sized two bladed knife as premium. I have been read ing your valuable paper for about ten years snd I thing it Is the best paper I get. I close with best wish es and a prosperous year for The Journal." A bronze statue of the late Dr. Mclver has been placed on the Cap itol square In Raleigh. It will be formally unveiled In the spring. The staue cost $7,000, the money being raised by the school children of the State and the friends and admirers of Dr. Mclver. BOOKER WASHINGTON'S LETTER Famous Negro Educator Appeals to His Rare to (Vase the Pistol Car rying Habit. The following letter from Booker Washington to The Charlotte Obser ver, should appeal as strongly to toe wnite as to the colored race: Through your paper 1 wish to call the attention of the men of my own race to the frightful loss of life and serious wounding and maiming of human beings that grows out of the habit of carrying concealed weapons. o one can read the dally papers giving account of the crimes and ac cidents growing out ot shootings du ring the Christmas holidays, with out beng Impressed with the fear ful anu useless loss of life and limb resulting from the habit of carrying concealed weapons. During Christmas week, a rough calculation shows that In Alabama there were 28 persons killed and about the same number of persons seriously or fatally wounded. Taking for granted that an equal number were killed and wounded in the remaining 12 Southern States, and I think this is a conservative estimate, we have a total of about 300 persons killed and an equal number wounded during Christmas week. Of course I realize that all of this shooting was not done by color ed people, but the majority of the crimes or accidents relates to the members of my own race. My object In writing is to appeal to the masses of our people through the ministers, teachers and leaders to give up once for all the habit of carrying concealed weapons. It U a subject that should be taken up In the pulpit, in the Sunday school, In the home and continually aglta ted until every member of our race who is now in tho habit of carrying concealed weapons will feel ashamed to do so. During all the years that I have lived in Alabama, I have never carried a concealed weapon, I have never kept one In my house and I have never felt the need of one. I have travelled through all parts of the South by night and by day and have never felt that I have been In the least danger, and If 1 had I am quite sure I would not have been protected by reason of carrying a pistol. Where a pistol or gun keeps a person out of trouble one time, nine times It gets him In trouble. Besides, carrying conceal ed weapon's not only does not pro tect life, 'but carrying concealed weapons is a barbarous, coarse and vulgar hublt. Thero Is no reason why a person In n civilized country like the United States, should get in the habit of going around In the community loaded and burdened with a piece of Iron In the form of a pistol or gun. If this subject Is taken up nt once and agitated throughout the South by our people, I mil sure that, with in a few years at least, the colored people will eeaso cnrrylng weapons and there will not be so great a loss of life and limb as is now true. Hooker T. Washington. Tuskegee, Alu., Jan. 6, 1912. Got The Lynchers. As the result of the lynching of a detective who killed a man while he was looking after violators of the prohibition law In Newark, O., nearly two ycurs ago, one man was convicted of murder In the second degree, 13 for manslaughter, sev en for riot and nine for assault and battery 3 In all, and eleven men are now serving sentences in the Ohio penitentiary. Which Is evident that lynching In Ohio Is not unaccompanied by danger. I'p Goes Shoes. It Is reported that an Increase In the wholesale price of Bhoes, which will be Inaugurated In March by Brockton, Mass., manufacturers, will be put Into effect about the same time by moBt of the New Eng land manufacturers. It Is said the advance will be about 50 cents a pair. St. Louis shoe manufact urers, however, see no reason to make an advance; and In tho mean time the government intimates that the matter may be looked Into. Callers At The While House. The greatest throng that has passed the portals of the White House at any New Year reception of recent years, greeted President and Mrs. Taft Monday. When the long line had pnssed the official counter" said that 8,092 diplo mats, officials and citizens had shaken hands with the President. At last year's reception the official count showed that about 5,500 visi tors were received. Saving Expense. The Democrats of the House of Representlves plan to eliminate from the next sundry civil appro priation bill the $225,000 appropri ation for the Presidents tariff board, the $75,0000 appropriation for the economy commission and the $25,000 appropriation for the President's traveling expenses. This will effect a saving of $325,000 per annum. Off (io the Pig Tails. A . celebration of the establish ment of the Chinese republic, coin cident with the inauguration of its first President, was held In China town, In New York city, Monday. Hundreds of Chinese rushed to their barbers early In the day and had their ques cut away, severing, as they said, the last symbol of Man- chu rule. At noon when 3.000 of the Chinamen gathered for the cele bration, not a qeue was seen. Had Owned (.oats Himself. Squire Marvin Richardson and Squire Hayne Johnson tried their first law suits last Friday. Hereto fore they have been confining their activities to niarying folks, at which each has become a real artist. But last Friday they "set" on a real case. The case was after this man ner: Mr. C. A. Arant of Buford township had impounded some goats of Mr. Philip Whitley's. He sent word that he had taken up the goats and that Mr. Whitley could get them by paying the Impounding charges. However. Mrs. Whitley walked over and turned the goats out of Mr. Arant's barn and they walked home. Mr. Arant came to Chief Justice Flow and got war rants, one against Mr. Whitley for letting Btock run at large, and one against Mrs. Whitley for turning out impounded stock. Mr. Whitley asked to have the case moved and the Chief Justice put It before Squire Richardson. That gentle man being a "little nervous" on his first case, called In Squire Johnson to sit with him. They sat and heard the case. Mr. Ney McNeely appeared for the prosecution and Mr. Whitley's son, Mr. H. W. B. Whitley, who has started off nicely as a lawyer at Raeford, came up and appeared for his parents. Now, the law says that any one who turns out im pounded stock is guilty of a mis demeanor, and as Mrs. Whitley did not deny turning the goats out of Mr. Arant's barn, there was nothing to do but find her guilty, and she was let off with a fine of a penny and the cost. But as to Mr. Whit ley, this was the Judgment of Esq. Richardson: "I have kept goats myself and I know that it is Impossible to keep the little devils from climbing any fence that ever was built, I there fore find the dfeendant not guilty." Associate Justice Johnson said "I have often visited the home of my colleague on this bench and I have often seen his goats walking the ridge poles of his houses, and therefore concur In the opinion that he has bo learnedly and wisely expressed. Let the defendant be discharged." Mr. Bryan's Tariff Seeii. In Introducing Mr. Bryan at Ral eigh Saturday night, Ex-Govornor Ay cock said: "My first knowledge of Mr. Bry an as a public mm was when as a young Congressman he electrified the House of Representatives and nttracted the attention of the peo ple of the uitlre United States by speech on the tariff, illuminating that dark subject with a power ot reason and a wealth of diction which have made the speech last until this day as one of the best which has ever been delivered. T hat speech showed to the American peo ple a man who believed in the right of the masses and did not believe n the privileges of the classes." (The late D. A. Covington of Mon roe was In the gallery of the House U the time Mr. Bryan made that speech, and was so charmed with It that he then said that Mr. Bryan was his choice for President some day. This was long before any one ever thought of Mr. Bryan's being a candidate for President In 1896 The Journal.) A Family of Educators. The family reunion during the holidays at the home of Rev. O. E. 'unnlngham of W axhaw calls to mind the fact that this Is a noted educational family, many of them being teachers In various parts of the State, following In the steps of their parents. Mr. Carlyle Cunning ham Is principal of the graded school at Roxbnro. Mr. Wllborne Cunningham Is a teacher at McFar- land, Miss Alma Cunningham teach es In the High Point graded school and Miss Fay Cunningham is a stu dent In Davenport College. Mr .Cun ningham himself was for many years superintendent of the Waxhaw gra ded school, while that prince of Southern teachers, Dr. Craven, prob ably the greatest man In, North arollna ever produced, was Mrs. Cunningham's guardian nnd she was brough up In the atmosphere of the college. Waxhaw correspondence of Charlotte Observer. Rainfall In 1011. The rainfall for the year 1911 as shown by the report of the United States government weather station at Rock Rest, four miles east of Mon roe was 35.79 Inches. The average annual rainfall here Is about fifty Inches. The past three years have been dry oneB, the rainfall for 1909 being 36.23, and for 1910 40.4". The rainfall In 1908, the last wet year experienced here, was 69.35 Inches. The rainfall during the past month, the wettest for 1911, was 6.12 Inches. The dryest month for the past year was .May, when there was only sixty-four one hundredths of precipitation. Mairiagc of Mr. little and Mis Marsh. Mr. J. Crawford Little of Raleigh and Miss Alma Marsh of Marshville were married In the Presbyterian church at Marshville Wednesday af ternoon at 5 o'clock. Rev. Wm. Black performed the ceremony. Mr. Little Is a native of Union county and is now a prominent attorney In Raleigh and Is a man of fine char acter. The bride Is a daughter of the late Jas. W. Marsh nnd is a la dy of culture, refinement and great popularity. Mr. and Mrs. Little left on the Seaboard Air Line night train for Northern points, before return Ins to their future home in Raleigh. THE PREACHER CONFESSED. Kays That HU Soul Torture is Too (.real to Hear and He St-vks Ouly Peace With God. Richeson, the young Baptist min ister of Boston, who some time ago poisoned his sweetheart in order to get her out of his way to let him marry a young heires to whom h was engaged, has confessed bis crime. He merely said be was guil ty and sought to make peace with God. What the courts will do with him has not yet been determined. After purchasing a quantity of cyanide of potassium from William Hahn, a Newton Center druggist, on October 10. the minister took the poison to his rooms in Cambridge. A few days later he borrowed fro::i Mrs. Frank H. Carter, in whose home be was a lodger, an earthen ware mixing bowl "to make some book paste." Returning the bawl to Mrs. Carter an hour or two later, he warned her to be sure and wash it out thor oughly, saying: "I have been mixing poison In it." It was in this bowl and at this time, it Is said, that the minister. by mixing cyanide of potassium with flour and water, made the capsule which ultimately caused Miss LI li ne 1 l's death. This was Thursday, October 12th. Saturday, October 14th, Richeson met, by appointment, his ono time fiancee, who still believed herself his Intended wife. Following their custom, the couple had a short walk and then went Into a Roylston street cafe. Hero they had luncheon, af ter which they took another walk, this time to the Fenway. It was while seated on a secluded bench at the park, after the girl had again told him of her worry over her phys ical condition, saying she feared it was becoming apparent to her friends, and had once more entreat ed him to procure some remedy for her, that the minister Is said to have handed the girl the capsule, declaring It was a medicine which would certainly act In the manner desired. He directed her as to tho manner of taking It and then the pair walked to the car line. Miss l.lnnell went to her room In the Women's Christian Association house, while Richeson boarded a trolley car for Prooklina, going to the home of MIhs Violet Edmunds, the wealthy heiress, whom he waa to have married a fw days later. Meeting her iin;ni, .Mi.-s i,.. ilo Zi glor. Avis said she had been walk ing with hor friend tby which Miss Zelgler understood she meant Rich eson) nnd complained of u head ache as her excuse for hurrying to her room. A few hours later she was found unconsclovs in the bath room and de l wr.naut regaining consciousness. Getting Ready Hie Plant to Make Fertilizer ' ' ir. Charlotte Observer. With tho arrlvt:! from Europe the latter part of the present month of the Immense "blower'1 that will be Installed In the ferlilizer-from-thc- air plant of tho Southern Electro Chemical Company nt Nitroleo, S. C, everything will then he In readiness for tho coupling up of the macliin- eryand the turning on or the power for Initial operations in further ance of tho atmosphere. This blower, like tho rest of the machin ery, as well as tne material uuiizeu in the construction ol the plant it self, had to be ordered und manu factured abroad for the reason that there are no establishments In this country capable of turning out the articles desired. Even the brick us ed in the buildins of the absorption towers had to be shipped over from Europe. This was for the reason that none could ho obtained In this country sufficient to withstand tho vitriolic effects of the warlike ni tric acid. As has been explained before, the system to be followed nt NItrolee In the production of fertilizer in the form of nitrate of lime, from tho atmosphere centers about the em ployment of large quantities of en ergy in tne electric arc. rue power will be derived from the two mam moth stations of the Southern Pow er Company at Great rails ana Rocky Creek, only a few miles dis tant, which are capable of generat ing approximately 80,000 horsepower of electricity. The fertilizer plant that Is now nearlng completion will utilize only about 4.000 horsepower and will produce about 5 tons of nitric acid every 24 hours. which will give about 8 tons of nitrate of lime. The limestone used will be taken from the nearby hills which are made up largely of the rock. Sum marizing, the river will supply the current and tho hills the limestone and the Southern Electro-Chemical Company the necousary equipment, apparatus and brains to keep the machinery going. Pardoned After a Long Time. W. L. Hurst of Hurst, Tex., whose son, Nathan Hurst, escaped from the Texas penitentiary 28 years ago and who has since become a lead- ng nnd wealthy citizen of Mayes- vllle. Mo., arrived In Mayesvllle Monday with a pardon from the Gov ernor of Texas. When a youth the son was sentenced to a term of 17 years for horse theft but made bis escape. Percy Vanderbullt, treasurer of the New York wholesale dry goods house of Van Keuren & Thornton Co., has confessed to the embezzle ment of about $140,000 and is in Jail. f,' t f Y" i h .: r ; I K -r , I; ley it yawftBypM'
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