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f i FOX. XXXI JIIOUJV2 AIRY, WORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY G, 1011 JVO. 51 BAD STORM AT ELKIN Several Persons Struck By Light ning and Property Damaged. Elkin, July 3. An electrical fctorm of terrific violence swept over this section this afternoon, striking several persons ami do ing much damage to property. Telephone information from lioariirg Gap states that little Muss Dewitt Chatham, daughter of Mr. II. O. Chatham of Klkin, was struck. She was uneonscion for an hour, but Lh fortunately Hot seriously injuril. The Name holt severely shucked Mrs. Chat luuu and Miss Louise Koth. In Yadkin county, two miles a Way, Robert Myers was struck by lightning and is reported to bo in a critical condition. Lightning struck the Baptist Church and tore up the roof and also the barn of Mr. Koth. near town, destroying the barn. A freakish bolt struck the gun ot guard doing duty with the con vict force at work on the railroad ran down the. barrel and burned the man's arm severely, doing no serious injury. Uc ports of damage to property and live stock are coming in from all over the county. The storm i t i was aecompanieu oy a urnj , downpour of rain, which wash-j ed out streets and roads, but proved a blessing in disguise to the farmers. Detailed reoorts state that Mrs. Chatham, her daughter audi Mks Koth were sitting by an open window, when the bolt en-' tend, centering upon Mis I)e-j witt, but rendering all senseless. T). re was no damage to tlnv hotel. ' j The storm will not interfere j with Klkin's big celebration to-1 morrow. The sky is blue to-J night and the air is clear anr. storm wKfifn memory. Tele phone and telegraph wires are down, completely cutting off communication with the sur rounding country. Troy, July 6. The sweltering heat caused four deaths in Troy and vicinity today. Gets $1,500,000 Bequest For Kindness to Woman. Youngstown, 0., July 8. A $1,500,000 estate has been left to William Hummer Ward, of thus city, by the late Sirs. John Burke, aged bO years, of Green Castle, Pa., property having been turn ed over to Ward July 1. The estate was left t Ward in return for kindness shown the aged wo man. Ward was fu years of age and lived for 110 years next door to Mrs. Burke at Green Castle. The husband of the woman died 23 years ago, leaving an estate. A few years later the woman was stricken with paralysis, and Ward looked after her business inter ests and was her constant compai ion. In 1107 Ward's oldest son, aged 24 died of operator's pa ralysis, ami three months later his second son, aged 17 years died of appendicitis, and a month later his daughter aged 14 yeHrs, died of scarlet fever. The following July, Mrs. Ward died of a broken heart, caused by the loss of her children. Then Ward decided to become a wan derer to escaie the scenes of his sorrow. In the course of his wandering he come to Youngs town last May, a total stranger, and took up his residence with S. H. IVarce, who gave him a home in exchange for work. A large part of the estate con sists of land in Philadelphia, and is used by the Baltimore & Ohio Kailroad for a passenger station. The land was leased to the Baltimore & Ohio, and the lease will expire in 1014 and will then pass under control of Ward. A Peek Into Mil Pocket. would phow the box of Iluckleti's Arnica Salve that E. S. Loper. a carpenter, of Marllla, N. Y. always carries." I have never had a cut. wound, bruise, or sore It would not soon heal." he writes. Greatest hoaler of burns, boll, scalds, chap ped hands and lips, fever-sorcfe, tkln eruptlons. ecsema, corns aid plies, wc. at 13. II. Hennis Drug Co. STORY OF INHUMAN CRIME Efforts to Burn Man Alive or Drown Him. A corresjKmdent of the Ileids- villc Review sends this paper from Went worth, Rockingham county, a story of a crime that is most too horrible to believe. The story follows: It seems that Will Davis, Bill Cheshire. William Johnston (and Davis says throe other men) contributed to purchase a gallon of mean corn whiskey and after securing the .saute, the parties gathered at a selected the Spray canal, at which to a spot, near the head gate of drink their "hells broth." It was not long before a dis pute arose as to Cheshire's drinking more than his rightful I share of the contents of the jug. YS ill Davis struck one ot the party, whereupon the crowd seized Davis and putting ltim in a watchman's house, which stood on the bank of the canal, they barricaded the door and house. Davis screamed and cried begged for life, piteously plorine them not to burn and alive, but the inhuman and cow ardly wretches, it is alleged,! turned deaf ears to the cries of the suffering man until the house was nearly consumed by the fire; then they released Davis and pitched him in the canal, evidently expecting him' to drown, but there was a pipe; line in the canal and Davis threw his arm around the pipe, thus saving himself from a watery grave. Trie drunken party immediately left the scene, thinking Davis had been effec tually disposed of; but not so, for Davis crawled out on the JtKOUuvVU VO-rxjrxAa-UT thiS provision of the treaty can be attained; either of which would be acceptable to the State De partment, so there is no reason able doubt of a complete agree ment. The next step, therefore, will be to correct the proof to compromise these slight changes and re-print the convention, ready for the signatures of Sec retary Kaox and Ambassador Bryce. Completes 7-Year Sentence and Is Arrested For Another Crime. Spartanburg, S. C, July 5. lames Johnson, alias I'M ward Murphy, alias Portland Ned, who was released on Monday from the Frdertl penitentiary at At lanta, where he had served 7 jears for robbing a postoftice, was brought to Spartanburg to day by Sheriff W. J. White mid Deputy J. L. Williams, and placed in jail to await trial on a charge of housebreaking and larceny. It is alleged that on Thanksgiving night, 1002, he and three confederates cracked t bo safe of the Knorce Manu facturing Company at Knorce and stole $0,7!)1. Two of the men Tl omas No lan and Charles Howard are serving a 10-year term for the dime in the State penitentiary at Columbia, having been con victed in April, PJ07. More Labor Trouble In Mexico Capital. Mexico City, July 5. With he outcome of the strike of the street railway employees still in doubt,, the people of this ciy are lacing two more walkouts. A strike of cigarette factory hands was called today and 200 are out. A strike of bread-makers is called for tomorrow. ntlUl .f tll. Lt.Wt t.t.llll'ft- .jy'iiit. nil. Dili l Kiiinttl l. i:...,.,:..r: i ...:.i. riiil'io.t t a nit iiii fcit icu nun hst night's action of the mass meeting and have succeeded in is Hying sufficient force to. of fer formidable opposition to the men disposed to work today. The police are giving protection to the few suburban cars which hpj being operated. Several clashes between the strikers and the rabble have oc curred Lut none that were seri ous, although there have been many arrests. THE COUNTRY SWELTERS Hot Wave Breaks All Records For Month of June. Washington, July 2. With down town thermometers regis tering 107. degrees the weather record of the season was equal ed here today. The official temperature was 98 and the suf fering was increased by the hu midity. No immediate relief, it was said, is in sight. The weather bureau promises that the cumiii!' week will one of moderate temp, rat tire in t the South Atlantic and (Julf States and generally over the region west of the MLssisippi river. High temperatures will prevail- the first part of the week in the northern and mid dle States east, of the , Missis sippi, followed by a change to lower tem jx-rature in these dis tricts alout Wednesday. A barometric depression that now covers the Rocky Mountain region, according to the bureau, will drift slowly eastward, pre ceded and attended by loeal showers and thunderstorms and will cross the Mississippi valley Tuesday or Wednesday and the Atlantic States Thursday or Fri day. It will be followed by cooler weather over the plain States, the Mississippi valley and the region oast thereof. The heat record for the North American continents was not held by the United States, but wont to Canada, for at Roek liffe, Out., the thermometer registered 10S degnoes. The hot test place in the United States was Marquette, Mich., 101, while St. Joseph and Kansas City, Mo., Pes Moines, Iowa, Omaha, Charles City, Iowa, reported 102 degrees; Fort Smith, Ark., liouis--riWK "Ui .- backs" had nndtiplied, until I found myself gradually wound up to the present tension. Speaking about "drawbacks" reminds me of a story. Two men grew, up in the same neigh borhood in good old North Caro lina. One remained at the old home while the other went to seek his fortune in the great northwest. He was quite suc cessful, and after some fifteen years had amassed a handsome fortune. He returned to visit the scenes and friends of his childhood. Meeting the dear friend of his boyhood, he was accosted in this way: "John, I hear you have got rich." "yes," ho replied, "I lwve made some money and am in good shape." "Well," said the other, "I don't understand how you could succeed so well, having so many d ra whacks." "Drawbacks," replied the man, "I don't know what you mean by drawbacks. I never had a drawback in my life." "Children," said the friend. "I learn you have ten children!' Then every child is a draw back! Poor things 1 I wonder how they would feel if they could know that their parents considered them "drawbacks." But they do put the brakes on. don't they! Some men would h fine race horses, and some wonum too, be fast enough, were it not. for their children. They do make folks "go slow." But the trouble at this home is that this same literary wo man and the writer parted some ton days ago, she "hiking" away for the great common ment at Greensboro Female Col lege, leaving all the "draw backs" in my care. "Commence ment!!" It is funny to me that these great schools always com ntejioe at the end of the year. And they are forever commenc ing, but I never vet heard of one getting to the end of its! bills. ! But this woman (I see by thei papers) "responded to a toast "j at the commencement. Now Ij don't know what that means. But hero at this home, if things! don't go to suit her I am the! Sprains require careful treatment, gentleman whose business it is Keep quiet and apply Chamberlain's t,v 1 t " u,,. Liniment rrc-ely. It Pill remove to respond to a roast Uhe soreneM and quickly restore so far we have managed to keepthe parl, t0 a healthy condition, those things out of the papers. I For sale by all dealers. LAWYERS FOR A CHANGE State Bar Association Resolve For Improvement or Law Reforms. Lake Toxaway Special, June 20. After a debate lasting four hours and in which the judges of the superior courts of the State were severely criticized by some speakers and warmly defended by others, the North Carolina Bar Association adopt ed the reMrt of its committee on law reform recommending that the number of judges be increased to 24. that the pros- font system of rotation be abolish- el, that soneitors he put on sal ary and that the laws relating to the selection of jurors be amended. A committee will be appointed to present bills to theiation of every Legislature at its next session for ages, was designed to carry these reforms into effect. The splendid address deliver ed last night by President Charles W. Tillctt stirred the North Carolina Bar Association more than any president's ail- dres in the history of the or-i gatuzation. Never before in tne history ot the asosciauon has the com- j turesque councilors ot the city, mittoe on law reform made any , who were in carriages, important recommendations, but! On the arrival of their Ma the president's address on "The jesties at Temple Bar the Ird Delays of the Law" brought ! Mayor, having dismounted, ad- forth tonight from the com- mittee a report which resulted in four hours of debate and! many spirited addresses. The association was captured by the - address but seemed to be un-jthis being done, the Lord able to agree to do anything to. Mayor remounted his horse, and, remedy the conditions. carrying the city sword of state, The report of the committee, preceded the royal procession after reciting the fact that the present conditions demanded re- forms, suggested four changes, j First, that the number o-trjo.dees . fifth time some friend ventur ed to congratulate him this way. "Well, brother, I congratulate you on having taken your fifth wife." "Yes," said the parson, "and I expect to keep taking them as long as the Lord keeps taking them." But with all due appreciation for a woman's literary attain ments, it is motherhood that best fits a woman to reign as queen in the home1. "Mothers!" how much of gentleness, sympathy, tenderness, forbearnce, love in the precious world! "Home!" How much of comfort, safety, restfuiness, peace in that sweet word! The poet was right when he sang: "There is no place like home." And there ' is no woman like mother, the mother who pre sides a queen in your own home! As for the good, practical, level-headed, sensible man, the bread winner, the man who buddy the home and makes it secure, the man who builds for tunes and rightly uses them, the man who builds the state and is the pillar of it. the man whoiRreat part builds schools and endows them!ftnd emphatically the man who builds the church and supports it, the man who builds for the future, little know ing how well he builds, 'here is a borrowed toast for him: "(iive me the gal who is true to' nate r, Can Can And Now, cook a roast or bake a tater, sew a seam, or darn a stocking, keep the cradle always rocking." I have had mv sav, and the sun sinks sweetly behind the green trees in the west, the gen tle breezes cause the branches to wave gracefully back and forth, the birds are seeking their hid ing places for the night, the children are feeding the chick ens, the boys have gone to the pasture for the cow, the air "is cooler and all is quiet, so quiet, and I feel better, and begin to think this is not such a bad old world after all. F. L. Townsend. Leaksville, N. C. CEREMONIES A Large Crowd Witness the Closing Exercises. London, June 20. The last but not the least, interesting of the scries of elaborate pageant, in connection witn in corona-j tion, took place today and was. witnessed by hundreds of thous-, ands of sMctators. This was, the visit of the King and (Jueen! to the city of Londou and their I official reception by the spe-j cial service of thanksgiving held in St. Paul's Cathedral. The visit to the citv which' i was that iri pursuance of a custom has attended the coron- British soverign 1 much picturesque and quaint ceremony. In duty bound, the . J , ' i viii pnoesiim iiaticit ill letu- plo Bar, which marks the city roiiii,!:irv vhil tri. kiiii nu-ait.! cd the necessary permission to j enter the city. Majesty were the Awaiting his Lord Mavor 'and the sheriffs, mounted onj ; norses and gartd in the vaueod to sented to given to Klizabeth. the sword the King and pre him the pearl sword ! the city by (Jueen! The King touched j ami returned it, audi to the Guildhall, where f greetings and congrat were exchanged betv newly crowned 0 tally vhCCit ah a ii;h Acci, ui m uerw iuu was discovered another member of the party found what was without doubt the stalk of a goldenrod. Putting these two facts together they are sure the objects of their search cannot be far off. The only discordant element ! il. . 1 . m me. witoie army vi w orsers i is one of these cranky, semisci- entifie, agronomical ... - - i students who is always trying to divert the attention of the party to the fine soil and subsoil turned up by the shovels, and the great possibility for fanning in this territory, as he expresses it. Several attempts have been made to get him to sever his connec tion with the organization and go back to his home in Oxford, but you might as well try to drive a swarm of these sanitary flies out of a dirty kitchen. He dashes about from one shoveler A another scrutinizing every fresh opening and going into cestaey over the superior value of this Granville county dirt. He says hehas traveled over a of the civilized world lieciares UllS the best all round farming land lie lias ever seen. Of the other two parties, the one Is at work sinking shafts in search of underground rivers and the other is looking for threatening volcanoes. News from these companies is very meagre, but from the character and ability of the men who com pose them, and the extensive preparation made before starting j out on the expedition, great con i f idence is felt in the ultimate reports come in the results of the enterprise will be given. Explained, v.Wfc waiter, I just found a button in I InJinnriTif T 1 1 r I aal n a ia this dish ot roast turkey. a d Calm Waiter Yes sir part of the dressing. it is The Simple Way "Say, Bill," savs the friend, "you've had a lot of exjiorienee. What's the best way fttr me to keep my wife from discovering that I've bat a drink or two to night!" "Simple enough," answers Bill, putting down his glass. Don't go home till tomorrow morning." CORONATION ARE OVER. Dick Morse Finds Washington a Bad Place. Washington Cor., Charlotte Chronicle. Rev. Dick Morse, well known in Charlotte and throughout the I state is m Washington. Ihe iIr JIorse thinks Washing. ton is the worst place, morally, that he has ever seen. lie says that the men smoke and drink all day Sunday and that when he tells these erring Washington inns about their sins ho is cussod out. "I got up here yesterday," said he, "and started out to give out some tracts which my good triend, John I'ullian, of Raleigh, sent me. I offered one to a man who promptly told me that ho had no usefor such stuff except to light his nine. I told ! i i .i r. i... t,..ii- accompanied by..,, m(iHi t. h t,19t . ' i:n(, Th,. u he gave me a sound cussing. i "Then 1 came up here to the capitol where I found mon taking ice out of a wagon and carrying it iuto a barroom, and again I was cussed out. Then I went up the street to the Union Mission and as I was going in I found a i out of the side door of a hotel, j A little further down I saw a ! policeman take another drunk ! from a hotel ami cart him off to j the police station. "In the Union Mission I found four or five drunken sots. Then I went out to the Industrial School and asked the superintend cut to allow me to address the school, but instead he allowed a priest to talk to those children. After 17 Years. July 4. After a i which e-nded asiearless tie he ever fought. The death of thvvO-lice offi cer was occasion tonight, at the weekly session of the city coun sil, of impassioned pleas for re wards sufficient to bring the murderer to jutsice. Mr. Locke Craig spoke fervently on the D n,i ,,.QO fn.nA ,,. rortnoi tc1, -i t w Tra..j; Colonel Lusk declared that it ;iiuui & ijiuiiv nu a 9 . i . a AA lira. was the duty of the city of Ashevilleto bring the negro to the bar of justice, if it cost ev ery cent the city had and if the city had to barter its credit. The aldermen offered a reward of $500. Mr. Haynes declared that citi zens of Asheville wanted to contribute to a still larger fund; that within thirty minutes, if necessary, $1,000 could be rais ed. J. L. Alexander of the Battery Park hotel offered to raise $200 in the hotel, while many other private citizens of fered to contribute from $25 to $100 each. If the reward offered itoes ot apprehend the negro, the iimoimt- will lm ;n,.tv.ae.,l until he is caught. Tonight the firebell tolled the news of McConnell's death and shortly the city hall was drap ed in mourning. The people are aroused as no occurrence here has aroused tin m since a negro six years ago shot to death on the streets of the city two gallant police officers and three other citizens. Two Drastic Liquor Bills Intro duced In Congress. Washington, July 8. Two bills aimed at the traffic in in- toxicants into "dry" States eed today by Representative . ... ' a v i a VU Viia. irnn of them would prohibit the use oi tne mails lor tue purpose of advertising, soliciting or of fering for sale intoxicating liq uors in communities where State 'or loeal laws forbid the sale of such liquors. The other bill would make it unlawful "to collect or receipt for a special tax for carrying on wboleaslc or retail liquor bulsness in States where the laws forbid the sale of intoxicants."
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