North Carolina Newspapers

! Ke WEATHER TODAY . I ror North Carolina : i fa r, fooler TEMPERATURE J Tmpratuf4r tba past 24- Hours: Maximum 85. Minimum, 59. for Raleigh : p- r. Cooler Vol. -IX i A RALEIGH, N. CI TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 26, 1905 NO. 101 MS WILL EAGEABLY Kofway end Sweden Agree Upon Terms BEJTIf PUBLIC Arbitration of Disputes, Establish ment of a Neutral Zone and the rendition Of Fortresses the Prin-! c.7l Feature of the Agreement. Be Ratified by Parliaments ' : vr.i. Sept. 23. The text of the -: s: nod at Karlstadt Saturday N . u-wegia n-S wedish delegates ; arrang-e the terms for the' i of the union of Norway andt :-..' subject to the ratification of k " :cr and storthing, has been ;-.-:h:ic. ' ' d -u:nent, which will become a v her. ratified by the two parlla- insists of five main articles :i.:y-rive sub-clauses. I : ::? article deals with arbitra ge second with the neutral zone V niolition of fortifications, the ::h reindeer, pastures, etc., the v.;;h inter-traffic, and the fifth :.- an waterways. remeiit provides for the com y arbitration before The Hague all disputes except -matters of I : rt?t for the period of a de- with extensions for other periods j yars unless two years previ-i - :. is given of an intention to 1 :r nty provides for a zone on sv.o of the frontier which shall rle neutral,' and for the demoli :" rh fortresses within that zone :h---' exception of the old portion.? - fortifications which may re i v.; 'which are not to be used as r,5. This must be carried 'r:'.v,i tisht months under ths di- a commission of three for-:Ti(.-crs. This zone agreement is :'. in case the two countries t:rh other in a war p gainst a :i e: vmy, and also if either goes r-with a third power. ma. Sept. 25. The agreement vd quietly by the public. A t. ... rv--gians are not quite satisfied 'h !;. hut rone is demonstratively atNf.od. The general feeling is that rr v pays heavily for her inde Xevertheless she has hor rnain end without war. no doubt that the storthing y the agreement by a" large It is noteworthy that the 'sues of the newspapers con- "'litorials which are devoted 'discussing whether .Norway to be a kingdom or a repub to commenting on the-agree- h: v, t'l Ji-.r.t BANK-CLOSES SHOP fbe Karsas City. State Bank Goes V into Voluntary Liquidation "5 ''ity, Sept. 25. The Kansas I-nnk, Wiley 'O." Cox, -presi-. fiilir-l'-' to open its doors . today, r.cr' ;;r,AP into voluntary liquida Th. b-.nk had leaned S16S.000 to !. k of Salmon & Salmon at Clin which failed last July, catch n -;rio?i-tfirs for several, hundred ' K;i:is-in City State Bank was or-z'-l in 1 SR. and had a capital of The last .statement showed of S4.ftno.000, deposits $4,000,000, VA.dift. :; " f v5ng notice was posted on ' at the opening hour today: -j- bftr.k has gone into- voluntary '';:.!) through the Fidelity Tru-'t C:- t '(- ' r-checks drawn against the " ill be paid on presentation to K V '.-J. 'ity Trust Company, - at Ninth -'i '1"';.--nut streets. "WILEY O. COX, "President." Fiurlity Trust Company, which ' ' ' '' iliz'-.l at $1,000,000, is considered f;f the strongest banking instltu 1r'"' in the southwest. WILL STOP A SIDE LINE he Equitable Society to Go Out of the Cafe Business Xp-v York. Sent. ?5. President Paul to: , r,-. of the Eauitable Life Assur- r."v Sr,Hety announced today that he is to divorce the Equitable from 1 f" Savarin as noon AS DOSslble. fty has run the restaurant and Mv rr:- that" cafe " for a good many "y hi fact ever since the Cafe Sav 'in. ' .mpany was incorporated, and j;6 'ih uon between the two has at :rr'" l)-"n the basis of widespread r;t! :o a - n among persons who objected insurance rnmnanv being en- iu selling intoxicating liquors. HiDQ PART P MADE i - Attorney Gene today that most of the Equitable dlrec ltL the ld '"Sime have appeared either personally or through counsel in the suit which. has fceen brought by mm-for an accounting. Thus far the attorney general has received only, one answer to his complaint from the fifty individual defendants. That was from Alvin W. Krech, president of the Equi table Trust Company. Mr. Krech - de- an me allegations in the com-) ;A2sssr.jiFhince In No Humor ..v. ou iV1 as lnGy refer tQ personally. One of the fifty defendants, Thomas T. Eckert, has demurred to the com pl'iint. v rTC -"Luia oi ms inaustrlal NewsJ Publishing Company held a conference r here yesterday, and last, night-StatrfA Chairman Thomas S. Rollins. of the company, announced that the mrectors ha,d not decided upon a man for manasrins' news Hit- v.i, V.-. v. selection would be made this week It is learned that the directors never of fered the position to Mr. Roscoe Mitch ell, as was announced in some of the papers, Mr. Mitchell, who has been 'here for several days, left last nigh; for Norfolk. Va. The directors decided. that the first issue of the paper should ccrtamly appear on Sundaj', October S. It is probable that Mr. Howard A. Banks may yet accept the managing news editorship of the paper. Base Ball Matters Cincinnati, O., Sept. 25. The Na tional Baseball Commission elected August Hermann chairman, j M" TaI&ny, charge d'affaires at Cara- that the tables have only been turned and John E. Bruce, secretary. Nojcas' and the Venezuelan government 011 them on the principle of "an eye schedule of the world's championship j has tacltly refused by taking no ac-j for an eve and a tooth for a tooth." games will be announced until theltlon" Tne next step is regarded with I The Discussion says that the Moder season is finished, owing to the close-! keen lnterest here- Government offi-J ates won a triumph without internip nesi of the contest. For the same cials are convinced that the French I tion of Public order. There will be no reason the umpires will not be made government does not proposed to stand ! revoIution in spite of the rediculous known at present. After reaffirming : for dela7 and bickering on the part of j attitude of a few mad men who wish the rules adopted for the government President Castro. to carry the people into an abyss, of the games by the two leagues last ! There is reason to believe that the ! The Liberals have decided, not fall the commission adopted a number j return of M. Jusserand. the French ! withstanding their defeat of Tuesday, of supplementary rules. ambassador, to this country, will be I to take Part m the Political election. BATTLE WITH OUTLAWS Rangers Kill One Desperado and Wound Four Fierce Fighting in. the,- Wild Coun try of , Texas Martinez, Who Was Killed, &L Committed Four Murder? ' v JHouston, Tex., Sept. 25. A fierce bat tle between Mexican desperadoes and Texas rangers has resulted in the killr ing of one of the bad men and the wounding of four. The fight was on j La Portia creek, near Minerva, a small i border town in Wilson county. The "scene is one of the most desolate spots : in Texas, wild in . topography and is the haunt of many desperadoes. The rangers were led by Captain Tumlin som After two days riding on the trail of Garcia-and Enrico Martinez, brothers, and tfo of their pals, they came upon them in an adobe house at the edge of arbig thicket, and the rangers did all possible to take them alive. While they were formulating a plan df attack .their presence was discovered and fire was opened on them from the house. -The rangers sepa rated so as to guard the house on all sides. They shielded 'themselves as best they could and returned the fire. They, got gradually closer to the build ing, and when near to it a dash for the thicket was made by the desperadoes. Garcia Martinez was shot dead. Two others fell wounded, but arose, and suc ceeded in getting into the thicket. One of the rangers managed to get hands on one of them, and in a desperate personal encounter the Mexican wound ed the ranger seriously and escaped. The injured officers were taken to Mi nerva, where Captain Tumlinson se cured reinforcements and set out again to capture the men. One of the men who returned tonight said that bloody trails had been found, but that the des peradoes seem to have made their es cape. Martinez, who was killed, is known tr, have committed four murders in rp or, i spveratin Mexico, where a heavy reward is offered for him, dead or alive. His last victim was Captain Goff, a ranger, whom he killed in Mi nerva last week. Komura Will Return Home New York, Sept. 25. Baron Komura, the Japanese peace envoy, has so far recovered from his illness that he will start on his journey to Japan Wed nesday. The baron will be accom panied by Mr. Sato, who remained with him when the rest of the suite started for home after the peace nego tiations had been concluded. JThey will go by rail to Vancouver, whence they will sail on the steamer Empress of Indid October 2. Cuban Liberals Want Intervention Havana, Sept. 25.-The Liberals are considering-the question of sending a commission to Washington to ask for the re-establishment of American in tervention or that the United States guarantee fair elections. EZ11ELA WILL to Stand Trifing A DEADLOCK ' " " jr.enc& Demand On CastTO Will Be rvn . : x-uuuwcu uy ivxore strenuous Ac tion Unless There Is Ready Com pliance Something Expected to Happen When Jusserand Arrives Washington, Sept. 23. The situation in Venezuela is apparently at a dead lock. Advices which have been re ceived at the state department indi- VEN GET IN TROUBLE cate that the Frenrh ..wt veiqumiy to 115 spirits. It says that If fl(iman, , ... .. r " demanded that Venezuela withdraw her recent note severing relations with t I luieiumier oi action Dy trance. A i government official today significantly ! remarked that if the French govern-j ment proposes to do anything it would probably inform and consult with the United States government through M. Jusserand. The latter should arrive in this country some time this week, and it is likely that he will see the president immediately after his ar rival. If M. Jusserand gets to New York before Saturday he will probably go to Oyster Bay; if not, he will 'see the president here. Government offi cials here claim that nothing has come from Paris which would indicate what France desires to do concerning Venezuela. The advices concerning the present crisis come from "W. W. Russell, "the American minister at Caracas, and are only brief. His last dispatch says that France has asked for the withdrawal of the Taigny note, and that Vene zuela has not acquiesced, apparently leaving things In an Impossible con dition. W. W. Rockhill, the American min ister at Pekin, cabled the state depart ment briefly today concerning the bomb throwing, at Pekin yesterday. He gave but few details. Officials here are considerably interested in know ing the extent of the Injuries of former Minister Wu, who was one of the injured. Mr. Rockhill announces that Mr. Wu wras hurt, but says noth ing concerning the extent of his in juries. ;.: ' . : IN JAIL FOR CONTEMPT Another Durham Man Who Thought Court Had Adjourned Durham, N. C, Sept. 25. Special. Durham has another contempt case. This morning Justice of the Peace J. E. "Owens fined Henry Brown,: a white man living In East Durham, $10 and committed him to jail ten days for contempt of court. Brown was taken into custody and is now in jail. .The case developed in this way: Brown was arrested on the charge of being drunk yesterday, this arrest be ing under the special law that makes it a misdemeanor to get drunk in a public place In either East or West Durham. He was in East Durham. This morning he said that he was ill and asked the justice to come to his home to hear the case. This was done and after hearing the evidence the justice imposed .a fine of $2 and costs, a total of $4.85, wrhich was paid. While the justice was ' making the change Brown became furiously mad and be gan to curse everything and every body. He ordered the justice from his home; ordered the constable, J. F. Pleasants, to get out at once, and call ed them all kinds of names. The jus tice then ordered him into custody and the sentence of ten days and. fine of $10 was imposed. Brown claims that he was of the opinion that court had adjourned, but the truth of the matter is that Brown was more or less drunk when he was tried for his drunkenness of yesterday. He has said nothing about attempt ing to get out of the trouble and he will ' probably serve his time and pay the fine. Brown is a carpenter, has lived in East Durham for a number of years and has a good reputation among those who know him best. t Flushed Negro Gamblers Durham, N. C, Sept. 25. Special. Yesterday afternoon police officers flushed a lot of gamblers In the woods near the southern limits of the city. Three were captured and some ten or twelve made their escape. Officer Pen dergast found the covey of gamblers, and going to a phone tld the sergeant at-arms that if he could come over and tiring a force of officers, they could aU get one gambler each. The sergeant responded with one man in addition to Pen dergast, making three." "When they slipped up on the gamblers they scat tered in every direction,.! and all that the officers could do wag to get one ! r!rVi fViic. Vv At a tU ..urn A vl"-1" j-jiio iiir.v urn. lt ilUURIOn l(J getting three men, they captured four or five coats, several hatsand between two and three" dollars; -this! being up at the time the scare was Iprung. This morning the prisoners waited examina tion and were sent over tqj court. As a result of the scarersevedil stores and families were short on Vorters this morning. h THE CUBAN ELECTIONS Various Comment on the Result by the Havana Newspapers Havana, Fept. 25. Commenting upon the election Saturday for members of the boards of registration, the Diario de La Marina refers to the excitement throughout the island, and says in substance that there Is no satisfactory explanation of the bitterness of the tight. I The Mundo says that the hours of trial have passed and the; news that is arriving brings back the lost tran- there had been illegality in the elec- tions in Havana leading o a Moderate victors', the Liberals should remember DR. KILGO AT CARTHAGE Dedication of the Methodist Church Buildipg Many People Drove .Tea to Twenty Mflesto Hear the Eloquent Preach erTwo Able Sermons Large Crowds at Both Services Carthage; ' N. - C, Sept. 25. Special, ! The handsome new Methodist Church I building- here was dedicated with formal ceremonies here yesterday by Rev. John C. Kilgo, D. D., president of Trinity College. The dedication cere monies were held at the morning ser- 1 , . , , j vice, and the church was crowded to ! the utmost. The Sunday school room annex was thrown open and that, with the main auditorium, gives a large capacity, but every foot of available floor space was occupied, chairs being placed in all the aisles. " T Many people were here from outlying portions of the country, a number driving from ten to twenty miles. Dr. Kilgo preached-two powerful sermons as one layman remarked, such as we read of sometimes, but seldom hear and gave the people much to think of .u.i t.. ' ' uiiti iiiey win rememuer ana cnensn in the days and years to come. Carthage Methodist church has a faithful pastor in Rev. R.. H. Broom, who is now serving his third year. The church has an active and loyal" membership, a splendid board of offi cials, a flourishing Sunday school with Mr. R. L. Burns superintendent. The splendid new church building just dedicated is a monument to the un swerving loyalty and faithfulness and tireless energy and devotion of these people. The choir is one of the best in the state and the special music yesterday wls greatly enjoyed and favorably commented upon. Mrs. Phil. Wright is, the "accomplished organist, Mr. I. W. Williamson, violinist; Mr. J. V. Larkin, cornetist; and the other mem bers are: Mrs. J. E. Waddill, 1 Mrs. Bettie Stuart, Mrs. A. D. Muse, Mrs. M. B. Jenkins, Mrs. J. V. Larkin, Mrs. J. G. Downing, Mrs. I. W. Williamson, Miss Mamie Humber, Miss Mamie Wil liamson, and Messrs. J. M. Phillips, R. L. Burns and W. L. Epps. Death of Mrs. Dr. Burtn Hig Point, N. C. Sept. 25. Special. In the death yesterday afternoon of Mrs. Dr. J. W. Burton, of High Point loses one of the most ' estimable Chris tian women. The. funeral services took place from the house this after noon, conducted by the pastor, Rev. Eli Reece, of the Friend's Church, of which the deceased was a faithful member. Mrs. Burton before marriage was Miss Samira English, daughter of Mrs. Ellen English, who still eurvises. Thirty-one years ago she was married to Dr. J. W. Burton, and to this unio-i were born nine children, eiffht of whom with the husband survive. Two ulsters also survive, Mrs. R. A. Wheel er and . Mrs. E. A. Snow of this place and brother, Junius English. - FIVE KILLED IN TRAIN COLLISION Limited Runs into Local on Sidetrack SWITCH WAS MISPLACED More ThafrTwenty Persons Injured. Fatalities Occurred in the Private Car of General Manager Atter bury of the Pennsylvania Rail road System Philadelphia, Sept. 25. Five men were killed and more , than twenty injured in a collision this afternoon between th3 St. Louis limited and a local pas- senger train at Paoli, on the Pennsyl vania railroad nineteen miles out of Philadelphia. The engine of the lim ited train struck an open switch and plunged into a' siding on w-hich stood the local. The last 'coach of the latter train was a special train belonging to W. W.. Atterbury, general manager of the Pennsylvania. In it were some friends of Atterbury and a. number of employes of the road. The local was smashed to kindling wood. There is no definite knowledge of the cause of the accident. It was either a misplaced switch or a false signal. The collision took place at 5:54 this ! r-f am rrn TVt a 1 i r- i - rtt ita n-av r I New York, was due at Broad street station at 3:18. At Paoli station, on a siding, stood the local. The last coach was the new private car of General Manager Atterbury, fresh from the shops and about to be tested. In it were perhaps ten of the employes of the road and a party of their friends looking over the car. As the limited neared the switch the engineer saw that it was open. He threw the air brakes on and revered the lever, but the speed of the train was not appre ciably slackened when it struck the Atterbury car. Instantly the station was transformed into a bedlam." Wo men and men who had been tossed out of their seats like balls and had been cut by the flying glass fought and tore at each other in their struggle to es- cape. They piled out of the windows, tearing themselves on the glass. From the Atterbury car came groans ana shrieks for help. Telephone calls were sent for doctors at Paoli, and a special w'as rushed from Philadelphia with surgeons and nurses. After three hours the tracks were ileal cu anu iiib iiiiun-u l'-"- tralns Avere sent on to New York, The dead and more seriously wounded were in the Atterbury coach. WRITING THE MESSAGE The President Favors National Con trol of Insurance -r, o V -wwl Oyster Bay, Sept. 2o. President Roosevelt will spend from now until next Saturday, when he will leave Ovster Bav for Washington, hard at . work upon his annual message to Con gress. While much of it he cannot well be put into final shape before, discussing the various points and recommenda tions he will make with members of the cabinet, he is busily collecting his ma terial and writing out a full synopsis of the subjects to which-he intends to refer. . That the president will advocate the federal control of life insrance com panies appears certain beyond a doubt. At various times this summer he has taken counsel upon this question with Paul Morton president of the Equita ble Life Assurance Spciety, Senator John F. Dryden, president of the Pru dential, who at the last session of Con gress, introduced a bill In the Senate providing for governmental control; James Beck, formerly assisant attorney peneral, and now x one of the counsel for the Mutual Life, all eminent au -thorities upon insurance matters. Only ist week the president pressed out the whole problem with Ellhu Root, secre tary of state. The one big stumbling block in the way of the enactment of such legislation is the possibility of the supreme court failing to uphold its constitutionality: , Other qeustions upon which the pres ident will touch in his message are the foreign relations of Venezuela and the fiscal affairs of Santo Domingo. It is also expected that he will advocate the negotiation on the part of the United States of several new commercial trea ties. If present plans are held to Pres ident Roosevelt, and his family will leave here for Woshington by special train at It a, m. next Saturday morn ing. ; EB . Hungarian Sentiment Budapest, Sept. 25. The executive committee of the coalition expressed f has assumed an attitude of personal . attend the special communication of deepest regret that the king did not antagonism to the coalition leaders will 1 the order now being held here. Two listen Saturday to. the Hungarian -( in the end cool the popular feeling for hundred members will witness the con statesmen who had been summoned to j the dynasty. : i f erring of decrees on fifty candidate Vienna. The committee indignantly censured those who advised hl3 ; majesty to take such a course. It ap proves of the action of its leaders in declining to negotiate with Chancellor Gouluchowky and in declaring the memorandum presented by the king to be a violation of the constitution. SAVED HIS WIFE Deputy Sheriffs Shoots in Time ta Prevent an Outrage i St. Louis, Sept. 25. A negre attempt ed to assault the wife of Deputy Sheriff A. J. Shores at Clinton last night and was shot by Shores and badly wound- ! ed. The shooting attracted a mob o; negroes from the congregation of a church,- who attempted to lynch the negro, Robert Taylor, but were pre vented, and Taylor was Ian" d in jail. Deputy Sheriff Shores had alighted from a street, car, and, hearing a wo man's screams and seeing a negro run ning, he fired and the negro fell. Later he discovered that it was -his own wife whom the negro had seized as she was on her way home from a neighborhood visit. " He found her in a faint, lying on the sidewalk. Yellow Fever Death at Natchez Natchez, Miss., Sept. 25. Postmaster Walworth died today of yellow fever after an illness of several days. Sev- j eral others are in a critical condition. The exodus of fever refugees nas com- menced and a number of persons : are leaving daily for the north. One,,new case is reported from Vicksburg, mak ing a total to date of fifty-one cases. Editor Turns to Insurance , Greensboro, N. C, Sept. 25. Special. Mr. J. C. Caddell, formerly of the Ral eigh Evening Times, and later, editor of the Salisbury Sun, has closed a con tract with the Greensboro Life Insur ance Company, as one of its agents, He will abandon newspaper work. ON VERGE OF REVOLT Popular Feeling Running High in Hungary The National Spirit Aroused by the Treatment of the Delegation That ' Visited the Emperor Extremists in Favor of War 1 Budapest, Sept. 25. Although as yet there has been no important develop ment in the parliamentary crisis, it is hardly possible to exaggerate the bit ter feeling through Hungary, The pop ular attitude, indeed is scarcely re moved from open revolt, while the ex- j treme section clamors for war. Dr. ' Longyel, one of the coalition leaders, wriunjc to ms nex spapei, i has given tne nation a diow in me iau3 and the nation must reply with a sharpened sword. Francis Kosruth, wTfcen he returned ' from Vienna yesterday, made a speech I to cheering thousands who escorted j the rebuffed leaders through the street. He said: . "In Vienna they want to put a t . .. .d . X :n j Hunt i-v - breath of patriotism, to tear the cou.r age from our hearts, but they win never succeed until they have broken our spirits." The crowd applauded tremendously; tried to unharness the horses and drag the carriage in which the leaders were riding, but Kossuth prevented them. The party drove to the Independent Club through cheering crowds. Later, from a balcony of the club house, he made another speech in which he said: "We are not cast down. As your re ception shows, the national idea' has struck deep into the heart of the na tion, and will now never be uprooted. The Hungarian nation will " bravely maintain its place." This evening there was a huge demonstration and torchlight procession outside the inde pendence party's quarters, probably , a hundred thousand persons participat ing. Count Albert Appony and Kos suth made fiery speeches. The populace was in a fever of semi-revoIutionaryH excitement. Some socialists who rafe ed cheers for universal suffrage had their heads broken. ' ' , The Situation Revolutionary London, Sept. 26. The Vienna corre spondent of the Standard describes th'i situation as havinz been for sotjii time raist a revolution against the crown's authority under the guise of national rights. He says the boundary marking the end of the peaceful legal undermining of prepogative as distin guished from open rupture is clearly in sight, but it is very doubtful if either side will have the courage to step over it. In a single night the entire Hungar ian nation .ioined the opposition. Those who formerly hold aloof in disapprov al of the opposition's tactics have now ! cone over to the enemy's camp. It Is , believed that the fact that the orown -- - - i ERBERT BRANCH NTS A PARDON He Is in a Philippine Mili tary Prison DREW GUN ON A SENTRY Representative Webb Is Interested in His Behalf President Roose velt Is Credited With Having Said Recently That Seven Years la Long Enough in Office By THOMAS J. PENCE Washington, Sept. 25. Special. Rep resentative Webb of the ninth district is endeavoring to secure a pardon for Herbert Branch of Morganton, who is serving a five-year sentence in a military prison in the Philippines for threatening the life of a sentry. Mr. Webb called at the war department to day and had interviews with General Ainsworth, the military secretary, in reference to the case, and that official has written General Corbin, the mili tary commander in the Philippines, for a statement and review of th case. Young Branch is well though', of in Burke county and Mr. Webb hai good reason to believe that he will b successful in securing the pardon. Tha application -is signed by Sheriff Mc Dowell and Mayor Avery of Morgan ton, in addition to a great many prom inent citizens thrbughout that section. It seems that young Branch, who is a corporal in the army, drew his gun on a sentry while laboring under great excitement. Affidavits have been filed with the petition for the pardon which tend to show that Branch is virtually 3 an insane man when enranged. Gen eral Aisworth said he would have to send the papers to the Philippines, and it would require -nearly two months to receive an answer. During the day Mr. Webb called at several of the - departments where there were matters pending of interest to his constituents. The reprpsentativ from the eighth says the people of tha upper-part of his district, 'who have been severely criticised by Mr. Him no, the manager for Prof. Ono, vanquish edL jiu-jitsu expert, need no defense and he will pay no attention to tha charges preferred against the Madi son folks at the Japanese legation. "I will say th's," observed Mr. Webb, "it is my confident opinion that if h will shuck his shirt Tom Frisbee ol Madison can throw any Japanese in existence. . The information that President Roos evelt has re-iterated since, his settle ment of the Japanese-Russian war, th statement that he would not under, any circumstances accept the nomination in 1908, has been brought here by Con gressmanJPrince of Illinois. The presv I dent wrote a letter on the subject to the editor of the Democrat, Fulton county, 111., who was one of those who advocated President Roosevelt's nomi. nation in 1908. In this letter he de clared that his determinattion" to retire was final, as he considered the seven years of his service to be equivalent to two full terms, more than which nn man should occupy the presidency. A number of southern Democratic statemen visited the national " capital today. Among the visitors were' Sena tors Money and Mallory and Represen tative Humphreys of Mississippi, Da vey of Louisiana, Livingstone of Geor-. gia, Stephens of Texas. Mr. Living stone is preparing to renw his demand, made in the last Congress, for an in vestigation of the agricultural depart ment. He claims that his bill Was put to sleep in the House Committee on ag riculture. The southern Democrats, to a man, endorse - the . minority leadership of John Sharp Williams and their talic indicates that the south will unani mously support him for the caucus -nomination for speaker. George W. Herrlngton is appointed postmaster at Ransomville, Beaufort county. - , Rural delivery carriers were appoint ed today as follows : 'Route No. .5 from Morganton, Jerac miah Smith and T. B. Smith, alternate; Route No. 6 from Morganton, Charles T. Shuping, Julian S. Mull, alternate; Route No. 1 from Richfield, Ernest Richie and Bremer J. Richie, alternate. Arrivals today: F. O. Morlng of Ral eigh, Mrs. J. R. Ross of Chariot J. G McCormick and Clarence P. Harfrr ot Lumberton and L. Mosely of Greens boro. Admiral Schley 111 Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 25. James D. Richardson, sovereign grand command er of the Supreme Council, Scottish Rite Masons, received a letter today from Mrs. W- S. Schley saying the ad miral was ill and would be unable ti WA f it 'I 4 ft I!' 3 - s 4 n '1 H U i-a! : ft Mr.