President Taft Takes Oath of Office in
Senate Chamber Because of Blinding
Snow Storm Raging Without.
Washington, Special.—With all
the homage that assembled thousands,
r v
representative of every State, almost
every hamlet, of the nation could pay,
the 'accompaniment of martial music,
the rythmic tramp of. soldiers ’ feet,
checked^er^ h usiasru ■ privileged only
to a free people of a great republic,
William Howard Taft, of Ohio,
Thursday became the twenty-seventh
President of the United States.
And not without its influence upon
the day and the epoch-making event
was the exit of Theodore Roosevelt
heralded by countless admirers for
seven years past as the most pictur
esque, the most virile, and one of the
greatest figures ever upon the stage
of American public life.
Panoramic Decorations. •.
The inspiring medley of national
airs, of folk songs, of blood-stirring
lifted, unfalteringly uttered the oath
of office,
“I do solemnly swear that I will
faithfully execute the office of Pres
ident of the United States, and will
to the best of my ability preserve, pro
tect, and defend the Constitution of
tb» rtAtw.tii«»wiLTr/^Bsse^an open
Bible in the hands of Chief Justice
Melville W. Fuller, and stood erect
—President, of the greatest nation on
earth.
After his inaugural ■— address
hundreds pressed about to grasp
his hand, until at last he slipped
away to the President’s room in the
Senate, where he rested a few min
utes before beginning the return to
the White House.
Roosevelt Withdraws.
The retiring President loath to di
vide the honor with his successor,
quietly began the journey to the
Union Station, where he took a spec
ial train for Oyster Bay.
The new President and Mrs. Taft
were alone in the first, carriage, and
the drive from the Capitol to the
VICE-RESIDENT.'
marches, floats over a kaleidsccpic
panorama of red, white and blue;
fluttering flags, wind-flapping fcant
ing, every foim and manner cf dec
oration that could be devised in
honor of the nation’s chief pays its
silent tribute to the day.
By dusk the pageant passing in con
stant review before the Court cf
Honor had its end; the light /V0 ■
tbe
geous and br:U.ai,{,mptM,. the Wss
the Capitol qf,0 jubilant crack and'
, y^crerv form cf pyrotechnic
ooQre was hegrd; the rumble of ear- i
mges, the shouted command cf cf- !
ncers, the beginning' of Liio inaugual
ball, came in for their own.
The escort from the White House
to the Capitol consisted of members
of the G. A. R., United Spanish War
Veterans, and the Armv and Navv
Union. " J
The Vice President entered the
% Senate chamber just before neon,
And ill a speech tilled with emotion
expressed his regret at parting with
that body. The scene was an affect,
-
Vice President Sherman,
Vico President Ft vbanks, In his!
most impressive manner, then admin- ^
iittred the oath to his successor. This i
impressive feature over, Mr. Fair
banks banded the gavel to Vice
President Sherman, the retiring Vice
President taking a seat near Speaker
Cannon. Mr. Sherman then began
bis short inaugural address.
At its conclusion he administered
the oath of the new Senators, some
of them re-elected, and then formal
ly adjourned the Senate. Gradually
the procession began to move to the
Senate Chamber where President
elect Taft was inducted into office.
Takes the Oath.
In the day replete with history
making events the one great supreme
moment was that when the shouting
thousands ceased their acclaim, a
Solemn hush fell over the multitude,
And the President-elect with hand up
White lie use clown Pennsylvania
avenue consumed only about fifteen
minutes, .
Immediately after a hasty lunch
i ocn the Presidential party proceeded
i down the curved walk the western
! side of the Wh’V House grounds and
i tmk the!- ij0Sltl0n in reviewing
' sr .• m the Court of Honor.
5 The. parade was several miles in
length, and was more than three
hours in passing the reviewing point.
It formed in streets surrounding the
capitcd,
WTho Made Up the Parade.
The greatest event in the life of
William Howard Taft, now President
of the United States, was now practi
cally oyer. More than 22,000 soldiers
and sailors, regular and volunteer,
and more than 9,000 members of
civic organizations were in the great
parade, a total of nearly 32,000 per
sons,
Pyrotechnics.
The fireworks programme, which
began at 8:30 o’clock contained fifty
numbers, and embraced 1,000 rocket
bombs, 50G batteries, GOO colored
lights, g tons' of colored tire, 50 bal
loons, 10,000 Roman candles, and 750
sky pockets. One of the unique fear
lures was a pillar of light 100 feet
high, which was seen for miles
around. The Star Spangled Banner
was unfurled 1,000 feet in the air and
'he word, “Taft'* appeared in let
ters of fire in the sky. This feature
was accompanied by an aerial salute
of twenty-one guns. The most spec
tacular piece was a “battle in the
skies. ”
President Taft Leads the D'.ince.
President Taft and Vice President
Sherman arrived at the hall at 9:30
p. m., when the grand march began,
which Avas led by Mr. Taft, who also
danced in the first Avaltz. T,he J)ril^
liant uniforms of the army and navy
the gorgeous dress of the diplomatic
corps, and the expensive costumes of
the women, all went to make a scene
that will long linger in the memories
of the beholders.
SEVERE STORM ON HISTORIC 4TH OF MARCH
A fearful storm struck the nation
again on the historic 4th of March.
A Washington special says: Much
Buffering was caused among the vast
inauguration crowd hers by the win
try winds, the slush under foot and
freezing temperature. Two persons
Were reported dead as a result of ex
posure and many other persons are
seriously ill.
AH' the hospitals report that they
k&Y* treated numerous cases of e?
haustion among persons who stood
for many hours in the slush and
snow viewing the inaugural parade.
News from New York says: As
a result of a blizzard which swept
down unannounced Wednesday night,
the middle Atlantic Seaboard from
New York to Norfolk found itself
buried in an avalanche of snow and
swept by destructive winds. For a
time conditions seemed to threaten a
repetition of the blizzard of 1888,
THE NEWCABINEI
Statesmen Who Will Be Taft’s Coun
sellors.
Of great interest to the country at
this time ig the Cabinet which is >0,
be President Taft’s official family "for
the present administration. The
following sketches of tjie men chosen
by the incoming president, are taken
from a recent article in the Philadel
phia Record. ;
Secretary of State.
Philander Chase Knox was . born
at Brownsivlle Pa., in 1935. He
graduated at Idt. Union College,
Ohio, in 1872; was admitted to the
bar in 1875. From 1876 to 1877 he]
Kltijlprtilliiiil Trill'’Till States district?
attorney. In 1901 he was appointed®
Attorney General of the United
States by President McKinley and
retained the post under Presidents
McKinley and Roosevelt until 1904.
when he was appointed by Governor
Pennypacker to succeed the late; M.
S. Quay as United States senator
from Pennsylvania. He has been in
the Senate ever since.
Secretary of the Treasury.
Franklin MacYeagh, a brother of
Wayne MacYeagh, who was a mem
ber of the Garfield cabinet, was born
in Chester county, Pennsylvania, and
graduated in 1362 from Yale and in
1864 from the Columbia Law School.
On account of ill-health gave np the
profession and went to Chicago,
where he embai’kcd in mercantile
pursuits. He was Democratic condi
date for the United States senate
from Iillionois in ]894 but was de
feated. He is president of the Bu
reau of Charities and Municipal Art
is a member of the executive com
mittee of the National Civic Federa
tion and is vice-president of the Am
erican Civic Association.
Secretary of War.
Jacob McGavoc Dickinson was
bom at /Columbus, Miss., in 1851,
and graduated from the University
of Nashville in 1871. He Served sev
eral times by special commission of
the Tennessee supreme court. From
1395 to 1897 he was assistant attor
ney general of the United States. In
polites he lias generally been a Demo
crat. He will be appointed as from
Tennesee. He is president of the
American Bar Association. He
weighs 270 pounds ftnd is 6 feet 3
inches in height. He is wealthy. He
and Mr. Taft call each other "Bill"
land "Jake.." ^ ,
Attorney (General.
George W. Wicket-sham is a native
of Pennsylavnia, was born in Pitts
burg in 1858. He graduated at the
University of Pennsylvania, with the
degree of L.L. B. in 1880. In Martin
dale's American Law Directory he is
rated as "very good" in legal ability
and "very high" under the classifi
cation of recommendations—these
are the highest and most laudable
ratings contained in the directory.
Mr. Wickersham has been particular
ly prominent in corporation laAv, and
, in this respect resembles his two pre
decessors—Senator Knox and Sena
tor-elect Root.
Postmaster General.
Frank Harris Hitchcock has been a
government official nearly ever since
he graduated from Harvard in 1391.
He Avas born in 1867. He held various
clerkships, bureau chieftainships, etc.
and finally became assistant post
master general. He took charge of
the campaign of George B. Cbrtel
veu for the presidential nomination,
but when tIris boom AT,-as squelched
Avas invited to become manager for
the Taft boom Avhicli he did.
©ecieiary oi me JNavy.
George Von Lengerke Meyer, now
postmaster general, was born in 185S,
graduated from Harvard in 1879. He
is very wealthy. He was speaker of
the house in Massachusetts in 1894,
and was appointed ambassador to
Italy in 1900. In 1905 he was trans
ferred to Russia, and in 1907 was re
called to become a member of Presi
dent Roosevelt’s cabinet.
Secretary of the Interior.
Richard Achiles Ballinger was
born in Ohio in 1858, and after
graduating in 1836 from Williams
College, Massachusetts, removed to
Seattle, Wash. He has written a
number of volumes upon the law,
scvecl one term as a superior court
judge, one term as mayor of Seattle,
and lias since 1007 been commissioner
of the general land office.
Secretary of Agriculture.
James Wilson is a Scotchman, and
therefore the one man in the cabinet
who could not succeed to the presi
dency. He wa§ born in 1835, and
came to the United States in 1852,
settling in Connecticut, but went to
Iowa,, where be engaged in farming.
He has beenisedretary 0f agriculture
since 1897 and his appointment to
the Taft cabinet will give him a rec
ord unparalleled in cabinet service.
Secretary of Commerce and Labor.
Charles Nagel, of St. Louis, is a
native of Texas and has earned a
fortune in the practice of law. His
legal practice has been largely for
corporations. Mr. Nagle is extrftne
ly tall and slender, thin-faced, brown
hair and mustache mixed with gray.
He was born in 1849. He did not
receive a college education, but spent
one year in the University of Berlin,
where he studied Roman law, politi
cal economy, etc. After studying
abroad be returned to St. Louis in ,
1873 and served as a member of the
Missouri legislature and as president
of the St, Louis city council
An air gun in the hand of Law
rence Ingram was acidentally dis
! charged Monday, killing his sister,
Mrs. James Turner, in Richmond, Va.
A terrfflc storm crossed the moun
tain regions of Tennessee and North
Carolina on Wednesday It seemed
lifted by the mountains and only
dipped down on the eastern counties
of North Carolina, where it killed
several persons anc did great dam
age to property/
A site just west of Fredericksburg,
called Rowe’s Heiglts, has been se
lected for a State female normal
school. About fort'’' acres brought
$65,000.
Alexandria is said to be the only
county in Virginia m which cock
fighting is against the law. This was
brought out in connexion with a sup
posed violation in Norfolk recently.
An explosion of eynamite effect
ually checked a digressing fire in
Gold Hill, N. C., last Saturday, thr/
did damage to the extent of $5,071
It was authoritatrelv announced
very recently that the cotton oil mill
at Bamberg, S. 0., wll be promptly
rebuilt.
Twenty1 feet of tly Mill Springs
railroad bridge, near Old Fort, N.
C., was burned Sunday morning, and
notwithstanding it /spans a deep
gorge, it was ready? for use again
within six hours.
Broadus Mo re head was killed and
Coley Fisher end Charles Stamey
were cut in a fight at Rutherfordton,
N. C., on Monday.
Robert Amorim AVas fat
al! v Vghot ~prroy
Amory, on fue^Ryand died that
night. It was the/result of ill feel
ing.
It is estimated fhat 50,000 people
wont to Norfolk 1j> see the big fleet.
There wer more jthan attended the
Jamestown Expedition during the
same length of time.
A furniture exjjosition began Mar.
1st to last till tSe loth, at High
Point, N. C., the great furniture
center of the Sou lb.
A fire destroyed the Greensboro
Hardwood Mfg. Company’s plant last
week, entailing loss" of $40,000.
with $21,000 of insurance.
John Y. Carrington, M. G. Jeanes"
and J. Stubo Yeung have been ar
rested and bailed in connection with
the Semincle trouble.'
“Lucky” Baldwin, who died at
the Santa Anita Ranch, California,
is said to have lift an estate worth
$28,000,000 net.
In Detroit, Michigan, on Tuesday
ft primary was held for school in
spectors in which women are allowed
to vote. A number of them got men
to hold their babies while in the
booth. *
Forty-five men were threatened
with destruction at Port Blanchford,
Pa., on 'Wednesday, by a mine ex
plosion, followed by fire. Luckily
they found a round-about way7 of
reaching an exit. Several were seri
ously injured.
Foreign Affairs.
The German government has in
view airships on the Zeppelin type
to be armed with rapid fire guns with
A disease resembling yellow-fever,
but unlike it in that it affects only
natives has broken out in Barbados
Islands, and is baffling scientists to
diagnose it.
The telewriter has been introduced
in London by which messages can
be recorded when ycur friend of the
other end cf the line is out.
Washington Notes.
Rear-Admiral Schroeder has beer
designated to commander-in-chief oi
the Navy to succeed Admiral Sperry,
who has resigned it.
Mr. Taft and family went into the
White House Tuesday as guests oi
President and Mrs. Roosevelt.
President Roosevelt, held his Iasi
cabinet meeting on Tuesday. It was
more of leave taking and good wish
ing than a business meeting.
A severe blizzard caused the inau
guration to take! place in the Senate
Chamber and came near dispensing
with the pageant.
Taft, in a current magazine article,
says Roosevelt will have a place in
history with Washington and Lin
coln.
For a while during inauguration
day the Associated Press wire to At
lanta was the only line out of the
Capital City that was not put out ol
commission by the storm,
WITH & ^LAWMAKERS
Doings of the State Legislature Con
densed—Interesting Items from
Day to Day.
The Senate spent nearly two more
j hours Monday discussing the Ormond
[solicitor’s salary bill that had pass
ed second reading Saturday and come
over on objection to final reading,
and then voted it through the final
reading, 20 to 17, only to have the
bill “knocked out”-in the afternoon
by the House judiciary committee by
an almost unanimous unfavorable
report without niinority report to
give it standing on the House calen
dar, so that it goes to the House
graveyard” or “do not pass” bills.
. e ^eiht be alongside of
“that in WfftUfTthe original House Imfe
on solicitors’ salaries reposes that
was defeated in the House two weeks
ago.
Ihe Senate passed the Nimocks
bill, to authorize counties to levy
special tax of 2 cents on property
and 6 cents on poll for supplemen
tary pensions on second reading.
Another very important measure
to pass the Senate was the Pharr
resolution to direct the Corporation
Commission to levy such freight rates
per ton per mile in North Carolina
from Carolina ports inland as will
counteract discriminatory long haul
rates from ports of other States to
the same inland towns.
A joint resolution was introduced
by Elliott and put through its im
mediate passage that no bills be in
troduced after Wednesday. This
was sent to tlie House for concur
rence.
The House devoted nearly the
whole day to discussing a bill from
the Senate to better enforce the game
laws in Beaufort and Currituck coun
ties by relieving these counties of
relation with the Audubon Society,
the counties to collect their own fees
for hunting, half to benefit the school
fund, finally the bill passed with
fifty-odd counties added, the Audu
bon Society coming in for severe crit
icism as autocratic and ineffective.
Representative Page, of the House,
appeared before the committee ask
ing for one dollar and a half in
stead of one dollar a day for the
boys that scurry about the floor of
the House and keep the microbes of
the carpet in the atmosphere, also
their actual transportation expenses
to and from home. The committee
yielded gracefully.
The House and Senate committees*
on tfie t>ro position,'
for a constitutional convention, the !
former against it by 7 to 3, the lat- j
ter in favor 3 to 2. Representative
Ivconce gave notice of a minority re
port.
The Senate Tuesday discussed the
bill requiring railroads tu use elec
tric headlights which passed its
second reading.
D. A. Woodward was elected joint
ly by the Senate and the House as a
trustee of the State University in the
place of George W. Connor, who de
clined to serve.
Some time was spent in committee
of the whole considering the machin
ery bill. Section 3 was amended by
eliminating the $500 extra salary al
lowed the Corporation Commissioners
for services as tax commission. Sec
tion 33 was amended so as to make
banks pay taxes to the county and
municipal governments as do othei
corporations.
A goodly number of bills of local
interest were disposed of, it being a
very busy day cn the whole.
Three sessions fer the House and
two for the Senate again Wednesday
made it possible for large numbers
of local bills to be cleared from the
calendars in the rush that is being
made now by the Assembly to clear
up all -work by Saturday night and
have the formal adjournment Mom
day.
a um carrying q\i f'±uv'UU was in
troduced in the House from the joint
appropriations committee for general
appropriations committee for general
are apportioned as follows:
Deaf and Dumb school, Morganton,
$53,500.
School for Blind, Raleigh, $90,000.
Raleigh Hospital, $115,000.
Western Hospital, $190,000.
Eastern Hospital, $30,000.
Soldiers’ Home, $18 200.
A. & M. College, $70,000.
State University, $105,000.
State Normal, Greensboro, $105,
000.
A. & M., colored, $14,250.
Appalachian Training School, $15,
000.
Cullowhee, $15,000.
Colored Orphanage, $5,000.
East Carolina Training School,
$90,000.
Guilford battleground, $200.
Stonewall Jackson Reformatory,
$30,000.
State Sanitai*ium for Tuberculosis,
$22,500.
Croatun Normal, $1,250. 1
Dangerous Insane, $5,000.
Representative Hinsdale’s bill to
pay every inmate of the soldiers’
home $0 a year pocket money was
passed without reference to commit
tee.
The House was in a killing mood
Thursday, the victims being the Con
nor mileage book bill and the Con
nor employer’s liability act. The
former, which was the counterpart
of the Barringer bill that was squel
ched by the Senate, provided that
conductors on trains should be com
i Belled to accept mileage from the
books as they used to do in the old
days before 2-cent-a-mlle rate came
in and interchangeable arrangements
among the larger roads. The major
ity against it was only four, the
vote being 44 to 4$. Representative
Hayes, of Chatham, led the fight
against the measure.
The defeat of the employer’s lia
bility bill was more decisive, 33 to
70. Mr. Hayes also led the hostile
forces here. The bill was drawn
much along the lines of the Federal
statute recently enaeted and also con
tained a clause directed against the
relief department system as practic
ed by the Atlantic Coast Line in this
State. The main provisions of the
bill were to. prevent the railroad com
panies from pleading contributory
negligence in damage suits brought
by injured employes or representa
tives of those who had been killed on
duty, unless the accident occurred
while the trainman was disobeying
some rule or regulation of the com
pany, and prohibiting the practice of
requiring a beneficiary of the relief
department to sign an agreement not
to bring action for damages before
receiving the relief afforded by the
department.
The Blow amendements to the gen
eral public school law will be law
now, the House having passed Ihe bill
on final reading.
The Senate renigged on the $500.
000 pension appropriation passed
Wednesday, though adding $50,000
to the $450,000 included in the hill
from the appropriations .committee.
A motion to reconsider and then an
amendment putting the fund back to
$450,000 prevailed. This is still $50,
000 more than has been appropriated
heretofore.
The House Hindsdale child labor
bill, which has elicited much talk of
an interesting and mixed character,
passed second reading with some
amendment and then was forced over
to another day for final reading hv
objection on the part of Senator
Dockery.
The Senate re-assembled at 7:45
o’clock.
Bills passed final reading; Rela
ting to law of assignment for the
benefit of creditors; amending cer
tain sections of the Revisal. It pre
vents preferencs among crditors ex
cept when one has a lien on sp^'fic
property; joint resolution increasing
the pay of pages from $1 (o $1.50
per day.
At 8 o’clock the Senate went into
committee of the whole on the reve
^ie bill as it came from the House.
J—\UL^aduut<-d r 2
was amended, making the levy $1.20'
for schools and support of the poor.
House amendment making the tax
$1.32 was stricken out. Also an
amendment to Section 3, .these sec
tions being adopted as the present
law.
The Boll Weevil, and Faper From
Fibrous Plants.
Washington, Special. — Senator
Simmons was appointed the conferee
[ for the Senate minority on the agri
| cultural bill and he made a good tight
in tho United States Senate to
retain his amendments for $100,
000 to war against the boll weevil,
and an appropriation for tests to
crake paper cur of fibrous plants.
The latter passed an 1 the- formei
promises to go through, but. witl
$75,000 ins-cad of 8100.000.
EXT REME MO DSRN'I S.M.
Wilmot—“De Auber is what might
bo termed a modern artist, isn’t he?”
Criticus-—“Yes; but be carries mod
ernism to extremes. Why, he recent
ly painted a portrait of Father Time
pushing a lawn mower instead of
carrying the conventional scythe.”—
Philadelphia Inquirer.
rhi> man >■ w■ > '• m-vc on pirn
1' I’wf"- >--•<? reason to, thinks tin
* n r~' - ' ...
NEW IDEA
Helped Wis. Couple.
It doesn’t pay to stick too closely
to old notions of things. New ideas
often lead to better health, success
and happiness.
A Wis. couple examined an idea
»ew to them and stepped up several
rounds on ths health ladder. The
husband writes:
“Several years ago we suffered
from coffee drinking, were sleepless,
nervous, sallow, weak, and irritable.
My wife and I both loved coffee and
thought it was a bracer.” (delusion).
“Finally, after years of suffering,
we read of Postum and the harmful
ness of coffee, and believing that to
grow we should give some attention
to new ideas, we decided to test Pos
tum.
“When we made it right we liked
it and were relieved of ills caused by
coffee. Our friends noticed the
change—fresher skin, sturdier nerves,
better temper, etc.
“These changes were not sudden,
but relief increased as we continued
to drink and enjoy Postum, and we
lost the desire for coffee.
“Many of our friends did not like
Postum at first, because they did not
make it right. But when they boiled
Postum according to directions on
pkg., until it was dark and rich they
liked it better than coffee and were
benefited by the change.” “There’s
a Jteason. ”
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read “The Road to
Wellville” in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and fall of hpnan
Interest.
STORM CUTS WIDE SWATH
Severs! North Carolina Towns Swept
by Furious Gale, Accompanied by
Rain, Hail and Snow—Freight
Train Blown From the Track at
Dudley, on the Atlantic Coast Line.
Goldsboro, N. C., Special.—With
the suddenness of a cyclone and the
speed of a hurricane a storm came up
out of the west about 1 o’clock Wed
nesday and swept the city with wind,
dust, rain and hail forA a half hour,
with almost unprecedented fury, put
ting the electric wires out of commis
sion and leveling some garden fences
with the ground in several sections
of the town. Many smoke stacks
and roofings were blown down. Two
men narrowly escaped as two houses
in buili^g were demolished and a ">>
Worthy mtpmmrtr arid his -(fade were
crushed beneath a blown dowp barn.
Mr. Don Scott and his horse and
bnggv were blown from the road and
the buggy was wrecked while he and
the horse escaped.
Stem Damage Serous.
Washington, N. C., Special.—This
city was visited Wednesday after
noon between 2 and 3 o’clock by a
very severe wind and hail storm that
swept over the lower part from the
water front in an easterly direction,
(lie wind attaining a velocity of
about 05 miles and doing consider
able damage. Five large smoke stacks
of the Kugler Lumber Company
plant were blown down causing an
estimated damage of $3,000.- Tho
Moss Planing Mill sheds and kiln
were demolished; damage $1,000. The
Banner Lumber Company’s sheds
and stacks, $500. Farren & Co.,
canning factory stack, $100. Tho
sleep Cassie was blown ashore high
and dry on the banks of Pamlico
river. At the Kugler Lumber Com
pany. a large section of the mill roof
was lifted up and carried a distance
cf seventy-five yards across tho
street.
Train Blown From Track.
Wilmington, Special.—,T. B. Foun
tain, cf the Atlantic Coast Line, is
advised that Wednesday afternoon at
• 2:30 o’clock, while a Wil mington
bound freight train of 05 ears was
standing at a water tank at Dudley,
a short distance this side of Golds
boro, a gale of wind cf cyclone pro
portion struck the centre of the string
of ears blowing six of them, all emp
ties, dear of the main lino and one
on the track, blocking traffic for four
hours. No one was j^^jedand there
J was sent from Wilmington and ex
pected to have the line clear by night.
So far as could be learned there was
no property damaged 'in the country
round about.
Darkness Overshadowed Rocky Mount
and Rain, Snow and Hail Fell.
Rocky Mount, Special.—The most
peculiar storm in the history of this
section occurred Wednesday after
noon. Rain, bail and snow fell and
dark clouds overshadowed the city at
2 o’clock. Lamps had to be lighted
in many instances while places of
business were forced to cease on ac
count of darkness. Passenger trains
Nos. 48 and 89 wTere operated into the
city with headlights and all cars
lighted as at night. For the hour of
day with the exception of eclipses it
was the darkest time ever recalled nv
(he oldest citizens. All forms cf
lower animal life prepared for night
and chickens went to roost.
One Fataility in Sampson County
Wind Unroofs Houces.
Clinton, Special.—A severe wind
storm swept over this section short
ly after the noon hour Wednesday. A
number of houses were unroofed and
some blown down. A tree was blown
upon Jackson’s saw mill, four miles
west of Clinton, and Ben Sutton, a
negro man was crushed to death by
it. The country store of Robert Crum
pler is reported blown down.
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Severe &fc Fayetteville.
Fayetteville, Special. — The sever
est wind, thunder, rain and lmil storm,
in re'cent years visited Fayetteville
and this section Wednesday. As a
result all the cotton mills here using
the Buckhorn power have been com
pelled tc suspend operations tempor
arily, though what damage was sus
tained at Duckhorn is not known
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Asheville Eas Weather to Suit Every
body.
Asheville, Special.—Asheville ex
perienced all seasons of weather
Wednesday. There was a heavy rain
fall Tuesday night. During the
morning, however, conditions cleared
and the sun came out bright and
warm. Later there was a sudden
shower came up with thunder and
shower came up with htunder and
lightning. When this passed quickly
it was again warm and the sun shone
only to change shortly to snow and
rain and sleet. In the afternoon it
was cold with alternate snow and
rain,
Hearst Scores a Victory.
Guthrie, Okla., Special.—Scott
MacReynolds, representative of Wil
liam R. Hurst, won a complete vic
tory over Governor Haskell in his
suit to compel the Governor to return
certain papers seized at the instance
of the Governor. Judge Strang held
that the writ of search and seizure
issued under an affidavit signed by
Governor Haskell, allegeing that
MacReynolds had in his possession
papers which he intended to publish,