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Four Democrats Vote for Bill and One Republican
Against It—Deep Interest Taken In Final
Vote and Republicans Make Joyous
Demonstration Over Result
■i^er three weeks of consideration
the Payne tariff bill was passed by
the House of Representatives Friday
night by a vote of 217 to 161. One
Republican, Austin, of Tennessee,
voted against the measure, and four
Democrats, all from Louisiana,
Messrs. Broussard, Estopinal, Pujo
and WickblTe voted for it.
bill with instructions was signally
defeated.
The day was filled with excitement
from the moment the session began
at noon until the last minute. The
members were keyed up to the high
est pitch and a practically full mem
bership remained on duty through
out. The final vote demonstrated the
capacity of the Republican organiza
tion to get together.
The general public was greatly in
terested in the proceedings and the
galleries were packed. Both the
diplomatic and executive reservations
likewise were fully occupied, one of
the conspicuous observers being Mrs.
Taft, wife of the President.
M hen the bill actually was passed
the Republican -’"cheered lustily,
some dancing up and down the aisles
and patting their fellow members 6ft
the back, After adopting a resold
tion that until further ordered, ses
sions shall be held only on Mondays
and Thursdays„the House at 8:20 p.
m adjourned.
At the suggestion of Chairman
Payne, the notion cf the House in fix
ing a rate of one per cent ad valorem
on crude petroleum and its product*
Was .by mununbus consent reconsW
ered and the articles placedonlhe
free list. , ion
The committee amendments -in
creasing the Payne rate on barley
from 15 to 24 cents a bushel as well as
the duty on barley malt from 25 t'C
40 cents a bushel were adopted.
•One minute before 3 o’clock an
amendment was adopted giving far*
tners the right to sell their tobacct
in the manufactured state without
Paying the tax. ^
All efforts to change the tariff on
lumber from the existing Schedule bi
the Dingley bill failed.
t Hides are On the free list also, hav
ing run the gauntlet of opposition.
The bill now goes to the Senate
whose committee has its amended
form ready to report and the senior
body will immediately proceed to its
consideration.
OUTRAGEOUS SEIZURE OF JUDGE’S EFFECTS
■n-iuinuu, via., opeciai.—a special
Hieing of the Atlanta Bar Associa
tion has been called to make what
reparation it can for the invasion and
dismantling of the home of United
States Circuit Judge W. B. Shep
pard under a writ of attachment.
Lawyers ns well as citizens declare
the afF air was an outrage,
A month or more ago the jurist’s
secretary was driving Judge Shep
pard home, when the car hit a ne
„gro. The judge claims lie was not
negligent but agreed to pay the in
jured man’s bill and give bin* $50.
The attorneys for the negro refused
to accept this sum and said they
would sue.
Instead of filing an ordinary suit,
they waited until late Thursday even
ing and swore out a writ of attach
ment. One of the atomeys, accom
panied by a constable and a force of
negroes, went to the judge’s home
anct round Mrs. Sheppard alette with
her children, orie of them A baby of
only six months. At once they began
to seize everything in sight and load
ed it on drays. They took all the
furniture except tbe beds, 1 lie cloth
ing of all the members of the fam
ily, the trunks and even the toys of
the little ones.
All he time, Mrs. Sheppard was
pleading with the men to wait until
her husband returned, but they re
fused to listen and slit says they were
both rough and insolent." Next Mrs
Sheppard telephoned to the lawyer
of the negro, but as soon as she ex
plained who she was, she says lie ab
ruptly hung up the receiver, saying
he talked business with meil'OnlV.
Judge Sheppard was in court Fri
day afternoon and openly and bitter
ly denounced the treatment he had
received as not only outrageous, but
as an attack upon the dignity of the
United States Court..
GOVERNMENT INJURING BUSINESS AFFAIRS
ine following from Charles W.
Brown, publisher of Iloosick Falls,
N. Y., Democrat, is in line with the
sentiment expressed a few weeks ago
by The Enterprise and shows that
thoso publishers who also run joh
plants are beginning to sit np and
take notice:
Is tlie feet that the government
of the United States is spending th'o
money of the people (among them
punters and publishers) for the pur
pose of diverting business from the
printers of the country a demonstra
tion of the kind of ”squar deal”
the country is going to get under the
Taft administration?
I am loath to believe it.
But recent events have inspired a
deep distrust that only a complete ob
literation of the policy and methods
of the pest office department will re
place with reassurance.
If the United Stutes government
can with consistency take away from
the printer the printing of ohvelopea
wi the plea that it can do the work
cheaper because the printing is dono
simultaneously with the stamping,
!sn't it just as consistent to
print advertisements on postal cards
for the same reason ? Carry this
principle out to a legitimate conclu
sion and you will find that every bus
iness in the country would eventually
be attacked.
But the government is not printing
envelopes or anything else at a profit.
The Dayton envelope plant is not
only taking from the printer busi
ness that belongs to him. but is tax
ing him to help pay for the loss es in
curred in running this postal'iniquity.
A littlo figuring will prove this
statement to be absolutely true. The
government gets 50 cents a thousand
for doing this nasty little trick, and
it costs it about 70 cents per thou
sand to solicit orders for, print and
cicbver fheso envelopes,
j But whether the government makes
I a piofB cr not is not the question.
I Shall the government be allowed
to enter into competition with the
business of the country from which
it derives the revenues which enable
it to livef
Shall we be compelled to contribute
to a fund that is to bo squandered
In an endeavor to cripple us in busi
ness ?
It's time our congressmen heard
from us.—South Hill, Ya., Enter
prise.
JURY COULD NOT AGREE IN THE BOUVY MURDER CASE
nanquemine, i.a., Special.—At 7
9 clock Friday night the jury in tho
case cf the State against Fabrian F.
Bouvy,- charged with the murder of
Prof. Fred Van Ingen, reported that
it was hopelessly disagreed, and was
therefore discharged by Judge
Schwing.
The killing of Van Ingen occurred
on October 3 of last year, while he
wag seated by his bride of a few
tours in the chair coach of a Texas
* Pacific train, en route to New
Orleans. Bouvy's attorneys attempt
ed to show that he was decidedly at
tached to Miss Rhorer and that he
smarted under the knowledge of a
great wrong which they attempted to
prove Van Ingen had done Miss
xinorer before his marring tn Vw>
STANDARD OIL LITIGATION IS CONCLUDED
ot. Lcuis, bpacra.l.—The Standard
Oil lawyers more than made good
their promise to the court to complete
their arguments Friday in defense of
the government’s suit to have the
coropration dissolved as a Sehrman
law vie lit or. John G. Johnson, of
Philadelphia, completed his address,
following Mr. Rosenthal, 30 minutes
before j^ie usual time for adjourn
ment.
The court asked Mr. Kellogg, the
government -g attorney, if he wished
to tfikp advantago of the half hour
which to commence his replying
prgnmfint, but the Federal lawyer*
said he would rather begin his ad
dress in the morning, promising to
brush by the usual closing time.
That will end the hearing. The court
will take the case under advisement
but it is not expected that decision
will be announced before next fall.
Nintey-five per cent of the govern
ment’s evidence was incompetent and
1 judged by the A B C’s of the rules
pr evidence would be thrown out, Mr.
Rosenthal declared.
John G. Johnson, of Philadelphia,
followed with the including argu
ment tov the defend, discussing both
the law and tbe facta, * 7
VIOLENT MANIAC SHOOTS UP SQUARE. THEN SUICIDES
Aurora, 111,, Spsoiah—John Antler*
f°a> * plumber, beooming violently
lnaane, Thursday armed himself with
two pistols, a "Shotgun and three
bombs and killed Mrs. John McViek
er, narrowiy missed slaying her hus
band, wounded Mrs. John Belford,
and then committed suicide, blowing
his head off with a shotgun. He start
out to kill th£ inhabitants of an
entire square in which he said malie
ions gossip concerning him had been
circulated. Anderson’s mind had
been affseted for some time and when
he appeared with his armament of
bomba and revolvers, lie terriorized
the entire square to which he had an
nounced his intention of laying waste,
the bombs, he had strapped to his
-dj" That his ‘already weakened
nnnd had completely given way was
THE NEWS IN BRIEF
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Items of Interest Gathered By
Wire and Cable
GLEANINGS FROM DAY TO DAY
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Lite Items Covering Events of More
or Less Interest at Home and
Abroad.
Midland, Texas, had a $300,000
fire Thursday.
Representative Hillburn introduced
ft bill ill the Florida Legislature
Tliul'&dajF iU favbr of a constitutional
scientific and mechankal purposes.
Madame Modjeska, the famous
Polish actress, died in Los Angles,
Cal., Thursday, at. the age of 65 years,
cf Bright’s disease. The body will
nt a later period be taken to Cra
cow, Poland, for interment.
Fled Bell, only six yeftrS old, kill
ed Ethel Thomas, three years old,
tit Union, S. C., Thursday ..and tried
fo hide away the body. Fted iA in
prison charged with murder.
Ivate b’Dwyer, a “bad angel,’’
broke the iron shackles from her and
sawed herself out of chain gang pris
on at Athens, Ga., last Sunday night.
Charles N. Haskell, governor of
Oklahoma is standing trial charged
with fraudulent connection with the
Muscogee town lot affair.
The Chesapeake and Ohio,, canal
was opened for navigation Friday.
Crazy Snake is not captured yet,
And the pursuit 18 tb be continued.
The Attorney General of Kansas
has handed down the opinion that in
that State a married woman may or
may not take the name of her hus
band and that he may even take her
nami,
The Arkansas State Senate Tues
day passed a bill placing a heavy
penalty on persons drinking intoxi
cants on trains in the State or on
station platforms. This will probab
ly affect buffet cark, although in
tended only to stop rowdyism.
Indalecio Alarcon, of Chicago, on
last Sunday stabbed himself 12
times about his heart, cut bis throat,
took carbolic acid and threw himself.
Olit. of a third story window,^ but
lives to say that he does riot knb\V
how to account for his condition,
Daniel W. Johnson, '
Attempted to blackmail his iSumn^
school teacher, Asa G. Chandler, in
Atlanta, Ga., recently, but wras
quickly caught. Trashy novel read
ing, lie says, caused .him to do it.
A cruiser of the Pacific Squadron
picked up 40 passengers of the
wrecked steamer Indiana in the Pa
cific Monday.
Pope S. Hill, a lawyer of Macon,
Ga., Monday was found murdered in
a lumber office as the third victim
slain in litigation over the Dodge
timber lands ir^, Georgia,
Washington Notes.
Diplomatic relations have been
strained between the United States
and Nicaragua and a cricis is expect,
ed.
Representative Murdock of Kansas
has introduced a bill in Congress to
roquire amounts of money distributed
or leaned to the 26 states under the
Andrew Jackson administration to be
refunded to the national treasury, It
is opening many eyes.
Judge Richard E. Sloan has beon
selected for Governor of Arizona and
all tho leading teritorial officials will
be changed.
The motion to put lumber on the
free Lst was voted down Tuesday by
WO* to 176, more than 30 Democrats
voting for protection,
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Senators Raynor, Bacon and Dan
iel attacked the Republican policy
and forced Senator Aldrich to allow
Democrats at the hearings of the
Senate Finance Committee Ott the
Tariff bill on Tuesday.
The Senate adopted a resolution
limiting the legislation at the extra
session to the Tariff bill and the
Census bill.
A combination of- Democrats and
Republican insurgents ih the House
defeated Speaker Cannon and Chair
man Payne on the 25 per cent duty
on crude petroleum and fixed the
duty at 1 per oent,
Tho House took off all tariff taxes
on ten and coffee Wedaeiday.
to reign Affair*.
Ex-Preeldent Roosevelt arrived At
Naples, Italy, on Wedneeday and
spent eeveral hour*. He there left
the Hamburg and went aboard the
Admiral, which will carry him to
Mombasia.
The Krupps Works, Germany, are
making a gun especially to fight air
ships, as the airship when completed
seems to be the worst of all battle
fighters. .
/
xne damage to roop?, eninmeys,
plate glass, etc., will probably- reach
$50,000 in Detroit and Michigan. The
wind velocity reached seventy miles
an hour.
Chicago, Special-^-Reports of Tiles*
day night’s storm damage received
here are that ten persons ate known;
td have been killed in Mississippi and
at least fifteen w&rfe injured.
At the Terrell plantation, east of
West Point, Miss., a number of ne
groes were killed.
At Wabash, Ind., Mrs. James A.
Hayes and four children were pinned
down beneath the wreckage of their
home, which caught fire. The mother
was badly burned, being rescued, and
will die. The children were seriously
hurt. The high wind was followed
by a cloudburst. Many bridges were
washed away. A dozen houses were
demolished in Wabash. The dttmagt
Will reach Several thousand dollars.
At Peru, Ir.d., four factories and
several school buildings, many small
structures, were wrecked by the wind.
Pittsburg, Pa., Special.—Weather
Bureau officials report the highest
wind velocity in the United States at
Pittsburg Wednesday when the max
imum recorded was sixty-eight miles
an Bo nr. W irr s were blown down in
every direction and for a time there
wbb not a wire out of the city. An
airship owned by the Eagle Aero
plane Company was about ready for
flight. When the wind struck the
tent it was kept iti and blew both the
tent and he airship away, demolish*
ing both.
In New Ycidc City wires were
blown dowtt acd Snapped off, otic
seguing in rc^f^Cwith J1 barrel of
roosswR!*HPes LETTER^
Says Splendid Work is Being Done
Messina ar.d llejqio With the Lum
ber Sent From the United States—
Pays Tribute to Those in Charge.
Rome, By Cable.—Just before his
departure Wednesday evening on the
steamer Admiral for Mombassa, ex
President Koosevlt wrote the folloiv
irig message to the American people:
“Before leaving Messina I desire
to say that I :un sure the American
People doTiot realize the splendid
work that is bring done at Messina
and Reggio wiih the lumber sent
from tbo United States. I have visit
ed the American camp and seen 250
houses already completed, and ar
rangements have been perfected for
the rapid construction of 1,250 more.
The whole work, which is under the
general direction of Ambassador
Griscom, has been organized and per
fected by Lieutenant Commander
Belknap, with. the assistance of Lieu
tenant Buchanan, Ensign Wilcox and
Spofford, Dr. Dcnelson, Paymaster
Rogers, 40 enlisted men of our navy
and a number of stalwart American
carpenters. In addition there is a
fine group of Americans, such as J.
Elliott, Winthrop Chandler, J. Bush
and B. Hale, who are giving their
time and energies to help the philan
thropic work.
”1 wish to say I consider that the
American people are deeply indebted
to each ..aud every one cf these men.
I cannot exaggerate tho pleasure it
pave me to see the c fibers and en
listed men of our navy adapting
themselves to grange and unexpect
ed circumstances and successfully.
perfontfiNg^Shibility and thor
ough good will this most difficult task.
Our nation can well be proud of
them,”
Butlerif pe Convicted.
Greensboro/ N. !C., Special.—The
Superior Court Tuesday afternoon re
turned a verdict o£ guilty in the case
charging Marion Butler and his
brother, Lester F. Butler, with crim
inal libel in publishing in The Ral
eigh Caucasian articles reflecting on
the personal Official integrity of
ex-Judge Spencer B. Adams during
his term of office as Chief justice of
the Gbpetaw cud Chickasaw Citizen
ship Cpurt, ip the Indian Territory,
yudge Long flj|g4 Marion Butler $500
half the costs and Lester Butler
0200 "and fcaifjba costs. .
10,020 Witten the Dedication.
Birmingham, Ait,, Special.—There
ft Ifififit 10,000 visitor* in the
city Tuesday to -witness the dedica
ilen ct the new oity terminal station
which Cost approximately $2,000,000.
The station occupies two entire city
blocks and has a eubway permitting
street cars to go through. President
J. H. Harahai of the Illinois Cen
tral, and Presi :ent J. F. Hanson, of
the Central of Georgia, were the prin
cipal speakers-.
■
NO TRACE OF YEGGMEN
Hebing Safe Cracket Succeeds in
Binding Buncombe Officers—Trick
ed to the Madison County Line
Asheville, N. C., Special.—The ef
forts of deputy sheriffs and a possa
of citizens Monday night to capture
Garner Moore, alias “Tennessee
Dutch,” the yeggman pamer of Bar
ttm, who was captured near Ashe*
viile Monday evening, proved futile.
The yeggman who escaped from
Greenville, S. C., Sunday night, were
heading for Knoxville, when in ter
cepted and Barton caught. Moore,
after taking Officer Roger’s pistol,
escaped and while officers followed
almost tb the Madison county line, no
'triffe tff fhe man could be found.
Sheriff Hunter said that he had sent
telephone and telegraph messages all
along the line and that he hoped that
the man would be taken.
Barton is in jail here. He was se
verely injured in his fight with Of
ficer Regers and several boys and
young men who aided the officer,
Barton lias two had scalp wounds
made by rocks and also a serious in
jury fb the back. When Barton was
overpowered he had a bottle of nitro
glycerin" and somehow managed to
get the bottle out of his pocket and
raised his arm in an effort to dash it
to the ground, at the time saying that
he would kill himself and the crowd.
Before the bottle could be luuled to
the ground, however, the desperate
man’s arm was caught, and tlie bot
tle Wrenched loose. It was then
thrown into the river,
GIVES STANDARD’S SIDE.
John G. Milburn Reviews the Early
History of the Standard Oil Cor
poration From the Viewpoint of
the Defense—Claims I hat the Cor
poration Hrs Dene Much Foi
American Industries.
St. Louis, Mo., Special.—John G.
Milbifrn, of New York, (be Standard
Oil Company’s chief counsel of re
cord, lale Tuesday began the presen
tation of the defendant’s sidv of the
case ill the government’s suit to dis
solve the Standard Oil Company, of
for alleged violations of
HHL cu„ (w,. *
Although Mr. Milburn addressed
the court only 40 minutes, he found
time in that brief period to tell much
of the early history of the Standard
Oil corporation from the viewpoint
of the defense.
The two principal points made up
to the closing hour by Mr. Milburn
were that the corporation' had done
much for American industries and
that the oil business of tho early days
was of a nondescript type.
“Wherever,” said he, “the foot of
civilized man had trod; wherever the
hoof of the camel had made its im
print upon the sands of the desert, or
wherever an artificial light is burned,
and wherever flies the flag of any
nation, there will be found the prod
uct of Standard Oil, the product of
America and Americans.”
The Federal attorney, Mr. Kellogg,
concluded his opening address for
the government shortly after noon,
and then C. B, Morrison, formerly
United States atornoy in Chicago and
now Mr, Kellogg’s chief associate,
finished the government’s opening
argument by a discussion of the al
leged unfair competition, scoring the
Standard Oil Company for its al
leged secret gathering of reports,
showing the business of competitors,
and charging it further with main
taining a secret spy system,
Many Errt in Tornado.
Mar.cn, 111., Special.—Many per
sons were hurt and considerable
property was damaged by a tornado
which struck this city and vicinity
Tueday. The storm came from the
Southwest and was preceded and fol
lowed by heavy rain*. The tnonetarv
loss is $150,000. The Marion State
and Trust Bank and a number of
offices were parlly blown down.
'-Lee’s Farewell.
Angus’a, Ga., Special.—The Beech
Island Farmers’ Club Sunday gave
over to Dr. T. R. Oefel, of Augusta,
for safety derrs't purposes, the orig
inal draft of Lee’s farewell to his
soldiers at Appomattox. The address
has been photographed and will be
carefully protected. The club has
possessed the address for some time.
President Taft and Ppstamster
Hitchcock were guests of the club in'
January, and inspected the document,
i The club is an organization just
acroa* the river from * Augusta in
South"Carolina.
„ FwWWtea Uw ii Valid,
Montgomery, Ala,, Special,—The
Supremo Court haa declared the
State prohibition law valid, all the
judges concurring in the opinion.
This is the second time the court has
upheld the State-wide act of the past
Legislature. It was attacked on sev
eral constitutional grounds. The Ala
bama . State-wide prohibition law
went into effect January 1. It is un
derstood now that the law officers
will enforce the act; „
NORTH STATE HAPPENINGS
Occurrences jf Interest Glenned Prom All Sectious cf the Btjsj
Tm Heel State
not inougnt a Loan.
Raleigh, Special.—Considerable in
terest is being manifested in official
circles here in the bill recently in
troduced in Congress to require the
States that participated in 1836 in
the distribution of the surplus in the
United States Treasury during Jack
son’s administration to repay these
loans to the government. It seems
that North Carolina received about
$1,500,000, and that it was variously
invested in banks, railroads and other
Stocks, and the whole thing swept
away as a result of the Civil War
and subsequent corrupt Recon
struction administrations. A small
part of the money was spent in dig
ging the “Club Foot” Canal, con
necting East Carolina sounds. The
State has absolutely nothing to show
for the loan, which it has never con
sidered in the light of being a fund
that would have to be repaid to the
National Treasury. The old C'ape
Fear Bank and the Wilmington and
Weldon Railroads were among the
enterprises that received some of this
fund in the way of stocks purchased
by the State. The bank collapsed
and the railroad stocks were exchang
ed by the State for State bonds in
reducing the State indebtedness.
Killed by Falling Timber.
Wilmington, Special.—E. M. Gregg,
a well known merchandise broker,
while talking to a friend on the street
here Monday morning was caught un
der a collapsing pile of brick and
building material on the site of the
new Woo Ivin building, near Third
and Princess streets, and instantly
killed. The accident occurred as 7» r.
Gregg was on his way down to bus
iness and stepped for a talk with
Mr. John Hand at the Woolvin build
ing. Mr. Gregg was standing with
his back to the pile of debris when,
for some unknown reason, it gave
way and came crashing down. Mr.
Hand jerked his associate to one side
but was too late. A heavy window
frame on top of the brick struck Mr.
Gregg on the back of the head, kill
ing him instantly. Mr. Gregg Avas
about 65 years old and belongs to a
leading South Carolina family. He
leaves a Avife and one little daughter.
Charlotte Invites Governors.
central
on the twentieth of May in celebra
tion of the 134th anniversary of the
signing of the Mecklenburg Declara
tion of Independence, has invited the
Governors of the Thirteen Original
States to come to Charlotte for the
three days’ festivities. Governor
Eben S. Draper has accepted. The
people of Charlotte are preparing to
giA'e Mr. Taft the greatest reception
ever accorded a President of the
United States in a Southern city.
Local officials of both the Southern
and Seaboard railroads ba\Ta given
the assurance that ample train ac
commodations will be provided and
that reduced rates will be enforced.
Big Month’s Work at Spencer.
Spencer, Special.—The Spencer
shops of the Southern Railway turn
ed out during the month of March
58 locomotives for service on the five
divisions running into Spencer, which
is said to be the largest month’s work
in the history of the shop. Of the
G8 engines leaving the shops 36 were
In for heavy repairs, costing in some
Instances $2,000 each. The force of
employes at Spencer has been great
ly increased and it is said every man
worthy of work is being employed.
In the boiler department the force is
the largest in the history of the Spen
cer shops. The monthly pay roll at
Spencer is said to be $150,000.
Work on Hew Electric Line.
Burlington, Special.—The work of
grading the line for the Burgraham
Interurban Company, which will con
nect BuiL'ngton, Graham and Haw
River, and convert them, virtually,
into a triple city of from 15,000 to
20,000 inhabitants, is progressing
nicely.
Farmer Kills Self.
Fairment, Special.—C. A. Ammons,
who lived near Fairmont, near Frank
Faulk’s, committed suicide Friday
night at a barn near his home by
shooting himself in the head with a
shotgun. His body was found Sat
urday morning. It was evident that
flip deceased had placed the muzzle
of tbp gun against hie* chip and pull
ed tjie trigger with his tpes*. Thu
load entered under his chin and camp
put pn the left Side pf his head, t£ar?
lag his left ear oft"
rufitirei Itoeaptursd,
Raleigh. Special.—Deputy Bherift
John Wilkin* brought from Cleve
land county Mondays two escaped
convict* to be recommitted to the
penitentiary, They are Will Limriek,
a white man, who wa* serving one
year for larceny, and was recaptured
on a stolen horse and will, therefore,
have to serve fifteen months’ addi
tional time, and Charles Williams,
colored, who will resume a ten years’
sentence for burglary.
Thrown Under Moving Train.
Greenville, Special. — George
Cherry, the 12-year-old son of Mr.
G. E. Cherry, came near being killed
by an Atlantic Coast Line passenger
train here Tuesday afternoon. The
boy went to the station to mail a
letter, and being late the train had
begun moving before he reached
there. He ran up to put the leti'ci
in the mail car and taking hold of the
car was jerked down and thrown un
der it. He was thrown far enough
under the car to miss the track and
thus the wheels did not run over
him. As soon as he fell tho boy
grabbed an iron rod underneath the
car and was dragged on the cross
ties until,the train could be stopped,
which was done as quickly as pos
sible. One leg was broken and the
bov was also badly cut and bruised
about tho head and body. Catching
the iron rod is all that saved his lifo.
McKay Must Hang.
Raleigh, Special.—Friday, May 21,
lias been fixed by Governor Kifcliin
for the execution of Junius McKay,
at. Lumbcrtcn, Robcscn county, foi
the murder rf Alex McKay. The
conviction was at the November term
of Robeson court, 1908, and the mur
der was during the previous Febru
ary. The body of Alex McKay was
found in a side street of Rowland,
thrown into a hoi', and Junius Mc
Kay had during that same evening
repeatedly threatened to kill him a?
a “liquor spy.” Justice Brown in
writing the opinion of the Supreme
Comt affirming the conviction in con
sequence of which the hanging day
is set, declared that there was the
strongest sort of--evidence of mur
der in the first degree, and that the
finding of the jury and the courses
pursued by the trial judge were reg
ular and correct in every way.
Locomotive on Fire.
Fayetteville, Special.—The citizen?
of Raeford were startled Tuesday by
seeing an engine on the Aberdeen and
Rockfish railway rush through that
growing town at a rate of fifty miles
**n hour, with a great sheet of (lame
issuing from its tender. The wood
in the tender caught fire and the, en
gineer and fireman were unable to
Vxtingush it. They cut the engine
train, ami --
[it some little disance up the road.'
j Before the engine could be brought
! to a standstill the fire became so hot
that both engineer and fireman had
to jump to keep from being roasted
alive. The engine, left to itself,
rushed madly onward, and did not
.stop until it had cleared Raeford
some little distance.
Rocky Mount Postoffice.
Rocky Mount, Special.—For the
fiscal rear closing March 31, the
postctfice in this city lias showed a
net gain in receipts over the same
time last year of $890, according to
a report just sent in to the depart
ment r.t Washington. For the year
just brought to a close the receipts
were $18,39G.SG, but including • the
money orders receipts which' Las
I about doubled over the same time
of ’07 and ‘08. Whiskey orders bavo
played their part in the large in
crease in the receipts in the money
order department.
Wftdosboro Station Next.
Wedesboro, Special.—Mayor Brock
has received a letter from President
Garrett of the Seaboard Railway
etatirg that work will begin cn
Wadesboro’s new passenger depot in
about three weeks’ time. Wadesboro
has waited patiently since July, 19Q7,
for this action.
Receipts From Insurance Department,
Raleigh, Special.—State Ccmmis.
sicner cf Insurance Young paid into
the State Treasury Tuesday $14,198,.
10 receipts of the department for
Mareb. The fiscal year runs from
April and the total collections were
$234,482.63, a gain of $10,0000 over -»
previous years.
New Staff For Penitentiary.
Raleigh, Special.—The new board
of directors cf the State prison
Wednesday in compliance with a sug
gestion from Governor Kitehin, elect
ed J. J. Langhlingbouse, of Pitt
county, superintendent, to succeed J.
S. Mann; T. W. Fenner, of Halifax,
clerk, to succeed T. M. Arrington;
T. P. Sates, of Raleigh, warden to
succeed Capt. J. M. Fleming; Dr. I,
G. Riddick, of Youngsville, physician
to succeed Dr. J. R, Roger*. Both
pf the new and old boards were iq
session Wednesday for a forma]
tntnsjffl? -pf thp pffnirs (>f the prison,
iftw Ctturl Opens.
Salisbury, Special—With Justice
B. B. Miller on the bench, end Kerv
Craig representing the State, Rowan
county's new court, established by
the last Legislature, opened here
Monday. The opening of the court
attracted a large crowd, including
the members cf the Salisbury bar,
Five cases were disposed with by
Judge Miller in the first session of
the court,