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AH the News of the Market Read The Sentinel Published Every Tuesda ; arid Friday. .rv'TlKELlfl A NkWS- A SEEKING TO RKrBJCSEKT THE SENTINEL 8mm to ' GlY THE FACTS TROSf WHICH pKorm Car Draw Thus JUST COHCLUStOS A 1'APKB FOB TBX HOMS CtRCUl ' JyiKBESTfl tt TH X .AMI ClWS.. U THK flKDHWS uvr or North cabou. , fry.EIGHTH YEAR WINSTON-SALEM. NORTH CAROLINA. FKIDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 15. 1911. Dumber is Mm I! BODIES COVERED DM GOAL MINE the Result So Far of Search In Tennes Mine-Discovery Yes by 01 1 in Co ouivivuio fa Redoubled Efforts By ue Parties Working In Cross Entries. EVEJuE, Tenn., . Dec. li. by last night's discovery of Iirrfvors of Saturdayr dust the Cross Mountain coal mine, iscue squads went Into the fctries tihlB morning, digging Idoubled energy. Their only vas finding a corpse-strewn far back in the mine. Liics were recovered. ; Two ntified. One was Joseph Mc- a widower, ine uiuer nw llalee, who had a wife and four ue parly penetraieu iuiu uru t. 23. No miners were louna tt additional directions for cue were scrawled In chalk walls. They evidently were to change their vantage In acount of altering air con- The rescue squad - pressed Is direction indicated by the brlts. o'clock, thirty bodies had moved. ' '. . kind mine rescue car reached le yesterday atiernoon at : 3T i coming from Fittsburgn. i ne men accompanying the car ely entered the Cross Moun- e, wearing helmet equrpment iw believed that ""with the in force of- rescue experts. , the removing the dead bodies will tried materially. tag oxygen helmets thergov- resctiers were able to pene- Icorners of the Cross Mountain which miners themselves t venture. Rally all of the men who are to have perished are Amert- m and raised In this valley. lomen have been deprived not tiieir husbands, but also of and some of sons. The ones seem to have cried res out and apparently are In r daze, unable to fully realize fnt of their loss. graveyard was established Branch, near here, to take he Cross Mountain dead. The Ire being dug in a circle, the fcg to eventually erect a mon- the centre in memory of, the victims. Volunteers were f to perform the sexton's task ve responded. All afternoon lu be Keen with jlck and shov- fe was not enough work for miters' corps to da. and. clad Joth aprons, they presented a signt as they stood about waitlne for bodies to . he Forth, , Various Theories. pe the theories advanced as fuse of the accident. Presl- pnenson, of the Knoxvllle PPany, which owns the mine. irobably had been caused by r Shot." which la a nrt nf P" of powder inserteri In H in the coal to dislodge It uer micnt have limited rasna ted tn nun nf tha manv io the mine or miriit have net pi dust on the floor of the Plountain mine Is more than fars old and contains some "est coal deposits In this 1 has an average output of a day. Never before In Ita m it had iTown in Mourning. ' ficeville has had latelv t of mourning. Clearing nd the hope inspired by the "Ve Of tha antnmheit man H the inhabitants of the rno lingered near the mine "raay. Hone fell when wived with no encouraging m ine rescuers. Of known dpnrt lis InTen.. 'pht tO 38. Piva f th- fcrul. '1 in the mine at the place I men were found lying face fight entry No. 22, the vlc- u aamp. Two more' vic- Toiight out last night and cre so badly decomposed ere prepared for burial. 'urred aonn rtai- j - h. kht They had been found P"d feet from the main cn- were partially explored, but no traces of the missing men was found. A load of provisions arrived frnrr Knoxvllle and the contents- were dis tributed among the families of the vlo- tims. Fir Hinder Work of Rescuing . BR1CEVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 14. The work of rescue squads employed In re covering the bodies of miners Impris oned In the Cross Mountain mine was retarded today by fires In the mine entries. Hope of rescuing more min ers alive has been abandoned. . Ovr 60 Still In Mine. With the passing of another day without the discovery of any more live men in Cross Mountain mine, hope for the rescue of the fifty odd men still unaccounted for reached Us low est ebb. The report spread through the village that three more survivors had been located and practically the whole population flocked to the mine for news only to be disappointed In finding that it was untrue. Progress In the search, was ob structed by a smoldering fire which raged in left cross entry 17, requiring the efforts of half of the government helmet crew to extinguish It. Barrel after barrel of water was rolled into the mine in cars and pumped on the fire; for a time It threatened to cause serious trouble but finally was sub dued. .Whether the fire was started by the explosion or from a miner's lamp Is a matter of dispute. The body of Horace Irish, aged 60. boss of the gang rescued alive Monday night, was known to be in the vicinity and it is said that those with him when he was killed by the explosion left a lighted lamp beside the body when they were forced to another chamber by bad air. Irish's body has not been recovered. ':. . The owners officially announced that there were 85 men in the mine when the explosion took place. Friends and relatives of miners un. accounted for are manifesting great impatience because the rescuers are not making faster headway. There are about twenty miles of mineway to explore and less than 25 oxygen helmet men who can penetrate to all corners. out anew last night in ry io. 17.-about 1,500 DO main (.nt Tu.i ;mn f e coal and Dr. Holmes sent lrai barrels of water, a nre hose to extinguish it. nesaaza -m-ritA, . -,.. f 01 tw men 'missing from Plank In left cross entry fmith wrot th h nrt f ere about to attempt to u.un or rae mine through th k crT, 0,1 th" foul , The overpatbs JUDGE BOYD'S STATEMENT AS TO THE WILLIAMS CASE, ' Before adjournment of the laBt term of federal court in Greensboro Judge Boyd declared, Bays the News, that sentence in the case of N. Glenn Wii Hams and Thomas Craft, indicted and convicted of violations of the United States poBtal laws, would be passed as soon as a case before the Circuit. Court of Appeals, vitally affecting the estate of iM!r. Williams, had been settled. "I have continued this sentence fiom term to term in order that Mr. Williams might wind up his business affairs, which I know to be of a very complicated nature, said judge tfoya, "but immediately the liquor cases against him are finally decided, I am going to pass sentence." Continuing, Judge Boyd said he had no desire to oppress Mr. Williams or to take him away from his estate, which was in sore need of his presence; that com ments made on the case had no er- fect upon him, but that when a case involving the validity of certain liquor bonds now before the Circuit Court of Appeals had been decided, whether for or against, he would pass sen tence in the case for which Mr. Wil liams and Mr. Craft were convicted more than a year ago. ENGINE FALLS OFF CHUTE. Engineer and Fireman Instantly Kill ed in the Crasti. GREENVILLE, S. C, Dec. 12. En gineer Lawrence Maddox, of Colum bia, and the colored fireman of a local freleht train on the Southern Rail way between Columbia and Greenville, were instantly killed at Pelzer wnen their engine fell twenty feet off a coal chute. The engine was placing cars on the chute and the brakes when applied failed to work. As the tender of the enjfine turned over it fell upon the men, harribly mangling them. . .. A little factory girl was Btanaing nearby when the accident occurred and was seriously scalded by steam and hoi water from the burstea pipes of the engine. . , CRUSHED TO DEATH . BY- BALE OF COTTom. STATES VILLE, Dec. 14. Mr. Adam C. Troutman, a farmer living some miles from Statesvilie, was bo badly crushed beneath a bale of cotton tnai he died yesterday. Mr. Troutman and his son were hauling their cotton from a gin ana when within a half mile of home a bale on which he was sitting toppled from the wagon and he was caught beneath It . The son released "the fatner ana with help carried him to nis uumc where efforts of physicians to save his life were In vain. He was seventy years old and is survived oy a in-B family. , , Leaf Tobacco In Storage. nf tha nrpsidentS or . r tha Hn nrizpries Of the tobaco belt was held in Danville one day last week. Reports showed that more tobacco Is Deing rec" these storage plant this year than vAiiAaino' in DDrOxi- ever peiurc. - mately the amounts of tobacco receiv ed by the different plants n -i . inn Ann nniinds. HOUS- ton, Va, about 300.000 pounds. Reids vllle about IM.OOOpound.; hmt Cove (Btoe county f -, - land Oxford about 100,000 pounds. BOLD HOLD ft FAST TRAIN UP OF IN SOUTH CAROLINA 2 Masked Men Murder Young Married Couple In Cleveland County D Atlantic Coast Line Train No. 80 Is Stopped By Robbers and Several Sacks of Re gistered Mall Taken-Hold- Up Men. Who Were Passea gers on : the Train. Make Their Escape. SAVANNUIH, Dec. 12. Atlantic Coast Line passenger train No. SO, from Florida to IN'iew York, was held up by robbers shortly after midnight at Hardeeville, 6outh Carolina. A posse left for the scene early this morning. Particulars are lacking. Later Registered Mall Taken. The train left Savannah for New Tork at 12.45 this morning and was stopped by robbers near Hardeeville, S. C, Just before daybreak. Several sacks of registered mail were taken. The train was running in two sec tions. The express cars, at which it is believed the robbers aimed, were carried on tho second section and es caped attack. , Night Telegrapher McRoy, at Har deeville, cleared the train from that station. Soon after It got away but before it had gone out of sight it stopped. A few minutes later the second section arrived rom Savan nah. The crew ran ahead to find out what had happened to the first section The robbers had . escaped. ' The hold-up men were passengers on the train. They forced the engineer to stop. Covering the flagman and con ductor with revolvers, they made the flagman open the mail car after It was detached and ran forward some distance. Here two mail clerks were made to give np registered mail. The robbers then disappeared. A posse was sent from here to take the robbers' trail. BOY ADMITS THEFT AT PRAYER. Robbed Worshipping Woman on Thanksgiving Day for ChrUtmas Cash. AIXEN'TQWIV, Pa Dec. 14. Under the "third degree" Frank G-. Marstell er, 14 years old, confessed that he was the pickpocket who robbed Mrs. William Bogert of $19.02 while she was kneeling in prayer at the Thanks giving Day service at Ihe Twelfth Street Baptist church. The boy in his confession told how he had fol lowed her to church and taken a pew back of her. While the congregation waa at Ita devotions he reached far enough under the pew to open the hand bag and extract tne money, ne managed to slip out of the church be fore the prayer was finished. The lad showed the police where ha hnii hidden S10 to KDend on Chrlst- mas. The rest he had spent for candy and on the moving picture shows. McNAMARAS TOIL AT LOOM. James B. Not Yet Examined for Tuberculosis at Penitentiary. SAN QUENTIN', Cal.. Dec. 14. 'icmoa n ,MV--miira has not been examined yet by the prison physicians for tuberculosis, and it is nuposBiuic . .i.i. whan ha mnv be." said War- rton inhn ts Hnvln tndav. "Heretofore tha piialnm haft haen to make no ex aminations of that kind unless spe cially asked by the prisoner, or w nen fha nriannnr'a condition is plain to be seen," the Warden explained. ThV McNamaras have begun their t00r,0 ir tha Into mill. OwinK tO his familiarity with printing machin ery, James B. has appearea me gun n er of the two in mastering tiie mech anism. The working of a loom is not simple, and several weoKs are al lowed prisoners for learning. PAID HIS $4,500 FOR A BRICK. Bunco Steerer Use Civil War Memories i o mui . ...n,. i, u TVlnnal NEW -n" George P. Clark, more than il) years old of No. 215 Quincy street Brook lvn'. is anxious to meet a pair of affa . i- .Ant. him in A room Die strange iiv - - - i.i t.A.A1 InHiir.prt him TO in a tirouM. ii ""'i - . snn V,!a mnnpv. ' ailu give mem i,v m sent him home with a nice little tin box in whicn reposea yc....., brick. The two affable gentlemen, , , V a-aa nrPBl (l'n t Ol wnom'saia u lottery cempany. and tn, , her tha. , he was a rorn,Kr rr. Wa, net commana uumb ,r V. . uci ,h a utlnrtiiEh- -in wbicn you bpfv 7., d gallantry, ir. met tne Colonel bout three wefks apo- ,.,,K Martipal Association, ine rui"'" " . . . . : TixauttaV Sl at ita regular raeftms . -j n. elected the fo.lowm .office- President aecw r rHtnfl ni iveiiicio'- ' I V; .;urer. Dr. W. M. John-, ' r, V A Lockett was elected son. Dr. E. A. c"" nf the delegate to tne annua. SUte Medical Society. DrJ B. H Ipainhour waa chosen J the board of nTjTD u.a. la ramoosed of urs. ence and Schallrt. ... Mr. and 'Mrs. Dixon, a young couple residing at Fallston, near Shelby, Cleveland county, were murdered bv two masked men Tuesday night after which the home was robbed of about forty dollars. The crime was one of the most hor rible that, has ever been committed tn North Carolina. A long distance message to The r. 1,1.11. C.1 II VIII UTTtUJ Wfajn lltUl !.. tnvnn wna anmmnnaW frvtm lila nnm. to bis barn shortly after dark Tuesday evening. 1 pon nis arrival tnere ne was seized by the two masked men, who cut. his throat and otherwise abused him unmercifully. Death fol- awui 11. a .nnn lima From 1h barn tho mea went to the home, cut .Mrs. JJixon g tnroat and leu ha fnt Honrl lAi rnlnrnfl mnn whn honnanaJ tn Ha wnaalnar 4 ha hnma nearo: the woman s pmiii! appeal lor help. He rushed into the house and found Mrs. Dixon lying on the floor with Dioofl rowing irom ine wounas Inflicted on her throat and neck The negro ran out and gave the alarm. Soon neighbors gathered and Mrs.Dlx on was able to give a description of the men who had committed the crime. She stated that one was a tall mail while the other was small of stat ure. Mrs. Dixon lived until next morning. A large crowd of neighbors and oftlcrs were out all night looking for the gulltv parties. It is reported that certain parties hurt on nlil ffrnritra asralnat Mr. and Mrs. Dixon, and that these are sus pected of being guilty. The roonery, however, leads others to believe that the two masked men entertained the idea that Mr. Dixon had a large sum of money in his home. The crime has silrred the neigh borhood and other friends of Mr. and Mrs. Dixon, who were held in high es ha nrwllctlon is made that an attempt will be made to lynch the guilty ones, uoutd uiey .0 capwv , LATER Two Negro Charged With " The Crlm. ' ' Hack and John Ross, negroes, are tn lull at shftlhv charged with the mur der of Mr. and Mrs. John Dixon, two estimable cltliens 01 ueveiana coum. who were killed at their home near Fallston, Tuesday nlgut A special from Shelby to the Char lotte Observer says: The sentiment is sirong against Hack Ross and if the coroner's Jury fixes the blame on him, lynching may be expected. Sentiment is at fever heat, but the good citizens are deier mined to be sure of their move be fore they take the law In their hands. They know Hack Robs made a threat that there woul be "somebody missing in tha nolehhorhood" if they took his meat, and Mr. Dixon had a mortgage on Ross's hog. Ross could not pay lor the hog and took it oacic 10 mt. Dixon Monday, but the sentiment seems to be that this seemingly friendly feeling was feigned to cover up the awful crime he had planned. And, too, Ross lives aboiii. a quarter of a mile from Mr. Dixon's, and tracks were found by Chief of Police Jetton and Deputy Nelson Ijittlmore that ex actly respond to the shoe Ross was wearing because of the nenvy tacks In the heels. ' The only evidence bearing on the murder is that of Major 'Stroud and John Ross, two negro wood-choppers, who passed by about daylight. The road runs close to the house and bolh testified that Mrs. Dixon beckoned for them to come to the window. iM,.,., aeiraH what whr ihe matter and she didn't know, but, with her head in her hands and a weening nmnu i her forehead, she inquired where her husband was. She said two while men had called him out to help get a mule out of a ditth and that he had not come back. A tpstlfted that he knew some thing bad was the matter because her eve was bloodshot and sne was ner vous. She asked them to no tor help. bo John Ross started to Mr. Thomas D Dixon's, the dead mans lamer, who lived about a hulf-mlle away, and Stroud started to Mr. Dennis Wright's and for Fallston tor the doctor. John Ross says he went tnrotig.i the barn, which was on hi way, and a white man siepped out of ihe shuck stall and asked him where he uq, mint His reply wa mat ne i,r a nit wood. The strange man asked where John Dixon was and ,. . -... hst ha did not Know. ai- ne icuiittu 1 , , ter that another strange man, rainer tall and wearing a Mr cap, came out and the two started off logeriier through the woods. John Rom men delivered hi message a quickly as possible. He say he did not ee the dead body of Mr. Dixon in the barn- thmiirli h. ran within nine yards of It and would have crossed exactly over It bad he gone stratum. Little faith is put in thl story to J by the negro. Stroud is a rename colored man 01 aavanc mo, i Rots I suspicious and'ine iniiinr..uU "fB .' . ihn h. told. There 1 no cause why highwaymen should murder these two happy people a both were quiet and have no enemle Mr Dixon wa one of the most prom inent farmer. In tne county u u longed to a leading family, while Mr. Duo wa. Mis. Clayton Cllne. of an other prominent family. They were thrifty and proapeiooa, and hd iweet HttW baby ftrL The cnM wa. found beside it dead mother, when neighbors reached the scene, with Its mother' blood on Its night clothes. Some thought robbery had prompt ed strange men to ransack the house and cover up all evidence by killing the husband and wife, but $40 which Mr. Dixon was known to have yester day was undisturbed. Hack Ross, who threatened to kill Mr. Dixon if he took his meat, was not at home when officers went in search. He had gone with his wife to Mr. Mauney's, near Cleveland Mill, to cut wood, and they followed after him. When placed under arrest he wa In tensely nervous and frightened, but made no attempt to get away. A blood spot wa on hi overall, w when asked to explain to the jury, lie told I hem that he had trapped a musk rat on the creek and got the blood on his pant 'Monday, when he skinned it When asked if tie got up during tho night, lie said he got up about two o'clock to wait on the baby and he did not retire again, but helped hi wife churn and get breakfast His stepson, about 12 years old. added to the suspi cion of guilt by his testimony, Th tracks that correspond to Ross' No. 10 shoes, freshly made In the ground between the two houses, seem to be the strongest evidence. Ros I about 40 years old, has Indian blood In his veins, and a bad character to make the suspicion stronger. Sheriff D. D. Wilkins and deputies brought ' John and Hack Rob and Hack', stepson to Shelby, where they were lodged tn Inll without any dotn onmratlon on the part of citizens. The coroner' Jury did not return verdict, but sent tho negro suspect. to Jail to await a more complete ex amtnntion of witnesses at a prelim inary ' trial . Friday. The -prisoners are in separate cells and there i strong belief that Major Stroud will tell the truth and place the blame on John Ross, who could have committed Jie jin.befara,cojilng io Stro;id'i nous 10 narpen wa sad. HUSBAND AND WIFE BOTH FOUND DEAD, DANVILLE, Va Dec. 14. In an hnmhiA home on a suburban street tha hndlaa nf Mm Fannin New Pin nix and her husband. William O. l'ln nlr Ha dead as a result Of a dual homicide at four o'clock yesterday af tamnnn. committed by the husband Plnnlx, was a former employe of the freight department 01 in Bomnorn n .11 mmi and or a prominent norm PntvillnQ. fnmllv. ; ..fr' ' They left letters and memoranda showing that he had planned the tragedy as long ago as Thanksgiving Da" WARMEST DECEMBER 12 IN NEW YORK IN 40 YEARS NEW YORK. Dec. 11 The warmest December 12 since the local Waathor Hiireiiu began business forty years ago was reported by Forecaster i.ari vaainrdnv. The thermometer hung In the Bo's all day and attained a minimum of 60 decrees at a P. m. Tha humidity maximum was 90 at 9 m vnr thoMA who sweltered in overcoats Mr. Scarr added that some relief la In store today, though not much. SILVER TUBE AID8 HORSE IN BREATHING AnniTRN. Neb.. Dec. i4. Probably th nnlv horse In the world having a allvar throat Is owned by J. T. Ken fro, was given to him as valueless be eaiiHA it had difficulty In breathing As It s a hltthly bred animal, ne tnnlt It to an exnert veterinarian. A silver tube was inserted Into the amtnal'a tilt-nut to take the place of th afrartad nortion of the windpipe The horse Is well ana can go any 01s tance without trouble. FORTY-TWO MORE OUTLAWS ARK KILLED. I.AVAO. MINDANAO. PHILLIPINE islands. ne. 14. Forty-two more outlaws were killed in an engagement with a detaenment or American scouts. There were no fatalities on the American aide. A aeries of sharp en racementa with the bandit occurred in eftarta of scout to disarm the entire Mora population of Mindanao and Jolo. RESIDENT TAFTTO THE CORN CLUB S GBOIVTH FfllfflS union in louTii GAROLIfJA 1 ; WASHINGTON, Deo, 14, More than twenty Southern boy who won prle for premium yield ot corn heard Pres ident Taft talk today on the benefit that would accrue to, the South through such work as they have been doing. - .V Th President declared th South ern people would no longer hav to depend on fifteen cent rotton to feol prosperous, If the lemons those boy. learned were taught others, Representative Lee, of (leorgla, told the President bext year sixty thousand Southern boy would o into com raising for the prize, offered. . SAILOR RE8CUES PRINCESS FROM A WATERY GRAVE. GIBRALTAR, Deo. 14. Princes Louise Victoria. Princes Royal of Great Britain and Ireland and sister of King George V- and her daughter had a thrilling experience yesterday when the Peninsula and Oriental iteamsnip Delhi on which they were Yoysglng to Egypt atruck the reef oft Cape Bpar- tol, the northwest extremity of Africa. While being taken asnore oy me long boat of the British armored crulaetf Duke of Kdinburgh, they were thrown Into the water by the capl- lng ot the boat, one ot the daughter, having a narrow eecape from drown-Ina-. She wa rescued by a sailor end carried o land with the other, all suf fering severely from the bitter cold. The Delhi struck at one o'ciock in the morning in thick frxr, Immedi ately all the passenger hurried from their statoroom. halt-dressed and put on life preserver. Water poured steadily into tb cabins, while enor mou eea. aometiroe , man nign, broke over the vessel. Signal Of au tre were sent out by wireless' end the first warship to arrive wa tne French critUer TlanL " It wa. long past daylight before the Frlant' steam launch was ble to come alongside the Delhi, In - the moantlme Brenarattotw were made aboard the stranded steamer to send the women and children ashore. One of the boat of the Delhi wa. lowered and filled with passengers. The launch finally succeeded in getting this In tow and then steamed to the British cruiser Duke Of Kdinburgh. where the frightened women and chll dren were safely taken aboard, - FOUND THE GIANT TRIES. California' Mighty Stquols Dlscov. ered Seventy Years Ago. It wa venty year ago June 20, 1841 that John Bidwell discovered the "big trees" of California. He wa the first white man, so far a. we know, who ever behold those mon arch of the forest. Nine year later a hunter named Dowd wa. led into tb company of tha forest king, by a bear that be wa chasing, and It waa by Dowd that the knowledge of the monster trees was spread abroad, but to Bidwell be longs the distinction of having neon the first civilized man to gaze upon the wonderful trees. The "big trees," as the mighty se quoias are called, are found in caia vera county, California, i-hlefly In two "grove.," the Calaveras and the Mariposa, at an altitude of about five thousand feet above the ea. Tney are probably tbe remain of extensive wood belonging to a long past epocn. These mighty conifers are easily the most remarkable of all tree, both In age end In bulk. They are from 200 to 400 feet In height and from IS to 40 feet In diameter. MATTER8 DISPOSED OF AT LAST TERM OF COURT. Tha aaaalnn Of ForaTth BunCfiOr Court which ended last Saturday ' a busy one. Jnrirmenta ware rendered In twenty four case for the aKKregate sum of 121.746.27, the Judgments rnging from small amount up to over $2, nun ' Oavan ahasttllta rftvnmea Wfr fTaJlt ed at the term and or divorce mens et thoro. Eight case went off onder former Judgment and there were two mis trials. One case wa compromised snd three were non-uited. There were quite s number of oroer ana decree Issued by tbe court. A splendid cement walk grace the front of the new Gorrell block on Lib- lerty street. HATCHET SPARK'S EXPLOSION. Man Driving Nail Set Off Oa That Wreck Building. NORRISTOWN. Pa., Dec. 14. The Mention Hotel at Valley Forge wa. wrecked by an explosion of acetylene ja. Th proprietor, J. C. Wolfe, and hi son Harvey, had a narrow escape from being killed. -' While making repair workmen hit one of tbe ga pipes, canning a leak, nd Mr. Wolfe on wa driving a nail, when a spark from tbe steel hatchet ignited the ga. An explosion followed, and the room wa a com plete wreck. Wolfe was burned on tbe face, and hi father had a foot crushed by fall ing debris. The damage to tbe hotel will amount to several hundred dollars. WILSON, Dec. 13, The annual meeting of the 'North Carolina dlvls. Ion of the National Farmer' union assembled here today for a session oi three days. One ot th moat interest . thg feature ot the convention will be the annual report showing me re , markable growth of th organization during tb past twelve month. Dur ing the year Just closed 14,ouo new member were enrolled in wortn vat ollna, distributed among more than 3,000 local branches of the union. - National president u, 8. uarreu made the principal address at the opening session Wednesday, lis declared that the cotton holding plan ' submitted by tbe financiers was not In line with the proposition ne iaia before them; that he thought they wanted too much and that their re striotlon. were harder than the farm era would be willing to submit to. Ms urged, the farmers to reduce their acreage, raise their living and thus get In'poHltlon to hold their cotton. Other addresses were made en dorsing President Barrett's position. E. C, Hudson, of the Stats Agrleul tural Department, apoke on aoll tm provement President; Alexander of the Unlen presided. ? t ' , A. correspondent writing rrom wn son to the Raleigh News and Obser ver says: ..: . ?,.u;.;;-,-"-'-f;''--o- Eastern Carolina, with pnoe, boasts of Its Intelligent farmers; but y down easters." there are other.; w . speak of those from the' Piedmont section and, those higher, np In ,1'ths i land of the sky." Why, s mors rep. 4 reaentatlve body ot Intelligent. fen 1 .... I 1 11,11 .. aiUfc. . tinmen imr nunvren hiiwu ' s their presence than the planters from f tbe Wet.::.' .',:.'." The way In which Mf. II, D, Brawn, i secretary ot the Wilson Chamber of Commerce, Is handling the vast num i ber of Wtlsoa's guest is ft credit to : himself and th representative - body he, ymiai-iiZuv4'l ma", k nnws how. - - : .': i A delegate, from a Western county , was heard to remark S "Never In tnr life have 1 seen so much money la 4 circulation as I see in Wilson. It's ; not so up In my neck-of-the-woods where trapping Is our chief occupa-; Hon. There hides and skins are used for currency, snd the men or 'bojr who is fortunate enough to ensnare a , bear of other feels that he has : enough lucre to keep the wolf from -his door for many moons."-, Contlnu , Ing, he said: "Not long sine ft , neighbor .topped at my home , and borrowed a mink akin with which he purchased at a cross roads store ft gown for his wife and daughter. A few days after I met him. coming from his traps and ha paid me back every cent Not having a mink skin, he gave me It equivalent In musk- rat skins, and I had so much wealth ' that 1 could hardly 'tots' , It but what's the dlfT th hide, get what ' we want, and It's no skin game, either." : .-. ' j . Tbe delegates from Chatham are as thick on the street, of Wilson ss i are mollle cotton tall In thst grand ; old county, A delegate from1 4he "rabbit district" remarked to Wll son county planter: "My frlepds, why don't you Kastern farmers pay ' less sttentlon to the cultivation . of cotton and tobacco, and more to rais ing what you need for boms consump tion? Up my way th first consider' tlon of th farmer la: Wheat, corn, hay. oat and meat, and when we - have housed a sufficiency ot these pro duct the chilling blasts of winter do ' us no harm; and you know, sir, that 'he who provides not tor his own household Is worse than an Infidel.' "That Is true, brother," was the reply ; of the Wilson farmer, "we raise all ., ot the cereals you name, and In abund- ance, and would raise our meat, too, ' only that tbe cholera plays havoo with our hogs." "I said nothing about . hogs" said the Chatham man. "When I say . 'meat' I mean rabbits I've ; housed about five hundred aa fat high Jumpers as you ever stuck ft tooth in as fat as nigger babies and as brown as berrle. Why, lr, there' not a ' hog In my township." Two of the Jollleit of Jolly dele gates re from the Shelby section Messrs. J. C. Beam and J. Z. Fall s and they continually crack Jokes, at the expense of each other. TWO ACRES BROUGHT 1314 IN TOBACCO TO GROWER. J. W. Tuttle, who live la outhern Guilford, believe be haa established a record. Tobacco grown by him on a little less than two acre of ground brought the tidy sum of $314.65. or an average of 1157.82 1-1 to the acre. The tobacco weighed about 1,750 pound and brought nearly It cent per pound on an average. Mr. Tuttle went to Guilford from Btokee county. A number of the tobacco ales men are expected here next week for tbe Christmas holiday. Winston-Salem sends out sn army of "knights of th (Dp" in this line. Writ. 79-Foot Letter. LOS ANGELES. Dec. 14. What is believed to be tbe longest letter ever written I being read by Mr. and Mr. Frank Hamilton, of Los Aa-j gele. Penned by C. Milton Morse, of Portland, Ore, ft friend of the Hamil ton, it contain 32,000 word, and Is written on continuous sheet ; of wrapping paper 79 feet In length. The letter was written in ft spirit ot Jest when the Hamlltons upbraided Morse for apparent lack of Interest la their correspondence. In the letter Morse said he had written for 20 min utes on each week day for two months snd had devoted twice that much time to tbe letter on Sundays. m GREENWICH, Ark Dec 14 Geo. Barnes' big duck. Empress Eugenia, laid an egg that is shaped somewhat like ft pumpkin, with ft distinct stem attachment, I of mottled yellow hue and has spots on It that give Its south, aspect the look of a jack-o'-lantern,
The Western Sentinel (Winston-Salem, N.C.)
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Dec. 15, 1911, edition 1
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