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VOL. 20. SMITHFIELD. X. C.. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 8, 1907. / NO. 35
RESULTS OF THE ELECTIONS.
Tammany Wins in New York-Tom
Johnson Again Mayor?Republicans
Win in Kentucky?Delaware
Partly Dry.
New York, Nov 0 ?The Tarn
many ticket in New York couuty.
headed by Thouaae F. Foley, was
elected by one of the smallest
pluralities in years.
The returns today with several
districts missing, give Foley a
plurality over Ihmseuofappr >xi
mately 27,000.
tierard defeated ISruce, fusion
candidate for the supreme court
by 25,000.
In Maryland the complete re
turns indicate that ex Governor
Smith wins in the Democratic
Senatorial primaries Goner
vative estimates based on very
meagre information, iudicates
that Crothers, Democrat, for
Governor will carry the State
and city by from 0,000 to 8,000.
In Mississippi, the Election of
Noel, Democratic candidate for
Governor is assured as he has no
opposition.
Guild was re-elected governor
oi Massachusetts by 100,000 re
publican majority.
In New York 6tate the republi
cans were victorious in the cities
of Albany, Rochester, Syracuse,
Utica, and Oswego. Newburg
elected a Democratic mayor for
the first time in eighteen years.
Elruira, Rome and Ringhampton
also elected democratic mayors.
Wilmington Del., Nov. 0.?The
complete returns give license
11,035 against 7,3^9 for local
option, and the returns indicate
that Newcastle county outside of
Wilmington also voted for license.
Kent and Sussex counties gave a
vote against license.
Providence, K. I., Nov. 0 ?The
latest returns from the state
election show tnat James H.
Higgins, democrat, has been re
elected governor by about 1,400
votes, defeating Frederick H.
Jackson, republican.
Trenton, N. J., Nov. 6.?Frank
S. Katzenbach, Jr., Democratic
candidate for Governor of New
Jersey, tonight conceded the elec
tion of John Franklin Fort, his
Republican opponent.
Louisville, Ky., Nov. 6.?Re
turns are coming in slowly from
all parts of the state, but from
present indications it looks as if
the republicans will make a clean
sweep of Louisville and the state.
In the event that Wilson is
elected over Hager. it is confident
ly predicted that a determined
effort will be made by the Hager
faction to pi event Beckham's
election to the United States
senate, his policy in the Louis
ville cases and his stand for tem
perance being generally regarded
as au eviience of willingness on
his part to jeopardize the success
of his party for his personal am
bitions.
There will be a decreased demo
cratic majority.
Latest returns indicate Wil
son's election by 10,000,
Cleveland, ()., Nov. 0.?The
most conservative of the men
who back Burton in his spectacu
lar battle put Mayor Johnson's
plurality at 9,313, which is less
than the figure by which he won
his third term over Boyd two
years ago.
With Mayor Johnson, it is con
ceded, a majority of the council
is elected, giving him a majority
of the city legislative body which
will make him dictator of the
traction situation that also
figured in the contest. It is not
thought that later returns will
alter the figures of plurality ofj
-Mayor Johnson or cut down his
majority in the council.
Cincinnati, Ohio, Nov. (i ?
Leopold Markbreif, republican, J
has been elected. Markbreit re
ceived 47.000 votes out a total j
of 80,000.
Philadelphia. Pa., Nov. (5.?
John O. Sheatz, of Philadelphia,
republican, was elected state
treasurer over John O. Harman,
of Columbia county, democrat,
at yesterday's election by a large
plurality. This was the only
state office voted for and a light
vote was polled.
Toledo, Ohio, Nov. 6.? Brand
Whitlock was re-elected mayor
yesterday and carried with him
the entire independent city ticket
except police clerk, for which
office L E Krieger, republican,
won.
Columbus, () , Nov. G ?"The
lid" received an awful jolt in this
city. C. A. Bond, repuhlicau can
didate for mayor, representing
the tracton and brewery interests
was elected by a plurality of
5,002, carrying the entire repub
lican ticket with him. George
\V. Kightmire, for vice president
had a plurality of 11,402 over
his opponent. Samuel G Os
borne for police judge had the
lowest plurality of 3,391. A1
though elected cu an "open
town" platform, Mayor-elect
Bond, in an open statement, de
clares he will enforce the saloon
closing laws.
Salt Lake, Utah, Nov. G.?The
election of the entire "American"
ticket with John S. Bransford
for mayor is conceded by all
parties. It is believed the Mor
mon vote was pretty evenly
divided between the democratic
and republican parties with a
scattering for the socialists.
The anti-Mormon party proba
bly will have the largest plurality
ever given in this city. Brans
ford has 8,500 plurality over
Plumrner and Morris, whose
strength is evenly divided. The
Americans will control the conn
cil. They have been in power for
the last two years.
Finest Thraed Made in Georgia.
The finest thread in the world
is now twisted on spindles driven
by the falling water of a river in
the South. Numbers as high as
150 are spun at tuis plant, which
is located on the Chattahoochee
river, one mile north of Columbus
It is from the valley of the Nile,
and the finest cotton of the sea
island variety, that makes the
thread turned out by this mill.
The plant uses Egyptian and sea
islaud cotton exclusively, because
of the length and strength of the j
staple.
No. 120 is considered a very j
flue thread, but not loDg ago
with the increase of the mill's
capacity to 25,000 spindles, the
spinning of numbers as high as ]
150 was beguu. No other thread
like this is made in the Southern
States, and as a matter of fact,
no finer is manufactured in the
world.?St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Ten Carloads of Hogs Burn.
Louisville, Ivy., Nov. 5.?The
plant of the Bourbon stock
yards, located at Johnson aud
Miu streets, burned this evening.
From the stock-yards the flames
spread to the plant of the Vise
man Packing Company. The
lose on the stock of the plant is
estimated at $250,000.
Ten carloads of hogs were j
burned, but the employes
managed to save most of cattle,
several of them receiving minor!
injuries while so engaged. The'
loss on the Vissmau plant is esti-;
mated at $75,000.
Farmers Hold Tobacco.
Rocky Mount, N. C., Nov. 4.?
Mr. J. O. W. Gravely, Lecturer
and Secretary of the North Caro
lina Tobacco Grower's Associa
tion, makes this statement:
"1 advise all tobacco growers
who can do so to hold their to
bacco until the money market is
settled. Thev have all to gain j
and nothing to lose by pursuing
course "
He Fought at Gettysburg.
David Parker, of Fayette, N i
Y., who lost a foot at Gettysburg,;
writes: "Electric Hitters have!
done me more good than any
medicine I ever took. For sev- j
era I years I had stomach trouble, j
and paid out much money for j
medicine to little purpose, until
I began taking Electric Bitters.j
I would not take $500 for what ]
they have done for me." Grand >
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DRUNKARD'S AWFUL DEED.
jtum-Soaked Man Kills Woman Who
Gave Him Birth and Remorse
Brings Suicide.
One of the most awful tragedieef
time ever occurred in North Car
olio* took place Friday night iu
liulledge township, Anson coun
ty, when Ellis llighfcower, a
drunkard aud a noted whiskey
dealer, shot and killed his moth
er. and later cut his throat with
a razor when he realized the
enormity of his crime
The idea of a mau,soake I with
whiskey, shootiug his mother
down like a dog, will cause every
one who reads of the tragedy to
shudder, especially when it is
learned that only a few moments
before the awfuldeed that mother
had poured out Ler love for her
boy, as iu this case.
Ellis Hightower, a well-known
white man, went to home of bis
mother Friday, about 12 miles
from Wadesboro. He had been
drinking bard and was in a semi
delirious condition. About nine
o'clock he and his mother and
sister were sitting on the porch,
and bis mother was telling him
how she loved him, doubtless
pleading with bim to drink no
more.
Presently he dropped off into
eleep. and hie mother suoke to
arouse him Starting up, he de
manded, "Who are you?" and
tired a .3N calibre ball through
her heart. Gasping, "Ellis, you
have killed me," the woman who
gave him birth fell deaa.
Hightower sat by her side until
the physician came, having in
the meantime thrown his pistol
away. Saturday morning he
went to his own home, where he
had a wife and four little chil
dren, cut his throat with a razor,
dying in a few hours.
What makes this sickening
tragedy all the more horrible is
that Hightower loved his mother
and in his right mind would have
died before he would have harmed
a hair on her head. But drunk,
he knew not what he did. He
was 3+ years years old and had
been a hard drinker aud had
dealt in whiskey extensively.
Ellis Hightower was a brother
of F. \1. Hightower, who is now
in the saloon business at Wades
boro and who has made arrange
ments to go to Wilmington when
the prohibition law goes into ef
fect in Ausou.?Lexington Dis
patch, Oct. 30.
Long Whiskers For Unsuccessful Can
didates.
A Philadelphia dispatch nays
that John Carmichael shaved
Tuesday for the first time in 48
years.
When Douglas ran for Presi
dent, Carmichael vowed that he
would not shave until he was 80
years old if his candidate was de
feated. Today was his birthday, i
On hie return home after being
denuded of his long beard, nie
own dog flew at him, mistaking
him for a tramp.
There is one man something
like this in North Carolina. He I
lives in Harnett county. His
whiskers have been growingsiuce;
Bryan was first named for Presi
dent and he says he will not
shave until Bryan is elected. The
Philadelphia man had a limit
while the North Carolinian has
not.?Statesville Landmark.
Another Big Ocean Palace.
New York, Nov. 4.?The Mauri
tania has been scheduled to sail
from Liverpool for this country
on Novembe" 1(5. This is the
same day that the Lusitania is
to leave New York and the ships
will pass each other in miti-oceau.
The Mauritania is BOO tons larg
er thau the Lusitania and is
therefore the largest ship in the.
world.
Appendicitis
is due in a large measure toI
abuse of the bowels, by employ
ing drastic purgatives. To avoid
all danger, use only Dr. King's i
New Life Pills, the safe, gentle'
cleansers and invigorators. Gua
ranteed for headache, bilious-!
nes, malaria and jaundice, at
at Hood Hros. drug storev -5c [
THOSE SLUGGING MATCHES.
Disgraceful Acts of Brutal Fighting
Among A. fi M. Students Black
Eyes and Noses Tell the Wale.
! Brokou noses, blackened eyes
|aud minor bruises are incidents!
iu the officially endorsed fights'
I en masse in tlie open at the A.I
and M. College between the!
I Freshmen class and the Sopho
more rinse which uuwoccurnaily,
President W inston having given
his permission for theclass tights,
while Limjtenant J. S K. Young.
| the comniHuuaut, is present to
see that no undue advantage is
J taken.
Twice these class fights have
taken place, and at the second
of these yesterday there were a
huudred and thirty cadets en
gaged, sixty-five Freshmen and
sixty-five Sophomores The two
opposing forces formed iu lines
on the A. and M. Athletic Field,
and then rushed at each other.
As they closed iu there was in
discriminate tighting, jostling,
punching, a regular Douuybrook
Fair event barring the shillelahs,
but Usts were used freely. After
cue nrst rush single encounters
went on, uud when a man was
clown Cieuteuaut Young or some
of the junior and senior men, (
some ot whom were in uniform, (
would rush in and stop the
scrappiug on tne ground.
The Hght in force yesterday
lasted for twelve minutes aud I
was a hard fought one, though i
the cadets, injured aud uniujur
ed, emerged from it in good
spirits aud with cheers, neither I
side having conquered, the con
test being an even one. As one |
of the results the noses of two |
men, Anthony, of Shelby, and |
Wilson, are broken, while there ,
is a report that two uther noses |
are in the same shape, while
there are some black eyes and
scratched faces also in evidence
The manly art of "lighting in, j'
the open" has brought with it i1
injuries which are not enjoyed by |1
the injured, but the meu who en- '
gaged iu the scrapping did so ot
their own accord, and some of :
them are in the hospital as a re- c
suit. [ I
These free-for-all encounters, c
countenanced by President Win- i
stou and the college, came as a 1
result of the desire to put a stop
to hazing of any kind, liecentlv
Cadet Hewlett, a new man, was J
badly handled aud his head |
shaved by sophomores, presu
mably, and President Winston
addressed the cadets about this j
affair in which he denounced the
method of hazing of one man by
a number, aud commanded au
open, fair encounter without 1
auimosity; that it would be much ;
better for the boys to line up in '
the old-fashioned way, and going
at each other to settle the mat- ]
ter, in place of a number hurry- 1
ing around iu the dark to do
some act ot meanness. In speak
ing of the matter of the first en- j
counter he afterwards stated
that the iuuiors and seniors were .
present 10 see thatfair pla.v weut
ou aud thatCommaudant Youug
was present to see that things ,
did not go too rough.
As the result of President Win
ston's talk the sophomores ou
Wednesday sent a note to Com
mandant Young, signed K. K.
K., requesting him at dinner to
give notice to the freshmen that
tDey were invited to meet the
sopliouiores after dinner ou the
athletic field. The sophomores
were there, the freshmen came
and the contest waged vigorous
ly as hue rushed into line, in t ie
tnix-up legs aud arms and heads
aud bodies getting all togeth
er, thestruggliug mass of young
gentlemen raising the dust
mightily. Cheering the contest
ants were some 2o() cadets who
looked on with shouts of delight,
, while as each combatant had his
dose he cneu ''enough" aud was
out of it.
Yesterday the challenge came
from the freshmen to the sopho
mores for the second encounter,
iu which injuries were the feature.
In order to equalize the forces
Lieutenant Y. ung reduced tiiej
freshmen to sixty-live aud there
were sixty five sophomores iu j
line. The sophs, were on tbej
field when, with shouting and
cheering and yelling, the fresh
rueu charged in force, thi
fray beginning at 1:2 minutes tc
2. The opposing forces fough
in a clomi of dust, and there wai
tumble after tumble. The indis
criminate combat soon change*
to the man to man light, the eiu
oming at 2 o'clock, wheu the
battle ceased and cheering ovei
a drawn fight the forces lefl
the field, some to seek the atteri
tion of physicians, others tc
themselves remedy bruises atu
scratches?News and Observe!
November 1st.
General News.
The five whaling vessels whict
were supposed to have been losl
have turned up safe with thirty
six whales.
Alex Johuson, a negro, wat
lynched at Cameron, Tex., Mon
day, for attempting assault on 8
white woman.
Isaac 1). Surratt, son of Mrs,
Marry E. Surratt who was
hanged for alleged complicity in
the assassination of President
Lincoln, died in Baltimore on
Sunday.
Exporters at New Orleans are
experiencing difficulty in securing
cotton from the interior as th
farmers want the cash and refuse
to take certified checks.
Fearing that the bank would
have a run on it, James It. Bovd,
cashier of the bank of Uuntsville,
Ala., committed suicide Monday,
by tiring a bullet through his
brain.
The four-masted schooner Ar
thur Sewall, which left New York
four months ago and was sup
posed to have been lost, has been
reported as entering the straits
for Seattle.
In order to save their cash,
National Hanks all over the
country are refusing to cash pen
sion vouchers and other govern
ment paper calling for money;
the sub-treasuries will cash them.
President Roosevelt traveled
22o miles from Washington to
Oyster Hay to vote Tuesday, the
only feature of the trip being
cheering crowds and a warm wel
:ome on the part of his neigh
bors. ?
As the result of trouble at t.ha
polls in Louisville, Ky., Tuesday,
Clyde Campbell was killed, his
father, W. R.Campbell, was shot
and two policemen were wound
Bd. The Campbells were Repub
licans and resisted arrest.
Official announcement is made
that the Steel Trust has secured
a controling interest in the Ten
nessee Coal and Iron Company,
and that it helps two big New
York trust companies which hold
the Tennessee company's securi
ties.
The American Tobacco Com
pany has ordered practically all
its cigarette factories in Haiti
more closed, throwing about 000
employes out of employment, the
action supposed to be retaliatory
for the Government's action in
seizing cigarettes for export at
Norfolk.
Large numbers of Jews are to
to emigrate from Uussia and
other European countries to the
United States; aspecial hotel will
be conducted for them while they
await passage at Herlin and
special arrangements will be
made for them on the North
Uerman- Lloyd steamships.
The arrival at New York of the
lirst treasure ship laden with
gold for the relief of the present
stringency was the feature of the
financial situation Tuesday. The
Kron l'rincess Cecilie, soon after
10 o'clock, docked and unloaded
(7.700,000 in the yellow metal
which will go to strengthen New
York bank reserves. The new
Cunard Liner Lusitauia will fol
low closely in her wake with (10,
000,000, and (14.000,000 more
will follow during the remainder
of the week or early uext week.
The additional withdrawals ol
57.-i.000 pounds from the Hank
of Ivifirland for the United States
and 25,000 pounds from Canada
brings up the total gold engage
meats on the present movement
to about (-'10,000,000.
CONVENTION OF DISCIPLES.
) Meeting at Belhaven The Greatest Ever
1: Held In the State.
3
: Belhaven, N. C., Nov. 4 ?The
sixty third annual convention of
JI the Church of Christ or Disciples,
1 of North Carolina, held here,
1 closed Thursday night. This was
r the greatest couveiltiou ever held
by this brotherhood in the State.
J The attendance waft the lamest,
J reaching front 800 to 1,000 at
the night sessions The report
of W.G.Walker, corresponding
| secretary, was highly satisfac
| tory. It shows about 1,500 ad
ditions to the <n:urch, and almost
j $10,000 raised for all purposes
. in State missions. But the cli
" i inax was almost reached on
! Thursday afternoou, when the
entire bonded indebtedness, an
i j amount of $10,000, was raised
? ia thirty minutes,
i When the nominating commit
tee reported the selection of the
old board, who had made possi
, ble the most excellent work, for
i re-election, they were elected,
j with scarcely a dissenting voice.
! The officers are A. B. Cunning
ham, of Washington, president;
George Hackney, Wilson, vice
1 president; VV. G. Walker, Wash
t iugton, corresponding secretary;
L. O Moseley, Kinston, record
[ ing secretary, and J.8. Basnight,
New Berne, treasurer.
Five Deaths by Violence in One Night
Birmingham, Ala,, Nov. 5.?
Violent death in several forms
reaped a harvest in the city and
suburbs here. The list of dead
totals live.
They include:
Samuel Tate, slain by his wife.
James H. Clouths, killed by
Mrs. Udith Allen, his boarding
house mistress.
David Winn, special deputy,
killed by dropping his revolver
from his pocket on the floor.
JohnSharpe, engineer on the
Louisville A Nashville Railroad,
crushed to death in his locomo
tive cab.
Sim Scott, negro, railroad por
I ter, run down and killed by ter
| miual street car.
Courtin' was too Scatterln'.
Miss Jane S., aged seventy-one,
farmer and spiuster, through
long years of industry and man
aging for herself, has acquired
good property and is regarded
as one of the best citizens of our
country. She is a good friend of
mine, and one day I was teasing
i her about never having married,
when she came back at me with:
| "Well, I'd have you to know it
I wasn't because I didn't have my
| share of chances. When I was a
J young gal I moved about a lots?
lived awhile at Union, then to
| Greenville and awhile at Spar
tanburg, and fact is, 1 got my
! courtin' so scattered it never
come to nutbin' "?that's why.?
Taylor Trotwood Magazine.
Kooseveii f avors state Prohibition.
i Guthrie, Okla., Nov. 5.?That
President Roosevelt is greatly
1 pleased with the state-wide pro
hibition feature of the Oklahoma
, | constitution and that it will con
stitute one of the strongest
reasons for his approving the
constitution is the statement
,| made by Judge Harper 8. Cun
ningham, who has just returned
from Washington. He states he
was assured personally bv Presi
1 deut Roosevelt of this fact.
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first bottle was used, and two
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