IN KIMV OF IHE FATHERS
Battle of Kings Mountain Commemorated With
Grand Monument—Day of Speech-Making
and Patriotic Pride.
King's Mountain Battle Ground,
Special.—Thousands of people jour
neyed Thursday on a patriotic pil
grimage. The battleground of King's
Mountain Mas the shrine of their
seeking. Here in the presence of the
official heads of North and South
Carolina two United States Sena
tors and two Representatives in Con
gress—besides others prominent in
the officialdom of two States, official
dedication was accorded the King's
Mountain monument —a signal recog
nition by the Congress of the United
States of the valorous part played "in
Uic war of independence by the sol
diers of tiie south.
It was a day of many features. Pre
sided over by Gov. Marin F. Ansel of
South Carolina, the exercises of the
morn in l * which were prolonged into
the afternoon were entirely interest
ing. Undoubtedly they were to the
audience gathered from a vast ex-
panse of many counties in two or
more Commonwealths. For never he
fore did such an audience, of whom
the majority stood the entire time,
listen for three hours and a half to
constant making of speeches without
the slightest exhibition of restless
ness.
Never had lonesome Kings Moun
tain been host to such a concourse.
For a day or two in advance strag
glers iiad been coming in wagons,
harbingers of the hosts to follow.
From Gaston, from Cleveland, from
York, from Chester, from Spartan
burg, from Mecklenburg, from Mc-
Dowell, from Cabarrus, from Lan
caster, from Union, even from Run
combe they had come, tjio earliest ar
rivals pitching camp by the roadside
and in the woods in true pioneer
fashion.
Before dawn an endless stream of
carriages and buggies and wagons
were rattling and rumbling along*! lie
winding ways, Three roads, that
from Kings Mountain', that from
drover and that from Yorkville had
been put in excellent condition by
public appropriations and private
subscriptions inspired by civic pride.
Contributing most brightly to the
animation of the occasion was the
delegation of Daughters of the Ameri
can Revolution from from
Yorkville and other places. The
Charlotte delegation, of course, in
cluded the delegates who were there
attending the North Carolina Con
gress of that organization. It is
doftibtfull if ever before so many rep-
rcsentativos of feminine culture, re
flnement and loval patriotism climb
ed breathlessly the cliflf which the
plateau overtops.
Si'ven companies of the national
guard of North and South Carolina
were present. Friday they reproduced
\he hat tie of Kings Mountain with
the deathless cartridges. One of
theso companies is from North Caro
lina, the Dallas company, under the
♦♦OW-mand til' Cnpt. A h. Tiullwinkle.
The others arc respectively from
Rock Hill. Fovt Mill, Columbia, Corn
wall, York\ ill" and Spartanburg. In
'omniand of these provisional troops
DRIFTED BY THE STORM
Port Arthur, Tex., Special.—Water
logged, dismantled and with the decks
barely above the water, as she was
being towed by the GufTey Company
steamer Winifred, the Kate Flore,
Capt. Whitney, from Mobile to Cuban
ports, limped into port Friday with
what was left of the crew in the
throes of starvation. Of the crew of
seven which sailed from Mobile, Fri
day night five are in the hospital
THE GFOGRAPHICAL S
1 Washington, Special.—The follow
ing resolution was adopfrd at the
meeting of the board of managers of
the National Geographical Society
held nt Iluhbnrd Memorial Ilnll as
an introduction to the reports of Dr.
F. A. Cook and Commander R. E.
Peary, to he printed in the magazine
of the society:
» "We print herewith the reports
« of Dr. P. A. Cock and Commander 11.
E. Peary announcing the discovery of
the North Pole April 21, J9OB, and
April G, 1909. Before the society can.
WESTERN TRAINS COLLIDE AND RILL SEVENTEEN
Topeka, Kan.. Special.-—Seventeen
persons were killed and ten severely
injured in a collision between a
freight train and a «:otistruction train
on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
railroad near he v re Friday. The dead
are eleven Mejdcans, four section
foremen and two brakemen. It is be
lieved some of the injured arc fatally
injured. The work train was backing
into Topeka with fifty Mexicans rid
ing on the fiat cars. As the train was
was Col. W. W. Lewis of the First
Infantry. In general charge of the
whole exercises was Col. J. C. Boyd
of Columbia. S. C., Adjutant General.
The monument is the third erected
in honor of the heroes of this turning
point of the revolutionary struggle.
Col. Asbury CoAvard, chairman of
the executive committee, in present
ing Gov. Ansel to preside over the
meeting said:
"This beautiful day ushers in a
day rendered glorious for the deed
accomplished on October 8. 1780. It
is the most notable that can be found
in all our annals.
"It is peculiarly a matter of com
pelling pride because the result of the
battle was due to the spontaneous ini
tiative of the plain people of that
whole section and others contribut
ing of their men to the American
forces on that occasion. It was here
on this lonely spot that the represen
tative of a foreign power was over
thrown and a triumph achieved which
laid the foundation for the realiza
tion of the Declaration of Indepen
dence and the existence of the con
stitution of the United States —the
repository of all our liberties.
"The dead were left unlniried after
the battle and the place was avoided
as haunted territory. Then, about .10
years later, the neighbors came again,
buried t heap at the foot of a stone
which their deeds in simple
language. In 1855 the counties recog
nized the significance of what had
happened and gathered to give ex
pression to appreciation. Men like
John S. Preston and the great his
torian Bancroft, spoke with eloquence
of the part played by the men at
Kings Mountain. Later came the
other monument. And so the recog
nition has spread. First the neigh
bors then the counties, then the Slate
and the United Sfntes has placed
rts s"nl of approval and appprecia
tion."
The monument first erected is a
simple soap-stone slab. The second
is much more pretentions in monu
mental form, and.is quite creditable.
The third for which Congress ap
propriated is a granite shaft,
feet high, with inscriptions as
follows: j
On the noYth and front face:
Erected bv the
Government of the United States of
America,
to the establishment of which the
hcriosm and patriotism of those
who participated in this battle
so largely contributed.
West face:
To commemorate * the victory of
King's Mountain, October 7, 1780,
On the east face the names of the
killed, the mortally wounded and the
less seriously wounded are inscribed.
President Snvdor of WofTord Col
lrgo wns the orator of the day. He
was measurably brief hut eloquent
nn(J historic to the delight of the vast
assembly.
Senator Overman and Gov. Kitehin
of North Carolina, Senator Smith and
Congressman 1). E. Finls.v of South
Carolina each addressed the enthusi
astic audience. Congressman Webb
was detained at home by sickness of
It is son and bis address was read by
Congressman Paw, his colleague in
Conirress.
The whole occasion was the exe
cution of a program most inspiring
to young patriots and pride insipiring
to the descendants of the heroes
whose noble deeds the handsome shaft
stands ns a pern°tiAil memorial.
THEV WERE PERISHING
with slight chances of recovery, while
another was washed overboard in the
recent hurricane, and a second died
of starvation shortly before and came
to the helpless vessel, Washed hun
dreds of miles out of her course.
The Kate Flore sailed from Mobile
about September 12, with a cargo of
lumber for Cuban ports. Encounter
ing the hurricane, the boat was strip
ped to the decks and waterlogged,
IETY IS STILL DUBIOUS
however, accept (he conclusions of
either Commander Peary or Dr. Cook
that the North I'ole has been attain
ed it will ho necessary that the scien
tific records and data of each explor
er be carefully examined by its
committee on research or by some
body or commission acceptable to the
board.
"The society takes this position,
not from any distrust of "Ne personal
integrity of either explore*, but be
cause of the many calculations that
enter into the determination cf the
pole." « r
rounding a curve the northbound
freight crashed into it.
Engineer Edward Ash and Fire
man Jospeh Correy on the freight
train jumped as soon as the air brakes
could be set. The engine on the
freight ran over the four flat cars
comprising the wreck train and almost
a score of men were pinned down and
it was several hours beforo they were
extricated. It is said the wreck was
caused by crew disregarding orders.
COTTON CROP NOTSO GOOD
Most Unfavorable Report Imed by
the Department jot Agriculture at
This Season of tbe Tear in Many
Years.
Washington, Special.—The most
nnfavorable report on the condition
of the cotton crop issued by the
Department of Agriculture at this
season of the year for many years
has just been made public. Financial
and weather conditions combined to
make the report unfavorable.
The official report indicates that
on September 25 the condition of the
cotton crop was only 58.5 per cent,
of normal, as compared with 63.7 per
cent, on August 25, 1909; 69.7 on
September 25, 1908, 67.7 on Sep
tember 25, 1907, and 67 per cent,
on that average for ten years on Au
gust 25, 1909.
After the announcement by the
Department of Agriculture of tlx?
figures recording the average for this
month, Dr. S. A. Knapp, chief of the
co-operative demonstration work l'or
the Department of Agriculture in the
south, after the conference with Sec
retary Wilson, said that the serious
falling ofT in the figures, especially
for Louisiana and Mississippi, were
due to two conditions. One was the
excessive rainfall in the early part
of the cotton crop season, followed
by a serious drought and the second
was the failure of cotton planters to
obtain advances on their crops from
bankers. The latter reason forced
the planters to dismiss a consider
able part of their labor at a time*
wlien the boll weevil was a most seri
ous pest.
Dr. Knapp Gives Reasons.
Dr. Knapp stated that another rea
son which induced a falling off in tho
general average of Louisiana, wa*
that there was practically .'lO per rent,
less of acreage in cotton tlun in pre
vious years.
The boll weevil did serious damniro
during the past year in the southwes
tern quarter of Mississippi.
"In my judgment,'' said Knn;>p,
"the really serious trouble, which
applies to all of the cotton Stat.s,
was brought about by the excessive
rainfall in the early part of the sea
son and the excessive drought in tho
latter part. In sonv of tho States
planters scarcely could obtain wat.'f
enough for their live stock. This
was particularly true of Texas artii
Oklahoma. What is known as the.
New Orleans storm, which passed mi
through portion*! of Louisiana and
western Mississippi, blew out im
mense quantities of cotton and served
seriously to detract from the excel
lence of the crop."
Secretary Wilson declined to make
any statement regarding tlvi figures
given out by his department, 110
said that lit could talk about tli'j
wheat crop, about the condition of
cattlo in tlv> west and about almost
anything else but cotton He said
that I)r, Ivnapp knew more about the
cotton crop from practical observance
of conditions in the south than any
other man in the department, and he
had nothing to add to the statement
made by him.
Comparisons of conditions by
States on September 25 and the 10-
year average follow:
10-yr.
1909 1908 Av.
Virpinia 71 78 75
North Carolina .. ..70 09 70
South Carolina .. ..70 OS 69
Ooorria..i .71 08 09
Florida ..07 72 71
Alabama 02 70 f>7
Mississippi 5.1 70 08
Louisiana .">9 55 0?
Texas 52 63
\rkansas .54/
Tpnncssrc.. .. .. ■. .fig' 78 72
Missouri 72 70 74
Oklahoma 55 70 (59
United States 58.5 ('9.7 67
Curtis Mako3 n Flight
St. I,ouis, Mo., Special.—Under ad
verse conditions, Glenn 11. Curtisa, by
a flight in his bi-plane late Friday
afternoon in Fcrest park, received the
applause and checTjj of ths many
thousands of persons who had waited
for hours for the wind to slacken.
Ocorge Francois Ozmont and Hugh
Robinson of St. l.onis attempted to
make their machine fly but failed.
Ozmont. after Curtiss had marie his
successful flight, tried a second time
and his machine was damaged by
striking the ground, but he was un
injured.
Four Persons Burn to Death.
Nashville, Tenn., - Special.—Fire
broke out here Friday morning while
occupants of the house wera asleep,
ever a store. Four of the fire x>m
panies arrived «>n the Ceene. but in
spite of heroic efforts to enter their
apartment in the face of flames burst
ing from the windows, every member
of the Fishman family but one perish
ed. Miss Faehacl Markeson, the oth
er victim, lived in same apartment.
Fatal Pistol Duel.
Jacksonville, Fla.. Special.—ln a
pistol duel at Lake Butler late Friday
afternoon C. A. Rich and John F arker
were both killed, Parker dying on the
train en route to this city for medical
attention. Both left the store where
they had quarreled, but mrt at the
railroad station later and commenced
to fire at each other. Rich was-in
stantly killed and Parker received a
bullet wound in the breast which
caused his death hulf an hour later.
GULF COAST STORM
Key West is Caught and Suf
fers Severely.
FATALITY NOT GREAT HOWEVER
Estimated Damage $2,000,000 —Wood
and Brick Building* lumtle /.like
—Storm Takes to the Ocean and
Relief is Felt.
Key West, Fla., Special.—As a re
sult of the hurricane which struck
the Southern coast of Florida Mon
day morning, Key West Monday nijfit
is a mass wreckage and the damage
♦o property is estimated at $2,000,-
000. Martial law was proclaimed by
the mayor at 6 o'clock and the Key
West guards arc patroling the city.
The United States government was
asked to dispatch troops here without
delay, to assist in patroling the storm
swept area. •
Chaos reigned on every hand and
few people remained in their homes,
hundreds of which were either totally
wrecked or damaged.
It is known that many persons have
received more or less serious injury
and reports are currunt that several
lives were lost.
The storm reached its height at 1
o'clock in the afternoon, when the
wind reached an estimated velocity of
100 miles an hour. There was a
hard, steady blow from 8 a. m. to 3
p. m., when t.he wind begpn to die
down and by 4 o'clock the center of
the hurricane had passed this point.
The hurricane is the worst that
Key Went has ever experienced. Of
one hundred local vessels in the har
bor Monday but five remained at an
chor, the others having either gone
♦ o sea or been washed upon the beach
es.' The streets alonjr the water front
were a mass of wreck aye.
Prick as well as frame dwellings
throughout the city suffered alike
from the fury ot the heavy wind and
many miraculous escapes from death
or serious injury have been reported.
Ilesidcs the several score of resi
dences either tolallv wrecked or
I lown from their nillars, nine fac
tories were partially destroyed, in
cluding th" Havana-American. Mar
tinez, Nichols, I?uy Lopez, Manuel
I opcz, Flotas Torris, Cortez and
Wolf cigar manufactories.
No. 1 and No. 2 engine houses of
the city fire department were de
stroyed, the firemen narrowly escap
ing, hut several of the horses bein'j
killed. The fop of the First National
Punk was blown off, the postoflie.e
damaged and .two running u?ars of
the government coaling station were
wrecked.
Kvery telephone and electrjj light
pole on Duval street. the
thoroughfare of the city, were blown
down.
(Urent fears were suffered for crtKer
points alone the coast, but at 9:30
Tuesday niuVt the weather bureau re
lieved further fears with the follow
ing dispatch:
" flown iiurricnne warning 10 p, m.,
Mobile. Pcnsacoln, Pnnairia City. Ap
palachian. Carrnhelle, Cedar Kevi,
Rockwell, Tampa, Punta Clorda, Pun
ta Passa, Key West; Storm centres
soutleast Florida moving northeast.
Apparently no further danger on the
Gulf const.
Cuba in Storm
Havana, Isv Cabin. —The mrst ser
ious eyelone sinee the hi'» blow of
o!oher 17, J9OG, strnek Cuba earlv
Monday morninjr, causing extensive
devastation through tlie whol" west
ern portion of tlie island. In tbe eity
of Havana rranv minor buildings
wrre blown down or unroofed, almost
nil the tr r, es w°re uprooted nnd five
persons were killed one by an eleetrie
wire and tbe others bv falling build
ings. A 1 out twenty-five persons were
injured.
S. A. L. Make"! Progressive Stop.
Richmond. Va.. Special.—.John
Skeltcn Williams is hack front the
martin? of ths reorganization com
mit tec and the board of directors of
the Seaboard Air Line system in New
\ork. lie speaks enronrajrinalv of
the system and the liarmony and co
operation hoped for union? interested
parties. The s' B t e m lias recently ab
sorbed five smaller systems in tho far
South aggregating nearly 400 miles.
Seonis a Horrible Murder,
Tiverton. R. 1.. Special.—The find
ing; of the sevctr?d legs of n woman in
a dress suit case among some bushes
in an outlying section of this town
Monday brought to ILarht what the
authentic* are convinced is a case of
mur>r. The discovery of a New
Bedford ncw*r»apT of Sunday's date
with the portions ef the limbs is re
garded as the most imnortant clnrs
thus far obtained. ind'*atin«j possibly
tlie place of the murder, if murder
ther was. The tvi'herities were of
tbe opinion va f tK* woman mur
dered in New Bedford.
Tell", Friend cf Killirg Man and i 3
Arreted.
Tar-pa. Fla.. Spernl.—Wanted in
Clinch cijjintv. Oeorcin, for the mnr
df-r of Chris Vinmrr. W. Wl Ddks was
arrested Monday msUi. D"lks
wa*« tcllinur a frigid of the kill in •»
while riding ieto Tamra on a train.
The con versa t ; on was overheard and
Tlie poliele notified. I>r|ks admits that
he is the ma*' wanted and the
ani horitics have been communicated
with.
DISMISSES LIBEL OMItGE
Indianopolis Editors Cannot Be Tak
en to District of Columbia For
Trial Says Judge Anderson.
Indianapolis, Ind., Special.—Judge
A. B. Anderson, of the United States
court of this district Tuesday dis
misssed the proceedings agaiivst Del
avan Smith and Charles R. Williams,
proprietors of The Indianapolis
NtfWs, who were resisting removal to
the District of Columbia for trial un
der a grand jury indictment chargin?
them with having committed
libel against ex-President Roosevelt,
President Taft, Charles P. Taft, Wil
liam Nelson Cromwell, J. Pierpont
Morgan and others in publishing ar
ticles alleging that there was a cor
jru|H__|>roflt of $28,000,000 in the salo
of the Panama canal to the United
States.
"That man has read the history of
our institutions to little purpose,"
said Judge Anderson in concluding
his decision, "who does not view with
apprehension the success of such a
proceeding as this to the end that cit
izens could be dragged from their
homes to the District of Columbia,
the seat of government, for trial un
£er the circumstances of this case.
The defendants are discharged."
CRANE DOES NOT GO TO CHINA.
Resignation Invited and is Formally
Tendered With Bitter Complaint—
Was Ready to Embark at San
Francisco.
Washington, Special.—Charles R.
Crane of Chicago, minister designate
to China Tuesday was-practically de
posed by a demand from Secretary
Knox for his resignation.
Thus a new chapter in American
diplomacy was written. A citizen
chosen with special regard for his
qualifications for the post, was recall
ed before lie had embarked Irorn
San Francisco and discharged from
'lis high ollice because of alleged in-,
i -reet disclosures through the press.
AIV ■over this minister, breaking
through all the old traditions, insist
ed on defending himself from the as
persions cast u|xm him by the Secre
tary of State by the issuance of a
statement, which most people here
comment upon as certain to be highly
embarrassing to the administration.
The histqry of this extraordinary
affair, which began about a week dgo
with the announcement tbat Minister
Crane had.been stopped at San Fran
cisco at the moment of embarkation
for his jKist by a demand from Secre
tary Knox for his return to Washing
ton, reached at least its first crisis
soon after noon Tuesday, when the
Secretary in a formal statement an
nounced that Mr. Crane's resignation
had been invited, and the minister
designate replied in an equally for
mal statement that, while his resig
nation already had been tendered to
the President, he felt hiinslf very un
justly treated.
Two Boston Schooners Probably
Boston, Special.—The probable loss
of two Boston schooners, the Fronte
nae and Msdford in the hurricane at
Key West was reported to the owners
Tuesday. The Frontenae, which was
a four master, had a cargo of coal
from Baltimore. The Mod ford also
a four master, had a of gravel.
All hands were saved on both vessels.
The Frontenae was built five rears
a.So at a cost of SS'),OOO, while the
Mcdford cost SOO,OOO to build nine
years ago. Both were partially in
sured.
Effects of Storm.
Key West, Fla., Special.—A dis
patch from Sand Key says: "Station
swept to sea. Observers safe but
their personal effects lost. Entire
force now here. The Sand Key sta
tion is on an island twelve feet high.
The observers were ordered away
Monday on account of the danger.
Citrrus crops suffered, severely; Or
ange crops are damaged somewhat."
Discovery Day Celebrated.
Norfblk, Va., Special.—Thg anni
versary of the discovery of America
by Columbus October 12, 1492, was
on Tuesday fittingly celebrated by the
Italian colonies of Norfolk and Ports
mouth, who at noon united in a big
street parade in this city. The weath
er was propitiuus and the parade was
witnessed by many. The American
and Italian flags aopaared every
where. The festivities closed with a
.torchlight parade and grand ball. The
local Italian organisations have peti
tioned the Virginia Legislature to
make • 4 Columbus Day" a legal holi
day.
Demolished New Hotel.
Miami, Fla., Special.—The greatest
individual loss in Miami by the storm
Monday was the demolition of the
March Villa, a winter hotel in course
of construction and nearly completed.
It was to be opened December L The
structure was razed to the ground. It
occupied an cmincnco on the bay
front, where the wind had a clear
sweep and hardly one timber remain
ed npon another. -*•
SNAPPY AND BRIEF
Items Gathered While
You Hold Your Breath.
SOME EVERY DAY HAPPENINGS
Lively and Crisp as They Are Gar
nered From the Fields of Actios
at Home and Abroad.
Casper Whitney in a magazine ar
ticle recently accused the midship
men club at Annapolis, of deceit and
lack of sportsmanship in the national
rifle matches at Camp Perry, Ohio.
They are stung and announce that
they will sue in the courts, not for
the sake of money, but ap the only
means of public vindication.
Key West, Fla., suffered the worst
storm Monday within her history, the
wind blowing 100 miles and hour.
The Lenoir, N. C., News says it is
reliably informed that John S. Green
of Caldwell county, has received a
check for SI,OOO as first premium on
apples awarded by the International
Apple Show at Spokane, Washing
ton, last winter.
The mansion of Former Governor
William Sprague at Narraganset, R.
1., was destroyed by fire Monday
morning. Many art treasures were
lost. The total loss will be *600,000.
The Chicago police have furnished
in advance to police of cities in the
route of President Taft the pictures
of noted pickpockets and it is hoped
that most of the band following: the
President will be earning a living
when he gets back to Washington.
lon Hammer, director of the Swed
ish Export Association, was a vic
tim of a Socialist bomb last Sunday.
It was sent by mail and as he was
taking off wrappers it exploded, tear
ing off his thumb and forefinger and
gashing his face somewhat. His in
juries are not fatal.
An autoist going at a good speed
struck a baby carriage in New York
Sunday, knocking babv and carriage
20 feet but the baby escaped unhurt.
According to statistics from Wash
ington, the Indians in the United
States are not being exterminated
but on the contrary are increasing at
a normal rate.
The Law and Order League of
Pensacola, Fla., caused the Sunday
law of fifty years standing to be en
forced last Sunday when not a cigar
could be bought. Those who neglect
ed to lay in their meat and bread for
Sunday had to take meals at the res
taurants.
Prof. D. G. Caldwell of the chair
of Latin and French at Erskine Col
lege, Due West, S. C., died Sunday
afternoon after suffering two, weeks
from a stroke of apoplexy. Prof.
Caldwell had won the appellation of
"The Friend of the Boys." South
Carolina greatly mourns him.
It seems that the state of Georgia
will face a deficiency in the treasury
of $728,. r )6(5.50 on January 1, ]909.
At New Haven, Conn., last week,
George Mosby, indicted for bigamy,
deliberately threw himself on a buzz
saw which cut his head off, making
an effectual cure against further
temptation.
Dispatches say that President Taft
in his ramble last week among the
big trees got so Avet from
perspiration that he went to bed
while they dried them in the sun
shine.
An unknown schooner sank in 9
fathoms of water off Diamond Shoals,
N. C., on Saturday night, the masts
being seen Sunday morning.
A farmer named Vostburg, near
Lake Champlain, N. Y., recently
plowrd up some gold coins. lie went
to digging out till he had more of
coins than he could carry. prob
ably $50,000. It is believed that the
money was put there by sonv? thief in
the Burgoyne campaign, who never
lived to make use of it.
James E. Martin, Jr., is a baby
living on Long Island, N. Y., and is
heir to $500,000. His widowed moth
er asked the court for an annual al
lowance for his rearing and here aro
the items as allowed: For a home.
£4,000; for maintaining same, $7,500;
for an automobile and its keep. $3,-
000; for entertaining, recrations, and
exercise, $1,300; for medical atten
tion and medicines, $200; for cloth
ing, $750; total, $15,750.
Captain C. E. Borchgrevink, the
antartic explorer, opposes the propos
ed submission of Dr. Cook's records
to the university at Copenhagen and
to the committee of the American Geo
graphical Society. He declares that
this would not prove satisfactory,
both bodies being, he thinks, prej
udiced in favor of Dr. Cook. Cap
tain Borchgrevink suggests that the
Geopaphical Society of Genoa, as
an unprejudiced body, should be ask
ed to settle the matter, i «
The little son of Congressman E.
Y. Webb, being critically ill. Mr.
Webb could not attend the King's
Mountain celebration on Thursday
and Friday.
The Rhode Island monument was
unveiled at New Bern, N. C., on Wed
nesday in the National Cemetery.
President Taft discarded his ear
Thursday and took a 30 mile auto
mobile ride, viewing Yosemite Val
ley and other scenes, making it the
best day of the trip.
Sellers of near beer are liable to a
tax of $1,500 annually divided equal
ly among the State, the county and
the municipality in the State of Ten
nessee.