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! It la fully as painful to be abot on
jibe border aa elsewhere.
, What has become of the oldfasb
loned Balkan war cloud f
Relief at laat! Boston reports that
'"the lobster famine la broken.**
The man tbat tended the furnace
Nrlll not be expected to push the lawn
■tower.
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The expert who finds germs In the
teat's whiskers would do well to look
rto bia own.
Tbat New York roan who want» to
itxtermfnate trout will find plenty of
hrolunteer assistants.
Another Chinese smashed,
(but then It must be remembered that
jChtna cabinets amash easily.
They have found a diamond weigh
ing 244 carats In South Africa. Who
■will be the lucky hotel clerk?
I It Is a rad but unmistakable fact
ithat the average constituent prefers
garden seeds to copies of speeches.
Whether the world is seventy or ten
million years old makes little differ
ence to us. It Is a nice old world,
anyway.
The only trouble now In ordering
your dinner at the restaurant is to de
cide what to eat with the asparagus
on toast.
In New Mexico a women subdued a
wildcat by Jumping on Its back. Per
haps she had been practicing on her
husband.
Germany's Idea of a universal lan
guage probably consists of words of
several syllables spoken with a Teu
tonic accent.
A Pennsylvania man Ailed his pipe
with gunpowder thinking It was to
bacco. We presume he got one good
puff, anyhow.
After the housefly, the rat and the
common drinking cup have been abol
ished something ought to be done
about the street car hog.
A tunnel nine miles long through
the Alps was hurled up out of the fear
that the airships will soon take all of
the transportation business
The government, In plague research,
has examined 85,000 California squir
rels. The odd part of It is that it has
been done since last summer.
"Money." says Banker Vanderllp of
New York, "Is distressingly easy."
Money Is a good deal like the palulesa
dentist. He doesn's suffer any.
A Maryland surgeon Informs us that
transplanting human kidneys Is as easy
as a plumber's Job. We presume, al
so,
Job.
The Interest of Chicago coeds In
matrimony Is only academic. Hut two
per cent, of them signify their inten
tion of becoming brides upon gradua
tion.
An eastern physician says tbat tho
reason some men aro fat Is because
they don't Ret enough to eat. The slllv
season seems to be opening early this
year.
Since an aviation school has been
established In Spain students will be
enabled to got to (hose castles in the
air for which Spain has long been
noted „
Manuel (le Zamacona e Inclnn hns
been appointed ambassador to the
United States from Mexico. The rub
ber stamp must be u handy thing In
this case.
An aviator has succeeded In flying
In four hours from London to Paris
without bumping Into anybody. Travel
still Is comparatively light In the up
per reaches.
A fashionable tailor Is advising his
eustomers to select their clothes to
match their hair Probably he will
let the bald-headed ones wait until the
weather Is warmer
A lady who walked from New York
to Florida lost 40 pounds on the way.
Still, a good many of the stout ladles
will prefer to roll on bedroom floors
for the purpose of reducing their
weight.
A pretty St. Louis girl has been
sent to Cincinnati to cure her of an In
fatuation for a young man In her home
town Which is or Is not compliment
ary to Cincinnati. It depends upon
the point of view.
The new helmet hat for women
needs little hair, says a fashion note.
And since the *»■» of pufTs and braids
and such havejeft little In many
cases, it may be a case of temptering
the wind to the shorn lamb.
A Chicago ]udge has decided that
girls who Jilt their sweethearts must
five the latter back their engagement
rings. The Judge la evidently a fair
■ample of the claaa of men who do
not want poor women to get any en
joyment out of life. Such a proviso
would surely take all the pleasure out
•f Jilting a man.
RETCHER MED
: FOR LORIMER VOTE
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THE FLORIDA SENATOR LOBE 3
► FRIENDSHIP OF MEMBERS OF
UNITARIAN CHURCH.'
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ACTION WAS NOT UNANIMOUS
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1 Because He Voted for Lorimer Sana
tor Fletcher la Scored
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Boston, Mass.—National politics, as
voiced in the action of the United
' States senate on the Lorimer resolu
tion, figured in the principal meeting
of the anniversary week observance
here by the Unitarians and affiliated
' societleß, A resolution opposing the
re-election of United States Senator
Duncan U. Fletcher of Florida, as vice
president of the American Unitarian
association, because of his vote on the
Ijorimer case, received the endorse
men) of a number of members of the
, ministerial union.
' An attempt was made to place the
union, as a body. In opposition to
Senator Fletcher, but. It was finally
agreed to allow members to approve
j with their signatures as a personal
I expression the following resolution:
' I "Resolved, That in view of the pub'
lie service attached to the name of
( I Senator Duncan U. Fletcher of Flor
ida, we do not regard him as eligl-
I ble to the leadership In that, form of
Christianity known as Unltarlanlsm,
I and, therefore, protest against his
nomination for vice president of the
American Unitarian association."
DIAZ WILL VISIT EUROPE
Mexican President Will Leave Coun
try When Peace Comes.
Mexico City.—Minister of Foreign
Relations de la Barra had not re
ceived any word from Judge Caraba
jal that Francisco l| Madero, Jr., had
finally approved the cabinet as sug
gested. As soon as Madero's accept
ance of the cabinet Is received, Prea-,
Ident Diaz will present his 'resigna
tion to the Chamber of deputies, it is
said.
No effort Is made now to disguise
i the fact that General Diaz will leave
the country at an early data, It Is ex
pectod that he will spend several
months visiting Burope.
On notification that peace had been
agreed to, the management of the
National railways Immediately began
reconstruction. It Is estimated tbat
the rebels have put 2,472 miles of
railroads out of commission.
Although the public manl 'ested ap
proval of the signing of t'w peace
agreement, there was uvldei t no en
thusiasm.
HENRY STIMSON IS SWORN IN
New War Secretary Takes the Oath
of Office.
Washington.—Henry L. Stlmson of
New, York was sworn In secretary
of War, succeeding J. M. Dickinson,
who resigned to take cha ge of his
personal interests in Tennessee. The
oath of office was administered by
John Randolph, assistant to Chief
Clerk Schofleld of the war depart
ment..
A large gathering of officials of the
army witnessed the ceremony Induct
ing the new secretary Into office. Sec
retary Stlmson appointed as private
secretary ..Walter Heddlager* of Vlr
Rinla, who hns served as private sec
retary to the former secretary of war.
| It was announced that Mr. Stlmsoti
would make no changes in the pet
Bonel of his office.
ANSWERS GERMAN CRITICISM
! State Department Explains New Ar
bitration Treaty.
Washington.—The state department
replied to the criticism of the Ger
man "press on the arbitration treaty
between the I'nited States, ICngland
lu.d France by saying that Germany
had herself to blame for not being
I included in the proposed convention.
It was stated that the treaty as
new drafted was simply a basis Indi
cating the terms of arbitration which
the United States was disposed to dis
cuss with any of the powers entened.
In other words, the German govern
ment may bo included In the pact if
the basis for negotiations, as proposed
by the United States, appeals favor
ably to the German people.
Eugene Bchmidt a Pauper.
Ban Francisco. —Bugene Schmidt,
the graft mayor of San Francisco, who
was convicted of accepting bribes by
the wholesale with Abe Ruef, is pen
niless, and stranded in Stnaola, Mex
ico where his brother is interested
In a gold mine. A letter was receiv
ed from him in which a request for
mouey to come home was made. In
defending himself during his trials
here and In pursuing wortuless min
ing investments Schmidt has lost all
of the half million dollars he "graft
ed" from bla cornoratioffg.
Lorlmqr Fight Reopened.
Washington.—Senator LaFollette of
Wisconsin opened a second fight on
Senator Lorimer to expel the blonde
boss from congress and tor two hours,
despite, the sweltering beat, addressed
the senate and crowded galleries in
his usual' Impassioned manner. At
the close of his first day's speech Sen
ator LaFollette startled his hearers
by reading aloud aa part of his attack
the names of the senators who had
voted to permit Lorimer to retain his
seat and those who bad voted against
the resolution. «
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WILL PROBE LUMBER TRUST
CHARGES OF GIGANTIC CONBPIR
ACY MADE BY ATTORNEY
GENERAL WICKERSHAM.
Sensational Charges Against the East
ern States Lumber Dealers l
Association.
New York.—ln the first Federal
anti trust proceedings brought under
the Sherman anti-trust proceeding*
brought under the Sherman law as
interpreted by the Standard Qll decis
ion, the department of Justice Hied
tiuit in the Federal court uere against
various constituent organizations of
what Is properly known aa the "lum
ber trust" alleging the existence of a
widespread conspiracy, "unreasona
bly," to restrain the lumber trad»j in
this country.
It Is said the suit may be the first
of a series planned by Attorney Gen
eral Wlckersbam looking to the break
Ing up of alleged agreements among
the retailers of many of the commodi
ties of life to maintain high prices,
to force all ultimate consumers to
buy from retailers and to blacklist
wholesalers who sell to others than
members of the retail organizations
Teu trade organizations and more
than 150 Individuals aro named as de
fendants In the stilt. It alleges viola
tions of the Sherman anti-trust law
and seeks a permanent injunction re
straining the defendants from contin
uing the conspiracy charged.
The elaborate system of blacklisting
attributed to the alleged conspirators,
copies of circulars sent out by the
various organizations classifying con
sumers as "proper" and "Improper"
trade, extracts from reports threaten
ing "short shrift" to dealers daring to
violate the rules of the organizations
and branding such offenders as
"poachers," "scalpers," "mavericks"
and "illegitimates," are fully set forth
in the government's petition.
FARMERS ARE PROGRESSIVE
Rapid Spread of Telephones In Rural
Districts Indicate Prosperity.
Atlanta.—jThe continued progress of
the farmers of Georgia and Alabama
is Indicated by the records of the
Southern Hell Telephone company for
the month of April.
During the month of April 668 farm
ers- 290 In Georgia and 372 in Ala
bama—installed telephones In their
homes and connected lines with the
hell system. Since January 1,283
farmers in Georgia and Alabama have
taken telephone service. Of these 1,-
085 are in Georgia and 1,148 in Ala
bama.
The rapid spread of the telephone
in the rural districts is also regarded
as an Indication pf .the prosperity of
the farmer, because in each case the
farmers own the telephone line and
their telephone instruments. Through
a co-operative plan they build their
lines and connect with the Hell sys
tem, each farmer often receiving serv
ice as low as 50 cents per month.
While the Southern Bell company
operates in seven states and has 26,-
OCO farmers connected with It, more
than half of these—l3,2oß —are in
Georgia and Alabama.
Cox Quits Politics.
Cincinnati.—George B. Cox. long a
political leader in Ohio and practical
ly the domineering head of the
ty In Hamilton county, issued a for
mal statement withdrawing from poli
tics. This followed the quashing of
indictments against him for prejury
In connection with testimony before
the grand jury in cases affecting pol
iticians. He stated in bis announce
ment that he did not wish to Involve
his party in any Issue in the com
ing municipal campaign.
Cameron Pleads for Arizona.
Washington.—"l am here today beg
ging Republicans and Democrats alike
to let Arizona into the Union and to
do it now," said Delegate Ralph Cam
eron of Arizona In the debate in tne
house on the statehood resolution.
Mr. Comeron said he had warned the
people of prisons againat the incor
poration in their Constitution of fea
tuies that would meet the disapproval
of the president, such as the racall
of Judges' He recommended the plan
proposed by the republican members
of the committee on territories.
PRESIDENT DIAZ RESIGNS
Agreement for Cessstion of Hostility*
Signed by Madero and Agent of
the Mexican President.
City of Mexico, Mexico. —President
Diaz and Vice President Correl will
resign before Jane 1. ». -
Minister of Foreign de la
B&rra will become president ad inte
rim.
Francisco I. Madero, the Revolution
ary leader, will be called to the City
of Mexico to act as de la Barra's chief
adviser and as the greatest guaran
tee possible that every pledge made
by the government will be carried out.
As viewed by the public it will be
virtually a Joint presidency, pending
the calling of a new presidential elec
tion.
The cabinet will be reorganized, "fhe
minister of war will be named by de
la llarra. The foreign office will be
In ch&rge of a sub-secretary named
by' de la Barra. Other cabinet mem
bers will be chosen by de la liarra and
Madero acting Jointly.
A new election will be called within
six months.
Political amnesty will be recom
mended to the chamber of deputies.
These are the conditions upon which
President Diaz will compromise. Vir
tually they are admitted in high quar
ters to be a complete surrender to the
Revolutionists.
The resignation of Diaz and the
"joint regency" of del la Barra and
Madero are said to constitute a guar
antee so complete that the original ln
surrecto demand for fourteen govern
ors no longer needs to be considered.
The cabinet was In almost
nous session for two days, despite the
severe illness of President Diaz. The
president's entire face is infected from
an ulcerated tooth. His upper lip is
swollen far beyond its normal size,
and his fac« is Inflamed, lie showed
fever, but this symptom was eliminat
ed later. He epeaks with the greatest
difficulty, but while he is in severe
pain. Ills condition is not regarded as
calling for alarm at this time, despite
his advanced Age.
NEW ARBITRATION TREATY
Secretary Knox Submits New Tresty
to England and France.
Washington.—The principle of arbi
tration on practically all disputes be
tween nations, Including even ques
tions of vital Interest and national
honor, assumed vitality when Secre
tary of State Knox submitted to the
British and French ambassadors at
Washington the draft of a convention
to serve as a basis of negotiations.
Secretary Knox has evolved a docu
ment which has received the approval
of the president and other members
of his cabinet providing that all dif
ference which are internationally
justifiable shall be submitted to arbi
tration. It expands the scope of the
existing arbitration treaties by elimi
nating the exceptions referring to
"questions of vital interest and na
tional honor." This elimination is the
real accomplishment of the proposed
treaty.
Tenn. Offers Summer White House,
Washington.—Representative Aus
tin and a delegation from Maryvllle,
Tenn., offered President Taft a sum
mer h«me In the mountains without
cost. The house Is located on Bald
Knob, sixty miles from Knoxvllle.
Doctor Dargan Heads Baptists.
Jacksonville, Fla.—A complete sur
prise was sprung at the convention of
the Southern Baptist convention, when
Dr. E. C. Dargan, pastor of the First
Baptist church of Macon, Ga., was
placed in nomination for president
against Joshua Levering, who had
ben proposed for re-election to that
office. When the votes were counted
it was found that Doctor Dargan had
been elected. When the convention
was called to order, 1,200 delegates
were assembled In the hall of the new
Shrlners' Temple.
Battleship on the Mississippi.
Angola, La. —With the ship's band
playing the national anthem and the
bluejackets with rifles at "present,"
the United States battleship Idaho sa
luted the resting place of the old
wooden United States war sloop Mis
sissippi of Admiral Farragut's fleet,
riddled and sunk by the Confederate
butteries at Port Hudson on the Mis
sissippi river, during th« ; Civil war.
The success of the voyage up the fly
er to Vicksburg was assured when the
soundings at the shoals near Warerly
showed 62 feet depth.
NEGROES LYNCHED
I BY FLORIDA MOB
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THE NEQROES WERE HELP AT
LAKE CITY, FLA., ON CHARGE
OF MURDERING A MAN.
BOY IN CHARGE OF JAIL
Lynchers Took the Negroes, Linltt
Them Up Abresst and Shot
„ Them to Pieces.
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Lake City, Fla.—Masquerading as
officers of the law, a dozen men ap
peared before the county jail and pre
sented a bogus telegram to the cred
ulous 16-year-old son of the sheriff or
dering the release of Mark Norris,
Jr., Jerry Qusto and four other ne
groes, who had been held for safe
keeping on the charge of murdering
B. B. Smith, a sawmill, man, at Wades
borough, Leon county, and wounding
another man, named Register, on the
12th of Maj.
The men, who had come from Tal
lahassee to Lake City in automobiles,
carried the negroes about a mile out
side of Lake City, compelled the ne»
groes to stand abreast, and about ten
men commenced firing with Winches
ters and pistols, until every one of tne
six had been riddled bullets.
The firing last about half an hour,
and a few straggling citizens at day
break found the negroes, butchered be
yond recognition, just after the auto
mobiles left the scene of the lynch
ing.
The men who planned the execu
tion of the six negroes came overland
from Tallahassee, a distance of 106
miles, and covered moßt of the dis
tance at night.
It is possible that the occupants of
the two automobiles were never seen
from the time they left Tallahassee
until they returned. The plans of the
men were the most daring, and but for
a curious combination of circum
stances probably would have never
been accomplished. The sheriff of
Columbia county was out of the city,
and left the Jail in charge of the boy,
who, aroused in the early hours of
the morning, allowed the six negroes
to be taken from the Jail without
knowing the sinister purpose of the
mob.
Ths actual detaiU of the summary
execution of the negroee is problemat
ical, for residents of City knew
nothing of the lynching until a fusil
lade of distant shots were heard.
A few citizens went in the direction
of the shots and found the negroes,
but all traces of the mob were gone,
fly some It is believed that the ne
groes were to be hung, but resisted,
and were instantly killed to prevent
escape. Some indications of a strug
gle substantiate this belief.
The crime for which the negroeft
were held for safe keeping had creat
• ed strong feeling in Leon county, as
the men shot were prominent, and a
general race war was intimated at
the preliminary hearing given the
prisoners. It was proven that the ne
groes had established a veritable arse
nal, and were prepared for trouble.
The negroes were first brought to Tal
, lahassee. then sent to Live Oak for
safe-keeping and brought to Lake City
six days ago.
Swainsboro, Ga,—Ben Smith, the
old negro preacher who shot and fa
tally wound Neal Canady, deputy mar
shal of Summit, was hanged to a limb
and his body riddled with bullets
Canady was attempting to arrest
Smith, for whom he had a warrant for
shooting his wife. Before Canady
could arrest him, however. Smith
' pulled out a pistol, shooting the mar
| shal through the bowels, inflicting a
probably fatal wound.
Extending Postal Bank System.
Washington.—Postmaster General
1 Hitchcock, Impressed by the reports
of the successful operation of ttre pos
' tal savings system, has decided to
designate one hundred additional po*,
tal depositories each week. Among
postoftices selected as depositories,
which will open for postal savings
business on June 19, are the follow
ing; Gadsden, Ala.; Mena, Ark.; Ap
, p&lachicola, Pin.; Cedartown, Ga.;
Catleitsburg, Ky.; Hammond, La.; 81.
. loxi, Miss.; Lawton, Okla.; Darllng
l ton, S. C.; Dyersburg and Humboldt,
Tenn.
Mexican Peace Pact Signed.
Juarez, Mexico.—Officially designat
ed representatives of the Mexican gov*
' ernment and the Revolutionists signed
a peace agreement at the customs
! house, intended to end the > titles
| that have been waged In Acsia tc ;
. the last six months.
[ Though covering only the principal
I point negotiated thus far, the *4|ree
, ment practically records the conces
, sions by the government of those de
t mands which started on November 20,
the last armed revolution in Mexico.
Monoplane Kills French Officials.
I Paris, Prance.— France paid a terri
i ble toll for her magnificent endeavor
• to attain supremacy of the air, when
. a monoplane plunged into a group of
1 members of the cabinet who had gath
. ered to witness the start of a race
, from Paris to Madrid, killing the min
i later of war and Injuring the prime
. minister. Henri Maurice Berteaux,
. minister war, was instantly killed. An
. toine Emmanuel Ernest Monls, pre
s mier and minister of the interior, was
r seriouslty injured, and a number of
spectators were hurt
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Wood, Shinies, Poultry,
Q||s and Furs. '
We carry a Mv lina of Wall
Paper.
Wmi*m»t»n, N. G. !
W. S. Wtmtf - J. S. Rhodes
Drs. Warren Jt Modes
PSTKOIAKft A2TD SVBOBOMS
Office in
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Jos.H.Sauoders, M.D.
Physician arid Surgeon
Day Phone 69. Night I'taone «T
Wllllamston.N. C.
Htfg'h B. York, W. D.
Microscopy \
Electrotherapy > Specialties
XRay Diagnoeia j
Office Over Merchants «*.d Farmeia
National Bank.
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p ■* ra*M n*. re Nmht piom No. aa
A. R. Dunning, J. O. Smith
Dunning & Smith
Attornays-at-Law.
WILLI▲ MSTON, - - N. a
ROBERSONVILLE, N. O.
DR. J. A. WHITE,
HE» dentist
Office Main St. Phone 91
B irons A.Crltcher. VfhMler MsrUa.
MARTIN & GRITCHER,
Attorneys at Law,
WILLIAMBTON, - - N. 0
Phone 28
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more advertising than the rafl
roads need do to want people
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Nothing is erer completed in the
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