North Carolina Newspapers

THE ENTERPRISE Prtimu W—ldyl WILLIAMSTON, N. & One of the liveliest of Indoor tports la swatting flies. Try It Aa the price of bay goes up ao goes the price of breakfaat food. Quite a lot of chauffeurs should he breaking atone Instead of apeed r ««r latlona. The cocksureness of a campaign manager la something that no one can account for. Abusing baseball players and the umpire from the grand stand Is not necessarily sport There are 11,463 lawyers In New York city, but all of them are not overrun with clients. Automobiles that are Inclined to follow the trade of reducing the popu lation ahould be suppressed. If you do not believe women are economical observe the new shirt waists with apron attachments. * Chicago's new air tester has an "eye" that collects cinders and dirt. It must be a very human sort of eye. At leaet. If the 24-hour clock la adopt ed, the married man will know that It la time to go home when It strikes 23. A man out of work played dead —a stunt that some men In work are sup poeed to execute on command at home. In addition to swatting the fly let us give attention to the apots In which the fly multiplies and replenishes the earth. American bandits are not aa apec tacular as the Parisian kind, but th*y are quite aa practical about making the hauls. A I/findon critic calls Kipling nar now, bigoted and reactionary That ought to entitle him to elevation to the peerage The only redeeming feature abont thla brand of weather Is that the weather man must suffer along with the rest of ua. A man In New Jersey was obliged to marry to get a 110,000 bequest. Rut even that did not stop him from get ting the money. In eleven days Kaneas had eight tornadoes, to say nothing of those which became entangled with the citi zens' whiskers Astronomers tell us that there a l * apots on the sun, but we are ready to welcome nn occasional glimpse of It, freckles and all A New Yorker absorbed 11,000 volts of electricity and survived, but there Is reason to believe that his experi ence was shocking The New York pastor who says he never has heard of female angela evi dently Is not well acquainted with the i theatrical profession. ' "Surely English sparrows must aerva , some useful purpose," writes "Bird Iviver" Those who have tried them say they are good to eat. The English sparrow would be popu lar as a food If It were not for the fact that It takes several dozen to make a respectable mouthful. i ■ Somebody has figured out that a j pound of soap will make 2(1,344,000 j bubbles Some people don't seem to care what they do with their time A Chicago Judge say 9 It ought not to cost more than two dollars a week to keep a baby. Hut babies have a habit of growing out of the two dollar class. The Bostonlan who fasted thirty i days showed great fortitude but little j civic pride No true Bostonlan would ■ think of going thirty days without his ' beans. Very likely some htgh-browed scien tist of the future will proclaim the usefulness of the housefly, but that need not disturb the present swatting campaign. Any American boy may become president- But considering that a pre conventlon campaign Is necessary nowadays, probably not so many of them want to be. Emperor William is Introducing fox bunting in Germany. This may please England, but It looks like a poor way to tickle the humble German tiller of tbjgriSoll, whose crops may be rid d trover. The most powerful poison known has been extracted by • German chem ist from the seed of the castor oil plant. From childhood's happy days we aave always felt that there was something sinister about castor oil. —— " 1 Some alarmist has started a rumor to the effect that the hobble skirt la making women knock-kneed. If wom en are knock-kneed, the hobble skirt bas probably not been responsible, but Has merely enabled the pubUo tc it *-v ••• . ARMY BILL VETOED By IDE PRESIDENT THE PRESIDENT KILLS THE ARMY APPROPRIATION BILL. WILL SAVE GENERAL WOOD Veto Caused by Provision That Would Legislate Leonard Wood Out of Position. Washington.—The president vetoed the army appropriation bill. He re turned the bill to congress with a message indicating his disapproval of the legislative provision, which would oust MaJ. Gen. Leonard Wood from the office of chief of staff on March 4 next, in his message the president said: "The army of the United States is far too vital an institution to the peo ple of this country to be made the victim of hasty or Imperfect theories of legislation. As was pointed out by the chairman of the senate monetary committee, It Is well known that the war college and the general staff have been for many months engaged upon a comprehensive plan of army reorganization. At the present time, therefore, it is especially Inappropri ate, In my opinion, to force upon the statute books legislation enacted without the usual deliberation and care." The president gave six specific rea sons for finding the bill objection able. They were: Its provision limiting the eligibility of officers to be chief of staff. This position the president called the most Important In the army and adds that Its operation In years past would have disqualified the army's most bril liant officers. The bill would reduce the number of the general staff, crippling "the most Important corps of the army." In the limitation of the period dur ing which an officer might remain upon detached Rervlce for staff duty, the president said the qrganlzed per sonnel of Important war department bureaus would be disorganized. The president also referred to the fact that all the officers of the bureau of Insular affairs except Its chief would be removed; all officers of the Philip pine constabulary would'be relieved Janunary 1 and all but one of the line officers now constructing the Panama canal would be relieved as well. The proposed commission to report on the policy of army poßts was crit icised by Mr. Taft as obstructing rather than furthering the solution of a difficult problem. There would be a deficiency under the bill In the pay of the army alone of ore than $8,000,000. The economy claimed for the bill, the president said, was arrived at merely by failure to appropriate over $3,000,000 which will be needed before the end of the coming year. AEROPLANE KILLS WOMAN Mrs. Julia Clark, One of Three Licens ed Female Aviators, the Victim. Springfield, 111. —Mrs. Julia Clark, , I one of the three liceused woman avla- j tors In the United States, waß killed in a fall here when a tip of a wing on her biplane struck a tree and the machine crashed to the ground. Ad mittedly unprepared for exhibition flights she had contract to make, the young woman was trying out her ma, chine In the rao« trunk enclosure at, the fair grounds. But few perßOns watched *s she glided the machine J from the ground and started on her | spin at a low altitude. Whether she j lost control or whether it was a case of mlßtaken Judgment which caused j the machine to go close to the tree has not been explained. The end of i a wing Btruck the tree, the machine j toppled and crashed to the ground. Decisions of Milwaukee authorities I was partly responsible for Mrs. Clark | not having any. recdnt practice. She | had intended "making a number of j tllKhtß several weeks ago, but they j refused to allow her to go up because j It was deemed her machine was un- I safe. It" had been a month since she j had made a flight, but she neverthe less felt confident in her ability to | till her contract here. Perth Amboy Strike Causes Alam. Perth Amboy. N. J.—The strike of several thousand workers in various factories here, which developed Into riot and bloodshed last week, still Is caußlng the authorities anxiety. Un confirmed reports that officials of the Barber Asphalt works had received letters threatening to blow up the plant were followed by the assign ment of forty extra deputies to help guard the plant Strikers returned to their work, but remained for only 15 minutes, because of the failure to reach satisfactory terms. Butchers to Combat High Prlcea. 1 New York.—The trade organization recently formed by «,00fl kosher butcher* In Greater New York to com ' bat the Increased wholesale price of 1 meats, ordered all Its members to clooae. their shops as a spectacular protest againßt the wholesalers' ac p tion. In this way it Is expected that 1 the meat supply of more than 300,- ' 000 persons will be cut off and the ' wholesale dealers left with an tm ' menb« quantity of meat on their ' bands. More than 1,000 kosher butch ers may be driven out ot taiinees. FRED DENNETT JB^m i w&stt mm/ ■H '| Mr. Dennett, commissioner of the general land office, and hla little army of employee participated recently In tha celebration of tha oantanary ef the rand office. SUFFRAGISTS HAVE PARADE BALTIMORE WOMEN PLAN DEM ONSTRATION DURING DEMO CRATIC CONVENTION. Chairman Mack Baya the New York Delegation Will Look Over tha Candidates Before Closing. Baltimore. —Baltimore's women suf fragists are planning a big parade on Thursday evening of the Democratic presidential convention week as a demonstration to the deiogatea and leader*. Several thousand women are expected to be in the line of march. Some of the suffragists wl'l be coatumed In the heroic dreaa of women of hißtory, while the pafade will be led by mounted suffragists. Whether the suffragists will make an effort to secure the incorporation of a suffrage plank in the Democratic platform was not known. The Demo cratlc national committeemen and Chairman Mack were interested in all newa available regarding the suf fragists. The national committeemen were vlalted by a delegation of wom en representing the Women'a Na tional Democratic League, who volun teered their services In the coming campaign. Chairman Mack told thp committee which came over from Washington that he wouW try to at--~ range seats for a subcommittee of their number at the convention. The national committee spent the entire day arranging details of the convention and employing staffs of minor officials. An emergency hos pital Is to be established In the con vention hall, and there will be a corps of forty to fifty physicians. The doc- »! tor have volunteered their services. 1 Talking of the ninety votes which 1 New York will cast In the convention, Chairman Mack, as a member of the delegation, said; "The delegation, as you know, is unlnstructed, and will vote as a unit, ' i but Just who will be the favorite, 1 i i must admit, I do not know. We In New York are conservative, and like i to look the candidate over." TWJ KILLED IN FEUD FIGHT | Greenville, Georgia, Man Kills His , Uncle and Cousin. "oreenvlliaTQa. —Following a family feud of many years standing, O. C. 1 Walton, a well-known planter, shot and killed his uncle, W. O. Evans, and his cousin, Oscar Evans, son of the latter. The killing occurred near Woodberry, 5 miles from here, and. according to witnesses, was In self defense. Walton was not arrested and probably will not be. About a year ago there was trouble between the two families over stray ing hogs. Walton lived on the farm adjoining the Evans place, and It Is understood that he has since been In fear of them. There was no attempt made to ar rest Walton, and he was generally commended for his action. The elder Evans had the reputation of being a very dangerous man. Hughes Not a Candidate. New York. —Justice Charles E. 1 Hughes of the United States Supreme 1 court, with his family, has gone to 1 the Adlrondacks. where he will pass the summer. He has taken a camp 1 at Lake Placid for the season. To 1 friends here who spoke to him as he > was passing through of the reports " from Chicago in which he has been ' mentioned as a possible compromise 1 nominee for the presidency. Justice ' Hughes said that he was completely I out of politics, and would not per mit the use of his name. New Life-Boat Rule. > Washington.—All ocean steamers r entering American ports In the future • must he equipped with life boats suf f flclent to carry at one time every pas ) senger and members of the crew, ar r coining to new regulations adopted ■ by the steamboat lnspectiqn service 1 and approved hy Secretary Nagel. In • the case of coastwise, lake, bay and » sound steamers, Ufe-boats for all - aboard must be carried, except from r May IB to September IS. when, for '• various reasons, such travel is com paratively safe. STORM LEAVES TRAIL OF DEATH PORTIONS OF MIBSOURI, OHIO AND OKLAHOMA ARE DEVAS TATED BY CYCLONE. GREAT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY At Zaneavllle, Ohio. Church Was Wrecked While People Were at Devotions. Kansas City.—Twenty-six persons are known to have been killed and many injured by a storm that passed over central west Missouri, demolish ing buildings, tearing down wires and leaving the smaller towns and coun try homes completely wrecked. From reports that have been receiv ed, it is believed that the storm that struck Kansas City, caualng the deatn of two persons and doing damage amounting to many thousands of dol lars, swept to the south througn dates county, where it left a trail of death and destruction. The patb of the storm there was half a mile wide und five miles long. lietween Mertwin and Adrian, nine teen persons were killed. At Crelgbton, In Cass county, two are known to be dead, while at Lee ton, in Johnson county, two are dead, and unverified reports say others have been killed. After striking Merwln, the storm took a northwestward course, passing Hedalia, where the wind did much damage. I When Henry Cameron and three of his children were killed the wind pick ed up another child and carried It uway. The baby was found a mile | from home uninjured. The bodies of ' Gibson and Fred Oroves were found ( more than a mile from their home, where they were when the storm struck. In another place the storm In pass ing over a farm killed fifty head of j live stock, but did not do any other damage. Zanesville, Ohio. Three people were killed, a score more Injured in a cyclone which struck this place, topping the steeple of the SL Thom as Catholic church through tbe roof I while services were being held. Claremore, Okla.—Two men were killed and buildings and trees destroy ed by a severe rain, wind and electri cal storm, which was general over tbe country. Barney Oreen of Tiawah was j killed by his barn blowing down on him, just as he was riding In, and j Robert of Verdigris was also struck by- lightning, dying instantly. I FOREIGNERS ARE FLEEING > Threat to Burn by Cuban Negroes Has Caused Panic. Washington.—The Cuban munici pality of Cobre has been depopulated as a result of the proclamation of I General Antomanchl, In command of the second brigade of the Insurgent forces in Cuba, exhortlug foreigners ! to liee from the troubled zone within twenty-four hours. State department' advices say there are 3,000 refugees j at El Cobre and a like number at Palnia Seriano. General Moutagudo assured Consul Holiday that destruc j tion of property would be prevented. I The Cuban capital is happy over the j news from Santiago de Cuba, where ; a large number of insurrectionists I have surrendered, according to mes- 1 sago to the Cuban legation. It added ( that the rebel leaders, Luna and Le-1 ban, have been killed In an engage- j ment with government troops. i —- No SlQn of Life en Alaskan Mainland Cordova, Alaska. —The relief tug . Rfdonda's report from Karluk that there was no sign of life on the main land this side of Shellkof strait in the vicinity of the mountain virtual ly confirms the fears that the main land villages with a total population roughly estimated at 200 perished In the disaster. All efforts have failed i to obtain news from the government station at Afognak on the Island of th« same name, which lies Just north of Kodlak island and anxiety Is In-1 creasing concerning the plight of Su perintendent Heldmonn and a large force of men who maintained the fish hatchery there. Rejected Suitor Kills Qlrl and Belf. Greensboro, N. C.—At Salisbury, N. C., Frank D. Ohunn, smarting under a second rejection of an offer of mar riage. shot Miss Rumadette Roueche dead, held off an attendant of her sister at the point of his pistol, and then fired a shot through his temple, falling dead upon the lifeless body of his girl victim. Tbe tragedy oc curred upon the front porch of {he dead girl's uncle, J. K. Rouech* edit or of the Salisbury Post, and almost In the presence of Miss Hortense Roueche and Charles Cable. Roosevelt In Chicago. Chicago.—Colonel Theodore Roose velt, gearing his new flgbtlng bat, a compromise between a N sombrero and a rough rider's headgear, came lntp Chicago and was acclaimed by thou sands of hla supporters. Colonel Roosevelt declared that he had not mapped out a plan of campaign. He was Ht consultation tor several hours with tbe managers of hla candidacy, and then assumed charge In person lof what he termed "this naked light between corrupt politicians and tfctovea and the plain people." CHARLES W. ELIOT Dr. Eliot, president-emeritus of Har vard university. Is still traveling In ■ foreign Isnda ANYTHING LIABLE 10 HAPPEN G. O. P. SITUATION AT CHICAGO IS TAUT TO THE POINT OP BNAPPING. Charges of Corruption Are Being Mads by Lesdera of Both ' Sidee. Chicago.—Apparently irreconcllla bllity of differences between Taft and Roosevelt leaders in the Republican party, borne on a rising tide of 1 charges of bribery, theft and other accusations, threatened to precipitate decisive developments. | The charges of corruption were made ii\ an open statement given to I the press by Director McKlnley of tbe Taft bureau, which directly ac cuses the Roosevelt managers of an ] effort to capture tbe convention by force. | Prominent men on both sides ad mitted the situation was so acute that almost anything might happen. Among possibilities discussed In conference In rooms, hotel corridors and party headquartera were two that continued to come up again and again. I The first of these was the possibil ity of a bolt by the Roosevelt forces and the organization of a "Progres sive party" If President Taft is to be renominated. The bolt talk was ever present during the day, and once in a I meeting of Roosevelt leaders arose to a point where William Flynn of Pitts jburg, who was presiding, refused to I let it go farther. The second possibility, snd this seemed to hold the center of the stage was that of a compromise on a third j candidate. A number of the leaders ! declared that now it was positively beyond question to expect either the Taft or Roosevelt people to abide by the nomination of the other's candi date. | "The effort to corrupt Taft dele gates to the convention," said the { statement, "has been under way for ' several weeks. It is common knowl , edge that seven weeks ago money . was sent to two Taft-Instructed dele ; gates In a certain Southern state by | telegraph by a well known Roosevelt leader now In Chicago. "Within the last week two men J sent from New York to a Southern I state have brazenly approached Taft ! delegates with offers of money in re- I turn for votes for Roosevelt. Other agfnts on a similar mission have I made their appearance In several (states recently. , !"That a well defined effort Is on foot to buy the presidential nomina tion for Theodore Roosevelt is be yond question. | The statement then charges that a plan Is on foot to Influence the local police force with a view to packing the convention hall with non-ticket holders and to "perpetrate In the hall a system of Intimidation and terror lzatlon which might easily culminate In a full-fledged riot." I "A plain campaign lie,* was Mr, Dixon's retort to the McKlnley state ment, and he refused to discuss It further. | Chicago.— President Taft gained 40 more votes in the Republican national convention through the settlement of contest cases by the national com mittee. Fear of Pellagra Causes Insanity. Spartanburg. S. C.—Pellagra-phobia —or fear of pellagra—is a clearly de fined disease which has been dlscov -1 ered by the Thompson-McFadden pel lagra commission, sent to Spartan burg recently by the New York Post ■ Graduate hospital for research work. In an address to the South Carolina ' Press Association, Dr. Joseph F. Si -1 ler, a member of the commission, re ■ quested the newspapers not to pub ' llsh sensational stories about pellagra, 1 tbe fatality of whlcb he said had been exaggerated. Crop Conditions. Washington.—Crop conditions in I general on June 1 averaged for the 1 United States slightly better , (©.*) » than on the same date last year. ■ Crops, aa a whole, were above aver ' age In the north Atlantic states due 1 ' mostly to favorable hay prospects and > In the far Western and Northwestern > states. They were below average In . Southern states and In the North 1 Central states east of the Mississippi. 1 in the North Central states west of I the Mississippi conditions were bat slightly above average. , I - FOR HURALIHAINIHG FARMERS' UNION -EMBELLISH ' THE MIND" AND "ENRICH THE LIFE" OF YOUTH. I HOLD IMPORTANT MEETING The Farmer*' Union Waa Well Rap- T relented—Committee Declared It Came In Harmony and Not In Antog onlem —Wants to Work With State. Raleigh.—For the better training o! boys and glrla for farm life, a meeting was held in the state department o! agricutlure building* and the several plans for carrying on that wprk dis cussed. * The Farmers' Union was well rep resented. It had Btate Educational Agent W. 01 Crosby, Dr. H. B. Alexan der, president of the union and J. R. Rives, business agent. With them were Major Graham of the depart ment; Dr. J. Y. Joyner, C. R. Hudson, head of the farm iemonstration work and I. O. Schaub of the college exten slon work. The objects are enumerated thus: To promote the teaching of agricul ture and domestic science In the country schools! to secure the more adequate supervision of the small country schools; to plead for better pay for teachers; to advocate the holding of a farm life Institute for oounty teachers In every county; to secure for all these schools and the A. A M. College, instruction in prac tical co-operative marketing and di rect distribution of farm products; tc secure such changes in our present county farm-life school law as'will better adapt it present conditions - The committe* from the Farmers' Union declared that It came In har mony and not in antagonism. It , wants to work with the state and do all that It can to promote happiness. In rural communities, adding those things "that embellish the mind and enrich the life, so that farm life may be made Just as attractive as, or more attractive than city life, If possible." Major Graham speaking for the department, declared that he favored the movement, but didn't want to neglect the grown-up farmers. These are never sold out, he said, when they have full cribs. Dr. Joyner pledged his support as far as he could go financially and morally, C R. Hudson, for the farm demonstra tion work, pledged his best efforts ar did C. O. Schaub in charge of the boys and the branch of tlon work. State Board of Medical Examiners. Hendersonville.—The annusl meet ing of the state board of megical ex aminers closed aftet a four days' ses sion. There were 141 applicants, 124 by examination and 18 by reciprocity, among them being three women and 28 negroes. This is the largest class In the history of the state. Follow ing are the members of the board: H. H. Dobson, president, Greensboro; B. K. Hays, secretary, Oxford; John Rodman, Washington; J. L. Nichol son, Rlchlands; L. B. Mcßrayer, Ashe vllle; John Bynam. Winston; W. W. McKenzie, Salisbury. » Dismissed Cass Against Msn. Raleigh. Notwithstanding the fact that G. W. Averlll, pleaded guilty and there was a mistrial of alleged con spiracy to defraud, through bond transactions with Northern dealers, Judge Connor dismissed the case against both and allowed them to go under promise to avoid in future any appearance of evil in their business dealings. Averlll has gone to his home at Lynn, Mass., and Hook to his Moore county farm where he has wife and child. Whit* Man Wanted For Firing Barn. Greenville. Lee Matthews, alias Smith, a white man, was arrested in Birmingham, and will be brought back to the city at once. The man is charged with setting fire to a barn in O'Nead township and the barn being the residence of the Moon fami ly the charge of arson has been pre ferred. Immediately after the fire Matthews skipped the country. Cyclone Passed Over This Section. Fayetteville.—A small sized cy clone coming from the southwest pass ed over the east end of Fayetteville and the area lying immediately across the river and did considerable age. Buildings were blown down and trees uprooted. The West Box factory and A. J. Bullard's lumber mill were partially wrecked. A three-story gin house on the farm of D. J. Breece, two miles east of Fayetteviiie, con taining 56 bales of cotton, was lifted i from the ground, blown some distance and finally torn to pieces. Little Girl Killed by Horse. i Morgan ton. —Falling from a buggy i onder the feet of an excited horse, the i 3-year-old daughter of Rev. and Mrs. . J. S. Black, of this city, met with a . horrible accident, resulting 1q lnatan- . ) taneous death. The horse was rendered I restive by the child's falling under its i hoofs, but It could not be checked ui»- i til it had walked over the little girl i ind crushed out her life. The accident . occurred near the home of Mrs. r Black's father, C. S. Smith, where the I shlld and her parents had baas visit ing.