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VOL. XX PLYMOUTH, N, C. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1909. NO. 2G.
SNAPPY AND BRIEF
liems Gathered and Told While
You Hold Your Breath.
SOME EVERY DAY HAPPENINGS
Lively and Crisp as They Are Gar
nered From the Fields of Action
at Home and Abroad.
The Traders and Truckers Bank
f Norfolk has been closed and Terry
B. Gordon' , its president is indicted
)n three counts.
President Taft does not believe
ihere is need of modifying the Sher
nan anti-trust law.
Hon. David A. DeArmond, member
5f congress from Missouri, lost his
:ife early Wednesday morning by
trying to rescue his favorite and
namesake grandson as flames were
tonsuming his home at Kansas City.
One of the 20 miners rescued alive
from the Cherry, IIU mine has since
lied, leaving the number saved 19.
An enormous amount of dynamite
ft'as placed under a fruit and wine
aouse in Danville... 111., and was ex
ploded early Wednesday, $50,000
lamage was done but no one . was
iilled. It is believed to have been
;he work of the Black Hand.
Three wholesale c-oncerns in Sau
Francisco plead guilty Wednesday to
violating the U. S. pure food law.
One had shipped apricot brandy, that
-never had an apricot in it. Another
nad sold peachless peach brandy and
a third had been selling 43 per cent
;olton seed olive oil.
It is said that President Taft sat
down to hi:; Thanksgiving dinner,
ivhich included a 50 pound mince pie,
a 20 pound oppossum and a turkey
af enormous size.
It is asserted that Americans with
in Zelayo's territory are insulted il
they refuse to contribute to his wai
fund and men suitable for soldiers
are imprisoned for not joining his
army.
An unusually severe Pacific storm
prevailed about the Oregoir coasts
early in the . week. Considerable
damage wasjlone.
The Alsop claim now pending dip
lomatically between the United States
and Chile is about to be submitted tc
King Edward as? arbitrator.
Five cars of flour have been seized
in Georgia (at different points) re
cently as in violation of the pure food
law. Chemicals were used bleaching
it.
A woman in San Francisco recent
ly obtained a divorce on charge!
which include about all the symptoms
of the hookworm. The judge insisted
that he did' have hookworm but
granted the divorce.
-A collision by an auto and a trol
fey' car at Los Angeles, Cal., killed
five outright with two critically in
jured. The car that was taking the
dead to their home was struck by a
-car also and eight persons were more
or less seriously injured.
At Muskegon, Mich.. Thanksgiving
Day ' a party was taking naphtha
boat ride before going to a wedding
of a friend. A smalt explosion oc
curred from which the girls tooli
fright and capsized the boat drown
ing 'five of the party. Four wer
members of one family.
Lyman Gage, noted as President
Cleveland's Secretary of the Treas
ury was married his third time on
Thanksgiving Day. Tie is 73 and th
bride is 35.
The Women's Missionary Union in
session at Greenwood, S. C, last
week entered a protest against th
wearing of exceesively large hats ii
shurch.
Richard Watson Gilder, publisher
of the Century Magazine, died last
Friday.
At Barnwell, Ala., Saturday night
a young lady refused to dance will
a young man. Ont of it grew a pistol
battle resulting in the death of twe
and the injury of three.
Twenty of the entombed miner
at Cherry, 111., were rescued aliv
Saturday. There seems a faint hope
of rescuing others.
A farmer near the road Vetweec
Tairmont and Morganton, W. Va.
fell upon the plan to make some tips
1)y deepening a little stream across
the road. Many autos . come along
and of course they stick cooled off,
He is handy with a team to pull them
out, only two to 'ten dollars.
Mrs. Allfn F. Heed was convicted
"Saturday at Denver. Col., of attempt
ing to extract $100,000 from Mrs
Genevieve Phipps by threatening tc
blow her up with dynamite. In
sanity was pled in her defense.
Raleigh, N. C, has a complete sys
tern ff associated charities and beg
ging on the streets is at an end.
ALABAMA VOTES AGAINST
Prohibition Amendment to Constitu
is Lost by Majority of 13,000 or
20,000.
Birmingham, Ala., Special. All in
dications point, to a majority of be
tween 18,000 and 20,000 in Alabama
against the prohibition constitutional
amendment Monday. Chairmaii J.
Lee Long, who has been in charge of
the fight against the amendment,
claims that the' majority against the
amendment will be fully 20,000
, Jefferson county, in which . Bir
mingham, the hvrgest city in the
State, in spite of I lie fact that the
fight has been concentrated -here,
gave a majority of over 1,000 against
the amendment. Mobile, Montgom
ery and Cullman counties show the
largest majorities on the victorious
side and it appears the amendment
has carried in but three counties,
TalIadega, Macon and Sumter, with
Lee in doubt.
Monday's election being the first
time the State has ever had an op
portunity to pass on the prohibition
question, is regarded as especially
significant. Still it cannot be regard
ed as a straight anti-prohibition vic
tory because of the personal politics
that has been injected into the issue.
Its association Avith the administra
tion of Governor B. B. Comer and
his reputed ability to name a suc
cessor to the governorship in Judge
S. I). Weakley, author of the prohi
bition bills, have figured prominently
in the result.
A significant feature of the result
is the fact that, sentiment against
the amendment is so widespread.
Rural precincts, small towns and
cities alike are, for the most part,
returning substantial majorities on
the Avinning side.
There has never been seen here
anything like the enthusiasm shown
in Birmingham over the result. The
result everywhere is regarded as a
distinct repudiation of the present
Slate administration which has been
particularly radical in its so-called
reform program.
Kills Sweetheart's Father.
Camilla, Ga., Special. Pursuing
his eloping daughter whov had run
away from home with Columbus
Iluey, T. J. Sellers, one of the
wealtheist farmers of Mttchell coun
ty, was shot to death in the public
road 10 miles southwest of here Sat
urday afternoon, when he caught the
fleeing couple. Leaving his body in
the road, Iluey and Miss Sellers, it is
alleged, went on. driving rapidly in
a buggy, intending to complete the
elopement with a wedding.
Cotton Crop Estimate.
New Orleans, Special. The Times
Democrat in presenting its corespon
dents' final reports on the cotton
crop of 1009. states that the concen
sus of opinion points to a total of
10,(525.000 bales.
The figures bv States are: Ala
bama. 1,050.000; Arkansas, 725,000;
Georgia and Florida, 2,000,000;
Louisiana, .150.000: Mississippi, 1,
100,000; North Carolina, 725,000;
Oklahoma, 025,000 ; South' Carolina.
1.150,000; Tennessee, 300,000; Texas,
2,000.000; total. 10.025,000.
Five Cars of Flour Seized.
Macon, Ga., Special. Pure food
Inspector P. A. Methvin has seized
five cars of . flour which it is alleged
have been bleached through the use
of nitrogen peroxide in violation of
the pure food laws of Georgia and
the United States.
Two of these cars are held at Ma
con; one at Thornasville; another is
at Cedartovvn and the fifth is held
at Brunswick.
New Mexico's Governor.
Washington, Special. Chief Jus
itce W. J. Mills, of the New
Mexico Supreme Court has been
appointed Governor of the Territory
to succeed George Curry, resigned.
The tender of the office to Justice
Mills was made last week, and he
promptly indicated his willingness to
accept. It foliowed conferences be
tween Postmaster General Hitchcock
and National Committeeman Solomon
Luna, of New Mexico, with the Pres
ident, and later with Secretary Bal
linger. Reported Himself Dead to Avoid Eh
Victims.
Princeton, Ind., Special. II. E.
Agar, who arranged a false report of
his death by drowning to escape thoae
whom he swindled through grain op
erations Friday was found guilty of
embezzlement.. Sentence was deferred
pending a notice for a new trial. Agar
was captured at San Benito, Tex.,
several months ago after a chase
which lasted nearly two years and
extended throughout the country.
EOrGS IN SALT.
A woman poultry raiser writes that!
her- method cf preserving eggs is
packing them in dry salt. Have the
top layer of e-;gs at least, three
inches "below the surface of the salt.
Pack in a large jar with the points
of the eegs downward. Cover the
top of the salt over with paraffine.
Fhe says the eggs will keep for sev
eral months. Farmers' Heme Journal.
TRIBUTE PAIDDARMOND
Thousands Attend Funeral cf tha
Dead Congressman and 11:3 LitLia
Grandson.
Butler, Mo., Spactel. No such
honor and show of affection for a
departed citizen .has been displayed
in Missouri in macy years as was
paid Friday by hundreds of promieni
public men of the State and many
from outside the State who joined the
citizens of Butler in paying their re
spect to the memory of the late Con
gressman David A. DeArmond, who
burned to death here last Tuesday in
a fire that destroyed his home. Con
gressman DeArmond died in a vain
effort to save the life of his favorite
grandson, David A. DeArmond, 3d.
The bodies of both victims were
buried in the local cemetery in one
casket following simple services at
the Methodist Episcopal church,
where the late Congressman was a
member. The burial services were in
charge of the Masons.
Mourners literally blocked the
streets leading to the church and
hundreds followed the bodies to the
cemerterv.
REVOLUTIONISTS GAIN GROUND
Commander of the Cruiser Des Moines
Now in Nicaraguan Waters Wires
That Blockade by Revolutionary
Forces is Effective.
Washington. Special. The Nicara
guan. revolutionists are gaining
ground, according to advices received
here from the commander of the
cruiser Des Moines now in Nicara
guan waters.- The dispatch adds that
American interests are being protect
ed and that the blockade by the rev
olutionary forces is effective. ,
A New Orleans special says there is
much rejoicing among the revolu
tionary forces in Nicaragua, accord
ing to passengers, arriving Thursday
on the steamship Marietta di Giorgie
from Bluefields. The following of
General Estrada are elated over
what they claim has thus far proved
a successful advance against the gov
ernment of Zelaya and are sanguine
ly predicting the fall of Managua, the
Nicaraguan capital, within a short
time. This air of hopefulness has
been strengthened by the attitude of
the United States, threatening a de
mand on Zelay for reparation for
the death of the two Americans.
Groce and Cannon.
That tho revolutionists have receiv
ed what, is a comparatively formid
able supply of arms and ammunition
was the news received here Thursday
by Consul General Sussman, repres
enting the Estrada government at
New Orleans. According to -a cable
to the consul the steamship Ulstein,
which was loaded and sent out of
New Orleans with' war supplies for
the insurgent forces reached Blue
fields. The vessel cleared at New Or
leans for Port Barrios but remained
at that poit for only a short time before-proceeding
to Bluefields.
Mr. Sussman made known for the
first time just what the Utstein car
go consisted of. It was as follows:
Two Galling guns, 2.10O rifles, 250,
000 rounds of ammunition and a com
plete outfit for making cartridges.
Croce and Cannon, Held Commissions
in Insurgent Army.
Washington, Special. Groce and
(annon, the two Americans execut
ed by order of President Zelaya of
Nicaragua last week, held commis
sions in the insurgent army, accord
ing to private advices received here
from Bluefields, where the revolution
ists' government is located. The dis
patch stated that the State Depart
ment of the United States had been
notified to this effect. The State De
partmen has been anxious o clear up
the point whether the two men had
commissions or were merely acting in
their individual capacities, for in the
former event they would have been
entitled to treatment as prisoners of
war.
Lyman J. Gage Weds Again.
San Diego, Cal., Special. Lyman
J. Gage, former Secretary of tho
Treasury was married Thursday af
ternoon to Mrs. Ada Ballon, at the
home of the bride's parents, in
Coronado, Cal. Mr. and Mrs. Gage
left Thursday night for Denver and
later will visit cities farther east.
The bride gave her as:e as 35, and
Mr. Gage his ase as 73.
The Pan-American Thanksgiving.
Washington, Special. President
Taft and his official family,
the diplomats representing tho
South American republics Cardinal
Gibons, head of the Catholic Church
in America: Mgr. Diomede Falconio,
the Papal Delegate; Director John
Barrett, of the Bureau of American
Republics, and other diplomats and
officials joined in the service held
at St. Patrick's Church, Miis city,
where the pan American Thanksgiv
ing . was inaugurated. The idea
was suggested by Rev. Dr. William
T. Russell, pastor of the church, who
fcrmerlv lived in Baltimore.
DR. COOKJISAPPEARS.
Brother Quiets the Exasperations
By Saying the Doctor is Near
New York Taking a Rest.
New York, Special. Dr. Freder
ick A. Cook dropped completely from
public view Sunday. Not even John
R. Bradley, whose money was behind
his polar explorations, knows where
he is. Confiding his secret to only
one man and perhaps to his 'wife, the
Brooklyn explorer slipped quietly
and mysteriously awayy-Jeaving be
hind a string of puzzled iT.d exasper
ated friends, and a debate more acri
monious than that which followed his
announcement of September last that
he had discovered the North Pole on
April 21, 1908.
Charles Wake, an insurance man of
this city, appears to be the only one
who knows the mystery of Dr. Cook's
whereabouts. And Wake is firm in
his resolve to keep his lips sealed un
til Cook himself sees fit to take the
public into his confidence.
A New York dispatch says that
they found Dr. Frederick A. Cook
Sunday night, that is, an authorita
tive statement Avas issued by his
brother, W. L. Cook, saying that the
explorer, who mysteriously dropped
from public view Saturday, was still
in the vicinity of New York,' recu
perating. He was on the verge of a
nervous breakdown and his retire
ment was absolutely necessary.
The statement, as issued by Mr.
Cook follows:
"Dr. Cook is in the vicinity of
New York trying to get a much
needed rest. If he decides to go to
Europe there will be no secret con
cerning his departure. I think that
his friends and critics alike should
be charitable enough to allow him to
rest until his health is fully restored.
He has not been reading the news
papers in the last few days and is
not responsible for the statements
that have been issued by those who
were acting as his spokesmen.
"In sending his data to Copen
hagen, Dr. Cook has fulfilled his ob
ligations to the public."
WALTER WELLMAN SPEAKS.
Takes Strong Ground Against the
Claims of Dr. Cook Believes Him
an Impostor.
Washington, Special. Walter
Wellman, whose preparations for a
conquest of the North Pole in an
airship were abandoned upon the an
nouncement of the claims of Dr.
Frederick A. Cook and Commander
Robert E. Peary issued here Sunday
night a long statement in which he
analyzes the narrative of the two ex
plorers, declaring that of Peary
"preicsc, workmanlike, ' consistent,
credible in every patrieular," and de
nouncing that of Dr. Cook as a self
evident and even deliberate impos
ture. "Cook's story is suspicious both in
what it does tell and what it does
not tell," Mr. Wellman declares.
"He is generally vague and indefi
nite but, like most men of his class,
altogether too precise at the wrong
place. Nowhere does the story ring
true. It was always an approxima
tion of reality itself. This is true of
his figures, his description, every
thing. '
"Those of us who have had a
share in Arctic work." say Wellman,
in considering his analysis, "and who
have felt, anxiety that no blot of
fraud should stain the proud record
of effort and sacrifice, had a first
hope that Dr. Cook would be able
to demonstrate his good faith. This
was disolved in the analysis of his
own story. A second hops that he
was the victim of some hallucination
of mental illness and himself believ
ed he had been to the Pole though of
course he has not, vanishes in the
light of earlier and subsequent
events. There remains, though one
says it with keenest alternative
that the journey which he did make,
and the report which he gave of it,
were deliberately planned from the
outset."
The gist of Mr. Willman's finding
is that with his meager party and
equipment Dr. Cook could not pos
sibly have acomplished the feat for
which he claims credit, that his as
tronomical data are too minutely pre
cise to have been made under the
claimed conditions in the field, and
that the cxploi-er's dash for the lec
ture platform and his acceptance of
"crowns of flowers placed upon his
head by innocent women and chil
dren" before submitting his field rec
ords to scientific examination all con
spire to his discredit.
Triplo Murder and Assault.
Frontenac, Kan., Special. A triple
murder and an assault on a woman
was enacted on a lonely road a mile
north of hero some time Friday night.
The dead are Mr. and Mrs. William
Bork, Germans, of Frontenac, and
their son, who was 2 1-2 years old.
Mr. Bor!; was presumably killed while
trying 10 defend his wife. The child
probably was slain because the mur
derer wished to silence him. The
Porks were Friday night, when they
started to drive home to Frontenac
from the home cf Mrs. IJork's mother
two miles out in the country.
NEW CUSTOMS FRAUDS.
Customs Weigher is Arrested on an
Indictment Charging Him With
Conspiracy to Defraud the Govern
ment in Connection With Importa
tions of Figs in 1906.
New Y'ork, Special. A new scries
f alleged customs frauds was
brought to light here Friday with
the arrest of Thomas C. Giddings, a
customs weigher, on the indictment
charging him with conspiracy to de
fraud the government in connection
with importations of figs in 1900, Ac
cording to the Federal prosecutors,
Giddings underweighed two ship
ments of figs consigned to local im
porters, recording the weight of the
first shipment at 30,000 pounds, in
stead of 40,000 and defrauding the
government of the duty oa 8,700
pounds of the figs contained in the
second shipment.
The indictment against Giddings,
it is intimated, is the first of a series
which the government hopes to ob
tain from the grand jury now in ses
sion as a result of following up Col
lector Loeb's investigations and dis
missals. Two more assistant weighers were
dropped by. Collector Loeb from the
customs service Fridav.
Mr. Loeb announced that with
these dismissals the "general house
cleaning' in the customs house as
the result, of the investigation into
underweighing frauds had been com
pleted. Some individual cases re
mained, however, on which he might
find it necessary to take action, the
collector added.
Including Friday 's dismissals, a to
tal of 83 men have been removed by
the collector since the work of re
adjustment of the staff in the cus
toms service began. The men dismis
sed Friday were civil service appoin
tees, and their successors will be
chosen from the civil service list of
eligibles. ,
The collector said he wished to cor
rect a misapprehension which appear
ed to him to be somewhat general, to
the effect that the civil service rules
had been disregarded in the dismis
sals and apointments previously
made during the upheaval. This was
not the case, he declared, the civil
service rules having been strict iy re
garded and appointments of new mec
in all cases having been made from
the civil service lists.
Mrs. Ford is Indicted As a Partici
pant in the Big Four Frauds.
Cincinnati, 0., Special. An indict
ment was returned bv the Hamilton
county grand jury Friday against
Mrs. Jeanette' Stuart Ford, whose
name has been mentioned in connec
tion with shortage of $043,000 in the
accounts of Charles L. Warriner, for
mer local treasurer of the Big Foui
Railroad. The indictment charges
Mrs. Ford with receiving funds stolen
from the Big Four by Warriner. Mrs.
Ford is now ouc on bond on a
charge of having received $1,000 of
the money alleged to have been taken
by Warriner. When informed by her
attorney that she had been indicted.
Mrs. Ford appeared in court and
pleaded not guilty. Her bond was
placed at $2,500 which she furnished.
Five Persons Drowned.
Muskegon. Mich., Special. Fiv
persons were drowned in Muskegor
lake Thursday afternoon, when a
pleasure launch, carrying a party ol
nine young people, capsizing as thf
result of a panic following a gasoline
explosion. Four of those who lost
their lives were members of one fam
ily. The party started out to attend n
wedding on the north side of the lakf
and decided to take a short cruise
before going to the festivities. Thev
encircled, the lake and were within
150 feet of the north landing, when
in some manner some gasoline ex
ploded. The girls became panic
stricken. '
Killed Two and is Killed.
Jacksonville, Fla., Special. Aftei
cutting to death Burt Woods, a show
man attending a carnival here, and
fatally cutting John S. Smith, a com
panion. Jesse Altman was shot and
killed here Friday morning by Smith
just before the latter died. Altman
was known as a desperate charactet
and had twice been arrested for mur
der, his former victims having been
negroes.
King Edward Arbitrator in Chilean
Dispute.
Santiago, Clie,, By Cable. William
Pierrepont, the American charge
d'affaires Friday made a proposal tc
the Chilean government that th
Alsop claim, which is in dispute be
tween Chile and the United States
be submitted to the arbitration o!
King Edward, who is friendly to both
sides. The proposal was accept e'
and the two countries will ask tin
I British monarch to act as arbitrator
WASHINGTON NOTES
Admiral Sperry has 'been detailed
by the Secretary of the Navy tp' assist
the national waterways coinmissuMi
in its work. He will give attention
to various questions and will aid th
commission in the preparation of it
forthcoming report. The commission
will report to Congress about the first
of next January.
James Freeman Curtis of Boston
Mass.,' now assistant United States
district attorney and onee iniereoi
legiate champion of the United States
has been chosen Assistant Seeretary
of the Treasury. Announcement to
this effect was made by Secretary
MacVeagh,. Mr. Curtis succeeds
James B. Reynolds, who resigned to
become a member of the tariff board,
and he will have special charge of
customs matters.
Preparations are being made for
400 marines to sail from Philadel
phia either for the canaJ zone or for
Niearagaua. This will constitute tha
first armed force to land in Nica
ragua if developments in the situa
tion within the next few days require
such a course to be pursued. All will
depend upon the action to be taken
by the state department, which is
marking time pending the receipt of
additional details of the killings of
the two Americans, Grace ,and Can
non. The gunboat Princeton was Friday
ordered by the Navy Department to
sail for Corinto, Nicaragua, to join
the gunboat Vicksburg, already at
this port. The Princeton is now at
the Bremerton navy yard, Washing
ton, undergoing repairs.' On her way
down the coast the Princeton will
stop at San Francisco. Some tim
ago it was arranged that the Prince
ton should relieve the Vicksburg on
the western coast of Central America,
and it is in coformity with this plan
that the Princeton is now ordered to
Nicaragua. The Vicksburg, however,
will remain at Corinto, or the im
mediate vicinity, until peace in Nica
ragua has been restored.
John W. Langdale, the aged assis
tant superintendent 'of parking, who
was arrested Monday night for cut--ting
the throat ef a negro who had
followed and assaulted him, died sud
denly at Georgetown University. Hos
pital of paralysis of the neck. Ber
nard Brown, the big negro whose
throat was cut from ear to ear by
Landale, is still alive, a patient at
the Casualty Hospital. The negro
as soon as he is well will probably
be placed under arrest and charged
with having killed Langdale.
The gold mines of the United States
produced $94,500,000 worth of the
precious metal during 1908, accord
ing to the Geological Survey and the
Bureau of the Mint. The total gold
product was 4,574,340 ounces, a net
increase in value of $4,124,300. Col
orado leads with a productive vain
of $22,871,000. Alaska was second
with $19,858,800 and California third
with $19,329,700. Porto Rico was the
smallest producer., with a total ol
onlv $000. The Philippines show an
increase of $219,800 to $284,500.
George II. Brown, who laid out
the grounds surrounding the Capitol
and the White House, died at his
home here Tuesday of pneumonia.
Mr. Brown was superintendent f
the Botanic Garden. Since 1870 ha
had been in the employ of the Gov
ernment in Washington.
Collector Loeb, of New York, left
for home Tuesday, after concluding
his conference with President Taft
and Secretary of the Treasury Mac
Veagh and other officials here, regard
ing the customs conditions at his port.
Washington's first snowstorm of
th season drove Robert E. Peary,
Artie explorer, into a taxicab Wednes
day. He stepped out to the pavement
in front of President Taft's offiee
about 1 o'clock in the afternoon, and.
with" his coat collar turned up around
his ears, hurried into the reception
room. After waiting about half an
hour, Mr. Peary was admitted to the
inner sanctum and was closeted with
President Taft for about 20 minutes.
While no .expression of opinion
could be obtained here Friday on the
proposed selection of King Edward
as arbitrator in the Alsop claim,
which this government is pressing oti
Chile 'for settlement, it is generally
ur.dcrsfcod that the State Debarment
will welcome any move that will
bring about an adjudication of th-
vexed question. The claim--which in
volves mere than $l,O00,CO0H l;ts been
held against Chile for .-mcre-Mlian a
quail er of a century. It is based on
concessions made by the Bolivian
government to a syndicate of Americans.