North Carolina Newspapers

ill 11 fci- a Year, lo Adranca. "FOR GOD, FOK COUNTRY AND FOR TRUTH." Staff Cfy S Cat. VOL. XX. PLYMOUTH, N, 0.. FRIDAY, JANUAKY 7, 1910. NO. 30. 111 Eil M ll IB v DUKESJGET CHARTER Tcbacco Kings Put Forth Big Enterprise. THE TOTAL LENGTH 657 MILES. Commission Granted in Columbia For an Extension of the Anderson Sys tam to Spartanburg. Columbia, S. C, Special The en terprise backed by J. 15- Duke and 15. X. Duke, the tobacco kings, which proposed to extend the Ander son interbuan trolley system from Belton through Williamston, Pelzer and Piedmont on to Greenville and thence 30 miles to Spartanburg has been commissioned by Secretary Stile. The initial capital is $300,000 -with an ultimate two million. The name of the corporation is the Green ville, Spartanburg and Anderson Railway Company. The corporators are J. B. Duke, B. N. Duke, Ellison Smythe, W. J. Thackston, II. J. llaynesworth,' Lewis W. Parker. . From Greenville the line is to be built to Tavlor's Creek, Pelham, Duncan, Reidsville, Wellford, Lock hart, Fnirforest, Spartan Mills. The total length of the line will be G57 miles. MERGER OF TRUST COMPANIES J. Pierpont Morgan, Thomas F. Ryan and Levi P. Morton Link Hands. New York, Special. J. Pierpont Morgan, Thomas F. Ryan and Levi P. Morton have linked hands in New York in a trust company merger, which unites resources of $150,000, 000. It is a triple combination, bringing the Guaranty Trust Com pany, the Morton Trust Company .and' the Fifth Avenue Trust Com pany, all of this citv, under one head with the title of the Guaranty Trust Company. The merger is perhaps the largest of its kind in the United -States. To Investigate ReejJyJ&rk Wreck. ttnlipo-h. N. C. Snccialcr-Chairman McNeill of the Corporation Commis sion announces that oil the 12th of January the investigation into the railway wreck at Reedy Fork creek, on the Southern Railway, near Greensboro, last month, in Avhich a dozen or more people lost their lives, -will be investigated. The witnesses will include all whom the railway of fers, the coroner's jury, etc. This investigation will be full of interest. Governor Haskell Wins. Washington, Special. The case of the Prairie Oil and Gas Company, -which attracted so much attention in Oklahoma during the campaign of 1908, because of the intervention by Governor Haskell in the interest of the company, lias been dismissed in the Supreme Court of the United states. The effect of the dismissal is favorable to the Governor's con tentions. Boundary Line Dispute. Ywishington, Special An order lias been issued by the- Supreme Court of the United States in the boundary line case between the States of North Carolina and Ten nessee giving each of the States ninety days to take testimony. The order takes effect immediately. As complainant North Carolina will be the first to proceed. White Enumerators For White Set tlmenets. Washington. Special. Directors of the Census Durand announces that lie has notified his supervisors in the 'South to avoid having negro enumer ators call on whites. In case colored enumerators are named white men should also be named to see white persons. In other sections colored enumerators will not be appointed unless at least two-fifths of the pop ulation is colored. Eay Lamplisre Murderer of Mrs. Belh Gunnoss Dies i'n Prison. Laporte, Intl., Special. A great rowd assembled about the Lumphere home to attend the funeral of Ray Lamphere, who burned the home of Mrs. Belle Gunness, near Laporte, on April 28, 1008, and incinerated the owner of the "murder farm" last week in Michigan City prison where he was serving time for arson. Lost Ecy Found. Louisville, Ky., Special. A search nearly three months for Otis Tine, the son of wealthy parents of New Albany, Ind., was ended by the find ing cf the body i:i a forest near his home. . Baside it was a i:ote saying that l:e intended to end his life and a lie;-: n:a:-kcd "Paris green." He Avas !?."' veai old. Since his disappearence t-n Vk tuber 15, it has been tbe belief that he was run over by a train and every ae.iduit rope rled in (lie entire country was investigated by order of the family. No motive has been as signed for the act. BRADSTREET'S RE VIEWI The Year Junt Closed Was Entirely Satisfactory. New York, Special. Brad strret's weeekly review of trade says : "Quiet has-folowed the pre ceeding week's rush of business in retail lines, while in whole sale lines salesmen are in from road and inventorying is general. All obtainable information points to a satisfactory in many sections, indeed, a record volume of business .done in the year just closed. The least satisfactory reports as to the year's result come from those sections of the South where crop damage has precented fullest advantage being takan of the high prices of cotton. "In wholesale and jobbing lines a large if not indeed ree- ord spring business has been booked Prices of commodities show undiminished strength and some of the highest prices of the year Avere made in the last wreek. Cotton, for instance, ' reached passd 16 cents, a price never be- fore reached at this date since war times." TENNESSEE GOES DRY. Forty-One Distilleries and Five Big Brewerfes Affected. Nashvile, Tenn., Special. The law passed by the last Legislature prohibiting the manufacture of in toxicating liquor in Tennessee went into effect at midnight December 31. Forty-one distilleries and five big breweries are affected and all an nounced a suspension N of operations with the close of the business day. It is conceded, however, that some one of them will cimmit a deliber ate overt act for the purpose of test ing the statute. Prize to English Aeronaut. Chalons Sur Marnej By Cable. The Michelin cup for duration and distance covered in the air during 1909 goes to Henry Farman, the English aeronaut who on November 3 established a since unbeaten rec ord of 144 miles in 4 hours, 17 min utes and 35 seconds. The trophy is given by M. Michelin, a wealthy member of the Aero Club of France and consists of a beautiful prize and $32,000 to be competed for dur ign a period of eight years. Each year the trophy and $4,000 or one eighth, of the cash prize goes to the aviator making the longest flight in that year. The trophy was first of fered in 1908 and was won by Wil bur Wright, with a mark of 76.5 miles made in France n competition with Farman and others. Cotton Seed Oil Men Form an Or ganization. , New York Special. Cotton seed oil men of New York have complet ed an organization known as the Oil Trade Association of the New York produce exchange with a charter membership of one hundred. Its ob ject is to further the cotton sed oil industry in all parts of the world. Sales of cotton sed oil on the New York produce exchange last year ag gregating 2,303,500 barrels. J. G. Gash of the American Oil Company, was elected president. Greater Birmingham a Reality. Birmingham, Ala., Special. At , the stroke of midnight December 31, ten incorporated suburbs or rJirming ham and a large amount of unincor porated territory automatically be came a part of the city of Birming ham, giving the city cn estimated population, of 135.000. The Supreme Court recently sustained the act creating Greater Birmingham and to day the ara of Ihe new city is slight ly in excess of forty-two square miles. $1,000,000 to Nippon. Seattle, Wash., Special. Sixteen thousand money orders payable in Japan, worth in the aggregate $1, 000,000, were sent from the Seattle post-office during the Christmas holiday rush. The money came from the State of Washington, Idaho, Montana and Minnesota and the Territory of Alaska. Challenge Watson to Public Debate. Atlanta, Special. Thomas W. Watson has been challenged to a public debate by representatives of the various protestant churches of Georgia. The challengers want the debate to be held in Atlanta January 14 and have named as Watson's op ponent, William T. Ellis, a Philadel phia newspaper man. Annis Left Only $300. New York, Special. William E. Annis, the publisher who was slain by Capt. Peter C. Haiti s, Jr., at the Bayside Yacht club, in August, 1908, left an estate valued at only $300 JOHNSON IS PRESIDENT. Matter of Nsxt Meeting Pllce Left to a Committee. Charlotte, N. C, Special The Southern Educational Association, which has been in session lfcre f o? three days, after transacting, much business and enjoying social func tions, elected the following officers'. President Dr. D. B. Johnson, of Winthrop College, S. C; first vice president Chancellor J. II. Kirk land, of 3"andcrbilt University; sec ond vice president C. E. Glenn, of Birmingham; third vice president J. S. Grabbe, of Kentucky; treas urer -E. P. Bums, of Atlanta, Ga. The elective directors chosen by the association are: Alabama Prof. C. C. Thach, Poly technic Institute, Auburn; Arkansas J. J. Doyne; Florida W. W. llol loway; Georgia J. M. Pound, Atlan ta; Kentucky M. A. Cassidy. Lex ington; Louisiana T. II. Hams; Maryland F. E. Buckner, Baltimore; Missouri E. E. Todd; Mississippi L. II. Whitfield; North Carol-o a E. C. Brooks, Trinity College; Okla homa E. D. Cameron; South Caro lina II. N. Snyder, president Wof ford College; Tennessee T. P. BW.ley; Texas R. B. Cousins; "Vir ginia J. L. Jarraan; West Virginia M. P. Shawkey; District of Col nu bia D. J. Crosby. $ The matter of next meeting place was left to a committee. Many cities are bidding. ANTI-TRUST LEAGUE. Tho Ohiect of Which is Keep Do wn the Cost of Living. Washington, D. C, Special Plans for a national boycott of those com binations that inc-3a.se the cost of living were laid ous last Thursday when the National Anti-Trust League was launched. Members of Congress are itnerested in the new movement. The plan has worked well in Ger many. AmorKT' some- present were Representative Champ Clark, tno House minority leader; Representa tive Alexander and Murphy of -Mis souri; Martin of South Dakota, Kin kaid of Nebraska, McKinley of CalT fornia and Morgan of Oklahoma. One matter was settled however. The women of the United States will be taken into memberhip on equal terms with the men, and will have equal voice iu the cam paign. i ' FIRE AT PORTSMOUTH. Overheated Office Stove the Cause of a $125,000 Conflagration Eight or Ten Horses Cremated. Norfolk, Va., Special. Fire origi nating from an overheated ollice stove destroyed the O. L. Williams' block of business houses at South and Crawford streets, Portsmouth, with a loss of $125,000, partially covered by insurance. The Portsmouth mar ket and armory were only saved by shifting winds. Eight or ten horses weer cremated. The places burned were O. L. Williams' livery stables, wheer the fire started. ASK RANSOM FOR GIRL. Return of Little Alma Kellner to Her Parents is Promised on Payment oi $5,000. Louisville, Ky., Special. A letter has been received from some town in Ohio promising the return of little Alma Kellner to her parents on pay ment of $5,000 ransom. The'girl dis appeared December 8. Frank Fah rin, millionaire brewer and cousin to Fred Kellner, father of Alma has gone to Chicago or elsewhere on such a mission. City Adopts State Prohibition Law. Birmingham, Ala., Special. By unanimous vite the city council of Birmingham has adopted the State wide prohibition laws has -regular city ordinances. Heretofore the city act'l with the' State laws but a decision of the Supreme Court knocked out all convictions. Many men working on the city chaingang will have to be re leased from -arrest. ' Diaz Cautions Zeleya. Mexico City, Special. That Presi dent Diaz gave Jose Santos Zelaya a little friendly advice in regard to talking to newspaper reporters, and whispered in his ear that it would be wise for him to refrain from too freely expressing his opinions, was admitted by his secretary. Count Leo Tolstoi is ill again. Coldest South Has Experienced. Atlanta, Ga.. Special. A terrific cold wave gripped the entire South last Thursday, not even the orange belt of far 'southern Florida being exempted from tho freezing tempera ture. The mercury ranged from 2 degrees above zero at Asheville, N. C, to 32 degrees at El Paso, Tex., with 20 above registered at Jackson '2H nt Tamna. A few Texas points and the extreme south ern portion ot the t lornla pemsuia alone escaped the freezing blast. It was the coldest day the South has experienced. Ice in the Chattahoo cheeee river at Atlanta for first time since 1880. MADRIZ FOR PEACE But Estrada Declines to Ac cept His Terms. TROOPS TO BE SENT EASTWARD New President of Nicaragua Wires Revolutionists Leader Asking Sus pense of Hostilities. Washington, Special. General Estrada, the revolutionary leader in Nicaragua, will not accept the extra ordinary terms proposed by the new President Madriz as a basis for peace. A telegram frm Bluefields states that on the 22d inst. Madriz had proposed in a telegram to Estrada, a suspension of hostilities, pending the arrival of a committee which he was sending to Estrada to discuss an amicable and equitable settlement of the present strife. Madriz begged the revolutionary leader not to ob struct his efforts for peace. Gen eral Estrada in his reply expressed hi3 willingness to meet the Madriz commissioners, but said the revolu tionary party would not recognize the action of the legislative Assembly in placing power in the hands of Madriz. He denied most emphati cally the Aseinbly's right to deal with the election of President, and stated that he saw in Madriz the usurper of the rights of the Nica raguan people. It is not doubted here that Es trada's known astuteness will pre vent him from accepting terms of peace predicated upon the prior sur render by him of his army, arms and ammunition this enemy. There fore, it is not believed that the con ference . between Estrada and the Madriz commissioners will result in any particular change in the present status. A telegram from Managua receiv ed at the" State Department says that the Madriz patry is making prepara tions to send troops to the eastward to meet Estradajs army. Zelaya Declares He.A Still President of NieiLagua. Cordoba, Mex., Special Jose San tos Zelaya says that he is still Pres ident of Nicaragua, although he may never go back to that country to enjoy the privileges of the office. Madriz, he asserted, is only a pro visional President and that he (Ze laya) has not reliquished the execu tive office. He also enters a denial that he is a prisoner in the hands of the Mexican officials. Receiver Appointed. Camden, N. J., Special Vice Chan cellor Learning has appointed James Calloway of Atlantic City receiver of the Southern Public Service Cor poration, incorporated under the laws of New Jersey, to build rail roads in South Carolina and Georgia. The company is capitalized at $1, 500,000. The receiver was appointed upon application of Ludwig & Co., an engineering concern, which claims the company is insolvent. Anthony Murphy Dead. Atlanta, Ga. , Special. Anthony Murphy, aged 80, a pioneer citizen of the South and one of the two men who pursued and captured the fa mous engine "General" when the latter had been seized and carried off from Marietta, Ga., by Federal raiders during the civil war is dead. Secure Contract to Build Canal. Lynchburg, Va., Special. Scott Brothers, genearl contractors of this city, announced here that' they have just secured a fourth contract on the New York State canal at Rome, N. Y., which will amount to $1,750, 000. Four years will be required to do the work. Twelve Killed During - Christmas. Bluefield, W. Va., Special. Twelve tragic deaths are reported from Southern West Virginia and South west Virginia as the result of drunk en men walking on railroad tracks and being killed by trains and in fatal affrays with knives and pistols. Madison Square Garden Sold. New York, Special. Madison Square Garden, eercted at a cost of $3,000,000, has been sold to a real estate syndicate and will be torn down and replaced by a modern office building. Pierce Succeeds Cone. Richmond, Special. W. L. Pierce, with headquarters at Strasburg his been appointed superintendent of the Richmond division, to succeed the late A. P. Cone, who was killed in the wreck near Greensboro, N. C. Whole Turkish Cabinet Resigns. Constantinople, By Cable. The whoh' Turkish Cabinet resigned, fol lowing resignation of Hilmi Pasha. TOWN W1PED0UT BY FIRE Hamlet of Holland, Near Suffolk Practically Wiped Off the Map Richmond, Va., Special Fire de stroyed the Majestic theater, the postoffice and all but one of the 1 1 I Tlnm twenty-six Dusiness piacus m """- let of Holland, 12 miles from Suf- folk, Va., on the Southern Kaiiway K tohJdUnt: homeless. There was only the crud est apparatus with which to fight the flames, and aid asked of Suffolk was rendered nugatoryby reason of the absecnece of water facilities. The total loss is estimated at $115,000. The total insurance is about $63,000. More than $10,000 worth of peanuts were burned. Only twenty-one homes are left in the town, and these are housing the homeless. Five of these caught fire btit were saved. HOSTILITIES CONTINUE. Belief That Two More Battles Must Be Fought. Bluefields, Nicaragua. Hope that the war should be brought to an end through the recognition of the pro visional government by the United States has been abandoned. Many believe that two more battles must be fought; one in the State of Chontales and the other near Managua. The insurgent generals have sign ed a solemn pact to the effect that they will stand as a unit with. Es trada until the last vestige of Zelay aism is blotted out of the government of Nicaragua. The peace commissioners which President Madriz announced that he was sending to negotiate with Estra da have not arrived. FIRST NEW YEAR RECEPTION. President Shook Hands With More Than 5,575 Callers. Washington, D. C.,Special. Pres ident and Mrs. Taft'TIeld' their first New Year's reception Jan. 1st, at the White House. All classes passed in review, and in two hours and fifty five minutes more than 5,575 people shook hands with the Chief Execu tive. The diplomatic display sur passed all previous ones, and all members of the cabinet were present, except Knox and Dickinson. Will Wage Determined Fight. Atlanta, Ga., Special " To wage an organized and determined fight" against- the methods of dealing in cotton in vogue at the New York cotton exchange, President Charles S. Barrett of the National Farmers' Union has issued a call for a meeting of the officers and leading members of the union to take place in Wash ington during the present month. In the call Mr. Barrett announces the determination of representatives of the union to remain in Washing ton until Congress takes some defi nite action in the matter. Greetings to All Nations. Washington Soeciai. Precisely at midnio-ht "on Dee. 31st an employe of the Navy Department pressed a but ton in the naval observatory, in stantly there leaped from it a spark that "encircled the globe. It lost only a comparatively few seconds, which did not discommode those who heard the news that a new year had been born. New York got the word, both started from Washington and a few seconds later afte rit had encir cled the globe. Banker Trask Only Victim. New York. Special. Spencer Trask, the head of a firm of bank ers, which for many years acted as fiscal agent ot the late (Jueen ic toria. was crushed to death by a rear-end collision of a Pullman and freight train in his private compart ment while Teturning to New York from Yeddo, his country place at Saratoga. Florida Crops Not Injured. Jacksonville, Special. The dam age to Florida crops from the recent cold weather is trivial. It was thought the low temperature had ruined early vegetables, but only trifling damages have been wrought and this can be remedied by replant ing. The orange crop had been mar keted. Kills Two and Puts Three in Jail. Guthrie, Okla., Special. Five men who intended to rob the bank and postoffice at Harrah, Okla;, ran into a party headed by United States Marshal "Jaek" Abernathy. As a result tvo of the bandits are dead, one is in jail at Guthrie wounded, and two others are held iu jail at Oklahoma City as suspects It Is NVw Judge Lurton. Washington, D. C, Special. JuUgCOmin? to Horace 1 1. Lurton, the new associate loulders. " Justice if the United States Supreme Coirt, was sworn in last Monday at nooa. may o f WOMEN Monuments to be Erected in Rememberance of 61 -65 ..... ,,, . nc ncniPRTtn ELEVEN WILL BE DEDICATED. D-to is Selected by a Commit!.. of Confederate Veterans General J. S. Carr, Treasurer. Atlanta, Ga., Special. A design for a suitable memorial to. the women., of the Confedearcy has been select ed by a committee of Confederate vetenas named by General Evans last June. All the Southern States except Virginia were represented at the meeting last week in this city. Only two artists submitted designs, Louis Potter of New York and Miss Belle Kinney of Nashville. The de sign submitted by Miss Kinney was selected. For the purpose of raising funds to pay for the eerction of one'of these memorials in the capital of each of the Southern States, the following committee was appointed: General C. I. Walker, of South Carolina, chairman; General Julian, S. Carr, of North Carolina, treasurer; General John P. Hickman of Ten nessee, secretary; General J. O. Wad dell of Georgia, Maj. C-M. Felder of South Carolina, Maj. L. C. Scott of Mississippi and Col. James Dick ens ol Louisiana. The price agreed upon for tbe mon ument ii $3,000, the veterans enter ing into an agreement to accept no less than ten in duplicate. The committee named will be in corporated under the laws of Ten nessee as a memorial association and will actively enter upon a campaign for funds, appealing especially to tbe different States Legislatures for ap propriations. COLD WAVE GRIPS COUNTRY. Thermometer Reaches Lowest Mark of Season in Many Places. Chicago, Special. The thermometer dropped to one degree above zero in Chicago. The termometer registered the lowest at Charles City, 12 de grees below zero. St. Louis, Special. The Missis sippi river was frozen over at the outskirts of St. Louis for the first time in four years. Two below zero was reported by the government ob servatory. ' . Pittsburg, Pa., Special. Weather conditions here the most severe since 1875. Damage to waterfront proper ty and shipping along-the Ohio will total close to half million dollars. t Had to Move Out. Blowing Rock, N. C, Special.- The fiercest snowstorm that has vis ited the mountain section for years tell last week. Ihe snow was so deep in places that the houses of the mountaineers were covered. One house collapsed and many families whose homes were strained under the great weight of piled-up snow had to move out for fea rthe roofs would give way and they would be buried. Blizzard Cost $5,000,000. Baltimore, Md., Special. The storm of Christmas Day was a eostl one to the Eastern States, says Sun. In and around Bosto damage wrought by the bli fa. been estimated as high ac g and. Along the New Englanc1 an de was a tide which swept ing lands and much ; done to shinninsr. Philadelphia were-oc under t lie fall of more about 140 ex4, carts were employ snow, while in ber eniploved in nnn ir, Vituh up and in the iM mad trains Hurt by Hi Toledo, the cellar his mother Miller, a' Miller., hi Will i ' TV, V,-nv snsh and bow effect here Is pretty on this simple frock of silk crepe, suitable for a youn girl. . His tucked shov.lPr and si?evc t oe- ' ; t- . Xpunr or souar mem ,11 h;i tea i in s in NeuglJifH MM. Johnslil