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Yaw, la Advaac.
"FOR GOD, FOfc COUNTRY AND FOR TRUTH,
VOL. XXII.
PL YMOUTH, N, ' C. if RID AY DECEMBER 8, 1911
NO. 25.
lilillABOYS
HAVE CONFESSED
ACCUSED MEN ENTER PLEA OF
GUILTY AND SAVED THEM
SELVES FROM DEATH.
LABOR LEADERS SHOCKED
Confession Clears Up Tragedy of the
Explosion Which Wrecked Los
' Angeles Times Building.
- Los Angeles, Cal. James B. Mo
Namara pleaded guilty to murder in
the first degree in Judge Walter fiord
well's court. His brother John J. Mc
Namara. secretary of the Internation
ral Iron Workers, entered a plea of
ral Iron Workers, enterde a plea of
guilty to having--dynamited the Llew
ellyn Iron Works in Los Angeles on
Christmas day,: 1910, '
' James B. McNamara's confession
clears ud absolutely' the tragedy o
the explosion and fire which at 1:07
o'clock on the morning of October 1
1910. wrecked the plant of the Los
Angeles Times at , First and Broad
way and caused the death of twenty
one persons. ' For nineteen of these
Ideaths the McNamara . brothers were
indicted and J. B. McNamara was on
trial specifically for the murcter of
Charles J. Haggarty, a machinist
. ia machinist," whose body wa3 found
'nearer than that of any other to the
spot where the dynamite was sup
posed to have been placed.
It is, expected District Attorney
John B. Fredericks will ask for life
imprisonment for -James B. McNa
mara, the ? confessed murderer, and
nrobably fourteen years for his broth
er. The men's lives are considered
saved.
The ereat contention that the Los
Angeles Times was not dynamited is
As the two brothers sat together
In the county jail, refusing to see
any one or make any statement, an
interest second only to the occur
rence itself hung about the question
with reference to James B. McNa
mara. "Why did he" confess?"
To this opposing counsel gave the
same answer.
"He confessed because he was guil
ty and that's all there is to it," de
clared District Attorney Fredericks.
"He was counseled to confess be
cause that was the best thing he
could do, in the opinion of counsel,"
i said Attorney Clarence S. Darrow,
chief of counsel. "I will say now
that there was no other reason or mo
tive in it. I've studied this case for
": months. It presented a stone wall."
New York."! am astounded, I am
astounded. My credulity has been
imposed upon. It is a bolt out of a
clear, sky."
The exclamations were those of
Samuel ,Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, when
advised of the pleas of guilty in the
McNamara cases.
"We have discouraged acts like
these. We are patriotic and peace
loving men and we only Cave a wish
to call out the best elements in hu
man nature. Those two men must
have been crazy. It is an act that I
condemn with all the force that is in
me."
Tn k-rcAa rat Orti.i V. MnMatl-
igai, who confessed to have actually
blown up the Llewellyn Iron Works
one of protracted tention. Sensation
- l Ain J, ukivui vwki -
the state will recommend a light sen
tence, because he turned state's evi
dence.
Bribery charges against Bert II.
Franklin, a detective employed by the
McNamara defense, probably will be
dropped now as irrelevant to the
main issue. ''
The scene in the court room was
one of protracted tension. Sensation
followed sensation, with such rapidity
that . the . gaping . crowd hardly real
ized what, happened in those few min
utes of formal procedure.
In less" than twenty minutes the
big ' case was disposed of, but for
hours previously there had been a
feeling that something startling "would
develop, and eo. closely guarded was
the information that spectators were
prepared for almost anything except
the thing presented.
Nanking Falls to Insurgents.
- Nanking. Nanking has fallen. The
entire city is occupied by the insurg
ents. For the last two weeks Gen
eral Feng defied all efforts of the
revolutionaries to take the city. The
circumference of the walled city is
22 miles. The wall at various places
is !)0 feet high, built of solid ma
sonry and 30 feet thick. The four
main giites are at the principal points
of tM compass. The gates were
opened as a result of treachery with
in the city.
SOME HIGH
(Copyright, 1911.)
The International Live Stock
ROOSEVELT 18 ACCUSED
WHARTON ' BARKER, PHILADEL
PHIA BANKER, CHARGES 'MR.
ROOSEVELT MADE TRADE.
WANTED POLITICAL SUPPORT
Barker Alleges Rocsevelt, in Return
for Support,;. Promised Legis
lation Tney Wanted. '.
, Barker Had Pipe Dream, '
According to Roosevelt.
New , York. Col. - - Theodore
Roosevelt."-while attendine the
performance by, the Irish play-
ers of the "Playboy of the
Western World." was shown the
synopsis of ytiarton ' . Barker's
testimony in ... yvasningion ue.iur t
the senate coamittee on inter-
state commerce v In which Colo-
nel Roosevelt's name ' figured
promiueently.' iv He read the
statement carefully and, then de-
clared; ' '
"I would asjsoon discuss, 'a
DiDe dream with an out-patient
of Bedlam as discuss such non-
sense." .. ;.v . .
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Washington. -'.Wharton Barker, a
retired banker - of Philadelphia,
sprang a sensation on tne senate
committee on interstate commerce,
wln hi. oUnrO1'' ihnt a NfiW York
Y 11 V. li lit, .,. .-
financier t61d h'rfk in 1904 that, the
financial interests-would support The-
odore Roosevelt;, or president, be
cause RoosevelJ. hjetd "made abar-
gain" with theni-'on uie raqaa
question.1'
Mr. -Barker's stement came in'the
midst of a vigorous attack' on the
"money trust,'" .
Mr. Barker also, declared thatVthe
Aldrich currency plan was the han
Hiivnrv not of former Senatorr .Ald-
ricr, but of a Mr Warburton of the
banking firm of Kuhn, Locb & of
New York, and that a fund of ?1,-
000,000 had been started to, insure
its adoption. , - .
"Three or fpncjveeks berorwme
election in 1904, said Mr. Barker, .' l
was walking dowjj$Broadway ,,wJjK9f, I
met one of the f most distinguished
money kings in J?y York, a maB-n6w
dead. He said. to. roe; 'We areoing
to elect Roosevell'"l expressecHsuf-
prise and askedvi4.-he. had gives? tip
the support or Jfarser. ne earn jes,
that they had S tftft'ehed 'I Roo&kH,
so he had' made. a- bargain with
ith them." . "mr'
Mr. Barker sa&iilhe financiaUcSatfC,'
whom he declinMt to . name, tqjd him
that Roosevel); haft, "made' a'T5Jain
on the railro'4'.'toicn?, -kK.
The raiiroaavwau auuuu,. baji
nartor. that, under the latter ulu4rV
ity, it would be possible to addMih.
$300,000,000 to $ioo,ooo to -?tt
tal freight chargpaid by the-Xk4v;.
Mr , V
Negro Tu'r'fted White. -,f:, '
Chillicothe, Mo. The case of jce-
0 who turned white is to be repjort-
1 to the National Medical Society
with the hope that something may
learned of the peculiar skin dis
ease which baffled physicians for sev
eral years. The negro, who is dead
pre. was Dudley Payne, coal black
and typically African in reature. me
change came gradually. At the time
of bis death Payne's face and the up
per part of his body wt-re white as
those of any Caucasion.
BRED STOCK
.','' '..-"
Show Opens In Chicago.
SQUTH4 VWINS CORN PRIZE
W. H. Dorin of Clover, Va., Awarded
Silvet Cup for Best 30' Ears of
'' Corn Grown in the U. S.
New York. For growing' the best
GO ears of corn exhibited from any
portion of the United . States,.' W. 11.
Dorin of Clover, Va., was awarded the
$1,000 silver cup offered by- the Inter
national Harvester company at the
American Land and Irrigation expo
sition at Madison Square Garden, Mr.
Dorin winning over exhibitors 'from
every section of the' country," among
them L. D. Clore, the-famous Indi
ana corn king, hitherto undefeated,
in a contest of this nature. Mr.. Do
rin's corn,, was on- exhibition atr. the
Southern railway's booth and attract1
ed great attention. - Farmers from all'
ovuuj Buuneu exirapramairy inter
est in the awanljaiuce .it isthe first
time such a prize has been. won by
a Southern corn grower.
Mr .Dorin ploughed his land ten
inches and subsoiled twelve inches
more. He, used 200 pounds of phos
phate, his; only fertilizer outside of
clover turned under. His seed was
carefully selected from 1 an acre on
which he made a splendid yield in
1910 and the corn . which took the
prize wa3 from an acre cultivated un
der the methods of the United States
farir demonstration bureau, the yield
from this acre being 137 bushels. The
soil is the ordinary type of southern
Virginia,, a gray, sandy loam about
eight inches de?p, .with a good .clay
subsoil.
Mr. Dofin's success shows what can
be " accomplished on southern land,
and Js the niore remarkable since he
is a former resident of a Michigan
city and knew practically nothing
about farming until six years ago,
when he, purchased 501 acres in Hali
fax county,. Virginia, on'the Southern
railway's Richmond and Danville line,
paying eight dollars per acre. The
award of this price to Mr. Dorin will
prove a valuable advertisement for
the Southeast as a corn-growing land.
It was with the purpose of showing
the agricultural -possibilities of the
Southeast that the- Southern railway
company placed an extensive exhibit
at this, exposition and did everything
possible to encourage individual ex
hibits on the part of the farmers
throughout the territory , served by its
lines.
Confederate Monuments. Plans.
Memphft, ' Term. ; Twi$ -hundred
thousand -ydolIarsV will bevraised by
the Unft'e'd Sons of Confederate .Vet
erans to-erect..monumentswrihe mem
ory of Southern soldiers and' to." th a.
memoryi of' SSouthern women who ;
were actiyerin the cause, df the- S.outby'
during' tlTe'-'ClVil war."' 'Plans to, 8e-.'
cure'oiey.ee-.discuspp- by theJex-.'
ecutlve council of "the organization.. . Aj.
majorij3f':aO the member iappsareJ fto '
favor' the, inauguration of a4 campaign
asking voluritaryJ cdntributron- "
Me.n(. Drugged and . Shanahated. f.
Wa&hingtori: DetermTried" to ' end
the prft6tice:-jio ' "shahfehfeUng" men
and - the- enforcement v-pijria, system
which virtually amounts ,to peonage
bbard .vessels, especially- on the
;.8,j(l5;St, vln Chesapeake bay,
Secrerf' KtJEe'l has ordered a fast
boaio.-fter the offender.
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CottoCrowers Asked-to Meet.
Austin, Texas.-Qy.C. Ji. Colquitt
of Texas, chairman of the recent cot
ton conference, which met in New
Orleans, Louisiana, to devise means
for upholding the price of cotton, has
suggested that cotton farmers
throughout the South meet in county
mass meetings December 16 to per
fect plans looking to the reduction
of acreage planted in cotton in 1912.
Governor Colquitt has asked the gov
ernors of all cotton-growing states to
arrange at once for the meetings.
PUTS OUT OFFICE
BOARD OF HEALTH
aUDGE PEEBLES DECIDES THAT
ACTS CREATING THE ARE UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
IS NOT THE ..SUPR!HXENOENT
Upholds Position Taken By Board of
County Commissioners of Wake and
Decides That. Dr. R. S.. Stevens is
County Superintendent of. Health.
Raleigh. In a decision that is far
reaching..and .whlch5i If 'upheld by the
Supreme Court of North Carolina,
will throw 'out of 'offfce ervery -'p'er-Intendent
of Health v and County
Board of Heafth. - Judge R. B. Peebles
has decided that Dr. ' J." L. L; . Mc
CtilIr8Xi uot t thbunty: Superin
tendent of Health or Wake county,
and that section iri one, chapter sixty
.two ; of Jthe -Acfsbf j;xthe eg1s.lait'ure
of 1911 is unconstitutional and void.
The written judgment of Judge
Peebles reached the city and is da
ted December first. It is not a long
one, but it is one that is certain to be
discussed, not alone in Wake county,
but in every county in- the state as to
section 9 of chapter 6L of the Acts of
19Jl. which provides for the mem-
yjeShip of the County Board of Health
is.5 declared, oy juage reeui iu uc
inVviolatibn of the provision of the
constitution that no man shall "hold
two offices at the same time. Sec-
tion 9, chapter 2 provides that the
County Board of Health shall be com-
. .... , t . . ik Ty-A r t
posed or tne cnuirmau ulhub duoiu ui
County poramissioners; tile mayor of
the countytowhV and' iti-.'county towns
where, there is no mayor the clerk of
the;x Superior" CodrtT and the County
Superintendent of Schools, with two
physicians of the county, elected by
them, this Board of Health to elect a
County Superintendent of Health, all
the : expenditures to be approved by
the 'Board of County Commissioners
before they are paid. It is this that
Judge Peebles decides is unconstitu
tional and void as it gives two of
fices to one man at the same time,
which is prohibited by section 7, arti
cle 14, of the Constitution of North
Carolina, the decision being that there
is no legal Coubty 'd IbgHealth.
In his decision'. J;tf!fe.'J,ebl-es holds
also that Dr. W. S. Rankin, secretary
of the State Board of Health, has no
authority to appoint Dr. McCullers as
Superintendent of .Hea$ -as the con
tingency provided for the 'Act creat
ing a Board of Health did not arise.
The Land Show ear. Fruit. , i
'.Since the recent i'anti show' in" Madi
son Square Garden, New York, in
which the Norfolk Southern and the
Southern Railway, companies gave
Ndrth Carolina especially fine repre
sentation as to possibilities or agri
reo.p'weA communis
het of men and corporations desirous
of undertaking to develop large tracts
of North Carolina -.lands through the
plan of purchasing the;.. tracts and
cutting up into "small farmfc- and "In
ducing home-seekers to locate either
thfpugh purchase or as tenants with
Nftfthf Carolina Leads Again.
,- Nbifvth Carolina wins grand sweep-tnr-
Viat ovViihit at. National
. wj. rvr or ivi -
lldVticilltural Congress, first also on
ctfUeitjon of nuts, first on sub-tropi
cal fnfits. first on canoed and pre-
atrved&bi-oroducts. first on five boxes
of connerclally 'packed fruit and fir6t
and setond on delicious apples.' inus
r,.ecls a telegram received by Commis
. - 1...I1 ITT A i-1MnV.Mm
lnerf;OI Agncuiiure vv. a. uiauuui
frcrtn tat Horticulturallst . William
N'rsTutt. who is attending-the Nation-
aL Horitcultura Congress ,now in ses
sion at'St.'vJoSfephi Misouri;-: This is
Jiiflt af ollowihg up of the splendid
record - North Carolina maae. at - tne
congress last year, the first in which
the- state had been represented."
Left For The Liv Stok Show.
Profs. J. S. McNuitn&,R. StGiirtia.1
witli a' large ptjr .OoOT 'th'feiinjdVf
Class of the A. and M. College, left for
Chicago1, to attend the International
Live Stpck Show, which is the largest
stock show of its kind in the world.
The North Carolina College of Agri
culture ''and Mechanic Arts and the
Texas Agricultural College are the
only Southern schools that send a del
egation to (his show. The party from
this state will stop over at Colum
bus, Ohio, to visit the Hartinan stock
farm.
cultural development $,;yus stai.et me
State Department -Jt WicMurer has
atffSns 'fronv-a num'
ultimate purchases vew- .me mv
dictions aVajiiiQf f u
movements 'Hfl)e"rr4l(if thfbugh. V-
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NORTH STATE'S POPULATION
The Statistics Showing the Population
According to Color as Shown by
' Returns of the Census.
Raleigh. A special from Washing
ton states - that a preliminary state
ment of the. white and negro popula
tion of North Carolina, by counties
and principal cities, as shown by the
returns of the thirteenth . decennial
census,., taken as ofVApril -15, - 1910,
was issued bv Director Durrand of the
bureau o.f census, dpartm.e:ht of com
merce and labor. The statistics were
p'repared under the; direction of Wil
liam C. - Hunt, chiefs statistician iop
population in the census bureau and
are 'subject to later reVisfon. '
The total population of North Caro
lina in 1910 was subdivided as to color
as follows: White, 1,600,513; negro,
697,843; all other persons,, (Indians,
Chinese and Japanese) 7,931. The
equivalent figures' for 1900 were:
White, 1,263,603; negYo, , 624,469; all
Others, 5,738. For 1890 they were:
White, 1,055,382; negro,' 561,018,' all
others; 1,549. '. ;'. ' ' .
The negro population constituted
31.6 per cent.' of the total "population
of. the state in 1910, as against 33 per
cent. :in 1900 and 34.7 per cent, .in
1890. ; ' . t
There has been 'an increase since
1900 in the negro population of 73,-
Z"TA. or 11.7 per cent., as compared
with an increase during; the preceding
decade of 63,451, or y.3 per cent. The
white . population shbWs an increase
during the past decade of 236,910, or
18.7 per, cent., asv against 208,221 or
19.7 per cent, during 'the preceding
decade. . ,.' ' . 11
Charlotte city had a population' in
;910 ., of 34,014, comprising .'.22,259
whites, .11,752 negroes,' and 3 other
persons..1 r The equivalent figures for
19Q0;Hvere: White; 10.938; negro, 7,
151 ; all other, 2.V For 1890 they were :
White, 6,417; negrd.,134; all others;
6. " ..:: - .,' :
The white and negro population, of
Charlotte constituted',65.4 and 34.6 , per
cept.respectively;,.cf.';;tbe 1S10, as against wana sv o per cej.
In 1900, and 55.5 an44n 1.890. The
whit population more; than doubled
itself 'during the decade 900-1910, the
increase being 11,321, or 103.5 . per
cent., as compared ' with 4,521, or 70.5
per cent, for the preceding decade. The
negro population ine'eased at a higher
rate than during the . preceding de
cade, but at a much lower rate than
that for the white element. The In
crease in the negro population was
4,601 or 64.3 per cent, from 1900 to
1910, as compared with 2,017 or 39.?
per cent, from 1890 ;t.o 1900.
North Carolina New Enterprises. .
Articles iof incorporation were al
lowed in the office of the secretary of
state as follows: Tp-the Southern
Harvester Company, vif Raleigh, as
manufacturers of thet3oodwiri.' Cotton
Harvester, a machine for picking cot
ton. The incorporators are: Messrs.
B. R. Jolly, M. Ashbymbert, A. W.
Goodwin, E. H. Goodwin and O: N.
Goodwin. The authorized capital
stock is $200,000, and the company be
gins business with $5,000 paid in. The
Bank of Haw' River, of : Haw River,
Alamance" county ; commercial and
savings : bank business authorized
capital, ' $50,000, with $10,000 paid in
by J. W. McPherson,vS. A. West, Eu
gene McLarty, J. G.' Montgomery and
W: M. Myrick, Haw River, and Chas.
A. Scott,- Chas. D.""J6hnston, Walter
E. Walker and A.: K. Hardy, o Gra
ham.
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Medical Society Hofds .Meeting.
A hundred or more physicians from
he counties of Anson, -Union,' Stanly,
Mecklenburg, Cabarrus, Lincoln; Ruth
erfofd, Cleveland andsGaston' gathered
in Gastonia for the annual meeting ol
the Seventh DistricfjMedical Society
Dr. J. P. Muriroe,"preside'nt of the
North Carolina Medical ollege,. . is
president of the s$fc$arid ' presided
over its ' sessions. ,fSr. C;' u'ick'
of Gastonia, chainf , the . local
commUtee on arrangiil,en& calted-the
society to order .an $r. A. C. Jones
of the local bar deljffp'jd address
of welcome on behaiaof Ihe. town and
Dr. D. A. Garrison 6ij beharlf of the
Gaston county. Meaicjn?ocieiy. jiu
response was made by one. Iof the vis
iting physicians. . ..; m'- 1
Raleigh. At the';fytAe prison Tay
lnr TjSvp. rnlored' cilve UD his life
for the murder off-jgfced Morehead in
Haywood county.'; .
Interest In Bond Election.
j?he sentiment in ifavor of votint
honds for the contruction of the
Randolph & Cumberland Railroad in
creases in Randleman and community
as the election approaches. The reg
istration has thus : far been slight
but it is thought the majority of the
voters will register. Railroad meet
ings are being held among the voterf
all along the proposed line in this
county to arouse interest. The latesl
development point to a branch line tc
Farmer, a small village In tho pouth
west part of Randolph county.
BROOKS PRESIDENT
j
THE TEACHERS ASSEMBLY HAP
ADJOURNED ANNUAL MEET
ING AT RALEIGH.
HARMONY REIGNED SUPREME
All of the Matters That Were Calcu
lated to Stir Discussion Were Refer
red to Committees For Report Nex1
Ysar Many Teachers present.
Raleigh.; The North' Carolina
Teachers' Assembly came to a close
a few days ago, the general business
session being held at that. time. jThe
report of . the nomination , committee,
as made by Superintendent W. D.
Carmichaei of Durham, was adopted
Dr. E. C. ' Brooks, of Trinity College. :
was named as president. Superintend,
ent A: C. Reynolds, Buncombe couf-
tv arhnda vlcfi nresident: R. D .Wl
Connor, secretary and- treasurer.
President F. P. Hobgood of Oxford
and M. C. S. Noble and Miss Edith
Roy&ter were elected members of the
executive committee. .
The report of resolutions 'commit-
tee was read by Prof. J.A'.'.Matheson
of the State Normal, College- Resolu
tions of thanks to' various . people
who aided in making the assembly
successful were adopted. Resolution
were, adopted, asking Congress to
make a large appropriation for. .the
extension of a national educational
bureau.- The national peace. ; nloVe
meht was endorsed. ..J ;
V Dr. Joyner stated that at the last
meeting of the assembly it was decid
ed to erect a statue to Dr. . Mclver,
either at Greensboro or ' Raleigh.
'Money,, is now in nauu iur iiio tu
pose and as there was some doubt
about where the monument should be
placed It was suggested that one be
placed both at Raleigh and Greens
boro, It being stated that it would re
quire only an additional eleven hun
dred dollars for , this purpose. The
assembly voted to raise this Bum.
MrB. Calvin H. Wiley, widow t
first State Superintendent, was pre
sented to the assembly. Secretary
Connor stated that a bust of Mr..Wiley
secured by penny contributions --of
school children, was fast on the road
to completion and would be ready
to be placed in the new etecutiv
building.
s Last Month's List of Deaths.
Raleigh. During the last month
there have been sixty-one deaths in
the city of Raleigh. Of the. number
fourteen were over seventy years or
age and four under five years of age.
Twelve of this number were from the
state hospital, seven from St Agnes,
six from Rex Hospital, five from the
Soldiers' Home, state prison one,
(electrocution), making a total" of
thirty-one , from the institutions , and
five stillborns, leaving only twenty;
five deaths for the city. Seven' of
these deaths were from contagious
diseases, six from tuberculosis ..and
one from typhoid fever. Contagious
diseases were reported during' the
month of dyptheria nine, scarlet feVer
two, typhoid fever one. The above .
facts were given by Mr. W.'T. .Davis
clerk of the City Board of Health.
A Very Mysterious Death. ,
Beaufort. A man's body wasj found
face down" in ths water near the west
ern shore of North river, about three,
miles from Beaufort...,. The man had
evidently taken off hia outer clothes,
as they were piled on the gank, and
waded into the river- clad in under
wear, hose and shoes and fallen , jtn
his face in the shallow water. ' The
clothes contained ' only' a watch, poc-
et drinking cup and 20 cents in silver:.
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Cocaine Seller Goes To Roads.
High Point Within, the .last few
days Chief Ridge 'and' Ms.yigUant.as-.
sfstants have been 'rpunclin'g up sonie
of the parties' who make a "buslne'ss
of selling cocaine to the ' negroes. '"In
the municipal, court, Judgev Gold sen
tenced .Robert McGe to 9 -nlonths on
the county roads for.- this offense.
Ther-w;ere two cases against him.
and he was convicted on both counts.
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Convention Has Been Postponed.
Charlotte.The '' meeting of , ,the
,Mecklnburg Live- Stock Association,
which was'; to have convened in the.
assembly ball of the Selwyn hotel .a
few days ' ago was'" postponed until
January' 6. At the- coming meeting,
Mr. F. L. Wood, who was to have de
livered, the address will be -present
and will give the. members of the local
live stock, association the benefit ; of
long experience in this line of work.
Mr. Wood is head of tho live stock
departmentment of the Southern ITStT
road, with headquarters in Atlanta,