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POLITICAL-REFORM AND THE GENERAL UPBUILDING OF MADISON COUNTY.
VOL. IX.
MARSHALL, N CM FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22,1907.
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Uncle Sam's Income.
Speaking of swollen Incomes, that
of Uncle Sam is now reaching truly
sensational proportions. He collect
ed $7G2,38G,000 during the fiscal year
ended June 30 last an Increase of
$G5,2S5,000 over the revenue for 1904
05. The tariff and Internal revenue
taxes were Immensely productive and
as a result the deficit of $23,004,000
In the year before gave place to a
surplus of $25,GG9,000 at the end of
June, 1906. The tariff produced $300,
251,000, thu3 breaking the record,
-which was $280,000,000 In 1903. In
ternal revenue taxes amounted to
$249,150,000. These figures reflect the
unprecedented activity of all classes
of Industry and business during the
year. Tacoma Ledger.
D I RECTO RY
METHODIST OHUttOn
' Kev. R. X Parkkb, . . ... Pastor.
oerviuea evciy ouuuj ,
' Ding and night.
' Sabbath, School every Sun
day morning.
Prayer Meeting every Wed
nesday night.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
RiV. C. 0. Ghat,. ..... .Pajtw
Services erery VSunday t 11
. m. and 7:30 p. m.
Sabbath School at 10 a. m.
Prayer mMtiag WilU
evening at 7:80.
BAPTIST CHURCH
Est. J. W. Suttlk, Pastoi.
Serricei every "Sunday at 11
a. m. and 7:30 p. m.
8abbath School at 10 a. m.
Prayer meeting Tuesday eve
niofat7:30.
MARSHALL ACADEMY
Miss Rosi MoCokb,. . .Principal
town ornoiRS
RosiEftr N. Ojltok,. . .. . ..Mayoi
J. A. CbaIOMiles, Chief Police.
LEWIS J. BALEY,
Attorney-At-Law.
MARSHALL, N. V.
Practice in all the State ,and
Federal Courts, also iu the Pen
ion Office and other Govern'
ment Departments at Washing'
ton, D. 0.
CMS.X WASHBURN
; ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Mxbshaxx, N. 0.
- Will practice in all the State
and Federal Courts, also in all
Government, Departments in
Washington; Especial atten
tion to collections.
ZACHARY & ROBERTS
ATTORNKY8-A1VLAW.
:' ' .Marshall, C.
Practice in all the Courts of
' .-'..the. 15th; Judicial District, and
in Supreme Court of N ortb
r. . uarouna.
J. H. HUNTER ,
. Marshall, tCF.'D. 3.-"
Practical Surveyor and No
n. ; tar' Public. AH work prompt
f$?ly .and accurately done. '
idelity Lodge, No. 148.
Marshal!,
N. C
Meets every. Thursday night,
-A cordial, welcome to all' tisU-CW-fnic
Knisrhu.
VAN B. DAVIS.' O. a
W. H.HENDk;RSON,K.E.&S.
t, M.Qnittr,&t.,
AaaarUleK.C.
I. N. Ebbs,
HetSprInp,M.&
; GUDCER & EBBS.s
- ATTOKXSTSAKSCOUKSEIXOBS
. . IT ULW.
r7 Will practice in all the
Courts of - the totate. CoUec
a specialtj. ' ;
THAW IRWIN
Death of a Juror's Wife Was
" theTause of Delay
THE ENTIRE COURT SADDENED
Eosband Summoned to Bedside
When Trial Had Been in Progress
Less Than Four Minutes and Death
Came Shortly After His Arrival
New York, Special. Another trag
ic chapter in the history of the
Thaw-White eposide was written
Thursday when grim death stepped
in to halt the famous trial in its
fourth week. The wife of juror No.
11, Mrs. Jos. B. Bolton, passed away
soon after her husband reached her
bedside. Ho had been summoned
from the court room, where the. trial
had been in progress less than four
minutes. The formal announcement
of Mrs. Bolton's death was made in
court shortly after the hour set for
the afternoon session, and Justice
Fitzgerald immediately ordered an
adjournment of the case until next
Monday morning. The court, also
ordered, with the consent of counsel,
that the other 11 jurymen be given
their liberty and no longer be held
together. He admonished the jurors
to be guided by their honor and their
oaths and not to read the newspapers
or discuss the Thaw case with any
body. Doctors to Testify in Court.
The statement in court that counsel
for the defense and prosecution had
considered the proposition of taking
the dispositions of Doctors Bingham
and Deemar, the Thaw family physi
cians, during the enforced recess
which was endorsed by Justice Fitz
gerald, subsequently modified by
by statements made after recess.
Mr. Haitride, of counsel for Thaw,
says that the defense has decided that
it will be of greater advantage to
have the physicians testify in court.
Mr. Hartridge said that what they
have to say would be of greater ad
vantage if told to jury by word of
mouth than if depositions were read.
The death of juror Bolton's wife
cast gloom over the criminal courts
building and had a particularly de
pressing effect upon every one con
nected with the trial. -The prisoner
seemed to feel tho matter quite keen
ly when he was brought into court
to hear the formal announcement of
the order for a postponement of his
further hearing. The fact that the
Thaw jurors have been kept in close
confinement since they were select
ed for trial service and that Mr.
Bolton had been allowed to visit his
wife's home only three times during
his wife's fatal illness, lent a pa
thetic aspect to the case and the
greatest sympathy to the afflicted man
was expressed on all sides.
, .Trial Resumed.
The trial was resumed on Monday.
Expert testimony w.as taken to prove
Thaw insane. "I never wanted to
shoot the creature.- I never .wanted
to kill him. I knew he was a foul
creature, destroying -the mothers and
daughters of America, but I wanted
through legal means, to bring him to
trial. I wanted to get him into court
in Virinc him to iustice. But Pro
vidence took charge of it; it was an
act pi JFrovidenee.."
This is Harry K. Thaw's own story
of the killing of Stanford White. It
va fnlH hv him to Dr. Britton D.
Evans, the alienist, last August in
the Tombs. Dr. Evans repeated the
prisoner's words to the jury which
is tring Thaw for his life.
District Attorney Jerome fought
hnnl font week arainst the introduc
tion of this evidence, which the de
fense believes' is conclusive proof
that Thaw did not know his act was
wrong. Once the testifying . physi
had declared that in their opin
ion Thaw .was insane, at the time he
made the statements to them, How
ever, the riles! of evidence, permitted
the introduction of the prisoner's
words. , ,
For- a Two and. One-Half -Cent Fas-
v' . genger Faxe--
Madison, Wis.. Speeial.The State
railway commission ordered that the
railwavs' in this State give a. flat two
and . one-half -cent passenger fare,
and recommended ' that family mie?
age books of 500" miles be. issued for
S10. The last Legislature created the
railwav commission and conferred
upon it power, to fix rates an A regu
late' service. " The decision announeea
is the result of an extended hearing
before the commission. ; ,
THE N. . LEGISLATURE
What the House and Senate Are Do
ing Day by Day.
In the House Wednesday the Bick
ett bill, designated to provide amply
for all the insane of the State, was
taken up and passed without opposi
tion, thus becoming a lav.
The Blckett Bui
The following is the text of the
Bickett bill which passed the House
by a unanimous vote, and which is
entitled "An act to provide for the
mental defectives of the State."
Sec.. 1. That a State Hospital
commission is hereby created to con
sist of five practical business men, to
be appointed by the Governor, who
'shall carry out the provisions of this
act and shall be known as the State
Hcspital commission.
Sec. 2. Said . commission shall
have the power to elect its own chair
man and secretarv and to fix the
time and place of its meetings. The
said commissioners shall hold office
until the work herein provided for
shall have been accomplished and
they shall have made report of the
same to the general assembly and
shall have been discharged. Upon
the death or resignation of any mem
ber of said hospital commission, his
successor, shall be appointed by the
Governor. The commissioners shall
receive $4 per diem and travelling
expenses, including hotel bills, while
actually engaged in the work of the
hospital commission.
See. 3. The said hospital commis
sion is hereby authorized and direct
ed to make additional provision for
the care of the mental defectives of
North Carolina along the following
lines: 1st, they shall purchase for
the hospitals at Raleigh, Morganton
nnri GnlHahnro? Filch additional laed
as they thall deem may be wisely
used in conjunction with said hospi
tals, and may also purchase such oth
er lands in some other section, if
in their judgment it is for the best
interest of the State and uppon the
lands purchased or those now owned
hv thn hnsnit.ila thev shall erect such
additional buildings upon the colony
or cottage plan, or enlarging the pres
ent buildings as shall be necessary
for th iare and accommodation of
all mental defectives, including epU
leptics, dangerous violent ana inair
gent idiots, and all incurable as well
as curable insane; all insane had im
becile Croatan Indians and all other
mental defectives, whose condition
ia snoh that in the opinion o the
hospital authorities they may require
hospital treatment and can De ad
vantageously treated in such a colony
and they are authorized and requir
ed to make such repairs, additions
and improvements to the present
hospitals as may in their judgment
be necessary for the economical and
humane management of the same.
Sec. 44. All moneys expended by
the commission in carrying out this
act shall be paid by the State treas
urer on warrants drawn by the sec
retary of the commission and coun
tersigned by its chaiwnan. Any
lands purchased or any additions or
repairs or improvements made or
buildings erected under this act, tho
cost of which exceeds $3,000 shall be
paid for after submission to and ap
proval by the council of the State.
Sec. 5. The commission shall re
port at least once in six months and
as often thereafter as shall be re
quired, to the Governor setting forth
fully all its purchases and expendi
tures of any kind by thisact. The
Governor shall have the power upon
complaint or on his own motion, to
remove any commissioner for neglect
of duty of any unbecoming conduct.
The position of commissioner under
this act shall not be . construed
to be an office within the meaning of
Sec. 7 of article 14 of the constitution.'-'
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For the purpose of carrying out
the act there is hereby appropriated
a sum not exceeding $500,000, of
which not more than $125,000 shall
be available, for each year of the
four years, beginning December i,
1907, and if in any one of these
years, the revenues of the State, jiot
otherwise appropriated, shall not.be
sufficient to meet the appropriation!
herein made, the State Treasurer is
authorized to borrow enough money to
make up the deficiency and is author
ized to provide for paying the same
out of the revenues of the succeeding
year and the money so borrowed shall
be 'used exclusively "for the purpose
of earing for the insane as hereia
provided. .. . "
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The appropriation committee
Wednesday-afternoon -rTeported -unfavorably
the trans-continental rail
way, bill. Strong argument in be
half of . the project were made by
Senators Webb and Breese, Repres
entatives Boyd, CoL S. A, Jonea, At
torney Welsh and others. ( ..
The House liquof traffic committee
failed to reach a 'conclusion on the
till giving Scotland Neck the privi
lege of voting on the question of pro
hibition or dispensary. i
AnrnmittM rerorted no
I. duo itSvaMBWv w a j
favorably a bill, whieh had passed
tne xiouBot' itiviutt iuuu, u
county the right of voting on pro
hibition or dispensary. The same
committee could not agree on .the
House bill making Madison cflunty
dry.
Tn iio lnnisp Thursdav there was
full discussion of the bill to reduce
nA fix nassenirer rates on all rail
roads doing passenger business in
this State. Many amendments were
offered the bill as filially coming be-
tVia knilv ia na follows:
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A Bill entitled an Act prescrib
ing the charges railroad companies
may make for transporting passen-
r ret
The General Assembly of North Car
olina do enact:
Keprinn 1. That no' railroad com
pany doing business as a sommon
earner or passengers in ine oiaie vj.
North Carolina shall charge, dematfd
r receive for transporting any pas
senger and his or her baggage, not
exceeding in weight two nunorea
pounds, in excess of the following
charges:
(a) All railroads whose gross pas
senger earnings per mile of road op
erated, owned, controlled pr leased by
them, as reported to the North Caro
lina corporation commission for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1906, are
."MJ550 npr mil of rnnd so onerated
by said companies, or in excess there
of, two cents per mile.
(b) All railroads whose gross pas
benger earnings per mile of road op
erated, controlled, owned or leased
by them, as reported to the North
Carolina corporation commission for
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1906,
are kss than $1,550 per mile of road
operated by said companies, but in
excess of $1,000 per mile or road
operated by said companies, two and
one-half cents per mile.
(c) All railroads whose gross pas
senger earnings per mile of road op
erated, controlled, owned or leased
by them, as. reported to the North
Caiolina corporation commission for
the year 1906, are $1,000 or less per
mile, of road so operated by said com
panies, a rate not exceeding three
cents per mile, to be fixed and deter
nuned by the North Carolina corpora
tion commission upon hearing and
investigation duly made by it.
Section 2. In the case that any
, railroad company operated as a com
mon carrier of passengers in the State
of North Carolina is owned, controll
ed or operated by lease of other
agreement by any other railroad
company doing business in said State
the rate for carrying the passengers
as prescribed in section 1 of this act
shall be determined for said railroad
by the average gross passenger re
ceipts per mile of all roads operated
by said railroad conmany, whether
the same be owned or leased lines,
as reported to the North Carolina
corporation commission for the year
1906.
Sec. 3. That all passenger accom
modations on railroad trains operated
from one point in the State of North
Carolina to anv other point shall be
provided in every railroad train se
parate coaches for white persons and
colored persons: Provided, That on
roads, the business of which will not
justify the hauling of separate pas
senger coaches for the two races, the
North Carolina corporation commis
sion may allow such railroads to
place partitions in cars to provide for
the separation of the races: Provid
ed, further, that in every first-class
passenger' coach there shall be at
least one apartment used as a smok
ing apartment, unless where there
is a saparate smoking car on the
train.
Sec. 4. That mileage books of 1,000
miles, in each book shall be kept on
sale at all railroad ticket offices in
North Carolina, and when such books
are purchased they shall be good in
the hands of any person or persons
named therein on all railroads on
hih the fare is the same as or less
than the fare on the road of the
company selling such mileage book;
and when the mileage is detached
from said books by any other rail
road company than the one which
sold it, the said mileage shall be re
deemable on demand by the railroad
company which sold it.
Sec, 5. That section 1105 of the
Revisal of 1905 or North Carolina be
amended by striking out the word
"nothing," in line 26, down to and
including, the word "consideration,"
in line 30, and inserting in lieu there
of the following: No act regulating
the carriage of passengers shall be
construed to prevent or restrict tran
sportation companies from contract
ing with managers, owners or pub
lishers of newspapers for advertising
space in said newspapers published
by them at the usual price at which
said space is sold, and payment for
said advertising space by transport
tation at the lawful rate; which tran
sportation may be issued to the edi
tor, manager or - publisher . of said
newspaper, or any bena fide employe
of eaid newspaper, or any mejnber of
the family of the said editor, pub
lisher, or manager dependent on; him
for support. - ,- . -'
. Sec. 6. That any railroad company
violating' any provision' of this act
shall be liable to a penalty of $1,000
.for each violation, payable to the per-
SirjJl Pay your bills in a business-like manner, J pMJ iS'"!.
yfo&$2 by check. It greatly usillUtes the conduct WwIfifiL ' 4
ttllVjjIjjjP of your business, both private and commercial, 3Sra? I '''.t
whito at the sama time Tour funds are abao- PbAKl ' X'S.
iDOOLriJ lute1' ,afo BusineM conducted through a 011 f f?'--4
YJhtfffP bank is always more dignified. Even if yoa iStijf I V
fffifff use your money fronr week to weak and month vVillvf t
r iarU to month, fay tC Anujh tki Bank. The re- ftfeL'TH " "!
JffmrM turned checks are legalceipto for every bUl jWflft6 f
(llliltll - 4 PER CENT. INTEREST ' Mflf. "TTmN
ten irinma paid on timb deposits " .. ' iSfru i 'EF"'l
I MliBi
B & B B & B
"OLD VELVET"
"MARK ROGERS" FOUR ACES"
FINE OLD RYE WHISKIES
SOLD BY
Madison County Dispensary
Marshall, N. C.
son aggrieved by such violation, and
recoverable in an action to be insti
tuted in the name of said person in
any court of the State having com
petent jurisdiction thereof.
Sec. 7. That any .perosn or persons,
except those permitted by law, who
accepts free transportation, or trans
portation at the rate other than that
permitted by law, shall be guilty of
a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
shall be fined or imprisoned, or both,
in the discretion of the court.
Sec. 8. That all laws and clauses
of laws, and especially section 2613
of the Revisal of 1905, in conflict
with this act, are hereby repealed.
Sec. 9. That this act shall be in
force from and after July 1, 1907.
Passed Third Beading.
Bills passed third reading:
Amending the charter of the Tuck
aseegee Railway.
To incorporate Nazareth Orphans'
Home, in Rowan.
Authorizing street and inter-urban
railway companies to build and main
tain water power plants.
To establish a dispensary at Creed
more, Granville county.
To amend section 1891 of the Re
visal regarding the appointment of
guardian upon certificate from hos
pital superintendents of the insanity
of patients, allowing guardians to be
appointed also upon such certificates
from government hosppitals forv the
insane outside "of North Carolina.
To amend section 3147 of the Re
visal, ragrding the statute of limita
tions in criminal actions.
Graham asked that the railway bill
be made a special order for Wednes
dhy Instead of Tuesday, and the Sen
ate took this action. The time for
the registration of grants of lands
was extended for two yeara..
Under Death Sentence He Attempts
Suicide in Cell.
Kansas City, Mr., Special Frank
Hottoman, under sentence of death,
with Mrs. Aggie Myers, for killing
Clarence Myers, the woman's hus
band, attempted to commit suicide
in his eell in the county jail. Mrs.
Myers is in jail at Liberty, Mo. Her
sentence has been appealed to the
United States Supreme Court
Hold-Up Men Toiled.
Memphis, Special. Three armed
negroes attempted to hold up a street
ear in South Memphis on the last
trip Friday night, but a platoon of
police officers on board ava them a
surprise. Two, of the negroes threw
down their arms and surrendered, but
another named Denver ran and was
seriously shot. The street ear com
pany had advanced notice of the hold
ip and loaded a oar with blueeoats.
Jost now it is ulte eV to Jolm
the chorus of moral reform.'"; But It
1 quite aa difficult now- as "It ever
waa to be honest, truthful, and Just,
maintains the Christian- Register. .
NEWSY GLEANINGS
Locusts are devastating Southern
Algeria.
A campaign aealnst bull fighting is
being waged in Mexico.
Marshall FfoM's- pstatn has been
inventoried at $75,000,000.
Thertotal length of railways now
working in Mexico is 13,507 miles.
A Berlin urchin accidentally struclc
th Emperor In the face with a snow
ball. Frederick WeverhMiser owns 30,
000,000 acres of timber land In the
West.
Admiral Nebogatoff's sentence of
ten years In prison was approved by
the Czar.
At present we are importing seven
times as much sugar as the domestic
production.
Nova Scotia will train college stu
dents In war engineering, a depart
ment having been organized at Dal
housle University.
The Illinois Senate passed a Mil
prohibiting cigarette smoking in pub
lic places by school or university pu
pils under eighteen years of age.
Declaring Germany's aim Is to
cripple Great Britain's power that
she may seize colonies, the editor of
the Liverpool Post warns his country
men. Comtfl Henry d La Vaulx made
Ms two hundred and first ascent since
he began his career as an aeronaut,
sailing over the famous terrace of St.
Germain, Paris.
Government ownership of tele
phones is proposed by the Province
of Alberta, Canada. Manitoba re
cently voted for Government owner
ship of telephones.
The liquidator of Manuel Sllviera
ft Co. estimates that perhaps 180,
000 worth of cattle has been stolen
from the Cuban pastures of the fugi
tive Havana banker, who has cor
nered the cattle market in Venezuela.
Mother Burned to Death. .
Ponotonoe, Miss., Special. Vainly
endeavoring to extinguish flames
which enveloped her infant son, Mrs.
Charles Mauldin was burned to death
at her home near here. The child's
clothing caught fire while playing
about some burning leaves, and be
fore assistance could reach them
both Mrs. Mauldin and the child had
been burned.
8ur Enough Americana Nov.
The baseball team of the provincial
school of Nueva Bella at' San Isidre
claims the championship over all na
tive teams of the three provinces ot '
Neueva Bella, Balacan and Pampanga.
Some time in March the San ' Isidre
team went to San Fernando, Pampaa.
ca.and on Saturday morning played
the Saa Fernando team and won. A
ter an intermission of thirty minutes
the San Isldro team reluctantly play,
ed Tariac and tost ; The latter team
had been sitting in the shade all the
morning resting. In the afternoon ot
March SO, the slrts basketball teams ;
played an exhibition game .- R waa
a spirited game from start to Inlsh.
All the prominent Filipinos came to.
witness the game and every one waa
ftlghly pleased with the Innovation.-
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