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VOL. X, MARSHALL, N.C., FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1906. NO. 14.
A Real Celebrity..
The local pride of the natives ot
Cape Elizabeth, Maine, Is bo Intense
that It takes the attitude of pity for
all who have the misfortune to dwell
elsewhere: This Is known to regu
lar summer visitors, and by most of
them Is respected.
One rainy day a newcomer, who
had joined the gathering at the store
composed of fishermen and summer
visitors, ventured to enumerate some
of the distinguished men who had
come from Maine.
"There's Longfellow," he said,
"and Hannjbal Hamlin, and James
G. Blaine, William Pitt Fessenden,
Thomas B. Reed, and "
Here an old fisherman looked up
from his work of splicing grasi
Hades, and broke in:
"Smart? Those fellows smart?"
questioned. "You just come down
an" see Josh Pillsbury skin fish!"
Lewiston Journal.
The worlii's limitation Is estimated
tt 1.480.000.000 persona.
DIRECTORY-
METHODIST CHURCH.
Rev. R, J. Parker, Pastor. Services
every Sunday, morning and night, ex
cept second Sunday morning. Sab
bath School every Sunday morning.
Prayer meeting ' every Wednesday
night.'
PRES YTERI AN CHURCH.
Rev. W. E. Finley, Pastor.; Ser
vices every Sunday at 11 a. m. and
7:30. p. m. Sabbath- School at 10 a.
m. Prayer meeting Wednesday even
ing at 7:30.
BAPTIST CHURCH.
Rev. J. W. Suttle, Pastor. Ser-
vices , every Sunday at 11 a. m. and
7:30 p. m. Sabbath School at 10
a. m. Prayer meeting Tuesday even
ing .at 7:30.
DB. W. H. BROWN,
Dentist.
Office up stairs over C. B. Mash
burn's law office. First class work,
satisfaction guaranteed, graduate of
the Atlanta Dental College. Permau
ently located. 1
CHA3. B. MASHBUEN
Attorney-at-Law.
Marshall, N. C.
Will practice in all the State and
Federal Courts, also in all govern
ment Departments in Washington
Especial attention to collections.
. ZAGHA&Y & ROBERTS,
Attorney-at-Law,
Marshall, N. C
Practice In nil the Courts of
15th' Judicial District and in
preme Court of North Carolina.
J. H. HUNTER,
Marshall, R. F. D. No. 3.
the
Su-
Practical Surveyor and Notary. All
work promptly and - accurately done.
FIDELITY LODGE, No. 148.
Marshall, N. C.
Meets every Thursday nigbt. A
cordial welcome to all visiting
Knights, v :
' B. L. LED WELL, C. C.
W. H. HENDERSON, K. R. & 8.
J. M. Gudger, Sr., I. N. Ebbs,
Asheville, N. C Hot Springs, N.C.
GUDGER & EBBS,
Attorney! and Counsellors at
Lav.
"Will practice in all the. Courts of
the State. Collections a specialty.' ,
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In IBrief
MINOR MATTERS OF INTEREST
Consideration of the agricultural
ippropriation bill was begun in the
3ouse Tuesday. The amount carried
)y the measure is $11,431,346.
The House defeated a resolution
!alling on the President for the in
formation gathered by the Govern
ne'nt in regard to violations of the
aw by corporations.
The Senate passed the bill to in
irease the pay of men in the life
taving service.
President Reosevelt has determin
;d to send another message to Con
gress dealing with labor and corpor
ltion legislation.
At the invitation of the Mikado,
:he American fleet will visit Ja
pan. Otho G. Mears is said to be slated
for judge in the Eleventh Virginia
listriet if Judge Blackstone is re
noved. John Wade, 75 years old, is
:harged with assaulting Sadie Jones,
m 8-year-old Richmond girl.
"Night Riders" have appeared in
:he tobacco district of "Virginia.
A heavy snow fell in Virginia,
from the mountains to the coast.
' Government officials hayearrested
i number oC foreigners at. Claxjts
Imrg, ;W.. JBlJbi viblattatr 'd-f"The
ilien labor laws.
Norfolk and Wer.tern employes re-J
fused to acept the proposed cut in,
their wages. . .
Bishop C. H. Fowlei of the Meth
odist Episcopal church, died in New
Vork .,.
The Connecticut Democratic Com
mittee failed to indorse William J.
Bryan.
A Milwaukee business' man chloro
formed and killed his wife as sh
slept and then fatally shot himself
because his married life was unhappy
aud he had become infatuated with
another woman.
Warrants have been issued for of
ficers of the defunct Standard Title
and Trust Company on the charge of
defrauding the stockholders.
Two customs inspectors at El Paso,
Texas, killed each other, apparently
in mistako for smugglars.
The gross receipts of the United
States Steel Corporation were larger
by $60,257341 in 1907 than the year
before.
John Mitchell, retiring president of
the United Mine Workers, adjourned
the convention at Indianapolis with
a benediction.
Judge. Holt, in the United State
Circuit Court of New York, ruled
that the Sugar Trust could monopo
Uize the refining industry without be-
mg liable under the Sherman Anti
Trust law,
The Grand Pacific Hotel in Chica
ro. which belonzs to the Levi L.
Leiter estate, was damaged $100,000
by fire.
The Central Pennsvlvania Confer
ence of the Methodist Episcopal
church continued its sessions at
York, Pa.
The people of Canton, China, have
denounced the surrender of the
Tatsu Maru and have started an in
tense anti-Japanese agitation.
According to a Paris dispatch, i
Dutch scientist will go to the Congo
to cross man with an ape with a view
to creating a new race.
In-its decision in the Cosmopolitan
Shipping Commpany case the Inter
state . Commerce Commission holds
that it. has no jurisdiction over ocean
rates.'.'
A force of Peruvian soldiers . in
pursuit of smugglers, has invaded a
Chilean town.
. ' FASHION NOTES.
Deep pockets are . woven into the
newest holsery.
The part of the fashionable world
which stands for constant change of
styles is demanding long sleeves.
One late model In skirts shows a
table arrangement betweeb front and
tack panels.
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Congressman Heflin Uucs His
Pistol on Darkey
AN UNFORTUNATE OCCURRENCE
Alabama Representative Promptly
Attacks Negro Who Resents His
Kind Admonition to Cease Drink
ing in the Presence of Ladies.
Wasliington, D. C, Special. In a
desperate affry on Pennsylvania ave
nue ear Friday night a negro and a
white man were shot by Congressman
Thomas J. Heflin, of Alabama. Thos.
Lumby, the negro, was shot in the
head and is in a critical condition
and Thomas McCrearj', a New York
horse trainer, is suffering from a
wound in the leg. The shooting of
McCreary was accidental. Mr. Hef
lin was arrested and taken to the
sixth police precinct station, where
the charge of assault with intent to
kill was placed against him. Later
he was released on $5(000 bail.
The shooting occurred shortly after
7 o'clock as the car reached the cor
ner ' of ' Pennsylvania avenue and
Sixth street, bound for Capitol Hill.
Congressman Heflin, accompanied
by Congressman Edwin J. Ellerbe, of
South Carolina, had boarded the ear
at Twelfth street and Pennsylvania
avenue, Mr. Heflin being on his way
to deliver a temperance lecture at
the Metrppolitan Methodist Episco
pal churteh, Four-and-a-half street
and John Marshall Place. Upon
boarding the car he observed two
negro passengers, one of whom was
Thomas Lumby, and who was in the
act of taking a drink from a bottle
of whiskey. There was a number of
other passengers, including several lar
dies. Mr. Heflin says he remonstrat
ed with Lcmby. and asked him to
stop drinking, saying: "Don't take
that drink, there are ladies here and
it is not right. It is against the law
for you to do this thing in a street
car and I hope you will put that
bottle away." The other' negro, who
waS sober, attempted to take the
bottle away from his friend, but fail
ed. It is said that Lumby became of
fended at Mr. Heflih 's remonstrances
and applied vile epithets. As the car
reached Sixth street and Pennsylva
nia avenue Mr. Heflin and Lumby
were engaged ih a desperate struggle.
Mr. Heflin, who is a large, powerful
man, succeeded ' in throwing Lumby
off the car as it came to a stop. Most
of the occupants of the car hastily
alighted, including Mr. and Mrs. Mc
Creary. The negro fel to the ground
oh being pushed off the car. He arose
and it is said began cursing Mr. Hef
lin again and made a motion .for his
hip pocket as if to draw a weapon
whereupon Mr. Heflin fired at him
through the car window, missing the
negro and hitting Thomas MeUreary
who was about 20 feet from the car.
Mr. Heflin fired once or twice again;
One of the shots striking Lumby in
the head above the ear. Lumby
ran a short distance and fell. Ad
ambulance was called and he was
taken to the Emergency Hospital. Thle
conductor of the car disappeared and
Officer ... George N. Scnven took
charge of the car and ran it to Third
and Pennsylvania avenue.
There Representative- Heflin was
escorted ry Officer Scriven to the
Capitol Hotel and later was taken to
the police station in a cab.
He was not locked up.
Mr. H6flin explained at the station
his reason fcr going armed, tie
author of a 'Jim Crow" car law in
the District of Columbia and says
that since he introduced the measure
be has received many letters of n
threatening character, and securec
permission from the authorities to gc
armed.
Mr. Heflin represents the fifth Ala
bama i diMnct in which the lurKe-
rco Insiitnte. of which Booker T
Washington is at the head, is located.
Earthnake Destroys Town.
Mexico Citv. Special. Chilapa,
(own of 15,000 inhabitants in the
State of Guerrero, has been shaken by
an earthqnake. Fnday the shocks,
two in number, occurred early Fri
day evening and were followed by
fires which, originating i a dosen
places among the tumbling buildings,
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joined in a connagratiuu w
the town.
A Aldrich BUI Passes. v
Washington, Special.The Aldrich
currency ti!l was passed by the'Sen
ate by a vote of 42 to 16, in the main
a party 'vote.' "Previous, to the tak
ing of .the-vote on the -Aldriclrbill,
a vote was taken on .'the Bailey sub
stitute authorizing the '-'government,
insted of the' national banks, to issue
the emergency circulation for which
the bill provides. ; The vota on 'the
substitute stood 40 . to 13, and thU
vote was entirely partisan, ven Sena
tor LaFollette easting his' vote-with (
the Republicans.- -. . - : . .
SCORES DIE IN MINE
Fire Follows Explosion Deep
in Coal Shaft
RESCUERS ICSE THEIR LIVES
In a Desperate Effort to Reach the
Bodies of 18 Victims and Possible
Survivors of Explosion, Probably
50 Rescurers Met a Similar Fate by
a Second Explosion in the Hanna
Mines of the Union Pacific Coal
Company.
Cheyenne, Wyo., Special Between
55 and 70 men, it developed Sunday,
lost their lives in two explosions in
coal mine No. 1 of the Union Pacific
Coal Company at Hanna. The explo
sions were caused by gases and coal
dust, and each was followed by. fire.
The first explosion occurred at 3
o'clock, killing 13 miners, including
a superintendent and three bosses.
The second explosion occurred at
10:30 o'clock at night, snuffing out
the lives of from 40 to 50 rescurers,
including State Mine Inspector D. M.
Eli.
The wildest excitement prevailed
in Hanna and at the mine, where hun
dreds of persons are congregated, in
cluding widows, children and other
relatives of the victims. Men and
women are running about wringing
their hands and crying, while many
litle children, separated from their
mothers, are sobbing with fear.
. When tlie second explosion occur
red, additional appeals were tele
graphed to all surrounding towns for
assistance. One train is rushing west
from Omaha, carrying officers of the
Union Pacific Railroad and of the
Union Pacific Coal company.
The regular force of men employ
ed at mines Nos. 2 and 3 were pressed
into rescue work, which is extremely
difficult.
The bodies of four of the 18 men
who lost their lives in the first ex
plosion; were found Sunday night, but
wing to the increasing volumes of
gas, which threatened to explode at
any moment, no effort was made to
remove them to the surface.
At 3 o'clock- the fire reached the
gas, .arid a terrific explosion followed,
In a few minutes many men volun
teered to enter the mine to rescue any
possible survivor. Fumes and fire
hindered the rescurers but they made
some progress. After a long strug
gle, the volunteers got 'well into the
mine. -Those on the surface had be
gan to expect results from the intre
pid daring of the rescurers, but at
10:30 o'clock the camp was startled
by a second explosion that partly
shut off the shaft of the mine and
most, likely killed the.'volunteers. '
The' victims' are all below the tenth
level and it is probable that flames
have .consumed the corpses.
Bomb Thrown in New York.
New York, Special. Saturday as
the police were dispersing a crowd of
10,000 idle people who were holding a
socialistic meeting without a permit,
a bomb was thrown with telling ef
fect. The bomb was intended for the
police, who with rough firmness had
broke up a meeting of 10.000 unem
ployed. -It exploded prematurely in
the hands' of the assassin, horribly
wounding him, killing his companion,
injuring slightly four policemen and
throwing to the ground- a score of
those who were massed in the vicin
ity. t Tt KinW TWntitffomerv.
New York, Special. William R. ;
Montgomery, former president of
lie namiuon iiiiiinu nana.,
was indicted on two counts charging
the over-certification of checks, will
be plaeed on trial 'before Justice
Rowling in the Supreme Court. Mont-o-nmerv
has entered a plea of not
guilty of the indictment.
Onilty of Embezzlemont.
Macon, Ga., Special. Tho jury in
the case of former Cashier C M.
Orr, of the failed Exchange Bank,
harged with embezzling funds of the
bank, after being out about three
and one-half hours, returned a ver
dict of guilty. Judge U. V. Whipple
ontnriMwl thn defendant to seven
years in the penitenitary. A motion
tor new tiiai ww wuv.
Germany Accepts Hill.
Berlin,1 By " Cable. Emperor Wil
liam, haying been fully advised-as to
the attitude .of : President Roosevelt
ard the ;.. feeling of the American
public in regard to .the alleged re
fusal of His Majesty to, receive Dr.
Davit Jayne Hill as American 'am
bassador' to G-ermnay, in succession
to Charlemagne-' Tower; has - with
drawn af the expressions 'of -disapproval
he recently sent to Presi
dent Roosevt'i and would be pleased
to receive Dr. Hill as American am
bassador. .
TRAINMEN ACQUITTED
Trial of Engineer Eippey and Con
ductor Oakley, Charged With Man
slaughter in That They Were Re
sponsible For Wreck on Southern,
End With Not Guilty Verdict by
Jury. '
Raleigh, Special. The jury in Su
perior Court late Saturday night ac
quitted Southern Railway Conduc
tor Oakley and Engineer Rippey,
charged with manslaughter because
of the fatal collision at Auburn.
Train Dispatcher Victor Parvin and
his assistant are yet to be tried on
the same charge.
In Superior Court there was a con
tinuation of the bearing of the trial
of Conductor Oakley and Engineer
Rippey of the Southern Railway, on
the charge of manslaughter in caus
ing the fatal collision of freight and
passenger trains last fall, a mile the
other side of Auburn, in this county.
A great many witnesses were put on
among them being State Treasurer
Lacy, who is a veteran locomotive en
gineer. Many witnesses testified to the
good character and ability of both
men, Ripley having been fireman or
engineer for 33 years on the Southern
and never before charged with care
lessness. He swore that he
was sick the afternoon of the acci
dent, forgot his orders to stop and
ran by Auburn station. Oakley was
taking up tickets when the train pass
ed Auburn and when the collision
oceured. Ex-Governor Aycock led in
the argument for the defense and was
followed by Solicitor James for the
State.
Corn Train at Washington.
Washington, N. C., Special. The
corn growers' special train of three
cars sent out under the auspices of
the State agricultural experiment sta
tion and the Norfolk & Southern
Railway arrived in the city at 10
o'clock Saturday morning and was
welcomed by a iarge crowd of citi
zens and farmers from all over the
country. The special remained in
this city two hours and during this
time a number of interesting as well
as instructive lectures were made by
members of T the party .pn scientific
eoi culture and how to produce
more corn to the acre than hereto
fore', on seed selection, fertilizer plant
diseases, etc. The lectures were care
fully followed up by exhibits of corn
specimens.. . In the party were C. B.
Williams, director of the North Car
olina experiment station ; Tait But
ler, State veterinarian ; F. L. Stevens,
biologist; R. I. Smith, entomologist;
Dr. George T. Winston, of the A.
M. College; A. D. Samuels, specialist
of the United States Department of
Agriculture ; T. J. Hudson, land and
industrial agent of the Norfolk &
Southern Railway.
Criminal Assault Attempted.
Belmont, Special. An unsuccess
ful attempt at criminal assault was
made on Miss Gladys Purnell. dau
ghter of Rev. T. H. Purnell, about 7
o'clock Saturday evening by An un
known negro, who made good his es
cape. . With the exception of Miss
Gladys, the family was sitting on the
front piazza, when they were aroused
by her screams in the rear of the
home. Just as she had stepped out of
the: house a negro . grabbed her and
bound a rag around her mouth. Her
screams frightened the negro and he
fled. Bloodhounds were brought at
once from the convict camp near here
but could not strike the "trail, a crowd
halving gathered and obliterated the
tracks.
Tar Heel Items.
' Mr. J. N. McCauslsnd. of the Re
tail' Merchants 'Association, of Char
lotte, has asked Mr. Webb to investi
gate and endeavor to improve the
mail service between Charlotte and
Greensboro. Mr.; Webb went to work
on the matter at once and will thresh
it out if possible. There is consider
able complaint of mail service be-'
tween, Washington and Charlotte.
.Thomas S. Rollins, of Asheville, is
appointed a member of the central
campaign committee of the State
Anti-Saloon League.
The resignation of James S. Lew-
is, first lieutenant, Company E, Sec
ond Regiment, Goldsboro, is accepted,
be having removed to Rocky Mount.
John W. Stewart was appointed
United States Senator to succeed the
late Redfield Proctor.
Chief of Police Shot.
Elizabeth City, Special.-hief of
Police, A. G. Bell was shot through
the, left leg Saturday afternoon, by
James, Burch, a negro, whom he was
attempting to arrest. Belt shot twice
at the negro, but neither shot took ef
fect. Police . Officers Thomas, and
Weeks and a number of citizens rush-,
ed to the rescue of Bell," overpower
ed and handcuffed the negro. He
broke loose from the hand cuffs and
struck Bell, but he was overpowered
again and hurrie to jaiL Bell-is not
seriously hurt - The negro was want
ed in Edenton: for shooting the engi
neer of the steamer Plymouth . '
GILLETTE EXECUTED
Pays Penalty For the Murder
of Sweetheart
MADE A PRIVATE CONFESSION
His Spiritual Advisers, Deeming Ik
Privilege Refused, to Make Con
fession Public Gillette Prepares
Public Statement Announcing His
Faith in God and Perfect., Assur
ance of the Safety of His Soul,
Which Is Given Out
Auburn, N. Y., Special. Chester
E. Gillette Monday paid the full
penalty of the brutal murder of
firace Brown. He went to his
death in the electric chair at Auburn
prison without a sign of weakness
and with the same lack of emotion
which has characterized him from
the day he was arrested charged with
the crime. Gillette appeared to have
been fully reconciled to his fate and
in a statement given out by his spir
itual advisers immediately after the
execution it is indicated that he had
made a confession of his guilt. This
statement was signed by the Rev.
Henry Mellravy, of Little Falls, and
the Rev. Cordello Herrick, the prison
chaplain. It was as follows:
"Because our relationship with,
Chester Gillette was privileged we do
not deem it wise to make a detAl
ed statement, and simply wish to say
that no legal mistake was made in
his electrocution."
Gillette '8 Statement.
Gillette himself, so far as the pub
lic were concerned, never admitted
his crime. His last word, in the form
of a statement which he prepared
with painstaking care, was made .pub
lic after he had been put to death.
In this statement Gillette said:
"In the shadow of the valley of
death, it is niy desire to do every
thing that would remove any doubt,
as to my having found Jesus Christ,
the personal Savior and unfailing
friend. My one regret, at this time,
is that I have not given Him . the
pre-eminence in my life while I had
the opportunity to work for Him. It
I could only say some one thing thak
would draw young men to Him I
would deem it the greatest privilege
ever granted me. But all I can say
now is, I know in whom I have be
lieved and am persuaded that He is
able to keep that which I have com
mitted unto Him against that day.
"If the young men of this coun
try could only know the joy and
pleasure of a Christian life, I know
they would do all in their power' to
become earnest active Christians, and
would strive to live as Christ would
have them live.
"There is not one thing I have left
undone which will bar me from
facing God, knowing that my sins are
forgiven, ftfr I have been free and
frank in my talks with my spiritual
adviser and God knows where I stand.
"My task is done, the victory
won.
Signed,
"CHESTER E. GILLETTE:"
Any fear which the prison officials
may have entertained that Gillette's
remarkable composure would desert
him at the last moment was (juickly
dispelled when he stepped from hid
cell to the corridor leading to the
death chamber. His step was firm,
strong and he walked rppidly toward
the instrument of death.
Mrs. Gillette, mother of Chester
made a statement Monday in part
6s follows :
Mother's Statement. '
"Though it is a very bad- thing
for me to feel Chester was responsi
ble for Grace Brown's death, yet it
Was the wish expressed to him con
tinually by me that if he was guilty,
to say so before the world, and that
in his triumphant death 1 ' felt that
God has answered my dearest wish
and prayer.
"And I am also so thankful to
know that he did not strike Grace
Brown as described by the prosecu
tion. A full account will never be
given out,'for he did not strike Grace;
Brown."
Story of the Crime.
The crime for -which Chester E.
Gillette was sentenced to forfeit his
life in, the electric chair in Auburn
prison' wis the murder of his -sweetheart,
Grace Brown, near Big- Moose
in the Adirondack on July 11th,
1906. Gillette was convicted on cir
cumstantial evidence ; after a sensa
tional (rial,, in w hich.t be,, patbetiq Jove
letters of "Biliy" Brown, a tBe girt
was familiarly knoWh -amotig' hef as
sociates, to GiUette,.played; an-impoiw
t ant part. The girl who. perished in.
the waters of Big Moose , lan' had
trusted Gillette to make amends for
the wrong he had done her' by mak
ing her his wife,: and 'beV letter
which were found ; i : the., . young
man's room after his arrest at Eagle
Bayr havq' been considered b'y meay
as .' classic in - . their ;simpliciy and
their -tender, pleading for the right
that was her dueV :