HIIMIIIIIIMMIMHI TeMed(timi Tkrosjh which, y ' resell fa , ' T I- u. j; 4 4: :j lUhij in the. County; v. I'jW' ayear in . :A.dt)anc "4II I I 1 1 I I I I 1 1 II l t H 1 1 ll ' ADVERTISING RATES ON APRICAT II 1 1 1 1 1 II H 1 1 1 1 1 II 1 1 1 1 M I POLITICAL REPORM AND THE GENERAL UPBUJLD1NQ Op MADISON COUNTY. ''""is" ? - ' ' ' '' ' : '; VOL. XI. ilil ARSHALIi C.f FRID ATI AFBII; 1909 . NO-If; Mad 1S011 t . I T t MM. I, 'I 'I 1 I I HITS THE OIUTRUST Kellogg Fires Big Gun at The andard. RESULT OF TWO YEARS' SEARCH V ' -" ' - ", ' - ';.'"?;' Brief of the Special Assistant to the -United States Attorney General Contains 1,400 Printed Pages In Argument Mr. Kellogg Declared Rockefeller and . Flagler Effected Combination to Secure .Monopoly -of .Petroleum Trade. St. Louis, Mo., Special. Special Assistant to the United States At torney General, Frank B. Kellogg, filed his brief of 1,400 printed pages with the clerk of the United States ourt of this city Monday: and com menced his argument, after two years of evidence taking, in the gov ernment's suit to -dissolve the gigan tic Standard Oil Corporation of New . Jersey for alleged violation of the ''Sherman act. Mr, Killogg commenced with a rather full interview of the evidence taken by the government, before dis cussing the law applicable to . his case. He told of the combination ef fected by John D. Rockefeller, Wil liam Rockefeller and Henry M. Flag ler in 1879, conceived, he declared, to effect a monopoly of the petro leum trade, both - domestic and ex port. It was at that moment, accord ing to the Federal lawyer, that the alleged illegal conspiracy to monopo lize the oil trade of the country was conceived. Alleges Conspiracy. Later, said Mr. Kellogg, Henry H. Rogers, John D. Archbold, Oliver H. Payne and Charles M. Pratt were ' taken into the conspiracy by the oth er defendants. To tell more clearly the story, of Standard Oil, the special i attorney general -divided the alleged conspir acy into 'three periods the first,' from 1870 to 1882," when it was, he aid, a simple combination, acting in harmony ;HwtdjwSJek -interest pooled in the hands of three. trus-t tees.. ' .-' . . ;.f, , ' From 1882, continued Mr. Kellogg, to 1899, the defendants' interests were in the form of a trust controll ed by nine trustees. This trust, de. clared illegal by the Ohio courts, was liquiudated, and from 1899 to the present time, said Mr. Kellogg, con cluding, that portion of his narrative, has taken the form of a holding cor poration, the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, controlling subsidary corporations in alleged restraint of trade or otherwise. Charges Rebating. After charging that the Standard Oil not only ' received rebates on all of its own oil but upon all that ship ped by the independents, Mr. Kellogg told of the dissolution of the original trust by order of the courts of Ohio and its subsequent liquidation by the trustees. .. -Never had the government been able to ascertain the axact number of the outstanding trustees' certificates nor who .owned them, continued Mr. Kellogg,' despite the most, earnest seach that could be made.. That the Ohio trust .was never ..dissolved in good faith' was another of th Fed eral , lawyer's charges. r Following this alleged liquidition, continued the speaker, the-Standard Oil Company -v of New Jersey was formed to do as a. -"V corporation what the, trust could not do. j "' . : ..' . Costly Contract - The formation of the Corsicana (Texas) Refining Company and the intricate method by which the Man hattan "Oil Company, owning a pipe , line in Ohio, was purchased through , : n alleged dnmmy English company, , was next ; described. - Mr. Kellogg . said that the real , consideration of 'the. latter, company's-purchase was a ' , contract , to Supply : the Chicago gas plant of Anthony N. Brady and E. C. Benedict, of New York, with- gas oline for ten years at halt the market ' price. , That contract, stated the ' i speaker, was worth $1,300,000. . ' ' ' .Mr. Kellogff charged that - in the .formation of the original Standard Oil Company, of Ohio, men controll ing the principal . railways of ,the country, necessary to, the conduct of r- the eil business, were aken in as stockholders, ; : , ; . ', .. It was incidental to the acquisition ef the Brooklyn firm of Pratt & Co.; s Kellogg said, that H.-H. Rogers came into the Standard. . ! : . ' j "This original . trust : agreement was never made pubnlie in the many Standard Oil investigations throngh - out, this country until the exigencies : of this case forced Mr. Rockefeller t produce it in justification of that l : agreement," said Mr. Kellogg with emphasis. - . Mr. Kellogg laid much stress upon the Standard's requisition of the Se curity pil Company of Texas, with its refinery, through another London concern. Especially did he condemn the big defendants' secret ownership of a majority stock holding in the Waters-Pierce Oil Company, of Mis souri. . j Enormous Profits. ix -Mr. Kellogg told of the 'wonderful profits of the Standard Oil Company. For the ten years ending in; 1906" the concern' had earned, he asserted, the comfortable snm of $508,22625. up on a capitalization of $97,250,000. . The Standard trust and the Stand ard Oil Comnanv had naiJ dividend. of $548,436,446 botween 1882 andl jiUH. .-. . ... - "And yet," .exclaimed Mr. Kel logg, ."Mr. Rockefeller while on the witness B,tand, talked of the 'hazard' of the business.'' . "The only place where oil is cheap is where independents sell it," ob served Mr. Kellogg, "and if this court . gives . the Standard Oil Com pany carte blanche to do as itjpleases, there will not" be an independent company in this country in two years." Capture One of the Yeggmen. ' Asheville, N. O, Special. News reached the town Monday night at 8 o'clock that Special Deputy Sheriff Frank Rogers, had intercepted the two yeggmen who broke jail at Greenville, S. C, Saturday pight, at Craggy station, a point five miles bo low Asheville; that he engaged in a fierce fight with the two escaping men and that while capturing one he was badly beaten up. ."It was stated here that Rogers at 8 o'clock, had one of the men under arrest ; that the other one had taken his pistol and escaped across the river. Adams-Butler Salt. Greensboro, Special. Friday 's pro ceedings in the Adams-Butler libel "suit Were rather dull and listless, the greater part of the time being eon ' sumed in reading a number of depos itions made by persons, in Oklahoma and Washington, the object being to attempt to justify the publication by the defendants . of articles in The 'Raleigh Caucasian , reflecting on the personal and , ofBeial integrity of jJndge Adams. ; ' ,, , - r ' . :Shett, v Washington, Ind, Special. A' wo man was shot Tuesday night as she picked up a decoy prepared after Banker N. G. Read had received . a letter demanding that he deposit $30y 000 at a designated spot... A man wbo accompanied ' the woman escaped un hurt, and ,'the police, are looking for him. The woman was peppered with birdshot. The woman, besmeared with blood, was tuken to jail, where she was identified as Miss Zella Clark. She has been employed as a domestic. Whole Jury Panel Unfit Tor Services New Orleans, Special. In the criminal district court Thursday Judge F. D. Chretien dismissed the entire jury panel on motion of Dis trict Attorney Adams, who charged that the panel as a whole had shown itself unfit for service; that although the . State presented clear, cases against a number of accused persons it was nnnble to. secure any convic tions before the jurors. Dr. Jones' Slain by Hill Men. ' Manilla, Special, A telegram from the constabulary at Echague re ports that the body of Dr. Wm. Jones', the noted anthropologist ,of the Columbian Musium at Chicago, who was murdered by tribesmen, was taken to that place by friendly. Ilon Ifots. The ninrder wn' mmmittii about Jifty jniles south of Eehague, wuciu ur. i tines was engaged In studying the wild hill 'tribes, living among them for the purpose of pre paring an exhaustive report of their customs atid traditions, MANY ARB OBLONG. The decision has (been arrived at amen certain makers of bighlass ready-to-wear suits and dresses tlat "the oblong woman" Is to . continue, and Mpless dress foras. will be the ffintnm of future wearlnr apparel of this class, i Among Individual makers, however, practically nothing but . nrtnenaa Aresm obtains: but ' It is- so varied .that each one seems to be In a class by itself. Some are so se verely simple, that they really taks t!he place, of the tailored .suit Many are "oblong," (but many, too, are fit ted to the Jteure quite' to the hip tine. I have-seen one, or two 'Which were fitted to and cut! off at this line, the skirt "below toeing added there under flat stitching. . Sometimes t tie body portion Is 'made., with plaits stitched flat to the hips- after which they fall free. harper's Buax.-.'K , ' ' 1 . Says the Providence" Journal: Tt is Idle to argue . further as to the pressing demand tor the preservation of the forests, s Wall Congress hesi tates the spoliation la going on." Al ready much Injury that is well-nigh Irreparable has been done. FIRFAT FflRTWfiRT Destr $5,000H)0 WoA of Property. SIX LIVES. WERE - SACRIf ICE0 lire Breato 'dntn ashidnable'iEesi. denca . District, Gets Beyond Co trol : Within ; Fifteea yMinntes-4 Dynamite Effectivs Assistand ; is - Bushed. From Neighboring Towns. v . k yyl 'v';i " : " ' :; ,, ir- Fort Worth, T'SpemalFaBt ned .'by a stiff wind,1" a . fire ri the. southern portion of this; city .aturt day afternoon swept over an area oj( ten blocks in length .and "seven fM width, destroyed ' property roughly estimated in value to be in excess of $5,000,000. and caused thedeath . of; six; persons. ,. t..'-1 Thefire, which' broke out in a f ashfl ionable resident , district, was beyonq all control within 15 minutes after $1 stttried, and was not checked untp dynamite was resorted to, four hours later. ' , The spread of the flames was. not checked until they had eaten their way to the Texas & Pacific Railroad resrvation on the east. On the south the fire was checked at the Texas Pa cific passenger station, this steel and stone structure forming a bulwark that saved the wholesale district of the eity, which at one time was in im minent danger of destruction. A patient whose identity has pot been learned, perished in Walker's Sanitarium and three men were elec trocuted and their bodies burned' to cinders in the Sawyer electric, plant. Herbert Stacy was fatally burned in an endeavor to save his dwelling, and a fireman fell from a house top and was killed. It is estimated that 500 families are- hemeles..yM. ny o? these have rone to Dallas, where -shelter has seen offered.' . f A party, of small bovs ear "'"liratef, Hanunng- cigraeites is Denevea la nave been the cause -of the fire. SULLY'S PLAN. Would Save Great. Sums to Cotton Farmers The Warehouse Plan No Faith in it Say Augusta Cotton Exchange Men. Atlanta, Ga., Special. Daniel J. Sully,' the one-time great cotton bull manipulator of New York was here Friday and set forth a scheme by which he claims $150,000,000 to $250,000,000 may be saved to the raisers of cotton "in the South. "'He said, "A minimum fund of $10,000,000, subscribed' b' the most conservative financiers of the United States, is available to be. invested in such iron-clad securities , as shall in sure the ability arid the responsibil ity of the plan's, promoters to redeem their promises and obligations to the last detail. ' ' ;'The people of the South' will be givjen the first opportunity to invest In . this project, if. upon -receiving it, jtt-;eommend8 itself ' to their judg ibent." v..-.-.,; , The plan contemplates a chain of warehouses; across the South suffi cient, to. holdOhe4hirdof the cotton crpp- arid- thereby" enable " farmers to store v their cotton -and. draw small amounts . upon ii -io enable" them , to sell at will Jnstead of by.'compulsibn. ; VA '.SavannaH special, ."oi :c Sunday however Ttsaysibe plan, does aot' eom- ?aend. itself i the cotton factories h'ere. They; claim " that rthe Scheme is not practical or it wonld have been adopted already 'through "the .Far mers Union without .the aid of Sully. They claim that no .improvement may be. expected- frpni this source... V-: Killed in' Duel Wfth 'offlcers. ij' FitzgrsJd Ga SpeaiRobert Gresham was killed early : Sunday morning in a pistol duel with Chief qf Police. Briibakef - arid f Patrolman Johnson.' The man was being hunt ed by the officers and fired upob them from a biding place in a dark alley. The officers jointly opened fire and Gresham fell with, .- four r ioullet wounds. . Three-Ccrnered Duel in "r Streets of . . Georgia Town. '' ' ' Hazelhurst, . Ga!, Special Eugene and J. ..L Williams, brothers, were shot down on a street of this place by V. T. Stowers, formerly xf Con yers, Ga,, J. T.- Williams being proba bly fatally hurt. The brothers are members of the firm of Jarman & Williams. It was ; stated that Stow ers had given .this firm a- check the bank would not honor; that Eugene demanded the money and a fight re sulted. J. L. Williams went to hii brother's "rescue, it is alleged, when S towers drew bis'pistoL j ' RAIIVAY ; FlillSHED Virgiraafi Road Conineds Nor folk and Oeepwater, WVa. BIG CUC.IATION THE SEQUEL The ' Great ' an4 Splendid Enterprise r rinaaced by S. ,E. Rogers Given , an AnspidcKu Send-Off. , Norfolk Ya Special The opening Of the Virginian Railwayi extending from Sewell'a j Point, Norfolk, to Deepwater, W. Ya on the Kanawha river, a distance of 446, miles, took C lasa Friday with a most auspic eelebration here, made more no table by the presence of H. H. Rog-. era, who built, the "Virginian". at a cost of about $40,000,000; Samuel Clements. (Mark Twain), and sever al promirientt New : York financiers interested with Mr, Rogers in the un dertaking. nV X-J'- ':; "- The celebration festivities began with the arrival early in the day of 625 people from along the line of the new system", on a special train of 12 Coaches and two' Pullman cars. The day was filled with events of interest," the programme of enter tainment, for . the visitors including an inspection of the Norfolk harbor, the new Virginian coal pier at Se well's Point, the largest in the world with a dumping capacity, into ship bottoms of 36,000 tons per day, and finally, a public reception ' to Mr. Rogers and his guests. " Mr. Rogers wasUhe guest of honor at a $20-per-plate banquet Saturday night. The Virginian Railway, begun in March, 1902, was completed Febru ruary 17, 1909. More than one mil lion acres of coal lands in West Vir ginia have been made accessible by it and the road has opened up a coun try never before enjoying railway facilities. Facts About New Railway. Built by Henry H. Rogers at a cost of $40,000,000. ' Extends from Sewalls Point, tide itef.' Virrinia to DeeDwater. West pVirginia, a distance of 446 miles. Work of construction started March, 1902, and the road was com pleted February 17, 1909. Sewells Point coal pier is the larg est one in the worli and has a dump ing capacity of 36,000 tons a day. Section traversed by the road one of the richest and most productive in the East. With a whoop and a hurrah, the echo of which sounded along the line from Norfolk to Deepwater, in the . rugged mountains of West Vir-i ginja, 442 miles west, Henry H. Rogers' Virginian railway was officially- proclaimed completed and reridy for business Friday . Mr. Rogers, the president of the road, as well as the man who fur nished most, of the money and in spired the building of the road, was here to make the announcement. With him were his friend, Mark Twain, to see that all went well; his son, Henry H. Rodgers, Jr., and his son-in-law, . Urban - H. Broughton. Here as" guests of the city and the Virginian 'Railway, were 700 busi ness men' from along the line of the. Virginian, 'and , mingling with these we re ? the citizens of Norfolk. Of coarse, . the;, center of attraction was in Mi". ; Rogers, and then everybody wanted to Mark Twain The celebration came to a close Saturday night with an, elaborate $20 a plate banqliet, given in honor of H. H. Rogers,- at the Monticrilo Hotel by th&?bnsiness men-iof Nor folk. Mmong .the speakers of the evenings were fL H. Rogers, W. H. White, president of the Bichmond, Fredericksburg and -Pptbmae Rai- -.. .,--. j.-., , :Kk . ;- - . .- . way,, who acted, as toaahnaster ; Pres ident W. W. Finley, of, the Southern Railway' GeorgeW:'' Stevens, of the Chesapeake and ? Ohio;" Atf red ' P, Thorn,, general counsel of the South ern Railway ; Governor v Claude, A. Swanson, To'f Virginia - .Wi' E. Mayo, of",Norfolk and Samuel L. Clemens. (Mark Twain) ;Nc:X -. The features of the' evening were the brief speech by 'Mr. Rogers and a humorous talk delivered -by Mr. Clemens. , , . !.. ; - ..,-,.. Shortly after Mr. Rogers had an nounced that the road was complet ed and ready for business the first steamer, the M. . CL Holm, Captain Hagelbefg, arrived at the great coal pier of the road at Sewells, point for coal for her bunkers. Four hundred tons were. put . aboard ef her by means of the loading apparatus in us at the pier in three-quarters of an hour. Ibis is probably a record for bunkering ships on the Atlanttic seaboard...,. The .. steamer Everett ; ar rived, at the pier Saturday for; a cargo of 7,500 tons of coal for Bos? ton. Mr. Rogers and many, others watclfed the dumping of this coal GUILTY IN SECOND DEGREE Ead CotUn, Tim Holderfield and E. A. Hopkins ConvlcteoU Raleigh, Special. After being oat all night , the jury in the " trial of three men for the murder of Dr. E. VP1. Smith, of Richmond, Va., Satur day morning brought in a verdict of murder in the second degree against Earl Cotten, Tim Holderfield aid E. A. . Hepkins, otherwise known as "Red" Hopkins, young white mea. With regard to Hopkins the jury recommended mercy. Judge Lyon, of the Superior Court, lentenced Cotten to 30 years in the penitentiary, the full limit; holding him as the leading spirit in the mur der. ; Holderfield, because he was in the employ of Cotten at Bis cafe, and because of testimony that he was of good character, was sentenced to only 10 years in the penitentiary. "Red" Hopkins was sentenced to 2 years. Enterprise at a Crisis. Wadesboro, Special While noth ing authoritative on the subject can be obtained, there is every reason to believe that the unfortunate litiga tion in which the Rockingham Power Company-has been involved for the past ' year will ultimately , result in the sale of the Blewett Falls proper ty, and that, too, at no distant day. Pactional fights have long prevailed In the company. These fights have been between what are known as the North Carolina interests, headed by Hugh McRae & Co., of Wilmington, and the Northern interests, with headquarters in New York and Bos ton. The warring factions have made leveral unsuccessful efforts to get to gether and this means that, unless they yet compromise their differences the great water power must inevi tably be sold under the hammer. Over a million and a half dollars have already been spent at the Falls, and it is said that it will take at least as much more to complete the' levelopment. Plant is Sold. Greensboro, Special Trustee in Bankruptcy of the Industrial Ifsws, Underwood,' Saturday afternoon' re ported t Referee in Bankruptcy Fwv euson that he. had effected a sale of the property, to E. C. Duncan, for the tmount of the mortgage,' $8,000, and recommended that this price be ac cepted. Referee Ferguson made an Drder confirming the sale upon pay ment of the purchase money. Mr. Duncan's purpose in buying the In dustrial News is understood to be to resum,e the publication in Greens boro of a Republican State daily pa per. It is rumored that Z. P. Smith, of Raleigh, will be general manager of the business. Lenoir Hotel Gutted. Lenoir, Special. The Hotel Arch er, F. V. Archer, owner and propri etor, was nearly destroyed by fire here Sunday morning. The fire com pany and citizens using the fine water system just installed, by the two hours' heroic effort extinguished the Qames and saved the walls and. rooms of the building intact, but as a re sult of the fire and water together, the remains are almost worthless. The building was originally con structed for a sanitarium at a cost of $20,000. Rooms were finished in the' finest woods procurable. The loss cannot be estimated, 'usurance $10,000. Will Build Power Plant. Asheville, Special. A franchise has been granted to Geor&re E. Lad- shaw', Gabriel. Cannon and A. L. wane, au oi bpartandurg, p. c, for the building and operation of a $250, 000 Dower Dlant at Potts Shoals, on Green River, a point seven ' miles from riendersonville. The officers of( the company will be at Henderson ville. Troopers, From Washington. Charlotte, Special. Through the efforts of Senators , Simmons and Overman and . Congressmen Webb and Morehead, the War Department of the United States government has agreed to send to Charlbtte dur ing the 20th of May celebration troopers, flags and other accessories of the department which will aid ma terially in the grand event. ' Norfolk & Western Trestle Destroy v "4b. by Fire.. - ' : Durham, . Special. The -Norfolk & Western passenger train due here Monday night at 0J.5 was "annulled and will not be -able to make the trip in ; several ! days, ' The trouble eomes from the bridge over Staunton river, 35 miles this side of Lynch burg, five spans being burned out and rendering -the track' on it unsafe for passage. .The eompany made up a train from this point and Sent it oat there Monday night. For several days, the passengers will be transfer red. ' ' :.' :''.. STOP AT GIBRALTAR Mr. Roosevelt Spends Several Hours There WOUtDKOT BE PHOTCGRAFpii ;; " ; ' ";' ' '"' ;"':r;j fS.''tJw Short VWt Is Attendedy American Consul and Governor ' . - '; General ' -of Gfbraltaxi Steantar 1 ' t. ... Sails For Naples at 12:20 O'clock 1 ' ' Tells of the Alleged Assault. ' ' Gibraltar, By Cable. The steamer ' Hamburg with Theodore' Boosevclt and the members of his "party we board, came to Gibraltar a few nuao tes before 9 Friday morning.' Mr. Roosevelt same ashore with Biehaxel L, , Sprague, the American eeasnl, and an aide-de-camp of General Six Frederick Forestier-Walker, Govern nor ftt Gibraltar. v . Accompanied by the Governor,' las aide, and Ms. Sprague, Mr. Roosevelt drove in the Governor's carriage ens along the North front and np to the limit of British territory.' With Mr. Sprague Mr. Roosevelt then visited the Mediterranean dab where his name was entered on ttjp visitors' book. Mr. Sprague and Mr. Roosevelt then drove back to the pier,- wheaoa Mr. Roosevelt went off to the. Ham burg shortly after half-past eleven. The dock was crowded with -people, who gave Mr. Roosevelt- an enthn siastic farewell. . The Hamburg sailed for Naples at 12:20 o'.dock. . Mr. Roosevelt refuesd to be photo graphed and declined every request for an interview. . v -: Wednesday night at a. danee on the Hamburg, Mr. Roosevelt daaeed with Miss Ruth Draper.' -Before withdraws, ing for the night Mr. Roosevelt ap peared in the smoking room and ehat ted with the ' passengers for twenty minutes. When asked directly concerning the rumor that an attack had been made upon him during, the voyage, i Mr. Roosevelt , said that the only ban's for . it was an. "idiotic excitable Italiaa . used angry expressions to him waila he was on the bridge of the vessel talking to the Captain. He said this man made no attempt upon him what ever and that he was promptly remov ed and confined below the remainder of the voyage. As to Child Labor. New Orleans, Special. The South ern child labor conference at its ses sion here adopted resolutions embody ing a number of important recommen dations for legislation on the subject of child labor in the South. The following are the recommenda tions in substance: The. employment in factories of no child under the age of 14 years. The employment in a mine or qnar ry of no child under the age of 16 years. The employment of no child under the age of 16 years in any gainful occupation except agricultural ! and domestic service unless sneh eHUd can read and write simple sentences in the English language. That no boy under the age pf 18 nor girl under the age of 18 yrs, except in agricultural or lumestie service, be employed between the hours of 7 p. m. and 6' a. m. - t An eight-hour day, law for children under 16 years of age and for all wo men. ,v.S 4 Employment under the certificate plan. The employment by the State of proper officials for the inspection, of all mines and factories with the pow- , er to prosecute, violations. ' 1 , Thorough sanitary and safety rega ( lations. 7 '( ' Making the conference a perman ent organization. . v i. . .. t an connection witn tne recomiti. dation for employment under the ees tificate System, the provisions of the Kentucky Jaw .are indorsed. At the morning session of 'the ee- Terence Oliver K. Lpvejoy' of New York,' general secretary lof tthe Nat ions anor commieo,maue'n ad- u dress stating - tliet- th Sooth- wants caDitah but that naniTnl mnsk nrnAm ' to reasonable R'afufcs for the guard ing of the wettare cr chiMrcn, - '"Three Negroes Hurdered, ; 4 Elizabeth City, ; SpeeiaL-r-One et the-: bloodiest, brawls that has ever been known in this section occurred . Thursday night at Columbia, Tyrrell ' county,' in which three -negroes wers lolled and one terribly wounded. Nothing was known of the . trouble until Friday morning when a white man passing ; heard someone say, "Don't .cut me any more.". Upo investigation dead negroes' with blooct I still flowing, razors and guns were" found on thet ground, presenting, m- horrible spectacle. - i