; IMM XliMMMMMI f The Medium ; ; Through which you reach. the ; ; ' . i people tf Madison County s 1 ! - 1 ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION ; ; ; iiiiinmnituniiimi QiLy -pateh Tub- : . , . luhtd in th County ! ! t a yar in ,Adtanee.', 1 ' . it ; J rrinhk Promptly aaa Hsa f)oaa Miuiiiiiiinmiiii'niV POLITICAL REFORM AND THE GENERAL UPBUILDING OF MADISON COUNTY. vol; XI. MARSHALL, N. C FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1909 NO. 16. Madison Coimty Record Tiff PmUPPIRETARIFF Bill Message Asking for a Revision of the Philippine Tariff to Extend the Principle of a Protective Tariff for Its Industries Sent to Congress. : Washington, - Special. The Presi dent Thursday sent to Congress a. special message regarding the Philip pin tariff . This message transmits recommendations by the Secretary of Wax, for a revision of the Philip pine tariff so as to permit jk much customs revenue as possible for the islands and at the same time to ex tend to the islands the principle of protective tariff for its industries. Under the conditions which will arise from the enactment of the tariff bill pending in Congress, which provides J under certain conditions for free trade between the Philippines and tho United States, the revenues of the islands will be considerably affected, and numerous protests have been re ceived here, on this acount. The message was submitted to both houses of Congress shortly after they convened, Generally speaking the bill submitted by the President makes a alight increase in the rates of duty now provided in the Philippine" tariff, but its framers say its tendency is to insure as far as practicable the bene fit of the Philippine market for American manufactures and products. The President's Message. The President's message follows: "To the-; Senate and House of Repre sentative : "I transmit herewith a communica tion from the Secrtrary of War, en closing one from the chief of the bureau of insular affairs, in which is transmitted a proposed tariff re vision law for the Philippine, Islands. "This measure revises the present TABLE SHOWING PRESENT RATES AND PAYNE Bill CHANGES IN THE TARIff ON IMPORTANT ARTICLES The Payne Tariff Bill, as passed by the House shows the following changes made; as compared with the rates in similar articles in the orig inal Payne bill and the Dingley law: Abticxis Dihqlit Law Coffee Tea Cocoa Petroleum... , Barley Barley Halt. Hides Free of duty Free of duiy Free of duty Pi ee of dutr 30 cents a bushel... 45 cents a bushel. .. IS per cent Bound and hewn; ner cubic foot lc Timber . Xun.bor, unfinished. $2.00 per 1000 feet.. Lumber, finished twoi slues , Sawed Lumber Copperas Glue worth under 10c due worth over Sic . Crude Barytes , Fluorspar Baw Mica Out Ml a B2.00 per 1.000 feet... 12.00 to 33.30 per 1,000 ft. ft ree ot auty 3 1-2 cents a pound 15c lb. plus 20 oer cent. 7S cents per ton .... .... Free 6c lb. Dlus 20ner cent.. lie lb, plus 20 per cent. Bar Iron -(char coal made) Ferroaulcon Farromancaneee. Briar Boot aocharlna tl2perton.'. Si per too 14 per ton Free C1.M lb, plus 10 per cent Turkish filler Tobacco (umtemmed) -Turkish Filler Toiacco 33 cents a pound .... SO cents a pound .... 30 cents ner bushel. . (stemmeu) ........ Peas (green) Erervreen BeadUncs, Pineapples , Clores (ground) Clove (jfhground) .' . . Cotton Jaruard Good Media tad Cotton . . .. 1.001,000, plus IS per ct. (oenu per eumo loot. Free of duty Free of duty.... New entry. New entry.... Shirts, Collar and Cuff (cotton mado) 45c doa, plus IS per ct.l 411k Suspenders and tillc Bandings -'thai 90 per cent... bands) .... SO per cent Uk and Tel vet Boxes Basic Pnow Paper;.., New entry.. 9c lb, plus 10 per cent.. ii i New entry..,. j.,..., New entry....... BlasOn C0.., .i . .. Maoafacturvs of Hair leather Shoe Laces..., . NutOU S2.Mnr UMU.:.i ...... io per cent... ........... sue cross-ana w per ct paper cent...... Platinum vases, tte- tort ana Apparatus ffbiUpBUMBloa Mper cent......,....'... i cents a pound...., FOURTEEN LOSE THEIR - San rrancisco, Special. Six bod ies recovered and probably 8 or-10 others buried in the ruins; six injur d, bt fatally; property loss $125,000 these are the result of a fire Fri day thai flestroyed Hhe ;;St. George 'Hotel, lodgiiiff house for laborers at Howard and Eighth streets. Eight ther small buildings were . . burned. The bodies taken to the morgue ywere FUNSRAL SERVICES ), Colombia, S. ;C, Special ;.Tfip , funeral.. 9f Oetu,1 M Butler, ; ;, who dnaday..mgbt -in.thia. city. 7t was beld - Friday " morning 4 in St Peter'. Catholic church at 16 o'clock, he church was filled 'with the friends and relatives of General Butler and Ilia family The requiem 'mass was said by Bev. B. W. Fleming. Bishop Northrop,' who came up from Char leston fer the funeral read the prayer for the dead, assisted by Rev. T. J. Hegfttiar and Rev. Mr. Hughes. Tho funorW sermon was preached by Fatber Homing, who bad been with Philippine tariff, simplifies it and makes it conform as nearly as pos sible to the regulations of the toms laws of the United States, es pecially with,'re8pect to packing and packages. The present Philippine regulations have been cumbersome and difficult fer American merchants and exporters tp comply with. Its purpose is to meet the new conditions that' will arise under the section oi the pending United States tariff bill, which provides, with certain limita tions, for free trade between the United States and the Islands. It is drawn with a view to preserving the islands as much customs revenue as possible, and to protect in a reason able measure those industries which now exist in the islands. "The bill, now transmitted, has been drawn by a board of tariff ex perts, of which the insular collector of customs, Col. George R. Coltotj, was the president. The board held a great many open meetings ?n Manila, and conferred fully with rep resentatives of all business interests in the Philippine Islands. It is oi great importance to the welfare oi the islands. "The bill should be passed at th same time with the pending Payne bill, with special reference to the pro visions of which it was proposed. "I respectfully recommend thai this bill be enacted at the present session of Congress as one incidental to, and required by, tre passage of the Payne bill WILLIAM H. TAFT. "The White House, April 14, 1909." Original Paths Bill! Paths Bill As Pashm) Bt Hqpm Free with countervail! Free of duty Free of duty o cents a pound 1 cents a pound Scents a pound... Free with countervail ft ree or auty 24 cents a bushel. 40 cents a bushel. Ut cents a bushel Hi cents a bushel Free of duty Free of duty l-2c per cubic foot .... 30 cents per 1,000 feet. Half cent cubic foot ... 50c per 1,000 feet 81.50 per thousand ft. . $1.50 per 1,000 feet 1 tole.50 1,900 feet SI tojB.50 1,000 feat.... Knee of duty 20 per cent 25 per cent 75 cents a ton 50c toil. 75 per ton .... SO per cent 35 per cent 15-109 of lc per pound.. 2 1-2 cents per pound .. 15c lb. Dlus 20 per cent. $1.50 per ton S1.50 uer ton 5c lb, plus 20 per cent.. 10c ID, plus 20 per cent. S a ton If 10 per ton 15 per cent. 15 per cent. ft per ton. IS per cent. . . 1 nnr ton.: 25 tier cent 25 percent., 50 cents per pound . 75 cent per pound . 135 cents a pound . 50 cents a pound . 80 cents a bushel . $1 per pound. 25 ceats per bushel . SI 1,000, p us 13 per ct . $s per 1,000 30 per cent... 180 percent Free of duty. $8 1,000, or 8e cubic foot xi-xcperpouna Free of duty.... 50 ner cent 45 per cent 10 per cent 83c doc, plus 10 per ct.. M5o dos, plus 18 per ct. 60 per cent... ........ .. 00 per cent. ............. 50 per cent.... 50 per cent.... .......... p per cent.,.. So lb, pins $0 per cent. . $2.50 per pound......., lac id, plus ie per cent,. 180 per cent. ......... .... m sent per pousn , 25 pea cent. ......... ..... so par cent per l,O0O.-V;..rt-..". wi is per cent 15 per cent 25 per cent super cent. v.. .......... ISOc gross and 10 per 0.. Free of duty Free of doty.. 45 per cent.. .... .... I,,. tie oi auty ...... ...... i oenu per pouna LIVES IN HOTEL FIRE so charred that identification was im possible! The hotel was a three-story frame building. .'It burned so rapidly that nona-'of the 180 guests had time to dress. Many escaped by jumping W the roof Of ait adjoining workshop. Soores clambered down the firemen ladders and cthe fire escapes on the building.' . Feur jumped to safety in a net held by the fire fightera. OF CEN. M. C. BUTLER General Butler frequently during his last illness and who was with- hint at the time of his death. He paid an eloquent tribute' to. General Butler 'i services aa a soldier and statesman, and spoke in affectionate, terms of him as a man. In his funeral sermon over .General Butler,, the. Rev.-Father FUfr&ig gave this explanation of baw General Butler came to change his faith: "The Little Sisters of tht Poor first drewvmy -attention to tht Catholic cbarch., .Tbeir humble,. holy lives, leaving home and hearth to min uter to the outcast, .the homeless, tht aedtthe forgotten of the world.' two Americans suig Oottfirmatkra Received of tits Eding : of American Missioniariea U Adana Others Connected With the 2its ajsn Are Safe. k ' Constantinople, By Cable. Confir mation baa been received here of the killing of two American missionaries at Adana. The murdered missin ariee were Mr. Rogers and Mr. Maurer. The othets connected with the missions are safe, including Mr. Christie, who is at Tarsus. .. Three French warships are hurry ing to Mereina, where the situation is desperate. Foreigners and many krn, . ,. . . . , it,. PT " "I"! t?D. 7CL Governor are doing their best to pro tect the town, but there is great fear that it cannot hold ,out much longer against the invasion of the Moslems, who are sweeping down in large numbers. The American vice consul at Mersina, John Debbes, has been unable to proceed to Adana, owing to interruption of communication. A British warship is proceeding to Alex andretta, which is threatened by the Moslems. The Chamber sent a deputation to the barracks to explain to the sol diers the evil results of disobedience. The Deputies for Alephao and Adana demanded immediate measures to re store order in the Adana district and to punish the ringleaders of the mas sacre. A motion to this effect was adopted unanimously. According to the latest news from Adana, the mis sionaries do not dare to leave the mission house. They are suffering from lack of provisions and medi cines, and have sent an appeal to the military authorities for protection. Adana is still burning and it is re ported that not less than three thou sand people are homeless at Tarsus. Late telegrams received from the British vice consul at Adana state that there are apprehensions of furth er trouble at that place. SERIOUS FIRE IN CHARLOTTE. Black's Livery Stable in Ashes Six Horses Boned Loss $25,000. Charlotte, N. C, Special A fire which dared the utmost efforts of the city's fire fighters, a Mace which threatened to wipe out of existence a half-dozen or more surrounding dwellings, a conflagration that brought thousands to view the con flict, was that which razed to the ground the long, two and three-story brick structure which it early claim ed as its own. Result, six horses dead, the building and contents, in cluding vehicles, harvesting and farm ing machinery entirely destroyed, with an approximate . total loss of $25,000; with damage done to the stables of Mr. R. C. McManus nearby to the southeast on College street to the extent of about $1,200 and a similar amount of loss charged up to Mr. A. W. Whitaker's stables, which adjoined on the west. All the injury done to the two latter establishments was wrought by the collapsing of heavy brick walls which carried with them part of the roofing beneath. Cuba to Have an Army. Havana, By Cable. Extraordinary progress is being made in the organi sation of the Cuban resrular armv. When fully recruited, it will number aoout 0,000 infantry and artillerv. That the President considers this as indispensable to the maintenance of tne government is shown by his refer ence to it as "a powerful instrument for the preservation of peace"'iri his recent message to Congress. Privately we, rnsuaeni is reponea to nave said mat m "wlir Hotrreally begin, to rule nnw the- army is fully ready for service. Already more than three- iourtns of the force has been enlisted and the work of training is going ou ' fflgflwajrinair Olntnred. San Francisco, SpeeiaL James M. lnompaon, nee' president ' of the inompson Bridge Conroanv. on m. tering his office Saturday with a sack containing $1200 was eonfmntA1 hv Ltwo masked men. ona ofTvlinm. ) um tnrougn the chest, inflicting a serious wound. The . men escaped with the 'money, "but were captured. During the shooting' William Bose- ourg received a stray bullet but was not seriously hurt. v ; ,The Sing of All Crooks. ' Marion, N. Cj, Special Of all the systems of graft an ingenious age has produced, a negro preacher of this place haa invented the one unique. ne nas been holding '- a revival for the-past month and tfiere. hav been, it u said, 110 conversions. ' When a nigger is converted he issues av cer tificate like this: 'This is to crtifv kot Co.- T T ... . been bora into the kingdom of God i JmneUI. ran Dn etc, and charges the" poor,' ' deluded I y m ,the e8eB01" ' foot th. . iw-.J:'v eaeasion, and in a abort time attained port into Glow, ; pM" GEN. BUTLER IS DEAD orraer South Caroilfia Sena- Passes Away. WAS A CONFEDERATE OFFICER Cavalry Waa Former United States Senator From South Caro lina Served in Spanish-American War. " Columbia, S. G, SpeeiaL Gen. Matthew Calbraith Butler, of Edge field, one of the last of the Confeder ate cavalry generals, died Wednesday night at 11 :40 at a local infirmary. For several weeks General Butler had been ill and had been gradually grow ing weaker and for several days it bad been known that the end was near. General Butler's death waa duo to a complication of disease, induced by an old wound. In 1876 General Butler was elected to the United States Senate and served three terms. During the Spanish-American war he was a major gen eral in the United States army. After the war he was appointed a member of the Cuban peace commission. He is survived by his widow and three chil dren, Capt. M. C. Butler, Jr., U. S. A.; Dr. F. W. P. Butler, of this city, and Mrs. McNeely, wife of a naval officer. On his 75th birthday General But ler received supreme unction from the Catholic Church. He died within 60 yards of the convention hall in which the succession convention met General Butlor waa a nephew of Com modare Perry, of the United States qavy, and but for fate might have been a distinguished officer of the United States army instead of a Con federate leader. Gen. Butler was a son of Dr. Wil liam Butler and descended from a spenldid ancestry. In childhood he accompanied his father to Arkansas, but after the latter 's death returned to South Caro lina in 1S51, and made his home with Senator A. P. Butler, near Edgefield. 5b was educated at the South Caro lina' College and then reading law was admitted to practice in 1857. In the following year be was married to Maria, daughter of Governor F. W. Pickens. He was elected to the Leg islature in 1860, but before the con clusion of his term, entered the mili tary service of his State as captain of a company of cavalry in Hampton's Legion. This command took a dis tinguished part in the first battle of Manassas, and Captain Butler was promoted major to date from July 21st, the beginning of his famous career in the cavalry of the Army of Northern Virginia. He commanded the cavalry of the legion under Stuart in the withdrawal of the troops from Yorktown, and was warmly com mended for gallantry at Williams burg. In August, 1862, he was pro moted to colonel of the Second Regi ment, South Carolina Cavalry, Hamp ton's Brigade, and in this rank be participated in the Second Manassses and Maryland campaign, winning fav orable mention for gallant leadership in the affair at Monacacy Bridge and Stuart's Chambersburg raid. He com manded the main part of his brigade in the Dumfries expedition of Decem ber, 1862, and in June, 1363, he was one of the most conspicuous leaders in the famous cavalry battle of Bran dy station. ; Here he was severely wounded by a shell, losing his right foot, and promotion to brigadier gen eral followed in September. Return ing to service before his wound heal ed, he waa sent home to recover.- He suceeded General Hampton in brigade command, and took part in the fall campaigns of the army in 1363, and throughout the famous struggle of 1864, at the Wilderness, SpottsyV vama and tterore menmona in oppost (iop to Sheridan, he was one of tho heroic figures of this last great cam paign of the Confederate armies. The reports of Sheridan and himself at test the splendid fight of Butler and his brigade at Hawe's shop, and Cold Harbor. .At Trevilian station he was in command of Hampton's division, and repulsed seven distinct and deter mined assaults by the largely super ior forces under Sheridan, his com mand occupying a most' important Eart of a Confederate line and fight lg aa infantry. In ! September- he was promoted mojor general, and in the spring of 1865 he was detached with a small division for the campaign against Sherman in the Carolina. He commanded the rear guard of Har dee's army at the evacuation of Co lumbia and Cheraw, and at the. last had division command of cavalry,, his forces and Gen. Joe Wheeler's form ing the command of Lieutenant Gen eral Wade Hampton. Thedose of the national repute for thr firmness and boldness with which .he' Handled tfte political questions which concerned the essentials of the reorganized social life. . While he powerfully advocated obedience to the reconstruction meas ures as the law, law being preferable to chaos, be receded at ho time from a persistent opposition to infringe ments oil good government, and was largely instrumental in securing the election of Governor Wade Hampton. Li 1876 he was elected to the United States Senate, where admission was met by a storm of partisan protest, which Is memorable in the history of the nation, but his career of eighteen years m that exalted body vindicated the pod judgment and patriotism of the State, which deputed him as its representative. In the stormy days of sectional debate in Congress, he was one pf the foremost champions of the South, but at a later period he was enabled to make a splnedid rec ord in "constructive statesmanship by his staunch advocacy of a strong navy, of civil service reform, and other measures now 'settled in nation al policy. Fire in Little Rock. Little Rock, Ark., Special. St. Louis compress No. 2, one of the larg est cotton compresses in this city, was practically destroyed yby fire early Tuesday, causing a loss which is roughly estimated will approxi mate almost a million dollars. The fire was discovered shortly after one o'clock and because of the inflam mable material upon which the flames fed, gained quick headway. Crazed Negro Wounds Four. Richmond, Special. Everett Roy ster, a negro crazed by cocaine, Mon day afternoon felled James B. Lacy and his son Charles irl the former's wood and coal yard; fired three shots at Dr. James P. McDonough, after being wounde.d by the latter, armed with a shotgun ; jumped into a vic toria, and at the point of a pistol compelled the driver to race madly down Broad street in an effort to es cape to the country. He was finally subdued. Wheat Hurry Subsided. Chicago, Special. After a memor able speculative week the ticker's "good night" was received at noon Saturday with a deep sigh of relief from board of trade men, not to men tion an amy of laymen drawn into the vortex of the wheat pit by tho publicity given James A. Patten, the leader, and his following. Mr. Patten personally, left the market to its fate, from the view which the fatten crowd improved considerably. Military Sustains Committee. Constantinople, By Cable. The committee of union and progress has given convincing proof of its power and influence over the third army corps. Two military trains, each con taining S00 infantry, arrived Satur day morning at Tohataljae, about 67 miles from the capital, and four other trains are expected to reach that point within 24 hours. Preparations also are being made at Saloniki for mo ue&paicn oi a numDer or addition al trains for Constantinople. NEWSY GLEANINGS. Iceland is to have an art museum. Japanese and Germans are seizing Paracel Islands. The Edison Phonograph Company planned to settle suits tor $450,000. The Easter display was one of the most brilliant New York has ever teen. A mining concession granted to Germans in Morocco threatens to cause trouble. " BIbridge T. Gerry testified in re gard to New York statutes governing the behavior ot children, calling them superfluous. Castro's steamer touched at Guad aloupe. but he did uot try to go ashore. His wlte was not permitted to land In Venezuela. Nathan Straus urged an Alder manic committee of New York City to pass the ordinance requiring all milk: pasteurized before sold. Thousands ot policemen and cltl sens marched behind the body ot Joseph Petroslno and attended his funeral in New. York City. ? r , District Attorney Jerome, at Al bany, N. Y., told the Page legislative commission that Jail sentences would not check automobile speeders. Austria's decision to build four Dreadnoughts has caused a move ment in- France tor the construction bt an. equal, number of warships of that class. .,r-.;-r:,.-:--::-.'r- Labor problems la .Franca are be soming Increasingly , difficult tor the Government. The State employee now demand a share In the control ot their departments. - ' - Mora than a million" dollars in Malms against the New York City Railway Company tor personal Inju ries will be wiped out out by the road lotng into the hands ot receivers. . ' They have faea gobbling land so fast In Oklahoma, exclaims the Atlan ta Constitution, an earthquake wolld Bt find enough business there to In terest It LYNCHED BY A MOB four Wealthy Men Are Strung Up in Ada, Oklahoma. HAD MURDERED U. S. MARSHA! Disgusted With the Alleged Justice Meted Out to Criminals in Smallei Towns of Oklahoma, Two Hundred Citizens of Ada Took the Law lute Their Own Hands. Ada. Okla... SDeciaL Two hundred citizens of Ada, nearly ail of them el tne better class thoroughly disgusted with the "justice" meted out to criminals in the smaller towns o! Oklahoma, early Monday took from jail ana nanged lour wciitny land, owners for the murder of Deputy United States Marshal A. L. Bobbitt. The lynched men were G- B. Miller, of Fort Worth, Tex.;. B- B. Burrellr of Duncan Oklahoma; Jesse West and Joseph Allen, of Canadian, Tex. Shortly after 3. o'clock Monday morning the lynchers shut off the electric street lights, cut the tele phone communication and nirJetlv gathered near the jaiL When all had assembled, a large naao swaggered out of the dark and said: "Are you all ready t" A confused buzzinc wn the only answer. The men silently made their way toward the jaiL They had scarcely started before they met Countv Attorney Robert Wimbish, who had received " word that the mob was forminat. Tira- crowd stopped at his request. Attor ney Wimbish said: "Mm of Ada. you are disgracing this county in the eyes oi tne world, inink tbis matter over clamly and let the law take its course. 1 aDDeal to von aa an officer of the law to return to your homes." The mob, without a word, proceed ed on its way. The attorney attempt ed aeain to talk to them. "Thin is no time for speeches," said the lead er and tne march continued. A high board fence surrounding the jail waa partly thrown down and th e.rawA entered and pounded on the jail door. uniy uuard McCarthy was ou duty. t l r n . i aa . . . "Mccartny," said the leader, "0Den this door at ni. W maun business. Hurry, its near davlieht." "You mieht as well tro hnmn. boys," quickly responded the officer, "this door will never be opened from this side." After a conference threeof the mob threw themselves against the frail jail door and the mob rushed in. Guard McCarthy was knocked sense less with a revolver butt. The four prisoners were quickly taken out, al though West foujrht desperately. "If yoq're going to hang me, do it," said miller. The mob led the four men to a barn a few hundred feet away and stood them in a straight line. "Tell us what you devils know about Bobbitt 's murder," shouted the mob leader. West answered for the four, say ing: "We don't know who you men are, and we don't care. For myself, I know if I bad a six shooter, a few of you would bite the dust, hut that's talk as long as my 'shooting iron' is in Texas. You boys appear to have a job to do. Why don't you do itt We won't tell anything, and you "The ropes," the leader broke in, and the four prisoners were carried to a beam and strung up in a row. Just before the rope was placed about his nock, Miller calmly remov ed a diamond from his shirt front and requested that it be sent to his wif in Fort Worth. From his neck tie he drew out a diamond scarf pin with the request that it. be given to Guard McCarthy for his kindness U him. As soon as the men were dead the mob disappeared. At daylight the bodies of the lynched men wera cut down. Senator Gaxxam Sttn Unconscious. Ashevilba, N. C, Special The Condition nf fnrmu fif.t. C? . Joseph M. Gazzam, of Pennsylvania, who was injured at the Kenilwortb, Inn fire last week by jumping fram a thud-story window,, remains un changed according to the attending ocuatur uazzam has been, at the Clarence Barker Hospital, Biltmore, since the accident and still remains in an unconscious condition. ' Ba Saltan Abdicated? Coastantinople, By Cable The' im portant feature f the situation in the Turkish capital Monday was tht' report that Sultan Abdul Hami4 had abdicated It caused the greatest ex-. citement in tht lobbies of Parliament ' and spread with lightning-like rapid ity: throughout the city.:' A rumor of the flight of the Sultan on a warship followed closely on that Of his abdi- cation, but neither could be confirm ed. ; The Palace ' was under strong guard, and even high officials warn not permitted to enter it. . v- ' ' - . ..-.; ..... v I