North Carolina Newspapers

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 It I It 1 1 1 1 1 1 II i. j, , , 1 i i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 n 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 iy ; ; Through whick'yxia reach the ; ; , people p Madison County 1 1 advertising rates on application t 44 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I j j $1 a yeariri Ad-Vance f ', ; J W I J -.Job FrintinJ fromptly tod Nntljr Dan . 1 01 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 n ii i in 1 1 lit - POLITICAL REFORM AND , THE GENERAL UPBUILDING OF MADISON COUNTY. MARSHALL, N.C FRIDAY, JULY 2, 1909 VOL. XI. NO. 26. leeoM m ,m Iw 1 1 1 ; . v ... . 1 -, m r . . . TAR HEEL CHRONICLES Happenings And Doings Cleaned From All Parts Of The Old North State. . If. 0. PRESS CONVENTION. Hev. J. 0. Atkinson Elected -President And J. B. SherriU, Secretary Treasurer. Hendersonville, Special-1 The. edi tors ,of North Carolina were l-terally presented with the key to the city Wednesday morning:, when, at their opening session, held in the court house, Col. S. V. Pickens gave them an ancient, rusty, two-foot-long jail key, . recently '. uncovered here by workmen in excavating for o vnew "building. At 9 :30 the convention was called to order by Dr. J. O. Atkinson, third vice president, who invoked a divine blessing upon the town of Hender sonville and the members of the as sociation. Mayor Staton then pre sented Col. S. V. Pickens, who eor-fl dially welcomed the editors to town. M. L. Shipman, on behalf of the local press, spoke a few words of apprecia tion and Archibald Johnson, editor of Charity and Children, resporidod gracefully on behalf of the associa tion. Dr. Atkinson . then read the annual address of the president, who, on account of sickness, was unable to be present in person. The association voted to wire President Thomas its -appreciation and its regrets that he was unable to be with them. The big Audience in the court house listened to short talks on tunely topics by J. W. Atkins, J. J. Farriss, H. B. Var ner and Archibald Johnson. At 2:30 p. m, J. F. Hurley read the histor ian's paper. Full of interest and lis tened to attentively was Thad R. Manning's talk on the subscription price of the weekly newspaper. This was followed by the transaction of miscellaneous business. At night, before an audience which completely filled the big court room, Mr. John M. Julian, of The Salisbury Post, deliv ered the annual oration. . He com manded the closest attention of his audience to the end of his extremely able address. , Thursday morning was pleasantly pent in a .drive to- Lake Osceola and to Mount Hebron, the pleasure ox which was not marred by a slight shower, which, Mr. J. P. Caldwell re marked, was but a pleasant diversion. "The editors and their families went in a body and the string of carriages was a long one. The ball at the Gates at night was largely attended and thoroughly en joyed by both visitors and home peo ple and was distinctly a success. At the afternoon session the fol lowing officers were elected: Presi dent, Rev. J. O. Atkinson; first vice president, M. L. Shipman; second vice president, J. R. Swann; third vice president, W. K. Jacobson; sec retary and treasurer, J. B. Sherrill; historian, Archibald Johnson; ora tors, W. C. Hammer and Josephus Daniels; poet, D. F. St. Clair; execu tive committee, H. A. London, W. C Dowd, H. B. Varner, Josephus Dan iels, D. T. Edwards. . A resolution was adopted condemn ing the United States government for maintaining ; a job printing office to compete with the country's job print ers, and a copy of the resolution was ordered sent to every Representative and Senator of North Carolina. .. ' Interesting articles were read by Jlev. J. O. Atkinson, Clarence H. Poe and R. R. Clark.; '.; ' ' , The important address of the day -was that of M. V. Richards, land and industrial agent of the Southern Railway. "- - ' Resolution of Thanks. The following resolutions, offered by Mr. Josephus Daniels for the com mittee,.. were unanimously adopted by a rising vote: -. . ''-' 4 'Resolved, That the thanks of tho The Wheat Crop is Pine. Mount Airy, Special. Never in the history of farming in. Surry county , have the farmers been in a deeper hole withjheir plowing and harvest ing. -The wheat crop is fine and ripe, f but up to Friday heavy rains have fallen daily, rendering it impossible- to ent grain and plow eorn, etc. la ths Hands of. Hecaivw. . : Fayetteville, SpecialThe Con sjolidated. Streetr Railway 'and Power . v company or ttus city wasy placed In . i xae nan as ox a reeeiver by Judge C. C Lyon, resident judge of this dis trict, at Elixabethtown last week. Mr. W. D. McNeill, president of the ' company, being appointed receiver. This action will not affect the opera- v ing value of the property nor the ' progress of Fayettevilla. Cars are bow running and will . be ' able to handle the great crowds that are ex pected hers Monday," t 4 association be and are hereby tender ed the Western Union . Telegraph Company and the railroad companies for courtesies in the matter of rail road transportation and particular ly to the Southern Railway Company, for the courtesy of an excursion to Lake Toxaway; to W. A. Smith, for a car ride to Laurel Park and an en joyable afternoon at that beautiful resort; to Capt. M. C. Toms and John L. Orr and their associates for ex tending the courtesies of Mount Heb ron ; to the management of the Gate Hotel for excellent service and for the courtesy of a ball tendered 'thl association; to Mayor R. H. Staton and the reception committee and nil the public spirited citizens who ten dered many delightful courtesies, including the mountain drives and to Lake Osceola, and for more pleasures than can be enumerated; to Mr. M. L. Shipman, editor of The Hender sonville Hustler, and to Mr. T. R. Barrows, associate editor, for their brotherly welcome which made all the editors feel at home. The association left on a special car Saturday for Lake -Toxo-way, returning to their homes from there. The following accessions to the association were enrolled at the ses sion: 18 new members were admit ted as follows: J. V. Sims, Raleigh Times; W. I. Underwood, Greens boro Patriot; J. A. Parham, Fayette ville Index; Owen G. Dunn, Newbern Sun; R. A. De"al, Wilkesboro Chron icle; W. E. Pharr, North Wilkesboro Hustler; . M. L. Yeager, Southern Publisher; R. E. Ranson, Spring Hope Leader; Andrew Joyner, Greensboro News Bureau; C. A. Eury, King's Mountain Herald; Clint N. Brown, Salisbury Post; T. IL Gosorn, Bakersville Kronicle; II. 11 Hamlin, Beaufort Lookout; D. L. St. Clair, Sanford Express; E. P. Pepper, Danbnry Reporter; T. R. Barrows, Hendersonville Hustler; J. R. Round tree,' Kinston Free Press; Chas. H. Willianuy Polk County News. - . ' '. " -'V ' '' Ashe County Tair., Jefferson, Special Ashe eounty it to have an agricultural fair on Sep tember 15-17th. The following offi cers were elected:' President, W. H. Worth; secretary and treasurer, P. E. Fogle; executive committee, John Dent, T. E. Reeves, E. J. Johnson, R. A. Hamilton, W. E. Johnson; pre mium committee, Jns. P. Perkins, Geo. J. Hamilton, W. T. Colvardj music committee, P. E. Fogle, Joe Worth, W. E. Gentry; committee to arrange premiums for - the Ladies' Department, Miss Jennie Worth, Mrs. W. P. Hamilton, Mrs. B. W. Tugman,' Mrs. A. E. Graybeal, Miss Eula Todd; advertisement committee, W. E. Johnson, G. L. Park, Chas. S. Neal Ministers Wife Skips. Newbern, Special. The congrega tion of Centenary Methodist Episco pal church was greatly startled bun' day morning ' when the pastor, Rev, R. C. Beaman, D. D., announced to them that his wife had disappeared and could not be located. .The pas tor' words , were pronouneed in as nne oratory aa has ever been beard in that pulpit and no word of een sure or bitter 'feeling escaped his lips...' It, was a very pathetio scene. Notes found in different places indi cate that she Jias left with a man named Grant. The Methodist church is the largest and most influential in the city and one of the largest in the Stats and Dr. Beaman 's charge over it. has been marked with a period of prosperity. r ; ; Killed by liy Wire. Greensboro, Special Bryan Bea ton, the 12-year-old brother of .James Al. xsenton, city editor of the Morn ing Telegram, was instantly killed by a live .wire late Tuesday .afternoon. The boy was at a lawn party at the Christian church, and with a play mate climbed a tree. .His angers touched an uninsulated, electric wire, his leg another, the , short-circuit causing him to drop. ; : . i , - ' Death of Miss fiallie Underwood. . Charlotte, H Bpeeialv -Miss -, Sallis Underwood,' the young lady struck by lightning near her heme - in Gaston county last Thursday afternoon, died Sunday morning ' at' 3:30 o'clock without regaining consciousness. The funeral took place at the home Son day afternoon at 3 o'clock, ths ser vice being in charge of Rev. J. B. Tabor, of Mount Holly. The inter ment was made at Castania church. The funeral procession is , said to have been one of ths longest that ever followed a, funeral in' Gaston eounty. TJMi ' :. BIGGERS SET FREE Jury Holds That He Was Insane at the Time of Killing Hood. Charlotte, Special. The jury of twelve freemen, the select body chos en to pass upon the merits of the case of State against W. S. Biggers, charged with the murder on the morning of Tuesday, February 9, of J. Green Hood, reached a verdict Sat urday afternoon at 4:45 o'clock, their decision being that the defen dantf was "not guilty" of the crime as charged. As noted by every one who follow ed the trend of this great legal bat tle' whose results held within it the freedom if not the life, of Biggers, the plea of insanity was the 'entire issue. It was not that insanity for which the asylums are built and maintained, but that termed various ly emotional insanity, brain storm, and the like, but in this case termed "confusional insanity. The case was fought before the bar with the utmost tact and unlimit ed talent and legal force. No stone, as it were, was left unturned. It was plead that the man had suffered a wrong and that his financial straits had preyed upon his mind till men tal confusion had brought him to the stage of not being conscious of the enormity of the deed which he con templated and actually committed. ' At the first vote of the jury 10 stood for acquittal, one for murder in the first and one for murder in the second degree. The jury had the case just foul hours when it became unanimous. The case had taken 11 days in its course. Shepard the Slayer of Holt. ' Durham, N. d, Special. Solomon SKepard, the negro of mysterious action, has confessed that he killed Engineer Holt near Durham last De cember and that he had no assistant. -This startling turn in the dreadful affair came Saturday night when Dr. N. M. Johnson went into the jail to attend a sick prisoner. Shepard had spent the day reading the Bible ansl getting religion. Why he took a notion to unburden himself to the doctor, is not known, but he did and said that he slew the engineer that night without the aid of anyone. The negro tells a reasonable story. There never has been any large num ber of people who did not believe that Engineer Holt met death meant for another man. The wanton nse of a Shotgun was commonly called a Reu ben Barbee characteristic, but nobody ever found the motive whereby Reu ben Barbee became the assassin of Fred Holt. The brothers of the dead man believed that their kinsman had been murdered by mistake and the negro says so. Suspicion for this crime has been resting on Reuben Barbee who is now in jail awaiting trial. It seems that Shepard had been put off the train. In his rage he secured a shot gun and went to kill the brakeman who pot him off. Not finding his man he fired a random shot, as he says, to scare somebody. This shot put out the life of a popu lar and most valuable engineer. , Joe Brown is Governor. Atlanta, Ga., Special. Joseph M. Brown, son of "Joe" Brown, one of Georgia's war-time' Governors, took office Saturday amid ceremonies of Jeffersonian simplicity. 'Governor ' Brown 's address was brief.. At its conclusion Governor Smith handed Governor- Brown the seal of the State of Georgia and the ceremony was complete. -Governor Smith's last official act Saturday was the signing of 15 par dons. Those "Bet free included six murderers and three persons convict ed of violation; the prohibition laws. Firemen Loss Cass. Atlanta, -Ja4 Special The Geor gia Railroad strike arbitrati6n board Saturday "night decided against the seniority of white firemen over ne groes. The arbitrators, however, placed, a premium on - intelligence among firemen,, which it is believed will ultimately result in the gradual elimination of all except the most ex pert negro" firemen. From Chicago to Charleston. Winston-Salem, Special -The) of ficial announcement .Saturday by the Atlantic Coast Line and Norfolk and Western , that the' Winston-Salem Southbound Railroad would h nnsh- ed to completion within the next 18 months is received with great satis faction faere.v The movement for this through line from Chicago to Charles-. ton, with the Twin City, as a prom inent junction point, was Beran about three yean ago, Col F. H. Fries and Mr.. Henry E. Fries, of this city, be ing among the leaders in ths enter prise. Henry. E. Fries is now presi- ent. , : . -. ::: ' i WASHINGTON NOTES ! Much voting and little talking characterized the work in the Senate Wednesday. The lumber 'schedule vas disposed of and the duty on pine ipples was increased, the finance committee suffering a defeat in the atter case. An attempt to reduce he finance committee's rate of $1.00 er thousand on sawed lumber to .ti, lie House rate, was lost. The entire vood schedule making reductions of ibout 25 per cent from the present ates was agreed to. A new amend nent to the coal schedule, offered by llr. Aldrich, reducing the duty on lituminous coal from 07 to CO cents i ton and eliminating the reciprocity clause from the House bill, vas idopted. The two Senators from Tlorida, a pineapple- producing State n upholding the amendment to in crease the duty on pineapples fro-ir 57 to $8 per thousand, were opposed y the two Senators from Marylaud. n which State there are a number of ar;e pineapple canning factories. The Wright brothers, whose time n which to complete their official ests with their areoplanc would have expired next Monday, were granted in extension of thirty days. The question of the eight hour law aa submitted to President Taft in he form of a request by Thomas )olan, president of the Steam Sbov- clers' Union, that the President ob- ain from the Attorney General an pinion as to whether the law pro- tiliiting payment for overtime is not icing violated on the Panama canal. Just before the Senate adjourned ibout 7 o,clock Friday night, Senator Vldrich, chairman of the finance coui nittee, introduced the corporation ax amendment to the tariff bill, reu cnimended by President Taft. To encourage American shipping, Senator Elkins intrpduced an amend nent which would allow to American ressels a reduction of five per cent n tariff duties. Petroleum, linoleum and scrap iron ariff schedules were the principal nies discussed in the Senate. Sen ttor Penrose's amendment fixing a luty of half cent a gallon on crude iil was lost. Increases over the House rates were made as follows: Dn harness from 35 per cent ad val rem to 40 per cent; on scrap iron from 50 cents to $2.50 per ton; and n wire nails from 1-4 to l-'i cent, ind from 1-2 to 3-4 cent per pound, :he former for those less, the latter for those an inch or more in length. Although it devoted almost eight lours to strenuous effort in that di rection, the Senate Saturday afiled to ionclude its consideration of the schedules of the tariff bill, and at 3:12 o'clock, an adjournment was reached, there were stil la number of mportant rates to be determined. file day, however, was full of achieve ment and a number of provisions srere disposed of. Probably the most exciting inci dent of the day was the vote on Sen ator Beveridge's amendment reducing from 30 per cent ad valorem to 15 per cent ad valorem, the duty on sash registers. The Indiana Senator began his fight for this reduction some days ago and was enabled to force a vote on it Saturday after compratively little discussion. The vote resulted 31 ayes and 33 noes. Stating that after the vote was an aounced several Senators bad inform ed him that they had voted against his motion under misrepresentation Mr. ' Beveridge said he. would renew the motion at a later date. The wood pulp provision also again received- attention, and it -was sup posed that it had been finally acted upon unti! Senator Clapp, taking ex ception to the retaliatory provision of the schedule as amended, stated that he would make an effort to have the provision entirely eliminated before final action should be taken upon the bill The Senate concluded its discus sion of the schedules of the tariff bill Monday and is now ready fof the corporation and income tax ques tions. Senator Aldrich introduced a resolution proposing an amendment to collect the taxes on incomes from whatever source, derived and without apportionment among the several States. ; . , -.:;.:'. ' An increase in the duty on struc tural iron and steel valued at more than 9-10 of a cent per pound was made by the Senate,- the increase be ing from 3-10 to 4-10 of a cent per pound.? Cotton bagging was placed on the free list '' M i -yP ' Ineffectual efforts-were made 'to place cotton ties, school books, bind-4 ing twine and salt on the free list and Egyptian cotton on the dutiable list.:;. ' ' '' :': ' Both houses adopted the conference report on the census bill. -' ' "What is whiskey! ". was discuss ed in the Cabinet room of the White House'. President Taft listening to attorneys for - rectifying distilleries and blenders, who oppose the recent decision of Solicitor General Bowers as to what should be labeled 'imita tion whiskey." The hearing will be continued. Late Tuesday the Senate reached the voting stage on the hide schedule, and after several amendments had been defeated, the amendment of the finance committee fixing a duty of 15 per cent ad valorem on hides was agreed to, 46 to 30. This is the rate of the present law, Dut under the rulings of the Treasury Deportment is applicable only to hides weighing more than 25 pounds. The House placed all hides on the free list, but the committee restored the Dingley policy. Senator McLaurin undertook to have the provision amended so as to make tho duty applicable to hides weighing less than 25 pounds, but failed, his amendment being voted down 31 to 48. An amendment by Mr. Stone, placing no only hides but many of their products on the free list, was also lost. Alleged Members Black Hand Band I Bound Over. Toledo, O., Special. At the con clusion of the preliminary hearing here Monday Salvatore and Sebas tine Lima and Salvatore Rizao, three members of the alleged Black Hand band, recently arrested, were bound over to the Federal grand Jury. The bond of Salvatore Lima was increas ed to $6,000 and that of the others to $5,000 each. They will probably have to remain in the county jail. Fight on Bucketshops. Cincinnati, O., Special. County Prosecutor Hunt's spectacular cam paign against bucketshops was con tinued Monday when he and ten dep uties over-powered two armed watch men and raided the offices of the Consolidiated Stock and Grain Com pany, u. A. Aoton and v. a. tox were arrested, all the books of the concern were taken and the wires cut. The men were held to the grand jury, Ten days ago' this same company was raided by Hunt and his deputies. Exonerates Man Convicted of Murder Palatka, Fla., Special When James Kelly and D. M. Davidson were seteneed to life imprisonment for murder, Kelly said: "I accept the verdict of the jury, but as for D. M. Davidson, he is as innocent of this crime as any man in the hearing of my voice." The men were con victed of the murder of W. C. Sel- lars, a night watchman of the Atlan tic Coast Line Railroad three years ago at High Springs, Fla. Perished in Pack Ice. Tromsoe, Norway, Special The steamer Arctic, of Walter Wellman's North Pole expedition, returned here Sunday from Spitsbergen witn her flags at half mast, bringing the news that Knnl Johnson, one of the two men who remained at the Wellrjan camp this winter, had perished in the pack ice when bis airship had been destroyed by a heavy storm. On May 19 Johnson went with his fellow watchman, Paul Bjorvig, on a hunting expedition over the pack ice. NEWSY GLEANINGS. Frederick De Martens, a famons Russian statesman, died suddenly In a railway station. A bomb wrecked the house .. of Father James Zuccarelll, In Newark, but harmed no one. A Wall Street rumor that E. H. Harrlman was dead in Vienna caused a big slump In stocks. George Kraus, of Pittsburg, eighty-three and despondent, committed suicide by taking poison. Colombia has decided to present the tripartite treaty to the National Assembly, which will be elected an July 20. , . A committee' of the trustees of. Brown University formally recom mended that the Institution become non-denominational. . The Rev. Dr. Leon Harrison said In his sermon In the Free Synagogue, New York City, that , Christians shouldn't marry Jews. V , .t ' Philip Lamb dived into. the East River, New York City, to show his uncle bow. well he could swim and never came to the surface. -. General George B.. Loud protested to the War Department against ths "desecration" of Memorial. Day at West Point by a basebaH game. Edwin Hawley's railroad system obtained an outlet on ths Pacific by a traffic agreement with - the . Kansas City, Mexico sad Orient Railway. The State Department Is satisfied, that American capitalists will ,he. al lowed to share In the profits at the loan to enable China to build m rail way. . - iJ.'yV v-',, i:-:- T f . Frederick CndmoreV a young clerk, illustrated In a boat on a pier, In New York City, "how a tool rocks a boat" He fell off the pier and had a narrow, scape. ,v -i.:-- -4 K - The Oregon legislators has fo Molted the use of a hatpin more than ten laches vlong.r Tberw-ls a point, explains the,' Washington Star, a which a hatpla becomes a rapier.. COTTON CONDITIONS An Acreage Abandonment of Seven Per Cent, THE NATIONAL GINNERS' REPORT The Average Condition Up to June 24 Was 75.6, the Condtiion in North Carolina Being 77 The Acreage 'Abandoned in North Carolina Is 4 Per Cent. Memphis, Tenn., Special. The re port of the National Ginners' Asso ciation gives the average condition of cotton up to June 24, as 75.6. There has "been an abandonment Of acreage oft 7 per cent according to the report, making the total acreage 0.8 less than last year. Detailed report by States : Alabama, condtiion 70; acreage abandoned 14 per cent; crop very grassy in nearly all sections; plant small and from two to four weeks late. Arkasas, condition 76; acreage abandoned 4 per cent; crop very good in west and north; very grassy and small elsewhere; boll weevil in 24 counties worse than last season, some of the fields being abandoned on account of them. Florida, condition 90; very little loss in acreage; most sections good. Georgia, condition 70; acreage abandoned 5 per cent; crop grassy; most sections not all chopped yet; plant generally small and from one to three weeks 'late , some complaints of lice and black rot. Louisiana, condition 56; acreage abandoned 13 per cent ; some sections in very good shape but so many wee vils they are destroying all the squares as fast as they form; much cotton being abandoned or planted in sage only on this account; many re port' nothing will be made in their sections. Mississippi, conditions 61; acreage abandoned 14 per cent; plant genera ally small; poor stands and grassy. . Missouri, condition 56; very little loss in acreage;, crops late but good. North Carolina, condition 77; acre age abandoned 4 per cent; crops grassy in most sections and from 2 to 3 weeks late. Oklahoma, condition 90; acreage abandoned 1 per cent; reports from nearly all sections very good. South Carolina, condition 78; acre age abandoned 4 per cent; some few sections report good conditions but most of 'them report fields grassy and not all chopped yet, plant small and from two to three weeks late. Tennessee,, condition 77; acreage abandoned 7 per cent; plant small and grassy. Texas, condition 80; acreage aban doned 5 per cent ;J principally in the dry section, where rains came too late; condition north and east Texas best in years but weevils are report ed more numerous than usual and this fine prospect may be changed in a very short time. South'. Texas had plenty of rain, plant generally small and from four to six 'weeks late. . Weevils reported in large numbers doing damage al-. ready. West Texas still very dry ex cept four counties, some places have had no rain in six months. With plenty of rain this section will pro duce "from 50 to, CO per eent of a" ' crop. '.' - J : Mr. R. L. Boyster Drowned. Columbia, S. C. Special. Mr. Ar thnr L.- Roaster, chief clerk for Su- perintendent H A- Williams of the ' . Southern, and one of. the most cap able and promising young railroad , men in this section, met a tragic and extremely sad death while out swim- - ming and boating in the Columbia ea-' nal about 1Q o'clock Monday morn ing by drowning. His body has not , - yet been recovered. Mr. Royster was - a popular club- ' man and was. very popular through out, the, city generally, being of quiet and retiring' disposition and of many . manly- characteristics. 'His fellow- ' workmen at the union station, f rom , heads of departments en down to the youngest ; clerks, are grieved and ' shocked over his death, as if they had lost a brother, for Mr. Royster was'- most popular with- those closest to - him. - - . ': ' j- : . ": ' . i'. '- ' .':,,..? -v ; Dies Under His Anto. , y , . Columbians, Cn' Special William, ' G. Rndd, a traveling v salesman for -' the Dimrt-Andrews Company! , wae . , killed . Monday m ; an automobile , : which was struck by . the Seaboard testibnled train at Salak, four muea . west' of Greenwood. ' One of the eye-' V witnesses, Mrs. Malone, saw Mr. ' Rudd stop tha automobile : on: the crossing. He. jumped out, bnt on the wrong side and in front of the mov- - ing. tram, which strnek tne antomo- ' bus and threw it. on him. Be was picked up and carried to Abbeville, ' but died on" the way. Mr. Budd leaves, a widow. : No children survive Km