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..1. MiiiMimtiiiiiimnin ;iiMuiinmmiMiMu, The Medium ; Throah whieK foa retch tht I people Madison Cwtnty , ! ; ADVERTISING RATES OH APPLICATION ; IIMIIIIHIIIIIIMIHIHM riVLy VAV&R Tub 2zL lishtd in th County X $1 a yturiii' Addanc X Jaft tnmAt FrMptlr mMI Nattiy Dm lllllllllllllllllllllllllll POLITICAL REFORM AND THE GENERAL1 UPBUILDING OF MADISON COUNTY. VOL, XL. MARSHALL, N. C, FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1909; NO2&.' Madison County Itecord. Ten Republicans Cast Their Ballots Against the Bill While Only One Democrat Senator McEnery, of Louisiana, Votes for It Washington, Spesiai. The tariff bill passed the Senate just after 11 o'clock Thursday night by a vote of 45 to 34. Republicans voting in the negative were Beveridge, of Indiana; Bristow, of Kansas; Brown, of Ne braska; Burkett, of Nebraska; Clapp, of Minnesota; Crawford, of South Dakota; Cummins, of Iowa; Dolliver, of Iowa; LaFollette, of Wisconsin; Nelson, of Minnesota. McEnery, of Louisiana, was the only Democrat re corded in the affirmative. . As it passed the Senate the bill con tains almost 400 paragraphs. The Senate made 840 amendments to the House provisions, many of which were added Thursday. The closing scenes in the Senate chamber were tame indeed. Mr. La Follette 's three-hour speech Thurs day night was earnest, but not es pecially animated. lie had a slim au dience. Senators remaining in their seats only when required to be there to vote. The results of the vote on the bill had been long discounted. There was no doubt of its passage by the usual finance committee majority. Following several hours' of mon otonous discussion of the general features of the tariff bill, the closing hours were characterized by a spirit ed controversary between Senator Aldrich on the one hand and a num ber of the insurgent Senators on the other as to the standing of Republi can Senators, who might cast their votes against the bill. . The bill being put on its passage was passed. ' Upon motion of Mr. Aldrich, the Vice President announced the Senate conferes as follows: Senators Aid rich, Burrows, Penrose, Hale, Cullom, Republicans; and Daniel, Money and Bailey, Democrats. The tariff question now has been THE ANTI-PR0HIBITI0N1STS WIN IN BRISTOL. VA. Bristol, Va., Special. By the nar row majority of 32, out of total of $44 votes polled, the antRprohlbiflon ists won the local option election held here Thursday, following one of the most hotly contested campaigns of its kind in the South. Pandemonium reigns here Thurs day night in that part of Bristol, which lies in Tennessee as well as in the half of the city which has declar ed for the sale of liquor after a dry ness of two years. Preparations are already being made for opening Up saloons and wholesale houses for suppplying not only the immediate territory but that of the dozen near by States which are in the prohibition column. The "wets" declare that the vic tory here, following the recent one against prohibition at Petersburg, Va., wijl have the effect of checking the Statewide prohibition movement in Virginia and will have some in fluence toward -preventing further in roads of the prohibitionists in the South. They say, too, that the win ning of the. fight is but the op ening of the greater fight for recla mation of lost territory in the South. Locally, the contest was intensely exciting, but it was more than a local contest. With the liquor interests of the entire country it was a pivotal fight. Driven Out of the, surrounding Southern' States, the whiskey people fought, tenaciously for ' a foothold htra. ,4,.,-,,r, . v -i . Against the influence of the pro WOUNDED BURGLAR ADMITS : NewYdrk; Special. Frank Schmidt alias John Smith, the wounded burg lar, who admits that he-killed Mrs. Sophia Staber in her bedroom early Thursday morning when he was caught robbing the Staber house at Flatbush, said Friday: "Mr. Staber. and his son are to be blamed for this killing," he said. WESTERN TOWNS ALMOST Sti - Joseph, Mo., Special, Death and destruction followed the sudden floods sweeping .over DeKalb,Davies, Grundy, Mercer, Harrison, and Liv ingston, counties in ..Northern ' Mis-; souri, . It is believed 11 persons have been-'drowned, and the property loss will reach" more than; $1,000,000. , . The flood, extends through Kansas - and Nebraska and: a part of (Colora do. -Train service is demoralised in Nebraska; and Kansas , on acount of washouts, and in Colorado, the land- ' slides and floods from -mountain tor rents Lavs caused train schedules to shifted from both houses of Congress to a conference committee. The House Friday adopted a rule whereby all of the 840 amendments of the Sen ate were disagreed to and the confer ence requested by the Senate granted. When the Hduse met Friday in terest was at fever heat. The leaders on both sides had notified their re spective forces to be on hand. The de bate which at times waxed warm, disclosed the fact that there were some Republicans, , in addition to the so-called insurgents, who were yet to be pacified before they would give their votes on the final passage of the bill. The Democrats accused the ma jority party of having violated its ante-election pledges. A feature of the discussion was an appeal by Chairman Payne to his colleagues to send the conferees to the Senate un hampered "by instruction. He prom ised to rigidly exact an explanation of every amendment made by the Sen ate, in order that the House con ferees might report back a bill which would meet the approval at large. His appeal was granted. In the course of the debate, Repre sentative Mann, of Illinois, declared be would vote against the bill on the conference report if the Senate provi sion on wood pulp and print paper was retained. Messrs. Randell. of Texas, Pou, of North Carolina, ami Henry, of Texas, characterized the measure as break ing the Republican pledges to the American people. Speaker Cannon announced the fol lowing as the House conferees: Payne, of New York; Dalzell, of Pennsylvania; McCall, of Massachu setts; Boutcll, of Illinois; Calderhead, of Kansas; Fordney, of Michigan; Republicans; ClarV, of Missouri; Un derwood, of Alabama; Griggs, of Georgia, Democrats. hibitionists and their, unwavering allies the women and children, the hfcders of the opposing fores. spent thousands of dollars. Nearly a hun dred representatives of the saloon, distillery and brewery interests were here to witness the election and lend wliHf assistance they might to cor ralling votes. Many of them came here with a view tc starting in busi ness. Half of the business buildi.'ga iu tl.o city had been optioned for sale or Tinl at very hhh prices, penlin; Thursday's' result! And these options were paid for in cash, too. '! 'it campaign was Kgun a !iiit.' over a jnonth ago when Judge John V. Price, of the corporation court, ordered the election on petition of one-fourth of the qualified voters. Ihe temperance people brought many out-of-town speakers here and for two weeks meetings have been held nightly on the streets, in churches and in halls. Hundreds of women and children were on the grounds at tto main voting place all day, singing ami praying for the success of the temperance cause. The women served lunches and hot coffee near the polls ai)d stood through drenching reins and eontiued their work from ealy morning until, the polls closed. The anti-prohibitionists conducted a "still hunt" campaign and worked under cover until within, the past week, when they suddenly burst into print and flooded the city with liter ature opposing prohibition and seek ing to show its ill effects on Bristol. The Abingdon dispensary, 13 miles east of Bristol, doing an immense business, largely from local trade, was .used as a chief argument by them- HE KILLED MRS. STABER "They were fools to try to stop such men as us when-all we wanted was to make a get-away. "If Mr. Staber. will take 'a gun I will let him shoot till I drop dead. That's how I regret this affair." , Schmidt's pal,' Carlo Giro, alias Metzler, .made a confession in which he tried to lay all the blame on his mate. . , . ' .;. - ; SWEPT AWAY BY FLOODS be abandoned and hundreds of East ern people are marooned in the State, Iowa and Illinois are. also flooded, though 4he damage in these States is not so great as it is in Missouri and Kansas. ' ' s-. ' -.'" v v ' : Half jS dozen towns and cities in Northwest Missouri, are cut off from communication with the world .and are? in danger. o r' being; '. swept away.' In many places people are In want of food and supplies and are in grave danger of being swept away in' their homes but the current is so swift that no skiff or small, boat can get to thenu ., WRIGHT MAKES FLIGHT Aeroplane Attains the Exceptional Speed of 40 Miles an Hour and Circles the Fort Meyer Parade Grounds Half a Dozen Times, a Dis tance of Three and a Half Miles. Washington, ' Special. Orville Wright Monday evening made a very successful flight in the Wright aero plane at Fort Meyer, Va., rmaining in the air five minutes and 30 seconds, during which time the machine at tained the exceptional speed of 40 miles an hour and circled the parade grounds half a dozen times, a total distance of about 31-2 miles. A strong breeze prevented the Wright brothers from starting the aeroplane immediately after it was brought from the shed. While wait ing for favorable conditions, they ex amined the machine carefully and chatted with prominent persons, who had gone over from Washington to witness the trial. With Count von Bernstoff, German ambassador, the Wrights talked at length explaining the workings of the machine. Mrs. Nicholas Long worth, daughter of ex-President Roosevelt, enthusiastically examined the aeroplane, as did Secretary of the Navy' Meyer. When the signal finally was given to start, the machine shot forward and mounted gracefully into t lie light breeze. Orville Wright guided the fly er to the lower end of t lie large pa rade ground and circled around to ward the starting point, gradually rising higher from the ground. Six times he rounded the course, the machine attaining an average speed of about 40 miles an hour, ac cording to Mr. Wright. Both of the Wrights expressed themselves as pleased with the per formance. They intend to make only short flights until the new bearings have become worn down and the iiro- ' polling motor is working perfectly. lien these tilings liave adjusted themselves to the satisfaction of the aviators they intend to attack their main task, to which these minor flights are preliminary that of satis fying the conditions prescribed by the goveminuit for their olliciul test. Income Tai up to States. Washington Special. It 'is now up to the LislatUirs of the several States to say whether there shall be an income tax amendment to the con stitution. By the decisive vote of 317 to 14, more than t lie ncoessary two-thirds, the House Monday passed the Senate joint resolution providing for the submission of the question to the States. The negative votes were all cast by Republicans. No amendments having been made to the resolution, it now goes to the President for his signature. Practically four hours were con sumed in floating the proposition nnd tliis afforded many members, mostly on the Democratic side, an opportunity to air their views. Chair man Payne, of the committee on ways and means, voiced the sentiment that such a tax would make "a na tion of liars," although he said it was well that such power should be given Congress, especially in times of war. The burden of the Democratic speeches was that it was simply a case of stealing Democratic thunder, although some of the remarks on that side incidentally touched upon the tariff and the corporation tax, with no little amount of castigation of the Republicans for failing, as was alleged, to keep party pledges. "We welcome the conversion of the ''Republican party to another Democratic principle," was the corn meat of Mr. Clark, of Missouri, the minority leader. An income tax, he maintained, was a Democratic prin ciple. He cor eluded by expressing himself- in favor of increasing the amount of exemption above $5,000 Miss' Mary Morgan Dead. J.cnoir, Special. Miss Mary M Mt-rsan, a daughter of the lata Sei ner Morgju. of Alabama, died Suu d.i mornL'r; t 40 :30o 'clock at Mowing Rock where fi'm and hi titter. Mi S3 Cornelia, had . gono lo i jvrd the cummer. Mils? Morga.i had been sick about three weeks. The remains were taken to Selma, Ala., for interment. HospitaJ Nurses Strike. Atlanta,' Ga., SpejialThe entire nursing body of the Presbyterian Hospital went out on a strike Sat urday and all but five of the 24 are locked in their dormitory, refusing all offers of arbitration. "We ar overworked, we are not given decent food and there is another big reason, which we will not discuss just yet," jsaid one of the pretty gray clad, young women. But further none of them would talk. " " " , The 'Presbyterian Hospital conceal ed the strike but were compelled to 'borrow nurses from the other in6ti- Intlnni in tiM aire, ' '. ! TROUBLEJMOLIYIA Bolivia is DisauieUd Mobs Attack Peruvian and Argentine Legations Minister From the Argentine With His Wife Run For Their Lives. LaPaz, Bolivia, Special. The guards protecting the Peruvian and Argentine legations were suddenly withdrawn Saturday evening, for some unknown reason. When this be came known, street mobs renewd their attacks on the legations, caus ing; serious damage. The Argentine minister, Senor Fen seca, and his wife, had a narrow es cape from injury. They made their way out of the legation and ran a dis tance of eight blocks, finally seeking protection. in the home of the Presi dent of Bolivia. No explanation has been made as to why the strict measures ordered by the authorities at the first sign of trouble have not been enforced. Man ifestations have been numerous in public places, and at a meeting held Saturday, a portrait of Figueroa Al corta, President of Argentina, was placed head downwards on a pole and stoned to pieces. It is reported here that consider able excitement prevails at Lima and Buenos Ayres, and the Argentine government's, silence in the face of Bolivian protests is regarded as omfnious. , La Paz was given over Sunday night to riot. The people swarmed in to the streets and did much damage. The electric wires were cut and pil laging was begun on all sides. Shots were heard in every direction. The situation for foreigners, especially Peruvian and Argentine residents, is extremely serious. ' Hurricane Sweeps Panama. Panama, Special. A hurricane of unusual severity occurred Saturday night, doing much damage to prop erty. The electric "plant in Panama was put out of commission and the city was left in darkness, which serv ed to increase the alarm. At the time there was a great crowd at the Na tional ; theatre. The performance came to an end hut the audience re mained comparatively quiet. Many of the residents, who were unaccustomed to such violent storms left their houses, seeking safety with in the churcbes, the doors of which wjere thrown open to shelter the crowds. It is "feared that the interior and coast towns have suffered consider ably. The government has dispatch ed two steamers. Gets a life Sentence. Marianna, Fla., Special. His wife's story that Dr. H. Alexander had kissed her while she was a pa tient in his chair caused J. V. White to kill the dentist several months ago and Saturday the resulting trial ended with the jury's cerdict of sec ond degree murder, which carries with it a sentence of life imprison ment. White's plea was that of self defense, he asserting that after the t rouble had been ' ' patched up " he met Dr. Alexander in a dark street and believed that he was about to he attacked. The dentist was armed only with an umbrella and five bullets were fired at him byWhite. Witness es, however testified that White had threatened to kill Dr. Alexander. Tornado Kills Six. Ortonville, Minn., Special. Six people were killed, fifteen were in jured arid much property was de-r-troyed Sunday by a tornado which pn-sed over this section. ' The tornado demolished two dwell ing houses, the round house, coal sheds and five hoarding cars of the t'liicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Rail road. About 40 Italian laborers were in the cars and of these, five were 1 iHed and 15 injured. Phillip de Griff, :i bus driver, was killed by . being hurled against a tree when his vehicle was blown over and crushed. The tor-, imiIo' was accompanied by a heavy rain and bail storm. " To Avenge Black Hand Murder. Xew Orleans, La., Special. The Mr -t. execution in Louisiana for a 'rime carried out under the sign of the Black Hand will take place at li.ihnville next Friday when Lcon-ai-'lo Gebbia will be hanged for ocm plicify iu the murder of little Walter l.amana, two years ago. Six Italians nrf nOw serving life sentences in the State penitentiary for complicity in the crime. Three Trainmen Killed. GrandfJunction, Col., Special. Three trainmen killed and one fatal ly injured and traffic tied up for more than12 hours are the results of a head-on collision early Saturday near Cisco, Utah, between a west-bound passenger train and - an east-bound sheep, train. Elks bound for Los Angeles' were passengers of the wrecked train. The engine crew and baggageman of the passenger train were killed: Fourteen special trains carrying Elks to Los Angeles were held up all day. . v. -- ., TAR HEEL CHRONICLES Happenings And Doings Gleaned From All Parts Of The Old Nortn'state . Mr. Cook Tells of Jackson School. Prof. W. "T. Whitsett writing to the News and Observer says: At the recent session of the N. C. Teachers' I Assembly at Mprehead City there was one pleasing arid hopeful incident .that has not been noticed in the reports of the meeting so far as I have seen that' I desire to mention briefly. On Thursday morning the presid ing officer of the Assembly noticed in the audience the chairman of the Stonewall Jackson Manual Training and Industrial School, James P. Cook, Esq., of Concord. Mr. Cook was invited to tell the teachers some thing of the work of the school, and for thirty minutes he held their in dividual attention as he vividly placed before them the steps in the creation of the school. A number of pathetic incidents were recited showing how in many cases mere boys for a slight offense had been sent in the past tb spend months with hardened criminals in convict camps, thus shutting them off from all hope in life, and turning them to the ways of darker days among those for whom there could be hut little hope. The work already accomplished at the Jackson Training School was de scribed, the plans for the future out lined, and altogether Chairman Cook made a profound impression upon the North Carolina teachers and won their hearty sympathy for the great work he is doing. At the- conclusion of the address State Superintendent J. Y. Joywy spoke briefly expressing his great pleasure at what had been done thvis far, and pledging his warm support for the future of the school, and ask ing the same from the largo audience. It was a very fortunate occasion for the Jadcson Training School and I felt should not go unnoticed in the public press. The wisdom of those who have struggled under many adverse conditions will be richly dem onstrated in many lives through the coming years turned into the paths of noble citizenship, by the work of this noble enterprise. Bed "0" Oil Company Suss. Raleigh, Special. The7 Red "C" Oil Manufacturing Company, of Bal timore, has begun a suit to restrain the State Board of Agricultrue from putting into effect the act of the Ger eral Assembly of North Carolina of 1909 regarding the inspection of il luminating oils. The suit was start ed in the Federal Court and fhe act of the Legislature providing for oil inspection is alleged as unconstitu tional, affecting interstate commerce. The tax of half a cent a gallon is de clared excessive, the regulations un just, unequal and oppressive. The ex emption too of quantities already stored in the State is declared to operate in the interests of the Stan dard Oil Co. Mattaniuskeet Lake Sold by the State. Rhieigh. NT. C, Special. The State Board of Education accepted a pro position from Ohio capitalists for the snip of the Mattamuskeet Lake and Sjfamp, Hyde county, for $100,000, the purchasers obligating themselves to form a North Carolina corporation and enter into the formation of a "drainage district" that will include the 50.000 acres of lake bed conveyed in the sale and 125,000 acres of swamn owned bv individuals, and ac complish the drainage so that the lands will he available for agricul ture. The belief is that it will con stitute the richest lands in the whole country. The sale was brought about for the State by Engineer J. O. Wright, of th United States drain age division of the Department of Agriculture. Dr. Schenck to Germany. Asheville, Special. Dr. C. A. Schenck,' who recently resigned his position as chief of the forestry de partment of the Biltmore estate, will, it is said, -establish a forestry school in the Black Forest, Germany. It is Dr. Schenck 's intention to give his students six months schooling in Ger many and three months in the' for ests of several American states Tough Shoots Officer. Lenoir. Special. News was receiv ed here Wednesday of a shooting af fray last evening at Blowing Rock, 20 miles', above Lenoir. The particu lars are about as follows. Police man Willctt Miller went to arrest a man by the name of Bill Baldwin, charged with selling whiskey. He re fused to accompany tbe officer and. drew a pistol:' PolicemanMiller drew bis pistoL but Baldwin shot him' four times. ' ' Policeman Miller js in a serious condition, having been shot three timet through the lungs and is not -expected to-live . Shot Former Triend. : Raleigh, Special. A reward of $250 is offered by "Governor Kitcbin for the capture of. Marvin' Shelton, of Stokes county, pharged with the murder of Oscar Woolvirie. The two men, bpth white", had been friends, but there was a quarrel. Woolvine and family, a wife and three or four children, removed to Rockingham, and on a visit back to Stokes county, he was shot and kill ed by Shelton, Woolvine; WAs.-Ber-suaded to come back to .a qpowdM which Shelton,' was one., after 'h.e na4 gone with his family to a friend's house. Shelton fried' to start! 'a. qiuar rel with bin arift-wanted kim behind a barn, but Woolvjne would not go. Then Shelton pulled a' pistol and shot twice at Woolvine in the crowd. Some oney'handed Woolvine. a pistol, and he shot once, Shelton ajso firing again. Woolvine died shortly after and it is said he was killed by the first shot, which entered his stomach. Shelton fled and hence the offer of the reward. Each of the men art well connected and have means.- (little Balloon Burns Church. Raleigh, Special.; With no serious accident from fireworks to any on in Raleigh or vicinity, the chief sac rifice the capital city paid to the Fourth celebration was the destruc tion of the $75,000 St. Paul's M. ,E. Church, colored, this having been set on fire within the last hour of the time allowed for fireworks in the city, 'it was a 15-cent balloon, with its flickering flame to inflate it, that passed above the "cjiurch, settled on the roof ami started the blaze that left the handsome edifice a mass ql ruins. Having just previously been called to another section of the city by an alarm, the flames were leaping skyward from all over the massive shingle roof before the first fighters arrived. St. Paul's Church had been in the building since 1882, and con tracts had just been awarded for completing the steeple and for sub stituting a slate for the shingle roof. There was $21,000 insurance of which $10,000 was added a few ,; days ago. Prominent citizens of Raleigh are "already responding liberally with sub scriptions for rebuilding, and it is understood that little .time will be lost in starting this work. St. Paul's was one of the handsomest negro churches in the South. Levy Tribute on All. Salisbury, Special. Effective on July 15, Salisbury merchants, busi ness men, contractors, manufacturers and all classes of traders willpass under a new tax levy made this week by the board of aldermen, which has imposed a special privilege tax upon every known industry. The funds will be used for municipal purposes, such as the support of schools, execu tive expenses, etc. It is said that more than 200 different interests are subject to the new tax schedule. Near-beer license was placed at $300 per annum and social dubs will be taxed $1 per member, where liquors are kept. Run Down by Train. Asheville, Special Burgin Yarber ry, a young white man about town, was run over nnd killed at Biltmore Saturday afternoon by train No. from Toxaway, the accident occur ring at 4 o'clock. It seems that Yar berry, who was drinking, was stand ing in the dirt road at the crossing and in an effort to get out of the way of a wagon stepped onto the railway track. At that moment the engine train 'No. 0 poked its nose around at the curve and Yarberry was struck. The man was knocked down on the track and his head severed from his body. The remains were turned oveT to Coroner Morris. Moonshiner Cau?ht in the Act of .Setting Up a Still. Asheboro, Special. Sheriff S. L. Hay worth and two of his deputies captured P. A. Williams setting up a blockade still Sunday. Williams and the still were brought to Ashe boro and Williams was hound over to court by Justice J. S. Ridge in a bond in the sum of $700. He failed to give bond and was committed to jail. Boiler Blew Up. Charlotte, Special. A thunderous noise and roar that awoke the ntire southern end of 'the city occurred Thursday afternoon about 2:30 o'clock, when the Kheachery of the Southern Cotton Oil Company was demolished by the explosion of a huge boiler, several tons of iron and tim ber being burled high in the air, and several men having narrow escapes 'from -fleath.' John James, a colored workman, -was hnrlecL- through a win dow, but apt; Seriously hurt. C. A. MeCalL the manager," and William Beattie were 'more or less injured by falling timbers). - , - ' .' " I', v . X.