1 1 1 1 II I M 1 1 1 1 II 1 1 1 1 1 1 H 1 1 ; ;t I iH I M lll II 11 H M Wf ; j The Medium ; ; Through which you reach the ' ' people ? Madison County ; ; ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii flJiLy TATB'RTub luhed in Ih County JBi a yar in A.&Oancf , Job "Matin Promptly tad Null? Dmm miniiiiiiiiniiiiiiin POLITICAL REFORM AND THE GENERAL UPBUILDING OF MADISON COUNTY. .VOL. XL MARSHALL, N. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1909. NO. 34. Madison County Record. V 7 LIVES TOLL OF AUTO RAGE The Indianapolis Automobile Racing Brings Des x truction And Sorrow-Frenzied Speed A Arid Its Results. Indianapolis, Ind., Special. Three more lives were sacrificed baturday "in the mad speed carnival which has , .inaugurated the great Indianapolis ( motor speed way. One mechanician and two spectators paid the penalty of their lives to satisfy the extreme desire for' speed. The fatal accident eame when a National car, driven by Charles Merz in the. 300-mile, race, lost a tire and crashed through a fence into a group of spectators, spreading death and "destruction" in the wake of its wild plunge. . The dead: Claude Kellura, of In dianapolis, mechanician in the Nat ional car; Ora Jolleffe, Trafalgar, Ind.; an unidentified man. Besides, the three deaths, two serious injuries, resulted during the' day. Heury Tapking, of Indianap olis, was seriously injured in the fatal wreck, sustaining a compound frac ture of his 'right arm, a broken nose And several scalp wounds. Bruce Keene, the driver of a Marmon car in the same race,' crashed into a post shortly after the National wreck and was badly cut about the neck and head. After the second accident the of ficials decided to call off the 300-mile race when the leading car a Jack son with Lee Lynch at the wheel had covered 235 miles. Ralph de Palma, in a Fiat, was second and Stillnient in a Marmon was third. The , race will be declared no contest and the great Indianapolos motor speed f way trophy will be raeed for again. TROOPS f IRE ON STIKERS AT ' Pittsburg, Special. One State ' trooper and. one deputy sheriff and three foreigners were shot and killed . Sunday night in a wild riot at the. Pressed Steel Car plunt in Schoen villo, whose employes are now - on strike. At feast a score of persons were seriously wounded, ten fatally. The rioting followed a day of quiet and broke without warning. At mid night the following partial list of dead and injured was made up from x reports received from', the "morgue, 4 hospitals and several physicians' .of- The dead: John' Lv 'Wilson, State trooper; Harry Exler, deputy sheriff; three foreigners. ''..- Fatally injured; John C. Smith, State trooper; Lucelinn Jones, State trooper; seven foreigners. George Kitch and John O'Don'nell, State . troopers, were seriously injured and one-woman was shot in the neck. SEVEN CADETS DISMISSED ' West Point, N. Y., Special. For being involved in the. hazing of Ro lando Sutton, a brother of Lieut. James N. Sutton, Jr., United States marine corps, whose death at Anna polis two years ago has just been investigated,' seven West point ca- ' dets were dismissed fronvthe Unite'd States Military Acedemy Thursday by direction of; President Taft. . , The cadets ordered to. be dismissed are John H. Booker, Jr., of West Point,; Ga., first -class;". Richard W. Hocker, Kansas City, Mo., third class ; Earle i W.' Dunmore, Utica, N." Y., third class; Chauncey C. Devore, GEORGIA WOMAN SHOOTS ""i Augusta"; Ga., Special.-r-In a fit "of . jealousy Thursday afternoon - Elvia Todd, a young white woman about 22 years cjf age, entered the office of the Central of Georgia freight depot and . probably fatally shot Cashier D. Richard Wilson. , The ,young woman claims that she has for the "' past seven years been infatuated with . Watson, who - is a young fa&n. She claims that he- held out a ray of hope for her nntil a few days ago, when he i' threw her over" ILLINOIS RIVER, STEAMER Peoria) JH.; Special. The steamer Fred .Swain," Capta Verne Swain, of the Peoria' LaSalle ' Packet Com pany, with, 25 passengcra.and J5 sail ors aboard, -burned to the . water's edge- Friday after the; flaming craft had been piloted into, four feet of wa ter and the occupants had asicaped to the bank ' of ' the Illinois river,, np GEORGIA WOMAN MURDERED BY LOVE-SICK SWAIN Dougles, ' Ga., SpeciaL Declaring I that he had rather see her dead than married to another William McLeod, a farm hand, "Fjiday confessed to Sheriff Ricketson.Jbat 'he murdered Miss Mattie .Graham, a wealthy and refined joung woman, whose. body was discovered jn a swamp ncar ber home at Hokesboro, Coffee county." v' ,. r Goinr into every detail, his state ment is. that he left his "work -and went to thejiouse before dinner? Not eing her he asked for Miss Maitie sid being informed that she r had , "ma to her field for a melon he fol lowed and found her, -. ;j By a strange freak of fortune Merz escaped from the terrible wreck with hardly a scratch. He fell under the car when' it turned a somersault through the air and down into a pul ley near the side of the track. ' He was in imminent danger of being burned to death but by. extraordinary luck I he was able to shut off the en gine and thus save himself from a horrible death. - Kellum was hurled out of the car and landed in the gulley somedis tap.ee from the twisted mass of steel and iron that once had been a speed machine. The three deaths raises the .toll of the speedway to seven lives ibis week. William A. Bourpue and his mechanician, Harry Holcombe, of ' the Knox racing team, were, killed in an accident in the 250-mile race Thurs day. Cliff Litteral, a Stoddard-Day-ton mechanician, was killed by being hit by a big racing machine while on the way out to the speedway. On Thursday Elmer Granipton, a 6-year-old boy, was killed by the automobile of Dr. Clark E. Day, of this city, while the latter was on his way to the speedipay for the first day's race. A pall of grief hangs over the city and the more . reckless automobilists drive more carefully through the streets than they did earlier in the week. The frightful penalty paid for a few broken speed records is greater than was bargained when Indianapo lis threw down ,the gates of its "greatest speedway in the world." PITTSBURG KILLING THREE ' Over a Score of persons received more. -or . less seripuWn.iuries. The riot scene wfi practically indescrib able. Mounted State 'troopers gallop ed indiscriminately through the streets with riot maces drawn, crack ing the heads of all persons loitering in the vicinity of the mill. Deputy sheriffs and troopers broke in the doors of houses suspected of being the retreat of strikers, and whole sale arrests were ' made. From 9 -.30 to J1.3Q scores of persons-were , ar rested and placed rh box cars, as a jail,.in the yards. During the early stages of the riot ing women were conspicuous. Some of them were armed, others effective ly used clubs and stones'. These women, all foreigners, insane with rage, were mainly responsible for in citing the men to extreme measures. At midnight quiet reigned "in the strike zone. "V AT WEST POINT FOR HAZING Wheeling, W. Va., third, class; Gor don Lefebvre, Richmond, Va., third class; Albert E. Crane, Ha warden, Iowa, third class; Jacob S. Fortner, Doton, Ala., third class. The action of President Taft and Secretary Dickinson in. directing the dismissal of tKe cadets is accepted by the officers-of the-army and the civil officials of , that department, as a clear indication of the purpose of the. administration- to fully support Col onel Scott, the superintendent of the United States Military Academy, in his effort to eradicate the 'practice of hazing in all its phases from student life at the academy. ; . MAN WHOM SHE ADORED Watson was hurried to the city hos pital, where he was given surgical at tention, and the unfortunate girl put under arrest. When she was arrested she said: ' " "I love the ground Diet walks up on, but Twill not let him marry an-. other, womanr I' hope I have 'killed him'" ' She ,is being held without -' bail. Young Watson s condition is consid ered very critical by the hospital sur geons. 1 - BURNS TO WATER'S EDGE which the steamer was bound wheii it caught fire. ' ' v ' ' L No lives were lost but Joseph Caae- nder, the engineer was burned about the face and body and Charles Reich eberger, of Peoria, suffered a broken' arm. Jhe loss is $35,000."' Several of the passengers lost their, "belong ings. - . . - Both started , back towards the house . side bv side. , Cominjr ' to ; a branch near the house he let her pro cede him. When at her back he f aught her by the left arm and. cut one side. of her throat. ; - - She turnedTand looked 'Him ifltHhe" face and exclaimed : ' ' Lord have mercy!" the. only words, she1 ever spoke after the attack. Then he finished cutting her . throat "and cut her in the side as she felL' .-.- . . While- he loved 4ier he had never told her and jf she. was Horn alive. no mntiva milrl Sndnpo him ta harm her. His only fear is Of, being lynph'e. ' CHURCH MEMBERSHIP Nearly 33,000,000 Church Members' In' the U. S. 61.6 Per Cent. Pro testant. Washington, Special That the -church members in the United States numbered nearly thirty-three millions in 1906; that there were a billion and a quatrer dollars invested in church edifices; that every day eight new churches sent their spires skyward; that males formed considerably less than half the total church member ship; that -a larger percentage of -Catholio males than Protestant males were members; that in 16 States the majority of the total church mem bership were Roman .Catholic; but that of the grand total of church members reported for the United States 61. 6 per cent were Protes tants and 36.7 per cent Roman Cath olics; these are the salient and con spicuous facts appearing in the proof sheets of a United States Census Bureau bulletin, prepared by Chief Statistician William C. Hunt of the division of population, of the United States Census Bureau. The bulletin will be issued this month. It is in the nature of an ab stract of the comprehensive report, now in press, "giving the results of the fifth census of religious bodies in the United States. It is stated that United States Cen sus statistics of church membership bjj sex were collected for the first time in 1906. Of the total number of members reported by the various re ligious bodies and classified by sex, 43.1 per cent were males and 56.9 per, cent females. Among the Pro testants the difference was greater, only 39.3 per cent' being males. In the J?oman Catholic churches thfere were relatively more males, the num ber forming 49.3 per cent of the total membership. Of the total estimated 'population of continental United States in 1906, the church members formed 39.1 per cent as against 32.7 per cent for 1890, amounting to 6.4 per cent more 111 1906 than in 1890. Of this 6.4 per cent increase, the Roman Catholic church is credited with 4.4 per cent, and the Protestants with 1.8 per cent, the remainder being divided among all other denominations.' It is stated in the bulletin that the total number of members reported by the, various religious' bodies for 1996 was 32,936,445; which number the Protestants were . credited with 20, 287.74, and the Roman Catholie with 12.079,142. Of the Protestant bodies the Methodist numbreed 5,749,838; the Baptists 5,662,234; the Lutherans 2,112,484; the Presbyterians 1,830, 555; and the Disciples of Christians, 1,142,359. Of the. total of 32-036.445 church members, 61.6 per cent were Protes tants; 36.7 per cent Roman Catho lic; and 1.7 per cent, members of other religious organizations. The rate of increase shown for the Roman Catholic Church is 93.5 per cent, which is more than twice that for all the Protestant bodies combined. The Methodists reported 17.5 per cent of all Protestant church members; the Baptists, 17.2 per cent. . The total number of local religious organizations in 1906 is given as 212,230, ah increase since 1890 of 47, 079, or 28.5 per cent. The Protestants are credited with an increase in this particular amounting to 27.8 per cent; the Roman Catholic, 21.9 per cent; the Jewish congregations, 231.9 per cent; and the Latter-day Saints, 38.3 per cent. The Methodists reported the larg est number of ' . local organiaztions, 64,"01; the Baptists reported- 54,880; 'the Presbyterians. 15.50b; the Luth erans. 12,703; and the Roman Catho lics, 12,482. ?. Other "interesting, features of the bulletin are those showing that the total seating" capacity of churches was 58,536,830, an increase over the 1890 United States Census figures of 34.4 per cent ; that the rate - of in crease, was practically the same for both- Protestants and Roman ' Catho lics, and kept pace with- the increase in population; and that $1,257575,- 867 was invested in church edifices in laiib. -The total amq-jit of- debt was $108,050,946, of .8.6 ier Cent of the total value; of this total the Pro testant bodies owned $53,301,254 and the Roman iCatholics", $49,488,055. : In 16 States a majority of the" church members were Roman ' Catholic; in 29 States," Pic.estant ; and; in . 1, Utah, Latter-day Saints." 1 Five Killed- and twelve Injured by Explosion at Gasworks.- f Geneva,' Switzerland, By-.'. Cable Five persons were killed and 12 dan gerously injureofby an. explosion at the city gasworks "Monday The ex plosion occurred , intbi purifying chambfer, between ' the.,to.' principal gasometresi ;A large number of doe tors answered the eafl to, attend the wounded,- wild, later," were conveved tothe city; hospitaf in 1 ambulances. Thousandsof spectators' were at tracted by the explosion', and it was reported. that, many persons had been I Interesting Items From Every V where. AS THEY ARE ENACTED DAILY condensed ana Crisply Stated in a Way that Does Not Tax the Busy Header to Keep Informed. The X-ray as a cure for some cases f leprosy has been demonstrated by the American health authorities in the Philippines, according to Dr. Vic- 1 tor G. Heizer, chief quarantine officer in the islands. He says the X-ray is suitable only for specialy selected eases, and is valuable only in the early stages. ' Sam Ray and Clarence McCants were killed, and Jeff McCants was Seriously injured in an electric storm that passed over parts of Georgia and Tennessee Monday. Four others were less seriously injured. Secretary of the Treasury Mac Veagh is working on a scheme to re form the world's money. " The Cunard Line steamer Lucania was almost burned to the hull by a fire that broke out Saturday night. She was submerged at Liverpool Sun day night. Surgeon-General Wyman has a staff of doctors investigating pella gra, the Italian disease, which causes insanity, and which has recently been found in America. The medical board of Virginia on Monday created 118 new doctors within the State. A thousand devices have been sub mitted in the mail-fying-machine con test of the Pnstofflce Department. - 1 1 Commissioner' of. Corporations Smith has considerable .evidence tend ing to prove the existence of a vast water-power conmbine. Gov. TIaskel of Oklahoma, is now prosecuting the United States mar shal and the grand jury who present ed him on the charge of land frauds. Paul C. Collins, who was shot at Black; Mountin a week ago, arrived a( Jfillsboro, N. C, Monday after noon. He walked unassisted from therein to. bis carriage. '- Eight bids came from tlie Forei River Shipbuilding Company, aH un der class 2, and ranging from $5, 747,000 to $5,097,000. ' ' The , highest price paid for cotton in Montgomery in 25 years was . reached" Wednesday when the first new bale of. -the season trqm this county was sold at , auction for 30 cents a pound. On the Island of Crete, the situa tion is still complicated. The Greek flasr which was shot down by the marines , has been hoisted again by the citizens in tlie presence of a powerless military force. What the doctors at ISeivue, New York, say is a remarkable amnea or loss of memory developed Thursday when a sturdy middle-aged man well dressed and to all appearance sane, applied for admission. Questioned bv the admitting physician, he could not remember his name, his residence or whether he wasmamed or single. He had a hazy recollection, of being in a saloon early in the day- and tak ing a drink. Dr. Charles A. Bakes is President Taft's physicial advisor and athletic trainer. . He says in a wrestle the President is very hard to throw and that in the gloves he is decidedly a hard knocker. No surplus fat about his 304 to 306 pounds avoirdupois. Eight box cars left the track near Inman, S. C'., Tuesday night without doing any damage save 'delaying the trains to and . from Asheyille from four to six hours. The Alabama Senate finally passed all the -provisions of the' prohibition bill except ' forbidding the sale of -newspapers -containing a liquor ad. .. American bankers are to. get one fourth of the Honkow-Sze Chuen railroad" loan. Pinning his last hope on his belief that he would regain his eyesight if he bathed in the sea on the feast day of the Blessed Virgin,. Peter Kelly, Brooklyn, ;found that it failed him, and, concluding that he would neve be able to see again, committed sui cide early Tuesday, by inhaling illumi" naung gas. . The National Red Cross ' Society hope to sell 50,000,000 stamps next Christmas' to aid tuberculosis, fights. Reports from all the 'fruitgrowing sections of West Virginia indicate a bumper crop, of apples and peaches. 'vAcapulco. Mexico, has been again shaken by earthquake and additional damage ..has been done. - ; '-'A new and very formidable mos quito- has Appeared in the coast coun ties of Texas. They come in swarms and dnvtf, farmers from their fields and horses and cattle take to the wa ter and dip their .heads under to wash away the .pests and1 get relief. Many are dying of hunger rattier than come . AsU forustenance. J NORTH STATE Items of Slate Interest Gathered from Here and There and Told Briefly for Negro Firemen at Newbern. Newbern. Special. Colored ' fire men from twentv-six cities of tlfe State met in their twentieth annual convention of the North Carolina State Volunteer Fire Association in the court house in this city. In wel coming them in behalf of the oitv, M H. Allen paid a high tribute to -this organization for its record. , When he said ' ' The bravest firemen that I have ever known was a colored man ; when he diesthe good citizens of Kinston will erect a monument in honor of him." In responding to the address f . F. Chambers, vice president, said: "We deeply appreciate; what the good white people of this State are doing for our uplift. This organization is not for fishes and loaves, but - it is our highest aim in life to rescue the perishing, save property and deport ourselves like men. In the after noon and evening sessions much busi ness was dispatched. By unanimous vote the association meets next year at Winston-Salem. v ' With 25 companies in line, consist ing of nearly 500 men attired in nob by and varied uniforms, beautifully decorated floats, colored- girls singing national anthems, reels, book and lad ders of various companies, Wednes day's parade was spectacular. The nrement were lustily cheered by thou sands of citizens. In the hook and ladder race the team from Rocky Mount won first prize in its run of 31 seconds against 34 seconds made by the Concord team. In the grab hook and ladder race the team from Con cord made the run in 33 seconds against 35" 4-5 seconds made" by Rocky Mount. Ifi an 'exhibition race New bern 's hose and wagon team made the run in 33 2-5 seconds. In the grab reel race Thursday the team from Fayetteville won first prize. In the reel race Fayetteville lauded -iist prize. The .Wilson team won the foot race. The white citizens of Newbern donated 'hundreds 'of dollars for the entertainment of the visiting firemen. . All Dogs to Be Kept Up. - Greensboro, Special. Chief of Po lice Neely Wednesday received a no tice from the State Chemist that the examination of the head of the dog sent there Tuesday revealed an un questionable and virulent case of rabies. Upon receipt of this informa tion a special session of the Board of Aldermen was called and an ordin ance was adopted requiring all dogs to be kept muzzled and confined for .thirty days, with death as the penalty for all dogs found at larsre and un muzzled within the citftlimrts during' , mi . i V b f mis penoo. ine cniei. oi ponce was also 'authorized to issue notice to all whose dogs are known to have been bitten by the rabid dog to at once kill the same, this being a provision of a State law., The dog had a wide range before being killed, and is said to have bitten at least fifty more dogs. Several" of those bitten were very valuable and much beloved bird dogs belonging to prominent spOrts ment. ' ' 1 Gets Five Years. Charlotte, Special. A sentence of five years in the penitentiary was im posed on C. L. Medlin, charged with horse theft, Wednesday. . The - horse belonging to F. M. Hinson,. of Clear Creek township. Mr. L.L. Smith had swapped for the horse-after, it; was stolen, giving Medliri $38" extraT't This amount was found, on the man when he was arrested and the court made an order instructing the -chief of po lice to turn the money over to Mr. Smith, who, Of course, gave up the horse. This was the second sentence of the sort., for horse thievery this week, ' Hamlet Man Shoots Brother, Mistak- -"v ing Him For a Burglar, k Hamlet, Speci&m-Chub Henderson, of this, place, watj shot and seriously injured by his brojther, ., John, here Monday night. Chub had been out rather late and it seems that John was not looking for him to come in at the time and mistook him for a burglar," The bullet entered his thigh inflicting a very painful wound. . . ; Court House Site Chosen. Gasto'nia, Special The board late Tuesday afternoon . purchased v: f6r $10,000" the lot on South street," own ed by Mrs. E. C. Wilson It has "a frontage of 133 feet and'is 250. feet deep. The jail will be built on this lot also,T in the ? rear of . the court house,' JiT here was quite a diversity of opinion as to the best place to lo cate' the : buildings. Ganstonia will, before long, have septic tank af the outlet of its 'sewerage mains m the town's farm some distance 'south of town. , , : '' t NEWS NOTES Busy Readers. Sheriff Watson Adds to His Collec tion of Illicit Stills. Fayetteville, Special. Sheriff N. A. Watson, of Cumberland county, assisted by Deputy J. C. Culbreth, captured the twenty-ninth illicit whiskey still taken during his admin istration. The still was found on a branch near Carver's Creek, 11 miles from Fayetteville. The outfit,, which was the twenty-sixth copper still cap tured by Sheriff Watson, was nearly new and very complete. It had been torn from the" brick furnace and hid den in" the bushes. No one was found near it. i Meets Death on Trestle! Marion, Special. While crossing the trestle of the Carolina, Clinch field & Ohio Railroad at North' Folk, seven miles from here, .Mrs. Fred Barnes age about 40 . years, was struck Monday by a train and receiv ed injuries from which she died a short time afterwards. . There was a negro man and a negro woman just behind her. ' The man and woman jumped and neither was seriously in jured. It is said they were not aware of the approach of the train until it was too late to escape. ' Barnum & Bailey's Circns Will Elude Portion of Winston's Tax. Winston-Salem, Special. By the simple expedient of securing grounds just outside of the city limits, the Barnum & Biley circus, which ia booked here in October, will escape paying the $500 license tax placed on circuses by the Winston board of al dermen. Moreover, the show folks have chosen an exceptionally good site (the fair grounds) just at the end of the Liberty car line, where the ball park now is. They pay $150 rent for one day. The license tax of $150 for a parade wil be paid. At Greensboro Next Time. Asheville, Special. The Launder- ers ' Association, of the Carolines .held an interesting session at the' Battery PaTk Hcrtel Tnesdaj-, heard - the read ing and discussion- of three interest ing papers, selected .Greensboro as the next place of meeting and voted to extend to the Virginia- and West Virginia Associations and the execu tive committee of the Georgia Asso ciation an invitation to meet with them there next February. The con vention finished its business and ad journed the same day. Editor King Again Forced to Take a . Best. Durham, SpeciaL -Editor Joe 'H. King has gone to liis old home, in Kinston to rest his eyes. Mr. King had returned tb the tripod, but could not see, lor au mat, ana tne nest mat he could do was to puncture . life every day as he sees it through tin lorgnette of tjie smart paragraph. He nas Deen uis paper s prooireaaer, telegraph editor, head-line '.writer partly and general foreman for some time. He is -missed from the office since he can do none of these things now. ' Dr. Battle Operated on Without Ane sthetics. - ' ' . Greensboro, Special. Dr. J. T. J. Battle was operated on for appendi citis last week at St. Leo's Hospital. He, was not seriously sick with the disease, in fact was not so sigk but that he could go out to, the hospital driving his automobile. He was not placed under the influence of an anes thetic and although local anesthetics were applied the pain was severe, though he stood it well, preserving . his composure throughout. He is get ting along nicely. Club Organizer Fined $75. Winston-Salem, Special. M. E. Sameth, organizer of the Colonial So cial and Atheletic Club, which was disbanded here a few days ago, after and existence of several weeks, .waa on Tuesday fined $75 and costs in the recorder's court on a charge of sell ing intoxicating liquors, judgment being'' Suspended on payment of the costs 'in another case, and a third be ing continued. ' -r U ;,-- - t:..o; v ." Convicts Wanted For the StatesviUe Air' Line Eailroad. . ; StatesviUe, Special. A large dele-1 gation of prominent citizens of : StatesviUe were in Raleigh Monday to appear before the Council of State and urge-that State convicts be fur nislied for work On the StatesviUe ' Air Line Railroad, provision having ' been made for the State to furnish eonviets when the road was chartered years ago. It is the purpose to build the new railroad as far as Boonville,' Yadkin county."