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POLITICAL REFORM AND THE GENERAL UPBUILDING OF MADISON COUNTY.
.XII.
MARSHALL, N. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1910.
NO. 1.
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Madison
County
Record.
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DUKES GET CHARTER!
Tobacco Kings Put Forth Big
Enterprise.
THE TOTAL LENGTH 657 MILES.
Commission Granted in Columbia Tor
an Extension of the Anderson Sys
tam to Spartanburg.
Columbia, S. C, Special The en
lerprise backed by J. B. Duke and
B. N. Duke, the tobacco kings,
which proposed to extend the Ander
son ,interbna!i trolley system from
Belton through Williamston, Pelzer
and Piedmont on to Greenville aud
thence 30 miles to Spartanburg has
been commissioned by Secretary
Stile. The initial capital : $300,000
with an ultimate two million. The
name of the corporation-is the Green
ville, Spartanburg and Anderson
Railway Company. The corporators
-are J. B. Duke, B: N. Duke, Ellison
Smythe, W. J. Thaokston, H. J.
Haynesworth, Lewis W. Parker.
From Greenville the line is to be
built to Taylor's Creek, Pelham,
Duncan, Reidsville, Wellford, Lock
halt, Faiiforest, Spartan Mills. The
total length of the line will be 657
miles.
MERGER OF TRUST COMPANIES
J. Pierpont Morgan, Thomas F. Ryan
and Levi P. Morton Link Hands.
New York, Spccial.--J. Pierpont
Morgan, Thomas F. Ryan and Levi
P. Morton have linked hands in New
York in a trust company merger
which unites resources of $150,000,
000. It is a "triple combination,
bringing the Guaranty Trust Com
pany, the Morton Trust Company
and the Fifth Avenue Trust Com
pany, all of this citv, under one head
with the title of the Guaranty Trust
Company. The merger is perhaps
the largest of its kind in the United
States.
To Investigate Beody Fork Wreck.
Raliegh, N. C, Special. Chairman
McNeill of ' the Corporation Commis
sion announces that on the 12th of
January tne ieStigaion . into the
railway wreck at Reedy Fork creek,
on the Southern Railway, near
Greensboro, last month, in which a
dozen or more people lost their lives,
will be investigated. The witnesses
will include all whom the railway 'of
fers, the coroner's jury, etc. This
investigation will be full of interest.
Govern cr Haskell Wins.
Washington, Special. The case of
the Prairie Oil and Gas Company,
which attracted so much attention in
Oklahoma during the campaign of
1908, because of the intervention by
Governor Haskell in the interest of
the company, has been dismissed, in
the Supremo Court of the United
States. The effect of the dismissal
is favorable to the Governor's con
tentions. Boundary Line Dispute.
Washington, Special. An order
has been issued by the Supffcrae
Court of the United States in the
boundary line case between the
States of North Carolina and Ten
nessee giving each of the States
ninety days to take testimony. The
order takes effect immediately. As
complainant North Carolina will be
the first to proceed.
White Enumerators For White Set-
Washington, Special. Directors of j
the Census Durand announces mat
he has notified his supervisors in the
South to avoid having negro enumer
ators eall on whites. In case colored
enumerators are named white men
should also be named to see white
persons. In other sections colored
enumerators will not be appointed
unless at least two-fifths of the pop
ulation is colored.
Ray Lamphora Murderer of Mrs.
Belle Guineas Dies in Prison.
Lrrporte,- Ind., Special. A great
crowd assembled about the Luraphere
horns to attend the funeral of Ray
IIUIW. V .III' -i i . .IV. j
LampAiere, who burne
MVielle Gunness,
on ApMl 28, 1908, a
burned the home of
near Laport e,
and incinerated
the 'Ownvr- of the " murder farm "
last week in Michigan City prison
where he xvas serving time for arson,.
Boy Found.
Louisville, K Special. A search
nearly three months for Otis True,
the son of wealthy parents of New
Albany, Ind., vas ended by the find
ing of the body in a forest near his
home. Beside it was a notejewying
that he intended to end his life and a
V box marked "Paris green.-' He was
f J5 years old. Since bis rfisuppearenee
n October 15, it has been the belief
that he was ran over by a train and
every accident reported in the entire
country was investigated by order of
the family. No motive has been as
signed for tha act.
bradstrelts review,
The Tear Jmit Closed Was Entirely
Satisfactory.
New York, Speeial. Brad-
strret's weeekly review of trade
says:
- "Quiet has folowed the pre-
cceding week's rush of business
in retail lines, while in whole
sale lines salesmen are in from
road and inventorying is general.
All obtainable information
points to a satisfactory in
many sections, indeed, a record
volume of business done in
the year just closed. The least
satisfactory reports as to the
year's result come from those
sections of the South where crop
damage has precented fullest
advantage being takan of the
high prices of cotton.
"In wholesale- and jobbing
lines a large if not indeed rec-
ord spring business has been
booked Prices of commodities
show undiminished strength and
some of the highest prices of the
year were made in the lost week.
Cotton, for instance, reached
passd 16 cents, a price never be
fore reached at this date since
v r times."
TENNESSEE GOES DRT.
Forty-One Distilleries and Five Big
Breweries Affected.
Nashvile, Tenn., Special. The
law passed by the last Legislature
prohibiting the manufacture of in
toxicating liquor .in Tennessee went
into effect at midnight December 31.
Forty-one distilleries and five big
breweries are affected and all an
nounced a suspension of operations
with the close of the business day.'
It is conceded, however, that some
one of them will cimmit a deliber
ate overt act for the purpose of test
ing the statute.
Prize to English Aeronaut.
Chalons Sur Manic, By Cable.
The Michelin enp for duration and
distance covered in the air during
1909 goes to Henry Farman, the
English aeronaut, who on November
3 established a since unbeaten rec
ord of 144 miles in 4 hours, 17 min
utes and 35 seconds. The trophy is
given by M. Michelin, a wealthy
member of the Aero Club of France
and consists of a beautiful prize
and $32,000 to be competed for dur
ign a period of eight years. Each
year the trophy and $4,000 or one
eighth of the cash prize goes to the
aviator making the longest flight in
that year. The trophy was first of
fered in 1908 and was won by Wil
bur Wright, with a mark of 76.5
miles made in France In competition
with Farman and others.
Cotton Seed Oil Men Form an Or
ganisation. New York Special. Cotton seed
oil men of New York have complet
ed an organization known as the Oil
Trade- Association of the New York
produce exchange with a charter
membership of one hundred. Its ob
ject is to further the cotton sed oil
industry in all parts of the world.
Sales of cotton sed oil on the New
York produce exchange last year ag
gregating 2,303,500 barrels. J. O.
Gash of the American Oil Company,
was elected president.
Greater Birmingham a Reality.
Birmingham, Ala., Special. At
the stroke of midnight December 31,
ten incorporated suburbs of Birming
ham and a large amount of unincor
porated territory automatically be
came a part of the city of Birming
ham, giving the city an estimated
population of 135,000. The S&preme
Court recently sustained the act
creating Greater Birmingham and to
day the ara of the new city is slight
ly in excess of forty-two square
miles.
$1,000,000 to Nippon.
Seattle, Wash., Special. Sixteen
thousand money orders payable in
Japan, worth in the aggregate $1,
000,000, were sent from the Seattle
post-office during the Christmas
holiday rush. The money came from
the State of Washington, Idaho,
Montana and Minnesota and the
Territory of Alaska.
Challenge Watson to Public Debate.
Atlanta, Special. Thomas W.
Watson has been challenged to a
public debate by representatives ef
the various protectant churches of
Georgia. The challengers want the
debate to be held in Atlanta January
14 and have named as Watson's op
ponent, William T. Ellis, a Philadel
phia newspaper man.
Annis Left Only $300.
New York, Special William E.
Annis, the publisher who was slain
by Capt. Peter C. Hams, Jr., at the
Bayside Yacht club, in August. 1908,
left an estate valued at only $300
johnson isjpresident.
Mailer oi. n jxc lumMug
to a Committee.
Charlotte, N. C, Special.j-The
Southern Educational Association,
which has been ia session here fotf
tbee days, after transacting much
business and enjoying social func
tions, elected the following officers'.
President Dr. D. B. Johnson, of
Winthrop College, S. C; first tfiee
president Chancellor J. H. Kjrk
land, of Vanderbilt University; sec
ond vice president C. E. Glenn,
of Birmingham; third vice president
S. Grabbe, of Kentucky; treas
urer E.. P. Burns, of Atlanta, Ga.
The elective directors chosen by
the association are :
Alabama Prof. C. C. Thach, Poly
technic Institute, Auburn; Arkaisfta
J. J. Doyne; Florida W. W. Hol-
loway; Georgia J. M. round. Atlanta-,
Kentucky M. A. Cassidy. Lex
ington'; Louisiana T. K. Hams;
Maryland F. E. Buckner, Baltimore;
Missouri E. E. Todd; Mississippi
L. H. Whitfield; North Cato,;.ia
E. C. Brooks, Trinity CoKegn; Okla
homa E. D. Cameron; South t'aro
lina H. N. Snyder, president Wof
fojd College; Tennessee T. P.
Beiley; Texas R. B. Cousins; "Vir
ginia J.' L. Jarman; West Virginia
M. P. Shawkey; District of t ol nn
bia D. J. Crosby.
The matter of next meeting place
waaaleft to a committee. Many
cities are bidding.
ANTI-TRUST LEAGUE.
The Object of Which is Keep Down
the Cost of Living.
Washington, D. C, Special. Plant
for a national boycott of those com
binations that incsase the cost of
living were laid out last Thursday
when the National Anti-Trust League
was launched. Members of Congress
are itnerestcd iu the new movement.
The plan has worked well in Ger
many. Among some present were
Representative Champ .Clark, the
House minority leader; Representa
tive Alexander and Murphy of Mis
souri; Martin of South Dakota, Kin
kaid of Nebraska, McKinley of Cali
fornia and Morgan of Oklahoma.
One matter was settled however. The
women of the United States will be
taken into memberhip on equal terms
with the men, and will have equi-l
voice in the campaign.
FIRE AT PORTSMOUTH.
Overheated Office Stove the Cause of
a $126,000 Conflagration Eight or
Ten Horses Cremated.
Norfolk, Va., Speeial. Fire origi
nating from an overheated office stove
destroyed the 0. L. Williams' block
of business houses at South and
Crawford streets, Portsmouth, with
a loss of $125,000, partially covered
by insurance. The Portsmouth' mar
ket and armory were only saved by
shifting winds. Eight or ten horses
weer cremated. The places burned
were O. L. Williams' livery stables,
wheer the fire started.
ASK RANSOM FOR GIRL.
Return of Little Alma Kellner to Her
Parents is Promised on Payment of
$5,000.
Louisville, Ky., Special. A letter
has been receive! from some town in
Ohio promising the return of little
Alma Kellner to her parents on pay
ment of $5,000 ransom. The girl dis-
appeared December 8. Frank Fah
rin, millionaire brewer and cousin to
Fred Kellner, father of Alma has
gone to Chicago or elsewhere on
such a mission.
City Adopts State Prohibition Law.
Birmingham, Ala., Special. By
unanimous vite the city council of
Birmingham has adopted the State
wide prohibition laws has regular city
ordinances. Heretofore the city actd
with the State laws but a decision of
the Supreme Court knocked out all
convictions. Many men working on
the city chaingang will have to be re
leased from arrest.
Diaz Cautions Zeleya.
Mexico City, Special. That Presi
dent Diaz gave Jose Santos Zelaya a
little friendly advice in regard to
talking to newspaper reporters, and
whispered in his ear that it would be
wise for him to refrain from too
freely expressing his opinions, was
admitted by his secretary. .
Count Leo Tolstoi is ill again.
Coldest South Has Experienced.
"Atlanta, Ga.. Special. A. terrific
cold wave gripped the entire South
last Thursday, not even the orange
belt of far southern Florida being
exempted from the freezing tempera
ture. The mercury ranged from 2
degrees above zero at Asheville, N.
Cy .to 32 degrees at El Paso, Tex.,
with 20 above registered at Jackson
ville, Fla.. and 28 at Tampa. A few
Texas points and the extreme south
ern portion of the Florida penisula
alone escaped the freezing blast. It
was the coldest day the Sonth has
1 experienced. lae in the Chattaboo
cheeee river at Atlanta for first time
since 1886.
MADRIZ FOR PEACE
But Estrada Declines to Ac
cept His Terms.
TROOPS TO BE SENT EASTWARD
New President of Nicaragua Wires
Revolutionists Leader Asking Sus
pense of Hostilities.
Washington, Special. General
Estrada, the revolutionary leader in
Nicaragua, will not accept the extra
ordinary terms proposed by the new
President Madriz as a basis for
peace.
A telegram frm Bluefields states
that on the 22d inst. Madriz had
proposed in a telegram to Estrada,
a suspension of hostilities, pending
the arrival of a committee which he
was sending to Estrada to discuss an
amicable and equitable settlement of
the present strife. Madriz begged
the revolutionary leader not to ob
struct his efforts for peace. Gen
eral Estrada in his reply expressed
his willingness to meet the Madriz
commissioners, but said the revolu
tionary party would not recognize
the action of the legislative Assembly
in placing power in the hands of
Madriz. He denied most emphati
cally the Aserably's right to deal
with the election of President, and
stated that he saw in Madriz the
usurper of the rights of the Nica
raguan people.
It is not doubted here that Es
trada's known astuteness will pre
vent him from accepting terms of
peace predicated upon the prior sur
render by him of his army, arms
and ammunition to his enemy. There
fore, it is not believed that the con
ference between Estrada and the
Madriz commissioners will result in
any particular change in the present
status.
A telegram from Managua receiv
ed at the State Department says that
the Madriz patry is making prepara
tions to send troops to the eastward
to meet Estrada's army.
Zelaya Declares He is Still President
of Nicaragua.
Cordoba, Mex., Special Jose San
tos Zelaya says that he is still Pres
ident of Nicaragua, although he may
never go back to that country to
enjoy the privileges of the office.
Madriz, he asserted, is only a pro
visional President and that he (Ze
laya) has no, reliquished the execu
tive office. He also enters a denial
that he is a prisoner in the hands
of the Mexican officials.
Receiver Appointed.
Camden, N. J., Special Vice Chan
cellor Learning has appointed James
Calloway of Atlantic City receiver
of the Southern Public Service Cor
poration, incorporated under the
laws of New Jersey, to build rail
roads in South Carolina and Georgia.
The company is capitalized at $1,
500,000. The receiver was appointed
upon application of Ludwig & Co.,
an engineering concern, which claims
the company is insolvent.
Anthony Murphy Dead.
Atlanta, Ga. , Special. AnthrflsV
Murphy, aged 80, a pioneer citizen of
the South and one of the two men
who pursued and captured the fa
mous engine "General" when the
latter had been seized and carried
off from Marietta, Ga., by Federal
raiders during the civil war is dead.
Secure Contract to Build Canal.
Lynchburg, Va., Special. Scott
Brothers, genearl contractors of this
city, announced here that they have
just secured a fourth contract on
the New lork State canal at Home,
N. Y., which will amount to $1,750,
000. Four years will be required to
do the work.
Twelve Killed During Christmas.
Bluefleld, W. Va., Special Twelve
tragic deaths axe reported from
Southern West Virginia and South
west Virginia as the result of drunk
en men walking on railroad tracks
and being killed by trains and in
fatal' affrays with knives and pistols.
Madison Square Garden Sold.
New York, Special. Madison
Square Garden, eercted at a cost of
$3,000,000, has been sold to a real
estate syndicate and will be torn
down and replaced by a modern office
building. ' '
Pierce Succeeds Cone.
Richmond, Special. W. L. Piegee,
with headquarters at Strasburg, his
been appointed superintendent of the
Richmond division, to succeed the
late A. P. Cone, who was killed in
the wreck near Greensboro, N. C.
Whole Turkish Cabinet Resigns.
Constantinople, By Cable. The
whole Turin ih Cabinet resigned, fol
lowing resignation of Hilmi Pasha.
TOWN WIPEDOUT BY FIRE
Hamlet of Holland, Near Suffolk
Practically wiped on tne map
Richmond, Va., Special. Fire de
stroyed the Majestic theater, the
postoffice and all but one of the
twenty-six business places in Ham
let of Holland, 12 miles from Suf
folk, Va., on the Southern Railway
Saturday night, and rendered half of
the town's two hundred inhabitants
i homeless. There was only the crud
est apparatus with whieh to tight the
flames, and aid asked of Suffolk was
rendered nugatory by reason of the
absecnece of water facilities.
The total loss is estimated at
$115,000. The total insurance is
about $63,000. More than $10,000
worth of peanuts were burned.
Only twenty-one homes are left in
the town, and these are housing the
homeless. Five of these caught fire
but were saved.
HOSTILITIES CONTINUE.
Belief That Two More Battles Must
Be Fought.
Bluefields, Nicaragua. Hope that
the war should be brought to an end
1 fhrniiirh the renown 1 1 ion of the Dro-
visional government by the United
States has been abandoned. Many
believe that two more battles must be
fought ; one in the State of Chontales
and the other near Managua.
The insurgent generals have sign-
eu a solemn pack iu luc cucui ui..
they will stand as a unit with Es
trada until the last vestige of Zelay
aism is blotted out of the government
of Nicaragua.
The peace commissioners which
President Madriz announced that he
was sending to negotiate with Estra
da have not arrived.
FIRST NEW YEAR RECEPTION.
President Shook Hands With More
Than 5,575 Callers.
Washington, D. C, Special. Pres
ident and Mrs. Taft held their first
New Year's reception Jan. 1st, at the
White House. AH classes passed in
review, and in two hours and flfty
five minutes more than 5,575 people
shook hands with the Chief Execu
tive. The diplomatic display sur
nassed all previous ones, and all
members of the cabinet were present, .
except Knox and Dickinson.
Will Wage Determined Fight.
Atlanta, Ga., Special. "To wage
an organized and determined fight"
against the' methods of dealing in
cotton in vogue at the New York
cotton exchange, President Charles
S. Barrett of the National Farmers'
Union has issued a call for a meeting
of the officers and leading members
of the union to take place in Wash
ington during the present month.
In the call Mr. Barrett announces
the determination of representatives
of the union to remain in Washing
ton until Congress takes some defi
nite action in the matter.
Greetings to All Nations.
Washington Special. Precisely at
midnight on Dec. 31st an employe of
the Navy Department pressed a but
ton in the naval observatory. In
stantly there leaped from it a spark
that encircled the globe. It lost
only a comparatively few seconds,
which did not discommode those who
heard the news that a new year had
been born. New York got the word,
both started from Washington and a
few seconds later afte rit had encir
cled the globe.
Banker Trask Only Victim.
New York, Special. Spencer
Trask, the head of a firm of bank
ers, whieh for many years acted as
fiscal agent of the late Queen Vic
toria, was crushed to death by a
rear-end collision of a Pullman and
freight train in his private compart
ment while returning to New York
from Yeddo, his country place at
Saratoga.
Florida Crops Not Injured.
Jacksonville, Special. The dam
age to Florida crops from the recent
cold weather is trivial. It was
thought the low temperature had
ruined early vegetables, but only
trifling damages have been wrought
and this can be remedied by replant
ing. The orange crop had been mar
keted. Kills Two and Puts Three in Jail.
Guthrie, Okla., Special. Five
men who intended to rob the bank
and postoffice at Harrah, Okla., ran
into a party headed by United
States Marshal "Jack" Abernathy.
As a result two of the bandits ate
dead, one is in jail at Guthrie
wounded, and two others are held in
jail at Oklahoma City as suspects.
It Xs Now Judge Lurton.
Washington, D, C, Special. Judge
Horace H. Lurton, the new associate
Justice of the United States Supreme
Court, was sworn in last Monday at
noon.
MEMORY OF WOMEN
Monuments to be Erected in
Rememberance of 61 -65
ELEVEN WILL BE DEDICATED.
Design is Selected by a Committee,
of Confederate Veterans General
J. S. Carr, Treasurer.
Atlanta, Ga., Special. A design
for a suitable memorial to the women
of the Confedearcy has been select
ed by a committee of Confederate
vetenas named by General Evans
last June. All the Southern States
except Virginia were represented at
the meeting last week in this city.
Only two artists submitted designs,
Louis Potter of New York and Miss
Belle Kinney of Nashville. The de
sign submitted by Miss Kinney wan
selected.
For the purpose of raising funds to
pay for the eeretion of one of these
memorials in the capital of each of
the Southern States, the following
committee was appointed:
General C. I. W alker, of South
Carolina, chairman; General Julian
S. Carr, of North Carolina, treasurer;
General John P. Hickman of Ten
nessee, secretary; General J. O. Wad
deil of Georgia, Maj. C. M. Felder
of South Carolina, Maj. L. C. Seott
of Mississippi and Col. James Dick
ens of Louisiana.
The price agreed upon for the mon
ument ia $5,000, the veterans enter
ing into an agreement to accept no
less than ten in duplicate.
The committee named will be in
corporated under the laws of Ten
nessee as a memorial association and
will actively enter upon a campaign
for funds, appealing especially to the1
different States Legislatures for ap
propriations. COLD WAVE GRIPS COUNTRY.
Thermometer Reaches Lowest Marat
of Season in Many Places, I
Chicago, Special. The thermometer
dropped to one degree above zero
Chicago. The termometer register
the lowest at Charles City, 12 de
greesr below zero ,
St. Louis, Speeial. The Missis
sippi river was frozen over at tl
outskirts of St. Louis for the first
time in four years. Two below zero
was reported by the government ob
servatory. Pittsburg, Pa., Special. Weather
conditions here the most severe sine
1875. Damage to waterfront proper
ty and shipping along the Ohio will
total close to half million dollars.
Had to Move Out.
flowing Rock, N. C, Special.
The fiercest snowstorm that has vis
ited the mountain section for yean'
fell last week. The snow was so
deep in places that the houses of
the mountaineers were covered. One
house collapsed and many families
whose homes were strained under
the great weight of piled-up snow
had to move out for fea rthe roofs
would give way and they would be
buried.
Blizzard Cost $5,000,000.
Baltimore, Md., Special. Tho I
storm of Christmas Day was a costly
one to tbfe Eastern States, says t he
Son. In and around Boston the
damage wrought by the blizzard has V
been estimated as high as $5,000,000.
Along the New England coast there
was a tide whieh swppt over low-lying
lands and much damage wan
done to shipping. New York and
Philadelphia were almost smothered -under
the fall of snow. In Haiti
more about 140 extra men and a few
carts were employed in renioving the
snow, while in New York the num
ber employed in this work was 10,
000. In Pittsburg traffic was tied
up and in the North generally rail
road trains were Snowbound
Hurt by His Mother's Punishment,
Hangs Self. "
Toledo, Ohio, Speeial. Sent to
the cellar because he,, refused to get
his mother a pail of water, Herman
Miller, aged 14, son of John C .
Miller, hanged himself.
Will Wager Money on Johnson.
New York, Special. A pool of
$10,000 has been raised by negroes
in New York city to wger on Jack
Johnson in the championship
, . Furniture Men Meet.
High Point, N. C, Special. The
manufacturers of upholstered furni
ture of the Southern States met in
this city last Thursday. The object
of the meeting was to perfect the or-
ganization of an upholstered furni
ture manufacturers' association aud
to formulate plans for the future.
Kills Self ia Texas.
Kingsville, Tex., Special. Henry
Jackson, a young man about 28 years
of age, who came here recently from
North Carolina, and opened a meet
market, committed suicide by shoot
ing himself throirjh the head.