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'7 n 1 1 ii 1 1 1 1 1 m 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 n "- MADISOftf COIJNTY R F.COH D. . r C ..II. I I fl nn aa ' V Medium Through which you reach the LstavbUshed June a, FILENCH BROAD NEWS rf IjSJ Established May 16. 1907. people of jMauiiaon County, Jj f.CoDiolid.tcd, : ; Nor. 2nd.'19ll J T Advertising Rates on Application M H 'M I 11 I I 1 I II I Mill I it i mt I HI 11 11 1 M 1 111 11 '.-. THE ONLY NEWSPAPER IN MADISON COUNTY. VOL. XIV. MARSHALL, MADISON COUNTY, N. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 12. 1912. NO. 2. r " '." v " p. i V .' . , N.C. .. "1 oqqha t,i 3N(J.' iiy.l.. il-HX..,. ' I ?7-', . 4 , .1 ' lf it", a ' TV JW;' ' yffa' ' Madleon County. , Established by the Legislature sloalUO-'ll. , ' Population, 30.11$. County Beat MarahalL 1641 feet above aca level. New and modern Court Houaa, coat - t3t.000.t0. ' Naw and modern jail ooit $15,000.00 ' Naw and modern County Home, coat ,110,000.00. ' Officers. ! 1 "Hon. . Jaa. L. Hyatt Senator." 3 , District, Burnsvllle, N. C, ' Hon. J. C. Ramsey, Representative. ; -Marshall, N. C ' W. H. Henderson, Clebk Superior Court. Marshall. N. C. ' ! ! wY- IL'-Uuckner. Sheriff, Marshall. ' "' JSmeS Smart Register of Deeds. ;' J ", v i -lisMnalL N. C. & JV Jttunnlon, Treasurer, Marshall. - fiH f.C.L.Tweed, Surveyor, White Rock, Dr. J. H. Balrd, Coroner, Mara Hill, N. siool) .3" i MraiEllia Henderson, Jailor. Mar l.L i.ye.tt. Janitor. Marshall H. C.-i' Dr. C. U. Sprinkle, County Physician, Maraball. N. Ov : James Hay nlev Supt County Home, Maraball. N. C Home located about two miles south' . :.--'west of Marshall. ;i .. Courts Criminal and Civil, First Monday be fore First Monday In March, Com- .., menclng Feb. 26th, 1912. Civil llth, Monday after First Mon la In -March, commencea May 20, Criminal and Civil,- First Monday after First Monday In Sept. Com- ) ! mencea Sept. 0th, 1912. Clril.Sth Monday after First Mon day In September. Commencea Octo- i bar, H 1912. " . . '...v.:' BOARDS. ' " 1 s' ' ' County Commissioners. :'"- W. o; 'Sprinkle, Chairman, Marshall, ''V;-.i-1; P. Caasada, Member, O.. Bt F. D. No. 1. Marshall iii - Raubln A. . Tweed, ' Member, Blf ' Laurel. "N. C. . E: T B. Maahburn, Att7 Marahall, ,' .Board meets first Monday In every .. ' X f. Bryan, Chairman, Marshail. N. h A Ramsey. Secretary, Man Hill . N. C- R. F. D. 2. . " --J-" " "Sam Coa. Member, Mar Hill, N. C 'I M. I, . D. '; , fi. TVs Wild, Big Pine, N. C. jAufltty Chlpley,, Road Engineer, '' Mrirahiill, N. C. i fleorge M. Prltchard, Atty.. Marahall, Board meets first Monday In Janu- j''; i .'. ; ary, April, July and October each year. , ,. . Board of Edueatlon. Jasper Ebbs, Chairman, Spring j Crtk. N. a , , Thoa.- J. Murray, Member, Marshall, N. C' U. r. D. No. S. 'W. .R. Same, Marahall, N, O, R. F, Prof. M. C. Buckner, Supt of ' Selioola, Mara Hill. N. C, R. F. D; 11, Board Meeta first Monday In Janu ary, April, July and October eacn yean - Collegea and High Schools. Mara Hill College, Prof. R. L. Moore, President, Mara Hill, N, C. Fall Term begihs Auguat 17, 1911. Spring Term . beglna January 2, 1912. f Spring Creek High Schopl. Prof, "Q.'C. Brown, Principal, Spring Creek, . N. C I Mo. School opened Auguat . r 1111. ' Madison Seminary High School. Vrot.J. M. Weatherly, Principal, .Mar- , shall, N. C, R. F. i! No. J?" ? M9 'School began October 2, 1911. ' Bejl Inatltate. Mlaa Margaret K. (QrVffitb; Prlnolpal, Walnut. N. Qi, 8 Mp. Sohool began 'BeptemDer i. tail. - im'1! Marshall Academy. Prof, R. 0. ,(.., Anders, Principal, Marahall, N. C..(,f ll -f- ;U i' 4 Mrtj School began Sept 4, 1911, J.' C. Ramsey, Maraball, N. C. TernV- i '' , wptrea Jaau 11, 1912. ".vv. .,. . A. J. Roberta, Marshall, N. C, R. F ' D. No. I, Term expiree May 30, 1912. Jasper Ebba, Spring Creek, N. C. I Term expiree August 10, 1912. s ' C C. Brown, Bluff, N. ,C. Term '.-, . plrea Deoamber I, lfll. ;;-r J. A. Leak. Revere. N. C. Term ex- . ' plrea January 10, 113. ' K J - f W. T. Davie, Hot Springe, N. C, -t. ' Term eipirea January 10, 1913.'- - , , x J. H. Southworth, Stackhouee, N (5. l ersa expiree January la, , . "w if. w. Anaeraon, paint ro, N.c.. ,i . .Jam expiree February (, W13. J. H." Hunter, Marahall, Nv R.-;F. - ' ' ''fi.' No.. 3. "Term explrea April 1 iU - J. F. Tllaon. Maralmll. N. C i R. Fi'D. , No. I." Term expire April 3, il. . C. J, Ebba,' Marahall, N. C' - Term v expires April 31, 1913. i ' JvJ. W. Nelaon, Marahall N. CTfrm .. ". , expiree April 25, 19js. , :-v kRoy L. Gndger, Marshall, N vr, Terra explrea May 8, 1913, V4' , Geo. M. Prltchard, Marahall, N. C. Term expl'rek May 26. 191t " ' .Dudley . Chlpley, ; MarahWl, ' K.'i cV j;i r Terrn explrea July .29, 1913. ' . W1. 5. Connor, Mart Bill. N. C. Term', ' asplroa November 27, 3913. .' - 1 ? ' ,,.. '. POST. .. - " ' George W. Gabagan, rEoat. , No. tt " ' G. A. R. . . " " "' v ' . .. , i " . M. Davla. Commander. v k ? i . J. R. Ballard. Adjutant - " - v ,' Meeta at- the Conrt (loose Saturday erore the aeoond. Sunday la BBoqth,t 11 A. 1. . FEW ILLITERATES IH DURHAM GQUf JTY THE. SUPERINTENDENT OP EDU CATION REPORT MAKES A S . . .FINE SHOWING.' ' DOES NOT INCLUDE THE CITY 'The Report la a- Very ' Optimistic . Document "Vocational Education1! le the Name of' a Specclal Subject Taken Up In Annual Report.' ;Raleighl-rrA apeclal from Durham saya the report of Supt. C. W. Mas aey to the Durham county achool board ahowa that there are only 41 white illiterates In the country , dla trlcta of Durham. The report fur ther aliowa' 147 negroes who can neither read nor write. This report doea not Include the city, , a there are no definite statistics on tbla, but the county superintendent waa of the opinion that there- were not over 300 Illiterates in the city. -Mr. Maeeey, 'considers thla a re markably fine record, ..considering the fact that Durham' "la, the borne .of many cotton Industrie, and la essen tially an Industrial town. And when itHa considered that out of a popu lation of about 35,D00 people the coun ty of Durham, has about five hundred Illiterates, It will be seen that the percentage of Illiteracy in thla connty la a very amall fraction. ' .' The report la a very optimistic doc ument, and .the-atatlstics of tbe prog reaa made during the' past- eight yara gives ample-'grounds 'for this optimism. Out of a census of 3,892 the county schools have' " an enroll ment of 2,691. There are 256 families In' the county ,not-,- eendljlg children 10 acaooi ana lam vaiue 01 me uunu- lnga and equipment of . the county schools la very nearly 170,000: "Vocational Education" is, the name of a special subject taken up In the annual .report, and has to deal with the. education of the children itt tlri country districta In some of the rufll liienta of agriculture. The suteefln tendent la establishing thfl new branch of study In the achoola as they open, ua after the- holidays.. Durham County sometime ago- railed to vote a farm lire scnooi, duc a carerui anaiy- J Is of the plan that la to be put Into operation 'will ahow that the children n the country districts' will be given k pretty thorough and practical course In agriculture. . . ...... Seaboard Flagman la - Injured. Mr. Walter Elks, flagman of the Seaboard Air Line, waa probably fa tally injured when he waa thrown from the top of a northbound freight which ,:Waa shifting, on the .Wake For est yards. Elka la a realdent bt Ral eigh, and la 22 years of age. Hewasl standing .on the end of a . box-car, when the engine ran into the " car with' such force that he was thrown headlong to - the ground between the two cars. He probably received 1 a fractured skull, his left leg waa Bro ken In two placea below the knee and, he also suffered Internal injuries. ' j . .. . War Plans' Highly Complimented. " The war plans adopted by the ad jutant general for use in North Caro lina are being highly complimented by the . United States army officials. These plana for the state military rre presented by - Capt. A, J. Dowghtery, United States Army, now on, duty with the North Carolina Na tional Guard; They have been recom mended and highly complimented by the United States Division of Military Affairs' office and by the War College authorities. ' In doing thla, they ex, press the desire that all (he other states ahould follow tbla lead. Drawing Net Around John Ross..; Shelby. The threads of evidence are ' drawing' tighter around . John Ross,- who, with Will and Hack Ross, it in jail ' at Gastonia, awaiting the special' terms- of court, with Judge T., L. Webb presiding, when they will be tried for- -the brutal murder of Mr., an (J M;rSr John Dixon near Falls, ton December 13. ;;'. .:'V'''V North Carolina New Enterpriaea. Charters were Issued for. the Unit ed Mills Company, of High Point capital $300,000 authorized and $3,000 subscribed.. by J. R. Myers, C. F. Lam breth and othera,, for chair and gen eral furniture .manufacturing; the Central Banking, ft ' Trust 'Co., f Aaheville, capital $50,000 ..authorised and $25,000 subscribed by W. B. Mc- Bwln; W.-' , bavfs; I.' .Charles '. W. Brown and' others; and the Brown Hardware ComDanv of . Aaheville. capital $lS,000, by ' H, C. ;rown, M.. Weaver. Owen Gudge.r and others, i Have i Granted A Franchise., 'The Durham county commissioners graared to the Sbuthem Power Cora- pafty; a franchise to construct a tele phone' Une from Durham to the Wake county line tm the way . to Raleigh along the public road a The Una will be need 'solely, by ; the: company In the work of maintaining 'the power transmission 'line which - baa been completed from ' Durham to Raleigh, and . in eofamunlrating With the 'sup plementary etation bear Raleigh 'with which the .Djirhara. sv t!on..fea been cOnnectsd. THE SCHOOL FUND INCREASES The Total Fund For 1911-12 Reaohti $9233.64, Aa Oppoaad to $70, 751.22 During Year 1910-11. Charlotte. The apportionment list which haa juat been competed by County Superintendent of Education R J. Cochran, ahowa that exactly $21,472.32 more will be available for Mecklenburg achool expenses during 1911-12 than waa at the disposal of the county board of education In 1910 11. After deducting the amount of 13,875.30, which wast lost through re leases and Insolvents and the aum of $3,895, the expenaea of the board of education, a total of $74,371 remains for distribution amongst the varloua institutions of learning throughout the city and county. Of thla $74,371, the apportionment to achoola within the city of Charlotte will reach a total of $33,006.60. To the achoola In the county there will be given $36, 375 . The remaining $4,989.40 goes to the building fund. Of the' county apportionment,.. $28,695 wm be dis tributed among ' the white grammar schools and $1,585 to white high schools" The remaining $6,095 will further4 the cause of colored educa tion In the county. The total fund at the disposal of the county board of education this year amounted to ' $82,141.8jL before the 'deduction ,of .Releases and inel . venta and the expenses lncldentatf'ft J the maintenance of the board ltaclj 1 Of the sum total of-this school fund,' $68,086.83 came through the channel of general achool taxation. . The ap portionment from the state reached the aum of $3,256.31. The remaining $10,628.67 waa obtained through fines, etc. ' ' Will Be Settled Amicably. .It developed that there Is consider able prospect for a satisfactory ad justment of the muddle that haa ex isted at Fayettevtlle for aome til In the matter of her- military organ! sat ions and their relation to the North Carolina National Guard and which of the two is the Fayettevtlle Light Infantry, which baa an historic ancestry running . back to around 1799. Major Vann la the captain of the old line organisation that retains the gray uniform and haa assets in revenue from the sale of a part of the armory property to the govern ment for public ..building purposes. Captain Watson commands the latter day aggregation. ' regularly, enlisted In the North Carolina National Guard aa regimental Company F. The mili tary omciais and the , buaineaa men of the city are understood to be get ting together In a settlement of the trouble that promisee to assure Fay ettavllle ; one of the strongest com paniea of the National Guard. Get $16,000' From County 8chool Fund The . City . schools of Winston will get $16,000 this year from the county school, fund. The county school board met W regular "ton at the court house and made 1. apportion- meak-i The. . apportionments for the other achoola will not be made out for several days. The county school fund thla year will run between $65,000 and $68,000. It comes from taxes, fines and forfeitures and the balance left on hand from last year. The per capita apportionment for each child of achool age will be approximately $3 thla year. '-.. - Carried Mall by Aeroplane. Walter . R. Brookina made four flights in bla Wright aeroplane at Hlghwood Park, Wilmington, before 1,600 spectators. A feature of the afternoon waa the carrying of a Uni ted Statea mall pouch filled with post cards and letters and delivered to a representative of the postofflce at a designated spot. This waa the first carrying of mall by aeroplane in the state. No passengers were carried up on account of the condition of the track where the starts were made. Destroy An Illicit Distillery. ' ' Special Employe Lee Same and Deputy Collector. Robert .Henry de stroyed an illicit distillery in Polk county near the South Carolina line. It la on the alt of another plant de stroyed only a few days before, when William Raven waa ; arrested and bound to Federal court It must have been Immediately put up. To Make An Advance Payment At a meeting of the board of coun ty commissioners at Charlotte .County Treasurer J. W. Stlnson was Instauct ed tor pay to the Rqquarth Construc tion Company, the sum of $9,000 as an advance payment upon the con crete bridge which Is at present In course of construction over the : Ca tawba river at Sloan's Ferry. ' This Is the first payment . which has, been made by Mecklenburg. ' Gaston coun ty. whfch la bearing an equal portlori pro rata, according to population, of the expense recently placed $6,000, - f V 'i Intelllgeri Crop Cultivatipn.V - At a meeting of the1 board of cqun. ty commlsslonera held at Wilson,. Mr, Hudson, : of the state agricultural de partment appeared before that body and stated that If the. county- -would appropriate $300 the state' would .do: nate, a' -like aum for the purpose of stimulating our farmera to cultivate crops nior Intelligently, vhc.o have -patcnes'- ox corn, wneat and, other products . In different . parts lof the county to be cultivated according to direction of the superintend Jnt who will nave the" hiov.ef in charge. .' LIG APPEALSJO POWERS ' ' T SUN YAT SEN. PRESIDENT, NOW PROMISES OPEN DOOR TO ALL NATIONS THE WORLD. PROTECTION FOR FOREIGNERS All Restrictions of Trade Will Abolished and All Laws Revised. Be Shanghai. Dr. Sun Yat Sen, provis ional president of the Chinese repub lic, issued a manifesto to the for elgn powers In which he explains the public alms and policies of the repub licans in China. In it he saya that the present situation has been forced on China by Manchu misrule, which was Incapable of remedy without revolution. r "We now proclaim," he aaya, "the resultant overthrow of despotic away and the establishment of a republic.1 The manifesto Is a lengthy docu ment It seta forth the wrongs of the Chinese people and promises strict adherence to all treaties, obligations and concessions - undertaken by the Chinese government. It gives an assurance of the safety of the persona and property of for eigners in China,' and pledges equal tfypatmeut of, the Manchu and the es tablishment tif a stable government, t declarea that it will abolish all restrictions on trade, and that It will undertake - the 1 revision of all laws and will Insure religious toleration. The manifesto ' then aska the aid of foreign nations "for the con sum matlon of the plans which they have so long been vainly urging upon the people of our country," and con cludes: i . "With tbla message of peace and good will, the republic of China cher ishes the hope of tie admission to the family of nations, and Its future co operation in the great and noble task of building up the civlllation of the world.-" .. ' The- manifesto 4s signed "Sun Yat Sen, President" i . Washington. Although Minister Calhoun at Pekln . haa made aome "suggestions and asked some ques tions" about the sending of American troops, to Chlnj for the protection of -the railroad! Tfoml'eiln to, the sea, It waa stated emphatically at the atate department that this govern ment would not dispatch any soldiers there until the six powers immediate ly-concerned in Chinese affaire had beent thoroughly consulted and the department - had more Information from the trouble scene." , ' BLUE IS SURGEON GENERAL Ann- Honor From Dr. J. A. White, a , - , Former Georgian. -' Washington. President Taft sent :o.the senate- the nomination of Dr. Rupert Blue of South Carolina, sur geon general of the public neaitn and marine hospital service, succeed ing the late Walter Wyman. Doctor Blue had been connected with the marine hospital service for years, and is accredited . with driving the plague out of San Francisco. In announcing the appointment of Doctor Blue, President Taft also gave notice that hereafter the term of service of the surgeon general of the public health service shall be limited to four years. An amendment to the regulation to this effect will be made. Formerly a surgeon general had an unlimited tenure of office. Doctor Blue'a appointment was made after several weeka' consider ation by the president of the Secre tary of the Treasury MacVeagh. Dr. J. A. White of New Orleans, also a surgeon general in the serv ice, waa a close competitor In the. race, Botn men naa recuruu 01 uih- tlngulshed. service, - but the wont which Doctor Blue did In ridding San Francisco of the bubonic plague help ed to decide the matter in his favor. Jackson's Chief Scout Dead. Richmond. Va. Capt. John CuS- iona is dead at his home. Glen Allen, in Henrico county. Captain Cussons waa chief of scouts under Stonewall Jackson and General Lee and gained fame in the West as an Indian fight er Immediately after the Civil war. ; Whitaker of New Orleans Dead. New Orleana, La. Edward 8. Whit aker, former. Inspector of police con victed, some months ago of unnatural Crimea againat several little girls, died in a local hospital of a compli cation of, dlaeaaea. Whitaker . 'wa transferred to the hospital - two flays ago from the pr)ah prison, where he .- held awaitim . the outcome of Jala appeal to the Supreme' court. For many years he vaa promiaeni in Lou isiana pofltlca' and-'pollce affairs. , A wife and daughter-.eurvjve mm. ,' t Columbia 8. C.; Fire-Swept Columbia, S. -C-"Fire, which clean ed bat a block In West Gervals street the wholesale district of Columbia; in flicted damage variously "eatlmated at between $225,000 and $450,000. It waa the ihoBt dteaatrons blaze 4n, this cltj since - the town ' was laid' In . ashes dirlffg the vla$t year, pt the war be tween sections. Starting in the. re pair department of the Globes, M.a cnlnery porawmy, probably -frtm'"'an overheated" toller, the flames were driven "by dtixaasterly hretxe to ad Jaccnt strgpturesj. Vv -, ' CIESEfflB ON THE GRIDIRON (Copyright. ai TRUST QUESTION UNSOLVED 8ECRETARY OF COMMERCE AND LABOR NAGEL MAKES HIS ANNUAL REPORT. Mere Breaking Up of Large Combina tions Doea Not Suffice, Accord ing to Secretary. Washington. "The mere breaking up of large combinations into a num ber of separate parte by no means meeta the whole trust question." saya Secretary Nagel of the department of commerce and labor, in- his annual report transmitted to President Taft Secretary Nagel declarea that the Sherman law has been proved to be an effective statute beyond all doubt, and .that a degree of combination of capital Is quite necessary; but he adds that the Supreme court decis ions in the Standard Oil and Tobacco cases have demonstrated that the next step In the control of great in dustrial corporations will be the cre ation of a permanent Federal agency. How much control ahall be exercis ed, whether by commission, ' Federal Incorporation or other means, which .have .been advocated Tdcently by Judge Elbert H. Gary, George W. Per kins and other financiers before the senate committee which - ias been conducting hearings to determine what changes would be desirable In the anti trust laws, Secretary Nagel does not definitely say. "A certain degree of combination of capital la admittedly essential to the enterprises,' Bays Secretary Nagel. carrying on of our great business enterprises," says Secretary Nagel. "To control properly such 'necessary comblnationa we must have aome ad ministrative Federal office or com mission which shall make thla work its business. Secretary Nagel-ref era in passing to recent criticism of the immigra tion service. He aaya the bureau has endeavored to obey the general man date of the law and relieve the In dividual of hardship wherever the atatute allows it ROOSEVELT WILL NOT TALK Ex-President Refuaea to Affirm or .. . Deny Any Rumors. ' New York. With a general refus al to "confirm or deny any rumor," Col. Theodore Roosevelt declined to discuss a report that a movement waa afoot In New Jersey to place his name on the presidential pri mary ballots. The former preaident waak asked If he had been approach ed by any one of consequence or au thority In New Jersey politics with a view to having bla name placed on the ballota. ' 'That necessarily Involves a defini tion of the phraae 'any one of conse quence or authority,' he replied. "I must decllen to connrm or aeny any report or rumors of thla sort." "Have you taken any steps, colo nel, to have your name removed from the primary ballota In Nebraska?" he was asked. .-. u "I have taken no steps one way or the other." ' Taft : Pardons Two Negreea. Washington. President Taft com muted to expire at once the' life sen tence of -' Arthur Adama and Robert Sawver: twornegm British subjects; cohvlcted, ! at, Wilmington, N. "C In' 1906, Ol. muraer qu ure uigu ; In a confession! 'befere-hia-isitscuUo Henry Scott anather,: negro, ,contde e of .and: banged for thejsaine Crime, completely . exonerated ' Adama ana Sawyer. Origlnally'AdaaM nd'. Saar yer were sentented, to vdeathi Uint , thla ' was commuted , vbjr v President Roosevelt to.lUe lmprlsonrntnt . ' Osborn Hamntere , LaFollette. Lanelng, Mich. Gov. Chase Osborh took charge of a meeting of Progres sive Republicans that had gathered to , htar Senator . Robert H, LaFol; lette, who failed to appear and de livered an address.-' Some of the aud-' Itora objected to. the.- governor's re-; marka 4a referring to. Senator LaFol lette.. The governor Baked both Taft and LaFollette te -wlUiarsar. trdm the race and Join in nominating , former Senator "A. J. Beverldge . of Indiana, or fanner President Roosevelt,. . HITS SOUTHERN POLITICS 8enator LaFollette Saya Southern 8entiment Opposes Popular Government Saginaw, Mich. After-speaking at Flint and Bay City, Senator Robert M. LaFoleltte wound up bis first day s campaign in Michigan in the interest of his "Progressive" candi dacy for the Republican nomination for president with an address at the Masonic temple here. He discussed the trusts and their relation to .the tariff, the money trust as the. climax of all and the necessity, of' returning the government, as he 'said, to the hands of the people, be asked the support of all. Republicans and Dem ocrats alike, In doing, tbla.' The Dlngley tariff law, he aald, by raising the tariff high enough to elim inate foreign competition opened the way for the trusts. In describing their rapid growth since 1897, when the Dingley law was passed, the sen ator aald trust Capitalization had In creased "over 64 per pent during the four yeara of the preceding adminis tration, despite the fact that a num ber of prosecutions had -been begun. . "Alexander Hamilton, Henry, flay and William McKlnley." said 'Sena tor -LaFollette, "-"would never - have spoken of the tariff as they did if, there had been no competition. The stand-patter today la the worst enemy of the protective system." .He declared that a few men In Wall street who have no politics, but who are Intereated only in buaineaa, control the affairs of the countryand that the 'big progle mnow Is to re turn control to the people. -' "If I did not belieye the Republi can party waa the best Instrument for getting control into the hands of the people," he aald, "I would leave It 'If I believed the Democratic pary. was a better Instrument I would join it It I thought a new party would be more effective I would form It. But t think the Republican party Is the best Instrument there is. r Gen. F. T. Nicholla Dead. ; Thibadaux, La. Gen. Francis Til Iou Nicholla, former governor qf Lou isiana, who waa credited with putting to an end the Louisiana lottery, died here at' the Nicholla home, Hawaa a brigadier general In the Confeder acy, and left the army with oe'eye, one arm and one leg. He was the first governor of this atate after re construction and served two terma from 1876 to 1880 and 1888 to 189 He waa about 80 yeara old. Stork- Refuaea Oale,r Theory.- Hickman, Ky. The first quadnlple. birth ao far known in this vicinity occurred when four children, three girls and one boy, were born to the wife of J. T. Blvena, In West Hick? man. AH of the children are .paid to be of normal size. The( mother is doing nicely. Mr. Btvens IS" 60 years old. " ,:' Carnegie to Testify. 1 -Washington. Andrew Carnegie haa been .asked by the house "steel trust" . lirveatlgating committee to appear be- L - tore - It.. - Me naa assurea vnairman Stanley of the committee that he will be present ' Ki.', - -Governpr Aids Convlfts,. : , ' Little Rock, Ark. Scores of men in the convict camps in Arkansas will bis; liberated -if-sGoveusQa. Donaghey carries i 6hlha ..threat he ;made"' to free them if -contractors do not nee mbthoda; more.humane,.'in handling thern..'il give notice to the contrac tors," ne governor ltfdigfnantly claret; "'ftat 'f ' w'IlF dpopulate, every, convict camirvl'l'state.'lfthis cru- lt ;ts' sot. stcmoed . J. wjirturp the .prisoner . out, , aa' faaf " as 1 Tlley 1 "itfe" prpugni io ..uuioBB uuuuiuuai are phangedi-nV. e)laimed.' ' '4 j 88,000 Tax to 8eMBeW fMCMrt GritflaV'Glu-iftPS-,ofiyij bgti. taxes ever pW tp ielnear .biAw the United Statea aa. paid', by J.oM- toy'cierVTnomas NaU tm'& cense to conuuvi mm uwr wuoon here durinx-the yean 1911. Jn. addition te.tljls amount ahe firm, paya a atate license' oT -$500 tnd; a--evenue ttx'.of $20n"th roeynjtnesa. Thla wp's supiMe to be a prohibitory tax" and no oae auB'pected that anybody 'would hattempt to take out a license at that '.gh' figure-,; - -J. ! J FIGHTING BOB E STRIKES HIS FLAG I ADMIRAL. ROBLEY D. EVANS, NOT .' ED SEA FIGHTER. DIES . SUDDENLY. I WAS PICTURESQUE FIGURE Admiral Evans 8tarted ' Battleship Fleet on Its--Memorable Cruise Around' the World. v. Washington. Rear Admiral Rob- , ley D. Evana, "Fighting Bob"' to- an '- admiring nation, died suddenly at hla . home In this' city. Acute-Indigestion -ended the career of one of the most popular officers In the navy. Ha was III less than two hours. Admiral vans, born sixty-fire years- ago In Floyd county, Virginia, ' arose apparently in better health and spirits than he had enjoyed In some time. For years a sufferer from, old - wounds sustained Id the Civil war and from recurrent .attacks of rbeu- REAR ADMIRAL R. D. EVANS. raatio gout the aged fighter seemed to have shaken off the burden of hla advancing days. He displayed high spirits at breakfast and ate a hearty luncheon at noon. . -, , . While In his library the admiral waa stricken. '- Instantly ' his family , aent for Dr. S. S. Adams, who on his. ' TrlvalTftund the yatlpnt fa ; great pain. After treatment Admiral Ev ana fell Into a restless sleep' and it was thought that ' the . danger - had passed. Shdrtly -after fan? o'clock ' hAwAver. he awakened and. .raising himself with difficulty,. ".announced that he waa choking. ' . cannot get my breath," he said,: and. sank, back. , "I canonf get my breath," he Skid, and sank back. At 4:45 o'clock he died, conscious to the. end. . ' One of, the iron .links that ' bound the old navy to the new? a command- " Ing figure in .each, was ' Robley D. Evatia. He did not take kindly to the sobriquet of "Flghtfng Bob," tor al though of gruff exterior, he waa a man of the kindliest lmpulses Thna It never was used in hla presence by bla friends. By the dauntless courage In times of groat emergency: the ; grim determination with which he faced overwhelming odds and thie sto icism with which he bore his wounds and gazed Unflinching In the face of death made the title so appropriate that ah "Fighting Bob" he was. known wherever ., the English language Is apoken. -. ; .. ' . TAFT "IS IN ' THE RACE, President Saya Nothing. But . Death -iCa: Keep Hlrt from Running, : ; WaShmgton. "Nothing . , but death can keep me out of the' 'fight now.". President Taft is-reported to have made this' statement to white house oaJtera and to have added that he had no objection to the statement being; made public. -.;w? . - . ft"' undoubtedly was intended to set afcvrest all reports , that-Mr. Taft might withdraw from the race for the Republican nomination for preaident j faV0r of Col. Theodore Roosevelt The . president Is said to be thor- jjy aroused to the gravity of the situation In the Republican party and d'e'termlned to'let his attitude be fen erally understood. .-"' t , tfTariff Reform Parameuiflr fsaue. -New York. The Natio"nal Demo- f Uwatio club launched .to make a tariff. . .. . '! ' A. .llsnvhei),araniounjl issue or me . 1 omltig;. 'JiBslijentUU ' ca'mpalgn at (a largal iata,df k dinner: .with Qtn:. .Wacro'.'KWt? fleS.J'rter a the j).rlnclpaj'jepeake"t v Governor Wll a9aalnalated9la.t. the? trnftf'ha come for the 'country to set VtSfelf frtbfrbm ' the burdena of the protective tariff. , Sk VfuB has -appetoted oommlttee . JeadJ a aystematic and progressiva eemiMgi i.rjMgn i ;' tariff reform. -.Bcyan Notia CandM-, ;TlnstlarT-'.'l-.nn'jti ,conce!v ftny cdtvWtwn the vou!4;malte;lt poa. Ufblllnw .iiOTaWeri the, question nresldential nomlii... ..a-bf-Tftei t.. n ocraeiCyfJJ f?," aald W. J.J-; an.' who. .arrived her. Asked :ai tn at Ve." thdUb-ft'-lr-'tl.!4 tnovi -meat tf. the Prof resaivel' !rK'ra(s of C " !o," " ua"tfii'i-l '1- t. i Colonel -150 -4 .T!" 1, v press ly know wUa( S :-.: -., 1 t vet, and t ,"-'l.e f: ' t A" ' -'. I )2 -" - '' V4jr . fltf,"'" : .'".- i