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JL 111 1 M III I HI 1 I II! I Ull T MADISON COUNTY RXCOR.D. 4 M I I II I I I I 1 1 1 I I I I I I I I I ! 1 H &Ae Medium I , Established Jur, 28. 1901. V t rHENCn BR.OAD NEWS, t -EnabUedMar 16. 1907.' J Consolidated, v : Nov. 2nd, 1911 1111111 I I II MM I M-M l I 1 1 Through which, you reach the 4 people of M&diton County. J Advertising Rates on Application 4 I I I I 1 I H-I I I' I I I I I I1 1 I I I 1' ! i THE ONLY NEWSPAPER IN MADISON COUNTY. VOL. XIV. MARSHALL, MADISON COUNTY, N. C FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1912. NO. 5. mi 3US ! 'A ' vfVk Madison Ceunty. SstablUhed by the Legislature, tlom 1860-11. , Population. 10.111. , County Butt. Marshall. 1141 feet above sea level. m - New ud modern Court House, coit f3S.000.00. New and modem Ull, cost $15,000 ' nw ud modern County Home, cost 110,000.00. . Officer. Hon. Jas. U Hyatt, Senator, .District. RurnaYlll. N n S3 - Hon. J. C. Ramsey, Representative, .Marshall. N. C. W. H. Henderson, Clehk 8uperlot Court Marshall. N. C. W. U. Buckner, Sheriff, Marshall, N. O. James Smart. Register of Deeds, C. F. Runnlon, Treasurer, Marshall, . N. a, R. r. D. No. I. R. L. Tweed. Surveyor, White Rock Dr. J. H. Balrd. Coroner, Mara Hill. Mrs. Ells Henderson, Jailor. Mar ihlL N. C. ' John Honeycutt, Janitor, Marshall. N. C Dr. C N. Sprinkle, County Physician, Marshall. N. C. James Haynle, Supt County Home, Marihall. N. C. . Home located about two miles south- Treat of Marshall. Courts. Criminal and Civil, First Monday be fore First Monday In March. Com mencing Feb. 26th, 1911. i Civil 11th, Monday after First Mon day In March, commences May 20 Criminal and Civil,' First Monday after First Monday In Sept Com- mantes R("Dt. 9th. 1912. Civil 6th Monday after First lion- day In September. Commences Octo ber 14, 1911. BOARDS. County Commissioners. W. C. Sprinkle, Chairman, Marshall,' . c. C. F. Cassada. Member, Marshall, N. C- R. F. D. No. 1. Reubin' A. Tweed, Member, Big Lauref, N. C. C. B. Mashburn, Atty, Marshall Board meets first Monday in every month. - ' ' :.' , Read Commissioner. A. B. Bryan, Chairman. Marshall. N. 3- R. F. D. 1. ,- ., ,.. J. A. Ramsey, Secretary, Man Hill, N. C R. F. D. 2. Sam Cox, Member, Mars Hill. N. C R. F, D. No. 2. O. W. Wild. Big Pine. N. C Dudley Chlpley, Road Engineer, Marshall. N. C. George M. Pritchard, Atty., MarshaU, N. C. : - , ' Board meets first Monday In Janu ary, April, July and October eacn year. Board of Education. Jasper Ebbs, Chairman, Spring rrtk N. C . ' Thos. J. Murray, Member, Marshall, N. C, R. F. D. No. 3. - W. R. Sams, Marshall. N. C, R. F. D. No. 1. , Prof. M. C. Buckner, Supt : of Schools, Mara Hill N. C. R. F. D. Board Meets first Monday In Janu ary, April, July and October each year. College and High School. Mars Hill College, Prof. R. L. Moore, President, Mars Hill, N. C. Fall Term begins August, IT, 1911. Spring Term begins January 2, 1912. Spring Creek High School. Prof. 0. C. Brown, Principal, Spring Creek, N. C. S Mo. School opened August 1, 1911. mauiavu oviuiuai . . Prof J. M. Weatherly, Principal, Mar shall, N. C. R. F. D. No. 1. 7 Mo. School began October 1, 1911. Bell Institute. Miss Margaret E. Griffith, Principal, Walnut, N. C, t Mo. Sohool began September 9, 1911. Marshall Academy. ; Prof. H Q. Anders, Principal, 'Mars'hail, "N. C f Mo. Sohool began Sept 4, 1911. , .. ; Notary Publics. J. C. Ramsey, Marshall, N. 0. Term spires Jan. 11, 1912. A. J. Roberts, Marshall, N. C. R. F, D. No. 6, Term expire May 30, 1912. Jasper Ebbs, Spring Creek, N. p. Term expires August 10, 1912. C. C. Brown. Bluff, N. C. Term ex pire December 6, 1911 J. A. Leak, Revere, N. C. Term ex pire January 10, 1913. W. TDavt. Hot Springs. M. C. Term expire January 10, 1913. J. H. Southworth, Stackhouse, N. C. Tern expire January It, 1913. - N. W. Anderson, Paint Fork, N. C. Term expire February (, 1913. J. H. HunUr Marshall. N. C, R. F. D. No. 3. .Term expire April 1, 1919 J. F. Tllson, Marshall. N. C, R. F. D. No. I. Term expire April 3, 1913. . C. J. Ebb. Marshall, N. C. Term expire April 21. 1913. .' J. W. Nelson, Marshall, N. C. Term expire April 25, 1913. Roy L. Cadger, Marshall, N. 6. Term expire May 3, 1913. - Geo. M. Pritchard, Marshall. N. C. Term expires May 26, 1913. Dudley Chlpley, Marshall, N. C. Term expires July 89, 1913. " W". 6. Connor, Mars Hill. N. C. Tem xplrj November 27, 1913. - - POST. George W. Gahagaa Post, No. 31 6. A. R. H . 8. M. Davla, Commander. 3. H. Ballard. AdJuUnt . Meets at the Court House Saturday ercre the second Sunday ta Month at 11 A. U. IH E TWO STATIONS UNITED IN WORK IVORK Or A. AND M. COLLEGE AND DEPARTMENT OF AGRI CULTURE COMBINED. ' MADE GREAT F0WARD STEP Committee of Board of Agriculture and of A. and M. College Agree on Important Change and Combir Ex periment Work. Raleigh. Action, Important in the llghest degree to the progress and lest Interest of agricultural educa Jon In North Carolina, was taken at i Joint meeting of committees of the Board of Agriculture and the A. ft M. College. This was for the amalga oaatlon of the work of the North Car llna Experiment Station of the A. ft M. College and the Experiment Sta tion of the North Carolina Depart ment of Agriculture. The action tak- m Is a great step towards the final jomplete union of the experimental work of the A. and M. College and the Department of Agriculture. By reason of the action in the last 3eneral Assembly there was appoint sd a committee to act upon the mat ter of the co-operation of the A. ft M. College and the Department of Agriculture. At recent meetings of the trustees of the college and the Board fl Agriculture it was agreed to leave the matter of details and ac tual combination for co-operation to committees of both boards, with plenty of power. The report of a sub-committee was made at a session held several days. ago This waa that the Experiment Station of the Agricultural Depart ment will be combined with the North Carolina Experiment station of the A. ft M. College, this to be loca ted In the buildings -and farm now devoted to the use of the North Caro lina Experiment Station near the col lege. All work along experimental and lnvesigatlonal lines formerly car ried on by the Department of Agricul ture and by the North Carolina Ex periment statlbn will be transferred to the new station. This will make available about 130.000 now provided by the United States government for North Carolina. ' Board Score Another Victory. The board of school commissioners of Charlotte scored . another victory over the board of aldermen when Judge C. C. Lyon signed an order Jn mandamus proceedings beard before him, requiring the parent body to turn over Into the hands of the school board for expenditure the entire is sue of bonds to the extent of 3100,- 000. This is the second step In the victory claimed by the board of school commissioners. Judge Adams having formerly signed an order which up held the contentions of this board that it had the power, under the char ter, to select school sites and erect sohool buildings with the funds made possible by the bond Issue. . . To Make Report On Vance Statue. Governor Kttchin and Col. J. Bryan Grimes, back , from Washington, say that they accomplished vry satis factory results in their' investigation of the situation at the national Cap itol In the matter of looking into the question of the requirements in the Installation of a statue for Senator Vanoe In Statuary Hall. They will make their report to the Council of State In a few day and some -definite steps In the matter of the selec tion of the artist and awarding the contract ' for the installation of the statue will be taken. May Close Port of New Bern. - During the past week or two there ha been a rumor afloat in New Bern that the Department of War at Wash ington is contemplating abolishing New Bern as a port of entry and com bining it with Elizabeth City, Wil mington and Beaufort and making Beaufort the port of entry for . all these places. . Craven County. Fair Association. Although out uttie - nas been saia during the past few. weeks in regard to Craven county' fair : association, the committees In charge of the va rious departments ' have been busily engaged in securing- subscriptions. The directors met at the office . of Mr. J. Leon Williams, secretary of the chamber of commerce, and drew up the necessary paper for the In corporation of the association, which they will send to Raleigh to have In corporated The authorized capital of the association will be $50,000. To Discuss Strawberry Growing. A meeting of Importance and great est ' interest to the agriculturist of Pasqoutank and Camden counties will be held In Elizabeth City February 1st when the subject of strawberry growing will be . discussed. ; The meeting will be held In the county ourt house and all farmers and oth er Interested In agriculture are urg ed to attend. It 1 a great opportun ity, for the Pasquotank and Camden farmer and they should attend and post themselves npon the advantages of planting strawberries. LOOKING FOR GOOD LOCATION Farmers' Union Committee Visiting Cities Best Located For Central Warehouse. Wlmlngton. The committee ofthi Farmer' Union, named to locate tb central or general warehouse to be established by the organisation, spent a day and night In Wilmington, look ing over the advantages this city bat to offer. The committee goes tc Greensboro from here, and will make another trip to , Charlotte and Ral eigh before finally deciding upon the location of the warehouse. Wilmington, It Is thought, stands good show of getting the warehouse. At a meeting of the chamber of com merce Mr. Hugh MacRae, speaking for a number of business men, said that Wilmington will give a free site for the warehouse, and will take 2E per cent-of the capital stock neces sary to finance the undertaking, which 1 the limit of the amount that will be offered outside the organiza tion. This offer was made after Dr. H. Q. Alexander of Charlotte, state president of the Farmer' Union and chairman of the committee, bad pledged the committee to give thlf city the opportunity of amending Its proposition if some other city in the state made a better one. The com mlttee from the Farmers' Union it composed of Dr. H. Q. Alexander Mr. J. Z. Green, of Union, state organ izer; Mr. J. R. Rives of Sanford, state business agent; Mr. W. H Moore, ol Pitt, a member of the executive com mlttee. Declared Bond Election Void. A great deal of interest and gen eral approval attaches to the acttoc of the Forsyth county commissioner! In declaring void the recent electlot In Broadbay township, when the is sue of bonds in the amount of $30,001 to be applied to subscription to stock In the Randolph ft Cumbreland Rail road. The board heard witnesses and attorneys for both sides, the point at issue being whether the use of a sin gle ballot box was sufficient. United States District Attorney A. E. Hoi ton, who is an energetic friend ol the road, believing that It will resul' in untoldgood to this section, state, as his opinion that the election wai nullified by the use of only! one box Hall ft Benbow, county attorneys were of a similar opinion. A petl tlon was presented for, another eleq tlon, and the commissioners will con sider this later; Corn Liquor Cause of It All. Another strong argument, for th temperance advocates and especlall) as relates to the use of corn whiske) comes from the mountains of westerr North Carolina, according to a well Informed Buncombe county citizen it Greensboro. While it has been con tended by members of the medlca profession for some time that core bread, or the use of corn meal It other forms where the corn was noi thoroughly ripened, produced pellagn it has only recently been discovered that the use of corn whiskey llkewis produces the dread disease. . . Supreme Court Soon to Convene. The spring session of the Nortl Carolina Supreme Court will convent Monday,- February 6, the first day t be, as-usual, devoted to the examina tlon of applicants for license to prac tlce law. While there is no reall definite information as yet as to jus how many candidates there will b for law licenses, the indications art very strong that, the class will b nothing like as large as that that un dertook the examination at the open lng of the last fall term, when al records were broken. Surveying of Proposed Road. A corps of surveyors began at Dur ham the prelminary survey of th proposed Durham ft Danville Rail road.. The route of the new road li to-extend from Durham to Danville a distance of about 76 miles. Dur ham, Orange and Chatham countlei will be traversed In North Carolina. Raleigh. The special committei consisting of Col. J. Bryan Grimes Gen. J. S. Carr, president, F. P, Ven able. Dr. Herty and Colonel Benehai Cameron has awarded the contract fo; splendid new dormitories at the Unl versity of North Carolina to J. G. Law rence ft Sons of Durham. Has, Approved Exchange of Court.. Governor . Kltchin approved . ex change of courts between Judge Fet guson and Judge O. H. Allen, so tha Judge Allen will hold New Hanovei court, January 29 ; Sampson court February 6; Duplin court Februar; 19, and Onslow court, March t4, eacl for two weeks, except Onslow, whicl la one week; and Judge Fergusoi will hold Iredell court, January -29; Rowan court February 12; and Dav tdson court, February 29, each for twt weeks.. The exchange i for the con venience of the two judge interested Main Line Will Be From Troy. The fact that engineers have beet at Troy for the past several day cut veying a route for the main line o the Norfolk Southern baa convinced I great number of the Troy citizen that the main line of this railroad wll be extended from here and not froa Mount Gilead, and that the Moun Gilead-Troy line wilt only be a brand line of the great system . It seemi now that main line will go direct fron here to Albemarle. There is mucl speculation here as to where the d pot will be placed. BASIS IS YET 9 FOUND FOR PEACE ITALY AND TURKEY REFUSE THE . SUGGESTIONS OF DIPLOMATS TO SETTLE DIFFERENCES. MAY TAKE CONSTANTINOPLE Turkish Government Says It Cannot Accept Spoliation Suffered With out Redress. . . Rome, Italy. Although the work of the European diplomatic chancel leries has been prosecuted actively In Constantinople '-and Rome during the past few day in an attempt to find a way to peace between Italy and Turkey, no basis has yet been found. I In reply to suggestions from vari ous embassies, Turkey answers that the power, If- they want peace, should Induce Italy to make conces sions, as Turkey cannot accept the spoliation she has suffered without redress. Rome, on the otber band, responds to . the hints of the foreign chancel Ierie that the only remedy for the present situation is that pressure should be put by the powers on the porte. ' ' I The representalves of the powers declare that If pressure were brought to bear on the porte through the am bassadors and the . porte should re sist as everything appears to Indl cato would be the case either the powers would have to withdraw and suffer humiliation or have recourse to coercion. This would mean making a collect ive naval demonstration in Turkish waters, which would ultimately end In a landing In Constantinople, and would' raise the general European conflagration, which all hope to avoid. Giovanni Glollttl, the Italian pre mier, still hopes that Italy will be able to force Turkey to ask for peace. For this reason the convocation of parliament Instead of occurring at the end of January has been post poned until February, and It even may be delayed until March. In the meantime, the commander-in-chief of the expedition foree in Tripoli has arrangj to make a gen eral advance ' into the Interior And hopes during February to take the first decisive step In this direction WATTERS0N TALKS AGAIN Editor Say Ryan Was oNt Respon sible for Harvey-Wilson Break. Washington. Absolving Colonel Harvey from all blame In connec tion with the suggestion thatThomas F. Ryan, the New York financier, might be induced to finance Gover nor Wilson's campaign, Col. Henry Watterson made public the corre- suondence that has recently passed between ' himself and Senator Till man. It wll be recalled that recently Colonel Watterson stated he would not notice the suggestion that Mr. Ryan's name was at . the bottom of th Harvev-Wilson break until it was put forward by some responsible per son. Senator Tillman took up the cud gels and charged that Colonel Wat terson had concealed material facts In connection with tfie Incident. . In discussing the assertion that Colonel Harvey had sought to bring Wilson and Thomas F. Ryan together, he said: '.''''".' "Now, senator, I know of my own knowledge that that story Is a He, made out of the whole cloth. "If any peroon ventures to ques tion that assertion I have in my pos session proof conclusive which I hold myself ready to place before your honest and truth-seeking man." Chinese Rebel Using Aeroplanes. San Francisco. - Six American built ' biplanes are carried by the revolutionary army advancing on Pe kln, according to a cablegram receiv ed by the Chinese Free Press here. The aeroplanes will be manned by Chinese aviators. The revolutionary troops, in command of Gen. Lum Shood Hlng, were massed at Nanking and the march was begun. Revolu tionary authorities regard the attack on Pekln as unavoidable. French-Italian Dlput Settled. Paris. The Franco-Italian Incident arising from the seizure of the French steamer Manouba and Car thage by Italian war vessels was set tled satisfactorily to both nations. This announcement wa made at the close of a meeting of tne cabinet which, after examination,; approved the terms of the note agreed upon by Camille Barrere, the French am bassador at Rome, and the Marquis Dl San Giullano. The note will be published in Rome by the Italian gov ernment ' -, , . Foreign Cotton Buyer Modify Plans New York. Willingness of foreign bankers and cotton buyers to modify the plans for safeguarding export cot ton bills of lading to meet objections of the Southern cotton shipper is expressed In a statement given out by H. Kern, chairman of the Liver pool cotton bill of lading committee. Mr, Kern and J. H. Simpson, repre senting" the European bankers, re cently returned from a eonference on the subject by representative of the Southern cotton exchanges. TAGGED (Copyright. Mill . TAFT BEATS ROOSEVELT FIRST DELEGATES TO REPUBLI CAN NATIONAL CONVENTION INSTRUCTED FOR TAFT. First Campaign Fight Occurred In Fourth District Convention of Oklahoma. Coal Gate, Ola. William Howard Taft was indorsed for re-nomination by the Republican party tor presi dent, 118 to 32, at the fourth con gressional district Republican cou cention, after Roosevelt supporters had made a determined effort to stam pede the convention tor the Sage of Oyster Bay. Defeat came only after a hard struggle, and during which spectacu lar methods were used to impress the delegates with the boom which the supporters of the colonel bad set in motion. Edward Perry, 'district chairman, led the fight for Roosevelt while James A. Harris of Wagoner held the lines for the administration. Inciden tally, C. W. Miller of Hugo, and G. A. Ramsey of Ardmore, were elected delegates to the Republican national convention, and James A Harris was indorsed for national committeeman Topeka, Kans. Governor Stubbs made public a telegram sent to Theo dore Roosevelt urging him to make a statement at once as to whether he would be a candidate for president, or permit his name to go before the Republican national convention. The governor has not received a reply. Jefferson City, Mo. Governor Had- ley in a statement said he favored the nomination of Theodore Roosevelt as the Republican presidential candi date. "From Information that has recent ly come to me from all parts of the state," says Governor Hadley, "I am convinced a large majority are in fa vor of the nomination of Theodore Roosevelt as 'Our candidate for pres ident" HARAHAN KILLED IN WRECK Former President of Illinois Central and Three Other Official Lose Lives. Centralia, 111. J. T. Harahan, for mer president of the Illinois Central railroad ; F. O. Malcher, second vice nresident of the Rock Island railroad, and two others were killed when the Panama Limited on the Illinois Cen tral railroad running 50 miles an hour crashed into the rear of passenger train No. 25, which was taking water at Kinmundy, 30 miles north or here. - Appendicitis Danger Reduced. nieveiand. Ohio. Operations for appendicitis, thought to have been perfected several years ago, when one and a half Inch incisions were found to be adequate, have been still further slmDllfied according to an an nouncement made to surgeons of the Cleveland Academy of Medicine. Tnis sets forth that an incision of but three-fourths of an Inch is necessary, permitting the patient to leave the bed within 24 hours after the opera tion. Description of the operation Is given. '.'..,- Another Aviator Killed.' Los Angeles, Cal. Rutherford Page, 24 years old, a Yale graduate, regis tered from New York and flying as one of the Curtlss aviators, was in stantly killed when he fell 150 feet on Domlnguez field. Page was en deavoring to "turn on a pivot" when a swell of air over the hangers caught his planes. He made an effort to re gain his bafance, but evidently fear ing the aeroplane was beyond control, gave up, and when about sixty feet in the air Jumpedj clear of the ma chine and fell flat. . . ' Taft BelUvet Hitchcock Loyal. Washington.Twlce president Taft rtonioH pmDhatlcaly to white house callers that he placed any credence In reports that Postmaster General Hitchcock had been politically active to prevent bis renomlnatlon. Once, at least the president denied that cabi net officers had urged him to oust the the postmaster generll trora his offi cial family, because of alileged anti Taft activity, and visitor who talked with the president gained the impres sion that tie had not the slightest doubt of Hl'chcock s loyalty. FARMERSUSINGTELEPHONES Practically Every 8ection of the 8outh Is Now Covered With Rural Telephone Line. Atlanta, Ga. The farmers of the South made gratifying progress In de veloping rural telephone systems dur ing the past year, according to reports of the Southern Bell Telephone com pany covering the seven states In which it operates. On December 31, 1911, there were 29,537 farmer's telephone connected with exchanges and toll Stations of the Bell system In these states as follows: Alabama .7,246 Georgia 7,243 South Carolina 2,722 North Carolina 3,460 Virginia .... - 2,171 West Virginia 6,507 Florida 188 Of these telephone 7,775 were add ed during the year 1911, an Increase of 30 per cent, over the year 1910. A feature of particular value to the farmers was instituted during the past veer through the co-operation of the United States weather bureau and the telephone company. The dally weather reports are furnished to the telephone company every day, and at a given hour in the morning the re port is read to the subscribers on every rural line. Farmers who can not respond to the signal may call the operator at any time and secure the report. ' Practically every section of the South Is covered with rural telephone line, and It Is possible for farmers In remote places to communicate quick ly with the nearest market. The growth has been rapid, but telephone experts declare that rural telephone development in the South Is In its In fancy and a greater growth Is antic ipated during the year 1912. Four Negroes Lynched. Hamilton, Ga. A mob of 100 men broke into the Harris county jail here, overpowered Jailer E. M., Rabbitson and took four negroes three men and one woman out and hung them to trees one mile from town. Then they riddled the bodies with bullets. It Is estimated that 300 shots . were fired. Sunday afternoon, a week ago, while Norman Hadley, a well-to-do unmar ried farmer, was sitting in his home, a shot was fired through the window, and he fell dead. That afternoon four negro tenants Belle Hathaway, John Moore, Eugene Hamlng and "Dusty" Crutchfleld were arrested, charged with the murder, ' ' State Banks Depositaries. Washington. For the first time In history, the way has been opened, it has developed, for state banks and trust companies to become known as "United States depositaries." , Owing to the view of the treasury depart ment, . any . financial institution in America national or state bank or trust .company holding postal sav ings deposits or other government funds, may assume that title without legal impediment, even though the designation is not officially conferred by the secretary of the treasury. Hitchcock Says He-1 Loyal. Washington. "I -am for Taft as strong a a man can be," .; declared Postmaster General Hitchcock at the white house. "I did not realize until a day or two ago how far these sto ries about my alleged differences with the president had gone. I probably ohall have something to say on the subject." Mr. Hitchcock manifested indignation that his loyalty had been questioned. "It Is an insult for any one to think that I have been disloyal to the president," said the postmas ter general. Attack on Telephone Combine. New York. A petition to dissolve the American Telephone and Tele graph, company on the ground that it 1 a monopoly in violation of the provisions of the Sherman law was made public here. According to the petition the American Telephone and Telegraph company, which - controls the WeBtern Union- Telegraph compa ny and eight subsidiary telephone companies, is one of the largest finan cial concerns in the world, and It now dominates the telephone busi ness of the country. HE QUITS TAFT. TO AID HIS SENATOR KENYON OF IOWA EN DORE8 THE CANDIDACY OF HIS COLLEAGUg. ALL CANDIDATES ENDORSED 8upporters of Every Man In the Pres ' idential Race Found Through out the Country. Washington Senator Kenyon. of Iowa,' issued a statement announcing bis Indorsement of the presidential candidacy of his colleague, Senator Albert B. Cummtngs. He said he had been earnestly for President Taft and would continue to support him if a ultablle candidate had not appearred from his own state. Senator Kenyon declared be bad been earnestly for the renomlnatlon of President Taft, especially because of the attack of men connected with big business" who, the Senator said, sought to destroy the president "be cause of his courageous efforts to en force the Sherman act" Mr. Kenyon closed with a warm tribute to the public career of Sena tor Cummins. Before Mr. Kenyon wa elected to the senate he was one of hte "trust busters" of the Taft admin- -istration. Washington Friends of the admin istration were surprised at the an nouncement that Governor Hadley, of Missouri, had come out In support of ' the nomination of Colonel Roosevelt Governor Hadley's support bad been counted upon by political adviser of President Taft When Hadley wa In Washington several weeks ago It was announced that he had practically pledged himself to support Taft New York. The silence which Colo nel Roosevelt has maintained regard ing discussion of his possible renom lnatlon was unbroken. To all ques tions Mr. Roosevelt replied that be had nothing to say. When asked to comment upon the declaration of Gov- ' ernor Hadley of Missouri, he declared he bad not read what the governor said. Trenton--N. J. Edward Grosascupw-. chairman of the state Democratic committee, issued a statement declar ing that Governor Wilson would have a majority of the New Jersey dele gates to the Democratic national con vention and practicaly a solid vote in the delegation. Kansas City. R. A. Long of Kan sas City, a wealthy lumberman, in an dress at the convention of the South western Lumermen's association, said that Gov. Judson Harmon of Ohio was the only man. who, as president could bring about a settled condition of finances in this country. Mr. Long urged the delegates to use their In fluence toward making the Ohio ex-. ecutive the next president of the na tion.' '..'''', New Haven, Conn. President Wil liam H. Taft was re-elected president of the United States by a straw vote , taken among the students at Yale uni versity. Hie majority over his Dem ocratic opponent Gov. Woodrow Wil son of New Jersey, was 259. The total vote cast was, Taft 470, Wilson, 211. V Columbia, S. C The so-called "reg ular" Republican state committee , adopted resolutions Indorsing the ad ministration of President Taft and de nouncing John G. Capera, national committeeman, who is the leader of the "lily white" Republican movement of South Carolina. The committee is- . sued a call for the meeting of a state convention in Columbia, February 29. The committee especially recommend ed Mr. Taf stand on arbi tratlon, the tariff board and the Sherman law, and urged his re-election. 1 . - Mr. Capers was denounced a1'-a traitor the party who had been seek ing to undermine "the regular Repub lican organization. Baltimore, Md. Former Congress man William P. Jackson, Republican national committeeman from Mary land, Republican State Chairman J. B. Hanna and Congressman Thomas Parran went to Washington and pledg ed to President Taft the support of Maryland's delegation to the Repub llcan national convention. Brown, Governor of Georgia. Atlanta. Joseph M. Brown wa in augurated governor of Georgia for the second Ime. For the first time In almost a quarter of a century the general assembly met In special ses sion for the purpose of canvassing return from an election tor governor and to inaugurate this official" Con soldiatlon of the recent election re turns showed that Governor Brown received 28,852 votes for governor, as against 300 for A. M. Castleberry, th Socialist candidate. Jail for Millionaire Politician. :. May' Landing, N. J- Loul Kuehn le, Republican leader of Atlantic City, whe was recently convicted of un lawfully participating In the award ol a contract to a company in which h was interested while be was a mem ber of the Atlantic City water com mission, wa sentenced to one year'l imprisonment at hard labor and tc pay a fine of $1,000. Thomas McDev Itt and George Amole were sentpm ' to six months and three xvor .. ' jail, respectively