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'VOL. Xivl- , v MARSHALL, MADISON COUNTY, K''C, FRIDAY, FEUAl 3p, . 1912. '. . ' , NO. 9.
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vjtjtt, Madison County.
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Established by tho Legislator lot
iloa 1M0-'8L
Population, 10,lSt.
County Seat- Marshal).''
1641 feet abova sea level,
Kaw and modern Court House, cost
I3S.000.00.
New and modern Jail cost $16,000.00,
New and modern County Home, cost
110,000.00.
Officers.
Hon. Jas. L. Hyatt, Senator" i!
District, Burnsvllle, N. C,
Hon. J. C Ramsey, Representative.
Marshall, N. C.
' W. H. Henderson, Clebk Superior
Court Marshall. N. C.
W. M. Buckner, Sheriff, Marshall,
N.C,
James Smart. Register of Deeds,
Marshall. N. C.
& F. Runnlon, Treasurer, Marshall,
n. c. r. r. d. No. 1
R. L. Tweed. Burveyor, White Rock.
N. C
Dr. J. H. Balrd. Coroner, Mars Hill.
Mrs. Ellia Henderson. Jailor, Mar-
lhall. N. C.
John Honeycutt, Janitor, Marshall.
H. C
Dr. C. N. Sprinkle, County Physician,
Marshall, N. C
James Haynle, Supt County Home,
-Marshall. N. C
Home located about two miles south-
-west of Marshall.
Courts. ' ' v.
Criminal and Civil, First Monday be
fore First Monday In March, Com
mencing Feb. 26th, 191
Civil 11th, Monday after First Mon.
day In March, commences May 20,
1911.
. Criminal and Civil, First Monday
After First Monday in Sept. Com'
mences Sept 9th, 1912.
Civil 6th Monday after First Mon
day in September. Commences Octo
ber 14, 1912.
.. . , BOARD8. ;
County Commisslonere.
W. C. Sprinkle, Chairman,' Marshall
S. C.
C. F. Cassada, Member, Marshall,
N. C. R. F. D. No. 1.
Reubln A. Tweed, Member, ' Bit
Laurel, N. C.
C. B. Mashburn. Atty, Marshall
Board meets first Monday In every
, .: Road Commissioners.
A. E. Bryan, Chairman, Marshall, N.
,.. : C, K. U. &
J. A. Ramsey. Secretary, Mara Hill,
N. C, R. F, D. 2.
Bam Cox, Member. Mars Hill, N. C
R. F. D. No. J.
0. W. Wild, Big Pine, N. C.
Dudley Chi pley. Road Engineer,
Marshall, N. C ..r
rrSf... George M. Prltchard, Atty., Marshall,
N. C.
Board meets first Monday In Janu
ary, April, July and October each yea.
Board of Education'. .' '
. Jasper Ebbs, Chairman, Spring
Creek, N. C. ' ' " '' "
' ' Thos. J. Murray. Member, Marshall
N. C. R. F. D. No. 8. ' . ' : '
. W. R. Sams, Marshall. N. C R. F.
D. No. I
1 - Prof. M. C. Buckner. - Supt. of
Schools, Mars H1H.-N. C, R. F..D.
NO. 2.
Board Meets first Monday 14 Janu.
C ary, April, July and October each year..
Colleges and Hrgh Schools.
Mars Hill College, Prof. R. hi Moore,
; President, Mars Hill, N. C. .Fall Term
begins August 17, 19U. Sprjn Term
. begins January 2, 1912.. ,
' Spring Creek High School Prof.
Q. C. Brown, Principal; Spring Creek,
N. C. 8 Mo. School' opened August
1. 1911. V-''V-:'oM.-
Madlaon Seminary Hlah School.
Prof J. M. Weatheriy, rnncipai, m:
shall, N. C. R. F. D. No.: 8. . ? Mo
School began October 2, 1911. v . .
Bell Institute. Miss Margaret E.
- Griffith, Principal, Walnut, N.-C- 8 Mo.
Sohool began September 9, 1911. .
." Marshall Academy. AProf. R. 6.
Anders, Principal, "Mar8Ual N. C, f
Mo. School began Sept 4, 1911.
. Notary Publka.- .
J. C. Ramsey, Marshall, N. C- Term
-expires Jan. 11. 1913, -A.
J. Roberts. Marshall. N. C, R. F.
D. No. 6, Term expires May 30, 1912.
Jasper Ebbs,' Spring Creek, N.. C.
Term expires August 10,. 1918. -C.
C Brown, Bluff, N. C. Term ex
- pi res December I, 1912.
., J. A. Leak. Revere, N. C. Term ex
plrea January, 10, 1913.,
- . W. T. Davis, Hot Springs. N. C.
i Term expires January 10, 1913. .
" J. H. Southworth. Stackbouse, N. C.
Tern expires January 18, 1918. - ,
N. W Anderson. Paint Fork, N. C.
Term expiree February g, 1913.
' J. H. Hunter, Marshall, N. C, R. T.
V. No. 8. Term expires April 1, 1918
F. Tilson, Marshall, N. C, . F, D;
No, 1. Term expires April 8, 1913.
C. J. Ebbs. Marshall. . N. C iTerm.
expires April 21, 1913. ' .' ,
J. W. Nelson, Marshall, N. C. Term
expires April 28, 1913. -Roy
L. Gudger, Marshall) N. C.
'Term expires May 8, 1913. 1
Geo. M. Prltchard, Marshall, N. C.
Term expires May 26, 1918.
Dudley Cblpley, Marshall - N. C.
Term expires July 29; 1918. -'
W. J. Connor. Mars Mill, N. C. Term
xpiroa November 2", 1913. ' 1
POST.'
George W. Gahagsn Post,' No. 88
G. A. R. . ;: ..
' S. M. Davis, Commander.
' 3. II. Ballard. Adjutant.
J'eets at the Court Houae fitsriiay
're the axnd Saoday la e
s. n n a. :.
ADVISED STATE
TAX' GOMMISIDN
GREATEST NEED OF THE STATE
OF NORTH CAROLINA AT THI8 '
, time. ;.'v
PRESENT LEVY IS VERY LOW
Millions of Dollars Worth of Property
' Not on .the Tax Books of the State,
Mr. Brown Telia What Should
Be Done.
Raleigh. A special from Charlotte
states that "The greatest need of
the state of North Carolina at this
time la a state tax commission, said
State Senator J. A. Brown, of Chad
bourn, who baa been in Charlotte
for several days in connection with
the cotton acreage reduction matter.
"There Is no uniformity of assess
ment of property throughout the
state," said Senator Brown," and un
til this la achieved there can be no
equitable system of taxation.
"With the valuation made on a rea
sonable basis, and the property of the
state on the tax books an adequate
revenue will be provided and there
will be no necessity for the state bor
rowing money for any purpose at any
time. - '
"The present state levy Is very low',
too low, .in fact, to produce sufficient
revenue to operate the state govern
ment as it should be. But there ace
millions of dollars worth of property
In the state not on' tha tax boblca and
other millions of dollars- worth la not
properly assessed.
c VMany cases of Inequitable, valua
tions have come to my personal ob
servation and I believe, that this .'one
matter will solve the problem, of
state finance. .' An ' increase1 In the
atate" levy la not a necessity, but' sit
increaae. in the revenue would result
If the property In the state was assess
ed and property valued."
Tha Political Pot Is Simmering..
' The county political pot is begin
ning 'to simmer Just a little at Gaa-
ton la. It la expected to begin boil
ing,- at a pretty lively, rate ere long.
So far there are in the field only
three . men who- are avowed candi
dates for office. Two of these, ' Mr.
Carl Finger, of Stanley and Mr: Clyde
C. Craig of Dallas, are .'after the
Democratic nomination -for' the office
of county treasurer and Mr. Wiley
H. McGinnas of . Kings Mountain
wants to be register frf; -d?eds.! None
of these have made formal announce
ments' of their candidal altt'WB: papers,-
bulr all threeare t'8ti.ey-iat
work among, their 1 friends. ,.;;v;
Holds County Uquor Lloensa. -
Some 1 comfort la" DelnK,idkejthose
oi ureensDoro wno naves pe,ep.pepenq
ent upon 'the' prescription' of i. phy-
siciad by the disclosure that the Rev
olution Drug 4 Coriipafay' not J "only
holds a county- license" but 1 That ( - ft
baa been so doing foryaTrsi'?' "The
drug store is located at one of, the
mill
I villages near' 'tliW cft' anil f&t'biy
"car llne 'bemg .about' a twenty-
the
minute ride. - it wm,-'nn.wevervaerve
to . offset an ordinance ; Vf -StAe; city
commissioners forbidding:;; tbe. i.salB
of whiskey In Greensboro,, even, bpoa.
prescription . c .a Ucemsej '.-physician.
Working For Advertising fcampilgn.,'
i;ui. Dautoru n. i;onen, tag , recent
ly elected Manager, of.,' ithe ' Grea'ter
Western North Caroliha Association,
arrived' in - AabeHlle from ; Augusta,
where be baa been for the paat few
days ofl a business trip, and cb'ftf er
red, with George- S. Powell and Harry
W. Plummer. menfbera of the execu
tive committee of, the asocjatlQn and
. v. ' i 1 'v.. .y : 1 It
some of his plans, for the advertising
campaign which is to be- launched
about March 1 in Florida for, tha ear
ly spring tourist Duslness. ;
Asbevllle. In the last issue of the
bulletin by the Ashevlile board : of
health the information! Js , given out
that the city is to hare' a 'milk depot,
for the preparation and distribution
or purer and modified milk . '
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Want The -New Railroad Badly. '
That railroad proposition from. Lit-,
tleton to, Hamilton, referred to sev
eral' days ago, has created a? good bit
of ' interest - among , the t- people at
Scotland -Neck, and this ' writer, has
heard many expressions of hope that
the road would be built. , There Is a
strong desire among the people hers
for "better freight and passenger fa
cilities and cheaper- freight rates, and
the proposed road, would In a meas
ure at least give the desired "relief J'
The road would, traverse one of the
richest farming -sections in (he state.
; .
School Beard Held Meeting.'
i ne Doara or-ecnooi commissioners
and the finance committee ' of the
bodrd ' of aldermen of Charlotte," ac
cording to arrangement met to con
sider the matter of financing the
South graded school proposition but
adjourned without settling .the mat
ter of finance definitely. .After a
lengthy debate indulged In by the
school board, and members of the fi
nance committee , with almost as
many opinions about the details of
the financial feature as there were
debaters.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MEET
Governor Kltchln Makes An Address
Much Important Business Was
"i ' Transacted at Meeting.
Raleigh. Governor Kltchln pre
sided; at an annual session of the
state board of geological survey wjth
Frank Hewitt,, Ashevlile, Hugh Mo
Rae, of Wilmington, R. D.' Caldwell
of Lumberton, Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt,
state geologist and C. 8. Vann,' state
fish commissioner. ; V
Reports from the state geowglst,
Joseph Hyde Pratt, showed that the
work of Inventorying the North; Caro
lina forests from th Tennessee, line
eastward has progressed,, as far . as
Rowan and Guilford counties and hat
the sailre piedmont section will be
completed during the coming sum
mer. The board determined to push
especially the promotion of the west
ern section of the' central highway
and the Blue Ridge highway as cal
culated to be especially beneficial' to
the state. The state geologist was
directed to prepare and issue aa early
aa possible a complete pubHc -road
map of the state, showing-the,. im
proved highways, those In progress
of Improvement under systematic ap
proved methods and' those iin'prove
ments projected. :!' v ..,.'
The board determined to-gWe - the
greatest possible enqouragemen. to
the furtherance of the mo'veitieh-f for
draining swamp and soggy lands- in-
all parts of the stae. . 3Ther.e V are
now fifty-six drainage districts .under
way, either fully organized and with
the' 'drainage work in operation or
fully assured of Immediate operation.
r. The board will co-operate in every
way possible with the Federal au
thorities in the efforts to stay the
ravages of the Southern pine beetle
and the disease that Is infecting the
chestnut forest in' this state.
The City Schools Are Flourishing.
.Th clfy schools of High Poln-are
In a most flourishing condition. Prof.'
Thornwell Haynes, who took charge
of tbera only last fall, they have made
phenomenal, progress, One of-. the
first .innovations waa the establish
ment of a domestic science depart
ment with'two 'hundred girls In sew
ing and aomejorty in cooking. Then
came a thorough medical Inspection of
every pupil by the city physicians.
This, a little'later, was'follbwed by
abolishing the old vertical system of
handwriting and the substitution of
the Palmer' system, directly after
Which bookkeeping was introduced.
Then came the -publication of "a' high
school monthly called The Pointer,
the organization of the high school
girls into a literary society and the
giving of physical exercises by Instruc
tors to both boys and girls, i':: X J '
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North) Carolina New Enterprises.;
a. The..follpwlng-i charters were is-
,u4d; ;.SeuthPOft i Light and Power
Co., fff. Swthport ) jo carry on' the
business., ot, an. . -elactrlc light corn-
ja,ny ;in al", .branches; authorized
capital iu,uut. , witn-, i 2,bo. suoscnD
ed' fpr by. fc' vIte, C. Ed. Taylor
and1Hehf -'pV' O'ilagan. Brittaln
Pehri 'Drta Coffimurv. of Reidsvllle:.
authorized ,-capitel,: 25,000, wltn 7
0Q0 .paid;. In by GeoH W. BriUjin, Sy
C.' Penn''i'nd Penn. General
Supply', doriiijahyi or Charlotte: . to
manufacture 'antf dejil in fire protec
tion mHChinefv etc ri authnrized caul.
tal,-82ft;000v .Hb'$?n paid In.
to Let contract .ForsteM.MHi-v
Jit the- near future contract-will be
let fo the .erection of a steel bridge
across- Yadkin, river,' at South River)
which will bind.. -Rowan .and . Davie
counties py, bonds of iron. The, bridge
will be built jointly by the two cbun-
ties, the plans having been-'filed with
the reklaler of .deeds lh:.Rowan. . A
committee composed of members of
the county commissioners from both
Dave.. and: Rowan wilt open the bid's;
nnil lat tllA -Atttmnt . i
Is Gaining A Reputation.
. That. Rocky Mount ,ia establlahing
a reputation as a poultry; raising sec
tion or the Viatlon, that'll) so far as
fancy breeds and high" grade, chick
ens are , concerned, is 'evidenced by
a ' recent request made.4' of the local
poultry association that they jenter
birds at the great western poultry
show at Indianapolis. -
Good Progress On. Nevtr Road.-
One of tbe surveyors jpt the Nor
folk Southern Railroad"; waa at Con
cord. Tbe members of, the survey
ing corps are now, working between
Albemarle and Mount, Pleasant. They
expect to reach Mount Pleasant In
about a week. After they have made
the survey from Mount Pleasant to
Concord,-it is very probable- that defi
nite announcement will' tie made rfs
to what, foute leading hjtib- Concord
will be determined uponu. The suft
veyors are making .good ttrogreas with
the work. ; -: '; .,
A Passenger'Traln Wrecked.
Passenger: twin. No. 36 was wreck
ed 2 miles east of Hickory. No se
rious 'damage- was done . though the
passengers -were considerably shaken
up. . The train was late and was run
ning at more than Its usual speed.
Jost' aa ' It- Was -rounding the curve
at the new cotton mill, the engine left
the track, running, for' t Iftyyards or
more on the crosstteS, the coaches all
remaining on the track. A shifting
engine was secured from the yards
her s i 1 irrii l to the scene of the
COLOMBIA IVAHTS -III
FROM KNOX
' ;' J . , : ,
SOUTH AMERICAN REPUBLIC RE
PUDIATES MINISTER BY SEND-'
ING CORDIAL INVITATION.
MINISTER 0SPINA RECALLED
government Officials' In .Washington
' Gratified at Termination of q,,,
agreeable Incident. ti
: Washington. C(jombla virtually
epual ine auiiun' vi iib iiiiuioit;i,
, General Osplna, vby . sending, . tUrough
" American Minister' RuHols.'at, Bogota,
a cordial. Invitation -to secretary .or
State Kpox to visit Colombian -shores
on hl present trip, ; The invfulon
was forwarded promptly to Secretary
Knox. 'who Is abdard the cruiser
Washington on bis way wtf, .'With
him rests the decision' whether" he
will change his itinerary to a call at
Cartagena. This It is accepted here,
.be-undoubtedly wilt1 do. ' ' '' V. '-"
. Tbe, action, of the ColomMsm for
eign ornce was rqceivu neFei.wuu
'"satisfaction.- ' It closea a disagreeable
Incident., Minister Ospiria,' who. is -de-
biased, to. have, been, recalled 'Uecaifse
6f his letter to'tne 'state iiepartmpni,
protested 'agalnet the, proposed , yisft
of Secretary Knox ' because ot- the
feeling, In fjplomb'a agalutt . the, Unit
ed; States, said to be attributable to
thf acquisition 'by this country of
ids ranama caniii zunc.
- Acting Secretary of State. Hunting
ton Wilson dld'not dlsgiise Ws appre
ciation of Colomblaa decision to wel.
come his chief. i '. - '
AlthoiiKh nreBS dispatches from Ub?
f gottiannounced that Minister Oeplna
had been TecAlled because .of his let;
te'r, 6 official notification of the ac
tion has ; re&ehed Washington. The
' state department professes -Ignorance
of, th.e.mat,ter. n .the Cplpnjbai 0e
gatbn. -contiiiues , tb, protest that no
word has been received there. ? '.
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Italy annexes -Tripoli
Chamber . of Deputies ,Votl
tt for. Ab-
: "'sorption of 'trlpoll.
Rome, Jtaly.The chamber ofi.deptt
ties passed the bill , for the annexa
tion of Tripoli by Italy by a vote of
431 to 38, amid enthu'siaatfc cheering
from the floor of the, chamber, and
the public gallery. Afterwards the
members who. voted , against .annex-.
ation, including the Socialists, a few
Republicans and one Radical, Prince
GaetanI, were roundly hissed. Only
one member abstained from voting.
; When, the rfsuM became known, en-.
thuslasm prevaiiea every wnere anu
the populace began q. celebration.
Flags were- hoisted throughout the
city and shops were closed. Placards
on their doprfc announced that busi
ness had been suspended "for na
tional rejoicing." Clubs, associations
and residences, were Ulumlnated.,
TAFT WANTS 2 BATTLESHIPS
' .fv.-r "' ':',
Gfiid, Strong' Navy. Urged bj Prtsi-
ident at Peace Meeting.,
Washington.-pPresideut T.aft, speak
lug at the peace meeting" 'pf 'thyeTavy
League here, declared the time had
pet come fer this country to be eco
nomical at the expense of an inade
nnat naval establishment, expressed
Itfpe thattheVeeVftt'-'cyrrsaHw'Suftf'
WtBortc ' the censtrtfeuom ot tf two
battleships, and aid. he gladly would
sign bUl: .that camea, su.c. an ., au--thoifloiw'.-A;
,)'';;,;.-'' ''V'.'ii?.;-;''
v'ln; drder Xo-; Keep W With; bther
nations i !doB'i think tvBo battleships
are-too' mahy.'ii' said the;' president. ? Tr
.ai3 Wtly responsible for the' gowern
iment; and. I am entirely willing toy"
jme"et that responsibility by, slgulnr a
TWH for two battleships.'
vl''-.: Oppose- Florida' '"Ca'nW." t
j' WashlngtonWh,ether the .ioyenj;
'merit Vwlli Construct , a canal' across
Florida i: no; being considetej; fbv
tb;wy; aiid: barbers bpaaJutHi
W-;lPW5w.r. S'lf'-PraiMant TWt will have had
army.idlgineel's'.wko toade fiEesty u t i,iv.
way tvou'd.'nef 'be sufficient Id ,fstU
ts .onstrtction. : ,s,;,- r-7i.:;r
''. She Slew Eight Infats-
New york. The mystery; ,of eight
deafhBs9f babjea -W Hhe BrookTyj;
Nursery and ylnTants', hoapltAr. ,ra's
solved, the-pellce 'say,' bjih''cbnfes
Ion of Winifred Xnkera, a kitchen
woman at the, hospital, admitting that
she placed oxalic acid lallle fables'
milk Aottles. ' The police version of
the Lcodfessloft runs: . 'I tf, Vfo
three drops of 'ba1fc'Hufth
hntie: Jdld not do U with Inteni
to ki the babies, bus- i i,Wkiad.;toi
get square with the Jintses, whp. wece.
ny,nemies. - - .; H. ;,,:
- Wilson, and Clark, Split Oklahoma.'.
Oklahoma Clty.kJahoma'a.Dehidv
firatM state- conventfpn ' ended In a
bolIUcal love feast, the selection of a'
split delegation to tne paiumore con
vention and the election of Roger
r.albreath of Tulsai. -uncommitted a
to hla preference for. presidential
nominee, as .national ommltte,eman.
Tbe compromise- which brought 'about
the harmonious conclusion was reach
ed at a conference of leaders of the
factions supporting 8peker Champ
Clark and Governor v oourow vv a
sen, ,
-y :-;;-' s IN .1942 y M y-'- '-r :.
- ' Wff WH) Y00N0 ffcUOW,
' '' V L TaiK ABOUT It .
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mt i a " Umre I ttt.
i "1 fwt poy0""
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FAR-REACHING. DECISION IS.REN-
;DeflBD. BY 'HIGH TRIBUNAL
..OF THE. UNITEDSTATES. '"
Supreme Court Was. No Authority ' tp
' Object to' jhitiatlve"a'nd' Refer '
. ' ' endurri Government, , ,
Washlngton.-r-Oniy ' congress, and
not the Supreme court, of the United
States, (nay , object to the initiative
atod -referendum method' '-ef legisla
tion In tbe- statjs, so the 'court Itself
decided: . - - . ' ' 'i
That tribunal held that , the ques-J
lion in the states, so the court ltseii
tained a republican' form of -govern;'
ment, guaranteed by the Federal con
stitution, after it adopted the inltit
t'ti've and "referendum method, 'was' a
pc-ilticaf Jpirbblem'' for congress and
not a Judicial one for the courts. -,.
The' decision ' w'as; based ott 'the
claim of the Patitic, States Telephone
and" Te'egra'ph company ahat a tax
ypoB It, Imposed by 'tfte initiative ana
referendum method ?,in Qregon, was
unconstltudonar.'-- . , .,
.t The Initiative . and referendum, pro
visions of 'Missouri! California, -Arkansas,
Colora'db, S,outh Dakota,
Utah; Montana, Oklahoma, Maine and
Arizona hung 'in tbe balance. An a&
yereedecieipB would have .affepted
proposed legislation of , that .charac
ter in many other states. ' v ,
TAFT APPOINTED
PITNEY
New Jei-ey ManYSHCceedHarlan on
Washington. President Taft sent
to the senate the nomination of Chaa
cellor Mahlon Pitney efirNew. Jersey-,
to be an associate Justice of the unit
ed' States Supretiie' -COurt. He also
nominated Julius: M.- Ma$ep of New
Rprk City to bejjudge of th Uajted,
Statea '.district court lor soutnern
New York. Mr. Taft does not antic
ipate any opposition 'to thuvnpntiaa,!,.
tion. of Chancellor Pitney In the sen;
. - - i , 1. J . , kn.'KuJj( J
ate, unanceuor jruuey iuub ua uu
a prominent flgue 4PiirV;w Jersey,
In casting about rpr a successcrp
Justice Harlan, Mr. Taft nrsf lppked
by the Mississippi rUMr t. OUe tlma'
it seemed certain; .that hewpuia name
states nirmilt court: ana again ' It
wr!!rrfw. . .
seemea inai oecrcwH-j. hjium i-6o.f
of the department; pf vComnsejpc and
fabor would . beithe: president's choice.
.There - waa'-.jatf'-proteBt' against'' trudge
Hook becaiise 01 wb aeeieions iu two
Oklahoma dsvses, one InvblvlrigVthe, 2-
bbnt car fare law !and the otber.tbgl
Vjlm CtW'car. law. i ne lauer case,
jnwhiftlLJud'Hoon decided; la favor
of the rallrdada ana against the con-
tentloA. ofc'.the" negroes affected", "la
said Ui he.J jeen thb..flnal ckQse f
the president s turning, inom me ivan-
saa Jurlst,i;i,5
When. Clkat&ellor Pitney shall har
been confirrnefl hy tne. senate, vano-
bS taken :his? place on supreme
hiiheat tribunal in tiib land bench
bn: which jtt had been hid "most exalt
ed; ambition to serve as Chief Jutf
tee.
- Burned Bodies of , His Vlctirhs. ,- ,
Rutherfordton, Nt C.Authorltlel
here were'S notified "of , the .arrest pf
Will McBfttft-;at Tampa, rla., want
ed here ifar i-tne alleged murder of
three menj. iB. 1905.j i According to the
indictment-turne4: by th , t grand
lurv at the last term' or conrt, Mc-
Tfitlw, wfjpaa foir; years, nrpprletpr,
.p-f - aidiatujery 4n tn, county,: iiiaa
aijd robbeij e men, afterwards cre
mating this bodies in the fprnac'e.of
his plantTp According to the evidence
submltted;Vtflt. murders, were for the
parpese ofebery.' ; ; ' V,
i'. Mob isneota5 Three Negroes. ' '
fXashvllleTenn. Armed with clubs
and revolvers, a mob of eighteen or
twenty ment all of them saioV.tO' be
eltlzens of) ashvllle nd employees
of the NashVUle, ChatUnooga and St
LpuIs railway, shpt and . killed Watf
Greer, dangerously ; wounded DaVe
?;eal arid badly beat up Green Bo-.
mar 'af ' Shelbyvllle, Tenn. The' vic
tims are the negroes charged with
the murder of S. W. Everson, special
officer of the Nashville, Chattanooga
and St. Louts railway, which occurred
EeHbuckle, February 1).
DEVELOPMENT FOR SOUTH
Transportation Companies of. Sixteen
'Southern 8tates Represented at '
''' the Baltimore Conference. -''
Baitimpre, Md. Representatives of
sixteen Southern states, heads of. rail
roads and steamship lines that serve
that section and men who have stud
ied .the- agricultural and . Industrial
problems of the South for y.earB, met
befe' and' formed th,e Boutbem-' Set-'
tlenteht', and ' Development i 'drganUa-
''tion.' Baltimofe 'was made, tho- bead:
quarters, with S. Davies Warfleld of
this city as chairman, and Elf Frank,
also of Baltimore, secretary; -'
, lt'was xesolved tp; start of. onoe.to.
raise fundi ..to, carry en the worj
thergapization, to establish ''hnnch
offices where necessary? and-'K) icSfry
On.juc educaticnal or nthrt)'ferk,.jln
ine tfixieva ooui.ueru.lBiair.v. aa jua,
bd deemed desirable with "the 'view to
procuring desirable Immigration, Col
onization and settlement as the-needs
of thei several states may require, .
lt was further decided to'recorn
nieBtl toi;the iBeverar-stAtes'bt ; tlW'
South" the, urgent' necessity-of- estab
lishTng n each state a state-Immigration
nilreau'' tot the. purpose of dis
semihatlng refiable mform'atiorf'vTW
garding, the- .resources, ; the-. "possibiH
ties and ' the ' opportunities, of .. the
Soutbto-be Bup"por'ted by the states'
machinery , and-money, under the In
direct supervision! of the governor; of
each' atate,' with a good, practical
business-- -wan "lit ' charge, ' whose du
ties '.shall, be to, .co-operate with ' the
ynited States government; the' trans-:
poriaiion cuuipanici, uiet, uuutiucitipi
bodies, the real' estate' men "and pre'as
and tke' Souther Settlemetrk'ana w
veippment, . OiajMpintfoo .'.Ini'.placipg
me country , properly, . ucivjo i ytsy
nla irif th Wo'r4dl ' ' . ""'
y,, Af resplatlon.' that ''caused' s6m4 'dls-
cus,sipp-befpre. It, WS finally; pferfeirt
e3 to' siift the' Ideas of . the delegates,
'see feVtih that-'fli'd north Atlantic pors
.Jntry, re -neoBmrtg a" very-large
percentage of all of .,thS dest;aOie irfl-
tteigrilntij;-' who remftln ln-,.tba cities
ana iBiaies aujauciii. u crew, ( . .
i .i -.7ii,'..'r,.;(. ;
LIABILITY
LAW
MESSAGE
'it J-
wasningion. riesiutjui iai, uu
mftfed'o orr'gresV tfi8 repoft f tBe
emplpyers4 liability -'dommisalod',,an
the .commission's 4roDPsed employers'
.liability ana woramen s compensation
'biTnacd'pmpaniba- by ' Vf wressage oVg
itagn he -enactment .: or.. tne. . measure
which is the most advanced, piece , of
liability legislation yet presented.
The president sets forth that the pro-
pose.dj' Uw not only." JwpuW- .Insure -.tb
eemployes of railroads .engaged .in
mtCrstate ''cofcmerce quick; adjust-
mmt -Of their- Claims "fdr damages', but
aim wul4 .,r,euexe the;-i courts- ra
vastamoubt of 1$vprk,and ,nabletthjeni;
ia. administer ivjujlic'iaji affairs; wltn'
.Hiln ritonAtr.h. - t ' -' ' '.' ' " ' V
o"--" . . I
"I sincerely hope ( that nhe ae wui.
pasB;'1 "said the president. ydaera ,.lt
one' of the great Mens of .progress to
ward a satisfactory Solntiod dt an im
perfant 'phase bC thef 'cbntrSverslee
Between 'einployen and employe that
has been proposed;, within theJaat.tWQ
or three decades. ' '
i y Missouri for, Chsm,.CIafkj it
ijbplin. Mo. After an ail-afternoon
fWhf" on. the floor, pt the" convcntlob.
caused by the effert of t)avld: A.Ball
bf i ffioif Mug QQ&m i b. r?Mdate y ton
the gubernatorial hominaJtpn,to tpp:
noee -the slate, agreed .on "by party
leaders'the bemoci-atlo-8tate,';6nverii
tcin elected ejgbjt: delegates-aHange
t9Vthe.:. BaltjTdr i conyntlon,. jeach
with half a vote. I "Each of the slx-
.4sgrB8lona ilM'trteisHhbaV"hrb''
delegatea to Baitmo?e.'.The dwega
tion .was , specifically, instructed, . to
vote.'. for barnp , Clark' for presidenL
"' '' "". .i i' '."' Lali;'T'' .
Savannah Passes 2,dOO,000-Bals Mark.
; Savannah, 1 GaV-Svamiah cotton
receipts toAtheiflrst'timeln the .his
tory of.tbe port for any one season
passed , the, , .-two,: ,miilton .bale t mark.
There,", was .,, great rejoicing on , the
fjoor, of the exchange at the fact that
Savannah, has become the second cot
ton. pdrt of the-. world and "u glint
banner was strung across tne top ot
the exchange telling of the reaching
of the new record-breaking figures.
Many telegrams of congratulation
have been received by the of.lcers of
the cotton exchange.
$7,00010 ri
IN HOUSTOIJ, TEXAS
BURNED AREA 18 MILE AND HALF
LONG- AND IN SOME PLACES'
v .'OVER HALF MILE WIDE. ;
NO QUTSIDE AID NEEDED
No Lives Wire tost. But There Were
( Many Narrow and Thrilling ,
,(". '''' Escapes. , ,'
- Houston, ' Texas. In the wake'.oi
the most destructive fire in the his
tory 'of Houston, smouldering wreck
age covers an 'area about one and a
half, miles In length and varying In
width from 200 "yards to halt a mile
in the, - northeastern section of ( the
city. More than a dozen of the city's
most important industrial enterprises
are -in ruins, 200 or more dwelling
houses and store buildings are In
ashes and. .approximately 1,000 per
sons are homeless. - The most con
servative estimates . are that the loss
will reach at least 87,000,000, The in
surance carried will not exceed 40
per cent. .Except for a few who suf
fered minor burns and bruises, no
casualties attended they .fire. ,
Breaking, forth without warning In
an untenanted rooming- hduse Itnown
locally as the "Mad House," shortly
after one o'clock, in the morning, and
at a time . when a fierce gale was
sweeping from the northwest, the
flames made ' remarkable headway.
Leaping from its 'place of origin, the
flames pounced- upon .adjoining struc
tures and from, them careened toward
tbe,' southeast,' generally making clean
and desolate its route, but occasional
ly, In seeming sport, sparing a struc
ture, sometimes a mere shanty, and
again a place of pretension.
ine inousmai piania aesiroyea- u- -.
ctu'd flrveeeootton, compresses, . to
getberw.kbt 65(000 bales of cottonr
syrup "factoi-y; a .pencil factory; two
rice 'mills; 'a cotton pickery and three
luthbr -.yards. The Compresses aod
cotton -alone were valued in excess
of; 15,000,000, . Another building , de
stroyed yas St PatrickV : Catholic
chnrch arid academy. - , z'-
Qulck action was taken for the re
lief .of those rendered homeless, and
nightfall found the victims at least
with their immediate heeds cared for.
The, destroyed area is what is
known Bs the, tFifth ward,, for the
most part. The' Houston ship chan-'
nel divide's the -city, running east and
wtest; and It was not until the con
flagration had reached-Its banks tbat .
tjjq slightest headway could be made ,
toward ' checking' tv . Except for an
occasional din; across' the stream the '
Lllne, of, destruction ended here..
..Outside; aid will, not be needed In, .
caring for those made homeless. Tel-,
egrams came from the mayors of Lou.
iftyiflet, vy Boston and several other ,
pl,ties, proffering aid,, bnt to these, the- .
"tnay'or"has responded expressing grat,,.
1tirilei'"bnt asserting that there is no
neBd;;revIent, - that .'Houston cannot
meet)',. .: .;'.--;;.., .:'..?'. ( !
VALEt; 0RANDT IS FREE
'Justle'Cerard bee I a res Thirty-Year
'j'-' v Sentence '' Wat Illegal.
' AwV-VrftLliont 4 ma nnvulA .nf
five years;, In prlspnr;Fplke S. Brandt.,.'
is, tb.esame .man in'. the eyes 'of the1,.
Mftf Tim -Ba'''wi''befo''hb,1ra sent '"
awif on' Abrfl'4, 190?;' to serve.thirty, (
P-yeafS"t fdr-biiralapy at the home of
, Mar.tiraer icmn, wnere . he once
'w6rke"d as '.' servant. ' The lpng pria- -
on terra -waB urosen up wnen justice
Gerar,d ffth.e supreme court sustain-
ed,.a writ of. habeas . corpus' obtained
in Brandos i behalf. ' ' '
' Accjrdlrig' to recArB.' 'Justice Ger- '
arbV read- Into' hla pplnioR, Brandt on
LMarclj J!8,.;U907,k Withdrew , a .plea of
uoi guilty to ine luuiciineiu cnargmg
tlfti he'felchiously' brtke Into the "
Schilf'Jioma:iMl atole, "two pina and '
a-,.abp hrn,V.n,d , paaded , guilty, in '
sentencing him. a "wCek'itlter', to thir
ty yeira in' prlsoh' Judge Otto A. Roa-
aJakl - tttegaliy 'xondenined the.- inan; '
;apcpdlng bs J-uBtide ieraj-d . tW-
xn .cMuii uctu ..mtLb iuo .,examiua-H
tiotf b'f Br"ahdt at' the tiine! tfe was sen--tenced
tehdfed to refute the- plea tot . ' -charge
pf fit degree burglary as,tte -,
denie.d that. fie, forced entrance. to the .
Schlff house 1
ni TacTdy VHat la In the fling." '
Clevaldq. "My hat la In the ring."
This is what Theodore Roosevelt said
here when'' an-admiring Cleveland
ttld;-oughl to. learp whether, he
waa , , candidate, , for the Republican
nomination' for, thq. presidency. '
' Columbus; "'' bhlp.--fBig' Business," "
.the-jfitnesB of the" American people for
selLgpvernmeati the vfecalJ . of Judges
nd, praise for the. progressive legls-
ration in Wisconsin were topic dls-
oU'ssed by: Theodore' Roosevelt In his
address- before the Ohio 'constitution
al. convention. ' s ' ; ,., . - , ; -
".Tennease" Wa'nta' Maneuver . Camp.
, W'ashmgton.--Aajutant General Ma
looey-pf Tennessee .urged V,-efore tin :
house . military a,ffalrB "committee ra
biU for governrnent acceptance ef 3,
000 acres of land near Tullalioma,
Tenn.,' donated for a maneuver c;f y
ftot troops' of 'Tennessee, K i i!., ,
Mississippi, Alabama, Georsr'ii, 1:
and the Carolinas. Cpno
oped In the honre r '
mon resoluf. a i
s'.on to !
c-f I - .! r