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THE ONLY NEWSPAPER IN MADISON COUNTY.
VOL. XIV
MARSHALL, MADISON COUNTY, N. C. 'FRIDAY, MAY 24, 1912.
NO. 21.
THE
Madleon County.
Established by th Uglelatura is
ion 1$B0-'$L , ,
Population, 10,111
County Seat Marshall
1646 toot abov sea level
Now and modern Court Hon, eoat
.33,000.00.
New and modern JalL oot f 18,000.00.
Now and modem County Homo, ooit
110,000.00.
Offloer.
Hon. Jas. L, Hyatt. Senator.' S3
, District, Burnsvlll. N. C.
Hon. J. C. Ramsey, Representative
. Marshall N. C.
W. H. Henderson, Clshk Superior
Court, Marshall. N. C.
W. If. Buckner, Sheriff, Marshall,
N.a '
James Smart, Register of Deeds,
. Marshall, N. C.
C. r. Runnlon, Treasurer, Marshall,
N.cnr, D. No. s.
R. U Tweed, Surreyor, White Rock.
n. c.
Dr. J. H. Balrd. Coroner, Mars Hill.
N. a
Mrs. Ellsa Henderson, Jailor, Mar
ihallN.C.
John Honeyeutt, Janitor, Marshall.
N. C.
Dr. C N. Sprinkle, County Physician,
Marshall. N. C.
James Haynle, Supt County Home,
Marshall N. C.
Home looated about two miles south
west ef ManhalL
Courts.
Criminal and Civil First Monday be
fore First Monday In March. Com
mencing Feb. 26th, 1912.
CiTll 11th, Monday after First Mod
day In March, commences May 20
1011
Criminal and Civil First Monda;
after First Monday In Sept Com
mences Sept 8th, 1912.
CiTll 6th Monday after First Mod
day In September. Commences Octi
berU, 1911.
BOARDS.
County Commissioners.
W. C Sprinkle, Chairman, Marshal
fi. C
C F. Cassada, Member, Marsha
N. C, R. F. D. No. 1.
Reubln A. Tweed. Member. B
Laurel N. C.
C. B. Mashburn, Atty Marshal
N. C
Board meeU first Monday In eve
month., .v,,,
' Road Commissioner.
- A. E. Bryan. Chairman, Marshall, N
C R. F. U. 2.
J. A. Ramsey, Secretary, Mart HIL
N. C.R.F. D.2.
Sam Cox, Member, Mare Hill N. C
R. F. D. No. 1.
O. W. Wild, Big Pine, N. C.
Dudley . Chlpley, Road Engineer
Marshall N. C.
George M. Prltchard, Atty., Marshal
N. C.
Board meets first Mondajr In Janu
ary, April, July and October each yeai
Board of Education.
Jasper Ebbs, Chairman, Sprint
Creek, N. C. -
TboV J. Murray, Member, Marshall
N. C, R. F. D. No. S. '
. 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
No. L
Board Meeta first Monday In Janu
ary, April, July and October each yeai
Colleges and High Schools.
Mars Kill College, Prof. R. L. Moore,
President, Mara Hill N. C. Fall Term
begins August 17. 1911. Spring Term
begins January 2, 1912.
Spring Creek High School. Prof.
Q. C. Brown, Principal Spring Creek.
N. C. I Mo. School opened August
1. 1911.
-Madison Seminary High School.
Prof J. M. Weatherly, Principal
shall N. C, R. F. D. Nof "l Mo
Sohool began October 3, 1911, .
' Bell Institute. , Miss Margaret E.
Griffith, Principal, Walnut N. C 8 Mo.
Sohool began September I, 1911.
Marshall . Academy. , Prof. R. G.
Anders, Principe, "Marshall, N. C, f
Mo. School began Sept 4, 1911. .; J
.. Notary Publics.
' J. C. Ramsey. Marshall, N. C. . Term
expiree Jan. Jl, 1912.
A. J. Roberts, Marshall, N. ,C, R. F
D. No. 5, Term expires May 30, 1912
Jasper Ebbs,' Spring Creek, N, C.
v Term expires August 10, 1912.
C. C. Jtirown, Bluff, N, C. Term ex
' plrea December 6, 1912. .. .
J. A. Leak, Revere. N. CV Term ex
) . plres January 10, 1913. . ; v
- W. T. Davis, Hot Springs, K. C.
Term expire January 10, 1913.
- , . J. H. 8outhwerth,!Stackhouse, N. O.
Term expires January IS, 1913.
- N. W.. Anderson, Paint Fork, N. C.
Term expires February 6, 1913.
J. H. Hunter. Marshall N. C, R. 7.
.. D. No. 8. Term expires April 1, 191?
, J. F. Tilson, Marshall N. C. R. F. D.
No. 1. Term expires April 3,-1913."-'
Cv J, Ebbs, Marshall N. C Term
expires April 21, 1913.
. J. W. Nelson, Marshall N. C Term
expires April 26, 1913.
Roy L. Gudtrer, Marshall N. C.
Term expire May 3, 191$.,,
. Geo. M. Prltchard, Marshall K. C.
Term expire May 25, 1913.
. .Dudley Chlpley, Marshall 1. C
. Term expires July 19, 1918.; v
W".5. Connor, Mars Hill, N. C. Term
soplraa November 27, 1913. '
- v. ; POST. - ,:
Oebrge W. Gahagan Post, No. 88
G. A. R.
- S. M. Davis, Commander.
J. H. Ballard. Adjutant
Meets at the Court Hons gatnrday
efore the second Sonday ta
math at 11 A. K.
HARVESTER TRUST'S
METHODS SHOWN
TAFT'8 SECRETARY SAYS PROSE
CUTION OF FARM MACHINERY
COMBINE WAS SUPPRESSED.
TRUST CONFESSED GUILT
Harvester Trust Had Enough ' Influ
ence' at Washington to Stop In
vestigation In Teddy' Regime.
Washington. President Taffs sec
retary, Charles D. Hilles, appeared
unannounced In Washington and at
the white house gave out a statement
concerning the delay in the prose
cution of the International Harvester
company during President Roosevelt's
administration In 1907.
"I have come to Washington to get
United States Attorney Townsend's
statement In reference to the Har
vester Trust," say the statement.
"Townsend was In 1907 one of the at
torney in the department of Justice
and had mad an investigation of
charges against the International Har
vester company.
"It show conclusively," the state
ment continue, "that President
Roosevelt compelled hi attorney gen
eral to discontinue the Harvester
prosecution In the fall of 1907, eigh
teen months prior to the colonel' re
tirement from office.
"George W. Perklnu took a hand
In the matter and in a remark
ably short time thereafter the whole
matter was suppressed, stifled, stran
gled or put through some other pro
cess which whatever name you call It
I have no doubt, waa quite satlafacto
ry to the Harvester Trust
"Mr. Townsend began his Inquiry
in the spring of 1906. On February 21,
1907, Mr. Bonaparte transmitted
Townsend's report to United States
District Attorney Sims at Chicago,
instructing him to take up the mat
ter with a view to the Institution 'of
criminal prosecution against the Indi
viduals and corporations Implicated,
Mr. Townsend. having recommended
prosecution. ". '
"Sim wrote that If the report
proves to be correct it 1 my Judgment
that civil proceeding . . . can be
successfully 'maintained against the
Harvester Trust' and that probably
evidence could be secured to convict
the corporation and possibly a num
ber of the Individual concerned.
"Shortly afterward Mr. Perkins, the
organizer of the Harvester Trust, call
ed upon Mr. Bonaparte in company
with Herbert Knox Smith and, I
think, Cyrus H. McCormlck. They re
quested Mr. Bonaparte to accompany
them on a visit to President Roose
velt for the purpose of persuading the
president o refrain from prosecuting
the Harvester Trust Mr. Bonaparte
refused to do so upon the ground that
the written tatement filed by the
Harvester Trust was In effect a con
fession of a violation of the law and
therefore he (Mr. Bonaparte) would
not etultify himself by temporizing
with the subject In any manner.
"Thereafter Mr. Perkins and Mr.
Smith (and I think Mr., McCormlck)
Interviewed President Roosevelt and
succeeded in persuading him not to
prosecute the Harvester Trust and
shortly therafter President Roosevelt
Instructed Attorney General Bona
wte not to lake action.",
Floyd Allen 1 Found Guilty.
Wythevllle, Va. Floyd Allen, first
of the Hillsvillo mountaineers tried
for the Carorll county court house
murders, waa adjudged guilty here,
and will pay the penalty of hi crime
In the electric chair at Richmond.
Floyd Allen wa charged specifically
at thi time with the murder of Com
monwealth' Attorney William M. Fos
ter, prosecutor in the Carorll )county
court, at HlllavlUe, last March, when
trial of Allen culminated in the kill
ing of, five person.- , ;
: buff-Gordon Stopped Rescue.
' London. Declarations that Sir
Cosmo and Lady Duff-Gordon, who
were two jot the five passenger in
partly filled lifeboat, had protested
against refuming'to the scene Of . the
Titanic wrecV to attempt the rescue
of unfortunate passenger struggling
in the water, were reviewed by the
British inquiry board.
' Evangelist Charged With Murder. .
New York. Accused of being en
gaged in a career of burglary, which
eventually led to murder at the tame
time that he wa conducting a series
of - open air -evangelistic meetings,
Francis Westley Muehlfeld i under
Indictment here for murder. '"King
of the New York Auto Bandit," Is
the characterization of the prisoner
by Deputy Police CommisIoner
Dougherty, in alleging the remarka
ble case of dual personality. Muehl
feld 1 charged with the murder of
Patrick Burn, a Mrloon keeper.
Dog to Match Gowna.
Pari. Dog have become as neces
sary to the complete afternoon toilet
of the women 'Of Pari a pannier
drapery or the upright decorating of
hats. The most chic conception 1 to
have a dog to match each color of
costume worn. The most extravagant
development of the new style 1 to
be seen at Clro', the new restaurant
which has become the center of fash
ion. In lunching at the new restau
rant nine out of ten women carry
doga to the table. The Pekingese va
riety seem to be th favoritea.
CONGRESSMAN FERGUSON
m .ssfH-w.
K B. Ferguson Is one of the two
congressman who represent the new
state of New Mexico In the national
house of representative.
KING OF DINMARK IS DEAD
CHRISTIAN FREDERICK PA8SED
AWAY AT HAMBURGER HOP
HOTEL IN GERMANY.
Dead King Waa Very Popular With
Hla Subjects and Waa a
Brilliant Man.
' Copenhagen. Christian X was
proclaimed king of Denmark
from the balcony of the palace
in the presence of a huge con-
course of people who had gath-
ered in the square in front of
the royal residence.
Enthusiastic cheering broke
out aa the monarch in the uhi-
form of the Royal Guard step-
ped into the, balcony. In his brief
speech he paid a tribute to his
father and pointed out the dlf-
Acuities of succeeding such a
ruler, concluding:'
"May God give m strength
rightly to rule my dear old coun-
try and may it liver forever."
Hamburg, Germany. King Freder
ick VIII of Denmark died at the Ham
burger Hot HoteL
Christian Frederick was proclaim
ed king of Denmark a Frederick VIII
on January 30, 1906, after the death
of Christian IX, the aged king, who
was dean of the crown heads of Eu
rope, father of King George of Greece,
of the Queen Mother Alexandra of
Great Britain, the empress dowager
of Russia and grandfather of King
Haakon VII of Norway.
King Frederick VIII was born at
Copenhagen June 3, 1843. He was as
popular with the people of Denmark
as was his father. By 'the wish of his
parent be waa brought up,wltb great
simplicity. Frederick saw his young
er brother and hi own son become
reigning monarcba of Greece and Nor
way, respectively, while he himself
wa still an heir apparent
ROOSEVELT GETS CALIFORNIA
Election Results From Many States
8how People's Preference.
, San Francisco. Returns give the
following results from presidential
preference election:
Roosevelt .... .26,722
Taft . ... . .16,303
" LaFollette ..... 9.984
Clark . . . . . . 6,974
Wilson . ... . 2,504
Women voters played a large part
In the primary. Report from all
parts of the state Indicate that they
went to the poll in greater numbers
than the men, in proportion to regis
tration. All of the twenty-six delegates elect
ed were chosen at large and, accord
ing to the state law, they are bound
by the popular expression of prefer
ence. J"
Reno, Nev, The Democratic presi
dential preference vote In Nevada
primary is for. Champ Clark, Wardoe,
Storey,, Elke and Humboldt counties
give heavy majorities for Clark. ,
House Passes Anti-Injunction Bill.
. Washington. Supported by all of
the Progressive Republicans, the
house passed the Clayton antl-injunc-tion
bill. 244 to 34. The bill amends
the law to prohibit the issue of in
junction without notice being aerved
on 'those affected. Such Injunctions
wnuM tw' elective for seven days only
and renewal would be possible only
when the court wa convinced sucn
action- waa necessary. "John Doe"
Injunctions would be Vn possible and
the right of "peacf ul picketing1'
Would be recognized. ,
Georgia Lead In "Moonshlnlng."
PhlLriAlnhl. That in many nrohi-
httinn atatea the authorities make lit
tle effort to enforce the law against
the manufacture of liquor, ana tnat
the United States revenue laws need
revision to caoablv cover
changed condition, wa tted ' by
Royal S. Caoeu, commissioner or in
ternal revenue. Of the 2,471 Illicit
tills unearthed last year he said,
901 were in Georgia, 420 rn North Car
olina 141 In Alabama. 875 ta South
Carolina, and 800 In Tennessee, Okla
homa and Virginia.
BANDITS
HGLDUP
N. 0. & (I. EXPRESS
EXPRESS 8AFE ON NEW ORLEANS
AND NORTHEASTERN R. R.
DYNAMITED.
TRAIN CREW OVERPOWERED
It I Believed the Robber Escaped
With More Than $150,000 After
Blowing Open Safe.
Hattlesburg, Miss. Two masked
bandits boarded the New Orleans
Limited on the New Orleans and
.Northeastern railroad, eight miles
south of this town, dynamited the
safe In the express car and escaped.
The robbers did not molest the pas
sengers, but one trainman received se
rious injuries as he lay bound near
the safe Then the dynamite blew it
to pieces.
The two men boarded the flyer as,
crowded with passengers, it was about
to halt at Okolona to take on water.
The safe was shattered and the ban
dits had an easy time collecting their
loot, most of which was government
funds consigned from New Orleans
for the East. After collecting his loot
and placing It in a leather bag, the
bandit who had done the dynamiting
Joined his companion. Then, warning
the train crew not to follow or to
give any alarm, they made off in the
darkness.
Estimates as to the amount of the
boot differ, ranging as high as $150,
000. Officials of the Wells Fargo Ex
press company admitted that the train
robbers secured at least $35,000.
The men are believed to be the
same who held up a Mobile and Ohio
train near Corinth, Miss., In Febru
ary. It is said tbe robbers secured a
package of moifey representing the
payroll of tbe Alabama and Vlcksburg
railroad at Meridian and about 25
smaller money packages, remittances
to agents of the express company at
points along the Vlcksburg, Shreve
port and Pacific railroad. Also there
were two other packages, containing1
fl.OOO each, package containing cur
rency In smaller amounts and several
packages of JeweVy . and stock cer
tificate. The hold-up of the train wa effect
ed In a true wild west manner, but
notwithstanding a generous flourish
ing of weapons, not a shot was fired.
NOTED ANARCHIST IS TARRED
Vigilante Make . Emma Goldman's
Partner Kiss the Flag.
San Diego, Cal. Dr. Ben Reltman,
known as "king of the tramps," who
ha traveled for some years , with
Emma Goldman, the Anarchist, was
kidnaped from the U. S. Grant Hotel
here, taken to the LaPeaqulmitas
ranch twenty miles north, forced to
kiss the American Sag and then tar
red and feathered. -
After he had been tarred and feath
ered Reltman was driven northward.
Miss Goldman bad come to San Die
go from Loa Angeles to assist In the
crusade of the Industrial Workers of
the World for "free speech." Relt
man has been traveling with Miss
Goldman.
The tarring and feathering was a
climax of the fight the citizens here
have been waging against the Indus
trials. Reltman sprang into promi
nence some years ago, when he or
ganized the "hoboes" of Chicago and,
with himself as king, marched first to
the mayor'a office and later to the
board of trade.
Emma Goldman was spirited from
the hotel, taken through the base
ment entrance into an alley and rush
ed to the railway sation. There she
boarded a train for Los Angeles.
North Carolina for Roosevelt
Raleigh, N. C. In a atate conven
tion marKed by bitter attack upon
president Taft, North Carolina's tour
delegates-at-large and four alter
nates to the Cuicago Republican con
vention were instructed, to Vote lor
Theodore Roosevelt, "first, last and
ail the time." so long as his name
1 before the convention. There was
no test of strength upon the subject
of presidential endorsement, the Taft
forces yielding to the Roosevelt lead
ers at the start
South Carolina Delegates Unlnstructed
' Columbia, S. C After voting to
send the state' eighteen delegates to
the Baltimore convention unlnstruct
.H th. Democratic State convention
adopted a resolution endorsing Wood-
row Wilson for president it was re
markable for Its brevity: "Resolved,
That thla convention endorse Wood-
row Wilson." -
1 Bay City, Mich. The Michigan
state Democratic convention voted
tn aend an unlnstructed delegation of
thirty membera to the national con
vention at Baltimore.
' Cotton Claims Cause Protest. '
Savannah, Ga. Protesting vigor
ously against, excessive reclamations
which Rremen cotton merchants made
upon cotton shipped from -Savannah,
the Savannah cotton exenange na ta
ken the matter np with the cotton
exchange of the-German capital. Ship
pers of cotton from tnia port to Bre
men thi season, have been forced to
pay enormous reclamation, so large
that all who have been affected on
thla aid hav appealed to the Sa
vannah cotton exchange to protest
against a system. ,
MRS. CLAUDE A. SWANS0N
LT 'J t I j. I t H
Mrs. Swanson, whose husband ll
United States senator from Virginia
personally superintends the work on
her farm and raises tobsceo which Is
ssld to equal the best produced In th
Lynchburg district.
FOR DIRECT ELECTIONS
CONGRESS PASSES RESOLUTION
ORDERING AMENDMENT SUB
MITTED TO STATES.
Southern Democrats Based Opposition
to Measure on Fear, of Negro
Domination,
Washington. Despite the fierce op
position of . Southern representatives,
the house accepted the Brlstow
amendment to the popular election of
senators resolution by a Vote of 237
to 39. , f
The announcement of the result was
greeted by cheers on both sides of
the house.
Both houses of congress have now
approved of this fundamental change
In the organic law by the requisite
two-thirds majorities and if the
amendment is ratified by the legisla
tures of three-fourths of the states
It will become amendment No. 16.
Since the first resolution for the di
rect election of senator was introduc
ed in 1826 the house haa five times
passed such a resolution, but the sen
ate has never yet come to terms with
the house.
On February 28, 1911, the house
resolution failed by four votes In Jhe
senate. It contained as reported from
the senate Judiciary committee the
objectionable Sutherland amendment,
or Brlstow amendment as It later be
came known, which some Southern
congressmen feared? would open the
way for Interference by congress with
the election laws of Southern states.
The first paragraph of section 4 aX
article 1 of the Constitution now
reads:
"The times, places and manner of
holding elections for senators and
representatives shall be prescribed in
each state by the legislatures thereof,
but tbe congress may at any time
make or alter such regulations, ex
cept as to the places of choosing sen
ators." THREE AVIATORS KILLED
Two Airmen In England and One at
St Louta, Mo, Fall to Death.
St. Louis. Ray Wheeler, amateur
aviator, waa killed and Peter Glasser,
a companion, probably was fatally
injured when their machine struck a
telegraph pole at Klnloch Park.
Perry, Iowa. Aviator Ralph McMU
len was seriously injured during an
exhibition flight here. When more
than 100 feet in tbe air the engine
stopped and the biplane fell into a
creek. He suffered two broken legs,
a broken shoulder, bone and numer
ous other injuries.
London. Victor Louis Mason, an
American identified with extensive
mining interests and at one time pri
vate secretary to the American sec
retary of war, Qen. R. A. Alger, and
to his successor, Ellhu Root was kill
ed, while making a flight at Brook
lands with the English aviator, E. V.
Fisher. FlBher also waa killed .
Methodist Ban 8tay on Cards.
Minneapolis. Unless the general
conference of the Methodist Episcopal
church overrules the action of the
committee on state of church, that
part of the famous paragraph 260 of
the Church Discipline, which espec
ially prohibits dancing, card playing
and kindred amusements, will remain
a law of the church. The committee
voted to reject the report which fa
vored the elimination of a portion of
the paragraph and leaving amusement
questions to the "conscience" of the
individual members. '
Reunion Cost Macon $250,000.
Macon, Ga. Careful estimates place
the financial loss sustained by Macon
people on the reunion at not less
than $250,000. The greater part of
this was Invested In thousands of
cots which were never used. There
are , numerous instance where the
loss fall upon those .tast able to
bear It In one case an aged school
teacher mortgaged her home, spend
ing $800 for cot .and tailed to rent
even one. A Russian barber wbo
saved $500, likewise bought cot and
did not hav a single roomer.
BUILD MANY MILES
OF NEW HIGHWAY
HALF MILLION DOLLAR BOND
ISSUE HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED
BY COMMISSIONERS.
FAVORS THE SANDCLAY TYPE
Rockingham County To Be Surveyed
Inton Quadrant Each Will Receive
Proportionate 8hare of Expenditure.
Commission To Be Established.
Raleigh. A special from Went
worth states that six hundred miles of
good roads is the . aim of the com
missioners of Rockingham county
who have ordered a popular election
to be held June 13 for the purpose of
voting on an Issue of $500,000 bonds.
To lift the proposed Improvement en
tirely above the plane of factional
fights it has been ordered that a
highway commission be established,
composed of two representatives of
the eleven townships. To prevent
the Intermingling of petty politics, it
has been agreed that thla commission
shall consist of one Democrat and
one Republican from each of the
townships In the county. And fur
ther, to popularize the movement, it
haa been decreed that two lines be
run through tbe county, bisecting each
other as near the center as possible,
and In the event that the bond Issue
carries, each quarter so laid out will
receive Its proportionate part of the
total expenditure. These steps which
have been taken are regarded as es
sential, not only In the interest of giv
ing every part of the county its
shara of the improvement but to pla
cate some present political passions
that have arisen within late years
and which, unfortunately, havevtend
ed towards disruption in many mat
ters that were undertaken for the
good of the county.
Rockingham is a large county and
Its people are cosmopolitan. Those in
the west differ from those in the
seat The county 1 made ; up of
many Republican as well as promi
nent Democrats. Its citizens havo en
gaged in many political struggles and
gone through many factional fights.
Those who undertook this great sys
tem of road-building relizes that
the proposition must be removed at
once and as far as possible from the
sphere of the political and must be
regarded purely, aa tor the good of
all the people.
Hookworm Campaign In North State.
Thirty-eight counties have now
made provision to have the dispen
sary campaign for free examination
and free treatment of hookworm dis
ease. Four counties that have Just
made appropriation are Wilson, Cataw
ba, Burke and Caldwell. The coun
tlos of Dupln, Greene. Nash, Wilson
and Wake now have the dispensaries
In progress and large numbers of peo
ple are taking advantage of the op
portunity for free treatment. Every
county In a line with and east of
Wake, ' except ten, has provided for
the dispensaries.
North Carolina New Enterprise.
The Wilmington Stamp Printing Co.
filed an. amendment to the char
ier of the corporation Increasing the
cridtal to $50,000. There are charters
Issued for the Fuel, Ice & Storage
Co., Burlington, capital authorized
$25,000 and subscribed $2,200. The
Robeson Tobacco Warehouse Com
pany of Falrmount, capital authorized
$20,000 and subscribed $4,200.
Political Situation In Iredell.
Never before have the Democratic
voters of Iredell county seemed so
vitally, .concerned in a political issue
and nwer has there been so much
"polltlclng" as Just now. The stir Is
on account of the movement to put
county officers on salaries. A mass
meeting favoring this reform nomina
ted ex-Lieutenant Governor Turner
for the senate and Messrs. S. Fron
tls and T. H. Williams for the house.
Tl old nominees are Messrs. A. D.
Waits for the senate and H. P. Grier
and Thomas Hall for the house. .
8herlff Captures Auto Bandit.
Six hundred Gastonla people were
at the Southern Railway station when
the sheriff of Gaston county brought
from Kings Mountain the two young
white auto bandits whom he captured
in a restaurant there after an excit
ing chase. CVcat excitement has pre
vailed in rhe town since a telephone
message was received from Frank
Robinson at Lowell to the Gastonla
officers to look out for a stolen auto
mobile. A few alnutes later the au
tomobile dashed through Gastonla at
the rat of thirty -five mile an hour.
Republican Convention of Carteret
Th Morehead faction of the Car
teret county Republican met with
representative from 19 out of .the 24
precinct in th county, and endorsed
the work' of State Chairman More
head, instructing its delegation to the
atate convention to .vote for Mr. More
head's re-election a long a balloting
continued. The delegation goes to th
Raleigh convention unlnstructed as to
candidates for the presidency.: Reso
lution adopted fall to endorse Presi
dent Taft bnt endorsed th record of
th Republican party.
NORTH STATE IS FOR TEDDY
8tormy Convention Denounces Presi
dent Taft and Instructs For Roose
velt Colonel 8ure of 23.
Raleigh. In a state convention,
marked by bitter attack upon Presi
dent Taft, North Carolna'a four dele
gates at large and four alternate to
th Chicago Republican convention
were Instructed to vote for Theodore
1 Roosevelt, "first, last and all the
time aa long as nis name is ueiurw
the convention,
,A declaration in favor of Roosevelt
by Issao Meeklns, one of the unln
structed district delegate from th
First district, makes certain for
Roosevelt 23 of the state' 24 vote in
th Chicago convention. Wheeler
Martin, the other unlnstructed dele
gate from the First district, was not
bound by the state convention' ac
tion. The delegate at large are: Dr:
Cyrus Thompson, Jacksonville; Thos.
E. Owen, Clinton, Richmond Pearson,
Asheville; Zeb V. Walaer, Washing
ton. - ,
The alternates are: Thomas S.
Cheek, Camden county; H. C. Cavl
ness, Wilkes county; S. O. McGulre.
Surry county; George Prltchard, Mar
shall county.
A resolution presented by Richmond
Pearson, former minister to Persia,
and a Roosevelt leader in the atate,
adopted amid great enthusiasm in the . .
convention, declared President Taft,..,
withdrew ten North Carolina poatof
flce appointmenta from the senate
March 17 for the apparent purpose
of awarding them "to the factional
leader who shall deliver the largest -number
of delegate for Mr. Taft"
"President Taft has underestimated ' '
the pride and self-respect of the Re
publicans of North Carolina,'' the re-'
olution continued, "in supposing that
we would participate in a political
auction whose object is to make mer
chandise of men. We unhesitatingly- .
repudiate, resent and ; rebuke the
whole proceedings and all parties
thereto." ,
Two More Indictment Returned.
Charging them with the alleged mur
der of Myrtle Hawkins the Hender
son grand Jury returned indictment
agianst Nora Britt and Lizzie Shaft,
The bill containing a new count four
in , all,, included five other persona
heretofore Indicted In the case. It
oharge first degree murder against
the two women named above, George
Bradley and Abner McCall, McCall's '
wife and Boney Bradley are charged
with being accesorles to the murder
before the fact and Dan M-cCall with
being accessory to murder after the
fact. The new count in the indict
ment charges all with conspiracy.
Tile Shaft and Britt women, who were
out on bond were arrested and will
not be admitted to bail. Solicitor
Johnson states that new evidence
waa brought out before grand Jury.
On Child Labor Law of The State.
At a conference of the North CarO;
Una Child Labor Committee and aN'
number of the cotton manufacturers
of the state. It waa agreed to compro
mise differences as to what change
the 1913 Legislature should be asked
to make in the labor law and seek'
changes only that shall prohibit wo
men and girls and children under 16
from working at night, to provide effi
cient non-polltlcal factory, inspection
and leave the age limit aa at present
at 13 years of age for day labor. Man
ufacturers participating in the con- :
ference were: W( A. Erwln, D. Y.
Cooper, Caesar Cone, W. Entwistle,
R. L. Steele, Frank Borden, W. H.
Williamson and W. B. Cole. Repre
senting the committee were: C. H
Poe, Bishop Robert Strange, Bishop
Cheshire, J. S. Carr, Jr., Dr. J. L.
Foust, . C. Brooks, Dr. Ed Sterne and
W. H. Swift
Unveiling of Mclver Statue.
The career of Dr. Charles Duncan.
j Mclver and the great uplift he gave
the cause of education in this state
! received splendid tribute at the hands
of Dr. C. Alphonso Smith of the Uni
versity of Virginia, The occasion'
was the unveiling of the bronze statue
, of Dr. Mclver In Capitol square. Dr.
Smith sketched the career of Dr. Mc-.
Iver through his early effort as a
teacher and his Institute campaigns
from 1889 to 1902 that resulted in the
establishment of the State Normal and
Industrial College on a fitting basis. -
Missionary Society Closes 8elon.
The eleventh annual session of the
Woman's Home Missionary Society of
the Western North Carolina Confer
ence at Monroe came to a close after
the most successful meeting! that ha .
been held during it existence. The;
attendance wa larger and more Inter
est manifested and the . accomplish
ments greater. It may be the last
session of the home . society to be
"held, and with thi in view the next,
place of meeting and new officer for
the succeeding term were not taken '
up.
Sentenced To Electric Chair.
Greenville county made it tint con
tribution to the electric chair when
a. Jury In the court of general sessions
convicted one Morris of murder . in
the first degree, flv other negroes
who were indicted Jointly with Mor
ris being acquitted. Morris shot and
killed another negro at a colored
frolla. The row began in the dance
hall and continued into the street,
where the negro was shot down. A
physician who reached t- "
negro's side received ? -i !
ment that !' t:'s v