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FR.ENCM B3L0AD NEWS,
ErtablfaM Mar 16-1907.
T Through whiok yen reach the
. people of Ma.diMn County.
O 4 AdvAPikinn Rains an Annliratinn
Consolidated, : : Not. 2nd, 1911
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THE OtLY NEWSPAPER Ki FJADISONXOUNTY. .
VOL. XIV. ' ' MARSHALL, MADISON COUNTY, N. C, FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1912. NO. 25.
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N,-ffjl, Madia) County. ,
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Bstabttsbed by Um Igialatura let
Com 1MWL
Population, 80.132.
, County Baa. M arshall
1141 feet above im levL ,
Haw and mod am Court House, eoat
tsj.eofcM.
New and modem Jail, aoat 115.000.00.
Naw and modarn Count Horn, eoat
I1Q.0M.0A. v
Ofdeara.
Hon. Jaa. X Hyatt Bsnafor;" S3
Dlatriot, Burnavlll. N. C.
Hon. t. C Ramsey, BapraaantatlTa.
Marshall N. C .
W. H. Henderson, CUbk Supertoi
Court. Marshall. N. C.
W. M. Buckner, Sheriff. Marshall
n. a
Jam Smart, Register of Daada,
Marshall N. C.
a F. Runnlon. Trasurr, Marshall.
n. c r. r. a no. i
R. u Tweed. Surveyor, Whlta Rook.
N. C,
Dr. J. H. Bairn, Coroner, Mara Hill.
N. C.
Mr. Ell Handaraon,. Jailor, Mar
jhallN. C. ,
John Honayeutt, Janitor, Marshall
N. C
Dr. & N. Sprinkl. County Physician.
Marshall, N. C. m
Jamaa Haynla. Supt County Homa.
Marshall. N. C.
Homa looatad about two miles south
wast of Marshall
Court.
Criminal and Civil rirst Monday ba
tora First Monday In March. Com
msnclng Fab. 86tb, 1812.
CItU 11th. Monday attar First Mon
day la March, commancaa May 20,
1911 r
Criminal and Civil First Monday
aftar Flrat Monday In Sept Com
mancaa 8Jpt 9th. 1112.
CWI 6th Monday aftar First Mon
day In September. Commeneea Octo
ber 14, 1012.
BOARDS.
County Commissioners.
W. C. Sprinkle, Chairman. Marshall,
H C
c. F. Cassada, Member,' Marshall,
N. C R. F. D. No. L
Reubln A. Tweed, Member, Big
Laurel N. C. s
C. B. Mashburn.' Atty, Marshall,
N. a
Board meets first Monday In every
month. s '
Rosd Commissioners.
JL E. Bryan. Chairman, Marshall, N.
O.R.F. D. 2. . ' ,
if. a. Ramsey, Secretary. Mara H1U,
N. C. R. F. D. 2.
Sam Cox, Member, Mara Hill. N. C
R. F. D. No. 2.
Q. W. Wild. Big Pine, N. C.
Dudley Chlpley, Road Engineer,
Marshall. N. C. -
George M, Prltchard, Atty., Marshall,
N. C.
Board meets first Monday In Janu
ary, April, July and October each year.
Board of Education.
i Jasper ' Ebbs, Chairman, Spring
Creek, N. C
Thoa J. Murray, Member, Marshall,
N. C R. F. D. No. 8.
W. R. Sams, Marshall, N. C R. F.
D. No. 2.
Prof. M. C. Buckner, Supt of
Schools, Mara Hill N. C, R. F. D.
. N 1 v :--
Board Meett first Monday In Janu
ary, April, July and October each year.
Colleges and High Schools.
Mara Hill College, Prof. R. L. Moore,
President, Mara Hill N. C. Fall Term
begins August 17, 1911. Spring Term
begins January 2, 1912.
8prtng Creek High School Prof.
0. ' & Brown, Principal, Spring Creak,
N. ft I Mo. School opened August
1, mi.: v v..
Madison Seminary High hool.
Prof J. M. Weatherly, Principal Mar
ahall N. C'R. F. D No. 1 Mo.
. School began October 2, 1911. ,
Bell InaUtuta. Mlaa Margaret B.
Orlfflth. Principal Walnut N.'C. 8 Mo.
Sohool began September I, 1911.
MajahaU Academy. Prof. R. O.
Anders, PrlnolpaX 'Marshall, N. C, f
Mo. School beganSept 4, 1911.
Notary Publlea.
J. C. Ramsey. Marshall N. C. Term
expiree Jan. 1L 1912.
A. J. Roberta, Marshall N. C, R. F.
D. No. 8. Term expires May 30, 1912,
Jaaper Ebbs, Spring Creek, N. C.
Term expires August 10, 1912.
C. C. Brown, Bluff, N. C. Term ex
pires December 6, 1912.
J. A. Leak, Rerere, N. C Term ex
pires January 18, 1918.
W. T. Deris. Hot 8prlngs. N. C.
Term expiree January 10, 1918.
J. H. Southwerth, Staokhouse, N. 0.
Term expires January II, 1918.
N. W. Anderson. Paint Fork, N. 0.
Term expires February a, 1919. '
J, H, Hunter, Marshall N. C, R. F.
D. No. 8. Term expiree April 1, 1919
JiF. Tllaon, Marshall N. C, R. F. D.
No. 1 Term expiree April 3. 1911.
O. J. Ebbs, Marshall N. C Term
expiree April 81. 1913. .
J. W. Nelson, Marshall N. 0. Term
eiptree April 25. 1918. - - '
- Roy L. Oudger, Marshall N. C.
Term expiree May 8, 1913.
; Oeo. M. Prltchard. Marshall N. C.
Term expiree May 28, 1913.
, Dudley Chlpley, Marshall N.' 0.;
Term expiree July 29, 1911
' . d Connor, Mars Hill N. C. Term
xplTM November 27, 1913.
POST. ,- . '
Oeorga W. Gahagaa Post, Net, IS
O. A. R. "
' 8. M. Darts, Commander.
I. H. Ballard. Adjutant
Meets at the Court House Batarday
for the aeooad Boaday ta oaea
mmih at 11 A. IL
SUFFRAGISTS TO
HAVE BIG PARADE
BALTIMORE WOMEN PLAN DEM
ONSTRATION DURING DEMO
CRATIC CONVENTION.
LEADERS ARE WORKING
Chairman Mack Ssys the New York
Delegation Will Look Over the
Candldatee Before Cloalng.
Baltimore. Baltimore's women suf
fragists are planning a big parade on
Thursday evening of the Democratic
presidential convention, week as a
demonstration to the delogates and
leaders. Several thousand women
are expected to be In the line of
march. Some of the suffragists wl'l
be costumed In the heroic dress of
women of history, while the parade
will be led by mounted suffragists.
Whether the suffragists will make
an effort to secure the incorporation
of a suffrage plank in the Democratic
platform waa not known. The Demo
cratic national committeemen and
Chairman Mack were Interested In
all newa available regarding the suf
fragists. The national committeemen
were visited by a delegation of wom
en representing the Women's Na
tional Democratic League, who volun
teered their services in the coming
campaign. Chairman Mack told the
committee which came over from
Waahlngton that he would try to ar
range seats for a subcommittee of
their number at the convention.
The national committee spent the
entire day arranging details of the
convention and employing staffs of
minor officials. An emergency hos
pital Is to be established in the con
vention hall and there will be a corps
of forty to fifty physicians. The doc
tor have volunteered their services.
Talking of the ninety votes which
New York will cast In the convention,
Chairman Mack, as a member of the
delegation, said:-"
"The delegation, aa you know, ts
unlnstructed, and will vote as a unit,
but just who will be the' favorite, I
must admit I do not know. We in
New Xorit are conservative, and like
to look the candidate over.X ; ,
Mr. Mack said he had not heard of
the report that the New York, Illi
nois and Indiana delegations would
join forces to make the nomination.
TWJ KILLED IN FEUD FIGHT
Greenville, Georgia, Man Kills His
Uncle and Couain.
Greenville, -Ga. Following a family
feud of many years standing, O. C.
Walton, a well-known planter, shot
and killed his uncle, W. O. Evans,
and his cousin, Oscar Evans, son of
the latter. The killing occurred near
Woodberry, 8 miles from here, and.
according to witnesses, was In self
defense. Walton was not arrested
and probably will not be.
About a year ago there was trouble
between the two families over stray
ing hogs. Walton lived on the farm
adjoining the Evana place, and It is
understood that be haa since Deen in
tear of them.
There waa no attempt made to ar
rest Walton, and he was generally
commended for his action. The elder
Evans1 bad the reputation of being a
very dangeroua man. He recently
killed a negro. Walton Is about 25
years-of ago, married and a promi
nent planter. The elder Evans was
about SO years of age, while his son
was about the age of Walton. The
Evanses are planters and are well
connected. , '. v -;-
Underwood to Choose His Nominator.
Washington. Representative Un
derwood of Alabama will determine
upon the designation of the man who
will nominate him aa Democratic
nominee for president after a con
ference with Senator Bankhead of
Alabama. Representalve Heflln of
Alabama la the most persistently men
tioned personal choice of Underwood.
But the final determination haa been
held in abeyance largely at the In
stance of Senator Bankhead, who Is
said to be weighing judgment on oth
er claims for that honor. . .
" Hughes Not , a Candidate.
New iort JuBtlce Charles E.
Hughes of the United States Supreme
court, with hla family, has gone to
the Adlrondacka, where he will paas
'the summer. He haa taken a camp
at Lake Placid for the season. To
frlenda here who spoke to him as he
waai passing through of the reports
from Chicago in which he haa been
mentioned as a possible compromise
nominee for the presidency, - Justice
Hughes said that he was completely
out of politics, and would not per
mit the use of his name. v
' New Life-Boat Rule,
' Washington. AH ocean ateamers
entering American porta In the future
must be equipped with lifeboats auf
flolent to carry at one time every paa
aenger and members of the crew, ac
cording to new regulations adopted
by the steamboat Inspection service
and approved by Secretary Nagel. in
the case of coastwise, lake, bay and
sound steamera, life-boats tor all
aboard must De carried, except from
May 15 to September 15, when, for
Various reasons, such travel Is com
paratively safe.
BRIG. GEN. W. P. HALL
.wlLIlLit
After 48 yeare of honorable service,
Brig. Gen. William P. Hall, whe haa
been at the head of the adjutant gen
erate department alnce the retirement
of General Alnsworth, has been placed
on the retired list of the army on aa
count of age. He la a native of Mis
souri, waa graduated from West Point
In 1868, and fought through a number
of Indian wars.
AEROPUNE FALLS; 2 KILLED
LIEUTENANT HAZELHURST AND
AVIATOR WELCH KILLED BY
COLLAPSE OF AIRSHIP.
Double Tragedy Occured on the Army
Aviation Field Near the City
of Washington.
Washington. Another . fearful toll
was taken by aviation when the mu
tilated bodies of Lieutenant Leighton
W. Hazlehurt Jr., Seventh Infantry,
U. S. A, and. Alfred h. Welch, a pro
fessional aviator In the employ of the
Wright Brothers, were hauled from
under the debris of a collapsed aero
plane... The, accident occured while
they were attempting to make the
tests required by the. government In
a machine contracted for by the war
department""" ' - -
Although an army board was Im
mediately appointed to determine the
cause of the accident, It is probable
the real cause of the machine's fail
ure never will be known. The crash
came so suddenly and unexpectedly
that the two men met their death
without being able to make a single
move to arrest their fall. Seven army
officers were among the score of spec
tators, but they cannot explain the
accident, '
The accident occurred about one
thousand feet from the bangers and
when the first witness reached the
wreck it was seen that of the men
were dead. Welch was burled In the
debris, but the body of Hazelhurst
had been catapulted twenty feet away
after the machine struck. Welch's
clothes were practically all torn from
hia body, which was bruised and bat
tered. Hazelhurst'a skull was frac
tured and his head badly disfigured.
Death to both of the men probably
had been Instantaneous,
COL ROOSEVELT PROTESTS
The Colonel Denouncea the Work of
v Steam Roller.
Oyster Bay, N. Y. With an attack
on hla opponents, In the Republican
national committee and on President
Taft, Colonel RooBevelt again protest
ed against the course of affairs at
Chicago. In a statement issued at
Sagamore Hill he said Mr. Taft as
sumed "that the presidency is to be
treated as a gift within the bestowal
of the politicians In defiance of the
duly expressed wish of the people."
"Such conduct,' Colonel Roosevelt
wrote, "comes dangerously near being
treason to the whole spirit of our in
stitutions to the whole spirit of dem
ocratic free government"
In all 101 delegates have been ac
corded President Taft alnce the com
mittee opened ite hearings. The one
placed In the Roosevelt column was
D. C. Edwards from the Eleventh dis
trict of Kentucky. ;:
. ,'' Congressman Wlckllffa Killed.
Washington. Representative Rob
t r wirbliffe of Louisiana was run
down on, the tracks of the 'Southern
railway in roiomag iwi wu lUDiam
i biiiAii He had left the capital to
be away on a fishing trip. How he
happened to stray onto tne rauroaa
tracks has not been cleared up. The
amrinmr of the train said he saw the
congressman too late to avoid the ac
cident The house aajournea at once
..nnn rorelnt of the newa. Memorial
service will be. held later In the sea
aion. , : :
Democrats Want Manager. ,'
Baltimore. Md. Plana are being
quietly formulated by several mem
bers of the Democratic national com
mitfM it was learned here, to Cro
at a new office to be known as
chairman of the campaign commit
tee. This new orncer ot tne campaign
mi not be a member ot the
national committee, and hla selection
will be made by the presidential can
didate after a conference with the
. n.tlnnal committeemen. The na
tional chairman will continue In act-
It charge of th campaign.
LIGANS PAST
BEING REGQHG1LED
G. O. P. SITUATION AT CHICAGO
IS TAUT TO THE POINT OP
SNAPPING.
ANYTHING MAY HAPPEN
Chargee of ' Corruption Are Being
Mad by Leader of Both
8ldea,
Chicago. Apparently irreconcila
bility of differences between Taft and
Roosevelt leaders In the Republican
party, borne on a rising tide of
charges of bribery, theft and other
accusations, threatened to precipitate
decisive developments. -The
charges of corruption were
made In an open statement given to
the press by Director McKlnley of
the Taft bureau, which directly ac
cuses the Roosevelt managera of an
effort to capture the convention by
force.
Prominent men on both sides ad
mitted the situation was so acute that
almost anything might happen. Among
Doaalbillties . discussed in conference
Iski rooms, hotel corridors and party
headquarters were two that continued
to come up again and again.
The first of these was the possibil
ity of a bolt by the Roosevelt forces
and the organization of a "Progres
sive party" if President Taft is to be
renominated. The bolt talk was ever
present during the day, and once In a
meeting of Roosevelt leaders arose to
a point where William Flynn ot Pitts
burg, who was presiding, refused to
let it go farther.
The second possibility, and this
seemed to bold the center of the stage
was that of a compromise on a third
candidate. A number xt the leaders
declared that now It was positively
beyond question to expect either the
Taft or Roosevelt people to abide by
the nomination of th other's candi
date, i
"The effort to corrupt Taft dele
gates to the convention," said the
statement "has been under way for
several weeks. It is common knowl
edge that seven weeks ago 1 money
was sent to two Taft lnrcmcted -delegates
In a certain Southern state by
telegraph by a well-known Roosevelt
leader now in Chicago.
"Within the last week two men
sent from New York to a Southern
state' have brazenly approached Taft
delegates with offers of money In re
turn for votes for Roosevelt Other
agents on a similar mission have
made their- appearance In several
states recently.
"That . a well-defined effort, Is on
foot to buy the presidential nomina
tion for Theodore Roosevelt la be
yond question.''
The statement then charges that a
plan is on foot to Influence the local
ppllce force with a view to packing
the convention hall with non-ticket
holders and to "perpetrate In the hall
a system of Intimidation and terror
izatlon which might easily culminate
in a full-fledged riot."
"A Plata campaign He,' was Mr.
Dixon's retort to the McKlnley state
ment, and he refused to discuss it
further.
Phiomrn President Taft gained 40
more votes In the Republican national
convention through the settlement oi
contest cases by the national com
mittee. ' It was a day ot Taft victories ex
clusively. In the cases of the Califor
nia krtr.nnn. nnd Michlean contests
the' Roosevelt forces made a fight and
voted their full strength against tne
n-. .taiainitea Tn the California case
they secured a roll call, losing, 16 to
37. In the Arizona contest mey iaueo.
mil call, and In the Michi
gan cases none was asked, although
they voted agalnat seating me i
delegatesat-large.
The contests settled in lavor oi
President Taft were:
Arizona, delegates-at-iarge, t; uau
fenrtv district 2: Louisiana,
1UI lltt,
delegatea-at-large, 6; first, second,
third, fourth, fifth, sixtn, sevenin aim
trlcts, 14: Michigan, delegates-at-
large. 6- Mississippi, aeiegates-av
large, 4; first district, z. iuu.
Fear of Pellagra Causes Insanity.
Spartanburg, S. C Pellagra-phobia
or fear oi penagra
fined disease which has been aiscov
ere by the Thompson-McFadden pel
tii - ifm mission, sent to Spartan
burg recently by the New York PoBt-
Graduat hospital ror researcn wum.
In an address to the South Carolina
i.uuilnn . Ttr. Joseph F. 81-
rrvB rt dv.- . -
ler, a member of the commission, re
quested the newspapers noi io pun
lish sensational stories about pellagra,
the fatality of which he Bald had been
exaggerated. - '
,' j Crop Conditional
' "Washington. Crop condition in
general on June 1 averaged tor th
United Statea slightly better (0.3)
h.n on the same date laat year.
Crop, aa a whole, were above aver-
age In the north Atlantic states aue
mostly to favorable hay prospects and
i h. f western and Northweatern
statea. They were below average In
Southern states and In tne Nortn
n.Mi .t.tes east of th Mississippi.
In the North Central state west of
the Mississippi condition wr out
slightly abov averag.
REPUB
BISHOP THIRKIELD
V ' V " J
Rev. Wilbur Pi Thlrkleld, th retir
ing president of Howard university,
waa mad a bishop of th Msthodlst
church recently and assigned to a
southern district.
NEW LAKES-TO-GULF ROAD
NEW ROAD FROM THE GREAT
LAKES TO 80UTH ATLANTIC
8EABOARD PROBABLE.
8ale of 8eaboard Mean Entrance of
Chesapeake and Ohio Into th
South Atlantic Region.
Richmond, Va. The Carolina,
Cllncbfleld and Ohio railroad baa se
cured an amendment to its charter
'from the Virginia corporation com
mission authorizing the road to in
crease its capital atock from $30,000,
000 to 140,000,000. This, it Is declar
ed, Is for the purpose of further per
fecting plans to get connection with
the Chesapeake and Ohio system.
In railway circles here it Is believ
ed that the sale of 210,000 shares ot
Seaboard Aly Line stock by the Cum-
! h..!.ni1 .nrnnratlnti anil thplr Annul.
sition by a new syndicate which has
eome into -control, of this road is
nothing more than a plan on the part
of the Chesapeake and Ohio to even
tually take over the Carolina, Cllnch
tield and Ohio, which la owned by the
Cllnchfield corporation. -
By selling out its Seaboard holdings
the Cumberland corporation can now
carry out Its extension plans, Irrespec
tive ot Seaboard influence, it is be
lieved. These plans call for an ex
tension from Dante, the northern ter
minus of the C, C. and O., to Elk
horn, Ky., the southern terminus of
the Big Sandy division ot the Chesa
peake and Ohio. Contract for this
work was let several weeks ago.
Behind this project lies the dream
of Edwin Hawley for the C. and O.
and its allied branches in the middle
West to get a direct line from the
Great Lakes to the South Atlantic
seaboard, preliminary to the opening
of the Panama canal In 1915.
TEDDY FAVORS WOMEN VOTING.
The Colonel Will Advocate Vote for
Women in Hla Platform.
Oyster Bay, N. Y. Theodore Roose
velt announced, through Judge Ben B.
Lindsey, of Denver," that he is in fa
'vor of woman suffrage In this coun
try, and that the platform which he
will submit to the Chicago convention
will contain an unequivocal declara
tion to that effect. Judge Lindsey
(spent two hours with Colonel Roose
I volt '-The 'object of his visit was prl
' marlly to persuade the colonel to an
j nounce that he was in favor of worn
'm iifrmea. Heretofore Colonel Roose
velt has merely said that he believed
the question of woman suffrage
ahnnld ' be submitted to the women
themselvea for determination whether
they wished the ballot. As the Judge
was leavinz Sagamore Hill he said:
"Colonel Roosevelt has come out de
cidedly for woman suffrage.' He was
Induced to take this detinue stand by
what the women voters have done In
Colorado.
Striking Walters Raid Banqust
New York. A . demonstration by
'striking waiters ot the city outside
jthe Waldorf-Astoria hotel during the
dinner given by Mayor Gaynor to or
ficers of the visiting German squad
rnn resulted In scenes ot violence and
! rioting. . An army ot policemen. In
cluding the "Btrong-arm squad," picK
eted the . atreeta in the vicinity
throughout the banquet to avert fur
ther trouble, and in two ralda upon
the mob the police carted away In
patrol wagona 128 prisoners, many
charged with disorderly conduct
House Stands for Reciprocity.
U'anhineton. Th house voted. 144
to 101, not to accept the senate amend
'ment to the metal tariff revision bill
t.ir. wmiM teneal the Canadian
j reciprocity pact and ' fix a universal
! duty of $2 a ton on print paper. The
house accepted two senate amend
ments reducing th duty on pig Iron
and certain alloy. Th bill again
will go to conference. Majority Lead
er Underwood estimated the reduced
.duties on pig Iron and alloys would
result In a falling off ot approxlmata-
jly 1300.000 In menu.
GRANBERRY ill
I1IIIES ARE FAMOUS
ORE UTILIZED FOR THE FINEST
GRADE OF STEEL AND IS IN
GREAT DEMAND.
IS ON THE LINVILLE RIVER
.
Th Nursery Industry la Growing Very
Rapidly In th Blowing Rock-Lin-vlll
Country M or Rallroada Are
Neadsd Badly In Thla 8sctlon.
Charlotte. The Cranberry Iron
mines, which are located at Cran
berry In the new county of Avery
on the line of the East Tennessee
and Western North Carolina road,
are reputed to be among the richest
in this country and they are certain
ly among the oldest They were In
oneratlon lona before the great war
between the states and now are being
worked to their full capacity, 'in
narrow-gauge E. T. at W. Y. C. road
waa constructed from Johnson City
to this point, a distance of 24 miles,
In order to afford an outlet to mar
ket and tae dally ore tonnage trans
ported from these mines to the smel
ters aggregated 225 tons. Th be
loved General R. F. Hoke of Lincoln
ton, who waa a large stockholder In
the property, had charge ot these
mines for years but they only re
cently disposed of his Interest to
Pennsylvania capitalists who now op
erate the mlnea. The ore mlnea from
these Cranberry deposits is ot such
grade that the finest razor and highly
tempered knife may be manufactured
from the steel.
The Kelsey nurseries, which are
located near Montezuma river narrow-gauge
road, which Is an exten
sion of the East Tennessee and West
ern North Carolina line, shipped dur
ing the past seaBon more than 200
solid car loads of trees and ahrubs,
not only to all parts of the United
States but Into a number of foreign
countries as well. These trees and
shrubs are native to western North
Carolina and reach their highest de
gree of development In this Imme
diate" section. " There are many varie
ties but the principal onea are rhodo
dertdron, mountain laurel, hemlock,
balsm, spruce, to say nothing of the
more pretentious trees, aa the oak,
chestnut, beech, maple, etc. The
plants are gathered-as shoots In the
mountains, carried to the nursery
beds and there transplanted and then
taken up and distributed wherever
needed.
Unveiling of The Wyatt 8tatu.
In delivering the address at the
unveiling of the bronze statue of Hen
ry L. Wyatt in the Capitol square
MaJ. E. J. Hale of Kayetteville, him
self a participant In the battle of
Bethel, In which young Wyatt shed
the first blood for the cause of the
Confederacy reviewed North Caro
lina's part in the Inception of the civil
war and narrated most Interestingly
the story of the battle and the heroic
part young Wyatt had In It
Pratt Must Serve Three Year.
Herold T. Pratt, the former New
bern Insurance agent who misappro
priated funds not his own, In various
ways, and who then left under cover
darkness and succeeded In eluding the
grasp of the law until a few weeks
ago, when he was arrested at Omaha,
must serve three years In the state
rison, was the decision reached.
To All Who Were Candidates.
Here is something that calls for
quick action. It is matter that is
directed to all who were candidates
the victors and the vanquished in
the recent primaries InVake. It is
a call to both Democrats and Repub
licans. This is that all who were can
didates render an account ot their ex
penses in the campaign, and certify
the account to Clerk of the Court.
This account 1s required of all can
didates tor all offices, from the high
est to the lowest from Governor to
delegates and members of committee.
Mill Fatally Destroyed by Fir.
long distance message from Bur
lington stated that the plant of the
Snow Camp Woolen Mills, located
In South Alamance county, waa total
ly destroyed by fire. The Iobs In es
timated at from 240,000 to 8180,000,
though It la said that thla estimate
Is based on meager Information aa to
value of equipment and stock on hand.
The loss Is only partly covered by
Insurance. The mill manufactured
woolen blankets and had a contract
to furnish tmaterial for uniforms ot
convict In this and other states.
Burgln Tendered Hi Resignation.
The directors ot the Greensboro
chamber of commerce announced that
Secretary W. O. Burgln had tendered
hla resignation effective Immediately
and that in all probability a com
mittee of the comerclal body at th
meeting of the directors In th near
future would recommend a successor.
Mr. Burgln ha held th office ot sec
retary alnce th resignation ot C C.
McLean and resign to take a course
In law at the university thla summer
and later to engage In the practice ot
hla cfceeem profession.
TO HAVE THREE STATE MEETS
Trld of Convention Will Gather In
City of Charlotte In Near Futur
Many Will Attend.
Raleigh. A special from Charlott
states that that city will whirl Into a
convention ion In the near future, en.
tertalnlng In the space of four day
no less than three stat gatherings.
Tuesday and Wednesday, 18th and;
19th, the North Carolina Retail Jew
elera' Association will be here: Wed
nesday, Thursday and Friday, 19th,
20th and 21st th Stat Association
of Trained Nurses will be In session;
Thursday and Friday, 20th and 21st,
the North Carolina State Optical Socl
elty wll hold lta annual meeting.
Attractive program have been pre
pared by each of these societies and
an attendance of about 100 visitors
Is expected by th officers of each. It
will be observed that their dates over
lap so that on Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday Charlotte will be host to
two conventions simultaneously.
Fred N. Day, of Winston-Salem, 1
president and W. G. Fraxler of Dur
ham is secretary of th Jewelers' asso
ciation, J. D. Hathaway of Elizabeth
City heads the officer ot th opticians.
An automobile ride will be given
the nurses by the Greater Charlott
Club at 4:30 on th afternoon of
Thursday.
Th public will b welcomed at all
of these sessions and the local com
mittee would be pleased to hav a
good attendance of Charlotteans to
give the visitors assurance that they
are welcome and that the people of
th city are Interested In their work.
Heretofore the attendance haa been
almost Imperceptible outside th rank
of the businesses and professions pe
culiarly Interested. Detailed arrange
ments have not been completed aa to
the balls at which sessions will ba
held but Charlotte has sufficient audi
toriums available to accommodate a
much larger number of conventlona
than will descend upon her at thla
time.
Arrested In Connection With Murder.
Frank Gladden, the white man Im
plicated In the double murder of Mr.
and Mrs. John Dixon in their home
near Fallston on the night of Decem
ber 12 was re-arrested several days
ago at hla home In Shelby to answer
the second charge against him of kill
ing Mrs. Dixon. At the special term
of court which convened here Janu
ary 8 be was acquitted while the prin
cipal witness against him, John Rosa,
colored, .confessed to wielding th axe
that killed Mr. Dixon and Is In Ral
eigh awaiting electrocution, August
14. Robs made hia confession the day
before the special term of court to
Sheriff Wllklns and In his confession
story bald Frank Gladden was the
white man who clanned the murder
of this prosperous farming family
and that he was lured into the crime
hv Oladden. His evidence was unsup
ported, however, and the Jury return
ed a ,verdict of acquittal. The. grand
jury returned another true bill against
Gladden for the murder of Mrs. Dixon
and It is on this that he will be tried.
Wreck on Southern Railroad.
Eastbound freight No. 88 In charge
of Conductor J. A. Caldwell and Engi
neer Bashatt was wrecked between
Connelly Springs and Hildebrand, 6
miles from Hickory. The wreck waa
caused by a broken rail. None of the
train crew were hurt. Three hoboea
were seen on the train aa It passed
Connelly Springs, but as only two
were seen after the accident, the oth
er ts supposed to be under the wreck.
Fifteen coal cars were piled up on
each other and totally demolished. The
wrecking crews arrived upon , the
scene and cleared the track. . Passen
ger trains Nos. 11 and 22 were de
toured over the Spartanburg division.
Murderer Captured in Baltimore.
Sheriff Petty received information
several days ago that Ed Womack,
colored, who shot and killed Fred Mo
Iver, colored, In Womack's restaurant
here in April, 1910, had been captured
by a detective in Baltimore. Sheriff
Petty left tor Baltimore and wjll atop
in Raleigh for requisition papera. Wo
mack made his ecape after killing Mc
Iver and no information had been got
ten about him until the sheriff learn
ed that he was , in Baltimore - and
through the aid of a detective there
succeeded In landing him.
Mile of Road Building Arranged.
A mile of modern road building ha
been arranged for In Wake county,
and the work la planned to be done
In such a fashion as to make It an ex
ample for future work. The arrange
ment for the work was placed by the
board of county commissioners In the
hands of a special committee, consist
ing of Messrs. John M. Mills, Henry
G. Holding, W. U Wlggs and H. E.
Lttchford. The committee met and
awarded the contract to T. J. Ma
gulre, of Norfolk, and C. L. WoodalL
of Raleigh.
Disastrous Firs at Lexington.
Lexington was visited by one of the
most disastrous fires In many year
when th cotton warehouse ot th Na- '
komla Mill caught fire. The ware
house was divided into two section
and. thanks to the good work ot th
firemen, only one section waa burn
ed. The section burned contained 295
bales of cotton. A great many bales
wer completely destroyed and ail
were very badly damaged. Just now
It la Impossible to estimate the amount
ot damage done, but it la r.cted C ut
It win exowd 100,C0o.