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VOL. XIV v V . MARSHALL, MADISON COUNTY, N. C, FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1912. NO. 31.
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Madia County.
Bstabttshad by th Uglslatura get
sloa lUO-'tL ,
Population, 90,131
County Seat MarshalL
Mil feat above level
Maw and modern Court Home, cost
$33,00040.
yim anil mndarn UtL OOlt 115.000.00
New and modara County Homo, coit
110.000.00.
OHIoer.
Hon. Jas. U Hyatt. Senator!' S3
District Burnavllla. N. C.
Hon. J. C. Ramsey, Representative,
MarshalL N. C.
W. H. Henderson, Clehk Superloi
roart Marshall. N. C.
W. M. Buoknor, Sheriff. Marshall.
N. a.
Junes Smart, Register of Deeds,
Marshall. N. C. .
a f.- Runnlon. Treasurer, Marshall,
M. C R. F. D. No. 1
H. L. Tweed, Surveyor, Whit Rock.
N. C .
Dr. J. H. Balrd, Coroner, Mam Hill.
n. c. -
Mr. Eliza Henderson, Jailor, Mar
shall M. R.
John Hoaeyeutt, Janitor, MarshalL
M. C
-Dr. C N.'8ptokla,'Oenty Physician.
ManhalL N. C. v
Jamee Haynle, Supt County Home,
MarshalL N. C.
Home located about two mile souta-
west f Marshall
Courts.
Criminal and ClvlL First Monday be
fore First Monday In March, Com-
manolnk Feb. 26th. 1912.
Civil 11th, Monday after First Mon
day In March, commences May Z0,
. 1911
Criminal and Civil, First Monday
after First Monday In Sept Com
mences Sept th. 191S.
Al.li ak Uah.v mftmr VHrflt Mon-
. VI ' 'I V.4 ,MVMV ""
dayfn September. Commences Ooto
ker 14. 1911
BOARDS. ' i
County Commissioner.
W. C. Sprinkle, Chairman, Marshall,
M. C.
C. F. Cassada. Member, Marshall.
N. C R. F. D. No. 1.
Reubln A. Tweed, Member, Big
Laurel N. C.
C. B. Mashburn, Atty,' Marshall,
N. 0.
, Board meets first Monday In every
month. I
Road Commissioners.
A. EL Bryan, Chairman, Marshall.' N.
0, a.r. u. 2.
J. A. Ramsey, Secretary, Mar Hill,
N.C.R.F.D.2. 1 '
Sam Cox, Member, Mars HUL N.C
B, F. D. No. J.
0. W. Wild, Big Pine, N. C.
Dudley Chlpley, Road Englnssr,
Marshall N. C.
George M. Pritchard, Atty., Marshall,
N. C.
Board meets first Monday In Janu
ary, April, July and October each year.
Board of Edueatlon.
Jasper Ebbs, ; Chairman, Spring
Creek, N. C
ThoaJ. Murray, Member, Marshall,
N. C R.F. D. No. 8.
W. R. Sams, Marshall. N. C R. F.
D. No. I.
Prof. M. C. Buckner, Supt of
Schools, Mars HUL N. C., R. F. D.
: NO. 1 ...
Board Meets first Monday In Janu
ary, April, July and October each year.
- Col leges and High Schools. ...
Mars Hill College, Prof. R. L. Moore,
President, Mars Hill N. C. Fall Term
begins August 17, 1911. Spring Term
begins January 1 1911.
Spring Creek High School Prof,
a C. Brown, Principal, Spring Creek,,
N. C I Ma School opened August
1. 1111
t mf WAAtharlv. Principal. Marl
I IVI w 0 W - - i,
shall, N. C, R. i' MoTl t Mo.
Sohool began October S, 1911.
Bell Institute. . Miss Margaret E.
, Griffith Prinolpal Walnut N. C 8 Mo.
- Sohool began September 9, 1911.
- Marshall :. Academy. - Prof. R. O.
Anders, Principal, "MarthaTl, N. C f
Mo. Sohool began Sept. 4, 1911.
Notary Publtce.
X C Ramsey, Marshall, N. 0. Term
expires Jan. 11, 1912.
A. J. Roberts, Marshall N. C. R. F.
' D. No. 8. Term expires May 30, 1912.
, Jasper Ebbs, Spring i Creek, N. C.
Term expires August 10, 1912. ;
C. C. Brown, Bluff, N. C. Term i
ptres December 6, 1911.
J. A. Leak, Revere. N. C. Term ex
: plre January 18, 1913. "
W. T. Darls, Hot Springs, N. C.
Term expires January 10, 1913.
J. H. Southworth, Stackhouse, N. C.
, Term expires January IB, 1913.
N. W. Anderson, Paint Fork, N. 0
Term expires February 8, 1918.
J. H. Hunter, Marshall, N. C, R. F.
D. No. 8. Term expire April 1, 191?
J. F. TllBon, Marshall. N. C, R. F. D.
No. 1 Term expires April S, 1918.
C. J. Ebbs, Marshall, N. ti. Term
expiree April H, 1918.
J. W. Nelson, Marshall, N. C, Term
expires April 2E, 1918. v '
Roy U Oudger', Marshall, N, C.'
Term expires May 3, 1919.
Geo. M. Pritchard. Marshall, N. C.
. Term expires May 28, 1918.
. Dudley Chlpley, Marshall, M. C
Term expires July 29, 1913.
' W. 6. Connor, Mars Hill, N. C Term
xplrj November 27, 1913.
POT.
George W. Qahagaa Post. No. 81
G. A. R, .
1 8. M. Darts, Commander.
J. H. Ballard, Adjutant
Meets at the Court Hons Eatvday
fore the seoond Sunday la
renta st 11 A. IL
EXCISE TAX BILL
PASSED III SENATE
MEASURE INCLUDES PROVISION
FOR REPEAL OP CANADIAN
RECIPROCITY ACT.
THE V0TEWAS 37 TO 18
Lay Income Tax on All Persons and
Co-Partnerehlps Doing a Yearly
Business of Over 85,000.
4
Taxes That Must Be Paid
If New Bill Becomes Law.
4 While the nan with an income
of $5,000 or nnder is exempt un-
der the excise tax here are some
figure that would be paid by
whose Income Is In excess of
4 that amount, if the bill becomes
a law:
17,600 Income- .$ 25
(25,000 Income ..... 800
4 8100,000 Income ..... 950
4 $500,000 income 4,950
4 -
Washington. The excise bill was
put through the senate by a coalition
of Democrats and Insurgent Republi
can. It extends the provisions of the
corporation tax to all person and
firm having1 an annual net Income in
excess of $5,000. The vote was 87
to 18. ' -
This action, following the adoption
of the LaFollette wool bill presages
the passage of a bill sharply reducing
sugar duties.
The coalition which at one time
seemed to have gone to pieces and
been replaced by k consolidation on
the Republican side and a closing of
ranks, a was disclosed In the vote on
the metals bill, Is again In fine work
ing order.
The nearest approach to an Income
tax which the Democrats felt it was
safe to pass at this time was adopted.
Attached to the bill was a rider re
pealing the Canadian reciprocity act
and another creating a tariff commis
sion. This was the Cummins bill,
which had such an eventful experi
ence, v: ; . .
-The estimated revenue from the tax
was stated to be $60,000,000 a year, or
an amount anual to that which Would I
be forfeited by abolishing the sugar
duty.
The measure was changed from the
orlsrlnal house bill only In minor par
ticulars, except, for the adoption of
the Canadian reciprocity repeal and
the permanent tariff commission pro
visions. It will go back to the house
for the approval of that body, and it
Is believed an agreement win soon
be reached. ;
The excise measure would levy
upon all persons, firms or copartner
ships an annual tax equal to 1 per
cent, of net income in excess of $5,000,
HARRY THAW STILL INSANE
Stanford White's Slayer Is Ordered
Back to Matteawan.
Whtta' Plains. N. Y. Harry K.
Thaw, in the eyes of the law, Is
still Insane and must remain in me
asylum, where he was placed on Feb
niorv 1. 1908. after he had killed
Stanford White. Justice Martin J.
Keogh, of the Supreme court, denied
Thaw' aoDlicatton for freedom. The
court took the ground that Thaw's
release would be dangerous to pumic
safety. . y
Tn .! nnlnlnn Tiiatlna TCnnzh hrleflv
1U u,n vf.VH w " a m
sketched the history of several efforts ,
OI Tnaw lO OUUUU uiauuaiea. iiwiu
hospital. "In May, 1908," he said, "he
(Thaw) obtained a writ of habeas
corpus to secure hi discharge, on the
ground that he was then sane. The
question of his sanity was carefully
Inquired into by Mr. Justice Morschau
ser, who. In an able opinion, decided
that ha waa then Insane and that he
would be unsafe to set him free.
in June. 1909. another writ of ha
beas corpus was sued out In his be
half, an exhaustive inquiry was had
Into his sanity and a lucid opinion
was written by Mr. Justice Mills, In
which ha decided that he was then
Insane, and that It would endanger
the public peace and safety to gran
hi discharge."
French Market to Be Torn Down.
m.w ririnana. Th French market
arhaifo four venerations of housewives
have bargained and bought meats and
regetables, will soon have passed. The
sanitarians hav won In their fight
for conditions .that will Insure purer
food, and the maraei, pan oi wnicn
has stood since its first establishment
in mm ta tn ha renlaced by a remod
eled structure, "with white-tiled stalls
and modern screening instead of the
open-to fly booth a century old. The
renovation of the market ha already
begun.
Hvrimnlana for Each Battleship.
Washington. Each battleship , of
v. nan win h eauiooed with a
nuv hvrimnlane within the next
f r J J .
rear If later dans of the navy de
partment materialise. Rear Admiral
Phillip Andrews, acting secretary,
i called upon manufacturers to no
. ti. Aonartmant nnt later than
Hi J . o -
IK whather thev will submit
jtu,"-. i '
hydroplane designs to meet naval re
quirements. It is proposed to have
the machines sustain a speed in me
air of not less than crty miles an
hour, carrying two passengers.
MISS KATHERINE MORGAN
T , .", i Ai 7-i
Us
Mis Katherlne Morgan, s Texas
girl, entertained by Washington so
ciety of late.
NO CASH FOR GOOD ROADS
8ENATE BARS PROVISION FROM
POSTAL APPROPRIATION
BILL.
Investigation of Highway Question
Is
raverva rosiai employe uinug
Right to Combine.
Washington, The postofflce appro
priation bill, shorn of the good roads
provision, proposed by the bouse, and
embracing a revised parcels post sys
tem with charges based on tones of
distance, was reported to the senate
by the postofvce committee.
The total appropriations proposed
by the bill are above those of the
house measure, which carried approx
imately $260,000,000. One of the prin
cipal Increases Is in the pay qf rail
roadB for transporting mails, the sen
ate committee adopting an Increase
of more than $2,500,000.
In striking out the Shackelford
good roads feature of the house bill.
which provided for Federal improve
ment of ways, the senate committee
recommend an investigation by spe
cial commission of three bouse mem
bers and three senators, and provides
for no highway improvement until
this commission has reported.
The parcels post section is radical
ly different from that Incorporated in
the house bill, which provided a flat
rate of postage for all distances. The
senate provision is that of the Bourne
bill, slightly modified. Senator Bourne
recommended that third and fourth
class mall matter be combined for the
parcel poet service, but the bill
makes the parcels post apply only to
fourth class matter.
The senate committee Btruck out of
the house bill the provision giving to
postal employees the right to com
bine in labor unions and the right to
petition congress for redress of their
grievances.
It also provided for the abolishment
of the present system of carrying sec.
ond class mall by fast freight under
what Is known as the "blue tag" sys
tem, j'"-.''.'
Steel cars for railway .mall service
which were required by the house
bill are also demanded by the senate
measure.
TWO KILLED IN AUTO SMASH
Large Touring Car of President Winn
Turn Turtle near Annlston.
Annlston, Ala. I R. Winn, presi
dent of the Annlston Baseball club,
and Robert Britton, the eight-year-old
son of President G. G. Britton, of the
Interstate Rolling company, were kill
ed when Mr. Winn' automobile turn
ed turtle.
Mrs. Winn, Miss Marguerite Britton
and Miss Hlghtower of Athens, Ga
and Archie Winn, an elght-monthslold
baby, occupied the rear seat of the
car, and all were Injured, but not
severely.
Mrs. Winn was In a runaway, and
this led Mr. Winn to purchase an au
tomobile. He went Into a garage
to rent a car, and, finding none avail
able, purchased a large touring car
on the spot He had not become ex
pert at operating the machine, but
took hi wife and the Biittons for a
ride.
Atlanta Postal Records Broken.
Atlanta, Ga. During the fiscal
year 1911-12, ending June SO, the At
lanta postofflce under Hugh McKee's
administration received and account
ed for $7,252,394.17, a Is shown by
the ppstmaster's annual report which
was completed by C. J. Sheehan, audi
tor. Within the year 142,782 domestic
money orders were issued at the At
lanta postofflce and these called for
$1,038,802.41, the fee on the aame
being $8,613.01. . The domestic or
ders were augmented by International
money orders aggregating $63,654.29.
Boy Fatally Hurt In Fight '
Louisville, Ky. In a fight over a
pool gam on a discarded table In
which stockings Were need for "pock
ets," and In which the player used
broomsticks for cues, Michael Gust-
da, aged 14, was fatally hurt by Char
ley Saylor, also aged 114. The Saylor
boy had rigged up the old table In
hs back yard and Invited several of
hi friend to play. Saylor says that
Guelda broke one of the "cues'' and
pushed the table over, whereupon he
hit the visitor on the head with an
axe. .
PERSONS
PE
III FLOODS
CLOUDBURST SENDS MILLIONS
OP GALLONS OP WATER INTO
PENNSYLVANIA MINE.
AVENUE OF ESCAPE CLOSED
All Western Pennsylvania Is Devas
tated There lis Ruin
Everywhere.
Pittsburg. Death nd widespread
devastation from tremendous rains
has resulted In western Pennsylvan'a,
eastern Ohio and West Virginia. From
all sections comes details telling of
persons drowned or reported drown
ed; of hundreds of buildings wrecked
or completely washed away; streets
torn up and bridges swept down; crops
ruined, light plant put out of com
mission and towns left to suffer their
misery In darkness, while transporta
tion, telegraph and telephone facili
ties are badly crippled..'
At Evans Station, three miles north
of Unlontown, Pa,, a cloudburst sent
waters raging into the mouth of the
Superba No. 2 mines. Tourteen men
were drowned like rats In a trap.
A few miles away at Lemont Mine
No. 2 three other men are reported
to have drowned in like fashion.
Up In the Red Ston valley near
Brownsville, Pa., it 1 rumored that
at least ten miners were caught while
at work by flood waters entering the
mines and drowned.
For a radius of 100 miles around
Pittsburg, there Is k scene of deso
lation. Wrecked buildings are visi
ble everywhere. . .... . :
Unlontown, Pa. Caught like rats
In a trap when water rushed into the
manway of Superba No. 2 mines at
Evans Station, three miles north of
Unlontown, following a cloudburst,
thirteen men were drowned and thlr
ty-seven escaped after a most harrow
ing eperlence. The men were drown
ed about four thousand feat from the
mouth of the mines, their only avenue
of escape.
Although the list sjivei out by the
officials contains thlrtem victims, It
is reported that at leaM'one more vic
tim, an unknown foreigner will be
added. r
Brownsville, Pa. Horsemen dash
ing frantically down the Red Stone
valley, often with water up to the sad
dle girths, made a Journey of 9 miles
In time to save the lives of hundreds
of persons at Smock, a mining vil
lage. Aside .from the great quantity
of water due'to the cloudburst, It was
feared a huge reservoir was about fb
let go.
'To the hills, to the hills; the res
ervoir is breaking." i
The cry caused terror among the
miners, and within a . few minutes a
thousand families were! rushing in and
through the muddy waters to the hill
sides. Soon the wattef rushed into
the mining village, causing heavy
damage.
STORM STRIKE SAVANNAH
Lightning 8tarts Two Fires and Puts
Cars Out of Commission.
Savannah, 3a. Savannah was vis
ited by a severe electijlcal storm that
brought with it a tremendous fall of
rain and during which! time lightning
played prank in many parts of the
city. , Two fires were started by the
lightning; the atreet qar service was
stopped and a great deal of incon
venience caused.
The flagpole, on top of the four-
story Odd Fellows' Mil, on Barnard
and State streets, was btruck by light
ning.. The large building is tenanted
by a great many peopU, and the blind
ing flash of llghtnlnt and the ter
rific peal of thunder, ccompanled by
tha fatllna- nieces of Dele to tha earth.
almost created a panic among them
for a time. -
At the home of Isadora Gottlieb, on
Bryan and Montgomery streets, light
ning struck the wired, running into
the house and letting It on fire.
In Maggionl'a fish house, lightning
struck the wires, alsd but did no
damage.
The other fire was ltt the extreme
eastern district of the city. It did not
amount to a great deal
80 Mile an Hour for Mall Train.
Chicago. That mall fains frequent
ly are compelled to ran more than
eight miles an hour
make the
tha United
schedules'' demanded
States government, wan brought out
at the Investigation of the recent Chi
cago, Burlington and Qulncy railroad
wreck at Western Springs, in which
thirteen live were losl. The Illinois
railroad and warehouse) commission is
making the' investigation. Robert
Rice, superintendent or the railroad,
told of having ridden more than 80
miles an hour on 'mat train.
Preacher Shot Dead.
Huntington, Tenn.iRev. W. O.
Freeman, Primitive Baptist minister
and storekeeper of the- village of
Mlxle, was found detd In his store
house, as the result of a bullet wound
In his head. Whethtr the minister
was assassinated or shot himself was
not etermlned. A small caliber rifle
was found near the tody. One the
ory advanced, howevef, is that possi
bly the rifle waa thrown near the body
of the minister as a rise by those re
sponsible for his deatt Several per
sons art under surv-l'lanca.
WILLIAM R. HEARST
Prominent politician and tdttor.
JUDGE HMD RESIGNS
ACCUSED JUDGE RESIGNS TO
STOP IMPEACHMENT PRO
CEEDINGS.'" Hanford Was the First Fsderal Judge
Named for the State of
Washington.
Seattle. Wash. United States Dis
trict Judge C. H. Hanford, the first
Federal judge appointed when Wash
ington was admitted to statehood
twenty-three years ago, sent his res
ignation to President Taft while the
last witnesses were waiting to testi
fy before the house judiciary subcom
mittee which has been hearing evi
dence relative to charge of miscon
duct filed against Judge Hanford.
The proposal that the judge resign
and the hearing be discontinued was
submitted by Judge Hanford's attor
neys and accepted. Judge Hanford
sent hi resignation by telegraph to
President Taft At the same time
Chairman Graham of the sub-comnet-tee
sent a telegram to Chairman
Clayton of the house judiciary com
mittee, telling htm of the change In
the situation and reoommending the
hearings be discontinued.
Judge Hanford' statement to the
public follows:
'The almost constant strain under
which I have worked for more than
twenty-two years has taxed but not
exhausted my power of endurance. I
am not likely to have a vacation of
rest, but a change of occupation will
be a welcome relief. I Intend to prac
tice law in Seattle.
'In the Investigation which ha
been conducted by a sub-committee
of the house of representatives, much
testimony has been given by witness
es who know me and by others who
do not I am grateful for the com
mendation of those who have spoken
and written In my favor and as for
those who have maligned me, I only
wish to say that I would be ashamed
of myself if I had not incurred the
enmity of such people as they are.
"A judge is never so sure of being
right as when his work has been crit
icized unfairly. Without boasting, In
view of all that has been and may be
said of and concerning myself and
my work, I am glad that my record
Is what it Is."
BLOW AIMED AT "JUG" TRADE
Advocates of Prohibition Win Victory
at Washington.
Washington. Legislation which
will make effective the anti-liquor
laws of prohibition states which will
divorce the express office, from the
liquor business; strike a stunning
blow at the "bootleggers" and the
"blind tigers," and make dry states
dry in fact was ordered favorably re
ported by the judiciary committee of
the senate. ;
This was a decided victory for the
temperance folks who have for sev
eral year valiantly sought to over
come the barrier raised by the Su
preme court of the United States In
Its decision on the Wilson law. Liquor
Intended for an individual's personal
consumption Is not affected by this
bill; but liquor .designed to supply
blind tigers will be outlawed If the
state can prove the Illegal-character
of the shipment under the state
law.
Mother KIM Five Babies.
Charlottetown, P. E. .1. Mrs. Me-
Gee, wife of a farmer near George
town, who has been found guilty of
the murder of her five children, has
made the following confession: "I,
XftnnlA Mnftaa. eonfeaa tn having ad.
ministered the ends of matches con
taining surphur and phosphorus to my
children in April last I gave it to
them In sugar and water. I was feel
ing had at the time I did It" This
statement was filed in the court and
It 1 expected to have an Influence
tn shaping the fate of the woman.
- Man Beaten to Death.
Birmingham, Ala. Camp Pettus,
where the annual army and National
Guard maneuvers are being held, fur
nlshcd excitement when George Stone
(aged 50), a resident of Annlston,
Als was hurried to the field hospi
tal .for treatment after having been
beaten up and shot The man soon
died. Stone was at home alone dur
ing the night and a friend named
Johnston called. The friends say
three men attacked Stom and inflict
ed the fatal wounds, and because of
the number he could not say anything
SHALL iOSERS USE
6. 0. P. INSIGNIA?
THE KANSAS COURT RULE8 NAM!
"REPUBLICAN PARTY" MAY BB
ON T. R. TICKET.
IS TO BE A LEGAL BATTLE
There Is Interest Over the Report That
Taft'a Friend Will Carry Case Be
fore the Supreme Court Justice For
a Settlement '
Washington. Reports from Topeka
that supporters of Mr. Taft in Kansas,
among them David W. Mulvane,yplan
to have the Supreme Court of the
United States review the decision of
the Supreme Court of Kanaaa in tha
presidential primary case, hav arous
ed interest of Republican political
leaders here of all factions.
Friends of Colonel Roosevelt par
ticularly Senator Brlstow of Kansas,
are Watching for devalonmanta In tha
case and keeping a keen lookout for
tne arrival of legal representatives of
the Taft champions in Kansas, who
may be coming to seek an order
directing that the case be reviewed.
The Supreme Court of Kansas de
cided that it would not enloln count
clerks from printing on the primary
ballots of August ( under tha name
of "Republican party" the names of
men who had declared they would
vote for Roosevelt
Any member of the court has tha
power to issue an order requiring the
Kansas Supreme Court to send the
case np for review. Loelcaliv
the application' would be made
cany the application would be made
to Justice Van Devanter. hut he la
spending his vacation In the moun
tains or New Hampshire. . Applica
tion might also be made to Justice
Day, now at Mackinaw.
While a justice might feel hlmaalf
empowered to Issue an order tor the
review, members of tha court ltei
have hesitated to take that responsl-
Dinty, where momentous questions de
licately balanced were involvad. rhlof
Justice White referred the application
to the entire court when an applica
tion for similar relief waa mada in
the "beef trust" case last winter.
Such action would be equivalent to a
denial of the application In this m
It is pointed out as the primary would
oe over Derore the court could act la
October, its next date of meeting.
Aldermen Ask For Re-election.
Detroit Mich. The nlna nMon.
men under arrest on tha charm nr an.
ceptlng money for their votes in a
street closing case will go before their
constituents for re-election acnrrtino-
to the list of primary candidates
when It waa completed and time had
expired for filling petitions. Alderman
Glinnan and Alderman Rosenthal, both
out on $5,000 ball filed their petitions.
The effect of the alleged graft dis
closures on the filing of primary pe
titions was evident when shortly af
ter the arrests were made a rush to
the city clerk's office of previously
unheralded aldermanic candidates de
veloped. Determined to Lift Police Lid.
New York. Unless Mayor Gaynor
calls a special meeting of the board
of aldermen to vote upon ordering an
investigation of the Rosenthal murder
a writ of mandamus compelling him to
do so will be served upon him. Such
is the announcement made by Alder
man Henry Curran, chairman of the
finance committee of the board, who
with sixteen other aldermen, petition
ed the mayor to call a meeting.
Claud Allen Guilty of Murder.
Whtheville, Va.--Claud Allen, on
of the Hlllsvllle outlaws, was convict
ed of murder in the first degree for
the killing of Commonwealth' Attor
ney William 'M. Foster. At a former
trial he was found guilty of murder
in the second degree for the killing
of Judge Thorton L. Massle. He is the
second one of the Allen clan to be con
victed of first degree murder, his fath
er, Ftoyd Allen, being the other.
Are in Open Rebellion.
Juarex, Mex. Thirteen states In
Mexico, according to lnsurecto statis
tics given out are in open rebellion.
"Thirty thousand men." declared Ron.
oral Oroico," are fighting for reform.
uoeny ana justice in the states of
Chihuahua, Durango. Vera 'Out- sina.
loa, Morelos, Guerrero Oaxaca, Mich
ocan, Tabasca and Tlaxcala. "Thee
figures are conservative" said the
rebel leader, " and do not Include In.
responsible, and unauthorized band
In other states calling themselves
rebels.- ..., ; ;';
Clar Perkin Held for Larceny.
New York. Clare M. Perktna fnn.
mer housekeeper of Nlchoi 3 nr.
Namara, a San Francisco banker, waa
held here without hail to await extra
ditions as a fugitive from justice. It
Is said the banker accuses Mrs. Per
kins of helping to steal the automo
bile in which Mrs. McNamara, her
two children, the housekeeper, a
chauffeur and a valet made a trip
across the continent Frederick H.
Patterson, the chauffeur, and Patrick
Walsh, the valet also were arraigned
on charges of grand larceny.
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Short Paragraph of Stat Nw That
Hav Bssn Gotten Together With
Car By the Editor.
Wilson. A large tobacco barn on
the plantation of Dr. C. A. Thomp
son and W. 8; Harris, near Wilson,
was burned to the ground. ,
Salisbury. A large Ice truck took
fir while being cranked up for a run
and was almost demolished. The
cause of the fire is unknown. The
Are company responded to the alarm
and the fire was soon extinguished.
The damage to the big truck it 1
aid will reach more than $1,000. .
Greensboro. Fire completely de
stroyod the plant of the Guilford Mfg.
Co. at Tryon, together with a large
portion of the lumber yards includ
ing thousands of feet of rough lumber
and a great deal of finished lumber
ready for shipment The loss is
roughly given at between $25,000 and
$60,000. ,
Dunn. A call ha been Issued by
G. K. Grantham, chairman of the
executive committee of the fourteenth
senatorial district composed of Har
nett Sampson, Lee and ' Johnston,
calling the convention to meet In
Dunn August 20. These four coun
ties are entitled to two senators. So
far there are four name mentioned
for the place.
Henderson ville. Dr. L. H. Snider,
of Terre Haute, Ind., one of the best
known horsemen In the country, ha
arrived to make plans for the horse
Show to be given in Hendersonvllla .
sometime next month. He has con
sented to act as secretary of the
horse show and Is working tn con
junction with K. G. Whistler, a horse
fancier of Columbia, S. C.
Gastonia. Gastonla 1 to have a
new passenger station, which will be
modern and . up-to-date In every re
spect and work will begin on the
structure within the next five weeks.
This announcement was made follow
ing a conference held here between
a committee of Gastonla citizens
and H. W. Miller, assistant to the
president of the Southern railway.
Rldgecrest. In the series of confer
ences scheduled for the fourth annual
session of the Rldgecrest (formerly
Bluemont) Assembly, the first , was
that on education, which came to a
close several day ago. Under the
general direction of President W.' L,
Poteat of Wake Forest College, it
opened hopefully on Sunday, July 14,
with the conference sermon by Rev.
J. E. Hicks, D. D., of Danville, Va.
Winston-Salem. Returns from the
three city wards show that all sli
items in $400,000 bond Issue for pub
lic improvements carried as follows:
Streets, $100,000; hospitals, $90,000;
sewer, $85,000; schools, $60,000; wa
ter improvement, $50,000; parks,
$16,000. These bonds were voted
once before, but the supreme court
decided that they were not valid, be
cause they were voted for on one bal
lot , --:,.' VV;. .,.-.' I
Greensboro. At an election' held
here for a one hundred and thirty
thousand dollar bond Issue for street
Improvement , sewerage extension,
market and opera house improve
ment the proposition carried by a
safe majority on each of the four Is
sues. Out of a total new registration
of nine hundred and seventy, the af
firmative vote for street was 697;
sewerage, 696; market, 650; opera
house, 653. Negative 42. ':'
Norwood. There Is every prospect
that this town Is about to enjoy a
prosperity never before known in it
history, and the business men, farm-
ers and property owner are optimis
tic to the extreme. With two rail
roads, the Southern and Southbound,
another is shortly to enter Norwood.
The new railroad, the Raleigh, Char
lotte and Southern, will penetrate
some of the finest undeveloped coun
try in North Carolina. .,
Southern Pines. A corp of survey
ors making a preliminary survey for
the proposed new connection of the
Atlantio Coast Line between here and
FayettevWe arrived here. It is the
expectation that they will start at
once on the return survey, which will
be the location of the road for the
construction forces. Those who seqm
to know, say the survey is for the,
purpose of Immediate (. construction,
and that the line is to be continued
from here to Charlotte.
Wilmington. Capt Bertram Ad
kins, of Southport, who was badly
burned as the result of a gasoline ex
plosion on the. pilot boat Frances Elis
abeth, died at his home. He waa 22
year of age and unmarried. He 1
survived by hjs parents and one sis
ter and one brother of Southport.
Troy. A rumor Is on foot that the
train schedule of the Raleigh, Char
lotte ft Southern will be changed in
a week or two and that Sunday train '
will be put in operation. A petition
has been circulated and signed by a
number of the citizens of Troy ask
ing for the Sunday schedule.
Troy. With the county Democratic
primaries less than a month away, '
there has notv been a single person
announced for any office In this coun
ty. Less interest is being taken her
politically than in any previous year :
tbat-can be recalled to memory.
Hendersonvllle. Citizens In the
Balfour community, three miles from
Hendersonvllle, are preparing for a
big educational rally. Among V 9
speakers from HendersonvlUa "! 1 1
Rev. A. L. Stanford and Tv. " ". "
Cawthon. Basket dinner !'! 1 i
d and a large attend i j .'
sd.