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jtninininiiim Miiiu t macison ccurmr txccajv i i 1 1 1 i H 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' ' 66s Medium :: J Through which jrov reach (he people of M&dison County. ! ! ; ; Aovenlslng Rates on Application ' a......... .......... i THEKCa ES.OAD NEWS, tatablbhod May 16. 1907., t Consolidated, i : Not. 2nd, 1311 I hi i in i m 1 1 ii 111 ii i nl: VOL. XIV ' Marshall, Madison couNTy, n. c Friday, august 23, 1912. V ,.-,v,., 5,,.,. fc ,w, .... .z . ' v err-- t w c a ) ir,wr7T7 ' 1 . , I . , , , i i ri l l-l f I I I I I' l'TTT 'V " r THE ONLY NEWSPAPER IN MADISON COUNTY. " " 1 1 1 ' ' ; NO. 24. 1 jr e 1 in ni ininTi iin i iffpt Madleo Oountyw . Established by the Legislature) Res ilon lUO-'U. PopuUrtJoB.tO.lII. ''" County Stit, Marshall 1UI feet BOVe im level" 1 Now and modern Court Houio, coat 131,000.00. . '. Now aad modern Jail, coit tl5.000.00 Now and modern County Homo, cost 110,000.00. . Officers, Hon. Jaa, I Hyatt, Senator;" 83 DUtrlct, BuraaTlHo, N. C. ' Hon. J. C Ramaey, Rapreaentatlra MarabalLiN. C. ' W. H. Henderson, Clebk Suserloi Court, Mannall, N. C. ' ' W. U. Buekner'Snerlg, MaribaU, N.tt : ' -' ' ' - Jamea Smart, Roglitar o( Cweda, UarabaU. N. C. C. T. Runnton, Traaaurar, MarabaU, N. C. R. r. a No. S. R. L. Tweed. Surrayof; White Rock, N. C. Dr. J. H. Balrd, Coroner, Mara HtU. n. a, Mrs. Kllxa Hendaraoa, Jailor, afar ibaU. N. C. - . John Honeyoutt, Janitor, MarahaU. -. ': Dr. C N. Sprinkle, County Pbytlclaa, MarabaU. N. C. . Jamea Haynle. Supt County Home, MarabalL N. C. Home located about two mllea aouth Ud take refuge In Montegro. DIE IN MASSACRE WHOLE8ALE MURDER BY1 AR. NAUT AND TURKISH TROOPS V IN ALBANIA REPORTED, ' GIRLS ARE TAKEN CAPTIVE Large Number of Christians and Their Familiee Have Fled From j'-', .Tarrltory. ' . . ' Cettlnje, Montenegro. Terrible re ports wer gaining circulation In the capital of another massacre of Chris tians iby Mohammedans In Albania. A band of Mohammedan : arnauta, supported by Turkish troops, attack ed a section of tbo Christian popu lation In the Berana district of Alba nia, which la close to the Montene grin frontier.-, A fierce Qgbt ensued, , and women and ' children are reported - to have ieen murdered by" wholesale. Many girls were made captive and carried off by the Mohammedans. A large number of Christians and their famines have fled the territory HEARING ABOUT THEIR NOMINATION west of MarabalL . . Courta. 1 Criminal and Clrll, First Monday be for First Monday In March, Com mencing Feb. 18th, 1911. CItU 11th, Monday after First Mon day In March, ' commencea May 20, 1911 . . ' Criminal and Civil. First Monday , after First Monday la Sept Com mences Sept 9th. 1912. . CItU. 6th Monday after First Mon ' day 1b September. Commencea Octo- ser 14. 1912. . ' BOARDS. - vt County Commissioners. ' ' - W. C. Sprinkle, Chairman, Marshall, 7 H. C. C. F. Caasada, Member, Marshall, N. C, R. F. D. No. 1. Reubta A. Tweed, Member, Big :'" Laurel, N. C. .' . ,' C. a Mashburnj Atty, Marshall. N. a ' -V'. Board meets first Monday In every . month. 1 ," . ' .-Read Commlsalonera. '- A. K. Bryan, Chairman, Marshall. N. C.R.F. D. 2. ... . ' X L Ramsey,. Secretary, Mara Hill, N.O.R.F.D. 2. ' Sam Cos, Member; Mars H11L N. C R. F. D. No. 2. ( G. W. WUd, Big Pine, N. C. Dudley Chlpley, . Road Engineer, MarshalL N. C, v George M. Prltchard, Atty., Marshall, N. C. - , Board meets first Monday in Janu ary, April, July and October each year. Board of Education. Jasper Ebbs, Chairman, Spring Creek, N. a ";!'; ' Thos. J. Murray, Member, Marshall, N. C, R. F. D. No. 8. v ' V7. R. Sams, Marshall N. C, R. F. P.NO.L Prof. M. C. Buckner, Supt of Bohoola, Mara Hill N. C R. F, D. No. 1 . .. '''.; Board Meets first Monday In Janu ary, April, July and October each year. Colleges and High Schools. Mara Hill College', Prof. R! L. Moore, President Mara HU1, N. C. Fall Term ; begins August 17, 1911. Spring Term begins January 2, 1918. " ' Spring Creek High . School Prof, a C Brown, Principal Spring Creek, N. 'ft 8l Mo. School opened August 1, 191t ; :,,:v-t : Madison Seminary - Hlah School Prof J. M. Weatherly, Principal Mar. shall N. c; R. F. D No7 lT" 7 Mo School began October 2, 1911. ' v Bell Inatltvte. Miss Margaret - B. Griffith, Principal Walnut N. C 8 Mo. Sohool began September 9, 1911. - Marshall Academy, Prof.' R. O. Anders; Principal, 'Mars'hall "N. . C t Ma School began Sept 4, 1911. NoUry Publloa., J. C Ramsey, Marshall N. C Term expires Jan. 11, 1912, ; A, J. Roberta, Marshall N. C. R. F. D. No. t, Term expires May SO, 1912. Jasper Ebbs, Spring Creek, N. C. Term explrea August 10, 1911 i C. C. Brown, Bluff, N. 0. vTerm ex pires ijscember 6, 1912. A. Leak, Revere, N. C Term ax . a January 10, 1918. : W. T. Da via. Hot Springs, N., C. Term expires January 10, 1918. , ., J. H. Southworth, SUckhouse, N. 0. Term expires January IB, 1918. v N. W. Anderson. Paint Fork," N.' C. Term expires February 8, 1913. J. H. Hunter, Marshall D. No. 1 ' Term exblrs, J. r. Tllson, Mar'ian,.. no. a. ' l erm expi b, a f. J. Ebbs, Marah&ir, tree April 21, 1918. . J. W. Nelson. Mar shall "KMK?. ferra explrea April 25, 19J1'. ... Roy I. Gudger, (-Marshall . N. C Term explrea May 3, 1911 ; X ' , - ; Geo. M. 'Prltchard, Marshall; N. G. i Ul ltlWB3 Mam -AOiar ' ' f- J'- . ruSley Chlpley, irarshan, C.". Tfi expiree July 9, 1913. The government baa ordered the minister of war, General Vukotlcs, to proceed to the frontier and to per sonally take charge of the .situation in an. effort to. maintain order. .The'massacre of Christiana at Bera na reported In dispatches from Cet tlnje is the second outbreak of this nature In the Balkana within a fort night and may have an important ef fect upon the already strained rela tions of the Ottoman empire and lta neighbors to the north. -. A massacre of Bulgarians and Mus sulmans lasting several houra came after the explosion of a bomb in the market place of Kotschana, In Euro pean Turkey. The Infuriated . Turks, who suspected Bulgarians of perpe trating, the bomb outrage, In which eleven persons - were -killed, are re, ported to have slain no fewer--than 140 Christians, besides wounding sev eral hundred others.. Feeling which had been Aroused throughout Bulgaria by acute politi cal relations - between ' Bulgaria . and Turkey was intensified by the massa cre, and. the Bulgarian government strongly protested to Turkey. In , re ply . Turkey Informed the Bulgarian minister that a commission had been appointed to Inquire Into the disturb ance, and that the porta profoundly regretted hat ' Innocent Bulgarian lives had been sacrificed. ' The Turk ish government also announced that It was determined to punish the guil ty, and Intended to take active meas ures to prevent a repetition of the massacre.: : .)-.. -. '.; ;" v VOW TO DESTROY SYSTEM OF GRAFT THIS photograph of Governor Wilson, and Governor .Marahall waa taken during the notification ceremonies at Sea Girt, N. j,the summer home of the Democratic presidential candidate, . -v . ... . REBELS SLAUGHTER -MANY OVER 20 PASSENGERS AND 36 ' . SOLDIERS BUTCHERED BY A j. - PAND OF; ZAPATISTAS. FJngera of Men and Women Chopped ; Off to Secure Rings Bodiea of Women Mutilated. NEW DIPLOMATS ARI- NAMED President Sends a Number of Dlplo-. matlo Nominations to Senate. 4., Washington, President Taft sent a number of diplomatic and consular nominations to the senate. ' A major ity are promotions, but there are many bow appointments, all based on examination. ' . . The . new ? appointees are Craig Wadsworth of New York, a former rough rider . and second secretary of embassy at London, which office he resigned lh 1909.-He is named aa sec retary of legation at Teheran, Persia. Ralph B. Strassburger of New York, a naval 'academy graduate, is named aa secretary of legation at Bucharest Harry E. Nolan of Washington state, a Yale graduate and a rancher, -becomes secretary of legation at Pan ama. Falrman R. Furness of Penn sylvania, a Harvard man, goea to St Petersburg aa third secretary of em bassy. .- . Haiiett jonnsoB or New., jersey, a young man' of New York City and a Columbla'graduate, Is made third sec retary of embassy at London in place of Sheldon L. Crosby, also of New York,' who becomea first secretary at Bangkok, Slam. ' i Henry F. Tennant of New York, a young lawyer with former diplomatic experience In the Lisbon legation, en ters .the service aa third secretary of embassy In the ' City of -Mexico. - . Mexico City. Thirty -six soldiers and ' more than twenty passengers were slaughtered ..by Zapatistas in a canyon, one kilometer north of Tlcu- man, 110 miles southeast of Mexico City, when a passenger train, south bound frem-this city, was attacked from ambush. ' The . first story of the- assault was sent to Mexico City by Conductor Marin and Collector Dominguez, who, although wounded, had managed to make their way to Yautepec, 12 miles away. . They were forced to steal through the Zapatista lines. ' After the firing ceased the rebels swarmed dowa the hillside and set fire to the three cars composing the train.; A few of the wounded had crawled out onto the right-of-way, thus escaping the fate of those unable to leave the cars. They were burned. According to reports received, the leader of the rebels made absolutely fio effort to restrain his men from acts of brutal lty greater than any -that . has yet marked the campaign in - the south. The wounded, pleading for their lives, were struck down without pity, and even looting waa held in abeyance un til the slaughter was complete. SEVEN DIE IN DEATH CHAIR Largest Batch of Murderers to Die In . . 8lngle Day. Ossinlng, N. Y. Seven . murderers were electrocuted in Sine Sins orison. this is the largest number ' of crimi nals to suffer the death penalty , by electricity on any one day since the eleotria chair was adopted aa a meth od of capital punishment The six Italians and one negro executed went 'to their deaths quietly. The war den's work was accomplished within an hour and sixteen minutes. All the prisoners, with the excep tion of Collins, walked into the death chamber protesting their. Innocence Collins came In smilingly and aeenv Ingly happy. -- FARCELS POST WINS WAY BOTH HOUSE AND SENATE HAVE 8TAMPED THE ' SYSTEM" WITH APPROVAL. Farcers Post, ra XofiicaT Etensiort Of .the Rural Delivery Most Popular ' Measure In Many Yeara. Washington. Universal ' parcels post system In the United States is assured by the action of the senate In formally ratifying Its action :, in adopting the Bourne plan, based on a zone system which provides for .a max imum charge of $1.32 for transporting an eleven-pound package over eigh teen hundred miles. This ends a long fight extending over many yeara in which the ex press companies of the United States have exerted their Utmost elort to prevent the adoption of a parcels post ' Senator Smith was successful, how ever, in securing the adoption of an amendment which raises the rate on magazines published less frequently than -once a week when sent in mall cars from 1 cent to 2 cents a pound. Such magazines are permitted to be shipped by fast freight whenever deemed practicable by the' postmas ter general at the option of the pub lisher at the reduced rate of 1 cent which is the existing rate On all second class mail matter. This amendment re-enacts what Is technl vally known as "blue tag" provision. It has caused extensive discussion and investigation by the department GREAT MEETING OF NEW YORK CITIZENS IS HELD IN COOPER UNION. NAME VIGILANCE COMMITTEE Speakers Declare That Civilization la Challenged by the Developments That Have Come to Light New , York. The resolute determi nation of the citizens of New York to rlr their police force of its system of graft and blackmail was given forci ble expression at a mass meeting at Cooper Union, when they appointed a vigilance committee of prominent men and women to see that public of ficers now engaged in exposing '"the treasonable ' alliance of the police with organized crime" do their full duty. The mass meeting, which typified the public indignation aroused by the revelations of police corruption grow ing out of the murder of Herman Ro senthal, was attended by a crowd that overflowed the hall. There were 4.009 persons In the auditorium with hundreds standing up, while blocking the streets outside were thousands more who clamored for admittance. It was one of the largest . "town meetings" held in the city In years. and there waa no mistaking the earn estness which pervaded the gathering It voiced lta approval.-of thd.de-. nunciation of the m, ollce 'system" which . prominent '' speakers-, pn the- program .employed when apeaklng of existing conditions. The resolution appointing the vigi lance committee, which waa given the power to Increase its number to thirty and to solicit funds and to en gage counsel called "upon the police department to put forth additional ef forts looking to the arrest of all those implicated in the iRoeanthal murder; upon the district attorney to bend every energy of his office, aa has been doing, to the, apprehension and conviction of those guilty of this crime upon the aldermanic 'investl gatfng committee loPmake a thorough non-partisan and unsparing examina tion into existing conditions and into causes which give rise to systems of blackmail and graft and to propose remedies by which these causes may be removed, and upon the citizens and officials having information on these conditions to lay It before the district attorney or the aldermanic commit-. tee in the, full confidence that they will' be protected against terrorism and oppression of every sort." On the platform from which Abra ham Lincoln delivered an address at tile opening of Cooper Union In 1860 sat representative men and women in all walks of life. NEWS OF NORTH CAROLINA j Short Paragraphs of State News Thst Have Bene Gotten Together With Care by The Editor. - - Immense Grain Crop. ''- Huron, S. D. How to transport the Immense small grain, crop now being gathered in South Dakota Is the prob- trying to'solve. Fifty nfinion- tftishr ,i.t. w.V.! iiV 'mm .Mm a Bear Bothering Taft'a 8on. Benton, . MontWhat to do with the cub bear -"presented to Robert Taffc son of the president, by a Black- irvmir ui miivv. f iiltt uiiukiu uiinif i r . - - i . w;-. a -..l .... t. i -. - . l v- C.W. .hW.V muiinnli f v. auonaVa, aa w.Yea, ,. i was. made pbsslBje'ohTy hjOhe BeRci Apm Mia ;. wtr Uiiuv? ?"It.tH Mr'or twenty, bucMi KCb Th-on.' oPrye and at. itWWfAl! ,tn ffiS' V'. prtL.3, ubi ,. v. -.i Jtiii .t. v.. iwu . uu'uBPiwea nouncement vf'Democratio auccesa C. 'imnZTsCX:? hered. the created a- wild acenein-the house. . -r . .. . " " 7 T l cub ta. a tree. s inea sne retreated Eefora. these- crops are .half out oi the way will come the potato and corn crops bpth of gigantic propor tions. ' '. C CUD lO. a iree. 4 dp the mountaln.side. Guides sUrted In pursuit, but young Taft shouted:. "It s probably -her oub and there Is no room in ' the white house for a bear." ; . ' ' . v. . -CHo'nor SqUad" Makes Escape. ' .Lima,, Ohio. Thirteen Ohio peni- O. Connor, Mars Kill N. C TernVj HI property Is near Absalo, Guana- t ;!rjs November 27, 1913, POST. Cw- W. Gahagaa Post, No. 28 .o. a. r. - .. K I ", Commas a sr. J. II. I t, A Cotawt J? ( ; - . C V "- f !' If" y ! ; Rebels, ;Raid tynavl'a'-'tiUMich. ' ( Bat' LuS rotosl v' Mexfco.--Rebels. raided a . hacienda belonging to Frank tentlary ' prisoners of the "honor squad,'' now - here, escaped from the prison camp created a reign of ter ror before ten of them were captured. After escaping from tha prison camp the men broke into saloons and seized liquor, which they" drank until wild ly intoxicated. ' They fouhgt among : Tselves and with citizens, who cot reertrnize them as convicts. f i r ;rcj were nearly all ; (T t' f cTcta of t: Jato, According to the reports that were brought to Mr. Dickinson, the raiders outfitted thensgelvea with horses and aaddles from his ranch, took what money they could End and destroyed the books. -A nuuibor- c f eployeps on the property -e I t n and the mansr"r 1 to 1:; . f i -9v:.-:'9 1 rt- ;-' .1 to r. I EXPLOSION KILLS 19 MINERS Fifty-Eight Men Escape From the Ala- ; , bama Mine. :,v, Abernant, , Ala. Nineteen negro miners were instantly killed by an explosion at the Abernant Coal com pany's ' mine. Sevteen .. bodies have ben taken out Forty white men and eighteen ne groes who were in the mine when the explosion , occurred got out alive. The exploBloa was in entry No. 15, twelve hundred feet from the surface. The men who escaped were farther down in the mine, and were able to get past the afterdamp fumes. . - State Mine Inspector Nesbitt has reached the scene, but was .unable to give the exact cause of the explosion, ; " Wool Bill Passed. - . Washlngton.-By the narrow mar gin of five vqtes the bouse passed, the wool' tariff . revision "bill over Presl- rent Taf t'a veto, The, vote, .lfiHolSl and, amid great confusion, the Re publican leaders protested that Speak er Clark must -.count as .voting. Xjrs members who, answered "present", to their namea. " ; i ,V., - . ',- In Graft' New York. Records showlns? that within the last eight months Police Lieutenant Charles Becker, charged with the murder of Herman Rosen thal and accused of gambling graft baa made bank depoBlta of 258,845 In his own name or that of his wife, were placed IB the hands of the pub llo prosecutor. These deposits, the records show, were first made In No vember, 1911, shortly after Becker became head of the "strong in U. S. MARINES UNDER FIRE Rebela Continue to Bombard the Cap ital of Nicaragua. Managua, Nicaragua. The bom bardment of the Nicaraguan capital by the revolutionary forces under the command of General Mena and Zele don continues. Some of the shells from the rebel guns struck Inside the city in the vicinity of the United States legation and the president's residence.-; . ' The detachment of bluejackets and marlnea stationed in the city has dis played great gallantry under fire. They are commanded by Lieutenant CampbelL ,' Several attempts by the rebela to capture ' the city have been repulsed by the government troops. , 1 The government - is endeavoring . to recapture Granada, , Colquitt Nominated 'tit Texas. San Antonio, Texas. -A thjrty-mibjt ute demonstration for .United States Senator Joseph Weldon Bailey was the feature. of the final session of the state Democratic convention. The demonstration arose "over the adop tion of a resolution commending Bal ley ior his course in congresa. Gov, O. B. Colquitt waa renominated and his platform adopted. Prominent In the platform is a declaration for clos ing tha.sAkons at "930 o'clock e very week day nighty !"; 13,000,000 Baby 'la Born, 5NeW' York. Mrs. Madeline', '-Force Atsor, survivor of .-tb.e TUante. flisaa- Raleigh. Only two? North Carolina towns reported sales of leaf tobacco during July. These were Fairmont and Falrbluff. The sales at Fairmont were 875,319 first hand and for Fair- bluff 468,686 first hand. Washington. Senator Simmons made a speech In behalf of an In creased compensation for the rural letter carriers of the country. He was assisted in bis fight by Senator Bris- tow of Kansas. Laurtnburg. Representative Page and Chairman Webb of Ashevllle will speak at the Craig campaign meeting here Friday, AugUBt 23, when Mr. Craig formally opena his campaign for governor. Salisbury. Belated Information reached Salisbury of the accidental death of Frank Sloop, a well known young farmer in western Rowan coun ty several days ago. He waa haul ing wood' on a wagon, when the wood slipped and he fell under the wheels, He waa 'killed almost Instantly. Waxhaw, The farmers' institute waa well attended here. Three speak ers from the state department of agri culture spoke In the morning and afternoon Professor Parker and New man and Dr. Roberts. The latter spoke on live stock, treatment of dis eases, etc. Hendersonvllle. Another Interest ing chapter was written in the. Myrtle Hawkins case when the case, -of Miss Estelle Grant vs. The Observer Com pany of Charlotte, was finally dis posed of. The court records bear out the simple statement that "the plain' tiff takes a retraxit", with the further understanding? she, is to pay tbo cosis or xne suit.-i '"Ot&'ftft.pfc Hign point Breaking both arms, but still living, W. B. Bordeaux fell .from the second story ' of the new Peacock-Sherrod building on which aa a contractor he was working. He was taken immediately to the hoBpttal where Drs. Duncan and Burrus did all was possible for him, and there la slight hope of his recovery at the last account. Hendersonvllle. Registrar of Deeds 8. M. King, of Henderson county, who has been working OB the tax lists for some time announces that there is an Increase in taxable property of 352,000 over that of last year. While the lists haVe not been completed in de tail indications are that there are signs of healthy growth in each town ship of the county. Asheboro. Much damage is being done to the crops of the county on ac count of the dry weather. Some sec tions of the county have had scarcely enough rain since harvest, time to lay the dust. The corn crop is suffering very much, especially the early com and unless there is rain in a few days the late corn crop will also be cut short. , r , . Wilson. A warrant has been sworn out against Joe Meacomb, of Old Field's township, Wilson county, charging him with attempting to poison the well of Millard Roscoe Boykln. The case came up for a hear ing before 'Squire W. R. Wood and on probable; cause Meacomb was bound over in a hundred dollar bond to the September term of Wilson coun ty superior court.' ' ' , Durham Mr. James Green, a brake man on the Southern yard here, was painfully injured here by getting his foot caught in a frog otfthe road. His ankle was badly sprained and it waa thought that , possibly one of the-legs was -broken.'1' It was reported that Mr. Green had beea run o'ver by the shift er, but this .is a mistake, and it is HOLDsSfiETS : ' ' m -L . 1 WHITMAN BELIEVES HIS ' DENCE WILL ' DO MUCH ' CLEARING UP CASE. EVI-IN HAYES WILL ALSO TELL ALL. Mayor Gaynor la Willing to Substa. tlata Hla Charges of Protection to News Dealers Will Also Invests gate Other Graft Charges. New York. Interest in the Rosen thal case la centered in the projected interview between District Attorney - Whitman and Sam Schepps, the man ., believed to bold In hla keeping impor- ' tant, aecrets connected with -the mur der and the surrounding graft which will do much toward clearing up tha oase. . One other important development iat - forecasted. It is stated that Capt Cornelius G. Hayes, the demoted po-v Hoe Inspector who la under charges of failure to enforce the law in re spect to certain establishments In hia district will be invited to call upon the district attorney and talk over tbo situation. Captain Hayea haa stated that he acted under orders from su- perlor officers. One of the charges pending against the former lnspeotor is that he falsely stated that Conimia- sioner Waldo directed him not to ob tain evidence' against these places ex cept by order of the commissioner. That Captain Hayes, if he aeea fit. can put the district attorney in touch with Invaluable facts connected with the police situation Is generally, be lieved. It is also understood that Hayes, disregarding Immediate per- ' sonal consequences, is prepared -to - give all the information at his' dle-V posal. . , . ., - It was stated that Mayor Gaynor who' haa charged that $1,000,060 graft an nually has been collected tor protec tion to- newsdealers, is prepared to subatdtiate his declaration that aider- manic. Influences were responsible for this alleged grafting at, the coming in- .. vestlgation into graft matters. " It is said the mayor has' secured in- ' numerable affdavita. which bear him - out' in his statements. The proposal of certain aldermen to call a special meeting of the board and order an in- '' vestlgation of the mayor's charges is understood to be welcomed by tha mayor. , ter. lri which her huahand. .(Jok John. 'Jacpb .'Astir. Moat hist' ' 1 fe,. haig-iven bIrtb?toia 8on::'", Tlreerw trriva Kaa beetr naJmed"1Jorin Jaoqb-. Asfof .'after nis- miner. j.ue vavy. Becomes, at di rect heir to 13,-000,000 of the Astor fortune. -News' of the arrival of the Astor baby, waa made-' khowtj In a bulletin issued br Dp. Edwin n Oral. gin,, the. attending physician, which read: "Mrs. Astor haa a1 son. His nameMa John Jacob, Astor." : 4 v;;. , : .,- ' . ..:'' . -; ' Army Measure 'Paased. , 1 Wasbingtoh. The aenate passed the army appropriation bill carrying $94,000,000, a bin replacing that orig inally passed which waa vetoed by President Taft The new bill did not carry the provision of the original which would have legislated out of official life Gen. Leonard Wood, the chief of staff of the army. An unsuc cessful attempt was made by Sena tor Bacon to amend the appropriations so that not a dollar could be nxpd ta '-nrt the sr-y 'J -st l,.t';i Three Killed by B. A O. Train; Cumberland, Md. Three young women were killed and a fourth was probably fatally injured near Frost- burg, when a Baltimore and Ohio east bound passenger train running over the western Maryland railroad exten- -sion struck the party Just after they' stepped off the westbound track to avoid an approaching freight train. The dead: Mrs. Oscar Schneider. Or lando, Fla., 27 yeara old, who came to Frostburg for "home coming week"; Jennie Schneider, 32 yeara old; Bes--sle Williams, 32 yeara old. The injur- ' ed: ' Edna Raley, .27. years old, head crushed and internal injuries, prob- ably will die; Minnie Schneider, 30 years old, bruised and .suffering from - shock. - - --, : . . Fear For Suh Yat Sn.' " " -v '' banghal Dr. Sun Yat, Sen. ' for mer provisional President of China, dWegardlhg the 1 warning, of friends ' who fear for hia safety alnce the exe- thought that, he has not been Ters..1.cntloS : .o'-WWfl' -JIaBJW;'iwBrtUB, riously injured. - 16ft Shahghal T9rr.PekJtng... Genera), " Klnstohhalrman G. V, Cowper. "uag"n'' comnWded of ,th iTtvVco"vi&MU t UHf" epuDucan. rmy in- the (wuuuvii cuiu wu ui uave accom panied Dr.' Sun, v haa abandoned, tha Journey. ' ' committee, has invltea "Hon. T.!! W; BJckett, state attorney general, to "dpeti 'the' "coming campaign, in.thls 'county with 'an address ;ln this'city, the, latter partt this month or' the first of September.. .. It is the purpose Of Chairman Cowper and Secretary Dawson to have some of the best speakers 6f the party here .''during ; the next ten weeas ana tne campaign in Lenoir is intended tb be' a brilliant one althoukh a close fight is not an ticipated., t tf. , Raleigh.-rLeavister's pharmacy, alt uated at 702 North Person street was broken, lh to-and robbedthe robber or robbers .getting away with about. 812 Worth Of CiearetttoB.: smoklnir tofeixv-n, V.- .t.. . . . . :"v - -1 anq cigars ana jUmau .amount.-sof cash.-' ;, . .... Air;jJWork . lng.'VJusJieo; ranWly on the joSit from A'shMinrVln the;Modtgo!mery covhrty ipie "aid ytiii it is compietea it win do one Of the best roads in the state? "TfiereMa a squad. of hands at both endsvof the road. When completed there', will' be a continuous good road from" Ashj boro to Plnehurst. ' ;" - -"- ,i Forest Gityv-Prof.. W.- Cv' Crosby -of J MecaienDurg ccty, Wha,i8" ejdctdn alv iiecretaYy 'd- (Ga " ta; farmers' union, ffenfered in address' here, to abcsl00 farmers. An executive ses sion of (he union was held when Mr, Crosby again delivered an address. Klnston. The ancient county pris on at Snow Hill is being remodeled. one of a number of Improvements be ing made by the Greene county board of commissioners. Tbe antiquated strutcure Is being made substantial and safe sgalnst the escape of la mates and fireproof and Sanitary $t Hat Inspectors For Uncle Sam. Washington. Just now, Uncle Sam wanta a tew good hat inspectors. They must be men who can take one look at a soldier's hat and tell of what it ia made, the. quality of Its material and a lot-of other things.' Examina tion for the positions, which are in the quartermaster's department of tha army, will be held August 21. v- 1 Heroea of tha Tltanle. Washington. The women of Boliva, South America,' have signified their Intention of contributing in a striking manner to the project being carried Tforward by "womeB of the United States to perpetuate the beqotem of the men who perished in the Titanic disaster. Through American minister Knowlea, these women of .the far away republic, have offered' from the famed Bolivan mines a block of virgin silver, expressing , the -hope that it 'may find ,a place in. the arch which is to be erected. - '. - , , V , ft .Vt.s, l 'I ' in RulesVFbr Equity Practice. " VWashtagtonv With the aid of an .elaborate card Index. , system, ' threa members of the Supreme Court of tb United States are laboring thia sum mer over a new set of rules for equity practice In Federal courts which era expected to almost revolutionize t:.a work of these tribunals. The t' r15 are Chief Juntas V.1 a 1 .f data Justice Lvrtoa f.W ter. They e- , t ti 1 : tv rort t if -t ' '1 f '. nV of f-- '-rrf raiders, aai t v 1 i ; i