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VOL. XIV
, MARSHALL, MADISON COUNTY, N. C, FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1912.
NO. 35.
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Oflloers, i
Hon. Jae. L. Hyatt, Benito?;
Dlstrlot Burnsvllie. N. C .,
Hon. J. C Ramsey, Representative.
MarahaU. N. C.
W. H. Henderson, Clehk Superloi
Court. MarshalL N. C.
W. M. Buoknar, Sheriff, Mars hill.
N. C. f
. Jaaiai Smart Register of Deeds.
,; UurahalL N. C.
0. P. Runnlon, Treasurer, Marshall
N. C R. P. D. No. 1
' R. 1 Tweed, Surveyor, White Rook,
N. C
Dr. J. H. Balrd, Coronar, Mara Hill
N. C
v Mra. EUxa Handaraon, Jailor. Mar-
John Houeyeutt, Janitor, Marahall,
M. C
Br. C H. Sprinkle, County Physician.
Marshall N. C.
- jamas tisynie, bush, bowu; wmi
UarahalL N. C.
Horn looaud about two mllaa south
west of MarshalL
Courts.
Criminal and Civil First Monday be-
tor Tint Monday In March, Com-
manolns Tab. 10th. 1012.
Civil 11th. Monday attar Ftrit Moth
day In March, eommancaa May
ma.
Criminal and Civil, Flrat Monday
after rirat Monday In Sent Com-
manoaa Sent 9th. 1911.
Civil th Monday attar Pint Mon
day In September. , Commaaoaa ucto
bar 14. 1011
BOARDS.
' County Commissioners.
Wf C. Sprinkle. Chairman, Marshall,
it. a.
C, r. Cessada, Member, Marshall,
NCR. P. Dl No. 1.
. Raubln A. Twaad, Member. Big
LauraL N. C.
a B. Mashburn, . Atty, ' Marahall,
N. C. .":.,.
Board meets first Monday In every
. month. . . '
. Road Commissioner,
A?B. Bryan, Chairman, Marshall N,
u, it. ; u. a. i :
' J. A. Ramsey, Secretary. Mara Hill
8am Cos.' Mambar. Mara BUI. N. C
R. r. DNo. I.
a W. Wild. Bis Plna. N. C.
Dudley Chlplay, Road Enclnaar,
UarahalL N. C.
George M. Pritchard, Atty Marshall,
Roard maata flrat Monday In Janu
iary. April July and October each year.
' . - Board of Education.
Jasper Ebbs, Chairman, Spring
; . Creek, N. a
Tbosv J. Murray, Member, Marshall
M f. ft, 9. n. No. 1.
W. Rv &ama, Marshall, N. C R. T.
D. No. 1 V . ..
. Pmf ' U.:. Ci. Buckner. ' Sunt of
Sohoola. Mara H11L N. C R. P. D".
na. a. -i .' .
BnAni Maata flrat XfnnilaT.ln Janu
V ary, April? July and Octooar each year.
Collegee and High sonooia.
Mars HIU College, Prof. RrL: -Moore,
, President Mara H11L N. C. Fall Term
. beglna Aurust. 17.. 1911. . Spring Term
begtna January 1, 1911. v '
Rnrln Draak HIch BchooL Prof
a C Brown. Prlholpal. Spring Creak,
N. C t Mo., School opened August
Prof J. M. Weatherly, Principal, Ma
ahall. N. C, R. 7. D: No. 1; J .Mo-
Sohool began October 1, 1911. .
Ball Institute. Ulaa Marsaret ' E.
Orlfflth, Prlholpal, Walnut, N. C 8 Mo!
Bohool began September ., lau. .
Varahall AiMtdamr Prof. R.' 1s
Andara, Prtnclpal, ar8ha'fl, N. 'a, . j
Mo. Sohool began Sept 4, 1911. . .
. ' Notary Publloa. ."
X. C. Ramsey, Marshall, N. C Term
, expiree Jan. 11, 1911. : J : '
A. J. Roberta, Marahall, N. C. R. P
D. No. 8, Term aspires May SO, 1912.
Jaaper Bbba, Spring Creak, N.' C.
Term aznlraa Anauat 10 1911. , :
C. C. Brown, Bluff, N. C Term 5 at.
. plraa December 6, 1911. ': 'e
S. A.. Leak, Revere, N. O. Term ei-
plraa January 10, Mil ; v
W. T. Da Wa,' ' lot Sprlnga. N. ' VC.
Tenaexplre9 January 10, 1911. ' r
J. H. Bouthworth, SUekhouaa, N. O.
. Term explrea-Jantsary a8,-i9Jl.;'"
, ,K W. Anderson, Paint-Fork, N. C
Tana expiree February 6, 1911.. '
J. R Hunter, Marshall, N. C, R. T.
D. No. 1 Term expires April 1, 191
J. P. Tllaon, Marahall, N. C, R. p. D.
aw v.sas va af4 la , A Vfl,
" C J. Ebbs. MarahalL N. C. Term
expiree April 11. 1913.
J. W, Nalaon. Marshall, N. 0. Term
axptroa April 25, J913. : .
Roy 1 Oudger, Marahall, N. C.
Term expiree May 1 1911.
Geo. M. Pritchard, Marshall. N. C.
Term expires May 26, 1918.
, Dudley Chlpley, Marahall, N. C.;
Trm expires July 29, 1911. . ,
' yf. 6". Connor, Mara HllL N. C. Term
explras November 27, 1911'' '
post. ;
Corge W. Gahagaa Coat, No. U
O. A. R. '
1 8. H. Deris. Commander.
J. H. rallard, AdJuUnt
Vmt t the Court House gatsrday
t ra tu anoond Ban f In
istUA.li'
STANDARD 0ILMAI1
TESTIFIES EN SENATE
ARCHBOLD BRANDS ROOSEVELT
AS BEING. IN8PIRED BY SPIRIT
OF PERSONAL' REVENGE.
ROOSEVELT MAKES ANSWER
Ex-President Polnta Out That Accuse
tlona Against Htm Are on Hear,
aay Evidence. .
Washington. John D. Archbold, dl
rectlng head of the Standard Oil com'
pany, testifying under1 oath before a
aenate committee, aatd that the re
fusal ot the company to contribute
1150,000 to the Republican national
campaign committee In 1904, . after
they had given $125,000, brought down
upon their heads the wrath of Theo
dore Roosevelt and their subsequent
mlafortunes.
When Cornelius N. Bliss called at
2$ Broadway later In the 1904 cam
palgn to urge a second contribution,
he waa told the dlrectora stood pat,
on their contribution of 9125,000. He
said then It was an unwise thing to
do. . Within a year he1 was In position
to aay. '1 told you so," had he been
Inclined. Inatead, however, he regret
fully admitted to Mr. Archbold that
he had no Influence whatever with
Mr. Roosevelt and agreed that the
prosecutions were unjust From that
day Standard Oil had. been put in the
column of bad trusts and separated
from the steel corporation and other
good trusts.
He gave Senator Penrose a clean
bill of health and Corroborated in
every particular statements made by
the senator in his speech.
Oyster Bay, N. T. Colonel Roose
velt sat on the porch at Sagamore
Hill for an hour and a half and dl&
tated a statement In reply to the tes
timony of John D. Archbold before
the aenate Investigating committee.
He reiterated hla declaration that
he knew nothing of a contribution by
Mr. Archbold or the Standard Oil
company to the Republican campaign
of 1904; declared that he did not "for
one moment believe that Mr. Arch'
hold's testimony Is truthful;" charge
ed Mr. Archbold with a "wicked as
sault on a dead man;" added that dur
ing many calls which Mr. Archbold
made upon him while he was presi
dent to urea him not to prosecute the
Standard -OTPeotnpany, Mr. Archbold
never referred to any. contribution to
his campaign-fund; land concluded
with the suggestion that the senate
committee should make both Mr.
Archbold and Senator Penrose testify
at once concerning their . relations
while Mr. Penrose was a member ot
the industrial commission.
In his last word Colonel Roosevelt
thanked both Messrs.. Archbold and
Penrose for "making It clear beyond
possibility of doubt that I am the man
the Penroses and Archbolds of the
country most dread in public life.
MORE N.Y. GRAFTERS IN NET
Detective Flynn'a Home Broken Into
In Effort to Steal Evidence.
New Tork.-When the grand Jury
which Is probing into graft in the po
lice department revealed by the as
sassinatlon of Gambler Herman Ro
senthal, reassembles, sensational evl
dence is expected to be presented con
cerning the recent financial opera
tions of a police inspector and a high
civilian employee ot the department
This announcement,, was made - at
District Attorney Whitman's office,
where preparations are under way for
resumption of the Inquiry. "
Attaches of the district attbjUey's
of flee are investigating what is be
lieved to have been an attempt to
steal evidence of grafting in the po
lice department by breaking into the
home of William Flynn, chief 'of the
eastern division of the' United States
secret service. .;: : : v
Flynn,. who has beeh allowed to re
sign, temporarily in oraer to investi
gate Kraft . in the police force, was
out Qf the city when the attemptwas
made. His home, at One Hundred
and Eighth street and Wadaworth av
enue, was entered and desks and clos
ets ransacked. It is known that De
fective Flynn has important evidence
against police officials.
One-8ixth of Canal to' -Dig. - :
Washington. The figures showing
the amount of excavation to be. done
on the Panama, canal indicate that
the great work waa five-sixths finished
on . August 1, but there actually re
main 16,903,000 cubic ' yards , more
earth to be removed than had been,
estimated for a. year before. The. ap-
-parent' backward movement la - ex
plained in the. official . record by a
large amount of slltaga in the canal
bed which must b removed from, the
finished tunnels and also by the ne
cessity ' lor-extenai ve- excavation. .
Burglars Make Hotel of Home, "
Macon. Ga. When L. I. Waxel-
baum returned ' home 'after an ab
sence of four or five days, he found
that his home had been converted Into
a hotel for burglars. v The unbiddeh
guests had evidently been making the
most of' their sojourn and had taken
their time In ransacking ihe. house
tor valuables. They had taken a mat
tress from one of te beds and placing
it on the floor had apparently rested
from their labors long enough to play
a few gamea of cards and consume a
goodly portion of "nlgh-beer."
GEN. WILLIAM BOOTH
Head of the Salvation Army, Who
Died at His Home In London.
GEKERAL BOOTH IS DEAD
AGED COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF
SALVATION ARMY PA8SE8 AT
HIS LONDON HOME.
Believed Hla Son, Bramwell Booth,
Will Succeed to the Command
' of the Salvation Army.
London. The Rev. William Booth,
general Ibd commander-in-chief of
the Salvation Army, Is dead. He was
born at Nottingham In 1829.
The veteran' Salvation Army leader
was unconscious for forty-eight hours
previous to his death. The medical
bulletins had not revealed the serious
ness of the general's condition which,
it Is now admitted, was hopeless.
Almost the last words of General
Booth were uttered Just before be lost
consciousness. He was referring to
God'S promises and, speaking with
great difficulty, said:
"They are sure they are sure It
you will only believe."
Starting his career alone as a soap
box preacher, in the slums of Notting
ham, England, at the age of 15 years,
William Booth ended It at 84 as head
of an army of millions of Salvation
ists scattered through fifty-four coun
tries.
The present Salvation Army was
never foreseen, mor rwas the 1 same
ever deliberately chosen by any one.
Mr. Booth was dictating to a sten
ographer when he used the words,
The . Christian Msslon ' Is a volun
teer army." When he looked over the
paper later he substituted "salvation"
for ."volunteer" as the stronger word;
and the phrase struck fire among his
mission workers, who seized the mili
tant spirit from it
So great was General Booth's fac
ulty of handling and inspiring men,
that Marshal Wolsely once declared
that the British army had taken les
sons In methods of organization, dis
tribution and control from the Salva
tionists.
FORTY-FIVE PERSONS HURT
Crowded Grandatand Collapses Dur
ing the Address of Judge Parker.
Indianapolis, Ind. Five persons
were seriously injured and forty were
bruised and cut in the collapse of a
grandstand seating. 800 in University
place during the formal notification of
Gov.' Thomas R. Marshall of hla nomi
nation, as-. Democratic candidate for
vice president The injured were
quickly carried into the Indiana Dem
ocratic club nearby or taken to hos
pitals, and ; the notification ceremony
proceeded. -.
The grandstand had been set up on
the asphalt pavement directly back
ot the speaker's platform. Alton B.
Parker of New York, representing the
notification committee, was in : the
midst of his address, when the stand
swayed and sank slowly to the street,
and men and women in the seats
were piled together among the tim
bers of the structure. .
Several thousand people, massed In
front of the speaker's platform, crowd
ed about the fallen stand and many
men helped the unhurt to scramble to
their feet and bore the injured to the
club house, .where they were -cared
for.
8even Indicted la Murder Case.
New York. On. evidence unexpect
edly strengthened' by the' testimony of
Sam.: Schepps and "Jack" Zelig, the
east side gang leader, the grand Jury
re-lndtcled Police Lieutenant Charles
Becker for the murder of Herman Ro
senthal, and handed down also the
expected indictments against six ' of
his alleged tools, the tour gunmen ac
cused of actually doing the shooting.
They are "Gyp the Blood" and "Lefty
Louie." Ciroflci and "Whitey" Lewis,
Jack Sullivan and William Shapiro,
driver ot the "murder car."
Mexican Federals Occupy Juarex.
Juarez, Mexico. Mexican Federals,
numbering 2,300 , under command of
Gen. Jaquln Teliei, arrived in Juarez,
which waa recently evacuated by .the
cetels. The townspeople assembled
In a drizzling rain cry "Viva Madero"
and Death to Orozoo. The Federal
rtroftpfe arrived on three 'trains, bear
ing cavalry, Infantry and artillery.
The force under General Rabago did
not arrive, having pursued an over
land course from Casa Grandee. Small
bands of rebels hovering around Jua
r. offered no resistance.
2,000 MARINES ARE
SENT TO NICARAGUA
UNITED STATES WILL LAND A
LARGE FORCE TO PROTECT
AMERICANS.
FIGHTING STILL GOING ON
United States Marines Now In Nica
ragua 8ald to Be In Danger of
Annihilation.
Washington. Undeterred by talk In
the senate of projected resolutions re
garding the constitutionality of the
landing of American sailors and ma
rines in Nicaragua, the navy depart
ment dispatched peremptory orders to
navy yards on two sides of the conti
nent to rush reinforcements to the na
val forcea now located far in the in
terior of . the insurrection torn coun
try. Fear that the forces there are
now ' in danger of ann.hllation at the
hands of the insurgents prompted the
order. Two thousand bluejackets
and marines will be rushed to Nicara
gua. '
Government officials are satisfied
that they are acting completely with
in their rights in landing the sailors
and marines, and that this does not
constitute sn act of war, such as can
only be authorized by congress. The
official basis for this contention rests
upon several grounds. ' In the first
place the titular government of Nica
ragua and the only one recognized by
the United States, has formally re
quested the American minister, Mr.
Weltzel, and Captain Terhune, com
manding the gunboat Annapolis, and
Captain Durell, of the gunboat Taco
ma, to employ their forces to protect
foreign lite and property, which the
Nicaraguan government frankly ad
mitted it could not itself do.
In the second place the state and
navy departments are able to point to
precedents, where both troops and na
val forces have been landed to pro
tect American Interests, where a state
of anarchy was threatened, or the lo
cal authorities were unable to guaran
tee protection for foreigners. Atten
tion Is called to the fact that a large
detachment of American soldiers is
now quartered on Chinese soil, pro
tecting the railroad from Tslnan-Fu
to Pekln. ; A
Secretary Meyr lssyedrush orders
for" the big armored cruiser Califor
nia at San Diego, CaU to proceed to
Panama. Meanwhile the transport
Prairie has been ordered from the
Portsmouth, N. H., navy yard, to Phil
adelphia to take aboard 760 marines
and sail on to Colon.
This force will be sent over the
Panama railroad to Panama' and be
taken on board the cruiser California
and be rushed northward to San Juan
Del Sur and Corinto.
These plans will bring the forces
on ships close by and already ashore
in the disturbed republic to a little
more than 2,000 men.
Corinto, Nicaragua. American blue-
Jackets have been landed here to pro
tect this port. There have been but
slight disturbances here. Fighting
between rebels and the government
troops continues between here and
Managua.
MILLIONS LOST BY FRAUDS
Secretary MaaVeagh Appoints Com
sion to Investigate Methods.
Washington. Secretary MacVeagh,
in comprehensive instructions, issued
to the commission he has appointed
to Investigate - appraising methods,
condemned the appraising system of
the United States and declared its re
habllltation should 1 unearth frauds
and produce Improvements to increase
the Federal revenues by millions.
The gross , undervaluations in vari
ous lines ot importations which have
been exposed by a general reform of
the customs service, the secretary
said, have shown conclusively that
the grave defects ot the appraising
branch go beyond any accurate knowl
edge the trade has acquired.
We do not know how much money
is Involved In this investigation, but
in collections amounting to more than
(311,000,000 a year, it takes but a
small percentage of Improvement to
make an impression that must be
counted In millions."
England to Show at Panama.
London. Groat Britain served no
tice upon the.- United States govern
ment that it will participate In the
Panama exposition" in San Francisco
in 1916, despite the action ot the
United States senate in passing the
Panama canal ' administration bill.
England had, entered formal com
plaint against the bill, which waa al
leged to be a violation of the Hay-
Paunceforte treaty and her- hesitancy
in accepting the Invitation to take
part in the world's fair had led to
reports she would not exhibit
Mute Chains Father to Chair.
St Louie, Mo. LaVlolette Pollock,
deaf mote, nineteen years old, Is
in .the city hospital observation ward
pending examination - by physicians
and oity officials. Patrolman John
King said he . was attracted to the
Pollock home by faint cries tor help
made by the girl. He found her hold
ing her father in a chair at a front
window. A long chain waa wrapped
around both of them. The father aald
he was trying to restrain the girl
from going out and that she had
overpowered him. '
SHERMAN ALLEN
ft
Sherman Allen, who has been made
flrat assistant aeoretary of the treas
ury to succeed A. Piatt Andrew. Is a
former newspaper man and a short
time age was appointed one of the
president's assistant secretaries.
REPORT ON THE EVERGLADES
RE8ULTS OF INVESTIGATION OF
FLORIDA LAND DEAL8 SUB
MITTED TO CONGRESS.
No Personal Arraignment of Secretary
Wilson, But Hla Policy Declared
Most Unfortunate.
Washington. The Moss committee
presented to the house two reports
of its investigation of the Florida
Everglades charges and the subse
quent inquiry into the drainage divi
sion of the department of agriculture.
The reports take up the charge that
a certain circular unfavorable to the
sale of Everglade lands was suppress
ed In the .department of agriculture
through. the Influence of real estate
operators; the question of relations
between Assistant Secretary Hays of
the department and J. O. Wright a
former government employee, in
land project at Lake Mattamuskeet
N. C, and the dismissal of C. G. El
liott and A. D. Morehouse from the
drainage division of the department
on technical charges Involving the
transfer of government funds from
one account to another. '
Secretary Wilson escaped personal
arraignment at the hands of the ma
jority in the findings on the Ever
glades charges. The department's
policy toward the Everglades was
characterized as vacillating, "most un
fortunate,'1 and having subjected the
department to much suspicion and
criticism.
UNCROWNED KING KILLED
British 8oldlers Kill American Ruler
In Central Africa.
London. Hunted down by British
soldiers in the depths of the Jungles
of central Africa, where for years,
In defiance ot all . authority, he had
pursued the career ot an elephant
poacher and illicit ivory trader,
James Ward Rogers, an American, is
dead. . He was shot down by a little
force of troops which had been sent
Into the wilderness in pursuit with
orders not to return without the out
law, dead or alive.
News of Rogers' death came form
ally to the British colonial : office
from Capt C. V. Fox, Inspector of
Mongshell province, who commanded
the expedition. The story revealed is
one of the most dramatic in colonial
annals,
For years Rogers had carried on
his lawless trade, which popular opin
ion credited with netting him a for
tune. Time after time British ' offi
cials of the Soudan had tried In vain
to trap him. It waa this defiance of
years which determined the govern
ment to crush the old man.
Captain Fox's reports show that in
his long operations, Rogers' had done
more than had been dreamed of by
the colonial officers. He had estab
lished an organized administration
among the natives was a virtual, if
uncrowned, king.
Calls Extra Session. .
Jacksonville, Fla-ov. Albert W.
Gilchrist has called a special session
of . the Florida legislature to convene
on October 1 to consider a proposed
bill offered by the board of trade 6f
this city ' to enable the issuance of
bonds .to the amount of $1,500,000 tor
the purpose of purchasing and equip
ping municipal docks. The bill will
also provide for dock commissioners,
and other matters necessary to the
completion ot the plan. The expense
of the extra session will be borne by
the local board of trade. .
Great Warship for Uncle Sam.
Washington. One I battleship to
cost f 7,425,000 without armor or arm
ament and not to exceed $15,000,000
when completed; eight submarines,
coating 14,480,000, and a fleet of tor
pedo boats, colliers and machine ships
constitute the building program of the
navy approved by the senate and
which will be adopted without change
by the house. The house and senate
conferees : met and adjusted In
a few minutes the fight between the
two houses over battleships and submarines.
PLANS SCHEDULE
FOR SPEAKING TOUR
BULK OF WORK WILL BE DONE
BY MEMBERS OF CONQRE88
AND OTHER LEADER8.
W. J. BRYAN'S ITINERARY
All Parte of the Country Will Be Cov
ered Thoroughly By the Democratic
Party's Leading Oratora-Where
Each Speaker Will Go.
' New York. Gov. Woodrow Wilson
spent a day at the University Club,
resting from a week of activity and
preparing for a conference here de
stined to have an important bearing
on his presidential campaign. -
With Vice Chairman McAdoo and
members of the campaign committee,
the Governor will map out the sections
ot the country where he will speak
and a schedule of addresses wjll be
agreed upon. Present plans call for
few speeches from the candidate him
self but a larger number from Wil
liam J. Bryan, Speaker Champ Clark,
Representative Oscar W. Underwood,
Governors Harmon of Ohio and Fosa
of Massachusetts, Senator-elect Ollle
James ot Kentucky and scores of
members of both houses of Congress.
Though the Governor's idea at
present is to make a number of
speeches in some of the more impor
tant cities ot the country, these
speeches in no sense will be a "swing
around the circle" or stumping tour,
it Is sdmltted that the extgenclea of
the campaign may necessitate on the
program adopted.
Mr. Bryan haa arranged his own
itinerary to begin about September 10.
He will speak for the most part in
the middle West beginning, it is said,
In Nebraska and taking In Wisconsin,
Minnesota, North and South Dakota,
Montana, Washington, Oregon, Utah,
Missouri, Illinois and Ohio. In these
states Mr. Bryan will make big stump
ing tours, but he also will devote as
much time as possible to states east
of the Mississippi river.
While. Mr. Bryan ia concentrating on
the Northwest the .middle .West
Speaker Clark will tour the South
west After his three speeches ' in
Maine, he will proceed to Missouri,
Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and
California.
The campaign committee's ideas
was to have Speaker Clark visit those
states in .which he thought could be
of the most value. He has chosen,
therefore, those localities which sup
ported him at the Baltimore conven
tion. Representative Underwood will
speak for the most part in the East
and probably will discuss chiefly the
tariff. . ,, ..'
Death and Ruin In Wake-of 8torm.
' St" Louis. A woman and a- boy
were killed and eight other persons
were injured, one probably fatally, by
lightning which' accompanied a severe
electrical, storm that visited this city
and vicinity. Mrs. Elizabeth Hausdorf
of St. Louis was struck by lightning
while on the way to a picnic at Dupo,
Ills. Five persons were riding in a
covered vehicle. The bolt struck the
woman while she waa occupying 'the
rear seat alone. The other members of
the party were thrown from the ve-
hlole but were not seriously hurt .
: - Political Headquarters Open.' -
Chicago. Congressional campaign
headquarters of the Republican and
the Democratic parties will be opened
in Chicago. Representative McKinley
who managed President Taft's cam
paign for the Republican nomination,
will have charge of his party's camp,
Representative James T. Lloyd of Mis
souri will : conduct " the Democratic
fight
On Tour of Inspection.
Washington. Secretary Stimson of
the War Department left Washington
a tourvof inspection of Western
military posts, going by way ot New
York, He was accompanied by Mrs.
Stimson.- Brigadier General Crozier
and Major Lassiter ot .the . general
staff.
To Write to Members of Committee.
Oyster Bay, N, Y. Having failed to
obtain a hearing before the Senate
committee Investigating campaign
contributions because ot the' inability'
of the committee to get together,. Col
onel Roosevelt plans to write the, com
mittee a letter, embodying some, of the
things which he would have testified.'
He so declared in a statement in which
he also took the committee to task
for permitting John D. Archbold to,
sail for Europe without telling more
about the 125,000 he contributed" to
the Republican campaign In 1904.
Georgia Democrats in Convention.
Atlanta, Ga The Democratic state
convention will be held at Macon for
the purpose of naming the candidates
for state offices, from Governor down.
who were successful in the primary
held several days ago. Incidentally It
Will remain for the convention to de
cide between Judges John R. Pottle
and Nash R. Broyles In the race for
Judge pt the state court of appeals.
The returns obtainable with two coun
ties missing, places the two candidates
on practically an equal footing before
the convention.
SAY MAII I!
UUIIUIII IIIIIIL IU
IIIGOFTHE PAST
C0NQRE88 PA88E8 LAW FORBID.
UINU DISTRIBUTION EVEN I
INTO THE BOXE8. ,
TOOK EFFECT IMMEDIATELY
i nm rairona or ine rirsi ana oecona
Class Offices May Receive Only Let
ters That Bear the Special Delivery
Stamp.
.1 -'" ' ' '
i bhurlotte: The postofflce at Char
lotte, aa In every other first or second
class postofflce city la the United
States, might aa well be a sarcophagus
on Sunday hereafter, unless the mail -you
are expecting happens to bear a
ten-cent special' delivery stamp. '
And if you received' a single article .
the past Sunday, letter, newspaper or
merchandise, that ld pot bear .that
stamp It was only because ' the ''local
authorities had not, received notifica
tion of a law passed by Congress a
law which la probably the most drastic
and stringent Sunday enactment that
ever received the signature ot the
President of the United States. .. . ,
It provides thai from midnight of
Saturday until midnight Of Sunday no
article of snail received at a first. or
second-class postofflce -shall be "work
ed" even.. to the extent of placing it
in a box, except it be of a special de
livery variety. ' In that case it will be
delivered as usual : The law Is effect
ive at once. ., .,
The new statute does not affect the
dispatching of letters posted, which
will be, sent off on the various trains
as usual.
Some courioslty was expressed here
as to how such a law, could have pass
ed through both ' houses of Congress
and been signed by . the President
without publicity attaching to the pro
cedure. Advantages For Homeseekers.
Washington, D.'C. The advantage.
and oportunities which the Southeast- "
en states offer to industrious home-
seekers will . be atriklnslv dlsnlavAd
during tne next few months at fairs
and expostlons in Iowa, Wisconsin,
Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and
New York which last year had an ag-)
gregate attendance of over two million
people and at the great annual Cana
dian Exposition at Toronto, running
over two weeka with an average dally .
attendance above 100,000, by exhibits
which will be made by the Southern
Railway System. '
Exhibits will be made at more than
twenty-five fairs In the states named,
each one of which has been selected
wild t. view -lo ilh cnH.rHr.LHr. HxtRim.
ance, and probable interest in loca
tions in the Southeast on the part of '
the 'people attending. Four sets of ex
hibits have been prepared. Each set',
will be shown at from six to nine dlf-
ferent . fairs covering, a wide stretch
of country. A special exhibit will be
sent to the Toronto exposition.1 -The
exhibits will consist of fresh fruits,'
cotton,:' tobacco, : potatoes and " truck'
crops and colored pictures showing ,
farm and orchard scenes will be dis
played. .Representatives of the Land"
and Industrial Department of the t
Southern system will be with each ex-
hlbjt Attractive literature giving full
information: about the Southeast has
been sent prepared especially ' for
these fairs and a set 'of fine Southern
views will be distributed as souvenirs. '
By these exhibits the Southern, Rail
way will reach a large number of
farmers of Just the type that is wanted
in . the Southeast and It" is going to.
the heavy expense Involved In making '
the exhibits tor the purpose of attract
ing, such settlers to the country along
its lines. .
. Flood and Steadman Appointed. .
,' Washington. Representatives Flood, '
of Virginia; Steadman of North Care
Una and McKinley of Illinois,, have '
been appointed the House members pf .
the newly' created commission to in'-'
Vestigate the conditions under which
foreign governments purchase Amerfc v
oan grown' tobacco..
Danish Navy Will be Represented. " 1
, Copenhagen, Denmark. The Danish
navy is to be well .represented In the
great fleet which, is to assemble to
commeinorate opening of the' Panama '
canal; The bis; cruiser: 'Valkyrien,"
one of the , finest ships , in the navy, ' ,
has been chosen as the Danish representative.-
It is planned to send as
one of her officers a prince of the royal.,
family either Prince Valdemar pr his
son Prince Axel both naval officers.,
It is alao known that Prince Gustav, .
brother ot - the king, would - like to ."
make the voyage. . - .-
Grateful For Red Cross Aid."
Washington. Gratitude to the Am
erican Red Cross and other Red Cross .
Societies ot the world for help follow
ing the -earthquake which destroyed
Messina and other cities and killed 78,
000 persons waa given strong expres
sion by Italian delegates to the Inter
national Red Cross conference, held
in Washington. Count Somaglla said:
"It Is with the greatest satisfaction
that I take this occasion to express to
all the societies which came tj (
aid, our feeling of l'v'y p ' ' ?
their eScse'om t .....