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.4. I . ..................... ...,r. mi i nun i imiii ii ii mi G6s Medium : ; ; ThroagK wkick you reach tho ' ' people of MtuKaon County. '. Advertising Rates on Application ! 1 1 1 1 1 m in 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 m i in: CLUIJMZ3.IC31. 3n r7! I. raxKca CXOAD KZWS, 4. ' F-.LI.L- J . ma )W1 wuiiiuiniQ may I a. U-J. ' J Consolidated, : : Not.2aU9I! I I I I 1 1 1 1 I t I I I i I'M 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 THE ONLY NEWSPAPER IN MADISON COUNTY. VOL. XIV , MARSHALL, MADISON COUNTY, N. C, FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1912. NO. 35. 1111 ui"i f ri 1 1 1 1'fTi 'fH't'i'i-f f iiizizzn ccuror heccxd. 4 '- - Mediae Ceunty. Bstabttahed by ths Lsgtslttura (toKlttO-'lt , Population, . County Seat Marshall 14I tMt BbOT HI level New Md modern Court House, , eost 131.000.00. , New and modern Jail ooat f 15.000 oo New and modern County Home, cost lio.ooo.uv. 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 .....