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VOL. XIV
MARSHALL, MADISON COUNTY, N. C, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1912.
NO. 36.:.
IT WASN7 AN AIRSHIP
LIQUOR SELLERS
COUNTS MUCH ON NEW ROAD
NEW PARCELS
INDICT HEAD OF
. jjjff Madias C aunty.
People In Norwood Seotlon Optomle.
P.
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POSTSYSTEM
Hitchcock Rushes Work to Take
tlo Ovsr Prospects of Development
PLAH TO
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Established ky the Legislature gm
; .-Figuring on Depot Sites.
tioa Itt0-'5L ,
Population, 10,111
Comity Beat Marshall.
1641 feet above tea level
New and modern Court Houia, cost
IS3.000.00.
New and modern jail, opst $15,000.00.
New aad modem County Hume, coat
lio.ooo.oo.
. Officer.
Hon. Jas. L. Hyatt, Senator, S3
District, Burnsvllle, N. C.
Hon. J. C Ramsey, Representative,
i Marshall, N. C. '
W. H. Henderson, Clehk . Superloi
Court. Marshall, N. C.
W. M Buokner, Sheriff. Marshall.
N. a
James Smart, Register . of Deeds,
Marshall. N. C 1
C. F. Runnlon, Treasurer, Marshall.
N. C, R. F. D. Ne. 2. ..
R. L. Tweed. Bunreyor, White Rock,
. Dr. J. H. Balrd, Coroner, Mars Hill.
N. c. ' ' : -
Mrs. Eliza Henderson, Jailor. Mar-
ihalLN. C.
John HonSyeutt, Janitor, Marshall,
N. 0.
; Dr. & N. Sprinkle, County Physician,
Marshall. N. C.
. James Haynle, Sunt County Home,
Marshall, N. &
Home located tbout two miles south-
vest of Marshall
.. Courts. '" - 'V.
' Criminal and Civil. First Monday be
fore First Monday in March, Com
mencing Feb. 36th, 1013..
Civil 11th, Monday after First Mon
day in March, commences May 20,
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Criminal and Civil, First Monday
after First Monday In Sept. Com
mences Sent fth, 1913.
Civil 6th Monday after First Mon
day In September. ' Commences Octo
ber 14, 1911 ,
BOARDS.
County Commissioners.
W, C. 8prlnkle, Chairman, Marshall,
ti. c.
C. P. Cassada, Member, Marshall,
N. C, R. F.D. No. 1.
Reubln A. Tweed, Member, Big
Laurel, N. C. .... ,
C. R Masbburn, Atty Marshall.
n. c. ' '" ' .
, Board meet first Monday In every
month.-; - '
Road Commlisloners.
A. E. Bryan." Chairman, BarshallT N.
C K. T. D, i. r , i ;-r
J. A. Ramsey, Secretary, Mars Hill,
N. C R. F. D. 2, .
Bam Cox. Member. Mars Hill, N. C
R. F. D. No. 2.
, O. W. Wild. Big Pine. N..C.
Dudley Chlpley, Road Engineer,
Marshall. N. C.
George M,Prltchard, Atty., Marshall,
N. C.
Board meets first Monday in Janu-
ry, April, July and October each year.
Board of Education.
Jasper Ebbs. Chairman, Spring
Creek. N. C.
Thoa, J. Murray, Member, Marshall,
N. C R. F. D. No. I.
W. R. Sams. Marshall. N. C, R. F,
D. No. 1
Prof. M. C. Buckner, SupL of
Schools. " Mara H11L N. C, R. F. D.
No. 1
Board Meets first Monday la Janu
ary, April, July and October each year,
Colleges and High Schools.
Mara Hill College, Prof. R. I.. Moore,
President. Mars Hill, N. C. Fall Term
begins Augus 17, 1911. Spring Term
begins January X, mz. it
Spring Creek High School. Prof,
a & Brown, Principal, Spring Creek.
N. C I Mo. School opened August
1. MIL
Pimf J. M. Westherlv. Principal, Mar
shall. N. C: .: H. Ho'. i."l Mo.
Sohool began October t, 1911.
Bell Institute. Miss Margaret E.
Griffith, Principal, Walnut, N. C.i I Mo.
School began September I. 1911.
Marshall Academy. Prof. R. O
Anders, Principal, Marshall, N. C, f
Mo, School began Sept 4, 1911.
: Notary Publics.
J. C Ramsey, Marshall, N. C. Term
expires Jan. 11, 1911.
A. J. Roberts, Marshall. N. C, R. F.
D. No. S, Term expires May 30, 1912.
Jasper Ebbs, Spring Creek, N. C.
Term expires August 10, 1912.
O. C. Brown. Bluff. N. C. Term ex
pires December 8, 1912.
J. A. Leak, Revere, N. O. Term ex
piree January 10, 1913.
W. T. Davis. Hot Springs, ' N. C.
Term expires January 10, 1913.
J. H. South worth, Stackhcuse, N. C.
Term expires January IS, 1913.
N. W. Anderson. Paint Fork, N. C.
Term expires February 8, 1913,
J. H. Hunter, Marshall. N. C, R. F.
D. No. 8. Term expires April 1, 1913
J. P. Tllson, Marshall, N. C. R. r. D.
No. 1 Term expires April 8, 1918.
.CJ. Ebbs. Marshall. N. a Term
expiree April 21. 1918.
, J. W. Nelson, Marshall, N. C Term
expires April 25, 1913. '-
Rov 1 Oudger, Marshall,' rf.-13.
Tsrra expires May 8, 1911
Geo. M. PfTtcbard, Marshall, N. C.
Term explrei May 25, 1913. '
Dudley Chlpley. Marshall, N. O.
Term expires July 29, 1913.
' ?. 0. Connor, Mars Hill. N. C. Term
07; '.ros November 27, 1913.
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Ceorse W. Gabagaa Post, No. It
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IS
BEING TALKED OF IN TAR
i HEEL STATE.
DECIDE TO MAKE TEST CASE
Story Comes From Well Known Cltl-
xen Who Heard Plan Unfolded.
"Reported" Attempt 'to Open Whole
sale Whiskey House"lh"8allsbury.
Charlotte. Gossip has arrrlved on
the through train from Washington,
D. ,C to the effect that Washington
liquor dealers, representing "unlimit
ed capital," are planning to make an
active effort to open up wholesale
whiskey houses In several North Car
olina cities for distributing liquor In
adjoining states.
Report, haa It that the promoters
of the .scheme claim thaVsuch "right'
Is conferred by. the Interstate com-
merce law bearing -on, Interstate ship-
menta. -
'It la said" In' a roundabout way
that, after conferring 'WRh lawyers
of the District of Columbia, the whis
key men concerned have made up
their minds to make a test of the
North Carolina state prohibition law,
by opening up first wholesale liquor
house in Salisbury; that If It Is able
to withstand the legal attack that Is
certain to be made, then other "dis
tributing houses" will be opened in
Charlotte and at other points to sell
liquor to customers residing In other
states. 1
The story comes through ' a well-
known cltixen who heard the plan un
folded by another man, the latter hav
ing returned from Washington several
days ago, and who, it lsaderstoodJ
Is Interested In the whiskey business,
It appears that the issue which they
propose to force, Is out of "irf" (terri
tory Into another state. The liquor
mety claim. It Is said, that whiskey
can e, shipped Into a "dry" state, the
rule must work both ways, and that,
under the Interstate commerce laws,
It can bo shipped out of a dry state
Into another state.
Certain recent decisions in cases
coming up -from Tennessee, and other
states, it is understood, have given
the- Washington llejbor men theldea
of making this efforfT" -
Polities In Hoke CWbgy.
The first Democratic primary held In
Hoke county resulted In the nomination
of the following officers. These were
appointed by the governor under the
act creating the county. Capt. Thomas
McBryde was named for representa
tive In the legislature. Capt J. W.
McNeil, of Fayetteville, received a
majority of 77 votes over Q. K.
Nimocks (also of Fayetteville) for
state senator from the thirteenth sen
atorial district composed of . Hoke
and,. Cumberland counties. The nomi-
nees rorgthe county officers are: For
sheriff, Edgar Hill; clerk, superior
court W. B. McQueen; treasurer, W.
J. McCraney; register of deeds, J. M.
McNalr; coroner, D.; K. . McDuffle;
commissioners: J. W. Johnson, J. A.
McPaul, S. J. Cameron.
Blind Tiger Releassd on Bond.
Horace Melton, the blind tiger,
whose last convlotlon cost the leading
witness nis me, nas Deen released on
a bond of $200 for good behavior dur-
lng the next tw.o years. Sympathy
for the family of the accused man.
who is now their only support, cans-1
ed the action of the court. The sen-
fencing Of Clyde Melton, brother of 1
Horace, to the nenltentlarv for elirh.
teeu years, left Melton's mother and
other Immediate members of the faml-
ly practically without support-
Special Provision' for Extra Funds.
The finance committee of the state
board of agriculture made , special
provision for extra funds tor a num
ber of the divisions of the state de
partment of agriculture to carry on
their work until the next semi-annual
meeting of the board in December.
Safe Cracker Is Arrested.
C. r C. Campbell, a white man 45
years bid, was arrested while robbing
a store at Proctorvllle, ten miles south
of Lumberton. He had opened the safe
by working the combination. Campbell
haa but one eye but carries a glasV
eye la his pocket to be used as oc
casion requires. He seems to be an
old hand at the business, and claimed
to be from Mississippi. The penlten-
ttary authorities of that state were
..IV nn4 I 1 ..... 1
wuiuuiuuivntou wiiu cauu it- wcu avmu
ed that a $50 reward was offered for
Politics In Henderson County.
The canvass of the returns from the
primary held In Henderson county
by the executive committee' served
to show that the primary was only
a culling out process by Which the
greater part of candidates in the field
will be e! : m! i from the second
primary. Only two cnd!datea were
nominated, these t "; t 1 r. W. R.
Kirk, for coroner, - 1 1 r-o crposi
tion, and J. B. Tatte: s,!n ; nr,
who had little orpositiia f r t a rea
son t' at no cand.iiate 1 U t e
RECENT WILD RUMOR THAT
Norwood. Work of completing sur
veys for the extending of the Norfolk
Southern railroad to Charlotte- contin
ues without abatement, and It is un
derstood that actual construction work
will start within about thirty days.
This new line means a great deal
to thU Mctlon and tbe popto
iuukiuk lurw&ra 10 us coming wun
a great deal of Interest With the
Southern covering the territory to
Salisbury, the Atlantlo Coast Line
from Florence, S. C, to Winston-Sa
lem, 'the Norfolk Southern will com
plete the circuit by passing through
a- very fine undeveloped country to
Charlotte. Norwood will be the cen
tre of all this development and tbe
cltlienshlp Is naturally optimistic o.ver
the prospect of great Improvements,
Increase in population and a general
boon In every way. Already there
have been a' number of prospectors
nere investigating the situation with
a "view to locating, and during the
last week two persons of means have
decided to cast their lot in this
towtt.i Negotiations are also on for
the establishment of other factories
here and sites for plants, ware-
houses, etc., are being considered by J
outside capital.
E. C. Duncan, one of tbe leading
spirits In the movement for making
the Norfolk Southern a trunk line
from Norfolk to Charlotte, via Ral
eigh, Washington, Elisabeth City and
other cities of Eastern Carolina, was
here with a party of railroad officials.
An Informal meeting of the business
men was held and Mr. Duncan made
a talk on the situation. The question
only now unsettled it seems, Is the
depot sites and the next week will
probably see the close of all details
for the beginning of work.
Federal Road Work In This State.
North Carolina will be the first
state In which road construction will
be started under the provision of Sen-
ator Simmons' good roads bill which
has become a law. The Simmons' good
roads bill .provides mtah the work
shall be handled through the postmas
ter general and the secretary of the
agricultural department Postmaster
General Hitchcock and Secretary Wil
son had a conference with Senator
Simmons add 'told, the senator that It
was-their Intention to begin work on
roads wlthlng a very short time and
that the first step will be taken in
some North Carolina counties where
money had already been approprlat-
ed for road construction. The Sim-
mons' bill provides that the govern
ment shall bid in th construction of
roads where the count or state bears
its part of the cost
Breaking Up llllolt Stills.
Two , North Iredell citizens have
been arrested on charges of illicit
dlstllllng and the officers are search
ing for others in the same connection.
Deputy Revenue Collector J. M. Da
vis and Deputy Sheriff Ward made a
raid Into the Grassy Knob ' church
neighborhood and found and destroy
ed a blockade plant, : Five .men were
at work at the still when the officers
approached but all escaped except one
Milton Rash who was arrested and
brought to Stfttesyille where he gave
$500 bond before Clerk H. C. Cowles
for his appearance at next -term of
federal court The two officers named
and Sheriff Deaton went back to tbe
same community and destroyed what
was left of another moonshine plant
the still having been ' removed just
before the officers arrived,
'
Man Killed by Southern Train.
Jethro Berry, a farmer aged 88
years, was struck by number 85, a
westbound passenger train, on the
Southern Railway, about one mile
from Morganton and-killed Instantly.
Berry. In company wltl same friends.
was sitting on the track and' hearing
the' train apming the crowd, with the
exception oi'Berry got out of the way
of the train. Berry whom It is alleged
was more or less under the Influence
of whiskey did not get up and was
struck by the1 train with the . result
above stated. The balance of the men
' did not know but that Berry was
on the other side of the track when
the train passed and were horrified
to find him dead.
Orange County Health Board.
The Orange county health board of
ficer has refused to take any steps to
wards remedying the condition of the
old mill race, which the Durham health
officer . says is contaminating the
-water supply of the city of Durham.
This matter of the old race of, stag
nant water, which overflows Into
the river every timeTthere Is a rain,
was called, to the attention" he
Durham. Jioard tf health ?aUthelr last
meeting, amU they appointed a com-
mrlmev arlll fVn nnnAlnfarl a Knm.
Imlttee to see if the conditions could
not be remedied. V
Politics In -Cabarrus County.
Complete returns , althoug nnofiV
clat from the Democratic primaries
held in. Cabarrus county give P. F.
Widenhouse, candidate for sheriff, a
small fraction of a vote more thaa
enough to Insure his nomination.
There are 64 votes In the county con
vention and It requires a fraction of a
vote more than 32 tor a nomination!
According to the returns Mr. Widen-
house.will. have- 82,841 on the first
t i'iiot E. F. White Is second with
t: ,678 and W. B. McKlnley third with
DYNAMITE PLOT
BY MILL OWNERS
Builder of Lawremfe Plants
Kills Self When Court Calls.
SENSATION AT LAWRENCE
Prominent Men Sunpoenaed by Bos
ton Grand Jury Investigating
. Charge of Conspiracy to
Plant Explosive.
Boston. A sensationf was sprung at
the court house when' It leaked out
that District Attorney IPelletler had
caused the grand JuryYHnvesUgayte ' a
charge of conspiracy against big mill
men In Lawrence in connection wltli
the planting of dynamite in that city.
at the time of the big strike.
Ernest W. Pitnam, who built the
large Wood worsted mills at Law
rence, one of the men involved in the
conspiracy who was summoned to ap
pear before the grand jury, committed
suicide In Andover. The announce
ment of his suicide stated that the
cause was unknown. In view of the
tact that he was one of the men un
der investigation and was also under
summons to testify, It is stated that
his suicide was due to the present in
vestigation. Among those summoned to appear
before the Suffolk grand jury In con
nection with the dynamite plots at
Lawrence were seven of the most
prominent residents. Just what they
know about the charges is not known
at present and nobody can be found!" ,nd F?8 f arlott n
who would venture to give an inkling
as regards their testimony.
Those who testified were: Louis S.
Cox, postmaster at Lawrence; George
E. Kundhardt, treaeu-er of the Kund
hardt mills; Ivor Sjostron, treasurer
of the United States Worsted Mills;
Fred C. McDuffle, treasurer of the
Everett Mills; Charles Wolcott, treas
urer of the Atlantlo Mills, and John
J. Breen. r y
John J. Breen was arrested ' for
planting the explosive. He did not
take the standee his trial and ajas
fined $500. District Attorney Pelletier
learned that the conspiracy tq plant
the dynamite was conceived and prac
tically carried out in Boston and the
investigation by the grand jury relates
to that conspiracy. ';. ''
The purpose of the plan alleged to
have been formed by the mill men, It
is said, was to destroy the labor or
ganizations by creating public opinion
hostile to them by the use -of dyna
mite It Is said that the men Involved In
the conspiracy figured that If dyna
mite could be traced to those Inter
ested In the strike public - opinion
would favor the owners and be Inimi
cal to the operatives, with the result
that the strike would be crushed and
the labor organisation Injured.
A-
KILLS FATHER TO SAVE MOTHER
Boy 8ays Blow Waa Struck In Her
t. .... ; Defense. . -
Vlneland, N. fr-Henry Garton, 21
years old, of this place, stabbed his
father, Edward R. Garton, to death
with a potato paring knife. He gave
himself up four hours after, the kill
ing, .telling the police, that te had
struck in Self-defense while fighting
to save his mother. .
PRIEST LYNCHED IN PORTUGAL.
Monarchist Who Fatally Wounded
' Mayor of Guard a la Slain by Mob.
Lisbon. The Republican mayor of
Guarda arrested a monarchist priest
named Sousa at a funeral In a village
nearby. The priest drew a revolver
and shot and fatally wounded the
mayor., He fled, but was pursued by
a mob and captured He was then
lynched and his body stripped and left
In the road , . r
The mob prevented a subsequent at
tempt to bury the body.
BOOTH'S FUNERAL
SOLEMN SCENE
Salvation Chief Has Greatest
Burial Service.
HIGH PITCH OF EMOTION
No Pomp or Display, No 8ymbols of
, Mourning Congregation In Tears
Children's Chorus Bresks
Down When Called to 8lng.
London. Funeral services over the
founder of the Salvation Army, Gen.
William. Booth, were held In OTympla,
in accordance with the traditions of
that organization, without pomp or
symbols of mourning, but with a most
-1 moving fervor and lmpressiveness.
Thirty-four .thousand people partici
pated in the service. Nearly halt wore
the blue coats and red jerseys or bon
nets with red ribbdliso familiar on
the streets of cHles la many coun
tries. ' t .
The body of the late General In a
plain pine coffin rested high on a
white catafalque in front of the big
platform across' the end of the ball,
where all the chief officers of the or
ganization were seated, and where
forty bands were massed. The crim
son flag of the army "of fire and
blood," which the General unfurled
on Mount Calvary, was planted above
the coffin. A bank of flowers com
posed of the tributes sent by mem
bers of royalty and many societies
tlons in which the Commander-in-
Chief had waged campaigns and the
standards of the older divisions bt the
army were arrayed In 'front of the
platform.
These and more Salvation Army
flags In the galleries, each tipped with
white ribbons, and . twenty portraits
of the evangelist, surmounted with
green laurel wreaths, with a broad
orange ribbon connecting them, were
the only decorative effects.
Bramwell Booth, the late General's
son, who has been made his successor,
wept at his father'a coffin. Up to
that moment he had borne hla grief in
silence. Commissioner Adelaide Cox
offered an Impressive prayer, In which
she said: "Lord, we do not want to
disappoint Thee; help us to save the
world."
Tbe service Itself was not only a
memorial, but a mammoth meeting of
prayer and praise. No other congre
gation comparable with it was ever
seen In London, if In the world, save
at the funeral of the General's wife.
held In the same hail 22 years ago.
The most solemn moments of the
long beremony were when the coffin
was borne along the middle of . the
hall to the music of the Dead March
In "Saul." ' A Small procession, repre
senting many branches of the army's
activity, made up of men and women,
and a detachment of officers from the
foreign branches carrying the flags of
their respective countries, preceded
It Immediately before the body a
brigadier bore aloft the crimson flag
which the General raised at Jerusa
lem, and under -which be died at Had
ley Wood. Following It marched offi
cers from Sweden, Germany, the
United States, Switzerland, Canada,
France, Denmark, Norway, India and
Australia.'- , ' ;
BLEASE WINS . BY 1,100.
South Carolina Governor Got Most
'; Votes in the Primaries.
Columbia. S. C Gov. Cole L. Blease
has been renominated for a second
term, according to practically com
plete returns received from the Dem
ocratic primaries. The returns Indi
cate that Governor Blease has a ma
jority of over 1,100 votes. Reports
have hot been received from fifty-nine
precincts. The figures are: Blease,
67,216; Ira B. Jones, (4,072; John T.
Duncan, 2,036. Senator Tillman won.
Over Small Express Business.
STARTS
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OPERATIONS JAN.
Names Committee to Prepare and
Classify Articles rjew Equip
- ment to Be Provided Stamps '
to Be Designed.
Washington. After several days'
conference with officers in charge of
the several branches of the postal
service, Postmaster-General Hitchcock
announced that the department will
be in readiness by January 1 next the
date prescribed by Congress, to put
into general operation the parcels
posts system authorised In the postal
appropriation bill that became law
last Saturday.
The postal express business, that
must be organized In so short a period,
will not only cover in Its ramifications
all systems of transportation now
utilized by private express companies,
but will bo extended also to more than
a million milea of rural delivery and
star route service.
This means that the work of organi
sation must be pushed forward with
great speed. First of all a classifica
tion of the articles that can bo ac
cepted for transportation must be pre
pared. The law admits to the malls
practically all kinds of merchandise
that can be safely transported, Includ
ing products of the farm and garden
as well as factory products, provided
such articles do not weigh over eleven
pounds nor exceed seventy-two Inches
In combined length and girth.
The mode of packing must be care
fully prescribed. The present equip
ment of the mall service is not adapt
ed to the carriage of such merchan
dise and therefore new equipment
must be provided.
Special meana must be arranged for
the carriage of fragile articles. It is
probable that hampers similar to
those .used abroad will be employed
extensively in handling parcels post
mall. The style, size of material of
such hampers and of other necessary
equipment must be determined and
advertisements Issued for their pur
chase. -
The law provides that postage on
all parcels shall be prepaid by affix
ing distinctive stamps. This will ne
cessitate the- manufacture of at least
dozen denominations of special
stamps ranging from one cent to $1.
The-designing of these stamps is un
tie 'way and the plates for their
printing will be promptly engraved.
The law provides indemnification for
lost or damaged articles .and since
many of the articles to be carried will
be of a fragile nature or readily per
ishable, the question of Indemnity is
one for careful regulation.
Above four ounces rates are by the
pound or fraction thereof, and varying
with distance as follows:
Each addl-
Flrst tlonal 11
lb. ' lb. lbs.
Rural route and .
city delivery. . .05 .01 .15
60 mile zone 05 .03 .35
150 mile zone... .06 . .04 " .46
300 mile zone... .07 .05 .57
600 mile zone... .08 r .06 .68
1000 mile zone.. .09 .07 .79
1400 mile zone.. .10 .09 1.00
1800 mile zone. . .11 .10 1.11
Over 1800 miles. .12 - .12 1.32
COMMISSION FOR NEW'QlRLEANS.
Loulsiana'a Metropolis Votee Over
whelmlngly for New Order.
New Orleans. A commission ' form
of government, Including the right of
Initiative and referendum, was adopt
ed at a special election here 23,900
for and" 2,1 19 against
In November 1 a constitutional
amendment will be voted on, the car
rying of which will mean that the
right ot recall will also be made a
feature of the commission form of
government .
Under the city's new governmental
system the executive and legislative
powers will be lodged In a mayor and
four commission councilman.
' ; DIES TO GET A REST.
Man Deprived of Vacations Commits
V Suicide In East Orange. -East
Orange, N. J. While prepar
ing breakfast at her home, No. 23 Lin
wood place, Mrs. Herman J. Kuster
heard a pistol shot , She -went up
stairs and found her husband dead on
his bed with a self-inflicted revolver
wound In the right side of his .head.
Kuster was forty-eight years old
and manager tor a tailoring establish
ment in Fulton street Manhattan. He
shot himself because he had not had
a vacation in eight years- and had no
prospect of getting one.
FLY PEST KILLS ANIMALS.
Texaa farmers Plough by Moonlight
to 8aVe Their Livestock. '
Dallas. Northern Texas la threat
ened with the loss of all livestock and
farmers are ploughing by moonlight
to escape attacks of-a fly that is caus
ing death of livestock. Horses and
cattle are being driven 1lind by e
pest and cows refuse to eat Dairj
men have had heavy losses, supplies
of milk and butter being greatly re
duced. People also suffer trcia at
tacks ot the fly. :
VOOLEN TRUST
W. M.Wood Charged with Dyna
mite Conspiracy at Lawrence.
WORLD'S BIG TEXTILE MAN
Charged with Conspiring to DIooredH
Lawrence Strikers, Surrenders
and Gives Cash Ball In the ,
8um of 90,000.
Boston. There was an astounding
outcome of the great strike of mill '
operatives at Lawrence, Mass., whlon
lasted from January 12 until March
14 last alarmed the country and
brought the workers aad militia la
sanguinary collision.
William M. Wood, president of the
American Woolen Company, surren
dered himself here on learning he bad
been Indicted for conspiracy. -
Mr. Wood is accused of plotting to
plant" dynamite In at least three
places at Lawrenoo so as to discredit
the labor anions.
It is charged that ho and others
planned to eeaoeal the deadly explo
sive and then to betray Its hiding,
place to the police so as to create
the impression that the strikers pro
posed to destroy some of the mills
from which they had walked out
Joined in the Indictment with Wood
and tbe man alluded to la Dennis Col
lins, a Cambridge dog fanoler. The
latter fs also charged with placing
the dynamite on a Boston and Maine
passenger -car for Illegal transporta
tion. He Is in jail In default of ball
It Is charged that the men Indicted
conspired with Ernest W. Pitman and
John J. Breen to place the dynamite
on the premises of the Syrian opera
tives. The Syrians, If convicted, could
have .been given ten years In prison.
Their innocence was established and
they were discharged.
The maximum penalty tor the con
spiracy charge against the present defendants-is
three years In the House
of Correction for each offense or a to
tal on the six counts of eighteen
years.
The first public knowledge that the
Suffolk county authorities had taken '
aotlon In connection with the Law- -
rence dynamite case came last Tues- -day.
Several officials of theiwrence
mills, with head, offices In this city.
were summoned to give testimony.
On the same day Ernest W. Pitman,
contractor and builder, who con
structed the Wood Worsted Mills of
the American Woolen Company at
Lawrence, committed suicide at hia
home In Andover by shooting.
The American Woolen Company la
one of the greatest manufacturing
concerns in the country. It Is capital
ized at $75,000,000, has , thirty-three
mills in New England and New York, . '
"f emnlovs 35,000 operatives when
all Its machinery is moving. Fifteen
mouuand of these are, at Lawrence,
where the company bore the brunt of
the strike. ;
President Wood, now forty-seven
years old, was born in Edgartown. .
Martha's Vineyard, of Azorean Portu
guese parents.
Mr. Wood married a daughter of
rD. Frederick Ayer.
STEEL MEN 8EE WORKER DIE.
Farrell and Inspecting Party Horrified
by Accident at 8 tee I Plant . j
Steubenvllle, Ohio. President James
Farrell of the United States Steel
Corporation witnessed one practical
but tragic phase ot steel making
which President Alva C. Dinkey of
the Carnegie Steel Company and thirty
other officials had not expected to see
when they started on the present trip
of Inspection of the plants of the
Steel Trust A mill worker came to a
violent death as the party looked on,
powerless to extend aid.
The dead man was 'Joseph Byers,
aged 25 -years, an assistant roller. Ho
was drawn into a set of 18-Inch rolls,
and several of the party turned faint
at the sight Byers's body waa slowly .
flattened out to the thickness of the
structural shapes he had been guiding
through the rolls.
8EVEN BURNED TO DEATH.
Mother and Six Children Trapped In
Rooms Above Bakery.
Newark, N. J. A mother and six
of her seven children were burned to
death In a Are which ' destroyed the
bakery and four living rooms above of
Emilio Barbara on Freeman street,
Klngaland, N. J. ' .
' The dead are: Mrs. Rose Bart .
aged 35; Lillian, aged 12r Anton '
aged 11; TlpnelU, aged 9; Susie, aged
6; James, aged 3; Francis, aged 4
months. , ,- ' : .. -
The. father attempted suicide whea
he learned of his family's fate. Along
with the loss of the family he lost a
gold watch, $50 in bills, a check tor
$7, and forty-five barrels of flour. .
SALUTE TO DIX. KIL3 WOMAN.
Apoplexy Follows Fright at Monument
; " - Unvelllhg Ceremonies..
Elmlra, N. T. Mrs Anna Palmer ot
Owego, a great-great-grand-daughter
6f- Gen. Sullivan, ame to Elmira ta
witness the dedication of the monu
ment erected to the memory of i r
ancestor.. .'
When the artillery Cred a r ;!ie f t
Gov. Dix he
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