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.,,- " i- t: .., -V s- V '. '., ,,) '. TSAWW " AM mi 1 1 1 i n n mm 1 1 i i t i i ivnizzn CCLWTT RXCCID, V ! S. .,- r- ' . . , '. . . .r ' . . f ,," - ( Sfe Medium p -r tit-; n r? I fRXKCa EXOAD NEWS, T Through wkicH yov reach the T EstaUkhea! May IS. 1337. . ii ii L people of MtvdiMfi County. , Advertising Rates on Application Coosolidtted. : :, Not. 2nd, 1911 1 W H 1 1 I 111 I H-H1 M M 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 H 1 1' 1 1 1 1 11 II i 1 1 1 11 1 1 THE ONLY NEWSPAPER IN MADISON COUNTY. & VOL. XIV MARSHALL, MADISON COUNTY, N. C, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20. 1912. NO. 38. C iiiiii n 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 hii lOlr-ootoiry, Madison County. . fJstabltahed by the Leglslatura tloa lUt-tL i ; . . Population. 10,131. ' County Beat, Marshall. . v ii tut abov m leveL i New and modern Court Hons. coi $31,000.00. ' , '! J New and modem Jail cost 115.000 ' New and .modern County Horn, coit 110.000.00 ' Officer. ;' ' ' '.Hon.' Jan. I Hyatt, 8enato District Burnsvllle. N. a , ,' ' Hon. J. C. Ramsey, Representative. . UarihalL N. ' C. . W. H. Henderson,' Clehk' Superioi Court. MerahelL N. C, , vW.,' M. acko4r, Sheriff. Marshall, ' -Hi C. Jamea Smart Register of Deeds. Marshall. N. C V-C.F. Bunnlon TrwttrWj Marshall. " W. tC TL I". a No. 1. R. I Twsod. Bnrreyor, WhlU Rock. i Dr.' J. H.' Balrd,. Coronor. Murs tiiu. h. a .' Mrs.. Ellxa Hsndsrson. Jailor. Mar- h.ll. M.C 1, v ' John Hontyontt Janitor. Marshall. . ' Dr. C N. Sprlnkls, County Phystolan. ' UmnhalL N. C. Jams Hajnfls, 8upt Co.unty Horns, ' Marshall. N. Cv ; ' Horn located about two miles south- . vsat of MarsbalL i . v . 'J-1 Courts, Mmiiiii ni rtrit First -Monday bi - lor First Monday )n March. Com. tnsnclni Rebs 29th, W J. ' v '). CItII 11th, Monds attor nrst Mon day la Malreh, commences May 1911'-. . " ' ' ' .Crlmlh .and Clrfl, First Monday altar First Monday- In Sept Com- nuiMi MdL 'Bth. 1912. , Clrll 6tb .MBnday after First Moh- ' day In September Commences Ocu Writ. 1813. ; BOARD8. ; ' fAriififvnmmlsalonera. W. C. Sprinkle, Chairman, Marshall, . ' ' ' n . t. . l ' ' a F. CassadV nemberi ' Marshall, M N. O. R. F. D. No. I. .. ' - Rsbbln ; A. Tweed, Member, Big Laurel, N. C. ' , c... a . , M. C MihJurn,., Att7, Marshall, ' '- ,: v . . -Board' meets first Monday In every ... month. .-'.: '"',". : Rnad Commlselonera. A. B. Bryan. Chairman, Marshall, N 'C- R. F..D. S. : ... , 1. A. Ramsey; Secretary, Mara Hill. . N. C. R. F. D. :. Sam Cox, Member. Mars Hill. N. C R. F. D, No. . Q. W. Wild. Big Pine, N.--0. Dudley Chlpley, Road -Engineer, Marshall. N. C. i '-';.".., George M. PrltchardAtty.,. Marshall, Board meets first Monday In Jann ary, April, July and October each year, i Board of Education. ' Jasper Ebbs, Chairman, Spring OMk N. ft. I Thos. J. Murray, Member, Marshall, N. C, R. F. D. No. Jv -- W. R. Sams, Marshall, N. C, R. F. D, No. I. ' Prof. M. C Buckner, Supt ol School' Mara Hill, N., Ci R. F. D. Nil .': ' " ' .'.i . Board MeeU first Monday In Jann- ary; April, July and October eacn year Ciiltaaea and Hlah Schools. Mars Hill College, Prof. R. L. Moore, President, Mars Hill, N. C. Fall Term begins August IT. 1911. Spring Term ' begin January I, 1918. Rnrlne: Creek Hlsh School. Prof. a C Brown, Principal, Spring Creek. N. C. t Mo. School opened August Wl M Weatherly. Principal, Mar shall N. C, R. F. a No. a. I Mo. Sohdol began October a," 1911. - Bell Institute. ' Miss Margaret E. 'Griffith, Princlnal. Walnut. N.-O. 8 Mo. School began September 9, 1911. MiM-ahull . Aeedemr. Prof. S. Q. v Anders, Principal, Mars'ha'll, "N. "C f Ma School began Sept 4, 1911. ', Notary Publics. 1. C. Ramsey, Marshall, N. O. Term expires Jan. 11, 1913. . r . A. J. Roberts, Marshall. N. Cm R. F. D. No. 6, Term expires May 30, 1912. - Jasper Ebbs, Spring Creek, N. C Term expires August 10, 1911 - : C. C Brown, Bluff, N. C Term ex pires December 8, 1913. ' J. A. Leak. Revere, N. C. Term ex . ;plres January 10, 1913. ' , W. T. Davis, Hot Springs, N. O. "Term expires January 10, 1913. : J. n! Southworth, Stackhouse, N. O, .Term expires January 18, 1913. N. Vr. Anderson, Paint Fork, N. 0. Term expires February fl, 1913. J. H, Hunter, MarshaU. N. C B, t. t. No. 3. Term expires April 1, 191 3. F. Tllson, Marshall, N. C, R. F. D. ; No. 8. Term expires April 3, 1913. ' C J. Ebbs, Marshall, N. C. Term expires April 21. 1913. J. W. Neleon, Marshall, N. C Term expires April 25, 1913. Roy to Gudger, Marshall. N. C. Term expires May 3, 1913. Geo. M. Pritchard, Marshall. N. C. Term expires May 25, 1913. . ' Dudley Chlpley, Marshall. N. C; Term expires, July 29, 1913. ' ff. 6. Connor, Mars IIlll, K. C Term jlraa November 27, 1913. . POST. C ree W. Gahagan Post, No. 83 G. A. R, 1 t. Paris, Commander. J. ; .:'nrd, a.'; :'-t i tt t'- Const i; ir ':: :-f ' 1 . li 3 COUNT III AND HIS if E SUICIDE LIKE THE SUMARAI OF OLD NOGI SLITS THROAT WHILE WIFE COMMITS HARI KARI. FOLLOWED ANCIENT CUSTOM Act Carefully planned by the Couple a Final Tribute to Their Departed Friend. Toklo, Japan-y-General Count Ma ronsunke Nogl, supreme military counsellor of the empire, and hit wife, the Countess Nogl, committed suicide In accordance with the ancient cus tom, as- a final tribute to their de parted emperor and friend, Mutsuhlto. - The death by their own hands of famous general and his wife was as dramatlo aa It was sad. The general cut his throat with a short aword, and the countess committed harl' kari. . Following the Samurai custom, the couple had carefully prepared their plans for killing themselves, and timed them so that they would be coincident with the departure forever from Toklo of the dead emperor. General Nogl and the countess bad attended the funeral services of Mut auhlto at the palace here, and It waa expected that they would proceed to Aoyama with the cortege. . Instead, however, at the conclusion of the cer emony at the palace they withdrew to their modest home In Akasaka, a sub urb, of Toklo. and there began their final preparations for death. First the general wrote a letter to his new emperor, Yoahlhl to, which la ter was found beside his body. Then he draped In mourning a portrait of the late emperor, which hung on the wall, and afterward he and his wife dressed! themselves In full Japanese costume, and drank a farewell cup of "sake" from . cups which had been presented to the general by Mutsu hlto. '" -. Darkness bad fallen and Goneral Nogl and the countess sat and await ed the signal they bad agreed upon to announce their leave-taking. This was the booming of a signal gun on the palaoe grounds at Toklo, which was to let the people know that the body of the emperor was staring on the funeral car for Its last resting place. " As the boom of the gun resounded through the clear, still night, General Nogl arose and, grasping In his hand a short sword, plunged it Into his throat, while the countess stabbed herself through the body. REPORT MADE . ON MEXICO Senator Smith Summarizes Findings "c of 8enate Committee. ' El Paso, Texas. Summarizing the work of bta commltttee, Senator Wil liam Alden Smith of Michigan, chair man of the sub-committee of the sen ate on foreign relations to investigate alleged American activity in foment- In the present Mexican revolution, "While it would be foolhardy tor our covernment to Involve Itself un .A.aB.W In tha 'flffafra fit Mpxlrn. UnjQBWIIlf vmw - ' yet as a' practical, suzerain in the western hemisphere, we should never hesitate' to protect American citizens from . torture, persecution or robbery which occur through the inability of constitutional authorities to exercise their protective functions. "So manv cases of wanton oppres inn and unnecessary hardships have presented themselves to our commit tee and seemingly, so um na ueeu done by our government to strike , at the root of the dirncuity tnat i am nnt aurnrised to find among the more reckless of the Mexican people a dis position to belittle Tour prowess, defy our strength ana misconstrue our mo tives. ''' '. ; ' ' ." ' 'r ' - 'A firm, vleorous.- determined and unrelenting foreign policy which asks for Justice and fair treatment at the hands of other governments and as sures the same treatment or their cit izens anions' ns should be the secure heritage f our people" I Trooos to 8top Rioting. rWnth ' Minn. Business organlza Hons annealed to Governor Eberhardt' for trnnna to helD auiet tne riotous outbreaks that . compelled the street car company to suspend service alter six carmen had been Injured by strik en and their friends. Five arrests were made, but the police could do little with the crowds. Stone throw ers were ost In the mass,, and there were not enough officers to drive wir the attackers. Mob violence flung Itself Jip the main street and through the city. - v Man Is Shot Down. Bine Rldie. Ga. Molt Hughes, of Rock Creek district Fannin county, was murdered In the presence or his wife, and their little child, which M rs. Hiirlies held In her arms, so in lured that it la not expected to live. An attempt f t made to kill Hughes from ami" i.nt only a part of a load of s..i msck V:n in the him In the hip, do:-,. tot a 1 ; iry. lie was aroused, caned to l a c .or ana shot, the ball : .;t u i t'.e cV.n. I"e Ml on- .a t . ( f, r - 1 i t t t- 3 I a. EMORY R. BUCKNER '-ml t Mr. Buokner has been selected aa counsel for the aldermanle Investiga tion committee that la trying to get to the bottom of the police graft In New York. ... Will GO THROUGH U. S WASHINGTON GRANTS PERMIS SION FOR PASSAGE OF TROOPS OVER AMERICAN 80IL. The 8tate Department Thinks the Sit. uation Has Improved, So Far aa the U. 8. Is Concerned. Washington. Permission given to move 1,200 Mexican troops through United States territory to" attack the Mexican rebels In the state of Son ora and the reported repulse and re treat from the border of the rebel leader, General Salazar, and his men, combined to bring satisfaction to gov eminent officials here. The permis sion to move troops was granted to Mexico without hesitation, and every thing will be done to Insure careful transportation" of the federals. ' While a certain amount of unrest will exist on the International bound ary line aa long as the trouble In Mex ico continues, officials here are deep, ly gratified that the scene of hostili ties apparently Is being removed from the border. With a considerable force of federals already garisonlng strate gic towns In Sonora, It Is expected that the 1,200 additional men will be sufficient large either to subdue the rebels or force them further south. The Mexican troops will be entrain ed at El Paso and be transported to Nogales, Ariz. Their arms and ammu nltlon wll be carefuly sealed In ex press cars, ap they will go through Amerlpan territory unarmed. In ad dltion, they, will be guarded by a de tachment of United States regulars. President Taft authorized commer cial shipments of 1,000 rifles, shot guns, pistols and revolvers and 183,- 000 cartridges and shells from New York to Mexico by water. The ship ments are destined for undisturbed portions of the republic FLOODS RAVAGE FLORIDA Damage Is Enormous In Tampa and Ita Terlrtory. Tampa, Fla. Damage estimated to reach Into the hundreds of thousands of dollars has resulted from the tor rential rains which have fallen in this section. The damage here Is es timated at 875,000 dally. The precipi tation in Tampa In two days .was 14.06 Inches, breaking all former rec ords since the establishment of the weather - bureau here twenty years ago by several Inches. Tamna suburbs resemble a vast mill pond1, high tides sweeping -over sea walls adding their Quota to the rainfall. Suburban street car traffic, Including . the line to Port Tampa, was totally , abandoned, 3,000 tele phones are out of commission and no less than fifty bouses have been un dermined. - : ''' The pratclce of business men com ma- from their suburban - homes ' to tbelr places of Dusiness, aiurea in bathing suits, was witnessed her for the first time. No Prohibition for Arkansas. TJttln Rock. Ark. The returns from the general election In Arkan sas, while still Incomplete, are suffi cient tn ran firm earlier . Indications that state-wide prohibition and, with one exception, tne several otner pro posals submitted to the voters, failed of enactment The grandfather clause amendment failed to carry, as did the art nmvldlnar for the recall of all elective officers. The proplsal to 11m- It legtslatlve sessions to sixty days was approved. The Democratic state ticket whs elected. 28 Persons Injured In Wreck. Erie, Pa. Twenty-eight persons were seriously injured in the wreck of eastbound train No. 6, on the Nickel Plate railroad, derailed by a spread rail at Sagon road, near Erie. Probably a score or more, slightly In jured, were put up at Erie hotels. A private car carrying W. G. Conlff, president of the road; W. J. Patter eon, superintendent of the division. r& President Dunaton of the Fort ne and Western railroad, which attached to the tra!n escaped la- SPIRAL GLIDE IS FATALJO AVIATOR HOLDER OF DURATION FWGHT RECORDKILLED IN FLIGHT , . .1 AT CHICAGO. ' WAS ONE OF-ARMY BIRDMEN Flying at Night Peck Attempts Steep Spiral Glide and Falls to His Death. ls Chicago. Aviator Paul Peck of Washington, D. C, bolder of the American duration flight record, was killed by a fall with a biplane while flying In a gusty wind. He attempt ed too steep a spiral, and when he struck the ground the heavy engine crashed through the wreckage, strik ing h'm In the neck. A gusy wind blew at Cicero field all day and Director Andrew Drew post ed the customary warning to avia tors against going, up. Peck, believ ing his small biplane would be fast enough to carry htm through the choppy wind, went out In spite of the caution. At about e'.ght hundred altitude, he started to come down In a spiral glide. Because of the unusually small span of his machine, Peck got Into too steep a spiral, his areoplane slid in toward the center qf the vor tex, and he could not bring It back. His real difficulty did not become apparent till he waa within 200 feet of the ground. He would have escaped with minor injuries, Director Drew and his tech nical commltte declared, had It not been for the fact 'that the heavy en gine, crashing through the framework, with Its gasoline tank and Iron fit tings, struck Peck 'In the neck and across the legs. , Peck was American licensed avla" tor No. 57. and had developed a mon- ppiane and the biplane In which he was Injured, The biplane was of only 26 feet span, headless, and equipped with a gyro-motor. . He was making a trial flight preparatory for the inter national aviation- nf&efbere GENERALW. W. GORDON DEAD Was Hero of Two Wars and Prom inent Man of Affaire. Savannah. Ga. Gen. W. W. Gor don of this place, brigadier general commanding second brigade, first di vision of the Fourth army corps, Unit ed States volunteers In the Spanish- American war, and - a Confederate veteran, died at White Sulphur Springs, Va., according to a message received here. News that be was again seriously ill was received in Savannah with con siderable surprise. ..Members of his family .were telegraphed for and has tened to be present before It Waa too late.. General Gordon was born In Savan nah, October 14, 1834. He was the son of William Washington Gordon, who was the first graduate Of the United States Military Academy, and also the first president of the Central of Geor gia Railway company, and Sarah An derson Gordon. He graduated from Yale In 1854 and three' years later married Miss Eleanor Lytle Kinzle of Chicago. : ' Throughout the Civil war General Gordon saw active service In the Army of Northern Virginia, and also n ih. nr.il.ni Armv. In both the cavalry and Infantry branches of the service. At one time General Jle bourne asked him' to r. become a member of bis staff, but the appoint ment was declined. Two Aliens Sentenced to Death. Wvtheville, Va. In the trial of Vic tor Allen for the alleged participation In the HUlsvUle courthouse murders, Judge Staples had Floyd and Claude Allen, who were found guilty of nrst: degree murder on the same, charge, brought Into court and , passed sen" tence of death upon them, fixing No vember 22 aa the date ' of execution. The feature el; the evidence in the trial of Victor Allen , was the testi mony of the defendant, ye accounted for the fact that he was In HUlsvUle at the time of the tragedy by saying that he had been telephoned to and asked to bring a sick witness. : . - Scores Caught In Graft Trap.. . Denver. Colo. As the sequel, to a war of newspaper accusatlonsf that featured largely in the ClUien's par ty campaign In the city and county election of last spring, more than a score of present and former city of ficials and prominent business men of Denver gave bond in the criminal di vision of the district court to answer special grand Jury indictments. The Indictments contain an innniw num ber of allegatlos of bribery, misuse of the city's streets, theft of franchises, and operating disorderly houses. , Blease 8uportere Win. Columbia, S. C. Returns received from different sections of the state Indicate that In the county races tbe candidates . who favorea uovernor Blease and made their races on mat Issue were largely successful. No state contests were held as the re sult of the state primary bad not been determined by the executive committee. In this county two legis lators were elected, one being a sup porter of Judge Jones and the other of !oase. la the contest tor soma me site v-n out MRS. JOHN JACOB AS TOR I mmmmmm. Mother of the latest born heir to Astor millions and widow of one of the heroes of th Titanle BE8IDE8 LOSING GOVERNORSHIP DEMOCRATS LOSE A 8 EAT IN CONGRE8S. Democratic Vote Fell Off While Re. publican Vote Increased Legls , latura Republican. Portland, Maine. Maine turned back to the Republican party In the state election, William T. Haines be ing elected governor over Frederick w. piaisted, bis Democratic oppon ent who sought 'a second term, while the Republicans regained one of the two congressional districts The new legislature is expected to have a small Republican majority, al though returns were not sufficient to show whether former Congressman Edwin C. Burleigh, Republican, or Senator Obedlah Gardner, Democrat will be chosen to the United States senate for the term beginning next March, Haines is elected by about 3,000 plurality, compared with 8,660 given Piaisted In J910. : : The Congressman elected are: First District Asher C Hinds, Re publican. '.'. Second , District D. J. McGlllicud- dy, Democrat. Third District Forrest Goodwin, Republican. Hinds, McGilllcuddy and Guernsey were re-elected. III Luck Pursues Train. Waco, Texas. At HUlsboro, a Trin ity and Brazos Valley passenger train ran into an open switch and collided with a work train. The locomotive was an oil burner and was complete ly destroyed by fire. The mall car caught fire, but was extinguished by the local fire department and the mall was saved. ' The fireman, whose name was not learned, on his first run, was seriously hurt ' Express Messenger Huff had bis back and arm broken, and the mail clerk, whose name ' was not learned, was badly cut on the arm. The train was wrecked at Normangeg earlier in the day. One passenger has a broken leg and two others were less seriously hurt - " . . Will Be Bumper Crops. Washington. The cereal crops of the country from present Indications will reach the unprecedented total production of 133,016,000 tons, Victor H. Olmstead, chief of statistics, an nounced. With record-breaking crops of corn, spring wheat oats, barley, rye and buckwheat, the year's har vests will be 20.3 per cent greater, In weight than last year's production. 6.1 per cent greater than the big year of 1910. and 16.2 per cent greater than that of 190A P)ftIKts..for the, potato crop Indicate It wlU be 36. per 'A., mmI 1.- U, ' -' - '"', I ctuit luvte t- mtv;- t-J ?T.V.' -Ui'M ''Washington. Government- ..expert are gradually , pressing the Texas fe ver ticks into smaller: confines In' the South. The work' ls'belng .vittflueu this summer and department of . agri culture officials believe that with the continued co-operation of the Federal and state authorities the, pest which now causes an annual loss estimated at $40,000,000 to "8100.000,000, may eventually be eradicated. Knox Reaches Japan. v Toklo, Japan. Secretary of; State Knox arived at, Yokohama oil board the United States armored Cruiser Maryland, which, was. convoyed Into the harbor by Japanese battleships. Charles Page Bryan, the,-Ainerlcan ambassador to Japan, was -the first person to go aboard the Maryland. Shortly afterwards Baron Shinltcblro Kurtno, accompanied by representa tives of the imperial household, and of the army -and navy, went on board the American (bruiser and greeted JUr. Knox. ' ' , X - How Philippines Fare, Washington. Progress in the de velopment of the Philippines under American auspices is ''disclosed tn a statement from the Insular bureau on the business' of tbe archipelago dur ing the last fiscal year. This Is det erred to have been "extremely sat-j la'actory" In comparison with preced-! Ing years, and In support of this as- sertlon. It Is pointed out that the to tal exports. $50,319",836, were 25 per cent more than for any preceding year, and considerably more than double that cf any previous year. REPUBLICANS WIN IN MAINE SIX APPRENTICE SEAMEN OROWfl FA CUTTER FROM THE U. 8. NAVAL STATION CAP8IZE8 WHILE ON A CRUISE. FIVE OTHERS RE MISSING Force of Resucuers 8ent Out Along Chicago Water Front to the 8cene of the Wreckage Number of Men Swim Ashore. Chicago. Six naval apprentices were drowned and five are missing as the result of the capsfzlng of a cutter from the United States naval training station at North Chicago, 111. The bodies of six of the victims were re covered and Identified and It Is be lieved that the five boys unaccounted for were drowned. The known drowned are: R. C. Harlan, I. L. Southworth, J. Wallace, J. A. Patton, W. N. Antrlgua and A. L. Raymond. " ' The boys were between 16 and 20 years old and were from tbe middle and western states. The party In which were 24 ap prentices, left the training station In charge of gunners mate Meagus and after cruising about for two hour headed for North Chicago. A few minutes later, while the cutter was north of Lake Forest, a squall struck the boat, the satis were lowered and an. anchor was thrown out Meagus, It waa said, planned to let the cutter ride out to the storm but tbe waves were running so high that the boat dragged Its anchor and gradually, was being driven onto the beach. When within 200 feet of the shore the cut ter overturned and lta occupants. were thrown Into the water. Capt W. F.' Fullham, commandant of the naval training station, saw the danger of the apprentices from "his headquarters and sent a motorboat to the rescue but this craft also was cap sized before it had gone far and the men in charge of it were obliged to swim back to the shore. Later a force of rescuers were sent along the shore to where the cutter had been wrecked. Many of tbe boys swam to land and others floated ashore on oars and pieces of wreck age. A number were rescued from the surf by officers of the training station and cared for at houses near the scene of the wreck. Severe Storms Visit Gulf Coast. Mobile, Ala. The damage rfom the equinoctial storm will reach approx imately 810,000 In this city, although the water In the river and the bay did not come over the city wharves, except in the lower places. The steamboat National, engaged in river trade, was sunk and the United States dredge Barnard that had been In service raising the Maine in Ha vana harbor, was dragged a quarter mile.: The Cedar Street Methodist church was razed- Thousands of feet of fences are down and many trees uprooted or branches broken. Only one death so far has been- reported, that of Thomas Deering. Allen Desperadoes Caught In Iowa. Des Moines, Iowa. Sidna Allen, leader of the Allen clan which shot up the Carroll county court house at HUlsvUle, Va,, March 14 killing Judge Massie 'and others, and -his nephew, Weslev Edwards, are '- manacled in cells .at the city jail as a result of love affairs which led detectives to them. Both have announced their Willingness to return to Virginia with puj'reijUiBltlon 70 Open Panama Canal in 1913. ' Washlngtonvr-The Panama canal Is to be opened, to traffic in the fall of 1913. This statement was made of ficially at the. Navy Department with an announcement that , the Atlantic fleet would rendezvous at Colon this winter before the water Is turned in. The navy estimates are based' upon the latest report from the army engineers. No Intention of Yielding. , . , New York. That . the government of Mexico has no Intention of yield ing without a hard legal fight to the New TTbrk syndicate which recently purchased ' the 3105,000,000 Manning and Mcintosh claim against - the re public, is Indicated In a dispatch re ceived here frdra, Ernesto Madero, the Mexican Secretary of Treasury. He says: "I desire to inform. you that said claim is completely null and void, and was rejected since the year 1886 by the committee appointed in the law May I, 1888." Will Investigate Estate. New York. Representatives of tbe Austro-Hungarian Consulate continued their Investigations to learn what dis position was made of 87.100 of funds of Mrs. Rosa Menshik Szabo, for whose alleged murder at Greenwood Lake, Burton W. Gibson Is now incar cerated In Goshen, N. Y. Gibson, as executor of Mrs. Szabo's estate open ed an account in a local bank In Aug ust under the name of "Estate of Ro sens. Menshik Szabo," and deposited $7,397. Subsequently Gibson, as ex ecutor, withdrew all but ZTl, t NEWS OF NORTH CAROLINA 8hort Paragraphs of State News That . Hve Been Gotten Together With Care By the Editor. Washington, D. C President Taft appointed William H. Keaton to be postmaster at Elizabeth City, N, C. Smltbfleld. On the Smlthfield to- bacoo market there was sold a quarter million pounds tn one week. Cumber land, Harnett Sampson, Wayne and Wake grower, all sell considerable tobacco here, as prices are good and better than most markets.. Marshall, In a strong address for Democracy Hon. Francis D. Winston, of Bertie, spoke here recently. The former lieutenant-governor, who Is now an elector-at-large for the Demo cratic national ticket, is one of the state's most eloquent speakers and he was heard with deep interest. Winston-Salem, The Democratic -campaign in Forsyth county will be opened on the evening of September 26, when Hon. T. W. Blckett wlU make a special appeal to young men. Other prominent men who will prob ably speak here are F. D. Winston, 1 Senator Lee S. Overman, Locke Craig and Hon. Thomas Heflln of Alabama. Reldsvllle. Fire ; completely - de stroyed tbe large plant of the Relds villa Fertiliser Company, located on the southern outskirts of the city. A large amount of . .material had just been shipped and placed in the fac tory preparatory for a heavy manufac ture of the favorite brands of the company. Gastonla. The fall term of Gaston superior court convened here, with Judge James L. Webb of Shelby pre siding. The attendance was unusual ly large, the aisles and galleries be ing filled to their capacity. In his charge to the jury Judge Webb com plimented the citizens of the county upon the spelndld court house - and Jail building which it now has. Klnston. A million and a half pounds of tobacco were aold on the Klnston market In one week, and the fancy prices prevailing since the opening of, the season were maintain ed - substantially. The rush of the Staple to Eastern Carolina markets has been so great that some of the mark- - ets had to close, and this was threat ened ftt several. Dunn. A negro named Alford got in a quarrel with his wife near the Atlantic Coast Line depot and shot her several times with a pistol. .The i negro than ran up the railroad but was never captured. The woman died later from the effects of the wounds. The negroes worked at a large lumber plant near town, and It . seems were In the habit of fighting.. . Troy. In a speech lasting more than an hour and a half, Hon. Locke Craig addressed a very large assemb- . lage In the court-house here a few -days ago. He was introduced by Hon. R. T. Poole, who was Governor KItch- in's manager In this county four years ago when he ran for governor ,and throughout his speech the speaker had the strictest attention of his hearers. .' X''':- .. ' Washington. Wiley Croom Rod man has defeated B. B. Rowe .and John F. Latham for the lower house -and will represent Beaufort county In the next ,Geenral Assembly. , The re sult of the reecnt primaries cannot be told in figures not Bubject to changeVi but an unofficial count, which canno, . t v ui j but? gcuci at icouiif yiavng MrV Rodman's majority over both oppon ents at sometning me zou. , , . . Salisbury. Alderman M. C. Quinu has drafted an ordinance somewhat similar to the one recently passed In Charlotte affecting social clubs where whiskey is kept. If passed by the Sal isbury aldermen Mr. Qulnn's meas ure would require the posting of a 82,000 bond to be forfeited in case any member or employe of tbe club violates any state or city law, in re ference to the sale of liquors. Clinton. The Sampson . county Democratic convention was held here recently and was one of the largest and most enthusiastic seen here In years. Col. Q. L. Peterson was made chairman. .The meeting was address ed by E. L. Daughtrldge, Democratic candidate for ' Lieutenant Governor and Hon. John M. Faison, Congress man from this district, both of whom made speeches wilch were enthusias tically received. Charlotte. Rev. i R. E. Steele, a prominent minister of this state, committed suicide in his- home ht Lumberton by1 "taking a drug.-i No cause! known for the minister taking bis !$: 4 . . ,-:Vy i ; Raleigh. The Raleigh -Chamber of Commerce- has started ar movement aimed at Inducing the board of alder men, to borrow at once on the credit of the city 8100,000, with which to do much-needed street improvement be fore the winter opens, and to pave the way for authorising a $300,000 bond issue for streets by the next Legislature.. Newton.-1 The Republican senatori al convention for the thirty-first dis trict composed of Catawba and Lin coln counties, will meet In Maiden, this county, soon to name a candi date to oppose Julge William B. Council of Hickory, the Democrr,;!a standard bearer. Salisbury. Whitehead FTuitz r-i closed an . agreement aercment of the nai;r nin'.,e tf v If-" ern f , i ';. ; i . 1 ' . ! ' ?!''. . 0 f t' i f. -