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THE ONLY NEWSPAPER IN MADISON COUNTY.
VOL. XIV
MARSHALL, MADISON COUNTY, N.C, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1912.
NO. 39.
jhiimi i n in 11111 nun
'. vff?- Madlao County.
Establish by the Legislature Im
iloa MO-'eL 1 , . .
Population, 36.132. ,
County Seat Marshall , .'
. 1841 feat above lea level
" New and modern Court House, coat
13S.000.00.
New and modern lall cost $16,000.00
New and modern County Home, cost
H0.0Ofl.00.
. Officers.
Hon. Jas. L. Hyatt, Senator,' 83
District BurnaTllle. N. C.
Hon. J. C Ramsey, Representative.
Marshall. N. C.
W. H. Henderson, Clebk' Superloi
Court. Marshall. N. C.
- W. 1L ,Buckner. Sheriff, Marshall,
n. a. ...
James Smart. Register ot Deeds,
Marshall N. C.
C. F. Runnion, Treasurer, Marshall,
N. O. R. F. D. No. 1.
R, L. Tweed. Surveyor, Whit Rock.
N. a
Dr. J. a Balrd. Coroner. Mara Bill,
N. ft
Mrs. Ellxa Henderson, Jailor, Mar
ihH. N. C
John Honeycutt, Janitor, Marshall.
N. C
Dr. C N. Sprinkle, County Physician,
Marshall N. C.
James Haynle, Supt County Home,
Marahall. N. C. I , :
Home located about two miles south
west of Marshall.
. Court.
Criminal and ClrU, First Monday be
fore First Monday In March, Com
mencing Feb. 26th, 1912.
Civil 11th, Monday after First Mob
day In March, commences May. 20
' 1911. i ' ' I
Criminal and Civil, First Monday
after First Monday In Sept Com
mences Sept 9th, 1912.
Civil 6th Monday after First Mon
day In September. Commences Octo
ber 14, 1912.
BOARDS.
' County Commissioners.
. W. "C, Sprinkle, Chairman, Marshall
H. C. '
C. F. Cassada, Member, Marshall
N. C R. F. D. No. 1.
. Reubln A. Tweed, Member, Big
Laurel, N. C.
a a Mashburn, Atty, Marshall,
N. C. .
Board meets first Monday In every
month.
: : .Road Commissioners. ' .
A. E. Bryan, Chairman,' Marshall N.
O, R. F. D. 2... .. ,,
J. A. Ramsey, Secretary. Mara Hill,
N. C. R. F. D. 2.
Sam. Cox, Member, Mars Hill N. C
R. F. D. No. 2.
0. W. Wild. Big Pine. N. C. '
Dudley Chlploy, Road Engineer,
Marshall N. C.
George M. Prltchard, Atty., Marshall,
v n' . '
Board meets first Monday In Janu
ary, April, July and October each year.
Board of Education.
Jasper Ebbs, 'Chairman, Spring
"Creek. N. C -'
Thos. J. Murray, Member, Marshall,
N. C, R. F. D. No. 8.
W. R. Sams, Marshall N. C R. F.
D. No. I. '
Prof. M. C. Buckner. Supt of
Schools, Mars Hill N. C R. F. D.
No. I.' v';-"' " '
Board MeeU first Monday In Janu
ary, April, July and October each year,
, Colleges and High Schools. ,
Mara Hill College, Prof.-R. L. Moore,
President, Mars Hill N. C. Fall Term
', begins August 17, 1911. Spring" Term
begins January 2, 1912.
Spring Creek High School Prof.
' a a Brown. Principal Spring Creek,
r. C. 8 Mo. School opened August
. mi.
Madison 8emtnary High School.
Prof J. M. Weatherly, Principal Mar
shall N. C, R. F. i". No7 lT t Mo.
Sohool began October 2, 1911.
Bell Instituted Miss Margaret E.
Griffith, Principal Walnut, N. C, S Mo.
School began September 9, 1911
Marshall Academy. Prof. R. Q.
Anders, Principal, 'Mars'ha'l'l N. C, f
Ma School began Sept 4, 1911,
Notary Publloa.
3. C. Ramsey, Marshall N. C. Term
expires Jan. 11, 1912.
A. J. Roberta, Marshall, N, C. R. F.
V. No. 6, Term expires May 30, 1912.
Jasper Ebbs. Spring Creek,' N. -C.
Term expires August 10,1912.
C C Brown, Bluff, N. C. Term ex
pires December 6, 1912. Q '.. ,, 'i"-
J. A. Leak, Revere, N. C Term ax
, plres Jahuary 10, 1913. - '
W. T." Davis, Hot Springs, N. C.
, Term expires January 10, 1913.
J. H. Southworth, Stackhouse, N. C.
1 Term expires January 15, 1913.
HJ W. Anderson, Paint Fork. N. C.
Term expires February 6, 1913.
J. H. Hunter, Marshall. N. C. R. F.
D. No. S. Term expires April 1, 1918
J. F. TUson, Marshall N. C, R. F. D.
No. 2. Term expires April 3, 1913.
C J, Ebbs, Marshall N. C. Term
expires April 21, 1913. ?
J. W. Nelson, Marshall N. C. Term
expires April 25, 1913. ' 1 . .V ,
Roy L. Gudgerv Marshall N. C
Terra expires May 8, 1913. .
Geo, M. Prltchard. Marshall, .N. C.
i?erm expires May 25, 1913. ''
. Dudley Chlpley, Marshall K. C
Tpm expires July 29, J913.
' V. 6". Connor, Mars Hill, N. C. Term
t .:;,s November 27,1913.
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REBELS If! FIGHT
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SEVERE FIGHTING BETWEEN U. 8.
NAVAL FORCES AND THE
REVOLUTIONISTS. '
2,000 AMERICANS IN FIELD
Women and Children Tortured In Nlo-
araguan's Return to Rank
. Barbarism.
Washlngton.-Severe lighting be
tween American naval forces and
Nlcaraguan revolutionists has occur
red In the country near Barrancas,
Nicaragua, although reports from the
scene are so meager officials here
have no definite idea of what has
happened. Rear Admiral Southerland
Is In the field, with upwards of 2,000
men, and If plans have not miscar
ried by this time be has cleared the
route of the National railway of op
posing rebels and relieved the famine-
threatened city of Granada.
The official reports to the state de
partment rarely include such severe
language aa those which are now la
sued, dealing with the conditions In
Granada, which. It is said, "are now
worse than those which existed In the
Congo and In the Putupamoy." The
rebels, with unparallelled ferocity,
have turned upon helpless non-com
batants, even women and children,
and thetr warfare is characterized by
a return to absolute barbarism. Amer
ican Minister Wertsel has a letter
from Pedro Rafael Cuatrol, the pres
ent minister of finance of President
Diaz and from Carlos Culedra, the
Nlcaraguan member of the mixed
claims commission. In which In the
name of humanity and civilization
they beg Minister Wertzel to do all
that he can to protect tbelr families
who are being ferociously persecuted
at Granada.
TWENTY PERSONS INJURED
Passenger Train Plunges Through an
. Open 8witch.
Lexington, Ky. Two persons were
fatally Injured and eighteen others
more or less seriously injured when
Louisville and Nashville passenger
jtrahxJJo. 37. bound from Cincinnati
to the south, plunged through an open
switch a quarter of a mile north of
Ktserton, Ky., throwing the engine
from the track to another and wreck
ing eight freight cars on a siding. The
fatally Injured are Fireman Joseph
Faulkoner of Covington, Ky., and En
gineer Rusk of Paris, Ky.
All ot the wounded were taken to
Paris on a special relief train. The
passenger train was running at a
good rate of speed when It struck the
section where double tracking Is In
progress. The switch was left open
by some one whose ldentltv has not
been fixed and the passenger train
ran full tilt Into the cut ot freight
cars which were left standing on the
siding by work crews. The baggage
car was hurled from the track and the
engine ' almost completely wrecked.
The passengers in the coaches behind
suffered their Injuries by being shak
en up by the terriflo impact ,
Theft of $55,000 Mystifies Bank.
Pensacola, Fla. A package con
taining: 855,000 mysteriously ' disap
peared In transit from the First Na
tional bank In this city to officials ot
the Louisville and Nashville railroad
at Flomaton, Ala. . The money . was
part of a shipment of 875,000 Intend
ed as a pay roll, and was In-bills of
small denominations. Reports were
current that the westbound . Louisville
and Nashville train had been held up
and robbed, but this was emphatlcal
ly denied by railroad officials here,
Private detectives and' special agents
of the railroad and Southern Express
company are here Investigating the
affair. -
Harvester Trust 8ult Postponed.
Chicago. The taking of testimony
In the government's suit fof the dis
solution of the International Harves
ter company was postponed until Oc
tober 2. Counsel for the defendants
stated one ot the company's attor
neys was 111 and another was in Call
fornia and that It was impossible to
get new counsel famllar with the case.
: ' National Postmasters Meet '
Richmond, Va. A . telegram from
the executive office at Beverly, Mass.,
to the National League of Postmas
ters, in session here, advised the con
vention that President Taft will meet
committees In Washington to receive
its petition asking that all fourth
class postmasters be put on the clas
sified list of the civil service. This list
has heretofore applied to only four
teen states,- in the territory north of
the Ohio and east ot the Mississippi
river. Officers of the league said the
document contains 20,000 signatures.
Mail Coach Smashed by Elephant,
Calcutta, India. A wild elephant
m the northern province of India,
attacked the Mullalttlon-Vilankulum
ot Ceylon, killed the driver with one
blow of Its trunk and then proceeded
to smash tbe coah against a tele
graph pole, accoru rar to advices Just
received here. 1!.e
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ENTER SUIT AGAINST TBUST
GOVERNMENT IS SEEKING TO DIS
SOLVE INTERNATIONAL HAR
VESTER COMPANY. ;
Hearing la One of 8everal to Be Held
In Various Cities Through-
out Country.
Chicago. Taking ot testimony In
the government suit to dissolve the
International Harvester company,
8140,000,000 corporation, charging It
with a violation ot the Shernfan anti
trust law, was begun here before Spe
cial Examiner Robert S. Taylor.
Clarence S. 'Funk, general manager
of the corporation, was the first wit
ness.
The hearing is one ot several to be
held In various cities.
The defendants Include George W.
Perkins,- Cyrus T. McCormlck, Elbert
H, Gary, president of the steel corpo
ration- George F. Baker,. Norman B
Ream Charles Deerlng and Harold F,
McCormlck. '-v,
The filing of the suit In St. Paul
in April was determined upon after the
department of justice and the compa
ny had falled-to agree to a dissolu
tion dividing the corporation's proper
ty among. new companies, , by court
order, as was done la the American
Tobacco company's case.
. The government charges that the
present defendant by combining the
five largest agricultural Implement
manufactories in 1902, created a trust
and monopolized eighty-five to ninety
per cent ot the trade, and threatens
to continue to monopolize harvesting
machinery business in Interstate com
merce. ' Martial Law In Coal Fields.
; Charleston, W. Va. Gen. Charles D.
Elliott commanding the WeBt Virginia!
troops ' In the field, arranged to carry
out a possible order from Governor
Glasscock extending the martial law
district In the Kanawha coal country.
Found Spring and: Robbed Museum.
Boston Solving the secret of a bid
den spring which opened, a case ot
valuable miniatures at the Museum ot
Fine Arta. Daniel C. Lavery stole 82,
000 worth of art treasures, according
to his admissions In court The rob
bery la the first of the kind whloh
has occurred at the museum... Just
how Lavery gained possession of the
secret of the spring Is still a mystery.
His arrest followed an attempt to dis
pose of some ot the artloles in a pawn
shop. . . : . 'f ' .' - "., -1 .
Lets Brother Hang to Run for Doctor.
New ark. N. J. If Adam Ruff had
retained his. presence of mind when he
discovered bis brother, Frederick, try
ing to .commit suicide by hanging, the
latter would now be alive. It Is be
lieved. As It was, Adam became pan-Ic-sticken
and allowed his brother,
who bad just hanged himself, to re-
a'n gupppfided for two hours while
i r t 1 1 'I tbe country physician
, - . ry t" "t time Frederick
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SWEARS TO KILL AMERICANS
IF THE UNITED 8TATE8 8ENDS
TROOPS IN THE MEXICAN
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Rebel Leader Zapata Issues a Procla
mation Filled With Bloody
; Threats.
' New York. Gen. Emlllano Zapata,
the rebel chieftain who la threatening
to attack Mexico City, gives his rea
sons for his uprising against Presi
dent Madero In a statement forward
ed from his camp at Yautepee More-
los. He says: '
"So that the people ot the United
States may. know why the revolution
is going on 'against Madero' in south
ern Mexico, i make this statement.
"I charge Madero with Ignoring the
men -who helped him win and with
putting into places of trust at large
salaries seventy-three of , bla v rela
tives.. , '
"I demand that Madero resign the
presidency; that be and his family
leave the republic forever. The gov
ernment must not give them a cent
on which to go tor the Madero family
has 1 had 'enough of tbe government
money, "i,.h'.'' ;
" do not want the presidency, but 1
do demand an honest election, 1 at
which I will agree not to be a candi
date. Immediately on the election the
laws must be revised from top to bot
tom so as to give the poor man a
chance. '
"I have 18,000 men under arms In
eighteen states of Mexico, while Pas-
cual Orozco, with whom I have no
connection, has control of two states,
making twenty states under arms. If
I am victorious, I shall drive Orozco
from the country."
Accompanying the statement is the
followlna- declaration regarding the
rumors ot pending Intervention by the
United States In Mexico:
"If Intervention comes I will kill
every American in Mexico. Tpen I
will enter Mexlcd City.
800 Corpses Left on the Field.
Rome. Italy. ThW most sanguinary
engagement of the war In Tripoli was
fought near, Derne, a town on the
Mediterranean coast, 140 miles nortn-
east ot Bengazl. The Italians lost 61
men and 113 wounded. The Turks
and Arabs left more than 800 dead on
the field. Forty-one prisoners, includ-
Ins an Arab chief, fell Into the 'hands
of the Italians. ' The battle opened at
daybreak when a force of Turks and
Arabs surprised and attacked the Ital
ian lines. The fight raged for four
hours, and 'the Italians won signally.
American Murdered In Nicaragua.
Waahlnartan. NicaraKuan dispatch-
m fn tha. atat deDSrtment Indicate
that the American first named as Phil
Hps, who was murdered by the rebels
with another American named Dodd
at the battle ot Leon, on August 19.
oaliv was an American named Cra
ven, although no more is known of
him. It is developed that Craven,
badly wounded, was carried by Dodd
to a hut where tbe rebels reu upon
them. NelthPr was armed, and they
ere murdered In cold blood. General
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the elephant and the moose are ail
THE NEW NEWSPAPER LAW
FIRST RETURNS MU8T BE MADE,
UNDER THE NEW LAW, BY
OCTOBER t, 1912.
Hitchcock Doesn't Like Law, But Says
He Will 8trlctly En-
force It
Washington. Postmaster General
Hitchcock Issued instructions for car
rying into effect the new newspaper
and periodical law, first returns under
which must be made by October 1.
The law requires that publishers
shall file on the first days of April
and October ot each year, both with
the postmaster general and with the
local postmaster, under penalty of de
nial of the use of mails, a sworn
statement of the names and addresses
ot the owner, publisher, editor, man
aging editor and business manager of
their newspapers and periodicals. Re
ligious, fraternal, temperance and sci
entific publications are excepted. For
a corporation, the names of the hold
ers of more than one per cent of the
stocks, bonds or other securities must
be given; and, in the case ot dally
newspapers, a . statement of the aver
age paid circulation for the preceding
six months is required. f ; '
All edtlorial or other reading mat
ter appearing in a newspaper or mag
azine for the publication of which pay
Is accepted or promised, must be
marked "advertisement' under pen
alty. of a fine of not less than 850
"Although the law was not favored
by the postofflce department" said
Postmaster General Hitchcock, "It will
be administered faithfully and Impar
tially. In framing the act, congress
doubtless had in mind the leading dal
ly newspapers, but It will affect also
nearly 18,000 weeklies. Many of these
publication are having a hard strug
gle for, existence and will find the
making of returns a considerable bur
den. Unable to Handle Orient's Trade.
Tacoma, Wash. Oriental trade
with Puget Sound It trekking all pre
vious records. Visions of the trans
Pacific traffic pictured fifteen or twen
ty years ago by Judge Peter Gross
cup of Chicago; James J. Hill and
others have come true. The tonnage
for the Orient now offering Is greater
than the steamship lines can provide
space for. The Blue Funnel UneTrom
Tacoma. the largest fleet that comes
to Puget Sound, announces that every
inch of available space by Its steam
ers haa been engaged up to February.
Bride Held Gun at Her Wedding.
New Orleans. Determined to wed,
despite all obstacles, Eminett R. Solo
mon and Miss Lucille Bonnettte, both
ot Alexandria, La., slipped away to
New Orleans, and were married, The
bride displayed a big six-shooter, after
the ceremony, and explained that she
was preparfed to ubo It had any one
tried again to stop the wedding. It
was their third attempt to elope with
in the past week, and both heaved
sighs of relief when the ceremony
was over, and they dsrrted for bom
SERIOUS
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WITH EMPTY TREA8URY GOMEZ
AT WIT8 END TO MEET VA8T
EXPENSE8.
THE PERILS OF DEFAULT
Press Is Filled With Pesslmlstlo Art
icles Bewailing the Financial and
Political Conditions. May Have to
8top Paving Work In Havana.
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Havana. It la felt generally here
that Cuba Is approaching a crisis In
Its history as a republic. Two serious
questions occupy the publio mind:
Can Cuba survive tbe present state
ot her finances? Can she hold an hon
est and orderly election for the pres
idency with a loyal submission ot the
defeated party to tbe will of the ma
jority. ,
That the treasury Is empty; that the
last dollar of the 816.(00,000 Speyer
loan has been spent while the work
of sewering and paving Havana, the
principal purpose for which tbe plan
was authorized by the United States,
Is not only hot halt finished but In
danger of Interruption if not of aban
donment; that the government la at
Its wits end to find money to meet Its
vast expenditures while receipts from
customs and the lottery have reached
their lowest point all this Is asserted
by the enemies of the government and
most of It frankly admitted by all,
Everywhere It Is asked, how long can
this state of affairs continue?
Last month the government default
ed for the first time on tbe account
due to the sewering and paving con
tractors for work done In July amount
ing to about 8420,000. The govern
ment declared that it had no more
money. The contractors appealed to
the American legation and sufficient
pressure was brought to bear to con
vince, the government that payment
was imperative. , The following day
the money was forthcoming.
There has been much speculation as
to whether the government will be
able to satisfy the claims of the con
tractors due towards the end ot this
month, but there are indications that
President Gomes, realizing fully tha
perils of another default haa made an
extraordinary effort and will be pre
pared to meet the obligation and thus
tide over the crisis for another month.
More Arrests In Dynamite Case.
Boston. The fourth arrest to result
from the Suffolk county grand jury in
vestigation ot the alleged dynamite
planting" in Lawrence, during the
textile strike last January, occurred
when William H. Rice, an East Milton
quarry owner, was taken Into custody.
He waa arrested on an Indictment
charging illegal transportation of dyna
mite and furnished 82,000 ball. Wil
liam M. Wood, president ot the Amer
ican Woolen Company; Frederick E.
Atteaux, president of a mill supply
concern, and Dennis J. Collins, a Corn-
bridge dog fancier, are awaiting trial
charged with conspiracy In the alleged
Illegal distribution of the evplosive.
'Demand Withdrawal of Forces.
Washington. Immediate withdraw
al of the armed forces of the United
States now in Nicaragua Is demanded
in a circular drawn by residents ot
San Jose, Costa Rica, copies of which
reached this city recently. A copy of
the circular has been handed tbe
American Minister to Costa Rica but
as yet be has made no report to the
State Department. Officials at the
department , said that no Importance
Is to be attached to the circular.
Trial of Hlltsvllle Outlaws.
Hills villa, Va. Sldna Allen and
Wesley Edwards arrested a week ago
in Des Moines, Iowa, after having
eluded detectives for many months,
found a great crowd, many; from dis
tant parts of the country, waiting to
get a glimpse of them when they ar
rived here from Roanoke under de
tective guard. They will be arraign
ed before Judge Staples in the Car
roll court the scene of the shooting.
Murrsy to Save Country Banks. .
New York. A ruling of great Inter
et to country banks was laid down by
Lawrence O. 'Murray, Comptroller of
the Currency, In an address delivered
to a gathering ot national bank exam
iners. On and after October 1 he de
clares that in the examination of all
country banks the board of directors
shall be convened and that the exam
ination of assets made in their pres
ence. He has notified banks of this
by letter and in cases where there
are out-of-town directors he haa been
assured that ateps will be taken.
Agreement Signed By Trainmen.
Norfolk, Va. An agreement was
signed by both sides settling the wage
and other questions which have been
In dispute f6r some weeks ai between
the Norfolk ft Western, Chesapeake
ft Ohio and Virginian Railways and
the trainmen of those roads, and there
will be no strike. An official state
ment was given out announcing the
agreement, hut the terms of the same
were not made publio. The tra!r - i
were fighting for a 15 and 16 per it
wage Increase.
NEWS OF NORTH CAROLINA
Short Paragraph of 8tat New That
Have Been Gotten Together With ' ,'
Cara by the Editor,
Morgan ton. Joe Grady,' a welK
known carpenter, was struck by a
freight train on the Southern Rail
way near Drexel and fatally Injured.
Raleigh. A large posse of enrag
ed citizens are hunting a negro, who
Is hiding In a large thicket .near
Zebulon, situated 24 miles from her
and who Is wanted for beating Into
Insensibility a white man.
Greenville. A large and apprecia
tive crowd heard Chief Justice Clark
speak here in advocacy of bis can
didacy for the United States senate,
there being present representative
persons from all precincts.
Morganton. The campaign addrestf
here In the court house by Hon. Fran
els D. Winston, nominee for elector-at-large,
was heard by a large audi
ence. He gave our people a real
study on the tariff, and they were
deeply Interested In it.
Raleigh. Raleigh la threatened
by another water famine, owing to
continued drought and - steady de
crease In the flow of Walnut creek,
the source of the supply. Tempo
rary Receiver W. B. Grimes makes a
special appeal to consumers to use
aa little water a possible.
Dunn. BJroken-hearted and de
spondent because she had been jilted
by her sweetheart Miss Ella Hud
son, the pretty daughter of Y. B. Hudr
son, who Uvea about two miles from
here, committed suicide by swallow
ing carbolic acid. She was cold In
death when found In her room.
Salisbury. A prominent cotton
mill man who was here recently has
made a proposition to Salisbury peo
ple to raise half million dollars for a
new cotton mill here It Salisbury will
raise half that amount The propo- .
sltlon met with favor and will be
worked to successful Issue If possible.
Spencer. The Rowan county So
clalist convention has been called to
meet In Salisbury in the near future.
A full county and legislative ticket
is to be named. Spencer furnished
congressional candidates in the laat
two campaigns, but it is not known
whether a congressional ticket' will
be put out thla year. ' 11 '.-
Raleigh A fourth reprieve Is grant
ed tor John Ross by Governor Kltch
In, the date-fixed , this .time for h .
electrocution being October 11. This
reprieve Is for the reason that the so
licitor desires to present further facta .
bearing on tbe effort that Is pend-,
ing for the commutation ot the sen- .
tence to life Imprisonment
Raleigh. There Is on foot In Ral
eigh a house to house canvass among
the Methodists of the city for sub
scriptions to the 81.000,000 endow
ment fund for Trinity College. 'The
movement waa launched at Edenton
Street church and the Indications are
that an especially creditable sum wjll
be raised.
Kings Mountain. Nearly all ar
rangements have been made for the
celebration here on Monday, October
7, of the 132d anniversary , of the bat
tle of Kings : Mountain. ' The exer
cises will begin at 10 a. m. with a
parade, in which two bands, carriages
containing the principal speakers,
the children of the graded schools,
floats of various kinds and the Red'
Men of this section will participate.
Gastonla. Tbe Improvements in
the city jail, which have been going
on for the past two weeks, are al
most completed, and make this jail
one of the most modern in the state.
Durham. 'file senatorial . conven-
vention tor this district was held"
at Hills boro and formally declared'
Victor S. . Bryant ot Durham and J.
L. Long, Jr.. of Alamance, the Dem
ocratic nominees for the state sen
ate. -
Raleigh. There Is much gratifica
tion here over the announcement by,
C. P. Frazier of Greensboro that he
will not accept the Taft Republican,
nomination for state superintendent ,
of publio Instruction against J. Y.i
Joyner. Mr. Frazler'a card puts hlsi
declination on the high plane that be
believes the office ot state superin
tendent of publio instruction ought to
be placed above politlos, and should
not be Included in the political scram
ble for office.
Rocky Mount One young man Is.
dead, and there are several others In
most serious condition, little hope.
being held out for two who are ex-
tremely ill, aa the result of ptomaine
poisoning from Ice cream, served at
a party near Red Oak In Nash coun
ty. -, . ,v?.',v-.,
Hendersonvllle. The probabilities
are that there will be no point de
bate In the tenth congressional dis
trict by Congressman J. M. Gudger,
Jr of Ashevllle, and Mayor R, H.
Staton of Hendersonvllle, Candidates
for congress on the Democratic and
Republican . tickets, '
Gastonla. Attorney General T.
W. Bickett delivered a -tfiastarful po
litical address at McBradley'a hall at
West Gastonla, speaking) for more
than two hours. He confined his re-,
marks to a. discussion of the tariff '
question, and other Issues of national
(.Importance.
Gastonla. Unltt d Etates Senator
F. M. Simmons will adJress the I -ocracy
of Gaston cm"y f t r
court t-.e la C ;?-' I .
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