North Carolina Newspapers

- v .- My : irH-H : tin tin hm nun ;; HAE1SCN COUETY &ECC3JV CtaLUeJJln23, 1201. ''" FRXKCB E&OAD NEWS, ; ; .uUu.uj M,y is. 1907. : :: Consolidated, : : Not. 2aL 1311 I 1 1 1 1 14 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 fo Medium J il l ; ; Through wbich row reach the " people of Madison County. . i ! ; ; Advertising Rates on Application ' iniiii 1 1 1 m 1 1 1 i i m 1 17 n i mil 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 n in mi THE ONLY NEWSPAPER IN MADISON COUNTY. VOL. XIV MARSHALL, MADISON COUNTY, ) N. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1912. NO. 40. 1 '. 'I . itu Madleoa. County. . stabllahed by tha Leglalatur Sea tloa wikbl Population, 20,112. County Beat, Marshall ' 1MI feet above sea level- New and modern Court Houm, eost , 3S.ooo.oo. New and modern JH oot $18,000.00. . New u4 modern County Horn, cost no.ooo.oo. t , Officer. Hon. Jaa. I Hyatt, Senator,-: S3 District Burnsville, N. C. Hon. J. C. Ramaay, Representative. Marshall N. C. , W. H. Henderson, Clehk Superloi Court. Marshall N. C. W. M. Buckner, Sheriff, Marshall. N. a CHINA REJECTS DR. 0. L MORRISON PROPOSED LO NEWS OF THIS ACTION HAS BEEN RECEIVED IN OFFICIAL CIR CLES IN WASHINGTON. - AMOUNTED To $350,000,000 International Projaot la Formally De clined by Provision Preaident of Chinese Republic , Washington. All doubt aa to the determination of the Chinese govern- June. Smart. ResiaUr of Deeds. ment to Proposed Interna Marshall N C tlonal bankers' loan of $360,000,000 - 0. F. Runnlon, Treasurer," Marshall WM removed when Provlaional Presi N. 0, R. F, D, No. t dent Yu,n Shl Kal formally declined R. L. Tweed, Surveyor, white Rock, lu u.wr-io a aireci CIVIL VAR COMING OVER HOME RULE GLADYS GRACE N. C Dr. J. a Balrd. Coroner, Mars Hill. n. a , Mrs. Eliza Henderson. Jailor, Mar- ibaU. N. & John Honeycutt, Janitor, Marshall. N. a u"u"t ',r ,uuu " Joram, vne Dr, Morrison, who for years has British minister at Pekln. News of baen the correspondent In China of me action waa received in oinciai the London Times, has been appointed Birciee uere. ' , . . adviser of the oovarnmant Af thm Chi. unui now ue oniy nolle to tne neee republic ix powers tnat cnina bad decided to reject the loan waa contained In a Dr. & N. 8prinkle. County Phyelclan, statement mada by the Chinese mln- MarsnalL N. C. Jamea Haynla, SupL County Horn. Marshall, N. a Home located about two miles wutk-, west of Marshall ' Courts. Criminal and Civil, First Monday be fore First Monday In March, Conv ' menotng Feb. 16th, 1812. Civil 11th, Monday after First Mon day la March, commences May 20, 1911.. .( bar 14. 1911 . BOARDS. County Commlsstonera. W. C. Bprlnkla, Chairman, Marshall, ADD 36,038 MORE WARDS PRESIDENT TAFT TO SHELTER ALL THE FOURTH CLA83 y POSTMASTERS. later In London to the representatives of the bankers' group. It had been hoped this waa not final or official, Foreign offices of the Interested powers now are expected to engage In soma rapid cable exchanges in an effort to get together on some line of policy that promises a satisfactory I Order Placing Fourth Clasa Postmas- settlement of this question. So far! ters " Classified Service Will there is noticeable reluctance to I Be Issued. compulsory methods, even to demand. ing Immediate payment by China of Washington, It ha been practical Criminal and Civil, First Monday V $50,000,000 arrears on account of decided that President Taft will aftar First Monday In Sept Com- 1 108 uoxer indemnities ana oueri"" wiu yuwuB 1L. me, Bth. 191J - tems. It la still believed there may fourth, class postma.er in the Civil 6th Monday after First Mon- f "" way oi reacmng a Ba"" , T... -.7.'...t y. . day In September. Commenoee Octo lacwry setuement ana were are u, uu- UIMUUBI lU.k iUIB 1UOJT UO 1UUUQ U J - .yuiumitui, a recognition by the six powers of w11' b 0M of th m0Bt comprehen the validity of the so-called independ- lve na far-reaching, as affecting the ent $50,000,000 Joan, thus removing clvI aervioe ever issued, further opposition from outside banks. That th president would take this '& 9 Cassada. Member MarshalL on condition that China refrains from teP. his flr act toward putting into Nr v v n Nn l : lurmer, unusacuous ai uw mna ana -" f.o hw . V, It. . .,. . What oil .rnoommon, n-flnora nAn . Renbln A. Tweed, Member, .Big resumes ueguauons ior me larger -o lm1 k a . loan, pernapa on plans modined as to ul ,' nuoma ue a B. Maahburn, , Atty, . Marshall, resmcuoiiB io o uupoiea upon "7'"" " ,L T iT jf j, . Mjnina, , , , . . , , .,, u.u .,., I .am, nvotlallv Aii-toln of ta. a i4nW month. ' . ',' 1 " Road Commlealonera. A.-B. Bryan. Chairman. Marshal). N. C. n. JT. U. 2. . X A. Ramsey, Secretary, Mara Hill, M. R.F. D.2. - -. . ?- 8am Cox, Member, Mara Hill, K. C R. F. D. No. S. " f O. W. Wild, Big Pine, N. 3. Dudley - Cbipley, Road Engineer, Marshall. N. C. Oeorg M. Prltchard, Atty., Marshall. R C. Board meets first Monday in Janu ary. April, July and Ootober Vach year, Board of Eduoatlon, Jasper Ebbs, Chairman, Spring Creek, N. C. Thoa J. Murray, Member, Marshall, N. C JL T. D. No. J. W. R, 8am s, Marshall, N. Cw R. F. D. NO. I.'":; . "V Prof. M. C. Buckner, Supt of Schools, Man Hill, N. C. R. F. D. N 1 Board Meets first Monday In Janu- nPPPRAnn K raPTIIRCn Ml81'011 of PBtmaster returning from "" -witnt annual convention of tneir asso ciation at Richmond. Va hail been Drug-Crazed, Her Takee Refuge In (received at the .white 'house, and by Houaa and Shoots at Officers. I Postmaster General Hitchcock. . The Louisville. Kv. After balna held at rlaitors , Submitted a monster peti- bay all nlaht by a drUs-crazed nearo. hlon lgned by about 20,000 postnias- Louisville'a police rushed the black's ter, a8kIn' that they be placed in barricade and caDtured him hefnra In ciassinea service. could make further resistance. The Ater discussing tne matter oneny nrisoner. Ed Jackson, waa arrested on e delegaUon, President Taft a trivial charge. He escaped, took referred the executive committee of refute In a house in tha crowded n. " association 10 Mr. niicncoca ior gro quarter and began firing on pe- further consideration of the matter, destrians and street cars. One of the Later the committee called upon the policemen sent to arrest him was dan- poatmaaterc general .to dlscutls the gerously shot . ' f - suujeci wun mm. . , ThA Tint paII hi Amindnd hnt whan r. tllicucoca win buuuiu 10 rresr police and citizens reached Jackson's dent Taft a formal recommendation retreat, he had barricaded himself so mat -we peuuon oe gmnwu ana me securely and directed such an effect- President is expected to act promptly lve rifle Ore at his pursuers that they nd favbly upon the recommenda- were obliged to light at long range. tion. cv. A hnn-a thai. .T.hn4 .hn. in we enure couuiry luem wem with the black. Then firing ceased, 9'672 rurth cla8 ttw , hA nniir th. mmino. nf end of the last fiscal year. By execu- Colleges and High Schools. took jacason oy surprise ana ne sur- . ,A .ll. . , Mar. Hill College. Prof. R. U Moore, rendered, although well auppl.ed with - jbj Nw nd and of President Mars Hill, N. C. Fall Term begins August 17, 1911. Spring Term begins January 2, 1912. , Spring Creek High School Prof, a C Brown, Principal Spring Creek, N. C I Mo. School opened August 1, 1911. Madison Seminary ' High. School. ammunition, - When the police gained entrance to h,. Indiana, Michigan and Wiscon the house, they found two other ne groes with Jackson. One ,of them, who attempted to rush the police, was shot down. Probably he was fataUy wounded. It la believed the, two men 1 were in the house when Jackson took sin in the civil service, a total of 13,- 634. Those still without the service number 36,038. BRITI8H GOVERNMENT IS ORDER ING TROOPS TO BELFAST, V " Ireland. ;; DISPUY OF .ARMED FORCE Anti-Home Rulere Ai'e Arming and Bloody Clash May Come Horn Rule Will Be Fought ' Belfast, Ireland. Regiments of the Highland light infantry and Scottish borderers will be drafted Into Belfast In anticipation of Ufeter day, when the covenant in defiance of home rule Is to be signed' by Ulsterltea. The j Royal Irish Rifles, already stationed nere, are copnnea to Darrackg in read iness for emergencies. More than a thousand members of "young eltlsen volunteers of Ireland" were enrolled. The Sew organization s to assist when called upon by the civil authorities to maintain peace. The demonstration at Portadown waa one of the most remarkable of I FORCE OF 750 MEN TO BE DI8- A J The fourth of the beautiful daugh ters of Michael P. Grace of London la engaged to Qapt Hamilton Grace of the Eleventh Hussars. , -. MARINES FOR SAN DOMINGO the campaign, owing to the display of armed force and the enormous num ber of Oranegmen and Unionists who assembled to greet Sir Edward Car son and other Unionist leaders. Sir Edward declared that they were per forming the obsequies of home rule.--Frederick E. Smith, M. P, for Liv erpool, expressed tha opinion that the battle was already won. He added: "The government eren If ft haa the. wickedness, wholly lacks the nerve to order the British army to use co ercion in Ulster." . PATCHED TO SAN DOMINGO IMMEDIATELY. Situation Haa Grown Worse Revo lutions Are Very Active on" . Border cf Haytl. ' Washington, A force of 7S0 Ameri can marines under CoL E. J. Mosea will sail from Philadelphia on the transport Prairie for Saft Domingo, to compel the reopening of Domini can custom houses along the border Th tr.At. f nlf.t .r. hm. ' Haytl by revolutionists. gaily decorated. There has been an u alnor'ly w p was given enormous sale of Union Jacks. , u rr.uui ii aur a commence Portadown. Ireland.-Determlnation witn Actln8 Secretary of the Navy nt tn .nhmlt in hnmi ml. at. Deeninau winiurop Deiween wasn- nraBPd hv 90 OfM nranenmen and Ttn. "uu ow Iurn ,u lu priyaie --w "rf - w " T 0 l ,LI.I. .-1 a. Ibnists, residents of the county of A ,uu "nu B w magh, Ulster. They had assembled """'"S Aouug oecrewry In the birthplace of Oraneglsm to wel I of State Huntington Wilson and Wll- the Unionist clubs were formed, when they took part In a great procession. Two large cannon, also, were drag ged along on gun oawt&gesr .while an ambulance in charge of slaters moved with the processlpn and carried a large supply of splints and bandages. come Sir Edward Carson and other "an ,T- ch'ef f jat'n" Unionist leaders. i , , , American division of the state de- Rlfles were carried by some of the Partment, ' had advised the president battalions, into which the Members of ' thf ce88lty, for ,mmealate ac"on vviiu iuv iiiKiiues win oria. ueo. Frank Mclntyre, chief of the army In sular bureau, and Mr. Doyle, as spe cial commissioners, to make an In vestigation of conditions In San Do mingo, particularly on the border be tween that country and Haytl, where the revolutionists have been .most .flHv. ThA Dt-olrfA will spiva at tha THREE KILLED IN WRECK island about October 3, and the plans for the disposition of the marines Southern Passenger From Chicago to wln depend entirely upon conditiona - Jacksonville Derailed. I .UDQer "ar, V. ? 7 . ml ...... , I between the United States and the Plalnville, Ga. Three persons' were n,,, MnM, th r., otBtBa killed, hree are seriously injured one , re8pon8,blA for the collection and te missing and six others were slight- dIgtributlon of gan Domingo's cus- ry hurt, when Southern passenger tomg QUe8 HeretoforA th hafl en train No. 14, bound from Chicago to am,ahnA naafniiv , but rabela Jacksonville. Fla., was derailed two from u naye now c,og. miles north of here. Two day coach-1 , nf tha pHtnm. noat- es, one Pullman and the baggage and whatever force that may neces express car were thrown from the gary w,u be U8ed by th8 mar,neg t0 track., - ... j.v. The wreck was caused, it Is report- MHn. nfflniai. hora ha. ed. by a truck breaking while the however that wnen maae aware train was traveling at a high rate of speed. .The engine, the mall car and of the determination of the United States government, the rebels will of- the diner, did not leave the rails, but fer M mfat&ncf) and that it may the rest of, the train turned over Into I even be found unnecessary -to disem bark the marines. IT COSTS TO KEEP EATING Prof J. M, Weatherly, Principal Mar fAuga there and that he compelled U. S. Bureau oi Labor 8 hows How T HO I inem 10 neip mm m mo ukul. t . shall N. O, R. F. D. No. 2. Sohool began October 2, 1911. Bell Institute. ' Miss Margaret E, , Griffith, Principal Walnut N. C, 8 Mo. Sohool began September 9, 1911. Marshall Academy. Prof. B, O. Anders, Principal, 'Mars'haTl, N. Food Prlcea Have Soared. Washington. The most marked up. Mexican Feaeraia Will cross Border. Ward trend or the cost of livina is . Mo. School began Sept' 4, 1911, ', Notary Publics. ' J. C. Ramsey, Marshall N. 0. Term expires Jan. 11, 1912, - A. J. Roberts, Marshall, N. C, R, F. D, No. I, Term expire May 30, 1912. v Jasper Ebbs, Spring Creek, N. C. ' Term expires August 10, 1912. C. C Brown, Bluff, N. C. Term ex pires, December 6, 1912. ' ' J.' A. Leak, Revere, N. C Term ex- . plrea January 10, 1913. W. T. DavH, Hot Springs, N. C. Term expires January 10, 191$. J. H. Southworth, Stackhouse, N. C. ' ,Tm expires January 18, 1913. ' N. W. Anderson, Paint Fork, M. ft Term expires February 6, 1913. J. H. Hunter, Marshall, N. C, R. F. D. No. 2. Term expiree April 1, 191$ J. F. Tilson, Marshall N. C. R. F. D. No. 2. Term expires April 3, 1912. C I. Ebbv Marshall N. a Terra expiree April 21, 1913. Washington. Permission to trans- disclosed in the Federal bureau of la- port an additional forcevof Mexican bor.g report of an investigation of Federal troops through American tor- npifi fh. nagt ten varll eonduct t .. , ' . . . A. . r ' c j niory waa grtutwa uy iuo own ue- ed u tne important Industrial cen panmem mrougn me Mexican emoaa- terg of thirty-two ; states. Fifteen sy here.! Conditions that governed most important articles of food, as the movement of the first body of well ag coalj compri8ing two-thirds of iroops ironrju raao, io uougias . wnrkinaman'a needs, were lnveaU tew weeks ago will be imposed. The I , - Mexican soiaws must do unarmed 0n June 5, 1912, the report shows, during their transit. Their rifles fourten f the fifteen article of food must be transported separately under wepe higher than a year before, and guara 01 American aoiaiera auu ro" ten had advanced In the past ten turned to them when they reach their Tears more than fifty per cent over oesunauon. rnia reaenu roroe coui-ithe average retail price for the ten prise one battalion. . ; . . ear period 1890-1899. Man snot oy Troops. Dlea In Electric Chair. Augusta, ua. Aiirea uornr . wasi, Poaton. Chester S. Jordan, entene- kllled ana two otner ciuzens noi, 6d to d8ath for thA murder four years one probably fatally, by members of ag0 at g0merville of his wife, Hono the state militia who had formed a ran whoae body he cut up and pack- aeaa line aoom.ine nueeum atreei ed to trunk, wa executed in the plant or tne, aireei rauway company eectrio cnatr gt the Charlestown to prevent attacn oy swiaera or sym- Brison. . Jordan went to his pathlzera. The Injured are Robert deatn caimiy and without making any Christie and Ben F. Baker. The la- gtatement A suspicious cabman waa bor mass meeting waa far more quiet responsible ' for the discovery of the thMi whlKh m-aadad It thA fl ot . . , . . . . J W Kalann Virahall V n luu , . 7 muraer oi mm. uuesier o. joraan, tTJk ,S w-a Terffl result being the adoption of a for which Jordan wa. xecuted.' The lutlon to Governor Brown, demanding (murder was committed at their apart withdrawal of the troops. ; ments in Sommervllle. K. C expires April 25, 1913. Roy L. Gudger, Marshall Term expires May 3. 1918. . Geo. M. Prltchard, Marshall N. C. Term expires May 26, 1913. . Dudley Cbipley, Marshall H. C Tarm expires July 29, 1913. - ; ' W. 5. Connor, Mars Hill, N. C. Terw piro November 27, 1913. POST. George W. Gahagan Post No. $8 ; G- A. R. ' , . '-, , B. . Davis, Comn'enfler. J. ::. r..i:rd, a:. ;-:-t n the Cetut 1 .-. s f .;-Ti;--y BergeanU Have Grown Too rat. I Bore comrade 63 Mllea on Back, Washington. Uncle Sam s staff ser-1 mw v0rk. For 63 . miles afoot geants in the Philippine have waxed through the northern woods, W. 8. fat and the army subscribes to the cowing, a teacher, carried on his dictum "nobody loves a fat man." So back a companion, Charles Claxton, Inspector Geaaral Garlington, in his jf-i wbo WM helplesa from an at- annual report to the secretary of war, tack of pneumonia. Cowing and Clax recommends t' nt the fat man be ton, near starvation, reached the Ht elimlnated. I., I la the lazy luxu- ti, French village, St Pomphilo. Que ll f e Oriental bee, and traveled thence by rail to '3 live da- rangor, where Claxton, son of a phy- 1 f I . in rii"fti1('rh!a. lav near dasth a ho , '' The men were e'gh- i (.-.'- la re- x civUlxstioa. ', t i ci a f " t?'9. ry of military l 3 headquarters tie f ped f!Rt Is r-' r f 1 r ( f " .. an embankment. Relief parties were rushed to the a.a.. Ih AntnmnVillAa 7ti t nma All of the Injured were placed on a relief LEVEE ASSOCIATION MEETS train, rushed to the scene from Rome, and sent to Atlanta. . I They Favor Levees to Curb the Mis sissippi River. Memphis, Tenn. The construction TAR IS SJLEIIT Oil HADLEY ULTIMATUM MIS80URI PRE8IDENT GOVERNOR TO WANTED TAKE BOLD 6TAND FOR .REFORM. DONE WITH THE BOSS RULE The 8tate Committee Demands That -..', the Executive Cancel Speechea or Elee Pledge Himself to the G. O. P, Wire Hadlea Proposition. St Louis, Mo. No word from Pres ident Taft came In reply to Governor Hadley' ultimatum to the State Re publican Committee a to the term on which he would support the Presi dent in the present campaign. This was explained by CoL Otto F. Stifel, member of the advisory committee of the Republican National Committee who said that he had wired President Taft the text of Governor Hadley' ultimatum and had failed to hear from the President and had sent the President a second telegram saying that no Immediate reply waa neces sary. Colonel Stifel explaining this action In a statement declared that he had Informed the President that the con sidered "Hadley' speech at the open ing of the State Republican campaign a an endorsement of Taft and a promise to support him." Governor Hadley' ultimatum wa that he w.ould support President Taft for re-election only 6n condition that the President would at once declare himself for presidential ' preference primaries and non-boss controlled del agtlons from Southern states to Na tional convenion in order to prevent recurrence of the charges' of fraud such- aa arose In the last Republican National Convention. ;. v , Col. Otto F. Stifel called .up Presi dent Taft by long distance telephone but the connection was had an,d he could not make the President under stand Governor Hadley's proposition. The President- told Colonel Stifel to submit the proposition In writing or to go at. once with It to Washington, where the President would. meet him. NEWS OF NORTH CAROLINA Short Paragraph of 8Ute New That Have Been Gotten Together With Care By the Editor. . Paving Way For State Convention. New York. Democratic leaders be gan their advance upon Syracuse for the ' Democratic State Convention, Charles F. Murphy leader of Tammany Hall, United States Senator Jamea O'Gorman and John M. McCooey, a Brooklyn leader, left for ' Syracuse. Senator O'Gorman and Mr. Murphy traveled together, 1 having ' adjoining seats in the drawing room compart ment. The Senator declined to com ment on the fact Some one asked Senator O'Gorman ' if the Syracuse gathering would be an "unbossed" convention. "Of course It will," he replied. "There will be no one man director of this convention. ' Confer About Parcels Post wasningion. oi "" and maintenance of an adequate ays- nve largest ciues, oi uw uu.w.u tem of ievees along the Mississippi States came to Washington in re- .VBT th. nnhr mMna nf hndlnlt sponse to a summons from Postmaster te waterway within bounds is pri- uenerai micncoc. wuo uwmu uui a natlonal problem, was agreed to confer with the special committee by gpeaker9 at the first eesdions of he had appointed to work out plans the conventj0n of the Inter- for establishing the parcels post They gtate association. Complete will be in conference with the post- Feienl control wag urge(, by 8everal master general ana ki couiuiiiiea iur ,h,g guggestion found favor with several days, giving advice on a num- pr0Dably the greater number of the ber of subject affecting operation of delegates. the Parcels post In larger Cities, SUCh p-a-Manl Taft aent a maaaai nr. aa warehouse and terminal facilities, ,ng necessity of co-operation by and the utilization of the present car- tho Fed8ra government and the states rier force in the parcels post The flf- and gUggegting that the needs of the teen division superintendents of the Mlgglggppl vaney during the next few railway mall service were here con- VMrm , hm . . tn ranl,irn ierrmg on piano uiau are vaiug yi- fected for handling parcel mall o the railways.: "all of the funds that can bo spared from both the national and state treasuries." Count Pardoned to Spend Honeymoon. Chicago. Count John Drashkovltch I Bank Robber Indicted. ' New Orleans. Howard E. Edwards, Orloff of Croatia was released from tna highwayman who , held up and parole by Municipal Judg Sabath to roi the New York limited train permit the count to spend a honey- 0f the Louisville and Nashville rail moon of several months In Europe ,.,, th(1 cltT on the niaht of with his wife, who was Miss Mary geptember 4, was indicted by the Henrietta 8parrow, a wealthy Chicago grand jUry. He is charged with as woman. Creditor caused much trou- suiting mail clerks on the train and ble for Count Orloff Just before and wlt1 the theft of mall matter. Ed after his wedding here. Finally a ,.... who haa been in the hosDltal typewriter concern had him arrested I bera wltn a fractured skuU as the re on a charge of larceny as bailee, and gult 0. hlowg gtruck by Engineer Judge Sabath placed th count on pro- Baef( wag r,m0ved to the parish pria- i uu w awmv u.aa.. ... An Entire Family Drowns. Toronto, Ont. Five members of one family were drowned in the Pig- eon River the victims being William McCaffrey of Toronto, sales manager of the Canadian General Electric Com pany, his mother, wife and two child ren. A fourteen-pound muscalonge which had been hooked by Mr. Mc Caffrey was responsible for the deaths of the family party. Mr. McCaffrey had come here with' bis family to spend a short holiday. With his pa rents and his wife, mother and two children started out in a canoe down the Pigeon River in quest of musca longe. - Again Assumes Peaceful Air. Augusta, Ga. Anqther conference between Mayor - Barrett, other city of ficials and. representatives of the Street Railway Company In an effort to bring about a settlement of the street car strike proved unavailing. The city has again assumed a peace ful air after the exciting events of the past few days, in which three citizens were shot to death by members of the state militia and two companlea of soldiers on guard duty here were sent to their home stations. Used Apron to Save Train. , I , Governor Foss Renominated. Bluefleld, ,W, Va. Miss Beulah I Boston. Gov. Eugene T. Foss was Chandler, aged 18. prevented the renominated by the Democrats In tha wrecking of Norfolk and Western I primary election. Returns from one passenger train No. 1 when she dls- n.lf of the state, includma- the city covered tons of rock on the track a,t ot Boston, gave him a lead of nearly a curve near here. She was walking n,oo0 vote over hie opponent J beneath the spot when she discovered geph c pelletier, district attorney of the debris and heard the train ap guffoifc county. In the same cities Broaching. . She took off her apron, ,nd towns Joseph Walker, formerly ran down the track and flagged the gpeaKer of the Massachusetta house train, which ran up to and touched of representatives, har a lead the slide of rocks. Passengers cheer ot about g.ooo over Everett C. ed her and took up a large collection Benton, a former member of the gov- for ""V .. ernors council, - . Economic Importance of Corn. Washington. Some idea regarding the economic Importance of corn may be had by a realization that in the United States It exceeds In acreage, yield and value, wheat oats, barley, flax, rye, buckwheat and potatoes com bined. An Increased value of , one cent per bushel ould mean an ad ditional income to the farmers of the United States ot $26,000,000, while an increased production of but one bush el per acre at 60' cents per bushel would add $50,000,000 annually to the national wealth. - : Spry Welcomes Irrigation Men. : Salt Lake. Gov. William Spry de livered the address of welcome on be half ot the state at the opening ses sion of the twentieth National Irriga tion Congress In Salt Lake. Other prominent workers of the congress who are doing much to make tha session a success, includes Senator Francis C. Newlanda, president of the congress; Major R, W. Yonr ;r, c! i 'r man of the board of governors ; C -.w A. Snow, chairman of the Uuh I 1 of Control and Arthur Hooker, i tary of tta cor-,: Loulsburg- The opening of tht local tobacco market and the Increas ing sale has been the centre of at traction here for the past few weeks. Murphy. Deputy . Sheriff Sam Voylea wa severely cut, but not se riously with a knife by John Mlngu in what Is said to have been a drunk en row, Mingus gave bond. Waynesvllle Judge Walter Clark spoke here to a splendid audience, In advocacy of hi nomination for the senate. Judge Clark delivered some heavy blow In hi own behalf. Mebane. Major Charles Stead man, present member, of congress and Democratic nominee from the Fifth district' made a strong and tell ing speech here In behalf of Democ racy. , t j .;; : Raleigh. The state fair, Just three weeks off, give promise ot excelling Itself this fall and no former exhibi tion has had nearly the extensive preparation that has been given to this one. Hendersonvllle. Joseph P. Isrse. of this city, died In an Ashevllle hos pital aa the result of bullet wound received at the Hendersonvillo pas senger station at the hands of Jule L. Collins, who 1 now, confined In the Henderson county jail Statesville. The chicken . fanciers of Statesville are beginning to get their fowls in shape for the annual poultry show, the date haa been fix ed to be held' from January 14 to 17. The outlook now is for one of the best shows ever held In this sec tion of the country. , ' Raleigh. With fire losses In North Carolina running up to the enormoua sum of $4,000 dally and $1,600,00 an nually State Fire Insurance Commis sioner James R. Toung is making a state-wide appeal for the exercise of greater care In the use of matches, the greatest criminal against life and property. ' Morehead City. The county . Dem ocratic convention waa held at Beau fort and passed harmoniously. All the county officials were renominated and Charles S. Wallace was remolnated -for the house.' -The graded schools begaln their second week today with nearly 650 pupils enrolled, this from a town of 2,600 people. ' ; - i . ' " Pittsboro. The boiler room to the Nooe planing mill was destroyed by fire. As soon as the alarm was given crowd rushed to the scene with buckets from the stores. By much effort the main building was saved. It is thought that the fire started by some shavings igniting from the fire box of the boiler, , t , V , v, Winston-Salem. The ensuing year promises, to be the greatest year In the history of the Twin City a far as material progress is concerned. From plans already formulated, and those no being carried Into effect, it seems certain that considerably over $1,000,000 will be expended for pub-' Ho Improvement work of various kinds. Raleigh. Claiming that the massive granite -pillars of the splendid bank ing house of the Raleigh Banking & Trust Co., on the corner of Fayette vllle and Hargett streets, encroach . three feet on the Fayettevllle street sidewalk. City Attorney W. H. race is undertaking to have the work on building stopped until the matter can be settled, v Salisbury. Gilbert White, a civil engineer of Durham, has been asked to make a survey and submit esti mates of the cost of going to the north fork of the Yadkin river tor Salisbury's water supply. This move is a -result of a Joint meeting of the . water and health boards. It ls'pssl- , ble, however, that for . th present Grant's creek will be tapped and it water used. , Goldsboro. E. W. Hill chairman of ' the Republican county executive com- ' mittee, who la an ardent supporter of the big Bull Mooser is making a de termined effort to 'get Roosevelt to make Goldsboro one of his speaking points in North Carolina, a wa first contemplated when his Southern trip , wa being planned. Mr. Hill states that his party will put out a full. ticket tn Wayne county. Fayettevllle. The intelligence that John W. Bolton, one of ' the most brilliant and among the most popular members of the Fayettevllle bar, had been found dead at his home on the east side of the Cape Fear river fur nished a shock to this community. Wilmington. Traffic on the A. ft - Y. and W. N. branches of the Atlan- tlo Coast Line was seriously inter- fered with . recently .,, by washouts caused by heavy rains of the past few days. A passenger train leaving here at 5:50 o'clock for Newbern , waa wrecked between Verona and Jack sonville. Raleigh. Dr. Jamea Y. Joyner and Dr. D. H. Hill have returned from Washington, where they went to se cure information that would help them in planning and administration of the Craven farm-life school. Concord. An audience that t'.'ei the Cabarrus county court hoi, beard the Hon. Francis D.'Wlnon i v one of the moBt powerful n ' i e nas delivered cm of the west. All t b.- t r 1 9 1 I - 1 I r j s '