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Con.olidtted, : Not. 2nd, 1911 X
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THE ONLY NEWSPAPER IN MADISON COUNTY. .
VOL. XIV . ' MARSHALL, MADISON COUNTY, N. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1912. NO. 42.
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Madias County.
Established by the Lsglslattrt
UmlMO-'ei. , '
Papulation, 80.131. .
County Seat, MarahalL
164 feet above sea level
New tad modern Court Hour, coat
131,000.00. ,
New and modern jail ooet $16,000.00.
Naw and modern County Home, coat
' 110.000.00. .
Offloera.
Hon. Jas. L. Hyatt, Senator; S3
District Burnarille, N. C. .
Hon. J. C Ramsey, Representative
MKnha.ll, N. C.
W. H. Henderson, Clehk Superioi
Court. Marshall. N. C.
( W. U, Buokner, Sheriff, Marshall,
N.C.
Jamea Smart, Register of Deads,
Marshall N. C.
& F. Runnlon, Treaaurer, Marshall
N. C, R. F. D. No. 1
R, L. Tweed, Surveyor, White Rock,
N. C.
Dr. J. H. Balrd. Coroner, Mar Hill,
n. a
Mrs. Eliza Henderson, Jailor, Mar
ihall N. C.
John Honeycutt Janitor, Marihall,
N. C
Dr. & N. 8prlnkle, County Physician.
Marshall. N. C.
Jamea Haynle, Supt County Home,
Marshall, N. C.
Home located about two mlloa south
west of Marshall.
Courts,
Criminal and Civil, First Monday be
(or first Monday In March. Com
mencing Feb. 28th, 1912.
Civil 11th, Monday after First Mon
day In March, commence May 20,
1911.
, Criminal and Civil, First Monday
after First Monday in Sept Com
mencea 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. a
C. F. Cassada, Member, Marsha 11,
N. C, R. F. D. No. 1.
Reubin A. Tweed, Member, Big
Laurel, N. C.
C. B. Mashburn, Att7., Marshall,
N. C.
Board meets first Monday in every
month. -
Road Commissioners.
A. H. Bryan. Chairman, Marshall, N.
C, R. F. D. 2. , . v
Jf. A. Ramsey, Secretary, Mara Hill,
N. C R. F. D. 2.
Sam Cox, Member, Mara 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 meetB 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. 3.
W. B, Sams, Marshall, N. C R. F.
D. No. 1.
Prof. M. C. Buckner, Supt. ot
' Schools, Mars Hill N. C, R. F. D.
No. 2.
Board Meets first Monday In Janu
ary, April, July and October each year
- Colleges and High Schools.
Mara Hill College, Prof. R. L. Moore,
President. Mara Hill, N. C. Fall Term
beglna August 17, 1911. Spring Term
begins January 2, 1912.
Spring Creek High School. Prof.
G. C Brown, Principal; Spring Creek,
N. C I Mo. School opened August
',.1, 1911. V -
Madison Seminary HiKh School.
Prof VJ. M. Weatherly, Principal Mar
shall" N. C . R. F. d' No. I. 1 Mo.
School began. October 8, 1911.
Bell Institute. MIbs Margaret E.
Griffith, Principal, Walnut, N. C 8 Mo.
Sohool began September 9, 1911.
Marshall Academy. Prof. R. O.
Anders, Principal, 'Mars'haTi, "N. C, f
Mo. Schtool began Sept 4, 1911.
V Notary Publics.
' J. C. Ramaey, Marshall, N. C. Term
zptrea Jan. 11, 1912.
A. J. Roberts,' Marshall N. C R. F.
D. No. I, Term expires May 30, 1912.
Jasper Ebbs, Spring Creek, N. C.
Term expires August JO, 1912.
C. C, .Brown. Bluff, N. C. Term ex
pires December 8, 1912.
3, A. Leak, Revere. N. C. Term ex
piree January ID, 1913.
W. T.i Davis, Hot Springs, N. C.
. Term expires January 10, 1913.
J. H. .Southworth, Stackhouse, N. C.
Tern expires January IB, 1913.
N. W. Anderson, Paint Fork, N. C.
Term expires February 0, 1913.
' . J. H. Hunter. Marshall N. C, R. F.
D. No. $. Term expires April 1, 191?
' J. F. Tilson, Marshall, N. C, R. F. D.
No. t, - Term expires April 3, 1913.
C. J. Ebbs, Marshall N. C. Term
expires April Jl, 1913. -
J. W. Nelson, Marshall N. C. Term
expires April 25,1918.-
..." Roy L. Gudger, Marshall N. C.
' Term expires May 3, 191S. -
Geo. M. Prltchard, Marshall, N. C.
Term expires May ,25, 1913. .
Dudley ' Chlpley, Marshall N.
.Terra expires July 29 1913. ;
W1. 5. Connor, Mars Hill, N. C. Tern
sjxplro November 27, 1913.
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George W. Gahagaa Post, No. IS
G. A.' R, . ; : ;....;. .
." 8. M. Davis, Commanderi - V
3. H. Ballard, adjutant ' ". "
Meets at the Court House Saturday
for the second- Sunday la
mU at 11 A. M.
LETTERS STOLEN
SAYS
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THIEVE8 SECURED 8TANDARD
OIL LETTERS PUBLI8HED BY
HEARST ARCHBOLD SAYS.
ADMITS THEY ARE AUTHENIC
President of Standard Oil Company
Declares Letters Contain Nothing
8ubject to Juat Criticism.
Washington. The authenticity of
the majority of the letters recently
made publlo by' William R. Hearst
purporting to have passed between
John D. Archbold of the Standard Oil
company, and members of the house
and senate waa freely admitted by Mr.
Archbold before the senate commit
tee Investigating campaign actlvltlles
and expenditures.
Those letters, of which fac simile
photographs have been published,
were In almost every case Identified
by Mr. Archbold,, with the statement:
I undoubtedly wrote that" These
Included letters to and from Sena
tors Hanna, Foraker, Quay and Pen
rose and former Representative Sib
ley of Pennsylvania and Representa
tive Grosevnor ot Ohio. Many letters
Mr. Archbold said be did not remem
ber, but he recognized handwriting
and signatures and admitted their
genuineness.
The president of the Standard Oil
company, recalled by the committee,
after making his showing In August,
that he bad given $100,000 to the Re
publican campaign fund of 1904, ad
mitted that the receipt given by Cor
nelius N. Bliss for the sum bad been
destroyed by himself and H .H. Rog
ers, now dead.
"It was not a thing of pleasure to
look at," said Archbold. He said he
had not been able to find a book en
try of the amount on the books ot
the Standard Oil company.
Mr. Archbold declared the letters
made public by Hearst had been stol
en from the files of his office; but he
declined to name those whom he sus
pected of the theft He said he be
lieved the letters contained "nothing
that is subject to Just criticism," and
that they were "such letters as a man
In a position like mine could write to
men in representative positions." Mr.
Archbold presented four new letters
that he had found as the result ot a
search of his files, the only ones, he
said, "that had escaped tho thieves."
REBELS MAKING THREATS
Will Be 8hot If Found Operating Any
Tralna-ln Mexico.
El Paso, Texas. Rebels warned of
ficials ot the Mexican Northwestern
railroad not to attempt reconstructing
the road and warning also has been
Issued that American railway men
will be shot If found operating trains.
Railway men testified. thus before the
senate committee here.
Mexico City. Six American rail
way conductors who were taken pris
oners recently at Sain Alto, in north
ern Zacatecas, would have been shot
if Antonio Manoz, a rebel chief, had
not made a timely appearance. 'The
conductors' captors declared their be
lief that an American army had In
vaded Mexico and proposed to wreck
vengeance on the prisoners. ;
As Munoz knew differently, he caus
ed the proposed execution 10 oe siop-
ped. One ot the conductors is named
McNabb. He is 60 years ot age, and
acted as englneer-ln-charge. Another
of them Is named J. O'Connor.
Guadalajara, Mex. When Miguel
Guerrero, a rebel leader, attempted to
break Jail a detachment , of Federal
cavalry halted a general break by
killing two fleeing prisoners. Several
soldiers were hurt ,
Two Offlcera Killed.
Greenville, Texas. Three men were
killed here In an attempt by the po
lice to answer a telephone complaint
that some one In the southern part ot
Greenville was disturbing the peace.
Assistant Chief of Police John L.
Southall and Special Deputy Sheriff
R. E. Shlpp were both shot and killed
by Slant Simmons, the man accused
of "disturbing the peace."
To Withdraw Marines.
Washington. United States ma
rines and sailors now In Nicaragua
can be withdrawn In about a month,
acnriiiTiir tn a reoort from Rear Ad
miral Southerland to the navy depart
ment. The admiral is of the opinion
fiiAt mmnlntfl order will have been re-
tsored throughout the Central Ameri
can republio In that time.. He an
nounced he was sending Colonel Pen
dleton and Malors McKelvey and Reid
Into various districts ot the country
to see that orders providing for gov
ernment control are actually In forte.
Tax Inheritance $3,150,000.
nn m. T. A cheoue tor $3,150,-
000 was received by State ComptroJ-
ler Schmer in payment or tne aavance
Inheritance tax on the estate of the
late Col. John Jacob Astor, who. per
ished on the Titanic. The temporary
tax was paid at this time In order
tn nhtnin a 8 ner cent rebate allow
ed by law If tha tax Is paid within
six months after tha deatn or we ae
cedent This rebate Is equivalent to
$155,000. The temporary tax repre
sents an estate valued a about $75,-
000,000
SIR GE0RQE REIO
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Sir George Raid, high commissioner
for the Commonwealth of Australia In
London.
BECKER PLACED ON TRIAL
GOTHAM POLICE OFFICER ON
TRIAL FOR ALLEGED MUR
DER OF ROSENTHAL.
Prosecutor Promises Chair for Assas
ain of Zellg Unless He
Confesses. -
New York. Two hundred and fifty
talesmen Jammed the court room of
Justice Gott in the criminal branch
ot the supreme court when Police
Lieutenant Charles Becker was called
to trial on the charge of murder in
the first degree for Instigating the as
sassination of Herman Rosenthal, the
gambler who was shot to death last
July.
In addition to these men, there was
another panel of 50 from which Jus
tice Golf was to select a special grand
Jury of 23 to devote Its time to the
Rosenthal Investigations.
District Attorney Whitman assert
ed that he could prove his charges,
despite the assassination of "Big Jack
Zelig," the gangster who was slain.
Zellg was to have been an Important
corroborative witness for the prose
cution. Long before the hour set tor the
convening of court the criminal
courts building was surrounded by a
?eat crowd and police reserves from
two stations were added to those on
fthe scene.
Throughout the trial extra police
will be kept In the court room to pre
vent any gang outbreak such as has
been anticipated ever since Jack Rose,
Sam Schepps, Harry Vallon and Lou-
Is Webber pledged tbelr aid to the
prosecution. East Side gangsters are
declared by attaches of the district at
torney's office to have vowed to "get"'
these men.
While Philip Davidson, alias "Bos
ton Red Phil," reiterated his story
that his murder of Zellg was on per
sonal grounds and not connected with
the trlal ot Becker, District Attorney
Whitman was said to have evidence
showing beyond any doubt that the
"svstem.". which brought about the
death of Rosenthal as he was about
to divulge graft secrets also accom
plished the murder of Zellg to pre
vent his appearing as a witness
against Becker.
ITALIANS ATTACK CITIZENS
One Man Shot by Laborers Working
on Tallulah Dam.
Clayton, Ga. Two hundred Italians
employed at Mathis Shoals In the
construction ot the Georgia Power
company's new dam across Tallulah
river, after imbibing a little too
much of the "overjoyful," attacked a
young man named Grover Shirley.
They knocked him into the river, then
fired several pistol shots at him, .
A difficulty growing out of the
same transaction was renewed in
which a dozen or more of the citi
zens of Rabun were accosted by the
foreigners with rifles, pistols and shot
guns. They quicKiy retreated, taaing
shelter behind buildings, rocks and
trees, until they reached safety
Plotted to Blow Up Canal.
Indianapolis, Ind. Pages from the
careers of the McNamaras and Ortie
EsMcManIgal as leaders of "the fly
ing squadron of dynamiters," with
conversations in which they are said
to have plotted to Bend McManlgal to
Panama to blow up the locks ot the
Panaman canal, were read by Dis
trict Attorney Charles W. Miller be
fore the Jury at the trial of the ac
cused "dynamite conspirators." The
Incident In reference to Panama, Mr.
Miller said, occurred Juat before the
arrest of the Los Angeles dynamiters.
Will Not Be. Deported.
Waahinarton. Prince Ludovlo Pls-
natelli d'Aragon, eon of Don Jaime,
pretender to the throne or spam, wno
t,a a han tieM at New York, threaten.
ed with deportation, will be released
and authorized to enter tne united
states, unless information Is soon re-
Mivnii from France Justifying his re
jection by the Immigration officials
at Kills Island. Tne department of
onmmnme and labor Instructed the
commissioner of immigration at New
York not to hold tne prince an unrea
sonable length ot tlme.t
PAPERS TO TEST
ITY L
8UIT AGAINST GOVERNMENT OF
FICIALS FILED IN NEW
YORK CITY.
SAY LAW UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Petition Charges That the Law Is
Unconstitutional and Prays for
an injunction.
New York. Suit to test the right
of the government to enforce the
Federal law of August 24, 1912, requir
ing newspapers and periodicals to
publish their circulation figures twice
a year and imposing other publicity
requirements, was filed in the United
States district yurt here by The
Journal of Commerce and Commer
cial Bulletin company, publishers of
the Journal of Commerce.
The suit Is directed against Post
master General Hitchcock, Attorney
General Wlckersham, United States
District Attorney Wise and Posiuiaa-
ter Morgan of New York. The peti
tloner charges the law Is unconstitu
tional, and prays for a temporary In
Junction restraining Its enforcement
until final adjudication. It also re
quests that the defendants be reqvired
by subpoena to answer.
Batk of the action, according to
Robert C. Morris of counsel for the
complainant, Is tho American Newspa
per Publishers' association. The as
Boclatlon decided recently to file a test
suit, and the Journal of Commerce,
Mr. 'Mortis said, In filing its petition,
has the sanction and co-operation of
the association.
The petition alleges there are up
ward of 21,000 newspapers and period
teals in tke country affected by the
law. It charges that the law Is void
because it violates the Federal Con
stitution an) particularly the first and
fifth amenduenta, and abridges the
freedom ot tie press. The law is char
acterlzed as tf no benefit to the post
office or any ither department of the
government, Inasmuch as obedience
by the peridrxftlas and newspapers
would not "aid pr assist In the opera
tion of the postotflce department or in
the carrying of gaua or the regula
tion tnereoi. ' , ?
. In Its petition the complainat an
nounces It win not comply with the
law, for the reason given, and de
clares the defendants are about to
enforce the lav by denying the com
plalnants the ise of the mails. With
reference to that portion of the law
which requires bat all printed matter
for which there is any compensation
received shall e labeled "advertise
ment," the petition says:
"It Is not wltlln, the power of con
gress," the complainant continues, "to
enact said act, anl it is an usurpation
by congress of lowers expressly re
served to the several Btates, and Is
legislation affecfljig matters with
which the several states of the United
States alone have, the right to treat."
TRAIN WRECKER CONFESSES
y lays H
Tom Tankersley Says He and
Two
Others Opwed Switch.
Atlanta, Ga. lorn Tankersley,
simple-minded yoij
:h ot 18 years, Is
locked up In the Fulton county Jail,
having confessed
o participating in
wrecking the Southern train near Cor
nelia last week wien two lives were
lost.
According to tU boy's confession,
he and two other! whose names he
does not rememb
r, are responsible
for the wreck, am their motive was
to rob the mail after the train was
ditched, but no ro
bbery was attempt-
ed, he says. i
Tankersley wai
arrested for steal-
lng a horse wlthvjhlch he rode away
from the scene tfj
the wreck. ; His
he wreck .occurred
knowledge of hov
caused the arresting officer to bus-
pect htm, and tie
detectives of the
Southern road wefe notified.
When the trah
came dashing in,
their nerve for nfybing the mail van
ished, and they Med in fright. One
left on the first freight train to pass,
he says, he lefl on a stolen horse,
and he doesn't loow what became of
the third man. j ,f. ;
Mrs. Eddfs Will Void.
Boston. A trit estimated at 12,-
000,000 created
y tne win or Mrs.
Mary Baker Edl
ly, founder of the
Christian Science;
church, for the ben
efit of the denomination, was declar
nd void hv the MisachUBetts supreme
court The courtjhplds, however, that
a charitable true jbas been created,
and that new tru;ees may De appoint-
have been admkiitered by the di
rectors of the mittler church In Bos
ton, but the coirtj decided that the
trust provisions ere nullfled.
Noted Moutaineer Slain.
miHov na flbrlflv TlDtnn. a not-
- .
ed mountaineer poonshlner ot the
north Georgia montains, is aeaa. a
coroner's Jury Us been unable to
clear un the lottery of lust when
and by whom hi was killed. The
general Impressio. here Is that Tip
ton, who was kbwn as a desperate
character, was sbt to death by moun
tain clansmen wb had soma hidden
grievance agalns, him. Tipton was
famous in this action tor his exploits
aa a moonshine! He had been fre
quently arreatedjfor Illicit distilling.
PUBLIC
JUDGE GOFF
W N
Judge Goff, chief Justyce of the su
preme court of New York, was select'
td by Governor Dix to preside at the
Rosenthal murder trial.
WAR DECLARED OH TURKS
MONTENEGRO BEGINS HOSTILI
TIES SERVIA, BULGARIA AND
GREECE TO FOLLOW.
Moved Against Turkey Before Great
Powers Presented Note In Ef
fort to Keep Peace,
Paris, France. A general confla
gration in the Balkans is expected by
officials here.
Montenegro's declaration of war
against Turkey is regarded as the be
ginning. It is believed other units in
the Balkan coalition will follow suit
as Boon as the mobilization of their
armies is complete.
The action of Montenegro In declar
ing war on Turkey has fore
stalled the great powers who were
moving for peace and a general con
flagration is expected In the Balkans
in a short time. Bulgaria, Servla,
and Greece will follow Montenegro's
lead and the four Balkan states will
fight out tbelr long standing quarrel
with Turkey. It is feared that hos
tilities may involve some of the great
powers and engulf all Europe in war.
Austria and Russia both have inter
ests in the Balkans, and they in turn
may involve the other great powers
Besides their mutual hatred of Turkey
and their desire to extend their terri
tories, all the Balkan states, it Is now
pointed out, have quarrels with Tur
key arising out of the chronic disorder
in Macedonia and Albania. It is a mat
ter of general knowledge that there
have been frequent outrages against
the subjects ot the Balkan states on
Turkish territory, and along all the
frontier the guards have been at each
other's throats at every opportunity.
Constantinople. Prior to receiving
his passports from the Turkish gov
ernment, the Montenegrin charge d'af
faires, M. Plamenatz, handed the fol
lowing note in behalf of his govern
ment to the Porte:
"With the authorization of King
Nicholas I have the honor to inform
you that from today the government
of Montenegro ceases all relations
with the Ottoman empire, leaving It to
the arms of the Montenegrins to se
cure recognition of their rights and
the rights which have been ignored
for centuries of their brothers in the
Ottoman empire."
DYNAMITE KILLS 45 PEOPLE
Twenty More Will Die From Hurts
Received In Mexican Fire.
Tampico, Mexico. Three hundred
persons are suffering from injuries
and 45 mangled bodies are in the
morgue as the result of an explosion
An Investigation by the authorities
led to the discovery that the explo
sion occurred during a Are which
had evidently been set by an incen
diary. Many of the killed and injured
were Spectators attracted by the burn
ing building. Suddenly as they press
ed close there was a terrific detona
tion, which shook the earth and sent
flying embers for many yards through
the air. . . V .
Husband and Wife Die, In Cemetery.
Birmingham, Ala. The dead bodies
ot Mr. and Mrs. T. O. Naftel of Wood
lawn, a suburb of Birmingham, were
found in the Woodlawn cemetery, a
bullet through the woman's temple
and one in the brain of the man. A
Distol was found in the man'a hand,
Kind all indications point to his having
killed his wife and then himself. The
couple left the home of Mrs. Naftel's
parents to go to a drug store. It is
believed the husband induced ; nis
wife to go to the cemetery, where
the double killing took place.
' Milk Records Broken.
Rrncktrtn. Mass. All records tot
milk and butter have been shattered
Creamello Vale, a Holsteln cow
own mi hv Earl Unton. The cow has
given 26,930 pounds of milk with a
monetary value of $1,300 Bince Novem
her 15. 1911. Ah average cow gives,
atcordinff to the department of agri
culture statistics, about 3.000 pounds
of milk a year, creameuo vaie id
one month has given 3,200 pounds. At
her -best Mr. Upton's Holsteln hat
given 108 pounds of milk a day, which
at the rate of t l-l pounds an nour.
BE6III PROBE INTO
DEMOCRATIC FUND
FINANCES OF PRECONVENTION
CAMPAIGN ARE TO BE IN
QUIRED INTO.
TO QUESTION -THE LEADERS
The Managers For Wilson, Harmon,
Underwood and Cla-k Will Tell the
Investigating Committee the Source
of Their Expenses.
Washington. The finances of the
Democratic preconvention campaign
of this year will be Inquired into by
tbe Senate Campaign Contributions
Committee, when the managers ot the
Underwood, Harman and Wilson cam
paigns to,- the presidential nominations
appear for examination.
Senator Bankhead, who was in
charge of the Underwood campaign,
will be questioned as to tbe contribu
tions of tbe Underwood forces. Lieu
tenant Govenor Nichols of Ohio, who
had charge of Governor Harmon's in
terests, will be asked about his finan
ces. The Wilson campaign fund will
be discussed by William F. McCombs,
and his assistant William McAdoo,
Alton B. Parker of New York, Joslah
Qutncy ot Massachusetts and Roger
Sullivan, the Illinois leader, are the
other Democrats under subpoena to
appear.
Some time during the week the
committee expects to call George B.
Cortelyou, who was Republican Na
tional chairman in 1904, to question
him as to the disclosures made by
various witnesses concerning alleged
campaign contributions that year by
the Standard Oil Company and of the
go called Harriman fund of $240,000.
George W. Perkins and probably
Frank A. Munsey will appear later in
the week to be questioned as to their
part in financing the preconvention
campaign of Colonel Roosevelt this
year.
Have Reached An Agreement.
Atlanta, Ga. An agreement was
reached between the Atlanta Joint
Terminal Company and.: representa
tives ot the striking employes, prac
tically settling the strike on the Geor
gia and Atlanta Terminals. Terms
for arbitration will be decided at a
meeting later, - and it is announced
that train service will be resumed on
tbe Georgia road. It was stated that
as a result of the final -conferences
here between Mediator Charles P.
Neill, United States Commissioner of
Labor, and representatives of the
strikers, all the 46 striking employes
ot the terminal will be reinstated.
Turkey Granted Three Days Grace.
Paris. Italy granted Turkey three
days grace to decide whether it shall
be peace or a continuance of the war.
If by that time the Turkish govern
ment is not prepared to sign the
protocol tbe Italian fleet will Immedi
ately be dispatched to strike a blow
at a more vital part of the Ottoman
Empire than has yet been reached.
Robbers Loot and Burn Postotflce.
Sheboygan, Wis. Robbers secured
several hundred dollars from the
postofflce and caused a fire loss of
$30,000 at Adell, Wis., near this city.
Dynamite was used to force an en
trance to the postofflce safe and the
eplosion set fire to the building, the
flames spreading to a big store.
Wreck on L. Si N.
Birmingham, Ala. One man was
killed, two fatally Injured and others
badly hurt when Louisville & Nash
ville fast passenger train No. 3 left
tbe tracks near Cunningham, 10 miles
north of Birmingham. The baggage,
express and smoking car turned over.
Cruiser Ordered to Nicaragua.
Seattle, Wash. Orders to Bail Im
mediately for Nicaragua were receiv
ed by the armored cruiser Maryland
which returned from the Orient. The
Maryland Is at the Puget Sound Navy
Yard coaling for the southern trip
and Is expecting to get away at once.
Hold Up Train and Rifle Mail Car.
. El Paso, Tex. Rebels held up a pas
senger train 15 miles south of this
point, on the border, rifled the mail and
express cars and kidnapped. John T.
Cameron, a wealthy stock broker of El
Paso. The train was allowed to pro
ceed. John T. Cameron was on his
way to purchase cattle to be imported
Into the United States. It Is believed
be fs being held for ransom to prevent
further stock shipments from the dis
tricts held by the rebels. A Mexican
passenger also was held by the rebels,
who molested no others.
" Conductors Demand More Pay.
: Nashville, Tenn. Members of the
general committee of the board of ad
justment of the Order of Railway
Conductors have arrived in Nashville
to confer with President J. W. Thomas
ef the- Nashville, Chattanooga A St
Louis . Railway with reference to
changes In the working conditions and
Incidentally to negotiate an advance in
pay. The engineers received an In
crease and the conductors hold that
they are over the egtneers and they
should be given more pay. They have
given the customary day's notice.
LAND OF THE LONG LEAF PINEt
Short Paragraphs of State New That
Have Been Gotten Together With
Care By the Editor.
Salisbury. The 13th district Odo.
Fellows, including twelve lodges In
Stanly, Rowan, Davidson and Davie
counties, held a meeting at Lexing
ton recently,
Salisbury. The Rowan Democratic
committee has opened headquarters
in Salisbury and will wage a vigorous
campaign. The candidates are now
touring the county. ;
Waxhaw. A freak of nature is ob
served In Waxhaw these delightful
Ootober days cherry tree in full
bloom. Some of the blossoms have
dropped, leaving the young cherry.
Huntersvllle. J. E. Honeycutt and
William M. Wilson representing the
candidacy of Judge Clark and Wil
liam M. Tye, one of Gov. Kltchln's
staunch supporters, spoke at Hunters
vllle to a crowd numbering some 250
people.
Raleigh. During the month of Sep
tember, Just closed, there were sold
on the Raleigh market only 1,678
bales ot cotton compared with 8,300
sold during September. 1911. This la
taken to Indicate that Ver ia very
short crop In this territory this sea
son. Raleigh. Governor Kitchln issued
two pardons, the first to Jack Ham
rick, retailer of Cleveland county,
and to Will Cannon, convicted of mur
der In the first degree from Cabarrus
county. Both are conditional clemen
cies and must be followed by good
behavior.
Salisbury. A plan is on toot to
have built a central high school build
ing aa an addition to Salisbury's
school facilities. The city Is short on
school room on account of the re
cent unexpected growth of the city .
and some of the rooms of the city
schools are being taught In relay now.
Salisbury. -C. M. Miller, county sur
veyor, has been engaged to make a
map of Rowan county which will
show every road, the names of all .
land owners, all churches and school
houses and all the natural resources
of the county. A corner map of Sal
isbury and Spencer will show avail
able factory sites.
Pinewood. The prices paid here so
far this season for cotton have been
in line with priees paid In larger
towns. There are three regular buy
ers here this season, besides several
speculative buyers. Alvln MIms rep
resents McCabe, Rogers & Co.; Ran
som Richardson, Alex Sprunt & Sons,
and W. G. Elwell, Levi Brothers of
Sumter.
Scotland Neck. Quite a delegation
went to Halifax recently to go before
the board of county commissioners in
an effort to secure the county con
victs to work the public roads In this
section. The efforts of the delegation
were successful and the convicts will
be sent here as Boon as their work in
Conconara township is completed,
which will be in about a week or ten
days.
Raleigh. The county tax books for
the year 1912 have been completed
by the printer and will within a few
days be turned over to the sheriff and
his forces. The deputies have been
eager to begin their work of collect
ing the taxes. They have not had
enough work during the . past two
months and numbers, of tax-payers
have also been a little anxious to pay
up.
Spencer. Since the clubs were
closed in Spencer some two months
ago, it is said there has been no poker
playing, and, indeed, little "kyards"
ot any kind. It Is claimed that the
boys" while off duty, between runs
on the road, spend their time In pitch
ing horseshoes. This sport Is cham
pioned by a number of well-known
railroad men mixed with a few busi
ness men. .
Llncolnton. The movement ' for
road improvement In Lincoln county
has taken on formidable proportions
as evidenced by the ' enthusiastic
meeting held here recently of the
Lincoln county good roads association. .
The membership of this association
now numbers over 500, the majority
being the leading citisens of the coun
ty. Steps were taken for the ap
pointment of a county good roads
commission, consisting of five mem
bers from each of the five townships.
AsheviUe. Twenty Greeks, who
have been employed In various capa
cities in and around Ashevllle ans
wered the call to arms sent out by
their government and left here for
Greece, to take up arms against the
hated Turk."
Wilmington. The Brunswick coun
ty Republican convention Was held
recently at Supply .with a large at
tendance. With the exception of sev
eral contests over the nomination for
the office of sheriff and member of
legislature everything - passed off v
quietly, the Roosevelt-Taft fight being
Ignored. ,
- 'Washington. Another . North Caro-1
Una woman has become a lawyer. She
Is Miss Mary C. Farmer, who waa
born in Henderson county near Flat
Rock, and who was admitted to prac
tioe law before the supreme court of
the district of Columbia. '
Smlthfleld. Hon. Thomas - Settle
and D. H. Blair ot Winston-Salem
spoke in the court house here to a
small crowd. The speaking had been
well advertised and both of them ap
peared to be some disappointed at
the crowd ot Republicans present
The two speakers consumed only two
hdurs' time. s