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hi n iiki in ti i Htn ni t MAEISCr COUNTY RXCCXD, G6f Msdiuxa'' an n US rRXNCH B3LOAD NEWS, EiuUi.UJM.y16 1307. ' Consolidated, : I No?. 2aL I9U 1J IrU T Through wkicK jo reach th 4 ZZS , 4 pec pie of Mcuusoa County. .-' I O ArlVAriklnn Rata ah annlir-atlnn X 1 1 Ml 1 1 1 II 1 1 1 II 111 I It I 1 1 mi h 1 1 Mini iiiniiH . 1 THE ONLY NEWSPAPER IN MADISON COUNTY. , -. ' VOL. XIV MARSHALL, MADISON COUNTY, N. C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1912. NO. 47. . . .. '.. .. ..,'iv.. Mad) Ceunty BtbUsb4 by the Legislator ilea 1380V5L , Population, 20.138. Ceuaty feat, Marshall. 1841 feet above sm level New and anodera Court House, ISI.C00.00. New and modern JaU, ooit 818.000.00 , New and modern County Horn, eoat uo.ow.oo. Officers. Hon. Jas. U Hyatt, Senator;' 8: District, Burnsvllle, N. a Hon. J. C. Ramsey, Representative Marshall. N. C, ' W. H. Henderson, Clehk Bunerloi Court. Marshall. N. C W. M, Buokner, Sheriff, Marshall. N. tt James. Smart. Register of Deeds, UarahalL N. C C. F. Runnlon, Treasurer, Marshall, n. c r. r. a No. i R. L. Tweed, Surveyor, White Rock, N. C. Dr. J. H. Balrd, Coroner, Mart Hill, N. a Mrs. Ellin Henderson, Jailor, Mar ihalL K. C. 1 .John Honeyoutt, Janitor. Marshall, n. a Dr. a N. Sprinkle, County Physician, Marshall. N. C, " James Heynie, Supt County Home, Marshall. N. a Home located about two miles souta- west of Marshall Courts. Criminal and Civil, First Monday be fore First Monday In March. Com- uenolnf Feb. 86th, 18-12. Civil 11th. Monday after First Moh- day la March, commences May 10. 1918. Criminal and Civil, First Monday after First Monday In . Sept Com mences 8ept 8-th, 1912. Civil 8th Monday after First Mon day la September. Commences Octo ber 14. 1918. BOARDS. County Commissioners. W. C. Sprinkle, Chairman, Marshall, a. c. C F. Cassada, Member, Marshall, N. C R. F. D. No. L Reubla A. Tweed, Member, Big Laurel. N. O. C B. Mashburn, Atty, Marshall, N. 0. Board meets first Monday In every . month. Road Cemmlselonere. . A. M. Bryan, Chairman, Marshall, N. 5-G V frIKX .y.,-', "' ' .' - J. A. 'Ramsey, Secretary, Mara Hill, ' N. C. R. F. D. 2. . Bam Cox. Member, Mars Hill. N. C R. F. D. No. I. O. W. Wild. Bl Pine, N. C. Dudley Chipley, Road . Engineer, Marshall, N. C. Oeerge M. Prttohard, AUy., Marshall, ' N. C. Board meets first Monday In Janu ary, April, July and October each year. Board of Education. Jasper Ebbs, Chairman, Spring Creek, N. a " . Thoe. J. Murray, Member, Marshall. N. C, R. F. D. No. t. W. R. Sams, Marshall. N. C, R. F. d. No. a. - . Prof. M. C. Buckner, Snpt of Schools, Mars Hill. N. C, Rl.F. D. N a. ; 7 ' - ; Board Meets first Monday la Janu ary, April, July and October each year. Colleges and High Schools. ' Mars H1U Collese, Prof. R. L. Moore, President, Mars Hill, N. C. Fall Term begins August IT, 1911. Spring Term begins January I, 1912. , 8prtng Creek High School.' Prof, a C Brown, Principal, Spring Creek, N. CI Mo. School opened August .l. mi. Mafllson ' Seminary Htrt, School. Prof J. M. Weatherly, Principal, Mar- shall. N. C, R; F. ti. NoTiT't Mo. Bobool began October a, 1911. Bell Institute. Miss Margaret E. Griffith. Principal Walnut, N. C, a Mo. Sohool began September . 1911. Marshall Academy. Prof. R. O. Anders, Principal, "MarshaH, "N. C, t Mo. Sohool began Sept 4, 1911. Notary Publics.- - 3. C. Ramsey, Marshall, N. C. Term expiree Jan. 11,. 1912. f A. J. Roberts, Marshall, N. C, 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 J, 1912. J. A. Leak, Revere, N. C Term ex pires January 10, 191S. '- W. T. Davis, Hot Springs, N. C. Term expires January 10, 1912. . J. H. Southworth. SUckhouse, N. C. Term expires January II, 1913. N. W. Anderson. Paint Fork, N. C. Term expires February" 8, 1913. ; J. H. Hunter, Marshall N. C, R. F. D. No. 8. Term expires April 1, 191? J. F. Tilson, 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. Netepn, Msrshall. N. C. Term . expires April 25. 1913. Roy L. Gudger,' Marshall,- N. C. Term expires May 8, 1913. Geo. M. Prltchard, Marshall, N. C. Term expires May 25, 1913. . Dudley Chlpley, Marshall, N.: Term expires July 29 J918. W". 6. Connor. Mars Hill, N. C. Term xplros November 27, 1913. POST. George W. Gahagan Post, No. 81 G. A R. 8. M. Dsrli, Commander. J. H. Ballard. Adjutant Meets at the Court House Saturday erore the seoond Sunday la month at 11 A. K. WILSON TO GALL EXTRA SESSIO IMMEDIATELY AFTER INAUOURA TION PRESIDENT WILL CON VENE C0NQRES8. TO MEET BEFORE APRIL 16 Democ ratio Presldent-Eleet Prepares to Carry Out Pre-Eleotlon , , Pledges. New York.--Qov. Woodrow Wilson has announced that immediately af ter bis Inauguration as president of the United States he would call an extraordinary session of congress to convene not later than April 15 for the purpose of revising the tariff. The president-elect sailed for a va cation, and will return December 16 To set at rest la the meantime spec nlatlon as to what he would do with regard to tariff revision, he Issued the following statement: - "I shall call congress together In extraordinary session not later than April 15. I shall do this not only be cause I think that the pledges of the party ought to be redeemed promptly as possible, but also because ( know It to be in the Interest of busl ness that all uncertainty as to what the particular Items of tariff revision are to be should be removed as soon as possible." i Beyond this brief announcement the governor said he had nothing further to say. Most of the opinions he had received from public men seemed to be la f avdr of an extra session, he declared. The governor did not Intend to ex press himself about an extra session so soon after his election. Although be has favored the idea of an extra session because the present arrange ment would not bring the new' con gress Into session until thirteen month after Its election, he bad ex pected to spend more time In ascer taining public opinion. With the time to be consumed in discussion the gov ernor felt that If an - extra session were not call, the benefits of tariff re vision would' be postponed for practi cally two year. Throughout the campaign be re iterated that he desired an immediate revision of the tariff and that the Democratic leaders know ... perfectly well how to proceed about It The governor was impressed by the argu ment also - that with an early i an nouncement as to an extra session Democratic leaders In congress could begin to take counsel at an early) date so that much of the preliminary de tail could be worked out before con gress convened on, April 15. The gov ernor was prompted Incidentally in making bis early announcement by the fact that' many members of con gress were desirous of arranging for accommodations In Washington for the extra seseslon If there was to be be .one. ; . ?' . ATHLETE KILLS HIMSELF Son of Aide to King of Sweden Kills Himself In Tampa. Tampa,.- Fla. Documents found In the possession of Lieut. Fred de Man nerfelt, who committed suicide at a local hotel by " snooting ntmseii through the heart, identify him as the son of Major F. Mannerfelt of the personal staff of King Oscar of Sweden., Other papers show that he was a member of the Swedish team In the recent Olympio games at Stockholm. - The dead man had been In the city only a few days and little is known of him here., He left letters address ed to two citizens of Boca Grande, Fla., where he is believed to have been spending a vacation. He also left a note to the manager oT the hotel apologising for his act Astor Takes Possession of - Fortune. New York. On Vincent Astor's twenty-first birthday he took - legal and official title to the fortune left by his father. Colonel John Jacob As tor. The total amount of the estate is estimated at $80,000,000, of which Vincent Astor receives approximately 167,000,000. ' Convicts Advertise for 'Work, v Chicago. Convicts paroled from the state pentltentlary, but who can not be freed because they have not secured in advance employment for at least one year, have hit upon the expedient of advertising In Chicago papers. An employment want ad kept standing in local papers and stating that those seeking employment are at present convicts in the penitentiary has obtained employment from eight merchants willing to take a chance on the paroled men making good. - 'Blind Banker Admits Theft Paris, France. , Augustln ' Max, known throughput France as the "Blind Banker of Paris,", has created a mild sensation In financial circles here by surrendering himself to the police and confessing that he has mis appropriated 32.000,000 of bis clients' money. Max declared that he had In vested the .depositors' funds In copper and nickel mines in New Caledonia. The enterprises were complete fail ures. Max enjoyed the highest repu tation In bankin circles here. SEN0R CANALEJAS r b 1. - W i: ''M U Benor Canalejaa, premier of Spain, who has been assassinated, Is shewn In this photograph consulting with King Alfonso. BRITISH DIPLOMAT DESIRES TO COMPLETE HIS LITERARY WORK. Official Announcement Made Sir Cecil Arthur 8prlng-Rlce to 8ucceed Bryce. Washington. James Bryce, the British ambassador to the United States, has tendered his resignation. and will return to England. While the news that Ambassador Bryce Is to retire will be . received with regret In official circles and by the country generally, It is not wholly unexpected. There has been no break in the harmonious relations of the distinguished Englishman and his government, but It has been an open secret for some time that Mr. Bryce, advancing in year, desired to sur render bis post and give entire at tention to the completion of the lit erary work which has occupied so large a part of his life. : His book on South America, written since his tour of that country two years ago, is Just off the press, and he is about to begin work covering bla recent tour of Australia and New Zealand. London, England. Announcement that James Bryce, ambassador to the United States, has resigned and that he was succeeded by Sir Cecil Ar thur Spring-Rice, British minister to Sweden, caused surprise here, but general Interest In the situation was overshadowed by the Balkan crisis. DIXIE WOMEN IN SESSION Lay Cornerstone of Monument to Confederates Buried In Arlington. " Washington. Hundreds of South ern women, wearing the red and white ribbon of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, arrived in Wash ington to attend the nineteenth annual convention ' of the organisa tion. . The credentials committee of the organization was busy Issuing cre dentials to delegates, who will partic ipate in the sessslons of the conven tlon. Word was received by the local of ficials of the daughters that Mrs. Al exander B. White, president general of the organization, would be unable to attend the convention. Mrs. White detained at her home In Paris, Tenn., by the grave illness of her husband. - The big event of the convention was the laying of the cornerstone of the monument to Confederate soldiers To Protect Americana. Washington. European powers most Intimately -concerned in the Bal kan situation have undertaken to ex tend protection to Americans in Tur key. Various American embassies in Europe were Instructed when Inform ing the nations of the decision of the United States to send the cruisers Tennessee and Montana to Asiatic Turkey, to Inquire whether provision had been ' made in . the interest of American citizens in Turkey. Re plies of foreign governments Indicate the desires of the United States. 14 Persons Dead; SO Injured. New Orleans. Fourteen lives were snuffed out and ninety passengers In jured when a through freight train crashed Into the rear end sf a north bound excursion train on the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley railroad near Montx, La. Of the dead our are white women, one a white Infant four negro women and 8ve negro men. Forty-one of the injured are white and forty-nine negroes. It Is expected that all of these, except possibly three, will recover. TOLLS ARE FID J FOR PANAMA CAN AL MERCHANT VE88EL8 ARE TO PAY L20 PER TON NET OF ACTU AL CARRYING CAPACITY. U. S. BATTLESHIPS EXEMP Rates Practically the Same, as Those to Be In Force at the 8uex Canal. Washington. President Taft has issued a proclamation fixing the rates that the foreign shipping of the world shall pay for passage through the' Panama canal. The proclamation made under the authority of the canal act, passed by congress in August es tablishes a merchant vessel, rate 81.20 per net ton of actual carrying capacity, with .a reduction of 40 per cent, on ships In ballast. The provisions of the proclamation are as follows: "1. On merchant vessels carrying passengers or cargo, 81.20 per net vessel ton each 100 cubic feet of actual earning capacity. "2. On vessels In ballast without passengers or cargo, 40 per cent less than the rate of tolls tor vessels with passengers or cargo. "3. Upon naval vessels, other than transports, colliers, hospital ships and supply ships, fifty cents per displace ment ton. "4. Upon army and navy transports, colliers, hospital ships and supply ships, 81-20 per net ton, the vessels to be measured by ' the same rules as are employed In determining the net tonnage of merchant vessels. "The secretary of war will prepare and prescribe such rules for the nx urement of vessels and such regula tions as may be necessary and proper to carry this proclamation Into full force and effect'' American coastwise shipping was exempted from toll payment by con gress. It was to this provision of the act that Great Britain diplomatically protested i No reference to the Inel dent was made in the president's proc lamation. ; , American naval vessels are exempt ed without specific mention, either In the act of congress or ths proclama tion, because the authorities believed It unnecessary to explain the useless ness of payment from Its navy depart ment pocket to the one belonging to the treasury department The rates named are practically the same as will be In force at the Suez canal next year. . TURKEY SUES FOR PEACE Porte 8ends an Envoy to the Bulge rian Headquarters, Constantinople. That the porte has entered Into direct negotiations with Bulgaria for an armistice Is confirm ed. Nazlm Pasha, the Turkish com mander-in-chief, has received Instruc tions to open communication' with the Bulgarian generals, and he has sent an envoy to the Bulgarian headquar ters. The porte appears resolved upon this course, owing, on the one hand, to the delay of the powers In hand ling the mediation proposal, and, on the other hand, to the divergence of views the proposal 1 has occasioned among the powers.,. London. The porte on the advice of Russia has instructed Nazlm Pa sha, the Turkish commander-in-chief, to apply to the Buigansn-commanaer for an eight days' armistice with . a view to opening direct negotiations tor peace. This decision seems to show that Turkey has little -hope ot being able to hold the Tchatalja lines against the Bulgarian commander s advance. - Strike Against Death 8entence. St Petersburg, Russia. What Is practically a general strike has been declared by the factories and work shops In protest against the recent sentencing to death of seventeen sail ors of the Black Sea fleet tor Insti gating mutinies. Demonstrations were stopped by the police and many ar rests have been made. -., ' Wife Kills Husband. Tampa, Fla. Donald' C. Livingston, conductor on the Tmpa-Sara so ta branch ot the A. C. L., was shot and killed by his wife. Mrs. Livingston stated fiat her husband came home under the Influence ot liquor asd abused her all day. She sought safe ty in her room, where he forced the door, and commenced beating ner. She seized a pistol, she stated, which was In his hip-pocket, and shot him. She fired four times, all the bullets taking effect In his breast She was placed under arrest ( 18 Persons Killed In Wreck, Indianapolis. An open switch. which permitted a passenger train on the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton railroad, to catapult, head-on, Into a freight standing on the sidetrack, was held responsible for the death of fif teen persons and the Injury ot seven teen more. The crash occurred at Irvington, a suburb. The majority of the Injured reside north of the Ohio river. Among the dead passengers were five memoer oi me unaney family of Jackson, Ky. The sixth ot the family, Clifton Chaney, was hurt CHARLES PAGE BRYAN 1 Xf : Mr. Bryan has resigned from the American ambassadorship to Japan, giving as his reasons poor health and injuries received In a carriage acci dent In Japan which may neceseltate his undergoing an operation. Mr. Bryan Is now at hie home In Elmhurat, a suburb of Chicago. TAFT SPEAKS TO REMARKABLE SPEECH BY PRESI DENT IN WELCOMING DAUGH TERS OF CONFEDERACY. Taft Thinks Wilson's Victory Means Broader Nationalism The South Has Come Into Her Own. Washington. A greater opportunity to give the South a "feeling of own ership" In the government will be giv en the Woodrow Wilson administra tion than was accorded the present Republican regime. President Taft told the United Daughters ot the Con federacy at the opening eeesslon ot their annual convention here. The president declared that "cir cumstances have rendered it more dif ficult for a Republican administration than for a Democratic one to give our Southern brothers and sisters the feeling of close relationship and own ership In the government of the Unit ed States" activity ot Southerners in official life consequent to Democratic control of the government, he said. would give the South a feeling ot part nershlp In the conduct ot the coun try's affairs that would do much to ward eliminating sectional feeling. A great crowd of the Daughters gathered at the opening "welcome session" of the convention to bear the president President Taft said the occasion that brought the Daughters together was "not the mourning at the bier ot lost cause," but that they met to celebrate the heroism, courage and sacrifice of the men of the South, i He declared North and South alike should rejoice in the "common herit age of courage" left by the war, and that while the greater horrors of the war which visited the South made it more difficult for the feeling of hos tility to die out there than in the - North, the sectional line was at last entirely disappearing. - ' -- ' ' Juryman Tries .to Kill 8elf. Rural Retreat, Va William, 'o, Neff, one of the jurors who sentenced to long Imprisonment . a member -of the Allen clan, charged with "shoot ing up" the court atj HUlsville and killing Judge Massie and several of .f. I. n... Hoofh Kara - a I. I- .nllnnn J .1. . V. n .Aiiirfef n ' take his own life because of worry. He was found with hi. throat, cut, razor lying beside him. Clauds Swanson Allen, the young mountain- j . XT , . . . . -7i,i eer whom Neft Joined In convicting of consnlracv. was sentenced to death by a subsequent Jury. Spanish Premier Assassinated.- Madrid. Jose Canalejaa y Mendes, the prime minister whom Spain has regarded as one of the greatest ot statesmen, was shot and -killed by a young anarchist named Manuel Par dinas. : The assassin attempted sui cide and it was first thought that he was dead, but, when carried to the hospital be was found to be liv ing. No event since the throwing oi the bomb at the carriage of King Al fonso on May 31. 1906, while the king was returning from the church aftei his marriage has caused such alarm 8ehrank Pleads Guilty. Milwaukee, Wis. John , Schrank pleaded guilty of attempting to mur der Theodore . Roosevelt and in bii plea be sought to distinguish between an assault on Roosevelt as a "men ace" and an attack on Roosevelt at a citizen. Judge Backus announced that he would name a commission to examine Schrank's mental condi tion. The district attorney read th Complaint on which Schrank was ac cused of having made an assault on the person of "one Theodore Rooie velt with a deadly weapon." ' OUTLOOK FO CUBA APPEARS BRIGHTER POPULAR FEELING HAS RISEN FROM SOMETHING OF DISPAIR TO CONFIDENCE, THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION In Taking Office General Msnecal W!ll Have Advantage of Friendly House and 8enate. Think Days of Upris ing In Cuba Are Past Havana. Within a tew weeks pop ular feeling regarding the political situation has risen from something bordering on despair to confidence. The outlook for the republic of Cuba appears brighter than for many years. The presidential election looked tor- word to with apprehension , passed without violence and there Is a grow ing disposition in all quarters to ac cept the verdict as the honest expres sion of the majority. Those most dis appointed have vented their feelings la threats that were never taken very seriously, and now seem inclined to accept the new. order of things philo sophically. The attitude of the Liberals has summered down to a proposition to attack the legality of the elections on the ground ot fraud, upon the con vening of the National Liberal Assem bly November 23. When that day ar rives It Is probable the question will be quietly shelved and that Dr. Alfre do Zayas will find himself engaged in a fight with Gen. Jose Miguel Gomel for leadership of the Liberal party, the President having let It be under stood that he has no Intention ot re tiring from active political life on the expiration of his term, and that It la his ambition to lead the Liberals to victory In the presidential campaign of 1916. In taking office General Menocal will have the Inestimable advantage of friendly Senate and House. ' He will have the aid of the better ele ment throughout the Island and the personal counsel of many dlsttnglshed Cubans, - ;'--f-Y .y..." , ...... He also will have the loyal support of any army organised, uniformed, equipped and armed like American regulars and drilled by American of ficers which has so . won the respect of the people that many are convinc ed the days of armed uprising in Cuba are past forever. Plans For War College. Washington. One of the most Im portant moves In recent years to pre pare the National Militia for use In time of war, Is proposed In letters ad dressed by Acting Secretary Oliver to the Governors of all the state and ter ritories, Inviting their co-operation in the War College plans for the organ ization ot the militia Into 16 divisions. The letters point out that if the mili tia is to be used as a field force effect ively in war time It can only be done by this system of divisions. Formal Opening f Panama Canal. Washington. Some time next sum mer or fall, no exact date being speci fied, a vessel will pass what is now the 'Isthmus of Panama, which conse quently must disappear from the world's geography and by the same human agency, the Western .Hemis phere will be divided into two contin ents. : The vessel will not be the Ore gon nor any other famous ship, but will be one ot tbe many small water craft in daily use by the canal build ings. " ..... Determined to Carry Out Threat Mexico City, Mex. That the Mexi can Government is determined to car ry out the threat recently made to resume the tactics employed so sue- " au the rata nt IfAralna saimsi mAnth 4 ..... . - " - , , " ,1.. A . . . villages in the northern mountains of Oaxaca, where the revolution has been rampant:;. , Favors Single Six Year Term. Washington. President Taft's dec laration In favor of a constitutional amendment to limit the presidential tenure of office to a single term ot six years, with ineligibility to either a succeeding or non-consecutive term and President-elect ; Wilson's enrose ment of the Democratic platform, fav oring such a limitation ,are believed to foreshadow strong pressure for leg islation along this line. Numerous measures have been, introduced . in Congress looking to a change in the presidental tenure. Former 8enator Terrell Dead. Atlanta, Ga. Former United States Senator Joseph M. Terrell, twice Gov ernor ot the state ot Georgia, died at his home here after an extended Ill ness. Senator Terrell was stricken with paralysis In February, 1911, a tew. months after he had been ap pointed to fill the unexpired term of the late United States Senator A. & Clay. Although bis illness made It necessary for blm to retire from pub lic life Senator Terrell's condition did aot become critical until a week ago. NEWS OF NORTH CAROLINA, Short Paragraphs of State News That Have Been Cendeneed For the ' People of the State. . Raleigh. An amendment to the charter of the South Atlantlo Trans-. Continental Railroad Company, Just filed, changes the name to the South Atlantic ft Western Railroad Co., H. , R. Hlckerson, president,- and J. L. . Council, secretary. '. Shelby. Eulon Runyans. the eight- ' year-old adopted son of Mr. Fletcher McMurry, who Uvea three miles west of town, was killed when the mule he. was riding In from the field became frightened and threw him oft. The boy's foot caught In a trace chain and be was dragged 200 yards or more. ( Salisbury. Under the supervision of Civil Engineer C. M. Miller, of Sal- ' lsbury, Surry county has Just com ' pleted her first stretch of. sand clay , roads. The people of that county are much pleased with the road and' are preparing to vote bonds for a general Improvement of roads. Washington. The Interstate com- merce commission ordered the South ern Railway to refund 81.200 to the Snow Lumber Co., of High Point, N. Cm for alleged unreasonable rates col lected on a shipment of eighteen car loads of building material from High Point to Philadelphia, made In 1910 Raleigh. The final 1 statement by United States Senator T. M. Simmons of expenses In the- senatorial cam- . palgn, as required to be filed with the secretary of the United States Sen- ' ate, was made public and shows that ' bis entire expenses for the campaign as required to be reported aggregated 87,240.80 and. the total contributions of friends to the fund was 82,763. States vllle. At an wthuslaatle meeting of the members of the Iredell. Poultry Association it was decided to hold the next show on January 88 to , " 25. Inoluslve, so that they would? not conflict In dates with the show and tbe . one to be held In Charlotte. Addl r tlonal coops have been secured and the association expects' to handle ' practically double as many birds .as they had last year. v Raleigh. The latest railroad gos- . sip gives strong color to, reports of the purpose of the Atlantlo Coast Line'' ' to establish a line between Fayette-' -ville and Wadesboro and thence to. Charlotte. There Is. a corps, jot sur- . veyors at 'work between Fayetteville ' -. and Southern Pines and It la believed ' - , v that this great railroad; corporation i desires to build thl road and connect .!. Charlotte and Wadesoro. . Raleigh. Charters are ' Issued' ' for the Reltxel Auto Service Company, bt Greensboro, capital 3 25,000 .authorized and $5,000 subscribed, by Q. C. JCllng man and J. H. Reltzel of Greensboro and L. G. Kllngman of Rocky Mount for dealing in, hiring automobiles and operating garage and repair shops;, the Scott. Brothers Drug, Company, Leaksville, capital 35,000 authorized and 81.000 subscribed, by E. G. Scott and others. r, v." '' v. i'.'.- 'v Salisbury. Steps have been, .taken by the Salisbury Industrial club look ing to a large amount' of drainage' lb Rowan county. Preparations' are be ing made to. drain the principal swamps on the larger streams .and the business men of the city and' county are backing the movement- Commit- ' tees have been appointed to, investl- ,' gate and recommend a plan : upon ' ; which to work. ' - 1 . , j , Raleigh. The determination of the , legislation committee of the North- ; Carolina Teachers' Assembly to press upon the next legislature the matter of a specific state tax of 5 cents on the 8100 property valuation, for a fund with which to assure to all pub- T -He schools in the state sir months In stead of four months minimum school t terms! is stirring considerable discus- . slon of the state's finances; v . Raleigh. The tobacco growers for" ' the month of October show a total of.- ; 22,745.936 bf first band sales and 25, Y; 224,279 with the resales.'' Greenville barely , leads Winston-Salem in this -list of Individual towns. The act reg-. - -ulating tbe publication of tobacco, sta-, n usacs was passed February a, 1907. In Its first shape, It carried a penalty of 3500 for the violation of the act ,: .a making compulsory the. statement of ., ,-;!f tbe pounds of leaf tobacco sold at J ... every warehouse la North 'Carolina. ' This was changed to 825. v i v.,:tt t Fayetteville. . Fire starting; -rfrenv . ft V the kitchen gutted the residence of F. . - , . . H. Hobbes on Person street, this' city, recently. W.H. Coffy and bli family, -v' r occupied part of . the ouas bare-T -V ir ly escaped from the flames and,, lost v all their personal prbperty.," " . 4 , Newborn. In a report-'recedtry!nKul! , sued by the state geologist he states that Craven county has 850 miles ot ' public roads and that only IT .miles; 'v are improved roads. After carefuf , computation it" Is found that the an-r tr .t nual loss to the county because - of . .-,'- these unimproved roads Is in the neighborhood of 8100,000. r ' ' Lexington. The board of county commissioners has selected J. E. Mer edith, of .Thomasville township, ai county demonstrator to succeed Mr. W. C. Wilson, who refused to accept tbe place again. - Kinston. Work on the 'state school for the feeble-minded near tbe city has so far progressed that it was defi nitely announced that the institution would begin operations on the first of January. Only boys will be admit ted on this date, and these In limited numbers. Girls will be alnittedl "r the routine of the tckotil voj'i ! i haen well e: '.. ' " , i it :