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J inminmiuiiiimii I twnson county kccxd. 1 1 H 1 1 1 H I H 1 1 II 1 1 H B6s Mediant TO niNCn B3LOAD NEWS, Establish. May tt. 107. T ThroaK wluek yov reach ths , people of NaulMoa County. , t Consolidated, : : Not. 2iuL 1911 f Advertising Bates on AppHcation iimiiiiiintiniiHiii s TBI THE ONLY NEWSPAPER IN MADISON COUNTY. VOL. XIV, . . MARSHALL, MADISON COUNTY, N. C, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1912. ' NO. 49. TSST $200,000,000 FOR staMUhed by th Legislator m tion 1U0-IL , ropulaUoa. 20,113. . County Beat. Marshall IMC feet ahor Ht Urol New and modarn Court Hons, 122.00.90. New and modern jail, ooit f 15,000.90. Nw u modern County Horn, eoit H0.0.00. , Ofrloer. Hon. Jas. L. Hyatt, SetuHb?: 12 Diatrict Burnarllle, N. a -Hod. J. C. Ramsey, Representative. , Marshall, N. C. . W. H. Henderson, Clahk Sunerlot Court MarshaU. N. C . W M Bneknar. BhariK. IfarabalL n.o. Jamaa Smart BagUtar ot Deeds, UarahalL N. C . . . C. F. Runnlon, Traaaurar, Marshall. N. C R. f . U N. i. R. L. Tweed. Surveyor, Walt Rock. N. C. Dr. J. H. Balrd. Croar, Mar Hin, M. a Mr. Eliza Henderson, Jailor, Mar- ihalLN. C. John Honeycutt Janitor, Maraball, n. a Dr. C N. Sprinkle, County Physician, Maraball. N. C. Jamaa Haynla, Sunt County Home. Maraball. N. C. Y akioif tarA fmllasfl aAllftftt nVUflVvM avarvw www waat af MarabalL Court. Criminal and Civil, Ftrat Monday be Cora rirat Monday in Maroh. Com mencing Tab. 26th. 1M3. Civil 11th. Monday aftor First Mon day In March, commence May 20, lilt Criminal and Cirll, Ftrat Monday attar Ftrat Monday In Sept Com mancaa Sept th, 1012. Cirll tb Monday after Ftrat Mon day In Baptambar. Commaaoaa 0t bar 14, 1912. BOARDS. County Commissioner. W. C. Sprlnkla, Chairman, Maraball, rl. C. C F. Caaeada, Membar, Marshall, N. C. R, F. D. No. 1. Raubln A. Twaad, Mambar, Big Laurel, N. C. a B. Maahbum, Atty, Maraball, N. 0. Board maaU nrat, Monday In arery ' "nontb, ... i,B, Bryan. Chairman, Maraball. N. C R. F. D. 2. J. A. Ramsey. Secretary, Mara Hill, N. C.R.F. D. 2. . Sam Cox. Membar, Mara Hill, N. C R. F. D. No. I. O. W. Wild. Big Pine, N. C. . Dudley Cblplay. Road Engineer, Maraball. N. C. Oaorga M. Prltobard, Atty., Maraball. N. C. Board maata nrat Monday la Janu ary. April. July and Ootober aaoh year. Board of Education. . Jaaper Kbba. Chairman, Spring Craek. N. C. , ' Thoa. J. Murray, Member, Marahail, N. C, R. F. D. No. I. n i ii m m W. it. ituu, aunuu, . u . D. No. t. Prof. M. C. Bneknar, Supt of Schoola, Mara Hill, N. C R. F. D. Board Meats first Monday In Janu ary, April, July and Ootober each year Callegee and High Sohoole, Mara Hill College. Prof. R. L. Moore, Prealdent Mara H1U. N. C. Fall Term begtna August 17, 1911. Spring Term begins January J, 191J. - - Sprint Creek High School Prof. 0. C. Brown, Principal, Spring Creak, N. C I Mo. School opened August 1. 1911 -..: I MktHson Seminary Htrt School Prof J. M. Weatherly, Principal, Mar anali, N. a, R. F. D No. 11 Mo Soheol baga Oetober , 1911. BaU Institute. Miaa , Margaret B. ' Ortmth, Priaoipal. Walnut N. C S Mo. School began Baptambar I, 1911. . ' Marshall Academy. Prot R. Q. Anders. Principal. Marsha'll. N. C, I Mo. School began Sept 4, 1911.' .. v. Notary Publiea J. C. Ramserr. Marshall. N. 0. Term axntrea Jan. 11. 1912. A. J. Roberta, Maraball, N. C, R. F vt r m i , r OA ifti. Jaaper Ebba, Spring Creek, N. C Term expiree August 10, 1912. .4 ; . C C. strowa. Bluff. N. C. Term ex " plraa December . f, 1912. J. A. Leak, Rerare, N. C. : Term ex plrea January 10, 1913: . , W. , T. Daria, Hot Springe. : N. C. Term expire January 10, 1913. J. H. Bouthworth, Stackhouse, N. C. Term expiree January II, 1S1J. - N. W. Anderson, Paint Fork, N. C Term expiree February t, 1913. . J. R Hunter, Marshall. N. C R. F D. No. 3. Term expiree April 1, 191? .. J. F. TUson, Marshall, N. C, R. F. D No. 3. Term expire April 3, 1113. C. J. Ebba, Maraball, N. a Term eorptrea April 31. 1913. -: . J. W. Nelson. Marsball. N. C. Term axplraa April 25. 1918. . , ft x Roy I Cudger, Marshall. N. C. 1 Term expires May 3, 1913. ' r- f. , Geo. M. Prltchard, Marshall, K C. Term expiree May 25. 1918. Dudley Chlpley, Marshall, . N. . O. Trrm expiree July 29 1913. ! ' . .- xplro Norember 27, 1913. - ' 1 " POST. ' : Ooorge W. Oabagan Poet No. 38 0. A. Rl . i ; ,-'. ; 8. M, Darla, Commander. J. H. Ballard, Adjutant Meet at the Court House Saturday aerore the seeond Snaday tm month at 11 A. M. NATIONAL PENSIONS SUM WILL EXCEED ALL APPRO PRIATIONS OP FORMER YEARS. CAUSED BY SHERWOOD BILL Unusually Lara Appropriation - Will Be Necessary at Short 8eealon of Congress. Washington. Appropriation of nearly $200,000,000 for pensions to ret- erans of American war will be nec essary at this session ' of congress, The unusual sum, exceeding all appro priation of former year, will be nec sesary to make up a deficit of nearly 320,000,000 resulting from the Increase of pension by the Sherwood bill last winter and the proportionate' Increase of the general pension authorized by this act Estimate by members of congress made Indicate the regular pension bill probably will carry about $175,000,000, This in Itself will be a record-breaking total, a the Sherwood law materially increased many pensions, it has not yet been determined whether the de ficit of approximately $20,000,000 will be added to the regular appropriation bill or put Into some other measure. The pension bureau ha enough mon ey for the present but will run short between March 4 and July 1, when the new fiscal year begins, unlees it gets the extra $20,000,000. .Unexpected support ha appeared among returning member of the sen ate for a bill to remor the present limitation upon the pensions to widow of reteran. Th law now glrea no pension to a widow who mar- rled her soldier husband after July 27, 1880. Repeated effort to remore or mod ify this limitation hare failed, and it Is expected that if the senate ahould act on a bill this year. Demo crat of th house would rigorously oppose it because of the great in crease it would bring to the annual pension outlay. To grve all widow of soldier th right to apply tor pen Ion would add from $ 11,000,000 1B,000,000 to the present pension to tal, It 1 atated. . , BOY STRANGLE!? CONFESSES J. Frank Hlckey Confesses to Murder of Three Youtha, Buffalo, N. Y. The accidental killing of a man. in Lowell, Mass., twenty year ago was given by John Frank Hlckey, in a signed confession as the starting point ot a career of debauch ery and .crime during whlchc be mur dered two boy and assaulted many others. Hlckey' rlctlms, according to hi confession, were Ed Morey of Lowell, Mass., poisoned win laudanum over twenty years ago; Michael Kruck, ' 12 year old, a New York newsboy, strangled In Central Park In 1902, and- Joseph Joseph, the seven- year-old son of George Joseph, a mer chant of Lackawanna, killed in a sim ilar manner, October 12, 1911. Young . Joseph disappeared the af ternoon of October 12, 1911. His fa ther, George Joseph, a merchant of Lackawanna, Insisted from the start that the boy had been kidnaped, and a country-wide search was instituted. The case at the time attracted wide spread attention, as the father from time to time received anonymous let ter warning him to discontinue the search on pain of having his son mur dered. , The,-confession was made to Dis trict Attorney Dudley and Chief of Police Gllson of Lackawanna. It was begun on the train : that brought Hlckey from New York to Buffalo, Prince to Build 12 Warship. Bombay, ; India. Three superdraad- nanghts and nine first class armored cruiser will shortly . be presented to the British government by the Inde pendent rulers, princes and noble of India If they can carry out success fully a plan recently drawn up by them to collect funds for the purpose among - themselves. It is suggested that the warships when presented be stationed in the Red sea, the Medi terranean and the Indian ocean. . Jackson Succeeda Rayner. . v Baltimore, Md. Governor Goldstar ough has announced the appointment of William P. Jackson, Republican national commltteeeman from Mary land, to succeed the late United States Senator Isldor Rayner. He will serve until the legislature, which meet In January, 1914, fill what will then be an unexpired term of ; three years. The legislature at that time also will elect a successor to Senator John Wal ter Smith (Democrat), whose term will expire In 1915..; Mr. Jackson is 44 year old and a business man. $140,000 Found on City Dump. Kansas City. Bonds having a face value of $140,000 together with cheques and a small amount of cou pons that disappeared here June 6, when two registered mall sacks were stolen while an route from the, post office to the railway station here, were found on the city dump by three laborer. The bonds were Waco, Tex as, city paper, which at the time they disappeared from a man trolley car en route to the railway station, were be ing shipped by the Commerce Trust company ot this city. MISS MARIE PEARY (Si S TY V'V. ;. ' 4 -.'i' f?&r Mis Marie Peary, daughter of Rear Admiral Peary, la ana of the eeaeon'a debutantee In Washington. 8ha will be remembered aa the "anew baby," ao called because aha wa born within the arotlo clreia. SENATOR RAYNER IS DEAD HE WAS ONE OF THE MOST STRIKING FIGURES IN THE U. S. SENATE. Had Gained National Reputation by Hia Vigorous Conduct of th Admiral 8chley Caaa. Washington. Senator Isador Ray ner of Marayland died here of neuri Us, after a protracted illness. Official Washington was largely rep resented at the funeral President Taft and members of his cabinet at tended the funeral, and committees from both houses ot congress, as well a many Marylander prominent In official and civic llfeer, prraenl. Senator Rayner was on of the striking 'figures of the senate. He had been a member of that body for almost eight years and was one ot It strongest debaters and a recog nized authority on constitutional law, Before he entered the senate he had attained a national reputation because of his vigorous conduct of the late Admiral Schley's case before the na val court of Inquiry that investigated the action of American officers In the battle with Admiral Cervera' Span ish fleet Mr. Rayner was a native of Balti more and was 62 year old. He was elected to the United States senate in 1904, after having served a four-year term as attorney general ot Mary land. ' His death creates a vacancy in the senate that probably will be filled by a Republican through appointment by Governor Goldsborough ot Maryland, While the legislature ot that state is Democratic, It does not meet this winter and the Republican governor's appointment will hold through - the opening sessions of the next congress. The control of the United Statees senate after March 4 may hinge on the death of Senator Rayner. The Re publican whom it is expected Gover nor Goldsborough will appoint in his place will hold office at least until the Maryland legislature meets in Jan uary,' 1914.' ,'v ,.i Senator Rayner - death removes one of the Democrats on whom the control of the senate depended in the new congress. - With his vote the Dem ocratic leaders counted on mustering 49, one or more than a majority of a total membership of 98. 1 Sentence of Death for Gunmen. New York. Sentence of death In the electric chair was pronounced up on the four gunmen convicted of mur dering Herman Rosenthal at the In stigation of Charles Becker, the for mer police lieutenant "Gyp' the Blood," "Lefty Louie," "Whjtey Lew is" and "Dago Frank" appeared then before , Justice Goff In the Supreme court for sentence. U. S. World's "Bread Basket" , Washington. The United States is still the "bread basket" of the world, according to the bureau ot foreign and domestic commerce. It reports that this country is furnishing foodstuffs to other nations at a steadily rising ratio. While th exports of corn and meat fell oft sharply, more, than one hundred millions of bushels of wheat were sent abroad during the past ten months, as against 83,000,000 during all ot last year. The neavy wheat ex port were offset somewhat by the de cline in other farm products. Protect Against an American. New Orleans. The plan of having Americans administer the custom af fair ot Nicaragua as provided for In a recent loan contract made by that government with New York bankers, baa resulted in a rigorous protest against F. W. Wilson, chief of cus toms at Blueflelds, by the entire com mercial contingent of that city. Not only Nloaraguans, but Americans, Eng lish, German and Chinese merchants ot Blueflelds signed a protest to the Managua government BIG EUROPEAN VAR FEARED BY POWERS SINISTER RUMORS OF CONFLICT ARE ALARMING THE WHOLE OF EUROPE. MM COMMENT OF THE PRESS The Balkan Conflict May Reault In General War Between the Euro pean Nations. London, England. The possibility and danger of a greater war thau that between the Balkan states and Turkey absorbs 'public Interest far more than the first out of diplomacy between the belligerents outside ot Constantinople.' The steps toward mobilization which Austria and Russia are taking, al though but preliminary precautions have made possible a vision of the vaBt consequences, which, as far as Great Britain 1 concerned, are considered nothing less than appalling. Apparently the British public has no desire to sacrifice lives and money, paralyze commerce and risk the navy over the settlement ot the status of the Balkan peninsula. Yet It Is un easy because Ignorant of how far Great Britain's ' diplomatic engage ment with France and Russia extend In the direction ot an alliance and of how much likelihood there Is that the government will be drawn into a con filet In which one or both its partners In the extreme, may be engaged. The Liberal press Is unanimous In urging Great Britain to preserve neu trallty. The majority of the Conserva tives demand the same policy. The Times, declaring that none ot the Eu rope an peoples want war, say: "Yet that Is whither the nations are blindly drifting.", It asks- "Who,, then, make war?1 and replies: The answer is to be found in the chancellories of Europe among the men who too long have played with human Hves as pawns In a gam of chess, and who have be come so enmeshed in formulas and the Jargon of diplomacy, that they have ceased to be con scions of the poign ant realities with tey trlOa,!' Tie Pall Mall Gasette almost alone speaks In a warlike voice. It declares: "England ought to act firmly with France and Russia In refusing simply to be swept aside. If the conference desired by the British government Is refused, we ought to face the alterna tive and stand by our friends." England, France and Germany are playing a peace-making role. Their effort are directed apparently toward keeping the powers together In compact to retrain from taking up piecemeal the question which the war raises, and defer their considers tlon until the general conference. ELECT SUFFRAGE OFFICERS Non partisan Attitude to All the Po litical Partlea. Philadelphia. Women from the West South, North and East, dele gates to the convention of the Na tional American Woman's Suffrage as sociation, realized their principal am bition here when they exercised their right ot franchise In choosng officers of that association for the ensuing year. The majority of the orncers were re-elected, though there were several nominees for some of the positions. The officers chosen are: President, Anna Howard Shaw, Moy lan, Pa.; first vice president, Jane Addams, Chicago; second vice presi dent Anita Whitney, California; re cording secretary, Susan W. Fitzger ald, Boston; corresponding secretary, Mary Ware Dennett New York; treas urer, Mrs. Stanley Mcuormica, jm cago; auditors, Mrs. James Lee Laid law, New York, and Mrs. Joseph H. Bowen, Chicago. Widow of Gov. Boynton Dead. ,, Athens, Ga. Mrs. Susie Harris Boynton, widow of James J. Boynton, who succeeded Alexander Stephens as governor of Georgia, died of pneu monia at her old home at High Shoals, 10 miles from Athens. Mrs. Boynton wa about 66 years old. She had been In a critical condition for some time. and her death was not unexpected. Seven Convicts Escape From Gang, Charleston, S. C Seven negro con victs, .armed , with three shot guns and a pistol, escaped from a negro convict camp at Ladson's, about IS miles from Charleston. The guard at the camp was roughly handled by the convict and a negro who carried the news of the escape to the telegraph operator at Ladson's would have been killed If one ot the convicts who aim ed a gun at hia bead had known how to fire the weapon, which was of the pump" variety. The negroes are all desperate men. Prayed for Presidents. ' Hamilton, Bermuda The president elect accompanied by Mrs. Wilson and the members of his tamily, attend ed the oldest Presbyterian church in Hamilton, of quaint setting. The pas tor, the Rer. Archibald Cameron, of fered a prayer tor the kind and then for die success of the close of Presi dent Taft'S administration and that "the new president of the United State be imbued with th aplrlt and, fearing Thee, hare no other fear; that he b honored as the leader ot nation - ; SENATOR A. 0. BACON i is j ' V ,-, - t -." , : : "-:" fin j v.y - rttzj' I Senator Baoan of Georgia will be elected by the aenata aa rta prealdent pre tempore when It cenvenaa In Da amber. He la a Democrat and al though hia party does not control the upper house. It la expected a number of Progressive eenatore will vet for him. . EXPLOSION SCATTERS DEATH TWELVE MEN ARE KILLED THE EXPLOSION OF DRY STARCH. BY Twenty Seven Injured by the Explo sion, Some of Whom Will Doubtless Die. Waukegan, 111. An explosion which wrecked the dry starch house of the Corn Product company' plant killed twelve workmen,, .injured. .27. other" several of whom will die, and caused about one hundred thousand dollar' damage. Nearly alt of the workmen killed or Injured were Polish, Lithuanian or Austrian, and they were on the com pany's payroll by numbers, and not by names. This further Increased the difficulties met by the coronor In his efforts to arrive at a correct death list The explosion tore the two-story, frame top house from the five-story building, and scattered bits of it for 50 yards in all directions. The body of one man killed was blown across the Chicago and Northwestern railroad right of way onto the hillside In Oak wood cemetery. AH of the injured were coated with starch, which had to be washed off be fore surgeons could treat their inju ries. Private automobiles were press ed Into service to carry the injured to the hospital. Civil Service for Navy Yard Men, Washington.' Rules formulated at the recent conference here of navy yard commands'-designed to put 20,000 navy r-'d employees through out the country under the civil serv ice, have been approved by the navy department Assistant Secretary Beekman , Wlnthrop mailed copies ot the rules to the commandants of the New York, Boston and Washington yards, with instructions that the views of the men whom it is proposed to convert into the civil service be ob tained. . Reform Measures Carried. Helena, Mont Returns on the Ini tiative and referendum measures sub mitted to Montana voters at the re cent election make certain that the measures providing for party nomi nations for state officers by direct vote,, limiting of campaign expendi tures of candidates to 15 per cent of the office salary for one year, provid ing for the direct election of United States senators, and for a presiden tial primary, all carried by a margin of 2 to 1. "Human Bomb" Held. Los Angeles, Cal- Carl Rledelbach, alias Carl Warr, called by the police the "Human bomb," was vound over to , the grand Jury by Police Judge Williams, and a few moments later the grand jury was Investigating the case. Rledelbach's bond was fixed at $20,000. Rledelbach was not repre sented by counsel. He took a deep Interest In the hearing and frequent ly Interrogated the witnesese. At the request of Chief Sebastian, Rled elbach made a drawing of the infer nal machine To Prevent Car Shortage. Washington. To prevent a ehorb age In freight cars, - the Interstate commerce commission ordered all the railroads' to forward to the commis sion not later than December 10, a statement showing the location of all freight cars and their ownership. .Af ter December 1 railways win be re quired to furnish a semi-monthly re port ot the location of freight car Th first and fifteenth day of each month are fixed as the time for filing such reports. EXPIRING SESSION HAS ASSEMBLED IN BRIEF PERIOD FIFTEEN AP- PROPRIATION BILLS MUST BE PASSED. THE TRIAL OF ARCHIBALD The Democratic Policies to Be 8hapd and Plana Made For the Entrance of th Wilaon Administration on March 4. Washington. The expiring Slity seoond Congress assembled at noon Monday for it final work of legisla tion. In the brief period remaining before constitutional limitation brings It to an end and turns many of it member back into private life, 18 ap propriation bills, carrying over $L 000,000,000 for th support of th Gov ernment must be passed; the Im peachment of Judge Archibald of th Co mm arc Court must k tried in th Senate; naaay Investigating commit tees must conclude Inquiries and make their report; and scores of lagiala tiv matter must be alsposed of. Throughout the session attracting as much attention as th actual work ot legislation, will run the prepara tory work for the extra aeaaion to be called soon after President-elect Wilson takea office March 4. Committees, pursuant to this, will thresh out questions of tariff, enr erncy, and anti-trust legislation, aim ing to hare Democratic policies shaped, and Democratic plana made, before the new Administration come Into power. ; It i aaaured, say the legislative leaders, that there will be no tariff regulation this Winter. Neither is It expected that the currency or anti trust probleme will receive much at tention In the House or Senate, the principal work of the aeaaion being .aontoed to preparation for the Dem ocratic Administration and the en actment of some of the more Import ant bill pending on the calendars of the tw.o houses. Cabinet Crisis Arlssa. - Tokio. A Cabinet crisis has arisen over the refusal of Minister ot War, Lieutenant General Uyehera, to accept a Cabinet decision rejecting th scheme for increasing the military forces in Korea. After a number of extraordinary sittings. Premier Salon. Informed the War Minister that the Cabinet adhered to it position. Gen eral Uyehera then indicated hia In tention to resign. It ia doubtful whether the Emperior will accept his resignation. The press and general public support the Cabinent Lien tenant General Ulbera was a pointed Minister ot War April 3, 1912, to suc ceed General Isnomoto, who died th previous day. Hyde To Ask For New Trial. New York. Counsel for Charles H. Hyde will make their first move to get a new trial for the former city chamberlain, found guilty of bribery as soon a she is sentenced. Mean while the cnviclted man will have to stay in the Tombs, although up to the present time he had not been lodged in a cell. He is occupying quarter In a part ot the building formerly used by the warden, : Hyde la too big a man to be accommodated comfort ably in one of the cells. These are only six feet long, while Hyde ia 6 feet S inches tall and weigh over 200 pounds. Wilson Advocate Later Inaugural. Hamilton, Bermuda. Woodrow Wil aon is willing to take the oath of office as president of the United States without ostentation March 4 and that the formal ceremonials be postponed until the last Thursday in April. To that extent he has endorsed the prop aganda in favor of a later inaugura tion which has been advocated in and out of congress in order that the event might be conducted at a time when the weather is usually good. . . To Celebrate Battle of Gettysburg. Washington. The war department ia making plana for the feeding and sheltering of army veterans, Confed erate aa well as Federal, who are to attend the encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic on the battle field ot Gettysburg next July when the fiftieth anniversary of the great bat tle will be celebrated. Orders assign ed Capt Harry F. Dalton a assistant to Major Normoyle here who i charg ed with the military arrangements. Both officers have been authorised to proceed to the battlefield. - , Mexican Border Situation Worse. Washington. The situation1 on the Mexican border has - been rapidly growing worse: General Steever ha protested to ' the war department againat any reduction of the border patrol such a waa about to be order ed. Many of the Insurgent leaders bar dereloped great activity, adding their quotas to the considerable force which under General Salasar ha been operating in the country -between Columbus, N. M and El Paso They have thrown tba whole border Into a stat of disturbance and anrast FROM ALL OVER THE STATE Short Paragrapha of State New That Ha Been Collected For th Peo ple of th 8 tat. Thomaavlll. Wheat crop la tht section ha never looked finer at thli season of th year than at present and everything point to a big crop to bar eat next year. The factories are al' running full time and a number are running at night on extra time In or der to supply th many order now coming in. LIHlngton. Responding to ' Invita tions previously aent out about seventy-five ladies and gentlemen gath ered at the Cavlnesa hotel to betake of th feast of good things prepared by the Daughter of th Confederacy and map out th work of raising funds for the erection ot a monument to the Confederacy. Klnston. W. L. Turnage, ot Green county, sold several loads ot tobacco here recently, th product ot five acres, at th remarkable price of $1, 663.68. There wer 7,008 pound of tba weed, which wa cured In seven barns. Th sum paid Mr. Turnagi wa exclusive of the warehouse and other charge. , , Stantonaburg. Th first meeting ol th Stantonaburg township teacharf waa held her recently la the high school building, Prof. W. J. Sloan presiding. These meetings will tx held each month and all the teachers la thla vicinity will be asked to par ticipate. Th patron and friend of th school are also invited. Kinatoa. In a review of th past fi cal year' work, Rer T Swindell Lor, pastor of the Queen Street Methodist church here, told his congregatkM that they had ralaed over nine thou and dollar in cash and that th membership had been increased bj eventy-flv during the past twelve months. Charlotte. Fir in the furniton , tor ot W. T. McCoy ft Co, on th third floor of th W. F. Dowd build ing, South Tryon Street caused a loss of some four or five thousand dollars, and but for prompt closing of fire doors aad ta efficient work of th flri department would hav spread and torn a big hole in the map of Char lotto. Raleigh. Beginning several days ago the Wake county branch of the Aycock association took up the rais ing of the $2,000 promised by thir county to the memorial to Governor Aycock and the hope is to hav the amount ready in the next fifteen day. Of the $2,000 that Wake Is to raise, pledges for $1,500 have been secured. These range in subscriptions from $200 down. Asheville. From 15 to 20 member of the United States Secret Service are in the vicinity of Asheville, inves tigating the recent forest fires, which have devastated ao many acre ot tim ber land in this section In the past few days, besides endangering the T, M. C. A. Assembly grounds, near Black Mountain. Private detective for .the Vanderbilt estate at Biltmore are, also in the field, making private Investiga tions. - . . . . Asheville. Worn and dlsheareled. and aparently dazed from an over; dos eof some sort of drug, Walter Trexler, the young man, whose disap pearance from home several days ago caused his parents so much anxiety, was found wandering around in the Haw Creek section ot the county by a deputy sheriff. An examination of th young man showed him to be suf fering from an overdoae of cocaine. and h la being detained in the city jail, pending hi improvement Raleigh. In convening a two- weeks' term of federal court her Judge Henry G. Connor expressed the wish that the state of North Carolina , might have entire charge of th en. fbrcement ot the prohibition law and that the federal court waa entirely N free from having to deal with distill1 ing and blind tiger cases that now come np in great numbers. However, he charged the jury that due atten tion be given to these elaaeea ot ofJ tenses, and that they be dealt with . In a spirit of fairness and good judg ment ; Klnston. The committee In charge of the campaign for the sale of Red Cross seal here decided to order 15, 000 from the state headquarter in Charlotte. This is th largest amount ordered by any town of Klnston' clasa . in North Carolina. Butler and J. A. Mlchale, were shot Batter and J. A. MchaeL were shot1 and it la reported that two or morr negroes were hurt In the shooting bat tle. Which took place at a construction camp on the Carolina and Yadkin Valley railroad in a remote section and very few particular are obtain able. .?..,:..;. - Raleigh. An exchange of courts (a , ordered by Gov. Kitchln between Judge H. p. Lane and Judge Bra raw whereby Jndge Bragaw will hold the Washington court two weeks begin -ning Dec. 2 and Judge Lane will hold the Robeson county court two weeks beginning Dec 2. , Statesvllle. The home of Harvev Troutman, a farmer living some west of 8tatesrille, was totaHy c itroyed by fire recently, with a i ' Uon of its contents. The fire r from a defective fise, v!.::8 t ; member of the houpi 'vU v ehurch exceft 1'- Tr