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VOL. XIV
MARSHALL, MADISON COUNTY, N. C, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20. 1912.
NO. 51.
THE
KEU3
Madia. County, .
JBstaMlshea br the Uglslatnx Set
atoa lUt-'iL .
Population. 10,131
County Stat Marshall '
1641 (tat abors aaa level
New an modern Court Houia, Mat
3I.00M0.'
New and modarn Jail, coat f 15,000.00
Now and modtrn County Home, coat
110,000.00. -
Officers,
Hon., Jaa. L. Hyatt Senator,'!:
District Burnaville, N. C.
Hon. J. C. Rameey, Representative
, Marshall, N. C.
W. H. Henderson, Clehk Superloi
Court. Marshall N. C.
W. M. Buckner. Sheriff, Marshall,
N.a
Jamea Smart, Register of t)eeda,
Marshall, N. C.
C. F. Runnlon, Traaaurar, Marshall
N. C, R. F. D. No. I.
R. L. Twaed, Surveyor, White Rock.
N. C.
. Dr. J. H. Balrd, Coroner. Mara Hill,
n. a
Mra. Bllia Handaraon. Jailor, Mar
ihallN. C.
John Honeycutt, Janitor, Marshall
n. a ' "
, Dr. C N. 8prlnkle, County Physician,
Marahall-N. C.
Jamea Haynla, Supt County Homo,
Marshall N. C. . .
Home located about two, IB Ilea south
weat of MarahalL
Courts.
Criminal and Civil, First Monday be
fore Flrat Monday In March. Com
mencing Feb. 26th, 1912.
' Civil 11th, Monday after First Mon
day la March, commences May 20,
mi
Criminal and Civil, First Monday
after Flrat Monday In Sept Com
mences Sept th, 1912.
Civil th Monday after First Mon
day In September. Commencea Octo
bar 14, 1011
- BOARDS.
t. County Commissioners.
W. C. Sprinkle, Chairman, Marshall,
M. C. ' '
CV F. Caasada, Member, Marshall,
N. C, R. F. D. No. 1.
Reubln A. Tweed, Member, Bit
Laurel, N. C. -C
a Maahburn. Atty, Marshall,
N. 0. - - v
Board meeta first Monday In aver)
.-, month. ; . .., .,.,..''. :.,,vii4ww.
" ' Read Commissioners.
A. B. Bryan, Chairman, Marshall K
O, R. F. V. 2.
1. A. Ramsey, Secretary, Mara Hill
M. a. tl r. D. 2.
Sam Cox. Member, Mara Will, N. C
R. F. D. No. 1 - ;
n W wild. Bla Pine. N. C.
- Dudley Chlpley, Road Engineer,
Marshall, N. C.
George M. Prltohard, Atty., Marahall,
N. O.
Ioaru meets or muuuaj m ,uu
ary, April, July and October each year.
Board of Education.
Jaaper Ebbs, Chairman, Spring
' Creek, N. a . "
. Thos. J. Murray, Member, Marshall,
N. C, R. F. D. No. 3. ,
W. R. Same, Marshall, N. C B. F.
D. No. 1 -
Prot M. C. Buckner, 8upt of
Schools, Mara Hill. N. C R. . F. D.
U f, ''. .'.,..;' ;'-tY
Board Meets Brat Monday la Janu
ary, April, July and October each year.
Collegea and High Schools. .
Mara HU1 College, Prof. R. L. Moore,
President, Mara Hill, N. C. Fall Term
' begins August It, 1911. . Spring Term
, begins January 2, 1912. '
Spring Creek High School. Prof,
a C Brown, Principal, Spring Creek.
K C I Mo. School opened August
l, iiii',;.,,u' .:.'l.:;'.-'''''--::
Madison Semlnanr Hlrt School
Prof J. M. Weatherljr, Principal, Mar
shall, N. C R. F. D. No! C 7, Mo
Sohool began October 2, 1911.
Bell Institute. Miss Margaret , E.
Griffith, Principal, Walnut, N. C 8 Mo.
s Sohool began September 9. 1911.
s Marshall Academy. Prof. R. G.
" Anders. Principal, ,"Mara'ha'l'l, "N. . C, t
3to. School began Sept 4, 1911. ',
. Notary Publlca. .
t. C. Ramsey, Marshall, N. C 'Torm
osplrea Jan. 11, 1912.
A. J. Roberta, Marahall, N. C, R. F
D. No. t, Term expires May 30,. 1912.
Jasper Ebbs,' Spring Creek,' N. C.
. Term expires August 10, 1912.
C C. urown. Bluff, N. C Term ax
vplrea December' tt, 1912.'v'. " ' -V: V ':
v J. A, Leak, Revere, N. C. Term ox
' plrea January 10, 1913. r ' i ! 1 '
W. T.-Davla, Hot Springs. N. C.
Term explrea January 10, 1913.
J. H. Southworth, Stackhouaa, N. C.
' Term explrea January It, 1913. ; '
, N. W. Anderson, Palat Fork, N. C.
Term expires February (, 1918.
J. H. Hunter, Marahall, N. C, R, F
D. No. 2. Term, expires April !: 1917 :
J. F. TUson, Marshall, N. C R. F. D
No. 1 Term expiree April 3, 191J.
. O. J. Ebbs, Marshall, N. C. Term
' expires April 21, 1913. , ' . ;
J. W. Nelson, Marshal N. C. Tern;
xplrea April 25,1913. ,.' ;
. Roy L. -fJuiger, Marshall, , N. . 0
Term explrea May 3, .1913.' . , v -'
Geo. M. Prltchard, MarebalL N. C
Tarm explrea May 15, 1913.
. Dudley Chlpley, Marshall, K. , C.
Term explrea July 29", 1913.
' W". 6. Connor, Mara Hill, N. C Term
"?lroa November 27, 1913...,"
- ' . post, '
George W. Gahagaa Post. No. If
O. A. R. ' - - '
1 C ?!. Davis, Commander. '
J. ::. rallsrd. AdJuUnt
I i tt the Court liat'sa Katordaj
t t ' t soond Esndty tm eevtal
EHVOYS OF PEACE
GATHER III
ALL THE PLENIPOTENTIARIES TO
PEACE CONFERENCE IN LON
DON HAVE ARRIVED, .
DIPLOMATS PREDICT PEACE
Keen Struggle Expected to Take
Place at Conference Over. Poa
sesslon of Adrlanople.
London. All the plenipotentiaries
to the peace conference with the pur
poae of ending the war in southeast
ern Europe, are assembled In London
don. The Turkish envoys have arriv
ed and unless the continuance of boa-
tllltles between the Turks and the
Greeka should prove a hindrance,
there seems nothing In sight to pre
vent the conference getting down to
business.
With regard to a report from Con
tantlnople that the Turks would re
fuse to meet the Greek plenipotentia
ries In London Unless Greece signed
the armistice the other Balkan states
have subscribed to, the counsellor of
the Turkish embassy here, he knew
nothing of any such Instructions, and
did not believe the Greeks would
have come 1 to - London unless theli
country was prepared to fall In line
with the other Balkan statea aa to
the terms on' which they should meet
The newspaper Interviews given by
the Turkish and Bulgarian delegates
on their Journey toward London Indi
cate that a keen strugle will take
place In the peace conference over the
possession of Adrlanople. Bnih aides
point basing their clalma pn the fact
that their armies are in excellent con
dition to resume hostilities. The
Turks claim they have 170,000 practl
cally fresh troops behind the Tchatal
Ja lines, while dfspatches from Con
stantinople Indicate the war party in
the Turkish capital la gaining in In
fluence. No npprehenson Is enter
tained in diplomatic quarters here
however, that the conference will be
separated without concluding peace.
WOMAN SMUGGLER ROBS U.S
iir' N
Aar Aoknt for Dressmakers Defrauds
' Treasury of a Million Dollars.
New York. A smuggling conspir
acy to which many large dressmaking
establishments through the United
States are psrtlea and through which
the TTnlted States treasury has been
defrauded of $1,000,000 revenue was
aHeged by the Federal authorities
when the first Indictment in the case
was obtained.
A middle-aged woman of refined
foreign poise, proficient in five lan
trusses, was Indicted on the specific
charge of "facilitating the transporta
tion of amugeled poods Into , this
country" by way of Canada. Customs
officials described her as the wife of
George Haldorn. a lawyer with ' of
flees in New York. London and Parts,
but said she had not been living with
her husband for some time.. When ar-'
rested at a fashionable house. she
was In possession of twenty-one
gowns valued at 215,000. the finest,
the officials said, that had been seiz
ed at this port In years. 4
Mrs. Haldorn. traveling;. It is alleg
ed as Mrs. Amaldorn. Madame Hal
dan and Madame - Hubert, had been
followed by special agents of ' the
treasury department since early last
August when she left ' this port for
Europe. She was traced to Rotter
dam, Paris, London, Liverpool and to
Canada, telling the Canadian and the
American customs officials' at Que
bec, (t is said, that she was a for
elgner on the way to . the United
Statea and that her wealth ot gowns
was for personal, use.
Aviator Haa Collision With Train.
Washington. Oscar Olson,' an avia
tor at the war department aviation
Held at College Parki pear here, Is
Buffering from , bruises and ' a ahlck, 1
aa the result of a narrow escape from
diving In his machine Into a fast fly
ing express train. The aeroplane's en
gine failed, when Olsen was beginning
a fligfht and when' ha was only 100
feet up. He promptly sought to make
a flight and when he was inly 100
the train, which ' was directly in his
path, came near - causing a tragedy.
Confeaa to Slaying of Petroalno. .
Montreal, Quebec. Carlo Baptlsta,
an Italian who la to be hanged here
on December 20 for murder, haa con
fessed to the police that he was one
of the gang that plotted the assassi
nation of Joseph Petroalno, the fam
ous New 'York detective, who was
ahot to death In Palermo, Sicily, on
March 12, ,1909. The prisoner re
vealed the namea of several, other
members ot thee Camorra that engi
neered the assassination. Hevald
they had deserted him and refused
to contribute to his defense. - ' ' "
Regent Lultpold Called by Death.
Munich. Lultpold, prince regent of
Bavaria, died here. - Ha was 91 years
old. The prince regent had been In
falling health tor several months and
his death waa not unexpected. Prince
Lultpold waa the oldest ruling prince
In Europe in point of years, having
been bora on March 13, 1821. He was
nine years older than the Emperor
Francis Joseph ot Austria, who was
born on August IS. 1830. Ti e l?.t'r,
however, haa already ccttpfel t
tt.r:-i;e f r 64 years, as he fc-
rii.-.-r r t i i : ci ii.
MR. WILSON'S DAUGHTERS AT BERMUDA
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" ' pH
President-elect Wilson's family
Immensely. The photograph shows,
and Miss Jessie Wilson In front of
BLACK HAND AETER WILSON
BLACK . ' HAND LETTERS ARE
SENT TO PRESIDENT-ELECT.
' ": '' ' "'. WIL80N. '
Three Men Arrested for Tfireatenlng
to Kill President-Elect Unless -He
Givea $5,000.
'.'.'"
Newark, N. J. Three men, resi
dents of Wharton, were arrested at
Dover, N. J., charged with writing a
letter threatening 'President-elect
Woodrow Wilson with death unless
he caused $5,000 in gold to be left
for them in a designated unoccupied
house in Wharton. The men arrest
ed are Peter Dunn, 34 years old, his
brother, Jacob, 26, and Seely Daven
port, 42. ' United Statea Commission
er Stockton here committed them to
jail in default of f2 000 ball each.
The letter to the governor was writ
ten November 11, and was signed
"New York Gang.'! Postofflce In
spectors ran down the alleged black
mailers and made the arrests.
Seven letters were sent to ' Gov,
Woodrow Wilson, it appearsThelr
text indlcatea the writers to have
been of a low degree of literacy. One
of them the letter dated November
11 reads, In part: ' . i
"Mr. Woodrow Wilson: 1 am now
agoln to warn you of what we are
agoin to do to you as we did not Ted
dy -and McKlnley either they got
shoot up just the same and If we
don't get what we ask from you you
will get the same say Wilson you
have got the office aa presidents yes
and we are death on presidents so
now : Wilson it you have 5,000 In
gold for this party we will spare your
life but if not we will shoot yon be
fore you get in the office aa sure as
your name ia Wilson."
W6uld Ban All But Big Pistols.
Athens, Ga. Declaring that fhere
la ton general use of pistais. too mucn
shooting of human beings In Athens
and riarke county, the grand Jury
recommended the introduction of a
bill in the next legislature forbidding
the manufacture: sale or : carrying
about the person in any manner what-
aoever of any pistol with a barrel leas
than fe lnchea
Crooks Planned Rsacue.
MemDhla. Tenn. That Frank Hoi-
inwav turn V robber and escaped con
vict, waa in Memphis with, several of
hia followers to intercept Deputy
United States marshala en route from
Savannah. Ga.. to Omaha. Neb., with
Degga Nolen, accused of mlause of
the malla, and free Nolen at all nax
rrta. developed in connection with
the raiding ot a cottage on the out
skirts ot Memphis,- the; capture of
Holloway and aeveral of hia followera
and th killing ot another. "Kinney"
Bergen,' ex-con vlct
T 1 I 1
Six ' Preachers on Polios Fore.
i.Los Angeles, Cal- Bix clergymen
were put on the rolls of the police
department a special officers. They
wr aura and are empowered to
make arrests, their special dutiea be
ing tha enforcement of the juvenile
lawa and the regulation or , aance
balla. The minister-policemen are
members of the Juvenlla Protection
t e r. nia Thev ave been commlaslon-
, ; not only to safeguard the young
i prevent the exploitation of gina,
t to arrest and prosecute parents
, , -t f --'r cUlldren. !
haa been enjoying the visit to Bermuda
from left to right, Mlsa Eleanor Wilson
their cottage. Glen Cove. . ' -
AUSTRIA MAKES WAR HOVE
ALL HER BEST JBOLD1ER3 . ARE
CALLED tOEADOF i
' THE ARMY.
Lean of (50,000,000 Arranged Aus-
trla'a Attitude la Causing
Alarm In Europe.
Vienna. Important changes have
taken place In the Austro-Hungarlan
war department General Auffenberg
minister of war, has resigned. Gen
eral Krobaten, under secretary in the
war office, has been appointed as
hia successor.
General Schemua, chief of the gen
eral Btaff, who recently paid a visit
to Berlin and conferred with Count
Von Moltke, chief of the general staff
of the German army, also has resign
ed. . He has been succeeded by Gen
eral Von Hoetzendorf, who held the
same post several years ago. ,
The Austrian government has nego
tiated with a syndicate headed by the
Austrian Postal Savings bank, and In
eluding Kuhn, Loeb & Co., and the
National City bank ot New York, for
an Issue of 4 1-2 treasury bonds to
the amount of 25,000,000, which will
be taken at 97, redeemable at pai
London. No explanation is yet
forthcoming of the sudden resignation
of the Austro-Hungarlan minister of
war. General Auffenberg, and the
chief of general staff. General Sche
mua. ,' . '
Why Whlakey Is S3 Popular.
Washington. Nervous . exhaustion
and strain ' and tense excitement
among tb,e people ot the present day
waa ascribed aa jfhe" cause of the
enormous Increase In the use of al
coholic spirits , in the United States
by Dr. J. T. Searcy of Alabama, presi
dent of the American Medico Psycho
logical association, in an address at
the concluding seseslon of the Ameri
can Society for the Study of Alcohol
and Other Narcotics. He discussed
the question, "Why do men drink al
coholic spirits," and declared it was
the great atruggle to Secure relief
and to attain some sort of phychlc
consciousness that makes alcoholic
beverages a popular drink."
. Urgea Fortifying Canal.
Washington. The Immediate fortifi
cation and mobilization ot troops In
Panama and Hawaii for the protection
Of American property at those points,
the passage-of a national volunteers
bill allowing the draughting of an ef
flclent fighting force In time of need
and the extension of pay to the Na
tional Guard under the condition -that
that body be made available tor gen
eral army use were among the major
suggestions made by Secretary - ut
War Henry L. Stimaon in hia annual
report o the president
Train Robbers Make 920,000 Haul.
Bakersfield, Cal. Twenty thoueand
dollars In gold waa the haul of two
robbers who held up the express car
of the Sunset Western train, bound
from Bakersfield for Taft, Cal The
money was consigned to the- First
National bank of Taft by the Flrat
National bank of Bakerafle'd. It waa
not placed In the express safe. When
the train arrived at Taft, railroad
men were forced to break down the
door of the express car. In a corner
waa M. W. Hamby. messenger, re
gaining consciousness.
TALE OF OUTRAGES
RELATED TO TAFT
SEVERAL AMERICAN BU8INESS
MEN TELL OF HORRORS
IN MEXICO.
STORY TOLD TO PRESIDENT
It Waa a 8tory of Outragea, Murders
-: and Robberies Many Amer
icana Held Up.
Washington. President Taft lis
tened to some'' startling disclosures
about conditions in Mexico. Four
American business men with Mexican
Interests, two members of the senate
and a congressman aat in the cabi
net room in the white house offices
and heard the story vouched for by
all, told to the president by one ot
the business men who had been In
the southern republic within the last
few weeks. It twaa a tale of out
ragea on Mexican women, of mur
ders and hold-ups of Americans, of
bandits who seized Americans and
held tiiem for ransom, of general law
lessness and disorder, such as sel
dom has come to the ears of the
president since trouble began in Mex
ico nearly two years ago.
The story came out at a hearing
which the president granted a party
of Mexican business men.
They did not ask Intervention, they
said, after the hearing was oyer. But
hey did reooest the president to
that Ufa ntirt nmnnrrv no ma da anfA.
Aft a hearts of an hour una a half
the president promised -to take up the ro arrested in Wilkea county, charg
caae nresented with the denartmenls ed witn horse-stealing in thiB county,
concerned.
Senators William Alden Smith, of
Michlgan, and Fall, of New Mexico.
who conducted the Investigation for
the senate of the two Mexican revolutions-
Representative Hamilton of
Michigan; Prince McKInney of Cleve
land; W, C. Pence of Texas; H. S.
Stephenson of Los Angelese, and E.
K. Warren of Three Oaka, Mich., were
present at the hearings
White house officials had no state
ment to . make after the conference,
but It was understood that President
Taft had no Intention of asking con
gress for authority to intervene. Sena
tors Fall and Smith did not take up
with the president In detail the re
sult of their Investigation,
35 YEARS FOR SIDNA ALLEN
Sentence Ends, So Far aa Courta Are
Concerned, Hlllavllle Tragedy,
Wytheville, Va. Thirty-live years
in the penitentiary Is the penalty Sid
na Allen will pay for the part be
played In the shooting up of Carroll
county courthouse on the 14th of last
March, when five persons, Including
the presiding Judge, the sheriff and
the commonwealth's attorney, were
killed by members of the Allen clan
and a number of others wounded.
Allen's nephew, Wesley Edwards, will
spend twenty-seven yeara in the peni
tentiary. These two sentences were the re
sult of a compromise following a ver
dict of voluntary manslaughter in the
case of Sidna Allen for the murder
of Commonwealth's Attorney William
M. Foster, the Jury fixing the penalty
in that case at five years' Imprison
ment. Allen already had been found
guilty of second degree murder at a
former trial for the killing of Judge
Massle, for which, he had been sen
tenced to fifteen years In the peni
tentiary, and the other Indictment
pending against him for the murder
of Sheriff Webb waa compromised by
letting him plead' guilty to second de
gree murder and take a fifteen years'
sentence, the combined sentences
making thirty five yeara. Three indict
ments against Wesley" Edwards also
were ' compromised, he taking a sen
tence of nine years' Imprisonment on
each. In the second trial of Sidna
Allen, which ended recently, nine of
the Jurors stood for acquittal and the
other three for murder in the second
degree. Following their discharge,
the Jurors In an interview declared
that not one of them thought the evi
dence presented by the state waa suf
ficiently strong to sustain the charge
of . conspiracy.
' Banker Parker Pleada Guilty.
Blue Earth, Minn. Berry W. Par
ker, former vice president of the
State Bank; of Commerce., Winnebago,
Minn., who recently was captured In
Georgia, pleaded guilty to the indict
ment of grand larceny In the first de
gree, returned by the grand Jury. Un
der the law, his sentence will be an
Indeterminate one, the maximum ol
which ia ten years. In a statement
issued shortly before pleading guilty,
Parker aasumed all responsibility tot
the troubles of the bank, which, af
ter hia disappearance, was cloaed.
Hyde Sentenced to Three Years.
New York. Charlea H. Hyde, for
mer city chamberlain, convicted oi
bribery in connection with the manip
ulation of city funds, waa sentenced
by Justice Goff to serve not more
than three yeara and sis montha and
not less than two yeara la the state
prison. The justice, however, grant
ed a certificate of reasonable doubt
and Issued a stay of execution, agree
ing to admit the prisoner to $26,000
ball, pending argument of his appeal
Ball waa furnished and Hyde Walked
out of court
FROM THE TAR HEEL STATE
Short Paragraphs of 8tate Newa That
Haa Bean Condensed For the Peo
ple of the 8tate.
Maxton. Col. E. F. McRae, one of
the most loved and highly respected
citizens of Maxton waa found dead in
bed. For the past year he has been
living at the home of hia niece, Mrs,
Rufus Williams. ,
Raleigh. The secretary of state
charters the Salisbury Metal Culvert
Co., of Salisbury, capital 350,000 by
James M. Maupin and othera. And
The Kendall Knitting Mills Co., of
Wendell, this county, capital $100,000
authorized and $20,000 subscribed by
W. a Whitley and others.
'Wilmington, The police a few days
ago took charge of six cases of whis
key found on a dray that apparently
had no owner. The drayman, Ed
McNeill, at first denied any knowledge
of the ownership of the whiskey, but
later said that be waa taking two
boxes to Jim Walton and four to' Son
Roderick,
Raleigh. Commissioner of Labor
and Printing Shipman reporta 660 mis
cellaneous factories in the state that
have $44,673,613 capital and an output
of $86,030,562 worth and pay $11,086,
760 wagea to 25,321 employes. He ex
pects to have the report of the cotton,
woolen and knitting mills ready very
soon now.
Greensboro. With a purpose of
gaining Information upon which to
make recommendations for the
building of a state normal and indus
trial college In Maryland, a commit
tee of legislators and educators from
that tBto ra(.ontlv Bmo , moHa
I thoro h lnspection of the gtate nor.
mX and wdu8trlai college here.
1
Statesville.-Harvey Fortner, a ne-
WM comraltted to Jail In default of
Dona 10 awalt uPeor court. He ad-
mmea ms Bunt, dui saia tnat wnere
uu came irora waiauga county it
was considered, no harm to ride an
other man's horse.
Winston-Salem. The . local school
officials are very muca interested in
the proposed compulsory education
law, urging that Its passage will mark
a new era in the commercial and in
tellectual renaissance in North Caro
lina. It la urged that no state can
long make progress when .so many ot
Its ehlldren are out of the 'public
achoola.
Greensboro. In his charge to the
grand jury here after the opening of
superior court recent., Judge Harry
W. Whedbee told that body that it
was his opinion that a large, rich and
progressive county in many ways like
Guilford should have a better "temple
of Justice." He instructed the Jure ?
that it came within their power to
recommend to the proper authorities
the building of a new court house for
Guilford.
Greensboro. Two young white
farmers of well-known Guilford fami
ilea were brought to St. Leo's hospital
suffering with fearful wounds aa 4he
result of an explosion of dynamite In
a well. Alfred Brown, about 23 years
of age, and the mo& seriously injur
ed, is badly hurt about the head, hia
face is horribly burned and arms mu
tilated. Brown will lose the sight of
both eyes and there la little hope
offered for his life.
Greensboro. The burial of Dr. W.
L. Vestal occurred near High Point
Vestal died at the state farm, where
he and his wife were serving sen
tence of 15 years. The Vestal case
waa one ot the most sensational Guil
ford county has had. It was shown at
the trial that Dr. Vestal, with the as
sistance of his wife, had made a prac
tice of performing criminal operations
within his High Point residence and
after a three-day trial both were sen
tenced to long terms. -Asheville.
Sitting in a secluded
corner of a lot on College street, just
off the square, la a little one-atory
frame building, occupied by a shoe
maker, and if a movement started
in this city is sucessful, that same
little building will be bought and set
aside for the edification of visitors to
the metropolis ot the "Land of the
Sy." For that little one-story frame j
building ia the building in which
Zeb Vance, revered by all . North
Carolinians, the great "War Govern
or" of the state, first set up the prac
tice of law.
Greensboro. A life-sized bronze
figure ot the late Joseph M. Morehead,
for yeara president of the Guilford
Battleground Company, has been re
ceived and will be placed and ready
for unveiling at the regular battle
ground celebration next 'July. The
figure will stand on a rough granite
boulder, six feet high.
Salisbury. Announcement has been
made here that former State Senator
Whitehead Klutz, of Salisbury, will
be a candidate for ambassador to Bra
ill under President Wilson when he
(steps Into office.- Mr, Klutas was an
original Woodrow Wilson man. . ''. ,
Charlotte. The coming exhibit ot
birds by the Charlotte Poultry Asso
cfation on January 10-14 Is aald to be
the largest that haa ever been plan
ned for this city. Th managers and
committeemen in charge have been
hard at work on the pains and ar
rangements for sooia time.. '
Winston-Salem. What promises to
be the initial step locking to greater
Winston-Salem will be taken . when
the matter of the consolidation of
Winston and Salem will be widely dis
cussed at a great meeting of the
board of trade, which will be held at
the court house.
WHITELAw REID
DIES III L0I1II
AMERICAN'S 8CHOLARLY AMBA8.
8ADOR AT THE COURT OF ST.
JAMES SINCE 1905.
WAS AT HIS POST OF DUTY
The English Government Will Offer
Battleship to Convey the Body' to .
the United State. Physicians
Statement As to the Causa of Death.
London. Whltelaw Reid, the Amer
ican Amabasaador to Great Britain
since 1905, died at hia London resi
dence, Dorchester House, from . pul
monary oedema. The end waa quite
peaceful. Mrs. Reid and their daugh
ter, Mrs. John Hubert Ward, were at
the bedaide.
The Ambassador had been uncon
scious for several boura and at inter
vals during the previous 24 hours he
had been altghtly delirious as a result
of the drugs administered to Induce
aleep.
BIT Thomaa Bartow, physician to the
King, who waa called in after Mr.
Reld'a Illness became acute and his
regular physician, Dr. William Hale
White, issued the following bulletin
aa to the cause of death:
L "A fortnight ago the American Am
bassador had a alight bronchial at
tack similar to othera which he bad
Buffered at considerable intervale.
Recently asthma supervened and the
asthmatic paroxysms became' very
severe, leading ,to extreme exhaus
tion. ' ' -
"It waa hoped that lie might rally,
as no pneumonic symptoms had ap
peared. With difficulty the parox
ysms of asthma were got kinder con
trol, but the exhaustion Became ex
treme and he died from pulmonary
oedema.
The Hon.' John Hubert Ward, who
with bla wife had been at Dorchester
House continually since the Ambas
sador's condition became serious, no
tified the staff of the embassy when
th -patient -Decaff to n,J and- !when' '
death came he sent word to the King
and Queen at-Buckingham Palace, the
Queen Mother Alexandra and the offl
clala at the court
Annual Report of Secretary Nagel.
Washington. Charles Naael, Sec
retary of Commerce and Labor, would
sharply define and restrict the powers '
and discretion Ot the proposed Feder
al commission to regulate industrial
corporations. In his annual report
submitted to President Taft, the
Secretary opposes the endowment
of such a commission, if finally creat
ed by Congress, with far-reaching
powers equal to those exercised by the
Interstate Commerce Commission over
railroads. He disapproves the sug
gestion that the commission - have
authority to fix prices of commodities. ,
' Completion of Work.
New Orleans. In announcing th
satisfactory completion of the work
of making the graves of Confederate
soldiers who died in Northern prisons,
undertaken at the suggestion of Presi
dent McKlnley and provided for by
Congressional act Gen. Bennett H.
Young, commander-in-chief of the
United Confederate veterans, says the
work "reflecta credit upon the United
Statea Government and is further evi
dence' of the bond of brotherhood
which binds the sections ot our great
country."
Hope of Rescue Abandoned.
Lon Angeles, Cal. Hope of rescu
ing Horace Kearney and Chester Law
rence, who started for San Francisco
by hydroaeroplane waa v abandoned
when a pontoon believed to be part of
Kearney's hydro-aeroplane waa picked
up four miles out at sea off Redondo
beach. Glenn Martin the Santa Anna
aviator who took part in the search
In a hydro-aeroplan waa reported to
have suffered a miahay. . The Argyle
reported by wireless to the steamer
Yale that it had sighted Martin's ma
chine being towed by , a powerboat
on" point Dume.
Mexican Congreaa Cloaea 8esslon.
Mexico City. With a record of few ,
more than a dozen measures enacted
and about 180 still pending, the flrat
congress elected under the Mameor
administration, which waa expected
to carry out ' many . revolutionary
promises closed its three months' ses
sion. The more important bills pass
ed Include authorization for a 20,000,
000 pesos ($10,000,000) loan, aa yet '
unfloated, and authorization for a
40,000,000 pesos bond issue. The
budget also waa approved, providing
tor an Increase of 13,000,000 pesos. ,
"Gag Rule" Hurled at Members.
Washington, - A deluge of impas
sioned oratory swept the house dur
ing the general debate on the Dillingham-Burnett
bill, fixing a literacy
test for immigrants to the United!
States. The measure as brought r,p
in the house after a fight on a c;
1
rule brought in from the corn
on rules which waa adopted on a
call vote by an overwhelming i
ity, respite complaints rf "r -from
the oppemet-'a tf t '
four hours of di:-.;-' '.it I
lourned with V 3 I ' .