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:: 1 11 ii n 1 1 1 n i i m tin ; ; MADISON COUNTY RXCCXD. . ltdUiJw 23, 1901. rtXKCu cnoAD news ; ; EstoiJbned May 16. 1)7. ; ; Consolidated, : : No? . 2nd, 1311 II til II II 111 lllll H-r-H-H- i in mu ii m i mi ii n m J Medium t r I Through which you reach (ha 4 " - !- f m ... 4 I I X. i U l $ Advertising R.tes on Application J I ,1 THE ONLY NEWSPAPER IN, MADISON COUNTY. VOL. XV. ( MARSHALL, MADISON COUNTY, N. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 113. NO. 6.' v WEEKS' WORK OF GEfJERAL ASSEMBLY i WHAT It BEING DONE IV THE LAWMAKERS OF STATE' OF NORTH CAROLINA. NUMBER OF BILLS ACTED ON ass Resolution ' For Committee to , Confer With Railroad Official With Reference to. Freight Rat Diaorinv mlnation Other Work Being Dona, Senate Monday. ; Senator Watta, .chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, moved ' for the appointment of a clerk to hla wmmlttee. The following bills passed final . readings: Houie bill to amend the Charter of Town of Salem. Senate bill to authorUe Waynes rllle to Issue bonds and complete the traded 'School building. Senate bill to amend the charter of East Spencer, Rowan county. . ' Senate bill to authorise an election (or graded school bonds in Scotland Neck.; ; - Senate bill authorizing Forsyth county to Issue refunding bonds or notes to par for part of the construc tion of Roanoke A Southern Railway. " Senate bill to ralidate electric light bond election In Asheboro. Senate bill to incorporate Town of Qrandln, Caldwell county. , House Monday! There was the usual flood of petitions from alL sections of the state for six months school terms and a number for compulsory attendance and for child labor: legislation. There was farorable report for the Kellum bill to restore local self-gov ernment to New Hanover county. bill that only provides for change In the .number of Justices of the peace for Wilmington township. , .J, Senate Tuesday. . Petitions were received from Gas ton, Cabarr-s, Cumberland. Rocking ham, Rowan and Watauga counties for six-months school terms. . - The following bills passed ' final reading:- - , ' , Senate bill to amend section S50S of the Reviaal, so as to make the mini nwt punishment for horse-stealing four months Instead of Ave years. This was opposed by Wakefield and Watta. , House bill 'to amend . the Reviaal, ' section tt, so - n -to require ' notion of refusal to pay an account by an ad ministrator to be in writing, the Sen- . at amendment not to apply to tran sactions prior to enactment ' .Senator Studdert waa added to the . Committee on Penal Institutions. House Tuesday. Raleigh. The Stewart bill ' amend- lng the divorce laws passed the ; House Tuesday -afternoon. It orlgi- -ally provided that separation for two years be ground for divorce. The com mittee had amended this, making the time Ave years, the party abandoned without cause having the right to re- "i marry. '" ;-:" ' The House passed the Justice anti trust bill, which applies the Federal " anti-trust law to the state, enacts the v- provisions of the old Reid anti-trust v bill of the 1907 session and provides . machinery for the Attorney General to enforce the law. . , A number of bllla paased final read -lng la the house. . - Senate Wednesday.': ' The senate discussed at consider able length, the question of whether . constitutional - amendments shall be submitted to the people -be this ses- , sion or by a special session next fall " Petitions were sent up by Senators .-. Brown, Coffey, Hall, Ivie, Payne, . Barnes, Peebles, Evans of Bladen, Bryant and Davis for a six-months' ;' school term and compulsory education ' law; by Hooks, from Woman's Club of . Ooldsboro, for right of women to " serve on school committees, for bet . - ter lawa regulating labor of women ' and children and for. a vital . statls . tics law; ay Pharr from the Eclectic Club of Charlotte, for the .vital statis tics law. . . House Wednesday. , There were numbers of petitions re ported from various sections of the state for the child labor legislation, six-months school terms and compul - sory attendance, better roads, search r' - anad seizure law, and petitions for the - state to provide for the expenses of the state militia in attending the in auguration of President Wilson. . ' Bills passed final reading as fol lows: ' ' Gordon bill to - require preparation for University and four-years reading medicine before persons can be 11 . censed to practice. " Senate bill to authorize the sum moning of Jurors from other counties for the trial of causes In certain cases. House bill to prevent infant blind- ness. ' 1 , , - House bill to prevent the use of f -piTT-s by children; parents ' and constitutional amendment commla sion, as recommended by the Joint Committee on Constitutional Amend ments. -A message from Governor Craig sub mitted the proposition from E, C. Duncan to buy the State's stock In the A. A N. C. Railroad for 1949,950 in cash, 76 per cent of par value. Among reports of committees was an unfavorable report from the Com mittee on Education. House Thursday. Petitions from many parts of the state for sis months school terms, for compulsory school attendance, child labor legislation, special school tax levies, woman's suffrage and state-wide dog tax. A message received from the Gov ernor, transmitting without ; recom mendation the. proposition, of . E., C. Duncan to purchase the state's stock In the Atlantic A North Carolina Rail- BIG PROBLEM IS BEING STUDIED PLANNING THE SUFFRAGIST PAGEANT EXPLANATION OF WORK BUREAU OF SOCIAL HYGIENE HOPES TO ACCOMPLISH. ABOLISH WHITE SLAVETRADE nn u. Rocksfsiler, Jr, Tolls of ths Plans for the Investigation of Vic Conditions.. New York. in order that the pub He might better understand the Bu reau or social Hygiene. John D. road Co., was referred to J.he Finance Rockefeller, Jr., gave out a statement . 't , final reading as foj- Committee, Bills passed lows:. Relative to the Issuance of bonds In Forsyth county fo rthe Roanoke A Southern Railroad. To validate electric light bonds In Asheboro. To allow Red Springs to Issue school bonds. Ssnattf Friday. The Senate passed the Judiciary Committee's substitute for the North explaining the origin, work and the plans of that Institution. The bureau, he said, came Into existence about two years ago as a result of the work of a special grand Jury appointed to Investigate the white slave traffio In New York City. This Jury recom mended that a public commission be appointed to atudy the social evil. mr. KocKefeller waa foreman of that grand Jury and he thereafter gave the subject deep thought and Our illustration shows Mrs. Patricia M. Street (left) and Miss Alto Paul (right), two Internationally known suffragists, at work In the .Wash-, ington headquarters planning the great pageant of March S. Mrs. 8treet Is i daughter of Sir Paul Eliot, former chief Juatice of the Australian supreme court, and she will lead a division of Australian suffragists In the parade. . Mlsa Paul Is a Phlladelphtaa. Carolina Bar Association. Jury, bills conferred with a large number of the i""""'" jHjrcmpiory ciwtienges isnuing men and wemen. These con u tug ueienunni in capital cases ana lerencese," says Mr. Rockefeller "do. tour ior we state, the state to stand veloped the feeling (hat a public com none at the foot of the panel, and do- mission would labor under a number lng away with the requirement that of disadvantages such aa the fact that Jurors In the box must be freeholders, it wouldjbe short lived; that Its work petitions were received from clti-1 would be done publicly; that at best seas or Nortnampton county for bond- n could hardly do more than pre lng railroad employes; from citizens aent recommendations. 'So the con of Littleton for an appropriation of vlctlon grew that in order to make a 120,000 for- the Oxford Orphanage: real and lasting Improvement In con from Fanners' Union of Halifax coun ty for six-months school term and compulsory school law; from Junior Order Councils at Statesvllle, Gas tonla, Pilot Mountain, Franklinton and Asheboro for better child labor law end compulsory school law. House Fridsy. In the House the Kellum bill passed by a good-sized majority, directing the Corporation Commission to Investi gate the receiver's sal to the A. A Y. Railroad and subsequent division of the old Cape Fear ft Yadkin Val ley Railroad, Wilmington to Mount Airy, by the Southern and Atlantic Coast Line, and report to the Attornej General an- to findings that indicate conspiracy to throttle competition la violation, of to Sherman anti trust law. -- The following bills were ratified: To authorize Commissioners of For syth county, to issue refunding bondi for the Roanoke A Southern Railroad ' SenateASaturday. The senate pasaed the nous Joint resolution ' for the governor to ap point a committee of three to con fer with officials of railroad com pa nies In effort to settle contest ovet freight rate discrimination without retaliatory legislation at this se lion. House bill to amend Revisal so ai to require hunters starting fires to ex tinguish them passed final readings The following also passed: Senate bill fixing boundary line be tween two achool tax districts in Wilkes. : Senate bill to empower Madison county to buy land adjacent to court house for better-fire protection. Senate bill to appoint magistrates in Nash and ratify their acta. Senate resolution to pay expenses ol Vacation Committee on "Home for Wives and Widows of Veterans. .Announcement was made;- of the consideration of ali divorce bills by the tw.o Judiciary committees on Tues day ! afternoon at S o'clock in th aenate chamber. Petitlona In considerable numben were received for six-months schools and compulsory nttoffdance law, ' :: House Saturday. : - There were petitions Introduced ad vocating six-months minimum terms of public school; for compulsory attendance; for location : of th proposed Western Carolina Teachei Training school and for child 'laboi legislation. , The .Weatberspoon bill as' Intro duced to provide for 20 Instead of If Judges and superior court districts was put upon its passage, voted with out opposition and sent to the senate anions, a permanent organization should be created, the continuation of which would not be dependent upon a temporary wave of reform, nor upon the lire of any roan or group of men. but which would go on, generation rafter generation, continuously making warfare against the forces of evil. It also appeared that a private organiza tion would have, among other advan tages, a certain freedom from public ity ana rrom political bias, which a public appointed commission could not so easily avoid. ' 'Therefore., as the Initial. step, In WOMEN fiiOM.1 ENGLAND RIOTING TAKES PLACE ALL OVER LONDON BY MILITANT I SUFFRAGETTES. Effort Mad to Duck Som snd Many rs Arrestsd Trying to Storm -House of Common. London, England. As a protest against the withdrawal of the fran chise bill by the government, the suf fragists resumed their militant tac tics here. . While a deputation which the chan cellor of the-exchequer, David Lloyd George, had refused to see was try-, lng to force Its way Into parliament against an overwhelming force of po lice, and women were being arrested for resisting the officers, the other bands of women went through White hall breaking windows of the govern ment offices, and through Cockspur street, where the. great plate glass windows In the establishments of the shipping companies - were ruthlessly smashed. ' , The women, also visited Oxford, Re- window smashing, or who refused to move on when ordered, the police had the greatest difficulty In protecting the women from an -unruly 'crowd of 'youths 'who .gathered and Jostled ev-' ery woman' wearing., suffragette col ors. In several cases the women were roughly handled. An attempt to duck four of them In the' fountain In' Tra fargar square was frustrated' by police posse which had to ' ride through the crowd. ; the winter of 1911 the Bureau of So- ent 'na otner fu tle shop- clal Hygiene was formed. Its ores Pln ourtrict, wharf similar damage ent members are " Miss " Katharine WM Later, mall boas were at- Bement Davis, superintendent of the tacked, quantities of liquid 'being New York state reformatory for worn-1 V& Into them. en at Bedford Hills, N. Y.: Paul M.I 704 wildest excitement prevailed Warburg of the firm of Kuhn Loeb A however, and besides protecting prop- Co.; Starr J. Murphy of the New York ertr "d arresting women engaged in bar, and John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 'One of the first things undertaken by the bureau was the establishment at Bedford Hills,' adjacent to the re formatory, of a Moratory of social hygiene, under Mlas Davis' direction, In this laboratory it la proposed to study from the physical, : mental, so cial and moraiside each person com mitted tofthe reformatory. This study will be carried on by experts j and each -case will be kept under obser vation for from three weeks to three months,, as may be required, j When the diagnosis Is completed. It Is hoped that the laboratory will be In position to recommend the treatment most likely, to reform the individual, or, if reformation Is impossible to recom mend permanent custodial care. Fur thermore, reaching out beyond the in dividuals Involved, it is believed that thus important contributions may be made to a fuller knowledge of the conditions ultimately responsible for vice. ' - If this experiment Is success ful the principle may prove applica ble to all classes of criminals and the conditions precedent to crime and lead to lines of action not only more scientific and humane, but' also less wasteful than those at present follow ed." - ' ' That its work might be done Intel ligently the bureau employed George J. Kneeland to make a comprehensive survey of vice conditions In New York, and Abraham Flexner to study the social evil in Europe, and their reports are now being prepared. In conclusion Mr. Rockefellers statement says; ,, "it cannot be too strongly emphasized, that the spirit which dominates the work of the bu reau Is not sensational or sentlmen- BLAMES IT ON THE FARMERS Greater Yield of Crops Would Result V In Lowering of ' Prices. Washington. It was ' inevitable that one way , or another the farmer would at laat be blamed for the high cost of living. A greater yield of crops at less cost, by the application, of scientific methods of soil culture and the use of business principles, such as mills and other Industries have to employ, will help break the backbone of high prices of foodstuffs, according to Prof. Milton Whitney of the United States department of agriculture. ' v J Mr, Whitney, who Is an authority on soils and their uses, Is now prepar ing a bulletin on the nation's food supply. He says fewer acres , f land are being cultivated In proportion to population than heretofore. ' One-fifth less acres are being' tilled than in 1880. Sevan Years In Pen for Cashlsr. Jackson, Miss. .The Mississippi su preme court affirmed the sentence of Woodson Atkinson, former cashier of tal or hysterical; that it is not a spirit the defunct People's bank of Summit. of criticism of public officials; : but I Atkinson was convicted tor embezzle- that it is essentially a spirit or con- ment or t2i.871.22 during ' a period structlve suggestion and of deep sci- eoverlnz the years from 1907. to 1911. and then a motion to reconsider tb entiflc as well as human Interest In I an4 g)ven a tentence of seven years ty of mlsde- motlon and table It cerrled, making M impossible for the matter to b re opened In the house again. The house passed the Joint resolu tion endorsing the proposed Trans continental Highway, Atlantic to th Pacific. '.'.v. : - Representative Clark of Pitt conn ty introduced in the house a drastn anti-cigarette bill as follows: v ' "Whereas, the public welfare de mands that the health of Its cttiseni be protected, and that the ' younj men of our state be Allowed to grow to a fully developed . manhood ; ant whereas the use of tobacco In ; th form of cigarettes Is admitted and recognized as very Injurious to thi human system, therefore the genera' assembly of North Carolina do enact: "Section lT-That it ahall be a mis demeanor for any person, firm or cor poratiou. to manufacture or sell, of fer to sell, or to bring Into the stat !, a great world problem.' fin the state penitentiary. King. Alfonso Greets Wilson. Trenton, N, J. Presldnet-elect Wil son received greetings from the king of Spain through the Marquis de la Bandit Took Part 1" 20 Hold-Upa. Chicago. Peter Boore,. a young bandit who was shot by Clarence- Mo- Sweeney, a police telephone operator, Vega Inclan, the royal commissioner .dmitted havlna participated x with his delegated to select a site for the Span- brother, Albert, In more than twenty Isb , exhibit at the Panama exposition 0id-ups on the south side during the at San Francisco. It was the i first ia8t six weeks. Shortly, after making message Mr. Wilson has received th confession h . died. The' brothers stopped Mcaweeney as n w reium t.t CO, f: .v-i the a t .' five ty u . 1 t the purpose ?, or o!!"r'!' r(! 1, i 'a f r t f i t'-S ft i i f...a eft i 1 of selling, g!vln 7 of, snj cr ft ' f it from a European ruler. The envoy, besides conveying to the . president elect the king's personal message of good' will, expressed In behalf of the king a deep interest in the exposition at .San Francisco, To (nvestlgsts Campaign Funds. Washington. The proposal by Sen ator Clapp to extend the Investigation into campaign expenditures to cover the general election expenses of 1912, was approved by the senate commit tee on contingent expenses. The sen ste Investigating committee has cov- er.--1 te can r-.iij.'ns of 1904 and 1908 -.. 1 t -r T camra'rn or isiz It! ! ; .) f .'' "Ity to 1 X Info x lng to his home late at night. - Mc Sweeney began shooting.- Three,, bul lets struck Peter Boore, who returned the fire, one bullet striding Mcawee ney In the hip, wounding him, : ' -. ' ' "' ' 1 " ' : V Bloodshed In Strlks Riot." Pittsburg,- Pa. Deputy sheriffs and strikers from the Rankin' plant of the American Steel and Wire company, a subsidiary of the United States Steel corporation, clashed here,, and . one man was killed and twelve persons Injured, several fatally. All or the wounded, except two deputy sheriffs snd a policeman, were spectators. Ai'kt the Inj'tred are s-eral worn n r;-1 a i'-r .s-old ''"1. T"?. . p : : t ' ' ' SHOT AND SHELL FOR IURKS ', . . ri PEACE NEGOTIATIONS' ARE ...FIN ALLY BROKEN BY BALKAN ALLIES. . . -t Allies Will Combine Their Armies and Assault the Cfty Early Fighting Is Expected. London, England. The peace nego tiations, which reached a '-deadlock over the cessation of Adrianople',. on January 6, were finally broken by a note wMch the plenipotentiaries .of the Balkan' allies presented to Rechad Pasha, ' head of the -Turkish delega tlon. Rechad ,-Pasha, after receiving the note, said: , . .,',... "The consequences may be of the gravest nature. The " responsibility lies not alone with the allies, but with the powers, who encouraged the Bal kan states and have shown no fair ness toward Turkey, although before the war they solemnly proclaimed the principle df the unchangeablllty of the statu ouo." The plan of the allied governments, so far as the plenipotentiaries are in formed. Is to concentrate their forces on Adrianople immediately after the expiration of the prescribed four days, If the surrender of that fortress does not occur in the meantime. .They believe that a few , days',., bombard ment by the big siege batteries which now surround Adrianople, will . bring about its capitulation. . , - The Balkan representative declare that all reports that Roumanla would aid Bulgaria . against .Turkey are un founded, and they added 'that If Rou mania should take advantage of the opportunity to gain,-her.'.errkoriaN claims by force white the Bulgarian army is engaged In Turkey, Bulgaria would let her occupy the' ' territory she' demands. But' as soon as the Bulgarian army disposed-of (the Turks the Bulgarians would turn" their at tention to the Roumanians - and at tempt to make 'them pay dearly , for this racial disloyalty, .which the Bul garians epnslder would be treason.' UNCLE SAM BARS GENERAL MAJORITY FOR DEMOCRATS Election of Saulabury ; In Delaware Assure Control of U. S. San.at. Washington. With the election of Wlllard Saulsbury as United States senator from Delaware, the "Demo cratic strength In the next ' senate swung from the" precartouV.flg3re; of 48, or exactly one-bktf the senate, to tie safer total ofM9, 'majority Of 1 ' :'''. ( ., Mr. SaulabuTyl Election, added to the victory recently secured' in Ten nessee, assures the Democratic party absolute "control :of the' senate; after March 4.. The vote of Vice President Marshall would hate been' the decid ing factor In any event, 'btit.-the addi tion of ' another: Democratic; votje to the column gives the . party leaders what they "believe to Be a safe mar gin for tariff and legislative-action, Contests (still exlst' Jn. the legisla tures of New Hamoshlre. Went twin ginia and Illinois with a total of Jour - 7"?- Tj7r': ' Probe -Ordered- of Rogues'. GaHery.? New. York. The rogueV "gallery, ,ln which, it war said," favorttlam .has beerf ' showh, - Will ' be . In ves'tlgsted "by the. aldermanlc committee w;hloh.iCls lookins;. Into. police conditions.. .la the face of the fiile that provides' for the rogues' gallery . picture : and .Bertlllon measurement -of everyt p,er!Son coa-; vlcted of. crime. It has 'been reported to the committee that "neither the phhtograph'-nor 'thevdscriptlon " of Charles Becker, ytqe former police lieutenant are in the file's of, the po lice department "' "' ". ;';',. ' 1 Kilted -2 Hurt,-! In Railway Shop. Macon. Ga. When a strlnur : 6f starw ' 7 . . . i. .1' Jumped a locked switch t tMvSolnh ern rsillwsy- shopr and icraslif d, lntp another strtag standing on a,'re'pa'fr track, ltv.postth.e llfeof Jeotfe'W:' O'Neal, a car lhBpecMri, 'fatalli injur ed Sruggs Johnisok, and er!fisy hurt Clinton T.aVendar-. rO'Nfl "si brlt- lng nndef a car aid 40 n; -i-a.-i'Lav. "dar aver to"p.r 'oo.a f'..J if t: ..r. 1 '.rZvn! ' SECRETARY NAGEL FORMALLY f BARS EXILE FROM THE UNITED STATES. MURDER IS LAID TO HIM Alleged. Castro Refused to State Whether He Waa Party to Kill ing of General Paredea. Washington. Clprlano Castro, for mer president of Venezuela, was de nied admission to the United States as n visitor' by Charles Nagel, secre tary of commerce and labor. The Venezuelan's unwavering refusal to answer the question whether, while president of his country, he waa party to the killing of General Pa- redes was the cause of Secretary Na gel 's order for his deportation. The cabinet minister sustained the adverse report of the Immigration au thorities' against Castro on the ground that his declination to answer may In Itself constitute an admission by conduct'1 of the commission of felony. The immigration law bars from entry any person convicted of or admitting the commission of a crime Involving moral turpitude, providing is am yureiy pouucai oueusc The secretary held that the murder or; Paredes was not a purely political crime. . ' Further, the secretary declared that ah alien was compelled to answer "yes", or "no" any pertinent question regarding his admissibility. If per mitted to refuse he maintained that "the Immigration service might Just as wen adjourn.'- The,, alleged Information against Castro was furnished the department of commerce and labor by the state department, and Secretary Nagel, In his decision, frankly sdmlts that but for the state department's action, Cas tro!' probably would have been admit ted without question. LONE BANDIT ROBS EXPRESS Escapes With Severs! Thousand Doh . Isrs After Holding Up Mesenget.. Chicago. A bandit robbed the safe of an express car and escaped with a bag of currency said to contain sev eral thousand dollars. The car . was attached to a local special express train on a branch of the Pennsylva nia railroad. . The robber, with a revolver, com pelled the express messenger to open the safe. The conductor of the train seized the thief as he was about to leap, from the car, but the man felled him with a blow of the fist. The thief escaped unhurt, although the conduc tor rose and fired two shots at him. The train la known as the "Stock yards Special." It Is used to carry money and valuable papers between the Union Stockyards and downtown banks. ..-. TENNESSEE FUS10NISTS WIN Elect Their Candidates In Three Con- A, tests for Stats Officers. Nashville, Tenn. The Fuslonlsts scored a sweeping victory in the Ten nessee legislature, electing their can didates In the three contests for state officers,, as follows: W. P. Hlckson, Independent Democrat, state treasu rer, over DeLong Rice, Democratic primary nominee, by -a vote of 77 to 62: R. R- Sneed, Independent Demo crat, secretary of state, over Hallum W. -Goodloe, Incumbent, ' Democratic primary nominee, by a vote of 71 to 61- George P. Wollen, Independent Democrat, comptroller, over H. T, Stratton, Democratic caucus nominee, by, a vpte of 84 to 4. FROM THE TAR HEEL STATE Latest New of General Interest That Ha Been Collected From Many Town and Counties, ' Wilson Accepts College Escort New .York. Woodrow Wilson ac cented .the offer of the Students of Princeton university to escort him from his home in Princeton to the white house on the day he Is Inaug urated. Just a century ago Princeton gave Its last president to the nation- James Madison. . The centenary will W celebrated In a unique program to which Mr., Wilson gave his consent, when. Paul F. Myers, a Princeton se nior, rode on the train wltnhlm. Mother of Henry Grady Dead. 5 Atlanta. Mrs. Anne Gartrell Gra dy, widow of the late, Maj. William a. Grady, of Athena, Ga., and mother of the late Henry W. Grady, died at the.' home of her granddaughter, Mrs. Eugene R. Black here. Her nus- band died at the battle of Petersburg, Va, rendering gallant service in the Confederate army, and her eon, Hen ry W. Grady, died while rendering gallant service aa the great states man of the new South. Ten years ago her other son, William S. Grady, died in, North Dakota. ; Honored by U. 8. Government tnGrange, Ga. Dr. F. M. Ridley, Sr., of X-Grange, has been tendered by the "United States government the position 'of chairman of a commission Of public health. The duties of his office -would entail an absence of sev eral years In China and Japan. The office carriea a handsome salary with 11 expenses and a secretary paid by t"e rovernmeni. as yei Lwuur i. u cv la vi n, 5 Id I'd whether be will r i- ; r J- "Ion. Porter 1 ' " 'f I i - ''if Slier City. Slier City Is to have electrlo lights, plans having already taken definite ahape looking to thi and. ' ' .... , - : , - . Raeford. At a mass meeting of the citizens of Raeford It wsa decided to ask the legislator to authorize the Issue of $35,000 la bonds for the pur- -chase of a modern school building. Asheville. Mr. N. B. McDevitt. well known in the political circles of West ern North Carolina was notified of bis appointment to the office of clerk of superior court of Madison county, having been named by Judge Frank Carter to succeed Mr. W, H. Hender son who died recently in Florida, Asheville. Messrs. A. H. Hawkins. M. M. Shepherd, F. E. Tipton and A. C. Morris, four of the most prominen" merchants of Her-dersonvtlle, were arrested charged with a violation of the United States law which forbid the mailing of matter In which prises are offered subject to games of chance or drawings. Raleigh. Coroner Seaparka is in vestigating the killing, of Lindsay Smith, a negro youth, who waa found dead by the roadside a few . miles . from Raleigh on the Loulaburg road. ' Wilson. In the western part of the county Cleveland Boone, a white farm er of Horn'a Church, shot R, A. Den ton, a neighbor. Deaion died aa a result of th shooting. Newborn. Much interest la being manifested by the boys of this county : in the corn club which was organised , a few weeks ago. In addition to the prizes which have been offered by the state a number of prizes have been offered to the successful contestants by local merchants and business men, The exhibits will be made during the fall, probably during the Eastern Car- ' olina fair week and will be seen there. ' Washington. A report of the soil survey of Johnston county made by the bureau of soils In co-operation with the North Carolina department of agriculture .will soon be Issued. ' The survey was made for the mm pose of showing the agricultural vahit and crop adaptation of the soils of th county, how they should be treated - and what methods of farm manage- ment should be followed In order to ' obtain .the best possible yield. FarmviUe. Following an enthusl-' aatie good road mass-meeting in the' local town hall recently, a large peti tion has been aent up to the legisla ture asking for a vote on a $40,000 bond issue for goods roads in Farm Till township. A petition for special tax haa also been sent up. but the bond issue petition more than double the tax petitions. Farmville township V expects to set an example to neigh boring sections. Green county, ad joining, has already taken active steps for good roads. Ssllsbury. Prof. R. Q. Klxer. suner- " utendent of education in Rowan coun- baa announced that th countv board of education has planned to . give a five-months' school term this year where the county schools have one principal. Supt Kizer made an- other announcement, to the effect that , there will be held a county commence ment of all the rural schools abost the last of March. . ; Washington. A public meeting of the citizens and prominent business men of Washington was held in th court house In the Interest of . good roads for Washington and Beaufort county. Congressman John H. Small and R. E. Toms th highway engineer 1 of the United States bureau of public roada, were the principal speakers. -' Th meeting lasted for about two hour and much enthusiasm waa ex hibited, both by th farmer and the citisens. v-.v-v ::..-'. -.' v- ,,,:-'' Thomasvilla. The opposition to the ' nw county of Aycock, for the crea, tlon of which the present legislature la being asked, has begun in Thomas lle and Is being displayed by the circulation of a petition over the town " to be signed by those who oppose the movement Thomasyllle is to be included in the bounds of Aycock county, if it is established, and conse quently a great deal of Interest is be ing manifested in the outcome of the Gold bill, now, before the legislature for consideration. -. Greensboro To make an Inspection of the'state normal college and th m. ' al public schools of Guilford J. D. ; Eggleeton and J. C.,Muerman. of the national department of rural Ad no. tlon were here recently, ureensDoro. County Superintend. ent of Education Thomas R. Fount u .beginning to get reports from the meetings held in every school district of the county several days ago with a purpose of discussing the advlsabil ity of asking the legislature to enact compulsory attendance law for Ouii. ford, In the event a state-wide mess ure IsTiot passed. Raleigh. -Members of tha Nor : Carolina Bankers' Association in a meeting Just V held ;. here r seler ' ' Asheville as the place for the 1 summer meeting, the dale to be ? where between the 1st en l 2 i ( July. - v Greenct.-oro. Tt . ;;.. -. f ventlon of the Tc"-ir : - - tian . A - came to . i;U ioti r u