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ii 1 1 1 n 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ; ; Through which yo ree!r peple of M&.on County. '. Advertising Rates on Application 1 1 1 1 1 M i l min m i i i-i i f l' IIXIIZZH COUNTY RXCCXD, EJLSJieJJan23. 1901. ntXECII CIO AD NEWS, Etabliho? May 16. 1907. ' Consolidated, j j Not. 2nd, 1911 ... it 's'.;''. iJ il ii O : Lj Yli 11 Ml 11 11111 11111M1 1111? THE ONLY NEWSPAPER IN MADISON COUNTY. VOL. XV. MARSHALL, MADISON COUNTY, N. C, FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1913. NO. 12. h i mi i n ii 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 nr7Yr'7 ' Madison County. '- ) Established by the Legislature Set don 1860-'61. , Poulatlon, 20,132. , . County Seat, Marshall. 1646 (eet above sea level. New and modern Court House,, cost 133,000.00. ' ' ' - ' New and modern Jail, cost $15,000.00, New and modern County Home, cost ; (10,000.00. ; '.; Officer. - Hon C. B. Mashburn, Senator 36th District, Marshall, N. C. - lion. James E. Rector,' Representa tive, Hot Springs, N. C. N. B.-McDevltt Clerk Superior Court, Marshall, N. C. . W.M.Buckner, Sheriff, Marshall.N.C, Zade 0. Sprinkle, Register of Deeds, . Marshall, N. C. v- ' C. F. Runton, Treasurer, Marshall, N. C, R. F. D. No. 4. R, L. Tweed, Surveyor, White Rock, .-'.' N. C. - Dr. Qhu. N. Sprinkle, Coroner, Marshall, N. C. Mrs. Eliza Henderson, Jailor, Mar shall, N. C. " -John Honeycutt, Janitor; Marshall, . N. c. :' Dr, C. N. Sprinkle, County Physician, Marshall, N. C. James Haynle, Supt County Home, " ' Marshall. N. C - Home located about two miles south west of Marshall. - Courts. Criminal and Civil. First Monday be- " fore First Monday In March, Com mendng Feb. 2th, 1918. v CIvU 11th. Monday after First Mon day In 'March, commence May 20, ma. . Criminal and Civil, First Monday after First Monday la Sept Com mences Sept. 9th. 1912. " Civil 6th Monday after First Mon- day In September. Commences Octo ber 14. HU. . - '.. BOARDS. County Commissioner., W. C. Sprinkle, Chairman, MarshaTl, N-C. ": . : " R. A. Edwards. Member, Marshall, ' N. C, R F. D. No. 3. Reubin A. Tweed. Member, Big Laurel N. C. J. Coleman Ramsey, Atty. Marshall, N. a Board meets first Monday la every month. ' Road Commissioners.' A. E. Bryaa, Chairman, Marshall, N. C. R. F. D. No. 2. ' ' J. A. Ramsey, Secretary, Mars Hill, N. C. R. F. D. No. 2. . Sam Cos, Member, Mara Hill, N. C, R. F. D. No. 2. 0. W. Wild. Big Pine, N. C. a ' Dudley Chlpley, ; Road Engineer, Marshall, N. C. George M. Pritchard. Atty, Marsh all. N. C. Board meeU first (Monday in Janu ary. April. July ' and October each year. 1 " : Board of Education. - Jasper Ebbs, Chairman, Spring '. Creek. N. C. ' ' ' - Thos. J. Murray, Member, Marshall, ' N. Cm R. F. D. No. 2. '. W. R. Sams, Marshall. N. C, R. F, D. No. 2. Prof. M. C. ' Buckner, Supt. of Schools. Mar Hill, N. C, R. F. D. No. 2. ' " Board MeeU first Monday in Janu '' ary. April . July and October each year. 'v. College and High 8chool. Mars Hill College, Prof. R. L, Moore, President, Mars Hill, N. C. Fall Term I begins August IT, 1911. Spring Term begins January 2, 1912. - Spring Creek High School. Prof. '. H. A. Wallln, Principal, Spring Creek, N. C, 8 Mo. School opened August l, 1911. Madison Seminary High School. Prof- J. M. Weatherly, Principal, Mar shall, N. C, R. F. D. No. 2. 7 Mo. : ' School began Octber 2, 1911. . . ' ' Bell Institute. .- Miss Margaret B. Griffith, Principal, Walnut, N. C, 8 Mo School began September 9, 1911. Marshall Academy. Prof. ' R. G. Anders, Principal, Marshall, N. C, 8 M School began Sept. 4, 1911.. - Notary Public. J. C. Ramsey, Marshall, N. C. Term expires Jan. 1, 1914.. J. H. Hunter, Marshall. N. C, R. F D. No. 3. Term expires April 1, 1913. , ' J. F. Ttlson, Marshall. N. C, R. F. ' D. No. 2. Term expires April 8, 1913 C. J. Ebbs, Marshall, N. C. Term expires April 21, 1913. J. W, Nelson, Marshall, N. C. Term expires April 26, 1913. " Roy L. Gu'dger, Marshall, N. C Term, expires May 3,' 1913. Geo. M. Pritchard. Marshall, N. C. sTerm expire May 25, 1913. , Dudley Chlpley, Marshall, N. : C Term expires July 29, 1913. :t ' W. O. Connor, Mar Hill, N. C. Term expires Nov. 27, 1918. ' J. A. Wallld, Big Laurel. N, C Term expires Jan. 24, 1914. D. C. Bullock, Stackhouse, N. C. Term expires Feb. 22, 1914. D. P. Miles, Barnard, N. C. Term expires March 14, 1914. J. Q. Ramsey, Marshall, N. C, R. 4 Term expires March 16, 1914. J. F Cr"ory, Joe, N. C. Term ex r i j i. 7. i5i4. ; ' -tr? Cv N. C STORMSVEEPSTHE SOUTHERN STATES TOLL OF DEATH GROWS IN SEC TIONS STRICKEN BY DI8A8 TROUS 8TORM. " . GREAT PROPERTY DAMAGE Greatest Damage Is Reported From Gordon County, Near Calhoun, : " Georgia. '. j . . Atlanta. Reports . are . that more than ninety people were, killed, scores severely Injured, and great property loss sustained in the disastrous elec trical tornado which swept parts of Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, Louis iana, Mississippi and Texas. Eighty odd deaths have been reported I and the total loss of life probably will be increased when , wire communication la restored in remote sections devas tated by the cyclone. The damage to property cannot be estimated, . but probably will have to be computed in millions ' . Twenty-nine persons are reported to have perished in Georgia and dam age to property is roughly estimated at $1,000,000. Calhoun, Gordon coun ty, Georgia, and vicinity bore the brunt. of the storm In this Mate, where eleven persons are reported to have been killed! The other f atall ties in eOorgla were nine at Tucker, four . at Eaglesvllle, three at Clark- ton and two at Columbus. - Report from Tennessee have In creased the death toll In that state to twenty-three persons. Six perished In Middleton, four at South Berlin, three at Huron, two each at Culleoka and Lexington and one each at Lees burg, Rally Hill and Bryant Station. The loss of life in Alabama is est! mated at thirteen, although several person are reported missing. Five negroes were killed near New Deca tur, three persons perished at Caller, and two each at Hoke Bluff and Gayesvllle and Duke. One death ha been reported In Texas. . Reports from, .northern .Mississippi raised the death Hat from seven, as first reported, to thirteen. 1 Then fa talities ocourred in seven counties. The greatest damage to property was the destruction of buildings and houses in the sections of the state where deaths v were reported. Tele phone and telegraphic communication has been restored to most of the larg er town and all of the cities In the storm -swept territory. Dalton, Ga, Earth tremors were felt here, the shocks being more se ver than four others experienced in Dalton during the past six years. The quake came at eleven o clock, follow ing a severe rain and wind storm. Houses were rocked from the severity of the disturbance and apprehension created. , . Three Killed In Louisiana Town. New Orleans. According to the report " reaching here three person were Uled in a cyclone which struck Many. La. Several were reportea in lured. . Thomas Goodman and his baby were killed when their home was blown awav. One child of Bud Man- asco was killed and several member of the family Injured when their home waa -demollahed.:- A hlKh Wind Which struck New Orleans about noon caus ed much small property damage and a bov waa struck by falling glass. The boy Injured was Paul Taranek. ; He waa eroaslnr a street when a pane of glass from the window of a ten story building tell on him. He , was badly cut.- . Carpenter Killed Whan Tower Fall Louisville, Ky. Two carpenter J. Walton and Everett Thomas, were klllnr) when a hleh wind blew down a construction tower at the Louisville railway company' shops here. The m mr went at work on the structure, when the crash came, and were buried under the debris. : The wind reached a vuloeltv of sixty miles an hour, the niphest on record at the weather bu reau. A number of building were damaged. ' Suffering In Wrecked Section, Rome, Ga. Terrible injuries and frightful hardship have been sustain ed by the people of the district swept by the cyclone, where thirty are re ported seriously Injured, In addition to the eleven killed Outright by .the force of the storm. Medical aid has been ent and th people of Rome have called a mass meeting to raise relief funds. Mis Fannie-Holt, one of those hurt, had a stick driven through her side and Is In a serious condition, following an operations - Oldham Declared Arkansas Governor. Little Rock, Ark. State Senator W. K. Oldham, who, as president of the senate at the time of Governor Rob- !nsnr r-V "8S 1 ' :'.. (:! as BCt- "1 ! ly r ut .' i. ' 1 . ..-.' The photographer waa one of was the excellent result RtVOLT SPREADS IN McXlCO AT LEAST A BOZEN MEXICAN STATES ARE NOW UP !."::-..' IN ARMS. Rebels Are Taking Town - oif the . Border and Setting Up a '.''''.' Government. ' , - Eagle Pass, Texas. State officials In Pledras Negras, the Mexican town opposite Eagle Pass and known dur ing the IDaz regime as Cludad Por flro Dlas, Claimed to have authorita tive Information of the plight of gov ernment force at three widely sepa rated points In Mexico. . They declar ed that Durango, capital of the state of the name, has been captured by 2,000 Constitutionalist under Juan Garcia, former candidate for governor, that General Trucy, Aubert. and his force Is Isolated In the vicinity of Reata, eastern Coahulla, and that Tor reon, in western Coahulla, is menaced by 2,000 Constitutionalists under Colo nel Triana. 1 The Constitutionalists in Coahulla claim th support of ten states in op position to the Huertsi government, according to dispatches received here and it is declared that Coahulla, Bono ra, Zacatecaa, San Luis Potest, Ta- maulipas, Campeche, Yucatan,. Aguas Calientes, ; Chihuahua and Durango, have flocked to the Carranza stand ard and that organized opposition to the government la progressing in oth er States. ' :, Nogales, Arizona, Colonel Kaster- litzky, commanding the rurales defend ing Nogales, Sonora, deployed bis men In small bands In the hills surround ing the town while one thousand Con stitutionalists were encamped within easy advancing distance of the town under General ObregonT " ' Official of the town have been promised by the rebel general they will receive warning immediately be fore the beginning of his attack on the town across the street. Douglas. Ariz. Agua Prieta fell to the Constitutionalist, sympathizers who crossed the border from Douglas. Not a shot wa fired. General Ojeda, commanding the Federal garrison with about fire hundred; men, evacu ated the town., leaving thirty rural police to guard Federal interests. After the surrender of the border town, 650 state troops under Colonel Galles arrived, and a provisional mu nicipal -government was set up, Hold-Up Men Com to Grief. New Tork. Disaster overtook two youthful hold-up men in Brooklyn", one having his back pierced by a unite thrown by a Chinaman they had ron- bed, the other being fatally wounded b yhls own revolver. - The latter fell on the pavement when a policeman struck at him, discharging the gun he carried. The bullet entered hi brain.: . ' , ' - Preacher MUt Hang. - : fort Smith. Marlon Capps. miner and minister, was found guilty of burning three of bis five children to death, and wa sentenced to be hang- ad . Panns. it was charged, bound his children to an oil-soaked bed in their home in the village ot Bonanza, near FVirt smith, and set the bnlldlng afire. Bertha Capps, .15 year old, and her brother, Elll. a year younger, testi fied at the trial that when they were awakened by their father locking the door to their room they were tied to the bed. ,.: ;- : ; Decrease In Middle Opposed. Washington. Secretary of, the Navy DanleJs hnnouncl that . lie would seek to have the incoming con gress extond the provisions of the law of i:3 r.'i" nrf-'rg the ar""'ntment of two it ' " ' !; ro to the nav.-.l a.'ad- l"- 3 r jvxr l? each s -or, a 1 C o In con- 1 -v ' '' ;( t' '3 '. ". PRESIDENT WILSOri-1 HIS If President Wilson's first callers after he ' KING AND QUfEN ATTACKED SUFFRAGETTES ATTEMPT TO RUSH ENGLISH RULERS ON WAY TO PARLIAMENT. Severs) Women Were Arrested and Imprisoned Police Hold Mb Sjn Check.' . ;;j London. King ' George and - jiieen Mary were targets for' suffrage, at tacks. Vague threat had been cur rent for several ' days In connection with the suffragette plans for ' the opening of parliament. ; AH their at tempts at Interference' were brought to naught, however, by the extraordl nary police . precautions. : While the king and queen were on their way to Westminster five women attempted to ajpprosh I.tiaJarUT'Tn historic Whitehall. They carried peti tions setting forth the grievances of women. Police promptly arrested the five and Imprisoned them, although It looked for a time a if the ' crowd would overwhelm the police and ad minister punishment ' - There was a notable demonstration of hostility . against the suffragists by the vast throng gathered to see the royal procession. The five worn en requested tbe protection of a hun dred policemen to keep back the mob, which was exasperated by the recent outrages of the militants. ;. " . BLEASE AT WAR WITH CITY Governor Threatens City With Martial Law for Arresting Chauffeur. Columbia, S. C. For the second time within four days Harrison Nee- ley, negro chauffeur for Gov, Coleman L. Bleaee, was fined for violating the municipal law limiting the speed of automobiles to 12 miles an hour. Nee- ley was fined $3.75 with the alterna tive of serving five days 'on the chain- gang. The fine was paid and Gover nor Blease promptly issued a pardon, which Chief of Police Oathcart refus ed to honor pending legal advice re garding the state executive's author lty In municipal cases. - Another summons was Issued which charged Neeley with violation of the speed ordinance. The case was call ed in police court, and Neeley was fined 15 or thirty days In JalL Goes to Husband After Many Years. New York. Senoro Leonldas Plaza, wife ot the .president of Ecuador, sail ed with' her' five children for Colon, there to cross the lsthmu and Join her husband in Quito. The varied po litical fortunes of ? Senor Plaza have kept her here for more than five years an exile from her native land. Senor Plaza, who was elected president of Ecuador, after years spent In the Unlttd States as an exile has never seen his youngest child, horn seven teen months ago. .. . ' , No National Guard for Arkansas. Litttle Rock, Ark. The Arkansas house of representatives has decided to dispense with the state National Guard, a bill providing an appropria tion tor tbe maintenance of the mili tia failing ot adoption. It cannot be brought up again at this session of the legislature and as a result this state will be the only on without or ganized state troops. ' Opponent of the " appropriation " recounted the shooting up" of a negro poolroom at Fordyce when the state guard were on their way to an encampment. V . . ' 'ii - ''..SjO Shortage of 86,000,000 Charged. Rhelm. France. Nestor Wilmart, former manager of the Grand Terneus en railroad, who fled from Brussels In October, 1912, after alleged defalca tions aggregating millions of dollars, was arrested here. Willi t had been In fcUlirj for tome mot s at Laon, about P0 mi: from I': s, tmt, d!s coverl"? he 1 b-ouf ' t": su'rl-r!.-; s ( f t '. H f 9i OFFICE 1 occupied his new office, and this WILSON OUTLINES POLICY ONE OBJECT WILL BE TO CULTI VATE FRIENDSHIP OF THE Rt PUBLIC8 TO THE SOUTH. No Sympathy With Those Who Seek to 8eize Power to Advance Their Own Personal Interests. ., . Washington. President Wilson Is sued a- formal statement of his policy toward the Central and South Ameri can republics. He said In part: ."One of the chief objects of my ad ministration will be to cultivate the friendship and deserve the confidence of our sister republics of Central and South America and to promote in ev ery proper and honorable 'way the (Interests which are common to . th nannies of the twn wintlnenta f earn. eitly -desire "the- noeti eordlai under standing and co-operation between the people and leaders of America and therefore deem It my duty to make this brief statement. "We shall lend our Influence of ev ery kind to. the realization of these principles in fact and practice, know ing that disorder,' personal Intrigue and defiance of constitutional rights weaken nd discredit government and Injure none so much as the people "We are the friends of peace, but we know that there can be no lasting or stable peace in such circumstance. As friends, therefore, we shall prefer those who act In the Interest of peace and honor, who protect private rights and respect tbe restraints of consti tutional provision. Mutual respect seems to us the Indispensable founda tion of friendship between states, TO ENFORCE PUBLICITY LAW Only Order by U. 8. Supreme Court Will Restrsln Postmaster General Waahlneron. Unless the Sunrem court restrains Postmaster General Burleson from' enforcing the newspa per publicity law, as it was asked to do, he will immediately do so regard less of an agreement by former Post master General Hitchcock to with hold action pending a determination of it constitutionality. Mr. Burleson has o announced. Final notices have been sent to a number of publishers that if they do not' furnish the information required by law within ten days their publica tions will be denied to the mails. Approximately 91 per cent of the publications affected have filed thetr reports with the postmaster general and otherwise have compiled with the law. The delinquents constitute about 9 per cent, and generally Include the larger dally newspapers In Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, St. Louis and other cities. The number of publications which have not filed reports due last October 1 about one hundred and eighty. Pardon Man Whom He Defended. Raleigh, N. C Governor Craig pardoned F. C. Watklna, the Black Mountain constable, whom ha defend ed tor killing John Hill Bunting a prominent traveling man. In a hotel. Craig relate the testimony, declaring Bunting and a banker, Paul Collins, had terrorized the hotel guests and Watklns was called after midnight to restore order.' The governor say they attacked Watklns, and he shot them In self-defense, "I defended Watklns, do not believe he Is guilty, he ought not to have been convicted." ' Lewi No Longer In Offle. Washington. William H. Lewis, the negro assistant attorney general, is no longer In, office. His resignation was accepted by James Clark McRey- olda, the new attorney general, who hails from Tennessee. Lewis was the negro attorney for whom Mr. Wlcker g!:ai, t" former attorney general 1 - k s 'Hi IOH1IFSI DRIVEN FROM 110 UNDER SHOWER OF SHRAPNEL FEDERALS FORCE ENEMY OUT OF THE HILLS. ' HAVE DESPERATE FIGHTING LittlcBtow; , Bare-Footed Soldiers In Defense of the Military Honor of The New Huerta Regime. Fighting SUM Going On. Naco, Ariz. Instead of waiting to be attacked by nearly 1,000 Insurgent state troops, General Oeda with less than 600 Federal soldiers went out from Naco and defeated the enemy In three hours ot aggressive fighting peppering the enemy's line with bul lets and spraying lead from shrapnel shells over hills adopted as fortifica tions, the Huerta Federals drove the tat force five mile to the south east. Later the government forces re turned victorious to the Mexican bor der town opposite this' point. - . Even the victors did hot believe the fighting was ended, however, nor that Naco is secure from assault The state force are assembling in still greater numbers to wrest th only remaining port on tbe Sonora border from th bands of tbe Huerta national govern ment . . With the advantage of the unexpect ed aggression and possessing Ave ar tillery piece, the little brown, bare footed soldiers, defending the military honor of the new Huerta regime. fought a wild men against seeming ly overwhelming odd. Protected by the arttiury fire, th Federal scrambled ever th hillock and fear lessly began firing their rifles at the enemy appearing In the distance. was the group under Ellas Calles which first received the assault Ex pecting to attack rather than be at tacked the state troop soon fell back. The other half of the Con stitutional forces under Perfecto Bracamonte rushed to th rescue from the east stnd with a ror of artillery and the! continued "rattle of rifles th battl wa oa. For an hour desperate fighting continued. Little by little the state treop tell back from th terrific fir of th aggressor For a mile th Huetra soldier pur sued closely th retreating enemy, ad vancing th artillery from the rear of the skirmish lines. Bodies of killed and wounded state troops 11 desert ed on the field. Woman Suffrag Issue In Congress. Washington, D. C.A constitutional amendment giving women the right to vote for president and vice-president probably will be brought formal ly before Congress with the endorse ment of a senate committee before the Bnd of the present year. In the reorgan ization of Its committees the senate took its woman suffrage cemsaitte out of the lit ot inactive committee, where it has remained tor many years ana increased its metasersnip from five to nine, the majority ot whom are advocates of suffrag tor women. Republican Delay Appointment. Washington. Republican objections to hasty action on. President Wilson' appointments again delayed action la the confirmation of several important nominations. Including thos of Dr. B, T. Galloway, to be assistant secretary of agriculture, John S. Williams to be assistant secretary of th treasury. Edwjn F. Sweet to be assistant secre tary of commerce and Franklin Roose velt assistant secretary ot th navy. Th Colombian Dispute. Washington Julia Betaaeeurt, the Colombian minister, called on Repre sentative Flood of Virginia, chairman of the house foreign affairs commit tee, in relation to the Colombian mon etary .claims in connection with the acquisition of the Panama Canal sea. Senor Betancourt was anxious that congressional- action be pressed at the extra session looking towards sabmlt- tlng the Colombian controversy to Th Hague. . For True Condition of Pootofflc. ; Washington. Postmaster General Burleson made plans to find out whether the postoffice department is on a self-sustaining basis. He an nounced that he proposed to set at rest the reports about the matter. For this purpose he will appoint a com mission, composed probably of various asshtymt postmasters general and the chief dork, to make an Investigation. Th people of the United State de clared Mr. Burleson have a right to know on. what sort of a basis tbt postofflce department Is being run. Pellagra I Spreading. . Washington. Pellagra Is more pre valent than Is ordinarily supposed even by physicians practicing in pel lagrous communities, declares Assist ant Surgeon R. M. Grimm, of ths Uni ted States Public Health Service, In report on the results of an investiga tion in several Ssmthern stats. Be cause of lis nldc-r-read ex!. '.- In sin d'otrli ' te w---t a w.- ' g NEWS OF NORTH CAROLINA! Latest Now of Gsneral Interest That Has Been Collected From Many Town and Count!. Spencer. Ben HI n son, a young white man, was killed by a traction, engine In a public road In Cabarru county. The body waa shipped to Marshvlile for buriaJ. '.. Charlotte. A new railroad from Black Mountain to Mount Mitchell 1 now in full operation for hauling logs. It goes to a point on the side of th mountain about 1,000 feet below the summit, ; , ' ';0; v-;: . '- Ashevllle. The Woodmen of the World, jurisdiction of North Carolina. In their third biennial convention her recently, voted to hold th 1915 ' convention In Durham. The 'only, strong competitor for the convention was Winston-Salem. Spencer. The automatic electric ' block system Installed a month ago . by the Southern Railway company between Spencer and Denim, near Greensboro, will be extended from here to Charlotte at once. The work of building the line is now practically complete lacking only th . installa tion of joints to be' ready for service- ' Weavervllle. At a meeting ot the progressive wing of the Democratic party of Weavervllle Charles R. Moore wa nominated for the office of mayor. . He will be opposed In the general election in May by Captain Weaver, who has been chosen to rep resent the conservative wing ot the party. ' , ' . . Wilson. Dan Newsom, the negro. who shot Victoria Cooper at a saw n mill near here recently, was captured at Cofleld, In Herford county and tak en to Ahoskle. Officer. G. P. Bryant of the Wilson police force was detail ed to bring Newsom to Wilson (or ' trial, his victim having died from her wounds. Ashevllle. Although there were only 28 days' in the past month, the revenue men under the direction ot Internal Revenue Agent R. B. Sams, of this city, established an unusual -record for the number ot Illicit dls- . tlllerles seized and. destroyed. The total number reported seised wa 83, which 1 probably the high record for February. . .,;., - , Henrietta. Mr. ; James Robinson, . wUl in company, with pfflcers who were making , an effort' to locate a blockade distilerry in on of th Iso lated corner of the county tell into ravin and broke hi collar-bone. The entire party Immediately gave up the search, and brought the ut tering man to his horn for medical attention..:' '. :.'';-' . Raleigh. A comp-tlaory school law throughout North Carolina, a com panion to another providing a mini-" mum term of six months, passed th senate. It already passed the house. The law takes effect in the fall of 1913. : Tbe house reconsidered It de feat of the bill giving women th right to sit on all school boards, both house and senate passing it. Charlotte. Arrangements for , a charter election to be held April 18 were made by th board of alderman the election to be preceded by a new registration. The ordinance was baa ed on two acts, recently ratified by the, legislature, one entitled "An act : to revise the charter of the City of Charlotte" and the other "An act to " provide a commission form of govern- -ment for the City of Charlotte." ' Raleigh. The North Carolina Agri cultural Society, which operates the state fair at Raleigh, held an adjourn ed meeting recently ror the purpose ' of formally ratifying a bond Issue or dered recently by the executive com mittee to an amount not exceeding 850,000 for permanent Improvements at the fair grounds. It Is expected that at; least part of these Improve- ' ment will be completed In time for the fair next tall. , Ashevllle. For the purpose of In vestigating western Carolina as a fruit - growing country, . Orlanda Harrison, - . ot the firm of J. G. Harrison ft Sons of Berlin, Md will visit the counties of Haywood and Buncombe within the next few days. He will be accompa nied to this section by Prof. W. N. Hutt, the state horticulturist who will take the visitor to various parts of th two counties In an effort to induce him to purchase property in this state. Raleigh. Senator George B. Mc- Leod, ot Robeson, who haa been do ing some work on th. tax question and whose speech In the senate was referred to recently, has gotten to gether the counties and shown a short age In every one ot the 100 in collec- ' tlon of special taxes. . Salisbury An outfit of mysterious appearance and used In a liquor Joint in Salisbury was captured by Euer;:f J. H. McKenzie and Deputies IC; ' ' , Tolbert and McKenzie, when t' cers raided a suspicious 1 this city. S. M. Cudahy was ; of the place, and was arr Durham. D. C. Chriwt; x, the fir department, hm his annual report v. hlch v " ! ' mltted to the April me board of aldermen. t v loss of $27,470.76, ai.i ; amount of property en ! 162.970. Canton. At f r 9 t llfl" ' ii t ' the I ' ' -tip l ut up such a ( t f ,t v i 1 e Anirlcan Tit f t t cnwA hi rrTV " ' It V 1 : ,.try to .n . :u.a t; t ?("!'