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TRXKOI C&OAD NEWS,
' . Established May 16 1907.
I ConolidtecU ! : Not. 2nd, 1511
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THE ONLY NEWSPAPER IN MADISON COUNTY.
VOL. XV,
MARSHALL. MADISON COUNTY, N. O, FRIDAY, MAY 16. 1913.
NO. 20.
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Direotory.
Madison County. -
Established br th Legislature Se
doa 1850-'6L
Poulatlon, 10,132.
, County Seat Marshall. ', :
1646 feet above sea level. r
New and modern Court House, coil
133,000.00.
New and modern jail, coat $15,000.00.
" New and modern County Home, coat
1 10.000.00. - . . .
: i Officer.
, Hon C. B. Maahbum, Senator 16th
, District, Marshall, N. C.
Hon. James B. Hector, Representa-
live. Hot Springs, N. C. ;
N. B. McDevltt, Clerk ' Superior
Court, Marshall, N. C. , - ;
W.M.Buckner, Sheriff, Marsball,N. C.
Zade O. Sprinkle, Register of Deeds,
Marshall. N. C.
C. F. Ruaion, Treasurer, Marshall,
N. O. R. F. D. No. 4.
R. L. Tweed, Surveyor, White Rock,
N. a
Dr. Chas. N. , Sprinkle, Coroner,
Marshall, N. C.
Mrs. Eliia Henderson, Jailor, Mar
shall, N. C. ...
John Honeycutt, Janitor, Marshall,
N. C. .. ,. ' ' -.
Dr. C. N. Sprinkle, County Physician,
Marshall, N. C.
James Haynie, Supt County Home,
Marshall, N. C, .. .
Home located about two miles south'
vest of Marshall.
" Court.'
Criminal and Civil, First Monday be
fore First Monday in March, ' Com
, mendnr Feb. 2th, 1912.
Civil 11th. Monday after First Mon,
- day In Marok, commences May 20,
' 1912.
Criminal and Civil, First Monday
after First Monday la Sept Coav
mences Sept. 9th, 112.
Civil 6th Monday after First Mon
day in September. Commencoa Octo
ber 14, 1911
BOARDS., .
County Commissioner. - --
W. C Sprinkle, Chairman, Marshall,
N .C. -
R. A. Edwards, Member, Marshall,
N. C, R. F. D. No. 2.
Reubin (A. Tweed, Member, Big
Laurel, N. C.
J. Coleman Ramsey, Atty. Marshall,
N. C.
. Board meets first Monday in every
month.
. . Road Commissioner.
A. E. Bryan, Ckairman, '- Marshall,
V N. C 'R. F,. D.' Nev JV t ".if-- ,
J. A. Ramsey, Secretary, Mars Hill,
N. C R. F. D. No. 2. i ; r '
Sam Cos, Member,. Mara Hill, N. C
R. F. D. No. 2.' " n---: .
O. W. Wild, Big Pine, N. C. . '
x Dudley Chlpley, Road Engineer,
Marshall, N. C. ; - .;
George. M. Pritchard, Atty., Marsh-
all N. a ':: -'Cr-
Board meets first Monday la Janu
ary, April, July and October each
rear. -. '
Board of Education.
" Jasper Ebbs, Chairman, Spring
Creek, N. C.
Thos. J. Murray, Member, Marshall,
N. C, R. F. D. No. 3.
W. R. Sams, Marshall, N. C R. F.
.' D. No. 2.
Prof. M. C. Buckner, Supt of
i Schools, Mars Hill, N. C, R. F. D.
No. 2.
. Board Meets' first Monday in Janu
ary, April, July and October , each
m year.
Colleges and High Schools. -.
Mars Hill College, Prof. R. L. Moore,
President Mars Hill, N. C. Fall Term
begins August 17, 1911. Spring 4'erm
begins January 2. 1912.
Spring Creek High School. Prof
H. A. Walltri, Principal.. Spring Creek,
N. C, 8 Mo, School opened August
- 1. 1911.-. r"',-. .v-v-v :
Madison 8emlnary High School,
Pref. J. M. Weatberly, Prinoipal, Mar
shall, N. C, R. F. D. No. 2. 1 Mo,
School began Oetber 2, 1911.
Bell Institute. " "Miss Margaret E.
Griflth, Principal, Walnut N. C, S Mo
School began September 9, J911.
Marshall j Academy. . Pref. R. O.
- Anders, Principal, Marshall, N. C, i
M School, began Sept 4, 1911.
Notary Public.
' J. C. Ramsey, Marshall, N. C.i Term
expires Jan., 1, 1914.
3. H. Hunter, Marshall, N.. C, R. F
, D. No. 8. Term expires April 1, 1913.
J. F. Tilson, Marshall, N. C, R. F
D. No. 2. Term expires April 3, 1913.
C. J. Ebbs, Marshall, N. C. Term
expires April 21, 1913. ; . ',:.:
" J. W. Nelson. Marshall, N. C. Term
..expires April 25, 1913. i ,
Roy U I Oudger, Marshall, N. " C
Term expires May 3, 1913.
Qea M. Pritchard, Marshall, N. C.
Term' expires May 25. 1913. "
Dudley Chlpley, r Marshall, N. ;C.
Term expires July "29,' 1913.
W. O. Connor, Mars Hill, N. C
Term expires Nov. 27, 1913. . '
J. A. Wallln. Big Laurel, N. C. Term
expires Jan. 24, 1914.
D. C. Bullock, Stachhouse, N. C
Term expires Feb: 22, 1914.
D. P. . Miles, Barnard, N. C Term
expires March 14. 1914. "
J. Q. Ramsey, Marshall, N. CM R. 4
Terra expires March 16, 1914.
J. E. Gregory. Joe, N. C. Term ex
plre Jan. 7. 1914.
Jasper Ebbs, Spring Creek. N. C
Terra expires Sept 24, 1914. " ''
C. C. Frown, Bluff, N. a Term ex
f POSTf.1 ASTERS FOR
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CAROLINA
PRESIDENT WIL80N 8HAKES OFF
"EIGHT PLUMS FOR THE TAR
'. - -', HEELS.
A FIGHT FOR WADESB0R0
S. S. Lockhart Is Opposed on Charge
That He I Too Deaf For the Job-
wlleon Member of N. C. Society of
he Cincinnati.
' Raleigh. A special from Washing
ton states that President Wilson in
sending in 200 postmasters' nomina
tion relieved a situation that had be
come acute. ' Almost ap open break
had been caused between the presi
dent and congressmen over the fall
uie of nominations made six weeks
or two months ago to come through.
Whether the president's friends told
him of the anxious state of feeling is
not known, but he relieved much ap
prehension by bringing to the capitol
the plum tree . with 200 postoffice
plums. , .:.'
North Carolina gets eight new1 Dem
ocratic postmasters. All of these
were recommended by the congress
men from the districts in which they
are located. They follow: Newton,
F. M. Williams, recommended by Mr.
Webb; Hamlet R- B. Terry; Hocks-
vllle, R. E. Hunt Sr.; North Wllkes-
boro, James G. Hackett; Mount Gil
ead, Richard A. Bruton; all recon
mended by Mr. Page; Lenoir, Virgil
D. Quire; Albemarle, J. D. Blvins,
recommended by Mr. Dough ton;
Gieenvllle, David J. Whitehead; rec
ommended by Mr. Small ;
Word reached Congressman Page
through the postoffice department
that charges have been filed against
S. 8. Lockhart recommended as post
master at Wadesboro. The principal
charge is that Mr. Lockhart is too
deaf to properly discharge the duties
of the postmaster. The. matter was a
complete surprise to Mn Page and he
was unable to learn who had preferred
the charges. The fact that apers
aresnfng the Appointment of WM:
Morton, who- was a contestant against
Mr. Lockhart would seem to Indicate
that the action was taken by Mr.
Morton's ' friends. ' ,
President Wilson was presented
with a gold insignia of the North Car
olina Society of the Cincinnati - A
committee composed of Col. W. G.
Lamb, of Williamston, president; J.
C Davis, vice-president and Col. Ben-
ehan Cameron, of Stagvllle, called at
the White House to Inform Mr. Wll
son that he was elected an honorary
member at a meeting held in Greens
boro recently. ;
CRAIG ISSUES COMMISSIONS
ror me Naval Brigade Officer on
Recommendation of Commander
C. D. Bradsham. .
Raleigh. Governor Craig issued
number of commissions to naval bri
gade officers on recommendation of
Commander C. D. Bradsham of New
bern as follows:
;. F. P. Shlpp, lieutenant commander
and chief of staff; R. Duvall Jones,
surgeon and lieutenant 'commander,
Newborn ; E. E. Williams, chief en
gineer and lieutenant commander,
New bern; J. H. Crawford, paymaster
and lieutenant commander. Newborn;
A T. Willis, gunnery officer and Hue
tenant; Newborn; B. F, Husk, chap
lain and lieutenant Newborn; J. C. B.
Ehringhaus, judge advocate and lieu
tenant Beaufort; J. B. Green, aide
and lieutenant Newbern; E. 'H. Ba
ker, Raleigh, aide and lieutenant; J.
R. Grade, Raleigh, lieutenant
Commissions are also lssuod to a
number of officers elected by cavalry
troops as follow:
R. M. Phiepatrlck, first lieutenant
Troop B, Ashe vile; Bert Nichols, sec
ond lieutenant Troop B, Asheville;
L, S. Bynum, second lieutenant Com
pany I, second infantry, Edenton.
Three Important Hearings.
There are three important hearings
set by the corporation commission for
this month. The first is in the Rock
ingham case for May 16 in which
there is demand for the physical con
nection of the Seaboard Air Lin
and the Rockingham railroads. This
will be in the offices of the commis
sion at Raleigh. May 20, at Greens
boro, there will be the hearing on the
petition for improved train1 service
on the Southern from sanrora to
Mount Airy and for better passenger
station facilities at Mount Airy. On
May 23, at Raleigh there will be the
bearing in the case of 75 central and
western Carolina shippers against the
Southern Railway for the refunding of
excessive rates on freight charges on
interdlvlslonal shipments into and out
of the western Carolina divisions of
the Southern, on which high division
al rates are allowed because of high
cost of maintenance and ' operation.
This is an especially important bear
lng. The amount involved Is hun
dreds of thousands of dollar.
HUERTA
AIIGR
Y AT
PRESIDENT WILSON
GOVERNOR JOHNSON SIGNING ALIEN LAND LAW
Women on Henderson. 8chool Board.
Repudiating: time-honored customs
and Joining the ranks of the new coun
ties in North Carolina adopting the
more progressive educational methods
the Henderson count board of educa
tion in special session here announc
ed the first appointment of ladies to
serve on school committees, express
ing the hope that sufficient applica
tions .would be made for the appoint
ment of women to fill half the vacan
cies on school committees in this
county. " v- . - '
Medical 8tudents Given Degree. !
Twenty-elx graduates of the North
Carolina Medical College received
their degrees of Doctor of Medicine,
the exercises being held in the audi
torium of the Presbyterian College.
The exercises were simple, yet pretty
and the evening was featured by an
address delivered by Dr. C. R. Hard
ing, professor of Greek at Davidson
College. . The large auditorium was
filled with friends and relatives of the
graduates and by a large number of
Presbyterian college students many
of whom assembled to see Miss Mary
Montrevllle Parker, an alumna of the
Presbyterian College,, receive her de
gree in medicine, and incidentally be
presented with a case of surgical in
struments won by having led her
class. .
North Carolina New Enterprises. .
A charter is issued for the Gibson-
ville Insurance & Real Estate Co.,
Gibsonvllle, capital $50,0000 author
ized and $5,000 subscribed by W. E.
Sharpe and. others of Burlington.
There Is an amendment for the char
ter of the Mutual Aid St Banking Co.,
Newbern, changing the statue of
shares and stocks by order of the
stockholders.
New Drainage District
Stewarts Creek drainage district,
comprising about 7,000 acres of fine
land situated Just across Cape Fear
River from Dunn, is now. an assured
Mecklenburg Drainage Commission.
The Mecklenburg Drainage Commis
sion met at the county court house,
with Dr. James R. Alexander, pre
siding, and with Mr. W. S,. Pharr act
ing as .secretary. The 'meeting was
for the most part taken up in routine
business, though there were several
petitions . coming ' from - farmers
throughout the county asking that va
rious creeks and branches be ralnei
at the earliest possible time. One
dredge Is now near Plnevtlle and will
soon reach the county line, when it
will then be moved alsewhere. The sec
ond dredge is near the grist mill of
Long & Seattle, six 'miles southeast
of Charlotte, where condemnation
proceedings are now going on with
regard to altering the site of the
above mentioned mill. '
SAYS UNITED STATES AMBAS
SADOR HAS NO STANDING
DIPLOMATICALLY.
KEEN INTEREST DISPLAYED
Action of the United State In Conse
quence of Repudiation of Ambassa
dor Awaited -With interest
Mexico City. Keen interest is being
displayed by the government and the
publio generally in what action the
United States will take as a conse
quence of the virtual repudiation of
Ambassador Wilson by President Hu-
ena. The president has made no state
ment either to Ambassador Wilson or
to the public Qualifying his statement
that Mr. Wilsorf, "diplomatically, has
no standing" but foreign. Minister
De La Barra displayed an eagerness
to minimise the incident. Senor De
La Barra said the declaration of Presi
dent Huerta did not mean the sever
ance of diplomatic relations between
Mexico and the United States. He
draws a fine distinction between the
dlplomatlo representative who per
forms the full functions of his office,
and one who confines himself to rou
tine matters, and said he apprehended
no serious consequences from the in
cident
Those close to the administration
say they would not be surprised should
the United States take Mexico at her
word and recall Ambassador Wilson,
That President Huerta during his
conference with ' Mr. Wilson used
much emphasis In explaining the posi
tion of his government and that his
remarks were characterized by a bit
terness and warmth which clearly re
flected his deep resentment against
what he termed the unreasonableness
of the Washington government in
50,000 OFFICES
FOR DEMOCRATS
PROVIDED THEY CAN WIN IN
COMPETITIVE EXAM IN A- ,
tions. . ' i:'' ,;S-.
TATEMENT OF BURLESON
iTaft Fourth-Class Postal Order
: v Amended by President ;
Wilson. 'l
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The photograph show Gov. Hiram Johnson of California at hi desk
in the capitol signing the alien land law In which the administration at
Washington took a deep Interest on account of the possibilities of foreira
oompllcationa.
JAPAN TO HAKE PROTEST
JAPANESE AGAINST ANTI-ALIEN
LAND LAW PASSED BY
. CALIFORNIA.
Diplomats Think It Ha Put United
State In Delicate
Poaitlon.
Washington. The Japanese embas
sy was supplied by the state depart-
wlthholdlng recognition of. the Mexl-1 ment with a copy of the alien land
can government has been established, I owning bill passed by the California
laouga amoassaaor wuson Has re- legislature and the ambassador will
irainea irom discussing it employ the time between now and seo-
in me race oi the statement oflretarv Brain's return to Waahineton
President Huerta that a loan had m preparing a formal protest against
peen arrangea inrougn English, Bel- the measure.
gian, rrencn and German bankers I Annnrantiv tha Mihun h nn hnn
and was lacking Only authorization by I that any word President Wilson mav
congress, there; persists, the opinion Lend after Secretary Bryan returns
uit lowsmuun oi we Mexican gov- will influence Governor Johnson to
ernment by the United States is an withhold his signature from the act
essential condition to the consumma- so the only object of the protest will
tion of the loan and that this fact be to acquaint the American people
was the chief cause for President with the Japanese contention and, if
Huerta' break with Ambassador Wll- possible, to Influence the executive
Bon. - - ". "' , (branch of th lomrnmsnt tn anHnavnr
to nullify the action of the California
NEW PEACE PLAN LAUDED legJ?lature;
i no emoassj win mane Known me
Think. America Can M Bring About Lote t0 Secretary Bryan. It"ta wel,
Cessation of Warfare.
New York. William Jennings Bryan,
understood that to settle the question
no matter what may be the point of
speaking at a dinner given in honor LK, ,,, , ' ih , ,
of the foreign members of the interna- nn,t7stt Z,,. .A m TV
. , . . , , united States courts, and much con-
EXUma?BKttM Wram must be gWen to the pro-
celebration of 100 year of peace j.. v , ? . . .
judicial test of the California law.
It will be for Secretary Bryan to de-
Washington. All fourth-class post--masterships,
except those paying less .
than $180 a year, were thrown open
to competitive examinations by an or
der Issued by President Wilson. These '.
positions are retained in the classified
service, but about 50,000 incumbent .
So were "covered" into the classified t :.
vice by executive orders of previous
administrations, will have to meet all :
comers In competitive examination to.
hold their positions with civil service '. '
protection. .''';
In a statement making this order -public,
Postmaster General Burleson
announced that it was the purpose of -President
Wilson and himself to ex- '
tend the classified service to Include
presidential postmasters of the second
and third-class, probably within a '
year. This may require legislation by
congress, he said. His plan, which ;." ;
will be laid before the president would .
provide for a qualification test for in
cumbents and applicants "in keeping
with the Importance of the offices." 1
Under President Taft's order of Oo-
tober 15, 1912, fourth-class postmasU
ers were divided into, two classes.
Class "A," those drawing more than
$600, and Class "B," those drawing '
less than $500. Competitive examlna- ,
tions were prescribed for future appli- '
cations for . Class "A" appointments, ,
U (1 U r1 IIDH a
Athens, Greece.-Aleko Schinas. who bft flled UDOn recommdatlon. of M8t
assassinated King George of Greece, office Inspectors.
on March 19 at Salonlki. committed I The order leaves only the office '
suicide by flinging himself out of a WfaK ?180 or less to be filled upon ';;
window of the police station in that inspectors' recommendations. . '
city. , Rules and regulations to govern the..,, ,
Schinas was a native of the town of administration of the new order will
Volo, Thessaly. He killed the king by be worked out and announced by the.;
firing point blank into his back while B1TU service commission as soon a
he was walking along the streets of Sa- possible,
loniki accomnanied hv an alrtn : .
y : ' .
SLAYER Of KING KILLS SELF
ALEKO 8CHINA8, WHO ASSASSI
NATED THE KING OF GREECE
8UICIDE3.
King' Assassin Was Being Held
the Police Station In the Cap
ital of Greece-
ml
RESERVE BOUGHT
among Engllshspeaklng peoples, de
clared that "the new peace plan offered
by President Wilson to all nations is termln8 whether the stateg
uiv mtoBb auu iuukobk Biep lowaru
government shall become a party to
a suit' of this character, in the capac
ity of an lntervenor.
Purchase of Land Approved.
The purchase of 6,465 acres of land
in the Nantahala region pf Macon
rtmintv ' Nnrth Parnllnn. war annrnfoafl
fact All the preliminary legal Steps by the National . Pores( Reservation
have been taken and the district de-1 Commission, the price ranging from 60
dared formed and the drainage com
missions appointed.
cents to $10 per acre and an average
of $7.60.
Caldwell Slriglrtg Association.
. The annual meeting of the Cald
well County Singing Association met I
at New, Collier's church in the Bush
settlement of the county; The entire
day was taken up by the association.
In the morning- the devotional- exer
cises were conducted by Rev. J. O.
rulbright pastor of the First Baptist
church, at Lenoir, after, which officers
were elected for the ensuing year. At
the noon recess a feast waa served
and an old-fashioned picnic dinner was
enjoyed by the large crowd which bad
gathered. .. . .
Million Lost In Forest Fire.
Millions of dollars of losses have
resulted from extensive forest fires
that have raged in western North
Carolina mountains the past three
weeks. The oldest residents say that
no such forest burning has occurred
before for more than 20 years. Begin
ning about 25 miles south and east
of Llnvllle Falls, the fires have ex
tended from 20 to 40 miles north and
east. Not all that territory has been
burned, but much of it." -AH of Lin
ville Mountain, within two miles of
Llnvllle Falls, ha been burned.
peace.
Mr. Bryaan's subject was "Press To
ward Peace." He said that the part
nf tha TTnltari Qtntoa fn (ha aduda a
necessity would be large because
I REBELS CAPTURE AN ARMY
more than any other nation it had a
population which is attached by blood Huerta' General and 700 Coldiers Are
to nearly all other nations." . I Taken by Rebel.
Peace for all time between the El Pasco. Tex. The rebel commit-
United States and Great Britain was tee received verification of the report
tne keynote of other addresses of the that General Trucy Aubert had sur-
evening delivered by Lord Weardale, rendered to the Carrazana Insurgents
chairman of the English delegation; at Lampasas, below Laredo, Tex. The
Sir Edmund Walker, of Canada; Sir verification was brought to the border
George Houstoun Reld, of Australia, by Major Salvador Gomes, of the state
and Judge George Gray, of Delaware, forces, who says he saw the surren
The function marked the last of many der of Aubert and 700 federal troopa
that have engaged the delegates here. Mutinous federal troops, which drove
their commander, General Jones Inea
Labor Union Exempt ' Saiazar and his faithful followers from
Washington. By a vote of 41 to 32 old Casas Grandes, Mexico, are being
the senate refused to accept an amend-1 urged to accept formally the const!-
ment to the sundry civil bill by Sena. I tutionalist revolution. This practical
tor Gallinger striking out a clause ly would place the revolutionists in
exempting labor and farmers' organ- control of the territory along the Mex-
lzatlons from prosecution under the Ico Northern railroad, southwest of
anti-trust law with - funds appropri- Jaurez. So far the mutineers, who
ated by the bill. Three Republican number 260, merely have displayed re
senators, Jones, Lafolette and Norrls, sentment ot their leaders ordering
voted with the Democrats against the them to proceed to Chihuahua City.
Gallinger amendment and two Demo- on instructions from General Antonio
crats, Pomer and Thomas, joined the Rabago. But Insurgent agents here
Republicans in supporting it. The! believe that they soon will accept the
bill Itself, carrying about $117,000,000, revolutionary plan.
Schinas gave as an explanation ofmRFCT
for assistance at the klnz'a nalaee
and had ben driven away. Latest Purchase 93,000 Acre in Vlr-
A few days ago the doctors examln-l ... gfnia, Tennessee and N. C.
ed Schinas and announced that he I Washington. AnDi-oxImately 93.000
was dying of tuberculosis. 1 acres of mountain land in Virginia.
Tennessee, North Carolina and West
WOMENAREREFUSED BALLOT Vlrglnla' WM pprove'1 tor purchase
oj uie ntiuuuiu lurusi reserve cuiu
mtoolnn Tritei will ma Ira Imriat A((
Measure to Extend Suffrage In Grat L00 -cra. houht br eoTerntB(lnt
Britain Beaten by 47 Vote. Up to date for the Appalachian . and
London: The fate of the woman's I White mountains forest reservation.
suffrage bill was sealed by the votes The largest of the group ot tracts
of more than fifty Irish nationalists, comprises 38,400 acres in the Massen-
who voted against it The bill, where- uten region in Pago, Warren and Shen
b yit was sought , to enfranchise 6,- andoah counties, Virginia, the present
000,000 women, was rejected by a ma- purchase practically rounding out what
jority of 47; the vote stood 266 to the government needs in that section.
219. in the Potomac purchase area, a group
Whether there is any chance that of 82 tracts, totalling 32,660 acres in
the present parliament will pass a Frederick and Shenandoah counties;
bill of more limited character may be" Virginia, and Hardy county, West Vir
doubted. Possibly the . nationalists glnia, : was approved, about half of
fear that if they allow a woman's which adjoin lands already bought
franchise bill to pass the second In the Nantahala purchase area In
reading it will lead to a parliamentary Macon county. North Carolina, 31
struggle, which would not unlikely tracts, containing 5,465 acres, waa
end in dissolution of parliament be- J approved, filling out tracts previously
lore the home rule bill becomes a law, purchased there
Furthermore, the debate proved thst
tne militant policy of the suffragists I U. 8. Mail Boat Sink.
has done the cause great harm as Jacksonville, Fla.-The United '
far as parliament is concerned. The state8 mail boat Laporte. a gasoline .
conciliation bill of last session was re- iaunoh whlch mall to the St
jected by only a small majority com- Johns river towns," sank while off Ar
pared with the Dickinson bill under llngt0Ili The boat was overloaded witlj
discussion. Previous bills, giving mag and parCeis post matter besides ' -
some measure of enfranchisement to m cargo and went down in 19 feet -
women, have passed the second read- ot water m feet ofl Bnore. nw per ' '
lng, although they never survived sub
sequent stages,
25 Person Wounded In Rlotl
Syracuse, N. V. Determined efforts
being made here to settle the
sons aboard were rescued in dlng-
hey. A sack for Fulton, Fla, was not'
recovered.
Many Blockade Distilleries.
As a result of raids made by Sher
iff Stafford and his deputies on block-
Organize to Fight For Just Rates.
Twenty-one North Carolina cities
through their representatives, met in
ade distilleries, the court house green J the Selwyn Hotel at Charlotte, and
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lost I
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the sue
at Greensboro was graced with , two
big stills, in the corridor of , the
building were several bags of meal
and ma!t vessels containing over 700
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:r, pni in tbd
y la eaca KeaU at 11 a.
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a i ..If ' ' 3 i '-T!:..t, n
lUck!r -.1 cvHi' line, p.wt
about 200 sar.ons of bpf-r and
cated tw.enty gallons o filquor.
jail re-
!?!-. n of
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- r t'se
' 1 out
con.'i-
organised the Just Freight Rate As
sociation of North Carolina, effecting
a permanent organization and calling
a meeting for next Thursday, May 15,
In the legislative halls at Raleigh to
elect o.T.cer. The officers were not
eiM-tPd at last meeting because, hav
Ins? had cj.'y 4S hours in which to
gather, the towns In tha far easisrn
part of the stale were represented by
tolegrams only.
Army Aviator Killed. . Soldier I Killed at Post
Los Angeles, Cal. Lieutenant J, D.I Atlanta, Ga. John Gallvan. a Span-
Park) a military aviator, who started lsh war veteran and a private in Com
from San Diego on a flight to Los An-1 pany L of the Seventeenth United
geles,- was killed at Olive, nine miles States infantry, stationed at Fort Mc-
north of Santa Ana. Lieutenant Park Pherson, was struck and. Instantly
met his death in a fall of less than flf- killed by a Central of Georgia local
teen feet He had alighted a quarter I in-bound passenger train in front of
ot a mile from Olive school bouse on I the army post Gallivan -Was a little
account of a heavy mist that confused
him as to his bearings, and after giving
a message to a little girl to telephone
to Glenn Martin in Los Angeles, be
rose again. .Then he swooped over a
low hill and crashed Into a tree.
: Glover Reprimanded Before House.
Washington. Charles C. Glover, the
Washington banker, who recently at
tacked Representative Sims, of Ten
nessee, on account of a speech deliver
ed in the huose, was brought before
the bar of the house and reprimanded
by Speaker Clark for violating the priv
ileges of the house. A resolution ,u
thorl'iing the banker's arrest bad been
adopted with only f -r dissenting
vote. Whpri brought In Xy f: sergeant
at anvs, C: rr read an . ' rv. sari;
that his R- t v s comtL::u X u nJor treat
stress ot I t c
deaf and, when he crossed the track,
evidently failed ' to hear the train
coming. When it hit him, he was burl
ed fully ten yards away. Practically
every bone in his body was broken. He
struck on his head, breaking his neck.
New ay Dawning, Say Daniel.
, New Orleans. The' address ot Sec
retary of the Navy Daniels before the
board of trade ber was Interpreted as
Indicating that he favored tt resump
tion ot active operations at -,'he New
Orleans naval station and at otter sta
tions which wer ordered dlsmanCed by
former Secretary Meyer. He declared
that io would not tavor closing per
manency any. naval station ot tlie
country even if us operation meant
the ferment of only a suikII interest on
the money lave. ' el. . j
Mr. Longstreet Loses Her Office. -
are being made here to settle the Washington; Representative Thorn,
strike ot building laborers which de- as M. Bell's nomination ot A. S. Hardy,
veloped a series of riots in which editor of the Gainesville Eagle, to be
twenty-five persons, nine of them por postmaster at Gainesville, was turned'
licemen, were wounded. The strikers down and President Wilson sent in
met writh Sessare Sconfetti, Italian he name of Mrs. H. W. J. Ham, widow
consular agent at Rochester, who came lot "Snollygoster" Ham, to qucceed MraV
to Syracuse , and appointed a commit
tee to wait on the employers with a
view of arbitrating the wage dispute.
Helen D. Longstreet The rejection of
Mr. Bell's nominee has caused the live
liest interest here, - - -
Slayer of Wife Jailed for Life.
Rome, Ga L W. Williams, 64-year-1
8chool Children In Peril.
New Orleans. Several hundred pan
old slayer of his wife, Mrs. Henrietta to-stricken school children fled from
Williams, was sentenced to life impris- the Amesvllle school building in A
onment at the state farm, The Jury blinding - rainstorm when lightning
bringing a verdict of guilty, with struck an oil tank belonging to the
recommendation to mercy after ten Texas Oil company and set fire to the
minutes deliberation. The defense' more than 2,000,000 gallons of crude
plea of insanity and the age ot Wll- oil which it contained. There was no
Hams were the contributing factors to explosion, but the flames burst forth
the leniency, the defense's attorney In an Instant and enormous volumes of
admitting in his speech before court black smoke ascended to a height of
that the crime was so "unprovoked more than a thousand feet A half
that no sane man would have com- dozen other large oil tanks near by
mitted it-
were endangered by the heat
Canada Girl 8ponsor for U. S. Warship
, San Francisco, Cal. When th new
submarine torpedo boat H-l ; was
launched at the Union Iron works, an
American naval tradition was shatter
ed. For the first time In the country's
history a United States warship was
christened by a subject of a foreign
country. Miss Leslie Joan KetU.in,
who stood sponsor for the new cralt,
waa bom in Montrp .l and is a subject
of Ktr George. ' ..'!ss. I.'eakla is a
niece ft J.--i A. I.'.'Crc rr, su-':v
Jtcjiic'i, I
Sheriff Shot While Killing Slayer.
. Vienna, Ga. Two men are dead a; 1
a third mortally wounded as a res
of two pistol battles near here. Tha
first encounter , was between Osf r
Blow and P. P. Sangoster, the ! -being
killed. When Eher!T J
and his dpputles cornered I"r v J
op.f"!i fre, shooting the ' ns :
'i. The ofcor f" '. '
be f ' to-ne cf ' ' -
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