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THE ONLY NEWSPAPER IN MADISON COUNTY.
NO. 22.
VOL. XV.
MARSHALL, MADISON COUNTY, N. C, FRIDAY, MAY 30. 1913.
TO I
LEG RID.
1 .
Madison County.
Established by the Legislature Be
' don 1860-'6L
Poulation, 20,132.
County Seat, MarshaU.
1646 foot above tea level.
New and modem Court House, cost
133,000.80.
New and modem Jail, cost tM?K0.00.
V New and modern County Hdme, cost
" 110,000.00. . '
Officsre,
Hon C. B. Mashburn, Senator 26th
District Marshall, N. C.
Hon. James E. Rector, Representa
tive. Hot Springs, N. C, I
, N. B. McDevlU, Clerk Superior
Court, Marshall, N. C.
W. II. Baokner, Sheriff, Marshall.N. C.
Zade Q. Sprinkle, Register of Deeds,
Marshall, N. C.
C. F. Runlon, Treasurer, Marshall,
N. C, R. F. D. No. 4.
R. L. Tweed, Surveyor, White Rock,
. N. C.
Dr. Chan. N. " Sprinkle, Coroner,
Marshall, N. C.
Mrs. Ellia 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 abonttwe miles south,
vest of Marshall
Courts. ' ,
Criminal and Civil, First Monday be
' tore First Monday in - March, Gem
menciag Feb. 26th, 1912.
. ClrU 11th, Monday after First Mo
day In March, eommenees May 20,
1012. I-
Criminal and Clvfl, First Monday
after First Monday IV Bept Cenv
mences Sept 2th, 1112.',
CItII th Monday after First Men
day in September. Commences Octo
ber 14, 1212.
BOARD6. ' f
: County Commissioners. -'
W. C. Sprinkle, Chairman, Marshall,
N C ""'''' " .
R. A. Bdwarda, Member, Marshall,
N. C R. F. D. No. 2.
. Renbla A. Tweed, Member, Big
Laurel. N. C.
J. Coleman Ramsey. Atty. Marshall,
H C
Board meets first Monday in every
month.. ' ?
Road Cemmlselstiers.
A. E. Bryan. Chairman, Marshall.
N. C R. F.- B. No. 2. . ... i
T. A. Ramsey; Secretary. Mars Hill.
N. O. R. F. t. No. . ' '
Sam Cox, Member, Mars HilL N. C.
R. F. D. No. 2.
Q. W. Wild, Big Fine, N. C.
Dudley Chipley, Road Engineer.
Marshall, N. C.
George M., Prltchard, Atty, Marsh
all, N. C '' ,,: '
'' Board meets first Monday In Janu
ary, April, July and October each
year..
Beard of Education.
Jasper Ebbs, Chairman, Spring
Creek. N. C
Thos. J. Murray. Member, Marshall,
N. C", R. F. D. No. 2.
W. R. Sams, Marshall, N. C R. F.
D. No. 2.
-Prof. M. C. Buckner, Supt of
Schools,. Mars Hill, N. O, R. F. D.
No. 2.
Board Meets first Monday in Janu
ary, April, July and October each
year.-1 .. . "'.,.'
Colleges and High goheols.
Mars Hill Coilege, Prof, R. U Moore,
President Mars HUL N. C Fall Term
begins August 17. 1U. Spring 4'erm
begins January 2. 112. -Spring
Creek High SofaoeL Prof.
H. A. Wallln, Principal, 8pring Creek,
,N. C, S Mt. School opened August
I. 111.
Madison Seminary High School.
, Prof. J. M. Weatherly, Principal, Mar
shall, N. C, R. F. D. No. I. T Mo.
Bctoel began Octber 2, 1111.
BeU Institute. Miss Margaret B,
Orifflth, Principal, Walnut N. C, 8 Mo.
. School began September t, 111. -
Marshall Academy. Prof. R. G.
Aadars, Principal,, Marshall; N. C, 1
i Ms School began Sept 4, mi
, NoUry Publics, i
J. C. Ramsey, Marshall, N. C, Term
' expires Jan. 1, 114. '
J. H. Hunter, Marshall, N. Cv R. F
. D. No. 2. Term exntres Anrll 1. 1912.
J. P. Tilson, MarshaU, N. C, R. F.
D. No. 2. Term expires April 3, 113.
C. J. Ebbs, Marshall, N. C Term
TnlMM Aerit it. 113. -
J."W. Nelson, MarshaU, N. C. Terni
expires April 25; 113.
Roy L. Gudger Marshall, N. C
Term expires May 3, 1913.
Goo. M. Pritchard, Marshall, N. C.
Term expires May 25, 113.
" Dudley Chipley, Marshall, N. C
Term expires July 29, 1918. .
. W. O. Connor, Mars Hill, N. C
Terni expires Not, 27, 1913.' '
, J. A. Wallln, Big Laurel. N. C. Term
" asntrea Jan. 24. 1914. I
D. C. Bullock, Stackbouse,
Term expires Feb. 22, 1914.
N. C
D. P. Miles. Barnard, N. C. Term
expires March 14, 1914.
J. G. Ramsey, Marshall, N. C, R. 4
Term expires March If, 1914.
J, E. Gregory, Joe, N. (V Term ex
plres Jan. 7, 114.
. Jasper Ebbs, Spring Creek. N. C
' Terra expires Sept 24, 1914,
C. C. Erown, Eluff, N. C. Term ex
1' - i r -n. 9, 114.
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WANT TO CHANGE
CURFIENCY SYSTEM
THE CURRENCY COMMITTEE IS
WEIGHING MANY BILLS TO
REFORM FINANCES.
EXPERTS T0AGREE ON PLAN
Improbable That Effort Will Be Msde
at Pressnt Session to Reform
i Banking Laws, .
Washington. In addition to conduct
ing hearings and digesting the answers
to questions which are to be propound
ed to bankers and financial experts
the senate banking and currency com
mittee will discuss numerous bill pro
posed to reform the financial system
of the country before it presents a
measure to the senate.
Chairman Owen and many other
members of the committee are engag
ed in drawing up. bills designed to al
ter the currency system and it will
be necessary for the committee to con
sider all of them before it settles upon
a measure that it can support It is
regarded as Improbable that an effort
will be made at the present session to
reform the banking laws, .but attention
will be focused on the need for more
elastio currency and for mobilisation
of reserves so that they can be utilized
quickly in case of financial stress.
Republican leaders are convinced
there Is little likelihood of radical leg
islation on currency subjects. '
They do not believe serious effort
will be made to provide for guarantee
of bank deposits and they hope some
sort of central association will be pro
vided. The subcommittee authorised to set
tie upon a list of questions tq bankers
met but did not complete Its task.
Dr. A. Piatt Andrew, former assistant
secretary of the treasury and one of
the experts of the monetary commis
sion, sat with the committeemen and
offered suggestions for questions. A
final draft will be laid by the subcom
mittee by Chairman Owen, who also
will draw up a letter to accompany
the list -
TWO KILLED IN EXPLOSION
Steam Pipe of Gtewart Blows Out Dur-
' ( : ; ing Test"-.
. San Diego, Cat Richard Curtis
Smith, oiler, and H. F. Bock, chief ma
chinist's mate, are dead and Alma Mil
ler, oiler, who risked his life in an
attempt to save Bock, is in a dying
condition as the result of an explo
sion on the United States torpedo boat
destroyer Stewart
The accident occurred 28 miles off
port during a speed test when a steam
pipe in the engine room blew out. The
engines were taming 200 revolutions a
minute and the destroyer was rushing
through the water at the rate of twenty-five
and a half knots an hour. The
Stewart is the fastest of the flotilla. '
A brother of Miller lives at Idaho
Falls, Idaho. . Smith's home was at
Lolin, Texas, and Bock lived at Moline,
Illinois. Bock nad Just .re-enlisted. . ;
Capt M. G. Shonerd says the acci
dent was one for which no one could
be blamed.. Hs made an investigation
and forwarded a report to Washington.
100 Federals Killed by Rebels.
Eagle Pass. In a battle near Sacra
mento in northeast Mexico, 100 feder
als were ambushed and killed by con
stitutionalists, according to reports
brought here by constitutionalist lead-
era, who are gathering across the river
from here for a general military con
ference. Carveo, a former follower of
Oroaco, led the federals at Sacramento.
This victory gave the constitutionalists
possession of all towns between Cal.
tlllo and Moncleva. Huerta's oppon
ents claim also to have captured the
cities, of Tactatecas, Parras and San
Pedro de Celonias, near Torreon.
Officials Chosen for Labor Department
Washington. It was announced that
Louis F. Post of Chicago had been se
lected as assistant secretary of the de
partment of labor; Anthony Caminettl
of San Francisco for commissioner gen
eral Of immigration, and John 0. Dens-
more of Poison, Mont, for solicitor of
the department of labor. Louis Free
land Post is an editor, vauthor, lawyer
and lecturer, who has attained promi
nence by his discussions of economic
questions,; particularly single tax.
Flagler's Funeral Marked by Simplicity
St Augustine. Fla. Simplicity mark
ed the funeral of Henry M, Flagler,
when his body was laid in a mausoleum
in the yard of the Flagler Memorial
church. Thousands from all parts of
Florida participated in the services at
the church and viewed the body as
it lay In state In the rotunda of the
Ponce de Leon hotel, which he built
Back of the casket towered the royal
palms of Folrlda, on the bier lay a sim
ple bunch of lilies. The guard of bon
or was made up of employees of the
Florida East Coast railway.
Ambassador Arrives In England. 1
Oiienatown.--Walter Hines PageX
United States ambassador to Great
RHtatti. carried all attemDts of news -
paper men to obtain an interview when
he arrived here from New York. He
contented himself with the remark that
1 Is constant endeavor while holding
fc.'-t ( "'re wok',4 te to "mslntn'n the
i ! 'i f i'v,"y n -atloi's I t een
t'.e I : I i itt-s and tl.a I'r.'.Sed
Ki1 -.a:.; u bad, harpny, CMi.:'.-':--
f.:r SMfh a lrg Vuiia." The Ami rU
consul here went on board the Fa! tie
and delivered a package of dispatches.
SEWARD'S
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This shows all that was left of the
The house was the oldest in the town.
U. S. GOUGED ON ARMOR
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COMPETITIVE BIDDING A FARCE,
SAYS SECRETARY OF WAR
DANIEL IN STATEMENT
Responsibility is Placed on the Navy
Department for Price Agreements
mong Manufacturers.
Washington. Responsibility for
price agreements among manufacturers
furnishing armor plate for American
warships was placed directly upon
the" navy department itself by Secre
tary Daniels. In a statement follow
ing his announcement of his Intention
to submit a plan for a government
armor plant the secretary declared
the policy of the department In divid
ing plate contracts among all bidders
at the lowers figure offered "makes
all pretense of competitive bidding to
get the loweat market price a farce
that cannot possibly deceive anyone
acquainted with the facts."
Mr. Daniels said he was glad the
resolution for an Investigation of this
mattert introduced recently by Sen
ator Asburst was before congress and
that it only anticipated a formal state
ment which he proposed to prepare re
questing relief from "an intolerable
situation.'' u. V '-ihJ-'-
How contrabts ior armor for the
new battleship Pennsylvania were let
by Secretary Meyer last March was
told In detail In the statement Three
steel companies submitted virtually
identical bide and the contracts were
divided among them. . 4 '
"If we are going to subsidise, the
Carnegie, Mldvale.The Bethlehem com-
panies," said Secretary Daniels "so as
to have the advantage of their armor
plants in time of war, then let us do
so honestly in manly fashion by stat
ute, without concealment or attempt
at hypocritical evasion of the intent of
congress to force competition and to
award contracts to the lowest bidder.
If we' are, on the other hand, going to
honestly award our contracts to tne
lowest bidder, let us do so.v'
$100,000,000 MEXICAN LOAN
Is to be Placed at 90 and Run Ten
Years at 6 Per Cent.
Mexico City. The Mexican congress
gave its sanction to an agreement for
a loan of $100,000,000 at six per cent,
interest. The amount is to be placed
at ninety and will run for ten years.
It is guaranteed by 88 per cent of
the customs receipts. The Mexican
National bank Is named as the rep
resentative of the bankers in the
supervision of the disbursements.
The debate on the loan was a long
one. The minister of finance was
charged with failure-to take better of
fers which had been made. , He replied
that Provisional President HUerta and
the other members of the Mexican
cabinet had urged., upon him the im
mediate acceptance of this loan as
the other offers received' necessitated
more delay. - , v
It is still necessary for congress to
discuss and vote upon the tour articles
of the financial measure, but its ap
proval ot the general terms of the bill
makes It reasonably certain that it will
also approve the details. ' .,:.'-.;':
The loan has been placed ' with
French bankers, but it is certain that
British interests are participating.
Poison Victim Is Dead.
Macon. Sanders Walker died here
without regaining consciousness. Up
to his last . moment of conscious
ness the young real estate man, whose
trade mistake, taking bichlorde of
mercury Instead of a headache remedy
is cost him his life, was calm- and
cheerful, comforting his grietatricken
wife and parents, and showing that the
indomitable will which characterised
his college days and his business life
since has stood the final great test
unbroken. Walker lapsed Into uncon
sciousness before he died.
Royal Observatory Shattered by Bomb
Edinburgh, scouana. a oomo ex
fcloded in the west dome of the royal
1 observatory here. The astronomical
instruments were badly deranged, but
the building itself escaped serious dam
age. ' The police declare that mili
tant suffragettes committed the out
rage. Frofeasor Ralph A. Sampson,
astronomer royal of Scotland, thinks
evia.'nre found points to two women
having be'n engaeed in the outrage.
Ke says s;?rentiy they hurt them
selves. Several pounds of gunpowder
were exploded.
OLDEST RESIDENCE IN
residence of C, Rolfsmeier by the terrible storm that swept Seward, Neb.
HENRY M TLAGLER DEAD
END COMES TO BUILDER OF OVER-
THE-8EA RAILROAD AT HIS '
HOME IN FLORIDA.
First Fortune Swept Away by Poor In
vestment, He Left 9100,000,000
Estate.
West Palm Beach, Fla. Henry M.
Flagler, wealthy railroad builder and
owner, died here.
Mr. Flagler, one of America's fore
most financial giants, and known In
the South as the "King of Florida."
After amassing a fortune of 150,000
in Bellevue, he went to Saginaw, Mich.,
and made an unsuccessful venture in
the salt business, losing every dollar
of his money. With the aid of money
furnished by his wife's relatives, he
moved to Cleveland and entered the
grain business. '
Henry M. Flagler was born at
Canandalgua, N. Y, in 1830. Little Is
known of his early life, except that
he was clerk In a country grocery
in Orleans county, Michigan, while yet
in his teens. :
Becoming interested In the possibil
ities of the petroleum Industry, be re
moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where he
organised the company of Rockefeller,
Andrews & Flagtejr engaging In the
refining of oil. The Standard Oil
company was the outgrowtn or this
venture, and Mr. Flagler has coo.
stantly remained actively connected
with the mnaagement of the great
corporation since its Inception. .
In 188S Mr. Flagler, paid his first
visit to Florida, and became impress
ed with the business possibilities pre
sented there by the railroad field, in
connection with the development of
winter resorts.
Entering actively into the work of
turning Florida into one vast winter
resort, Mr. Flagler built the Florida
East Coast railroad and erected the
Ponce de Leon and Alcasar hotels
at a cost of $3,000,000.
His great achievement however,
was the extension of his railroad from
Miami to Key West For many years
his planwas ridiculed as impracti
cable, and was called "Flagler's fol
ly." The opening of this "over-seas"
line is listed as one of the engineer
ing triumphs of the age.
LANDSLIDE WRECKS TRAIN
The Train Was Swept Down Mountain
8lde by Avalanche. 1
Hinton. W. Va. Six nersons are be
lieved to have been killed and a num
ber injured when a Chesapeake and
Ohio train was swept down' a steep
mountain side by a landslide. ,
The train, composed of an engine,
three freieht' ears and a caboose, the
latter carrying passengers,, had been
stopped between Sewell and Land la
burg, so that debris deposited by a
nlnurihnraL mteht be cleared away.
While this work was in progress an
other slide occurred, and tae tram was
thrown from the tracks down 300 feet
of the mountain side.
The slide that engulfed the train
and sent it rolling down the mountain
side in a tumbling mass of rock, earth,
steel and timber, came without warn
ing.' While the crew was working to
iir the track there was a terrific roar
and before any one could save them
selves the crash came. ,
Quilt Has 20,152 Patches.
' Tplraon. da. Late in Anrll It was
reported from Senola that there was
a quilt in Coweta county containing 6,-
500 patches or scraps. Butts county
has since been casting about endeav-
nrinv tn And one with a lararer numDer.
The search is completed', and that Mrs.
F. M. Allen of this city is the owner
nr a hnautlful oullt of many colors.
containing not only that many pieces.
but nearly four times as many, w,u
Interest aulltmakers. The one In ier
possession has 20,152 pieces, each
about halt an Inches square.
Torpedo Boat Cassln Launched.
Bath, Maine. The United States
torpedo boat destroyer Cassln, a 1,000
ton ship, took her maiden dip. Kiss
Helen Cassln Carusi ur Washington,
granddaughter of the late Rear Admi
ral Cassln, broke the bottle of cham
pagne. The Cassln is a sister ship
of the Cummlng, which will go over
board early in July. Her contract
price was $761,500, and a maximum
speed of SO knots an hour will be re
quired at the official trials next month.
The destroyer will burn oil exclu
sively. .
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ANTI-JAP CONTEST ON U. S.
CALIFORNIA EXECUTIVE 8IGN8
ALIEN LAND BILL AND DIPLOMA
' f TIC BATTLE BEGINS
Both Governments Agree to Withhold
Correspondence From
the Public
Sarcramento, Cal. California's alien
land bill became the law of the state
against protests of Japan and repres
entations of President Wilson and
his personal' envoy, Secretary of
State Bryan, Governor Johnson signed
the bill and ninety days after the ad
journment of the legislature, or on
August 10, the act will become opera
tive. While the governor was signing the
bill, the steamship Korea was passing
In through the Golden gate, fearing
two distinguished Japanese, one a
former pupil of President Wilson, on
a mission of investigation.
Meanwhile, complications, national
and sectional, beset the MIL Over
shadowing all Is the outcome of the
negotiations now in progress be
tween this country and Japan, which
has interpretted the act as discrimina
tory and offensive.
WUhln California Itself- the. act. has
encountered triple hostility, which may
delay its operation until November 1,
1014. Democrats opposed state legis
lation at this time, as a matter of
party regularity. . Nevertheless, so
plain to them seems to be the demand
for the bill that after exhausting all
parliamentary- tactics, the senate gave
only one adverse Democratic vote and
the assembly only two.
Washington. Secretary Bryan hand
ed Ambassador Chlnda the reply of
the United States government to the
Japanese protest against the Califor
nia alien land legislation. The ambas
sador immediately cabled it to Toklo.
No Intimation as to the nature of the
reply was given out ' ' ,
Upon learning through press dis
patches that Governor Johnson had
signed the Webb laua act Secretary
Bryan telephoned Viscount Chlnda and
invited him to come to the state de
partment to receive the reply which
he had been anxious awaiting since
the presentation of his own note, on
May 9. : :t
When the answer had been deliv
ered, the secretary and the ambassa
dor conferred earnestly for an hour
regarding the general aspect of the
problem. Of course opinions expressed
were tentative, as for his part the am
bassador felt that he must be guided
entirely by the directions of the for
eign office at Tokio.
Roommates Murdered by Manlao
Banckfoot Idaho. Peter Bradovitch,
an insane Austrian, confined in the
Southern Idaho Insane asylum Here,
killed his five roommates by beating
them on the head with a table as they
lay asleep.' Bradovitch was committed
to the asylum two years ago from the
atAtn nenitentlarv. where he was serv
ing a life , sentence for murder. An
investigation of the killing of five pa
tients was held and the asylum of
flciala were exonerated from blame.
According to the testimony the in
stitution was overcrowded,' making it
necessary to keep several patients in
one room. , '
' Bridges Blamed for Floods.
Washington. Artificial contraction
of waterways by bridges, causeways
and other structures so placed as to
make it impossible for the channels to
carry away the enormous amount of
water resulting from an unusually
heavy rainfall, was blamed for the
devastation wrought by the recent
Ohio floods in a preliminary report
filed by the commission of army en
glneers appointed by Secretary of
War Garrison to Investigate the floods
and recommend preventative meas-
King Peter to Quit Throne.
Geneva, Switzerland. King Peter
of Servta intends to abdicate as soon
as he possibly can after peace be
tween the Balkan states and Turkey
has been signed. He plans to return
to Geneva, where he lived for many
years before he was called to the
Servian throne in 1903 after the mur
der of King Alexander and Queen
Drags. The Servian monarch's inten
tions became known when his emissary
arrived here to find a suitable resi
dence tor his majesty.
34 KILLED VHEII
PIERXOLLAPSED
TEN THOUSAND PEOPLE HURLED
DOWN CHUTE OF SHATTER
ED WOODWORK. .
WAS BRITISH EMPIRE DAY
Accident Occurred In City Auditorium
During Celebration of Queen Vlcto
. rla's Birthday. Over Crowding of
Pier Was Cause of Collapse.
Long Beach, Cal. Too weak to up
hold the burden of nearly 10,000 hu
man beings assembled for the festivi
ties ef "British Empire Day," the
land end of the big double-decked mu
nicipal pier in front of the city audi
torium collapsed. Hundreds of per
sons on the top deck were plunged
down on the heads of other hundreds
crowded on the second deck. The
lower deck then gave way, and all
were dropped down a chute of shat
tered woodwork to the tide-washed
sands 25 feet below.
Thirty-four persons, mostly 'women,
were killed by the shivered timbers.
or crushed to death by the falling' bod
ies of companions and friends. Fifty
more were seriously injured, while
hysteria and fright caused the disab
ling of scores of others.
The victims were subjects, or for
mer subject of Great Britain, residents
in southern California.
All of the seriously Injured are resi
dents of Los Angeles and vicinity.
The Empire Day parade, the principal
feature of the celebration in honor of
the late Queen Victoria's birth annl
versary, had Just ended and the par
ticipants, with thousands of other visi
tors, were crowding up the steps of
the pier and surlng toward the audi
torium, when the pier floor sagged. An
Instant later the supports gave way
and the crack and groan of breaking
timbers mingled with the chrieks and
cries of the victims as all went down
into a mass of broken wood'and writh
ing human forms on the sand.
Virtually the entire landing, of the
pier was wrecked and a portion of
the auditorium front telL
Plans to Rebuild Party.
Washington. Leaders of the Re
publican party laid preliminary plans
tor the congressional campaign of
1914 and the national political battle
of two years later to regain control
of congress and possession Of the
White House. As a result the Re
publican national committee will meet
60 days after adjournment of the ex-
tra session of congress and an extra-
ordinary Republican national conven
tion is expected not later than a year
hence. Changes in the basis of repre
sentation in national conventions and
reform of methods of party procedurn,
whfoh hava haan aiihlao.t to flritJHam)
will be disposed of through these
agencies.
France to Borrow Large Bum.
Paris. The draft of a bill authoris
ing the French government to borrow
$200,000,000 for twenty years in order
to meet military expenses was sub
mitted to the cabinet by Charles Du-
mont minister of . finance and approv
ed. M. Dumont explained to his col.
leagues his plans for Increasing the
government's revenues by $40,000,000
annually. .. .
' Home For Confederate Veterans,
Washington. Headed by Mrs. Geo.
Dewey, wife of Admiral Dewey, wo
men of the Southern Relief Associa
tion opened their new home for Con
federate veterans. A reception to the
publlo was one of the features of the
dedicatory exercises.
Japanese Professor to California.
San Francisco. Dr. Shlgo Fuyohiro,
professor of international law at the
imperial University at Kyoto, will
leave Japan for California soon to
analyse the anti-Japanese sentiment
according to a dispatch received by
the Japanese American, a newspaper
published here. He expects to remain
in California six months. :
Nevada Strikes Mines and Sinks.
Smyrna The steamer Nevada, with
200 passengers on board, struck three
mines in succession in the Gulf of
ftmyrna and sank. The mines were
strewn on the coast waters by the
Turks to prevent attack by the Greek
fleet during the Balkan war. The
Nevada -.was leaving the Gulf of
Smyrna When a Russian steamer was
coming m and to avoid a collision
the first named vessel left the chan
nel. The Nevada struck three mines
and each exploded. The last was fol
lowed by an explosion on the ship.
Lewis Chairman of Labor Committee.
Washington. Representative Lewis
of Maryland was agreed upon by the
house ways and means majority for
the chairmanship of the committee
on labor, Secretary oi Labor Wil
son, Representative Lewis, Secretary
Frank Morrison, and other members
of the American Federation of Labor
had a conference at the Capitol fct
which the committee chairmanship
was discussed. The ways and mean
majority was In session adjusting tn
committee personnel of the Louts.
NEWS OF NORTH CAROLINA
Latest News of Gsnarsl Interest That
Has Been Collected From Many
Towns and Counties,
Raleigh. Dr. P. P. Claxtoa,' United
States Commission of Education, d '
Hvered the address recently at the
graduating exercises of Peace Insti
tute commencement when diplomas
were presented to 12 youns; women. - ;
Concord. Policeman P. L. Sloop, '
who has been a member of the police
force for. several years, tendered his
resignation to Chief of Police Bager
recently. Chief Bager and Mayor
Hartcell accepted the resignation,
which took effect at once. - v ;
IWeMon. Weldon sold $40,000 of
waterworks and sewerase bonds to
Harris, Fortes & Co., Of New York,
for $41,316.80, and accrued interest
and bonds free. There were twelve,
bidders, the lowest being $40,000 and
accrued interest
Spencer. The newly elected mayor
and board of aldermen for Spencer
were inducted Into office several days
ago. The ceremonies were held at
the mayor's office where a goodly
number of interested citizens gather
ed to witness the event
Mount Airy. Garret Low,' 14 years
old, and a mall carrier between Dob- '
son and Low Gap, and the mule he
was riding were killed by lightning
while on his route near Cox's MllL He
was the son of J. W. Low and a bright ,
young fellow.
Klnston. Isaiah Sparrow, a negro
who has given trainmen on the Nor
folk and Southern lines much trouble
by tempering with anglecocks and
other mechanism on cars, was arrest-..
ed by Detective W. W. Morrison after
he had caused the derailment of a .
locomotive and two cars on the north
am division.
Elizabeth City. The permanent or
ganization of the Pasquotank County
Just Freight Rate Association was
perfected here recently, with the fol
lowing officers : F. V. Scott president ;
W. H.Weatherly, first vice-president;
Wesley Foreman, second vlce-presl- -dent;
A. S. Daniels, third vice-president;
George J. S pence, secretary and
treasurer.
Ashevllle. Mayor J. E. Rankin,
Aldermen A. ,G. Baraett, W. E. John
son and Fergus Strlkeleather were
sworn in tn the presence of several
Ashevilltans who went to the city hall
for the ceremony. Messrs. . Rankin,
Btrikeleatber, Patterson and Johnson .
were re-elected in the recent election
and Mr Baraett is the only new mem
ber of the aldermanlc board.
Ashevllle. Members of the sheriff '
department are making efforts to find
Charlie McCollen, who. is charged
with having attempted criminal as
sault on a young girl in West Ashe
vllle. Considerable excitement has
been caused as a result of the alleged
attempt assault and the sheriff's dep
uties are scouring the county in au
tomobiles in an effort to locate the
man who is wanted. .
Warsaw, By an overwhelming
vote, Kennansvllle township carried a
bond Issue to be used for construct
ing a railroad from some point on the
Atlantic Coast Line to some point on
the Atlantic coast Great, credit is
given L. A. Beasley, a prominent at
torney of Kenansvtlle, who has labored
on the proposition for two years
moulding public sentiment in favor of
a railroad to the county seat ; '
Charlotte. Fire whih originated In
one of the machines, and owing to the
Inflammable material quickly spread,
to all parts of the building, destroyed
the yarn mill of George A. Howell
ltare recently, causing a loss of $30,
000. Owing to the high rate no in
surance . was carried on the machin
ery and equipment and a very email
amount on the building. This Is the
second time this mill hah been de
stroyed by fire in less than two years.
Chadboum. Strawberries continue
to go from this section at a lively
rate. . The past week something over
67 cars have been routed from here,
and It la .predicted that not less than
75 cars will be shipped this week. The
much needed rain of recent date will
help shipment 60 per cent The prices :
hold up well and the farmers gener
ally are well pleased. , As evidence of -this,
something o4r a hundred thou
sand Missionary plants have been put
out and plants are coming in on near
ly every train. V
. Salisbury. The graduating exer
cises of the Salisbury Graded School
were largely attended the building be
ing packed to overflowing. The an-
nual address was by Prof. J. A. Math
eson of the State Normal College, who
was heard with much interest
"Ashevilje. A special two weeks
term of the Superior court for the
trial of criminal cases, Immediately
preceding the regular term of criminal
court which convenes July 7 will be
asked for by the board of county com
missioners, at their next meeting. The
request will be made of the governor
during the early part of next month.
Ashevllle. Claude Tucker, a youns
white man, was removed from the
Buncombe county Jail, and was taken
to the State hospital at Morganton.
He has been In Jail for the past sever
al weeks, having been taken from t;a
home following actions which indit
ed that he was mentally unbalancr !
Washington. It is altogether i
slble that before the time arrivi i ;
the North Carolina National
again go into annual summer
ment, a permanent mam r-
may la e-'ablished for t' i ':
euvet-s ,- ; f v-"l of the
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