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VOL. XV, ; ;; MARSHALL, MADISON COUNTY, N. C, FRIDAY JUNE 27, 1913. NQ, 26,
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... Direotory.
Madison County.
Established by the Legislature Sea
don 1860-'51.
Poulatlon, 20,132. '
County Seat, Marshall.
1646 (eet above sea level.
New add modern Court Home, coat
133,000.00.
New and modern jail, cost $15,000.00.
New and modern County Home, cost
110.000.00. ?
Officer.
Hon Ci B. Mashbum, Senator 16th
District, Marshall, N. C.
Hon. James B. Rector, Representa
tive, Hot Sprints, N. C.
N.' B. McDevlU, Clerk Superior
. Court, Marshall, N. C
W. M. Buckner, Sheriff, Marshall.N. C
" Zade G. Sprinkle, Register of Deeds,
Marshall, N. C.
' C. F. Runton, Treasurer, Marshall,
N. C R. P. D. No. 4.
R. U Tweed, Surveyor, White Rock,
N. C.
- Dr. Cham. N. Sprinkle, -. Coroner,
Marshall, N. C.
Mrs. Eliza Henderson, Jailor, Mar
shall, N. C.
If SOU IS BACKED
ON CURRENCY BILL
MAJORITY OF MEMBERS OF TH
HOUSE BANKING COMMITTEE
AGREE TO PROGRAM.
THE PRESIDENT IS PLEASED
At conference at the White House
' Congressmen Express Their Views
', Upn Measure.
Washington. President Wilson se
cured from a majority of the Demo
cratic members of the house banking
and currency, committee expressions
of harmony and acquiescence In the
administration program ot enacting a
currency bill during the present ads-
slon ot congress.
At a two-hour conference , held
around the cabinet table In the white
house offices, the congressmen were
' . , f I Mvucro uig wuiifilCMUlou nm.
John Honeycutt, Janitor, Marshall, Mk6d their views on the administra
te. C.
Dr. C. N. Sprinkle, County Physician,
Marshall, N. C.
James Haynle, Supt County Home,
, Marshall, N. C.
Home located about two miles south
vest ot Marshall
Courts.
Criminal and Civil. First Monday be
fore First Monday In March, Com
monetae Feb. 2(th, 1912.
' Civil, Uth, Monday after First Mon-
- day - In March, commences May 20,
, 1911
Criminal and Civil, First Monday
after First Monday in Sept Com.
meacea Sept 9th, 1912.
Civil 6th Monday after First Mon
day In September. Commences Octo
ber. 14. 1912.
BOARDS.
County Commissioners.
W. C. Sprinkle, Chairman, Marshall,
N .a
R. A. Edwards, Member, Marshall,
N. C, R. F. D. No. 2.
Reubta A. Tweed, Member, Big
Laurel, N. C
t J. Coleman Ramsey, Atty. Marshall,
W. a
Board meet first Monday la every
month.;'. ' ' x . :' :' , .
Road Cemmlsel oners.
' A. Kr Bryan, Chairman, Marshall,
N. O. R. F. D. No, J.
tion currency bill. Some of them had
not yet thoroughly examined the meas
ure, but those who expressed opinions
were favorably Inclined toward It
When the fourteen committeemen filed
out of the office and a group of cor
respondents met them, Representative
Glass smiling referred the correspond'
ents to the president Just then Mr.
Wilson himself walked to the door of
the office and talked with the news
papermen. ' .
The president explained that the
meeting was chiefly a get-together af
fair, that naturally some of the de
tails In the bill bad brought out con
siderable discussion, but that . so far
as he had observed there was a friend
ly feeling toward the fundamentals of
the administration measure. Mr. Wll
son said, moreover, that the members
ot the committee seemed all to desire
action at the present session, but that
they had asked him not to- hurry con
slderatlon of the bill, so that it might
be deliberated upon carefully. '- The
president remarked that he had had no
intention ot seeking hasty action and
hoped that by common counsel and
conferences a measure satisfactory to
the party could be obtained.
There was no detailed examination
of the bill section, by section at the
conference. It was to, urge upon them
the necessity ot standing by the ad'
' -'"' "',,, 1 mlnistrationimeasure, subject t-ny
J. A. Raawey, Secretary, -lUHrl imendmal.t,thB.t the conference "Was
N. O. R- F. D. No. 2.
Sam Cos, Member, Mara H1U, H. C,
R, F. a No. 2. - V
G. W. Wild, Big Pme; N. C,
Dadley Chipley. Road Engineer,
Marshall, N. C.
George M. Pritchard. Atty- Marsh
JL N. C. - "
' Board meets first Monday in Jann
try, 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. 3.
W. R. Sama. Marshall, N. C R. F,
D. NoM2. .'.
Prof. M. C. Buckner, Supt. of
Schools, Man H11L N. C, R. F. D.
No. 2.
y , Board Meets first Monday In Jann-
' ary, April July and October ' each
year.
Collages and High Schools,
-: Mars Hill College, Prof. R. L. Moore,
. President, Mars Hill, N. C. Fall Term
begins August IT, 1911. Spring Cera
begins January 2, 1912.
. Spring Creek High, School. Prof
, H. A, Wallln, Principal, Spring Creek,
N. C, 8 Mo. School opened August
1. 1911.
Madison Seminary ; High School
. Prof. J. M. Weatherly, Principal, Mar-
N. C, R. F. D. No. 2. T Mo.
Scnool began Octber 2, 1911.
Bell Institute. Miss Margaret K.
Griffith, Principal, Walnut, N. C, 8 Mo
School began September 9, 1911.
. Marshall Academy. Prof. R. G.
Anders, Principal, Marshall, N. C, I
M School began Sept. 4, 1911.
., Notary Publics, '
. 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. Tllson, 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, MarshallN. C. Term
expires April 25. 1913.
Roy L. Gudger, Marshall, N. C.
; Term expires May 3, 1913. '
Geo. M. Pritchard, Marshall, N. C
Term expires May 25, 1913.
Dudley Chipley, . Marshall, N. , C.
i 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, Stackhouse, N. C.
Term expires Feb. 22, 1914.
D. P. Miles, Barnard, N. C. Term
expires March 14, 1914.
J. G. Ramsey, Marshall, N. C, R. 4
Term expires March 16, 1914.
J. E. Gregory, Joe, N. C." Term ex
l'tr- Jan. 7, 1914.
J.--"er I" Spring Creek, N. C
T i r - os f 24, 1914. -
. J N. C. Term ex
amendments,' that the conference Vas
called. There will be other confer
ences at the white house
AVIATOR LOSES LIFE IN BAY
Lieut J. A. Towers Tells of How He
Clung to Plane , and Was Saved.
Washington. The tragic story of
how Ensign William D. Blllingsley Was
hurled from a disabled biplane, 1,600
feet Id the air, and fell, straight as
a plummeht to his death in the depths
ot. Chesapeake bay, Vwas related by
Lieut John A. Towers of Rome, Ga.,
chief of the navy aviators, who clung
to the hurling wreck that followed his
comrade's course from sky to water
and escaped death, almost miraculous
ly.' Ensign Blllingsley, in . a; biplane
that had been converted Into a hydro
aeroplane by the addition ot pontoons,
with Lieutenant Towers as a passen.
ger, left the aviation grounds at the
naval academy here to fly to Claiborne,
some elgtbeen miles across the bay.
About ten miles down, the bay
gust ot wind struck them. Ensign Bll
llngsley was thrown forward across
the steering gear, which was disabled.
The front planes of the craft fell, and
it dropped .like a dead bird toward
the water. As it fell the pilot was cat
apulted out, and turning over and over
his body outspeeded the disabled ma
chine toward the water. Deep In the
bay; the body sank. ; t; '
When the aeroplane started on Its
dive tor the bay, Lieutenant Towers
clung desperately to one of the up
rights between the planes. Although
at times his body swung clear of the
rapidly falling airship, he maintained
his hold 'with his hand and arm al
most wrenched apart'1
HORRIBLE TRAIN WRECK' AT STAMFORD, CONN.
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N. T N. H. ft H. railroad telescoped the rear parlor coach of the first section at Stamford. Five persons were
killed and scores injured. . . . ,-' .
FIERCE FIGHTIN PHILIPPINES
FOURTEEN AMERICANS ARE
KILLED IN PHILIPPINE
BATTLE. ' , '
In the List of Dead Are Captain Tay
lor Nichols, Eleven Scouts and ,
: Two Regulars.
Washington. Fourteen American
soldiers were killed In the recent tour
days' ftghtlug on Jolo Island, the Phil
ippines, when General Pershing's com.
mand finally subdued and disarmed the
rebellious Moros, according to a report
to the war department
On the list ot dead were Capt
Taylor A. Nichols ot the Philippine
scouts, eleven scouts and two pri
vates of the regular army.
Captain Nichols was 84 years old
and son of John Nichols of Durham,
Cal. The two regulars, both of whom
were killed in the first day's action,
were Oliver VUliard, company M.
Eighth infantry, whose sister lives in
Rhode Island," d LMher Gerhart, of
the same company.
exemphon for child
. Australian Cabinet Resigns.'
Melbourn, ' Australia. The , Austra
lian federal premier, Rt Hon.: Andrew
Fisher,, and the cabinet have resigned
as a result ot the recent elections, in
which the Liberals obtained a majori
ty ot one over the Labor party In
the house.
Walking Street. Man la Burned.
Athens,' Ga. Allen Fleming Is sut-
f erlna: from a most unusual . accident
which 'happened to him. Passing a cor
ner of a vacant lot there was. a sud
den, blinding flash and explosion on
the ground at his side, and within a
few 'feet from him. He threw out
a hand and saved his face and eyes,
but the arm was burned ,to a blister
from the hand nearly to the shoulder.
It wai learned that two hours tefore,
school boys had placed a large charge
ot powder In a paper sack and had set
Ore to' the paper. . . .
LABEL NO SIGN OF PURITY
Successor to Doctor Wiley Explains
Deficits of .Food and Drugs Act
Mobile, Ala. The words "guaran
teed under the. food and drugs act"
on a label are no assurance that con
tents of a package are pure, according
to Dr. Carl L. Alsberg, chief ot the
bureau of chemistry, who spoke here
before the Association of American
Food Dairy and Drug Officials. Doc
tor AlBberg was speaking of the limi
tations ot the federal bureau under the
federal pure food law, appealing for
closer co-operation between federal
and state authorities, and for uniform
ity of laws of states based on the
national laws. " ' .,
The food and drugs act, Doctor Als
berg asserted, "not only does not give
the department of agriculture power to
act in many vitally important matters,
but actually prohibits Its intervention
in many things that call aloud for Im
mediate remedy. The people at large
do not understand the limitations un
der which we act"; r '.;(.- .;
Doctor . Alsberg explained that the
word "guaranteed" on a can of soup
or on a bottle of nerve tonic did not
mean that the bureau of chemistry had
seen and analysed it, ; but that the
manufacturers put it on simply with
the idea of protecting the jobber or
retailer. . All that the guarantee leg
end does, he continued, is to make it
possible to prosecute the manufactur
er if the goods Were found to be in
violation ot the Mods and drugs act
INCOME TAX CHANGES ARE PRO
. POSED SO THEY WILL FA.
VOR BIG FAMILIES.
Four Thousand Exemption May Also
Bo Lowered to Three Thou
sand Dollars. -
wasnington. An addition exemp
tion of 3500 for each child of a fam
ily in the Income tax section of the
tariff revision bill -was determined up
on by the senate finance subcommit
tee, ot which Senator Williams is
chairman, and the change will be rec
ommended to the majority members
of the committee. Having determin
ed upon this Important amendment,
the' subcommittee also is seriously
considering recommending changing
the 4,000 exemption in the Underwood
bill to 13,000. . ,
This, it la argued, would greatly
increase the revenue and , with the
additional ; exemption proposed ' tor
children would not Impose hardship
upon the heads of families, s
Senator Simmons, chairman of the
finance committee, said that the Dem
ocratic caucus of the senate would be
called, whether the finance commit
tee majority had concluded with the
schedules or not, and that the cau
cus would go over schedules already
approved while the committee was
finishing its work.
Senator OIlie James of Kentucky,
who made the sugar tariff speech in
the senate defending the stand . ot
President Wilson, has taken a vigor
ous position in the finance committee
against the Imposition of a counter
vailing duty on meat and cattle and
announced that he would carry the
fight to the Democratic senatorial cau
cus If he failed to swing the com
mittee Into line.
Tart Will Preside at Reunion.
Gettysburg, Pa. It was semi-official-
ly 1 announced that former President
Taft would preside over the great
gathering of Confederate and Union
veterans at the Gettysburg celebration.
He is expected to deliver the principal
oration July 4. It was planned to have
President Wilson preside, but it was
announced a tew days ago that he
probably would not attend.
, Hunting a Rat, Cash Found.'
London. An unexpected .sequel " to
the recent burglary lo the Berkeley
hotel In Picadllly Is the arrest ot the
night porter, Arthur James, charged
with being concerned' In stealing from
the hotel safe 335,000 and attempting
to murder , Gowers, the other night
porter. Movements of a big rat in the
hotel dining room led to James' ar
rest Employees of the hotel In hunt
ing down the rat found Its hole un
der, the radiator and through" it saw
a gleam of gold. There was found more
than half of the booty. - ? 1
WOMEN SENTENCED TO JAIL
Moat Prominent Militant 8uffragettes
in England Given Long Terms.
London. Six of the most prominent
leaders ot the militant , suffragettes or
ganization and one of their male sup
porters were found guilty of conspir
acy to commit malicious . damage to
property. y -
The women officials of the Women's
Social and Political Union are Miss
Harriet Kerr, Miss Agnes Lake, Miss
Rachel Barrett Mrs. Beatrice Saund
ers, Miss Annie Kenney and Miss Lau
ra Lennox. The man is Edward Y.
Clayton, an analytical chemist . V
An , impassioned speech In' defense
ot the outrages committed by militant
suffragettes was delivered In court by
Miss Annie Kenney. .-
. An Impassioned speech in defense
of the outrages committed by militant
suffragettes was delivered in court by
Miss Annie Kenney."
Her address served to enliven the
proceedings and her concluding words
created a great Impression.
"If I have to die to get the vote,"
she said, , "I will die willingly, what
ever the verdict of the Jury."'
HEAT WAVEJTOS II. S.
MANY DEATHS OCCURRED IN
PHILADELPHIA AND OTHER
NORTHERN CITIES.
Hottest Weather for June on Record
In some of the '
8tates.
Indianapolis, Ind. All . of Indiana
suffered from the effects of the hot
test weather of the year. In Indian
apolis, the mercury reached 103 on
the street level and 90 .In the govern
ment thermometer. It was the hot
test June here for twenty-one years.
r niiaaeiphla. Six deaths and num
erous prostrations occurred here as
the result of the excessive heat The
temperature reached within' a fraction
ot 96 degrees, the highest point In
two years.
New York. There were a large
number of heat prostrations, but no
fatalities. The mercury reached a
maximum f 91 degrees to the -sky
scraper where the official weather bu
reau is situated. Thermometers at
the street levels recorded as high as
102 degrees.
Cincinnati. Three men were killed
and twenty-five prostrated, one seri
ously, by the heat The maximum on
the government thermometer was 95
degrees. The government kiosk on
the street level showed 104. No abate
ment of the heat was shown and the
parks and playgrounds Were crowded
with sleepers.
Detroit Mich. One death from heat
prostration occurred here. The gov
ernment thermometer at the street
level registered 104 degrees.
HARMONIOUS WORK
ON TARIFF MEASURE
THE FIRST DAY OF CAUCUS GOES
BY WITH PRACTICALLY NO
CHANGES MADE.
FROM THE TAR HEEL STATU
Latest News of General Interest That
Has Been Collected From Many
" Towns and Countlsa,
Charlotte. By unanlmoua vote tfce
Southeastern District Aerie of Eagles
In session at Jacksonville, Flo., ac
cepted Charlotte' Invitation to hold
the 1914 meeting in this city.
; Washington. The sheriff mad Vn
Important raid recently and found an-
THE CRITICISMS ARE LIMITED oti,er WoUtor ot tha iuo' "
in aw poraou oi mc. Joraneon, WHO
There Has Been No Effort As Yet
To Assert Binding Authorities
Party Upon the Individual Senator.
Other Work Done. ..
Washington. The Underwood-Sim
mons tariff .revision bill, as agreed
upon by the Democrat of the sen
ate committee went through a full
day's session of the senate Demo-
cratn caucus with practically no
change and with harmonious support
for most of the alterations ot the fi
nance committee members had made
in the original Underwood bill.
The tariff duties on chedcals, oils,
and paints; on earthenware and glasi-
ware 'and on two thirds ot the arti
cles comprised in the metal and ma
chinery schedule, had been disposed
ot when the caucus adjourned for the
day. Democratic members of the fi
nance committee met to finish redraft
ing the income tax section ot the bill.
The Important changes to be made in
this provision, reducing the exempted
income from 34,000 to 83,000, prob
ably will be completed within few
lives about six or seven miles out In
the country, at Beaver Dam. ,
Raleigh. Wake county" court
house become sertltude when the
county commissioners awarded to P.
Thornton Mayre fit Atku i, and F, B.
Simpson, ot RaHelgh, the jirohltectu-
ral contracts.
Charlotte. The steel has been .or
dered and just as soon as it arrive
In the city, the work twill actively be
gin In repairing and otherwise. Im
proving the mammoth car barn of the
Charlotte Electric Railway Comtpany
that wa (burned several day ago. ,
Laurlnburg. In a communication
from . Washington the Information
come that Mr. William N. McKensl
of the Maaon Cross section of Soot-
land county has been recommended
to the die-rotor of the census tor the
position ot cotton tatiatlclaa for this
county. . ..!.-
Washington. The meeting ot r the
Bxatfonal (forest reserve commission
to decide upon the purchase of the
VanderbUt tract at Blltmore was post
poned owing to the absence of the
secretary of agriculture. A meeting '
will be held next week and it 1 ex
pected that 80,000 acres of this land
will then be acquired. '
Klnstoo. Capt A.L.C. Hill, of this
days and the Income tax and admin
istrative features of the bill then will city has been appointed by Col. Wiley
v. iioaman, commanding tue Beeona
be turned over to the caucus for con
sideration. '
Criticism of the tariff bill In the
party conference was limited to a few
specific rates and a halt dozen of the
Items were sent back to the finance
committee for further investigation
and report The committee's report
putting cement on the free list wa
sustained . after some debate. The
proposed duties on flaming arc light
carbons; on talned glass and on field
glasses, optical and surgical Instru
ments and photographic lenses came
for criticism and ' were referred
back to the Democrats ot the finance
commftteer"-'r-:''-'''f-s-.
Cheap automobiles as necessaries
of business and farming life were the
object of much of the "debate."
STATES UPHELD IN CASES
Hootman Is Winner of Shoot. .
Dayton, Ohio. The grand American
handicap gun tournament was won
by M. S. Hootman ot Hlcksvllle, Ohio.
Hootman scored 97 out of 100.
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British Minister Defend Honesty.
London. For the first time In many
years British cabinet ministers were
compelled to defend their personal
honesty before parliament The attor-
vf? r " -'al, f'r r-.is I ;aarg, and the
.' Stronghold of Moros Stormed.
Washington. More details of the
fierce fighting which resulted In the
complete overthrow ot the Moros on
the Island ot Joly In the Philippines,
was continued In a delayed dispatch
from Brigadier General Pershing of
the American troops. General ' Per
shing says, probably will end outlaw
ry in Jolo for some time. The' last
crater stronghold was captured after
hard fighting, the attack being made
by two companies of the Philippine
scouts commanded by Capt George C.
Mlabrandd Meats Liable to Seizure
.Washington. Probably the most
radical and far-reaching extension of
the food and drugs act since Its en
actment was made when Secretaries
Houston, McAdoo and Bedf.eld, charg-
2-Cent Passenger Laws and Maximum
Freight Rate Laws Sustained.
Washington. Without varying
dot from the principles laid down in
the Minnesota rate cases, the Supreme
court ot the United States upheld state
railroad rate legislation in Missouri,
Arkansas, Oregon and West Virginia.
This legislation Included 2-cent pas
senger laws in Missouri, Arkansas and
West Virginia; maximum freight rate
laws in Missouri and Arkansas; and
freight rates out ot Portland In the
Oregon cases. The only exception to
the sweeping approval of state stat
utes was In the case of several weak
er roads in Missouri.
The Kenutcky case was not decided
It Involves an attack upon state rates
from river points to inland distillery
cities, and involves, In addition, an at
tack on the constitutionality of the
form of the McChord act enabling the
state railroad commission to fix rea
sonable rates on intrastate business.
A decision in this case may be forth
coming when the court meets again
in October. -
Currency Reform Methods Outlined.
New. York. Methods which should
be pursued in reforming the currency
system of the country, according to
the views of the American Bankers'
Association, were outlined in a detail
ed statement Issued by the currency
commission of that organization. The
statement which answers 23 questions
formulated by a subcommittee of the
committee on banking and currency
of the United State senate which was
prepared by the committee which re
cently conferred at Atlantic City. The
commission endorsed the currenc:
plan endorsed by the National Mone
tary Commission ot which Senator Al-
drlch ot Rhode Island was chairman.
. Federals Driven From City.
Nogales, Ariz. Reports were that
the constitutionalists had-drlven een
era! OJeda and his 4,000 federals back WHoU received here from Dr. K.
North Carolina Infantry, to bo reel-
mental quartermaster on his ; srtaff.
The office carries the rank of captain.
Captain Hill stands high in militia
circles la North Carolina, and ha had
excellent mention for his capability:
Salisbury. J. Frank Millar, who for
number of years was chief of police
In Salisbury has been given an ap
pointment in the revenue service un
der Deputy Sams at Ashevllle, , He
made a fine municipal officer and -wlH
make good in the rovenue ser
vice which he will enter In a- few
dy. " :V.: .i , ; : v.
Elizabeth Clty.-CoL Witt and Mr
Kerr, official of the Norfolk-Southern
Ran road, held a conference here with
Messrs. E. E. Aydlett, E. F. Lamb and
J. B. Leigh, a committee appointed
by the Just Freight Rate Association
some time ago, in regard to the pas
senger schedules which the Norfolk
Southern Is operating. , .
Aehevflle. When asked as to hi .
etand in the case of .T R. Swann. who
is a candidate for thd office ot post
master at Marshall, Gov. Craig refus
ed to make a -statement as to whether
or not be had withdrawn hi oppowi-
tion to Swann. He stated that he had
nothing to do with the case smd does ,
not want to -be drawn into the contro
versy. , . ,?;.;.;., .--7 ; '.r-v. J'-.A-iA
Winston-Salem. Forty-five outv of "'
ot the Ixtj-three applicants for1 li
cense to practice dentistry In ithls
abate, who took the examination be- -
fore the state 'board of dental exam
iners In this city, passed successfully
according to a list of the successful
from Ortiz to Santa Rosa, some miles
nearer hi base, Guaymas, and later
had cut him from his supplies. With
out water, and with but scant rations.
the federal commander was reported
to be in a desperate condition. Fifteen
hundred rebel and Colonel Alvaredo
have gained Ojedas quarters, accord
ing to reports to the Mexican consul
here.
Bubonic Plague in Haiti Port
Port-au-Prince, Haiti. An epldemk
of bubonic plague has broken out at
the seaport of Jacmel, thirty milei
from here.
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Final Blow to Civil Righto Act
Washington. The "civil rights act'
of 1875, held Unconstitutional as t
the states many years ago In a se
ries ot famous decisions, was declared
by the Supreme court likewise nul
and void as to the territories, the Dls
trict of Columbia, the navigable wa
tors' of the United States and the sea
The point was decided in the case oi
Mary F. Butts, a negress, who sue
the Merchants' and Miners' Transpor
tatlon company for . damages undei
the law because she was required t(
eat at a second table.
Kills Doctor and Shoots 8elf
Savannah, Ga. Dr.,' Guy O. Brink
ley, a prominent young physician o:
this city, was killed by Mrs. Eugen
H. Whlsnanfwho then turned hei
weapon on herself and fell dead acrosi
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Win of Morgan Held as Example.
Pittsburg. Daniels S. ' Remsen, . of
the New York bar, an authority on
the post-mortem administration of
Wealth, told : the, memmebrs of the
Pennsylvania Bankers' : Association
that the wills of the late Edward H.
Harriman, Albert C. Bostwick, Charles
T.-Yerkea, Henry B. Plant Mrs. Mary
Baker G. Eddy, Robert Mather and
other prominent persons he mentioned
were unsafe models to follow. As a
type of the "safe and sound" will be
cHed the will of J. Pierpont Morgan.
Has Increased Machinery Purchase.
Washington. South America i has
been Increasing its machinery - - pur
chases from the united States more
rapidly during the last, few ' years
than any other part of the world as
shown by figures prepared by the bu
reau of foreign and domestic com-1
merce. This Increase has amounted
during the last decade to 440 per cent
Whereas the entire world growth of
machinery export has been only 17?
per cent The machinery shipped
from America In 1902 amounted to
only 35,000,000.
A Fight For Freight Rate.
Wfeshlngton.An Inquiry will he
made by the - Interstate commerce
commission ot Its own Initiative on
the application of the railroads east of
the Mississippi and north of the
Ohio and Potomac rivers f--r r 1 "
F t f' a f: - ' ' f r .
L. Hunt of Asheville, secretary of the
state hoard. ; ; "
Durham. The ; trial of ? Beam on '
Smith and Henry Goes on the chance '
of engaging In "white-slavery" 'wat
postponed at the request of the tate 1
one of the defendants not being In '
court. ' Beaman Smith skipped out and
wa caught in Raleigh, The charge -Is
that they induced a fourteen-year-old
sir! to .become thetr victim under ,
circumstances that make the case a 1
rather aggravated one.
' ' Ashevllle. Members of the "Ashe
vflle hrahch of the North Carolina '
Pharmaceutical Association are pre
paring to launch a fight for a lOhoui .
maximum day for drug clerks In thlt
state. The question was discussed, at
length at a meeting ot the registered -drug
clerk of this oity. and it wag
argued that a drug clerk, perhaps ' .
more than anv other orofesslona.1 mar, 1 "
has the lives of the people In his
hands aU the time. -'; i
Sallsibury. Dr. Robert ' S. Young,
aged 50 year, of Concord, one of the -most
prominent phyeiciana of ' North ; .
Carolina died suddenly In his autto at
Landls, near Salisbury. He was being
hurried from Concord to . Salisbury
for treatment and ,the end came en-
route. ( , ,
Spencer. Acting upon Information.
that a shipment of liquor had reached' '
the depot at Spencer, Sheriff J, K.
McKenzle and Deputy James Krider '
seized fifteen gallon of whiskey; In1 '
the office ot the Southern Express Co
here. The shipment was addressed
to John Carr and others. t :v .
Sharpsburg. Near Nollles'. cros
roads, at a barbecue, the colored peo
ple were having, Ned Harris, T.Tey
Cobb and John Battle, all young ne
groes, engaged In a shooting rsy .
which resulted In Ned, Harris i it
lng the Col b and Battle r, E-a
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