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Thursday, March 21, 1912.] ¥HE CAROUNA union PARMER directory of officers. Page Three National Officers Farmers’ Union. President—Chas. S. Barrett, Union City Georg-la. Vice-President—W. R. Callicotte, Denver, Colorado. Secretary-Treasurer—Alex Davis, Rogers Arkansas. W. A. Morris, Chairman Executive Com mittee, Sulligent, Alabama. GENERAL NEWS. Rear Admiral George W. Melville, United States Navy, on retired list, died at his home in Philadelphia last Sunday from paralysis. State Officers Fanners* Union. President—H. Q. Alexander, Route 17 Matthews. Vice-President-J. M. Templeton, Cary. Secretary-Treasurer—E. C. Faires, Aber deen. State Buslne.ss Agent—J. R. Rives, San ford. State Organizer—J. Z. Green, Marshvllle. Executive Committee—W. B. Gibson. Chairman, Statesv'ille; I. P. Coggins, Bear Creek; C. C. Wright, Hunting Creek; W. H Aloore, P'alkland; W. G. Crowder, Cary. Newspapei" Committee—C. C. Wright, Chairman; W. S. Pharr, I. p. Coggins, W. h’ Moore, J. R. Rives. Antonio Dalba, a youth in his teens, attempted to assassinate King Victor Emanuel and Queen Helena of Spain a few days ago. Neither were injured. to be a small accumulation of dirt in the mechanism of the infernal ma chine which the justice had unsus pectingly opened that saved him from probable death or certain injury. The bomb later exploded while being ex amined by Inspector Owen Egan of the Bureau of Combustibles, seri- [(Ously wounding him about the face and arms.” Hard Tussle With a Mink. Alabama was swept by a storm last week. Many residences were destroyed, numbers of people were killed and much damage was done to property. County Union Meetings. The decomposed body of a man supposed to be George J. Thompson, Jr., of New York City, was found half buried in the mud near Baldwin, Florida, Tuesday. County Union Meetings will be held at times and places mentioned below: Anson County, at Wadesboro, last Monday In each month. Union County, at Monroe, first Monday in each month. Davie County, at Mocksville, first Saturday In each month. Scotland County, at Laurlnburg first Mon day in each month. Caldwell County Union meets on first Sat urday in each month, alternately with the different locals. Rowan County, at the court-house at Salisbury, last Saturday in each month, I o clock p. m. Warren County, second Thursday in each month. Wilkes County, at Wllkesboro, first Mon day in each month, 2 o’clock p. m. Pitt County, second Saturday in each month. Wayne County, at Goldsboro, on Satur day before second Sunday in each month. Person County, first Monday in each month. Person County, first Monday in each month in court-house at Roxboro. Alleghany County meets in court-house in Sparata first Monday in February', May August, and November. ’ Rockingham, at the court-house in Went worth, on the iast Saturday in January, April, July, and October. Iredell County, first Saturdays in January. April, July, and October, at Statesville. Halifax County, second Saturday in each month. Harnett County, second Tuesday in every' other month—always at Lilllngton. Columbus County, at Chadbourn, Thurs day before fifth Sunday in each month. Craven County Farmers’ Union meets at court-house in New Bern second Saturday in each month. Caswell County second Saturday in May, August, and November. Johnston County—every' second Saturday, 10 o’clock a. m., in court-house at Smlth- fleld. W. A. Pfeffer, former United States Senator from Kansas, is critically ill at a hospital in Topeka, Kansas. Mr. Pfeffer was the first Populist Senator from Kansas, being elected in 1891. He is 85 years old. George Huffman, the former postal clerk, who confessed to the theft of $20,000 from the mails on the night of October 27th, last, was sentenced to three a and half years to the Fed eral penitentiary at Atlanta. Bakersville Kronicle.] Our Bandana correspondent says: “Rose Ellis, Stocks, Johnson and Frazier Willis were hunting near Ledger Thursday morning and found a mink track in the snow. They followed the track three or four miles, finding the animal denned in a rock cliff back of the Gouge moun tain. They smoked it out, and when the mink appeared Ellis caught it, and the animal got his finger in its mouth and he could not turn loose, but had to fight. He continued chok ing the mink until it was dead, and still his finger could not be released until its mouth was pried open with a^ nail. When the fight was over Ellis was as bloody as a bull pup at a bear fight. Dr. D. J. Gouge gave them $4 for the hide.” flames. After heroic work by fire men, the fiames were confined to these three buildings, destroying them and their contents. No lives weie lost, but several were injured.” WADESBORO BUILDING"COlT LAPSES. Thiee Ivillcd and Otliers Injured in the Wreck. Wadesboro, March 2 0.—Parson’s drug store collapsed this morning and several people inside the store were crushed to death. The body of Virginia May Covington, two years old, the daughter of Dr. J. M. Cov ington, Jr., has been recovered. Her grandmother was also injured. Misses Lora and Marion Little are thought to have been caught on the sidewalk. BURIAL OF BATTLESHIP MAINE. Removed From the Havana Harbor and Sunk in the Gulf. Aldermen Have Nothing to Do With School Funds. The trial of Dr. McFarland, charg ed with being connected with the murder of Miss Elsie Coe, his former secretary, was begun the 14th. Dr. McFarland, who is an aged minis ter, entered a plea of “not guilty.” Reports from Farmville are that the worst storm in its history struck that place the 15th. The cyclone lasted about five minutes, but much damage was done to property. A great many people narrowly escaped death. Union Republican.] The Supreme Court has decided in the appeal of the school commis sioners of the City of Charlotte vs. the Board of Aldermen, that the ex clusive control of the public schools of the city and expenditure of the school funds is vested in the school board and the board of aldermen has nothing to do with funds or schools. The Charlotte aldermen undertook to control the expenditure of bonds voted for school purposes. The de cision is an important one. The Herbert D. Maxvwell was cut down and sunk by the schooner Gloucester, of the coast of Maryland, a few days ago. Four lives were lost. The collision was the result of miscalculation on the part of the Maxwell. more BLOODSHED IN CHINA. YOUR EYES. The comparative value of eyesight and reading is set forth in a note, to which is devoted a page in the new book, “Class Teaching and Manage- hient,” by William Estabrook Chan cellor. “Your eyes are worth more to you than any book. Your safety and your success in life depend on your eyes; therefore take care of them. Always hold your head up When you read. Hold your book ourteen inches from your face. Be sure that the light is clear and good. tNever read in a bad light. Never With the sun shining directly on the nook. Never face the light in read- ng. Let the light come from be- ind or over your left shoulder, void books or paper printed indis- nctly or in small type. Rest your yes by looking away from the book ^ ery few minutes. Cleanse your es night and morning with pure er.» jg as '^®anhing and Management” ® recommendation of the com- sooi the Children’s Welfare As- ot Women Principals, New advisory board of ocu- sts—Exchange. Francis C. Moore, former presi dent of the Continental Insurance Company, of New York, dropped dead from heart failure after deliv ering an address at the Young Wo men’s Christian Association build ing a few days ago. He was seventy years old. Over 1,500 Person Killed at Canton and More Lawlessness Expected- German Consulate is Burned. Havana, March 16.—Under cloudy skies and a heavy roar of guns the battleship Maine, resurrected after harbor, plunged, with her colors Hy- fourteen years’ burial in Havana ing, to her everlasting rest 600 fath oms deep in the sapphire waters of Gulf. The sinking of the hull was carried out pi’ecisely as planned, marking the end of the great work begun more than a year and a half ago. After imposing ceremonies in the morning which ended with the formal transfer of the custody of the bodies of the heroic dead by the mayor of Havana, Julio de Cardenas, to Brigadier General Bixby, chief of the engineer corps, as the represen tative of the United States, the cof fins were taken abroad the armored cj uiser North Carolina and deposit ed on the quarter-deck, completely covered by a great mound of floral tributes, under a guard of honor composed of marines. xMinute guns were fired by the North Carolina and the scout cruiser Birmingham and the batteries of Cabanass fortress when the ships cleared the harbor. Mrs. Ida V. Belotte, a widow lady of Hampton, Va., was found mur dered in her home there a few days ago.It is believed that a negress whom Mrs. Belotte* had accused of theft, committed the crime, as a purse identified as belonging to the dead lady was found in the negro’s possession. Hong Kong, March 18.—Latest ad vices from Swatow, which has beep the scene of serious fighting during the last week, say that the German consulate has been burned. Twb gunboats have arrived there. ' More than 1,500 persons have been killed at Canton and while conditions are calmer there the outbreak is ex pected to be renewed at any time. Governor General Chan insists upon resigning, but there seems to be no way for him to escape from office at the present time. The bandit chief, Luk, addressing a meeting of thb merchants, said that if the people’s army failed to secure victory over the government, it would shell Sha-Meen, the foreign quarter, in order to bring about foreign intervention. Georgia Man in Jail for Shooting Himself. big fire at NASHVILLE. Chicago is to vote on Woman’s Suffrage at the April primaries, in re sponse to a petition from local suf- ragettes. The expense will be bourne by the woman suffrage organizations in the same manner that the Presi dential preference ballots will be fur nished by the organizations who re quested that vote. Business Section of the Town Gutted by the Flames. A citizen of Barnesville, Ga., who declared he had been fined $25 for shooting himself accidentally with his own gun in his own home has appealed to Attorney-General Wick- ei’sliam to know if there is any law in the land justifying such punish ment. Pending payment of the fine he is I in jail. He laid stress upon the fact I that the gun was his own, the scene was his own home and the injury was upon himself. He asked “the government’s highest attorney” to look his case over and reply “at once.” The Department of Justice re sponded that the'matter was outside Federal jurisdiction and counseled the victim of municipal law to seek the advice of some Barnesville at torney. Statesville Landmark. New York Judge Has Narrow Es cape Fi-om Death by Infernal .Ma chine. be^ three, had luir f loot’s wife be- asLri ^ salt, she salt n, “mother anxiously; “Is all hiade of ladies?” A New York dispatch under date of March 16th says: “An attempt to kill Judge Otto A. Rosalsky of the Court of General Sessions with a bomb came within a hair s breadth of being successful to-night. It was only a defect—said A dispatch from Rocky Mount Fri day afternoon says: “News reached this city this morn ing that Nashville was visited at an early hour by the most disastrous fire that has ever occurred there, wiping out the business district, en tailing a loss of over $70,000. The fiames were discovered at 5 o’clock in the rear of the Brooks Mercan tile Company, and spread rapidly eating their way through the double walls and the store of Cockrel and Williams, going from there into the building occupied by the Nash Sup ply Company, entering the second floor in the furniture department, and in several moments the three buildings were a mass of seething hy Jonah Remained Aboard Only Three Days. (Philadelphia Press.) Jonah entered the whale. “This IS the original water wagon,” he ex claimed. Herewith none wondered that he remained aboard only three days. Mrs. Kathleen Lorillard, wife of Beekani Lorilard, of Asheville, com mitted suicide in New York one day last week by hanging herself in a bath-room in their apartments in the Holland House in the city. A ner vous trouble was supposed 'to be the cause. S'
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