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CM7T? VOL, XXI, NO. 41. $1.00 PER YEAP. REIDSVILLE, N C, JULY 21. 1908 ISSUED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. OK OA.. 1842-1908 Buy your Piano from the time-honored firm of Chas. M. Stieff the Southern Piano manufacturer and secure the Piano of Pianos A post card will bring one of our salesmen to see you. Convenient terms if desired. Manufacturer of the Artistic Stieff, Shaw and Stieff Self-Playing Planoi. Southern Wareroomi S West Trade SL, Cbarlotte.N.C O. H. WILMOTH MANAGER. if TURNIP SEEDS We have just received a big lot of LANDRETH'S NEW CROP TURNIP SEEDS. Eleven varieties and all good ones. Remember we sell LANDRETH'S SEEDS, and they are the beat FETZER & TUCKER, The Dependable Druggists. The Celebrated Y Tobacco Flue We have received a car of flue iron, and are now ready for orders for these celebrated tobacco, flues.- Prices right. Martin & White, Plumbing, Roofing, Stoves. . Harness Shop 4 I have opened up a new har J ness shop under the Leader ' Warehouse, and am prepared a to supply the trade with every i thing in my line. I have had a ness and am sure that the simple announcement that I have re sumed this line of work will be sufficient to insure a part of Your m patronage at leaat. Very respectfully, J. H. Benson t 1 'rr ,;,ftcaa ILul He Would Lynch GirPs Kidnaper Glasiboro, N. J., July. 20. Charles Hemphill, a young man whose home is In Clayton, near here, narrowly es cape-J being lynched by excite J reel den', a of thts vicinity, who had been wicn' t to the point of fury because Ht-i 11 had kidnaped Cora Carton, a seven year-old child, whose home Is In Mlltvllle, N. J. Only the quick action of the police authorities in secretly re moving Hemphill to the Woodbury jail. It Is believed, saved his life. Hemphill oo Thursday last Joined a Holiness campmeetlng here and be came, it is said, infatuated with the child. Saturday he hired a team and, going to the home of Rev. Mr. Jarrell, where the child was visiting, offered to drive the clergyman to the camp- meeting. The offer was accepted, and after leaving the minister at the camp, Hemphill returned to the Jarrell home and told Mrs. Jarrell that he had been sput for Cora. Helen Wiggins, aged cisiit years, was a play with Cora at the time, and Mrs. Jarrell, not sua pecting anything wrong, bundled tht two children into the carriage. A hall hour later Helen came running back almost exhausted and told the pastor't wife that after jrldlng about a mile Hemphill slapped her face, put hei out of the carriage and had driven off with Cora. Mrs. Jarrell at once no tilled her .husband, and hundreds ol persons Joined in the search for the girl, as nothing was seen or heard oi her until nearly midnight, when Han ley Beckett, a summer cottager at Pit man, heard screams and, leaving hit home, came across Hemphill and the child. Beckett demanded an explana tlon, and Hemphill said that be had missed the train and that be and the girl were walking to camp. He then moved off, saying: "I can't do anything with her, so I'll leave her with you.' Beckett secured a carriage, took the girl to her home and notified the poic officials. A short time later Hemphill was captured at the Pitman railroad station as he was buying a ticket foi Philadelphia. Word of the capture wat telephoned to Glassboro, and men arm d with clubs, base ball bats and some carrying ropes soon began to gathei about the Glassboro Jail When it was learned that Hemphill had not arrived the crowd determined to wait Anothei crowd gathered at the hotel at which the stages between Pitman and Glass boro stop, and there were threats ol violence. Word was sent to Pitman of the temper of the crowd, and It was decided to detain Hemphill there and give blm an Immediate hearing. He was arraigned before Magistrate Paul In and held In J 1000 bail on the charge of attempting a statutory offense. Dur ing the hearing a large crowd of Pit man residents gathered and threats against Hemphill were made. A thun der storm broke about this time and the crowd sought shelter. Hemphill during the height of the storm was hustled Into a covered wagon and a quick trip was made to the Woodbury Jail. The physicians say the girl Is not seriously Injured. Girl Dies After Vaccination. Newark, N. J., July 20. Lillian Veasey, fourteen years old, died from blood poisoning, resulting, In the opin ion of Dr. Robert C. Ribbans. the at tending physician, from vaccination. Three weeks ago the girl went to the city dispensary conducted by the board of health and was vaccinated, along with 300 other children. The vaccine "took," and her arm became sore and swollen. Last Monday the pain be came so Intense that she went back to the dispensary and Informed the physician in charge. It is said the doc tor told Lillian she need have no fear of the consequences. The next day the arm had swollen still more. Lillian then went to Dr. Ribbans, who found that blood poisoning had set In. He said the complication was due either to the use of Infected vaccine or from the infection of the wound after vac cination. ' Snakes In Her "Candy" Balls. Altoona, Pa., July 20, "Oh, mother, look at the candy I found!" cried Mary, little daughter of L. H. Miller, of Lake niont Park, about to put a small white ball into her mouth. The mother took the spheroid and examined it criti cally. "That's no candy; It's a snake's egg,'" she said,' and to prove it she crushed the shell, and a little reptile several inches long dropped to the floor and wriggled away. The child had three more eggs of the same sort, and each contained a snake. Mosquito Bite Fatal. ' New York, July 20. William Bralt kaupt, two years old, died In the Sa maritan hospital in Brooklyn from blood poisoning resulting from the bite of a mosquito on the calf ci the right leg. . WILL TALK IN ALL STATES Prohibition Presidential Candidate Maps Out a Mighty Task. Chicago, July 20 Eugene W. Chafln, the Bryan of the Prohibition party, who won a nomination for the presi dency by a speech, will proclaim th? virtues of his party and its platform In every state In the Union before elec tion day..;'. . Mr. Chafln and Aaron S. Watklns. of Ada, Ohio, Prohibition nominee for vice president, will run a race over the continent. Chafln will start from Chl: cago and go through the country one way. They expect to pass each other somewhere in the west, skipping alter nate states, if necessary. Both are brilliant orators and cam paigners, and If both cannot make all the states, one of them la sure to make the state the other mliesg. . Seven Dead, Ten Injured. Seven dead and ten Injured, several . probably fatajly. Is the ghastly rec ord of the Summit Branch Mining ' company's operation at Wllllamstown.l near Pottsvtlle, Pa where a frightful ' gas explosion occurred, tearing down Umbers by the force of its shock and setting parts of the workings on fire. The dead are: John Rellly, Arthur Hawk, Charles Rlckert. John Whittle, Anthony Frelas, James Bowman and Michael Stakom. The most seriously Injured are: Wil liam Mainhart, Charles Parker, Mar tin Doyle, Ralph Finley, John Walsh, Isaac Hess, Charles Hepler and Mon roe Shade. ' The explosion occurred In No, 1 shaft of the Willlamstown colliery, and Is believed to have been caused by ohg of the dead men lifting the gause of his safety lamp Just after an explo sion of a shot which brought down a large body of coal. Superintendent Aumen at once directed the work of rescue, and when volunteers were called for almost every man at the colliery offered his services, -which meant a hazardous trip Into the burn Ing mine, which was filled with deadly aftcr-damp. . ,; Near the opening of the shaft tho unconscious forms of the Injured were found, they having rushed toward the shaft only to fall over unconscious from their gaping wounds and through suffocation by the deadly damp which follows mine explosions. All of the dead were found a short distance from the opening of the shaft, battered and burned Into an almost unrecognizable mass. It was the worst calamity which has ever visited the lower anthracite ' fields, and as soon as the news reach-, ed the village of Willlamstown all places of business were closed and tho town was In a short while deserted, as the crowds rushed to the colliery, a little more than a mile distant. The scenes there will never be forgotten as the blackened bodies of the dead and Injured were brought to the sur face and removed to the improvised morgue and hospital In the colliery office and storehouse, while the crying women and children crowded around hunting for loved ones. The fire which followed the explo sion was of a very inconsequential character and can be readily extin gulshed. One of the Injured, who was taken out In an unconscious condition, in an interview stated that he did not know what caused the explosion. He Just remembers a blinding flash as he was thrown against the Umbers in tlit gangwsy, and he knew no more until he found himself In the improvised hospital .Will Open Campaign In West Chairman Hitchcock, of the Republi can national committee, will open the 1908 campaign in the far west Practi cally the first movement In the cam paign for the election of William H. Taft and James S. Sherman, respec tively to the presidency and the vice presidency, will be made at Colorado Springs. Colo., next Monday and Tues day, July 20 and 21. At that time, in the Antlers hotel, at Colorado Springs, Chairman Hitchcock will hold a con ference with the Republican lear'ers of all the states and territories wait of the Missouri river. Shot Dead On Street For Revenge. - F. B. D. Prickett, a retired minister of the Methodist church and a former recorder of Metuchen, N. J., was shot and killed In the street. Archie Herron, . charged with the chooting, stood at the head of the stairs in his home with a cocked revolver to defy arrest, but finally surrendered when the constables told him he would be taken dead or alive no matter how many he killed. Two years ago, while Mr. Prickett was recorder, Herron was frequently arraigned before him for disorderly conduct and was once sen tenced to ten days In jail. Bets $100 to $5 Taft Will Win. The first public wager on the result if the presidential campaign to ba posted In the city of Washington was laid at the odds of 20 to I that Mr. Taft would be elected. Both parties to the wagers were Republicans, and the names were not made public, because both are employed in the government service. The amounts were $100 and 5. For headache Dr. Miles' Antl-Pniri Tills READ THE FOLLOWING UN SOLICITED TESTIMONIAL Pomona, Guilford County, N. C, March 27, 1908. Mr. Sides, Dear Sir: I ant thinking you would like to hear I am getting along after using the new remedy you and Mr. Yates so kindly had me to use. After nearly four months of suffering with rheumatism and kidney comply int, and everything done for me which only relieved for the time being, I am now using the Band, which seemed to help me at once. At the time my feet, knees and hips were bo swollen that I could not walk a step. As soon aa I put it on there was a heating sensation all over my system, and in one week I was surprised that the swelling was go ng out, and I could sleep. In two weeka I could walk around the room, the third week I could go where I pleased. I feel stiff in my knees somewhat, but that is go ng out fast. You may think this is quick work, but it is nevertheless true. My family and neighbors will testify the same. They all know I have suffered all winter, and I feel very grateful to you both for what this remedy has done for me, and will recommend it to ail Buttering as (Signed) -Why don't yea profit-by the- doctor is all right, and will do all bo that rheumatism. I have cured hundreds of hopeless cases with my wonderful Band, dozens of them right here in Greensboro, and in Guilford county. Write today for full information and terms. PETER P. YATES Greensboro, N. C. No Corporate Cash For Taft Hot Springs. Va.. July- 20.i-Th Re publicans have strickun corporations off tbelr list as contributors to the na tional campaign fund. Mf. Taft said: "The Republican national committee will accept no. contributions from cor poratlons." Thla declaration was made by the candidate in response to questions as to the effect of the law passed by con gress in January, 1907, forbidding con tributions to campaigns for the elec tion of presidential electors or mem bers of congress. The penalty for a violation of the law is a maximum fins of $5000 for the corporation. Any member who consents to the contribu tion is liable to a fine of $1000 or a year's Imprisonment or both. The Republican and Democratic pledges on the publicity Issue are now at one with each other, except that Bryan has promised to make public the contributions to the Democratic fund before election and has pledged himself not to accept more than $10, 000 from any Individual While the Democrats apparently scored a' hit in promising publicity before election, they have not. Republicans point out, subjected themselves to the operation of any law, and the matter standi merely as a pledge on their part with no penalty for non-fulfllment. o The impression that National Treas urer George R. Sheldon conveyed when he was here a week or gj ago was that contributions would be accepted from corporations, but he probably hadn'l heard then of the federal law on the subject. ' Although Mr. Taft did not mention Gompers' name, It is evident from re marks made by him that he does not believe the organized labor leader can deliver the labor vote to Mr. Bryan oi to anybody else. Mr. Taft was asked if he had no ticed statements published In New York that Mr. Gompers could not de liver the labor vote. His reply wae that there is no so-called class In the American electorate so under the con trol of leaders that Its votes can be delivered. He admitted that there Is an uncertain number whose views might find expression through their leaders, but In considering the ' votes of the class as a whole one would have tc eliminate a large number who arc cither Democrats or Republicans and Who vote In accordance with their personal convictions. BRYAN AFTER NEGRO VOTES Put Banker Farnswortir On the Or ganizing Job. s Lincoln, Neb., July 20. Mr. Bryan began the play of practical politics Saturday. He summoned to Falrvlew Don C. Farnsworth, a Chicago banker, who has a weakness for the political game, and asked him to undertake the task of organizing the negroes of th north against Mr. Taft and for the Democratic ticket Farnsworth was recommended by a number of Democrats as an organizer who can organize and who has pecu liar facilities for reaching the negro voters.- He came here direct from a conference In the west with James, of Kentucky; Clayton and Heflln, of Ala bama, and other leaders, who are his sponsors, -w - Farnsworth admitted after the inter view that he had been asked to take tip the work, and said that he believed from the knowledge he had of the sen timent entertained by the negroes of the middle west toward the Republi can ticket that they will be a big factor In determining Roosevelt's successor. When Mr. Bryan was informed of what Farnsworth had told the newspa per men he expressed great surprise that anything had been 6ald of the ob ject of his visit, declaring he had no authority to make such a statement. He did not, however, deny it. It Can't Be Beat. "I have UBed Dr. King's New Life Pills for several vpnra nnH finri thorn jus exactly right," says Mr. A. A. Felton, of Harrisville, N Y. New Life Pills relieve without the least discom fort. Best remedy for constipation, billionsness and malaria. 25c. at W. S. Aliens and Fetzer & Tuckers drutr store. Engraving? See us. l nave. Respectfully yours, - A. D.V.LEIGH. experience vt ethers? " Yotrr f amity"" can for you, but he cannot cure Girl Shot Drunken Father. Enraged by family troubles, Amos Polbamus attempted to murder his wife and their four chlldrenn, but was himself probably fatally shot by hid oldest daughter, Helen, the postmis tress at Delmont, N, J." Polhamus had expressed the Intention of kill ing all the members of his family, and his daughter Helen was warned. Ar riving at his home in an Intoxicated condition, he seized a, hatchet and struck Sarah, his sixteen-year-old daughter, a glancing blow on the head, rendering her unconscious. At this Juncture Helen appeared with the re volver, and as the Irate man started upstairs with the avowed purpose of injuring his wife, who was lying in bed with a three-day old baby, Helen shot him in the neck. He made a dasa for Helen, and the girl shot again, the bullet taking effect in the abdo men. As be dropped to the floor, he cried out: "Oh, don't shoot me; don't Shoot again." Quits Catholic Faith; Due to Modernism Rev. Thomas J. Mulvey, assistant rector of St. Edward's Roman Catholic church, Brooklyn, and recently acting rector of that parish, has resigned his charge and announced his immediate withdrawal from the Catholic ministry. In his letter to Bishop McDonnell, Father Mulvey states that some of the opinions he holds are at variance with many of the dogmas which he is sup posed to teach and defend, and that he cannot longer abide this situation. In a statement which he made the re tiring rector said that the recent ut terances of Pope Pius against what he termed modernism in the church and the advance of liberal thinking made it impossible for one of tho Catholic clergy who did not agree with the su preme pontiff In his pronouncement to continue ln the church without de struction of his own character. Insuring Against Bryan. Fearful of a crash in stocks should William J. Bryan be elected presi dent. Wall street firms have taken out two days, and $1,000,000 more Is await ing acceptance In the office of Bert schmann & Maloy, the New York agents of the great English firm. The Insurance Is at 10 per cent. Some days ago a member of the In surance firm said a big manufacturer, who believed his business might be hurt by Bryan's election, asked If the Lloyds would insure him against that contingency. Cable messages brought the information that Lloyds would. But they wanted 20 per cent. That was too much, said the manufacturer, and 10 per cent was finally agreed on. Then the manufacturer placed $100,000. If Bryan wins he gets $90,000 back. -Tidings of the deal soon spread, and In one day Bertschmann & Maloy Canoe Overturned; Two Drowned. Peter Frankl, eighteen, and Marion Engle, seventeen, were drowned In the Schuylkill canal at Pottstown, Pa., and Elsie Fryer, aged sixteen years, and William Edwards, aged eighteen years, had a narrow escape when their canoe overturned. Marion Engie moved to one side of the canoe to. dodge an overhanging branch of a tree j and the canoe overturned. Frankl was an expert swimmer, but Miss Englol clutched him about the neck and ho was powerless and sank with her. Ed- wards assisted Miss Fryer to the shore. Although Frankl and Miss En gle sank together, their bodies were found about twenty feet apart. All were residents of Pottstown. Swallowed Ten-Inch Tableknlfe. Charles Henry, twenty-five, of West Hazleton, Pa., swallowed a tableknifa ten Inches long. It was of the ordinary kind, with six inch blade, one inch in width and a wooden handle four Inches long. He submitted to an operation at the Miner's hospital for the removal of the knife from his stomach. His condition Is serious. He was entertain ing a gathering ot friends at his home at knife-eating, when It slipped down his throat. Heretofore he had been suc-j cessful In emulating the professional sword and knife eaters, having ac- quired the knack of having them dls-, appear and then get them out, but this time he failed. The Prohibition Ticket. For president, Eugene W. Chafln, of Chicago;' for vice president, Aaron S. Watkins, of Ada, Ohio. This ticket was nominated by the Prohibitionists national convention at Chicago, and both of the nominations were made unanimous. The full Indorsement of the convention was not, however, given to Mr. Chafln until after three ballots bad been taken. The strongest competitor of Mr. Chafln was Rev. William B. Palmore, of St. Louis, who received 274 votes on the first ballot, and a comparatively small vote after it was evident that the nomination of Mr. Chafln could not be prevented. ; Can't "Mister" Negroes In Court. Judge Cochran, In the Wilmington (Del) municipal court, has made the oddest ruling on record in the state of Delaware. He ordered that wit nesses should not refer to colored folks a "Mr.," "Mrs." or "Miss," and then, to enforce his decision, he fined Chris topher Brooks, a colored man, $5 and costs for contempt of court because he forgot himself after being warned and again called Sarah Archer, a col ored woman, "Mrs. Archer." Negro Confessed Ffv Murders. .Frank Johnson, a nesro, was hanged at the. West Virginia penitentiary at "Motinasviiie for the 1 murder of Mrr Beulah Martin, at Gypsy, W. Va., on March 3 last A sensational feature of Johnson's last day was a confession made to the Chaplain of the prison, Rev. H. B. San ford, In Which he said be had com mittal, fir .murdsr . during . &ia C. Mir. A Fair Deal For w Every Section "It is Very unfortunate that certain well-meaning Democrats continue to make threat and counter threats con cerning the probable action of the coun ty primaries and convention just at this time," said a working young Simpson vilie Democrat Saturday. "I can see no good that will come to the party as a result of the talk about what the convention should or should not do. People who forget themselves so far aa t intimate that a body of Democrats will resort to spite work are certainly not doing the party any good. I for one take no stock in the reports that have been circulated to the effect that any section of the county is to be dis criminated against The Democratic party stands for equal rights to all and special privileges to none. If the peo ple in Reidsville who have taken notice of rumors accredited to Democrats should take the trouble to investigate matters a little they would soon satisfy themselves that there is nothing in them, and that if remarks have been made that Reidsville is not to be con sidered in the making of the county ticket they were made by persons who are inclined to stir up strife in the party and in many instances by those outside of the party. Common sense should teach the party that it cannot afford to do any thing to spite the town ship with approximately 325 Democratic majority. Every loyal Democrat knows that it is necessary to ' elect the ticket after it is nominated, and Retdsvil'e Democrats will be shown as much con sideration in the convention as form erly. If the Reidsville Democracy can get together on any reasonable part cf the candidates to be named it will suc ceed in getting a fair share of the nom inations, and that is all there is to it." FALSE CLUE IN MYSTERY Man Sought For Williams Murder Hat An Alibi. Dover, Del., July 20. The search fot the murderer of murderers of William Williams, tho aged farm owner and Riiitor for the hand of Elizabeth Wall, aged thirteen years, whose body wai found hanging to a tree near Marydel. Md.P on Tuesday last, continues, bul without bucccss. A theory was ad vanced that Williams may have been attacked in Delaware and dragged across the state line into Maryland and while still alive hanged to tht tree. It is probable that the attorne) general of Delaware will bo asked tc help In the investigation. Detective F. R. Dick, of Baltimore, if assisting in the Investigation, but thin far no tangible clue has been found Dick found Frank Wessel, a brothei of a son-in-law of Williams. Wcsso! had been missing since the finding ol the body, but he gave a good account of his movements showing that hli absence was made necessary by bust ness. The police are still working ot the theories that Williams was eithei killed by some one opposed to his mar riage with the little girl or that he was murdered by some one who was benl on robbery. MOTHERS SLAY BABES They Poison Little Ones and Then At tempt Suicide. Buffalo, N. Y., July 20. Mrs. Isa bella Sahlen fed her three small chll dren poison and then strangled each with a handkerchief to make her work sure. Then she sent to the grocer store for more poison, which she took herself. The three children were dead when their mother was discovered and Mrs. Sahlen was dying. Physu lans did what they could for her, but Is h thought Bhe cannot survive.- In a statement which Mrs. Sahler made to the police and the medical ex aminer, the woman blamed her sister In-law who, she said, caused her niucl domestic unhapplness. Woottoi Bros is the place to buy your low quarter shoes. We have them for men, women and chidren in abundance. Come and s e them. - lOOOOOOOOOO-OOOOO ooo ooooooo flSBfr M ! I Be fair to yourself and save as much of it as possible. If yor want your laundry work done up in record time, entrust your bundles witn the Star Laundry. STAR Laundry Co., DANVILLE, VIRQINIA. JHlBBQfiKTNIlTTA1l mUKTE aniirishmanI stole a mule from the Govern- ment branded "U. S." When 2 Dennis was brought to trial he . claimed he had raised the mule, " and that U stood for Dennis and C S. for MeCarty. There is none of the Dennis about us. You get exact- p ly what your doc- - r tor wants when B you get your pre-1 scriptions filled t at S BRITTAIN'Sr (THE PEOPLE'S STORE). V mtHtM t THE GOOD ONE Well-Dressed Men are particular about their linen that's the kind we want to serve. Our Collar and Cuff work is "just ex actly right" collars ironed smooth and turned evenly. All shirts vre laundered by steam-heated pressing sys tem, which gives a flat boscm perfect-fitting shirt COLUMBIA LAUNDRY CO. Greensboro, N. U. Frank Burton, Agent Reidsville, N. C. Phone! Fresh Turnip Seed 75 pounds just receiv ed at ALLEN'S DRUG - STORE inn ARCHITECTS. Rooms 13-14 Tise Building Winston-Salem, N. C. DR. 5,a.'JETT, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office, second floor, Lambeth build'g. Residence opposite Episcopal church, at Mrs. Denny's. DR. J. W. McQEHEE Office same as formerly occupied b Williams & McGehee, in Bank of Re id ville building. 'Phone 50, Residence Phone E0-1 - Ex-Ray and Massage Treatment, - AGENCIES - J. b. HUTCHJfiRSON, Reidsville, Phon 89. J. S. PATTERSON, Spray. J. D. MARTIN,' Leaksville, P. W. BUSICK & SON. Madison. M. J. FITZGERALD, Ruffin. LEWIS & THOMAS, Stonevill J. K "LT, Mayodan.