VOL. XXII, NO. 1. $1.00 PER YEAR.
REIDSVILLE, N. C, MAR. 2, I9C9
ISSUED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS.
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Selection
of a piano U very much like
the ch ice of friends.
' The more care exercised in
the selection, the more certain
we ar- of lasting friendship;
and the greater one's refine
ment and education, the more
judgment is displayed in the
choice of friends.
The selection and exclusive,
use of Stieff Pianos inn.any
of he greatest educational in
stitutions in the United Sutes
is a source of gratification to
us, and we feel justly proud
of the fact that in about two
hundred colleges we have
more than one thousand Stieff"
Pianos. There must be a rea
son. .
INVESTIGATE!
IS. I
Manufacturer of the Artistic
Stieff, Shaw and Stieff
Self-Playing Pianos.
Southern Wareroomi
5 West Trade St, Charlotte, N.C
C. H. WILMOTH
.StrengtH
F.igbt here wf want to eay that
Go d, HcBf st, Reliable drug sell
ing has made curs a strong store.
We are FULL STENvJTH. Our
T RUGS ABE FULL STRENGTH.
The STRENGTH of this will be
nimle plainer to you if you pur
chase your drugs of us.
Yotr detire fcr nu re will be
STRONG.
Fetzer & Tucker
The Dependable
Druggists
Is the Place
A Big Stock of
Hesters
and Stoves
We do Plumbing of
all kinds. -
Martin & White,
Plumbing, Roofing, Stoves.
SAY!
Do you need repairing?
We are THE rtpaireis. Gaso
lene and Steam Engine repairing.
Bicycle an'! Gun work dune to
suit your- .
S. We 8re agents for the 1VER-
JOHNSON and READING St
STANDARD BICYCLES, and f?
the prices are at r losing out $
prices. gj
Call and see us.
!
i J. H. Laster
TlS Bicycle and Gun M?n. j
East Market Street.
W
HAUAIT
Three Engines
In Tug of War
Obtained Comminian Deputy Sher
iff and Levied on Engine Two E
Blri i -'ere Sent to the 8cene and
the : :.ht Started and Stalled Ma-
Chlr,-. ..'as Recovered. : C ' - -
Arkville, N. Y, March 1. The big
gest excitement that has taken place
In local railroad circles occurred at
Eastbranch, N. Y., when the Delaware
& Eastern Railway company recovered
the possession of Its locomotive No. 1,
It had been levied upon for taxes at
Eastbranch, covered with official no
tices and tied to the tracks by several
big log chains and mammoth pad
locks.. Determined upon revenge, a di
charged employe of the Delaware
Eastern railroad obtained & conimlo
slon as deputy sheriff, levied upon the
locomotive through a technicality for
some unpaid taxes and prepared to
hold up the road.
Superintendent Wagorhorst, with
two engine and fifteen men, went to
Eastbranch to get the anchored ma
chine. The man who had levied uaon
the engine heard of the coming of tie
railroad force and, hastily gatheriag
five men, swore them in as deputies
and prepared for war.
When the railroad men arrived they
tied what Is known In railroad circles
as a three-link chain to the drawbead
of the stalled engine and began to
pull.
The ofJlcers in charge of the stalled
engine had fire up and 130 pounds of
steam. As soon as the two engines
began to pull the one-tim railroad
man, now deputy sheriff, threw the re
Terse lever, and, having the advantage
of the chains, he held the engine, and
there was a sight for about fifteen
minutes that would make a first class
attraction for a country fair.
All three engines were puffing,
shorting and pulling hard, while the
drive wheels were slipping and the fire
flying. Once.thf railroad" men broke
their chain, but they coupled on again,
and after about five minutes more of
pulling they started the stalled loco
motive. The ofT.cers. not wanting to
beVprried away, biran to Jump, aul
all soon Mt the engine.
Mother, do you hear that rattling in
your babies throat; put a little Mothers
joy on it and stop it at once.
My
Opening
Day is
Every Day
Until the Season Closes
My line of the latest Fabrics
ot custom uotnmg and Shirts
is laree and complete. I am
ready to serve vou at all
times and give my personal
attention to all orders.
You Size a
Man Up
by his appearance.
Others size you up the
same way. It pays to
wear good clothes
clothes tailored to your
individual measure and
personal taste.
The Globe
Tailoring
Company
Of Cincinnati
have a reputation for high
grade workmanship that ex
tends! from Portland, Maine,
to Portland, Oregon. We're
showing their great line of
Spring and Summer wool
ens. Hundreds of the new
est styles to select from.
J. S. HUTCHEUSON
Retasvlifc. N. C.
AD WITS K1LUSQ CHUIK u.;L
Negro Declares He Followed Her and
Crushed Her Skull With Stone.
AJMa, la., March 1. John Junken,
the negro confined in the Jail here,
eharaed with the murder of Clara
Rosen, the choir singer and church
worker, confessed that he killed the
yvng. woman at Ottumwa recently.
He said he was alone and had no ac
omplices. Junken said he had trailed Mlsa Ro
sea to the home of her sister on the
light ot the mmul&r and waited till
she emerged art' hour later. Then he
leaked up behind her and struck her
with his flat, knocking her to the side
walk, lie than crushed her skull with
a stone. Tke negro declares that he
then robbed hoc of her purse and dia
monds. The murderer told where the stolen
Jewelry could be found, and a search
In the home of Frank Weaver, at Ot
tumwa, revealed Miss Rosen's purse
and jewels In an attic, reached through
a trapdoor in the ceiling.
Junkei was taken to Des Moines for
safekeeping.
Taft's Cabinet Complete.
All Qualifloations of uncertainty in
the prediction that Franklin Mac
Veagh, of Chicago, will be Mr. Taft's
secretary of the treasury, are hereby
removed. Mr. MacVeagh accepted the
place, and thereby tho Taft cabinet
was made complete.
No official or unofficial declaration
of Mr. MacVeagh's appointment Is to
be made by Mr. Taft until he promul
gates his entire cabinet. Out in this
case, as in other notices of appoint
ments, the facts are known to be
correct
The cabinet, as completed, la as fol
lows: Secretary of state Philander C.
Knox, of Pennsylvania.
Secretary of tfce treasury Franklin
MacVeagh, of Illinois.
Secretary of war Jaco M. Dickin
son, of Tennessee.
.mwf general Georsje W. Wiek
erslast, of New York.
Postmaster general Frank II.
Hitchcock, of Massachusetts.
Secretary of the navy George Von
L. Meyer, of Massachusetts.
Secretary of the Interior Richard
A. Ballinger, of Washington.
Secretary of agricuKure James
Wilson, of Iowa.
Secretary of commerce and labor
Charles Nagel, of Missouri.
Taft Favors Tariff Commission.
President Elect Taft made a vigor
ous protest against what be said was
an absolute misrepresentation In cer
tain New York newspapers as to what
he had said in answering questions
regarding tariff revision.
He had stated, he said, thai the
present business depression m ua- J
doubtedly due in a large meenre to j
the fact that the tariff Is to be revised ,
at an extra session of congress, to :'
meet March 15; that it was of the
highest Importance that this work ofs
revision should not be delayed, but ,
executed with all popsible diligence.
Mr. Taft also said he favored the
idea of a permanent tariff commission,
the plan for which should be marked
out with deliberation, the duties of ;
such a commission to be to make a i
careful study of the operation of the
proposed new tariff law, to the enl
that suggestions might be made in the
future which would tend to place the
whole question of the tariff on a moro
certain and scientific basis.
STATEHOOD BILL ABANDONED
Charges Mte Afaeaes Men Cantrolling
Affairs In New Mexico.
Washington, March 1. There will
be no statehood legislation far New
Mexico and Arizona at the preseit ses
sion of congress. At a meeting ef Ue
senate committee on territories all
members, regardless of party, la a
sensational scene, abandoned earn M
t ration of the house bill.
This remarkable action occurred at
the conclusion of the reading of state
ments presented by Senators Nelson
and Deveridge, charging corruption
and jury bribing and various other
offenses against certain officials and
leaders of what was termed the
"gang which is in control of political
affairs in New Mexico."
DIED IN CHURCH
Retired Philadelphia Manufacturer Ex
pired While Sitting In 1 Pew. -
Philadelphia, March 1 While sit
ting ln a pew at the Bible class exer
cises of the Tioga Presbyterian church
Samuel M. Burnett, a retired carpet
manufacturer, died of heart disease.
He was sixty-two years old and was
formerly the proprietor of the Anchor
Carpet mills.
Miss L. Henrle Rixey Dlees Suddenly.
Washington, March 1. Miss L. Hen
rle Rixey, a sister of Surgeon General
P. M. Rixey, of the navy, died sud
denly at the latter's residence..
" Goes to Prison to Please Fiancee.
Leavenworth, Kan., March 1.
Charles L. Tompkins,'- who twenty
years ago escaped from prison at
Hunts ville, Tex., a few days ago ap
peared before the warden and said he
wanted to be locked up. ...Ho had sur
rendered, he said, because his sweet
heart advised him to do so. The war
den ordered his visitor to be shaved
and put In stripes and he was assigned
to a cell.
Killed For Cooking Two Eggs.
Chicago, March 1 Because he cook
ed, Charles Kelly, a cook in a down
town restaurant, was stabbed and kill
ed with a butcher knife by O. C. liar
Laugh, a waiter. ,
O Jl H
Miss Roosevelt
Is Not Engaged
Secretary Loeb Says There Is Abso
lutely No Truth In Report of En
gagement Rumors of Betrothal
Were Whispered About In Washing
ton For Two Months.
- Washington, March 1. An emphatic
denial of the report that the presi
dent's youngest daughter. Miss Ethel,
Is engaged to marry Third Assistant
Secretary of State William Phillips,
was given out from the White House.
Secretary Loeb authorized the state
ment that Mies Roosevelt is not en
gaged to be married, and he character
ized as without the slightest founda
tion a story from Boston to that ef
fect. , - .
"The report of Miss Roosevelt's en
gagement is a pure invention," said
Mr. Loeb. "There Is absolutely no
truth in It, and you can stamp It as
false."
Mrs. John C. Phillips, a wealthy so-'
clal leader of Boston and Washing
ton, and mother of William Phillips,
third assistant secretary of state, also
made a positive denial.
From a source close to the diplo
matic Boclal set it was learned that
rumors of an attachment between the
president's daughter and Third Assist
ant Secretary Phillips were whispered
about in social Washington as early
as two months ago, immediately after
Miss Ethel made her formal debut.
From the same source It was learned
that the report has not been taken
too seriously on account of the fact
that Miss Roosevelt Is still quite
young.
ROOSEVELT CARRIAGES SOLD
President's Stable Equipment Disposed
of at Auction.
Washington, March 1. "What bid
do I hear for this landau, the property
of President Roosevelt?" asked a local
auction dealer, addressing an eagerly
Interested audience. Ridding was live
ly and exciting. Other stable equip
ment of President Roosevelt which
went "under the hammer" was a
brougham, Eeveral blankets and a pair
of pistol holsters.
Owing to the fact that the sale had
not been advertised, good prices were
not realized. The landau brought $230,
the brougham $130, a carriage whip
75 cents and the blankets a few dollars
apiece.
MRS. SHERMAN'S MOTHER ILL
Is Improving and May Be Able to At
tend Inaugural Ceremonies.
"Charlotte, N. C, March 1. Jfrs.
Babcock, mother-in-law of Vice Presl
deat Elect Sherman, who has been a
patient in the. Central California hos
pital, Sanford, since she was taken
from a train last week while enroute
to Washington, is reported as improv- V
ing and may be able to resume her
Journey In time to attend the inaugura
tion ceremonies. Mrs. Sherman is now
at her mother's bedside and will ac-
company her to Washington as soon as!
she is able to travel.
WAS DETERMINED TO DIE
3. Louis Woman's Ninth Attempt to
End Life Is Successful.
St. Louis, Mo., March 1. The ninth
attempt of Mrs. Elizabeth I.owery to
end her life was successful. She drank
carbolic acid because of despondency.
Ia the last three years she arank poi
sons six times, used a razor once and,
Uried to bang herself twice.
It Sived lis L.
"All thought I'd lose my iep,"
wiites J. A. Swensen, Watertown,
Wis.. ' Ten years of eczema, that 15
doctors cculd rot cure, had at last laid
me up: Then Bucklen's Arnica Salve
cured ii sound and well." Infallible
for Skin Eruptions, Eczema. Salt
Rheum, Boils, Fever Sores, Burns,
Scalds, Cuts and Piles. 25e at W. S.
Allen and Fetzer & Tucker.
Mothers you can't allbrd to be with
Out a box of Mothers Joy.
$5,445,869 More a Year for
Tobacco Farmers
The total value of the tobacco yiefd for the eight Tobacco State3
is over $59,554,131 annually. With the same acreage the tobacco
growers in these States could, by improved methods of cultivation
and fertilization, undoubtedly increase the total valuo of the crop
to $65,000,000.
Virginia-Carolina
Fertilizers
are compounded with the utmost care, containing only such elements
of plant foods as can be taken up and properly assimilated by the
plant without causing injury to its quality. Years of investigation
of the cultivation and fertilization of tobacco enables the Virginia
Carolina Chemical Company to furriish fertilizers of superior quality
for the production of this crop. :
Mr. J. W. Rogers, R.F.D. No. 4, Durham, N.C., writes: "I have
beenusingyour fertilizers this year and the crops are tne best looking
lhave ever seen especially tKe tobacco crop. 1 have never geenany
other fertilizer which acted as quickly as yours does. The leaf
ia large and waxy, cures bright, and I am satisfied will bring a big
price. Also, my neighbors in this district use your fertilizer with
the best results. " . :.
Is there any reason why you couldn't 46 as well ? Be sure and
ask your fertilizer dealer for a copy of the 1909 Virginia-Carolina
Year Book or Almanac, or write our nearest sales office and a copy
will be sent you free. ,
Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co.
Sates Offices
Richmond, Va.
Columbia. S. C.
Atlanta. Ga.
Savannah, Ga.
Memphis, Term.
A SIUKC,
will use centuryold bible
-T--C4 a,:ii -t.
Ing to U. S. Supreme Court
Washington Marh 1 Wmia,-,-. ir
Taft will take the oath of office m
president of the United States on tho
century om iiioie wnicn neiongs to
Rti-irf if 1. 0," .,r
tody. There is a touch of sentiment in
this decision, which Mr. Taft announc
ed with the statement that had he be-
ccme a member of the supreme court room was packed to its utmost capae
his oath would have been taken on jly.
identically the.same book.
'
Wiil-Put Churches In Private Houses.:
New York, March 1. The Soabury 1
society, of the Episcopal church. lu.v
a .plan for establishing churchva ,u
private houses throughout the cttv ns
. ...il .
t. n.,-f 1. k .....'.
church edifices. This plan of usin-, tli0 -spectators reluctantly began to
pans of dwellings as churches in ajMamove for the exit. They wore
systematic way Is new here, but It-surprised and pleased when, the court
has been tried by the Catholic church! slated that it would perhaps be several
in European cities. The new type of m.uutej before the prosecutrix would
church plant is a private house, cither ))e c;inei
reniea or duiii ror me purpose, wi n
the first floor front arranged as a
chapel, with curtains to shut off the
chancel, so that the room may also be
used at times for social purposes and
for classes.
Life Sentences For Forty-six Cants.
Chicago, March 1. Three hold up
men, accused of the theft of 4fi cents,
were sentenced to life terms in th1
penitentiary by a jury here under a
law passed two years ago.
Bars Cents From Church Collection.
New York, March 1. Uev, Dr.
Meagher, pastor of St. Vincent Fer
rer's church at Lexington aveaue and
Sixty-fifth street, told his congregation
that he didn't want any more ceats in
the Sunday collections. On a recent
Sunday 330o pennies were taken in.
He wanted the people to understand
that he was not finding fault with tha
widow's niite. If a person could not
really afford to give more than 1 cent,
he suggested that such person save up
until he got 5 cents.
Wandered About With Throat Cut.
Chicago, March 1. With his throat
cut and the arteries ln both wristc
opened with a razor, Joseph O'Connor
wandered about Chicago and nearby
towns semi-conscious for several da5.
He was sent to the county hospital by
the police, and the physicians say he
may live. I.as.t Thursday O'Connor at
tempted to co-iimit suicide, but failed
to kill 'himself and then apparently
lost his nerve.
Eats Too Much Cheese and Dies.
Newburyport, Mass., March 1.
Frank O. F-vret died at the Anna ,Iac
quez Lo-r h-aa-ta- result of eating
too r.:vh cheese. Several nights ago
he ate 1 b -.!:' pound of chiso and wa
take a f 1 scon after. The b.?st of medi
cal attnd:':ve wf.s secured, hut he
failed to rtMv. .
EliziarJ In Paris; Marty Deaths.
Paris, .March 1. Snow has been fall
ing in Patio almost" contlnuou.dy for
the pa:u forty-eight hours, and a bliz-
zard of. unprecedented proportions pre
vails throughout the whole of Fram e
Many deaths are reported from ex
cosure.
Broke His Neck; Still Lives.
Scranton, Pa., March 1. Angus
Pofke fell down stairs at his home v..
River street find broke his neck. !!
was taken to the State hossdtai, wh"'
he still survives.
Crazed by Beefsteak.
John Dwight Gorman, a graduate of
Harvard and formerly a member of
the Harvard crew, has been seat to
the Michigan Asylum for the Insane
at Kalamazoo, he having lost his mind
after eating too much beefsteak.
Gorham developed a mania for eat
ing steak some time ago. On occa
sions, It Is said, he has been known
to eat as much as nine pounds at a
sitting. He would purchase a steals
and take it to a restaurant, where It
would be prepared for him.
You need Mothers Joy everyday.
Sales Offices
Durham, N. C.
- CIwImKhi. S C.
Baltimore, Ml.
Columbuj,G
MontRomCTy, Aia.
Shreveport, La.
The Gillie Case
t
(jOCS tO JUFV
When L. G. Gillie, charged with com
. milling rape on Lillie May Ilailey, was
in thQ, .recorder's court yes
t1'r,ky mornn? at 9 o'clock the jam was
, vou "tcr than il was oa ,ast FriJa"
when, the preliminary hearing was post
poned, and at which time the court
ln the beginning the court ordered
the officers, to clear the room of every
body except the counsel and court
officers and physicians as soon as the
,,10cu!rix was called to take the
Maud. The Breat throng understood
,, , . , ., . ,, . ,
the recorder to mean that the girl would
..he the iirst witness called and some of
Only three witnesses testified j ester
terday, although supcoius had been is
sued for some twenty, all of whom were
present. When lrs. McGehoe and Jett
and Mr. J. H. Lambeth, witnesses for
the prosecution, bad concluded their
testimony, the State rested, and the de
fense stated that they would not olfer
any evidence.
Judge Uynum, of (Ireensboio, Scott
A- lieid and .1. l'.Sainlsing appeared for
the defense, and A, L. liiooks, of
Greensboro, and Henry P. Lane repre
sented the State.
Tho first witness called was Dr. J.
W. McUeheo. who testified that be
was a practicing physician with an
experience of fonr and oue-half years;
a graduate of the University of Mary
laud and regularly licensed by the
North Carolina Board, The court
allowed him to qualify as an expert,
Ho examined the child, Lillie May
Hailey, on Thursday, February ksth,
between 2 and a a. ui. In answer to
a call to visit tho girl lio found herjn
a nervous turmoil and gavo her a
hypodermic in order to quiet her.
The nieJicino bad the uesirod efttct.
Witness taid that in conversation with
the child's mother she stated that her
child Itad been ravished. Defense
objected to this statement being allow
ed and the court sustained the ob
jection. Dt. McUohca testiliod that
(luting (his visit the child was not in
a condition to be specially examined.
Ho returned the following day, but
found her at that timo in t lie same
condition she was the (iay previous.
At the reijneFt of theeourt, ho visit
ed the girl again on Tuesday even
ing, the 2:ird iust., to make a thorough
examination iu company with Dr.
Jett. On examination found tho girl
had been torn aad lacerated and was
swollen. A microscopical examina
tion revealed the fact that site had had
recent knowledge of a man. Dr. Mc
(it hee's testimony on this point was
technical, and wo can not for obvious
reasons givo it iu detail.
On cross-examination witness said
Miff. Hailey told him the child was
twelve years old.
.Deputy-Sheriff J. E. . l.r.tid eth was
the second witners called. Ho told
tho court that ho hail occasion to visit
the, home of Mrs. Hailey. accompany
ing Dr. Jtt at bis request. Witness
detailed the conversation he had with
the little girl: how she told of Oilley
having math
indccenl advances to
her, then got in tho bed with her and
forcod her, Mr. Lambeth said that
the girl told him tho crime wa com
mitted 011 Monday night, i'eb. 1 5tii.
while lior mother wis away. Suddenly
tho girl ceased to talk, and he heard
Dr. Jett tell (lie mother to quit wink
iU and blinking her head at the child
ami let her ti ll all sb knew. Alter
this tho child would w talk further
about tho alleged assault.
About five minutes alter Dr. Jett
and the witness left, witness returnod
to tho Hailey hoii.-e and found Gillie,
the accused, there; nlo"Kiite Brown,
who lived with tho Hailey woman.
Mr. Lambeth then told of con
veis.itiou ho had with Gillio that
night, who called him out of the mov
ing picture show, and asked him :
"Why is if vou have it in for me?"
Mr. 'Lambeth replied : "I am just
trying to find out who tho guilty
party is who has wronged that little
:irl. Whoever is the guilty party
ought to bo brought to justice."
Mr. Lambeth said hu iuvited Gillie
tn aeeoiiinauy him to his otlice if ho
desired to talk tho matter over. Gillio
told Lambeth t hat ho overheard Dr.
Jett's and Lambeth's conversation
with the girl ; that he eaw tliem com
ing and secreted hiniseir. He admitted
to Lambeth ho was at the Hailey
woman's tho night tho alleged crime
was committed, hut wtid he was in
nocent of tho crime charged; that
finding tho mother absent, ho had
stayed only a short timo.
Ou cross-examination witness stated
(hat tho lirst ho heard of the girl's ill
uos was on Tbnsrday morning.
"Did you not rco the girl on the
streets ou Tuesday, the the day after
tho alleged assault?'' asked Judge
HvyuiUi 1 11
"1 did not," reulied the witucM.
Mr. Lambeth repeated that Gillie
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