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SEMI-WEEKLY " RE DSVILLE REVIEW VOL XXIV, NO. 80. $1. PER YEAR. REIDSVILLE, N. C, DEC 12,1911. ISSUED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS THE NATION'S NEWS Items Taken From a Many Sources. Great Condensed News Items Concerning Matters of Interest Occuring Sine Our Last Issue. News of .'the World at Large. For the first time since 1SS3 the annual statement of the Postoffice Department shows a surplus instead 'Of a deficit. . Congressman Stedman on Saturday Introduced a bill appropriating $100, 000 for a postoffice building at Chap el Hill; $12.", 000 for Burlington, and $125,000 for Mount Airy. The North Carolina State board of agriculture has adopted a resolu ;tion to put all State convicts on pub;d roads to further the good roads movement. Sentence of 15 and 12 months were imposed -in Greensboro in the United States court against Dock Bass and Ernest King, white boys of Burling ton, Who were convicted of stealing a mall pouch at Burlington. Advocates of increased pensions for veterans of the Civil war battled on the floor of the House Friday and Saturday. The deciding vote will be taken today. If it passes the vet erans will get a dollar a day. Only fifteen of the fifty-nine ap plicants for liceses to practice phar macy in this State, who undertook the examination before the State board at Raleigh last week, passed. Thirteen of the applicants were ne groes and five of them passed, one a E(tgro woman. Baltimore was the host Friday to nearly a score of Governors from Western and Southern States. Gov ernors of Southern commonwealths met for a conference with Western IGovernors as to the best means of inducing desirable immigration Into the South. 1 A $750,000 appropriation for re lief of sufferers at Austin and Cos tello, Pa., from losses incurred by the bursting of the Austin dam last September, was asked in a joint resolution introduced in the House Friday by Representative Wilson, of Pennsylvania. Three workmen in the producer gas plant of the Charlotte Power Company were overcome with an ac cidental discharge of superheated hydrogen Friday afternoon, one man meeting 'instant death, and two oth ers receiving injuries which will per haips cause their deaths. ' United States marshals at Los An geles have been searching for 128 witnesses subpoenaed to appear be fore the Federal grand jury in the Investigation into the sources of the alleged nation-wide dynamite con spiracy. It. U said no Indleetments will be returned for probably several days. i Oscar V Underwood, of Alabama, majority leader of the House, was endorsed a candidate for the Demo cratic presidential nomination by the Alabama delegation in Congress at a meeting held in Washington one day last week. A resolution was adop ted declaring that Mr. Underwood hai demonstrated to the country that he is a wise and progressive leader an? that he is eminently qualified for the Presidency When he learned of the action taken by his colleagues Mr. Underwood said that he appreciated the honor greatly but that lie was not a candidate. A 03 There is nothing very wonderful why we are do ing the laundry work for most of the young men of the city. They know tbeir colors are laundered in an ab solute perfect manner. It takes particular skill to do this and we have that talent. If you want real color satisfaction in laun work send your next bundle to us. HENRY HUBBARD. Agent Phone 26. The census bureau reported 12. 814,832 bales of cotton ginned in the United States prior to December 1, Including 87,567 round bales and 87,457 bales of Sea Island. North Carolina ginned 829,150. Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina have ginned thus far this year more cotton than ever before was grown in their borders. The per capita circulation of money In the United States Is $34.54, ac cording to a statement Issued by the Treasury department. To arrive- at this figure the fiscal experts 'esti mate that the population of the coun try is fast approaching the 100,000, 000 mark. Beside their calculation on the census of 1910, they esti mate that there were 94,679,000 souls in the" United States on Dec. 1. . Nearly 26,000,000 pounds of leaf tobacco were sold on the various leaf markets in the State during Novem ber thi 3 year against 12,889,978 sold during November last year. Winston, as usual, led the other markets, and Henderson came second, with Wil son, Greenville, Oxford. Kinston, Roxboro, Reldsville and Rocky Mount, in the order named, selling more than 1.000.000 pounds. Code Lane, Wetborne Nance and Zeonia Nance were sentenced by the Federal court at Greensboro for a murderous attack upon a party of revenue officers in the Brushy Moun tains last August, when Deputy Hen ry was dangerously wounded. Code Lane was sentenced to ten years in the Federal prison at Atlanta; "Wet borne Nance to five years and Ze oinia Nance to three years. At a lecture in Durham the other niKht by the Rev. Dr. Robt. Start i McArthuh, pastor emeritus of Cal vary Baptist chrch, New York city, the name of Theodore Roosevelt was wildly cheered as he was mentioned as the greatest, brainiest and most sensible man In all the world today. Dr. McArthus was speaking of the part Rawevelt played In , bringing about peace between Japan and Rus sia. 1 v The United States battleship Maine, which sank beneath the wa ters of Havana harbor in. February, 18M, as the result of an explosion, was blown up from the outside, ac cording to announcement by the Naval Board which has been examin ing the wreck. The finding con firms the report of the original in vestigators who made a superficial in vestigation of the wreck shortly af t,ei the disaster. At Washington Saturday the Ap palachian national park commission accepted twenty thousand acres of land in North Carolina to he con verted into the Appalachian reserve., About ten thousand acres of the land lies in McDowell county and the other ten thousand is in the vicinity of Mount Mitchell. It is understood that $6.90 an acre is to be paid for the entire tract. This is the first Installment of some forty , thousand acres which the government will buy In North Carolina. It Is announced the American To bacco Company has purchased from the Burley Tobacco Society at six teen and a half cents a pound all the tobacco remaining In the 1909 pool, about eight million pounds. This closes out all the pool holdings and marits the end of one of the most novel industrial wars ever waged. The Burley Tobacco Society was organized five years ago and pooled its tobacco four times. During its fight for higher prices night riders' outrages occurred. The price of to bacco rose from three and five cents a pound to as high as twenty-five .jents and many tobacco growers be came comparatively wealthy. A pool ing arrangement to last ten years is being made. 3SK32Z Hundred Men Entombed In Mine, Families Watch at Mouth of The Tomb Briceville, Tenn.. Dec. 10. Some where in the depths of the Cross Mountain coal mine probably one hundred men lie dead tonight, while their sorrowtrickeu families keep vigil at the mouth of their tomb, hoping against hope that their loved ones may be alive when rescuers reach them. Eight torn and mangled bodies had been broght forth at. nightfall, when search was abandoned for the day. Outside of the immediate families of the) entombed men, no one in this little mountain village believes that any . living thing In the mine yesterday morniing survived the terrific explo sion of coal dust that wrecked the workings. For more than thirty-six hours every surviving miner in this region has toiled with no thought of food, sleep or pay to remove the debris and .force fresh air Into the Innermost recesses of the mine. They practically have penetrated to the main entry head nearly three miles in. Tomor row they expect to be ready to work the cross entries in which the other bodies have undoubtedly been cast by the force of the blast. Black damp developed late today and retarded progress, but the 6ilent force pushed dauntlessly on, some of 'A TRIP OVER THE SEA." Reception Given By the Woman's, Foreign Missionary Society. On Friday afternoon from three to five o'clock, at the parsonage, the members of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of Main Street Methodist church held a thank-offering reception. At three, or little past, the guests began coming In and were met at the door by Misses Tem ple Harris and Sarah Watt, who re ceived their offerings, and conducted them to Mrs. Trotter, president of the society, to register their names iu a book prepared for the purpose and to be used for future reference. They were then taken charge of by Miss Janie Raw ley, who carried them into the parlor, which was beautifully and tastefully decorated with palms and ferns and other tropical plants, representing the country of India. Mrs Ellington, Mrs. Huffines and Mrs. Heggie presided in this room. There were several ladies in widow ed costumes in different parts of the room, and Mrs. Ellington gave in a short talk a description of the lives of women in India, their gen eral degradation, and bearing espec ially on the three evils of the coun try. Dates were served in this room by young girls in India costumes. The guests were then carried to i.he sitting room, where Rev. W. F. Womble entertained them by showing by magic lantern pictures of the Eastern countries that were very in teresting and instructive. From this room they went to Chi na. Mrs. L. T. Smith presided at the tea table and served tea and wafers, while Miss McGehee, in Chi nese costume, seated on a mat in one corner of the room, told the tale of suffering and Ignorance among the women and girls of China. Beautiful souveniirs were arranged on the walls and around the room, and added much to the enjoyment of this trip. From China they were carried over the hall to the dining-room, to take a peep at Iceland. Mrs. Arch Wil kinson presided in here, and young girls, dressed in white, served the guests w ith ice cream and cake. The decorations were to represent snow , 9 (and Ice.. . and! ... with ...the . soft ... white Hi liKht of the candles, made a picture i pleasing to the eye. This completed i the trip over the sea. i The entertainment was delightful in ! its nature, instructive and thoroughly i enjoyed by all present. The regret of the 'ladies of the society is that I more of our women were not there ! to partake of the good things, and ! to get the inspiration thait these things bring with them. RUFFIN PEOPLE IN RUNAWAY, Little Girl Frightens Horse and Muls Drawing Load of Tobacco. Danville, Dec. 9.- A mule, a horse, and the hill on Main street combined yesterday afternoon about 3 o'clock in causing an accident that was all but fatal to Preston and Aymard Har relson, brothers and farmers of Ruf fin, N. C, who came to the city with a load of tobacco. : ! When both of the men had been examined by doctors they were pTa : ed in autmooblles and rushed to the General Hospital, where they were According to Mr. Preston Harrel eon, the accident occurred in the following manner: When the wagon and (team had reached the opera bouse a little girl ran out into the street right in front of him, bright them tm they were carried out over come by the noxious gases. Thousands of the morbidly curious flocked into the village today and crowed about the main entry of the mine. They saw nothing because there Hvas nothing to see but the pit iable grief of the stricken families. There is hardly a family In the entire Coal Creek valley that has not felt the Icy touch of death. The prob lem of caring for the widows and orphans Will be a grave one requiring immediate solution. Certanly Brice ville will be unable to care for her living with most of her wage-earners numbered among the dead. Demands upon the little Briceville graveyard, occasioned by the terrible holocaust, have necessitated the cre ation of a new cemetery. Land was staked out today and preparations made for excavating graves in which to bury the explosion victims as fast as they are brought out. Identified an prepared for burial. The advent this morning of 175 coffins was the signal for a renewal of the grief suffered by the loved ones in the many fatherless and hus- bandless homes. This was Intensified as the gruesome pine boxes contain ing the coffins were piled high in front of the improvised morgue. ening his horse and mule badly, both of which became unmanageable im mediately. .Mr. Harrelson, who was parched upon his load of tobacco, which weighed about 1,500 pounds, was not able to rein in his team ef fectively and they ran away. Seeing that he( had no control over them, he turned the reins loose and tried to jump, 'but before he could manage thla tha mule- and horse for some reason best known to themselves swerved 'round down Union street. Th turn was sudden and the heavy load with the body of the ',, wagon slipped off the running gear. Both of (the young men were thrown off vio lently Into the street, both being shocked considerably. Mr. Ayinard Harrelson sustained a split lip, had several teeth knocked out and was badly bruised all over. Mr. Preston Harrelson suffered no cuts, but was considerably shaken up and is very sore1 this morniing. Both men are progressing favorably and will be out of the hospital in a te., days. NORTH-TOiSOUTH HIGHWAY. Maps Now Being Prepared With Reldsville On the Line. The Danville Register says: The following letter from. Manager Robert Bruce, of the Touring Infor mation Bureau of the American Au tomobile Association, has been re ceived by the Virginia Motor Com pany, of this city, and will doubtless be read with Interest by all motorists and others interested in securing the North-Lo-South automobile highway through this city. "Yours of November 30 received and noted. We have been delayed on our m.'VH of Virginia, but shall complete it, within the next two weeks, meanwhile drawing a city map of Danville from the data have already sent. On account the lack of government sheets other goo 1 reference material, you of aivd this will not be as .good, as the other Virginia maps; -but it will be much better than anything done hereto fore. "You mav be interested to know that since the return of the pnthfind- er from Jacksonville ..by . way ,.ot.. Sa vannah, Augusta, Columbia and Charlotte, we have been' seriously considering making another book of strip maps from Greensboro through Danville, Lynchburg and Charlottes ville to '.-Washington. This, if put through according to present, plans, will mean a great deal to automobile travel through .your', city.- Whether this is dons. during the present win teK cr not, we are sure you will be pleased with the city map, of which proof shortly will be sent." If the motor car . owners of this city and vicinity Were more effective ly organized they might contribute no tibly to the consummation of : this plan an 1 co-operate effectively with the American Automobile Assa ela tion, in the early attainment of this desirable result. ; In the United States court at Greensboro Saturday Judge Boyd signed an order confirming the re port of Commissioner James F. Jor dan in the matter of the sale of the German-American Mills, ma rhinvrv and personal pronertv. at Draper, last Thursday. The proper ty was bid In by the Thread Mill Company, of Montlcello, Ind., at $435,000 for the mills and machinery and S78.00O for the stock on hand and personal property. FLEECED OUT OF $50. John Powell, Colored, Will Not Be) So Accommodating Again. The slick negro who flim-flammed John Powell, colored, out of $40 the the other day has not been appre hended. Sheriff Plnnlx and Chief of Police Joyce set out to overtake the sharper after he left the city, going la the direotlon of Danville; but two miles North of town the negro sighted the officers coming down the road and he suddenly be came fleet of foot, taking down the bottoms near Wolf Island, and thus made good his escape. The of ficers are positive they were within 200 yards of the fleeing man. and say they would have caught him had it not been for the fact that he had left the road and had quite an advan tage over thorn In the fact that he had to lose no tune In fastening a horse, but could skiddoo the moment he looked back and saw. them ap proaching. Th negro is thought to be a pro fessional crook from our neighboring city of Danville. John Powell, who Is a thrifty colored farmer, had just marketed e. load of tobacco and had more money on his person than he usually carries about. He was en gaged in conversation with a 6trange negro when still another stranger of color cam e Up and asked for the change of a '.$50 bill. The stranger who was talking to Powell produced $10 of the money and Powell fur mished the remaining $40, the under standing being that the negro need ed the changed, while Powell and Ms friend could get the bill changed and each get his part. When the third negro got the money in his hand he said! that he would have to step Into a store a second to see something about getting the bill changed. In the meanwhile the first stran ger kept Powell's attention. But as soon as the negro was out of sight Powell became suspicious and deoid edi to go after hiim. When he went into the store the party could not be found, and when he returned to the street the other negro had disappear ed, and Powell was thus relieved of hd $40 In cash that should hare been deposited in the bank as soon as he settled with the warehouse. Death of Mrs. Martha J. Chance. After a long and tedious illness, complicated by infirmities of old age, Mrs. Martha J. Chance entered the spirit land Sunday night. Having passed her 7lst birthday In October, Mrs. Chance had rounded out a long amd useful life, one devoted to the stern duties of life. During nearly all of these years she had been a con sistent member of the M. E. church, her membership being moved from Lowe'sr to Reldsville. During the past several years Mrs. Chance had lived with her daughter, Mrs. Molly Johnston, near the West End public schools. Mrs. Johnston arid Mr. R. B. Chance are the only surviving children, ' Her husbadn,' the gallant A. J. Chance, lost his life In defense of the Southland at Chancell orsvllle. ; The funeral will be conducted from Main Street Methodist church this afternoon at 3 o'clock. The pas tor, Rev, W. F. Womble, will con duct the services. The paL-bearers will be Messrs. P. H. Williamson. Dr. J. H. Thacker, E. D. Watt, J. D. Huffines, J. W. Walk er, R. P. Blackwell. The fbwer-bearers will be Messrs. Scott Blackwell, D. R. Barber, T. L Gardner, Como Benson. D. S. Bar ber, L. M. Sharp. There will be an entertainment and box party at Bethany High School on Saturday night, Dec. 16, at 6:30. Public is cordially Invited. Furniture For Your Home. We have today FURNITURE that is made in a sctentifc and artistic way. It will beautify and adorn a home. It will delight the imates. All the Old Period Styles are represented on our floors Flanders, Shereton, and Mission Styles are leading. These genuine re-productions are not expensive as you might think. The prices are very reasonable. CHRISTMAS GIFTS. We have laid in stock many nice and useful ar tides suitable for Chsistmas Gifts. Before you buy see what we have. Toys, Carts, Hobby Horses, Wagons, for children. Shaving Stands, Morris Chairs, Rockers. Silverware, Pictures and many other things for the grown people. Give us a call. HodnettChisnrFurniture-Gomp?3 4 16Main street, Danville, Virginia. NEW TOBACCO BUYER Liggett & Myers Will Have One in Reldsville. Big Company's Headquarter! Will Bp at Durham and Stemmery anj Wrapping Departments Will Bet Moved to That City. The great Liggett & Meyers To bacco Company, one of the big com panies created by the recent dissolu tion of the American Tobacco Com pany under the United States Su preme Court's mandate, will about January 1 place a regular buyer on thel Reidsvillw market. Vice-President C. W. Tpms, of the Liggett & Meyers Company, recently gave out an Interview In Durham from which it is learned that this company will maintain its principal office in that city and will conduct the large plant formerly operated by W. Duke Sons & Co. Mr. Tms says the Richmond stemmery and the Danville wrapper departments will be transferred to Durham. In addi tion .to the Durham plant the Liggett & Meyers Tobacco Company owns and operate the following plants: Liggett & Meyers Tobacco Company, Sa. Louis; Spaulding and Murett, Chi cago; Nall and Williams, Louisville; Plnkerton Tobacco Company, Toledo; Allen and Glnter branch, Richmond, and a number of others. The prin cipal brands owned are Duke's mix ture smoking tobacco, Velvet Bmoking tobacco, Fatlma cigarettes, Pied mont cigarettes, Old Mill cigarettes, Richmond ""Straight Cut, Star, Horse shoe, Drumimond's Natural Leaf and Tlnsley's Natural Leaf. Mr. C. C. Dula, a native Tar Heel, is president of this company. The following men will have charge of the Durham office: J. S. Cobb, W. C. Bradsher. N. E. Green, A. J. Bui lington, J. P. Taylor, W. L. Warren, C. C, White and others. None of these gentlemen will be connected In any way with any other tobacco com pany. Mr. Toms says the disintegration of the American Tobacco Company has been carried out in good faith and means the end of whatever monopoly that company possessed in the to bacco trade. ' 1 Who Did the Shooting? Franklin, Dec. 8. -A serious shoot ing affair occurred at West's Mill, near Franklin, last night. The par ties Involved were W. J. West, for mer State Senator from this dis trict, West's daughter and Perry Morrison, a merchant at West's Mill. It appears that West objected " to Morrlson'3 attention to his daughter and a quarrel arose over the affair. West's version of the affair la that Morrison shot the girl and that he 6hot MorrHson in defense of his daughter. Morrison says that West shot him and that . West also shot the girl. Morrison and the girl -"h received two bullet wounds. Both the injured persons are seriously, ilf not fatally hurt, but both are still alive this morning. It is impossible to get a satisfac tory account of the matter at thl3 tlriie, "Owing to the conflicting state ments of the parties. When you have a bilious attack giv Th e Chamberlain s J ablets a trial, ey are excellent. For sale by all d ea lors.
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