This Paper Is Head Weekly By More People Than Any Other Paper Published In Caldwell County
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Volume XII
Lenoir, N. C., Friday, October 7, 1910
No. 98
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Unknown Enemies Blow up Los Angela
' . ' Timoa Building. ,
Los Angeles, Cal., Oct 1.- Ad
attempt to destroy the residenceof
General Harrison Gray Otis,
publisher of The Los Angeles Times
; by means of an infernal machine
r was made late today, following an
explosion which early today caused
great loss of life and destroyed the
buildings and plant ot The Times,
entailing a loss of nearly half a
million dollars, and a suspected
effort , to blow up the anxilliary
plant of that paper. A powerful
infernal machine was also found
today in the residence of Secretary
'Zeebandelaar, of the Merchants and
Man ufaCtu rers Association .
General Otis is on his way home
from Mexico, aud the other re"
sponsible heads of The Times une
quivocally ' charge The Times
building disaster and the narrow
ly averted attempts at futher de
struction of life and property to
labor union.
With equal emphasis, the leaden
of union labor repudiate the accusa.
tions and otter all aid in their pow
er to detect the culprits.
Hugh Rkwardh Okkekkd
Los Angeles Oct A. Under the
stimulus of preferred rewards ag
gregating 1100,000, a figure al
most unprecedented in the annuals
of criminal pursuit, hundreds ot
policemen, detectives and paivate
citizens in all Pari lie- Coast cities
are searching for clews that may
lead to ttie arrest of the conspira
tors who blew up The Los Angeles
Times building last Saturday ami
caused the death of more than a
score of persons and attempted the
destruction of the homes of Gen
eral (tray Otis, owner of The Times
and of F. J. Zeehandelaar, secre
tary of the Merchants and Mann
facturers' Association
THINK THREE MKN I 1 1 IT.
Police and civil officers believe
that at least three men were con
cerned in the outrages, and the
city has placed a price of 10,000
on the head of each. The county
today voted an additional reward
of 15,000 for every man captured
and convicted and members of the
Merchants aud Manufacturers'
Associanions offered a reward of
50,000 of which 125,000 has been
sutweribed. ,
The entire city i-rthoroughly ar
oused. One newspaper that had
ln?en friendly to union labor today
printed a first page editorial, de
manding that; in view of the stric
tures directed at the nnions in
connectfou with the explosion, the
strikes now be.called qff.
Geueral Harrison firant Otis,
editor of The Times is protected by
a body guard, as are his office and
the branch office tliat houses the
editorial and business department
ofTheTimes and the auxiliary
plant where the paper is printed.
In compliance with orders from the
chief of police', that every one
within the police classification of
"undesirable and dangerous",
should be takeu in. Arrest are al
most hourly.
General (His and Harry ('hand
ler, assistant general manager of
The Times, arc making arrange
ments for holding one funeral
service for all the victims of the
disaster. A committee, consisting
of the editors and managers of all
the papers in the city, are gather
ing a fund to relieve the families
of the victims.- The funeral of
Churchill Harvey Elder, night
editor of The Times who died of
"his injuries a few hours after the
explosion and fire will be held to
morrow. , ...
"It the families of the men doVt
object, we will have them buried
in one grave in my lot said Geuer
al Otis "and we will raise a monu-
mcnt to their memory." which -will
bear the tames of all.'
CoL D. Maddox Victim of a Hasty
Pfrtol
High Point, Oct. 3. The town
was shocked this morning to learn
that Col D. F. Maddox was dead,
his own hand having inflicted the
wound which proved fatal while he
was sitting in a rockiug chair on
the veranda of his residence on
Virginia avenue.
The colonel had a splendid old
pistol which had become rusty
aud for some days had just recent
ly gotten a bottle of wood alcohol
and a small iron rod with which to
do the cleaning. He was extract
ing the cartridges and one of them
discharged.
Mrs. Maddox says he had first
used a knife in his attempt to ex
tract the cartridge, but to no avail
and decided to try the alcohol and
ram rod and that she had left nerv
ous aud cautioned him not to try
aud clean it, but seud it to gun
smith, but the Colonel insisted he
could clean it. She had scarcely
gotten in the door when she heard
the fatal shot.
Drs. Stanton aud Grayson made
a cursory examination and pro
nounced death instantaneous.
The blood coming from the
mouth, which was caused by a
severe hemorrhage, was at tirst
mistaken for the wound and it was
not u n till later wheu the body was
moved to I'ndertaker Sech rest's
establishment and a thorough ex
animation made that it was found
that the ball had entered the pit
of the stomach, severing the de
scenping aorta artery. This mused
instant death.
Charlotte To-New York.
Charlotte Chronicle.
The new arrangement made by
theSouthrn Railway Company for
running its passenger traius
through to New York City, using
the tunnel service ot the Penu-'
sylvania road there, is an advanced
step in Southern railroading. The
traveler from Charlotte can take
a car here and ''hold his seat"
until he strikes daylight it the
great depot in the heart of New
York. This new arrangement
represents the best there now is in
railroad speed and comfort and the
Southern's management is to be
congratulated on this bit of enter
prise. It insures the best rail
road arrangement between New
York and the South that has been
yet conceived. It places the
luxury of travel at the service of
all the people who can command
the price of a ticket between
Charlotte and New York and not
the expensive proposition it once
was.
Empitod Revolver, Then Fell dead In
Embrace.
Corbin, Ky., Oct. a. With
their revolvers empty and each
manbody riddled with bullets,
HenryLee, a constable, and James
Williams, a private policeman,
fell dead in each other's arms at
the end of a shooting affray today.
The men met In a street and be
fore either had spoken, legan fir
ing. Neither man mised a shot.
William's body was pierced'by six
bullets and Lee's by four.
Lee had shot and seriously
wounded Williams' father and
brother several weeks ago.
PIEDMONT FAIR OPENS.
Special to Daily News.
Winston-Salem, Oct. 4. With
splendid weather, a large atten
dance and the best collection of
exhibits in its history, the Pied
mont fair opened auspiciously here
today.
Everything ran off smoothly and
the free attraction and midway
kept the crowd In gala spirits.
" Wt)m tl)e Trcst Is on tye Iputtkiit
anb ttje lFb66ers In tV Sljock."
When the frost is on the punkiu and the fodder's in the shock,
And you hear the "kyouxk" and gobble of the struttin' turkey cock,
And the clackin' of the guineys, aud the cluckrn' of the bens,
Ani the rooster's hallylooyer as be tiptoes on the fence;
Ob, it's Mien's the times a feller is a-feelin' at his best,
With the risin' sun to greet him from a night of peaceful rest,
" As he leaves the house, bareheaded, and goes out to feed the stock.
When the frost is on the puukin and the fodder's in the shock.
They's something kiud-o' harty-like about the atmosfere
When the heat of summer's over, and the coolin' fall is here
Of course we miss the flowers, and the bjossoms on the trees,
And the mumble of the hummin' birds and buzzin' of the bees;
But the air's as appetizin'; and the landscape through the haze
Of a crisp and sunny mornin' of the frosty autumn days
Is a pictur' that no painter has the colorin' to mock
When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shuck.
The husky, rusty tussle of the tassels of the corn,
And the raspiii' of the tangled leaves, as golden as the morn.'
The stubble in tfie furrers kind o' lonesome-like and still
A preachin' sermons to us of the barns they growed to till;
The strawstack in the medder, and the reaper in the shed;
The horses in their stalls below the clover overhead!
Ob, it sets my heart a clickin' like the tickin' of a clock,
When the frost is on the puukin and the fodder's in the shock.
Then your apples all is gathered, and the ones a fellow keeps
Is poured around the cellar lioor in red and yellow heaps;
And your cider-mak in's over and your wimmern folks is through
With their mince and apple butter, and their souse and sausage, too;
I don't know how to tell it but if -such a thing could be
As the angels wantin' boardin', and they'd call around on me
I'd want to 'commodate 'em all the whole iudurin' flock.
When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock.
J.IMES WlllTCOMIi KlI.KV.
BRIEF ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE COUNTRY
General Happenings in the United States
Glaned From Exchanges and
Told in a Few Words.
. It is announced thafthe Atlantic
Coast Line Railway, will operate
the new South Bound road, soon to
be opened from Winston to Wades
boro.
A steam ship from French and
Italian ports is held at quarantine
near New York, said to have
cholera on loard. Several Ameri
cans are on board the vessel.
Associate Justice, William H.
Moody, of the Supreme court of the
United States, has resigned, on ac
count of ill health and the presi
dent has accepted his resignation.
It is said that the authorities are
closing in the net around the dyna
miters who blew up The Times
building in Los Angeles, last Sat
unlay and it is likely the culprits
will soon be iu the toils.
The forty third annual session of
the General Episcopal Convention,
in America, is in session in ('in
ciunati this week. Dr. Dubose of
Morgan ton is a delegate from this
district.
Dr.B.,F. Whiteside of Hickory
died in the Stokes Sanatorium in
Salisbury Sunday night, from blood
poisoning caused by a hurt on his
hand. The remains were taken to
Hickory Monday for burial.
The little Monarchy of Portugal ,
is in the midst of an insurrection
and it is quite likely that the king
will lie deposed and a Republican
form of government established.
The king has left the country on
an English war ship.
It is announced that work is
soon to begin on the Statesville
Air Line Railway, from States
ville to Mt. Airy. The state will
furnish the convicts now working
on the Mattamuskeet Railroad in
the eastern part of the state.
Thirty six people were killed in
a wreck of trolley cars last Tues
day near Staunton Illinois. Two
electric cars running at high speed
in opposite directions came to
gether with a terrific crash and 36
persons were killed out right and
81 others injured. It is supposed
a wrong reading of orders was the
cause. -
The Appalachian Cood Roads
Associaeion, has lteen in session at
the exposition grounds in Knox
ville for two days this week, with
Dr. Joseph H. Pratt of Xorth Car
olina as chairman. About 400 de
legates were in attendance and
many able addresses were made.
Wash Buckley, a mess man, con
fesses to having stolen the li'.000
in gold bullion and currency that
was taken from the express room
of thesteam ship, City of Seattle, "
recently on her trip from Alaska
to Seattle, he says he took the
money but did not know what he
doing at the time.
Dr. Hubert Gudger, of Ashe
ville, son of Hon. J. M. Oudger,
committed suicide, in Xew York
last Sunday. The young man
graduated at the school ot medi
cine in the I niversity ot rnn
sylvania last year and was a
practicing physician. It is thought
hard study atfecUnt his mond.
A lawyer by the name of .loin's
assaulted Mr. Joseph us Daniels,
editor of the Xews )bserver
last Saturday, striking him several
blows with his list. The men then
Clinched and fell and were separat
ed liefore any serious damage wa
done. The trouble grew out of
some articles printed in the papers.
Jack Smith, the 0 year-old son
of Mr. F. M. Smith, who lives in
the neighborhood of Farmville,
Pitt county, was caught in a mow
er driven bv his older brother
Wednesday, and last one foot, the
blade cutting of! both bones of the
leg smoothly. The boy is getting
al)iig all right.
Bush Withers, a negro convict
was burned at a stake near Mont
gomery Ala., last Monday. The
negro was a ' trusty" and went to
the house of a white farmer, near
where the gang was working to get
water for the force and finding the
farmer's wife alone criminally
assaulted her and the clubbed her
into insensibility. He was takeu
from the warden and burned by a
mob six hours later.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy hai
become Unaou for its cures of
coughscolds, croup and influenza.
Try it when In need. It eontains no
harmful nbstanoa and always gives
prompt relief. Sold by J. E. Shell,
Drugfftit and Dr.' Kent, Druggist.
REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN COLUMNS
All Matter Under This Head Furnished by The
Republican Campaign Committee.
Rkpi blk an County Tuket.
Legislature,
J. W. WHISXANT.
Clerk Superioi Court.
J. W. ITKTI8.
.Sheriff,
G. L. AUSTIN.
Register Deeds,
J. C. SHKRRILL.
Treasurer.
B. V. ANNIS.
Surveyor,
J. H. ISBKLL.
Coroner.
DK. A. I'.. GOODMAN.
Commissioners,
A. G. CORPEXIXU,
W. D. WILK1E.
T. S ROBBIXS.
There will be aRepiiblican Grand
r
Rally in Lenoir on Saturday, No
vember 5th. Let everylwdy at
tend the Rally.
There will le Republican speak
ing in Lenoir on Monday, October
l!4th. Some of the best speakers
in the State will discuss the politi
cal issues on these dates.
Attend to the matter of regis
tration at once. Don't take it for
granted that you may already le
registered, but go ami see that
yours and your neighbor's names
are properly entered on the reps
tration books.
The following explanation by
the Chairman of the County Hoard
of Elections wrll U of interest to
the voters:
REGISTRATION.
-The books for the registration tion. a 500-pound bale of cotton
of voters will be open on Saturday, would buy .SOO pounds ' of sugar,
OctoWr S. 1910, and will remain but now the same bale of cotton
open until October m h. Thereg- will buy H.iO pounds of trust-made
istrar will e at the polling places sugar, and yet the Democrats can't
on every Satin day during this peri StH, jt- A half truth is the worst
od and at other times the voter l,einthe world. The same 500
will be required to go to the regis pomui bale of cotton under .Cleve
trar. Saturday November 5th will land's administration would buy
In' challenge day and at that time soo pounds of coffee, and under
also, the registrar is required to tie the administioit of President Taft
at the polling place. The list of jt would buy 1540 pounds."
registrars has heretofore been pub ..K . t f
lished.
'Persons not having removed
from the precwict wheie registered
two years ago w ill not le required
to rtt register. Those who have re
moved will have to register in the
precinct where they now live, un
less such removal was after July S,
1910, in which case the voter may
return to his old precinct and vote,
if otherwise qualified.
"Residence for two years iu the
State, six months in the County
and four months iu the precinct
are- the requirements under the
law. The residence of a married
man is w here his family resides and
that of a single man where he
boards and sleeps. If a siugle man
Iwinrd in one nrprinct and sleen in
., .. ., u n i 1
another his residen.ee shall lie,
where he sleeps.
"Attention to the foregoing re
quirements will preveut many er
rors and misunderstandings.
"Mark Squires,
Chra. Co. Board Elections.''
Democratic Troubles.
The trouble with the Democrats of the largest of the armies march
in Caldwell County is that the Re- eel from the West and camped in
publicans have the offices and the front of the national Capitol,
Democrats want them. We are in. whilst Congress was in session,
They are out, and want to get in. i and demanded iu vain the adop
But why turn out the party that ( tion of legislation favorable to
has manage the County so well, Americau labor."
and put in the party that mis- The Democrats argue against
managed the County so long. Com -
pare the splendid record of the
Republican party in the County
for the last six years to the extrav
agant and reckless administrations
the Democrats used to give us
A Republican Sheriff collected
about 99 of the taxes in this
County last year and accounted
for every dollar of the money; and
the other Republican officers all
: along the line have conducted af
fairs in the same ecomomic and
business like way
Let every Republican and every
friend of Republican success stay
steidyin the boat, and vote the
straight Republican ticket, and
the same good management of the
County's affairs will lie continued
The Democratic spell binders
i w hen addressing business men
and manufacturers try to explain
j how the tarifl robs them in favor
' of the farmer, aud when talking to
1 farmers they try to explain how
the tariff discriminates against
I . . e . .
the farmers in favor of the manu
faeturer and business man. But
they can't fool all the people all the
time.
It is amusing to hear the Demo
cratic orators tell how the tariff
hurts the fanners in other states
but they can't understand way it
is that the farmers in this part of
the country can market all their
farm products at highest cash
prices, and that the farmer is more
prosperous than ever before in the
Mst fa
Xo (o
tanners
and laboring men of the distressing
and starving times under Cleve
land's administration to prove to
them that they should vote the
straight Republican ticket.
I'nder Cleveland's admiuistra-
! election of Mr. Cleveland in 1892
to the passage of the Wilson-Gor
man tariff bill in 1S94, the business
men of the country waited iu un
certainty and with fear, and this
fear, led to a general business de
pression even Itefore the tariff bill
. jn ,s94 Foowing
itHl . ,, ,!,.. n.uo fllrt..fc.
er depression and suspension of
work among the manufacturing
establishments of the country, and
the result was the great commerci
al and industrial stagnation of the
year from lS9:t to IS9.
' In these years large numbers
of factories were closed, hundreds
of thousands of men were out of
j employment, business failures
were constant 15,000 bankrupt
.
cies), many railroads went into the
hands of Recivers, gold was hoard
ed and the circulation fell to au
unusually low total, farm products
were very low (4 and 5 cent cotton )
and suffering and hunger common .
"Annies of the nuem ployed
paraded from city to city, and one
1 protection for the manufacturer,
bat they don't like to admit that
the more prosperous the manufac
turer is, the more employment and
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