OFFICIAL JOURNAL OP POLK COUNTY.
INDEPENDENCE IN ALL THIN QS.
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $1.00 PER YEAR, IN ADVANCE.
VOL. XI.
COLUMBUS, N. C. THURSDAY; APRIL 27, 19C5
NO. 1
THE SMITH FAMILY.
SAM JONES IS HELD UP.
AN EDITOR HAS A FIGHT.
SCHOOLS GET $200,000 'NEW, RAILROAD SCHEME. NEGRO RUNNINGTOR OFFICE.
Each One of Them Wanted to Lead Threat is Made'That Unless Com-
in Prayer.
mand is Obeyed, "Either You
or I Must Die."
Montgomery, Ala., April 20 Uev. Sam
P. Jones, of Cariersville, Ga.,: the well
un
A former resident of Kernersville,
now practicing his profession in GreeDS
loro, visited his old home the other day
and tells an old story with new frills
it a attended a revival meeting near his known evangelist and lecturer had an
old home and says when the preacher usual experience here today - with another
finished his sermon he said - '
niTiil n-nn QmttVt lourt Sri "rnav'0'' i
Will iw j"v ,f w
whereupon twenty-three Smiths' arose
The preacher thought he would be a lit
tle more explicit aniL said: I mean
tiro John Nnuth. " Twelve Smiths then
sat clown, leaving elevea still trying to
lead in prayer. Greensboro Record.
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THANKS .FOR SHIPMAN.
Editor Deal of Wilkesboro-Chron-
icie Knocked Down by
Agent Samuels
North Wilkedboro special, 17tb. to the
Raleigh ews and Observer.
There is blood iu the face of the moon
in the state of Wilkes. ' R A. Deal. the.
'' - . YW11 . 1 1
minister who threatened his life. Mr. Jones leamss eair.oi. ine. vv iiaesuoro ,urouiu.
was in Montgomery enr ute to Tuskegee, is badly disabled, owing lo an assault made
Ala! where he tonieht delivered a lecture uPn H"u uy ivevenue umuera oa.uuc ..u
His Work as Assistant Commissioner
Has Been Appreciated.
Tne Council of State yesterday ten
dered a unanimous vote of thanks to
Mr. M. L. Shipraan, Assistaot Commis
sioner of Labor and 1'rinting, for his
efficient work in comparing the bids for
i Late printing, and ascertaining which
was more advantageous to the state.
Governor Gleno expressed his pleas
ure that so much accurate information
had been obtained concerning this ex
pensive item of state government.
After reviewing the report, Mr. N. B.
Broughton, of the firm of Edwards &
Broughton, and one of the bidders, said
that, the comparison could not have
been better made.
Mr. Til. M. uzzell, to whom the contract
was awarded, said that the report con-
i a in aA r.-infnpmftl ilill " ' j-nnCPmiTlCf
state printing than had ever been col
lected beforehand indicated a vast
amount of labor. Raleigh News & Observer.
RALEIGH'S PRIMARY HELD.
The New" System of Voting Works
; Admirably. " . :
storv of the affair whicU 41 snating oia
Wilkes from ceuler to circumference runs
this way: : '":-'-'r4
In the last isueof the Chronicle the fol
lowing editorial appeared, headed: it
Graft or .What?" - ; r - ;
'There are some strange reports coming
in fron the Lewis Fork section. Six reve
nue ;fflcers went un there Monday. Our
information. is that - word -was, sent up
Saturday and on Sunday the coppers dis
appeared, aid thereyeuuer8 found nothing
as usual. Our informant-fays It Is com
mouly reported and believed that there are
about-fifteeu blockade distilleries running
pretty regularly, except for a day or so
when the officers make their periodical vis
lis aud that each distiller puts $30 a month
into the 'missionary box so as to receive
the proper information concerning visits.
"Until last election Lewis Fork was
democratic township, but b in vol vi ng
many in reveuue matters and promising
them immunity from the law and making
cot fldential i rraig-ment with others, 1t
gave a good majority for Blackburn at -the
lat.1 election. Hence this special favor lo
that township The other day up in that
seclio I the champion blockade slopped bog
was killed, wHuhing about 450 pounds and
in order to keep off 'suspicion' they filled
up some fellows hi d ladies- of leisure and
nlnwrf them alnntr the hicrhwavs'to . 'Cuss
Among those going abroad for the watts law,' while the hog slayer pro-
ther Loudon season there is a large reeded. Our informant says he knows
sprinkling of Beef Trust employes, what he is talking about. We d not know
It is fact, however, that most of the 'block
hnoinmi. in I ha rnitnttr la Anna In tht BPr .
J" vsie au Pu" tion and the revenuers are unable to find
an tvcioriax on gins. ,ino same coiW. They appear lo look only for-the
law might well contain, provision I democratic brand and they are not there.
for an export bounty on physi- II'8 ,he republican 'special that, are doing
the business." -: - , ;
"When Officers Samuels and Hasty : re
turned to Wilkesboro from Lewis Fork
Wvndhhm. a Methodist ' preacher, whose
home is at Dothan, Ala., accosted him on
the street and persuaded him to accompany
Wyndham to the Utter' room in a hotel.
Nosoomr were the two in Wvndbam's
room than the preax;lur turned to Mr. Jones,
after first locking the door, and placing the
key thereto in his pWket and said: " J
,"Q d has directinl me to go to Dthan,
(Xln ) and get married, and to take you
with me to perlorm the ceremony. Then
we are to conduct a meeting in Dothan,
after which we will return to Montgomery
and eonduct a meeting here. V
'If you don't assent lo this either you or
I must die." v ,
At thin mome it a bell boy knocked at
the door and informed Mr. Jones that he
was wanted at the teleplione. Excusing
himself he managed to leave the room and
needless to say. did not return, lie was
followed to the depot, however, by Mr.
Wyndham, who whs arrested there by De
tective Payne. Wyndham, who' is a form
er inmate of an insane asylum, aud who
has been three times divorced from the wo
man he wishts to wed again, is held at police
barracks as a suspicious character.
It is not known at this time last what
disposition of his case wid be made. -
All This Fund has Been Disbursed Asheville North Carolina to be One The G. A. R, , Witnesses ah Inter-
by, the Treasurer. .- - Terminus.. ..1 . esting Scramble.
'State jreasujer B. R. Lacy has com- L A railway connecting Asheville with A special 'from Newport News sava"
pleted the disbursements of the school Weaverville, the educational town ten that at the meeting of the departments
lunu urwmijwu u ine puonc scnoois J mnes norm or. tnis city ana tne gateway 01 worth Uarolina and Vire-mia of . th
of the various .counties. This sum is I to the "Yancey cprinty section, over Grand Array of the Republic yesterday
comosed of the $!00,ooo which was dis-j which there , has been much talk the I there .was a hot fieht between Chn n
tributed per capita,and the $i00,000 to I past few years, and toward -which there I Osborne, prominent white man 5 - at'
increase the school terms to four i has been directed much enererv and la Phoebus. Va. . and iRnkn Pnwoii nvin.Aj.
mpnths.- This is the only disbursement bor, is practically an assured fact, and of New Bern, for the office of command
to schools made d tiring the year by the the dream of .the people of the northern er, the 'negro loosin g fby only three -stale
treasurer. . . - . ; ' section of Buncombe for a railway seems votes. The stecial foilnw-' ; vv;
The county to receive the largest ap-1 to be shortly realized. ' . . . Newport News Va.,:ApriL'l9.---Deiv '
portloBment for school purposes was I It was learned from an authoritative partmentof Virginia and North CaWw
Wilkev which was given $5,73.23. sources that the road will be built by lina, Grand Army of the Rebublie h'ptft
Dare county receives the smallest J the Asheville and Craggy Mountain its annual encampment in the theater"
amount in the regular per capita dis-1 Railway Company, commonly known as of the National Soldiers' Home at Hamp-
bursement, this being only $242.80, but the Rowland Improvement Comf)any, ton today. About 100 delegates 'were'
the supplemental amount It gets in- the' steam road from the terminus of the ii attendance. 5 Capt. John C. Fowler','
preases Its total to 2,54a.90, which I trolly line in Charlotte street to Heaver 1 oi mchmond, department commandpr-.
makes it tne' largest distribution in pro- j Dam, and that in all proBabilitV work presided over the sessions of the en- 4
county will be commenced in ten days. : ., ' J I campment. Just before adjournment
- A committee of citizens-of Weaver- this evening the following officers for
vllle'has for some: time been engaged the ensuing year were elected; ; ;
in securing rights of way between the Commander, Charles H.' Osborne,
new bridge across the French ""Broad Phoebus, Va.; senior vice "commander,
-rMoscow, April 18 -The supreme court river, four miles below , Asheville, and Isaac Powell (colored),-; New Bern, N
today impose I ; the death sentence on the . town of Weaverville. ; and, so sue- C, junior vice commander, Lewis Dal-
Kaleipff, who killed Grand Duke Sergius. cessfully has this work been accom- ley, Norfolk, Va.; medical, director, Dr;
sTheonly jierso is present through the plished that, with the exception of two James P. Carter, Norfolk; ehaplain,
trial w-re membero of the entourage of the or three properly owners, deeds grant- Henry Rook, Portsmouth; assistant
late Grand Duke Sergius and counsel, of ing rights of way. for 1 the oad have adjutant, A. - A. Hager, JPhbebus;
wno n two were assign! k ivaieien. i ne been sifimeu. " ueiegaies to national convention en-
Two surveys nave bee made for the campment at Denver, Dr. James P. Carf
proposed road, it is said, but as yet no ter, Norfolk, and Frank M. Worth, Na-
seiection has been made as to .wich tional Soldiers' Home; alternates, W.
route will be adopted. It is probable, A Parsons, Richmond, and Francis Mc-"
however, that a station will be built Cabe, SoWiers' Home. . . ,
almost in tne heart of the town. There was a hot fight between Os-
The road will be operated for the ac- borne and Powell for office of Com-
pas-
portion to population.' Dare
pays only $1,400 in taxes.
Slayer of Sergius Sentenced.
prisoner's mother was riot admitted, but
remained in the corridor. ; -
I When Kaleieff was arraigned he replied,
"I am not a criminal and vou are 'not my
judges. I am your prisoner. . We "have " a
civil wai ; I am a prisoner of war, nQt a
crimiBaU' .-'.-Twelve witnesses were exam
ined. Prior to passing sentence the presi-1 commodation of both freight and
ctans.
that 'the Japanese are not only
tricky." We have noticed that-
also that they generally manage
to turn the odd trick.
Raleigh, N. C, April 21. A secou
primary will be held in Raleigh nex
Tuesday to nominate a mayor, a police
justice, a tax collector and in the second
division of the first ward a member or
the executive committee.' s - -
The only official .named by-he city at
large who received a majority yester
day was W. W. Wilson, the present city
clerk. The vote for clerk was Willson
850, Jos. S. Correll 544. , Mr. Yerkes manifests touching
In the second primary the two candi svmpathv with Chicago. It is
dates receiving jhe highest vote will noteworthv, however, that Mr.
run again, i ne vote oo mayor wusjus.
I. Johnson 706, Frank Stronach 567, J
S. Wvnne 226.
For police Justice the race is now.be- trol of the street railway situation
tweeo Thomas Badger, who got r29 votes jn that city
a ru R ( Rpptrwlth. who received 389. 1 - t
c.h. senark 37i. R. G. - Reid - Tho Supreme court s labor law
92, M. B. Barbee63. " decision rendered by Alton B.
The second race for tax collector is I Parker as Chief Judge oft he New
between C. F. Lumsden. with 578 votes, York Court of Appeals. Perhaps
and Jno. S. Jones with 372. Geo. S. Ter- j dg0 parker should not be blam
rell received 279 and H. J. Heileg -26. - , r
t , ... tt. UAUn eu. however, as ho rendered the
In the race for alderman Wm. Boy Ian cu ,Tr . ;
got in by one majority in the first ward decision after he had been made a
and J . jSherwood Upchurch has one ma- president inl candidate and he na-
jority In the second division of tbe rfuranv looked with a lenient eye
General .BatianotT complains they were red m the face. Editor Deal,
though having been sick in bed for several
days, had gotten up and gone down to the
postoffice to get his mail.? He is a small,
frail mau, but of great courage. Samuels
and Hasty met him and Samuels accosted
him with the query:
44 Who is the author of that damned lie?'
-Deal replied: Jl don't know as I have to
give it unless I want to." - ' -
"It is vour own damned lie,' replied
Yerkes never exhibited any of this Samuels, swinging his big- fist full into
tenderness when he was in con- Deal's Jace, knocking him down. -
. It was at once seen that Deal.; was sense
less, but Samuels jumped on him beating
dent asked Kaleieff if he would repeat the
crime if he were given his liberty. , He re-
plid, Withut.doubt I would repeat it if
ordered by the revolutionary committee,1 to
which I am attached." 1
When sentence of death was , passed
Kaleieff shouted: . -
Execute yur judgement as orxmly as I
have acted before the eyes of all."
Tb) date of the execution has not been
sengers. It will be broad-guage and
will be operated by steam locomotives.
lv By the terms of the rights of way,
granted by property owners, the com
pany is obligated to complete the road
within eighteen months. It is believed
that with the completion of the road to
Weaverville it will be
mander, the negro losiDg by. only three
votes. . - - -
The women 's . Federation v of
Clubs is discussing - the ques- -tion,
44 What is the best preven
tive 6f divorce?'' If-we were con-"
extended to -tilted we should venture to eug-
Burnsville, in Yancey county, a distance gest three good meals a day served
of forty miles.
MR. GUDGER IN RALE1GH.
Prominent members of Congress
believe that the stand-patters
have won a victory over President The Congressman Visits Capital
Roosevelt, and that no tariff revis-
ion will be accomplished at the next
session of Congress. Perhaps that
is just as well; - No adequate re-
City on Professional Business.
at home every day irv the year.
It is unkind to suggest . that a
presidential candidate posessed of
the fire aud enthusiasm of Vice
President Fairbanks would have1
to go hunting on an ice-breaker
; Congressman J. M. Gudger," Jr., spent after polar bears.
yesterday in the city and left for his j ..- ... : q
home in Asheville on an early train this
TU7i- : . xu r . 1 1
vision could be expected from the Uornin. He spent some time in the J " ? " . B"mtiUliIlg wlg wu"
present Congress and if none is office of the .secretary of state look- WUA J"H1U1' yiu., muiiy ot
ntfomntpH tho nnnl will innnrA Ing up a number of land grants and
Democratic maiority in the Pu,f.
V " j- s ' . . . ..
next houses - -
m
fourth ward The electiOD was orderly
and the Australian ballot system work
ed satisfactorily.
Eve Surprised Him.
"And now, Johnny," said the Sunday
school teacher' "is there auyihing -you
don't understood about Eve and the ser-
Pnt?" " - .-CA"" l -i - r
"Yesw . .
"Well, what?"
"How'd Eve kent fr m havin' a fit when
she seen it comiu'?" Detroit Tribune. ' :
on the claims and wishes of
labor agitators. . f, .
the
The JJ. S. Supreme Court, has
delivered a knockout blow . to the
labor unions- The court, inthe
case of .a New York law which
limited the working day of em
ployees in bakeries and -confec
tionery shops to ten'hours; has de
cided that no State has the right
to place an arbitrary limit on the
working day of those engaged in
healthful occupations.- This i
eauivalent to declaring unconsti-
ls in New York for Treatmentand tutional in advance the eight hour
GLENN WILLIAMS SICK.
labor law which the labor unions
have been beseech iug Congrees to
enact.
Bv inference, the United States
... . . '
Considered Seriously Sick.
Three big cases against N. Glenn Wil
liams, the big Yadkin county distiller,
which were to have Been tried , at
Greensboro Federal court, have been
transferred to Charlotte for trial in June. 1 Supreme Court - holds . that, by
i nese cases have been contmueu uum virtue of its right to protect Wie
ume to time since iytw. ' health of its citizens a State . may
One case is for alleged rectifying tt4lJ" VA '
franfi, f.. i.ttnc, tion 551 of place an arbitrary limit on the
th i - a ..k lihpi anit nrnrkinfr dav in those industries
on a bond for over $15,000.
The cases had been set for trial last
Wednesday,, but Tuesday morning a
statement was filed with Judge Boyd
from Dr. 8omers, of Winston, stating
that the defendant, had consulted him
Monday, and finding'himto be seriously
ill had hurried him at once to Dr. . Os
ler, the New York scientist. Tbe cases
were on this account transferred. .1 --
which, are
fui: "
manifestly, .iiuhealth-
. When Governor Ha,nley of In
j;n oova ho nvr saw the in-
side of a saloon his friends don'
know: whether :to take it as a joke
or a hint..; - V- ' . . .
him ov r the head and face.
Hotel Keeper Wehb.irn rushed to Deal's
a'd when Hasty'drew a Colt's pist 1 and
exclaimed: 4,Ldare any man to touch
Samuels. Re is giving th damned scoun
drel what he deserves." .
But this did not hold back the crowd.
Brave Mich Vannoy and Or U. Davis pulled
Samuels off. An outraged public at once
assembled and it looked as If the revenuers
would be dealt with on the spot, but wiser
counsel prevailed." The revenuers sneaked
off to the mayor and begged to submit, but
the mayor would take no submission and
bad them arrested and placed under bond
to appear before him on the 21st.
By dark thestreets at Wilkesboro were
alive with mad men from the country dis
tricts,' and it was with difficulty that vio
lence to the revenuers was prevented.
Next Saturday trouble is feared .when
the revenuers are tried for the assault on
Deal. Messrs. Fioly and Hendren,. W, W.
Barber and 1. W. McNeill are to prosecute,
while it is said tho new convert, H.
Greene, will defend. This loots Ulce an
other clapter in the Yerkes eighth district
contract with the distillers. '
The Watts law a d the Federal laws are
defied. It is time for President Roosevelt
and Governor Glenn to take hld. "
; Pointed Paragraphs.
We all think we got the worst of it.
It does not take up any more timi to be
polite then disagreeable. 4
It is not what you say, but bow you say
it. It means friends or enemies. . -Don't
neglect work that is really impqrt
ant for reform work that doesn't amount to
anything.. - ' -
- It is the ihvolu itar y impulse of , nine in
ten when picking up a postal card to turn
It over to see what is written oo it.
i Those women who look 4,as if a wind
could blow them away" can usually sweep
and dust all around their heavier sisters,
Occasionally a person is smart enough to
accept a favor and get things twisted around
t;i hA HPfima to be the one who is con-
f erring a ben efit. Atchison Globe.
ty Bank
' . Yesterday afternoon Mr. Gudger call
ed on Governor Glenn for the purpose of
Some of t he Republican; states- J filing an application for the pardon of
men are . taking seriously tne p"" a-euaivj, uuo u,u aCi xuS
.'. . - u i j three years in the penitentiary for man-
proposition of the whiskey, dis- , T, . : .
tillers and the brewers that there LKm;: : ;n.OJ nu
I "vuuuu vital uu nor OVUVV.UV.U , WJ
be imposed a tariff -on coffee, agreement of the solicitor and counsel
They admit that such a tax would! for the defense, the latter being- Mr.
prove a hardship to the poor peo
ple but they think it would yield
ine rostjiince oinciais ; wno were
under 1 circumstances
which left - little doubt lof - the-ir
guilt are stilP at large and un
tried! '-., -
His Grief,
'John," "said Mrs. Twicewedyyoa are a
brute! Ton doa't express any , sorrow that
my mother is dying, I don't believe you'd
more-revenue without sacrificing
the interests of the 4infant in-
du8tries.n
i ep, 1 would, Maria," answered the
brute cheerfully." "I often fiud myself
greying over the .: death of , your first
husband," , ; ' ,
An Idea of te Lossr '
, i .
We. read the report that 2y0, 000 men
were killed and wounded-on r both sides
in the battle of i-Mukden,, without fnllv
' m
Gudger. The sentence as imposed at care li a11 mv re,alives diedl"
the February term of the Madison coun
ty court. The charge against the pris
oner' was aiding and abetting -in the
killing of a white woman by the name
of Rachel Shelton. The shot that kill
ed the woman was 'bred by Andy Hans
ley, who really shot at another man with
The Senate committee on Inter- j whom he and Ephriam Hensley were
state Commerce is now holding engaged in a row. Andy Hensley suc-
dailv sessions witli : the purnbse . :of ceeded making his escape and has realizing what thpse; awfui:4figures
ut ex uwwu vauum lueau. titirtj are a. lew aius U) me jmagl
, The contention is that Ephriam really nation. Two hundred thousand casual
had very little if anything to do with ties equal: r ' ' ' - -i '
the killing, further that he is antild and Thfee"hundred Iroq'ouis Theatre dis
inoffensive man, being 1 years old and asters. -iU. i- :r,Ju
that whatever degree of guilt his may A hundred . and fifty Slocum disas
be he has already been sufficiently pun. ters. : ; - - "
ished. - "f : " Eighty Johnstown floods: " " s
The governor has as yet taken no ac- Thirty Galveston floods. l-- -tioninrhe
matter.- Along with the ap- .The 1 total population men. women
plication filed by Mr. Gudger is a recom- and children of a city like'Mineapolis.
recommending to Congress such
railway rate legislation ' as will
least annoy " their friends, ' the
railway magnates. '
Mr. E. H. Harriman has already!
picked his candidate for Presi
dent for, 1908, in the person ot
Charles Warren Fairbanks. This
means the opposition of Mr. P.
Morgan to Mr. Fairbanks and sev
eral, aspirants for high preferment i
are seeking the favor of the rail-
mendation from the solicitor of the dis- ; The population of the states of 'Idaho
trict that the pardon: be granted. "Also and Newada combined. . 1 .;.
endorsements on the application from a The entire Boer, population, of. both
number of citizens who are familiar with sexes and all ages, of the two South, Af-
thecase. . ' - rican republics which resisted the whole
lasc nignt congressman uuuger uu i power oi me oriusn mpire ior over
way king. Of. course .the people a conference at the Yarborough with two years. -Collier's Weekly.
are not; to do-consul tea in tne se-
lection of a Republican candidate
for President. 1 - ; .
Mr. M. L. Shipman, assistant commis
sioner of labor and $ printing, who : is
chairman of the democratic executive
committee oLthe Tenth' congressional
district, and directed the strenuous cam
paign last fair in which Mr. Gudger
Senators who have come ; to
Washington to hold railway fate I increased majority. Post.
hearings declare their belief that
there will be no extra session next The president has taken
j- Costliest Pup in the World
.vi ne cosuiesi pup in tne . worm is schedul
ed to reach America lathe next few days.
- This collie puppy, Southport Sculptor,
was re-elected to congress by a greatly I was purcnaseu in England by bamuei Un-;
termyre, and is now on its way to- Amer
ica. " . V
On its arrival here it will be taken lo tbe
steps
kennels of the. owoef at Grevfitnn.r. thn
news TT - -
country..' piace oi -..jur, unvermyre, -Ine
or
fall. It is, of course, impossible to prevent - any legitimate
to make predictions o?i this ,T sub-1 regarding his - hunting;: exp dog was 700 - pounds
ject with certainty, but it may be fromgetting into print. In the $8,500. t"; T' -J
asserted without the slightest mean time he must not' be sur- ' Mr. Untermyer has ievef seen HlV dog
doubt that at the present time the prised if the newspapers describe which he has paid ouuhis big sum of
n - ! f. . , . ' - r , money and will not until it rtaches Ameri-
President expects to call Congress his shooting flying; bears ,-; on the w familiav with lhl- bench rec-
in extraordinary session some time wing and other 'equally -improba- ord of the puppy and the purchase on the
in October - bio feats of prowM8.';;-: '-:r:; v- advice of Ms agents In England; V V -
(