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VOL XIII.
COLUMBUS, N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1907.
NO. 15.
1 1 NORTH CAROLINA AFFAIRS j
lithe News of Old North Slate Gathered and Put
in Condensed Form.
HNHWHNMggilWM
Thirteen Post Offices Discontinued.
Advices received at the Raleigh
post
office from the Department at
i . il - i Xl i. 1.1.
Washington are to me enect mat ui
following post offices in North Caro
lina will be discontinued on the dates
named, their territory to be served
by rural free delivery routes from
rfnar post offices: Como, Hertford
-.nntv. Aug. 15; .Clear- Rub, Samp
an Dec. 14; Trilby, Person, July 15;
nnsville. Sampson, July 31; Dob-
L;th, Wavne. July 31; Cates,
on. July 15; Union Hill, Surry,
tniv H- Valentia, Surry, July 31;
- :n Moore. Auc. 15; Poin-
2S? T3k Juiy ffi Yatesville,
iexteJ:w t1v 31; Pantehr Creek,
S ' lSi Gaylord, Beaufort,
July SL
New Postofnces.
The following named post offices
,rpre established m North Carolina
in July: Lundy, Mitchell county;
Winatt, Jones; Bee Tree, Buncombe;
Bovden. Surry; Millbranch, Bruns
wick; Mayesvillc, Gaston.
Warrants for the Southern.
Lexington, Special. - Lexington
still issues warrants for the Southern
Railway for running its trains faster
than six miles an hour through the
corporate limits. The papers are
Several
PRESIDENT MOORE PLEASED
CORD
Launched
Dozen Hew Warehouses
Within 10 Days.
Charlotte, Special. "I got about
twelve new warehouses and holding
companies launehed on my recent trip
over the State," said President C. C.
Moore, of the North Carolina Cotton
Growers ' Association while relating
his experience during the trip through
the State on matters which are of in
terest to the association at large.
IBM (IE ON B
Standard Oil Company Must
Pay $2$
MHl.tMltJ
NEWSY GLEANINGS.
V PROMINENT PEOPLE.
swrvfid on A stmt L. F. Barr.
have been issued each carrying with This is ene of the most successful
it a fine of $10 and the costs. Still I trips that President Moore has ever
the trains, run as tbey list. This is made. He visited manv counties to
JUDGE LAHDIS STANDING FIRM
- (j-
Standard Oil Company Given Largest
Fine Ever Imputed in History oi
American Jurisprudence More
Than 131 Times Amount Received
Through Rebatiug Operations.
all because tram No. 34 is denied Lex
ington. Thus far there has been u
trial. The conclusion of the matter
Philadelphia is to have a new 10,
000,000 art gallery.
The Missouri State University now
has a 44 chair of poultry."
Japanese guards have been placed
along the Korean railway lines.
Japan's speculative bubble burst
and many banks and business con
cerns failed.
The Rock Island Railroad an
nounces that it is going to oust its
political lobby.
"Old Home Weeks" are growing
more and more popular in the. New
England States.
The Venezuelan Government, re
plying to the recent note of Secretary
Root, refused to arbitrate the Ameri
can claims.
J. M. Bell, a New York tailor, de
clares that London craftsmen now
is not in sight.
Kope Ellas, Jr., Weds Miss Eilgo.
Durham. Special. At the resi
dence of the President of Trinity Col
lege Thursday afternoon his accom-
Chicacro. SneciaL Judge Kenesaw
the section to the north and west of M. Landis Saturday in the United
Charlotte on his rounds, and found States District Court fined the Stan-
.li ? . i i it. 1 AnrA nil flnmiMiiv nf Indiana $29.- mmfl to America for tbeir styles in
everyming in gooa snape ana me cot- i " , rn r , ...
o m r ,f t Din fct j n tUn laic I man c nttiro
ton crop outlook fairly good -as accepting rebates from rail- President Mellen says the New
promise as could have been expected. ads. ThePfineK fe the largest evei gnTto 'SSS'it f rom ?he New
Mr. Moore is especially pleased with assessed against any individuals 01 York centrai.
th momentum which the warehouse any corporation m tne history 01 iUm&m tho ornn mart hv the
mvmp,f to Hp crntWin bk I American criminalgurisprudence, and Inter8tate Commerce Commission; it
" . o I i;l4l k 1Q1 timnc o i j J in
is BiiKUbiy uiuic iuoii - i js uuuuieu iuai xm
Kilcro was married to Mr. Kone Elias. lfc progresses, and he regards this a? fc - reeeived by th
Jr.. Rev. Dr. J. C. Kileo Derformintr most important matter before the company throueh its rebating opera
the ceremony. Both these young farmers at this time. tions. The case will De carnea w me
I . . . V J - rt 1
hignere courts by the aeienaing com-
Ohurch Union Held Valid. pany.
Te penalty imposea upon ine corn-
people and their distinguished
parents are well known in North Car
olina. The honeymoon will be spent
in the mountains of Western North
Carolina.
Fayetteville, Tenn., Special. In
H. Harriman will
be prosecuted.
Tareet records with Whitehead
tomedoes were broken by the sub
marine boats Octopus and Cuttlefish
at Newport, R. I
Congratulations on the victofy of
the State over the railroads in the
on Governor
Centennial of Gate City Birth.
r,rvnsboro. Special. As an illus
tration of the interest already being
taken in the proposed celebration
next vear of the centennial anniver
sary of Greensboro, and reunion of
nonresident native North Carolinai
ans. C. M. Vanatory, chirman of the
committee having the plans under
consideration, is in receipt of many
iortpr from incide and outside the
the State urging the culmination of
the proposed function. He received
the following from a very prominent
divine:
"I note the proposed celebration
onalanre scale next year of the con
tasial for Greensboro'. I am deeply
interested in the plan and hope to be
!p tn attend the celebration anti
ff-nmon. My great-great grana
father. Ralph Gorrell, owned the land
upon which the city is built and sold
it to the commissioners for $98. My
?reat grandfather Hugh Forbis, was
one of the commissioners. My
: ii : : nnAat I me
uauv is me uiaiiiuitui uwiuincu uuux , , ......t, i tn
his opinion delivered here on the the law, and it wa announced at the Gienn Qf North Carolina
Presbyterian Church case between the end or a long opipon in wnicn m. Fiiipino students at the Cornell
Getting Ready for Collection of Taxes Unionists and the anti-unionists, sin- "J? na PracPes OI ine University summer school declared
Work has begun in the State Audi- volving the right ot possession in tne aeorefL Th -:uac in fact, declared would welcome a Japanese invasion.
tor's office on the compilation of the I property of the Cumberland Presby jn njs opinion mat the officials of thai Commissioner Bingham ordered
returns trom the various aomestic fprian nhnh. Chancellor Waiter Standard Oil ComiMtnv who were res- the police of New York Uity to stana
Bearden held that the -union" w poaible for the practices of wbicJi at ntion wnen
jx : v;i the corporation was iouna guutv,
the Church constitutions but decid
that under the deeds conveying t
property to the trustees of the sever
Churches the bill of the "unionists
corporatins in the State, making lists
to be sent to the Registers of Deed
of the various counties that they may
make out the tax lists of stock hold
ers in these corporations and turn
1 hem over to the sheriffs for the col-
lectics of taxes. The work is to be
completed by August 15th.
a citizen asKs a
question, and touch his hat tne
questioner be a woman.
Will Report Favorably Bill on Negro
Disfranchisement.
Atlanta. Ga.. Special. House corn-
Laying New Rails.
. Hamlet, Special. About fif teen
miles of the new rail has been laid on
this the C. C. branch of the Seaboard
and it is claimed that with good con
ditions, the work from Hamlet to
Wilmington will be completed by
'the first of the year.
Charge of Manslaughter.
Detroit, Special. Representative
Charles E. Ward, Speaker pro tern ot
the State House of Representatives
and chairman of the ways and meaio
were no better than countergeiters
and thieves, his exact language being:
"We may as well look at this sit
uation squarely, fhe men who thus
deliberately violate this law wound
asking for exclusive possession in the counterfeits the com, or steals letters
name of the united church must be society more deeply than does he who m:ttee on constituitonal amendments
dismissed. Both sides appealed. Tueifrom the mail." J . aaa r-oort fnvorahlv the Sen-
court refused to enter into the merits f Judge Landis commenced reading declded to rePort yWy ttie ben
or demerits of the Various ecclesiasti- his decision at 10; o'clock and occu- Jite bill on negro disfranchisement,
cal questions. pied about one hoir in its delivery. The bill is likely to come before the
He reviewed the facts in the case House fr fbaal action late this week.
New Corporation. ! took up the arguments of the attor- The pronjbition bill probably will be
Raleigh, Speciah - The CM &&XES - Gove-, Bath's
Reality Company filed notice with the th eoatfiany, which he declared vio- ture Monday, when it will become a
secretly of theKf ate pF 1 JURUW ' lated -he lftW for t:be sole purpose of law, to be effective January 1, 190S.
Joseph G. Cannon has served thirty-two
years in Congress.
United States Senator Hepburn, of
daho, weighs more than any other
Senator.
Secretary Elihu Root, is said to
have been one of the best' paid attor
aeys in the United States.
Ambassador Reid gave anotner
great party, which was auenuea oy
many of the most distinguisnea men
and women in London.
Friends of Senator Daniel, of Vir
ginia, deprecate the suggestion that
he snould be put forward as a candi
date for the Presidency.
Judge Uriah M. Rose, of Arkansas,
one of the American delegates to The
Hague conference, is regarded as one
of the most scholarly lawyers In
America.
' President Roosevelt has ordered:
an annual or biennial test of the phy
sical condition and horsemanship of
all field officers of the infantry, artil
lery and cavalry.
King Alfonso is besought by the
representatives of South American
republics to visit mem this year, the
idea being that he might nearly fol
low the route taken by Secretary
Root.
Colonel William C. Gorgas, the Uni
ted States Commissioner in the canal
zone, told the Cornell medical grad
uates that within the next two or
three centuries "the centres of weclth,
civilization and population wilV be in
the tropics, as they were in the dawn
of man's history. .
Frank Steinhart, American Consul
General to Cuba, has been in the ser
vice of the army and State depart
ments for twenty-five years. He
speaks four languages and has been
nicknamed "theconsul of all nations"
because of his ability to help the peo
ple of other nationalities besides his
own.
It is surprising to the Baltimore
American, tihsut he altairenneats of the
Chesapeake are not better known to
owners erf snail pleasure craft in the
big otties that pan reach the bay with
out going outaMe. Ttte Chesaipeake
abounds in attractions for those who
journey leisurely in tfiouse boats or
motor boats.
grandfather, Rev. Amos Weaver, who I
served one term in the Lagislaturc
from Guilford, was the first pastor of
the First Baptist church in Greens
boro. These facts lead me to deeply
to desire me to participate or to as
sist in any way in this celebration I
will be glad to comply. With all
good wishes.
"Yours faithfully,
"RUFUS W. WEAVER."
committee, was arraigned in the p-- corporators.
oi capital irom iuu,uuu to jpow,. swellinff its dnrideids
The Dixie Real Estate Company of The court held hat the railroads
Greensboro was incorporated $25,000 have no more righf to make a secret
authorized, $600 actual capital ; C. G. rate for a shipper than a board ot
Wright, W. S. Lynn and others in
High Point Tax Values.
High Point, Special The board of
assessors of High Point are hot in
the collar in regard to Greensboro's
insinuations that the property here
is undervalued, while Greensboro is
.paying her full share of the taxes
The men who composed this board
did their work well, so much so that
many were made mad at the high val
ue put on their property and all of
them felt like they were paying
enoueh. Considering that High Point
is some smaller than Greensboro it is
safe to say at she is paying hei
just portion of the county's indent
edness in the way of taxes, and has
lo fear of comparisons.
New Tobacco Sold.
. Durham. Soeeial. The first new
Mmceo was sold on this market
iWsday afternoon. The tobacco
from Chatham county and wa.s
rha I.. - -. - FPl.. -i ,t . noin
uc lower oriuiiiiis. iuc unvc
7 1-2 cents, for this grade of tobacco
as such as to greatly please the
m who had the weed for sale.
lice court here on a warrant charg
ing him with manslaughter in connee-
ion with the death here trom a
criminal operation in April of Mis3
Edith Pressley, proof-reader for the
State Senate. Mr. Ward stood mute
and his attorneys asked for an exami
nation in the police court, which Jus
tice Stein set for September 6th. The
justice then fixed bail at $3,000 with
two sureties which was furnished.
Caught Almost in tne Act
Winston-Salem, SpeciaL-fra Coos-
assessors have to make a seaoncebant 1 the young adopted on of Mr. T. L.
assessors would haVe to make a se- 'Cook, of Waughtown, is languishing
- . I nrot nc.ccmotit on v nnrt 1 Pill liT 1 1--V.: 1 if tt Tvmcu-ti-i hare pVinrcrod
A 1 i m ln fU. V ko I ""- J X I U6UWU WC WJ KJlov" " O""
Mining Company, Hemp, Moore conn- PieT of Property.. ; Wlth twice entering Hurley's salos
i t t tT 5 Snn Mother.; The cOurt expressed regret that the in street and stealing money
ty; J J Jones of Glendon an thers . more gerious in i gTwas ar-
incorporators, ov,vw punishment than aj fine, but insisted ted about midnight Friday night
Capital. .. . .v rxonolfv chonld hfl snfficientlv l t-i CVaP Pfof vohn nnncrUi
arcfl to act as a aeterent ana not oi i 1mA cnn after h tnrnen out o
n - nl 1 O- . - . - I Hie io" v - .
ine vnarges oi rw. such a as to encourage the deten-
Raleigh, Special. Judge Purnell der to persist in lawlessness.
At tne conclusion oi nis opinion
Extra Session in Alabama.
Montgomery, Ala., Special. As a
result of an all-night conference be
tween Governor Comer and his law
vers an extra session of the Alabama
Legislature wll probably be called to
look after certain railroad legislation.
Owing to litigation the. recently en
acted railroad curbing laws are sus
pended and Governor Comer would
Lave them repealed while undergoing
examination of the Federal judicial
pre be. Then Governor Comer will try
a new strangle grip on the railroads
at the extra session. There are fine
prospects of a big row over the sub
ject in Alabama.
Nationalists Win Election.
Manilla, By Cable The independ
ence faction that united in the cain-
uaien under the name of nationalists
appear to have won the general elec
tion for both independence candi
dates. It pr iUbly will be ten days
or two weeks before the coplete re
turns: are received.
Swannanoa Hermit a Suicide.
Asheville, Special. William Jobe
Cleveland, 86 years of age, and
known hereabouts as the "Hermit,"
committed suicide some time Thurs
day night at his home on Swannauoa
river hy drinking carbolic aefd. The
remains were brought to Asheville
ad relatives in Salem, N. Y., noti
fied by telegraph. No word, however,
"as yet been received from Salem.
.Japanese and Koreans Clash..
Washington, Special. The dis
armament of the Korean army by the
Japanese provoked hostilities and in
the fighting that followed 40 Koreans
were killed or wounded. The Japan
ese casualities were light. The infor
maiion comes to the State Depart
ment from United States Consul Gen
eral Sammons at Seoul.
To Discontinue Trains.
-.' -
Winston-Salem, Special. It is be
lng talked among the railroad people
tllat the Southern has decided to take
off the night passenger train operated
between this city and Greensboro
the one leaving there at 8:30 and re
turning at 12:30. It is argued by
those in a position to know that this
. ain is not paying even the operat
es expenses. "If the railroad loses
t in its fight against the 2 1-4 cent
Passenger rate you will see trains
Jken off branch lines all over the
tte." remarked a well posted rail
otd man. ' K
, ... . . . , - rti! and after announcmg the amount ol
day he will begin a special term of ftdik directed that
the Federal District Court for the a speciai grand jury be called for the
trial of the peonage cases. A man purpose of inquiring into the acts of
named McNeill who is construction the Chicago & Alton , Railroad Lom-
superintendent of the Norfolk and pany, it having - ben proved in the
Southern Railway will figure as t'he case just closed that the oil company
chief defendant. The cases will oe acecpted rebates from that corpora
prosecuted by Assistant Attorney tion. This juiy is ummoned for Au
General Russell fromWashington, as- gust 14th.
sisted by the district attorney. Much The decision ox Judge T.anriis
interest and importance is attached aroused almost as iiuch public inter-
to the trial. est as did the presence of John D.
Rockefeller and otiqei officials of the
Convicts on the Railway. Standard Oil Company in the court
I vAAm rr Till xr fif Vi . TVin nmcrl TTQ 2 CD
Raleigh, Special. Governor Glenn . . . ; f f a .
and council of State took up the mat- marshals had much difficulty in con-
ter of using State convicts on the trolling the crowd Ithat was enxious
Mattamuskeet Railroad and decided to force its way info the court room.
nTO ha .ko f convicts in con- The government 1 was represented
struction work in Hyde county, the in the court roonv J)y United States
State to accept as pay for the con- District Attorney Sams and Assistant
r: r.u u v, wri TIia District Attoniev S Wilkerson. The
victs seocis. m uc xv.. - - r' y . , .in
road made the deposit required by the; attorneys who tried; the case for the
new law to guarantee completion of Standard Oil Company, John S. Mill-
construction. This is the first roaa er, mertz rtoseumiw auu aiucu .
of five to accept the State's offer to Eddy were not present the company
tv roiiirflv r.onstmction in this beinff represented by Mernt Starr a
B1U tt-t- nf Mr Mil er nnd Ghauncov
the alley leading to the rear -of tin
saloon. He made no attempt to denj
the fact that he entered the saloon.
Kill 8?4s re a Necessity i
111 in the Country
IDEAL WIFE FOR A POOR MAN.
He Marry me and you shall want
for nothing.
She But I don't want to want for
nothing. I want to want for some
thing I want. Philadelphia -Press.
The trouble seems to be to the At
lanta Constitution feat, Japan didn't
whip Russia long enough.
Are a Necessity
in the Country
Home.
The farther you are removed
from town to railroad station, the
more the telephone will save m
time and horse flesh. No man has
a right to compel one of the family
if i i ?i t.
to lie m agony ior nours wine ne
dnves to town for the doctor. Tel
ephone and save half the suffering
Our Free Book tells how to or
ganize, build and operate tele
phone knes and systems.
Instruments sold on thirty days'
trial to responsible parties.
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Forty Killed or Wounded.
Washington, Special. A dispach
received at the State Department
from Consul General Thomas Sam
mons, at Seoul, Korea, says that for
ty Koreans were killed or wounded
Friday in a fight precipitated by the
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The casulaties on the Japanese side, erea!t rapjdity and ihe crops are be-
the, dispatch anas, were siigui. in destroyed
The Boll Weevil in Mexico.
n i j " Qnaaial A
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Will Try to Enjoin Duke.
Sommerville, N. J., Special. In
junction proceedings are t be begun
soon by the Baritan Woolen Mills to
prevent James B. Duke, the tobacco
king, pumping the Baritan river dry
to make his two thousand acre park
look like fairyland for his bride.
Snspected Strangles Held.
New York, Special. Two ansoects
were held in a police court for the
alleged strangling of two women here.
One is believed to be implicated m
several other murders.
Ponr Men Crashed to Death.
Injunction ic Granted.
MomrJiTB. Tenn.. Snecial. -Federal
4U.VM 'J 7 3 .
Seventv-five Thoasand pairs sold last year.
i ...J. i ii .o. Tt 4a liwlv and easv
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E a fP,.1; to We have hdreds of letters from satisfied customebstaflng
without allowing theair to jescapt w e mvc . . . 8o weiah no more than
that their o.'f," qualities being given by several layers
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n Dnng
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San Pedro, Cal., Special.-u our Ju(j McCali denied a petition or pai
i av j- I- i . ..An itt-iinn lit . . v rrv l ' i -v -t- rvi r ra at on v . aj i i r ja.'
men lost iucu . lne (jenrxat xrusi, yuiupaujr i z;'Aa v a cent unUl
of the trestle leading from the wharf ycrk holder; lot the Memphis
of the Pacific Storage Company col
lapsed. The dead men were crushed
by car loads of rock or drowned in
J the harbor. Four others who went
down with the teams were rescueu.
All were Greek laborers who were,
put to work and liheir names were not
on the pay hU. The trestle collap
sed as a train of 20 flat cars laden
with rock backed- off the wharf.
vou nave examincu buu iuuuu -j-r-
r . ah.rehv making the orice S4.55 OCT pair)
tW""" VHrtipnt we win also end
if von send
one nickel
street railway bondf asking an in
junction to restrain the city of Mem
phis -from inaugurating 2-cent street
car fares. The caSeghad been appeal
ed to the State snpreme court from
ing the constitutionality of the city
the State cireuit eoirt, the issue be
injunction. The suit, for a federal in
junction waa entered pending a de
cision of the State supreme court
Wff will allow a casta.
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nair ol
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