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Three Cants the Copy. INDEPENDENCE IN ALL THINGS. Subscription Price, $1.00 Per Year in Advance! VOL XIII. COLTJMBUb, N. C, THURSDAY APRIL 23, 1908 NO. 51 NORTH CAROLINA AFFAIRS i The News of Old North State Gathered and Put in Condensed Form. Demented Father Shoots Daughter. Asheville, Special. Enraged at his 16-year-old daughter, Nellie, because f a harmless school girl prank, Dr. C O. Swinney, who recently came here from New York, fired two shots at her, fatally wounding her, and then turning the revolver on himself, he placed the muzzle in his mouth and pulled the trigger, dying almost instantly. Badlv wounded as she was with two Dimets cmDeaaeu in tne skull, Miss Swinney ran from the room and upstairs to the principal's room before she fell. The tragedy occurred in the reception room of the Normal and Collegiate institute, a la rge girls' boarding school in this city, where Miss Swinney had been a pupil for the past session. Just what occurred prior to the shooting is not known, as there were no witnesses, .aad.tlie girl, while still conscious, could give but a vague account. Dr. Swinney, who up to a few years ago had b?en a prominent physician in New York city, has for some time been in poor health, and of late, it is alleged, his mind has been unbalanc ed. When Dr. Swinney called on his . . A 1 t 1 J 1 11 ' . duaghter at the school he was shown into the reception room, and a few minutes later his daughter came down and went into the room, closing the door behind her. She sat down at the piano, her father sitting beside her. Half an hour later girls, and teachers were startled by four shots ringing out, and a second afterwards Miss Swinney, with blood streaming from the wounds in her head, came rushing from the room. In a few minutes the wildest confusion reigned, school girls and women teachers running here and there, but Miss Robinson, the principal, speedily restored order and hastily summoned a physician. Miss Swinney was desperately wounded and there is little chance for her re covery. The room in which the trag edy occurred showed signs of a hard struggle. Chairs were overturned, and the piano stool, with one leg broken, was lying in the middle of the room. The father was lying on the floor at one side of the room, face downward, with the revolver, with four chambers empty under him. The attempted murder and suicide were evidently deliberately planned, as be fore going to the school Dr.- Swinney nought a revolver and two rounds of cartridges at a pawn shop. Although it is said his mind has been unbalanc-, ed for some time, he had never been violent and his family were totally unprepared for the dreadful tragedy, j He was the father-in-law of Dr. J. ! A, Sinclair, a prominent dentist jf this city, and since his jrturn from ew York a few weeks ago, Dr. Swin- Key had made his home with him. On a Large Scale. Charlotte, Special. The Southern Ha rd Yarn Spinners Association held a meeting in the city last week- and spent a large part of their time dis cussing the curtailment proposition. Ft was found that half the spindles represented had been idle for some months past now, and the meeting passed further resolutions rearardine I curtailment, which, when it was voted to keep their actions secret, are un- derstood to provide for continued j 'urtailment on a large scale. Resolu- ions were also adopted regarding" the, disposal of yarns on hand, which are , selling for about half last year's fig-; The meetings Avere secret. Mr3. E. C. Murray Dies Suddenly. Burlington, Special Mrs. E. C. Murray, of Vincent, ten miles north of Burlington, died at her home Wed nesday. Death was sudden, and it was supposed that heart failure wis the cause. She leaves a husband, E. Clay Murray, several daughters and sons, among wliom are Mr. W. A. Murray, of Mane. Kicked in Face by Horse. Monroe, Special. The six-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Redwine had his nose bone broken from the skull and the plate of the skull brok en by the kick of a horse late Thurs day afternoon. The boy was taken to a hispital in Charlotte. Drs. Press W and Gibson, of Charlotte, and Ashcraft, of Monroe, performed an operation and it is thought that the little patient will be well soon. The face was badly lacerated and he wiii bear a scar A Peculiar Case. Raleigh, Special. A peculiar se quel to a remarkable pardon case transpired at the executive office of Governor Glenn in the absence of the Governor on his eastern Carolina pro hibition campaign. Ed. Hester, col ored, appeared there to report that his brother-in-law, Henry Bryant, an escaped convict, had come to his house in Oberlin Friday night and that the officers could get him there. Being questioned, it developed that Bryant had come home with both feet cut off, his story being that he was working for a railroad in Roan oke, Va., and was run over by a train. Private Secretary Arlington had a telephone conversation with the sheriff of the county and they deeided it would be best to leave the negro alone. On being assured that his brother-in-law would not be molested. Hester objected strongly, saying that in that event Bryant would be left on his hands. He in sisted that the officers of the law take him in hand. A remarkable phase of the case is that Bryant was granted a pardon . by the Governor March 16th and thereafter it develop ed that the negro had escaped on March 2d, two weeks before the par don was granted. There was a repri mand to the officer for not reporting the escape and the pardon was revok ed. Bryant was convicted at the spring term, 1906, of stealing chick ens on a wholesale scale. He had a big cave in a railroad cut where he kept his ehickens until disposed of. The cave was furnished for living ancL nearly a hundred chickens were in stock. The city has been infested by chicken thieves for some time and this "find" stopped it largely for quite a while. Governor Glenn offers a reward of $50 for the arrest of George Goodlet, colored, charged with wife murder in Asheville April 11th. The sheriff of the county reported that the negro had fled the county and asked for the reward to be offer ed. Syrian Peddler Jailed. Gastonia, Special. Joe Moses, Syrian peddler, was before Magis trate T. H. White, having been ar rested near the Ozark Mill on a war rant sworn out by Miles P. Bell charging him with attempted erimin al assault on Bell's wife, Mrs. Mat- tle Bell, who is a daughter of James Holland. It is charged in the war rant that Moses came to the home of Mrs. Bell, who lives about four miles west of Gastonia on the Bessemer City road, while all the other mem bers of the family were away and made indecent proposals to her and laid bands upon her; but she escaped from his grasp and ran to the home of her father, about a quarter of a mile away, screaming for help as she went. The Syrian escaped at the ! time, but was located at Gastonia and placed under arrest. New Enterprises. The Orinoca Telephone Companv, 0"F TTltrll Point ic orrontorl a nViortor $5,000 capital, with C. E.' Spurgeon, " A. Motsinger, W. E. Swain and .others incorporators, to establish and operate a telephone line between High Point and Davidson There is also a charter for the Barley Lumber Company. Bakers villeK capital $25,000 Authorized and $5,000 subscribed, by Isaac Bailev, J M. Bailev and others The Tar River Light and Power Company, of Wilson, is chartered to take the place of the Carolina Light and Power Company, capital $1,000 subscribed and $150,000 authorized, tne shareholders being M. T. Wil liams, F. A. Woodard, P. L. Woodard and others. Another charter is to the Cren willo Drug Company, of Oxford, capi tal $10,000, by E. H. Crenshaw, A. H. Williams, W. L. Long and others. Jim Smith is Not Guilty. After delibrating for twenty-four hours the" United States Court jury Saturday afternoon returned a ver dict of not guilty returned a ver ing Jim Smith with conspiracy in the murder of Revenue Officer Hendricks, !in the Smithtown section of Stokes county, on December 20th, 1907. Pre viously Smith had pleaded guilty to the charge of illicit distilling, and for thi3 offense Judge Boyd sentenced the risoner to serve four years in the Federal prison in Atlanta. I CHARLOTTE TO WAVE NEW MILL Plans For Big Mill to S-in Extra Fine Tarns. Charlotte, Special. For the pur pose of spinning a very high grade of combined yarns in fine counts, from 60s tolOOs, two-ply, in warps, skeins and cones, there is now in process of organization another large cotton mill to be situated somewhere in the en virons of Charlotte. Those interest ed in the movement are the following named : Messers. W. W. Hagood, H. C. Henderson, W. A. Watson, Paul Chatham, H. C. Sherill, J. L. Sexton, John R. Pharr, D. H. Anderson, Th omas J. Lillard, Mrs. M. K. Hunt and others, with some out of town stockholders. The authorized capital stock will be $250,000, with $100,000 or $125,000 paid in. North State News Items. That the county commissioners will be liable to indictment for failure to comply with the mandatory provision of the constitution of North Caro lina, Section 44, Article 9, if they fail to levy a sufficient special tax on property in their respective coun ties to maintain at least a four months public school term is the feature of a lengthy special letter being sent out by State Superin tendent of Public Instruction J. Y. Joyner to the commissioners, county superintendents and boards of educa tion. He asks the latter to see to it that the necessity of a levy of this special tax is fully impressed on the commissioners and that the com missioners be furnihed with accu rate estimates of the amount of special tax necessary for this Pm pose. He gives instructions in de tail as to the method of ascertaining the amount necessary. Everything Printing Company, of Greensboro, changes its name to the Harrison Printing Companv. A. L. Fairbrother continues as president. The Summerset Undertaking Com pany, of Salisbury, capital $50,000 subscribed, $25,000 authorized, is chartered, the incorporators being T. W. Summerset and others. A charter is granted the Anson Bnek Company, of Wadesboro, capi tal $10,000 authorized, $1,500 sub scribed, by R. J. Beverly and others. Wilmington's New Bank. Wilmington, Special. The Ameri can National Bank of Wilmington, recently authorized by the Comp troller of the Currency, organized by the election of W. B. Cooper, presi dent; George O. Gaylord, vice presi dent, and T. E. Cooper, formerly of Mullins, S. C.,Kcashier The directors are Mai. JohnD. Shaw. Rockingham: V. SiburIolly Ridge; Herbert Mc- l lammy, VY. B. McClellan, Cuthbert Martin, George O. Gavlord, A. G Warren, J. J. Hopkins, T. E. Cooper, Owen Fennell, G. W. Huggins, J. T. King and W. B. Cooper. The bank will have both a savings and com mercial feature and exercise a dis cretion under the national banking laws. The chief executive officers will be bonded in $50,000 each, with other officials in proportion. Busi will begin May 1st . Craven Names County Officers Newbem, Special. In the Demo cratic county primary held last week E. M. Green was nominated "for the House of Representatives with a majority of about 600. Lane, the present register of deeds, was de feated by S. H. Fowler. F. S. Ernul, the present treasurer, won out over three opponents. All other county officers were nominated. Th2 only special interest was over the offices of register of deeds and treasurer and hard work was done by all candidates for these offices. The vote polled was rather large. Revenue Cutter Goes to Float British Steamer. Norfolk, Va., Special. The United States revenue cutter Onondaga left Friday for Ships Shoal, five miles from Cobb's island on the eastern shore of Vrginia, to assist in the at tempt to float the British steamer Glenaen, which stranded while mak ing for the Virginia capes. Alleghany Republican Convention. Sparta, Special. The Republicans of Alleghaney county held a very harmonious convention here Tuesday for the purpose of electing delegates to the State, congressional and sena torial conventions. Resolutions were passed endorsing the administration of Roosevelt. Taft was endorsed as being their choice for the next presi dent; Judge Spencer B. Adams was endorsed for State chairman. The delegates to the congressional conven tion were instructed to vote for Mr. S. 6. Parsons, of Ashe county. H PUBLICITY MEASURE Prompt and favorable Action Strongly Urged CONGRESS SHOULD PASS LAW Petition Signed by Committee of the National Publicity Organization 'Will Be Presented to the Senate .and House. Washington, Special. Congress is urged to action ron legislation requir ing the publicity of campaign funds in ,a petition which will be presented to the Senate bv Senator Culberson, of Texas, and to the rfouse of Rep resentatives, by :MeCall,.of Massachu setts. The petition is signed by a committee of the National Publicity Organization and respectfully asks the Congress to- enact at the present session a suitable law for the pub licity both before and after election of campaign contributions made to national committees to be used in in fluencing the approaching election of November 3d, 1908. '"The association has limited the scoperf its efforts to securing yub licity'of contributions made to nat ional coramitteg and Congressional committees formed to influence in more than one State elections where members of tb!e national House of Representatives are to be chosen; and to promote by all appropriate means State legislation designed to accomplish in every State the same purpose of publicity. Co-Operation Necessary. - "It is thought v that the wisest melhQd of preventing election cor ruption through money contributions will be not through national laws alone nor through State laws alone, but through both methods; each co operating and not conflicting with the other and both making the best and most effective system. There can not be any doubt of the power of Congress to do ( what we propose, nor any doubt about, the power of the State to provide the additional regu lations desired,! "The National Publicity Bill Or ganization is non-partisan and hopes that the efforts to secure the bene ficial laws so much needed will not become involved in the controversies of political parties. But it is impos sible to overlodk the fact that the present minority party will impose upon the majotity party the weighty responsibility for the failure of any legislation, if such failure shall en sue. To avoid Isuch a deplorable poli tical issue, should not the members of both parties unite in postponing all propositions inf which there may be a sincere division of sentiment and in passing through Congress without further delay bill upon which all cordially agreejT" Four; Men Killed, Warrensburg, Mo., Special. Three men are dead jand another is fatally wounded as thfe result of an attempt of officers to arrest-F. O. Hawes : The dead : James Ryan city marshal. Night Watchman Basbashan. F. O. Hawes1. The v oundefl: Night Watchman R. P. Pullock. Hawes, 22 yars old, son of a John son ( oiwty farmer, was returning homo on a Missouri Pacific train, from a trip to a neighboring town, and it is believed, suddenly lost his mind. His actions were noticed by the passenger, and Warrensburg of ficers were asked to meet the train. City Marshal! Ryan and the two watchmen met Hawes as he got off the train and! attempted to arrest him. Hawes drew a revolver and hp gan shooting, j At the fiAi shot Mar shal Ryan fell dead. Other shots followed, and; Night Watchman Bas bashan fell dfead, shot through the lungs. Night Watchman Pollock was shot in tha jabdomen. Hawes was i shot and killed by a negro porter. Negro's Body) Found Hanging to a Limb. Fort Worthi, Texas, Special. A special to The Record from Atlanta, Tex., says: Jasper Douglas, a negro was charged in a warrant sworn to with having Criminally assaulted his step-sister, a jgirl of 12 years. Sun day morning bis body was found hanging to tije limb of a tree near this place, ihe verdiet of the coro ner's jury wajs that Douglas came to his death at the hands of unknown persons. ' PROMINENT PEOPLE, W. R. Hearst is a business with a payroll of $5,000,000. man, Colonel Goethals says the Panama Canal will be open for business Janu ary 1, 1915. John D. Rockefeller complimented the Rev. Dr. Aked on a sermon con demning race tracks. Governor Johnson, of' Minnesota, in a speech at Shiloh battlefield, said recent Supreme Court rulings tend to class States as federal dependencies. Many years a director and for a time president of the New York Life Insurance Company, Alexander E. Orr, retired on account of advancing years. : Prince Nashimoto, a cousin of the Emperor of Japan, has arrived in Paris, where for two or three years he will devote himself to military study. The death of Charles H. Parker In his ninety-second year removes the oldest graduate of Harvard College, in which he was a member of the class of 1831. McGill University will bestow upon Sir Caspar Purdon Clark, director of the Metropolitan Art Gallery, New York City, the honorary degree of doctor of laws. ' ' Ex-Governor Morrill, of Kansas, now worth half a million dollars, waa once so bard up that he lost a quar ter section of land because he couldn't pay the taxes. Secretary of State Elihu Root has completed his sixty-third year; Dur ing his term he has traveled farther than any of his predecessors in the office. He has visited South America, Mexico and Canada. At Milford, Conn., Lieutenant Charles A. L. Totten, U. S. Army, re tired, and former Yale professor, died a few days ago. He was widely known because of mathematical de ductions upon which he based pro phetical interpretations of Scriptures. Bristol Democrats Endorse Bryan. Bristol, N Special The Democrats of Bristol at a massmeeting last week appointed delegates to thef State con vention, which meets in Roanoke June 11. Resolutions were passed in dorsing W. J. Bryan for the Presi dency, commending the administra tion of Governor Swanson and in dorsing bis appointment of Judge William F. Rhea to a place on the IState Corporation Commission. ' Troops Ordered Home. - Pensacola, Fla., Special. Gover nor Broward ordered all the State troops sent here to preserve order during the strike of the motormen and conductors of the local street railway company to return to their homes at once. The troops will be on guard tonight but are expected to take their departure early Sunday. City officials are making efforts to have at least one company of militia left on duty temporarily. BAKED APPLES WITH NUTS. Peel and core Ithe apples, then place in a deep pan, allowing a heap ing ' tablespoon of sugar and half a cup of water to each apple. In the centre of each apple place a tea spoon of chopped nuts and strip of lemon or orange peel, and over the whole sprinkle cinnamon and nutmeg. Bake very slowly, and the Juice will become jelly-like. 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Miss Lavinia Lr La Borde has Just been unanimously re-elected State Librarian by the Legislature of South Carolina. Secretary Taft is reported as hav ing said at Cincinnati that he be lieved that woman suffrage would come eventually. Aunt Becky Young, the first wo man to offer herself as a nurse when the Civil War broke out, died at her home in De3 Moines. She was seven ty years old. Letitia M. Snow, a graduate of th Woman's College of Baltimore, is at the head of the department Of bi ology in the State Normal School of Parmville, Va. A royal decree has been issued in Holland abolishing the rule promul gated three years ago which forbade women employed in the postal tale graph offices to marry. Miss Helen Cannon, daughter of the Speaker, has been elected honor ary president of a new patriotic so ciety to be knowaas "Daughters of Senators and Representatives." Queen Alexandra, the Empress Dowager of Russia, and Princess Vic toria paid a visit to the art treasures of J. 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