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Pe lolk founts Heu$. hreeCgnts the Copy. INDEPENDENCE IN ALL THINGS. Subscription Price, $1.00 Per Year in AdvancSF" VOL XIV. COLUMBUS, N. G THURSDAY, NOVEMBEK 19, 1908. Na29. ------ "rm 1 MTW 11 II I Mil , m cuLUNtis ur mm mil news tL'cTi Km w nm rulers i News of Interest Gleaned from All Sections of the State and Arranged For Busy Readers Thirty Years for Jap. Newton, Special. Henry Yanio Ifcuchi. the Japanese showman who I killed his fellow showman and pantryman in Newton October 11th, was found guilty in Catawba Su rifr Court of murder in the second (jegrce, and was sentenced by Judge Jfnrpliy to thirty years in the peni tentiary at hard labor. Sympathy tras very strong for the accused man jtougl'.out ,the trial on account "of tbe general belief that the quarrel irhicn brought on the homicide was over the cruel treatment of the two little Japanese girls by Kikuchi, the man who was killed. The' bearing of the little Jap on the witness stand also helped him. He did not plead self-defense or endeavor to explain how he came to shoot the man in the back, only claiming that he was so much excited that he could not ! remember how- the killing occurred. He was ably defended by W. C. I Feimster, of Newton, and W. A. Self, tf Hickory. Innie Rader, who killed - Miss 'ichurch in September, was declared JE - ' ' . ' insane uy n juiy uuu sciiienccu w the department of criminal insane in the State penitentiary. Tte Governor's Thanksgiving Procla mation. Raleigh, Special Governor Glenn's Thanksgiving proclamation was is sued last week as follows: "We have mueh for which to be thankful ; no pestilences or famine or ether dire evil, save rains and floods in certain districts, have visit ed cur people; but with this one ex ception our crop3 have been abund- ant. br:nrins: lair prices: and in spite of a panic producing distres- other States North Carolina great extent has been entire1., rree from want, employment paying profit able wages, Not a single instance of mcb violence has occurred during the year, but all have acquiesced in and obeyed the law. Tremendous progress has been made along all lines of in-1 dustry and thrift. - The State; is out of debt and prosperous and aggressive in business activity. Educatninally we have made greater advancement than ever before and are spending in the education Of our youth as large a per cent., according to the value of our property as any' State in the Union." A Good Showing. . Raleigh, Special. B. C. Beckwith, of the State board of internal im provements, the duty of which is to inspect and report (upon the various State-aided institutions, railways, etc., says that everything is progress ing without trouble at these and tnat there are no eomnlaints as to manage ment. Most have been inspected and all will be by the end. of the year. The number of pupils at the State school for the white blind and the school for colored blind and deaf mutes reached 350, 25 more than ever before Next Thursday the contract will be let for trIT,000 library building at the school for the white Mind. It will face to the south and will he between the main building end the auditorium. Handsome Building for Fjtyetteville. . Fayetteville, Special. At a meet lng of the executive committee of the S' m ; . , T ! -r r here1 . r irancp nmnanv last week, it. was decided to lm mediately erect a handsome build- lng for home offices of the company at the corner of Hay and Burgess streets-. The building will cost $30 "00, and will stand directly opposite the Federal building to be erected soon. North State Notes. Hi art era arc granted the Burgra haw Company, capital $125,000, the J"rth State Realty Company, $150, '",n. and the Burgrahaw Inter-urban Company, $-500,000. All these com panies are intended to develop the three towns of Burlington, Graham, anri Haw River. The purpose is to nnret these by an electpc railway, tunush power and heat "and to de velon real estate at all tne points. ' V,r. Bishop, patent attorney, ""lingrton, D. C, reports the issue of Mse following patents on the 10th instant to residents of North "Caro hnn Mriil "ox, J. T. Denny, Cromar tu safe, L. N. Davis, Charlotte ; "cul t'vator, Al J. Compton, Cedar Grove. 1 !'o Governor offers two rewards, fv"'; f taO, for murders at Durham v hero there have been four homi 'Ul' in Ulp Past three months, one . . for Charles Merritt, who killed f "I o e Wllh a razor, and the other i,r yVnnah Hinton, alsias Ray, killed Roena Harris, colored. . Four Convicts Pardoned. Raleigh, Special. Governor Glenn pardons conditionally four convicts as follows: Edward Horton, larceny, Durham county, nine years, the Gov ernor not believing him guilty and having no confidence in the prosecu tor; John Atkins, larceny, Stanly, one year, on account of his age and good behaviour in prison: William Davis, Beaufort, larceny, one year, he having been seriously and perman ently injured on the chaihgang; Wil liam Wilcox, secret assault, Mitchell, four years, because if guilty he had great provocation, the prosecutor having wronged him fearfully, caus ing him and his wife to separate. . The Governor refuses pardon in six cases: William Lay. larceny. Cataw ba; J. C. Black, Jr., forgery, Colum bus; Charles Horey, larceny. Bun combe ; Ernest Murray, assault, Dup lin; Horace Welton, highway robbery Buncombe; William Zeigler, gamb ling, Mecklenburg. Thanksgiving Day Orphans' Day Th8 good people of North Caro lina have chosen Thanksgiving Day as a time for special offerings to the orphans' home of our State. We-have abundant cause for grati tude to God. Can we in a better way express our thanks to Him than by heartily joining in to care for and train aright homeless, orphan child rent When, impelled by a spirit of grat itude, we do for those litfle ones, does the great Father of the father less not accept it as done for Him? At present the demands upon And needs of the orphans' homes of North Carolina are unusually large. The J TJiansgrving offering will be a great ' ' r tor - H; pj?. . .tiese institutions to continue m; a . snenceL -rrarf-The cause appeals to o t hies, to our reason, to our in justice. We hope even a larger number of our people will unite this time in the interest oTHthis work and that the gif ts will be, in all respects, greater than any of the offerings of former years. We believe the in terest of our people in this cause is deepening andwe look for even more liberal" support to our orphanages. Apology Met With Bullet. Asheyille, Special. James Moody, son of 'ex-Congressman Moody, shot jand probably fatally wounded Dave B. Vaughn, a traveling salesman, at Waynesville early Thursday evening. The affair occurred on the main street juiUat dusk. The difficulty leading up o the shooting is not definitely known, but " is is stated by eye witnesses that Vaughn stopped Moody on the street for the purpose of apo logizing for an alleged insult that Moody called Vaughn a d d rascal and ' immediately shot him, and then made his escape before he could be apprehended. The bullet penetrated the abdomen. Bystanders picked up the wounded man and medical aid was given him. Later several physi cians were called to the wounded man from Asheville. Big Snow in Haywood. "Waynesville, Special. Sunday morning Waynesville and Haywood connty are in the grip of another seemingly premature snowstorm. It commenced Saturday about noon and continued until about 10 o'clock p. m. when it turned into a rain. For two hours the rain came down, when it turned into a regular northeast snow storm which raged the remainder of the night. Sunday morning it was snowimr fiercely with about three inches upon the ground on level and l some ten mcnes in me mouuiaiua. Big Fire at Henderson. Henderson, Special. The second largest fire in the history of this town for thirty years occurred Sun day morning at 4:30 o'clock, when Parham Bros.' f oar-story brick build ing bagging factory was totally de stroyed, ' with its adjoining buildings on. Wynder avenue. By strenuous efforts the residences on the opposite side of the street were" saved. Iteceiver for Daily News. Greensboro, Special. In the Unit ed States Court Judge James E. Boyd named W. I. Underwood as receiver of The Daily Industrial News, the appointment being made on the petition of certain creditors presented to the court by G. S.J Bradshaw as attorney. The receiver is ordered by the court to continue the publication of the paper, and he is "directed to employ any and all necessary help in the advancement of his trusts." The subpoena on the bankrupt corporation is made return able next Saturday. Gomes, Liberal Candidate, Elected President By Large Majority. Havana, By Cable At the close of an election which was conducted with great enthusiasm and complete ab-4 senee of disorder, it appears practi cally certain that General Jose Mig uel Gomez and Alfredo Zayas have been chosen President and Vice Pres ident respectively of the new Cuban republic, with strong liberal ma jorities in the Senate and House. Throughout the island, according to the report, an extraordinary heavv r - r mf mf vote was casty vastly in excess of that cast in the Autrust " election Vhere 182,000 failed to vote in a totaUliegrstration of 450,000. This was especially so in Havana City, where the vote probably will reach 66 "per cent of the registration against 49 per cent in August. The heavy vote was due, not only to the prevalence of fine weather, but the strenuous efforts, made to bring out the silent vote. The slow incoming of the returns is attributed partly to the" heavy vote and partly to scratch ed ballots tn Representatives. In complete ofucial returns from the precinct of Havana indicated that the city was overwhelmingly Liberal. Few returns have been received from the provinces but estimates give the island to General Gomez by from 25,000 to 30,00. The Conserva tive leaders generally admit the de feat of their party. Negro Kills Eight. Okumulgee, Okla., Special. Eight persons were killed and ten others were wounded Sunday in a fight be tween James Deckard, a negro des perado and officers. The-4ead. - Edgar Robinson, sheriff of Ok mulgee county. Hen rv Klaber. assistant chief oirmnlgee. .ined'J Cfct-iman, brothers. Three unidentified negroes. The wounded: Steve Grayson, Indian boy, probab ly fatally beaten Victor Farr, chief of Sioux, jhot through shoulder; De puty Sheriff, arm broken.- Seven others, slightly wounded. President-Elect Taft Invited to Spar tanburg Banquet. Spartanburg, S. C, Special. President-elect Taft has been invited by the chamber of commerce to be the guest of Spartanburg upon the oc casion of a banqdet to be given No vember 20th, celebrating the build ing of the Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio Railroad to this city. A com mittee of citizens from the chamber of commerce, the city council and the board of trade will go to Hot Springs and extend the invitations. The banquet will be attended by the Governors of five States and the presidents of half a dozen railroad systems. Taft Benders Tribute. New York, Special. While can non boomed, awakening patriotic memories of -those sailor and soldier heroes who died in British prison ships in the revolutionary war, the, prison ship martyrs monument at Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn, was dedicated with impressive ceremonies Saturday in the presence of President-elect Taft, Secretary of War Wright, Governor Hughes and thou sands of people who thronged tne knoll on which the tall doric column stands. Mr. Taft made the oration of the occasion and after the cere monies left for Washington, where he will meet President Roosevelt. Pushing Work on O. C. and O. Road. Spartanburg, Special. The con tractors are pushing the work on the C. C. and O. Road. They are re ceiving steam shovels and all sorts of road machinery and the noise of the blasting is like the cannonading around Charleston in 1864, only it is not so constant and dangerous. Passenger Trains Collide. Jacksonville, Special. Passenger trains Nos, 39 and 10, of the At lantic Coast Line, came together in a head-on collision near Camden, a small station about ten miles from this city Saturday morning, killing James A. King, of Sanford, Jfla., and Alenxander A. Bell, of Palatka, both negro mail clerks, and slightly in juring several others. A relief train was sent out from here and the dead and injured broueht to Jacksonville The trains, it is said, had orders to meet at Camden, but No. 39 ran by ( with the fatal results. Emperor and Empress Die On Same Day THE PEOPLE TAKE IT QUIETLY Shortly After 5 O'clock, Saturday, the Emperor Breathed His Last Prince Chun, His Brother, Now Re gent, May Be Accepted as Succes sor. Pekin, China, By I Cable. The Emperor of China died shortly aftei 5 o'clock Saturday evening. As early as 3 o'clock in the afternoon, it was reported that the Emperor was so low that his death was re garded as imminent. The Foreign Board of the government has con firmed the report circulated Fri day that the Dowager Empress is also mortally ill. 4 The Emperor had been ill for a lone time and during recent audi ences with foreign representatives he was unable either to sit. up on the throne or even .in am erect position. It was cvidint for a long time that he would be unable to withstand a crisis which sooner or later must de velop in the disease from which he was suffering. Recent climatic ex- ttremes ceased the develoment oi fatal complications tha resulted in his death. At the moment of death the Em perer, thefDowager Empress' own death chamHer chair was waiting m the "courtyard. Bhe, too, had been in a serious condition, and word that was brought her earlier in the day that the Emperor was dying, caused her to collapse. This has prevented her from- assuming the relationship of grand mother to the successor to the throne, which, according to the Chinese system woud enormously augment her authority. There is" little indication of emo tion among the people over the events which have been transpiring. Tle Emperor e death and the prob able death of the Dowager Empress i;hin a very short time have had but little' effect upon the Chinese. who are pursuing the even tenor of their way without signs of mourn ing. Kuang-Hsu's later life was a pit iable spectacle to his attendants. His feebleness had rendered him a mere puppet and he had suffered long from ill health, which was. combined with fear and despair. Latterly he showed marked signs of mental dis turbances, and even went so tar last Auarust as to declare himsell mad. The foregoing dispatch from Pekm sets at rest the conflicting rumors of the past two days that have origi nated in Pekm and been published around the world. The Emperor of China is dead. The report from London of his improvement probably referred to a temporary cv ditioti only. The Pekin message is the first unqualified statement ; to come from the Chinese capital and' it specifi cally gives the time f the passing away of His Majesty. -The regent is Pnnce Chun, the Em peror's brother, and if he is accepted by the government before the Dow ager Empress dies, the likelihood oi any revolutionary outbreak in- China will be materially reduced. Dowager Empress Dead. Pekin, By Cable. Tsze Hsi An. the Dowager Empress of China, the I autocratic head of the government, which, she directed Without success ful interference since 1861 and with: out protest since 1881, died- at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon. The announcement of the Dowagei Empress' death was official and fol- lowed closely upon the announcement that Kuanff-Hsu, the Jianperor, nad died Saturday at 5 o-'clock in the af ternoon, but it is believed that the death of both the Emperor and the Dowager Empress occurred a consid erable time before that set down in the ofiiciat statements. An eet issued at 8 o'clock Sun- !av mornine placed upon the throne . -r Vr- , T n Z 11 l .Prince ru-ii, me a-year-oni &uu SJ Prince Chun, the. Regent of the Em pire, in accordance with a promise given by the Dowager Empress soon after the marriage of Prince Chun in 1903. An edict issued on Friday made Pu-Yi heir presumptive. Prominent Confederate Veteran Dean WajSnington, Special: Albert G Holland, a member of the first com-1 pany organized in Washington tc fight for the Confederacy, died sud denly in this city Sunday. Mr, Hol land took part in the first battle oi Manassas, fought valiantly' until captured and sent to Camp Chase where he was released at .the close of the war. He was. a njember of the firm Of Ccpeland , &Co.', and it was said Wnuf actnred flags for the Fed eral govenunent while it was bis aim . . . v ii to destroy tbem ourmg tne war. NEWSY GLEANINGS. More than a thousand shirt waist makfers met in New York City to con sider a strike. It was believed in Berlin that Prance and Germany are nearer war than they have been since 1870. Charles F. Murphy asserted that Tammany Hall did all it could for W. J. Bryan, despite charges to the con trary. Representative Jews of the United States met in executive session to plan a stronger union of their race in New York City. Portugal's wine crop is large this year but unprofitable, owing mainly to the great falling off in the English demand for port wine. Engineers estimate at $99,000,000 the cost of the canal projected be tween Montreal and Georgian Bay. It is to b9 twenty feet deep. Canadian immigration during the first five months of this year totalled 80,482, a decrease of 51,294 from the corresponding period of last year. It is now "All aboard for Guate mala" from any railway station in the United States. All rail commu nication with Progressive City Is now open. A conference of the Governors of nine. States was called to meet in Pittsburg on December 2 to consider uniform mining laws and other min ing reforms. . Belgium is rich in stone and mar ble of various kinds. The general quarrying industry employs over 37, 000 men, and its annual output ex ceeds $12,000,000 in value. Electric power is coming rapidly to the front in Chile. This is par ticularly true of Valparaiso. San tiago is using 491 engines and mo tors, of whleh 187 are electric Washington dispatches reported Frank H. Hitchcock would -be Postmaster-General in the Taft Cabinet. WiU Be Extra Session. . . Washington, Special. That t special session of the Sixty-first Con gress will be called soon after the 4th of March to take up the mattei of tariff revision, became positively known Sunday when William H. Taft President-elect, after ' spending the day at the White House as the guest of President Roosevelt, stated that b intended to call the special session to meet as soon after bis inaugura tion as would be reasonable. ' industrial Education to Be Promoted Atlanta Ga., Special. The second annual convention of the aationa society for 4he promotion of indus trial education, the membership oi which includes some of the most dis tinguished educators in the country will be held in Atlanta Thursday, Fri day and Saturday of this week. Ex hibits from twenty-three industrial and" technical schools of the countrj will be displaved in the State capi tal. v - Morris Haas a Suicide. San Francisco, Special. Morris Haas, who shot Francis J. Heney, committed suicides at the county jail by shooting himwaBfifeugh the head One report says that the pistol with which Haas shot JpSrself was con cealed in his shoe Where he hid it be fore shoo tinsr Heney. Another re port says the pistol was secretly passed to Haas by a friends since his incarceration. 1CENT I BEIiOW any other M DO MOT or on any kind of terms, nn km mm inn logues illustrating and describing UmMM nlH rait terns and latest mot PRICES and wonderful direct to rider with no middlemen's pronts. WE SHIP OH APPROVAL without a cent deposit, Pay the Freight and SnowlO Days Free Trial and make other Uberal terms which no other house in the world will do. You will learn everything and get much valu able information by simply writing us a postal. We need a Rid at Aomnt in every town and can offer an opportunity to make money to suitable .50 PUNCTURE Moot M A f LC pou, 4 Wo Will Soil HAILS. 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DeLancey Nicoll.. attorney, of New York City, said that Howard Gould's income had been, cnt down $300,000 and was now jonly $400,000: i One of the best known mining. men in the country Walter Fitch, has re signed as superintendent of the Cal umet and Hecla properties. Duchess Alexandra Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein was married in Berlin to Prince August William of Prussia, fourth son of the Emperor. R. W. Gilder, of the Century, said that the Kaiser article was not with drawn because of anything in it likely to cause international complications. Kenyon Cox, the painter, is also an accomplished writer. He is a son of General Jacob D. Cox, Secretary of the Interior in President Grant's first Cabinet. . Amid great ceremony the Czar of Bulgaria convened the National As sembly for the first time since claim ing regal dignity, and was enthusias tically cheered by the people. Henry P. Davidson, vice-president of the First National Bank of New York, and Professor A. P. 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