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folk Three Cents the Copy. INDEPENDENCE IN ALL THINGS. Subscription Price, SLOP Per Year In Advance VOL XV COLUMBUS, POIiK COUNTY, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1909. NO, 6. TAR HEEL CHRONICLES Happenings And Doings Cleaned From All Parts Off The Old North State. Awful Tragedy. Vaughan, Special. Our town awl -nmmunity was shocked Sunday af trraoon when it was reported that Mr. Cornelius Shearin, a fanner, CO years of age, had taken his life by shooting himself in the head and j-tomaeh with a shot gun. Mr. Shearin had been in very poor health for some months. He went to Raleigh and Durham a few weeks ago to get a hospital, but could not get in. m He was living with his son, Mr. Wil liam Shearinj about two miles from Vaughan. His wife and one son live in Louisburg, he not having lived with his wife for about two years It is reported that his family had forsaken him and that only a few days ago, in answer to an appeal to his son George, who lives in Louis burg, for help, he. wrote him that he would not give him anything and that he would not go to see him if he was dead. This, together with his poor health, is attributed as the cause of his committing the rash act. His son, with whom helived, had walked out to look over his cropJ leaving his father and wife and two small children at home after he had been gone for about an hour the old man went in the house, took down the sruh from a rack over the door and went out and placed the muzzle against his head and pulled the trig irer. the entire load striking his lower jaw, blowing it off and pieces of flesh were found stuck up against the side of the house. As soon as he regained consciousness he got up, attended a call of nature, and then went into the ' use, got two other shells and ww. k to the same spot and sr t in the stomach, just above t . wal, the second shot killing him in stantly. "When his son's wife saw him coming in the door with about half of his head shot off, she ran out of the back door and went tS a neighbor's house. Mr. Buck Harris was passing the house just after the first shot, and Mr. Shearin motioned to him to come and knock him in the head, but he ran on down the' road to a neighbor's house to summon help, but when he got back the fatal shot had been fired and he was dead. Now there has arisen a suspicion of foul play. Goldstein and Siler Win Medals. Durham, Special. Pour of the fin est speechs heard in this city in a long time were made by R. C, Gold stein, Asheville, on Another View of Socialism; by Leonidas Herbin, of Greensboro, on A Plea for the South ern Factory Worker; Edgar Wallace Knight, Rich Square, The Uplift of Country Life and, Gilmer Siler on The Law and Public conscience. The judges, Joseph G. Brown, of Raleigh, Rev. W. A. Lambeth, of Walkertown and Prof. G. B. Pegram, of New York. Thev awarded the medal to Mr. Goldstein. There was tremen dous applause at his name. Gilmer Siler, son of Atlanta preacher form erly living in Asheville, was givca the Braxton Craven medal for high est honors of the class, marking last time will ever be given for general work. MUTINY TO BE INVESTIGATED B. N. Duke Gives Another $50,009. Durham, Special. At the gradu ating exercises Wednesday at Trinity College it was announced that Mr. B. N. Duke had donated $50,000 for the purpose of furnishing another dormi tory building and in this connection it was announced that the graduating class had given $1,000 for the pur pose of forming an endowment for the college library. The announce ment of both these gifts was received with much enthusiasm and applause. This gift of Mr. Duke sums up a total of about $715,000 that the Dukes have given to Trnity, first and last. It is a known fact that the late Washington Duke laid the founda tion for the great Duke gifts by the magnificent gifts that he made to the college. One of these gifts, for $100,000 opened the doors of the col lege to women and this act also prac- 'v oroned fe doors oi all tne iuv ft the State to women. Authorities Will Make Example of the Visayans When Captured. Manilla, By Cable Brigadier Gen eral Harry H. Bandholtz, chief of the Philippine constabulary, who is at present on a tour of inspection in the island of Jolo, will at once procaed to Davao, Mindanao island, the secene of the mutiny of the second company of constabulary June 6, news .m. which reached here Sundayi General Bandholtz will assume per sonal command of the constabulary forces sent in pursuit of the muti neers. The insular government is de termined to make an example of the mutinous Visayans, and the pursuit will be pressed with the utmost vigor until the last of the mutineers have been captured. Acting Governor G .eral Forbes. who returned from th province of ampanga, expressed h.s confidence in the native constabulary. JNo additionl details of the mutinv and of the three hours' fight made by Governor Walker and the Americans in the church at Davao have been re ceived here. There are no indica tions of any extensive military plana. aside from the ordering of several de tachments to follow the mutineers. NEWS FROM WASHINGTON Wilkins Jury Tied Up. Raleigh, Special. The Federal Court has a u hopelessly divided" jury in the case of Charles Wilkins, of Goldsboro, charged with writing two "Black Hand" letters to J. E. Cole, a prosperous merchant of Goldsboro. and threatening to blow up Cole, his store and family if $100 was not forthcoming. Wilkins admit ted writing the letters but his counsel, Aycock and Winston, made a fight for him on the ground that he was so addicted to the opium habit that his will power and power of discrim inating between right and wrong were destroyed. There was evidence that he took as much as one and a half) ounces of the drug each day, with consequent physical and mental wreckage; that he read constantly novels of the "Black Hand"' and Jesse James sort. Wilkins' wife and two children attended the trial. His wife was an important witness in his behalf. - He testified that, under in fluence of a drug, he often saw "green alligators with yellow brads." The prisoner is clearly a mental and physical wreck from "dope" and the jury, was divided as to the degree of responsibility for Hs conduct. Albemarle Lands Big Wiscassett MilL Albemarle, Special. The cotton mill which is intended as an enlarge ment of the Wiscassett, of this city, is to be built at Albemarle and not Kannapolis, Cabarrus county, as formerly stated. A letter received by Mr. R. L. Smith, of this place, from Mr. Cannon states that the mill will be erected here where the other mills belonging to the Wiscassett Company are located. This mill is to be as large as both the other mills of this name here and means mueh for Albemarle. It together with the doubled capacity of the Efird Manu facturing Company, which is now a settled fact, means 10,000 inhabitants for Albemarle- within the. next two days years. United States Officers Hot on Trial of Black Hand Rascal. Marion, O., Special. Hundreds of shotgun shells containing cross-marked bullets were captured by Inspec tors, J. Jr. Oldfield and George Pate, of Cincinnati, in a spectacular raid on the shop of Sam Lima, the black hand suspect, at this place Sunday. The shells and crossmarks were iden tical with those found in Dennison, Bellefontaine and other towns visited by the officers. Lima, who was out on bail, met the officials with a show of great indignation and succeeded in delaying the search until one of six Italian women in the place had escaped. It is believed by the inspec tors that this woman carried with her some documentary evidence and clues to the whereabouts of. Sebanstian Lima, brother of Sam, who is sought by tue authorities. In spite of the iaiiure to secure this evidence, the inspectors expressed confidence that bebastian Lima will be caught with in a few days. PROMINENT PEOPLE Gaston to Vote on New Court House August 5. Gastonia, Special. At tle June meeting of the county commissioners Tuesday a special election, in com pliance with an act of the last Legis lature, was ordered for August 5 for the purpose of voting on the ques tion of a new court house. ;A com mittee was named to visit and inspect court houses in" other counties of the State to ascertain just what is need ed and the cost of erection. Gas tonia will again put in a bid for the removal of the county seat to this place and a hot fight is promised be tween now and the date for the elec tion. 1 Fire at Mount Pleasant. Mount Pleasant, N. C, Special Lightning Saturday night at 9:30 o'clock set fire to the Pi Sigma Build ing of the North Carolina Collegiate Institute and in a short time the beautiful structure was reduced, to a heap of ashes. Most of the furniture was saved. The fire-fighters than turned their attention to the blaze and by strenuous work succeeded in confining the fire to the Pi Sigma Phi Building, though at times it seemed that other nearby buildings would be destroyed. The burned building was a two story brick' structure and one of the prettiest of the group of college buildings. The loss will amount to something over $5,000, partially cov ered by insurance. Street Car Conductor Goes Insane. Charlotte, Special. Conductor F. L. Stewart, of the 4 C's, has lost his mind and has been sent to his home at King's Mountain. Sickness seems to have brought on this condition. Mr. Stewart is a young man about 24 years old. Damage by Flood. Wadesboro, Special. Another heavy rain storm passed over the northern part of the county Saturday afternoon. The farmers are distress ed concerning grain. Both Black and Lane creeks were over the bottom lands and thousands of bushels of Oats were damn. trod. Rnnkv river was The Peedee river is over the h low bottoms. Appalachian Summer School' Opens. &one, Special. The summer term the Appalachian Training School opened Monday with the following faculty; b g Dougherty, principal; y M. Brown, English; A. Masters, prnanship; Miss Mildred Atkinson, Mrs. M. Rietzell, arithmetic, j . Miss Carrie Wichael, music. In Tion to the above the following tjed teachers have been added for jvui?mer term: h- h- Ha&nes I'tov t ownum Miss Anna Weedon, ki b Jones' w- L- Winkler and fair u vUe Kirhy- This term bids the school thC m the history of Hailstorm Damages Crops. Scotland Neck, Special. There was a severe hailstorm in the Pal myra section two days ago which did such damage to cros that perhaps some of the cotton j crop will have to be planted agani Heavy rains all through Friday pight did i . - siaeraoie damage to crops community. Funeral of Rev. Dr. Hale. Boston, Special. Under the gold domes of the auditorium of the South Congregational church, where for many years Edward Everett Hale broke the bread of life to his people, there gathered Sunday the great Unir tarian family of Boston to pay last reverent tribute to the great leader of Unitarianism, the preacher, author, philosopher and friend of all man kind, while at the same hour a host ot friends and admirers of Dr. Hale gathered at the Park Street Unitar ian church to listen to eulogies by clergyment of many creeds. Through out the city from sunrise to sunset flags were floated at half mast by or der of the city's chief executive. The most important happenings in the national capital Monday were as follows: Whiskey, in the legal -waning of the word, is whiskey eve. .hen col ored, or flavoring matter is added, ac cording to an opinion rendered to President Taft by Lloyd M. Bowers, solicitor general of the United States. He holds that as suoh coloring and flavoring have been used in all the history of whiskey, such addition can not be illegal or incompatible with the name whiskey. The Porto Rican bill, unamended, was passed by the House. It provides that when the Porto Rican Legisla ture fails to pass an apropriation bill the same apropriations shall hold as provided in the last bill passed. In connection with the discussion Tuesday in the Senate of the woolen schedule of the tariff bill, Senator Carter, of Montana, with a large box of various grades of wool by his side, gave a lecture on the woolen indub.ry from beginning to end. Many Sena tors flocked about him to examine the samples. Most of the day was occu pied by Senator Dolliver, who propos ed, among other things, an amend ment to assess duties on woolens on aifad valorem basis according to the shrinkage of the wool. Senator Smoot and Warren upheld the finance committee's recommendations pn the schedule. A proposed amendment to the in terstate commerce law to give ship pers the same right of appeal to the courts now enjoyed by the railroads, was presented to President Taft by a delegation of citizens from Spokane, Wash. The tariff bill reached an eventful stage in the Senate Saturday. A num ber of items in the free list were disposed of. Works of art over twenty yejirs old were placed on the fre list by a vote of 53 to 15. The starch industry re ceived protection by a revisal of the committee 's recommendations by which tapiloca and sago flour will be subject to a duty of one cent a pound when not imported for food. Crude potash, potash carbonated, caustic potash and radium were placed on the free list. The latest innovation in the United States navy was the decision to equip the battleships Florida, Utah, Dele ware and North Dekota with auto matic electric elevators for the use of officers. Beyond the statement that the de partment of Justice has assigned two agents to duty in New York under in structions to examine into the condi tions under which the recent compro mise was affected by the American Sugar Refining Company and the Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Com pany, no official information can be obtained here regarding the purpose of the administration. It is, of course, understood that the special agents are looking into the allegations that the compromise disclosed conditions in the original settlement between the two corporations involving a viola tion of the Sherman anti-trust law. A local paper prints what purports to be an interview with ex-Attorney General Bonaparte, which in effect, amounts to a declaration that during his administration the Department of Justice was without the evidence necessary for a successful prosecu tion. But officials of the Department of Justice, when pressed for a state ment of its intentions, declared that the proceedings in their present stage must be regarded as confidential. Robert Bacon accepted the post of Ambassador to France. E. H. Harriman made alterations in his city home so he may he in the open air as much as possible. Maeterlinck is now living and working in a picturesque old abbey midway betweearRouen and Havre. Rev. Reginald J. Campbell, pastor of the City Temple, London, England, will be one of the speakers at Lithia Springs. The Duke of the Abruzzi climbed Mount Zozila to a height of 10.500 feet after a fatiguing march of four days in a snowstorm. J. A. E. Constans, the French Am bassador to Turkey, has resigned from the Diplomatic Service, and will return to Paris to enter political life. A business associate of Sir Thomas Lipton brought the offer of the baro net to race for the America's Cup with a ninety-six-footer, but under the universal rule. Joseph H. Choate said the presence of warships at the Hudson-Fulton celebration would do much to dispel fancied reasons for hostilities among the nations of the world. The Rev. Dr. Manning, rector of Trinity Church, in the baccalaureate sermon at Columbia University, urged his hearers to be forceful Christians and not to content themselves with leading blameless lives. J. Allen Baker, a member of the British Parliament, a delegate to the Lake Mohonk Conference, appealed to President Taft to use his good of fices to restore the friendship be tween Germany and England. President Taft is eating luncheon again. After having struggled along for months on two meals a day, he surprised Frederick Carpenter, his secretary, by announcing that he was going over to the White House for luncheon'. KEWSr GLEANINGS. Clement Hopkins, actor "tabbed himself fatally while ill at his bunga low -in Montgomery, N. x. A cargd of 400 frogs arrived in New York City from Germany to De used as weather forecasters. The bill amending the law under which PortoVRico is governed was passed in the House at Washington, D. C. Pasteurized milk was condemned by the AmericanAssociation of Medi cal Milk Commissioners in convention at Atlantic City. V Lightning struck explosives at Cra cow and Kingston, Jamaica, 500 per sons being injured y the explosion in the former city. A woman caught Shoplifting In a Brooklyn (N. Y.) stor&said she. stole so her husband would admire "her stylish way of dressing.A Three natives convicted of murder ing Dr. WilHam James iA Luzon es caped from their guards while on-the way to execution at ManilaX Governor Hughes and Presi3ent Woddrow Wilson, of Princeton, at tended the Installation of Dr. Charles A. Richmond as president ofA Union College. V Magistrate Finn, of New YorkNcity, gave a youth arrested for kissing a chance to save himself by rhyming. The rhyme was so bad he fined he 1 youth $1. After fining heavily several sellers of adulterated milk and rotten eg Justice Hoyt, of New York City, saic that hereafter such offenders would be sent to prison. As a result of the denial of recog nition of the union by the Philadel phia Rapid Transit Company it was predicted that the strike of its em ployes would be resumed. Shoots Down Superiors. Des Moines, la., Special Coropral Lisle Crabtree Sunday probably fa tally shot Capt. John C. Raymond, commanding officer of Troop B, See ond United States Cavalry, at Fort Des Moines, shot and seriously injur ed First Sergeant James H. Wash burn, and Corporal Elijah Such, who attempted to disarm, him, and then shot himself, the ballet striking the rib above the heart and crushing the bone. He may recover. ONLY PARTLY RIGHT. "A tall, dark man is on your trail said the fortune teller. "Excuse me," replied the subject, "but you've got your wires crossed. You've described the police detectiva who is waiting for you in the recep tion room."- Thereupon the sitting was adjourn ed sine die. Philadelphia Ledger. in con-this Brought a Big whale. Rflleip-h. RnemalL Mr. T. W. 0 7 x j Adickes, of the Stnte Museum has returned from Cape Lookout and has brought back with hj.m the big whale that was brought asjbore there. This was left on the sanfls for some time, till the flesh was off and is now be ing placed in a hug sand box in the yard at the State Museum so as to get all the oil out tot the bones be fore it is mounted atnd placed in the Museum. The whale, which was a young one, was forty-seven feet long and nine feet across W the thickest Lives Lost in Earthquake. Marseilles, By Cable. From 75 to 100 dead and 100 injured is Sunday night's estimated total causuaJities as the reeuft of the earthquake, which devastated several towns and villages in the southernm t part of France, particularly in the departments oi Herawlt and Bouehee-Du-Rhone. Slavonia's Crew Saved. Purta, Del Gada, Azores Island, by Cable. Wireless telegraphy played a prominent part in the saving of the crew and passengers of the Cunard line steamer Slavonia, now a total wreck two miles southwest of Flores Island. The steamer Princess Irene was 180 miles away when the thril ing call "C. Q. D." was picked up. The Princess Irene arrived along side the Slavonia Thursday after noon and took 110 cabin passengers aboard. The Hamburg-American line steamer Batavia, took the steerage passengers. &. r In the Senate where the woolen schedule of the tariff bill was under discussion Friday, Senator LaFol lette declared' that Senator Aldrich had forfeited the confidence of other Republican Senators and had stated "half truths, which have discredited his leadership before this, body and before this country." When the chair called Mr. LaFollette to order because of his personal allusion, the latter said he had not noticed that the rule forbidding personal allusions had been applied equally to all Seria- tors. Twenty-four amendments to the wool schedule offered by Mr. La Follette and voted on en block were voted down, as also several amend ments by Senator Bacon and one by Senatore Gore. Consideration on the income ques tion was postponed by the Senate un til June 18. Department of Agriculture decided to investigate charges made by J. F. Harms against the meat inspection system at the National Yards East St. Louis. Secretary Ballinger eliminated the common carrier and the so-called confiscatory clauses of the old oil and gas pipe line regulations in opera tion in Oklahoma. The American National Red Cross Society sent $5,000 for relief work in Asia Minor, Russian Submarine Sinks. Sebastopol, By Cable Twenty men went down in the Russian submarine Sambala, after a collision with the battleship Rostislav during manoeuv res Saturday night. Hope, though it is slight, is entertained that they are still alive. Desperate efforts are be ing made by the officers and men of the Black Sea fleet with the assis tance of divers and salvage workmen from Sebastopol to raise the subma rine before the imprisoned men suc cumb to the vitiated air. Holbein's picture of Christina ot Denmark, painted under orders from Henry VTH of England, wfoo had some thought of marrying the princess, was sold, notes the New York Evening Post, for $330,000. The enormous price is explained bv the fact that the women Henry VIII did not marry are much rarer than the women he did. Are a Necessity in the Country Home. The farther you are removed from town to railroad station, the more the telephone will save in time and horse flesh. 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