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Amm " 44" lolk Three Cents the Copy. INDEPENDENCE IN ALL THINGS. Subscription Price, $1.00 Per Year in Advance. VOL X V. COLUMBUS, POLK COUNTY, N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, t909. NO. 15. TAR HEEL CHRONICLES Happenings And Doings Gleaned From Ail Parts Of The Old North State. Fires Upon Wife's Lover. sville, Special. The arrest in St: a ille "Wednesday afternoon of jr Robert Miller, of Shiloh town jkip, on a warrant charging him pith shooting at Mr. Raymond Wil n, of Shiloh township, resulted in Injuring to the ears of the officers a jtorx of a rather sensational shooting iffiav m bhiloh Monday. Un being liken before Justice J. A. King, Mil- at nrsi proposed to give Dona ior jfc appearance at a preliminary hear- g ill 1UUUC UaiC, UUL UCV.1UCU iu : a: t i j .o jsive t xaminauun anu give oona ior jjjs appearance at Superior Court. Bond in the sum of $100 was requir ed. Both Miller and Wilson HVe in the same neighborhood in Shiloh and each of them has a wife and four children. The shooting affray took place near their homes Monday and va the result of alleged misconduct fceiween Wilson and Miller's wife. According to Miller's story the first skots were fired at Wilson with a ibotsrun in a field where Miller found Wilson in company with his wife, but the distance between the two men ras such that the shot from the gun failed to reach Wilson. Wilson left the field in-great haste and went to las home where, it is alleged by Wil son. Miller shot at him with a pistol itime or two, but the b&lls went wild of their mark. Miller admits that he fireu at Wilson five or six times in all. It is alleged that when Miller came upon his wife and Wilson in the field that he not only fired at Wil son hut assaulted his wife and slap ml her down. The woman swore out a warrant for her husband before Justice Fulbright, of Shiloh, charg ing him with striking her, but with drew t ne warrant oeiore n was serv ed. The warrant on which Miller i ,i i i r ' x was arrested was sworn out by Wil son. It is understood that Miller has ecpiovea counsel witn a view to hinuiug suit for divorce from his Teachers in the Front. Winston-Salem, Special. Frof. M C. S. Noble, of the University, who is eenductine the Forsyth Teachers' In stitute, in his opening address Mori day stirred his hearers with these sentiments: "Our profession is get tins hold of the world. There was a time when people put men to teach ins who could not do anything else If thev could not Dractice law or medicine, thev were put to teaching - v r - - The t earlier now is the representative man of the South. They are becom ing to be an effcilb e force in any community. Tl ore wns a time when it iras thought any building was good enough for a school but now the nicest building' in any community is the school building. People arc get ting it into their heads that children should be well tan slit by good teach ers and well paid teachers in good buildings. This is a good sign. North Carolina is waking up and forging to the front. The movement is coming Slowly, but is gaining power every year. j Burglars at Fayetteville. Fa yet i evi lie. Special. Wednesday night burglars entered the store of Ernest Sikes, in Campbelllon, blew flpen the safe and got $360 eafh, some deeds and other papers. Nitro-glycer-ine was inserted in two holes drilled in the safe door, one at the top, the near the combination, and the door was blown off its hinges. The papers were found scattered about in the grass, some distance from the ito de: . The noise of the explosion was ned by sacks cf flour piled ist the safe. No clue has yet found, but the police have some t threads which they hope may up to something. lea. Lunitic Eggs a Train. leigh, Special. As the South west-bound train was passing the nds of the State Hospital for the ne here Wednesday afternoon, of a group of patients near the oad threw an egg at a passenger !i, which struck a young woman nt of the Kings Business College iie breast. The egg broke and "red in every direction. pro Ir.- Sti on ids Spitting on Durham Paving iam, Special. The board of ii lias placed the ban upon care spitting and after the 1st of Sep er there Ayill.be a fine against man who does the saliva act up-, y paved street. The regulations 'commission provide further st spitting in any public build- an upon any pavement adjacent building. This sweeping or not been previously made. It dy to many streets in Durham 11 one naw, Main, and will x,'vy building instead of inst il ke street cars. thai Her 1 tut 8 Making Ready For the Tar Heel Vets. Charlotte, Special. The formal program for the. State Reunion of Confederate Veterans has been re ceived from Adjutant General H. A. London by the local committee who sent the tentative document to Major London for his approval. In the program are announced ad dresses by several of the State' most distinguished men, including Chief Justice Clark and General Julian S. Carr. The program rovers two days. At the first meeting Wednesday morning after addresses by Mayor tlawkins, Col. E. A. Osborne and a response by General J. S. Carr, of Durham, there will be an address by Chief Justice Walter Clark and an other by ex-Governor Jarvis and other speakers. The Program. In the afternoon there will be a special program presented by the United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Children of the Confederacy, after which the Veterans will elect officers and transact other routine business of the annual business ses sion while the day will close with an entertainment by the United Daugh ters of the Confederacy in honor of the visiting veterans, on Wednesday the 25th. The detailed program follows: 10:30 a. m. Opening meeting. Prayer by Chaplain A. D. Betts. Addresses of welcome by Mayor Hawinks and Col. E. A. Osborne. Response by General J. S. Carr. Addresses by Chief Justice Walter Clark, ex-Governor Jarvis, and other distinguished veterans. Recess. Afternoon Session. Recitation by Mecklenburg Camp mascot, Miss Ruth Taber Porter. Recitation, "Lee to the Rear," by Miss Bessie Burkheimer. Introduction of Mrs. Burkheimer by General Carr. Election of division and brigade commanders. Miscellaneous business. Evening 8 p. m. Eentertainment by the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Thnrsday, August 26. 9:30 a. m. Parade of veterans. 11 :30 to 12 :40. Reception to veter ans by Mrs. Burkheimer. 1:30 p. m. Barbecue. Question of Fire Ecape. Raleigh, Special The Mayor of a progressive Western Carolina town has taken up with the State Depart ment of Insurance the question of whether or not he should require the county commissioners, who have just completed a fine new jail in the town, to put up fire-escapes, in a movement he has under way to see to it that the requirements of the new fire escape law are fully complied with in his town. It was to Deputy Commissioner Scott that the question was put, and he advised the Mayor that the fire escapes would hardly be of any ser vice, since the inmates of the jail were supposed to be locked in their cells, and the windows to be securely barred, so that no one could pass out that way. .-. Captnred a Burglar. ville. Special. Jordan Leavy, living in the outskirts of this city, on returning home from church Sunday afternoon surprised a burg lar in his house and captured feim. The prisoner, who gave his name as John Johnson, of South Carolina, of fered Levy a pocketbook which he had taken from a trunk if he would free him. Levy accepted the purse but delivered the burglar to Sheriff Watson. He was bound over to court being sent to jail in default of bond. Rit Bv Venomous Spider. High Point, Special. Dr. W. J. McAnaily, of this city, lies quite ill on account of a bite from a poisonous spider in a very particular place, urs. Turner and Jones of this city, and Dr. McGhee, of Reidsville, are attend ing him. The. poison wrecked his nervous svstem and he cannot stand the least ' noise. The danger point "has not passed, but physicians think he will set through all right now. Durham Tobacco Season Opens. Durham, Special Notice of the opening of the tobacco season has been sent the leaf houses here and some of the weed is on the way for the factories of the American To bacco Company, the Imperial and Walker's Durham. The primings of a few davs ago were the first , to be sold from the native fields, but there is no real Durham tobacco ready. Re ports from the farmers indicate a good crop. The building of a road from Durham to Roxboro brought l, 000,000 pounds here that had never come before and it averaged 14 cents. II Result of a Head-On Collision on Denver & Rio Grande. FIFTY OTHER PASSENGERS HURT Northbound and Southbound Passen ger Trains, Running at Terrific Speed, Meet on a Curve and Crews Have no Opportunity to Avert a Collision. Colorado Springs, Col., Special. Eight are dead and 50 injured, some fatally, as a result of a head-on col lision between train No. 8 north bound and train No. 1, southbound, on the Denver & Rio Grande at Hust ed, 18 miles north of Colorado Springs Saturday morning. The trains, both running at terrific speed, met on a curve and their crews had no oppor tunity to avert the collision. Train No. 8, drawn by two engines, tele scoped the baggage car and smoker of No. 1, and all three engines went into the ditch. With more than 400 passengers on the two trains the excitement follow ing the accident was indescribable. All the passengers were thrown in a screaming mass on the floors of the cars and many were hurt in the stam pede to escape. The unhurt rushed to the aid of the injured, but so great was the confusion that it required half an hour to clear the cars, which were enveloped in clouds of steam from the engines. Relief trains bearing surgeons and nurses were rushed to the scene of thj wreck and the wounded were brought to local hospitals. It is said that officials of the road place the blame of the wreck upon the crw of train No. 8 who wre ordered to meet No. 1 at Husted. It is claim ed the crew mistook a switch engine and cars for No. 1 and believd the track was clear. The following are among the dead and injured: Frank M. Frederick, St. Louis, Mo.; C. S. Brown, Jerrico Springs, Mo.; J. A. Gossage, Husted, Colorado, fireman No. 8; B. F. Lark ens, Colorado Springs, Col.; J. K. Parker, Denver; J. R. Parker, Chica go; 'two unidentified men. Cause of Blind Staggers. Bristol, Va., Special. Chancelor Hal H. Hayes, of Bristol, who con- duets a large stock farm here, is pos itive that he has discovered the cause of the ailment among cattle common ly called " blind staggers." Having lost several fine horses and cows re cently, he began an investigation. In the stomach of a cow which died last month was found a leaf, which he suspected was from a poisonous growth. Matching the leaf to a growth with a leaf much like mint, he sent a specimen of the plant to the Agricultural Department of the United States government. The de partment has just written Judge Haynes that the plant is "cicuta maculata L.," or water hemlock. The following statement is appended. "It is one of the most poisonous native plants in the United States, being rapidly fatal to both man and ani mals. Cattle sometimes eat the tu bers, and in marshes are poisoned by drinking water contaminated by the juice of the rotts, which they have crushed by being trampled upon, jno remedies for this poison have yet been discovered." Judge Haynes is endeavoring to get a specimen of a kindred plant that is found in South west Virginia, and which gives stock the staggers. He says that the plant can readily be exterminated. It is his belief that a general knowledge of this subject will be the means of saving many cattle in the South from premature death. Cretans Must Yield. London, By Cable. As a result of refugal q- 0 lation of Crete to haul down the Greek flag, which was raised when th troops of the powers, Great Britain, France, Italy and Russia, recently evacuated the island, the powers have ordered war ships to Crete and probably will re occupy the islands i norder to force compliance with their wishes. Chinese Belle Murdered. New York, Special. Chinatown boiled over again Sunday on discov ery, of the murder of the most beauti ful of the few Chinese women in New York, Bow Kim, 21 years old, who came here from San Francisco about a year ago, with an Americanized Chinaman, Chin Len, 31 years old. It was about 2 o'clock in the morning, just as the usual Saturday night rev elers "Were quiting down that Chin Len dashed out of a tenement house at 17 Mott street, crying: "My woman been murdered." 1 DEATH WRECK FARMERS' STATE CONVENTION Four Days' Session, Ang. 24-27 Railroads Give Special Rates. Raleigh, Special. The Farmers State Convention will meet here Aug. 24th to 27th, inclusive. A reception committee, of , which W. C. Etheridge is chairman, will meet all trains arriving at the Union Station Monday evening, Tuesday and Wednesday. When you get off the train, look for men with badges: "Reception Committee," or for sign: "Headquarters, Reception Commit tee, State Farmers' Convention," and make yourself known. The committee will take care of you. Those who prefer will be assisted in securing satisfactory accommodations in the city, while those who wish to room at the College will be escorted there and provided with rooms fve and meals at cost. Those who intend rooming at the College should notify Mr. E. B. Owen, West Raleigh, when they will arrive, but failure to do this need not prevent anyone from secur ing a room at the college on his arriv al. Those expecting to room at the College should bring towels and pil lars with them. The accommodations for rooming at the Colloge are not good, owing to the fact that the College has no fur niture or bedding except that furnish ed students, but such as is there will be at the disposal of those who wish to avail themselves of it. Railroad Rates. A rate of one and one-half fare plus fifty cents ias been granted for the Farmers State Convention, pro vided there are as many as one hun dred persons attending the meeting holding properly receipted certifi cates. Information, sample certificate and programs may be secured from the Secretary or E. B. Owen, Registrar. of the College. West Raleigh, N. C upon application. T. B. PARKER, Sec. PROGRAM. TUESDAY. AUGUST 24. 11:00 a. m. Address of Welcome by Major W. A. Graham, State Com missioner of Agriculture; Annual ad dress by the President of the Conven tion. 2:15 p. m. Reclaiming Soil, Mr. R. W. Scott, Alamance County;; Discus sion by Mr. J. P. Wyatt, Wake Coun ty; The Crime of Gulleying, Prof. C. L. Newman, A. and M. College; Dis cussion by Mr. R. W. Pou, Iredell County; Crop Varieties and Soil Types Mr. J. L. Burgess, State De partment of Agriculture; Soil Preser vation, Mr. E. E. Miller, Managing Editor Progressive Farmer; General Discussion. 8:00 p. m. Progress in Agricultu ral Education, President D. H. Hill, A. and M. College; Agriculture's Debt to Science (Lantern Lecture), Dr. F. L. Stevens, A. and M. College. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25. 7:30 to 10:00 a. m Live-stock Judging : Cattle. Prof. John Mich els f Horses, Dr. 9 W. G. Chrisman; Hogs, Prof. R. S. Curtis; Poultry, Prof. J. S. Jeffrey. 10:00 a. m How to Make iwo Bales of Cotton to the Acre, Mr. W. A. Simpkins, Wake County; Discus sion by Mr. T. J. W. Broome, Union County; What Shall the Farmer Do With His Cotton Seed? State Chemist B. W. Kilgore, StatevDepartment of Agriculture ; Discussion by Mr. W. D. Trotman, Iredell County ; Peanuts as a Farm Crop, Supt. T. E. Browne, Hertford County; Discussion by Mr. Thos. W. Blount, Washington County. 2:15 p. m. Doubling the Corn Yield, Mr. C. R. Hudson,' State De monstration Agent; Discussion by Mr. John F. Latham, Beaufort Coun ty; Inects Injurious to Com, Prof. R. I. Smith, A. and M. College and Ex periment Station;1 Preparation of Land for Corn, Mr. B. S. Skinner, Superintendent College Farm; Dis cussion by Mr. J. D. Sessoms, Cum berland County; General Discussion by all Corn Growers. 8 :00 X). m. The importance of Edu cation in Agriculture, Mr. F. S. White, Commissioner of Agriculture, Rock Island and Frisco JLines, St. Louis, Mo. ; ; Farm Methods, Dr. S. A. Knapp, U. S. Department of Agricul ture. THURSDAY, AUGUST 26. 7:30 to 9:30 a. m. Dairy Demon stration at College Dairy. 9:30 a. m Dairy Development in North Carolina, Mr. J. A. Conover, State Department of Agriculture ; Dis cussion by Mr. W. W. Finley, Wilkes County ; Economical Feeding of Dairy Cattle, Prof. John Michels, A. and M. College and Experiment Station; Nec essity of Good Farm Equipment, Mr. John W. Robinson, Catawba County; Discussion bv Mr. W. C. Andrews, Orange County; Feeding Cotton-seed Meal to Horses and Hogs, Prof. R. S: Curtis. Experiment Station; Sugges tions for Selecting a Breeding Ani mal, Dr. W. J. Hartman, State De partment of Agriculture. 2 -15 P- m. Legumes as Farm Crops, Mr. T. B. Parker, State De partment of Agriculture; Discussion by Mr. C. C. Moore, Mecklenburg W. C. Riddick, A. and M. College: County; Building Qood Roads, Prof. Factors Affecting the Maturity of Corn, Director C. B. Williams, Ex periment Station; Grasses and Hay making, Mr. R. L. Shuford, Catawba County; Agricultural Extension Work, Prof. L O. Schaub, A. and M. College. 8:00 p, m. Improvement of Farm Homes, Mr. Franklin Sherman, Jr., State Denartment of Agriculture. ? FRIDAY, AUGUST 27. 7:30 to 9:30 a. m. Demonstration of Tests for Tuberculosis in Cows, Doctors Hartman, Roberts and Chris man. 9:30 a. m Commercial Fruit Growing, Prof. W. N. Hutt, State De partment of Agriculture; Lettuce Growing in Eastern Carolina, Mr. W. H. Bray, Craven County. 2:15 p. m. Handling and Selling Tobbaco, Mr. J. O. W. Gravely, Nash County; Improvement of State Horti culture, Mr. S. B. Shaw, State De partment of Agriculture; Election of Officers and Other Business. The Government Enlarging Wireless Station at Beaufort. Beaufort, N. C, Special. The gov ernment is increasing the capacity of the wireless station on Piver's island, this harbor. Commander Quinby is in charge of the work and says when it is completed the station will send and receive messages from a much greater distance than heretofore. This sta tion was the first on the coast to re ceive and to send out messages last week when the steamer Arapahoe broke her tail shaft. Earthquake in Japan. Tokio, By Cable. Reports received concerning the earthquake in central Japan Saturday afternoon show there were a number of fatalities and that great damage was done. The dead at prsent is said to be 30, though it is feared that the fatalities will be greatly increased when ,the outlying districts are heard from. The num ber of persons injured is 822. Thus far 362 buildings, including many temples, are reported to hav been de stroyed and more than one thousand others badly damaged. Kinn Edward as Metronome. A Vjry wtee decision h2s been ar rived at by King Edward with regard Co the national anthem. He has now expressed his desire that a stan dard of tempo should be adopted so that whenever it 'is played it will al ways be taken at exactly the same tkre. This matter, trivial as it may peem. has Ions: occupied the mind ot the Duke of Connaught, by whom it was brought before the King, and for the change that he has thus brought about the publifc no less than his own family owe him much thanks. ' Hitherto it Ins been at the discre tion of eyery bandmaster or conductor of an orchestra to take the national anthem fast or slow, and generally speaking it has 'been dragged rather than hastened with somewhat dirge like effect. Henceforth it is to be sung briskly and joyfully, and we shall always know' the cnoment the first note Is heard exactly howt we are to sing it. That it is in a sense a prater does not necessitate a funereal tempo. Lady's Pictorial. BELOW any other nn VAT U V iiv m or on any kind of terms, loeues illustrating and mm bicycles, old patterns and latest models, and learn oi our remarkable juu.w FRICBS and wonderful new offers made possible by selling from factory direct to rider with no middlemen's profits. WE SHIP ON APPROVAL without a cent deposit, Fay the Freight and allow lO Days Free Trial and make other liberal 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. 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Mary Chilton was not the first per son to land from the Mayflower at Plymouth, according to investigations by Samuel Arthur Dent. Mrs. Laura Lebeis, Brooklyn, was bitten thirty-six times by a dog when attempting to aid the animal's mis tress, who was taken ill. Twenty-five women, sixteen of whom were winners in popularity contests conducted by two Pennsyl vania newspapers, made a trip to Ber muda. Mrs. Lulu F. Bryan Rambaud was granted an interlocutory decree of divorce from Dr. George G. Rambaud, head of the Pasteur Institute, of New York City. A whipping-post for wife-beaters was advocated by Magistrate House, who said as many as fifty beaten wives had appealed to him in one day in New York City. At St. Margaret's, Westmlnstec, London, Grace Eloise, daughter of Edgar Peckham, of New York, was married to Francis, son of the lap J. S. Andrews, of Scotland. Mrs. Lu Wheat, author, died in Los Angeles, after a brief illness. She was born in Michigan in 1840. 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