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folk mm. -Three Cute the CoW. INDEPENDENCE IN ALL THINGS. Subscription PricTsTbo Per Yr In AdvanT VOL X V. 11 BE Carnival of historic Scenes Re-Enacted on the Hudson. HUDSON AND FUL10N HONORED Characters and Sctns.-; Presented id Week of Pageants World's Great est Assemblage of War Vessels. Now York. Special. Henry Hud son, who molted from view 300 years ago into those Arctic mists from vriich two American discoverers have but lately returned, walked his quar ter deck again Saturday, and in sea- boots and plumed hat surveyed the changes aioft and ashore that make his second visit to these shores scarce ly less memorable than his first. His. reincarnation or to be strictly ae curtc, his. impersonation. Saturday the reproduction of his sirtfT, tW Half Moon, and their 20tb eenury tour ot seeing New York .art expressions of ibfce recurrent themes of historical rontrast and instruction by pageant in which the central idea of the Hudson Fulton celebration germinated. With New York harbor and Manhattan Is land for a stage, the play opened Sat urday for a week's run, and will for another week show to leaser cities and towns along the route that Hud son traveled Hudson and Fulton. Fulton's name follows that of Hud son on the programme, as the repro duction of the CTiermont followed the reproduction af ta Half Moon on the waters of the harlxr. The two little shops, once so mighty with achievement, made their rounds Sat urdav of the warships -assembled to do them bonor, with 1,000 merchant ships and pleasure craft trailing be hind them in a parade 15 miles long; saluted the national and the internat ional flags of peace; wer officially re ceived by the city and the Hudson Fulton commission in the afternoon sith the other visiting notables, and then at night repeated the course over a river white as day with the glare of the hundreds of search light from on shore and afloat, before they anchor ed. On Sunday with more than three score of the picked light ing ships of eight nations, swinging at anchor in the Hudson river, sight seers at the Hudson-Fulton celebra tion looked upon the most impressive assembly of foreign warships that has probably ever been seen in American vraters. Riding in the river between Forty fourth street and Spuyten Duyvil. besides the 50 vessels of the United Stetes Atlantic fleet under Rear Admiral Seaton Schroedef, the foreign T i-vies are represented by six teen fighting craft in all. Great Brit ian has four, Germany fans four also, France ha? two. Italy has two, Mexi co has one. Argentine has one and Cuba has one. Their a.essive hulls tugged lazily at their anchorages represent the Inghest development i construction from the great shipyards on the Clyde and the best efforts of the German naval constructors. Swift cruisers with triple expansion engines and long rakish lines like greyhounds ol the ocean; massive battleships- mounted from turrets to the fighting tops wi'h batteries of the highest type, swift torpedo boats and topedo boat d stroycrs, wonderful submarines every type of fighting ship known to the United States and eight other navies, four of them world powers, are in this impressive assem bly. The program for Monday included aeroplane flights by Wilbur Wright u Glenn H. Curtiss from Governors Island and the opening of various commemoratory exhibits throughout the citv. - y Millennium; Did Not Come. t Duxbury, Mass., Special. end of th- world, arranged as finale in the strange drama ted iiere during the past few not ha ing occurred as schedul er of the actors-Saturday left ; ter oi their activities. Here they vi 1! wait in their homes, the same implicit; faith, the rcn-.- of the last nci.. W The the nac day d, ,s.e lte wit lj deri Stmnge Electrical Phenomenon. ' York, Special. Gripped by i; sterious "aurora' telegraph practical v nl over the world e paralyzed Saturday. From, early rn''ig until night, communcation j? erratic and at times cut off en ffi? between certain points. Old (( aph operators called it the V' for brilliant northern 2rl usually follow such an clectri- p.K'riomenon. but instead of "atr-lii.,.- . . . the; uie tUsPIay tlie.V eDl l u,m and oncrcic to uttflnirlmff fell a I " w o taenia 1 and "ldjustinS their instru- 1 COLUMBUb, PROF. COON NOT CORRECT Supt. Joyner Makes Correction of Statement That Caused Reproach to the State. Raleigh, Special, Superintendent of Education J. Y. Joyner has issued his statement in refutation of the charges of Superintendent C. L. Coon, of the Wilson public schools made in Atlanta before the Confer ence for Education in the South that North Carolina was likelv spending only $402,658 on her negro schools, leaving $26,539 of the North Carolina funds paid by negroes that did not reach their schools, his figures being based on the 1908 statistics. In an elaborate statement Superin tendent Joyner ins t& that negroes that year received twice its much for school maintenance as they paid into the school fund, the exact figures be ing $253,979 paid in and $460,015 ex pended for negro schools. Superin tendent Joyner insists that Prof. Coon, who wi for some time connect ed with the State Department -of Edu cation, erred in his estimates of the proportion of poll tax and other sources of the school fund revenue which are not designated as to race sources. Sharp and unjust criticisms of a number of Northern papers elicit ed Mr. Joyner ?s statement. Pardoned But Retaken. Raleigh, Special. Governor Ivitch in has had William Lawder, of Mor ganton, whom he pardoned in April, arrested, and the prisoner must show cause why his pardon should not be revoked, or he will resume his term. Lawder was convicted at the March term, 1908, of Burke Superior Court, of selling spirituous liquor without license, and sentenced to jail in three cases for terms aggregating eighteen months. On April 10, 1909, Governor Kit chin granted him a pardon on con dition that he remain law abiding and of good behavior. It has since been made to appear to the Governor by af fidavits and otherwise, that he h-is re peatedly violated the conditions of his pardon by being convicted and fined for selling liquor without license. The Governor has, therefore, issued a warrant for hi arrest and will thor oughly investigate the matter. Final action will be taken when the facts are fully ascertained. Grotmd to Death By Train. Wake Forest, Special. Until 5 o'clock Sunday morning the body of Luther Hcnson, a white man, about 30 years of age, who was probably killed by a Seaboard train between 2 and 5 o'clock, lay beside the railroad track within a half mile of the station awaiting the arrival of Coroner Se :ark from Raleigh, who after investi gating stated that as the man was iillcd within the corporate limits that i was not -within his jurisdiction. Jftowever. he stated, it was apparent that he was killed by a train. Intoxi cation seems responsible for the tragedy- . Awarded $17,000 Damages. Ashcville, Special. The jury in the Superior Court Friday afternoon in the case of T. E. Curtis, administrator, against the Southern Railway, return ed a verdict finding for the plaintiff and awarding damages in the sum of $17,000. The suit grew out of the killing at Rudd, October 17, 1907, of B. A lien Bryant, who six weeks before the accident was married here to Miss Marie Curtis. The defendant appeal ed and hope for a new trial on a part of Judge Adams' charge to the jury. Cursed the Magistrate. Wilson, Special. Arthur Barnes, a sewing machine asrent. was summoned before Magistrate A. T, Barnes, Sat urday afternoon at Lucama to show why he should not pay balance due on a horse and buggy hejhad purchased During the trial the young man cursed the magistrate, whereupon he was fin ed ten dollars and committed to the Wilson jail for five days for contempt. Defrauds Cotton Brokers. Raleigh, Special. A young white man perpertrated a fraud on Barbae & Co., cotton brokers, here Thursday afternoon, through whieh the brokers lost $600. He sold on- bale of eotton to Barbee & Co., which was sent to the official weighet, whose certificate the young man proceeded to raise from one to eleven bales, thereby making a statement call for $656. , Woman Given 15 Years. Lenoir, Special. At the Watauga Superior Court in session last week at Boone, a white mat by the name of Bill Baldwin was convicted of murder in the fifst degree, for killing Police man Miller at Blowing Rock, the 6th day of last July. At last, reports no sentence has been passed, but the matter will be taken to the Supreme Court. Jane Bennette, who killed a young, man by the name of Farthing with a hoe, was also tried And found guilty of manslaughter. She was sentenced to serve 15 years in" the penitentiary. POLK COUNTY, N. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1909. TAR HEEL CHRONICLES News Notes Gathered From AS Parts of the Old North State. The Invitation Extended, Charlotte, Special. The interde nominational committee appointed to secure for Charlotte the Laymen's Missionary Convention for the State of North Carolina met at the Young Men's Christian Association Monday night and de cided to tender an enthu siastic invitation for the great gather ing. It was reported that the requir ed $1,500 necessary to secure tlie con vention had been pledged by the var ious churches. An, "executive commit tee was appointed to arrange all de tails and do such preliminary work as is deemed necessary, consisting of Messrs. S. S . McNin'cb, chairman; Howard A. Banks, secretary ; j t. H. Peasley, representing the Episcopal ians; J. A. Durham, the Baptists; J. H. Ross, the Associate Reformed Presbyterians ; J. D. Barrier, the Lutherans; Dr. A. J. Crowell, the Presbyterians, and Mr. J. B. Ivey the directors of the Y. M. C. A. Innocent Man a Victim. Lenoir, Special. Charlie Pender grass, a young man of the Valmead suburb, was probably f atallv cut there Sunday night by Joe Helms, an em ploye of the Moore cotton mill. A j boy named Keller knocked at Helms1 door, saying that he wanted to talk with Helms' girl. As there had been some trouble before. Helms' wife or dered the caller away, and as he was leaving the house he fell over a stump and was overtaken by Helms with a knife. Mrs. Helms cried out not to hurt the boy, as he was not the one. Simultaneously Pendergrass was pass-, ing and Helms turned on him with the knife, disemboweling him by a 1 wound 12 inches long. Helms is in jail here awaiting the outcome. Pen dergrass was an innocent passerby and great indignation has been arous ed over the matter. African Cure For Pellegra. Durham, Special. J. S. Orcorde Terry, a native African, graduate of Cambridge, Eng., and medical mis sionary studying here, declares in a newspaper article that the natives oi Africa cure 90 per cent of pellagra bv herbivorous treatment, and he gives the formula. The doctors have taken his suggestion and are working upon Some of the Durham cases to see what efficiency there is in the remedy, ler ry says the doctors cure 65 per cent of the African cases, while the natives have still better luck. The African says he has followed the best British doctors into the afflicted homes in hie country and that they have not re gerded the disease as one of great danger. i "Can't Collect Damages. Raleigh, Special. A unique legal point has been decided by the Su preme Court in the case of Godette vs. Gaskill from Craven county. Mr. Jesse P. Godette brought suit against S. B. Gaskill for damages, alleging that in a former suit by Mr. Godette against one Bowen, S. B. Gaskill had been a witness for Bowen and because of his false testimony, Mr. Godett had lost his suit. He therefore brought suit against Gaskill to make him pay what he had failed to recover in his suit against Bowen. The trial judge ti j n i .., ;i,i i xiciu wut jruuJiie was nui euuiicu it any damages against Gaskill and or dered a judgment of non-suit. The court held that Gaskill could be pros ecuted for perjury only. A Case of Pellagra in Buncombe. Asheville, Special. What is re garded by the medical profession as a well-defined case of pell igra has been found at Gorman's Bridge near this city. The patient is William Sharpe, an old man who lives t he life of a hermit. A local physics-1 stated that the case was unmist'akall 3. Ninth.Death From Pellagra. Chalptte Special The ninth death from pellagra since the prevalence of the disease in this commuiity was an nounced, occurred Thurs iy, the vic tim being Ella Boyce, c lored. The woman was 20 years old. All the car dinal symptoms noted in previous cases were present. There are now six cases under treatment in Char lotte. Tower Gives Way Two Linemen Hurt. Lexington, Special. While string ing wires en the Southern Power Company's tower Monday afternoon a support gave way under two men and they fell to the ground. Lineman Osbj, of Harrisburg, sustained a frac ture, of the wrist and was otherwise, hurt, Lineman P. A. Daily, of Col ujnbig, was slightly hurt but malked to the camp. Osby was brought here. His hurts are not considered danger ous. The men .belong to Fisher 9 gang of workmen. ' v RACING SWINDLERS INDICTED Victims in Eighteen States Lost $500,000. Sheriff, Police Chief and Prosecuting Attorney Got $75 a Week, Said liettcr to Chief of Band. Council Bluffs, Iowa. James C. Maybray and eighty-four associates were indicted by the United States Grand Jury for the Southern District ot Iowa on a charge of conspiring to defraud through the use of the United States mails. With the exception of Maybray . and three or four others, none of those indicted was in custody. It was sfated that the list includes many persons known in criminal an nals Jn all parts of the country, and that nearly every name is followed by from one to four aliases. Each of these alleged confederates, it is charged, had a numbar, which is giv en as one of the aliases credited to the defendant. Although specific amounts are not mentioned in the Indictments, it is authoritatively stated that the amounts lost by the alleged victims of Maybray and others named win ex ceed half a million dollars. The sums lost run from $1500 to $30,000, the latter sum having been placed on a fake horse race, according to the evi dence at hand, by a M'ssouri banker. Victims in eighteen States, the Ter ritory of Alaska, and the Dominion of Canada are named in the indict ment, indicating the wide range of territory over which Maybray and his associates are alleged to have plied their vocation. As a basis of operation they used, according to the indictment, the cities of Council Bluffs, Davenport and Burlington. Iowa; St. Louis. Little Rock. Seattle, 'Denver and New Or leans, to which places, it is alleged, victims were taken by the numerous steerers." In setting out the specific instances fn which violations of the postal laws are charged, the indictment includes cornea of many sensational letters said to have been exchanged between Maybray and his associates, which re fer to alleged, 'deals,'; and name va rious sums of money as having changed hands as a result of the op erations of those mentioned in the in dictment. One letter is from Tolk City, Iowa, ft is signed by F. R. Marts, and in closes $1000 "to apply as forfeit money on our deal nending." A let ter from Samuel Sucor. of Cass Lake, Minn., says: "I have made my check on the laik up there for $5i)00." In a letter ritten a few days later the same man informs the person who received mail from postoffice box 4, which was Maybray's box, that the lo cation referred to is only twenty min utes' ride from the heart of New York City, and that the "fixing" could be done for $75 a week, "which will cover everything, that is, the Sheriff, the Chief and the Prosecuting Attor ney." The Indictment gives the names of eighty-five persons who are alleged to have been victims of Maybray and his essociateV. most ofwhom live in the Western States. Among those named In otbr localities are. P. W. Whalen, Port Arthur, Cana da; Fdward Jones. Shamokin. Pa.; F. Ellison, Kanloops, Canada, James Servais, Pojt Arthur. Canada: James Webber, Shamokin. P.: S. McMe.irn, Toronto. Canada; J. W. Springborn, Cleveland, Oh!; C. Nelson Pratt. To ledo, Ohio, and C. A. Nelson, Alma, Mih. The trials will begin at Red Oak, Iowa, during the November term of rourt or at Das Moines in December. Sylvester R. Rush, special assistant to the Attorney-General of the United States, at the Instance of the Depart ment of Justice, is taking part in the prosecuticii. KILL NKGKO AFTEP. CHASE. Texas Posso Hounds Up Murderers After a Six-Day Chase. Houston, Tex. A man hunt here, which lasted six days, has ended in the apprehension of the fugitives. Sheriff Gibson, of Brazoria County, and Iris posse of six picked men sur rounded a thicket near Sandy Point in which Steve Hayes and Charles Dalaney, negroes, were hiding, and dashed in to seize them. Hayes was shot dead while firing on the posse. Delaney threw down his gun, surrendered and was rushed here to escape being lynched. Hayes had murdered Armour Mon sob; Delaney had killed Tut Hardin: Hayes, Delaney and -a negro named Cooper overpowered Jailer Barbee in the Angleton jail, locked him in De laney's cell and escaped. Cooper is still at large. In the course of the long chase the posse killed two negroes. EASMUSSEN SAILS ;NORTH. lie is to Cross-Examine the Eskimos Who Were With Dr. Cook Copenhagen, Denmark. The steamer Hans Edege, on which Dr. Ceok returned to civilization, started for . Greenland. She will return in November with Kund Rasmussen, who is to cross-examine Dr. Cook's Eskimos. The authorities of the Copenhagen University have directed Dr. Pechule and Elis Stromgen, professor of as tronomy, to examine Dr. Cook's ob servations and records. Minister Egan will go to the United States in November for his vacation. PROMINENT PEOPLE. Colonel George Harvey's collarbone was broken in an automobile accident at Manahawkin, N. J. Y. Ucblda, Japanese Ambassador to Austria, is to succeed Baron Taka hira at Washington, D. C. '. Justice William J. Gaynor was nominated for Mayor of New York CJtv tv v final Democracy. Prince and Princess Kuni of .Japai were the guests of Dr. Takamine at Merriwold Park, Sullivan County, New York. Professor Baldwin, of Johns Hop kins University, has resigned to take practical charge of Mexico's educa tional system. Dr. J. G. Schurman, returning from abroad, asserted that England and America were far behind Germany in scientific research. Wu Ting-fang was a guest of honor at a dinner in New York City to Chas. R. Crane on the eve of his departure as Minister to China. John Bigelow sent a letter to the Hudson-Fulton Commission protest ing against the celebration and re fusing to lend his support to it. Dr; Norman Hansen, a prominent Banish physician, says that Dr. Cook told him that Commander Peary took forcible possessionof his (Dr. Cook's) house and supplies at Annotok. Senator Depew said that he would leave Europe for New York in time to take part in the mayoralty cam paign, and denied a report that he would make his jhome in California. Bliss Perry, author of "Walt Whit man," "The Amateur Spirit," and ed itor of the Atlantic Monthly, sailed from New York City to serve as American lecturer for the year 1909 10 at the Sorbonne and the ' Provin cial Universities of France.. Gold Found in Carolina. Hickory, Special. Placer deposits of gold, which promise rich returns, were discovered in Catawba County, near here, on what is known as the Abels farin. On hearing that gold was being duj up oi the place Messrs. Campbell and St roup, vho recently purchased the farm, made investiga tion, panning out the grnvel of a tiny stream which traverses the place. Twenty tiny nfjret of. pure nie'al were found in a hoxt time. Killed By Train. Roxboro, Special Mr. John Woody son of Mrs. John F. Woody, who for several years past has been living here, was killed at Maybery, W. Ya.. Sunday. He was en route to Coal dalc, where he held a position. Hv was fixing to board a freight when he was run over .by a freigut winch came up behind him unnoticed. The remains were interred at Bethel Hill, his old home. Pellar? in Wcisxcu-Salcm. Winston-iSalem, Special.- The first genuine case of pellagra that has ap peared in Forsyth county was discov ered here Tuesday. The victim is a negro woman and is an inmate of the county home. She has been examined by several physicians and her condi tion pronounced very critical and all agree in the diagnosis of pellagra. 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Albee. a wealthy Buffalo man. Miss Meredith. daurrM of Grge Meredith, bp demonstrated in Fngr land her ability to lead a municipal orchestra. Dr. Mar Wolfe, suTerintendnt of the State Hosnital at Nrrisfown. Pa., has under her supervision more than 800 patients. Mrs. Nelson MorrK widow of the wealthy nacker. of Chicato. died at Fontainblesu. France, from an auto mobile accident. - MSB flf "Htf L. ((." v . cepted a call to the pasiorete ot tne Free Baptist churches at New Port land and East New Portland, Me. The National Association of Retail Milliners, meeting in Chicago, said women ought to throw way the peach basket and other freak hats. Mrs. Florence Forbes, of New De catur, Ala., on of the foremost poul try breeders of the South, was elect ed vice-president of the Trl-State Fair Association. Professor Frances Spire Potter, whose paper read before the Buffalo convention for equal suffrage attract ed much attention, is the mother of four children. Mrs. Clarence H. Mackay, president of the Equal Franchise League, called on Mrs. Belmont at the new suffrage headquarters, in New York City, and the union between the former rival factions was formally ratified. FAMILIAR SCENES. "Yes; I'm just back from Europe." "Did you see any towns abroad that reminded you of home?" "Oh, yes. In Venice everything was flooded, and in Pompeii the streets were all dug up." Washing? ton Herald. Are a Necessity I 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. No man has a right to compel one of the familv to lie in agony for hours. while he; m M 'i drives to town lor the doctor. Tel ephone and save half the suffering. Our Free Book tells how to or ganize, build and operate tele phone lines and systems. Instruments sold on thirty days' trial to responsible parties. THE CADIZ ELECTRIC CO., 2d CCC Building, Cadiz, Ohio. 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