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Urn Three Cents the Copy VOL XV. HBRESTEO IN BERLIN FOB NEW YORK FRAUD in Kaufmann Charged With 5107,000 Swindle. FEL PICTURE GAVE CLUE gcnt to lino uruppeu ii we Same on It, Hut IMace Was Fount in Vienna He Escaped Arrest There. B staci here rlia. Germany. Martin Kauf df New York City, was arrested y former United States Post Inspector Henry C.Hill, charged lrav.es 'amounting to $107,000 rmestipn v.-ith the Cotton Goods erters' Company, of New York r a long time Kaufmann was con ed a trustworthy business man. partner," M. A. Isaacs, had such 2it confidence in Kaufmann's in Oil-- - iriln in co Conv city- Fc side:' 1 irr. " i tegrity tliat he induced a number of his IKS', S 2 7 ?nds to take snares in the busi- 0110 of these was a Cincinnati ant named Blum, who put in business proceeded satisfactor ily for sis months. Then Elum asked a customer to settle an outstanding ;: mi; and the customer declared it vr: not due. An investigation of the company'? accounts followed, and re sit eu hi the discovery of a number of falsified entries, amounting to f.107,000, Kaufmann, in the mean li:: had disappeared. ' S mc of the shareholders, who were practically bankrupted, held Isaacs Lly responsible, and he gave his for the total amount missing. nann was maictea ana mil was 1 in charge of the case. known that Kaufmann had fcr Europe, but no clue to his c1 outs could be found until his who is in business in Lawrence, . dropped a paper containing a Will "Hm a photograph of a hotel. Neither the name of the hotel nor the name of the city was mentioned, but a window v ,'s marked, and above it were the words "This is my room" in Kauf mann's handwriting. Are: many difficulties the hotel v Incased in Vienna, where Kauf mann lived under the name of Marvin Kent. Ho had ordered that his mail he sent to a tourist's office in Berlin. Ke called there, and Hill, who was ac companied by Arthur Kugemann, of N'aw York City, and a detective, ac costed hirr. At first Kaufmann stout ly denied his identity, but later he ad d that he was the man and was irtln Kaufmann in believed to sailed from New York City on Kaiter Wilhelm der Grosse on 23. The steamer was chased by z, c:i which was a United States ity Marshal with a writ to pre Kaufmann's departure. The however failed to overtake the uer. nni and Kaufmann conducted the less in cotton goods in East IT'.: the 2 t i Depi vent tasr. nasi 7v;el rnptt Marc fib street. A petition in bank- y was filed against the firm on h 22, but the creditors were un to find Kaufmann. mfmann had been located in V and he came near being ar- til lsrfc, but left for Berlin just :zt was to be made. IICOIvWORM IN FAR WEST. f ... -nirfcirn Tlr.rtor Savs It Came There From Hawaii. k:i Francisco, Cal. The hook m disease has. been brought to Francisco from Hawaii and the at and hundreds of cases of hith- unexplained dejection, laziness supposed lack of moral initiative w attributed to the inroads of little parasite.' ); Herbert Gunn, who directed a :palgn of physicians against the 1 se, s"id: I have treated more than 100 nf hookworm in this city. I re Icast one death dqe to it, that boy who died in the Lane Hospi ) years ago. The disease has n known to exist in California l in very rare instances .until years ago. A colony of laborers re born in the West Indies re from Hawaii, and forty- fnt. were found to be serl . aff rtcd." S3 Oi c a or ta fl w r- f; 0. A FIXED EASTER DATE. C 111 FWatei Church. Approves the Suggestion, 'in. Germany. The general (f the State Church approved i I" the suggestion to fix by ' fn an immovable date to be as Easter Sunday. This is fi as a convenience to both the il the public, rider, vice-president of the 1 Church Council, said that 1 had the matter under ad- Vis ppdsi FOR BOY DESPERADO. i;: ( rim?, Though ne Has Lived But a Decade. Ont. Cyril St. Armand, ten years old, was sen x: years for horse stealing, years old he was con- Olt of f lence an nttemnt to wreeK a gWian Pacific Railway train m V U enabled him to escape foli.-7s for this and a number of 1, .- lur tnis ana a 1 6lies which followed. folk COLUMBUS, TAR HEEL CHRONICLES News Notes Gathered From All Parts of the Old North State. Cherryville Has Big Fire. Cherryville, Special. Fire which had its origin in sparks from the lo comotive of a passing freight train Thursday afternoon left the best part of the residential section of this town in ashes. It was the most destructive conflagration in the town's history and the loss will reach upwards of $15,000. The sparks first set fire to J. M. Beam's barn and then spread to his residence, destroying both. The flames spread to the dwelling occupied by J. F. Weathers, druggist, then burned the home of ex-Mayor Henry Houser, both owned by D. E. Beam, and final ly to the dwelling of J. H. Rudisill, leaving all these substantial two story houses in ashes. High winds, combined with the fact that there, is no fire fighting apparatus in the town left it at the mercy of the flames, though citizens worked man fully to save the property. Hose connection was secured from the j Cherryville Manufacturing Company, I but the pressure was inadequate to ' master the fire. The wide gap between the doomed property and the busi-! ness section war all that saved the town from being wiped from the map. j The losses and insurance so far as they can bo oHn 1 J. M. Beam, $5,000, with $2,400 in surance; D. E. Beam, $5,000, no in surance; J. if. Kuuibxu 1800 insurance; J. F. Weathers $20i) on furniture and Henry Houser $200 on furniture. Terrible Boiler Explosion. Selma, Special. As the result of a boiler explosion Tuesday at Chas. Creech's gin, near this place, one man is dead, two fatally injured and one seriously wounded, while several are slightly injured. A peculiarity about this explosion is that it completely tlemolisi.ca ue adjoining building, passing through it and causing the roof to fall in. The havoc wrought almost passed hu man conception and was a sight from which spectators turned their eyes j in horror. L. S. Parrish, a farmer and patron of the gin, was instantly killed, Wal ter Stancill sustained a fractured jaw bone and injuries at the base of the skull. Dr. J. B. Person stated that cerebral menningitis was almost in evitable hi this case. Dock Bratton, the engineer was scalded seriously, probably fatally. Haywood Ellis sus tained several scalp wounds, which are not thought to be serious. The acident is believed to be due to negligence, as the engine was guaged to 100 pounds and carried 150 pounds. Although the property was completely wrecked, there was no in surance. Silver Service For Departing Snpt, Raleigh, Special. At the First Presbyterian church the Sunday school was thronged, the occasion be ing the farewell to Hergert W. Jackson, for several years superin tendent of one of the Sunday schools of this city. A number of teachers from other Sunday schools were present, representing several denomi nations. A silver service was pre sented to the retiring superintendent who this week goes to Richmond to become the president of a prominent bank. The presentation speech was made by Alfred A. Thompson, a former superintendent. Mr. Poe Gets Loving Cup. Raleigh, Special. it was announc ed that the committee had awarded the " loving cup" presented by Mrs. Lindsay Patterson to the association to Clarence H. Poe, for his book, "A Southerner in Europe." This an nouncement was greeted with great J applause. The pisentation of the cup was male by Mr. Bryce in a few striking words, in which he took occasion to say he knew Mr. Poe and no one brought a finer literary taste to his work here. Statesville Mill Curtails. Statesville, Special. The States-, ville Cotton Mill is now running only four days a week. The mill people say they are unable to sell their pro duct at a profit. While the mill is running on short time the mill op eratives will not be charged house rent. INDEPENDENCE POLK COUNTY, N. C, AUTOMOBILE TRAGEDY State Senator Fleming a ad Son of Harry Skinner Victims. Greenville, Special. J. L. Flem ing, State Senator from Pitt county, and Harry Skinner, Jr., son of Unit ed States District Attorney Harry Skinner, were killed in an automo bile wreck near here late Friday Mr. Fleming was thrown from the machine, breaking his neck and dying almost instantly, while Mr. Skinner's skull was fractured. Being rushed to a hospital in Richmond, Va., he died before the train reached Wil son. Mr. E. G. Flanagan had three friends, Messrs. J. L. Fleming, Harry Skinner, Jr., and S. C. Wooten, out for a ride in his automobile. They had been a short distance in the country and when about a mile from town on their return overtook some lumber wagons in the road. Mr. Flanagan was driving his machine at high speed and in turning out to pass the wagons lost control of the machine and it crashed with terrific force into a tree by the roadside, which turned it ever and almost com pletely wrecked it. Red Letter Day in Greensboro. Greensboro, Special. Friday was Greensboro's .busy day, the activities embracing a big parade by the public school children of the county, ad dresses on public edducation by Dr. S. A. Knapp, of the United States Department of Agriculture, and Stale Superintendent Joyner, an address by Hon. James Brytee, the British am bassador, a visit by the delegates .to the national farmers' congress, new in session in Raleigh, and an address by Secretary of Agriculture Wilson. The educational parade, which took place at 11 o'clock, was the greatest demonstration for public education ever witnessed in this section. Head ed by several hundred members of the J. O. U. A. M., over ten thou said ppupils of the public schools, of Guilford county marched through the principal streets of the city to the auditorium, where they sang a num ber of patriotic airs. The parade was unique and imposing and was viewed by thousands of A1 own and country people, who lined the sidewalks and cheered the children. The first prize for the best ap pearance in the line of march was awarded to the graded school of the Proximity cotton mill and the second prize to the Asheboro street school of the Greensboro graded schools. The first prize for the most attractive ap pearance in the line of march was awarded to the Gibsonville graded school and the second prize to the Whe Oak mill graded school. Following the exercises in the au ditoium, State Superintendent Joy ner made an address in the opera house in the afternoon at 3 o'clock to the teachers, commtteemen and others interested in public education. At the same hour Dr. S. A. Knapp eddressed the women of Guilford with special reference to the develop ment of the rural schools. Ten Thousand Pounds Sea Mullets. Sold on Newbern Marke. Newbern, Special. A rather un usual sight was seen at th emarket dock a few days ago. A fishing scooner with 10,000 pounds of mullet from the ocean came in and offered the fish for sale in the open market. The fish were rather small, but were finally disposed of. The first price asked was $150 for the whole load, but what the sale price was has not been learned. Quite a large amount of fish is shipped from this market, but the fish come here in boats be longing to Newbern dealers and it is unusual for an outside load to be brouerht in. Funeral of Auto Victims. Greenville, Special The funerals of Mr. Harry Skinner, Jr., and ex State Senator J. L. Fleming, who were killed in the automobile acci dent Friday evening, took place Sunday, the former in the morning and the latter in the afternoon. Scores of sympathetic telegrams from this and other States were received by the bereaved families. Farmers Congress Saturday. Raleigh, Special. Thiry-seyen States were represented at the session Saturday of the farmers' national congress at the A. and M. College. It was the third day, though Friday was a holiday. The delegates had a great' deal to say about the impressions they have received about North Car olina, and may were heard to make comment that this was the most pleas ant meeting held by the organization. The session began a little .late and Vice President Stranger of Ohio pre sided until President Cameron ar rived and regularly opened the session. IN ALL THINGS. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 11,1909. RfCEPTiO mm Columbia Augusta Gave Him ad Hand. COLUMBIA L;iADS IN WELCOME "Banqueted Saturday Evening at Co lumbia and Takes Sabbath Rest at Augusta His Southern Home. The President 's afternoon in Col umbia Saturday was filled with in teresfc. He was entertained at iunch eon in the chamber of the House of Representatives at the State Capital and remarked that South Carolina was the first State officially to greet him Within the walls of its Capitol. The only other President ever to visit Columbia was Washington whose stay in the quaint old city is chronicled as: having been an event in 1791. Like President Taft, Washington was en tertained at luncheon in the State Capitol. The building which soused President Taft today, however, was not the same, though it is old enough to b.ear the scars of a bombardment from Sherman's army. Following the evacuation of Colum bia by Gen. Wade Hampton and the occupation by General Sherman, the entire business section of the city was burned. Consequently the President Satur day looked upon a strange admixture of ante-bellum homes and skyscrapers indicative of modern progress. During his, long automobile . ride OUR PRESIDENT. through the city, the President was taken past the old Baptist church where the secession convention as sembled. Through the misdirection of a native a Methodist church was burned by the Northern army as the supposed place of the inception of the secession. The President also saw the palatial old Preston mansion in which Sherman established his head quarters, and made a brief address to the students of the University of South Carolina, on the old campus sur rounded by a hollow square of build ings which have know no outward change since the days of the civil war. The many reminders of the conflict of the sixites caused the President to speak at the luncheon in his honor with a fervor on the subject of the passing of all sectiqnal feeling great er than he has displayed at any other city during his Southern trip. The President also made a speech ,at the State fair grounds. After spending the entire after noon in historic old Columbia, with its many reminders of the withering blast of the civil war. President Taft arrived in Augusta at 8:30 o'clock Saturday to rest until Monday when he resumed his journay to Washing ton. The President often speaks of Au gusta as "home" and his reception here, as he rode through erowded and brilliantly illuminated streets leading from the train to the home of Major Joseph B. Cumming, whose house guest he was, was in the nature of a homecoming celebration. Mr. Taft has stated several times that he was a resident of Augusta when elected President of the United States, that is when the electoral votes were cast at Washington. The Augusta people are proud to claim him as their own and hence the name of "Taft. Wil liam H., President of the United States, Terret cottage, Summerville. ' ' appears in the current city , directory. It was from Augusta last winter that the President-elect went to Washing ton to take the oath of office. ' Mr, Taft had "been looking forward to his visit to Augusta and the resi dents' of the city made his stay as pleasant as possible. They asked him to make- only .fne speech during his two days in town. Saturday night an SLw William H. Taft JjgSjBiEj, ffeto Subscription Price, $1.00 informal reception at the Cumming home left the President free to retire early for a much needed long night's rest. Sunday he attended services at the Church of the Good Shepherd, Episcopalian; lunched with Landon A. Thomas and dined quietly at the Cumming 's home in the evening. Mon day morning, bright and early, the President played golf on the links of the Country Club where he spent so much time last winter when the snows drove him from Hot Springs to seek a warmer climate. Destructive Cotton Fire at Norwood. Wadesboro, Special. Telephonic advices from Norwood tell of a fire Sunday. About 7 a. m. fire was dis covered at the cotton platform., on which were 200 bales. Prompt meas ures saved all but eight bales. The platform was badly damaged. Short ly before the fire was discovered two men were seen about the platform smoking cigarettes, bu th eorigin of the fire is unknown. Stop Work on Roads. Burlington, Special. J. M. Brooks and Son. subcontractors for $200, 000 road improvement in Alamance county, on account of disagreement between the civil engineer of the ! county and themselves, have thrown up their contract and discontinued work on the roads. Attachments aggregating $2,000 have been filed by local creditors. Butlers Get Naw Trial. Raleigh, Special. The Supreme Court of North Carolina granted ex United States Senator Marion But ler and his brother, Lester Butler, editor of the Caucasian, ne.v trials in the ease against them in Guilford county, in which they were fined re spectively $500 and $250 for criminal libel against Chief Justice Spencer B. Adams, of the Chickasaw Court of Land Claims, Indian Territory, now North Carolina Republican State chairman - K. R. McCormick Meets Tragic Death on Aeheville Yards. Asheville. Special. K. R. McCor mick of No. 29 Ashland avenue, a switchman in the employ of the Southern Railway on the local yards was mashed between two cars on the local yards last week and died at the passenger sation in the emergency room, where he was taken after the ; accident. Mr. McCormick was about 30 years of age and had been with the railway company aboil one year. Surviving ! is a widow. WROTE HIS WILL ON THE WALL. Brooklyn Man May Get Estate of Georgia Hermit. Savannah, Ga. Peter G. Leist, a hermit, was found dead at his home near Savannah. He was seated in a chair, apparently staring at the wall of his room, on which he had written his will. His property, which is considerable, is left to his son, who is in school at Sharon, Ga., or, in case of his death, to Henry Dryer, of Brooklyn. N. Y. 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HEAT CYCLE COMPANY, Deol."H" RHICGc?lLL, Per Year in Advance. NO. 27 Cotton Mills Will Curtail. Charlotie, Special. At a meeting of all the cotton mills of Alamance county hold at Burlington Saturday it was unanimously resolved to curtail production to the extent of two days a "week or one-third time, until Feb ruary next. The agreement goes into effect immediately and every mill in the county to the number of 26, sign ed up. In the aggregate nearly 200, 000 spindles and (5,000 looms are affected and nearly 20,000 operatives. Meets Horrible Death on R. R. Track. Thomasvi,le, Special. Saturday night about 9 o'clock word was re ceived here that Guy O. Burgess, night operator of the Thomasville Telephone Company, was killed about five miles west of here by a train. Soon after 7 o'clock the young man was seen on the streets and was un der the influence of an intoxicant. He tried to board a moving train. Seaboard Has $20,000,000 in Its Treasury. Asheville, Special. Mr. E. C. 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