MOB STOPS
TRAIN
TO GET-PRISONERS
PASSENGERS AND MEMBERS OF
TRAIN CREW HELD AT BAY
WITH GUNS
HANG NEGRO FROM BRIDGE
Mob Intended to Lynch Two Negroes,
But One SaVed by Confession :
of His Companion.
Hernando, Miss. Stopping an , Illi
nois Central passenger train, in the
woods near Love Station, Miss., a
mob of about fifty masked men held
passengers and members of the train
crew at bay under cover of revolvers
while they forced Sheriff E. F .Nichols
of DeSoto county to turn-over, to
them Johnson McGuirk and Bill Phil
lips, negroes, accused of wounding , J.
K. Ingram, a wealthy mill owner, near
JByhalia, Miss., several weeks ago. Mc
Guirk was hanged from a railroad tres
tle and Phillips' restored to the cus
tody of the .sheriff. r
When the sheriff and his two pris
oners disembarked the moh permitted
the train to proceed while the march
ed the handcuffed negroes to the tres
Jtle. Preparations were being made to
lynch both, but thepleadlngs of Nich
Jols in behalf of Phmips against whom
it is stated the evidence, is alight, was
effective and he was returned to the
sheriff. With little ceremony a rope
-was placed around McGuirk's neck and
he was forced to leap from the bridge.
The mob then dispersed and Nichols
came to Hernando aboard a later
train with his prisoner. .
The two negroes were being brought
to Hernando from Batesville, , where
they had been taken at the time of
their arrest to escape mob violence,
for preliminary hearing. At Love Sta
tion the mob surrounded the train,
and while four of the men took charge
of the engine crew others marched
through the train, terrifying ; the pas
sengers by brandishing revolvers and
shotguns. , - "
Ingram was shot from ambnsh three
woeks ago. He was taken to a , Mem
phis hospital, where he is reported to
be in a precarious conditions
YEGGMEN MAKE BIG HAUL
Between $15,000 and $40,000 Taken
v From Blown Safe.
Milledgeville, Ga. -Currency amount
ing to between $15,000 , and $40,000
was secured by yeggmen who wrecked
the safe of C. H. Bonner, a business
man here. One of the robbers bound
and gagged the night watchman, and
guarded him while two others explod
ed three charges of nitroglycerin,
completely demolishing the safe, and
emptied it of what is said to have
been the accumulation of a lifetime.
Mr. Bonner would make no definite
estimate of his loss. .
The yeggmen escaped without de
tection, and apparently left no clue.
Mr. Bonner is one of the wealthiest
merchants of the city and was pecu
liar in his business habits inasmuch as
he deposited money only in his safe,
never using a bank. He employed, a
private watchman. It was generally
known that he carried a large sum of
money at all times in his safe. He
was a collector of rare coins and
other, odd moneys and kept several
sacks and boxes of such in his safe.
The robbers got everything in the
shape of money. " Mr. Bonner himself
has not told the amount of his loss.
Sheriff S. L. Terry was one of the
first to the rescue of Mr. Dunn, and
has begun quietly to investigate the
robbery, with hopes of finding clues
that will bring about arrests. .
N. Y. Treasurer Kills Self.
Buffalo, N. Y. John J. Kennedy,
state treasurer, committed suicide at
the Markeen hotel, where he lived
with his family. He was found in a
small lavatory with his throat cut and
an open razor on , the floor beside
him. His Jugular vein had- been sev
ered. Temporary insanity, induced by
the worry over his impending appear
ance before a New York grand jury
vrtiere District Attorney Charles" S.
Whitman has been conducting a; John
Doe graft inquiry, is said by his at
torney, Michael F. Dirnberger, Jr., to
be the only reason that can be as
signed for his act.
- Dug Hole in Wall and Escaped.
Ray St. Louis, Miss,. Four white
men, charged with burglary, one
charged with carrying concealed weap
ons and another charged with larceny,
escaped from the Hancock jail here by
SSing a hole through a three-foot
brick wall. One of seven negro pris
oners who refused to leave said the
scaped men were directed in ; their
ork by Alfred Oliver, aged 20, chaTg
:i .with- burglary and breaking jail.
He said one of the prisoners escaped
through the hole, stole the 'jail key
frwn the sheriff's office. t
DR. WILLIAM C. BRAISTED
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o
;
Dr. Bralsted Is the only appointed
head of the medical corps of the Unit
ed 8tates navy, succeeding Surgeon
General C. F, Stokes. He Is now sur
geon of the Atlantic fleet. Dr.
Bralsted is a native of Ohio and was
appointed to the navy from Michigan.
URGES GHECtTON JAPANESE
COMMISSIONER GENERAL WANTS
EARLY ACTION ON ASIATIC
IMMIGRATION.
Claim Japanese, Chinese and Hindus
Threaten the Entire
Nation.
Washington. Despite a general Un
derstanding that, in deference to the
administration, Asiatic exclusion leg
islation would not bo agitated in con
gress pending diplomatic negotiations
with Japan, Commissioner General
Camlnetti of the immigration bureau
addressed a house committee urging
early action "to check the menace of
Asiatic immigration." v
"The Chinese and the Japanese,"
said Commissioner Caminetti, "had be
come so acclimated to the United
States that Asiatic immigration is a
serious menace to the entire coun
try. The danger, is greatest, of course,
on the Pacific coast, but It is general
as well.
"The Chinese have spread rapidly all
over the country and. now the Japan
ese have become so acclimated that no
part of the country is immune from
the invasion. There can be no ques
tion but that, the Japanese are com
ing in surreptitiously. The number
of Japanese in the country has dou
bled in the last five or six years.
t XNew laws w piovem. smu6"u&
immigrants are an urgent, need. They
should be passed at the present ses
sion of congress. Japanese, Chinese
and Hindus cross the border illegally
I should like to see legislative action
at the earliest possible moment on the
Question to check the menace to the
Pacific coast and the whole country.
VICE ADMIRALS BILL PASSED
Secretary of the Navy Daniels Pleased
by the Action.
Washington. Six vice admirals for
the American navy would be authoriz
ed under a bill passed by the senate,
after an extended debate, in which
senators told of how the commander
of the battleship fleet in Mexican wa
ters might have to take orders from
a ranklne foreigner. The navy has
been appealing for years fox a revival
of a higher grade than rear admiral.
Secretary Daniels was highly pleased
hv the senate's action and expressed
confidence that the measure would cer
tainly pass the house promptly and be
Rlened by the president.
"The ablest, best and most resource
ful officers will be chosen for the new
grade," he added, "not necessarily the
present seniors in rank.
$2F250",UUU I ax xo oe iu "
Cleveland, Ohio. Harry Weiss, in
ternal revenue collector for northern
Ohio, mailed to John D. Rockefeller at
Tarrytown, ts-y-t utx uwa mo
xi Xrintr'a 1 inrnmP'. fnr fed.
lng OI uab r.u" , "o f
. x tti . unHor ' th a inomft tux
erai uti.ai.ivA s
law. Mr. Weiss said ne wouia pro
1 x aKmit &9. 2K0.000 income
ceea io uuxic-v -
tax from Mr. ivuaciciiw
pays the money to the revenue collec-,
tor. "It hasn't heen decided whether
Rockefeller's legal home is Ohio or
New York, so' I've sent him blanks to
be on the safe' side."
SENATOR
BACON
PASSES TO BEYOND
STATE AND NATION IN DEEP
MOURNING FOR SENATOR '
BACON OF GEORGIA. :j
GEORGIA PAYS HIM HONORS
Passing of Senator Causes President
Wilson to Lament and Moves
Colleagues Almost to Tears.
Passing of Georgian . '
Lamented by Wilson.
. , - .
, Washington. -When President
Wilson heard of Senator, Bacon's
death, he wrote the - following
. statement: ;
"AH who knew Senator Bacon
will sincerely deplore his death.
It deprives the senate of one of
its oldest and most experienced
member; a man who held, with
something like reverence, to the
traditions of the great body of
which he was so long a part, and
who sought, in all that he did,
'to maintain its standards of
statesmanship and service. The
great state of Georgia will miss
her distinguished son and serv-
ant. My 'own association with
him had been of the most cor-
g. dial, and, to me, helpful sort. I
particularly profited by his expe-
rience in foreign affairs."
..; '.,;
Washington. Senator Bacon is dead.
While Washington was wrapped in
the white mantle of the first snow
storm of the season, the soul of this
great statesman and modest soldier,
who had defended Georgia on the bat-'
AUGUSTUS 0. BACON
tlefield and in the halls of congress,
passed away.
The end came at Garfield hospital
with a suddenness that astounded his
physicians, his Intimate friends and
the world of official Washington. At
noon his condition was hot thought
alarming. Shortly afterwards he had
a sinking spell, and at ten minutes
after two he was gone. An infected
clot " of blood, which reached the
heart, caused his sudden death.
President Wilson issued a statement
expressing his deep regret. Vice Pres
ident Marshall, members of the Geor
gia delegation and intimate friends in
the senate, hastened to the hospital
to show their respect, and to urge that
all, the marks of a great nation's
honor be accepted by the bereaved rel
atives.'''" ' . - V ..
Following the official funeral, the
body was taken to Georgia, accompa
nied by an honorary escort of sena
tors and representatives.- Tho funeral
was in Macon Thursday.
- Northeast in Grip of a Blizzard.
New York. A snowstorm, ' said to
rival in severity - the famous blizzard
of 1888, raged to the accompaniment
of zero weather in the, upper Hudson
vallw, the Mohawk Valley and the
northern and western' parts of New
York state, tying tip "smaller railroad
trolley lines and paralyzing communi
cation generally. All mails were de
layed." Four ; deaths were caused in
New York - City by the storm, and
the total fatalities due to the cold
spell and stormy conditions numbered
seventeen. .
ft
If
lAMES.ft. GARFIELD
" "' ' '- : ,
vf James R. Garfield, ; secretary of the
interior under President Roosevelt, has
4nnounced his candidacy for the Pro
gressive nomination for governor of
Ohio.' '
FRANK DENIED NEW TRIAL
Man CONVICTED OF slaying
f J MARY PHAGAN LOSES
5 ' ' ; APPEAL.
His Lawyers Say They Will Not Give
Up Fight for the Life of
I " Their Client.
J, Atlanta, Ga. The Frank case is af
firmed, v. Decision delivered by- Justice
Atkinson, Justices " Evans, Lumpkin
and " Hill . assenting. Chief- Justice
Fish and Justice Beck dissent. The
dissent is principally on the admis
sion of the testimony of Jim Conley
and Dalton. '.
( Attorney Reuben R. Arnold, asso
ciate counsel . with Luther Z. Rosser,
for Frank, when informed of the de
cision, . said he had no comment to
)nake. - v
31 ''Judgment affirmed," is the verdict
of the. supreme court of Georgia in
the. case of Leo . M. Frank. "The
court below did not err , in refusing
n new' trial. No new trial ; should he
3fanted." . With, these words, the high
est court in tne state iiacea; iis . ap
proval -upon the verdict of guilty jpror
nounced last August in Fulton superior
court; against: Leo M. .Frank,; charged
with the murder of Mary Phagan. on
April 26, 1913.- C'V ' ; :
The announcement of the supreme
court's decision was a profound shock
to the attorneys and friends of Frank,
who have fought to establish his inno
cence and with the utmost confidence
up to the present time. It is antici
pated that an extraordinary motion
for a new trial will be filed by Frank's
lawyers and that the case will be car
ried on appeal to the United States
Supreme court.
The history of the Frank case is
familiar to ail. On the morning of
Sunday, April - 27," 1913, the body of
Mary Phagan, an employe of the Na
tional Pencil factory, was found in
the basement of that factory. A few
days afterward, Leo M. Frank, the
superintendent of the factory, was ar
rested on a charge of suspicion. He
was later indicted by the grand jury,
and he was tried last August. The
trial was the longest in the criminal
annals of the state, and aroused wide
spread Interest The jury returned
a verdict of guilty, . and Frank was
sentenced to death. His attorneys,
Luther Z. Rosser and Reuben R. Ar
nold, filed a motion for a new trial,
which was denied by the trial judge,
LV S. Roan. An appeal was then taken
to the state supreme court, which now
affirms the lower court
Prevention of Floods to Be" Urged.
Washington. Appointment of a com
mittee of business men from the coun
try at large to provide means for pre
venting floods will be urged upon
President Wilson at a hearing Febru
ary 26. Immediate action to further
the flood prevention movement has
been urged by r Ernest. P. Blacknell,
national director of the American Red
Cross, x in a letter to Edmund T, Per
kins, president of the National Orain
age congress, replying to notification
that lack of finances had halted the
educational work of the drainage con
gress. Mr. Bicknell worte : "I am sure
the American Red Cross is . entirely
i nsympathy with the objects for which
the National Drainage :? congrefs
stands." 'v..1 ; V
$5,000,000 Increase in Postal Measure.
Washington. Nearly five million
dollars has been added to the total
of the postof flee appropriation bill as
It passed the house whxi the senate
committee completed Its work on-the
measure. It carries $31,00,000 she
largest amount ever appropriated for
postal purposes. Maximum salaries for
rural mail carriers would be - increas
ed under tho' bill to $lu200, the total
increase for this purpose amounting
to $4,350,000. An increase - of $1,000,
000 was . added to meet the demands;
of the parcel post. '
DISPUTE USES
IN STRIKE PROBE
CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEEMEN
CLASH ' OVER HEARING. OF
EVIDENCE.
THE CHAIRMAN STANDS FIRM
In ;His Contention That Every Con
dition Should Be Submitted to Con-
" gress. Report of a - Raid By. a
-Striker. -" ' '- - ' . v . .v
Hancock, Mich, Chairman Taylor,
a Democrat,; refused to entertain the
motion,7 of Representative Switzer,' a
Republican,' that -hearsay testimony
presented ; by striking miners regard
ing alleged violations of constitutional
rights of citizens; be expunged from
the record. Debate on the question
grew acrimonious. ;; Mr. Taylor charg
ed that Mr. Switzer was attempting to
dicredit the work-.of r the committer
by taking the position that it had no
authority to make a full investigation.'-
'.:'"?-;;.' i -: ' :y- -i; ''"1 V- ' '
"You can- object as much as you
please," Mr. Taylor exclaimed, "but
if you ; object , to an investigation of
the ; conditions here you ought not to
be on this committees ' ' '
Mr. Switzer denied he objected to
an Investigation but he insisted that
a limit should be fixed so that every
thing ordered would not be admitted
into the record. ' -
"As chairman of this committee,
representing the Democratic majority
in the House' Mr. 1 Taylor said, "I
will say that anything that goes into
the record will go back to Congress.
We were sent here to investigate con-'
ditions with a view of providing reme
dial legislation and if we cut out any
thing that might throw light on the
s'tuation : we would be severely criti
cized." , : : .-;';'
; "Do I understand you to say that
this is a partisan committee and that
JLhis ila - a .partisan investigation ?" in-
: a ir . i a tt. I L 1 f 1 " i. i '
.quirea itepreseniauve xiowen, me
Republican member. '
"No," the chairman replied, "but
when a minority member tries to dis
credit the committee by saying it is
exceeding its proper limits' it is time
for the majority to take decisive ac
tion." ' . v ' . V"
Mr. HoweTl said the experience of
centuries had shown that the rules
fof evidence afford the. best means of
conducting an investigation of this
character.
Mr. Switzer had a right to ask to
have anything stricken out," Mr. Tay
lor said, "and his objection will ap
pear in the record."
-"Should it not be stricken out be
cause I ask it?" Mr. Switzer asked.
"No," was the reply.
The discussion arose while Wafno
Wyreno, a "striker was giving testi-v
mony as to a raid in which members
of the Citizen's Alliance acting as a
sheriffs posse, raided the. Western
Federation of Miners' headquarters
at South Range, following the shoot
ing of a. deputy sheriff, who had been
searching it for arms. The witness
said he was beaten by a man, de
scribed by others as a deputy sheriff.
Mr. Switzer" asked that his testimony
be stricken out because the witness
personally did not know his assailant
was a deputy. ;.'-
Contract For Big Ship Let. -Washington
Contracts were award
ed by Secretary Danift! to the Boston
navy yard for the construction of a
supply ship at $1,171,713, and to the
Philadelphia navy yard for a transport
at $1,458,305. The government plant
submitted estimates below the lowest
bids of private jshippbullders seeking
lng the contracts. ,
May Not Accept Johns Hopkins Offer.
Peking President Yuan Shi Kai
declared "that he was willing to permit
Prof. Frank Johnson Goodnow of
Brooklyn, legal adviser to he Chinese
government, to retire from his post
here In August, thereby enabling hini
to, accept the offer that has ben made
to him of the presidency of Johns
Hopkins University. Prof. Goodnow,
however, :has not decided, whether he
will withdraw from China. .
Urges Flood Prevention. '
" ; Washington Urging a national plan
to prevent flods in the Mississippi val
ley, Miss Mabel T. Boardman, , presi
dent of the American Red Cross, told
the senate commerce committee that
the. Mississippi should not ' be allowed
to become our 'sorrow," as the Yellow
river in China v with Its centuries of
disastrous! flood history, was known,
China now, Miss. Boardman said, - had
taken steps to curb the Yellow., river.
.The Red Cross had no specific plan
to: offer with respect to the Mississippi,-
Miss Boardman. said. u
OUSIHESS LOCALS
ARDUTUS SAHITAniUr,
i-Tryon; Polk County, North Carolina
FOR PULMONARY TROUBLES
Booklet mailed free upon request.'
John P. Lockhart & Go.
CONTRACTORS and BUILDERS
New .Work or Repairs '
Phone No. 74.. Tryon, N. C.
John G. Monroe
PAINTING,: PAPER HANGING
DECORATING A SPECIALTY.
. Estimates by Request. 1 -
Tryon
North Carolina
Finger Lumber Co
Dealers In
Building Material
Everything necessary to build a home
Phone 1. - Landrum, S. C.
SwannV Livery
At Fisher's Barn.' 4
TRYONr NORTH CAROLINA
Saddle and Drjving Horses.
Hacks meet all trains. Baggage and
Express looked after with Special Care
Phones Stable,' 106; Residence, 36 B
D , J. E. IIAVJTIlORllE
DENTIST-
of A8heviller North Carojina
will be at his office over Orr's Store,
Tryon, Friday and . Saturday." of each
week. All work guaranteed. t
J. R.ESGH COMPANY
21 N. Main St. Phone 364
ASHEVIL1X N. G.
. We have the oldest plumbing and
heating house In the State, and . are i
prepared to give prompt, satisfactory f
service. Call on us when in need of
ixu.y.uiu& m uui uuc c give ucc es
timates on new or old work.
"The Famous Ford
11
Now that good road building ' is go
ing on all over the county, every up-to-date
farmer and business man
needs an automobile. ,
The Ford car can. go anywhere that
any. other car can go and a good many
places that the other cars' cannot go.
They cost about half as much to keep
as a horse and buggy. ) They get ' you
around about three times as fast, and
do not get tired or too hot to travel.
They cost less , to buy, cost less to
keep, and cost les '. to run than any
other good car on the market. - '.
: 600.00 for. Touring Car.1
$550.00 for the" Roadster
DR. E. M. SALLE Y
, Saluda, N. C.
Agent for. Polk County.
SALE
PINE HILL COTTAGES
A choice hotel property with modern
conveniences. r ' ,
Ten acres of land, splendid' view.
No better- location ; for a tourist hos
telry in this vicinity. ; ,
Dr .Salley's Property. -
One" of the very few nice homes with
choice location- that can be bought In
the heart of Tryon. A quiet retired
situation, and yet in "5 minutes' walk
of the postoffice. Very reasonable
terms can be had on both of thes
properties. Apply to
DR. K M." S ALLEY, Saluda, N. C.
RUSTIC TABLES
ROCKERS and SETTEES
Hand-made in the mountains. Strong,
durable and cheap. . Price from $2.00
each, up. Serviceable souveniers from
the "Land of the Sky.? '
Midwood Rustic Works "
See them in News ofic, Tryon, N. C-
Plumbing
loafing
Tinning