North Carolina Newspapers

VOL. II. MAnsnALL, MADISON COUNTY, N. ( t.if CUILIS Cf HTII STATE'IicWS News cf Interest GJeaned from All Sections of the State and . Arranged for Busy Readers N ' 1 a'eigh, SpewaU-A great v, many , people were in the Superior- Court room watching a trial f or" x murder, which is, certainly unique jiero--that ' . J of "Boots" Brown, the 'negro who seven yeart ago shot hit paramour at , tne door of her home on Carroll al ley, in the southenrpart of tbia city. ' - She walked into the house after she waa snot and there fell 'dead and . T ... : i tusappearea. ; ine supreme Mircauou- is wnetner tne man on trial ' is or j not; Browu. He .is very fat ? ana smiles nearly all. the time. It is saia that Brown was by no means a (.-largo negro: and that this' man Las ! v really no-resemblance to him. On the one , Hand it has r been said - that - .Brown's .brothers had not been near r- 1.: .:- .. .. 7 7 wuue m jaiii on me ground that - they felt certain he was their brother; ) but on the other, hand it ft said tbey did not go. to see him because they were convinced he-was not Brown a,t , H.r The jurors were asked whether T L. ... I 1 n . . , ... .. . .uaa iormea an -opinion tnat the " man was or was not "Boots" Brown. s Around the streets there was no end , of argument -as to whether the: man '"was or was. not Brown and a number .or business men Vho knew Brown said the, man on trial wis not t the criminal,.' The most interesting fea , ture of the "day was the testimony - f the .prisoner, himself, ' He swore . that his name was WilliSL Wright, and J hat he left his h6me at Ivor, not far from Suffolk, ya.,- when he was 21 years old' and that he had not been there since except to pass through on t,v a irain. lJThe woman who claim to --b his mothor swore the same thing. Everybody admits that the case is not Only novel and sensational in the e- Vreme but also very puzrling nd nev- eiwere witnesses more" at cross-purposes than In this matter ojf identifi cation of the man..i' - ' ' ' 5l-. v 't ' Serious Shooting Affray. Washington, -N.- C, " Special. shooting affray, on the dairy .farm of: S. ricming, about one mile from this !, eailv Friday morning came very -ir!y o. ;-.'1jis' in j murder for nrf ' 1 SponUneons Combustion. . Spencer, Special. Upon an official investigation by the management of tne .-. Southern Railway, spontaneous combustion is assigned 'as the cause of the great powder magasine explo sion in Spencer last week, when three lives were lost ancftwenty or more employes injured. It is certain that there wag nothing" but metal in the construction of the ? building which contained the explosives, and the ex act cause of the explosion will prob ably never be known. It is. the opin ion of some that a supply of the ex plosives tumbled down inside the building,, causing the powder to', la- nste. - . New Corporations. '....:-:.. .:' . ' Kaluga,-- BpeciaL The Bank of Huntersville,--Mecklenburg county, was chartered with $10,000 capital. Charles F, Cline; -of Greensboro; B. L. Choat, C. P. .Alexander and others of Huntersville, are the incorporators. The bank will do a savings and com mercial business. ' , , The Southern: Steek and Farmine Company of North Carolina, Inc., has reeled . charter, f The ;: principal office is at Brevard, . Transylvania county. The capital is" $125,000 au thorized and $30,000 subscribed by B. Q. Estes, Charles M. Doyle "and others, for farming, gardening, fruit growing, jitock raising' and general agricultural business, including 1h sale of farm supplies. . - j.t Gins Not protected.-- . Raleigh, Special. It ; was . learned from a very widely known insurance man that'insurance companies' are not liable for the burning of v gins by night-riders 'or that sort of' gentry, whi. are classed as rioters, a "special clause in all policies r. f -rring to this matter. - The Wf-w mnn wmit. nn i uduispatch tr money reluiidcd 1 it gin o uci s 1, Aho - - The New York Hemlq for a time conceded New York to . Bryan, but within the last few days ' it ha changed ita base by its caref oily prepared estimates and ; puts New York in the Eepubli i can fcolonin-; , Va" Under Republican rule ,; North Carolfna bonds brought WH, Under the present - Democratic good government they-are quot- ed at 93c. Howls this forkeep . ine uovjthe credit of the Old . North State? . ' About all who oppose the elec tion of the board of Education and Superintendent by the peo pie are Jack R. Swann, L. M. Bryan, W. Li. Hensley, . J. M. Wallin and C A. Henderson Enough said. , . What has become of the young democrats who .were born, and raised in Madison County, and why is it necessary to gut for eigners on the democratic ticket? Is it possible thar there are no yQung native bora Democrats in the countyt to present , to the people? ' , - Fr6ra 1 the Catawba County t-4 J KT "... A': 4-Vmt 4-1-1 Hon. Ellis Gardner, Democratic Elector from this District, blew ' into Newton a few day's ago for a Bryan harangue, but as no one was out to hear him he returned from whence he come.. This is prior encouragement for Ellis, bit the people simply will have no more of Bryan and Brynism "The history of the Democrat party is an unbroken record ( f incoherent inconsistencies. T'. : P nocratic party has - de 7 ..; "wl a capacity only for :;d mi ::'tcnl It y ziTic! ir e the has sBien- WVT'Taft's Pletlife In his speech at St. Paul, Min nesota, Oct. 1st, Mr.. Taft gave this plodge:" ' V If I am erected, as ,1 expect to be, I have the .greatest plea sure in pledging, in the presence of this grand audience, all the energies and all the abilities of which I am capable to continue the Roosevelt policies, to make business Ijonest and to keep every man within the law, be he humble or rich." Lyceum Lecture The lovers of good wholesome entertainment will be glad to learn that they will have : the privilege of hearing Sylvester Afliong, a lecturer and enter tainor of riational - reputation, here on the night of October 22 The many people who go from hereto Asheville and other cities will be given the opportunity of hearing here at home," thus sav ing railroad expense" the 1 verjr best talent in his line that our country affords, as the citizens of our town have arranged for a regular Lyceum Lecture Course here this winter and . Mr. Long is first of the cumber to come. , The proceeds of these Lectures and. entertainments, after paying actual expenses will be divided equally between the three differ ent churches in our-town. Tick--ets will be on sale at the . Drug Store for one week prior to each entertainment. . . - Teacher's Meeting J;: -.--.; A meeting of the public school teachers ' of Madison county will be held at the Cour House, in Marshall October 24th, ' opening at 9 a. m. and closing at 4 p. in. 5now I hope that every teach er ia the coiiatjr will arteud withr cut my having to hold un any .ioo - Oi' res Ji t (O (:;:, .: v.' -'V WATERWAY PROJECT FAVORED Second Day of the Great Vterway Conference Addressed ;By Colonel Bryaa W Others. C;hm""li - Chiqago, Special. Addresses , by William J.'fiiyan and Gilford pinchot the latter being chairman' of the ntf tional conservation commission,"; the reeding of letter from James J. Hill,short 'addresses by' delegates, "d big reception at the Coliseum at night were the features '6? the sec ond day of the convention of - the Lakes-to-the-Gulf Deep Waterways Association, - Mr. Bryan, who spoke earnestly in favor of deep waterways, not only from the lakes to the gulf ou in an otner parts of the country, where increased transportation facil ities Were needed, was an enthusiasti cally received, as was 'William H; Taft when he opened the convention ine previous flay. . -. ,;. ;? mi. jtsryan a Address. . In addressinsr the convention Mr. Bryan said in part : - you cannot inve the neoDlo too good facilities for transportation of their merchandise. If you "fell me you want to improve the Mississippi t ten you mat is all right, I will help you improve it just as far as -you please, and make the canal as-'wide as you : please and as deep as , you please, and when you eet to imDrov mg the Mississippi I will start out all alone if necessary to improve, every river that empties into the Mississip pi. Water transportation is the nat ural transportation. God made the rivers, man made the railroads.-When you finish a river sufficiently deep for commerce, br a canal Upon ,;: which boats ean float, you make' it possible for a man with small Capital -to not while the railroads make it uossible for men with large capital ; to : act Where there is a river any man who can. build boat can engage in trans portation, and if icannot Bt6id a big boat be can build a little boat and if you have a larsre number of little boats the big boat Will have to meet the rite that, the little boat fixes. "Ton will .find it much easier to reeulate rates on Water than on land becanse competition, can be much more active on water than on land, We are an exporting nation. We send our agri cultural products to foreign markets, and wlici our wheat . or our cot tan caches the J.ondort market its price is fii-pl them b" the pompetition which - ct D A;lij3 whent sells of the devU, whoansv argument by sayin'you lie. 1 JIU Early Dec!, res i Held WRJ cut U HIS WIFE MAY St ..... .sv ... Former North CaroW . tit lfa Tf TV,. 4 .1 Columbia Health Peo , lutely Certain as to Sis, Declares E Is' f With Leprosy and J - low Injectlone of S -Body, " i Be!, j Jcuse .1:1 Hir.1 - . in Spite irict of re Abao-Isagno-A2.icted i to Al- ' nil " Washington D. ( R. Early, formerly! who has boen pronow. . on this account has beepj in a tent under the guard authorities of the Distri bia, declares that lie docs never has admitted that 1 with leprosy. -He tookjW -stani against the- idea leprosy Friday when, tl who- have ' charge of 1 proposed io inject what the Nastin treatment b of injections Of a Ultra into his body. ' He iiil not have leprosy and tl uon nugnt give it touiirf Dr. W. C. Fowler, fef, health department, J other hand, tht he I physicians : who have W are, "absolutely eertaM has leprosy.: .Says he: I ' : .'If Early is not suff.l rosy, no man ever ha There is no doubt in t his having leprosy, ami ine ract tnat he has throughout -the past mi convinced. We apprec as Early or any one. el rious thine it. would " be man unless we were attso he was afflicted withp. x,arly insists -that fh take and expresses a de tention, if it shall be-aj ing himself examined ips. " Dr. Fowler sav. "The health offlce Early the right to h. amined by any r patholo'isf see fit to lop- GRAIN DUST FIREO BY SUS Elevator at RIchfortf, Vt, Explode) ' Witfi Fatal Results. property Loss ts (100,000 Two Women Walltlng on the Ballroad " - Track Among Victims, I in Iep- hsease. Wflbout r from ' silent ' he is much i se- la jun Richford, Vt, -An explosion of dust and gassa In a large grain ele vator, Jointly owned by the Canadian Pacific and the Boston and Maine railroads, la this village, caused the death of at least thirteen, persons, and It is poiaiblo that the death roll may be still further Increased when a careful search" of the ruins can be mads. The sun's rays caused the ex plosion.' r .;- " .' ' Of the victims eleven were men employed in the elevator. The other.! two were women who were-walking on the-. Canadian . Pacific Railroad near by. '- " -v. -,. . The fire destroyed not only the ele vator building,: but a flour sheC also and seventy-five freight cars,- which could not bo -removed from the dan ger zone in time.'-: The property loss Is $490,000.- :,r , , v Twenty-one men,-, all employes of the elevator, are known to have been In the building at the time. Of these all but eleven have been' accounted for. Of the . others one body only 'oaion 600 yards, and wa found in ild near the roof. The- bodies of man's companions are supposed Vive been incinerated in the fre- .lour-beat of the burning grain, V ten : men who are kuown to rescaped frpm the elevator were til more or less burned, tuougn none was believed to ba 1n a serious condi tion,--: All had narrow escapes, aad were -'''-obliged to fight their way through the grain dust, flames and smoke to tho doorway. . Ecad. ' Heman Lahue, forty; leaves a fam ily. . Lucius Wright, twenty-five; vmar rted. - ( Robert Mandlgo, twenty-two; mar ' v. . . - ...... tried - married; 11. V. n n es family.--- Rnpn Haire, twenty! single.. -Merman Niles, twenty-five;., mar- -'es- Narrows, twenty-live; sin- ilneau, fortyf married. -"orte, twenty-one;" sin- Gl'OD.SLl "OH EVE OF. Mysterious Trazedy Occurs at Wadswortn, onio. ARMS OF BODY? WERE FCLDED Tracks of Korse With One Shoe Sllss ing Iad Tolice to Arrest Rich v Toung Gny Rasor, Her Fiance, 1 X'or tho Crime Wadsworfj,. Olilo.A crime with singular elements of mystery was disclosed when the body of Miss Ora Etta Lee, a girl of twenty, was found on the highway, two miles from hero, with two bullst holes through her head. . , ; GiiV Rasor, a young man who be longs to a wealthy family, is In the Medina County Jail, held on suspicion.- He was to have married Miss JLiee. and got his license from the authorities at Wooster. The arrest of RUsor was brought about by the fact that the footprints of a horse with one of its shoes lack ing were noticed in the road near the body. There were also prints of car riage wheels, showing that the ani mal had been driven to the place of the tragedy and hitched to the fence and had then been turned around and driven back in the direction whence It came. : The authorities found in Rasor's stable a horse with one of its shoes missing. -The young man denies that be saw his fiancee after the night when he completed the arrangements for their marriage.- That Miss Lee's death was a mur der and not a suicide is proved by the fact that her body was found with the hands folded over the breast, and the lower limbs straightened out. as if the corpse had been carefully ar ranged after deatb. Her dress suit case was beside her on thq ground. Her handbag was still on her-left wrist, and her left hand clutched a handkerchief. There was no evidence of a struggle. - v The police hesitate between twe theories; one that the girl was slain by a rival of Rasor's; the other that Bhe died as the result of a suicide pact with Rasor himself. - They sus pect that he shot Miss Lee and then lacked nerve to kill himself. , There are some circumstances, the police say which point to the facl M that the girl expeeted r to be snot. Mrs. George SH'-' - r n ' "e-CT T In. - Tgiie NIAGARA ASUlCtDE RESORT State Authorities Alarmed by Fre quency of S 3lf -Slaughter T here. EleTen Known Deaths iu the Falls or py Shooting on the IslnnOr pince July 1, Violent Deaths at Kiagara Since July 1. Women. Men. Plunged into cataract... 3 1 Found drowned In gorge . J Found shot on Islands.. . - 8 Total known deaths by suicide or accident, 11. Niagara Falls, N. Y. To the grave alarm of the Reservation Commls sioners and the horror of the peopls of both the American and Canadian cities, Niagara Falls has gained no toriety as a suicide resort more rap idly this season than its fame as a place of pleasure has grown in years, i Eleven violent deaths since July have caused the Btste authorities to consider seriously what further meas ures may be adopte.i to prevent de spondent persons throwing them selves into the fascinating whirlpool or seeking the entrancing beauties ol the isle-dotted cataract as the scene for taking their lives by bullet or poison. The suicide of Mrs. L. D. Draper, of Saginaw, Mich., by eluding the vigilance of the guards and throwing herself headlong over the rail Into the river above the American Falls, Impressed the growing proDleni on Superintendent Parry and the com missioners. The woman's strange actions caused the guards to suspect that sha was contemplating suicide, and when she started to cross the bridge to Goat Island at 7 o'clock a. m., an officer turned her back, giving as ex cuse that the reservation was not yet open to the public. Other officers were warned of the. woman's peculiar actions, and she was watched closely, although none was impressed wltii her grim determination to throw her self into the river. Throwing off suspicion by hiring carriage, she returned ts the reserva tion after the guards had directed her toward the city.- She concealed her long black cloak and was able to drive past the guards without being recog nised. - Near the river's edge she told the driver to stop. Leaving the black cloak In the seat she started to walk around toward Prospect Point. Five officers were within sight, but none recognized Mrs. Draper as the woman nf .Via ,int hlaV 1nnlr - lint II nh p toward the prote"' ' officer shout "''.pursuit.' " : Swann Furnished the Liquor. In answer to-the accusation of the Record in which it says that two of Sheriff. Cole's ; deputies were drunk, we will say , that we are not in a position to answer for these gentlemen and as they are not candidates we have not taken the trouble to ascertain, but we are reliably informed that two men on- this occasion had some whiskey and we would like for Mr. Swann to state if it is not a fact that they got their whiskey' from Mti Swann's pri vate residence at this time, and at other times since, the Dispen sary closed,- We would also like to ask if it isn't, afact that Mr Swann had a dray load bf . case whiskey hauled to ! his private residence and if he has not been using the same for horse swap ping and to influence voters since the Dispensary closed. As far as Sheriff Code's connection with the above is concerned i - - answered fully ,. - - .When Mr. Swann answers the above we have'some more ques tions we would like to ask along this line. to (... J I'l tember 14, nes impos to triilin. 1901, ed in these cases fliKcounted $147,000. " . "The summary tfc cases under the - Interstate fJijminerce : act shows one Indictment during President Cleveland's first term and thirty-five indictments, five convictions, 18 nolpxossed cases seven quashed, onb dismissed, under Presi dent Harrison's . atlltainistration Cleveland's were 19 in cited in niue vi 'theS"i54utjb"itU'i up vage n-. orative carrmaisrni If I was a De- f mocrat and thisis the best thing TT3ill could do, ,1 would : juit ' their ranks and- join a progressive party that stands for sometliing. ORGANIZED INCAPACITY Mr. Taf tonce alluded to' the Democratic party as organized incapacity," and a sensible man caa-.easi.ly convince .himself of tne exquisite fitness of the de scription by due attention to the doings of the party in the "states in which it has absolute confci'6:. For instance," in Texas the leg islature solemnly decrees that sheets must be just so many feet and so many inches long; in oth er states it enforces two cent fares, even though it bankrupts the road; in Oklahoma it rushes into the guarantee of bank do- posits regardless of the f n 1 1' ' that policy has been i ' whenever tried. It 0 ' federal courts and i ' c:n.tlt jUjp. of V j L ... Under President second term there dictments whili? convictions, one' disjulssal, eight nol-prossed, three quashed- and one acquit.tal.: nSevinteen-. peti tions toenforoe orders of commis sion and one petitior!, to .restrain defendants from making diseri minatory rates, one. 'prosecution for contempt and J4 petitions for mandamus to ctcnpel filing of annual reports. ;p " .J Under " President McKinley's I .1 i ' i ' . ' . ! we bavep0 ,s - 1 wera prere in dictments, five petit ris to en force orders of conn ' ssion and one petition to. deq( pooling combination illegal. U'fiese in dictments resulted ir- five con victions, one acquit' u, four nol prossed and twelve r, prosecut ed, .v ;.v.'::::,i 'i'-i' . Under President liooseveTt's administration to datef is ' shown that thorhave been Ji57; indict ments, 48 convlctioi p two ac quittals, nine. nol-nxfesedr nve demurrei-s sustainei mi;5sed,' one' quasi pending. The amo imposed was $1,113 four - dis aiii 88 of fines'i . Gov. Hughes' Tribute To . Judge Taft - No one more than I desires to see administration purged of every selfish taint, to have fair and impartial laws ' faithfully executed, to get rid' of every vestige of special privilege at the expense of public interest, to liberate tra'de from unjust en croachments, tor purify our elec toral methods and to maintain honest representative govern ment.: And it is because of his loyalty to these ideals, because of his broad sympathies and his rare i equipment "in character, ability and experience, because tested in the .' .difficult:' fields of judicial and administrative work he lias proved his quality, by eminent service, because of his varied learning, his acquaintance with affairs, his respect for con stitutional government and his capacity intelligently and justly to planand direct necessary , re forms that I most earnestly sup port the ; candidacy - of Willjam Howard Taft, : : j;- ',; ' : been. appfeiuco."-i,usee that . tu' voters in the Second Ward in' No .Township are registered. R. F. Ramsey, Julius Edmons, A-J. Thomas, W. B. Smithy Hafl-j Chandler, U. W.'Kector, Joseph Rice. - -- - ' y - - .The committee is urgently re quested to see that all voters are registered as each man who votes in the coming Selection have to register again and the register Books close Saturday, Oct. the ?4th. . , Very Respectfully . S. M. DAVIS.'TChairman and stops tue cougu, but it iun mo cold out of the system through its laxative principle by assuring- a free and gentle action of the bowels, and that is the only way 1 to cure a coldj fYou can't cure it as Iensr as you are constipated. Insist upon.: Kennedy's Laxative -: Cough Syrup. Sold - by Redmon Apoberta, Marshall; Penland Drug Company Hot Springs. : Lacking Courage' of Convic tions. - - Tom Watson c Jryan W.it son's Jeffc i om . f The blight of 1 aLism has v ht va-st evil ii ra repub- 1 , 1 .t the -Rorfc l 1 to c me ! nber tli it I". i v as bin . ; reared in Xi li n jlifuirm- I - t :s prejudice a tue t - :irot soldiei'-;. cmeui r torn1 1 fi t of (; t. I;. L ftlot: i-1 't. I ' - c m . !-. 1 ; ;. i An ex-Jtnember of the Demo cratic State Executive Committee and a gentleman high up in the councils of his party, is quoted as saying that so far, as voting for Mr. Bryan is concerned, that he did not always vote as he prayed. This gentleman, without a doubt, will vote for Mr. Bryan, yet he believes that the best interests of the country demand the- elec tion of Mr. Taft. It is an in stance where party loyalty warps better judgment, and where 3ne especially exalted, has not ilm courage of his convictions in .sin between the two" can-' ' for President. Fortuii; there is no question of ' '1 rs e'ectbn, aiid it would a tl '. t 1 J 1 1 a y ei-s of - V. : c ' 1 Southern Railway Company SCHEDULE OF PASSENGER TRAINS N. B. Following schedule figures published only as information and are .. Est Bound (Central .Time) . . .Due 4:30 A. M Daily,... .......Due 1:15 P. M. 102, Daily. ... ... ... , .Due 8:38 P. M, No. 36, Daily... jno. iz, No. West . Bound No. 35, Daily.... Duo 2:35 A. M. No. 101, Daiiju., ... . .. .Due 7:25 A. M. No. 11, Daily. . .'. ...... .Due 3:50 P. M. Subject tcChanOk without Notice A. MAHONE, Agent Marshall, N. C; 1 J. H. WOOD, ' Dist. Pass. Agent Asheville, N. ! At any time when your stomach is not in good iondition, you should take Kodbl, because Kodol digests all the food you eat', and : it suppolies health and Strength for the stomach in that that way. You take Kodol just for a little while when you have slight at tacks of Indigestion, and you take it just a little longer in order to get re lief from severe attacks of Indigestion or Nervous Dyspepsia. ' Try Kodol to day. Sold by Redmon & Roberts. Marshall; Penland- Drug . Company Hot Springs. - .--' . The French Broad Mill mi a h j-j-' v "1 i:v Located p,t the depot in Mar shall will grind Com and Feed tor tne puoiic every day m?i theweek. ;: -' V ' . ' la charge of an .cxporionci ,1 ruor t-v.l Fr.'.':-f.i ' 'on is :v ' IDMINISTRATOH'S NOTICE . ' Having qualified as Adminis trator of Z. Sams, deceased, late of Madison county, N. C.; this is to notify all persons .; having claims against the estate of said deceased to exhibit them to tho. undersigned on or before 14th day of September, 1909, or this notice will be pleaded inhar ; of their recovery. , . , -s - All "persons indebted to said estate will please iu;vke immediate payment. , ": This Sept. 14th, 1908. N. H. Rice, Administra tor tho - DeWltt's Little Early Riwers, the famous little liver Pills. They are ; small, sure, safe pills. Sold by Redmon & Roberts, Marshall; Penland Drutr Company Hot Springs. Brown & Matthews Dentists. First-class work done by ex- perienced Dentists. ; " Prices reasonable. Corner Spruce and Colleee Sts.. i near Court House Asheville, ; :: " N. C. J. C Ramsey, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. , Office over F. Shelton's Store MARSHALL, N. C Practice in all Courts Stato and Federal. Collections. O. L DHttnirE, PHOTOGRAPHED Gallery upstairs in Allison Ln, MARSHALL, K. C. Send any photo you mnv ! will put it on or"po- it: to you with j k iure o t