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MARSHALL, MADISON COUNTY, 3. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1909.
OL. II.
STOOD AFAR
nw. immure ii ntHmeHn In the.
most sacred city in Christendom, and
within a three hours' ride of New
. Tork! Not a poetic figment this, but
a tangible fact. Bethlenem, Jfa., ,
the only city in the world to-day
founded and named in commemora
tion of the Bavlour of the world the
only community -consecrated entirely
and absolutely to His plans and purposes.-'
i- ' - 5- ,- .-
Nowhere else in all Christendom
are In Bethlehem, Pa., are Easter
Day and the other Christian festivals
celebrated with the absolute solemni
ty, the sublime reality, that they are
among the pious Moravians, It Is one
of the stern Ironies of fate that the
Resurrection of the Redeemer should
to-day be scarcely more. than a half
remembered tradition in the Bethle
hem of Jndea; the city of His nativity.
To sweetetr this bitter irony was
the purpose of Count ZInzendorf In
founding the town of Bethlehem In
1740. At the bead of a company of
devout followers. ho- laid 'the founda
tion of a city which should forever,
by .word - and - symbol, commemorate
the acts of Jesus Christ and the Res
urrection. ': -'fci V-K;"
Thus it Is that Easter. Day, and
Passion Week 'are something more
than sacred symbols to this pious
community, assuming as " they do
something of the nature- pf a holy
drama,- a divine tragedy, to be lived
and acted by them, not with the spirit
Cf - the Oberammergau of the Old
World, but with the sublime serious
Bess of the Lord's Supper. ,
Week of the Passion is Holy.
The vtbrat!on of the MorvIan
evening preceding I'aiu im.Upa A.
day long the town' has worn an ex
pectant air, the air of a great house
from which is soon to emerge a wed
ding party or a funeral. - Jt Is' dlju
ult to describe the peculiar atmos
phere that, envelops Bethlehem on
this final day of preparation. - The
whole city has undergone a general
houaeeleanlng during the preeedinx
Week. The windows of the quaint,
Hd-fashoned houses glisten In the
iprlng sunshine. . The ancient brass
knockers have been burnished tatlhe
brightness of molten gold The red
brick pavements and ' the ' cobbled
Streets have also been scoured to the
Utmost- -cleanliness. The weather
vanes on the roofs of the sharp ga
bled houses, .Invigorated .by recent
combing done with polish, hurl de
fiance to the very sun. - , -
Inside the quaint, comfortable old
houses the ' Moravian mothers and"
daughtes have not been ' Idle. All
week Jong they have baked, and prut
pared for the visitors of the oomtnaj
week, for they are . women who, in
spite of all their deep religious feelJ
Jngs. nevertheless look well to the
ways of their household.
' On Baturady evening, however, all
the work Is done. Things temporal
are put aside for thoughts spiritual..
The long tillage streets are quiet as
a, churchyard, save for -the occasional
twitter el the early - spring ' birds
building their sesu In the budding
pap! trees,, - X :
Suddenly, up the long, billy streets
somes s harsh, sonorous note, and
mother and another, and In i 1m
minutes the surrounding hills arc
echoing with. a strange, sweet, subtle
tnuilo. The stranger stops, thrilled
to th marrow, It might b the
tramp of Gabriel on the Resurrec
tion morn,' so impressive Is the street
harmonious sound.i'.'Sr1 '".iv -.iX
It 4s the blare of the ' trombone
band, playing high up In the church
tower, and the mysterious strains are
"the opening bars of one of thoso ma
jestic Gregorian chants which noth
ing save a trombone can Interpret',
.' With the first blare of the trom
bones the well, dressed Moravian?
turn out of their street door and
make their way In family groups, to
the church." ' ,
It Is a handsome church, with seat-
7
THE! WOMEN
OFF BEHOLDING THESE THINGS."
. - - . . . .. 1
In 2 eaoaclty for Its two -tnousanon
I member. It has long stained glass
I windows and a splendid, golden tubed
- pipe organ.
Service of Karc Majesty,
: .; The congregation have gathered
for ,the readltfg of the events of the
day as set within the New Testament.
They arrange and seat themselves in
"Choirs," according to the age, Sex
and matrimonial conditions. The
married men sit in one portion of the
church, the married women Jn anoth
er, the widows in another. . A certain
quota of pews is reserved for the el
derly bachelors, still another for the
younger men and the boys. The
young girls have their especial cor
ner, the -elderly spinsters have theirs,
and the little boys and the little girls
theirs. . - -
The reading lesson which falls
from the pastor's lips is the story of
Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead,
aud the Incomparable story of Mary
and the alabaster box of precious
ointment. . The choir sings soft, me
lodious music to the; notes of trom
bone and organ, and the congrega
tion seek their homes to the stately.
w
if.
Imajesflc measures of the trombones
In the tower, . : . v.
Palm Sunday, Monday,' Tuesday,
Wednesday. Thursday, :, Good Friday
and Saturday are similarly observed
by concourse to the church; by the
blaring of the trombones from the
tower, by sobbing litanies and heart
stirring columns of music yfrom the
golden tubed organrand bythe pas
tor's reading of the eorreaponding
events of that .day nearly nineteen
hundred years ago. "'';',-"
- Thus the week of the Passion
draws solemnly to a close. The lit
tle town lies under an Impenetrable
pall the pall that might have hv.ua
-lover Jerusalem $n the first Passion
Saturday plght of Passion Week
finds the Moravians early to bed. Han,
woman nd child all are under the
Influence of the hallowed recollec
tions wbloh the many Impressive cer
emonies of the week have awakened
and revived. At midnight not a sqund
Is to be heard in the whole town, un
less it Is-the sareechlng of. an in
coming train to th railroad station,
serosa th river. The follglous con;
temptations of th week make tho
sturdy, thrifty Moravians drosmiuoh
dreams as the' patriarchs themselves
might have dreamed after long vigils
with the stars. -..,,.-Sublime
Easter Bites, - "
v At two o'clock la the morning to
the ears of the sleeping town .are
borne the strain of a der. noted
chorale. It sounds to the - drowsy
dreamers as if it came from any
where, from nowhere. : It is the trom
bone band, marching through the
darkened streets. Lights twinkle now
from shuttered windows, the shutters
are thrown open, the windows raised
and ' grave greetings - given to the
torch lit procession passing by. r ,
The trotnbonlBts. are performing
their ancient duties of awakening the
devotees 10 time to assemble for the:
sunrise jwr vice. ' They pass on and on
through the thoroughfares of the
town, stopping at various corners to
discoursa the weird but solemn and
sweet GregorlKn hymns handed down
from the very dawn of Christianity.
They stop before the House of the
Widows, where the bereft of the com
munity dwell together. They play
appropriate selections there. They
stop before the pastor's house ; and
the houses of the sacristans and of
t'ae elders. , ' ' ' . ' is
It Is all very solemn, impressive,
I !i!:.'al. Even more than that It
! r
ly f e c .'.j rorn-
in Chorale 6f the. hand and stttn
mooed by the deep mouthed belli the
pebpie assemble at the church for in
door service whilfc yet It Is pitch dark
They are ail there, nevertheless, des
spite the unseasonableness ; of '.the
hour. After the - congregation : Is
seated the lights are turned out and
all await In awful solemnity the first
streaks of daylight. At the end of
what seems- eternity, a tittle streak
of daylight filters through the stained
glass of the eastern windows. The
stillness Is now at the breaking point.
One feels one must cry out, long and
loud, frdm sheer exhaustion of re
pressed emotion.
The church and the silent congre
gation are bathed in a low and pro
longed sound, as of distant thunder.
Deeper . and deeper grows the sonor
ous thunder, and 'Still deeper, grows
the hush on those who hear It. It
seems that the pulses have been tak
en from all life,, except, that which
animates the great organ in the loft
above. In the shadows that lurk
about the great instrument the chor
isters have been noiselessly arranging
themselves In a compact body In the
centre of the gallery, and at the or
ganist's signal burst forth Into the
grand anthem.
- At the close of a brief service the
minister gives a signal, and, with per
fect order and despatch that comes
from practice of generations, the con
gregation flies out and forms in a
procession heading toward the ceme
tery..: , "
Playing a dirge the trombonists
lead the procession down the dawn
lighted street, and after a few mo
ments', walk conduct It 'nto the ne
cropolis. The cemetery is on a slightly rising
hill,' and the tombs, all of the hori
zontal slab style, glimmer white in
the early half light.
The congregation, often numbering
as many as 2500, files into the ceme
tery by way of the broad, central ave
nue, wnlch Is lined with ancient elm
trees. .Upon reaching the middle" of
the avenue they branch off Into four
divisions, each division filing off into
the Intersecting avenue, and forming
a compact hollow square about the
area of graves.
Then comes the Impressive crisis.
All the solemnity of the first resur
rection morn is here In the modern
t":
clty of Bethlehem, while these pious
people stand thus, with bared beads,
awaiting the sunrise. It Is tense, aw
ful In its solemnity, this spectacle of
the living keeping vigil over the dead.
What is really but a few minutes'
wait" at the utmost for everything
hae been timed; to a second seems
an eternity to the watchers. : The
Stillness reaches the almost unbear
able point when suddenly, without
warning, the choir bursts forth Into a
glorious awakening , song, and just
thea the rim of the rising sun leaps
up from behind the town to the east.
The choir carols and chants In a very
passlop of Joyous triumph: -
s ' 0 Death; 'where Is Ibv stingf v .
;. ;. 0 Grave, thy victory!
The most nnlmiglnatlve and une
mptionaj among the spectators cannot
resist the powerful effects of the min
gled pathos and triumph of the scene.
The soft, vevet7 young grass spring
ing up everywhere between the flat,
whit" tpmbs; the bunting buds gf th
leafless branches overhead, the breath
of the mild spring wind, the solitary
crocus timidly peeping - Its head
through th chilly sod all are sym
bols to the Moravians, of th. day they
commemorat. v.; -k-' ,:Pv.-
A short prayer ends th service and
th. assemblage disperses, the young
er people to wander over the grounds,
admiring the , beautiful floral offer
ings that have been placed on the re
cumbent stones, and the elders to
hurry home to prepare breakfast and
make necessary preparations for th
remainder of the day. 'rv :-; j -r
;, Columns of silvery smoke are port,
lng forth from the snuglooking kitch
en chimneys of every dwelling, and
from every direction comes the savor;
odor of such a breakfast as only s
Moravian housewife knows how to
cook.
But the feasting ls-only temporary.
After breakfast they wilt again don
their best apparel and go once mors
to the graves on the hill.. -V .
t' Hen Fruit, - ( , "
. 'Apropos of Easter," said a mod
ern farmer, "here are some hen
fruit statistics for you: A five
pound hen eats sixteen times her
weight yearly that Is to say, eighty
pounds of food, worth about seventy
five cents. Her eggs number 150 or
175. They weigh six times her
weight, or thirty pounds. They are
worth about 4.50.. Thus, for every
cent's worth of food you feed Info a
good ben, six cents' woVth of esgs
r t.9 forth," New Tork frc,
'::'-:--v Mary's Eastern . ft.,:,.. -.
fiartW lilies freshly bloom -..
O'er the bran, conquered tomb J
Cups bi inrense, purs and fur,
Pout bblat.cjm on the sir.
EssWr-glor siiddea fio
through tt)5 portal none may dose
Death and darkness flee Sway, .
Christ the Lord is risen to-dayl
Shining forms a sitting by
When the folded garments lie;
Loving Mary knows no tear
While the waiting angds hear
"They have taken my Lord away.
Know ye where He lies to-day f
Sweet they answer to her cry,
As their pinions pass her by.
See the Master stand to greet
Her that veepetb at His feet.
"Maryl" At the tender word
Well she k- ows her risen Lord I
All her love and passion breaks
In the single word she speaks:
Hear the sweet "Kabboni! " tell
All her woman-heart so well!
"Quickly go, and tell it out
into otner rouna soouc
hoti hast been fonriven much:
Tell it, Maty, unto such.
Bv thy love within thy heart.
This My word to them impart;
Death shall touch thy soul no more,
Christ thy Lord hath gone before! "
.. - t -Marie Mason.
Plckiig Easter Eggs.
There is a j Easter custom among
boys In and abound Philadelphia and
other parts of the country of pick
ing eggs. . "A boy will go over the eggs
In the pantry ( with his mother's con
sent, It Is hoped) and by gently
knocking the ends on his teeth will
select one or more of the strongest.
T hen he .-goes out among his play
mates and soon Is challenged or her
himself will Invite another boy to
pick. 'K.--y
Before daring to risk this each boy
will try the other's egg on his teeth
and If he thinks his chances are good
he will accept the -challenge. The
boy challenged will then hold his egg
so as to expose only the very point,
while the challenger tightly raps the
egg with the point of his own until
the shell of one or th other Is slight
ly cracked. The eggs are then re
versed and the butts are picked in the
same way. The winner gets the bro
ken egg: St. Nicholas.
' J " Easter Cakt.
Cream half a cupful or butter; add
three-fourths of a cupful of sugar to
the butter and cream the two; add
three eggs, unbeaten, one at a time,
beating- as added three minutes be
fore adding another. To this add
half a cupful of flour, one-third cup
ful of cornstarch, one rounding tea
spoonful of baking powder; crush
ten stale macaroons finely and add,
with one cupful of desslcated cocoa
nut,: one- teaspoonfal of ."Vanilla ex
tract, one tablospooif ul of milk. But
ter baking cups ani fill three-fourths
full and -base- la i moderate overf.
When cool, color with: a delicately
green icing, fiavorc'with pistachio if
It can be obtalre ' VpRjthrough a
blplng,' tTarb"' tf tn
lets tVurcerul iiuera-i. MCI
Priu
Antomobae Provision Wagons,
. A further application of the motor
wagon has Just been adopted by the
German War Office here, which has
decided to reorganize the service of
distributing the supply of provisions
to the various barracks by uslc, mo
tor wagons, which are to "be fitted
with refrigerators. ' Complaints have
been made frequently by the troops
quartered In the region of Meti. that
the more distant forts were often
badly supplied with food owing to
the difficulty of transport during the
winter. - However, the new type of
motor wagon alluded to will be spec
ially used for supplying the outlying
forts with frrh meat from the army
Slaughter ' houses . In ' the various
towns, while it will also be used for
carrying provisions and general bag
gage between the barracks In a town
-London Globe. , ,
Eottcv Novelty,
The automobile 1 basket with Its
Easter flower offering is a novelty
which the fair auto enthusiast will
sppreciate shove all others. Every
detail of line Is perfect as far as it Js
possible to make It so in wicker work.
The basket usually" Imitates the two
seated touring car with steering gear
and tool box. The tool box and seats
are made with hinged lid to be filled
with candy c flowers, and th body
of th car ho:ds th bouquets of vio
lets, lilies cf the valley or other
short-stemmed .flowers which my b
chosen," i ir::.".- '.- "- -u-j"?,'
Modem Article Concepts of Christ, --
Almost invariably paintings of the
Christ have portrayed Him as a crea
ture of waaki?s rather than
strength, lut of late years we have
seen a rebellion against these con
cepts, so that the artists of Europe
have tended to portray Christ the
peasant and toller rather than Christ
the thinker and doer of good. ;To a
certain . extent our art has : not
changed and we have clung to the
over-meek concept" This the major
ity of critics seem to think. ,
)
I HI HI MM
Mr. Roosevelt Spends Several
Hours There
WOULD NOT BE PHOTOGRAPHED.
The ex-PrcEident Steps Ot Tor .a
Short Visit Is Attended by the
American Consul ' and Governor
General of Gibraltar Steamer
Sails For Naples at 12:20 O'clsck
Tells of the Alleged Assault.
Gibraltar, By Cable. The steamer
Hamburg with Theodore Roosevelt
and the members of his party oa
board, came to Gibrcltar a few minu
tes before 9 Fiiday morning. Mr.
Roosevelt came ashore with Richard
L. Sprague, the American consul,
and an aide-de-camp of General Sir
Frederick Foresticr-Walker, Gover
nor of Gibraltar. : y', .- ::t
Accompanied by the Governor, an
aide, and Mr. Sprague, Mr. Roosevelt
drove in (ho Governor's carriajre out
along the Ncrth front and up to the
limit of Britiph territory.
With Mr. Sprague Mr. Roosevelt
then visited the Mediterranean Club,
where his name was entered on the
visi tors' book.
Mr. Sprague and Mr. Roosevelt
then drove back to the pier, whence
Mr. Roosevelt went off to the Ham
burg shorlly after half-past eleven.
The dodc was crowded with people,
who gave Mr. Roosevelt an enthu
siastic farewell. The Hamburg sailed
for Naples at 12:20 o'dock.
Mr. Rcosevclt refuesd to be photo
graphed and declined every request
for an interview.
Wednesday night at a dance on the
Hamburg, Mr. Roosevelt danced with
Miss Ruth Draper. Before withdraw,
ing for tho night Mr, Roosevelt ap
peared In the smoking room and chat
ted with the passengers for twenty
minutes.''
When asked directly concerning the
rumor that an attack had been made
upon him during the voyage, Mr.
Roosevelt said that the only basis for
it was an "idiotic, excitable Italian"
used angry expressions to him while
he was on the bridge of the vessel
talking to tlio Captain. He said this
man made jjo attempt upon him what
ever and that he was promptly remov
ed and confined below the remainder
of the voyage. , '
-'i';5;,- As to CJxild Labor. " 'V.
- New Orleans, Special. The South
ern child labor conference at its ses
sion here adopted' resolutions embocly-lcg-
number of important recommen
dations for legislation on the subJdcT
f child i labor in. the south.
The fsllowiito are tlte recommenda
tions in substance: "' ?A;
: The. employment in factories of 'no
child under the age of la years, i " .
The employment in a-mine or quar
ry of no child under the age of 16
years,, ',-; --. -;.''
The employment of ho child under
the age ef 16 years in any gainfrj
occupation except - agricultural, and
domestic service unless such child
can read and write simple' sentences
In the English language. .- '
That no bOy under the age of 16
nor gill under the age of 13 7-n,
except in agricultural or Jmestic
service, be employed between the
hours of 7 p. m. and 6 a. m. :
An eight-hour day law for children
under 16 years of age and for all wo
men. -
Employment under the certificate
plan, ' :.
The employment by the State of
proper officials for the inspection of
all mines and factories with the pew,
er to proeecute violations. :S
. Thorough, sanitary and safety regu
lations. : . :
,- Making th conference a perman
ent organisation. ' V
' In connection wita the recommen
dation for employment under the cer
tificate system, the provisions of the
Kentucky law are indorsed. J -v "
' At the morning" seuion of th con
ference Oliver R, Lovejoy of , Ksw
Tork, general secretary of th .Nat
ional Labor committee, made an sd
dress stating that th South Wi-I j
capital, but that wpital must conform
to resionabl statutes for th guard
lng of th welfare cf children,
'is Three Kegroei Harder! ".
- Elizabeth City, 8peeial.-One of
th bloodiest brawls that' has ever
been known in this; section occurred
Thursday night at Columbia, Tyrrell
county, in which three negroes wer
killed and one v terribly wounded.
Nothing" wis known of the, trouble
until Friday morning when a white
man passing heard . someone say,
"Don't cut me sny more. Upon
investigation dead negroes with blood
still flowing, razors and guns were
found on the ground, presenting . a
horrible spectacle.
Adama-Bntler Suit,
Greensboro. Pixksis.1. Fridav'i pro
ceedings in the Adams-Butler libell
suit were rather dull and listless, the
greater part of the time being con
sumed in reading a number of depos
itions made by. persons in Oklahoma
and Washington, the object being to.
attempt to justify the publication by
the defendanta of articles in . The
Raleigh Caucasian reflecting on the
personal and cfScial integrity of
Judge Adams.
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON
.' Usstamped Envelopes.
. A special Effort is being made by
the Postoffice department to increase
the use of stamped" envelopes instead
of those which havetshave a stamp
affixed. -
In furtherance of this endeavor A.
L. Lawshe, Third Assistant Postmas
ter General, has issued a highly or
nate circular describing and illustrat
ing the different sizes and colors of
the envelopes the government has
on sale. This has been distributed
by the letter carriers who, forgetting
for the moment the length of their
routes and the weight of their sacus
of mail, have for the most part, en
tered into enthusiastic details as to
the cheapness and convenience and
altogether desirableness of this class
of post office wares. "
, "Everyone who uses government
stamped envelopes is aiding the Post
office Department in improving the
sen-ice," is what Lawshe 's circular
says, and, in addition, it enumerates
Several advantages which are to be
obtained from their use.
For instance, it points out that
tamps may be easily lost, misappro
priated, or may become useless by
sticking together. Also a stamp may
drop off in the mail, and then there
is the time consumed in affixing the
stamp as an item of consideration.
All of these dfficultics, the circular
says, are overcome by using the
Stamped envelopes.
Then when a purchaser is willing
(o buy as many as 500 stamped en
velopes at a time, the government
will print his name and address in
the upper left hand corner without
any extra charge. Th advantage of
this is that such envelopes do not
And their way to the dead letter of
fice. If the address cannot be found
the letter is returned without extra
postage to the sender. Such enve
lopes, if misdirected, are redeemable
at the Postoffice from original pur
chasers only at full stamp value.
This -is not true of adhesive stamps.
The Postoffice Department sells
tho envelopes in various sizes, colors,
and qualities, but the most usual size
can be obtained for about eight for a
cent, stamp value extra. Thus eight
two-cent envelopes would cost about
seventeen cents. One can get them
in white, amber, blue, buff or ma-
nila. ,
Payne Bill in Danger.
There is imminent danger that the
Payne tariff bill may be seriously de
layed in its consideration . by the
House. President -Taft-was in con
ference Tuesday with Speaker . Can
non TKepresthtattVeTay n; f New
Tork. the Republican floor leader, and
Rjresentativo Palzell, of Pennsylvania."-
It is understood - the -House
leaders impressed the Chief Executive
with the unfavorable situation regard
ing the tariff bill and the difficulty
being experienced in getting the. Re
publican members in line to vote for
a rule which would expedite the pas
sage, of the measure. It is conceded
Tuesday night by several Republican
leaders that it would be impossible to
?ass s rule restricting amendments to
he bill until some time next week;
and then only by granting the de
mands made by a number of members
that certain important schedules be
opened to amendment. As a means of
settling the differences that exist and
securing general support to a rule
which would if strict amendments en
tirely to those which the ways and
means committee will offer, they pro
pose that the committee should
recommend changes that would take
the countervailing duty '. clause on
coffee out of the bill and strike out'
the tariff on tea. It has also been
suggested that a duty should be pro
vided for long staple cotton or some
other products of th South, . --
;.y.''. '"' .''..'--:"S:'-'f-'-:i.'
',;.'!" :. . Tariff Bureau.
President Taft- Wednesday declar
ed himself in favor of a tariff bureau,
to b created at this session of Con
gress. H believes that such bureau
wpald b of great assistance to him
in th application of th maximum
and minimum princlpl of th Payne
-bUlla th negotiation foralgn
trad agreements, as well a in fur
nishing detailed inforfation to Con
gress and to the White Rouse on
various tariff questions as they arise.
The President's announcement was
made to the executive committee of
the committee of 100 created, by the
national tariff; convention recently
held in Indianapolis. This commit
tee, consisting of H. E. Miles; 'chair
man; Henrys R'Towne, of New Tork,
and D. A. Tompkins, of Charlotte, N.
C, called at the White House to lay
before the President the views of the
tariff convention and to recommend a
permanent tariff commission.. '
. e y- "v;:''Ti"'
Br. Clot WlH Not Accept ISnlsiry
- to tn;:anu.. v-
Washington, Special. Both at the
Stat Department and . the TTLite
House Friday it was officially an
nouneed that Dr. Charles W. Eliot,
the retiring - president of Ilarv?
.University, had definitely and f .: .
decided that he could not t !
tender of the . sUKbassad.,-; .'
Great Britain,
Items of Interest Gathered By
Wire and Cable,
GLEANINGS FROM DAY TO DAY
Lire Items Covering Events of Mora
or Lcls Interest at Home "and
Abroad.
The Chamber of Commerce of
Petersburg have secured an option
on the Index-Appeal of that city and
will buy the paper in order to boom
the city.
The two and one-half passenger
rate on all railroads in Virginia ex
cept the Norfolk and Western goes
into effect April 1st. . '
Mrs. Mary Farmer was electrocut
ed at Auburn, N. Y., Monday morn
ing for the most brutal murder of
Mrs. Sarah Brannon, last April.
William Brant Eyster, of McKce
Rocks, Pennsylvania, is now of the
opinion that he is the long lost
Charlie Ross. He discovered that his
foster parents, who are now dead,
were not his real parents. Charlie
Ross was kidnapped 35 years ago.
Four persons were killed and five
fatally wounded near Pittsburg, Pa.,
last Saturday by a head-on collision.
Qunjiro Aoki, a Japanese, and Miss
Helen Gladys Emery, the daughter
of Archdeacon Emery, of the Epis
copal Diocese of California, were
married at the Trinity Church,
Seattle, last Saturday. They came
from California, where they could
not be legally married.
Three dry kilns just outside of
Norfolk burned Wednesday, consum
ing, a fine lot of timber. The loss
is estimated at $20,000.
An offer for Willie Whilla to go on
the vaudeville stage at $1,000 a week
has been received by his father, who
merely remarked: "They will have to'
go higher than that"
Lawrence R. Boyle, who had been
for 20 years the staff of the Boston
Gllobe, in a fit of despondency last
Saturday night, shot and killed his
wife and himself.
The State of Georgia has aban
doned the former method of leasing
convicts from the penitentiary and
an order has been issued against
putting chains on women convicted
of misdemeanors. ' t
Dr. W. M. Ader, a North Caro
linian was shot and mortally wound
ed in the ,late Indian uprising in -Oklahoma.
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The Sonthern Life Insurance Com
pany 'of Fayetteville, N. C, which
eatne M.aetur being wrecked by the
Seminole disiSteiV has been absorbed,
by the Jefferson Life Insurance Cota-
panv of Haieigu, and policvholdo
r thereW- secured end the stock
holders get a bouYW p& cent of Ongj
inal investments. ! i, - - '--
Ini Raleigh, N. C, the citizens Denv
oerntie ticket won Tuesday in a very
exciting municipal primary, carrying -all
before it but one alderman.
At Cumberland, Maryland, last
week, a woman dying of blood poison,
in token of the intense love she bore
for her nurse, requested a kiss. Th
nurse complied, but caught the dis
ease and' died a few days later.
6 The Confederate Veterans' Re
union will be held this year at Mem
phis from June 8th to 10th.
, San Francisco is said to be put
ting $12,000,000 annually into slot
machines. '
The United States Commissioner at '
New York has decided that Jan Jan.
off Pouren was a revolutionist and is
rot to be extradited to Russia for
crimes committed, v - ,
A man said to have murdered a
girl in Indiana 82 years ago, was
recently found liftoff in Texas, mrr.
ried. and wealthy,
- ToreigB Affairs,
fiix thousand persons were rend
ered homeless, and 30,000 domestic
inlmals were drowned by late heavy
floods in Southern Bussia,
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up at Marseilles Thursday and 1?
men were killed. It was petroleum
carrier end being inspected when i
is believed th fumes of empty tanks
caught from ths inspectors light. '
The Isst batch of D. s. trooDS lort
CubV Wednesday nocn to return to
America, leaving ths islanders again
to govern therr selves. .
- Accused of embezzling upwards of
$51,000 from ' the Russian Govern
ment, a man believed to - be Isaac
Yakovlev Mateaenko was arrested in
Philadelphia Tuesday night.
Count Zeppelin and a small party
ascended in his airship at Frieder
ickshapen," Germany, last week, and
were caught in a hurricane. -. One .
motor refused to work and he-euuld"
not safefy land sntil - he sperit 11
hours in the air. He then landed in
a 35 mile gale.
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