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it M- . i: .V: N T LEADING NEWSPAPER AND DEST ADVL . ISINC MEDIUM IN MADISON COUNTY. - VOL. II. MARSHALL, MADISON COUNTY, N. 0., THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1909. NO. 49. ; it-' Four Democrats Vote for Bill and One Republican Against ItDeep Interest Taken in Final Vote arid Republicans Make Joyous Demonstration Over Result . "$ar three weeks of consideration ths Payne tariff bill was passed by - the House of Representatives Friday night by a rote of 217 to 161. One Republican, ; Austin, of Tennessee, - Toted against the measure, and four ' Democrats, all . from Louisiana, Messrs. Broussard, Estopioal, Pujo and Wickliffe voted for it. - An attempt made by Champ Clark, , the minority leader, to recommit the , bill with instructions was - signally defeated. - '. '' ,'. - -The day was filled with excitement - from the moment the session began at noon ' until the last minute. The members were keyed up to the high est pitch and a praetically full mem- - bership remained on duty through out. The final vote demonstrated the capacity of the Republican organiza tion t get together. ' 'The general public was greatly in terested in the proceedings and the galleries wei;e packed. Both the diplomatic and executive reservations likewise were fully occupied, one of the conspicuous observers being Mrs. Taft, wife of the President. When the bill actually waa passed the Republican, cheered lustily, some dancing up and down .the aisles OUTRAGEOUS SEIZURE Atlantaa, Ga., Special. A special meeting of the Atlanta Bar Associa tion has been called to make , what reparation it can for the invasion, and dismantling of the borne ' of United, States Circuit Judge W. B. Sbep pard under a writ , of attachment. Lawyers as well as citizens declare the affair was an outrage. - A month or more ago the jurist's secretary was driving Judge ShpV pard homo, when the car, hit a ne gro. The judge claims he was not negligent but agreed, to pay the in jured man's bill aud give him $50. The attorneys for the negro refused to accept this sum and , said they would sue. . Instead of filing an ordinary suit, they waited until late Thursday even ing and swore out a writ of attach ment. One. of the atorneys, accom panied by a constable and a force of negroes, went to' the judge's . home GOVERNMENT INJURING BUSINESS AFFAIRS The following from Charles "W. Brown, publisher of Hoosick Falls, N. Y., Democrat, is in line -with the sentiment expressed a few. weeks ago by The finterprise and shows that those publishers; who also run job.! plants are beginning to sit ..up and take notice: "'I'yiy.yyyxy.:;: Is the f set that ths government of ths United States is spending the money of the people (among then) printers and publishers) for the purv pose of diverting business from the printers of the country a demonstra tion of the kind of "squar deal'' ths eountry is going to get under the Taft administration t - .' I am loath to believe it. - - But recent events have inspired a deep distrust that only a complete ob-J mention, of the policy and methods of the postoffice. department will re place with. rta8snrance. .i;:i" " ; If the United. States government ean with consistency take away from the printer the printing of envelopes on the plea that it can do' the work cheaper because the printing is don simultaneously with the stamping, why isn't it .just as consistent, to print advertisements on postal cards for ths same reason t Garry this JURY COULD NOT AGREE IN Planquemins. La SpecialAt 7 e'olock. Friday night the jury in the ease of the Stats against Fabrisn F. Bonvy, charged with ths murder .of Prof, Fred Van Ingen, reported that it was hopelessly disagreed and was therefore a discharged by Judge Bchwing. " - . ; .-'- Ths killing of Van Ingen occurred ou October 3 of last year, while Be STANDARD OIL LITIGATION IS CONCLUDED St. Louis, Special. The Standard Oil lawyers more than made good their promise, to ths court to complete their arguments. Friday in dofense of the government's suit to :have " the vcoropration dissolved as a ' Sehrman law violator. John O. Johnson, of Philadelphia, completed his address, following Mr. Rosenthal,' 30 minutes before the usual time for adjourn ment. '. ,;s. ; The court asked Mr. Kellogg, the government's attorney, if he. wished to take advantage of the-half hour in which to comi3moJis : replying argument, but the Federal- lawyers v::lc:t. ii:?.c :::cots Aurora, El., ;e-;M JLa r.i;r- Ida. rm:nt- It: T vi(. 3f!y l-'SBO, lnrs r f t " J i' ' Sli a i' ' I:,: i tni k:.: i : r-, r-;'.Mo!y n.' i I c-- '-i :.. f It" i r ' ' 1 1,1 1 ' v i a i ':!!' i ' f f f 3 11V 1 I .a f and patting their fellow members on the back, After adopting a resolu tion that until further ordered, ses sions shall be held only on Mondays and Thursdays the House at 8:20 p. m adjourned. At the suggestion of Chairman Payne, the action of the House in fix ing a rate of one per cent ad valorem on crudo petroleum and its products was by unanimous consent reconsid ered and the articles placed on the free list. The committeo amendments in creasing the Payne rate on barley from 15 to 24 cents a bushel as well as the duty on barley malt from 25 to 40 cents a bushel were adopted. One minute beforo 3 o'clock an amendment ' was adopted giving far mers the right to sell their tobacco in the manufactured state without paying the tax. All efforts to change the tariff on lumber from the existing schedule of the Dingley bill failed. Hides are on the free list also, hav ing run the gauntlet of opposition. The bill now goes to the Senate whose committeo has its amended form ready to report and the senior body will immediately proceed to its consideration. . OF JUDGE'S EFFECTS and. .found Mrs. Sheppard alone with her children, one of them a baby of only six mouths. At onoe they began to seize everything in sight and load ed it on drays. They took all the furniture except the beds, the cloth ing of all the members of the fam ily, the trunks and even the toys of the little, ones.:; !'-- y , t ; All-he time,?;. Mrs. Sheppard was pleading with tho men to wait nnt.il her -husband returned, but 'they; re fused to listen and she says they were both rough; and. insolent. Next Mrs. Sheppard telephoned to the lawyer of , the negrro, but as soon, as she ex plained who she, was, she says he ab ruptly hung up the -receiver, saying .. Judge Sheppard was in courtFrt day afternoon and openly and bitter ly denounced thg. treatment he- had received as not only outrageous',' but as-an attack upon the dignity of the United States Court. . principle out to a legitimate conclu sion and you will find that every bus iness in the country would eventually be attacked. - ;.'-"-.-' '- . .. y But the governnient is not printing envelopes or anything else at a profit. The Dayton envelope plant is not only -taking from the printer busi ness that belongs, to him, but is tax. ing him to. help pay for tlta losses in. curred in running this postal iniquity. A little figuring will prove this statement to be absolutely true. Ths government gets 00 cents a thousand for doing this nasty little trick, and it costs it about 70 cents per thou sand to solicit orders for, print aud deliver these envelopes. '-; ,.: -y - But whether the government makes a profit or not is not the question. ' : Shall the government be allowed to enter into competition ' with - the business of the country from which It derives the revenues" which enable it td live t ' y y Shall we be compelled to contribute to a fund 'that is to be squandered in an endeavor to cripple us in bqsL neest : - ';yy "-; It 'a time . onr congressmen heard from ns. South Hill, t Va.,' Ente prise, ' - . -..--., THE BOUVY MURDER CASE was seated by his bride of a few hours in the chair coach of a Texas ft Paeiflo train, en route to New Orleans. Bouvy's attorneys attempt ed to show that he' wae decidedly at. tached to Miss Rhorer and that hi smarted under the knowledge of- great wrong which they attempted to prove Van Ingen fced done' Misi Khorer before his msrrliisr to ,t said ha would radlier begin his ad dress in the morning, promising to finish by the ; usual -A closing tim& That will end the hearing. .The court will take the case under advisement but it is not expected that decision will be announced before next -fail. Nintey-flve per cent of the govern ment's evidence was incompetent and if judged "by the A B C's of the rules of evidence would be thrown out,. Mr, Rosenthal, declared. - - John O. Johnson, of Philadelphia, fallowed with the concluding argu ment for the defense, discussing botS the law and the facts. ' ; :upl equahs, then suxidis ious fosslp concerning him bad been circulated, Anderson's mind" had Icea e"jeted for some time and whei hi trpeared with lis armament ol 1 ' s and revolvers, he terriovized 9 er.:!re sinara to which he had an ' ""1 l,is intention of lnyin;? woste . ! 1 - 1 lie had strapped to his , ". 'i !-.'.t Lis already weakened 5 '. c r. V'e'y given way was NEWS f ROM WASHINGTON , i South Carolina Wins Snit. '" I The famous South Carolina dis pensary case, involving the disposi tion of about' $900,000 of dispensary funds. held by the State dispensary commission, was decided in the Unit ed States Supreme Court Monday in favor of the commission. ':',- The case was instituted by the Wilson Distilling Company and the Fleiscbmami Company in the United States Circuit Court for the district of South Carolina to collect debts contracted by the State in the pur chase of liquor in the State from 1392 to 1907 while the dispensary system was in vogue. The commission, consisting of W. J.'-Murray, John McSween and Avery Patton, was appointed in 1007, when the' State resolved to go out of the liquor business. This commission was empowered by the Legislature to collect all moneys due the Slate and to pay all of its debts. " That the tariff bill in its final form will provide fora. permanent tariff ho.'.rd was confidently predicted Tues day by H. E. Miles, chairman of the executive committee of the committee of 100 appointed at the recent Indian apolic tariff convention to foster such a scheme. . Mr. Miles announced that Senator Aldrich, chairman of the committeo, has informed him that he favors some such arrangement, and added '. that "Senator Aldrich may be expected to distinguish himself by. working out the problem." Senator Root, ac cording to Mr. Miles, has also declar ed himself in favor of the tariff board. "'- "The mistakes in the present bill," said Mr. Miles, -"some of great con sequence, some smal, and one. whole schedule known to be radically wrong, with no chance of making it right in either house at this session -this aud the general need of world markets are making the need of this tariff board clear to every one." '. The fixing of rates for the new tar iff bill was-begun Tuesday by the Senate committee on finance. Night sessions will be held. It was agreed that no person shall be heard by the committee from now on, except that limited time may be given to some Senators during r the .. forenoon r ses Wednesday was a bad day for the Republican Organization, v of : the House of Representatives. - By a coalition between some Republican "insurgents" and : the -Democrats, the ways and means committee was bowled over and the advocates of free crude oil and its products for the Payne bill won a signal victory when an amendment by Mr. Norris. of Ne-J broska, placing the insignificant duty of one per centum ad valorem on these articles, was adopted by a sub stantial majority; . The barley schedule of the Payne tariff bill again was threshed out. The pending amendments were one by Mr. Miller, of Kansas, increasing the Payne rate from 15 to 25 cents a bushel, and the old one by Mr. Alex ander, of New York, -fixing the rate at 10 per cent ad valorem. ; : The ways and means committee agreed to several important amend ments. to the bill. r . Postmaster General Hitchcock has approved of a number Of designs sub mitted for a special issue of stamps commemorative of theAIaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, r-. '-' : - Senator GaUinger has re-introduc- ed the bill providing for a separate building for the . Supreme Court of the united States. ;; The structure would be situated just outside of ths Capitol grounds- and immediately north of the Congressional Library Building, to which, it is proposed ths exterior architecture of the Supreme Court Building would correspond, Ths total eost of the building is filed at $8,000,000. ,-; w ; ',;V'''?;- - Petition Fof Sirs. Carmask. ' Washington, fipecial. Representa tive Brownlow and Beprssentative Austin, of the first and second con gressional distriots of Tsnnessee, re speotively, have undertaken td maka ths widow of ths lata senator car- msck postmaster at Columbia, ' is that State. They are ths only two Republican members of the Tennessee delegation, and in addition to exercis ing their influence as individuals they cave now set to work to get tns in sistence of the State's entire repres entation at Tvashingtott. ' ' r President Taft beard protests Fri day against the , increased, duty on gloves, ; hosiery, . ; pineapples . - and lemons, provided in the. Payne tariff Dill. State Senator Travis -and John Me- Cormick, of Brooklyn,' N. Y., repre senting' importers of fruit, told the President, that the increases on pine apples and lemons would have to be. boras-by the common people. - The increase on-lemoas, which it was de clared amounted to 20 cents a box, would practically be prohibitive and haves American growers in absolute. control 4f the market. 'Kenneth Barnhardt, representing one of the largest department stores in Chicago, sccompamed by Fiancis Simmons and Edward D. Wins'ow, also of Chicago, protested against the increase of duty on e'oves f hosiery. They were rri'S"' !?,! to t';o Pres'ulont by Secretary of V. e Tr . ury Ii!ae eah. Items of Interest Gathered By V! :Wire W Cable CLEANINGS FRIDAY TO DAY Lire Items Covering Events of Hon or Less Interest at r Home and Abroad.' ; ..: . Midland, Texas pad a $300,0OC fire Thursday. - -...- . '-- i z': y Bopresentative Hillburn introducei a bill in ti e Florida Legislature Thursday in favor of a constitutional restriction of the manufacture and sale of liqucr except for medicinaL scientific and mechanical purposes. Madame ' Modieska. the famous Polish actress, died in Los Angles Cal., Thursday, at the r.?e of 05 years of 'Bright V. disease.' - The body will at a later period be taken to Cia cow, Poland for iutennent. : Fred Bell, only leix years old, kill ed Ethel Thomas,? three Tears old at Union, S.'.C'., Thursday and tried to hide away the; body. Fred is it prison charged -with murder. Kate 0Dwyer,ja "bad angel,' broke the iron shackles from her ani! sawed herself out of chain gang pris on at Athens, Go.," ast Sunday night Charles N. 'Haskell, governor o) Oklahoma is standing trial chai-jjei with fraudulent connection with tin Muscogee town lot affair. ; The Chesapeake and Ohio canal was opened for navigation Friday. y. Crazy - Snake, is not captured yot and the pursuit is to be continued. The "Attorney General of Kanaai has banded down the opinion that ii that State -a marrittd woman may pi may not take the? name of her hus band and that he may even take hei name. j ; The Arkansas ' State Senate Tues day passed a bill 'Placing a heavj penalty on "persons drinking intoxi- 1 - . 3 1 , Dl.l. wuu u iruius in uie Biuie ur oa station platforms.' ; This will probab ly affect buffet cars, although in tended only to stop rowdyism, y ; Indalecio Alareon, of Chicago, ob last - Sundav stabbed himself 13 times about his he-.rt, eut his throat, took carbolic ac)- threw himself lives to say That V does not know how to account for his condition, r Daniel W. Johnson, 18 years old, attempted to "blackmail his . Sunday school teacher, Asa -G. Chandler, in Atlanta, Oa., . recently, ' but wu quickly caught. Trashy novel read ing, he says, caused him to do it. A cruiser of the Pacific Squadron picked up 40 passengers of the wrecked stenmer Indiana in the Pa cific Monda;-. . Pope S. Hill, a lawyer of Macon, 6a., Monday was found murdered in a lumber oiSce as the' third victim slain in litication over the , Dodge timber landt- in Georgia, tv - - Wnbington Kotes. : Diplomatic relations have - been strained bet"een the United States and Nicaragua aud a cricis is expect, ed. ' - , ' ; Representative Mardock of Kansas has introduced a bill in Congress to require amounts of money distributed or loaned to the 26 states under the Andrew Jackson administration to be refunded to the. national treasury. It is opening many cyee.;' ;. . Judge Richard E. Sloan has been selected for Governor of Arizona and all tho leading tentorial officials will be changed. - ;;. The motion to put lumber on the free list was voted down Tuesday by 170 to 176, more than SO Democrats voting for protection. .' : .... - An entirely new series of notes, silver and gold certificates and green backs is to be issued. ? .' . . . Mr. Payne declares that the de partment stores art inspiring .women to protest against higher duties on Stockings and gloves. Senator Aldrich 's committee ii putting ths finishing touohes to tbs substitute tariff bill and will bs ready to report it to the Sonata as soon ti ths Payno bill passes the House. . . - Senators Raynor, Bacon, and Dan (el attacked the Republican policy and forced Senator Aldrich; to allow Democrats at the hearings of tht Senate Finance Committee ; on the Tariff bill on Tuesday, "t; , ; . The Senate adopted a '. resolution limiting the legislation, at the extra session , to ths Tariff billand , fhc Census bill. y'-'-: ' ?-y :--y-:''"-ry '- ?''.' - A combination of Democrats and Republican indigents in the House defeated Speaker Cannon and Chair man Payne on the 25 per cent duty on crude petroleum - and fixed the duty at 1 per cents? : The House took off all tariff taxei on tea and coffee Wednesday. - . ; ..; Tcreign Ai:.-i, : :'"'... Ex-President - Roosv 't arrived al Naples, Italy, on T c 1 esday and spent several hours. 1 'tars left the Hamburg and we: : i board tht Admiral, which will c j him t Mo-jibasia. ' ' ; The Krr i, ts t j to ! s Wor' i, iay, ar i eepw f '.t air- inrship e-'-irluted ;:,.wi i i tail! "WETS" SWjEPLONG ISLAND Suffolk and Nassau Counties Vote Against Prohililtloa East Hampton; "Dry" For 200 Tears, Votes to Sell Liquor in Future - Mix-Vp lu Shelter Island. Mineoln, L. 1. All that part of Long Island not Included In New TorkiCity "went wet" as the result of balloting on the license question. " Returns from all the towns In Suf folk and Nassau counties show that every one thirteen in number voted agalnBt prohibition. In most cases the result was decisive.. Parson AVasson, of Jtivcrhead, saw bis town go "wet," and lor two yeara he will continue to make his Welsh rabbits" with fceer. One man was hurt la an election row at Oyster Bay. The farmers seem to have voted largely with the "wets." In Babylon the verdict was tHreo to one in favor of license. In Patchogue, where meetings were held and bells runs, the vote was for license. Smithtown went Tret. Southold, which was wet for the last two years, liked that condition well enough to repeat. Southampton, where so many wealthy Americans hava their sum mer horne3, after a long period of dryness decided tbst liquor m:iy bo rnld. East Hampton has boen dry for 200 years, but it wr.3 caught in the flood of wetnesa. Huntington also went wet. Riverhcad joined the pro cession and, in fact, all ten towns in the county wi!i for t vo years permit the sale of liquor. There la a mix-up in Shelter Isl and. Tho vote there wes in favor of allowing hotel an.l drug siora li censes. Never hes an election aroused such eicltement oa Long Island. The question ou every one's lips for many days had been, "I wonder if the Isl and will go wet or dry?" The Women's Christian Temper ance Union wa3 first in the field when the campaign began. And the Anti Saloon League was soon fish tins bit terly to bring about a reign of tem perance in the various townships. The hotel . men and the saloon keepers were quick to retaliate. For several weeks rival parties of stump ppeskers and handshakers had been speeding over the island in auto mobiles, orguins for or against the continued talo of liquor, pleading with the voters, entreating wives to lend their Influence with their hus bands, scattering pamphlets and cir culating petitions. - - The churches were quick to take up the' Ughtr JEWer tneHitS r held for.the sole purpose, of praying that -liquor be abolished from the sev. eral townships. CARRIES DEAD GIRL HOME. Ca'wMus is Attacked by Her Father as ' He Lnys Her Dovn Dead. Pawtucket, R. I. Charged with manslaughter, Bernard CabisluS, an automobllist, pleaded not guilty and furnished $5000 for his appearance. Cablsius la accused of driving an au tomoblle and struck Kathariuo Creamer,- eleven years old, daughter of Matthew J, Creamer, and inflicted injuries that caused her death. Vhe little girl was playing In the street when she saw two autos ap proachlng, end, running to avoid tham, escaped one to get' in the way of Cablsius' car. The framework struck and knocked her down, caus ing a fracture of the skull. Cablsius quickly Jumped out, and, picking up the chiid. carried her in h's arms to her home. Creamer met him at the door and was so overwhelmed with grief that he attacked Cablsius, Friends interfered. When Cabislul laid the child down she was dead, ' COO SALOOXS MUST CLOSE, Effect- of Loral Option Election in : - Micliigun, Detroit, Mich. Upward ot 800 sa. loons and ten breweries will be forced out of bustucss in the nineteen coun ties of the State which voted dry." ' In the eight counties carried by ths liquor Interests there are a total of about 800 saloons, giving the Anti Baloon League a victory affecting mora than two-thirds ot the saloons which It attacked. . The Blended majority of 41 votes which the "drya" received In Jackson, County, having a: population of 47, 000, Indicates ths blttorness of ths flghttbat was carried on there, 4 recount is considered a certainty, . C, 13, ELMS" A SUICIDE, ' '' , Philadelphia Railway Man Had Beefli - In HI Health ForSorno Tims, ". , Philadelphia, Pa. -Charts Q. El lis, president ot ths Cltisens' Passes ger Railway Company, a subsidiary company ot the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company, and worth 110. 000,000, shot and killed himself at his home in this city. He was discov ered lying in. a pool of blood in his room by his wife,- who had heard the report of the revolver. - , "' Mr. Ellis was seventy-four years old, and had suffered from neuralgia and rheumatism. He underwent an operation about two months ago la an effort to effect cure. - -. - -''; . , ;;, . , -r. 1 Oxford Wins Boat Itace, . n The Oxford University elght-oared erew won the sixty-sixth annual rev gatta from Cambridge on the Thames River, near London, England, i ' V' Famous Artist Dead. v George "H. McCord, the artist, died ;f ...uv in nilovn Ttnunlfnl. New York CItj'i Just as a threat to blow up the house in which ho lived had boen received by E. U. rergnson, wua whom the McCords mads their home. Rerseant Xlnia Slain in Lisbon. ' oo-oji i.lmn: who betravad' his comrades Involved In tho revolution ary uprising of January, 1908. when King Carlos ana tiio urowa r nnca ot Portugal were astassmatea, was inurt BRIEF CULLINGS OF NORTH STATE NEWS News of Interest Gleaned From AH Sections of the State and Arranged For Busy Readers Not Thought a Loan. Raleigh, Special. Considerable in terest is being manifested in official circles here in the bill recently in troduced in Conjrress to require the States that participated in 1836 in the distribution of the surplus in the United States Treasury during Jack son's administration to repay these loans to the trovernment. It seems that North Carolina received about $1,500,000, and that it was variously invested in banks, railroads and other stocks, and tho whole thing swept away as a result of the tlvil War and subsequent corrupt Recon struction administrations. A small part of the money was spent in dig ging the "(lub Foot" Canal, con necting East Carolina sounds. The State has absilutily nothing to show for the loan, which it lias never con sidered in the light of being a mk that w,ould have to be repaid to tlir National Treasury. The old Cape Fear Bank and the V,'il:niiglon aii.l weiuon itaiironois were iimong uie enterprises lliat received some of tlii fund in tho way of stocks purchased by the state. The b.-iuk collaps:-.! and the railroad slocks were exchang ed by the State for Sluti- bonds in reducing the State indebtedness. Killed by Falling Timber. Wil-nington. Special. E. M. (irririr, a well known merchandise b:oker. while talking to a friend on the street here Monday morning was caught un- dor a collapsing pile oi brick an hm'blinir mHtPi-i! nn the Kiti nf the I new Woclvin building, near Third and Princess streets, and instantly killed. The accident occurred as Mr. Gregg wes on his way down to bus-1 iness and slopped for a talk with Mr. John Hand at the Woolvin build ing. Mr. Gregg was standing with his back to the pile of debris whe.i, for some unknown reason, it gave way and came crashing down. Mr. Hand jerked his associate to one side but was too late. A heavy window frame on top of the brick struck Mr. Gregg on the back of the head, kill ing him instantly. Mr. Gregg was about 65 years old and belongs to a leading South Carolina family. He leaves a wife and one little daughter. ' . , v .mJ "tS!adttef tartlces "OoTefnors. Charlotte, ; Special.-The - central committee which is directing the pro gramme of exercises to be held hero on the twentieth of May in celebra tion of the 134th anniversary of the signing of the Mecklenburg Declara tion of Independence, has invited the Governors of the Thirteen Original States to come to Charlotte for the three days' festivities. Governor Eben S. Draper has accepted. The people of Charlotte are preparing to give Mr. Taft the greatest reception ever accorded a President of the United States in a Southern city. Local officials of both the Southern and Seaboard railroads have given the assurance that ample train ac commodations will be provided an that reduced rates will be enforce Bis Month's Work at Spencer. Spencer, Special. The Spencer hops of the Southern Itailway turn- ed out during the month of March about doubled over the ' same time GS locomotives for service on the flva 'of '07 and 'OS. Whiskey orders have divisions running into Spencer, which played their part in the large in is said to be the largest month's wo;k crease in the receipts in the money in the history of the shop. Of the order dcoartmcnt. 08 engines leaving the shops 3b wens mm . . . . - 1 in for heavy repairs, costing in some instances $2,000 each. The force of employes at Spencer has been great., ly increased and it is said every man worthy of work is being employed. I In the boiler department the force is the largest in the history of tho Spen- cer shops. The monthly pay roll at , Spencer is said to be $190,000, Work on New Electric Line. Burlington; Special. The work of grading the line for the Burgraham Interurban Company, which will con nect Burlington, Graham and Haw River, nod convert them, 'virtually) Into a triple city of from 19,000 to 20,000 Inhabitants, is progressing nicely, - Tanner Kills Belt'. Fairmont, Special. C. A. Amnions, who lived near Fairmont, near Frank Faulk's, committed . suicide Friday night at a bam near his 'home by shooting himself in the head with a shotgun. His body waa found Sat urday morning. It was evident that the - deceased had placed the muzzle of the gun against bis chin and pull ed the trigger , with his toes. Tho load entered nnder his chin and came out on the left side of his beadi tear ing his left ear off. Eniitires Recaptured. ' Ralsieh. SnsciaL Deputy BherLS John Wilkins brought , from Cleve land county Monday two escaped convicts to bs recommitted to tlie penitentiary. They era Will LimrleU, a white man, who was serving "one year for larceny, and was recapt :-ru Cn a stolen hcre and will, thesefo have to serve fifteen tnoutl s' a tional time, and Charles V.;!".i colored, who vill r M a tea y . sentence for ti.- ',;ry. Thrown Under Moving Train. 7- Greenville, Special. - Georgo " Cherry, the 12-year-old son of Mr.'.. Q. E. Cherry, came near being killed .. by an Atlantic Coast Line passenger train here Tuesday afternoon. The boy went to the station to mail letter, and being late the train bad begun moving before he reached there. He ran up to put the letter in the mail car and taking hold of the -car was jerked down and thrown un der it. He was thrown far enough under the car to miss tho track and thus the wheels did not run over . him. As soon as he fell the boy grabbrd an iron rod underneath the a r raid was dragged on the cross-" ties until the train could be stopped, . which was done as quickly as pes- -sible. Vne leg was broken and ths boy wjs also badly cut and bruised about I he head and body. Catching the iron rod is all that saved his life. McKay Hcst Hans. Raleigh, Special. Friday, May 23, has been lixed by Governor Kitehin for the execution cf Junius McKay, at Ltinibcrtcn, Robeson county, for the minder of Alex McKay. The "..miction was at the November term of Robeson court, 1908, and the reor der was during the previous Febrn rry. The body of Alex McKay was found in a side vtreet of Rowland, thrown into a hole, and Junius Mc Kay had during that same eveninjr. repeatedly threatened to kill mm as "liquor spy." Justice Brown in writing the opinion of the Supremo Court affirming the conviction in con- sequence of which the banging day is set, de-rliied that mere was uie strongest sort of evidence of mur der in the first degree, and that the finding of the jury aud the courses pursued by the trial judge were reg ular and correct in every way. Locomotive on Fire. Fayetteville, Special. The citixens of Raeford were startled Tuesday by seeing an engine on the Aberdeen and Rock fish ' railway rush through that crowing town at aerate of fifty miles n hour, with a great sheet of flac issuing from its tender. The wotd gincer and fireman 'were unable to extingush ,it. . They cut the engina from the rest of the train, and ran it some little disance up the road. Before the engine could be brought to a standstill the fire became so hot that both engineer und fireman had to jump to keep from, being roasted alive. The engine, left , to itself, rushed madly -onward,, and did not stop nntil it had cleared Raeford seme little distance. Rocky Mount Postoffice, Rocky Mount, Special. For the fiscal year closing March 31, the postoffice in this city has showed a net gain in receipts over the same time last year of $806, according to a report just sent in to the depart ment at Washington. For the year just brought toa close the receipts were $13,396.86, bnt - including the money orders receipts, which has ". Wadesboro Station Next. Wedesboro, Special Mayor Brock has received a -letter from President Garrett of the Seaboard Bailway stating that work will begin , on Wadesboro 's new passenger depot in about three weeks' time. .Wadesboro has waited patiently since July, 1007, i- -..1... . ... . , ; for this action. Receipts From Insurance Department, Raleigh, Special. State Commls. sioner of Insurance Young paidintq' the State Treasury Tuesday $1498 10 receipts of the - department fof . March. The fiscal year runs from. ' April and the total collection were $234,483.68, ft gain of 10,0000 ovei prevlone years, - . Now Staff For Penitentiary. . Raleigh, Special The new . board of directors of the State prison Wednesdsy in compliance with a sug gestion from Governor Kitehin, elect ed J. J. Laughlinghouse, of Pitt connty, superintendent, to succeed J. S. Mann; T. W. Fenner, of Halifax, clerk, to succeed T. ; M. Arlington; f. P. Sales, of Raleigh, warden to succeed Capt J. M.' Fleming; Dr. I. Q. RiJdick, of Youngsville physician te succeed Dr. J. R. Ropers. Both . of the hew and old boards were in. Session- Wednesday for a formal tfftusfer pf .the affairs of the prison. l';ir Cocrt Cpeas. EalWiuryy Crecicl-WitU Ji" ' B. 5. :::i'.rr ca t:.s teach, er.3 I' Ci.'i r.v.-rmtirj tie T CO 'y 'a 'V tmvt, f 'titl'; ' V 3 t . 1 ' : r-- i . -red in Lisbon. - ; 1