LEADING NEWSPAPER AND BEST ADV
ZtHG MEDIUM IN MADISON COUNTY.
VOL. III.
TAR
Happenings And Doings
f ' Of The Old
'Teachers at Windsor. '
Windsor Special. The k Bertie
uui; iec;ipcs iwuuej nave Dean
attending nn institute here for two
weeks. ' Prof., J. Henry Highsmith,
of Wake Forest College, and Miss
ITiilvlmm. rV O .. 1 1.1 - I
! 1X.. ? linn. 1 . 1 . . .
vuwit'iuis uccu very uusy instruct
ing theta.'- Their' teaching has been
very entertaining and the teachers
and public have enjoyed them. They
both stand at the very top of their
,. profession.' Superintendent Askew
baa been of great assistance in this
excellent work. Hon. Francis D. Win
8ton delivered an admirable address
: on "Local History." He gave a great
;.. number of unknown but highly ; in
teresting facts and incidents relat
ing to this historic county. He urged
the formation of a society in each
county having for its obeject securing
: portraits of the county's useful men
- and women to be hung in the court
rooms. He narrated more than fifty
of Bertie's noble sons and daughters
who, by the usual standards of great
ness," would be entitled to adorn the
.walls of our splendid court room.
Striking was his appeal for more
local work on the part of our histor-
ical societies. He has given this mat
ter much thought. : It will be re
called that he introduced the bill,
establishing. "North Carolina Day"
in the public-schools. His idea is
that. the great movements have" all
been written up; that court houses
and homes are ' full of hidden valu
able material; that a study of 'each
locality will " be "the basis of ' a fine
State history. He suggested a course
of lectures at our colleges in the
different' counties by a peruoft from
each of them.- ' ' . v ' .
, The address was' interesting and
most instructive. Old Soldiers' Day
.will Via aKcoimtaI fiaia An . Tlinialiv
. WW WWW.. .1.1 . . U ... MM.........
. next. A great crowd will , be here.
Generally about four thousand peo
ple attend..
Farmers' Alliance Picnic,
I . Gold Rock, Special. Beaver Dam
Farmers Alliance, at Powell's School
bouse, gave their annua barbecue
nd picnic. It was a Vfuy of (feasting
- -r tt r J-t-. -
or ml Dresenr - - j men, i
"-. IimikI, " .... iu . - . .. ( I
an aMo aciilr
whip i nmtlH JL uisli-
ing impression .-'upon all -who heard
him. With his wit and humor, com
bined with hard, plain .facts, ,. he
drove things- home. All who heard
him enjoyed his . address, for all ex-
pressed a longing, for the time when
be shall come , again. When the
speaking was .over the Alliahce met
in regular session, taking in several
new members. They electd-to the
State Alliance, which meets at Hills
fcoro, August 10, T. E. Powell, dele
gate, and Dr. Henry Whitaker, alter
nate. The Alliance is widening in
its influence, It is bringing the farm
ers to realize their position and they
! are beginning to grasp some of the
many advantages which it holds out
to them.. . '"';-- -';:j!f-l''':V'
Being Carved in Italy, ,V ;V"
Raleigh, Special, The Secretary
of the North Carolina Historical Cem-
- . l ! 1 Ai,Aa fwtm
mission- HH& receiveu a
- Mr. 'F." W. Ruckstuhl? the eminent
New' York sculptor, who is executing
the marble bust of Governor William
, A. Graham for the , Commission,' . that
be would sail from New York for
Florence, Italy where the bust is be
ing arved, to -put the finishing
" touches' on. the work himself. It will
be carved from the best Carrara mar
Jtile, will be one- and one-quarter life
size, . and will cost when completed,
exclusive of the pedestal, $1,000. It
will be shipped : to America about
September 1st, and will be deliver
ed to ' the Historical Commission
about the middle of October.
Cotton Oil Mill For WHtakers. v.
Rocky Mounts Special. Mr. S. S.
Toler left Tuesday : for ' Whitakers
for the purpose of beginning, upon
the work of the erection of a'eotton
aeed oil mill' for the Southern States
Cotton "Oir and Refining Company, in
accordance with a contract, recently
received by the firm of D. J. Ross
& Co. The 'contract calls .lor com
pletion of the three mills in time to
handle thecal! crop.' . ' -
Sural Carrlera in IT ash Hampered by
High Water. . ,
,Rocky Mount, Special. During
Tuesday and ' Wednesday the rural
' letter 'carriers were forced to go out
of their regular route on account of
swollen streams and the streams and
the river as well were swollen- beyond
their banks and the roads in many
' parts of both counties are impassable.
All of rnral route No; 4" eonld not
be served on account of the fact that
Compass crecli, near Mrs. George
Hattles, about five miles from this
city, was so swollen as to be im
passable. "-.' "" -
Number of Arrests Increases.
Asheville, Special. Despite the
prohibition laws and the private de
tectives who have been here daring
the past month to see that tt-er-were
enforced, drunkenness au l I ' f-ri
misdemeanors were ir. h in evi nee
during July, the police re.M-vIs f-.
inj: an increase of forty-Uiise s
over June. Tl.irtyeven sf--
'were made on the thure of "C .:n
end !:.;ord,r!y," ir.uiit t"a ior t;.e
ire', -jus Eioiitii.
CHRONICLES
Cleaned From All Parts
North State.
An Unruly Convict.
:. Goldsboro, Special. News has just
reached this city of a very unfor
tunate occurrence that took -place
Friday at "the county home, situated
seven miles north of Goldsboro. "A
gang of convicts is at work on the
farm, and one, Will Snead, a negro
who is serving a sentence for burn
ing a house to gain the insurance,
has of late refused to work, complain,
ing that he was not well. The sup
erintendent, E. D. Williams, called
in a physician to examine the negro.
He was pronounced to be in a thor
oughly sound condition. Upon such
medical advice Mr. Williams ordered
Snead to return to his labors along
ma ue rest, ine negro grew more
and more obstinate, absolutely re
fusing to touch an implement, when
Williams, assisted by his seventeen-year-old
son, Edgar, endeavored to
place shackles on the unruly convict,
who resisted to the extent of even at
tacking the superintendent. Mr.
Williams was obliged to shoot. The
bullet missed the negro, but took ef
tect on young Williams, passing
through his leg a little above the
knee. Luckily it is only a flesh
wound and the young man is reported
as doing well.
Let Train Bun Over Him.
, Winston-Salem,' Special. Suicide.
terribly planned and spurred on by ;
fear that he had slain his wife was
the fate of Harrison Cline, 22 years
old. ' The young man's, body was -found
cut to pieces on the tracks of .
the Southern Railway in Salem early
Sunday. ' .,.-':, . , ,
Saturday night he fired three shots
from a revolver at his wife of a year,
who bad left but a few months ago,
just before their child was born., r
Cline. went to her father's house, '
where she was staying, Saturday aud ,
begged her 'to return to him.;, She)
refused and he fired upon her at ft.
distance of six feet, " One ballet gr&&
ed her fingers 'and she feU fsnnfing. .
Her father, W. Fj Gordon, grappled j
with him, but Cline broke away, leav- j
ing his revolver. Apparently he be- j
lieved he Wd ' killed his wife and :
this led to Uns horfhle sitit'd.
HI Ulg Will HC WUw llXj-j
peiateiir- iiiclinea Deiore no.., visiieu
his wife.-- ..... ,
New Bridge Over Tar Elver a Big
undertaking.
Rocky Mount, Special. For the
past i several days the American
Bridge Company has kept a large
force of hands "at work putting into
position the new steel bridge whieh
it has the contract to build for the
Atlantic Coast Line across the Tar:
river near this city, The contract is
quite a large one and it will require
several weeks before the large double
track bridge is placed into position.
The bridge company has about seventy-five
- carloads of - material at
South Rocky Mount and it is being
unloaded and put into position !. as
fast as possible. The- two waterings
nUlio oi'lo will Via rebuilt and thev
wlbllVA DUV
will be spanned in the future by steel
girders instead or tne wooaen iresvw
that has given service there for many
years, the plans of the company in
clude a putting into commission of
the new bridge during the early fall
and it is expected to put the double-
tracking from this city 10 Daiuuuui I
into use before the winter. , '
, ; . Heavy Bain FalL
Einston, Special The heaviest
rainstorm of the summer passed over
this city Sunday afternoon which con
tined until early Monday morning.
The total amounfof rainfall was 2.65.
Since June 1st, tne total rainj.au
amounted to 21. 84 inches.' - . ,
; To Protect .Young Boys. .
Winston-Salem, Special. A soeiety
has been formed here to exercise su
pervision especially over young boys
who become enmeshed in the toils of
the law, in jorder to prevent the lit
tle fellows from becoming hardened
i:icl . Tha .nniptv is lartrclv the
outcome of the efforts of Rev. Craw.
ford Jackson, general secretary .w.
the Juvenile Protective Association,
Who has been here several days. ; v
; still Another Circus Booked For"
. Wlnt.nn-Salem. ;' ' ' '-
. WiiiRton-Salem. Special. The third
circus to be booked for Winston-:
Salem this season is Haag's Railroad ;
Shows, which wUl appear August 14.1
A big street parade is avcn,
big license tax is not scaring the
showmen, apparently, and there js
much speculation s to whether there
will not be a suspension of the tax
after all. : Otherwise, it is feared by
many, the showmen may use then
own "utrong arm" methods to get
the people to pay the increased ex
pense. However, this is but street
talk of the insistent sort, wit av
-Lightning Kills Two Horses. :
Rni;,rT. Snecial. A sevt-re elee-
I - i 7
trio storm passe4 throiigh Rowan and
adjacent counties Sunday night ac
companied by heavy rams oca 1.1
some instnnces stron.T winds. Ten
miles smith of Salisbnrv a horse be
l .i Hnx to :.:r. G. A. Trexler. n well
tnown farmer, was killed by !ifrb
Ai,,:!ipr animnl owned by
J. J.' l,or".n was al.so killed by the
a be!:.
MARSHALL, MADISON COUNTY, JC THURSDAY, AUGUST 12,
DISTURBERS SHOT BY OFFICER
One Died Sunday Horning Othet
May Recover Officer's Story Jus-'
tines Shooting Negro Employes
Implicate Officer. "
Asheville, N. C, Spcciah Mr. John
Bunting of Wilmington, a traveling
salesman of the Chattanooga Medi
cine Company, died in the Mission
Hospital hero,-Sunday morning, soon
after midnight as a result of a shoot
ing scrape at the Gladstone Hotel,
Black Mountain, Saturday morning
at 1 :30 o'clock, while Mr. P. C. Col
lins, a prominent banker of HilUboro,
is also at the hospital in an adjoining
ward 'with a bad wound in the right
side. The- two men received their
hurts at the hands of F. C. Watkins,
town constable of Black Mountain, in
a room at the Gladstone Hotel Satur
day morning about 1:30 o'clock. The
men were brought to Asheville Satur
day morning several hours after the
shooting occurred and taken to the
hospital for treatment. It was found
that Mr. Bunting was suffering from
internal ' hemorrhage. Mr. Collins,
while dangerously hurt, will proba
bly recover.
, The officer tells the following story:
"I went up to the room," said the
constable, "where the men were and
entered. The room was in darkness
and as I entered I struck a match to
see my way and lighted a lamp. One
of the men, I don:t know which one,
asked who I was and I said a police
officer the town constable. One of
the men with an oath said in effect,
'Well, we take care of all police
here.' At about that time one of them
kicked the door shut and then the
light was snuffed put. One of the
men jumped at me and grabbed me
about the neck, the other at the time
also closing in and clinching. The
men were both of strong build; one
of them had something in, his hand
but I don't know what it was. When
they closed in on me and grabbed me,
one reached for my pistol pocket.- I
drew my revolver, a 32-calibre Smith
& Wesson and in the darkness fired
two shots and the 'men staggered
back; one of tbem fell..? When I went
in there was a third person-in the
room, but whether he got qut before
the shooting I don 't knew. I (failed
for the door to be opened and it was
P; 4. don't know whetherfrom
nMt ua .the manager came in. '
assisted one of the men to a bed ; the
other one went out' into the hall, "A.
physician was summoned and in com
pany with the physician the men were
brought, to ; Asheville for medical
treatment." y '' .....
' At the inquest over Bunting how
ever, two negro men, employes in the
hotel,: give a story. to the effect that
the officer " was not justified in the
shooting, that the men showed no dis
position to resist. The officer gave
bond in the sum of $5,000. - .
He said that when he reached the
hotel women, were running around in
their night clothing, barefooted and
frightened. . ' '
v Various guests of the hotel, men
and . women,, .testified . as to the dis
turbance created by Bunting and Col
line in the'ir room about midnight.
Several of them stated that the two
men. were shouting and using profane
language," and that on complaint to
the proprietor of the hotel' the latter
sent for the village constable to quiet
the disturbers? . , - -'v . -"
- , ivy..'.-..
. Sunday Merrymakers Drown. . v
:- Toledo, O., Special. Two men and
one woman were .drowned and seven
men' were i, rescued .with i difficulty
when a launch containing a gay par
ty of merrymakers capsized in Mau
mee bay 500 feet off of the Casino,- a
summer theatre, at 4 o'clock Sunday
morning. All were residents of To
ledo. Dill, one of the drowned, was
the owner of the boat and took but
the party of ten men and one woman
over the earnest protests of his wife.
Congressman in Fight.
Washington, Special. Representa
tive J. Thomas Heflin of f Alabama,
became involved in - a personal en
counter with an automobolist, whose
name is said to be Johnson, on the
streets of Washington Tuesday after
noon." As uo arrests were made the
identity of Mr. Hefiin's nntagonist
could not bo clearly established. , v
Tha Sutton Investigation. , .
- 'Annapolis, Md., "Special. Mrs.
James N. Sutton, of Portland, Ore.,l
and her daughter, Mrs. Rosa Sutton
Parker, I of St. ; Paul, " Minn., with
Henry E. Davis, their counsel, arrived
here Wednesday night from Wash
ington, determined, they said, to figba
to the bitter end to remove the stig
ma of suicide from the name of Lieu
tenant James Sutton, of the marine
corps, , Mrs. Sutton 's son, , when the
naval board of inquiry resumes the
investigation of. young -f Sutton's
death. ;''::; : ' , ' "
State Bests Thaw Case,
White Plains, N. Y Special. The
State rested in the Thaw- case Wed
nesday and from now fn it devolves
upon Harry K. Tha and his attor
ney, Charles Morchauser, to offset the
testimony of the State's alienists,
who have sworn without exception
under cross-examination of District
Attorney Jerome that Thaw is et ,11
aisrne and would be 3 menace to the
-iountry if rrlw 1 from the asyl un
aiti'Siwati. ' -
SENATE PEtSlSTT"
taft sie::3 tariff bill
Final Vote cn- t.'3Ssura Was
47 ta 31
CONGRESS ENDS ITS SESSION
is Not Complete Compliance
With Promises llnde," President
' Says; "I Believe It a Sincere Ei
i 1 i fort at Downira-Itevision.,, ,
." ' ' '-' . .:-' t . ;
Washington, D. C President TaftJ
Signed bis Tariff bill at 5.07 p. m., In
the President's room adjacent to the
Senate Chamber in the Capitol.
Later he gave out a statement de
fending the meaaureas a "sincere
effort," though "not ft perfect bill,"
adding that the auMfcrlty "to use
agents to assist him bMhe application
of the . maximum and minimum
clauses gives wide latitude for the ac
quisition of informatiou," and hint
ing at the use of such information
toward a less imperfect tariff. Con
gress adjourned sine' flie a few min
utes before 6 o'clock'.-
The new law goes into effect at
midnight, so far as most of the rates
of duty and ' the free list are con
cerned. The chief exception is on
hides of cattle "of" the bovine spe
cies," with the boots, shoes, leather,
and harness made of them, in w'nich
case it becomes effective on October
1. The maximum and minimum pro
vision becomes effective "from and
after March 81, 11." After that
date twenty-five per cent, ad valorem
Is. to ba added to the duties on all
articles coming ' from any country
which discriminates "unduly" in any
manner against American goods.
Whether or not there is discrimin
ation is to be determined by the Pres
ident. Unless he issue a proclamation
to the effect that a country does not
discriminate against American goods,
the maximum rates will go Into effect
against that country automatically on
April 1, 1910. It-thus requires a
proclamation " affirmatively stating
that there is nondiscrimination to
keep the minimum rates, which are
those established by the regular duti
able list of the new law, in effect after
that date. : '-..r.-l , 1
; Bi Senators For; 88 Against Bill.
'..Every member of the Senate was
accounted for lp the final vote on the
adoptlol the ierencep report
The 3l(Kr Virty-seiven Sen-
" -'' ,-rl; and thlr-
nstor
I theunifnne
fifty-four Senators oflrecord as favor-
ing the report - and blrty-elght op
posed to it.
! As was expected, only seven Re
publicans voted against the' report
No Democrat supported the measure,
though . it was announced that Mr.
McEnery, of Louisiana, was paired
with Senator Davis, a Democrat op
posed to the measure. The seven Re
publicans who held out to the last in
their opposition to the measure were
all regular revisionist "insurgents."
Senator Bnlkeley. of Connecticut, had
announced bis intention of voting
against thej bill on account of the
corporation tax, but he voted with
his party. The Republicans voting
against the bill were: Beveridce, of
Indiana; Bestow, of Kansas;- Clapp,
ofv Minnesota: Cummins, - of Iowa;
Dolllver, of Iowa; La Follette, ot Wis
consin, and Nelson, of Minnesota.
. Timed Signing by Own Watch.
; The little gilt timepiece , in the
room set part for the President indi
cated six minutes after five when Mr.
Taft signed the bill, but he. ignored
it and consulted his own watch be
fore signing..
Taking up a fountain pen belong
ing to Representative Payne, whose
name the bill bears, he wrote: - "Ap
proved William H. Taft" Then he
took a pen belonging to Reoresenta
tivn Lander, of Kentucky, , and
wrote: "Signed five mlnntes-'after
five o'clock, August f.5 1909. W.
H. T." :-.-'-';;;:--.: f..f-.-'i.
In signing the Philippine Tariff
bill the President used a fancy pen
sent htm by friends back in the isl
ands for that purpose. It was made
Ot Filipino gold, pearl-handled and
surmounted by an eagle, It was in
compliance with the request of many
native, members of the Filipino As
sembly. " - i:.-,-::--:r
In order to facilitate adjournment
Mr. Taft came to the Canltol in bis
auto at a quarter before five o'clock,
accompanied by Captain Butt ' Six
members of his Cabinet had preceded
him; ail being present except Secre
taries BaTltnger. Dickinson and Meyer.
He was guarded, as uual.,by Secret
Service men. . He v entered by the
main porch and went , to the room
set anart for his use. j. . -v -
While - receiving the J congratula
tions and well wishes of friends, both
parties being liberally represented, he
signed a bridge bill tn jwhtch Repre
sentative Moon. Of TennessiTp, is
greatly - interested. - Tie Tariff bill
Was . alreadv before him, but he
shoved it aside. ) '
"You are rot going to s!nn that bill
without the duty on plneahples being
in it. are you?" .inquired Senator
Taliaferro, of -Florida. 'at fhe same
time shaking the President's hand."
, "You 'do not expectme to write
exceot pineanples,' do ycu?" said the
President, with a laegb.
"No, I do not !o'ie f r any such
good 1'icV," rer"eil Mr. Tallsferm.
A mlnut later th President
grabbed Mr. PaTe's foi'iitnln pen and
remarked that he wouM coiclude the
tariff measure. He t 1 it while
PROSPECTS FORCi
".E.Ui I
Reports of Eunu
:$.' .IVhcat Below '
Chlcaro. 111. "
the dol'ar reir't m
here f ir t
montt-s. T :
was liQ!ii.'
b'i tn i i i ;
V - r : -
i; t
t Prive
Senators' Aid rich and Daniel and
Representatives Payne, Fordney and
Clark, all conferrees on the bill, were
present.
After signing the bill the President
waited nearly an hour for adjourn
ment He Joked with all comers and
gave autographs to the pages and at
taches of the Senate.
A fierce thunderstorm came up
lust after the 'President had signed
the bill, and come of the Senators de
clared tht it was an indication that
dire disaster would follow its enact
ment.
The President's Statement.
Soon after signing the bill the
President gave out this statement:
. "I have signed the Payne Tariff
bill because I believe it to be the re
sult of a slnctere effort on the part of
the Republican party to make a
downward revision and to comply
with the promises of the platform as
they have been generally understood
and as I interpreted them in the cam
paign before election.
"The bill is not a perfect tariff bill
nor a complete compliance with the
promises made, strictly Interpreted,
but a fulfilment free from criticism
in respect to a subject matter involv
ing many schedules and thousands of
articles could not be expected. It
suffices to say that except with regard
to whisky, liquors and wines, and in
regard to silks and as to some high
classes of cotton all of which may
be treated as luxuries and proper sub
jects of a revenue tariff there have
been very few Increases in rates.
"There have been a great number
of real decreases in rates, and they
constitute a sufficient amount to just
ify the statement that this bill is a
substantial downward revision and a
reduction of excessive rates. -
Didn't Promise Free Trade.
"This is not a free trade bill. It
was not Intended to be. The Republi
can party did not promise to make a
free trade bill.
"It promised to make the rates
protective, but to reduce them when
they exceeded the difference between
the cost of production abroad and
here, making allowance for the greater
normal profit on active investments
here. I believe that while this ex
cess has not been reduced in a num
ber of cases, in a great majority the
rates are such as are necessary to
protect American industries, but are
low enough, in case of abnormal in
crease of demand and raising ot
prices, to permit the possibility of the
importation of the foreign article and
thus to prevent excessive prices.
"The oower granted to the Execu
tive under the maximum and mini
mum clause may be exercised to se
cure the removal of obstacles which
have been interposed by foreign gov
ernments in the way of undue and un
fair discrimination against American
ISVnerchandlat. and products. 1 ; v
struggled to secure for ten years last
past, and it gratifies me exceedingly
by my signature to give it the effect
of law. I am sure it will greatly in
crease the trade between the two
countries, and It will domuch to build
up the Philippines in a healthful pros
perity. Other Good Features.
"The admlnlstratlve'clauses of the
bill and the Customs Court are ad
mirably adapted to secure a more uni
form and a more speedy final con
struction of the meaning of the law.
"The authority to the President to
use agents to assist in the application
of the maximum and mln'num sec
tion of the statute, and to enable offi
cials to administer the law. gives a
wide latitude for the acquisition, un
der circumstances favorable to Its
truth, of information in respect to the
price and cost of production of goods
at home and abroad, which will throw
much light on the operation of the
present tariff and be of primary im
portance as officially collected data
upon which future Executive action
and Executive recommendations may
be based.
- "The corporation tax is Just and
equitable excise measure, which, it is
hoped. Will produce a sufficient
amount to prevent a deficit, and
which, incidentally, will secure valu
able statistics and Information con
cerning the manv corporations of the
country, and will constitute an im
portant sten toward that degree ot
publicity and regulation which the
tendency in corporate enterprises in
the last twenty years has shown to be
necessary."
i. ' Clironolosy of Tariff Lew. ',
March 4, 1909 President Taft
called an extraordinary session of
Congress to revise the tariff.
March 15 Congress convened.
March 18-Chairman Pavne, of the
House Ways arid Means Committee,
Introduced the bill. . - .' '
. April 10 House passed bill, and
transmitted it to the Senate.
Apr" 18 Senate began considera
tion o" the measure.
July gJ Senate passed bill with
817 amendments.
July 9 Tariff questions shifted
from both houses of Congress, and
Dill sent to Conferenee Committee. , ,
- July 29 Conferrees reach agree
ment, which is signed and reported to
the House. .
. July. SI Fouse adopted confer
ence report, and passed tho bill. -
August 5 Senate adopted confer
ence report, and passed the bill.
Anenst .B President Taft signed
Tariff bill. , ' - .
August 6, 1909 New tariff law be
comes effective, with exception of cer
tain specific provisions. ' ; .
s- Kentucky Troops Rescue Negro.
J. M. Stuart, a negro, was brought
to the Louisville Jail by Bowling
Green officers to escape lynching.
The iran is alleged to have assaulted
Mrs. Charles Stelnburg near Bowling
Green and was taken from the mob
by State trooos only after a struggle.
CROWDS
AWAIT MILLLXXTCM.
Cooneyites Hold Prayer Meetings said
EnptiJ e Hundreds in Ireland.
Cublln, Ireland. In the belief that
the ltillleni-.i-i n way be ushered la at
i r t ,,-v t. r r i 2060 "Coo-
, ! i .. i" a . z con'?nnos
j ,., vr T.,f.. ; t t . .."inau-aiSard,
1 f : r i p-1
1909.
pastor is one
Mil TO SAVE BOY
Rev. Herbert L Mitchell Fails to
Rescue Clarence Blakesley.
BOTH SINK DURING STRUGGLE
Ida
Lewis, the Grace Darling of
America, Rescues Five Girls in
Newport Bay She is Still Vigor
ous at Sixty-eight.
New London,. Conn. The Rev.
Herbert L. Mitchell, rector of the
Episcopal Church in Plymouth, was
drowned here as he tried to save his
organist, a seventeen-year-old boy,
Clarence Blakesley, who was swept
overboard by the boom of a pleasure
craft in Fisher's Island Sound. Blakes
ley was also lost.
Mr. Mitchell, with six boys, had
been on a fishing expedition, and was
returning to Mouse Island, off Noank.
Besides Blakesley, the lads were How
ard Lumpkin, Edward Ives, Roy Hal
lock, Edwin Tuttle and Harry Mc
Burney, all of whom belonged to Ply
mouth except Hallock. They left
Mouse Island and went out into Long
Island Sound, with Mr. Mitchell act
ing as skipper.
The boat was a eatboat with an en
gine. She was under sail, but the
power was also turned 'on. She was
making good speed, when a sudden
change of the wind caused the boom
of the boat to gybe. Blakesley was
sitting toward the bow, just abaft the
maet, and was swept overboard. Mr.
Mitchell, knowing that the boy could
not swim, jumped overboard to res
cue him.
The eatboat kept on her way, as
none of the boys aboard knew how to
stop the engine. Mr. Mitchell became
exhausted and sank with young
Blakesley, whom he was trying to
keep afloat. ,
Mr. Mitchell had been at Mouse
Island with his wife and three chil
dren since the beginning of July, but
Mrs. Mitchell and her children were
away to visit her parents, in Portland,
Conn. The news of her bereavement
was telegraphed to her by one of the
boys.
Mr. Mitchell was formerly rector of
Grace Church, in Yantic. .
Ida Lewis Rescues Five Girls. '
Newport,-R. I. Five more lives
were added to her record of saving
drowning persons by Ida Lewis, sixty
eight years old, "the Grace Darling
ot America,", who already had. saved
ei(chtea.uersons off 'this harbor. Five
frolicking girls had ventured out on
it in the moonlight. The waves over
turned their boat, and Ida Lewis from
her eyrie at the south end of the har
bor saw the girls' danger and jumped
into her lifeboat, named the Rescue.
With bravery and vigor she rowed
to the girls and one after another
lifted them into her boat. She would
not tell their names, and described
her feat modestly.
MAYOR JOHNSON LOSES FIGHT.
Schmidt Ordinance Defeated in Clevc.
land by 3763 Majority. :
Cleveland, Ohio. The Schmidt or
dinance providing for the grant of a
franchise to Herman Schmidt, insur
ing three-cent fares on a part of the
city street car lines, was defeated at
a referendum election here by a majority-of
3763. The total vote was
31,022 to 34,785. The Schmidt ordi
nance was fostered by Mayor Tom L.
Johnson.
The campaign, which has. waxed
warm for the last two months, has
been particularly bitter. Mayor John
son, municipal office holders and oth
ers held hundreds ot tent meeting
and urged the granting of the fran
chise. A committee of 100 business
men opposed it.
KILLED AT HUSBAND'S COMMAND
Compelled to Shoot Object of Her
Spouse's Jealnqsy. ' :
Monnt Vernon, 111. Brs. Ben Mar
cri, in Jail at Marion charged with
killing Joseph Rodl, ceo'ssed that
she shot Rodi because her husband
forced her to do so.
- "lily husband threatened to kill mo
if I did not kill Rodi," she said. "He
was jealous. Day after day he com
pelled me to practice shooting at a
target with a pistol, and when . I
showed considerable skill he told me
I must shoot Rodl."
She obeyed and was arrested and
taken to jail. Her husband dlsap
peered after the shooting.
MAN CRUSHED TO DEATH.
W.
P. Mitchell Killed When
Tons Fall on Him.
Eight
Plttsfteld, Mass. William P.
Mitchell, a graduate of Brown Uni
versity this year, was killed by eight
tons of pig iron, which broke through
a ceiling and fell upon him while, he
was at his desk in the office of the
Stanley Electric Manufacturing Com
pany. .The iron had been stored in
a room over the office..
Mitchell was twenty-four years old.
He was the son of, the Rev. Arthur
Mitchell, of Bordentown, N. J. At
Brown University he was, known as a
general -athlete and was popular.
.-' State Income Tax Bill Killed.
At Atlanta, Ga., the House, by a
vote of 78 to 55, killed a bill to insert
an income tax in the State tax meas
ure. - The resolution to amend the
Federal Constitution so as to permit
an Income tax will come up later.
Left the Pope $2,000,000.
The will cf Don Carlo3, the Pre
tender to the throne of Spain, leaves
to the Pope works cf art and irso- ?
to a total of $2,000,000.
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NO. 14.
GLOUCESTER DAY PAGEANT
.. ;' ssjassss t "-t
286th Anniversary of Settlement
by Pilgrims, v
Warships in the Harbor and Many
Fishing Vessels Also Dress For
the Occasion.
Gloucester, Mass. With United
States warships booming their greet
ings from the harbor, military, naval
and civic parades traversing the
streets, and fully 25,000 strangers in
the city eager to witness the gorgeous
pageant, "The Canterbury Pilgrims,"
"Gloucester Day," or the 286th anni
versary of the settlement of the town
by the Pilgrims, was enthusiastically
observed here.
President Taft had planned to take
part in the great celebration, but the
prolonged sessions of Congress, with
the announced program of taking a
vote on the Tariff bill, compelled him
to wire a regretful negative. Char
He Taft came here as the guest ot
Dick Hammond, and Mrs. Taft, Rob
ert and Helen Taft: and their aunt,
Mrs. More, arrived- in the afternoon.
Governor Draper and his staff came
at noon and were, entertained with,
other distinguished guests at the City
Hall. Admiral Dewtsy' Manila flag
ship, the Olympia, the scout cruisers
Salem and Chester, 'the cruisers Chi
cago and Hartford, the President's
yacht the Sylph, and all the vessels
of the fishing fleet, for which Industry;
the port is famous, bad flags and
bunting wherever they could be dis
played. Bells on shore and cannon
on sea ushered in the day's celebra
tion at noon.
The pageant was given at Stag
Fort Park.
As a prelude to the grand fete ot
the evening a military, naval and
civic parade was arranged for the
early afternoon and included officers,
marines and Jackles from the war
ships in the harbor, several compa
nies of militia and Governor Draper,
escorted by Troop A, of the Massa
chusetts National Gnard, the Lancers.
These horsemen, attired in their dress
uniforms of red, attracted .no end of
attention, x ne paraae was revieweu
at the City Hall by Governor Draper,
Mayor Parsons and members of tha
Gloucester city government. : Th
young members ot the Taft family
occupied a box near the reviewing
stand and with them were four chil-.
dren of the family ot the late Presi
dent Cleveland. , - ; . : '
- Percy Mackaye's play, "The Can
terbury Pilgrims," waB arranged as a
dramat.ie,pageant and produced under
the direction of Eric Pape.v Tha
composed and arranged by , .Walter
Damroscb. The play was enacted
under the leadership of Charles' Dou
ville Coburn and in it there were
nearly a thousand persons including,
the Coburn players, an ad nit mixed
chorus of 200, 600 school children
and a sixty-five piece military band.
GUILLOTINE AGAIN IN PARIS.
Crowds Gather1 to See Man Who
V KiUed Mother Suffer Death.
- Paris, France. A sudden official
announcement that a public behead
ing would take place at 4.30 a. m. in
the boulevard fronting the Sante Pri
son created a sensation ; in Paris,
which bad not seen such a sight In
fifteen years. Immediately immense)
crowds gathered at the scene. In
view of the revolting crime of tha
man executed President Fallleres re
fused to commute his sentence to life
imprisonment The victim .was one
Duchemin, aged twenty-three, a butch
er. In 1908. he stabbed his mother,
and this not resulting in her death,
quick enough he finished her by stran
gulation. The motive for the crlmo
was robbery. r -.'.:..,".
CASHIER'S SHORTAGE 900,000.
Calhonn Harris, a Society Man, Ar
' rested in South Carolina.
Anderson, S. C. Calhoun Harris,
secretary and assistant cashier ot tha
Orr cotton mills, here, was arrested,
charged with breach of trust. Ex-,
pert accountants who are going over
his books announced that $50,000)
was missing. Harris, who is socially
prominent, says the apparent short
age will be found flue to clerical er
rors. -':':-,?- ; .. 1
In the cotton company's vault the
accountants found between $8000 and
$9000 in old checks, currency and
silver, which had been stored in bags,
some of it for eight years, and appar
ently forgotten. Some of these old
checks had been tendered in payment
for accounts with the company and
apparently never had been cashed.
Harris is thirty-five years old. - He
was-married a tew months ago. -
ROOF GARDEN HAT ABLAZE.
Girl's Dilemma Calls Out Part of the
Atlanta Fire Department.
- Atlanta, Ga. A fire upon th rst
garden ot a hat ot a pretty girl trav
eler in the Union Station called out
two fire companies, a hose cart and a
score of willing amateur firemen, de
layed a fast train thirty minutes and
destroyed finery worth $30 upon tho
hat. - . .
The young woman, on her way to
New "York City, ru3hcd into the Na
tion for something to eat. In'pnylng
her check, she swung the hat" too
close tohe cisar liRhter. In nn in
stant the orchard which idonr-4 it
was a mass of flames. A dark-;-. ' 1.
waiter turned In a fire a!ar:i r i
every availanln mala gu'Mt t ! n
rescue the affair.
The train was held vrt'' i'
recovered from an e i ,- f i
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