'LEADING tlZVlZPAPZn AND DEST ADVERTL 0 MEDIUM IN MADISON COUNTY.
VOL. III.
MARSHALL, MADISON COUNTY, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1909.
NO. 17,
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S33,C:3,C:3TQFU3LIGUSES
John S. Kennedy's Will For $60
000,003 Filed.
Half of Ills Estate Goes to Religion,
. Education and Charity Relatives
i . niul Servants Provided For.
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New York City, The will of John
. Stewart: Kennedy, filed for probate.
; disposes, of $60,000,000, approxi
mately half of'which ops to educa
tional, charitable, religious anil ben
evolent institutions.' Ills widow and
executrix, Emma . B. Kennedy, re
ceives $15,000,000, the remainder
being; divided , araoni relatives,
friends and servants. ; V ;
- . The will; shows him" to have Tjcon
: among the rich men of the world.
. - He died on October 31, after, a
short attack of whooping cough, fol
lowing a.severe cold of long dura-
' tion. : As a r banker and railroad
builder ha , was associated with .T.
Vlerpont, Morgan and James J. Hill.
- and for ten yeara he was a partner
of the late Morris K. Jesup, whose
'will of a few months ago also gave
. large siima to charitable and educa
.. v.., tional"' institutions, Mr., Kennedy
was born ia 1889 near Glasgow,
- . Scotland.., Ho caaio to this country
in 1866..; v i,.;,-'''.-,,,;-. A1 ...
. T v Mrs. 'Kennedy r receives also . the
, - city home at No. 6. West FKty-sev-:
enth street, the country home at Bar
Harbor, Mo.; and $1,000,000 in-cash;
- " " v Columbia ' Intversity, tho Metro
politan Museum of Art,- thor-Preiby-f
terlan Hospital tmd the New - York
-'t Public Library receive- the largest
bequests among; tho local benefac--f
tions -'approximately $2,250,000
each. Three boards of the Presbyte
:. : rlan Church divide equally $G, 760,
O00 for church erection, home mis-;
- . slons and foreign missions. ; ;''
i The bequests to public inslltntlons
"v. are as follows; . --'..-;'
$3,250,090. ' i ,r
" ' Columbia University. --;. ; ,
-. '' Metropolitan Museum of Art. -
r Presbyterian .Hospital, ' New Jork
r Public Library, Astor. Lenox and
.' Tllden Foundations;'-''' ' .j- -
Board of Foreign. Missions of 'tho
Presbyterian Church la the; United
States of America. .. -a vT .- ;
Board of Home Missions ot the
Presbyterian Church. 1 ', .' . ; .'
: Board, of Church Erection Fund of
the General Assembly of the Presby--,'
' terlan Church. r .-, ''
-l -6v: $1,500,000. '
Church' Kstenslon Committee, of
1 the Presbytery of New York. - , J
United Charities, n corporation of
1 lliB State of iV.v Yo4-J - -'.. .
Robert College, of Constantinople,
Tuikey.
, $7.10,000.
L The Presbyterian Board of Aid for
. Colleges and Academtes -
The American Bible Society.
New York lTnfv?rsity. :
The Charity, Organisation- Boclatj ,
of the City of New York, for its.
3chooi of Philanthropy,; : ' ;. .
Following those are many be
quests for $100,000, $50,000, - $30,
000, 13.5,000'' ;..nil smaller' sums to
colleges, churches and various socie
ties aggregating millions of dollars.
. Mr. Kennedy's relatives In Scot
land, two, brothers and "the. children
- ";. .' 3f a decersed brother, receive Iega-
, :ies varying from $20,00.0- ta $40,000
,. iarh. :-',v-Y!,.'-''V("''!'.':,:V' :-'-''
, That part of the estate which Is
.. ' giveu to American relatives, and
j , which is a little mcro' than a quarter
-:. T; f tho whole; is divided between his
nephews and nieces,, children of bis
- iister, Mary K. Tod, and the nephews
ind nieces of hl3 wife," children of
i sis sister-in-law, Susan V.- Baker,
ULUC law IXUICTMEN-rS FAIL.-
- Tit-clcciiou ProhiiiO Canscs Dismissal
. : ot All of Tlieni. -".1V;,- V,.,-:
' Kansas City," Mo. More than" 000
; - Indictments, returned daring a apse
. tacnlar "Sunday Blue-law" crusade,
' made by Judge William H, AVallaoe,
' st the Criminal Court, a J ear ago,
were dismissed -,hy - Judge "Latshaw.
; Prosecutor i Virgil Conkling inoved
that they be dismissed, in keeping
with his pre-lection promise. . : ;
Jue Wallaeo begiru bio campaign
. 6y calving a special Grand Jury to re
- turn indictments against all persons
, who worked or kept their places of
business open on the Sabbath. Huii-
; dreds of indictments wsre returned
iaitv. ' '-" ' ' - - ,- ''-"; " ; y
. - Theatres, were special mark"? of the
' Inquisitoi-s. Blanket- - indictments .
. ; : were- retnmad against whole com.
' . panles. Only nine cases were ever
tried. Seven resulted in acquittal
-. md iwo la coiiYtctioaa, ' -,
. ; unmoxs, no aerest plseasts.
Irs. r.iifiPll Gives f 1,000,000
: and Carursio Adds Another.
'..' - . ' WasalnntOiV D.- C Tim- Publlo
Health and M;iriuo Hospital tnro an
" oounrsd that Mrs. Russeil far ' would
- ' contribute $1,000,000 to the Jnsutu-
' tion for the promotion of 'the wnr on
tuberculosis, and also that Andrew
Carnprio r.ad rent- word from New
York City that ho would give $t0,
; COO for a campaiin rairrt i s.agra j
- ia tli Son", h.
This 1.1:.-. ttM S9 that hm
t - -n v'a- I : t ' ' t
h- '-ii-.d, .i-'h-i ;.
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MESIEO IH BEfllir .
; ; FOR NEW. YORK FRAUD
Martin Kaufmann Charged With
' $107,000 Swindle..
HOTEL riCTURE ' GAVE CLUE
Sent "to Wife, AVI10 Dropped It Ko'
. Namo 011 It, Hnt IMnco ; Was
Found in Vienna Ho Escaped
. Arrest Tl.crc. .. .. . , .- . :
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Berlin, Cermany. Martin Kauf--matin,
of Nuv"; York City, was arrested
here by former United States Post-
ofllce Inspector Henry C.Hill.-charged
with frauds amounting to $1.07,000
in connection with, the Cotton Goods
Converters' Company,; of New York
City. 'v-;-vr..eii ,;;.;
For a Ions time Kauf mann. was con
sidered a trustworthy business man.
His partner, M. A. Isaacs, had such
implicit confidence in Kaufmann's In
tegrity that he induced a number . ot
bis friends to take shares in the busi
ness.-- One cf these was, a Cincnnati
merchant named. Blum,1 who put ia
$27,050. ; -,;;; ;'::;,.;':.?-:, j- ;..; -r.
The business proceeded satisfactor
ily for six months. , Then Blnm hsked
a customer to settlq-an outstanding
account, nnd the-customer declared it
wsb not due.. An investigation of the
company's accounts followed, and re
sulted liv the discovery of a number
ot falsified - entries, amounting . to
$107,000.;.' Kaufmann, iu. the mean
time, had disappeared.' H vj ' ,,. '- ..
Somo of the shareholders, who were
practically ' bankrupted,' held Isaacs
morally responsible,, and he gave his
check for tho total Amount missing.
Kaufmann was indicted and Hill was
placed In charge of the case. .-'
It was' known that Kaufmann had
sailed tor Europe, but no clue to hl
whereabouts could be found until his
wife, who Is in business in-Lawrence,
Mass.,.dropped -a' paper. containing a
photograph of a-ho tel. .Neither tne
name of the hotel nor the name of the
City ..was mentioned,, but a window
was marked, and above it were' the
words "This Is my room" in Kauf
mann's handwriting.: - -J ;-.:
Aftei raafiy. rtlfliculties tho hotel"
was locked in Vienna, where Kauf
lnaini'llved untler the name of Marvin
Kent.;: He had ordered that his mall.
be sent to a tourist' offlca In Berlin.
He called there, and Hill, who was ac
companied by Arthur Kugemann, ot
New York City, and a detective, ac
costed him. At first Kaufmann Btout-
ly denied his ldeotltybut later he ad
mitted that he mat tho r.wi'j,"'
arrested -v :," - -
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MarHa Kaufmana li believed to
,ve salletUfrom New York Cityqn
the. Kaiser illiel.11 der Grosse on
May 25." The steamer was chased by
a tug. pn .which wa3 a United-States
Depnty Marshal with a writ to pre
vent Kaufmann's departure.. 'The
tug, however failed to overtake-the
steamer.-,, "
Blum and Kaufmann cr.aducted the
business, i'.i ' cotton goods in Fast
Twelfth -streetiT' A petition itr bank
ruptcy was filed -agaiiiBt the' firm on
Msvch 22, but the creditors wero un
able to And Kaufmann. -
Kaufmann had been located in
Vienna, and he camo near-being ar
rested there,- but left for. Berlin Just
as the arrest was tQ be made. , v: - ,
' HOOKWORM I I-V FAB AYKST.. ,
9hu .Francisco lloctor Says It (Jtnie
v- x There t rout jimvnii, . ;'. ,
San Frftnclseo1; Cal The hook
worm1 disease ;.haa been brought to
Snn Francisco from. Hawaii and the
Orient aud hundreds of cases ot hithi
erto unexplained dejection, laziness
and supposed lack of moral initiative
are now attributed JJ the i-roads of
the little parasite. - , - :: -
Dr. Herbert uunn. who directed a
campaign' of- phyalcians against the
disease, saldr!-" "-; - '"" "'
."I have -treated more tnan. 100.
case of hookworm in this city. I re
call at least one death due to it, that
of a boy who died in the Lane Hospi
tal two years ajo. The disease has
not been known to exist in California
except iu Very rare instances until
Tour years ago; A colony of laborers
who were born in tno west mates :
camo here from Hawaii, .and forty
flvo per cent, were found td be eerl
ously affected." -i. - ;
FOR A F1XK1) io.lSTKIi' IJATp,
...v.,.-- . ;- -v s.., ,
Cctmnir Slnto Ciiuvcli Approves the
.": "'. - -gnsscstlon. ;. ' . - -.
trlln. Germany, -the - general ;
synod of the Stato Church pprovetj.
n nrtnc i) etue suggestiou to nx oy
lp5ls'nt!on pn immovable data to be
observed r.s Kaster Sunday. This is
proposed as a convenience t? both th0
church nnd the public. ' ' ,
Dr. Brvander, vice-president or tne
Sunrrior Church Council,: said that.
the Council had the matter under ad-
Vixement. ' "... : 1 :
riUSON" FOR BOY DESrEHADO.
Old in Ci ime, Though He Has 'Lived
. But a Decode. ; v ' ; ;
r'nwa, Ont. Cyril St. Armantf, !
tn yars -oldr was sou- !
it)
s for horpo stealing,
iii ;i cl 1 ho was con- ',
el :;:t r,; ' '' ; I to - wrPtk a
,1, ! '..' - - .i'.v:-v t'-.-'M.
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DIES W ft(JTO:.:oeiLE CRASH
Woman Killed and Man
Hurt Near Utica.
Badly
Cliauffcar Lost Control and the Ma
. cblno Crashed Into a Bridge When
Cioing Fifty Miles au Hour, r
' Utlca N. Y. Mrs. Krnest H.
Smith, -whose husband I a business
man in Utica, was instantly killed in
an automobile accident at New Hart
ford, a suburb of this clfy, and
Charles Nelcc, of Now Hartford, a vic
tim of the same accident, was taken
In a critical condition to a Utica hos
pital. "'
The automobile, which-contained
besides the chauffeur a man and two
women, was traveling along the State
road at New Hartford at a rate ex
ceeding fifty miles an hour. As it ap
proached a brldge. the passageway of
which ia considerably narrower than
the highway, the driver lost control
and the machine crashed into the
iron supports of the bridge. The oc
cupants were all thrown ont and Mrs.
Smith struck on her head, breaking
ber neck . and ' fracturing her skull.
The other occupants of the tar re
ceived only alight injuries.
Nelce was crossing the bridge at
the time and was struck .by the ma
chine as It rebounded from the crash.
He was found, underneath the wreck
age with a broken leg and serious
injuries about the head,
CAJS'T BURRY .HEB nUSBAND.
Wife, Though Seeking Divorce, Wants
. to Keep HUu From Rival. ,
' St. Louis. "I shall not allow her
to get a divorce so she can marry my
husband noflf l can help it. I
think she Is in love with him, and,
while I am determined to , be freed
from him? I am going to try to pre
vent heranarrylug him or any one'
else." . .. - ' . Jt!t''''--s'- "i'v;v-.'f-.In
these words Mrs. Laura Wal
decker explained why she had caused
a reopening of the divorce case of
Mrs. Lillian Kuhl, and had postponed
her .own. suit,' . - ' '
touls W. Waldeckei'and Mrs. Kuhl,
both expert howlers took part; on the
same team in the National Tourna
ment at Pittsburg last season. While
there, Mrs. Waldecker asserts, he was
noticeably solicitous ot Mrs. Kubl s
every want. ,
. TtUNS DOWN INCLINE.
One Killed and Slxty-clght Hurt in
Des ?Ioines far Wreck.
' Dns Moines, Iowa. W. I. Robb, of
Oklahoma Cay, va killed ani)ny-'
eight persous were icjured, two prob
ably fatally when a crowded Univer
sity Place car jumped the track and
turned on its side on the Nineteenth
street hill following a thrilling coast
down the ibng incline. : Elbert War
ren, captain of tne Drake UnivarSlty
football team, was among thoea seri
ously injured. - ' -
. The-accident occurred when -the
motormanj A, A. Persons'lost control
of the car at the summit of the hill.
The f.ir.Vas crowded, many of the
passengers being department store
clerks and school .teachers. ,-A large
part , .ot ' the injured - were ; young
women. ,
"PLACED MB ON A PEDESTAL."
After A. I Was Just i Woman,"
V Says Mrs. Ansley Davis in Suit.
' Chicago, III. "Shelby Idealized me
and placed me on a pedestal. : After
all, I was Just a -woman, and that
caused the trouble between us," said
Mrs, Anns Analey Davis, daughter of
H, C. Ansley; treasurer ot the South
ern Railway, with offices In Washing
ton, D, C, in Judge Dupuy's court
Jl8!-e.'.: r,.."-;';.- ., ' v .--v-.
She gave testimony in her suit for
separate maintenance from her hus
band, David Shelby Davis, employed
by the Prairie State Bank. '
i The couple were married a year ago
la Washington, D..C . , - ; 'v,
FINDS' LABRADOR WATERFAIJa'
Returned Explorer " Confident It , is
'''- Highest on. This Continents
rOshkosh, . Wis. Edward Balch
Earr, , of Oshkosh, an explorer,, who
has returned from Labrador, reports
the discovery in the wilderness of that
country of 'a huge" waterfall, which
be is confident will prove ths highest
waterfall on the Western Hemi
sphere, ' '' -. . ; ' '
The discovery wail made while Barr
with his party was traveling by canoe
up the Caster River, This fall is
said to be larger than Grand Fall, in
Labrador, which is S 58 feet blsh.
: " LOTTERY TICKETS EEIZED. ,V '
Porto Rlcah Police Trying to Clieck
' Monthly Importations,'
San Juan,- P. R.' The Porto FJcan
police seized 2700 lottery tickets,
which had been reoptved here by
steamship from Santo Domingo.
'The introduction of lottery tickets
in Porto Rico continues, but the au
thorities are making strong c-rtorts to
stop the monthly importations.
. New Mexico S.uit s .ii 1 it
Rich mineral deposits, pr
Coal, have beea discovert' J
ernment ants on lare t
public land ia New llexv ;,
Interior tcnarttlient cf ';
D. C. liii-i n I; ' a n fro"i )':
iv ('"-! ! ! t C 'it . - 'Til
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; RCEPIlOH lO fJUl
Columbia and Aug 4a Gave
- Hiai Glad H- id,
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COLUMBIA LEADS IN WELCOME
Banqueted Saturday Even'rg at Oo
' lumbia and Takes Sabl ' 1 Best at
Anfusta His Southern f me.
-The President's afttfnoTii in Col
umbia Saturday was pllett with in
terest. , lie was entertained at lunch
eon iu the chamber of the.' House of
Representatives at the Stife Capital
and remarked that SbtrHCarolina
was the first ?tate offlciitiTy td greet
him wituin the walls of Its Capitol.
The only other President efci, to visit
j Columbia was WashingtoiuSvjiose stay
in the quaint "old city is chronicled as
Having been an event lnjpi.. Lite
President Taft, Wasliin was en
tertained at luncheon iii Abe State
Capitol. : The building w!ich soused
President Taft today, .however, was
not the same, though it is old enough
to bear the scars of a biaubardment
from Sherman 's, arroy.f 1 u
Following the' evacuatioiof-Colura-bia
iy Gen. "VVade jQampttfn and the
occupation by General Sl erman, tho
.entire business section the city
was burned. - -" -. - jf '
1 Consequently the President Satur.
day looked upon a strangadmixture
of ante-bellum homes and Skyscrapers
indicative of modern" progtss.
During, his long , autotijphile , rido
5-
OUR PRESIDENT
through the city the President was
taken past the qIJ Baptist: church
where tho secession convention as-1
Bembled.. :' Through the . tois'direction
of a native a Methodist church -was
burned by the Northern army as the
supposed place of the inception of the
secession, The President Jtlso "Saw the
palatial old ? Preston liuansioii! - in
which Sherman established his head
quarters, and made a brief address
to the students of the University of
South Carolina on the old campus sur
rounded by a hollow square of build
ings whichhave tno po outward
change since the days o the civil, war.
; The many reminders jf the conflict
of the sixites caused the President to
speak at the luncheon in his honor
with a' fervor on the suVinct of the
passing of all sectionalf f t ling great
er than he has displayed tit any other
city during his Southern trip. The
President also made ,a i$. vh at the
State fair grounds.' ; c'. " .-';
. i After spending thi fenfire after
noon in , historic old Colutnbia, with
its many -reminders .of; tlie withering
blast of the civil war. Pn i.lent Taft
arrived in Augusta, at 8 o'clock
Saturday to rest until T'onilay when
he resumed bis jouruay to Washing
ton. ;--i;. 'VC''-v 3 if . .;'::'' ,'l'
The President.oftent, i
gusta as -"home"; and
here, as he rode through
brilliantly illuminated
from the train to the 1
Joseph B. Cummiiig,, :
guest he was, was in t)
homecoming; oelebrati6r
has stated several tin
l;s of An
leception i viled aud
!s leading
i f Major'
' , house
.9 Of S
. Taft
lio was
fleeted.
, tliAt
1 enst
iplO
own
. Wil-
i'nited
rille."
!' rendent of Augusta
Presidcljt of the Uuit
is when tfce electoral N
at Washington.- The
are proud to claim lui
pnl hence the name.f
Itiih If., s President; Jo
i ' ;ites, Terret cottape.
-
I mi.. "' '"''"'" - i 0
hMkiJti' William H. TA?r pjj;.,v2i
t! - ; ":ii's in the currfni tory.
1i v is fiii'-i Augusta, ) that
t; ..-,.-;,; .(-elect 'w !iing
t ' tho oath
T, r had been -ard
! ' to Augllt- !-e"i-
" ' cil V1' n i
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AUTOMOBILE TRGEDX I
State Senator Fleming aid Son of
' Harry Skinner Victims. 7.
- Greenville, Special. J. L, Flerjt
ing, Slate Senator from Pitt county,
and Harry Skinner, Jr., son of Unit
ed Stales District Attorney , Harry
Skinner, wero killed in an automo
bile wreck near hero lale Friday
noon. -..
t Mr. Fleming was thrown from tho
machine, breaking- his neck and dying
almost instantly, while Mr. Skinner's
skull was fractured. Being rushed
to a hospital ii Richmond, Va., he
died before the train reached Wil
son.;;.'. .; .- .;'
Mr. E. G. Flanagan had three
friends, Messrs. J. L. Fleming, Harry
Skinner, Jr., and S. C, Woolen, out
for a ride in his automobile. They
had been a short distance in the
country and when about a mile from
own on their return overtook some
lumber wajrons iu the road. Mr.
r'lanagati. was driving his machine
at high speed and in turning out to
pass the wagons lost, control of tho
machine and -it crashed with terrific
force into a tree by the : roadside,
which turned it ever and almost com
pletely wrecked it.-
Bel Letter Day in Greensboro.
Greensboro, Special. Friday was
Greensboro's busy day, the activities
embracing a big parade by the public
school children of the county, ad
dresses on public eddttcation by Dr.
S. A.; Knapp, of the United States
Department of Agriculture, and State
Superintendent Joynev, an address
by Hon. James Brycc, the British am
bassador, a visit by the delegates to
the national farmers' congress, now
in session in Raleigh, and an addr&s
by Secretary of Agriculture Wilson.
The educational parade, which took
place at It o'clock, was the greatest
demonstration for public education
ever witnessed in this section. Head
ed by several hundred members . of
the J. O.'U. A. M., over ten thou
sand ppnpils of tho public Schools of
Guilford county marched through the
principal streets of the ' eity . to the
auditorium, where they- ang a num
ber of patriotic airt . The parade was
unique and imposing and was viewed
by. thousands of town' and country
people, who liiic- the sidewalks and
cheered the children, :. .. ..
first ,prize for the best ap
jjc:1 lrlrf.ni'Tho-- line of -march1: .was
awarded to thW gnufeaScTWidl 'df -iha'
Proximitv cotton -mill and the second
prize to tbe Asheboro Street school of
the Greensboro graded schools. The
pearance in. the.' line; of march, was
awarded ; teethe Gibsonville'' graded
school and the second prize to the
Whits Oak mitt graded school.
following the exercises in the au.
ditoium, . Stata" Superintendent Joy-:
ucr made an address.' iu the' opera 'probably fatally.f Haywood Ellis aus
house in the afternoon at 3 o'clock tabled several scalp wounds,- which
to the - teachers, commiteemen '-.'and , are not thought . to be serious,
others interested in public education. I , The, acident is believed to be due
At the. same hour Dr., S. A. Knapp ' to negligence, as the engine -: was
eddressed - the' women of Guilford ' guoged to 100 pounds and carried 150
with special reference to the develop- J
ment. of the rural schools. ; i
Ten 'Thousand Founds sea- Mullets.
Sold on Newbern Markc. .
Newbern, Special. A rather 'r un
usual sight was seen at th emarkot
dock a few ' days - ago. , A fishing
scooner with 10,000 pounds of mullet
trom the ocean came in, and ottered
the fish for sale in the open market, tendent of one of the Sunday schools
The fish were rather small, but were of this city. A numbej of teachers
finally disposed of. The flrst'price j from other Sunday schools were
asked was $150 for the whole load, J present, representing several denomi
but what the sale price was has not ; nations, ; A silver service was p re-
been, learned. Quite a large amount
of fish is shipped from this market,
but the fish come here in boats be
longing to Newbern dealers and it is
unusual for an outside ' load to be
brought in, v . . ; .i-.v '.' ..... :; -.. :
x Ftmeral of Anto Victims. ;- m
'Greenville,. Special Thev.,.;funerals
of Mr. Hairy Skinner, . Jr, and ex7
State Senator J. U.f Fleming, who
were killed in the automobile acci
dent ' Friday evening; took place
Sunday, the former in the morning
and -the latter in -the afternoon,
Scores of sympathetic telegrams from
this and other States were received
by the bereaved fmlli,.W-j'.-i
, '..' 't--. --
Farmers Congress SatnrdaV. . -
Raleigh,0 Special. , Thiry-seveu
States werejrepresen ted at the session
Saturday of the farmers' national
congress at the A. and M. College. It
was the third dav, though Friday was
a holiday,. The delegates had a great
deal to say about the; impressions
they have received about North Car
olina; and may were heard to make
(oniment that this was the most pleas-
nnt meeting held by the organization.
The session, began, a little late and
V'ce President Stranger of Ohio pro
1 un Id President Cameron ar
1 and regularly opened the ses-
! C
"n Tire at Norwood.
r -'Pcial. Telephonic
! a ood tell of. a fire
t 7 a. m. fire was dis-
? U'ilm platform, on
i b.iii's. Prompt nieas
but .4 klit bales. The
! adlv d!i'fP?el. ! bi.rt-
e wns i; . - ,.ivereil t
: tf .h!if"i
l.,i lii eoritin
TAR HEEL CHRONICLES
News Notes Gathered From All
' - Parts of the Old North Stats.
Cherryville Has Big Fire. '
Chcrryville,- Special. Fire which
bad its origin iu sparks from the lo
comotive of a passing freight train
Thursday afternoon left the best port
of the residential section of Ibis town
in ashes. It was the most destructive
tohflagration in the' town's history
and the loss will reach upwards of
$15,000. '". .; '.; ..V-'a-: '
The sparks first set fire to J. M.
Beam's barn and then spread to his
residence, destroying both. The fla'nes
spread to the dwelling occupied by J.
F. -Weathers, druggist, then burned
the home of ex-Mayor Henry Houser,
both owned by D. E, Beam, and final
ly to the dwelling of J. II. Budisill,
leaving all these substantial two
story houses in ashes. High winds,
combined with the fact that there is
no fire fighting apparatus in the
town ' left it at the mercy of the
flames, though citizens worked man
fully to save the property. Hose
connection was secured from ; the
Cheryvilla Manufacturing Company,
but the pressure was inadequate to
master tho lire. The wide gap between
the doomed property and the busi
ness section was all that saved the
town from being wiped from the map.
The losses and insurance so far as
Ihey can be obtained p-"
J. M, Beam,- $5,000, with $2,400 in
iurauce; D. E. Beam,, $5,000, no in
surance; J. II. Rudisili i, ..."v..
800 insurance; J. F. Weathers $200
pn furniture and Henry Houser $200
ort furniture. "
v Terrible Boiler Explosion.;
Selma, Special. As the. result of
s boiler explosion , Tuesday at Chas.
Creech's gin, near this place, one
man is dead, two fatally injured and
one seriously wounded while "several
Ere slightly injured, fc' . ."V s '-T :
' A ieeuliarity about this explosion
is that it -completely demoh&uea tue
adjoining building, passing through
it aud causing 'the roof to fall in.
The havoc wrought almost passed hn-mauloiiferptlow-t.r.ir-'.rae
&. sig!:2 froh
which spectators turned their eye
in horror. ' --!'- - '
i ; Li S. Parrish, i farmer and patron
tcr Stancill sustained a fractured jaw
bofie and injuries at the base of the
skull. Dr. J.-B. Person stated that
cerebral meuningitis was almost 'in
evitable in this case. Dock Bratton,
the engineer ' was scalded seriously,
pounds. Although the property was
completelv wrecked, there was no in
snraiice. :..- --. -.
Silver Service For Departing Supt
Raleigb, Special. At 'the First
Presbyterian church the Sunday
school wasthronged, the occasion be
ing the farewell to Hcrgert ; W.
.Tsnkann. tnr neveral vears inrjerin-
sented to the retiring superintendent
who this week goes to 'Richmond to
become the president of a prominent
bank, " The presentation-speech was
made by Alfred A. Thompson, . a
former superintendent. L -
; x Statesviue Mill ' Curtails. C
- Statesvillv Speciat The . JStates
yille. Cotton Mill is now juuning only
four days a, week: ' The mill people
say they are unable' to sell their pro
duct fit ft profit. , While the niill Ss
running on short lime the mill op
eratives will not be eharged house
rent. - ' ' t::"''v -
; Mr. ;, Pot '.flote tovinf Cj.,J-;
i Raleigh, Special.-lt was amioune
ed that the committee had Awarded
the "loving cup" presented "by Mrs.
Lindsay" Patterson to. the association
to Clarence H.- Poo, for his book, A
Southerner in" Europe." This an
nouncement was greeted with great
applause - -- ' - y f
.The presentation of the cup was
male by Mr. Bryoe in a few striking
wordsr in which he took occasion to
say be knew Mr. Foe and no one
brought a finer literary taste to Lis
wcrk here. '
. . tep TTor'i
Burlington, f t . ( '
and Sen. .sulcms
C00 road in , .
county, on a.c
between the civ
county and tlu-i
ur i'leir ' !
HORSE MAKES TRAGIC DASH.
If r. Osborne Milton Killed in Eun-
away.
ilirtherfordton, Special. An , acci- ,
dent occurred near Mcln tyre's store,
9 miles northeast of this place, Sun
day about noon iu which Mr. Os
borne Milton lost his life and Misses
Verdie May Wilson and Mary Kate
Ledbetter had a narrow escape, be
ing badly bruised" also.
Mr. Milton accompanied by the
two young ladies, was deturuing from
Pleasant Grove Baptist church where
they had attended Sunday school dur
ing the morning. As they started
down the hill leading to the store, a
bolt broke letting the shaft drop
down, when the horse .suddenly be-
came frightened and dashed forward,
overturning the buggy and throwing
the occupants out. In the fall Mr.
Milton's head struck a stnuip, crush
ing his skull and death resulted al
most immediately.
Mr. Milton was the popular end
efficient rural free delivery carrier
on Free route No. 2, and was a youn';
man of the best character. He was
about 20 years of age and his Sudden
taking o3 is universally regretted.
His interment tcok place at Pleasant
Grove church ' Monday, of which
church be was a consistent member.
Misses .Wilson and Lodhetter oro
painfully but it is hoped not seriously
hurt. -. - , .
Canton in a Deal of Trcublo
Over
, Waterworks System. ;
Canton, Special. Canton has been
having more troublo than 'fun over
the water proposition. The surveyors
went to. Rough ; creek about J three
miles, from Canton and made an ex
amination of the supply of water.
They said there was water, and some
over, but after the contract ( wa
awarded to M.H. Kelly of Asitevillo
and the pipe line was laid two miles
out it was found that the "main ran
across the right of Mrs. Reno. She
had a farm and a small corn mill
on the waters of Rough creek just be
low the intake and of course there
was not enough water for Ca"ntou and
the little corn mill." So Mrs, Reuo
ph,ts it upon the town, '"dads" to buy
her mill for five jhousnnd American
coin or stop" work. v.Canton now has
a splendid lot of water, pipes, , hy
drants, etc. but no .water, , ,
y: The case is in the bands of the law
yers with -the prospect of Cant
usig..Ue-qd iwcHt atidwfU-"
for severs II years, v ..
,i" Murder at Hamlet. ' 1
Hamlet, Special. Clara McLendou
was shot and, mortally wounded by
George Poston at the passenger sta
tion here Sunday night. ; The prin
cipals iu the affair were both negroes
and it seems that the trouble aroso
over the fact that McLendon was ad
monishing the other negro for bein:; :
drunk and was trying to persuade-him
to go home. . - -, " , ' .
. Poston made a dash for' the tall
timber immediatelv after .!'e shoot- ,
ing, bnt evidently could not rest anI
came back to see how his victim was
faring. He was arrested by several "
negroes and turnedover to the offl
cers. McLendon died ' Monday morn
ing about 9 o'clock and. Poston was
remanded to jail without, bond. ..
" ' Injure is Ennaway. , .
' Kings Mountain, Special. As a re
sult of being; thrown . from a buggy "
in runaway accident Sunday aftr i "
noon, Mr.-5Lnther Harmon manager .''
c the Dilhngs cotton mill store, lies -i.-in
a critical condition, at the homo .
of Mr. Jim Hord about eight miles
from Kings Mountain on the Shelby - :
road. Mr. Harmon and Mr. John .
Plonk, manager of Plonk Bros. & Co., ..
were' out driving behind Mr. Plonk's' . ;
fine horse.' The horse shied and 'ran
dashing Mr. Harmon against a, tree,
Meets Horrible Death on E. E. Track,
Tlwmasville, Special. Saturday
night about 9 o'clock word was- re- .,
ceived here .that Gnjr' - O. Burgess,
night operator of. the Thomasvills ,
Telephone Company, was killed about
five miles west of here by a train,
Soon after 7 o'clock the young man
was seen on the streets and was uttvj
d. r the i, "nonco of an intoxicsnrir.;
2-a trici.to ! 1 a moving train. ' . '
3 ia IU
Asheville, f
can, one of t e :
board Air Line,
at the reqn I i
who called I
cuss certain ,
with the turn!'
Air Line to r
November 4. I
hns made nun
t lie 1 ,i;as c f re
I e t i"' ed over i
in t':e treasnr.
! c a r.H river-';
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