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I J. A . i ' 1 "1 LEADiriO NEWSPAPER AND BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM IN MADISON COUNTY.' NQ.S9. VOL. III. MARSHALL, MADISON COUNTY, JStC., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1909. JUMP Latest Jews. BY WIRE. Duelist Guilty of Murder. . Sylvanla, Ga. -Rufus Lucas, sur vivor in a tatal due! with J. W. Hodges, a merchant ot Oliver, In the lnlter's store several months ago, was found fcuilty of murder with a recom mendation to the mercy ot the courts, Iu me fight Lucas was wounded. Three Pie In Fire. - Colingwood,- Out James Daud, ft farmer, his wife and his mother-in-law, Mrs. Foslery were burned to death in a Are which destroyed their .'home. !,'",..- ;;. r-r Coyotes Raid Turkey Ranch. . .. '. ; . San Jose, Cat. A. B. Anderson's turkey ranch, the largest in the coun try, was raided by coyotes and nearly two hundred birds were killed, The price ot the birds went up in conse quence. . Would Increase Walsh's Bail. ' - Chicago. Government: attorneys have nppealed to the United States Circuit Court ot Appeals to increase .the $50,000 bail of John R. Walsh, (timer president "ot the Chicago Na tional Bank to Z60,000. , . Accused as Slayer, Ends Mfe.V Lafayette, lad. Ellas Ray, a mill ionaire land owner, killed himself . with-a penknife rather than go to court to face trial for the murder ot one ot his employes last spring. - - Aged 00, Ho Marries. - . . : Manchester,' N.- H. Abel Cheney, ased ninety; of. ' Concord, Vt.t : and Klisa.J. Martin, aged seventy-two, of South Hookset, were married at the bride's homo. This Is tbA- bride- . Broom's thlnl marriage.- ; -v- . Child Illcs of It.iWes on Train, Indmnariolis. Paul Wesley Cok If us,- lour years old, died of hydro 1 !inln.i on a Big Four train.. The cmlrt was bilt;s iy a dog at his boms in Delaware, Ohio, three weeks ago. -,... Gives Mm Tragic Divorce. i ' Wabash, Ind. Joseph Bid well and his wife, against- whom - had filed 'suit for divorce, met at e home of a relative, and, ratlin j reach, an agreement to ..'.witln' the- suit, M-j. r.idwoll drar't f i a bottle of I'!, tli.: rsalf in her J-'- - ' ..U..I- . , . sgiv ? at Central Mayor gave don't want 0 reason e.... n.i Jeffries here'"- - r AVest Point Favors Fool '. Washington, D. C . v est , Point has no intention ot inveighm against football. Superintendent b. ntt de clares in his annual report that he favors all sorts of athletic sports at the Military Academy. . , - -. Women Oppose Big Hats. ; '!"v , V Columbia,- S. C. Church woniea here have begun a war against wear-. in? big hats in church. Resolutions denouncing tho peach basket and 1. is are being passed ull tuc . ...ii cues.- ...... ,. .' .. t . . - - - '- - -v.-,:' " - Lived in iroveU'l'OOpO:;.,--' San l'ranclsco. i-When the estaw ct Mrs. Susanna Moore was probated - a fortune appraised at $62,000, of which 532,000 was' in cash, was dls covfrcd. Mrs. Moore lived in a hovel and foiv years was, a charge of the Catholic Benevolent . Association.; Since the fire of "1908 she received id from the Red Cross Society, Two cousins la the East are heirs to the. estate. -.;'" :.:--:,:r .'r:-r CY CABLE. Culuns Want American Money. Havana. A petition has been re-r'-Wed by President Gomes from the Cl.uu l er of Commerce ot the, Prov ince ( f oriento urgiu? that American isiouev bs made the currency stand ar tiu-ough the Republic. - - Ilr.V. ;i Depiifirs Regin Work. - Ilomn. The Chamberpot Deputlei fcns rroi .eiied. Socialist Deputy -Ca-bi ; i de-riied the mining disaster at (. I in -, 111., anl urged the gov er ' it to request the United States , tu- better pictect 'orelsu woikmeu. . ...... . - J . rrari ice .War Tactics. - i. The army manoeuvres. 1 by the Emperor and I Marshal Lord Kitchen ; .t.iry attaches o all t' ..'.. -As IV?-iniu'Port. -' , ( '.''e. According to a i 1 ln-ie fro.n Lima, I f. r. t,;a Government . v a 1 .iciiic port from ; ! 'lion. . ; :t ('!.:; ivrni"'! Home."' , ' " T! '."dors ( r ! : i.l no. '. i!!r, i lit 1 v i ') v- i t fciit: ; t KECK BROKEN, BGY: DIES West Orange Player Meets Death Same Way as Byrne. Wibiralske, tho Victim, Was the Star of the Team," Which Was Flaying - Jfrlnity chapel Eleven, - West. Orange, N. J. Snapping a vertebra much the same way as Cadet Byrne, ot West Point, did in the game with Harvard, Albert P. W. Wibir alske, son of Mr., and Mrs. Theodore Wibiralske, of 97" Riggs place, here, died in the Orange Memorial Hospi tal three hours and a quarter after he had been admitted to the institu tion. ,., - Wibiralske was playing right half back for the West Orange High School .team on the Watsessing Oval ot tie Essex County Park playground against the Trinity Chapel team, ot New 'York, when tho accident oc curred. - In the second half with tho score 17 to 0 In favor of the local team, Wibiralske on the second down rushed the ball to the thirty-yard line ot Trinity's goal when he "was tackled low. . When he fell his head was doubled up under his chest and his neck was broken. The unconscious form of the boy was picked up by his teammates and hurried to the office ef Dr. Frank W. Lockwoqd, at East Orange; three blocks away. . The physician ordered his' immediate removal to the Orange Memorial Hospital, two miles distant. An automobile made the run there In less than five minutes, and the boy was placed at once on the operating table.' He died without regaining consciousness. j:" ' When it was seen that Wibiralske, who was the star of the team and the athletic star of the school, for he played on the basketball and baseball teams as well, was badly.injured, the field was emptied on. the instant. Wibiralske was regarded as one of -the best all-aroundv athletes of his years in this section. His .two elder brothers are both prominent in ath letic circles. - -- In speaking of the accident; Charles vVlbiralske, eldest brother of the- big boy; himself a player on one of the local teams, said that, while the Man hattan players used no disorderly tactics, the accident was undoubtedly '.he result of their ignorance of the 3ne points of the game;-;:. BABY .DROVE HIM TO SUICIDE. College Professor Couldn't ' Kudnro " . Hjrae After ftiork's Visit. " . J-' - .'Wrsicn .-: to. 'laun n Ouinvbiic lie .ta ascribed 'S the enue for the sulcido .J?ro esaor .Wilfred C. Wheeler, thirty "ears old, first assistant in chemistry n the engineering experiment station it the University of Illinois ';. The.chemista body, was found on he University campus. He had taken large quantity of cyanide of potas 'um-v 1 "- ' Professor Wheeler ha$ taken . his meals away from home shice taby a me into- the household. . He could lot endure the noise 'of-the infant: said, and even expxsssd a general jisiike tor babies,- , 0i v'--.?( ;i. 4V"wctes8 jpbmmui dead. Widow of- Duke f Manch'ester Had i Kcurltis Fomer Mis Yznaga. pondon, England. Consuelo, Dow ser Duchess ot Manchester, died here f heart failure, following an attack f neuritiB. '',-.:.'..y ;v . At lmi bedside were ' Lady-rZJIater Xaye a;d Miss Emily Yznap. uer sls-ers.- As Miss Consuelo Jenaga she vas one of the most beautiful of the ounger set in New York City, and vas admired by everybody for her jharms of character. . She was the laughter of Antonio Yznaga. a de scendant of Cuba, and afterward a -esident of New Vork City; . She met lhe Viscount M&ndeville in the fall ot 1875 at her father's country home at Morrlstowo, N. J. . . - . ' MRS; GRANJ LEFT 9700,000. .C. V'' .'.-J'":'-::' .''Vi-'V ," JTew Yorkers Are Beneficiaries Undef ' Her Will Filed at Snn Diego. . San Diego, Cal. -With the pro vision that none of tho estate can be attached by the creditors of her hus band, the will ot Mrs. VC 8. Grant; Jr., was filed here, disposing of prop erty valued at $700,0.00. -: . Chaffee Orant and Marian Grant Ma'cey, of Nev York City, have equal shares in the estate with U. S. Grant, Jr., Ulysses Grant4th, Julia Dent Grant and Fannie Grant, all of San Diego. - - -A. farm In Westchester County, Now York, valued at (100,000, is in cluded ' in the estate.. Mrs. Grant died suddenly on the eve of her ex pected departure N on a trip In the Orient RICHARD AV. GILDER DEAD. . Poet, Antlior and Editor of Century Magazine Ends Famous Career; . New York" City. Richard Watson Gilder, editor-in-chief of the Century Magazine sines ' its foundation ' in 1881, and widely known as an author and poet,-died 'unexpectedly at the house ot his sister, Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer, of heart disease. - Richard Watson Gilder,, like many who have risen to place in letters, early showed his btt of mind. Born pt Pordentown, N. J., in 1844, one ot e'.-.Ut children,, he was writing, set i the type for and publishing the ; ;.. 'i l.umns Register,- at Flushing, I I., l iini lie v a.s twelve. years of ags.-. V. ITII AXE. i rronfter. LABOR STAKDBY BOYCOTT President John Mitchell Makes , Stirring Speech at Toronto. 1eclare.That Term In Jail Will Not Cause Him to Recede From Assert -. tion of Constitutional Rights. Toronto, Can. Indorsing a report if the Committee on Boycott, John Mitchell, one ot the three officers of the American Federation of Labor un der sentence for contempt of Court, In a dramatic speech to the conven tion ot that organization at the close of its session here, declared that as tar as he was concerned, regardless ot consequences, he intended, while at liberty, to declare for the rights guaranteed him by the organic laws of his country. The report which drew forth Mitchell's speech and which was adopted by the convention, said: "We-say that when your cause is just and every other remedy has been employed without result, boycott; we say that when .the employer has de termined to exploit not only adult male labor, but our women and chil dren, and our reasoning and appeal to his fairness and his conscience will not sway him, boycott; we say that when labor has been oppressed, brow beaten and tyrannized, boycott; we say that when social and polLtical con ditions become so bad that ordinary remedial measures are fruitless, boy cott; and finally, we say that we have a right to boycott and we propose to exercise that right. In the applica tion of .this right of boycott, to para phrase the president (Gompers), we propose to strive on and on." "I want the people of the United States to know my position, said Mr. Mitchell. "I shall.'not speak defiantly, but be the'. consequences what they will, I shall not surrender any right guaranteed to me by the Constitution of our country. I am not sure how mueh mental and physical suffering will be necessary to make me submit, but If I know myself, not any amount of suffering will peisuade me that I have not the right to spend my money wttere I please or .that I have not the rt?ht to write and speak as I please, being: responsible dnder the law for my acts. " :"':,;".'.?" -, --''-. "I understand that cognizance is being taken at Washington, D. C, of the utterance of men on the floor of this convention, and 1 want clearly to state my position, I propose in the future, as I have in the past, to ex ercise the rights secured to me by the fathers of my country, and I propose if I am sent io Jail to declare Hgain when I'come outhat I hjill.not-or myself purchase Jfiutf: product" of the. Bucks Stove-and' Range Company. - i make this declaration not to tickle the ear. of any man,. but that I mjy publicly declare the . conviction that that is within me-." -' The convention broke into loud cheers tor Mitchell when ho had con cluded,' and there were cries of "Mor rison! but the secretary did not re spond. President Gompers was not present... if."'. uri':.,..,.--'i':- ;NEED NOT SERVE NEGROES. Iowa Supreme Court So Decides iu ".Case if Private Business Concern,' ,.. Des Moines,- Iowa.i The Iowa Su preme Court handed down's decision holding that a private business con cern under the Iowa statute can le gally refuse to serve a negro. .Susie Brown, a negress, sued the J. H. Bell Coffee Company for $1000 damages because the attendants re fused to serve her a cup of coffee at a pure food' show in Des Moines a year ago. - In the lower court she won her case, but tlte Supreme Court has reversed the decision,. holding that the Bell company, being a private concern, -had the right to- refuse to serve any one It wished, even though the person had paid an admission fee at the door. Chief Justice Evans and Justice Weaver filed vigorous dissenting opin ions. , - , . - - DAMAGES IN ODD SUIT. Man In Telephone Booth, in a Storm Gets Verdict. - - Philadelphia, Pa, A jury in Com mon Pleas Court awarded William H. Rocap, a newspaper man,, a verdict for $5000 damages against the Bell Telephone Company for injuries re ceived at the-.Country Club on June 21, 1906. ' - In the evening,, while Mr. Rocap was telephoning a report of a polo match to his office during a violent thunderstorm, a ball of fire shot Into the -booth and he was hurled a dis tance of twenty-five fet:.-.:..;.,v -" ..' He did not regain consciousness for sixteen hours, and remained under treatment at the hospital for several days. He was unable to work for six weeks. The company was sued on the ground of negligence. . .. ... POOR BLACKSMITH'S .SECRET. Process For Making Steel Sold For - 200,000 and Royalties, v Gallipolis, Ohio. . A new secret method which is said to be able to save the United States Steel Corpora tion at least $1,000,000 a year has been sold, by Mason Grover, village blacksmith at Bldwell, near here, for $200,000 and royalties. The plan is to convert iron ore Into steel by a simple .process, and this will do away with much of the mechanism now used and the long time employed In this transformation work. Grover has been a poor man all his life and has little education. , ASK FOR SHiri' TAr-DOX. Residents of Je- i f'-n A;;";1 la l'l'li I 'i i. Rls'i-r Fawn, C:i. A ffi' :i 1 Presli'--et" Tuft t. l - J. - F.i Hb: - - if ZELAYA f.lUST KB -' FOR ffifip SHOT State Department Demands Ex planation For Execution of Men. WARSHIPS SENT TO NICARAGUA ' tr Leroy Cannon ondi Leonard Grace Court Martlaled and Shot by Or ders ot the President of the Re public at Managua. ..,'- iu - Managua, Nicaragua.- Two Ameri cans, Leroy . Cannoin and Leonard Grace, after a trial b court martial, were shot here as rJjals. They were charged with having placed dynamite mines to blow up Government steam ers carrying troops t Grey town. One bomb explodedjifteci yards from the steamer Diamante, ijj ;-' ; The men were caUred with dyna mite machines and accessories. They are said to have confessed their guilt in letters" to their families.. - Previous ly Cannon had taken Vai'.t ia a revolu tion against Nicaragua in, Honduras, where he was ylnurisoned ., several months. ',V;;.-J if '...rJ-' ' '-: Slate Department's Quick Action. Washington, D: -C Following the receipt of a" report here that two Americans,' Leroy Cannon and Leon ard Grace; had been shot in Nicara gua as rebels, quick action was taken by the State Department. " Peremptory .demands have been made upon President' Zelaya for ex planation of the shooting of the two Americans. ' -v.- The relations of Ibis country with the war stirred republic ef Centra) America became very threatening in consequence, ' Dr. Hazera, the.newly appointed Minister Plenipotentiary, was in formed that he wouli not be received by President Taf t, and two warships, the Des Moines and. the Vlcksburg, were ordered to Nlcaragua'n waters. It would seem tlat the President of Nicaragua really? brought about a condition of affairs -which this coun try, must treat in ft manner different from its usual displays of force for the purpose of beeping the peace. A national otfenee, in the opinion of the State Department, i! has been com mitted, requiring for the present in vestigation and perhips afterward reprisals..- v."9 EXCOMMUNICATrl?S. STETSON. Order Issued atjf VJhyjLDIrectors Boston, Mass. AWforder of ex communication agaihavMrs. Augusta E. Stetson, of New York City, for. years regarded as one ot the most prominent and powerful members of the Christian Science denomination, was issued by the Board of .Directors ot the Mother Church of this city-, the supreme governing authority of the organization. - - . In their order the directors stated that a conference of more than three days had convinced them of the truth of the charges against Mrs. Stetson, namely, that she had Worked against the interests of the church - and of members of the church who. were not her followers, and that she had iper- sisted In - teachings iand practices whieh are contrary to Christian Sci ence. - ,. . - WILLIAM M. LAFPAN DEAD. He Was Publisher of the New York ' -. Sen For. Twenty-five- Years. .- 'New York City. William M. 11 fah, publisher of the New York Sun since 1884 died at his country home, Laffan House, at Lawrence, L, I.; fol lowing an operation for appendicitis. Mr. Laffan was born in Dublin on January 22, 1848. .tie was educated at Blackrock, the French College at Booterstown, ' at Dublin University and 8t. Cecillia's School -of Medicine. He married Georglanca Tompkins, ot Baltimore, in 1872. .r - Mr. Laffan began his newspaper ca reer in San Francisco cn a reporter. He next became owner of the Balti more Bulletin, and afterward came to New York City, v - . . . JAILS PETTY CIVIC GRAFTER. Three Months For "Tipping" Official y . With 93. Cambridge, - Mass. - Municipal "graft" received a jolt in the Superior Court here when George H. Warrec, of Maiden, was sentenced to three months in the House of Correction after pleading guilty to a charge ot bribery involving xmly $5.- , Warren admitted that he gave Will lam E. Dunn, sealer of weights and measures jot the city of Maiden, $5 to refrain from prosecutiuc; a coal com pany in which Warren was interested and which was char; -d. with giving, short weight in Its saies. . LYNCHING COSTS -IF JOB. i o C ' c iul Un c I.mv. -'nor Charles " of Kherlff Governor Removes Cu dcr Perempto Springfield. III. G S. Deneen declared th of Aleiander County ;t. beesnse ul AVill- i', and , to be 'ed at rvanee -ever r to a Sheriff Frank E. Dav lam James, the negn Henry Salzner, white taken from his care Cairo by the mob. . The Govern r act' of a law that avid' -iers uire to ; Hit ; to , t a BhenT sin mob bis c . '-" STEEL PIER AT WRIGHTSVILLE Great Promenade Similar to Atlantic City's Famous Pier to Be Built in Front of the Seashore Hotel. Wilmington, Special. At a special meeting of I lie stockholders of the Wrightsville Beach Hotel Company, which owns the Seashore hotel, here this week, it was decided to increase the capital stock to $7,",000 and this increase will include about Sl25,000 improvements to the property before another season. Chief ninon;j these improvements will be an eight v-room annex and the construction of a steel pier into the ocean a distance of 000 feet, similiar to the ffreat pier at At lantic City. The pier will be a fin? promenade to an octafron shaped pa vilion near the end which wil afford a dancing hall, conceit room and re freshment stands. At the end of the pier will be a wharf for pleasure craft and fishing bouts of all kinds. The grounds of the hotel are also to ,bo much improved, including the building of a covered walkway to the suburban line station and t lie planting of flowers and shrubbery. The im provements will place the hotel in the very front rank of the best hos telries iu its line on the Atlantic coast. New Station Inaugurated. Salisbury, Speeir.l At midnight Monday night power was turned on at the Southern Power Company's station here over the new steel tow er line via Albemarle and the 100, 000 voltage transformer put into ser vice. In the future Concord, Kan napolis, China Grove, ' High Poitit, Winston and other points will- re ceive their power from what is known as the 'booster 'station" here, said to be the most important of the com pany's stations. In the futuro should the line from Salisbury to Concord get out of working order the current can be cut off and pow er turned on from Charlotte, and vice, versa, or if between Salisbury and : Albemarle: trouble . arises the power can be furnished over the olj line. The . voltage is reduced by this new transformer . from 100,000 to ,50,000, and the' current is diafrib-titeftU-From now 'on all points north JbaarMte-lV-gMwB'--J' line from Lancaster to Monroe, AIUcj marie and Salisbury, except in irase of this one becoming disabled, thiU the oW line from Charlotte Will be put mlo service. It almost elimi nates any possibility of points north, of, Chnrlotte being caught without power at all. N Pathetic End of Errant Genius. Salisbury, Special. The death of Charles A. Gonier, an a?ed inmate or the county home, Monday afternoon ended an - eventful career. Gomer came here a number.bf years ago and worked as a mechanist at Spencer. He was intelligent and refined and was devoted to his "wife," who later became deranged and died in the Morganton hospital. Gomer brooded and finally went blind. He was taken care of and supported by friends. Then in a round-about, man ner his past was revealed. He 4iad been' a former member of the New Jersey Legislature, had a loving wife and a happy home. He fell -in with another woman and one day left home and all for her, they came South and lived as husband and wife. His lawful wife all these years strug gling, wondering where her helpmate had gone and why. Upon being ques tioned the old man broke down and cried: ."Yes, my God, it is true." His once happy wife in New Jersey learned of it all and Gomer refused to longer accept the charity of his one-time friends here and went to the county home. Tobacco Eules In Twin City Ware- houses. ' Winston-Salem, Special. Tobacco "breaks", were on here iu all the warehouses Tuesday, and still the Weed rolls in. . The streets around the warehouses are lined with wagons. Indeed, Tuesday resembled the height of the season last fall when an nff precedented volume of the leaf pour ed in. ' . - : . Dynamite Explosion Kills Jesse Bell. Salisbury, Special. The remains of Contractor ose, who met a hor rible death while overseeing a force of hands on the construction of the Southbound Railroad at Jackson Hill, Davidson comity, Thursday after noon at 3 o'clock, were brought and prepared for burial.', Mr. Ball was 31 years old and married, his wife be ing in Florida when notified - of his tragio death A charge of dynamite had been placed; the fuse lighted and before Ball had ''gotten away the ex plosion occurred. Enn Over by Freight x. r. il y Mount, 1 Special. Saturday '! vhile northbound fmglit ' Kb. i this city to Norfolk, was ii i'.e yard at Tarboro Mr. . T. is a brakenwi of the 'I the swi: 'i " ! ' i '-"-Mnir " l: i TAR HEEL CHRONICLES News Notes Gathered I'rom All Farts of the Old North Stats. Investigating Coble Murder. , Greensboro, Special. The prelimi nary hearing of .Daniel Coble and Hiram Elliott, charged with the mur der or Simpson Coble, son and brother-in-law of the accused, consumed all of Wednesday morning. The State lad concluded its case at 4:30, and Daniel Coble, the first witness for the defense, was on the stand at the time of adjournment. There were- no witnesses who gave any account of a figh't at an illicit still operated by one of the defen dants, hut in the quarrel which is filiil to have occurred between Elliott und Simpson Coble earlier iu the afternoon, Coble is reported to have threatened to report the distillery to the officers. The next morning he was found unconscious lying in a ditch 25 yards from Elliott's home, while about 150 yards from the body the tloody hat and pocketbook of Simp son was found, together with a large pool of blood. His skull was crushed, his cheekbone broken and there were several bruises on his body. He never regained consciousness. Killed by Brother. Lincolnton, Special. Charles Reep, the 13-year-old son of Mr. L. Jacob Reep, a prominent farmer $t this county, was acidentally shot and kill ed Tuesday by bis : brother, Aubrey Reep, aged 19. It seems that a dO)' had chased a rabbit into a hollow tre3J and the boys took their shotgun and"! wnut nut Ahnnt niwin in mf l,im Ant They failed to do this, however, aiftf. the younger boy was trying to root a rabbit out of a branch bank. He himself ran out about the same time the rabbit did and was shot in the. right side, about 200 ' shot entering Ins light lung. He was attended with in an hour by Dr. W. C. Kiser,' who states that he lived six hours after the shooting and that be was con scious up to - five minutes . oC-his death. -, t The accident, happened 1 near the home of the boys.' father about seven miles -wct oLLiiir"' ' ;.);-'-"--, , Jbs, Hosiery Finishing JiiU"V-iis. llendersonvillc, Special. Tho";: ftit- fehiug building of the Skytond'iUc erv Company at East Flat Rock i os- pany at ast Flat Rock with its content was entirely - .destroyed. by fire Thursday morning at 5 o'clock. The loss on Hie bnilding is $$0,000 and on its contents $15,000. . The in surance will cover the entire loss,: it is believed, -r The origin of the fire is not known. . The main building of the mill is uninjured, but- three hundred employes will be out of work for a couple of .months. New machinery was wired for Thursday morning and a new reinforced concrete structure will be built immediately. This is t second fire in one year at this eo: pany's works, the last destroying th Iryon plant completely. " Salisbury an Electric Centre.- 'Salisbury, Special. With a voltage capacity of 100,000 a new transform er on the power lines of lb eSonth ern Power Company was placed in operation in Salisbury Tuesday, The enormous amount of current i is brought to Salisbury from the big electric plant at Lancaster, 8. C by way of Monroe, N. C, and Albi marle, by the use of huge, towers car rying the high voltage lines 100 feet above ground. Salisbury will here after be the principal . distributing point for electric power used in Lex ington, High Point, Greensboro, Winston-Salem and other cities served by the Southern Power Company.. Conference For Education to Hold Next Meeting in Little Rock. Winston-Salem, SpecialThe ex ecutive committee of the Conference for Education in "the South . at a meeting Wednesday night with Col. W. A. Blair decided to hold-the next meeting Of the conference in Little Rock, Ark, April 6, 7, 8. The invi tation from Arkansas came in the shape of a bound volume, containing tetters from the Governor, Legislature and prominent - educators. Various detail were worked out, but the pro fam will not he given out at this meeting. . . ' . ; -,, ', 7onng Han Meet Death at Saw Kill Spring . Hope, Special There wa a fearful- accident oenamile from Nash ville at the saw mill of William Sel lers Tuesday, wiien the boiler explod ed, instantly killing his sou, J ' i Sellers. The youug innn was ' teen vears of a::". '''To DurVX Winsfon-?a!( has jut Ifi-n i Coone Ji'i'rnov: acres of i 'i: e i' ' STANDARD 0IL HIT IIA:D Circuit Court Files Decree of Dwso-. ' lution to Take Effect After 30 Days Stay For Appeal Will Doubtless Follow Supreme Court the Final Besort. - -'--- ' St. Paul, Minn., : Special -ln n opinion written by Judge. Walter -N.. Sanborn, of St. Paul and concurred : -by Judges Vandeventer, -. Hcok ami Adams with a special ; concum!!? . opinion by Judge Hook, the United i States Circuit Court for the eastern district of Missouri Saturday handed down an opinion declaring tho Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, an illegal combination operating :i restraint of trade and orders its du-. solution. ; " , The opinion of" the court was filed simultaneously in St. Louis and in St.. Paul. - , ' In this decision the government of the United States wins a sweeping victory and according to Frank II. : Kellog of this t-ity, who was the gov-: ernment's special prosecuting officer,., the government lias woii every wint for which it contended. - - The case will be appealed dircef . the United States Supreme' Court an the judges who signed the decree, am in effect the judgesf of , the : United Stales circuit courtf of appeals,,' al tlioiigh they were sittins: for the pur- pose of trying this ease as the vuxuit? court for the easjern -district of Mis- souri. ' . The decree of the court dissolving the Standard Oil trust becomes cilcc.. five in 30 days when no doubt a stavO will be granted for the purpose of an r appeal. V 1 . When the decree fakes effect unless a,-stay is- granted, an injunction wiM issue restraining the Standard Oil Company from a further continuance of its business under its present fonn- . at ion. Lumber Flant Jnrns. ' Jtoxbore, . f Special. Fire : broke " iit Friday about 12:20 p. in. in the " Boxboro planing mills and ; lumber : plant nad in a. abort while destroyed ' the entire plant J. A. Long, R.r A. Sptncer and J. C, Ptss are the pro- , prietors. The loss is estimated at be tween $10,000 and $12,000.- The, P 19 ' fraged for more than an Lour at cno. time threatened a part of Ihe .resi.N" deuce and business portion ;f (be town. , Several large tobacco' bonseii are riglit.'at the lumber plant. North- .s,Timiyuiisviiie, - S.' , C. . Special.--" Walk" .g out of a "second stoiy window- i a fit of sonnmbulism. Thomas Jv0 vs Saturday night fell to the Cement pavement below and sustain ed fatal injuries which resulted - in -his death Sunday. Mr. Crews was found in ; a dying condition -: earl v Sunday morning., Mr. Crews, who was about 79 years old, was a jrciU dent of Durham, N. O, and was on a yfsit to his daughter. WIFE LEFT ONLY A MILE. 1 Aged Beast Killed Husband Before . He Could Bring Woman to Court. - . Pittsburg, Pa. Mrs. James Ed monds, of Washington County, de serted her home -recently, taking with her the household effects and fivo hUiLuI cattle, but leaving behind an old mule.- ' -f -1-';' ?.-'; . ; Edmonds preferred charges ot de- . sertion against his wife and larceny against a Pittsburg man, - The mule, Edmonds' only posses sion, kicked him, causing his (tenth abort Urn later in t hospital. ; : - Th VMd of fcjiurts. - Savannah will race thirty days a) least at Thunderbolt Park, v At Juares. in Meiico, open book making with paraphernalia will b permitted. The American pitchers Inflicted 14$ whitewashes on opponents last sea, son, thereby breaking the league reo ord. - v'.- i i: r. : Bookmakers who used to be busj arobnd the race tracks are turnlni ' their attention toward football ea medium of speculation; They offer e complete .book this season on th chances ot the big college teams. - L- ' AUTHOR OP BILLIKEXS. Miss Florence Preti of Kansas Citf la said to. have already made a small fortune by the sale of the good luck tokens .known "as (BilUUens. ; (Miss : Irets is described as a youns artist who before her creation of the saucy lay image had never bei-n al ia to do any iwork with a marketable -value. While all her little world ; -- knowieclffii 1 -r srifxtic ui.ll'iy r.o one won" ! ? flrawh s t Brst ljt ' Chu -o , try to f '.! ! r" " su'io i 8 IvislBg f t- t 83 a i t: i- o: out. 1 i turn. -3 us a i'i , v Th. ';vV