North Carolina Newspapers

. :., ff - ' ' 7 n. A. .h ,,... : , . ...., . , r i . W, . - I . : I V W" ' THE FRENCH 'RO AD HEWS LEADING NEWSPAPER AND BEST ADVEInSINC MEDIUM IN MADISON COUNTY. N.3l. VOL. III. MARSHALL, MADISON COUNTY; m CM THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1909 Wim BUYS RYAN'S , I STOCK III EQUITABLE Greatest Financial Power Ever Held by Individuals. HARRIMAN ESTATE THE SELLER This Single Transaction Involves an Enormous Amount of Capital Centered About One Man Many Other Companies Concerned, New York City. The Equitable Life Assurance Society became the property of J. P. Morgan, with its .9462,000,000 of assets, its, 350,000 outstanding policies, representing $1, 300,000,000 of Insurance. Official announcement was made that Mr. Morgan had purchased the society's stock formerly owned by Thomas F. Ryan, now deposited with Morgan J. O'Brien and George Westinghouse, as trustees. This single transaction, although Involving an enormous amount of capital, is only a part of & great finan cial combination centring around the banking house of J. P. Morgan & Co. Control of the Equitable and Mercan tile Trust Company passes along with the purchase. Only a few days ago control of the Guaranty Trust Com pany was taken over by a Morgan syndicate. The National Bank of Commerce, second largest in the Uni ted States, Is now lodged In the same hands. " A money trust of the most gigantic BANKING' CAPITAL AND RESOURCES . I CONTROLLED BY J. P. MORGAN. Equitable Life Assurance Society. . New York Life Insurance Company National Bank of Commerce, . . . .. First Nutional Bank. . . . . , . ...... Guaranty Trust Company. . ....... Mercantile Trust Company. ....... Kquitable Trust Company. -. Hankers' Trust Company. . .' . . . . . . Astor Trust Company. ........... . , i - v- --. : -Total.,,,-.;.. .. ....... ...... J'oporllons ' the ; country has ever known is being created with J. P. Morgan at the head. -' ';.. ' .; . How many insurance companies, trust companies and hanks, each with many millions of assets, will be in cluded in the combination Is the sub ject of unlimited speiftlatlon. In ad. '.inn tne. pnjcnRS- oi a majority Yok .. .or,ti al - icuuy in syivHthetic alliance with the ' Morgan house through ueorge, w. ' Perkins, a partner In the banking firm ' and the power behind the throne in the insurance company. , w Another close assoctate of the Mor gan Interests J theVFirst National Bank. H. P. Davison,- its former vice. " president. Is the latest partner to en- . . i . . a rri,- IT ( ier ine iuurguu mm. v auv-.a Ac tional ranks third among-the coun- ' try's banks, and Its Interests In other ' financial concerns are very large. , -It was Mr.-- Davison who gave out the following brief statement Con cerning the transaction: n - , "Mr. Morgan has bought the ma jority of the stock of the Equitable Life Assurance Society formerly owned by Thomas F Ryan. This pur chase is- subject to the trust under which Grover Cleveland, Morgan J. O'Brien and George Westinshouse were made voting trustees for the benefit of the policy holders, and it covers all of Mr. Ryan's interests, in cluding all the" stock purchased from James Haten Hyde." , The peculiar wording of the official announcement, which does not defi nitely say that the stock was pur chased from Mr. Ryan, coupled to other circumstances, lends color to the report that the Harriman estate was the seller and that Mr. Ryan had disposed of his holdings secretly some - time ago to his former enemy, Harri man. . . -- - James Hazen Hyde innentea irom his father, Henry, S. Hyde, fifty-two per cent, of the capital stock of the Equitable Life Assurance Society. The great company f the only one of any else In the insurance, world to have capital stock, ;he others being mut ual concerns, rominally controlled by the policy he'ders. There exist 1000 chares of rar ralue ot.$100 each, rep- t resenting a total ot $100,000 capital iKtlon. . . '!;: The Hyde interest being a majority Absolutely dominate-ttd controlled ' It In 1805, when the'extravagances and irresponsibility Of young : Mr. Hyde caused great upheaval and exposure of Insurance corruption, he suddenly resolve', to sell his holdings and go to France to live. - There was battle of financial interests for the : atoek, because it controlled the hun dreds of millions ot cash and invested aecurltles. Thomas F. Ryan was the successful buyer. ' ' 't ' He paid yenng Mr. Hyde $2,600. O00 cash for 602 shares.' The remain ing shares were scattered, amon nu merous holders. --.Mr. Ryan said at the time he made the purchase in a spirit of financial philanthropy in or der to conserve the many vast Inter ests involved should disruption come. Under the society's charter only seven per cent, dividends could be paid on the sto-k, and the only dlrert income which Mr. Rvan could obtain for bis outlay would be S3514 annually in dividends. This was a very small re-tr-i for an Investment of J2.600.000. which at the enrrent interest rnte qf 'five per cent, represented 123,000 annually. ""..' , LITTLE GIRL BCRSED TO DEATH. On lit? Way From Sclicol She Stopped tit a Bonilreo . Wi'mir.gtoa, Del. -While playing with fire, near her home, seven-year-did Helen Kennev was fatally burned. She stopped on her way home from school to watch a bonfire, and went ton close to the flames. . ; - s.-- Weslev Trotter, a postoffiee em ploye, and Mrs. Mary Dougherty were severely burns! lo trying to ssve the BANK PRESIDENT DROWNED R. H. Linn, of Washington, Dies While Duck Hunting. Xun Probably Discharged Accidental, ly and Left Him Stunned Other Hunters Heard No Call. Baltimore, Md. It. Henry Linn, president 'of the American National Bank, of Washington, D. C, met his death while duck hunting on the Sub quehhanna fiats, about two and a half miles from .Turkey Point and ten miles from Havre de Grace. Mr. Linn reached the Bucking grounds in the evening and expected to return to Washington next day. He was occupying a sinkbox, and had complained to fhose in charge of the tender that it was leaking. He re ceived directions what to do, and ap peared to have carried them out. Sometime afterword, however, it was discovered by men in a rowboat belonging to the tender that Mr. Linn was not in the sinkbox. Investiga tion showed that the box had a hole in the end. apparently made by a gun shot, it is believed that Mr. Linn's gun was accidentally discharged, blowing the hole in the sinkbox, and that the recoil made it impossible for him to call for help, which was within easy reach. There, were no wounds upon the body, and it nppeared evident that Mr. Linn, probably insensible from the effects of the recoil, drowned as the weight of his body dragged thy sinkbox down and filled it with water. The body was recovered in five feet . . $462,000,000 .'37,000,000 244,000,000 184,000,000 . . . 100,000,000 75,000,000 03,000,000 48,000000 . . 17,000,000 ,.$1,749,000,000 of water, about fifty fee, sinkbox ie had occupied. from the Washington, D. C. R. Henry Linn was president ot the American Na tional Bank,- of this : city. ' He was born in 1867 in Loudoun County. Va. His father is W. F.' Linn, president of the Loudoun. National Bank, of Leesburg, Va., of which R. Henry Linn, Jjas cash Ier, Ontil, lp 3,wKenhecamel Nau&pal Bank. , T(w yfars ago ho' huAam. nrasllan tf ih V n- U..l m - He leaves a widow, who- was. Miss"16 system of trading in vogue on the Jeannetta Harrison before her mar- riage, and-a baby girl, residing at 1 Leesburg. The body, was sent to that place Cor interment. - A . WINS THEN SHUNS MONEY. TJncIo Sam to Re Given Bnck Gratuity That Rent Family. Cincinnati, Ohio. '! intend to re turn my share of the money to the United States Government," said Anna Hall when a verdict was re turned in her favor in the noted Hall will case by Judge James B. Swing's jury in tho Common Pleas Court here. "The Government set a bad precedent when it donated $15,000 to my fath er, Captain James Hall, for his Polar explorations. It has been the causo of all the troublo In bur family, and I shall not use a cent of It." The will of Miss Hall's mother, which has been sustained, left a small amount in trust to a son, Charles Hall, a street car conductor, and the residue, aside from a few charitable bequests, went to Anna. The case has been In court for years, and during the fourth trial Miss Hall conducted ber case unaided. . , v ,,v Miss Hall became fan oug a few years ago when she succeeded in hav ing a bill presented in the Ohio Leg islature, providing for the painless putting to death of the hopelessly sick or injured. , JEFFRIES-JOHNSON FIGHT. Secured' For 101,000 and , Two- "Thirds Receipts From Pictures. ,. Hoboken, N. J. The big fight be tween James J. Jeffries and Jack Ar tha Johnson,- negro champion, was awarded to "Tex" Ricks rrt and Jack Gleason. Their offer'of ItOl.OOO and two-thirds of the "moving picture privileges was accepted. "Tex' comes from Nevada and "Jack", from San Francisco. "''..-.:.'." Hi They worked h combination that won for them the biggest thing in the sporting line that has figured in. hu man annals. ' ,': :: . '.-v :' .. Tho fight Is ti nrcur July 4," 1910, in California, find the pictures are ex pected to realize between $200,000 and $400,000.. . , . IXniCTlIKNTfl FOR REBATINfl. Louisville and Nn'sUvllle nrd Tobacco , ;:: 'A, Trust. Are Acrnsed. Louisville.- Ky.-r-Tbe speciar Grand Jury investigating alleged violations of the Interstate Comnerce lsw re turned indictments as"lnst the Louis ville nnd Nashville and the Louisville. Henderson 8tvT St. Louis railroads and the American Tobacco Company for rebating. Right Indictments Brcgnting for-K-tw counts rerc returned against the forner road. Qiie indictment of fventr-!lve counts wns" returned awinst tho American Tobacco Com pany. - . LlEUT.-GOYERXOil PUXISIIKD. Mexlmn Official Dismiwd Recanse ' Alleged Murderer Escr.pcd. Tan Pedro, ' Csl. LImit.-Governor Villar.'no, of Lower CEllfornia, Mex !so, wsn removed from office by Gov ernor Vsitfl. -.TIie removal grows out of th fsctim from iiu Diego nd later from Iower Caltforala of Earl Lyielt, con ot ,a prominent merchant of Sun Diego. N " - -' Lnell wrt chrrgH with ktllints -ivl Vi:U :a a 3 barrel orer r. glrL TAFT APPROVES KNOX PLAN Board of Examiners Will Pass Upon the Fitness of AU Applicants For Position of Secretary and the Rec ords of Efficiency Will Be Preserv ed. Washington, Special. To improve the personnel and efficiency of the diplomatic grvice and to encourajre and commercial foreign relations of for promotion to the rank or minis ters, President Taft has approved a pJan suggested by Secretary of State Knox, a published it as an Execu tive, order. The new prospect provides for a board of examiners to pass upon all applicants for appointments as sec retaries mid prescribes the standard plan to the President, points out the remarkable growth of the political and cominerncial foreign relations of the United States and the increasing dilliiculty of the problems to be dealt with. Records of efficiency of all the un der secretaries will be preserved in the State Department and appintment from outside the srvice to secretary ship will be made only to the class of third secretary of embassy; or, in case of higher vacancies, of second scretary of legation, or of secretary of legation at posts which have as signed to them only one secretary. Vacancies in secretaryships of the higher class will in the future be filled by promotion from the lower grades, and efficiency and ability demonstrat ed in the service will be the tests of advancement. All the secretaryships in the future will be graded according to the im portance or difficulty or other aspects of the work done at each mission, and these classifications will be made known to the srvice so that every man may know just where he stands. 'The examining board will deter mine the fitness of candidates desig nated by the President for examina tion. The examinations will be held al Washington and will be both oral and written. A physical examination will bo supplemental. - iy Candidates must be - between the ages of-21 ( and 50 years. The de partment will aim 'to apportion rep resentation fairlywwnong the States and Teritories.' COTTON MEN WRONGED. Commissioner of Corporations - De nounces th Practice of Dealing ventures. ;- -.v.-. -,;;b in ashintrton. ' KngmBi.4-Kothe. producers of cotton and1 uis dealersni that commodity are the - victims of cotton exenange or tne country, i t This is the burden of parts 4 and 5 of the. report of Commissioner of Corporations Herbert Knox Smith on the conduct of Such exchanges. - The practice of dealing in futures, as it is caried on at present,- is condemned, earried on at present, is condemned, the existence of the exchange. ' ' The brief discussion of general speculation in ihis report," says Mr. Smith, "recognizes the possibilities for good inherent in a great central market like a cotton exchange, and the need that this good be devetped and evils eliminated by regulation inline-'with .economic law." , 1 ' The report-is especally condemna tory of the dealings in futures, brand ing thia form .of speculation as pure rambling and" highly injurious to legi timate trade. In- quotations for "fu ture" deliveries of cotton, the market is so uncertain and so many elements af change enter into the transaction that all bids are made at a much lower figure than those offered for cotton actually in existence, v. i". The effect of these fictitious quota tions, the report points out,- tends to mislead the cotton planted as to the true value ' of his crop, honestly . grown. , In addition it leads brokers to. "play" both sides of the market to protect themslves against-loss in such trades, with'-'tiiejrault that the producer is forced to pay in the end, while the farmer loses likewise; ; JThe report, while recognizing that the exchanges in New Orleans and New - York -; are necessary, does not mince words in 'criticising the-New York exchange.' After declaring that the New Orleans methods of 'conduct ing the transactions in cotton follow ed natural lines, the report draws at tention to the fact that it has been proven that the abnormal depressions in the future price,, in New York "were almost wholly due to improper artificial conditions now . maintained by the New York coton exchange. By maintaining them the New York ex change is responsible fora very real injury to the , producer and mer chant," ,.';. -' . King' of Eweeden Mingles With the .: People.-" '- -,.-'; Stockholm,' By'Cable.King Gustave on Saturday inaugurated -a new de parture for sovereigns. Disguised as a stevedore lie spent most of the day carrying sacks of coal from a lighter. In an interview, alter it wns all over, the King said that this was only the beginning. He intended to mix with all classse of laborers, so' that he might aseirtain their ' opinions and wishes. Already he added, he bad ob tained many viil unble hints from the men with wbom he worked. ".; W. J. Colioun Likely to Acojpt the Chinsso Ministership. Chicago, Special William J. Cal houn, a Chicago attorney and diplo mat, Sunday night admitted that Sec retary of State Knox had offered him the post of minister to China. The ad mission came in denial of a report that he had declined to accept the of fer. Mr. Calhoun explained that he had been inducei by Secretary . of State Knox to reconsider a determi nation not tn accept the appointment wfeiob was ffwed twt veeka aye I Appropriation Bills tGive Right of Way! LIVELY TIMES EXPECTED. Much Interest is Manifested in Presi dent's Message or. Account of .Many Questions br Will Have to Deal With. - Washington, P. V Special. Con gress assembled Monday on the "long session," whifV will probably run into .the surhnHj Senators and e arrived ex- press a determiur work of the fission, the hope of havingj before the"holi1nys. alreday orgaiiisj edJ. Speaker" and office , sion, and the . af ' mittees, so there 1 for that body m business at once. 1 The appropriate given the right ,bl , of the cnpitol aiii' with all possible ' appropriations , bil posed of .Congref tent ion to inore'- .1 "0 take up the liijorously with well advanced iTlie House is the election of je'ra ses- eif corn- he iBxeuse ing down to ills ore to b J at both ends ssed through . , When the avo been dis jlturn its at esting if not res. ' e things Con to hand to i the railway i to the in Wiission. . , Sherman an- labpr unions biuation. ' ' upbuilding of injdaextension o pool f the In- Sion. : , more important tn Here are some gress will find ) work on : ' . - Sweeping chnrid laws, givpag ad(li terstate Comnirf . An amendmco titrust act exet from penalties ' Subventions the merchant 1 of the ocean f .'; Authorizati( under ; strict 1 terstate. Corr ? Legislate and the against lal Internal according the Presi in the Si ; . A. pro tax'von . : Au in scandal or may n(i ' .Much iiv. President ' the great l questions it, No preside! it is safe tc 1 .boycott ctions ments, Vd by ses t the tened to ViUi. eagerness and of his recent tol Taft outlined iiA jus address- es thevviews heS concerning thegreat. public lis of the. day and which he is I .ed to incor- porate in his mc . . I he President opose to Con- gress tmportawHV-ji ton - upon at least ten subjects.' 1 li is matter which ' will provoke Iiscussion , and arouse opposition in i( ongress. lhe chief subjects to be dealt with are: Supervision of, the issue of (stocks and bonds by interstate corporations: readjustment of the duties and power of -the Interstate . Commerce Com mission; expansion tf the duties of the.' Bureau : of Corporations: crea tion of a new .bureau In- the Depart ment of JusticC to lAd with;viola tions of law by intefr Istate carriers; establishment .of ajHt-eaJled "rail road, icourt"; ,amer,(l4ient of the Sherman anti-trust u t ; creation of a postal savings bank;1 hip subsidies; amendment of the wocedure regard ing the granting of injunctions, and the conservation of natural resources In addition ' to thesej it is probable that currency ee!(rwilkJ)e recom mended, not as something to be im mediately undcTtakenbut to be con sidered when the rehott of the' Mone tary Commission is completed, v i ' rROSUXEM I'torLK. ' T)enn CusMnff, oftolumbla tnvr Pchpol. cent his resisnation to President- Butler. v i . . , .v ;,'- Captain Samuel F. Cody, the Amer lca'i aviator, took outi'his naturalisa tion papery as a British citizen, ,- Charles :M. Schwab.: president of lhe Eethlehem Stfl Comranv. wan elected a trustee of Lc'alg'a Unlver sitr. A 8tatem,??t wsi issued by Walter WeliniT"! nt. WnE"tton. X. C, de claring D". FrcderlciA. Cook aa im- ro3'ov. . t-' Ecron Alecl: Koch waec liter, of Sr Ke. wan arrested on a chavsa of vio lfltlnir tbo iMitoniobils; speed law, in New Vnt'.i Cltr- ' . Senator K. W. Aldrich discussed t-1.8 work of the Motijr Commis r'ca at ths Kconomio CIu'j dinner, in Now Yori Cltr. .-'.'' '..'"." V (l?orz Trier rrrdicied li'at the serious dranic. dcalint with tin prob lems ot to-rTav, won W bo t'm iiravail Irg form of tlieatrictj entertainment. ; Eer.ator H. A. tn Font's c'aanceo of rc-clec.tion rere siia'jca by ihe an rouncsmont thr.t Ms cousin, T. Col-m-i du Pcc is about to retire from l-olUlcs. t Goveraer Hp-shrs' !?Uvercd a eulogy on Uu life o the lata Gov ernor,, lohnsar. of MimesoiR, nt :i mencviat iw.eetinir held Nv the Scan-Clnavir-ns cf KewTco K CUr, David A. WcaJward, .1 prominent artisr, and t!ia inveatir of the tolar print Evsicm a? portrait painting, trid t his conntrr hop", near Relay, lid., eighty-six years c'.i. . James Freemsn Cnrtlsn. ksrvnrd't galf cbamnioa in 1833 and brother I. .tim1 icisian Ren. tMait oi'tb Xiei j iaucci;l U - it 01 many t with, years, L-n lis AxtA -of course country Mr MAKES A REPORT TO BOARD Major Graham Commissioner ofTVgri culture Reviews the Agricultural Status in North Carolina Re ceipts of Department $132,258.75. Raleigh, Special For the annual meeting of the State Board of Agri culture liich convened here Wednes day tor probably three days' session, the feature for the day wus the an nua! report of Commissioner W. A. Graham treating farm conditions in North Carolina and the work of the various divisions of the department. The report declares the results of farming operations this yeajr were in different section of the Stafe and that while the yields were very good in some sections they were quite in ferior in others. So that the North Carolina crop census in connection with the general census by the I'nited Slates government will not show an average yield for the State. Farm ers, he says, have given far better attention to their work this year than in the pastf especially as to improved culture of corn, flue in a large mea sure to institute work and corn clubs in connection with demonstration work. He says the great interest in agricultural work is phenomenal and urges the board to devise some met hod of assuring its permanency. Soil Improvement and Divesity of Crops. The report urges the uecssity of striving more effectively for per manent improvement of .soils and diversity of crops through raising nil farm supplies. Attention is directed to the fact, as he stated it, that North Carolina pays to dealers in other States for supplies that could be produced on the North Carolina farms more money than is gotten for the entire cotton crop of the State. As long as this is the case the only cotton money left in the State is that realized by profits by the dealers selling the supplies. The yield of cotton in this Stars will, he says, be the smallest per acre on record. This will also be the case as to corn. At the same time some yields of both crops will be abnormally large. Receipts For, the Year $132,258.75. Commissioner Graham reports re ceipts of the department for the fiscal year ending Dee. 1, 1909, $132,258.75. The 'amount remaining in. the treas ury at the end of this fiscal year was not given in the report. He report ed $15,000 paid on the debt for the . it MAgricultural building and ji, Issf nil tj:- v 1 oiiiilil liSi i4 Ul""i' lu , u LiBTIZrr- commcndeoV to' be speedily liquidated by special appropriation from the re-; j ceipts of the department. . ?..;:;. ,.', - ine commissioner reported - the finest , agricultural exhibits , at the State and the district fairs this fall ever made in the State, due largely to the, attractive supplemental pre miums provided by the Statu Depart ment of Agriculture He recommend ed that the amounts especially the de partment 01 women's work, be: in creased. - ; He recommends definite effort nnd provision by the State Department for raising improved breeds of stock and cattle. And stated that ' the mountain test farms will undertake to demonstrate; the Possibilities of sheep raising. 5 Progress, in Horticulture Shown. - Progress in horticulture as demon strated by the very creditable high premiums carried oil by North Caro lina at the National Horticultural Congress at Council Bluff in the ton- test with all the other apple-grow ing States, was presented with special compliment for State Horticultura list W. M. Hutt. Treatiug soil survey work the re port mentioned the resignation of Mr. Drane to take an appointment in the United States assay ottice at Char lotte and the substitution of Mr. Brinkley to take up his work in co-operating with the national gov ernment the last work beine in Pitt. Gaston and Scotland counties, there being 22 counties and special sec tions already manned. ' .. . Treating animal industry, the com- uusioner recommenaea tne appro priation of $500 for the preDaration and distribution of hog cholera serum to chef the spread of this disease, especially in Eastern Carolina. He recommends legislation that will check' hydrophobia among cattle. declaring that sevral thousand head of cattle were lost the past year from this, disease. Cattle tick eradication was declared to be progressing well. ; Fine progress in dairy demonstrating.-., department, the department of entomology and in the department of agronomy wire reported, special at tention being asked to aetion to pre vent the introduction of" - the boll weevil into this State whiclr, he said is expected to rscab this State through natural progress in- 19il There was special mention of - the farmers institute work under T. B. Parker, held each year in every part of the State. . In conclusion the commission re ported that tho new oil division turn ed into the treasury Nov. 30 the sum of $10,500. COMMISSICNIiS-:-! L. SEP LI AN '3 ANNUAL BEP0ST. Raleigh, Special. The forthcoming animal report of Commissioner of Labor and Printing, M. Shipman will show decided improvement in the chapter of farms and farm labor, especially in application of better methods of farming, in the efficiency ot labor and an advance toward in tensiv farming. The report declares that a gratifying increase in breadth ot vision is noticeable among the farmers generally, says the report, mm r)cijr 10 me enective effort mrougn the state department nf aL ultar and thti apiuU. .wutuua i-. sued by the various divisions. In creased diversification of crops. Mar ket value of 87 counties. Decrease in fertilization is reported in four teen comities. The rcat majority of the counties. The great majority ward smaller farms. Ueports from 9.1 counties claim that negro labor i. unreliable. General increase in t 'it cost of living is reported. Report as to wages show highest average for men $24.11, an increas--over last year. The lowest average is $1-1.78 an advance of $1.39 over last year; Heports show financial con dition of working people good in 20 counties, fair in 42, poor 30; bad 3. Improvement is reported from 71 counties. As to cost of production 03 coun ties show cotton uroduccs at aver age cost if $33.30 per bale; wheat in 77 counties at 77 cents per bushel; corn in all comities ut 53 cents; oats 38 .cents; 51 counties tobacco aver age 47.71 per hundred pounds. In the general introductory to the report covering the whole sccpe of to work of the department Com missioner Shipmnn says the disinclin ation, esecially on the part of some manufacturers to furnish the required reports has largely disap peared, but there are still many that give trouble by neglecting to prompt ly fill out nnd return the blanks, 'lhe effort to give statistics of organi zed and unorganizjd labor failed this year but it is the purpose to have such a report for the next year. Commissioner Shipman or Assistant Commissioner George K. Justice have gone into every section of the state wherever necessary to make sure of getting the fullest and most accu rate reports lossible. In spite of great effort, the commissioner ays it has been impossible to secure ab solutely completo reports of micel lnneous factories. Iloever the re ports of cotton, woolen and Bilk mills are complete. Verdict For $7,500. Oxford, Special A remarkably interesting cose was argued in ccurt here, that of Sidney II. Usry ngainst Southern Railway. The jury render ed verdict of seven thousand five hun dred dollars in favor of tho plain tiff, who was sriously and permanent ly injured, by having his hip frac tured. The accident occurred in Sep tember, 1908, near Oxford, while the train was at a water-tank. Mr. Usry tyas suddenly thrown down by unex pected motion 6,f .the car.- - ; -; '"V: ; " f Great Britain is immersed ft the po litical campaign which has been in augurated ' by the .refusal , of f the House of Lords to consent to the budget. The country is divided in to , two grent camps, - composed of those who' support the Lords ' action nnd those who contend that the House of Common must have ab solute control of the finances of tho I iration. There are, of course, many other issues, such as tariff refcrm versus free trade, but these are be ing pushed into "the background by the conflict, hetweon the two houses. While the-various local organizations are busy selecting candidates and preparing for the contests in their respective districts, the leaders of the great, parties are carrying on a gen eral campaign. Tho radicals, who had long forseen the fate of their financo bill, are not allowing the grass to grow under their feet- ' : : - : . In London Saturday afternoon one of their organizations the National Democratic League, held a demon stration as a protest against the ae tion of the Lords which was one of thettnost notable ever held in (he metropolis. Fully ' 20,000 persons. mostly of the laboring and artisan classes, gathered in Trafalgar square nnd cheered - the radical ' speakers, who condemned in unmeasured terms the members of the upper chamber. Snow Ti3.Up Trains. ' - St. Paul, Minn.; Special. Cofd and snow are now delaying freight traffic ou the Northern Pacific and . some parts of the Great Northern railroads more than the strike of switchmen, according to statements issued by the general managers of those roads Sun day night. ... According to' General Manager Slade of the Northern .Pa cific, freight is more or less tied up all along the system on. account of tbe snow and especially in northern Min nesota and Norths Dakota. Pasenger trains are from one to four tours late in St. .Paul Sunday night. .. ' . The 20th annunal cofcrence of the o 1. T- .1 : 1 ri . . 1 1 ouuLiiri-11 iiiuviuiuuui vmiierence will ( m uci nt vuniiuiic, i,uiU anil 30th of this month. , 1 , '-.FAMOUS WAH BCVUlr T)2AT.'. Ml?s Rebeoca P. Balri, the last of the elder -represfntailves of oi'of Pennsylvania's o'elcst and wealthiest families; filed here tils raornln3, : af ter 'baring 'celebrated her eighty-second birthday last Thursday. ... v ; -Miss Ealrd's brother was E-nencer F. Batrd. the head of tlo SnW Ion ian Institutinn. TI13 eceas?d wai a rousln of United States Senator ijflts Penrose and of Judge Edward 7. B'd lie. Mies Chr'jtine ; Ellfils : end Mrs. - Alonruro Robinson, . . Ji., of Phlbdoiphta, wero r.tecos of Mlsi Balrd's, and her relat onshli in Warli tngtcn, Baltimore, FhiladeTph'S, aai New York is bolh extensive and proa. Inent socially. .' : Miss Biird's ' rather wts ga-riB'il Ralrd, of Reading, Pa. in tor crly years and during thj eivil wir M!sn Balrd was a fan-ons beiiitr, snd was Interested ' In the preparation of ! plles for the army fcordtats. Amon her warm friends In the 'ZO's were numbered such men as Fftshurh ljt nl Stonewall Jacks :n. rU'alelpLU !.- . .-'.."-,... TAR HEEL CHRONICLES News Notes Gathered From All Parts of the Old North State. Clams Toza-vay Site Will Carry I Case to Court. Asheville, Special. (Jcorgo Vas.'i iugton I'lsVer, a farmer of l'tdk 'county, it is learned here, claims that he is the rightful owner"" of the pro 1 pcrty that is now occupied by lhe i Toxawav Inn at Lake Texawsy. "While 1 was in the aoylutn al Mor 1 ganton for about one year," Fisher is ii:iited as saying, ''Tetania!; " 189ti, two of my brothers eoKI the land, of which 1 have ah interest, to the Lake. Toxaway people." In making nt the deeds, it is id!e;ed, for the n-is.vy the Fisher boys signed the ,.-..: r their insane brother n- hi. I Some 1 lim -'ii.'.n. ' it- iiejtl . .! ti out; it was icu'l-! lu.l tiie title of this lam' " .1 void i'cr ;, ;- that George Vas.i.l:i:-f:'i ' - ! had a guardian anponui- 1 V tlx ! courts. So it became neccsswrv t sign an entirly new deed with Geoige j Washington's' signature to the pajicrH. ! On this ground Fisher expects to win Ibis suit and regain the lands or a' I part thereof. Fisher was only temporarily in sane, staying at the asylum o:iu year. 1. He is now a farmer of PolU county, . 3 miles from Iry-m, where he owiw considerable lands. Fer flic past 'three months he has been working hard in getting up records and having a survey made of the whole tract in question. The lands were known as the William Barton and Frank Barton places, Johnnie BagwSl tract of land and a part of the Tom Can- . trell lands. An interesting part of the deed covering this, land and' sup- , posed to be signed by Gecrga Wash-. inaton Fisher and wife, Addie. itr that his wife also says that she know : nothing abont tbe paper which, bears, a clear handwriting of the signatures ofthe two parties. Fisher 13 a mart of no education and can barely fsrit his name so that people can-, read it ' Seven Prisoners Escape., Smithfield,'cpecial. Tuesday night there "was -a jail delivery here, seven prisoners making their esno ntul far none have" been '" '"- '"l '. Our '" - " .'' I' ... pan a i-iiiaiy ttii-ivflr, the escape. He is said to ( se cured a file by which the prisoners affected an -exit by sawing the bars ia a window of the jail. 1 It is also said that the prisoners;, were on top of the cells vhen the jailer locked the door3 tlfevcains; before. , J ' Lea H. Battls Not Guilty. Crscnsboro, Special. Tli -..jary in ' the ease of tho government against-. Lee II. Battle, cashier of tho City Na- -tional Bank, on trial in the federal'' court here for (he post two woe';&. r- ' turned a verdict-cf not guilty at 10 o'clock last Saturday. " . , District Attorney Holtcn aiiTtoune ed that he vould nol pos two oficr , cases against Battle and ho wa di- : charged. 'Judge Boyd, in thati!:iuj " the jhry, said it was evident that the community believed Mr. Battle lial committed no intentional wronsf. ' Chair Factory Organised. ' Mnrphy, Special. At a meeting: of the Murphy board of trade Monday nio-ht it was .decided . t.v nronnivn i chair factory, to be eapitalizpd . at . $15,000. C. R. Wood, -J.- M. Vanglin c and C. B,, Hill were appointed to solicit subscriptions. TL j stock 'was -taken up immediately. A nieeting of the stockholders Will' be called 4 ' once, when officers Will bc electe and the business will be 'pushed tight along, it is thought, tiie ompa-iy will rent power from the Mutphy P-r A Light Co -;; " ,;. j - v ' 39,480,326 Pounds Plcff; Winston-Salim. Snn-inl - I .-.! - bacco , manufactories have' shipped, -v the past eleven nths of5 tho prevent 5 year, S9,4S0rT2b pounds; "of plus to batp, an v increase of V4,446,70 pounds over the same period ef last year. -,'The manufacturers hao paid ont to the United States government i for revenue stamps, the'tmm of $2, .'168,819.0:1 this year, - b.-i Incresse- ia favor of tho present year cf Sl'M, b02.47. , Idncclatcn Blill Bt-ras. - IJncplnton, Special. The- rntirw ; plant of the Michul Chcen iJanufse- ' tnring Company, manuracturera of sash, dcor3, blinds, etc., here was de- stroyed by fire at an early hour Fri day orning. The machinery, build-;' -ings and raw moter'nil are it tolai loss. ' Insurance, f,cr $7,300 wo3 rur- ; ried but the loss will reach higher figures than this. Mr vu, v ..,- - f this place was the principal owner "i ... vuo vuu,ii.,y. . xne lira nad pmo a good headway when discovered. ' v abov.t 3 o'clock in tha jnornina-. : Plaaa to Clrci Bc:i Wen. Raleigh, Special. TLo Ncr'.U (ar olina tcard of agricu'lura hu? .-; il a regulation bavin Icr ill J urpr ;(. the keeping of the-lo!l veeil o'it of the State. The r-iguiallcn ft r'.-i I ; the imjicrtation cf cot r : - !. ton s"cd hi!!, lr s" - ; -e a 11 ' ,'l f Kegraoli..