North Carolina Newspapers

--' ' A t i .Z. .... " 3 r U liiLii u Oii'-iJ:..v )iJ . ' LEADING NEWSPAPER AND BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM IN MADISON COUNTY. " ' - - y- - i - : ( , " '; . . . - t ' " 'r " - -" :: V V-.'-: w" 1 1 ' ; . , .,'. . . . ...... ., . , t .. . t . ...... ; : 1 ; ' p ' i - VOL. My ; MARSHALL, MADISON CbUNTY, N. CM THURSDAY, DECEMBER fg 1909. : NO. 32; I a; r U was Christmas Eve. The snow, v hlch had been falling all day now turned td rain." The dreary drizzle lent i, thill to the air. r y , Mru.l MaiUorjr stood at her drawing room window, held back the dark vel vet curtains and looked out on the Bllent avenuev There were few jfedea ytrlans in sight. '-.' Nowand then a car- rlage came under the electric, light, and the watcher ' at the window caught glimpses of the dainty rai ment of the occupants as they whirled ; Kayly past on their way . to some ' Christmas festivity. ". ; ;y y ' . "Christmas festivity!" she repeated aloud, and her voice , was low and tense and expressed her pent np scorn - and weariness of the whole Christmas Benson. ...-'-';': '-y- -y,She stood thus for a few moments, staring out ln,to the night. The , dansusk portiere was pushed, aside wHh a quick, light motion, and a slim, -neatly attired maid appeared in the doorway. Jler eyes fairly danced . with delight, -and though she spoke with a demure dignity it was ovldent ... (hat something highly pleasing to her fancy was afoot., y v ; "Does It iilease you that 1 come In ... now, ; madam?'.' she asked, with a 5 Quaint little accent that would at once . mark her Farloienne had her trim appearance' not already done so." Mrs. .? Malllory turned slowly from the wln : Uow,V'r.;';-;sj.;y'.-'-;' "Yes, Janette, you may bring In my. Christmas gifts.!' . There was a . trace of irony in the last two words, "but her manner was entirely haughty and indifferent. She crossed the room and sat in a large armchair of rare ' Italian hand-carved wood. ,;,The pale violet lamp screen on the table beside . her shed a soft light, and. the rose light from the great open- fire caught h gleam now and then from the jewels on her fingers. - It was a . curious .. "light,?, the combination of the rcse. and violet, but It was almost wierdly - lovtly. yMrs. - Malllory was a beaatl v fnl woman a, stern, classic beauty. The folds o'. her black velvet gown fell about her in simple stately grace; - her ba.re heck and shoulders gleamed white against the .dark cbair. -, Her ha:r wr.s sray about the temples, and her flcop dark eyes were at times in- -..o.tiresBiiily sad. flho waj lonely, but istnias Kv'o."JMie utm' refused tiun 'of invitations, "and was keeping her Christmas Eve as was her custom, ; having her gifts Brought to her there In the dlmly-Ilgbted drawIng-roOm. '" - HcrN husband. ; was keeping - his 1 Christmas Eve, as was his custom, in - the great dense forest. Mr. Malllory ras wlat; thoe. world calls an upright man hopored oa the street, of a flint-like.'': Integrity In his business. Hls word wag asj good as a bond. ;He surronnded his wife with every pos- slble luxury, excepting the one 'price less luxury for which a woman would sacrifice: ell others friendship and comradeship. . These fie reserved for ; a few old friends, men who had been . through - financial br.tiles' with him, who had shored his college frolics and "studies. y.: ? . j':.:. . , That aiieriiocr, he had hurried In, gathered. lip bis. hunting traps and . ctartcd off. Tie had given his wife a - check a prlrieely aura ad said: .y l ."Just buy youreelf a little trinket, Victoria, hiy dear, and have a nice ' time at the Van Arden's tonight." : "If he bad only bought me a little romethlng himself." she thought, sad ly. "If It wer only a few flowers!'! Janette came In, followed by a foot- man in .gorgeous livery, carrying a large number of 'little packages of all shapes and sites. He came sev eral times and arranged.: the pack ages as Janette directed. . -The maid was all little flutterlngs and happi- nessjind flitted from this box to that '. In a perfect whirlwind of Joy..- This was a rare treat, opening Madame's Christmas gifts. ' - . . r"Oh, they are so many!'" shs cried. ''I do not know which one tQ open first." v:'.vi.v-;v -f .-..y Gift aftr gift. was held out to Mrs. Malllory, but she' looked at each ln dlfTtremly anl sometimes Impatient. y, They were ell given from sense pf duty, the knew that,. Climbers on tha mold -ls,!dsr" wlshad to "be her friends, that they" might throuth her Influence opea the co-,ii doors cf society. ThOiS In her own set llfcnd her as well as women who live for fashion and society are capable of lilting one another. Cfcarlty organi sations courted her favor, for she vs tlwavs ready to respond to tln 'r ca Vultke many of the women c f ! r -quainiance, she went pt-. . t the poorer quarters, ami cr: ! v a wretched pover'y tiers., .... - s ) V."1' - The maid placed the trinkets on the table for her mistress' inspection of her jewels that shpuld have the power to give joy to any woman, but Mrs. Malllory looked at them Indifferently, and toyed with them with her slender white fingers, y5 ; . ... Bhe Irowned with displeasure as the maid laid before her a wrap of costly fur.-': ; - -y :. ,"My nephew should jiot have sent me this' she said sharply. "He can not afford It, . It was only because I gave them their wedding sliver.". ' ; The maid did not hear this,' for she was lost in raptures over a firmly matinee of real lace and hand-painted chiffon, y - : - . ; "Oh, the exquisite 'mouw.' ' she cried, with more enthusiasm than knowledge of correct English. . Mrs. Malllory smiled little at the maid's quaint happiness In the gifts. She was rather fond of Janette and was often amused at the girl's extrav agant expressions. Janette was a happy, care-freesoul and always ready to cater to I.er every mood. She ran'to her mistress with a veri table little squeal of pleasure as she untied' one box. It was a fine gold necklace with a butterfly pendant, frail, jewelled, delicate as a breeze. Mrs.' Malllory read the card and her face turned pale. ' "Cat!" Bhe whispered. - The gift was from a woman whom Mrs.- Malllory thoroughly disliked, and she had not tried to aide her feel ings, -y The woman, through ambi tions of her own, bad persistently clung to Mm. Malllory, and had usad. ber name as the entreo into, many fashionable gatherings. As she looked at the jewel, - Mrs. Malllory could have crushed its delicate beau ty in her hand. . ... .".,'-.. MADONNA IN CONTEMPLATION. - r , - The stately footman came Into the room, the picture cf shocked dignity, Janette was about to take the brown paper parcel which the Irate man held out stiffly before him, then started back with a little scream. ; 'The lmpertlneqce!" she cried. "Vhat -does : this meant" asked Mrs. JIalllory, hsughtily,' ''A yery'ragged little girl left this awful package, madam, She n?latecj cp being given to yon," 'Bring It to ," - ' The footman gar th erumpled bundl to his mistress. MUsei Milry," wa written In a round) childish jcrawl. A itranga fseltag came over tha woman, - -- "You may go," the said to Janetto and the man, and the maid withdrew reroctantly. v,.-:,. !yy When th hard knots of the string were finally, taken off, Mrs. Malllory exclaimed In surprise. A little note. Written In the same childish band, was pinned to the curious -pink cam bric square. - The note ran: . "Dear Misses' Malrys y Tou- don't know me but you cm to bur house a wile ago and brot things when Jonnls the baby had mesles. Tou wuc good to us, and we like you. .We wish you a mery Chrlsmus. The thing I made you la for your hankerchuf. v "MAMIE O'DONNELL." 1 "What does- the child mean?" thought Mrs, Malllory in great ur prise-. -'' 1 . ' . -- - . The she remembered. The O'Don nelli were on her onarlty list, Bhe looked tt the gift, It was a p!nk cam brio square, tha four corners turned back and tied with a ribbon. The stitches were large and uneven, the cambrle was soiled and the ribbon eld. Ehe looked closely at the ribbon. It had been used, evidently as a hair rl' ton. . Suddenly a thought came to f e woman sha remembered the day when f'.e hsd brought c.ise ' t' 1 1 l:- ",? Johnnie. The i s i' v ,- ;t wot k, ancl the : 'it 1 , i. i c . . i t ; the baby brother.. The child had showed this pink ribbon proudly to the visitor; her "Sunday ribbon," she told her, - . - . v - ' - The great lady fingered the soiled, gaudy piece of pink cambric and rib bon -gently, almost reverently, and there were tears In her voice as Bhei said softly: - -yy.; . .-. - ? "Her one treasure, her bit of a rib-, bon she gave It to me she gave it to mo because It Is Christmas." With a sob that was half Joy, half sorrow," she laid her bead over on the queer, shabby little offering and wept away all the grief and lonely heart ache, for in the gift of a little child she had foand ber real Cbrlsraas. Boston Globe. - . A TOY TRAGEDY: A bivfFv-'doll tK he ' H?r hair Qai like ihi rakn'i vJin- Willj fepdril; bropc to cuH tt)i clijj TJwpur bcrindsPadMi) v . Ar)8 coldV fyt tyr there IWeo-or). ir y?d; j!;ockij) v , . - A riner and it hear. ; jDJ ioury.jhe )pet) a dreadul rjir mom her hair &l vAifc gjm V)d wyytyo ' , " i the night before Lorutmiu, when all -through the house ; Not a creature wus utimng not even s mouse: - - . The stocking were hung by the chimney with care, - - . .: . in hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be - crtRisrrvAs rmi . . Olivfc) - ; Celry -. .. . RoTur , Cranberry Jelly Z. " nhed R)lat , JJoked TWaroni and Checjc ., t5f"WcL ftpperj With RicS . ; . lomoro and Letruce jaiaa Chriitmoj toiVV -FTOif "Puddinfc, 2 r,' -iJ, CJiicKcn Droth with Rice. rBtV(ld lX&y Drcad-onci-Durrcp, 5irrfwi.a or PrcadnrKl-Urarice v iC. Jelly Sanduh'bcr) '"yii ' r !-;C ' . "yj .r; 5k.anje to )leflje -yinje rlic; From jar ocrosj tyt jea Her lock) dcre dark at)d curjyj Ipinnec A iChnstmasi YKiTide J BRIflpllElil News Storm Center of The Day.;: VARYING ESTIMATES SITUTION Kews That Zelaya Would Avoid an Engagement at Eama and, Makint Detour, Would Strike Bluefields, Washington, Speeiai. Disquiting news received from - Nicaragua at tbe State Department from official and unofficial sourees to the effect that there is danger "of an attatk bj President Zelaya's forces beiiij? made on Bluefields, where ' there are 150 Americans, . resulted in orders bein! sent by wirless , to ,! the rotected eruiser Tacoma" with ten Runs on board and a full complement of blue jackets, to proceed 'under full steam to Bluefields, there , to join the Ues Moines and await further urders. The Prarie, now t l'hiladelnlna, has been ordered to ta!;e on board seven hundred marines under the command ; of Colonel Middle and steam as soon as- possible to Colon. The importance ana- sifiiiheanee of these orders are minimized at the State Department, -where it is said the Tacoma : has .hern instructed to look out for American interests at Bluefields. .y;y A dispatch Of j" Saturday says: This city of Bluefields, the headquar tecrs of the provisional povernnieiit, has been thrown intlalarm by a sud den realization ofhj strength of the government armyprfiinst which Gen eral Estrada, the leafier of tljp insur gents, had been suppped to have bees makinsr irresistible!: Wad way. Estra da apparently bas en hoodwinked would be sur- by Zelaya and no prised if (he latt troops should 1y at aiiy hour. jppear fore the .he "vSzsi or timely aid TW4 Kl'lea. I A staff corrcsuoh'lent of The As- I socated Press whirtfrecently arrived here has canva8nedY"ft situation ana finds it less hopefrr for the insur- l- ti L..Tt.i: J '-v helieved. rV gems man na m I A verv reii patch however ii- of Panamans says,. it ik i if i that Presidei, Zt- Vtof Nicaragua is ridnisf foJ a lay that he is de- liberately. working 4 bring about in tervention ' bvM'' 1 nd. States hav- ing chosen liiimlHnl'.mn - Vi suirorm u jvaiflsi-f prTrevrMThOuange wa emf reiud posSime by I lutinnists. j.t. "j '" For the' past sixtiere years, during which time. Zelaya bins been in power, according to -the statements of men now on the istlmuw who are conver sant with affairs in that republic, j Nincaragua has been ruled by a group . of eight daring, clever and conseence ; less men, who have looked upon the vjceuntryvas their own personal prop- :. crty. f ysn. ; . : This group has 'grown -enormouf'y rich , by a systematized pillage or the I revenues of the Mates and of indivi- l duals. - It is estimated that Zelaya is ' worth about $20,000,000 gold," most of which he hasri invested , in' Brussels 'and London, Vs'rY- .:- It is said that when these ; men wanted a piece of property they of. fered about one teuth. of its value , and forced them to jtake their offer j by threats of charge of treason be fore packed courts and juries and had them shot as traitors. -A Dreak was made when Zelaya refused to be fair in the distribution of the epoili, Citizenship For Porto Eloani. Washington. Soeclal.-Citken. ship, without serious inconvenience to the individual, should be extended to those who desire it in Porto Rico, according to General Clarence R. Ed' wards, chief of the bureau of insular affairs, in his annual report Sunday to the Secretary of , -.War. - As .to whether this is to be done as a whole or by individual merit lg a matter of detail, -;::;yy-y:y frtat For thr YnJetidai y Washinsrton, S pedal jr-Doeg " the Yuletide with ita demand for Christ mas trees prove a . menace to the American foreitif ' Tbia question Is asked of the United Stgtei forestry service. The subject hi received tb serious consideration of the forestrj bureau and the reply has been sent out that there need be no danger of destructioaif the (Cutting : of- young evergreens for Christmas- trees ii done with discrimination. . A ' : Mn. Beids Canst Advocated. - Washington, SpeeiaL The Bilt more postoffice affair has evidenly reached the White House -and made some sort of an impression on ; the President. ' , The : appointment K of Luther, Representative Grant's man, should have been sent to the Senate Monday, but it did not appear. Evi dently somebody at Ashe ville' is put ting up a bitter ngnt lor jars. Kent, the woman who held the job. Sena tor Overman will hold up the confir mation should the name go in, until the real state of affairs can be ascer tained, . -: ' Ehonld ITot Harry Com. Wsnhiriffton. . fiDeeiuI.--A rrronr!a tion lrgiriation will be timlenaken by Congre-s beforo the 1.,ani!i.ent for the holidays. There L i L .t a gen- eral lupposltion that ail n.. - ".vts of any cUrcatcr would te r '""tied until after t'le Irst f J.. ..-ry. Cliul. : i T ney o1' C o fonr: ;;ye : ons ;' ! - i ; tills larir.". ; ..t su r; j ro mil) "tyT" 'red and ailjounv- TAR HEEL CHRONICLES News Notes Gathered From Ail Parts of the Old North State. Alleged to Have Two Wives. Kinston, Special. PhiUip IL How ard was arrested Thursday night by Sheriff Numf and placed in jail to await the coming of an officer from Cheraw, S. C, where he is wanted to answer to the charge of bigamy. The woman with whom Howard is alleged to have contracted the bigamous mar riage is Miss Bessie Cullom, who with her father and mother lived in this city np until about a month ago when they moved to South Carolina. Howard followed them there and married the girl and a few days ago left, returning to his old home in this city. Officers notified the sheriff of his crime and had him arrested. How ard some years ago sreved a term oii the county roads for fornication and adultry. He has a wife and a num ber of children living in Jhis county but with whom he has not lived for five or six years. Wife of Chief Justice Clark Dead. Raleigh, Special. Mrs. Clark, wife of Chief Justice Walter Clark of the North Carolina Supreme Court, died at noon Friday. She had been criti cally ill with pneumonia for several days, but there was such improvement during the past 24 hours that two of her brothers, Maj. John W. Graham of Hillsboro and Dr. George W. Gra ham of Charlotte, had left for their homes, assured that she had good prospect for recovery, However, a sinking spell, such as she had ex perienced several times in the past few days, came on and there was not left sufficient vitality, for her to rally from its effects. Mrs. Clark was 58 years old. She was the daughter of Hon. W. A. Gralinm, one of the most distinguished men in the early his tory of the State. She is survived by her : distinguished husband, . seven children. yy , y Methodist Appointments. Charlotte,- Special.---Somewhat of a shakenp in Methodist circles was cre ated here , Wednesday, when, after communicating with Bishop James Atkins, Rev. H. K. Boyer, presiding elder of the Charlotte .district, :? an nounced that Rev; E. .L.""Bftin, pastor of the Trinity Methodist church here, would be sent to-tu esville to be- the recent death of -Rev. John N. Huatrins, . presidinffi elder f of , the Statesville district, Sunday night, The; new pastor .for Trinity church here will be Rev.' A.' W. Plyler, for mer presiding elder of the .Asheville i . . . . i . i i . . .1 district, and . who last year devoted his time to 'study at Chicago Univcr- Southern Railway Shops Install Big Air Compressing Plant. ; Spencer, Speeiai. What is believ ed to be one of the largest plants for compressing air to be found in the South has just been completed for the Southern Railway Company in its big shops at Spencer. The ca pacity of the plant, which is complete in all respects, is 2,500 cubic feet per minute, which is more than double the size of the plant heretofore in opera tion in Spencer. The air will be used for drilling and other purposes in the shops here, Tobacco Fair Abandoned. Durham, Special. The tobaeco men, board of trade and merchants' association have abandoned the coun ty tobacco fair for the present ea son. There wasn't a lack of enthu siasm, but a growing belief that the finest weed to be sold here, has been brought, or a part of the best, it was deemed unfair to those who raised an occasional barn of brag tobacco and sold it for $35 a hundred, should Ipse the right to compete, . .. Fire &oss About $5,000. -' Lesingtpn, Speeiai. A mpre care ful survey of the damage wrought Sunday night by the fire which de troved the J. P. Hedrick livery itablfi ibowi that Mr. Hedrick ii out about $5,000. - He carried (2,000 in surance. A very large quantity of feed, including over 100 bushels of corn, was burned. Not a thing was saved from the flames but the office of life and limb, desk. - Fell rrom Power Pole. , v Charlotte, Special. J. : Laurin Jones, whose home is said to be in Durham, is at the Presbyterian Hos pital, as the result of a fall from, a pole of the Southern Power Company near Pineville, eleven miles south of Charlotte. The young man's hold was loosened by 'an - almost fatal shock received in the right arm while he was ' high in 1 mid air. It is believed the fall saved his life,' for the strength of the current was such that more than momentary eon taeh would certainly ' have meant death. Jones' arm was broken by too fall. Km& County nut Bnmd, v. ?rir.i Hope, 8pdl.-Tb, plant of the Xasfc County Manufacturing Company, which wai burned to the ground at an early hour Saturday morning, ill be rebuilt at once. The stockholders-have ntl had a meeting as vet, but vour correspondent has been mtormed by the prim. j at stock - holder that the plant will be rebuilt. The value ofhe plant was about $3, - 000, with only $J,o00 insurance. J UNCLE SAM SHOULD JGT! Corporations Should-foe Forced to Report SECRETARY NAGAL'S REPORT. A Federal System of Statutory Pub licity, thrSecretary Believes, is the Prim Need - I Washington, Special. legislation to create a department of the govern ment which would do for the whole country what the bureau of corpora tions has been doing in specific in stances, and compel complete pub licity in the management of inter state corporations, is one of the leading ret ommendat ions contained j in the annual report of the Secretary of Commerce and Labor made public Sunday. Newer and tighter laws to stamp out the white slave trade, which the secretary says is an or ganized and extensive business, is the other. The secretary recommends the fur ther development of the bureau of corporations. At the end of this fis cal year, the department still has on hand investigations of the lum ber and steel industries, the Inter national Harvester Company, concen tration of waterpower ownership, transportation by water in the United States. It was still continuing its investigations of the tobaeco indus try, the operation of cotton exchanges and State systems of corporate tax ation. On the subject of government con trol of the fiscal and industrial forces, Secretary Nagel says some terse things and makes some import ant recommendations. The prime need of two thinss is emphasized. First, re liable information upon which the government may take legislative and administrative action and second, re liable information in a concise and available form to serve for the basis of public opinion. The first step to be taken he says is an advance to ward a complete system for obtaining, and making public this information. The bureau of corporations has de monstrated the value of this beyond doubt, in' the limited way which its force and money available would al- V---,. ay- ,1., NINE FROZEN TO DEATH. Fish Boat Commodore Perry Picks .Up Tawl Containing Nine : Dead v and Frozen Bodies of the Crew of the Bessemer and Marquette Ferry No. 2, Which Left Port Tuesday .Horning. Erie, Pa., Special. With her flag at half-mast the State fisheries boat Commodore commanding, brought to this port late Sunday the dead and frozen bodies of nine of the crew of the Bessemer and Marquette ferry No. 2, which left Coneaut, O., Tuesday morning, carying 32 men and which probably foundered in the middle of Lake Erie, Foi the past 48 hours the Commo dore Perry has been scouring the wa ters of eastern Luke Erie for the traces of the car ferry but until a tiny ten-man yawl was slighted 15 miles off' this port at 11 o'clock Sun-. day had almost given up hope of be ing able to ever tell a portion of the story of the fate of the big car ferry, As the Perry came abreast of the drifting and half water-logged yawl the men gathered at the side of the fish boat saw that they had arived too late. ' The nine occupants of the boat, which was marked. "Besscmer. and Marquette No. 4," were frozen stiff in death. Taking the yawl in tow the Perry made all steam for this port, Sets His dBter pn Fir. Luray, Special. Miss. LJllie Opcher pup, 17?yeartold daughter of Mp. 'aniel Qpcaenour. of this county. ww horribly burned all pver ber body Tuesday morning The Gochenour family aro early and the young glvl was assisting her mother in the preparation of the morning meal. A little brother play fully remarked! "I'll bum you up," and. suiting the action to the word, applied a lighted match to the lower part of her .clothes , Ellis Pleads Guilty. Little Rock. Ark.; Special. W. Y. Ellis of Pine Bluff, Ark., whtse trial on a charge of murder in eonnection with the killing of N. P. Willia of In dianapolis, Ind resulted in a mis trial, late Saturday afternoon enter ed a plea of guilty of voluntary man slaughter, appealing to the mercy of the court for a minimum prison term. The ease was reopened before Judge Lea in circuit court at the instance of the attorneys for Ellis y:yy - Buts Father-in-Law For $50,000. Charlotte, N, C 8pecial.n-Sum. monies have been issued by Mr. E. T, Btcnerson against bis father-in-law, a weathey eitlsea of Baltimore, Md., and it is understood that in the civil suit which will follow in t' e remits of Mecklenburg the plaits' "1 $ k damges in the sum of ; , ; ing the alienation of Ls fections, she being a d-.w. V. 1 deiendant, Air. fct-ner. led Mr. T. C. GuiUri. ' Ciiiif d to have his t ; ..ted to t a c ICE TRUST FQUNQ . GUILT USD FINED JurJg3 Wheeler. Ecrjets $5000 ,i; T::e Limit SMALL DEALERS D.IIVEIJ CUT A flcr Mns Vi crl.s iht) ury I'.cntlicd a Vmlii't In One f.our anil l-'urly Minutes I'lwt U'r.vidioii Under Ten Vcr.rs Old. Ncv; York City. Tjo American lea Comrnnj- the Ice Trust was found Kuilty in tlio Criminal Evanc'-i of thd Buinc:iie Court of violating U:o ar.ti-mcuoi-.nly lr.7 cl this State. It vr.a. Hi? flrrt c::iYiclic: under fa pro-.i j:ni oE th2 Connelly r.c:-, .'jle"i v.?.i 1-asr-d 1.1 18S3 r.nd took cUcl la 1S99 ten : ::- r.g3. And It vr:, by a rolncl'.U':!":, t'.'.a laird tho U'.c".;y third altcLijt to p::r:s!i' til 5. Ameri can Ir- Ccmpaay r.nt'cr t : : . Twice before tho cliavses v:vv ; I'll 1 cforj the Cr.T.'.l .in.:', once vn.!-.-Jerome, trit r: iadiclmc.i'.i '-' found and an ciH"'i'l v.-as -xv. :. Tho Aui'.iicEii I '.- Co:.ii';i'y .-. c-.. -vie! ion was on two ot I'jj farcy coj.i.i cf t lie indlotn'.'riil : j."h-st "f": r t'.oin en act purniant t-j and in end toward nnd for tin- tr.: suniinaiicri "f a" i'r.'r.'r,ement w'.i r. -by c.inv.ir'.iLisn" in tl;a jiroducirn-l ep.Ic' of i.-a "was cr raiK-u U::..: i.c:.i rcsnvli'cd or i reveiit'.'.'." Third "An stten Ft to create ft monopoly, mid of del..;-; .".els tor t!io consummation llicrcof." Tlio seond count i:i tlic i::.ilclii.o.it, v.Iiic'.i wps Cirown out by Jis.ko Wheelor i:i Ills c'aarso to ibo )r; , clir.r.?cd the lee ro'i-. any wii'i niani ' r cr nttamiitins lo make the r.lle.-.l r legal "arranneinfnl" r.t. tho time cf . its incorpuratlor. That ;st n l.u period outlawed by tho siatnte cf l,n . itat-onr. wbicli niilcUlcd er uhirt t'.ono ly tho tnitt )irior to two yean ot the time cf lis ir.uiciv.ic::t. It look the jury an hour rnd forty minutes to return the verdict. . The court imposed' the innximur.i renallv.i $.-,000 fins. There could be no sentence of imprisonment, be cause the compr-uy was indicted as a -carporjition. - - ' - In addrssslng tho Jury, Prosccttias Attorney Osborns said: "They drove out every solltiry dealer they could with, the exception . ' of a blind'mar. One of their mm ogers, Winscb; said he would put qut.. ot business the )Rmo and the hr.lt, and that Uo would bo 'Waid'-f?;L would iiut-out a blind niniir--1 a toree,. n,ut oycacowK n wen. 'iapHC "This prosacution is tho f.ift.l.TJ pioneer prosscation ' brought inida1 . this anti-monopoly law, though, it has been on the statute book since lS9i'. Every day elaco then has been sonic one' els3's day except the people's. I have myself seen these thingi gam;: o:i from year to year and have Ioiir? 1 . for the day that it could bo put be fore a jnry. Your verdict in this casa is going to make history..-, It will l;a another declaratlou of independence, and will teach the lsssou oi bono in men who would bo independent in business if they could.1' Justice Wheeler said alter .the ver dict that it would be impossible t.i . predict accurately : the result that : would follow the Imposition of the flne.':";'; "'''' .''."'.'F."- ,.'.:";..;'. "I regret that I could not make the penalty more," he said, "but othsr things may be looked for. I l:;lleva . that the conviction will have a hsalih- ., ful effect and servo as a warning ti similar offenders, I nndersinui th?.V . there is a civil suit now pending lie. fore the Appellate Division, in which o Is involved the license of tha Amer ican to do business in this State, and this verdict may Justify the Etecu. tire in revoking that license without more ado. Mr. Stanchfleld hlmsolt told the Jury that a conviction would -mean the death of the company and . an irreparable injury to Its -many stockholders." SCHOOL 1MX OX DlRir FACKS. Cleanliness Added to Curriculum in r.nciac l'ublic fcicnoolS. Baelnc, Wis. Children who aN -, lend the Kaclne public schools will have to appear with their faces clean, ' This was ihe order Issued to teticliers )u all the sohools, after n meeting of the Board Pf Education, at vhtci teachers in some cf the forelgt) riist trloti oomplslned cf the nppetii'Auce . ot some children in ths elapses. . The bosrd decided to criier 1003 towels end hair n ton of esnp, to h distributed about the vtrlous schcoU, : When any child appears In school with a toiled physiognomy ha wili be sent to the basement to scrub his countenance. Failure to clean the face will bring punishment.' . 8,S78,277 BALES CIXXKI). Census r.niean Gives Amount From the Growth of J300 to December 1. ' Washington, Di JC. There vere 8,878,377 running bales of cotton ginned from the growth of 1909 to December. I, a3 compared with 11, 00S.661 for 1908, ticcovdlng to a bul letin of the Ceusus Bureau. These figures count round as half bales and exclude linters. They stand against 8.343.3S6 "for 1307 ail 10, 027.S6S for 1906. Tha proportion of the last th3e croj-s ginned to Dc. cemher Is 84.1 per rent, for ISO.'5, 75.5 per cent, for 1907 and TU per cant, tor 1900, Money to let! i iu'!(y, In eaticus t Wcsiila-. ' a, V. C ths Pemoeratw fcw-rs eiccicl t.v nr H. V Mm , f . as ;...- lty lesdei' ( t Li t , lo i Eei'Sl' t ', f . c, ' i '- i'ltlf.l.