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TRADES COUNCIL
Meets first and third Friday nights
in each month at Labor Hall. Ia
b. Horn, president; ID. n. Fergu.
son, secretary. ,..i, 80 o..
THE ARDMoRE TYPOGRAPHICAL
UNION, No. 649-Meets first sun
day in each month at 3 p. m, at
Union Hall. ]. w. Golledge, Pres.
ident; ID. d. Gaines, Secretary.
LOCAL UNION NO. 247 OF THE IN.
TERNATIONAL. BROTHERHOOD
OF .BLACKSMGTHS AND HELP.
ERS meets every Thursday night.
A. b. White, President; c. L. Craig,
Secretary.
BARRIERS JOURNEYMEN INTER
NATIONAL UNlON-Meets first
and third Monday nights in each
month. o. H. Vaughan, president; {;
Elmer Wright, secretary.
s----
CARPENTERS C AND JoINERs' or
AMERICA. No. 1O2S-Meets every
Thursday night, 1880. at Union
Hall. W. II. Kenner president; d. n.
Ferguson, secretary.
INTERNATIONAL MOTHERHOOD
OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS
Meets second and fourth Friday
lights of each month. Il. NJ Parker
president; A. a. Holcomb, secre-
tlry.
IBT.CKLAYERS', MASONS' AM
PLASTERERS INTERNATIONAL
Union. No. 9-Meets every Satur
cay night. j. II. Dixon, president
4. b. Brown, secretary.
R.-rAiL CLERKS l. p. UNION, No
635-Meets second and fourth Mon
day nights in each month, Louis
s. Sheikowits, president; l.. b
lIorn, secretary.
PAINTERS, DECORATORS AM
pAPERHANGERS' UNION No. 22S
Meets every Wednesday might
u each month at Union Hall Guy
'~enshaw, president; j. A. Spears
secretary.
TT MISTER UNION. No. 5S3-J. B
/ j Almond. president G. W. Young
secretary.
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NOTICE IN BANKRUPTCY.


In the District Court of the United
states for the Southern District. at
ATdmore.
In the matter of John c. Mulkey
bankrupt. in bankruptcy.
To the creditors Of John c. Mulkey.
I'm the Southern District in the In
dian Territory. at Ardmore, bank
rupt Notice is hNeby given that
on the 2nd day of March, 1907, the
said John c. Mulkey was duly ad'
Judged bankrupt. and that the first
meeting Of his creditors will be held
at my Office at the court house In the
city Of Ardmore. on the 18th day o'
March. 1907. at 10 o'clock in the
forenoon. at which time the said cred
itors may attend. prove their claims
appoint trustee. examine the bank
rupt and transact such other busi
ness as may come before said meet
ing.
JOHN HINKLE.
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ARDMORE TRADES COUNCIL
Meets first and third Friday nights
in each month at Labor Hall. L.
b. Horn. president; ID. N. Fergu.
son, secretary. ....I, ~f- ( O..
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LOCAL UNION NO. 2i7 OF THE IN.
TERNATIONAL. BROTHERHOOD
OF .BLACKSMtTHS . AND HELP
ERS meets every Thursday night.
A. b. White, President; C. L. Craig,
Secretary.
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FOR CASH ONLY!

rs who are indebted to me will
please call and settle or the collec.
tor will call to see you.
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RE TYPOGRAPHICAL

THE ARDMORE TYPOGRAPHICAL
UNION, No. 649.-Meets first Sun
day in each month at p. m, at
Union Hall. ]. w. Golledge, Pres
ident; ID. d. Gaines, Secretary.
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BARRIERS JoURNEYMEN INTER
NATIONAL UNlON-Meets first
and third Monday nights in each
month. o. II. Vaughan, president;
Elmer Wright, secretary.
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IOHN HINKLE.

ArdmOTe, 1. -
Referee in Bankruptcy.
First published March 6, 1907.
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CARPENTERS AND JoINERs' or
AMERICA. No. 102S-Meets every
Thursday night. 1880. at Union
Hall. W. II. Kenner president; d. n.
Ferguson, secretary.
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INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD
OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS
Meets second and fourth Friday
lights of each month. Il. NJ Parker
president; A. a. Holcomb, secre
tlry.
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t. MISTER UNION, No. 5S3-.J. Il
'Armond. president G. w Young
secretary.
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PAINTERS, DECORATORS AM
pAPERHANGERS' UNION No. 22s
Meets every Wednesday might
q each month at Union Hall. Guy
'"enshaw, president, J. A. Spears
secretary.
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RLTAIL CLERKS I. p. UNION, No
6}5-Meets second and fourth Mon
day nights in each month. Louis
$. Sheikowts, president; l.. b
llorn, secretary.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-05-28
DWELLING IN TENTS.
Population OF Canto Growing Faster
Than Houses Can BE Provided.

\ letter from Canton, n. c., to the
Asheville Gazette-NeWs says:
Canton is certainly coming, com
mercially and industrially. In fact.
so much so, that it is a fact that
people are actually living in tents.
and there is one business firm con-
Quoting its business under a tent on
the main thOroughfare of this thriving
teeming little town situated on the
Murphy branch of the Southern rail-
way, eighteen miles from Asheville.
At the recent town election when J.
n. NeaSe was elected mayor and j..
II. Mease. w. H.. Spray and r. f.
iuprs, aldermen, the citizenship of
Canton voted without a single adverse
vote for the issuance of five per cent.
thirty year bonds to the amount of
$4,000. These bonds are to be
utilized for the building of a first class
schoo! house, paving Of streets, cleo
trlc lighting of the town. water works
and sewerage system.
There ere scores of bousas in
course of construction. and still he
ein2nd for residences and store
houses is in excess of the supply. ".
f. +. MCGEE has just had built an ey-
Cel!ent tWo-StOry brick businc IS bousa.
25X1OO feet. in which. when completed
he VIII operate a general mercantile
business. Near by their establish
ment, Lee & Brown are preparing to
erect ar elegant brick business block.
6OX9O feet. which will be used con-
Jointly by them and a new bank. said
to be a branch of the Bank of Way
nesville. 1t is stated that its capital
stock will probably be $4,000.
c. F. saathers, Canton's clever post
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-05-28
HARSH IN DEALING
Conduct of the Browns
Vile Police.
A Former Army Officer Believes the
Shooting Was in Consequence of
Negro Soldiers Rcsenting
Treatment Received.
(By the Associated Press.)


Washington, D. c., May 25.-Capt.
the Citizens committee which began
an investigation of the Brownsville
ARRAY on the day following the shoot
ing, was a witness today before the
Senate committee on Military Affairs.
He is a banker and a former army
Deer. He discussed the relations be-
tween soldiers and the Mexican po-
lice in Brownsville prior to the af-
fray and expressed the opinion that
the police had been unnecessarily
harsh In dealing with negro soldiers
and that h latter had resented the
i'll treatment. The discipline of the
negro soldiers was described by Capt.
Kelley as being very lax and the at
titude of the men towards their Of
Ulcers was said to be almost disres-
pectful. He told of the Investigation
conducted by the Citizens commit
tee and of trouble the citizens had
with Captain Mcdonald of the Texas
anger who came there at the in
stance of the Governor of Texas to
assist the citizens. Captain Kelley
said he told Captain Mcdonald that he
perhaps meant well but that his
methods of dealing with the negroes
who were then under suspicion Of
having committed to outrage would
bring a conflict between the people
anu the soldiers. He ordered Can't.
Mcdonald to withdraw as he attempt
ed to bulldoze the soldiers and was
stirring them UP so that the people
feared 4 fresh outbreak.
After Captain Kelley concluded
Foraker called J. B.. McDon-
aid, of Brownsville, who had been
subpoonaed at the request of sena-
tors who supported the action of the
President in dismissing the negro SOL
dters. Thes senator's had not intend
ed % call Mcdonald but but Sena-
tor Foraker insisted hat he be pu,
on the stand. He testified tina he was
aroused by firing and going down to a
point opposite the Barracks he heard
shots fired from inside the wall.
A third shot followed which he said
fired from the gallery of one
of the Barracks. The witness said that
he then saw a group of about fifteen
or twenty negro soldiers outside the
gate INC that the group di-
vidcd. one a going up Elizabeth
street and the other half going up
the Cowan alley. He said ne watched
the latter part until they began fir
ing into the Cowan house and that
he then went home for fear of being
shot himself. He was called by Sem
ator Foraker TO prove hat he had
occupied a position COMMANDING a
view OF the garrison wall and had not
seen any soldiers climb over the wall.
A dead lion is better thar a live
oos--AoT ~rug-makins purposes.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-05-28
SANK IN STREAM
Linwood Fink Tried to
Swim a River.
Companions Made Efforts TO Rescue
Him, but FaiIcd-Thc Body Re-
covered, but Could Not Be
Revived.
Especial to News and Observer

Especial to News and Observer.
Concord, n. c., May 25.-Linwood
Fink, the 17-year-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. James G. Finn, of this CITY.
was drowned In ocky River. at
Bost Mills. ten mites from ,his CITY.
this afternoon. He with n party Ct
boys was spending the dav IN the
banks Of n river. Finl, tried 10
swim across the river, but his
strength gave out. Two companions
tried to rescue him. tut being much
smaller their efforts we're fruitIess.
Tn" body was recovered in twenty
ninutes after he sank. but all efforts
70 revive him were futile. The death
OF this young man is a hard blow 10
his parents and has cast a gloom over
the entire city.
r. l.. ~Barnhardt, foreman for IT
Thompson Bros. at Kanapolis fell
from a building at that place early
this morning and was seriously in
jured about the head and body. Mr.
B~arnhardt's home is in Greensboro
He was taken there this mornjnp on
SO, this train making the ston
for that purpose. DR.. Youne Of
this city, the wounded man
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master. has moved into larger and
better quarters across the street. OPP
posite Sharp's splendid store. increase
OF business having demanded IsrgeV
premises for operation - SeT teie-
phone system by the Haywood Tsie-
phone CT which MI SWIFT ~
the excellent executive official.
But the biggest and best business
brirger is the building a. Canton ~
the champion Fiber company OF Ham
il.on. Ofeo. OF its p-o-'5ious and won
irous wood pulp mill. which when
completed viii be the largest and bet;
equipped one. not. only in all America
but also Ia the whole world
Some idea % it1 immensit% can De
formed when IL Is stated that these
buildings. all built OF brick. will num-
Der SO. viz cover a space of 10 acres
Of land. wsl require the laying or over
ten million. brick. some OF the buildings
being 120 feet high. a few one-fourtn
or a mile in length. all built Of wide.
deep solid concrete foundations under
which were previously driven 5000
piles
h mammoth pulp plant has been
in course Of construction more than
a year. and wal require several moro
month for its completion. When IN
readiness for operation 4 VIII have
required for its construction ana
equipment the expenditure of two ana
a quarter millions or dollars one
thousand car loads OF machinery Will
be installed In it's equipment. for its
daily consumption OF 400 cords OF
wood and 1000 railroad cars will be
required daily for transportation 70 ~
Of its raw material aa0 from II or It's
manufactured products, WHICH latter
Will consist Of more thar 1000 tons OF
paper pulp. which Will be shipped 10 the
Champion Coated Paper company al
Hamilton. O., for manufacture into
the various finer grades of job ana
writing paper. Beside the paper pulp
product, this mammoth mills acid ad-
tunct will make approXfmatey loV
barrels of tannnic acid daily, the aclo
being extracted from the chestnut
wood prior TO its utilization for the
production of paper pulp.
ME-. Bryant, the capable and EN-
cient. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of the Cham
pion Fibre Company, informs your
correspondent that his company ex-
poets to put this mill and extract plant
into operation some time during the
coming fall, probably October or No
ven1ber. He also states that this con-
Germ emp oys at present some 600 or
700 men" in the various branches OF
it's enterprises. and has a weekly pay
roll, In cash, Of $1,000 to $4,000. and
an equal 0 of expenditure for
freight bills. Fifteen thousand dol
lars per week in clean. cold cash, or
more than $4,000 per day, Sunday in
cluded Is by no means a bad business
record for one concern alone In AN
ton.
Yandell Bros. railroad contractors,
are pushing with all possible speed
the construction of the sixteen miles
of railroad from Canton UP the west
fork of Pigeon river to 'Sunburst.
the lumber and timber town of the
champion Fibre Company.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-05-28
TALKS FOR RAILROAD.
former Governor Tyler. of Virginia.
Interests u Mt. AIRY Audience

Mt. Airy, \. c.. May 25.-Governor
j. Hoge Tyler, of Virginia. addressed
the citizens Of Mount Airy at the
opera house last night on the propo-
sition to build a railroad from States
ellle by way or Mount Airy to Rad
ford, Va. The Governor had haan r.
Statesville to attend the meeting Of
the Statesville Air Line Railroad
which was held there on Thursdav
and returned here last night in COM
pany with George w. Sparger. VII,
had gone as a representative to the
erncr was introduced bv Mr. Snareer
IN MS usual happy style. calling atten-
tion TO the opportunity now presented
to secure this road.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-05-28
WOMAN IN FOR LIFE.
Mrs. Sallic T'cency Found Guilty of
Numbering a Man.
fBy the Associated Press.)

Eastman, Ga, May 25.-Mrs. Sallie
Feeney, 4 widow charged with the
murder of w. T. Harrell. was oun
guilty today, the jury making a re-
commendattOn for mercy. The jury
returned its verdict today after an all
night elaboration. Her punishment
Will be life i'm Imprisonment. The de-
Tense, it is reported. will appeal the
case. Harrell was shot to death by
Mrs. Feeney in her home several
onths ago. She declared that she
killed him in self-defense after he had
made improper proposals to her.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-05-28
CRAZY MANS BLOODY DEED.
Ilttic Chi1d's Throat Cut and Wor,,,
S.ashcd With a Knife

concord. \. c.. Nav e5.-Of1cer~
nave brough to the city and lodged
in jail. Joel White. a neqro i'ussd
k'!ied his four-year Did child bv GU
ungs IT'S t-roat After killing the china
"hlte at k his wife and inf,ictad
several gashes, but she escaped witb-
serious injury. VIII
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-05-28
Traverse Is Golf Champion.

New York, May 25.-Jerome D. Ira
verse, of Montclare. n. j.. retained his
title Of Metropolitan gold champion
today by defeating Findlay S. Doug
las p former National champion by 6
and { to play.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-05-28

y. c., May 25-ur.
NINA Hart. aged a3 years. wife of
J: y. tiart. a prominent rdwara
chant, died at 2:3O this afternoan g.
lcGYes q husband and three children
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-05-28
Congressman webb Comm H.

Honolulu. May 25.-Ca-9
y. Webb. Of North Carn..'
companied tho Ccn"res7tar
Hawaii. will return on
Doric on account Of the -D--
wife.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-05-28

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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-05-28

Returning to Texas after his. grad
iation, young Culberson opened an
'ffice at Jefferson. and engaged ac-
lively in the practice. He was very
Don thereafter elected prosecuting
attorney of Marion county; but his
private practice made uch demands
IN him that, in justice to his clients.
re was forced to resign the office.
Mile vet a very young man he APP
feared in the supreme Court of the
United States and argued the cele-
lrated case Of LIE Grande VS.. The
United States, involving the constitu-
ionality of the ku klux act. His
peech on that occasion was a legal
triumph. and the court decided the
aSe IN his clients favor.
In 1880, at the age of thfrty-fiye.
te was elected attorney general of
CeXas, succeeding the redoubtabie
lames HoGg, and two years later he
vas reelected. It was while he was
ttorney general that he again APP
,eared before the Supreme bench at
Washington and argued the case of
Reagan VS.. The Farmers Loan and
Trust Company, Involving the consti-
utlonality of the act creating the
-exas railroad commission. When he
lad concluded his argument and was
preparing to leave the room the clerk
II the court beckoned him. and upon
'olng to the desk ne there found Mr.
'ustlce Gray, who warmly congratu-
Rted him upon his able presentation
= the case. This was praise from Sill
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-05-28

a dead lion is better than a live
rug-Hlakins
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Hubert. and a Sir Hubert not lavish
Of praise. Some years subsequently,.
when he made another excepcionaliy
strong plea before that bench. Justice
Gray again rent for him. and said:
young man. i have watched your
career. and am not unTnindfui of the
fact that the people Of Texas have
taken care that you should not go I'M
rewarded Chief Justice Fuller also
heartily commended him.
Fitzgerald enterprise., 1907-01-26
BRUNSWICK GROWTH
TOGREATNESS.
From Atlanta Constitution.

From Atlanta Constitution.
In this age of pree minent com
mon sense, prophecies are at a
discount. Here is an exception
and it challenges the scrutiny Of
the keenest and most incredul-
Gus man, for the simple reason
that it carries its own verifca.
ton:
Brunswick is destined to be
the greatest coaling station on
the South Atlantic coast, and one
of the most important CONNER
cial ports of entry between New
York and the Florida Keys.
Here are the reasons, and The
Constitution gives them full de-
tail, stressing meanwhile a re-
markable personality, since
every man iii Georgia and ad-
jacent states is interested, and
since comparatively few of them
have the faintest idea how near
the prophecy is to fulfl1ment.
Every vessel now sailing from
South Atlantic port for
European or the South American
trade must coal at Norfolk, Va.
1t may be that the vessel, liner,
merchantmen or tramp steamer,
sails from Jacksonville, Charles
tor, Savannah or Brunswick. No
matter; it must travel several
hundred miles. out of its way,
going and coming, that it may
obtain the fuel which is to send
it tum bling on the course of its
destination.
Why?
Norfolk is the only South At
lantic port with adequate coallng
facilities. That single fact gives
it handicap over all the ports
along the line to Key West.
1t will not, however, long enjoy
that profitable distinction.
H. NJ. Atkinson, of Atlanta, is
the president and guiding genius
of the Atlanta, Birmingham and
Atlantic railroad, with it's east
ern terminus nosing the Atlantic
AZ Brunswick aud IFS northern
Fitzgerald enterprise., 1907-01-26
PRESIDENT w. w. FINLEY'S
MESSAGE TO THE SOUTH.

Washington, Jan Inaugurat'
ing his administration as Presl-
dent of the Southern Railway by
letter to The public served by
that road, President w. w. Fin
ley shows that he proposes 10 fol-
low a policy of frank publicity
letting the people of the South
know just what the Southern is
doiog in the way of furnishing
improved transportation facill-
ties and explaining the obstacles
in the way of more rapid improve
ment. The letter is timely just
now when there are general
complaints in every part of the
country as to the inability of
railroads to handle the traffic of.
fered. Detailed figures present
ed by Mr.. Finley show that the
Southern Ia the twelve years of
it's existence has expended and
contracted to spend no less than
$96, ,482,945 for improvements so
as to enable it to handle the con-
stantly increasing volume of traf-
fc, and that it would be in still
better condition than at present
but for the delays due to the
overcrowded condition Of loco
motives and car shops and to the
scarcity of labor and materials.
Mr.. Finley gives the following
illustratins of delays of this
character:
"On Novem Der 1, 1905, con-
tract was made for ninety-eight
locomotives and one thousand
eight hundred and six freight
cars to be delivered in February
and March, 1907. There are
still undelivered one hundred |
and seventy-seveu freight cars. |
''On February 1, 1906, con-
tract was made for one hundred |
and ten thousand |
freight cars 10 be delivered on or
before October, 1906. Still un-
delivered seventeen Olives