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Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-12-18
SENSATION AT A FUNERAL.
Supposed Dead Boy Appears on the Scene,
Having Heard Of His Esath.

Columbia, S. c., Dec. 13-A
curious sensational situation sud.
denly developed at a fs,aeral in
Camden yesterday, when ID neigh
Dor, Mrs. Ore, appeared st the
home of Mrs. Langley to pay
her respects on account of the
death of Wilbur Lewis Langley,
a son of Mrs. Langly who had
been killed by live wire while
working in Camden for a carnival
company. At least Mrs. Langley
and her children and relatives and
neighbors had been mourning the
the dead boy as her son for sever
al hours. Mrs. Ore, however, as
soon as she went to the casket and
glanced at the face of The dead
youth, recognized Lewis Sowell,
her own son by a former marriage.
Mrs. Ore screamed with grief
and the attention of others being
drawn more closely to the body it
was recognized that Mrs. Ore was
correct. A few hours later Mrs,
Ores discovery was confirm
ed by the appearance on the
scene of young WILDER Lewis
himself, who returned home
from the country where he had
been at work, surprised to find
himself being mourned as dead.
Preparations were then had for
the funeral of young Sowell, which
was had at Douglass, near the
county seat. Beside his mother
young Sowell is survived by two
brothers and a sister.
Young Sowell's death was caus-
ed by shock he received while
attaching a globe to an ordinary
incandescent bulb. He was stand
on the damp ground at the time.
There have been several deaths in
Columbia in the same manner
until method of rigging up these
sort of fixtures was hit upon which
obviates this danger.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-12-18

The is a reward of about $3.50 for
Gaddy.
The North Carolina Char Asso-
citation met Tuesday afternoon iii
the rooms of the Priedmont Club
in brownsville in this state and
throughout the south. All mem
begs present believed 1t will open
up brighter after the holidays and
that the coming year will be a
record breaker in the char bust
ness. At night the association was
baDquetted at the Thomasville
Hotel.
The negro, Charlie Roberts,
who secretly assaulted Will Sc
chrlest last week, is still in jail,
but the trial will be held as soon
as Mr.. Sechriest is able to attend.
He is getting along very we'll.
His escape was a very narrow one.
The physician says that had the
blow landed an inch higher up it
would have broken the skull, or
had it been an inch lower down it
would have disjointed the neck.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-12-18
DEAD MAY REACH 500.
Rescuers Working Hard in West Virginia
Mines. Over Fifty Funerals in One Day.

There was fearful explosion
in Mines Nos. 6 ard 8, of the Con
solidated Coal Company, on oppo'
site sides of the West Fork river
on Monongah, West Virginia, last
Friday, Dec. 6sh. The dead in
all probability will number as
many as four hundred men. At
ter Sc hours of work at rescuing
the imprisoned miners, So dead
bodies had been taken out. The
mines worked about 1000 men,
500 on the day and the same num-
ber on the night shift.
Monongah, W. Va. Dec. H.
Steadily and almost Uninterrupted.
ly mines Nos. 6 and s of the Fair
mont Coal Company are giving up
the victims of last Fridays expls.
sion. When tonlght's force OF
rescuers went on duty there had
been a total o>f 225 bodies taken
out, most of which have oeen
buried. Others were brought out
IN groups of two and three at
short interals.
A number of the bodies brought
out today did not bear the brass
checks used in the company's sys-
tenn of records and accounts of q
majority of its employees, thus
sustaining the statements OF
Monday that a large number Of
men and boys in the mines were
not included in the checking rolls
upon which estimates of the dead
were largely based. This has alse
almost dispelled the hope of dead
had been over-estimated. There
is reason to believe tonight that
the number will not fall short OF
500.
A canvass of miners homes will
be completed tomorrow and thi:
together with a list of hundreds
of unclaimed letters in the post.
office will furnish data for O new
and probably more accurate estl.
mate.
Conditions outside the mine to.
night are much impr wed through
the freezing soil of the mud, max
ing the work much easier.
An opening between the two
mines was completed tonight and
it is believed that within 4S hours
all the bodies found will have
taken to the norge.
Over SO funerals we're held to.
day. On each casket there was 8
bunch If American beauty roses
or white carnation. The source
of the flowers remained secret
until late in the day whom is wat
learned that Miss Elizabeth
daughter of S. L. Watson, treas
urer of the coal company, had or
dered them.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-12-18
CONCORD AN CABARRUS COUNTY.
A Surprise Wedding at EnochvIIe. Bale
Of Cotton Stolen.
Concord Times, Dec. 1913.

G. M, Best, of No. 10 township,
had bale of cotton stolen from
Garmon's gin last Saturday night.
Durand Furr, who was returning
from the Woodmen meeting about
1 O'Clock that night, met wagon
and team with bale of cotton,
but there was no driver. This
was undoubtedly the stolen bale
of cotton, but no clue has so far
been obtained as to who the thief
was, though every effort has been
made.
Mrs. Daniel Heglar. of No. 5.
township, died yesterday morning
at her home, aged Sc years. Her
death was the result of a compli-
cation of diseases, with which
Mrs. Heglar had been affected for
some time.
S. j. Luck died Wednesday
morning at Z o'clock at his home
at Forest Hill after lingering
illness of consumption.
Rev. A. W. Plyler, the new Pre-
siding Elder of this district, was
here last Saturday and held the
first quarterly conference for Ep-
worth Church that evening.
V. L. Norman, proprietor of the
St. oud-Normandy Hotel, tells
us that he cannot secure enough
eggs on this market to supply his
table, and he is now using eggs
shipped to him from Iowa.
The Correll overall factory has
been closed down for 80 days, and
possibly longer. This is made
necessary by the decreased de-
mand for the goods, owing to the
financial stringency.
The N. G. Christian Advocate
has the following in regard to the
new pastor of Mt. Pleasant cir
cult: "Rev. B. F. Hargett writes
that under the strain of double
work for the past year he has had
a serious spell of sickness since
conference which required him to
go to the Salisbury hospital for
surgical operation. He is now
better, but compelled for time
to give up his work" "
On last Sunday Harry Melclor,
Of Charlotte, and Miss Florence
Smith, daughter of R. Lee Smith,
of near Enochville. were married i.
Mr.. Melchor took dinner at Mr..
Smiths on Sunday, and in the
afternoon he and Miss Smith took
a drive. They went to the home
of the Lutheran minister, Rov.
Brown, where they we're united in
marriage in the presence of few
witnesses, the parents of the
young lady not even being aware
of their daughters serious inten-
tions.
Ransom @. Blackweldsr died at
| his home in Mt. Pleasant last Sat-
urday about 2 80 o'clock, of pneu-
monia, having been confined to
his bed with this disease since
Thanksgiving day. His life for
several days had been hanging by
a thread, and his death was not a
surprise. B!ackwelder was "
years. 4 months and 3 days of age
|
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-12-18
MINcE MEAT.
Sweet PorticIes of Various Kinds Of News
and Comment for our Readers,

Sweet PortIcles Of Various Kinds Of News
and Comment for our Readers.
Roosevelt has done just what
Grover Cleveland got cursing
for doing---issued bonds. There
was little excuse for the present
issue; abundant calls. fer the
Cleveland issue. Time has fully
demonstrated that Grover Cleve-
land was wiser than his day, and
his mind saw ten years ahead.
Had he have had successive terms
and a Congress to fully support
him, we are of the opinion that
the country and It's financial in
st1tutions would haveIlearned ten
years earlier all of the lesson that
has taken the present crisis to
teach. ---Stanly Enterprise.
Oscar II. King of Sweden, died
Sunday morning, December, 9Th,
aged 78 years. He was succeeded
by his son Gustave V. King Oscar
was a noted ruler in Europe. cne
Of the best of the constitutional
monarchs, "Our dear old kings
dead" is what the people said
when the news was told. King
Oscar was called the ablest ruler
of the 10Th century and the most
democratic king that ever lived.
Mrs. H. B. Shoaf, who, along
with her husband, stands charged
with cruelty mistreating the little
Fields girl at Thomasville, has
been released from jail at Char
lotte, having given the bond
of $500. Her husband is yet
in jail, but expects to raise
his money soon. Mrs. Shoaf has
gone home.
The ginners' report issued yes
terday shows that $685. bales
have been ginned up to this time.
This would indicate that the to-
tai crop will be in the neighbor-
hood of II, 100000 bales. On the
strength of this report cotton
went off 6 points in New York,
but the price on the local market
remained the same, III cents.
A charter has been issued to the
New London Development Com
pany at New London, Stanly
county. The objects are to do q
general real estate business to
purchase, construct, operate cleo
trio lighting and power plants,
etc. The authorized capital is
800, 900, with $4,000 subscribed
for by F. A. Silver, Greensboro,
191 shares; G. W. Mason, AL
toona, Pa, 50; E. M. S. Mckee,
Altoona, Pa, 20; G. E. Brinker-
hoff, Washington, D. c., 20.
E. W. Swenson killed his form
er wife and her husband and then
committed suicide near Smith
vile, Texas, Friday night. Fol-
lowing her divorce from Swenson
the woman married J. Jacob
First, a farmer. With her hus-
band she was in Smithville Oh a
shopping trip and they we're re-
turning to their home when they
met Swenson.
Senator T1llman has introduced
resolutions directing the COM
mittee on finance to vestigate
the recent proceedings of the
Secretary of the Treasury in con-
nection with the financial crisis
and also to make inquiry concern
ing clearing house certificates.
The resolutions were presented in
two series, the first dealing with
the operations of the Treasury De-
partment and the second with
clearing house certificates.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-12-18

DeWitt's Carbolized Witch
Hazel Salve-don't forget the
name, and accept no substitute.
Get DeWitt's. Sold by James
Plummer and all druggist.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-12-18

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Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-12-18
Jamestown Show May Open Again.

A meeting has been called for
Tuesday of next week in the Nor
folk board of trade rooms, in
which the business men of tide
water Virginia are asked to parti-
cipate to launch a movement hav-
ing for its object the reopening of
the Jamestown Exposition fer
four months next summer.
Chairman George F. Adams, of
the reopening committee, states
that he has $4,000 Of the needed
5000, 900; that the appropriation
from the government for Federal
participation will be secured, and
that the main object Of the gath
ering is to start a boom for the re-
opening. He declares that the
entire 100000 can be secured
Norfolk dispatch, I'd.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-06-19
NEWS BRIEFS.

Silver City Lodge No. 4l3, B. P. 0.
Elks, dedicated it's handsome new
$4,000 theater on Monday evening.
The initial performance will be given
on Thursday evening when local tai
ent will present a farce comedy en-
titled 1T Pays to Advertise"
DR.. Marion lines chief inspector for
New Mexico and Arizona of the
Bureau of Animal Industry, in an in
terview says that no progressive
sheep man will shear his flocks twice
year. The wool of years growth,
according to DR.. lines, is finer staple
than half years growth and brings
much better price.
The committees having charge of
the Las Vegas Fourth of July cele-
bration are now at work soliciting
funds and indications are that the
grandest Independence day celebra-
ton in the history of the Meadow
City will take place this year.
Two new cases have just been filed
in the district court for San Miguel
County. Annie e. Moyer has brought
suit against Lizzie F. Daley, for the
foreclosure Of mortgage to recover
Judgment on promissory notes, one for
$4,000 and one for $1,000, together
with interests and costs. The other
suit is that of Annie E. Meyer, VS..
Lizzie DALEY and Albert G. Adams,
to recover $4,000 for the non-account-
ing of certain promissory notes.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-06-19
SHEEP RAISERS
SAVE 90 PER CENT
This Average of Lamb Crop in North
ern Rio Arriba County-Jose r.
Martinez Tells Of Conditions.

Jose r. Martinez, of TERRA Amari-
LA, reached the city last night and
will remain here until Saturday. He
came to attend the commencement ex-
ercises at st. Michaels College and
at the Academy of the Sisters Of Lo-
retto in which educational Institutions
he has a son Isaac Martinez and a
daughter Miss Higinia Martinez in at
tendance. His sons and daughters
have been educated at the college if
boys, and if girls at the academy,
and he is very well pleased with the
results obtained. He is good and
respected citizen, prosperous mer
chant and a successful sheep grower,
and has been resident of TERRA
for over rs years. He is
native of this city and a brother of
Romulo Martinez, who was U. s.
marshal Of the Territory under the
first Cleveland administration
Mr.. Martinez reports that in his
section lambing of sheep has been
very successful and that in northern
Rio Arriba County the average of
lambs saved will be so pc. cent. The
animals are in very fine condition,
large and fat. The water supply and
ranges are as good as they can be
desired This spring the rain and
snow fall have been above the nor
NAL and much cold weather has pre-
vailed through the spring season.
With the exception of fruit crops of
wheat, of alfalfa, and vegetables are
in very good shape and promise
heavy yields. The water supply for
irrigation is abundant The people of
his section are prosperous and con.
tented.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-06-19
UNCLE SAM OIL
COMPANY LOSES
Jury in United States Court Renders
Verdict Favoring Receivership---
Millions Involved

Leavenworth. Kan, June 19.-The
Jury in the case of the Uncle Sam Oil
Company in which Fl. H. Tucker Jr.,
sought to have the receiver appointed
by the State Supreme Court dis
charged, rendered a verdict today find,
ing against Tucker. The receivership
stands. The verdict was written by
Judge Amidon in the United States
district court and was accepted by
the jury upon the judges instructions.
By today's verdict, two large refin-
cries, one at Atchison and one at
Cherryvale, and a pipe line $50 miles
long, together with thousands of bar
rels of oil, are turned over to the re-
ceiver to dispose of for the benefit of
the stockholders. These number up.
wards of 10000, most of whom are
farmers and workingmen of moderate
means. The assets of the company
are estimated at $5,0O0,000
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-06-19
CURRY RECEPTION
COMMITTEES MEET
Making Preliminary Arrangements
for Inauguration Of New Governor
Other Meetings to Follow.

There was held yesterday afternoon
a meeting of the members of the ex-
ecutive and subcommittee having in
charge the matter Of preparing for
the Inauguration of Captain George
Curry as Governor of New Mexico up.
on his arrival here in July.
Plans for the inaugural ceremonies
were informally discussed. 1t was
decided that the chairmen of the sew
eral subcommittees should get their
committees together and outline
their part of the work so as to be in
position to report progress at the
next general meeting to be called
by the chairman of the executive
committee.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-06-19
LABORER DRAWN
THROUGH PIPE.
Suction Carried Man Uninjured
Nearly 1000 Feet--Escape
From Death Miraculous.

Mexico City, June ia laborer
yesterday was drawn by suction into
a sluice pipe of the Necaxa power
plant and shot at a terrible .s. aed
through the tuenty-inch pipe for neai.
ly 1000 feet, then thrown through
the air for seventy-five feet to the
dumping pile. He landed on his head,
then got to his feet and scratched his
head to remember what had hap
pened. Meanwhile the litter of the
Necaxa hospital was on it's way to
pick up the pieces.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
diameter of the pipe was only twenty
inches, the impelling force of the wat
er was such that the workman was
carried through with only few bruis-
es and no severe injury, though he
was naked when he landed on the
dumping pile.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-06-19
FRICTION At
LAND MEETING
Attempt to "Pack"
Convention in
Denver
lively DEBATE
Report of Committee on
Credentials Rejected--Mac-
Kenzie Leads Fight.

Denver, Colo, June 19.-At the
opening of the Public Lands Conven-
tlon today it was announced that the
work of the credentials committee had
been handicapped by an indiscrimin
ate issuing of delegates tickets and it
was impossible to separate the accred-
tied delegates from others holding
tickets who We're not entitled to them
In order to avoid the suspicion that
the convention was inimical to the ma
tlonal administration, the general com
mittee entrusted to Mark Woodruff,
head of the Pixies Peak Forest Re-
serve, the duty of receiving the ere
dentials Of delegates and issuing tick
cts. By inuendo, Woodruff was ac-
cused Of having attempted to pack"
the convention with view to secur-
ing support for the administration
land policies.
The final report of the committee on
credentials precipitated lively de-
bate when it was discovered that the
committee had given Colorado one
vote for every delegate present and
one for every delegate accredited,
making total of 496 votes, while for
the other states only those present
were given votes. President Murdo
Mackenzie of the American National
Live Stock Association, led the attack
on the report.
Senator Warren of Wyoming sec
onded Mackenzie. He demanded to
know whether the convention was a
meeting of Colorado people or of peo-
pie of the entire West The report
was referred back to the committee
with instructions to bring in a report
in accordance with the official call.
Congressman r. W. Bonynge of colo
RADIO. the public Land Policy
Bonynge claimed that if the
plans of the administration were car
ried out it would have the effect of
withdrawing five-sixths of the public
lands of the West from entry. G. z.
Arnold Of Wyoming made a sarcastic
speech on the work OF the forestry
service in his state.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-06-19
IN MEMORY OF
MARTYRED PRESIDENT
A Marble Obeisk Eishty-six Feet High
to Be Dedicated at Buffalo, New
York, in September.

Buffalo n. Y, June l9.--The obe-
lisk erected here by the state Of New
York and the city of Buffalo, in men,
ory of the late President Mckinley,
will be dedicated the first week in
September. The obelsk is pure
white marble shaft, eighty-six feet in
height On two sides of the pedestal
are inscribed the record of William
Mckinley as a soldier and statesman.
On the north side is the following:
William Mckinley died in Buffalo
September IA, 1901, the victim of a
treacherous assassin, who shot the
President as le was extending to him
the hand Of friendship
Facing East, west, north and south,
and from the angles of the pedestal
are four sleeping lions in marble, of
heroic size,
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-06-19
STRIKE
OF TEl.ECRAPHERS
General Executive Board Thinks Mem.
bers Of Union Have Grievance
To Take Effect Soon.

New York, June 19.-The general
executive board of the Commercial
Telegraphers Union has approved the
strike against either or both the
Western Union and Postal Telegraph
Companies. This announcement was
made today by Deputy President Kon-
enkamp of the union. The date for
the beginning of the strike is left to
President Small but the first move is
expected to take place in the next
week or ten days. Konenkamp said
that a tax of one days pay per week
has been levied against all members
Of the union to carry on the strike.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-06-19
Counsel For State
and Defense Lock
Horns at Boise
OBJECTS TO EXHIBITS
Richardson Says Inflamma-
tory Articles in Magazine
are Not Admissible.

Boise, Idaho, June 19.-When the
trial Of w. D. Haywood was resumed
this morning, Senator Borah, for the
state, specifically named certain arti.
ces in various numbers of the Min.
ers' Magazine which he offeerd as evi.
dence. To the Introduction of these
exhibits the defense made a gene. al
objection on the ground that the ev.
dence failed TO connect the defendant
with the murder of Ex-Governor Steun
enberg and stated they would present
a specific objection to each exhibit.
These articles will be read to the
jury II the court holds them as evi-
dence. E. f. Richardson made the ar.
gument for the defense against the
admission of the magazine articles.
He read at length from the evidence
in the Spies case to show that the
Miners Magazine articles did not com.
pare with the violent language used
by Johann Most in writing to his spies
and with the anarchist revolutionary
writings in the eighties.
Richardson admitted Haywood;
prejudice against Steunenberg, but
said that hundreds of thousands OF
people likewise condemned the course
adopted by Steunenberg and should
not be held responsible for the Gov
ernor's murder.
Richardson admitted some of the
Miners Magazine articles were intem-
perate in tone, but claimed they were
nothing more than ordinary newspa-
per abuse.
Senator Borah argued that the arti-
cles should he admitted as was done
in the Spies case, as they showed the
enmity of the organization of which
the defendant was an officer to stean-
eHDers anu auvurutcyi y1olanea
RicInapdeon -nlnnna~-the argument
He asserted that in no articles con.
tanned in the magazine was the use OF
arms except in self-defense advocated.
Judge Wood took the question under
advisement and the court adjourned
at II o'clock until 2 o'clock this at
ternoon.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-06-19
MILLION DOLLAR
IRRIGATION WORKS
Cimarron Valley Land Company With
Headquarters in Clmarron is In
corporated.

Articles Of incorporation for another
private irrigation project in Colfax
County were filed yesterday in the
office of the Territorial Secretary
The name of this latest enterprise is
the Cimarron Valley Land Company
and the total authorized capitalization
Is placed at $1,000,000
According to the charter it is the
purpose of the company to construct
an irrigation system in the Cimarron
Valley with headquarters at Cimarron.
A reservoir for the storage Of water
for irrigation purposes is to be con-
structed at or near the confluence of
the Moreno and Cieneguilla Rivers.
1t is proposed to have the main
canal for the distribution of water
about twenty miles in length begin
ming at a point near the confluence of
the Cimarron and CimarroncitO Riv.
ers and running in southeasterly
direction along the divide between
the Cimarron and Rayado Rivers to
the uplands south Of the latter
stream.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-06-19
TROOPS SAVE
RUSSIAN NAVY
Put Down Mutiny
After Bloody En-
gagement
SCORES KILLED AND INJURED
Two Hundred and Fifty Trai-
tors Taken Prisoners--Cen-.
sorship Prevents Details.

st. Petersburg, June 19--Details of
the mutiny of the Black Sea fleet at
Kiey, show that it was suppressed
only after a bloody engagement at
midnight on June 18th between the
mutineers and loyal troops in which
about seventy men were killed or
wounded,
Two hundred and fifty mutineers
We're captured and will be tried by
court martial. One hundred and
ninety-three escaped and hid in the
city.
Trouble also has broken out among
the troops at Kaluga, but accurate In
formation Is not obtainable owing to
the strict censorship.