The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-11-26

others injured and property dam
aged to the extent of hundreds
of thousands of dollars by a |
tornado in western Arkansas
Monday.
John Haynes, a farmer of Win
ona, S. c., after trying to kill
his wife and children with a shot-
gun Tuesday, shot Henry Moore,
who went to the assistance of
the family, in the leg. Haynes
then turned the gun on himself
and blew out his brains.
A total of $3.50, 563 bales and
26, 638 active ginneries were an
nounced in the Census Bureau
report issuedSaturday, summarize
ing the cotton ginned from the
growth of 1908 to November ID
and the number of active gin
ners against 1900, 665 bales and
26, 521 active ginneries for the
corresponding date last year.
Paper is to be manufactured
from cotton stalks, a heretofore
useless by-product, according to
a report to the Bureau Of Manu-
features at Washington. A COM
pany, capitalized at $500, 600,
has been organized at Atlanta,
Ga, for the purpose. 1t is claim
ed that paper can be made from
cotton stalks at a cost of about
SIS per ton.
Gov. Albert B. Cummins,
of Iowa, was elected United
States Senator Tuesday to fill
the vacancy caused by the death
of Senator William B. Allison,
whose term would have expired
on March 4 next year. Follow
ing his election Gov. Cummins
resigned the GoVernorship and
Lieutenant Governor Garst was
installed as Governor for the re-
mainder of Gov. Cummins' term,
which will end on January Is.
Josehp G. Cannon, speaker of
the House of Representatives, at
Chicago Monday placed himself
on record in favor of the re-
vision of the tariff in accordance
with the promise of the Repub-
lican party platform and de-
clared that so far as his vote was
concerned he would see to it that
the announced policy of revision
should be written in the national
laws as soon as possible.
When the report of George R.
Sheldon, Republican national
treasurer, is filed with the State
Auditor of New York at Albany
it will be found, it is said, that
the Republican campaign which
elected William H. Taft was con-
Quoted with a fund of about
81, 100000. Charles P. Taft was
the heaviest contributor, having
added 100000 to the fund,
President Roosevelt is among the
list Of contributors who gave
81, 900.
A notable article from Andrew
Carnegie, dealing with the tar
if, will appear in the forthcom-
ing December number of The
Century Magazine, in which the
iron master takes the position
that Infant industries" no long
er need protection; that the steel
and other industries have now
grown beyond the need of tariff
protection; that duties on lux
uries used by the rich should be
maintained, but that those on
manufactured articles should be
reduced greatly, or abolished en-
tlrely when no longer nee ded.
Jim Gilmore, a young negro
about 20 years old, was taken
from the guard house in Luray,
a small town in Hampton coun-
ty, S. c., after midnight Sunday
night and lynched by party of
enraged citizens. Gilmore had
attempted to criminally assault
one of the daughters of his en-
ployer, Mr.. A. G. Fits, a highly
respected farmer, while the
young lady and her sister were
asleep Saturday night. Her
screams aroused the family and
Gilmore fled, but was tracked
down and confessed, duplicating
another negro, who has not been
captured. In Gilmore's hat was
found the picture of a nude
white woman.