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Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1909-02-04
HORRIBLE CASE
OF INFANTICIDE
ColOred Child Killed by Crush
ing Its Brains And Then
Buried.
DISCOVERY MADE THURSDAY
Anonymous Letter Received BY Mayer
OrTnOnd Revealed Tragedy In
Little Washington.
From Fridays Daily.

One of the most horrible cases of
infanticide was made known on
yesterday afternoon upon the receipt
of the following. anonymous letter
addressed to the Mayor:
''We want you to come down here
and attend to Anna Whitley for
killing a new born baby. When 1t
was born she told her mother to kill
the d--n thing, she did not want it.
Her mother crushed its brain and
took and buried it in the garden. SO
we think the case ought to be looked
after and make them tell something
about the child. Ella Whitley was
there the night it was born. Anna
Whitley heard it being born. The
girl that had the baby was named
Anna Whitley. Her mother, Harriet
Whitley, lives in little Washing
ton"
Immediately upon the receipt OF
the above letter, Mayor Ormond
called in Coroner Stanley and Act
ing Chief of Police Jack Fulghum.
The document was given to the
Coroner and an investigation was
started at once. The note was re-
eeived at o'clock and at $50 p. N.
Anna Whitley and her mother, Har-
riet Whitley were confined in jail
upon the serious charge of infanti-
eide.
The newborn babe was found in
the garden in the rear of the house
occupied by Anna Whitley. 1t was
buried beneath six inches of earth
and was naked. The child was taken
to the Coroner's office and DR.. CHM
summoned, when jury was sworn
to take evidence. The jury was
composed of Messrs. L. M. Michaux
Fred Overman, G. D. Taylor, Robert
Edwards, B. w. Nash and w. T. Vel
verton. Evidence was taken and the
hearing continued until 3 o'clock this
afternoon.
The child was buried this morning
in E1mwood cemetery.
The alleged mother of the child
denied the charge at first, but after
wards confessed her guilt.
Much credit is due Coroner Stan
ley and Officer Fulghum for the man
ner and promptness with which they
acted Within a few hours after the
discovery, the guilty parties were in
jail.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-06-05
TEACHERS TO STUDY FOREST PROBLEM
Have Been Asked to Cooper ate With Forest Service
 In Its Work

Teachers throughout the country have been invited by the United States forester to cooperate with the forest service in an effort to obtain more definite knowledge of the char acteristics of the most important for est trees of the United States. To do this it will be necessary to obtain large number of volunteer obsery. CTS who will collect material on the time of leafing. blossoming and fruit ing of the various kinds of forest trees. In this letter inviting the co
 operation of the teachers, Forester Pinchot says:
 Knowledge of this kind is greatly needed and will be of value from the
 standpoint both of education and of practical forestry. For educational purposes the results obtained fer l each species. averaged and present. cd graphically by means of colored
 charts. will be available to all who are interested in the subject and par ticuiarly to schools. They viii form virtual tree calendars. and will be valuable aids to nature study.
 Children can readily be interested I in the actual work of obtaining rec. ords This should form an attractive outdoor feature of the school work that should serve to develop the fac ulty of accurate observation, and al l the same time to promote an interest | in forestry. which may lead to bet. ter appreciation of it's aims and meth
 ods. It may also prove to be prof
 itabie addition to botany courses for older students.
 | "A student of this kind will be of great value to practical forestry, since the proper treatment of forests depends partly upon a knowledge of these characteristics of trees. For
 example. the time of year at which a tree leafs out and blossoms is one oi the indications as to whether or no: it is frost-hardy in given region
 and the length of time that tree is
 in leaf influences the growth 1t is
 able to make during the season l Knowledge of the time when seeds of each species ripen in various To icalities is of great value to those who iare collecting seed. since seed offer Ideteriorates or is eaten by squirrel: and birds if not gathered and stored as soon as ripe.
 Another result of this study vii be a more intimate knowledge of eli
 mate as manifested by plant growth
 for differences in climate are showr
 by plant life as well as by instrn
 mentss. and preliminary idea car
 thus be gained as to whether a gives
 region is suited to valuable tre' which it is desired to introduce there Many such examples could be giyeI but sufficient has been said to show that the results of these observations
 will be a real help to practical for
 estry. in addition to their general in terest and educational value. volun
 teers will later be supplied with pub lications and charts containing thu
 information they help 10 gather. as ; return for the services rendered" II On request, the forest service vii
 be glad to send forms upon which t
 record data and a pamphlet contain ling fuil instructions as to the natur' of the observations and how they ar to be made
Bisbee daily review., 1909-06-05

Clifton will hold its first election as an incorporated city tomorrow. From this distance it looks like the dem ocrats will win in walk. The dem. ocratic ticket is headed by George Frazer. who has had charge of the smelting plant of the Arizona Cop per company for many years. MT Frazer is large property owner in the city and will make an excellent mayor. Other we'll known Cliftonites on the democratic ticket are Sam Abraham, Dr. Fales, Dr. Burtch and c. o. Billingsley-all good men.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-06-05

Senator Tillman is causing much grief to the editors of South Caro- linas leading newspapers. They do not know whether to take his association with the democratic protectionists and his proposal to lay a tariff duty on tea for the benefit 9f a local in dustry as proofs of genuine back sliding or only as unseemly practi cal jokes
Bisbee daily review., 1909-06-05

\ Review want ad win rent thas vacant room or get you an addl- ....c----- .oa. -Sf.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-06-05
Firea in Canada.

WINNIPEG. June 4.-Timber fires were reyported tonight from several parts of Western Canada which have caused hundreds of thousands of dol lars damage Along the Prince Al bert branch of the Canadian North erD railway in Saskatchewan river district, the fire extends a hundred miles and 1t is feared many lives have been lost The Ruby Lake Lumber company's plant has been destroyed. A four-sDan bridge was destroyed east of Firewood, Sask.
 Forest fires prevail in the Gunfint section Of the Duluth extension. a railway running out of Port Arthur toward Duluth. Bridges were burned out but hundreds of men fought the flames tonight to prevent them from reaching s.e settlements.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-06-05

Lee Nj. Stratton of Graham county has been appointed as member of the territorial board of equalization, to take the place of Chas. F. Solo mon, who served on this board during the Kibbey administration. MT. Srat- ton is an attorney, republican, and twice served the democratic county of Graham as district attorney. eyi- dence of his popularity there.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-06-05

The United States court held last month in Tombstone was one of the most important ever held in this county because of the number of i'm portant cases tried. Now that it is over it is proper to extend congratu- lation to those who conducted the prosecutions under very unfavorable conditions. Justice was vindicated in every case before the court and this should be cause for general satis- faction.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-06-05

Already prominent "emocrats are being mentioned for the presidential nomination in 1912. Among those being brought forward by their friends are Governor Harmon oi Ohio, Joseph w. Bailey of Texas. and Governor Johnson of Minnesota II is believed that Cd. Bryan would do all in his power to defeat tse sraai- tions of Governor Johnson to head inc democratic party as Is candidate for president. coFsrnor Harm oa seems to be the general fasorite al this distance from the nationa, dem ocratic convention. He is regarded as a man well equipped for the great osicc and he has never been mixed up with the ;actIonal party wransles'
Bisbee daily review., 1909-06-05
TARIFF PossiBlLlTlss IN CONFERENCE.

It is the opinion of a number Of acute observers ''on the spot" that the reverses of the progressive mi nority in the senate are not as SC riois as they appear and that the Aldrich victories represent largely laundering in the index. The policy is to get the tarif bill into the con ference committee with all possible expedition and then and there mako the decisive stand for revision down. ward of all doubtful schedules. The conference, it is explained. is a small and business like body that does not indulge in oratory for home consump- ton and that will obey the dictates of necessity without much futile pro testation.
 The experiment is not without its dangers. and 1t involves an extraor- dinary amount of confidence in Sena-
 
 tor Aldrich's sagacity and fairness. in the opinion of the Record-Herald There are those ~ho gravely shake their heads at the prospect and who fear that the genuine reyisionists, from the president down, are storing up disappointment for themselves, But, evens if one should dismiss these misgiyings as unduiy pessimistic, one thing is sufficiently plain-narne- iy. that if the last phase Of the tarin adjusting process is to be an improve ment on any of the earlier phases the progressive must see to it that they are strongly and ably represent ed on the conference committee. .sTrust fin Aldrich and Payne. but keep your powder dry and your facts and arguments ready" should be the motto of the liberal revisionists.
 President Taft is doubtless deter mined to approve no bill which does not substantially redeem the pledge of his party as he and the people un- derstand it. The standpatters are watching him keenly and are some what anxiously aware that he is watching them. He has made then distinctly uneasy by ordering the preparation of comparative lists and tables showing the prices of various commodities = necesssries of life chiefly-under the existing tarin ana under the proposed rates. That h' should wish to see just where the ul tfmate consumers "corne in is al ominous circumstance 10 the repre- seutafiyes of certain interests Still, the president wiil need all th' support that the progressires cal give him in conference. and if t b true that Senator Aldrich and Cor gressnlan Payne are under mora bonds to evolve an acceptable tarIf they. too. will welcome effective ai' from stanch revisionists. Their par should not be made approximately dil ficuIt.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-06-05
coNFEssEs TO BRIDE
 AND KILLS HIMSELF

SAN FRANCISCO, June s.--Over- come by remorse and unable to bear the reproaches of his bride of legs than twelve hours to whom he had confessed that be had another wife living. William Graham ended his life today by swallowing crude car bolic acid. He was married to Miss Hannah E. Carroll last night and after the wedding festivities confessed to her. though withholding the name and whereabouts of his other wife. The bride upbraided him and he rushed from the house and was found several L-.-S ---sseI l- a :. .-S -----.--a.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-06-05

That was splendid body of men who came to Bisbee to represent the Arizona National Guards in the rifle match. Arizona's citizen soIdiery is taken from the very best strata of Arizona's young manhood.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-06-05

Hon. Mark Smith is now on the banks of Oak creek for his annual raid on the trout which are abund- ant in that stream. This is the sea son of the year when Mark forgets politics.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-06-05

We heartily agree with J. J. Hill when he says the country needs law enforcement worse than it needs law enactment. There is hardly an existing industrial evil which cannot now be corrected by the enforcement of the laws already on the statute books
Bisbee daily review., 1909-06-05

The territorial grand jury is finish ing it's work in Tombstone this
 week. This body, under the direc- ton Of its foreman, Bob Maclay, of Douglas, has rapidly disposed of a vast number of cases submitted to it.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-06-05

Most exclusive family hotel in Los Angeles Modern in every respect. car lines. One half block from post
 Popular rates at all seasons. 61S-20 alifornia. c. c. Dorr. proprietor.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-06-05

What Bisbee accomplished in mak- ing success of the decoration day celebration is Sest taste of what may be expected during the Fourth of July celebration.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-06-05
MANY livEs LOST.

DETROIT, Mich. June 4--Forest fires have again broken out in Mar auette county. Doliarsviile, Canary City and Cascade are threatened with destruction. Many farmers have lost their hcmes-
The border vidette., 1909-01-02
Sixty Cars of Oranges.

Up to the close of the week forty five cars loads of oranges had been shipped by the Arizona Orange asso- citation. It is probable that about fifteen mere cars will make up the en- tire crop. While higher prices have been obtained than ever before this years crop is only about half as large as last years. The quality of the fruit is better and the sizes run some- what larger than last year.
 No specific reason can be given for the falling off in the crop. Like most other fruits oranges have their off years. To compensate to some extent for this the prices obtained are higher. The average net price after freight and commissions have been pail IS thus far $1, ,225 car. This is based On returns from thirteen car loads which have been heard from. This ia far ahead of the average price per car obtained last year.
 The packing house was closed down two days last week owing partly to lack of fruit There was no packing Christmas day, but the machinery started up again on Saturday. It is thought that the packing will last about ten days more.-Republiean.
The border vidette., 1909-01-02

Billy Marvin and his associates in
 the La Suerte group of claims, ssin the
 Copper mountain county. are feeling jubilant over the prospect they have. At depth of fifteen feet they have some elegant rock, and the assay re- ports it as running 29 per cent copper,
 15 in gold and just trjfs under SS2 in silver. At the present price of the pretty close to $1OO a ton.-Yuma Sun.
 The late rains do not seem to hay done any damage except at Winslow and vicinity. The Santa Fe were quite heavy losers =nd several in dividuals suffered more or less loss The mails to and from the southern parts of the county were delayed and the windmill of Bert Thomas at Pine top was washed away. The ground is now well soaked insuring good crop of grass in the early spring. Win slow Mail
 The Tempe Normal school board is considering bids for the construction of the new auditorium and gymna- sium. The bids were five in number, but all were little above the estim- ated cost of construction. The new building, when erected. will complete the quadrangle formed by the new science building, the main building and the building for which the bids are now being considered. It will be built solely for the purpose of gym nasium and auditorium. The former will occupy the ground floor and the auditorium the upper fl DOT, This au- ditorium will bs one of the most modern in the wes6. It will have seating ca apacIty of nearly thousand and the stage will be large and we'll equipped one.
The border vidette., 1909-01-02
American Investors In Mexico Mines

The Wall Street Summary of New York publishes very favorable arti : cle on Mexican mining investments anent the action on the mining law, in which are the folio wing statements of interest:
 In mineral production Mexico ranks first in silver, second in copper, fourth in lead and fifth in gold. Mexico will year, S6 important mines controlled by stockholders of this country. The sho owing will be made from almost 460 mines of the second and third class, in order of production, which also are controlled by American capital.
 Investments, in Mexican mines, railroads and related industries to the credit of citizens of this country aggre gate $I. 100000. 900. There are with. in the United States 267 900 recorded shareholders in these enterprises, Se- venty- two thousand former citizens of the United States reside in Mexico and many of these are in charge of important mines and other industrial undertakings. Three four ths of the dividend paying mines of Mexico are owned in the United States.
 The Mexican mines owned by Am orleans this year will pay in dividends sum 24 per cent in excess of the aggregate net earnings of all the ma tional banks iu this country during the last fiscal year which was $79,- S63. S9S. These banks paid only 5 46 Der cent earnings to capital and sur plus. Some of the sixth-r ate mines of Mexico are plying 10 to l5 per an mum.
 Mining is carried on in 26 of the 3l states of the Mexican republic and the mineral output has doubled in a quart CT of century.
 One half of the tariff of Mexican railways is for account of the miLing industry and 62 per cent of her exports are minerals and metals.
The border vidette., 1909-01-02
STOCKHOLDERS WANT BOOKS.
Pennsylvania Party Is Suing an orc
 BiancO Company.

A motion to intervene in the suit of Dodson against the Arizona Consoi- dated Mining Company has been made aud a petition to compel the return of the conpapy's books from Pensyl- vania to this Territory has been filed by John w. Began, who is one of the stockholders h the mining company.
 The suit of Dodson versus tte min ing com pany is for $lO,OOO which it is alleged is due on note. Ia the petition asking leave to intervene, doubt is expressed regarding the debt and in order to get full information on the matter, MT. Bogan requests that the books of the company be brought back to Arizona.
 The Arizona Consolidated Company is the owner of several properties in the Gro Blanco district among which are the Gro Blanco and Banner mines They also have bond on the Tres Amigos mines.
 A short time ago a judgment for $lO0, 900 was given against the com pany in favor of the Lehigh Valley Bank of Pennsylvania. The msjority of tine stockholders in the mining com- pany are residents of Pennsylvania.
 Judge s w. Purcell is the attorney for MT. Began in the petition to m tervene in the suIt and to have the company books brought back to Ari- zona. Citizen.
The border vidette., 1909-01-02
Greene Concessions May Lapse.

An Ell Paso dispatch says that the largest concession ever granted in the republic of Mexico, that granted Col. w. c. Greene, will. according to the records of the mineral agen: at Guer- rero. expire January 12 and it is said in well Informed circles that these grants will not be renewed by the Mexican govern ment.
 Three million acres of land, much of it covered by valuable growths of timber and crossed by mineralized belts, have during the past five years been under the control of the copper rnagnate and with the revision lum ber men and prospectors will probably flock into the territory.
The border vidette., 1909-01-02
Predicts l8-Cent Copper.

Questioned as to the effect of the prospective rise in the price of copper on the electrical engineering business, the president of a corporation which is a considerable consumer of that metal said to representative of the Wall Street Summary:
 "We do not worry about the price of copper. Of course it is going higher. Tn my opinion it will be 18cts a pound in February. More than one half the worlds copper consumption is in small factories and shops. The little found ries of our country and Europe use twice as much copper, Tn the aggregate, as is worked up by the great enginesr- ing corporations. It is the little feI- lows that pay the high prices. My corporation did not buy any copper to speak of when it got above 20 cts. pound. We bought largely at I6 cts to Is cts, and after that we de- pended upon copper mines owned by directors in our corporation.
 "As trade Is going, We are able to supply all the copper consumed by our electrical factories from our own cop per mines. One of our copper mines is doing SO well in production that we are doubling the shelter capacity. In six months this shelter will turn ou t copper at the rate of 2.OOO. 900 lbs. a month. The metal costs us about 10 cts. pound loaded on the cars at the smelter for 3. 300 mile haul to tide water"
The border vidette., 1909-01-02
Copper Going Into Ships.

The three big battleships recently launched in Great Britain, Belle rophon. Temeraire and Superb, will consume 3,65O,OOO lbs of American lake aud electrolytic copper, and l,- 900 900 ibs will be required for each of the three big battleships whose keels are to be laid at once in England. For account of the men of war on the stocks of Continental Europe, l9,0OO,- 900 lbs. of lake and electrolytic copper will be needed within a year. The mercantile marine contracts under way in European yards will consume ST. O00.000 lbs of copper within a year.
 Although work is slack at domestic shipyards, tonnage under contract will call for the consumption of (. 900, 900 tbJ. of lake, electrolytic and casting copper within a year. The navy yards, ordenance works and the mint are consuming annually about l2, ,00O,- 900 fbs. of copper. The ship repairing plants on both oceans and along the Great L,kes are working up about lO,O0O.0 900 lbs. of copper year in various forms of bronze and brass.
The border vidette., 1909-01-02
Ed Shaw's Good Fortune.

E. l.. Shaw, for many years one of the best known commercial travellers in Arizona, and we'll known in Globe. hes made an advantageous sale of his farm, live stock and machinery, near Glendale in Maricopa county. The Republican states that he bought l2O acres of land three years ago, at $2O per acre, and very recently he sold his farm to Redmond Toohey at 800 an acre, and realized what appears to be fair profit on the investment With the proceeds of his sale, MT. Shaw has bought a one third interest in the Fl Temple Cigar factory in Los Angeles and in connection with the Marshall Investment company has bought l60 acres of orange land near the Goebel ranch. northeast of Phoe- nix in the heart of the orange bslt- Silver Belt.
The border vidette., 1909-01-02
TO AN HUMBLE HERO.
Monument to Engineer Garcia who
 Saved the Town of NacOsari

The Mexican govern ment and the Moctezuina Copper Co.,, controlled by the Phelps Dodge interests, have agreed to furnish the funds necessary for the completion of the monument to Jesus Garcia, the heroic Mexican engineer who stayed by the throttle and pulled a train load of burning dynamite out of the town of Nacozari, Sonora, and lost his own life in the explosion-but saved the town.
 I6 was proposed to build a hand some monument to this humble hero and public subscription WAS started Only $500 was subscribed. Now the government and the Moctezuma Copper Go. will make up the sum up to $6.OOO.
 1t is said that in Sonora the account of tbis heroic act of Engineer Garcia which occurred about year ago has been put into simple story and is fire quently read in the public schools of the state.
 The Association of the American Cross of Honor has made recognition to the hero for his great self sacrifice. Enterprise.
The border vidette., 1909-01-02

George Januel, the expert German barber, opposite the Sonora News Company, guarantees his work, and respectfully invites you to give hlm trial. Everything neat and clean Hair cutting a speciality. If.