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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-05
Deleoates to Convention Appointed.

Sheffield, December 4.-(Special. )-Pres-
,ident Urquhart of the Sheffield CONNER
cial club has appointed ]. L. Andrews
and w. H. Habbler delegates to the
rivers and harbors' convention. which
will meet In washington. December z.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-05
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Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-10-13
NINE BITTEN BY RABID DOG.
Children From Pender, Rockingham
and Scotland Taken to Raleigh.

Raleigh, N. c., Oct. 9.-Today there
was regular influx of people bitten
by mad dogs. Mr.. J. G. Page came
in with his six children, Kathleen,
May, Annie, Jane, John and Henry,
from Pender county. All of these were
bitten by little puppy, shepherd
dog. The same dog bit yearllng
heifer and a little calf, both of which
were killed today,
Another patient is three-year-old
daughter of Sidney w. Burton, OF
Reidsvil1e, and another James Wom-
ack, of Rockingham county, three
years old, bitten by pug dog.
Yet another is NJ B. Baldwin, OF
Scotland county, who was in his yard
neighbor and little child being
with him. While loading his wagon
with cotton, dog ran in, open-mouth-
ed, at the child, whose father kicked
the dog away, the animal Immediately
biting Mr.. Baldwin on the leg. He
seized the dog and choked it to death
The people now under treatment
as well as those who have been under
treatment, are crying death to the
dogs, and one man said he intended tt
use poison freely on his premises
| There are now fifteen persons here fol
| treatment.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-10-13

A Very Little Philosophy, But an
Awful Lot of Truth.

Show us the man with soul so dead
that he does not feel the least bit of
thrill when the circus comes to town,
and we will show you a confirmed
cynic
'The circus is your true test as to
whether your neighbor is human or
not. One who has become thoroughly
disillusioned is not only heavy
weight upon himself, but wearies his
acquaintances as well, and it is a
false sympathy which regrets his sui
eide. If a man claims that the circus
bores him, it is because all the fresh
ness is gone from his nature; and by
the same token he is bore himself.
Except you become again as a little
child you shall not enjoy the circus;
and if you have the power to do that
you are in such a spiritual condition
that you need not worry about the
hereafter. Of course, we don't mean
to make the f1at-footed statement that
all who go to the circus will of neces-
slty go to heaven, nor that all who
are admitted to the latter place must
have been circusgoers, for even some
| circusgoers are wanting in the proper
| child-like simplicity in other things
| and may not be able to even creep un-
der the tent of Paradise.
| But the main proposition holds
true; it is bad man and bad
neighbor, and, above all, bad par
ent, who can forget his own juvenile
delight in the brave bespangled confu-
sion of the Greatest Show on Earth
Zach circus is the Greatest Show or
Earthly"
Howe's Great London Shows de-
serve this ape1lation, however, every
department being completely up to the
minute.
The show date here is Saturday, Oc
tober 16.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-10-13
HEARING IN PANAMA LIBEL CASE,
To Determine Whether Case Will Be
Removed to District of Columbia.

Indianapolis, Ind, Oct. 1.-THE
hearing in the so-called Panama libel
case, in which Delavan Smith and
Charles P. Williams, of this city, are
defendants, was called in the Federal
Court here today, Judge Anderson
presiding. The hearing Is to deter
mine whether the defendants are to
be removed to the District of Colum-
bia for trial.
The prosecution of Mr.. Smith and
Mr.. Williams grew out of the publica-
ton in the Indiapolis News, of which
they are the joint owners, of certain
articles and editorials in regard to the
Panama canal property. Offense at
these articles was taken by Theodore
Roosevelt, Douglas Robinson and Will
liam Nelson Cromwell, of New York !;
Charles P. Taft, of Cincinnati, and
others.
The matter was placed before the
Federal grand jury at Washington
with the demand for indictments
against Mr.. Smith and Mr.. Williams.
Since the papers containing the ar
ticles in question had circulated in
Washington, it was contended by the
government that this constituted pub
| lication in the District of Columbia
and that the offense, if there was ar
offense, was indictable under the Fed
eral law in the District of Columbia.
| Indictments were returned under
the Federal statute, and as neither Of
the defendants was resident of the
District of Columbia, it became neces
sary for the government. to seek tt
remove them to the District of Co
lumbia for trial. It is in regard tC
this phase of the case that the presen
hearing is held.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-10-13
FINDS LONG LOST CHILD.
Dreams of Seeing Daughter i'm Nearby
Village and Learns She Is There.

Pensacola, Fla, Oct. 10.-Finding
her daughter, who had been lost since
an infant, eighteen years ago, through
the medium of a dream, was the ex-
perience of Mrs. B. Ellis, of this city,
who left yesterday for JOnesboro,
Tenn, to visit her long lost child.
According to Mrs. Ellis, her hus
band died in Jonesboro shortly after
her child was born and the baby was
turned over to a neighbor until the
mother could come to Pensacola and
establish herself in business. Three
months later Mrs. Ellis went back to
Jonesboro for the baby, only to find
that her neighbors had moved to parts
| unknown. For five years she searched
continuously for the child, but finally
gave up in despair.
| About week ago Mrs. Ellis had q
dream in which she saw her daughter
i back in Jonesboro. She telegraphet
/ to friends in that city and received {
reply that her daughter, who had re
Gently married, had returned with he
husband to that city and did not ever
know that her mother was alive.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-10-13
TRIP TO PHILIPPINES.
Taft Considering a Visit to
the Islands in
1911.
Persons Accompanying the President
ON His Present Tour Would Not
Be Surprised if He Would
Cross the Pacific.
Cross the Pacific.

Los Angeles, Cal, Oct. 11.-Presi-
dent Taft, after an all night ride from
Fresno, reached Los Angeles this
morning for visit of two days with
his sister. Notwithstanding the ear
ly hour an immense crowd congre-
gated at the station to witness the ar
rival of the President. A committee OF
prominent citizens was on hand to ex-
tend the official greetings. From the
station the President was driven in an
automobile through the principal
streets, all of which we're profusely
decorated in his honor.
During his two days stay here the
President is to be the guest at several
elaborate features of entertainment.
It would be no surprise to those
who are accompanying President Taft
on his present journey if he decided to
make trip to the Philippines before
his administration is over.
When the probability of such .triI
was suggested to the President hi
| smilingly remarked that he would
| want Representative McKinlay, O
California, to go along with him. Tht
Representative promised that hs
would.
President Taft, it is known, believes
that the President of the United States
ought to visit not only all parts of tn
| country, but also all it's dependencies
The President, if he decides to go t.
the Philippines, will not go befor
| 1911
It is estimated that it would TAX
three months to make the trip ou
and back The President would max
the voyage on a cruiser.
The President already is planning
| trip to Panama during the Christina
recess of Congress and a trip to Alas
ka next summer. Mr.. Taft. in tn
event of his going to the Philippines
would stop at the Hawaiian Islands.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-10-13
TROLLEY WRECK INJURIES 25.
Autumn Leaves Heaped Up by Wind
Causes a Collision.

Pittsburg, Pa, Oct. 11.-Autumn
leaves heaped up by the wind caused
a spectacular and disastrous street
car wreck in Jenny Lind street, Nc
Keesport, injuring twenty-five per-
Sons, but none fatally.
A car going down the hill into Nc
Keesport slid on leaves which COW
cred the rails, got beyond control OF
the motorman and bumped into an up
bound car. The latter car plunged
backward, jumped the track at Four
teenth avenue, snapped off a trolley
pole and just missing going over 9
$50 foot precipice by a few inches
brought up against dwelling house
which was badly wrecked.
The most seriously injured were
Motorman Sullivan, Nathan McGrev
and Motorman Soles.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-10-13

judicial powers be granted to the com
mission as now organized to the ex-
tent that may be necessary or desira-
BILE and especially power to all COM
m1SSioners to summons and compel
the attendance of witnesses, the pro-
duction of evidence and the power to
enforce their orders and make the
findings of facts and mixed questions
of law and fact final in the same way
that they are now determined by the
Department of the Interior; provided,
however, that the ultimate question of
ton of law.
The third amendment recommended
is that the statutes provide specifi-
cally that attorneys fees are taxable
against the carriers in favor of ship
pers when the petitioners are success
unless some plan can be devised
whereby a division of the Department
of Justice shall have charge of the
prosecution at the expense of the
United States.
, Mr.. Stephens also suggests that to
place the commission beyond success
full attack in it's position and findings
as to excessive earnings, the value of
the railroad properties must be ascer-
tanned and determined, adding in clos
ing his argument:
This should be done under some
appropriate procedure for that spe-
cific purpose so as to insure the ac-
curacy and reliability thereof. This
can not be accomplished any other
way than by the Federal government,
because of the great expense involved.
When that is done, the proceedings
before the commission will be greatly
simplified and the fixing Of rates ex-
pedited; many determinations and in
justices eliminated, more equitable
rates secured and many unjust and ar
bitrary charges reduced
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-10-13
ONLY A "JOKE."
Hrs. Ruth Bryan Leavitt Says She Is
Not i'm the Race for Congress.

Hrs. Ruth Bryan Leavitt Says She Is
Not i'm the Race for Congress.
Denver, Col, Oct. 11-Ruth Bryan
Leavitt, just before leaving here for
yer fathers home in Lincoln, declared
aughingly that Il do not expect to
,e Congress lady from Colorado"
Then she told good naturedly about
er political aspirations.
Ever since l was five years old,
when father was congressman, have
said in jesting way that some day I
would go to Congress myself. But it
is still a joke with me, I guess" Then
she laughed again and would say
nothing further about politics. Mrs.
Leavitt goes to her fathers home to
join her parents and her children for
long journey which will carry the
Commoner and his wife to South
America and Mrs. Leavitt and chill
dren to Hanover, Germany. In Han
over are friends of the Bryan family.
There the children will go to school
and Mrs. Leavitt will continue her
studies of sociological questions.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-10-13
HEARST And TAMMANY
Theft of New Party'S Name
StirS The Former To
Wrath
Democratic Nominee Returns All Con.
tributiOns and Declares He VIII
Depend Upon Record Alone.
McCarren Denounced.

New York, Oct. 11.-Rapid develop
ments of a sensational nature have in
jected ginger into what promised to be
the most colorless municipal election
in the history of New York city.
Tammany, which expected a week ago
to have a walk-over in the contest ap-
parently destined to be listless and
uninteresting, is now in state of
panic, and will have to fight strenu-
ously and more aggressively than ever
before to win.
The appearance in the campaign of
William r. Hearst, whose Indepen-
dence League primaries emblem and
new party name, "The Civic Alliance, -
were stolen, the former by Tammany
chieftains, the latter by McCarrenites,
lent to the campaign the element of
uncertainty and strife which had been
lacking. Hearst's first indec1sion as
to whether he would accept the NOM
fnation being over, he is now fighting
mad and determined to win.
Hearst's barrel is open again, long
he will direct most of his fighting
against Tammany, paying scant at
tention to Barnard, the Republican
candidate. Tammany will also be the
target of the Republicans, who hope
Hearst will appropriate enough votes
from the Democrats to make Barnard
an easy winner.
The withdrawal of District Attorney
Jerome from the race as a candidate
for reelection did not cause a ripple
of excitement today among politicians
although it was a source of regret to
the voters, who do not regard a mu-
nicipal election in this city as quite
complete without the picturesque dis
| trict attorney being seen and heard on
| the platform, with his vitriolic and
pat observations on the other cand1-
| dates. 1t is said he will not make q
speech during the campaign.
| Some of the Brooklyn Tamanyites
were indignant yesterday when they
learned that Justice Gaynor had re-
turned to Schuyler Parsons, president
Of the Coney Island Jockey Club, {
| check for $500, which Mr.. Parsons. haG
sent him as campaign contribution
Later they learned that Justice Gay
nor will not accept contributions o
any kind.
In a letter to Abraham Abraham
a Brooklyn merchant, returning $1,000
Justice Gaynor said that he had de
cided not to use a dollar in this elec
ton, but hoped to win out on his rec
ord only.
Registration is below that of tw'
Years ago.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-10-13
CONQUEST OF THE AIR
1t Is PfobIematicaI. What
Rat, of LeComOtion Can
Be Attained.
Wilbur Wright Makes New Speed
Record and Wants to Score
Sixty or Seventy Miles
an Hour.

College Park, Md, Oct 11-After
breaking the worlds record for flight
Jver a closed circuit a kilometer in
distance, Wilbur Wright Saturday pre-
icted that he could attain a speed of
,ixty to seventy miles an hour il an
teroplane racer.
He had just torn through the air
the government aeroplane at rate
tpproximating forty-six miles an
nour, making a new record of So 3-5
seconds for 500 metres and return, in
Guiding a turn.
To reach the high rate of speed,
Ir. Wright said he would reduce the
;ize of the biplanes in the govern
nent machine, and at the same time
ghten their weight For racing pur-
oses he said he would be content
18th the plant" in this aeroplane.
Following the successful flights of
.aturday morning, Mr.. Wright made
.Wo ascensions late in the afternoon
1nce his engine seemed lazy and the
teroplane settled to the ground 200
eet from the starting rail. On one.
# the afternoon flights Lieutenant
1ahm accompanied Mr.. Wright On
The other Mr.. Wright, alone, repeated
he performance of the forenoon by
ttarting off the rail without the aid of
weights.
Lieutenant Lahm, for the first time,
.ssisted in guiding the machine dur
a third lever having been installed
for the benefit of the officer, who is
eing taught to navigate the machine
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-10-13
MARS CANALS ARE DRAINS.
Declares They Are Sim
ply to Run OFF Snow Water.

Berlin, Oct. 11.-Professor f. S.
Archenbold, director of the Treptow
Astronomical Observatory, comment
ing upon the idea that the canals on
Mars were constructed for the pur-
pose of signalling to the earth, said
he was unable to accept this view.
In his opinion the canals on Mars
were for the practical purpose OF
drawing off the enormous masses OF
snow water that evidently come with
the melting of the ice-caps, and to
prevent inundation.
This theory is confirmed by the fac
that the canals, which at other times
are indistinct, become sharply mark
ed when the snow caps melt, and tht
professor assumes that they were
built by throwing up dykes few
yards high.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-10-13
GoLDsBoRo, n G.. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 49, 1909
WOMAN's KEEPING A SECRET.
They Are As Rule Cl0ser-Meuthe(
About Business Secrets Than Men.

p
The recent seni-annua1 meeting OF
the stockholders of the Bank of Eng
land was enlivened by a depression
into sociology, one shareholder rails
ing a question as to the responsibility
of women as clerks of the bank.
Women he said, should not be en-
ployed in this establishment. They
cannot keep secret, You know they
can't; it is impossible
This is not the view of American
employers of women in positions of
trust Opinions are Well-nigh agreed
that they are as rule closer -mouthed
about business secrets than are men
clerks. Thousands of young women
in New York are in the full confidence
of their employers as secretaries and
stenographers. They are intrusted
with a large volume of confidential
correspondence the contents of which
if revealed to rival house would Sc
riously embarrass their firms stand
ing. They know the secrets of corpo-
rations, the details of contracts and
provisions of trade agreements. 1t is
in their power to cause all manner of
complications by a disclosure of pa
pers of a private and personal nature
committed to their custody in the
daily round of business.
But is there record of such a breach
of trust? One of the notable devel-
opments of women's larger participa-
ton in business affairs is their demon
stfation of a fiduciary capacity and a
loyalty fully equal to mans. The
theory that they cannot keep a secret
is disproyed by the fact that they do
This is another of the man-made
opinions about the sex which have
needed to be revised since women be-
gan to meet men on equal terms in
business life.-New York World.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-10-13
BROWN SUTTON.
Two Popular GoldsborO Young People
Welded Sunday.

AT st. John M. .. parsonage Sun
day evening at six O'Clock, in the pres
ence of a small circle of invited
friends, Mr.. Henry Brown, one of the
popular clerks in Mr. w V. Williams
City Pharmacy, and Miss Letha Sut-
ton, the beautiful daughter of Mr.. w
T. Sutton, of this city, were united in
the holy bond of wediock, the pastor
Rev. ]. H. Frizelle officiating
The happy couple left Monday
for Greensboro, where they will spend
the honeymoon.
Both these young people have many
friends in Goldsboro who wish fol
them the fullest measure of happiness
and prosperity.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-10-13
FATAL ACCIDENT AT NEW BERN
Fred Thomas Instantly Killed by Shock
From an Electric Generator.


New Bern Journal, Sunday.
Mr. Fred Thomas, assistant electri-
clan at the city electric light works,
was instantly killed last night at
twenty minutes past eleven o'clock by
coming in contact with some exposed
part of a generator upon which he
was working.
Mr.. Thomas had been having con-
siderable trouble during the early part
Of the night with the generator and
was trying to locate the cause of the
trouble when in some way he touched
an uninsulated part of the machine
and received the full amount of volt
age it was carrying, killing him in
stantly.
Mr. Thomas was about thirty-one
years old and had been in the employ
of the company number of years and
was highly esteemed by them. He is
survived by his mother and one
brother to whom we extend our heart.
felt sympathy in their bereavement.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-10-13
JEROME WILL NOT RUN.
Famous District Attorney Files DecIi-
nation of denomination.

New York, Oct. 11.--William Trav-
ers Jerome has issued a statement
formally withdrawing from the race
for reelection as district attorney on
an Independent ticket. His statement
says:
after careful reflection, it seems to
me l ought no longer to continue as
"a candidate for election to the Office OF
district attorney of New York county
and I have filed my declination OF
nomination as candidate for that
Office
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-10-13
.JUsT AS MOTHER DID,.
Chicago Girls Are to Be Taught How
to Cook in the Old Way.

Chicago, Oct 1.-THE task of turn
ing out model housewives for young
men of marrying minds, whose sala-
ries do not exceed SIS week, has
been undertaken by the Chicago Board
of Education.
How to broil an inexpensive steak
so as to have feast for king; how
to trim over last years Eat and
make it do these are some of the
subjects for young women at evening
classes at thirty-three schools.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-10-13
Winter Quarter of Cole Brothers Cir,
Gus Burned.

Erie, Pa; Oct 9-The winter quar-
ters of the Cole Brothers circus were
destroyed by fire this afternoon In
volving a property loss of $4,000. A
serious situation results, as the circus
is due to enter winter quarters on
Monday.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-10-13
JAPS LIKE Us, TT rs SAID.
Missionary Conference i'm Toxic Asks
Americans to Be Friendly, Too.

Toxic, Oct. 1.-THE Protestant
mi-Centennial, Of Toxic, composed
of one hundred missionaries, repre-
senting American churches of all de-
nominations, has adopted resolutions
asserting that the government and
people of Japan have maintained con-
sistently an attitude of cordial friend
ship to the United States. Therefore
the American people are asked care
fully to discriminate in the news re-
ceived from Japan, for in the last two
years, the resolutions say, mass Of
misinformation has been circulated
concerning this country.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-10-13
TO FORBID FIREWORKS.
Columbus, o., Promises to Have i'm
Future Sane Fourth of July.

to follow the example of Cleveland
and provide for a noiseless Fourth of
July. Following a report on the sue
cess of the experiment in Cleveland,
the city authorities have determined
there shall be no more old-fashioned
Independence Day celebrations, An
ordinance prohibiting the sale and use
of explosives of all kinds was recon-
ended for passage by unanimous
vote of the council judiciary commit
tee. ~, ls sSSJsU
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-10-13
HURRICANE ON SOUTHERN COAST,
The First Reports Centered the Storm
Near Key West.

Washington, d. c., Oct. IA de-
structive hurricane is sweeping UP the
Atlantic coast, and warnings were
sent to all points from the south of
Florida as far north as Charleston.
The first reports centered the storm
from fifty to seventy-five miles west
of Key West Hurricane warnings
were flashed to all parts of Florida, as
It is believed the storm will sweep the
entire state.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-10-13
Pickaninny Not Scared, But sMammy'
Was.

Mobile, Ala, Oct. 10.-An aged ne
gress living on the plantation of j. Y.
Westbrook, near Greensboro, Ala, was
frightened to death by a raccoon. AT
ter retiring she saw an object crawl
over the bed toward her, and she be-
lieved she was haunted" To pre-
vent another death in the family the
raceoon was killed and eaten by 8
grandson of the deceased.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-10-13

Sooner or later the man who does
his best gets the best job.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-10-13

A cynic is person who makes g
speciality of telling the truth.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1909-01-29
WITH TIE MAGAZINES.

The Wo1ans Home Compan
ION has established reputation
for beautiful illustrations. and
he February Valentine number
IS .-an richer than usual IN the
display 81 pictures by well
sa9~n artists. G. Allan Gilbert :
great new painting, David Cop
rel-l=-d and Agnes, i repro
iuc=d IN color. There Is a full
page prorrait Of Lincoln a. the
age OF fifteen, painted especially
for this magazine by BaIfour
k=r The Valentine cover i
painted by Howard Chandler
Chrlsty Other illustrations are
cv Alice Barber Stephens Orson
Lowell, Rose Cecil O'Neill and
Herman Pfelfer.
The fiction in this Valentine
magazine IS bv such popular au.
rhors as Florence Morse Kings
ley Juliet Wll6or Tompkins.
Irving Bachelor and Nsrr
Hastings
Anna Steese Richardson. one
ot-he most distinguished author
ltlss IN America on the working
g-r- problem. IN \ Substitute
for MatrLmony presents the
strongest indictment vet brought