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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-01
= M g. A. Convention

The sixth annual convention Of the
Y. M. G. AS Of North and South
Carolina, held in Charlotte, N. c.,
and n Of the most successful Of the
entire series, came to a close Sunday
night at a meeting held for the spec
lal benefit Of the delegates. A meet
ing was held for these in the morn
ing and IN addition there were the
usual special services for men and
boys at other hours. At the meeting
Nunday night talks were made BY
Messrs. R.. Il. King, Of Charleston.
3. e., Julian NJ. Smith, field secre-
tary; James E. johnson, secretary Of
students and boys work; J.. s.
kluttz, Office secretary of the inter
state executive committee; D. L. Pro-
bert, secretary of the Charlotte Y.
M. G. A.; P. NJ. Colbert, secretary
Of the Y. M. C. A. at Winston-Salem.
y. E. Barnett, secretary at the Uni
yersity Of North Carolina, Chanel
Hill; L. P. Hollis, Of Greenvihe,. s.
e.; &. c. Huntington, Of Charlotte.
and DR.: George J. Fisher, Of New
YORK. unanimous was the sentiment
expressed that the meeting had been
tar more than worth while. cit has
more than fulfilled our expecta-
tlons," said many. General regret
was expressed that the meeting which
had been so fruitful in results and
so pleasant had, like everything else,
TO come to an end at LAST. Before
adjournment, suitable resolntione
!" passed expressing much graft
f1cat1on at the cordial reception and
splendid entertainment of the BODY
by the citizens of Charlotte.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-01
Proof That He's Nearsighted
Units an Oyster Bed Watchma

Trenton, N. 1.-THE Civil Service
Commission received its first request
for the removal of an oficeholder
here. It came from an oyster grower
Of South Jersey who objected to a
Waterman, saying: "He isn't a good
Waterman because he is nearsighted.
A n~earsighted Waterman can't do the
work. I know he is nearsighted, be-
cause II he wasn't he could e his
own father and brother stealing my
oysters right along" The Waterman
says complainant is merely sarcastic.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-01
Burned With a House.

Weldon. Special.-Fire Saturday
right completely destroyed the hand-
son country dwelling known as the
Whitehead place, near Weldon, and
owned by Mr.. W. B. Drewry. The
occupants Of the house, MI. and Mrs.
will Carroll, and their four-weeks-
old baby, barely escaped with their
lives. and a colored boy, who slept
in the barn was burned to death.
When Mr.. Carroll awoke the bed was
on fire and his wife's hair was burn
Ing. Clasping the sleeping infant to
her breast, Mrs. Carroll fed from the
room in her night robes, followed by
her husband. The night was cold and
for several hours they were exposed
to the night winds before help could
arrive. Mrs. Carroll is Frustrated.
The body Of the colored boy was en-
tirely consumed only his heart being
left in a charred condition. The build
ing was a splendid two story barn,
newly ~remodeled. with metal roof and
was valued at $1,000. It was insured
for $1,000.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-01

Estimated at 5000 and It May Take a Wear to Find
All the Bodies of the Earthuuat<e Victims.

Rome, Italy.-The General in COM
mand at Messina, who is in charge of
the removal Of the dead, estimates
the number of bodies still awaiting
burial at about 10000. Most of them
lie several feet deep under the rub
bish from fallen houses.
The work of clearing the debris
from the streets is proceeding very
slowly. Not more than 200 bodies
are removed and buried on any day
when the work is carried on without
interruption for twelve hours. The
prevailing bad weather is hampering
the work greatly and often stops it,
as the rain changes the debris into
soft mud, which the first sunny day
hardens to the consistency of cement
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-01
N. @. Senators ON Important Com.
mittees.

washington, Special.-In the new
committee assignments in the Senate
North Carolina fares we'll. Senator
Overman is placed upon the new
committee to be known as Conserva-
tlon OF National Resources. This will
be an important committe. Senator
Summons goes to the Finance Com
m1ttee to fill the vacancy caused by
the retirement Of the venerable Sen
ator Teller. This committee has
charge OF all matters pertaining to
revenue and taxation as well az f.
nance, currency and banking.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-01
THE SAUCER PIE.

Once upon a time there was q sau.
Ger pie. A saucer pie is a pie that is
baked in a saucer instead of a pan.
and 1t you have never seen one I
hope you will before you are q hum
dred years old.
h pie was baked in a saucer that
belonged to a little girl named Polly.
Her grandmother had given her the
saucer, and it was as blue as the sky.
When her mamma took the pie out
OF the oven and put it on the table to
cool she said:
Here is a nice little, brown little pie.
Baked in a sauce as blue as the
sky"
The pie belonged to Polly as we'll
as the saucer. Her mamma had
baked it for her because it was her
birthday, and she was very proud OF
it.
Tell me about it again." she said,
as she stood on tiptoe by the table to
see it. Then her mamm said:
Here is a pie that is dainty and
sweet,
Baked in a saucer for Polly to eat
But Polly did not want to eat her
saucer pie by herself.
Il will have a party" she said, and
away she went with dancing feet to
call her neighbors in.
There was Martha and Margaret
and little boy John, and all of them
came to Polly's party.
When they got there the table was
set with Polly's doll dishes, and in
the middle of the table was the pie.
"a nice little pie, in a sauce blue,
Baked in the oven for Polly and
you,"
said mamma, al she cut the pie, once
across this way and once across that.
Each child had a slice, and then, nib.
BILE, nibble- 1
All that was left of the saucer pie, '
Was a crumb in the saucer as blue as
the sky.
-Maude Lindsay, in kindergarten
Review.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-01
Russian Dragged and Left to Per-
ish in a Roman Boarding House

Rome, Italy.-The body Of a Rus
sian, Vladimir Tarasof by name, was
found in a trunk in a boarding house,
locked up in the trunk, it is believed,
for twenty-three days.
A medical examination indicated
that the man, VINO was about thirty
years Of age, had been drugged and
placed in the trunk, and that he had
died Of s~uffocation. Two Russians
visited him shortly before his disap-
pearance. There is no cleW to their
identity.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-01
Gets Good Lift.

Salisbury, special.-John Ridge
way, a blacksmith by trade, is now
IN salisbury collecting amounts ag-
gregatlng $4,000 to which he has
1ahen heir by the estate Of his broth
er, William Ridgeway, who died re-
Gently n Alabama. The two brothers
came to America from England in
1854 and had been separated since
that time. ~
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-01
RIDDLES.

What is it that never asks ques-
lions, yet requires many answers1
A door bell.
What is that which grows in VIM
ter, but never in summer, and lives
with it's roots upward? An icicle.
What will turn without moving3
Milk.
What reptile is always welcome in
a school room? A good adder.
How can you divide fourteen ap-
pies equally between nine boys If
four of the apples are very small2
By making them into sauce.
Why are tears like potatoes? Be-
cause they spring from the eyes.
What is the strongest day in the
week? Sunday, because all the rest
are week (weak) days.
What is that which comes with a
coach, goes with a coach, is of no use
whatever to the coach, and yet the
coach cannot go without it? Noise.
Why is a miss not as good as a
mile? Because a miss has only two
feet and a mile has $3.50.
In what month do men talk the
least? In February, because it is the
shortest month.
Why is a room full of married peo-
pie like an empty room? Because
there is not a single person in it.
What is that word of three sylla.
bles which contains the whole twen-
ty-six letters? Alphabet. :,
What is the difference between a
bankrupt and a feather bed? One is
hard up and the other is soft down.
Home Herald. n.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-01
Or. Elliot at Greensboro

1,s greensboro, Special.-In an ad-
s ~rss. before the students of Guilford
r wilese Wednesday DR.. Charles W.
n m;U'' ie'lrlng president of Harvard
bbt,elsl'y, denied that competition
t;o a@eel endowed and State educa-
s stI'l institutions is hurtful. He
, aJ competition everywhere helps
is s'u WHIP promotes growth, adding that
i why protection to American in
dust tr;es - IS IA harmful to those very in
"pu rl,rs' DR.: Eliot's subject was
Men poile Spirit the Virtue of Free
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-01

The soldiers and workmen have to
break this with pickaxes instead Of
clearing it away with shovels. Of
ten a week passes without any bodies
being extracted, and at the rate at
which the work is being done more
than a year will be required before
all the victims in Messina are buried.
For some unknown reason the
Government wants to keep this a Sc
cret, and an attempt to send the story
by wire some days ago failed, owing
to the activity Of the press censor. It
is probable that the Government now
realizes it's mistake in recalling too
soon the greater number Of soldiers
and sailors engaged in the work of
burial.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-01
DIR. M ABBOTT,S SEVEN RULES
:. 49, ON WHAT Xxi AN IDEAL WOMAN

Brooklyn.-"Tob be an ideal woman" said DR.. Lyman Abbott, in
a sermon in the Central Congregational Church, 1.-THE feminine type
represented in each individual must:
Il. Discard all shoes the size Of which makes walking we'll nigh in.
possible. 80 -
"2. She must not consider her hands when it comes to a ouesHon
of work.
IS. To obtain red cheeks, the ideal woma must take exercise and
pass BY paint and powder.
are her servants.
' IS. She must not change her styles at the didation of men in Paris.
&c. Her HON must be Ter palace, because in it she has eyeloped a
T. She must be Industrious, sympathetic, energetic, enthusiastic,
Continuing, DR.. Abbott said:
"A woman's idea of modern industry isplaying bridgewhist morn
ing and night. Her idea of modern life is to be supported nv some n
else.
lieves that whatever concerns her husband concerns her. If the ideal
woman's family finds fault with her cooking, she does not blame the
cooking. She bames the food, and changes it.
woman a mean to be mans companion. and if the idea we're
properly carried out there would be no amnuies."
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-01

iron three to five. or as many az
the players wish). and from the !.
posite side of the room he rolls at the
board, the object beingto roll through
the arches, which have numbers i'm.
mediately above them in the manner
shown. The one making the most
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-01
Will Unveil Monument.

salisbury, Special.-A monument
IN honor of the Rowan county SOL
dlers in the Civil War will be un-
Velled by the Robert F. Hoke Chap
Ter, United Confederate Veterans, Of
SALISBURY, on May s. The shaft.
winch IS the result Of eight years
OF har work by the chapter, will be
erected on Innis Street, one Of the
principal thoroughfares Of Salisbury.
an elaborate program is in prepar-
atlcn for the event.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-01
TAME HUNTING, SAYS ANOTHER.
Captain Smiley Says Many Hunters
Have Made Lions Gun.Shy.


San Francisco, Cal.-Captain A. J.
Smiley, who is said to have served
with the Irish Brigade in the Boer
war, says that the hunting grounds
where ex-President Roosevelt plans
to spend his vacation are nothing but
q huge game preserve, and that the
hunter will have a tame time.-.Tha
captain claims to have hunted over
this ground many times, and he as
serts that the lions have been shot at
so often they have become gun-shy.
The Duke ct Manchester, according
to Captain Smiley, is said to have shot
over the country which Roosevelt
will traverse without bagging any
game. Smiley says he has written to
Roosevelt suggesting that he go to a
portion of Africa where elephants
could be met in droves.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-01
1885,
%s%0s1
Is ~ sE3GIssGsN

oelng placed upward, each plaver
Tolls four marbles singly at the
DOCKS, the object being to hit 90
many of them as possible. when
done. count the numbers on tho ~
PER slaes OF all the blocks, and re-
place them for the next player. It is
a lively game. -
Swinsing-Block Count-Game.
is but a modification of ,be
Oiock-game just described. A com
mon pin or tack is driven nartlv in+o
one ! OF a block, which is connect
eo oy a string with a little strip of
WOOD above. Instead of making side
pieces for supports, two chairs can he
oeed. letttus tho strip rest upon the
seat or lower rounds. Each block has
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-01

counts after rolling all the marbles
Is entitled to one game. Or, II you
have but five or six marbles. each
party rolls the whole number by HIM
self, and should there be q tie be-
tween those who make the highest
aggregate number they must roll
again, the M then having the high.
est tally winning the game.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-01
State Boundary Question.

washington, Special.-The Su-
preme Court Of the United States
granted the petition Of the State Of
North Carolina for leave to file an
original bill in that court for a de-
almltat1on of the boundary between
that State and Tennessee at the
crossing of the Tennessee river.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-01
Death Due to Drink

A, 1ul'lnst0n, special.-The lifeless
N.Y., u Dolph Faucette was found
bo,.s morning in a barn near his
VIE about six miles north Of Rnr.
;ns' '"u' The vexdict of the coroner,s
,pss;u was that death was due to ex-
Vas 't fono drinking. W. NJ. Beckom
and near as asleep in the same room,
''f The hody Of Mr.. Fau,etto
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-01
QMQRENS

PRETENDING.
when l must play alone, because there's
only one of me,
PRETENDING there's another child is lots of
l call her Chloe Amabel-they'r re both such
pretty names!
we play at hide-and-seek, and tag and
many other games.
Sometimes I'm having grown folks call.
and sit all in a row,
While they tell pleasant things about how
MY ~grandma's real, you know. and 81 thew
never speak to her
though once she sat down on the chair
that held the minister!
1t helps the most, pretending, when I wake
up in the night
l spose I'm rather frightened. though I'm
brave when there's a LIGHT: =
30 l pretend there's something in the dark
that's warm and kind,
And l pat the shadows softly-after that
do not mind!
MAY Turner, in Youths COMPANION.
INDOOR GAMES AT MARBLES.
One or two of the following games
OF marbles may beknown to u read
ers, but we think they all will be new
to a great many boys.
The Textbook Count-Game.
You are to make ten blocks of
each about one inch square:
upon n side of each you mark the
figure 0; on the other sides the num-
bers 10, 20, 80, 40 and so. the so
being upon the side opposite the O..
blocks are placed upon the floor
or carpet in the form of a half dia-
mond, as shown. The 0 in each case
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-01

the same number upon every side,
and is hung so that the bottom is
about one-Quarter of an inch from
the floor. When a marble strikes a
block it swings a little and soon is
quiet. This saves considerable work
IN replacing overturned blocks. For
each block hit tally the number upon
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-01
Three-Arch Discount-Game.

This board is as wide and thick as
the other, but is only eighteen inches
in length. The centre arch is four
inches wide, the two small ones three
inches each. In playing, each boy
rolls from four to ten marbles each,
every marble that passes under the
centre arch counting forty; if the
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-01

object being to have them stop Upon
the paper and as near the centre as
possible, each person to let his re-
main where they stop until all of his
be rolled. Should a marble rest on a
line tally for it the number in the
largest circle adjoining.
The Arched-Board Count-Game.
A strip of board, half. an inch
thick, five inches wide, and twenty
two inches long, has notches cut in
n side, two inches wide at the bot
tom and tapering as shown. Short
bits of board nailed upon each end
keep the strip upright. Then it is
placed Upon the floor within two feet
of the wall. Each player is provided
with the same number Of marbles
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-01

marble goes through either small
arch twenty is deducted from the
count, or, as the boys say, is counted
OFF" each time. So, if you are not a
good shot, it is likely you will lose
more than you will gain. In this, or
the previous game, if you fail to pop
your marble through any arch it is
lost. >szf +,
S Ss@;,, Circle-Game. 41::s7
Mark upon a piece of paper three
rings, the largest from eight to fifteen
inches in diameter, the other two
considerably smaller. Within the
rings mark the numbers 10, 20 and
SO, as shown. Lay this paper upon
the floor and roll your marbles, the
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-01
Death by Assassin

M,l-s
ford. a snecial.-Jerry Big
keener~ young white farmer and store
qn5us living near Freeeman's, Col
day niobt Ivy was murdered Mon
Upon Him oy an assassin, who fred
home. r-h through a window of his
sheriff rnere he lived alone. The
hounds Vas Vas notified and with blood.
. and a 'lared q the supposed assassin
Cevelannd1 lo B Cape Fear river, where
bothers'O nuss and Stilmore Russ,
lumber bo Were arrested, one of the
lord To- for D the ba a > rival Of young Big
Of an adj Hand Of a Miss Squires
DEAD man 1Jolhlng county, whom the
"n Was to marry Tnasdau
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-01
,le;ot '1a!nent SEXES Flour.

Under i 6st -, N: c., Special Acting
' !, Wagner. 't Ion | f from U. S. Inspec=
aal here f b., me United States mar
Ne in this is st Just made the first seiz-
# tile goye Dra5e Of -four for violation
ss'e food d ennlent regulations of the
ssr short u uepartment. The seizure is
,ssnth barra l Wills, Virginia, as dsix.
|ssoesds. '" Tba weighing only ten ten
= Brewer Con se1zure was from the W.
company, at Wake Forest.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-11-10
SENTENCE IS AFFIRMED
Gompers, Mitchell and Morri-
son Guilty Of Contempt

Washington, Nov 2.-The District
court of appeals has affirmed the de.
cree of the supreme court of the Dis
trict of Columbia adjudging President
Samuel Gompers, Secretary Frank
Morrison and Vice President John
Mitchell of the American Federation
of Labor guilty of contempt of court
in the Buck Stove and Range COM
pany case. Chief Justice Sheppard
dissented from the opinion of the
court on constitutional grounds.
Individual interest," Justice Van
orsdell said, "dwindles into insig-
nificance when compared with the
higher principles involved in this
cause. The fundamental issue is
whether the constitutional agencies Of
government shall be obeyed or defied
The mere fact that the defendants are
the officers of organized labor in Amer
lea lends Importance to the cause and
adds to the gravity Of the situation,
but it should not be permitted to in.
fuence the result. If an organization
of citizens, however large. may dis
obey the mandates of the court the
same reasoning would render them
subject to individual defiance. The
one has no greater right in the eyes
of the law than the other Both are
subject to the law and neither are
above it'
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-11-10
ADMITS THE AWFUL CRIME
Farmland Kills Three and Injuries
Two Others.

Two Others.
Quill Lake, Sask., Nov. AFTER
numbering three elder members of the
Thorburn family here and rendering
the two children unconscious with
blows john Mssci. farmland, calmly
made his way to Wynard, Sask., where
he was arrested and admitted the
triple murder.
The tragedy was discovered by
neighbors, who noticed the restless
ness of the cattle, which had not been
fed and were causing disturbance.
George Thorburn was found in Il
cellar trap, into which he had been
thrown head first after being shot
In tn. next cellar was found the four
year-old boy and a two-year-old girl
was found in the oven of stove, beth
the children being alive and but little
hurt
The remains of Mrs. Thorburn and
her mother were located in the brush
some distance from the house.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-11-10
Collision on Elevated Tracks at
Jersey City, n J.
LARGE NUMBER ARE INJURED
All but Rear Coach Of Passenger
Train DeraiIed.

New York, Nov. Give persons,
four known to be railroad employees,
were killed and six passengers seri
ously and a score slightly injured in
a collision between Pennsylvania rail
road train No. 1914, from Philadelphia,
and an engine running light on the
elevated tracks of the railroad in Jer-
sey City.
Tie engines and all the cars ex-
cept the rear one left the rails The
smoking car and both engines were
overturned.
The wrecked train was running at
fair speed. Near Brunswick street an
engine running light on the adjoining
track was met. In some manner, pos
sibly because of a misplaced switch,
the light engine and the passenger
train crashed together, the light en-
CINE side swiping the passenger train.
Practically all the injured passen-
gers were in the smoking car, which
was overturned. Six were severely
enough hurt to require hospital atten-
ton. The others injured sustained
cuts from flying glass and minor con-
tusions and shock.
The wreck caused serious inter
ruption to traffic, the tracks being
blocked for several hours. Members
of the Dartmouth football team on
their way to Princeton were among
those delayed by the wreck.
Every ambulance, police patrol and
remove the injured. The fire depart
ment was needed to get the injured
TO the street level that they might
be hurried to the hospitals.