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f FIRES ON THIEF A Yoong Woman Bravdy Defends Herself Against a Burglar SHE HEARS IN HER ROOM The llurglar Said to the Young Woman as She Woke from a Deep Sleep, "You Keep Quiet or I Will Shoot You," but Ho Was Shot by Iter. "Keep quit! or I will shoot you." This, says the Charlotte Observer, was the greeting that Miss Mabel Clnnton received when she awoke u> find a man in her room at her home four miles south of the city >11 the Yorkville road Wednesday night. The burglary occurred about 11:30 and only meager details could he secured by telephone. Miss Clanton is the daughter of Mr. J. it. Clanton, a prominent citizen of the county. She had retired early and awoke to hear a noise in the room. Upon rising ti a half sitting posture, unable in the dark room to ascertain if the midnight intruder was white or black she was greeted hv the threat to keep quiet. | Retaining her presence of mind Miss Clanton shot in the direction of the voice and the intruder went out of the window. The room was on the second floor and she jumped up at once and went to the window out of which the man had gone. Upon reaching the window she saw the fleeing form and shot a^ain. She states that she thought she hit the man at the second shot. On some vines toward tho rear of tlie house a hat was found that was dropped by the burglar in his (light.. Chief Christenbury was called at once and in an automobile went to one of the county convict camps and procured bloodhounds, and a hunt J was instituted for the intruder. After the officers had been notified an investigation was made in the room where the man had been and several rings and other pieces of jewelry were found to be missing. No estimate could be made at the time as to the actual amount of the loss. Every possible effort is being made to apprehend the guilty party. Much excitement prevailed among the few people who were on the streets and heard of the affair. The officers arrived a few minutes after midnight with the bounds, the trip to the camp and return being made in an automobile. An instant investigation of the supposed hat, brought to light the fact that it was no hat at all but the heavy hand-bag in which had boon placed the several rings and other pieces of jewelry, all of which were recovered. The dogs were taken immediately to the spot and leaped forth towards the adjacent woods. Miss Clanton stated to Chief Christenbury that she was almost positive that she hit the miscreant the second Hmn ?tm d??? She could not tell, however, whether he was a negro or a white man In the darkness. When he leaped from the window following the first discharge of the pistol?an automatic .3 2 caliber? he yelled either in fear or in pain. L.eeper Springs, colored, was arrested the next morning as a suspect, charged with being implicated In breaking into the Clanton home. The dogs took up the trail and followed it across the big road about a quarter of a mile to Springs' cabin, where they stopped and bayed. The darkey was immediately taken into custody. lie denied all complicity and is hardly believed to have been the principal in the affair. As to whether or not he was waiting outside oh watch is purely a matter of surmise. Springs is said to blear a good name. QVAim KNOCK 101) DOWN. Four Convict Prisoners Make Oood Their Fscape. On Wednesday at the clay pit, three miles from Newborn, N. C., V. R. Wood, a guard, was struck with a brick and knocked senseless by one of the county convicts. His gun was taken from him and four out of the nine convicts at work inn do t oi oonn 1K1 I ?l. I ' ' voi.dinT, iitniiiK me gun with them. Wood soon recovered, took the five remaining convicts hack to the main force and reported the escape. The convicts w re all colored, most of them having long terms to serve. The ofilcers have made every effort to recapture them, but at a late hour it is reported that they arc making toward Wilmington. Wood was only slightly hurt and was on duty Wednesday afternoon. ? ? 4 Heavily fined. The Spartanburg .lournal says in the police court of that city Thursday morning George Dearman, a well known young man about town, was tried on 166 counts of violating the whiskey ordinance and was found guilty on each count and sentenced to pay a fine of $100 in each case or servo 30 days In each case, ills fines aggregated $16,600, while the prison sentence aggregated 4,980 days, or a little more than 14 years. A CLEAN SWEEP IS WHAT NOKTH C A KOI AN A DKM OCKATS LOOK FOIL In (ho Congressional Klcctions t tVimo Oil' this Fall in the OL i North Stale. The Washington correspondent o tlie Charlotte Observer says gooi news for Democrats comes to Wash ington from North Carolina. Oti of the most practical of politician thinks that the eighth, as well a the tenth and llfth will return to tli Democratic camp. In the last election Grant carrle< iiu1 u*in ii ny o t> 1 iuajoriiy, wnnu *jo the Republican candidate for Gov ernor, got it by only 2 111. Severn of the counties, notably Runcoinbo were torn by party strife. Most o these, it is said, will be healed tliii time. The warring factions in Hun combe promise to do better. The vote in the tenth district, bj counties, should be, judging fron the estimate of this man: Demo emtio, Rutherford, 400; Runcoinbo f>00; and Haywood, 7 00; and Republican, Henderson, 1100; Swain, 2.70; and Cherokee, 250; with McDowell, Polk, Transylvania, Jackson, Clay and Macon a stand off. This wool i give the Democrats a majority by 80 0. A merchant from Haywood comity, while in Washington the o'h >r | day on his way back from New York said that bis county would give the Democrats a majority of 800 :f Gudger happened to be the candidate. Others sav that Gudger would not bo as strong as Cocke in 1 laywood. as friends of Crawford do noi enthuse over Gudger. "What about the elsth?" the Democratic prophet, was asked. "That will go Democratic. Here is the way I lino the counties: Democratic, Stanley, 200; Cabarrus. 200; Rowan, 800; Iredell, 800; and Alleghany, 200; and, Republican, Wi'kos, 1,200; and Watauga, 200; with Alexander, Caldwell and Ashe breaking even. This would give us 1,000 majority." The prospects of carrying the Vth have brightened recently fo- there are several very eager Demon at s in the field for the nomination. Walt"r Murphy of Rowan thinks tht l he lean win, and he is a pretty active citizen in a campaign. L. C. Caldwell of Iredell is certain of election if he gets the nomination. It. L. Houghton of Alleghany would wager that ho can defeat Cowles or any other Republican if ho is honored by his own party. The contest for the nomination is becoming more spirited every day. In the fifth the battle is on. My informant and coach declares that tho majorities will run as follows: Democratic, Guilford, 1,000; Caswell, r>00; Durham, 4 00; and Granville, 1,200; and, Republican, Surry, 000; and Stokes, 4 00, with Person, Orange, Alamance, Forsyth and Rockingham quitting even, giving the Democrats about 2,3 00 to the good. YOI'THFUIj DIGAMIST. Is Only Twenty-One Years of Age Has Three Wives. Tho first case takon up in the Greenwood court last week was that of the state against George H. Mose, ley, charged with bigamy. The defendant pleaded guilty and was given a sentence of one year in the penitentiary. This case is rather interesting in view of the fact that the young man is only twenty-one years old and has been married three times. He married the first time in liotn'a Path, the second time at Greenwood, and tho last time at Ninety-Six, all of tho towns hoin^ in a radius of about twenty-six miles Two of his wives were in court Monday; but did not got the opportunity to testify in view of the facl that the defendant pleaded guilty The minister who performed tin ceremony in each case, was also pros ent. < Two Cruel Unites. Two men were arrested at San An tonio, Texas, charged with burnin; a horse. It is alleged they threv kerosene oil over the horse whib tin y were intoxicated and sot fire t< the old. The animal being turnei loose, dashed thrjough tho street! ablaze. The horse died. Hardin' father was one of tho wltnesso against his son. Three Men Killed. At Pittsburg, Pa., Thursday, thro< j men wore killed and seven wort seriously injured by the collapse n a r>0-foot brick wall, left standing ai the ruins of a fire which destroyer the holt works of""M. Danz and Soni on the. south side, early Tuesdaj morning. Twenty workmen wer< hurled in the debris, most of whon were foreigners. Killed by A(ito. At Gary, Tnd., on Wednesday Alfred l). Milteer, secretary of a realty company of that city, was killed; John Geisol, whoso home is at Wllmot, Minn., was seriously hurt in an automobile accident. Dr. B. E. Geisef, a son of John Geisel, and Ora McNiece, a chauffeur, were the two j who received minor injuries. " RICH AND RACY ? Secretary Ballinger Dealt a Telling Blo\ by Arthur P. Davis. (/ " TOLD DAMAGING STORY f (1 Says ()|)|M?kc(I 1'uhlieit; Iturenu, and Wanted Kestoratioi e K Made Quietly So as \ot to lCxciti 8 H Public Attention?Also Suys llul j linger Deceived Tuft About It. K Arthur P. Davis, chief engineer o j the reclamation service, testified be fore the Itallingor-Pinchot investiga f ting committee tiiat in preparing * lists of lands to be restored to the - public domain by Secretary Palliager, lie felt that he was acting undet ' mandatory orders from the secretary, i These lands had been withdrawn, tho witness said, by Former Score . tary Garfield for conservation of wa ter power sites, liallinger, according to Mr. Davis, repeatedly gave verbal , orders that the lands so withdrawn should be prepared for restoration, and that their withdrawal had been in direct violation of law and could not be sustained. No written orders, however, were ever issued. Mr. Davis let it be known that he took the stand reluctantly and declared ho (lid not wish to testify unless specifically directed to do so by the committee. Chairman Nelson told him he had been officially summoned and would have to give any information he had. Mr. Davis is an elderly man, who has been in reclamation work for more than twenty years, lie accompanied Mr. Tuft, then president-elect, to Panama' in .January; 1909, as a member of tin? board of constructing engineeers on the canal works. Mr. Davis thought the (Jarfi 1(1 plan of making wholesale wlthdrn vils which could be pared down by subsequent cxc.ni.nation was prei'e'able to the Ballipgcr plan of reato.* n.; all the lands and later rewithdr i v.ug the small**-' a." as actually nece.isarj for power s 1 c o purposes ?1? though*' the first method a better protection i of the government's Interest. Of an interview he had with Secretary Hallinger in Washington on the evening of March 17, 190t>, the witness said: "The secretary telephoned me to ' come to his hotel. We talked Logetucr for two hours. Me criticized the past conduct of the reclamation ser' vice and said th->i the withdraws, s of the large areas was illegal. lie said that there were many settlers ' on lands in the west who ha t neon promised water and had nothing hut the promises to live on. ll.? cnl icized our system of 'force ac ;<Mints, or the direct employment of labor, . and said we ought to -v.i t everything done by contract. I "Ho criticised our publicity bu: ream I told him that it was for the i purpose of disseminating information as to various projects, that It saved the time of officers and prevented inaccuracy in newspaper* accounts. He criticized what ho torm^ ed our oppression of contractors and said he had heard much complaint on that score. I told him I was entirely responsible for any oppression, but that 1 had always tried to dc ^ justice to them. "1 defended all the things he crlt. icisod to the best of my ability. l Mr. Ballinger didn't show any great familiarity with the work of the service. Ho seemed interested in all I said and when I was through he declared that the matter looked better to him. He said he wanted mo i to help him g t acquainted with the t work and 1 promised to do so." Mr. Davis did not know that Mr. r Ballinger had previously gone over those matters with Mr. Newall, who . was Davis' superior. He said that . Mr. Ballinger expressed lack of eont tld<nee in Mr. Newall. "What impression did Mr. Ballin3 ger's comment on the power site . withdrawals leave with you?" Mr. t Pepper asked. "He spoke as though a groat crime had been committed by those withdrawals. 1 said that the land could , be readily restored and that no very great harm could be done. lie askn ed specifically if I could segregate 3 the withdrawals made for conservaI tion of power from the others. 1 said I could. He told me to go ahead but that he didnt care to have y it done suddenly." Didn't Mr. Ballinger say ho wanted it done slowly so as not to attract public attention?" "Y< s. that is mv recollection." Mr. Davis said that Mr. Ballinger in speaking of bis intention to re** store the lands did not say anything s about a purpose of re-withdrawal. ' When Mr. Newell claimed that the * withdrawals had been made under ' the supervisory power of the secre? tary, Mr. Balling r said the secretary 1 did not have such power. Mr. Davis reiterated that every time he talked nrttU Vf i? -i * ' ? ...... ..... uaiuuK?r hmuui ino restoration ho gained an impression that - the orders would he issued in writ' ing. The witness understood, although no written order was issued, that he was carry out a mandatory order in preparing the list for restor ation. "I also got the impression," said Mr. Davis, "that as to the legality of the withdrawals, he (Mr. Ballinger). CALLS CCKVIKIION FAUMKHS TO MKKT TO PLAN V FOH CAMPAIGN. Farmers Propose to See That Ijegistors lleed Their Denuuids in the Future. President Charles S. Barrett of the National Farmers' Union has i called a national convention of (arm* c-rs at the Coliseum at St. Louis to l* continue in session from May 3 to 4. It is to discuss needed national and State legislation and to establish bureaus at different capitals to see that the demands of the farmer ' are heard, and to devise some means . of making the farm more attractive in order that tho proposed solution of tho economic problems of today? ' "back to tho farm" may be made possible. President Barrett in his call says: "This will be a national mass meeting for farmers unparalleled in ' scope, probably in importance, undoubtedly in attendance, in the history of America. I invite not only overy member of our organization, but also all agricultural organizations and all American farmers without regard to location or organization. "Throughout tho present session of congress the farmers' union lias maintained a legislative bureau at Washington. This bureau is preparing a report in which the status of legislation demanded and needed by the farmer is sit forth. It will be read at St. Louis. "At no time in the history of the nation has the farmer been the oh- | .ioct of more solicitude to thoughtful public men. From congress, from every pulpit goes up the cry 'back to tho land!' Expert students of economics are warning us that unless the lot of the farmer bo improved. unless more of his number ho kept on the farm, we shall soon bo depending on foreign nations for some of onr food. It is, therefore, at this time that I invite the farmers of America to join hau ls brain and heart in a council which shall thresh out issues close to the life of the nation." President Barrett says headquarters will ho opened at once in St. Louis. UKLl) IT AM) SHOT. Two Coal .Mine Paymasters Robbed of Money. Two paymasters of coal companies were held up Thursday in different sections of TO aster 11 Ohio and were robbed of sums approximating GOO, and as a result of the attacks, one man is dead and another may die. The country is much excited, and bloodhounds are in use in an x attempt to ferret out the highwaymen. Edward McfTann, paymaster of the Dexter Coal Company, and Robert Pommering, and assistant, left Pittsburg, Pa., for the mine of the company at Brilliant, Ohio. They carried in a satchel $4,000 the weekly pay roll of the mine. This was secured by tho robbers. Hardly had the excitement quieted when another hold-up was reported from Zenesville. George Evans, aged GO, paymaster of tho Muskingum Coal company, was shot from ambush, and relieved of $1,G00, the weekly pay-roll of that company. Husband and Wife, Tired of Life, Take Poison Together. Executing a death pact grim and resolute, Dr. Charles C. Benson, ag. d 73 and his wife, Isahell, aged (17, ui Philadelphia, sat opposite each o her ai the breakfast table Sunday morning and drained two glasses containing poison, dying soon afterwards. When the apartment was entered, the doctor and his wife were found seated face to face, with their heads drooping. Two notes were left on the table; one read: "My dear wife and I decided that we do not wish to longer live. We committed suicide." | Boat from (he Nina. The United States cruiser Birmingham put to sea Wednesday from i Norfolk to pick up a lifeboat ,'rom the missing tug Nina, discovered 18 miles north of llog Island. would take the matter up with the attorney general. If ho did so, however, I don't know of it." Mr. Davis took especial care to gaV "he thouffht Mr (lnrflftlfl'o ; drawals w re wise, and Mr. Itallingcr's restorations were unwise. It was not, however, for the reclamation service to dicta to the policy of the administration, and he did not want the service to b used as n "buffer" between those peoplo and the interior department. Mr. Davis sai l the reclamation service had "mulitltndlnous enemies" in the west. He though the people in the west would favor the wholesale withdrawals made by Secretary Garfield if they had the matter fully explained to them, and declared that the "multitudinous enemies" were "special interests" and people who were trying to avoid proper payments to the government. No remedy will deaden the pain or take the soreness from Guts and Braises quicker than Noah's Liniment. It is antiseptic and the best pain remedy. One trial will convince you. Noah's Liniment penetrates; requires but little rubbing. 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C.?Pianos and Organs. vi> *vj>norv'Afsrvawpa anvaitoi aupni '8o|1|jbj 'X?'1UjU FIRES ON SLEEPING GUARD. ?*? X tiiiard Returns Fire and Shoots Off Convicts Arm. ^ There .was an exciting time at Camden, N. C., Wednesday night. About 9:30 o'clock the county jail was set fire to from the interior and before citizens could do more than rescue tho four prisoners all the woodwork of tho building was burned to tho ground. The prisoners were carried to the court house where they were to remain for tho night under guard of Deputy Sheriff Bailey Cartwright and Charles Ether idge, son of Sheriff Etheridge. Eater in the night the guard fell ' asleep. One of the prisoners, Fred Johnson, who had been sentenced the day before to 12 months on the roads, grabbed Etheridge's gun and shot at close range at Cartwright. Cartwright opened his eyes just in time to get a view down the barrel of the gun and when it discharged ducked his head so that the shot struck his hat, tearing the brim off. lie picked up his gun and fired at the negro, filling the negro's right arm with buckshot and almost severing it from his body. legislator's Son Killed. Meeting in the narrow hall of a house at Gainesville, Ga., Friday afternoon, both armed with pistols, Robert G. Thompson shot and killed John Mason. Thompson is a son of n forr ir State Legislator. For Yon or iryvti to look like new. Hftitfl <1 mocked. nd Dye Works, A, H. a X falo Boiler-Feed Pumps 0 the result of years of experience, 1 parts arc strong and durable. Write for prices to idia Supply Co., Columbia. S. G?