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TAKES ACTION Departmerit of Justice Asks Grocers, Association to be Dissolved. SERIOUS ALLEGATION Alleges That It Constitutes a Combination ami Conspiracy in Restraint j of Trade. Officers and Members of 1 ( Association M^?Ie Parties to Suit. ( . .Kvidence to Substantiate Charges, Another action under the Sherman anti-trust law was started by the departmep^ of justice Thursday at Washington, when Oliver I). Street, 1 United States attorney for the north- ( ern district of Alabama, was Instructed to file at Birmingham a petition against the Southern Wholesale Grocers' association, its officers and members, alleging that the associatiin constitutes a combination and , conspiracy 'in restraint of trade and asking that it be dissolved. The suit, it was said, at the department Thursday, is one of the results of the investigations which the government for some time psat has been making with reference to combinations that seek to eliminate competition, maintain a high scale of profit and increase the cost of living. In the opinion of the officials the investigation cleanly indicated that an unlawful conspiracy exists. Mr. Street was in conference f* r several days with the department and left 0 Wednesday night for Birmingham. The issue will be pushed *o a speedy trial, the officials beli^/jngl that they have ample evidence *o | substantiate the charges niacin. The following statement r??ariing the matter was made at 'he department of justice: "The petition alleges that the combination was organized for th<* i?1.1 jiose of and .has resulted in coercing and preventing manufacturers from selling the actual necessaries of life direct to the retail dealer or consumer or to any wholesale grocer in the Southern States unless said grocer is listed in a so-called 'greenbook' published and distributed by the association. That manufacturers are persuaded urged and coerced by the association to fix limited selling prices at which staple article of food are to be sold and to refuse to sell such commodities to any wholesale grocer who does not maintain the prices so fixed and listed. That in certain lines maunufacturers and producers have been induced to bill their goods at an enhanced price and to turn over a precentage to the president of the association who rebated the same to the jobbers maintaining such limited selling price. That no firm could become a member of the association or he listed in the 'green book' unless a majority of the other concerns in the locfiipty gave their approval; and that unless such firm was duly listed, it was unable to secure direct buying privileges from thyse manu facturers who observed certain "rules of practice" adopted by the associa tion. There are many other allegations aet forth in the bill as to the general scheme and plan by which this combination sought to prevent the members thereof and to restrict trade and commerce. The department for some time has received complaints as to the- burdens suffered by the people of the Southern states because of t.he operations of this association. After a careful investigation the department believes that the association operates to increase the cost of the necessities of life, such as coffee, sugar, cereals, soap and many other lines. The association as set out in the government's petition or bill consists of various firms and corporations engaged in t.he wholesale grocery business within the states and territories of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, (Jeorgia, Indian Territory, Ix)uisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and the District of Columbia. Married by Sign Language. William Dilworth., a deaf mute prize lighter, better known as "Dummy Decker," was married at Savannah, Ga., Monday morning to Miss Katharine Martini, of Baltimore, the briae also is a deaf mute. She ^ reached Savannnh ?rom Jier former ihome a few hours before the wedding. The marriage service was translated by the linger language to the young man and woman. Assaulted Own Daughter. A Bluefield, W. Va., special xuy? a posse and officers of Lagon county, West Virginia, are scouring the mountains in that vicinity for L. C. Carter, who on 'last Sunday at Stone Branch, assaulted his 16 year old daughter. An officer from that section states that Carter will be lynched if captured. Kats Moth Ball and l>ics. At Mobile, Ala., Jack Harris. 16-months-old son of A. J. Harris, died Monday evening from eating a mot-h ball, which he found on the floor. Toxine poison resulted. j \ . POISON WAS FOUND W1KE A\l) DOCTOR CHARGED WITH Ht'SRAA'DS DEATH. Suspicion AroiiM'd by Allegwl Intimacy.?Urotliors Had Dead Man's Stomach Analyzed. As dark as the act of Henry the Eighth is the terrible accusation that Is being brought against two prominent people of Swainsboro, Ga. Never before in the annals of the history of the county has it been so completely charged with excitement as !* /?r tii^n are to b ' It ID* u uiiv^av o v? x/-. _ ? seen standing <?n the street corners talking excitedly and the sheriff of the county and his deputies are proceeding in all directions in search of an alleged fugitive. This excitement is due to the fact that the state chemist, to whom the stomach of .Mr. Fred Flanders, who died June 4th was sent, has intimated that the stomach was full of poison and that arrests had better be made. The stomach of the deceased was sent to Atlanta because relatives of Flanders felt that he was poisoned and suspicion rested on Dr. W. J. McNaughton and Mrs. Flanders. When the sheriff went to arrest them Monday morning, it was discovered that Dr. Mr.Nanghton had sold his place and all his property j had been turned into cash and that he had left. Mrs. Flanders was arrested by the sheriff and brought to S wainsboro. Mr. and Mrs. Flanders have occupied the home of Dr. .M cNa ugh ton since the death of his wife, about two years ago, Dr. McNaughton boarding with them. About two weeks before the death of Flanders, lie became violently ill with what Dr. McNaughton, pronounced to be acute nephritis. He was attended by no other physician hut McNaughton and nursed by no one but his wife. He gradually grew worse and finally on June 4th passed away. Brothers of Flanders, on account* ' '1 ? attention to OI 17 r. .YlCiXtll^likUII D uvvvuvx.. Mrs. Flanders before, and after the death of her husband, became suspicious that there was some foul play and Tuesday they had his body exhumed, a coroner's jury empanneled and his stomach removed by L)rs. Smith and Chandler and sent to Atlanta in order that the state chemist might analyze its contents. Only Sunday a report was received which intimated that arrests would be in order, .however, too late to catch i)r. McNaughton, for he had gone. Flanders was worth four or five thousand dollars and he was insured for about five thousand. Dr. McNaughton had lived in tJie county for a number of years and was consi dered a good citizen. DltANK WOOD ALCOHOL. Three Men Air Deuii and Two Others Are Probably Dying. A. I. McCasgill, aged 63; Will Martin, aged 31, and tleorge Teachout, 22 years old, are dead, and Clarence Smith and hoe wnite are ueneveu to lie in a (lying condition as tlie result of drinking wood alcohol on Saturday night at tlie village of Meauwataka, four miles from Cadillac, Mich. Teachout and McGasgill lived in Meauwataka and the others in Cadillac. McGasgill operated a soft-drink establishm-( nt in Meauwataka, and when he went home Friday he took four gallons of whisky. The supply ran out Saturday evening and McGaskill is said to have conceived the idea of mixing wood alcohol with sugar water and pop to complete the night of drinking. He died during the night and was followed four hours later hv Martin and Teachout. Negro .Man Shoots His Sou. Tuesday evening James Mullock, colored, was committed to jail at Raleigh, X. C., to await superior court trial for shooting his son, Sam Mullock, at .his home near Garner The son was reprimanding the father for whipping the wife and mother when the old man seized his gun and shot the son in the abdomen. BKKAKS WORLD'S ItttCORD. Aviator Soared 4.MS 4 Feet in a Biplane at Indianapolis. Soaring to a height of 4.384 feet, Walter Mrookins, in a Wright biblane Monday broke the world's aeroplane record for altitude at the aviation meet at the Indianapolis, Ind., speedway. Brookins' high flig.ht, In which he exceeded the record 4,165 feet, made by Louis Paulham, at Los Angeles last fall, was also a speed triumph. According to the rlgister of the instruments, Brookins was 1,900 feet in the air seven minutes after he left the eart.h. He rose to that point In a wide circle. Continuing his circles, Brookins nose steadily at a speed of about 50 miles an hour. Thirty minutes alter he had started he reached his hig.hest altitude and began the descent, maneuvering at lower levels, until ^at a height of 100 feet he shut off the motor and glided easily to the ground alongsile the startlng rail. LEAVES A VERY SAD NOTE THROW MY ASHES TO TIIE FOl'R WINDS." Well Known Artist of Sen- York En km god to Daughter of Boston Bunker, Ends His Life. Leon Guypon. well known as an artist and illustrator, shot himself tihrough thv head in his studio at New York Tuesday, and was found dead onthe floor, a revolver by his side. ! wM. C. Merll', a c!ose friend, ex plaining the tragedy said that Guy- < pon had been engaged to Miss Agnes . Foster, daughter of a Boston banker, but had broken the engagement because of ill health. He suffered with < heart trouble and had been told by i physicians that he might die at any , time. He could stand it 110 longer. ( Before killing himself Lite young artist Rent to his former fiance in Boston a check for $7,212 "all the pennies I had saved," as he expressed it in a letter to his friend, Mer- 1 rill. In his letter to Merrill, he wrote: "Since I came back to New York for no apparent reason my heart went all to pieces again. I told you it was throat and my stomach. I suffer more than words can describe. No doctor can help me and I fully realize that I am doomed. "I do not want to poison her brignt, happy life, yet I cannot live without her. I have foueht manfully, but 1 am beaten. So there is Hut one honorable path open to me and I shall calmly st'*p into it because my conscience is clear." When a heavy envelope on a tabic near the body was opened the artists' will, written in his own hand, was found. It said in part: "This is my last will. 1 am an orphan and have 110 blood relatives After my death do not look for my money, as I "have already disposed of it. All 111 y pictures and all my belongings I give to Agnes Foster, of No. 11 Winthrop street, Boston, Mass., and to Mr. Hiram C. Merrill, of New York. They may divided them amicably between themselves, or sell them, or give them to friends, or do whatever they wisJh with them. I desire to be cremated and mv ashes thrown to the four winds. loAirxiMit iiimw\Fi>. l/OS?\s His Life Wliile Helping to lies* cue Two Hoys. Mr. P. G. Adams, a well-known farmer, living at Penny's pond, near Raleigh, N. C., was drowned Tuesday, while helping to rescue two boys. All were bathing in the pond. Adams went to crawl up into a boat in which were the two boys, w.hen the boat capsized. He helped to get the boys out to shallow water and when they reached the bank badly frightened they were horrified on looking back to see Adams sinking for the last time. It was an hour before his body was recovered. No water in his lungs indicates that heart failure may have followed his exertion in saving the boys and that this rather than the actual drowning caused his death. He was 4 0 years old and a bachelor. ^ ^ * XK(ilM) LYXCHKI). Mob Overpowers Sheriff and Takes the Prisoner. While officers from Arkansas were e 11 route to Mastoden, Miss., with Kirn er Curl, a negro, they were over powered by a mob at Conio, Miss., Monday night, who took t.he negro to Mastoden and lynched him. Curl was charged with shooting W. I*. Miller, a plantation manager, who attempted to arrest him for writing an improper letter to a w.hite woman. Following the shooting several weeks ago. Curl escaped although he was pursued for three days by a posse with bloodhounds. He was captured at Marion, Ark., Sunday. and the officers and the prisoner were j aboard an Illinois Central train wJien 1 the mob boarded the train at AleGees crossing near Conio. _ _ _ Former Sheriff Poisoned. A special from Oneida, Tenn , j says Frank Hughett, ex-sheriff of Scott county and a candidate for the election as sheriff, was poisoned, presumably by whiskey given him by a supposed friend. This is the second alleged attempt upon Jiis life in recent weeks. Hughett's condition is critical, but it is thought he will recover. llodics Taken From IK'ep. Five more bodies have been removed from the French submarine, Pluviose. These include the body of Commander Callot, who was found dead at his post, his .hands clutching the periscope. An examination of the bodies by physicians at Calais, France, has disclosed the fact that death was rapid. Rebellion in llru/.H. Advices received by the German Cablegram Company at Berlin from Rio de Janerio state that insurgents in the prefecture of Jurua, in the acre district of western Brazil, have driven out the governor and declared i their independence. LIFE TOO LONELY u;ki> fathkk i.avs down tiit: 1ukdfx. _ I ?(uly Found Fold in heath in Cemetery at Ctmcoi'd, C.?iiimst Pierced by llullet. Cold in death, his death pipreed ?y a pistol bullet, the body of Mr. William Skinner was found in Oak .vood cemetery, Concord, N. C., Saturday evening. The weapon of destruction was lying near the body, bearing mute witness to the tragic Muling of a good man. The deed tad been committed some two hours ,? fore the body was discovered. Air. sk inner was going iu?iuu i m emetery about four o'clock, but was not seen afterwards, until three indies strolling through the cemetery came upon his lifeless form. They immediately notified the police and Coroner Caldwell was summoned, but after viewing the body decided that an inquest was unnecessary and the remains were turned over to the undertaker. Mr. Skinner's mind had evidently become unbalanced. Since the death of his wife he had not been in his usual spirits and at times was very despondent and gave evidences of insanity. He called at the post office last Thursday and enquired about his mail, saying he was penniless and was looking for a letter from his landlady in Charlotte. In his coat pocket two notes written on an old hill-head were found. They were numbered one and two and are as follows: Note No. 1.?"I am a lonely father; no home to go to; just left my two children, IT and dear C. I seen all of them, 1 care to see, Mother is in heaven. I don't know where I will go. Life is no pleaure to me since 1 lost her. I have no mind it is a blank. This is for one of my children ad no one else. Note No. 2.?"I have done a better part by some than I ever got credit for. Salisburg depot. My eyes " mi ty?.^.,...,1 s.. ... nuvt hl:in> is railing, luih ui u ir> mt? ....... and I hope it will be my last." Mr. Skinner was 60 years old and was a tinner by trade. He was well known in Concord, having spent, the greater part of his life at Concord. lie was a .hard worker, straight and .honest in his dealings and loved by all who knew lilni. He leaves five daughters, all of who are married and living elsewhere. ASSIST UN HOItttKI) LAIIY. ( allant ('apt. Archie With President in Auto Oti'er Aid. That "an invitation from the President is equivalent to a command" was disproved by a young woman Sunday in Washington, when Mr. Taft invited her to take a ride in his automobile. T.lie President, however, did not feel that he had suffered u rebuff, as the invitation had been extended merely in a desire to assist. Accompanied by his aide, Captain Putt, the President was taking a spin in .his handsome car. As they drew near a young man and young woman who were on horseback, the mount of the latter stumbled and fell, throwing its rider. Captain Putt sprang from the machine and ran to her aid, the President anxiously looking on to see if s.he had been hurt. lie proffered the use of his machine, suggesting that the young woman allow him to send her home. She declined saying, s.he would remount. Captain Putt and her escort assisted her back into the saddle where she swayed dizzily for a moment. Again the President ten dercd the use of his ear, hut again the young woman dec-lined t.he offer and presently was herself again. She and her escort then rode off without the President and Captain Putt having learned whom t.hev had aided. m<:i,r,.\si:i> o\ iiail. O. I*. Sassor, Charged With Theft, t'ndor Komi. A special to The State says: "O. P. Sasser, a young white man, who has been in the county jail for approximately two months, charged with the t.hoft of a gold watch from the Southern Kxpress company, has been released under a bond of $f?00 this afternoon. The case of the young man .has created more than ordinary interest. Although a comparative stranger in this section of the state, being origtnaly from North Carolina, the loyalty o fpractically the entire businos element of Uranchville, where his headquarters were made at the time of his apprehension have had a tendency to make the case more remarkable. He has resided at that point only a short while, but every effort has been made to have him reW>nu<ksl mwl t lin fnet tllJlf t hp bond was signed by several well known business men is expressive of the confidence which he enjoys about BrancJivlllo. He has always borne an excellent reputation, even before his residence in this state, they say, and there are some who are disposed to attribute the misstep to over-indulgence in whiskey." WITTY SAYINGS. ^ "There's no use o' talkin'," said Farmer Corntossel as he sat down ju the horse trough. "I cun't git along J with some o' these here sutumei guests." "What's the trouble?*' "I've just been lectured by thai good look in' young woman with glasses for sp'llin' the color scheme of the garden by putting parls green on the vegetables." ? Washington Star. Daughter ? Father, dear father, | won't you forgive me and Johu for eloping? Father, Dear Father?Yes, if you? i er? elope again right away.?Judge. "Father," said the little fellow, . . "what is a piutocran "A plutocrat, my son, is a man ! ( who is vastly wealtny, but declines tc t endow any project in which you are immediately interested." ? Washington Star. The Youth- Oh. the cloak of invisibility? .Just the thing I want for my ' adventure. May I try it on? The Dealer in Magic?Young man. for gofids of this description we al ways require payment in advance.? London Punch. Little Willie?Say, pa, what is a j philosopher? Pa?A philosopher, my son. is a man \\ ho can generate a dozen good and sufficient reasons why other peo pie ought to he perfectly satisfied j with their lot in life.?Chicago News The Lightning Elevators. If any young lawyer who has an office in a large building in this city ii- i pondering because a rustic client J whom he expected to call has failed | to do so ho can chalk it up to ? strange incident which gave the countryman some speedier impres sions ot elevator service than the "express service" which the building, boasts. The elevator entrances on the first floor of the building, have dials like clock faces above them with hand? indicating the position of tne car at all times. When the farmer entered the building the' other day it happen ed that one of the elevators was out of order, and a workman, hidden from public view, was in the shaft tinker ing with the dials, and after their use had been explained to him hy a portei he glanced up at the one which was being repaired. At that minute the workman or the inside, wishing to test the mech anism,, gave the dial hand a spir around from the figures 20 to 1 with lightning rapidity. The farmer jumped several feet ir the air and gasped, "Hy heck, d< them ears come down that fast?" he exclaimed when he recovered his breath. "I'll be gol swinged if 1 g< up in one of 'em," and be hurried from the building. ? Philadelphia rimes. ' The Early Mother-in-Law. A Louisville man who loves t< browse in the public, library said that he was reading Plutarch the othei day and came upon an interesting thing. "I had always imag.ned," he said, "that the mother-in-law joke like others which have their rnair habitat now in vaudeville and tin funny papers, was a purely mod err creation. 1 was disillusioned on that score, however. Plutarch related tin story of a young man who threw * stone at a stray dog and hit hit mother-in-law. "Not so had," was hit comment.? Louisville Post. Being Generous. Little lOdward was very bright but, being an only child, was inclinec to wish and get the best of everything for himself. His mother was trying I to overcome this fault and instill gen j | erosity and unselfishness in its place I One day Kdward came in and ap [ proached her in litis manner: "Mother, didn't you tell me whenevei 1 had anything to divide I must giv< away the higgest half?" "Yes, son.' Kdward at once left the room; return ing in a few moments, he handed hit I mother some chewing gum. "Here j mother, you divide this gum!"?Tin Delineator. I Heard in the Bath. "That's 1110 la/.iosi runner i evei saw," criticised tiie patron in th< Turkish bath parlors. "Why, he look? as if he were asleep." "Oh, I'll fix that' in a few minutes,' assured the proprietor. "Going to give him a call?" "Yes, I am going to toll him ti stretch himself." ? Chicago I)aih News. He Had It. "Have you anything in the way o" a carpet boater?" inquired the de partnient store patron. "We have," replied the floorwalker "Take the elevator to the seven teenth Moor and you'll find some rug; at $2!t.!t8 that beat any carpet yoi ever saw."?Chicago News. Between Friends. Miss Rone part?How docs my new tailor-made costume fit, dear? Miss Do Plump?Absolutely perfect Why, It fits every angle as if you hat been molded in it. m ___ In the Barber Shop. "It takes an artist to out hair." "Yes, and it takes an artist to gc without a hair cut." ? Cleveland Leader. i - X A GREAT^FLfGHT | "barles K. Hamilton Flies From New r f York to Philadelphia. # HE THEN FLIES BACK r *>ft (iOKM'llOl's islillll! ||) ' Monday Morning hi id lieucfied Philadelphia Oik- Hoar a e?J Fiftyctin" Minutes hitcr, ( a Distance of A dispatch from New York Maya Charles K. Hamilton arcs* froiri (levernor's Island in an uervpi* no M< itday morning and sped wohout a break 88 miles to Pbilaueiph.a in successful cross-crou* try 1'Jght unilt r ? the auspices of tie New York Times and t.he Philadelphia Public Ledger. He made the trip in on* to ur and o I minutes, leaving tJtuc.Uiir'i) Island at 7.35 and the landing at Philadelphia at P..1G. Alighting at the aviation field, he lelivered letters from ?Jov Hughes and Mayor Raynor to (h v Sthart and Mayor Key burn, accepted uu>?sagos of congratulation from then; to bear in return and started for,.. New York again, with 01 !y brief intermission for food, fuel am nil. Jfo had flown appoximately 7 0 miles of his r-turn journey when a shiggish motor drove him .to d^Hteno in a swamp near South At : boy, ,M. J . at 111.Tic p. in. The pnjeller v/us broken t.hore in landing tint, alter repairs had been made Hamilton resumed his iglu at 6.20 ami landed at Governor's Island 6..'19. I'tius the trip was made in one hour and 3t .. minutes at an estimated speed of 54.kO miles an hour, which breaks the record made in the Curtice flight from Albany to New Yor/. That Hamilton did oct make the return trip as easily as thi outgo* ing trip was duo oniy u no neglected to clean his Mu.rh plugs, they fouled, tlie engine t "1 i* * I, ami he had to come down in 1 to haulm of the Karitan river, two uuJt i above South Am hoy. Curtiss stills holds the oToial 10cord for speed, l?ut Hamilton Monday took all American records lor ciom?country distance and duration, and. using his own figures loi th? letum. his average speed is a n* v, figure. The broken propeller v;?s the mo-. cond mishap of the kind dating the day, but he secured a new propeller and with a new set ot eparh plugs the aviator was able to timet within 12 hours, although 24 hours were allowed in the terms cf h)? <-on trad. during t.he whole of lus tost lap 1 ., nilton never varied moi? thai* two minutes from his tin,* viiul and came down on the handkerchief laid down to mark his landing spot with, the precision of a homing .pigeon settling on its perch. * i It is an interesting coincidence that Hamilton won his honors with, the same biplane that won t.he internatonal speed trophy for Hloun It. Curtiss at Khcims last year and that he was driven by the sane propeller w tt.h which Curtiss recently made Ids historic flight from Albany to Mew York. The weather was ideal r flight. as Hamilton whe led his aeioplano ? ? nmwivtio r'p Ittlciiail U I Villi lift 1.1" 11 I- Ull VII/ ? VI lil'i r- ? ??!'? special train, chartered by Hie New Yo; k Times and the Philadelphia Public Ledger and carrying hi? mother. his wife, his clnel lirc-chan lean, Albert C. Doty and Mrs. Defy, titood on a siding of the Pennsylvania fcr~ mimtl in Jersey City wait'nVC^Sf t.lio word. t 0 0 0 f ? PL It I LOIS TFtliP. , tj I ? Hoy Aeronaut Se\ers Par a*. 8,-.i.;rc ami ( tabs dutch Ko| ?. Clyde Ihckle, eighteen years old, made a terrifying 0,000-fed balloon ascension Sunday night, ciing.ng te** a part of the time to the clutch vopo of the air craft. He landed a Italfhour after t.he start in the middle of a shallow "lake at a surnii.er resort, near Lincoln, Neh. Adolph Welberg, an aeronaut v/h? gives exhibitions at tin resort by ascending and dropping in a parachute, had made preparation for hie regular trip. Young Heckle with others wan holding the ropes. The hoy had ashed to he allowed to make the ascent, but was refused. j Just as the aeronaut eeaUd in his | parachute attachment called to'tiln | assistants to let go, Heckle, with a j knife severed the two ropes holding the aeronaut. The air ban lea|H'?t upward and Heckle grasped the clutch rope of t.he balloon. W?db? rg, wit.h his parachute, was left on tho ground. For possibly a thousand Set Heckle went upward like a roc.keti clinging only with his hands I'hen ho managed to swing himself astride clutch rope and after an am eat over a mile, came down with mis-hap. A 4 v? j ? The plctlid of bhe Meth<*diwt Sunday School whlc.h \\Mi & have been held today ntThikos ||W h* on postponed on account of the l? has not vet been decided when *4* wLd be held, but annomcement wii| h rtut later. jttjt ' i