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; 1. . TNC2 ' 5NILV IDAMLV PAPER BDJ NORTH 5AR)L;11Q3A THAT MAQ 5Ei? .VV9G.G(!JJCGOttCLJ:Lj: fV TKeafier Today Shower Saturday and probably Sunday: light to fresii east winds. w ur o n Shower Saturday 'and probably pundit y; itght to fresh est wludi. VOLUME LXXXIV NO. 117 IGU, N. C, SATURDAY MORNIXG, SEPTEMBER 28, 1907 PRICE o CITNTS Leads all North Carolina Dailies' Mi New tfioe 1 I ! i . a ' - ,. TALK OF UIIUIUIlU OFF THE III Time Limit Would Bo Un fair to the State LAUGH WAS TURNED short-lived Triumph of the SouUieni Hallway lawyers After Humping n Ilouo Full of Hooks on the Attorneys for North Car olina. By THOMAS J. l'KXCE. WaOiinrtnn n r rt 7 There i Washington, D. C. sept. mere is aireauy taiK oi selling a nmii w inc time Jn wheh the hearing in the rate case before Standing Master Mont gomery shall continue, notwithstand ing the fact that the State has not examined a single witness in its be half. Th hearings in New York and Washington, which have been going on lor weeks, have been devoted largely to an examination of the Southern Hallway's witnesses. Less than a weik has been cCsisumed in an examination of the Southern's books, and in this undertaking the State's attorneys have hardly begun. To talk of limiting the investigation at this stage of the pro ceedings is not exactly fair to tfce State. Mr. Plant has said that It woujd require ix months to secure informa tion from the company's records de fired bv the State, and Mr. Thorn, the general counsel of the company, face tiously suggested that It would take years. ; ' There would be Justification for ter minating the hearing if shown that j obstructive tactics are being employed, but certainly no such charge can be made at thia Juncture when the State ha-s not had opportunity to present a hlngle witness 4n its behalf. Tne South ern covered a wide range in the exatq- Jnutlon, of its experts, and the State pbould have eouaily as broad liberty. i There should be.njo restriction "op th4s investigation, and at the same time a policy of delay should not be counte- nanced-Such a cnarge cannot be made against either slae at tne present . I time. The hearings have been conduct-.) td with all the facility possible. . .-- i Mr. nom JUtUo Joke. , i When tha Haarinsr xvum rrmmH In thb. city Wednesday a week ago, X felt ! sorry for Victor Bryant and Ex-Con-i igressuiaa w ooaara. xney naa asked lor the production of the Southern's books, and General Counsel Thorn had met their request .though he did not , do so until he waa satisfied there would we no "drag-net examination." to use,, his own words. The first move the L Southern made was to introduce two book., the sie of which was like untov a feather bed. Thousands of figures, clotely w ritten, appeared on each lift- j uienw page, and as the State's attor- 1 nt-ys iegun to iiore over them there - were audible snickers around the room. mis was only the beginning. Soon a' Ismail mob of boys and men began to ille Into the rooms with boxes of vouchers and papers. There, stood Mr. Woodard and Air. Bryant, wondering wnat would come ivext. Then the (audible snickers. These were fur nished by gentlemen of the Southerp. The incluent can only be likened to -a etuge setting. But there stod Bryant and Woodard, never Si netting, but very much in the position of the ti low looking for the needle In the ha stack. General Counsel Thorn wit'ap parently satisfied that he had, by ths stroke, hurled consternation - In the ranks of the enemy. He manifested Vis much when he solemnly arose in hs I eat. ana announced: i Gentlemen, there are our books t ind records; helr yourselves." More nlckers. - ? The two State's attorneys niodded lions. They evidently wanted to sat isfy themselves as to the character of irie information Derore them Thtv isked for heli, at least thev wanted the Southern's bookkeepers to indi cate totals of figures giving desired in jformation, but Mr. Thorn always came Lack with the retort: "You've got the wvuui neiu yourselves. ' I Recess was taken, and when the i iaie s lawyers returned they were preeiea win an early edition of an win an uernwn paper, which announced that they had been caught at their lwn game and swamped or words' to hat effect Laugh Ow the Other side. But here it was where Mr. Woodard and Mr. Bryant got their grip on the nation. They demanded the produc tion Of the Southern's lilnhnralnr I'ooks. These were the very ones that tho orricials of the Southern had over- ok.-.l. They were soon forthcoming. nu s..me of the things that Mr. Wood"- ' r"- air. Bryant, Mr. Justice and f-:x- """'"i ajcuck uuii oui oi incm are history In the State. ' The following morning a large part f tiie fpi tu ida hie array of -books and rs that had been poured in he Southern had dlsa.DDea.red. Thi htate did not ask for their wlth tirawal. Kelurn of the Ouiscr RaTelgli. I be cruixer Kalelrh .hM h h. .Aaiic station for several t. hils. arr,ved at the Mare Island ii v ar.l vMth her -Kir. ,-. .rU.r,,ur They are to go out of nmission In about ten da-s. and will e thoroughly overhauled and re l.IGlTMXi NMA&HHS IJJG OAK. Jmb" ""JSys ELST" ta U Pittsboro. N. C sent ' , thunderstorm During Struck by lightning, which the giant, of the fo.t. and theSl hn pieces fell ipon the houa-"d.i jng it to conid-rabl. eiiVnL on'R two rooms are miw fit for occuplyi lr. Hanner andtwo or three K time and received a "tevre shock, but I were'not to wy injured. Mrs. Runner: ana one oi me eniMrcn nai gone 10 Mt. Vernon Springs to attend the church. FOUND THK SAW HOT. Jamew Reuvhler Made a Simple Test and Got His Thumb Chewed Up. New Bern. X. C. Sept. 2.. James Reuschler, a sawyer for the New Bern; Lumber Company, met with a painful accident yesterday morning:. The saw h was operating did not work satisfactory and lie attempted to adjust it while it was running: at high speed. He placed his hand near to ascertain if the saw was hot when fthe. suction drew hl3 hand against the edge of it. and the thumb of the left hand was lacerated, cutting the flesh; and bone. FKLL 1))W STAIRS. j Winston Chief of Police .Badly Hurt and So' to a Hospital- I Winston-? m. X. C. Sept. 2 7 f Chief of Police J. A. Thomas, of Wih fton. is in the Twin City Hospital suf l ferinr from a broken wrist and sev- ! rral bruises about the head and legs. wh,ch he sustained by falling down the 8eeond nlrht of stairs at the cIty nall iast night. Chief Thomas has been in- disposed for several days and has taken considerable medicine and was very weak, and it is thought that he was taken with vertigo, as ..e was de scending the stairway. He fell about ten feet to the hard cement floor in the corridor. He evidently fell on his face, as his nose was badly bruised, blood flowing freely from it. He was in a, semi-conscious condition when picked up by a person who was stand ing at the foot of the stairs. Dri E. A. Lockett, the city physi cian, was sent for and rendered med ical attention. After an exa'minaton Dr. Liockett deemed it best that Chief Thomas go' to the hospital. Ha was carried there in a carriage. Chief Thomas is not seriously in jured, but his wounds are very pain ful and he may be confined at the hospital for several days. There Is much sympathy expressed for him. VOTElBf A V. ik hi Alleged Bribery in Prohi bition Campaign Marfiumie OterredltMl Ktatcnint of Wltnee and. Temperance Folks . - Gt Hot Over tins Decision Dc- . tcctives Employed. (Special to News and Observer.) Ashevtlle. N. a. Sept. 27. The first arrest for attempt to bribe a voter In , . -"J''" occured today when J. C. Gentry was arrested on a warrant sworn out by W. R; Whitson, chairman of the tern- perance executive committee. It waa alleged that Gentry yesterday induced one Lyman Israel to register, although the man was reluctant to do so. and assured Israel that "his vote would be w-orth $5 on election day if he voted right. Israel was in police court this morning charged with being drunk; , He made the statement that Gentry .had offered him inducements to register for the prohibition election. The temperance committee got wind of the; affair and secured a sworn statement. Israel swore that Gentry persuaded him to register, and said that his vote on election day would be worthies. Israel registered and then proceeded to get drunk on liquor that was given him. He testified before the magistrate today to this effect. Other witnesses testified that thfy saw Gen ry with the man several times during the day. A number of prominent lawyers ap Pared on both sides, and the arrest or oentry ana tne trial attracted con- slderatole attention. At the conclusion of the hearing Magistrate F. N. Wad dell, before whom Gentry was tried, held that there was not probable cause and discharged the prisoner. Some of the temperance people are pretty hut tonight over the magis trate's action. Chairman Whitson. of the temperance committee, declared today that every case of bribery would be vigorously pushed. It is ; probable that there will be other 'arrests. It Is declared here on what is -believed to be good authority inat tne proniDitionism have two o inree rinKcrion oeieeiives nere lo ; watch the situation and secure evi-i dence of bribery ' A 1 1 . . . . . Bank Statenunt. Total bank clearings. $2.47S.sr. against $2,749,409,000 lat week and S2. 870.2)1. 000 last year. .Richmond. $.096,000 ; increare. 1 7.:', Savannah, $5,830,000; increase, L..I. Atlanta. J4.824.00fl; increase. io.. Norfolk. $1,529,000; increase, 15.9 Augusta. $3,059,000; increase. 61.0. KnoxvlUe. $1,694.00: increase .7. Charleston. $1. .107. 000: increase, ?,2.0. Jacksonville. $1,109,000: Increa: -e. 9.x. Maooii, $735,000: increase. 7.2. 1UXB IKSUK SOI.I. WiikMon Ilxies or $150. 04HJ to a , Home Institution., (Special to News a;.d Observer.) Wlnston-S1em, N. C. Spt. 2 7. Winston has sold her 51T0.000 five per cent, bond lsue for street im provements, etc.. to the Wachovia' Ian and Truist Company, of this city, at ,10014. The contract gives the city the privilege of drawing the rfioney and paying Interest on sime as it Is needed. k William G. Hall Deed. Pembroke. X. C. Sept. 2 7. William O. Hail died at his home nesday of apoplexy, aged 69 deceased 1 is survived by a was Mlssl Cecelia A. Evai Cumberland county, and fi one son, Mr. .William E. four daughters. Mrs. Albe it. of Klkton, X. C; Mrs. K. Mrs. Theo. Hair and M Hall, all of Pembroke. SHOT A BULLET THROUGH THIGH Shooter Runs, But Is Run Down and Caught RATHER BOLD THEFT Norman Bcosley Snatches Money From tt Woman's Hands, Put Up a l ight and Gets Away Murderer Appeal on Four exception"5. (Special to News and Observer.) Durham. X. C. Sept. 2 7. There came near being a fatal shooting af fair at the Seaboard Air Line depot when Bun Mitchell was thot and wounded by Fred Carlton, both ne groes. Carlton, who claim that the shooting was accidental, tried to es cape but was run down, captured by Sergeant Pendergraph. He was cap tured fully 3 mile from where the shooting occurred. The ball passed through the fleshy part of the right thigh. While the wound is a very pain ful one it is not considered that it is of a serious nature. Carlton, the prisoner, married a sister of Major Guthrie, the negro who Is now under sentence of death and whose execution has been stayed by reason of the fact that there is an appeal to the supreme court. Grabbed Money and Fled. The officers are this afternoon look ing for one Norman Beasley, a negro, who snatched $7 from the hands of the wife of Robert Weaver, also col ored, and then ran oft. When he grabbed the money the cries of the woman brought her husband to her help. Weaver made a break to get Beasley and the latter grabbed a chair, keeping him off and then reaching for his .pistol, telling him he would shoot; him. The charge against Beasley will : be highway robbery, but op to late this afternoon he was keep ing out of the way of the officers. Condenined Murderer's Appeal. The appeal case of Major Guthrie, the negro murderer who stands con victed and under sentence of death for strangling his wife, has been pre pared by his attorney, Mr. Benjamin Lovenstein. and forwarded to Solici tor A. I Brooks. The appeal is based on four exceptions' as follows: 1. Exception as to the evidence of j IUla Stallings. that the dead woman was in good health the evening be fore her death. L.ula Stallings not be ing an expert. 2. The court allowing Louis Ad- I kins to tell of a conva-satin he had j with Major ; Guthrie, this cpnversa- tion being donvicting in nature, and ! before the fact had been established I that a crime had been committed. j 3.. The action of the court in over- I rutins' a mniinn In cot nil. 1 1- a Because there was not sufficient evi dence to convict. 4. The fact that Juror Horner was Kitting on this case when he had heard of the fudden death of his child, killing by an autoniobiie. this beiniar before the speech of the de- If the, German Crown Prince really Tne crown i'rince oi Germany nas Newt Item, i ; .... . .. aw f , 1 iTT mm 1 . 11 1 its i iu , it. 1 - ".i , 1 r 1 irwcriui i 11 1 Mirev.iW iv.".y 11 fendant's co- . v and before the charge of hi' V It being claimed that the c O saiJ Juror- was not tha.t on life and death issues. Hill jickney. colored, wai be fore ? of the Peace J. K. Owens thir ng. there being three charg es t him. The first charge was for ig drunk in West Durhaml for which he was fined $6.35. The hear ing of this case developed others, j One of the other cases was for carrying conceale: weapon and the other for assault and battery with deadly wea pon. In both these cases he was;sent to the higher eourt under bond :of $50. H'i went to Jail. It was while under the influence of whiskey- ithat Hackney attempted to shoot Waman Hogan. He did not deny the ; two crimes. 0 Tobacco Break. There was quite a large -break of tobacco on the .marsret today, ; the three warehouses being well filled with the weed. The grade of tobacco being sold is low but the prices for these grades arc good and consider ably above the - average. The ware housemen expect that from this time on there will be; at leat four large sales each week, providing, of course, the weather is such as to allows the marketing of thtf weed. Late last evening there wa a quiet marriage on Holroway street, this be ing the marriage of ex-policeman R. A. Crockett and Miss LllHe Mc Adams, of Henderson. Mr. Crocket resigned from the police force yesterday morn ing and was married in the afternoon. The couple will make their home in this city. Gambled in Magistrate's House. There is a case of a very unusual nature pending before Justice of ; the Peace R. C. Cox,; which will be tried tomorrow morning- Four negroes, Harrison Garland. James Biddle, iBill Jones and' Dave : Lewis, were before thel mayor a few days ago on jthe charge of gambling and were sent to the higher court. They were found gaming in an unoccupied house; on Roney street, the. property of Justice ofthe Peace J. El Owens. When the officers approached they broke out several windows ijn getting out of; the house. In getting in they had broken i down a door. Justice Owens is how! suing tne negroes, or rather has a criminal action against the negroes for the destruction and damage of his property. The negroes were ar rested late this afternoon. Trinity College News. Mr. R. V. Taylor, Assistant College Secretary of the Southern States -delivered an address to the Young Men's Christian Association in the Associa tion hall Wednesday evening. A large number of new members have Joined the Association; i'and the worki of the year promisee to be a very help ful feature of college life. The offi cers; of the Association for thia year ara President W. V. MeRae. ' vice-' president; C. R. Canlpe, treasurer V. S. Ivey; secretary,! T. B. Suiter. Mr. W. A. Stanbury, Editor-in-Chief of the Archive, the magazine: is sued by the Senior class, has made She following appointment Jn the various departments: Literary Man agers. L. J. Cait&r. Woodiawn and Miss May Wrenn. Siler City: Associate Editor. J R. Warren. Durham; Ex change ESditor. Gilmer Kerner. ;er nersville; Literary Notes, Miss Elise Mlmsi Durham. The two literary societies have elect ed members of the Governing Board of the Chronicle for the year 1007-S. The members e'ected from the Hes perian Society aref Mestr?. W. V. Jk' Rae and W. H iSanders, from the Senior class; and Merr. T. M. Gnan? and W. B. Klkerifrom the Junior claM. The members from the Colum bian Society are: .Messrs. J. B. Sld bury and S. A. Richardson; from jthe Senior clnss; and M. A. Briggs and; R. c. Goldste'n from the Junior class.. wants the great American meal, let sent nu chef over . . , here to discover 1 ,i - i on Killing of Banks s r Rothwell Tilden Cook Admits Shooting Him, i i - I 5nt Attempts to Justify the Ded .lease Itiggans and 1a. M."Bry? ant Arrested. hm jspecial to News and Observe.) Svllmlngton, N. C, Sept. 27.4-The mystery surrounding the murder of Banks-Rothwell, colored, on the Mar tindale place, near the city, befor4 day yeserday morning, when he was called frdmi hjs home and shot as he ran from three unknown white menj was cldared (up today with the arrest of Tilden Cook, a young; man of Detgado village, who was armed with a war- rant for the negroe's arrest from a magistrate in the country, and- had been accompanied to the house at. t"e unseemly hour by another young man, Jesse Riggins, of Delgado; andj the prosecutor in the case, L. M-. Bryant, a man of some means In this; city. Cook Iclalms that the negro &rew a pistol? on the officers, jerked loose from, two of them and fled. He jflred twice, but did not kniow that the' bul letjp took effect. The bloodhounds of the county trailed the men -towards Delgado, . and the coincidence, with th warrant, which had subsequently been turned over to another officer, lec to the arrest of the meh tday, Cobk saying that ijie had not reported the matter ief ore because he Was! cer tain that he had not hit the fleeing negro, j Cook .(am from Bynum, N.;C.,land had been deputized to make the aTrest by the -magistrate from wltttmj the warrant i had been pecured. He land Riggins are in jail, and counsel for Bryant delivered him up to the officers late tonight. i Worry Led to Suicide, ! H. G. iChristofferson. a Norwegian, 53 ! years old, keeper of a seamen's home here, , committed- suicide f this morning .n a storage room on the third floor of the building at the corner of Front ami Dock streets, where hewas fodnd a few hours later by his wife, who had; gone out to enter her chil dren in sch6ol. The suicide had been carefully; planned, as the man went up in the room, made a pallet. 4rew a comfort over his head to muffle! the sound, and sent a ball through! his brain, the pistol being; etm cjutched in his; handi vhen he was found.1 Wbrry over financial obligations is attributed as the cause of Ms rash act. He leaves a wife and several, ehlldrenj . ; LherMHl Cotton Statistics, j Liverpool. Sept. 27 Following ) are thei weekly cotton staistics: Total sales, all kinds, Z2. bales. TVta,l s-'aies. American, 26,000 bales. English rplanors takings, 4 7.000 'biles.. Total oxmrt, 10.000 bales. Imports, all kinds. rS4jO00 bale. Imports, Ameri eani 27.00t) bales. Stock sales, j all kinds. COOOO bales. Stock, American, S01, 000 bales. Quantity, oil kiljds, lirijOOO bales, uantity afloat. Ameri cans; 97.000 bales. Total sales, i on speculatirm. 1.200 bales. Total sales to ex;)ortjr.--, 1,300. bales . i i .. t Til. ere has been a general advance in ivages :i:t Huj.f Mills of from ten to iifteen per cent. This effects the wilder ;of ?".OOo people. Raeford Fcts a ml Ficrurcs. . . i his chef fix up one of our quick- the Ajntricari - method of . cooking. ' ' , CHUEIj FllilPIXO OUTLvWVS. i Bandit CI lief. t Order Towns Burned and. Prisoners Tbrttmrtl. Washington, SepL 27. In a copy of the decision of the Supreme Court of the Philippine Islands In ' the case of Bacario Sakay and three other men. who were convicted of the crime of bandolerismo, orftoutlawry, and sen tenced to death, and which has Just been received by the War Department, is incorporated several of the exhibits' Introduced by the prosecution, which show the methods resorted to by the band. - One of the exhibits was a letter ad dressed by Sakay to Maj.-Gen. Pia del Pilar, which said: "Upon receipt of this order please comply with the same and direct the troops to enter -the town of Teresa and carry out the following; "First Seize all foods, such as pala, which you can carry; also take all the money, in order to defray the ex penses of our soldiers and the war. r "Second Arrest the consejal, memino greblllos and all persons con cerned with him in detaining our com missioners, . and as soon as arrested you will punish them as provided In Order No. 9, of Article 10, 1904, pre scribing that the tendon Achilles shall be cut and the fingers of both hands crushed. "Third Should the town's people offer resistance to the troops, burn all the houses, without showing mercy to the Inhabitants. "All the provisions of this letter had been passed on by the supreme Junta on account of. the' treacherous conduct of the inhabitants of Teresa toward our commissioners.' 1 Another letter signed by Sakay, di rected to Major Ramos, acknowledges the receipt of a letter reporting the result of some expedition, and direct-: Ing Captain Franca to take away Francisco Rosalia and Faustino -Cas-todlo and cut the fendons of their feet and crush the fingers of "their . hands, i The Supreme Court affirmed - the "sentences of conviction of the lower court. CARS TRACK Coal and Cross-ties' Bad I ly Mixed up Coast Lilnc at Wilxon Blocked naif a I j Day-7-Flagrnum BraweU ; SlighUy. ! Hurt Reckless . Fooling ; - With a Gun. , ! (Special to News and Observer.) ; : Wilson. N. C, Sept. - 2 7 About three o'clock this ' morning ., a wreck occurred seventy-five yards south of khe Atlantic Coast Line and Raleigh 'and Pamlico Sound . junction. Just butside of the corporate limits. A Southbound freight train composed of about forty cars,- while going at a high rate of speed was brought to a teudden standstill by the derailment of seven coal cars, - which were jum bled up in a conglomerated mass of jcoal, iron and cross-ties. Some of Hhe cars were cast a distance of twen iyvnve feet-from the track, others Were piled criss-cross on one another Entirely blocking . traffic. The. engine broke loose with one car loaded' with feoal and went a distance of two hun dred yards from the wreck. The en feme never left- the " track but the heavy car did. The coupling remain ed Intact, dragging the car-over the ties and mashing the cross-ties. The fight coal cars were in front-i-every fene more or less injured, some of ; them knocked -out of business entlre- i I-. The other part of the tram was pulled back into the Wilson yards, I lUtle the worse from the shake-up. ' It is supposed a defective rail caused i the accident. - , N Mr.. A. J. Braswell. flagman. T re- ! 1 1 . . .....n . .nr. t h . mnn 1 n an1 i one on his legs. ! The southbound' train due to leave here about five o'clock was detained until the arrival of the northbound ihoo-fly. due here -between 8 and 9 'clockr. Then passengers and mail were transferred. " ' - 5 J The wrecking train was soon on the scene and by two- o'clock this" after- i 4nn everything was moving along as smoothly as tnougn. nothing had nap- .a . ...... I ueiM-u. : Yesterday afternoon two. white ttien, George Hagwood and rV. R. . Nichols, who live ten miles from W11-. 1 . . i i . j , i s:i on ntt ivaici k ruiu. were pro jecting with a rifle in front of the i dispensary In such a reckless man- I .i- . , A Tjvr us io aiarm peuesiriant, . causing triem to dodge in and out of stores lke martins in and out of 'gourds, policeman Bryant ran them in. MAY ABANDON' HUNTING .TRIP. ;Tlie President Likely to Give Vp Boar . Cane Brakes. Washington,, Sept. 27 .-President ; ij'oosevelt way not go hunting in Lou isiana aftiet all; a least that is what he edicated to some of those who talked ; te him today about his proposed boar . sticking trii In the Louisiana cane- hf akes after he completes his Missis sippi River trln next montht. He said that the boar-sticking affair was con ; tisigent on finishing uo ail. pending ! ofTicial business in the three days that remained before he starts westward. l it Is. believed, however, that -the President will manage to accept the invitation of his friend. Civil Service Commissioner McIlhenny, to do some hunting In Northern, Louisiana. Re ports from that v part of the country are that the preparations Tor the President's visithave been made and that county sheriffs have been in structed to- keep newspaper' reporters aray from the Presfdenfs camp. - THE WEATHER. I Showers Saturday " and V" probably Sunday; light to. fresh east I winds. .. ; T. WeatbeyYeHeday.' ' Maximum temperature 76 degrees; Minimum temperature 49 degrees; To tal precipitation for 24 hours ending 8' p. m-.Omchea. - A BIG BLOW OUT FOR W. J.IBRYAN Greensboro Will Serv Old TifnD Supper SPEECHES OF COUFiSE ConsTresman Pape ami i Kx-Gocrnor Ay cock Will ' 3fako Talis ninl Then Brjau WillIaro the Floor Al to Give Ills View on t ' Politics. . , . Br-ANDRKW JOYXEIl. , Greensboro, N. C. Sept. 27 Dr. J. E. Brooks, - Chairman of the Br:an Banquet Committee of arrangements, is feeling good this "morning. He has heard from the last one of the dis tinguished men selected to reply to toasts, as well as from Mr, Bryan, and all have not .only accepted and not i fled thei. purpose "to b present, but expressed approval of the Idea of hav ing "an -' old-fashioned Southern sup per, where true democracy can be preached without fear of giving of fense to any. This banquet and these apeeches " to be' given on Wednesday night of the Fair here, Oct. 16, will be of National importance, since noc only Mr. Bryan, but others who will speak will probably sourd National as well as State key-notes on which will be pitched the issues of the next cam paign. The programme or toasts and speeches is aa follows: r Toastmaster: Hon. "Alfred Moore "The Things Upon Which .We Are Agreed," Hon. Robert X. Pae, Con gressman from the Seventh District. ?. "States Rights:' Ex-Governor Cha. B Aycock- . ( 4 ; iAfter these1 toasts and- responses. Mr."-Bryan" will be introduced lr Hon. E." J. Justice, Speaker of the House Of 'Representatlvs. Mr. BryaJi Z1 b. given ample time' in .which fui!y express "his views-on all Important is sujes pending or probable in the com ing national political campaign. - The supper, given in honor of nr. Bryan" by.. Democrats of Greensboro and v-Cuilford county 'v. LlK not 1 - k modern "banquet" at all btt an oIJ fashloner. Southern fean of reason and flow of soul. It will be jrivrn in the Immense hall, known a ::ec o Hall at the corner, of Washington and Davie 'streets. There will - I ; seats," plates and food fur 400 uest?. among whom wlll .be numbered many of the best. Democrats and most prom inent men from all parts cif the State. One of the best evidences of th4 propriety of the proposed political and social function is the- prompt manner In which the leading citizer and busines men of the city responded to suggestions of financial aid so make the occasion what it should bs. The necersary funds could have beec duplicated had they been needed. " Greensboro's Centennial. ; At a well attended mass. meeting or citizens , last night, it was decided tc celebrate the centennial ; of - Greenr boro's incorporation as a. town in the autumn of I908.; The general conaniiL tee .having the matter-In charge rec ommended, July, .but .this date war changed by the mass meeting to "soma time between September 25 and Oc tober 15th. 1908." , It was decided .to raise a fund of $10,000 to' aid in the celebration. Res olutions requesting the city counsel to appropriate $1,000 and the county commissioners a like sum were unan imously adopted. - " The. following" named gentlemen were selected as the board of govern ors or as an executive committee to have entire management cf the cele bration: G. S. .Bradshaw. R. D. Douglass, L. J. Brandt, C D. Benbow, Caesar Cone. W. S. Thompson. A. 1,1. Scales, J. I. Foust, T. A. Hunter. : The meeting last night was thor oughly representive - and enthusiasti cally harmonious, the atmosphere be ing surcharged with that Greensboro spirit of - co-operative enterprise that Insures, success, in all . undertakings. -Among those who made short speeches were Col. James T. Morehead. Judge James E. Boj'd. A. B. Kimball. G. S. Bradshaw, Mayor Leon J. Brandt, Dr. W. P. Beall, Judge R. B. Strudwick. Joe S.' Reece. Wayland Cook. John S. Micheaux. C. C. McLean. J. S. Iluy kendall and M. W. Thompson. v Taken WIO the Goods. 7 Southern Railway Officer. Andrews caught Henry Berry, a well known negro street sweeper employed by the city in a railway freight ear early Sunday morning "stealing goods. It was dark and ' the darky rah, the policeman blazed away with a pistol. Andrews recognised trje man and about an ' hour later with other of ficers surprised Berry In his home. capturing him. his wife and his newly acquired plunder. This morning- in. Squire Collins court, both Berry and his wife were' bound ever to court. They succeeded In giving bonds for their aDoearance. . . 7 7 r Fishy. Story About Shooting. ; ; . Policemen .last .night i heard shoot ing at the negro quarter on East Market 7 street. Hurrying there they observed a negro limping into 5 a gate and going into a house.. Faltering the" house they found a man lying in bed and upon questioning him he said ho was sick..' The officers pulled the bVl -clothes off and found a pool of blood and a fresh bullet hole in the man's anatomy. -The negro who said 1k name was Archie Williams then told the officers that he had been shot ly an unknown , party. lie stated that . while going along East Market street he, was accosted by two white men who told him that they wanted, some whiskey.. Upon his replying- that he did not conduct a blind tiger establish ment and did not know where any o the liquid could be had, the men seemed to get angry and some harsh words wife spoken." The outcome cf the meeting was. he ald, thst one of the men pulled his pistol and i t drive, the bullet taking effect in 113 Rip. The officers ce not in dir. - 1 t credit this story, as cAr.? ths tw . (Continued on 1': i v; i. V
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Sept. 28, 1907, edition 1
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