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" ! - - Section;. Two PAGES 9-16 w 11 ; 11 VOLUME LXXXV NO. 68 BALEIGH, X. C., S US DAY 3IdKNTN"G; FEBB VARY 01908. PAIIOE acETS i 11 A NV Beads North Caro Dailiesin Mews and Circulation UtIEASIllESS AT THE WHITE HOUSE Double DclcgationsWon'f Nominato Taft . , NOTHING UNUSUAL Jn KfUfhiu1!! Ieattoc Oonsress U Gome I.---...'-. j . X to KaJcigh BrowTisvllIe Affair I Murder of 31?. Boggs in Mek- i ' -f Ic Consolidate tlie ,- i - umicrsboros. BT thos. J. PEXCE. 7 Washington. . D. C.. Feb. 8. If two nete of leIRates go from each south t Vrn State to ; the Keoubllcan national convention, Secretary of War Taft will hardly he the. party nominee- In. that c ase the organization of the . conven tion would rest with the present Na tional Committee, which is' said! to be utifavorable to the administration can didate. ThiM arery pltuation, made pos V Kible In the light of the action of Flor idai Iiepublisans, Is . the " occasion of much uneasiness at the Vh.lte House thy nrent headquarters 'of tne Taft J,o;rr,. f Par thils reason Assistant rost Riarteij General Hitchcock, whd knows more about Southern Republicans than ay one? else In: the adminlstrauon, is to resign his position and take active 1 Thanrc-- of the Taft movement In the - south. Mr- Hitchcock has ben the dls : iwjiser of Federal patronage tin? the j-vouth-for several years .and. the Presl tffit wants him to take charge of the Uipation there for the Taft forces. - tn Hitchcock will have no , trouble with'' the officeholders.; It is the "outs" the fellows' who . have often In office a nd those Avho would :like t to do so, who are causinsr all the trouble.1' The only war. Mr. . Hitchcock ' can round therh tti' ls.t6 hit them amidships w ith a pon of Jread. ' This element realize that it. lias fr reat opportunity before it ndra'beihaf encouraged by th friends of alt Mr. Taf fa rivals for j the Presidential nomination to set, In j the - game. - It Is believed here hat as ai re sult there, will i be. contesting: delega- "tions front every southern State, j i In North Carolina It would be easy to get up contests In many ' of i the districts. Thero are enough "outs" Un the Stitta to i give the i'lns all i Jtha "trouble they want. This was evidenced at Greensboro when Spencer Black burn surrounded himself with quite a formidable opposition to the machine. The lever has already started to work in North Carolina; where on of Speak t Canncn's lieutenants spent the past week. Thl emissary "visited Greens- boro tan J. other points, taking Into his confidence several possible antl-Taft , nepubiicans. j:; xv;.y -f:;-v-,: , eritlclsui or Kitchin rnarranteO. . llepresentative . W.: W. Kitchin has been criticized by several papers j re cently for leaving Washington while Congress is in session. His - friends think thl criticism unjust and crefer to the fact that eevry member bf Con press who has run for the office! of Governor during recent years has con ttnued to hold ,hla congressional posi tion until the time approached for In auguration as Executive. Reference - is made to the , late Governor Scales, who graduated from Congress to the ' Executive Chair at Raieign. Mr. Kitcn- tn's friends refer also . to Gove Swanson, of Virginia; - Patterson of Tennessee, and Mayor ; McCleUan. of New York all of whom campaigned for thair . present ofilces while-members of Coasress, , I ! ICr. Kitchin tells a umber of amus- . In stoiiea withreference to the gub-. ernatorial cajqpalgn that have come. ' under hlsODservatlon. He-waa at a certain- town in the State recently, and nneof his friends, awhile in- his pres ence, asked an unlettered citizen whom . he wanted to see elected governor. His reply was that he had no choice. "How about .Kitchin r the stranger was asked. :,,--Tv -: , .v.- :t-- "I had just as soon free him elected a any other d ... Republican." was ; the reply. , - ..-v , j - . . - i When Mr. Kithcin retires from Con gress there will, be no mdfe brothers in that branch of the government For two terms there were twp Landis brothers In the House from Indiana, hut Fred fell by the way side at the last general . election. ; This year the Kitchens are the only two brothers In Congress. .Remarkable In their case Is that - their father served in Congress - 'also. - ; . . vv j j Tim Brownsville Affair. i -:' The Brownsville affair,, ; which ii has ' - loundertng" around , the halts of f - us for more than a year, t-here Introduced by Senator Foraker , 1 ol for political effect, is almost i r 1 consi deration by the Senator. u I aillitary affaire i committee, of 1 senator' Overman-is a member. - d the case under .consideration ' 4 while and as soon as Senator ! I ' r gets back from Ohio where I gone to look after his political . i 'i a vote will be taken as to the I r culpability of the negro sol : t i who shot: up the Texas town, ai ide committee, with two excep I . ow admit that the negroes did oting as charged, but the Re- ns want to frame the repart so i I . :o give orfense to the negro vot- he country." There will be raa i JJd, minority regort. . . The Murder of Bogs. saponse to a resalutlon intro n Congress calling for informa f: atlve to the murder of Am n i- - Ir. of Winston-Salem at Topla, L. w ?rr.l.a.ry 01 Kiaie KOOt lias furnished Interested members of Conr gress ith a copy, of a despatch re ceived from the American Consul at THirangor't Mexico, reporting the cir cujiwuneeii connected with the young ;-. man' dath.:The mnrder'was a most ! cold blooded one. Mr. Boggs went to Jlexico to reorganize the ; force at an ore mill for jjn American firm. This he was dolnfr satisfactorily. He fn. t'uired the enmity of one mag by stop dng the sale of whiskey to.' men a nieht dutr at the mill. This' man. Monarres by name, organized the plot to kill Mr. Bog WlU) six conieoer ates he concealed himself near where Mr.jBoggs had to pass in going to his home at night. The victim was set upon by two of the' men, who struck himh on the forehead with stones. Blunt Instruments were then used, which" crushed the skull. Monarres whoi has killed several men before, es-(caped- Several of his accomplices have ;: been arrested, but they deny their guilt. The American govern ment will demand the punishment of the guilty. It is doubtful whether in demnity can be secured by reason of the jmurder. . vi; Consolidate the Wllkesboros. 1 Representative Hackett thinks that if the post offices at Wilkesboro and North iVVilkesboro can be consolidated he may be able to abtain a public building for the two places, which aro onlyi separated by the Gadkin River. The two town have a '" population of somethings l'ke 4.000. Unless they join j hands as did Winston-Salem, there 1 not much prospect of securing a public building for years to come. The post office department will be requested by the Senate Committee on noKtf ofilces to send a post office; in- specor to Mooksville to Investigate j the ; charges recently preferred againsi v. H.. Mwris, whose nomination is how pendiag before the Senate: Both Sen ators, have received protests' against the appointment, but they are taking no hand in ihe fight. j J low Alabama Senators Vote. Alabama Senators have a very in dependent , way of voting. The only Democrats ' who voted . i against ithe railway-rate bill two years ago were the late Senators Pettus and Morgan, lit is said that the two new Senators from! Alabama, Messrs. Johnston and Bankhead will support the Aldrich financial, bill. They are the only Dem ocdats in - the Senate who ; have com mitted themselves to the measure, i MEMORY OF FIRST !.,-.., ERXOU. WAR GOV- Social Event of tiic Season in JUdge . ; . , combe. " -T"l'i- ; Tarboro' N, C. Feb. 8, The -coun ty's -social event of the season was (the commemoration of the one-hundred th birthday of North Carolina's first war governor, Henry Toole Clark, by the William Dorsey Pender Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy, at the home of Mrs. John I Bridgers, daughter of this famous governor, j Mrs.! Bridgers, iri her gracious Wel come to the guests, announced that her cousin. Blskop Joseph Blount Cheshire, of Raleigh, had prepared the paper on the life of her father and would read it, and also present a pic ture of Uhe Governor to the Masonic lodge.: i ' : :f' The paper was interesting -y and in str6ctive and was a most fitting and suitable tribute to the life and charac ter of a great l and-; good man. As Governor Clark was an ' enthusiastic Mason In his day, the officers of Con cord ; lodge, ' Taboro, and those who were members during the life of Gov ernor 1 Clark, were invited to be pres ent. Dying In 1874, Concord did not have many members to : be preset. who had taken the degrees pror to that time. Capt. R. A. Watson. E. D. FoxhalL C. J Austin, and OolJJ . W. Cotten represented these. Messrs. J. B. . Coffleld.J S. F. Jenklns.1 Jon Brown; and Dr. C. L. Klliibrew fellow Masons of the Governor. al?o wer6 . i . i unable to beoresent -.. v Of the ..family- present1, there were" Capt.: Haywood Clark and wife,; y(he other son, Dr. II. I. Clark ;could not at tend, a' jprofessional engigementt pre venting.! but his v wife anddaughter, MJss Iteba, were, and MrsiiBelle Smith, the youngest . daughter;, i Miss Bella Parker; MrsS- aKashj Mrs. J. P. Parker, her husband. I Commander Parker U. ; S. "N; could not be present having beivcalled to Washington; Miss aMrJP."; Batle, . Bishop Cheshire and daughter. Miss Sarah.- j i - Jn-thep arlors,- the sitting room. rarv. billiard and dlnlnsr' :. rooms. there was no attempt at color scheme. but here and there was a mit of ever green and color, that gave a most charming effect. '' ii ; ':)' The tables in the dining hall were arranged to form the letter "H." the initials of his first name and also of Hilma,! his ,ome. -where hel ived an,d was gathered to his fathers. ! Punch' nectarial was served in the sitting t room, and in thei dining hail a sumptuous, dinner with barbecue, crisplyl ecoked ad seasoned to a nicety of deliciousness. was the piece de re sistance, but the viands were! varied and a stale and feeble palate that experienced no pleasing it was, sensa- Uon. ' i f Mrs. Bridgers is a most charming hostess. f and assisted by equally phirnilnt and rraceful daughters i anrt Pieces, f the occasion could have! but one.result,-a pronounced . success. j It mar be added that more birth days than one was" celebrated on! this occasion.1? Iss Bella Parker's falls oh this day; 1 She has spent, more jthahJ the allotted score in doing good.. It was also the natal day of the hostess' cousin,! Mrs. S. S..Nash. i J The Occasion. will long be remember4 ed by 'those present for its elegance and the gracious hospitality. It was an occasion to remind one of both war and peace. . Governor Clark L was called $a the executive chair in the State's?most trying time. I whn she ceded from the Union and Joined; the Southern! Confederacy and itw as dur ing hiis administration that prepara tions were begun to be carried ! out by his 3ubessor Z. B. Vance, that made: North Carolina noted for the wise pro visions she made for tlose whoml the U. D. C. love to honor and whose memory they cherish- i (1 V f County Superintendent of Schools R. G. KIttrell. is able to resime his dutlesJ after being confined to the hos pital for a week. ..: i --''! :-- : Dr. J. . Baker underwent an opera tion yesterday as the result of stepping on a rusty, nail, which penetrated 1 his rooi. .: -. Sentenced to Twenty; Yrar-.' By the Associated Press.) Tlristoi:, Tenn.. Feb. 1. Hnr W-t was today sentenced to twenty years in the penitentiary for the r murder of Irby Davis brother-of Uiy lavi$,! f or whose fi murder--. "Aack' tllale.j-.i- his brother; is; uwalting trial at Johnson City. Tenn. - j . i - ,l; r H . The trouble with having a good looking: maid in the house is she gets mad -with the head of It If heidoesn't notice her. and hl wife gets madedr if he doea AFTER WHISKEY DRUMMERS RIGHT Mayor of Durham Will Issue Warrants KILLED BY A TREE Old Whiskey Seller tknded in Jail Major t Gnthrt Pleased Mid winter Recitai Library Anniversa ry--OtIer News. (Special to ; News and observer.) Durham. N. C, Feb. 8. Mayor Paul C. Graham has called the atten tion of the public to the new law in regard to soliciting orders for whis key in prohibition territory this law being known as the Blair bill and passed at the extra session of the General Assembly and in the notice the cbief executive Nof the city noti fies all who are , in violation of this new law that on and after February 10," Monday, warrants will be issued for-eveiv one found violating the law. This will break up anj interfere with a tremendous business that has been carried on here, i Several Virginia and other whiskey houses and- breweries have kept men here since the time the town was voted dry and thousands of jugs were shipped in here each year as the result of this business. It has not been an unusual thing for from two hundred and fifty to three hundred gallons of whiskey to arrive here on one train, that from Keysville, Virginia, late in the evening: ; TWs train has been named the "jug train" and is so called by many! people. It was no trouble .at all to get all the whiskey one wanted on very short no tice. Suppose an order was given to an agent who represented whiskey houses over in the Clarksvllle section early in the morning.- His money was taken by the agent, Who gave a check nad this was endorsed by the sender to the Virginia house and that after n on his whiskey was in the express office. So with the South Boston train on the Norfolk and Western. 'The order nouM go over In the unornlng and whiskey back at night. , Some of these agents had regular offleejrand headquarters and It was an easy mat ter to. find one for a gallonof whis key --or for a smaller or. larger amount. But the day of the whiskey and beer agent Is passing rapidly and the May or of Duhram says will be diligent in seeing that -thelaw. Is' enforced. The general expectation Is that the law will be tested by some one, but Mayor Graham is of the opinion that 1 1$ will stand the test and that it will remaipa law. Many of the provisions included in this new law was tested iivthe United States court in the caso pof Dalameter against South Dakota. In the decision the whole whiskey question, as relates to the interstate commerce law, is gone into, and , the mayor thinks this decision alone makes good the law. ' . Killed by Tree. Thomas R. Blalock, a well known white cltifcen. ho lived in the ex treme northern part of the county, was accidentally killed yesterday while at ! work with several other men cutting trees, preparatory to clearing up a new ground. -The particulars of the sad affair reached Durham on the Norfolk and Western train late last night, cloge to 11 o'clock. The acci dent occurred in the woods of Mack Ijaws'on, ) where where Mr. - Blalock and others were at work. A pine tree about twelve Inches in diameter had been felled and lodged. In getting it down the end of the log flew up In the air, knocking .Mr. Blalock down, and the tree fell on! him. Death was instant, and the unfortunate man did not utter a sound. He was about 3 8 years old and lived close to the Gran ville and Durha mlines: He left a wife, father, brother and four sisters. The funeral 'was conducted from a Primitive Baptist church near the county line, of which the deceased was a member, today. The burial was in the family burying place, not far from the-church and home. Old Whiskey Seller. The police today Hroped In " L. M.. Ward, a white mart who lived, in the Edgemont section and who it is claim ed by the police; has been doing an extensive i "blind tiger" business for months. He was hard to get Into the meshes of the law but when he was pulled on a good straight case the mayor sent him up under bond of $150 and he is; in jail. In the search war rant that, was used to help get the evidence the police found one four gallon jug practically filled with booze, two empty cans of four gallons each, one two gallon can some whiskey f in bottles a number of empty bottles and measures,; etc. George Brockwell, white, was before the mayor on a charge similar to that against Ward, but evidence would not permit of him being sent to the higher court. He was-discharged .the witness against him raying that he did buy whiskey from some man at the stables where Brockwell works, but that -it was not Brockwell. Murderer Pleased. When Major Guthrie, the negro wife murderer, was informed by his attor ney, Mr. Benjamin . Lovensteln. that the governor had given Mm a. respite of four weeks he was greatly pleased. He was "blue" and "down in the mouth" until he heard that the gover norhad given his attorney time in which to get additional facts to Je pre sented to his excellency showing why the death) sentence should be interfer ed with. Mr. lyjvensteln has worked hard-and faithful for his client, and he yet has hopes of (presenting such facts that will cause the governor to Interfere with the sentence and send him , up for life,";- There Is some new evidence that the lawyer thinks he can get within afew days, this being evi dence to show that Guthrie was not at the home of the woman on the night she was strangled. , Small Blaze. " This ' afternoon the tire department HOT FOR SAKE CHRiSTI Would Judge Jenkins Re port Anti-Liquor Bills TALK TO A MimSTER !'. i i Hearing of the AntJ-Saloon Repre sentative Kefore OommitAee oo Jn- i i . . i . : - i i. diclaryRev. Mrl Nicholson Urgea' Adoption of litUefieJdl Bill and is Sneered at by Chairman, (By. Associated Press.) J4 Washington, D. C, Feb. 8 The feature of the hearing of the anil saloon representatives -.1 today before the House judiciary Committee were the remarks of Judge John J. Jen kins, chairman of the committee. ; to Rev. S. E. Nicholson, who spove ipr the American Anti-Saloon League. The remarks were made jat the con clusion of an argument bylMr. Nichol son urging the adoption of the Little field or some other similar - bill. pro hibitinsr the shTping of liquor into pro hibition terirtory. Chairman Jenkins said that 99 pert cent of Ithe bills of the kind under discussion brought toe fore his committee, were aimed at the ver ythroat of the government. - Men ful of sentiment would appear there. he declared, and! urge the committee to report a till and. ask Congress to pass a law to be tested before the Supreme Court. ' I " t "In your argument," ; said Mr. Jea- Jklns. "is to put it up to the Supreme Court, we are not here to reporx bills that appear to us to be uneonsti tutinoal. It is our dutyHd prevent, if possible, the passage oflaws that are unconstitutional. 1 1 . do not think we should listen, to you sentimental gen tiemen when you try: toovjer-persuade us. Wre are trying: save mis gov ernment, and do not wattU to be con tinually reporting bills folrv-the ' sake of Christianity or anything else that wlll be turned .down by tne courts, have been in prohibition territory and seen how. the laws were evaded. Therfc I saw men "with a prayer book-in one hand and a knife In the other.' r Mr. Nicholson explained Ithat It wa not-his intention to ask-th commitf tee to do anything wrong. ? - - ; Judcre Jenkins said that bolitlcs had nothing to do with the wlork of the Judiciary Committee but Ithat there was a diversity of opinion as to wheth4 er. the various liquor bills were con stltutlonal or not.! hi . . . Mr. Nicholson ! Was followed by Theodore Aylord, of Parkersburg, W Va., and PA. Parker. Ofl Columbus Ohio, general superintendent of the American Anti-Saloon League, both of whom favored the proposed leglslaj Uon. . . . ' 1 - - ! J Representative Julius Kahn, of Call 'Ifomia, appeared in behalf of the grape grower and wine makers of his State and asked the committee not tq close the . hearing on the bill before! his people representing more , thani $100,000,000 . in property! ; could bei heard. He said that the LitUefield bill: would prohibit the shipping of wine from California to any other State but; uld not prevent the landing Of wine; from France or any other foreign country Into American ports. v ; "I do not believe." continued Mr.; Kahn, . "that the American Ipeople are; weaker . than the Europeans. . I think ; that we are Just about as able to take care of curselves as) inhobitants of any other country. The. home is the place to teach- temperance. Th Germans are the most progressive people in the world and "they drink beeif from the cradle it is the abuse -and not the use o the f drink that hurts." . ; ' : was called . to asmall blazrf on Hunt street. A cottage was burning on the roof, but the promptness with which the hose companies reached the fire it was knocked out before thefewas any damage to speak of, not amounting to more than $20. -! Mid Winter IiecitaL The mid wiaten students recital was given at the southern SOnservatory of Music last night and there was a large and appreciative audience out to at tend this musical event i The pro gram. consisted of vocal selections, pia no and violin.' It was just such a. pro gram as is appreciated by ail who love good music and the manner, in which it was rendered pleased all present.; From the. violin department there were: Misses. Wilson, Whitmore, Wayde, Puett. 5 Park and Croom, Messrs. Korner, Lehman. Gerald and Bryant. The vocalists were as follows: Misses MoCotter. Claywell. Unthicum,! Brinson and Mr. Epps. . Those on the piano program were: Misses Owens," McCotter, Winston, Burnett , . Morton,; Wdldrop. Roundtree, Keiiffner, Bryan, Rosier. Puett. Sherrod. Parks.; Belt. Coley, Lentz. NewBerne," Thompson,! Tarkinton, Cockerton. - j j ' The Tentl Anniversary. ; . , ; There were a large! number out to! attend the. tenth anniversary celebra-j Uon of the opening-of. the-public Ubra-j ry this evening. This celebration was held In the library building land there were a number of .short talks and an interesting program. ' The annual- re port of Mrs; Rogers, the librarian, cov-i ers the work of the past year and also tells Of the movement that - brought Into existence the . library ? l and the the work that it has done since then. The library now has a total of 8,781 volumes, beside numerous magazines and papers. The library, gets about 23 or 30 leading papers, these being being either given or subscribed toi Last yea rthe: library loaned 42,000 books. The cost of maintaining the li-i brary alone Lost year was tl, and then other monev was used in the pur chase of new books and the paper sub-1 seriptions. j 7f, WEATHER. Partly cloudy Sunday; Monday rain and warmer; fresh to brisk northeast winds. i--'- .- '1-'-. -.-I , . The Weather Yesterday. 1 ' ! ; .Maximum temperature 44 degrees; minimum temperature - 80 f degrees total precipitation for 24 hours end ing S p. ra., 0. Inches. vj-,,.: i,- BF SNATCHED FROM AIIITY ROPEiD COFFIN ' ..;; ; - : - '''-':- f'! "All Ready"- But a Lies- sage from the Governor FRAZIER JONES LIVES Story of the Crime for- Which He Would Have Been Hung In a Few Brief MonwtsLecture by Dr. V-i Birds and Stame Soow Children. By AShREW JOYKER. Greensboro. N. C Feb. 8. Every reensborp, thing .was j already, today '. Xa 'S hang Fraxier Jones and the negro : had 'ex pressed his readiness to be! hung; his last -prayers pad been said and the good-bye; wor 1 given ; the . coffin was in waiting; tle I noose hang daogling from the jai ; in?' -In'-, the';jsil.;.eo'iTl dor, the witnesses to.' tinVf, execution stood grouped yronnd. "jfthe; j sceney while outside the jail In' the jstreet J.a large , crowd ot blacks and whites, wU men "and , chidrn; waited .to ; hear -of the gruesome) fend. A call to the tele-; phone ' for Sheriff Jones, delayed "mas ters a moment.- When the officer re turned he quietly said: "Fraxier. the Governor sayf he will , give - you a re prieve for j ten days to look I further into your case, and you can go back to' your cell; j you 1 are. not to die to day." - i ' f.V f; 'J. . ',y A-V-1 ':y;y Jerking all; over from relaxation of tense . nerves ithe man- who -a moment before was , calm in the ' presence of his death,! btoke - down at' a 'gift; of life after exclaiming .-in hysterical topes: "Oh, you all see that God is working for, me'.'!; . : - '-v . ', j;.-'; " It4 had .ben ; aT nervous ; two hours at and , around . the Jail - prior to the sudden climate of 1 rescue of the man from, ighomlnous death.. . .'Yesterday afternoon 1 and- last night - Governor Glenn had jbelen bombarded' with tele grams from ' Interested 1 attorneys, sympathetie ; attorneys and other In fluentlal men here .asking for , a .. re prieve , or commtitatlon of the ''; sen tence.' but this morning at' ten .o'clock Jones ' was informed by ;hla attorney, Mr. . Thomas Bell, that all efforts ;t0 save him had failed, and Sheriff Jones proceeded with , the final preparations for the execution, notifying the. neces sary number, of t witnesses who -held tickets to theJ execution to. be present at twelve o'clock- - - ? ; .- ?. i . The condemned man. ; was dressed in a black suit with . patent leather shoes, neat icollar and cravat and was smooth shaved. - He expressed the greatest gratitude to his attorney and to all who hid helped . him, and ' said he was resigned for .death; had al ready made; hisi peace' with God and had no ill t eeling i for any . one. . He walked i baek And forth tn his cell and in . an enclosed ., corridor with-. . the other prisoners, I apparently,- the least nervous one of them all. He said. he had enjoyed his breakfast. ; and when some .new i friend would, enter and unthoughtedljt enquire, ."How are you feeling this morning. Frasler?r - he would iavariably'1 :- answer; : "Pretty well; I thank you.".. About t sji hour before tlie oi$r set for the. execution. Frasler v reqliested c that one ' Of the windows to the outside grating of the jail opening oh thel street which - was crowded . with people, be. opened so mat ne could look, on Vthis old world one. last time.r The--window .was lowered and Fraxier . standing . Inside his cell cquld. be plainly seen by the crowd outside. Not saUsfled With being seeb. he then asked leave to speak a fewj words. His voice was shrill Jand piprng- now. but could . be plainly heard lout in - the street.' "I want to say god-bye to you all," was heard - from I inside . the .Jail. : And again the shrill, nervous . voice was heaj-ri:-., "T taratiti fn' wa-rn oll-nf !! there and everyWhere. , white :k and black, to let old rummy rum ' alone and keep out of trouble like I am In. I have begged for mercy and it .has been sent'Lpi mjei from on . high, and; 1 say good-bye to you all." Then be fore the window Was; towered, several shouted howdy 11 ) .'2' 6 . . ishouted, "HoWdy, .Frasler,"- ' "Good bye, :. Frarleri and . as. the sash closed down some one sang out: "Fraxier. 1 ; am your Ikiii jikin l come 'in r and see you ?", The man must. have heard, and the windoW ; was jraised again and he i stood there in the ; dini light behind the : bars! looking, out one last time, and again! the ' shriir . "voice iped out: "jOooki-bye.1 ail, and if, you are "any of my kin; 'make; haste and Come in. ! Be in a hurry :for my time is aDout up.; . Ana sit. old, bent col ored man mide ihis way to the guard ed Jail entrance the envied of many an eye. " I - -.: : ; .. .-, : y '; ; j Fven up to .the saying of his last prayer, - ana j singing tne last song, Jones kept his tjnerve,' ' seeming abso lutely,.' free- from fear . or . from hard feelings. to' any one. He said' he en joyed his breakfast, and would have had the best night's sleep for some time, except; that i the death- watch bothered him by! putting the key, Into the lock of his cell and thus disturb ing him each hour of the night . " j He 1 went jsound to sleep , half ; an hour after' he Was taken, from the gallows, and! was completely unstrong from the perilous experience. - y -: S , He will not bei hung at all now. : it is . understood' - that Govern or Glenn placed the whole- responsibility of the execution v upon solicitor Brooks, and Solicitor Brooks, will not be ' thus made responsible for a life, ' which the- duties of hlg position does not make t lmperaitt - Jones -was ' firs sentenced to; bei: hanged a ' year ago today It was' the date - on . which Frank'Boha'nnon; was J hung for mur der, ; ' i-l' -' '--" '-'i-.7!: ' -1 : ': " i Jones had lin .' Cold blood while half drunk killed j his 4wlfe at GibBonville, while she was cooking' Thanksgiving dinner for' himself and invited guests. An appeal from the sentence acted as a stay, of execution, and the fail ure to have the case on appeal sent up to the Supreme Court, gave him a' further respite until : the . fall- term, when. the appeal was dismissed. The date of his execution was then fixed for January 25th. .but upon being petioned to grant a commutation"; to life imprisonment, , Governor Glenn changed the date to February ,Sth to be ' Able to look into the case further. After a thorough examination he de clined to grant the commutation, and so the matter remained until,. the last moment today. . x - -. -. ' - It is .generally commented on as a strange departure , fro ,mth 3 executive responsibility, for the Governor ; to have thrown, this on Solicitor Brooks, thereby transferring this responsibili ty and this power upon , a local of ficer who in no ; sense 'should be placed in such a position, j But all the same Fraxier, who has had such good ;; luck thus ?f ar will be spared paying the usual' penalty for5 murder hi the first degree, and will spend the balance of his days in the peni tentiary, unless he breaks, out. ' '-;'' IiDcttire by Dr .stamrr; ; Rev. ; Rra. ; T.; J. Stamey, general sec retary pt the American Sabbath Union, lectured , last -night on Sabbath Observance- at' West Market Street Metho dist , church;; - His fund of InfOrmatioit about the feeling towards ; the Sabbatii in the various countries of the globe is amazing 'in its extent. - He- dwelt largely last night on Japan. Australia and Vur 7gldni1 nrha ha. nva Ikal best Sunday laws in the world are. on the statue- books. .The -principle of ono days' rest in seven was,!he said, being universally recognized. Physical . . aa Well as ' mora' considerations made such ah - arrangement - inevitable. Fraud had tried one day's rest In ten and one in fife and it was now om Ing arc-oud to the - Christian plan -f one in seven: Several - petitions had been presented to the eGrman Reich stag for the establishment In Germany of the Christian. Sabbath ' The speaker showed a map of the United States on which' some of the -States w ere shown in white, two black; and some lead col ored. The States of which North. Car olina was. one. were" the States where effective Sunday laws prevailed.4 Cal ifornia and Arizona were - the only States. in black and ; in these States there were no Sunflay laws at alt Vln the . other . States , there ; were i Sunday laws but they were not effective. The -speaker thought a moderate j Sunday law,, strictly .enforced, - vastly- better than., a rigid Sunday -law , poorly en forced. - - 'Birds, Snow and School Children:7' .l; t- "While the.receht 'snpw was on- the ground, :Wednesday and Thursday the wide-awake boys .and .girls of one of Guilford's -'raral. schools, saw the fol lowing six different kinds ; of bisds: Song, sparrow, English ' sparrow, branch : sparrow,; red ' blrd,blue "bird, black bird, lettuce bird, mocking bird, rice bunting. ;. tom-tit, kildee v crane, crow, hawk, ' yellow ; hammer, -redheaded wood pecker, dove; snow bird, aprtridge, field - lark, buzzard. , thrush, robin, wren,! owl,; sapsucker, V . y - - Hton. Merchants Open Offices. 4 w essrs. Sanders,' Orr ; and Company, cotton merchants of Charlotte,? have opened offices in the Hendrix' building on . West Main street,' in the room in which the - offices of 31 r. S. S. Brown will be located. i, Mr. J: W. Ruark will be in charge. This ' makes' twelve cotton! commission houses now doing business 'in Greensboro. . ; Court Convenes Monday ; e A two week's term of Superior Court for" the " trial of civil ' oases -wilt com mence Monday, .Judge Fred, Moore, of Ashevllle, presiding. . On Monday the court will call' over the- docket- 'for motions and on Tuesday the., hearing of the docket as; calendered, will be gin. - ; - :X:y y .;: -! ' "- -Atjthe-, city library yesterday, after noon was held a called meeting of the Daughters of the Daughters of the . .t" Daughters of the "American - Revolu tion, the object . of. the meeting being to complete plans for the entertain ment .to be given on Washington's birthday, v The entertainment will - be held, in the Elk's building, the use of which - was.- . kindly tendered . the Daughters -'; and i will - be: thoroughly colonial in eery respect -The - Daugh ters will bedressed In colonial style and they will have on exhibit relicts of tha tperiod, all ' the" mefhbers, possess ing; any ' curious pertaining to the revolutionary period! will have them on ; display. The entertainment "bids fair j to be, a great success. ; Misa Rebecca Schenck la regent of the local chapter. REV. I. F. ; KEARX15S IDEAP International Convention Young Peo . ". pie's Missionarr Movement. ; - i Hig Point, N. 0i Feb i3drMl. C. Kearnes, of .this city, this morning re ceived, a. telegram from Madison, Ala ! bama, telling of - the death of his brother there. Rey. I. F. Kearnes, after- an "illness of a- month, r The "re mains, will arriye here tonight and will be taken to the home of Mr. H. C. Kearnes on South ' Main-. street The funeral f servl ceS wl 11 occur torn or iro w ' afternoon rat . 2:30 o'clock at Washington i Street M. K. ' church, con ducted ' bv Rev; -Dr. F.. H. Wood, and Rev, J. K-. Thompson.". Deceased was bom in Randolnh. county -and 'was 74 years of age at the time of his death'. He - was -fcr- a -great "many years a member .of - the North Carolina Con-;-gerenoe, and. was loved1 and respected ft v,iv-w Him. Auum iineen jyears ago he took up his residence in Alabama, where he resided upr to the time of his death. , ; I v Rev. , J. E. " Thompson, . pastor of Washington Street M. E. church, has received ndtice of his appointment a a delegate to '" r the InternaUonal convention of the Young People's 'Mis sionary, Movement at Pittsburg, Pa.. March 10th-12th. ' This Will be -one Of theCmost important meetings ever iheld in' this-country and will be large ly atinded, there being 2.500 dele gates. Mr. Thompson will attend.- : l. There will be ' a big rally at Spring field school house some time next ?onth: when Prof J.T, Joyner. U el ected to be in attendance, as well as other prominent speakers.. Craig at Tryon. !, Tryon. Feb.- 8. Locke Craig will be the guest of the Tryon board of trade at its banquet at Oak Hall Hotel Feb ruary i8Urand will epeak along strict ly comrr.trpy iinea. nrtl.ll iIIrII Funeral of Hurdcrcjj i(ihg - r d L ITTln I n G P AG ft.- Great' Out flooring of People and Cirtef- Strlckeit Paaqe4-Thf llpnnsruce ?. lNeople United in .Praying' for' Their Murdcrtd Rlng snd ' vf. (By the Associated Presji.) Lisbon." Feb! 'S.with'. the . ch urea5 bells j tolling .continually, , the,' bodies of the murdered King 'Carlos and h! son Lubs, the; Croww-'Prihce.'jn tn o golden chariots shroudedVjiC black vel vet and drawn: by. ten. hoo4ed horse? were ,wrtcd j bx. a, glittering -funeral' pagent today ' acro Lisbon to' 'the Portuguese "Pantheon and; iald at rest beside heir ancestor of the, Brkganca dynasty. Seven hours eUpsed from the' time the foreign' princes' and '. ihe special ambassadors of all "the :pow-" ers gathered lit the.pa'l8cef.for: th"e ceremony thee, : until three s h-oes Of. twenty-coj, iuns and t three ,vplley ' of musketry entered by -the Brltjih warships in - ifce harbor, '. announced that the .laxt.rfias were. over.'. -.- Not a single unlowcred : marked the last'. aci-oZ, Portugal's: tragedy.. The great outpocrins rof people. along the line of ; precession was? i ,nnttwrh- They; packed rhe pavements,' .exowcd the windows end choked the side streets. ;"V7hile evidences of deep and jwyumr wnw aeemMtto be absent, many stood wjih unooverect' heads an ? nowheve wt: actual disrespect iit- nefMed.--: ' -)- -: ' j ' '. The day was one In which ' the Portugtsase people united in prayer for -the?r murdered' king and prince Opprascioa, - real or fancied, the re BtricUon .liberty, the bitter' elh-of party sinister intrigue and merclle.- i vengeance, seemed., all to have beer. aDanaoned lor.the moment, at Ieatt a' thJnaaon prepared for the funeral, Troops, guarded the streets ' anc Were massed "In numerous parks anc plazas along. the. ronteilall shops and cafes Were closed and shutters cov ered -the ,window3 of .the mlnlsteria? buildings in -the , Praca Do -com-merclo where thei King and . Crown Prince were assassinated a Week aro. - It was a grief r stlckbn ii palance; hearts were turned In pity and. strohs men ehakeit at the sctnt in the privat apartments where the special emtws says were received. Neither Queeh Amelle nor; the Dowager Qaeeo Maria - Pia i were to ' be sen. but King Manuel carried ; himself bravely 'a he might, though deadljl pale and on the s verge of a complete breakdown when- the ordeal .was finished, f Ths puke of Connaught, Prince i XJItel Frederick and Infante Fernando, In addition : to;. Verbal' condolences.: pre sented personal letters from ' 'their sovereigns to the JCJng j ; who ; wa? greatly touched at these message? J. Tears that were almost-eonstantly f hlseyes. several times overflowe-- - When the members of thc?urt and V the special i representatives. or foreign countries . enteried thV chapel for the ; last brief service, the King remained - behind. Neither he- nor th two .queens foUowcd , the cortege i to the cathedral. . The' violent rtooft,- jhis father, it is explrlned, absolved i.ing jaanuet rrom conforming to -the rradition of walking behind the dead to the grave: '-Nevertheless his ab- sence. and the absence C of Queen Amelie and the Dowager Queen has cahsed universal , comment, being generally attributed to other reasons. - dcarUig House- SUtemehi.' - r . (By the Associated Press,') ' '-'-" '".Xfw J& .The- statement of clearing house, banks for the week shows that the baukr hold 29 j -175 more? that the requirements f the 25 per cent reserve rule. ; There is a decrease of J10,4,550 in the propor tionate cash reserve, as coihpafej; with last week.. The statement follows- Loans. 11.139,785,700; .Increase; ,5.99.600. . - - , ; ' ; '... -,. , . . !S0.sit8 ' 8 4, 5 OO ; ,; decrease; 11,117,000. - ; y'i .4 - - ' Circulation. ;y,89t.500; decrease, Jl,872.200.: . -'. - r s -, ' ; -. : - .- . . . Iegal tenders, 160,097,000; T decrease,- $,9U.500v' y.-i. . ..- . Specie, 254,01,300;V decrease; $4,058,300. r r: .'. y ". ... ..:, . I Reserve,- . $l4,178,30dr . decrease 310,973.800. . V ; .i . Reserve required, 284,24S,l23r de crease, S37I.250. . v - r- : . Surplus, $29,332,17; decrease.: J10, 694. BOO.1- Ex. U. S, DeposiU. $44,Y40,950'; de crease 811.031.775. v - -. The percentage -of actual reen e of the clearing house banks at the xlose of business yesterday was 27.70., The stateme.it of, bailis. and '"trust companies of Greater New Yprfc not members of tha. clearing house.Jjstued for the first tlii i4 day ? how's . that thes Institutions iave aggregat de posits of $613.72,500 total cash on hand. -$49.023.00r ad loans, amount ing . to $770.232,t:o .;; ; ; ; - v ' ; Busines4 Portlou ci . V.'auchul De- -;,strpyed bylitrly aiorninjf.fcsre. .,' r '(By "th3 Acso:3i td Presf.) ' Tampa. F1&., IS 3t.-7. Fire jrly tc-" day destroyed ' tha iusi i s portion - of. Wauchula. Am:,- . ho loscrj w? tlfe- city bakery. 7-"3??. it , i'" '. I. A. .C. -Ciavel's store, ..... T.-1 1 - ry Comany's sto're, Wh!.3"vi;'6t r x S r -?: Plttsman Furniture store, city restaurant -store. i The Peace nlv.r erection, was U ir $1,500, but w' vs l- ' ' ' -
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