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V Weather Tqtfay rtcait ; tor North Caro lina, Partly, cloudy Saturday and Sunday; " light to mod crate east and northwest wind i a " Weather Yesterday Maximum . temperature, 82; - minimum temperatures 62; total precipitation for 24 hours ending 8 p m.t 0 a'' . A- r ii- - A 4 T fOEUMpI IiXXVm, NO. 47 RALEIGH, N. C, SATURDAY MOttNTNG, JULY 10, 1909 PRICE5CEKTS in News and lina DNI DML IN NORTH GAROLXNAjTHAT HAS OVER 15,006 SUBSCRIBERS 111 Ne ws wmm Mi 11 C3 ' Leaids'all North Caro Dailies Circulation - j. (. fflFilLDOESaiflM BOARDS iimffilf HAVE A MIX-UP Much D : pressed by Members MAY Ilcpnbllcmn (iKsnrgents; Talk About .'3akms Ihe ; Against Oorpora i 'f tlon Tax, iot KcsultAre Expected iScet Oinon is TlW ABteement Can Bo lieached In' Wo, Week. v '. BY Tti05IAS J. FENCE. ' "Waahlnsrton, 4July .Three month ago today this House paased the tariff V WU and for lthe flnt time alnce that date e.11 the N'tfrth CaroMna member ' were in their jpoats. The delegation 2a here to etpyt until th Urlll ,meaa ;txre la dlapoe4 of. which they hope ' Vlll not requtro .morp than, two 1eek8. -'-J It la beat, opinion hero that tho two ' liouaea can reafch" an agreement and adjourn wlthln two ' weeks," ; ' . ' V Jn the lipase today everybody, took a hand In . SejcpireMlns Vdlssatlsf action with the pending .tnoasureraa.lt came 'from the Beoate with lta 847 added amendments. Tne TayneblU as paas- ed by the lleuso -Contained schedules i; higher than J tiioae r embodied In the Dlnicley law, ium the bill, fis amended by Mr. AldrlcSvds the highest protect . Jve measure -'5eTr adopted by this or : any otheV country. The "result Will be that there v twin be a compromise between the two; measures, and the law. that Is evolved will be a(revlBlon of the tariff upward rather than down ward. I ?-"-'-.' 1 The Republican Insurgents are 'talk . lng of making air effort jo help de feat the corporation tax provision and rubstltule- therefor- an Income tax amendment. hl' Is najthlng" more , than talk. The Republicans have not rot eouraire wirough to .' Insurge, and enough of them wlllt found voting t. ' waa one -o the speakers in the House today on. the Question of send ttafcsW fx PDU ing the tariff bill ;to eonjerence.. lie f''"1 jnsde an '' effective short speech,- In which he declared that the people of . this country ;re praying Uhat Ihey ' tiiev have1 noa tariff legislation at all In preference. -t? either the v nate or, the jiouse duis. air. jrou unoweu uwi the ItepubUctini party tn Its effort te raise sufficient revenue to run the government hiiss taxed. thefnecessltles ' and luxuries ot iha poor man. ' Py re. vtslon of the wool schedule; alone, he said, enough revenue could - have ; been raised to Avoid the necesaity of levying ft corporation tax, Mr, Pou declared that President Taft keeps his anti-electlen. pledges, he , will as suredly veto the tariff 'bUI. ' r , The tentative? plans - of Mr, Taffa, . western trip tata fall -were made known - today CThe President will leave here that fifteenth of September and will Journjejto ithe Paeino coast, returning by va of - Texas. , From savannah, GaJ ire will go to WUmlng v ton, N C. wIcli city he will reach - the latter part October. jFrom "W11 , rnlngton the President wl 11 proceed to :. Richmond I f v -:' MaJ. James -VS. Ionjc, V; p.vA who : was run downjby an autonioblle here today and killed, was bor Un North "Carolina, v He was appointed to" the army from N.w York. Major Long, v who was aeventV years of age, , had been retired, fer som yeara ( B.'8. MfcNInch; Of unanette is nere, : Moonslilho Outnt Capture, .... Greenville, JtaJV Sheriff. Tueker and Deputy-Sheriff Ifyman and Jack son and Policeman Clark capturea a 1 large. lUIct still iear Cox's Mill. The still was about 100 gallons scapaclty. Several barrelsiof beer were destroyed. ftSIIOILLEliPfERy i STRANGE .-- .-...--. : .. WTTI AX LEAVES ailLD :mE and HEX ;;AnTs: ti (Special to K(?w imd Observer. . Ashevllle. N.fil. July J. The Aahe yllle police arel Hoday wrestling with the problem oft vho the woman was. and where hM la. that - yesterday morning after thJrlnc Addle JBIassln- v fame, a colored t woman, as anurso, ' and turned the 'child over to .ir. with a suit case tq Keep, durina: (he day on pretexf vf going to a kcV with friends, haa departed. - and - nothing ; more, haa been ibVard from. bor. The woman, who ttie police have found ; has been here tor some months! a few days ago vent to the Western hotel, registering after some hesitancy . as. "Mrs. aibbii)f Morganton? She waa a neatly dressed and apparently well-bred womrtn, and . ha4 with her a four or five months old by, who la a spry-looking fallow, although1 teeth- , lng is not ryf tretf ul. In tbe suit case were clothps for the chlra. . and everything " pojihit to, a wellp1ahned desertion. The jehlld Is belnr cared v for by Mra Garten, until a home Can . be found. I 1 i . ' ; rOLICESf AXJ MILLKR DlXlp. ReaUi Resultetl Iom Wounds In- ., ; V mctea by? BUI BaldwInU v , Lenoir.. July . Policeman yWlllett , Miller, who was 'seriously shotby. Bill Baldwin at Blowing Rock Tuesday afternoon, died this morning k s30 o'erock. . i Mr. J.: L. Minr. of Lenoir. who1 la a brother, left qthis afternoon for " Blowing Rock t attend the funeral, accompanied by two of .hlsons. Baldwin l still in Jail at Boonr , , Clash Between Aldermen and Police Commission DUKE'S OFFER FOR PARK Agrees to Give 23 Acres Condition- aU y Alder mcu Ilavo Taken Up the Jlattcr Kind's Daughters Will Giro Barbecue for Benefit, of Old Ladles' HomeOther Items. (Special to News and Observer.) Durham. July 9. -The creation of two commissions this! spring a board of health and a police and fire com mission, causes trouble at the alder manic meetings and men' are In conflict the city alder- wlth these two governing bodie Sometime, ngo the police and fire commissioners ordered at $22 a suit, the clothea of the officers, but the aldermen .declared that they had gone beyond . their authoritythat the commit. Ion : could only recommend, while the city fathers . must disburse ail moneya. ana consequently bms uopn all matters that require the ex- pendlture of money. Thla week the Issue has ' -been '.raised again, The board of health has a .very' hazy law governing its aectlQns. L It expects cer tain things 'of. the aamtary police but those offfcera can - only enforce the ordlnancea of the city.?-, 'v. In conference with i the city attor ney, R. O. Everett, the board has been advised that It is purely an advisory organization and that the aldermen in. . a ' a .a J are those with flnalauthorltyn make .recommendations but. the city councllmen nivt make everything right. .The clash of jurisdictions haa been going on all the time. ,. The case ' of . Sidney C Chambers against Col. W., G. Peckbamr of New York, engaged ; the attention of Mr. amDera, juuge it. ij. oyrs anu a some months ago and later Mr Peck ham took It and sold It to Proressor Williams at the figure'! that, had been refused to other purchasers. Mr. Chambers lost his commission in the sale and has brought i uit to recover It.; The amount is about $700. 1 Yes terday Captain Chambers took deposi tion and. la getting ready for trial. -; ; The Ivln is the famous old hotel at which . President Polk stopped when a visitor, to his old .University. : The litigation . in which the Durham young barrister finds himself. Is of interest to everybody Who knows of the old place. . . . ; .-t - - . 1 : - r - Mr. Brodle L. Duke is again philan thropist to-the city and offers condi tionally 25 acres of valuable land to make a city park. ' There has been a movement some time for this, and H seems now that a large slice of this future need is coming without price. Mr. Duke some time ago built a steel bridge-, over the Norfolk & Western Railway and It opens Into his splendid property across the cut. ' He haa hundreds of acres beyond, but his pledge will take the most valuable from him. What his" conditions 'are cannot be found out now as the president of the civic league, who r persuaded Mr. Duke' to do this, la away and he. Is In Atlanta. The matter has been taken. up also by the ' aldermen,, who are Interested in a city part k. ' Lake wood is v all right, biV it is private (property and the city nothing to do with It. Because'. ls private property the in terest of the city la . being aroused In the second scheme.; ,..,. .'". i .-: Thepark agitators point to Central Park of ; New Yok City, whose 850 acres of : land cost $5,000,000. Re cently there has been purchase other ? Ipt of ten- acres w. ---cost more; than $5,000,000, An alderman tiys, on a visit of a few weeks' ago he saw buildings being torn away with which to make room for. a, park and that the Idea is spreading. The local pianola td buy land while it can be had and to Issue bonds to that end. Fifty acres of Mr. Duke'a lands! are considered Indispensable, ill The King's. Daughters are preparing to give - a stag barbecue as a gift to the Old Ladles Home. j y . . .They have tried an amateur theat rical, a barbecue and schemes which have given them a start.. The stag dinner of barbecue ; and . Brunswick 4tew will beian attraction. TThey are making no concealment of the fact that when the ne Watts hospital Is finished and the institution turned over Ho the city, the ladles are going to try to get the old Watts hospital with, which they hope to make their Old Ladies ; Home. The Watts hospital has been at the disposal of tho city since its builder finished It. What will become of it with the new , Institution ; in operation Isn't exactly known. It Is a valuable lot and pleco of property - and the ladies w!l work wonders to raise enough money to buy it, - t , Mr. Benjamin Lovenstein, who was on the bond of Lewis Bum pass, the retail skipper. Is back from Richmond. where he had a. time "pacirymg justice Crutchflcld. . T . . . i v ! Mr. Lovenstein was .involved to the extent of $175 and. giving the Rich mond officers. 425 . reward, they v ran the negro down. He agreed to come back without papers u? the Justice got Into, a colloquy . Rdth the lawyer and had him miss a 'Jln The youcg Hebrewlst .stood him .. down, : argul back at him and won. the applause of the assembly besides getting his flee ing client. Bumpass is an old booze disseminator and will doubtless go to the roads when he gets on trial. - : Before Recorder Sykes. this jnorr lng, there was a funny case ol colored preacher taking a Justice down. The old fellow was witness that a colored woman up for swearing Inde cently had not actually committed the offense.; Scargeant Cagle ordered the preacher to put his right hand on the book and kiss it. Me refused. "Kiss the book," the officer . ordered. l wants to confirm." he replied. -Why don't you take the on th?" Judge Sykes asked. "I wants to con firm," again the ebonled ecclesiastic objected. "Don't you believe the Bible?" Judge Sykes asked again im patiently. "Yaa, sir," the empyrean pilot rejoined, "hits Just the trouble. I believes In hit too much." Judge Sykes had not thought of the 'Vwear not at all. let your communication be yea, yea, nay, nay," Injunction of the scriptures. Mr. B. Lovenstein, young attorney, has rented a place in the new Arcade in which he will open a fancy barber shop, bootblacklng establishment and has ordered his fixtures. . Mr. Lovenstein went to Richmond this week and made his purchase, it was while there that he ran across the fugitive North Carolina negro and he made it hot for tho retailer. The Arcade shop opens. about the first of August. It will be one of the fanciest places that the city has ever had and It is situated in an excellent business center. Mr. . T. B. Fuller returned this morning from a trip to the North, at tending the big cities upon a business mission. During his visit away, Mr. Puller looked upon the supernal wisdom of tariff reformera but risks no guess upon the time It will take the great Institution to be reformed by Its friends. Sheriff Harward has in cvAJidy Nelson Bulloch, of Eagle's Rock. Wake county, where he Is wanted for raise representations. lie haa notified the Wake officers to come for him, but they have not yet done it Police and Fire Commissioner N. Underwood wlH return tomorrow af ternoon from Pemberville, O., where he went Monday to attend the funeral of his - mother-in-law, Mrs. Isaac Ward. Mrs. Underwood went last we?k to visit her mother who Improved and she returned home. Just slmi- tnnPOHKlv with rnml n tr Has.tr the announcement of the death. Dr. I. 8. Booker, of Richmond, ist? associated with Dr. Joe Graham, sho has retired from general practice and Is doing specialty of surgery and wo men's and children diseases Dr. Booker graduated from the Richmond College of Medicine and aipent two years la the hospital there. He has had abundant experience and!;" LI, iV. ii! i. funhampfml by instructions., He comes with the imprimature of tho eouege giving him esDeclal distinction. file Is young and unmarried. DEATTI OP MRK. STRIXGFTELD. Passed 'Away at Her Home at Wajnes .: , ' vlile. ,: , "--fSpecral to News and Observer.) WaynerviUeJuly . Mra.'; M. ; M. SUlngtleld,-iiawas stricken wlth paralysis a few days ago, breathed her last breath at 10 o'clock this morning.- She was a noble christian - wo man and will be greatly missed by the community which deeply sympathizes with the bereaved family. No one asking aid waa ever turned away from her door empty-handed, and no ton gue ever spoke i aught against her. Her motto was to' aid every, one. Khe leaves six "grown" children and a husband ; to mourn her demise. The funeral Twill take place at 10:30 Sun day morning at the Methodist church l)y the Rev. J. P. Barn hart, the pastor. -V' DEXirS REPORT. Manager Kavanbuaf) Kay Pnbllidicd Report That lie Will Form Part -nershlp In News to Hint. . - (Special TX News and Observer.) ; Winston-Salm, N. - C, July . Manager J. E. Kavanaugh, of the Zenzendorf, )ays the published report that h and Manager C E. Hooper, of the Buford hotel, will form a part nership and manage the Selwyn hotel In Charlotte is news to-him. Mr. Kavanauxh knows of no such propo sition. He haa had several tempting offers since he came to : the Zenzen dorf, but turned all of them down. He - likes Winston-Salem - and the Twin City. The owners of the Zen zendorf are very fond of Its manager. Rev. Peter Mclntyre Called.. Mt. Olive, July 9. Rev. Peter Mc lntyre, pastor of the ML OUve and Falson Presbyterian churches has revived a call to the pastorate of the Fint Presbjterlan church of Golds- boro. . He has the. matter under con "sideratlonv , RETAILER WAS FINED S250 SALISBURY SIAN CONVICTED IX f HX ; CASES GIVEN CHOICE , OP ROAD 5EXTEXCE. (Special to News and Observer.) a ... Salisbury. July -Convicted of re tailing in she caes John.M. Freeman, of Spencer, was today fined $250 and costs, aggrigatlng $50 or given a choice of six months on the county roads.He was chased from Spencer to Charlotte where he was caught early this week and brought to trial before Judge B. B. Miller, of Salisbury, who Imposed the heaviest sentence yet given a Row an retailer. ' . Take Out Xear-Bccr License. ' Nine business concerns have taken out license to -retail near-beer in Sal isbury this week. The license is placed by the newly elected board of aldermen at $J00 per. annum which was at that time thought to Jje pro hibitive. It is expected that other licenses will also be Issued this seat son. - - " BUNGLED IIAXGIXG. Two Attempts Without Breaking Neck Death ifrom Strangulation. (By the Associated Press. ) Nashville Ga., July 9. That the hangman's noose la a bunglesome and merciless mode of execution was clearly demonstrated herf today when Marshal Lewis, colored, was led back upon the crudely constructed gallows, blood folwlng from his mouth and begging for water, after Sheriff L. C. A vera had rprung the trap and te body had dropped six feet. The second attempt proved ur.suc cessfuMn Vreaklng the condemned man's neck, death resulting In fifteen minutes frpm strangulatn. TARIFF BILL NOW WITH C0IHTTEE House Conferees Are Sent Unhampered -'4 WARM DEBATE 111 HOUSE Demonstrated That Some Republican In Addition to Insurgenu Ay ere Yet to Be Pacified Scnato Pawd Phil ippine Tariff and Rica Budget. Continued rorto (By the Associated Press.) Washington, July 9. The tariff question now has been shifted from both houses of Congress to a confer ence commitee. A rule was adopted today by which all of the amendments j or tne senate were agreed to and the conference requested by Senate grant ed. Eighteen Republicans ; voted against the rule and one Democrat for it. , ;-' ' . j When the House met at noon Inter est was at fever heat. The leaders on both sides had notified their re spective forces to be on hand. '. r The debate, which at times .waxed warmtdisclosed . the fact that there weref some Republicans in addition to he so-called Insurgents. v who were yet to bepacifled before, they would give their votes on the final passage of the bill. The' Democrats accused the majority party of -having violat ed Its ante-election pledges. A fea ture of the discussion waa an appeal by Chairman Payne to his colleagues promised, to rigidly exact an explana tion of every amendment made by, h Senate, In order that the House con ferees might report back a bill which would meet, the approcal pf the ma jority and iof the country at large. Ills appeal was granted. ' y In thetourse of the debate Repre sentative Mann; Illinois, declared he would vote erK'ain'?t "the- 1411 on the eonfreiJoe" -1 port if tue Scnrtc pro vision on wood pulp and print paper was retained. . " i ' Messrs, Ran dell. Xexas; Pou, North Carolina, and Henry Texas, character fted the " two . measures as breaking the Republican pledges to the' Ameri can people.; . - ; - r i In pleading for the opportunity to vote separately on the various amend ments, Mr. Bartlett (Ga.) declared he was in favor of the amendment pro viding for free cotton bagging and the drawback en cotton ties, but as to the eorporatlonVtax, he .said. It was "a subterfuge, a pretext, a sham." placed in the bill to defeat the income tax. ' Speaker Cannon announced the fol lowing as the House conferesse: I Payne, New York: Dalzell. Penn sylvania; McCall. .' 'Massachusetts; Bouteel, Illinois: Calderhead,; Kan sas; Fordney, Michigan, Republicans. Clark." Missouri; Underwood, Alaba ma; Griggs, Georgia, Democvrat. . Senators ' Aldri?u, Cullom, Hale. Burrows and Penrose Republicans, and Daniel. Money and Bailey, Demo crats, were appointed conferees on behalf , of the Senate. - The Senate today passed the Phil ippine tariff bill and the bill auto matically continuing the Porto Rlean budget, k - ' - 'I ; . An amendment by Senator John son. (Ala.) declaring the Intention of the United States eventually to grant Independence to the Philippines, was rejected on the ground of being out of place. j . Before adjourning the official an nouncement of the death of Repre sentative Cusham. of Washington.; was made, and adjourned out of respect to his memory. ; - - - i Immediately . after adjournment, Mr. AldrlchVent to the White Rouse to confer with .President Taft. : . s. coiin MEimX( MR. ' DCIUIAM CIX)SED- .. ROUGIITOX SPOKE . J'STERDAY. ' , I (Special; to News and Observer.) Durham, July 9. The seventh an nual session of the Colored Interde nomlnational Sunday School and Edu cational Convention came to, a close here this afternoon with a strong ad dress on 'The Need of More Union Among Us" by Prof. C. G. O'Neal, principal of the Slater State Normal and Industrial School, Winston-Salem. Prof. O'Neal stated in his address that the white man made but little distinc tion in the "treatment accorded ne groes because there was no apparent difference between classes of negroes, and that good -and bad. Intelligent and unlettered wery all hall fellows, well met. . "The conditions arc getting bet ter." said Prof. O'Keily. "We. are opening our eyes to tho danger that Is threatening us. The best papers when speaking of the wrong doings of negroes use qualifying terms such as. Idle negroes, criminal negroes. vicious negroes, and broad-souled, christian white men and colored men COLORED S TO are dally seeking a ground1 uponljj the commission has arrived at , a which to rest a more cordial coopera tion In the matter of living together In the Southland." Speaking further of some hindrances to' negro progress Prof. Kelly said: j "We get too hopelessly divided over questions of who shall lead. We often lose sight of the main .point at issue, but instead begin warring on each other. There are people who will not help any movement, however good It may be, simply because they hap pened not to be the originators of it I am informed that there are certain sections of our State where men will not have a publld school because they have not been able to secure a teacher of a certain denomination. "We must realize that no man lives to himself. We are mutually depend ent one upon another. These elements of our people must be brought Into more active revelations so that Ho may have their united help In this work of uullftlng the race." Hon. N. B. Broughton, of Raleigh, delivered an address to the workers on the organized Sunday school, or how to make the Sunday school work more effective." Mr. Broughton emphasized the organized class as a means of. making the young people govern and look after themselves, the home department, cradTo roll, house to house visitation, and decision day a some of the best methods of working up a live Sunday school. Dr. Augustus Shepard discussed "The Baraca Class," while Dr. J. Lott Bullock took for his theme, Sunday School Work from the Standpoint ol the Phyplelan. The same subject waa discussed from the standpoint of a business man by Prof. R. B. McCrary; from the standpoint of a minister, Rev. C. S. Brown; from the standpoint of a young man. by C. C. Bpauldlng. Resolutions were adopted thanking the white and colored citizens 'of Dur ham tor courtesies extended, the local and State press, and The Negro Busi ness League. The National Religious Training . School and Chautauqua wa3 endorsed by the conventeldn. The next session will be held In New Bern. TEACHERS' INSTITUTE Will Be Conducted for Iredell County by Mr. Staley and Miss Tillman. (Special to News and Observer.) Statesville, N. C, July 9. Mr. Chas. M. Staley, superintendent, of tha graded schools of Hickory, and Miss Inez Tillman will conduct a teachers institute for Iredell county in States ville beginning August 16th and con tinuing two weeks. Mr. Staley cpetjt yesterday here withtSupt. L. O. White, of the county schools, making arrange ments for the Institute. During the tn-4 stitute it-is proposed to have educa tional rallies in the southern and northern portions of the county, with a general gathering of teachers, com mitteemen, and all others Interested In the public schools in Statesville the last day of the institute. Miss Tillman, i who will assist Mr. Staley, Is working under Mr. J. ABivins, general super intendent of the teachers' training work in North Carolina. . Mr. and Mrs. L.C Caldwell' re turned yesterday from Denver. ; Col., where Mr. CaldweU. who is a South em Railway attorney, spent ten days taking depositions In a damage suit case brought against the Southern by the Mooresville Cotton Mills. The suit grows out of alleged damage to a lot of machinery shipped from Denver to the Mooresville mills over the South ern's line. . Mr. Z. V. Turlington, who represents the cotton vnllla - In ' - thA ease, returned jJfrom 'Denver ... to his home at Mooresville Wednesday. . The ease will be tried at the August term of Superior Court here. -,;. WORK OF LADIES. V New Methodist Church " t' Thomas vUle Almost Ready for Use. (Special to News and Observer.) " Thomasville, July i 9. The Ladies Aid Society held their first meeting this week in the ladies parlor in the new Methodist church, their room having been finished.. J The seats have arrived and are being installed. . The work will be done in a few days and the church will be ready for use by the first Sunday In. August. vThe church is a credit to any town in the State and a monument for Thomas- ville, to which every citizen looks with pride. Rev. Parker Holmes, the beloved pastor, deserves most of . the credit , for building this beautiful church, for It has been only through his untiring efforts and personal sac rifices that this church has been built' Thomasville will - always be Indebted to him for this beautiful - church, which he has been able to bund up and complete without leaving a dollar In debtedness on the edifice. . ' ' ' Boy Drowned. ;" . " " " Asheboro. July 9. The fifteen year old son of Shube Walden'was drowned at Coltrane's Mill- Comrades en deavored to save him but failed. Mr. Jones, Superintendent Sparta, July 9. Mr. .Will Jones has been elected Superintendent of Schools, suecedding Mr.'C. J. Taylor who was not a candidate for re-election. ' . . I)MTII OF A LITTLE GIRL SUR RYS FINANCES MUCIP DIS- '-)' i "... . .. I'-' CUSSED MATTJ2R. - . . ' '(Special to News and Observer!) Mt Airy. July 9.The North Caro linN Farmers' Protective Association holdm its annual meeting In this city to-day. An interesting meeting is ex pected. Delegates are. expected from many tobacco counties. Hon. J. O. W. Graveley, of Rocky Mount N. C, is to deliver an address to the associ ation. Surry Is one of the best organ ized counties In the State, The presi dent of the organization la a citizen of Surry. It Is now- believed the farmers will decide to hold their tobacco for higher prices- than! they have been getting ior several 'years. The little daughter of Mr. Clint W1I born. Ethelj aged pne year, died last night and was buried at Oak Grove Methodist church to-day. The death of little Ethel was a very sad one. She suffered several, weeks with men ingitis. The discussion of Surry County's n nances, it appears, win never end final settlement u snould bo so an nounced In order" that every taxpayer could be Informed of the fact and, thus close a matter that has already been aired entirely, too much for the county's good The people do not want any more of It Rev. Mr. Carter, the new ; Baptist pastor, has arrived here with his fam ily. Those who -have heard him are favorably impressed. He will do a go A work in this city, v . 1 Postmaster Joyce promises free de- rUvery for this city September. 1st if nothing occur to change present plana. FARMERS 0 MEETING NORTH H0L1 IN FORE FRONT a - SSaSSSBSBSBSBBSBSBBSSB) Satisfaction at Election of Hon. J. Y. Joyner OTHER NATIONAL OFFICERS Colored Teachers' Summer School Comes to An End Organize State Aml-Tubcrculo&Ie League Will Inaugurate Campaign of Education Oilier Items of Interest By ANDREW JOYXER. Greensboro, N. C.J July 9. There is very great satisfaction felt here at his home of the soleclon a Denver yeserday of Dr. James Yadkin .Joyner as president of the National Educa tional Association. Aside from grati fication at the fact that from news re ports Dr. Joyner's success meant de feat for the forces marshalled, under the banner of the book trust the feel s ing that this new honor .which : has come to him. and through him to the State, is but the just reward for the fine work he and his State have been doing for the past few years to ad vance the cause or popular education Besides having an excellent represent a tlon from ' North Carolina . at . this great national educational congress to actively champion his election, , Dr, Joyner no doubt won recruits - . from all other sections by his own person allty as well as by his successful ofll- clal record, and his strong stand against the oppressive monopoly of the book trust In crippling education by extortionate charges for school books. Greensboro people, who know, them well are also willing to , wager email stakes on a guess, that - among " his lieutenants in the presidential cam paign Dr. Joyner. had no ten, who did more effective work than Hon. J, I. Foust president of the State Normal and Industrial College,' and Prof. J. Wiley Swift superintendent vt r the Greensboro city schools. - They - a: e both workers from away back, and if Swift liad chosen law Instead of tewch- ing for a profession, ' he r could easily nave .politicked . Ahlmself Into - Con gress before th!s. and ' getting theie would have held his own with the best of them. m; r. i-a. . North " Carolina' seems to hold her own well in national civic organiza tions, nownaving aJs president of eome important national bodies the follow lng distinguished citizens: : ... Col. Benehan Cameron, of Raleigh, president - Farmers' National Con gress; Col. Henry B. Varner, Lexing ton, president National Editorial As sociation;. Dr. R, II. Lewis, Raleigh, president National Medical Associa tion: Dr. J. Y. Joyner, Greensboro president National Educational 'isso ciation. , ; Colored Summer School. . - . The State summer school for colored teachers, which has been conducted at tne Agricultural and Mechanical Col lege here for the past two weeka, came to a close today after a most successful term. In which great ; in terest has been' manifested by. tho teacners and their mentors. Th- at tendance has been exceptional -Of the 141 teachers who have been here from tne beginning, and tiave shown in every way a desire and determination totafce full advantage, of this oppor tunity to become better teachers, slxtv counties .of the State have been repre sented. The course of instruction has been eminently practical, and lectures delivered on some special subject con nected with 'teaching at some peilod each day and night, have been from specialists or distinction in' the educa tional world, both white and colored. nesiaes tnese school topics, other Us tures have been delivered on-th ui Jects of temperance, athletics, hygiene, sanitary and civic development and Last night Dr. James Roy Vii'iams, or ureensnoro, a . specialist in the treatment of tuberculosis, mad a practical address along the lines of the necesaary in this Interesting cause of sicaness ana mortality. He. referred enpeciaiiy 10 tne jn roads this disease was making among the colored peo ple, and gave directions and advice for irnrniug llio iroUDie. -I ; ; otiowing ur. Williams' address mere was a general discussion of the matter among the teachers present. resuming in me organization of a State anti-tuberculosis, league of the coiorea citizens of the State. Alter, electing; J. B. -Dudley, of oreensooro, president of the college. premueni 01 me association, and Dr. - v-navis,- oi ureensDoro, secre tary, a committee was appointed to act in cooperation with the president ana secretary u complete th. oreani. zatlon.' " It Is the purpose of the league w nave locai organizations in? every t-uuniy oi me iate where colored f'xj"" iur, aiiu , 10 inaugurate a campaign ef education for better gen eral sanitation, as well an for snerlnl work in stamping out and preventing murrsuioBis. a resolution was also adopted asking assistance and co-operation on -the- part of the North Caro lina jueuicai Bociety .m the effort inis orRaniznuon. in which the teachers, doctors and preachers of the colored race are to become -directly Interested, is expected to bo productive of good results. - , . During their stay in Greensboro these colored teachers have impressed the general public most favorably by their, genteel appearance,; their cour teous demeanor and, more than air. by their, evident earnest desire to fret me .very xuuest aavantage ot this op portunity to become more proficient in thelf. call'ng... : . ; r.rj-r - Upon petition of creditora of, the Reldeville ; Lumber Company, pre sented: by 'Justice & Broad hurst - at torneys, Judge Boyd, in the bank ruptcy court has named F. A. Brooks as temporary receiver, and issued. no tice to the Reldsville company 1 to show cause on July 15 why it should not be adjudged bankrupt , (Continued on Page Three.) - ASHEVILLE HOSE IS IE 110ER ' Broke Fast i Record of 1.4". j'.y Spencer Took First Place fn Both Che . Keel and Grab RacesRaces Wit nessed by Thou.ia rids Weather Waa' Ideal The Firemen Leaving - for Home. -''.::'.-''y: :.i'i: (Special to News and Observer.) Ashevllle July 9. The North Caro- , Una' Firemen's Convention and. Tour- "f nament came to an end to-day with the running of the interstate horse , hose and interstate hand reel and grab races. The " Wfather , was Ideal, and several thousand people gathered on South Side avenue race course . to see the races. Ashevllle hose company. No. 1 to-day, on the fastest track in the country and with water pressure about' 185 .pounds, smashed the : worldV record in the horse hose contest mak ing the race and bringing water in 25 1-5 seconds.: This lowers the new record made yesterday by Capital Hose of. Raleigh by one second, the latter making It yesterday in . 27 .1-5. ,The races this afternoon were started off by? New, Bern No.. 1 who made It in 2 K followed by ; Hickory, who failed at hydrant after a pretty run, . Kin- ston followed and connected 1 at hy 'i. drants but failed at nozzle. - Durham Independents blew off at the hydrentfi Capital Hose of Raleigh, - who i won first prize yesterday, "came down. the. v track in good tltrv. connected and had -water -in 28; Statesville was a little' : , slow at- hydrant making : It i In 30; Ashevllle ' hose company No." 2 made -fast run and good Jump but failed at' the nozzle. Atlanttcs of New Bern -made a beauty run amid applause and brought , water in 27;-Raleigh Rescue made run and showed water in 27 4-5 -: amid applause; .High Point showed, water in 31 - 3-5, and then came the , last race: Ashevllle No. 1, with Dan, twho made-race in :Xt 1-5 seconds, and ' the siuder r brothers - worked .the nox,, . . rile and. hydrant ' like greased light-" ' nlng and broke all previous records by, showing water in 21 1-6. - The crowd ; went wild. v Ashevllle, being - the en- ,; . tertalnlng city, did not take- money, Atlantic; of New Bern." getting $150; Rescue, of Raleigh, 175; and Capitol, of Raleigh. $25. -" v i - ' Spencer took first place In both the j reel and grab races. . In the hand reel, ;, races Spencer showed water.ln ZZ 3-6.; . South 'Side, of Salisbury, falledl Mor-:. . ganton made it In 27 1-5, followed by ; Chapel Hill In 27 2-5. Blltmore made race and- showed water in 29' and fS Salem in 25 1-5. In the grab reel con-'?'; test Spencer made it In 17 4-5: South j Side, of Salisbury, 18: Morganton, 21 1-5; Chapel Hill failed; Eiltmora; failed, and Salem In 18 2-5. This' ; gives Spencer first money, $125 lnj -hand reel and $100 in grab. Salem' , took second In both, getting $75 In hand reel and $50 In grab. '.The Tace were pulled off without an accident; the track was fast and dry, the Jump-, lng fine and rares excellent w During the horse hose contest & bridge across a small stream on which many people were standing gave way, but nothing other than a wetting re-t suited, although they fell about 15 ( feet The firemen leave to-night and. : to-morrow with their apparatu f or . their homes. ' ' '' ' : ; -i " ' ' v '.ir', : Murderer Hanged. r (By the Associated PresaV Washington. Ga;.-July . Ed Fal- " lln. a negro, was hanged here today , for the ' murder of Robert Johnson, . anothef negro. Fallln was twice, re spited that the pardon board might j pass on his case. - The murder was a ? cold-blooded one and the board woula not ' Interfere. I' ' 'XT'. .: SII00TIIIG IlLiOCG OEGROES. JOHN BURTON ', BOUND OVJE3V TO. ' COURT ON. CHARGE EVTEXT 1 1 ;,;.vv. TO KILU . -v" ' v" ""','-'' ' . . - (Special. to News and Observer.) fFayettevtlle, N. .. C, July f Johtj Burton, colored, was trid today . in the mayor' court and bound over to the Superior Court on the charge of shooting - Charles .Mcpherson. also colored, with intent to kill at Beaver Creek1 church in the western part oJ this eounty.) Sunday. July: 4th. -.". Me Pheuon was shot, while talking .wKV a woman member of the congrtgatlon 1 and was seriously wounded. . ,, ,', - .. -. ii- t.ii ' S 4 ' : WILL SELL NEAR BEER t . ' - :' '-'". .'' .. Deeldo to. Test tlie Statesville Ordl ;. '..' ', ..nance. I: . (Special' tpt;News Observer.) ; ,:, Statesville. N.' . d July The Statesville near-bear dealers -seem to be willing to take the rlek in selling the 1eer , until . the city ordlnanee im poslng'a.' license itaxvef, ; $500 1 per. annum.' which wntt; lntoeffectT the rirst- instant can be 'tested. ' - Messrs f Turner Bros.," who do business, Iq tUe v Hotel Iredell building and who , sell; near-beer,, have decided, on Jadvlce. of counsel, to-test the ordinance and af: ter - coming to this declslonv have re sumed the business ot dispensing tho ' drink to the thirsty, which they hadi temporarily suspended. f Mayor Grlcr. who returned . from the ; firemen 'a ; tournament at Ashevtlle last evening,' will take action in the matter at once. '' If the Supreme Court should find that, the bee? is ,a, legitimate subject ef taxation the near-beer dealers of the. State who are openly defying the pro- v'sion of the, ordinances passed by'v various towns will tfi that. "It is not so funny" to test lav j after all.; v V f... j' ' ' - . X ji ';. 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