North Carolina Newspapers

WASHINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY AFTERNOON', SEPTEMBER 10, 1909 mm my hai* mm or RAILROADS. YIELDS TO DISEASE /The End Came Peacefully Yester is Constructive Genius of First i WaienantlHis Conceptions Were Pt- Wide as the. Continent. ? ? ? Controlled Whatever He Touched. Edward H. harrlman,' the great eat organiser of railroads the wqrld j has Tjver Been, Vlled yesterday aftetr noon at' his magniflcenrheme. Tower Hill, Arden," N5w York. Mr. Harrl man^died peace fi&ly t and almost to the end his brilliant mind retained its integrity. Aftef a relapse Sun day he sank steadily, and after nooh . yesterday; there came 'another i lap?, which wj>riual_tlie -nppiuiu-iil of the end. \ Effect on Financial World. Mr. Harrl man's death 3bmes at time when In general thfe business affairs Of thn rninit^v nrf; Lii_nxr.all.niL condition, -with a- realisation oT those Bountlrul crops which fc* himself, in ' -one of his last notable Interviews, prophesied would be one of the greatest sustaining factors of Ameri can credit. With these facts !h mind and the general knowledge that Mr. _-Harriman In any event could? not r King continue his active career,. Walt "street had already prepared itself for the end"whlch came yesterday. There was no feeling of shock or alarm, therefore, when the announcement rsiue, beyond the sentiment of uni versal pei^niU sorrow, and asTlie " h o u r s-^rogyisa ?U it became evident that tkdtfViM' a general . feeling of of- serenlty^as to g a toon speculators and test railroad magnates of his time, was born at Hempstead. Ix>ng : Island, February 2 5, 184S,~the son -or -tie H^rTBSS^e'HiiThnen;:*^ _ rector of an Episcopal church in that. , town, founded in 1702. The early of future m^n of millions ? was one of great poverty. Hisfath ^ er was a cultured but poor man. his mother came Trom an old and arls tocratic, but equally impecunious fsillllj 0! N?V Hru nswlck, N. J. The Rev. Orlando Harrlman, Jr. had a , . large family, consisting of four'.boiys| ^ and-two girls and his Income Vkb al together inadequate to feed, clothe j nis children. ? In 1865 , when Edward Henry | lUrrtii? was hut t family moved to JarMy'Ciqrr The be%d of the family had no regular charge, but-' helped out wherever he ooeBr". On May ft. th? Rftv.* Orlando Harrlman, Jr., was made rector of- St. John's at West Hobok en, with a salary of $200 a year.- He remained^ In charge of the parish ?even and a half years, featll Novem ber, lggg. At. that time his saia*^ wajLlSHUii awwsfc which was com promised at 1250, payable in six 'months, wlt^^nterest But little Is ing these years of poverty. The fam ily lived in a small house on the meadow* and it required no end of ingenuity and economy to makf both Edward H. Harrlman received his early education at the district school and supplemented It by a two years' coarse in a bora' ?chnni under church Auspices, where the sOnt of clergymen paid practically nothing for their education. Edward's ?M eet brother. John youngest brother, William McCurrty. nnm? tMr. Ills 'setuud brother,. Orlando, became a real es tate"' dealer In Brooklyn. Uly, one nt 111, Wtma thn ? If* nt Charles D. Simmons, of Brown Brothers & Co., of New York, and Annie, the other sister, married 4 Van ~Renssel4erT ef the old " aristo cratic family of that name in New . York. The father dl*d In April, 188U at Jacksonville, surrounded 'by *c: comforts that wealth eould He was but 68 yearf? old death and had suf ?red much for nearly twenty, years' F. Award Herfry Harrlman began ir.as u^stk In sbiukei ^TBTSir ^l^UI^g^ryfvya.T?n:rTnt SMMSfl that t^nie de8crlbed*thm as a sociable young mate alWaya^full of fun. He was noted, however^--for_a mind of his own. What ^he wanted he gen erally obtained, but his desires and | ambitions were, at that tkne;.at least, neither very .sweeping nor particu larly Important. How he obtained his start and the funds which enabled him .to buy a Met su Uic .mim-mrn Wock tix^ change, has never been' clearly ex plained. . The most wldelf accepted explanation, howover, was. to the ef fect that during 'the faron?? "gg?*1 eOrner" VMr 1 Rlmber and ? others* KdwaiM rf. Har-"] rlman piunfeed with all his own money and some borrowed trow his , brother Orlando and cleared enough to buy for himself In August, J870, a seat on the New York Stock Ex change. - V ^ Young Jiarrlman married earl? In Jlfc.and married very well. ? Hls'wlfe was Miss Mary Averelh of Roches ter, Itf. Y., whose father waa a capi talist and a succesful railroad man. He- was said to have made a large amount vof money In ~lhe Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg Railroad.' This marriage considerably strength ened, the hands of. young. Harrlman for the battle 'of life. It waa in every" way iTvery fortunate and happy al For a number of years the broker firm of_ E. H. Harrlman & Co. did a| g| Wl e| ^9* Its own funds and executing commissions foi; the Van derBllta and othtfr wealthy client#. It waa not" until 1881 that e. h. -Harrtaan" camejctlraly into therein road field. At. that time he had be come known aa a capkajlst, .one of the- faw who had gat&ered together a great fortune in the ten troubled years between 1870 ;amT 1880. He was . credited with having in his ?trocar HqT g " 1 I 1 II had picked up at extremely low j-price* during the various panics. AToagln 188? Be wa selected a direc tor of the Illiadls. Central railroad. He was at that time working in close iriengsnip with 8tuyvesi?t Fish, who waa elected second tice preeideat -In Hig__g?me JW.~~ 'TSTT i^sh i?ad a^o.been a member ol-4.h? Stock Exchange from 1$76 to -1879, and the two yonng men went Injo the lllinolH rentrgf tn wnTk alnns together. In L887 Mr. HarHman be came vice pfesjtlent and Mr. Fish was elected president:" . Mr. Harrt^ man was then abdut forty years old. Whether Mr.-- Harrlman entered th# -railroad field tn accordance with an already matured plaiv- of hls'tor, whether his accidental acquaintance with railroad matters auggsai&A-tQj ^llffl iH'fTnonDoous possibilities of acquiring the control of large rail road systems, is not definftel? known. At all" events, Mr. Hang man's entry Into j the beginning of his career aa a ma nipulator of railroad stocks and re lorganizer of raliroad "systems whicfi,. In th? ponffc ? 1?W.paan made him one. of the greafopt rail road kings" ever known In the United Skates and placed hlm^ln control of i aasss 'than ' tll.UljU ^lles ~oF"wa\ef j transportation lines "and of ruiimul | Uuei uf KB Ullihated length of near ly 27.000 mikes. IH , During tne panic preceding tfc* I nl art Inn of ? PrssMant MUitnlej a number '.of Jargiv western -railroads had gone to smash, among them the Northerri Pacific atffi the Unlpfi Pa cIBc. He wreck of the latter was particularly bad and seemed perfect ly hqpeleaa. A Morgan syndicate made an^ttempt tq rescue the road, but gave up the plan ii* sheer-. iUs tmt' Bu* Harrlman never lost Wa dicate. bfckbd by Muhn. T+**r*fco.. "wenrbfers ofthi VanderbUt faction. tVo of the Goulds, two of thrtoston nuuauivruLiuw-. 1 STAMP POPULAR l to Have Them Ready by frext Week. Washington/D. c.. Sfept. 10.? The j Postpfflee npnartmftnf hnpnu ta the issue of tftnmps commem orative of the- HadBon-Fulton cele bration read/ for distribution next week. g.o numerous- are the requests that are being sent in for the stamps by postmasters in all parts of the country that the {department will probably find it Impossible to fill ail the requisitions at once. The - new stamp Is pronounced by those who have seen it to be'one of the most artistic ever issuecj. by the ?&&ited States! The stamp is ob long and of the. slme general dimen sions as the Seattle exposition stamp. The border at the top is inscribed: "Hudson-Fulton --Celebration, 1-608^ 1909." Beneath the inscription, on a curved line, are the words, "U- S. Postage." ~Ar the bottom, oil. either aide, appear^ tjie Arabic numeral wrlth thb wards. "Twu It'llUT In a panel" between the figures. fn^the center of" the stamp is en graved a picture showing the Pali sades of the Hudson riVer. In the 'j background the "Hair Moon" is snown sailing up the river and the "Clermont" steaming In the opposite direction. the foreground is an J Llndlan in a canoe, and in the far dis tance four Indians in a canoe. The staisj? is to be printed in the same color as the regular 2-cent stamp ?oV in use. '? IN HONOR OF * MISS SPAIN Miss Mary Crumpler Receives in -rHonor of Her Guest? Many Present. Mlo* Mary Crunplw entertained ? l^r ium., tart evening, from 9 to 12, complimen tary to Miss Agnus Spain, of Qreen rllle, N. C. The following were p res eat: MiSfees^^KniULSpaIh.1 Greenville, ~Nr~CT;~ Mary -Murrayr Portsmouth, "Va.; Nellie . Price, Roanoke Rapids, N; C/; ; Ella Lee Chauhcey. ? Martha "Latham. Louise Buckman, LUla and Mary Grumpier, Mrs. John FuITord . and Mrs. M. Cherry. Messrs. Ed ward f:nr^?-"n n") T * Inn ami J. T. Bland. Refreshments were | served. Picnics This Week Galore ? There were two panics this week "at Washington. Park, that delightful spot on the banks of the lpvely. Pam u?8 ri?m. oim muaijmaay by ircm' hisses Elisabeth Carrow, Elizabeth Simmons and Josephine Bowen to ^ tWentjMrflx of their TrlendsT and cliaperoned by Mesdames Bowen and A. W. Thomas. - -Wwlucsdaj'b yk;uiu was glffcn py Mrs,~J. H. Hodges, to a party of young folk. This Is an Ideal p)ace t(i?BL< uiHfiign, ""teTng cooT and mowing line views of the river- and town. The trees, are large and j give plenty? of shade for fun add t*olic. " y ? rjunc yesterday: ? ' YesierdXy ^be pastor of the Chris tian- Church. Rev/ R V.- Hope, aava a picnic tp the Junior .JCndeavorBo cley, at vWashln*ton Park. The Superintendent # Asks Cooperation To th^ PooplfcafwuiiiBntoa; We ire dividing the city Into about eighteen 'distort,, and We are coins to aak one teaoher oaeh to viMrtll of the people In th^ae eighteen dis tricts Friday aftern'poji an 3 Saturday afternoon of this weak. The purpose ?J thja nutation la to furnlih the people direct^ Information about the feet; to get a correct census of an school aubjectajn wjmhlnff?, .-a to Siptat/^ any phase of the sohool work thft onr people desire to In cite aboat. In addition to tMa It ?"?"I furnish IHo pnnpli. an .I,,. ROSH HO-SHANAH The Jewish New Year Will Be gin Wednesday. September 1 5? tfi he Ohtonl?d Here, - Shanah. 1 11' S| 1 1 ?i ' iR 011 1! begins next Wednesday.' September I 15, and lasting two' days^marks the beginning of- the mo^t kalemn days In tbe Jewish cMftndg. Mil tha Mo brews In * Washington ?|H observe tbe old and solemn festival. The Reformed Jews. only obsfeve this oc casion one day, while tff Orthodox hare holiday two days. ri * Roeh ha-Shanah, does not. like most other Jowlsb^ holidays, com-"' meliorate any histdrlcaii jkenC but Is rather a time for jMflifetnce and amendment* A feature U tbe holi day ip the Bounding of- lbe shofar I ( a i ram's horn). The Jfcullar ln 1 strument Is xfrQfien VeeaO?e_aL-^[ I 'Impressive chara^ Is looked npon [ alarm for thbj Ttm Wcw r _ liLilud kmjwii as jue:jreo Days of Pentltence. The last of these days ? the Day of Atonement?? Is the most solemn of them all; in tact, the most solemn dayjnthe entire Jewish year. Delightful Hjiy Ride A dellghlfi3 hayrlde^as given at Chocowlnlty Wednesday. ; evening by | Messrs. Wm. Patrick- and Wm. Blount, Jr.," In honor ot Kllss Louise | Fowdenk/of William?tOP.^?h<r ia the guest of Miss Mae Blount^ at Choco winltlA Those frho affofrpd-the- -rtde] were Misses towden, la'nle Patrlck7| Mabel and- Julia Von Ebersteln.i Emily Brown and JMm. Blount. rMessra.^Tes?e Turnage, William Pat | rick, Collin Hughes and Wm.Blount,| SEW EXGLAKI) DAY AT SEATTIjB , JtXTOSITIOV. Seattle, Wat, Wpt. 10.? Tbe New England." xfub "or Seattle has perfected _ elabbrajtef Arrangements for tomorrow's celebration ot toUnffi ^ ^adflc expofeltlan. T&'e program fprorldea for a Sere England dinner. I to be followed by a serle^ Of histori cal tableaux In the exposition audi torium portraying the landing of the Pilgrims &t\d other Important eventfj in* the early dayaof New flfaflimd ^ ? ? 7-* =r? rr fiiv ps frt WrtrM ' - " ? ) ? * Terse Summary - ? . of Arcitc bash By wireless Xhe famous explorer, Robert E. Peary, recount*. how h.?"| forced his way to the *?r earth. ^ . Battle-Harbor, Labrador, via Wlre \ less, Cape Rajr.N F . Sept. ? A? it? may be .Impossible to get my full story through- in time- tor publica tion. partly as a prelude and- partly to forestall possible leaks, I am sending a brief summary of my voy The steamer Roosevelt left New York on July 6, I908f left Sydney on July 17; arrived at Cape York, hUreenland, August 1;" left Etah, Sheridan at Qranlluud, BQfrtember 1; Entered at Cape Sheridan. . -The. sledge expedition left the Roosevelt February 16, 1909, and the uunh, arrived at Cape Columbia March If paase<T British record- March 2; delayed by. [mil'Tli'ff' Mnrfh 9 nnt ft- liiiiil mrf by open water Mfcrch i to 11; cross ed the -84IL parallui Mai*h 11; xtt countered an open lead) March 15; Crossed 85 th parellel March 18; crossed 8 ?th parellel .March 23; en rnnatered ' open l^nd ? March ? 23-; passed Norwegian record March 23; pasted Italian record March 24; en countered ppen l^a'd Match 26; passed 87th. parellel _ Mfcrch 27; passed Araeflcan record March 28;. encountered open lead March 28; held up by Open water March .29; crossed &$th parellel April 2; crossed -89 th parallel April 4;- jfprqr PoTe; ^xprir ?. ' , , . , ? , RetnVning. left North Pole April, 7 1 reacliml Caiw Coin mSa" April 23; j arriving on board Roosevelt April 27th. \ ? The Roosevelt left Cape Sfcertdan r iThfii V(TnnytlL-"TliV)i 9 .WILL CROOKS TO " TOUR WORLD Well-Know n Labor Leader ? Will Visit America en ~ Kouto, ? " LondAA, ?epL 10. ? -Wm.' Crooks, tUA ^"'NkJiown ? leader -trnct member of Ihe .muuo of parliament sailed today on a tour th^t will take him around the world.' He Ib accom panied by his wife, who also hqs-ftg-" ured prominently in labor move ments in England, and the two trim? to make exhausttTw-.lnyestlgatlons in to labAr and Industrial conditions in the principal countries of $he world. They will spend tbr?o wfeelnr ni" Can ada and later^wlll visit. many of'ltie chief cVtl os of the tTnited States: ? ~ " ."Will"- Crooks, as he is popularly known, Is one of the most- striking personalities in English public life today. As a trembling urchin of nlMie" he was driven by sheer starvation to seek refugu lu a workhouse. In later years he had the satisfaction of be coming chairman 'of the same .boartl oNguardf&ns thai had sent him Into. the imwflfliige m ? ^aiid. ^Vhen only fourteen years ot ago towaa apprenticed to a blacksmith. mhen fourieen he was earning bnly $1.50 a^feek at the smithy. . Then he changed to the trade of cooper, ?and survutl a. flev?h-year apprentico .shiiu. ? Then, In ISTG^belng 'promi nent in some small trade dispute, he Iobl his appointment and. had tq go [ on a tramp searching for a liveli hood. Christmas day^iSTS, saw him still a tramp, t without boots, without penny hi tils' pocket. Then Mi luck rook a turn.'Bysheer work he pro cessed tllLhe became a master coop er and a ruling spirit in labor ques tions. His re'wardLcame in 1903, and he capturod the conservative strong hold of Tfroohvlch and was returned to parliament with more than three thousand votes to spare. . I'ATBOXS IXYIXED. _ ~ The Wafahlngtoa "Public Schools open for the fall seablon next The wort df*jrradlng the pnplls be K*n this morning and " will" "be con cluded tomorrow. Tfte superintendent would be^Bid to have any of the patrons, of the school present"! t-tha opening. Beverly. Mass.. Sept. 10'. ? Presi dent Taft is' much interested In the lim nnnoerniag the top of the wuiHI but he is not making any by express ing an opinion on the relative mer its of the two gentlemen most direct ly affected. . He added a touch of humor to the situation, today when ho ^nswojed a message from Commander Peary in which the North Pole1 ibe Prgplt declared that he dtd not know exact- j ly what he couid do with it. , Here is the message which came.| to the President: " I via Cape lUy. N. F., 1. Sept. 8,1909. William H. Taft, President of tliej United States. Washington. D. C. Have honor to j>t*ce North P61e at J ydur disposal. " R. E, PEARY, United States Navy, j ~ Mr. Taft'B reply was as follows? Beverly, Mass., 7 Mfl. 8, iihw. Commander R. E.~ Peary, U. S. N.. Indian Harbor via Cape Ray, N. F. Thanks for 'your Interesting and geuuiutiB Offer, l do not know ex actly what t could "&o witKTt: Tcon gratulate ^ott sincerely, on having achieved, after, the -greatest effort, the object of your trip, and I sincere ly hope that your observations wlrt TTontrfbUte substantially" to scientific to the name" of "American." ; . ~ *5 wiEtfXM H. TTaft. JfeMMW to Mrs. Paary_,Don't l?t| Cook Story worry you. H?v? him | nailtd. Mwuw to AnoglaUd HrlltU , .Tfra Iwn K.klmnf who rompantM .Mm ??y he trail no ?te-j tance north and Tin* oat of light of Cook', tupty. my proof! before . Joint tribunal of Us. .al?U*> aoc*-l TO WATCH THE OPENING fhe Davis Cup Preliminary [ Matches Attended by ? LargeCiowds , Philadelphia, pa , ' 'turned'o^t .7'^ ?' W?. are 1 ... UnuB-f^) o, Br.^ * W1UHhur ? AUThe1EDtgVhy Kh'^r?l>'r 't0 '? J- C. Parke. .v c? oawl m*de "P ?f DUon. The . , lc/ ?"<J C. p. ??re w. j. Clothier, V'H ?un'"u""? A- Larned aud Lou18-. teams they afi w" J 1 .?ttle TSSf^t^ , ""W ?nd ? ^r,euder" Phv on ,h., won-thf troj sur ,uc -??<> U*?f i. w. aj; B n4 !T a"d H "o^r-Barr^ h-P layers vapo >i.i , * ^T.io 3 s Hoicombe Ward .!?!, U iV'"t,nat! r - SSMWaS? -j. feated Dohe-ty hots' '?"man. de *>e ^hfCh r~ '>'4 ">? ?nd returned ^ hThT ^ trophy to En.??H "? cov^. -k" nnr 0 "-T were the banner ml ! J "' "05. eif juanner year for (he cup. owin. <P?SEH? & s?5 m?!::"'nwn"1?'Mln'd' -- ? ' ? h. the pre llm r? n,eTn^ t^ey were beaten by the B^lsh Ave j straight. ? , M The matches of 1907 r^ultf"* <w " fyictory to? -the Australians. Norman 5. Brookes and Anthony F. Wilding, who carried the trophy away from ?the i.uuniry ll had adorned since the ShgliBh defeated. America in 1903. test year. at .Melbourne, Brookes and Wilding easily defeated Wright and Alexander^ the American challengers In doubles, and - Wilding defeated ?Alexander lu iinglfc~ r Should the Americans defeat the. British in the .matches a?ow Tielng played on the courts of the Oerman Town Cricket Club an American team will saH for Australia the first week in October" to Tfieeflhe TioYdihg na tion in the ehallenge romlwHtiqu tlfT tkecup. ? , ?s -tr. ? " - _JW88 MCHOUtO W KN'TKRT MMr | Miss Annie ? PUmruer Nicholson entertained last rtlght In honor of Miss K a the r Una 1ad?, of Valdosta. fll Th HIIIH lUlllUJIUm nil a chafing dish supper ended the very I pleasant evening. Miss Lane leaves! tomwnw for BHsahUlh City. wh>re| she vlll visit SOCIAL FUNCTION ? LAST EVENING Mrs. W. f, Clark I'lUertain* in Honor of Mf<rt Annio Wnmt. ley, of Elizabeth City. _ ,M r&. ? TCfarR WasatLpme last eveuiug,. at her resldeuce, on West Second street, entertaining In * honor of Miss Annie Woodley, of Elizabeth City, !>??? gn#>?t .if -mi.b ? -Ada ttuy Ayert^ Mrs. Clark- flufi^ain ed her well eathed reputation- Ml fc - hostess and all present* are Indebted . to her for a pleasant and enjoyable evening.' .The following were pres ent: .Misses Annie Woodlgiu? ?flza- . beth City; ' Carrie Alexander, ? Eliza* beth?City; May Belle and Katherlne Small. Reba k*una>v*Katrina Lane, Mary Carter. Jenhlc Cox, Mary Tank-' ard?- J4ary Si mraoxre^ Tones, Lillian Campbel.r, Helen Kugler. Adeline Mayo. Carrie Bright, lioaa Steyfn -wjii, 3UaWl?6r6; Kebecca Simmons, Susfe Shaw, Shawboro; Julia Mayo, Ada May Ayers, Hutu Crawley, fia teiip i>hvih nhnihr, t ? ? iwmrn "Laugli inghoiise, Lllllan-Bonnei . Ah"-' nle Laug?ilnghouse. Messrs. Wittlam Ayeca^- DaVId garter. M. A- Smith, LJndsey Warren, Henry Moore, Her bert,Bonner, Thomas Payne, William .Humley, rhariio Puvn'e. jnfrn H*r .?Ellillleth <I_iity ; And' " ton, Elizabeth City; W. Lee Davennort. Charlie. Worthy, p. P, Maxwell, CbtfstoplMr Bright, Clifford Blakeley, J. D. Gal* ? Fred W. Ayers. Kefr?shmenU wer^ served. . H "MTLL axi> ki:i:i> cttter. The well known flrnxr-the Wash ington Horse Exchange, in ordor to ?meei the demands of ^treir lncrtfia^ ing business, have installed a grist mill and feed cutter. Tbls company Is always abreast of the tlmda. ? DIRECTORY OF - ADVERTISEMENTS ? .. OKCOSli PAGE, 7 rt. C Ha thorny, Real EaUlc! E. W. Ayrn, Fall Suits. J. Uon Wood & Co? Banker* ? and Bwfcwi, ? Doughty & Wj.it, Oyjrters. H. W. Carter. M. D., Specialist. Dr. L M. Hardy, Physician and Surgeon. Hi H, g?. Ward & Grimes, Attorneys. Small. MarLeau & Mc.Mullan, Attorneys. -W. ?? Grimes. Attorney. - Jkmd A Simmon*, Attorneys. W. L. Vaughan. Attorney. Hodman & Rodman, Attorneys. ? I* Utewart, Jttreler. 7^; H- B. 'Goldstein, Tailor. J. & P. B. Myers. Insurance. J -A. B. Draughon, Barber. ?.C. Morgnn WllHamfc, Iwwiwwtf^ Sloan's Liniment. ? THIRD PAGE. Klllson Bros. Co., Cigars. Wm. Bragarr & Co., Insurance. F. A. Wright, pressing Club. l_ Alderman - Capehnrt Laundry, Steam Laundry. yiwli? m Goods. s Washington Drug Oo.._ Drugs and Stationery. V Dr. Hardy's Drug Store, Paint State Normal & Industrial Col. tege. ? .. ; ?: ; ? ? ? 1 . ? Walter Credlc & Co., Flour. Union Grocery -Co? Groceries. Baker's Stnriin. Dixie Theafer, Ynudmill* m4 | Motion Pictures. Carolina Telephone J^TnU. on.nl. f'n