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VOLUME I. WASHINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA ?NO. 7H ILY NEWS I DAY AFTERNOON. NOVEMBER 1, 1909. Last Edition PRESIDENT Guest of Mr. and Mrs. Jas.'Sprunt K ? . # The Head of the Most Extensive Cotton Ex porting Firm in America to Be the Presi dent's Host When He Visits Wilmington Tuesday, November 9. HOME FIRST CUSTOM HOUSE Wilmington, N. C-. Not, l.? ? The splendid colonial residence where President Taft ts to be entertained by Mr. and Mrs. James Sprunt, on the occasion of the president's visit (?-Wilmington on Tuesday, Novem 9. la already ? associated with "some or me most remarkable histor ical features of this old colopial city. Occupying a high elevation at Front and Nun streets, this ideal home commands a magnificent view of the harbor to which the rear of the prem ises extends, a garden and* a private wharf constituting the water front of the fine property. The surround ings, front and rear, embody a typl cally tropical effect, embracing a net ting of growing "palmetto -Trees" and tropical flora, lovely conservatories. - and charming gardens enclosed wlth f\n ap Imposing wall which rises very ?? prominently on the Water front, at ^^plch point it presents the romantic ? aspect of afteottlsh castle. _Thej>roaerty originally was used for the first colonial custom house built after the towji became a port it entry wbllb it was known in ttT ear ~ ' Halt dljsaa Newton or N'?w Hvsf ' pool, about 1730. some five years af ter the town and port of Brunawlck had been established about fourteen miles loifer down the Cape Fear River. A few settlers of Nesrton or built theiF^humble habituations near ly opposite the confluence of the northeast and northwest branches of tho Cape Fear River, which was then known as the Clarendon River. In a few months the hamlet was in creased to the proportions of a vil lage and was named Ne^ Liverpool. In 17SS It was- surveyed Into town lots, and, increasing ln~ Importance, the town was afterwards called New ton- In 1739, through the influence ot fhe .Colonial Governor, Gazrlel Johnston, the name of the town was fiirnln rl.anfod tn \Vil.nlny^lh In hoi^or of th^Clovernor's patron. Spencer Compton. first and ojU? Earl of WirmTnctinr-Snpahrir of the Brit ish Houho of COmmocR. In 1TC0 King George, Second, made thecjpwn a Borough. In 1736, King George, Third, ' having succeeded to the throne. Invested it ^jth the corporate title of "Mayor, HWOrder and Aldci men of the Borough of .Wilmington." ' ?:lt was upon th$ site of what is now Mr. 8prunt's property thjfc first cus tom houee was erected and where the first comptroller of colonial customs resided. Prior to the year 1829, the residence became the horns of the eleoted by the people. Governor Ed ward B. Dudllsy, a salesman of liberal and patriotic views, of commanding presence and of most amiable man ners. Governor Dudley'was a leader lp every private and public work for the benefit of Wilmington and of the 8tate. As a notable Instance of his public spirit and progressive ideas, he contributed of his own fortune 935.000 toward building the Wll Railroad, of which he was the first president and which plohetr railway enterprise was dest(ned Co~ WfcattnT that great Southern system known as the Atlantic Coast Irlne. : Subsequent to Governor Dudley's gubernatorial career, Wilmington's first captain of Industry served as a member of the Twenty-first Congress. to1 which he' Wis electM IB Ills J ear 1839, but he declined to reflection to the next Congress because of his aversion to the dishonest practices of public Ufa in that day. Thua we see Illustrated in North Carolina's first Governor to ha elected by the sover eign pebple that lofty civto virtue and high sense of honor that to this day characterise the people of North Car ollna . , where Mr. and Mrs. Sprunt will b? hosts to President Taft, it was there IB May, l*?, that Governor Dudlej tlngulshed statesman and powerfu orator, Daniel Webstar, who visited resided during his omclal life lh Wil mington some years or morer About the year 1835, a number of" -prominent cltlzess of Wilmington^ met in Governor Dudley bed cham ber. known as the "yellow room," gl^lr"1 C,ro,,M'? ratlroad I greater Bum than the I KpSiH Oo,ernor"DudleyT.d?r "*"r th<. ^ ha<* passed awav i Mr ^e"C? teca.me "'<? Property of ru?M? become "he =ui:',?,;-r.r:d SSPsmmS u!. ?, 'h0 ?">??? Atlantic coast * '".em which con kay whh 1 " """ or-ralU| *y. With Wilmington as its , quarters, and which ! art" m?ts*Ub'* ?f *" Wlln""?'onTne,?t!j T" " * '""t during wh'chwss ^setTithatny^eio'r" 'i*ny naduf' ,he r*,,?o^ ?>? il l hod ???* ? low ebb that . ! " ? order for one h"n , dred dozen shovels necessary for th? work of construction, and it was onlv I ?SiK?F~-"| A few years ago. Mr. Walters ih? b??ssssd ssrtir &^.r, h l^a.t On, w,(h7 "" Drom"'"" of the I^BR-ward jmomin^nf r)|h . tes."j==.*3=, t?rr n . "Cloned at the mill rw.* Port c???ell. on the I'Sfgg?" " ??'U,T111.. now known lattsnrt. ? ' "ant Johnston's ttXJr ,n0t*ble ??"_DoubI.Ud1y*n^t?rS ivtts~srtirH " ?U?" of l"n, Tift ?mprj:,0hnVw,u^m IZTl I ?ai|,,n* ?n Its commercial i?h^ I po tbe.^ub^, that t^n"c for tSSLar -d J, His hogt. Mr. Sprunt, Is himself ? i mern JJ' "?ur" "?> the com I merce of the United Stat** k ! j!1* broth?r ?nd partner. Mr. Wm,*H the firm 5 ' WllmlnVf """ c<m"" ^f?"planu ts ;> ? w om bracing seven mod ?!"" Wworfu) compresses, ?,nstl. l Z *a^ and (Tea test ?r Ubor 4"4 'r*lghu TAFT REACHES CRESCENT CITY j. Reached New Orleans Saturday Morning Two Hours Late? Warmly Greeted. New Orleans. Oct. 30. ? The tardy arrival here of President Tatt with bis retinue of 32 State's governors. ^20 Senators, 17? Congressmen.- ,two Cabinet officers and a number of rep resentative^ of foreign governments marked the end of the first water ways Junket ever participated in by a President of this nation. The Pinchot-Taft conservation pol icies and' the Cairaon-Taft waterways policies are thechlef subjects of dis cussion. The President, with Governor San den of Louisiana^ and Governor Noel of Mississippi, arrived at the foot of Canal street from Baton Rougtie two ( hours late. Originally scheduled to ( get-here at 8 In the morning, the j delays that began far up the river set the President's- boaU back more . than mo .Hours, while the other &oa? ? of tfce fleet strung In here at intervals after ftoon. The President was met by an es- t cort of 5,000 citizens, and a military f and naval parade when his boat j warped up. at the head of Canal ( street. A crowd of more than 10,000 ( persons were thronged in and about ( the piers, anjil when the President walked down the gang-plank of the 1 Oleander he was hailed by a chorus ( of cheers and canon salutes that was ( taken and re.echoed for five miles along Canal street and through the down-town district. The salute was ( typical of the noise that has marked f the arrival of Taft a.t other* towns he ) has visited since he begin, his long , run around the nation. _ Thtf President immediately be- ( came the center of interest In a pa- , rade of 5,000 men that proceeded -j through bowern of palm truus and" " sugar cane erected on streets leading j through the center of the business - district. Mr. Taft broke away early In the parade and went to his head quarters At the St. Chsrles Hotel, 1 *>.1. ta(t? Tfe r*t dmo - the proceiMlon.' After the 5.000 gaily uniformed citizens and soldiers and ( sailors from four battleships had passed thejhotel Mr. Taft devoted an hour to New Orleans juid friends and then had luftcheon with Archbishop Blenk, whom he knew In the Philip pines. Meanwhile the 3.000 dele gates to the lakes-to-the-gulf deep waterway association, where he was to speak, had begun their convention 1 in the big athenaeum. . 1 Following the preliminaries in t which Governor Sanders and Mayor t Berhman ? had" TtTg\ principal parts, j President Kavenaugh, ot_ihe_ associa- j tion, delivered his address. In wjjicb he asserted that the time has come ( when the public demand for the Sin- j provemenr. of the* -Mississippi river , will brook no further delay and that ] the Mississippi Valley Statea xvill not , return to Congress an aspiring Eiates liiau will/ tB opposed to the waterways , Improvement propaganda. I JEFF AND JOHN SON TO FIGHT The Contest Must Take Place Beforte July 5th of Next Year. \ A James J. Jeffries, retired champion heavyweight boxer of the world, and jjack Johnson, present holder of the championship, met Saturday and signed articles of agreement to box for the title: The articles provide for a contest vision of the purse on a basis of 75 per cent, to the winner and 25 perl oant to the lower, and for the posting of 910.000. I&.000 ef which Is al ready up and which la to go as a for feit In case either ma? backs down; organlxatlon or person offering the b$st financial Inducements, and the contest to be conducted strictly with in legal regulations. "LENA RIVERS" ^Judging from the general tenor of prets comment the county over, that lot mtm** I I ml ll H t0UV Manager A. H Wlndlsh has signed the same company whtch will be seen at Brown's opera house (Sir Mr en ' who will appear as suppqrt > ed By an exceptionally .trong cast fce Jail. So. with Bnother. In front' a Bort of wedged In Dan's h a "hpavp hn" j I outside and 11b U? writing a love ? kfc* means It. < Alleged Slayer o berry MotX FINED m GET HI! Man Much Too Large Dan Wadswordmias an Advan tage Over Everm>ther Ordinary Citizen in ConaSticut? Weighs Nearly 500Vo?ds. -HEADS FATTEN S CLL'B Hartford, Cofi Wadsworth profltj the advantage ho j er ordinary citl*> hecant* be put In J 4 36 pounds In his I Is built like a knows that he court in this sec . When a man. third time of sel_ In this State it is him to jail rath' flne. But when a tavern on th< and is president Pat Man's Club, Clark for senten ter conviction, only impose a atli Last winter aft_. [>dlcal convictions, that he was ga. alarming rate. Th rrould not run th. tear out a <Tall of one man in bacl and the iheriff . shofe ftorn, he geni aavwindow and. lainftally landod crated him. At the time * letter he real 30. ? Dan {again, today ,by 7 over every, oth Cohnectlcut ? ?II; Dan weighs ? anting shoes and ? toP desk bulge on any 1 1 fconvicted for a ! ' } liquor illegally | ' ratomary to send ' ' tan to Impose a who conducts iklrts of thecity be Couneoticut ! ' before Judge '* Ibis morning af-' Clark could ' me of Dan's perl arlff Dewey saw weight at an terlff decided he plsk of having toj So, with Beaufort, Oct. 30. ? Court con-i< reijed at "D:30 Saturday morning. I ( solicitor C. L- Abernethy consumed/ 'our and one-half hours in go!ng over ' he evidence for the State. He placed t special stress evidence of C. K. < Licrrir.gtnn Judge fl^lnn mid! h| lengthy charge, paying special atteii- 1 Hon to every part of the evidence 1 that could in an\ way. assist the jury i In giving Its -verd'et. At 2:30 the I [ury took the case for consideration. ' At S:30 the Jury sent for the Judge i and aftpr_eohrt convened the Juj*y| was filler ?nrf ? .---.ft.., ' of "N&t frailty" was given. After the discharge of Jack San- i : Shooting Affair at South Creek there came near being a serious shooting affair at South Creek last Thursday. Mr. J. B. Whltehurst.and Mr. K. A. Aldridge being the partici pants. The shooting took place near the store of Messrs. H. C. Mayo & Co. Mr. Whttehunft used his gun several' times, but each time his aim failed to reach his Intended victim. Mr. Aldrldge. There has been no reason advanced for the mlBunderwtandlng between them. The trtjU of the cause is sot for Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock. - Th? affair has caused considerable talk in that neighborhood. LAW FIRM DISSOLVES Bragaw & Harding No Longer. Mr. Harding Moves to Savings & Trust Building. [ Thalifl <jii rf hi^ in the practice of taw here for the past few years. Wo dlssoirei copartnership by mutual oekHnt (Notice to this effect , appears elw.here In today', paper. Mr. Bragaw *111 continue to of -the 1st* Urm over tlw Daily New. ottce. and Mr Hardin? will have a suite of offices LARGE CROWDS ; ATTEND SERVICE Rev. Dr. Black Delivers Strong Sermon at Opening Service i at M. E. Church. The First Methodist Church wau packed |aat evening, the occasion be ing the. Initial service of the union meeting which has baeh advertised to take place, for several weeks past. The meeting will be in progress for the next ten days. If hot longer, and will be under the leadership of Rev. William Black, an evangelist not only possessing a Slate reputation, but a national one. Dr. Black delivered Ms first sermon last night, taking as 1 his topic the parable of the sower. HU dlf course was plain, pointed, tprse and thoughtful. From the very beginning he Impressed hits large au dience with his earnestness and his 1 familiarity with. scripture. He speaks fluently and with ease. Mr. Burr, the choir leader', ts an expert In his ' line. Tl^e music last night showed ' Ihe marks oil niil ^SBVIIVlIt training. J ~ There wilt be services each night ' this week commencing at 7:30 ' o'clock , and .each . JBOifllns at IX ' o'clock to last not over man hour. This meeting Is being conducted by til? different pastors of the city, aa<L ill the congregations are worshipping together for the accomplishment of ' one end fcnd purpose. After Dr. Black had concluded his sermon last night he and Mr. Burr- sang moav ! jweetly "Some Happy Day." Jt was ; a most fitting climax to a service al- ' ready evidenced for good. Dr. Black is an evangelist of the Irst rank. Before ontering the min Btry he was a practitioner at the bar. He knows life and does not fall to people of their faults, their do fects. their misgivings, His coming ?O Washington Is hailed with pleas ure. a great meeting is looked for nra-juugniR irom mu hum m - rrowd last night* the expectations of thdse In charge look as If they will be realized. Everybody cordially Invlt ad to the services both morning and f Mayor New juilly Says Jury iers this term of court was at- an ?nd. A Question immediately arose as to the discharge of his. brother Frank, :harged with' being an accessory to Lhe murder, ft v.as settled by a wj-Jt of haOeas corpus in his <?as?e, which T.idtfM C.Mion heard ttnd to. which So licltor Abernethy assented, there upon the order of discharge was en- 1 [ered upo nthe.writ tint both men go - .-.r _ I *i~hie ends the case. The .crime of ! assassination committed by some t>ne will probably go forever unavenged. ILe aiigg^liun h?Pn made that j a monument be erected to the dead i mayor by public subscription. FORMER CITIZEN DIED LAST WEEK Mr. AmosT. LaBarbe Succumb ed W^Short Illness of Paraly sis in Asheville. Mr. A. P. LaBarbe. who was strick en' with paralysis Sunday night; Oc tober ,4U<-tnrt?tly passed away Tues day at 25 minutes past 12 o'clock at his home. 155 Chestnut street, Ashe ville, N. C. He was a devout Cath "ollc, and In his last hours received all the rites of the church. His death, though not unexpected, as he had for aonxetlme been in failing health, was a great shock to the family. He Is survived by a wife, one son, Mr. H. LaBarbe and four daughters, Misses Nellie,- Beitle and Gertrude LaBarbe. of Asheville. and Mrs. J. M.' Lee, of Watha, N. C., to mourn his Ions. All were present during his Illness and" at his death. Mr. LaBarbe was a son of Mr. Jno. LaBarbe and a grandson of Mr. Louis LeRoy, both very prominent citizens 4>f this city, and wan a descendant of Sir Robert Palmer, first Burveyor general of North Carolina. Mr. La Barlw was wipe In yeirs, havi ng ar Ttrea at tne age 6f V ; last June. * He apd was highly regarded by all, *h? knew him. Mr. LaBarbe has lfved in since 1882. the funeral services were held at MEMORIAL CEREMONY TAO TRIBE NUMBER 18 SUNDAY AFTERNOON Services at Brown's Opera House ! ! An Appropriate Program Was Prepared and Rendered- The Oration of Mr. E. L Stew art and Eulogy of Mr. N. L. Simmons Were the Features. tHE DAY A MEMORABLE ONE - Sunday. October 31. was a memoj-j able one to the members \jf Tau Tribe! No. 18, Improved Order of Red Men. For years to come tbe "Star of Mem ory" wjll ever linger over this "glad \ day. It was a fitting crown. wreath ed and placed on the brow of an or der that has accomplished so much good. Yesterday marked the placing of the very capstone of this order's achievement. With bowed heads and bleeding hearts the members march ed with marshal tre^d from their 'WTgWHlH" to the opera house and there paid their last tribute of respect to the memory of Augustus Latham. W. F. Foster. Thomas F. Brown, W. E. Swanner. James O'Carroll. H. Whar haftig, M- B. Thomason. E. E. Phil lips and L. R. Mayo. Since the order ttas organized in Washington as Tau Tribe, these brothers have wrapped their blankets about them and sought the happy hunting grounds around the camp flres of eternal peace. " For weeks these memorial ?sei^ices lave been looked fofwar<TTo byAfiie ~ >rder and those of our citizens into\> seted in the welfare of Redmanship. The archives- of memory were sought ind to the world was published once igain the virtues, the manliness, the lopes of those now sleeping beneath the bosom^of earth they once trod ae f al QUuL lo^l Rcjlp?ii. T Ufl i r bones htbki nB pines an? ?> the warble of the birds, yet, although ?one to another huntiug ground, hose left behind on yesterday placed !orget-me-nots on their graves. As >ne of the sj>eakers said, "They loved heir fellowmen." The opera house, where the memo rial exercises were to take place, had >een beautifully decorated and fes ooned In the colors- of the order. Prom the ceiling was suspended itrlps of scarlet, light blue and light freen: also the stage was attractive-. \11 exhibited the deft touch ef an irtlst. Promptly at the appointed! umir. rhe braw warriors of neaVe ? were seen to wend their way down 1 the aisle heaBed by the Sachem. Mr. Ileber Win field, who also acted ?*sj master of ceremonies. After the tribe] bad taken their allotted places the] .?Jioir from the- Methodist Church | ?pen^d'the Impressive services ?wfth ] an anthf-m. "i; is a flood Thlr.fi "to Give Thanks." {Mrs. D. M. Carter,! Miss Ada Mav Avers and J.Ir. Lyndon Shaw, being the soloists. This was I followed by the roll call of deceased I members by the Chief of Records. I Mr. W. H McDevfitte. At this Junc-j ture the Sachem arose and paid a most fitting and beautiful tribute of respect to those -of tvii^ ic.w sleeping the sleep of death. Mr. Wlu fleld was most happy hi his remarks. His remarks showed preparation and his delivery was ?magnetic and smooth. Thl3 eulogy was ohe of the pleasing features of the occasion. A Sheriff's Horse Falls Dead Saturday afternoon a horse Belong ing to Sheriff George E. Ricks took fright in front of the Miles & Corey old stand. East Third street, and be gan running up Third street toward the" Atlantic Coast Line _.,propertjr. When opposite the Central Hotel he seemed to slow down and then reel. With a heavy groan he fell to the ground dead. The surmise is the an imal was tatten Mtth a fit. Messrs. Claod^KKks, a son of the sheriff, and D'rfvTd LavlB, were in the bony at tbe. time. Both of them escaped Injury. , Sheriff Ricks had recently . pur chased the horse from Mr. R. L. Smith, of Oreenvllle. INSTRUCTIONS TO MILITARY. Adjutant Oeneral Armfleld has ti quartette composed of Mrs. D. M. Carter, soprano; Mies Ada Rhodes, alto; Mr. Jno. A. Arthur, tenor; Mr. Lyndon Shaw, bass, sang" Haste.. Traveler, Haste." Mr. Norwood L. Simmons was next nreHPntod. who delivered nn nanna-vi rlc to tli* memory of the deceased Redmen. Ills address was in keeping with his reputation as a speaker. On this occasion hlB well rOunded perl- = ods. his beauty of diction and his depth of thought, was the subject for the highest commendation. Each word was coined wtrtl a purpose and ' framed in sentences to attract and interest. It was a gem. "Peace, Perfect Peace," was then rendered by the .choir. The Stump Chiefs and the mem bers went through the regular exer cises ordered for such services. The Prophet of the tribe then rendered an invocation, which was followed by a vocal solo by MIbs Oary Boyd; Mrs. A. 8. Fulford, being?the pianist. A tribute to the* memory or the depart ed brothers was then pronounced by Mr. J. J. Johnston, the Senior Saga more. Song, "America." was neit . Blhig. The next feature of the exer cises was the oration of Mr. Edward ? z L. Stewart, ' whose theme was "Red manshlp." ' ? ? Mr. Stewart needs no commenda tion- from th?- Daily -New speak er. His reputatfon ts too well known In this community. The people at tending the memorial exercises and the members of Tan Tribe', anticlpat- . ed what was to come, and when this gifted young man had taken his seat the countenances of those present showed that their expectations had been fully Realized, if not exceeded. It was a great ih?tnr, handled by n """ ? mastCT hand." For nearly an hour he held the attention of his -audience as by magic, ills* eloquent A wordaf, couched in sentences sublime were framed in pictures never before sur nassed here. His dellver/Ts easy, his diction enviable. That this young orator met fully what was to be expected of him is today ualver* _ sal. What a pity it was more of the 1 citizens could not have heard this ad- , mivable address. fit place of, the solo announced to liv m-.- i-> m r-n .iir.., the choir sang "In ? the Hour? of Trial." This was followed by a tri bute from the Junior Sagamore. "Praise God From Whom All. Bless ing Flow," was sung by the entire au dience and the benediction, pro nounced. Thus came to an end an occasion that was instractiTO to those not Red Men and an inspiration to those com posing this excellent order, to nerve themselves for greater usefulness In th? future. YesT October 31. was a ? memorable one for Redmanshlp In Washington. i Steamer Hatteras Has An Accident The steamer Hatteras met with the misfortune to break her forward en gine while off Wadea Point Saturday afternoon. The accident delayed her arrival In this jjlty until ? o'clock Saturday night. . On account of the mishap she will be compelled to lore go her regular schedule ' for ^ few days. She is now undergoing re .Oftlzs. "New Advertisements . in Today's News
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