North Carolina Newspapers

VOLUME L WASHINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBEJl 12, 1909. ' NO. 8fc TUBERCULOSIS BElliC WIPED L: OUT IN COUNTRY Wr-r- " ? - ' Many Institutions ' ? A Year Ago (he Rate of Increase Was One OrganizStlon or Insti t tution Every Other Day, Only ? One Half as Now, ? NUMBER IS REDUCED TO 30 During the year that has pasted since the International CongVesa on Tuberculosis met at Washlngton^one institution or organization for the treatment or prevention of tubercu losis has been established every day,. - Sundays and holidays Included. ao-.l cording to a bulletin of_the National j Association for the btudy -ana pi ?i-mtim irf TBhyreaiwii. Bew beds in hospitals or sanatoria -have been provided also for every day of the yea r. ' ,? A* year ago the rate of increase -- ftfytnlnrlnn nr ln?ftlnftnn ?very othef- day, only one-half as fast as now. Less than a year ago there were 40 consumptives for every hos . pital bed provided. Today (he cum . has t^en reduced to 30, Nearly 20,000 beds are now provided in In f* stltutlons for the treatment of con ? aumptlon. an increase of over 6,500. r The number of special tuberculosis dispensaries In the United States has . more than doubled the number of anti-tuberculosis associations has in 4 creased 68 per cent, and the number I of hospitals and sanatoria 43 per] v , cent. la cm* hr?nch nt an tt-lUberCUlOSts work, particularly emphasized by the International Congrees, a signal ad ? vance has been made, that Is, In the " provision of hospital see om mods-' p ? Liona tor advanced cases. In . all ^?}o*xta of the country. State and mu r imMMi suthurli^. ide hospllslsrorflaTigeroW Wi of tuberculosis, with the result that .over 1,000 beds have been es tablished in the past year. At the present time there are, however, only 6,000 beds, and 75,000 advanced ? oases which ought to be in hospitals. Fully 75,000 others could be treated at home, but it would be safer for the community to segregale them in institutions.. . Every advanced case of tuberculosis Is a center fr6M wntch the disease spreads, and unless the p&tlent is taught how to be careful In his habits, snd t:flIC83 Iih lias Hie proper home surroundings, hejjhould be in a hospital, vrtiere he will not be arlnenace' to Others. - The National Association for the I Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, declares that at least 70,000 more beds in hospitals are^eded for ad vancecT caAOB "of i uuguiujJtiuu. ? these are provided, tuberculoma can not be wiped out. If everybody In the United States gave $5 to provide hospitals for the dangerous consump tives, sufficient funds would be pro cured to destroy forever the threat of GOLD MINE SAFE IN PORT H?JRp?n Rtwid infL Will Co on the Railways for Re pairs. The schooner Gold Mine, Leroy Pedrlck. muster, that ran orf a' log near Pamllqa Heach a .few days ago and waa sunk, has been raised. She waa towed to thla port last night by the tag W. F. Taylor. She irlll be ? placed on the railways at onoe for the necessary repairs. I : The disabled schooner received great assistance In getting to this port from "the schooners Ida V. and ? 1M ther llfhtered her and eii - abled the boat to reach Etro lir safety. ? ' ~ 1 ' ' ? f '? ' ? ' * New Advertisements . -- ? ia Today's News ? ? J. L. O'QUlnn. Raleigh? -Bulb*. ? ? rTie?ap?ake Steamship Co. ? ? aum tmiiUmi KmHII> v. * GRIME RUED -14-DflEHM is mm Sister Foresaw Murder Womap's Death From Heart Dis ease Proved Crime by Woman Who^Had a Dream? "the "Mys teriou? Woman in Black. ? - ? ROUGH ON RATS IN COFFEE Topeko,_ Nov. 1 1. ? Mf3. Mar) J. Short, Topeka'a "mysterious woman In Mack/' died auddeuly'October 25, presumably of heart disease. Fred Fanning has confessed that he put rpugh on rats In her coffee that qornlng. so that the few hundred dollars she possessed would come to Wy " The fact that there was- a murder was rer?al?d to Mrs. Fannie Mather of Seattle in a dream. She Is a sister i of Mrs. Short and came here at once. 8he hired detectives, and within two weeks they captured the murderer and obtained a complete confession of the crime. "? ' "For a week before I received news of my sister's death I could, dot sleepi" said Mrs. Mather. "I walked the floor by day and tossed in dreams at night. Constantly I saw In ""my dreams a man who sought to Jnjure my sister. "I did everything possible to throw off the spell but, sleeping or awake, the same nightmare was constantly befpre mo until I nervous wreck. I wrote Several totters to my -card from her the. day oC-her death in i which she said she was all right. "This message did not reassure me and 1 wrote again. 1 had just 'mailed -4)h1s letter when I was handed a tele gram notifying me of my sister's death, and in less than an hour I was on my way to Topeka. I. knew then MM ? iftti rii -*Trt?^"r'Luiim?d^ although the telegram stated that my sister had died of heart disease." IlKTURNKD from trip. Miss Bettle Harvey has returned frotn a long trip-North and West as the guest of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Fub. ler. Miss Harvey cruised along the Maine cosst aboard the yacht Thetis, and visited Chicago. New York, and other large cltUa. 1, MOST DELIGHTFUL I>AXCK; Last evening at the Elk's home a subscription dance was enjoyed by Italian band made the music (or the dance and evei >one was ln_hlgh-glee.r Following is the list of dancers: Mr. Frank Bryan, leading, with Miss Jones. MIhh Carrie 6jmmor.a with Mr. \u-hUll, Mluu Mar? ? L'ImJm llHUHyil with Mr. Willie Knight. Miss Patty Baugham with Mr. H. McMullen, Miss Isabel Carter with Mr. Horbert Bonner, Miss Bessie ,Conoly with Mr. Dave Carter. Miss MCCullers with Mr. Simmons, Miss Dockery with Mr. CaJlas." Miss Everett with Mr. Charlie Hill. Misa Wright with Mr. Charlie Morton, Miss Winnie Nicholson with Mr. Davenport, Miss Katie Moore with Mr. F. H. Worthy. Miss Julia Moore with Mr. Edmond Harding, Miss Mary Carter with Mr. DivrelLof Raleigh. Miss Muse Blount with Mr. IBB Aauue wmarey wltk Mr."Betta, Miss Crawley with Mr. Phelps; Mr. and Mrs. John Bra gaw, Mlaa Tlllie Haughton with Mr. John McLean, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen C. Bragaw, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Rod man. Mri. James K. Hutton, Miss Julia Hoyt; Messrs. Cliff Blakely, John Suit til ,~~Heu r> Moore,- Hnr?ny Bryan, Swindell and Warren. AT THK GEM TONIGHT. . The long program shown at the Qem last night wan ? njoyable from start to finish, and- the music was es pecially good. The : picture -of the two kids with the air rifle that grandpa gave theffl was one of the funniest er*r shown here. Tonight's program Ullunii duull una of thn finest e\er shown "in the city. ' The grand scenery of Norway will be shown in the fishing pictures, and the thrilling drama "In the Day's of Witchcraft" will please. Promptly Lkt ?:?0 will take W?* M* 4mwI*c ! [for the beautiful Japanese cream and sugar set purchased- - Irom A. O. Biailher & Ctk i whlah Is this sfaak's Uudia. ? R*i aura to rnrpa tonight ? ??u lw?l mr*1fr* ?no ??<*? ?ah I Inay get the set Tbe orchestra will I play as us^al, and you will have a | food time. Ml SAYS SHE m TELL WHOLE STORY Theft Will Be Exposed She Threatens to Reveal Story of a Big Railroad- Robbery ? A Quarrel Caused Her to Brook Down. ? : WOMAN MAN'S BETRAYER ? Cincinnati, O., Nov. 11. ? Mrs. Jeanette Stewart. &1bo known as Mrs. Ford, one of the women accused by Charles L. Warrlner. defauUttig local treasuMr_fll_the Big Four Railroad, of ^having shared in his speculation by blackmailing him, declared today ?a? wouid mi tha inside story -of the 4641^U)Q theft whaq the cane came to court. Mrs. Stewart denied a&ekJtad ever received- money from" W?Trl oer. The sudden breaking t?f her silence was caused, according to her* by a quarrel which she had with another woqpan, who has also been mentioned by Warrlner. This quarrel resulted in the attachment of Mrs. Stewart's furtniture today. The officers who made the attachment were quickly followed by the reporters; and In the j stress of excitement Mrs. Stewart's reserve broke, down. / Chamber Commerce . President Indignant Wilmington, Nov. ll.-*-Rep]ying to strictures in loday'a New York World by Mr. DuiiTap, staff corre spondent of that paper with the pres idential party here Tuesday, the4bl lQwing paid telegram "was officially" sent todafr: * "The World. New York City: ? In your issue of November 10 yopf ac credited representatives to the 'Pres ident's party represents* the Presi dent as treating his reception at Wil mington with marked discourtesy, i uo Bt?t*mVxu xirroniFir^ tertainment committee brought to 'the attention of the - president the "project for the development of the Cape Fear river, outlining the scheme of increastng^ttw depth of water from 23 to- 30 feet, and your representative says tfiat the Presi dent looked at -the-river. then At the committee, and retreated to the cap tain's cabin and slept five hours. Such a representation is a gross perversion of the facts and injustice to the Preeldent, no less than to ourselves. I wish to say that Mr. Dunlap did not accompany the presidential party, at any of the functions in Wilmington, and is reliably reported to have spent the time in his apartments on the presidential train. ? The Presi dent was not affitreslfttr on the sub ject of our local project, nor did he sleep any part of the time while, on the river trip, but In company with Governor Kltchtn, Senator Overman oltlssns, occupied the for* ??r<! dMk of tlu imp Uiroufhout th. trip. Th? Praijdent lmp'reueil him nif rm iii? witrntnn"- vt1* ?* iw tl/ma accredited representative discredit! himself, but not tbe Preeldent." "I never received a cent from Chas. Warrlner," she said, "and - I" never Rave any information to the railroad about his shortage. It was another woman that did it all; a woman I thought was my friend. 1 koow fhcwbole story and i will tell .it in court, too." une o* the women Eaid to be in volved in the case started to leave Cincinnati tonight, but was advised J>y detectives that if she le/t the city her arrest vottidjollov. She then abandoned the plan. ' At p/resent the question that is ?ali?Iug the railroad official?.^. "WIfa& became of 96437000 which~S^arrlner admits having stolen?" Warrlner says-tie [o?t it In stork speculation and in satisfying the dfir mands of blackmailers, but that ex planation Is nor satisfactory to the offlclals. ? \ Warrlner say* he Is penniless and his neighbors at his home In" Wyo ming. Ohio, declare that he Is a sick man It is admitted by railroad officers that Warrlner might have continued l- ti n. Mritlft'r Inn* irrtoBnitelv if he had not Been betrayed by a wompn. so sr?*?t was his superior's confidence in WHOLE TOWN BOUGHT FOR Woodmere, L. t, Sold A Syndicate, Headed _By the President of the Hudson Real ty Company Made the pur ' chase Yesteiday. ? ; ? ? SOMETHING NEW HERE ' New Yortc, Nov. 12. ? Big things aro constantly being done in NeW York City, but tho buying of a whole town is something new even here.' That is what a syndicate headed by. Maximilian Morgenthau, presi dent of the Hudson Realty Company,^ "3ld yesterday. The town' is WoOd merer ou Uip Luuit Island Rail rota, between Jamaica Bay and WoodflMM Pay. Tho price AfraB waa $3.00t>,00jfc.' Robert C. Burton soid the prOperfc\ through I/Ecluse, Washburn & Oft. While Woodmere is mostly undqv^ oped, containing neither corner gro cery. hotel nor meeting house, it h** thirty-eight houses. It covers 250 acres of uplands and 150 $cres of meadows. Residents of Woodmere and Its vi cinity Include James McCrea, Wfjp presldent of the Ix>ng Island Rail road. and son of the president of the Pennsylvania Railroad; J. H. Burto&\ bne of the two founders of the towh: James Tlmpson; of the Mutual L.lfj9 Assurance Co.; Henry Zlegler, ptes* deut of the Steinway Piano C tifc George L. Stebbins. of ..the Produce ftcchans? ; H aitman K. Brtns, n hanker; Henry Otis Chapman, dr chlteCt; John J. Livingston, electrfoal r dntratf or : Daniel I?. naval ar chitect; Arthur N. Peck and Edward L. Smith. The new tunnels will draw Woodmere within the thirty-five mint ute. zone from Manhattan. The deal tvas atf^tOf.tee the largest recor; jn suburban realty. THE HINSHAW GRAND CONCERT! Given at School Auditorium Tc night? A Rich Treat Awaits 1'hose Wihj (jo. ? TI-i- Illniliju Oinjiiij^nii).!,!,. me aec-oijd number In the Lyccnm lo'ursc. j ditorium tonight. The doors open at promptly at 8:30. No numbers will bo interrupted after the performance begins. Prices are 75 cent's for^re> aei >tetl seats. flO mala gcucial adtula sion, and 25 eenlsvfor children. Tick eta for the course at $2.00, including tonight's attraction, c&n still be pur chased at Brown's drug store. J. E. Williams, In the Daily Inde- i pendent, Streator, III., says: The| wrtter never attended a more thor oughly en J oyablc concert than that of the Hinshaw company at tKe Streator Club last night. Not alto gether for their splendid voices, be cause their reputation makes us take that for granted^ but because of the genialtty, the e&ae.tha good nature, \mcT wailir iiumaff loucn mat parvwF ed the evening. Mr. Hinshaw does not set his art on a pedestal and ask his admirers to worship It with bated breath from afar off. There la a nearness, frlendllheas, about It Thar makes it like the warm hand clasp of an old friend. How did he do Jt? Well, there was hla beaming face, and big, manly personality to begin with. Than he said: "We are going to give you a Jolly program. I dQn^fc know JufH^xhal-LLwIlI be, but we.witl try to make It" fit your needs, which we shall discover as we go along." XhfiJLjie gate a little story of.eaclL piece before It was sung, and hojr much these explanations added to the enjoyment cannot be over estimated. ? ? ? Every word, every ayllable waa sung with a distinctiveness that car ried the meaning straight- to the head of the hearer, and If he had po heart for music he enjoyed the story anyway. * ? ? But the concept had to eud. After the closing -number hstt been %ung the audience refused to go and the quartette from Rigoletto bad "* i*no gun!,,!] ' I 1. Sextette (from Lucia di Lana roermoor) DonlMtU. for Qnarette by Dressier) . ItBPSWWiWi ANXIETY FOR . SAFETY BF - mm Kingston is Cut Off Is Grave Fear that Hurricane Whicfi Started on Island Mon day Will be Repetition of Storm SHIPPING HAS SUFFERED Halifax, Nov. IX. ? All communica tion by. cable with Kingston. Jamii ca, has been cut off and both cable companies report that all land com munication has been miapendeJ. ? grave fear la entertained that the. un usually heavy hurricane wtflch began TlYers: "XTOhday Has reaehejl a destruc-" tire cllmax-mttffr like the earthqtfAke of & few years" ^po.. 'there is extreme anxiety for the aafetyof the people on the Island. A devastating earthquak^_at this particular season in Jamaica will do enormous damage to crops and cause great sufTerlug. Efforts are bein^ at present made to get in touch with the island by wireless, $s it is believed the men will at once repair their sta tion in hop? of getting in touch with the world. New York. Nov. 10. ? At tho office of the Commercial Cable Company today It ?a. said that the cable to Hqlland Bay, Jamaica, was working t)irt that the land lines to Kingston were all down. The Western Union Company re ported that Its last cable to Jamaica hfld failod. "Our scryit-e ? was first interrupted Sunday noon after our office there reported that a hurricane was sweeping over the Island." said General Manager Barclay. 'Wejcent one cable working for awhile, but that is gone now. \ye have no details but think the hurricane caused the shipping In the hafbors to drag Jts anchors and these rBtteg UD the ca serlous." ?E. C. Sweeney; superintendent of the French cable eompany, sa/T3: "The only point* thereabout that | our cables . now ..reach are In Cuba, the Cape Haxiien station and Hol land Cay. From this we gather that thte hurricane h'as swe;>t most of the West Indies." ? The varlflim- (.ou|d give no definite news, but reports of widespread and heavjr dyn^^e, ac companied by considerable loss of i;ie is posiiore \v);Pn communication is restored. Coast wfW shipping un -mrarrry NOTED SCIENTIST TP LECTURE} D.C.W." Stiles Will Lecture1 in School Auditorium Mon day Night. me citizens of the city will be af forded a treat next Monday evenUxRf City, who actuated the investigation of the hook-worm and who is the au thority In the United States on this, as well as other sanitary subjects, will deliver a lecture on tlw hook-~| public school auditorium at 8 o'clock. ?The lecture will be given under the auspices of the Woman's Betterment Association. - 4 4 r The question of the health of the people concerns this noted- scientist greatly and he Is devoting himself to .matters along this line, especially _ln_ the South. The opportunity to~lrea? so dis tinguished a medical and sanitary authority as Dr. Stiles, should be ap preciated by our people, and all who can should hear him. He Is doing more for the people of the 8outh than any other living man. The lec ture will be free. German >. fltrausa. Mrs. Hinahaw B. Trio, "Holy Angels" (finale ^awt). Gounod. Mra. I HinaJfi*. Mr. Hughe# and Mr. Htn- , ahaw. v' 6. Son*. "Torea'dor'a 8on?" (Car Tmnfr Bt*et. Mr. Hinahaw. ? 7. Piano. "Spanish Caprice." Moa THE DRAINAGE CBNVENTION Assembled New Berii Mayor McCarthy Welcomes Del egates to Second Annual Con vention?Hons. J. H. Small and '"SrsTSlann Make Addresses. GO-OPERATION ONLY WAY New Bern, Nov. *12.? Tbe second annual convention of the North Car ? "r Drainage Convention was call ed to order yesterday at 10 o'clock by John Wilkinson, president of the association. Immediately after the president had ? announced ? that the "couvontlon wad lh session, lie v. J. H. Brown naked ntvino- ? h?i*^iTTgt - upon", the delegates and the work before thenT. Mayor McCarthy then addressed the convention on behalf of the city of New Bern, welcoming the* dele gates within the gates and turning Hie keys over to. them, bidding them feel at home while* here and assuring them that they had the earnest co operation of this community In their work. ? ? After the appointment of the va rious^ committees Hon. J. H. Small of W ashlnfion made a strong ad dress on the Question of drainage, showing the needs of such a work, and pleading with every citizen to be come Interested and give this que*, tlon his consideration and his co operation. [dress of Hon. W. M. Hays. n*sistHnL jsecertary of agriculture, Washington, D. C. Mr. Hays's address was made from practical experience ? as it had appeared to him from observation. He sighted lands that onljr a few years back was absolutely worthless to the people owning it, but after it had been properly drained It had be come .^?e most valuable, lands in 4?(*ll^r(?. lie said; were not j-onflned to any par ticular sections of the country. It I had been done in other parts of the 1 country and 'It could be' done here and would be done if the delegates of this convention "so decreed. Mr. Mays advised All along in his remarks the best course to pursue to accom plish the best results. RICHMOND WEDDING. The following cards have been re ceived In'the city: Mr3. Andrew Kean Leak requests "the- honor- of your presence at the marriage or her daughter : Catherine Frederlca to Mr. Frederick Dudley Swindell on the evening of Wednesday the twenty-fourth of November, J one thousand hlne hundred and nine at eight o'clock rz?i u- tfro" r'lTHt fi eativ terra xnillTirn in the city of Richmond. Va. Mr. Swindell is a promising young lawyer in Wilson, and Is a son of the late Rev. F. D. Swindell, and is a couKtn of Mrs. A. s. Fuirord, of thitf city. Miss Leak is a daughter of the jate Judge Leak, of Richmond, and is a most accomplished and lovely, young woman. The young couple will be at homejn Wilson, N. C.. af ter an extended tour after the tenth of December. Hon. s. S. Mann, of Swan Quarter followed Mr. Hays, addressing [he convention on "Co-operation as tlie ' I - 1 4.1. , . .1 llraiuak''. Problera." Mr. Mann's address was " ' :I,K TTP I?*yrfrf? ; ed to work of ono man draining for nl-i own Interest ami -Haw mueh gr*ar<^ would b* the r**<m-fF ?very man io be benefitted by such B fir ** ? to'fauld coaiia ? together ? nn+i ? ffOrk together." inauguration today. The Inauguration of _Prpsident Wright, of Eastern Carolina Training School, takes place in Greenville to day. 'Our neighbor has made elabor ate preparations for this occasion. Searing completion. The reaMenc* of Mr. John G. Bra gaw. Jr.. East Main street, ia nearlng completion. CARD OF THANKM. To Management Washington A Van detnere R. R. , Washington, N. C. I sppeHuwUj1 M eapreaa lnff the thanks df the resident* of the 'Aurora section who rlslted the COrn Judging show at Washington, N. C., laat Wednesday for the kind,, and "Tourteotif ^freatment extended them tralo for one hour, to enable tho peo ple to react their hpato the s*m? s??alag. ? Thaahleg yeu a'gaia, I >?? UIIUU I u AND KILLS commit He Kept It a Secret Adolphus Pasterfield Acciden tally Kills His Guest and Friend Joseph Pritchard? The Boys SON MISLEADS HIS PARENTS ? Elizabeth City. Nov. 11. ? Josepfi", the 16-year-old son of Frank Pritch ard of tUji Berea section. thU county, was accidentally shot and killed here yesterday by Adolphua. the 16-year old son of J. H. Pasterfleld. of this city. .The two boys .were_out gun ning near the baseball panjjnd from PafiLfirfleld'a account he was standing on a turf just in the act "of shooting when Ms fodt 'fcirpp^r, dig. ? " charging the entire contents of the , double-barreled shotgun 'into the body of young P^tchard, killing him instantly. Pasterfleld went home and told his parents that Pritchard. his guest and companion, had left him. and tie did not know where he had gone. Not until 9 o'clock last night did his par ents persuade him to state the where abouts of his companion, and upon search the. lifeless body of young Pritchard was found wh?i?e It, --.had lain four or five hours. Crowds Attend Gaiety Last Night Washington's new moving picture theater. The Gaiety, opened last night under the most favorable cir cumstances. People were eager to see the new playhouse and from the time of the opening to the close pa trons crowded and packed the house to the doors. Many were denied the ?pleasure of witnessing the perform ance .due fo'the rll^?^1! m. first 9**- . ~ formauce wjts most rredltable. and If the management continues to exhibit such a high class attractions as !??? night, they can have every assurance of a generous patronage. Messrs. Aronson and Browne* the " proprietors of the Gaiety, not only afforded the citizens a chance to wit ness a 'high cla'sa picture show but, in addition, presented. each lady with J " h lovely carnation as a souvenir. i-.pw liir.it er i ajj'irn be ;uf passed jr. this section of ^the State pointment. Special attention has been' paid to the interior. The dec oraticcut and color schcroa are attrac tive and pleasing. Running around ll r- ?n;. f.i ill.. .hn iUlir.c- i. n I fox hunt and on the sides can be seer. I panel pictures, representing dancing girls and Oriental views. The color scheme is green and red? *a moat beautiful combination. In addition?to the decorations. a new electrical piano "?ifi-*heen in ?aialleri at the main wntrannn, A largo electrical Fign Is also to be placed. The ? entire building ? re ? fltujd "with ? every up-to-date device for the suc cessful exhibition of- a first-class show. Miss Kelly will be the efficient pia^tst. and Miss Dail. ricket. seller. Mr. Floyd Bridges fs~?Tie~ operator. and opera chairs provided. No \T? itor need have any apprehension he canr.ot see or hear. Every' precaution has been made to conform to the law as to safety. The operating room Is lined with asbestus and metal. Messrs. Aronson'and Browne state they will exhibit only first-class pic lures. those suitable for ladies and children will have their special atten tion. There will be nothing Bhown suggestive, but all will be elevating and meritorious. No pictures will be i put on canvass that has been out I over five weeks. Of this fact the pa firnrwof the Gaiety can rest assured. Mr. fe. S. Aronson and Mr, O. R. " Browne, of Henderson, are the man agers of the Gaiety. They are wan ning similar attractions at Green ville, Oxford, and Henderson, and come to Washington highly endorsed They are old hands at the business. They have started their .career here tw show people tnOst : auspiciously, and bid fair to receive a liberal share of patronage. Frow now on the 1 TTUTWr VTTTT5S" one of the attractions ttr >ha citlwiis ?lg<iUy. : The program for^ tonJ?ht,n-iii m | attractive. Take a trip through Yo I semite Valley. The children should I see Thumb. The Ordeal is J takes from Victor Rjio'i Lea MlMtr*.