North Carolina Newspapers

WEMmEtr CfnAmllV 'fair tonight to Light west winds. VOLUME I. ^WASHINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. DECEMBER J5. 1909. ? NO. 115 ATTEMPT FORCE - INTO NIARHIAGE Arrest Was Dramatic RnnHi fforfnllr <ftnmanrp Had a V Stnrmv Tlmp When One Suitor AppeareiLas Protector Against Another's-Threats. - ROMANCE IN THE CASE Norfolk, Doc. 1 Jame?-Mnson. h sawfiler residing In South "Norfolk, was arrested last night by Police De tective S??i>henHojj and is being hel! at Central police station for the Nor folk county authorities upon the charge of swearing falsely to^obtaln a marriage license. Detective Stevenebn was <nformcil lost night that tbo warrant of arrest ?would be taken out this morning and that a constable from South Norfolk would Immed'ately come over aftor tl-o pi*n now being'held. J. E. Wal lace, of Seaboard avenue. South Nor ? ?? folk, is the complainant, and he tun | fought the services of Attorney Geo Martjn. of Berkeley, to prosecute | youug Mason. Arrest Wn* Dramatic. The arrest- of Mason -in Norfolk I bordered on the dramatic: Early last | right "Delect ive 'Stevenson ^*a? sum moned to the store of the Arco Cloth ing Company, on Main street, and he| there fout\d Maspn, Thomas Haskell aged 17 years, of South Ko^fplk, and I Miss Emma Wallace. MTTTlaskon ex-| plained to the officer that, he' was the friend and protector of Miss Wal lace, and he requested that M&6on Iks taken in charge .saying that Mason had secured a marriage license for himself and Miss Wallace, tolling the clerk of the Norfolk county court j that she was 22 years of age. when J In fact she -Is not yet year* ~ """lnrvc In the Ca*e. I There is a'loi ofToifflTT^^a-Jlrj] '"way youiitf Hashett came to be mix-] et* UP ,n tltt ease. He has beetvn auli <?h- Miss Wallace's .hand. but on ccount of the girl's youth her par ?nls had frowned up6n any - matri monial advances oad, had forbidden ? / .*4 the yofing man to come to the house. Mason boards at th* home of Per -?Xy -Giles, Park avenue, South Kor* Folk, and yesterday he confided t> Mrs. Giles that he had secured a li 'cense and was going to marry Miss -Wallas, fitine |nBf tlaso - >n~ conveying the news to lira. Wallace, the girl s mother, aiid Mrs. Wallave began -to put a stop to any auch mar riage occurring. Her husband was at work at Money Point, and she could rot reach him, so she thought of young Haskett and his love for her daughter. ITackott rminetl. It did not take. her loiig to get In touch with him at the drug store of 1 . d A- "1'hottIiMll, wlivie he Ib employ cd, and he was soon oh his way. to Norfolk determined to^keep Mason from winning the girl. He at once" went to ^'oolwortb*8 -5 and 10 Cent Store, where Mliis Wallace Is em: *'v, ployed and found her, there at work He stayed on the scene until the store #closed, and as he walked out on the*-etreet. with Miss Wallace, Ms son appeared and demanded that the raartl^ge ljcenne and repressing hia rieternriiiaMon -of having the ceje ? \ ' "f \ Kite tiets IJccnsc While Itlvnls Fight. \ Hackett Interposed some strong ob jection to-any suoh^ procedure, and in less time than -It takes to tell of It, the two men had ?ome_lQ_blows. , In the sniffling Mason dropped the mar riage license, and Miss Wallace, who Jiad been n terrlffled spectator, grab ? bed It from the street. -The fight lasfc ? ayirr heated argument began, the three walking together down Main street When they reached the Arco Haskett ? , persuaded Miss Wallace to enter that, store to get awa/ from the curious crowd, and .then he telephoned for, the polled. Mason's arrest followed,! ?*"? prrllrrmTh took the saw flier to ^headquarters Miss Wallace was hurried to the home of a friend in Norfolk by Haskett, where sho spent the rilght, being- afraid -to go k ' home and face her pareifts after the excitement she bad be?n through. Miss Wallace Denies Consent. Miss wallah tUUUluii lhat she hut even given hor promise to marry Ma son, although he- baa been persistant "\n "KHT suit and has made throats B|| v?r. H?r father liuT ilghr rwonrmu n warrant against Maaon, wBleh will b? krought toMorfolk by the South Nor (oik polios tJJi morajng. Tho record, tn the clerk', office In ILL SUCCEED I SECY WILSOW liUSBINET Thompson Succeessor Ambition of Present Secretary to Round Out Cabinet Term Long er Than* Any American Has ?; Been Achieved it ! ? .HE IS ANXIOUS TO RETIRE I '"washingum. D. C., Dec. L 4. ? At-j cording to present ulans, Secretary JameH Wilson, of the Department of Agriculture, la -to retire about Janu ary 1, and is to be succeeded by Will la? 0. Thompson, president ofi the | Ohio State Unlresslty. Secretary Wilson's ambition to round out a cabinet term longer that of any other Amorlcan wes achieved on November 30 last, when he^Assed the record of Albert Ctwllatin, Secre tary of the Treasury in the two Jef ferson and two Madlson^tfminiHtra tlons. Gallatin's term ran from May 14, 1801, jo February 9, 1814, mak ing twelve years, eight months and 26, days. Secretary Wilson was ap pointed by President McKinlcy March arid on January l next, he will have served twelve years, nine months and? 27 days; ? ? President Roosevelt c<5ld some of his friends, Just before March *4 last, that he had made only one request of President-elect Taft. That was. that he should reappoint Secretary Wil son ami ? retain him until he could rouud out the longest cabinet term In American history. Request Crttnleil Readily. This request met wilh the cordial approval of -f*Aai4?<nTv Taft, and If Secretary Wilson were willing to re main. longer It wot^Ul bo entirely agreeable to the -President. It is un derstood. however, that Mr. Wilson is now not* only ready bin auxtuus io retire. : f1%\T^'Tnnmpfinn. his 8uc cessor, la a native of Ohio, born at Cambridge, November 5, 1855. the son of David Glenn and Oxley Thompson. He was graduated from Muskingum . College in 1878, and 4??ry. aL-Allegheny Pity, Pa., in 1882. when he was ordained to, the Presby terian ministry. He 'tfAached In Iowa, became president of Longmont College, Colorado, and served as pres ident of Miami University, at Oxford,. Ohio, from"r89T"io "H? was] made president of the Ohio Univer sity at Columbus, in 1899. Mr. Thompson received the degree of LL?. L D. from the University of Pennsylva-J nla In 1897. WORSTED MAN FRIDAY NIGHT! Given by Local Talent for Bene- 1 fit of M. E. Church Organ . .? - Fund, Next Friday evening, at the public pchool auditorium, "The -Worsted Man" will be presented by local tai Church organ fund. '* The price of admission will be: Re served seats, 60 cents; geheral ad mission. 3* ecnifcVeMUll'eil. 2J ipiiIjj.I 8ome of Washington's best- local 1 talent -compose the cast, and all ?whoj attend will be given a flrst-class per formance In every detalh No town la the Statfc has more histrionic talent' than Washington. It will be seen Fri day night. Hear the sweet solos, the laughable dialogues, otc. It will pay all to attend and, then. It is for a | cause most worthy, deserving of generous patronage. Sec advertfie^ 'ment on Second, page, f . . ? ' L,,,/.' PKN8ION WARRANTS RECEIVED. The Clerk of the Superior court, Mr. George Paul, has received from 'tliy Stall- ufflilals in Ralnlgh. the pan slofi?warrants for tie ex-Con federate soldiers. Those jentl tied to receive them can do so. now from the cljark. MEfcTS THVR8I>At, The u?Tn>n's Betterment A woe la tlon will mw In the public ?aw? auditorium- tomorrow ( Thursday) afternoon. *tr4 o'clock. All tha mem ?ot?d. ~S ~ nation Muoa begged Dotoctlvo 8to venson to let hlm^go tree, pleading th?t "h? would not (It* thoie folk* ANOTHER AT TEMPT UPON ? -YOUNG LADY . v . ~T Burglar Discovered in Room of | Youpg Lady? Another Attempt j Made on Miss Eunice Laurisif", of Charlotte. : HAS REMARKABLE NERVE .? 'i Chariot ? Following the attack inatle Saturday night upon Miss Rosa, l-oo Dlnkinfe on South Church etrfeet, another attempt of the same character waa made yester day on the samc^young lady. Owing to the fact that these occurrences have been in the same vicinity and that the descriptions invariably given by those attacked arc so nearly iden tloal, the police are inclined to bev lieve that the same negro made both of the brutal attempts. 2VHss Eunice Lawing, who lives on South Church street two or three blocks from Trade, wag attacked last night about 6 o'clock by an unknown negro Just as she reached Thirds] street. Intersection. The negro laid his hands upon her just . as she emerged under t^te electric lamp, hot her screams frightened him and ne .darted across the vacant lot on the left of the' thoroughfare. The cries of girl attracted attention and the street at that moment was well filled with, pedestrians, but ev ery search failed .to reveal any fact as to the identity of the assailant or as to his whereabouts. With thc'oxception of being severe ly frightened. Miss La wing was not harmed In any, way. She became ex ceedingly nervous after the dastard ly ? ocoir-1 ill n, ? lull Eonn became quieted and .waa all right a little ?Ml*'. ~ ? Miss lowing' discovered the negro walking behint) her nearly all the way from Trade street after she turn ed down Church. She thought little of hjs conduct, however, until sho n*?rt tr> pa? tyhfn RllP reached Third street. He then laid hands on. her. ~T " -^n the-semwiarkness of yesterday morning early one of the young ladies who is employed at the local tele phone exchange was given a consid erable mare by. a~ negro, .wliofollo wed her several blocks as she made her way to the telephone building on East Third street. The negro follow-! ftd her several blocks, but .kept on | the opposite sid^ of the street from her until she nearly reached the building when he crossed over and approached the dooT. just as she did. When tl^e young lady made, an effort to enter the door, the negro grabbed hftr hTliu'.-i it : u 'lanueaeil that a young man also employed at the butfdlng was coming down the stairs I just at that time and the negro was, frightened .away. Whether the fiend .who Is making thpse. assaults is after money or has another purpose In view is' a ques tion which the irolice have not been able to solve. . It 4s believed, how ever. thaj^the man is insane from the use of Heme drug, cocaine, perhaps, to which such a large uroportion-orf negroes is becoming addicted, and. that in the Irrational moments fol ' 1 ii r "* 'til- **?" he has been induced to commit some crime. It Is generally believed that | it is the same negrfo who is respon sible for all these alat^ns and froth the descriptions glvetu !T la etpected that he *w!ll be caught unless hei leaves the city. Experience With R'urfclnr. -Mies Rosa Meyers, who lives with JiW^father',' Mr. J. If. Meyers, on East Oak street, had a tfiriUirig" experience at an early hour Sunday morning when she awoke and found a burglar in her room. She was awakened by feeling a cold draught of air coming in the window which she had cfosed and when she opened her eyes, she plainly saw the ifonn ? ?X ? a ? man crouching over her bed. The burglar commanded her not to speak but, displaying a rare courage and pres ence of mind, she leaped from her bed and seised a lamp on the fable, flinging it violently at the Intruder. &fee JantD was completely shattered over bis held wlndpw^to escape. The young glfl thtsn awakened her father who was In -another p*rt of was discovered thaVthe burglar had taken a watch, and a puree contain ing |3. Miss Meyer* was informed later h* the, afternoon by telephone from her home that the puree had SI WEED HER HUSBAND WITH MURDER She Dies of Wotinds Officers Havs a Theory That Two or Possibly Three Were tngaged in Commission of the Crime arid Hunter One of Them. EVIDENCE AGAINST HIM i | -S^vaaaui, Ga.. Dec. 14. ? Develop-] jmenta tonlglu ? ti Hie aftermath or j , ternoon pave birth to tho Startling theory thai not a single Murderer but two or possible three were ?BI KiKcd in the commission oflhe ter rible crimes. County officers tonight declares that of theso J. C. Hunter, husband of Mrs. Maggie Hunter, whose death today added a third to the number of murdered womeii, is certainly one. They declare that, the qhain'ef evi dence is complete, asserting that xome clothing, badly stalne& appar ently spattered with blood was found late today and belongs to Hun ter is the fln%l-4iak. This clpthing iris declared,- was worn by Hunter on the day of tl\o crimes, anil n walk ing cane found in the houw of mur ders is declared to have been~rarried by Hunter on tho same day. It was declared tontgnt uy A |iliy- ? siclan at the Savannah hospital that the statements made during a mo ment of consciousness by ilre. Hunt er early today charged the~crimes to her husband, and that she was being beld by a negro man when the blows were struck-that cau&ed_4ier death. Rev. J. S. Wilder, pastot; of a Ea]&- , tlst-church,* stated that Mrs. Hunter after recognizing him declared a , white man had struck the blows. , Today and tonighL the police of ficers" "conttnifg their adestiOTitngr ~crf Hiiiiteu.- -w*o -h&o be?wr-jN^rrVacncr since Saturday. He stoutly denies any giitit. ^ Mayor Tledma'n tonight asked that no extra editions of the newspapers be issued Tarrying the developments In the case and though one paper was sOwost on the press, the edition was suppressed'. , HAS FEVER. The .many friends of Mr. R. B. Weston will regret to learn of his ill ness. The surmise Is that his disease! *rtTphnli1 fnTTi ? 1 ^ ROY RL'X Yesterday afternoon about half past n o'clock on West Main street a j rather serious accident happened to George, the- C-year-old sou of Mr.] Ben Taylor. ' Miss Anna Keys, driv ing her-^ony. attempted to -pas* th? buggy of youn^Stfm Fowle, and thej [tonics ijjjiiu i jj, rjy- v ? i.iuie nmmr| ran across the afreet just In front of j Mr. Sam' Fowle's residence, and the I pony driven by Mies Keys knocked him down, breaking his collar bone. I' The child was badly shaken- and frightened and refused to be taken j up by Miss Keys and her companions, I but let Miss Reba Dumay, who was passing In her surry, take him home, | where medical aid was summoned. ? i? Q- Eflrinim fnrl llinK^nnt driv ing Is Indulged in on the streets of j this town by both the young and old er folk, and that more accidents have not jiap|x.-nefi IHMu'i lu be wen dered at. The city police should see to It that'the speed limits are not ex oewltfd, they seem to be -<ab?elut6I$ blind to fast driving and have no re gard 1ot their duty. THIEVES ENTER DRUG STORE. Last night the drugstore of Dr. J. M. Lloyti. and jewelry tetore of Robt. Mitchell, both ctflore d loeated ' on Gladden street^ was entocedl En trance was made by breaking a, pane of glass to the front window, a box of finger rings and hat pins, several boxes of soap, bottles of cologne and hair oil, were taken. The oresump tlcn is that It was the work ^f^boys. THE HARBOR LlNEH. Meeting Held In the ChunlNy of Com- I mere* Rooms This Morning. Th^re was a meeting held in the Chamber of Commert* room* this 21 .** - a? ?.v [voq? ?' conelderln* the extension of the harbor lines of the olty. Capt. Earl I. Brown, o( the Omfted Statu -with Jteadooar pwrrai wufcitu, ? ? recanting the War Department. The meeting waa called to order by Mayor Sterling, whp explained the object of the meetiog. Sereral gentlemen In terested In the extension TmlQf abort tallta. Thle Important matter will I ? :THREE TRAINS m W- ; : TOM. IN WRECK Three Killed Outright Two Trains. Freight and Pas senger, Run Together on Sid ing ? Accident' Happened on take Shore Division. PASSENGERS ARE TERRIFIED ^ Erie, Pa., Doc. 14. ? Three persons were killed 'a ud is*~hijured lodaS'-bn rlllU Lukeshuro division -*of ? New York Central Railroad at Northeast. Pa., 'In the wreck of three trains, they ? the second UL't'lion of the Twentieth Limited, the New -York, Chicago &. Boston special and a. freight. The Twentieth Century dashed Into two cars of the Boston j special after the latter hud crashed Into the freight train. The wreck occurred iust btyond tile siding at Northomit. I Th? Boiloaj Special was being wide- tracked . to ! glve-ihe righto f- way to the limited.! train, but through a misunderstand ing of orders, the freight train was already on tho siding. The Special's last two cars did not take the siding, butj*ei'e still on the main t rack* wfien the twentieth Century, speed ing at the rate ot S2 miles a?? kuiit loieiuio them. ~ ~ 1 1 thos? killed and injured were | in the two cars of the Boston Special. I By what railroatf officials consider the most remarkable of chances, no one in the Twentieth Centxrry snffer-4 ed any injury worse than trifling bruises. The passengers were asleep in their berths on the Twentieth Cen tury and were violently, shaken up,| but so far as could be learned none! of thein was hurt enough to need the services of a physician. The passengers in the Twentieth I Century suffered more from shoc^t TlTere was a panic on the train until! it was realized that no one was in my danger. Men and women rushed through the curs, scantily clad and many of them left their cars alto gether to investigate. * Most of the injured were almost suffocated to death in the last car of the ? Beaton Special because of the smashing of the gas tanks when the engine of the Twentieth Century! rammed it. The gas* filled Uje car ind it' was ohly through the quick I lid heroic work of the rescuers that nany were not asphyxiated. INSTITUTE TO GIVE SHOW Wil! be Given Friday Evening ? at 7.30 O'Clock. 4 Next Friday evening.- December 1 7,' Carolina Institute. Old Ford, the fol lowing interesting and entertaining program will be rendered. The per formance begins promptly at 7:30 and there will be an admission of lo and 27, cents. Program. 1. Flower tllrl Drill. t. KecltailUii, "Saudj.a Roiuange.'H Esther Hodges. 3. I'iauo solov Selected. Jessife Hodges. 7. Recitation. "We Jlus1 ah Scratch."' Little boys. 5. Western drill. 6. Piano quartet, VMitzi Katz rhen." Miss Burcb. Kula Russ, Pearl! Bwanner and Jessie Hodges. 7. Song, "Rings on My Fingers. ' Esther Hodges, Atha Walker, Gladys] Woolard and Essie Ricks. Y oc-arThief. "Say* No Mignon." Koma Holden and FearTTJuttiiner.? 0. llano "Jingle Bells."] Mha Walker arid Esther Hodges. , 10. Pantomime, "Rock of Ages." *11. Piano trio, "Valse." Esther,] Marie and Jessie Hodges. 12. Reflation, '"Blngen on thej Rhine. 1 Maude Hatdlatm. 13. Song, "Sun Bird." Esther ] Hodges and Guy Swanner. 11. Song, Take- Me UP-'*. 16. Recitation, /'WUh't I Wu* a| Ourl." Marie Hodges. 16. Song, "Hark to the Mandolin.") Maud* Hardhton, Jessie Hodges, Ko-j ma HoiQw 17. Recitation, "Krfc Krlegle'aj Surprise." Larger boys. 18. Pl^nq duo. Miss Buch and! 19. >ftano Burch, Jessie Hodges and Koma Hol den. SO. SMtae. V 21. "Jungle Town." It. Piano duet. Queen of the Hodge* and Mlsa SENATOR mm ; TS M II CRIMINAL I ; ? . I : Should Be Avenged HwSrnator Declares Nicaraguan | President is a Highwayman, T y | rantr Usurper, Assassin and is I Most Despicable. ? ? ' SPEAKS FOR RESOLUTION Washington. Dee. h.? Vigorously denouncing President Zelaya for hav ing "murdered" t'ltunon and Ciroee. Cfliccrs of the revolutionary army. Senator Rayiicr of Maryland today advocated the passage of his resolu tion 'authorizing (lie President of the United States to apprehend and try the President of Nicaragua for his crime against these two American citizens. The private life of Zelaya, almost unspeakable In its euorm^v. said Mr. Hayner, should be t mad bile by the. Stale Department in order that the people of the United States might know the kijid of man Zelaya was. Mr. Rayner. insisted that there was ample authority in international "fh^ for the course he advocated to bring Zelaya to the bar of Justice. In moving that the resolution "be referred-to the to the committee on roreign relatione. Senator Lodge said lie was glad to know that the Senator Trom Maryland -so thoroughly ap-j proved the course taken by the ad min 1st rat loll,- as he himself ? heartily | ipproved it. - Senator Cultoin, chairman of the ?omtrrittee on foreign relations, add >d that he would have something to tay about the resolution when It was ?oported by his committee bark to he Senate, n remark which was in terpreted as meaning that he expect ed it lo be favorably reported. StirrinK Speech. ?i)o a king t rL_jjLnr-j'E?ti1 u t ion nffurud n the rfeitxie last Friday authorizing he ProKldent of_ the United Slates to ake all necessary steps to appreh^pd President Zelaya of Nicaragua and ?ring him to trial on a charge of the nurder of Groce" and (Tannori.' Ifie" wo Amerh-an citizens. recently ex-, tcuted In Nicaraugua. Senator Ray-|i ler of Maryland today addressed the Senate at length. Senator Rayner's peach, stirring and denunciatory In one and characterized by ?ramatlc eryor, was an unsparing arraign- h nffBt? of president Zelaya whom he I1 Iesignale(T"fc? one"orTtiA'cmni!iai3 or|' he age "*'What I a:n concerned in now." fftd Senator Rayner. '"is not the tuestion of the bellgerent rights of he' revolutionists. or in case of their itireess their recognition either as he de facto or the d?? jure govern nent, but in the spqedy apprehension md punishment cf Zelaya. This d**s ^ f?v.-rvihliiL''thai the Secre-^ ary of State says about him. and ;i_r treat djjal more. If the count ry^1 tnew what is known in official circles n reference to his general depravity, t would regard the Secretary's com-, nunication e.' exceeding temperate.] is It shows upon its face the restraint tpder which ho was laboring in deal ng with such a character. Un^iarhig Arraignment . "I have watched for years the rev-. JTutlonary history of "Central Amor J, ca, and am familiar with the career >f a great many of the imposters and i:!n;-':r'>- ,i r 'i the grotesque and mol <jy""li'ai!ers that have sprung irom heir chaotic institutions, but Zelaytf s probably ihr most despicable fig ure that has ever risen in flielr midst. If he were simply a highway man, we might identify ' him; if he tvas simply a tyrant who oppressed the pc<jf>ie for the pnrpbse of rob bing them. we might particularize him; If he was A usurper wht> wafc| ririly'i Ti n I rl 1 " on In piHtrrm rV Innr n"> ihc.i i was any momi.. Ir tliv* ttea^ur/ 1 ptu-l. or any further territory that he could sack for private plunder, we! rould assign him a proper place In the ranks of rome of hie predeces pnv?, and If ho was purely an assassin who'i*WHra*'fl ?t m dei profession, through which he could, despoil his vlctimB of the^r posses sions until the time came for him to fife from the hands fo retributive ."f.fUco, it would he arf easy task alpo fo anyone acj'iainted with the polit ic*: hi?tOry of, Mcnagua to classify A'iitu" ~U ?tK**a TTT.Bgs combined." . V ' ' ? rrr-k- - r-- ^ Hem ITW U innitlK v/rm, Theater LMt Xi*lit. Mr. D. Clinton Row held tb?r~vin eing coupon In , .the Oem drawing contest last night The prize was - hall-dosen Japanese cape and sauc er*. ' There* will to* another ilrswinsr I - ; r SOCIATE JUSTICE I 1 : Judge Hears News r ? * Judge H. L.urton, of the Sixth Circuit Court, Elevated ? Was Appointed to I'resent Position ? -by Cleveland. MAN OF REPL'TAJION Washington .Deo. 14. ? The nomi nation or Judge II l.urlon. of Ten nessee, to lie as?o<-late Justice of the ? I Supreme- court of the 1'nltod States in succession of the late .Justice Peck ham. was scut to the Senate today by | President Taft. Judge Lurion is a Tennessee man and WQ8 appointed judge of the Sixth circuit by President Cleveland March 27. 1&93. He was a Democrat in politics at that time. ? President Taft was himself a judge of the Sixtii circuit at the same time "tn? 'was appointed governor of th > Philippines, in 1S9S, and it was his association with Judge l.urton that gave him such a high opUiiou of the legnt qualifications of t ^--Tennessee juried- ? ? CluclnnnatJ. Dfec. 13, .Judge LnJV ton and' his associates were 1n the midst of the hearing of a half mil lion dollar will case today when a reporter cntfpfcd the court with the news of th<? judge's appointment to the rnited' States. Supreme bench. The reporter quietly whispered the news to the court clerk. who wrote it nu a blip of paper and sent it to Llie judge. ? , The Judge casually glanced at the note as if it wore the most ordinary :>f cofrnmsr.tcatioiifi. instead of an nouncment of his selection to the highest legal body in America. - Hf folded tbd slip and etuck it in his uocket without, even communicating mo news to rhe two Jndges who sat beside him on tho- bench Meanwhile the case proceeded un interruptedly. I'RAVKR MfKriKft. There will be prayer meeting serv ees in all the different churches of he city this euenlug : 3(l_o'elock o which all strangers in the city are ordially invited. Spinach and Kale Crops Are Safe Norfolk. Va., Dec. 14. ? A heavy -ainfall tdday put an end to the mo6t extended drought known in this sec lion The precipitation-- was 1.45 nches. Not since June, when the !all was abnormal, has there been a rain of any consequence in south ?aMcrn Virginia, ? . The"sT>tnach and kale crop In this ?Vtloh. valued at upward of $1,000, i)rtV>, was saved by the rain of today. lts*-growth. as Well as fall and wln ler grain, had been retarded and de struction threatened. . Pumps and wells went dry and there was but Ut ile water to be found In water courses and swamps, and some of them were as dry as the hills. The Dismal Swamp has but little_ water TiFTT ? Railroads have had to ? - haul water to fire their locomotives. It will take several Inches of rain to thoroughly moist mi the soil. There was not enough of It to repienisu FEeT""?" swamps and creeks. Hydraulic power and electric light ing plants which had been compelled to shot down part of the day for weeks f>ast., owing to lack of water, for the first time today began again to run fnl I force. Dr. J. T. Nicholson, of Bslh, is in ihh cUy. ? ^ New Advertisements * ? in Today's News ? ? J. K, Host ? Free Pictures. ? ? ^"right's Talloring'-^anarC ? J. F. Buckirfan & Son ? Stock- ? ? inga. T' * ? Wm. B. Hording ? Books. . ? ? Jas.^E. Clark Co.? InterwoTen ? ? Sox. ? ?? ll. Q. Sparrow ? Toys. ' ? ? Gem Theater. ' - ? Gaiety Theitfer. ? ^ ? Vlck'a Remedies. ? ? Capadioe. ? ? <ctn'?p??.k? steinnhifc uo. ? nrac ? I^iaU.a Bromo Quinine. ? ? Hotel K.rn.n, Baltimore. ? ? Hromwl. , ?