CHARLOTTE NEWS, AUGUST 23, 1 902 2 MAY BE CONSPIRACY Department of IJustice Inves tigating Coal Strike PRES. ORDERS INQUIRY Alleged Agreement Between Rail roads and Mining Companies May Be in Violation oi Sherman Act Washington, Aug. 22 Officials of the Department of Justice, under the direction of the President, are busy investigating the charge that the coal barons of Pennsylvania are engaged in a conspiracy in restraint of interstate commerce. It is alleged that the six coal-carrying railroads of the State in volved in the strike are violating the Sherman law. Great importance attaches to this in vestigation. There is a bare possibility that some of tho magnates affected may go to jail, as the Sherman anti trust law not only provides for the payment of a fine for violation but for imprisonment as well. The President became interested in this phase of the case after reading the report on the strike made by Carroll D. Wright, Commissioner of Labor, who was delegated to examine into the situation. It is said that his report shows the existence of a conspiracy fully as bad' as is alleged by certain newspaper reporters. Before prosecutions may be institut ed, however, it must be shown that the auxiliary companies which .mine the coal are tho railroad companies under another name, assumed for the purpose of avading the Pennsylvania law, which prohibits railroad companies from engaging in mining or manufac turing. It is understood that the facts set forth in Mr. Wright's report tend to show that the violation of law can not be doubted. The fact that the presi dents of" the various railroad compa nnies are the men who say what the operators must do about starting the mines is taken to indicate that the al leged agreement exists, and that what the railroad companies decide the min ing companies shall do will be done by them. The Attorney-General and his nssit ants have had Mr. Wright's report in their posession for over a month. Du ring that time the Department offi cials have been gathering all the evi dence they can to show the connec tion between the railroads and the min ing companies. This connection, if es tablished, will be sufficient to show a violation of law. The investigation will soon be con cluded by the Department and if the situation warrants the institution of legal proceedings these may be order ed. Reports have been current lately that the President may step in and at tempt to end the coal strike. That is a satisfactory conclusion of the whole difficulty might be reached with the President as the power in favor of con ciliation is not doubted. It is contended that the President could not possibly play better politics than to make a move of this sort. It is argued that sen timent in his favor would be created throughout the country by such a move. A Sad, Strange Story. A white woman, with five children, arrived here last night from Abing don, Va. She gave her name as Spivey and the story she related to the Winston officers is indeed a sad one. Mrs. Spivey stated that she moved with her husband from Wilkesboro to Abingdon, ten years ago. They were getting along very nicely until the first of this year, when the husband became infatuated with an eighteen-year-old girl and in April last ran away with her, leaving his wife and children at the mercy of friends. Ac cording to the statement of the wife, Spivey carried away with him $125, this being every cent in the, house. The largest child is a son, 10 years old and the two youngest (twins) two .years. Mrs. Spivey said that friends at Abingdon paid their railroad fare to Roanoke and friends at the latter place bought tickets for them to Winston-Salem. Mrs. Spivey stated also that when she left Wilkesboro her parents re sided there, but since then they have moved to Lenoir. The city furnished the bereaved wife with tickets for herself and children to North Wilkes boro. They left this morning. Win ston Sentinel. SUMMER COMPLAINT. Proper Rood Will Prevent It. TO DOUBLE-TRACK SOUTHERN. Greatest Benefits Would Accrue Therefrom To This Section. Thursday, the News stated that the Southern railway would, at an early date; begin to double track the main line from Washington .to Atlanta. The following story based on the New's re port is from the Atlanta Constitution: The Southern railway is to double track its entire line between Washing ton and Atlanta. The contract for the work has been let and construction along the whole line will begin in the nep.r future. The work in fact has already begun, as the road now has several miles of double track in operation out of Wash ington.' Recently, whenever a bridge, trestle or culvert has been rebuilt be tween Atlanta and Charlotte the road has been careful to provide room for two tracks. The announcement that the contract for the double tracking of the entire line lias been let comes from Charlotte and it is stated that the information was given out from an absolutely au thoritative source. For some time the officials of the Southern have recogniz ed the necessity of having a double track between Washing ton and Atlanta and they have frankly stated that it is only a question of time until the double track will be in operation. A double track between Atlanta and Washington would mean much to At lanta and the southeast. It would in sure to merchants and other shippers iu this city much quicker movement in freight between Atlanta and eastern points and hence would greatly stimu late business between the east and At lanta and the territory contingent to it. Business men generally would be greatly benefited by the great improve ment ir. the passenger service and the increased excellence of the mail service between Washington and Atlanta. This would come in a general quickening of schedules, tut the chief gain would be the assurance that trains would be run as scheduled. For the past three years the business handled by the Southern over certain portions of the line between Atlanta and Washington has been of such an enormous nature that it has required the utmost efforts of the operating of ficials to prevent a blockade at times when traffic was especially heavy. This is particularly true ot that part of the line which lies between Char lotte and Danville. A glance at the map of the Southern will show that line occupies the place of a funnel with a double flare. The line from Atlanta and that from Savannah converge at Charlotte, while at Danville the lines from Washing ton, Richmond and Norfolk join. The amount of business poured into this line at both ends has given it a name among railroad meji as the- hardest worked piece of single track in the worlc. During the winter season nine limit ed passenger trains were operated over it in both directions each day. To care for these properly it is easily seen that the local passengers and freights had "to f.tand the best chance they could of dodging into sidings in time to let the limiteds past. The Southern receives a handsome subsidy from the Government for operating its fast mail trains, but here tofore a good percentage of this amount has found its way back to the. federal treasury in payment of forfeits for de layed trains. The construction of the additional track from Washington to Atlanta would necessitate the outlay of a princely sum, but it is believed that the. saving in forfeitures andthe great ly reduced expenses of operating trains that would result would pay for the new line in a few years. The announcement that work on this double track is to begin at once will be welcome news to Atlanta. "In addition to the great advantage that it will be to the city it is an eloquent tribute to the preminenee of Atlanta as a dis tributing point that the first double track of any length to be built in the South is to connect with this city with the east. The Pennsylvania has double tracks between Washington and Phila delphia, so that by the construction of the Southern's double track Atlanta would be given four rails to the metropolis. ASPIRANT FOR PRESIDENCY. 0 Among v V V .4' ' ?5he Churches First A. R. P. church: Services to morrow at 11 a. m. and 8:15 p. m. by Rev. J. Knox Montgomery, pastor; Sabbath school at 9:45 a. m.; Young People's meeting at 7:30 p. m. A cor dial welcome to all services. Brevard Street Methodist church. Preaching tomorrow all a. m. and 8 p. m., by the pastor, Rev. L. A. Falls; men's prayer-meeting 10 a. m.; Sunday school 3 p. m. A cordial welcome to strangers. Dil worth Methodist church. Preach ing at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. by Rev. J. A. Baldwin. The public is cordially in vited. Trinity Methodist church. Preaching 11 a. m. by the pastor. Rev. G. II. Det wiler; Sunday school 9:45 a. m. At night the congregation will unite with the Tryon Street Methodist church in a union service. Tryon ' Street Methodist church. Preaching at 11 a. m., and 8:15 p. m., by Rev. Plato Durham of Trinity Col lege; Sunday school at 4 p. m.; men's meeting at 10 a. m.; Junior Epworth League at 10 a. m. East Avenue Tabernacle, Rev. W. W. Orr pastor. Preaching tomorrow at 11 a. m., and 8:15 p. m.; Sabbath school at 4 p. m.; Y. P. C. U. meets at 7:15 p. m.; congregational prayer-meeting every Wednesday night at 8:15. Come and bring your friends with you and let us worship the Lord, our God. St. Peters Episcopal church, Rev. C. C. Leman, .rector:, Morning prayer and sermon at 11 a. m.; Sunday school at 9:30 a. m. Calvary Methodist church, Rev. A. R. Surratt, pastor: Services at 11 a. m. and 8:15 p. m.; Men's prayer meeting 10 a. m.; Sunday school 4 p. m.; Pray er meeting Wednesday, at 8:15 p. m. Friends and strangers are welcome to all services. St. Mark's Lutheran church, Robert C. Holland, pastor. Services tomorrow at 11 a. m., and 0 p. m., with preaching by the pastor. The latter service will be connected with an address to the boys and girls. Sunday school at 9:45 a. m.; week-day services Friday at 8 p. m. To all these services the public is very cordially invited. Rev. A. D. Hunter, representing the Baptist Female University, Raleigh, will preach at Tryon Street Baptist church at 11 o'clock tomorrow and at Twelfth Street at 8:15 p. m. Colored Excursionists Return. The big colored excursion that left Charlotte Thursday morning at 10:30 o'clock arrived on the home plate this morning" at 10 o'clock. One of those in charge, informed a News man that re ports circulated about the train being delaped and never reaching Richmond was all a hoax. They arrived at the Virginia capitol at 10 o'clock Thurs day night and the homeward start was made last night at 10 o'clock. There was not a single accident and every thing worked like a charm. The train, on reaching Richmond contained about 1,400 and this crowd, ti niea loose on the streets of the city at 11 o'clock at night, made things ; ii All t lively. The managers made a good thing of it and the crowd had plenty of fun. Bartenders Organize. The bartenders of the city perfected an organization last night. It is to be known as the Bartenders League No. 211. The officers elected are: J. A. Bixby, president; T. J. Harrison, vice president; C. H. Stonebanks, record ing and corresponding secretary; C. R. Little, treasurer; B. E. Asbury, chaplain; Frank Trott, inspector; it. F. Kirkpatrick, inside guard; C. R. Curlpe, outside guard. Trustees Q. A. Davis, M. A. Teeter and S. A. Anderson. REV. MR. TUTT LE MARRIED. When the bowels go wrong in adults or children, quit all food but Grape Nuts and a little cream or milk. The experience of one woman will be read with interest by many mothers who pass anxious days over little ones and becomes alarmed because the food does not agree with, baby and he daily wastes away. Mrs. W. H. Mennens of Little Falls. Minn., writes, "I want to tell you the good Grape-Nuts Food has done for mv baby boy. When he was 10 months old he . was taken with sum mer complaint and I could not find any prepared food that agreed with him. I was giving him doctor's medi cine all the time but he continued to lose in weight until he only weighed 15 pounds, having weighed 22 pounds before he was taken sick. Finally the doctor told me that unless I could get some real nourishing food for him he could not live many days and he advised me to get Grape-Nuts Food which I did. and in five days he gained 4 ounces and in five weeks he weighed just 20 pounds. If any mother . reading this letter wants to write to me personally I will gladly answer and tell her the full particulars regarding baby's sickness and the good Grape-Nuts did for Wm,".. . ,.. ... ... " : , A Beautiful Home Wedding Solemn ized at Greensboro. The marriage of Rev. R. G. Tuftle, of Dilworth Methodist church, to Miss Janie Gregory, of Greensboro, is thus described by the Greensboro Record: At the home of Mr. George Gregory, on West Market street, in the presence of a few intimate friends, a simple yet a very pretty marriage ceremony was performed yesterday afternoon prompt- I ly at 5:45 o'clock by Dr. S. B. Turren- j tine, assisted by Rev. D. H. Tuttle of Elizabeth City, brother of the groom. Miss Janie Gregory was the happy bride and Rev. R. G. Tuttle, the fortunate groom. Modest yet deeply impressive was the service a. typical home wedding. Mr. Tuttle entered the parlor with his brother and Miss Gregory came with her sister, Miss Nettie. Daintily at tired in pure white so characteristic of her spotless character the bride was a picture of loveliness and the lan guage, "With this ring," came with him voice from the deep and honest heart of the groom. Many, many heartfelt congratula tions were showered upon the happy couple ere they hurried away for the 7:10 train for the western part of the State, for Miss Gregory has a host of friends who knew and recognized her deep, conscientious, Christian charac ter and Mr. Tuttle's several years of faithful service iu the Western North Carolina Conference has won for him a reputation rarely enjoyed by a young man of his age. Miss Gregory is well known in Greensboro where her life has been J spent in so much praiseworthy service. ivir. Tuttle is stationed at uuwortn church in Charlotte, N. C. The Re cord joins the numerous friends in Greensboro and elsewhere in wishing them the very best of happiness and success. "Lone Widow." Manager Gray, of the Charlotte opera house, states that the doors of his play house will be thrown open Monday, September the first. The opening at traction will be the "Lone Widow." Mr. Gray says that during the coming season he will have some of the best attractions that will come South. """"'"'iiiiiiii 'in mm n A young man may have no bad hab its and still not amount to much. The fellow who has the gift of gab sometimes gives himself away. Family cares and duties do not weigh, down the well woman, and the children are never in her way. But when the -womanly health fails, and there is a con stant struggle with weakness and pain, household duties are a burden almost past bearing, and children are a cease less annoyance and worry. Weak "women are made strong and sick women are. made well by the use of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. It establishes regularity, dries disagreeable drains, heals inflammation and ulcera tion and cures female weakness. : Sick women are invited to consult Dr. Pierce by letter free. All correspondence strictly private and sacredly confidential. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. "I had been ailing some time, troubled with female weakness, "writes Mrs. Wm. H. Johnson, of Avoudale, Chester Co., Pa. Every month I would have, to lie on my back. I tried many different medicines and nothing- gave me relief until I began Dr. Pierce's medicines, using two bottles of ' Favorite Prescription ' and two of Golden Medical Discovery.' These medicines have cured me. "When I began your treatment I was not able to do very much, but now I do the work for my family of nine, and feel better to-day than I have for a year. I thank you, doctor, from the bottom of my heart, for well do I know that you are the one who cured me." " Favorite Prescription " has the testi mony of thousands of women to its com plete cure of womanly diseases. Do not accept an unknown and unproved sub stitute in its place. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are the best laxative for family use. K. G. Matheson Talked of For Clem-son- Notes of Busy Cheraw. Cheraw, Aug. 21. (Special.) There is a rumor going around that Mr.tKen neth G. Mathersonneth, G. Matherson neth G. Matherson's name will be among the number for the presidency of Clemson College. Mr. Matherson was- born at Che raw, and comes from one of the oldest and best families of the State. His mother and sisters, and two broth ers reside here now. Mr. K. G. Mathe son entered the Citadel in 1886, and oleft during his last year to accept the office of Commandant of a Tennesee Military Academy, of Knoxville. He left there to become in charge of a state military school in Mexico, Mo., and from there he went to the eGor gia Technology, at Atlanta, where he has been up to now. Mr. Matherson has made a great name in the educational world, and today is a prominent edu cator and disiplinarian. His name will be looked forward with pleasure as the President of Clemson by his many friends here and throughout the State. Several gentlemen from the North have been in this county lately look ing up deposits of Kaolin, ochre, which seems to be in great quantities, espe cially along the road of the Chester field and Lancaster Railroad Com pany. Every effort will be pushed to have these minerals worked at an early date. Cotton is beginning to come to the market here now. The crop around here is opening fast and will not come up to what seemed to be promised a few weeks ago. Messrs. Hal Duvall, Hioward Duvall and Gillespie Godfrey who have been spending quite a long time up in Cana da and New York returned home to night. The Cheraw Graded School will open its session on the first of September. Prof. B. C. Mclver, of Sanford, N. C, who has been the superintendent for quite a number of years, is expected here next week. The assistants will be Miss Bessie McLean, Miss Lizzie Mal loy, and Miss May Duvell. All of these ladies are from Cheraw. The county campaign will close at Chesterfield on Saturday morning. Much interests are taken in the politics both county and state, this year around here. Hey ward will, it seems, receive the largest vote for Governor. Orders for lumber are picking up considerably. Never did the time, come however, that any of the firms had to go up North in search o'f orders, and now the mills are receiving about as many as they can handle. The slack was only for a few;-veeks that always comes in during this month. The Seaboard has begun operation in putting in the side track for" the plan ing mill, of the Chesterfield Lumber oCmpany, stationed here. The Veneer Works have the frames of their build ings up, and completion will be push ed as fast as possible. J I Always Afraid Something Dreadful is Going to Happen. Why Should Women Have the Blues More Than Men? WhenX cheerful, brave, and light-hearted woman i va i plunged into that perfection of misery, the blues, it is a sad pictmi It is usually this way : She has been feeling out of sorts for some time, experiencing headache and backache ; sleeps very poorly and is exceedingly nVn Sometimes she is nearly overcome by faintness, dizziness -mrf n pitation of the heart; then that bearing-down feeling is div i N' ,f" wearing. ' -ny Her husband says, "Now, don't. get the blues! You will k ,n right after you have taken the doctor's medicine." But she does not get all right. She grows worse dnv by day irn-i all at once.she realizes that a distressing female complaint is estahlWnl Her doctor has made a mistake. ever She loses faith ; hope vanishes ; then comes the morbid, irelan. K h rlasting blues. She should have been told just what the' tveni u vu.o, ulii jjivjuauij ii.o uituiiciuisuiuc mj.unuiiW.Ull J.I01I1 LI16 tiOOEOr yhl therefore, is unable to accurately locate her particular illness. ' ' ' Mrs. Pinkham has relieved thousands of women from irst thU kind of trouble, and now retains their grateful letters in her library 4 proof of the great assistance she has rendered them. This same isirst. ance awaits every sick woman in the land. Write her to-day. Married Yesterday. At Seversville yesterday evening Mr. A. D. Deaton and Miss Lizzie Hilton were united in marriage by Squire H. N. C, and Miss Hilton is from Maiden, N. C, and Miss Helton is a daughter of Mr. Milton Hilton of Mallard Creek township. The newly wedded couple left last night for their future home, Maiden. U. S. Department of Agriculture, Weather Bureau. COTTON REGION BULLETIN. Charlotte, N. C, Aug. 23. STATIONS Tomp'ture riainfall. State OF indies weather DISTRICT Max 1 Min J- Charlotte . .90 63 .19 P. Cldy Cheraw Florence ..92 72 0 Cloudy Goldsboro 88 68 0 Cloudy Greensboro jSS 64 0 Cloudy Lumberton 90 70 0 Cloudy Newbern . . 90 66 .16 P. Cldy Raleigh ... 92 68 0 Cloudy Weldon 86 64 T Cloudy Wilmington 90 68 0 P.Cldy HEAVY RAINFALL. Ozark, Ala .7. 1.80 CENTRAL, STATION (Number of station District Averages Tempe'ture Max I Min lia infall, inch es ami nun-dredths Atlanta .... 14 94 72 .16 Augusta" ... 11 92 72 .04 Charleston. 5 90 72 .10 Galveston . 32 98 74 T Little Rock. 15 98 70 .08 Memphis ... 16 94 70 .12 Mobile 9 96 74 .04 Montgomery 10 96 74 .22 New Orleans 15 100 74 .01 Oklahoma . 10 102 74 0 Savannah . .. 11 98 74 0 Vicksburg . 12 98 74 .02 Wilmington 9 90 66 .04 REMARKS. Scattered showers, generally light, occurred iu many portions of the belt yesicrday. It is cooler in eastern sec tions. G. R. OBERHOLZER, Observer Weather Bureau. SPENCERIAN BUSINESS COLLEGE A Washington Institution of Merit and Success. One of the most notable business col leges in the country is the Spencierian Business College, located in the Aca demy of Music building, corner Ninth and D streets, northwest, Washington, D. C. Its founder was the late Prof. Henry C. Spencer, son of Piatt R. Spencer, the author of the famous Spencerian system and style of pen manship. Prof. Spencer's relict, the accomplished Mrs. Sara A. Spencer, is the principal and proprietor. She is agisted by her son, Leonard Garfield Spencer, who gives personally the les sons in handwriting. The history of this institution is one of which all who are associated with it may be justly proud and its testimonials are from the highest sources. Its work is emimently inspiring and practical to young men seeking careers in affairs and for all suck who are capable no difficulty is experienced in securing remunerative clerical positions. How Two Women Were Cured. " Dear Mrs. Pinkham : I was troubled very much with female weakness, falling" of the womb and bearing" down pains. Could not walk fifty yards with out stopping to rest, and could not do my work. Life was a burden to me. Now, thanks to Xiydia E. 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