North Carolina Newspapers

NORTH STATE HAPPENINGS ■ (keorrwcM / Interest Gleined From All SMCMMU «F IK* BUSY » Tu Heel State CONFEDERATE REUNION. Hajor Qeneral OUT, of the North Carolina DiTlrfon, Girw Nbtice of the Nineteenth Reunion to be Held at Memphis, Tenn.—Camps Urged to Pay Their Dues. General Orders No. 39: The major general commanding the North Caro lina Division of the United Confed erate Veterans announces that the nineteenth annual reunion of the Uni ted Confederate Veterans will be held at Memphis, Tenn., on the Bth, 9th *nd 10th of June, 1909, and it is hop ed that the gallant old Tar Heels will •ttond in full force and make a dis play worthy of our pood old State. Those who had the pleasure of at tending the reunion held at Memphis in 1901 know from past experience what a delightful occasion this next reunion will be, and what a hospita ble reception awaits them from the public spirited citizens of Memphis. Although no official announcement has yet been made as to the railroad rates for this reunion, yet it is ex pected that the usual low rate of one cent a mile will be given as has heretofore been givpn at all our re unions. The rate from any railroad station can be learned by inquiring of the local agent. The entertain ment committee at Memphis will fur nish free meals and lodging to all veterans who cannot pay for the tame. All the camps in this division are earnestly requested and urged to pay without further delay their annual dues, because no camp is entitled to a vote or voice at the reunion meet ings that is in arrears for its dues. Many camps fail to pay their dues from inadvertence and neglect and are thereby deprived of representa tion, thus reducing greatly the vote to which our State is entitled. This is a matter of much importance and every camp is urged to send its due* __at once to Gen. E. Mickle, 824 Common street, New Orleans. The division is fortunate in having as its sponsor at this reunion Miss Lena Everett, a granddaughter of our gallant comrade, Capt. I. Ever ett, of Rockingham. > By order of J. S. CARR, Major General, fi. A. LONDON, Adj. General ' and Chief of StnfT. Durham, May !!, 1909. Young Lady's Close Call. Asheville, Special.—Miss Prcs«lv, a young lady of the town, narrowly missed a serious acident Saturday morning about 7 o'clock by being carried down 12 feet below the sur face of the street at the corner of Blair and Charlotte by a cave-in oc curring just as she was attempting to cross the streets. A portion of the macadamized street 12 or If) feet square caved in as a result of the un dermining of the street by a washed drain Friday night. Miss Presxlv went down probahlv 12 or lf> feet and was rescued bv persons nearby who threw a goods box down into the hole and with Miss Pressly standing on this succeeding in drugging her out The young lady was rescued from her perilous situation just in time. An instant after she was removed from the cave-in a piece of curb stone of great weight and a large quantity of concrete fell in. The storm Friday night was one f the most intense that Asheville has experienced in years. At one time during the pro gress of the storm one of the lines of the Asheville Street Railroad Com pany was put out of commission by the washing onto the track of a quan tity of dirt and debris. Negro Convict Drowned. Elizabeth City, Special.—A negro convict was drowned last week while swimming in the river near the con vict camp on the outskirts of the city. The current was extremely strong and the negro getting too fiVr became exhausted and sank before help could reachhim. He was a "trusty" and had about served his term ot three years. Spray to Erect Y. M. C. A. Building. Spray, Special.-—Attractive premi ums have been offered by the civic association to those housekeepers who best - adorn their yards with vines and flowers and who look with spe cial interest after the sanitary con ditions surrounding their homes. The • civic association has plso gotten plains -on foot towards building a s],">,ooo Young Men's Chi ist'itn'Association " "bun.l-ncv for tl". l-.'CT—rr- —f-jj, p -operatives, both 11:011' ,:wj women. •The plans and blue prints have al ready been submitted by Messrs, Hook & Rogers, of Charlotte. . Higher Than in Years. Elizabeth City, Special.—As a re -anlt of a severe Southwest storm, which has raged here all Saturday the tide of Pasquotank Rivr was said to be higher than since 1879, All water front property was flood -od, oiul in several storage warehouses mri h damage was done. A large -quantity oi' wood from the ' wood .yard on the water front was washed vut. Offlcei* Dwtitoy Prosperous Outfit Is Wllke*. ' 1 Elkin, Special.—Friday Deputy ' Collector Ons Aiken, accompanied by I Yandy Wbitaker, of Elkin, raided an 1 illicit distillery near Clingman, Wilkes county, nine miles southwest from Elkin. When the officers ar rived they found the plant with a full head of steam on and in charge of a colored man who was turning out booze to beat the band. The oflteen approached the place so cautiously that they had ihe negro a prisoner before he realized his predicament. The negro ga>ve several names, at first claiming his name was only Chuck* later he said his name was Prince Hickerson, but after the of ficers had "chucked" the "Princo" into the Wilkesboro jail, he wrote a letter to his wife and said she knew ' him as Prince Mcßryde. The outfit 1 captured consisted of a hundred gal lon copper still, cap, worm, wood doubler, fermenter, 800 gallons of beer, a quantity of whiskey and low wines, afl of which were destroyed. Children in Conrt. Fayettevillc, Special.—Mrs. Vio» toria Burney produced the three children of her daughter, Mrs. Carrie McDonald, for whose production in court a writ of habeas corpus was issued by Judge Adams, of the Su perior Court, that they might be turned over to t.heir father. Don Mc- Donald, who was Monday (riven a divorce from his wife. The children had been spirited away by "their mother and are believed to have been secreted i nan upper story of the latter's house, four miles from this city. McDonald last spring shot Henry Bruner in this city 011 account of domestic troubles. Solution is R e ached. Newbern, Special.—Saturday af -1 tcrnoon Receiver Woolcott and Super -1 intendent Foster, of the Norfolk and Southern, and Agent Meeks for the 1 Atlantic Coast Line, met the truckers in a special meeting of the Chamber of Commerce to consider the better handling of the truck business. Re -1 ceiver Woolcott stated that the Nor ' folk and Southern was doing every thing possible, being handicapped by the Albermarle Sound. It was agreed to run a truck train in Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, and oftener if necessary, to Goldsboro, where tho Atlantic Coast Line would take it to its destination on schedule to suit tho truckers. A mcetint will be held here Monday with the Atlantic Const 1 Line officials to settle on schedule. ' This is a satisfactory solution, and ieems to satisfy all concerned. , Bad Wreck on Southern. Mt. Airy, Special.— The Southeni , had a bad wreck at Haw River, thii > side of Greensboro u few days ago. i I Six cars went into the river and their | contents were either ruined or badly I ' damaged. Two cars were loaded with ,! fertilizer, two or three with goods 1 and the other with coal. The bridßC \ S was also seriously damaged. Luckily fjTho locomotive broke loose from Die ! j cars and did not go down into the ' stream with the cars, otherwise the . 1 loss of property would have been I much grater, and besides it is quite , | likely Engineer Clark and his flre > ] man might have lost their lives. ' I 1 Mrs. Monoroe Awarded $3,000 Dam , ages. 1 Fayctteville, Special.—Mrs. W. M. - Moproc, of this city, was nwardod 5 $3,000 damages Saturday in the Su perior Court in a fluit against the At ' lantic Coast Line Railroad for in ■ juries received by falling into a turn table pit in the railrond yards. New Halifax Court House. i Halifax, Special. —For quite a p while the county commissioners have - had in contemplation the building of s. a new court house. Tuesday being v tho regular monthly meeting of the •' hoard they have concluded and order ? cd lmilt u hnndsime forty thousand ft dollar court building. ( The work is s to begin as soon as the plans and specifications can be arranged. :. Rev. Thomas Dixon Dead. Raleigh, Special. —Rev. Thos. Dix c on, father of Thos. Dixon, Jr., the 3 playwright, and Rev. A. C. Dixon, a s minister of Chicago, died here Sat - urday night in his ninelietli year, - having been born in South Carolina, 0 December 25, 1820. He was in the s | active pastorate of Baptist churches A I in and around Shelby, N. C., for more 1 1 Hum sixty years. Hs had been here V" v7f r ks in~4he home irs . daughter, Dr. I>sa Dixon Carroll. - end had been gradually sinking scv 5. oral .days simply- under weight of years. • - Lightning Strikes Church Stecplo. Troy, Special.—The long drouth was broken Friday night by one of v the heaviest rains and severest elec tric storms that has visited this see s tion in a long time. The rainfall '• last night is estimated at about foul inches. During the storm the steeple M of the Methodist church was struck ® by lightning and bally demolished " and would doubtless have set fire tc d the ehurch had it not been for th heavy downpour of rain. V,, , « . . ! . .... , . . OPTOMETRY BOARD Examiners Appointed by Goranor Kitchen For Fto Yaara. Raleigh, Special.—Governor Kitehin Friday appointed the State BoarJ of Examiners in Optometry, .in com pliance with the optometry act of the Last Legislature. The appointeea arc: for five years, Fred N. Day, Winston- Salem; for four years, Frank M. Jully, Raleigh; for three years, J. D. Hathaway, Elizabeth City; for two years, J. W. Taylor, Greensboro; for one year, S. H. Eaton, New Bern. The act creating this board defines optometry to be: "The employment of any means, other than the use of drugs, medicines or surgery, for the measurement of the powers of vision and the adaptation of lenses for the aid thereof. It is now unlawful for any person to practice optometry in this State unless he shall first have obtained a certificate or a copy thereof with the ' clerk of court of the county in which j he practices. ( The most important features of the - act are as follows: "Every person, before beginning to practice optometry in this State after the passage of this act, shall pass all t examination before said board of ex s aminers. Such examination shall be 1 confined to such knowledge as is es sential to the practice of optometry. , Any person having signified his desire - to be examined, and before beginning \ such examination, shall pay to said i board for the use of said board the r sum of ten dollars, and if he shall J successfully pass said examination he 3 shall pay to the said secretary for the I use of sftid board a further sum of ' five dollars on the issuance to him of • certificate: Provided, any candidte presenting himself for examination and failing to successfully pass the board shall have returned to him the I ten dollars fee required in this sec , tion. All persons successfully passing f Raid examination shall be registered r in the board registry, which shall be j. kept by said secretary, as licensed to practice optometry, and he shall also receive a certificate of registration, to be signed by the secretary and presi , dent of said board. I "Every person who bad been en gaged i nthe practice of optometry in j *he State of North Carolina for two j years prior to the date of the passage ( of this act shall within six months j. thereafter file an affidavit as proof j with said board. , The secretary shall t keep a record of said person and shall upon payment of three dollars j issue to said person a certificate of an examination. "All persons entitled to a certificate of registration under the full provis ions of section six shall he exempt from the provision of section five of this act." Pictures Presented. Goldsboro, Special.—ln the pres ?nce of Thos. Rufßn Chapter, Daugh ters of the Confederacy, who purchas ed the pictures for the school, a ntim-. her of the board of trustees of the school and citizens and the entire school, drawn up in an imposing body in i front of the central building, the presentation of the splendid pictures of Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee to the school was made at noon Wed nesday. The exercises were opened with a beautiful prayer by Rev. E. H. Davis, pastor of St. Paul Methodist jhurch. The school then sang in a ' body "The Old North State," after - which Capt. T. W. Sloeumb, a veteran - of the Gray, who had been chosen by - Thos. Ruffin Chapter, Daughters of - the Confederacy, to present the pic tures, was introduced. I . Victims of Mad Dogs. * Wlnston-Salcm, Special.—Xo less 0 than a dozen valuable cows and a f of dogs bitten by a rabid do?, •? have been killed in this county this e week. Two mules bitten by the same dog will be killed if investigation 9 proves that the dog had rabies. The d losses sustained already amount to two thousand dollars. Out On Bail. Wadesboro, Special.—Hugh Home, e who has been confined in the county a jail since March 12, was released Fri day on a bond of SSOO. Home was fi charged with shooting Fairley Moore , t as Moore passed his house on the e morning of March 11. Home was ad ,s judged insane and an application was e made to the State hospital for his ad e mission for the application was de s nied on account of the crowded con dition of the hospital. The WSuntv ._ commissioners ordered him released ,f on bond, in accordance with a petition signed by two physicians. Revenue Officers Destroy Two Stills. I ( Durham, Special.—Revenue officers f last week took Martin Trice, colored, to Raleigh to stand trail for block v ading. Trice was captured in the ]j country with a still, but two white r men escaped. No whiskey was found, l e but a large quantity of beet was j. poured out. On their return the ( l officers destroyed another still which 0 was running, but not quite so fast ai 1C the thugs operating it did when thej scented the officers. .A: L Jfc vviA' . 'i RECLAIM SWAMP LANDS \ Land Owner* Organize a Drainage District For That Purpose. Colly, Speeial.—There was a nota ble gathering here Thursday of be tween 75 and 100 land owners of this section of. Bladen and Pender coun ties for the purpose of considering the question of organizing a drainage district for the reclamation of a, large and fertile area of Lyon Swamp from Bleak rivor, i« Pender, on the Cape Fear river, a distance of some 15 miles and from one-half to a mile and a half in width. The meeting was quite an enthusiastic one and inter esting addresses were made by Con pressman H. L. Godwin, a pioneer in the drainage movement in this State, and Mr. J. 0. Wright, the drainage i expert from the Agricultural Depart ment at Washington, who went yia Wilmington and accompanied to Colly Mr. B. F. Keith, Mr. C. W. Worth, C. D. Weeks, Esq., and others interested in the big development that it is pro posed to launch here. Both Mr. Wright and Mr. Godwin were heard with the greatest interest with the re sult that after the speaking it was at once decided to organize a district to, embrace the territory named and the articles of agreement were signed by nine-tents of the land-owners interest ed. The plr.n as recommended by the government engineers who have been on the ground for several weeks, is not only to drain Lyon swamp, but to build a levee at Kelly's Cove, about two miles in length to prevent an overflow from the river. The im provement means much to all this sec tion of the State. \ Deputy "Slips a Cog." Wilson, Speeial.—U. S. Deputy Marshall John D. Meares Wednesday arrested a negro, Nathaniel Wilkins, four miles north of Spring Hope, in Nash county on a warrant sworn out by U. S. Deputy Collector M. L. Wood Wilkins was brought to Wilson and placed in jail, where he remained un til Thursday afternoon when the case came up before IJ. S. Commissioner A. B. Boykin. There was not one scintilla of evidence, and the nego was dismissed. Sid R. Wood and C. A. Edwards wore summoned as wit nesses, but instead of being a draw back to Wilkins they proved him to be a negro of most excellent charac ter. That when they were summoned they were utterly dumb-founded, be ing the first intimation they had of the serious charge against the man— since a year ago when he was hauled up on the same charge, when he was acquitted no evidence of his guilt be ing produced. .Aunother Unloaded Pistol Victim.. Greensboro, Special. Wednesday night while Buster Hallic and Clicey Langley, colored employes of the Southern Railway, were "fooling with an old unloaded pistol" in their shanty car near the coal chute, the weapon went off and the bullet went in Hallic's abdomen. The wounded man was taken to St. Leo's Hospital, whore he died , Thursday morning Buster went to the police station after the death of his friend and gave him self up. Pending investigate he was locked up. There were four men in the car when the shooting took place. Tho two not engaged say that Buster and Hallic were enjoying a friendly wrestle for the possession of the "old gun" when she went off. The dead man came from Sanford and Buster lives at Speucer. Norwood Inn Burns. Albemarle, Special.—Tuesday just .after noon tire broke out in the Nor wood Inn, at Norwood completely consuming the excellent building. Mr. J. D. Lee was owner of the property. He sustained a great loss in the de struction of this building. The fire is supposed to have caught from a flue while dinner was cooking. Mr. Colwell Resigns. Greensboro, Special.—E. Colwell, | Jr., who helped to organize the Greensboro Life Insurance Company, and has been its general manager ever since, has resigned from the position. It is being rumored that Julian Price, at present the general agent in Vir ginia, will be his successor. The Greensboro Life has had a most suc cessful career and coes a very large business in this and other States. P, j was organized about three years ago , and pome became one of the biggest among home insurance companies. Berry Shipments Unchanged. s Rocky Mount, Special—Berry ship » ments continue about as usual, and - and about thirty-eight cars were sent * Wednesday. There is a steady I demand for the fruit, and while the 1 shipments thus far this season are e several hundred cars behind what had IJ been sent North at the same time last 4 year, it is expected that the total will , equal or surpass the season's totals last year. MR. TAFT'S MESSAGE oii.' President Not Satisfied With Affairs in Porto foico. ' —r— ' ' : INCAPABLE OF SELF GOVERNMENT —i—• # Siuation of Unusual Gravity in Porto. Pico—The Is}and Without Support After June SO Next—Time Has Pror«n That the United States Has Gone Too Pa*t in Extension of Po litical Power im Islands. ■ President Taft Monday sent to Congress a special message recom mending legislation at the presen ex jlra session, amending the Foraker act wider which Porto Rico is governed. The President directs the attention of Congress to affairs on the island laying particular stress on what he terms "a situation of unusual grav ity" developed through the failure of the Legislative Assembly of Porto Rico to pass the usual appropriation bills, leaving the island without sup port after June 30 next. Porto Ricans have forgotten the generoisity of the United States, the President says, in the desire of cer tain of the island's political leaders for power, and he adds that the pres ent situation indicates that the United States has gone too fast in the ex tension of political power to th 4 Porto Ricanf. He concludes that the abso lute power of appropriation should be taken away from "those who have shown themselves too irresponsible to enjoy it." The President suggests to Congress the wisdom of submitting to the ap propriation committees the question of qualifying some of the provisions of the fundamental act as to the re spective jurisdictions of the executive council and the Legislative Assembly. But no action of this kind, the Presi dent says, should be begun until the Foraker act be amended so that when the Legislative Assembly shall ad journ without making the appropria tion neeessary to carry on the 'gov ernment, sums equal to the appropria tions made in he previous year for the respective purposes shall be available for the current revenues, and shall be drawn by the warrant of the auditor on the Treasurer and countersigned by the Governor. Such a provision applies to the Legislatures of the Philippines and Hawaii and "it has prevented in those to coun tries any misuse of the power of ap propriation." The President reviews * the estab lishment of the present government for Porto Rico by the Foraker act. He says the statue directing how ex penses of the government are to be provided' leaves gome doubt whether this function is not committed solely to the executive council but in prac tice the Legislative Assembly has ap propriated for all the expenses other than for salaries, fixed by Congress, and the President adds, "it is too late to reverse that construction." The President says that ever since the institution of the present Assem bly the House of Delegates has uni formely held up the appropriation bills until the last minute of the regular session and has sought to use the power to do so as a means of compelling the concerrence of the Executive Council in legislation which the House desired. In the last regu lar Legislative Assembly the attitude of the Execuive Council in refusing to pass bills led the House of Dele gates to refuse to pass the necessary appropriation bills. Mr. Taft discusses the acts of the Legislature and of the council in de tail and says the facts recited demon strate the willingnoss of the Repre sentatives of the people in the House of Delegates to subvert the govern ment in order secure tho passage ef certain legislation. The question whether the proposed legislation should be enacted into law was left by the fundamental act to the joint action of the Execuive | Council and he House of Delegates ( as the Legislative Assembly. .The House of Delegate*, say* the Presi- proposes itself to secure this legislation withent respect to he op position of the Executive Council, » "or else pull down the government." » This growjng spirit shows that too grreat power has been vested in the ' delegates. The message presents an exhaustive economic review of con • ditions on the island, its trade and , its wealth, its improved educational . facilities. 5 It points out that "there never was a time in the histQry of the'ipland when the average .prosperity of the s j Porto Ricans has been higher, his opportunity greater, his liberty in > thought and action more secure." For t the first time in its history, c The President points out that if'tbe Porto Ricans desire a change in the form of the Foraker act this is a mat " ter of congressional consideration, I dependent on the effect of such & t change on the real political progress Y on the island. ■> Such a change, he says, should be sought, in an orderly way and not , brought *6 the attention of Congress , by "paralyzing the arm of the exist ing government." The fact of Porto Ricansi forgetting the gener osity of this government "should not . • ■ * . be an oceaeion- for auiprist, ui.r ui dealing with a whole people can it bk made the basis of a charge of in gratitude. " V "When we assumed guardianship over them and the guidance of their destinies we most have been conscious that a people that had enjoyed so littfo opportunity for education could aet be expected safely for themselves 'to exerieise the full power of self government and the present develop ment is only an indication that we bare gone somewhat to 6 fast in the extension of political power to them for their own good. GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHTER Verdict Rendered in UM Out of Cap*. Haines, Who Killed Wm. E. A lints f Flushing, N. Y., Special.—After four hours' delikration, the jury in the case of Capt. Peter C. Haines, U. 3. A., charged with the murder of William E. Annis on August 15 last, brought in a verdict of guilty of man slaughter in the first degree Tuesday ifternoon. The maximuift sentence is twenty years' imprisonment. Quickly following the young army officer's conviction, bis counsel an nounced that they would produce af fidavits to show that the jury had not been properly guarded during the trial and upon this allegation, will urge that> a new trial be. granted. These affidavits will be submitted Monday, the time set for passing sen tence and for any motions that the defendant's counsel desires to make. There will, of course, be the usual mo tions to set aside the verdict as against the weight oitevidence and contradictory to law, b?9 the unguard ed jury feature is the only departure from tbo stereotyped procedure look ing to a new trial. Night Riders Convicted. , *" Waverly, Tenn., Special.—A ver dict of guilty was returned late Tues day afternoon in the case of the four teen alleged members of the night riders' organization charged, with whipping Esquire J. M. Reece 09 October 15, last. The punishment was fixed at 10 days in jail and a fine of SSOO for each. Thev were remand ed to jail under strong military guard, to reappear in court Wednes day, when a motion for a new trial was made. . , After the verdict was announced, the defendants shook hands with each other and secured a band and music and dancing were heard in their cells. The names of the men convicted are Wyart C'owart, Charles Pitea. I-)®© Warren, Walter Warren, Jim Divin ev, Charles Hopper, Wiilter Gordon, George Hodge, Harry Marshall, Jkn Murrell. John Moran. Wvlie Sanders, Sam Dickerson and Frank Estes. The indictment on which they were tried contained four counts —goitig mask ed through towns and villages with unlawful purpose in view.; going in disguise upon the premises of another with intent to do him bodily harm; assault with a deadly weapon while wearing a disguise, and assault and battery while masked. . New Orleans Celebrates. New Orleans, La., Special—For the double purpose of celebrating the first passage of a big modern warship up the Mississippi river to a point as high as Natchez, thus giving great impetus to the deep waterways move ment and also a public reception to the officers of the battleship Missis sippi, the citizens of New Orleans en tertained at an elaborate banquet Tuesday night in the palm garden of the St. Chnrles Hotel. 'The battleship started for Natcheg, Miss., Wednesday morning and the banquet was made the occasion of several addresses, expressive of the good will of the people of the Missis sippi valley and best wishes for a successful trip up the river. Postal Employes Strike. Paris, By Cable.*-The Chamber of Deputies, after n- stormy session of four hours Tuesday, adjourned the debate on the interpellations on the postal situation until Ma*. 13. The response of the postal employes was quick and decisive. Within half an hour the Federal committee had is -1 sued an order for a general strike* ' and the railway mail clerks walked ' out in a body. An hour later a mest ! ing of 6.000 postal employes at the Hippodrome took up the • gage of 1 battle and unaftimpusly voted to ' strike. There was no great enthusi , item shown, but determination and resolution to force the hand of the | government were apparent. 1 Kills a Hhonocerous. I Nairobi, British East .Africa, By I Cable. —A bulky bull rhinoceros is the latest prize wrested from the jungle 1 by Colonel Roosevelt. From tbe ex- I President's camp near Machakos 5 word was brought down Monday that ' the luck of the Roosevelt party con j tinn«*s, and that fifteen variations of game, including he big rhineo, have been bagged on the last expedition, The rhinoceros *a» oharging Mr. » Roosevelt when the hunter fired. % ___________________________ Ambushed by Africans. British West Africa, By Cable.— * Lieut. D, A. Vaitrenen. associate resi s dent general administrator of a dis trict in northern Nigeria, three other B Englishmen, and thirty-five tiative t police were ambushed recently by faa -9 lives at a point 50 miles northeast of " Zutigeru. The lieutenant and twelve a of the policemen were killed. A " British force has been despatched to * tbe locality to punish the natives, J.' -a. • -urn. -• -M.S