W. F. MARSHALL* Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. XXVII.
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BUND BOY'S PLUCK.
A North Corolla* Bor Making
Hlo Wot Throogb Harvard.
Boston Btrtld.
Although suffering from total
blinduess since his lltb year,
Mr. Edward Ray. of North Car
olina, now a student in the
graduate school of Harvard, liv
ing at 16 Oxford afreet, haa suc
cessfully mastered tbe most
difficult courses In higher
mathematics, in geology, won a
degree from the University of
North Carolina and is now work
ing for the degree of M. A. at
Harvard. Here be is taking
some of the hardest courses in
the curriculum, Gothic and
Anglo-Saxon.
In addition to his struggle
against blindness, Ray has been
farther retarded by a lack of
fnnda. He baa had to work his
way along from the start, and
has done this by tuning pianos
and organs and by lecturing
throughout tbe South. It has
been a hard struggle, but tbe
young man ia as cheerful and as
full of enthusiasm as thelnckiest
man in the University. In a
struggle for a master’s degree he
is attempting something unique.
No blind student heretofore has
ever had the hardhood to try for
other academic honors than that
A n Uaa !m 11 a__1_
of health find it no easy task to
secure this, bnt this man, with
the aid of bis prodigious
memory, is able to keep abreast
of the foremost scholars in bis
class.
Kay was born in a country
town in North Carolina. His
early days were spent at the
village school and romping
about with other boys. Then
be became blind and realized it
was for life. Instead of settling
down to live a life of nselessness,
this affliction seemed only to
spar him on. He went to the
blind school of Tennessee, and
by hard work succeeded in
graduating from there in 1896.
the first scholar fn bis class.
The following autumn he en
tered the Raleigh (N. C.) blind
school, finishing this course in
1899, again the bead of hia class.
By this time he ,had made up
hia mind to go to college, for
which be was now prepared, iu
order to raise tnooey for this
purpose he taught subscription
school and learned to tune or
gans and pianos. He entered
the University of North Caro
lina in 1900. He took the regu
lar courses and soon made a
name for himself for hia accu
rate and broad scholarship.
Among other things he took a
laboratory conrae in geology.
He completed the work in three
• years and was granted the de
gree of A. B.
The year following he spent
In lecturing. He was popular
as a speaker, and iu this way
t° Pick up enough to
fulfill hia ambition of winning a
degree from Harvard. Ha was
interested in Bnglitb end to
came here and entered the
courses in Anglo-Saxon, Chan
cer, Bacon, Shakespeare and
Gothic.
He takes all bis notea with a
New York point slate end is
abls to take them as fully at thr
average man with paper nnd
pencil. This slate consist* of a
metal base containing grooves.
Upon this a slip of courae paper
is placed aad over this a mov
able strip of brass coptsiniug
boles. Through these he
punches with a small awl a cer
tain number of dots, which in a
standard arrangement repre
•eat letters. It la remarkable
to see with what «p«td be has
leaned to operate this. To
rsad the record all that la neces
sary lor him to do Is to pass bis
fingers lightly on the slightly
raised dots. This be esa do
about as rapidly as It would take
a mao to apell out a word.
One of the most remarkable
thing* about Uay it hi* great
memory, Forced as his miud
has been to answer in the place
of eyes, of extensive notes, it
bas developed to a point that is
marvelous. He bas made a
specialty of etymology, and the
countless derivations which it is
necessary for hiui to retain at
his tongue’s end, would make
an ordinary man diziy. His
reading he has done for him,
but it is necessary for him to
remember cacb book he is study
ing almost word for word and
psgc for page. Alter a chapter
has been read over to biin three or
four times it has been fixed on
bis memory for all time. Every
precious volume which be bas
heard he storca up for future
reference, for they are expensive.
There are a number of his
class-mates at the college who
give a bit of their time to him in
this way.
A startling illustration of the
efficiency of bis memory is seen
in bis knowledge of mathe
matics. He solves intricate
problems that have baffled the
best uiathcmeticians. And lie
has first to draw out in his brain
the neceaaary figure, and remem
bering this, go on from there
working it out with every step
taken, so fixed that it shall remain
clear to the end. The numbers
need a dozen sheeu of paper to
keep in mind he remembers
perfectly. In this way be has
mattered many of the higher
branches of mathematics.
He says he has bnt little sys
tem abont it. He uses the
common trick as a help, of mak
ing words mud sentences oat of
the first letters of a long series
of names which he wishes to
remember. Otherwise it is
simply a process of concentra
tion.
Ray ia very fond of walking.
Every evening after his day’s
work is done, he links his aim
in the arm of some friend and
the two wander abont for sev
eral hours. He attends as many
of the symphonies as he can,
and this la about his only form
of amusement. He finds his
real pleasure in his studies. His
ambition is to secure a position
as a teacher', and bopea to be
^ble to prepare himself sufficient
ly to bold such a chair in some
college.
, "I don’t know, of coarse,
just what 1 shall do. .1 don’t
wish to tench ia a blind school,
bnt in some regular college.”
That is one of the character
istics of the man. Ha asks and
gives no favors. Even with hi*
serious handicap, be bolds him
self on a par with other men—
runs from scratch ~-and some
how generally finishes in the
lead. He is to-day the admira
tion and wonder of the instruc
tors in the graduate school.
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Tt MANUFACTURE PAPER.
Prefect far Iba Establishment
•I Large Plaal at Raaoaha
Ra»Mg.
RicbmondVa., Mayl4.-Ricb
niond capitalists are interested in
* orofect for the establishmeat at
X uanoke Rapids, about five miles
irom Weldon, N. C., on the Roe*
nuke river epd on the Raleigh St
(irulon railroad, of a large plaat
for the manufacture of palp and
paper. They control the proper
ty at the point mentioned, which
baa facilities for enormoas water
power. The home offices of the
company arr to be in this city,
where, it ia understood, most of
the capital baa been snbacrihed.
The stock of the company is to
be put at a maximum of $150,000
and a miaimnm of $100,000, and
it is said that $125,000 baa already
been subscribed. A charter ia
■oon to ba applied for.
CIBCUS BOBBERY’S SEQUEL.
W. T. Saailb, Auditor ol lh« Hag*
cabeck Clrcao, Arrested a(
Cleveland oa Charge ol Loot
lag (ba FortMtrth-Salts Slreag
Box la 1944.
CinuloiW OlMgrttl
Clevclaud, Ohio, May IS.
William T. Speilh, auditor of
the Carl Hagcnbeck Circus, was
arrested licre last night, charged
with the theft ol $30,000 from
the ticket wagon of the Fore
pangh-Sells Show in October,
1904, while be was treasurer of
that enterprise. The robbery,
it is alleged, occurred at Tar
boro, X. C. The arrest was
made by Sheriff Kerb and Dep
uty l’bclan, of Columbus. Spailh
was seized while at work in the
ticket wagon, handcuffed, hus
tled into a waiting automobile
and taken to a railroad station
30 miles away. From there he
was taken to Colotnbua. Ex
tradition papers. have been pre
pared an I he will be taken to
North Carolina for trial.
SPATTfl BEfflES CHABOE.
Hi* Attorney* Will right I*qeis
ltl*n—Sheriff Cotton, *1 Edg*
c#Mh« County, Caused (be Ar
rest.
Columbus, O.. May 15.—M. T.
Spaith, auditor of the Hagen
back Show, who was arrested in
Cleveland last night and brought
this morning on the charge
of being concerned in the rob
bery of the treaanre box of the
Porepaugh-Sells Brother's Cir
cus at Tarboro, N. C\. in the
fall of 1904 of $30,000. was re
leased to-uight on bail in the
auut of $1,000. The bond was
signed by Robert W. Dell and
wife, of this city.
There are some queer features
in connection with the arrest of
Spaith. He was takeu iuto cus
tody at Cleveland, on informa
tion furnished by the sheriff of
Kdgeconibc county, N. C., who
asked Sheriff Karb to make tbe
arrest. There was uo requisition
issued by Governor Pattison at
the request of the Governor of
North Carolina, and alter Spaith
was brought here aud placed in
jail a warrant was sworn out by
Lewi* Sells snrl Inhn W Cxifl*
as administrator of the estate of
the late Peter Sella. W. W.
Cole and late James A. Halley
appear on tbe affidavit at the
owners of the money. John W.
Cotton, sheriff for Edgecombe
county, filed the warrant. He is
here to take Spaith back to the
scene of the alleged robbery.
A determined fight will be
m a d e against the return of
Spaith and his attorneys said to
night that the matter wonld be
presented to Governor Pattison
in a brief way at Christ’s Hos
pital within the next few days of
this action.
Spaith to-night denied most
vehemently that be had taken
tbe money. He said it had al
waya been bis coatom while he
was connected with tbe Forc
paugb-Sells Show to put the
keys to tbe circus safe in bis
vest pocket and place tbe vest
under his wife’s pillow, as she
slept on the inside of the berth
of the show car On the night
of tbe robbery, he explained, tbe
thief mast have reached over
him and taken the keys from his
vest pocket, as be was not
touched bv the thief.
Tba Cotton Sand Oil Industry.
UufMttOlmrvn.
Tbe census reports show that
in 1D00 there were 857 cotton
seed oil mills in tbe United
States. In 1905 tbe number had
increased to 717. Not a bad
showing lor the progress of the
South.
The cotton states produced in
1905 133,000,000 ga lions of cot
ton seed oil. North Carolina
produced over 6.000.0000.
Eaglaytag Children Under 12 in
Factories Evidence el Negll.
ganoa.
gUMWOlt UktMUk.
Tbe Snore me Court In a case
from Forsyth county holds that
the employing of children under
12 years of aga in factories op
crates as evidence of negligence
in cast snch child employed is
injured. Tbe hand of a boy un
der 12 years was injured in a
machine, where he had been
told to plsce it through the neg
ligence of soother employe.
The Superior Court non-suited
the case, but the Supreme Court
grants a new trial. Tbe de
cision will have an effect in a
number of mills in which, it is
alleged, children rsallv under 12
are employed, though parents
aud children often advance tbe
ages of tba latter in making
statements to obtain work.
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A DAY AT CHADMUBN.
aad Scasatiaas
Roj Cwmh
to Cbadkoura la a Brawknq
Seaaa la Eastern North Cara
Haa.
»m1 Tm*fc»r»’ ImiuI
The editor of the Carolina
Fruit and Truckers’ Journal
■raade n trip to Chadbourn last
baturday, where he witnessed
the niritwlKrry movement in the
zenith of its glory. All day
long wagons of every site and
dimension, carts and rigs of
more designs than there were
colors in Joseph’s cost, came
and went, It seemed to us, every
auunte in the day. There Wire
from twenty to thirty buyers on
the spot, and it was a give and
take game throughout the day.
Cara were iced and re-iced,
loaded and bustled out like so
many piga or beeves at a slaugh
ter house; people were com
ing and going, some walk
ing, some running in one direc
tion, others in another, some
laughing, some swearing, some
hollering, and takes altogether,
•I, was a typical strawberry
shipping aeeuc.
In the afternoon there were
easily 2,000 people on the streets,
of all colors and hues, with an
occasional CroaUu Indian here
and there to wive the touch of
border life in the wild and woolly
West. Venders of wares, fruits,
etc., were valiantly pltading
their cause snd telliug their
prices in no uncertain sound;
hobby-horses were making
merry with the pipe organ; paid
clutters of a hall dozen to a
dozen at different points, some
picking the banjo and other*
dancing, with an occasional
Romeo and Juliet, walking hand
in hand, to give a touch of ro
mance to the scene. Commis
sion merchants and solicitors
were in their shirt sleeves mak
ing the air ring with their calls
for "more cats!” "iced carsl'
"refrigerated Icats!" Perspira
tion was flowing as freely as
baTd cider ever did in the famous
"Log Cabin Campaign,” away
back yonder in the days of Wil
liam Henry Harrison, of Tip
pecanoe and Tyler, too, fame.
Strawberries came and went at a
pace that will long be remem
bered, some under the hammer
of platform tales, while others
went ont on consignment.
Money was flowing freely, and
in its distribution every man,
woman and child teemed to take
a hand.
There were to be beard aome
mud complaints on account of
tbe shortage in iced cars, many
berriea having to stand ont on
the ground in the sunshine for
hours for want of refrigerated
cars in which to be loaded. The
icing station at Cbadbourn, how
ever, was worked to its fullest
capacity, but not being intended
■« »u initial icing station it
naturally fell far short of tbe re
quirements of the hour. Doubt
ln 'barge did all that
could have been done under the
circumstances, but even that
wm poor consolation to the
- pm op nis
money for strawberries which
were tied up confronted with
no cars in which to load them;
while the grower who shipped
them on consignment. found
himself face to face with the
same trouble.
hilarity and sensations the
Oklahoma Reservation towns ia
the past would hardly compare
favorably with Chadboam at this
season of the year, for in the
day time it b bustle, sod bustle
and hurrah among the buyers
and shippers, Idng and re-icing
cars, passing sod shifting loco
motives, steam whistles, etc.,
while at light negro minstrels
and pickaninnies with their
banjos and tambourines make
merry with their voices till the
cock crows. Oo Sunday every
body goes to chnrch when they
worship their God according to
the dictates of their conscience,
where quietness reigns supreme
and that good fellowship such
as b taught by the "fatherhood
of God and brotherhood ol man’
sentiment ia scrupulously oh
wnvrl
lilted I be Bank's Capital tad
CM~ O^ST'H,
Ridgeway, a small town thirty
■ilet thia tide of Columbia, 3.
C., baa developed an artist in
*.K.WV of ■ b,nk W. H.
Knn, Jr., son oi the president of
the bank, resigned and left town
last week. Soon afterwards ft
was discovered that the young
mao’* accounts were short 125,.
000, which represented the en
tire capital of (he Institution.
The former teller’a fattier pot up
$20,000 and the directors $5,000
and the bank baa retained bus.
ioese. Meantime the where
abouta of young Raff are un
known.
WROTELETTER TO BJMiEtf?
Omm»I Opiates aiths Cartel it
Thai Latter Parpertia* fa Hav<
Rasa Writiss bp Prsaidsni ti
Senator Allises Was. la R*
•UlT. Compared by Alllssa
HIsssslL
cwtmu
Washington, May 15.—Kmy
body was of one hum] to-day os
the proposition that the letter ol
President Roosevelt to Senatoi
Allison, purporting to be a reply
to bis critics, did aot sound at all
like the President. Some then
were who professed the belief
tbat Mr. Ajlisou, who has won
great renown as a straddler at
national conventions, wrote the
letter himself to himself. It wss
realized that this idea was not so
fat-fetebed after all wbca it is
remembered that Mr. Roosevelt
conferred with the Iowa Senator
for an hour or so before giving
the letter to the press. All the
President’s advisers admonished
him to remain calm and turn the
other cheek if necMunt »n hm.
vent another scene is the Senate
and they now admit that be
turned out a document that is
calculated to tarn away wrath.
a DrrncRinrr coos or honor.
Alter reading the letter ia the
Senate to-day. Mr. Tillaaa, hav
ing in mind the act of the Presi
dent in deserting bis allies with,
out warning, observed that the
President aad his Attorney Gen
eral bad a tight to change their
mind if they so desired, but that
it was evident that a different
code of honor obtained at the
White House and among cabi
net officials than that which ap
plied to ordinary folk. 8ome of
the Democrats do not like the
Attorney General’s attempt to
beclond the issue, when Railey
grot him down in black aad
white. There is no nae for him
to deny anything.
cmam Dura ar nr* rates ms
STATEMENT.
In Mr. Tillman’s statement to
day, which again was written, be
submitted a statement from Mr.
Chandler, who reiterated what he
had said as to the President’s re
marks concerning Messrs. Fora
her, Knox sed Spooner, which
over the telephone the President
characterised as falas hoods; that
is. unless the Hon. Henry Cabot
Lodge himself is the man who
told the falsehood. Bat the mat
ter seems to have been dropped,
mo far as the President is con
cerned. He cr.nnot explain it
satisfactorily even to his most
intimate friends, who all know
that every indication is, despita
»h*t tb« President may say, that
Mr. Chandler has told the troth.
TRMPORAXV CHAIRMAN STATE
CONVENTION.
Senator Simmons announced
to-day that he had —Vwl Locke
Craig, of Asheville, to serve as
temporary chairman of the Dem
ocratic State convention, which
meets in Jnty. Mr. Craig will
touch upon State and national
Mimes and bia speech will really
be the opening of tbc State cam
paign.
0AST0N1VSOOOD VAT.
It la CmbmM tt These Who
Observe Memorial Day with the
Veterans.
CtaasMta CtMlck. 1M.
Memorial Day observance in
Charlotte ia believed, by sotne,
to be too much on the vespers
order. The exercises are held
too Iste In tbe afternoon and
only n few veterans from the
connty can find it convenient to
attend. Tbe veterans’ division
of tbe parade Thursday was a
conspicuously slim one. It has
been suggested that some ar
rangement by which n larger
attendance of veterans could be
secured would be desirable. The
Gaston county plan is an admir
able one. Memorial Day is made
the occasion of a general gath
ering of the people of Geatou
county, at Gastonia, wbera tbe
veteraos art welcomed with
speeches and feasting, tbe
arotnea of the town preparing
•dinner for them. The spresd
Thursday, as we see by The
Gasette, consisted of:
■weas*
f.Th*» If. aomethin* like It.
How would it do fur Charlotte
tr£ Oaaton plan? The
dav ahoald be made a more hoe
pitablc occaaioo. The obaerv
anee bar* la too ranch ol a per
functory order. Memorial Day
deecrvca aotuething better at the
hand* of Charlotte people.
For 91.99
We will eend Tug Uaaum
twice a week from now until
1907.
S PARASOLS
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^ Pnrasol time is here. Acd so is the
A choicest line of parasols we have
w have jost arrived, aH tosh aad sew.
d We an showing a fall stack; complete turns d aB
1 tha latest styles.
4 Plata White Usta Ptritsii
I White Lie— Embroider*
C Sllk*1,1 **• f**™* Cetortede^^^
d It will be a plsasore to shoi
W goods. Yoar waste can be ssost
P at this store. Come to sac as.
J JAMES F. YEAGER f
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The Love Trust Co.1
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I tuurance in standard companies.
Real estate handled on commission.
Trusts executed.
Savings draw aiaslwnm
Cotton bought and sold.
And Banking, too. '• . ; ^ :
With the welfare oi ns town and eoonty ever in
mind, we strive to succeed and help others to-m
Yonr business solicited,
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