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' I. THE MORNING STAR, WILMINGTON, N. 6 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1 8, 19 1 6. .'; - ' i ' Five. NEER TROOPS ARE HALF UII J. D. TALIAFERRO SHOT, ASSAILANT IS III JAIL ii FUND Stt Qualifications fi E GN RIG SEND-OFF 'lA.C.L. AS INTEREST GROWS 1 '.!'; :3." ' Re-Entrain Following Short Stop for Long Trip to Border. - ' 'Nation's Garden Spot Special" Returns to Wilmington, '- t Raymond Whitaker Arrested in Wilmington Last Night Five Thousand Dollars is Set as The Goal PEOPLE LLS xecutorship EXHIBIT Long life, responsibility, willingness and ability to serve all these are required of an executor. Few individuals can qualify. There is no certainty that any individualwill. Those who stlect the People's Savings "Bank as executor eliminate uncertainty, insure the effective execution of the will's provisions. We. are here when wanted; always responsible, capable and ready to serve. Established 1900 I'M,' A H .'. mmm Members .of Wilmington's Company Have Taken on Looks of Real Sol diers Dnring Training Period at Camp Glenn. Display of Agricultural Product of ' South Shown In Half Dosen State of North Made Moat Fa vorable Impression. Held Without Ball s for Preliminary Meeting: of Executive Committee Yes terday ' Morning- Several Contrl. buttons From Out of Town. Manufacturer Leads for Day. Hearing n Chirfe of Assault With Intent to Kill Shoot ing: Near Ivanhoe. Members of the Wilmington , and Charlotte Engineer companies' were given a rousing send-off at the union station last night when the special troop train pulled out of the station jt 7:30 o'clock en route ori Its long trip to El Paso, Tex.f; where the local guardsmen are expected to arrive next Sunday morning and pitch their tents near the banks of the Rio Grande., A crowd of more than 300 persons were at the station and roundly cheered the soldier boys as the train left the trahi eheds. ' ' The train had hardly com to a stop nder the train, sheds when the Wil mington boys began to pile off, looking very trim and natty in their khaki uniforms. Each . - soldier boy wa Dromptly surrounded, captured and car ried off by his girl or boy friends, sis- ters or other relatives to some quiet corner of the station or else for a -short valk uptown, if he was so fortunate as to possess the necessary pass from his company commander. Very few of these passes were given out, however, as Captain George Gillette, in com- J mand of the troops, didn't wan't to take 6ny chances of leaving behind any of his soldiers, when the command to re entrain should be given. - Through the, efforts of Captain Gil lette arrangements were made with the Coast Line officials for a stop of 50 minutes, which gave all the local boys ample time to greet and chat with their relatives and friends here. In order that there should be as lit tle confusion as possible and no delay In re-entraining, the members of the Charlotte company not having jany rel atives here, were not." allowed to leave their cars. However, they were not inclined to have their presence over looked, and showed their high" spirits . by keeping up a continual din of cheering, laughter and blowing jof trumpets during their stay. The Char lotte company, .which, consists of "70 officers and mens, ; is commanded by Captain E. C Boesch and Lieutenants Guy "Winslow and John Trescott. The trip to Wilmington frpm Camp Glenn was of an uneventful "character. The start was made promptly At noon and although a stop of ten minutes was made at Goldsboro, there was no large crowd on hand to greet the troops as the people there" had no idea as to when tne train would pass through. . For a while Lieut, W. A. Pesciiau, of the "Wilmington company, thought he had lost two valuable members of the company. For some undisclosed rea son, Private "Son" Williams and Pri vate Guthrie, who had not been given passes to leave the station, decided that a trip uptown was " essential to their peace of mind. Accordingly they hit upon the plan of shouldering their guns and telling the guardsmen on duty at the exit to the station that they had been detailed for guard duty. Believ ing their statements, the guard per mitted them to pass. They returned to the station in time to rejoin their com mand. The troop train consisted of four Pullmans, a baggage coach fitted, up with a field range as an improvised kitchen, two freight cars filled with the field equipment of the two compa nies. From Wilmington the troop train will go via the A. C. L. to Montgom ery, Ala., thence by the L. & JN.' to New rleans, where it will be transferred to the Southern Pacific over which the remainder of the trip will be made. A half million people inspected the exhibit of agricultural products of the Atlantic Coast Line at fairs in a half dozen .Northern states during the past! two months, according to Mr. G. A. Cardwell, agricultural and immigra tion agent of the A. C. L., who return ed to v Wilmington Sunday. The "Na tion's Garden Spot Special" attracted much favorable comment in all quar ters and was a splendid advertisement for the South. Mr. Cardwell, who was In charge of the exhibit, was accompanied by his chief clerk, Mr. G. H. Coyle. They vis ited the biggest fairs held in Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Pennsylvania and Maryland, closing their itinerary at Hagerstown, Md. A conservative esti- mate places the attendance at the fairs visited at no less than a million people . and Mr. Cardwell is confident that at least half of .them inspected the A. C. L. exhibit. Although there were many handsome exhibits at the"se fairs, Mr. Cardwell states that none of them attracted more attention than did that of the Coast Line. Mr. Cardwell was assured by many of the visitors to the different fairs that they had never seen a more complete exhibition in its line, even .t big expositions such as vthe Panama-Pacific. The" display included fruits and vege tables in glass, grains in glass, 45 va rieties of forage in shock and in bales, Japanese persimmons, pecans, pineap ples, grape fruit, all kinds of pre serves and last, but not least, ,a very complete exhibit of corn. The splendid exhibit of corn was such a surprise to the farmers of the Northwest long known as the corn belt of this country that Mr. Cardwell was accused of having robbed some of the cribs in that section. However, he was able to prove by indisputably evi dence that all of it came from the Car plinas and Virginia. A One of the features of the exhibit that attracted much attention in view of the high price that the staple is now bringing, was a, standard bale of cotton, which was loaned by Atex Sprunt & Son, cotton exporters, of this city. FUNERAL OF MR, SILVIA Services Were Held Yesterday Morn- ' In gat Residence. Funeral services for Mr. M. G. Sil via,, who was killed Saturday night in a street ca xaccident at Charleston, and whose remains were brought to Wil mington by train, were . held .at 11 o'clock yesterday morning at the home of his daughter, Miss Annie Harbers, No. 606 Chestnut street. Many beau tiful floral tributes were received from friends and relatives of thB family. The services weer conducted by Rev. J S. Crowley. Interment was made at Bellevue cemetery. BUFFALO BILL FOR WILSOIC The fire department was called out shortly before 5 o'clock yesterdiy morning to extinguish a small blaze in the residence of Charlotte Hooper, colored, at 1217 North Eighth, street. The damage was very slight. Famous Indian Fighter Says Hughes Is "Fulling Leather.". ' That another distinguished American citizen is on the right side of the po litical fence, is evidenced by the in scription on a souvenir post card given to "Judge" G. W. Bornemann Dy Col William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill), while the latter was in Wilmington with his show Monday. The message is as follows: "Hughes can't ride Wilson, he is pulling leather already." The reverse side or the card contains an autobiographic souvenir of the colonel. TO OBSERVE DAY OF PRAYER TWO ASSAILANTS SENTENCED Wilmington Presbyterial Will Meet Clyde 'Peterson and Fred Davis Found With Warsaw Presbyterian CHureh Guilty of Assault on Mr. John' on October 20 Mr. "Wharton J ston at Greenfield Park. The Wilmington Presbyterial ? will "Troubles never come singly but In hold its Day of Prayer at the Presby- battalions," warbled some learned gen- terian church, at Warsaw, on Friday, tjeman a few score years ago, and his October 20. Mrs. Joseph A- Brown, of statement was heartily seconded by Chadbourn, president of the Presbyte- one Clyde Peterson in the Recorder's rial, will preside at the meeting. The I court yesterday morning, after Recor ladies of "Warsaw are making prepara-J der. Empie had finished plastering him tions to entertain their visitors in I with a total of eight months' service pleasant style. I In the New Hanover department of A number of Wilmington ladies will attend, and several have places on the attractive programme that has been arranged. In addition to the programme that public labor. . . Peterson was one of the two men who were caught by Special omcer Johnston Monday night on Front has been arranged, arrangements have I street, and who were charged with an oeen made to have Rev. R. L. Wharton, assault ortMr. jonnston some weeKs of Cuba, present, and he will make ar ago. The other man, Fred-Davis, made address. Mr. Wharton is an engaging no effort to fight the case and was let speaker, and no doubt his presence will off with the costs and a fine of $20. increase the attendance and interest, Peterson, on the other". hand, was He is expected to arrive in Wilmington woefully ; ignorant of everything con Thursday, and will be the guest of Mrs. nected with the affair, according to his "W.-M. Cumming. while in the city. testimony." Recorder Empie, however, Following is the programme: . was not quite ready to accept his state- 10:30 a. m. Song, "I Love Thy King- ments, so he gave him two months, to 5om, Lord. Devotional, Rev. George Mathis. Greeting, Mrs. W. L. Hill. Response, Mrs. Charles Rankin. Echoes . from Montreat, Mrs. W. Bpiunt. Hymn, "I Love to Steal Away." think it over and see if his memory wouldn't get better. - , ; Just as the defendant - had decided that two months would not be so .ter- H. rible, Solicitor Peschau arraigned, him on a second charge, this time for hit- Awhile ting Mr. John Brown over the head with a beer bottle. Again Peterson The Prayer Life, conducted bv Mrs. i was innocent, and again the Recorder I- T. French. ?. I 1lrrii1 with him. this time to the Luncheon. . , tune of three months. 1 Surely, this was 2:00 p. m.. "The Lord Is Mv -Shn- all "But. no. Unfortunately when Pe- terd," choir. I terson was so unceremoniously .arrest- Service of song. . ' PV: ed Monday night, he had on his person Keport of Hosnitai from rir wnrA riiLintv little instrument, known.- to kllss Eliza. Miir'nh-o- ' U. a a "ieB6r." and called bv the Address: " Maelc lack. Recorder Enrols fcev. A. J. Howell, chairman Wnmix'a tfitMfftni rirAW the CUTtain On the PSt Work Committee, Wilmington Presbv- terson case by adding another three - i monms. - Praise and Coniter.raMnn ssniM iwv I rttier ra es Aisnosed of were those of v7. P. tjt rurr-i ' i i.nt. -tf7U Ho Tii r("L who was tax-. . ., . v . -- , - - 3 . Ofterinz for Ma.v .Tntin.ni, . tj I with th rosfs for an assault with Fund.- aniv. weanon. and. Willie Mutry, Hymn, "I Need Thee Every Hour." I colored, who drew down 60 days in de Benediction. I fault of fine for an.ssault on a female. Raymond Whitaker, a young man of this-city, is in New Hanover .county jail, held without bail for a-prelimi-nary hearing on a charge of assault with intent fo kill, while his employer. Mr.. J. D. Taliaferro, also of tths city, is in the James Walker Memorial Hos ital with his right arm so badly man gled that surgeons entertain little hope of being able to avoid amputation, as the result of a shooting affair which occurred near Ivanhoe, in Sampson county, yesterday morning soon after 5 o'clock.. Mr. Taliaferro may also lose the thumb from his left hand, as it was .almost severed. Mr. Taliaferro was brought to the hospital yesterday, after his wounds had been temporarily dressed by a phy- sician of the neighborhood. Whitaker disappeared from the scene of the shooting immediately after the trage4 dy and his whereabouts were unknown to the officers who were on the. look out for him until he was discovered in Wilmington early last night and ar rested. He said he came in on the A. & Y. train from Atkinson. He admits the shooting, but gives a different version from that credited to Mr. Taliaferro. According to his foreman, Mr. C. O. Boswell, the wounded man told him that" he was shot, with his wn gun by j Raymond Whitaker, one of his em-! ployes, while still in bed yesterday morning. Mr. Taliaferro is a hauling contractor and lives at No. 1122 South Fran.t street, this city. No one saw the shooting, and no de tails are available other than the story of the wounded man and the version given by . Whitaker. Mr., Boswell" says he was the first to reach the stricken man after the shooting. Mr. Boswell says that he and Mr. Taliaferro, Mr. Whita ker and Mr. Jack Milliken spent the night in the cabin at the camp, where they were staying" while the work was going on. He says that he and Mr. Milliken' arose at 5 o'clock and went out to kindle a fire in the rosin fur nace, which was about' 50 yards from the cabin. Mr. Taliafer.ro complained that he was feeling bad and that he believed that he would sleep a while longer. After Mr. Boswell and Mr. Mtliken reached the furnace and started the fire, Whitaker joined them. Mr. Bos well was in the act of examining a kettle near the furnace when Whitaker walked up, and after exchanging a few commonplace remarks, the latter paid no more attention to him. In a few. moments, says Mr. Boswell, he called to Whitaker and asked him to build a fire in the cook stove in the cabin. He received no answer and. on looking around discovered that Whita ker had disappeared, presumably -in the cabin. Mr. Boswell then called to hiim three times but received no reply. He says that he then turned to Mr. Milliken with the remark. "Well. "Uncle Jack, I suppose we will have to build that fire ourselves." Just as he fin ished speaking a gunshot rang out from the direction of the cabin, and they heard Mr. Taliaferro's voice crying "Come here, Mr. Boswell. I'm ruined. Raymond has shot both my arms in two while I was in bed." , , Both men then ran toward the cabin and met Mr. Taliaferro coming out bleeding from the gunshot wounds. They assisted him to lie down, and then discovered that Wrhitaker and the gun were both missing, and up to early last night neither had been seen, so far as could be learned here. A physician was summoned from ivanhoe and after the wounds were temporarily dressed, Mr. Taliaferro was brought to the hospital in Wil mington. Attending surgeons are of the opinion that there is little chance to save his right arm. His wife, how ever, it is understood, has asked the physicians to postpone the operation until the arrival 'of his brother, Mr. H. J. Taliaferro, of Birmingham, Ala., who, wih his sister, Mrs. J. A. Johnson, of Atlanta, has been notified of the af fair. , Mrs. Taliaferro, wife of the wound ed man .says that he carried some thing like $100 with him when he left home Monday morning. Only $25 in a blood-soaked wallet was found under neath the sheet on Mr. Taliaferro's bed after the shooting. , Mr. Boswell, how ever, was of the opinion that this was all the money that Mr. Taliaferro car ried to the camp with him, as it was ample to cover his week's payroll, and it was his custom to carry but barely this amount to .the camp. There is nothing to show what be came of any other $75. Inquiry at the American National Bank, where Mrs. Taliaferro says her husband did busi ness, revealed the fact hat he had made no deposit there this week, and in fact had done no business .there in some time. The 'explanation Mr. Taliaferro gave of the shooting was that Whitaker walked into the .room and asked him if he was asleep. He says that he was dozing and made no reply, whereupon Whitaker picked' up the gun, snapped the breach and looked at it, and fired on him, so Mr. Boswell says Taliaferro told him. : . . . Whitaker, who" is a young man of 19 years,, formerly lived, on Wooster stjfeet, in this , city r sand had but re cently-become, an ' employe of Mr Taliaferro.; ; - Investigation at police headquarters revealed thefact that he has no police recora. ; , , - , " Arrested Last Night. -Whitaker was arrested shortly after 7 r o'clock ' last night by Policemen R J. Thompson and H." S. :BUUard near Front 'and Orange streets. He was taken; to the. city hall and turned over to Deputy Sheriff C Wi Keen. He was taken before . Justice George Harrjss, whoheld, him without bail for a pr: liminary hearing on a charge of as ault .with intent to. xkill. . ? After beins; warned by Justice Harr riss that. any atatemenVhe might jnke was liable to be used against him, Mf. Whitaker in" a statement admitted that he ' sh0t' Mr. Taliaferro, but declined to state any reason. He said that the latter had-been talking about him. but declined to - say what this ' talk consisted of. He denied that Mr. Tali (Continue on Page Eight).. As the prospects for President WI1 son's triumphant re-election in Novem ber grow brighter In the Nation, the friends of the Democratic candidate in Wilmington are warming up in their interest In the general result and are showing their willingness to contrib ute their mite towards this end so devoutly wished for And not only in Wilmington but all over North Carolina the people . are showing the measure of their interest in generous contributions which are being forwarded rapidly to the national campaign committee and Democratic doctrine is being preached in doubtful states as it has never been preached PEOPLES SAVINGS BANK CORNER FRONT AND PRINCESS STREETS THE before. Fayettevllle, N. C, at the head of navigation on the Cape Fear, and which Is expecting to secure the loca tici of the government armor plant, has risen to the emergency and the Observer carries a list of subscrip tions that looks exceedingly encour aging. Up at Ivanhoe, N. C, on the A. & T. railroad, Mr. John D. Beatty, a lead ing real estate and timber dealer, read in The Morning Star, which has long been a visitor to his home, of what the young men down here in Wilming ton are doing for Wilson and last night's mail brought from him four contributions for the Wilson fund, amounting to $5. Mr. Beatty wrote: "I do not know any of the chairmen that are doing such good work In your city, so you can give this little contri bution to any one of them that you see fit. They are all smart boys and I am with them in re-electing Wilson." The contributions are acknowledged under the head of Mr. T. E. .Coopef'a committee below. ; Still another1 contribution yesterday was -from a manufacturer, whose mod esty is in proportion to his generous heart and his genial disposition, for he won't allow his name to be used, pre ferring that it be entered up as "Cash." The amount is credited. under the head of Cyrus D. HOgue's committee and the only regret is. that this generous con tribution does not carry the Influence that would go with the use of this manufacturer's name. The amount is $25.00 and all the help and encourage ment that he is quietly giving each day to the re-election of the Democratic standard bearer. Other contributions yesterday are also notable as showing deep public interest in "Helping Wilson to Win." They come from everywhere and from all classes and conditions of men. And in this connection, for the benefit of any 'friends outside of Wilmington, if they desire to. make a contribution, The Star will be very glad to receive and acknowledge the same and to pass it on to the State Finance-Committee, of which Mr. Hugh MacRae, of this city, is chairman. A check and a slip attached "For Wilson Fund" is all that will be necessary; we'll be glad to do the rest in the interest of the cause. Receipts will be sent from national headquarters in addition to acknowl edgement in ; the papers. Subscriptions yesterday were as fol lows: Previously acknowledged ...$3 883.50 Cyrus D. Hogue, chairman. Cash manufacturer. .. 25.00 Capt. E. P. Bailey . . .... . . . 5.00 Anson Alligood . , .. . L00 r mi 31 We Will Appreciate An Account From You in The Wilmington Savings & Trust Company 110 PRINCESS STREET UY Total Assets Over Three Million Dollars Bank building yesterday 'morning and agreed on $5,000 as the amount of Will Kington's contribution this year to the Wils6n fund. As practically $4,000 of this amount has now been raised, the committee feel that the remaining thousand will be comparatively easy if the people will only realize that in this matter they have an opportunity for real public service. Five thousand dollars from New Handver will place her in second place in the State, Wins ton-Salem being fortunate in having a . . Total .... Thos. E. Cooler, chairman. W. A. Williams Thos. K. Woody H. W. Fennell, Ivanhoe .. M. Beatty, Ivanhoe .. Laurin G. Beatty,- Ivanhoe Jno. D. Beatty, Ivanhoe . . 81.00 5.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 2.00 Total - - 0 11.00 D. H. Howes, Jr., chairman. J. D. Edwards ..$ 1.00 C. C. Brown LOO E. A. Metts .. 1.00 H. H. Elliott ... ., 1.00 W. A. Fonvielle 1.00 M. D. Pye 100 G. L. Pridgen .. .. 100 Otto Millican .. .. .. .. .. , 1.00 Geo. E. Haskett-. -50 Total .. .. .. .. - $ J. A. McNortOn, . chairman. H. E. Bonitz .. .. E. T. Taylor .. .. . . W. M. Cumming .. .. 8.50 5.00 1.00 1.00 Total S. A. Matthews, chairman. M. Cronly C. W. Polvogt E. T. Huggins -j. . . . J. M. Power .V .. . . . Total R. L. Harker, chairman. E. L. White . M. M. Woody . . . . . 7.00 1.00 1.00 1.06, 1.00 4.00 l.ob 1.00 one large contributor, who has made it possible for the. Twin City to outdis tance all others. Captain Uberroth Back. Captain and Mrs. Preston H. Uber roth arrived in the city yesterday from Philadelphia, where they have been visiting for some time. Capt. Uberroth is expecting to receive orders to leave for his new post at San Francisco about the middle of November. He ex pressed his regret in being forced to leave Wilmington. TO KILL MICE ALWAYS USE STEARN'S ELECTRIC PASTE U. S. Government Buys It SOLD EVERYWHERE 25c and Sl.OO. Total 2.00 Grand total I. .V . . . . .. i;847.66 The executive committee of the Wil mington Wilson Democratic "Club met ; with Mr. Hugh MacRae, treasurer of the State ' Finance Committee, in his office in the Murchison National GEO. W. PENNYjgrl SPECIAL DELIVERY TO WINTER PARK EVERY DAY. BELK-W1LLIAMS COMPT 210 and 212 North Front Street SPECIAL DELIVERY TO .WINTER PARK EERY DAY. 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