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9 t "- SUBSCRIPTION PEICE : 3.00 PER YEAR. CHARLOTTE, N. 0., SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 7, 1907. raics n v:; c If- A WILLEVG, ACCURATE WITNESS Intimate of Profits of Standard i Oil fET&fJKJ a 1903. 1904 and 1905 Close to Fig urea Given by Secretary of Parent Corporation Strong .Plea Made by 1 n. - rul trim. IV. of No AlreTrt of Stock of Union Tank Line and In- dlana Company Owned by Standard . Oil Company of New Jersey, Chicago, July 6. John D. i Rocke feller, president of tha1 Standard Oil Company, of New Jersey, occupied the witness stand In . (he United - States District Court to-day while Judge" any offldaJ connection with the srana Landls piled him with questions re-! ard Oil Company of New . Jersey r e garding the financial- strength and!-- "I am the president, "but the posl- buslneae methods of the corpotaltion , of which he is the head Mr. 'Rockefeller was; a very wifl ing and equally unsatisfactory : wit ness. He1 waa ready to tell all that he. knew, but he said that he knew practically; nothing. The net . result of his examination was that he be Meved that during the years : 1903, " 1904 and 1905, the period covered by the inditatmentj on wOilch the Stand ard Oil Company ot Indiana was re cently convicted, the net profits of the Standard .Oil Company of New Jer sey, were approximately 40 per cent of an outstanding capitalization of 1100,000,000 The Investigation ""(held to-dav bv Judge Landls was instituted by him this Business, It. Is a doaen years since for the expressed purpose f . deter-j I have been at ... all actively , related mining whether or not the Standard! with the affairs of the company. It Oil Company of Indiana, which was is eight yearn, your honor, since . I convicted of viotaUon of the la w, was S have been In the office at all." really owned ; by the Standard : ' Oil f "What Is your : general Impression Company of New Jersey whether the ! M to what the business of the Stand Union Tank Line,- whose cars were I8 Oil Company of New Jersey is?" used for the shipments made In viola- i -"They have a refinery, and refine tion of law, was similarly wnedumd - That was the yes It would be . also to obtain an Idea of the fmanctar resources of the convicted corpora tion in order to Jnfitot a fine proper- tioned to the offense and the assets of - the convicted company. OWNS , CONTROLLING INTEREST. It "was stated by officers of the Standard (Oil Company of New' Jer sey that it owned the irreater nart of ' the etock of both the Union Tank Une ' and the Standard Oil Company of In-i diane :( Specific figuferias -to the earn- lngs-of the parent corporation wereiard Oil Company In . another ; State given y Charles M. Pratt, its eedre. , tary; and they were Kdoee to the estl , mate given by Mr. RwkefeMer, ; , ' The prospective appearance In court of the man reputed to be the richest In the wbrld, brought atoout a spec ' ,tacle the like of -which ha never been witnessed In the vicinity of a ' Chicago court room. ; n The hour set for the appearance ,Of Mr; Rockefeller was'10 o'clock and . an Ihonr before that time the low cell- ed hallway outside the court room door was densely packed by a crowd U of whom were-anxious to obtain . seats and hear the testimonv a targe .equad of United States deputy uiaj-vuruia;: na numerous idefladi - of police were on hand, but even tiieviup since my touch with Ms active op were unable at times to ntrol tih lv, crowd! which was so dense that ire uv.ub viiot iw usaisuurce were neero la.nri nmynlA Aui nnw n.j . .. . (the wall- frantically begged for relief from the pressure to which they were Marshal Hov ephone to iollce headquarters' for further asslsUnee. This was prompt ly sent and from that time on the - , crowd was held in control. Inside the court room perfect order prevailed at all times except at the immediate op ening, when Judge Landis threatened ,.to clear the room If quiet was not preserved. POLICE FIGHT CROWD BACk) John .p. Rockefeller and William Rockefeller arrived at the Federal building In the automobile of Harold . F. McCormlck, the son-in-law of Mr. Rockefeller at 9:80. So curious were . ttie people to eee Mr. Rockefeller that H was necessary for 20 policemen to Tise force 4n pushing back the crowd ..tb make . a pathway for hlm.y On the steps of the federal bulldlnng the party was compelled to halt, while the police fought with the crowd. , m Five .local detectives and a num ber of secret service men gathered closely around Mr. Rockefeller fci ' protect him from possible lnlury. ..' wr. ttocKeietier aw not eeem at all , . disturbed by the sensation he excited, . and after the road had been cleared, he and William ' Rockefeller, closely attended by the officers, entered the building and made their way to the elevators. . Here a car, devoid of lights, was under the special' guard of the police, and enterlnf 4t, Mr. Rockefeller was quickly taken to the sixth floor of the building and to the " court ; room. s He was shown to a - seat to the left of the 'Judge's desk and was well up into the room be- . fore his arrival was noticed. There was considerable excitement among . the crowd and some confusion result- v ed from the efforts v made hy all the spectators to obtain a quick view ' of him. ' United .States Marshal Hoy ap- pro ached and asked; . "Are you comfortable here, lA-. Rockefeller?" "Perfectly, thank you. I am all right,"- he answered. - - . . , OIL OFFICIALS IN COURT. - ' William Rockefeller, who had been sitting behind his brother,' came for ward fn response to a elgnaU and sat by the side of John D. Archbold. Gnouped eround them iwe C M. Pratt, secreUry pf the Stn ndard Oil r Company 'ot Ne Jersey ; -William P. Howe and F. Q. ) Barstow, assistant treasurers of the company; Charles - T. White, assistant secretary; - J. A Moffat '-president of the Standard - Ola Oomipany; W P. ' Cowan,, vtae J president, and G. Wj Stahl secretary '' Y' ad treasurer of the same corpora Von. Other witnesses i. the group were H. E.. Felton, the (president," awl ' W. M. Hutchinson, r secretary and . treasurer of the, Unlaa ; Tank Line; ' Fred A. Wann, former ereneml freight agent of the Chicago & Alton Rail ' ' way,' and a number of attorneys com v pleted.the group. as.-?. When the Standard Oil Jnveetiga tion was called the attorneys for the - company" together, with, those of the government stepped forward .to the ' front of Judge Landls desk. Here ' Attorneys Miller and Rosenthal, coun - sel for the company, made an earnest plea that Mr. Rocekfeaier be excused from the stand. They declared that he could tn fact tell nothinr of what the Judge desired to know; The Judge, , however, refused to vacate the subpo ' ena and Insisted that Mr. Rockefeller , should take the atand. t . - ' Then Harry B. Felton, president of ' the Union Tank Line, took the stand and testified that the capital of the Union Tank Line Coimpainy wos 13, 500,000, but that It had not paid divi dend since 1901. ' '- " 1 ' ' "Is that due to the mtamanage """"'fnnt nf -yOTir predecessor 7" "Ho, sir. It la due to the fact that era of a cent a mile." As Mr. Felton 4eft the stand Judge Landls raUed: "" John D. Rockefeller." h1.9 -imftM radiy to the witness man a. ...,-,, The witness was questioned entirely by Judee Handle. , He spoke . with d.rn. Vndjrtns jmrhl. Z.."' TllST- " iT Many of them were uttered In so low a tone (that they were Inaudible 10 feet from his chair. ., 1 , -PURELY HONORARY PRESIDENT. The first question put by Judge Lan- dls was: Mr. Rockefeller, have you won purely nonorary ma oas -oa for the last eirfht or ten years, as I have not been renderin any service whatever."-,. . - --. -iVs -t ; "Do you know what the outstanding capital stock .of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey is?" ; Judge 'Land is overruled an objec tion to the question and the witness replied : ; "I think hwt t . . to about $100,000,000. the outstanding, t could not state definitely, your honor.' .w 'Generally speaking what 4s ".the business of the Standard Old Company of New Jersey, In the production ' dis tribution, and sale of oll ? V V s ' iv "Well, your honor, as I have been so long out of business,, and out vol Impossible- for mf to rive to make an answer to that question, InitelHgently without a study of the case." "IHave you an Impression as to (Whether or not the Standard) Oil Company i of New Jersey operates ln directly more than one oil refinery?" AN OBJECTION OVERRULED. Attorney Miller objected on : ftis ' ground thslt the present InvestigaUon should not invade a case where Jhe government isNprosecutlng the Stand- than Illinois, and, where the informa tion wiae not of Importance In connec tion wfttfh the case at , Issue bef ore Judge Landla. v The court declared that he was seeking to ascertain the wealtlh of the corporation holding the stock of the Standaird OH Company of Indiana, . which was TOJemtly con victed of rebating. - The questioning of Mr. Rockefeller was then resumed by the Judge. "Have you any recollection 'Mr. Rockefeller that the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey Is interested in the refinement of oil more than In the one refinery you have referred to v "I don't know what refineries there are. The refining business has grown Leratlons. I onlyvkndw of the onera- t(m refineries that are (n New Jer- y "j "" ouuwuu j-umn ui I Van, twit" New Jersey.' know of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey . being in terested In the operation of any other refineries through, and In the name of the corporation whose etock is held by the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey?" . "That, I presume, Is so." , j . BUSINESS OF THE COMPANY. "Is the business of the Standard Oil Comoanv of New Jersev. renerallv speaking, the produiction and refining or oa 7" '.The production, the refining and the sale of oil, that fs an independ ent feature of the business of the Standaird Oil Company of New Jersey."- -oVi... "Beyond that, what (s Its otccupa tlon?" "I oouM not say; I do not think tt would be proper to say that It has occupation la administering refiner ies." - The witness made quUte a pause af ter the completion of his reply and then turning Ihls ..eyes slowly on the Judge remarked: : "You are rather tohn1cal.', ... - -auDstitute the word business for tne word occupation, v , Beyond the production and refinement of oil has the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey any other business?" "I should say not, strictly speak- lng. ' . ..,: "Do you know what the dividends 6f the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey were during the years 1903. 190 and 1905?" , . Jt know, your honor,, exactly, but approximately about 40 per cent, of the outstanding etock. I would not undertake to speak absolutely def inite, but that la a close approximate." .-"Do you know what the next earn ings of the Standard Oil Company were during those years." ; : : "I do- not" . . SECRETARY PRATT CALLED. The court then, asked the witness what officer of the Standard Oil Com pany of New Jersey would be able to tell him the amount of the net earn ings of the company during the- years 1908, 1904 and 1905. . ry , , ' The "Witness replied: 'I really don't think I could .tell you. -Undo ubtedly one of the gentlemen subpoenaed is here-present who couid."i-'r- s Judge Landls said that Secretary Pratt of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, and " other officials were present in the court and aaked Mr 'Rockefeller 4f he or any of the others could give the desired informa-' Won. , . ' , The witness replied: "I should think sp, sir." ' The court saldt "Then call .Mr. Pratt. That Is alb for the present, Mr. Rockefeller." - The witness Instead of leaving the chair sank back into It as though he Intended to remain there. A bailiff stepped up behind him and whispered " to htm that his examination was con cluded .and that he could leave the stand. Mr. Rockefeller then' rose and walked briskly to the seat he' had occupied 'before being called. Charles M.. Pratt, the secretary of the com pany, who followed ' Mr. Rockefeller on the stand, was aaked by the Judge If the estimate riven by Mr. 'Rockefel ler as to the outstanding capital stock of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey was about 1100,000,000. The witness replied: ' 1 think It to not quite that It is about 198.300,000, Something Hke that. (That Is within a few dollars of the amount" DIVIDENDS OF 1908, 1904, 1905. "Did you head his statement as to the approximate amount of dividends paid by the company during the years 1903, 1904 and 1905?" didJL . . - . 1 "lie was uncertain as to Che 'exact ALBEMARLE'S fAST MYP0 CArGirr Lv ms uovse. COL J. 8. CUNIXGHAM SPEAKER He Speaks on a Irge Number of ub dects, Pronr Theology to Courting, (to an "Acre of People" The Oc casion the Annual Picnic to the Op erators of the Wiscassett and Elird Cotton 31111s, Given by the Owners Among the Things to Satisfy the . Inner Man was a Carload of Water. , melons Music" by the Wiscassett Band, Special to The Observer. i ' Albemarle, July , (J. Col. John S. Cun Ingham spoke here to-day ibo what he called "acres of people" and If he naa caned for a hand primary in w-hich he is supposed to be deeply In terested, a gubernatorial contest, -he would have taken all the votes of a crowd too Immense to guess at It was the occasion of . the ; Wls-cassett-Eflrd Mills annual picnic.; Al ways on these occasions, the Messrs. Cannon and Eflrd secure speakers for the lntelectual portion of the people and feed their sheep on a large scale, A solid carload of watermelons came down the Yadkin ; ror thepinickers yesterday and the big table- that wound in several - sinuous directions had them piled up above the knees of Its many legs. Barrels of , lemonade flowed like the fabled streams of brandy and Ice cream put up in the modern cylindrical wafer to be half eaten, half, guzzled but wholly de vouredall these were given to the great throng so thick as to be im movable. This was the arrangement ot State Senator J. S. Eflrd and Joe F. Cannon,' secretary of the .Eflrd and Wiscassett ; Mills, respectively. They did nothing that was not on a colos sal scale and the. dy was a day of At 11:30 Professor R. L. Smith in troduced Colonel Cunlngham. He gave the Person , farmer-politician a big send oft and offered him an opportun ity to praise the farm and farmer. This is his long, suit out he played all of his trump cards before he got through. He talked theology; courting, technology, the Cannons, the Whit neys eb Vance, Pettlgrew, Peodery "Senator Overman, Governor ' Glenn, prohibition, - temperance Yadkin Val ley Fair and ended with a tribute to the gfeat and Interesting event known at theJuture. 'v: ..Jl THE SPEAKER IN FINE HUMOR. He began by holding up a paper purporting -to contain his written re marks. Thes he said were for ? the newspaper reporters who, like law yers, were not always truthful. "I came near being a lawyer myself," he said, but I was always too good to b a lawyer, but not good enough to be a preacher. My mother wanted me to be a preacher but I told her I wouldn't do ltu nless I could be bishop." The he praised North Carolina's cli mate and people. "1 welcome suoh men as Mr. Whitney to ' The Land of the Free and Home of the Brave' to the State -which fought, the first bat tle at Alamance and the last at Guilford Court Hou e," and then the colonel drifted Into plain agricultural talk. ,' ' v'11 ' He started to say something about Senator Overman, G vernor Glenn and himself t Shelby last year,. but srot Inatl n nrohibltion. "The Gover nor Is a teetotaler, he never touches a drop and you must not either."Tlfer is an old Confederate soldier 100 years old who never, took a drop In his life. I congratulate you i my "friend" and then he began to eulogiae the ladies. He declared that he had been a court ing man all his life and -that he pro nosed to 49 before he. was finally ac cepted. "Let me tell you, ladles, don't you ever taRe a man tne nrsi urne he asks yo. Make him ask 50 times hue my wife did berore she finally took me thank God!. A girl who takes a man the first time he asks her is no account. Kick the fellow out the first time he asks you and It he comes back throw him out the window, ai., the next time sick the dogs on him. He will love you oil the more." "I was born In 1861 and fought for four years in the infantry. 1 am proud o Lee, Jackson, - Johnston, Pettigrew Hoke and Pender. I hope that God will be with us when 5,we meet again." . ---.iv amount He stated forty per cent. . "I think that was correct, your hon or. That was the rverage." "Do you remember tne net earn ings of the company during these 8 -yiaara?" -r'.-ji-. . "I do very clearly, your, honor. I Is think for the first year they were 381,300,000 approximately. This was 1903." . "Now for 1904?" "For 1904;as near as I remember I should say they were $61,500,000."' "And in 1906?" : - "A trifle over 157,000,000 as near as I can remember." capital represented by the outstand ing stock,. something under $100,000, 000 of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, employed In the refine ment distribution and sale of the pro ducts of petroleum?" !'Oh, your honor, the properties are worth that" "That is what the capital to em ployed In 1s it?" "It Is." "Can you tell me what part of the capital stock of the Standard Oil Com pany of New Jersey owns?" f : STOCK HELD BY INDIVIDUALS. "The Standard Oil Company of Indiana stock, as 1 understand It your honor, is held by individuals, corporate stockhold ers of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, very lerarely." "How mueh of ItT" "A very large proportion. J "What proportion of the stock of the Union Tank Line Company is owned by the Standard,T)ll Company of New Jer- "I do not recall the pjoportions, but I think It controls a majority of - the stock." '-' ; - y ' ' Mr." rockefeller here rose from his seat and walked with a business air toward the gate opening from the court room In the direction of tire chambers of Judge Landls. It was his. apparent intention to leave the room and he bad pushed the frate half open, when the bailiff spied um and instantly 'pushed the gate shut wllh Mr. Kockfeller still on the inside. The two men gazed at each other for an instant but no wordwas spoken. Mr. Rockefeller then - turned and walked tick to his seat. The court recalled Mr. Wans, of whom he aik'id a few quontmna - regarding frelffht rates and schedules, and after obtaining the desired information, turn ed to the attorneys for the defense and asked. 1 WILL REPLY MONDAY. "Is there anything you ould like to Introduce?" . " Absolutely nothing, your honor," re rllfd Attorney ItosrathaL ', This concluded the hearlns and Mr, Jtockefellef, Wtlllam Rockefeller, Mr. Arthbold and Secretary Pratt and the other officials of the Standard Oil Com rai y paaaed Into the chambers of Judge Landls and from there into the hall,' A Inrge crowd was wilting to see him but he paid no attention to any of the people who preaaed closely upon him, ami ap parently did not recognise the fact that ho. was art object of eurioalty. Entering the automobile In which he came te the court he was taken at once to the resi dence of Harold F. MnCorqnlck.' He may remain la the etty for several day Tw Anr, J"! ay, aut i.fvrvvaa wiu a9 vi'v After an Exciting Scuffle The In ' trudcr Has a Bad Record. i Special tn The Observer. ; . A&hevllle, July , 6. Judge Spears ; Reynolds In city court this morning ordered that Charley Miller, a burly ; negro, charged with burglary, be re- nmnded to jail without bond to await the action of the gnand Jury at the next term ot Superior Court for the trial of criminal oases. - The charge against Miller la a capital offense and, If the grand Jury returns a true bill. he will have to stand trial for his illfe. e a accused of entering and rburglarilng the residence of Mr. and Mrs. C E. Nowell on Soutlhstde avenue I last night and the evidence against uim mm. aacoruinar do une tesctmonv of the two -i prosecutlnr witnesses. Is conclualve. 4 ' nh nnif -'mmm .-ZJt' trance to the Souths ide avenue resi dence by means of -a reaT window. miiK.jwirtu. wj kwucotu or na presence against vtbe side of the bed mants wlll be made or th, erection of where she slept and screamed, wak- th necessary baiMtng. under an ap ing Instantly . Mr., Nowell, who sprang propriatlon by the Legislature, .tr from the. bed and grappled with Mll-t Superintendent Cole, ot the. Meth- ier. ? a Bcuine ensueu, out one negro waa oyerpowerea. a telephone mes- sage to police headquarters brought orncers. who took charge of the neero. Miller is an old offender and Is well known to the jiithoriti. ti xit.! ly completed a sentence oo the ohain gang, TROOPS WRONGFULLY ACCUSED. Colonel Thopmson, of Second South , Carolina Regiment Corrects Report Concerning Trouble on the - "War ; Path at the Exposl tion. , Columbia, S. C, July 6. Col. Henry T. Thompson, commanding the Sec ond South Carolina Regiment at the Jamestown Exposition, returned to Columbia . to-day , with his regiment and made a statement concerning the trouble' on the "War Path" on the night of July 3d, In which he says that he reports sent out from Nor folk regarding that affair were in some particulars Incorrect , He , de clares that )ils regiment not only did not "throw off all discipline," but that he had at all times during the trip complete" and aibsolute control ot his ivian . v "A i"K a nl rKt In a,f tvvi " he says, "about, 200 soldiers repre senting ipractlcally all the other oom mands In camp, marched into our camp amging boisterously and en deavored to entice some of our men away with them. When I heard them I pyt and they same crowd Oh the Midway, and they Carmen from fuph" Plea th" then had some half a doaen of our Jfallow BU John, cllngone. grown by men with thent These I ordered to L. J. Penny, five miles south of Ral retur nto amp, , which they did at ! elgh. Secretary Brunner, of the once. When the row was preclpitat-! Board of Agriculture, bought some or ed, very soon afterwards, there were ! the St. John variety and at once ship crowds "of our men standing around i ped them to Che Jamestowm Expo wtth the members of other regiments sition for display In the North Caro- seein the fun.' as they expressed it One of these, McElveen, ot the Second south fiarolina. . who was near the front, of ths orowd, was arrested as one oTthe, ring-leaders, but at the W&eaVlngthe- hext -day e -was releas ed, as the evicerrce snowea imi ouu rthleiv4hAt he wae simply looking An . and that he was arrested under a misapprehension, as he vms abso- lutely without raurc, diner in onus- in , on the" difficulty j or In keeping It up. - . -A- BIG SENSATIOJC IN SALVADOR. Recnet ; Removal of American Con sul General Jcnklng Being Mutih Talked In Official and Diplomatic Circles of the Republic, Mexico City, July 6. According to a special - cablegram received to-day by The Assoiated Press at this city from Salvador, the recent removal of American Consul General Jenkins has caused a great sensation In the official and diplomatic circles of the republic. An open occusatlon was made that Consul Jenkins was the or ganiser and Instigator of the revolu tion In Salvador. It Is declared that these Charges were conveyed to Wash ington and Inspector of( Consulates Murphy was Instructed to Investigate the case. After a "three months' In vestigation Inspector Murphy recom mended that Jenkins be removed and he was consequently recalled. : It was charged that during the re cent, war Jenkins delivered cables to secret agents af Zelaya stationed at San Salvador, These cables, It is said, bore the signature of United States Minister Merry. The government at Washington has demanded an expla nation from President. Zelaya because of 'his unwarranted use of the name of a United States diplomatic officer. In support of the charges the Sal vadorean governmems ;' has filed at Washington copies of the cables which passed between Governor Zelaya and his agents "through the alleged con currence of Consul General Jenkins. President Zelaya is stationing 2,000 troops at the Salvadorean border at the port of Corsigulla, preparatory to a second invasion of Salvador. CAPT. M'RAE DIES IN BALTIMORE Heart Disease Caused His Death He Was a Prominent Member of the FsyettevlUo Bar Burial at That Place. Special to The Observer.'' Baltimore, Md., July 9.H0apt Sam- ucfl Hinsdale McRae, a leading lawyer' of Fayettevllle, N. C, died ft the University Hospital. In this city to day. He had been 411 for some time with heart disease and came to the hospital a week ago for , treatment. His father. Judge James G. McRae, and hls-wlife were at his bedside when be died. They left to-nlgh tor Fay ettevUle, 'accompanying the - body. Captain McRae was 89 years of age, a native of Fayettevllle, and was referee in bnkruptcy there at the time of his death. He lelves a wife and five children. Boy Falls Under a Train and Has Ills root fllaaiieo. -special to The Observer. ' Canton, July $. Landrum G. Rey nolds,' the 18-year-old son of C, Rey nolds, ot this place, had his toot badly iwawhed while working for the Ashevllle Fuel and Construction Com rainy this afternoon. He had gone after some bolts and, seeing the empty construction train approaoning, ; nt Jumped. on the rear 'r, but In some way na root auppeq wa iu i unaer the wheels of the car. Two of his toes were cut nearly off and the rest I of his right foot badly crushed. Dr. Galloway was- sent tor Immediately md the boy ts resting easy at present, The acctcent was not due to any neg- llgence of the company, as the boy, tried to catch the train while It was In .matiou,.,..,,.;-, . ' ; I KEWSFHOM STATE CAPITAL LOCATING THE NEGRO SCHOOL . " Zr. , . improvements 10 do maue n tbe Methodist Orphanage Fine Peaches on the Market. Some of Which Are Sent to Jamestowu- White Girt a Public Drunkard Special Term of District Court Or- dered at Beaufort Coast Line Dou- Die-xraciang ita itoaa trom wu- mondhs for h&vmg a concealed wea mlngton to Weldon Capable Men pn, a pistol, in the uensatlonal to Conduct FanueiB' a-uouwuv.'" Other Live Items. Observer Bureau, The Hollaman Building, Raleigh, July There has been some hitch at Fay ettevllle as to the location of the Col- ored State Normal School but-every' thing is now settled and Capt John Duckett goes there Monday to dispose of the old property and get the deeds i w uw, i wiu h iwumm acres, but Is not veil situated, there i being no water facilities and no drain : The new- site purchased . : coat 83,600, but of this the negroes gave 31,000. It Is located near the flour ing mill and there is a water supply. 4.olv.s T utu awanva. odlst Orphanage here, is planning to make a number of needed improve . ments on the grounda So much has had to be done in repairing tne ouiia ngs and caring for tne chlldren'that until now time has not been found make h grounds what they ought to pe. ine tocauoa u nmuivra In every way and very commanding. The orphanage will ' no doubt later be able to aid some of its pupils to take a course at one of the business colleges here. : '' ' The areneral tobacco outlook In this section seems to be pretty good. East of here the crop woks well. , Tne weather now Is quite favorable tor It Corn, wheat oats and tobacco seem to make the best showing ot all the crops this season. - , To-day Frank Simpson, the new chief ot Raleigh's fire department be gan his duties.. He is a son of John A Simpson, who for 30 years has been one ot the teaoheis, at the State school for the blind here. The Statep rlntei, E. M. Uwtell, Is moving lntfvhla big. new building be tween the Park Hotel, and The News and Observer, where he will oocupy three floors, the fourth being rented bv the Secretary of State as storage place for public documents and books. It is reported that Company K, of the Third Regiment at Raleigh, may be disbanded. It did not parade at the ceremonies here May 20th. "VnTthe beTn7Ihe7ed To-day the nneat peacnee seen nero Una section. WHITE GIRL JAILED. a whits rtrl. aired about 19 years, was lodged in Jail to-day charged with public drunkenness. -She has served it the Point of a Revolver a Strange Hated fur the building and operation several terms , at the county work siaalUArclies Three Ladies to a 8e- of a machinery plant in the brvmer house. She was found drunk at her eluded Si Some Nearroes Fright- ton Navy Vara. That was hecause tha home, ' j judge Purnell orders a special term ot tne unuea aaties ijBinc yvun m Beaufort, beginning August 6th, to try the Pitt county peonage cases, of which thereare several. There are now 290 convicts at the State farm on the Roanoke river near Weldon. The cocton crop there is not promising, though It is as good as, if not better than, the cptton on private farms In that section. The board of directors ordered that the acreage this season be somewhat reduced. COAST LINE DOUBLE TRACKING. The Atlantic Coast Line' Railway Is double-tracking between Weldon and Wibmingon, and three gangs of State convlots are engaged in this work, these being now In. camp at Weldon, Burgaw and Wilmington. There are 224 In the three gangs. There are now 84 convicts at work on the Wilkesboro-Jefferson turnpike, being quartered at Jefferson. The work is almost done and they will probably be released this month. The convicts are now worth a dollar and half per day to the State for their la bor, this beng double the pries e cured a few years ago. The number of convicts in the pen itentiary Is 118, eight having arrived from McDowell last night. Of the latter convicts itwo are white and six black and they get 40 years each, 80 years of this being for - murder and 10 Dor conspiring. These convicts are not from McDowell county, but come1 from all over the country, and were empoleyd on the South and Western Railway construction work. There are not a great number of convicts now in the penitentiary on life terms. A charter Is granted the Driving Park Company, Mount Airy, to con duct fairs for the display of live stock, etc., capital stock 326,000, Sam uel G. Page and others stockk holders. There Is certainly remarkable Uttle talk about the meetng of the Demo cratic State Committee have Monday night It is called for the main pur pose of electing a ohalrman to succeed Senator Simmons, who has declared that he would positively retire at that time. - Many persons have expressed the wish' that he would hold on until the State convention next year. Some of the committee have been heard to so express themselves. Only one or two - persons - have been . found who tihlnk it. well for the . committee to elect anyone Monday night but the general opinion Is that If Chairman Simmons insists on retiring then, there ought to be delay . in choosing his successors; possbly until the next State convention. Up to about 60 days ago the num ber of charters Issued inks year to 'Wto jnu keeping well up with the last year's high figure, but since that time there has been quite a fall ing oft , SPEAKERS AT FARMERS' INSTIt - - TU1ES. Next Wednesday the first party of field workers will start out to conduct farmers'- institute, , It will begin at Elm City, Wilson ; county. There will be various parties In the fields and some capable ladies to conduct the in stitutes for' their sex. The following g!Bt veterinarian Dr, Talt Butler: T, men will . be among tne instructors Mtv th nmnm - iiittAM, j, McLendon, of Anson; F. l! Stevens and C, M, Connor, of the A a m. College; State Horticulturist W, N. Hutt;, R J. Deciding, ex-director of the Georgia; Experiment station and probably the bent authority en cotton and ttie application of fewlllserj state Entomologist Frankllng Sher- man; J. A. Connover, expert dairyman of the United States Agricultural De- partmenti T. E. Brown, of Hertford ro', Biaden; A. L. French, of Rocking ham; F. T. Meacham, euperintnidnt of the State's test farm in Iredell county, , NOTED CONVICT RELEASED. Harry Clark, of New York City. alias Fred Morris, the Jew. was re- leased from the county convict road gsung here to-day having served 18 .anootlTiff In n itntnn nuannr 1M, tion here the -evening of the visit of fresiaent tcoosevett nn October, 1905, i vat Dureaua manifest a singular ig ln which Charles SmRh, of Peters- j norance of the plans or the admlnis burg. was murdered by Robert Lilies- Uratfrtn t.-!.i Z i. ton, of Norfolk, all three blA? gamb-fUn ,end e battleship fleut to lere. .Clark made -three stempu at'1. Facia5 notwithstanding the offl escape , from the reed gang, but not J1 confirmation of the reports that knowing the country, was recaptured f betn 90 frequently idenied at the each time easily. ' He baa left for beginnlng. These bureau chiefs assert New York ns says he goes thence to Canada to loin a beautv show. r The corporation commission heard to-day the case of the Asheboro Lum ber Company against the Durham and Charlotte Railway for 3194 damages for failure to furnish cars. T. ,B. Womack appeared for the complain ant and W. A Gutohle for the rail way. ... -The room on the third floor of the capital, for many years occuped by the State library and later by the In surance commissioner, Is assigned to the Historical Commission no the work of which Mr. R. D. W. Connor la now devoting hls-entlre time. ? ,., TOBACCO MEN ELECT OFFICERS. W. L. Potty, of Rocky Mount, N. O, First Vice President Selection of the Next Meeting Place Left With V the Directors. i Norfolk. Va.. Julv l.Lsm Trihac Association of the - United Sutes, meeting in seventh annual session at me Jamestown Exposition, ado urn ed to-day following the election of of fleers for the ensuing year as follows: President T. M. Carrington, Rich mond; first vice president W. LV Pot ty, Rocky Mount N. C; second vice president, T. E. Robert Chase City, Va.; third vice president Dr. -.-.W-A.Bradford, Cincinnati. Board ot di rectors C, D. Larus, Richmond; J. L. Wlngo, of Richmond; General Stlth Boiling, Petersburg, Va.; John B. Boatwrlarht, MuUlns, a C.; A, B. Car rington, Danville; G. T. Patton, Darl ington, S. C. r R. P. . Watson, . Wileon, N. C; W. T. Clark, Wilson, N. Cl John Coleman, Winston, N. C; W. p. Colllngs, uoulevllle, Ky.; J. A. Clark, Bedford City, Va.; C. A. Lewis, Hen derson, N. C; J. F. Meadows, of Rox ford, N. C, and T. S. Williams, Dan ville, Va. The selection of the next place of meeting was left with the directors. The feature of to-day's session was an address by Col. Berkeley Carring ton, of Danville, In which he told of his recent trip abroad, declaring the association to be considered In Eu rope as the official reporter of the independent, growers and inanufactur- era of tobacco leaf In the world. Strang resolutions praieinj the Jamestown Exposition were adopted, SEN8ATION AT BAMBERG, 8. C. en the Villain Away Man Believed t ' llA Bamberg Resident and if n,.,.i.t ! i mi.i-1. tn ha r.vnrh. ed nbaerver ftireau 12o7 MalVsweet Columbia, S. C, July.8. A gentleman who left Bamberg late this afternoon says that that town la Intensely excited over the actions of an "unknown white man who yester- day afternoon, on meeting three ladles out strolling in the suburos, drew a revolver on them and compelled them to march out of town ahead of him over a wire fence Into a pasture, where In a secluded spot he compell - 11 ,1",. S At this Juncture the strangely actmg man was frightened away by three MetTo wood-choppers passing through tbe pasture. The ladies hurried back to the city I and gave the alarm. Searching parties have been out all day with hounds, the chase being started last night The man was finally traced back to the irtty to-day, and the gen eral belief ts that he la a resident of the place. The Columbian is of th opinion that If the man is caught ha !!! SP will be able to positively Identify the right man. NEGRO CAUSES BIG WRECK. Leaps From Freight and Opens Switch fnPlTn? toSz ZU llZl I Coaches and Caboose Wrecked Negro Arrested at Weldon. Littleton, N. C, July 6. Seaboard Air Line Passenger train No. 38, rrom Atlanta to Portsmouth, was wrecked here this afternoon by the deliberate act of a negro brakeman on a freight train, who leaped to the ground while the paasenaer train was leaving the station and threw a switch open. The train split, the dining car and a day coach were wrecked and the caboose of the freight train on aiding was smashed. The negro, whose name was not learned, boarded a passenger train, but was arrested at Weldon. No one was hurt In the wreck, but the road was blocked seovral hours. The train Lfi? r.uth ,orln 4 coach, two Pullmans and a dining car. Big Suit In U. 8. Court, Scaled Tester, day. fpeclal to Th Observer. ',. ' .' Greensboro, July . A settlement was reached this morning In the case of the Broad River Lumber Company vs. J. MIddleby, Jr., which has claim ed th attention of the United States Court, Judge James E. Boyd, presid ing, since Tuesday morning. The terms are that the plaintiff is to pay the interest due and also $5,000 for the personal property and meet two notes due August 1st and October it. in addition to keeping up the nter-! at. Thin will Win. IU norv and the matter will then "be adjusted by a master r a Jury to InveHtisraNa no . eaiimaie me quantity of timber on the-property, ' Railway Case Conoluded. , Ashevllle. July ' 3. The railway rate ease hearing, which was b..iru in this city before' Judge Prttchard in tne uniteo Mates cincu't Orvurt June Te! 1 this after- n,Ln4.,iUr rlV":": litcnmona weuntvoay. rne case agai'-et - th corporation commlsMlon of Virginia Is somewhat dlerent from that against th same body of N rth Carolina, In that th attorneva for the railways tn th former State raised the point of Jurisdiction. AVAL HEADS IN THE IGNORANT OF PACIFIC CM I i: Engaged Only in Routine Work or I. -'partmeiit and Making no tnu-u- l Preparation for Great Under uum ' Department Appears In 4. sua I Summer Lethargy Construction of Guns For New Ships Progressing Well and Will be Ready in lime Few Signs of Abnormal Activity In Washington Appears on the sur face Many chief are A nay. Washington, July . Heads of na- 1 1. '-.y " engagea oniy m tne rou tine work of the Department and that they are making no unusual prvpara tlons tor the great undertaking. They also assert that they have had no or ders to do otherwisu And on tbe sur face there are few signs of abnormal activities 1" Washington; many of the chiefs at away; the naval general board is scattered; the usual pro portion of subordinate employes are on leaves of absence, and the War and Navy Departments appear to be in the usual summer lethargy. - . But It Is undeniable that the plans of the Department workers for this particular summer fit In very v well with the exigencies ot the moment In the matter of coal supply, . for In stance, it may be that the movement of this fuel to the far - East and the Pacific ooaat Is simply equal to the average demands of the naval ser vice. In fact it is said that the coal would h..ve gone forward before this had the money beet available, whkJh 14 WM n,ot unai th beginning ot S the new "seal year. Then the supply j OI reserve navai guns ana ammunmon and of torpedoes is found to be much nearer the deeds of the service than It has ever been before at this season of the year. f GUNS FOR THE NEW SHIPS. The construction or gun for the new ships Is progressing very well and without doubt the armament will he found to be ready by the time the contractors have finished the : bulla and fittings of the ships, ; Headway has even been made In the fabrica tion of the great guns for the wo big 20,000-ton battleships, although the contracts for these have not been fin ally Bigned. ' - -; Only the routine expenditures under the ordinary heads of appropriation for construction and repair and on ac count of the yards and docks are be ing made on either the Atlantlo or Pacific coasts, according to the offi cials here, but as Secretary Metcalf pointed out, one of the items Is a dry dock at the naval station at Puget Sound and It would not be surprising if a special effort were made to dredge out the channel at the Mare island j Navy Yard, so as to make the dry i dock accessible to tne deep draught j battleships, which it ts not now. i SKILLED WORKERS NEEDED., , Last year the Navy Department found It impossible to spend all of -the money that Congress had approp- materials could not readily be .had, hut a more serious aimcuuy lack of trained mrrhanics and skill ed labor. As this la the only dock on the Pacific coast now ready to handle hlg battleship, some special Induce- paptment to get talned navy yard workers to make their ' homes In . Bremerton, and it ts believed that steps have already been taken in this direction. . t ' Altogether, notiwiuuuanaina; i" w- . tal absence of any appearance or flurry or anxiety amon m"w " " " , cials who remain In WMhtngton, It le patent ena mucn n, not , lng done , quiet to jput not 1 fenae in ' aa' gd condiuon the : . . ,..i m. h rnnmnm wiu a,r " ' NEGRO SHOOTS HIS STOP-SON. .,. r,,,., ,n n.vm Tallona Bnildlns! in the bontn aiaae wm - Night in Ita Interest Fire Fighter Clear a Good Sum of Money Per- sonal Matters. Special to Th Observer. " f T( V..t.e. at T at t4rttt 4m . ",B aolmld'n stVpTon 7u Tflred load ot No, 8 snot into tne negro s back. Wills left the house with hi double-barreled gun saying 4xe would a-et somebody else before morning. The officers went to the seen ot the shooUng and kept their eye. open for him. but he is yet uncaptured. The shot negro Is badly wounded, but may recover. Wills s a bad negro. When High Point's new bank build ing Is completed It will be. It to said. ,i iu hiidin m the State. Mr. croea, the contractor in oharge, baa. been treating the people to a tree nae to Its dlxxy height When completed the First National Bank will have one of hte handsomest as well as the tail-' eat buildings In the South. By tall the building la expected to be in ue. Dr. Clayton, of Florence, G, G,- will move to , High Point and associate himself with Dr. Pkts in the den tistry business, the style of the firm to be known as Pitts and Clayton, A great mass meeting of the citizen !?cck'ln"the "Fr audi! ship will be held Sunday night at s torlum to rates money and formulate plans for the successful carrying oa of th work ct the hospital here. , - Rev. 0,; L:.Powr,: pastor of the First Baptist church, of ulUs city, who has gone to New Orleans In reapons to a telegram announcing the shoot log of a brother by a negro reports that the ball has no been located. , , The fire companies ot the city clear ed $113 from the sale of cream and sofe drinks here the Fourth of July, which will go towarde paying their expenses to the 8 ate Firemen's Tournament next month. TOOK IAUDAXTJM-PARECORIC. - v , Accused of Breaking Into a Hardware SWre n1 I)r I l'atern al Roof, ! red Glwsom, f Siieuwr, Attempta SuU'lile and May pic. Special to The Observer Spencer, July 8. Fred Glowsott, an eaploye of the Southern Imumv Company at Pponcer, attempted to en i his lite to-Jilyht by drinking two bor tie of laudanum and a quantity : parerorlc. He was ao-u.d of br, lng into a bardie -t.re here Thur- from, home by.. his faiher.- whK-'.i ! given - as the causa of the nis-'i iu,-t When arrested hy .Thief of '-! J. R. Cruse, to bc'sred the o:'. vor t blow his bralru out 11 U ' H a precarious condition o
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