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f V " V J 4 ' SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: CCEAN HACEAHSnxMSIllOCEK company assigns. LUITANIA MAY BREAK RECORD At 6 O'clock Yesterday Evening the , r.ifr Cnnard Liner W"as-3oO Miles - Fronv New York and if She Wrests the Record From the Deutschlandi ., frilie Must Reach the Finish IJne .r.y 8:40 O'clock This Moruln; O i i . l j ., ill . t?,,I World's Record For an Hours Run' the Spurt. . Halifax, N. a, Sept. 12. The Mar conl wireless station at Cape" fcable was Jn touch with the Cunard liner Lusltanla at 6 o'clock this evening, Atlantic standard time. v The Lusltanla'a position was reck oned at that hour to be $60 miles from New" York. The' Lucanla, also of the Cunard line, was apparently In eoxmnunlcatioiv'with. the toig turbiner, estSie tatter reported the Lucanla 250 " miles" astern". The arverage speed lot the Lusltanla. throughout the voyage was announced at 28.86 knots , per hour. The highest day's run " was (93 f mllee,, which It v "was claimed on board the Lusltanla,' : established a new world's run for one day. Wheth erjthe;word jnlles is used In this semi official .statement in a nautical sense, is not entirely -clear, but. presumably ' this must (be the case In order io rec oncile the report with that eent out at Sable island this morning that the , Lusltanla was averaging (70 miles jier day. ; In, the latter instance land ; miles were unmistakably Imnlled and , this figure Is equivalent to approxi mately 580 knots or : nautical ; -miles. The message to the Associated Press from- Cape, gable U as follows:.. , "6 p. m., local: Lusltanla about 360 ; miles from 'New York, "expect ; dock ;. noon to-morrow, highest day's record run 93, miles, world't ,rtcord ; ; day's run broken, average "speed -5 2 3. 8 6 knots. - 'Lucanla 6 p. m. reported 250 .? miles astern;' ii?LS2i-. i New York, Sept, 12. The most Im portant ocean race in trans-Atlantic steaming is nearlng a spectacular: fin ish. The turbine-driven Lusltanla, in which is Incarnated the British,' re solve to win back from" Germany1 the blue ribbon of the seas was nearly and only jftbout 200 imlles from Sandy nook Dar.isne nas easily, broKen tne Cunard line record of the ; f Lucanla, which to-night Was trailing 160 miles astern, tout to wrest -.- from " the ; Deutschland of the Hamburg-American line the glory of the fastest west ward passage the ' challenger must reach the, bar not - later than - 8:40 o'clock te -morrow morning. Indloa- ; tlons to-night were that she. ' would reach thr finish line about 9 o'clock. " EWS ITEMS FROM SAUSBtJRY, Ifutual " Inmirance Dompanv - G&s ! - - Charter Xegro Woman Uses a Big - Knife on Another Negroes Ftag . Ooes Up Over' Fair Grounds To. -Day. Special to The Observeft Salisbury,. Sept 12. The People's Mutual Life , Insurance v Asseciatlon yesterady received ' a charter from , the Secretary of State and has begun business. - It Is backed by the best ; business men of Salisbury, - Its board of directors is composed of Thomas tH. Vanderford, Sr., H. C. Trott. M.,I Jackson, J. M. Maupin, W. C Maupin, s G. C. Stewart, D. R. Julian, N, B. McCandless, O. W. Spencer and S. L. Adrock, of Syracuse, N. Y. The organisation will not insure . colored -people, v IU operations will be among people who are well known t and are -good risks. . It is expected to , put State agents in the field soon and though no officers have yet been elect ed it is most likely that Mr. Adcock, very- genial, Yankee, will manage ,' the business. , It Is going to atart off .. welL- . The officers of this city are watch ing the negroes addicted to the habit of cocaine and unhesitatingly pro- - nounce a more general - as well as a more violent eviL- 'Capt. Frank ' Barber had an experience with Mag :,: Alexander, a colored virago, and the tussle was strong, thoughIt Was re duced principally Jo a foot race. The woman went to the atatlon and called .out. Mary Blackwell.' who Is maid there. Exchanging a few words, the Alexander woman made , at her as. . sallant with a biar knife' and left a fierce wound across the back, laying! . me iien open to tne none. The . majj ran screaming; for help and hei assailant was after her. The police man stepped. In and he caught the woman. ,. Mayor Boyden this morning sent her to court : default of bond. , The Olllcers say cocaine is much of a naoit witn tne colored people arid the ' habitues are more trouble ... some tnan those who drink of Sails bury's abundance '- At the fair rrounds.'whleh r ran IJIy rounding into shape for the 7)lg luuai exposrcion ims iau, a nuge Amer , ican nag, the gift , of P. W. Brown, , will ,be floated to-morrow , afternoon t t 0 ciocit. . The pole was rateej to. day . and At stan.ii 11 a foot hio-h From now until the close of the fair It wlll be kept In the air. AM arrangements have been made for suitable transportation during the ,. fair days, ! SuDerintendant rVtanman has paid the grounds a personal visit , and promises immediate attention to the siding necessary for the travel. A , small station 11 be built to accom- moaate the oassensrera whn m hnarA , i the train at the Main street crossing u" " cicrn ..ranroa. .. The Tare - ! to be 15-ent. for- h-.rn,inri, In addition to this there will be street uaia, me wora on tnis Jine having pro. gressed so rapidly that the cars will : . hi .miming oy mat aate. : 1' ? . ' - GREEN ACQUITTED OF SIURDER, Case Whh Attracted Mneh XttcnUon , x,uuiu liiair iriai ot Yet Begun. ' . ' " Observer Bureau, ' . -,.' s , f 1422 Main SUeet. ' '. . ; Columbia, S. C. Sept. 12. The Green murder ease" whlchha attracted much attention throughout .the Slate was concluded this afternoon with verdict of not guilty, the Jury r wejng out only three-quarters of an v hour." s'-.:;:;,!.! :. i?.,ev-,;.; On account of absent State witness es the Blair ease -was not taken up this afternoon; It is probable, thoug-h not cenam, mat it will be entered up on to-morrow jnornlng. ; tj,' ""j Col. J. F.Gaynor to Return to Macon "Macon, oa., , Sept : 5 12 Coloner John F. Gaynori the noted Federal tprl.'ioner, who was permitted J on ac couht of Ill-health to visit 1 Indian Sprinjs, .has decided to return to Jail fere, preferring IU privacy, he days to the eaze of the curious at Indian , Springs. It is understood that he Jias abandoned the idea of asking per ""mir:nh totnake a sr a -rorage 1n the hope of curing or alleviating an at tack of asthr- "" - ;'7" Co., trustee. L ab i t ea Astern Big Liner' Avenge Speed, ,8j50o. .while the assets nit.-, r . . u J . nrw lias 'ijcen aa.oo n.nois mi uuur ui Th bupppm nf thu (3.00 PER YEAR. Shortage of a Member of Finn Cuut.es It to Go to the Wall Get ting Streets Ready For Free Mail Deuvery Ellrd Bros.' New Store Opens Saturday. special to The Observer, 0 . . - . Concord. " Sept. 12. A deed of as signment was registered atthe court "I . 1 , , 1 I . Concord Wholesale Grocery Company . HniltHor T V- rf't .are about are $4,000. business has been on the ragged edge for several months past, and there has been many rumorsover the city in (regard to ; the state - of affairs within- the bounds . of. the corporate name. However; the matter has now .gone on Record and the assignment papers are duly authenticated. f- lUr. T.,D. Maness, a member of the la'W firm of Adams, Armfleld, Je rome & Maness,. stated, this morning to your correspondent that the 4 as signment was due to the shortage of Mr. E. ; J. 1 Jones,; former secretary and .treasurer of - the grocery com pany! Mr. . Jones ', admitted to a shortage - of $1,500, and forthwith turned over his stock In the com pany, together with his holdings in real estate In the city. The stock Of goods . was bought last week by 'Mr. Max Moses, ofWnfected milk by pasteurization Salisbury, who will continue the, bust ness at the old stand; and , It, will be conducted, for a while at least, by Messrs'. Ira Mehaffey and Samuel Walker. Mr. Maness represents the, creditors-' . i vs.-- ; v ' -City Engineer Q.iE. Smith 18 to day v engaged . In r re-labeling the yarlous streets of the city. Several years ago the streets were all num bered and labeled with a small board sign, printed in Jarge Roman let ters, but many of them have been torn away and 'displaced, necessi tating the work to be done over. Mr. Smith will also re'-number the houses on the various streets of the city. , Many of them have been built since the numbering was done some time ago, and many mere skipped at the time. - All of these little things will be attended to at once In order be ;ready t for the i mail carriers when the free city delivery service la Inaugurated- v. vv - : The department store of Eflrd Bros, will open to the public next Saturday, the 14th. . Their quarters 1a the Pythian Building have been handsomely fitted up and the spacious room is filled to the brim with every article of merchandise that Is known to any well-regulated department stote. These goods are entirely new and fresh i and present a very fat tractive appearance; even to ' the men folk, who know so little about the value of goods and the lasting Qualities of anything used in do mestic circles. A large corps of clerks has been secured and will be ready to extend the courtesies of the store to all who choose to call at the new establishment HEXDERSOX WELL GET DELIVERY Congressman E. W. Pou Call at Post' office Department una Gets Better Mail Facilities For Some of Ills ConRUtucnts Ills Health . . Good ' Again.' A ' ; Observer Bureau, s. 1417 O Street, N. W.. "Washington, Sept. It. Representative E.' W. Pou, of Khe fourth; North Carolina district, spent to-day, in Washington attending . to department matters. Mr., s Pou , was quite elck early in the summer and, after a protracted stay in the hos pltal, went off to a Northern climate to recuperate. He. is now entirely re covered, lie says,' and he is looking hale, and hearty. He was assured to day at the Fostofflce Department that the people of Henderson would ; get their free mall delivery, which they have teen having a hard time trying to get. The law baa been construed Heretofore so as 'to prevent tme es ta'bllshment of the service, owing to the fact that Henderson wad so scat tered and a carrier could not deliver the mall without having a vehicle; but Mr. Pou was .told to-day that Henderson was entitled to the service and some way would foe found to give it to her. ' Mr. Pou leaves to-morrow morning for nto home. - , , , D." O1. K. K. AT ASHEV1LLE. Fall Meetins; How in Session Parade Last Mgiu a Brilliant Spectacle. Special to The Observer. k - y; Asheyllle, Sept.; 12. The fall meet ing, ceremonial. Initiation and banauet fit the Dramatic Order Knights of Khorassan,' was held here 1 this even Ing. The Charlotte team arrived to day and in addition there are Pythlans here front all over this section. Forty or nrty .nignts were to-night Intro- duea to the mysuo rites of tha D. O K. K. . , The parade this evening was splen did. The uniform rank company and the first regiment .5 band, all In uni form, took part About 400 colored lights were used In the parade and the streets presented the appearance of a conflagration."' a Hundreds and hun dreds oft people blocked the streets atong me iine .oi marcn, . . Big Georgia Electric ' Company , In y Hands of a Receiver. - Atlanta';Oa.i:. Sept.': 12. The North Georgia( Electric Company was tOyday 1iacjea in tne viands of -s a , receiver. This action was taken on petition of Ellwood Allen and W. D. Chamlber- lain,- of Dayton, O.; ' and the Western Union Telegraph Company A aim liar petition for a receiver was yester day refused y Judge Shelby, at At lanta. -v The North Georgia Electrlo Com pany Jias a plant of 50,000 horse power on the Chattamoochee river and sells power to a number of points near Atlanta. Samuel C. Dunlap, of Gainesville, was appointed temporary receiver. , r t Robbers Attempt to" Enter Dr. Fos j cue's Home, - Special to The Observer. High Point, Sept. 12.-Last night at Jamestown an attempt was made to enter the residence of Dr, Foscue by piling boxes up to a wihtjow. The entrance was about to be effected when the doctor was aroused and went after the burglar. The doctor called up tne chief of police's office and re quested, that the bloodhound be sent. as he was willing to go to any trouble or expense to capture the would-be burglars. - "Affinity Earlo Returns to New York. 2 New York, ' Sept. 12 FerdUian J PJnney Earle, of "affinity" fame, has returned ; to New' York. He had a brief encounter with the villagers of Monroe, where his heme is located, when about to board, a train for this Cirjr last- evenmgr f-versl missiles were thrown at . him '(but the artiat escaped lnlurv " I ' , CHARLOTTE,1 N. C, MILK I WiLEM'S SOLUTION" ABLE I'APEU RY NATUAN STUAl'S New Y'orVer and Brother of the Scc . i-etary of Comiiierce ami Lafcor Deiails to the hetond International' Pure Milk Congress Row America Has . Solved U10 Problem l'ho Congretw (Jik-iis at Brussels With ; ' a Large Auendance of luiiinent person lmiKrtant Questions Af : fectiitg Infant Hygiene to Be Dis cussed Dr. Henry L Coit, of New ark, N. !., Also a Deiegauj Full Text of Mr. btraus' Excelieut AU : Uress,- v V-1;; : v v!" -''.! : ;' Bruesels, Sept ' 12. The second international pure milk congress was opened here to-day with a large at tendance of eminent persons. ' ; M. do Vaux,- president of the - national league of Belgium for the protection of infants, presided. The congress will discuss a number of Important questions regarding .infant hygiene, The 'American delegates include Nathan Straus, of New York, who read a paper on "The American So lution of tne Milk Problem," and Dr. Henry ; L. C01i of Nowark, N. J. Mil NATHAN STRAUS'. PAPER, At the last Congrea International des Gouttes de Lait I was a solitary voice from America declaring that child life shbulj be protected from To-day I come with the same mes sage endorsed by the most distinguish ed, scientists of my country and form ally and officially promulgated by the government or tne unuea states vt America. ' ' . . Two years agro, at 'the congress at Paris, I argued and pleaded for a pol icy that would save lives by the hun dred thousands; toAay . I . have the honor and satisfaction to report most substantial progress toward the ac ceptance Dy my country of tne mux programme then outlined. - For fifteen years I have sounded in America the warning that raw milk kills. In an article contributed to The Forum, ,of November, r 1894. I made the following emphatic declara tion;. " ---TV ::: t, "":;- " "Here let me sav that the penalty of; disease and r death,- paid for the neglect of simple precautions In the use of milk, Is by no means paid ex clusively . by the poor. ;," Milk Is not always good in 'proportion to the price paid for .it, nor free from the germs of contagion because it has come from cattle of aristocratic lineage. The latter quality, as recent experience has shown, carries with it a special susceptibility to tuberculosis. In milk intended far miant nutriment perfect sterilization is an absolutely essential precaution; but, Bimpie as the process is, it is not always certain, even In the homes of . the rich, that It will be properly done. -I hold that in the near future it will be regarded as, a piece of criminal neglect to feed young children on milk which has not been sterilized." These statements whose Justice, will be recognised by you, fellow, members of this congres8,v were received with incredulity in the United States. 1 was called an alarmist. The dangers to which I pointed were . minimized by medical men of standing. For years rror. George M. Koberr of George town University stood almost alone in declaring and proving .the dissemina tion of scarlet fever, typhoid, and aipntneria by means Of infected mute No longer ago than May of this year, a meaicai. commission characterised the danger of tubercular infection through milk aa "slight," but this was the dying gasp -of the opposition to the pasteurization of the milk suoDly. wnicn nar crura Died away as Igno ranee nas given Place to knowledge. -1 .Willie I persisted In warning against the use of raw 'milk, I provided pas teurized milk, for the babies of New York City. This was regarded as an amiable benevolence, The virtue of the enterprise, in the eyes of- most people, was, that it provided food for tne poor at less than cost, or for noth ing; ...h.s .:Ms;,;,.r . Gradually, however, as the Infantile death rate of ( New York City went steadily down, from 96.2 per 1,000 In Wi to 65 per 1,000 in 1906, coin cident with the Increased use of pas teurized milk, , the significance of my work became apparent, and the con. vlction spread that the virtue of the Straus milk waa jiot Its low cost, but me met wiai xne mus was pasteur arl -.. l 1 . . , y. While this demonstration was going on in New York City, epidemics of ln- fectioua diseases in ' various parts of iu country,, especially ; in Boston and Chicago, were directly and indisput ably traced to the use of raw infected milk, emphasizing the urgent need for action. Scientific men. studying the milk problem, were forced to decide that publia safet demanded naxtaur. laatlon, and in, a notable statement of the problem as affecting New York City, Dr. Erneat J. Lederle, former commissioner of health, declared that pasteurization should be Insisted upon in all cases In which there was no proof that the dairy herds were free iron tuberculosis, ' . ; Investigations by government ex perts made clear the fact that th peril of tuberculosis in milk was far greater and far more frequent than had been xenerallv understood. Th studies of Prof. M. J. Rosenau, of the public health service, proved that the , advantages of pasteurization far uuiwuigneu xne aisaavantageefc if there are any. - . . , , " "Finally. arlv thbi summer fha President of the United States became so convinced 'of the dangers- of raw milk that he ordered a thorough offi cial investigation of the whole prob lem, with a view to legislation by the Federal Congress. " " . ' " - These steps toward the protection of the people, and especially of the children, were the consequence of an awakening of the publlo intelligence and ' a stirring of the popular con. science. The i people stood aghast at the revelation of millions of babies left daily at : the mercy . of-disease fVms hidden in the .ordinary market INFANT MILK STATIONS. In five Amerkan cities infant milk stations are now maintained and are achieving remarkable results in re ducing infantile mortality.- In New York City, my own work nas extended irom one central eta tlon to seventeen depots and the out. put of pasteurized milk has incrteased from 84,000 bottles In 1893 to 3,140,- z&z potties ana i,U78.4Q5 glasses In lo. A total of at least I.600.000 bottles and 1,500,000 glasses Is already waicaiea lor mis year, in addition, more or less efficient pasteurization is being done by dealers to ; the ex tent of about, soo.ooo ouarts a day; Eearly this summer the municipal government . of New York adopted a forward policy In setting apart pub lic funds for 'the building of model milk stations in the public Darks In the congested tenement districts, but the city will depend upon private phi lanthropy to provide the supplies of mim to ne awpwej at these tat!oni Several years ago, I gave the first (Continued on Page Seven.) FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER l-, 1907. mnvux FrxEUAL, The Solemn Exercises Held In Hospi- . tul Chapel iiody Interred in Front , or central Uuikihir .uany ncauti ful Floral onerluffs Ihc Oul-of- Town Attcmlants. :: ." , Fpeciul to" The Observer. 1 ""': -.""-.. Morganton, Sept. i:, The funeral of the date Dr. P.. L. Murphy took place at 4 o'clock tflis afternoon and was a peculiarly solemni exercise. The services were held in the . hospital chapel, which , was filled by visitors, hospital attaches and, .townspeople, and were conducted by Rev. W. F. HoUIngsworth, pastor of t the First Presbyterian church, of Morganton, of which the deceased was a member, as sisted by Revs. w. F. womble, of the Methodist, and J. D.. Larklns, of the Baptist, churches. The exercises were simple, consisting only of Scrip ture "readings, music and prayer The music was by the chblr of the Mor ganton Presbyterian church, Mr. Har1- dy Turner organist; and the hymns were "Jesus . Lover of My Soul," Rock of Ages" and "Lead Kindly Light," . ' ; , The active pall-bearers were, by Dr. Murphy's own selection Borne time ago, the heads of eight different depart ments of the'nospital. namely: Messrs. J.VF. Woodard, chief carpenter; W; K, Houk. carpenter; W. E. waiton, iar- mer; W. D. Clark, dining room super visor; J. S. Parsons. dalryman; George E. Patton, supenntenaeni 01 coiony, J. H. O. Carter, engineer, and Tom Smith, florist. The honorary pall-bear-era were Messrs, E.; Melt Gopdwln, J. H. Pearson, W. B. Fearson, j . w . Wilson. Jr.. F. P. Tate, R. T. ciaywen, J. A. Clay well, A. C. Avery, Jr., B. S. Oalther. I. P. Jeter. 8. k. uoiieue, ft. K Presnell, f. P. Erwln, 8. J. Erwln, W. C. Erwln, J. L". Laxton, Md.; J. C. Hallyburton.v A , Mi ingoia and J Erwln. 'i'-'-v;-.- "-". -'v-Th mAdlcai staff of the institution, viz, Drs. Jwbn McCampbell, James K. Hall and P. V. Anderson, with Mr. F. M. Scroggs, steward, and Mrs. u a. Marsh." matron, followed the family In the funeral "procession. Next in or der was tha board or directors, ex cepting Messrs. Tate and Jacobs, ac companied by Messrs, L. R. Whltner, .--d I rector, and J. A. Dickson, ex- clerk of the .board. The Interment was, by Dr. Murphy's selection, at a spot on the grounds at the foot of the beauti ful lawn, a little, to tne leu 01 me front of the centre bunding. There were many beautiful flowers, smonar them a unique design the state flair of North Carolina, from Mrs. R. L. Rybarn, of Shelby. Among thope In attendance from other points were: Rev, R. M; Williams and Mr. Jack Williams, of Greenshoro; Mr, and Mrs. P, McK Williams, of Black shear. Ga.t Miss Minnie Bumgardner, of Staunton, va.; Dr. ana Mrs. w. w. Tallinn, of GoldsboTO: Col. P. M. rAAF8a.il and Mrs. Charles R. Thomas, of Newbern; Mrs. J. I. Stokes, of Sal isbury; R. HJ Lewis ana a. w . .nox, i7oioio-i (ipnrra G Thomas,, .i .Wilmington: Miss faille B. Hoke, of Elizabeth, "N.1 3- ana- mts. jw., n.. ic Collough. of Charlotte. ' ? v BIG DOWN POUR; OR RAIX. ; fount Airy Has Heaviest Fall in Long Time Mr. T. ixwry. r., onuu Slight Pnralvtlc Stroke Tobacco CurW First Claes Revival by Rev. Tj. E;:Prnhardfr An Appreciative NoteMnrderer Respited. Special to .The Observer. 1 Mount Airy, Sept.-12. A deluge of water flooded th streets last nigh.t, the toeavieet rain that has fallen here in some time. Franklin street, where the work of grading is In v progress, waa almost impassable to-day. Mts. Nannie Nichols visited her sis ter, Mrs. A. B. Harrell,.at Pilot Moun to .day. ' -' , T. J. Lowry, Jr., of this cityi had a sllght stroke of .paralysis yesterday, Hla condition at present la elightly improved. He was descending the etalrway when attacked. Tobacco cures are exceedingly fine, the leaf of fine quality and very rich and wavy, prices win e migner ms year than for several' years past, sim ply because 1 fawners ; win v oemano, moret. They are now able to hold and they have decided to do this In many sections of the States " Many substantial Duuamgs are go in ud in the city and it vicinity, the finest edifice under construction being the. new and costly Baptist: church in the northwestern portion of the city. Rev. Z. E. Barnhardt, pastor 01 Mount Airy circuit, is engaged in a re vival, meeting at Laurel Bluff this week. ' Very great Interest - Is mani fested s by the church menYbers and congregation generally. Several per sons have been converted ana., otners revived. . ':. .,;C ' - The Observer has a strong hold up on the people of , thU city and flhroughout this county (Surry). As news of the fire spread everybody your correspondent met asked eagerly aibout the extent of the disaster; and. when assured 'by him that rhepaper would go right on as though nothing had. occurred every one' brightened ud. It would be hard to find a paper hat cotrid take the place of The Ob server, The paper Is appreciated vy all classes and all trades and profes sions and'by Republicans at well as the best Democrats. That the , . con flagration was no worse is cause for relololnar. .1 ' Report has readied, this 'city, that the Governor ef Virginia has respited Peters, the murderer of Rev. .Joseph Easter, for thirty days. The execu tion was set for September 20th at HiltavIMe, Va. " , . STORE Bt'RNED TO GROUND. Mr. L. C. M'rDuffle, of Hope MilK 1mc Ills Entire Ktock of Goods, vitn uw liiivic uisoranco. Special to The Observer, i Hope Mills, Sept. 12. A few ml'n utes after 9 o'clock to-night fire was discovered m tne store 01 u c. no Duffle and before any assistance could be got the names had gained such headway that It was Impossible to ex tinguish them, although ' . the store might have been partly saved had the No. 4 mill had steam so as to force the water. . Mr. McDuftle had Just begun some extensive repairs, such, as paint ing and remodeling! and he ha J also quite a lot of new fall goods which had Just arrived. He had some In surance though not sufficient to cover the toss, ' No cause of the fire is known, . - . c Greenville Has Enormous Tobacco . ,. ' Sales. , Greenville, N.' C Sept", . 12. The Greenville tobacco market had a record-breaking sale to-day. The banks here paid out nearly $35,000 for to day's ealeev Farmers are -delighted at the good prices , their tobacco it bring!" , , ' ',' , MIHAttun NEWS Or CAPITAL ' CITY 1Y(;T,T,TI,-1S 1 ld 1 l l OPENING. VU-Knovvn Presbyterian School For Girls Begins Another Year More High School Principals Needed Decision- Against Insurance Com- lany Street Car Line to tTaoiree iTeek Tenderloin District Raided Wife or Prof. L. D. Watson Dead jLiracllng to Be Done at Fair Grounds Medual School Has 30 Students Railway Company Cliangpa Its Name -Other Hems. V";.' -f':'fl,::, ' , ' Observer Bureau V 4I i .' , The Hollaman Building, , Raleigh, Sept. 12. Peace institute opened to-day with 180 students, half of them boarders, present. There was no formal opening owing to the Illness of Rev.-Dr.' Al fred H. Moment, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, and to the ab sence of Governor Glenn from tne city. Mr. James R. Young, chairman of the boara of trustees, wno is such an ear nest worker for the school, was pres ent as were several other well-known members of the Presbyterian denom ination. " ! -"!' "v ''-::,:-,.-' f' '- The neWs as to the condition of Rev. Dr. Moment gives hla ,: friends (and there are thousands of : them) the deepest concern. He has very severe attack, of typhoid fever and is in a dangerous condition.- He is a na tive of Canada and his brother and his daughter, Miss Julia Moment, have been telegraphed for. , -Deep regret la expressed here at the death of Dr. P. L. Murphy. A special worker is engaged In the office of the Secretary of State copy ing records regarding Onslow county, to replace those destroyed by fire. ' TWO CHARTERS. A charier Is granted the Taylor Herring Real Estate Company, of Kinston, the authorized, capital stock of which Is $50,000; the stockholders being J. F. Taylor, Charles F. Harvey and L. Harvey, - Another charter Is to the Edgemere Manufacturing Company, of Concord, which will make yarns, quilts and oth er cloths; the capital stock being 325, 000 and W. M. Greenwood, New York City, being th principal stockholder.. State Super.ntendent Joyner says that' the last examination, for high school teachers will be held In every county In the State, October 11th, nd 12th, at the respective courthouses, He says that a great many ar need ed and, that in fact not over half these schools have as yet secured principals. The pay for teachers is not less than $40 a month and in some cases ex ceeds. $100.: Some i of the principals get $1,000 ! for eltht-months school term. Those who pass examinations can serve In any. public school. At the first examination, which was held In July, there were a good many appli cants but not so many as were ex pected and some failed to meet the reaulrements. The demand for teach ers of all kinds was never so' marked in the State as at present and the bet ter salaries which are paid are prbv Ing a very decided, attraction In some sections. INSURANCE COMPANIES LIABLE The Assistant Attorney General gives ah opinion a to the liability of insurance companies to , taxation on their guaranteed capital, ruling they are liable, the State .Auditor having brought ud this question. Bom com panies nave, instead or paid-up capi tal, what Is known as guaranty cap Ital; that is, securities of other com panies put up, the claim being that these nave already been taxed. Tne companies holding them thus escape. The Auditor will call on companies for back taxes due under this ruling, The police raided the tenderloin district here last night and made wholesale arrests of keepers of J Is orderly houses, -; under the new law which makes all such liable to .arrest and puts upon them the whole burden of proving their places to he of good character. .One woman was fined $100. She paid It and was Immediate ly released. All are to be tried next Wednesday. PROFESSOR'S WIFE DEAD Mention was made last week of the serious Illness of the wife of Prof. L, D. Watson, of the Baptist University for Women, She died to-day. She was a native of Knoxvllle, Tenn. She graduated at Harvard University, Her parents are of Knoxvllle. . Early next year . Raleigh will be In the way of getting a great amount of eiectric power from Bucunorn tram. A line is to be built here and this will no doubt have the effect of bringing a number of Industries here, ., MEDICAL SCHOOL OPENS. The fall term of tho medical de partment of the University has begun here, the number of students being 30, the largest ever in attendance. It Is hop that next year a new builJlng will beprovided for this department, of which Dr. Hubert A. Royster is the dean. The faculty numbers 15 mem bers. Tho Tennessee Coal Fields and South Atlantic Trans-continental Rail way Company to-day changed Its name to the South Atlantic Arans Contlnental Railwaq. , This is the line which is anplylng for fifty con vlcts, . under new State law, and which desires to speedily build about Jfteen miles of road near Waynes vllle, Jn , order, to reach some very extensive forests. The Agricultural & Mechanical Col. lc&e arranging to get a part of its water supply from Rocky branch, small but neverf ailing stream which runs through Its property and which skirts Pullen Park and the grounds of the hospital for the Insane,, lower down. - 1 - Orders have been given for con stdorable grading, In front of the State Fair grounds, the street railway com pany doing this work. Next year. Secretary pogue Informs your corres pondent, a great deal of work is to be done in the further improvement of the grounds, anj it is now the plan to erect a main building. The one now In use la partly the first one erect- 4 ed In 1378,. half of the exposition hall of 1834, the remainder being an annex which was put up in 1891 whon jonn T, ratricK nna charge of an ex position here. ' These buildings are by no means suitable for the purposes. - The corporation commission to-day went over a rather extensive docket. mainly complaints as to -minor, mat ter, there being no easel of any State Importance. The complains cover a wide range,; but . of course most of them are In regard to- overcharges of rreignt and thing or mat kina, Cotton Mill Spinners Meet at Boston, Boston, Mass.; Sept, 12. The ond annual session of the cotton mill spinners began in this city to-day and the delegates from many parts of the country were informed by Samuel Ross, of New Bedford, international secretary, that ail was harmony in the different districts except In one. The session. It Is expected, .will con U o ne-1 hree - day . and- -the- delegates wtil jikcuss shorter hours aid the re serve funa - DEFAULTING CLERK AURESTKD. Man Wlio Embezzlexl Money From Louisa na Tax Colltx'tor Found on ltivor Bank Was Trying to Sum- 111011 Courage to - Coninut KulciUc Spent Money on a Negro Woman. New Orleans, Sept. 12. Charles E. Letten, chief clerk In the office of the first district tax collector here, who disappeared two days ago, leaving a shortage of over $100,000, was found this afternoon standing on the bank Of the Mississippi river attempting to summon up courage enough to jump in the water and commit suicide.. He said he had started toward the water several times but each" time his cour- agfl had failed him. He made a full confession. ' . 1 v ' The man who saw Letten standing on the river ank reported his dis covery to. the police ana wnen ine officers arrived they ' found Letten seated under an umbrella reading, an account of his defalcation In a morn ing paper. He said he had found. the sun very hot and between his efforts to summon courage enougn 10 com mit suicide he had sat beneath the umbrella and read of his big tbeft. ? fatten said when , earned : 1 Detore the inspector of police and the grand Jury . that he had spent the greater part or tne money ne nau uu, va nerro weman. who lives in a hand somely; furnished house In : the old French quarter. of the aty ana wno Is said to have bought considerable quantities of real estate. Letten says the greater part 01 me money he had given her had -been Invested In realty, only a comparatively small amount being devotea to ncr living expenses. According 10 tne ibsi 6v mate made as to Letten's shortage he i shout 3107.000 short in , nis ac counts when he disappeared two days ago. During these two days, he said he had been main in in , wcu along the river. - ' Virginia Reed.' the negress" in the on.. wa arrested 'to-day and held as a witness. An attempt win ne maae to indict her as a .principal in tne defalcation. Her will, a copy of which -was obtained to-day. showed that she had made .provision, to give much of the stolen money to a church and to an orphanage. Letten aa 84 cents in his possession when arrested. SECRETARY TAFT SAILS. Accompanied by His Family and a 6tarf of Reporters we, jiomno vi fldal SUrts His Junket Around the World.. - Seattle, Wash., Sept. 1 2, William HY Taft sailed at 1 o'clock to-oay on the steamship Minnesota. The Secre tary was In fine spirits and chatted and laughed with members of his party aboard the Minnesota, while a great crowd looked on from the docks and waved adieus and gooa wisnes. Accompanying Secretary Taft . are representatives of the Associated Press and Collier's Weekly, The New xora Herald and other papers, his wife and son, , Charley. Ms private secre tary. Fred W. Carpenter, and General Clarence Edwards, chief of the tmreau tof insular affairs. . On the Minnesota also are Judse Thomas Burke and W. F. Backus, of this city, special ; com missioners to- the orient for. the Alas ka-Yukon aPcnlo Exposition; Thomas J. O'Brien, ambassador of the U. S. to Japan, and peter Augustus Jay, , first secretary of the embassy, - NOT OPPOSED TO ROOSEVELT. President of National Convention Thinks, Though, That the President Matfj a Mistake in the Brownsville Affair. Waahlnton, 8ept 12. "This con- ventlon Is not apposed to president Roosevelt because It Is not a political convention," declared Rev. Dr. 35. C. Morris, the president, in calling . the National Baptist (Negro) Convention togetiher at the second day's 'session. Dr. Morris said there were many ne groes in the convention who are for the President although they are con vinced he made a mistake In m the BrownsvHIe affair. The speaker said further that the, negroes believe the the President Is "manly enough ? to correct ihls error when the time comes." Rev. L. G. Jordan, secre tary of the foreign mission board.. In making his annual report, said that God had no other purpose in ipermit tlnir the negroes to be ' trrought to this country as slaves than to prepare them to send the uospei to their brothers and sisters In darkest Africa. DISCHARGES 150 MEJT. Southern Curtails Tts Force of Spen cer Employes This Necessary For R.d to Make Expenses Special to The Observer. Spencer, Sept. 12.Jrhe Southern Rp.Jway Company to-night discharg ed 150 of Its employes at Sponcer pursuant to a general cut r-hlch It Is lisjtrned covers the entire Southern system. It is understood' that 4he re duction of the force Is made necessary by adverse legislation and In order to meet expenses., The Curtailment ap plies to all departments. Whites Try to Drive Out Negro Real. iyv4;i;.j;j.: dents. , . , ' 4 , . Fitzgerald, Oa., Sept 12. Twenty seven white men were arrested last night by Chief, of Police Short and a special posse. The men were engag ed In an organized effort to drive out negro residents. It was feared an other attempt will be made to-night and the sheriff swore In a number of deputies. The local militia was held In readiness, and Qovernor Smith was notified that the militia might be needed. . . American Social Science Association w . . , Meets. Buffalo, ' N. Y., Sept. 12. "Is So cialism a Threatening Calamity?" was the general topic announced for discussion by tne American Social Science Association at to-day's session. Dr. A. F. Weber, of the New York State department of labor, spoke on "Labor Legislation, National and In ternational," and W. J. Ghent on "International Socialism; Its Alms, Methods and Progress." . These ad dresses were ' followed by a general discussion, (corgi Commission Postpones Tele , phono Hearing. , Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 12. The Geor gla railroad commission to-day- in definitely postponed consideration of a petition for restoration of the re duced night rates for long ; distance telephoning recently abandoned by the Bell Telephone Company. Pend ing a detailed report from the com tpany Vice President Gentry; of the eotopany, said. that, after a. fair, trial he will be prepared to make a de tailed report ' TBAIN WRECKED AT TRYCi; DOZEN PERSONS ARE IXjn.r.) Track on Aslievillo and !; -burg Division Buckles mul . . lisscnger 11-aln is Deraikil Ku i , nlng at Slow Rate When the An i . dent Occurred and Injury to Pas. wngcrg is Slight Their i:war' Hovccr, Being Narrow 'fratii Blocked For Twelve Honrs Sp.; cial Train Carries Those Not Hurt to Spartanburg Thoso IicceUin,; Injuries.- .. . , r Special to The Observer. Ashevllle, Sept. 12. The wreck of passenger train No, 10 near Tryon oa the A, & Slast night was due, accord ing to railroad officials to-day, to the buckling of the track, caused by the intenso heat of "yesterday ; The train was going at a moderate rate of speed as It; neared Tryoii ; when ; the track "buckled" and the entire train was de railed, the tender of the engine, mall and express cars and the baggage car v being practically overturned. All the passenger coaches and the Pullman . were derailed and tilted slightly to one side. The passengers numbering prob ably 66 or 70, and the train crew had narrow escapes. Twelve of the pas sengers. Including several negroes, were slightly hurt; none, It was stated to the extent of debarring them from, continuing their journeys, although, they were removed to the hotel at Try on and medical attention, was render ed. The 64 uninjured passengers were sent on to Spartanburg by special train. .--:, y :-. :x,?l. The track at the Scene of the acci dent was blocked for twelve hours. At 8 o'clock this morning it was v stated that trains were ready to pass the scene. A wrecking train and crew were ' sent out from here last night and la-, bored all night in an effort to get the track clear. vA-"'-A-'' Following are the Injured: OH- M. Drake, Spartanburg. 8. C; foot hurt Jesse R, Ibby, Ashevllle. N. C, knee hurt N. O. Hanle, Pacolet, S. Ci, an kle hurt. P .O. Hunter, Abbraille, S. Ci side hurt, Isaac Young, negro. An ntston. Ala., hurt Internally. J. W. Croker, Pacolet, S. C., hip hurt. Pres ton Smith negro. Union, 4Ci slight ly hurt about head, Ben Jenkins, ne gro, Orangeburg, S. C knee skinned. H. G. Dalton, Spartanburg, S.; C.- hand bruised.: Henry Simpson, negro, Columbia. S. C, hurt Internally. E. D. Cook, Pacolet, 8. C, arm bruised. Lu la Kennedy, negro, Ashevllle, N. C leg bruised. ' r . NEGRO BADLY SHOT. Bullets Fill His Hide TJke Pins in a, Cushion The Man With the Gun Arrested In Short Order. , , , Special to The Observer. --a, : - : -v Greensboro, Sept. 12. As a result , of a shooting scrape late last night, George Morehead, colored, has his body filled with bird shot from the gun of Glenn Hayes, another negro. About 8 o'clock Hayes was driving an ox cart down the macadamized road just beyond Lindley ;i Park while through a patch of woods near the road came Morehead and two other negroes returning from Guilford Col lege -where they had been -engaged la doing some plastering work. When they came within about thirty yards of Hayes he drew his gun and fired, the load taking effect in the body of Morehead.' As soon as the shot was fired, Hayes drove on as though noth ing had occurred and the other, two negroes who accompanied him? ran In another direction as though some thing awful had occurred. They soon regained courage enough, however, to go back to their wounded brother; and as the end of the car line was not far off they took him to the park and boarded a car for the 'hospital with, ' the wounded man. News of the shooting was wired to Sheriff Jones and the police force and the sheriff, after notifying his depu ties, at once set out for the scene of the shooting. At the switch at the Nor mal College he met Hayes driving in town to ihls ox cart, and having the ear stopped he commanded Hayes to " halt. Upon searching in the bed of the wagon he found a single-barrel shot gun which he handed to the street car conductor and after putting the hand cuffs on Hayes had 'him ready to so to Jail on the next incoming car. On the car coming1 In was Morehead with the other two negroes going' to the hospt- ' Hayes was locked up In the county jail, the sheriff taking In "charge the ox cart and It contents. When asked about the matter, Hayes said he shot . because he was scared of the men. Morehead nays. that neither he nor either of his companions gave Hayes any excuse for shooting. At the hos pital about 30 shot wer removed from the nesro's body and It Is thought he will soon be as well as ever. . ; v -rt-.-'r :; : :,1''.,. 'I itninnm.il i.J?-yt'.v''.V-:VV IUIS A. GOURDAIX IXisLVNE. ' Eeeentrle MlllKmalre, Rerrln a Term in Atlanta Prison For Fraudulent ' Use ef Mails. Will be Sent to Gov ernment Asylum, "" .. -AiManta, Oa.j Sept 12. Louis . A. Gourdaln. the eccentric millionaire, who attracted much notoriety by de-. daring that unless the court sent hint to jail he himself would build a prison and be his own warden, became In sane at the Federal prison here this week,, and was to-day taken to Wash ington, where he will -he placed In the government Insane asylum. Ac companying Gourdaln was John Pet- ' erson,-who also went crasy .at.-the Federal prison. Peterson was serving a life sentence for having robbed the United States malls. . ., Gourdaln came Into national notice a few years ago when he declared that unless the court sentenced him to serve a sentence for 'having used the mails fraudulently lie would "build a prison and become his own jailer. He was then on trial for fraudulent use of the malls. A few months later he was tried In Chicago and sentenced to serve four and a halt years in prison, and was sept to the ' Atlanta prison last June. STRANDED ON A REEF; Unknown Steamer, Supposed to Fly Flag of Munwm Line, in High and Dry Oft Florida Coast. : New Orleans, Sept. 12. A steamer stranded on the Cary's Foot roef off the Florida south coast was sighted on September 10th by Steamer El Dia. whk'h arrived here to-day from New York. ; The El Dla did not stand by to learn anything of the plight of 'the stranded steamer and was too f ir away to make out her name or how many persons Were aboard. The fun nels of the stranded su-amer Indit-atf J that she was a Munson line boat. t''ie grounded'far out of the line of n -ulac travel of Muwoa line pw carrying steamers and in wattra 1, !ly phed ty freighters of IhU i .
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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