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SUBSCRIPTION PEICE: $3.00 PER YEAR. CHARLOTTE, N: C, SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 14, 1907. PRICE FIVE CENTS. BLAIR TRIAL IS DELAYED ITVE " WITNESSES ARE ABSENT, . Those Responsible For Relay of Not ed CuAe Arrive and Trial Will Bo f: Tleirnn This Morntni IirotlKf Of . ' -. i mr . fit- m . -ri l 1b i jtwu .nan on oiuc vi jiiru. d" Threatening Letter Found pn Porchl Mild Sensation Follows the Find ing .Proprietors and Others. En "r Joined From Selling Alcoholic Llq ' uors on Isle of Palm Man Con . noted of Atrocious Crime, Refused Pardon Many Times, Tries' Again, Observer Bureau, . I.- ' 1422 Main, Street. , ' Columbia, S.X., Sept. IS. - ' There was another delay this morn ing $n; thetrial ofMrs. Ethel W. Blair, the handsome. North Carolinian ' being.1 held for no murder of ; her vusbnd,', Conductor Cullen W. Blair. Thta time the case was continuedttll 4 o'clock this afternoon on account of the absence of five State .witnesses, . Judge Jdhmstomo was Indignant ait the f -contlnud absence of. these .-..wltnessea and he Immediately directed not only that -bench, warrantB be Issued for . ;thesav witnesses7 but that when they are -found that, they' and all other witnesses hereafter ignoring their " bonds be'placed to. Jell until they have '" ten. regardless of who they ere, . tateiv women or children, black or Mrhlte," s ." 'Solicitor Tlmmerman would not give th. names of the flvabsenteea, mrt said two were fsom Laurens, one from White Rock", etations on the G. ' N. I road, and the other -two were . negro women of Columbia. r Mro. Blair ''did. ot appear in court - to-day, tout she was ready, waiting In ' , one of the waiting. Jury rooms. . She r M accompanied by a brother of the dead, conductor, who also married her i aJ&teri and by two of her sister's chU dnen., - Mr. Blair refused to make a , ' statement for publication', referring to Ovl attorney.: It isv known, 'however, , that he fully sympathises with Mrs. ' lalr end will do all In Ms power to ecur her acquittal. ' Mrs. Blair said to your correspondent this . morning that tha .other brother of Mr. , " Blair was not yet here,, but itha. ha would . be here when the trial was started. ' . The State's strongest Reliance is Dr. A. B."iKnowltm,Vwho accomp Conductor Blair to the hospital In the ambulance. Conductr Blair's dying ' statement taDr. Knowlton was that his wife shQWrni , deHberately and " wKhcmC Must provobatlon n t quarrel over Cher.; relations wt'th Conductor , : Anna. AA h was dying the conduct- or said he did not desire to see his wtfe punished. ; ' ' " , Colonel Nelson, leading counsel for the defense, says Mr. Arms to ready ' and available tortesUfy for the'; de flense, hut that he may not he put on V. the ..standi,'.: Colonel Ngteon refused o go Into the reasons. , '- 'v'-BBOIWS' TO-DAY" - " " - - It was agreed this afternqSi Ao be- gtn .the trial of Mrs. Blair the first ' thing to-morrowj ' Absent ; witnesses were here this afternoon, but another case was in. progress . at that ,tlrae. Sheriff Coleman has mt ns yet exer " cised 'hfla . authority to Jail ny wtt- The case of Robert T. Jones, which ' Is before Governor Ansel on petition If or pardon, is In several respects the most remarkable In the criminal hls- tory of the State. The petition has - been urged before every Governor of ""the State for nearly a Quarter -or . ' century, and At times great political - att laimlly influence has been brought to (bear, but no Governor has ever granted a lessening of the sentence. . In -1901, the records show; -the petl ' . tion was presented by Governor J. M. s Terrell, of Georgia, the prisoner hav ing many influential relatives In that ' State. The petition this time, was presented in person by Jones' sister, Mrs. Toole, of Georgia, all his other near relatives -being now dead, except a son and a daughter, i ; ,1 .MOST ATROCIOUS CRIME.'. Jones, crime was a .particularly at- roclous one. In a frenzy growing out of a quarrel of long standing over the possession of some land in Edge - field county, . Jones slew Edward .Pressley and his two son all in the -. course of a few minutes; i in a field where the Pressleys had gone to plow. 'Both families were prominent and influential and a notable legal. iDauie loiiowei. Tnere were several ' mtatrtals, and finally a convlcttonf ' hianslaugnter, In Lexington county, on a change of venue. The ease went to the Supreme Court several times. The sentence was 21 years. The pe ' tftion says he was convicted in - March, 1 $8 7, and counting the time . " the prisoner spent in the - Edgefield . V' Jail, and the customary, credit of one month oft a year-for good behavior. ' he has already more than seped out - his sentence. But he did not enter ' the penitentiary until June 20th, 1891, and. his sentence with the credit of ;n one month a year, will " not expire ,-.. until September 20th, 1910. In spite of , hts age and hard prison life he Is sUU hale and hearty and capable of irW a gooft day's work and there Is every ' , reason to believe he will yet be able , to enjoy several years' freedom, even ,if Governor Ansel -adheres . to his - habit of refusing pardon, which - is Hkely. " . . N 1 NAMES OF RELATIVES ON PETT- . TION." , . - s rIUs petition .Is signed by hundreds - f prominent people, -Including Bailey Corley and Edward . B. " Corley, ' of whom the petition' says, ''Bailey Cor ley Is the son-in-law of Edward Press- -.ley and Edward coney tne grandson of Edward Pressley, these two being , . the only surviving relatives of Press , ley known in this county." But there la no' recommendation rom' the trial judge, Judge JamesA. Norton, 7; lok he Is long since dead,: and Attorney p. H. Nelson, of this city, who was. the solicitor in The trial, has all along refused and till refuses to recom mend clemency. Jones was tried only Cor the murder of the elder Pressley, and though the other cases are not likely to be revived agailnst him, tor the reason hot only that he has been severely punished,, but because all the witnesses are. dead, still the other killings hive their weight. Jones' wife died while he was in the penitentiary, on the lUh of Au ' gust. , 1900, and .his oldest daughter died on the 26th of the same month. U was, of course, unable to attend u either funeral. . He has ' heard r: of numerous ether relatives passing away in the same manner. - The -petttloflr-rjiy that Jones trthe father of four children, "two orVhom were born aftef his confinement - In t&u',whftri hIs lfe frequently visited in in." ., , " him." SEJUOUS" THREATS MADE. A mild sensation "vwas created throughout the city this morning when it became generally ' known that a threatening note, scrawled in Klua nantil .prvra,. t V 1 V nhat tt VAllnW v,w , u. cwv. v Paper, had been found this morning on the piazza of the Burnside board ing house where ex-coroner Wil liam S. Green, who was acquitted yesterday afternoon of the murder of a negro hackman, Moss Tucker, lives with his family and his mother- in-law,-. Mrsr. Sj F. Burnside. , me note, which was not signed, held Mrs. Burnside responsible . for the ac Sulttal, on the ground that she had ffutnlshed : the money for Green to defend himself, and warned her that unless Green were got out of the community within 24 hours he wbuld De killed and tncthouse Durnea. So far Ihe incident is not creating any dangerous excitement., in - tne first place, this is not an easily excited community when it comes to a thing ofthis kind. Until there are further developments ' most people prefer to treat the matter with 's unconcern, hoping " and believing that the note was placed . by " some irresponsible negro, who has no backing from the other . negroes. Both negroes and whites have acted with commend able control when , clashes seemed to be imminent in the past. How ever, if thers is any attempt to carry out any pan of the threat, it is reared a serious- riot cannot be averted. GOVERNOR ON THE ROAD. , Governor- Ansel a-oes to Spartan burg to-morrow,, '. where on Sunday afternoon he delivers an-address, be fore the Spartanburg Y. M. C. ! A., the occasion being the' opening of the M. C A.'s fall work there. The, Governor will be absent from Columbia : till Thursday next- He will divide Monday, . Tuesday and Wednesday between his home at Greenville and his plantation In Pickens. . Judee Joseph Worley. recently ap pointed 'by. Governor " iSmlth judge or tne superior - court in vjne ki berton circuit, is connected with sev- eral prominent South Carolina faml lies.'He is the. uncle of Governor Ansel's son-in-law. Dr. Gaines Wor ley, of SU Augustine. Fla.. and is also connected by marriage with; the ramiiy : of Attorney aoseph A. Mc Cullough, of Greenville, prominently spoken df as a prohibition guberna tolal posslhillty. N ORDER AGAINST OPEN BAR. The open bar that has been run several years in defiance, of the law at the Isle of Palms resort, adjoining the dance pavilion of the Seashore Hotel, where Friday night hops are held, has long been a subject for jest throughout the State, and it has been still more generally commented about since Charleston has recently . shown a disposition to get good and obey the new dispensary law. The man ner in which the Isle of Palms place continue to t run has been thrown In the teeth of every one defending .the sincerity of" Charleston's reform. A new and unexpected attack was made on . the place to-day, the gun this time v coming . from t Attorney General Lyon's office la the form of a- temporary restraining order he se cured irom Associate justice uary, qf the Supreme bench, enjoining Rid oock & Byrnes, proprietors of the Seashore Hotel, the Charleston Hotel and half k a dozen other tuch places in Charleston and near Charleston; the - Consolidated Gas and Electric Company,- which carries the crowds over from Charleston to the sea4 side resorts and which is alleged to be in possession o. the premises where the law Is being violated; and E. W. Blitch, said to be in charge ,of the bar. . wow, wnetner a civil procedure like this will He in a criminal action there seems to be doubt, even on the' part of the State authorities,, buTthey are confident that they can useXthe injunction arm of the courts to put an alleged public nuisance out of business. That point, however, re mains to be tested in the courts, and jits adjudication will be looked for ward to with great interest.- Assisting the Attorney General's office In the matter is Dispensary Auditor W. B. West, who is in Charleston to-day to see, to the serv ing of the papers before the crowds get. to the Isle of Palms for to-night's dance. It is understood that he fur nished most of the information upon which the order wag based. Governor Ansel and Attorney Gen eral Lyon have been working in a quiet sort of way for several months on the Charleston situation, and, while they have both . noticed. . im provements on the part of Charleston itself in trying to close In on the tigers, it can be easily discerned that law enforced fully In accordance with law enforced fully in accordance with its true Intent and Spirit. The rul is made returnable here September 28th.i In the . meantime the. defendants ate allowed to make application to have the temporary injunction set aside on giving four days' notice to the Attorney General's office. But they are restrained until the further order of the court from selllng-or allowing to be sold beer or other alcoholic drinks from the Isle of Palms, place. . ; LOCK-OUT IX FCR TRADE. ISlxty-Odd Manufacturers to , CloseN -ineir xmors Against Employes To-Night- Desire to Hasten a Crisis. New York, Sept, 13. As a result of strikes declared In several shops, 60 or" more of the leading manufactur ers of furs in New York have decided, It is stated, to lock out thelremployes to-morrow night. The lock-6ut will affect about 7,000 men; ' -. , This. W the first labor trouble In the history of the -trade In this city. Wkhln ; the last year the operatives have been organized,. - - Recently they demanded that a del egate In each shop Jje empowered, to control tne wgramen, even 10 ins ex tent of preventing their discharse; ' The demand was refused and sev eral strikes were declared. "! The m plovers at m;e , organised, with the backing of the Importers of furs and decided to hasten the crisis. Governor Hnghc to Deliver Slcgot - Monument Address. Nflw York, Sept. ' 12. Governor Hughes has accepted an invitation to deliver the principal address at the unveiling Of the bronze equestrian statue of General Franz Selgel on Saturday, October 19th, at Riverside Drive, -at 106th street ,:S--::x i: -In honor of the occasion, t fs ex pected that the local and nearby Grand-Army posts will be represented Un force, and that' more than 20,000 members or the various German so cieties will Join " the veterans In : the procession. - '. - , ''-Aehorps'f-r.oooTwt,oo(rv6r;e from the Germtn singing societies will also participate In the exercises, ' SIMMONS TALKS POLITICS BRYAN STRONGEST IN SOUTH The Senior North Carolina Senator In .Wasliington and Is Interviewed Re garding Democratic Presidential ; Fossiblltics--MaJorlty of ' North Ovrolinians Would Like to See the i N'cbrni-knn ; President Great Re- sponsibillty Rests on Him Chanlcr Iloom Not Wcll,Rnown---Does Not BcHeve SoutL'jrner Will Got Nomi nation Senator Culberson the Best 'Available Man. ; ' . , . Observer Bureau, . , 1417 G Street, N. . " . WeahingCon, Sept. U. , Senator Simmons is in . Washington to-day and invaktg some remarks upon the arsCden-ya.I attuaticn. He saj's the trongfe't man with. the South is- Bri-m, but he be.'levea tlijyre la a. widespread hope tn the Souilh, shared, in by Mr. Bryan's wannest admirers,! that he will not be & eahdidate,; but will lend his" great influence in the party to the selectfiom of a ticket which wlH heat the ' facJomial breaeh m h party and draw to It the hearty and honeet supportf all elements in the party. : -v -: -.v.i i Ot North Carolina the Senator says: 'The great majority of Democrats-of North Carolina would rather see Mr. Bryan President then any' other "man hi the United States. - Many of these believe he would poll ; more votes next year, then any man we could nominate," but there are legions of Mr. Bryan's friends, as stated before, who think otherwise In these condi tions. 'With ,the nomination practi cally conceded to 'Mr. Bryan If he ehall ask it, a great 5, reepon'slblllty will rest upon Mr. Bryan, ae great perhaps as ever rested upon a public man in thte country." ; -'.:i;'v:''r- V VvCHANLER NOT KNOWN. ' i "What do you think of the Chan ler boom, Senaitor?" ; 'The people of my section of the country know little of Mr. Chanler. He is a new man in naitllonal politics. What we know and have heard of him ia exceedingly crediitable to him, arad I find a daire to : know more about him. No party can afford to nominate for President a -man . who does not measure up to the tradition al standards; of that great office, not should (It nominate a man who .la. not essentially in sympathy with the purposes, the principle, the spirit and the genius of popular eelf-govern-hvent. If Lieutenant Governor Chan ler measures up to these requlre menta, the fact that h oomea from New York, without whose vote tl Democrats cannot hope to win, to gether wiDth. the fact that he has car ried it when the head of the ticket was defeated, would entitle hs claims to serious consideration. . ' "I do not believe a Southern man will be chosen nor do I ' believe it would be wtise to nominate one at this time, but -iMdont.thtnR'M'would be profitaible to discuss that question JuSt now." .,-,;-:..: . . .!',' v - ;if the party ehouM decide to take a Southern man, , who do you think would be the man?" . ' - SOUTHERN TIMBER, GALORE. J "1 have no idea," the Senator re pMed. "The, South has many fit and available mn for this great office, Several States would , have favorite sons, but the name most generally nTenttomed lin the South In thla con nection is that of Senator Charles A. Culberson, of Texas. He Is very DODular In the South, where he is recognized as a Wg-h anted, broad- minded man, who would guard with equal Jealousy the constitutional rights of both nation and 'State and would regard an encroachment against either on the part of the oth er as an offense against both Institu tions. Senator Culberson would snake an ideal president, a very strong candidate. - ZACH McGHEE. QUIET RESTORED , AT HICKORY. Unknown Parties Teas- Up Track of C. & N. W. Section Boss Who Tries to Re-Lay Track -Arrested , Corporation Commission Goes to Scene. .-. Special to The Observer. , Hickory, Sept. 18. Everything Is quiet since the release of the section boss under ball, who "vwa arrested this morning for causing what might have terminated in a riot by ma ac tlon In attempting to re-lay the C. & N. W. track: which was torn up last niht by unknown parties .'who are belnir souht after by the city officers Ths mayor,' J. H. P- ClHey. and board muoh regret the lawlessness last nignt, .but will see that the property of the railroad and the citizens are both pro tected until the matter can be-, eet tied; which, is thought can be done to morrow morning, when the railroad commissioners, who are on .their way t the scene of action, arrive. 'The result of the conference given Capt. I T. Nichols, general manager, by the city authorities and citizens at the city hall this afternoon amounted to naught, as everything pertaining to the adjustment of the matter was deferred until the action of . the cor poration commission y to-morrow morning 1n carrying? out the order now pending for tha removal of the C. & N W. track from the northern side of the new Southern freight sta tion, of which there has already been IIV- IIIUIU OniU.,'.!'":.'. ' . . i. It Is eald.that the beginning yester day of what seemed to b permanent repairs to the C. & N. w. Railway around the station provoked some of the citizens, after the Jong delay of moving of same to last night's action. Thers is but little delay, as all C, & N. W. trains are being switched to- . the main track south of: tha ' station, Capt. L; T- Nichols, E.' F. Frad. .J.L. navMon, J. W.; Fletcher, jr., and J, A- Martm are the railroad " Officials here to await the convening of the commission to-morrow. ' The . citizens as well asi the business men much re gvet the conflict between the railroad officials end its patron ana nope to morrow' consultation may -bring about an amiable agreement to- all parties concerned. j f , . ; - Doctors Not Always Straight..,' Special to The Observer. ' Winston-Salem, Sept. , 12, When a Physiclan'i certificate was presented to Judge Fred Moore In .. Superior Court yesterday afternoon, certifying to the serious limess or a witness in expresed himself in regard to physi cians' certificates. He eald that it had gotten so that you could not always depend upon the certificate as being rorreet. Many times the f- physician will, through "sympathy. tgn a cerir flcate of the Illness of a person In order that the ce may bs continued. ;' " ....r'.rf'; V':;' '-?' ; '' '" v:: ':, ? V'i" ,1'':iv;;' ONE MILE OF TRACK FINISHED. High Point's Electric Line Comlnj ...-Along According to Contract As I social ion or iwiyninkers rormca , Missionary Delivers m Address l-'Miniiy Itcunloii tleld oung La dy to Marry." Special to The Observer. High Point.' Sept. 13. One mile of the tlectrlc car line here haa been completed, Tunning from tne centre of . the city to the incorporate limits and work will now be resumed to wards Tnomasviiie, several miles uf which has already been graded. It is the intention of the company to complete the line : to Tliomasvllle as early as possible, running trom there to High Point by way of the si the ciiy limits on the north andhsn oompiete . the : work on towards Greensboro by the Junction at the park, which the cumpany-will opext up; and after the line to completed to Greensboro run on from this . parK junction to , Winston-Salem, thus making an Ideal routs In which to leach Winston, . ThomasvlUe and Greensboro, with a beautiful park about - midway : between Greensboro, High Point and Winp'on. In tills way travelers can go on to, Winston with out coming by High Point, High Point can make a straight shoot by the park to. Winston, ThomasvlUe do ing the same thing, and vice versa. All these towns can come direct to High Point without passing any othc town .of any sua, landing here on the "Y" in the northern part of the city and coming on down town. According to the terms of the franchise the mile of track was laid Just twenty minutes ahead of time Wednesday afternoon at 5:40, the time limit expiring at 8 o'clock that afternoon. Mr. Dee Allen eays he will push the work to completion as fast as the material and workmen can be secured. It Is believed the road will, be completed to the three towns mentioned within two years. The members or Chickasaw Tribe 22, 1. O. R. M. last night organized a haymakers'1 association in connection with the order to be known as Chick asaw Haymakers' 'Association No. 32 1-2 taking the same number of the tribe with the - addition of half a number. Twenty-five names were added as charter members and the association will be instltued some time this month. The following offi cers have ben named: Past chief haymaker, R. E. Heffner; overseer, J. maker, W. L. Stamey; assistant chief haymaker, R. E. Heffner; overser, J. F. Cannon; collector of Btraws, W. E. . 1 . J . . 1. I. r ajlci iiuuii, Keener vt uuuuitn, ueuxge D. Hanna. Quite a number of High Point people will attend the big education al rally at Randleman Saturday. Mr. Ashley Horne and-others will make speeches. 'A large crowd Is exDected Col. W. I. Boone, who is editor and manager 'Of The Central "Carolinian, published at Randleman, will laso open up a printing and newspaper, plant at Sprays Tne colonel is a vet eran ' newspaper man and knows a good thing when he sses it. He Will continue to operate his plant and run The Carolinian at Randleman. Rev James Carter made an inter esting address at the First Baptist church here last night. Rev. Mr. Car ter will leave for China as a mission ary shortly. His parents live here Mr. Carter has been in the North for some time preparing for his mis slonary Vork in foreign fields. There was a family reunion here yesterday at the home of Mr. Lee Andrews when Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Andrews, of Light, and Mr. C. W. Andrews, of San Antonla, Texas, with the other relatives here, had a big time. , ..Miss Janet WaUon. who recently visited Miss Blanche Bradshaw here and who Is very pleasantly remem bered.by a number of friends, will be united in marriage to Mr. Wil Ham Charles the 2d of October at Miami, Fla. GRANTS RESTRAINING ORDER, An Aftermath of the Self Case at Wlnston-Salcm Mother of Self Not to Sell Property. Bpecial to The Observer. Winston-Salem, Sept. 12. In Su perior Court yesterday, at the request of Mr. J. S. Grogan, counsel for Frank Tatum, colored, Judge Fred Moore signed an order restraining Elizabeth Self, mother of Charles Self, from sell-! ing her home and six or seven tene ment houses on the same lot on North j Trade street, which property Is val ued at $2,000 or $4,000. The order is. made' returnable before Judge Moore Thursday, th? 19th, when the; defendant will be required to show! cause why the order ehoiil not be MA'Ju Hrmahnt. It will be recalled that at the hwt term of Superior Court for tho trial causes Charles Self, a young white man who had accumulated a good deal of property and had a promis ing, future, and Prlscilla'Tatum, a Degress, the wife of Frank Tatum, were tried and convicted of the charge of fornication and adultry and sentenced the man' to the county roads and the woman to Jail. An ap peal was taken to the Supreme Court and the defendants gave bond. Frank Tatum instituted a suit against Self for the alleged alienation of the af fections of his wife. He was required to give a $1,000 bond for his appear ance here at the September term of Superior Court As was stated in this correspondence a few weeks ago Self left for parts unknown soon after the trial of the, case, going . away, it W stated, with the hegress. Self's mother stood his surety for the "amount, giving the property on North Trade street as collateral. Tha counsel for Self understood that an effort was being made to sell the property and was for the purpose of preventing this thftt the restraining order was Issued. .The order was served on' the de fendant yesterday afternoon by Sher iff Zlglar. J. plorpont Morgan Rents a RHi- , niond Home. New York, Sept. 1 J. News hat reached' hers that J, Plerpont Morgan has leased a fashionable home in Richmond, Va and "'will occupy It with his family and rut during the triennial session . of the - Episcopal council, neginninAurtoDer 1st ' , He will pay $5,000 a month rent While Mr, Morgan will go to Rich- mond In ths capacity of a lay delegate to tne council n. w,ui n the recipient frf much social attention . and the Thomas House probabW will be the scene of a great deal of .hospitality, English Stars Cancel Datos, New York, Sept 1$. Theatre goers are not to either Mr. Forbes Rob ertson or his wife. MlM, Gertrude El liott, this season. Ths tour of the Eng lish stars has been canceled owing to the Ill-health v, of Mr. Robertson, who.'ir it ftld.-may hot .hi abe to ap pear even In England Until' next sea son. "'V'..';.v- NEWS OF STATE UANTAL -nvnnv Vfci vwit.il it i BULIiETIN ON THE ; Departnlnt Of Agriculture Issues riplendid Pamphlet, ieil liiiunrni-j eil E. J. Coltrano Bcincs SUI)cr. ; IniaixlAhi n llwwIfi ill ItnUflfiltllli Work Begins on shops For Jlalclgh A Pamlico Sound Railway I'ovt master General Invited to Raleiglil Several Charters UranfJd-r-Cot-ton Has Peculiar Appearance .Ral eigh Bunk Have Resources of Near ly Five Millions Others Items of a Observer Bureau, ; The Hollaman Building, - , . ' Raleigh, Sept 13. The State Agricultural Department to-day Issued Its August ; bulletin, which is devoted to dewberries. The matter is prepared by F. C. .ReJmer and the bulletin ia beautifully illua tra'ted. There is a great deal of iiioney in tnese berries, as smart peo ple lu several st-eUona of tuve btace uave ouacsoverea. , , Each year the De- priment bulletins inareaae in value ana become handsomer n appearance ana it ntf wonaer they are in such request atal have so much reputation nei and in other States. ' - The State Superintendent of Public Ins.truoU.on announces ihat County Superintendent J.- M. Wray, of Ran dolph, has resigned and tnat Mr. tu. 3. Ooltrane has been eleoted his suc cessor. Jttr. wray waa an extremely efficient officer and has county has made much progress under his direc tion. His successor is a scholar and a very able young man. To-day funds were sent out for ru ral pwblic school libraries as follows:, Hendereon county, 4; Halifax, 2; CWyY Buncombe, Chatham and , Transyl vania, each 1. C. H. Mebane, of the educational department, left to-day for Craven and Pamlico counties to make two speeches, on local taxation for public schools. f- The news to-day regarding Rev, Dr. Alfred H. Moment pastor of the First Presbyterian ohuroh, who baa typhoid fever, was more reassuring. : Deputy United States Marshal J. B. Jordan, of Cary, one of the four men who were shot (n the moonlight bat tle between two .parties of revenue raiders last month near Chapel HiU, came down to-day and ait once went to Rex Hospital to see Pytseman John Banks, another of the wounded men. Jordan aJd he found Banks very cheerful and improving rapidly. Banks was nhot in he leg and it was feared fior a time he would loose it, but he will soon be all right. Jor dan was shot In the side', the bullet striking not far from the heart but (going around a rib. He was also shot in the right leg and this bullet remains in the flesh. He eays he will soon be on duty again. He looks very well. Upon 'report of mews from -Mayor ClUey that cltilzens of the town of Hickory had torn up severe hundred feet of the track of the Carolina & Northwestern Ralilway, Corporation Commissioner Rogers left for that poUnt to investigate and settle the dis turbance between the people and the road. A charter is granted the Red Springs Bonded Warehouse Company, capital stock $25,0 00, to hold cotton and oth er agricultural products; W. J, John son and others stockholders. Insurance Commissioner Young has licensed the People's Mutual Life Insurance Company, of Salisbury, and It was chartered; T. H. VahderforJ and others being stockholders. W. H. Ragan, of High Point, to-day inspected the new power house at ths A. & M. College. The truetece meet the 25th to give the contract for the steam . heating plant. President Winston eays that there has been no hazing at the college so far. He attributes this to the excel lence of the eenllors and the Juniors. There are 5f seniors. Tne ireignt warenous on tne Kaieign (c Pamlico Sound Railway here now un der enmitruetion ' Is SfocKfl ft. Thn trentle work leading to this, whleh Is rwarly a third of a mile long, was (Inch ed to-day and trains ars running across. Work began to-day on; shops for thn Raleigh A Smith port Railway in the southern part of the city on the proper ty where the wagon factory formerly stood, this plant having been burned two years ago. Part of one of ths buildings has been usd as a veneer and box plant, but the latter is now In new and larger quarters. ' The Raleigh & 1'amltco.Sound Railway Is putting In a new sRel and cement bridge serous Crabtree creek, two and a half miles north of the eitj'v this taking the place of the steel , bridge built two years, ago. Cotton presents a very peculiar appear ance in many of the fields. There nr patches where all the leaves have dis appeared, leaving the naked plants heavy with bolls, this work having been don-i by tht drought lost month. I,t night invitations wi sent by the chamber of commerce to the Postmaster General an 1 to the First Assistant Pout master General to attend the convention o( presidential and fourth-clavs post masters which U to be held here during fair week next month. It Is expected that both will be present, together with a number of other lesaer officials of the Department A charter is granted the De Soto lnnd & Tlmher Co., of Rd Springs, authoriz ed capital stock $300,000, of which $75,000 Is paid up, W, J. Johnson, of that place, being the principal stockholder. The Ilsel Color Company, of Char-s ions, ennuges us piace o( business to Gveensboro. -; . ... -j,.,.... The Huckleberry Sprlnjjs Company, of Durhm.t I Incorporated . with $l2S,flu0 capital stock;, W;. C. Bradiher.and oth ers being stockholders. Peimty Sheriff Cooper, of Bertie coun ty. ' brought to the penitentiary to-day Miller Parker, who gets WMi years for I'urglary. Parker Is a tough customer. He escaped from the chainean in Ber lin and stole-the gun of . one of the guards; turned up In Johnston county and was arrested - for lit ruling, again making Ms escape and now he Is put where ho can't get away. The Raleigh banks to-day showed total l'esources of $i,800,00. There are seven tanks In the city, Including one national end, two saving. OCEAN CLAIMS ASHEV1LLJ3 MAN, Collin GIHIs Dies or Heart Failure , While in Bathing at Atlantic City . A Brother of the City Editor cl The .'Citizen. Atlantic City, N. J Sept 12. Col lin Oillls, aged 34 years, of Ashevtlle, N. C, died In the ocean to-day In water not more than walat-deep. Glllij was seen to wade underneath the steeplechase pier and audJenly dliappeared. Life guard rushed to his rescue and brought him ashore, but hs did not regain consciousness, Surgeon Beckwlth said that Oillls death was not due to drowning but to heart failure- t Ollll was a member of the Knights of Pythias and had a ticket. In hU pocket reading from Baltimore to At lantic City-? 'f..w-s -;. i--. 'Gill!sr,was"l.,brotherBf the-"erflf-tnr of The AsheviU Citizen. Donald Glllia, , ' - ., NEGItO'S STR.VNGE DOINGS. 'Every Night For 21 'Years He Has ! iTea,.ht.a and ITd red Wliile in a Ilvnnntlr 'linnvTiinnnl. Ra Wnkr.i 'iUcn By Any Means CW a ttu- nCe PuaJo to Phj slcians. g , l0 Tn 0lservM,. ' i whui..sr v ttIV, T Ik: i,gi" IICI in V1IU of the. most usi usual cases ever heard of, and why this man is not On exhibi tion with some show crowd is aston ishing. ' ,.' ':,-' -.;'." ; '."; ,.: The story is told by Mr. E. M. Hicks, of Statesville, who travels for the Bay State Whip. Company, v of Massacnusetts.-, Mr. Hlcxs is now at his home here for a short -stay. This unusual case fell under his ob servation while he was in South Car olina about three weeks aso an J al though many know of It nothing has been said in the papers about It. - Six miles, from Batesburg, S. ; C, lives a negro farmer i about 50 years old, who every night conducts a reg ular religious service while he Is in some sort of a hypnotic state, and the strangest part of the story is that the negro has been' doing this regularly for twenty-seven years. The cas has attracted much attention and Mr. Hicks drove out to the negro's home one night to hear him. The man goes to bed about 9 o'clock and soon alter he goes to sleep the perform ance begins and he cannot be awak ened until he has completed. Mr. Hicks says the night he was there the negro sang two songs, pray ed a long prayer and then preached, what he says, was a good, sensible sermon. During the preaching he was seized with some kind of con vulsion, something like a spasm, but nis wire ruDbed his race and neck with some camphor and he went on with his "sermon, starting in the middle of tne sentence where he had lett ore when the convulsion came. He never preaches the same sermon over twtae and always announces when he begins that he Is going to repeat a sermon ne has heard preached. Mr. Hicks says that physicians have studied the negro's case and have tried to wake him during the per formance, but In vain. They say he Is in a hypnotic state; but ' Just why or how it comes on him at these regular periods and affects him in the same way, they cannot understand. The negro is just a plain, hard working and tgnorant farmer and charges no admittance fee to his home during the strange performance. He can t read when he is awake and breaks down when he attempts to pray in public or make any srt of talk. So far as Mr. Hicks learned, his rest is not broken or his health affected by his nightly performances. MR. IUTCHIN AT SALISBURY. He Makes a Siwcli In the County In the Morning and in the Court House at Night Small Crowd Hears Lat ter Effort He Continues Ills Ad vertlsoment of The Observer. Special tq The Observer. Salifroury, Sept. 12. The" crowd that heard Representative W. W. Kltchln last night at th court house would have been more like this day's tendency had it listened to him in his first appearance yesterday. In the morning he addressed a church gath ering at Crescent, the occasion beting a reunion of tho Reformed churches of that portion of Rowan. He was heard there by a very large audienca, but the one in the court house par took very much of the size of a Wed--nesday night prayer-meeting service. There were 87 listeners and all of them could vote. Mr. Kltchln spoke under physical handicap. He was tired from the day's work and had his voice, only, with him. He Spoke in quiet tone. abused nobody and said the hand somest things, either directly, or by implication, of The Charlotte Daily Observer, with which institution he finds a good deal of fault. The en tire portion of his personal word was directed at the paper. CENTFLNNIAL LV JULY, Dato of Grccnslioro's Celebration and Homc-Coinlng Set For First Week In Jfext July, to Begin on the Fourtii. Special to The Observer. Greensboro, Sept. 13. In the room of the chamber of commerce here this afternoon at 5 o'clock was held a meeting of the central committee re cently appointed to make prepara tions for the centennial celebration and home-coming of the former resi dents of the city and county, which 1s to take place here next year. The committee fixed the date for the cele bration the first week of next July. The affair will be opend by the celebration at Guilford Battle Ground Saturday, the 4 th, and will. . last through Wednesday, the 8th. This date was decided upon after a quite lengthy discuiwion as to the advleabll 8ty of holding it at some other aeason. What than bein done by the commit tee will be submitted before the peo ple of the city for ratification a.t a mass (meeting tb be held the 24th of this month, but no doubt i entertain. ed but that the people will accept the. wotk .uona w n committee. SEABOARD HEAVILY TAXED. Value of he System In Georgia Fixed t Over Twelve Millions. -- Atlanta, Ga.-, Sept. -12. With " the fixing to-day of the taxable value of th Seaboard Air Line system In Geor gia at $12,851,580 the arbitration of the corporate property returns came to an end anj taxable values, in the State show -an Increase over last year of $85,000,000. Of ntls amount the corporation returns yielded an In crease of $25,000,000, and the taxable property, as IndlcateJ In county di gests, was about $40,000,000. Besides the Seaboard Air Lin, other corpora tions which appealed to the board of arbitration were the Southern . Rail way ,the Central of Georgia, the At lantic1 Coast Line, the Atlanta A West Point Railroad and the Western Union and Postal telegraph companies, ths returns of all being considerably in creased. Radium Effective In , Cancerous , Growth. , New York, Sept 18. Robert Abbe, a prominent physician of this tlty. in a paper read before the Jermatologi- cai congress, ; now. in session here. stated that, hs believed radiant wu effective In many cases of cancerous gro win, naiurany tnoe of the eplder mat type. The speaker made no cen tention n favor of radium for the Internal cancer. He displayed casta showing favorable effects of early treatment df the external or skin csn-erbyadfnir'ndr-,l3de-commenl en the sometimes eftactlve supple mentary use of the Roentgen Rays. LUSITAMA BEATS KtCOilU GIANT CUNARDEK FI.EET-IXKJTr.D Big -Turbine Stcamahlp Rushes Into New York Harbor Flying Flas of Victor)-. Having Mado the Trip From QiMvnstovvn in 5 1 Days. 1 Hour and S3 Minutes The Per formance - Joyfully ; AcclniinMl ny the Populace and the American and British Flags Are Dipped . In Acknowledgment Tle New Record 6 Hours and 29 Minutes Better Than That Held by th'j Lucanla of the Same line Big Turbine Fails to Iower the Hour Record Held by the Pent villa nd The Record Day by Day.. ' v,V New Tork. Sept 12. A new steam ship record between a European port and New York was-made by the Cu- nard Kne s new giant turbine ship, , Kusitanla. ' , ' . 1 The LusStania left Queenstown, the. nearest trans-Atlantic port to New York at 12:10 p. m. Sunday and ar rived off Sandy Hook lightship "at 8:43 a. m. (estimated), making tha time for the trip 5 days, 1 hour and 33 minutes. This Is t hours and 29 minutes bet ter than the previous Queenstown New York record hed by the Luoahia. of the same line. HOUR RECORD UNBROKEN.. ' .While the Luaitanla has made , a new record for the time a paissenger U actually on board ship, he , has . nt beaten the average speed per hour record, of the Kaiser WilheUn II, which has made 23.58 knots from New York to Plymouth and the Deutsohland, with a record of 21.01, knots per hour to Plymouth, having made better time. 4 '',, The Lusltanla's speed per hour on her maiden voyage was eettmated at 22.87 knots per hour. 4 t The new ahlp was decked wrth flags and bunting when she made her ap pearance off Sandy Hook. . A ' good' sight of the beautiful" vessel was .had from the shore for only a short while. Her passengers tined tho railings and crowded the different decka of the large vessel, waving handkerchiefs . and American and Brftleh flags. The marine observatory stations on ; the shore dipped their flags tn salute, and other vewels in the lower; bay blew their whistles in greeting, and the Hwitania's blue ensign was con -untly lowered and raleed in ac kuowledgment of the reception given" her. , ',, ; RKPnTtT nV HIMYVRn VTA,nH " Tho log of the Lualitanla gives 1Sh time paaeage 6 days and 54 minutes.v and her iime of arrival off Sandy Hook lightship 8:05 a. m. The aver -age speed 23.01 know per hour, and the days run were 698 miles, 658, 575, 570 and 483 to the lightship. . Th total distance was 2,782 miles. ; ; , r t The giant Cunarder was given clamcrous greening 'by the immense fleet of steam crafit as she awept up the bay. She 'presented a magnificent picture as h slowly drew up at ftiisa nainrnkiA 1Thyn i$Va rtm ism n 4.Va 4mwiiiuiiii!i t visa vise? wnva - yt ., tall Singer Building waa strung a se ries of nags stgTimiHng in the marine code, "Welcome." ' RAISING MONEY FOR HOTEL. AuguHta Man Offers to Rubecribe tn , spariantrarir. Hut His TV-rms Are Not Accepted. . ' Special to The Observer. . . Spartanburg. P. C Sept 13. At a meet ing of the chamber of commerce held for the purpose of raialnc money to erect a ' modern hotel In this city, .Bryan Law rence, a -well-known hotel man of Au gusta, offorod to subscribe HO.0O0. prorid- cu iwmj oiuscns 01 nparrannurg wouia do the sam) or he would he one of forty citizen to subscribe $5,000. For several Venra tlinr ham l.M.n an .ffn,l n Kt.llt - a large nd modern hotel in the city.' A meeting ot tne cnamDer 01 commerce -waa held last night. Bryan Lawrence, who is proprietor of the Albion Hotel in Augusta and th Olenn Springs Hotel In thla county, happened to be In the city and he waa Invited te attend the meet-a Inn. Mr Lawreace unld that Spartan- . burg needed a hotel very bedly and that he behoved a modern up-to-date hostelry would pay. Ho said he would back his Judgment by sub-Crlblng $10,000 If twenty citizens would do the tame. ' He found no taker. Ten thousand dollars wars -raised tn subscriptions of $E each. A ' committed was appointed to make s a ....... ' . cnin.li. vi illW 1.117 tUr SUIT acrlpUons to the capital stock. NEGRO SHOOTS CONSTABLE. ; Special Officer Killed by Negro Whom He Was Trying to Arrest at Great Falls, 8. C. Special to The Obseryer. ; Chester, 8. C, Sept. 13. Mr. James -F. Thomasson, of Mltford, Fairfield county, was shot and killed at an early hour thlaimorning by Jeff Mur phy, colored. Mr. Thomasaon was a special constable in the employ of tha Southern Power Company, with head quarters at Great Falls, and met with his death while attempting to arrest a ' party of negroes, of which Murphy was a member. Murphy went to Winnsboro during the morning and surrendered. Mr. Thomasson form early lived near Rock Hill. He was a member of the constabulary durlnr ttia aiiIp anrl imam IrAiiKlnvia A:m the Stats dlspensar'. . , County's Affairs In Very Good Shape, .... ' Says ConuniMon. :v:f1,i ... , special to .The Observer.'.?' J.::M i,i.i1 x Rpartanburg, 8. C, Sept 13. The com miaaiori Appointed under an act of the LegUlaturo to Investigate the flnaecUl a flairs of Spartanburg county has fori warded Its report to Governor Anael. The commlMlon was composed of Capt Ed mund Bacon, chairman; H E. Babb, ot laurena, and A. 8. Peden, of Greenville. The communion found nothing sansa ttonal. In every county ottlce it found the -official with more cash in the bank than vailed for by the. records and books. For instance, W. L. Eppa, formerly coun ty treasurer, was found tn be I1&.0W out ' of balance, being long in that sum. . Tha ctimndMl'in discovered errors In booking. The commission makes criticisms In sev eral caaej oi careieia practice and fail ure to observe legal requirements as to formalities. . It was not expected that ' there has ever been any wrong-doing by the officers of this county and nana waa I fleveloped. . v -. ... . . -f . French Line Steamer Breaks Her Own Record. New York. Sept 12. Tha French, k!n steamer La Province arriving at New York to-day broke her own rec ord for a run from Havre to New York, making the run of S.140 mile in $ days, 1 hour and 12 m1nut, which to one hour and three minutes better average speed, ,t 22.08 nautical miles per hour. . i Arm Caught tn Gin May Have toCs Amputated. ' Special V The Ot aerver. Fayettevllle, Sept 13. The arm ot Lon Andrews was caught In a cottoi gtn at Rock fish station and he w orouai ia lue xitgnsiuuti, in,..,. last night where amputation rpy ta necessary.
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