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SUBSCRIPTION -PRICE: $8.00 PER YEAR.' , CHARLOTTE, N. C., FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 27, 1907. - trice i-i v., i ...... . HALE .DENIES EVEBYTHLNG . SWEARS GIRL SHOT HERSELF Man Charged With Atrocious Mur-1 dor of Miss Iilllle Davis Makes a . Sweeping Denial of All the Evi dence Given by the State's' Wlt . ncsses and Produces a Bad Dn presslon First Witnesses For, the Defense ! Not : Largely to - the s Prisoner's Advantage The vArgu-v-at'ln the. Case Is Expected to " in To-Day BlountviUe Filled . t . ?Uh the Curious Verdict May -v" Not Be Rendered Before Saturday. ""Bristol. Tenn., Sept. 26. Ack Hale, who la on trial' at BlountviUe , for the murder of Llllle Davis, the crime having been committed in East HiU ."Cemetery in : this city last March, to-day took the stand in, his own de , fense and gaye , substantially .the . same version of the tragedy as when , first' arreted a few minutes after the . fatal snot,"was fired. Hale made ; a sweeping denial of the charge : of murder, and contradicted all the wit i. ' nesges for the .prosecution as To the ' 'events of the afternoon and evening on .which the girl jnet her deathHe ' testified that he had been -Intimate . with his alleged vlctlmV. but officers were called In rebuttal, who declared that he s denied nvhlle . under arrest that there had 1 been f any Intimacy between them. In several, other im portant particulars Hale's story was shakerCupon cross-examination or by ' rebuttal evidence. His ptsltive de . nlal of having mistreated the girl at . any time or in any way during the buggy drive preceding: her, " death, . when the evidence of a number of reputable witnesses shows ' that he treated her cruelly several times durlnar the afternoon, produced k bad Impression and evidently weak- - ened his case. . . " ' ' SWEARS GIRL SUICIDED. , Hale's version of: the tragedy was, that the girl committed suicide. He ' said that fhent they entered the - cemetery she was in an intoxicated condition and was begging hlmnot - t leave Bristol, declaring that if he did she - would kill, herself. He would not yield to her entreaties to 1 remain In the city. They sought a ' grassy plot and eat down and before ' he could realize It. she picked up his , pistol, which was lying :on the ground, and sent a bullet into her breast. ',' ; 7 A number of witnesses for the de- fense were placed on the stand to day, but the result of their testi mony was not largely Jo the advantage- of the prisoner. One of them, a ' woman of ! questionable character, from Knoxvllle, t was lm , peached , and the stories told iby others were of little value to , the - cause of the defense after 'crosa ' -examination. THE STATE RESTS. The ,: State rested its case at 9 1 o'clock this morning and when court adjourned this evening the, defense had finished., The trial is progress , Ing rapidly and It is -expected that ' by noon td-raorrOw all the) te " ' buttal testimony will . have ' been taken and the argument will begin. The case will , probably , be argued ' during the afternoon and given to the Jury in the evening, though It is dcobtful if a verdict will be rendered before Saturday. - - The " little town of BlountviUe is filled with people attracted 1 thither by the trial Many of the visitors are : from Bristol, but most of them are from the country. , ( . ",; ' i , ' PROSPECTS FOR CUP CONTEST. , Members of the Ne York Yacht Club Reticent as to An Amended Chal lenge But Deed of Cup Seems to Blake It Obligatory. ; ' ' New York, Sept. 26. Prospects for b race for the America's cup next year 'werd improved groajiy to-day by the announcement from Sir Thomas Lip ton that he will submit another chal lenge specifying a 90-foot boat as the representative of the Rayakt Irish Yacht Club. Members of the New York Yacht Club were reticent as to - the action that would be taken by that organisation In response to an amend ed challenge, but It was pointed out ' that the dead, of gift by which the M 'America's cud was placed in the cus ' tody of the New York-Yacht Club in .1887 apparently makes It obligatory ' upon the, New York Yaht Club to accept the challenge provided certain conditions are complied with. ' The - deed of gift specifies that any foreign - vachf-club "shall always be entitled to the right of sailing a match for this y (America's) cup." It is .further set ... forth that the competing' yachts. If of xone mast, -shall not be less than es ifeet nor more than 90 feet on the load water line." Then It Is further set , forth that the challenging club shall . ' i.ti ifAn tnnnthQ' notira: that this no tice must be accompanied by a certi ficate of the name and rig of the chal tpnffln vessel and. the vessel's length on load water line, beam at load water - line."1 extreme beam end draught of ' 'ater' : " ' v - , ' ' ' .". . ESTILL HOPE FOR A RACE. sir Thomas Llrftn to Consult Mr. Tift nn the SltuaTion Wllllnsr to Con """ aider Challenging With a 90-Foot Boat. , : . : . London. ' Sept. 26. Sir Thomas LlDton' was interviewed to-night af ' " ter he had 1 learned the treasons why ii challenge to race for-t ae Amen ca's cup had been' declined , by the New York Yacht Club and spoke as folows: ' ' "I "still have plenty o ftime to issue . another . challenge, rbut all depends doh what I am advised to do. . Mr, File la coming especially, to consult ,'. with me on the situation.. : "t know ther New York Yacht Club - feel its responsibility and I am quite X willing to abide by Ks decision as the ( . Tiess J better than' any, one: else. V r J ' fun not help hopijTgthat the existing difficulty may be overcome and that a . race will octur in isos. i wui ao ev ervthlng In my power that Is reason , ' able to meet the wish of ur American frlendi. I' am willing to consider jnosCfavorably the Idea f challenging with a 90-foot boaV if that will be received under the conditions existing ' (n.the New York Yacht Club. and if Mr. Fife can design a boat w.ikh will give -me a reasonable prospect of access, ana aitnougn such a boat might have V be constructed as a freak boat; even then I would be only .too pleased to do It" - Lnsltanla Arrive at Quecnstown, ' Qeent6wn, Sept 27 a a. m. The eteamef Lusltanla ihas .arrived, " making the eastward passage across "the'Atlane-ln-nv-dayBr-fouhour ' and 15 minutes, an average epeed of 22 knots, t ' WHISKEY IX PILL DRAWER.' Police Raid a Drug Store to Greens- ooro and iind a Quantity of Lrfquor and Beer on the Premises Proprie tor Says It Belonged to Some Ono Else. " Special to The Observer... ' a' Greensboro, Sept. 26. In a raid made on a druir store on South Elm street here late yesterday afternoon fne police officers think they capturea one of the landmarks here in the city In the way of a - tnnd tiger. The place of visitation was the drug store of T. C. Mclllhenney, located ust be yond the , Southern passenger sta tion. ' , The Dolica officers had held the place under suspicion for quite a whllei but it was bniossibie for mem to ob tain enough evidence, to warrant. an arrest Yesterday, however, they were of the opinion that they had sufficient circumstantial evidence to Justify them in making a search of the premises, so four of tthe force including Chief Neeley stepped into .the door ofnhe drug store, and proceeded ' to ; look about In and unaer the drawer m which is kept the salts pills the ora- cers found a 'number of bottles of whiskey done, tap in small packages ready for sale, all ot which taken to gether measured something over three gallons. They continued their search up stairs and were presently rewarded by finding 26 bottles of eer packed away In ft barrel, the others that orig inally came in the barrel having al ready been consumed. ' . , ; , .When questioned atoui me intoxi cants being on his p remises- Mcll- henney stated to the omcers wax ?o had license, direct from 1 the Uited States government to sell whiskey but at the same time" Jie denied the whis key being his and said that the beer also belonged to another party and he had only given him permission to keep kit in his store. . . . .. . The officers thought, however, cnai they had a rather strong case against him so. they drew up iwo -muTaui". ona ohnrrfnar him, with retailing and the other with selling spirituous drinks without first having ootained a drug store license from the city to do so. He was released upder a bona oi in each case for his appearance in the morning at the regular session of city court, , CHIEF OF POLICE HURT. ink. ninrimi rtffifA Van Down Stair- M. ..,."" -- - . way ana Buswins n" Other Injuries Carried to Hospi tal For Treatment, ., Rteoial to The Observer. winston-jsaiem, . epi. . v.ici v Police J. A Thomas, of Winston, is in the Twin City Hospital suffering from a broken wrist ana severaj bruUes about the head and legs, which lie sustained by falling down the second flight of stairs, at the city hall about 7:40 o'clock to-night. , Chief Thomaa-taas been Indisposed- for several days and has takea consider able mediolna and was very weak, and It Is thought that he was taken with vertigp as he was descending the stair way. Hefeaboutf.ten,et tQ the Mrd cement floor In the corridor. He ovmentiv fell on his lace, as ;hls nose was baJIv bruisea. " Diooa i nowmg freeiv from It. He was in a semi conscious condition when picked. up by a person who was standing at me foot of the stairs, v . Dr K. A jLockett. the city physi cian, was sent for and rendered med lnai uttention. After an examination Dr. Lockett deemed It best tliat Chief Thomas sro to the hospital. - lie was rfirriert there In af carriage. Chlef Thomas Is not seriously injur ed, but his wounds are very painful and -ha may be confined' at the hos pital fer seteral days. There Is much sympathy expressed tor, mm, ASKS FOR INJUNCTION. Atlanta & West Point Railroad With draws Motion and Asks far Tempo rary Injunction Restraining Com mission From Enforcing Rate Law. Atlanta. Ga.. Sent 26. The Atlan ta & West Point Railroad to-day withdrew Its motion pending before Judge W. D. Ellis, oi the Superior Court, asking for a temporary injunc tion restraining the State railroad commission from enforcing Its order reducing passenger rates wlt.iln tne State and the case of the petitioning road will now take Its regular place on the docket,, coming up for final adjudication Ih from twelve to eigh-j teen months. This for the time being takes the fight of the railroad out of the State courts, -and Is talten to mean that the Atlanta & West Pblrit RallroaJ will comply with the order of the State railroad commission reducing pas senger rates pending final settlement of the case. . , . ,y. ".;',.i , ' President Will Approve ; Oklahoma i Constitution. V Washington Sept 26. President Roosevelt announced to-day that he would approve the ' Oklahoma? con stitution. He said he had examined the document with the Attorney General and that he felt that the question of . Ms approval otight not to be based on his , personal opinion of the document but upon whether It came within the terms ot the enabling act . His personal opinion of .the document,- the .President laughingly said, was "not , fit" for publication." The promulgation of his approval will be made later.' ' Negro Appeals to United States Com i mlssloncr. . - Savannah, Ga. Sept., . 26 John Patker, colored, appeared here to-day demanding . Justice upon a ? Wayne county mob that, he alleges, whipped and shot him Monday night, suspect ing him of know-ledge or complicity In the 'two assaults made recently upon Mrs. - Marvin Overstreet. The United States commissioner referred Parker to the United States District Attorney. t':'; ' ' ' ; " ':i: . :v ;-. President May Take a Hand in Strike. ; WTashlnngton, ;' Sept. '26.- President Roosevelt : said; to-day . that he had consented to recelvS some 'documen tary-statements' from the , striking telegraph operators and that when these are In his hands he would un- dounteaiy can into consultation com mlssloner of. Labor . . NeilL , Further than this he said- that no arrange. ment had been made for a conference regarding the strike. -' ." i ' Ko Objection to Wa at Washington. Washington, Sept. - 26: President Roosevelt announced to a gathering of newspaper men at the Whits House to-day that he-' assumed that there would be no objection to the appointment of Wu : Ting Fang ,as minister from China to the United 6tate. The President added, , how everr thu h. tsd not formally, taksn bp the matter with the State De partment . ... ANDREWS MUST EXPLAIN SUMMONS FOR VICE PRESIDENT Attorneys For North Carolina Will Ask Cot A. B. Andrews to' i Take Stand and Tell About Those Raleigh Evening Times and John C. Drewry Vouchers Will Also Be- Asked to Explain Another Item of Expendt ture Under His v Direction Much Importance Attached by State Coun sel to Payment of $45,000 to J." P, Morgan & Co., Foe Postage, Station ery and Commissions, ..' Observer Bureau, ,' ' 1417 G Street, N. W. . . Washington. Sept 21. ; The attorneys for the State in the North Carolina rate case have deter mined tossummon as a witness Col. A. B. Andrews, first vice president of the SouthernVBallwayl-He lll be asked to explain" the payment of 2,000 ; to The Raleigh Evening Times and $4,- 000 to John" C Drewry, president ot ine Visitor-Press Publishing; Company. ; as disclosed in vouchers of the Southern been .There is still another matter . that the :North Carolina, lawyers want the Southern vice president to explain. This was the expenditure of $8,000 last year In a lump sum, ' the object of which was not disclosed in the vouch er that .-was placed In evidence. The voucher read: ."Expended under the direction of , the; first vice president.-' The State's attorneys attach ' much Importance to vouchers In favor of J. P. Morgan & Co.,. the wan btreet firm, aggregating 45.000. The vouch ers : showln this expenditure, which -Was for. the past two years, were or fered In evidence Just before the hear tng here was adjourned. The expendi tures purported to be ifor .4 postage, stationery and a commissions or ""dis bursements of interest. The state s at torneys claim that ? any reputable banking firm would gladly have en countered expense to do the souitnern Railway's banking and that the 1 45, 000 exoendrtute disclosed ha ":, the vouchers is practically a gift to, Mor an & Co. ZACH M GHEE. Senator Drewry Will Make Statement In Due Time. Observer Bureau, The Hollaman Building, Raleigh, Sept. 26 The Evening Times this afternoon says: "At tiie proper time Senator John C. Drewry, president or 'me vis itor-Press Publishing Company which Dubliehes The Raleigh Evening Ttmes, will make to the puonc a iuu ana frank statement of his entire connec tion with matters pertaining to the Southern Railway vouchers aoout which considerable has been printed lately.".' . :s : . i I. in ' ' ' . ' r i CALLED OUT AND SHOT , DEAD. Three Men Call WeB-to-Do Tvegro From His House and Kill Him . Bloodhounds Give One to Guilty Persons. It- Is Believed, Special. t The Observer. Wllmlngton, Sept. 26. W. Banksl Roth well, 55 or? 60 years of age, a well-to-do colored man living on the place of Owen Martlndale, five miles below :ie city, was called tut of his house this morning about 4 o'clock by. three whtte men and shot to death when he attempted to run from two of the number, wlio took hold of him. The ball entered the back and pierc ed the lungs. Rothwell, who was in his baref eet circled when he was shot ran back Into his house and 'dropped dead. The men , ran, but later Constable Savage and . others tracked the party with the uounty bloodhounds "to a point near the city and a clue was obtained by which ar rests are expected to follow the cor oner's inquest to-morrow. L I , J r''. - I f , ELEVEN POISONED BY CREAM, Ten Georgians May Not Recover Dessert Was Made With Condensed Milk. ' 'r-f..-v::' "t"f r' Statesboro, Ga., 6ept 26. Eleven persons were poisoned by 1ce cream, made from condensed milk, 10 miles from here Tuesday night, and to-day it was stated by the attending physi cian that there were grave tears that in nf tin a numltff nniiM nut mirvtva poisoning occurred at the home of Cone Hasan, a well-known Bulloch county farmer. Some' of the children of his brother were visiting- at the. nome oi vans nugau, aiiu iuu enure household partook of the refresh; ment, nearly" ajl eating heartily. Al most Immediately after eating they became 111. . V Nol 'oik Man Given Life Sentence v For Murder. New London. Conn., Sept 26. James I. Beckham, of Norfolk, Va.. who cams here on the evening .of September 1st and killed his brother-in-law William M. Petty, by shooting in a local hotel, was found guilty of muraer m tne second de gree to-day and Immediately given a life sentence. Beckham claimed that Petty had induced his wife and daughter to come here to live In an Immoral way and this was the de fense set up. ' New Yorker Under Arrest In St Louis ..V:-,. v On Serious Cargo. v ..;:.:;.; - St. Louis, Mo.r- Sept. - 26. William J. Scott, ot New York City, who says he is a wealthy mine owner, quarry- man and contractor, Is under arrest here charged with emrWllg $5,500 from St Louisiana. The InJIatment alleges that he was engaged to wind up the affairs of a mining company at Tulsa.:!. T.. for $5,500. of which $500 was his fee. It is alleged Scott kept all the ;tnoney. t ., : r National Negro Masonic Congress, r Norfolk. Vs., Sept 26. Toslas session of the National Negro Masonic Congress meeting here Incident to the Jamestown Exposition was given over to discussions of general Interest to the order at large, one of the princi pal topics Being the "History of the origin of Masonry among the de scendants of the African lodge are the lodges and grand lodges descend ed from the African lodge - legitl mate?" ' ' :h- 1 '; i ii i ii i, : Officer Sent to Distnrbrd District In ' MlsslsslppL s v . ' Hattlesburg, , Miss., Sept. 26. A deputy sheriff was sent from here to McLaurln, Miss., to-day to assist , In maintaining order. If necessary, at the linnper : tnllla near, McLattrlri,? where notices threatening to ; km negroes have been posted. So far as ofllcials ot this countycan learn no violence has been dons to negroes at, Mc Laurln. ' INFORMED. OflMal Rciwrt is Received From Governor Magoon by Acting $xre tary Oliver -Cites Ash Uie Details. Washington, Sept. 26. Official work of the arrests ; of conspirators In Havana reached the War Department to-day In the following cablegram ad dressed oy Governor Maigoon to Act ing Secretary Oliver:' . "inrormation more epecinc ana cer tain than heretofore received was se cured last night, that. Maso Parra, angered by failure to bring about an uprising, , threatened to dynamite some building in Havana and then es cape,. The local police arrested him and two of his gang named Lara Mlrefand Ducassa and they are naw In jail.,-- War Department offlelali while admitting that agitation is ram pant among the Jiegro population in Cuba because of thehr failure to, re ceive their proper share of the offices, discredit the prababUity of any up rising against the provisional govern ment on that island. The negro .pop ulation, composing 90 ber cent, of the TMwn1fk xri n nnnABAil .Palma'fl tfnvrn. ment, claim they have not been fairly treated, A . continuation of this agi tation, It is admitted, might have a serious effect in driving some ot the malcontents to attempted uprisings in lsoiatea places, put uovernor Magoon is said to be prepared to nip In the bud anything like an Insurrection. Acting Secretary of War Oliver was at the White House to-day, ibut he did not regard the stories of a Cuban re volt, of, sufficient importance to. 'bring It to the President's attention. Everything Ripe For Conspiracy, ' Havana, 6ept. 26. It was rumored here to-night that General Estanos and General Actosta had taken to the field, but the report could not be confirmed. .It Is known that the leaders of tne movement, planned to start the re volution to-day at seven different points simultaneously. ' When General Mlrest was taken Into custody he was in an automobile and it Is alleged he was preparing to leave for the locality assigned hlim. Members of the conservative .party are greatly , worked up- over the ar rest ot General Ducassi who has ibeen declaring , himself In sympathy with the party. , Police Arrest Three. Havana, Sept. 2i.- The secret. po lice ' early to-day arrested General Masso Parra, and a little later took I into custody General Juan Ducassl and General Lara Miret, charged with conspiring against publlo order. STANDARD ON THE RACK. A Witness Confirms the Testimony Developed at Tuesday's Hearing The. 'Examination Again Delves Into Figures.. New Ynrk. Snnt. fi. Tthft Tndlana PlDe Lino Oomroanv. a subsidiary of I the Standard OH, made a profit of $4,- 091,022 in 1903, on a total invest ment of $2,228,758, according to the company's figures producld by George nhowAhm. iinntrniiM- nf t National WAR DEPARTMENT Plpe Line Company, who appeared a and the largest stockholder '"being ahce company in the State and will he passed on this point, that there a. wiitnB o-iiiiv m th Fad nmi mit 1 Perev- J. Olive: and to the Wendell! be. the means of preventing any in-. ,t ,. hhn ttred and that Gov- against the oil combine. Mr. Chese- hro ttifloii hnit h Tnflian pimi Line Company was a common car-! stockholders, Wendell Is on. the Ral- resolution that it would permit no In ner and engaged only in the transpor- eigh & Pamlico Sound Railway and In! crease and would endeavor to secure tatlon of oil. From balance sheets of the commnv Frank B. Kellosrst. conducting the government's case, sougiht to show that the Indiana com-. pahy was making excessive profits and that it maintained a high sched ule of tariffs to prevent shipments of oil -by Independent oil producers. Mr. Chesebro testified that the Indiana company transported practl cally only the oil of the Standard Cempany. The counsel for the gov- ernment allege that it will be shown I that the nrofits man hv these dIdo i line . companies have, In some cases, been 20 times the actual cost of operation. ' j Calvin N. Payne, who, with H. C. Folker, Jr., owns the Corslcana Re flnlngs Company, of Texas, under ex amination to-day, stated that the tanks and receiving station at the end of the pipe line ot the New York Transit Company, also called the National Transit Company, at Union Mile, N. J.,and at the terminals of the pipe lines of the National Transit Company, at Center Bridge, Pa., and Fond Grove, Pa., were built the year the Hepburn law went into effect Mr. Payne was stating that he sup posed there was some legal reason for" building these receiving stations on the State lines of New York and New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Mary land, when John G. Mllburn, chief of the 'defendant's - counsel, inter posed and said he gave the advice. Mr. Mllburn, ; cross-examining , the witness, developed the testimony, that the pipe lines connecting the termi nals at Unlonvllle, Center. Bridge and Fond Grove with tidewater at New York and Baltimore, were the pri vate lines of the Standard Oil Cotn- pany,' of New Jersey, and were not public carriers. Mr. Payne said that the National and , New York Transit Companies were prepared to accept business over the lines and to de liver it at ..their receiving stations. THE BICKIXLEY ' MEMORIAL. One Hundred Thousand Visitors Ex pected at the Dedicatioft. .. Canton, O., Sept. 26. Preparations are being made to entertain a hun deed thousand visitors next Monday when " President Roosevelt dedicates the McKlnley memorial. Two thous and Federal troops will be encamped at Canton, reinforced-by ,two thous and members ot tne National Guard, Soldiers will lino the tsule of the pa. rads to protect t Roosevelt aided fcy ersjr-t service, men. Suspicious char acters will be arrested. NashvlUe Warolxmse Destroyed by t- "-..Fire. - .' Nashville, ;Tenn., SepL28. The warehouse of Byrd Douglass & Co., train leaders, was destroyed by fire early to-night. Loss $100,000, fully Insured. Tlie . electric power plants of the city ana of the Nashville Rail way & Light Company sre nearbr and both . were, for; the time, put out 6f business. The city was In darkness and street railway traffic suspended at a time when thousands were seek ing to return from the State fair where the largest crowd of the week was in attendance. : ' , , White Men Preparing to Attack Ne- ' groes in Alabama Town. , New Orleans, Sept 26. A dispatch from Mobile aay that the -whits men f Wihlstler, Ala are . to-night armed for an 'organized attack of negroes who.are ld-to t enruts' to Whist ler to avenge the lynching of the ne gro Doaset last Sunday night. Fire akirnt' slgnflJrHava "teen'trrangedto warn Uis whites. . BILLS TOB MANbLAUUllTER TRAINMEN ARE HELD FOR JTUAL Engineer Rlppcy, Conductor Oakley and Dispatchers Ketchflm and vu vls Have Troo Bills Returned Agalwt Them For Killing of En gineer and Firemen in Auburn Wreck Fifty Convicts Will Be Al lowed New Road When They Be come Available Bonds For ? Audi torium at "the Capital- City Over whelmingly Defeated Lecture Giv en on Forfsts Sensation Prevails at Raleigh Yet Suicide Attempted by Drinking Laudanum. ... ' " : . Observer Bureau, , . .. The Hollaman Building, . . - , y Raleigh,-Sept.-26. - The grand Jury. In the - Superior Court h?re this afternoon returned a true (bill against - Engineer . W : W. Btppey; Conductor C. H. Oakley, Chief Train Dispatcher B. P. Ketch um and his assistant Victor Davte,all ot the Southern Railway, - tor man slaughter for killing EnglneeY W. C. Parken and Firemen Robert Young and W; J.; Bethel in the railway col lision near .Auburn, this county. State Treasurer B. R. Lacy, J. D. Robertson, J. M. Barrett and B. , Y. FerreU were the witnesses examined. ; ROAD GETS CONVICTS. , The Council of State decided to al low the South Atlantic Trans-contv nenital Railway to have hot less Wian 60 convicts as soon as the lacier are available, the company to give a bond of 1600 each month, this to ne ap proved by the council, 8. A. Jones and T. S. McNeely appeared for the road. , . : ; f As a matter of fact ho oonvlcjs are now available , for ? contract wors. Calls are very, numerous for them. Some have been on file a loiw time, Wake arid Moore counties have now 150 convicts on contract work, 64 are on the Mattamuskeet Railway. 77 on the Eikln ft Alleg'hany Railway, this total of 281 being all on this class of work and in fact virtually all convicts able) to do contract -work. Wake and Moore say they, would like to have 1.000 more and could find, employ ment ot once for' them all. All these contracts are for 'a long time. There are on the convict- farms 240 con vlcts and in the penitentiary proper only 119, making the total number of 840. This, shows ft most remarKaoie fanin of and is but little more than a third of the number of convicts .2 5 years ago. AUDITORIUM BONDS FAIL. The vote to-day on the question and small. . Over 1,200 people , registerea, but only 87 votes were cast for bonds - and 844 votes against them. Grandmaster of Odd Fellows Perrin Busbee" went out to Falls of Jfeuse, this county, this evening, where a very good lodge of that vruer ww formed. Charters are., granted the Progres sive Printing Company at Apex, this: oiintv. the caDltal stock being $2,000: Lumber company, also or cms county, i 125.000. M. A. Grltnn ana otners this new territory a vast amount of lumbering Is being done. It has been said that not many good forests of plne remain in the btate now, but when these new roads are openea me trees are quickly found. LECTURE ON FORESTS. Among the arrivals here to-day were Secretary Will, of the American i Forestry Association, and Mr. James i If. Cutler, of Boston. Both of these are deeply interested In the Ap- paiacman ri" " tion. They called on tne uovernor, who shows a most lively Interest in saving the forests In the mountains, which are the greatest hard wood ones now remaining in the country. They also called on the Secretary of State and other officials and had e chat with President Winston, of the Agricultural & . Mechanical College. Dr. Will, who ts one ot the ablest men In his profession, lectured at the city halt this evening on these forests, his pictures showing what has been done In the way of aestruotion mi . me mountain regions and wnat may ne done In the way of neV foresting and what the forests mean to the people In every wayv He Jwas imroaucea Dy the Secretary of state, in tne auai ence were the members or tne su preme Court, imany,promlnent public men and a nurwDer oi teacners, puu llo and private Among to-day's visitors here was Ben- etor Overmen, -who cams down irom FaHsMiry tnis morning. nt ioo trenvely well, awl In in good shape for the resumption of his work in Congress. MANT BANKS STARTED. The'development of hnk' In the State this year h certainly been remarkablo bout 30 hiving been churterwl, the last being the Merchants & Farmer' at Mooresvllle, which Is to do general Itanklrg business. Many of the banks chartered durlngthe pant few yeara are in very small towns and some have as tmall a capital as $5,000, but they seem to prosper and to aerve a very useful purpote. NEW -jjfXEnpRiBB, A ehsrter is granted the Byrd Manufae turtng Company at Durham, to do iron anil wood work of a general and aptcial character, snd to manufacture certain patented article, the capital atock being $125,000, B. K. Byrd being the chief stock- bolder. Vorv extensive preparations are In pro- great for the great State Fair in October, and although th grat counter attrac tion, the Jamestown Exposition, it In full blast, yet there Is every reaton to ex pect a very'large attendanee The fltati Falrt are .unlon times for North Caro linians in a larse area of the Btatn, cer tainly within 100 miles of Raleigh In ev ery direction. ,. ' : ; . . ; J SENSATION ; IS UNABATED. The sensation here in 'regard to the money' pakl to Preiidcnt Drewry, of The Fvenlng Time wmi unabated. . It was reported yeaterday that ths eommltt-e .t lawyers which 1 locking trto the South ern RU wiy books would go back ten rears and see what . was the status ot The Morning Pout, about which to much Is to-be aald in this connection. Though t wm reported toy Jhat this hack In-. vt!ratlon had been shut oft by the stkcIjI mimter yet it is hlmed that, after 11. the Investigation will bo made. v , - ' DHANK LAUDANUM, t Abnut 1 O'clock this morning a young whits ma. sr'1- about years, was found lying .on the sidewalk of Nah Square, near thnunlon puaengir atatlon, entlily unaonaoioua, ons hand tightly grsaplng a small laudanum bottle, which fie had lought In the afternoon, ths hot Ue 5lngmpty. H wat hurried to a hsspiul and two physicians worked on him'. It wat found that he could be sav ed and at noon to-day It wot stated that he was out of danger. Ill name ts F.d ward J. Morgan nd he h been at Wil mington for ,wme jweeka) He is from Masiachusetta and his ptrenta art In that State. He h a vry good-looking young man. ""OA "Ms'per-orr was f mind a- i-rtn-which had been sunt ta him by his sweet- ine vone to-oay on mo quemwu ;iU8pices or me murvnn.ni". vv issue of auditorium bonds was verywni be nlaced on sale at ence. The ! FOURTEEN DROWNED AT FERRY Boat Capsiws, and 1 Wlit Boy and 13 Negroes Find Watery Graves Treacherous Current Responsible For the Accident. Montgomery, Ala., Sept. 26. -A special to The Advertiser from Mobile says; .;',': :" ' Leslie Vemullle, a white boy of Mobile, and 15 negroes, were dTowned in the Tomblgbee river at McGrews shoals, shortly after noon to-day, I while crossing the river in a frry uuui iruwn lao guci ihucih ( -" where they were employed. , They were on their way to dinner when the accident occurred. '. V , About midstream the little boat drifted beyond control of the men into the Tapids -and soon copslxed. Two of the negroes in the iboat scrambled on top as it overturned (but the other occupants were thrown into the swift current and were drowned almost In stantly.?: On account of the strong undertow rescue work was impossioie. Late this evening two of the bodies, both negroes, were reepveed and the others are being dragged for, a large force ot men being at work with drag net?.. ':...' ., ' : "-;--'. ':'-" The young white boy drowned jis the son ot W. B. Vernellle,1 the chief engineer In charge ot the govern ment work at the shoals. . Their home it at Oakdale, a suburb of Mobile. The boy was not employed . at the works, ib'u,t was there on a visit to his father and was returning home when the! accident occurred. The Tomblgbee river at the piont where the fioat capsized, I very treacherous and has long been con sidered too dangerous for navigation., McG-rews shoals la about 100 miles -up the river from Mobile -and there Is no telegraph or telephone communi cation with the place. . TO OPERATE INSURANCE CO. Scottish Fire Insurance Company, of JSZ1 bi.fBitU"h rT1?0,00- nf " I will 1n no wise engage in hsi , crated Under ' Aopiccs of Norlbiig,by black or any other form of Carolina Retail Merchants Assocla- haz',n QT 0ltcr any'ind,gity t0 any' f , tion. -( student at the university, whether Special to The Observer. agreeable to that student or not. , Re-' Fayetteville, Sept. 26. At a special ' alislng the possible dangers of any meeting of the gub-commlttee of the North CaroUna Retail Merchants' As- soclatlion here to-day . arrangements were made for the Scottish Fire In surance Company, of this city, to in crease its capital stock from $50,000 to $100,000, with a surplus c $ 2 5,000. ThU mMIBnnal utock Will be limited to mmiun nt th !wociatlon and the company will be operated under the mandapius Governor Ansel to require ... .... -m . ru. .t.ntr'hlm to turn aver' th Dineri in' the Auspices scott!sh Fire Insurance company .been organized and In successful oper atlon over six months, having written more than .$27,000 In premiums. ine 8U;cnimi"eP'"' "". Merchants Association is composed , J. N. McCaualand. ot Charlotte; N. U The sub-committee representing th Crcinford. of Winston-Salem, and Nor man H. Johnson, of Raleigh. The com pany when organized will doubtless bo the lsrsrest and most successful Insur- crease in insurance rate in Carol na. it ihaving aaopte-r a rorm on an equitable rate In each ivnu jtia North Carolina. URGES CREDIT OUURENCY BILL American Bankers' Convention 'Ap proves Report of iirrency Com mission With That Finding Ap prove Hepburn Bill Also. Atlantic City, N. J., Sept 26. The re port of th eurrncy commtalon appoint ed by the American Bankeri' Association at St. Louia last year was made tfl-day to the convention of the American Bank ers' Awootatlon. now in session In thla pity The rport rpcommnda a measure introduced In the last acMlon of Ctm irreaa, known as the credit currency bill Tin' provisions of the rr"pod act were made known to th convention by A. B. Hepburn, of New York, chairman of the commission. The report was adopted and the commiMlon was continued and its power, enlarged. An attack upon the plan of the com nitmlon n nude by a number of Western dolwretea, wweclelly by 'A, J. Frame, of Jllehlgan, who tontended that the pri mary cauee of money fihortage in the United Btatet was due to over sneculntlon and that the credit currency plan uotnt ed backward to eighteeitlv century flat lam, Aa iu alternative he advocated s central reserve fund. He waa aupported In ails vlewa by n number of other mem bers to nil of .whom Congressman Charles N. Fowler, of New Jersey, chair niwi of the Howe committee on banking end eumncy, replied in allrrlng speech, H declared that this oountry it the only one without form ot -relit currency. The convention by a viva vtce vote ap proved the Hepburn mil which favor cienit currency. Southern Medical Association Ad- Journs. Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 28. At the final day's seBsjon of the Southern Medial Association Dr. B. I Wyman, of Birmingham, was elected presf ldent. Among the vice presidents are DrT J. R. Holden, Florida, and Dr. A. L. Fowler, Oeorgia. Atlanta, waa chosen as the place of the next meet ing. r ';..; l Carrie Nation Gets "Out of Umbo. Washington,; Sept 2$. Mrs. Car rie Nation, t ecen tly. com mitted to the workhouse for refusal to pay fine of $25 as a . penalty for,, dis orderly conduct, was released to-day. her fine - having been paid , by a friend. - - . . . j . heart and which was pottmirked Phila delphia.'' The condition of Rev. Dr. Alfred H. Moment the paator of the Flrrt Preafy terlan church here, ahowa no apecial change Inquiries regarding htm come from alt parts ot the Htatt and particular ly from the strong Presbyterian section round CharlotU and Fayettevllle. r He has a wide acquaintance among hit de nomination in North CtMllna i and hat done jnvmh work tor It here In the way nf nrMChtmf and wrttlns. He la eert;Unly one of the ablt mlnUtera Raleieh haa ever, known. AU the denomination nave united In nrayer for his speedy recovery from an Illness thnt has teen critical from the very beslnnln. , ON TRIAL FOR MURDER, trt vthe Superior Court to-day Elvira Powell., sn old nesreas of uncertain char acter, wet put on trial on tlm charge of murder, in killing the newly-born infant cf Row Johnaon, a diwiolute young white eman. The body of the child, witn Ha skull vruahed, was found In yard back of a livery atabln laat aprlng. The John ton girt was Immediately arrested and was put In all, where the hat remained ever tlnee, the, vhaiT aglnt Iter bolna Infantlolde. she claims h gave ths baby or that it waa given to Klvira Powell and that . the did not know what afterwardt became of It. A charter , la granted the Beaufort County Drug Company 4t Wtshtnxton, capital stock $100,f0r the Vsrtln A Vlark Clothing C, of Hickory, W.OXi; anl tn.i Powell ' Hardware ComiMuiystnsiuigb, $19,000. . STUDENTS in Mumm DISLIKE AXTJ-lfAZING PLI) I"onner Students of South Carolln a y University Not Pleawd With rimlo Against Uaidng in All Forms They Are Now Under College Authority Faculty Consult, But Give Out Noth ing1 Supreme Court Asked to Issue f Mandamus to CVwnpe! Governor An sel to Go on "Wltfi New County , Scheme Pleads Guilty of Forgery I Statesville l'astor Calk-d to Green- . n ood, S. C. Columbia. S. C, Sept 2. , Observer Bureau,' 1422 Main Street. ; Most of the former students of the . 8outh Carolina University who, ' re turned for matriculation havs "shied" at the anti-hazlng pledge required by the trustees of every student matricu lating this year. The result is that ; there is some confusion on account of these students not being wider the au thority of the college; The ' matter was discussed at a meeting of the fac ulty to-night, but what conclusion or whether any conclusion - was reached is not known,, g nothing has been giv en out for publication. The college v authorities are not disposed to . look on the subject too seriously yet. - They hope that the boys merely want to have a little' fun for a day or -so, and that the ' incident will no . end - in insubordination. They are hopeful that all. will sign the pledge In the course of a day or so. ' Inquiry among the students discov ers that the principal objection to y "the pledge Is the last part of J; It , which requires every matriculate not only not to do any hazing himself but to discountenance the practice and ' use al his influence against it. The pledge is the result ot trouble in the college last season, when a student was drummed out of college because j he informed on certain students who haied him. The pledge is in this . ; excesses In hazing In. any form, I IfSee to do everyth ng IjPJwjo influence against such practice." SUPREME COURT PETITIONED. At a special meeting this afternoon, the Supremo Court heard arguments on a petition of friends of the propoa- ed new county opposite Augusta to - - ' -- - .... case of the proposed new county to the " " r .r"- ex-Governor Ileyward. QovernoT An set has decided that the . proposed new county would be the same as' Heyward county, which was defeated at an election held last December, and iaj therefore it cannot be brought .. fop plwtion until the four years up for election until the four years' limit Is out. The petitioners claim that ex-Gov ernor Heyward's action In appointing: the present commission was proof that , ernor Ansel can be required by man damus to perform the doty of going on wlfh tin nai vnnnlv rhme: Ah - early decision is expected but It Is admitted that if the Governor resists the Supreme Court has no means of enforcing an order against him, he , being the commander-in-chief of ths -militia of the State. Governor Ansel to-d.vy addressed letters to the members of . his military -staff sking thorn meet him In Au gusta November 12th to be ready for the review of the Confederate etor a 'on the isrh. Oovjrur Ansel has accepted the ipvitation of the Augus ta Veterans' Association to be present with his staff anl review the etaratns with Governor murt and ttaff. lis says in his lettr to the members of ; his staff. "I know that oue Utt wl'l b p preclated by the battle-scarred .veter an who will b present, both from ftevigla and South Caroln:t, and f ' know that it will be ptauvit for is." Rev, Dr. C. M. RVchaMi. p.istor of the Presbyterian chur h it StAtewllle. ' N. C has been called to the pa tor ate of the Presbyterian church ' at Greenwood. Mr. Richards Is a native .' South Carolinians and Ms father be fore him la a Presbyterian minister, the Rev. J. O. Richards, of Blenheim -The Statesvtlle man Ts a graduate of Davidson and ot Union Seminary. .. . At Marlon yesterday O. Raymond Berry, the bsconding eounty su perintendent of ' education, who et- caped form the State and left his bondsmen in the lurch when ne got ! into trouble, pleaded gujlty to a the charge of forgery and was given six. Lyears tn the penitentiary by Judge Dantzler. By agreement halt a docen other eases against him were nol prossed. Berry ' pleaded for mercy through his attorney on the ground that he wag the only support of an Invalid wife and three small children. -and that he himself was threatened with serious pulmonary troubles. . REPORTS MUCH EXAGGERATED. The Sontliern Still Has a Large Force of Men at Work at Spencer Lane ' llros. Have Big Contracts Fo"Bal last ,; ;.- ' : ; 'vva vV";:;V:-' ?isfi;S Special to The Observer. . - - Spencer,' Sept.: 2. Notwithstanding ths adverse " railroad legislation and other untoward effects upon the rail road world Lane Bros. Company, con tractors, of Lynahburg, Vs. have big contracts for the delivery of stone bal last on the main line of the Southern north of Spencer. The stone Js being taken In large quantities from a quar ry two miles from this place and Is being shipped dally to points on" ths double-tracking of ths road. . Many wild and misleading rumors have gained - circulation concerning ths cut of the force of men employed by the Southern Railway at Spencer during the past ten days, one to the ' effect that only 500 remain In the service. As a matter of fact more than 1,00 name are Mill on, the pay roll ot the shop men alone. An equal num ber ef men are employed on the. road, yard and track forces of the company. About250 men have been temporarily suspended from the service here and the curtailment i hardly noticeable." Merchant Will Operate Fajettevlllo . Insurance Company. fipeebl to The Observer. ' ( v Fayettevllle, p. Sept.' ', ' 2s. The FayettevUle Scottish Fire Insurance Company to-day Increased Its capital from $5j,0Q0 to 1 $100,000, : with a surplus of $25,000, and will be oper ated under the auspices of the North CaroUna- Ret&!.Merc!-"irts' As0'-' i-tlon- -
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Sept. 27, 1907, edition 1
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