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CHARLOTTE, N. G, SATURDAY MORMNG, OCTOBER 12, 1C07. PRIG 1 TEIAL BIGILN i.5. rn Af'T ;( h Deliy TVroy FomK'.o, el V.'i;li AMIinr and Abetting; i ;f-CoiiW w'd liuirlotte Fm r, lllit on Trial The "U- That, It, Will Ha ,T,n Iwv .n ; - and i;ard yclit Mr. W. B. Me Clinton k, of Cliarlotcr, the Flrot Witney Put on th Stand EntrU Made by Jones In Rooks of Bank . Allowed to Bo Read Examination of These Books Continues To-Day, Special to The Oberver.( Greensboro, Oct.', II. After, suffer ing.one or two postponements the much-talked-of case 1 against Percy Fonvllle, charged with aiding and abetting Frano'H. Jones in defraud Ing, th Charlotte National-Bank, of JsO.OQO, . waa called this afternoon at S o'clock at the opening of the after roSYILL! noon session. Only, one witness ; was : -. examined this afternoon and the work of examining a second ' was - torn - That the case will he - a hard ' (ought one goes without saying. Fon v villa himself -was at the t table and , around Vtn was a set . of lawyers . With determination marked on . their - v "countenances, ' The ' counsel for the : defense are CoL A.a'WUey,' R. i T. r Good wyn, Warren?. S. Bees, , of : Mont gomery, Ala.; and W. PBynum," ot ; Greensboro; T,. C Guthrie and J, "A. McRae,of Charlotte. District Attor- : ney E.'1(kAv Holloa the main attor ney y for the prosecution. rranc f ' a. " Jones was also In the court room ' having been brought here as a. wit nesa from Atlanta yesterday In- charge jot one'oj the wardens of the prison Jury No. 8 was ordered, to take beat in th box, but quite a number v :i of the-Jurors were objected to by the counsel for the defense. "After ex cuslng-one or two for ; sickness . and ' others on account of . objections. jury consisting of the following was .empaneled: Joe H. Thompson, -James ; T. Merrltt; W. R, Norman, T.. "W, i Davis, . L. A. Crawford, ; Lafayette - Conner. ' Alexander ' Martin,- & ' A. - Bwain. E, B. Atkins, W, E. ' Phlpps, , J. 'A. GroomeVnd W. .G. Beasley. These men were agreed to by both : . aides and Judge Boyd ordered them ' ' kept together until the trial is conv - pleted, tfhich.wlll be some time next week. V - - District "Attorney Holton then read 18 accounts against Franc Jones for false entries on the books of the Charlotte National Bank, ai .leging that Fonvllle was- implicated (with , the aisnonesty aiso. . ' The first witness examined was W. B. McClintock, who eeps the'ThaT- Tidual ledger accounts 'in the unar lotte National Bank. ' McClintock ; testified that foe was an employe of the bank and had worked there at the time Jones was employed there as teller 'and assistant cashier, he . himself - having beea ; there - . four years. Mr, -Holton then had -!hlm " turn to the individual ledger to ex amine the accounts , recorded there Jn an instant the counsel for the de fense were on their feet objecting to this and urging in support of their objection that the data t fur- - rished to this book ' came directly - from- the hands of Jones, and the ourt had already decided that ' his Accounts .were false and therefore coull.not be relied upon. Thjy .further contended that it was, mt . ftcesaary for the defense to ' go through the bank books to show that Jones committed fraud, for' he' had already confessed to that; and, fur ther. Jones', fraud was entirely d.f : ferent from the charge, against their client. ,; ; Judge Boyd overruled , their objection and allowed the books to . be examined, but stated to the le- fense that it would be , absolutely necessary , for . the prosecution to prove beyond 'av reasonable doubt that Fonvllle was implicated io the fraud ' ot -which Jones was guilty. Seve:al Instances were, then pointed r out iwhere Jones, had made false entries on the books.' The. teller's cash book was then , produced and was objected - to by the -defense, but the objection was overruled. Several false entries on this book were- testified to by Mr. . McClintock. . ' ' , ' - - Mr. McClintock was- then asked , to stand aside for the time . being, 'while Mr. W. B . . Meacham, cashier of the Savings Bank of Fort Mill, - 8. C, was put on the stand. Mr. Meacham certified to a number of Checks made payable to Fonvllle and endorsed by him1 that had passed ; through the Bank of Fort Mill. He also testified to two checks of $500 ' each drawn on the Charlotte, National Bank by Frane Jones in favor rot 'Fonvllle, the contention being that these checks-were stolen ' from tho Charlotte bank, ' Fonvllle,'' also de posited these two questionable checks with the Fort Mill bank, so . testi fied the witness. . Mr, :Meacham '.fur ther testified that as far as his knowledge'- went Fonvllle's character was good; that he lived for soma time In Fort Mill and conducted a cotton tx- "change at that place.- - - On cross-examination' he testified that Fonvllle had. been straight in all ika dealings with the Fort Mill bank.' Mr Meacham was then or dered tf stand aside. , ,T sorrow morning at 10 o'clock J&Ptock will again be put on the ' -2&J ina tne work of examining the fc J-hJ: oooks will be continued. , It is V.Trht that the trial will considerably .into next week. extend COL. W. J. WOODWARD DELVD. ; One of Wilmington' Most Prominent 'Cittern Passes Away, Following Long Illness Interment at layette vlllo Sunday. . A Special to The Observer. -. Wilmington, Oct. 11. Col, Wllllom J, Woodward, one of .Wilmington's most highly esteemed citizens passed ; away at hls honva here this evening, after a critical illness of some Weeks, (With Bright's disease. The jiews of his death will come with sorrow to hundreds of friends throughout the State' where he Is well known. He was traffic manager for ' the large cotton exporting firm of Al- ' exander Sprunt & Son, and was Wen titled with a number of publle and pri vate enterprises in the city. His , mother, the venerable Mrs. A. J. Woodward, and two sisters, Mrs. A. I. McMillan, and MUis Alice Woodward, . reached the city a few hours nftor n!i death to-niht, . Th remains will b taken to Fay. ettevr.iO fciiniJ.ij tor interment ' I : : v 'lakes 1: , ..,-i'.ii-t.,!eni Many i ()u!y One of tiie runners Vict: Ka.seuls (;.;, Meshes of the I riitaisicd In - the l.inv. Special to The Observer. V Winston-Salem.. Oct. 11. The pick pockets have done a flourishing ousi ness since tho Forsyth County Fair opened, and many "poor farmers have lost all the money they had on their person, the amount sometimes" being more than $100. - In the recorder's 'court -this .morn ing Steven' Payne, wno- claims Hills boro, . Fa., aa his home, was given a hearing on the charge of relieving farmer on the train from Roanoke Wednesday f . $100. , He was bound over to Superior Court and in' default of a $200 bond wentto Jail. It seems from the evidence that the victim was asleep and, the pick pocket took- the money -from his pocket, The money w as sewed Inside his shirt, and he was awakened . ' by the pickpocket's - tearing the stitches loose.? The robber was caught m tne act But instead of calling for help the victim began t6 beg the robber to return his monejv. The ? robber finally returned $ 7 0 of - the amount. When - the train arrived here - the pickpocket was arrested by Station master Jackaon. who, upon searching him at the depot, found only $2. He was carried to police headquarters and made to take off his shoes. ,. TJhe money was then, found. Yesterday ; morning , five " empty pocketbooka were found in the men's toilet room at the passenger station which is evidence pf the work of the nlcknocket. A man from Charlotte last night reported that he had been robbed of 126 on the train. .He was intoxicated and the officers are not inclined to oe iiev his Htorv of th robbery. ' - A: vouns man was-relleved , of ,$4S at the' denot vesterdav morning. ; . . - A farmer. was robbed of $65 on the, epe rial train to the fair rrounda. " , ,) At the fair grounds - yesterday mnrnlnor a neBTrt nurse-snatcher OUt wltted hia captors ana . eecapeg. w thmohev. He, snatched' a purse from a woman and ran with . it, a nnmhor of eitizana following ,1a pur suit ' He Was captured tout before th ey searched the negro tq ascertain whether or not he had tne purse mo n?ero soled another! coon .running Mini dlntanea awav. H told. his Cap tnr that the other fellow was ine nnA vhn upenred the money. . . ' The neeroiwSLS released ana tn captors of the flrat and right negro wen off on a false clue. They cap- tnr.rt th -other neirro. but rouna, when Jt was too tete, that they, caught the right negro nrst. a t,..mhr nt -robberies have been rAnortad to the nollce.; but Payne is the only man yet arresieu.., , WILL SUE THE SOimiEKX. ; JTcJrro iVrhua& Mulo Backed a little When It saw a tcisi. - Ask for - Damages Morganton Wonders About Three Things.: - , Bneclai to Th .Observer k - tnrantnn Oct - ll-Information h-hP(rr. received ' here that Dae Lano, jthe big . negro - lawyer, Mr a loigh, had .brought suit against the onth..ii Pllmaif PnmnaHv for. dam- MUUiU.tH T- m - i ages alleged to have been received at the railroad crossing . m jaorgamon. whir. he claims a train hit him, de mollahlnr the buRttv and severely m- tiirlnr hlni In the hlns. Eye Witnesses to ; the affair tell your -correspondent that the buggy was not tou'enea, mat the only thlngi that happened was the mule balked at the crossing on ac count ef the' presence of a'.: freight train on the track fcndr backed and in doing so the negro Jumped out of the buggy. He left Morganton the fol lowing day,' his locomotion- belng;s far .as could r be ' Observed perfectly normal, The law agent of the south ern , was here yesterday -, getting tne facts In, the case, f " . ' ' Some' of Morgan ton's citizens,, many of them - staunch prohibitionists, ;, are wonderinar why the ladles of Wlnaton- Salem met and. prayed for the success of prohibition ? at f Asnevine vxues day , when ; they have -a idosen bar rooms rlitht in their own; town and have, made no effort, to. carry their are also wondering - why i Governor Glenn. iher great 'apostle of prohlbh- tlon,'does not, at least make, ap effort to rid Winstorl f whiskey ibefow ... - . . . . ' ... A4 tacKiing : HaiisDury -iana - oiner oug-Julce'r- strongholds. : ; They are also wonderln why thla great man . does not go to his native, bounty of .Rock Ingham and take a whir) at the traf fic which . holds full sway at RelJs- ville and- Madison. V consistency , is indeeda Jewel in this .instance. v . , FOR JitNICIPAL WATER'WOItKS. Wilmington About Ready to Take Ov er ihe ;. Clarendon PlantSeventh Cargo of Cotton Goes, Across the Waters. , Special to The Observer. ' Wilmington,' Oct, 11. It is stated here - to-day,; following ,a conference of .committees representing tho1 com pany and the two co-ordinate, boards of the municipal government last night that there Is every likelihood that the city will purchase the exist ing plant of the Clarendon water- Works Company, negotiations- to whhch end have boen. in progress for some time. - The cltv .first offered $125,000:.. then $140,000 Bavment to be taken in the bonds recently au thorised, ' Last night it la believed that an amount slightly larger .than the -last proposition was offered,' but the details of the proposition are not given out The water-works com pany hag asked a few-days to onsiJ rr ana nave ;.reierrej the "II city to the meeting' of the i tockhold-1me,nt era The seventh carzo at cotton t mm this, port this seaion went forward at oayugni. ini morning on . board the British steamer Sierra Blanc bound to Bremen, Germany, The cargo consists or 13,59 bales valued, at $883,000 and Is consigned by Messrs Aleaxnder Sprunt & Son. 'DEW AND SCARBORO GTJILTT.' Both Conrlrted of Second DegrecMur- acr in UMon county Yesterday. ' Special to The Obcrver, ' E . Wilson. Oct 11. ist nlsrht th ury In the Ralph Dew case brought in a verdict of murder In the second degree. September 7th, Dew stated. he caugnt his wife and his brother n the woods, in a comprftmlslmr noi. Hon and he got a gun and killed hit brother. "Eralnstornv . was the de fense, Will Scarboro, who killed Riley Folson ar a hdrbeeue . Inst summer. wad found guiuy to-day-of murder, In he second degree. Sentences in these cases have not yet been pronounced. .NEWSOl'IUECAriTALClTY TALKS liY IXITOIi - M'KliLWAY - The DlPitiijruished Brooklyn Journal ist Addresses the Students of B. U. W. and A, & M. College Seventy Six Insurance Comiianles - Have State Charters Georgian Secured as Entomologist Tobacco Soles .For - September Judge . Prltchard's Decision Caused No Surprise ' at , Raleigh Second Invesiljmtlon Made In Halifax County For Glanders in Horses, - - s .-: Observer Bureau, ; -. The Holleman Building. . . - Raleigh. Oct. 11. , St. Clair McKelway. editor of The Brooklyn Eagle, spent to-day here and: made talks at.,. the Baptist Uni versity - for womon and th Agri cultural s Mechanical College. At both places he addressed the faculty and students and "at the university there wsre also a number of specially invited guests. . He left this evening for Chapel Hill and will deliver an address to the , faculty and students there to-morrow. Insurance Commissioner Young returned to-dav from Teacheys, in Duplin - county, , where he attended the meeting of Wilmington Presby tery in the Interest of Peace Insti tute. Resolutions 1 were , adopted most heartily recommending it and endorsing' the plan of Its purchase by; the Presbyterians of -the ' State. The, bonds,; amounting to -$45,000, hav beecf sold. 'The present amount of stock is $30,900, - andoft this about half has been disposed of. It Is eventually intended to issue about $100,0QO of stock. t- i s THE INSURANCE COMPANIES - Mr, Young was interviewed to-day regarding insurance .companies under North- Carolina charters. "The total number is 76. He says the number has ' trebled? lnt thei past -five f. years. Of the companies ,7 are old line life, 17 assessment Hf , v n ' stock: Ore, r mutual fire aftd 8 0 are , f raternal or- ders with the Insurance feature. To-day a new insurance company, the "Sun, , which is a mutual life assessment for colored peoples with headquarters at Fayetteville, applied for a-T charter, E. -E.t Smith , and others being the incorporators, The charter-was duly granted. -Inquiry was made to-day as to when the next hearing in the South ern, Railway passenger , rate '- case wou)d; be had before Special Master Aiontgomery, out no one seemed to know, nor could it be: said that -it would be at Raleigh ; The South em Railway's side has beer heard and the State has the last word, so to speak. - Assistant s State - Labor ' Commis sioner- ShlDman Is "soeaklnir In, Hen- derson county In aid of the Appa. lacman and inter-urban Railway. A new lodra of Maccabees . was formed at Wilson last night and the members were, initiated, v - Though - there has been -f.. frost in this county this week, yet no dam age of any kind has been 'done and no sign of it is shown. - . . NEW ENTOMOLOGIST.;?, . - R. X. ' Smith .-has t been . annointed entomologist atv-thei Agricultural & juecnanicai couege ExDeriment Sta tlon. He came from Georgia, .whera no neia The same i position- for t that Bute. ; The state Agricultural De partment here has its own entomolo gist,- Franklin 8herman.v -, This, de partment and the college . are now entirely separated In control i and management. 1 here was very . . creat-' measure to-aay mat Secretary. Brunei of tha A rricuitural Deeartment wan better ia pnysician reported quite a docld- ea improvement r c - ' SEPTEilBER TOBACCO SALES. The mlnthly report of the various tj- bacco markets in the State has been comptted by the . State "Agricultural Department for Sentemberl l- leaf tobacco warehouse is required to sena in mess reports and forty have maae uuen returns. - Wilson leads with M UJ5 pounds, Greenville .comlm next r With . J,S5.685. Klnston third with 8,05l,58 and Rocky s Mount fourth; With :1.858.042r. The total for the month were 21.711,108. There. ' uw uiamcii , wmcn cama in for the first time- this season. i There are now five female 4lth,r vtrrier n ins , rusai iree delivery routes -i in the State. clTher is .'mm. substitute -of that sex In this coun Postmaster Brlggg to-day had 1t. tef from C. H. B. lieonard, formerly Moiijii. posimaster nere; stating that he had been appointed postmaster In spector and would .? locate in Miwi. alppl. - x - , . x JUST WHAT WAS EXPECTED. - Not much surprise was exftrfissert here at the ruling of Judge Pritcharrt that the-1 Stato cduld not go further oacK cnan two years in Its examina tion of, the ' books of the Southern Railway, In fact, : that opinion has beendUcounted already. It has been remarked that thei State would not IdSe anything by ft in Its .contention peiore xne supreme court' A great many persons regard ft as a fact that the State's case is sufficiently made up to win out ' 4 , , The roof is being put on tho 'high school , building, here.. It is located between ,: tfra r First . Presbyterian church and the, -water tower, half a block from Capitol Square,, and very nearly in the centre of the city, so it will be equally convenient to an the pupils. ".'..' - - The members - b$ the corporation commission are expected to .return here Sunday. After the close of the annual convention ; of railway com misslontrs held at Washington - this week they went to. the - Jamestown Exposition. -,' ; 7, Charles H. Mebanc, of tho Depart- ot Educatfon, left-to-day 'for rally. . - - .State Veterinarian Tatt Butler has returned from- Halifax county,' where hewent,for the second time to, in vestigate case of glanders in horses and mules, ail these being on one farm. ; The , dTsease was probably brought there by a horse which came from thrNorth. -This anlmil has for two weeks been Isojsted and perhaps has a chronic case. Nine horsea have been affected and seven of them have died. - - ; Sixteen Given Death Sentence. Kln?rton, Jmnlc, Oct ' 11. Mnll ad vices rrm lUyu state that W men were ontenel to death ther, ror connMrirg to overthrow the government 'of the re public. Ths country b reported qulpt but tnjny person fmr a revolution ioo:v '. - Crarlismca Reenro JUHHy, Upper Hnn.Iu-,Ky, Ohio, Oct llThe brink t halt iirt, Ohln, WSS lontetl U-t nulit ..ty friclniiin, s-ijo, it I s" cured ft Iuird mini '.f lnoriw. li.-n-!..! on two ti.';l ot t.d rw.A...-.. J l ir.i: AT GUAM TE qiaruy. Four lJHiId!ii3 Ale Pes'roycd A Lit tle ChiKl Miirned About the 1 ace Gnji-m of the liiae Cnknown Oiliet Aoies tnnn (Salisbury. Special to The Oonerver. fcaiisbury, -Oct 11. Granite Quar rjv live miles from Sullaoury, surtered a .fire shortly atter . midntxht this morning, ana for a time u appeared that the town would be wiped out Four houses went up in the smoke and the loss is probauly $5,000. There wo3 a little Insurance in the Farmers Mutual of Rowan. 1 , - ; v y Nobody knows . how the fire origl nated. it was discovered in the resi dence of Mr. Wesley Brown, occupied by J.W. Rector. iiW fan ,s he was arouaed It was( observed ; that .the overhead celling was ablaxe and his family barely had a chance ra escape in tiielr night clothing. , .The little child : of Mr. Rector was sharply burned a.bout tha face, u Nothing of the household goods could . be saved The' ttore adjoining, In- which was the postolnce, went . m tho' fire, but the work; of the neighbors spared the kmails and money. . ' Everything was left intact It was so of tne gooas in the store, the men even carrying out the counters and every article oi mer chandlse. - The flames then apread to Ransom Valton'a and burnt the shoe shop and residence, front which many things were carried. - fThe remains of Lelle Jordan, the 6 vear-nid tdrV who died suddenly yes teraajrwniie returning, hum 15 were taken this-1 morning to her old Davie home for burial. The teachers and some "of her fellow pupils gave pretty floral tributes.- - - " -, Th Yadkin Vaiiv Fair to-day an nounced a piece ef philanthropy for h children of- this section. On the the association ' will ad ,i on oiiirn' under 'it years " .of without : eat feea ' After ' that time thex will be charged half rates, v Granite frry,- Octliil.-i-Early this morning two residences, ' a -store and "the postofflce here were hurned. Fire was first discovered about 1$:30 o'clock in Walter .'Rector's ... house. The : family barely had time to es cape. From here it ?. spread to Ranse 1 Walfon'i residence and W, B. Brown's store..' j.-"The ; postofflce ; was also : located in (this building. Most of the contents of the store and postofflce were raved. ..The total los is iabout $2,000, with about $1,000 insurance.: i,: -; LIVED CSDKB ASSUMED NAME. Death of "Jack Morford" Reveals an Uta usual Stat of Affairs ft ever Revealed HI Identity to His Wife. Spec(Hl ,to-The-Oberver- a l$tatesvino, wu ii. naa ueveiop ed that Jack Morford, who )eame to Statesvllle some years ago and mar ried a' daughter of Dr Bass, the vt- erlnary Burgeon, - lived here under an assumed name and died without re- vealin his Identity to : hU ; Wife, k J - Morford was dissipated' and. wa of ten in the' mayor's court, but he was well educated ' and; Intelligent thv Ho married a daughter ef Dr. Bass and later entered the service of the' ralh road aad movad to point near Ahe ville Ha became'suddenly. ill while on ' duty some months ago,' was" tag en; to. a hospital at , Aeheville and died there a few days later. . He had al ways told his friends "here that he was v a young widower and that hln family perlahectln the great Galveston flood. - k . i- . ' ", .Through , letters received by Dr. Bsuts addressed to Morford after the tatter's death, it was learned that his name was not- Morford, but Sidney Payne -, Arnold, and that his parents live in Houston, Texas. Being ad vised, of their son's death by Dr. Bass Mr. and Mrs. Arnold asked that his Wife- and child be sent to them. Mrs. Arnold and child have gone to Texas and are now with the husband's par-ente-fin rKi.-t. vj-v,- ,-,.? . ' Arnold, or Morford, as he - was known here, was formerly an express messenger of the Wells-Fargo Com pany nd also, a telegraph operator. While in Boston, 'Where he worked as an operator,- a few years ago, Ar nold struck a negro, and injured him to eueh : extent , that he thougtit .he had killed him,' He' skipped from Boston, came to North Carolina, changed his name and married . in Statesvllle. ! V The Boston negroi got well and; Arnold's -father, who knew where . his 1 son -wasi1 wrota him that all danger was pasnei) and urged him to, come iome. . This letter was re ceived after his death and leJ to the correspondence which resulted in the wife and child of young Arnold go ing to his relatives in Houston. ' cnnrisALs are sentenced. , ' M1ite ' Man Given Five Years For Manslaughto? and Negress Ten For ''.'Attempted .' Poisoning Solicitor1 ' Graven Not Pleased With RmaU Fee He GctsNfYom Forsyth County. 0peolnl to Tho Olmervcr. - m 1 Winston-Salem, Oct 11. In . Su perior Court ; this , - morning Claude Jnmep., the. young white man who was yesterday found guilty of man slaughter; was sentenced to Ave years at hard labor oh the county ' roads. James showed considerable signs .of nervousness as tho judge pronounced the sentence. "... ; . , 1 . Mamie Shore, the negress who was found .guilty a few days ago of pois oning the family of C, F, Moiotcr with intent to. kill, was this morning sentenced. to ten years m the, state penitentiary. . : ' There were only 1$- efses tried at mis term oi court. , in ires or tne olicltor amounted to $58, Solicitor Graves is highly indignant at " tho small amount he gets out of the For svth 'County Court and stated . this afternoon that If the law would allow It he would be glad to give this coun ty to a local attorney and pay him $20 in addition to the fees front the court ile declared that he could hardly make expenses in this court- . Tho Trl-Ennlal Convention Spends a - . Dusy Dny. y Richmond, Va., Oct. 11 The two houses of the General Episcopal Con vention met for a business sesslpR thlrt morning.' A Sunday school' conference was held' by the Woman's Auxiliary. The subject dtacussed was, "How to Meet the Problem of Teacher Training." A - conference on." workj among Juniors was ' 1 held ,f the Masonic Temple. ' , - ' Announcement wag made that al though the starting of the ."Centn. nlal" movement two years ago only called for a fund of $100,000, nt-arly $200,000 . has already been raised, EUveh missionary branches will be opened up, ' '. " . TIree Xc;roe Iif nehed In Mlllppl. '-jtiiuca, n,mv. iw. ii.-'inrr neirro rnrn vera Ivnt-ded h"r ti-Viv f ir fl n- t i f I . . Tv o v -1 - J t n titinL i iii j mi l tliu otl.'.'r r. u tn'it to PEESIDENT FIDS SO BEAU LEFT MOXTICELLO YESTi:RDAY He Headed Towards Dear Luke and Will Pitch Camp Sunday at Newell- ton, Near Iron Mountain Jionii The Chier Executive and His -.-Friends Have Decided That There Are No Rears to Ho Killed on. tho - Upper Tensas 11-esIdcnt ' Accepts .Situation Philosophically, Saying That the Present Is Not the Only t Starch For Game That Has Come w Aaught .- . v"-.-? Stamboui, La., Oct4 !!, Roosevelt camp at the ! Montlcello crossing of th Bayou Tensas has passed ? Into history. . The President left the place at o'clock this morning, and when he turned his . back on the camp it was with a determination not to re turn again.- He headed towards Bear Lake, whence Sunday he will remove to another camp, which" will be pitched near . Newellton, In Tensas parisn, on a branch of the Iron Moun tain Road.,; s ' .,, , 1 . ' The change was decided not1' anly ucuuuae uu pear nao been killed, but because the President and his friends oecame convinced . that there was none to be killed on the upper Ten ea. U-&:fA;W-'-$V-r';i ..: :;, They have threshed th i ertagnhe entir country around the u..t.uii.' ....... .... . . ... W.UUV1WI1U cruoBing,-ana it - u : stui doubtful whether any fresh signs of the presence of the brula family have vcen umcoverea. . 1 ' No member of thn nnrtv Ti" hurl the remotest rllmna ,at . Iwar ; nnr nave any ot tne. dogs, with which they re suppuea, struck at any time a well defined tutnr iMk I On nnr. tain indeed are the reports that Mr. ranter . emphatically expresses the opinion that there are no bears where the hunt ha.4 hnn ennnrtrt " . v The President eenl Uia ilhin. lion pnuosopnicaiiy, saying that -.tne nrMAnt lit nnt Die nnl u.rih . tnr game that ever came to naught - ' MAY EMBRACE GEORGIA. , New Prohibition State Ukcly to lie Put hi the Same . Division With .North and South ; Carolina Revo ; nao Headquarters Would - Not Be Moved From Greensboro. . Observer Bureau, , 14H G street N. W. Washington, Oct 1L . If the recommendation - of Capt John G. Capers, commissioner of in ternal revenue, goes through, .Georgia is likely, to be added to the revenue division of North and South Carolina, the headquarters of which at present Is Greensboro. Captain Capers was asked to-day by The Observer cor respondent if Columbia would not: be the more central location for the headquarters of the combined ., three States. He replied that since Geor gia lr; to be- a prohibition Stole, and South' Carolina almost- one;, Greens boro would still be the" centre of the liquor business and that there would be i no reason iqr mqving the head Quarters to Columbia, if the consoli dation should be made. It is not a set tled" fact that: this Consolidation will be made. It can be doner only by or der Of the President and the. matter has not been placed before that of ficial, i It la an Idea of Caotaln Ca pers, whov says that 'f prohibition , In Georgia will ; prevent ;. sufficient amount of returns- from the liquor li cense to renumerate' the retenue agent C To put Georgia - into the Nof t'A and South Carolina division would make one, good fat place tor one man, - in - spite of prohibition and the ' Carey-Cothrah' dispensary ? law. He also wants to detach Oklahoma from Kansas and put It into the same division with Arkansas. Kansas ' Is dry and Oklahoma will be when It becomes a State. It would not do, he thinks, to have two prohibition States together.v'.,iTv LUSITAXLA HOLDS RIBBON. Giant Cunard Wner flakes tfie Trip Across in a uays, x Hours nnu oa Minutes, Breahing AU Rccorda. ' New Tork, Oct 11. Four days, 1 hojuf rand : I S -mlhtxroiri Queenih town,, with every trans-Atlantlo speed record in : her possession, the Cunard llnar. Lusitania. swept by Sandy Hook Lightship at 1.17 a, tn., to-day and all daylight steamed slowly up the har bor. r ' - - -.. m Thru "vmnnrAa mtmrm ' -written ' AAtm In her log. book, two "of them wrested ftnm fh rfAfi flMrman rivals eit th Cunard-line and one from the swift Lucanla, of her own line. They were the shortest time from any European port to New Tork: the fastest average speed for any trans- Atlantic voyage, zs.sv nautical mites per hour; the longest , dally run, 617 nautical miles. ' ' , Tran.lotflil : intn land tnllM. :. nee speed average for the run was 27.60 miles an hour. i . . fh t.ualfnnlfl'a achievement is a triumph for British ship builders and sailors, and may marx tne 'passing ot the old-fashionea reciprocating en gine and the beginning of the univer sal . Installation of '-. turbines,, which have made It possible for this ship to break all records. . "" -.. ; OFFENDING PTnLIC DECENCY? Rev. Maxwell IT. W. Walenta, Pas . tor of the German' Mission Clmrch, of Brooklyn,, and Mrs. Louie A. . Baarr Arrested and Held For In qulry Into Tiielr Mental Condition. New York, Oct 11. Rev; Maxwell H. W. Walenta, pasWr o( the Ger man Mission church, of ? Brooklyn, and Mrs. Louis A, Bauer, a parish-; nnoi an the wlfa or an etectrotvoer. I wers arrested to-day and held in court for an Inqutry Into their men tal conditions, ! The action was in stituted by Mr-Bauer and the minis ter's r father, Rev. 'Wensel Walenta. of the German Emanuel Reformed church, of Brooklyn..1 The com plalnanu ' asserted that 1 Mrs. - Bauer had left her husband and child and sought refuge at the younger clergy man's house. The two were charged with offending public decency, s In court th' accused minister, whq ls28, year !of age, denied -wrong-doing, but admitted that the woman had been w Icomed rto his "ofllclal room" at I o'clock-; Wednesday morning, s; "She and her husband had differences,' he explained, , "I taw it was- Impossible -for me to effect a reconciliation. ;I welcomed her to my church.- I felt in Mrs. Bauer a living soul and my soul cried- aloud for somebody who was alive In the twentieth century.- In her I realized my affinity.': -x-r ; ,:,. ",-'';, ; "l believe you both tied to be fx- mlnd m to your .m'-nUl condition." commented the m;t;TH trato .who com muted the prisoners.. BIG CASE BEING TRILD. A-Damage Suit on at WOmlnslon Against the Pcaboard For $30,00i), the Plaintiff Having Been Injured in the Hamlet Wreck of July, 1906 Captain Wliitted'a Testimony In teresting. Special to The Observer. .Wilmington, Oct 11. New Han over Superior Court is completing a double term ot three. weeks, Judge J. Crawford Biggs presiding, with -the trial of the $60,000 damage suit of Capt. John D. Bowen, ot this . city, against the Seaboard Air Line for In juries received in the collision of trains July a year ago, between Ham let and Rockingham, - where - 30-odd people were killed and a score " or more were Injured, as the result of an erroneously sent or misinterpreted train order, being tried. All the fore noon - yesterday was taken up : with the selection of a Jury and the after noonewas token up with the hearing of testimony for the plaintiff, includ ing Captain Bowen. himself, who : is still on ' crutches and badly 'f- Injured rabout the hips and spine, Tnls morning Dr. ' Joseph M. Butho, chief surgeon, and Dr. G. G. HolladajV as sistant surgeon of the Seabourdr were permitted to make a 'physical exam ination of the plaintiff ' ia the presence or his pwn physicians, Drs. r. h. rib seiL T. M. Green and A. II. . Hanriia, These physicians later, testified to-day as to, the extent ana ;permanency of the Injuries received by th conductor in the wreck, ; Tne case win - naraiy go to the. Jury before to-morrow af ternoon, as it is being bard fought alt through.. Messrs. Bellamy", & Bellamy and H. McClammy appear for the plaintiff and Messrs. John D. Bellamy & Son- and DavU A Davis for' ; the railroad company. ' The most interesting testimony yet .brought out was that given by Capt Charles F. Whitted, of Charlotte, formerly In the employ of the com pany. Jt was Capum Whitted who was sent ; out , on ' n engine ' to over take a freight train, that had been dispatched from the Hamlet yards, it having been discovered a 'few min utes. later after it left that it wa go ing head-on with the passenger train. The wild ride of Captain Whitted on the engine sent out.to overtake the freight was graphically told, but with composures Captain Whitted having made an excellent witness, ot , all times cool and collected under' fire of ( cross-examination. ' "' i - It seems to be admitted that the plaintiff will recover, but the measure of damages ia - speculative.- Judge Biggs has ruled that unless wanton and wilful negligence 1 ' ehown v the Issue of punltUl! damages, which, are asked in the sum of $28,000, will have to be stricken out. He U hearing the evidence to negligence. however, before etriklng out this claim to puni tive damages, his ruling being that if no more than a mistake , by the d s patcher or operator is shown the w t minitiv damaees Will not be considered, the actuat damages ask-; ed are In the sum ot $2S.QQQ- : AWKGICD MCTlDKRKlt ARRESTED Trntrtmen )CatrnH Neetw Hurj,ed w De Goorge ,Ua vvh, wanwi in m-n- f vOJe,, 8. C-AoUioritles at Concord J Holding on to the prisoner to awuk DevelopmenW. ' Special to .The Observer. - . ' t Concord, Oct. 11- At 1 o'clock to-day chinf ut Police J.. L. Boger received a Ainnhiiie mMiiaire from, the conductor ot a southbound freight train, temng mm to hve ieVeral men at the ttion to tans chanre of s negro murderer,, who l wnnt- ed at Greenville, S. C Officers Bides, Ernhsrdf tnd Braswelt were nt to the tatton and. when the train pulled In they found the man in .the cab, under ' the guard of Conductor u. u. lung ana deadhead flreman, B. C. Deton, bth of Greenville. 8. C The negro Wl tk Into custody by the Concord offloew and brought to the lock-up, where he will be held fcr the South Carolina officers if they want him. fy-: , When Dsvis w first aikod bis name by Chief Boger he stated that It was "Kid" Sullivan, but later stated that his real nme ws Oeorga Roberts. Ho stated also that about two weeks ago boy about IS yonrs of nge mysteriously dis appeared and that he was su?pctfd of having done away with the child and wnt wanted by the Greenville authorities for that offense, '--v ' Columbus Dantslr, a negro Bremail en the freight train, knew Davis, and iden tliitd him as being George Davis, wanted tor th murder of a man at Grssnville, on or about the iCth of last May. The man was killed and thrown In the river, A mm and woman were aeeuned of the murder and were held on that charge, but after the woman had been convicted she squealed on Davis and hence hit ar rt. . . " i Dnvlt first stated that ha left his home about six months ago and had been at Dnnvllla. and Hlohmond, but afterward . ...1 V. rt , ..tv tmfti WAalf. AM V. . ,.. a.lvlaed by his mother and alster to leave that the authorities wanted him lit the coy ense. . Davis It a big, fat greasy looking n- w . m A k.. K.nn frit-lntf , waII ' Ilia inn. ner ot tpeoth and general appearance in dicated that he was aaatnd for some thing and. ihowed strong tlgm of prob able guilt - It Is stated that a rewnrd of $150 ttnnfli for hit arrent which,' If ho bo tho rizht man, will go to the conductor and tho the authorities at : Greenille,. notifying tiiem oi me arren ana win noia tne tie- ! . , TOO ,BVSY TO ATTEND. , , Durham Alnmnt of University Find -Hattirday I'nttuitablo ., For .a , Ccle , bration Mrs,' T. A. Ijasnater - tn . Kxtrcmls aa Result of Paralytic v Suokc ... , .: , ,., , t .A Special to The Observer. , , -V Durham,! Oct. :. 11 There was a plan on foot for the local members ot the University Alumni ' Associa tion to go to Chapel Hill to-morrow to , take - part in I the "University 'Day exercises. i nis tua . has peen abandoned, however as It was found ! that many of the business men who are members of the association could not get off n- Saturday, The idea was that the local members of the alumni association should go in a body to attend the " exercises ' of the day.; r Mr. Ai M. Carr, who u now acting as secretary of the local association In the' absence of Clair born Carr, the . jew taryf who is - In Europe, lMUed a notice a few days ago for all who could - attend in a body to let httn know. - The replies of those who are members ot the as sociation wire - such as to show no Mr. Carr that H was a Cay on which many of those , who would - otherwise attend could not get off. Then the Idea ,waa abandoned. Nevertheless, a number of Durham people will at tend the exercises f the day. yj-- , Mrs. T. A. LasHater Is extremely lit at the home of her daughter, Mr. A. ; J, Petty, In this city.. She was. etrlckea, wl-.h rar i!y-'i enl h r condition is sucU a a to .w.um .tui friends. ,'- ' ? ;, . U. 1). C. C0.NVK.N110:', i SlIXT NEXT AT COM The Session Ended V.l.h t'.e r I-a Night When o:,W,-r . -Fleeted and the Mectin r I I s e i i Nest Tear Was . Selected Int. -tng Reports Submitted A sain li . terday Mrs. JI. A. Ixiulou i;ej;iH - on Monuments A Memorial behol v arslilp and Other Thins Dlscn-y-d and Carried Oer Gtulford LatUo -Ground Visited. . Special to The Observer. Greensboro, Oct 11. The conven tion of the Daughters of the Confed eracy, which has been in session here for three days, came to a cloae to night after a short business meeting;. At, this time-Goldsboro was selected as .the next place of meeting. ' other town "sending pressing invitations were Winston-Salem, Salisbury and Gastonia. i , - The same enthusiasm that has pre vailed throughout the entire conven tion was again present to-day. vs. At nrst it was Intended to hold only one session V to-day, but at the close of the morning session It was found that quite a utile business remained yet to be done bo another session was called for the afternoon and then a short one for to-night. - Practically all the delegates remained until the very last meeting." MORNING SESSION. ' At 10. So o'clock this morning the meeting was opened with devotional exercises conducted, by the newly elected chaplain, Mrs. J. Q. Kenan, of Wallace, and following that Mrs. Janie Fouahee, of this city, favored the con vention with a couple of vocal solos, both of which were received with ap preciation, as evinced by the applause that followed: ?- ; 4 ., . . . - Upon motion the convention unani mously, voted to send to Mrs. Stone wall Jackaon, of - Charlotte, a tele gram of love and regret at her not' being able, to attend the convention. A i telegram was also received from the retiring president. Mrs. W. S. Parker, of Henderson, expressing her. appreciation of the tokens of. love extended her by . the Daughters . In convention,. - t. . i .. REPORTS ON MONUMENTS. . The first real business taken up by the - convention then was the report of Mrs. H. A. London, the chairman of the committee on monuments. 'Mrs. London reported' that the North Car olina division haa started a. fun., to ward the nrontvueit irettnn nf in '600 monument on Arlington Heights at wasnington, at which place Is lo cated the Confe.leratit r.mf-v i Th. movement was heartily endorsed by the convention, and a number of the chapter expressed themselves aa anx ious to aid In the furtherance of the cause of the Confederacy Jn this par ticular way. ' ' . At this point the meeting was turn ed over to the hearing of reports from all of the Stata chapters, the hearing of which , was begun yesterday . but had to be carried over' to this morn ing on account of a lack of' time. .The 5 reports were either read or handed , ln -tp foe jcretary for recording. All were very encouraging and showed ' that during the past year the Daugh ters have been Exceedingly active In furthering the cause of th organisa tion to which they belong. ( The re ports also showed that a considerable amount of money has been donated by the chapters to one cause and an other.. ; , . . MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP DI3- . CUSSED. - The "convention . then .took up the matter of the advisability of estab lishing a Stonewall Jackson Scholar ship to Salem Academy and College at Wlnston-Salenv the same to be giv en to some descendant of a worthy veteran. The members of the con vention one and all approved the movement but it was decided to leave the matter open for settlement at lateri date. ... It was moved by Mrs. J. O. Ke nn, xt Wallace, that the Dauxhtera ?.,.'.. ' Confederacy erect at Chapel Hill in front Of the Memorial Hall a monument tn th mnmnn. k. ..I - ......., j. i. tilt, VUI lege boys that left their books when mm civil war oroke out and went to the front and lost their Uvea In the Cause Of th Cnnr!..., ... . an. i question was also. It ft open to be de- ciuou upon later. . : After hearlnc tha children chanters tn th. fitvt.tn . - "ft'" w adjourned for luncheon. hihwo wM'wnrna oy tne local chap- ' ter In the dining hall of the Smith Memorial Building. , , A FAREWELL SESSION. This afternoon a nhnrf 4,a.u session was held .at whirh ' - ----- .wwawwuua of thanks ! were extended to th Greensboro people and the local ChADter' for unhnilnrtnrt l.n.Alt.ihd shown the delegates during their stay in the Gate City. The meeting wat probably the most enjoyable one of th convention and a snint nt seemed to prevail that another con vention of the great organization was aoout to pass into History. During their stay in the city most of the delegates have hid the pleas ure of visiting s Guilford's historical and cherished spot, the Guilford Bat tle Ground. Gulte a titimh f.f th. ladies were absent "r from the meeting yesterday morning en a trip to the came neia ana -every day carriages and autOinobllea have 'narrlAA : tnula of ladles to this historic spat, where thev were met bv Mat. 3. i tnr- head, who took pride In pointing out an tne spots ot mstortcal Interest This afternoon at ; 4 o'clock the convention went in a tiniiv nn rh,,. , tered ears to the State Normal and Industrial College, where they were 1 entertaCned at tea by th faculty and students), oi the college. The college was oecoratea in the college, color and the ' eolom ttt thn raiirhra nf the Confederacy and presented a very uesjuiiui appearance -j ne occasion Wis a very enjoyable one Indeed. Rums Hf th ileles-iife left tn-nla-ht and thjs afternoon for their ... homos, but most of them w::l remain- over until in the morning. The convention ha been ; a very successful one and the delegates feel that they are pre pared to go home and report toHheir several chapters that at this conven tion a number of 'Important step htve been taken by -which the nr of the organUatlon wllN be greul., furthered in tt5 commendable work - -; A Serious Runaway Accident Atlanta. Ga.. Oct ll. A spee' it ' The Constitution from Whiti 1 Ga.i says:'." While returiiin:r from a fu:u r-.il t ) dy, a mule at' h VI t.i a I Whieh Mm. W. H, ler, v. j planter living n-r he-e m l her t Children wcru ri ;,- -, 1 ! ed an J rnn a . " '
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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