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-no:; 13 CIIAKLOTTE, X. C, SUNDAY MOILING, NOVEMBER 17, 1007. . ruiCE five c:;;. i 1 iDrcaoAKonA I..OCL.UIAHOX 13 SIGNED 2ew. Star Added to American Hag 1-y Ad'if.sian of Oklahoma as a State l.-xweve'i t ' is Froclama lion - Admitting Oklahoma and .! Indian Territory Jointly Little . JtnnHiity Attends Ceremony In Signing , Proclamation President Ve Peii Made of Quill Plucked lYom Wlnsr.ot an American Eagle ."Pen Will Be Given to Historical - ' Society pf New State Governor Y Haskell's Address Vehement, .; . . Washington, Nov. 16. A new star : ' .t 1 J , . l .... 4 -WHS MUUl'U 11 UIC AUICIKSB lU-i ' 1 dayby the admission, formally. into " the Union T of the State of Oklahoma,! President Roosevelt atti0:16 o'clock this morning signed the ' proclama tion admitting: f- theh.; territories -r-of . s.; Oklahoma and Indian Territory Joint-, '. Jy -as one of the; American States, Little ti formality .attended -the cere Jnony which meant w much to the nnnnlft nf h tven Iprritnrlnn In uni pending his signature to the proclaf- matin n the President ' liMpffa. te formed from a quill plucked fronS ' the wingr of an American, eagle. Th ' - pen will be deposited with the Okla homa Historical Society. . t-. ; . ; ' NO CEREMONY CONNECTED V i WITH SIGNING, ; ; " ' There-was absolutely no ceremony . conneciea wun me signing- or we-, proclamation. The act was done. in the Cabinet ; room, , to which ; a had been admitted Senators" Carter and , Dixon, of Montana, and Warner, of Missouri, besides a number rof resl dents of Oklahoma, most of whom . are connected with government de ," partmftns to Washington, and news-; -, paper representatives. It was - aetly 10:16 .; o'clock1 when . Secretary loebithrew open the , double doors office. He had the proclamation In i" ill hand, which he laid on the large ' ; sqpare fc blotters at the President's , position at the head of-the Cabinet table, . The President entered- ,, and took" hla seat at once was handed ; the long eagle quill pea by the Sec- retary and hlmseltt llftlnr the . lid trom . the Ink stand dipped- the.- pen .. .and. wrote, hla name In large letters, - the pen making an audible scratch ,5 with each movement p i When he had v finished ' his "Signature the President j. picked up a small blotter with which he blotted .."hla nam - mil . than lnlr ' Ing up, exclaimed: . - "Oklahoma is a; State. - ; ax mis instant Albert Hammer,; of vEnld, Okla., a clerk In the land of V, flee, stepped forward' and asked: . "Mr. President, . may I have that , blotter?" s t - s , i . ; The President picked up the small . blotter and handed It to Mr; Hara , mer with the remark r "'There ; were " more requests for me - to use par tlcular pens than there are letter In my name." i After the signing of the prociama tlon which made . Oklahoma a JState It was transmitted to the State De partments where the ulirnatiirR f th i President was duly attested, and .thej uin.uiivui men niea in the"rchnres tt that Department. ' - - : uiiuosiuifr Moraeu oy yuDuauon. Guthrie,,' OJcla.,-Nov,' 16. The ad rmssion of Oklahoma to statehood . to-day was marked , by Jubilation ,i,r'."".'". .i. hA.liMt. n.. A L A l .a .... ."ivujiiuui u,p xwo territories oythe . installation of Governor Charles N. Haskell and by a parade and'barbe- , cue- m ''Guthrie.'1' 1 r-; k - governor Haskell's address was vehement.-, He denounced "the com - blnatlons that have fattened by un- restricted robbery of our i people,' . declared In favbr of, prison sentences , for trending corporation officers, and y announced that the liquor prohibition ' ,latwo",d 08 rigidly enforced. , - . e" uv","' nrsi oniciai act was vto order thas county attorney at BarOettsville ,toaake steps to prt y. vent the Standard Oil Company, from . . completing a . natural gas nine line ' <tiS ' t.J1' 4 leMl questlon'aa to r rttRtltlrne oncers of Oklahoma Ter- mnnl 9 v 1 m t0'y cere- iroT!XTY COMPANY, CLOSED. . tTU'; Vowr Plant at Jdiston Closes vmm.. i-...u 'lNov. 16,rhe,.re;: NoVeUvCod " ..A1"" . nj wil remain Idle until after The - una -or Tiext year. : The company , ..rt?:?" ' her that Z, " "wiea ay tne suspension. .. - uctii luiunriK over- i ri Tajrrnrv nd. a.Auh , - , time getting out the Christmas or- ders . . . . v . . .;...;..,. .F!!r,pItf! al h-Warren foundry it PhUUpsburg, jfj j.,, -were ;, shut f, -ny ana win not resume tin , H next Tuesday, The men .wIllTthen work four dUys a week. vy -,i - Tenty-tlve men were la.dE 5 oft Ho v .day by the Ingersoll Kand Drill Com. -r pany, running the number nt h. ': suspended during the past few weeks mr mio xne nunareas. .. . , cmuioyes or IB Anaoverwnr. ' naceMa Philllpsburg to-day suffered1 ; ' per cent, eutm wages.- ,- Two" hundred men'it the Empire iron mrns, -..uxiora, ,: jvew r Jersey, were notified of a lo per cent reduc tion In pay. t. f, Charles Vcach, a Switchman JImm lilt f . Life Mai-hwl Out at Spencer When fnbraked Cars K11 on Him. v - tf pedal to The Obsetvef Tty -r;,-i' . 7 gpencer, V Nov. l 6.Charles Veach. aged about 35, a white switchman on the Southern yards af Spencer, - was ,, niinu ush uigui uy Being, caugnt . oe ' tween a-string of cars on a siding, Jle was, on night duty and had placed , ! a number of cars on a sldetraslt And tt Is said was working at the end of the string when the cars roUed ucon him, mashing htm to death. It is said he himself had failed to apply brakes to the cars which caused his dtath. He leaves awlfe and two children. (This Is the first serious accident that has occurred on the Spencer yards tor many months. ; The railway offi- clals her. jure, constantly, using every ' i precantldn to avoid personal Injury and but few have been hurt or killed . "at Bpencer this year. It Is not' Ih- rreauent, nowever, mat spen:er men ' are injured or killed while on the.tr ran from this plaro to Ashevllle, Greenville, S. C, Sclma, vAla., or Mon roe, Va. riucEs .r.Gi's:r:xT sx::ucnvE. President of "VlImIii.ton O-miber of . Conuuerco . Gives Out R statement RegnrUStij the New York Cotton Man's Advice to the South. Special to The Observer.- Wilmington, .Nov. 16. Replying to a circular letter of Theodore H. Price, of New York, ottering to finance the cotton crop of the South, widely pub lished In the cotton growing Staates Mr. : Julian Taylor, president of the Wilmington chamber of commerce, to-day gave to the press a statement in which h4 says that he New York man makes very seductive argument to the holders of -cotton. He says, however this, letter U - transparent, and If Mr .Price was not K probably short Of the market it is hardly like ly that he would submit a proposition so easily controverted. - The fact.' Is that the shorts ln December on the New1" "Torn eotton exchangtr-' cannot bring; the cotton from the South to deliver -on these contracts, " because spot cotton Is worth more et-country points in the South than it Is on the New Yont market.. The stock of cot ton in New York Is In strong hands, and,- if Mr. : Price's advice to ; the Southern holders to ship cotton to New York- to " deliver on -; December contracts - and to buy, ' 'May options against such deliveries was accepted, the weight of the New York stock of cotton would ". probably depress - the price one f cent a pound. He ' says further that no one doubts, that this Is : Mr. Price's scheme. , The" South Is warned - against the baitrand Mr. Price, according to Mr. Taylor's state ment, should be left free tosettle his own short sales as best he may a?, 'a ; DROWNED IX RITJ. fleeing From Officers, Cliarlie Waters "Plunges Into tlte Stream , and, Though a Good: Swimmer, Sinks to Rise No More.1 I 1 Special to Tlie Observer. 1 , CIlfEside, VNov Yesterday evening-Just atfer dark, Charlie s Waters returned, from Marion' loaded down with tw or three Jugs of whiskey and went; to the home of John Sisk, where he boarded, and proceeded to make ' a " "jrough house." :.!Mr. ; 6Uk was forced to have a warrant issued for hla arrest; after all persuasion to keep the- peace had failed. ' Ofaeer J, H.- Calllhan, , accompanied by J. II. Price, 4 whom' he had . summoned to help arrest him, armed with legal pa pers, went to the house-of Sisk, where Waters was ' found. As . soon as the warrant was read,' Waters ran, with Officers Calllhan and (Price . In close Pursuit. After running up., the river for about 300 yards. Waters Jumped Into the stream , and . attempted to swim' across. After swimming about 40 feet he sank out of flight. 'At: this p6int the river is about 300 feet wide and very deep. The .officers let the facts be known' at once about .J:C0 p. m.).and as large crowd gathered and made every effort to- recover ttie bodywMch; however, was not found till about 8:30 this morning. Waters' family, which . lives at B'orest City, SVfSt? :liWHs0ry Sodetyj-by Mrs.'L. W.-Crfw writing the coroner has not arrived ' Waters was "about 23 years Of age and unmarried. : He "was considered an excellent swimmer, and it la sup posed .was taken with cramp.' ' ' , , -" 1 1 .... f . tK,y ' PROP, UNDERWOOD Sl'iaDES ' Professor of Botany at Columbia tfni ' verslty, Cnued by Financial Dosses, Attemp s to Kill Entire Eamily and Suicides Wlf a Will i ' Recover, f-tf'r Keddin,-.-;::;C.onnH''::.t; Noyk;v;-i'6.s-;rased temporarily as the result of financial losses during the last month or two, Botany at Columbia University, New York, this afternoon attempted to kill his entire family and after cutting his wife's thrpat, ended his own life, stab blng himself I undel; ; the right ' ear, Prof. Underwood returned from New York on . Thursday and complained Of not feeling well and it' is said acted strangely; This afternoon, wWle his wife and daughter were in the dining room he took a knife and rushed at hla wlfej -He drew the weapon across her throat and then ran over to where, his daughter, making an attack upon her. Mrs. Underwood struck the pro feasor's arm as he was about to stab his daughter. ? Going to another room tha doctor cut hla throat and when physicians arrived at the house he was;!ave Kot ino farther than Ahe surface, dead. - Mrs. - Underwood and - her daughter went to the home of Frank E. Ewlng, where Mrs. Underwood's wounds wera dressed. She will re cover. The daughter was not harmed. Professor Underwood had made his home here for th past year and Had been , connected with , Columbia tor eignt years,; we was 45 year old. Vy J3TANS jGUEST OF HONORV , Dined by Japanese Ambassador - Informal Affair, Being - Personal Tribute to, the Admiral, V' ? - Wa8hlngton,' Robley D. Evans, the commander In-chief of ; the ' Atlantic ', battleship fleet which on December 16th Is to sail from Hampton Roads to the Pa cific coast was the guest of 4 honor to-night at' a dinner given- by Vis count Aokl,' the Japanese ambassador and Viscountess Aokt, at their home. The table decorations - were . white chrysanthemums. 'At the embassy It was announced that the " dinner would.be quite , Informal, It being simply a personal tribute to Admiral Evans, whose acquaintance with the ambassador dates bac some years. ; The admiral " was . accompanied by his daughter,. Mrs. -Harold L. Sewell, and his son-in-law and daughter, Commander anr, Mrs. C. C. Mar. The other guests Included Assistant Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Ne erry. Admiral and Mrs. . Brownson, Admiral- Cowtes,- Commander Wood, Mrs. Wood, Captain Hooker, Mr. Hooker, Commander Ke,: Mrs. Key, Mies Hunt,, Miss Patten. Mr. Mlya oka, the counsellor of - the embassy and Mrs; 'Miyaoka, Mr,- Hanlbere, the second secretary, Mr Nagal, the third secretary, and Commander Tan lgucht V"' . ' ::;--'v- FIRE AT NORFOLK. Upper Stories of Five-Story Build- Jug Gutted by Fire, Entailing Jjom of 185.000.-. . :' v v - .' . .-. I -Norfolk. Va.,' Nov..l.An estimated sured, Is the result of a Are which gutted the two upper stories of the flvt -story v building occupied by the Willis Smith Cralle Coronany, furni ture .dealers," here to-night, and by the Immense amount of water thrown Into the structure. A general alarm brought all' the fire fighting tore of the city to action and the fire was confined to the upper storleii , The building faces 200 feet on Main and 300 feet en Church street and was former ly the old rurcell , House, one of . tht early hotels of Norfolk. THE VtOlik' OFCQFEHEXCE CHARGE IX) YOUNG MINISTERS. liisliop 3lorrlson Gives Splendid Ad . vice to the Class jif Teu Received Into Full Connection Yesterday ilake Y'our Own Sermons, lxt Clubs and Tobacco Alone and Keep Out of Debt, He Says Venerable Miu Ister .Gives Up Regular Work Sor. row full r lino Reports on Woman's Work Submitted Orphanage Trus tees Nominated and Elected Slde- ligtits .on the Dally Session? EpeciU to The Observer; Salisbury, Nov. 1 $.JThe prayer meeting preceding the business session of Conference this morning was con ducted by Rev. D. II. Co man, mission ary secretary and the recognised evan gelist of the Conference At 9 o'clock Bishop (Morrison took Jhe chair and called for the reading of the minutes of yesterday's sessions, and after the reading by the secretary they were approved by the Conference.; -v -V:; . There was a Continuance of the call of the twentieth question (the 'state ment In yesterday's report that the call of the twentieth Question had been concluded was erroneous, due to a short absence of the reporter from the Conference room" and the uninten tional mistaken information given by another), v The characters of ' the preachers In the Shelby and States vllle districts were passed and they submitted their reports ' i iA TOUCHING INCmpNT, . When the name of Rev. G. W. Cal lahan, of Ozark and Spencer Mountain charge, Gastonia, was called, he made his report and then announced to the Conference that, he had been In the itinerant, ministry for fifty; years and had become' worn . out In this work : and would be force to ask for the superannuated relation at this session of Conference. He spoke of his love for his ChurchV hia brethren and "his work, and of his sorrow at being com pelled to stop his active labor.5; He said It saddened him to have Confer ence go on and leave him, 'but that; ne woum toiiow -tne body with (his prayers. There were tears In many eyes during hla remarks and u sobs ! choked many voices that tried to fol low. :- Bishop Morrison led In singing ! "In the Sweet Bye and Bye" when" Mr. Callahan ceased. His is a noble Christian character and his life Is one of willing, faithful service, to . hla Church. ' , , - -..Replying to Mr, Callahan, Bishop1 Morrison spoke tenderly to him and ' assured him that he was mistaken in thinking the Conference would leave : him behind; that it would not do this,) but w(ould taka him with it in its for ward march. ; . THEWOMAN'S WORK, t One of the special features of-this morning's session was the representa tion of the work of ; the Woman's Hopie Mission Society, by Mrs. Frank Slier, president oNthe Conference so ciety and corresponding secretary of the Woman's Board of Home Missions; of that of the Woman's Foreign Wis- fdrd,correspondlng secretary of the Conference society. .- ; .. ,.. Prof. C. H. Trowbridge was also introduced and ' Spoke of ; the work being, done at (JJrevard Industrial In stitute for Girls, of which he is prin cipal, the school being under the di rection of the Woman's Home Mission Board. This is professojr Trowbridge's first year as principal, of this school and he: )s doing a successful , work, lie la from St. Louis and la well ed ucated and fitted for his work. He was for three years a student' at Washington College, St. Louis, before coming to this State. YOUNG MEN RECEIVED. The specla order for 11 o'clock was the reception Into full connection of a class of ten young ministers, and Bish op Morrison's address at this time wat peculiarly strong . and Impressive. Speaking to the class especially, he said: ' -i- ' '" vy". . "If God has called you to preach, you 'can preach, and the equipment needed you will ilnd In the a Bible, your brain, your heart and : your knees. i i . Learn to preach. That old v book, the Bible, Is an exhaustless wine, and when you are-white beaded you will pui-u is pure gum an uie way. "Study the Bible. Don't depend on homlletics or the 'Five Hundred Skel etons' for your sermona ..It you own the "Five -Hundred Skeletons,' kindle a -fire with it some cold morning; HiWSZJ0?' IU0 borne- through your voices Put your will on It and control It ; , ; ;1 r "You are going to "Be preaehers In charge. . Take charge of yourself and keep sweet, no matter what the provo cation you meet . .VTake charge -of your work, -your congregation, your . Sunday school, your Ep worth League, your choir and every Interest of your church.' '-.- : PREACHER RUN BY. THE COIOIR. "If there Is anything that la pitia ble to me, if' is a choir running a preacher, and I have seen that-, I go to a church sometimes when the pas tor will tell me ' that special customs are observed Iff the' service. . When that Is the case, I always reply, 'Well; you go ahead with, your special cus toms, and when you fret through with your customs, ! will by the grace of God try to preach the Gospel.",, ; DON'T BE A "CLUB PREACHER." ' fGlve your 'mornings to study and your afternoons - tor pastoral work and take an-hour or two occasslonal ly for. recreation. Go. out In the field hunting, but don't keep a. bird dog. Guard your Influence and do- not dig regard the proprieties of life, Watch the'Club.V SomeKow the club doesn't fit in with the mtntstry, n2 when a preacher gets the name of a 'high roller. and frequents the cluo snj the football game, the? men. he is assif elated wlthj at those places don't want that preacher with them1 when they are dying.. And the churchy under the charge of audh a preacher Is soon asking for-a. more spirltually-mlnJed Iman. some ; people may get . aiong without relUrion but a Methodist preacher can't." . ' ) In conclusion! -Elshop Morrison urged the young men to refrain from forming the tobacco habit and- to break it If already formed, and never to leave ; the smell of tobacco In a room whre they were, entertained. "The time nas come,'1; said Jie,-"when the use of tobacco It. a discount -to a Methodist preacher. ' I am not a crank on this" subject either, but that time has come." H also 4 warned them against Jebt. and urged - that they deprive ' themselves of ' mwh rather than go in dent. Never get a suit you cannot pay fr.' said .lm. "but always) wear a , black suit, Abe cause the clfureh expects It, anj wear the old one if you can't afford a new one. Have the old one cleaned and pressed, and wear it until you can pay cash for a new one." -' - This aJJress closed. Bishop Morri son propounded the disciplinary ques tions and recommended the class to tiie Conference for reception Into full connection, anj lt-wss-Tecetved."" "OTHER' BUSINESS MATTERS. . The report , of the committee on temperance was submitted and adopt ed, after which Rev. R. L. Davies ad dressed the Conference on , ths tem perance . work as 1 being- directed through the State Anti-Saloon ' Lea gue, which organisation he represents A resolution was passed recommenc ing that the pastors In all ; towns where ; whiskey is sold request the publication of the report of the com mittee on temperance In their local papers. ?The report of the, Laymen's Movement was ; adopted. A ;The following nominations for trus tees of the Conference Orphanage or "Chrldren's ? Home' - were "submitted by the nominating ' committee and were confirmed by the Conference:' For two years O. H. - Detwller, S. B. Tanner, J. A, Glenn and George L. Hackney, , . - . - For four years Frank ' Slier' N. R. Richardson, George F. Ivey, and J. K. Norfleet. , For six Jeara Harold -Turner. Charles Ireland, J.L. Nelson and S. I Rogers. , - . At 12:30 o'clock Conference ad journed. Rev. G. W. Crfllahan pror nounclng the bonediotidnJv: , i. . A meeting was held this afternoon In the Interest of the Woman's For eign -Missionary Society and the Wo man's Home "Mission SocIefy. This meetlny'was well -attends, by the la- dies off Salisbury and Spencer and by many who are vistting here to at tend Conference. - Representatives of the two societies dtllvered Interesting addresses, the speakers being officers of the two Conference societies. f 1 ' LA$T NIGHT'S , SESSION. . " The. university of the Board of Church Extension 'was held to-night The first speaker was Rev. Dr. W. F. McMurray,f secretary of board. This is thai first visit he has made to this Conf erenct and he was beard with special interest. sH His plea was. for more money - wlthesrtvhlch to build churches in the home territory of the churchi not able to build for4 them selves, Rev. CV M. Campbell, a mem ber, of the Conference Board of Church Extension, presided ; over the meting. Dr. McMurray is an able speaker n0 his addres Was 'Interesting 'and instruc tive. Bishop Atkins followed Dr. Mc Murray and spoke with , special refer enoavto the work and needs- of the church in the extreme West,' especial ly, on the Pacific coast. - He spoke in high terms of the work of Rev. J. B. Fry, a former member of this Con ference and far. Charlotte pastor, in his present charge at Berkley, Cal., where he is entering: upon the second year of his pastorate. A collection was; taken at the close of the address. '. ' . CONFERENCE NOTES. Nothing but the expres-' on of the highest commendation is luar.l te gardlng the entertalrimenF"ahd "ser vlce that Salisbury is 'giving the Conference. Cordial hospitality Is everywhere evident, and the. commer cial life of the city has joined with that of -the - Church and ' the home iln giving to the. clerical and lay mem bers of the Conference and to the Visitors all that they could wish dur ing their sojourn In the capital of Rowan county. . . ' The service given ; by the post office of Salisbury is richly-deserving of special mention In this connection, for- never has the .Conference been the recipient of more prompt and satisfactory, postal service and more courtesy as well nor could It be. bet ter than that which is being given by Mr. J;?H. Ramsey, the competent and. genial postmaster and his , effl lent. corps of assistants in the con duet of the government's store house In this city.' " The attendance of the public at the daily business sessions and the an niversary meetings held each night la, alt that could be desired. Often the Conference rodm is crowded to Its utmost,- many of the Salisbury people standing in the" aisles and In the space near -the door. ; To-morrow will be a full day for the Conference. ' At f o'clock there will te the Conference love feast and experience,-' meeting. Bishop Morri son will preach In the first Methodist church at it o'clock, aftey which he will ordain the young jnen who are eligible for deacon's orJera. The memorial service will be followed by the administration of the sacrament Of tho Lord's Supper, At nigh Bis hop Atkins will preach in the First church. At the close of this sermon Incoordination of elders will tak place;. The pulpits of most of the city - churches at both services to morrow wilt be: filled by members ot the Conference. - 4t . . : -This session of the Conference has been unusual In one respect at least, and that is that so far but two pubtlc collections have been taken, one be ing for, the work among the colored people; and-, the. other for the Lillian Stewart Memorial Hall in Japan, Mrs. Stewart Was engaged with her hus band. In .missionary work In Japan when . she dldand, the . Mission Board 6f i the Church proposes ; to erect a - school building at a cost of $8,000 In Tier memory. ' This collec tion was tken at the anniversary ot the i Board of i; Missions, which was held ,last night and In subscription amounted to 1698. Thl anniversary was the first ;held under .the presi dency f ttt - RrV rVTt R . Ware, ; who was elected to this position one year ago ; h fills this responsible posi tion well, and the work of thoard Is very efficient and sntrsfactory trn- der his leadership. The speakers at the meeting last night were: Rev. E. " B, Chappie, D. V., Sunday school editor of tha ehurch. and Rev; W.s E--'Tawsof4. missionary to Japan. The report of the treasurer of the board. Rev. J. E. Gavhow- e J' that during the past yeaf this Conference has given to roreiga and domestic i missions combined v 239.12. an Increase of 13.000. over the amount contributed last year. IN THE SUNDAY SCHOOL ROOM ; The Stone and Barringer Company, of Charlotte, has a splendid deposi tory of books and other supplies from the ' publication house, which afa valuable to the preachers.. The deDosltorv is In ths Sunday v school room, and Mr. C. S. Stone Is -giving to it his personal attention, anj h Is being v liberally ' patronised.' . Th preacher appreciate th. convenience of such a depository in tne :onrer enca and value the saving of time and moiwv whUih It . affords. Another popular table In th Sun day-school room is Uist or nv. II, M. Blair, editor of Tha North Caro- EOY'S BKA1XS SHOT OUT RESULT OF HUNTING ACCIDENT. A 14-Ter-old Columbia Lad Is ' In stantly KlUed by a Companion- With a lUflo When a Covey of Partrtllses Js Flufclied- Ucnry Fcllon liills - Nolan Darls by subbing Him In the Heart The light dirought on by a , Woman ftllss Quackcnbos' State ments About Peonage in the Soutlt . Injurious to .South Carolina. , Observer Bureau, i 142a. Main Street, V Columbia, S. C, Nov. If. While out hunting with a party of two other boys this afternoon, Walter Bethel, 14 years old, son of Clarence Bethel, a glass blower, was shot li the back' of the head and Instantly killed by Carlyle Krepps, the 11-year- oia son or or.B. K. H. 'Krepps, oumry ivrepps, : tne 16-year-oia brother of Carlyle, and Mike Mead ows, a young newsboy who lost a leg a few years ago" In a street car acci dent Barney Krepps fired and brought down a bird. "tTarlylo Krepps fired a Marie rifle loaded with a 22-long car tridge. The. Bethel boy fell with hla gun cocked but not Hrfled, his brains oozing from a bullet hole in the back of his head, Carlyle was the first to the dying boy and was greatly wrought up over the. result.' KIIidSD BY A STAB. j Nolan Davis was utabbed in, the heart and. instantly killed at the cor ner of Main and Richland streets by Henry Fellon at 1 o'clock" this even ing.' .Davis walked about 40 feet af- tef beings wounded and dropped in a heap. Fellon, who has been in Jail several times (once for wlfe-beatlnt), went to prison humming a tune. The fight is said to have been about a woman. :;. v;c. ,"''. K The Supreme Court to-day hands down a decision in the Kershaw dis pensary election case,, the effect of which is (o permanently keep open the dispensaries, which on the face of the returns were voted out by a large majority.; ; The County beard of can vassers sustained the election, but the State board reversed Iti' ; Now the su preme Court sustains the State board. The election was protested on the ground of Irregularities as :b regis tration and the secrecy of the ballot. , Mlns Quackenbos statement about alleged "peonage In . the South, though she did not mention South Carolina, are already being twisted In foreign newspapers and are having an Inju rious' effect,, according to cable ad vices received by Immigration Com missioner Watson to-day from Stock holm, Sweden. , It is hard to estimate the damage the department of Justice and its rep resentative have consciously or uncon sciously done to South Carolina. There la no peonage In this State and has not been since my department was establish? d." ' . ; . WOMAN FRIGirriTLLY BURNEO, She Dmna a liSmp on a Hot Stove . and Becomes Enveloped In Flames Her Life Despaired of. Special to The Qbservor. " Wilmington,.. Nov. Iff. (Mrs. S. T. Ramsey, wife of a well-known young Wilmington man, was perhaps fatally burned this morning at her home in the southern part ofthe city. She was cleaning a lamp over a hot stove when In some way the bowl of the Hmp containing oil dropped on- the stove and at once exploled, covering her with flames.- She was alone in the; house, with The exception of a young child, and ran to the 'ront door; but In her excitement she was un able to get It open and ran oat the back way and fell In the strot. Neighbors oame to her roscne a il Khe was. carried,: f.o the hospital in great agony. Her life la despaired of. Una Christian, Advocate and since the first, day of the Conference the popu lar editor has been kept closely at work crediting renewals and new subscriptions to the Conference or gan. Th report which he submitted to Conference was one of the best In tha history of the paper, and showed thaf.lt Is receiving a liberal amount of financial and moral support In the Conference.. : -. DEAN TILLETT PRESENT. V 'One of tha most welcomed visitors at Conference Is Rev. W. F. Tilletti V. v., who Is dean of the Biblical de partment " - of ' Van Jerbllt Univer sity, and a. native North Caro linian. Ha has given to tlie the church many years of valuable service and Ws labor has hlchly de serve J alt the honor which has been bestowed upon him, and more. In his present s position at Vanderbllt University he. is brought Into clutter association wkh the young ministers who go there for Instruction, and his Influence Is more strongly felt than that of any other man In the Churc'.i, Land it hi safe to say that that Influ ence, is alwaysi felt for good. -Position and honor have In no way spoil ed the good preacher, and teacher, and the same mojesty of person and spirit which characterized Mm In the pastorate are still Just as much mark ed in his Ufa to-day. He is affec tionately yeferred to aa "the Dan" by . hla student throughout the church, and not one of the hundreds who have sat under tils Instruction as a tescher and have felt the Influence of his . sincere, conlstent:chrlHtlan Ufa will say other than that as teach er an! friend his Ufa la a benediction to individuals and student body. ? , A "CLOSE" CABINET. : ' Thero seem '' but little ' -i authentic information, afloat as to the appoint ments and a "close cabinet" . 1 the expression (heard on. every hand re garding Bishop Morrison and his ad visory i board of presiding eldert. Even leading: laymen who are wont to find out much of tha cablaet work during the Conference sesstona are thoroughly "at sea," even as to-who will be- appointed to the churches which they represent The -appoint-menu most under discussion ara the Charlotte, Morganton. Statesvllle and Waynesvllle districts, all of which must: -t-jukva new presiding elders. Centenary church, Winston-Salem ; Trinity church, Charlotte, Main Street, church, Oastonla, must all 'nave new - pastor. t "' Some congregation In the' Confer ence have requested that certain pas tors be sent to them to preach to morrow, anj while not .Methodistle, In th true sense, these requests by seme are t thought to Indicate that these congregations desire to hear a "trial sermon" from some pastors who msy be assigned to these cnary-s for next yesf. . INJURED LEAVE HOSPITAL. Tlireo' of Those Hurt at the Rudil Wreck Dfiscliarll McUiotllxt Protestant conference Programme is Printed To Speak at Columbia ' S. C Notes Mostly Personal. . Special to The Observer. " . ' Greensboro, Nov. 16,-Mr. W. C. Davis, the Gastonia bridegroom who was Injur ed in tha awful wreck ot Southern Rail way train No. 31 at Rudd on the nutht of Octcber lTtli, was able to be out of St Leo's Hospital and walk on the street yesterday with the aid ot a cane. Ho and his bride, whose injuries were very terious, left to-day for Winston-Salem, the home of the bride, who. was known there a Miss Marr Benton : before 1m irarrias-e to Mr. Davis on the afternoon beforu ihe accident. -. V ''- Mr. John Blede, another wreck victim, also lert to-day for bis home In Danville. Va., and this leaves In the hospital only two of - the nineteen- peoplwlnwen taKcn there fir treatment on the night t-f the wreck, v Tha p.-ogramme. has been printed for the annual -meeting ot the North Carolina Methodist Protestant Conference, which will be held In Grace M. - P. church In this'. city-. November th-j5th. It is ex pected that nearly two hundred minis ters and laymen will attend. The pro gramme was arranged with a vlow to mrtVlng it moro interesting than usual tor the general public. Prof. T. Cilbert Pearson, sesretary of the State Aulubon Soelety, wilt go to Columbia; S. C, next week to deliver an adrirtits -bei'oro the Southern Commission er of Agriculture Tuesday' night s r" Mr. C- P-tvYork has moved his famflv hero -from Ramseur an(rit. la .liring tn Mr. J. M. Neese's house on Arlingten utreet. -. ' . v v .. Master Brow dor ; WUlttwnorej a smalt, boy of Gibsonville, underwent a success ful operation for appendicitis at St. Leo's Hospital 'yesterday morning. i ' Mr. Garland K. Fcrgun. Jr.. and irMe who was Mies Margaret Merrlnmn, have returned from an extended wedding tour North, and will have rooms at the-home ofsMr. Thurmond, . S.1 Churen street. They will take their meals with Mr, and Mrs. G. 8. Brndsluiw.' , " Miss Sadie Dick gavo a most enjoyable bridge party yesterday afternoon compli mentary to Miss Atha Hicks, of M'llmlng ton, and Miss Kate Mardle, of Brown Summit; Misses Dick. Hicka and I-aurln-ia Richardson left this morning to wit ness the football game between Davidson and A. & M, In Charlotte, and from Charlotte Miss Hlcks will return to Wil mington, - -, . -. SHORT CONCORD ITEMS. A Boy Gets a Finger Broken ) In a HaUier Unuriial Kort of Way Mr. , I'xinuind Honoyciiit In Critical . vonaition 3iis van Ij)ndlngham's VtMwv Dead. , ' Splal to The Observer. 1 Concord. Nov. 16. Reese Horton, thet 12-year-oid son of J. C. Horton, of Pioneer Mills; was on his way to town this morning,- m company with Mr. Sam Black, when ho sustained a painful Injury In a very unusual way. He was seated In the buggy by the side of Mr. Black, leading a cow. The animal decided all at once that she did not care to make me trip ana stationed - her feet squarely on the ground and pulled back. Tha rop pulled so tightly against the child's finger that the bone was; broken before hls hold coma e released. -Tne condition of Mf. Edmund noneycuit or.NO. 7 township, Is very crltidal and no hope Is entertained for . his ' recoverj'. He Is now 83 years of age. Miss Ethel Van Landlngham re ceived intelligence yesterday after noon announcing the death of her father, which occurred very suddenly at his home at Marllngton, W. Va at noon yesterday. Miss Van Landing ham left last night for her former home In answer t0 the sad sum mons, A Joint meeting of representatives of Bethpage. Poplar Tent and Gll wood Presbyterian churches, will be held at Gllwood church to-morrow 'i nuroowe oi raiMntr some avuuu m regara to calllngj a pastor. DAMAGES AGAINST SOU11IERX,' ri a liPV" .nPfrtw ' Court Decides w i ne t-iainuns in two Cased, Bpecial to The Observer. Lexington. 'Nov. 16. Suoerlor CP"rt:a" "djourned this aftefnooff oiter oeing in session since last Mon day morning, with Judge M. H. Jus tice presiding. As usual, the most important cases tried wera. damage suits against the Southern Railway Company. Quite a number of cases on the docket were continued. - In a cose entitled Matthew Bosch vs. the Southern Railway, In which the plaintiff asked for 123,000 for In juries sustained several years ago while riding from Salisbury to Spen cer on the "workman's train,".:, the Jury this afternoon returned a ver dict of $8,000. The railroad wns given until next week .at .Rowan court to decide what will be done4 nKnilt Inlrlni. an t . I 1 1. t . I iprobable that a compromise Wll be reached and the rase not ' carried UP. . lu: ;. Annie Smiley, administratrix of It. M. Smiley, a fireman who was killed on the road running from : Salisbury to Norwood several years ago, was glvn $5,000 by the Southern Rail way as a compromise in a suit In I which $15,000 damages were asked. ; A number or small oases were dis posed of during the term. , , Ixtball Team on Strike, 4 Deland, Fla;, Nov. 1C The - Stet son University football' team, recog nized throughout the South as one of the strongest elevens on thi gridiron,- has struck because Presi dent Lincoln. Hulley has- refused to permit "Speck" : Campbell, Stetson's quarterback, to play. President HuU ley refuses to give any reason for Ms actions, and members of tha team decline to play, claiming they, have no other man . to take Campbell's lBflc, -All- scheduled games- have canceled. ; . . ; , Lockout Vot Union Prcitsmeil. s: V Roanoke, Va., Nov. 1, Following a notice; from tho Union pressmen, helpers and feeders employed by the Stone Printing and -Manufacturlna- Company that they would go out on, strike next Monday unless an eight-1 hour day was granted,-the company! to-day notified1 the men 4hat v those j who did not propose returning Mon day at the bid hours and terms would be paid off to-day. e The lockout In clude for the present about 40 menri Vandy Runs Away. With Georgia TecK ' Nashville. Tenn-i Nov. H.V-Oeorgla School of Technology met overwhelm Ing defeat at the hands of Vanderbllt University, on Dudley Fields to-day. Tha score, was 64 vto 0. Tech's hne was strong, while ; Vahderbllfa -Was pieced In nrore spots than It has been before the season, but the home team showed general , superiority. Only once did Tech appear to have a chance o -score. - - NO GOVERNMENT (Xmi.lL RESOLUTION IS VOTED DOWN. American Federation of Is!;or V. '. 4 lown ResolntJon 1'avorin? Cavern- 1 metrt Ovtncrship of luilwov Would Prevent strikes and ,'.t Prove a Death Blow Votes to ' Increase Salaries- of Presitient. Secretary and Treasurer Fa vorn ' System of ,, Govcnmicnt Postal Savings Ranks and Aski I'm Iterorai In Iusnlar Postfelon Telegram of Congratulations Kent to tievernor of New State Oysters RoaM To-Day. - Norfolk, Va., Nov. 16. Tha Ameri can Federation of Labor, by a vote of 154 to 50, to-day refused to place Itself on record as favoring the gov ernment ownernhip Of railways and mines, the question having come up on a resolution offered by Herbert Crampton, of tho Amalgamated Car penters, to amend the economic plat form adopted at Minneapolis last year so as to Include railways and mines In the favorable action taken at that time on tho "nationalization". of tele- . graph and telephone Drooerties. The opponents took the ground that government ownership of mines and railways would prevent all strikes, no matter how peaceably they might 'be; conducted and that, with a Federal government opposed to labor It might ; prove a death blow.. Victor I. Ber-. ger,' of Milwaukee, the Socialistic lead er, led the alght for the endorsement of government ownership. Delegate Fecley, of . Milwaukee, declared that .' the way to make the government fa vorable to - labor was by ballot and that if this was properly used men "in power, some of whose wives'now ? give dog and monkey dinners at New- who might conduct affairs equally as well. Another important action by , the convention was the Increasing of the salary of President Samuel Gomp ers from $3,000 to $S,000 per . annum, Itinl .f C&ii,.l..ir UnfflttAn frnnrt . 15. 600 to $4,000,. and , of Treasurer Len non from $300 to $500. . " .SALARIS INCREASED "Mr. Bergcr was the only one to op pose $5,000 salary for President Gom pers, declaring that $4,000 was enough : and that such a great increase might injure tho cause of labor.5 The Federation with but . few dis senting votes placed Itself on record as favoring a system- of government postal savings banks and unanimous ly adopted an appeal . by the Porto , Rlcan delegates to PresMent Roose velt and Congress for reforms in that Insular possession wun out .one amendment, accepted by the Porto RI cans, calling for an Immediate terri torial, form f government for, Porto Rico. , Tho Federation also adopted reso lutions t-)-day as follows: , - . falling for all employes injured on government works, naval or, other wise, tu be paid their wages for a period of not more than six months and In case of death, this to go to dependent relatives likewise. jl Legalising of Saturday half holidays in July, August and September for all persons employed on government work.- ' , - . 5 Urging remedial legislation ' for American seamen, preventing Impris onment becaue of refusal to work with non-unionists while in foreign water, etc, Giving all possible support to .the striking tailors In Los Angeles, tha question of a general per capita tax of one cent per month for general aid to unionists In Los Angfles to be considered later. ' Rejecting tho proposition to give sped llo support to the Temple of Labor movement hi Washington,' D. C. because this movement is local, at In any other city. wvmi inn . uh'.vi"- ..... ......... inn uniinlv iTrmili-lnal. Rtnt and. hutlonal. and calling for the restrte--tlon of tho use of money In elections, with publication of all party and cam paign expenses, but rejecting tho pro vision or payment of- primary tlectlon expenses taji States. Rejecting the resolutions forbidding membership In local unions unqualifi ed voters, but urging all to fully qual ify themselves for cklsenshlp. " -. Referring to executive council . for full Investigation and action, a re quest to ; the ; inter-Btate commerce commission to fully hear labor before deciding the Injunction . arainst the Increased rates on forest proiots by the Hill and Harrlman railroads and also the proposition to prevent re ciprocity betwen the lumber Interests of the United States , and CanatHm Involving an allaged clash between white and Asiatic lobar. GREETING TO OKLAHOMA. - upon the admission of that State to the United States. The telegram went to Governor Hankell, the president of the Oklahoma Federation of Labor ; and the president of the Oklahoma Farmers Union. The federation ad journed until Monday , following an address on "Labor Legislation in Can- nda," by John O. . O'Donoughe, of Toronto, representing Canadian trades " and labor congress. A feature to-day was the appointment of the British union back with the American colors, a compliment to the British and Can adian delegates. Tlx salaries were increased notwith standing adverse reports by the com-1 mlttee on resolutions providing for In- . creasts less .than any of those grant ed. . 'A motion that President Van Cleave of the Manufacturers Association, now . fighting President Compere, ba In- lormeo ot tne salary increases went over, -Vice- President O'Connell declar ing the Associated Press would in Its newspapers give Mr. Van Cleave this Information. k. . , . . Sunday's feature will be a great Vir clnla oyster roast on the- Atlantic ocean l)cach front Z Cape Henry. One hundred barrels of oysters are on band ready for the roast ; . ; v, Ere Destroyed by TIcco of : . Steam , . ' Pipe. Special to The Observer". . Spartanburg. S. C., Nov, lfi. While plugging a holt) In a steam pipe In the Spartan Inn, a pleifj of the pipe flew oft and struck H, II. Clark, en gineer in charge of the heating plant, cutting hole in his right eye to tha depth of half an inch, destroying his sight and canstng all the substance in hi ev to flow down on his check. The ' injured eye was removed by physicians this morning It was a painful ana most 'unfortunate aivi dena. Juds W. If. ltold Dead. Lynchbtirs. Va,. Nov. 16. Jin!?- William llogun KpU, 'i f:. merlv JinMge of a court at T-u'-Wajhinston.; died h''' to-day pamlysi. , lie cume . Lcr a t". time aart . front in ; pt'iu-r-Hce. tu practice law, an 1 formerly n - I at KtalPsvlUe, N. C et-yK-arrfcMNi- Smki-.
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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