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U3 A CILMILOxx;; IT. C, TTDKE3DAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 27, 1007, 1. . t AJ A. a i IIP f.rr", tr-trV IT '.-!, F..n it ". i! . :e JIuaIs ,. ' -.l t the tVt: !f l;v Mer- tjf .a;'.ace C Murder . :- i::is rrjor, of tlic Hopewell Jic.'jhborhood A. Cl!i!i of Circum ' stautlal KvlJewe That Slakes a Btrons Case- The Resinning of a Bit of Interesting Testimony Helms and Ills Drother-ln-Law Tell Differ ent Stories Inconsistent Statement . All the Way Through -When Ar rested Young Man Is Sound Asleep ' -Khoes and Trousers Very Muddy. Almzl Helms, a sou of Mr. Hampton Helms, a well-known blacksmith of this city, Is In the . Mecklenburg county Jail, .charged with the murder of Ella- Pryor, an old sweetheart, who . ' " had discarded him for another - fel low, and the officers who "arrested him fcellevl that he 1b cuHty. ' Sheriff Na- .. than w. Wallace and Sergeant . Will Pitta, of the police force, made the arreet at the home of Mr. Milas Hil ton, & brother-in-law of the prisoner, . in Long Creek township, nine miles ' northwest ot the city,' last night about o'clock. , The chain of jclrcumstan- tlal evidence that connects the young , enan with the dreadful crime of Mon day night Is linked together from end to end with the most damaging sort of testimony. 1 . - . THE TRAGEDY PROPER. .' - - Some- time between 6 and ? o'clock Mondav evening some one tanned gent y on the front door of the cabin In . -which Mrs.' Neely Pryor lives .and .Becky, a 13-year-old girl, responded . 'to the call. Finding no -one standing there the little child said: "Come in, ': ; Mr. Kemp, you can't scare me," be .- lievinar that Mr. Walsh Kemp. - a neighbor, had called and was trying to " give her a little fright. , Two "seconds -, later Ella, the 18-year-old girl, got up - . and went to the door, declaring:"! ' will see who it Is." f As the floor swung open a gun shot was fired and ' the -girl dropped In her tracks, dying ' - as she feu. The only , words fine ut . tered "were "I am shot.", The alarm : ,. .-rtmratt .- arWtdhn mnA .a.. vanArl T oaflrh' tilt the K-ulltv xerson inaugurated, ' In the Pryor home at the time of th shooting were the following nam - -dead girl, and her four ..children. EI ,la. Will, a son, of IS; Beeky.-and the e youngest child, a girl or b: Mr. .uee Pryor, -a stepson, and Mb wife, and man, two' young men of the neighbor - noon. Messrs, uug sutnain aim , Wash Kemp, two men who. had been there, had Just left. . " SUa KILLIAN'S GUN. At' the crack 'of the gun Mrs. Lee Pryor.-Who was in tne rear room, ' . , opened the6ack door &ndKlttlan and Freeman ran out that way and turn ed, one to rne ngnt ana tno otner to t , tne left,, arouna tne nouse.:, vug m.u lltn and Kemp, who were In the form- . . started . for -the Pryor home. . -yThey V the ' oath between the . two fclaccs None' of them had seen any stranger, f itmiutiu uaiiie iuL t-i.o u villi, ajiu ;? -, found Sug Klllian's double-barrelled . breech-loading shotgun sitting by the side of the house. Ha picked It . up , and carried It to Kiluan. It develop .; . . d later ' that Klllian, who had been - out hunting that afternoon, had left nis Sua uie rryur uumo wiuw no went In and got his supper, and, on . . leaving, forgot to take if with him 4 , On the groand, near where the gun ' had stood, was an' emntv shell. Those ' - believed that the young woman had heen shot rjwith this. gun,. , t FIRST EVIDENCE OF 'A VISITOR - , In hunting about the premises for ''Vv. v. .',' hi ie mh ill .iA vutiiuf liik. iisra iil m. r un ning man was found, where he cross ed a wet place in the cotton, field to i thn Hht nf th pahin nriH thn fpllnw , . had swamped . above his ankles at - every Jump for a hundred or more ' . i yards. Where the ground was firm r it was seen that the flying person wore a Ho. 7 shoe- with an average sized toe and a low place In the heel - . The- tracks . kept on down the hill,, to wire fence, where a post had been .- . run Into and knocked out of position .The fellow had kept on, going acrosi '. tne pasture, ana - running - ait tne his imprint upon the clay at eacl fiace. . H9 was traveling like a tnau man.- When about a mile from the scene of the crime he turned to the - right -and made a big circle toward the Beatty'a Ford road, .where-' the .; .t1 ., 4 a 11 flfa.nn.arAn a mAn. hiak. ,M,1,a fswona vi tiny ueiimie ctue irom tne . yi .iracis as ut me guuiy one.; . , , , - . r- ,! THE. MORNING- AFEIt, . Testerday . morning, , when Jay - (broke, every man in tne Hopewell and , Huntersvllle communities, who could huiuis, wcni io uic A ryur iiuiuo ' ; to do what they could to help ferret t out and run down the slayer of the . poverty stricken, helpless girl. The old trail, which had been found and ... ' followed the .night before, - was- gone ovef time- and time, again, . Every - , man who had been known to pay any -1 , eort of attention to Ella Tryor .. was . .. .tinru8ed. One man after another was taken -up and considered, but , none of the theories would fit the facts ' already In. hand. Strangers who did not iknow Sug Klllian were inclined to ' question the story about hU gun. It - - n seemed odd that ' such - a weapon ' " " hould be there for, a prowling assas sin and some did not hesitate to say J) eo, but the acquaintances of the young .'.. man could not couple his name in any way with such a crime. But it was Just as hard for practical people to relieve that a man who would com , - mlt so heinous a deed would go to - the home unprepared. Where the . ' villain fell In the soft clay in the pas- 1 ture mere was no sgn oi a gunsucn s the one used in shooting the girl .the wound4 made being by a load of shot delivered at such close range that the powder burned the clothes of the - girl. The load had not scattered, but tnada a noie about the size of, mall man's wrist. , , THE FIRST TANGIBLE CLUE, tip in the day It was learned that '. James Kldd, a young fellow who . lives with his parents o nine Betty . . . Ford, three miles this side of where . the tragedy occurred, had seer Amzl Helms about dusk Monday and held the following conversationwlth him . "Where" docs . Ella Pryor and her mother live now7 asked HelmH. wh ' had left the x Beatty'a Ford -toad and taken one that leads to Catawba ' river. ' Young Kldd, who was cutting jvood ; ly, the river road, said: "At the vame place they lived last summer. , on the uerr place." (Continued en- Psge Eight). says vrc'iAi vai3 eisalz i;vaxs r::ci r;t Noted AH'ii; t, T Jr ;!!!( I- X i nt atlou of tl.e v.oii'iu' He Has to Do Ad.si'"''- -.ed l y t! 'ourt The Physlrlsm's lUvi.rtl of Hi; l-oiieliislom and the ljenderliiB of llw Opinion Drainauc m to IXtrenio A son of the Dead Man Iteealled in Kebuttal Another Alienist Corroborates the Opinion of Dr. Evans, That tlie Woman Was Insane When Khe Killed lirown Mrs. . Bradley's Weepy Day. - v Washington, , Nov. 26. Dramatic scenes marked- the proceedings to day in the - trial of Mrs. Anna M. Bradley, charged with having killed former Senator Arthur , Brown, of Utah, fn this city last December. Dr. Brltton D Evans, of New York, the alienist who testified In the Thaw case, not only declared that Mrs. Bradley was insane wnen sne -.snot Senator Brown, but . entered, with sucli - vigor Jn defending his opinion and in denunciation oi tne conduct of the dead Senator that Justice Stafford reminded the witness . that the late Senator Brown was not on trial and', was not there to defend himself, and admonished "him to re fer to the dead man oniy wnen necessary to show, the effect of his acts upon the mind of the. defendant Dr. Evans'- recital of the reasons which led him . to reach his - con clusion was dramatic in the extreme. He spoke with a feeling of the ut- most import for the defendant. A death-like silence pervaded the court. his remark helng uttered in such a way as to appeal to the emotions or ail present. He spoKa - oi tne hereditary . taint In Mrs. Bradley's family; the blow on her head when a child; her attack of smallpox and pneumonia; her unhappy life; the domination ot Senator Brown over her - and finally his complete posaea sion . of her. . Referring to . the sev eral . abortions which Mrs. Bradley had undergone,. Dr. Evans, speaking of Brown, said: ARRAIGNMENT: OF DEAD. "And then after all this, that man, -by his own hand, destroyed the, child he had begotten, poisoning tne circu lation of this woman, or introducing germs of infection in the body of the woman he had sworn to love, pro tect and care for." The appearance on the stand ot Max Brown, son of the dead Sena tor, who was recalled In - rebuttal. was affecting in the extreme. The young man, tall, slender and fragile ot physique, tottered as ne made Ms way to the witness stand. .He care fully- avoided looking toward the de lendant, wno sat within ten feet of him.' When he told of seeing his father and . Mrs. Bradley ln the kitchen of their home, with Jars of fruit they had - brought trom , the cellar at a time when, hts mother" Tiad been' called away . from 'the city to the bedside of her dying sister, the defendant - laughed and .lowered her head conrusion, But there was no- sign or merriment on the face of the, witness, -who. renlled briefly-to all questions put to him and lowered his eyes during intervals In the. giv ing of ' his 'testimony. . ur. cnaries - uia, - proreasor oi nervous and mental diseases in the Baltimore Medical College, .declared that in his opinion Mrs. Bradley was insane when sne aid tne ' shooting. The many abortions performed i on her, her suffering and disappoint men t-and her heridltary taint of in sanity all combined to produce In sanity in her. He thought she shot senator Brown intentionally, but while believing that she was doing right. ' ' ? - COMBATTING HER PLEA, A number . of witnesses Jxom Salt Lake. In addition to ' Max -Brown, were Introduced by. the government in rebuttal, several of wnoro testified that Mrs. .Bradley1 during their years of acquaintance with her ; appeared at all times rational. It was' brought out that Senator Brown had made a proposition to Mrs, Bradley to accept a 5,000 house and 1 1100 month - until her youngest child should be 21 years of age, It she would leave . Mr. Brown alone, but she Indignantly declined the offer, saying, that she wanted to marry Brown in oraer that her children by mm mignt be given a name. During to-days testimony , Mm, Bradley wept and sobbed and in the forenoon session - gave every Indica tion tnat ana was aoout to conapse. She, however, mustered much strength aa she possessed and concluded .the day's ordeal In fair condition. The resting . of the defense . came in the nature of a surprise, as it had been expected that the alienists would be kept on the stand for much longer period. , KILLED BY A BURGLAR. 4 Prominent Kalamazoo Business' Man ; Shot Through the- Heart -While Protecting life wife .From Mid : night Intruder, ., Kalamaxoo, Mlcfc., Nov. 2,.Hor ace S- Davis, aged 53 years, a promt n!nt 'business man, was shot through the heart and killed by a burglar early to-day. t Davis had grappled with the" intruder when the , latter threatened to kill Mrs. 'Davis. . Mrs. Davis was awakened first. and when she-uttered an exclama tlon upon eeelng th'e r intruder, he pressed his , revolver - to her temble and commanded ber to keep still or he would shoot. At this Mr, Davis jumped out of bed and- wrestled with the burglar, the struggle takina- them all over the room. - Davis was getting the better of the man when the burglar fired twice, the first shot striking Davis on the wrist and the second passing through his heart, killing him Instantly. ' Crippled Coastwise Steamers Imp 4HIO IHWIUII. i : Boston, Nov. : 2. Two battered coastwise steamers arrived In; port to day, the Chattahoochee, from Savan nah, and the Ontario, from Baltimore and Norfolk, both having been caught south of Long Island in the northeast storm of Sunday night. - 4 The Chattahoochee " had several stanchions broken, some deck fittings were carried - away and stateroom doors and skylights were smashed. . The Ontario's cargo of various mer chandise shifted and she came Into port with a list to starboard. One Lonislnana Pariah Goes "Dry." . Lake Charles, La., Nov. 26. News reached here to-night that Cameron Parish, Louisiana, having an area ot 1,400 square miles, has gone com pletely -for prohibition. The only ward in tne parish" still allowing the sale of liquor went "dry" yesterday at a fnwlal election by a margin of. 31 1 YOi111 AIL3 HIS VIE7S HERO QV Ti::u:iM-CLL.H IXAST Five Hundred Dt mnerats Gather Around the lVMlve Hoard in llw 1 JUK'!a noiei ns'.i uim.ii""""": AppluusA to the Nebrattkan's L'tter aiiees He Analyzes tho President's Policies and tlrfrge Win With Steullnjr Democratic Thunder De fends tho Donkey as the Emblem of the Party Presents tho Demo cratic and Republican Views ot Government and Assails the Re publicans The Time Kipe For . a Democratic Appeal to the Country, Washington, Nov. 26.Wllllam J. Bryan was to-night tendered a ban quet and reception by "The united Democracy- of the District ot Co lumbia." Five hundred Democrats partook of the three-dollar dinner, and more than double that number participated in the reception and feast of . oratory which followed. While the capacity of -the Raleigh Hotel banquet hall placed a coveted limit on the attendance, tne im was completely off as to enthusiasm, and the long speech : ot Mr. Bryan afforded opportunity for repeated and continued demonstrations oi politi cal accord and personal regard for the guest of honor.- . Mr. Bryan utilized the occasion , to set forth at length a closely reasoned anaiofrv between 'tne . policies oi President Rpoeevelt and " those he believes should be adopted in tne administration of , the . government From this . Viewpoint , Mr. ' -Bryan's speech - was regarded 1 by - prominent Democrats who heard it as a. de cidedly, important and timely party deliverance. .v THE PRESIDENT'S POLICIES- Mr. ftrviin'a analysis of President Roosevelt's political views was unique. . Four of the Roosevelt poli cies, he said, were , Democratic,, and four, of them were - un-Democrattc, while there were four .other Demo cratio principles which the President did not . advocate. " Railroad regula tion, the enforcement of-, the . laws against the trusts, . an income tax and arbitration as the method of "Settling disputes between labor and capital were air advocated ty; tne President, Mr. Bryan said, but . had been advocated bv ' the Democratic party long before the President took them up. As to none of them he maintained, did the Bresldent . have the support of Republican ., party leaders. . The four Democratic doctrines the President w,ill not endorse, . the speaker gave as tariff reform ths election . of Senators by direct vote, the promise of ultimate independence to the Filipino, and. the restriction of the. use of the Injunction, in labor disputes,. The four 'un-Democratjo doctrines which the President does not advocate Mr. Bryan . named . as being .! the - national incorporate ot railroads' and other' Inter-State com merce corporations, the right f the Federal government to Interfere by treaty with State fights, ship, atibt sidles and asset currency. Added to this. , Mr. Brvan aaid -the- President has manifested a .military spirit. ; ,' i DEFENDS THE" DONKEY. - Before' taking" up :: the -'-serious presentation- -ot hla - subject- Mf. Bryan referred to some of the re marks made by preceding speakers and apropos of Mr. Hagan'a sugges tion that Tammany tigers - would make better playthings for cnuaren than Teddy bears, he said that party emblems, as well as political toys, had their daces, and he spoke & word In defense of the Democratic donkey. "The,, donkey.", he aaldA "la really a better emblem than the elephant for a party. Ho is not an aristocrat Whether you visit the mountains of the West, the densely populated regions of the Orient,, the fertile val leys of the Nile, or the sacred soil ot the Holy' Land, you will -find tho donkey-patient, persistent and v al ways at work, The elephant, on the contrary,' is only to. be found In cer tain latitudes, and is seldom, seen except on dress parade. If greatness Is to be measured -by service instead of by slxe or appearance, the position of honor must be given to the faith ful donkey. ,7 ATTITUDE TOWARD ROOSEVELT, "I have been glad to commend the President where I -could, and X have (i criticised him where it -was - neces sary. . If you ask me whether he is a Democrat, ' I must answer that it would be unfair to him. and unfair to the Democratic party to call him a Democrat'' It you ask me if he Is Democratic, I answer after the man ner of Peter Cartwright, the pioneer preacher c Illinois, -who when asked if he was sanctified, replied 'Yes, In spots.' ' ; The President is Demo cratic In spots, and while the spot are not as large -.as they Ought to be, or as numerous as I might wish them, a Democratic spot looks beauti ful to me, no' matter upon whom I see it." ' - . Mr. Bryan then took up his subject and proceeded to present the Demo cratic 'view and Republican view of government Jefferson being, the rep resentative ot those' who view -government from the standpoint . of .those who view the right and- the capacity of the' people to self-goverament He showed . how this , difference in , the point of view accounted Vr the posi tion taken by v different people , on .questions relating to the methods of government He ' insisted ' that the Democratic - party looked at govern ment from the Jeffersonlan . paint ot view, while Republican leaders were more Hamlltonlan, and leaned toward, centralisation,- He nest presented the TlBmrwrat !f nnrl rlBtferaHf vlfw nf society, saying that the Democrat re- carded sooity as conxtrut.ua irom the bottom while the ,, aristocrat thought it constructed from the top. "The Democrat,'? he said, "believes that If you will only legislate so that the people would prosper, their pros perity would be shared by the small er classes that rest upon the people; the aristocrat believes that If you will only legislate to make the well to do - prosperous, their prosperity will leak through on those below. , ' V , IN HANDS OF TRUSTS. ' ''Why ' do Repubican leader favor centralization 7 Because the great cor porate Interests want to get away from-State legislation. 'The Demo crats believe that . the government should, be kept as pea the people as possible and want Federal remedies added to, not substituted ' for State remedies. Why do the Republican leaders prevent effective legislation against the trusts? . Because , they look at the question from the stand point of the trust magnate, white the Democrats look at the question from the standpoint of -the millions who are victimized ."Why do the Republicans favor high tariff lawa, which tae!ghty ml! Hons of th people for the benefit of a small fraction of the population? Becauoe they look at the subject from the standpoint cf the beneficiaries of protection, wlill-j the Democrats con sider the rights and Interests of the consumers. "Why do the Republican leaders re fuse to enact ellicient laws for the reguUtlon of the" railroads? Because they look at tiie subject from the standpoint of the railway 1 magnates, while the Democrats consider the in terest of the patrons and the interest of the stockholders both of whom have reason to complain of the man agement of some of, our railway sys tems. EVILS OF IMPERIALISM. ''Why Is It that - the Republican leaders are willing to continue the enormous expense or - imperialism when it has brought nothing but danerer and humiliation? Because the Republican leaders are consider ing, the interests of a few who hope to secure Oriental trade, while . the Democratic party considers both the rights of the Filipinos ana tne inter ests of the Democratic masses who pay the taxes and furnish ; the sons required for the military support oi a colonial policy. ' "As I may add,1 the difference n the ooint of view will explain ; the difference . in , the. remedies . proposed to relieve the present financial string ency. It came from speculation in Wall Street and the Republican lead -era have so tied the country to Wall Street that eighty millions of people must "shiver when the Wall Street speculators get cold. The Republican remedies all provide that the high financiers shall be well paid for act ing as 'guardians, while Dsmocratlc remedies look .to the protection of the uepoBuorg ana me uuttinesa oi country.' ,. !The time is riDe for a democratic appeal to the democratic - sentiment of the country. There is no doubt that a large majority ot th .people take' the democratic, rather than the aristocratic view of government and of society. All that we have to do is to convince those who are really democratic In ' sentiment that - the Democratic-party can be trusted to be democratic If entrusted tvith power. I believe that In the coming Congress our Democratic Senator and Repre sentatives wilt prove themselves equal to the task Imposed upon them and demonstrate the fidelity of the party to . Democratic ; principles. Then, with a united party we can face a dl vlded opposition and enter the cam paign with the assurance of a vic tory." . ! ' - HAVE TO MEET COMPETITION. Tobacco Trust Bayers Compelled to Meet Independent Buyers In West era Field., ' New York, , Nov. 2d. Testimony to show that the American Tobacco Com pany has to compete with the buyers for independent tobacco manufactur ers in purchasing tobacco In' Ken tuckyr was given by R. K. Smith, who hag cnarge of the western leaf, buy tag for the American Company. The evidence . was taken in the govern ment's, action 'tov dissolve; the Ameri can Tobacco Company and to restrain the operations of the Imperial and British-American Companies, Its al leged allies. i . , V. , Mr. Smith declared that many In dependent- buyers ' were in the Ken- tucky field and that all were In sharp competition. The price of leaf to baoco, he said, was fixed by general market conditions. , J. X?. MacReynolds. special counsel for the government, asked Mr. .Smith if' he. President Duke or some, one else here in New York, did not fix the price to be paid fori tobacco. should-say not," repaid Mr. .Smith "I did not fix the priceVbf tobacco un til 'i saw it in tne branes or market Warehouses In Louisville," ; Mr. Smith denied the government's allegation that there is a secret agree ment or understanding between tha Imperial Tobacco Company' and tho other defendants In the suit He de clared that he never 'bought a pound of tobacco for 'the. Imperial Company nor had that company purchased any tobacco for the ' American Tobacco Company. There Is no-, agreement between the American Tobacco Com pany and Dunnlngton & Co., for the purchase of Burley, the witness said. The practice of buying tobacco direct from the farmer, he said, was not a scheme' to-squeeze the farmer, but saved them the cost of vacklng and shtpptng while' it saved the. purchaser irom deception. . me outioov' .tor increased con sumption or tobacco was not very rosy, he added, as the financial situ atlon decreases the demand and .thli wouia reduce the price. :.-Vri ' ; f 1 t 1 1!'" r n rir iii 1 . ISTHMIAN ANAL REPORT. Strong Position . Taken Favorable to Work by Hired Instead of .Contrao ijaror ifogress of the Work. , i Washington, Nov. 28. Full details of the work done on the Panama ca nal during the fiscal year 1907 with a showing of what has (been accom pushed since the project has been In Amerlean hands, are disclosed In the annual report, of the Isthmian canal commission made public to-day. There is no reference In the repont to the proposition which has been brought forward to extend the' width, of the locks to 110 feet so as to accommo date without difficulty, the extreme breadth- in the development of ship building and this will be made the subject ot a - special,, communication from the commission. . A strong po sltion is taken 1 favorable to a con tlnuation of he nolle v of doln the work by hired Instead at by contract labor.- Sanitation, unon - which -so vn,,v, Ananm fnr .. : .intra am r health of the employes, is treated of In the report, a -statement Is made of what has been done, and the dec laration made that there was no yel low fever originating on the Isthmus during the year. Gave Genuine "Exhibition of Suicidal Methods. i Charlestqn, S. C, Nov, 2&. John C, McLrmorei aged U, young man employed bv the Southern Hallway, fatally injured himelf to-day while demonstratlnjr to others how suicide wound Is Inflicted. He placed a pistol to his head in which there were loaded and empty shells and 'lng Jokingly "This Is the way to ao n," pulled the trigger, , A loud report followed And McLemore'fell to the ground with a bullet In his brain, - - I'nited States Cannot Deport Slows ways, v - New Orleans. Nov. , 2. -The Unl ted States Circuit Court of Appeals to. day handed .down a decision that the fact that a .foreigner entere the unl ted States es a stowaway to not sum clent reason for hbi deportation. The cace was that of Vlncenlo Catania an Italian whom the immigration su thorltles haw! ordered deported for being etowawayr"-"""" i - lEAlilXO PUT PIT A DAY DOXU AT REQUEST 'OF JUSTICE. To-Day the Time as Now Set For the Resumption of Southern juuiviay ltate Cse Hearing at Raleigh Cotton Receipts Are Very . JJglit Big Docket Confronts United Slates Court President Winston Speaks of Some Special Needs of the A. & M. College Farmers' In stitutes to Be Given In Northeastern counties Supreme Court on Four teenth District Appeals, " Observer Bureau, The Holleman Building, Raleigh, Nov. 26. At the request of Mr. E. J. Justice, one or the attorneys for: the State In the Southern Railway rate case. the hearing before Standing Master Mont gomery is postponed until to-morrow. Mr. justice has been at Asnevuie, in another case... There have been sev- postponements ' and, of course, the rumora of-some sort of a settlement have been rite. It has even been asserted by some persons thar the Supreme Court decision in the 130,- 000 Ifine matter Is being held up pending some kind of, a settlement. On the one hand it has been asserted that the State was tired ot the case and wanted an end of it. On the other hand It. has been declared that the railway has had its fill of the bus iness and will be very glad to see an end of it - Such Is the daily chat on the streets here. Some lawyers came in Ho-day. The stenographer of Chief Council Thorn, while coming here, from Ashevllle, lost iter purse, watch, 0 in money and some Jew elry on, the train. - The cotton receipts here are ex tremely light from the 1st of Sep tember, wnen tne season opened. Be ing only S. 782 bales against 8,240 to the same date last year. - The farm ers are holding. Some of them have sold cotton at a small market near by upon a rumor that big prices were being paid these being due to the fact that the sellers were people who owed merchants money, and the lat ter gave them special prices. President Charles E. .. Johnson, of the Ralelch chamber' of commerce appoints Franklin McNeill, F. H. Bus- bee and Ed Chambers Smith to rep resent that ' organisation at th Na tional Waterways Congress at Wasft inarton. December 4th6th. EXTENSION OF TIME WANTED. B. H, Rutledge, of Charleston. S. C. and his attorney, Frank W. Thomp son, were before Governor Glenn and the State board of education this af ternoon asking an extension of time until June to make final payment ot 810,000 on what are known as the Al llaon. Veder lands in Onslow and Jones counties, ; Riftledge has afready paid 818,000' on this property, which contains lao.ooo acres, though wrong. ly estimated , at 220,000. acres. It is all swamp; land, Thompson says, and is' held by the state board of educa tion, -which,, will decide vthe.jpayment question to-morrow The etate Educational Department to-day Issued warrants, for three .new libraries ror, rural nubile schools one for New Hanover county and two for Lincoln. - - The State board of 'pharmacy, com posed of E. V. Zoeller,- F. W Han- cock, w. w. Horn, Charles B. Miller and C, D. Bradham, devoted to-d, to examination of forty aspirants for li cense. Attorney Charles B. . Aycock t6-day had a long Interview with Governor Glenn about the rate hearing to-morrow. He says he la confident It will be held then. ! Standing Master - Montgomery ev- pressed himself to-day as disliking the fact that the Southern Railway rate case was postponed because of Attor ney Justice's absence. He said Ay cock asked postponement one day and the attorney then assented. Experts v. u. Mccord, who Is chair man ot the Kentucky railway com mission, .and C, W. Hlllman. of Louis ville, who gave evidence for the flats In this case, were . with the corpora tion commission to-day. : GRIFTON VOTES PROHIBITION. Governor Glenn, who spoke at Grif fon yesterday tor prohibition and against dispensary, Is notified that his side won there in to-day's election by a large majority. Deputy Revenue Collectors K. W. Mr- rlt and W.- G. Pool are back from a raid in Moore county, where they captured a very small still and two men and a boy who were operating it all being white. One man got away, but the deputies thought they did very well to got three oui oi ino unncn. - may put ineir prison ers In the guardhouse at Santord. The still belonged to the boy's father. He is only 10 years old. He told the officers It made two gallons' a day and that the staff was sold as fast as it was made and that four men practically drank all of It There Is a Wg docket In the United States Court Which begins here Decem ber 10th. there being 149 new canes. There sre several postofflce cases, the most interesting on being that of, the Fields brothers from Durham, who am charged with taking a package contain ing s.wu in money irom a mail car on the . Durham ft Southern road. - There are no- counterfeiting easea . on the docket That bualneaa seoms to have played out In North Carolina, - There are no ena ot mnonamning cases, The docket Is so large that it Is said an adjourned term will .have -to be held. ' - Before United States Commissioner John Nlrholi a nnatofflca tin fnnn Youngsvllla, this county, was heard to day. Manuel Debr.am, colored,' being cnargen wmi writing ooseene letters to a woman. The primmer and several wit nesses were brought In by deputies to- aay. ' ' BOMfc NEEDs OF A.& M. President Winston, of the Aariotiltur. al end Mechanical College, ays that ev eiythlng - progresses . Hdmlrahly there. Among the portal needs of the college are two large dormitories, r there is now so little room for vtudenta thot practlcally.no canvassing for them has been done In five years. Since the sec ond day ot tins session not half a room has been vacant nnd fifteen sturinnt are In an nttlc in one of the larara buildings. T?j to three week ago stu dents had to'te 4junrterpd in tho hospital. A larse number of applicants had to Mi rejected, while a numlr who came eonld not be received. , The next impor tant heed Is a building for electrical en- glnwlntr end ryslcs, - after this btlnn a chemtKtry building. There is alo need of a niethanlcal englnewinar plant, ami a building fnr.the annttniatratlftn and claaa rooms, a as to give over th Main Biillllnf entirely to dormitory purtx", PreHldent Wlnaton says Chairman W. IT. Itaann ' is eirlnv srehit care and hlKh aiilllty to the development of the mecnamrai ski or tne conesco, winie a speelnl com mil tee Is looking after the agricultural side. This committee will Inspect everything next month. It is de sired that the barns, etc,, Khali be mov ed flcrnna the railway, south of the new Aprioultural finildlmr, t.'overnor Olenn will deliver a Thanks giving address st the Presbyterian ctnirrli here Thuratlav mornlnio , The Supreme Court tik up appeals from the fourteenth dlatrirt to-day. Two eases were argued bv AattUtsnt Attorney uenerni i.iemnis, nioie vs, sicuowtMl, fron McDowell, murrier 1n the tlmt rt- gree. and mate vs. Wnlker, fronrvPulk, n'lMiKittUKOier. in tna liui ' c:na J. li, Klitpmnn appeared for the dWensfl, fuf the first time before this court. " TO AGAIN TESTISCOETAX SOT BROUGHT' BY IUCH 3IAX. A Similar Case Some Time Ago Dis- missed on a Quest ion of Procedure Hut This is Expected to Go Tlirougli Jwlge J ii nves Aldrkii ReKlgns Railroad Comnilsloii to Give lliree Hearings Next Montlv South Car olina's Population 1,177,735 Hear ings In Blind Tiger Injunction Postponed Greenville Rank Case Re-Opened Mr. F. D. Smith in Hospital Statement on Cotton Is sued. , -' Observer Bureau, 1423 Main Street. Columbians, C Nov. 26 Anofher effort is to be made to test the validity of the income tax law. I Mr, D. W. Alderman, .the' wealthy lumber dealer, who is a.cithsen ot ClarenJon countv.' has brou.tht suit against the county treasurer of Cla- rendon to; recover the" amount paid by Mr. Alderman as income tax, with the penalty added." l( will be recalled that a case was brought some time ago from Laurens county to reacn tne same point, dui it was dismissed on a quest on of proceed- nr.. . It la now thought that the Alderman case will bring the Income' tax law squarely before the courts. tx t,... i t,i,h iibm kai tendered his resignation to Governor Ansel as Judge of the second judicial circuit, the resignation to take effect I on the 1st of December. The sue cessor of Judge AKlrich will be elect ed by the General Assembly as the constitution provides that when a va "c? 'nAU-dg,M ?,j!..f-.r S;?? I," lUi,1? drieh was last elected JudgVIn" 1908 and his term 'does not .expire until j 1910. .y . The resignation of Judge Aldrlch is the second of a circuit judge with in one vear. as JuJite Purdv resigned to resume the practice of law and Solicitor John S. Wilson was elected to succeed him as ludxe. In addition to the judge of the second circuit, a successor to Associate justice K. b. Gary will be chosen at the coming session of the General Assembly. Tn Tjnr.ri mnvm wwiAPrtfns . tn.A. .- 'ii.- ra.w a uicviitiig iw-uj a a commission appointed three Impor tant hearings to be held next month The first will be on -the 4th at Georgetown when the commission will meet Receiver Wlllcox and oth er officials of the Georgetown A West .r.,,- " Xryz Vk " k.. .',. nfmn V w.5 JS'iW S.SH Z ?rtS? th 25. .nd int i ffiM.!? .viS I ?i is 'ultimately - ,te yeach. Marlon, so nelim.Wft.y-4,11inha Jwi ls"? P.t F'ffJy tiV. lm;fv SiULv-SJf???? wlU be taken-In i mtmtt iof V 1110 noil innuim i w. BiHi truck farmer of Bnfort section at Beaufort on the 10th. - The farm- ers have not so far specified Just what they want, but say they want to ga over the rate situation an J conditions generally. , - On. the llth tne cpmmiswon win be at Yamassee.jvhere the member will meet tne officials -of th9 C. & W, C. and A. C. L. road with re- ard to Improved depot facilities. SOUTH CAROLINA'S POPULATION, Commissioner Watson s estimation of the State's present population Is 1,477,785. This is what he sent The ATE9Si' to whom h. had looked or his fV: Z taao ai TsTti. nrfPTC 1 ana dom' " ' ald- embittered and dc i iiif s ln l,0, pressed Maxwell. During his ar- SectVonSl of the military , code. rnn,,xrV"" .?.a"e 1 atV 2SS?-'!?Kir 21- . ad fl f tiJS" was applied to-day for the first time, L, N. Flshburne, of the Third Regl- ment. Dr. Deal Is in the West bat- i-i. - ,.-nn7 n wi.k and It Is understood that Mr. Fish- bume Is also In the West In an order filed to-day-the Su preme Court, at the Instance of At torney Joseph A. MoCullough, of Greenville, consented to re-open the case ot the People's Bank of Green- PSSJ ? .EL?. ff-i;?, r being allowed to mnd his peti- . - ' " 7 , una ii-E-AKiAuu rysxm.EO.;. In orJer to give the attorneys for the defense time In which to prepare ''" "U " wun n mo and CoTumbTa blind' tigTr 1 uncUona TIb.h. w7 wnTO er president ot the Knickerbocker 'iSierJ? Cr' SSTXArrS Company, found that Mr. Bar, entinn Tn Vhi. nri.r ,Z fc- resuTt that K'lnwttoai!?.! ffim Ju&mZJEZMtM !Jf-B - STATEMENT ABOUT COTTON"... In the absence of Mr. E. D Smith, of the cotton association, who - has neen in at a.nospitai in Florenreicide. ior six weegs, and who it is feared win never oe a wen man again, Sec retary F. HV Weston, of tie South Carolina association. National Com mitteeman w, w, Ray and Treasurer F. 1U Hyatt, of the State organisa tion, to-day gave out Joint statement on tne present . cotton situation, et ting' forth among other thinn that the weak cotton and weakened men having been disposed of there is ev- ery reason to 'believe that with the resumption of normal financial condi- tlon the price will rapidly rise, and urging the farmer! to hold for the minimum price of is cents fixed by the cotton association. STR1QET PAVING CONTRACT LET. Work on the paving 0 Main street from the union station to Elmwood avenue will start within 20 days. . The IT t t n Vif 'ard ed, to-day. to the Georgia Engineer- ing Company.- of Augusta, . the con- tract price being f 173.fi 5 9. , Of this amount thetlty will have to pay only tse.vuu, approximately, tne remalnri. ted Instructions from the Navy Depart er ot the expense falling upon the ment to be at Hampton Rnadi by Do- street railway company. Vitrified brick made in Georrla and reeenttvl tested by the commission will be the material . used throughout Only Ave bids were, submitted, as follows; Georgia -Engineering, company, - Au 117S i let li V v T ,. . itVi 1 ?'' th t' ? , t.Ut? l ill t' a"V- la, $S:S.8J8.0; A.tlantlo B:tu- gusta, Augusta, lumbta llthlc Company. RlchmanJ. :03 B9J.4: Southern Paving & Con. true tion.Compairy, ttil.tli tZ.- 1 V 1 ' BA25KEK KILLS l SPIRIT EIXIIIJ.V RY 1 1,1 Una bio to Stand the II aw . Fuclns herlous' Cliarca A Him and the Desertion 1 FrieiuU In His Hour of S r Howard Maxiell, I)ei)0-.e,l 1 . dent of Brooklyn Rank to Te.!.o ; On n Life .Tall.vl Under D,rr I -dlotmentjt and Found Dii.iCn'.cv i -- Lawyert Is.v," i i:verV Dollar i: Had to l'rotect the Institution. New York. Nov. 28. Howard Max well, deposed president of the Bor ough Bank of Brooklyn, who was u i der Indictment for grand larceny and ,orery : "ten released lra Ja on uo.ooo bail, committal - w-aay. tie cut nis tnroat ana left Wlit with a raior and penknife ,n bath room ot. his home in nwiyn ana aiea to-nignt at i.on? College Hospital. : Maxwell, wh0 vi locked up last Thursday, hal 'e,t hia humiliation keenly and during his Incarceration iad appeared hops- iesaiy despondent. He had, however, j... 'i.-,. ,.. , i JL 1 atm' JrVWL? JJ oiuneu was releasee Maxwell was released last last night h'"r . r,:fti' J"!"1 fc2tfJ "Ln." J.' ",'"J , ".rt misdoings In connection with 1 the management of the - suspended Bor ough Bank were returned.. There was , some difficulty In obtaining bail, aid n .. . i. . ..A. .t ....... Us" was greatly broken. All yest-r- . aPPared to be oblivious to K!""""':; W'j'S! release when ball to the amount of su.vuu was lurntsnea, DISCOVERED BY A MAID Maxwell, in company with hU coun- sel, I. R. Oeland. was driven to hU residence at ,181 Congress street, - where he was greeted by his wife. Maxwell spent this forenoon Quietly jai nis nome. tms afternoon he an 1 nounced his Intention of taking a, (bath and going for a walk. Shortly IDerore 2 o'clock Hannah Scott a col orea niald. heard a aound as of some one falling on the second floor. She discovered the banker lying on the bath room floor, half dressed, with 7." - - m . The banker was bleeding w nr- to Island College Hospital. ' wnere an operation was performed. The wind pipe was' found to' be' near,y BevereJ nd hto Mt wrist was cut a,m08t t0 th n' Maxwell died tlon' He lefl no Utement ao far as fflIcU Instigation to-night. ' . . , . ' M.va..n . ...1 -jj ,MlVtl W"6 bUt Cn'ldren' ' 0tl November 21st he was Jointly Indict- tot Krand lny with former Cft),n,ftr Arthur CampheH ,nd D,rect- or Wlll am flow . nf . thn Rnnti;i I.qi. , iniin . qUttrterly bank statement made to the state ,. banking department When theM tnpe, men were , arr,Iltncd , Campbell and Gow secured bondsmen.' but none oflered to Ko on Maxw.s bon(It FoP Mmt tlnJe hIl four eta tera. who. nrrerimr th. hm,. tt tt..m ' by Hfctr mother, who died three davs after the Borough Bank suspended. could secure only a $10,900 bond. I came to his aid. PROTECTED THE RANK. I mh,. A,artinn . N :n7he wor.rtha7heUW;e.Terto 0,ute'y "WPP" hlmaclf to. protect the inBtlrution. His humiliation was 1 :!.;,, vBfl nf "IZZ'y;. B..u Z1SZ nd wa" "P " he worth $J00,. Una wtiM .- i-h i k,nvin- .-tL 000 when therash in banking affairs came. ... , . ,,., Following so soon upon the suicide .of Charles T. Barney, resigned presi dent of the Knickerbocker. Trust Company,' to-day's suicide caused a .an..inn Pldt. Maxwell married When ha becama involved Mm. Maxwell signed with him all the release deeds to realty that stood In his name, and his suicide has left her penniless. Coroner Jnry Says Banker Barney I He A suicide. Ju Jcn VSy hltd inX nev committed , suicide. Several Mr' Barney, wound was selMafilcte4 ,ltnep Wt or with Intent to commit iulclde. Mrs. Barney said that her husband had been depressed for several days prior to 'his death, out had never spoken to her of ui- CRUISE MAV BE DEIiAYHD. Despite Extraordinary Effort Ship Mow Ut Aorrolk, slay .ot Be Ready December letli. -. Philadelphia, Pa.. Nov. SS. Tho ni el nrf rur nr th Ttniit - ar may be delayed. Word was received In this city to-day that despite night and Sunday work now .being done aboard the battleships at Norfolk. U will hardly be possible for them to go to the New York :javy yard, b docked and return to Hampton Rotdn In time to salt tn tho Paelrli on the 1 PPolnted date. December 16th. k. w fma". ory COCh z k.' a,nd Ihe, .VCMe " .n)USt ,a ry u m oraer to " This s?emlng -delay will have n eftct on th0 pslana ayt League bland, Phllndelnhla. The eommandcrs of participate In- the eruKe have reccU- Icrmber 9th, at 10 p. in. These, four will joV the five un ships at rreyent at the New navv yard, four at Bost-m n I t' at Norfolk. t'reparatory to their der-trt'ire e i "Qusdron the eMp- at I Itnd will give el-ibomte Jiv enlisted men of t:. cw. tillnSl to-tiht th f v-nd merit Armory. Ttire si I ! - t belN to-rrrrow r! -ht rr 1 0 f Ij'.l.-.jr
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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