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CHARLOTTE DAILY- OBSERVER SEPTErBEPw 14, 1C AUTOMOBILE E0CKD . - POLICE ARREST THE SUSPECTS ProTldenee Nerroes to limbo 4 "harped Wllh Throwtne Stone 1 ttat struck Mr. V. It Thompson's Machine and Cot His IVr Sam Coins' Sous Held For Trial If J look Had Been Two eet Further Jlalr It Wonld Hare Hit Driver In lite Head Not UM First Time l lx-ka Hare Been Horied from ...K.r.virwnf A Setious Offense. Saturday nlfht, when the automo bile party ; that went to the Booth Carolina, line down - the Lancaster road, passed through the first cut on the south aide of McAlpIne's creek. on the return trip, the car of Mr. W. H. Thorn peon, driven fcr Frank Mc- Rae, wa atruck by a ; rock, which broke and scattered, one piece strik ing Mr. Thompson on the nose. The atone had been thrown from the east embankment with sreat force, mak Ins; a five-pointed dent in the thick metal hood of the machine. Had the machine been coins; faster the rock would have fallen on the head of Mr. McRae and, no doubt, broken his skull. Mr. Thompson bled- prefuse- ly from the wound, and the party hur ried home so that he could have the attention or a physician. Yesterday ' he was ap and out but his face was bruised and swollen. Several times recently, if Is said, rocks have been hurled at running machines from the same place. The affair of Saturday night was report- j ; ed to the officers and Chief of Police i Christenbury, accompanied by two automobilists and two newspaper men, went to the scene of the trouble yesterday morning-, and after making a casual Investigation, brought back to the city John Goins, 24 years old, and his small brother, Bubber, 11 ' years old. John gave a pretty straight story concerning his -whereabouts at the time of the' rock-throwing. He said that he was attending a fish fry at the home of Matt Broom, on the farm of Mr. Henry Bryant, in Providence. Bubber talk ed very little and his use of the in- gllsh language was so primitive that the officers could not understand him. He did say enough, however, to make one believe that his brothers, Coe, Mage or Jim, knew something about the accident to the automobile and its owner. He declared In his humble , , n V-- 7h.n Saturday evenlngv and knew nothing tiis three older brothers, Coe. Mage. ZIJ1?'"?! .T,lH.bi'::i had passed there the night before and (hey were afraid their father would whip them for something they did about that hour of the night. '.John and Bubber were locked up - to await developments. ' ' A SECOND TRIP. .. - Later is the day, after he had be " gun to tire of the prison, Bubber told ' an Officer that the deed lay between ; Mage and Jim', Coe, a sickly boy, be ing exonerated by him. Following this clue Chief Christenbury took Pa trolmen Pitts and Orr. secured two . antomotnblles and returned to the i home of the Golnsns. Stopping the mschlnes In the big road the officers got out and walked te the house, but on the way there they met the father of the boys and found him very indignant, and a lit tle Insolent, "We want to talk with yon about your boys," said the chief. "They did not hit the man," de clared Oolns before he was told of the charges against his sons. "Tou have come for the right oh ..now, have you 7" asked Madame Oolns, with a ring of sarcasm in her voice. "Ton want to get the right one do yon T" Coe, Mage and Jim were arrested en a warrant charging assault and brought to town. - After an Investigation covering al most a day It Is the consensus of opinion that Mage or Jim threw the rock. There are two barefoot tracks leading from the Oolns house to the top of the embankment where the persons who hurled the stone must have stood. The tracks could have vbeen made by Mage or Jim. Sam Oolns was charged with stf-al- , Ing cotton a few years ago when a number of darkles were arrested In Providence. He has a number of ..wild-looking youngsters. Jim Coins Is an Interesting looking negro. lis Is black, silent, and mulish. Tii parting advice from the father to Coe, Mage and Jim was that theyi snouia seep weir own counsel. "Don't tl It none," said Sam. "Bey son i snow no mo den I do." The boys will have a hearing before 'Squire J. W. Cobb this morning. The offense with which they are charged Is a very serious one and ranks with rocking a train llt'ST BE STILL ALIVE. The MJlng Man Has Been Sean Since the Flood at Angnsta, Ga. A story was copied from The Spar tanburg Herald yesterday relative to the disappearance of Mr. D. 8. Whitt The following from a later Issue Indicates that the flood theory of his disappearance -is wrong: "D, 8. Whitt, the traveling repre sentative of the Southern Marble and Granite Company, of this city, who : was supposed to have been drowned In Augusta during the flood. Is evi dently still In the land of the living. A gentleman told a Herald represen tative yesterdsy that he had seen Whitt in Bamberg. 8. C. at the Mayflower Inn. on the 28th and the 2th of August, which was six days after the time he was due to have been In Augusta, according to a report from Aiken on the 2 2d, which was to the effect that he was then preparing to go to Augusta. : A representative of The Herald eaw a letter . yesterday afternoon to the clerk at the Spartan Inn. at which place Mr. Whitt stopped In July, when he was In the city pre paratory to making a deal with the; Southern Marble and Granite Com pany, to represent them on the road. ! The letter was from Mrs. Whitt at j Macon, Ga and was written tinder date of September th. There was a request in the letter that Mr. Whitt "said" send his trunk home. The letter then went on to tell Just where the trunk had been left In the Inn. ."Mr. Dodgen, president and treas urer of the Southern Marble and Granite Company. Is making every effort to locate Mr. Whitt and find out the eause of his queer action. If he Is till living." - , :-V- Wltkkey license QaesUosi Dead. : It seems that the effort en the part of the druggists to bring about In the kosrd of aldermen a reconsideration of former action .rescinding their li censes to sell whiskey on prescription hat died a natural death. . It Is not at all likely now that the druggists make any further attempt to se cure this privilege In view ef the past -.story of the effort which has been ".-ectd to this end. The fact that is prohibition law becomes effective t first of the yesr and so short a Intervene between' now and ' ' n Is partiAlly responsible for the i.ty of energies Jn this direction. DfXj CITES ALAIUC ,' One Residence Irreparably Damaged and Another's Hoof Borued Yester day Morning .Between ana 'i O'clock.-, : V!V". - The barklns of a frightened dog In the house occupied by the family of Mr. A. K. McWhlrter. at ,no. su East Oak street, probably saved the lives of several people by apprising them of their danger from a fire which practically destroyed the rest dence yesterday morning 'Between -1 and 4 o'clock. ' The adjoining rest dence on the east, occupied by the faftnllr of Mr. N. M. Jones, Ko. 105 was slso damaged, but not greatly, by the. fire. . The roof of this building was the worst hurt. Practically al of the household effects were re moved from the house In time to save them. ; The McWhlrter house was owned bv Mr. II. M. Murphy. The fire originated in the Mc Whlrter residence. Derhaps In closet, and was discovered by Mr. McWhlrter. when awakened by hi dog. The alarm was turned 3:16 from Box 28. located at w corner tif Boulevard and Morehead street. Departments No. 1 and No. 2 responded with a clatter and a rush. The blase by this time wss distinctly visible In the city to such of the sleeping population as - had been awakened bV the booming of the alarm and the rush of the fire eaulDment. When the firemen reached the scene the entire Murphy house, a one-story, five-room affair, was on fire and the other building had Just caught. Two streams of water were soon playing on tne flames, but the first house , was burned almost beyond redemption. The dwelling Just to the west of the bouse which was first ignited was smoking pretty badly and about to catch when the firemen turned their chemicals upon it and prevented further danger at this point. The Inmates of the houses got out safely. Mr. Murphy's loss was covered by Insurance. The alarm was rung out at exactly 4 o'clock, the alarm bell and that ef the city clock chiming in. Mr. McWhlrter's household goods ar a complete loss. A TELEGRAPHIC FEAT. j Young Sinn From. Washington Makes the Augusta Folks Open Their Eyes Leaves Observer To-Day. Mr. J. Russell White, of Richmond. Vs., one of the fastest, although one of the most modest, telegraphers In the United States, leaves to-day for Aiheville. after having filled for nr.e weeks the position of Associated PreM opr,tor on The Observer, while ... " , mtnA,nr on-ra- tor in'the Washington office, which is headquarters for this division of the Associated Press. He is only 21 years of age, but has been In the service since he was 1 years of age. Mr. White worked for awhile on the Augusta Chronicle. That pa per had an Interesting story recent ly which Illustrated his skill. One night the electric lights failed to work at the proper time and the telegraph room was shrouded in darkness. An hour after time for the wire to start to work the foreman and others came up. "Here, what's the matter with the lights." yelled that worthy. "Fix em quick. The A. P. wire Is click ing like the devil." The lights were soon fixed. When they were flashed on. White was found seated at Tils typewriter, bang ing out the messages aa fast as thry came over the wire. When his copy was Inspected, not a break nor even a typographical error was found, throughout. That was a feat worth talking about. Mr. White goes to AshevUle, where he will work two weeks, going then to Richmond to spend two weeks' va cation. HE HAD A VISIO.V. Mr. Adams Imagined That the Boiler In The Observer I'rvss Room Burnt ed. Mr. Will Adams, assistant foreman of The Chronicle, got a call to quit his slumbers, the othr night, and go to The Observer office. It was like this: Adams had retired for the evening, when an "explosion" one sent off on purpose at the Arado'my of Music when "Brewster's Millions" was being played waked him. Adams has a room on Church Htreet, In the roar of the npora house, and during the storm whlrh forms part of the play In "Hrlwstor's Millions," he heard a loud report, got up, put on his clothes and went to the prews room of The Olisorver "to see what made the holler wxplode." That was 11:30 o'clock. Just when he should have been sleeping. He Imagined that the entire Observer plant had been destroyed and seemed surprised when he found that nothing out of the ordinary had occurred. Wluoh la Ills Wife 7 The following from Jhe Atlanta Georgian has a local touch: "M. H. Patterson, a Southern Rail way flagman, is waiting at the police station Friday for two women to appear In court and assert their claims to being his wife. The charge 'suspicion' Is registered opposite his name on the docket. "The woman, who claims to be wife No 1, was standing at Marietta and Broad streets Thursday night, when she saw Patterson and the woman; she says Is No. I walking down the street. No. 2 dodged Into a drug store, and Patterson sklddooed, but No. 1 notified a policeman, who over took the flagman and took him to the station. 'The woman who claims to be No. 1 says Patterson married her In Greenville, S. C. and afterward mar ried No. 8 In Charlotte, N. C. Both women will appear In police court Friday afternoon." Aldermen to Meet To-MghL The board of aldermen will meet to-night In the regular September session, which was postponed from last Monday night In order to properly observe-Labor Dsy. It Is possible that an application from the. Charlotte Power Company for a. franchise to enter the city with Its suburban trol ley lines will come up, bat this ts by no means certain. The prospective charter ts not resdy to be. submitted to the board but will be in shape by the October meeting! - Tried It In Daylight. "vVUlie WUllsma. a nervy colored youngster, got on an extra load of bravery yesterday , morning and enteed the i little store of A. Sllvit stein, on East Trsde street, where he was busy appropriating articles when the police Interfered. Officers Squire snd Henderson made the arrest on In formation loaned them by Charley, who operates, a fruit stand adjoining Btrversteln. Williams had a glass cutter In his possession when, appre hended. An Exchange of Compliment. - ' Susie Johnson, colored, had Will Richardson, also colored, arrested Saturday night en the charge that he was "using" around her home with a pistol trying to raise cain. Will re turned the compliment yesterday by swearing that she had sold him a pint of liquor and anN equal amount to another cullud fellow.' She de clared that bis story Is core spite work. .- . - . BAXXS TO ASSIST FARMEU8. P"1 Co-pfTr"ti?,n Vom,1' Handling of the Cotton iron. . " In .the movement of the present cotton crop the farmer who are dis posed to hold off the market for bet ter price declare -That the bankers of the, city have promised co-operation A year ago the warehouse proposition as originated by the Southern Cot ton Growers' , Association failed fo materialise here, because the banks were not In a position to advance money on cotton receipts..;: Some of the city's financial Institu tions have promised to go the limit In attending to -the . farmers needs una vear In the war of helDlar them store their ' cotton. Those who will not cater especially to - this sort of business have agreed to look after the Interests of their patrons among the farmers, that it seems now there will be no positive hindrance In the way of the. present - warehouse movement. .,'.-''- . It is said by leaders In the Fanners' Union that the banks In all the Southern States have agreed to as sist In the handling, of the cotton crop this fail from the holder's point of ,vlew. Expecting such ' a co operation, many . warehouses have been erected and the planters gen erally expect to be in shape to make some demands of the buyers.. GOOD COURT FOR RECORDER. Fortune and the Local Police Prepare Work For the City Police Court. It was an overflowing house at the Dolice station last night. The raj nary cells of detention were full, even to the corridors, and the extras naa to be called Into use. v The majority of the prisoners were colored. Jack Moore Is charged with the use of profanity In a public place. James I). Brumfield Is charged with retail ing in. two cases. He is alleged to have sold to Luclle Jones 48 bottles of beer. The amount In the second case is 20 pints of whiskey. Sophia Lee Is Indicted for disorderly conduct, profanity, loitering and various other things. Jo. Abernethy will be arraigned this morning for an-assault and battery committed on the person of Claude Davis. Riley Gibson Is charged with beating a board bill. Mark Grler, a carriage driver, will be tried for a vio lation of a city ordinance. Frank Brevard is charged with a violation and Will Brown with dis orderly conduct. A Represeruuble Crime. "There ts no crime In the calendar of its sort which Is mora reprehensi ble and more deserving of punish ment," said a Charlotte man yester day, "than that of throwing rocks or shooting at passing vehicles, automo biles or trains. The passenger is ta ken entirely off his guard and ts ut terly helpless to defend himself. To make the matter worse. In nine cases out of ten the acts are committed purely In a spirit of deviltry, with no provocation whatever. Until this species of misdoing Is suppressed, more than a moderate degree of as surance can never be felt as to one's personal safety. The authorities de serve the co-operations of all good citizens In their efforts to run down the guilty parties and make exam pies of them." Negroes Xabbct! on Gambling Charge. A raid was made Sunday morning by the police on what is said to be a well-known place or gamming flown on East eleventh street. Officer Mack Earnhardt led the contingent of o Al corn, the others being J. D. Johnson, K. Ij. Johnson, Squires, Henderson, Hoagland and Malcolm. Two negroes were nabbed. Jim Edwards and John Wilson put up bonds for their appear ance at the recorder's court this morning. The others who were ar retted were Krnest McKnlght, Jim Walker and William Bailey. Street Car Traffic Blocked. A temporary blocking of the street car traffic resulted yesterday after noon shortly after 3 o'clock on ac count of the breaking of a trolley wire on East avenue. The wire when It snapped In some way got tangled In the wheels of a passing car and it was torn down for an entire block. Power was taken off until the wire could be repaired, but this required only about 16 minutes. 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