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10 CHARLOTTE, -DAILY OBSERVER, SUNDAY, MARCH 14, 1909. ' r SPORTING NEWS BASEBALL YESTLKDAY ,..., At Jacksonville Hn'klvn I, Jacksonville (Soutli Actinic At Chapel Hill. Camin.u. 5 (of leOane) 2, PRACTICE WILL BEGIN TO-.MOKKOW Larking but day. mil It a Sunday, t -e j Mo- Hornet.. the npiiiiK j.r.n'ti''e for the f'.-!Mn of i Manager I'l.lhn." ann that he would oirr to the park to-neirr the prorefg of extr, Irom them Tim"" to aon the iitnf .rm training are Sehurna era. Smith. M"riii. In. These t 'in time lo-ni'rr.jw for is at hHii'l . ij ii . . 1 . -!er I i .i.nlr "f hi.1' men .w iiti.l institute 1 1 ik I he k in k -ho ,,r'- expecte-l 'o t Ik first day h . l'..rd. Sand .nd Jeuk i to-daj Ill Mrazelli Hi' iep"M for not) thtr following Ji6 teti lo t.irn A rnul J ill ii"t Alkan.-as Iwliler, wtl! .11 W- lno"l;o and ..n ,i 'iliiii h'l. i'l .s . p It : rn m I'lnn and .' e a h here I . ' : . . r t h loth, but will drop Low and Manag r men hep t he II, na md.o -i I he !... .- rrf-.lvll.lll) I'l TUe Ii I tin,. on t ha i ilat.' i'i .',:. t, N t" have his 1: I ! 1 llo l I'.i- :ik ' opi' la I d I;, find tetw ei n : the fHpon, th. In various j i -v n u in l-r o! . l Hunt'T. tii,- in.- "p.- ... il! l-e o. Ii. I .d I IK -.'a Ill' s It !o Id.-r i I'l II nr. II 3 ea r s lo st Is 'a tr.. t. I!.- o. !".' land. It i a .it llllN is Ii"t aid" l ot he ill pla this ea r. Th. t )ll!ll. b'lt he lefn lie Mantc iii.r.' the time the s l- In to real I ir l h 1 1 1 1 1.. M h .'.III, 'lo ll 1 1 s h a i Hi il.h Ii I'l "Ii .f h llK OH. will i , i r 1 1 h la. aril. 1 be fans want to s-e Huut.-r re turn. Me made a food I u: p r ess ion !. tus work doling tb. .-vv iano-s b. laved last ve.ir )- was Mallv the adlng batter of tb learn and in fielding and case running lo h...l ic rup.-rlor The 'act .. in,- business :s lie was about the be.-i man on i!k team. He ought to . cm.- l., k. CAROMXV IKI1.WS IMM.IIWI I Hirsl( Opens tb- Ivn-u-tutll ssiii li Winning a b tori b a iti Narrou Margin Kriini tin- Mcl.iiii, TwirWy. Tlie liilierlt, Itovs Mt l"p an I'.rrr.rlcss .nie TIm- I ui tiipes unci Hie I lets I Is, Special '" The i-ivi fhspel Hill Man Ii lnli I'ar 'I'na o.en e-1 th .-en"Ti h,-re lo.lav will, .nlov evr Hinnliani S I I of M.-hai..-. b loo rarnitt ruarntn "f l in Tb" visitors r esl a good :l. illug Rhine and -.'111. ill l Ihe I... ill . t-;-ni Catolliia pla veil h n .rless game in ibe tl M III Shoo e. ' 'a I ' ' 1 1 1 1 a . ip v . k u h ihe M 1 . . mi r es w ei e it,. 1 nilicHli Slid t h who accepted eh; K . was I lie M n r celving three bits i 'A He il.l N A loinciin .'I' ICmillt 'apt . Moore, c Hose, cf . . Winn si KourTtalli if Ht.-vens if Tll.elt. lb lioli. p Kl'-ttiiil ; Icon. .11, . .. . k I'm I'M 1 1 Inn (leldlng 1 el, nil. i.llei P. th ,.f .M....I" a of the h.ll -. I.illerlt l i ll ok ha in i Milieu id hat of f" 1 1 A li It MP T"taln IIINOHA.M A 1 1 , K ; " 4 1 Camp I 'a pi II. oner T'.n.rloh 1 lp.nti . l.utterl.'h i lil.ver if lav if K'-ee-t 1.1. Co I bell, if T.Kah SumniHi fin. gb. in -' mi Lull ..l I. Lv ire tv sim.m "Fsrmer" M i .iiiil'1'. alel I . I in 1 1 IMllllb I'lavs MaLe stalling A r peelll ! t I 'III Mf I 1 ' lanta Journal 1- "I ml. rest If anv th i n hn ppi'iiH "ii held during t he pr. s. in 1 1 the Highland, is Hint Ki. tu ot Cbiel ij'.' nit'- Si.ili'ui i idf-ni isn t v "i t b not ic i iil J.ne and .'..Hins have h. .-i work as man. it i- in Ma rtelthi-r ol the-.e tw.. -nen ngr Th. At- s III' I; S the 111 l'."Ih I. . st en .it on. but appeared to d"v to a to the details taking plan . tained In th areful man; time Mini p.ilos vol k Tb is pa ill 1. 1 o i. a I 1 v has o Ii - for none but a ll'l have fought - as he has 1 'lie. mhebl. in tact, veal." said Stall- the V U k List. his way up t h" ladder 1 want a peppery a peppery t'..m. this v ings while ills, listing 1 mat- tors In general lait .light and m chief aim is to :ill out the pla.es with men who have g"t-up-ani-gef quali ties about them 8talllngs is not a 'can t kick at an error or sevetal errors, but what riles him is a dumb pl,,v The other day a man was on 'ir-t and tvvt. men Tvere out and the umpire had culled two strikes and thrc' 1 .ills upon the l.atter. (if course It was the proper play for the m in on ,'rs! to run for fmnd the Instant the pit. b. i started to wind up Put the runner forgot himself and dlln't leave the post un til the batter had hit the ball The hit trickled slowly to Donovan at third, and he forced ihe r-,iiner at econd. If tb.- runner h;o1 pbive.l ty,p Fame he would ha p. n sal- at sectinii. for Ihe ball u ,i hll 1.... eluu- ly for it to ha ve to retire cither Stalling Is ii deal of time to ers in a new c ho. n haioih nan. "W d tic. iuM r ii ting 1" "t s.g-l ,' d in time j j a E .. el the pl.lV- Tln-r. "f them nt ..f the are a half-doz-n or m..-. that can be used at i, p game. The practice garr..-s n..v ,. ins plav ed in Marin gi the , Y ,.rk man ager an exoell.it opportunity of s-. ltif ho life nut . pli4,...r- eR"t themserveg .nndr Are Ml of Ihe colts are standing up at the bat nd so far there h;ive !. r, i,,t few critical errors made in the field. PlilIHe iK-fcai Trinity Colle peels I to The Observer rrowd this sfternco'n sa-w the "phila: I -i-w. i . .. I woutnern pines, .iarcn bl. A ola celphla league team defeat Trinity College to ft. The Philadelphia bat tery: MeQuillln and Dooin. Fxen nd JarklUsch; Trinity. Clowers itiJ Jan. A pcJal train came down from Jnirbam. carrying the biggest excur elon ever run to Southern Pines, A lvrar- crowd rime from Plnehurat, A6 erdeen and surrounding points. , FHKXZIED FINANCE I INVADES BASEBALL ( A 'hii ao yit i.il says: ! ' Tin major lra0Mf ball clubs are I'Oliihk Jliiii.ooo into the strong box I i s of Southern railroads and hotela. j Anil for what'1 Why for that myotic, in:i elble s'oim thing called "form." i A vukI army of big leaguer Is on I th mar' h All of them are on the s..me inlt-sion looking for champion to'. i foi ia, whl. h Ih almost aa har.l to lu.d in the Southland or anywhere else a.- the fountain of youth. IVnnantulM is the consuming feer ; at it, .-auMlng the magnates to loosen th ioir.il strings and tend their lulnni in!" every State in Uixie. looking for llo- end of the rainbow, where lien th. ,'i'im that will win a ehampion !;.!' And th.- southern training ain Its to longer the privilege of the rich major leaguers. The more Important of the iiiinorn have taken up ihe spring I'r: a"' tours, for they are just as to bring p.-nio'.nt gl"r to their .'- 'Itles UK tin- blf fello.VB it pay ' In nine ase out of mswtr t:fia in ia 1 1 sjteaklng, is Ai tlitle UI v ' Wtli. that -le -FTesl'I'-nt I'ollllskey of the lo- ."- -t I oes li Ihe perils Ameri.'an Lent'.' u-nni Is taking White Sox on tin- m.ni elaborate ket t . .- ma le n any of t he is 'lb-1 no en loiite to San I IK IS! . x.o t I .led '- w I '', M on a spe.la! train, wbi. h is d 1 1 p i h ate of the burlalnl Swell tritiiutig trlj arc a th llo- "master .if the Sox," etit $6,000 tor his train alo'n-. s nun Ii as the average . lub r Us . ntlre training trip. 1 lial IS C '-I ds I ' 'lit I' ri;. - k aln i.miny siiyH be will get It nil d more. i.M. Possibly he will, lias scheduled about jrvcntj ii I or the two sc. 1 ions of his l"t lo ll , . n.i in. and, whole III nisei f ss thai ma sin in h as iie will liiivu I tin- far West practically it looks like a reasonable Hie Sox will have proved IllSel ', es bl . is over. a .1 - w i n n e rs w hen the There are two good reasons for the indifli r.-n. e with which the Southern I ins vl'-w the coming of the big league s.i.ad. One is that they (ion t like to si" their own pets whsled so frequent lv. and the other Is that the stars from tlo North doll t extend t ht-mselces lo tb.- .Icgr f showing i. fT their fine p. dnis that is to say. the aell slld ;r den t d.de. and the tnnot.h flmgirs are ontent to (n along ult'i out illspllng their bewildering end -, i is the most dltli' uit task foi a in. nag. r to niak" Ins team work Us hai -h-st In Ihe exhibition gum's in t b -. lb Spring the is a lata r n to i in r .I flit VIMS Who fl"?u tie- S' iti.' tlo- man; ' . auk So ii f bet n be trip, t b. v pr. n .-p. .1 t th. . c e incut 'tin- pink I pi Olisll i p lo VV u V to ..! . ..million" season opens for. e a pla j - V hoi T 1. take tin- pracii.e Jaunt, ihe man ager lia nothing to do but bow grac. -I, ,11, in ihe slat's reuuest ami wait lo s.-.- il ihe promise lo r. port in the pink ' ,s in, id.- k"o,l. in most cases lb. plavor iv In. si.lmlepp.'ii Hie pr.j. li, h in in So ut h is timid in bis bat ting vv b r 1 1 Ihe I -.-II lings tor tile opening .t lb.- so i.-. hi. 'l b.- swatting ' '.' I mil pi i.nlv one v a v . and that n I s! ea 1 1 . v e ei y .1 II llill plav "tMHK S' thrilty I bat Ilia li v of Ih. 1 1 1 I a l v t.. st . li .i i ma ix. le.ltui ( - Ii.illlr oiiii pun nig .i se. Iivs. 'b'i II. lining up I.i v wi i: I N At 1 ST . I rv Manager on Ibc Si i lie i.r Hm Toni't-i .iii.l Open 111- rrles I . . ii .11 i: ; i.-t.l Aug. st a P I V 8 1... b, 'II ,. S I I f tb. A il t lie b. I- I lv ' . I . t I Willi page fl.l K" ' I ii a l t ' ,i i l IV .lis li: A UK ' bl VV 111 oil Hi" i k t ip. t r 1 1 1 k .ii III.) is prepilled 10 ia I li. r ii. tun Ihe p r ' red a I I h'- i b in s' .i i '.i vi i o Is I". . k i on ii I and st a t i i Hi tl'l.lii e that b" Is nail) I' i nt -1 tb.- ii.c- i U ht a vv iv . Th. -,s a v M l i lev er all. I genial tell with jump I 'oil ut ,-llovv and IS expe. ted to niak' hit with tb" lor.il puis from th '.urn ,u to . pi v ery start, ta: ions I 'astro did i,.,i m-.e ..ul inn. b do.e and he savs iL.i ihe Vii'uKt.i tans must da the 'lulling gam.- lor several (lavs hefoia I,,. ,s aide t" give out anything that vvul make lb' blood tingle In their v . Ill V I am very inn. h p! ase.l." said the Count "that ill of the Augusta play ers have (.une across with their sig natures to th- legal baseball papers niih. uit trouble to the management I an. I I am ep"cting the the b'os in the city, etth maturity of . the latter i part o! this week or the first of next. I cannot say that Hny particular man has bis position clinched for I do not know that invself and every player will be given an euual showing. If H,iy one can beat Hornhorsl playing first base then Horny will not be the chosen man ' The policy that I w ill pursue Is for the best man to get the position, and there will be no sentiment In my choi e of players. I cannot say defi nitely anything regarding: the Tour ists' line-up except that Hornhorst, l-'ferniau and myself look good for the inlleld and th it Coles. Mi .Mahon and MuMin are likely outlleld candi dates, with .mitli and Carson for the hack-stopper. For the pitching staff I tb.r, s Mengan. Atkins, Kahrs and I Hartlev. iii addition to several other ) v-oingsters. pat Kriv looks good In I nni. tie. : w - will have Iwo practoies now until the beginning . i Th.-re will probably 1. lates for positions on the da v the tlv . f r -n seas ! . ;. nd i. la tes for positions on tile local it. am at pra. tice Thursday. Coles is icvpeited lore Thursday morning and ' P.i avian. Kahrs. Fri v and mvself will do sinnts '.y ourselves until the other 1 ulb.w: arrive. I have my eyes on an I "uh'i.-lin"- and intiebler and a pitcher : Knd 'p. oi pi land them between now land tiie ix tinning of the season." j lirhle ami (iriKiin Arretfvl 11r For I gcry. : St 1-ouls. Mi-, h 13 Lewis P ' i Wagoner and his bride, who is 1 iyiars old. were arrested here last ! l. -i h t by Warmer's brother. Horace. I i. puty sh'-tllT from Najhvl!le. Tenn 'iL' f w,In forger) and obtaining goods dei false pretenses Lewis Wignner until recently was a postofflce clerk at Xashvil'e Tliomss Xoyes Joins (iHillrou (lub. Washington. March II. Thomas C. j Xayes, news manager of Th4 Wash ington Btr, to-day was elected a j member of the Gridiron Club. BIG SUMS SPENT FOR TRAINING Charles H. Zuber, the well-known sporting scribe of The Cincinnati Times-Star, hus the following ancnt the magnitude of that great annual pawtlme of "holding out." He says Frenzied finance has Invaded the greHt national game. The watered stock -of railroad companies. about which there has been so much com plaint, isn't in It with the watered .Hock that some of the baseball toseers are trying to sell the club owners. The man who asks for a raise of $600 for six mrmths' work now Is re garded as a piker a performer un worthy toit6iWciate with the real "classy" nnrftirlers of the game the 1'ierpont Morgans, John Oateses, E. H. Harrimans and others of this Ilk of the green sward. There's Mike Donlin. for instance, with ii demand for 14,000 more than lie received last season- -a raise of In in 1 4.000 to is. 000, with the New York club offering him only a paltry Jti.'iOO Tin ii' was Harry Covaleskl, the Phillies' southpaw, demanding a boobt from Jl.,'00 to :.,000, and all because in prevented the ( Hants "winning the, Nf.lloiial League pennant. Since mak ing tbi demarui he's accepted (Onsbl eral.lv lesei. v "Vic" Willis, of the Pirates, has sub mitted a proposition to perform this season, provided a mere trifle of 1 1 ... 0 0 is added to the figures that were writ ten in his contract last year. He has been offered $600 more "Hob" Spade, of the Ke.ls, thinks that eome $ 1,400 should be tacked o the numbers of his agreement of last year, although he reully received $300 more than Ins contract called for. He has been offered a raise of J300. "Hrtiis" Ijobe-rt thinks his services have im reased 111 value to the extent of $l.(iii0 smee- 190k, while the local i lub is willing to admit of an improve ment of only $600. lieorge Wilt.se, of the Ciantn. wants an increase of $.',00. Kidder Jones, of th" While Sox. demands $2,000; Man ager I'haiio-, of the 'ubs, was hold ing out foi a 4..'. mi In. i Wagner Is suspe.'te.l of ase. Hans I working the! Pirate inn nage m .-nt lor a J.tlOO boost, and seetul other big hold-ups are al so in the limelight Hut w hen the time for salary day approaches the chances are that all the brigands will be In lln. with then- demands ungranted. lrow.l sUrn Koftniike Contract. The Ubhm'.nd Journal says. Freshly, the Krskine i 'oiiege player, vv b . was a star in the 'arollna Asso rhiMnii last ve.ir. has sign.-. I a Roanoke criiiir.it. Th'- player is attending scr ooi in Atlanta, nn.l tie win not re portuntil the ( lose of the school. Manager (nth, of Lynchburg, Is be ing loeiiun by managers of other teams asking for surplus players, and b. will be able after a while to turn over a bunch to the Carolina lyeague. Charley Moss, who captained the Trni keis from ilrst to last place last ! .t lev ille. one o. the new towns on the' K.iMern Carobna circuit This league! .loci not st.irt until May 14th. and l!u is late enough for Moss to get ibo I kink" un ol ins Joints bt-tore time for working. Hobby t vv ii lei . 1 Vail. the ex Portsmout h ft i steribi. tyr West Hal Springs, In. I . t. I a I e.s Vail has Portsmouth. . join the Pittsburg 1 neon wintering in ho 111 They Iull lor? Macon Telegraph Ceorgi.ins are baltiiiir 'between are h.i.tmg between two M' nhns whether to pull for Detroit New York in tb. American Ieague For three vears Ty Cobb has li 111.- apple of ihe eve of the cot- I in hi loll States He was a hye-word In l v- ii housi bold, and Jennings had Hie ,..o I will of every mother's son In ije.irgla Hut this year another ("... rgian has butted Into the game In a big way. C. orge Stulllngs is a na tive boi n. and was known throughout ;.orj;hi beioi-o Ty I'nli.i hail taken to his hrst km. kcrs. Perhaps no one in the Slate i s- more universally known Ih.-ip the Yankee pilot. perhaps Ueor gi, lie s 111 wait till the thing Is preHs tv bef ell settled one wny or Ihe other to choosing either lub. Ho far as burg Is ciicerned Macon Is hook, and sinker for the big chief. this bin KKlier Slow In .signing. as The Atlanta Journal. Ti I-' slier lias not vet signed an uitiHCl. ami he may not sign Atlanta ,,MO unless he gets the salary he asks Fisher do cp not say ainthing a.bout what he intends to do ami has not I discussed bis affairs, but it is known 1 to the trading of Bryan for Patter that In- had .Ii i lined up to Wednesday I son und mentions Cooper's name with everlng to atta.h his name to an agreement to play ball for Atlanta. Naturally. Fhsher feels his experl en.i as malinger and his ability as pitcher entitle him to pretty fair pay, and he wants to get ail he thinks ho Is w oi tb. Iist year as manager of Mobile he made a goo.1 showing under all he circumstances, and before that in Shii veport he demonstrated his abili ty as both manager and pitcher. .... Charleston Has International Tevam. A M'ccial from Charleston l to this -fTei t: " ''sou .n.mnew iin' "ifliru I'licn rr Prayeal. of .New Urleans. and a tirsi baseman w hose name he will an nounce later. He has dropped Dobard an spencer, of Ihe Infield Matthews ! says that he has an International ag gngation His pitching staff Is Jew ! and Scandinavian; catchers Irish; in j held Duti h Htid outfield French and I Irish Matthews has several games i with the Boston Nationals for the j tirst part of April. C. W lsenel.ler. fa business man of Galveston, and an admirer of Matijthat they were Inflicted when Carmack thewf. -vbo has put up the money for i was fikRfoa- as they ranged W direeUy Matthews' Interest In the club. Is In . downward. Then he had Garner turn his Charleston. Matthews says that he i head to demonstrate that ' a. third shot will send transportation to his men on j M. fairies, s Lmy president Eliot Addrows Georgia Tech SttMfNMN. Atlanta. C.a.. March CS.-Former un-,n,.,. t . u ... j , " . , . ' ... ', "g the tudenta. of the Georgia School !of Technology here to-Qy, dealt with j the value of applied sciences. Kpeak- i lhg particularly of the value ot com- petlUve trade, he said that a high tar- iff is unfortunate for a nation because It prevents the competition from which a nation's strength is developed. SHERIFF ATTACKS LA WYER (Ct-ntloud from Fii One). from the Ne -Sclnaltar. ; "That edi torial was not written by 'Carmack and they knew it. They Introduced it for one purpose, and that was be cause It attacked Governor Patterson and they hoped t to reach you men on the jury who are and were sup porters ot the Uovernor. "General Meeks said: 'Don't aue a man for libel because alb you can get will be a Judgment iiot worth atchew of tobacco." That la funny advice for a lawyer to give. A judgment against a poor man. which he cannot satisfy is more humiliating to him than all the things he could say about you. "There is one so-called high-class Journal here' he said, "which daily writes editorials tearing to pieces men who go upon the stand andltell the truth. Young women are not secure from these attacks, neither are mere children. That is all right, hut you must not criticise Col. Dune Cooper, he's a spark from the expiring em brs of the old Southern chivalry. Wa will attack whom we please but no one must attack Dune Cooper. Now isn't that a nice theory for a high class newspaper? "Next we find the editorial of Octo ber 23d which attacks the machine i and It does not mention Cnlnnoi Cnon- er s name. But he got mad. "Then comes the editorial of No vember 8th, 'Across the Muddy Chasm' the reconciliation of Cox and Patterson. Gentlemen, at the Instant Carmack was falling dead. Governor Cox and Oovernor Patterson were In intimate conversation not 500 feet away. And this fact shows that the editorial was true and that Cooper ktiew It was so.' "We have heard a good deal of talk about the failure to send the note When a man says If you do a certain thing une of you must die. and you do it, fou do not need to waft for a note, do you? "There has been n contention here that Carmack defamed Cooper. Why, gentlemen, Carmack knew that Cooper ih faulted and embezzled as muster in cliancery years before. If he had wanted to defame Cooper why could he not have printed these facts?" Referring to the Htate's failure to put Mrs. Hurch on the stand, McCarn aid the State had proved what it wanted to by Mrs rturch's maid, and he added: OFFENDS MISS LEE. "Hut I promise gone on I would you that If she had never have referred tc her story as a cock and nun stoiy. Vet my distinguished friend, Wash ington, asked Mrs Kastman If sho shot any one that day. And he prates of southern chivalry. "Counsel has described how crip pled the old colonel was and how ho couldn't shoot. Hut the not say he couldn't shoot lone! did He didn't tell ftohln he couldn't shoot. He pull- ed a gun and said: 'I have this " the luncheon w hen M!h Ogburn a en defend me.' As a matter of fact, gen- gaKPment was announced, and good llemen. ho could shoot. L.ook. here wl!nra wer( showere1 upon the bride- Is his pistol I turn my two nngeis under as his were, and see how easily and rapidly 1 can shoot with the thumb and 11 i st and second finger." General MoOiirn launched Into an eloquent defense of Miss Iee "They say they took Colonel Cooper down to Bradford's office to cool off Why, gentlemen, you might as well talk of turning Vesuvius upside down in hell to cool off. Tiiry took him to Bradford's office to cool off! The of fice of the man who said he eould have killed Carmack with as little rernose as he would kill a rattlesnake. But they say only Miss lee claims h-! said this, and they attack Miss Lee. And she sa. rlfi. ed her home, her posi tion, her mother's living to tell the truth " He defended the little newsboy. Johnnie Tindall, ami claimed the boy vv a.s corroborated In his statement 'V'hatiUe- hoard Colonel Cooper say ' We w ill get him, by Colonel (. ooper mm - self ()f conr.se, they didn't want to meet t'ai mack on Church street, there - would have been BO witnesses there and they only needed one. So they I'eclded to go up L'nion street to Seventh avenue. unvtt cash.' "They say It was cruel persecution , to have John Sharp Indicted. Do you think it is pieaaunt for me to stand ; I here and ask you to convict of mur- der in the first Uegcee the brother of the clerk of this court who has been j my friend for years? j "John Sharp was taken along for a . purpose to witness that Killing, ami he filled his purpose. They say he put himself In a position where he couldn't see it. "Why. 1 know John Sharp well enough Jo know that if he had been there honestly or accidentally he would have done what you would do or I would do, he would have run back, not walked, to where Carmack was lying Why. his friend had been shot and his other friend was in trouble. But he was confused by his guilt and when Miss Skemngton sud denly confronted him and asked whrt it was, he blurted out the truth 'It la Dune Cooper shooting Carmack.' ASSAILS TUB AMEHICAX. "And then comes the editorial of October 21st. Ihis editorial refers otners. it naa a rignt to do It. What' I if one of them were a dive keeper? We know he was in politics. Cooper says he was in polities." ; Then General McCarn got after The I American, w hich he said was the Cooper organ. I He refused to ten any one what he jknew, refused to describe the tragedy, lis that the act of an Innocent man? No, it is the act of a defendant after he has been instructed by a clever attorney. These fcfs here show beyond a reason able doubt that Sharp was an accessory before the tact.'' General McCarn placed two rolls of wire fence upon the floor to represent the tele phone poies and demonstrated to the Jury how the defendant's say Ihe shooting took place. This story, he cMlmed, was contradicted absolutely by ahe physical facts. THE TUAOEDY. He called Garner over to assume the position that Robin says Carmack took. He showed that the two wounds through the heart were downward. The defense claims they were Inflicted Ilrst. McCarn argued that they could not have been. fired by Robin after the two bullets near the. heart -could not have passed Into the back of Carmack's neck' through the rpl fl at cord. "Kobtn Cooper never came west If these posts." said McCarn. f "H came in from the rear while his father attracted Csrroack'i attention. If he had come In as he says he did Mrs. Eastman would have seen him for . he would have passed directly la her line of vision. . "I do not know how It was done hut I believe this 27-year-old boy, a graduate of law. nine years-in the office of the blr-gest lawyer In the State, with beau tiful sisters and a tendea roster mother, 1 front of htm, 'deliberately shot roan In the back of the neck and shot again vaa be fell. That Is what breeding does for a man." THE PI8TOL SCABBARD, McCarn then used Oarner In a, demon stration of what the State claims would have happened had the bullet struck Car mack In the back of tbe necku he fell. The bullet's course, he said, would be through the head and not straight through the neck and out under- the tongue, the course the bullet took. The position of Carmaclrs body after he fell. McCarn argiued, precluded the uieory that he turned around so as to be shot In the manner claimed by the defense. "And we know of that scabbard, too. for we went up twice and searched for It, but we could not And It and we did not lind it until It was drawn out on the stand. Somebody else knew about it. me Coopers and John Sharp knew of it. Why shouldn't they? They are not ordinary prisoners. They do not have to stay in cells. They talk to their friends at any time without an officer's presence, con trary to the taws of Tennessee. The scab bard we think was left In Carmack i hip pocket In his trousers. But Binning put the revolver in Carmack s overcoat pock et. 'gentlemen." General McCarn described how Colonel Cooper had called his daughter. Mrs. Burch and said: "If. all over. Robin has killed Carmack." He argued that this expression indicat ed that the defendants knew what they went out to do nnd they announced the consummation of the deed with the ex pression "It Is all over." After ridiculing Binning for a few min utes McCarn asked leave to finish on Monday and his request was granted. ANNOUNCEMENTS, at Two Eniragenients Annouiicea Wlnstoii-Salcni. Special to The Observer. Winston -Salem, March 13. Two en gagements of great interest were an nounced this afternoon at luncheon, that of Miss Evelyn Owens, daughter of Mrs. B. B. Owens, to Dr. H. O. Ap ple, and that of Miss Mary Ogburn to Mr. 11. Peden, of Fayettev ille. The Peden-Ogburn wedding will take place after Kilter, and Miss Owens will be come the bride of Dr. Appl- In June. At a luncheon complimentary to Miss Kleanor Fries, whose engage ment to Mr. Richard Willlngham was announced a short time ago. Miss Viv ian Owens announced h'ir sister's en agement. Miss Owens is one of the most charming young rosebuds in T..ir,iMtv .ncletv and nr. ADPie, who ! located here. Is a young man ot tine i uhllitv and a generl favorite. tts Marv Medarls was hostess at Miss Mary elect. Miss ogburn is one of tne mosi beloved of the young women of this city, of a well-known family. The bridegroom-elect is a sterling young business man of Fayettcville. Clement -! rslion- Speclal to The Observer. Durham, Mar.h 13. A social Item of exceptional interest is this an nouncement to-morrow morning: Col. and Mrs. J. Harper Krwln announce the engagement of their niece. Miss Mad,-;e Mershon, to Mr. Felton I demons, of Huena Vlata, Ga. The date lixed for the wedding lis April the 21st, 109, at West Dur I ham, X. C. I In the politest possible way Dur !ham has acclaimed this the most ex i citing news of a several-year. Miss Mershon has iust -eturned from a .,,.,.,, x j,stt t0 o-orgia and Ala , h relatives, and though she and i Ml.r aml,tii ed had been much of their 1 jV(!) ayng fnunlatiun for wedlock : t(y devoted frWngshlp, there was no one expecting this announcement, j she can be called beautiful without j stretch of the Imnffln Ulon. and a ! Urge gift of the poetical might fall ! of a description truly worthy of her. A blonde of the fairest type a stature of the elnsslc mold comlnu from the : antique world, with musical talents that have given her good rank as a vocalist, she is a rare young woman. , Mr. Clements Is a young business man of high sti-iding. Though un known here, such predilection has the city for Miss Mershon 'hat It indulges a very pretty prejudice towards him They will live In Buena Vista. DAKIXti PIKSE-SXATCHEH. Xogro ;rab Lady's Purse Through Open Train Window and Makes Away Tlie Woman. Iift Penniless, is Caret! Jr by Fellow-Passengers. Chicago, March 13. Mrs. Delia M. Crane, a Chicago artist who has just arrived from Jacksonville, Fla.. s re ported to have been the victim of ia daring hold-up near that place. While comfortably seated In a Pullman car which had slowed down at a railroad crossing, she is said to have been rob bed of $850 in money and J2.300 worth of Jewels by a negro who run ning alongside and tT.rustlng his head and shoulders through the window, grabbed her valuables. She Instinctive ly clutched at her bag. according to the story. Just as the hands of the in truder closed upon It. A struggle en sued and Mrs. Craie called for as sistance. Determined not to surrender Mrs. Crane vainly strove to wrench her property from the negro's hands but at tie instant he gave a tug back wards and pulling her arms out through the window, he gave a sudden twist, broke her grip and dropped off the train with his loot. Every cent that Mrs. Crane had In her possession was stolen, including her railroad ticket and Pullman res ervation. The railway officials pass ed her through to her detination and passengers, among them Charles G. Gates, saw that her wants were sup plied. Wade Con rletcd of Murder In the First Degree. . Lynchburg, Vs., Marpk 13. In the Corporation Court to-night Ernest Wade, who was charged with waylay ing and murdering Isaac Hlgginboth m here on the night of January 2 2d. was found gniUyjof murder in the first degree. Sentence vms suspesiieii pend ing a motion for a new trial. A crowded court room heard the verdict rendered, and Wade did not show the slightest emotion. A hung Jury was generally expected, despite the strong evidence In the case. Xegro Bishop Sees the President. Washington, March 11. Bishop Gatnee, of the A. M. E. Church, had o conference to-day with the President about "the future of the race," as he expressed It "I am convinced. sail Bishop Gaines after the conference, "that, the President will treat the negro race fairly. I mean, that he wilt lo as well by us asJils predeces sor. We have- a food many offices In ! the South and hope to continue-them." - y OFERAfORS ISSUE STATEMENT. FlaUy Refuse tha Pemands of the Union. New York, March It. A statement of the attitude of the anthracite coal operators on the question of recogni tion of the United Mine Workers of America was given out here to-day by the operators' committee of seven. The statement sets forth that the op erators will treat union and non union men alike and . that they will exercise no discrimination against or In favor of any man because of his membership or non-membership In any labor organization. The commit tee declares also that it Is absolutely impossible to grant the demands for Increased wages and a shorter work ing day without Increasing the price of coal to the consumers. "This the operators will not consent to do," says the statement, "nor will the even consider It." Miners to Discuss Question, Philadelphia, Pa.. March 18. After it-fculng a call for a tri-dlstrict conven tlon at Scranton, Pa., on Tuesday, March 2 3d, to take up the question of wage agreement between anthracite mine workers and operators, the mem bers of the three executive boards of the United Mine Workers of America left for their homes to-day and no Important developments are looked for by them until Jhe convention meets. Banjo rijrurs in a Romantic Run- away Affair. Special to The Observer. Bristol, Tenn., March 13. A banjo figured significantly in a runaway ic.airiage romance at the mecca of itev. Alfred H. Burroughs here to li'iy. when Grover Hamilton, of Bland county, Virginia, and Miss Sallie Stin-i-on, a handsome girl of tender years, were married. Mlrs Stinson lett home n: company with a neighbor young man ostensibly to attend a dance. Printing the banjo to Bristol the young man picked a tune while the icremony was being performed. SUCKING TOA CONTRACT Is one of our good points. We do not repujrfnte. figures on estimates, and we follow every detail closely. Wt do only work of the very highest class and we charge only reasonable prices for tirst-cl.-i.-s work. y()u will find It will pay vou to have us do your work. , HACKNEY BROS. CO. Plumhlng. Heating. Johlx-rs In Supplies. 312. .Charlotte, X. C. Hell 'phone ACADEMY OF MUSIC Friday Night, March 19th The Show of the Season Cohan and Harris Present EDNA WALLACE HOPPER In Geo. M. Cohan's New Musical Play 50 Miles From Boston Biggest Hit In Ycnrs. Xole the Great Cast Jos. M. Sparks. Suzanne Leonard Weetford, W. Douglas Ste venson, Chas Wlllard, Walter P. Richardson, Alf. Helton, Thos. Emory, Percy Helton, Ella Rothern, May Helton, Kathryn ft. Perry. Russell Plncus, Lester Templcton, Stanley Fields and perfect Cohan Chorus. Seats on Sale Wednesday at Hawley's. Prices. . . ACADEMY Thursday Night, March 18th. Charles Frohman Presents WM. H. CRANE In His Tremendous Laughing Succses FATHER AND THE BOYS Geo. Ade's Best and Funniest Comedy 200 nights at the Empire Theatres-New York. Complete, Original Cast and Scenery. Seats on sale Tuesday at Hawley's. Prices . .25, 50, 75, $1.00, $1.50 ACADEMY OF MUSIC Wednesday, Matinee and Night, March 17.. . JOSEPHNTLWILT JAM W. . -"' N ----- -'-. - -..'- .- V - - ...... ... ..Tr'-.. , . JEFFERSON and an exceptionally efficient Company in Rich ard Brinsley Sheridan's Famous -Comedy ' THE RIVALS - Sale of seats begins Monday at Hawley's. Prices Matinee..' . . .... .25, 50, 75, $1.00 ; - ; Night,.' ..... ..25, 50, 75r: $1.00, $1.50 FACTORY BUILDLVG BURXS. Unoccupied Structure In Lexington' Factory District Destroyed by Fir. Special to The Observer. Lexington, March II. Thia morn ing between 4 and S o'clock Are de stroyed the factory building formerly occupied by the Metal lied Company, situated in the factory district, on the Southern main line. The origin is not known, but as the building was empty and had not been occupied for months, it Is supposed that some one either accidentally or intentionally set it on fire, borne advance the Idea of tramps spending the night in the building and letting their Ore set the blaze going. The building was a large one, cover ed with sheet iron and the fire made a big blaze. No other property was destroyed but nearby dwellings wer damaged, one catching several timr4 Good work with the hose and the roi" that was falling combined to prevent a spread. The property was owned by Mr. J. T. Hedrlck, who carried $500 j insurance on It. The building- cost 3,090 originally. NEIGHBORLY ADVICE Freely Given By a Clinrlotte Citizen. When one has suffered tortures from a bad back and found out how the aches and pains can 'be removed, advice is or nntold value to friends and neighbors, particularly when they know the statement Is absolutely cor rect. The following neighborly advlre come from a Charlotte resident. W. M. titt. 304 W. Tenth t.. Char lotte. !?-. C, says: "My advice to any one afflicted with kidney trouble Is to pioeure Doan's Kidney Pills at It. II. Jordan & Co.'s drug store an.1 give them a trial. About two years ago I had a severe attack of kidney trouble atid was In great misery for months. My kidneys were disordered nn.l at times there waa a complete reten'lon of the secretions. I had much pain In my back, felt tired and weak gnd v.bollv- unlit for work. After being treated by a doctor without obtain ing much relief. I heard of Doan's Kbiney pills and procured a box at H. H. Jordan 4 Co.'s drug store They strengthened my kidneys, removed the hi i-karhi' nitd toned up my general svstem. I always keep a supply of Dunn's Kidney Pills on hand and a few doses now anil then serve to keep mv kl lneys In a normal condition " For sale by all dealers Price .'.0 cms. Foster-Mllhurn Co. HufTalo, Xevv Y ork, sole ngents for the I'nlted State. Flrniember the name Doan's and take no other. ALAMO "Tile Family TlH'atre" Presents This Week THE WHEN TIUO Introducing hair punching bull dogs. WALDO WHIPPLE Rube Comedian. One-half of the door receipts will be given to the MASONIC ItAZAAR on Tuesday, 16th. v. .25, 50, 75, $1.00. $1.50 OF MUSIC :-i.;. ( I. -.-4
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