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PRICE: $3.00 A YEAR, (MRLOTTE'N. (V SUNDAY HORNING, MAY 23, 1909. PRIdTlTVE CENTS.' TcTION to STANDS. 1 JV Izj.rti0 - 1. in a- m . the Congo. ?&TrrJ Held the . xi, v 22. A protest --a, i. funeral A at rt,on ,hrn Presbyterian "' W the position taken Sonarles. facing r"- STil'l fn,m my point 1. ,,,'nfrarv to the hia- K Jour Church, contrary IfTur stuMdards and ujptfit of lr tur(.s, which far , K,ndam i P V.rfare .ire not carnal. Vm-i the aPP'-al to presl N'orm;' l,Ll,rar,,S Morri ffsrd are be r ..-i ir.P.ldvlle. Congo Err;.,, overtur-s presented to f v,. hv the Charleston ana "T'hn.n-n. The Utter rtbit there if ni'i-'h diMatli the members of the Exeunt -f the unrertainty fth. itatua of rnyamsts in . ...a. -r,r,Mm; for com- CT 4, th. I'luirrh. H. tar miiliin authority Is .rried hy gome Prosby i7.L.ni.ns in dealing with l.w. A ,-nmml(tee nf investl L ked f,,r. The Charleston ! Wi its request for the ap- kBt of !u' h a committee on iJument that certain tni.ision kite received ,oly(tainlt. in the jinditill retain tn, ni in suuu ITlMKBDeake overture asserts Wipla of nnn polysamy should Miclear and bcund the shadow kabl km to-day Pr. Jmes ( irr, of a. Scotland, delivered an ad llMti "Calvin's Altitudes To ll Eieiesls nf Scripture." Dr. Calvin as a man Kreatly lood, stating that few men lwrld' history have ever been 111 more wrona; light than Cal hi lUted that the work Cilvln feMk wan calculated to make Otj Biemlea and to invite the (apposition He atated Calvin tt human life and salvation the light of eternal purpose. M fte 4oetrln of predestination tha actual process of salva- I ifiarnoon the visiting rom- i were taken down the 9a- krittrand out over the bar on ittamer. Wit Rev. John Little. T.ouls- J!j, delivered a stereopticon Iwrow tow, the first Kundav of th T. the pulpits of the churches MUH will he tilled bv vlsitlna- lot The Raptlsts. Christian. Jmh1 Methodist churches ex- MUtlons t,.-dav to the As to hold hoth mornlnn and Iiervicw and some of the heat inisters in the Presbyterian will be heard W was manifestert tn.o,, i pwre or the Ahincdon Presby mr the Assembly to take iblih a great Presbyterian r a memorial to John Cal- .ATTovi CAPITAL. InifiPiuxi it. f' Brtellr SUnimarij;ei PSffBlnirs in t nat,.,.c lMri. . . ' '" 1,is ""ort to -x; liflMII- a i1. . U ..rtfr ., ."- ",r a ""at ui, PM-Jfr- r-x , . wainna.1 of the fina.,. n . urn 's June 2 a. tS, ,,. "trwrni , "Br nve 'orPOdo Waahi It was or r, . Bounced. fill ... 'hl?gton re ,PD vernment at fr,uH prn!,eutlon of the " receiv- """" thai r m Ub"- l""?' un the Wn'h we" en ftMtft Par-ipaied. The part of d"r di8CU8lon ubject. 1 Mfttifii. TO REST. w - Kirth. tester11' 'adlr8 hi. lRo" m ' lnclded a "en by k. - Jlr. Pv,,, 7 "tmr i "a'n. 2 Uaw,v ,r.a" on J lt m.. other HT morV of IbZ!. whn ,ne late la F,u,"er? took ?a-LB?n' herein, --a by hu wlr on. CKEPMORB NOT GCTXtT. t Verdict of Acqilttal to Entered la Otae Agalna IredeQ Cbalp-Gans; Gaard Charged With MaiwlangtoterW. A. and U. M. West Also Be Free oa Cbarge f Murder , Other Cases. ErectaJ ta t1,OtMnre. , BtateariUe, Hay 2. Iredell Super ior Court haa disposed of the last of the important cases on the criminal docket and the. civil docket has been taken up. 'The term baa .been a record-breaker 'in tho -matter 'of crimi nal bualnesa. All the week the At tendance fcaa been very large and Judge Jones and Solicitor Hammer hare pushed the caaee through In a hurry. . -i' .'- In the caee of - David CreeJmore, charged -wltht Manslaughter, which has attracted tnuch attention, a ver dict of not rul$y was entered by con sent, -after a few' witnesses had been examined.' Last January, Mr. Creed more, who U a, ' ohaln gang guard, was attempting to arrest Tom Moore, an escaped convict who had taken re fuse in the home of Anderson Gaith- er, colored, and when the convict made a break for liberty, arter the guard had entered the home of Galther, Mr. Creedmore fired his pistol in an effort to frighten the convlctv Just as Mr. Creedmore Bred Galther stepped in front ef him and the bullet entered Gaiter's heel, shaterlng " the bone. Galthers injury f was not considered dangerous at the time, but within three days he died from the effects of the wound ln his heel, and Mr. Creed- more was consequently arrested and placed under bond charged with man slaughter. . The trial of W. X. and O. M. West. indicted for manslaughter for killing Watt White, the noted chicken thief, resulted In a verdict of not guilty, the jury being out only a few inmates. The. case has attracted attention far ancr-near and there was a large crowd present at the trial. White, who was black, was a confirmed sogue ana a terror to the chicken . roosts of the community. During the week many cases of minor importance were disposed of as a result of which the chain gang has many new recruits. Quite a number of retailing cases were tried. A num ber of cases were a little out of the ordinary and attracted attention. Mary Bell Smith, a colored girl about 17 years old, who, with her sister. Nannle LeeJ3mith, fired Mr. N. F. Ow ings' arn, recently burned, were giv en, four years in the penitentiary. Nannie Lee is still In jail, prayer for Judgement having been entered In her case. NEW PRESS CLOTH PLAN ARK DENIED LICENSES. Inmirance Companies' Which Pay Of ficers fiatarle in Excess of 150,000 Cannot Do Business in Missouri. Jefferson City, Mo.; May 12. The Miaspurt Supreme -Court-today sus tained the Bute law, which denies li censes to Insurance companies, rwhica pay any of their officers salaries in excess of $60,000.- .. , To-dars deois jdn- was on an appi l- cation- from: three large 'eastern 'com panies' for ' a . writ of .mandamus ' to compel the State Insuraoce Depart ment to Issue J Ice nse, to them. The writ was : denied, to- the. Petitioners the Equitable tlfe Assurance Society, the Prudential Insurance Company and the Metropolitan Xife Insurance Company. , ' While upholding the validity of the statute,' the coart declared that It was unwise' legislation and recommsaded its appeal. HARTREDGE WANTS MONET. Is Suing to Recover Legal and Other Kxpenses Incurred During Trial or Thaw, Whom He Represented. New York, ' May 12. An affidavit was filed in the united States Circuit Court to-day by Clifford W. Hartridge. who was counsel for Harry K. Thaw ln his trials for the murder of Stan ford White, ln opposition to the mo tion, made on behalf Of Thaw's moth er, to compel the lawyer to submit a bill of particulars In his suit to recov er legal and other expenses at , the trials amounting - to 170,716. Mr. Hartridge declares that he spent more than $40,000 to protect his client's Woodmen of Atlanta, when the Gov reputation.' aside from the legal ex penses Incident to the trials. The sums, he declared, were' paid out at the reqqett of Mrs. Thaw. ernor retires from office, whleh . he will do shortly, as he has been indi cating he desired to do. This is the order Commissioner fcMaster several 1 11 1 1 I " I woeas njo ueciuieu io aiiow 10 uo Jones Appeal Will Not Be Heard Socui business In this State oh the ground Union, S. CL: May J. The appeal 'th,lt w not suftlciently organised of W. T,Jonea, who last February to do business as afraAernfl order was convicted etmurderinr his wife ,ideJ' lh" llw this 8tale. Mr. in July. 110$, and who was sentenced h.ad lhe, "1tfr to life imprisonment in the State jn'm .with a view to inducing the com tentiary.: wlU not be heard at the J mlssioner to rescind his order, but Drn rin. .rn .. niei.ri taut . the commissioner declines to do this. ' . ' " r I T.. T7W . T.m -Mil . ween, ut dan devoted to aooeais from this, the seventh judicial circuit, lnV111?; '""I " -1? f'J'JfZ navlnsr now nuul l)int rfrAnrA- """uui uowib um tu wui being made to his ease. This means that the appeal cannot be heard be fore next December and In all prob ability a decision wltt BOt.be handed down until January or February. Two More Victims of Recent Cyclone. Savannah; ' Oa.. ' Mar 12. Two deaths occurred here to-day as a re sult of the .recent cyclone,, which af ter sweeping-over the Southern States' left Georgia at this place, I W. Tray lor, who was injured Internally and had both legs broken when the Henderson-Hull factory was smashed died this mornmg.i Joseph M. Hanley. a elty fireman, who was called out to rescue me injured during the cyclone. was drenched by the rain and his re sulting illness resulted in his death to- .-v -.1 - Horse Ran Away, KiUing To ng Lady. Augusta.. Kr 'i Mav It-Effle Townsley. the 1 -year-old daughter of Samuel Townsley, of ; Johnsonville, Braeken - county, was - to-day found dead on the road near her home. She nad been 'ridlnr a ; SDirlted horse whloh t became i frightened and - ran away with --her, throwing her off, dragging her ovsr - the rough, road With her 'foot eaurht in tha atlrruns. breaking her. neck as well as ..nearly every bone ln her. body. . -. i i . n , f , , n ,i r . .' . Leud to Be Opeoed by Government. W ashlnrton. vn. it-a twoeiamft. Uon was -issued to-day by President Taft'providinsr for .the ooenlnr id. to settlement and entry of about 440,009 acres -of land to the-Flathead. Mon tana:: J.Jflo In the Coeur DAlene, Idaho, and between It.orO and 100, D00 ta the &pekane..Waah reeerraUons. , ;-' . . , Aged Lauly Hangs Self. V , New Orleans. v ltift inr. Img from the end of a rope for three ooay of Mrs. Louis Specht, Spartanburg and Greenville -In view and has hesitated between the two places for some time. A letter re ceived from, him to-day aays that both places offeree many inducements and attractions, but he considers the lo cation of the camps and manoeuvre grounds at-Greenville the best suited' to the work he has outlined. ' Gen eral Boyd at once adopted 'his recom mendation. . IN STATE OF OOMiAPE. - Young Moalder Who Killed Wife by . Chopping Head Open WtUa Axe, Is rnconscioae ln jam. Norfolk, Va.. May it. At the pre liminary hearing to-day of - Eugene Peebles, the young moulder from Au gusta and Bavannan, Oa., who yester day killed his wife by chopping her head open with an ae. Common wealth's Attorney Tilton secured, a postponement until May 25, He said alienists are now eamlnlng Peebles and that the State will be able to show be yond doubt that Peebles, while per fectly sane, killed his wife, as th re sult of unjustifiable jealousy. . , Peebles following 14 hours of . in sane antics,-weeping and nervousness, was to-day discovered in his cell at the police sUtion in a' stae of total collapse, physicians were hurriedly snmrooaed and. Peebles' eyes, show ing signs of possible poisoning by co caine, a stomach pvmp yaa used. City Physicians etfefionald. and -Taliaferro, while .not fully convinced 'ef . no polr sonlng.-expressed the helief that It was likely nervous collapse." ' Peebles,- stin unoonscious, is now in the jail hospi tal. ;. r. i .v.- ' ,Atw .. . i " 1) . . ; Ury,JMcUsosii Better v Washington. May" zLA .' wireless message received at the, Washington navy yard te-day says that the 'U.- 8. 8. Mayflower wuj arrive a tne wasn yeere eld. was found In her anart. , Ina-ton navy yard to-morrew afternoon ments in'jioyal street this afternoon about 1. o'clock and thai the condt Bhe had htnnd litrulf vhil. innolv 1 tirn ,ttt Acretarv., Dickinson . is lm- end brooding over financial reverse, - proved, his temperature Peta lower.; Senator McOmrsber PresenU Amend vlnentProvidrng .Free Lumber end Takes Floor Several Times in . Support of His Provtaton Contendit That Amertean Foresee Are Being . Rapidly Depleted and That iCyery . Encotxnageiuent SboJd . Be Given to die Bringing in of On bade Lum ber For the Protection of the Na ; - tion'a Supply Senate la Determin- ed Not to Vodertake Other fjegis lattosu While the Tariff BUI ,1s . Pending. Washington, May 12. By special agreement, the Senate took ae votes4 to-day on any suoject, with the conse quence that the entire session was de voted to speech-making. The lum ber schedule was under discussion during the greater part of the day and the controversy between the free lum ber advocates and their high tariff opponents, was', at times, quite sharp. Senator McCumber Introduced . the subject by presenting an amendment. providing for free lumber, and he was on the floor several times during the day In support of this provision. He contended that the American forests were being rapidly depleted and urged: that every encouragement should .be give to , the bringing iq of outside lumber for the protection of our own supply. On the other hand, -Senators' Elklns. Scott and Heyburn, all of them representing lumber producing constituencies, contended strenuously the theory that the American lum ber supply is rapidly diminishing. Once more the Senate placed on dertake other legislation while the WILL BE SECOND ONE IN SOUTH. Move by toe Seed Creahere Aseocia lion For a Press Cloth Factory-is oeing uoeeiy watched by the Pal- metto capital, Uae Homo , of. the . Only Press, Cloth Plant - la the conic Action May Mean the Doa Ming of the Columbia Enterprise- wnjen -Recently Spurned Offer rom Trut Board of Health Eav tablkihes Laboratory For Free Pas tear Treatment First Kegimeot to encamp at ureeavtuek v Observer Bureau. 1130 Berkeley Building. v Columbia, a C, May 11,;. The decision of the Interstate Cot ton 6eed Crushers, Association at its meeting in Memphis this week to put up a press cloth plant, 'the enterprise to be backed by a capital of $100,000, part of whioh was raised on the floor of the convention, is of great inter est to Columbia, "which Is the home of the only nress cloth fartrr in th South outside of Texas. Particularly so since Mr. B, F. Taylor,' a live wire public-spirited man. is vice president vi dow tne assoctatlon and the Co- lumoia Press Cloth -Company, and ln ery close touch-With Mr. John -T. Seifela, the president of the Columbia enterprise, and likewise always keen and alert to advance the Interests of ins nome town. -Mr. Taylor has not yet returned to Columbia and no information could be obtained from him, and Mr. Sei- oeis declined to talk, saylnar he not In a position at this time to make a statement. But the Information comes from a reliable source that the action at .Memphis means either the establishment of another big press cloth factory here or the doubling of the capacity of the enterprise already woTKing-nere. and which has attained great success. Starting out a few years ago with a capital of $50,000 the plant is worth $100,000 at this time, It is understood that the so-called trust made an offer to the Columbia concern some time ago to ouy, but me joiumtans declined to sell. NEW PASTEUR JINSTITUTE. Hardly a day passes that county papers coming into Columbia do not relate rases of men, women or chil dren being bitten by. dogs supposed to be suffering from rabbles, and from these accounts it is evident that the madstone superstition stlll has a strong hold on the minds of many people. Judging from how these papers tell of the victims being treat ed in this. way. A number of towns over the State are passing dog ordi nances. On the other hand the Pas teur treatment is belng'overlooked in me judgment of a nuraoer of. people. To obviate the necessity -of so many victims going to other States at great expense the State board of health ha establishes a laboratory here for the Pasteur treatment, examinations to be In this connection it is tnUretnVtV.Pre which has been operated for. a .&unK oer or .years nas een, about as suc cessful .as the big hospitals. Recent- (t ncio, lho iivaq ui ma aog and the head of tho family went to Baltimore, the analysis showing a virulent case of rabbiee. The other members of the family were given the home treatment All got Well.'-. Fr leads and -admirers -.-over, -the State and she has Hundreds, ln every county in the State, through- her. sev eral years' work as president of the State School Improvement Associa-' tion of Miss Mary T. Nance, will learn with interest that she is to be married. The lueky man is MY. Wil liam L. Daniel, of Saluda,, a graduate of Furmsn and a prominent young member of the Legislature. The ceremony takes place .June 16 at Mia Nance's home, Cross Hill, Laurens county. Miss Nance resigned the presidency of the improvement asso ciation several -months ago. V. COLUMBIAN WOODMEN BARRED. Mr. C M. Hitch. 'private secretary to Oovernor Hoke fimlth, of Atlanta, will-not come to South Carolina a general agent of i " the' Columbian SENATE TAKES'JiO ;V0TES;SPEKCEK SHOPS: CUBT AIL - - 1 : . - . DEBATE ON LUMBER SCHEDULE j EIGHT-HOUR, ITVE-DAY SXSTEif. After Working I'iUl Time For a tittle . Over a Montli the Soauiern Again Reduces the Working Honrs at see . Spencer Works Entire .Force With -the Exception of--the Round House Squad Will Go oa a Flve-Dy-a-Week Schedule- Newly Elected City Officials to Take Charge Rantors of OReorgaalsa- Uon of .the Whitney Company vaoeinc of Graded tjcbools, Observer Bureau. ' III North Main Street Salisbury, May It Again a cut has been made in the wo xklng time of the force at . the Southern's shops. ' The men were put on nine hours, six days a week, a month or more ago. but recently the work day was. cut to eight hours. To day the entire force, with the excep tion of the round house men, are off. an order having been sent out yes terday to begin on a five-day-a-week schedule. This will materially re duce the pay roll and will be felt by the merchants of this city as well as the men employed, NEW ADMINISTRATION TO TAKE HOLD. Salisbury's new officials will take the oath of office Monday at noon and wilt at once take up the burdens of the municipality. The new board is composed of Messrs. F. M. Thompson, J. Samuel McCubblna. W. B. Summer sett. J. W. Surratt A. Parker, P. M. Bernhardt L. Ed. Hetllg and W. A. Daniel. Mr. A. L. Smoot I the new mayor. The new board has plenty of material from which ' to - select the for a higher duty than Is allowed, by city officers. There are more than the House bill. They controverted twice enough applications than there are places to be filled, the majority of these being after positions on the police force. It is learned that there record its determination not to ; un- Iwlll possibly be a reduction In the number of officers to be put on the tariff bill is pending. This action was .force. taken ln opposition to an effort on Mr. T. A. Gillespie, of the-Gillespie the part of Senator Burton, former Company, and Receiver Charles W. chairman of the House committee on Smith, of the Whitney Company, are rivers and harbors and now a mem- j spending the day at the Whitney ber of the Senate committee on ( work. It is said that a reorganlsa commerce to have extended certain ( tion of the Whitney jCompany wtll present appropriations for the lm-soon be perfected. provement of the waterways of the , SENATOR OVERMAN RETURNS TO WASHINGTON. Senator Lee S. Overman, who was with the Taft party at Charlotte, and country. He was antagonised by Sen ators Hale and Clapp and was com pelled to desist from his effort. Senator Bailey began the day Dy oonaior ,h who ha been spending several days demanding that the advocates of the t h retu?nd t" WalMn(to'D a, .I aII .rJSirw to-night and wilt be there until the during the day. nJ J . close of the session. "TL"! 'Llttt ! Mr. Echo.. Hu leave, shortly for ?"u - " 7" &ZrZaP72 . a I oklh'n City, where he will locate tendance there was no OH .in imeresi on io pri "i rnwr.tln nollfU.tn nf - ITr.nklln As a concession to the Senators, J . ,.,.i, m who were demanding time for atten- ' l"r'":, '--.'LV 'X.-rj' "U Uon to their correspondence, the Sen ate adjourned' at the1 early hour was gooq; nowever. anav - - - indication of a falling , jrz "i. " tttm of 1 T WnUUAMS Git DIXIE, i for several months, i much Improved and abfe to go. about hi farm. . PUBLIC SCHOOLS CLOSE,, Salisbury's public " schools Alosed yesterday and exeroUes were 'held In the -school auditorium last night Mr. John Busby president of the rnradu- ehip AHsas4pp1,Senator Refers to atlng class, presided over the clast Southland as the lereet Part of the exercises in a most fracloug manner. Whole Earth. -'.'.'.- ; : Papers by Miss Margaret , Brlttaln, NH.tp.hei Missv Ma.y 11. -The " big 'historian, and Mr. Rudolph Roesch, .rt at .h atav of the bat- - prophet of the class, were.. very inter. tleshrpiilssisslppl at Natches was the estmg, bristling with happy hits. "A banquet to-night to the officers of aong by the class, written by the the vessel. Governor Noel was present class poet Miss Mary Bruner. and a and' spoke on "Mississippi, a loyal chorus by the high school depart member of the sisterhood of States, a went were much enjoyed, ;. , leader in moral and material prog- I Dr. f- T. Joyn.r. Stat i. Bupef lh The i feature of the stay - was the i troduced by Mayor BoydiMiK His, sub spee0B,?Ot.'Joiin Sharp Williams this Ject was "The Car end Education of atternoon T at the presentation . of a a Little Child'V-the greatt .ubject magnificent beaten silver punch bowl said the speaker, that tver confronted .HU,-i.MiMhin hv th Citv of Nat- a free people. - The address wa dl- ches. The bowl was made for exhl- i mto three sections, the speaker oltlon at the Jmetown Exposition, snowing Dy convincing argument ano wp William ald ,aviiuil iiiBUfciiyva iuai cuuvaiivii uivii . .nmr,i.i.' nit rmwninr 1 money, manhood, matey. He made tlmenial of the sincerity and fervor a strong plea, for the education of a of this welcome. Captafn, you will children and for the continuation of soon, at Horn isiano, receive as ma gift of the State herself, a tlver serv ice with the noble lineament engrav ed upon It of the steadfast chieftain of a storm-cradled Confederacy, which has passed, not unworthily in to,, history. As a partial testimonial. I have the nonor io-aay to prwem these pieces of silver. Let them remind you in distant seas, not only of the Antv hr.ftir douhlv beholden to be well performed, but of the sweet land of Dixie, the .fairest part of the whole earth, When you .meet an enemy's ship, and I hope you may never have to meet one, sink her and then quaff from these cups a toast to victory victoria Ameripana but if she sinks you, as she has chanced to many a brave ship, well handled, then for the honor of the sweet women of Natchez, let these mod est ,plece of silver go down with the hlp, and not become enemy's booty to shame their name." WEBB SIMMONS GUILTY. After Being Out Five Honrs the Jury 'Returns a Verdict of Muraer in uie First Degree - Notice of Motion For New, Trial Filed. - Special to The Observer. Anderson, S.,C, May .lt. At 10:10 'clock to-night the jury in the case of Webb Simmons, charged with th murder of United States Deputy Mar shal J,- B-. McAdams February 10. re turned a verdict of guilty in the first degree. - " "'- ' " The argument Dy Attorney Dag- nail, for the defense; and Solicitor Bon bam', for the state, ano judge Dantxlers charge were completed at :it o'clock this atternoon when tne lurr retired with the case. During yesterday, and to-day more than forty witnesses tesund,.Doui nan or mem being for the State. The defense, wa based ' on - temporary insanity cause a by cocaine in the whUkey of which he- ws tinder the Influence at the time of-the shooting. Simmons held up -extremely well. When the Jury .retired he chatted merrily ...with his young wife who sat at; his aide during the entire trial. He claim not to have known any thing from the time he took the whis key on -the morning oi-tne rata aay until be awoke under arrest in the jail at r o'clock, that night .- Notice ef: a - motion- for. new trial wa given and -wUl . be- argued at I o'clock Monday morning. Negro Stabs and " Dangeroualy Wound While Man. Special to Observer; ' ' - Winston - eaiem. vuay . i-ou.is Burgees, a white man, lies dangereas ly. wounded.? having been stabbed In th left aide, by .Henry Maxfleld, a young' negro, who ia in; prison.-"'It la said that John Burgess, a relative or the Injured man. remonstrated , with th negro f or tandiqg in the -way of some white women employe t who wer entering a factory. Louia Bar ge attempted, to settle : the dispute, it 1 said, when the negro plunged the knue into hi preast. v. the good work being done Salisbury schools. Prof. W. E. Pharr, of Witkesboro, presented diplomas and certificate to fourteen graduate, nine of whom are young men. Tht per cent, of gradu ate of the mat persuasion ia very unusual in a school of this class. SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED. The honor, role of the year, read by Prof. I. C Griffin, showed scholar ships awarded as follows; Mary Brun er, to State Normal School,. Margaret Brlttaln, to Elisabeth College; John Busby, to University of North Caro lina: Llvan Ross, to Washington and Lee; William Ralney, to Davidson. A most touching incident or tne evening was when Walter Murphy, Eaa.. on th art at the school chil dren presented 'to Mayor Boyden a portrait of the retiring executive head of the city a a token of the love and appreciation in which the children hold the man' who has done so much for them. r V", ' ' : ' ." OTUATION IS SERIOUS. People of Georgia, Town Give Notice L Ttaet No Other Train Win Be Ai- -v. km-ed to Pass ; Wiui Mon-vna-on x "White Firemen or Negro Firemen. ; Augusta, Ga -Mar ll. Train No. 17 and 11. passenger and mall, went through Thomson to-day unmolested. That they wer . not Interfered with wa th result of an understanding between the. Georgia Railroad man aa-ement and the angry cltisen of Thomson. These Thomsites. however. have Issued their ultimatum; that no more train carrying non-union wane firemen or negro firemen wui oe ai lowed to pass that point When No, 27 got to Dearlng. the office of the Georgia road at Augusta received notice that the people of Thomson would not permit it to go through If there wer armed guaro or a negro fireman on the engine. Ne gotiation were opened UD wun tne Thomsonjlte and they Anally agreed not to molest the train if the negro firemen and the goards rode In the coach, leaving a white fireman on the engine. To effect this arrangement, the road hired for duty a fireman, a white man who wa a passenger on the train. V." No. 1$ waa delayed an hour at Nor wood., while negotiation were carried on between the Thomaitoa and th road headuqartera here. The Thom sltes agreed that if the guards were removed, the train would be allowed to pass with the negro fireman. This stipulation wa agreed to. The ultimatum from Thomson that no more trains would be allowed - to pass that point Is given In the follow ing to the railroad authorities from the road's agent at Thomson: "Prominent mn and myelf hav worked hard wth the roob to-day and U wa by the utmost persuasion that wa got No. 17 and 38 by. We cannot do more with them and they ay that no other train wtll be allowed to pass." Chamber of Commerce Want Strike - Settled. Augusta. Oa.. May 11. The Augusta chamber of commerce to-day tender ed their good Office to th Georgia Railroad and it striking fireman with the purpose of endeavoring to settle the dlcerences. The firemen have sig nified 'their willingness to take up the matter with the chamber of com merce. The road has not yet been heard from. AGAINST PROTECTIVE TARIFF. NO FIGHT ON CONNOR. Expected Opposition Fail to Mate rlalize and the gu b-Committee Will Favorably Report His Confirmation Simmon to- Speak ai Elon Col lege. Observer Bureau, - ' Congress Hall Hotel, .i- Washington, May 11. The Senate sub-Judiciary commit tee, appointed to pass upon the nom ination of Judge Connor, decided this afternoon to report in iavor of confir mation. The action of the committee was unanimous. Similar action Is ex pected by the full committee which meets Monday. No opposition to the confirmation of Judge Connor's nomi nation ha made it appearance be fore the Judiciary committee and none Is expected. Senator Simmon will deliver the commencement address at Elon Col lege June 1. The Senate to-day confirmed - the nomination of Jesse C. Randall to be postmaster at Bryson City. Will Inspect Norfolk Navy Yard. Washington, May 11. Assistant Secretary Winthrop. of the Navy De partment' will make an official In spection ofth Norfolk navy yard next Saturday. ..While there he will investigate the complaint of certain cltisen against the order of Com mandant Taussig , discontinuing th firing -of the' f-lnch gun at the navy yard. Mr. Winthrop will make the trip op the U. S. 8. Dolphin.- He will be accompanied by Captain " Hub bard, hi naval aide. Struck edge With Hammer, v Lafayette. Ind.. May .-It. In the hammer throw of the State high school meet here to-day, Conwell, ef Vanburetr. threw the hammer, which truck Pro, M. B. Hoax, of Perdu. one of the judge. - H was knocked down and 1 in a aertoua condition. Senator McLauriu MaJtea Speech Fa- voting Strict Economy lu the Ex penditures of the Government. Washington. May 11. "The iniqui tous system known a th protective tariff under which has grown up a policy, of extortion." -was the basis of a speech-la the Senate to-day by Mr. McLaurin. . . ; That the constitution gives authori ty only for customs duties for reve nue purposes -wa contended by Mr. McLaurin. Mr. McLauna ravoreo trier economy in th expenditures of the government deoiaring that the United SUU should "throw off the burden of the Philippine Islands" and thus save $100,000,000 of military ex penditures. He disapproved the pas sage of private pension bills- on the ground that all ex-sold lers should be placed upon an equal basts by being required to depend upon pension law to determine their rights to th 'boun ty of the government The private oldier, he Insisted, should share equally with the officer of the civil war la, adjudicating hi claim for a pension, because the privates had borne the brunt of the hardships of the war and should not be discrimi nated against. t Advocating an ineffm tax to raise a revenue of $70,000,000 and a head tax upon Immigrant 0 raiae $20, 000,000. Mr. McLaurin said such a course would' permit th removal of duties now levied upon carpenter' and blacksmiths' tool, typewriters printing presses and bagging and ties used by the cotton planters of th South. He spoke against allowing any differential in the duty on refined su gar, arguing that It only enriched the already opulent sugar barons. GOVERNOR MAY INTERFERE. Sends Attorney General to Augusta On Georgia Railroad Train to Inveeti gate the Strike Conditions. Augusta, Oa., May 22. John C. Hart Attorney General of the State, arrived in Augusta to-day on a Georgia Railroad train. s Ha came at the instance of the Governor to make a survey of conditions along the road. Prior to his report to the Governor, he would give out no. statement He found excited lathering at several points, particularly at Thomson. He reasoned with th people, telling them they wer doing wrens' in attempting to intimidate train employee. He put the armed guard Off th engine en which he rode. At Boneville. he wa orally denounced by strUct sympathiser, who mistook him for a strike breaker. He left Augusta to-night returning over the Central road. He would make no statement a to the legal right of Governor Smith to. inter fere ln the interest ef preserving- order. Engineer Want Protection. Atlanta. Ga.. May 11. To-nliht there was little change locally In th strike situation. F. A. Burgee, as sistant grand chief of th Brotherhood of Locomotive- Engineer, said: W are not going off half cocked in this affair, but we are not going to od our men .out to be ' slaugh tered or maimed." Burr aaid, th Instant he be comes convinced that the engineer not afforded sufficient protection ill call them from their engines. are. n heVi wtoston-SaJem Aldermen Elect City Treaeiirer. Special to The Obsjrvw. ' ''V Winston-Salem, May 22. Mr. Wil liam D. Jackson has been chosen secretary-treasurer of th cltjrof W'.n ston. succeeding Mr. W. E. Franklin, who hell the position for many-ye rs. and declined to be considered tor re nomlnatlon, deciding to engage in pri vate business. Mr. Jackson had been bookkeeper at Taylor , Bre.' for several year and to a popurar cd ef ficient yeung man. :Hel a native of Stckes county. Ut, : Franklin - was tendered a vote ef thank apd 'appre ciation for hie service. , - , , , Former City Employe. End Life, Savannah. G-. May. 11.-W. . D. Claiborne, whe wae ; recently-; dis charged -from the position ef city electrician,' waa found lying dead on the bank of the Ogeecbee canal this morning. He had cut-his throat The ,knlf' he had -used lay hy hi id.; .; - , .-';''':', ' .y Vr - . - .. ' "'..;, ; ' .- t P. A rTftlT Kt!WR cif A 11 1 V FEDERAL COURT - NEXT ; WEEK. Judge Boyd , Continue Spring' Term of the Kaatera District Court VntU May St and ln the Event Judge Con nor Mas Not Tluin ttm Cnnam.,1 Will Hold It. HimselfLong Fight, Over the Judgeship t Ha oreeuly Congeated the AMcket, Many Im - portent Cases Being Calendared-- Corporation to Settle Dispute Over Union StaUon at Goldirtioeo Cam palgna For Local School Tax Show Gratifying Retulu. " Observer. Bureau,. t The Holleman Building. v , Ratolgh. May. 12. . Judge Boyd ha signed th order for the continuance of th Raleigh t spring term of th eastern district , roil it anil .l.nlllM ki i.....ui. com to Raleigh and convene the court Monday. May $1. m the event : Of Jtldr H I. rAnhM nA K.ln- iirema ana commtssionea as Judge or -the eastern district In. that time. How ever, it is generally believed that Judge Connor will be duly commi- xn term win be one 6f unusual lm portanc. A esse of speelal . interest to b tried Will be that aaralnat J w .- ColtraJne. who was noatal larv- erkm Greensboro to Goldsboro ' and was -caught up with In hi wholesale rifling , of letters and package of value.' The case of J. R. B. Carraway, the d ' faulting cashier of the National Rank of Newbern. is to b presented to the grand Jury here for, a bill, of Indict- ' ment to be returned) and then the . case 1 to be set for trial at soma subsequent term ef the court at " Newborn. r- . Vvt-. There is a full-fiidred -RiaVw . Hand" cat to b tried, th prisoner being Charle Wilkin who wrt. among others, a letter td James cole. . at Goldsboro, threatening all ort of persecution ir coi didn't deliver. $109 to th "Black 'Hands."' . The long illness sad siihaaAnt. death of Judge Purnell Aa brought about a kreatly contested condition of the Federal court in tht Aimtrtnt. So that ta season of xcptlonany hard work await Judge .Connor when he aume' hi Judicial duties. s GOVERNOR AT SNOW BILL. Governor Kltchln Will be out of th elty until Wednesday. He Went to- ' aay to anow mil Where he delivered the addrtaa for th oloalng exercises of the public high school there, t The , remainder ef th time he will pend . with relative in Scotland ' Neck, .In the meantime Col. Alex. J. Felld pri vate eortary, will, be at th helni in th Executive office here. ' Much gratification I ex Drained in the State Department of Education at tne news or the aucceaaful outcome or tne campaign for local tax for the Improvement of public . school -at Beaufort; Thla wa the only town of any also In the State that' had hot aaopveq, poil tax on . bond taeue, suppIeraenUng th gnrl. school fund, for Uh improvement . of tho schools. The contest waa a sharp on and the result In th recent ; eleetlen ' when the special tax measure ,p d by a iaf majority waa Bpclaliy welcorn4 new for state Superinten dent Joynerrandr, hi aid. ' " in waa flAmmanmn A-.. ... th at Augustln School her, th ex- , oellent- Episcopal school for negroe. Tb ddres 'was delivered by Rev. J Dr. Henry Lubeck, of New York City, ' There wer Kb out 100 student th ' Pst yr. Next Tuesday th new ' $40,000 hospital will be opened .with appropriate ceremony. , Deep rerret is felt here at the d' affliction that ha befallen Dr. F. M. " Shamberger, th able paator ef Edo -ton Street Methodist church in tht -. he ha fallen a victim of al nervoua breakdown ln addition to a alight paraiysi or tne lao. He has given up hi pastoral work at lekt for th summer and gone to Blscoe.where h will be under the treatment of hi .v.a.wa, ",1V, l ffiavTklvJlllg JlliySlCiail - there. - - , TO SETTLE RAILROAD CONTRO-" VERSY. How can the Atlantic A North ' Carolina Railroad be gotten back in- ' to the possession of the original les sors and out o( It present entangle- , ment In Federal court reclvrhjp through tb Norfolk 4 Southern . o ' that the lessor could take any-nart In the operation of the train Id and., out of the Goldsboro union station or any other depot for that matter.' is a question put up to the Comoratlon . Commission in an answer just filed by ' x-uj. x-. ax. rrmriau, as counsel lor tne ' Atlahtlo A North Carolina Railroad Company, in connection with tho or- : der for the company t show cause ' whv tt shoiild not ka mi. , the suit to compel the use of the anion ' sution at Goldsboro by the road. The, Hearing wa set tor to-day, nut . an order is mad by th. coramtwlon at , the request of th railroad .Inter ested, Norfolk Southern, Southern -and .Atlantic, Coast Line, t continuing tbe case to Jun IS. It 1 helleved that -In the meantime the diflrcultiea -will be adjusted and th reeeivara.ne - Norfolk A Southern wm have adjust - eo omerence witn- tn other compa nies so that thr wn fee no need for, further step in undertaking tn mava. th Atlantic. A North Carolina Com pany a party witn it possible result t of annulment of th lease to the Nor folk A Southern. , . V I 1 DURHA1I BOY; USES GUN. 'f.y. Cbarlee Dorsey Flree tSrice at lie.. v.i'. uuer, tne tause of the Act Being Unknown. ; V 2 -Special to Tli Oberver. - ! v i A ' Durham, May 22.CharI Dor- . ey 1 la jail oa a Charge of attempt wg to kui Atr. i. t. Buuer this morn ing by firing twice at hr through tire door. . The youngster i n son of on ; Of the proprietor of the Murray Hot v tal and Mrs. Butler is the wife of the ." -other. 5-; -v'v '-. The trouble i not known. - but it appear to have been caused , by the young man rather suggestive - mes sage to -MrsButler. She says she v opened her door and he fired at her. twice, though the fellow aay he had , no cause for doing so. Owing to the youth of the' boy and the fact that the father , ia away, there will be no trial until Monday aaprning. It ia not be-' . lieved that anything aerioua i the , matter. , . ' . !,- 'y ''.-'--' i ,...- i, i ,i I. . ; Date For Vote on Tariff BiU Not ..... - ;-iected.. Washington, May 21. -Senator Al drloh, chairman of the finance com mittee, endeavored to-day to have the Senate agree to vote on the tariff bill on June a.- ObJectJoni were at once forthcoming however,-Senator Dan iel and Cummin leading ia statin j them.' A unanimous consent waa nee . essary Senator Aldrich did not auc-ced- In hi effort, ; X -' ' ' ;-if v ", 'i--,.;f -'.."'. j - "- - . i .- v.r -
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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