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HIGH POINT, GUILFORD COUNTY, N. C, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 1905.
Vol. XXVIII.
No. 16
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MR. BLACKBURN'S PAPER.
Greensboro, June 2. At a meet
incr of the stockholders of the new
ly chartered Tar Heel Publishing
Company at the Guilford-Benbow
last night it was decided to publish
a Republican paper at Lrreensboro,
to be known as the Daily Tar Heel.
The capital stock of the company
in Sco.ooo. one-half of which is
subscribed by a number of influen
ttal Republicans of the State, in
eluding Congressman Blackburn
Mr. C T. Harris and a laree num
ber of members of the Tar Heel
Club. The majority of the stock
was represented last night.
Major H. L. Grant was elected
president of the company. Mr. R
Don Laws, the editor of the Yellow
Jacket, was elected vice president
and general manager oi tne paper.
The following board of directors
was elected: H. L. Grant, Ral
eiee: R. Don Laws, Moravian
Falls; Spencer Blackburn, Wilkes
boro; W. I. Holt, Burlington; R
A. Mills. Winston-Salem; C. J
Harris, Dillsboro; W. T. O'Brien
Durham; J. G. Dorsett, SpencerJ
Y. Hamrick, Shelby; L. C. Wag
nec, Statesville. ,
IN SBSSION NEARLY AU NIGHT
It was about 2:30 o'clock this
morning when the meeting of stock
holders adjourned. Your corres
pondent was, ushered into the
presence of Blackburn and his fol
lowers and given a detailed report
of their plans and purposes.
BLACKBURN'S COMPLAINT,
Congressman Blackburn said
that the Republican leaders had
been against him tor some time.
They opposed him when be made
his fight for Congressman last fall
and getting together to publish a
paper here they have been against
dim. lie says in spite ot an op
' position he aims to be printing a
paper witmn tne next 90 days
RUSSIAN DEAD AROUND 7,000.
Tokiojune 1. Rough estimates
made of the Russian losses in the
battle fought in the Sea of Japan,
exclusive of nearly 4,000 prison
ers vary from seven to nine thou
sand. It is expected that the ma
jority perished. Calculating the
complements of the sun'ten and
captured vessels at upwards 01 ten
thousand, seven thousand remain
unaccounted for. It is possible
that the ships that escaped res
cued some of the members of the
crews of the less fortunate ships.
Many bodies have been washed
' ashore on the islands and on the
shores of neighboring coasts near
the scene of battle.
AFTER HIS CHILD.
Greensboro, JuneM. N.H. Col
lins, of Maynesville, Jones county,
arr'ved in the city last night, hav
1 ine with him a writ of habeas cor
pus to secure possession of his
child and tor tne arrest 01 nis wne,
who is living here. He claims that
his wife left him some time ago,,
bringing with her to this city
$15,000 of his money and also their
child. Mr. Collins turned the wiit
over to Deputy Sheriff Jones here
and. after a search. Omcer Br sick
found the woman and child. They
were arrested and will be carried
to Newbern tonight. The hearing
will be before Judge H. R. Bryan,
at Newbern.
DR.
BANNER LEAVES
FOR EUROPE.
Dr. C. W. Banner left last night
tor Philadelphia, where he will be
joined by Dr. J. K. Johnson, of
Indiana, and after a few days in
New York, they will sail Saturday
June 3rd, for Europe, where they
will attend several of the clinks at
the universities and hospitals there
this summer Dr. Banner will re
turn to Greensboro in August. Mrs.
Banner will leave today for a visit
of some time at Mjt. Airy.
THE "BURNING, BUSH'
The trial of the Burning Bush
band, consumed the entire afternoon
yesterday. The evidence produced
was to the effect that some were
disturbed greatly by the services of
these people. Others testified that
they were not disturbed. Capt.
Johns was the presiding magistrate,
assisted by Squires A. J. Dodamead
and J, M. Securest, V
TO PAY DEATH
PENALTY.
Hammond, Who Killed His
Wife to Hang.
Winston-Salem, June 1. The
jury this morning returned a verdict
of murder in the first degree,
against J. W. Hammond, who shot
and killed his wife, in this city.on
April 29. Judge Cook sentenced
the prisoner to be hanged between
the hours of 11 and 3 o'clock.
Thursday, July 20. Hammond was
nervous while the sentence was
being pronounced.
PRESIDENTS SOUTHERN TRIP.
Washington June 1 It was of
ficially annouced today that the
President's Southern trip will be
gin October 17th and will occupy
twelve days. The extra session of
congress, therefoie, will not be
called for October i6th, as expect
ed. THEY HAVE NO COMMENCEMENTS.
In reading over the commence
ment exercises of the various insti
tutions of learning, all of which is
a source of pride to all North Car
olinians, we are impressed with the
situation at High Point and many
other industrial centres, where
scores of artisans graduate every
year, quietly and with no display.
These men complete the course at
the bench and go up higher with
out a written diploma; nothing
save the increased figures on the
pay envelope, which is put into
their hands every two weeks. They
enter quietly upon the new life, as
it is called at the end of a college
course, without a boquet of any
discription.but with pride and sat
isfaction. The world learns noth
ing of their achievements, if it
does, k is taken as a matter of
course. These young men who
thus equip themselves for the
skilled work in the shops start out
with the machine at about $1,000
a year and gradually work them
selves up to the higher position
that pays from $1,500 to $3,000 a
year. Since High Point started
in business hundreds of these men
have won their diplomas and are
reaping the rewards cfskiled hands
as well skilled heads. So, in pass-
ng along let us remember that not
all of the graduates in North Car
Una came out of the colleges
THE POLITICAL SENSATION.
Greensboro, June 1. A distinct
sensation was created here today
when it was learned that two char
ters to publish daily papers for
Republican factions of the State
had been granted in Raleigh on
yesterday. The two companies
organized are the Industrial Pub
lishing Company and the Tar Heel
Publishing Company, both to have
headquarters in this city. The
first is led by Thomas' S. Rollins,
State Republican chairman, and
the latter by Congressman E.
Spencer Black bern
The Industrial Publishing Com
pany is chartered with an autho
rized capital of $50,000. Ten thou
sand dollars has been subscribed
by Thomas S. Rollins, A E Hol
ton, C. A. Reynolds, J. Elwood
Cox, H. C. Carver, Tyre Glenn,
R. D. Douglass, S. L- Trogden,
J. M. Millikan, Harry Skinner,
H. C. Dockery, E. C. Durham,
and Spencer B. Adams. Judge
Adams went to Raleigh yesterday
and secured the charter. The
company is chartered for the pur
pose of publishing a Republican
daily newspaper here as stated
above,
It seems that Congressman ts,.
Spencer Blackburn left for Raleigh
tint Inner after Tndre Adams, and
late' last night he Isecured a char
ter for the Tar Heel Publishing
Company, the purpose of the com
nanv. asexoressed in the charter.
being very similar to that of the
other corporation. . Congressman
Blackburn is said to have stated
that he has tsc.ooo subscribed bv
himself C. J. Harris and a large
number of other members of the
Tar Heel Club.
JAPAN LOST THREE.
No Large Vessel Destroyed Only Four
of the Ships of Rojestvensky's
Fleet are Known to Have
Reached Vladivostock.
Little hope for the Russians can
be found in the latest dispatch re
garding the naval battle off Tsu
Islands. Only four of the vessels
of Rojestvensky's fleet are known
to have reached Vladivostock, the
cruiser Almaz and the torpedo boat
destroyers Grozny, Bravi, and Ter
osiathy. The full extent of the
Russian casualties in men and
officers drowned, wounded or cap
tured, is not yet known. The
Jaranese losses as reported from
Tokio, are only three torpedo
boats sunk, three officers killed
and about 200 men killed or dis
abled. Not one of the big fighting
ships of the Japanese navy was
lost. It is now definitely known
that Vice Admiral Rojestvensky is
captured. He is seriously wound
ed, but it is stated from Tokio he
will recover. Admiral Veelkersam
is supposed to have perished
Interest now turns to the situa
tion in Russia as the resnlt of the
naval disaster. The Emperor Wed
nesday summoned to the Palace
at Tsarkoe-Selo all the members
of the imperial family and later
called into extraordinary council
Admiral Alexieff and all his min
isters of State, and a series of con
ferencestook place as to the course
to be pursued. The result of these
conferences is in doubt,?tbe minis
ters on returning to St. Petersburg
observing a cautious reticence as
to what took place. It is believed,
however, that the Emperor is de
termined on a prosecution of the
war, the government fearine the
effects of the disaster on the Rus-!
sian people.
OLD NAVAL LOSES ADMITTED.
Tokio, June 1. The necessity
for secrecy no longer existing, the
Navy Dapartment confirms the
reports of the loss of the Japanese
battleship Yashima, off Port
Arthur, in May, 1904, and an
nounces other naval loses hereto
fore withheld.
The list is as follows:
Battleship Yashima, sunk by a
mine, May 15, 1904, while engaged
in blocading Port Arthurr
The torpedo boat destroyer Akat
sunki, sunk by a mine May 17,
1904, while taking part in the
blockade of Port Ajthur,
The gunboat Oshima, sunk in
collission May 17, 1904, while co
operating with the army off the
Liaotung Peninsula.
The torpedo boat destroyer
Hayatori, sunk by a mine Sep
tember 3, 1904, while taking part
in the blockade of Port Artnur.
The gun boat Atago, struck a
rock and and sank November 6,
1904, while taking part in the
blockade of Port Arthur.
The protected cruiser Takasgo,
sunk by a mine December 12, 1904
while taking part in the blockade
of Port Arthur.
CHILDREN'S DAY.
The primary work of the Pres
byterian church as demonstrated
in the Children's Day exercises
Sunday morning should be a
source of congratulation by Super
intendent E. A. Snow, the teach
ers, and the pastor, Rev. E. L.
Siler. The exercises carried with
them many important lessons and
drilled the children in the work of
the chmch government and em
phasized in a large measure the
importance of Foreign Missions.
If such work is carried on through
out the entire church, and we
think that it is, we are not sur
prised that the Presbyterians give
more money per capita for such
purposes than any other denomi
nation. The exercises yesterday were
not only helpful to the children
but were enjoyed by the cogrega
tion. Mr, Siler at the close gave
a very practical talk which was
helpful to all. It was illustrated,
making it plain to the children.
Miss Millred Harmon went to
spend the summer with her uncle,
a . mm
Prof. N. u Jbfnguen, at iTimiy. ...
JAIL DELIVERY AT WILMINGTON.
Wilmington, June 5. Twelve of
the twenty odd prisoners in the
New Hanover county jail, seven of
them under final sentence, made
their escape this morning between
12 and j o'clock. They are all
colored and were confined in a cage
together.
One of the number feigned sick
ness, and when Jailor Ed. Capps,
who had been aroused from his
sleep, went to hand one of them a
glass containing medicine through
the cell door, they made a rush
upon him and choked him down.
The negroes then filed out through
the residential portion of the build
ing. Five other colored prisoners
in the same cell did not care to es
cape, or could not find their way
out in the darkness.
One of the escapes is "Jimmy"
Burns the noted negro money
order forger, who operated at a
number of places in this state and
Georgia, having been recently
brought here, from Savannah by
United States Postoffice Inspector
S. H. Buck, of Atlanta, for trial
in the Federal court this month.
The aggregate sentence of five
of the State prisoners, who escaped
is 11 years. Two of the number
were held for trial only last Sat
urday on a charge of store break
ing. One of the number all but
escaped from city prison a few
hours after he was arrested, by
breaking out of a wooden cell and
attempting to dig under the wall of
the outer corridor.
Burns was recaptured this af
ternoon and returned, with two
other prisoners, to the jail.
FISHING PARTY.
W. G. Brown, Frank Sechrest,
Cum Welch.John Brown and others
are at Fullers Mill this week fish
ing. '
Miss Maggie Copeland, of Rich
Square, is in the city visiting Mrs.
Mary Hamilton.
Miss Lewis, of Indiana, who has
been teaching in Northampton
county, is visiting the family of
Rev. Eli Reece.
Mr. C. T. Harrington who is
making his home at Progress de
sires a position in High Point as
salesman or book keeper. He has
been residing at Lumberton and
comes here well recommended by
the business men of that town.
High Point Steam Laundry has
an attractive delivery wagon out
this morning.
NEW HOUSES.
S. H. Peace has contracted for a
house.
E. T. Hedrick will build a house
for Jesse Newton.
Robert Venable will build a five
room house.
MR. BRYANT BECOMES CITY EDI
TOR OF OBSERVER.
Sunday's Charlotte Observer an
nounced that Mr. H. E C. Bryant,
who has been traveling representa
tive of the paper for a long while,
has become city editor. He is
familiarly known as "Red Buck"
Bryant and bis work on the Ob
server has been one of its best
features.
SOLDIERS MEET.
The officers of the High Point
Rifles paid the Salisbury Military
Company a visit last evening and
inspected their armory and their
drill practice. Those who went
over were Captain Dodamead, Lieu
tenants Millis and Eshelman and
Sargeant Spencer. They were
very much pleased with their trip
and the pleasant manner in which
Captain Barkei, of the Rowan
Rifles Guard, entertained them.
The boys speak in the highest
terms of ihe Salisbury officers.
MR. MOFFITT A DELEGATE.
Mr. H. A. Moffitt has received
his certificate of appointment as a
delegate from this stat to the
Eleventh International Sunday
School Convention to be held at
Toronto, Canada, June 23-27. The
North Carolina delegation will
rendezvous at Raleigh and leave in
a special car in charge of N. B.
Broughton.
PRESIDENT'S TRIP SOUTH.
He Will Leave Washington on the
Night of October 17th.
President Roosevelt will start on
his trip through the South next
autumn on the night of the 17th
of October. This announcement
was made at the white house yes
terday. Coupled with it was the
statement that the extraordinary
session of congress, which it is the
present intention of President
Roosevelt to call will not begin
until after the November elections.
The president had intended to
begin his southern trip early in
October, but within a day or two
he has concluded to postpone his
departure until 17th. The trip
will consume about two weeks. As
yet the itinery has no been ar
ranged definitely, but it is the
president's intention to visit many
of the important cities of the South,
including Richmond, Va; Ral
eigh and Charlotte. N. C. ; Atlanta,
Ga. ; Jacksonville, and perhaps
Tampa, Fla.; Birmingham, Tus
kegee, Montgomery and Mobile.
Ala.; New Orleans, La., afnd Little
Rock, Ark. The trip will end at
Little Rock, and the president and
party will return directly to Wash
ington from that city. It is likely
that some other cities will be in
cluded in the stops made by the
president. The length of the stops
to be made at each place has not
been determined yet, but will be
governed by the necessary ar
rangements to be made hereafter.
A delegation from Charlotte, N.
C. , called on the president to urge
him to spend a day in that city.
He told his callers that so long a
stop would be impossible, but prom
ised to extend his cordial greetings
to the people of Charlotte. The
delegation was headed by Mayor
S. S. McNiuch, a id included D.
A. Tompkins, R. M. Miller, Jr.,
B. D Heath, George Stevens. T.
S. Franklin, Heriot Clarkson and
G. C. Huntington. Washington
Post.
ENGAGEMENT
ANNOUNCED.
Durham, June 3 The marriage
of Miss Mabel Tomlinson to Mr.
Gilbert C. White is announced to
take place on June i5. Owing to
the recent death oi the bride's
mother, the marriage will be very
quiet at home affair and in the
presence of only relatives and in
timate friends of the family.
Miss Tomlinson is a daughter of
Major S. F. Tomlinson and is one
of the most gifted,accomplisbed and
popular young ladies in the city.
Air. White is a native of Rich
mond, Va., a civil engineer by
profession, graduate of Lehigh
University, member of the Ameri
can Society of Engineers and at
present resides in the city of Win
ston. For two years he served as
city engineer of this city and while
here made many friends.
$175,000 FIRE IN KN0XVILLE
Knoxvile, Tenn., June 4. The
ill-fated block of the retail district,
which has suffered a loss of two
million dollars by fire in the past
eight years, was the scene of a
fierce Sunday fire, which brol e
out in the dry goods, notions and
millinery house of M. B, Arnstein
& Co., 412-414 Gay street. With
in less than an hour this four
story building was entirely gutted,
and ooly by the hard efforts of the
fire department were the flames
confined to that structure. When
the north wall of the building fell
it crashed through the roof ot the
M. M. Newcomer & Co. depart
ment store and the intense heat
s arted a sprink'er system in the
Newcomer buildirg, flooding the
stock. The Warehouse of the C.
C. Cullins Co., was also seriously
damaged by water. M. B. Arn
stein & Co estimate their loss at
$75,000 with insurance at $6o,ooo.
The building occupied, owned
by C. M. McGee, of New York,
was worth $25,000 and well in
sured. Newcomer & Co.'s damage by
water will be at least $50,000, ful
ly Insured.
Cullen's loss and damage to
Other buildings will bring the
total up to $175,000.
H. E. Matthews is in the city
today.
THE EFFECTS OF THE STORM.
Mr. W. C. Stepp returned this
morning from Mt. Airy and reports
the effects cf the reetnt s-torm in
that section of the State. He says
that the wheat fields are swept
clean ard the boticm corn lands
look as though they had been
greased. The holes in the ground
made by the bail are large enough
to put your fist io. Trees were
blown, down houses unroofed and
fruit trees striped. Inone place even
the grass in the fields is swept
clean.
A citizen from Belews Creek
called at the Enterprise office yes
terday and told of the tornado. It
played havoc with trees, crops and
nouses. Ten buildings were blown
down and others unroofed. It was
the worst storm in years and it
was miraculous that no lives were
ost.
5 NEGRO CONVICTS BLOWN UP.
Biscayne, Fla., June 3 Five
negro convicts at the county camp
at Ojus were blown to atoms
Thursday night.
The dead are, Sam Knight,
Louis Knight, Henry Jones, Will
Body, Jonas Martin
All these menwer serving short
sentences on the county roads.
Dynamite in large quantities is
used at the road building and the
negroes had becou.e careless in
handling it.
The bodies of the dead convicts
were in every case badly torn and
mangled. Oije, that of Henry
Jones, was blown three hundred
feet into the branches of a tree
where it was subsequently found.
The exact cause of the explosion
will never be known, although it
is attributed to the discharge of
a dynamite cap, which set off a
box containing 150 pounds of the
deadly explosive.
George B. Farrow, of Philadel
phia, is in the city.
Mr. S. J. Lowe arrived in the
city last night.
M. G. Hunter, of Charlotte, is
in the city.
Rev. S. F. Conrad, travelling
representative North Carolina Bap
tist is in town today.
ZEIGLER ESTATE $30,000,000.
New York, June 5. The will of
Wm. Zeigler, the patron of Arctic
explorations, was filed in this city
today. The estate is estimated
to be worth $30,000,000, and after
provision is made of $50,000 an
nuity to Mrs. Zeigler, together
with the use of the Zeigltr city and
country homes, the residue of the
estate is biqueatbed to Mr. Zeig
ler's adopted son, William, who is
now 14 years of age. It provides
that the son shall enter into grad
ual enjoyment of the estate, be
ginning when he is 25 years of age
and ending when he is 40.
No provision is made in the will
for the continuation ol Arctic ex
ploration, but Wm. S. Chant, Mr.
Zeigler's private secretary, who is
now on his way to the Arctic
regions in search of and to succor
the Zeigler expedition in charge
of Anthony Fiala, is made one of
the executors of the estate.
FUNERAL OF JUROR.
Salisbury, June 5. The remains
of John Blackweller. a prominent
young farmer of Rowan county,
were buried todav. he bavino- HiVrt
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Saturday from an illness contract
ed while setting upon the jury in
the celebrated Clay Grubb murder
trial TiparH in Simprmr rnurf Viaa
three weeks ago. The deceased
was taken ill and received medical
attention in the court room during
the trial, it being impossible to be
released from duty, although suf-
enng rrom a malady which re
ulted fatally.
THE MEETING CONTINUES.
Although Dr. Tagg left for home
Sunday night the meeting at the -M.
P. church will continue through
the week. The pastor Rev. Mr. ' '
Whitaker wilLconduct the services.
W.C.T.U.
The regular meeting of the W.
C. T. U. will be held at Mrs. Tom-
Mnson's Thursday, June 8, at four ;
o'clock p. m. Committees on the
recent entertainments will please
bring in reports.
MRS. B. E. MOORE, Pres.
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