TRIES TO THE
SCENE OF SENSATIL11...L qHQOTING
E
DIE IN THE CHI
KbKfe
LEW S WEST TO
MRS. EMEdSON
IKES DENIS
WEST TO
HER OWN LIF
B. I. Powell, Scxford Hotel Man,
ni Tfcea KISs Elaself-Women
TRAGEDY OCGURfiEQ 4 O'CLOCK THURSDAY AFTERNOON
Raleigh, March 20. In the crowded
waiting room of the Union depot
Thursday afternoon Henry H. Powell,
proprietor of Sanford Inn, Sunford,
called Charles H. gmlh snd Duncan
E. Mclvcr to blin, and they ap
proached like a flasn he drew a pistol
and began firing upon them, a bullet
inflicting a flesh wound in Smith's
right arm. The bullet aimed at Mo
Iver narrowly mlaed hlra and sev
eral bystanders. Evidently thinking
he bad killed both men Powell plated
the weapon under bla right ear and
blew out ma brains, falling In aheap
oil the tile floor, while ladies fainted
and men hurried to places of saf'i y.
J'owell's mind had fceconie unbalanced
frwn brooding over a rumor that
Smith sad Mclver were planning to.
ert a rival hotel at Sanford. Powell
was a Confederate veteran and la sur
vived by bit widow and several chil
dren. Prior to locating In Sanford he
managed s famous resort hotel near
Southern Pines and was well known
Jy many northern sportsmen and
liked by sll classes. Smith js presi
dent of the Sanford chamber of con
merce and a successful lumber mer-a..,
mailt. MClver one m ie dcth
known lawyers of Ms section and has
b-ld public office.
Trip Is Italelih.
Mr. Powell came to Raleigh Thurs
day morning on the Seaboard Air
Une No. on of the delegation j
of ten or fifteen wrbleh came to urge t , .,
upon tl-W North Oarolln. corpor.tion ' Mr f 0
ctaUro tba- the Raleigh-Norllna Pon farmed In thU county.
'SrT' wt.nded to Sanford. In ?r"
the party were alao Mr. Duncan E. to Sanford. where he had
Melverrone of ,e at.te'. leading a- .! for h. P- four
torneys. and Mr. C. H. Smith, a r ' .
promlneot business nnan of Ssnford.i Mr. Powell wss a member of the
engaged in the lumber "manufacturing Sanford Baptist church, and la sur
Indnstry. While these two gentlemen. lred by widow, one daughter, Miss
with Mr. 0. P. Makepeace, also in the Fannie Powd!, o( Sanford, and two
deeg4tlun, were planning to erect arsons. Mr. H. 1L Powell, Jr, of John
new hotel in Sanford. there bad been son City. Tenn and Mr. John ,Y
no unpleasantness between tbem and ; It well, of Southern Pines. He had
Mr. I-owel!, who was conducting the (Slaters residing In Virginia.
Powell house, and all were on friendly ' 'r ...
terms. Hearing ol Pacific
sewing tirpob
Shortly before 4 o'clock Mr. Powell
nil nlhtri nf the Ran ford delccation
m . - a '
were at the ITnlon depot, which was! Washington, March JO -The Inter
nearly full, over a hundred people t' commerce coinmi-aion today be
wailing for the afternoon tralna. Mr.;" bearing on 'he thirteen appli
rowell who was on the north side cations filed by transcontinental rall
of the room ar the Tront door, mo-, ronJi 1aT rel"f 1rom tbf operation
Honed to Mr. Mclver tb be wanted of "g and short haul clause ss
him to owe there. Mr. Mclver was ; amended by the new commerce law.
talking to a friend and did not go at j Cndcr the new law the railroads sre
once. In a few minutes Mr. Powell forbidden to charge s higher rate to
touched him on the shoulder and 'Intermediate western points than to
looking up he ssw Mr. Smith and Mr. jPrle "t vermtnali, , where water
rowell The three wslked to the competition Is encountered, except
rorner of the room where there w,s'o' the spline approval of the In-
short talk about vb prospects of ifrstate commerce commission bat
getting the "aboofly- extended to San- jbei obtained. The railroads are
ford. Sudlen!y Mr. Powell backed ; "''" old rules relative
.... ih. t.n and flashed into I continued. The subject ll
view two pistols, one In either hsnd.
Without a word he shot first st Mr.
Smith, who threw up his hsnd. (he
bul.-t'gi.g through the lower part of '
hia r'aht arm and lodging in ois
boulder.
As tbs rtlstots csme Into View, and
one shot rang out, Mr. Mclver darted
nast Mr. Powell, almost under bis up- chewsn winter fair was formally
lifted arm At this. Powell wh.el.-d opened today nndfr conditions that
and shot at Mr. Mclver. the bull ', promise a sticceful snd rrofltsble
lodging low In the chalrboardlng of .exhibition. The display of horses,
the west wall of the room, and &r-icattle, sheep and swine Is the best
rowly missing Miss Kate Illarknalt. ever shown her The evenings of
ds.iKhter of Mr O. W. Illscknall, of the exhibition will be devovd to lee
Klttrell. who was wsltlng to take thejtnres snd ad.lres..s by a number of
".hoofly- train for her home. "I well known agrllultiiral and l.ve
hills Illmelf. ' j stork experta The fair will continue
' Immediately there came a third , four days.
(HIT. 'BROWS ALIOW.H NIX TO KE-
i in is iktu
Atlants, fla, March J.-IVndlng the
Btwl dlspiMJiion of his case by the
prison comuttsslon, Mgr r npuna.
erstwhile chief of Pll' t anvllle.
d.-r, will remain in the county Jail at j hopes were lost as to the finding of
Ci.i'tmbus, Oeorgls. and will not wear th vsluable tressures. Tbo other
pruon strips. His hearing it . ,h"Jlsy Miss Ruth Thontssson, the step
romtulsshtn bss been sent for April . ,rimd8nghler of the mother who
th. t lost the ring was looking over some
tlovernor Urown takes the poltltn j od putTt ,)lt nad been stored
thai while Stripling had been sen-!awiy )n wnirB tn rng wss
tenred to life Imprisonment, he ev ttrpMy r,,1)0tl.
t...r.... km t. . n itiMt aintrnee. i ... . . . . t. - a . ,
I"1" rn" ' . ... --
and since sn sppII alIoii for pn"(,l
Is pendliffc. which will come up to oln'
for final action, be felt that he should
i.t; ..,im In .tin niatfme at this
hw vii.iii !! .
lime.
.. m a a ftll.fKassi
"'r "
s o urea..
mom e. .a m'"'' r"''"""1"'"
prom nnt lesinrew ammii nt i.u"- i
of the Montreal Automobile show.
which ha. lis opening lonlght. The ;
display of motor csrs Is said to be the
largest ever shown lu lb. Domlulou.j
Shoots at Two Fellow i Jtasmen
Faint and Hen Ron
shot. It was thai which Powell fired
at himself. He bad put the Colt's
pistol, the one he waa using, the other
pistol being In his left hand, to the
right side of his bead, Just above the
ear, and pulled the trigger, the bulta
crushing into his bruin and out at the
top. As the shot was heard Powell
leaped In the lr and then went down
like a log, falling on his back. In
either hand was a pistol. The blood
came In a stream from bis bead,
through the opening the brains oozing,
and soon the dead man's bead and
shoulders were in a pool of bis own
blood. His pulse beat falis ly for a
few minutes after he fell, bis death
being almost instantaneous.
Immediately after the first shot, and
during the firing of the second and
third, there was a rush In all direc
tions; women screamed, md in s
short time the waiting room was al
mos empty, save for a few curious
spectators who crowded about the
body of Mr. Powell. For a timt
pandemonium reigned, and the cry
went out: "One man killed two
otlrers, then shot himself."
Sketch fill Life.
Mr. Powell was sixty-eight years old
. . . ,
from Milburnle. He served In the
War Between the States as a prlvste
In a cavalry company, and in 1871 be
married Miss Fannie Hyatt, daughter
of Mr. Nathan Mratt, deceased, and
stepdsughter of Mr. R. O. Dunn, of
th(a ,,.,
Rale Cases Taken op
one of vital Importance, both 'to the
railroads and the shippers, and it it
expected the arguments before the
commission will consume several
Hatkalrhcwan's Winter Fair.
Reglna, Sak March 20. Saskat-
IXMT tltltlMl (IVIL WAR AND
Fot'Mi ri:w n.ivtt Aio.
Oxford. March 20-Many years
ago during the clv'.l war the wedding
,ng 0f ne ire or the late rapt. A
j WM m,,,,,, ,
., jhim itiiia la jniinpt, pin uhii i-
'i hesrd hr mother stteak of the
, mtcrlous dlsapiiesrsnre of her step
mo,hpr-( rinKi thought arose to
- . . . . . l . . . . . . I. - i
ner SI one, mai ine rinii una nu
rnntid waa the Inn lost treasure
IThe .ring wlir be given to sirs
.. own daughter th.t reside, in
oxford. Mrs. J. T. Crltcher. It Is
I nnt .i.',.. imwt to destroy old psperi
- - - , . . . .
H"'WIJMh 'f thJ Id
btirnej Ihe '1KJr"" JSl? J
mother, so highly prlxed. would have
" ,lht'
C. G. Kornefjay, tt GoMsboro,
Killed io lElsiana
SUYEH A MARRIED ViOMAN
A Mrs. Ilaynle, Who Deserted Huh.
band and Children, Learning That
Kornegay Had a Wife and Children
In This State, Went to nin Ofilce
and llred Five Shots Into His Body.
Shreveport, La.. March 20. C. G.
Korijegay, a railroad rate clerk, era-
ployed by the vicksburg, Shreveport
and Pacific railway, was shot five
times and died almost instantly here
Saturday by a Mra. Ilaynle, who says
&he formerly lived , at Grceliville,
Miss., who surrendered to the authori
ties. The woman called at the rail
road office and asked to see Kornegay.
He went from the desk to a window
at the countei1, when the woman open
ed fire. After the man fell Mrs.
Haynle turned the revolver upon her
self, but the cartridge failed to ex
plode. The woman said she killed
Kornegay because, after leaving ber
husband and two children and coming
with him to ':bls place, she learned
that Kornegay has a wife and six chil
dren at Goldsborn. N. C.
Leaves Lotrly Wife and Children.
Goldsboro, March 20. A telegram
was received iu this city Saturday
night by Col.. Josejih E. Robinson,
editor of the Daily Argus, stating that
C. G. Kornegay bad been killed at
Shreveport, La., by a married woman,
Mrs. Loeta Haynle. It was signed
Shreveport Times, snd asking for In
forms Ion about Kornegsy, whose
borne wss in this city.
C G. Kornegay comes from one of
the best snd oldest families of thia
region, but "lokt out" from dissipa
tion. He leaves a lovely wife and five
small children here, who hold the
lose aud esteem that they themselves
are worthy, an that his family pres
tige entt kd them to. His brother is
caihler of Vie First National bank of
bis city, and held in the highest es
teem and confidence of the com
munity. C. G. Kornegay wss only 33 years
of age and of late bad been sending
remittances every month to his wife
here.
Rsried at Shreveport.
Shreveport, La.. March 20. C.
Kornegay was burled here
Sunday afternoon at the expense of
the company for which he worked.
So Instructions were received as to
the disposition of the body from his
former North Csrollna home. On
close examination of the body k de
veloped that all Ove shots fired by
the woman took effect.
'I hope my husband will not come,"
waa the statement of Mrs. Haynle
when shown a telegram from her sis-
IT In Greenville, Miss, ststing her
mother or husband would come to
Shreveport Monday or Tuesday.
The woman occupies a cell facing
the a reet, and has attrarted a crowd
of morbid people all day. She stands
by the window constantly, except
when resding over and over again
the account of the killing published
In the papers. A shade wss put over
the window to fc'ep cnrlous eye. out.
but she raised this and seemed to
prefer the stare of the crowd. She
appears calm after her bys erica! con
dition of yesterday, and refused to
talk about the killing, saying that ber
lawyer told ber not to talk.
Ex-t"nlted States Dletrlct Attorney
Klstner has been re'slned by the wo
man's sympsthlters.
It had developed that Kornegay did
fbt take the woman away from
(ireenville, but she followed him to
nirmlngham and then to Shreveport.
She was given money to go back to
Greenville but a week ago.. She was
given 2"i by her husband to go to
Vlcksbnrg. and on this money she re
turned to Shreveport snd to Korne
gay. Kornegay had secured for her
transportation to go to St. Louis,
where net sister resides, and this was
in her possession when she shot blm.
Kornegay met the woman while he
worked In Greenville several months
g.
I i mm
Two Days In the
Land ol Sunshine
Los Angetes. Cal., March 20. Col
ottel Theodore Rooacvelt, acconv
panled by his family, la due to arrive
in this city tomorrow morning snd
will spend two days In this viclni y.
Among the features of his visit for
which arrangement, hsve been con
eluded will be a luncheon with Gov
ernor Johnson snd some of the pro
gressive leaders of California, a lee
Hire at the Throop Polytechnic Insti
lute In Pasadena, and an sddres. to
be delivered in Los Angeles Wednes
day night at a mass meeting; under the
auspice, of Ihe CI y club snd the re
publican state central committee.
From Los Angetes Colonel RoosevrlU
sill go to Sag Frsuciico,
Ee Is Now In "Death Chamber'
ct the State's Prison
Plan lo Halne I2,0I)-Speclul Terms
of i
Court for Alamance and Rowan
Sew Oflieers for Hoke County The
Tonnage Qnetilion lo be Heard Tit
ian Commerce Commission Tuesday
Raleigh, March 20. Lewis West is
now securely lodged In the "death
chamber" of the state's prison await
ing electrocution May 5 for the kill
lug of Deputy Sheriff Mumford at
Wilson Februsry S. One of his pals,
Ed Purcell, alias " Stetson," has also
entered on his term of 30 years In the
state's prison, the other accomplices
in their thieving Derations having to
serve their frms ou the Wilson
couuty roads.
Hetkdist lo Knlse .Honey.
A mass meeting of the men of the
Edenton Street Methodist church de
cided Sunday -nigh; to raise at once
$12,000 necessary for the completion
of the ISTi.OOO Ennday School building
which now has the walls up and the
roof on. It is one of the most com
plete buildings fur Sunday School pur
poses in this part of the country. The
contract Is already awarded for the
completion of the building, condi
tioned of course on the money being
In band for the purpose.
Special Courts for Two Counties.
Special terms of criminal court one
week each are ordered 'by Governor
Kitchin to convene April 24 in Ala
mance county, with Judge Long pre
siding, and In Rowan county on April
10, with Judge Lyon presiding.
Sew Oflicer tt Hoke foanty.
There have just been commissioned
by Governor Kitebin the primary
nominees ss ofTcers for the new-
county 1 ; Hoke, f'-mied from part of
Cnmberlaud and liobesou, with Rae
ford as the county seat. The officers
are: Commiasioneri, W. J. Johnson.
a J. Cameron and J. A. McPhaul;
aherlff, Edgar Hall; regltr or deds.
J. H. Smith; clerk of the cour., W. B.
Mctjueen; treasurer, V. J. McCraney;
coroner Dr. R. P. Dickaon. These
nomination, were made in primaries
held Msrch 10 .
Tonnage (juesilea Tomorrow.
The petition of the Drummond
Transportation company and others
against a tonnage fee of 20 cents im
posed by the Norfolk and Southern
Railway company on freight delivered
to the railroad company at Its wharves
lu Elixabe h City, 'iVasbiugron and
New I!ern by steamboats is to be
heard by the corporation commission
Tuesday, the Atlantic 'Coast Line be
ing Involved for similar practice in
New Pnra and Washington. The
cfcsrge Is that this tonnage is Imposed
ti ke.p down effective water route
competition for frelgh; out of Norfolk
(or these points sgalnut the railroad
service.
Remains Carried to w York.
The remains of J. M. Chamberlain
were carried today to Kanona, X. Y
for interment In the family burying
ground. He wits $6 yesrs old ayd
recently relrbrated his golden Wed
ding at 'the home of his son. J. R.
Chamberlain, In West Raleigh, where
he has made his home for some time.
He Is survived by his wife, two sons.
J. R. and W. It. Chamberlain, and one
daughter, Mrs. A C. Daker, of Spring
field, Mass.
Raleigh's Whirlwind
Campaign this Week
Raleigh, March 20. The whirlwind
campaign for he establishment of a
Voting Men's Christian association
with a borne of Ha own, to ecu not
less than $100,000, to have Its In
auguration this week In a dinner con
ference to be held In Metropolitan
t It, when the special guest, will be
Judge J. C. Pritchard. of the western
district I'nlted Suite, court: A. &
Ackley, of Uirhmond, snd R. C Hood,
of Greensboro. The dinner is to be
served at one dollar the plate wnlc'u
the local participants arc to put up.
Olilu Election frolic 1teiimct.
West rnlon. O., March 30. Judge
A. Z. Illulr today reopened hf. court
for the further heat Ink of the elec
tion fraud rises, which stresdy have
resulted In the disfranchisement of a
majority of the voters of Adams
county. Four hundred voter, are
still under Indictment for alleged
rota selling itnd all of these have
been notified to appear In court at
once and either make confession or
stand trial.
Birthday Dinner for Rryan.
Lincoln, Neb., March 20. Many
democrat, of wide prominence are lu
Lincoln for the big dinner tonight In
celebration of .William J. Hryan's
birthday anniversary. The program
has as Its chief test it re sn address on
"Arlsona" by Cutted States Senator
Robert L. Owen, ot Oklahoma,
Abandoned Young Wife Attempts
Suicide in Greensboro
BBIDE OF ONLYFEW WEEKS
The Young Woman Committed the
Art in Parlor of Guilford Hotel at
;reenslxro Slie Seiit a lliillet
Into Her Hi east Taken to Ho.
pltal In a Precarious Condition.
Greensboro, March 20 Mrs. Sadie
Royster, who a few weeks ago
became the bride of Farror Roy
ster, of Greensboro, In the par
lor of the Guilford hotel at 2
o'clock Saturday afternoon sent
bullet crashing througa her
right breast from a .32-ealiber ham
merle3s Smith snd Wesson pistol.
and la now In a precarious condition
at St. Leo's hospital, with chances fair
for her recovery. As Miss Sadie
Mitchell, of Durllrtgton, the daughter
of A. C. Mitchell, a highly respected
contractor there, she was well known
here, and a month ago was married
to Farror Royster, son of G. It. Roy
ster, of this city, who had been a
recognized lover for over two years.
The day after the marriage the young
husband left his bride, and she has
been unable to find h'im or to get any
response to her numerous and piti
ful appeals for his return. She baa a
sister, Mrs. Ed Fowler, living here,
and spent several day. here in a vain
effort to get in communication with
her recreant husband, who, it I. re
ported, ha. decamped to Texas. Mrs.
Royster arrived here on the 12.30
train from Raleigh, but what she did
between then and the time of the
shooting Is not known. She was seen
to wslk Into the Guilford hotel, at
the Isdies' entrance on Sycamore
streot. and in a moment a shot rang
out from the ladies' parlor, near the
entrance on this atreet. Hurriedly
going thither, in the darkened recess
ot a corner near the piano a writh
ing, struggling, moaning object was
seen, aa tbe curling suipbur-rumen
smoke wreathed its closk about her
snd lazily unfurled itself over the
room. Dr. M. F. Fox, of Jamestown,
was one of the first to reach the pros
trate body. Raising the unknown
up, she immediately regained con
sciousness and calmly ssid that sbe
boped she wss dying, as her husband
had deserted her and life was Intoler
able. "I am Mrs. Farror Royster,"
she Informed tbe fast thickening
crowd. "I have written a note that
will tell everything and will explain
everything, and sent It to yonng Sam
Bradshaw, his friend and my friend.
It tell, all I know and why 1 did It."
She gasped, and then falling over
into the physician's arms, she faintly
cried for water, Just as tbe ambu
lance arrived, and she was tenderly
taken across the aisle and placed In
tbe vehicie and hurried to the hos
pital. It has been learned that when Mra
Royster arrived from Burlington she
went to a drug store Immediately
across the street from the Guilford
hotel, atid, meeting young Bradshaw,
sppsrently by appointment, handed
him a note, telling him not to open It
until he heard from ber. It was not
five minutes before she had fired the
bullet of Intended death. It ha. been
Impossible to locate Bradshaw, as he
Is not yet to be found, though it is
known that he had only been acting
as a mutual friend of the young
woman and her truant husband. Only
a week ago he received a long and
appealing letter from ber, asking him
to find out his address, so she could
write to him and plead for his return.
Mrs. Farror Royster, who Sstur
dsy attempted to kill herself with a
pistol while in the parlor of the Hotel
Guilford, was resting well at St.
Leo'., hospital today. Her condi
tion Is quite serious, however, and
last night she suffered considerable
pain. The bull entered the right
breast and passed through the lung
and lodged somewnere In her back.
If she Intended shooting through her
(Continued on Page Three.)
Fine Horses to
Go Under Hammer
New Tork, M.trch 20. The auction
sale ot Paul A. Sorg'a great stable of
show horses at Difttand's Riding
academy this week Is exciting keen
Interest among exhibitors snd horse
fanciers all over the I'nlted Sta e.
and Canada, and In Europe as well.
The hlsh stepper, that will go under
the hummer include the polo hackney
Vanity Fair, which at Long Branch
last summer beat Lady Dillingham,
three times the stnnll champion of
the National Horse show. Tht team
of trotter. o win the Arrowhesd cup
last fall in the road rare to the
Garden will also be offered. The
Sorg outnt beat A. O. Vanderbllf.
team by ten mluutaa. . .
Millionaire's Wife Replies Speci
fically to Husband's Charges
COMPROMISE IS PROBABLE
Answer Makes No CroKs-AIIegations,
Although There Is a PoNhil.ility of
New Y'oik Woman Being Named.
Public Trial Not Considered as
Likely at Present Time.
Baltimore, March 20. Making a
specific denial to every one of the
allegations contained in the suit for
divorco filed by her husband, Mrs.
Emllie A. Emerson, wife of Capt,
Isaac Emerson, filed her answer Sat
urday afternoon in the clrcttif court.
The answer is brief. It makes no
cross-allegation, and admits only the
marriage and the name, of their ehil -
dren.
Mrs. Emerson denies the charge
that her relations with C. Haseltlnei
Bashore have been imuroner. and
state. that she ha. always been a'
faithful wife. The document recites:
'Third Tbe allegation in the
third paragraph of said bill of com -
olaint that the defendant hai hPpn
guilty of misconduct with C. Hasel-
tine Bashore is a deliberate false-!80"8
hood and the defendant emphatically;10 ,ne c"owd.
and indignantly denies the same, and ' Tarns a Slate Witness
she avers and charges that sbe hasi A,ter he verdict six of the remain- '
always conducted herself since herl1" 16 member, of the alleged gaug
marriage to the nlalntiff aa a dutiful;01 'nlcn West was the leader were
and chaste wife, and that she has '
never In any way or at any time"
violated her marriage vow. or failed
in any wise to faithfully perform all
her marital oblicationa. and ihe
show, unto the court that the said C. i
Haseltlne Bashore ha. never visited tonvlctea "efore adjournment of of
her except with the approval and ft'nge rr 'h,cn the maximum pen-
consent of the plaintiff,
Not Her Fault. I ,nese negroes were uave Young.
"Fourth The defendant admita!VVtI' Ll"- Smith. Matthew Me-
that the plaintiff hs. not recently
lived with her, a. alleged in the
fourth paragraph, but she emnhsti-
cally denies that hi. failure to do so'
was due to the discovery of supposed '
occurrence, mentioned in the third1 "ftry.Toung, ia h0se borne the
paragraph of said bill, and which astatal attempt to arrest West and Stet
hereinbefore shown have no existence 1 ,on 'a" wade. as convicted of con
in truth or faft. ducting a bawdy bouse. All of the
bill of complaint tbe defendant prays1
that she may be hence dismissed with j
her reasonable costs."
It is rumored that a-comnromise.ant keeping bad company waa the
will be effected, and that Captain
Emerson will make a financial settle-
ment on his wife that will be satis-
factory to her. This report, how
ever, lacks official confirmation. Tbe
amount mentioned as acceptable to
Mrs. Emerson would be 140,000
year Income, or in lieu of this, a lump 1
sum of 1600.000. The gossipers have
it that Captain Emerson was willing
to make an annual allowance of $20.
000 to bis wife. The captain'. In
come la reported to be from $400,000
to $430,000 a year.
Tk... ft....- 1 . -
mil ,' . v ."' most f their training agiin
bill naming a prominent New iork,,hl. rSam.;. ,
woman as co-respondent. In esse!
there should be neither a compro-
mlse with a satisfactory settlement.!
ur a mm uiji meu, leffiimouy will
be taken before an examiner on the
petition of Captain Emerson within
the next few weeks. It Is very lin-
probable that a public trial will ever
be beld or tbe case, even should Mrs.
Emerson file a cross bill.
' j
The legislature passed an act re-t
ducing tne number of oil inspectors' troit Aathletlc club. The play will
in the state from ten to five. The: continue over tomorrow and Wedne.
act is effective June 1st. Ida.
D0GTORIN8 THE OAK TREES
1
TRYISIJ TO SAVE THOSE
I'ISE
.livrv IX l' l ll nil viti iirr
rtalciRb, Mar. 20 The fine old oak
tree. In capitol square that have been
deterloratlng for a number of years,
so fast as to give rise to the fear that
hey would ere long pass completely,;,
are being treated to a complete ever-;
hauling and expert treatment by "tree
surgeons." with a view to giving tnera
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a new lease on life If possible. This.
work Is under the direction of State!
Hortlculttiralist W. N. Hiitt, and la
being done by exprr;. lu this tree
treatment. The work I. being done
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at the rate of , cent, per hour for
the time that tt lanes to complete the '
Job, with the privilege on the part of
tne council of a.ate to .top the work Swefk.
at any time If It appear, that the cost j During the week (here will alao be
will run beyond what the state Is estl- , meetings of the board of education
mated to afford for the work.' The to consider pending sale, of the In
ssme expert workmen have Just com- : terest of the state in Holly Shelter and
pleted treatment of the fine old feel Angola bay swamp lands, render and
In the ground, of Shaw university, ; Onslow countie., to north, rn Infer
and have contract, for treating other (est. tht pledge to put through drain
notable grove, and individual .bade J age scheme, that will convert th.se.
tree about we city. t ltt properties into (Utt tarta lauds,
Slayer of Deputy Mumford at
Wilson Found Guilty of Murder
STETSON ESCAPES DEATH
West, After Being Condemned, Aid
State in Conviction of Members of
His iiang Six f the Sixteen Were
Convicted and Told of Their
Plot.
Wilson, March 20. After three
hours' deliberation the jury In the case
of Louis West aud John Stetson, on
trial for the murder of Deputy Georee
J Mumford, retimed a vetdici ot first
degree murder as to the former and
murder In the second degree as to tho
letter.
The date for West's electrocution
and eoutence of Stetson will be named
by Jud-e Adams later. The maximum
1 penalty for second degree murder la
this tt;ite Is 30 years.
Heeded Court's Warning. ,
A0 oemonstra.ion was made when
t,,p "riy awaited verdict wa. an-
0n'ed, the crowd that filled tbe
; courtroom ana extended out into tbe
: 8trects w"" tbe warning of tho
jcourt ,sat would follow any
I demons ration of feeling. The ver-
dlct ot ond degree murder In Stet-'
case cme a a great surprise
rra:gued. The condemned murderer
a ,ne cnleI aitness ottered by the
"tate be ""Hngly caking the stand
ana Sviui evidence against his former
Pal8 he said, in hope of making
wytnlng right with Cod. All were
'any i nve years.
! bDe Wade William. anj Tom Xane.
Tne flr8t to"'- ,ftr Weat had testified
aaln8t theIu. sdmit ed having formed
conspiracy here to rob a atore at
Dunn. N. C, and of later executing it
'prisoner, will be sentenced todav.
In I'rite statement yesterday
afternoon West said he was sorry he
committed the crime and that drinking
!caU8 of He 23 rw old, he
"though he looks much older,
aml "igbs 19 pounds. He says he
was very hungry and had no money
o buy food. wa. the reason he went
In the negro restaurant at Maxton,
bere be was a'rested while trying
10 el1 P''0' food.
Brewers to Tr.la In IllinoU.
Milwaukee, Wia., March 20. Man
ager Barrett and tbe players of the
Milwaukee team of the American as
sociation got away today on thHr
i spring training trip. Tbe Brewer.
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?f!?TA!. ? UlyenltJ ot
Centrst Basket bsll t hsmplosxlilps.
Detroit. Mich.. March 20. Tbe
strongest basketball teams in the
middle west are entered In the totirna.
ment o decide the Central A. A. U.
chamDlotishiiis. which beslns In the
Light Guard armory in this city to-
ntBht undce ih amnio nf th. rw
STATE BOARD OFEDUGATIOH
MEKTIXt; THIS W EEK I KEtUfUl
! TO Till. KlI'lMIt I !u
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j Raleigh, l..r. 2d The stitte t.iard
of education will hold a number o Im-
' porUt,t "Stings early this week
relative to the swamp lands owned by
th ftn Tuixila th..rn (II k.
conference between the board ami
the corporation that has been formed
t0 take w the state'. Interest In
Ma tsmuskret drainage district In
Hyde county for the final adjustment
ot tnl JoUlls of ,hl ,al). , ,
interest In this Immense drainage
si heme. 3. I Kerr, ot Asheville, who
I1 on of ,n commissioner, for the
f "''.,,g r M J i!'r
rounding .wamp, here today, say. the
preliminary work I. making good
headway and will move off In full
.wing right after :he conference next