North Carolina Newspapers

j ir v y i. ; . aliVjiK'V 5-'- 6 The Morning Star, i Subscripdoiierms One .Yenrf by9 Malt . v . . . . $5.60 Six lIOBtUt, by 31all, ; . 250 Three Month, by Mail, . 1.23 AMMrt Dally Newspaper to - . , . -- ' rr9t Circulation of aay VOL. LXXVin-2fO. 32. THIT MORNING r STAR, ? WlLMINbTON, N. I CPRIDAY MAVllS906. WHQLE mTMBEB 12017 -vi; w.'-.r.-- - - - - - , x IM8WM"aa Bmri 1 " ....ujw.- .j.-jh'1 1 . .i'i.ia ' ' . : . ' ' 1 - T" . ' 1 1 1 11 ' . 1 -r 'y- -. t-'f x ' .. -,!sfc- ' : ' .".r. . . - . r k ..-....- !. -. . : - v5 J i'", . .-'r.": '. . 6 . - - . -. g ' - . ""J - "-r- - " ' , w s, v r - It. V -r "" - -t ...-.''.-. . - ' ' ' 11 ' " 1 ' ' 1 11 r ' - , , ' .- -t- .. j 1 , . ; - ... .... ...... OUTLINES. i- ' senate yesterday completed sec, i t wo of the rate bill, restoring-te sonment penalty for granting re S and-providing hvy penalty fpr; shipper who: accepts a Tebatej in ?lU.flnW; or! formWTlieHpse yesf SSid awaf iththetsecrerpur tetany , nrn4oHlP fnr thf i .kalis an Tiroiectiles for the ;;vr and ;hereafter conirsior xa and hereafter conjrjicj for the SJ4esidfoset n attend the WaropeningiQf the Snestown Exposition and deliver an . ?1 OR -Russia's t parliament was opened with great nnl yesterday; Emperor. Nicholas Slivered the speech from the throne !nd appeared to be sincere but gave Democrats, offense because lie. did w mention amnesty for political prisf Count Witte appeared, to be oners; ignored- -Frost killed cotton in Ala- i 4 rcp.iaD.tlns's !?sszr Astounding ttiscxosures , insurance companies come from . Min- Looiis--la the investigation of the Standard Oil uompajiy, ac v&" terday a former employe, testified that agents were required to cheat ( and swindle and under instructions -he bribed railroad employes and. agents of opposition oil companies S- M. Spangler, a Baltimore drummer, - was found dead in a bath, tub at the Ben Ijow Hotel, Greensboro, N. C., yester day Mrs. Jefferson Davis is danger ously ill in New York Cotton in upper South Carolina has been killed by frost; heavy, .frost followed the svcw in East Tennessee and West -Vir-gftia New York markets:" : Money on call easy 2 1-2 to 4 per cent., ruling rate 3 3-4, closing bid 2, offered at 3; spot cotton steady, 11.95; flour steady but quiet; wheat , irregular, No. 2 red, 91 nominal elevator corn easy, No. 2, 5Q 14 nominal elevator ;'. oats steady, mixed 37 1-2 to 38; turpentine steady 67 1-4 to 67 3-4; rosin -firm, strained common to good 4.10 to 4.15.. . . Dear A. & Yv why don't you try to geVhere once on time? Oh! do be spry, dear A. & Y., and let us end our rhyme. ' ' :. . s " ; enator Allison. tsat , aroiind; and llst ened to' 500 tons ' of speeches on tlie added to the Hepburn , bill was all they wanted. .. I -., 1 . ; - . 'A Canada paper-boasts that 12,000 Mfr ot lobsters were) caught In Canada w it year. American women " never weigh the lobsters they catch but they are satisfied that Canada is not in it ' After Maxim Gorky got out, of Rus sia the government gave it out that it was going to prosecute- liim for fo menting rebellion. That is a ; mean trick in Russia to try to make Maxim stay over here. ... 7- ; . ' . The Buffalo Courier, the only Demo cratic papper in the great city of Buf falo, is advocating Wililam Randolph Hearst for Governor. : If .Mr Hearst should carry New York he would get dangerous to Col. Bryan.- - . - 4 A great many people are nowjusti-' fyrng their support; of William Ran dolph Hearst because he isn't . any more radical than Col. Roosevelt' The resident can now see the penalty ot eing an extremest. Says the Eastern. Carolina News'; of enansville: "The News will soon give waders interesting illus'trated pa- Pers on good roads. This paper will ontinue the battle kor better, roads farmers." , There4s no teUing.what a paPer with' enterprise? like that; is rth to a county. Its influence - is surel.y oeing felt in Duplin county;' Dr. Day, chancellor .of the TJniversP TV xv ri - ; Vi Syracuse, jumped aU over Presl nt Roosevelt becaW he is going Gainst the Standard Oil'Compahy. m to the President's amazing luader, andalkl;abutanarchisni White House." P. S. It is' not oi how much Mr. Rockefeller gives Syracuse University out of his oil business. : -w- sfT?e Merchants', Jouirnal published tile urchased a mercan s Commerce, hereto- e Polished in . after W : "Ci e mix toted two will faprjear; in cdnsoli form as iha iiTo;Cirn-nn t,..'1i' edim?lerce- Mr. NormaAH.-Johnson Place of publication. : Mr. Johnson iomede his Paper one; of the ha5d countrv?d, of .,its kind ; in 1 this PuW- n4 has not. 6nly; gained, a-re-nab. t0r 11 Dut; has : made 4t a val kPrPerty' 11 fs ducted' with ern abllity and ls a cteditdHouth : 3 rnalism. ... ':; : GRAND LOB third Annual ' Session Con- eluded in Goldsborb tester- Afternoon.- AT? ELIZAliimil?3t1 tNEXT Papers Elected foeij EnsfciricV Vear HomeJ For. Aged and Infirm Oedi- catsdWilm ington -R epresenta- " t .' . '. '.'.4 . i - uves - nave ' Meturned. ' ; fiGrand Treasured Richard J. Jonest A. Silverman,-E. N.-Pemiy, ; H. S.' Mc- Girt, J. T. King, C.';R. Spooner,-R. J, Shepard C D. ' Morrill, W. L. . iSmith and other prominent Odd i Fellows of Wilmington who have been attending the sixty-third annual" 'sfissloA:- ntHnts Grand Lodge; I. , ,0,;4n Goldsboro; this .week, returned, last tnight. and re port a delightful meeting; The Grand ijoage , adjourned yesterday ' too meet next y eaxfin Elizabeth vCity, having entertained; invitations from : Asheville and a number of other towns and cities in the State! ' The annual election of officers " resulted ":' as "follows : ; V J.. -' ?.: Y Grand Master -T. M. ' Stevens, J of LDurham.- 5; s ,? . - ' . . Deputy Grand ,Master Perrin Bus ee, of Raleigh, sj: " ; U '-y Grand Warden-rH, M.; Shaw, of Ox ford. s . ' , .;-,Y ' v; Grand Secretary B. H. Wooddell, of Raleigh; :xx '.'V- ; U Grand Treasurer- Richard' J. Jones,7 of Wilmington: f v -v?'.. , Y , ' ' ' ' "' Trustee pf Orphans' !Home for Five Years Nathaniel Jacobi, . of , Wllming-, There are 'in the neighborhood of 180 lpdg0s in the, jState, t and. nearly every one was represented There was a large crowd in attendance at the ex- rercises by this cMId?enbfj:the- Home' Wednesday," which were very much en joyed. . At the conclusion of ". the exer cises by . the children,; a collection - was taken up for the purpose of buying." a new piano for the Home. The amount f eceived'was in the 'neighborhood, of he lodge then adjourned until t 4 PM., when the Grand Lodge formed a procession in i frbntiof , the 1 opera hqiise and : proceeded, tto the home, in charge of Grand Marshal T. P. Allred. At 4:30 the dedication of the Home for the- Aged and Infirm took place. The address for the occasion was delivered by Past Grand Sire A. ,G. Pinkerton, of Worcester, Mass J, who 'delivered a powerful . land most eloquent address. At" Its j close prayer was pffered'.by Grand Chaplain, Rev. A. P. Barlies, who was followed in prayer by ttev. C. 6. Durbit. - ' The "benediction ,was tien pronounced - by Rev. Dr. F. D. Swindell, of Wilson, and the; lodge ad journed, : r:-y:yt -:: ' DR. A. M. BENSON DEAD. ' J - Well Known Young Physician of Co lumbus Funeral Wednesday. Friends in this city have " learned with sorrow of the death of Dr. A. M. Benton, of Evergreen, : Columbus coun ty; N. C, which occurred Tuesday at 4 a! Mat the home of his father, Mr. A. M. Benton," after a lingering illness with consumption: Dr. Benton was only 23 years of age. He graduated at Davidson College in May, 1905, and soon after his graduation practiced a few months at Tabor,- N. -C v His health, however, soon gave way and he' was torced to retire from the ac tive duties of life. He went to Arizonia last 'December, but his. health, did not improve and he, returne'd'hqme.where he gradually . became- wbrs.passing peacefully away at; the hotfrrnaihed est esteems by ajmn ne cireieoit ms acquaintance : and . had . his life ".been spared, would have -been a credit to his profession. 'He- was a.VcotisIn of ; Mrs. C. ;W-: Woolard, of this city,and leaves a number .of. relatives,., who have.the sympathy r6f many friends in their h& reaveirient.' 'The f funeral,' ,,wa.s - n?ld Wednesday afterncon'r at 1 . o'clock from the resIdencendHhe -interment was in the family, burying ground near Evergreen. . v' -, v-; - : . : -i ;- ;.',V:7;;-:;;:f :: Mr. and M rseitter Bereavecl. I . . ; William 'Love, infant son "of Mr. , and Mrs" G.v F, . Seitter, passedrkway-at te minutes kfter, 2 o'clock this morning at-, the ainUjr o,Ncfjl6 pilosis; street! faf ter nl illness bfmioreSAhant atWeek: The-litle onew weeks" oldloayj ai-6in?fje'pa-rehts : wefetnevotedti :They J have the sympathy, of mpy friend in theirbereavemnthfuneraiwiii take;place ) prdbablyt JateJUhis , af ter- nrvnn anrl th(, interment iWlll.vle.5-N-ln NEW--ADVERTISE S Piatt & Haar-1 Big i Mill Purchase; rConsblidatedCaGas ;;!f ortCobking: ': Warren's5; Steam - V Bakery Driver h Wanted. ' : - V" ; ' " ; v-; ;: i 'ft BusinesaLbcals ;;;;t;V W. J. Moore HoteTarrymoqre;1 ; i Grand Trustee N.4lacbblrandl Messrs THE STRAWBERRY SEASON Over 150 Cars Again Yestertfay Spite. of Weather and Prices--' In Market Conditions. it. Shipments of strawberries through South Rocky Mount yesterday accpVd ing to the. official report sent out by telegraph by Business Agentaumn last: night,' amounted to 154 solid : re-' f rigerator caf s, keeping up well , tfie record of last week in epite -of the tp pression . In prices and. theV continued cool weather. The heaviest shipments now, however, are going forward from the &-W.and other sections of thb trucking belt than Chadbourn. Of the shipments the- distribution yesterday was as; follows: New York, 52 ; Phil adelphia, 30; .-Newark, N. J. 13; Buf falo, 10; Boston, 6; Cleveland, 5; Bal timore, Washington, Rochester and AI- bany ihree each; Springfield, Pitts burg, Atlantic City, Utica, two each; Worcester,; Chester, Scranton; Wil mington, -Del., Reading, "Burlington, Keene, Wilkesbarre,. New Bedford; Fittsfield, Fall River, Norristown,. Montreal,, Toronto, Syracuse and Schenectady, one each. - vv The New ,York market repdrt Wed nesday was as follows: "Strawberries in much, lighter, supply to-day, arrivals Including by Pennsylvania Railroad 3,564 crates and by Old Dominion steamer 615 crates, together with light receipts bys express.; So few Eastern Shore and Maryland berries arriving that quotations are somewhat nominal. Norfolk receipts jsold .largely from 8 12o,with. only fancy Hefiins 4ip to 15c A few of the best North Carolina reach ed 12 15c, but general sales from 5 10c with very pool lower. , No Impor tant receipts from Lake City and very few Charleston, received." . L Other markets, were quoted as fol lows: Newark, N. J., 6 to 9; Philadel phia, 7. to 12; Washington, D. C, 7 to 12; Boston, 8 to 12; .Plttsbrug, 8 to 10 cents. MASONS OF HIGH DEGREE Grand Corn rhandery and firarid Chap-' ft tert Sessions Concluded in ; Char- Charlotte, -:N. C, May 10. The an nual convention of the Grand Comniah dery, JCnights Templar closed with this morning's session at which the election of officers: for i the ensuing: year took place, resulting as 'follows: -I Mr. I A; B. Andrews; . of RaleighGrand f Com mander; Mr. T. S.' Franklin, of Char lotte, Deputy Grand Commander, Mr: Martin S.- Willard, 5 of Wilmington, Grand Generalissimo ; Mr: William Anderson, of Charlotte, Grand Captain General; Mr. J. BJ Griggs, of Eliza beth City, Grand Senior Warden;- Mr. Wt C. Brown,- Winston,, Grand Jun ior Warden; Mr. L. B, Neave, of Salis bury, Qrand .Treasurer; Mr James C. Munds, of Wilmington, Grand Record er JDr. J. u. Bras well, of Enfield, Grand Standard Bearer; Mr. H. . G, Smallbones, . of Wilmington, Grand Sword Bearer; Mr. O. W. Spencer, of Salisbury, Grand. Warden; Mr. R. H. Bradley, of Raleigh, Grand Sentinel. An appropriation of $400, was made to s cover - the , exepenses . of the Grand Commandery s representative at the Triennial meetkig . of the. Grand En campment, JCnights Templar, which meets at Saratoga in July 19067 The next Grand Commandary of the State will meet in Greensboro. ; ' ' ? The annual convocation of the Grand Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, closed with the session yesterday morning. The afternoon was taken up .with the annual meeting of : the. Grand CounciLiden and W. G. W Krafft, with Mr. E. Royal, Select Masters- a Masonic d g'ree. Officer were elected for the en suing yearw EprNeave of r Salisbury, Grand Mas ter;' H." G. Smallbones, of 'Wilmington, Deputy; Grand i f aster; - John E. Cam bron, of Rajeigh, Grand i Principal Con ductor of the Work ; M. S. Willardof Wilmington; Grand Treasurer; J.; p. Munds,- of" Wilmington, - Grand "Re cor.der; L.-A. podswofth, of Charlotte, Grand. Captain ofthe Guards; j A. Mims, of Asheville Grand Conductor of the Court ; J, jT.;derman,; of Henf derson, Grand Steward ; R. H. Bradley, of Raleighr Grand: SentineL ; T-'M H t ne red 'Their " Dead. ; :";;v'' r .While the 'military; were at Oakr dale cemeteiyVesterday afternobhf In attendance upon thT-memorial exercis es, each -of the compahies took occas ion to honor their comrades who pass ed away ; during f the past year Hand whose - remains k are resting in; - that beautiful . "City of the Dead.";. After the : exercises the W. v L.;L;fired , a : sa lute, over.' the graves - ol their: 'comrades,- James W. Jackson, ' Jr.,. Edwin Moore .and ..Dr.; Richard 'J. Price; "the Naval Reserves, in honor of their com rade,; the late Fred B. . Herring, And the Boys Brigade over the gravesiof. their i'comrade; filobert - Pressoh. j&fiti theirHpIferl6;;friehd:! the;; lamented iCaptriWilliam Rand Ke5- Cars to the .Beach every, half-hpur from: it) A. M. to 8 P. M. ; v DEAD Annual Memorial Day' Exercises tHefe Yeea anaTAppropnate OBSERVANCE AT OAKDALE Address BynBrooke G. Empie i and .'-QtM e rv Exerc ises Attracted Very Large .: - Crowds-General Suspension f Business In the City.' ' Confederate Memorial Day was most iprpf lately observed in Wilmington yesterday. 4 County : and - city ; offices hand- many places bi business " were closed during at least a part of the day and the people of ; the city joined reverently in the spirit of the occas ion. The formal observance, was'" un der the auspices of. Cape Feart Chap-' ter, Daughters of the Confederacy, and consisted of the usual apppropfiate and pretty exercises at Oakdale ceme tery where many of the - Confederate jdead lay interred.- The weather condl- tions were perfect; not so warm as to be oppressive and not too cool for comfort in the open .air: The crowd was the largest seen 'upon a-' similar occasion in several years. The ranks of the Veterans and military were full er than usual;; the" Daughters of Con federacy were present in larger num ber and the attendance of the general public was all that , could be . desired. The well-kept cemetery was 1 beautiful in its Spring garb and the lot of the Confederate monument at the base A of which "the exercises took place; was enhanced by a decoration of flowers, mosses and 'Confederate flags. An im provised stand, similarly draped,N was the centre about which the large crowd assembled to do reverence : to the; sainted dead. ; As early as -3 o'clock the Veterans of Cape Fear Camp, Daughters of Confederacy. Sons of Veterans, Chil dren , of the Confederacy and distin guished . guests,; including the orator Esq,, r, the chaplain, Rev. Wv A,. Snyder; ljtfuaAeioXSil er Ichurch .Supermten'd of i. the Oakdale Cemetery., Company; ana otners assemDiea ai ine cemetery lodge. . It was a little alter; 4 o'clock - that the strains "of a" march from the Memorial Band, especially or ganized for the occasionfheralded the approach of the military, the W. II I leading Athef procession, In 'command of Lieut. J. McRee Hatch, followed by the Naval Reserves, in command of Lieut H. M. Chase, the. Boys; Brigade,! in command of CoL Walker Tfylor, and the Junior Boys' Brigade; in Com mand , of, Captv.A Jv.pUrriss.. The active' military passedup4 1 main boulevard, opened ranks at the : apvla proach to the. monument, allowing the procession from the cemetery lodge to pass through' to the enclosure where they were seated. . Chief Marshal R. F. Hamme was in charge and he was also master of the ceremonies at the monument, performing the .difficult functions of that office with becoming ease anda dignity befitting; the occas ion- His aides in' the procession were Messrs. J. H. Hewett, F. W: Ortmant T. E. King, J. (D. Poipson, and S.J. The exercises opened with : "Soldiers of Christ Arise" by a special . male quartette, which rendered very sweetly all the vocal music incident to the pz casion. If was composed ofMessrs. C E. Vale, Greene-Fenley, Alex. S. Hol- H. Munson, accompanist .ah. invoca tion to (deity by the chaplain; Rev. W.' A.1 Snyder, . was fervent and apppro priate. "Tenting TcMiighV' ; by the quartette prefaced'- an introduction of the orator by Chief Marshal Hamme. Mr. Empie's address v was instructive, eibquent- and : pleasing. It was listen ed to .attentively and was frequently interrupted by applause. It is publish ied; in f ulKbelbw The readings of the Roll 1 of: Honor by the Chief Marshal f oilowed, with a rdirge" by the - band knd Ja; hymn by the quartette. The presentation cf Crdiisses of Honor fol 16wedhe rules under which they are given - bem'g1 read : by f Commander Metts," Of 'Cape 5ear' Camp -TL C. y V. Those to whom Crosses " , have been awarded 'were Messrs'. J. M, Bishop, J; W. Gray; D.1 C. Littleton, J. M. Rogers and J. A: Smith, but only Messrs. Gray and ; LittletbnVwere; present to "receive them yesterday, the tokens being pin ned; onHthe'iapeis of their coats In; the presence of ; the-large assembly -by ' the Daughters of "the Confederacy.. The doxology lfand benedictien concluded the. exercises after which; each' of the divisions of military fired a salute over the monument. ; It was remarked that the yolley firing by the Jninior Brigade was among the" very best upon the Oc casion. ' j -- ' ' . , " t i -The band which kindly -lent ' its ser vice ' to the success :of the : occasion furnished "excellent music.; It was com posed as follows:- Cornets, J.'T.-Mar- (Concluded on Page Four.) ; LOWEMPER ATURE RECORD LlghV Frosts ;Yesterday Morning, With v Minimum Degrees for So' Late ln,: May rVery Little Damage. " " ; Light frosts in the Wilmington: dis trict were reported byr the Weather Bureau; yesterday the temperature hyin; ; gorjie . lower, "than ever before sfo late in the month according to the records covering a period of something over ithlrty; years; In this immedi sectiohir however,? no damage,6f ; con! sequence was done as the wind remain ed up during the' night and the" appear ance of the frost was:, only in pro tected places. The thermometer adWil mingon. did .r not register below; 42, but in Charlotte, it went as low as 38; Chra; S. C., 37; Florence S? C., 38; Goldsboro, .38; Greensboro, 38; .Lum berton, 37 Newbern, 39; Raleigh and Weldon, 38. The average for the dis trict .was 37.8. From Charlotte 'and ether sections come reports' of damage to cotton ; wh.ich was ; just up and re planting in. many places, it is declared, will be necessary. . Through the kindness of; Mr, R. A. Dyke, the clever ; assistant observer in :the .office of the Weather Bureau at Wilnrmgton, the following table of min imum temperatures recorded in May is given: "..';--' ' - . 1875 43 degrees on 18th'. 1876 38 degrees on 1st : 1877 42 , degrees on 2nd. . 189141 degrees on 7th. 1898-M4 'degrees on 9th. 1906 42 degrees OnJOth. . For the past seven years, the; mini mum has been 50 degrees or higher, except fn 1903, when it was 47 degrees on the th. It will be Qbserved'that only twice have lower temperatures than for the present May been experi enced, Vand in both instances these oc curred on earlier dates. - ; For to-day . the Weather ;B.ureau promises fair and warmer weather, a return to the balmy" Spring days of earlier in the week. : -; MR, CHAS. H. SGHULKEN DEAD Wel l Known Citizen Passed Away Last " Nlglvr After SueAtck of B right'&iseasei:? hMt. :, Charles', frenry . Sch'nllaent' ar well known salesman of this-ehy' and a een- tieman . who; enjoyed I the "respect and esteem of every one in the circle of his aqquaintance, diecX last night at ,11:40 o'clock at his home,. No. 406" "North Fourth street Mr.- Schulken ha been -a great' suffer ef with Bright's Disease for some time and lately went to Phil adelphia for treatment by aspeciallst. He returned. apparently much improv- ed and was: as well as usual yesterday Last night,, however, just before' re tiring,-. he suffered a recurrent and very acute attack of the disease which had troubled him for ' soine years and few hours later, the end came v In spite-of all. that could be done for him by physicians quickly summoned. The news of his death will be received with painful regret- by many friends. . .Mr. Schulken was born in Chicago June 22nd. 1850, and was, therefore, in the 56th year Of his age. His family moved - to this city .when he was a mere child and he 'had resided here ever since. He married Miss Alice Moore Petteway, of Wilmington, and she with six sons and two daughters survive: him. They are Misses Alice and Elizabeth Schulken and Messrs. Carl H., Eugene; B., Arthur, Edward; Roger and Sherman Schulken. He is also survived by one sister, Mrs. Van Laer, of Virginia. The bereaved ones have the sincerest sympathy of a host of friends. ;;';-' . ' ; ; " " Mr; Schulken" was - a member of Clarendon Lodge, Knights of Pythias, and of the Royal Arcanum. He was quite .well known, in the city and was popular. The funeral arrangements have not yet. been made.! : " r ; tf : TitlcDrearn Realistictv :t ; . , : A young, man from Sbuthport came up yesterday to see th ej carnival sights. But' he proceeded to 'get blind drunk and 'peaceful)? slept.. While he slept he had a dreamt -so he told after lhe earner ter hisenses,r and thatdream t was that .his impthef had died at South port:" 1 He, came.'hurriedly to "the Prin cess street ; dbcltand seeing ho boats in sigh tie iunperboar, to swim to his home.v;Sonieon out and carriedihini tpsa;; Plabe" f i safety. The above is h3tbry ex planation.of hisrash deed and tf will pas !--ii: ' ..'.fijw.''- Baseball Yesterday. ; Jv ; .The Y M.- C. A.: (ookthe Market Street Giants 4ito camp' by a score of 17 to 7; in the gaine'of baseball 'at Hil ton Park yesterday afternoon: Both teams are of the . City Leaguer, and while the . result : does not . count in the percentage : average presages v a !veiy. strongs teamt from .the Association and one that ls.to. be reckoned with in;the pennant chase this seasbnri; The game yesteay;as witnessedSbya; fairly largercrow the tnen on the field were caref uUywatcli ed' by the team managers. . J J . v , V ' ' - TO CONCLUDE WAY Case of Parkier Against Water Works Company in United J States Court 3B AUK THE " TESTIMONY IS; IN Argument by Counsel ty Jury, Begins , - This Mornlng Several .Witnesses -: and' Much Documentary EVi- , ""HwvdencV Yesterday: ' ; ' ' 1 ' -" J i . ' V All J the testimony x in : tho ; case - of Clarence L. Parker agaJnst the Claren- -don Water. Works Company was in when the United States Circuit Court took a recess, late yesterday afternoon -' until 9:30 o'clock this morning. Ar- : gument by counsel to the jury will be gin at that hour and it is expected that the issues will go to the jury some; time during the afternoon: The . case has been on trial since Tuesdayin orn- . ing and the hearing -has. been very, tedious. Judge Purnell gave the coun- , sel notice yesterday that', he would complete the evidence that day if the session had to be continued until l2 o o'clockv at night: -,-' Upon the assembling of court yes terday morning testimony for the ; water, works company . was - resumed.' Mr. W. O. Stearens, of. Shingiehouse, Pa., took the stand for the defence. He was formerly employed by Mr. Parker on the well at' Hilton and testified to v -several matters bearing upon the case, v Engineer John H. Sweeney, of the com- pany, also went on the stand for the defence as did ' Mr: Sainuei Northrop, a director in the company The. de fence then rested and Mr. Finn',., of Way cross, Ga., was recalled by attorneys f or. the plaintiff to prove certain. facts ' not brought out on his first' examina-' tion. Mr. ; Parker, the 'plaintiff, , was also recalled and a large amount ' of documentary evidence was . subrf itdr. . ' . including a ';diary kept .by the Claren- ; don Water Works Co., as to ' the pro- gress of the artesian weiL 'In rebut- I tkl, Engineer; John Sweeney- was vre , cauedilor rthei: qeience. ana. with jus . stimp ny; thecase was idosed " ' jredellrMearesifl tJfte - argument ;this' mprning in: behalf iof the. plaintiff, Mi-; Parker. Mr.' Junius - Davis and 'Hon:- John D. Bellamy will' then present; the case ' of ' the fwatert works "company - and Hon. J. P.tfK. Bryan; of Charleston, Si C will- close for- the :;plaintiff. ) . t , r-. ,;fc .;The conclusion of ,thet casenow in hearing will likely wind up, the dqek et of civil cases for the present terhx as most of the other cases have been - temporarily disposed of by' order of reference -of dismissal.-' ; - SEV ENTH J U DICIALCO NVENTIONl ; i :.V- -, ....... . J - " , v. - Called to Meet in Fayetteville June v ' 6th Comm Ittee", H ere.' ' I Pursuant to call of Chairman D. T. Oates, of Cumberiand, the Executive ": - -Committee of the Seventh Judicial Dis- . tricf, met at The Ortbn in this, city -last night for. the purpose - of calling ; the convention for the nomination of . a judge and solicitor for tha, district..; There' were present at the committee meeting Chairman Oates, George H. , Currie, of Bladen; H. L. Lyon, of Co- : lumbus", and R. E. Lee, of Robeson, by , : proxy ' in the hands of-' the chairman . " -Brunswick, the only other, county in" the' district, was not. represented , O It was decided to call the convention at Fayetteville on Wednesday,'- June. -6th, upons the , arrival of t tjje trains ' there in the early afternoon,-which wiD . be about 2 - o'clock. Judge .T.. A." Mc- - Neill, of Lumberton,, has; declined to. be, a candidate - for. , re-nomination in that district, and:.Solicitqt' 0,iLyon of Bladen, is most prominently spoken - otratvpresenfc fo.his. successor- . Among, the avowed -.candidates fqr - solictor ; in the veventh , District: are N, A. Sinclair.. and.. A; S.; Hall, Esqs:, . bfiCumberlajnd. Mpfeorge. L,t-Peschau; I Esq, of Brunswick, is i;also K)ken of . in this . connection,J f FIRE AT THE CARNIVAL' i : n-A'"'S.'i' - 'i'iiii . -n' - ' r " i, ) ,Vt Moving Picture .Machine Aflame .in . , - Electric Theatre-$800 ,Loss. , . ; ' ' : ThVre:, Has,, a.bfaze ' on the. carnival grounds I at Jif th '. and. Castle streets; last iiight ibQiit 9 o'clock. itWas not ; a blaze I his itime, . either, ,but a blazing, tent and the "Electric Thea- j -The "Electric. Theatre".vis a-moving , picture attraction owned, by the Pierce ' Ausemeht Cpany and the ."origin v " of the fire was contact ofs'omet ot the . celluloid films with the ."electric, burn-v. er :in . the. machine. The fire burned ; quickly ; and- fiercely and by the .time the Department reached. - the grounds ' in; response to .an alarm from, box 49,v the i;tent ; and the machine ;. had beerli '' prewy oaaiy damaged. .The films used in onev otvUie; picture machines .are uite ;exnensive ,nd the Joss ,all- told was in the neighborhood 'of 4S00 upon -" which, there.-was . no insurance. ' The property-was in the name of" Mrs. .A. . L. .Pierce... T.he. attraction .is Hempor- - ' arily out, of "commission, but it ' will " be replaced as early as practicable.- - 1 f 7 ;