North Carolina Newspapers

Til 2 Sul:rcrix5tion Term: One. year by Mail C3.C0 Six r.Tonths by Mail.:.. 2.50 Oldest Dally Newspsrsr v In tha State. . . Largest clrculaticn cf any j VVHmington Paper. j v Three Months by Mail. 1.2p VOI 12 freday; april 5,; 1907; WHOLE JtJMBER 12,335 i;:w;i.:. ,'.: -- ' .'- I J uIa v 1 . ..vw ' Jr n'V-.-l - v. 1 1 i: - - -si OUTLINES. . .At.the Instance of itlie,E..H; Hani- -' rested in. New York yesterday for j stealing"; aiad" Belling: to ta newspaper V;, the; letter whloff caused tthe sensation - 'involving President ' Roosevelt last Tuesday; Harrimaa cesterday. begged the ; newspaper mien- hounding after him to help him get his controversy with the Presiaent husihed . up. The lunacy comandssiocr reported to 'Justice v . Fitzgerald .in New York yesterday: that in their opinion Harry Thaw ia sane; District Attorney- Jerome made a vio lent protest to : the judge . against cpn . firming the report, demanding the 'min utes of the - commission; jthe-judge. refused and Jeromie threatened to fap peallto ar higher; court aid mean while to enjoin 'JusticeNFltzgerald'ifrom' pro ceeding with the trial ; the court ' ad- f. journed till Monday..to hear argument for and against janfirmation of --the lunacy (commission's report.: Through the' jeffortscf. Chairman Knapp,; of the'. Interstate, CSommerce Commission at Chlcaga yesterday, the threatened 'strikerioa-'th'e-.'.'Western railroads was averted byTconcessions anadev by the" men "'and T the railroad managers. rThere ts v : . general - strike among ithe Norfolk longshore men and there isffu threatened 'tie-up of i the' steamers of.; threeVcoastwise steamship companies. -Investigation. Into 1 Harriman-s methods ' of ; railroad- ing.'InvoivingVthe consolidation of the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific Railroads, and - the plan cl . recapital izing the Chicago and, Alton road.i was begun before the Interstate Coiijmerce Commission at Washingtonyesterday, -r-BIshop Fitzgerald,-of; the ;Northern M. E. Church, died yesterday inx Hong Kong, , China,; where he was visiting the Methodist 'V missions.7i-nA.V- Lor raine, O., yesterday,, a -' striker - was shot by a detective of. the -American, Shipbuilding Company ; while the'strlk tprrs where': attacking a boat taking The earthquake at. Bitlis, Turkish Arr menia, was the worst in forty years in the surrounding volcanic regions;, 300 houses fell, eight ; people were killed and churches, . mosques .and govern ment buildings were damaged by four teen successive : ; shocks.- President Roosevelt now say- that : the Hearst-Karriman-Rockefeller' combination has $5,000,000 ;with which to: captures the next Congress to " defeat his policies." -New York markets:vMohey on call easy," 1 r 2 -1-2 iper cent.; . ruling rate, 2 1-4; closing bid, 2 1-4; offered at 2 1-2; spot cotton; 5 r points higher, closing quiet at 11 cetns; flour:steady with a moderate inquiry; -wheat' easy, No. 2 red, 81 1-2 "elevator ; com,' steady, No.' 2, 56 elevator; oats,' steady; mixed, 46;' turpentine;: firm,". '.72 to 72 1-2; Tosln,' firm. : ?v Tt .V.;;? 05t:' "7' Every dayjls now" JEastetwIth-the girl" who has; the hat '-f-Mjj At one time -00 woman .suffragists, many of them very pre ttyy .were con: ned in jail in London., for cutting up .ound Parliament ; v They S amused emselves by singing:' .This shows that jail birds dousing Sir William Ramsey of London,-will soon go to Asia linor .to look: up the tast of Abraham. ' Descendants Abraham feel pretty, safe that he kept his record straight, Ramsey .or nor Ramsey. V-',t-'VV J' Some of the newspaper pictures of Harriman give him the appearance, ot a man haf nnv f Vulltv nf fit? Yet other pictures of him'woulta-t you to suspect that he had just been invested witlv the Past; blaster's 'ide gree in. Roosevelt's Ananias Xlub. .-r : Withf all due respect ,to tie distin guished office of President, E." H. .Harf riman; with aliaginOTS "and" emollient declarations,; leaves the world to in fer that if there is a lie out .between him. and the White House '- we'll' jujst have to search the' White Housei-- President " Roosevelt promised vtq meet the 'four big raibroad, presidents 'half-way, but as tkeyre 'notused to walking, they deemed that they give out before they got : to ; the meeting place. Harriman' might; have -known that he'd fall 'down trying to Head the -1 . , District Attorney Jerome j declared his .belief that Thaw wascin; sane during the f court' trial, and . in sisted on a luiiacy commission to .set tie It. The commission; yesterday re-. LKJi Leu a. LuuinE mai., i ua w ta . oauo. . This" is nothing more . nor less than a decision that Jerome is no alienist."4 The Republican, party has. kept on -r till It has broken Up those $1 Jeff er son dinners things isonians to the point Svhere" they win; v' -- '""' H.uuu uvua .v today on her voyage to. Mancnesier, j wilmlnetdh'' arid- of Kr Enlaces -.sandwich and spend fcost;of ing time in recalling; the simple; liffot survey - recent W'S!!! JS. 1 Pure ? Food i law He found ' a V good of the good old 'Jeff ersonian - days. - v CoCTess Ing , off . his mouth "about graft in the canal commissary beef that has to : be deordorized ,bef oreTdlggerS ; can per-1 on the string of llars.'risht next to E. lb r can blame" himself If he Ms put i ;. nrnntr STORES YEAR j jirs By Col Johitf Cankr:i EXPORTS OF - ALL ITEMS Receipts NotQuite So 'jrge ; Pre yious SeasonHme Consumption' -: f jof;; Prodiicts" is J Quite i Lare. ' Pri ces Ruled High. Ool.: Jno. . L. Cantwell, statistician, '"prepared f very ; elaborate' jstate lueiLt of ; the" export-foreign and do mestic, of naval; stores from the port of jWUmdngton for 'the crop I year ended on the first of the; present month. The receipts during I the past--: year 'were not' quite so.riargejas on the year'be-' fore, on account, of the rapid deple tion of theJ forests by lumbermen and tie ; cuttersy Ibut the Industry is till aii important one for Wilmington and, theref ore: 5 the figures as prepared by CJol. Cantwell Tand furnished the Star for publication are. interesting. - ; 1 f The xtOtai exports . of spirits turpen tine were. 18,767 casks f rosin, 113,884 barrels; .tar, 303 barrels; crude turpen tine," .28,577 barrels:: .. . i V ; - 'The domestlo "exports consisted of 18,317 casks iof . spirits 68,870 barrels of rosini. -:9,9gi . barrels of.; tar " and 28,577. barrels . of crude turpentine. ' ' It would surprise-many to know that the local cconsumptioil. of naval stores, which -Is. included in the domestic ex ports, is' quite "large, as follows: Spir its 2,434 casks ; resin, 18,861 barrels ; tar,. 14,0 60 'barrels; crude turpentme, 27,522 . barrels., -. . I . ' The ; foreign exports outside of - 450 casks of spirits turpentine to Glasgow and 300 barrels of tar to London, con sisted 7 largely' of rosin, the foreign exports bf this product being 45,014 barrels,- This went to the several for eign, ports as . follows : London, ' 23,334 barrels; Glasgow, 9,000 barrels;. Bowl ing, V 6,620 barrels, and Bristol,. 4,060 tMn spite of the fact that, receipts, of naval stores have been off to bo me ex tent f or, the ; past year there" mever was- a . time , when prices for all terns of -.the market were. , hdgher, except possibly during ;-the period : and ust after .the CSvil. waxJ-1 Spirits, rosin, .tar and r crude -have comtnanded iniheard ofvprices.and rtbe derxrasad; haair:all times been good; v 1 The -Herty ;.eystein. of: turpentining; has been ; dntrdduc'ed Into this territory lately and next year ooay; see aa , Increase of ;the yield. J, . ' Bl LLS WERE: NOT TRU E. Primary Violation Before Grand Jury o.r Were . Dismissed. i . :; Through " an error in : transcribing the" returns - of the grand jury in the Superior Court on the Clerk's docket with reference -to the alleged primary irregularities day before Tyesterday an unfortunate mistake wad made in en tering the -bills asT truel when they were J'not" true. The returns were against Messrs. C. T. Smaw, C. H. Keen and J.H. Hewlette and the er ror was not discovered on , the. clerk's record until each? of these; gentlemen was called -Jnto "court and required to give $100 bond- for his appearance at the Julv terc. When the . mistale was 9 leased from.tiieir bonds witii-apologies NAVAL ior oaviiis "Y J n-h JoWri n Z being, Stained . on' each, selection ren the extent mentioned.. The grand jury dere5 .TT, -. - , , ' found: nothing n upon? which to base, a u 1"; ' ' :- - : ;-' " charge? agaJaLSt ,the g?ntkmen named,! and, or icourse, cney -are cuscuargea. Thev took the joke on them In good humor and laughed the matter . off with' their . friends at the' expense cf the clerk's; office. ' r : . ; THE BEACH OPENING UP, Haff-Hour Car;Schedute;ch 'Saturdays. V-;:f Concerts tand. Dances, .v - -TomorrQW the Consolidated Com pany will begin :. running half-hour schedule all the"way to the Beach on jSa,turday. afternoons.- Tomorrow t&e schedule to the Beach will .be: every half -hour. fromCl to"6:30 P. M: There Is a great.deal of travel to the -beach in the . afternoons t aow.-r especially on Saturdays.-'-; .v :?r;6;Vo.'--fTT V: - On " Sunday; there will be ' concert at Lumina from 4 to 5 P; M.' : These con certs will be continued every: Sunday until the regular, season - opens. 2 Mr. Tfnelssel ":will furnish the ) music ior i tomorrow; He Wui ; . nave cnarge 01 tn0 xmmina Orchestra again this sea-1 buu, , . i mo v-. . na will begin a "week from, tomorrow. Steamer Axminster Cave Bond. ..-.'' J. The: nua. , r1' 1 which was llbeilea weanesaay,. Dy Pan last Sunday, yestery ga lithe amount named andv,will proceed oniciai xeyor - ;"sV TJf .; t VV U I V 1 aw mytmmm m m . "Mercer &- Evans Iuglas'iShoes. jGiescheni BrosImported: Burger- Business Locals. Large Room. Distributor of Samples.'. Lest Child ild's' ' WhlteV, Bear - Skints Standard patteras at v - - . . ' drug store. - ' - - Cloak. FINANCES OF COUNTY Auditing committee ci Board of .c3rr77niprance Organization Effect- iiiiuiici ill O5S5I0II ' T CSlCrC-: JT' Afternoon 1 Treaeu rer's", R e- ' V' - port for .March.-- ' ' .-5-" ... - . r - i , Board pf .CountyX Commissioners was in regular monthly "-session ; yesterday afternoon,; air members being ; present, viz : Chairman ' .McEachenri and Com-. missioner,s ; Robertson ; ;and - Vollers. The' principal business" transacted ,was the auditing ; of bills for current ex penses h and .'the monthly ireport af County-' Treasurer ; H. " McL. Green, showing,. receipts and "z disbursements1 of thei public fund during: March as follows r - - ; y .v ;' v-.''-::- 'i Receipts Balance xn hand March 1st, General County Fund; $39,774.39 ; Special County: Fund,$2,913.83 Road Fund, $30,884.73 ; Road Sinking JFund, $10,590.26 ; Interest on Road- Sinking Fundt $76.66; r. Road :Fund $262.21; back taxes, r $58.05 ; - County- Home, $53.29; marriage licenses,: $19.95. To-; tal,.. $84,633.17. v, . --'.' ... .r'- Disbursements - United- Charities, $51.50; roads- and bridges,. $142.66; outdoor poor, $36221 Tpubliq buildings, $2,696.72 ; County Home, $263.59;' Su perior Ckur1 $5.80; jail,', $83.80; hos pital, $600;. stationery and, advertising, $123.30; Magistrates 68c; miscellane ous, $151.02; Commissioners, ; $124; Register, bf ' Deeds,' :i'$13 ;"'' Supt of Health,' $100 ; Corpner, $5 ; Constable, $00; Clerk, $60; Janitor,; $50; oad fund, : $2,784.38; road -sinking- fund, 95c; Treasurer's commissions, $63.33. Total, $7,7S4.04. "- 1 - The ' balance . to April acoouht is $76,849.18, divided among the several funds, as follows: General County Fuad, $34,906.97; J Special v County Fund, ' $2,913.63 ; Road Fund, $28, 362.56; Road Sinking Fundr $10,665.97. Total, $76,849.13. : r ROYAL VENETIAN BAND. Seats for Premier Attraction Will Go on A3aie Monday. V - - Seats for the -concert , to be given at' the- Academy next Wednesday hlghit by VlCtorV Royal Venetian band, and-which event .will be the one con cert event, of : the season, '.will : go ion sale -Monday ' morning. -The; sale should toe-, large, as ; upon - the size, or tne audience, depenas wnexner?xor not-the Academy. jwill 'guarantee'rotlr musical .attractions' for: datessSn WUr mlngton; -.Victor's band has hntrennsylymia; aid, of.Bianover, gagement .there 1 , "A- greater . hand than- Rosati's was the .verdict of several hundred patrons of ; the; People's Entertaihineiit , Course who gathered at .the Qpera House last night4 to hear! the Royal Venetian band, Under" the .'direction.-, of Signer Calfatty Victor, This " organizaition .was the best which, has ' been , heard here ' for many, years. '"' - .;- ' '-,.. ;; --: 'The grand selection : frosn 'Faust and 'Carmen,, the overture from 'Wil liam Tel . and the " celebrated sextette I from 'Lucia di Lammermoor spnt a thrill through the audience, ther en semble being perfect in tone and : har mony. The soloists are artjists of greaj ability on their respective-instru-ments". v ' . v - ,ss'- ' "Conducor . Signer Victor is most graceful as a leader, of gentlemanly bearing, and a musician of rare at tainment The twenty-four parts In the band he has wrought Into a per' j f getwhole, -the genius, of the director THE FEDERAL POINT ROAD. , .-Taxpay. ArSuirFe,..binty cf Pro- posed Routes to the Sound .t X (Communicated.) ; - . ; "I ; am ' one, but I - am one. Iy can't do everything, but. I canJdo somethings 4 What I can do, I ought to '.do.!? And. so as everybody seems interested in the new "Federal Point Road'' In the interest of ' the county, city . and various railroads, trolley lines and fac tories . being' . constructed out; Front street, would .suggest that if you are going to build a road tot thebenefit of ' thefarmers, fishers ; aiid pleasure driving -population,.?, you. would lets it enter, the . city;hy ome other.', route than Front street, as it seems, to me that you 'might .avoid many damage suits! and' maybe avoid causing reck less destruction of life .and,' property. The . road out Front" streetis rather narrow," and the roads j crossing - each other .as . they do and fwillimake- lt ;a uangerous -urive even .- now, ana it will- be . more so- later on ; when i.the -- rr -- - A TAX-PAYER. ; AFTER ADULTERATED FOODS.; Pure Food Laws' Belna Violated.: Rut .. n-.,,.M ' , ACTlcnlture. haeturaefrom atrib deal . of adulteration atid misbranding ate much interested In the snbleet- anf ? desire,' tol comply jwith the law. vynen a -proauct isrouna.. te ce aaui terated bothtbex dealer; and tbe manu facturer are informed that the ' sale of such goods , is .In, violation O.fthefood law;; Dealers: usually agree, to discon tinue handling: Roods - when informed that th ey are.; adulterated. .' r i just finished & touri ,as 'F?-lyBlg .andthRccHerft A v tx;;. -; ,;V'- yt j jt " yt iyu; iwurauw ux civy. i coUMoore was. then mylted to'make I ANTtSALOON CLDB 1 4 m . , . ' ea, at meeting. Last , iMignt, - . First Baptist Church "v f - EDUCATIONAL fMOVEMENT .Vy ill - Not ? Just Now Agitate For, an Election" bnProhjbitionr4ocers Elected iartd 4 Executive Cof . m i tt e e N a m e d Meetings. ; Responding to a. 9all issued through the Sunday . Schools' of-; the ; Protest ant churches of the vcity .bbutr Ja week ago, a goodly ; number ; of repre- sentktives of ; all these congrega tions in; the city; met last night iri the First ; Baptist : Church fand organized' what will, be known as "The ;Anti:Sa loqn;Ciub' of WllminibhAThe meet ing was called to order by 4Mr.f Wl- C; Peterson 'and:Mr. H: G.; Fennell-: was ealled . o thechair "with Mr. John T. Sholar temporary r secretary." -Mr.tGeo E.Leftwich ' explained the object" of the . meeting,' which. Was' stated to be rather an educational - than a - politi cal movement; that; there was no: pur pose; at ;the present to bring about , an agitation: for an election on prohibi tionbut that effort would-be to bring about an education, of the people to the temperance ; sentiment. ; '";,- A; commitee on permanent organi zation was named as follows-: Dr. A. M. Baldwin, Prof i Wingate Underbill and Mr. W. R. Taylor. - They retired and " reported the following nomina tions "of. officers, who were unanimous ly elected, viz: ':?:-vMh? -. t President Henry Fennell. ; . Vice-Presadent-HRev. ;C. 'B. - Vale. Secretary : and Treasurer John T. Sholar. ; v . y: - v '-: , ; - Executive- Committee H. ;"G. ; Fen nell, J C- E.: Vale; J; TT Sholar,; H. E. Boney, ; John F. Garrell,; Geo.' E,' Left wich'and;R. H. Beery. : y - ' ' A committee on constitution and by la wswas , appointed to report at a 1 la tef meeting to be called by the, Ex ecutive Committee." v This ' committee on constitution and rby-laws . will se cure copyof : these used'; - ; cure a copy- of . those, used by? the State Anti-Saloon : League .and this; will be, adopted or. changed -to: suit locl-con-dltions. Later it -isV expected to have State Lecturer R Li Davis of the from time' to " time, and It" Is., proposed to; make-: the .moyemeht'as general'as possible with .aH the ychurches, espe cially, among the young people: Forty-three ''charter; members were en rojled liast night":: ' :': r. ' .' "THE MAN ON THE BOX." Appearance cf 1 Max Figman at' Acad- ' emy .'Tomorrow-!. Night. ' ..Readers of ; current. r, fiction V who found much to delight 'them in Harold MacGrath's story,; "The : Man on the Box,". will find equal pleasure in Grace Livingstone Furniss' dramatization of the .book, which will be , presented at the - Academy tomorrow night, ; with Max Figman as the 'star, supported by a; -carefully selected ? cgmpany . and mounted with -special; - attention to everyv detail of i furniture, and scenery "The 'Man on the Box," .was the. pro-" nounced comedy r. success of the New York season last, year,, and ran; for three hundred nights:' It is -a clean, wholesome comedy, : full of spirited action, bright. dinlnfm and intAf Ast- !mg dramatic situations- The hero Is il? Figman's style and temperament and affords : him -the best opportunity of his career. ;w Seats are now bn sale.; FUN ERALOF MR H AWKlNsZZ - t -- Impressive Services :. Yesterday .from ; -V - Residence"; InThislClty. ; ! In the presence of ' a large number of: friends including members of Cape Fear Lodge No; 2,-li O. O. F., of which, the deceased was a valuablemember, impressive funeral services were con ducted 'Cat;:4 X. o'clock yesterday af teri noon.from the residence Of Mr. IT. L: Skipper,' on . Eighth street,:) over the remains Of ; the late 4 Mr;?$&:Wit Haw kin s. whose v death;;- occurred Wednes day evening v - The Services1. were by Rev. Kenneth D.-. Holmes,; pastor! of Fifth Street M. E. "Church, and a num ber of very pretty-floral : tributes were: laid ; on , the casket. 7 The 1 interment was i p Bellevue? cemetery; the . palli hearers ' having been Messrs. D.i Wal born Davis; E; O; Hunter J. TRiley andW. H Schaefer. ' " - . : ' . W , - , ;- ' "r'ZL-z. '- r MR. , CHAS.' CLEMMONS ; DEAD. ' v' ( ;. u:v - "- w-i' I m ? Well Known Citizen Passed Away Ear o.:'.: ly .Yesterday Mornjng.y 'Mr; Charles i;A. ;CIemmbnsrva well knowncitizen of Wilmington,' a - na tive of Qermany,; passed away? at his home in this city; o. ; 610 South-Seventh street, early'-yesterday morning, after a: lingering illness with? tubercu losis; Mr.' Clemmons1 was ' in. the 51st year of his, age, and ; fortmany .'years was employed by Mr. " C. F.f VonjKam- penlr. He was a man of noble1 impulses and'was generally; liked by those who knew him. - He leaves awifo: and four chiIdren,Mrs.; G. G Hall-Mrs Ci P Newton,-; Miss Eva Clemmons' and. Mr. Chas, WClemnibhs. -The funeral will ; be conducted from the residence -this moroing atiOxo'efock and; the inter- ment 'will -be on "Greenville Sound.?; drug store. -v.--'4? I A RECORDER'S COURT Position rof chamber of commerce on tion; in j 1902 -Statement i '- Justic to This Paper. in A f ew days agoj in referring locally to a reported organized oppositions among certain business Imen . of the city to the pending' recorder'sirin this couhty it was incidentally staged that; it was tout a few years agb that the Chamber of- Commerce passed a strong resolution endorsing such a courtf orthcityv The Slaitter,: staie mentlwasVchallenged bSecretary James Kyle, of he "Chamber; Twho set forth' in a card,, which . was cheerfully: published, Kthat no "Such action had been,; taken nor had the matter been discussed even since he hadfbeensec-' retary of the Teorganized body, dating batd;.:May19bfe . It is a matterr of . public record, how ever that the question of a recorder's court for the city Wak taken up on its own initiative, as a matterqtf . public policy by, the ' Wilmington Ghamber of Commerce at a meeting in the Sek bbard Air Line ; building, jbn Front street, on the ; afternoon of Decemher 21st, 1900, i at 3 : 30 o'clock. j: Mr. ,Wmi E.' Worth was vat; that time president of the Chamber and Col. John L. Cant well was secretary. - " . ' - President. -Worth in calling ; the meeting to1 order, stated that at a pre vious meeting of -;: the Chamber ;.th'e members; present were unanimously In favor of providing isome .renedy ' for the' abominable magistrate system'; of the county, and -devising some ' means of , ; cutting down . the. excessive jail fees that arose from the confinement bt-persons in jail unable to give bond during the interim' of criminal court tertas;Z':;p:j -t ' pMr,W Bl iMcKoy, then dounty : at torney, he said,: had been addressed a- letter 4 with reference : .o vthe ; subject andx Col.; Roger"-Moore, at that time chairman of the Board of. County Com missioners?' and Mayor A. M; Waddell had been invited to- be present; Mayor Waddell and Col. Moore were -present at . , the meeting on . the afternoon of December, 21st,; 1900,1 and after ; mak ing this, preliminary to the "meeting. President Worth read the letter in reply from County Attorney,. McKoyi It was held that - the; magistrates had certain inalienable rights l' underthe S?g that these could not be;distarhediilB4? a iH statement. " which t heUdftl. i havinc come with figures .from the official rec ords;'whIci;,hootediHe;laid par ticular stress: on the enormous cost to the county, of feeding prisoners held In jail awaitingytrial for. petty offences; These , figures, are given in - the news paper accounts of the meeting of ; the Chamber : at the time, -and they were regarded as - ponclusiyew na The idea - of a. recorder's court with: enlarged juris-' diction over that conferred .;on the magistrates was " then suggested and discussed with great favor by all presr ent.. Upon" motion: of, Mr. Hugh Mac- Rae, it was decided to appoint Messrs. T. i D. JVIeares J. A. Taylor and W. M, Gumming a committee to . still fur ther investigate audi further the ; de sires Of the . Chamber Jn this respect m every way possible. . v ; Several grand juries: since that time,' one in particular, doubtless tak ing the cue from the Chamber of Com merce, have strongly: endorsed the re corder's court, and Several other or ganizations f . a public nature gave similar endorsement."- ". ; : 1 So much In the interest of keeping the record straighta3 We go along; and with ho purpose of endeavoring to commit: the- present or past. Cham ber f. of Commerce to the - recorder's court in. its : present or any other;: form for that matter, The Chamber of Commerce- Is. Composed , of .. business menfor whose opinions the Star has the profoundest respect, but ;ln the meantime, "there can be no ' harm in this paper's setting ritself straight be fore the public, in regard to the state ment made several days " ago. . .The Star has noyquarrel to.make witb the Chamber of;. Commerce neither has it any 'desire to antagonize that body in anything it sees fit to do or undo, collectively or individually .; : s " " -' ; - ? ; f:- v-:'.. FUN E RALrOFMISS KIN YON. y-;v-,:ww-..l; -' -, :y :;;: -;:;' I m pressi ye Servicer Yesterday After ynopn at;Fiftlr Stit Cuih;i iy Impressiye funeral services :..$ were conducted i at; 2 : 30 i o'clock : yestefaay afternoon, from f Tifth ; Street M. Church over the; remains of ;the; late Miss Bstelle Ijord: Kinyon,; who died iri.Chester, c Pa.,'Cbn,Mondoy of J this weekstTfie; services i;4vere by Rev. Kenneth; D. -Holme, rpastor of 'theV congregation, . . and; many.fraends j ctf the deceased and; cf . the. family were present .A Jargetmber of . beauti ful ' floral designs werec laid Onthe dale celneteiTthe pall-bearefs having beenMssrsWB.-I)anlels1!D Dcon, J. u . LWnnelly and;, Jno. C. Votfng; Contest-Called Off.- - V v . " The v voting' contest;. 'and 'also .the free sketching coutest f or ; the public school children at the" shoe store ; of theMereer Ss Ey4ns Company- has been called iofffpr the presentt:if began April 1 st and was" to continue till the 'last cf the.vTOonth, but for reason s . satisfactory, to the nronrietor of tbe store. It was deemed, expedient SNIPES TRIAL LONG i lj . pay Yesterday in' Superior Court Taken Up With Hear r iiig testimony," S" s DEFENCE CLOSES ITS CASE State WilJ Offer Some Evidence - in lReb'uttal , and Then. iArgumeht .- to fiu'ry Will Begin Need of" "1 V - 'a; Stenographer. . . The "entire" day dn the Superior Court yesterday. Was consuimed with; the con tinuadon ' of the hearing of i the : evi dence, forCtiie, State -and 'all of that for the defense in the case of Lonnie ' Snipes, jchargedwith ;the killing ; of W. L. Williams, in, "a? McRae t Street ' house " in-1 this citar - last' iSeptember.. - ' The State"" will offer one or two wit-J , nesisieS - in rebuttal or , the testimony - -offered . yesterday by f the . defense ; wheat court - convenes this morning and then argument to Uhe jury will " begin. It-3is hatdly expected. that this - with the eharae of His: Honor will be ; -: fsubscribed-to the . jury before late this afternoon. .- '1 . -v .v' ; Upon the convening of court yester- : day morning at9:30 o'clock the State ( resumed its testimony with . the in- v traduction ; of : Cyrus' King, am. orderly at the .hospital who -went -witl'- the " ambulance on the night of the tragedy,;? and assisted Dr. E. P. Gray in putting . . the wounded iman on 'the stretcher. ; - ' He, testified to -the contenits:s of Wil-r.-liams pockets, these including achck : ; for $11, a. small bottle, of strychflMe tahlets and a pen knife. Asi.theywere - lifting him on the stretcher a small flask of whiskey, fell from his pockets. : Special Officer C. Tl Croom; regard- ed as the chief witness for;thei State, k was next? introduced. , He : testified . to J the position he (held and said he wore (his hadgeron ttne mignt or ine xrageuy. He went with some traveling men f to, v the -house of the Grier woman 'and was in the ball room." Snipes was there when he. went in.. ..They sat a, few minutes and in j came 'Williams V and the -Pinner boy, j They, sat talk-"-, Ing a while ,and one 'of the Pinners',, began- playing, with a ; woman called c violet vBiciXMiaid; - wne started Demntr and W of ..the Pinners L;'" i. i.. j K holdlnef. heri, Snines was BMtine on the fnnsie stand and Tralle outar blue stee? -plst6Cayh$g If Pinner 1 -didn't j stop botheriimg . his y girl he would - raise .a rough house. , Witness told liim, if he ( didn't put that pistol up he would give him some trouble:, Tom Daniel beard hlrna eay so. Snipes put. the pistol v-back- and Pinner.- grabbed -the girl' agaffr .She came from 'helhind the counter and a tussel"evnsued in which " 4 .4 ' both1 fell to the floor between the mu- ; ';., sic - box and the window, -Williams -' . rushed over and pulled them upjfroiSi the -floor, the boy im. the right iand Z and the girl in the-left 'Williams?- ; said they didn't come to imake-a rough t, house . but to have a good time.'- .The ; v '' girl called Pinner a vile'name and said she -could whiphim. Another of""-' the Pinners & slapped the - McDonald - - -girl in themouth. Snipes: jumped up '' V-' and rair in front of ,thstai amd sald,; . "I've- got, it in for you," and fired. ' Williams fell flat of "his back, both-K,', hands extended.-' As witness started "-; r to arrest' iSnlpesj the latter turned on' -; him, with his gun." Witness told, him ' ' to stop, . Jhe -wa s under arrest,) but " ; Snipes 'went - out' 'of' the r.door- Wit- - -v- : ncss put-his pi4toUih his - pocket but v he . finally s ram out of the. house into. f I . the street 'Witness grabbed form, as he, put the1 weapon' iu his pocket, but he broke, loose , and ran towards . 1 Eighth and 'Mulberry bY- Grace' streets. . -Witness shouted Ho him -to -stop and ; fired at him. T Then Snipes Jerked SiiS J plistol out f his pocket and started across' the' street He whirled -and ?' witness ' shot" him. --Snipes cried out, - v "I'm shot."-1 . yelled "up the street- to;; stop; him and he ran on . "nearly to the ' corner and witness shot 'again. As Snipes turned the" corner witness shot the? fourth' time, ' Hie ran .around ; Eighth, and MacRae towards. Seventh , and;fitopped nearly in the middle- of ; the .blcck- and . leaned against,, the fence; ; Witness placed him under: ar-.' rest and brought : bim to Eighth ( and MacRae ttreets.- -Snipes beggedjwt-, ness Tto shoot-'hlmj to v get him out 'of -the trouble;, said-' he shot Williams in- a" passion and was sorry 'for It. ' . There was butone hot in the house and rour onthe stfeet. - Snipes threw'. ?toI dowai when he was running and this was recovered. " Prisoner was turned , over; to Officers MA. Jonef( fend,Tatum.-" - y ' -'v"- " "J' Special Officer Croom was subjected f to a .most rigid rcrossrexaminatlon - by attorneys for the defense in an effort tc bre,ak: down his character ifromhIs own .admissions on the- stand and to, titroi-ie ' that" he' had- told certalti"" uer- som t3, Snipes badf turned and fired l"1" i " S"" t ItX tZ1-.t n u would , help t to . draw a : rope: around Siipes neck- ThiiSy he denied. " ; - 'Maude Pinner,-a woman' of the-, nouse, was the tnext witness, hough . she was not ln'the'foom. I She heard.' but one x pistol shot, and testified to the persons' running ,out of the house. 1 ' 5 Upon conclusJon of the. Pinner .. wo- ; man's, testimony; the State Introduced .several subpoenas' for,, witnesses who ; V. could not be found and the ; defense t. ' ' - " f fCcntinued on., fourth .page.) it r "J ' I! U. Harriman.; -t . .. 1 , .