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WILMIISrGTO.,SATTJRDAX, JimE, 1 1907.
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The lecond day ot the greatest re
txicca rrcr held by the Confederate
Veteran was marred at Richmond
yesterday by rain-and tin comfortably
cold -weather, yet It did not Interfere
with th srdof of -12.000 to 15.000 old
Teterans; they gaTe a tamultnoua ro
ceptloQ to Mrs. II ayes, only llTlng
daughter of President DaTla, heard a
steech from Col. Robert E. Le. Jr,
grandson of their great chieftain, had
a speech from Senator Daniel, and
last night attended a reception at the
Confederate Museum, the former
home of President Daris, where many
were brought to tears orer xnemorles
of the past and at the sight of war
relics. At Lansing. Mich., yester
day. President RooseTelt delivered
three addresses and held a reception;
In a speech to the Michigan Legislature'-
he declared that the -railroad
problem must be met unflinchingly;
cue of the features of the day was
his presentation of diplomas to a
class of young lady graduates. A
dispatch from Richmond announces
the death there on yesterday of Rob
ert Ambler Bruce, 10 years old.
Dun" & Cas weekly Trade Review
mentions"" the us seasonable weather
as a drawback to commercial activity,
but states that the cotton and other
manufacturing plants are producing
at full capacity with orders far Into
the future, while the output of pig
Iron Is beyond all precedent Tre
mendous rainfall In Texas and Louis
iana has swollen the rivers; great
damage has been done to crops and
property, and many lives have been
lost: because of the flood new cotton
advanced 50 points on October futures
la York yesterday. Hon. Wll-lU'v-jfV&ryan
as Joined at Norfolk
yewlay by Mrs. Bryan; they re
ceived much attention and from Nor
folk will go to William and Mary Col
lege; tonight Mr. Bryan will speak
in Norfolk and on Sunday will-be
speak In Richmond and on Monday at
tend the unveiling of the Jefferson
Daris monument- New York mar
kets: Money on call, steady. 2 to 2
3-L per cent.; ruling rate, 2 L-2; clos
ing bid. 1 1-2; offered at 2; spot cot
ton. 40 points higher, closing steady
at 12-SO; floor, firm and hlgfler, but
quiet: wheat, firm: No.' 2 red. 1.01
5-8 elevator; corn, firm; No. 2. 67 ele
vator; oats, firmer; mixed. 50 to 50
1-2; turpentine, easy, 2 1-2 to 63;
rosin, steady.
Even Emperor v Francis Joseph, " of
Austria. Is rooting for Roosevelt. He
wants the President re-elected .
Democrats should have a powerful
feeling - tot Saa tor-Cbalrx&an F. f M.
Simmons for the enemies he has made
in the Republican camp .
Newspapers continue to mention
George B, Cortelyou's boomlet for
President. George ought to lie low
for fear of being alluded, to as Roose
velt's cats paw in the 1904 campaign.
A New York woman who lost her
voice twenty years ago has suddenly
regained her power of speech. Of
course, she will talk now Just to hear
herself talk.
Says the Greensboro Tar Heel
(Rep.): "Joseph Gurney Cannon .Is
the noblest Roman of them all. That
- starts Uncle Joe's Presidential boom
Ih North Carolina. Secretary Taft
will please take notice .
A Washington dispatch stated that
President Roosevelt declared that he
enjoyed his horseback ride to Mount
Vernon, on Monday when he got
caught In the rain and was bespatter
ed all over with red mud. The mem
bers of the Ananias Club will please
refrain from laughing.
The Durham Herald has been count
ing time during the Butler-Adams will.
The Herald's piquant paragraphlst
ears: "Mr. Adams flunked and that
seems to be all there Is yo 1L Does
look like, according to the rule of the
ring: Adams has laid on the floor too
Jccg.
The Duplin Journal, recently remov
ed from Falson to Warsaw, says: "A
weekly newspaper should always
stand for that which gives material
strength and moral tone to Its people
and this shall continue the policy of
The Duplin Journal.". A paper con
ducted on that line Is the best -asset
that any community can hare
The Clarkton Express remarks:
Tretty little Indian girls, with lots
of money. In Indian Territory -are
-wanting good white men for hus-
bands. We've a good notion to go
vout there." As those Mlnnehahaa are
'said to be worth from $50,000 to J100.
000 In rich land .there Is no wonder
Editor Johnston would Just as leave
as not be a squaw man.-e-
, Washington dispatch recently
S f -jed 4 that President Roosevelt is
overworked and needs the rest .which
he is to take at Oyster bay In a couple
of weeks. The President takes, a
great - deal of unnecessary: workon
himself, in the way of Impossible tasks.
For Instance he has gotten K-tnto his
head that he can nail all the lies that
are tfoat. ' . 'o.v; - '
SOOTH AND WESTERN
More Than Three Thousand Men
Employed on Seaboard Con
v necting Link.
CONSTRUCTION IS COSTLY
Through Mountain Passes and Long
Tunnels Vast Shipments cf Coal
Handled Through Wilmington.
Great Thing for Port.
. Inasmuch as "Wilmington is destined
to bo the port of delivery for the Im
mense trade la coal that Is expected
to develop with the completion of the
South and Western Railroad from
the rich fields of Virginia and Tennes
see, the following from Thursday af
ternoon's Raleigh Evening Times will
be read with Interest here:
Mr. Lewis Walks, general freight
agent of the South & Western, a rail
road that Is to play a prominent part
In the development of this state, Is
spending the day In the city. He
came to Raleigh to consult with the
corporation commission In regard to
certain matters connected witn me
South & Western road.
The railroad being built from the
coal fields In southwest Virginia to
western North Carolina Is one of the
most costly ever built In the south
and it is to b doubted if a more
costly road fcas ever been built In the
HnftMl States. Although it runs
through an extremely rugged coun
trr. the crades are reduced to a mini
mum, and coming south the direc
tion in which the heavy traffic will be
handled the maximum grade is nve
tenths of one per cent. In the im
mediate vicinity of Marlon there are
twelve tunnels.
"Between Marlon and Altapass,
distance of 33 miles, more than three
thousand men are empolyed in con
struction work.: -This Is the roughest
section of the road, and It win require
about a rrear- tocamDlete it. The
road strikes the Southern at Manon
and ther Seaboard at Bostic a station
three miles east of Rutherfordtonl a
better grade hating beee secured by
taking thls;route it lsjfta.pryecw
tiofFro Thave the. line hetween Manon
and Bostic -a distance of 29 miles.
completed almost If not equally as
soon as the line to Marion, for. wmie
work la in progress on the tunnels, the
line will oe in course of construction
east of Marion. Nothing definite has
been decided in regard to building the
road south of Bostic in tne airecuon
of SDartanburg. It U a well krfbwn
fact " that- the same parties interested
In the South & Western are also bacic
of the Seaboard, and there seems to
be no doubt that the vast shipments of
coal from southwest Virginia win do
handled througn Wilmington.
The road Is already completed and
In operation from Altapass to Jofih
son City, Tenn a distance of 68 miles.
From Johnson City the road Is to be
continued through southwest Virginia
and on to Elkhorn. Ky.. about 160
miles. The line is now tinder construc
tion from Johnson City going west.
"The South & Western will be tne
means. of bringing coal direct from
the mines Into this State, and will be
of Inestimable benefit Jrom an in
dustrlal standpoint"
CAPT. EARL I. BROWN HERE.
New United States Engineer Has Ar-
Irved for Wilmlnoton District.
Capt. Earl I. Brown, U. S. A who
was recently ordered from cuoa to
the United States and assigned as
captain of the corps of United States
Engineers of the Wilmington District,
sueeedlng Maj. Jos. E. Kuhn, In tem
porary charge here with the duties
of the Norfolk district, arrived In the
city this week and will take charge
of the office today, June 1st. Capt.
Brown was formerly a lieutenant on
this station, and is most pleasantly
remembered by many friends who are
delighted to have him back in charge
of the district. He came via Wash
ington, leaving Mrs. Brown and chll
Hrn thr for the oresenL Mrs.
Brown is the daughter of the late
rant. T. M. Thompson, of South doix.
and It win be a pleasure for them to
reside here or at South port. Maj.
Kuhn - Is expected here today from
Norfolk to transfer the omce to capt.
Brown.
Mrs. Mary M. Peterson Dead.
Mrs.- Mary M. Peterson .relict of
the late.O. M. Peterson,-passed away
at the family residence. No. 21 South
Ninth street, yesterday . morning.
There . are surviving her two sons.
Messrs. O. R. and D. T. Peterson, and
four daughters, Mrs. .J.'M. King. Mrs.
Ik C-Lorenzo .and Misses Addle J.,
and Mary C. Peterson. They have the
sympathy of many friends In the
great loss they have sustained. The
funeral will take place this afternoon
at 4 o'clock from the residence, and
the Interment will he In Bellevue.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
J. W.sBatson Cantaloupes. Etc..
Ludden. Sc .BatesM-PIano ClnbTalk.
Consolidated Co. Schedule to Beach
Business Locals." .
Wanted Mala Stenographer. " j
B. and M. Z. W." Unlca Notice.' .
Read The Star Business Iycals.'
Cm BALL LEAGUE OPENS
Two Games at Hilton Park, First of
Series, This Afternoon Double
header Between Four Teams.
Excursion to Benefit SporU
The opening games of the series
In the City BaseDall League will be
played at Hilton Park . this afternoon,
and If the weather Is at all favorable
the bleachers and recently remodeled
grandstand will be lined with the
"faithful. The teams have each had
a preliminary game and have done
much practice fco that they will make
a good showing this afternoon if ante
season Indications count for anything.
A limited number of season tickets
have been issued at 1 5 each, admitting
to all the games, and these will be
found quite economical to those who
expect to be here during the Bummer.
The general admission will be 25 "bents
for gentlemen and 15c for ladies.
Ladies who desire to help along the
league may purchase season tickets
for $2.50.
The games this afternoon will be
between the Rattlers and Monarchs,
beginning at 3 P. M. and the Giants
and the Y. M. C A., beginning prompt
ly at 5 P. M. The line-up for the sec
ond game will be as follows:
Giants.
Seifert
Bush
McClellan . . .
Gore ........
Kendall
Lacy L.
Croom ,
Hall
Lacy, W
The league
Y. M. Ct A.
,...c King, L.
p Daniels
....lb Thees
. ...2b .Brinkley
3b King. XL
. ...ss King, W.
If Bergen
. ...cf Belden
rf Irving
has decided to run a
search-light excursion Tuesday night,
June 4th, the boat to leave the wharf
promptly at 8 o'clock going about ten
miles up the Cape Fear river; then
back to the pier and from there to
the wharf. The fare for the round
trip will be 25 cents. The benefit Is
to help pay for the new grand stand
which has been built by the league
and all friends are Invited to take the
trip.
TO STOP FIVE MINUTES.
Atlantic Coast Line Will Honcr Mem
ory of Jefferson Davis. .
y Complying with the request of Gen
eral Stephen D. Lee, commanding the
United Confederate Veterans nor tn
annual reunion at Richmond, Va.,
General Manager . W. N. Royall, of
the Atlantic Coast Line .yesterday is
sued orders to all division superinten
dents of the system from Richmond
to Tampa, Fla., to cease all train and
shop operations for five minutes att2
o'clock on Monday, the same being
the anniversary of the birthday of
President Jefferson Davis, of the
Southern Confederacy, and at .that
hour a very handsome monument be
ing unveiled to his memory at the cap
ital of the Confederacy. All South
ern roads were requested to take simi
lar action, but so far as is known the
Coast Line was the first to make the
official order. The Seaboard Thurs
day signified Its willingness to do so
If the other roads would do likewise.
It Is understood now that all of them
will do likewise.
The act Is a very gracious one on
the pat of the Atlantic Coast Line,
and shows contrary to the popular
charge in some quarters that all rail-
raod men are bereft of sentiment.
While it Is seemingly a small matter
of five minutes, when it Is considered
that nearly ten thousand men are af
fected and that five minutes on the
part of each means something like
three months employment at eight
hours per day for one man, the order
Is not so Inconsiderable after all, this,
of course, not taking into account the
delay of traffic and rush work in the
shops that cannot be measured in dol
lars and cents. At the hour named
wherever they ere, all trains will come
to a stop over all the system and
the busy hum of the shops 1 all along
the line will be hushed during that
period.
"FAREWELL STAG PARTY."
Mr. Jake
Lt
Solomon Entertained
at
Pleasant Affair.
Mr. Jake L. Solomon, one . of Wil
mington's most popular and promi
nent young business men, who will
next week join the ranks of the bene
dicts by claiming a fair bride In Ken
tucky, gave quite a pleasant" farewell
stag party at Harmony Circle Club
rooms last evening, the guests hav
ing been quite a number of the "bach
elor friends of Mr. Solomon. A
great, number of toasts were respond
ed to apropos the early departure
of Mr. Solomon on -his pleasant mis
sion. Among the guests for the even-
ng were" Messrs. L W. Solomon, E. L
Bear, Isadore Bear, -Julius P. Taylor,
George Honnet, A. G, Danenbaum, H.
C. Bear, Marcus Sternberger, of Ma
nila, P. I., Marx S. Nathan, Louis
Goodman, Joe N. Jacob!, Siegfried
Goodman and the host.
POLICE COURT ITEMS
Only Three Cases Before: the - Mayor
: -at Noon Yesterday. v-;
In the poUce court yesterday,' Henry
Baldwin; a small" colored 1 looy-. ;wbs
charged - with", two ' offenses, "irldlji
bicycle - without . a ihelfrr'and " carrying
conceaIedweapcs.;-InTthefirst',case
he was, required to 'pay. the costs, and
In - the rsecond was 'dlsmissea on. ac
count of his being., bo small. ' .
.' The cniv 'other case .was c that- of
mary. Clay.ltjolbrect,- charged with he-
liig. drunk and down. She was sent
to the county farm for 30 days. - ;
IN THE MEIER CASE
Very Rapid Progress Made Yes
terday in New Hanover Sup-
, , " end? Court.
PLAINTIFF TAKES A REST
V
Evidence in Noted Damage Suit Is be
. .ing Taken Rapidly Two Wit
nesses Thus Far for Defen
dant Company Notesv
Very good progress was made' yes
terday in the Superior Court in the
trial of the big damage suit of Frank
J Meier, administrator, against the Con
solidated Railways, Light and Power
Company, in which $25,000 punitive
and $25,000 actual damages are ask
ed for the killing of plaintiff's intes
tate, his brother. Joe Meier, on the
suburban line of the .defendant com
pany on the night of August 29th,
1903. The jury had been empanelled
with comparative ease the afternoon
before and the testimony was imme
diately begun at 9:30 o'clock yester
day morning. The testimony is being
taken in shorthand by Miss Shrier,
and this has greatly facilitated mat
ters. There is a possibility that the
case may be concluded "this evening,
but it Is most likely the trial will last
until the first of the coming week.
The attorneys are Messrs. McClammy
and John D. Bellamy & Son, for the
plaintiff Meier, and Messrs. Bellamy
& Bellamy and Davis & Davis, for
the defendant company.
The plaintiff began its testimony
yesterday with the plaintiff himself,
Frank Meier. Mr. Meier was going
by Yopp's undertaking establishment
Sunday morning and seeing a-crowd
he went in and was shocked to find
that his -brother had been killed the
night before and his body had not
been identified up to that time. He
described the condition of the body,
and said he last saw his brother the
Monday morning before the accident;
deceased was between 26 and 29 years
old and was a carpenter by trade; had
worked at the railroad, on the Sea
shore Hotel and on the Richter build
ing just' before his death; he earned
fronr$60 to $75 per month; was mar
riedand had one child, who died
about., ajjrear before, . the r father -was
killed.
M. E. Keathley knew the ' deceased
for 15 years; he worked at the A; C
L. first four or five years, a second
time about 18 mouths, and the last
time about two years; his pay averag
ed- $3 to $4: per day. While he was
not a finished workman, he was a
good ordinary carpenter.
Melvfn Home, who had been sum
moned by both sides, was first intro
duced for the plaintiff; he was motor-
man and conductor on. the car which
ran over Meier; it was the trip from
the beach about 12:30 ;A .M. Just
before witness got to crossing he
saw something he thought was a piece
of paper on the tracks; later he was
horrified to find that it was a man;
he stopped after the car had. passed
over the man and went back with
passengers to see what had been done
The light , then provided on the car
was in good condition, but there was
a cloud and he could not see very
well until he was the distance of one
trolley pole to another from him. The
car was not equipped with air or
emergency brake, only- a hand brake
being at hand; this he thought was
in g90d condition. It was brought out
from the witness on cross-examination
that . even if the car had been equip
ped with air brakes the accident
might have occurred. The car had
no fender. The body was lying with
the head toward Wilmington inside
of rails; right leg over rail, left arm
same way, flat of back. In witness'
opinion had the car been equipped
with fender the body would have been
torn all to pieces.
Dr. J. Arthur Dosher, of Southport,
who with Dr. Manley, of Fort Caswell,
was a passenger on the car, was the
next witness. He was seated two or
three seats from the -front returning
from Wrlghtsville Beach and heard
the motorman cry out that he had run
over a man. He with others went back
and examined the body, finding it
warm and mutilated in about the con
dition described in ''the complaint; his
brain was scattered about, in between
the ties. The body was perfectly nor
mal, and death in his opinion was
caused by some heavy object strik
ing him on the head and that he- had
been dead but a few minutes when the i
witness saw him. '
Policeman H. W. Howell went to
the scene on Monday following the
accident with Mr .Frank Meier. They
found particles of - bloody substance
between the rails. There seemed to
be very little blood.
Mr. H. G. Fennell saw Joe Meier
when he got on the car a Front and
Princess streets about . 8 .o'clock;-. he
had no hat and his' coat, was on his
arm; Meier took a rear seat and seem
ed to be in a stupor. - He was put
off the car. Just beyond Delgado on
the.wayMown to the beach. VThls the
witness thought : was about.V.8: 15 or
8: 20 - and : about 2 : 12
miles A from.
where '. the 'accident .occurred. -.
v. Mr.. Frank -3Ieier wjis. recalled, as to
some points brought out by , Mr. How-
L- The -plain tiff. "rested'; and the. defen
dant put ;on J-. A Riggs, - who,: at the
time ' was", conductor ; of the car,, from
which Meier was ejected.'The witness
said that the car left Front and VPrfcv
cess at ft o'clockand; that tbedeceas-
ed'was put off because he would not
pay his" fare; and was disorderly. The;
BRAVED THE EEIIENTS
Thirteen Men at Traps , of Wilming
ton Gun Club -Yesterday After
noon If our for Peters' Tro
phy Shot Their Finals.
In spite of the threatening weather
an "unlucky thirteen" men faced the
traps - of the Wilmington Gun Club
yesterday afternoon. Rain jtell inter
mittently and lowering clouds in the
west made the best scores impossi
ble, the background havingheen dark
and the men at the traps being " "una
ble to see the flying birds. In the reg
ular shoot, however, Stokley did some
good work, breaking 4850 and mak
ing a total of 68 out of 75. He had a
straight run of 45 out of a second fifty.
In the contest for the Peters' tro
phy Messrs. G. W Penny, Ed Bouihee,
Dr. J. H. Dreher and Dr. R. H. Bel
lamy have finished their 250 targets
with Mr. Penny leading 173 250.
When other members of the Club
have completed the round the hand
some cup offered by . the cartridge
company will be awarded.
No meeting of the Club was held on
the grounds yesterday afternoon to
consider the matter of holding a
State tournament here in July as on
account of .the .inclemency of the
weather only a few of the members
were out. The. scores yesterday , were
as follows, the first two columns be
ing the totals to date in the Peters'
contest, viz:
Shot
Broke
104
151
Shot Broke
Warren.
Stokley
Boushee
Truelove
Littlg . .
Bellamy
Dreher .
Penny .
Boylan .
..150
..225
r.250
...175
...150
. .550
..250
..250
..175
.75
50
50
100
68
39
32
55
172
93
90
171
160
173
112
104
65
"91
28
50
42
Empie, B. G..150
Bennett . .
Ahrens . . .
Merrimon .
Empie, T. .
Dosier, Dr.
.Wessel . .
Howell ...
.125
.150
..50
100
-50
100
50
36
29
25
BARACAS ENTERTAINED
Philathea Class Guests rof Delightful
. Affair. Thursday . Evening. .--
The Baracas of the First Baptist
(ihttrchr-deHghtf ully entertained the
Philathea Classof tJiejsame congre
gation Thursday evening. The church
yas -beautifully decorated- with palms
and cut 'flowers and the environment
was all that could - be desired for the
most pleasant occasion that it was.
The address . of -welcome was by ' Mr.
P. P. Perrin and this was especially
pleasing. Following Mr. Perrin's cor
dial ; words of welcome, Mr. Greene
Fenley rendered . a. beautiful solo to
good- effeet.; - Mr. " Herbert E. Merritt
president of the class, spoke at length
of the : (history and nature of Baraca
work and vpaid a fine-tribute 1 to Dr.
Calvin S. Blackwell, who introduced
the Baraca work among the young
people Of Wilmington. Mr. Merritt's
address was inspiring and pleasing.
, A vocal duet by Mrs. Edwards and
Mrs. Muse with accompaniment by
Miss Elizabeth D. Burtt greatly de
lighted the audience as did also
violin? isolo by Mrs. Edwards with ac
companiment by Miss Burtt. Miss
Hattie (Sue Hale was also heard to
splendid advantage in a .brief piano
recital. Mrs. C. Oscar Byerly was de
lightfully amusing in a realistic por
trayal of Josiah Allen's Wife on the
subject of "Flirting." She was given
greatest applause. - v
Following the formal part of the ex
ercises a spread of dainty refresh
ments was enjoyed, the young people
voting the social a success in every
way.
Mr. Farley to Wed.
Friends of Mr. J. A. Farley, of the
Southern Bell Telephone Company; In
this city, will be Interested and pleas
ed, at the announcement of bis ap
proaching marriage- which will take
place at the home of the bride's par
ents, Mr. and MrsD. - P. High, in
Whiteville, June. ; -12th. The ibride,
Miss Nellie High, is one of the most
atractive young 'women 9f that town
and is much . loved and admired by
many acquaintances. -
conductor said after the car had gone
on to the beach and was. returning
about an hour later he passed Meier
walking toward the sound by the side
of the track near Commissary Bay,
about 2 1-2 miles from where he was
fkilled. He had travelled considerable
distance since he had been ejected
from the car. '
Policeman M. P. Newton, motorman
on the car from which Meier was
ejected at that time, testified in cor
roboration -v of Riggs, and said . after
Meier was ' put off, he asked and was
given i his coat,-which ? had been left
on a -seat when -he was taken off. -
Of course each- of .the witnesses was
put through a vigorous cross-examination
and a number, of-; points -; were
brought but upon which- argument : to
the , jury' will - be based ; when the i trial
is concluded . The defendant .-company
1 will " .Introduce;: further : testimony
today, theni the; plaintiff -Twill offer .evi
dence in y rebuttal " and the case -with
the charge of His Honor " and argu
ment'by counsel ,will go, to 'the twelve
mexn.empanelled j,topassupon ' he is
sues.x" - n -"-A -.r- '-i -:
The only other..--.proceedlngv In
couft 'yesterday Was?.the I continuance
(his
of. the- suit , of the Cape. Eear: Machine
Works
against the ;Angbla.-, Lumher
',"- ' k - r' -
company.
ON BENCH mnOOT
Manager of Postal telegrapH
V t
Company Cited to; Appear
Before Judge Long.
GIVES $500 JUSTIFIED BOND
Charged With Obstructing-Process of
the Court Deputy Serving Sub-
poena on Witness vTelegraph
Operator in Postal's ' Ernploy. -
Mr. J. T. North, manager of ! the
Postal Telegraph Company, irt this ,
city, upon a bench warrant issued yes-
terday afternoon, is cited to, apepar .,
this morning at 9:30 o'clock; before
His Honor, Judge B .F. Longj: holding y: ;
Superior Court in New Hanover,, to . '
show cause why he should no tbe at- ,;( u
tached for contempt ; The', alleged V, '
contempt grows out of what: is charg- .
ed as obstructing tne rprocess Otitne
court by-, interfering with t Deputy
Sheriff W. H. Cox whentheo-nlcer&
had gone to the office : of the -Postal
yesterday morning .to serve - a ; sub
poena upon Mr. John E. Wood,v,the
former manager ot the company; K4n.y
this city, but now an operator, in the T -employ
of the Postal. .. Deputy JCox.
alleges that Mr. North met him at " , f
the, counter, told him that her knewi n .
the law as to summoning; telegraph-;;
operators from their work, and. Inti . ' .
mated that he would not iave . Jr " i
Wood subpoenaed. . The officers says' ; .
that he protested at Mr. -North's ln?
terference with the process of : the.' I .
court and threatened to arrest him,
but that he was not allowed to sum- ,V
mons Mr. Wood unmolested. v Mr.
Wood sat at his telegraph key-a short.., -r
that the argument which ' his appear- -'jj ,' v -v i?
ance with the paper brought out, pre-: , v',;
vented his reading the subpoena i to V ' v, :
the man wanted, which was : in i an lor-: a j :-. I '
dinary civil suit that has been pend-. '-r;-?:..
uig sulu unit;, aiiu euuuouj oucaiui
44fagainst Winders, involving sdme prop-
ertv at Castle Havnes. ':i-r,2
Mr. Cox returned to the;i Court '
House and reported the facts as he
conceived them to be to Judge Longk
who at once ordered: an. aifidairtt froniy-Y
the deDutv sheriff and had. this swoni ;?
to 'before Mrt:i "Itf.BjxrpmZiaepv
Clerk of .the Superior Com.V-Upont mMMi'
suea ? ior Mr. wortn ;-.ana-sveryy -soott --f
mereaiier ne came into court witn nis j s ; v
counsel, Hori. John D. Bellamys andl"
had a brief cbhversaHoriT-wft
judge at his desk in the courti rpomJl
The defendant was ordered to 'give S
$500 justified bond for? his appear-
ance this morning at ; 9:0 jo'clockv
when-all the testimony; in Iheim-
ises will be heard. Mr. North gave,
the bond in the sum jaamed. wlthtHer r
bert McClammy, Esq., , who was , sit
ting in the court room ; at ", the , time.;
and was asked by Mr. Benai" to Y , - . r f '
give the amount ,as suretMrVel
lamy thinks that his client :. will navev Jy' y ' '-r.4.-;''-;
no difficulty in purging .himseif of" V:.' S- :?::-'''
any contempt m the matter.' YV Y ; i
The affidavit upon which the war-s . t
rant was issued sets forth thatthe -iw.
afflaiit, Mr. Cox, is a deputy:: sheriff : -and
that he was acting as'. such . dur- Y;
ing the sitting of the' present term of- , i
court that a subpoena issiied out qt.;.Ui:,:
tnis court to De served on one John
E. Wood as a witness In! the? case of Y'v:
W. H. Shearin and others r against J. : v Y
W. Winders and that Ins obedience Yy V-
to the writ the affiant . Went ; to the i 1
office of the - Postal Telegraph ; Com- y
pany and found the said witness: that '
whilst engaged in his ;lawt ul dutyvln
executing the process . ofY the v court
on said witness, one J. T. ; North; who .
was then apd there present, unlaw
fulljr interfered with and hindered ;
delayed and obstructed affiant in the ; ' . : v '
execution of said process:Sthattthe4? f&sgif!;'
muoui io imuiiucu 1,110,1, viits VLUiicaa :
whom he was attempting to subpoena
was wanted as such witness. Jn - a 'suit
on trial at this present term i - that as -
affiant was thus molested and ": Interr ; . -
fered with in regard to. his duties di-
rected to be performed by. this court,'1 - ,
he deemed it his duty to jeport the y
facts to -the court as ltsX officer, that V ;
the court might do as it deemed prop-. ' l.
er in the premises. Upon;' this -affida-; i Y :
vit Judge Long issued a process "to V. 'i
the sheriff requiring him "to : bring, ',
Mr. North into court and show: cause :
why he should not . be attached-ifor- ; f'
contempt of court, answering. 1 the v . ,;
charge- as the law directs.C tTne. iaf- . v ' ; ; :-
ii wctticu uiucu in tereis i, hiuuuk me. .. . . : . i ; .
court attendants during the dayland !t;i?k. ixi i
there.-, was considerable talk of.-the. Y : -
matter on :.the . streetsduring;ithe.! afYC V.-Vv-.;:-;-
ternoon.
Mr. -North, in an interview-Mlast
night, stated that nothing was-further , ;
from his purpose than to obstruct any;" ' i
process of .the court; that Ms: remarks Y
on:: the occasion ' referred to, werie dl--; yj
rwieu eutireiy 10 air, yv oua,:ira?a
a-, matter of fact, was served iwitb! thel :
summons and responded jat oncfe. He:
says that his remarks as , to the rights
under the ,law of telegraphrpperators.
was - in respect "to.:' their, .exemption.
from jury dnity and that Mr." Cor made
no threats of reporting him ;tor, ' the
poirtHeregrets-e;
rery -much ;and is :satisfied: that ..when) y
all,. the-; facts are: brought : out , in tne ;
hearing-before Judge Long; this morn-
ng that he ,will be.ipurged of: all con
tempt
Must ?Vbe' fast, accurate and; 'sober.
TTnlon- office, i CIood- TwyH caress, y
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intentions. - ; -::: AX-J C
i Linotrbe operator wantedat : once- yX ".
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