I One year by Ma... ,...00;. ;, I U J V ' I A' : V I- 1 X ! IV 1 . Hi I ' 1 tmB? M ! II the StateT .
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outune WORK IS FINISHED FUBNITDRE DEAIERS AUDIT AND FINANCE
.or a dramaUc tinge to the
7? f tJ? Anson county lynchers at
trial of the Anson when-Hhe
MonV nf Sherifl f Sgan told of the
?WUes at Soke, Va.. are .assess
. tafSS damages done by the mob to
i?f Pet restaurants Saturday night
S3? e ample resUtuUon.
SMSSandrlaapple, Russia, yJej.
day moSig General Alikhanoff, Mad
.mo rurfof and the coachman of a
SSaSf to which they were riding
wwWown to pieces by two bombs;
Alikhanoff was tyrant and a year
had a portion of the country laid
tste and the people slaughtered by
CoscS Seven Western States
having passed twoKient passenger
rate laws, all Western railroads will
send passenger agents to Chicago
next Friday to adopt a two-cent rate
for all Inter-State passengers. Gov
ernor Hughes, of New York, ester
day, signed the Legislative act limit
ing the campaign expenditures of can
didates in that State, those of the
governor being fixed at $10,000.
The death rate from the plague in
India for the past six months has
been 1,060,067. Admiral Yamamo
to, of Japan, yesterday sent his con
dolence concerning the tragic explo
sion on the United States battleship
Georgia, on Monday, near Boston; an
other death yesterday brings the fa
talities up to ninetenths. In Paris
yesterday Count Bonl de Castellane's
appeal was dismissed and final decree
of divorce was entered; the Coun
tess is to pay all his and her debts.
Two cranks tried to see Presi
dent Roosevelt yesterday, a man rep
resenting himself as the Devil, and a
woman desiring to present a claim of
J&1,000,000. A Chicago dispatch an
nounces that Klaw & Erlanger have
iirganiied a $100,000,000 trust to con
rol all "the theatres in America and
Europe. . Six (hundred wholesale
grocers' from the South are attend
ing the . sixteenth annual meeting of
their association at Baltimore.
Hundreds of lives were imperilled yes
terdav when a train dashed into
Cleveland, O., yesterday, with the en
at' Philadelphia yesterday with a tre
mendous attendance. New York
mftflrAtsr Mnnev on call, easier at 2
;f 1-2. to 3 3-4 per cent., ruling rate 3 1-2,
closing MA 2 3-4, offered- at 3; ... spot
"AttCiW fM (Ttr 1 5Hi flrirTV--Tlil1I ATlfl
WCWA OWUVAJ uw. "
. . . . . 1 1 . . A J
paruyu.iO wer ; wneai quu, imo. e, reu
86 elevator; corn easy, No. 2, 61 1-2
elevator; oats steady, mixed 49 1-2;
turpentine quiet; rosin steady, strained-common
to good 4.50 to 4.60.
Not -enough men in the Democratic
party are saying and doing things so
that the people can know whether they
would make good nominees for Presl
dent or not
In one of his books President
Roosevelt shockingly boasts of killing
the last noble elk In his county. If
he were In Philadelphia this week the
Elks would sew him up.
It comes, from fashion, circles that
the "Teddy bear waist" is about to be
introduced as a part of the toggery df
women. Doubtless this means that
women who wear Teddy bear waists
will have bare arms.
It is said that the price of diamonds
is coming down. Most people, how
ever, are not so much interested In the
diamond quotations as they would be
in a bear movement m the price of
beef.
They ought to restore the name of
Jefferson Davis to the Cabin John
bridge at Washington for the reason
tha It ought to be there, and if not
for that reason, it should be done in
order to give us a rest
"Harriman is again quiet," says a
contemporary. He had better keep
quiet First thing he knows, he will
be accused of being the originator of
the movement to scare up a war with
Japan so those "Harriman lines" could
haul our soldiers and war material.
A woman's husband may be the big
gest man in the country, but his wife
thinks that It is as little as he can
do to bring her a spool of thread from
down town and move her trunk from
one side of the room to the other ev
ery three or four days.
The Baltimore American advises:
"Tell your secrets to your watch and
it will not betray you." However, if
some watches can't keept secrets any
better than they keep time, a man Is
liable to get left if he gets too confi
dential with a watch.
An Asheville dispatch on Monday
says: "Dr. Arthur Pritchard, of Ashe
ville, son of Judge J. C. . Pritchard, pf
the Federal Circuit Court, has been
appointed assistant surgeon of the
Southern Railway ; Company ' for ", this
district or division.".. For propriety's
ate, the young man-1 should ; decline
me appointments Some people might
County Board of ' Equalization
Completed Labors With Wil
mington Assessment.
WRIQHTSV1LLE BEACH TO-DAY
Property at Resort Will Be Visited and
Valued For Taxation After Per
sonal Inspection Number of
Changes" Yesterday.
With the exception of placing the
tax valuation on property at Wrights
vllle Beach, for which purpose the
body will make a special visit for a
personal inspection of the property
this morning, leaving the city at 7:30
o'clock, the County Board of Equali
zation yesterday completed its labors
and the tax values ol New Hanover
are now just as they will appear on
the books of the sheriff for collection
next Fall, with the possible exception
of the correction of any clerical errors
that may occur. The Board has been
quite diligent in its work and it is esti
mated that the taxable values of the
county have Increased from one to
one and a half million dollars. In
reaching the new assessment It has
been the object of the board to so
fix vakies that the burden of taxation
will fall equally on all. The rate was
tentatively fixed at the firsts meeting
in July at the same as last year, but
the Board expressed the hope at the
time that when the new assessment
was completed, it would be able to
make a slight reduction from last year.
This will make the increased values
on property not fall so heavily on the
owners. The rate will be definitely
fixed at the first meeting In August,
if not sooner, in order that the compu
tation of the books may be carried
forward without delay.
The Board met yesterday morning
at the usual hour with all members
in attendance, Col. Walker Taylor be
ing present as the assessor from Wil
mington township, in place of Caot.
Louis Belden, who Is confined to his
home by Illness. There -ere com-
uaratively-t ew complainants before
the. Boajd duringthA day. which . Isl
construed to mean that all are satis
fled with the assessment of. their
holdings as originally fixed by the as
sessors. The following changes, how
ever, were made:
Li. Hanson, Block 29 and 30, reduc
ed from $7,500 to $6,900.
Kidder Lumber Company's proper
ty, reduced from $15,000 to $12,000.
Sol. .and Julius Sternberger, store
In Red Men's block, reduced from $8,-
500 to $7,750,
Hanover Seaside Club, property on
Carolina Beach, reduced from $300 to
$100.
Consolidated Company, valuation on
sub-station on Wrightsville Sound and
Lighthouse fixed at $4,000.
J. H. HInton. valuation on Orton
Hotel reduced from $65,000 to $60,000.
At the afternoon session the fol
lowing changes were made: Matt J.
Heyer, valuation, of Southern Building
increased. from $47,500 to $50,000. Jas.
F. Woolvin, valuation of Old Court
House, property. Increased from $8,000
to $12,000. Delgado Mills property
decreased frozn $150,000 to $125,000.
The Board adjourned to meet this
morning on Wrightsville Beach, when
a personal inspection of all property
will be made and entirely new valua
tions will be arrived at. Messrs. J. A.
Blddle and Owen Martindale were ex
cused from acting for the day as they
found it inconvenient to make the trip
at so early an hour.
Hook and Ladder Station. Sold.
Acting for the Fire Committee yes
terday, at noon City Attorney Marsden
Bellamy, Jr., at the Court House, sold
the present station of the hook and
ladder company on Dock street at amo
tion, the proceeds to be devoted to the
building of the new station , for. the
hook and ladder and chemical engine
on Fourth, near Dock street. The
property was bid in by Herbert Mc-
Clammy, Esq., for $4,050. The sale Is
subject to confirmation by the Board
of Aldermen and Board of Audit and
Finance and it is 'Understood that the
bid will be raised the 10 per cent re
quired by law. P. Q. Moore and
Messrs. Chas. and Martin Schnibben
were the only other bidders. The
property is 66x75 feet In size. '
To Picnic In "Garden of Eden."
The Star is requested to announce
the following: "There will be a picnic
In the Garden of Eden or better known
as Shelter Neck, Pender v county, on
July 19th 1907. Everybody is invited
to come and bring, a basket filled with
sumptuous rations, music ana aanc
Ing; refreshments of all kinds." Rev. C
H. Utley and others will address the
people. Committee to: see that good
behavior Is kept: Riley Jones, J. A.
Rowe, S..G. Blake, H. I." Bo wen and
Andrew Bowden." . .
New Advertisements.
Hugh Mac Rae & Co. Blueprints by
Electricity. .1
Importers' Coffee Co.
Jadkson
Square iKrand. : : - . -' . ,
-r, Business Locals.
Candycapps :I;-Met Myself-
v -.. .
Lost Alligator. PocKet Book.:
1 NoticeAutomobile" Repairing
THE FURNITURE DEALERS
Fourth Annual
Convention
of State
Association at Wrightsville Beach
--Next Month Programmes An
nounced Yesterday.
The fourth annual convention of the
Retail Furniture Dealers' Association
of North Carolina, programmes of
which, were distributed yesterday, will
be held at the Hotel Tarrymoore, oil
Wrightsville Beach, August 13th, 14th
and 15th, Inclusive. The convention
will bring to the beach upwards of 200
prominent business men and their
families from all parts of the State and
the local furniture men are setting
about to -see that they are entertain
ed royally. Mr. B. F. Huntley is
president and Mr. W. B. Summersett
is secretary and treasurer of the Asso
ciation The programme sent otit yes
terday announces that r.ound trip
tickets to Wrightsville Beach may be
purchased at all points in .North Caro
lina and that these are the cheapest
rates to be had for the occasion. :
The convention will be called to or
der Tuesday afternoon, August 13th,
at 4 P. M., and the address of wel
come to the visitors will be by Mayor
William E. Springer. The response
to the address of welcome will be by
Mr. E. F. Hall, of Reidsville, N. C.
Roll call -of membership, the reading
of minutes of previous meeting and
the reports of the secretary, treasurer
and executive committee will take up
the remalndr of the session. A night
session will be held if the business is
completed in the afternoon.
On Wednesday . beginning at 9 A.
M., the programme of the day's sesi
sion Is as follows:
Report of special committees, freight
rates, insurance, inter-State Associa
tion, mall order and catalogue com
petition. Unfinished business.
New business.
Good of the Association.
Address by Henderson Cole, of Wil-J
mlngton N. O, subject: "Why weiould not made use of. It was .also
are Here."
"Address by George C. Royal, iSolds
boro, N. C, on "The Intention of our
Organization."
Address: "The Modern Furniture
Store," by C. W. Parker, Charlotte,
N. C.
Address by B. F. Huntly, "How to
Deal With Our Customers:'
. SaI1 0X1 Banks Channe In' .After.
no?n
Banquet at 9:30 P. M.
On Thursday morning -the visitors
will come up to Wilmington and will
go for a trip down the Cape Fear river
on the steamer Wilmington, leaving
the city at 9:30 A. M. and going tor
a trip to South port and Fort Caswell.
At 8:30 P. M. the convention will re
assemble at the beach. At this session
the annual election of officers , will
take place withchoice of next place
of meeting.
Wilmington and the beaches will be
delighted to entertain this body of
business men and will hope that their
stay will be pleasant.
Branches Should be Cleared Up.
Complaint has been made to the
newspaper offices and elsewhere of the
delay In clearing from the streets
limbs and branches torn from trees
by the severe wind storm here a week
ago yesterday. . It Is pointed out that
these limbs have been trimmed up and
left in piles on the streets and it is rep
resented that they are a fruitful source
of mosquitoes and disease. Some, of
the instances cited are on Sixth, be
tween Castle and Wooster streets,
and on Fourth, beweeri Nun and
Church streets. Inquiry was made at
the office of Messrs. Woolard and Fur
long as to the apparent delay in this
matter. It was stated that much of
the green stuff had .been moved that
day and that the evil complained of
was being remedied as speedily as pos
sible; that the storm was naturally
an emergency which no one could 'for-
see and that all places would be at
tended to as quickly as possible.
Improvements In Mayor's Office.
Handsome furniture in golden oak
has arrived and will be installed in a
few days n the Mayor's private of
fice jat the City HaU. This has been
needed a long time. .. The furniture
consists of, a large oak desk for the
Mayors private use, a long table and
twelve easy chairs to be used at the
table for conferences of the Board of
Aldermen and other bodies of the
city gorernment. The Mayor also
has a leather upholstered couch
which will occupy a place in the gen
eral setting of the. furniture. " The
room occupied by the Mayor as an of
fice will be nicely fitted up and Chief
Williams will ; be given headquarters
toward .the front of , the room to one
side behind an oak finished glass par
tition. This will . bring the executive
branches of the city 'government , to
gether and will -result in much better
dispatch, of the public business
Inquiry fort Relatives. - V - v
The Mayor has Inquiry from Mis
sissippi f or relatives, of Harmon or
Abner, Eason, brothers vWho; were resi
dents here In the forties of fifties. It la
stated, that they' have descendants liv
ing In Eastern North -Carolina,: arid if
there are such the Mayor- would be
glad to 1 communicate with them for
the sake of informing a relative who
desires to know something of V his
maternal ancestry.; . ; v.. -,.
"Everything reduced Thursday. July
18th,',-at Gaylofd's." 'Free; . one : pack
age vof talcuhx powder to every, custo-'
Regular Semi-Monthly Meeting
of The Board Held Last
Night at City Halfc
CONSOLIDATED FIRE HOUSE
Architect Bonitz Instructed to Proceed
With Plans for New Building
Under. Direction of Market
Committee Proceedings.
At tlie regular semi-monthly meet
ing of ihe board of Audit and Finance,
which continued two hours at the
City Hall last night and upon which
Chairman McQueen and all members
were in attendance, ; the plans for the
consolidated market and fire house
which will be built .underthe direc
tion of the Market Committee of the
Board of Aldermen at a cost of $8,000
at Fourth and Campbell streets, were
exhibited and Architect H. E. Bonitz
was instructed to-complete the spec
ifications and call for bids for-the new
structure; the superintendent of
streets was restored to his former sal
ary of 900 per year with feed of his
horse, several bids for materials to be
used in the repair, of the streets were
accepted and a large amount of rou
tine business was dispatched
The meeting1 was called to- tjrder
shortly after 8 o'clock and after the
minutes of the previous meeting were
read and approved -unfinished .? busi
ness was taken up. The appropriation
$110f per year for the maintenance of
the city's half of the playgrounds for
children which it was proposed to es
tablish on the Court House property,
was discussed at some ' length" , and
finally deferred for action. The mem
bers of the Board seemed to think the
crrvTinn a it nnonoil f tn O fn ilrirPTl
expressed as an - opinion, that if the
city is going' to expend - money for
park or playground .purposes", it would
be better to. accept the proposition
pending for a, donation of a part of
the,. Carolina Heights property. For
some reason this, proposition has nev
er come; officially . before either of the
two Jjoards;
-The recommendaticKTi of ; thj&VAlder-
'men at their last (meeting that the sal-
:QV nf anorfnfrnf!Ant nf Street Pick-
ett. be incrjeased to $1,000 per year in
view of the fact that the repair work
had been again placed In the, hands
of the Streets and Wharves Depart
ment and that a foreman at $2 per day
be retained also, was brought up un
der, unfinished business. The salary
of the superintendent had been en
tirely cut . off and only the foreman
had been provided for In the budget,
Mr. Pickett having nominally filling
that position in connection with the
duties as superintendent. Mayor Sprin
ger came in about this- time and ex
plained the increased duties required
of the superintendent In connection
with the repair work. It was decid
ed after discussion of some time to re
store the salary of the superintendent
to $900 per year, but' not to have any
foreman at $2 per day, the superin
tendent to combine the duties with his
own, which were considered lighter in
view of the fact that no permanent
work is now being done under this de
partment. The restoration of the
salary was made effective July 1st.
For the 'steenth time the Board
again tackled the problem of award
ing the contract for feeding the city
prisoners. The arrangement as enter
ed into by the Aldermen was confirm
ed. Bids for street material were taken
up as they came from the Aldermen in
view of the fact that the repairs are
now to be done as before. Contract
for macadam was awarded to C. H.
Dock at $1.30 per ton as formerly, the
contractor to make all arrangements
as to royalty and the city assuming no
responsibility in this regard. It was
ordered that the city attorney proper
ly safeguard the contract as to the
royalty, which is " six cents per ton.
Contract for lime, cement and pipe
was awarded to Roger Moore's Sons
& Co., for bricte to Hooper & Flynn,
and for curbing to J. T. Wyatt, of
Faith.
Bond of Consolidated Company in the,
sum of $5,000" for the city lighting was
tendered and.; accepted with Hugh
Mac Rae as .surety.
The request "of the Street Commis
sion to be provided with a competent
clerk and engineer-and to fix salaries
of same was deferred; on the ground
that there Is now nothing for the Com
mission to do. :: v v
The .Mayor' was asked to call the
(Sanitary - Committee together and ar
range with Messrs.. Woolard & ,Fir
long : for- the further, .use of the city
teams on their contract for removing
the city garbage.' ; , :
Chairman Rathjen, ; of the Market
Committee, was present and addressed
j the Board with reference ; to .the con-
presented Mr., H..E.' Bonitz, the archi
tect," who. submitted" plans for- a very
substantial ' and attractive structure,
estimated cost, $7,936.85. The Board
informed. Mr." Rathjenfthat if the work
could r be done . inside V the appropria
tion , 01 $8,000; to proceed at once with
the completion of ; the plans ;and"to
call , for-: bids , for: the contract!" ;Chair-man-Rathjen
stated after the meeting
that Ibids would : be "called; forthe ? last
of 'the week:, and; that v the committee.
TWELVE YEARS FOR BUCK
Young Man Sentenced for Killing in
Wake County Last April More
Loans for Education Fire
in Drug Store.
(Special Star Correspondence.)
Raleigh, July 16. Rowden Blacfk, the
young man who on yesterday submit
ted in Wake Superior Court to Ihe
charge of manslaughter in the kill
ing of Marshall Rowland, at Holly
Springs, last April, was today sen
tenced to twelve years in the peniten
tiary by Judge B. F. Long.'" A number
of character witnesses from the Fay-
eteville section were examined this
morning for Black, all giving him, a
good character. Black is only seven
teen years old. He shot Rowland
when the latter had come to him to
demand satisfaction for his having
slapped his little brother for not get
ting whiskey for him.
A fire was discovered iA. the store
of the Tucker Drug Company, on Fay
etteville street, early this morning but
was extinguished before any damage
was done except in the way of smoke-
The State Board of Education held a
conference today and approved loans
to various counties, aggregating $18,
925 for the improvement of public
school houses, the loans, guaranteeing
justtwice that amount to be expend
ed for this purpose. The counties and
the amounts loaned are:, Lincoln $2,
500; Catawba-; $400; Wilkes $725;
Chattham $525; Currituck $500; Co
Chatham, $525; Currituck, '$500; Cc
tawba $500; Gaston $1,400; Onslow
$850 ; Pamlico $925 ; Wake $850 ; War
ren $1,250;-Cherokee $2,000; Watauga
$2,500 ; Wilson $2,500 ; Bladen $750.
Notice Is received here that it will
be impossible for Judge Cooke to be
here Friday to hear the? writ of habeas
corpus in the case of Dr.; and Mrs:
David S. Rowland, in jail for poison
ing C. R. Strange, the. former husband
of Mrs. Rowland. He has court in
the western section of the State that
must convene on Monday.
He asks that either Associate Jus
tice Connor, of the Supreme Court, or
Superior Court Judge J. C. Biggs hear
the case. The plan now is to have
Justice Connor sit Monday.
Decision was reached at a citizen's
meeting. tonight to call an election on
prohibition or - dispensary about Sep
tember 15th. -
DO UB fc ETfrA CKrCl PERATfO ti
Cars Now Operated to Fourth and
r Red Cross Streets South End.
- The ' double tracking of the Consoli
dated line, city and suburban, north
of Princess street, was completed yes
terday afternoon about 4 o'clock and
city cars are now operated over the
two tracks with much greater - ease
and dispatch: than before. There is
no junction stop at Princess street,
cars passing around the curve there
and proceeding out Front street north
without having to wait for the Brook
lyn or southern connection. The
chang is quite agreeable to the trav
elling public, and the men are operat
ing the cars on much more definite
schedule. .
Work was begun yesterday on dou
ble tracking South Front street; and
it is expected that the entire line" will
be in operation by the last of next
week. Yesterday the track: had been
torn up south as far as Dock street,
and good progress was made with the
rail laying. The South Wilmington
line to the Willard' Bag Factory is
now in operation from Front and Cas
tle. The . improvements are great.
W. King and J. A. Karr, would be. pre
pared to make report to the Board of
Aldermen at its first meeting in Au
gust. The building will take place of
the two unsightly and inconvenient
structures now at the location.
The building will run along Fourth
street front 75 feet arid extend along
Campbell street 60 feet. Immediate
ly on the corner will be the fire sta
tion, 30x60 feet in size, two stories
high, and imposing tower in front, pre
senting quite a neat architectural ef
fect The first .floor will be Daved
with creosoted wooden blocks laid In
cement and the second floor will be
nicely fitted as quarters for the men
with bath and toilet accommodations
conveniently arranged. The market
huose will face Fourth street and will
have a large central arch and on each
side will be two stories, 16x16 feet In
size, the whole lighted with sky fights,
doors and windows on two sides with
metal framing, so that-, the structure!
will be fire proof. The building will
be of high class brick, firo proof, the
finish beings Flemish bond with black
headers ana5 Umestone trimmings. It
will be a handsome . structure . and
will vie with the consolidated engine
house to be built on Fourth, near Dock
street. . . . .
Before jadjburadng last night the
Board stated to Mayor Springer that
It . would construce curbing, in limited
quantity arid .drainage pipe as under
the head of material for repair, work.
It was feared that this could not be
purchased out of the $5,000 appropria
tion as it would be regarded a perma
nent work.whicli can. only be done by
the Street Commission.. :.t-' 0
. .The Board also approved a bill 6t
$200 for Architect Chasl McMillen for
the plans for the new ,fire stationrat
Fourth and? Dock -streets.: The bid
of MrR. H. Brady at $7,500 for build
ing the station: was presented but . was
not taken; up as it has; to go, first to
the Board of Aldermen' for - approval.-
Gay Lurnina Tonight. ,
i Midweek: dance Express ? trains at
THE RAILWAY CLASH
1 .
1 .
Conflict of Jurisdiction in Rate
Litigation at Raleigh Reaches
An Acute Stage.
TICKET AGENT IS IN JAIL
Southern Does Not Recognize .State
Court, and Is Bringing Writ of v
.Habeas Corpus Before Judge
K Pritchard, In Asheville.
V
(By' Associated Press.)
Raleigh, N. C, July 16. Indicted by
the grand jury" and brbught into, court
by a capias instanter, Thomas E.
Green, city ticket agent of the South
ern ;Railway, charged with selling? rail
way tickets at a rate greater" than
two and a quarter cents as prescribed
by law, was today in Wake County
Superior Court allowed bail In the sum
of $100 for his appearance tomorrow.
Green declined to give bail and was
put in the custody of the sheriff . i He V
was not-put in jail, and. in the after
noon his attorneys appeared and, urg
ed that, as It was higher officials; who.
were responsible for the rates' that '
Green -be Jiot humiliatedi : ;
The State's Attprney said iwas
easy for him to! give bail. This ; was .
not given and tonight Green is In jail.
Though not stated in court, it is
known that ; Green's attorneysarrang v
ed this afternoon to ask for a writ of
habeas corpus from a Federal Court,
presumably before Judge "Pritchard in :
Richmond, and it is expected this will
be served tomorrow morning ViA& '
understood that the State court will
resist this, saying that there iss- no ;
jurisdiction in the Federal Courtand
a clash is expected. The "grand jury
today brought in another indictment
against Green, which includes the
Southern Railway. Indictments for
selling at unlawful rates were also
brought in against Southern Railway
Agents M. E. Powell, at Auburn,; and
P. A. Creech, at . Cary. . ' 7 "
(Special Star Telegram.) r
RalMgh, N.;C, July 16. City Ticket
Agent Greeny of . the Southern Rail
way, is spending the night in. jail; &9
an impersonation of- the Southern u
Railway corporation in - the ' criminal
nnecutlon.ibffhe Southern;,: ihfef us
ing: to put in operation the 2 ' l-i-centV
rate , act of the last Legislature. V ; ,
In the legal skirmishes that took'
nlace between counsel in the : court
during the afternoon counsel f or ' the
Routhern avoided the issue of giving
bond and refused to even accept per- ,
sonal recognizance in the case, as this
would amount to admitting some ju
risdiction of the State Court and fore
stall plans for procuring a writ of ha
beas corpus . for the prisoner, returna
ble at Asheville from Judge Pritch
ard, of the Federal Court
Judge' Long, of the State Court,
backed by Governor Glenn, contends .
that rio Federal Court injunction can ' ,
interfere with his court in the enforce
ment of .the State law; that the
proceeding, against the Southern
through Agent Green - is a matter in .
which the Federal Court can in no
wav interfere and that the only 'thing
the Federal Court can do Is to pass
on the constitutionality of the act,,
when - properly presented. Further
that in the; meantime the Southern
has no right to violate the act, which
Is self-operative from July 1st ' ' V: :
The public is waiting with intense
interest the action of the court when ;
the-writ of habeas corpus is presented -
tomorrow and the sheriff is directed ;
hv it to carry the prisoner before
Judge Pritchard at Asheville. Judge -Long
is expected to direct that the
writ be ignored. '
Indictment of the sheriff for con- -tempt
would follow and this, would
also then extend to any counsel or
others who might proceed with the
prosecution , of Green In the State "
court A conflict for' the body of the
prisoner It is feared may go so far as '
o bring force Into play by the calling
of the military Into service. .
Just before court, adjourned for the
evening, F. H. Busbee, counsel for ItheiV
Southern, asked that the sheriff be
authorized by Judge Long to let Agen( ;
Green spend the night in company ,
With a deputy at a hotel so as to avoid i .
the embarrassment of jailing hlm. Ex
Governor Aycock and E. J. Justice, as .
counsel for the State, opposed 'this, ,
and insistedthat Green be required to
give bond. V''-"'-''V:':rV''--t
Governor Aycock said If it wouldl .
be any inducement or accommodatioai w
for Green, who was a "mighty "clerec ;
young man," he might go free on his M
personal recognizance. This - proffer s ;
was declined and E. J. Justice insisted!
there was ho . reason why any special r
order should be made in this case. If .
bond and personal recognizance was
declined, then jail was all that is left
for him. - - - -l-:-':0::l'':
Judge Long declined to ?make any
order, leaving- the - matter vwith the
sheriff, whose counsel held there is no
law for extending any special courtesy 4
to this prisoner. ; '.;.'-v , t - ';f: ':'-"'
Green took - supper In the sheriffs v
office tonightj-It was sent from a ho--:
tet New bedding , was prepared Inn';' " ;
jaili tor?Xhe night, . Hels taking the ;
imprisonment In good part. Ex-Judgef
A. C. Avery is on his way here: front
Morgan ton, to be of counsel for 4he
defense of; Green and I the Southern's
Interest and1 CoL'W. B. Rodmanofi -
the Southern, . is expected In the, morn-
Ins: J armed - withjaabeas ' corpus writ ;. .
from Judge Pritchard, f .Then jthe ; real
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