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The Morning Star O-iest Dally 'ewspaper 1 , aid16" - " Ernest circulation of any .Slnton Paper. YOL. IiXXXIKO. 47, y r WMINGTOK;; CVrATAXpVEMBER 16, 1907. 7 WHOLE NO. 12,527- n . j i 7 ff nJAt Yf3;r K:-T A; W) - - SubaorlptlotfTbrmo -.,lf. rTT';"'"w- '-T n: , rsT : - , V TiV' Thrco Months bv Mail. :;$1.50 ( outlines;. . 5raeo yesterday Mrs. Evelyn tmadka, wife of a Milwaukee mil ?ti was sentenced to a term of ? m one to twenty years in the pen SnHarv upon conviction as the ao lteZul of a negro :ixTa career dJ re-iarv and larceny; alienists, assert SSf tte negro's spirit dominated the rv,te woman and that she was totally wHlte After mortallv ahonfe. PTfSm.sPlf in New York on Thursday. Turner President Barney, ot the sua- I01. Trib.rtVPT- f!nTT!TiaTlV tnlk- v, "ai hia business affairs anoTdlctat' S his will to his personal lawyer., dis-!Lin- of $2,000,000 r-A-natural gas plosion at Pittsburg yesterday;' tore J; persons and injured twehty-flve !Never in the history - of Wall . ctrpet have there been. such record hrpaking sales of stocks to smallrdeal prs who are taking advantage of low rires to secure investments Seven Sonle re killed and a number In- L Railway o Thursday night- ;J . ctotompnt for the Associated L, Editor Henry Watterson, of tht fmisville Courier Journal, .deprBoate3 Candidacy of William .J. Bryan for tbe Presidency, but will vote for-him against Roosevelt for, a .third term Clara Barra, a negro girl rlS years old, has confessed at New OrFeanSthat she killed Mrs. Bessie Carter and stole hpr silt underskirt The Georgia rnrt of Appeals has -handed down a decision holding thatfa.-4ommon car-. rier does not ruinu lis legal ,auty "un til it provides a seat for each passenger- The attorney for the., defense of Mrs. Annie M. Bradley, on' trial, for the murder of former Senator 'Arthur Brown, of Utah, outlined the . defense yesterday as insanity, Jmt the Govern ment introduced witnesses. toi .prove that the killing was premeditated as long as six months prior, to the .'deed At the session of. .'. the Katlonal Convention of the Danghters et ' the Confederacy in IiSc yesteYdayj Mrs. Montague, of Tlrslnla,. made: an appeal for the Confederate "Women's Home at Richmond---Several ; hun dred street car men' at Louisville struck yesterday becaxise-their t : de mand for increased pay was denied Miss Lucy Wheeler, daughter ,-otl the late Gen. Josepn wneier. nas I brought suit at Cleveland, O., .against McLean Arms and Ordnance Company for 1115,625 alleged to he due for his services as president f the. company The Americaa ' . Federation ' of Labor, in session ay the JasKStpwn Exposition yesterday,. receive ;tla re-. port of the cretary, showing; a bal ance on hand October 1st of $127,910; lo: to Mnib,1 nA DO a resolution w&r. a4nptdr&tnri&2 parcels post law to ve xeUef; from the express company monopolfesijaud a movement was set on. foot to teach the benefits of unionism to foreign labor comingyto this: country Dun k Co.'s Weekly Sevfew of Trade -.re- ijorts that receipts of; gold fronr'EIu- tofe, increased bank note circulation. and th'3 movement of cotton and . grain are relieving the financial situation New York markets: Money on call firm 6 to 15 per cent., ruling ratej 12, closing bid and offered at 5; spot cotton 10 points lower, closing steady at 10.70; flour dull and -about steady; wh-eat easy. No. 2 red 1.02 3-4 eleva tor. No. 2 hard Winter 1.07 3-4 nomi nal F. 0. B. elevator corn easy, No. 2. 66 elevator, No. 2 white 67 1-2; oats qiuet, mixed 52, natural white 52 to 54 1-2; turpentine firm 57; rosin stead ier, stramed common to good 3.85. - A Republican paper says: "We told 7ou that Roosevelt is a man that Tould do things." IJowever, Wall Streeters never believed that he could do such things to them. Nunsio Nasi, , former Minister. of Public Instruction in . Italy, Is an im perial grafter. However, that doesn't niaie him any better pan one of bur ordinary plebian grafters. Professor Brander .Matthew of Co taia Universfty, New York, has succeeded in introducing some new rorm spelling. We don't learn how 10 spell according to 'simplified spel- before we are up against some new system. After a while anybody's win be the proper stuph. . Hon? William J. Bryan's ' for m announcement that he will ac pt the Democratic nomination for e Presidency if it Is tendered to but that he will not seek the nation nor make -a fight ( for it, Just about as we havfl'pnnsMorori alons was Col. Bryan's position, meantime if any other fellow hhtCUt an' better e-111 tt Hnie s1 of availability and the'1 calcium vf of c3spicuousne5s let m dido-.. him cut marJ:h'!;arrTIme8 PetinenUy Telt sald Resident -Roose- Chair V6ry mucb aIsSusted . with HepnS PtrSnS f -the Tor accot Exective ' Committee on Hears fiasco.- dist 'hf presint had shown tered i?t 6 fusion as'en. might y rSOns and Ws Party Cia i0Vne..bT the-Pr hIs fable teaches that 'oreh? ShUld have Mcked C nfdorr r.hereafter.held his in v i Sme man Pd say tered if p Would W been regis 11 Parsons had won. ' IK HAY PILE Young, Colored -AWn Without I Pedal Exmiti FQund in ' Qrocery Sfore.. PUNCHED WITH PITCHFORK x' Mr. H. W. Konlg Profited by Experi- : ence With' Robbery, Last August : and Landed Would-be Burglar Last Nlght.V- Profitlng by his ; experience l"or the latter part of last -August when his store . at Fourth and .Bladen streets was robbed of $27 in cash by' some one who had ' evidently . secreted himself in the i rear ot ithe establishment and then had gone "forth to plunder the es tablishment- after it had been closed for. the day. Mr: . H.; W,. Konlg, a, well known . grocer,- last night- as 1a was preparing: to Jeave-hlSiplace of busi ness about 9 .o'clock,' went on a suc- cessfulsearch'-or the premises, as he naa Deen accustomed i to Hio '-, nrghtly since the first. robbery td Anarust. toi NEGRO see- that no one was : locked- up in the.fashoie and afloat Jast year? 660 hales store again. His search, bad - progressed as far -as the rear of the building near, a back door,leadIng to an . alleyway; vhen; be picked np r & pitchf orfc, and tjegan io prod -intot a pile of hay that lay on the floor there- The hay was 'not very deepvand as time and again Qe. drove tne, for: througn tne pile,' he .became more and-more certain that his search Vas .fruitless.-; FilrSlly; ; as . he came, to .the xeafof the pile, In the darkness. there was an upheaval of, considerable proportions as the fork went true; The form of a? very cinch snrprised and" a greatly agitated hfgro coa to the sur face, and the proprietor of, the-store was none" the- less , excited .than , was the negro; 1 "Dealing with hufglars is no- childBiVplay:oh..any occasion,- so Mr.- KonIgrejsorted to heroic measures v once and laid the negro out with a blew from he fork handle.) Wha he had beea struck at first he ottered not a., sound; believing that discretiort was ttie.hetter part of TSlor hut whfso Mr." Konlg dealt him one betweerr the eyes i he let out a cry. of distress: aod, ths proprietor, of .th? store went tq tht front, and caljed a, policeman. ; When they went -hack -to . - investigate, .all ber2nu'chx taken ; bacwhri ey; touud tne, womd'Oe burglar nau th.hls legs off about the ,Knee. ; As he " rose from : thei hay, Mr;." Konlg,. , of course,-had" no way of knowing offthe black man's aflUctioh and he immedi ately put him to the. had. until the offl cers could arrive. . N ';- A "message wasr sent to the police station "and Sergeant C S. , Burnett took the Injured man to the hospital in the patrol wagon. It was rouna that the negro had suffered a scalp wound abdut two inches long on top of the hsad and a little to one side. The surgeon who dressed the wound was unable to say whether this was In flicted by the 'pitchfork as Mr., Konig drove it down "through the pile of hay or whether it was. laid open wbsn the excited .grbcerymaik dealt him a blow across the head. At any rate the negro , will be lald-:Tip 'at the hospital for a day or two and could not be re turned to .the statlon-house last nlgnt His wound, however, is in , no wise danzerous. The negro told Sergeant Burnett that his name was .William Henry James, about 25 .years old, and '.that he lived way out on Campbell , t&vet, toward the . cemetery. He said - that hoi hla leesV were .-cut off. by ,:a -rail road train M Goldsboro some time agoL Explaining , nTs presence;,in tbe B.tore' he said that ta "man, who worked there" had told liim'' tht aftftrnoon to go" back on the hay and, lie down as V oA ItnAA - tifm fhdt "hex -of a a hIV. Tnis story is not . creauea oy oerg'eans Burnett, .who thinks that, the negro secreted himself In the store at ; the . f . A behest of some other negro; who was to be let in throughrtne haofc aoor when the Dlace was closed for tne night or that the negro himself;, in tended to rob the store.- -Mr. Konlg says that he never saw the colored man beforeat he kndwsvof apd that he . doesn't ysee . how, he . could have walked in the back-door during the day1 without some one -hearing- him: The nubs of his legs are- padded for walking, however, andrlt- is ; suspected that this i affliction.. stood him in good stead in entering the place.' Th-a st6re of Mr. Konlg was robbed the latter part of last August while -He proprietor was ah8ent. atithe 'Jamesr town Exposition and-the business was In charge of-a olerk;v,The amount of $27 Ih cash was taken-; from whefe" It had been secreted hy the clerk. and Several hams were found in the rear alleyway upon "which . the door open ed, the thief after securing. these prob ably having dropped them "on account of the burden and liability of being caught Afterlthe-robbery in this same-hay pile, the form of a man was outlined k where he had been asleep during the night.' the exit having been by the same door.through which James no doubt expected ' to pass: out lastip'algh.:: night : fiince, he was ; robbed iji , AUt f f '.; gust, Mr. Konlg1. Jias" been sticking a Tltchf ork , through, that same pile of hay but until last night, hisWecau tlon had availed - nothing The capture of the wouIdhe thief Is unique In the annals, of the Wilmington police, opt alone frpm the personality of the prisoner., but in the manner In which he. wasj caught " If,;the negro, is able, he will probably be; giyen atrial before tbe Mayor" at noon -today. - - ;v '. WEEK'S POST STATISTICS Cotton Receipts Continue Way Ahead of Last. Year Naval Stores Man- t ket News, of a' Daylii Ship f pInjCJrtlesi'. .i (j , ' , w-- mi t i Despite th-e falling -off Sor altewdays when the market showed special 4e presiori;- the receipts of; cotton at the port of.. Wilmington for the .elend ed -yesterday, . itccwding . to-' the stock report. posted yesterday at? tte' Chamr her gf Commerce, .wera nearly'double what hey Vera same week last sea son. , For the week; thiss year. 21,223 bales came in against only '. 12,787 sanae period last season! .The receipts since September 1st have been- 241,- 635 hales against only 181,62 t up - to the same date-in 1906 The-'exports for .the weeK were 27,019- bales against 23,477 "" same week last5 season, x The exports for the 'year have been - 20, 427 against 163,445 same period On 1900., V Of ' date yestie'rday there' were : 18,- 440 hales -ashore, and, .16,345,, afloat. making 34,785 bales ashore and afloat yesterday" against 'only 17,325 on the same date last season. Of i;he amount ward ashore.- and, 10,765! -were afloat. The British steamer Fashoda, -which brought cargo of fertilizer, -xsonstitu- ents tO: tBi8 port.a&d loaded with' cot- tatt. rot .the. rethnr trip; cleared last Jtfghi fpr4; Bremen. .She leaves four steamers tt the compress, dll of which atsr being-" stuffed -full c of the -fleecy staplay"&s fA; as ' turn It out: C ; 'ha - wNmTvvoaa pati TChe receipts.. of -naval r stores as shown . from the' stock report for the week' ended j yesterday nave ; been slightly-, la ; Excess, of those 'ot same week- last easoh;wlth theexqeption of tar and crude terpentine in which there was - a alight fallmg Off, There were ? 873. caaks ' spirits against 330 same, week last season: 2,465 barrels rosin- against 4,523? - 532 '.barrels tar4 against &5 and -416 barrels crude tur pentiajarnst fili barrels same week last seasoa. : Tba rop. year receipts showTli Tallies off In alt terns' except tar. in wliich: there & n increase of bearlydoulei-;t'i H; f .The schoonse Bayard HopktnCapi tain Xynch.' arrived In- port -yesterday from Phnad-?la :with.; fertilizers" for tne yAimiSS.-A vomnress ano. :-ww9 irMA'-VrtnTiA.i'''v-B5id- ..the" schooner EP.CTjbave, York with tankag- fojf the -gfnl-CT.r Carolina' ;ChemIcal ' Company. Botn. vessels are reported by C. D. Maffltt, The schooners. Harriet C.. Kerlln, Captain Cochran and the J. S. Hos kina. CaDtaln Gayle. outward- bound witn,., cargoes, sanea irom ovuiupurviuna, whichfwas held on, the ;Zthday yesterday for Ne; w "York, The schoon er Aetna is "also "at Southport ' bound out with cargo from the Cape Fear Lumber Company, but is awaiting fore sails before proceeding. The steam yacht Vesta, with party on board- bound from New York to Florida. ' nut In ' at .Southport yester day -evening for harbor and asked to j be reported. - " " r ' i COLORED LIFE INSURANCE Sun Mutual Company Organized at - . . Fayetteville, N. C. . ' ' The Fayetteville Observer of. yester day, afternoon has the following of in terest: "Ten, of the leading colored citizens of; Fayetteville recently, got together ana organizea , a. me- .msuiauw wt" pany, andthe Secretary of Stae has granted it a charter, after It had been a-tmroved by the Insurance Commis sioner. The new oampany is named The Sun Mutual' Life Insuanrce Com pany, and tne following officers have been elected : Dr. is. tn. smitn, presi dent Rev. J. G.-Smith, vice president; Dr. B. H. Henderson,, secretary; Thos. H. McNeill, treasurer; ev. J. s. set tle, -general roianager; W. T. Haunt, assistant general -manager and super intendent of ancies. Bisnop J. W. Hood," Dennis Tysor,' R. W. Thaggard and J. G. -' Smith were elected as an executive cohamittee. The company Is now engaged In getting the required 200vapplicatlons before policies issue. "It Will issue sick, acciaent anu death ; benefit policies. Thev colored people ske proud of their institution, and It promises 'to be a great-success." Retail Merchants Organize.;-. - The Fayettevlltei Observer of yes- t riav "afternoon; says that a large nnrnber of the retaikmerchants of thaft city .will meet . Monday " evening, for the purpose I of organizing5 a . Retail Merchants' ? Association,-, gne , 01 . tne nrincioal ' objects 'f of the organization will be the refunding of cash fare's.to out-Of-town purchasers of amounts above a certain figure. .This plan' nas wnrked exceedingly well in oer cities- of. the State notably Charlotte and Greensboro. ? " NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. E. Warren & Son For-Sunday. Palace .Market- Dressed Goose. ' : ' T W. Fleet Co.--J Co.--Some . Men's j. jH. Rehder fiCo. -Holiday Cam- Business Locals. ; r MasOn "& Willams-trfChestnut Street Market iK'H"'- ' 4P-' Extra Cars A Special Invitation. . Enoch : v Alexander-Horse Cover Lost -r ... A . .' , 'K b ,V.V; An industrious' . colored boy r about 13 to. 14- years 05 age. may secure . em ployment by1, applying 'at :; the. Star office.- - -'v--r;-- TO CALL ELECTION Petitions to Mayor and" Board of I Alderaen Sprung at rAWetr 4 , - inz icsVwif ht. v t- AT FIRST .BAPTIST . CHURCH Announced That 383' of Required S00 . Afflxed Their ;$lgTiatures-No Date Named - For Probable Expres- : .sIon . of Voters. . V .. Following an address by" Evangelist Mordecai Ham tb a mass meeting of men-at - the .'First- Baptist rChurch last night iri connection with a series of teyiyal services that have been in progress ; there' during " the $ast two greeks, it sensatiop. was sprung . when printed copies of ayv petition tothe Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the city , asking, that a prohibition-election be called ; in s Wilmington, were circu lated . through the' audience iand liberr ally" signedZi" ; It was ; announced soon after s the . ushers ,retu3e4.wlth the lists , that 388 qijalifled voters , had signed -tte request for an election and tils abuncemeht was greeted with':'japjpteuse- -'" v KThatrithis move by .theprohibItion forces had been' Jn on for some;: tinie wasevid that. ' thB petitions are ' printed and ruled , for-signatures and it became known, when they were,' handed, out that , the promoters of the revival at the Church had. only been waithur the psychological moment to spring- $hem. a -ickcgo uumoer oi peopie naa gauaer ed' in the aditbrium ot the t church ;ln; response to - the general invitations sent 'rat to the men of the city to hear the- saloon question discussed at! this. Sbecial -meetlnsr and t aftertfhe addre&s . in which:: the. prohibition sue was'made. prominent from ft moral pbIntr.'or-ew:thevanBlIst aU :ta4 aence" jrhofavo hibltlon. to stand 'up. The esppnset was overwhelmingly in the itCrmattre and Mr Itoenread the lng:rstittoa-4V';-:f LTA '-thai TAAVfxinJbiVf? pf "Aid derniejrt of ' the City rrUfc ywit mington, Ntwrth -Carolina:- 1 We, - the undersigned : registered voters, owno were awy -regisxerea; ror 1 so- popular. -. Tne story was most lnter the , preceding;- mnnlclpai:: election In estinfely and charmingly told by Miss HJte CitTr of '-Wfrminarton: North - Garrv of May, i Ar ..J3., .1907; ' respectfully pe- tition; your Honorable Board to, call, a local opvon election, as provided for j by i the Laws - of the State of North J Carolina, and-qrder an election after thirty days' notice, as provided for by. Section 20S9 or the Revisal of thetments have been made for two subur Laws of North , Carolina, 1905, , and j ChaDter 709 of the Public Laws ofltirm at. t.h mill at 9:30 A: M. and Nqrth' Carolina, Session 1907, for. the purpose, of determining: --- " I "First Whether intoxicating ' li quors shall be manufactured in' the City of Wilmington, North Carolina, dermen at its regular meeting in pe Second. Whether intoxicating li- cember, as i is deubtful if the. Board qubrs shall be sold in the City of Wil- could entertains petition at a special mhigton, North Carolina. , fAnd we furthed petition your Hon- orablesBody to do all other things au- tkorized by law for. holding said elec- ilrin a-nrl Aanlarlrur tha rasnlf 'fhprpnf The ushers ; were then requested to pass through" the audience of men, tne entirA lower flnnr nf th a.nditoriiim I having been reserved for them, and tltmia nrliA -nrayo. tttIHtjw f rw ctiit fholr I actions Iri rising to the words of the ATraTicrallcf in mi11'no-fm an -rTr"aea!rTI I nn nrnnlhlHnn Terfl teniifisteiTtn af-1 tiiT BftrnatnrAs tn thA np.t.lHnn. 1 This required some time and when the count of the names was nnaiiy com- pleted, it was ascertained that 388 miftHfiftd voters at the tntmiciDal elec- tion last -May had signed the papers. 'Mt was later stated , by those at the head of the movement that the peti-f tlrina tnrmt ha otHl Tiirthpr rfrrnlatftd I with all possible dispatch 'and that I thov-'woTfti iftnnfiontrnprn wnntn . n no difficulty, In securing the required numDer or, signers at tne. request oi wh'rh if:' ia inMimThAnt iTTiflfir the' lawJ- for. the .Board at Aldermen to call the terworks question has ; been oversha fiiction. s- The . verbiaee of the beti- flowed and; for the next sixty days or Hnn ; hAftra! kUJhA' par 4arTfa "of - one versed in the. 'law and no doubt all the legal points involved' in tne case have been carefully mquireaSQto. , was the one here on the 2tn oi juiy The electioniWill. of .course, be held 1964,4. when '.-.the efforts of the anti-sa-'htk-w th A-.-Wntf -Iaw' nf5 -1 SftS 'and as ivnisfA were' forj the establishment or amended, bv the. last Legislature giv Ing the voters an opportunity ofex- pressings themselves upon -all. three I Sldesof thet case.- Prohibition; : dis nensarv and saloons; It will be noted frnm tha . inotfttnria aimaA TArA that: I the ouestion of a.dlsDerisary will not nter into . the subject jat all. Under the Watts Law one-third of the WiiaHfiAfl vnf Ara at th a nreeedfnff 1 t municipal election are,; required to sign any, can upon. tne uoara - oi-xaa- dermen for. K local optionlectiom At the last .municipal election theV regis- f rton tp a rri M Ar Hlir f flown -in order fo-pass-jthe. street,' water ?arid sewerage bonds and the total number f of qualified,- voters upon ' those ques tlons in the"rfive wards of the "city, was 2,395. Of. this number', an even. 500 will be - required -to Slgnthe petitions for ' an electron ? -before, one can ; be called.. The pumber, of, names, receiy edjast night Is not' quite one-half the number; required. It-is i vexpected!i that the petition will' certainly be ' ready for .'presentation' to' ; the -Board of Al- AS TO IETTUCE GROWING Interesting Bulletin by State Board of ' Agricu'lt Jre on Industry in the East--At , Fayetteville arid - r ?V Newbern. v- The ; Stated Department of Agricul ture -has Just7 issued a bulletin enti tled, "Lettuce Growing in North Caro lina' by State Horticulturist W. K. Hunt.. The bulletin , covers thorough ly all phases of lettuce7 growing, . Is handsomely illustrated and will prove of both interest, and profit to growers throughout the State. " ' A copy of the bulletin..wiU be mailed free of charge to all farmers upon t application' to the Department 5'w!Mv' -, -..xK..' The bulletin says that this industry ecome imndrtant i in ; the State and that the product of Isiorth' Caro lina grown in dovered' frames in Win ter is.-the finest of itskind, bringing at all. points the highest prices, thbngli it'goes' tb 'market in competition with thai produced in Fldrida v.and- the greenhouses of northern ;citl When this; crop goes forwarbahere lt takes precedence over: iettixcet grown further -South, f 3F"ayettevinetVi: Wil mington, and Newbern are .: now - the centers of ' the Industry. ; "Imfrigton Is furthe5est6uth tand iSjtt; very mild climate - there, mucDt iiettuce is grown in 'covered frames and without heat while stiU inore is grown lp open fields " with hoi nrotection whatever. Ne'wbemNls noted - for;, large-' lettuee outfits, where it . is forced by steam and irrigation. , ; . ; i At Fayetteville the industry is uni que, lieing largely confined to small lots and parcels 6t lano? mnd around town.- From these Centers 'the. indus tryis extended to j mariy qther local ities. Iiettuce.has proved to be tne best'; paying truck crop in Eastern North : Carolina anil th" steam heat ed and irrigated; bed win bring- from $10 to $15 per acre. .Truckers'-say that it isi this ron which makes up ; their I innstoR . ri nthft vti tiirps In that tfiev say the heated and . irrigated beds have always- paid gooddMdends: ; rv ' .--. : . . h " ' r ' xtyVtPrndir. tneMbii- 4; Sixty children, a, large majority of tbsm. between 10 wd 14 yeiirs of.-agei fcterdyJafti I Golden 'Fleece, been ; the VChildren's Hour." a, feature of "Library work which: hasFvbecome i WoHolt ta . librarian and the vouae people were quite profuse In express- hng their appreciation.. . An ; excellent opportunity will be afforded Delgado people" to hear Evangelist Tlam . tomorrow morning at the First Baptist Church. -Arrange- ban cars to be in waiting at the sta- an who desire to attend the service will be brought in free of charge meeting. Then the lists wouia nave to be referred to a committee to as- certairi if the names thereon were of qualified voters at the last municipal lntinn. This WOUld require SOme time and unless a special meeung oi the Board were caueu w 'p'"? rvnnrt of this committee in the mean time, the question would be , deferred until the TftnAarV meeting. V. ShOUlU the election -be called 30 days notice -nrnulri "Ha riftCeSSarV and the WhOle matter mieht be ', drawn OUt until StiHriB-. An election of the kind can not be ,held : within 60 days of any other reguiariy vaxieu. c,CvMUu, this would not enter into the question here as the next regular election is not until - jNOveniDer, ui ucai , should the efforts ior an eiwuuu u- ceed and the town SO ary ie -ai. It nA nlnfiinfir Of the SalOOhS -COUld hardly be before the first of July next Toon ar ine euu ujl vixc o : my-.- term for which licenses are payapie to tne city .auu .wuuy.. - - Phrnce it WOUld seem that the Wa ninotv davs there- is every indication that the town will "be Jplunged: into another very Ditter uaiupaigu a disnensary. This "was defeated by a. majority of 690,'only. 611 votes having been cast for the dispensary auu i,o.x agMnst out of a total registered tw nf 'Of that number registered, hnivavAP nnlv' 1.912 VOtedy At One time it was announced that the anu- saloon; forces would wait .for thebtaxe Legislature to declare otate yr nnt. the indications now are: that fthe to wn at least to aveva vote on the 5 suoject. . oouwj "v that itheywelcome this, fpTriieyare confident of -winning on an , issue or KfcrTi. - Upatisa' and strict , regulation ' aS theK best solutlonof the iprobieiDoi handling "' the traffic, and thatiif they win in this election; .the; State. Legist lature. will; hardly nyi m-tne, - iac . oi the . expre'ssed ' wifl - of the. community at thetpoHStand.-dryupLtne ujwu. In the- absence, ef an I.eclion by the. people, i-they say,KJthe .Legislature might t feel warranted in enacting , a State? prohibition law, but they, would hardly want' to' take ? from the rpeople the right of self government- , SQNS 0EREVOLDTIOR Annual Meeting of Society end Presentatiorh of Portrait - ia" Raleigh Yesterday. OAK CITY GU ARDS TO DISBAND Vacancy WHI be Left in :Thlrd ; Reg! ment of State National Guard... Educational. Affairs - in Scot land County. C States ; Senate. ' The portrait was 'pre- sented to the State" through the North Carolina Society Sons of the Revoln-' tion, the presentation address 'being delivered by Mr. F. H, Bnsbee, one of the officers Of the society. He paid - a splendid tribute to; jthe life and ot nclal career: of Johnston. 4 . k Governor : Glenn was to have - ac-. j cepted. ' the portrait ' in bebalt of the State, but he J being absent in Balti- . mure, tae acceptance was. oy, : Asso- -ciate Justice 4W. Ai Ho.ke of the North . Carolina1 Supreme ; Court . This ad dress was Ornate; and eminently ?11t-, " ting the occasion and' the distinguish ed speaker. The affair proved most enjoyable.: The portrait will be given, ' a place ,of honor in the State HOuse either in . the executive office "of thet -Govisrnor .ior in ! the Senate -chamberr , .;iuHT aociety -Aieciaea to present' to the ' Sate.Vat its . hext annual - session, an oiliportratt of Colonial Governor Special Star Correspondence " Raleigh, N. C;, Nov. Thiaaf-,. , r ternoon at 4:30 o'clock there assemr-: , " 4 bled in the Senate chamber of.ths " 5 " State House many members ofjthe North Carolina Society Sons of The. ' Revolution and many, prominent -State ti f- ' officials and citizens " of Raleigh for ;v A"T ' the ceremony attending the - preajy t"- " y tatfon of .'fa;''isple&did oU portrait "of - ' , Samuel JohnstOnfa -V ary;patriot,foSerG V. f Carpiina 'and members ot the United . , j 1 Alexander -SMiin-The Society ap- : pointed ,a ; special' committee to me? , 1 - s t .moriiizer iSib "Legislature for aflre-'; , proof -building-: for historical records ' . andcp xetii 'tafia and States '' - library; i: F; ;Hl Busbeeis- chainnanL ot. - 1 tthe comitteev elected;' the principal , ones' being: e iTSOflVS. hah,tpresldent7 H Busv - , 1 bee.; vice' resident : '" Marshall Delan--. cy ;Hayjvobd; secretary. lK"y-'i .", , While no official anilottncement has? been made to-that eff ect;'4t-isr known v v that the x Oak City Guards, ' Company..: j K, Third ' Regiment, ftaleigh, is to be disbanded very soon. j In ' fact," that . company is already to all intents and '.; purposes disbanded. s This leaves Ra- ;. leigh with only one military company; ' the Raleigh Light Infantry, which served so admirably last Monday un der command of Capt: W. MOody," as escort, for Governor Glenn on the Chamber of Commerce . Special jover the Norfolk & Southern to f Washing-' ton, N. C. 4 There is as yet no mofr ' ment on foot to organize a" second ' company for Raleigh to ' take the place of the one just , passing out . It seems probable that there will be - none, and in that event 1 there will fbe an opportunity for some other town " within the territory embraced by the Third Regiment, and now without a military company to form a company ' ub .. take its place. The designation -' or the town that may carry off this prize rests with the Governor and the v AdjutantNGeneral. ' Superintendent of Public Instruct tion, L. M. ' Blue,- of , Scotland county; sends official notice, to .the State De partment of Education., that , another s local tax 'election has been carried V in his county, and that, a very grati fying degree of progress is.- behig t made in educational . matters in Scotland. . ,'' K' ' SUNDAY; SERVICES. Announcements, of Wilmington Pas tors for Pulpits .Tomorrow. Religious services . will i be conduct ed at the Seamen's . Bethel tomorrow - 'f afternoon at 3 o'clock by the Chaplain. 4 Seamen and riverinen are especially ' ' r invited. All are welcome. ' ' -.-'. Immanuel - Presbyterian s-Church Front and Queen streets, Kev. J4 S. ' " Crowley, pastor: Services at 11 A. M and li 45 PM tomorrow. Sunday ' " . r School at 3:30 P. M. - -The public . is x cordially invited to attend any or all! of these services. V'V- . . , ' ' J First Presbyterian Church, " corner - Third arid Orange streets,' Rev. -J. M." - Wells; D. D., . pastoir Services tomor- row at 11 A.- M, and 7: 30 P. 1IU Sun- V day school at 4 P." M... Mid-week pr yer meetmg Wednesday evening at Seats free ; all are welcome. - , stiMdrers y Presbyterian Church, y corner Fourth .and Campbell - streets, , i Rev. Alex. D. , McClure, D. ID., pastor;' ao patn services at liA. M. and 7:30 P. M. - Sabbath Schoor at, 3:30 P M. " WC.3BSoclety at7.P. M. Prayer meeting ana lecture Wednesday at 8 P. , M. The; public cordially invited. ; Baptist. State. Convention, - 'Wilmington, Baptists ; are arranging: for I the entertainment - of -the State '- BaptistConventlon at'the First Church,;? in; this : city,' for. the -wees: hegipning . December , 3rd; About '500 delegates. K ' arenexpected rThis isrone'of the qnost;, : distinguished. r bodies iin the State .and . t i Wilmington , will be taxed to its ca- pacity to entertain them properly. . y Y r X r t - VJ 4 jfe S 'I K - v
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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