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The Morning Star,; :V "v' TT:Tk17':' K I Tk ' THtt TV YT TV Y TV ' CPtH" A TTT I . ' oldest Daily Newspapw V -J 5 U,, (" V ) ) r 1 IaV f Zt vv : A " j) SubooriptionTermc in the Mat. , v A . . x X fTS J;uU ) Tr T VM ? il;A I A TV r One Year by M..i...$W Largest circulation of any . r - - k) Ta 1 -- I l I - VI- a 1 t - Wilirington Paper. jLL 11 llLvLkL J: V Jl1 Jr I A C ; A NjllA J- L JlA 0 Month, by Mall 3.C ; ' ,V . Three Months by Mail-.. f169 l VOL. LXXXIII-NO. 39. WILMINGTON, N. C, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17. 19QK. WTTOT.TC XTO raWA.. m tuffa I v - . ,T7Tmm . . 1 -r . President Samuel Qompers at t!bte of labor in Denver, Colo.,- yeaterdayf declared tnat be would go to jail bet fore he would allow the Federation to pay any find for him in contempt pro cpftdings now pending in Supreme Court. The "trial of Abe Ruef in San Francisco, Oal., which was inter rupted by. the assassination of prose cuting attorney, Francis J. Heney, was resumed yesterday -Johtt Story, a well-to-do farmer of Doe- Run, Ga., was murdered y a white tenant, who afterwards killed himself with a the same sues th"SnngyS i Company for $3,600,000 it has heen de frauded out of in customs dues The Federal Supreme Court dismisses Alert J. Patrick's application for a writ of habeas corpus -A blind preacher from Virginia seeks inter view with the President to urge that Cabinet meetings be opened with pra- yer ine nearing oi tne Virginia- West Virginia casewas begun before Special Master Littlefield yesterday. -Tne free pass question Is raised sunk off the Virginia Capes and her -K. WWKJW fAXX Ul W XUUVi UUUUVjU Li crew of four are drowned- Presl - aent-eieci 1 ait spent yesteraay an, ,in- llshes a certain coin as the monetary standard A tank steamer is report- ed anchored below Delaware Break-1 water with heavy seas freaking over her. Shewas makkigignals of dls-. tress Chairman Mack says, the con- 1T 4 U ! expenses of the Democratic campaign. He will personally make up the defi cit in ranruau suit m jveniucity, uuv tue viwoco uu ubai ouuuay win Deen gone over tnorougMy it was ae- Jo. a,.. Mjignis oi Jfytnias, tne oiaest the exhibition The A & M rase is dismissed In Federal Sunreme mark tho f?ftioi ortniTro. c rirtort ? .tlJI . a X T t J- 11. 1TIOP d-VM . A4- CI.. J ' Ml - . , ,t , "ivivm u,uuifcioaijr VIVOttlUl yv..,, w.. UiftUtU OV VUB UlUcr 111 IULS (3 LiALt3 ilUU I VMlill in aDOUt ZD DOUIldS y:u" V: A"":rr; narews Presbyterian Church, of this """ u"r" X f one of the most enterprising and pro- heavier than Wilmington, SL5-L8tW8-ooii.wm be an affair of gr-at was before the House Ways and Means committee yesterday. Secre tary of War Wright favored free su gar from the Philippines New York toTeEulm rate 13-4 clos- to 5 per cent., ruling rate x o-i, cio markets: Money on call easy 1 3-4 lng bid 1-3-4, offered at 1 3-4. Flour steady but quiet. Wheat easy.o.' 2 1.10 7-8 to 1.11 elevator. , Corn 'easy, ; w o 7c t 9 oio4afnr No. 2, 76 1-2 elevator. Oats steady, mixed 53 1-2 to 54. Rosin firm. Tur- pentine quiet Cotton quiet, middling uplandslss, middling Sulf 9.60. - 1 1 ' 63 & Governor Patterson, of Tennessee cannot, be charged with being a pistol- toter, for he has all his pants made without pockets, hip or side. ' ' Tio!P nannlo mhn Rov thaf trnnhlp - cacv uj x-x. uy ivir. o. in rjear uuaiiy prevaneu Those people who say that trouble Sprunt, of Ceslona son of cne of with an amendment adding two-oth. in Tennessee grew out,of prohibition -th first RuIiHg .Elders of -the congre- er . members, that Messrs. J. A. Tay- ought to lmow, and pobablyrdo know,fe also speak at lor, H. L. Hunt; L.' B. Rogers; George that it would have tjoine had prohibi Sabbath School in the afternoon. R. French and Sara. Bear be appointed w.,n ,M - i .-x.' i when? the special feature will be a to investigate fully the credit bureau tion never bcen heard of : A that otate. ) Cradle Roir rally Th same .,ven. and the expediency of organizing the Rooseveiris"rrgular "Heathen ' at 30 ,(llo1ck Ine ?ree . Presbr ' SaT in. conn,ectiont a ,traffic de" 4 6 " terian churches in the city will unite p-rtmeDt to be maintained In connec- Chine" in politics. It is a game which in a service at St. Andrew's when ad. tion with the Chamber of Commerce, he does not understand, but one he al- dresses will be made by Mr. B. G. (this committee to meet and formulate ways manages to play most success-' OTt H"Tn Times fmen tne!a soon. as Pble a TeJQT to a call- , . Church Was . Organized;" by Dr ed meeting of the merchants for their Iully .,., Wells, pastor of the First Church, on, final action. Mr. Bear prefaced his , - ; rr; r tha relation between the two congre-; motion with the statement that he was Before the Republicans in Congress gations. by Dr. -Sprunt, ou "The very much in frvor of the bureau t. can expect to really reverse the tariff Work at Saint Andrew's," While a pa-Jlike perhaps others, he wanted some- th-ey will have to secure a revised edi- Vr will be read by Mr. James thing definite to go upon. Mr. Bax- tion of the pTesent Speaker to pre side over their body. It looks like there are going to be eome sensational -developments In the Eastman-McBee suits over the Buck Soals property in Henderson county now docketed in that county. r ojunng me campaign - Boiura xoiits -!"- . . - n ' said Roosevelt was playing the bull in the political china shop. All the , china he broke seems to have had the Democratic trade mark , on it. Those candidates on both sides who got in by small majorities are not kltcking because they were not large. It was a time when .small majorities, like small favors, were thankfully re ceived. Manv of the usuallv knowine ones are unable to explain to themselves , " tne causes or the results oi tne late election, to say nothing of their at- tempts to make satisfactory explana- ticn to the general public. Roosevelt's success in forcing Taft on tne people of the whole country no doubt gives him encouragem-cnt in his scheme to force Root on the people of " : New York. We can hardly bring ourselves to oelNve that the Republicans bought P enough votes to enable thenv to carry all of those States which were supposed to be surely for Bryan up to the day before the election. The Charlotte Observer seems to be nrettv wpIi ,o ,, e pretty well convinced that a local option liquor bill will be introduced in tne Legislature and that it will be --..-.. . " ' . -Bea. iave th3 peoDle KOt to eo thmiio-T, xi , -. uat Lumg again ;anQi flaTOrtBnra,-..tnA Smith ;:Pront Le ngnt of last snrine all over nnee more. 1 . The Cleveland "Mot-.t-io1 iomoia. tion has d'-cided tn r iinn-' thousand Hniioro T sintJw aoIars 'or the erection, of, a "name monument to the memoir of fover Cleveland at Princeton. . The an-elegant supper wiu ne servea. Tne tMr.i smithy is uowlocated fn Co nm. ..Wf on a street KJ" i:;,J, ix South should h,. W affair, is being lo thi. lL !. !2 rtbuteiU pari ;of mttcll pieftstire by members of' the e dellehte to kriow that l-9 is doing court and ln-delanlt of bond was day to also be In attendance upon the asiund. We hope It will do so. U-eanizatioti. .a ' ; . UxeeedinirW wen. v v rscat to Jail. . . -1 I meeting. - . . ,1 t CENTURY LIFE sbyterian Church Will Celebrate Fiftieth Aaniversary This Week. SERVICES CSOMOKSUND AY eVk":'V.SpD- V !peak Other Interesting Exercises to Mark Semi-Centennial of Great Work. - Beeinnlne with a rpppnttnn n.rfor """l1""" "" duai,Ii:es o me laaKS Aia socle- w at tne manse on Friday evening. from 7:30 to 10-30 o'clock a series of verv rix ? 7 . - . clty? an event not only of much inter- est and importance to the members 01 tnat particular congregation but to nALr over Wilmington, for a credit bureau, presided at the On the 21st of November 18T58, theimeetipg and among those present &SCond Presbyterian Church, now were Messrs. J. N Jacobi X -M Ste- st. Andrew's,' was organized by the yon J. S. Funchess, B. F. Hall, H. PPesbytery of Fayetteville, consisting lfcy unt, J A. Taylor Sam Bear 0f 14 nriHi mlmra si v, Geo. R. French, H. A Burr, Eduar ..v.. vuai.! ly in numbers and influence and the P.lfhrjf i rTt tt tine Cml.nant ntlninl pleasure to those identified with the Wbrk at the present. To the reception Under the auspices i. members of the con-! ati t, tT,n.a.DVacWfrt.! rxrr""': C T" 4 X I V VI t ?hearQe ited together with ali friends Saint Andrew's in the city who may wish to call. The receiving ! Darty. wiU conslst of th,A naqtori'of ?u consist oi cne. pastors i or th three city churches and their wives and , and Mis" Alexander Rnrnnt. of ChnrlPstftTi S Ci Tho r,tts. Snriint nf Charlpton R P Tho nn? tor hopes all friends will be free torWoula not be T affiliated with tie Na- come to this reception. tional organization with headquarters There will b5 no Services on Satur-1 at chicalo day, the actual day of the organization u me uiuu, uul uu ouuunjr muimus at 11 o'clock a special sermon for the nn.Q ofnr. miTl ,Q ni.aaaj T,,r T-k- nut street where the Second Church ! i first wors5inned. Dr. - Mr.Clnre the pastor, will read a history of the church from its organization to tha present, which feature will be very interesting and entertaining. -In connection with .this celebration, Saint Andrew's will make a thank off- firiner for TiPTipvoIptii- nmisps TTVnirpl. , o rt.,(T.. . -w opes now DeIng distributed throughout the congregation for this offering. In connection with the 50th anni versary, It is remarlable that, of the five ministers who have served th!s?York steamer, and are being installed the present pastor, the beloved-Dr. Mc- . ' 1 Clure, is now living. IN THE MAYOR S COURT. Stephen James Released From Suspi cion Other Cases. Among the defendants tried in the nniinp ormrt vpatprrinv Ttmrnimr Rfp- phen James, colored, believed to hnve been one of the negroes implicated in tne trouble last week when Officer Bachelor was assaulted, was released for lack of evidence, but as tried farm for 30 days John Justice, a white lad for vagran- rnnnt - frTn h.lf - fttfi t.Tp to the Mayor, who afterwards decided to send him to relatives at Atkinson. T : "1 M T - TTT He was provided .for by Rev. R. W. Hogue during his residence here and wonTfi Kavp hitpTv been sent tn a rpfor- matory had not his relatives decided to take care of him. ittmA XJ ttt Anil t o . Tin ao fn ored, drunk and disorderly, were giv- uauc J.M.j rv ai vt cuju vu. twu9 w. . en 30 ays each at the county farm. GIVE MASQUERADE BALL. Harmony Circle Plans Delightful Af1 fair for Thursdgy Evening " ' ,., w-i.i-i. - -!:tA tee composed of Messrs. Irving Bear, J Xa.i xi-IUlxJ' Vll UUUUgll U VUlxluiii.- Adolph Goodman and I. W. Solomon, f M-A.lvtf n il a1 IvV f ImI -vn a S nil Al.: ' ls ttl,,"slU5 iUI a - aae.Dan to ne given m tne rooms 01 e - at nn Tfinr5iav evenintr nf this iweek. The music' will be by Hoi-: ilowbush's 'Academy Orchestra' and ' m ' m t . .- unwards of a hundred couniesare ex- peeled toiparticlpate ln the unique affair. A large number ot costumes tHave been bordered by the dancers, and; afteHtheunmasklng.atx CREDIT bureau mattes Wholesale Merchants and Jobbers Hear Mr. H. E. Baxter on Ad. vantages of Organization. Referred to Committee. Leading wholesale merchants and jobbers of Wilmington yesterday after noon at 4 o?clock in -the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce, on North l0"4 Wlth mndb P,ea- sure and information Mr. H. E.- Bax ter, of Natchez, Miss., upon the sub ject of the formation of a credit bu reau in this city, similar to organiza tions of the kind maintained at practi- ... ... fa IV nil other Ion rl in or whn ocala oan. tres in tne So.uth . " aXieT Came Upn mvttauon 01 tlie merchants at a meeting held about a week ago and cfter the matter had nil l.ll I7t I IINI I Hi' I HII III III I port upon the nronosition as submit- ted and present the same at a meeting OI the unamoer to De canea witnm a nr -o Ahrens, B C Moore, M. Rosenmann, eSSSESf -hSS The advantages of redit bureau tb7 and forms in use there and suggested other ideas to fit local conditions. i He was listened to with much interest after his address answered to the apparent satisfacti-on of all present a berlof questions submitted to him as to the ractical WOrkings of the nian which ?Pems to bp lareelv for li ' j .wnic -srf ms i De ,.ia . iy the dissemination of credit informa- tion among members and between or- gallizations of the several cities. The Z xii.i.j u T I ' , . , , at Chicaeo. After mote than an hour's discus- sion or tne various ieatures or tne Dlan outlined by Mr. Baxter, a motion L n. , n V. xsli !1J tci oiaicu xia, uc nvuiu uc iu tiic: city for a few days anS would be Pleased to give the committee any in- formation possible. It is likely that the committee will meet today and be ready with a report tomorrow after- noon- . : - NEW FURNITURE HERE i Handsome Fixtures for Chamber of Commerce Rooms Installed. The handsome furniture for the Chamber of Commerce, consisting of handsome oak chairs, tables, desks, etc., arrived yesterday on the New i in the comfortabla new quarters of xl li J XI A T-v l J luc uigaui-auuu ill iub a. uaviu Building, on North Front street. The furniture was p-cently purchased by Mr. U. M. Robinson, of the Executive Committee, while on a visit to New York, and it is well adapted for the- use to which it w'll be put Wh'-n the new furniture is installed the Chamber can then boast cf as elegant quarters 33 any board of trade , in the State, The furniture is not only new and very hardso-me but new auotation boards, linoleum floors and other im provements have been made in the A IMPUTATION NECESSARY Factory ODerative Injured at Luum- berton WiU Probably Die. (Special Star Correspondence.)) Lumberton, N. C, Nov. 16. Mr. John Freeman, who was so badly in- Jured at the Dres'den Cotton Mills Friday night, an account Of which ap - peared m tne star yesterday, was ' - -r-l--x .x xv - v 1-?Tnnvpd lftst nltrrit frnm tho Tinmo nf b's par-nts in East Lumberton to the , .w - vu.v s Umb was amputated at the body, this Performed at the home of the bride's from him and after treating it cruelly, being regarded as the only means of parents in Marietta, Ga., on Tues- returned the animal which died short aatrirtr Vi?a Ufa eraAtrr'o-n.r, iiovfncr . dav.November 3rd.- Mr. and Mrs. iv offorwnrHq Sidhiirv further con- veloned. Even with the limb amputat- ed. the young man's recovery Is con- m,.. ,-. diuv k y uuu ' u. XX1-- ouctaijuu was by Drs. Johnson, Knot and . Thompson. ' '; 10 wea in uiiarieston, . Thfl manv WptiiIr rf Mr' Mn RmiHi n.A-oflnti-ir rPTnmhproi as "having formerly, ben a clerk in the Western Union office In this city. l -t . v m ' X w?Tl be interested -and rileased to learn day. of this w-ek in-Charleston. S C.. ithe bride being Miss Lizzie Warren, 38X ANNIVERSARY Stonefall lodge No. tKnights of Pythia's. Celebrated Its ADDRESS BY HON E. D. SMITH lOther'.Exses of High.y Appropriate and; Ple&sing Character Music by belgado Band and Re V fresh ments Served. Interf3iisJ9r and most auDronriate ex- iercises lasts evening in Castle Hall, trri flv,Q Mi,i. moi.i tJw T V C Bank WWng' arked the thirty - eisuuu ly?rsary 01 aionewan ioage sresslyA ' The feature of the evening's exer- cises wasi mu address by Hon. E. D. III flh 1 . -rj- ' - - I from SoutCarolina, wno arrived onjneareJ eaual avoirdupois. yesterdayafternoon's train and is be- in nrHpr6 thae ht Hlin whroTr.r ing entered by the Pythians of the 1 ed over from Itntey' rtglFfrtS city. Mr, gmlth-had for his subject the evening tealn home. WUmington f-Pereonalhtegrity arid Individuality," i won tbe s and cW to defend the hMi : WpVAiAn0H n hi,. . Lv Zr , isticaflrrbng aid vigorous manner , dse principles of Pythian-' igixt eterlirand the ultimate salvation ! Mr. Smith was i - . , nthnsdaitfr ahniaiiA iTh Wttlv knd ' any"foom ffie"n d tri" lJi!. ,a2X ?f nhancelfcte Comrnaiidpr "t H Meln- StonewSdle Presided and . vlSy lndlreS Tar- . verjrnappy in airecting tne var- ious features of the entertainment. Excellent music was furnished bv the neflado Concert Band The exercises win with the , OTenlnToT Degan wn,n uie iormai opening oi Degan wn,n uie iormai openin ercs SS. and the celebTatn D?oSer Its fclon and tne celebration proper was C'Sl ' The guests and-others in attendance r,.-- ,,r-i-- ,vf k ,r0Tir ,o ' ,., Ji D,ef ni-on n,,iin, "J X vym p Robertson who took occasion "amm&'-uu 13 toneak with nedlfeare S tS do no better than push the pigskin . Seat tta win half a yard of a touchdown and ajdj.es3 of he speaker of the evening," iwen trover on the third down to the 3 forinally introduced in most -locals. Grant, R., from behind the nipns?TiP- mnnTiPr hv Tos W TJttlp -.-RoaJ kicked to the 40-yard 14ne and seqaS j FthTwilxnington bar j Capta'n Smith tackled his man for a Mr. Smith in ha address upon any down almost on thespot where he ire- guDiect does not follow the beaten ceived the oval. The ball was Wil- paths of conventionality and his mingtc-n's on A. & M. 35-yard line speech last night w-s no exception when th game was called, to his rDle He spoke for a little 1 R- G'3 P?1, LeMassena's more than an hour, paying beautiful work and that of Tabor, of Fort Cas- tribute to the home, the Pythian fra-,well for tne locals, are spoken of as ternitv the South and his country. the features. J. K. Council's tackling r'J T0 rA Hall's splendid work are spoken of the evening was the reading of a of as-the features for the visitors. The history of Stonewall 'Lodge by Mr. W. visitors during their stay impressed jj McClaln, Vice Chancellor. Tne c.'ot-h hv tho vp rhonronnr was one written by Mr. W. H. Yopp some years ago an(j includedXin the Grand Lodge inntp of that war: Stonewall Lodge was chartered the 10th of Oc- tober 1870 and instituted on the 15th of November of the same year, Mr. Jesse Wilder beine the only living1 !i(?ent charter member recalled from the reading of the list. The lodge Iwas formd at the home of Mr. J. W. Zimmerman and was instituted by Grand Lodge officers from Virginia. Mr. A J. Yopp, of this city, was the first candidate to receive the rank of Knisrht in the new lodge after Its mation. It was throueh the formation . ... . , . il i J qi Stonewall l0age tnat tne ijrvuu Lodge of North Carolina was formed m this city on Dec. 21st, 1871, Stone- wall, Clarendon and Germania lodges of this city constituting three of the five original lodges in the Grand do- j main. ' Following the set programme for the evening there were voluntary re - - - marks by, members rnd the serving of refreshments. The committee in charge was composed of Messrs. J. D. Kelly, chairman, W. H. Yopp. W. C. Smith, Jos. W. Little and B B. Sugg. The celebration was in every way ere- ditable to the committee, to the lodge and all who participated in Uhe exer- cises of the evening. Mr. Mark Thomas Married. , The many Wilmington friends of Mr. Mark Thomas, formerly with the Atlantic Coast Line in this city, will be Interested and , pleased to learn or his marriage, cards for which were re-iceivea me past wee. , iub uhuc j ' iwi oo nonrwoTio Aniprsnn 'RanKS. MiSS Georeena AnderSOIl Ban KB, . dcugnter- oi Mr. ana Mrs. jonu c reu- erick Banks, and the ceremony was Thome s are now at home at' 525 S. ryor sireet, Auania, w.. iuC f holding a resDonsible Dosition in the " . " c - ? . Georgia city. Alleged Pick Pocjcet Gives Bond, x C. A Carroll, a white man, wno nas .Kellum, Esq., represented tne piain hppn in the eountv iair since Novem-,fp ber 5th awaiting trial at tn5 approacn-j ilng term of criminal court, yesterday furnished cash security of $75 and was j released from custody. Carroll carte 1 to Wilmington I with the carnival com- p-fny at the Elksfest and on TttcSday of that week is alleged to have made an attempt to pick the pocket of Mr. , 1 ri-.,-.-r ... , tj. iv 'n.-.j - m. ax' a NEITHER TEAM SCORED Wilmington and A. & M. Game at League Park Yesterday After- noon Attracted Only Small Crowd Exhibition. v - Before a miserably small crowd and one that reflected no. glory upon the sporting proclivities of "Wilmington, neither the locals nor the strong A. & M. second team could score In a pret ty and altogether satisfactory game of football at League Park yesterday af ternoon, th'3 score standing 0 to 0 at the end of the second of the two twen-ty-miunte Tialves that were played. Many said unhesitatingly that the game was even better than that of the , .. . I umversily ana viason teams here 1 earlier in the season and the pity is ; that more DeoDle were not out to see cadets per man "therefore the locals played almost exclusively on the defensive, putting up a pretty j fight against heavy odds and demon- UVIIU 6l"i iUVAillK gu i.VX. towleFh?il and ri turnedt lo A & Sf iLrSne Then by a series of line plunges the visi- tlrs mftoc?' ball near inn. n . iX , . 1 ?r"wry, me " . auu ue - deil doWn S "SS: . c ,t The C0U,d half 'ound e . & ' more offensive and several times the oal dT1rr-(1 hnf thf mHp. g? &l s ena angtrea, out tne ex-coiie- giana i?layed an even snaPPIer defen" Blve tha,n in the first half and there tnl -,,-,-. ino. ;mo fr was still nothlnsr dnlne whpn time for 4-V. c n rl Tiolf tit o ka11o r-rl V 3 secc id-iron field A. z obuuu uaii no3 yCiiAu auu Lin-- warriors retired from the ,neld. An exciting moment m the sec- cnd nalf came just before the game was concluded. With five minutes to Piay and the ball within five yards of Wrflviii o-r-'c rr-ol V A Hit n-nl ail witn ineir genuexxiaiuy ueuaviu and fine bearing. Nine, of the Wilmington team, was injured near the last of the first half and Hashagen took his place at half back, but in the second half Grant. W., j went to left half back and, Fred Pois- son went in as right tackle, he being res-'later succeeded by LeMassena. The teams otherwise were lined up as fol- lows: Wilmington. A. & M. Smith (capt) qb Hall (capt) Jacobs c Albright Linder rg Morris Grant. W rt Councilor. for-'Williams It Witherspoon Parsley re Hanes . -i nx...j I Jordan le oiauuru i Peschau fb ..Parks, Grant, R rhb Deans N'ne lhh Sherman Tabor.. lg ..Hewlett Offifcials J. McRee Hatch, umpire ; ' Stroud, of A. & M., referee; P. Cum- m:ngr. jr. head linesman: Clyde Coun-: hi timekeeDer. it will b3 welcome news to the many wno saw Wilmington play the fast, snappy game of yesterday afternoon that 0ti Saturday afternoon of this week, the strong team from Fort Cas- well will De up for a game. Th-s sol-1 fters wm brings along Iheir band,, wnicv won so mfen praise during the; recent Elksfest, and about 100 root ers who are expected to make the welkin ring for the Army. Chapge Cruelty to Animals. Before Justice of the Peace Harriss vestGrdav afternoon. Joe Sykes. col- re-.ored answered the charge of cruelty, to .animals, tne warrant Deing issuea s x vi xv - mAa-i of T-Vit oi?Tict Tilrn nn thA -nffidavlt of John uomimmw w ; -w Sldbury, a white man, who alleged tytnt ovvps had nnrchased a horse tended tlrrt he had a mortgage on the animal when it was som 10 ayi.es, dui f-ni tv nrndnoo thp same In court. ww - , , the case, was connnuea unxn next Saturday. Hon. John D. Bellamy ap- lpeared for the defendant and Woodus ; 1 . The. Municipal Convention. Mayor William IS. Springer and Al- derman S. J. Ellis left yesterday af- i ternoon for Charlotte where they will attend the municipal convention or the Carolinas, which will convene to- day at noon. Capt T. D. Meares, ciert TRAGEDY IN RALEIGH E. W. Smith, '.Traveling Sales man Prom Richmond, Founds Dead in Rock Quarry FEDERAL COURT POSTPONED Judge Waddill Will Probably Preside. Presentation of Portrait to State. Rear End Collision Delays Traffic on Seaboard. Raleigh, N. C. Nov. 16.Police de velopments today established the fact that Dr. Elbert W. Smith, represen tative of a. Richmond, Va., coal com- i pany, and son of F. M. Smith, of New i Hope, W. Va., whose body was found I in the city rock quarry in the ont- I ? Ti-1--1. --x J. - XV. oiuiio ux xvaicigu. J CBIC1 uajr , watf uicr victim of one of the worst murders in the history of the city. He left his hotel Saturday night and it is believed he was murdered in the city and his body earned to the quarry: for concealment. The body was taken to Richmond today. . 7' : (Special Star Correspondence.) Raleigh, N. C, Nov. 16. The re mains of W. E. Smith, traveling sales man for the White Oak Coal CO., ot v. Richmond, were shipped to Richmond this boon and a coroner's JurxJIs in vestigating as to whether the 1 death was murder, accident or suicide. The jury drove this morning put to the rock quarry, east of the city, where the body with the neck broken, was found Sunday afternoon close br a pool of water that had accumulated in 'the pit of the quarry. As giving plausibility to the theory of accidental death the jury found the brink of the quarry leading to a 50-foot fall into the pit, entirely unprotected so that any one unfamiliar with the locality, could ensily walk right into a death-trap un awares at night. Then thq condition of the body with the broken neck, is regarded as additional evidence that the death was from "a fall. A condi tion that puzzles the jury was the fact that the cot and vest of the deceased was at another point in the rock quar ry some 50 feet from where the body, lay. Thece were no . visible signs of any scuffle leading up. to murder. No: , witnesses werg examined by the Jury today. Officers are scouring the ten derloin section of the city especially, ' for evidence, and tracing as best they can the unfortunate man's 'movement during the . several days- he Was here. Mr. Smith had not called on the coal dealers here with whom his Arm does business. He was in Pool's store. East Raleigh Friday night, Intoxicated and remarked to a -clerk th2t he was "in a h of a fix down here in thl condition and a married man, too." The White Oak Coal Co., has. through Mr. Serey, manager, tabei steps to have no expense spared in f ereting out the real cause of the death. The disappearance of a valua ble diamond ring and money tha.t were known to have been in his posesslon Friday indicate robbery either' before or after death. His clothes were 'wet as though he had been in the pond and it is not believed that after inju ries from such a fall he could have crawled out of the water before death. The deceased was a practicing physi cian at one time. His brother, W. P. Smith, is in charge of the Cincinnati office of the White Oak Coal Co. A distinguished company of ladies and gentlemen representing the social and literary life of the city and State gathered in the Representatives' hall, Stcte House, this afternoon at 4 o' clock to witness the formal presenta tion of an excellent painting of Gov ernor Alexander Martin to the State by the North Carolina Society, Sons, of the Revolution. The address pre senting the painting was prepared and was to have been delivered by Mr. Frnnk Nash, of Hillsboro. However, he was unable to be here and the ad dress was read by Mr. Marshal De Lancey Haywood, secretary of the Society, Sons of the Revolution. Hon. J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, accepted the painting In behalf of the State in the absence of Govern or Glenn, who has gone to Charlotte for the convention of Mayors in ses sion there this week. A rear-end collision of a log train , and a local freight between Weldort and Norllna on the Seaboard Air Line, Interrupted through travel early Sun-. day morning jto the extent that , through passenger trains had to be de toured over the Atlantic Coast Line" and Southern Railway, Weldon to Ra leigh. No one was injured in the wreck. Five freight csrs were burned and others smashed and a long stretch of track torn up. The wreck was due to there being no flagman out for the log train as It stopped to take a siding. Governor Glenn grants a second re prieve to Henry Harvey, under sen tence to bang In Richmond county for murder. This reprieve is to December 17th In order that counsel may pre sent evidence for commutation. An order is made postponing the Wilmington Federal Court from Dec 7th to Dec. 14th. Judge Waddill, of ' Virginia, will probably" preside. New bern court is changed from Dec 15th to Jann. 1st. ; ; .. ; . Mr. Frank . Ross, the, - well" known Wilmington traveling man who . is now making headquarters ?In. Max- tern, spent Sunday in the city renewing: acquaintances' with old friends. . - ' 5 y I ! I IS 1 t xy-U, 4 n ' v. . i - - - - . . - 1 t y yx yyynj:yxy -y;ryyy ''r;.::.;-y V w-:-4 -y: . v ' . y: siy-. - iy- yyy 7 Jrry , :-:x- v ':ry:yyr .y ry. " - - y yiy-yy t1' '"r J ' - -- vi " - w -
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Nov. 17, 1908, edition 1
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