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ie: moRpHMi ;st ar. Tho Morning Star Oldest Dally Newspaper In the Stats. Largest circulation of cay 0 Year by Man....; ,o.w glx Month by Mall . . . .$3.C3 Three Months by Mail... 91.58 Wilmington Paper. . LXXXIII WILMINGTON. WHOLE NO. 12,876. OUTLINES. Yesterday also being a holiday, no market reports are printed in this 'is sueAn official statement is issued from the "White House announcing tbat the President will take no notice 0f the contempt proceedings in v the case of Gompers and, others so long as it is pending in the courts Pour r-ions were killed yesterday on the -oiMrti.tion in New Mexico Col1 James Hamilton Lewis is going to the Far East oil some secret mission A Missouri judge holds that the mo nopoly of a business is no violation of the law of that State ' A Kentucky man shot his sister to death on Christ mas day, then took his own life -It is estimated that 4,000,000 Christmas trees were used in this country this year Roy Knabenhue made a trip over Los Angeles in his airship" for the purpose of amusing the children who were Waving a Christmas frolic. The resurrection of Dr. Reed, the Korean leader, did not come off at Tampa, FJa., Christmas day as his fol lowers expected The jury in the Beach Hargls.case failed to agree and there is a mistrial The crew of the wrecked schooner Mlarner Moore has been rescued and taken to Norfolk Matthew Maloney has established a new world's record in Marathon races for amateurs Henry Poor, of New York and Boston, member of a well known firm, tailed yesterday No rrest. ihave vet been made in Pittsburg, but many other city offi cials and bankers will be indicted in the next few days The trip of -the Hains to the Bayside Yacht Club came about at the instance of a friend who had invited them to look at property, and, therefore, wturnot taken- wlthsthe design of taking the" life of Annis, is the declaration of Lawyer Shay in out lining the defense of Thornton Hains in the celebrated trial yesterday ? The moving picture shows by virtue of a writ of Supreme Court, will be reopened in New York today; they were closed by Mayor McClellan on the grounds of immorality. Christmas has come and gone. Next thing is New Year's day and prohi bition. Those who read President Castro's big talk should remember that ha is several miles away from Venezuela. The Spanish Government has re tired Admiral Osrvera. We thought Admirals Schley and Sampson did that over ten years ago. The South is politically awaiting the v announcement by President-elect Tuft of the name of ai man from this section as a member of bis Cabinet. It looks like the Governor of Ten nessee disbanded his State Guard too soon if he really wants to put an end to lawlessness in that State. We do not suppose it will be an nounced until after the Central Afri can hunt is over how much per capita those animals Roo!evelt will have stuffed at Government expense will cost Uncle Sam. Why should the Republican jpie hunters in the Western part of tbe State think they should have all the oflBces going throughout the vhole State? Thtay should "shinny on their own side" of the line. After reading the testimony of the witnesses is in the Tennessee night rider cases, the editor of the Durham Herald is"of '""he opinion that there is a place of punishment in ttoa future for men who commit such crimes. If that Britisher keeps on telling Roosevelt about his wonderful experi ence in hunting in Central Africa we are afraid the President wont wait for his term of offioa to expire before starting on his hunting expedition. " The many telegrams of condolence and congratulations sent to Gompers and his two companions will hardly influence the Supreme Court in declar ing what the law is on the questions involved. We do not s-se why President Roose velt should find it necessary to go . out of this district for a Judge of the same. There is plenty -of material In the same just as good as he can find out side of it, and he should givta our people home-rule. A New York business house has announced that it will establish a laundry for greenbacks for tho benefit of its customers. That is a good idea if it will guarantee to give clean money in exchange for the dirty kind that is in general circulation. If a few mona murderers who under take to work the insanity plea meet the fiate of the Connecticut man who was hanged last Tuesday for the mur der of his grand daughter that defense in murder trials will lose some of its Jpularity. . . f- Deposits mode on or before Jan. 2nd will bear . interest from Jan. -1st at the Wilmington Savings, and Trust Company, ' . , . :; tt ALDERMEN TO MEET Y" S pedal Meeting Mv 3jfty to -Ap prove of Form tgjonds and Other Matte CONCLUDE SALE AT 0. .3 Securities Already Being Engraved and Consummation of Sale Now Only Awaits Signatures and DeliveryNegotiations. At the request in writing of the re quired number of Aldermen, a call was issued yesterday by Mayor Sprin ger for a meeting, of the Board of Al dermen to be held tomorrow night at 8 o'clock for the purpose of "passing certain resolutions regarding the sale of $400,000 water works and sewerage bonds to N. W. Harris & Co., of New York." The resolutions to be passed upon are as to the form of the bond to be issued- and pertain other formalities, which might Suave been left over to the regular meeting but for the fact that the Aldermen desire to close up the matter finally as early as possible and to have the proceeds of tlse bond issue available at the earliest possible moment in the New Year. TKe cal ling of the Aldermen together to ap prove of the fdrm. of the bonds and coupons means that they will be avail able during the present week and it is expected that just as soon as the pro ceeds are available the Board of Al dermen will coniclude the waterworks question at the earliest possible mo ment. It is likely that the test of the six-inch pipe as to corrosion will be made Monday and that the commit tee will be prepared by the following Monday night to make a specific rec ommendation as to the purchase or non-purchase of the . present plant with a view to its enlargement and ex tension. While nothing official is known, it is believed that the city will make an offer of 140,000 for the plant as it now stands and it is said to be reasonably certain that the com pany will adeept the offer; In conser vative quarters, this amount is gen erally regarded as equitable end the hope is expressed that two parties to the trade will be able to get together on this basis. The contract was recently awarded to N. W. Harris & Co., to engrave the bonds at a cost of Wly a little over $200 from plates already in existence land in this, way the committee has saved a considerable sum to the city. The bonds according to the form to be approved Monday night, have al ready been engraved and as soon as these are sent to Wilmington to be Signed by the City Clerk and Treasur er and the Mayor, the certificates will be ready for delivery and the money will be paid into the treasury. The Board of Audit and Finanice, it is expected, will be called to meet on Tuesday night to concur in any action the Aldermen may take in regard to the bond fornvetc. DEATH OF MR. B. S. WINSTEAD. End Came on Christmas Morning Af ter Six Weeks' of Illness. After an illness covering a period of six weeks, Mr. Burt S. Winstead, the son of Mr. A. S. Winstead, of this city, passed away about 9 o'clock on Christmas morning at. the family res idence on North Seventh street and the news of his death cast a profound gloom over scores of friends and rel atives in the dty. Mr. Winstead was taken ill about six weeks ago with typhoid fever and it was thought until several days ago that his condition was entirely favora ble, but then he suffered a relapse and he continued to sink gradually until the end came at the hour noted. Mr. Winstead was aged 20 years, 4 months and 20 days and he was held in the highest esteem by all who knew him. For some time previous to his fatal illness Mr. Winstead was employed as bookkeeper by the Sprin ger Coal Company and he was thought very highly of by his employers. Surviving the deceased are his fa ther, one brother, Mr. Joe E. Win stead, and two sisters, Mrs. R. E. Blake and Miss Hazel Winstead, and to them the , sincere sympathy of many friends will be extended in this hour of their bereavement. Sad and impressive funeral services were conducted yesterday morning from the First Baptist church by Rev Fred D. Hale, the pastor, after which the remains were borne to Oakdale and interred, the new made grave ; having been covered with a profusion of very beautiful floral designs. The pall-bearers on this sad occasion were as follows: Messrs., L. T. Meredith, T: AT Henderson, D. Bornemann, A. Alderman, W. A. Muse, and Thos. Taylor. . ' Player Rath is Drafted. There will be local interest in a dis patch last night from Lynchburg, Va., stating that the Lynchburg Baseball Club will likely lose Player Rath? last year , with . Wilmington. . He has been drafted by one of -the major leagues but Lynchburg is J going . -,to. ' protest and make every .'effort to bold tbe young player. Board , your norses. Orrell Livery Company, cornet .Third and Princess streets. -: CHRISTMAS POLICE COURT Fortv-Seven Over Enthusiastic Hnli day Revelers Fall a Prey to Police , Over Friday-None of Cases of Special Interest. An unusually large number of offen ders faced the Mayor yesterday, alto gether 47 defendants having been placed on trial and sentenced. The municipal- court was in session for, more than three hours and the attend ance of spectators was record-breaking. In the absence of City Attorney Marsden Bellamy, Jr., the city was represented by.Wi. P. Gafford, Esq. At the opening of court Mayor Springer stated that he would deal leniently with those against .whom the only charge was that of drunkenness and in all such cases the defendants were dismissed upon the payment of costs. The large majority of cases were for teing drunk and down, while there were also a number of disorderly con duct. Only one defendant, Frank Onslow, was indicted on a serious enough charge to bind over to the higher court, he having been arrested on a warrant charging attempted robbery. Henderson Hays, of great police court notoriety, was sentenced to the county roads for 30 days for being drunk and down and disorderly con duct. For disorderly conduct and drunk fines of $5.00 and the costs were plac ed on M. Gorman, Leon Gee, Ran dolph Sanders, Joe Ellerson, Florence Myers, Andrew Smith, Babe Town lnd, Joe Farrow and Geo. Ellerbee. Sentences of 30 days on the farm were pladsd on Iellie Richardson and pernor Kitchin. General T.R. Robert Annie Ray, charged with disorderly son, who has served during the ad- conduct and Walter Holly was sen - tenosd to the roads for 30 days for the same charge. AT ST. JAMES CHURCH Appropriate Christmas Day Services. Children to Give Presents. The children of St. James Sunday School, will this afternoon, according to their annual custom, take Christ mas gifts to the church, which will later be distributed among children less fortunate throughout the city. Very beautifuj and appropriate Christmas day servioss were held at St, James on Thursday morning. 4 there having been in attendance a' flarge congregation. The choir render ed a special programme of music and this added greatly to the pleasures of the sacred observance. Bishop Strange assisted in the service and the sermon was delivered by Rev. J. R. Matthews, who Is acting as tem porary rector of the congregation. Services' at St. James today will be at 11 A. M. and 8 P. M. THE SALVATION ARMY. Gave Delightful Christmas Entertain ment to Children. No happtar gathering of children could be found than were the 300 lit tle folks who were guests of the Sal vation Army at its children's Christ mas exercises on Thursday evening. After devotional exencises, which were conducted by Rev. A. D. McClure D. D., pastor of St. Andrew's Presby terian church .there was an enjoyable programme of songs, recitations and dialogues rendered,- after which old Santa Clans distributed gifts to the children, the presents having been taken from two brightly lighted and heavily laden trees. The eevnt was one of the happiest of the holiday season and it brought pleasure into the lives of many little ones and older folks, too. EXERCISES MONDAY EVENING Enjoyable Event by Members of Grace Church Sunday School. A delightful programme has bean arranged for the Christmas exercises of Grace Methodist church Sunday iSchool which will be held tomorrow night, consisting of devotional exer cises, after which an offering of pro visions and clothing will be made for the children at the Methodist College at Raleigh. The offering will be ded icated with prayer by tbe pastor, Rev. Thos. A. Smoot and following this all present will ladjourn to the Sun day School room where a reception to the members of the church will be tendered by the Sunday School. Promotion for Wilmingtonian. Mr. W. C Montgomery,, a wen known young man of this City who has been connected with the Metro politan Inusrance Co., in Wilmington, received a fine Christmas present in the form of an assistant s Supeirinten dency at Canton, N. C, for the same company. The promotion is a rewara for his fine record ol the past year. The company offers a fine field for the advancement of capable young men' and Superintendent Emmart, of this district; takes especial interest in Dushlne his men forward. The district stood No. 1 . for the month of Novem-. ber in the Southern "territory; . Regular .Interests Period! v of The People's Savings "Bankr-begfns January 1st- If you deposit now you will tfcgws; months, i s ' ' f'$ "3t. Deposits" made on or before Jan. 2nd -will bear -interest from Jan. 1st at the Wilmington Sayings; and: Trust OF STATE Governor at Work on Histti- ennial Message to Forthcom ing Legislative Session. POLICIES AS AGREED UPON Two Candidates for Adiutant General of North Carolina National Guard. Two Christmas Accidents in Raleigh Other Notes. (Special Star Correspondence.) " Raleigh, N. C, Dec. 26. Governor Glenn is devoting much of the holi days to the preparation of his mes sage to the General Assembly to con vene January, 6th. It will review his four years administration briefly and contain recommendations as to future policies in which he and Governor elect Kitchin agrea. It is said that there are very few and unimportant differences between them as to State policies. The Gov ernor will have nis message ready for the printers in a few ciays now. Mrs. Glenn and Miss Rebekah are here with him and expect to leave for Winston-Salem about January 4th, the Glenn residence there being now ready for them after undergoing ex tensive improvement, including en- - S4argement and general renovation. In North Carolina National Guard circles great Interest centers now in the appointment of an adjutant gen eral for the administration of Gov- , ministration of Governor Glenn, is be- ing urged for re-appointment by strong friends. Then there is a strong effort being made for tbs appointment of J. F. Armfield, now brigadier general of the North Carolina Guard. It is understood that the friends of neither of these gentleman have as yet got ten much satisfaction out of the Gov-erncr-elect. There is to be a meeting of the North Carolina Guard Associa tion Monday at Greensboro to discuss "the good of the service" and there will certainly be some "politics" in the interest of both. Mr. George W, Norwood, chief cJyck ;sjthe Becretary of . State, has adisiCledrig asa re sult of joining "the boys" in a fire works celebration of Christmas. In fact it was almost "miraculous that the injury was not far more serious. He had been firing "baby cannon" crack ers and one exploded prematurely in his hand lacerating the fingers pain fully and giving him a severe shock generally. However, thehand will be all right In a few days. There were remarkably few Christmas accidents hereabouts. A young lady whose name could not be ascertained had her cheek badly scorched and "powder marked" by an (exploding cracker that was thrown by some one in the crowd that thronged Fayetteville street Christmas night. Some miscreant threw a huge can non cracker upon the front porch of a handsom'a residence just being .com pleted in the suburbs of the city and the concussion from it shattered the plate glass in the front doors, broke in the panels and did other damages. GIFTS TO COL. TAYLOR Presented by Boys Brigade and the Juniors. A delightful occurrence on Christ mas day was the, presentation to Col. Walker Taylor, at his home on Mar ket street, of two handsome gifts, with the compliments and best wishes of the Boys 'Brigade, with whose work Col. Taylor is so, givatly interested. The gift on behalf of the Brigade was a beautiful silver coffee pot, the presentation speech having been made by Captain Wilbur Dosher. The Junior Brigade gave to Col. Taylor a fine chafing dish, Liteutenant' Albert Elmer having made the speech of pre sentation. Col. Taylor, while taken completely by surprise, expressed his apprecia tion of the beautiful and useful pres ents in very feeling words, and ttoa members present were made to real ize that they had added greatly to tfr? pleasures of Christmas day by their actions. Dance on Christmas Night. A very delightful Christmas dance was given at Concordia Hall on South Front street on Friday evening by Misses Reba and Kiate Myers, compli mentary to the members of their evening dancing class and the large number of young people enjoyed the occasion to the utmost. -The hall was very attractively dee- orated in. Christmas colors, it having made a pretty setting, for the joyous occasion, which was-, the first of a number of pleasant Yuletide social-oc casions, i , In order "to advertise a new set of books a representative of one of the largest publishers . of New York, and London is-givmgl- away 40 sets of books. If you -axebuildlng up your li brary and wlU send your-address at once to "J." care ofcStar, you can have Ian opportunity" at this." Deposits' made xmj or -before Jan. 2nd will .bear-vinterest .from Jan. 1st at the Wilmington .Savings, and Trust AFFAIRS SPECIAL HAS0NIC SERVICE Saint John The Evangelist's Day to be Appropriately Observed by Wil mington Lcdges-Sermon by Rev. F. H. T. HorsfietcL An occasion of more than the ordi nary interest for the Masonic,-fraternity and all visiting Masons, -who are cordially invited, will be the special sermon this morning at 11 o'clock at St. John's Episcopal Church, by Rev. F. H. T. Horsfield, of Oxford, N. C, formerly rector of St. James parish, this city, and a member of the order in high degree. The occasion is St. John The Evan gelist's Day ,and falling this year on Sunday, it is peculiarly appropriate that the lodges join in closing a suc cessful year by spending an hour in worshiping Him, wno has showered blessings upon the fraternity. Themas afternoon at New League Park Bei viue is specially unuer ine auspices of Orient Lodge No. 395, A. F. & A. M. and the arrangements have been mada by a committee composed of Messrs. H. G. Smallbones, James C. Munds-and Jas. F. Sears. All mem bers of Orient and other lodges in the city with visiting Masons are in vited to assemble at the"parish house, n-sxt north of the church at 10! 45 o' clock for the purpose of proceeding to the church in a body. The ladles will be conducted to seats in the church immediately upon their arrival. Rev. Mr. Horsfield arrived in the city last evening and will be a guest of Mr. James C. Munds. He will be pleasantly greeted by many Wilming ton friends and will be heard again with pleasure at St. John's Church at night. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE LECTURE Member of Board of Lecturership Here Tuesday Evening, Jan. 5th. The public is cordially invited to at tend a lecture on Christian Science by Francis J. Fluno, M. D., C. S. D., a member of the Board of Lecturership of The Mother Church, the First Church of Christ, Scientist, Boston,, in th! Academy of Music, this city, on the evening of Tuesday. January 5th at 8:30 o'clock. The lecture is with out charge for admission and the people of Wilmington generally are invited to hear th?3 distinguished speaker. - -rluno was a prtfSg: physician Pip Chicago ;untftl,' he.be- icame interested in Christian Science. For more than twenty years hs has been engaged in the practice of Chris tian Science healing and teaching, and several years ago was lected a mem ber of the Board of Lecturership of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist in Boston, Mass. DEATH AT DELGADO Mrs. Maggie Hobb?s Passed Away on Christmas. Mrs. Maggie Hobbes, the beloved wife of Mr. J. H. Hobbs, pa.ssed away at her late )me in Delgado village on Christmas morning and the news of her demise, which was unexpected, will be received with sincere sorrow by the many friends of the deceased. Mrs. Hobbes was taken ill on (Sunday last and despite the best of tmedical attention she continued to grow worse until the end came at the time stated. Sad funeral services were conducted yesterday afternoon from the family residence at 2 o'clock, j after which the body was taken to East Wilming ton and interrcd. Transfers of Real Estate. The following deeds were recorded yesterday for the' transfer of real tes tate: A. W. Pate and wife and C. C. Chadbourn, trustee, to J. L. Gutin for $10 and other considerations lot No. 31 in iStea Gate Park. A. W. Pate and wife and C. C. ChAdbourn trustee, to W. G. Butler for $126. lot No. 19 in Sea Gate Park. E. J. W. Anders and wife to W. G. Butler for 59 lot No. 2 in Sea Gate Park. R. M. Wescott and wife to J. R. Menshew and wife for $100 and other considerations lot in the eastern line of Sixth street, 192 feet 6 inches south of Castle street, 27.6 by 132 feet. J. B. Mercer and wife to R. A. Wright for $100 Jot No. 2 in Mercer Place. W. M. Cumming and wife to H. L. Fisher and wife for $100 lot beginning in the eastern line of Twelfth street, 123 feet south of Dawson street, 33 by 165 feet Experience With a Sand Spur. While engaged in practice with a football near his home on Christmas Day, young Mr. Herbert Davis, 16 years old, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Thos. E. Davis, had the misfortune to have a sanflspur lodged in his throat which promised to give him much trouble for a time.. Dr. A. H. Harriss was summoned and laiter Lvwith the assis tance of Dr. Thos. M. Green at the latter's office, the obstacle was. remov ed by the . use of the X-ray. Young Mr. Davis was getting along nicely yesterday. "Very soon Piatt & Haar will be showing . the newest Inl909 white goods, embroideries, muslin under wear, fancy vrash goods, suits, etc., and they must have room. Balance of Xmas goods, furs, etc., at cost. : Livery of . all kinds. Orrell Livery Co phone .47. 5 2t WILMINGTON WON Defeated Savannah in Fine Foot bail Game Christmas After noon. SMALL CROWD WAS PRESENT Locals Outplayed Visitors at Every Point and Game Was Most Excit ing Ever Witnessed Here. Clearly outclassing the visitors at every point and playing one of the cleverest games of football ever seen in this city, the strong local aggrega tion defeated the Savannah team in a fierce gridiron struggle on Christ- by the score of six to nothing, by this victory the Wilmington team having brought Its season to a close without havings suffered a single defeat. ' The attendance was not more than 200 and this is said to the everlasting' discredit of the sporting spirit of Wil mington people. The game was bit-, terly contested from the first blow of the whistle until time was called and thevre has never been witnessed in this city a prettier or more exciting contest. Be is said to the credit of, the few enthusiasts who were present that they were strong in their support : of the locals and that the fine playing of both teams was the cause for al most continuous cheering. The game was called at 4 o'clock' and two 20-minute halves were played. In the first half neither side was able to score despite the most strenuous efforts of the rival players" and the use of every style- of football, from the straight line rushes and end runs to the more complicated forward pass and frequent punting. The only score of tbe game was made early in the second half. Sa vannah had kicked off to Wilming ton's . 25-yard line and the local team then began, its steady and resistless march for the goal line, which result ed, seven minutes after the play had started, in Grainger being forced Over the goal for the touchdown. The playing that resulted in the score was largely line plunges and end rushes and it appeared tbat nothing could the locals. With. a. number of pretty rushes the ball had been carried from Wilmington's 25-yard line to Savan nirJh's 5-yard line, and there, While the crowd was yelling itself hoarse, Grainger was fairly hurled over the visitors' line by ihis team mates and the game had been won. In another moment more enthusiasm was display ed when Captain Smith kicked the ball fairly through thta goal posts, j making the score' six to nothing. The visitors then on the next kick off resorted to every kind of play in their efforts to overcome the lead of the locals, but they were unsuccess ful, not having been able a single time during the game to make the requir ed distance in the three downs. In the exchange of punts, and kicking was resorted to frequently in the sec ond half, the teams were about evenly matched, but in everything else the visitors were outclassed by the, locals. The game ended with the ball in Wilmington's possession on Savan nah's 40-yard line. Both teams showed fine football ability, and the locals played a star game, every man having been in eve ry play, while the work of Captain Smith, Grant and Grainger was of a sensational order, these players hav ing made frequent gains by brilliant end runs and line plunges. For the visitors the playing and kicking of Mr. Edenfield, the full back was the feature. The officials of the game were Mes srs. Louis Belden and Joe Wilkinson, umpire and referee; Preston Cum ming, Jr., linesman and Burke Brid gers, time keeper. The line-up of the teams was as fol lows: Wilmington Jacobs, c; Terry, fg; Newkirk, lg; Grant, W., rt; Williams, It; Parsley, re; Grainger, le; Smith, fCapt.) qb; Grant, R., Ihb; Nine, rhb; Peschau, fb. Savannah Rosenhof, i?; Jacobson, lg; Craig, It; Doty, le; Dpwling, rg; Davis, rt; Donnelly, re; Rerban, qb; Edenfield, fb; McCarthy, Ihb; Almee da, rhb. It is to be regretted othat the Wil mington team, after having worked hard throughout the Fall to furnish first-class football to the citizens of Wilmington, on account of the poor patronage accorded, find themselves behind in funds, and it means probab ly, in the future that football will not be taken up with such enthusiasm by those interested in seeing the sport become popular in Wilmington. Y. M. C. A. the Winner. ' The All-College team was defeated at basket ball by the Y. M. C. A. on. the court of the latter last night in. the building on . North Front street, the score having been 18 to 11. The teams lined up as follows: Colle gians, B. Newkirk, centre; B. Houston and R. Houston, forwards ; J. Wilkin son and Victor Grainger, guards. Y. M. C. A, Stevens, centre; Hanson and Fales, forwards; Burkhardt and McClelland, 'guards. - Musie -at tSmlruu Concert at Luinlna,- today! at . 3 : S0. Cars every foalf hour; f ' ' V i-
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