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E00S1VBLT DID SAY IT.
A few days ago. on the stump in
western North Carolina the Hon.
B. B. Glenn, tho Democratic nou-
lnee for governor, denounced some
brutal remarks which the unthink
ing RooBevelt was alleged to haye
made in refering to the people of
the South.
Natnrallj such words as were at
tributed to.the President were suf
ficient to arouse Indignation, and
State Chairman Boiling felt that
such a charge by Captain Glenn
must not go unchallenged. Mr.
Rollins, i therefore,- wired to the
President's-private secretary, Mr.
Loeb, asking if the President ever I
. made such remarks. Mr. Loeb I
wired back that the charge was ab-1
solutely false. I
... ...... . I
it turns out now that "President I
1 Roosevelt" never made the offensive
remarks, but they were written by
Theodore Roosevelt, author. What
la Mr. Rollins and other white Re
publicans to do now when it is
shown to them in black and white
that Roosevelt did say what was at
tributed to him? The facts in the
case are furnished by Mr. Thos. J.
Pence, Washington correspondent
; of the Raleigh Post, who writes as
follows on Thursday:
Will torn Loeb, Jr., secretary to the
president, finds himself in a very em
barratslng position by reason of his
haaty effort to deny well established
utterances of the president. But this
I is about the usual status In which the
' blundering Mr. Loeb finds hlmself.and
so whenWashtngtonians learned of his
latest performance to-day they laughed
and said : "Poor Loeb; he's got his foot
In it again." i ,
What Gov. Glenn said with refer
ence to Mr. Roosevelt's utterance has
never been seriously questioned before.
Pracilcally the same language has ap
' pered In the Congressional Record
tino after time. Mr. Loeb simply went
off half cocked, as Ihe-homely expres
sion goes, and besides holding himself
up o ridicule, he did no further dam
' -g,'jnlesiltbethat he heaped some
of bis embsrrasiment on Republican
' Bute Chairman Rollins. What Roose
velt iald about Southern character has
always been a thorn in the side of
many of his admirers, who said that It
ought to be overlooked, as It was
penned when he was a much younger
mao It Is taken from his Life of
Benton, and was quoted on the floor
of Congress more than a score of times
last Winter. There is hardly any ex
cuie for a well-read public man who
claims that be never heard, of this
Rooseveltian utterance. Qere it Is,
, and it Is on isle In every book store In
the United Btatei:
"Slavery was chiefly responsible for
the streak of coarse and brutal barba
barum which ran through the South
ern character."
A to the charge that President
Roosevelt classed the Confederate sol
diers as anarchists, I have nTer be
fore beard Its denial. The Preddent
1 made the statement in th s city in the
Bprlng of 1902, while addressing a
G. A. R. delegation. Mr. Loeb's in
formation as to this utterance on the
part of the President is about equal to
bM knowledge of what Roosevelt said
as ma author. In any event the fol
lowing editorial paragraph In the
Washington Post, commenting on the
President's declaration about ex-Con-federates
as anarchists would Indicate
as much. Here Is what the Post said,
editorial! v: '
"Ii is disagreeable enough to the
Southern people to be officially desig-
. nated as 'rebels,' and now to add
'anarchist' is an exasperation which
we find it' Impossible to believe the
President realiy Intended."
With the evidence in, the people can
take the case against Mr. Loeb. But
then it is known even among the child
ren of Oyster Bsy, Washitgton - and
other remote points tbat Mr. Loeb,
well meaning man tbat he Is, has been
made the official scapegoat of the
wielder of the big stick. Such Is the
penalty for being the confidential clay
of the present war lord of the White
House. .
But back of this Incident is one sa
lient fact that should not be over
looked. Mr. Rollins, like every other
' good Anglo-Saxon, rebelled when he
heard of this slur upon Southern char
acter. Now his associations have left
blm In the position 01 naving to accept
a situstlon that it would bave been
good policy to Ignore. v
What, now, will Republican spell
binders do about asking Southern
white men, Republicans or Demo-,
crats, to vote for Theodore Roose
volt? What will Mr. Rolling do?
What will Judge W. S. O'B. Robin
gon, Republican' candidate for Con-
gresa in the Third District, have to
ay about it?
Judge Robinson is engaged in a
joint canvass of the Third District
with Congressman Charles R.
Thomas, the Democratic nominee.
They spoke at Kenansville on
Thursday, and Mr. Thomas con
fronted hia .opponent with Roose
velt's opinion of Southerner!. Judge
Robinson told the-audience that he
was satisfied that it was a false
charge and that they knew If it were
VOL. XXXV.
1 - - - A a
true j,dm no wouia not tiny more
Tote for Roosevelt than they would.:
Mr. Pence's letter and - Roosevelt's
book put it up to Judge Robinson
and every other white Republican to
vote for Judge, Parker as evidence
of their resentment of Roosevelt's
estimate of Southern character and
manhood.
On page 161 of Roosevelt's "Life'
ot Benton" is the following com
plete paragraph of which Mr. Pence
quotes a part:
"Slavery was chiefly responsible
for the streak of coarse and brutal
barbarism which ran thrnnfc ihm
oouwern character, and which mark
ed toe lerocious outcry Instantly
raised by the whole Southern press
gainst ioe AOOllUOnista."
this makes it all the worse. We
wonder if there is a white North
Carolinian that could swallow Roose
velt without holding his nose? - '
MUTUAL UNDMLSTAHDIHQ.
The S?i.B hopes the people of the
UnltodStates are taking many notes
and making some, mental reserva
tions over the 'fat frying" feature
of this campaign, with they head
of the Republican party pretending
to be a trust buster the multi-millionaires
are cheerfully submitting
to being squeezed for the benefit of
the Republican ' campaign fund.
If the fellows from whom the fat
is fried are being help up and have
to throw their quota Into the con
tribution basket, it looks like a case
of blackmail. However, it is not
blackmail for the trust folks and
the Republican party thoroughly
understand, each other. The Re-
Publican party knows that its high
protective tariff Is to the manufact-
nrers like getting money from home.
Pout years of easy-coming money
-
oeiween campaigns mases it a
cheerful acquiescence on the part of
the tariff beneficiaries when the G.
O. P. collection hat is handed'
around for a mere rake-off from huge
benefits from protection.
The whole system looks like pro
tecting a lot of men -who in turn
wrnian a land with which to cor
rupt and debauch American politics
every four years. The trusts are
sublimely confident that trust-bust
ing is not to be seriously taken as
long as the Republican party stands
pat on a protective system that Is
the trust's soft snap.
Roosevelt ought to be able to
realize that he had the sand cut
from nnder him by Judge Parker's
service pension proposition. The
distinction is that Parker proposes
to do the same thins by an act of
Congress instead of by asurrep-
ticloua if not usurpatory executive
order or dictatorial edict. The
South Is In favor or paying every
deserved pension according to the
Parker plan. '
Says the Richmond Times: "The
Japs went up against the American
Tobacco Company also and the
company has retreated from Japan
with a Docket full of money." The
Jepanese government having mopo
lized the tobacco business in that
country, will now be one of the big
customers of the American Tobacco
Company. The trust seems to get
money going and coming.
A New York newspaper man is
in jail for using a monkey-wrench
to rob a millioaaire. If he had used
the plan, of some millionaires for
getting money the monkey-wrench
thief would have been gjven a seat
high up in the synagogue of the
captains of finance. We thought
newspaper men kept np with the
times.
As beneficiaries of protective tar
iff taxes paid by the people of the
United States, the manufacturers
sell their products cheaper to for
elgn customers than they do to
home cusnmers. Looks like a man
who would vote for a party that
helps a class of men, to do that is
an easy mark for the fool-killer.
It Is now announced that the price
of nails has gone no because 01 a
shortage In the supply. Shortage
nothing I It Is because of the in
creased demand , brought about by
the efforts of the Democrats to nail
thousands of campaign lies.
A New York man gave $1,000,000
for a wife. A North Carolinian
swapped another fellow out of his
for two fish nets. The man who got
the fish nets, we'll bet, is the happi
est of the lot.
Considering a whole lot of acts
committed by the Republican offi
clals and campaign managers, the
Republican party should swap char
ar.tarlatic animals with the Demo
cratic party.
It is to be regretted that Judge
Parker's letter of acceptance has not
given general satisfaction. Roose
I velt can't stand it and Uncle Joe
Cannon doesn't like it a little bit.
- Brigga Has he no aim in life?
DIegs Oh, yes: but- Biggs-
Well? Dlggs He Is too laay
to
shoot. Chicago Daily flews,
SENSATION IN COURT.
P. W. Young Attached for Con
tempt on Allegation of Tam
pering With Witness.
CHARGE DENIED IN TOTO.
Hesrhjf Csntlomd Under Sims Bond
Until ths Next Term of Court Twa
Weeks Hesce-Affidavits for
the Prosecution Bales.
Something In the nature of a sensa
tion was sprung In the Superior Court
yesterday afternoon when Hon. Jno.
D. Bellamy, one of the counsel for
the prosecution, asked and upon inti
mation of Judge Moore, was granted
the service of a rule upon Paul W.
Young, citing him to appear and show
eaute instanter why he should not be
attached for contempt. The rule was
upon an affidavit of Grace ueorge,
prosecuting witness aga'ntt "Young in
a case of simple assaalt appealed from
the Mayor's couri upoa sentence of
89 days to the 'roads and At owing out
of an affray hetweeu the George
woman and Kate Jen klrif, both of
questionable, character, on" the aide
walk near corner of second and
Princess streets late one night this Sum
mer, particulars of which are well re
membered by readers of the city papers.
The George woman alleged that Young
had used undue influence to have her
leave town oeiore the trial or the case
could come up this week. The rule'
was immediately served upon the de
fendant who was seated In the court
room. Later, additional affidavits
fromGussIe Grier, with whom the
George woman boarded, and from
Chief of Police Furlong, were filed! in
aupport of the original and the cue
coming on for a hearing was contin
ued until the first day of the next
term of court here two weeks hence.
Young's cash bond of 1250 was left
with the clerk of the court as a guar
antee for hia appearance at that time.
The appeal of Young from the May
or's court and the caie of Grace George,
herself charged with an assault with a
beer glass upon Kate Jenkins In the
same affray, had been pending In the
Superior Court all the week and early
yesterday afternoon It became evident
that neither of the matters could be
reached at this term. At an oppor
tune time Mr. Bellamy, who appears
with W. P. Gaff ord, Esq, for the city,
addressed the court with reference to
the case and told of a conversation he
had just had wtlh the George woman
In the presence of her own counsel,
Marsden Bellamy, Esq. The substance
of this conversation was related and
was , to the effect that Young had
made overtures to her to leave the city
before tha ' trial could - come up.
Judge Moore remarked that sueh con
duct upon the part of a defendant waa
highly Improper and should the facta
as related.by Mr. Bellamy be estab
lished in eourt ha would" not hesitate
to Impose a maximum penalty. - Her
bert McClammy, Eiq., who with Col.
A. M. Waddell, appears for Young
was at once upon his feet expressing
his disbelief of the charges made by
the George woman and Insinuating
that counsel's speech was evidently to
Influence His Honor to Increase his
client's bond, which was already ex
cessive, being $350 cash for a simple
assault while tbat of the George wo
man was only $35 for the more serious
charge of an assault with a deadly
weapon. Judge Moore said he would
await any further action counsel for
prosecution desired to lake.
The court proceeded with the trial
of the case and Messrs. Bellamy and
Gafford Immediately obtained the fol
lowing affidavit from the George wo
man who was in the witnesses' room
In the building, the judge making the
order'thereon as annexed:
Btate of North Carolina,
New Hanover County.
State vs. Paul W. Young:
Grace George, being auiy sworn.
says she is a witness in w
against Paul W. Young, and is the
person on whom the defendant Young
la charged witn manng mo bhriui
and battery. That the defendant,Paul
W. Young, came to affiant's home
about the 81st day of this month, two
or three days before the convening of
court, and told affiant that he wanted
her to help mm out oi ms irouoies;
that he bad the case in court and affi
ant had one, and the cases would go
hard against each, if tne amant re
mained here and appeared in court;
that e wanted affiant to leave this
country on Sunday night before court
and it would be better for mm ana u
would be awful on affiant u sue re
mains; that he would get a horse and
buggy and carry affiant to Castle
Haynes and amant couia iaae mo
train there and no one would ever see
the affiant get off or know anything
about It; that be would send affiant to
Norfolk ana give amant iw, which
would be all affiant would need on the
way going. Affiant told said Young
that she was under a $50 bond, and
asked him if be thought that sue was
onntr tn akin and forfeit that money.
The said Young said he had a diamond
ring, which he had on ms nnger,
which was worth over $100, and he
would put that up with Quisle Grier to
keep her from losing her money. Affi
ant positively refused to leave the city
until her case was settled, and so told
the said Young, that affiant knows
that aome time after that and
on the same night the said Young
took Miss Grier in the dining room
and had a conversation. A few min
utes afterwards the said Miss Grier
came out the room and said to affiant.
"Grace, what do you think f Paul
Young says he wants you to leave and
that he will put up his ring to protect
me. I know very well you are not
going to leave.,r Affiant told her
"No," she knew very well tbat affiant
was not thinking of such a thing.
Gbaob Gkoegk.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
the 1st day of Oct. 1904.
Jno. D. Taylor, O. S. CL
- JODQB'S OBDES THXRJEOff:
Upon reading the foregoing affidavit.
It la hereby ordered that defendant,
Paul W. Young, show cause before
Fred Moore, Judge of the Superior
WILMINGTON, N. 0., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1904.
I JC M ABU kVhM t MTiSjBM-AaclllTtCT B ' A
Court, at the Court House In Wil
mington, instanter, why he should
not be adjudged in contempt of this
court and be dealt with according to
law. Fred Moore,
Oct. 1st, 190. Judge Presiding.
An affidavit was also presentea irom
Gassle Grier, who was served with an
instanter surpoena to appear at the
Court House and who made affidavit
before N. J. Williams, J. P., that on -or
' about 8ept. 21st the defendant
Young sent for affiant to come Into
her dining room; that she went and
Young asked her If she didn't think It
was best for all parties for Grace
George to leave before court; that if
she stayed here. It would go awful
against her. The affiant told blm
she didn't think so; Grace George was
assaulted on the streets. Affiant asked
Young If he thought for one minute
that she was going to lose her money.
Young said "no," he would not think
of such a thing; he was too
much of a gentleman for that
tbat he ' he had a diamond
ring on his finger which was worth
$100, which he would not take any
thing In the world for, and that he
would give affiant the ring to hold or
would put It up for the money. Affiant
told him "no," ahe waa not going to
let Grace go, if affiant could help it;
that affiant has got Mr. Marsden Bel
lamy to plead Grace's ease and he was
as good as waa In the town and affiant
did not see any need of her running;
that affiant would not run if ahe knew
they would hang her la 30 minutes,
and Grace should not run if affiant
could help. In the course of the con
versation affiant asked him how
Grace would manage to get away
even if she wanted tov and
he replied that It was easy; that be
would take a horse and buggy and
take her to Castle Haynes and give
her some money to pay her expenses
and besides would send her money to
Charleston If she would go thereand
she could go with Maude Pinner to
Charleston as Maude was going there,
but affiant positively told him that
Grace should not go If she could help it
and affiant afterwards went to the
chief of police and asked him to keep
a lookout at the trains and see that ahe
did not get off although affiant did
not believe sbe was going to leave,but
thought she might be overpersuaded
and there was no danger In being safe.
Affiant had deposited $50 cash bond
for Grace George'a appearance in
caurL
An affidavit was also presented from
Chief of Police Furlong stating tbat
on or about the date named Gussle
Grier came to bis office and informed
him substantially of the facts sworn
to in her affidavit, In consequence of
which he stationed an officer at Castle
Hsynes and others at the railway
denota in Wilmington to see that
Grace George did not leave the city.
Ouaala Grier aald she had a cash bond
up for Grace Georg's appearance and
feared she would be overpersuaded to
leave.
Up for a Heart sg.
The contempt proceeding came up
for a hearing before Judge Moore a
little before 7 o'clock and the affidavits
set forth above were read by Mr. Bel
lamy. Mr. McClammy and Col. Wad
dell each addressed the court In behalf
of the defendant, stating that necessa
rily they bad not time to prepare an
answer; that the defendant denied the
allegations In toto and tbat they had
been manifestly set on foot that day
and that malice was at work some
where; that the case was only a trivial
one of simple, assault; that they be
lieved the. defendant would be
present at any time required
and that the. purpose of the pro
ceedings was evidently to influence
His Honor to increase the bond. The
next term of court was only two weeks
off and no one could suffer by post
ponement till Oct. 17tb. The post
ponement was not resisted by the
other side and the hearing was set for
Oct. 17th. Judge Moore declined to
Increase the cash bond of $250, stating
that he regarded It as sufficient,
z In order not to prejudice hia client's
case before the public, OoL Waddell
asked the court to instruct the clerk
not to give the affidavits for publics
tlon until the answer could be publish
ed simultaneously. It was stated that
the contempt matter was entirely with
His Honor and not with the jury, to
which Col. Waddell replied that the
publication might prejudice the Inter
est of his client In the assault 'cue.
Judge Moore said the publication of
tha affidavits waa a matter over which
he had no control and were a part of
the court records. The case then went
over to Oct. 17th.
Capt. W. H. Newell, Jr., the
popular young A. CL L. conductor
who had hia hand so badly mashed
some time ago, "is suffering with ap
pendicitis. - He was taken In Mr.
Boyall'a private car last night from
the hospital here to hia home in Nois
folk, accompanied by hia mother and
Dr.' Pride J. Thomas.
BOYb' BRIGADE OF AMERICA.
Senethlsg of Popular Military aad Social
Oriasizstloa la Wllmlottsa Its
Handsome New Armory.
The Stab prints on this page to-day
an excellent cut of the handsome ar
mory building of the First Battslion
North Carolina Boys' Brigade of
America, now being constructed of
stone at the southeast corner of Second
and Church streets. It will be the
home of one of the most useful and
substantial organizations of a military
nature in the city or. State. A refer;
ence to the architecture Is unnecessary
with a view of . the building Itself.
The main arched entrances on Second
and on Church streets open into a ves
tibule leading Into the reception hall,
23x36 feet in size, to be used aa a li
brary. On one side rooms, will be
nicely fitted up for officers' quarters.
At the rear will be a finely appointed
gymnasium, 12x50 feet in size, with
platform along one side for spectators.
Around the walls of the gymnasium
are lockers for uniforms and guns. In
a room adjoining shower baths will be
provided.
On the second floor is- a hall 50 by
50 feet, which will be used for social
purposes and on the end ot this hall
are the ladles' parlors. There la also a
kitchen aad pantry adjoining the
halL There will be two bowling al
leyaon the third floor and a shooting
gallery.
The battalion here is a branch of the
United Boy's Brigade of America
which meets In annual convention In
Washington, D. a this week. Col.
Walker Taylor, who organized and
has made tha brigade an Influence for
good In this community, and Mr.
Ohas. O. Loughlln, one of the earliest
members of the battalion, will attend
the Washington convention aa dele
gates from their command.
The Brigade was organized here on
Feb. 14lh, 1896,! and has grown In
membership from a halt a dcz
en to 45 men. The object is
the development of Christian man
hood, mutual helpfulness In securing
positions for the unemployed, assist
ance in education and, in general, to
have supervision over the lives and
conduct of members. That theWil
mlngton division of the organization
has accomplished the object and more
la the unanimous verdict of every one,
and the history and progress of the
brigade is proof positive that its origi
nators, led by Col. Taylor, "builded
k.K v. k. n
I
Ashley Junction Wreck.
Geo. O. Limb, the flagman injured
in the Coast Line wreck at Ashley
Junction Thursday morning, Is a son
of Ex-Senator Lamb, of Fayetteville.
The through train known as the Flori
da Limited into which the accommo
dation train dashed waa in charge of
Conductor John A. Cutta and Engi
neer Henry Jaegar. When It waa un
expectedly brought to a standstill the
train crew made an immediate Inves
tigation aad Flagman Lamb was sent
back to warn the other train, should
It come up . to them. The trainmen
could find nothing wrong and the
flagman was recalled. Hia head and
face were badly bruised In the Wreck
and It Is feared that be suffered Inter
nal Injuries. He vomited blood for
some time after being taken out of the
wreck. However, he and the other
Injured were reported as resting well
In the city hoapltal at Charleston yes
terday.
New Mattress Factory.
A mattress factory, with a capacity
of 60 per day, la being established here
by the Wilmington Mattress Menu
facturlng Company, composed of J. L.
Smathers, of Ashevllle, and W. T.
Mercer & Co., and W. Munroe & Co.,
furniture dealers of this city. Mr.
Smathers is the president: Geo.' B.
Boylan, of Munroe & Co., vice presi
dent; W. B. Munroe, secretary and
treasurer, and W. T. Mercer, business
manager. The Industry promises well
and should be encouraged.
During September 119 arrests
were made by the police, 55 of the de
fends la having been white and 64 col
ored. Last September 117 arrests were
made aad 113 in September, 1903-
SUICIDE SUPPOSED.
An ied Citizen of Ralelh Ran Over
by
a Freithl Trsln.
By Teleerapa to tna Xornlns Star.
Raleigh, N. C., Sept SO. Dr.
Thomas Hogg, an aged and prominent
citizen here, was run over to day by a
freight train and killed. Dr. Hogg la
reported to hare laid down on the
track, and aa once previously he had
attempted to take his life, it is tup
posed this was a case of suicide. He
was 81 years old and was a laree prop
erty owner here and In New York
city. Temporary aberration of mind
is supposed to have caused the act. ,
Special Star Correspondence.
Ralkigb, N. 0.. Sent. 80. Dr. T.
DHogg, one of Raleigh's oldest, most
respected ana wealthiest citizens,. met
with a horrible death this morning un
der the wheels of a locomotive on the
Johnson street freight yards of the
Seaboard Air Line. He had been
suffering from melancholia for quite a
while, bis mental derangement some
times taking the form of a desire to take
his own life. For this reason the fam
ily kept a close watch over him but
this morning he managed to slip away
from his home and reach the freight
yard, where, concealing himself behind
a box car.ee waited until a smiting en'
gine came along an adjacent track,
when he stepped out quickly and
threw himself under the drive wheel,
which passed over him, severing his
body at the waist. The deceased was
81 years old, was a native of Raleigh
and practiced medicine ror many
years. He owns much property here
and In Baltimore and New York. It
if a aad coincident that Dr. "Hogg's
father met death in much the aamo
way while temporarily demented. The
deceased leaves four daughters, two
of them married.
LUnBERLtND KEPUBLISANS
Nominated Full Ticket Yesterday aad Pur
chased a Parly "Org aa."
Special Star Correspondence.
Fayetteville. N. 0., SepL SO.
The Cumberland County Republican
Convention met here to-day. The
following nominations are the result:
For the Senate, J. Hector Smith,
formerly a Democrat; House, John C.
Bain and Dr. E. D. Sneed; Sheriff, J.
MeP. Geddle. one of the good farmers
of Cumberland, (not a politician,) who
once, a few years ago, represented the
county as a Populist. In the Senate.
but whose affiliations In that body
were with the Democrats. He
may not accept the nomination.
For Register of Deeds,Daniel McNeill,
a mug-wump - Democrat; Treasurer,
Jno. G. McNeill, a clerk In the gro
cery store of Mr. W. G. Clark, in this
city, and I believe a "Democratic
Populist." For Commissioners, A.
H. Slocomb, wall known In the State
especially In Wilmington a Na
tional Republican, but a State and
county Democrat; Alex. Hales, Pop
ulist, Jno. A. McFarland, t opuust.
N. O. Newland. a Republican super
intendent of Holt-Morgan Mills, In
this city : Jno. Graham. Populist sur
veyor, W. B. Hair, Republican, coro
ner. Dr. J. U. Gilbert, sometimes a
Democrat, sometimes a Republican,
and then again, according to circum
stances, a Ponulist. -
The Republlcana to-day purchased
the Tribune, an independent paper.
for some time du Wished at Hone Mills.
and will run It In the Interest of their
ticket until after the election. They
say they will make it hot for the Dem.
ocrats. The editor nas not yet oeen
named.
ROBESON GINNERY BURNED.
Between Seven asd Eight Thengasd Dol
lar Loss at Alfordsvllle Accident.
Special Star Correspondence.
Rowland, N. C, Sept. 80. Messrs.
A. L. and W. L. Bullock lost their
ginnery and grist mills at Alfordsvllle
last night by fire, with about SO bales
of lint cotton ana in oaies in tne seen,
about half of the cotton belonging to
them and the other half belonging to
patrons of the gin. The loss will prob
ably reach between $6,000 and $7,000;
nartlv Insured. Bob McBryde, a col-
nrd tenant on the Messrs. Bullock's
farm, waa badly hurt by the falling of
a smokestack while assisting at the
fire. The origin of the fire Is unknown.
A dispatch from Littleton on
Friday savs: In the case of J. T.
Tanker, administrator, vs. the Sea
board Air Line, tried at the last
term of Warren court, there was a
mlitrial. the iury failing to agree.
Tucker, as administrator, brought
suit for damages growing out of the
mnrder of one Allgood on an excur
sion from Weldon .last year. All-
good was found dead in the car for
colored people when the train reach
ed here. No clue haa ever been
reached aa to who cut Allgood's
i throat.
NO. 50
TAKEN FROM JAIL;
LYNCHED BY MOB.
John Morrison Killed Willie Floyd
at Kershaw, S. C, in a Quar
rel About Ten Cents.
TROOPS WERE ORDERED OUT.
Bat Before Ikiy Arrived at tbs Eceas
'orrisoa Hid Been Taken from Jail
aad Pat to Death Oov. Hey
wsrd Csndemos Lyschlof.
By Telegraph to the Xornlng Btar.
Charleston, 8. O., Oct. 1. John
Morrison shot and killed Willie
Fjojd, at Kershaw, 8. C, this after
nooe, after a few words over a loan of
ten cents. , Floyd being very popular,
great indignation was fell In the
county, Morrison was arrested.
Capt Zmp, ot the Camden Guards,
with about thirty members of bit com
pany, went to Kerebaw from Caroden
on a a pedal train la response to Gov
ernor Hey ward's order f, but before te
arrived on the eoene - Morrison had
been taken from the jail and lynched.
Columbia, S. C , Oct. 1. Governor
ueywara gave out a statement to
night in regard to the lynching of
Johnson Morrison, at Kershaw. Gov
ernor Hey ward was severe in his con
demnation of the lynching, as he Is of
all lynchings. He said to-night that
be wants the people or the State
of South Carolina to know that
he condemns lynching, a blot upon
our civilization,- and that no crime
committed makes mob law excusable.
Even in cases of rape, punishment by
death can and will be meted out by
the courts, and the record of recent
years proved that lynching for tbla
crime leads to lynching for other
crimes. The time has come, he feels,
when the good people of the State, the
law-abiding people, should rise up and
call a halt
CHICAGO THEATRE FIRE.
Blase
oa Boof of tho Grest Northern.
No
Panic Bsnie Emptied la Ose
ttlante and Fortyflvo Seconds.
Br Tdearapn to tba Homing Btar.
Chicago. Oct. 1. Since the Iroquois
theatre fire last December when near
ly 600 lives were lost, the Chicago
theatres haye been so thoroughly
equipped with safeguards against fire
tbat to day when fire broke out in the
roof of the Great -Northern building,
the ttreat northern theatre was emp
tied In one minute and forty-five sec
onds. This was accomplished without
the least semblance of a panic among
the 1,500 persons who were In the
play house at the time.
As soon as the manager of the
theatre learned tbat the roof of the
building In which the theatre Is sit
uated was on fire, he ordered the steel
fire curtain lowered, and signalled the
orchestra to play a march. The audi
ence, thinking that- the matinee had
abruptly ended, left the place rapid
ly, but in order. No one was in
jured and the theatre crowd waa In
the streets before the fire department
arrived.
lOSlSPIRiCY DEVELOPED.
To Defraad the Qoveraneat and Prejsdlce
Adoislitratloa af Steamboat Laws.
By Telegraph to the Morning Btar.
Washington, Oct. 1. A conspiracy
which has been developed by officials
of the Department of Commerce and
Labor and ot the Department ot Jus
tice to-day resulted In the arrest at
Camden. N. J., of J. H. Stone. H. C.
Quintard, Chaa. W. Russ and Jamea
Bust, officers of thelNonparlel Cork
Works. They were apprehended by
the United States marshal for the dis
trlctof New Jeney, under an indict
ment found on September 39th by the
United Btatf s grand jury at Trenton,
charging them under Section 644 of
theRsvlsed S-&;utes of the United
States, with conspiring to defraud the
government and prejudice the admin
istration of the steamboat Inspection
laws by putting upon the market com'
pressed cork blocks for use In making
life-preservers each of which blocks
contained in Its centre a piece of bar
iron about six inches long and weigh
mg eight ounces. The iron bar was
Inserted and concealed In the block
for the purpose of Increasing the
weight to the legal requirement of six
pounds of good cork for each life-
preserver. The men arrested will be
arrlgned. probably aearly next week.
before the united states District
Court of New Jersey to plead to the
Indictment.
COTTON BOLL WEEVILS.
Insect Pests Poneds on lotion in Walton
County, Qeoffla.
Br Telegraph to we Homing Star.
Covington, G., Oct. 1. Last
Thursday the State agricultural de
partment sent . ssveral specimens of
Texas cotton boll weevils here to be
eompareu with Insects found in cotton
In this neighborhood. U. tr, lee,- a
farmer-living in Walton county on
the Newton line, gathered a bottle full
of bugs from bis cotton and compared
them with the genuine weevils. They
were found to be identical. Even
under the microscope no difference
was found. Samples of the Walton
county bugs bave been sent to Oxford
and Atlanta lor further examination.
Mr. Do Style Well, are all
! your arrangements for a Summer at
the fashionable resort completed?
Mrs, ue style Nearly, but I'm in
! such a quandary. I have arranged
to send our bouse plants to a florist,
our cat to a cat home, and our dog
to a canine boarding-house, so that
ail will be well cared for until Fall;
but what in the world shall I do
with the baby. New York weekly.
Mrs. tradd: And now did you
enjoy your atay at Newport. John
nv? Johnny: We didn't go to
Newport. Mrs. Gadd: Uh, yes you
did- x our mother wrote me yon
were all going down there for the
summer. Johany: Why, we went
down to gran'pa's farm but there
now ma told me not to say nuthin"
bout It. Pittsburg Post.
SPIRITS
TURPENTJ
Gaatonia Gazette states that In .
Gaston county the total assessment
of real and personal property"
amounted to $7,952,980 a gain over
last year of 1171,706. The total
number of polls : listed la 4.872, a
gain of 659 over last year.
TheO. W. Carr Company of
Greensboro was chartered in the
office of Secretary of State at Ra
leigh on Friday for the purpose of
conauoung a general insurance bus
iness, the capital being 110,000 and
the incorporators O. W. Carr, Mrs.
Luia Carr, Lee U. Battle and Ja?.
F. Cobb.
While riding on the steps of a
train going into Wilson on the At
lantic Coast Line Thursday morning
Ernest Venton, a young negro man'
from Fremont, was instantly killed.
There was a big crowd on the train
going to John Robinson's circus. It
is said that the negro was on the car
steps swinging off with both hands
on the hand rails, when his head
struck an iron switch, which knocked
him from the train, almost severing
his head from his body. His brains
were knocked out and scattered all
over the ground. He died instantly
and probably never knew what struck
him. His remains were taken baok
to Fremont,- his -home, for inter
ment. .
Kinston Free Press: Kinston
has almost a prodigy in Master
Billy Bond, Jr., who 'is probably
the smallest butcher in the whole
country. Master Hilly is 12 years
old and weighs only 72 pounds, yet
It is a common thing for him, en
tirely alone, to rope, kill and butcher
cattle weighing 600 to 80 pounds
gross, and when, the-job is done it
appears the work of an expert. The
young butcher - does not , shoot' his
cattle, but takes his knife and with
unerring' aim sends it into the
"socket," a slight space to be found
back of the head, where the spinal
column join the head, and death
follows instantaneously. Of course
he can't swing the beef, bnt in.
taking the hide off he haa few equals.
A dispatch srom Greensboro
on Friday says: The typhoid fever
epidemic at the Baptist Orphanage
at Thomasville Is a most terrible ex perience.
Fonr new cases developed
there yesterday. Out ot 280 chil
dren there, one in every seven soiar
has contracted the fever. Two have
died and two are now critically ill.
Twenty-one have been discharged
from the infirmary aa cured, and
there are now twenty-one down with
the fever. The extraordinary ex-
fenBes this sickness has caused the
nstitution have made it necessary
for the management to appeal for
financial aid, and the response should
be immediate and generous. There
never was a worthier call for practi
cal humanity.
What appears to be a deliber
ate murrder was committed at Bel
cross near EllzabethlClty Thursday
night. Will Walker, whose home la
in Elizabeth City, shot and Instant
ly killed William Aydlett, with
whom he was boarding.1 Both of
the parties are colored. Walker had
been doing some ditching in the
neighborhood, and had been board
ing with old man Aydlett while he
was doing the work. Thursday
night about 9 o'clock a colored man .
who was passing the house, Heard
some one quarreling and heard the
old man say: VGe't out of here Wal
ker." He then fi heard two pistol
shots and this Was followed, says
the neighbor, by Walker and a wo-
man running out of the house. The
colored man notified some neighbors
that there was trouble there
and several went to the house and
found the old man lying on the
floor in a pool of blood stone dead.
The man and woman have both dis
appeared and so far have not been ar
rested. The supposition is that the
two men became Involved in a quar
rel and that Walker deliberately
shot the old man. An examina
tion of the remains revealed the
fact that two bullets of a thirty-
eight calibre pistol had; been fired
through the lower part of the stom
ach and death must have resulted
instantly. William Aydlett was a
respectable negro farmer. Very little .
is known of Walker as he had only
been In the neighborhood a short
while. The colored population are
very much wrought up over the af
fair. The following dispatch was
sent from Winston-Salem on Fri
day : "The body of Early Bullln ar
rived here this afternoon from
Thomasville, where he was found
dead this morning. Bullln, who
was eighteen years old, waa slain by
an unknown nartv last' night. He
left his "home a few days ago and his
parents did not know where he went
until advised to-day that he waa
dead." The following dispatch from
Thomasville Friday morning states
how the tragedy occurred : Last
night between 12 and 1 o'clock a
robber by the name of Early Bullln,
from vvinston-Salem, we are in
formed, broke into the grocery store
of Moore Bros., from the back of
the store, and stole some tobacco
and other articles, tore open the
money drawer and took all the
money he could find, which fortu
nately was only 43 pennies. From
this store he went to the side
window of the store of J. O.
Kinney & Co., and placed boxes
beside the window in order to reach
the window, then raised the window
sash and proceeded to slide between
the bars, which were yery far apart.
Fortunately Mr. Jerome Kinney,
the owner of the store, was sleeping
in the store, and as soon as the rob
ber began to enter through the win
dow Mr. Kinney awoke and levelled
a double-barrelled shotgun loaded
with No. 8 shot and pulled the trig-
fer. The man fell to the ground,
mmedlately Mr. -Kinney went to
the window and saw another robber
running away and he made an effort
to shoot him, but had his finger on
the wrong trigger of the gun. Early
this morning the body of the robber
that was shot waa found dead on
the sidewalk, just in front of the
residence of Mr. W. L. Mjres, about
seventy-five yards from the place he
was shot. The entire load entered
the man's chest and neck.
"Why don't you try to make your
self one of the Intellectual celebri-
i ties of your time?" " What's the
use?" answered the bright but indo
lent young man. "The firm whose
I patent food I have been eating wonid
come along and want all the credit."
; Washington Star.
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