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TWELVE PAGES--SECTION ONE—Pages 1 to 8 ♦ 4~M> X THE WEATHER TODAY, t ♦ For North Carolina: ♦ ♦_ . ♦ t Fair. t ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ VOL. LI I. NO. 55. [Load]© aiDD ©aitPoOSon® IDsqdDv [Paipsre Sod o£®ft[]Q amd] ®OD°©QDDfflftß®Dp n FIR OFFICERS FILL IS A CONFLICT WITH NEGROES Two of the Negroes Shot to Death and the Ringleader Roasted in a Burning Building. BATTLE FOLLOWS ATTI-.MI'T TO ARREST Five Negroes Had Brutally -1 Beaten a Policeman. THE GFfICERS MET BY A DEADLY FIRE The Building in Which the Negroes Take Refuge is Fired and Two Are Shot While Attempting to Escape. Others Who Took Partin the Riot Arrested Amid a Scene of Wild Ex citement and Rushed to Prison. (By the Associated Press ) Atlanta. Ga., May 17.—Four white and three negroes are dead, five white men and one negro wounded, and an entire blcck of buildings burned is the result of a conflict which began here early this morning between the police and blacks. "W ill Richardson, who is believed to have been half Indian and half negro, the owner of a store on McDaniel street, in Ihe suburbs of Pittsburg and four other negroes brought on the trouble by resisting arrest and defying the officers of Fulton and Atlanta. The dead: KL). BATTLE, a bailiff of Fulton cotin ty. H. G. OSBURN, a policeman of Ful ton county. THOMAS GRANT, a city policeman. EDWARD CRABTRE, a city ooliee man- WILL RICHARDSON, the negro des perado who killed these men. MILTON ROSBY. a negro who at tempted to escape from a sewer. Unknown negro killed in a .nearby yard. Wounded: S. A. Kerlin, beaten by ne groes; W. A. Wright, a county pol.ee man, wounded In the left shoulder; W- T. Jackson, a stret car man, wounded in his hip; Owen Heard, a county police man, .wounded in the thigh; Cali Officer Spradling, wounded in the arm; Shep herd Finzer, hack’-.an, shot through the hand. The fight bob*- -en officers and negroes occurred in Pit' >burg. a negro settlement directly sou.h of the city limits on Mc- Daniel .street The officer •. attempted to arrest five negroes suspected of having beaten for mer Policeman S. A- Kerlin nearly to death yesterday afternoon. The negroes resisted arrest by entrenching the nselves in a house and the fight resulted. The vicinity is thickly settled with small ne gro rabins. There are outbuildings and ban ns and shrubbery over the entire neighborhood which provides such shel ter that it was possible to escape from house to house and dodge between fences without being detected. As soon a*; in formation of the fight between the ne groes and the police reached the rity, wagon loads of policemen, heavily armed were huiried to the scene of action and Governor Candler ordered out a detach ment of the State militia. The shooting was followed by a speeich from Sheriff Nelms, of Fulton country, advising calmness on the part of tl?e crowd, and the efforts of officers thereaf ter were directed towards controlling the temper of the white men who were walking the streets of the suburbs with drawn wapons- Wnile returning to his home dh ,the McPheerson road yesterday afternoon, former Policeman S. A. Kerlin as way laid bv five negroes with whom ho had trouble while a member of the force.. But for the tlme|y arrival of a trolley car. which frightened his assailants away, Kerlin would have been killed. A sergeant stationed at Fort McPherson, who heard his cries for help, ran to the place and found Kerlin unconscious. At midnight County Policeman Golden heard that Kerlin’s five assailants were located in a house on McDaniel street and he hastened to the city and secured r warrant for their arrest from Justice Drr. Hf W 98?1.1i!1J5!59P94L Policeman Golden was joined by Offi . ers Osbuin and Cheshire and accom panied by It number of Kerlin’s neigh bors, including Owen Heard, the party started for the hiding p>ace of the five negnfres, arriving at 1:30 o'clock this morning. The house was dark, but as the offi cers approached the inmates opened fire and Owen heard fell to the ground. He was borne out of range by his compan ions. The house was at once surround ed by the posse and daylight was await ‘•<l before making another advance. The officers, however, determined to make the arrests unaided. The house in which the negro Richardson was located be longed to Annie Milburn, also colored- Richardson owned the store adjoining the house. Here he kept ammunition and guns and was well pre pared for a fight. At G o'clock this morning the group The News and Observer. of officers who had been watching the house all night, approached the place and called upon these within to surren der. The answer was a volley of shots and County Officer Battle dropped dead. The attacked party retreated some dis tance and from behind trees and tele graph and trolley poles commenced fir ing into the store. In a few minutes the door of the house was thrown open and Will King, a negro ran out and gave' himself up 10 the officers. Inside the house Richardson had an unobstructed view In three directions- One block away Policeman Tom Grant stepped from his shelter to fire into the house. A shot from the beseiged house killed him before he could fire. The attacking party sens word to po lice headquarters and Chief of Police Ball'dispatched the reserves to the scene in several patrol wagons. The officers to whom Kins had given himself up determined to make use of the negro, and at the point of a rifle they forced him to walk up to the rear of the house and fire it. As soon as the flames started, the officers, cage" to get the in mates of the house, stepped out of their shelter in every direction. Again there was a shot from the house, and this time Officer Edward Crabtree met death. An instant later there was another shot and County Policeman Robert Os burn fell dead. The shooting had by this time attracted hundreds of people and nearly every man who came to the scene carried a rifle. The shooting into the house be came general, citizens and officers firing together. Governor Candler was advised by tele | phone of the rioting and ordered out the militia. Captain W. W. Barker, of the Fifth regiment, was ordered to proceed wtih fifty men and a platoon gun to the scene of the shooting and co-operate with the city authorities and the sheriff of Fulton county. Chief of Police Ball hur ried to the >tcene on horse back and was joined a few minutes later by Sheriff J. W. Nelms. The desperado, Richardson, had been lost sight of. The house burned rapidly * and a number of inmates were seen to run to the store, to a woodshed and to a barn in the next lot. Orders were l quickly given to fire these buildings and lin a few minutes several of the build ings were burning. W. T. Jackson, a street car conduc tor in uniform, wa one of these attrac'- ed to the scene by the shooting. As he i was nearing the house he was shot in I the right hip, presumably by Richard son. A n<jgro cabman, driving a spectator to the vicinity of rioting, was struck in the hand by a bullet. Call Officer Spradlin, speeding the scene on his bicycle, received a wound in the arm. A main sewer which runs through this part of the city was utilized by two of j the negroes as a possible means >f es ! cape, but to no avail. The rewd had j increased until not less than three thou j sand people, two thousands of whom were j armed, surrounded the burning area. Milton Rosby. a negro, was seen to I emerge from the mouth of the sewer. | A shout went up and the fleeing negro i was shot dead. His body was surrounded | and was literally shot to pieces. I The crowd of enraged citizens had j scarcely finished this work when another negro was seen coming out of the sower. He, too, made a run for life and man jyp-rl to get into the back yard of one of the neighboring homes where he was hot to death The fire which had been started by the attacking party spread rapidly and soon j the mtiro block of buildings, almost wholly composed of negro houses, was | destroyed. The poiice were busy arrest-. ling the few negroes found in the vicinity. Two of :hem, Steve Nisbot and Jim Sin gleton, believed to he members of Rich ardson's gang, were arrested. The police rhad grout difficulty in getting out of the crowd of enraged people with the colored wien. A mob of 2,000 surged around the introl ,wagon and clamored for the lives of the prisoners. The officers, throwing tlfteir men 1 '"nto the bottom of the wa ge tn. drew lli°ir revolvers and forced a pc Bsage through lh° crowd, finally lodg ing* their prisoners in safety in the Ful ton .county jail on Butter street. In less than an hour the block of woodei 1 houses was burned to the ground and a search of the ruins immediately followed. Tn a woodshed in the rmr of Regards:v’s store was found a skull and near P tire steel band of a rifle, it is believed tfvit the skull represented all that is left of the negro who did the ; shooting. The police believe they lave arrested all the negroes directly concerned in the shooting but have been give orders by ihe chid to bring into custody all sus picious characters found in the neighbor hood. The rioting ca ised the utmost excito ! ment not only in the* little suburb of Pittsburg where it occurred but all over ! the city. This is the first a.ffair of the kind that j has ever occurred ?n Atlanta. It was i not in any sense a race riot, but was the UALEIGH. NORTH CAROLINA. SUNDAY MORNING. MAY 18. 1902. result of a negro defying the law- The negroes who set upon former Policeman Kerlin last night, as well as those con cerned in today’s shooting, were mem bers of that deplorable majority of the race known alike to black and white as ‘‘no account negroes,” and \\ ho evident ly cherished a grudge against Kerlin for something he had done while on the po lice force. Notwithstanding that the entire city v:as much wrought up over the killing o fthe officers order was restored with wonderful promptness, and the passions of an enraged people were remarkably retained. Fifty enlisted men of the State militia will do patrol July tonight in the disturbed neighborhood, and the police doing duty in that part of the city have been reinforced. There was some talk of closing all saloons at ’> o’clock tonight, but Major Mims said that after a consultation with the chief of police it was thought unnecessary. If any such precaution is deemed necessary for the regular closing hour —I<> p. m.—Mayor Mims instructed Chief Ball to issue the order and enforce it. As a precaution the companies of State militia located in this city were ordered under arms by the Governor tonight. In a statement issued late today, Governor Candler declared that all innocent ne groes and their houses will be protected at every cost, and all riotous conduct on the part of anvlnaly, white or black, will be met with whatever force necessary to preserve order. REV DR. HAWTHORNE DISOUSTED. Z With the Modern Bhowa of Adulation For Monarchy. (Richmond News.) The Rev. Dr. J. B. Hawthorne, pastor of Grove-Avenue Baptist church, said today that It was his opinion that the ac tioi of President Roosevelt in appoint ing Dr. J. L. M. Curry special ambassa dor to Spain would be one of the issues in the next Presidential campaign and the voice of the people would be heard on the subject- ‘‘l am a Democrat,” an nounced the doctor, ‘And I am utterly disgusted with this show of adulation for monarchs. It is exasperating and 1 think Thomas Jefferson and Patrick Henry would turn in their graves if they knew of the situation- I came near boiling over when the German prince was Imre and it seems notv an open question whether tills country will re turn to a monarchy. “I do not criticise any person, least of all Dr. Curry, who is a good Baptist, but I do criticise the principal and action of sending a special embassy which I believe illegal and unwarrant able- This is not my unsupported opinion,” declared the doctor,” but it is the thought of a large majority with whom I have talked.” BMASHUP DELAYS TRAINS. Editors Meet Next at Hendersonville. Engine Started Out of “Pure Cussedness ” (Special to News and Observer.) Greensboro, N. C-, May 17. —The Win ston train was three hours late last night, owing to a smash up by a switch ing eriaine and a freight car on the yards at Winston- It is said that the conges tion of business there, either from lack of yard room or sufficient work force, is something beyond endurance by the business men, and a large delegation has recently been to Washington with hundreds of letters from the business men there, begging for relief. The Southern Railway scorns to be over whelmed with business, and the frequent mix ups on the main line is becoming a serious matter. Delays has beeu re ported for years that a double track was absolutely indespensible from Lynchburg to Gharlotte and would be built. The rumor of building has broken out afresh, and this time with degree oi hope that, it will he done. The young man who was on the run away engine reported from two days ago is a nephew of District Attorney Holton, of Winston. He was a fireman, and at last report® was still alive. His name is A. E. Holton. Jr-, and the statement that he was pranking with the engine, I understand is incor rect. It was an old engine and the engi neer stepping to the telegraph office for a few minutes, it ran off itself and the young fireman didn’t know' how' to stop it. Hon. Franklin McNeill, Chairman of the Corporation Commission, is here to day in consultation with the Board of County Commissioners in regaid to tyk taxable valuations of property in Guil ford county. Messrs. Clark, of the Statesville Land mark, Whittaker,, of lhe Winston Senti nel .and Sherrill, of the Concord Times, who compose the executive committee of the State Press Association, mot here yesterday and after some hours in wir ing about rates for board at the compet ing towns, concluded to select Hender sonville as the place, and June 25-26 as the time of holding the next annual meeting of the State Press Association. Judge Frank Winston passed through here this morning going to Wilkesboro to special term of court there next week. They do say that Dr. Tyre York has broke out afresh up th<Te and is going tsotart a brand new party in opposition to all courts, railroads and county offi cers. He is raid to be billed for a big speech there Tuesday of court, and ex pects to sweep the county on that plat form. Baltimore Sun One Ceit, (By the Associated Press.) Baltimore, May 17.—The Baltimore I Sun ,nne of the old time, conservative, high-priced newspapers of the country, announces today a reduction of its price from two cents to one cent- DEMOCRATS WHO'LL DIRECT THE FIGHT Executive and Finance Com mittees Named WASHINGTON IHE BASE Chicago is the Executive Committee's Headquarters. A SUB-COMMITTEE MAY BE SELECTED This Will Have Charge of the Campaign in the East and South and Its Head quarters Will bd Wash ington. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, May 17. —Chairman Griggs, of the Democratic Congressional Com mittee, previous to his leaving for Chi cago to hold a conference with Uenj. T. Cable, announced the following As mem bers of the executive anil finance commit tees which will have charge of the con duct of the Democratic Congressional campaign: Executive Committee — Benjamin T. Ca ble, Illinois; F. M. Coekrall, Missouri: Edward M. Shepard, New York; James It. Richardson, Tennessee; Judson I~ Harmon, Ohio; David S. Overmeyer, Kan sas; Jacob Ruppert, Jr., New York; Jo siah Quincy, Massachusetts; F. G. New lands, Nevada; E. C. Hall, Wisconsin; John S. Robinson. Nebraska; C. B. Ri.n dcll, Texas; D. S. Gooch, Kentucky; James M. Griggs, Georgia. Finance Committee —Lewis Nixon, Now York; W. A. Clark, Montana; James M. Guffey, Pennsylvania; Isador Strauss, New York; George Turner, Washington; Henry S. Black, New York; Clark How ell, Jr., Georgia; Frederick Potter, New York- Carter Harrison, Illinois; George P. Foster, Illinois; P. V. Deuster. Wis consin; J. A. Norton, Ohio: Janies I’. Taliaferro, Florida; John Dougherty, Mis souri. The general headquarters will be in Washington. Tim headquarters of the executive committee will be located in Chicago. It is probable that Chairman Cable will select a sub-committee which v ill have charge of the campaign in the East and South with headquarters in Washington. A meeting of the executive committee will be hel I„ in this city May 2d h. H. & B Beer’s Market Detter (Special to News and Observer.) New Orleans, La., May 17.—Owing to the observance of Whitsuntide holidays, the Liverpool market was closed, there fore operators here had to work on the American situation. Consequently our market opened 2 to 5 points lower, and as the Chronicle’s weather report issued yesterday afternoon was favorable, it soon became apparent that further liqui dation would take place. Free selling on stop orders and the fear that the anth racite coal strike would extend, occa sioned an additional break of 11 to 19 points on summer positions and 4 to 7 points on new. Every effort was made to establish a rally about this time, but the weakness of spots and abundance of selling orders prevented, causing a net loss of 14 to 20 points on old crop op tions and 6 to 10 points on new. The movement was light and indications point to a continuance of small receipts as there is little or no export demand. As long as spinners are sympathetic the amount marketed will be nominal and it is questionable whether these bullish figures will have any lasting effect, con sidering tight money, the probability of the coal strike disrupting business gen erally in America and the absence of de mand for the raw article. Under these circumstances the prospects of the next crop will overshadow the statical situa tion, and daily weather conditions will exert more influence in the future on values than any thing else. Notwith standing there has been a sharp decline locally our market is still the highest relatively in the world. Such being the ease, we again urge our friends operating in the summer months either way, and suggest that transactions be confined to the new as they are becoming more ac tive. H. & B. BEER. The Fight on the Primary Fails, (Special to News and Observer.) Charlotte, N. C., May 17.—At the meet ing of the county executive committee otday it was decided that the primary with the oaths will stand. The vote was 18 to 11. The primary was called for the f.th of July and the county convention for the 12th of July. A big fight was made against the primary and the oath, but not enough votes were secured by the opposition to defeat it Events at < lay ton. (Special to News and Observer.) Clayton, N. C., May 17.—Mrs. W. C. Blasingame has been sick the past week with fever, and Miss Cleve Barnes, the substitute teacher for Clayton school, has been teaching in her place. Little Win nie Barbour, daughter of Mr. A. J. Bar bour, has been quite ill for some days. Preparation is being made for the com | mencement at Clayton, which will take , place June sth and Cth. CHARLOTTE WINS A FIERCE CONTEST (eighteen Innings and But One Run Made. ANDTHAI ONE IN THE LAST — One of the Most Brilliant Games on The Diamond. GREENSBORO AGAIN DOWNS NEW BERN Wilmington Totfeits the Game to Durham, As Manager Bear, Angry at a Decisior, Withdraws His Team Tram the Grounds. 1 YESTERDAY’S RESULTS. Charlotte 1, Raleigh 0. Greensboro 2. New Bern 1. Durham 9, Wilmington 0. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. Flubs. Won. Lost. P.C. Charlotte 8 3 .72^ Raleigh # 4 Greensboro 7 5 .;>B3 j Durham 7 5 .aB3 j New Bern I 8 .333 ; Wilmington 1 10 - 091 MONDAY’S SCHEDULE. Raleigh at Greensboro. Wilmington at Charlotte. Durham at New Bern. (Special to News and Observer.) Charlotte, N. C., May 17.—Eighteen in nings of as brilliant ball as has ever been played on any diamond resulted this afternoon in a victory for Charlotte by the narrow margin of one score. Raleigh put up an excellent game, and hud Leonard received at all times the support that was given Bishop, the score would have been different. The winning run was made by Lehman in the 18th inning on a bat drive to left field by Cooper. It was a lucky hit, and was the termination of one of the most 'remarkable games in the history of base ball. TABULATED SCORE. CHARLOTTE. AB. R. H. P.O. A. E. Cooper, 1. f 6 0 1 5 0 0 Weaver, c. f 3 0 2 11 0 Person, r. f 2 0 0 0 0 0 Armstrong, lb 6 0 1 19 0 0 Osteen, s. s 7 0 0 8 6 0 Ashenbaek, r. f 5 0 2 5 0 0 Brouthers, 3b C 0 2 4 C 0 Hempleman, 2b 5 0 0 3 4 1 Lehman, c 6 11 9 2 0 Bishop, p 6 0 0 0 3 0 Total 52 1 9 54 22 1 RALEIGH. AII. R. H. P.O. A. E. Pastor, s. s 6 0 0 2 5 0 Softie, 2b 7 0 0 10 7 0 Hook. 3b 7 0 0 0 2 0 Farrell, lb 7 0 1 22 0 1 Roy, c. f 7 0 4 2 , 0,0 Myers, r. f 7 0 0 2 0 i 0 Traeger, 1. f 7 0 2 2| 0 1 Smith, c 5 0 2 11 4 0 Leonard, p. ..' 6 0 0 1,• 5 0 Total 59 0 9 52 : : 23 2 Score by innings: R. H. E. Charlotte ..0 00000000 000000 0 0 I—l 9 1 Raleigh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00000000 o—o 9 2 Batteries: Raleigh, Leonard and Smith: Charlotte, Bishop and Lehman. Summary— Earned runs, none: two base hit, Ashenbaek; sacrifice hits, Smith. Soffle, Person, Armstrong, Hem pleman, Lehman and Bishop; stolen bases, Brouthers (2); bases on balls, oft Leonard 5, off Bishop 0; struck out, by Bishop 9. by Leonard 9; hit by pitcher, Cooper; wild pitch, none; left on bases, Raleigh 7, Charlotte 10; double plays, Osteen to Hempleman to Armstrong. Time of game, 2 hours and 24 minutes. Umpire, Mace. Scorer, Orr. Greensboro Wins a Tight Game. (Special to News and Observer.) Greensboro, N. C., May 17.—The game today was a beauty. New Bern held the locals down to two runs, both teams playing fine ball. Five times each team went down in one, two, three order, the visitors scor ing in the ninth on a wild throw of McKernan to elly, Devlin coming in. The excitement throughout was intense, but the best of feeling prevailed. Score: R. H. E. Greensboro 0010 0 001 o—2 10 4 New Bern 00000000 I—l1 —1 9 3 Batteries: Courneen and McTeer; Bass and Daum. Summary—Base on balls, Courneen 3, Bass 0; struck out, by Courneen 4, by Bass 3. Time of game, one hour and twenty-five minutes. Umpire, McNamara. Attendance, seven hundred. Trouble in Durham. (Special to News and Observer.) Durham, N. C., May 17.—Wilmington quit the ball field this afternoon during the last half of the seventh inning, and Manager Edgar Bear threatens to “bust” the league. The game between Durham and Wil mington had pulled along for six and one half innings with neither side scoring. lln Durham’s last half of the seventh, with two men on the bases, tly was called safe on reaching fin The decision did not suit Manager thou, and he "kicked” vehemently, but the de cision was held. As the result of this Manager Boar withdrew the Wilmington team from the game and Umpire Proud declared it for feited to Durham by a score of 9 to 0. It is reported that Manager Bear de clares that unless the Durham team leaves the league his team will with draw. The Wilmington team is due to play at Charlotte to-morrow', and further developments are awaited. F. J. BEAR IB FINED. The Result of Hit Attack Upon Proud, the Umpire (Special to News and Observer.) Durham, N. C., May 17. —Mr. E. J. Bear, manager of the Wilmington base ball team, was before the mayor this morning on the charge of assaulting Umpire George D. Proud, of the North Carolina State League. He was fined $25 and costs, the total amounting to $28.40. The outcome of the trouble w r as on account of decisions made by the umpire in Friday afternoon's 1 game. Mr. Bear went to the Central Hotel last night to see Umpire Proud. Hot words followed from Bear, who then struck at the um pire. Mr. Proud dodged the blow, but made no effort to strike back. Then a second blow was aimed at him, but two gentlemen who were present caught Mr. Bear and prevented further trouble. Sergeant Cutts arrested Mr. Bear at Hotel Carrolina later on in the night and carried him to the police station. Bond Tor his appearance was fixed at SSO. A check for the amount was tendered, but not accepted. In a few minutes Mr. Alphonsus Cobb, manager of Hotel Car rolina, appeared and went on his bond. Baseball men generally regret the oc currence, and hope that no further trouble will result during the season. National League Games. (By the Associated Press.) At Pittsburg— R. 11. FJ. Pittsburg 11011131*—9 14 3 Philadelphia .. ..1 0100 00 0 I—3 10 7 At Chicago— R. H. E. Chicago 0100 00 0 0 o—l 3 1 Boston 0030 00 0 0 o—30 —3 3 0 At Cincinnati — R. H. E. Cincinnati 2000 03 0 1 *—6 7 0 New York 0000 01 0 0 o—l C 6 At St. Louis— R. H. E. St. Louis 0100 30 0 0 *—4 11 2 Brooklyn 0000 01 0 0 I—2 9 0 American League Games. (By the Associated Press.) At Baltimore — R. 11. E. Baltimore 1200 00 2 2 *—7 9 2 Washington 0300 00 0 1 I—s 9 3 At Boston — R. H. E. Boston 002000200 I—s 9 3 Philadelphia ....2 0000 20 0 0 3—7 14 2 At Chicago— R. H. E. Chicago 2021 00 1 0 *—6 13 3 St. Louis 2000 00 0 0 o—2 4 2 At Cleveland ..200 4 4031 *—l4 17 1 Detroit 0000.0000 0— 0 3 C Southern League, t ,V..\ x At y Birmingham—Birmingham l; At lanta 4. <\ ■At Memphis—Memphis 5; Little Rock 8. At New Orleans —New Orleans 7; Shreve port 8. At Nashville—Nashville 6; Chattanooga 6 (ten innings, called on account of darkness. 8TRI&INO EMFLOYEB RE TUB N R. J. Reynolds Company Will Raise Wages Ten Per Cent (Special to News and Observer.) Winston-Salem, N. C., May 17. —Three- fourths of the five hundred machine op eratives in the tobacco factory of the R. J. Reynolds Company, who went out on a strike Thursday, have returned to work. The others are expected to re turn in a few days. The company has decided to give the operatives in ( every department an increase in wages of ten per cent. Buek Wright, who shot and fatally wounded Thomas Newsom in Stokes county on Thursday, was arrested this afternoon near Bethania, this county. It is reported that Newsom died today. 7* SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED ... . State Auditor Dixon Speaks at Winston Graded School Commencement (Special to News and Observer.) Winston, N. C., May 17.—At the com mencement exercises of the Winston graded schools last night, State Auditor Dixon made a charming address on the advancement of education in North Car olina. The H. Montague scholarship medal was awarded to Miss Ora Miller, the University scholarship to Aladdin Rcsenbacher, and A. 4. M. scholarship to Jennings Walker. Miss Kate Jenkins re ceived a set of Shakespeare’s works, prize offered annually by I). H. Browder to the member of the graduating class making the highest average. The Fuqi ay Excursions. I—THE FUQl’fcY ..6 . € ..6 ..6..6 ..5 The popular-priced weekly excursions to Fuquay Springs—fifty cents for the round trip and giving about three hours at the springs are growing in public favor. Increasingly large numbers of people are availing themselves of these agreeable outings this summer. The train will leave the Union station at the usual hour, 2:30, this afternoon. ♦ THE WEATHER TO-DAY.♦ ♦ For Raleigh: | Fair. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦*♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ PRICE FIVE CENTS OF IRE SABBATH The Day Losing Its Hold on the People. A MOST GLOOMY REPORT What the Committee on Sabbath Ob servance Find. PROPOSED SEMINARY CONSOLIDATION Dr. Walden’s Resolution to leave the MatUr lo Committee to Report to the Ntxt Gen‘rai Assmbly * « Prevails, (By the Associated Press.) Jackson. Miss., May 17.—Dr. Russell Cecil, of Virginia, presided today at the General Assembly of the Presbyterian church of the United States. Mr. Hemp hill, of Louisville, called up the report iqade ft the last assembly on the con solidation of Danville and Louisville seminaries into the Kentucky Theologi cal Seminary, under the agreement, that the consolidation was not to be effective unless endorsed by the synods of Ken tucky anfi Missouri by the General As sc rnbly. While reflecting on no oue. Dr. Hemphill doubted the responsibility of the assembly in giving its consent. Dr. Walden, of Georgia, opposed the consolidation of the seminaries and of fered a resolution to leave the matter of seminary juriediction to a special com mittee of five to report at this assem bly. Dr. Leavell, of Texas, and others urged that a permanent committee could attend to it and offered a substitute. Dr. Wal den’s motion prevailed. Dr. Hemphll in sisted that the two synods had a right, to consolidate if they desired. The report of the Committee on Sab bath Observance declared ‘‘that the Sab bath i 3 slo>wly but surtdy losing its hold upon the public conscience. As was re ported last year, there was no encourag ing sign of improvement. In fact,” the report said, “advices from presbyteries were more gloomy than ever. “Sunday travel and traffic excursions, social visiting, frequenting postafflcea, re ceiving and answering letters was in dulged in. Sunday newspapers are grad ually the area of their patron age and Sunday in many States is as other days only." The importance of observing the fourth commandant was urged. The report closes: “It remains for only to ask the assem bly to Impress it upon the minds and hearts of our people that Sabbath dese cration is not the trifling offense tome are disposed, to regard it, but in the sight of God, its desecration is a great sin and which like the wedge of gold and Babylonish garments of old, will most assuredly bring defeat to the hosts of Israel and judgment of God upon the nation that thus rebels against his au thority.” BUT ONE CONVENTION rm J. Wiley to be Rebuked For His Attack on Simmons (Special to News and Observer.) Asheville, N. C., May 17.—At the meet ing of the County DomocrAtic Executive Committee, held today for the purpose of deciding whether or not the county nomination convention should be com bined with the convention for selecting delegates to the State, Congressional and Judicial conventions. It was decided to combine, holding one convention, that on July t»th. ,j Two negroes were arrested here yes terday for working a bunco game on an unsuspecting country man. A telegram was received today from Washington, stating that J. Wiley Shook is to be reprimanded for his attack, through the Republican press, on Sena tor Simmons. The President has writ ten to the: Secretary of the Treasury, <ll - that gentleman to administer a rebuke. •, EASON ATTJVVISD BAIL. r *i **:• —• 'k&iuirriflr Was in Jail Charged w uh the Murder of James Illis in Wilson County (Special to News and Observer.) Wilson, N. C., May 17.—'Today before Judge Henry It. Bryan a habeas corpus case, that of J. W. Eason, was heard and Eason was allowed bail in a $3-000 bond. Eason is charged with the kiling of James Ellis from ambush near Saratoga, this county, and on the preliminary ex amination before a magistrate was com mitted to jail without bail. Judge Bryan held that he was bailable, as there was not sufficient evidence to hold him on the charge of murder. Sunday School Convention. (Special to News and Observer.) Goldsboro. N. C.. May 17.—The Sun day School Convention of Fork township, held at Oakland today, was largely at tended. Several went out from here to make speeches. Rev. F. w r . Farrier H. B. Parker, Mrs. Sue V. Hollowtll and Mayor llood. A general good time is reported. Mu h sood was accomplished.
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