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TLig nSy Cowdpaper in D3otith (DoroMna Thai Mao Over 270.QCNQ QufoGGS'EIbQF Due News tub xnzAnnzst to-dax. Tor the Stxlm. Fairl Friday; Saturday fair, warmer in the Interior; fresh northeast winds. . . : ' " - the wniTnm TO-u Ar. - For da Ct j- - Fair IYiday; Saturday fair, wanix-r In the Interior; fresh northeast winds. ' V cm irv 1 Voltne. LVm. Ho. 137, RALEIGH, WORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 16. 1906. Price FiveCcntc. Leads ; all Carolina Dailies in WS ,aMi&lF6i!llgLtM.:: MoFth Me SALISBURY MADE GLAdt BY OVERMAN - - Bills for Public Building and T.lacadam Roads. BOTH OF THESE PASS . Thomas May be Said to Have Given Payne a Touch of Real Misery. Blacirburnj Opposes Consolida tion Customs Districts and Swipes Ihe Organization. -..By THQMAS J. PENCE. . l. .. Washington D. C. Feb. 15. Sena tor Overman scored in the Senate to day, securing- the, passage of the bill appropriating? $75,000 for a public building- at Salisbury and also the measure carrying- a fifteen thousand dollar appropriation for construction of a roadway-t the Federal Cemetery In Salisbury, f '. There has peen a disposition in ' Congress to sifle track legislation - f ?r the construction of roads at govern ment expense, and the passage of .the bill providing- for a macadam road to j the Salisbury Federal Cemetery is a matter for which the Junior Senator deserves congratulations Senator KeanW of New Jersey, and other Senators had something- to say " about r the passage of the bill, and after a. brief talk by Senator Overman, : in its behalf, a vote was taken, which resulted in its itassage. It will be of interest to the people of Raleigh to know that Senaor Over- "man iwill in" response to requests, in troduce a bill pfovlding for the con struction of a macadam road: to the Federal Cemetery at the State Capital. The House, tolay gave a temporary bi-ack - eye 3otHe .bill -.providing-, fo- rtsoudatlori of ctistom districts. which in the opinion of members of the North Carolina delegation would result in ttoe removal of Collectors of custom at Elizabeth City. New Bern ami Beaufort and. probably at Wil mington. The Republican floor leader. Payne, of New York, who introduced the bill, wanted. ff take it uo-in com mittee of the: whbl and Mr. Thomas, prominent part ii opposing the meas ure, demanded a troll call vote, which resulted in the defeat of P"nc' rno tion by a vpte of 0 to 65. Mr. Thomas wanted to debatps. the question but Payne objected find on motion for tellers Payne and Thomas were named. ' The matter carae up again this af ternoon at the instance of Mr. Payne, who spoke In favor, of his bill and a justification of the present system. It is apparent that Leader Payne will not be satisfied until His measure is voted upon and another fight is expected. There are novparty lines drawn. Mr. Thomas. Gardner, jand several other Republicans workJbsr in opposition to the measure, while the minority leader, Williams. is supporting the ma jority leader. Paynf.' Mr. Thomas sent out two hundredcircular letters to members' urging- tem to oppose the bilL - - ; , J' Probably the mst interesting fea ture of the consideration of this bill if not the most remarkable, was a speech by. Representative Blackburn, in which 4ie took a fall out of the North Carolina Republican State or ganization while speaking- in "voicing opposition to the bill. Mr. Blackburn only spoke a few minutes, and while he got up apparently for the purpose of opposing- the measure, his real ob i ject- i believed tojaave been for the purpose of administering' a swipe to his. political enemiesi In- the State. Referring to the If act that the bill might abolish a number of Federal office-holders. Blackpurft said he a not particularly Interested in this class. He then took up the Federal office holding, element InfNorth Carolina, who, he said, had always taken every occasion to oppose hm. Despite this, he said, he had won out and left the inference that as a class thev cut very little ice. especially h North Carolina. It is believed here that this speech is only the introduction to another that will come soori. In which Mr. lilackburn will lay" jrtut ,the Republi can State organization in North- Car olina In Tobasco style. Senator Simmons called up in the Senate this afternoon. and secured th? passage of the resolution providing for the return to North Carolina of records now in the State Department here. The . Senator ? consented to an amendment by Senatpr Spooner de fining the records to be returned in the language uwd byl Secretary Root in his letter stating eskctly what rec ords of North Carolin4 are in the archives-' of the State Department. The President withdrew from the le j-resiuuiii wunorew irom me Senate today tne nomination of Mns.l,u mi Stella Britt to be postmaster at Frank linton.. This nomination had been held up by Senator Oferman.on the request of citizens of Frankllnton. It Is learned that Chairman Rollins re quested the withdrawal of the nomi nation: - , He found out that former Senator Pritchard had' turned down the candidacy of Mrs. Rrstt.and was prompted by local political consider ations to take this e.etlan. . The President rec-eivejd a big dele gation of negroes at the White Houxe today, which were led by Booker T. Washington. In th party were Rev. ?. N. Voas. of Raleighi J. B. Haw kins, of Kittrell and Oi W. Clinton, of Charlotte. . , t f . , OP ACC1DEXT. t William Sears, a Colored nrnteuu. Dies at IHm Home" in Spencer. i (Special to News and Observer.) Southern! Railway between this place and Monroe. Va., dSd at his home in Spencer yesterday from the effects of injuries sustained in the accident at Greensboro Monday night. Sears was on the water tank of an engine pull ing north bound passenger train No. 34 taking- water and was struck in the head by? an iron hook, knocking- him to the ground. He was brought to Spencer'and lived until vesterdav. A The work of grading1 for the double track of the main line of the South ern Railway is progressing- rapidly be tween Spencer and High Point JOINT STATEHOOD BILL. Dick. Speak in Support of the Meas ure. Senate Adjourns Until Monday. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Feb. 15. The Senate today passed to the Consideration of the joint statehood bill and for an hour and a half listened to a speech by Mr. iDiek in support of the bill as reported from the committee on .territories. The Ohio Senator's speech received! careful attention from the Senators present. but; the attendance was at no time large. Mr. Dick did not conclude his speech, 'and he was pot prepared o resume tomorrow, the Senate decided not to sit again until. Monday. Organizing Wake County. President Chas. C. Moore, of the Cotton Association, yesterday after noon organized a township division at Auburn, and he organized a simi lar meeting at Garner. This afternoon at two o'clock ho will jspeak at School House. No. " St. Matthews township, and School House No. 1. tonight.: He ill perfect organizations at both places. - County Organizer Whitaker, is ac companying President; Moore. BY HUSBAND Found His Wife in His Employe's Room. As Huber, the Employe Himself En tered There Was a Flash and Huber Fell Dead by Em . -I player's Bullet ' (Iy the Associated Press.) Houston, Tex. Feb., 15. A sensa tional tragedy was enacted at the Comfort House here today When James i Ha rdea-Hle, a prominent oil man. ot Humble, Teas, shot and kill ed J. B, Huber, one ot his employes, llardcastle, it is alleged, found hi wife, whom he had forbidden seeing Huber. fin the room of the !atter at the hotel. While Hardcastle wa.s in the room, Huber entered and Hard castle shot him, death resulting al most instantly. FORI COX FEDERATE GRAVES. Ljolm-stod-Pcttigrew Cliapter Will Have Markers for All Unmarked. An interesting session of the John ston-Pettigrew Chapter; United-tDaugh-ters of the Confederacy was held with Mrs. WV H. Pace at the residence of Mrfc. Sterling Price, atid matters of importance were discussed. As a result of discussion the chapter decided to suitably mau. the graves of anv Confederate soldiers in Wake county now unmarked. It is to be noted also that this chapter took the initia tive in asking the .orth Carolina di vision to put a memorial window in the old Blanford church in-Petersburg. Va.. this being done at the suggestion of Mrs. E. E. Moffitt. i A paper, written by a, veteran in the Home and entitled "The Death of Stonewall Jackson," was read during the meeing. and was heard with in terest. I Mrs. ihrankJin McNeill resigned as . TT . . . . r I c?..- secretary, ana air. a?.: -. xrje. ' was elected her successor. After the business session hostess served dantr refreshments and the meeting proved a most, delightful and interesting one. at IwIeTorest ' . 1 ' - - ' I t: , The Annual Debate, Great id-Winter Event 1 Today. This is) the great mid-winter day at Wake Fdrest College, the occasion be ing the annual debate for the medal hJawn Rn nnd Phi Societies, and This occasion is one of the most notable of the college year, and hun dreds off Italeigh people, and scores of others from all sections of the State, will attend the ekercises. The program will be as follows: ' Query. ?; Resolvpd: That North Carolina nhould establish -a reformatory for her young criminals. Affirmative: Uoyd Archie Parker. (Eu); W. v H. Weathersnoon, Jr.. (Phi): Negative:, Benjamin T. Hold ing (Phi). Oscar J. Sikw (Eu). Oration. Ight O'clock. 1. SI. Liston Jackson, (Phi): Thomas Bryce Ashcraft (Eu). i . Slarxluils. ( Ph I )-f Richard E. ' Timberlake, chief; Avid. Clemmons Foote. Chas. S. RameCte: (Eu) Herbert Jenkins, chief; Clyde Jenkins, J. Aehlcy Bryan. Raleigh will send out a big delega tion, aa Usual, and the young people A TITANIC-STRIFE OF COUNSEL HPS Hayes, Adam and Holton in Arena. KEEN ARE THE RAPIERS And Masters of Fence the Duelists Who Face One Another and Thrust Through Every Weak or Un guarded Point in the Armor of Opponents. (Special to News and Observer.) Greensboro, N. C, Feb. 15. When Federal court met this morning fo a resumption of argument to the jury in the Samuel case. Judge Adams- an nounced that after Governor Ayoock reached the court room his morning he received a telegram announcing the death of his brother, which ex plained his absence. Judge Byd expressed the deepest regret at the intelligence. Solicitor Genril Ha. began his ad dress to the jury fcr th prosecution by saying he desired to take the very first opportunity to express his sense of obligation to the court and offi cials, to counsel for the defense and th. government for the uniform covfrtesy and kindness with which he had been treated and he would never forget the pleasure it had been to him to know and become attached to the warm hearted people of the community with whom he had had the privilege of forming acquaintance and friendship. He then spoke of the sad experience of several connected with the case and expressed sympathy for all who had been called upon since the trial began to suffer sickness or bereavement. The speaker began a discussion of the case by saying that no attacks had been made upon Revenue Agent Chapman, of which the defense had complained. He eronally believed that Col. Chapman was as true a man and faithful an officer as ever served his government, for he was as brave a soldier and noble a defender of the cause he thought -was his country's cause as ever sat iij a saddle or flash ed a sabre. Referring to criticisms of counsel of the defense for failure to place McAdams and Wright, the secret ser vice agents on the stand, he said It was well known that all they could have testified to was jwhat they had heard others say, and the first ques tion asked them would have been ob jected to by defendant's counsel, be cause of the principle of law. that hearsay testimony was inadmissible. "The defendant has; been referred to by his counsel as a poor weak citi zen being oppressed by a great, pow erful and relentless government. No man born under our flag "sn be op pressed by our government if it eared to or dared to jn the fac of a;i hon est judge and an Imneji jury. But while thy speak of the defendant's weaknesr., they show an array of pow erful and able counsel to defend him such as has never been my privilege to encounter in any former trial In all my profsslonal or-official experi ence. "They say the case has its ineep .tion in a political row. while on the contrary, every witness questioned by Mr. Watson for the purpose of in jecting politics and partisan strife into this case positively denied any such thing. Of the counsel for the gov ernment, two of them at least, never came into this court until after the first trial had begun. The sugges tion may serve Its purpose, but the testimony itself gives the lie to the insinuation. Here you find them com plaining that bloekaders have ben used as witnesses when they them selves have shown that the very mo ment they found the Department of Justice at Washington had sent secret service agents to Wilkes county to find out the truth of reported frauds, these very revenue officers followed up these secret service men. and se cured affidavits from the very bloek aders they are complaining of, sent them to Washington in an effort to shut up. and force off this Investiga tion; thwarting the efforts of their government, and at the same time pending in expense accounts and drawing salaries for services to that government.." He showed how the prosecution had not introduced a single blockader. whose testimony was not corroborated by other witnesses. - and by the writ ten record made by the defendant agaiust himself. Col. Chapman him self told you that he would not hesi tate to sand a bill of indictment, against an officer, on the evidence of a blockader, if that evidence was cor roborated. Replying to the com plaints of the defense that the gov ernment did not put Green and Mp Coy on the stand, the speaker said, the government had only introduced sufficient evidence to make out its case, and rested. Then the defense had itsolf snapped up , officers Green ami McCoy before the government had need of them on rebuttal testi mony. The speaker then inquired why had not the defense put Jim Combs and It. H. Hardin and Laws Davis on the stand. They all three were intimate with Samuel and charged with being Implicated with him. They went so far as to prove that Hardin and Jim Combs and Lawson Davis were me:i of good character. and yet while claiming they were esseial to th" defense while absent, yet when Lani Davis ami Jim Combs arrived and sat here in court day after day, they (Continued on Page Five) DIVIDED Oil THE RAILROAD BILL Both Sides Hesitate to Agree on Vote. A BALANCE OF POWER This is Held by the Democrats of the Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce Who May Ye Re port a BUI of Their Own. ( By the Associated Press. ) Washington D. C. Feb. 13. Agree ment to vote on a railroad rate bill tomorrow in the Senate committee on Inter-State commence is an issue that neither faction on the question of ju dicial review of orders of the Inter State Commerce Commission seems in clined to force. Neither knows the strength of the other, and unquestion ably the Democratic members of the committee are the balance of the pow er. Neither of the Republican fac tions have isnrued formal statements setting forth their differences but the Democrats, in an authorized statement from Senator Bailey have made it clear that "an adequate bill" must be reported or the minority will have a measure of its own. In this state ment, however, it is admitted that the Democrats are divided on the question of judicial review. The members of the committee In sisting upon an amendment to me House bill Senators Elkins. Aldrich. f'oraker, Kean and Crane do not be ieve the amendment providing for any change In the court features of the bill caw be voted upon tomorrow. Senators Dolllver and Clapp. the champion of the House bill in its pres ent form, are not disposed to insist upon a vote. Senators Aldrich and Allison and Sec retary Taft eontrjrijl ji-lth the Presi dent today concerning the alleged ne cessity of an amendment providing for judicial review. The Secretary of War has joined forces with conservative Senators in declaring that such an amendment is required to make the bill constitutional. Attorney General Moody does not agree to this and the President, so far as i. known, has not committed himself unalterably. It Is said that he announced today that he would like to see the amendment to be proposed and to submit it to the attorney general before he endorses any proposition to amend the House Bailey today said that if a bill is presented by the Republicans which, in the opinion of the Demo crats, is adequate t' meet the demands of the situation, the Democrats both on the committee and in the Senate will support it. In the event of a di vision of the Republicans the Demo crats will support the bill presented by the faction offering that which comes nearest to meeting the demands of the minority. The Texas Senator i-ay.s that If no adequate bill comes from apy Republican source then the Democrats will present a bill of their own upon which they can stand. From the same authority it may be said that in any bill presented all of the Demo crats will unite in supporting a pro vision that express companies shall be placed under the Inter-State Com merce Commission. Most of the Dem ocrats will Insist that Pullman cars also shall be Included. The Democrats will insist that there be specific pro vision for the Inclusion of these in struments of commerce. Senator Till man opposes putting Pullman cars un der th" commission for fear that such action wili give the Federal authorities-control over the "Jim Crow Car" provisions of the Southern States, but most of the Democrats do not agree with him. Senator Bailey believes there should be no provision for judicial review in the bill, holding that te constitutional rights of persons and railroads give sufficient guarantee of protection. A good many Democrats differ from him. holding that it will be best to include specific provision as to this judicial review so there may be no possible doubt of the intent of Congress on the subject. JAMIvS C. DICKINSON 1KAI. Oltlot Frcenwson of Brooklyn lioru ami Reared In Now Horn. (Special to News and Observer. New York Feb. 5. James Craven Dickinson, the oldest Freemason in Brooklyn and fort forty years tiler of Piatt Lodge. No. 184, is dead, aged 77 years, from a stroke of paralysis which prostrated him Tuesday. The funeral will be held from Christ Episcopal church tomorrow ;and the Interment will be in Greenwood. He was born and reared in wew' Jern, North Caro lina. . LOVKRS FROM DURHAM. Toe Weil Here hi Register of iXcd onieo. A young couple from Durham were married here -' "efday morning in the office of the Register Deeds. Magis trate Charles Sepafk tieing the knot. The -room was Thoma$ Ruffin Hicks and the bride Miss; Fedonia Hicks, while with them were Mr. M. T. Ma room. The bride was somewhat bashful about entering the court house, but finally did so. In the after noon the happy pair returned to Dur COME, INFLATE 1 THY CHEST, 0 BON Towering Pride of the Haute Noblesse. HE WANTS BUT LITTLE Lift Not Up the Lip, 0 Ye Scoffers, When He Declares With High Flung' Head He'll Have But a Small Sum of Lady Anna's Money. ' (By the Associated Press.) Parts. Feb. 15. The financial nego tiations in the Castellane case do hoi relate to Count Roni's allowance after separation from his wife, formerly Anna Gould, of New York, as he has" simplified this branch by stating that he does not expect a large amount. The Count's announcement was made to one of the lawyers of the countess. It was most emphatic and is substantially in the following terms: "I declare to you. and I swear to the exactness of my declaration, that I not only do not demand, but that J. wili not accept any sum beyond that small amount which constituted my income before my marriage." ie count thus disposes of state ment to the effect that he contempt ausly refused $40,000 a year on the ground that it was not sufficient for his pocket money. The attitude of the count leaves the lawyers of tne countess to consider only his outstand ing indebtedness, which reaches an enormous sum. The Castellane mar riage contract gives the countess her separate income not subject to claims for the debts of her husband. This contract insures the protection of the1 countess' fortune against being abr sorbed in the present controversy and also prevents the count's creditors from taking legal action against the countess. At the- same -time she does -not ap pear disposed to exact the strict let ter of the contract, and the financial negotiations are for the purpose of making some arrangement for a com- J promise with the count's creditors. Tne amount involved has been swollen to enormous proportions by excessivfc charges for money advances. One geny tleman intimately familiar with every detail of tne Castellane case said that when people sought advances of mon ey lenders and these advances reached three years ahead on an anticipated income, the borrower usually got ond tenth. while nine-tenths went to the usurers. This applies to the financial situation in-the Castellane case, com paratively small advances now reach ing a gigantic aggregate through ex cessive charges. The extent to which the countess will voluntarily liquidate these claims is the chief question under consider ation and the determination of this will probably determine all the other proceedings. Although the lawyers expect the case to proceed to an early decree they recognize that a slight element of indecision remains on the part ofl lilt v v tT V a v r i va --v--aiiq towards ner nusoana ana ncr repug nance to involve her family In a The foregoing facts are from those dlrectlv in charge of the countess infr terests. thus showing their desire to testify to the count's correct attitude during the case. The court has made a second Inef fectual attempt to bring about a recon ciliation. The next step will be the fcervice of a writ upon the defendant, but the clerk of the court has not yet received orders to serve the docu ment. . LOXGWOIITH GETS LICENSE. AiuM (ioggliug Eyes ami Nocks of' Rubber He Must Have Hiouglit , Himself the White Ele phant of Siani. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Feb. 15. The mar riage license of Miss Alice Roosevelt and Representative Nicholas Long! worth, was issued by the clerk of the; court today at 4:15 o'clock. Shortly after four o'clock Mr. long worth, accompanied by Nelson Per kins, his best man. three of the ushers. Messrs. Bangs. Shaw and Norman, and,1 mree owicr inenus appearea at me t-ity ha", and asked for . license to) marry. The assistant clerk of the( court filled in the blanks as Mr. Long-4 worth responded to the usual ques tions in such cases. He gave his age as 36 and that of Miss Roosevelt as 22.; When it became known that Mr.; Longworth was in the building there was a rush for the clerk's office and a large crowd of newspaper men court officials and lawyers gathered Irt the room. The Issuance of the J li cense required but a few moments The party immediately left the build4 ing. being followed by the crowd? through the corridor out to the portlo. Mr. Longworth and his friends en tered carriages and drove off. ' IR. I.. IV AARON IS READ. Only on or state Senator Aaron Paow . From Earth, (Special to News and Observer.) ' Mount Olive. N. C. Feb. 15. Dr. Leonard P. Aaron died suddenly at his home here this afternoon of heart failure, aged about 32 -years. He was a popular and skilled physician and was also manager of Aaron's Phar macy. Fow., if any, men in the State had more friends and admirers than he, and his death will be received with keen sorrow here and elsewhere. He was a graduate of a Baltimore medical institution and was licensed to practice medicine about ten years .ago, though the greatest part of his time was de voted to the drug business. He was a prominent member of th Wilming ton Lodge of Elks and of the local Masonic and Odd Fellows lodges. He is a son of State Senator D. J. Aaron, who Is away from home, and has been summoned by telegraph. He is sur vived also by a sorrowing wife and mother, no children. Up to 8 o'clock tonight it has been impossible to locate Dr. Aaron's fath er by wire, and as the funeral arrange ments depend on the time of -his arri val it is not possible to state just when it will take place, though prob ably it will be held Saturday morn- ilng. i. WAIIE-KRAMEK CO. SOLD. Such is tlw Report It is Said it Will Continue to Rnn - as an Iucle-. pendent Company and ' Remain in Wilson. J (Special to New and Observer. ) Wilson. N. C.. Feb. 15. It is re ported here on good authority that the controlling Interest in the Ware Kramer Tobacco Company, manufact urers of White Roll cigarette.- has been, acquired by Northern parties and that hereafter the factory will continue to be run us an Independent factory and the plant wiH continue to remain in this city. The Ware-Kramer Company was organized about one z-ear aso and has done a considerable , export , as well as domestic business. Mr. F. T. Ware, manager of the company, is North, presumably . on account of the- iea!. New York or Philadelphia parties are reported to be the purchasers. t - - KICKEOTlOMAtl And Fined One Hundred Dollars and Costs. - Featturslone Toll That But for His Age and Past Record He ffouM Have Been Been Put Behind - ' Bars. - (Special to News and Observer.) AEhevillo. N. C. Feb. 15. The criminal charge against A, A Featherstone for assault upon Mrs. Wiggins of the Salvation Army was closed in the Superior court this morn ing when Judge W. R. Allen fined the defendant $100 and costs. .An effort had been made by the defense to have the case remanded to the police court, but this Judge Allen refused to do. and In pronouncing sentence he said, that -it was only on accoun of the defendant's, past record, his age and other circumstances connected with the case that he did not send him to jail. . ' - This is the end of this much dis cussed case.. , ., There was considerable agitation of the matter after the assault, .the W. C. T. U.. entering into the prose cution and publicly denouncing the act. Mrs. Wiggins entered suit against Featherstone for $10,000. but this was afterwards withdrawn, and this phase probably entered into Judge, Allen's decision. Gotch. the Wrestler. It is now believed hat Gotch. ono of the .most famous wrestlers in America- will attend the Link Olsen wrestling match in March and will challenge the winner of the bout from the ringside. Those interested In wrest ling are convinced that the match will be pulled off In this city. - J CORONER SEPARK Elccf.ed By Board of County Com missioner Yestertlar. , Mr. Charlie Separk was unanimously elected county coroner yesterday y the Board of County Commissioners, to succeed Dr. TV M. Jordan, resigned . Dr. Jordan tendered his resignation as icoroner seveml weeks ago. but It had. not been accepted by the Board until yesterday.. . " There was but one candidate for the office, this being Mr. Separk. and consequently he received no or-od-tlon. With 311-ss IjouUe Urale. A charming valentine party was given by Miss Louise Uzzle at the home on - south West street. Wednes day last, and the house was beautiful ly decorated. "Many Interesting games were played and In the valentine con test Mr. Willie Xorris was the winner. In the cupid shooting arrows, Mr. James Powell was awarded the prize and.-fro'm cupid's postoffice. Miss Vlr gie Uzzle acting as -postmistress, overs one got a love message. Dainty re- f rehments were served. Those present were: Misses Bessie Muse, Myrtle Mills, Ray Brown. Luclle SmIIh, Esther Riggan, Miriam Riggan, Katharine Brown, Elolse Muse. Elsie Hilker. Annie Kamlet, Mary Whiting. Foy Uzzle Willie Norrls, James Pow ell. Corydon , Jones. J3mlle Hilker, Carter ' Jones' and Claudius Parks.-. Wilh Miss 3Iay V. Jones. A delightful meeting of the Kennt ness Book Club was hold yesterday a rternoo'n with M iss May F. Jones ai hostess at the Exchange "Hotel on HHlsboro street. The subject of the ; meeting was Athens, and the program : was In charge of Miss Elizabeth Brlgn v ' After the close of the enioyable meeting, the ttapers presented being listened to with .interest, dainty- re freshments were served. Among th - visitors present were Miss .Susie Johnson.1 Miss Mary John son and Miss Julia Lowry Porter, of Atlanta. nnwiir nnno im nmitdiiitt uiJ HOT OPPOSITION ' ' ' . - Consolidate Customs Col- ... . lection Districts. THIS PAYNE WOULD DO But the House, Including Tar !!::! Members of Opposing Camps, Cits Down on Him So Hard 'lis a Marvel He's Kct Squshed." (By the Associated Press.) Washington. Feb. 15. The "morn ing hour prevailed In the House to day after 5 o'clock 'Thv"net result was the passage of a bill to increase to S3 QuO 00 a year, the Federal ap propriation to each State.! and terri tory for the support of agricultural experiment stations, and of a bin re pealing : the ; present ; law i granting American register" to foreign ships wrecked and repaired on the Ameri can coast in the discretion of the Sec retary of the DeDartment of Com merce and Iabor and requiring a special tict of Congress . to grant such register. ' ' 1 - The feature of the day was the at tempt of Mr. Payne, chairman of the Ways and Means committee, to get up his bill for tho consolidation of custom collection districts. A furious opposition developed , and on a roll call a large majority voted against considering the bill. Again, when the . experiment out came up me uviwie reverted to the Payne bill and It was with great : difficulty that It could be brought to an end. Mr. - Payne, speaking on hfc bill, said it cost fast' year SI, 4 00 to collect do revenue at Beaufort. N. C: at Alhermarle, S. C. ;,-It cost ?1,616 o collect, $5. 'There were fifty-one non- paying ports on the list which- Mr. Payne read from. Th4 toal collect ed in these' ports was $47,242 and the expense of maintaining the oorts was S156.1SS. Mr. - Thomas, (N. C ) ; developed en argument against the consolida tion of Dorts. 'The measure, he de clared, was not one of economy. If all ports referred to by the commit tee were ; abolished, he said. but $ 109,000 a year would be saved and more than this would be lost by reas on of smuggling." which he maintain ed would be carried on In the aban doned, ports. Besides, there were many other duties discharged by cus toms 'officers beside by collecting revenue.."-.'" - ' Mr. Blackburn. N. C); also spoke against the Payne bill. An indirect compliment was paid to Mr. Ixmgworth by a vole to ad journ until Jtonday, although nothing will appear in the record of "this duv- POSe.:''.." JOHN AV. AYCOCK DEAD. A Brother of the Ex-Governor, Ono or Wayne County's Finest Citizen. -ami a Man Beloved by all v Who Knew Him. (Special to News and Observe ivy Goldsboro. N. . C. Feb. 15. Mr. John W. Aycock, one of Wayne coun ty's best citizens, a man of sterling character and true to every duty in life." died this morning aVhis home on his fine farm in Nahunta Township, esteemed by all who knew him and as universally: mourned. He was a brother: of : ex-Governor Charles B. Aycock., Hon. BenJ. F, Aycock, and of Mr.. Wm., Aycock. of Florida, and a brother-in-law of Captain J. B. Edger ton. .The funeral and Interment will The hour has npt yet been determined on -as the family are awaiting the arrival of his brothers." lie was one of the wealthiest farmers in the coun ty. - - - j v. GONE TO PARTS UNKNOWN.. A Namesake of Grovciious Charged With Larceny Forfeits His Bond. 1 (Special to News and 1 Observer.) Salisbury, N. C, Feb. 16. Grover Cleveland Hall, whose arrest several weeks ago on . complaint of Mr, L.. Thomas, of Spencer, who charged him with larceny, created a sensation, has left Salisbury, and" nothing is known of his whereabouts. Mr. Hall was in Mr. - Thomas' employ as chief -clerk and was one of the most popular young men in Spencer. Tried on the charge of store breaking and rob bing Mr. Thomas' safe, he was dis charged. Later he was accused by Mr. Thomas of larceny and bound over to the Superior court. He put up a cash bond of $100, and when court convened Monday morning he wa.s tm hand.: Yesterday it was proposed to increase the bond to $400, and it was about this time that Mr. Hall disap peared. CASE OF SIMPLE ASSAULT. A Wliitc Man Sent to the Road-i to Tend i Him Industry.:" y ) (Special to News and Observer.) Durham, N. C. Feb. 16. Sam Pi bee. a negro, "was before Ju-.l Owens, this afternoon on the char, of attempting to assault a negro w man several days ago. It-proved be "Much Ado About Nothing." ; 0- 11 the negro wa-? fined $5 and cot f fcimplit assault, -t On the' charge of vagrancy ' Maj Hamlin, a white man. was today fm $40 and eosLv.He could not pay ! : amount and went to the roads. Spencer. N. C Feb. U5. William I from many' towns will go for the so Scars, . colored a fireman on thefcial, as well as literary pleasures. - ..!. - - s ' .'!:;
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