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TIIE WEATHER TO-DAY.
For the State.
" lioral rains Wednesday
and Thursday; I 'slit variable
vtliuU, iiKJHtijr soutlierly.
line weather to-day.
-, :. For the City.
; Xocal rains Wrtlrsrs,! ' y
and Thursday; Hht varfcib .i
winds, motl southerly.
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Volnme. LIX. no. 134.
RALEIGH, i NORTH CAROLINA
ESDAY SIORRIHG, AUGUST 15, 1906
Price Five Cent:.
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PRISONER GETS
AH EASY BERTH
Liberty Taken to Change
Court Sentence. -
iA STiR IN DURHAM
Two Jlen Gt Into Trouble By Heat
In Anollicr Man -Many Whis
key Canes on the
, . Superior Court
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Pocket.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Durham. A us. H. Quite a stir ha
been created here on account of It be
coming known that some one had
' . taken the authority of changing the
t sentence of the court In regard to WH-
11am Bar bee. Irving three years on
. the roads of the county by sending him
to the county work house. Now there
la all kinds of "explaining" going on
and more Is necessary before the mat
ter will txs quiet.
Not only was the sentence of Wll-
llam Barbee changed from that given
by the court, but It Is now learned that
lest Saturday night ho vWtfd his home
In East Durham, having slipped away
from the work house and visited hdme
v folks, returning during the night.
The facts art these: William Barbce
x and Robert Evans, young white men
, living In Kast Durham, were convicted
of store breaking and I tar boo was
given, three and one-half years on the
roads of the county. Evans.: wh0iad
mltted his guilt, and helped to convcl
Barbee. was given two and one-half
years. - This was last January. Since
then Evans has been digging away on
the roads of the county,-while Barbee.
who had the - longer sentence and
fought his conviction In the court, has
be-ji.al work on the county farm. .All
- who go to the farm are truntyii and
, this accounted for Barbee being 'able
- . miallp a wav from-the arm -and vUlt
relative In East Durham. '" '
When the matter first leaked out
Chairman Allen, of the board of county
commissioners, .said that f neither he
nor the board was to blame, and that
It was up to f.uperintendent Pollard.
This nettled the road superintendent
and "he vlxlted the chairman last night
and told him that he knew that liar
bee was sent to the roads by authority
of the board, and that he should not
shift the rponi-lblIltjr like that. Thlf
' afternoon I went to see the chairman
and he said that It was with the
board's consents "You se It la thl
way." he said. Wh lie there was no
order made by the board, the board
agreed to the chang or rather sanc
tioned what was done. Of course you
n are not going to say anything about
this matter." he added.
Mr. Pollard snyw. so It Is reported,
that he carried William Bar bee to the
county farm by direct, orders, and Mr.
Belvin. another of the countv commia
doners, says that he did not know
anvthlng about the change until liar
bee had been at work on the- farm
three weeks. So It would seem from
; the statement of Mr. Pollard that he
was ordered t change the pr!onr.
the rar coming from Chairman Al
len. And from Chairman Allen's state,
ment It seems that he Would leave the
, Impression that Mr. Pollard changeod
V the man and . that he -sanctioned"
what had been done.
Not only has the fact that a sentence
of the court been changed, the powers
of a Governor Invaded, and Barbee
made a trujr jot that he visited his
home, but partiality shown as between
William Barbae and Robert Evans,
both charged with store breaking and
Barbee charged with- an additional
crime of burglary, which waa quashed
, in view of the sentence given In the
store-breaking case.
The affair has created a great deal
.ef talk and all day "explanations"
have been in order.
Yesterday afternoon two white jnen
gave another a good whipping for
rome Imaginary wrong and ttday the
mavor had hl limlnrr In the matter
and they were both dealt with In a
manner they will remember. Tip Pas
chal and Jams Kay were charged
f with beating W. A. CJurley. Itay was
' fined 110 and carts and 1'a.nrhal $IC
and .costs. Pachal has not paid his
fine as yet and the probability Is that
he will b sent to the county road
fore, for 29 day. There was also a
whUkey case, but this was continued
until some other day. AlmueJ dally
oulte a number are put through the
police sweat box In an examination
under the Watts Caw for Information
as t Illicit whiskey selling. The ex
aminations result In. two things: First,
th arrest of many 'on the charge of
whls-key selling, and second, the com.
mission of a great dal of perjury by
V some of those who buy whlrkey llle
rally and then swear to protect those
who sold to them. Dut be this as It
may. the police and the mayor are
doing their dutv and a great many
cases are gathered In during a year;
An example of what Is bx Ing done
to break up whiskey selling is shown
In the docket of the KUoerlor Court,
soon to convene here. There are now
forty-ni caeea In which selling whis
key without llcens Is charged. Most
of these go on the Superior Court
docket by the mayor's court route.
The approaching term of Superior
Court will be a large one. not only as
regards to whiskey selling, but other
crimes as well. There Is now a total
of one hundrecfand nfttwo cases ofl
docket and It Is yet two weeks to
court. Many of thoae are for small
violations of the criminal laws, while
there are a few for more serious
crimes. There is now a strorrg senti
ment In Durham for more powers and
wider Jurisdiction being given the
mavor or a police Justice a law some
thing like that In Raleigh and Ashe
vtlle. There are piled uo each- court!
a Large number of cases that. are
small and cost the tax-payers of the
county a great deal of money. A
criminal 1 first committed to Jail, lies
there from a few weeks to a few
nonths. has to be fed at the cost of
the county, gets a short term on the
roads or a small fine and cost. The
tax-payer has to foot the bill. The
argument la that the mayor or police
justice should be given more power.
o that when the small assault with
deadly weapons, carrying concealed
weapons and the like could' be fined
or sent up to go to work at once.
There was an excursion here today
from Dunn, coming over the new Dur
ham and Southern road. Quite a num
ber of excursionists came up and spent
the day. returning this morning.
The one-year-old child of Dallas
Ferrell. who lives near the city, died
yesterday from the effects of a blow
received while, a number of children
were playing at a swing. The child
did not live but a few days after being
hurt. i
Sl'DDKN DEATH IX KIXSTO.V.
Mrs. Addle IUndoIli Stricken Wldlc
In ; Apparent f-ood Health.
Special to News and Observer.)
Klnfton. N. C, August 14. The en
tire community was shocked beyond
sxpresslon Sunday mornlnr. when It
was learned that at mldnUht r'-atur-lay
night Mrs. Addle Randolph, wife
f Mr. C. T. Randolph, and devoted
mother of a large family of !ntcret
ng young children, expired suddenly
f strangulation from gases rising,
lue to heartburn and Indigestion. Jut
a few hours prior to her death she
nan In the best of health and spirits.
Mrs. j Randolph was Mls Addle
Water land married Mr. Charles T.
Randolph at Pantego. then her home.
September S, 18KC. To them ten chll-
lren have been born, nine of whom
are now living, one married. Mm. J.
IZ. Hudson, and the rcxt ranging from
1 years down to 2 years. She would
have been 38 years old at her next
birthday, which Is February 7.
Postmaster Holds. Up
Lynching Pictures.
Ex-Mierlfrs Wife Struck Dy Lightning
lovrly Property Sold At - Auction
j Mutual lire Insurance
: Company,
i
(Special to Newa and Observer.)
Salisbury. N. C. Aug. 14. Mrs. J.
M. Monroe, wife of ex-Sheriff Mon
roe, of Rowan county, was struc-K
by lightning' yesterday afternoon at
her home, eight miles from this clt,
rtnd was rendered uncon'Mous ror
rome (time. Her face and on Mlde
were badly burned and her condition
Is serious. Mrs. Monroe was in the
yard when struck by the bolt. The
Incident w-as witnessed by member
of the household.
A quantity of souvenir post card
bearing the photograph of the (II Hop
ple and Dillingham negroes.' lynched
here last week, have been ma Ilea in
the Salisbury post office. Potmatcr
Ramiay la having the matter Investi
gated as to whether or not grew,
some ! picture are mailable. All I the
matter Is being held pending an in-vetlgatl-n
by the Washington au
thorltlea.
The personal property of the late
Isaac Lyerly, whse family was mur
dered near Rarber'a Junction. July
13th. j vat sold at ruotlc auction to
day, j A large crowd attended tae
sale and much of the property sold ai
good 'prices. The dwelling has b-en
unoccupied fcince the night of tht
tragedy. The Rowan Mutual Fire Insurance
Company held its annual meeting here
todav and elected as. Its president Dr.
C It. Poole, and for secretary and
treasurer. Rev. J. M. I Lyerly, Over
twelve hundred Rowan county farm
ers carry Insurance in the company,
aggregating 1800.000. j
llXXXG KMCCTKIC UXE.
New I York , ' to Chicago toy Route
Sliortcr Tluin Any. Existing.
I
I (By the Associated Pre.)
Pittsburg. Pa-, Aug. 14. Papers of
consolidation of three railroads Sn
different parts of Pennsylvania will be
filed i at Harrlsburg this week which
will constitute the formal announce
ment of a project of prominent for
eign 1 bankers, associated with Jocp:i
Ramsey. Jr., former president of tho
Wabush Railroad, to build a low grade
double track railroad from New York
to Chicago by var of Pittsburg-, which
will cost about 1150.000.000.
' Complete surveys have already been
made, and It Is expected that the work
preliminary to actual grading and con
struction next spring will begin this
fall. It la expected that the road will
require three years to construct. It
Is contemplated to operate It with
electric locomotives from the begin
ning. It will be known as the New
Tork. Pittsburg and Chicago Air Lane,
and will be sixty-five miles shorter to
New Tork than the Pennsylvania and
108 miles 'shorter than the shortest
line j between New York and Chicago.
The new Keystone Air Line will tra
verse the Important bituminous coal
fields of Central Pennsylvania now
controlled bv the Pennsylvania Rail
road and will also pierce the anthra
cite region throughout Us length. It
will not only be the shortest line
through Pennsylvania, but It will cross
the summit of the Allleghany moun
tains 400 feet lower than the Penn
sylvania and will have very easv
curve and remarkably low grades for
a mountain line.
i ;
j ; Fifteen Hurt In Collltdon. ;
Fort Worth. Tex.. Aug. 13. Two
passenger trains, on the Chicago. Rock
Island and Gulf Railroad collided In
the local yards today. Injuring fifteen
persons, two serlouely. W. O. Stevens,
a banker, and Brink Poo re. both- of
Bridgeport. , Texas, were seriously
hurt and were taken to the hospital. .
WEIRD PSST CARDS
FREIGHT RATES
ARE TAB HIGH
Greensboro Suffers From
Discrimination.
SEEKING FOR RELIEF
Chamber of Commerce Takes Action
Will Celebrate City Cente
nary Another Ice Fac
tory to He EMablkdicd
In Near Future.
IIY ANDRF.W JOYXER.
Greensboro. N. C. Aug. 14. At a
meeting of the Chamber of Commerce
hero laxt night a resolution Vas adopt
ed authorizing Prctddcnt Battle to
apiMtlnt a committee of live charged
with the tluty of feeing that Greens
boro gets what benefits may be pod
blc under the amended freight rate
bill recently passed by Congress. This
committee is to thoroughly Investigate
the fiucfttton of freight discrimination,
the terms of the new law, and report
back to the Chamber such measure
uh they may think will be necessary
to be taken to obtain relief from pres
ent freight rate discrimination against
Greensboro. President Battle an
nounced that owing to the importance
of the work proMs.d, he would ask
tor time to announce the committee.
Another resolution adopted looking
to Improved Height service was the
recommendation of the pastfc by
Congress of a law rco,ulnn;r railroads
to make at leal l&v miles a day in
its through 'freight service between
the statoM. or he required to remit
from its freight cnarges a certain per
cent for every day's delay In deliver
ing freight where the 5l miles a
lay's progresa hud not been mado In
tailing shipments to tlrelr declination.
The resolutions approved are those
adopted by the Hardware Jobbers' Ab
sH'iatoaof .America, at Its recent an
nual ftension at Hope iiriis Va.7 and
read:
'Whereas. It Is we!! within the
knowledge of this association that the
railroads, as a rule, throughout the
country do not give deliveries on ship
ment commensurate. In time with tne
remuneration they collect for hand
ling Much shipments, and
"Whereas. This statu of affairs has
continued for a great number of years
to the injury of the buines interests
of both stiiper and consignee, and
"Whotca. The. present conditions
In hi matter are worse inan ever tV
lore. and wo mo no prospect of Im
mediate or future Improvement of this
intolerable situation; then-lore, bo it
"Resolved.. That thU association
irfedges Itself, ui a time to be de
cided on. to advocate, and forward
by all lawful means within Its power
the enactment by the Congrss of the
t nltcd States, of un uct to empower
the Inter-State Commerce Commission
to issue a rule to al! the railroads
requiring a time limit on all Interstat e
shipments lonlormlng to lencth of
haul and with a fiercentagc of dis
count on freight bit!, pavnble to con
signee, for each twenty-tour hours de
lay beyond tUo dally movement pre
scribed by tho commUnlon."
Another Important action of the
Chamber was the announcement that
that In l'JOfe there would Iks a cele
bration on u large scale of the one
hundred anniversary of tho city"
birth, and In conjunction with tnH
would be held the next great re-unlon
of non-resident North Carolinians. A
general meeting of the members of
the Chamber of Commerce and busi
ness men of the vlty will be held
September lst. - at which time this
matter will be tetiled, preceding a
banquet to be given under tho auspices
of the Chamber 'Of Commerce.
At a meeting of tho Board of Di
rectors of the Central Carolina Fair
Association last night. steps were
taken looking to arrangement to
give the largest and best exhibit ever
held. Committees were named to se
cure from the railroads the bcMt ex
cursion facilities possible to attract
People from a large territory at
iiomlnul expense. Penny Brothers.
who conduct a weekly auction t-ale of
hoses here, were granted the privi
lege of erecting immense stables, cost
ing f&.QVO at the Fulr grounds. K lnm
which point they will have their sales
after the completion of the stables.
The Greensooro Klettrie .Company
today gave an order for 15.000 cross
ties with which to eouip the new ex
tension of their car line from Ashe-
loro street in South Greensboro, down
West Lee street to the two new su
burbs of -Glenwood and "Piedmont
Heights. Th order for other ma
terial ha been placed, and Mr. IL H.
Gamwell. ten superintendent of the
company, says that barring, delays In
freight service, the extension will be
completed by January first.
A new ice plant will be? In operation
hero by March 1st, 1907. with ca
paclty of 1 3b tons per day. Messrs.
Powers A Armstrong, wood . and coal
dealers, have placed an order for the
necessary buildings and machinery to
manufacture Ice, In connection with
their other enterprises. Theo gentle
men came here from Raleigh three
years ago. made large Investments
and have had unqualified success In
the real estate, coal and wood busi
ness. ; : -
Mr. L.-L.-Miller, a celebrated land
scape artist of New- York. Is here with
a corps of assistants making surveys
of the Greensboro Female College
campus, with a view to beautifying
the grounds. . It will renulro several
days to complete the survey, as a com
plete topograprlchal map will be
taken, showing the position of the
walks the trees, the shrubbery, and
the various elevations before any real
work will be begun.
Last year there were more applica
tions for students at the college than
there were accommodations In the
main building. To avoid this trouble
at present, the college Is building two.
dwellings on Iota donated by J. A.
3"
Odell. They will give sleeninc accom
modatlons to thirty students. As soon.
as a contemplated wing Is added to
the college' building, the residences
will le rented for private us?e. The
college opens September 12th.
A one week'a terra of court for the
trial of clvir cases will begin here
next Monday, Judge' Fred. Moore pre
siding. With about four hundred cases
to be tried, tho work usually done In
one week will not more than make a
dent in the docket.
Colored fire companies from New
Bern, Oxford. ;Henderson and Durham
were here last night going to Win
ston, .where the Colored State Fire
men's Association and Tournament ex
ercises began today.
At tho coming annual education
picnic at Whitsctt; institute .August
-5th. there will bo speakers of State
reputation to address, he assemblage,
a free dinner "served on the campus
to everybody, and a general good time
had. For several years these educa
tkuial picnics have been a yearly fea
ture at Whltsett; furnishing both In
tellectual and gastronomical treats and
benefits to constantly increasing num
lers. MOT1IKR AND SOX DIE.
Mm. K. ii. Rose Expires from Sliont
t'pon Learning or her Child's
Death.
' 'v i'
(Scclal to News and Observer.)
Smlthfleld. N; C. Aug. 14. Mrs. K.
G. Rose and her otdest son Alvin died
early this morning. Alvin was partly
paralysed two yars ago and yesterday
suffered another stroke. Mr. Rose In
formed his wife of Alvln's death and
she having been sick for several days
with fever, died f rorjL the shock. Mr.
Rose is the wife of B. G. Rose, fore
man of the Holt Cotton Company.
The remains of Mrs. Holt and son will
be carried to Wilson In the morning
for interment.;
Beastly Crime by a South
Carolina Negro.
Young Woman Make JFntlle Effort
to Defend'- JHlf A Tiou-
t .
sand 3Icn Hunting the
Criminal.
(By the Associated Press.4)
Columbia. S. C. August 14. A
special to the State from Greenwood,
tays: :
One of the moxt. diabolical attempts
at criminal assault possible was made
today upon the person og ML Jennie
Brooks, the 20-year-old daughter of
J. P. Brooks, a merchant and farmer
near this place, by a negro named
Bob Davie. Brooks had absented hlm
ett temporarily, leaving the young
lady In charge of the store. The negro,
after making some purchases, grab
bed up a meat knife and said. "You
are what I want. Seising an Iron bar
the young woman made an attempt to
defend herself whereupon the negro
flashed her acrors the throat, making
a cash four Inches long and almost
severed two of her fingers.
A tKsse of 1.000 men Is In pursuit
of the negro, and If caught he will
probably be lynched, pavls brother
was lynched twelve years ago for as
saulting a white woman.
CREDIT W DOWN
New Hove to Assert Inde
pendence of Southern
Cotton Hills.
(By the Associated Press.)
Columbia. S. C. Aug. 14. Radical
changes in credit and allowances have
beca ma le within the past few days
by South Carolhui cotton mills.
For a long time the mills of this
section have had to extend special
favors to Northern selling agents. Job
bers and exporters. In the . way of ex
tra dating and exorbitant freight al
lowances. In order to Induce them to
take their product on a parity with
that of the New England and English
mills. Now, however, the Southern
product has been improved and Its
finish bettered until the manufactur
ers have become In a way Independ
ent. Captain Ellison A. Smyth, who Is
largely Interested In cotton mills In
this State. I president of the Cotton
Manufacturers Association of South
Carolina, and naturally It haa fallen
to him to take the lead.
Commencing with the first day of
the current moith. the mllLs that
Captain Smyth manages have allowed
and will allow no Ifreight rates greater
than the rate to New Yorwrl City, and
If shipments are made to points, where
the freight is less than the New York
rate the freight allowance will only
be the actual freight paid. Also, no
extra dating will be allowed, but all
Invoices will bear the date of the bill
of lading, and a "credit of only sixty
days will be extended to Jobbers and
only ten days on goods for conversion
and export
Captain Smyth haa consulted with
several of the large manufacturers In
the State, and they have agreed to put
the same schedule of terms and freight
allowances into, operation In their
mills. Most of the' members of the
association have given their selling
agents Instructions to comply strictly
with Captain Smyth's practice.
Mr. John W. Hays and son. Mack,
of Petersburg. Va.. pre In the city. -.
Mr. Cameron MacRae. of Wilming
ton, la here n legal business.
CUT GIRL'S THROAT
A TICKET 1
Will
Chatham Democrats Hake
County Nominations.
Opposition Is Not Expetetl Several
Former Republicans Participate
. In the Convention at
Pittsboro.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Pittsboro. Aug. 14. In the language
of a veteran Chatham county politician
the unterrlfied Democracy of Chatham
county met In the cout house today to
nominate a ticket that prudent esti
mators say the Radicals: will not op
pose. The convention waa called to
crdcr by Chairman R. H, Hayes, who
made as usual a capital good speech.
The first business that was transacted
was the endorsement of Senators Sim
mons and Overman, and our repre
sentatives were instructed to vote, for
Senator Simmons to succeed himself
In the United States Senate. The State
government was endorsed and then
business began in earnests, . '
J. ' R. Milllken was nominated for
rherlff; J. L. Griffin for clerk of court;
yW. E. Brooks for register of deeds.
These succed themselves. J. II. Reeves
was nominated for the Senate: II. M.
London for the House; G. R. Pilklng
ton fcr coroner, and R. j B. Clegg for
surveyor. For county commissioners.
1L V. Harrington. A. J. Lane, and N.
J. Wilson were nominated. The com
mittees for all the townships held a
meeting and re-elected Hon. R. H.
Hayes county chairman, an office he
has filled with such singular- success
for several terms. Several former Re
publicans were seen affiliating in the
convention today, having cast their lot
with the Democrats at tho primary last
Saturday.
WAR OF EXTERMINATION.
Plan for Suppression of Troublesome
Band or Outlaws.
(By the Associated Press.)
Manilla, Aug. 14. Governor Ide re
turned to Manilla today, after a con
ference at Taeloban. Island of Lyte,
August 12. with Major. General Wood,
Brigadier Gcnerat Lee, .Governor Dey
eyra. fifteen presidents and Colonel
Taylor of the constabulary. . The pres
idents promised to support the. Ameri
can authorities and to furnish Inform
ation having In view the extermination
of the Pulajanes.
There are causes for the present
conditions of the Pulajanes In the Isl
and of Leyte dating back to Spanish
times. The disarming- of the munici
pal police by Governor Dcyvera. his
political opponents assert, caused the
recent disturbances. It 1 declared
that had the late First Lieutenant
John F. James of the Elgthth infantry
possessed correct Information, he
would not have gone out with a small
force August 9. The fight occurred In
the darkness and the troops were tho
victims of a boto rush of superior
numbers, during which their rifle-
were of no use. .The bodies of. Lieu
tenant Jamey. Contrat Surgeon Cal
vin D. Snyder. Private William J. Gil
lick, and Mathles .Zeck have been
buried at Tacoloban.
Hnvvrnnr Tde hn decided to appoint
a commission consisting of Governor
Deveyra. Itrwgadter uenerai uev, oi
onel Taylor Ta-nd three presidents to
vlst the dlsaffectttd districts and hold
meetings of the town councils to Im
press the people wjth the necessity of
co-operatlort and support In extermi
nating the Pulajanes. The outlaw
band numbers about 100 and Is beina
greatly iVreased by the leaders forc
ing peaceful farmers to participate in
raids, threatening them with death if
they refused. These recruits are arm
with bolos. The real pulajanes do not
trust them with guns.;
A special term ut the court has been
ordered at Tacoloban to try the pris
oners. It Is understood that the lead
ers will get the extreme penalty of the
law, but that the mlsguled natives will
be dealt with leniently.
RCILDIXG STOCKADE.
Work Procressins: on Structure Near
Wilson Correspondence Schaol
In New Quarters. "
(Special to News and Observer.)
Wilson. N. C. Aus. 14. Work js
progressing rapidly on tho stockade
for the county convicts which is be
ing erected near the county home,
about two miles from Wilson. The
building will be constructed through
out with brick, concrete and iron and
will bo absolutely fire proof, and will
have water and newcrase connections.
The Commercial Correspondence
University has changed Its name to
the Franklin Correspondence Univer
sity and moved Into Its new quarters
over the Citizens Bank. This Institu
tion Is the largest correspondence
school In the State. Its purpose is to
teach by mall those who have no op
portunity to go to school. The officers
of the school are Julian R. Penning
ton, oresident; N. E. Haskett. vice
president, and C. Benton, secretary.
Mr. Ed. Snakenburg. a former eitl
sen of Wilson, has returned here to
locate. He will opena Job pripting
office. . .
ABSURD DIRECTIONS.
Trickery Practiced by Clerks Em
ployed by International Policy.
Holders Committee.
New York, August 14. The officers
of the International Policy Holders
committee discovered yesterday, seven
or eight cases In which clerks, em
ployed by. them were - directing en
velopes with false addresjips. The
discovery was followed by the Imme
diate discharge of seven t of - eight
clerks who had been addressing cir
culars to foreign policy holders of the
Mutual Life. -
To facilitate the delivery of circulars
abroad, and particularly inRttssIa,
the committee had taken the names
of Russian policy holders, and their
addresses, which were put Into English
in the list filed by the Mutual Life at
Albany, and had given them to clerks
who knew Russian to translate .the
addresses Into that language.
The suspicion was aroused that some
of the clerks were purposely putting
wrong addresses on the circulars sent
to Russia, and some of the circulars
were passed on to - a second group
of translators. This group reported
that many of the addresses had been
made wrong, and very evidently . on
purposes.
One of the addresses, when trans
lated into English, was "Mr, Some
body, of , Somewhere, Russia." "There
were , other absurd addresses. - ' A
The guilty clerks were discharged
In a hurry. The officers of the com
mittee have their 'own ideas as to the
motlves'whlch actuated the men.
SOUTHERN TRAIN WRECKED.
A Number of Persons Injured, But All
Will Recover.
(By the Associated Press.)
DanvlHe, Va, Angr. 14. An extra
train sent out frosi Danville to the re
lief of the stranded passengers of
Southern Railway train No. 3, which
was wrecked early this morning at
Union Level, returned at 3 o'clock this
afternoon. The following Is a list of
the Injured:1 T. Byron, Knoxvllle,
Tenn., Injured Internally; Mrs. C. B.
Allen, Johnson City. Tenn., bruised on
the side; R. C. Overton, baggage
master, " of Danville, bruised on body
and on side of head; George N. Wait,
conductor, of Danville, bruised about
body; H. D, Pearson, Danville, bruised
about bod;' and cut-on head; Frank
Barnley. colored, of La Crosse, Va..
cut and bruised, about face. AH of
the Injured are getting along ;nicely
and no fatalities i will occur. Mr.
Byron and Mrs. Alien" occupied berths
In the Pullman car at. the time of the
PAID HIS DOLLAR
Blackburn Hakes Cam-
) ' .. .
. paign Investment.
Expects to Earn Bis Dividends on It
Morning Herakl to Make Its .
Appearance In Wasdng-
ton Soon. . '
(Special to News and Observer.) .
Washington Aug. 14. Representa
tive Blackburn left todajr for' Penob
scot Bay. Maine. wherefc will spend
a week with his families the guest
of his fathe-In-law. Col.& M. Parker,
who has a summer home there. The
Congressman from the Eighth was un
available to newspaper i men., but he
announced to a friend that he iwould
open headquarters at Wllkesboro two
weeks hence and begin his campaign
for re-election. Among other things
he announced that he i.had subscribed
to the Republican Congressional Cam
paign fund to the extent of one Idol
lar. No doubt he expects to reap-"a
much larger return, for" he has led
the Republican campaign managers to
believe that he will be re-elected, pro
vided he receives adequate assistance
in a financial way. .
Announcement Is .made today that
the Washington Morning Herald will
make its apfcarance October first, un
der the management of Scott C.
Bone. 4 who was - managing editor ot
the Washington Post until it was pur
chased by John R. 'McLean some
months ago. Tne Herald will be a
penny paper and will take the New
York Sun service.' The staffs for tht;
new paper has already been! engaged.
Included among whom are I some of
the most prominent newspaper men in
the country. . . : i ; --
Judge James E. Eoyd was here to
day on his way to Atlantic City.-
REUNION OF VETERANS.
Cabarrus Csmp Elects Officers and
State eD legates Two Houses
Struck by Lightning.
(Special, to News and Observer.)
Concord, '.N. C' August 14. Caoar-
rus county veterans of Cabarrus Camp,
No. 212, held their annual reunion to
day. The meeting was opened with
prayer by the chaplain,- Rev. Simp
son. Captain Parks presided. W. M.
Weddington. - secretary and treasurer.
called the roll and read the minutes
of the previous meeting. His report
was heard and approvel. AH officers
were re-elected. P. M. Faggart was
elected to succeed D W. Moore," color
bearer, who died recently. - the follow
ing were elected to represent this
camp at the reunion of the State vet
erans, August 22nd,' at More head City:
P, B. Means, C. AV. Altman. E. A.
Pitts. H. B. Parks, D. A. "Caldwell, W.
M. Weddington, P. M. Faggart, W. C.
Isenhour. - '
Lightning struck two houses at
Brown Mill yesterday. Both were dam
aged and . the occupants shocked. In
one lived J- M. Beaman. Mrr. Beaman
was snocKea. me otner nouses was
that of P. L. Air. He was hurt.
Neither was seriously injured. The
two houses were damaged consider
ably -
On Sunday evening a vacant house
at Forest Hill was . struck and torn
to pieces. The family of. Mr. Lyles,
across the street, suffered : from the
effect, several of them being shocked.
Convict Stockade Burned.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Asheboro, N. C, Aug. 11. News of
the burning of the convict camp
stockade in this county, has just
reached here. The camp Is located
near - Gray's Chapel. The fire was
caused by the explosion of a barrel
of kerosene, oil at one end of the
stockade. It is' not known-rha caused
the explosion. None of the prison
ers was Injured, but all clothing and
furnishings were lost.
SOLDIER LIFE
ATHilPGL
Brilliant Reception in
Honor of Governor.
BRIDE If THE CAL:
Rice and Old Shoes Greet General nn l
airs. Robertson Salt Water 1)1
. versions Delightful to
to the Western
Men.
By EDWARD L. COXX.
Morehead City, N. C, Aug. 14.
There are five hundred and ninety-two
citizen soldiers, free born tons of
Carolina, attending the annual en
campment of the First Regiment -of
the North Carolina National Guard,
to . receive their initiatory lessons in
military science. The soldiers are in
perfect harmony with their grand en
vironment and aro men ot nirntal
power, of nerve and muscle. The so
traits that are Indispensable to t he
profession of arms, industry, energy,
fidelity, obedience, courage, pcrsever
ancednd self-reliance, are all loun I
hero in the brain .and the brawn un l
the heart of officer and private. lt'H
remarkable that at camp Glenn th?re
has ben not ai word of complaint.
Therjj are no lazy, vicious and illiter
ate men. In the camp and neither 1
tho discipline galling nor the duties
Irksome. i
At an early hour today Governor
Glenn attended a-meeting: of the of
ficers of the First Regiment and th y
were asked If they desired to rein am
in camp ten days with clht days ray,
or break camp upon the explratl 'n -of
the eighth day. when the funds wmM
become exhausted, livery oiliccr with
out a thought ttf "hesitating dot Ian 1
that he would not only Ktay in tamjt
ten days with only eight days pay.
but would be glad-to do anything m
his power ' that; -would lmprov '
North Carolina National -.Guard. '1 1. '
name spirit was echoed In the heart -,
of the privates -and there Is not a
man in camp who is coniplainln .
The desire of these armed civilian--;,
who have left, their civil walks of lu .
to please their superior oftieers, .n. t
present a creditable appearance is a
noticeable feature of the camp. There
has not been one Instance. of insubor
dination or unsoldierly conduct, an d
all are endeavoring to cam the i t
most from this brief period of mili
tary education. Absolute order i
kept without which a military camp
would 'be mob. Such noldters m
these are the kiknd that make a :'; H;'
proud, and from an ini pregnable bul
wark in time of war and a sure sate
Kuard in time of peace. The mtn an
ready for either destructive activltir-j
or the peaceful parade.
Tonight at the Atlantic Hotel k
Morehead City a military reception
was given In honor of Governor Ju:
ert 'Ii. Glenn, commander-ln-chlcf of
the North Carolina national ruani.
eclipsing in splendor and brlUInuy
any other ever held in that famous
hotelry. A thousand bright incm
fji:s;ent lights illuminated the pi.,
and spacious ball room. Iiut in
dazzling uniforms of gallant -s d i
and, the alluring graces of beautir.il
women left a mental Impress t tt
was unforgetably. There was a t- i"
of splendor In every move; ; ...
Burst the music upon the sweeten i 1
air, and uprose the eoul3 of all wi?:i
Its soft spirit.
Tonight chivalry waj imperial. 1;
reception began at 9 o'clock and con
tinued until 10, afterwards there bein ;
a magnificent military german. I
fore the reception commenced the te
ceiving line promenaded around tr'
dancing pavilion, the line being: for!
ed as follows:
Governor Glenn with I.Irs. Tlioi i
J. Jarvis, one of the most di-tir.;:-: -ed
women in North Carolina; A !j -tant
General Thomas 11. Jloln rt . i,
with. Mrs. Robertson: General J. r .
Armfield with Mls IZsle May 1 . i -Hams,
of Florida; General Francis ...
Macon I With Mrs. Macon; Col. C!. '.r, .
E. Johnson, chief of the Governor'
personal staff ; Col. F. G. James v n ;
Mrs. Frank P. Morton; Col. I). L.
Ward with Miss May Harvey; (' I
Wescott Jloberson-with-Miss Trio-. :
'Virginia; . Col. - A.- H. Arrlnjrton with
Mrs. Arr;ngton; Col. J. T. G tr '
with Mrs. Gardner; Col. J. I. I.
ivith MIfs Bessie Williams, of I I i i ' .
Col. T. II. Bain. Col. G. I lrt. r . ..
with Ml?a Magdalene Iindis. of II":.-;-erson;
Col. W. L.. McGhee with ;:r-.
McGhee; Major Charles Jord ui v, : s
Mrs. Jordan; Capt. II. G. Wither ;
with MUss Mary Lane, of Go! ! o .
Governor Glenn and Mrs. Jarvis !
ed the receiving line. After i ; u i
ing around the pavilion tho : . .
were Introduced to Governor ;!:) .
Col. Charles E. Johnson, chief of t
Governor's personal ttiff.
Hundreds of handsomely dre I
women fund ibriht uniformed
diers and men in evening dres i
up the gorgeous compny tlsat -corned
the Governor to Zlorcln id.
At 10 o'clock the p'rman w
In motion and the r Irirmir r t
merits of the participants in the
seemed as light and airy as th" .
of poesy. Before th ' daneln :
gan those who tor; T it i
around the pavilion t re t!
ernor and the reeeiv; t i n?",
which the rest of the t nit - t.
night was given to th ;
on the floor of the ball ro.; i.
Will II. Robertson K i t:.
with MIrs V.'adde!I, . f
Tenn. lie was a . ; ' ;-
John V,r. Norwo-. 1. ."-
with Mis-s ric"T;r; -v. fif ..
The prerman ( ! '
By the appearance . ; t
the Atlantic Hotel it
the season will not t
many wee 5:3 f coit. :
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