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3 i!. il 1 - - ' . . . ' . i . t ' . - ' i ' - -' " H 9 I Tkz Vczihtr Today, 1. Fair - ' Frtdav exeunt showers In extreme weit .era portion; warnver, Sat urday showers, light west . winds. f,r - , li- 0' Fair Kriaiy ezes - . showers In extreme ern portion; warmer, Sat urday showers, iisrht wes. winds, t - t , I If Volume LXXX1V Ho. 2U rAlhgh, w, fridat xorufittG jdneI r, i9or. Price Five Cenb. Lead At ' . .... w sail Ncurtlhi Caroflfaa Dailies Newi CireulatiOH, mm ! i - RDM TR1I1ITY COLLEGE j,h, . - ; a- ... v, r. . v ,--f. r.1L .", j . - The Campus Deserted for the Summer. 1 AS TO A COURT HOUSE Dtirluun Commlsslemers Iacubatins the Proposition, In Wh!di th Jfew Ilotel Blatter is Involved Coming Convention of . Ttoral Carriers. ; 1 ' (Special to News and Observe.) Durham, N: C, June . As an af tarraath 6t the Trlnty commencement the 'trains were. crowded today: frith ' the j visitors, students and some mem bers of the faculty who were getting on home.. Many left daring the night ' but this morning and again this after 1 noon the trains , were crowded.' Moat of the students have left the college and the campus now has a deserted look. It will be several days, how ever,, before . all have left for their ' homes and the members of theifac ' ulty, or rather most of the members. ' will be here some Utile time. A' few - will spend the summer here. : The annual meeting of the Statf As sociation of Rural Mall Carriers will 1 conveae nere on July I and 4. tAtrep " resentatlve from every county in the State 'is expected , to attend this meet ing. The local rural carriers are ar ranging to give the visiting men a royal good time. There-will be sev eral addresses delivered at the busi ness meeting and then the visitors will be given a trolly ride over the I city. i there will be some thing on the order or a barbecue, anu everything nossi ble will be done to make the trip an enjoyable and "Wry profitable one. The county commissioners arc! still xaiKing over me matter or Duiiaing a " new court nouse and get away from the present site and present building. This has been talked for some -time ana tne last legislature gave the com missioners power to purchase sinew ite and erect another jauildingr , If - pros is aone ii win pe an elegant structure. There ls-talk now that the present court house - and jail site, , which Is. Immediately n front el the' Union station, should - be -used ' on which to build i a modern hotel. Since the burning of the Carroll na thee city has been In a bad way for: hotel ac commodations -There li no doubt that ,ln, a short while the move for a new hotel will be fully developed and the work started. In the meantime there - isi treat demand for the moving off the court house, the in order tq get . away from the noise of ' Main street and the railroads and. also for the purpose of getting & court housed that ..will be more in keeping with the de mands of the time. i The commissioners devoted some time to the consideration of this and . since then the board has been revising the jury list of the county. The board will not adjourn until tomorrow; t ;The remains of Mrs. Emma Turner t -years of age, who died at her home on Seeman street, were taken to Little River church,- Orange" county, jtbday for interment.! The trip was made through the country, this being twenty-two miles from Durham, i i f " J . v i Mr. A. P. Faucette, one of Dur- ham's old and highly honored citizens, died &t his home on Dowd street 'dur f ing last nlg-bV The I funeral look place from the home this afternoon and the burial followed in Maplewood cemetery. Mr. Faucette had ; been a sufferer from paralysis and other torn plications for several years, and for weeks his death had been i expected Xfe left a wife and three children. Mr. ; Faucette had been deputy sheriff hersj in the past, was for a long time Un!-1 ted states commissioner, and J held j other positions of trust and honor. ' t if.;- : : ! ' ; j ' Jomr a. iindsay : dbad. j , Ifomlnent HJgb F; Citizen Expires ! Suddenly from a Stroke of il i i Apoplexy. , .1 ' - ? ' " ' ; t I ' ' ; jk i 1 (Special -to Xews ; and Observer. J ' High,-Point; N. C, June . At one o'clock ,IUgh Point was shocked to- day when it was learned that Mr. JTohn A-i Lindsay, one of the most promi nent and Influential men of High Point had suddenly died In the offlce-of Mr; w. C. Jones,- death being due ttQ a troke of apoplexy, which came on without warning an hour earlier.. He .had Just left his office for dinner and , 'stopped at: Mr. Jones office. Ha was there a ffew minutes i when he ' complained of a pain in his1 head, and showed signs of weakness, f He? was assisted to a table, where Mr. Jooes placed him. . Ue was conscious i at , tliat time,- said among otherA things asked that his 'daughter, Berta.: who, he knew was In the country. be sent for.1 - He gradually grew vorse and , died about one o'clock in the pres. . ence of his family., who were hastily -- Kgummoned. - John A. Lindsay was born! In David. , . son count', stx miles west of Thomas villa, but had been. a citizen of High ; Point for many years. , Ke was one of the leading merchants off the town from early manhood until about ten years ago, when he closed to embark in thi , manufacturing busln. f- . At . the time of his death he was rire p resident of the First National bank, preaident Columbia Furniture Com pany and Lindsay Chair Company:, and member, ot the school board and wax actlveb engaged as secretary and treasuter of the People's Building and Loan Association. He was j one ,of the most prominent business men i In the dtyand a splendid citizen. .; Mr. Llndray was 6$ , years' old i at the time of his death. He i is sur , vived by a wife, who was the; daugh ter of the late Brvsapp. off this cityp and three children, a daughter and two sons. There are two sisters; Mrs. Dr. Fuller, of Fullers, and Mrs, MsTry J Stipe, of Winston, and a brother, A. H. LIndjy, of H!rh PoJr.t. t The itv, 'i 1 't' 11 "s. i 1 " 1 ' " . -I church, Sunday morning.: . Masonic honors will be paid this .last rite. i XEW .BANK AT HAMLET. L The Town Feels Like Having Two Fl " nancial InstltnUons. Special to News .and Observer.) Hamlet. N. C. .June 1 6. -Monday night about thirty 6f the business men of the town met and launched a sec ond bank for the town. The meeting was very enthusiastic and all present were of the same mind that another bank was needed. It was decided to organise at c-and build a house for; the new. Uifri in.. ; The new bank will be call S- '. ? People's Bank, and: nut' mi can will begin liar of ir applied 1 o; O People's business . s's on a paid up cap A charter has ' been it is expected that the rill open its doors for sixty days. condltiorj "'hss recently Increased its capit ck t tlt,. It ha been, a 1 3 from thefbegihning of SitS i carf. T tid it is confidently be lieved L - both the hew and old! Dank w-t4t .an increased business. U. The annual picnic of the Methodist Sunday School was held at CheraW. S. C, Tuesday. A special train wait chartered. Those who went report a most delightful trip and all fell in love with the little South Carolina; city. j j A game of baseball was played in the afternoon between Hamlet and Cheraw. ' which resulted In a victory for the latter by the score of 4 to' Si At a recent I meeting ; of the new school board Prof. W. L- Credle-; baugh was re-elected superintendent of the city schools. u Rev. L. W. Curtis, the pastor, wilt begin a series of services in the Pre, byterian church here next Sunday. He wil do the preaching himself during the first week and Rev. Mr. Baker, of Lumberton, will assist him the second week. DEAF AND DUMB" SCHOOL. State Institution at Morganton Among tlte Best in the Country. (Special to News and Observer.) Morganton. N. C. Junea. The Board of Directors of the! North Caro lina School for the Deaf and Dumb, held their annual meeting at Mor ganton June 4th and 5th. The condition of the Institution was found to be excellent, and the work of the year,, notwithstanding numer ous and great difficulties, has been quite satisfactory, ! Superintendent Goodwin is sur rounded! by a corps of strong teachers who Impress one with their seal and devotion to the great work committed to their care. Mr. W. G. Lewis, of Statesville. N. C.; was ire-elected President of the Board, of Directors. and" , ex-offlcio chairman off the executive committee; Messrs. W. BT. Holt and A. are ? the : other members i of C. Miller the com- mlttee. ! The Deaf and Dumb School was one off the few State Institutions to which the recent Legislature did nol see fit to Increase the appropriation, and the compulsory law will Increase the attendance, bufthe'money the in stitution receives is being wisely e pended. and the Board hops thai even with, the meagre income the high standard it has reached will be maintained iij It stands among the foremost insti tutions of Its kind in the country, and its able and zealous superintendent, Mr. E. McK. Goodwin, is universalyy recognized as one off the leading school men In the South. The enrollment off pupils was about 250 -during the past "year, and the splendid advantages they enjoy ought to make every patriotic; North Caro linian rejoice. Morganton li fortunate In having two of the greatest institutions In the State and the citizens of the communis ty are duly appreciative of the fact, y Dr. Murphy of the State Hospital who has been extremely lit. is able to be out, Jthough he is still a great suf ferer. He Is loted and honored wherever. he is known, and in his af rllctlon, has the sympathy of thou sands of loyal friends. WITH CHAEV8 CLANKING. Convict Makes His Escape Witli Guards Firing on Him. (Special to CS'ews and Observer.) . Asheville, N. C, June 6. A convict guard here tod.y reports the daring escape of Herbert Gaddis, from th5 county convict gang several milei! from the city, late , yesterday after noon. The convicts had just quit worjc for the day, when Gaddis darted out from under the guns of the guard an started on a run for a creek and laurel thicket, with double chains a-clanktng. The guards fired but Gaddls continued, to run. At the bank off the creek the guards fired twice and Gaddls yelled and tumbled in. the guards thinking thev had killed the escaping convict, h f ried to the creeH to pick up the "remaiiis." Thefy fouhd. Instead of the remains. Gaddls gofn through the laurel thicket. He suc ceeded in making hln C3cape. ?hA Is the second time that Gaddls haii escaped from the gang under fire if the. guards. . HECEIl-ERS CUSH. Tlioso' FIm Appointed Refuse to Yield to s Later Appointee. (Special to News and 1 Observer. ) 1 - Spencer. ;NVC.. June 6.i A new turn was taken today, in the affairs of the Spencer House Furnishing Company, which was on yesterday: placed in the hands -of Carlton and Kluttz. as re ceivers, when J. R.f Thomas received an appointment from Judge Fred Moore, of Asheville. as permanent re ceiver. Acting upon instructions rom the court, the newly-s , pointed receiver demanded possession; vf the stock and books, Imt this was refused by the former appointees. Who claim priority in the matter. The assets will reach abojt. $30,000. STRUCK A SWITCH POST. Conductor Parker Severely . ! , Uxs Rnllroad. Hurt on - fSpecial; to News and Observer.) i finencer,' N. C, June . 6. Conductor 21. L. Parker, off Spencer, was severely-Injured today by be jng knocked down by his own train near this place. In attempting to board the train while moving rapidly, he was: struck by a switch post and ' sustained painful bruises on ' the head, ? He was treated at hospital In Salisbury and it Is thought he will soon be able to resume NURSES GRADU Prizes Awarded to Dili gent Students. Shoe Dealer Goes Into tho Banking Business Pupils From Deaf and Dumb School Miss Train Connection. Greensboro, N. C. June 6-i-The graduating exercises of the class off trained nurses were held last night at St. Leo's hospital at eight o'clock. The members of the class are Misses iDor othy Hay den, of Greensboro. N. C; Aneita-Maynafd. of St. Louis, Mo.: and Betsy Kelly, of Hendersanvilie. N. C. The diplomas and medals were awarded by Father Vincent Taylor, who made a shor-address. Dr. J. W. Long presentedXeach member of the class with anandsome signet ring. Prizes wefe awarded to the mem bers of life intermediate class whose work 1ms been the most efficient, as ffollqjrfs: First nrlze. a handsome hv- rmlc set to Miss Nora Blow; sec prise, a nurse's chemical set to Miss Turner; third prize a gold ther mometer to Miss Dumas. After the ex ercises the sisters presented Dr. J. W. Tankerley with . a handsome signet ringDr. Tankersley who has been the resident physician has resigned; and will locate in Greensboro, Mr. I. F. Peebles, proprietor of the Peebles Shoe Stare, has sold his in terest to Mr. J. Edwin Wood, of Charlottsvllle. Va. Mr. Wood will con tinue conducting his business in that city and Mr. A. A. Hinkle will be the manager of the firm. Mr. Peebles re tires from the firm to become assist ant cashier of the Commercial Sav ings and Trust Company. The members of the Revolution baseball team have completed their park and the first game on the new diamond will take place on next Sat turday afternoon between Revolu tion and Mlneola. The uniforms pre sented by, the company have arrived. Twenty-five children from Morgan ton school for the deaf and dumb spent last night at the Benbow hotel. The children were -in charge of Miss Fannie Thompson and were on their way to Raleigh. The train from :Mor ranton arrived here too late to make connection, mMing ii dvccbbbxj t i gitg.,' -t - -the children to spend the night in thaj ? The next feature t.off the program olty.s f , - , ; was the prseeilon-. T ' -diplomas. While Luther A. . Cherry, an em- President Moffltt' brief;-talk- to the plOye of the . Cone Export and Com- graduating class was appropriate and mission .Company was driving to his effective the advice sanei He l showed work yesterday at noon he was serl- that they were Just entering! upon the connection, making it necessary for ouslv inured in a runaway accident In Summit avenue, his skull being frac tured. Just as he drey rein to speak to a friend, a dog he had In the bu?gy began barking and frelghtened : the horse which broke into a run. In front of the Presbyterian church . one of the buggy wheels struck, the curbings and i Mr. Cherry was tnrown out ms ; neaa coming in contact with a rock, i BIG TRUCKING PROFITS. Bad Weather Reduced Crp, But In- j creased the Money. ; Mr. William Dunn, of New Bern, i who is attending the aeml-annusl meeting of the State Board of Agricul ture, in an interview yesterday eon-; cerning the trucking conditions of hi?' section, taid that the bad season bnd j resulted In Increased profits to tlie i truckers. j The weathf r greatly rcduT? fie i crop, and although the rc!lroid fa-, cilSties were no better .than they havo been durlnt? the past few years. tner . we re sufficient cars to handle the : ereatly : reduced movement "f truok. T" V. chnrt fmr con t rf$f hnnmlnr and beneflttcl New Bern sect' on : more than any other, es both to t north and to the touth of that sfction t t o Mhha?o irarket. - which h usually only bwt t'o 'eki In d i ratlor. was extend to threo '-"ek'. and the New p.rn truckers s'vippe fiver 100.000 b-rre!. n t?ni p"r barrel, bringing $200, 0C0 for th cab ba" crop The cucvVr m' ' pt to croni if as yet pr'bl-'-nr'.at''i. l't M n 'ri-- hellrves that t,-,e ort're ritckl-r -r-o'-.-wlll fcrng between --e-i and eight hundred th-.uand dollar?. wei. do x ut Di:r sciior Blckett of 1 oilbT.i-T Dcllvo-f a Pico: In.'X Afldrcs t tl:e CI'.dir.; fT-ecinl to u- ani Observer an-l Observer.) Weldon, X. June ;wrie loai;-."- exercises of the - c t. rdaoe at the B-rtin ehr-h n'rt It the p'e-fg of - r-enH 5st-7- blaee. Chairman W. R Daniel.' n tbe orator -t fi--oec-s"n Hon r. W. Bickett. of Lnn'-fti--.i M- Fs'Vvs addres w mo5t ple-slnv and delight ful. He fu'ly- RustHntiatei h'- f!n ref utation a oi of tie t:pt s?ake-, In the state arc- hisob-ct of "Weiehts Mefure" wns hihdl-d with the klll and ower of a iraater. Mr. FTckett made a fire Impression uo- of the patrons and pupils of the school.. ' Tho exercises bv the children were pleashijr and f at the conclusion s-i? pertntendent Latham "innouned the promotions. Many ff the pupil -were Dromoted with honor. The hhrh honors off the hol were awarded toUflster Whitfield Sledye. and the next highest, was won br Mister O-'v Suiter. It in expected that before the closing: of the next school year! that the new $3,000 auditorium will be completed. j . KXOX IS WILLIXG. Tlie Keystone State Senator Joins the Barkis Family. 4 (By, the Associated Press.) New York. ' June .ITnlted States Senator P. C Knx. off Pennsylvania, tonight announced his willingness to become a candidate for the Presidency In 108 should the Republican party see fit to nominate . him. Seiatnr Knox's 'position was made known In expressing his appreciation off the ac tion today off the Republican -State Convention at .Harrisbur. Pa - whfeh Y endorsed him as a candidate for that j, offlce. -. " , ! FINAL DAY AT HLON Splendid Vorlc "1 the Graduates. Thoughtful Easays-azul Speeches Please an Overflowing Audience Dis- . ' . - i : ! Unctions Presented ito De- j : serving Students. (Special to News and Observer.) Elon College. N. C. June j At an early hour the Immense throng which usually attends Elon College com mencements began to arrive. Long before 11 o'clock the. large, auditori um was filled to- overflowing. The graduating, class, faculty and 1 trustees marched to the rostrum j to i the In spiring strains off muslo jby ithe or chestra. After music the! large audi ence stood while Rev. H. iWJ Elder, of Columbus, ,Ga., offered jthe j' Invoca tion. Some a.ppropriate remarks were made by President Moffltt. Then the fe'alutatorlan. Miss Maiy i iVlrglnia Godwin, of Virginia, readi ih a pleas ing way a delightful essay; entitled: "Idle Dreams." .Miss Godwin has won an enviable reputation as a stu dent. Her average grade t of the four years Is above 97. Her graduating essay was fully up-to the high stand ard which one would expect from so excellent a students. Mind.1 the Mas ter Forse" was the 'I subject ! of the subject off Mr. .G. O. -Lankfforfl's ora tion. Mr. Lankfordiis la native of Alabama. The next representative! on the pro gram was Miss Ella Ora Brunk. of Virginia. In her essay she handled very deftly the subject, IIThe t Unseen Hand," in which she brought out the idea that there is an unseen hand which guides in the affairs j of life. Miss Brunk's production was fol lowed by Mr. Virgil Clayton Paichett. of North Carolina. His subject, "The Twentieth Century , Struggle,? com manded the closest attention.; As the last strains . of music dleq away the subject Wa jCotEds," by Miss Clara Moffltt wasi? announced. 1 Tire essay dealt in .an. effeptljve way with the subject or co-eaucaion. The address of - the valedictorian consisted off a mixed oration and val edictory. His theme was ithat this life is a life off ? innumerably strug gles.' ' " arduous duties ana repPonsiDumes of life. I - j . Rev. P. H. Fleming, of Burlington, made a brief and felicitous speech In presenting the Bible. VL4 emphasized rHrtat!an education by pointing the usefulness of the. Bible inlevfryday af- fairs Th nr. Morrow msaai. given ior the best grwduatlnr thesis! and the Long memorial medal vere won by Mr. A. Lucius Lincoln. f Elon Col rege. The medals were Jsresented by Dr. W. W. t?lev. of Suffolk. Mr. V. C Pritchet wonj the? orator's rredal and Miss Jennie Godwin tho cssavist's medal. These Imdd&ls were presented t-' Dr. J. P.f nMrettr of Davton. Oho, in an carries! effective nnd unpIiftinE anu t jul-faspirins talk. I ! ! orgox's r.i:.in. T-ii-Viir RouuKm of tl d OhJiir HeM at tie t"nier!iy; ! j Sp?.'ial to X v,- and Olerver. ) Ch&pfl Hill. X. C. Junt i-4-In te!- hrntir.n i.f th tteitth anni .fersary --t t"ri , funrtintr of .tho Order of Th Gordon's j Head, a Junior Foclety. she I niemiK-rs, alumni am- -tudenis h ld a j reunion hart iat nir"nt. a bin.itiel wtf scrv- , ed. musl" bcin f urnUheq by he First 'K - Rtmeni i.ana r8uj Anion the members: whf iattende-1 the reunion were Pavnuifl !E. f-hull. Durlus Eatman, llichrrd H. jLewi. Jr.. lvey F. Tvwls. Jr. Charles A- Hertv. Tr. Wiillrm .Me"i';er, T?rof. I Elw irU K.'Gra-4m..DT. Tollv. Joseph IB. R : ri se y, Gruh: m Wo id ir5, L m's Gr.i e-5. Fovc IXober-u. -h.nmrs plearr j. Wil !k.m Dunn. Jr.. -". P. JijLo-iiil. !Jc;-.'a-inin K. Ii -s ter. R- VI Q. ll-.iNdter. 13. : If. rem, J. M. Ror'.--r,V p. Jamej, T. H. Hayw.wl. Jih . r. p?mbetoa. J. Kerron D'Almberts. W illiri '"1 Eoylan. JfanHu Orr. Stanley Charles T. Weo"n. 'InL'uc and Dr. Joel D.,Whltakcr, oC ; R-ileig'i, wis eiecica ni cr i iciiv or sr. ne iuor ron a -Head Alumr.l Afoclatloij arid William ' P. Jacockf. secretary. : : Resolutions of re:ectito j0"?' four .members Iho the mcm have died hie found- i 'imn ine iei1 J- p '"r f the,t .otnUatlonii viusam. in. l attie. Srtmuel S. y.H'Iam B. ! Whitehead and William jj F. i Avcre adopted. g Stafford. FIRIPJEX IX D ?Xt4EU. i - ' . i; . . Tannery Blaze I on-lit TJndcr Scr.ous. I wisauvantaae. (Special to News andjf Observer.) . . Asheville, N C, Juni The fire damage at the Jlacs Rpes Sons Tan nery last nighty after i midnight, ta placed at about $50,000. The fire men, fought the? flames until after three o'clock"-; thls s morning1, - f It J was a stubborn blaze and thai firemen were compelled to fisrht standing kneo deep t lth and . acid , from the tannery. which scalded and - blistered their hands and legs.. Two; firemen : were illshtly Injured while going tq the fire. Because of the presence of so much acid, there was. great danger, of explo sion, and the firemen - sand their co workers were.' constantly; in danger of their live! during the progress off the fire. r . . - ,T -,.- iu - CIIURCH. IMPROVEMENT. . - , . ' ,.T !. , , H ' I r r ;;'' Preparatlonj - for Entertaining-4 State Convention. u (Special, to News and' Observer.) Wilmington. N. C.; June The congregation off , the- First 1 Baptist church will Stipend $.000 on Improve ments to Its Viome worship in view of ' - -nfj!n-r cf the State Baptist Con- v,re "T?A ye it. This work will -r - fstcrljr end will FRV Ono of Beaufort's Big Attractions, Five to Ten Thousand People Expect ed to Be Present at the Ralroad Celehratton to Be Held L, ' Tomorrow. (Special to' News and, Observer.) Beaufortj-N. C. June .- The peo ple off Beaufort are making great pre parations tor 'the mammoth celebra tion on the 8th off June., There will be at least Ave? to ten thousand visitors present on, that date, and it bids fair to be the greatest occasion off its kind ever pulled off in North Carolina There will be plenty to eat for-all who come. Arrangements have been made for great quantities of fish to be fried on ithat occasion, and barbecue to be cooked, and In addition thereto, there will be picnic baskets furnished by the ladies of; Beaufort. : i . The committee on invitation; com posed off M. Leslie Davis, chairman; J. F. Duncan. Benjamin My. J- Sb Dun can and H. L. Potter, authorise i the announcement that the: public are cor dially Invited to be present and to par ticipate In the celebration. ,.- All railroads In the State have made greatly reduced rates - for this - occa sion. --T. The Governor, United States Sena tors, . the entire North Carolina' dele gation In Congress will be In attend ance, and all the State officers and In all probability the. Supreme Court. There has never been such a. notable gathering of distinguished men! In North Carolina as will be . present on this occasion on the 8th. The Hon. George B. Cortelyou, Secretary of the Treasury, has been' Invited to be pres ent. He has not signified his accept ance as-, yet. but has' . ordered ' the revenue cutter Seminole, stationed at Wilmington, to be present at the cele bration, to; carry the Governor "and State officers out on and around' the harbor and to sea as far as Cape Look out. ' This great dsy will' go down in his tory as the - celebration' of tne begin ning of the great industrial develop ment in Beaufort and in North Caro lina. : i. : -' f. ' WOMAN HAD PISTOI V So says a Negro ArTeterf-in AVhiston pCernAlWstettrlti for Murder. (Special i to News and 'Observer!) " " Winston-Salem, N. ;C., June - Jesse Galloway, j colored,, wanted In New York" for! killing a negro woman nained Harris, two years ago was ar rested here this afternoon in a to bacco factory where he has been em ployed for some time. Calloway ad mits that he killed the woman; but claims she! had a pistol drawn on him when he fired. He refuses to go to New York' without requisition papers. f'Tell District Attorney Jerome to send his papers and I'll come to see him." is the instruction Calloway gave Chief of Police Thomas Just after the arrett. " v I NTERESTKD .IX. WATER-WATS. Cojnjre"n?an Gdtvln .Learnhig .the Xeekl3 of iIjc Cape' Fear. (Ppeclalj to News and Observer.) Wilmington, x. v C, June - Con gressman .Godwin yesterday went for a -Isit toj the fortifications at Fort Caswell as the gubst of Capt. Eorl I. Rrow n, Inic-harge of the United States Engineers; m this district. He; was much Impressed with the government woru thcife land also with the lower ctipe Feai river and harbor work t which lies has pledged his best ef- foit3 In Cbrcrress. Later he will go as a giiest of Capt.. Brown to inspect th.e project of locks -and dams for the up per Capei Fear Between Wilmington and Foyeiteville. ' . COTTOX MHUj PTSOJECT. CUizrs br WaxhUtgton Interested In Prohiotlns tlio Enterprise. I Special to News and Observer) i Washington, X. C. June 6.-A mass rrieetlng off prominent citizens and hMiner,H men wae held In the city hall raUt evening for the purpose off dbr cassinK the proposed cotton mill pro Jeict. J. F. Tsyloe was elffcted chair man andiW. B. Jones, secretary Sev eral business men . addressed . the i meeting and a committee was appoint- j ed ior tne purpose oi sonciung suo scriptions for .stocks From present prospects the outlodk. for . the mill is vry encouraglneT. y rt. . . i" ; j BAGGAGE CAU -TAKES FIRE f Conductor Puts,, out , the Blaze With v. Xo Harm to-ylwdyj I . ! (Special to News and Observer. jvVaynesvllle. N. .Ciw" June. a-4-A' bag gase carton trataiNo. 1 west bound, caught fire this evening bet veen Clyde and Waynesvllle by a' sparl .from the tngrne.' Capt. -.Keener , the -conducteor detected the fire 'and extinguished It. But very5 few of the' passengers were 1 I ' ' ' ' -v ' jXO RISK .TO JIIIS HEALTH. Entirely Safe 'for Senator Foraker o i .Visit-BrowTurtllle.-'T i . - - :. : .-r : (Bythe Associated Press;)' ., .1 Washington. June 5.-Senator For aker was given assurance, today that it would be safe fori him to; visit Brownsville, Texas, regardles ." of - his efforts 3 to prove that; negro r soldiers were not guilty of shooting - up tho town. I At the conclusion of the . testi mony off j Louis Qowan,: of Brownsville; who; wss - a witness before the -Senate Committee on- Military Affairs. Cowan said" he i had been' quoted in special: dispatches vfrom; St. Louis as saying that if -Senator: rForaker went .to Brownsville. ' he would be .'tarred' and feathered,"- Cowan denied -that- he had made any such remark. - 1 ;'.-. vThen you think 'lc would- he per fectly safe for me tc go there? asked Senator Foraker. "Oh yes. answered Cowan.. ' ... . ' v 'T'l rreitly arpreciate thin assur- GREAT ator then referred to, another special dispatch saying that, Cowan, on his way ' to Washington, compelled a ne gro.to make up a berth on a Pullman car by threatening to shoot him. Cow an also denied the truthfulness ot this tory." . T . - , . - r . v- : . -5 -; The committee listened to several dramatic stories off the "Shooting Up off the town ;of . Brownsville, Chief among these was that of Mrs.' Louis Cowan. In whose-hou&e are the marks of .twenty-three bullets and ' who hid her six children under a bed and threw herself .on the floor during a fusilade that lasted several minutes. Describing her condition off mind during-the af fray she said: . "We stood it because we were too frightened to be frightened, iff there Is such an expression. ' She - was followed by Armado Martinez, a Mex ican woman, who has been a servant in the family for sever il years. - She went to. a window to. close the shut ters when the firing began-and says she saw -a negro soldier not 'more than three-feet from the window raise his gun -and fire into the house.: TjoRCII IN FOU , RPLACES. Incendiary . Attempts Cause Heavy Lous and Keek Firemen 'Busy. t ' (By the Associated Press.) Allentown. Pa , June. A series of incendiary fires occurred here tonight;-' the firemen' being called out four times to extinguish the flames. : First the-stick house, of one of the heaviest wholesale dealers In the city was destroyed by fire, .entailing: a loss of fully 175,000. Barely had the fire men . returned from this ; fire when they were 'summoned to another of incendiary Origin in the basement of the three-story brick warehouse . off the Young testate in the heart off the business . section.; occupied by the Prince. ' Furniture . Company. The stock. -valued at 110.000. was ruined. Before, the firemen were finished with j their work at the second -fire they were called to another business house two blocks away.: where fire was discovered in Helfrlch. Bohner Airs Furniture factory. The damage here wm oe greater than at either preced ing fire. , A fourth . alarm has just sounded. The barn of . Georre Albright, presi dent off the AllentoVn Foundry Com pany, and .Vice President off the Allen. town National Bank, in the extreme western start 'of the city, is burning.. It would ' seem tt there is an at tempi io uestroy me city or Allen- town. - ; .-' . ' : - - . WAS IT A' MISTAKE? C What Joe ; Wheeler Said As TxId ' by VKse-rresiaent Falrhands.. ; ', v. X By the Associated .Press.) 1 . Chattanooga; .June: 5. The society i v.nMuuiooswni -gaw an . eiaooraio banquet to Vice-President Fairbanks In Masonic Hall this afternoon. Mayor Frlerson. acting as toastmaster. Sen ator James B. Fraixier welcomed the guest of the city, whose announced subject was Our country. ' As illustrating the, present senti-V ments of the section. Mr. Fairbanks told off his presence with President Mc Kinley When General" "Joe" Wheeler applied for assignment to duty in the war against Spain. "You wish".. Gen eral the President said.' "to take up service in active -"warfare? and; the little : man with gray - hair and beard replied: "Yes. President: Once. .-under a mistake, I fought . against the flag. Now please oGd before I die. I wish to fight in that flag's defense." SCH3IITZ ON TRIAL. Opening Address to the Jury and In . troductloh of Evidence. w San Francisco;- Cal. June 5. The opening address for tH6 prosecution by Assistant District Attorney . Henry, the partial examination - In . chief off Former 'Police Commissioner : Thomas Reagan, the . Introduction . as . evidence offa mass: of data from the ; minute books off the police commission for the years 1904 and 1905 and the question ing in relation thereto off the secretary of the commission, ' Officer: Char Us F. Skully ' were the Incidents, that made up the first rays actual trial of Mayor Eugene Schmlts' for alleged extortion of money from keepers of French res taurants. ' . "'---. - : t v.- , , --.i - ' .a ,3-0 PAPER HAS DONE SO MUCII.' Xo : Progressive Movement Has; Failed i . to Be Helped By It. : ,L. - ' - . i It would be impossible for any one to recount tho -many - services which The News and Observer has perform ed v for , the State of North Carolina. There, is no 'paper .in" our.' State nor elsewhere' Which has done! nearly so much for - tre 'development of every phase of 'our social, political, temper ance and. material- development. There has' been no movement. toward prog ress L fn: our State . into which the old paper hasnot thrown its life and power. There Is no battle for the right into which 4t has not thrown its very existence. The citizenship ot our State owes to: the. magnificent battles fought, through, this cource than the present "generation will, ever fully, ap nreciate, . ' : - . u I should: esteem it a high prlvllcfce to be - present upon . the . occasion of your -house . warmlncr". June 5. but I greatly fear : that' It will "be impossible for tme .to be present on . account ' off a previous'engagemeht which calls me away from Home at , that time. With sentiments of. the .highest es teem, and with the hope that the occa sion . may be all ; that you can hope for, and that your, future success may he limitless. t " Yours as ever, . , r r . - john 'e.' hay. . HEARTFT1LT COXGRATULATIQX Youngest General r in the Confederate 'Army AVlres Conffratulatlonsrrkk . l- Arj: Wires . Greetings. Hon. Joseph us Daniels, Raleigh, N. C. . Please accept; my, heartfelt congrat ulatlons. Yon are- at the bead of a great ' newspaper. May the '.'Old Re liable' Mve forever. " , . --. ... .... W. P.' ROBERTS. i r Death or Frank Denby." ' (Special to tNewp and Observer.) Washington. N. C, June . Mr. Frank Denby, one off Chocowlnlty's oldest and most honored citizens, died suddenly at his home last Saturday morning,-! Teh funeral was conducted last Sunday, from .the re ir Rev. Nat. Ilarcir r. of tr.'i city. 1: i 1-.- terment was In.' tha- ff "V;- ' cross 2. ... TOMDUOSTOIlOEi;: ' - '.'".-. ' ' ; . . . . I - ' - "Old 'University Barb:: ,! ' is Ho Hore. ; Ifeirs Will Briag . Grief to All Students and AH "Who nave - Known CTuape Hill -Died la t Raleigh at Hex Hospital. ' Died yesterday . afternoon, in Res Hospital. Tom Dunstan the old Uni versity Barber! i 1 - Therd :is, uo more necessary to h& said to the. thovMunds who knew hist and have .had Joy- ta the recollection ? of hitn to bring them grief and to etnphasize with a sharp knock vat' the i.eartthe' fact ithat jsomethln? has gone out off their lives that they were,. glad to know'- and happy to be re- " minded of 1 ' . . Yet there is no use "m-ievlnsr over Tom except as we may grieve over life itself in the knowledge that.lt luis its unlit, ror Tom .Dunstan lived. Ilia brown face was , irradiated with life, wfth f kindness. with generosity, and with a love shining through shrewd ness. v-.-t . .Ftr Tom was slirewd. No man ever practiced better In his life the motto that "honesty la the best policy." No negro ever more profoundly measured his circumstances and turned them to hia profit and his happiness. Tom. was a .politician and a general. He calcu lated distances, i : He knew his "white folks. He was a Judge off "QuaUty. He graduated his enthusiasms. He was a graduate himself in the philoso phy of hia own jiff e. - And he was hap- -py. and proud and loving his old stu dents. ''""" And now" he Is dead. iT And ' his old ; students and : they comprise nearly every one of the thousands- who have jrot the smell of tha University campus la their nostril will - grieve; and they will wonder, now that ;Tom -Is gone, how lon it will J be before they will cease to be old students and go to add to the on the rolls that are read at the class reunions! ,-. - tTom Dunstan was a University fut ure. -He ran, when it pleased trade to come 'to him, the Tonsorial Parlor at Chapel Hill, f Of later years he has been particular jwhom he shaved. Such, details of everyday-trade., he turned over to Kenneta, who put In the time between; times, playing on the guitar. Tom was a man of means, with a com petence that had come to him through shaving and cutting the lonj? locks of generations of students. : liis shop, with Its smell of bay rum, was a pic ture srallerx,of Governors and Senators and Statesmen iraloro whom Tom was proud to have ishaved- and who. : at commercementl were proud to shake the hand of Tom. t Abaft the hotel he stood on gala days in his . shop and wavea constant greetings as- tho fa. mous of, the State1 and the well re membered of . old. college .days rolled up in; carriages from the depot, k oavetiteny would give 'his .whip an extra crack, and "poor Henry would call out an insult to the old barber proudly standing at his post as receiv ing committee of one! ; 4 But to the dispersed abroad makint pilgrimage to. the HilU it was the skrht ot Tom that made them t feel most acutely, perhaps, that they had "com? back home. ? . . I will not try to say over his sayinsrs. or repeat the polysyallables of his wit and t philosophy., These things are written, m the heart ot the Universits for generatJonsi To the eWorld it maj be said that the old University Barbei is dead,i and. that the old University will be ready to cry over the fact. lie was always ready to do a kindness, al ways anxious to serve, always the f.rf to. -recognize under the side whiskerc the stripling pf years before who came feeling his way; back to the campus. It is no longer tne same University without its old baroer. Professor "Billy" Noble brouT-S Tom down to Raleigh yesterday to -un dergo an operation. After it -was lover he shookhim ; the hand and left him. to recuperate, j In an hour Tpm was dead:, the shoeli had proven too-much for his strensrth.1 Professor 2oble told about It with rj catch in his voice.v . t And It was one of these times Tvhcri there was Just nothing to say! , 1 Tom Dunstan has gone and, all eve? the State, the people will say with e, catch In the voice "Good-bye, Tom"l A Prince Hal said off Jack Tel staff: -;. ' - ; .- " -- . "We could have better spared a bet ter man"l i." HAS STOOD rXLVRLESnLT. "f - ; " 1 In Wliat Its Editor Conceived t- n : Right and in the Best Interest j. of the State. In my opinion. The News end, C -server has performed Its best i r vice to the country by standing f : - r lessly for what its editor has cor r : . ,--ed to be right-IVhen tha sacred r: :.: ; of North Carolinians have i : -. threatened -The News and Cli. - -has never failed to ring clear, am r '. ways in defJhse off the masses. " For temperance, for the Cor.-'.:;.:-tional Amendmen,t, for public e.: -tion. and for the regulation of -road rates as Hvell a3 other sret -important measures. The Xcws . Observer has always fought fear.- -ly on the side cf the'people. an. t people have returned their thar.: : putting the st;?cription i:-t ahc: ; any other par" n the ;:.it3. : - - . ' . Very trudly yovr.- ' - ' s T r ' V JUST Ten Seeor.3 r.f I-.r:I: n.'-ht 1 1 i .1:1 I". ."C.-l-O. San .Franc!.. :o. Jure 5. An Quake shock Ustin.T about ten was felt .here-at 12:27 this rr The sceliatIonwere from 1 south.--: No" datn-js has been rc . C. Illl I t A woman alw: V3 l'' to telephone rlr.z v.-i- All
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