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I 1 s Kl iJG OF SHARPERS GATE CIT! Works C. L Van Noppen for $!Zb uash nnnoiiT tfnnT nirif uuuuni qocji nutu The "Slickest" Swindler Perhap Tliat Ever ' Came North Carolina Way v.- Itecetrm the Glad Hand as an In vestorfoy Business Men of Greeneboro, Even at Banquet. ' : .; A By ANDREW JOYNER. Greensboro, N. C. Nov. 13. Anoth er 'confldence" man' has -Just made the people of Greensboro wake up and take notice. Probably there has never been a big "r swindling sensation here than that perpetrated on some of our business man In the last few days, the perpetrator -having laid his ' plans be fore landing In the Gate City. The chain of events connected with the af fair are interesting and extend over a period of some two or three weeks, at which time Mr. Charles I-Van Nop pen, of this ; city, while stopping at the I Huffman House. In New York; while at supper got Into conversation with a gentleman who1 gave his name as Mr. Charles H. Smith, of. Passu dlna, California,' This gentleman spoke of the, extensive slaughter houses own ed and operated by his father. Mr. Sherman H. Smith. In Norfolk,: Rich month, Atlanta, Memphis, New Or leans,! and most of the large Western cities,; being a strong competitor of Vrmour & Co., Swift & Co.. Curdee A c, and others In the meat packing business. Upon : being told that' Mr, Van Noppen was from , North Caro Hna Mr. Smith stated that he was the . very man he wanted-to .meet, . as his father : was contemplating the lo cation of a: branch house In North' Carolina, and was desirous of 1 .arming th best town in the State for the, lo cation of this plant? Mr Van Noppen being one of Greensboro's most public spirited' men; spoke in the highest terms of 'Greensboro7, , whereupon Mr. Smith stated, that he would be in this ci ty In a few days . to look the field - On last Saturday morning Mr. Smith put In his appearance, and immediate-: ly made known his presence to Mr: Van Noppen, who ; Immediately took Mr. Smith out to look for a suitable location for 'the proposed, plant. Mr. Smith in the meaninme. having - met one of the bankers of -of r city, who informed the secretary of the Chamber of Commerce of Mr, -Smith's presence and proposed plans, with the request that lie be extended every courtesy of the Chamber of Commerce, where upon ' Mr. J. 8. Kuykeridall, secretay, met Mr. Smith, drove' him over the lt Arnv lilm a,H avoltaKlA If a as would suit such a plant as Mr, Smith proposed to locate. Things progressed smoothly and without event until Monday morning when Mr. Smith Intimated that he had decided to purchase a site shown by Mr. Van Noppen, and Instructed him to have the land surveyed, stating that his father would be here on Tuesday evening or Wednesday morning. at which time he would probably close the contract for the deal. In the mean time employing Mr. W. JL. Brewer, one of the leading architects of the city to draw up suitable -plana for the neoessary building. He also purchas ed from Mr. Charles l Van : Noppen a set of 'Sketches of North Carolina." In payment of which he gave a check on the Exchange Bank of Los An geles, California, for $109. with in structions that the books should - be - shipped to a friend at Germantown, Pa., by express. Mr. Smith while In company , with Mr.1 Van Noppen told him that on the previous Saturday he : bad cashed a check for a friend for sz&o, drawn on New xora Excnange Bank; New York City, and endorsed by one Mr. McCarmicfc rMr. Smith stated that he had several car loads of material on the way. and would neeu some casn ana inai n wamea ' Mr. Van -Noppen to deposit his check for $250 to his (Van Noppen'a) per sonal credit for collection, statins that Mr. Van Noppen could let him have a Dortion. of the amount which, when summed up he estimated would be $125.00 which - would be inecessary to ; meet s his demands. Wh ereupon M r. Van Noppen having on his person a sufficient amount, paid him in cash the. sum of $125, placing Smith's check for $250 to-his personal , credit . for collection, later during the day, while in conversation with Mr. Van Noppen Mr. Smith stated that Wednesday, the llth being his father's birthday, he: desired to secure a nice present for his father and was taken " to, the Jewelry store of Mr. R. C. Ber nau to whom Mr. Smith was intro duced and purchased a valuable dia mond ring, giving In payment his per- 'sonal check drawn on the Exchange Bahk-of Is Angeles. Cat. for the sum of $897. About three o'clock .in the afternoon Secretary J. 8. Kuykeridall was In con versation with Mr. Bernau, who had Just received Smith's $37 check, con gratulating himself on having sold this trcs lllii hi a tm ls 1aii4af1 . A. : lint iu a;ivicss v marked that it was rather unusual far a buithem man, such as Smith rep resented himself to be, making such an Investment and asked Mr. Bernau tas sure the check was rood. whereikpon TfrrBernau stated that as Mr. Van NoDDen hadtntrodueed Mr. Smith.! stating that he was" all-right. he reit safe that It was. Mr. Kuykettftalls. such as cost of machinery 7 ex dall sueeefit that fn hi, AUr I 1 J cnmry. ex tectlon and that of Mr. Van Noppen's he thought It advisable that he wire the' bank on . whom the check was drawn to know If it would he honored when presented. Mr. Bernau imme diately wired through one of the banks of theclty -ndnot being able to re ceive air-answer until the following morning. Mr. Smith with several pras pectlve investors who happened to be at Greensboro4 at this time warrecelv ing such attentions as are . usually, shown prospective investors who visit the Gate City. One of the ffatures ef entertain ment shown Mr. fmith and pthers was - w w a vr iiib Wvsa m vr an Invitation to , attend: a banquet given by the. Merchants''- Association of the city at the McAdoo ' Hotel at which Mr. Smith met a number, of the business men of the cltv who extended him a glad hand of welcome. , On Tuesday , morning ! a telegram was received f rom the bank at Lios Angeles that no funds sufficient to meet the check were available at that point Mr. Bernau Immediately waked up to the situation and went to the, hotel at which Mr. Smith was stop ping where he secured the return of his ring. Smith however expressed great surprise, but refused to take the check he had given Mr. Bernau in payment of the ring, stating that .there was a mistake somewhere as he had money enough to pay for anything he wanted to buy, and told Mr. Ber nau to deposit the check which he said would be honored and when his local bank here received notice from the Los Angeles' bank to: this effect that he would then secure the ring, which he still wanted. ; Mr. Smith had stated several' times that his, father would e in Greensboro and that he would be obliged to go to Danville Tuesday morning and would return on the evening of that day in company with his father, and left the hoUl about nine . o'clock presumably to Cake the 9:30 northbound train for that point It was however learned that he did not! leave the city until the. afternoon. V In the meantime Mr; Van Noppen was growing anxious about his $125, but waited until the first train from Danville arrived, which brought no Smith, though! the Ben bow ,Hotel received a telegram sent from Danville by Smnn about ( six o'clock requesting the hotel to re serve a room for himself and his fath er. stating they were to . arrive In Greensboro on the mlanight train. As there Is no train arriving in this city at this time, it was apparent that Smith's game was unquestionably one of a well planned scheme to evade any proceedings that might be brought against him. On being advised of the telegram. Mr. Van Noppen Immediate ly notified the police who wired to Washington and! a number of sur rounding cities for Smith's arrest One of Greensboro's citizens went to Dan ville where the only information re ceived was that the teelgram sent to Greensboro was by a man -who stepped off the train about three o'clock, wrote a telegram to the Benbow Hotel. Greensboro, and ordered'it sent about six o'clock. ; Smith returned to the northbound train and resumed his journey to Washington where It was later learned the authorities there ar rested him, but for. some reason his release was effected. ' It is generally supposed that, the same C. A. Smith Is the party wanted in Oakland. Cat. ' f o ra ' murder com mitted in that city on April 2S.1J07. fro which a -reward. of $70u U offered by the authorities at that point " From all indications a well laid scheme was laid for a larger sum than has yet been secured and that his two accom plices were present In Greensboro to aid in a-more perfectly carrying out jof his proposed plans. The only actual loss is that of Mr. c. 1 Van Noppen for; the sum of $125. though it is hoped that any time his arrest may be i( effected; Mr, Smith was a iwell dressed man about feet in heighth. light hair. light blue eyes, rather florid complexion, his . nose: having been at one time broken drooping to a point .slightly turning to the right with a very small mole in the corner of the right eye next to the nose, false teeth, hair ery , thiiKon the back of hla head, almost bald, parted on the left side and combed flat to the right When last seen was rearing a dark suit with a light vest black stiff -hat light rough long overcoat with brown collar. Statesville Swindler in Greensboro. It has been learnt" that Mr. W. P. Clegg. ' of this city, has been swindled out of I sever ty-flve dollars. oy it w. Harris; who represented himself as being a traveling, man for the Missouri Glass- Company, of St LmuIh. Harris was here several days ago and tried to get a check cashed at the Southern ticket office for $7S. The agent "refused to cash the check unless Mr. CI egg indorsed it which he did, and the check has been re turned protested.,' Mr. EL G. Gilmer, nronfltrtr of Hotel Iredell.' of Statevllle, cashed a wicviw iui i tur mm same man. and his check was also returned protested. upon nis wiring Company to kno Upon his wiring to the Missouri Glass Company to know If Harris ronront. I mivhi, u 'witu wie luwowing re ply:. - : ) . . - -.x "Don't know Harris. has been fashing forged checks pur- utigr w ins ours, auring the last two weets."- ,:, -- - . - -. ,1 Ten Reform sdiool. U, 8. Marshal MUllkan left here this morning accompanied by S. E. Cole trane; of Guilford College, as guard, to take to the reform school in Wash ington. Grover Tabor, a white boy sentenced by Judge Boyd in AshevMle to fifteen months in the Institution named for breaking into a : postofflce and steallngnoney. , Lieutenant A. Martin, of the divis ional force of the Salvation Army, of Baltimore, has been placed In charge of the Greensboro corps. He arrived yesterday and held his flm service last night in the Salvation Army hall The Salvation Army will doubtless make great progress under nis direction. NEW NET AND! TWINE FACTORY. Iay Be EstaUldied at Washington Prewklent Moore to Speak Satur day Turkey Shoot for Thanks giving. ; (Special to News and Observer.) Washington. N. C, Nov. 13. it is rumored In this city on very good au thcrlty? that Washington & soon to have a net and twine factory. A' num ber of prominent business men are in terested in the new enterprise and ?e ?0,n4!0Tespondenc. with iar- -" w.., inquiring into me ue- pensa of running such &.Y1 tniltttllf lra f.-.lnth,p ,w.ty ,8uch n institution situated In thls city and within only about one hundred miles of the vast fishing industry of Pamlico, Albemarle, Core. Bogue Sounds and their irlou tarles, would mean much t the lartje numbers of fishermen as well as the business Interests of this city and ani It Is sincerely hoped those Interested will see their way clear to eitalisli this factory here. i-v,-.- f s..r j, Messrs. W. , EL Swindell. O. tt.l Ung and others of the local hh deal ers nave recentiy.returned from j racoke Island near Hatteras inlet where they went on a prospecting tour with a view to establishing ;a deep sea fishing industry onUhat isl and. ;.L None of these gentlemen havw given out anything as to their plans, but while on the Island it is known that i they looked over i tlie most ad vantageous sites, sounded the ottom of the! sea 8id and looked into the prob abilities of navigation between that Island and this city. All the Islanders are deeqly Interested In this probable scheme, as It means much t them should it be put into effect i President C'Ck Moore, ofi the North Carolina Division of the Southern Cot ton! Association, will address the 1 oca' farmers of this county in the curt house in. this city on next Saturday, November l$th, at thre o'clock. Quite a number of the m0.it: Influential farmers from all over Beaufort coun ty expect to be present at jthls met tngj;.'! : -f rA The Washington Light Infantry, Company C, National Guards, of this clty4 are planning a grand competitive shoot and target practice on next Thanksgiving day. A turkey will be awarded the first second and third best I shots. The contest will take place' in three forms, standing; run ning and lying down, with a possible score jof 25i at each contests On De cember 22rd Captain Rodman will award the yearly prizes to members of this company. One for the beat -Hilling average during the past year, and the other to the most soldierly. Thfc Agricultural ' Lime Work bt this city, and situated on i Castle Inland in Pamlico river, have recently Install ed extensive Improvements In the way of a new system of drafts to the 4Im kilns; ' which greatly facilitates . and enlarges the output Thls - companr does a large business in this! city -and have a dally capacity of 125 tons of fertiliser.: .!.:!-.' - '. ! :. I'! ! i Mrl Edward, 1 Conn, of iTlie.Newe and Observer Aff, ' who has been In this bity for the past two weeks at worki on the Industrial edition of Washington, soon to-, be published by The News and Observer, has returned to Raleigh. While in this .city Mr. Conn made many friend and he will always be a welcome visitor here. , x APPARENT DEATH FOR MANY Engineer Seea Bridge on Fire Ahead of! IDs Train Load of Passengers, i . u-.. -V-..V--r - -i; Winston. N. C. Nov. 13. Engineer E. 8.! Pollard, who was In charge of the passenger train which - left here at 5:1$ o'clock "yesterday morning, had a nerve wrecking experience when his train was nearlng a trestle, three miles souths of here. When hls4 train was but a few yards from the trestle Mr. Pollard discovered the bridge to be on fire. There , was nl timi to lose; delay.' It appeared tt the engineer, would mean the plunging of his train Into the vacant space and the. death or serious Injury of a majority, if not all, of his passengers'.- . -. ""!;; - The emergency brakes were applied Instantly and the engine reversed. The engine stopped about the middle of the trestle 1 ; ; f ; I . The fire which had made1 only slight headway, was quickly , extinguished.. Only I four cross ties were burned and the train passed over rafelyj. ! The bridge caught f re froifi a spark from a freight train that passed along about thirty minutes ahead of the pas- senegr train. f AY TAKE VP JOURNALISM. Rev. llato Durlwm to Give up Mlnls " I ' . terlal Work. i ( Special to News and Observer.) i Charlotte, N. C Nov. 13. tit Is ru mored that Rev. Plato Durham, cantor of Trinity Methodist church! of this city, and one of the most brilliant men in the; North Carolina Conference, w!ll resign; his membership in the Confer ence how in session at Salisbury, or at least give up his ministerial work, and will accept an editorial j position on the Charlotte Observer. The renort has not yet been officially: nverlf led, however. J' Vncle Sam -Here, your Put 1 t ; vp; . jester - m .T. 1 i ! i i n. i .ill I i J i I j. 'WHAT'S GOO TO Roosevelt Didn't Approve ! the Inscription " VniTES i TO EXPLAIN Tills In Answer to Numerous Protests Agalnet Omission of Ih God We ! T '4 -- ' - I ' ' . ; i '1. TruHt on New Gold Coins j , i . u .:v ";' " "Its a Custom, Butr ,M ; v I"?-I - :- v1m: (By the Associated Press.) j r Washington, D. C . Nov. 13. In an- swer to one of! the numerous protests which White have been received at the House jagalnst the new gold coins, which' have been joined without the words; "Jn God wejTrust," Presi dent Roosevelt has wfitten a letter, which Is today made public! The letter follows: ; r-: "When the Question of; the new coin age came up ' we looked Into the taw' and found A'.thfre WasJ . no warrant therein for putting, 'th God we Trust' on the coins, j As the custom, 'al though without) legal frarrant, had grown up, however, I might have felt at liberty to keep the inscription had I approved' of its beingi on the coin? age. " i But as did nojt , approve j of it I oia not airect uiai 11; snouia again, be put on. Of course j;he matter of the law Is absolutely in j the hands of Congress and p ainy direction of : Con4 gress in the matter will be lmmediate ly ) obeyed. A present, as I - have said, there Is no warrant In law for the Inscription ' j . . . I ! "My own feeling In the matter Is due to my firm conviction- that to put such a motto on coins, or to use it in any kindred manner, not only does no good but does positive harm, and is in effect irreverarce which come i dangerously close to Bacrtllglooa A beautiful and solemni sentence i such as the one I in only .wlththatr CWe .veveripce which; necessaniy lmpliea a certain exaltation of. spirit. Any use . which tends 4 td cheapen It, and above . which terrls to secure its In . a spirit, of levity.. Is standpoint profoundly to all. any ,1, use being, treated from every be regrettedi It is a motto, which It lis Indeed well to have inscribed pn our great national monuments, in our temples of Justice. In our legislative halls and In buildings such a v those at West Point and An-napolls-in short wherever It will tend to arouse and Inspire a lofty emotion In S these who look thereon. But 1 It seems i to me eminently unwise to chespen such a motto by use on coins. Just ei it would be to cheapen It bv use on) postage stamps, or In advert tlsemebt. ; x j "As regards its ue on! the coinage we have, actual experience by which to j go. j ; In all my life I never, haya heard .any human being speak rev erently iof thi motto on! the coins or thow any signs cf Its having, appealed to any hlh emotion in j him, but 1 1 have literally hundreds of times heard' it used as an occasion of. and Incitement to the, sneering ridicule which. it Is above all thinr3 unde sirable that so beautiful jand exalted a phrase should excite. - For example. that -money In circulation! and quit ; - ' i throughout the long contest extending oyer several decades on the free coin age question r thr- existence of this motto: on th rcoins was! a constant squrce of Jest and ridicule; and this was unavoidable,. Every one must remember the Innumerable cartoons and articles based on phrases like, "In GOd we Trust, t at the eight cents, In Gbd we Trust for the short" weight, 'In God we Trust for the thirty-seven cents we do not; pay, and so forth, ad so forth.' -1 Surely i I am, well wjthln the bounds when I say that the uste of the phrase , which; Invites con stant levity of this type is most unde sirable. If Congress alters the law and directs me tof replace on the ; coins the sentence in question, the direction wjll be immediately put ; ; Into . effect, but I very eainestly trust that the re ligious sentiment of the country; the spirit of reverence in the country, will prevent any such action being-taken. ; (Signed.) . ... i - - -r -h- "THEODORE ROOSEVELT." STATUE 1 TO i NATIIAXIEI JACOBI. Salem Ixxlge of I. O. O. F. Takes the i Initiative In "a 3Iovcment to I Honor the leather of Orphan's I v Home . : i , l Winston-Salem. N. C.r Nov. 1. At a regular meeting of the Salem Lodge, No. 36, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. , held last night, a movement was started for the erection of a mon ument to the memory of the late Mr. Nathaniel Jacobin father of the Odd Fellows Orphans' Home .at Goldsboro. Without a dissenting vote a resolution was passed by;, the lodge to contribute ? :um of money tp the erection of the tatue.' ; .!.;. .;J -P? ' iThe splendid work of the Institution at Goldsboro Is wf 11 knowii to all who are the least bit! familiar 'with Odd Fellowship - in i North Carolina. The heme has grown i from year to year aijd many homeless and friendless children have , been taken In, cared for and equipped for life's servlceJThe records made .! by I the children from the institution have been envious ones. Several members of the lodge made enthusiastic speeches in which they eulogized the life and character of the father of the home. ; -i ' - The following named were appoint ed as a committee to draft suitable resolutions - regarding the action , of the lodge and forwarded copies of them to the press of the State: . Messrs. Eugene P. Albea, W. E5. Becki W. F. Kleth. the latter, being the first Indi vidual contributor.- . ; I U-i-L--i--j - , SAM GREEN GIVES BAHj t ; '. ' . i '.- . 1- . - j r . He Wss Coiimltted to Jail on Charge bf Bclnj n Party! to the Killing of ' ' Lnwrrnce Nelson. . -'--. -.,;r . K1nr .,lf f.. i r Lenior. -N. : CL Nov. T li.- SamiZ Green- who; was committed to Jail by Judge, Ward, on the evidence of Mag LeswH and Oraa Greeri on the charge of beinr a party to the killing-of Law rence Nelson, In Sejptember 1906, i has faHiished'.ball and has been released. The testimony ef these two low women is j so conflicting,.:. .that not much credence Is given to "their latest state ments, to the effect .that Green and Jenkins tfere implicated In the matter. Oma Grer srore in the trial of Ken dall and. Vlckerv that there was : a third; man there, -whom she did i not know ';and who rani away.t She now swjears thst.man was am Gren and uwa thU testimony iGreen was bound to-corrt. i DISASTROUS FIRE AVERTED. FalycttCTlHc Wooden; Ware Company's Drq Klin Iiurn.-nl Los Several I " Thousand 'Dollars. Special to News and Observer. Fayetteville. N. CiNov. 11. Heroic efforts saved the city today from one off. the most disastrous fires in Fay etteville. The dry kiln of the Fcyette vltlje Wooden Ware pompany, manu facturers of buckets, tubs, etc., caught boarding It u; so ? : ; - " fire about 9: IS this morning, and for some hours It . looked very dangerous for the entire -,. neighborhood, for around the large factory are several dwellings. The main building, consist ing,' of stock rooms, machinery and office were miraculously saved from: destruction by the fierce fight of the fire companies and hundreds cf citi zens who .fought their way through dense . smoke and dangers of falling walls to the heart of the fire. . At two o'clock ..the scene Is one : of charred ruins- where stood the Immense dry kiln and boiler house, ' but vupon the ruins will be built a much1 larger structure, for the company did an Im mense amount of business.! being pro bably one of the largest factories in the State for the ; manufacture of buckets and tubs. Mr. Royaf D. Jones is at the head of this concern and the loss Is said to be several thousand dollars. ;:f.s. ..- .n: BOARD OF DIRECTORS EXECTin Bleetlng of the Stockholders at the Southern Life Insurance Company. j Fayettt ville. N. C. Nov.-' 1 3 --An ad journed" meeting of the stockholders of the Southern Life Insurance Com pany met at 12:30 p. m. at the OdJ Fellows' Hal!. Mr. E. H. Williamson, president of the i company. ? presided, and Messrs. Jno." A. ' Oates and A. W. Peace acted as secretaries. Upon a call a large majority of the stockhold ers was represented in person and by proxy." r ' The following board of directors was elected, being recommended by. a Committee of five: - . . A. J. James. jZ. V. Pate, J. W. Carter, R. F- DeVane. W. H.- Bikes. W. J. Johnson, John Blue, - G. B. McLeod, J. W. MCLauchlln, T. B. TJpchurch, Dr. T. L. Ncrthrop, L. Shaw, Daniel Car ter, A. McDowell. N. McQueen. Jno. Elliott. J. B. Carlvle. J. W. Johnson, R.. D. Caldwell, J. A. Brown, H. W. Ward. J. H. Hart.-John A. Oates. E. E. Williamson. Jno. G.; Shaw, A.. E. Rankin. R. McMillan. C. J. Cooper, Dr. J. V. McGougan, W. A. Vanstory, A. McArthur, i R. G. Smith. A. H. Slo comb. A. L McCasklll. K. M. Biggs, A. R. McEachern, John McDuffle, L. Carter, Dr. J. H. Marsh, Dr. H. W. Lilly. The annual meetings hereafter, will be held In March' Instead of as now in September. . FELL FROM A CAR. Young 3Ian . Seriously, If Not Fatally, Injured, ' Wlnsfon-Salem,' ' Ni C, Nov.-18. Alex Davjs,' a young white man about 25 years old, brakeman on the local yards of the Southern Railway, was seriously if not. fatally Injured 'yes terday afternoon about one o'clock by failing from-a coal car on the- Tardar He was carried to the Twin-City Hospital Immediately ; after ' the acd dent and was attended by the com. panj-'s physician. It Is iTeared that f he is - internally injured. There are no visible- bruises on his' body and no bones are broken. ' A . report from the hospital this morning was to the, effect that. the young man was resting very welL ' ' " . The young man is" married and lias a . family. V: D. Ca IN ANNUAL CONVENTION Revision of th CorMltutlon and By ' iJlws Among the Most Important 3Iattrs. (By the Associated Press.) Norfolk. Va., Nov. lj. The four teenth annual convention of the Unit ed Daughters of th6 Confederacy be gan here tods y for a session of four days with an attendance of several hundred delegates, v Including repre ecntatlves from every State that form ed the Confederacy, and . many from other States, North. East and West. ; 1 The convention was called In the Auditorium in the Jamestown Exposi tion grounds by the president general. Mrs. Lizzie Brown ' Anderson, of Gulf port. Miss., --'who ? made the re sponse in the name of the Convention to addresses cf welcome by President Tucker. In behalf of the management of the Jamestown Exposition; Rear Admiral Harrington, u. 8. - N-; Mrs. James T. Leigh, of Norfolk, president of the Hostess chapter, and Mrs. Wil liam R. McKenny. of Petersburg, pres ident of the Virginia Division. Ui. D. C. The reports of the officers4 were then taken up- The afternoon feature was a reception at Beauvoir, a replica of tire Mississippi home! of Jefferson Da vis, erected on the Exposition grounds by the Daughters -of the Confederacy. ; Among the most important matters to be considered at the ' present . ses sion U' revision of the constitution and by-laws, with achrge in the time of holding the ; annual meetings from November to October. . OFF TO WASinNGTON. To Ask Modification of Order Not to Accept Clieiks for Tobacco Stamps. (Special to News and Observer.) . Winston-Salem. N. C, Nov. It. A committee representing the tobacco manufacturers, bankers, and mer chants' association left here tonight for -Washington to confer with the Secretary of thei Treasury and ask a modification of an order issued by Collector Brown, of this Internal Rev enue District, ' requesting the stamp clerk here not to accept checks for to bacco ' stamps, t The order says only currency must be accepted, if en forced the order will prove disastrous to every tobacco manufacturing town In the country. w f Business Slcn Ure tlie Legi.slature. (By the Associated Perss.) " Montgomery Ala., Noy. IS. At a mass meeting last night of business men from all parts of the State, the legislature was urged to desist from further attempt td pass laws that may disturb tvsine88, having special rela tion, to the proposed railroad "acts. A resolution adopted requesting the members to refrain from the passage of additional legislation at this time affecting the bulsness Interests of the State. i THE WEATHER ' Fair Thursday and f Friday; light winds, mostly north. .; v -i ,.. , The Weather Yesterday.' Maximum temperature 47 degrees: Minimum temperature IS degrees: Total precipitation for 24 hours end' lng 8 .rav0.15 inches. S.4.yfnvo. DOZEN VESTS IN i : 'CREAMVfR'EEZER- t.-;;4-i.-V.. .;V, 1 . t Round Up of Systematic Set! of Thoives TWO HORSES BURNEO flarn ami Stable r?troed by n I Inspection of. Whiskey Sales by DmgglstA to Be Made .Speak- : : Vug at Glenn School Lot Night. I : (Special to News und ObsOert) 1 Durham, N. G.i Nov.' 1J. Charl Davis, a white man,-wr arrested hea this morning on the charge of steat- muw irum in x'ianiers ware house on Monday. . The mule was found In the possession of P. O'.Feog gins. In East Durham There was n- question as to how Mr. Scoggins came in possession of. the mule, and Davis said he . purchased- the mule (;.um v negro. ; The court held at the .P relim inary trial that Davis was resfv'ljislbla and he was sent to the higher court under bond of $200. : He is now tn Jail. Davis has been In trouble in this county on several occasions, and has also been in trouble In Raleigh on ac count of some horse transactions. He is a' young man and in the past has had backlng that saved him from time on account of his shady transa ctions. He is now Irt Jail., however, being una ble to give the required bond. The barn and stables of Hem. j Hick s. colored, v who lives . some two , and a. half miles test of the city.?were burn ed, this mtrning about :30 o'clock. With the barn and stables were al3 burned two horses. The loss Is about $400. ' lie, had no insurance. Hicks had one horse that was suffering from , distemper -and had. heen smoking the . . . A . . . A 1 X . 1 I. animal wiui iar. ' ii ia uppseu uim lire euu iru ii uiu iiiva BiuuKni(. a .who time the home and -outhouse of Hick were threatened. ; The change In wind and hard work of neigh bo jf bucket brigade saved much of the property. Mrs. Annie Newman returned this afternoon from Apex, where she was called on account -of the death of her , sisteivMrs-.-Jiathaa.Ho)Ieman, , wh' was cut In twain by a train on 5.the Seaboard a few, days ago. Mrs. Hol leman, who was sixty-tjro years of age, was passing across the track and a train backed on her." The funera.l-and burial took place 'yesterday after noon. ' ' - : " " ' " -V - Sitccessfnl police Raids, , For several days the police have been engaged In Tunning down a gan? of thieves-who preyed ,on the clothing stores of, the city.- As a result of the campaign that is on five of the thieves have been sent to the grand Jury and much of the stolen goods recovered.. Up to this morning, the officers had. recovered a larfflge number, of pant that had been taken' but none of th many, stolen vests had 'been founli Today probably a dozen of these rest, all belonging to very fine suits, "were found In an old ice cream free .r In the rear of the Slater Co. store, from which they were taken. The result of the new discovery Is that another ar rest has been made- .1;) seems now ti be a general round up of a systematla ' set of thieves who have been doing business In Durham. r ; v Inspection of Whiskey Sales. . 'f Sergeant J.-W. -"lv Atdridse has been detailed to make an Inspection of th whiskey sales on prescription In th city for four months and to ptC' pare a report for the board of aldermen. He has been at work on the, matter for several days and it will take several days more in which to complete the work. .1 a -"Durham there are thre drug stores that sell whiskey on ' pres. crip tion and the outlook now? is-that the census now being taken. In which , the names ofJthe physicians giving ths prescriptlcns,j the one for .whom, the prescriptions ! are, 1 Intended and the name of the druggists are recorded, will shew- that the':-threw draff stores bare, ? filled between three and four thousand " prescript! ns within thel ast - four months Of course that represents but a small ham- In facts it is only the sick and the favored few who can get prescrip tions for whiskev from the dmer stores. " Itj is expected that wh'enj this, report is) complete! and made public that It will be a source of general surprise, and there may be some 'developments of a nature that will' be sensational. However, that remains to be seen.-. There was a, final rally and speak ing at Glenn's school tonight The local tax proposition ia on :4n that dis trict and there will be the yotinir on Friday. - Tonight' there was speaking at; thei" school - house ; and several of thbtinte'rested in educational matters went out from nere. u is a lorejrone conclusion that the special taxwllllbe voted by the people of that-township. : , S3 COTTON WAREHOUSES. ) TheHe Have Bern .Organized Work on Thirty-Five More by Commit -f tecs This Work of a Year, i .VU4- :i;.':;: . -':, (f pedal to News and ObservJ) t Chalotte. N. C. Nov. 11. President C. C.r Moore, of the North Carolina Di vision of the Southern Cotton Asiocla tlon,i reports that: twenty-tic; ware houses and holding companies have been organized, and committees ars s working on thirty-five more ; i the State as a result of twelve month v -work. New warehouses at Burgaw, ' Wallace, Fatson. JUount Oil e. Maye--ville.; Pollocksville and T ehton have- Just been organized. The president Is now on a tour or every county growing cotton In this Ctate to encf -jrage-the farmers to build warehouses and hold their cotton. ; Mus: Ilavo Been Faiso llariv 1 .(3v the Assolated Press, Cortez. Colo., Nov. 1. Although ( scene of ihe aMesed fight between, United Siats troops an ? Ute Indians in which a number of IndKns are re-' ported i' Irava be- n l-'i'.ed, no reports-' of any ntc'i moun' . ave I ea re . ceiveu hi e. ; " ? - . :
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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