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DA2GV Pi-J CJOL2V:-f Gl 2GCSCJA ?&3A T ' C-JAG O VLJL2 . 2VQCC J r r Wcathar Today Fair Wednesday and Thursday; light west to south wind. Fair Wednesday and Thursday; light west to south' winds. 1- R ATYETQH, N. C, THTJUSD AY MOKNTOGr, APRIL j. 2, 1908. ' PHIOJD C OCIITB volume i; NO. 1 12 t allNorth t . . , " - - XXXV CarollifeMMes: Sri News - ' - ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ, O V 1111 MIlfilED PUBLIC OPItill Bcston-Doaufort (Project Ur.3 Gained Much APPOINTS 400 UEfl L, .'.,1111 Congressman Godwin Has Named la the SLxth District 400 Correspond- ents to the Department of Agrl-adtie--lkleetiwrf of Public v Buildings Committee, v . By TIIOSlAS J. PENCE. . Washington C, April 1. The truly national project fa oontinuous j . r - ' I Inland rwaterway-along the , Atlantic 5r hnrd from Boston to Beaufort In- Scaboara.xrom B(wn ' let and thence to the Cape rear kw. has made notable advance ac mis aes- I sion of Congress. The progress is not k-' iVfiHin t br an Indicated .by legislaUon, but by an awakened public opinion, and partlcu- iriv bv obtainlne recognition - itt I Quarters which have heretofore vig- I orously- opposed it. . Xt would be r- I mim that thom wAk- organized in I Phiiainhia. but Kovember what was I designated as the Atlantic Deeper j icvuifiMnnl . This mMtinr I "Was represented BV ' aeiegaies irora i vprv seaboard state from .Maine io i Florida. and contlnuedi In session for j two days, during whlth time it wa " " . . - 1 addressed by . aome f or tne wremow men Of. Ine "COUniTVrs ion.s j. Iiump- i ton Moore waa elected as the presi- i . i.tirTn m m nnm I is an lnteresUng persohaltty. ;,He haa had varied newspaper training ana i Lrr 1 V. Ji . 1 .iiZ in Philadelphla and more recently was i chief of the Bureau or Manuiactures i i h. iv.ni.rtmMt of Commerce and lator.: HVwti elected to Congress about two years ago. i At the begin - - i nine of the nresent session k of Con- srrefm a voluntary' : committee ; was formed with a view of impreasinst iiDon conrress. and particularly upon Chairman Burton and the members of th- Iliver and Harbdrs Committee, the importance of thd proJecL This committee consUted or t xiepresenia tlves Moore, of Philadelphia:, Capron. - Gojiden. of New 1 of Rhode .Island fnrmnutiiic their nlani ; B.nfr ntii a iniPt toiit insistent camt)aien.-i . v. ... 0 - - i , . i Th- rMnlt.vM shown Kvhen a resolu- 1 " v .1 hv lir.- Moore, r whlchl has the ap proval of Chairman ! Burton. This resolution autnonxea ine oecreuwy i War to cause a survey , to oe made for a continuous waterway from Bos ton to Beaufort IhletiNorth Carolina, of a minimum depth of 16 feet, and an estimate of cost tneieor. me reso- lutlon carries an appropriation of 1100,000 for paying, the expenses ot the survey. It is expected that tnis resolution will be favorably reported iv tho Committee on Rivers and Har bors, and it will pass let this session of Congress, provided there is any river and harbor legislation whatever. which now seems doubtful. It will be observed that a most lm- COrtant Step naa oeeni ian m nmv this survey has the abproval of ithe niver and Harbor Committee, wnne heretofore every bit; of legislation for these waterways along the seaboard has been obtained against the vibor- ous onDosition of Chairman Burton In spite of this opposition. Mr. Small and his colleagues In Ihe House and our Senators have secured several surreys, and finally secured art ap- nronrlation of iS50.00.00. and - this fact has aroused the administration of Congress and the country, y, -The Norfolk-Beaufort Inletf Waterway is ahead of the process! in this re- specu .?;' I - Mr., Small is not alqne in his con tention that the NorfolM-Beaufort inlet Waterway, which lies behind Hatteras, Is the most important kf all the sev eral links and that it vflll be of enor mous local benefit to Xorth Carolina. He contends that not fnly will East ern North Carolina, rlcelve a great impetus., but an opportunity will be afforded by which chekper and more ' efficient transportatlonlcan be extend ed to all the interior t wns and cities of the State. . Public Bulk lngs. ' The House Committ ;e on Expendi tures "on Public Bullcings, of which - Mr. Small Is the ratiklng minority member, held a meeting today. Mr. Small stated that this meeting was Rotable in two respe :ts; i While he aid he had been a member of this committee siace his. entrance Into Congress, it -was thd first meeting which it had ever held. Again he ' ald the business upo which It had entered was of exceeding importance. because the committee proposed to make a-detalled Investigation of the laws authorizing the erection of pub- lle buildings and th expenditures therefor. There are ro allegations of misuse of th mihlto ftlnds In this con nectlon.'but thers wasla general belief that the administration of the of flee of the supervising architect of "the Treasurv Department was extravagant and cumbersome. Only slight pro gress was made today f as the first meeting was necessarily occupied in prellminarv arrangement, v r i 400 CorreKnondcnta. ' - Representative Godwin, of the Sixth North Carolina district! has aoDointedl M . - . F . " " our nunared men. scattered through out the : counties of hid district, to act aj eorrespondenu to, Ihe Department Afncuiiure , nere, tf assist tne - ae ptrtment in coJlecUng lUUsUcs for the coming year. Mr. add win hopes to hav the crop reporting service of his ; district rreatlv - mentedBy the addltidn of names of rename and representative farmers or planters of : his district! who will give accurate, information I by answering mommy inquiries sent to them, These men will be listed as sneclal correspondents of th bureau, and while . they will not receive . salary. they- will be favorabljf considered by ,w aeparuneni, ana w 11 receive many T murtesles. In the" way of Tear Books, Horse Books. Books on -the Diseases of Cattle and other publications , of the department, and , also a copy ot the "Crop Reporter", which ' is pre pared and. published monthly. Mr, Godwin expects that the ar rangements will prove of much bene fit to the farmers of his district. House Summary : ,: ( By the Associated Press. ) . Washington, D. C, April 1. Debate! on the agricultural . appropriation in the House today was devoid or tne charges and Imputations-which mark ed its ; consideration on Monday and Tuesday.; More progress was made (Whti the measure than ony any pre- I vious day, and the indications arc that it will finally get through tomorrow,. Todays discussion dwelt, on a propo sition for an increase appropriation for the farmers bulletins, which how ever, was refused and the subject of inquirtes into road building, etc., by the department, the trend of opinion being that such work should be en- cuuraced. The session was opened witn a Diner : attack on Attorney General Bonaparte bv Mr. Clark, of Florida who de nounced him as being, ho lawyer and unfit to hold his office. The occasion for the utterance , was - the - reporting out of committee of a resolutlcT by Mr. Clark calling for a statement of the- expense connected, with peonage investigations and prosecuUons. ; That j LIIC II LHUIICVICU. Va the resolution was simply a further and unnecessary attack on the.attor- tiey general by Sir. Clark was the dec- i.ratinn tt i rnttia . of Mlssocri. who led the opposition. Tne resomi tlon was tabled. . At 4: P m; the House adjourned, ; Surry In Dead Earnest for Prohlbltioiu ' r . -1 , (Special to News and Observer.) j - Dobson. N. t:. April i. ine cam- j Daiam for prohibition has opened in I real earnest in Dobson and , Dobson I township: Pastor T. J. Houck. who.is I fn the midst of a revival meeting in his 1 cnuruu nerr, uvwwu - t my ;wia wrwuwu '"'" i prohibition. At the close, of hl5 ser- j mon he asked all In tho congregauon i . M MulilkUlAfi' anil vnrh I wno w w ipiuhiuhwh m 1 up. - every ran. -" "'v-i nocent ciuxen oi vionaa to ciap exceDt one stood un. The one that49n Thi lnartmint. he . said. : had did : not tandt up is . one Qullletl irugnui,n -""h j At New Hone, some five miles away, womw 8 ,r? .il. Viw ' prohibiUon question. The indications 1 are now that the llnuor forces aabh-.. - wi m mi ira an iiiihi nsKm vuumy niu au uy-un...... - if they carr' this county as uiey nave oeen preaicung. 'Senate Summary. mv th Associated Press.) Waahlneton. D. C. April 1. -The t a. hilt authorizing the eon ft1 aattl flZZkZA thZiSr lanni nipn . niH riv vtiilai a dcb- i -r"- rrr"' r A. i mi mm a v v i a wan ova rnnav i nas nfTiM.i H l "V" "V" "wvr.i' " " VAtlDERBUILT TOO If ftlltrl Tn rflV UfirTZIIIl UUIUoUa IU I UJ VUI iWIII Special Tax m Bun combe County . . - .mmm : - r inm ..u"",Mcr w " - Moore In Case of Southern Rail . . way Tfc " Commissioners -Oth-. rs May Do Likewise, " SnerlHl to News and Observer.) Ashcvllie. N. C April 1, George W. Vanderbilt, the largest tax-payer iin Rnnrnmhit ronntv. has taken ad- I vantage of Judae Fred Moore's recent decision in the InjunctJoh hearing of the Southern ; Railway against com missloners and tax collectors Of ithlsKWe beg It, we are ready for It, "lie countv. holdinsr that one-third of the could be content,' he said, "with the tax lew In Buncombe was unconstitu tional, and has refused to pay that portion of his tax, representing tne is cent road and bridges and 18 1-3 cent interest bonds, which amounts to about eight thousand dpllars. Here tofore Vanderblit has paid his tax in two installments. This year his tax was almost twenty-four thousand dol lars, half of this amount having been nald in December. This week Van derblit. through his ; agent, paid the remainder of-his tax with the excep tion of that portion represented oy the one-third declared by . Judge Moor to .be unconstitutional. It is understood that other large tax-pay- ers m paying weir w...lt, back the 33 1-3 per cent A Sonator Simmons Rcso- lution for Waterway From Boston to Wilmington -1;,.?- - . (By the Associated Press) Washington. D. C.; April 1. Senator birnmon toaay introduced a Joint res olution 4 directing a survey of a con tinuoua water way by the rout deem ed most available from Boston to WU mlnrton. N. C. by way of Long Island trRVriton-Bay. Whence --across New Jersey to . the Delaware .., and throurh Delaware and Maryland to th Chesapeake Bay: thence through Virginia and North Carolina by the sofrnds and Cape Fear river to- Wll - mlnrton. This survey li to he for a awter way of a minimum depth of IS feet. For these purposes $100,000 is appropriated by the resolutiofi which was referred to the committee on com; fierce. '"."'" DIRECTS SURVEY SOUTHERN STATES Subject Boforo tho Houso Yesterday. CLARK'S RESOLUTION CauMleld, ,of RegoiuUon Missouri, Attacks The Requesting Informa tion as to Money Paid De tectives Some Heated Remarks. (By the Associated Press.) ' ; " Washington. . D. C. April 1. The subject of peonage in the Southern States arose in the House today when Mr. Caulfleld. of Missouri, from, tne Committee on Judiciary, called up the resolution of Mr. Clark, of Florida, rpnmeatintr h nttnrnv nera.l to in. form the House as to the amount ot money paid to detectives in gathering evidence in peonage cases and also making inquiry concerning the capac- ity in which Mrs. Mary Grace Quack- en boss has been employed, and the amount of money paid her. . The reso- mtton, he deciarea. was inienaea as "an unnecessary attack on the De- partment - of Justice for doing its duty. To think," he exclaimed, "that hnmin lihrtv ean.roit too much ui we uepwuneni w uiusb hui w too vigiiam on oenaii oi jiumu.ii uu- rty." One would think, he declared, that the department "was going . ... t . ,i i-t arouno use a raging ; iion ieen wnwm it iwy acTwur, biih .- been exceedingly conservaUve . in its tactions. . inaeea. . naa uone-iu iuu 1 H.,ti. nnrt - HrhtAnm act" whn in response 10 a long list i compjwnu OI peonage ine invesugauons wer. ,ade. Had the department s done otherwise than v it did, he said, it wouia nave oeen aerenct in amy.? . a - Mr caulfleld , denied that peonage prosecutiona injured the prosperity of a State. "It Is not tne prosecuuons,v he said amld applause, "but the acts of the men which make the prosecu "The Department ot Hustlce kMr, Caulfleld aald,'n;a carrying, oul-Re Publican poUcies when it dignlflesand emancipates labor,', he added, rthat is ... . ' . . A - i Dane, aoes not raow ine i&w, . he charged, "and tie is unwortny or his hlirh place at . the head of the De partment of Justice." we produced court records- tending to show, tnat in the last five years "the name of At tornev i General Bonaparte 'does ? not appear ks counsel for anybody in any case In fhe Supreme Court of the Uni ted states, wr. trianc eaia runner that for ten years, previously to en ienn l"e jaoinexjjttr. appeared only thirteen times ou rte naa out of 3.400 cases in the Maryland Court of Appeals: In three of those cases he waa nrt to -the mitt. and- In : one of them the. question at issue was 75 cents for repairs to a spigot in one of his houses he had rented to a poor woman belonging , to the laboring class." . ;.'.,ix-;v;-:'' This man.! hejexclaJmed, "is not ni io oe luwrueT sriyi fit to be attorney general because of his ignorance , of the law. and he is not fit to hold his office because of his admission that he is furthering a conspiracy to invoke the criminal -law to warn people against .'dangerous communities.. I sav to this man Bonaparte. say to this man Russell, his assistant Attorney General. I say to the female i assistant and an the norjae mat iouow In the wake of Bonaparte," he said. "come down with the Immigration commission and let the facta be broue-ht out and the truth be known fact that 1.1s former resolution for an Investigation had been adopted., and the present resolution could . lie on the table if It was desired." ' On the vote being taken, the reso lution was tabled and the incident was closed,'-"" . ' " ""' !' 1-hineral of Mr. N. J. Bennett. Wadesboro. N. C. April 1. -The funeral of Mr. Nevil James Bennett, whodied early .'yesterday morning, was conducted this morning at the family burying ground near the home. a nnntt'a YlrAv "Mr Rati net was ftn unUsually Industrious man . and a 001 citizen. He was a mem- ber of the 14th N. C. Regiment during the Civil war and 'discharged his full 'duty a a soldier. UtITIL: JULY FIRST Present Wage Scale o n Southern to Continue. Agreement Reached Last Mght by Mediators Between the Southern ; Southern Hallway and All Or K ' " ganlzatlons Concerned. " . (By he Associated Press.) Washington. April, 15 At eight O'clock, tonight Chairman Martin A Knapp and Dr. Charles P. Nelll. the mediators betv.een r the Southern Railway officials and their employes. I reached ' an agreement by which the j present - wage scale on the Southern for all the organizations concerned will be - continued until the ' first of next July. - - - - - ' Knldness quickly spoils unless kept In circulation.' ; ' TWELFTH STATE TO BE (lorth Carolina Farmers' Union to Organize. SCORE OF COUNTIES Represented In Charlotte ' Yesterday Wlien - Preliminary J Stops' "Were Taken to Organize tle. State Into the Union With, Two V Million Farmers. . (Special to News and Observer.) Charlotte' NC.,April l.-r-Prellmin-ary steps were taken here today at the convention of the members of about a soore -of. county unions to formally or ganize the North Carolina Farmers' Union, the twelfth State to be thus add ed to the ranks of the union now numbering two million farmers. The oneninic exercises were held- at teflt o'clock in the mornlnr and were open to the public. ? E. R. Preston, of the Charlotte bar, delivering the address of welcome- for the city' and President II. Q. Alexander, of. the county, asso ciation. : for Mecklenburg. President Barrett, of the national union, a Geor. glan." resoonded.; ,::''v' v: .m"";' The farmers immediately thereafter went Into secret session, and by to night they have completed and adopt ed a constitution for the State organ ization. There will be meetings to morrow, when a full Quota of officers will be elected and the State union formallv launched. There are approx- imatelv one humdred delegates present. Mr. Barrett.' national nead or me union .stated that the preliminary work in this : State Had Deen v more promising1 than iiin any of the other lvn States orsranlzed. ' There " are several delegates trom'. me mounuuns of Cherokee, ; while the entire State is likewise welt represented. The mem brshln ts confined not' ai one to cotton olantera but-to all farmers and agrt- culturiftts 8nd. none others are eurioie. Tlttft-gf ra tion bairns, it ..Origin in Raines county. Xexas,- rour year ago. Mr. O. W. Fant, of Texas, has been in the State five .months perfecting the organiatlbn of the counties. There are over five hundred memoers in xaeca- letiburg. 4. - - . " TOO FEW OF Bullotins Furnished Con- grcssmon to Distributo Subject of Much Discussion , In the H4uae Yesterday Additional Ap propriation of fifty Thousand Dollars Advocated. " (By the Associated Press.) Washington, D. C ; April 1. The insufficiency of the number of farm ers' bulletins furnished members of Congress for distribution among their constituents was the- subject of much discussion in .the House today during the consideration of the agricultura appropriation," bill l with the view to enlarging this v work. Air. wcuenry, of Pennsylvania, Offered, an amend ment, to add $60,000 to the appro priatlon ' for publications of the De- partment. - --s -,;"U--' - Mr. Williams, of Mississippi, strong ly supported the amendment- while Messrs.. Scott, of Kansas, and Mann of Illinois, opposed the : amendment. which, was'lost. T- T'v-;- The provision for an experiment station on the Island of Guam went out on a point of order by Mr. Mad den, of Illinois. ; Considerable discus- sion occurred on the paragraph relat ing to inquiries of the Agricultural Department in reference to systems of road management, t Mr. Williams, of Mississippi, spoke in support of his bill to distribute among t the; several States the surplus, of the treasury up to $25,000,000 for' road- construction. He believed tnat no i oeuer use tor such ja surplus could be made, ;: kit: Payne, or New iotk, assenea that the only purpose of the -Williams bill was to bribe voters, but he said thev were' not to be deceived. - "His plan Is paternalistic," Mr. Payne charged, and he said Mr. Williams was simply trying to get his hand in the treasury and have the; national government do .what the state govern ments ought to De proud to ao. "Do you think It Is any more iniqui tous," Mr. Williams . inquired, "to bribe the farmers of the country than to bribe the -manufacturers or -t the bankers?' - t- "No I do not, Mr. Payne responded. He produced general laughter, when he said: .- :" . ' "And I hope the igentleman will Join me and not bribe anybody.? With some minor amendments still pending the bill was laid aside and the House adjourned. ; JEFP DAVIS FIXED Pays 2S for Disturbing the Peace Tr-sl In Pnllce Court.. (By the Associated Press.) . Little Rock., Ark April 1. United i State senator Jefferson uavis was fined $25 In police court toaay tor dis turbing the neace. .The fine was ad ministered for the Senator's action tn getting a plstoitnd appearing on the Btreet yetterdajr afternoon where he had 'been attacked snd beaten a , few minutes befor by Thomas Him, deputy prosecuting attorney. It Js alleged Davis flourished the revolver - and nide "threats of taking a shot at his late antagonist' who had vanished. Helm was fined flO for assault. . ADDED TH BILL ACAIIIST . FULTON QUASHED No Law Against Slandcr- ing OnoVAVifo. THE STATE APPEALS J Winston Pulton Still Under Bond Good Month of Commercial Growth . ' j and Xew Buildings Business ' ; i' ?! s " .. -:.r ." ": ' Change Mule Tlilef - Caught -Social Events. - By ANDREW JOYXER Greensboro, N. C.i""Aprll l.-In the Superior Court the cases against W. D. McAdoo for manslaughter and H. O. Leonard for manslaughter, ' charg ed with : causing the wreck at Rudd last, fail whereby several people were Hilled andr mapy- injured, were -con-j unued until the next term of court. The ease of State against Winston : Fulton, indicted on a charge of slan dering hiSiWife, Mrs. Carry J.-Fulton, was takenUup at 1 o'clock today. The first bill of indictment found several terms ago, simply charged Fulton rwlth slandering a .virtuous i woman, to-wit. Carry J. Fulton. An amended bill was found by. the. grand Jury this morning charging the slander" to be against "Carry J.x Fulton, the wife of said 'Winston Fulton." It was ex plained that this amendment was. for the purpose of bringing squarely be fore the court the question of wheth er a husband could slander his wife, and let the judge rule on it, before going into lithe- taking or evidence. As soon as the case was called and the amended bill shown, counsel for Ful ton moved .to quash the bill of Indict ment Ion : te ground that It did not charge any offense under the iiw. Representing the defendant ; t are the following attorneys: Messrs., W. P. Carter, f Mount Airy; Sams, of Lexington;! King, Kfmball & Bell,' and David Stern, of Greensboro, while as sisting in ,the prosecution besides So licitor Brooks are Shaw & Hines. Jus tice & Broad hurst. , and ex-Judge Bynum, of; Oreensboro On the .mo tion to quash, Mr. tClng. for -defend ant - conteh dad : s that . the Supreme Court' in State, ; vs. : Eaton, 95 N. had-expressly, decided that a husband could not 'slander his wife- under the statute, of 1879, making it a crime for man to charge incontinence in :a virtuous woman, and argued - that a judge of the - Superior Court , had; no right to- over-rule a decision ; or tne Supreme Court. Mr. Justice, for the prosecution!, j replied to this argument by citing many cases to snow thai in the - Eaton lease, , tne main : point now before the court-had been overlooked, and that prlhlclples now Involved had been established In later decisions, no tably? in Stte vs. Dowell, 106 and Harvey . vs.' Johnson. 133. ' He , said that In ii State vs. Oliver, 7 0 N. C, Judge Settle! decided that a husband could be punished for beating his wife, thus bringing society out, of barbarism.: j and if, according to tne contentions'; ef counsel for defendant, the lapse was made back to barbarism In State vs.! Eaton, the Supreme Court had brought; us back to civilization in the cases of Dowell and Harvey vs. Johnson. Court then adjourned to three o'clock pending ' argument of other counsel on " the motion . to quash the hill it - - . . At the afternoon session of court Solicitor Brooks and Judge Shaw for tne prosecution, pnrsenieu n.iau-" opposing the motion to quash, while Attorneys Carter T and Stern argued in - support J of the motion. Judge Webb stated I that while he could not concur in the reasoning - of the Su- nreme Court the case of state vs. Fatnn. in whlchlt Is said that a hus band could I not slanderhis . wife, yet this was the! law . until over-ruled by the Supreme ICourt or repealed by ; the Legislature, tend he should jillow the motion to auash the bill of indictment. The Stat took an appeal and defend ant Fulton renewed his bond, of three thousand dollar bond for his appear ance at the I December term or court, firowth Despite Panic. The month of March, Just closed. has proved quite .a. goo'd one for Greensboro. I"n the way of financia growth despite the prevailing depres sion.: U - TI- '':-- 'r. . Thet secretary of the Chamber of Commerce; Mn J. SJ Kuykendall, who keens an accurate record of such matters, shows that for the month of March,- seventeen vew iamiues, me heads of which have engaged; In hew business enterprises, - have- , come Mo the city from! States other , than North Carolina.: as ! follows: - West .Virginia, Virginia. Alabama. Florida. Delaware rw vvrk.- deorrla and ew Jersey This new capital, together with the - near -: hulldlnirs under construction fnr which permits have been granted . within the city limits since March 1 represent a toiai ibymv mont nf tlfil.000. i . Tun larore: ., lobbing houses, . the Transou Hat! iCpmpany. and the Mur" phy Stove and Kange tympany, nave established and begun business. Other businesses begun, anu Kiiaricrcu trc . The preensboro Mattress Company, monnfoVturlni' -atrawvand felt mat- t...... with! a monthly output of 1 AAA mottfPSHPS. " ' Greensbord: , Manufacturing and Coal Company, a new ice plant, which will cost-$25.000. t, Tifl- institute, a new 30 r-ooTTt sanitarium. Is beln ; erected at rtlAnwondAtd cost $15,000. t " ; . n,nhnra Wall Paper- Com with a bald In capital of $7,000 - The Guilford Real Estate Company, -with a paid fn capital oi izo.www. The Old North State paper Com with a -capital of $10.000. - The - Greensboro- Drug Company, ...uw a. .anltal of $S.000. atithern Collar and ' , Bridle Com nan5' are now building a a - two-story factory 40x120 feet . in slse, on the comer of McCulIoch street and the r Tr .an.l Y. v. raiiroaa. - - The Sherwwd Bobbin Company who suffered a heavy loss In their fire in January are re-building their plant and making Improvements which will give better facilities for. handling their business than they, previously had be fore, their fire. y--:- - The Standard . Oil Company has re ceived building , permits f orr the erec tion of three brlck.metal-covered buildings on East. Washington street at a cost of $11,000. - Improvements to the extent of $500 have been made at Cone Athletic Park. In addition. Improvements have been made oh eleven . residences at a cost ot $3,600, making a total investment of capital and improvements In new business houses of $28,500. The capital stock of the Greensboro Boiler and Machine Company has been Increased from $50,000 to $200,000. . The Normal and .Industrial College has received a building permit for the erection of a new Science Hall at a cost of $52,000. T t'' :'! ; Business Cliange. , W. B. McGregor, who recently pur chased, the business . of the Benefield Furniture Company v here, has now purchased the Interest; of H C. Gunt ley and J. I. Faulkner in the Huntley Stockton Hill Furniture Company, and will consolidate -. the Benefield - stock with the latter. Mr. Huntley , retiree as manager, of the Greensboro busi ness but will continue with the firm as salesman. ' 1-- rJv -r vh-". " Mr; McGregor has been a successful furniture dealer in ParkersbtTrg, W. Va.," 'but -is disposing of his business there . with ?the intention of devoting all his energies to his - business , here. He iwll add an undertaking business to the-business of the Huntley-Stock-ton riill Company, one of the heares and some of the supplies having al ready been received. . Mr. George Stansbury will be In charge ; of the undertaking department. ; i " v Mule Thief Caught. - 1 . While Mr. O. W. Monroe . was sit ting -in: his office near the Southern passenger station - last night, he saw a negro named Arthur Boyd, leading a. mule down the railroad track, that looked so .much like . one of his own mules, he went out and asked the negro where. he got the animal.. The man said he had bought him in Dan ville. Mr. Monroe would have sworn It was his mule, and got some one to detain the negro and the mule , until he looked into his stables in the lum ber lot but - a block . distant. Hhe stable was empty, the mule was gone. The mule the negro had was- undoubt edly the mule that Mr. Monroe had but a few moments before lost, with out knowing. ' The mule was returned to the stable and the negro turned over to a policeman and is in jail. It Is seldom 'i that a man has the 1 good luck to recover a.- stolen - animal and catch the. thief in the space of fifteen minutes. v -"-V--.,"!S' vY x t-i. ,ociai invents. - v - r At the Normal College Friday even Ing. April T.' the first of a series of muslcals'lwUlibe. riven On his occa sion, "A Mendelssohn - Evening" will be the attraction. .- Selections for the piano, violin and voice from the works of this composer - wilt be given by members of the-faculty and. students An event that is being looked for ward to with much enthusiasm by the young ; society people of - the city. Is the ball ' which will take place on Neese's, Hall , on - Monday, evening, April 6th, complimentary to the Uni versity of North Carotma and the Uni versity : of Virginia baseball teams, scheduled'to play a game of ball here next Monday, afternoon. IS THE FLLLT Admiral Evans IH03 to .- Mineral Springs. ; : Lands at Sn tMego and Takes Special Car Says His Physician Advises That His Rheumatism Cannot . lie Cured Aboard. . . . ' v . (By the Associated Press.) i ; San Diego, Ca I.. April 1. The flag ship Connecticut - of the - Atlantic fleet, with Bear Admiral Bobley D. Evans on board, arrived off Coronado today and the admiral was taken, off on the tender Yankton and' was brought to this cltv where a private car had been placed' at bis. disposal. Admiral. Evans plainly showed the ef fects of his Illness. He left this af ternoon for San Lus Obisso to receive treatment at the mineral springs. To the. Associated , Press Admiral Evans said: . : : yjri'.r' ' . '-. "On the advice of my physicians I am going to. Paso Robles Springs for treatment. 1 am told. that mv rheu matic pains, which have become - at times almost unendurable, cannot be conquered as long: as I remain In air and aboard ship, where the necessary diet and the treatment cannot be se cured. , 1 : v.-; "' ' - : "It will be a keen disappointment to me If I am unable to be present at the various functions that have been plavnned. and unable to greet the kind friends on the Pacific coast who have made such elaborate : plans for my coming, but I. must yield to. the advice of physicians which . is now so post tlve. Bv dointf this at once. I mar be able' tb rejoin my fleet and take part In the , festivities that v have been graciously planned. If I gain the an ticipated benefit from the Inland air and the water of the springs, I shall. as 'soon, as the physicians consent,' re join the officers and men of the -fleet In a -frolic ashore, but from now on I shall Obey the doctors orders, come what will." The Cnnectfolitt returns to ' Mag dalena Bay immediately. Rear .Ad miral Charles W. '. Thomas, command ing officer -of the second- squadron, is temporarily in command of the fleet as .commander-in-chief, .j v v Admiral Evans -was accompanied ashore bv his son.' Lieutenant Fraink Evans, of the battleship Louisiana. and by Lieutenant C. R. Train, his flag lieutenant, and by past Assistant our geon P, E. McDonald. The convention left Magdalena Bay early Monday, making the run to San Diego, a distance, of , 2- miles, in about 48 hours. '' , THE VEATUEH ; ' Maximum ' temperature yesterday, 65 degrees... :. --. - . - ' Minimum: temperature ; yesterday, 57 degrcears. . : QUI SllilLL WE HEAR IliG DROP? Thrcatcpo to Tell all Ho ' Kno'.vs in tho Houso . STILL GORE DENIALS Frank Taylor Testifies that LflleyS-.Id - That In Case of Adverse Decision . . by the Comrnittcet Which II . - J -.1-, ...... t.- - !. " . Expected, He Would Tell . - V AH He Kew of Case. - - By the Associated -Press.) v. v Washington, " D. -C, March 1. Franklin A. Taylor, of W-aterburj. Conn., today testified before the Spe cial i House Committee investigating the charges against the Electric Boat Company,- that he had. heard Itepre- eentatlve George I Lilley, Jthe author of the i charges, make the statement in the : Waterbury Club last Saturday, that It was quite likely he would get an adverse decision from the commit tee and In that; event Jie ' would tell all he . knew about the whole' matter of submarine boats - on the floor of . the House. ' - -i': v--- - - In addition to Mr. Taylor the wit nesses were EHhu H. Frost, vice pres- ' ident of the Electric Boat Company, Maurice Barrett, secretary-treasurer of the Electric Boat Company, and Charles Ferry, 'of the : Bridgeport Braai Works.' . They all denied , any knowledge of undue .influence being used on members of Congress to se cure legislation favorable to' the Elec tric Boat- Company. . .although Mr. Taylor and -Mr. Ferry admitted that they had asked Mr. Lilly to vote for the appropriation, as they thought It would help their business . should these boats be authorized. The inves tigation will 1 be continued tomorrow'. Washington, April 1. Franklin A, Taylor, of Waterbury. Conn., vice president of the Randolph Clows Com pany, manufacturers of brass and cop per, was the first -witness called to--day. He said he had told Represen tative" L4Ilerto vote- for; submarine boats as there waa a possibility of his company getting some : business if the boats were ordered. --What. was Mr, Wiley's reply?" , ; "'He would not: commit himself one way or the other. The last : conversation tne witness had with Mr. Lilley was a week ago Saturday in Waterbury. Mr. Lilley, according to the witness, said that he proposed to see that the- iane people had a fair chance. 1 - - tt was nresent In the wateroury Cluba week ago Saturday,, he said, while Mr. Lilley was . talking with a number of gentlemen about the pres ent investigation.: According to Mr. Taylor, Mr. Lilley said it was quite likely that he. would! get an adverse decision and in that event he said he would go on the floor of the House and 'tell all that he knew about the whole matter c of sub-marine boats. ? L Mr. Taylor said that he never iczi an opportunity to Impress upon Mr. Lilley that he ought to -ote for sub- , marines and that he had shaken his fist "at Mr. Lilley several, umes, out - always in a jocular manner. He did not intimate to him tnat ne naa gone vto him at the insugauon or lae Electric Boat company. The Electric Boat Company, he said,' had never promised him a contract if the desired legiaiauon was secured. : Mr. Taylor said he had etated to an Associated Press representative , in Waterbury ' that he thought he had influenced Mr. Ulley td vote for sub marine boats. He assumed this, he said, because when Mr, iilliejr came to Waterbury he sald - ? ? s ri voted -yes, frankly,,, with your face before me when I voted. This referredito the naval appropriation bill of 1906 or 1907- The - witness said he did. not' con sider that he had done anything Im proper. In asking Mr. -Lilley. to vote for sub-marines. - I . : - " ' Mr. Taylor said that he had been requested by Mr. John P. Kellogg, one. of the attorneys for the, Electric Boat Company.. In January, 108, Mto , set busy with Mr. -Lilley. and again Cell him about the possibility - of submarines."-' - M ; . Elihu Frost, vice-president of ihe Electric Boat Company, followed 'air Taylor. He ald he had the general management of the business. John P. Kellogg, he said, was employed for the purpose of counteracting in Con necticut, alleged mlsrepresentatloas that -were being made in that Staie about the Electric Boat Company. Mr. - Frost said that he had given no instructions to C. S. McNelr to em ploy newspaper men to prepare arti- , cles on sub-marine boats or to. influ ence' Congress. ' , , , ,-' With the exception of Mr. Alley's district and that of Mr. Loud, of Mich igan, the witness Bald that so far as he. knew no attorney or agent was em ployed by his firm .in any member's district ' ' . . Mr. Frfost denied that he had made contributions in , behalf ? of his com pany tb any campaign fund. - lie said thai his -company did not maintain a lobby in Washington and declared that no undue influence in behalf of his company had been brought to bear by himself or anyone or any member of Congress, nor had any money been paid i to influence the Navy Depart- Mr. Frost denied all . knowledge as to the amendment offered In the Sen ate Naval committee to the Naval Ap propriation bill In 1907 which Mr. Lilley charged toad been drawn by at torneys for the Electric Boat Com pany with the intention of suppress ing competition. " .Referring to the time' President Roosevelt made a submerged trip la one of the sub-marine boats Ur. Frort denied that the company had any paid newspaper men at the trial. Th3 boat was commanded Lieutenant Nelson, U. S. N.. and ?' . Trojt tet!- fled that the cr-r.r' 1 ' 'urcr.:.:: tContinucI c- sora