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FOE AND v
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Mil OTHERS SPEAK
Tlie Dritlsli
i.alor the CeiHer of
Attraction t
3l estertla y' . Session,
AUhi Ills VJit Was .Unexpected
,.lie4l4itpciled to Ylelil to tho
: Call of llie CloSres ami Make', a
jHfeech, -Expswcd Himself as Well
Wisher of, the Houtw Acldresp hy
Mr. Clarence H, roe, pf ;Kalearhr
Dr. J." Jk; Ilqnsteel -MrssrK. lMwln C
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'j : (l?y the- Associated Press. .
Washington; D, .'C'Dec. j. sjfvEx-
pressing - the 'conlct!on that ; areat
; future . li about to: dawn ,-uoon ' the
. South. JamesfBryee, the British1; am
bassador, today received a notable re
ception from ;the delegates In attend
4 anew upon the Southern Commercial
1 Cpn'gr68s,. following a: speech In vhlch
he declared that he U well wisher of
the South.; '.'. r!f! ! U',-: ., ',V ;". ' I :': -.
iThe ambatiadr was the center of
lattractlon., although his visit wSsL un
expected; Mr.-JJyee came Into the hall
. I nlmply as a spectator; but the audience
!oon noted h.ls presence, and Imme
diately shout of L "speech," Bpeech"
filled the air and'.he va compelled to
. yield th aelrfc' vf the.; conrresis. -'V
fSirifce 1 came hjere 18 monthafaso,"
raid Mr. Bryee. have twice tlsited
the 3outh I cant hardly exprew -to
you the tjontfast between what I pfer
sanally witnessed, twenty-seven years
apro and -'the? (. ''present conditions.
.Wherever I ha-l;been in thejSouth 1
hiipn atrnrk'1 bv the sizns of ac-
. tiylty, pr&greps end development J.see
the land being brought more and more
into cultivation; 'more and more being
done for; agricultural methods. J ; saw
the rsourcea of your soil., of coatand
iron, being brought - to j light and I
' saw ( new jJlrit in the , South twhich
desin s to make Agricultural progress
comniensurate wRh material ddvelop
'ment. 7. ?.:'.!" t:'.. '-- . !" . - t-;"
t ..-JTh( ambassador .pointed oUt- the
enormous 'difficulties with which fr the
Buth has had tt contend; sincip; the
Cvll War. "Kow therefore," f he con
tinued "there is fl great door open be
fore you and id's one of the well wishers
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' OS IIe psouinr wnui ueiievw m
ness as a, flourishing and important
plruof the Country. I venture o coh
' gratulate you oh;; what, is beinardone
and to say that still greater prospects
; YfA irf etevy.'"f-5'-, ' : v 'if-.'j,--
The a f ternoon session was presided
- yover byi "Giorgef Killyer. 4 fnem
V ber of i the1; Georgia State Railroa
'Commissions who In a brief address.;
' -reviewed; the work of that bodv in
- dealing With the; transportation ! com
panies. The principal speaker were
AVm J, : Oliver, iiot Knoxville. Tenn.;
r Clarence HfPoe;, editor of, the Pro
? jtresslvei Farmer,! Itateigh N. C and
Dr. J. A.- Bonstee'. of the tUnited
'' t State Bureau. of $oils. j r t ,
.'..; fl Mr.i PonJteetji reviewed th work
which has been! done by the Jlureau
' . of Soils., in the way !of Investiiratlons
1- Irt the South-' The speaker declared
, that the South is a regton of ;f almost
. tjoundless .itsaarrioidtural opportunity,
V and expressed the belief that the
brainstand enterprise of theso fifteen
- Southern States' will not neglect so
" great an opportunity. He predicted
V that the; next census will show; that
-the annua! . va?ue( of the farm protlucts
1 ft the Sodtjh , Witt double what If now
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Before the Southern
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hlch 'will be
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excess of ?2,-
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(Mr. Poe's address will be found In
other columns of this cpaper. News
Editor.) ' . -
' Health Conditions In South. "
. Preliminary to .the convening of
the- morning sesison; Governor Dawe,
lecretary ot the Commercial Club of
Montgomery. Ala. coaled attention to
the wrong impreSslf n which ;has
rained considerable headway. In for
eign countres, notably in Europe, re
garding the healthconditions In the
Southern . s States; declaring that in
JECtirope and the British, Isles the Im
migrant maps have black and yellow
splotches over what are called the
Southern States., the idea jbelng that
certain - Southern States .are- Infected
with yellow fever," and therefore unfit
ted for a placei of Residence. . " "
i Jlr. Dawe -aaldijthis impression' is
unjust to the Soutn. He therefore ad
vocated the carrying on of ah active
propaganda r in foreign., countries, to
make the South betters understood in
this respect. - v,
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F6rr2 GpYernment v Conds
OF
Taft Presides and flakes' speech at a
Joint Conservation Meeting .' in
Waslilngton' and - Roosevelt . Makes
the- Principal Address--Both AdTO-
catei the . Issuance of 'Government
Bonds for Construction of Pernia
v jient Public Improrementa to Con
serve Natural Resources. ; ;
Washington,' -D. C.. Dee. 8 -President
Kooseveit. j and. i President-elect
Taft publicly, put themselves oh record
today in advocacy) of the- issuance of
government bondsOfor, the .Construction
of permanent public improvements to
conserve'the natural resources of the
nation: - . - r ' . '' ' j
President-elect Taft presided at the
Joint conservation , meeting this after
noon at the Belaico theater In this
city at which j President Roosevelt
made the princlpanaddress. Mf. Roose
yelt and Mr. Taftave their unquali
fied approval for. the carrying out of
expert plans for conservation of , th
nation's resources." '.
An audience which filled the theater
and which included Andrew Carnegie,
John Mitchell, Senators," Congress-'
men and the Governors iOf se-eral
States, applauded every sentiment expressed.'-
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The- Joint meeting brought together
the members of t he i Conservation
Commission and-thei" ;helpera, the
delegates to the great 'Southern 'Com
mercial Congress, the members of the,
Rivers and Harbors Congress andl
others Interested vih working ' 1 out a
comprehensive plan for making the
most of the lands, y minerals, forests
and waters that belong :ta the public
domain of the Uriited States.
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Where the Sessions of the North Carolina Methodist
TRAIL OF 0L00D STAII1S
Was Francis Hirschberg ; a
Suicide or Victim of Murder?
Citizen of St. - Louis, Prominent in
s Church, Club and Business Clrtles.
Ii Shat and Killed At ills Ilome -
Trell of Blood Stains Through
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St. Louis, Dec 8. Francis D.
Hirschberg. . prominent in the Roman
Catholic . Church, and a- personal
friend of Archbishop Glenrron. also
well known in club and -business cir
cles and as a director of the Liouisiana
A'urcnase iuxposmon, was snpt anu
killed at his home early todas.
V hether It was murder or suicide has
not been determined.-: "
-A trail of blood stains on the stair
way Indicate that Mr. Jtirscrfberg
was shot at the. foot of the stairs and
then turned and walked back! to hip
;bedroom-on he! second floor. From
there r he crossed a hallway ana
passed through . h? wife's room to
the bath room;' He returned and
staggered Into his wife's rooms.
Mrs. Hirschberg awoke just in . time
to see him lnk to the floor, uncon
scious. He died soon afterward with
out making a- statement ' as to how
he ' was shot.." As far ? as the police
can learn no member of the house
hold was , on . the lower' floor of the
house at the time of , the shooting
Mrs, Hirschberg Is deaf and
there-
fore : she did . not hear the re
ort of
the .-revolver.
NEW APPOINTMENTS
Changes Made;! Since ; Close of
Western Methodist Confer-
encd: at Ashevilte
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p. DjJtinei, n, l uciv An unusua
number of, changes and re-appoint
mants have been ade In the Western
North Carolina Conference pf h
Mcfhodist Episcopal church since th:
close of it"! annual session at Asheviil'
two. weeks aco which have keot
Bishop James Atkins and tha presiding
elders busy in providing for, t'l
churches vleft without pastors The
following new appoitFrnents hivr
been announced "sjLnce conference: ,
MtTZIon Station Rev. T. Barber.
. Derita Rev. Seymore Taylor.
- LInwood -Rev. A. R. SurratL i -
Hlrkory Circuit Hev. Phoenccla
Brlttain. : - ' '
, New London Per. O. J. Jones.
Wentworth Rev: A. L. Aycock. ?
Iredell Circuit Rev. J. C. Kesver .
East Spencer- Rev. J. P. Lanntng.
Commenting upon the large number
of cHnre Rev J. C. Bowe; D. : r
nresldlnr elder of tha Salisburv dis
trict, upserted that there s & spirit '
"unrest growing in tne cnurcn at.iame
today. He admonished -his hearers
avoid this condition which he belisves
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BULGARIA COMES ACROSS
Declares Her Willingness to
Indemnify Turkey
Notifies the Powers Tlit She is Wll
r'lUig to Indemnify - Turkey: , in the
Sum of Sixteen and a Half Millions
for . Damage -Turkey - Negotiating
for Purchase, of $1.8J0.000 Worth
; munition.
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(By the Associated Press.)
Paris; Dec. 8.-TheTemps, this af
ternoon publishes a, despatch from its
Sofia correspondent, saying that Bulgaria-
has notified , the powers of her
Avillingness to indemnify. Turkeyy In
the sum of $16,500,000 for the dam
age sustained by the Bulgarian decla--ratlon
of Independence.., . - -
Turkey Huts Ammunition.
Berlin, Dec The Turkish gov
ernment is negotiating for -the pur-r
chase of $1,850,000 worth of sharp
nel and Infantry ammunition with a
German company at Dusseldorf. The.
small arms factories of Berlin ' are
unusually busy v.-ith. the manufacture
of. army rifles. " . ; "
MM LOST - ALL IIIGHT
Aged Lady of Winston-Salem
Found Next Morning
Mrs. John Lewis Wanders from Home,
Gets IiOHt and After Considerable
Waiuloring Spends. Night at a Home
in the Country, -While , Relatives
. Spend a Wretched Night,
(Special to News1 and Observer.)
Winston-Salem, N. C, Dec. 8. Mrs.
John Lewis, aged sixty years, a mem
ber of an excellent fomily, who wan
dered away from- the home ot her
daughter, Mrs. M. M. Murchlson; fast
night, was found about ten o'clock
this morning on the'Kornersville road,
four miles south of town, by yraisk
Holton, son of District Attorney A. IS.
Helton, . Seauhirjg. parties were out
dl night, looking .for the I lost wc
n.on. When Mrs. Iewis arrlyed homn
she was weary and nervous. -While
?be appeared to be perfectly rational,
tlui family did not attempt to quescion
her in regard to details of her jour
ney. 1 She did. however; . She, -did,
however, say that she did not realize
that the Was lost until she had got
tn out of town. Mrs. Lewis state!,
that she was ndeavoring airthe time
to gtt home; that street cars passd
ner several times;' that she stbppei at
one jf.irm house several miles f below
l-wn and asked to stay all night but
tliat the people told her , that thcy
vcrc ! aoi - prepared to keep ; h-r. 6he
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Mason Lumber Company Res
trained From Cutting Timber
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Order of Federal Court nl Case of
Western! Bond of Cherokee Indiana
.vs.. Mason f Lumber Company -n
- Junction Restrains -" Companj From
Cutting nmber on CerUlh Lands
. Principally In Swain County. !
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. Charlotte, N." C, Dec. 8:- In Fed
eral court' in this city today an order
was signed in the case of the Western
Band Of Cherokee - Indians; of Swain
county. North Carolina, i against the
Mason t Lumber Company upon peti
tion 1 of the Cherokee Indians,' re4
straining the lumber1 company from
rutting any more timber from certain
inds of the ii: Indian -reservation,
located principally in Swain, county.
The company and the Indians have.
however, agreed that all sawed or cut
timber now on the said lands shall be
disposed of by the company with' the
consent of; the court; which is granted
in the order drawn 1ip covering the
case in question." The company had
a contract) to cut the timber from the
lands of the Indians fifteen years, the
time; expiring last September, not it
was alleged that about five' million
feet have Ibeen cu since the close of
the contract The order of the -court
however provides for-' Jthe disposal of
all xtimber cut at prices to be paid to
the Indians agreeable to the court
and the parties interested. - j 1
HOBSON BRINGS SUJT
Claims $20,000 Damages by
JSIander Against Congress
man Keliber of Massa- V
chusetts.
(By the Associated Press.)
Poston. Mass., Dec. 8. It was of
ficially announced today the action
for alleged slander returnable in the
United Sttaes circuit court"' February
1. 1909, in which $20,000 -damage
are claimed, has been brought - ty
Congressman Richmond P, Hobson of
Alabama against Con-rressmart- John
A. Keiiher-, of' Massachusetts. - - ,v-
. The alleged remarks which caused
the action were made thU fait-fol-
lowing a visit to this city of Captain
Hobson, who spoke : for Joseph " A.
Conry fori congress, the latter con-
iesting snccessfully .with. Congress
man Keiiher for the nomination. ! -
e-hHni'edJwalkIntt- until she4 found a
place to stay. ' The night was ipent
with tne family.-of Mrs. Amanda Has
ten, a fwjmlles this ! tilde of Kwiv-rs-
I lie, v She arrived there about V nine
o'clock. They treated her'; kindly and
gave her a- good breakfast. !-c f- -i
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DIES in BALTIMORE
Passed Away Suddenly
! Yesterday Afternoon
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He and Ilia Brother, 3fr. Caesar Cone,
Had Built Up the Largest Group. of
Cotton ' 31111s and the Most Exten
sive Cotton Commission Business in
the Soutli Ills Wish to Be Burled
at Blowing Rock. ' J
(Special to News .and Observer.) I
Greensboro, N; C. Dec. 8. Intelli
gence of. the sudden death In 'Balti
more this afternoon of heart disease
of Moses Cone greatly . shocked! hi?
family, four brothers and friends here
tonight. . He, with hia "brother, Caesar
Cone,' had built and are operating the
largest group of cotton' mills and con
duct the most extensive cotton com-,
mission business In the South, j. The'
relatives leave at ten o'clock forj Bal
timore. ' .
Deceased was fifty-two years pf age.
universally highly esteemed and; had
expressed his wish to be burled on top
of the mountain - at his large estate
near Blowing Rock. j j
J0K1 LIST OF DEft
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Riot . Between: Religious
Fanatics and Pclicemeri
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Riot In Kansas City Streets Results tn
Death of a Policeman and Proba
v bly Fatal Injuries to Four Others
Among those Whose In jurie May
Prove Fiftar" Is "Adam Cod." a
, Street Preacher. '
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Kansas City. Mow. Dec. -.8. In the
fehadow of the city hall a riot in
which' religions fanatics and police
men were- -s participants 1 and ' during
which a hundred shots were red. this
aftemoon, resulted In the death of
Policeman : A. O. Dal bow, probable
fatal injuries i to four and slight in
juries to two other' persona. ' ' ! -x
'Those probably fatally injured are:
John ' Sharp, known as 'Adam God, n
street" preacher; i Mlchaet Mullane. a
patrolman; V Lola Pratt, 13 years old,
k Harry E. Stege, : a ; policeman, and
George M.- Holt, a, probation officer,
were also' hurt. ' ' ' ! i .' ,
.The trouble- occurred while; the
streets were crowded. 1 -I
While the fight was in progress the
participants traversed an .entire
block.- ' v ' . '
; Probation Officer Holt, of the Juve
nile court.! today, went to Fifth and
Main -streets, to investigate a case of
alleged abduction. Near that . corner
Jje met 'John Sharp. known as ii Adam
lGbd.! -wfio i vfBM exhorttnsr a crowdy
With Sharp "were A.v J. Selser, ift vv
jnart' and- five children ranging in
uge f rom 3 to 1 4 years. Ho!t did not
like the manner tnwfcichr the woman
attempted- to- get money contrimitions
from the crowd: and-he -decided . thaf
she ana; ner maie companions i were
not - proper ' persons to have thei cus
tody of young children. 1 I -
iThe woman anounced that she and
f Ada m God" would cond oct a service
at Poor- Man's. Mission toniht, where
upon she and her companions started
toward the mission. 'Ottteer TieU tbr
fnqulred as - -to the Identity, of the
i h II d Tt n A -Th e4 woman - Immed 1 a teJ y
sumes an 'attitude of resent meat
and replied, that the officer Mhad bet
ter attend -to his-own bualnss.'
'"Adam Gcd." who- wears! lon
white beard ajid 'hflr; -threatened . thfi
officer. Officer; Holt- was not armed
but1 stood his ground junta Adam'
God"- struck him a hesA-j- Wo be
hind . the ear with a pistol, making
nn uiy wound., Holt then' started for
the police station for. a.-slstn!e " A
Holt moved away the preaCher I tried
to shoot, him but the cartridge: failed
to explode. - ' ! f .
iOrflcer Ilolt rushed to the polfce sta-
tlcn and announced that a band of re-ll-rious
fanatics,, armed to the! teeth,
were at the threshold of -the stalon
lnd warned the bfflceri to' prepare for
trouble. The aergeant In charge or
derrd Patrolrneri Charlea Dalbow and
Harry R. Stege to arrest Sharp and his
followers, 'r'' ' Vrf-1: ;?A
. 1 fhsrp and his companions ; were
witrin fiftir yards of-the police sta-
t6n when the-offlcers stepped 1ntotheH
street The Sharpltes "gavef-evioerws of
frenzy and with profane abuse' they
served notice; on . all that they would
preach rleht ""under. the eaves s of the
police: station and the police could not
prevent us." -: . .
-It was 'later 'learned that Sharp's
male companion : was . Louis i Pratt
father of the five children. ' Pratt was
arrested-nninjured.' The "worn an and
the children, ed to' a house boat on
which' they lived on - the Tdlssourl
rtver.l Fifty policemen fond-wed thfjm
a nd -found that the woman -ad--bari-ended
herself. n -the hpuse-boat.
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Ifl GOOGBESS I HALLS
A Few Bills Introduced
In Both Houses
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In the! llouso a Number of Bills Are
Sent j to - i Cnfcrence--Hlg;slnsri of
Connecticut, Goes on Judiciary
Committee, and Martin. on. Commit-
tee of Indian Affairs Call of Com- 4
niittces, Bat , no lU-port 3ILstel-
lancous Work in the Seaate. . V
(By the Associated Press.) V-
Washington, D. C, Dec. 8.The
business ' of t both Houses - of Congress
a as confined today largely to listening
o the reading of the Preadent's an-K
iual mtssage; but in addition a stew
Dills t were Introduced, both in thei .
senate r and the : House, and In ,the
Jouse a number. of; bills were st-nt toi
conference, J among them beinaf 1 onei
providing for a new- Immigration ta-i
Aon in! Boston.
In addition th0 Speaker announced; '
he appointment of Mr. Illggir.s, of 1
onneCtiCut,f'to a rIace on the com
fiittee f on - the Judiciary,. In placo -of,
IrMJhUefield, ani if Mr. Martin to! '
n place- oh the Committee on Indian j
fiairs. In place of Mr. Parker, jde-k ,
casedi'' J:. ' ; ' ' ''' :- - .V;,;:';;"
"for the 4rst iime during the pres
, nt Congress there was a call i of tha
committees of the House, but no mcas- ,
ure was report ec br any of them. i -
The mlscellaneou"? work of the Sen-;
ite consisted In tne main of the . ref
erence tn executive session of about
t.500 recess nomi jajons, which were
oday, isent to the Senate by the Pr si- -denU
and the adepdon of resolutions
of regret ' on account .of the death- of ,
members of, the House, who have pass
Jid ; away' since the adjournment last .
May ; J -The "Senate, adjourned for thi -;
'ay at O'clock and the House at
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Roosevelt Advocates An Emergency
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Washington, D. C, - Dec 8. An .
amergency i volunteer army measure
a as , advocated today by President
Roosevelt .1n - a special message' to
Congress, and the draft of the bill
accompanying the message was in- .
troduced in the Senate bv Mr. Cul-.?
iom, ; f The President" says the bill is . ;
intended to replace, the present law,
hlchwa placed on the statute
booksj 1 'piecemeal ? and hurriedly, .
parthj; Ion jthe eve of the war- with
Spain I and partly after hostilities haV
actually commenced." ; . ' - -.. ; -After
declaring the present law to -be
faulty and wholly inadequate to a .
speedy - and proper organization pf a:
volunteer force, the President says
the; bill proposed, - which ? was drawn
underj super liort of the chief of staff .
of the 'atmy, has the hearty approval .
of the! War Department - ; . . . ,
Tne propose a dhi is elastic; unner
its : provisions- a . force of 2,000,000
men .) could
be raised - as ' well as ? one
of 5frs000.
Senate Compliments , Mrs. Lonstrect.
" J Washington, ' D. C, Dec. : 8.Tha
Senate today .'confirmed" the nomina
tion of He'en D. Longstreet, widow, of
the Confederate General, as postmaster,
at Gainesville. Ga. The action ,of
the Senate- la confirming the nomina
tion on i the; day It was . received ; was
a speciajt, ; compliment to Mrs. "Long--'
street;' tvr--'- - -"". -t .; S".
SIRS, HENRY C
SUM3LRS DXiUlD.;
Wife:Witf
Prominent- Citlicn and
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County Comoilsiiloncr of IrcUcll. v
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; Statesvflle. ' N. C, Dec. S. Mrs. ;
Ellen.; Brvin Summers, .wife of f Mr.
Henry c Summers. , county coirimls- , ?
sioner and prominent ctu-sen Of his -section
of the county, died yesterday
morning at her home In Shlioh t4vn- ,
Khip. ; vShe had .been In poor . hisalth
for five' years, and; during the past.vA
few. months- her - condition- hau ioevn . e
serlous. f- i Funeral , servicea weta eon- f.
ducted lhts - afternoon by Rev. E. D. t
Crown, and the remains -were uaid to
rest- in Concord- graveyard. , Mrs.' ,
Summers had. for .years been a' fakh- ?
ful member or Concord" Pres-oyterian ..i ,. t
church. I ; She was an ex "lent Chris-r..-
tian woman and 'a faitV 1 wife and
mother," who trained- hd ,ions ln:i.the
way that they should gol , . . . - .
i drr, caldwixl
I-1 ;!;' ;. !' - ". .-.r:
An gcd Physician . and) rrTo4incni . .
.H-; Cltlisn or 'Sl.oorc-ivlliel . ..;.;; .-
f (Special to News . and Observer. ) .'.
- Statesville, N. C Dec. 8 Dr.Ii, J.
Caldwell,' an aged physician and prom
inent citiisn ' of Mooresville, who had '
been4 -.critically, ill with pneumonia for
some, days, passed IntoV the. great- b-" .,
yond yesterday at noon.'- The funeral ..
servicea were conducted . at the - First " :
Presbyterian church of Mooresville, .
this afcrn-on by the pastor of 4the de-
ceasedi tRsv. W. S. Wilson, and tho'
Interment -look place in Mooresville .
cemetery . ; 1 i -
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4- Death -off Afrs.Joel "IV Daywaalt. .
(Specie.1 to News and' Observer.)
1 SUtesvilie,- Dee.- 8. Mri. ; Bettle
Crouch Ca-rs-auit. wife of Mr. Jeel W.:
Daywault; died Sunday night at .12. .
o'clock J ai tti Vhome of ! her ' father, t - j
Mr.' CroacS. -at County TJne: sixteen
miles from Etatesvlde. "after a linger
ing illness. , Interment-took place at 'J .
County Ll;:a iodaj llrs. Daywault
is survlVeS b,r herhusband and one-
child.4.' Sha -was a slster-ln-law of -
Mr. Ji? -"Oayau
of Statesvllle. :," -
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