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r. It THE ... ' - ........ . "J vil- '-. if , tT, it- - V i . ! r. . 4. 'A' - y - r t- ;' mm - COTTOH ARE HELD 000 -Bond or Remain Kelly rropHctor of.tbe lit Ue Cure ext to thV Cotton Place, Point to a Drugging; and. Knock-Out -KclJi- Testified :rtui "RetT Hop- ". kins Clot the Cliloroform Front Iltin on Uk. Night E. W. Smitli -Was; Taken. to the. Rode Quarry. Where He Pound Dead on the Next Earlo I Cotton and 51 m Holdsrfleid r.Twer yesterday houncl over to Yake .tl Superior Court without bail by Police Justice ipadger (on : the charges of 'j tnurderl-ftsRniii ix'fth fhtefst-tn-irm rii t.-. . .. -; '. -i 3 -5.--. EDV EHWIS Ofi SM r.l larceny, i their dxref ?and " prosecuton t Ijfrowinflrout of 'the robbery and mTi- tenous uoing away with Lr; Elbert W Smithv the Pichmond travelinEr Wo the niprht of the ,l4ih of Novembe a. ue preliminary nearmg was' con cluded -yesterday, twolof the 'principal witness. E1. ChavisJ the Meero cab tean. and "Uud" "Kelly, the -keeper ot a lunch .counter in the center-Of "East , Raleigh, net to the Cotton place, hav i Mg 1 testified. "Red iropkhis, th i .State's star witness, was not cut cn , the stand.! It Is understood ihat hi ' declined to answer any "nuestl'-m put vto Wm hythe, State's attorneys before the trial, commenced.? for the reason that he "stood charged' with murder on a warrant- issued IbvL the coroner andl SerWftfl ftl YiYI hv t1 tnwnshlh rhearing- iSaturday." r tU Hopkins -and ;Chavii are bein held ;4'&s witnesses by the police court. After the 'defendants had been bound - over it ';to Superior Court yesterday Bart M. "GatlingvEi attorney . for Hopktas. approached the oe.nch -and 'nquretl of C Police-JCstlce Badger the reason of ' , Hopkins' Imprisonment -lie was In V- formed 'if hat the :manlwa oeinr held ;as a Wfthess, huf that: bail tfouid be ' allowed. He fixed the bond at $10,000. luuiuui icu.tr aoiiciior Armisieaa " Jones eresired "his Batlsfactlqn at, the ' decision:of the police justice as to the ' amount of bond that would be re-.- (qviired. i s " ' , " Coroner's inquest, "' Coroner- Separk stated yesterday that"fthe inquest would' orobably- be , . held Saturday.: He' te holding five prisoners in the County 3aJV Fred. Mil ler and Jed Hopkins beinir .charged .with - muifderrTBd, -'Chiivi.y Tom.':Ct Shaw and Grade James with being accessories before thai fact. . - '' '.The coroner does not have; the fpil n e Vonftdence; Art 'Afr JdenCe 'pro : duced lnhepoice'. court and .believes 10 that Ws hearing will MiWcloaefsono In- t . terestlng? facts r connef ted w! wlth - the The-fitjit put ononly a email num- V' Inary ' hearing. City Attorney : Snow il .stated- last night that:, ft - Was desired ' ' tolntroduce only enough vldeiiwto ,, bind thedefendants. over-to criminal .court. : in- fact -no- very large number r- of TWltnesses were -subpoenaed for the ' ' hearing! ;but their testimony-,: will " be , desired V the trial.' In the . Superior Court - :-r:x:.4z-iii f -1 ' The defense ' offered ino testimony,. :'r hut crosa-eamined . the - State's - wlt . jiesses. ,;At 10 "minutes to-1 o'clock '"'yesterdajr afternoon when City Attor 4' "ney Snow, who was sitting. with Soil citor Jones -an4 -Alexander H. Sands; .' Esq.; thev Rlehmond attorney" appear- ' v ng for i 'the frier.dri of tlie deceased . Smith, announced that the State rested j its case.'tr.-Watson, counsel f or Cot , f ton and febeakin for fMr.", Hinsdale, also jrtated that it was the case:fr the ; defendants. - - " I-' - j - V -Solicitor Jonis L asked that the Me- Pendant be held 1 till the next term of Wake court HI tan Mr. Watson asked for the discharge - (of the; prisoners on the 'grounds .that - the , corpus delicti, i he; saidj had"- not !",' beenf established, r . : i i ? v ! , Police 'Justice Badger said that the ', defendants wonld be ireld till the nex: ' term rif ".court wlthAutJbail. : . . ' - - n -; ' Ed.- Oiavlx.. . ; Ed.'ChavIs, the nekro cabman, was 1 'the first witness ; who ..took the stand ' " yesterday.; He said that Saturday, the itn oi fljvovemDer. naa - Deen : a ; very uau uaj, ; TTivii luuii aim iiholo, c..i that' at f 7:30 or: .io'cloclr -when he went to? the Red LUarht Cafe, Earte fnttori'sii nlace the tain had4 just . ,,Jc eased. 4 He had gone ; to Cotton s 'from Bertha Brown s house, to wmcn - resort h had taken - ft person -whosft '-'name was kept secret He hacl left " .the Tewis v pool-room ;on - Fayetteville ,K -street - jest a few minutes beiore. ; where he- had taken on his passenger. ' and had gone to no Other place; He - returned from Bertha Brown s to Cot 'I. r. . (rcw Strong on Illght Vood. Vfu ran't erow strom? by merely fcVprflsinir. . You must! have food 1 and V-thati food must be the kind you can digest and assimilate. m NO matter how "wuh food you Cat, . j unless it 'is digested it -ndds - to. the ? - burden the i digestive f ; organs ' have naturally, to carry. This Often, means a .nervotis breakdown.. ' "Auout a year agb.'l writes ft -Mass. lady, 'I'hp.d. culte a ierlous nervous -' breakdown caused, . as' .Is believed, by ''overworK1 and worry.1Igaiso euffered untold misery, from dySpepsUurs. 'Firsts I', gavie up my position, then -1 1 -tried :Ho find a remedy for ;,mv - troubles, something that would make me well -and strong; t something .: to rest ;my? tired : stomach and build np pny ' -orn-out "nerves; and .brain. ; - tried -one kind of medicine after another.? but nothing seemed to i help 1 me. r As a last resort J tried different r' foods but they all failed me. i V "Finally a friend i ; recommended Grape-Nuts and ith little or no faith in : n. X rtried a, package. That was been without It slnce.l 1 "Grape-Nuts did the;work. It help ,;ed me arrow, strong and well." Graper . , Nuts put new life into iriel imilt up my n whole . system and icnaue another wo- ." man of 'mA" v"Thf V RMon.! , , Name" given fcy Postum Co; s Battle ? Creek. Mich, lead The Road v to , , Wtellville.- In pkgs. - Kvcr vcexi Slso abovcj leittcr?; A new ono appecr& Trom tlmd tto'ltme. f They are pecsain?., -?m5, nnd full of human HAWKING HACHINES. Catarrh Sufferers are Nothing: But nawldng, Spit tins and Ulowih? taclitnes, Bays an Attthorlty J, is it oossible that in these days when cleanliness and 'sanitary reform Is helne preached i in the ,' churches. Vchobls andfctpttblie rathertrors, that tnousands -or people win continue to suffer from-., catarrh, when ; there ..is an absolutely certain remedy -always on "hand. - ' ' ..- ".- a pleasant; -medicated '&fcd,'anii$epfcl4 Orusr Co. to do it ormoney pack, and '8uc,h'a guarantee ought to. be strong enough for anvnooy. f Entirely Cured by Ilyomet. IiaVing suffered from catarrh for about two years, and havin tried nu- merousremie6ies -without any sattstae- tory results. i finally -tried' Hyomci. and art glad tp state that after, using about one ana '-pne-lialf vbotttea I'am entirely cuxd- 1 1 linvt ; recommended it to others with satisfactory Tesulta: C. N. Lindsy. 407 East Ffrst Ave., Mitchell, S. D. : A Complete Hyomel outfit conslst- Ine of a :tron. hat-d mhhr noVptl inhaler and a bottle of Hyomel, costs! oniy, ii, and extra bottles,' If after wards needed, cost only 50 'cents -each at Babbitt-Wynne Drug Co., or direct, by mall, charges 'prepaid, from Booth's Hyomel Co., Buffaro, N. y. r - Hyomel ialSo cures Asthma; . Bron chitis, Coughs and Colds, Crbup of in fants, nd any --inflammatory disease of qthe respiratory tract .V addressed him: . - I. ' " 'Hello Doe;" i . jt v Cott&n;nhswered, "Hello." I Chavlsf stated; that he wanted n 5iec of steak." ' s "lied" Hopkins took the order and Richard . Williams, the negro cook, prepareo it. ,- - f - f While the order was berng prepared Cotton nasked Chavls tf. he ."wanted to rnalce -a '-trtp, and.' the driver; replied that - he did. telUng -CJotton to "come across' 'Cotton handed over two one dolia(r bills, and told Chavls 'f yourre goIngt go now." - I - Chaxis said he wouldn't until he got 'his "steak. ' ; '" - - - ' - - "Damn 1t Cotton exclaimed, "you can -get that wKe'h -yon come bade." telling -Chavls that his passengers were waiting for him Hrhen.- !ChaviS went out and observed Holderfield at the oarrlagewith his hand 'on the side of the Vehicle, "and as -the egro' un blocked " his horse Holderfield got in. Chavls asked Holderfield -which -way to go'and was "told to 'turn around. The horse Wag facing Raleigh, in the westjy standing In front -of the -alley way (between -the "Cotton ." and Kelry places. r -'Because of the threatening weather, and the fog, the fetorm cur tains were -lowered on ; the -carriage. Chavls said that -a door from Cotton's private Abed :room entered the alley way. Y A m t' ".. yvr v.v-- . Chavls-turned, his horse -around as he 'had been ' directed -nnd - drove Straight out ' Davie street toward the east,Vcrossing the old track fend turn ing o the right' when 'he reached the road that runs between the Federal cemetery and -.-the ' rock quarry, -driving toward -the Andrew Green place.: iit- tic uau luiitcu auuui nail . waj Of 'the 'length--df Uhe quarry HOlder- fleld aaid; -This fs farl enough, nd flighted from" the- Carriage Tn the rlghr) hand side, toward the -quarry.' BotbHimmpg on - the Carriage were ifnm.!Holdsfflld: 5 ft: AThij rhrs rghWtlrightf dod kr but txcntavis opened the lamps,' Intending" to fol ow wie- dark Instructions; when the wlnd axtlnirulshed the lights, v i r , . Holderfield - then pulled something cut of the-carriage, Chavls not know-.' ng what it Was, that careened the. carriage, causing the side from which the Hbbdy was' being dragged to sag downward. Chavls said that this freight supposed to . be human- sounded heay '' when it f struck the around., a deaH sound ."he 'said, like Mrniith.lns? tailing in -a lumpT -He de jClared thatHhe- curtains being 'drawn prevented him from a seeing what jit Was.-: V.A.AfA- A'7' A.', ' '' ' '' -VAV-'AA. ' ' A,.. : l- i "Chavls turned a round, driving into Davie street - from the quarry, and When he reached the" George Lane bottom Holderfield remarked: "I like to 'trim - a --smart jruy. when he thlnljs he's marteArthan n vbfw3-else.v . , ; -Holdeyfteldot out f the carriage atheK cora-r vf SwniitVinid Davie streets I and 'Chavls Jdrve , n to Hhe stsMe "to put . uj hia -horse-', for the; night - ' A Crooked Deal.". Int the cross-examination Chavis nc jit saidvSthat h .VAi very frequently stopped Three people were In the at Cotton's. restaurant when he entered. Hopkins,; Williams and Cotton. Cotton was standing near the cash register. .. Cha-j vis did not then see Holderfield. Thq negro was not tn the place' longer than "six' or seven minutes." Cotton had said to him: . ' , V V "iLwant you to make a trip for me. Can' you make it?" Chavis replied: TYes, sir." ! ' Cotton said:: 'Here is .two. dollarsi." Chavla remarked: "All Aright? The door to the. Kelly place, Chavis said.was closed, l He was positive he saw no one gei ' mio c me cavriaBa excepx Aioiuerneia. jjunng ine trip to- - the-4 Uarry he . did not look ,back to se what it was .in his carriage with Holderfield. He ac counted for; his movements after put tlng up his horse, saying that he set tled -up With Mr. Julius Heller, owner orthe team, then wen to the market and to a pool room on Fayetteville street and afterwards Jiome. Asked by John Hinsdale,. Esq.. coun Selvfor Holderfield, what he thought of the matter at the time, referring to the trio to the roCk quarry, Chavls said Jie thought many-things, one b-Inghat-it was a crooked deal. He aeciareti.inaivn vas xoggy ana aara inainignu j . - - . 7 L Hopkins and Chloroform. - WrhslowvK. Kelly. "Bud.? of the no front A' colorllght cafe,; divided from Cotton's by a. narrow, drive-way, .was an Important witness. Ile said that Cotton at the time of the Smith trage dy. He saw Red on the evening of the 1 4th of November, and. had a conver satlon with Xhim. "Red" had a little brown bottle,: about three .inches tn height Which Kelly was keeping for him. ; Hopkins had taken : it to Kelly about a month and a half before the robbery and asked-Kelly At he might not "leave 1t- behind -.-some . cake . boxes In " Kelly's place.- r Onvtbe eventns of the 14th, When It was "'gettiog; good and dark. Hopkins went into Kelly's plarte, and saldr ""Bud,- I'veTgot thla bottle; I'll brtng.lt back directly." He kept it Jtwenty1 or twentyve mlriutes and- brought It back, niacin a It where he got it from, on the shelf behind a I Hripkins' started out of Kelly's and was about to," leave' the portch ' when he turned back and said "Bud If any thing turnsup bad tonight- for the Lord and Heaven s sake" float say any thing -about it for If you do it's Katie bar the door with me.". i . . ; He did not see Hopkins again that -night - , 4 . - - Kelly gave the bottle, to. Capt. Jack Beasley, a ponce officer. '' air.f Breatheat inc' afvf at; :.niiure catarrh. tif 'Milt "ctooM jfout fth, ,teyrviHnia jrtpstaittiThe' nose. labllshed that Hopkins' left the bottle of chloroform at the Kelly .place he fore he was hired "by Cotton.- j ' Lav. - lr - t Captain Jack Beafdeyj v I Capt. Jack Beasley testified i that he had had a conversation Ivlth!'4 Kelly, the latter surrendering to him a bot tle, which Hhe officer efthibited." The Captain delivered it tb the Chief of Police. Kelly told .the Captain that ne 'got tne Dottle vrrom i-iopitin ttno tnat it nad been In nts -piaoe ' some time. Hopkins "had "told "Kelly. "to keep the bottle tin heshould call for It and the latter ht kent It inn -a. shelf b'e- swndpoxvs - . " r- rt it'Thfl bottle was seen to have onptra tabHjt i itndlfeting Its fcoTitenta t -be Yu'v chief bf :rii smmnsi i Chief iT-PoilcO JLHMOlllr s test! fled thath:gei tHeUbbftl. which ha held n tilS liand. "from:H:amain ueas- rley. and that he ha&;(keri. tt to Dr J. "M. pickel. a ehmlst ii i -, - -' -Dr J. M. el. i Dr. J. M. Pickel. assistant State Chemist said tnat the bottle "had "been taken--tor him br-th CWef -of -'Pollco, about the SOth of Noviaiber. "He aS made an analysis of the. content nnd found that the "bottle contained chloro formtt It Was about one-thirds or one halrTullt the drug. ) ' t - On cross-examlnatkin Dr. PIMcel stated that he had made three: tests to determine "what were the contents of the Dottle, one - odor, on specific gravity and one boiling! point He as serted that the chloroform had not deteriorated to any practical extent : ' . . m Ui ' ) "... . A MEETING FOR MEN. . Tlie Moral Welfare "of tlw; tCity Dis cussed aiid a 'Movement For cleaner .- I''tleguft." " ' 1 v i; " : At the Tabernacle . Haotist -ciurch Sunday afternoon an : interesting meet ing ' for ; men : was conducted 'by. the pastor and attended - by ft large num ber of the representative citizens of Raleigh. - ' v - - ; The pastor spoke on. the 'Qualities of True Manhood," classifying them, according 'to man's nature, as physi cal, moral and' spiritual. The. first quality of true manhood, is a clean, healthy body. He. said that character has aplij'sical basJs. " The body-Is the tenement and instrument of the mind and soul, therefore a sin against the body is a sin against the soul. Disease and decay are, directlyf or indirectly. the results of vice and, abuse.. ,-If f a man inherits no physical weakness from his ancestors, nnd preserves his physical powers from the ills 1 of vice and abuse, 1 there - -la - nO tetliag how long he might Hvt and enjoy the health and vigor of hardy manhood. Following the pastor . Mr.' J. M. Broughton, spoke Of the danger of Christian people becoming satisfied. lie . said the prohibition law i was a grana triumpn ot. - me temperance forces, hut the people must not think that they have gotten rid of all vice by the enactment of that law. ! Other dangers threatened - to bring eveft greater evils. v" " Mr. N. B. Broughton pointed out some particularly vicious places in the city, and "said they were a standing menace to the safety and morp.1 wel fare 'of Raleigh. Ah intelligent jeolored citiaen had called hia atten-tion to some dives wHiere crowds of colored men loaf and spend their tlmel in vlc lous practices that are in danger or leading to Worse 'things. - Hei urged every man to consider his -moral ob ligation to the city and help stamp out all places which encourage vice and crime. . ! " " - i v jtr. R. H. Battle spoke interestingly of his career as a citlzeniof Raleigh, and of his -great Interest at all times Un the" moral ' life-, of the ; people. He said no Tnatr iougnt -intemperance n vice with all his powers nd 'expected to- doHWWnttl she; end -of fhis time, lie referred to t the recent CTm ! at the rock' cfuarry as u outrage io atrocious that one -would not expect to hear of such except in the rough mining towns of th Far West He-hoped this aw ful crime would arousethe "people 'to a sense of the danger that threatens the city from the evil placeai wnere the crime was hatched and perpe trated. -.''V' '' - ''- I--'".! ' . : These Sunday afternoon meetings or men will .'continue,- and from time to time prominent speakers will be Invited to address them. 4 They nre the beginning of a movement tnat por tends a better moral life for the, city. Three Voung Men or Youkg Women. The New and Cdjacrvcr offer to elve-a business - education to -"three young men or young-women absolute- iy free is -going to- prove a vaiuaoie Christmas present to the lucky re cipients,: - '- I ' I A There is a chance to jvln this with out any work or expense. AH that is necessary is five" minute's thought. Look in -another, column and you will f ina our oner..ean wrie m? reasons you think are best and mail them as instructed. Christmas morm Ing may find'yoo the luc;ky winner, j Think of getting a Business eaucaf tlon free and a good paying position too! - ' . Maklne MoneVFor Clirttrtmas. L 1. If you Would really like to have a little extra" money for Christmas shopping, you'll find it comparatively easy getting it. "It's Jukt.like Setting money from hOme.". is the -way one Woman expressed her opinion af tef trying It ..:'r' ' ir Go over your tiome. itna anything that has oeen dlsearded and s -. not wanted.- Advertise it . If or sale and sell It" It Will be like finding In the cellar. - V - 1- money KILL ONE National "Crusade Against Dandruff " Germs Now Tki-hi Waged " In . America. ; ?"''--"; -" ' ' a "The . dandruff germ is ."the greatest American pest of today," declares one of the world's greatest scientists and students of diseases of the hair. trf a recenf Intervlew'he . said. "If. the:;germs"Of the . dandruff .aro n. soon .-annihilated, the United, States will-some -day be known as the hair less nation. Thei Americans; must wage -a relentless war of extermina tion at once, and I amigolng to help them. -.-: ' '-mv recine to killing dindruff as Parisian Sage. germs, well Jcnoi is tjow being United States." mufaetured 1 In the V There T4 'only one was? to-cure ilan druff.'and that Is to kill the dandruff ;gfrms..;-v:vv '"- ' n- P--'---' There Is only otic preparation that will kill the twrns -and that' Isj Paris ian Sage:- -. v -wt ' . ' - i j.,-" Parisian age Is -now, manufactured tn Buffalo, TJ. -Y.i y the Glroux Mfg. "Co.,;nd . agendes have been i estab lished in every town In America. You take no risk in buying a bottle of . Parisian - Sftg. Bobbitt-iWynne Drug Cotnpans. is the, agent tn ,this city, and they will guarantee j Paris ian Sage to cure jlandrufr. stop fall ing hair, remove all diseases jotithe scalp, or moneir back. . " ; . Parisian Sage hi the most "marvel ous hair-dressing 4nd tonic : it i makes the hair beau tlfu!.i. soft, and luxurious In one week; It causes hair to grow if the , hair root I . b , not ' altogether dead; The price Is only . SO- Cents a bottto at . Babbitt-Wynne, Drug? Com. I pany, oj? dUtcH-T. cxVless, charges prepuiu, trviu uiiuua mi(. w.i uui Us A Han am The Scientific .Treatment ad i ministered by the TELFAIR SANITARICM. 4 Greensboro. North: Carolina, for Morphine 'and" Whlakey addictions means .' no - pain, no -xsweatlng -f , no , ' "unpleasant "symptoms,' The "drug" is gradually' withdrawn" and -the" patient does not yeal - tze itmhtll cured.1 The patient addicted to 'alcohoL . volunta-'. , Tily Ogives up whiskey within '48 to T2 hours,!. experiencing " no shock, no Inconvenience. In its- own beautiful home. large grounds, delightful porches, constant personal attention of ; skilled ijhyslchtnsj -enced attendants and expert" there 1 is 1 no place like the Telfair Sanlta , rium, of Greensboro, N. C for those "addicted- to 'drugs ror ' Whiskey. ' For terms address The Telfair GREENSBORO.! X. C, Colored Grand Lodge is in Ses- sicn Here. I Election Overshadowing Interest Vhllc Tlicir''";x2uJkiRlstIcr Ser-1 vices Liftst Night auid a Parade Will Be Made Tomorrow at Oiie O'clock. The thirtv-ninth communication of colored Masons of the Grand Lodge of: Colored Masons . of NOrth Carolina yesterday assembled in the Masonic. Temple, corner Blount and Cabarrus streets. Rev. W. J. Moore, D.D.. oc cupying the 3rand East; It was plainly indicated that, the business overshadowing all other is the election of officers, especially that of Grand MaBter.Thls office was made vacant! by the death of Grand Master L. r. Randolph, who put bis most earnest efforts in this work, producing excellent results. It was arranged to hold services In rememorance, of his lif and work at 7:30 at night Representatives are In attendance from 273 lodges, these from almost, every section of the State. At the evening session the commlt tee en Eulogy made Its report after which eulogistic. services were held, preceded; by a, letter of thanks from the widow Ot m K. Kanaoipn. - - The exercises ;began with the hs'mn "Come Ye Disconsolate" and then came the nnveiUng of the portrait of -r. Randolph, by Prof. J. R, Hawk- ins, and an address Was made by A R.: Regpass concernuig the ure ot Ran dolph. . '''- ' '''- Next came tausic, ' riania iree at my Head," faUowed by a eulogy de livered by Dr. X A. Whitted. Then came the sinsinic, Of .."Lead Kindbf Light," foHowed. ,by .; remarks - from Israel Harris WW life' of J. R. Ru:, sell; and 6th-Ts.v TReie"iKiTVleea were given great attention;' in tntrurari Lodge. ! .' 'teV.'!Ar:;'1--A'4;v;: The lodge has: two sessions daily, and n Thursday, beginning at one o'clock It will have a parade through the principal streets, after which the annual oration will be. aenverea ai the First Baptls church colored) by Dr. J.-E. Shepherd, Grand Arator. PARDON FOB VHORLEY I 1 Father of Murdered Han Protests Against Granting of Clemency Ex-Governor C B. Aycocki of Golds- boro, and Messrs. T. C. and 4. A. Wooten. - of AKlnston, applied to Gov ernor Glenn .yesterday for a pardon for Tom Whortey. of Lenoir county, who killed Ed Waters On the 22nd ot April, 1905. Waters - was convicted of murder in the second degree and sentenced to tifteen years in the penU tentlary. - a' - - Mr. G. V. Cowper. also an attorney of KInston, appeared to oppose ' the pardon - '-i.---''--v v Mr. Waters, father-Of the murdered man, and Mr. P. B. Whoriey. fathet of the convict, were with their coun- sel at the lengthy hearing held by Governor Glenn yesterday afternoon, which was not concluded . till after six o'clock; Governor Glenn took the case under consideration and vwHl "make known his decision - after y his return from Washington city next Monday, j MAY ROBSOX TONIGHT, j Famous Star to Appear Before j Cul : turc at the Academy. 1 " Anne Warner's novel, "The 1 Rejuv enation of 'Aunt Mary," Which, has been dramatized by the'; author, "wlU be presented at the Academy of Music with May Robson in the title role. la the role. Aunt Mary, played byj Miss Robson, Miss Warner has - written la. part so Well suited - to Misa KpbsoA that It Is- Bald to, be one of the best sh.e has ever had during her entire stage career. The staging of the piece is said to be most elaborate and many novel enecis at proimwu. ' , . ? Here Is what the . Atlanta Constltus tlon had to say about May Robsor's Show:- ' s'-""- .- , 1 "Standing like an ousts hv a desert of dreary: and wedVy plays, f The Re juvenation cf ' Aunt Mary."- as j pre sented at' the Grand last night, with May llqbson In' the title role',-wnL bfe held "by Wiany a" the best comedy seen here this year. This statement , While it may seerd extravagant, 1s ert-" tertained 4by the audience wbich wit nessed thef opening performance. To miss this play fa to mtss one of those rare and delightful treats which tcome. but seldom in -theatrical, season.;- ' ;- "Devoid all -probJems,: sugges tions of "-coarseuesa,4ths play, lav one of sweet mimplk-lty.' :R'l refreshing; from the rise' to -th fall of ; the- cutf tain.1 There is truly a laugh In every line and a smile' in evry action. In "The Rejuvenation of-.- Aunt Maryf Atlanta sees the original Broadway cast With all of '.its atmosphere and stage mountings. ' r ' Death of Mrs. M. M. Adams. "At 3:30 o'clock yestefflay aftirnoon, Mrs.- Margaret -Mayo Adams,widow of Thomas- R. .. Adams, aged 57 years, diedat her home on 31enwood Avenue. The funeral. will be held this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. - r ... . - a : ' ". The pall-bearers will ,. bq Messrs. Charles "McKimmon, .Gfeprge ,T4 Nor-, wood, J, C Birdsong, E. & ; Cheek, f. THE UIIC OFFIGEHS -'- . . ---':'.-;' V. r v. a u MOEIIl LT 51IPHEL1E Verbal tAttatelc if J l; V;-- J riclnonlrcddlfJdawis Mr. ' McLean Ocatev A ,'Unusnal rlScetic in ixhc, Supreme kAirt. Room TNtHnfc a 1 Session it Vhto Court ' Declares Affidavits tiled by Menrea,' Mdnt yre rtd ' Lav-rence ATt1 'Spt TrtK-ays -It Conies Hvith' Poor Grace From the Gentdetnan' At ter,' Repudiating Everything . E1k to Repudiate Hlniself. r - V.- ; -M h ' 1 " " 'A' - Kf. "Lord Angus tjou nast ." . t The word -was ? nop spoken, out of respectMr. McLean said,., for . the court. 1 - j :. L.'j ..f." iYesterday -morning in the Supreme Court a scene of fare dramatic inteiv est was witnessed when ' N. A. Mc Lean. Esq., of Lumberton, arose with a Cloud of displeasure hovering over his brow and 'ffrr 'several minutes administered to : another lawyer,- Ire , deli Meares, Esqi of Wllmmgton, a Vhtorbus verbal castrgatlon. The court did .not interrupt and ' 'while Its- de corum was 'momentarily -disturbed the. many lawyers Jn the room i were held In I the grip of Intense excitement Many of those present ' ihad never . heard ah attack so )itter, "one that went more closely after its object While Mr. McLean epoke in that au gust presence his words -fascinated every ear, and the charges he -made fastened many tfn -eye on Afr. -Meares1, who did -not" resent the charges and waited 'for Mr. McLean to conclude' before he 'spoke. There was the susr- geStion of a-frownlng. smile upon his il tins, tne unes or-a scowl on his face Mr. McLean -at times - faced tbe man agafnst ,Whomi he spoke, point- ing his -finger scornf uHy .fat tho -Wilmington lawyer, as . the attention . of. the court was directed to him. i A motion to withdraw the -petition on appeal and the- intervening mo tion of McLean and McLean, of Lum berton. counsel for the Carolina 'and Northern Railway Corhpany. in the case of ). 'M. Br it t who was am-ard ed a Judgment 'for 21,O00. was ar gued, before the Supreme Court yes terday morning, the Judgment haying been Compromised 'and a settlement made for $12,500. The petlUon was for; a rehearing, which hd been oH dered , "by Associate. Justices .Brown" and Walker. Before- a rehearing, the oompromlFe was effectedr :-si' Messrs. E. M. Britt. brother of the plaintiff, who '"was- awarded damages' for, personal injuries received.-and R. E. j Lee -were the original counsel for the plaintiff. r --. ''-Mr. Britt appeared in the hearing yesterdaj and .submit ted Jlr.- Mc Lean's contentions.- ' f. t . :t Mr. Meares appeared "for coun sel," representing liimself ' and lie-" Int yre -and Lawrence of "Lumberton ? Affidavits were filed by both sides. Mr tX ;M. , Britt tHe,H&luutu Vbor? the hearing,, caused a revocation of any -povk'er; bt attorneJ "ever executed by j Mm to Mears, Mclntyre and Law retiee. to-be served on them and in this revocation recognised and con tinued the attorneyship of . his broth er.! E. M. Britt, and R. E. Lee. He also , filed two affidavits mating that the action by Mears, ' Mclntyre and Lawrence did not represent his wishes, that he - had made the com promise. In good faith through his original counsel, one of them being his? own brother, that the amount of the! compromise bad been paid him, and that. In good -faith he had settled with Meares, Mclntyre "and Lawrence, paying them $2v500 but of the money he f had received by the- compromise, they knowing : this . to be money . re ceived from that fund. ,-. , There wete ' numerous affidavits filed on both sides. - - - -S - Tl Ileceipt Exhibited. Meares, "i McIntTe and Lawrence after the revocation Hof attorneyship had been served on them did not claim further to serve the- plaintiff; but Insisted to the court that they had a contingent ; fee .. of twenty-five, perl cent- of 'f ecoven" and asked the court to hold - the bond In the case until they could have this determ InedJ - ,,.4' The plaintiff and - original counsel filed affidavits showing that Mearev Mclntyre and Lawrence d Id not hav Any contingent fee and that .they had been paid in full and that they--had Gold Medal Haarlem Oil 1 ' i tl' it.AMt II '. lAft I U IOC UwUC tMUUKiU iLM fcs frta l crHTClT fer es! first conpouaded A.D. 1CC3. ) --' -a -s- - i' -- f Thst'twliy It la so reliable sad effident, ' ' t That's wbr when too. once me iL.joar medScbe chest will never bt without it. . .-. ... ' f. - As a ute And quick TttKei for any kind ef Wdnyi hUdder or liver troubU h i not equalled by UBfxAbcX knows remedy. Eepedally jrood for dppeneibillioaa- ness. cruape and rravel. 1 be name "uora ueoai ' m : -. on every bottle oftbe genuine . Lookior.k. - , " I i Capsules, box of SO, 25c. HOliAKP KSStCgZ CXL 8els Wsrtsrs, ioastss, rs, .t ! i ... ..." -r : V ;- ; : - : . '....;.-. 5 l'.s.: . SOLD ATIiIi DRUG STORES. 5 It- -. -.''' f'V f V,- n " V.-;''.t ..,V4;. ciubteii ismiffi !-. .; -... :i ii hi , IiHIO'.-.A .s. 4 I " tWtMWmOWMiM(i please yqu-?i .'CU and u; dresses you stylishly. becomingly and economical - tJTEaVEAtLDoii m 5M pwards3 Iw-better values th4n r evcf or femfjke iind fancy; .,S -."-t It SSH t :4.r:.airi,""T "-f : i?i --L 4 - is A -Tt-.to-'iit. "1.-? j-v--- . .v...-.f- !.:; .; '17 mr-vvio a..i.,?::"iisirf" u one ;i6'faVjb'fr&$ feci laities WiU iavtti be -have 'your bter -'ttc r i ui tic&n 0 n e executed a receipt This receipt was dramatically v exhibited -te the court by Mr. 'McLean. On lta If ace this -re ceipt -purported to-be 'a -receipt ,in full, signed by Meares; .Mclntyre land Lawrence.' ' v'-;-' i-.-.v--.- -lp,-.M. ;?a- ' After the proceeding started yes terday Mr. -Meares1 arose to -address the- court,; and llr. ' E. M.' Brttt tated that Mr. Meares was 4xot counsel In the case. Mr. -Meares declared 'thati If the gentleman had waited ; he would have grven the ; court "that 1 tnf orma- J tlon himself, stating further tnat he was 'counsel r-;counse,'K:'-V' V Attacked- AnTdavifAj Mr. ' McLean declared : with em phasis that the r affidavits n:ed by Mr, Meares Vwere'?tlntrtte t rout beinMmr to end. :and that- notkiOx -in them any way came-. -near -toitruth'V If it were"-"not for the respect' he heHl fr he cowrt. -and'his ' owtt Tself respect, said Mn McLean." he- would character ize, the conduct of the affiant in such language as it deserves."- -' ;.J v. ... I . , - Tlie vMaa TSltUng Tliere.' -! ' "If your honors please,'' began Mr M cLean in , ft tirade Kagafnst. .' Iri Meares, "there is the ;maH;sl,ttmg ther who put I bisn fist to those affidavits! which disclose v a " 'champertous -con- ttract and ask this court td recognlw? p. principle that the laW lias alvvAs declared, against. i Holding up the receip slgnea My Mr. Meares, Mr. - McLCan"excralm-!d l "'In the face of his own! recerpf -it comes- with poor grace from the uefr-tWmari'- after repudlatlhg'. everyjMnjr elsei to repudiate bfmsef.,k-Jhis "'with his finger pointing at-Mf.-AMeares. V' i v I n conclusion, M r." McLean sal(l he had talked ' very plainly, but that If he had not .been in the presence of . the court . he '-Would Tiave ' spoken rort, plainly.. HI? 'salfj lie" had nothing to apologize 'for orwtd retract a f 1 4 -. a v! !; ' Mr:"3IcareH SUtetneht. ' i ,-' ; t Mr." Meares. made' ;Very. 'brief reply. He said that the ebple of the Stntv end , the - courts kpew-8 its: chanfetsr; and that It would not, be lnlureJ; by anything Mr. McLean might say. . He reiterated what was in jthe -affidavits, saying that he , would - stand ftfor their truth. A He would -not "bandy epithets With. Mr. -McLean, he said.' il He eon- tended that ihe - settlement, 'with ; Mri Prltt -discharged -all the obligation of tne1. plaintiff to him ' -and bta -clletitSt Mclntyre if nd Lawrence, but that THE secret of making "good coffee"1 is tb Vse iof f ee feith merit that e properly blended an5 fecited; . 7e fecbm ITiftrifl. .-V' i-'ii -'-.. If " ; - to have the flavor Jhat pleases. Ocly paclreii in air tight cans, Afresh from the roaster to vrottzl the Knriftr fmft QU4LITY. Not7 5c p?r pound atycirtrccerAsk him I IMPORTEnS v COFFEES W LTD., Wew 'Orleans, la." m Ci ixilt; CC-ItaM jrlC WhoUleAgciJt ' ' 1 YOU mi .uorni:!!,.! n, tyiTKA6TOR3 SELLING AGENTS FOR rVESTINtf A; " :- - TStfwSteitt snaaings., -.v.'-,i-": ? f SHOSlElvy'iand sbmbre .. .1, v A-- . ' i r?::r-r real'stunning-i a ldv could hot resist huv 1 1 ' ' '" . .- 1 1 1 - - - - - 1 X.-X.- ! -a .... . . . ' . ""- V- 1 Sieewenf fincyso'iSiiif I vVthbuih iritehde'dlof herllnhnish jbrother S wait for that coldihitf to drive .ft Vj'i ';'u'i!tv-t . i A AJ 1 1 ordered "itiirly.iiit i--,'.vW--.:.. J r. A. : - l l o n la d e& v t:'..,- v ... ' A -.;:'- :.. : lis ,. . t- twenty-flve per Cent of. the Judgmeut for lil.OOO was du6 ' them and :inbt twenty-five per cent of 'the'ompromlsis NThe .Supreme court , has the argu ment under c6nBlderatlbn. i ;. . . a : . . I 1 V . 11. it COUNTY. TEACHERS'" 3IEETIXG Associatlou to Hold Session Jn fllb jir.-.i Aiiub.1 Tt.,iiii.. 't-'-.i,. j . Yesterday "Cbtintv iunerrnihrl ' .-jri, m' ..... '. 1 juuu manea rrom nis pmce; certmcat:B to. the county, teachers Who took the examination on November' 21 " There were .'sent out also ? - notices tb the teachers of the county that Hhere will be "hfeld . ! a A meeting h of the .Cowntv Teachers Association in-. Ui Tti-h Higa school building on Saturday of hts'weeki-vrr'-'h-'Apj-V-i: -j ' At tms-meeting th salary iwucHr ers of all vhite teachers will foe, apk proved for ton time, to date. - t . . ( ITEiSaO COTCT ESCAPES TJtscovtli'ed and -Fired Xpon ";-by7orf :r; jj , v 1 cer iicn i-.iway.;.r ;-;:;;?.s i "; CSpecIal to News and 6oserver. i v Fayetteville, N. : C, Dec. g.-r-Madr-son - SImfnons. ' a - neirfo" convict ... e. caped from the . county cWfn-gang. oevemy-nrsi. jownsnip.. ..in searenjn for Wiri -Deputy ; Pate and. Superi:H tendent i Wlse.of convict frce.No 3 , bt "eleven clock, last night cgmo within a few feet of the cob Vict befor5 he recognised them, wh .he fled, followed by a dozen bullets, and mad -good hlB 'esaapefc. t ;-,;i?u.v -- -.- John Walker .was today bound ovc to court by the mayor for burglarizing the cstore of Dan Mac Donald Thur ' day. night. -'' ' a Mtr-: 1.-v.. -v THE WATERS yANQUiSIl&.;: -1 Flgnt Against 'Encroachment of Ar- Iwa TIfvcr t Pthe .ijluffl Appar '' e-ntly Uwi.-:'v"-:-' lSVIi nr . Plhe Bluff; Ark.i Dec. 8. Appar-, ently, the "fight against the - encroach -tents oi the Arkansas river to war), tho Veastern - residential quarter - has r been wen and with the -more rapid j receding of the. water iaa indicated tov J iihrhtrt Wrberfeved that thexrnost se-f rloUs' phase of the preset ood is 7 passed, . .. ". ..,;'-: rf.- .v V v.- k, . , ..... M 7& 1 alooh enowe 2ra MOUSE1 HXfeC.1:& MFO COMPAN'V. ;-! '- .-' Enter any time.' Eook-ketpias, - ' , Ehortnand, ' Tele Crapby, and HosUsh taught by experts. A sc-bon with s repatauoQ. i ne oaaeet, largess -ami oest eiratppea rnuttnesh COlleCO tA -thi CnrftllBMB. Write . t or ;. rmt. .r':.ti ".r "Sjr- euect8 in -new ; ii-.-. .-. j--i.il,!, i; ; s . . r i. -- -?.r:-. ?; - - the tew: colorings colorings, are it- Vdutd'the ;'1 i: 'f?riHfi .,:;.;; ' A' - '.'I rr .'.p;wv-ij if i ii 1 1 1 in i in teres , J. -Lewis nd Jms.. V .A. - . ''-KAAV'i,AAs " . A' 1 . A -'' l t '11. it' In, "the croBs-fexamfnatloti tt "wat es- Wo'.Jl.'t.
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Dec. 9, 1908, edition 1
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