t
f Forecast
R8; - .minimum tempenMie.
S6; tioUI rredpiuulua tor H
how endlnc - i p. - o
i:na. ir.ur "lnursjri . ih-t
rrea4n&' . Cloui'nr m and I ' .
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wwarmer , Friuav; ; : light ' i
noruwrcst winua. ' - .. - .
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Another Stop Forward in
iSn&lflfcto a Great Futiiro is Taken
KSli as the Current Begins j
Mdi;iarii
Governor Kitrhin, State ami City Offl
; t ialx, Heads of Raktch fndiutrial
Orsaalaatlotia 4aMl BcpreaentattTO
CltiaetM Attend tUe loaocaratlon o(
f the Xcw Serrk b? 4le Caroilam
. licbt nad Ftmer; Company, Ad-
. dreaees Bda Hade to? CoLl Charlea
E. Johnson end Mr. B. II. Carr. V
There la in hleljh progrns made
each day, for theldty itu aet its faee
towards; a bright future, i havtna
. awakened from Its Rip Van Winkle
'- the purpose v of taktns; Its rightful
'- place as. the leader among the cities
."-of North Carolina. ,r .J.-.
, -Yesterday one of the most tmpdr
' jk tant events of many years took place.
: and today -Its street car lines. Its
: lights, and some of Its Industrial en-
S arises are supplied by the. Carolina
Xamnd Ltfbt: Company of Ilal
eigh A the power plant mt . Buck---
horn- i,aj(frentysix miles from the1
enf vn iuD , rwr mcr. ' vice
the wires from thlt nlant there mrwi
throbbing and pirtsntlnr. 0,e iolts
, f eltetrtcitj-. -whlri! io furnish the
lights and turn thv heels of Indus-
introduction here or . electric power
generated by water power - Raleigh
cmrm iut; via ui viura wiiku
- obtain electricity at the least cost, and
., wtth cheap flee trie pmwet It can offer
''exceptional advantages to various In
rne inauguration oi tnts important
service, for Raleigh, was made the oc
2 caslon of - an event of , interest here
. yesterday afternoon, when the current
- from twenty-six miles away was cut
V into the city by Mayor James I. John
son and Mr. 1 J3, Wynne, Just noml-
. s I -v :
iwiru ujr me Lieniocrucir as mayor
to suceed Mr, Johnson. .tThat these
uld 'touch the br.ttou." is
e ; Kaieign spirit. un
were each actively at
ng the norr.inatlon of
that battle having ended
i : side by side in the
lng their utmost to ad-
erests of this" city.
lmimatant TSrenC
of tn officers of the
and Ugat Company a
representative men
the plant of the
ake -part, in the
"? power from
V the - equipment
'y met In -the
i of Commerce
t on a special
n of the eom
ctlng up was
vere . Governor
Tames f. John
I 1. Stanhope
Daniels, editor
erver; Col. Chaa.
. t Of the Chamber
I'omme .-Chief Justice Janies
.. Shepher, v-Judge R. W. Winston,
tr. K. P. guttle, Jr.. Dr. Charles Lee
mith, Messrs. T. H. Brigm. Richard
1L Battle. Herbert W. Jackson, , M.
lUenthaU Henry T. Hicks. T. P. Jer
inun, Thomas A. Partln. W. N. Jones,
B. Edwards, W. A. Cooper. Walter
Woc.rk ott, John W. -Thompson, C. J.
"T'arkpr. R. T.' Gray, -George. Allen, T.
FX. Dobbin, Grimesl Cowper. W. W.
IWillron. J. " V- Slmms, G. H. Cooper.
Jj. E. Clark. W. B. Una, C: P. Whar
;ub. J. H..KIng. Leigh Skinner, A. I.
Kcplsn. . Jackson - GIIU- C. - B,
Ipc,n.- W. T. UcGce. i W. F.
Smith, P. A. Olds and Edward E. Brit
ttn. As host of th party .w Mr. .IL
IL C'arr, the manager of the Carolina
I'oivcr .nd Light Company.
- -- Here Is the Spcefh-makloj:.
' Arriving at the power house of liw
mipany here the Party gathered rut-
.le the door cf ths ilant- ao were
ti"dre-stJiyCoL Chailea E. Johnson.
n bT opening remaras he soae
y ih- important bearinr upon the Iutar!
Ke of the city In the occasia'u that
s fr m the mereet chsnce of a kite tni
ker and a spark -of electii-iltv of a
hundred years ago there bad bea.do
' vloped by the ingenultv of mp.n.; th?
I atillty io get electric ?owerfr6m a
ivt-r miles and miles away.- bring it
!nto cities over a wire a juartw of an
f ich in diameter and then ce it lor
-i-ower and light-.; '
In the rehabilitation "of tho steam
Tiiant Colonel Johnson said that ah-rat
?735.QO had been invested, making
i this a newlant but that the incwas
I ig demand-in Raleigh had caused the
1 Ringing of . power ' from - Buckhrn
Falls over wires strung f from ? that
t.iace. "Last night," said ho. ' tlw
light in Raleigh were created by the
, steam cower clant. - -Tonight th'y will
1 be made bv the water power of Rtt-k-horn
Falls. Thl afternoon 're wee
brought here on a street rar moved
by power re ne rated here by ths seesm
Tlant. :W1k,i we ride. back. It will b
Power from fBuckhorn Fa'ls ,whl-h
moves the cars. Yesterday there wai
a contest here r.t. hs. polls ,--b2t 7a
the present major of. Raleigh and the
"-hosen to suc-eea hini. but by thq
'-n of the Carolina Lflht ;snu
'TOintn thee tb mh wh"
- totrether fc-r the npba'l-'-'
'. r-e to t--- - tv? ' "
cifiicira
il FALLS
the tlarch of Progressive
current which comes from Buckhorn
Falls Into the machinery which will
send It out, over this city In rwer and
light, and as these two men perform
this act It tell how all Raleigh i
tanging together for Its progress and
its best interests. Applause.
n concluKion Colonel Johnaon Intro
duced Mr. H. H. Carr, the managoi of
the Power and Light Company, saying,
"Of course I know alt about tit's tk
trio business but I prefer that Mr. Carr
should tell you about Its technical!
iMes." - ---- ' - -.;-"- ' -
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Mr. Carr declared that desol'.e what
"Colonel Johnson bed said be was .tot
good 'at talking, : that the wortt Imi
would hae to talk for Itself. "The Vve
from Buckhorn is -strung here -on start
towers which are betlt to staud wind."
As-Mr. Carr said "stand wlndrthore
was muqh laughter and applause a
the rafirrroee to -Mr.' Stanne Wymte.
Just nominated for Jhlarorwas a ova
neatly made. - Continuing. ' Ir. Carr
told of the t.0 voltes genersted : at
Buckhorn : being . changed into 2.399
- (Continued on Page Two.
iillliliilfl
r.-1-- -:
lid Ttvfii " Arid Ode Ufalf
Cent Rate for Two of fhefti
1 - (Special to News and Observer.) "
i Ashevltle N. C, March Jl. Judge
Pritrhard today signed the; f nal de
cree in the, case . of Louisville and
Nashville Railroad Company vs. R.
R. Prentls e al.. Corporation Commissioners-
fos the State of Virginia and
also- in the case of the Chesapeake'el
Western .Railway Company vs. the
same parties. f
These are branches of what Is known
as the Virginia Rate case, -which was
heard before Judge Pritchard in the
summer of, 1)07; In which the court
restrained the Corporation ; Commis
sion from putting into effect- the 'rates
prescribed by the Corporation Com
mission of the State of Virginia, Upon
the grounds that the same were con
fiscatory. - -: . !-
On appeal to the Supreme Court
of the -United States, that body sus
tained the ruling of .the court below
on all points .considered by the'-court
all the time the injunction was grant
ed, but the Supreme, court: reversed
the action of the lower court, upon
the - theory that this suit, had been
brought prematurely, in that the rail r
road companies' Should hav8 .availed
themselves of the . rifcht to prosecute
their appeal for the Corporation Com
mission to the Supreme-court of Vir
ginia before applying to the Circuit
court of the United States. However,
the Supreme court states that In the
event that the Supreme court of the
State should refuse to entertain the
appeal on . account '. of : the lapse of
time the complainants would be en
titled to decrees. . -'.
i In obedience to' the tuggwtfon - o'
the- Supreme Court, appeal vaj taken
to the 8u?reme Court of Virginia. t7
the railroad companies, but that court
refused to entertain the same upon the
ground that JAe aix . months within
which they wce given to perfect their
decree bad elapsed- . Theraupon the
majority of he arilroads took up the
matter of adjusting rates tvlth the Cor
poration Commission,-which, rewuitod
In agreement to fir it at two and 6ne
half cents er niile rn accordance with
the rate ado:Hed In ' North Carolina.
However, these two companhaK. the U.
A X. ead ke C. ft Wu Insist thul a
two and ohe-Tta If cent..: rate will - be
eonriscatory Insofar as they vetit con
cert) ed and therefore . .reqoeJtei the
court to enter' a final decree declaring
the two pml one-half cejit rate to- be
confiscatory and perpetually enjoin
the State Corporation Commission. t
that State from enforcing , tne . satne.
this the court did. fc -- : . - 4 -
For Katkinal Bareaa of Hlghwajs.
; V (By the AsBOctated Press.')
." Washington. -March SI. A bill, pro
viding for the Wstabiishnient of a bu
reau of. highways tor the purpose of
making . investigations and ; experi
ments in regard to the, best methods
of road making has been- re-Introduced
by M.r Maynard. ( Va.) , V r
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, ' ,t Walt - Forest" Personal. 'K. .
We ite Forest K C. Jkiarch
Dr.' B. W.v Sykes, Pf the. chair of
Political Economy, 'left yesterday :fr
s vint to nisi motner at Monroe.., 1 o
morrow he will speak at trw ', com
mencement "exercises, of. the . public
school of NN.- V -
Prof. - J. H. '--Hlahsmith returned
Monday from ' Southern Pin where
c.i Sunday he delivered two addresses.
Marlon Crawford, PL' ; . ;
(Bv the Associated Press. ' .
Sorrento, Italy, Harch H.-r-Jfarla
Crtwierd.'the novelist, w serloi y l.l.
I s Is su.Ter'.r from brene: 1-ani
CS-BUTLEH
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Butler's Ixwyers Are tldt
; Prepared
CUT THE Cf.SE GOES G.'J
Attorneys For the Defease
In Libel
Salt Not Iteftdy Fur Csl in Manner
In WWdi It la Called, Picadlnii Mls-
andersUBdlng of Um XiiihfKN of
the Bills of IndJctsNenc
V By AXDREW JOYPrhlt.
. Greensboro, N. C, March 31. Ail
parties and attorneys were present. In
the Superior . Court whe at
o'clock Solicitor Jivms KuUer In Ouit
ford Superior Court this 'noralng raid
ed the case-of State Against Marion
Butler and Lester F. Butler, and- In
dictment for, alleged criminal libet of
ex-Judge 8rencer B. .dams - .
Sitting beside -Judge Adams was
Judge Weaver, of Ohio. wh was one
of the three members of the Choctaw
Chickasaw Indian Claims Court, of
Which Judge Adam was Chief JustK-t;
lot her . distinguished wltne4 f r
JudgeAdams was United States tils
trlct Attorney Walker, of Oklahoma,
who, It is said, is slated for a UnlUd
States circuit Judgship. .
- A prominent witness for the Butlers
who was present, is Mr. Murray; who
was the . president of the ceWirated
Oklahoma Constitutional Convention.
The report that McMurray; one of the
law firm receiving a 1759.600 '. was
(Continued on . Page Six.) ,. .,
OKI POLITICS
dutfdot fdr a Iftf Fight
ent
(Special to ijfews and Observer.)
Durham. X. C. March SI City
politics are now warming up and the
outlook that here wl! be a hard fight.
with several sides' to the campaign
that Is to begin. fact night there
were 'wo ward meetings, these being
held by one side of the several fac
tions and another Is called for Fri
day night.
Unst night two men were named as
candidates in each of the third and
fourth wards, these men being J. F.
Wily and I. J. Lawson in the fourth.
and James E. Carpenter and T. M.
tjqrman. Tt)e tniru wara suggested
the name of Julian S. Carr. Jr. as a
member of thjr police and fire com?
mission, and the fourth ward folk
said that they want X Underwood,
member of the present board of al
dermen, for a member.
No recommendations were made
(Continued on Page Two.)
FORi-Jt-iX BLADES LUMBER CO.
ptAXT sriirERs
itiiivitT. f"
(Special News and Observer.)
Norfolk, Va.. March 31. Three dry
kilns, containing nearly .a million feet
of lumber and, a considerable, amount
dT lumber on the yards of the Foreman-Blades.
Lumber Company, on
Knobb'S Creek; Just outside corpora
'tion limits, were, swept away. by fire
today at noon. The loss hi estimated
at between 115,900 and $20,000. In
surance 110,009. - The firemen 'were
under a great disadvantage, having to
pump .water from the creek, but by
neroic worn uvea thousands Of dol
lars Id lumber on the yard and ad
joining buildings.
- Tried to Kffl Philadelphia Maybr.
(By. the Associated Press.)
-Philadelphia, March Jl. Wolf
Wordelk aged 45 years, of this city,
was arrested In - the city . halt today
while trying foree -his way Into May
or Reyburn's .- office, declaring his
purpose-to kill the mayor. Wordell
was held upon a charge of tnsanity.
,i ' ,1 . ."1 "i 1 .;' t. .1 r , 1 ' " '
siEifiiinonpi
'.;V
CHAMPXOX " COMPAKY ' SUED lit
.'" BELATiTES OF MAX KILLED
ViltiLE i.Vrrs emplciv. ?
1 Ashevine.. X. Cli March Ji. A suit
10 wnicn. tne,; aaraages demanded will
be heavy was -filed in the Bupertor
cotrrt yesterday On : behalf - of Idrf
Emery, -v administratrix df ' John
Emery, by Frank Carter and H. C.
Chedester. - The amount of damages
to be asked has not. yet -been determ
ined Upon but as the suit is for the
death of John Emery they will prob-l
ably be fixed ai $20,990 or. $30,000. Nl
: John Emery was killed on a rail
way. spur belonging to the defendant
company about two weeks ago. He en
tered the-employ of the Champion
Fibre Company on Saturday and was
killed on Hon?y. .Other employes of
the cemry ho are alleged to have
ri r- ? f rr accident r
liOEGiin
TICS PIE'IS FBI
DUMfiUOflEn
ts noChangef
r-: .-' s-
Uiiaols Coogresaman D)cssc the He
. port of Pmh and PP7 CbtntntUee
of WWch He W tlnoiuU-PmJo
oi Louisiana De4e TarhToti
Lsunbes. ' , - 4
-;, (By the AHOclatcjil Press.)
.' Washington. b. cL.' March 31. The
Payne tariff bill again-ws picked to
pieces la the House of Representatives
today, - There were no r prolonged
speeches, and, In conseqaence many
were afforded -an opportunity, to ex
press their views. - Ijnsaber, coffee,
wood pulp and . print paper, tobacco.
Coal, sine and the bill were generally
discussed. The arguments on lumber
today come from' the South through
Mr.. PuJO, of Louisiana, and,Thomas,
of North Carolina.- who did not want
the, protection afforded the lumber
iaduftiv- disturbed. ' ) -
Mr. Mann, of Illinois.' discussed the
wood pulp question; and defended the
proposed reduction.; . tin .Larragana.
the Porto Kican commissioner, made
ai exhaustive plea for a-tax of 8
cents a pouad'-on coffee fno inthat col
ony. Others Who spoke were Messrs,
Morgan, of ; Missouri;' Brantley, of
, . (Continued on PagevTwo.)
Says
cm Gcr.aors
Will Stand together
THOMAS . PENCE. :
Washington, D. C, March SI. Sen
ator Simmons said this afternoon that
he favored the eJd duty of two dol
lars a thousand on lumber and that
so fsr as he had been able to observe,
practically all the 8outhern Senators
will stand together for the restora
tion of the old EMngley rate in the
new tariff bill. ,
. Representative Kltchln's effective
speech, urging the admission of lum
ber free of duty, got on the nerves
of the manufacturers of North and
South Carolina and Virginia, a large
representation of whom assembled
here today. They mixed with South
ern Senators and congressmen, plead
big for the restoration of the old
Dlngley rate of two dollars a thousand,
which has been cut .In - half by the
Payne bill. Some : of the lumber
advocates are said ' to be willing to
S (Continued op Page Two.
(JILL FOR FAYETTEV1LLE
rorrox plaxt with iooo spot-
DLE8 6OOX TO BE ERECTED
THERE.
''FayettwviUe, N. C March il. The
kttt news in line of manufacturing
enterprises for Fayetteville is that a
new cotton mill of 10,u00 spindles will
be erected here. .-That the : plan to
build this big mill here will material
ise .Is -almost a dead certainty, but the
names of the promoters have not yet
been, made public, nor has any or
sanitation whatever been effected. ,
. However, ' there will be something
doing at a day not far distant.
Mbst Serve Peonage Sentence.
(By the Associated Press,) '
New Orleans; March Jl. The Unit
ed States circuit-court of appeals has
denied a re-hearing tn. the case of the
government against W. S. Harlan, and
Robert Gallagher, - who. were convict
ed ahd given a heavy -sentence tn. the
Federal court for- the Northern -dh?
trlct Of Florida on the charge Of peon
age. The appellate, court sustained
this verdict and' now : refuses to alter
its Judgment. . :: - f
10 CHECK THE FRESHETS
UX1TED STATES EXGIXEER WILL
..; tllGE BfJILDtXG Or. RES-
-I EHTOtnss;-;f
(Special "to Newt and Observer.)
5 WlnstonsBalOhv'C-March 1.
feejd Whltford. of the United States
Engineering Department, after spend
ing ten days In this section, - consulting-various
parties and also tnvestT
gating for himself the amount of de-
foreatatio.a whf oh ioa taken, place
along the water sheds of the Tadkin
river and noting conditions-of the
comtry as a result of this deforesta
tion returned to Washington today,
i He- stated that tr h- would recom
mend to the government the. building
of large Teservohra on certain -streams
flowing Into the-. -Yadkin, which he
held would 'prevent tb destructive
"3 in the T
- Ya;,ey.
sir.iL'.ans for
OLD LU!
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JUOBESIIIP BE t(!P PFflPI F'C rfll I
, SETTLED TODP'ffi V ffiftSsS
;;f; : II IMF IL'
Vill liavo Interview
Vith Cark'
FULLER IU DM
Dwhsim M4a Afipears wkh Slroog
Backing and Will Be An Important
Figure lit the tSmtest-Air Jk Fail
of Jadlclal Aspirants and Thrfr
Backers. . ( "
tRoiiAS h PfexCE.
Washington. N. C. March 31.
Another ; day may ' witness a solution
of the Eastern North Carolina Judge
ship contest W. W. Clark, the most
likely of the candidates In the eye
sight of the President, Teached here to
day, in response to a White House
summons. Mr. THark reported at the
Department of Justice, where he was
introduced to Attorney General Wick-
ersham by Senator Simmons.
The Attorney General was too busy
to accompany Mr. Clark td the White
House, where he sajd the presence of
the New Bern man was much desired.
However. Senator Simmons accom
panied Mr. Clark to the executive
office and presented him to Mr. Tart.
The President only had a - minute or
so to spare and made an engagement
tomorrow at one o'clock, when
h will look Mr. Clark over and pass
Judgment on his caaa.
(Continued on Page Six.)
freliminafy Details of
the Work Arranged
(Special to News and Observer.) .
Washington. X. C. Mar. 31. From
present prospects Washington's elec
tric street railway now seems to be
an asured fact. The contractors for
the new system are R. W. Marshall
k Co. of the Traction Engineering Co.
of New York. and F. R. Ma cry, gen
eral manager for the company, has
been fn the city for the past few
days conferring with the Washington
investment company, who own the
franchise, making , the contracts and
arranging the necessary details.
-These were completed a few day
ago and the actual work of construc
tion wilt begin about, the middle of
April. The power, house, which will
be equipped with new and uo to date
electrical machinery, will be located
at Washington Heights, on the east
ern suburb of the city, and the track
mill extend from the Heights along
, (Con tinned on Page Two.) .
a ELECTI01I OFFICERS
' - . -"- -
WADESBORO TOWX BOARD AP.
POrXTS MEX OTHER XOTES
.WADESBORO.
(8peclal to "News and Observer.)
Wadesboro, March JL The town
board has appointed the officers for
the spring election: W. Li Steele, reg
istrar, and J. A. Little and H. C.
Savior. Judges: Only osie ticket is in
the field and the prospect Is that there
will be no opposition.
The Book Club held a called meet
ing yesterday and elected officers as
follows: Mrs. J. t. Leak, president;
Mrs. J. M. Covington, vice-president,
and Mrs. U. B. Blalock, secretary.
. Mrs. Roy M. Huntley was hostess to
the Tuesday Afternoon Club this week
and. the occasion was a happy one.:
Mr. and Mrs. M. H. McLean have
a boy at thetr home. He arrived Sun
day ntght an weighs nine pounds.
, The baseball association has secured
a strong team and expect to capture
the amateur championship of .the Car
olines this season. . - The team -'. last
year surprised ail the teams of , this
section and It 1 stronger this year.
Manager Wbrtham Wyatt Is booking
dates - now. t The- season opens June
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TO . SlIPiiEf.'! COIlilT
FAMOUS COPPER MlXE CASE
:' AG ATX COMES UP ItXIB W,
J"; A. HEARIXG. - .V--
Asheville, N. C . March , SL-The
noted "copper , mine ease" of jsortn
Carolina - Mining - Company, against
the Wrstfeidt heirs hr to come, up tn
the Supreme Court of the - United
States, being escorted there by the
plaintiff, which' suffered -a total? loss
when Chief Justice Fuller In the Cir
cuit Court of Appeals filed a decision
setting aside the decree of - Judge
Pritchard in Its favor and dismissed
the case from the United States court.
thus leaving the Question of -the.; own
ershlp of the copper. mine. in Swain
county rto be - decided by - the tate
court which first took jurisdiction la
the matter. , . ,
It by ro' r f'Vs. however.
Uiat Uc. i , . 4 e.9 L!-X.-t
Mil
UU ILL U Li u I U 1 U U 1 1 lit I L
Who Will De " ). tlected
Stealer f during
t :';
iuunu on
W - -
Question,
court of thte land, - for, on. the. con
trary, thla is the very . Question to be
decided by ' that, court, the plaintiff
company now merely knocking on the
Outer -door of hope and asking- that
the court will decide td undertake to
leeide on it Counsel for the company
iave given notice to the counsel for
he Westfeldtt that on April 12th
hey will . ask the Supreme Court to
Issue a writ of certiorari to bring up
the case from the - court of appeals
and have served copies of the peti
tion to the court- The petition sets
?p the reasons assigned by counsel
or plaintiff why the Supreme Court
should entertain the case on appeal.
1
Cruising on Harrtman's Yacht.
:'A - - ' " "
1 New Orleans. La-, March 31 Julius
Kruttachnltt, of the JIarriman lines,
accompanied by members of his fam
ily and, others, left New Orleans this
morning -on E. H. Harrtman's yacht
8ultana for a cruise of several weeks
in the gulf..
Interesting Complicdtions
fin Perjiiry TriaP r
(Special te News ana Observer.)
. Wake Forest. K. C. March 31.--Tho
case of State vs. Cicero Shear in on
charge of perjury - for having swom
falsely as td the ase of his wifv, vhich
wa tried before Mayor Allen Moailay
and was dismissed on account of lack
of Jurisdiction, will - be tried before
Justice 8epatic tn Raleigh Saturday at
13 o'clock, a warrant having -, been
sworn nt. la Raleigh after Mayor
Allen decided that the case was .not in
his power, ;
On Saturday.. March. 30th. Mr.
Shearln went to Raleigh and procured
a license to marry Miss Flora Cone,
both of the cotton mill section of the
town. ( On returning to Wake Foret
they were married immediately there
after by Justice of the Peace J. C. Cad
dell, Sr. The match was a runaway,
so far as J. H. Bishop, the step father
of the girl, is concerned. He objected
on the grounds that his step-dauahtcr
was only seventeen years of age and
be swore , out the warrant against
Shearln. alleging that he had sworn
falsely as to the age of his bride when
he procured the license.
Pof. fc. W. Timberlake and Mr.
Chaa. U. Harris will flere.nd Shearln In
the ease Saturday andsMessrs. Holding
and Bunn will prosecute. In the mean
time Mrs. Shearln is staying at tho
home of her step-father and Shearln
is living a single life..
.-'Friends of the. groom claim that hi
bride is at present nineteen years of.
age. . Bishop, her . step-father, they
say. having sworn a year ago thit she
was eighteen -years of age In order
that be might get some money which
the grl got possession of whea she be
came of Se. , ,
:- It is understood that after th trial
hi Raleigh a wtrraat will be sworn out
against Bishop for' perjury on the
charge that last year he swore the
gfrl wes eighteen years old and that
she was only seventeen, this year.
; Bishop was a cttlren of Raleigh be
fore he came to Wake Forest, having
run a bicycle shop - on Wilmington
street for years. .
; Rev. Dr. . T. A HIH. of Mt Sterling.
Ky., who, ocenpk d t the pulpit f the
church here Sunday nighty Is here
primary for the canvass for the en
dowment fund of the Southern B:tpTit
Theological Seminary... , He : contem
plateS raising S60.060 In this State. Fr.
Pill gave up his pastorate at Mt- Ster
ling in order, that he. might ralso the
endowment fund.-
' Prof. B. W; Mtiore. tit COHite i'rnl
Versity,. addressed the Y. M. i' A.
meeting Monday iihrtat. 1 -:
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. TRIXITY BXAXKS LAFAYE-ifB .
Game - SpctWa .. Throushouu-i
I. XX: J score. Tw jk XothJfts;.
h (Special . to News and Observer.)
; Dtrrham. N. C. March it. Trinltv
shut out La Fayette In a . thoroughly
brilliant contest this afternoon ,. by a
score of 2 to, .- -?-. 4
1 Oantt -was the star. 'strlklw out ten
men and holdinr the vfsiiors to four
asy hfts. AVlth a nothing to -nbthlrir
core In the fifth. Gantt took the
low laid the ball aaainai he -fe.ice
fbr 'two sacks, scoring one and, himself
tallying on Suiters' hit. - . . r
. Bdth runs were k earned, flohrielder
pitched a beautiful game, striking out
seven. ana allowing six mis. . rj.ie"-
were fewerrorst It beLng coh'dfel that
this was the classiest game tr the year.
; The teams play again- today and to
morrow. - Edwards pitches , Cor La-
Favette and Worley for Trinity. . ; -Ccore
by lnnlns: v 1 .R-H;E,-Tj7.rft
1 ftflfl DOB tinrtif f
Trinity - -. v u '.: eoO'.eH-pi':, t vl
' .vgturiest Rcnneiaer ,' ana uauon;
-OaaU and lowers, -r-; - -. t.v
,jr .ssasrsJisssswsBaB , A
" Wfial frot would do for 4 flower
accusations will do for love." .
CASE I'll BE
to a Seat in the White
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The Second Great Bonds Offer Which
Went into Effect j Monday, Morrlt
zWly ud'nWh Closes Wednesday;
April 7th, Gives Jo a Cbaiue to
W in the Whi te Steamer or Ford.
Are Yom Taking jadvant&ee K It?'
SECOXD BOXtJS OFFER.
Every candidate bringing, or
10 ins sen sag ut-
eace
StafHfW MAPI,
snbscriptiona to The Xews and
. oosrrnr s uemeeii a a. x nv
, Tbnrsday, Marrhi Uth, and
midnight '- Wednesday, . April
7th, vui be awarded a - voting
certincate lor 40,SOO votes ad
ditional to, the regular scalp.
For every tve XEW six month
: subscriptions turned tn daring
this period, a certiorate for J5.-
MO votes, additional to the reg
- nlar scale, wiU be teeved. One
yearly ssibscrlption mar -- be
. counted - either . s ; four six
rnnnths' subsrripltons, or as two-
"yearly harirfnaoag. '
Six XEW yearly spbsrrrptions .
to the Weekly News and Qbser. -,
ver and hte Farmer and Me-
ebanie wil be coonted the same
as one yearly snkocriptlon to
the Xews and Observer. Each
"' Candidate may- secure sur many
' of these crabs as possible. .
As It is- necessary for the
contest department to get It A
records abMnately Itnrerct, be-
fore Iwuing bonus . votes won
dnrtng the Orst period, U will be
two or three days snore before '
the winners srtll receive the ex-
tr reruHcatea, to jwtUcn they
are entitled or thetr efforts op
to and Inclodlng March xtth., --.
:..v s. 4s. .
A man will often pat- from one to
three months of his I time in cam
paigning for a city or state Job, worth
only $2,000 a year. He spends Um
working for the office, and then in ad
dition uses all or most jof his time for
the folowing year engaged on the du
ties of his office. ; Xowi the "Old Re
liable" Is giving any. man or woman
In the State of North Carolina a
chance to earn 12,060 !ln ten weeks,
not taking into consideration' the
honor that belongs to (the winner of
any of the grand prises In: this Great
Popularity Contest. , There still remain
nearly four weeks .of j tne - contest,
plenty of time for the right candidate
to Jump in the, race, and by a spirited
campaign, get his or. bet choice of the
valuable prises. In fact nearly all
contests like ' elections. 1 have -"dark
horses" which loom, up ' strong and
come in at the head ofl the bunch at
the finish. "'?-? '"' . ;"'"-?---
- While we are comparing this voting
contest to an election, it might " be
well to call the attention of the can
didates to the fact that tn an election.
every canaiaate nas peopie out solicit
ing votes for him, has active , cam-
pmigners; ana mat is just wnat tna
candidates tn The Xews mud Observer
contest should do. Onranlze . rour
friends, get every one tn your com
munity who - is Interested . in your
chances of getting a handsome prise
to say so. and aid ' you In getting
subscriptions. . Personal betters to your
persona friends and relatives In other
parts of the State asking them to as
sist you,.- are often productive of ex
cellent reults, and can at least do no
harm. Organise j-our friends, send to
the Contest Man for extra subscription,
books and get all the clubs yon pos
sibly can for the second bonus. -D;
not let up on your work, keep on
getting alt the votes you possibly can.
Dout Rest On Your Oars. 1
; Is ydur score larger today than yes
terday? Has it - Increased materially
since last week? -Perhaps you are
resting on your, oars; that Is, taking
it easy' at the very tlmei you should
be doing the best work.-: One contest
ant said yesterday In the course
conversation with the contest man :
"My, I wish the contest was over, the
suspense Is Worrying me f so that the
only way I can keep the; auto out of
my mind is to keep busy, to keep get
ting more subscribers. Without know
ing it, this man had hit upon Just tv -right-way
of planning his campal 1
and be a winner. " Don't stop evey
half day td figure out how many vol--you
are already holding back; an t
compare, them to the number, yo-i
think the other fellow 1 has. -' You' ;
gain far more by "steady phrgis '
Let the votes take care of themselv,
Why spoil , white, paper by flgurl
dut how. many your competitor ha
If you take his own figures, you'll l
apt to give bim far more than he de
serves and thus unnecessarily scar
j.-ouTself.-, While you. are tacking yo
brain to determine -Row many vc
he has. hell probably - have won
subscriber, possibly that fellow v
told' you last week to drop arc
1 ' " j (Crrtlnued on rs-s r ' ' x
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