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Vv v v 'a, L . La i a. W-' w w. U L, U V V. ...... . V '1 T. T - : ".'.- - " '- ' . - i . e IJTW WF-ATl'IlUt TJTAY. Forecast Tor north Caro lina, fair, cooler TharaUay; Friday fan-: - moderate MrUres wlrKls. ; . liittnBM temperature, - - C2; toui rractuuoa for SI J- f v TOLUHB tXXXVP, KQ. 124 HAIXIGIX. 27; . ri llliyvIllX 9,1009 nncu 5 ghetto lite sinme on TIIE TARIFF DILI Compelled to do Extra Work i " inns 6et mi X MlAorttjr Catchea TUem Xappiag on AmcndmcBt to the Steel and -Wire . DMT, BMTbh'iMOMMMrt'b 8b-l seqaeutljr ; ; TlwtMra '; V OatPayne ! V Score HI FMlow Members. j (By the Associated Press.) ' Washington. O. C,. April . Be cause of the numerous amendments to tbe Payne tariff bill, the House - of Representative was compelled to sit until late in tbe evening in order to Insure action of the various para sraphs coming within the scope of the apecial ru'e adopted last klonday be i- fore the f inM ot is taken tomorrow. At one time the Republicans were : caught nappins; and mn ameadment by 4 Mr. eiark. f. Missouri, was adopted, v fixing a rate on the duty on iron or : steel aire of number sixteen gauge' at ' three-fourths of a cent per pound,-but tbia was tknm out Jater. . Fearing ? that he misht not aneet vuk such aue- reas again. Chairman Payne took hit . Republican colleagues to task for ab . seuting themaelvea from tbe chamber and annealed to tbem to remain in ihlr seata. : This was done, with tbe result that In all , tbe - committee amendment were sustained.' While occasionally -- there were breaks of temper, on the whole tbe ceseion assumed a normal aspect and business proceeded , with a reasonable . degree of facility. - . . When the discussing of the Payne tariff hl'J was resumed by the' House lodav further committee amendments 'in the nature of verbal-: cerrecUona were taken ut and adooted. Xnr tors MMt -: Tbe mica schedule was stricken out ' and a nt w, one substituted providing that nmanufactnred sntca- ataatt pay - ai dutv of five cente a round and za -fer cent ad. valorem, and that- 'mica ? ' cut or. trinuned. miot niatOK and - aH ' manufacturers of mica shall- ay trm cents per-nonnd and twenty percent - - ad valmreaa. ----v t-- . . - eel ingots, blooma. and slabs were reuueed -from one cert ta eight tentbs of a cent per pound. Tbe ad valorem proportion on. boiler and . plate iron or Ace! was stricken out and the duty made snectflc in some cases the rate being- reduced. - A vigorous fight was waged on' aa amendment increasing the duty oa round iron or rtce! - wire of sixteen guage from 1 1-2 to 1 J-'4 of a cent - a pound. , . It was claimed that the )ropoed increase was an o;tra? on the farmer, - i ' The comnrtttee " amendment war . voted down. 15a, to 11. . and in its etad was aloted a supplement pre sented by Mr. Clark, of Mbtsrairi. nx- ins; the reto f t three-fourths j. of one cent per pound. :. A wrangle nued over the rlxht to amend any portion of paragraph No. 134. Tbe chair rv-d that such amend ments, except to the" Clark amendment which was adopted. wereout of Order. An anneal from the decision was lost ITS to-tSS. . On ths final --vote th , criark amendment was defeated, II to 177. and the original Payne amend- . ment was adopffed. . . - - Criticises His Party. Mr. Payne got tbe floor and criti cised his Republican colleagues for leaving the chamber. He declared that the slow progress being made was due to that "fact. "The committee has worked hard for five months," ht said. "Can't you afford to stay here this afternoon and tomorrow morning in order to vote on this bIH?" ' Following a spirited debate, a com mittee -amendment was adopted placing a duty of eight cents a cubic foot of the capacity: of barrels or "bacJcaa-es oa plne-applea, -The rate on cmde cocoa, or cocoa, -and leaves was reduced ,f ram f or tp three cents .. a pound. - ' '. . The tobacco schednle was amend!1 so as to fix a duty of 75 cents . a pound . - If .unstemmed and $1. a pound if . stemmed, on all filler tobace Import - ed from countries which prohibit simi lar importations. . ; - ; J . In order - to meet the - decision in regard to the counting ;Sf cotton ' cloths, paragxaph 1 ef tbe bill was vien out, and the provision of the IMngley taw on the same subject was restored in ito steabU -jaoauard figure . sDods for upholstering., covers, etc - ,t-ompoeed wholr or in chief of cotton end other vegetable fiber, were given i protection by levying a -duty of 6 "per cent ad valorem. " ; ' - - . nty ea Cotton. V - A tax of .48 "per cent ad valorem ' also a put upon ttra bricks, or fab rlc used for pneumatic tires. Tbe effect of tbld provision will be to place the duty on the long staple cotton used ln the fa brie v - A duty of SO peX; centum ad valo : rematao was nut noon cotton, bleach - ed and purtnad, whether medicated or Ihe iUldlna lln between the high fnd low ratea of duty on oil cloth and linoleum- waa fixed at 11 feet instead . it nine feet aa orlainally in the bill. It waa twrlv'e feet In the Dlnglay law. The ftmtndmsnt rertorlaf lh Din- lrv rales of 4J rnti per Uoien piece "aiui U pvt cant ad valorem on collars und etina comoeeed of cotton was ; 1 airrced to. h - '. -.- '- llecauto of an liitttlverlanct In eir ' rildal1nr Die iratfrttl covering larea ant artlrks of al'k and India rubber, the'Outy on ; Undlnga, garter and auspendvt ia tncreaed Mr, Hill (Conn.) o'trri t committee uDMhiaiittit to hiiva retained the du tie now levied it the utaglcy luw, Ir. FiUgeraU he acted Li it American peot e-f wear silk : -ed- an am j tv.!rty . ; :.'. .) claiming that -est of all the he wished- to -s'and rrtTi, recac r t n t 1 Will HOLD THE: I i Jiidgo Ooyd Hakes Rul ing for Blind Tigiri J WILLFCKEIITCQSTIO Declares that Purchaser, a an Aocct soryfs BeapoMsible in the Eyes of The Dccteo iju Greeavaboiro Federal Oon Men Much to the ' Illlcftt Uqiaor TRaaac. : '. - By AXDREW JOYKtR. r Greensboro. N. C. April . United States EMsUict Judge James. . 3oyd made an announcement in open court in the trial of a negro for alleged sale of liquor, which practically shuts the door on future prosecutions tn the Federal court for retailing without license. : :H' -j. The same construction of the law bv State Judaea and local tedidat au thorities will undoubtedly go tar to wards making it Impossible to convict rblmd tigers! or other violators of the State law prohibiting tbe sale or manufacture of liquor la North Caro lina. ' .- : . i -' . Judge ' Boyd - announced from the bench that in future be should bold as a matter of law that where a wit ness testified that .he had .purchased liquor from defendant, that witness was Indictable as an awer ana ' (Contlaued en Page Four.) SUDD Oil Causes SliChisgiw in - ( Bv the Associated press.) SL - Louis. Ho. AprJt S. Tbe tem porary indisposition of the Standard ' il.eoe-a-duv lawyer. "Morita Iloeen- thal. of Chicago interfered i sllgbUy with the program of defense ! today in the presentation of Its reply to tbe government's - suit to dissolve the Standard uu company oi rtew .cnc) for altered Sherman act violation. , . tiiiktLN n Vw ' Vnrlc the Standard 'a chief counsel, completed bis opennig argument, coromeuv-vu cr day afternoon at noon. ' i - - Mr. Rosenthal will make his argu ment tomorrow. Lawyer, .avid T. Watson, how one of tne sstanaaro s i tornevsin this city, represented the government In the "Northern Securi . . .. . . . it. a .. i . L. V. .1 w ties case, anu is un--uiu-u ii.a - won the an it for the government. Jn ki. (.tnM.M.tatlri Af ti 1eeftjiioa in Ilia ' inici wmwm . t that now often nuoted authority. Mr. fn.i4 ha In . iho I rtrejient case and that suit, two separate and . .KmM nf law were involved. and that under nd stretf h of tae imag ination could, they oe lueaucau m li. tkuf the; defend LTUA VI v ..-. " - , ants could not be held for then- con duct of years past, and that the only JlOm tne COUn consioer, mma mmtv t was acting - in restraint - of comr n nnfal enmfMtltion. or donig any pf the many other diverse .1-1 ii...i nn h -i d nf No vembec 10. the day the petition in the present case was filed. , - - - Touching uon the history iof tne Standard's oast. Mr. Watson "claimed . nA.L.ii.. mil itia fanf?latee had 3.11. iiwnci iiii-i " ; r - the legal rtffht as citlsens to combine as they did nnaer tne aright -denied the two cotopethig 94mA not. citlsens. in the isorthern Se curities case.- . -f . ... -.-..--! . ' " '. Direct Nomination Defeated- V-rs aW. a aawwIaaAi4 Ptsaa.' a Tar T - , lnrll l.Dlrect nominations as recommended v. by Governor .Hughes- received their death blow- in the Assembly today, at . ' a KUaaM n atari nn nf - Ja IIBUIF. AVa - - av -.as-" - least wo iar m uir wvw r iC. in. a4t:BI-U.UMw ,v-.!r - - - - a- AM - M. a Aahofav laaV. vote oi iiz to se Heclded to wstaia the adverse report tka 4s1lAlav AaWWimftlM. i WMCaa. VS. taO juuivwy w J; wtth two dlaaentlnsr vote . OUt of twelre. had registered its disapproval Vi S.US9 HKiSMHf.- - - ' i - FliiE ST KEI.!I OCCOANT8 OF XtTTAGE8 HAVE V.jrABROW ESCAPE FROM . ; ' . - THE FIAME8.' : -t v By the Ajisoclated Press.) '' .' - . VnflLr- V. Al.rll 1 Vim of nn 1WI . W . .. V . . - - 7 " - - - n-iarin Marl v todav daetroved five cottages, on the Cbosa peaks Bay front t Uvotm View, summer retort Ittght mlU east off Nur folk. The loss -.111 1. .iMiit (S dnO ulth nartlul in Will ' BW", - . uranc. The destroyed cotUgus arc . aha .a aa.. . . a A t .a llt(Ma or vapb w, rustsr, oi mi Virginia Pllou' Anotsiiitionj IS 11 Ulars, the lur.s "ItathalilarH. boarding ecfttngr.' lust opened , for the season; T, wnits. ana an iukvuimv kvh Ufa between the Mlars and "Catchsl Wl vwi ; . - lv Moimdali n aal'irfla i ar . I Ba) cottages barely; aacaped wlta: . .their lives, toalng nearly all their effects. E. B. Mlars wss Injured In getting his wife and children irom ineir pursnii cottage. Ca pUla Foster, 111 In , bed. had to be carried out. This la tbetthlrd time In five ye-s ' ci t e teasiJe t's l" ( n- OLD OinJEll r f; in v.. i t 11S0II GETS THE s. s. co;;1 That City Chiseh at Con- flfccird Gathering ; V - 'ty y -. -r- - aBswaBnaaaawaawB-B. , i rrinrnft rirfiTrn &. SfodU, of . Adeboro, h) Elected President---Meeting- Attended; by SotW rive Haired DcJcgaica From All Paris of the State ..llave Beett TtMKomgMy ducccssfwl. Concord. K. O. . April -The twenty-sixth annual convention of the North Carolina. Sunday School .Jkaao elation closed fnight after one of the best meetings ever held in the . State. The principal feature of this conven tion has. been the training depart ments in warlous branches of Bun- day School work. " At the. morning , aesslon today Wilson was selected aa the place of next meeting.- The time of meeting was left to thji executive comhi.tte. There 'was a total enrollment of 4H delecatea. It? of whom were from Ca barrus county. Thirty-seven countiei were represented. . Randolph had the largest representation of any county except Cabarrus. The .sum of tws thousand dollars was pledged for the next year's work. ISew oncers. The 'election " of officers for -.next (Continued' on Page Four.) SUITS HIST - - '1 -. - . ri i - ' - . :- Tcstunony Taken in Inde- , -pendent Cincinnati. O.. ' April t- Testimony was heard before special LV 8. Com misaioner E. K. Bruce here today In the suit of various so-called Independ ent tobacco companies . against tbe American Tobacco Company for ISO, 04 damages. The case is pending In the Federal court In New York. -The United States Tobacco Company and the La r us Tobacco Company, of Richmond, V a., and tbe Weissert Brothers' Tobacco Company, of St Louis, are the plaintiffs. The XIcAn- drews-Farbes Company, of New York; H. Yevng Company, of, Baltimore, and the American Tobacco Company, of which the other companies named are alleged to be component ports, are the defendants. . . Three) - manufacturers: Horace W. Bowman, of Lexington. Ky., and Ed win O. F. 8helby and Walter J. Fried- lander, of- Cincinnati, tes titled at to day's hearing about the dilficulty is setting licorice paste In 103 and 104 and the necessity they were under of signing contracts with the J. 8. Young Comoanv in order to get any. It la stated tnal upon tr.e issue oi this case depend several other suits against corporations alleged to be op erating In restraint of trade in viola tion of the Sherman anu -trust jaw. T KILLED BY. FiLUDC TREE FARMER MEETS SUDDEN DEATH XEAR EUZABETH CITY WHILE ; v : cvrnsG TREE. . .. "' " Elisabeth City. X. C. ApYll . . Clinton Pritchard, a proiajhent farm er of Providence, this county. live miles west from the city, met instant death this jonornlng from a falling treer-. Ha and hla son were cutting and sawing a large tree down. Tbe tree unexpectedly split; the father and son running In opposite directions. Tbe son upon turning around, aaw the tree laying acroao hat father's shoul ders. and found that the blow bad caused Instant death. ; . 7 ". - Pritchard -was fifty . years old, Ha leaves a widow and six-Children, one of whom fn David Pritchard. of this city. R0J1DS7C3 SLHID TiBEB QVICR tat-TICE FOR CONVICTED wiIdNt3TOXrCl.CB ". SECXIE- TART A3fD TRE.SVRER, - WUmlniton. -1 X C Asrll , I. A "blind tiger" case . of much Interest was tried -In the recorder's joourt yes terday when J. H. Murphy, a middle. as-d whltr.mnn. rcreury and trtas- urer of the Uityal Orand Bouncers' Club, a aoclal orgaolsaUon with ouar trrs on the seeonl Timr of a building on tne sou in siue or justkii, weiwrea Front and Meconu stre-ts, wm ar raigned on "Ix -or right artuirate charges of felling whiskey In violation of the prohibition law., wuruhr wiut srresten at the c'ub room by Offlurrs n. l Rouso and E. 1 Smith of the nolle ferreand he w carried to the Plkc ataUoa aad; held la default . of pajk-. - . j.-.-. . - - i , ".- ' . ' After hearina the evidence - in th rase atnd rrument .by the attorney. tieoorder Furlong sent the defendant to the rosda for six months under one case while. Juirment .was Suspended t t others. Aa appeal was taken to 9! 'eri r Court and bond w f.xed Ithr't' - ""-n r,-rs,er the 1E0T01 - ' - I crr-v DEPiUEiJUDCE : ' . ...... - V . . . -. . Lender DaLL: Their lit Goes to irtdte Roas Becattse of His Cwppoaedl Hold em Use Pinldtat sued Makes a plea f or Partr Man Cowgreawiiien ioJa Uaada With Him ta The Ft!.'' J. By THOMAS $1 PEXCE. ' Washingtoa. D.' C.J , April '. The Republican leaders In- the' State , are maklngxa last stand for the appoint ment of one of their faith as Judge of the Eastern Carolina; district Their views oh this subject were presented at the White House today by Cnaa. X Harris, who, by reason of his Intimate acquaintance with Mr,.Taft wa dele gated to do the Job.- A-Ctlng with Har- ria in protest at the possibility of tbe apporateneat of a Democrat are the three Republican Congresaxnea from the State. , Mr. Harris is frank about his atti tude In the judgeship. Said he to day: - - - - V ... I think a Republican should be named for the Judgeship and I have said as much to the President. Either Skinner or Hicks ere strongly quali fied for the Judicial hemor. ' I would be pleased with . th selection of either." ' - V- Mr. Harrl said the President has net made nn his mind about the Judge, ship, and that no one la in a ToaiUon to state what isourae he will pursue. He say a Mr. Taf t is - coneerned more than anything else about the selection of an ab!e lawyer. -t Frank Mebane. of spray, went to tne White House la the Interest of Frank Fuller, whose chances of appointment, Mr. kiebaite save, are of tbe best - Letters cam hore sVlay 'wlovinng Fred A. Woode-d for the Judgeship. The- -writers .were .lawyers, who said their action wa without Mr. Wood srd'a knowledge- J -. 4 , : ... flags j" vr UHUWHte. - . . Senator Overman was st tbe Depart ment or Justice today to arrange Jor the shipment' of flags and decorations to Charlotte for use during the Meck lenberg celebration. Both cavab-v and Infantry troops are to be sept to cnar btte on the opcasion of the President visit- -- ?-."'- - Prof. J. J.; Britt of- Aaheviiie; u Tom Balnely. of Richmoml. Va, anc R. T. Claywell. of Morganton. are nere The H onset Increased the duty on mica, but failed to restore re to the Dingley bill basis. The mica menu fartnrers are here In force and win make an- effort to get the old rate frota the Senate. . tl-holeoate Raids in Mobile. Ry the Associated Press.) uhii.' Ata.: Anrii I. Wholesale raids by - detectives in the employ of the Prohibition party - startled the eitv todav and resulted in tbe seizure of larsa oiian titles of . liquors at prominent hotels and cares. M tne New Battle House and the Cawthom Hotel, more than a carload of in toxicants was sehted. The search wn made, tinner the law Which for bids the possession : of intoxicants for barter. - i . -.-,.' -'. ifillliSTPEliPII'OlSEE sTBORDIXATK COOCILS OF THE JCTtlOB ORDER AGAINST "" THE PLAN, v (Special to News and Observer.) Wlnston-Salom. N. C April 8.Re- ports to State Secretary Vance , show . a mnVirltv of the subordinate .....n i. i.anjf .tsmji mintt the reso lution passed by a large majority oy tbe State CoutwH at its last, session to stablish a state orphanage, this rear fi. i..Ai, mtmhiiri and ehlldren nf iv. jM.,a. - members of tne Junior Order United American Mechanics, provided a ma jority of the lodges voted In favor of the proposition. -.- , , . - riM vote received stands 111 tor orphanage and 14 against. J.'.IL f OEUVEBY FOILED faxO , MURDERERS NEARLY Efe CAPK FROM UDCK-VV AT ,. EI'.Bl-THTOTrX. J 4i.il v-v ' V r . ' A b'ril ' " I mm w . k. . ...afnlncM of flltariff Clark In making search of the JaM, th prnbnbl delivery oi w mumerers Kuv.Kt.ii hare today. " Ha found VfUB UIVI1IIIVM w " -- a supply of steel saw and th nes ary mutorialXo complete a Jail de iivcrv nmaen a wax tn imivni m.... ' II : i ttwiuirht. were "hanrl. ed u frun.th ground by mun of long pole, aa avery. iwiuiiq nw been Uken since the conviction of ii.. .- u .. tba murder nf nla father.nlaw last December. M wa condemned tne. lVUl pi ... atay- aonn m . v.-t i. ,,ii. ktHar mnrj .mf awaiting itrtal for the murder . of hi rather two year agw." u -was nr.ir rinA Vn tha dart of Sheriff Clark. v.- v.a vtrait ftdlicltor Sinclair and will perhaps take Splvey . to the penitentiary tor ssje a-wpin-. - . ; c.'Fr I gave ainutu : up aua- u BOt Clous-.- to be connected with pt r 3 ta trc'x Jail. E ' III MM No Moment Like Until Bonus on Old Subscriptions. A Totins certificate tor 2.503 rotes. additioc.i to the reulir Ec&let xrtil be awsrded on every C6.00 ixr old sabscriptions turned in by or for candidates, from this date until midnight of Saturday, April ICth. Re mittances from out-of-Raleigh contestants will count in this offer if the letter enclosing snbscriptioss is postmarked on or before April 10th. Candidates will receive credit on old business heretofore turned in at the same basis. A letter .will be mailed today to every old snbscriber of Tne Hews and Observer, whether ; his subscription is paid in advance or whether he is in trreirs, enclosing a list of the can didates and reminding them that they have the priv ilege of voting for their, choice. This is the first, last and only bonus to be offered on renewal subscriptions. Million : II, S. HIED .vt Formally Committed by Commissioner tSpecial to News and Observer.) ' Ashevtlle. N. April S. Geo. Bar ton. alleged poetoface robber, escaped prisoner aad pal of Tennessee Dutch." the notorious crook, will prob ably be held m the county iail here until taken back to South Carolina for trial ' Barton has been formally committed by United States Commissioner Mc Call, and held under bond. Th commissioner went through the form ality of committing Barton at the "ounty jail late yesterday afternoon. HcCall went to the Jail in company with the county officers when Barton was taken from the catre and led Into the corridor. The United States Commissioner-told Barton that he would ead the warrant, saying he would eead it a if Barton desired. Barton, with a sneer, aaid he did not wish to hear it; that be had "heard them things read before." The commissioner did. however. formally -commit the prisoner, and lxed his bond at 16.90. Of course the yeggman could not give It. and back to the cage he went He Is now United States prisoner, aad every (Continued on page six. . POUGE uimfi RICHMOND, TA-, ATTORXEY WAS BREAKEVG LTTO 8AXQQX AT AX EARLY HOUR. Richmond. Va.; ' April 8.---Ord way Puller, a former member of the Leg islature and a prominent young at torney of this city, was-shot at an early hour this morning by policemen lust arter having broken tne window of a saloon, and although be is now in a hospital, is under the surveilance of the police on a felony charge, s X Tbe officers heard the crash of glass and - presuming that some one was breaking into the place, ran to the scene and discovered Puller, who made an attempt to escape. Both of, ficers fired, one of the shots taking effect inhls leg.;'1 -. ' :. FIRE it tinCCESTE II ll SIX UUNDREB PEOPLE ARE REN ' DERED HOMELESS BY t -. ; ;'JLAJtE. "K ; -'i . bV the Associated Press.) - Manchester, N. H., April $.- A large partlon of the tenement bouae dla trict Juat south of. the business center of th city, waa- wiped oat today by fir.. It destroyed about fifty wooden, three and four story butldlnfi. Six hundred men, . women . and , children, moetrr Q reeks. Were made homeless. and th lo i estimated at about The flames were driven by fierce westerly gales ' through two city sqoaree. Help' had to be summoned front Concord. . Nasau, - Rochester, Dover and Portsmouth. 'New Hamp hire, and frow Lowell.: Mae. - Five conmanles of t'te New Hampshire Na tional Guard were called out to help the police eep, back the crowd. - The persona property loss lnte district was comparai:ve;y ernsui. I cause of the fire Is v 10 the 'Present to Gather Votes-Try It the 12th of This Month . ; - . - Awarded - Jobof Road Building in Alamance Durham. April 8.' The R. U Fc tera corripany. road and . grading con tractors, have been awarded the con tract for the building of about forty six miles of road in Alamance county. Sometime ' ago the . county decided to Issue onds in the sum of 8200.000 aad to build tbe roadway that was desired. After the sale of tbe bonds, which were so?d at a premium, bids were asked for by the county officials. It was decided to award the contract to the. It. la. Peters company a cgtmpany that is Just now finishing a fine road contract In this county. The. Peters Arm gets tbe contract at about 1. 000. In addition . to the grading and macadamising there will be bridges of reinorced - concrete. This work has been awarded to the Eureka Building Block company. As soon as the Durham work is completed, and that will be but a few daya the Peters force win move to the Alamance county road a. The Durham, postohlce has been placed on first class basis. , In the future the postmaster will get a salary- of 8 3.00 or more on account of the increase, the receipts now aggre gating not less than $10,000 per year. Thechanpe in the classification will mean an increase In the salary of the postmaster., he to get $3,000 In the future. One hundred dollars per year will be added to the other men in the department in Durham. Three addi tional clerks ere to be added.-giving a total or thirty persons In charge of the Durham omce. I- Mrs. Mlttie U Hobgood ; died sud denly at her home on Cleveland street this morning. ' She was 2 years of sge. She has been tn declining health for a number of months. For several months she had been confined to her room. She left five sons, four daugh ters and one nstep-daughter. The f ti er! will be from the home tomorrow afternoon aad the burial at the fam ily burying place. - - - --aBaaaVaI.BaS.S-wBwe--ae"SBBaaaaa SSO0.OOO tire at Midland, Texas, ; Midland, Texas,-April 8. Fire here todsy caused a loss of $300,000 in the business section of the . city. . .One hotel, two banks and' many stores were burned. . : . ' ; ' - ..--'-? - ' . . V :; VESSEL" STILL OISSIIIG NO WORD OFFlsRrVG BOAT THAT ''5--. ' tolstitFFEARED. Olf TAKE; ; " A .-rV EH1B, : :v : ' ' :.' - . . - - - - ; -.-! : By the Associated Press.) ' Cleveland. 0 April f 8.-NO WOTd fiai leen recelVed from the tog Oco, Floes, the flihlng boat which dlsap- peard with. Capt, Berry. crew f three and two pttengr during th wind atorm on Lake Erie Wcdnetday. Commrunlcation was eatabtiahd with pracUcally very part on the lake to day and none had eeen' th mlMing craft -.' ;r . :. : : v . .. v , Members of the crew of the Stock sr., a tug, reported tonight that they had seen freeh planks, apparentlyparts pf A deck house floating on the wa ter a abort "distance from where, the Floss waa last seen. . , , Several ' cews wTO be sent out to Search for toe floss tomorrow. -Th and r-jeker Mary IL, whkh alao c" T-rPd Wednesilay, has ar- rivel tt i r .;y, DURUM COIICEDII SETS GQU11CT nOfaiuIOE : m:m conus on 010 SU3SGBIBEHS If Yom Want Extra Totes oa Tfiosa Reeiestmls that Have Been Prombxl Tow, Get Tbem Tnardlstely, for tlie Preseot Offer on Old Bosinees is the . First. Last aad Only Change to Re alise Totes on Old SubeCTlpttonx. ' i -" ' AX EASTER OFFEBXSG. Just to be able to pass th com- pliments of the season Tbe Kev and Observer has decided to mse . special Easter offer of extra voua on new subscriptions turned in be- tween this date and Easter Moil- day. April 12th. at midnight- Each candidate who has turned In . any subscriptions since the be- ginning of the contest will be " mailed, special Easter "Nest ' Egg" ballots which, when prop- erly filled out and returned to this office with new yearly subscrip- tions, or their equivalent w ill ' entitle the candidate . to extra . "neat egg.-ballots for votes add i- tional to tbe regular scale, ac cording to the followlnif ached ule: - - , - ' - -' Scale. - "Votes. ."' Regular Extra I. Special Easter Bal- -,- ...... . ! Kneial Kaater HU. - . In Kn It . 1 AAA 3.000 - -r. a,-- 5.000 J 10,000 Special Easter-Bal- lot No. 3 10.000 Special Easter Bal lot No. 4... 10.000 Special Easter Bal lot xo. le.eee 20e - Remember this is additional to the regular scale; that you receive your 1 0.000 votes (pink slips) on , each yearly subscription Just the same as formerly and then In ad- dition . you - receive 8.000 ex- tra votes for the fixst yearly sub- scription or its equivalent, 3,000 - extra for the second. 6.000 extra for the third. 10.000 extra for the fourth and 20.040 extra for tbe afth- - Bv eomnletlna nmr "nest" : VMM WAntf. a ntoa KtiH.li a aWva . ballota, but should you fail . to complete your aeries of five' you still aia many extra1 votes on afif.K flaw ..itaiertnttn,. Imwi.1 fai during tha life of this offer. You , may build aa many nests as like. . . - . . . From this forth and every day and every minute during this Easter -Ofler and in fact during the remainder of- the contest the management of this department wishes to . Impress upon every candidate the importance of the "do If now", spirit " The man, or wo man,, who coined that little phrase as . a business, maxim knew that it em bodied the wisdom of centuries; that tt was tbe very bed rock upon which', every success rested; that without Its application no great or small object was ever attained. '- And .that is what the contest man wants all candidates : to thoroughly understand. No moment should be allowed to slip by unimproved -during the brief remainder of the Ufa of this race. Ask any successful man how -, he manages to accomplish so much In a day and the Inevitable answer Is to the effect thst whatever he finds to dor he does right at that time. He Is therefore never unprepared for -any ;. emergency. . i---i'',';:f::t?r ' ' ' Being on Time. . Napoleon laid great stress upon that "supreme moment that -"nick of time. which occurs la every ltllo,' to take advantage of which means victory, aSd to lose T-la hesitation -means disaster. He said he beat the " Austrian because they did not - knew . the value of five minutes. , And by that same token. It la claimed that his defest at Waterloo, the direct- nsult -of which was his imprisonment at St Helena. -waa largely due to the failure of one of his generals ' to arrive at . the very moment the TUttle Colonel" htfd banked upon, "fr" :- ': It is a wen known truism that has been eievated-almost to tbe dignity of a maxim that what may be don at any time will be don gt no time. The tact of the matter la that those who do the really big things In this -world do not stand shivering on . tbe bank, thinking of th cold and dreading the -danger, but the) plunge bodily In and scramble through as best they may. ' The ft-lloW who is perpetuaMy - calcu lating risks and adjusting nice chance Is the fellow who 1 proving to him aalt .thai II and I la 14. -while the bold operator doesn't stop to figure Just how much U makes, but grainy peckeu th $1. . .-'.-, Cantllca. -wllj flid that they have no time for -worry; work te -now th proposition with . them.. A - man run wait snd doubt and hesitate and eon suit his brother and hi unci and his cousin and hla particular friends, un til one fins day he find that he lost so much tim In consulting all these eminent authorities that the ro-i-tert is over and he has ne time left follow tha ad vice given him. In r cases out of ten, th earn amours energy burned n in rnetnonin a t 7
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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April 9, 1909, edition 1
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