SUBSCRIBERS THE WEATHER , Maximum tcinperatnro 12 l dsrr : m'nhunni Unnperaturu 22 degrees; tbtal precipitation for 2 1 hour rjullng 8 p. m.f 0 incite. . .. the 1.1.... " " T?M f light to Ma, :-,l' uorthvrvHf to VOLUME L2vXXIXf NO. 33 RALEIGH. N. C, Fill DAY DECEMUEJt 524, 1909 PRICE 5 CENTS TTv O and 'cMlattMi una uauie OTHER SIDE OF THE U. S. IVES AID TO SANTA CLAUS UP TO DATE man. 10KI PICTURE THE II STREET VEHDER s fa News 'i :ieai:aiiiNortHiwaro 1 S sheriff - uftoiir 019 BROWNSVILLE - i i ITT I NT X v WA Vs 1 '' ; W Defendant on Stand in His :1 Own Behalf 2 YEARS DP MARRIED LIFE Mr. Brokaw Denies Emphatically the Charge of Drunkenness and States That He i . Nor Df Inking Man ' Ionics Striking IU Wife, Bat Ad mit Tlut lie Called Her a Liar .U ter She I Ud Used a Stronger Term ' other Incident, j f " ..." ' (fry the Associated Press.) Now York. Dec. S3. W. Oould Brokaw, whoae wife Is j suing him for separation"' with alimony of $60,000 a year, took the stand In his own defense today and swore in the court room at MIneola, L- I., that his. father-in-law, Joseph A. - Blair, had threatened to III h ira because,-, .he. loved . Jher too toucJi. When he told Mrs- Brokaw of this threat she r laughed and said: "Ion't mind father, Billy; he's crazy." Mr. Brokaw described ; the ' night tv hen his wife took ' poison. Jn minute iot-ill hla lawyer led him through the two years , of; their married; life. ; with painstaking attention to the "charges of drunkenness, cruelty and abusive language brought against him in the testimony of his wife. . - -;' 1 Brokaw made a. good witness.' -Ills attitude, was -easy and 'his -answers fere ready and firm. Mrs. Brokaw was ashly pale.' . Her head tossed (scornfully when her Uusband'a testi mony contrsdiCJed. her. own. i 'The times when Mrs. Brokaw said I was drunk," he testified, Vmy face was flushed ""from' a long walk -or drive."-' - - - , ;s ..- . He had hever strtick.hls wife. I never struck anyone in my ! life,' 1 h swore. , Mrs.' Brokaw knows I -could not harm her.. He admitted that he had calVed his wife a. liar. he aid. "I called hertt liar, but not until she had called me a d liar. I had been out and - wben-. I "came back, bringing hr., flowery ;?he-accut!ed jxit i-i meeting 'nome 'woman. I denied it. wild I lied, and "T had to tell her the same." .' - ; - -.; :. V .Brokaw swxre that bis .wife had smoked cigarettes.,: before their marriag? and that she. had promised hln to stop- it. tie' had: never -seen her drink cocktails, but he.had under stood from the cervants that Cocktails were taken to her home on the sly. -win you ten the. court or your drinking agreement with, your' wife?" asked John t Mclntyre, his counsel. 'Y." Unawered r Brokaw." ' "We wanted to .mix ginger-ale with aeriat rd water until it wa the exact color cf champrsrne.vX .'.wished 'to .appear to drink with niy guests and -yet to not orink.. ' This mixture bubbled and It Ma harmless. I have used it 'for J tars. I do not drink." V- :ii, Brokaw did not recall - any t-cne following an incident at table Vhen a guest had changed his wife's Cbie so that'she got. real champagne and not the Imitation. "If Mrs. Brokaw drank. cham?agne. nhe was the only one who knw it." he testified. Shown a list of ob A ctionable names vhkh Jlrni Brokaw ss id her hushand. applied to Jher when aogry, JTr. Brokaw- said :. ' . ' '.i . -V. "Of courso I do not' use such lan LlUiSe." ' 'V ' - .-. ' ; "'Tell uk. .'what' happened - on the so talled poincn night," directed Mr. Mc Intyrc. - run that nlfhC. ' he .saidj "I had tJie' Marqute lle'rmoa and others to ,3 inner. Mrst Brokaw did not come Jown. Alter dinner I. went to her. rojjni and knocked. She did not' an-' v,er. Then I said. .'Man, I want to c'.sm. in. she did not answer. Fin illy T pushed in the door.' f?he was r-irious. I told her. I "only wanted to kiss her good night; and left - "When I came. 'upstaits again Mrs." I iokaw was not in Imt room. I could not lind, ber and got '4 nurse, to help m hunt.; After a search the nurse railed to me, Xrom a room at One end ct the hall. I. got there nt iu time to, ho the nursa struggling to -take oniethlng from Mrs..Brokaws mouth. It was some kind of a white tablet. I pcreamed, 'My God, bhe'a dead.' " - "Did you , do "anything to cnuw her J to take the poison. .-- v ; - "Absolutely nothlngr H; r -Denial after denial "of as-ertions "made by his wife , In ; her; tettlmony va obtained" from; MreBrokaw iby ' attorney.1--''-' -r " ; ':: " ' Continued" on Page Five.) PREOICT 17 CEfJP CdTTOn AN1 TII AT. BKFOBK TIIE JESB OF J xtMnriWi4TS or. the ;:bjq ';roCTt;y ; v' (By the Associated Press.) -New York, Dec. ?3.The bull Uh en thusiasm which has attended th cot ton market in its recent uivinrn to day realized for. th first time in five years 16 cents a pound for. the staple n the New : York exchange. , while the May option, at 16.01 today was the nly cotl.on on the list to reach the IS .r-ent quotation.- the entire Unt advanced slightly and still holds higher than at any time. mince the Bully boom in 1904. The bull camDattn now nn tu aa.l Xbe headed by Cob W. P, Brown and I' rank Is. Ilnyne, of Iew Orleans, wjio v.ere associated with Sully five years bao.'and by K.0. Scales and James A. 3'atten, the Chicago- grain operator. The aggregate profit of; this- "big four" are rumored to amount to about ? i '.ftoo.ooo. : The bulls now predict 17-ccnt tot to! before the end of January." The f.;ora aurint tne Htmy toom was iV Extends More Than Mor al Support Under Orders From Secretary Knox American Red Cross IrNindu Will Be Kxtendcd for tlie Care of tlie In jured at Blnctlelds Medical Corps of Warships at Bluenelds Install Host pital Ashore Bread Instead of Bul lets the n atch Word of tin? State DepartmeiL (By ti e Asaoclated Prea- Washingtc n, D. C, Dec. 23. Follow ing a peremptory warning to President Madria that the United States will hold him personally responsible for the safety .of .Americans In the western part of Nicaragua,, the State Depart meht tonight extended more than moral I encouragement to the revolu tionists.' Under, orders from Secretary Knox," American Red Cross funds are to be; expended in caring for the faick and. wounded troops of both the Es trada1 and 2 elayan armies, more than 2,000 of whom ax incapacitated in Bluefields. " . This mov on the part of tho United States is expected to be more eificaci ous than the dispatch of a strong force. -Bread, int5':ead of bullets,- is the watchword of the State Department, and it is generally believed that the prospects ol ; food, and medical atten tion will win "over more men from the government ranks than any other plan that:could-adopted, v ,j : . ' "According to the latest ' reports, the I medical corps of the various war ves-J sels- now; a : Bluenelds haa installed hospitals' as: lore, where scores' are be ing cared for. . The procession of sick and wound d" men' through the town Is said to b pitiful, and although -Estrada is doing everything in hla power to relieve the suffering,. vhis resources are--nisKp- T:---f": ":. -s;- ; .vcf i -With'- Vl&w,'of Relieving the- Fitua-j tion,' Secreta ry. Cnox. tonight consult ed with the American Hed . Cross and immediately afterwards dispatched the following dispatch ; to .iThomaa Y., MoffatUiiitetJ Ctates consul at Blue fields; . . '-y 6 "Tlio - An erican Natonal Red Cross will telegraj h you tomorrow.' the 24th. Ave .thousand dollars, and. they will send another Ave thousand if needeJ. Navy -Depai-tment has instructed Cap tain Shipley to land whatever, sumlus supplies- can be ' furnished . from our ships, now at Bluefields, and orders Will Ie given the Prairie now at Colon to k transport immediately to i Blue fields, from the stoDes Intend for the marines," or from the Panama ' Canal Commissary Department, such sup plies as you may ask for Within the limit of -fivi thousand dollars to bs cabled you tomorrow. You will sep arate with Hhlpley in the distribution of supplies, payment for. all of which. Doth those landed from ships at Blue- neias and t lOse sent from eolon. will be recouped from Red Cross funds." v The dispatch of this telegram :fol lowed close on the receipt of a- report from . Consu I Moflfat, depicting the state of af aire fn Bluefields. His storj of tho suffering of the defeated zelayan solldlers ; was brief,, "but graphic, incidentally: he reported that more-than 900 men. were killed on both l sides in the recent battle at tiama. xne dispatch follows: : . "Two thousand starved, emaciate! prisonersrhave". ben brought here from Zelayd.'s surrendered army. The sight of thd le:t and weary, tottering tnrougn tne streets, la horrible.' half are merewrs.".. vThe eniera-encv - hos pital established by the Des Mo'nes and Tacoma contains ninety wounded. tne city nrp:tar sixty. Few of the surrendered army had shoes or blan kets: Scores were almost naked, all are in a pitiable condition. Estrada is furnishing . them with "blanket. clothing., shoes and food aa lx?st he can. " Floui '. beans, rice, sugar, cof -fee and.Cond&naed milk aro needed in stantly to fed. the starving Zelayan soldiers.: MJiscase and death threatens unless they are properly given best food and care. - -. y . 'The greut and sudden demand for proper, clothing and food for the suf fering Is a problem for the provisional government whose resources are ex- I . (Contlhuad on Page Five.) 1 JELLY JOHN M. CROWELL MEETS DEATH AT SALISBURY BY FALLING UNDER JIOVING TRAIN. (Special to News and Observer.) Sallsbun, N. C. Dec. 23. With Via Doay .masned into a Jelly, John M Crowell,; mrd 40 years, met instant death in Salisbury last night by fall mg unuer. a moving train. - -His remains were picked up in frag ments and sent to New London, Stanley county, rus former home, to day . for infJerment. He was k painter by trade, a mem ber of a prominent family in Stanley county, -rne cause or nu death is a mystery, a4 no one witnessed the acci dent. J. F. SPENCER FvESIGNS. John D.. McGregor Appointed County ) commUH oner to t in vacancy. ; (Special to News and Observer,) Wadesboro, N. C. Dec. 23. J. F. Sneneer today resigned as county com missioner ef Anson county and John D. McGregor, of Lllesvllle, was ap- pointed to Ifill out the term. CARING 0 TO DIXIE LEADS THEM ALL STANDS FIRST r IN AMERICAN SONGS AND Ml-SIC IN ' PA- ,V . -I - ' - ( T3WOTTC- POinnUAIlITY. i ''llBjrejated jrt" ' 'I Wajshlastoa- 2X C-, Dec? 2--"Dlie" has -flaally Iwea'-ofac'ally inroclalmed aa fret la'. Americsk- songs and. music In patriotic SHspularity."'. , ,SvH !s the verdict of O. O. T. Son n?ck, chief , of the division of music of the - library of Congress,' who has just Issued from the government press an exhaustive report on four famous American musical compositions "Yankee Doodle" though no longer a nttlonal song, is still a national air and iecond only to MDlxie" in the pop ularity: contest. -The -origin and evolution of "Yankee Doodle," ?Star Spangled Banner," "HallColumbla,', and "Amerjca" are treated in full detail in Mr. Sonneck's volume. He has furnished as far as. possible, a correct version of both text and music of all four plects. Fac similes of the original manuscripts are pro duced in the volume. Thehistary of "Yankee Doodle" is described as "a ..perfect maze of con flicting stories"- and countless addi tions to and 'variations from the original. As many as fourteen varia tions of the VStar Spangled ' Banner" are noted, accompanied by a gradual process of polishing and modification. The year in which "America", waa first sung in public Is fixed as 1832. but the exact place and da to was not defi nitely ascertained. "Hail Columbia" is strictly a. product of the United States in both words and music, in contra distinction to "Ameria" and . "The SUr Spangled Banner," both of which partly originated in England. Mr. Sonneck's. volume Is not for free dis tribution.' - NO TRACK OF DR. COOK University of CopenJmgcn Exports to Hear Nothing Further From Him. (By the . Associated Press.) Copenhagen, Dec. 23. The Univer sity of Copenhagen having received no communication from Dr. Frederick Cook . since 1st verdict was rendered no longer expects to hear anything turiner irom tne explorer. Dr. Salo monsen. rector of the university, said today that he was convinced that Dr. Cook would remain in hiding as long aa possible. He believes that Dr. Cook U in Europe. - ' REPORT ON 3IT. McKINLEY. i " Will Bo Delivered to Boanl of Gov ernors Today Cook'B Brother Thhikit Explorer Haa Met With Foul Play. (By the Associated Press.) New York. Dec. 23. The report of the special committee which investi gated. Dr. Cook's claims to havei reach ed the summit of Mount McKlnley will be delivered. to the board of gov-ernorsvof- the Explorer's Club tomor row. ; Wliile the Investigators will not row . divulge the text of the report. tney oo not deny that it discredits Dr. i Cook's claims, and such verdict has been generally anticipated. Wm. L. Cook declared tat he believed his brother. Dr. Frederick A. Cook, had met foul play abroad, and he feared that- he had. been murdered. "1,-had a letter frOm Dr. Cook early this week," eaid the brother, "in which he said he was hurrying to Co penhagen with the proofs -of having found the north pole. He should have reached Copenhagen before this, and as he had been threatened with vio lence, I fear that his enemies have overtaken him." No Trace) of Cook. Brussels. Dec. 23. No trace can be found of Dr. Cook either here or -at Ostend, although there Is u possibility that he left Ostend by steamer last night tor Dover. . .. WOULD ESTQP THE ILIIMIIER rniladelphiainahcier: Take Legal Action . FILE BILL OF HITERVEflTIOIl Seek to Prevent tlie Receivers of the Road Front Delivery of Property to j tlte Norfolk and Southern Reorgan ization Company Under the Pur- chase Bid of 98,500,000 Made by Rhode Island Capitalist .Uk for Delivery to Them. ' " 1 (By the Associated Pf ess. y KorfolkVa., Dec. 23. Philadelphia' financiers, headed by J. W. Van Dyke, and F. D. Zell as petitioner In United States court here late today filed a bill of intervention In the Norfolk and Southern Railway receivership litiga tion seeking to estop delivery of the properties and franchises of the naid company to the reorganised "Norfolk- Southern Railway Company" under the purchase bid of , 31,509.000 made by Uathbone Martiner. of Providence, R. I:, when the propertywas sold at pub lic auction in Norfolk, December 7. The interveners ask that the prop erty be delivered to them under al leged contract of purchase ant re-organization at New York in January, 1909, by which a new 914.000.0OO bond issue with- interest guaranteed for five years would replace the old bonds with delivery of 53 per cent of stock to the Philadelnhiani. Late today Judge Waddill entered an order citing the-defehdants to show cause at Richmond, December 30, why the bill should nt be filed." Mean while confirmation of the Norfolk and Southern sale is held up. FUNERAL OF "IJTTLE TIM." Will Be Burled Today as Per His .Further IKtatlou Nry Before Dying Wish Tlioughtfulnetw of Matter Can Be Arranged. Others. ! (By the Associated Press.) (By the' Associated Press.) Washington. D. C. Dec. 23. Furth- Xew York, Dec. 23. The funeral to- lerj legislation by Congress will be morrow of Alderman "Little Tim" Sul-1 necessary before the $5,000 appropri llvan. bowery benefactor and political ated by that body in 1904 for pro- leader, will prooaoiy araw one ot the largest and most picturesque crowds whieh has ever assembled on the East Side Both city officers and prom inent church men will attend a will deleatlOns from the - many societies and clubs of which he was a mem ber. Close nersonal - friends of '-Little Tim" will be the nRii-boarers, wh'le the honorar" pall-barers include among others Charles W. Murphy, leader of Tammany Hall, and Timothy L. Woodruff, Republican State chair man. wn "Little Tim's" dying wish: "Bur" me Friday morning. I want the poor boys on the bowery to have their Chrietmas dinner Saturday and I want you to get me out of the wav, so as not to spoil their Christmas." Flara at the city hall were at half mast todav bv or'-t" of the mayor. Medal for Pary. (Bv the Associated Press.) Chicago. Ills.. Dec. 23, The Chicago Geographic Society has awarded the Helen Culver gold medal to Com mander Uobert E. Peary, U. S. N.. for distinguished services in exploration. Tiie medal will be presented at the annual dinner of the society here Jan uary 2. The WtttiiogUa Herald. E -LIED ABE KILLED AND A SCORE OR MORE THOUGHT ' IRE1 ENTOMBED IN ILLINOIS MINE. . Hy the Associated Press.) St. Ixuls. Mo., Dec. 23.-Eight men were killed and 400 others had narrow escapes In an explosion of gas in mine "A' of the Chicago and Cartersvllle Coal Company at Herrin, III-, late to- i Open lamps carried by employes of the mine are believed to have caused the disaster. There were three men and a boy in this party and all are dead. The dead: . W. T. Pierce, mine engineer. Eugene liar ret t, assistant engineer. Thomas Williams, assistant manager. Unidentified boy, about Id years old. George Snyder, miner. . SaHatore tirecco, miner. Ptertro Romeo, laborer. Thomas Har borer, miner. James Ouinney, superintendent of the mine and Robert Hueston, man ager, headed the first relay of rescuers. Despite the black damp which flowed into the chambers adjoining those in which Pierce and his party were killed, these men went into the workings. After sending to the , surface three unconscious pernors the rescuers next found the bodies of Snyder, Greeco and Romeo. The efforts of the rescuers to pene trate more deeply Into the workings were repulsed by increasing banks of after-damp and they were forced to letreat. leaving the bodies of Pierce and his companions. Fire also began to gain headway and it is not expected that the bodies can be recovered before tomorrow Tonight all efforts are being, directed towards fighting the flames. News of the disaster spread rapidly and there was a rush of hysterical women and crying children to the shaft house. The damage to tha min cannot yet be accurately estimated. The col lier)' is one of the oldest in this sec tion and few accidents have occurred in it Pierce, the engineer, who lost Tils life, formerly was a Federal Inspector of government work on the Missis, sippi river. 3IONU.MENT,TO JEFFERSON, curing a site and plans for the pro- posed monument to Thomas Jeffer son will be available. In 1906, Au gustus St. Gaudens. then in poor health, consented to make designs for the memorial, but his death Inter vened beforo the work had been fin ished. There is a law requiring un expended balance yearly to be turned into the treasury, the comptroller of tho treasury In response to an inquiry from the commission having the mat ter in charge as to whether the $5, 000 was still available for the purpose for which appropriated, has replied In the negative. MILITARY RETURNS. Two N'earoes SuToaed to Be Leader. Taken to Sehna. Ring fBy the Associated Press.) Selma, Ala., Dec. 23. Lieutenant Colonel J. E. Carter and a detachment from the Selma companies of the State militia returned today from Magnolia, the scene of the race trouble earlier this week, having in charge Dee Fits and Clint Wesson, two negroes, said to have been ring leaders in the trou ble. Sheriff Grant requested that the negroes be brought here for safe-keep. Ing. Thirty-eight other negroes are held in the jail at Linden, Appears as Witness Be fore Court of Inquiry QUALIFIES MS f FIMVIT . Which Played . Such a Cottspicnous ; Part In tlie Famous Attack in the j Senate of Senator Brown oA the j Administration') tXturno In Itegard to the Brownsillo Affair Affidavit Ha to do With tlte Confection, of Brown and ConyeKs. , (By the Associated. Press.) Washingrton, D. C. Dec. 23. Quali- j fylng in several particulars his affi- davit, which played such a conspicu ous part in the famous attack In the Senate of Senator Foraker on the ad ministration's course in regard to the Brownsville affray, former Sheriff E. C. Arnold, of Monroe, Ga., today ap peared as a witness before the mili tary court of inquiry Investigating the affair. His affidavit was offered by. Senator Foraker in rebuttal to the - affidavits of H. E, Brown and William Lalwson to the y effect that Boyd Conyers, . one ! of the soldiers discharged aa a result of the shooting-up of Brownsville, had confessed his connection with 1 the affair. In that document, Arnold said that it would have been impossible for Law son and Conyers to have taken a drink under, a certain porch in the heart of Monroe, as Lawson claimed to have done on the day that Conyers talked to htm about the Brownsville Incident. Today Arnold said that while there waa an ordinance and a State law against drinking in public in operation in Monroe, it would have been possible to- have k taken a drink on the street wlthoutbeing axrested.i - He said further that rwhen ne de nounced Brown's statement of a con fesslon as "the most shameful uerver- ion ctCwhat, did take -pirre,. e m-l deistood Brown te- have elemted that he -was relating what Conyers ad said In tho: .presence off Brown and himself. ' . - ' . - - .' - The former sheriff admitted to the court that he - once aald to Conyera that there was a great deal of money in the case, and that if Conyers would confess to him. he would "take 'care of him.' He said Brown was not re sponsible for this statement which,' he acknowledged, might be interpreted as an offer of money, but not so in tended. , - - - . ' Captaln C. R. Rowland, recorder of the court, objected to Arnold's arfi- davit being presented in testimony, assening that the court would bet if the injunction paper isn!t gotten kep clear of political Issues." ttfut tnntirht or tomorrow nkmhodv was not introduced. THE UTAH LAUNCHED The Greatest BatilesMp in tlie United State Navy. (Br the Associated Press.) Philadelphia, Pa.. Dec. 23. Uncle Sam's treatest battleship, the Utah, was launched today at Camden N. J. The fighting leviathan slid down the ways as Mary Alice Spray, youngest daughter , of Governor Spry, of Utah, cracked a bottle of champagne on the armor plate and christened her. The big hull dipped into the. water and glided from the ways as nicely as if a superhuman hand had picked her up and dropped her into the water. A half dozen tugs in waiting darted out and made lines to the ship and towed her back to the moorings. A multitude that crowded to every vantage point saw the launching. The workmen were nearly an hour knock ing away the blocking that was be tween the new fighting ship and the sea. Members of the Mormon church sat upon a platform built for them near the prow of the ship. When the launching was all over Senator Reed Smoot turned to the Mormon elders and said: "It may be a coincident, but it Is a happy one that the launching olf this ship should take place on the anniver sary of the birth of Joseph Smith." Senator Georere Sutherland, also . of Utah, wan present. Governor Fort, of New Jersey, was one of the guests. A record in construction was made in the building of the Utah. Nine months and eight days elapsed from the laying of her keel to her launch ing. LADY SHOT III THE EYE PISTAL CARTRIDGE SWEPT INTO FIRE EXPLODES AND DOES DAMAGE (Special to News and Observer.) Klnston. N. C. Dec. 23. A peculiar accident happened here today by which a Kinston lady will probably lose the sight or one of her eyes. Mrs. Sarah Fields buit a fire in her slttin- room this morning and was sweeping the floor when a pistol cart ridge that had inadvertently been swept into the fire exploded and the bullet struck her In th eye. It waa at first sunposed that she waa fatally hurt, but a physician who was hur riedly summoned, found only a. super ficial wound of the eyeball from which she may recover without the loss of the eye. but this is not certain at this time. Rural Carriers. (Special to News and Observer.) Washington, D. C. Dec. 23. J. D. Shaw Is appointed " rural carrier and Willie O. Patrick substitute for route Ne. g at Fayettevill Merchants Register a Vig orous Kick ' HIS LICENSE REVOKED But He Given Bond ami Continues to Sell Fruit t m. 'd?' Rate Will Fight Case In Courts Residenco of Dr. Wllaon, Near'' CteUiam Lino Burned Census Supervisor Blair In Durham Looking Over Situation. '-.ft' (Special to News and Observer.) Durham, .Dec. 23. The city Is to day reasonably -exclttrd oyer ; the mat- license . revoked last night against II. A. Lutterloh, street merchant, selling" fruits andV th$ '.like : under the direction of W. F. Smith. - The traveling merchant -vaa Stopped " this morning and; arrested, butputup! ' the bond and continued.-1 The.: lty: aldermen, mayor and . , city ; att o.rney i have been working ."'this afternoon ( ' j upon the proposition and the law firm of Braham and vBrawley will appeal ' . to Judge Biggs .for an Injunctio . against : the city. : ,:. ; The street . wagon sells ; apples, oranges and nuts .about SO : per cent under - the merchants. :He had been paying a license of : 112.50 & mont. in one privilege and a Slate ahdiiotm-ji.f ty tax of $100 a year. MWs meth ods, he -could dispoaJirhiS goods on the street hJJe6all to the wild and . poptdarly -tlu was Considered - tho greatest hero since . the war. -The poor people were able to reach the lotty prices of . Christmas goods ' and. there was universal opposition to the Injunction. X . ' -.'; v The merchants appealed ; for pro tection. ; They V argued that they pay tax; -rent;11 clerk, hire and all appur tenances and. when the season of big sales and large profits came upon them,- - they .were against, competition that no man could meeL . ' The street waifn. they, declared.- had JMain and. cveryTolher street for its selling room. . the, largest store. Jn the world. They put up- . a' good .protest, and the other man was heard .Xrom; . . . He, answered.: that he. ha 11.400 worth of- odds here now,. $1,000 on tho way and that tb la is a violation of ' thev principle of .vested rights. More over he argued that to stop. him after he. has - paid - his license, and to re duce to . the rear , his place of selling -goods, amounts to practical "confiaca tlon and -that there is no right in vested in the city to revoke his license. iThe citv stands nat and the subdued sale of roods goea on with a part' oC ' i the "holler" gone. r ' : will . nave N to crawfish. There is a. world . of opposition to , tlie stopping ' of the man. It is perhaps the best concrete, erample ot protection - yet( afforded..' A. good Republican on, -thA. board .declared this afternoon. ; "Mr. Smith i failed to : make good In th mercantile business- . here and l-?ft. He doesn't rent: or pay' tax in the city except this privilege tax. and It un does the merchant. Yet It Is the greatest blessing to the.poorfolkf at all. in fact to all of the consumers, and ' there you are. s There are . certainly two arguments to this thing of pro- -' tectlon and free trade:" j " . : Messrs. Bramham and Brawley have' their papers ready for procedure, , when another move is made. , ' ' ; From Route No. 7, nine miles In the country, there came the news yes- . terday evening that . the residence of; f Dr. H. F. Wilson, living near the Chatham line, was burned. ;, " The winning of many . enemies' in a community Infested by- moonshiners caused the reports yesterday that, these vicious people, had stuck the torch to ' a house Incomplete. ; Dr.' W'llson im mediately denied It,' and said that he , thinks the fire is the result of one that had been built in" the -chimney .the evening before, lie discredited . the lncendisry theory altogether. ; Dr.' Wilson moved to Durham during , the summer and atarted to practico here after spending, a few; week at r a hospital taking special work . Later he concluded to return to .the country and had begun a very pretty country . home. This week he put on; an ex tra number of workmen and Intended ta have the house ready for occupancy (Continued on Page Two.) THIRST FOR PUBLIC PIE CONGRESSMAN 3IORE1IEAD BE COMES INFATUATED W'lTH WASI HNGTON LIFE, ' (Special to News and Observer.) Winston-Salem,- N. C, Dec 23. A well authenticated report is current that Congressman John M. Morehead., of this district. ' has decided to ac cept a renominatlon. r Ever since his, first and last election , he has been quoted as . saying that under no . circumstances would he make the ' race again. .One of his friends says Mr. Morehead has become Infatuated with Washington life. , ; , GIVEN 50 DAYS. : - - Negro Who Was Ben tins a TUfo la m' Box Car. " (Special to' News and Observer.) Rocky - Mount, Dec. 13. Abrant Pern", a negro, was given 20 riaya on the roads for heating a train. art; came In from Elm City, in a sealed car load of brick. Ills cries to be re- leased brought an officer, who took him in custody, frozen to deatfc. 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