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H. A. LONDON, Editor nd Proprietor fERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 Per Year. griclly n Advance SOI CAROLINA'S BIG Citizens of Palmetto State Capture the Exposition City WAS GLORIOUS OCCASION! Addresses of Day Received With Great Enthusiasm, Capt. "W. E. Gonzales Deploring Fact That State Has No Building and Thank ing Gcevrnor Swanson for Use of Virginia Building Celebration of pay Continued at Exhibit Palace at Conclusion of Official Ceremonies South Carolina Raised Tea, Pour ed by Official Ladies, Served All Callers by Japanese Girls. Norfolk, Va., Special. Friday was j observed as South Carolina Day at the ,i;rnostown -Exposition with Uov Ansel, his staff, the South Caro lina State commission, the Second Kec'r.r.ent of Infantry, South Carolina X: -: :.a! Guard and several hundred THE VIRGINIA South Carolinians present to partici pate in the events on the day's pro gramme. The official exercises occur red in the main auditorium building til R fte s ' v-'s - -r.i? "w6 ir -a anJ were attended by hundreds of plished here is gratifying to South visiting and resident South Carolin- Carolinians, if in viewing their inns. The principal address of the State's first appearance at a great ex day weer made by Capt. "William E. . position they are given a larger con Gonzules of The Columbia State, Co-j ception of that State's resources and lumbia, S. C, Gov. Martin F. Ansel, ; made to appreciate more fully her in rresident Harry St. George Tucker ' dnstrial victories, if by the stirring of the JamestoAvn Exposition, and . of their pride these sons and daught Hon. Walter Hazard, of Georgetown, ! ser are encouraged to greater endeav- H. ST. GEORGE President of tiis The addresses were notable and were received with great enthusiasm. W. E. Gonzales, president of the South Carolina commission to the Jamestown Exposition, spoke in part as follows: "Our State may be charged with inconsistency in celebrating the land ing of the English at Jamestown three centuries ago, while at the same time glorying at the inhospitality of Col. llliam Moultrie in his little fort of Palmetto logs to the advances of Sir Peter Parker 011 the 23th of June, i76. But it does not come within Libel Against the Cheltoa, Norfolk, Special. Capt. F. P. Sanford, master of the five-mastad schooner T. Charlton Henry, of Bos ton sunk off Fire Island, N. Y., by-the British steamer Chelston, Sunday June 23, filed a libel in the United States Federal Court against the steamer asking $100,000 damages. Tbe steamer will give bond here and proceed-on her voyage to Central American port. frilf' tffiW rf iT ' '' OUK) -v " tljc Chatham Retori. D nrr 0 wr hrwwtr if inn r v i in II it. i s 1 1 1 1 n i i ii 11 ii i ii i i i i i i riii si ii ti ii i i 1 1 I . U v AAiA . PITT-SBQRO. CHATHA M r.niTNTV s n-THiTPSiuv .rrifv ,on7 -mo -Tp-1 n DAY my province to harmonize the ap parent contradiction. The South Carolina commission must deal mord with the present. "In these times of peace we cannot indulge in Boston Tea Parties, or live entirely within the reflected halo of Moultrie or Sumter, but it is some thing to have the only tea gardens in America" ; it is more to be endeavoring by precept and example to elevate the standard of our citizenship." Mr. Gonzales deplored the fact that South Carolina is without a build ing at the Exposition, and thanked Governor Swanson for the use of the Virginia State building, Avhere he said, the South Carolina commission had violated a time honored tradition by inviting the Governor of South Carolina and the Governor of North Carolina to "clink glasses of water." BITILDIXG. In referring to the South Carolina exhibit at the exposition Mr. Gon zales said: "If that which has been accom- ! or and acliievements, then the exhib- TUCKES, Expositiqn, it is its justification and those that created it are rewarded. Following the official ceremonies the celebration of the day was contin ued at the South Carolina State ex hibit in the State's exhibit palace where the Palmetto State has an ex ceptionally fine exhibit of its pro duets, occup3ring almost one entire side 'of the palace. South Carolina raised tea was served to all callers, being ponied bv ladies of the official 1 South C-olina party and served Jy Japanese bids. Peserted in American Ports. St. Johns, N. F., Special. Ac cording to the officers of the British i Yarship Argyle which sailed from here to join her consorts the Good Hope, Roxburgh and the Hampshire off Cape Race" 163 men deserted from the squadron while the vessels were at Hampton Roads and other Ameri can ports. The four ships are on their way to Portsmouth England, FIRE AT EXPOSITION Entire Block is Destroyed Jst Outside the Grounds GREATER DAMAGE AVEREED Burned District Immediately Outside Western Pence of Exposition Ground and Covers Large Area, Loss Being Estimated at Between $200,000 and $250,000. Norfolk, Va., Special. Fire early "Wednesday at Pine Beach, a resort filled with hotels of varying size, restaurants, stores and places of amusement, just putsido the James town Exposition grounds, destroyed frame structures covering a largo area 'in the territory between Vir ginia and Maryland avenue and One Hundred and Second and One Hun dred and Third streets including Ex position avenue. An unknown ne gro was burned to death in a shack. The burned district is immediately on the outside of the western fence of the exposition grounds, extending to a point near the Pine Beach Hotel and north to Hampton Roads from the trolley trafk, which runs from the exposition fence at Maryland avenue to the original Pine Beach pier at the mouth of the Elizabeth liver. The cause of the fire, which started in the Berkley Hotel, is as yet unknown; The loss is placed at between $200,000 and $2.50,000 with about 20 per cent insurance, the high rates having been almost prohibitive for the taking of large lisks on the frame structures. The Inside Inn and the Kentucky State building on the western side of the exposition grounds as well a tbe negro building and auxiliary thereto, wore threatened for a time, owing to the wind, but the fire reach ed nothing inside the grounds. The Arcade, Royal Pine, Hampton Roads Washington House, Outside Inn, Powhatan, Carolina and Berkley Hotels wore among the largest build ings destroyed. The States Hotel was' not readied and the Pine Beach TT'del wns not in immediate danger. I Powhatan Guards and -the ex posititsn fire department did splen did work in preventing the fire from spreading beyord the. boundary in which it was finally confined and burned itself out. About tl'e only buildings saved within the affected nrca are the Tour ist Hotel, the Grcystonc Inn and Cali fornia Frank buffet, all on One Hundred and Second street. Between 40 and 50 structures were consumed and probably 1,000 people , are homo less. The burned building;; were of tem porary constnutim, the Arcade Hotel with 280 rooms being the larg est and costliest, representing an In vestment, including . furniture and cqupipment of $80,000. C. A. Bleer, of Chicago rescued an unknown woman 'from the Arcade Hotel while the latter was burning, and who might have perished but for the braverv of the Cliicagoan. Loving Case With State. Houston, Va., Spocial. Interest in the trial of Judge Loving for the murder of young Tneodore Estes lag ged somewhat. The features were the closing of the case of the defense after the examination of three wit nesses for the purpose of proving that Judge Loving was insane at the iime of tbe liliiug of young Estes and the statement by the attorneys for the prosecution of Avhat they in tend to prove if certain witnesses are allowed to testify. The plea of the defense is that the mind of Judge Lovir.g had after years of dissi pa lion, which frequently caused hiru 1o have delirium tremens from exces sive drinking, become so impared that when he heard the story of his daughter, Miss Elizabeth Loving, that she had been drugged and as saulted, he became deranged and was not responsible for his act in killing ftstes.. Council for the defense hope through the plea of emotional in sanity to prevent any attempt to impeach the statement of Miss Lov ing. Blows Himself to Pieces With Stich of Dynamite. Monroe, Mich., Special. After hi; wife had refused to come back anc' live with him because of his drinking habits, George "Rummer, a quarr;. man, walked to the barn at the reai of his Avife's house, lav down on the floor and blew himself to pieces wit' A. stick of dynamite. He had canie the. dvnamite in his hand from th j nuarry where he was employed an evidently bad- planned the sui'ide : his wife persisted in refusing t live with him. All that was left of hin after the explosion were his legs. Littie Girl Dies Frea Lockjaw. Anderson, S. C, Special.- Miss Pearl Forrester, the 10-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. For rester, of the Orr Mill village, died Wednesday nuorning from lockjaw. She stepped on a nail about two days ago and the dreaded disease soon took charge of her. She suffered ter rible and her death wr.s a most hor rible one. - The body was taken to Greers for interment, TRIAL NEARING END Charge to Jury and Pleadings in Loving Case ACQUITTAL IS ALMOST CERTAIN Murder, its Various Degrees, Ques tion of Reasonable Doubt, Time Al lowed For Angry Passions to Sub side and Insanity Discussed by Court at Some Length Instruc tion Touching on Unwritten Law Prepared by Prosecution Stricken Out. Houston, Va., Special Argument in the trial of former Judge William G. Loving for the murder of Theo dore Estes was begun late Friday afternoon after a day spent by coun sel for both sides in the preparation of instructions, and a wrangle over them before the court. The instruc tions as r?Sad by Judge Barksdale, discussed murder, its various degrees, the question of reasonable doubt, the time allowed for a man's angry pas sions to subside and especially in set nity. The following instruction prepared by the prosecution touching on the "unwritten law" was stricken out by the court. "No man under the protection of the law has a right to be the avenger of his own wrongs; if they be of a nature for which the laws of society give him an adequate remedy thither should he resort; but be they of any nature whatsoever he has no right to avenge them except in the manner prescribed by the law. Th unwrit ten law by which is meant the right of the citizen to become the avenger of his own wrongs in a manner not authorized by law or against the law has no place in the criminal juris prudence of Virginia." Mr. Harmon in his address sought to show that Judge Loving killed Kstes after "delibration, premedita tion and upon reflection," and that the defendant was a sane "and respon sible man at the time of the killing, thus making the offense murder in the first degree. - "The defendant," he said, "is a character that seldom comes before your courts, and the case is full of dramatic details. This young man is dead"fh the prime of life, called to his tragic end without a word of warning, without preparation. You are here to find out who put him to death. At his death he was engaged in his usual occupation. He knew the defendant and was acquainted with his temper, but when the negro who was in the car remarked 'here comes Judge Loving,', he was as un conscious of danger as the old col ored man who made the remark. There is no evidence in this case to s-ijw that young 'Estes had been guilty of any wrong doing and you have no right to base jour verdict on any assumption that he was guilty. The Commonwealth will not be given the right to vindicate him, and every man stands in the eyes of the law innocent until he has been proved guilt v. "The first information regarding f!:c condition of affairs is alleged to 'flve come to Judge Loving between 1 and 9 o'clock in the morning and m:ca crime was committed between 3 Mid 4 o'clock that afternoon. Did '!e not have time to reflect and de 'ibeiate? Judge Loving got into Irs 'niegy, his gun and his ammunition, ind went in search of young Estes, Toing to several places before locat ng him. According to the statement f the defendant, told to the magis trate and on the witness stand here, he said 'I deliberately sought his life and killed him.' "Talk about will power, here is a reformed drunkard who went for 12 years without getting on but two sprees, a man who served as a judgo of his county with honor and distinc tion and who is at the head of a large estate. If there is a verdict of acquittal I will ask the court to re quest you to specify if it is based on insanity. Why is this claim of in sanity presented ? My freinds on the other side must recognize the force and strength of evidence that is against the defendant." Attorney Strode, who followed, based his plea almost exclusively on the, unwritten law. He said in part : "We have come to j-ou to present the case for the defendant, where we always believed it should be present ed in a court of justice. AYe believe that the people of Halifax and Nelson counties cherish the same traditions andthe same sentiments. The herit age of Virginians is common to us all. The best of the fairest and best trial of a man is before a jury, en dowed with similar and like pas sions. The condition of his mind cannot be decided so well as by a tribunal of his own countrymen. Tito first principal of law is to put your self in the place of that man who b before you' for trial. "The Commonwealth demands the life of the defendant, and for what? I do not undervalue life; but there is something sweeter to all Virginians the honor and purity of our woi men. We have written in our laws that if a man attempts to assault one of .our daughters he has forfeited his I J On square, one month 8-M - Vag For Larger Advertise life. You gentlemen of the jury have nothing to do with the truth or falsity of the story that Miss Loving told her father. His daughter was his pride. He admired her beauty and her purity. ' ' When he heard that his daughter, to whom he was bound, by ties of af fection, was brought home" drugged and unconscious by a young man to whose courtesy and chivalry she had been entrusted, he labored against his passions and remained away from the sight of young" Estes until he heard the story of her ruin from er own lips." JUDGE LOVINGACQUITTED Every Hand of the Jury Went Up - in Response to Foreman's Call for Expression by Those Favoring Ac quittal Verdict Returned in 45 Minutes After Jury Retired, Most of This Time Being Consumed in Reading Instructions to One Juror Judge and Mrs! Loving Shake Hands With and Thank Every Juror. Houston, Va., Special After be ing in the jurj room 45 minutes the jury Saturday evening returned a verdict of "not guilty" in the case of former Judge William G. Loving, of Nelson county, and manager of the Virginia estate of Thomas F. Ry an, who was placed on trial here last Monday before the Circuit Court of Halifax, Judge William R. Barks dale presiding, for the murder of Theodore Estes, son of Sheriff M. K. Estes, of Nelson county. Judge Lov ing shot and killed young Estes on April 22 at Oak Riige. following a buggy ride Estes bad taken with the judge's daughter, Miss Elizabeth Loving, who told lur lather that her escort had drugged and assaulted her. The jury retired at 4:45 o'clock and from thst time until the verdict was ret nr. j eel the defendant remained in the seat he had occupied since the trial began, and surrounded by the members of his immediate family with the exception of his daughter Elizabeth, who was not present to day. At 5 :45 o 'clock a loud knock was heard on the door of the jury room and Judge Barksdale, who had taken his seat on the bench ordered the sheriff to preserve order and cautioned the large crowd that had remained to not give vent to their emotions when the verdict was an nounced. The verdict of acquittal was read by Foreman B. S. McGraw. Judge Barksdale thanked the ju rors for their attendance upon court at great sacrifices. He declared that he believed the verdict was in ac cordance with the conscientious views of the jury. After the jury had been discharg ed. Judge Loving, his wife and other relatives shook hands with and thanked each juror. Tears streamed from the eyes of the defendant and his wife. Judge Loving was congratulated W many of his friends present, though in ac cordance with the warning of Judge Barksdale, there was no noisy dem onstration. Insanity Basis of Verdict. Foreman McCraw, a merchant and farmer, said that when the jurors entered the room, one of them did not exactly understand all of the in structions of the court, and these were read to him. Mr. McCraw said that when he called for a vote, he requested all who favored th ac quittal of the defendant to hold up their right .hand. On the first bal lot every hand' promptly went up. When asked what the basis of the verdict was he said "Insanity," and that he and the other members of the jury believed that Judge Loving was out of his mind at the time he killed young Estes. The stress, he said, had brought on by the story told him by his daughter. No Assault Committed. The following statement was given out by the counsel for Judge Lov ing: "Within half an hour after the rendition of the verdict by the jury and the adjournment of court counsel for Judge Loving were called on by two of the jury who stated that they had been appointed a committee rep resenting the entire jury to convey to Judge Loving and his wife while they believed that Miss Loving's statement on the witness stand of what she had told her father was a true account of what she had commu nicated to him yet not for a moment did the jury entertain the opinion that an actual assault had been com mitted by the deceased upon the young lady, but on the contrary they were all fully satisfied beyond all doubt that no actual assault had been committed, but that there had been an attempted assault. Counsel for Judge Loving upon being inter viewed in this connection said: 'The conclusion of the jury to tbe effect that no assault was committed was absolutely correct. ' ' Asheville Lawyer Arrested. Asheville, Special A genuine sur prise was sprung Jiere Tuesday after noon when H. B. Fisher, a well-known lawyer, of Asheville, and former school teacher, also late candidate for nomination for register of deeds of this county, was placed under arrest and landed in jail, charged with re lieving S. W. Radford, of a $500 check,' two bank book's and $32ifl money. 1V -- " NORTH STATE NEWS Items of Interest Gleaned From Various Sections FROM MOUNTAIN TO SEASHORE Minor Occurrences of the Week of Interest to Tar Heels Told in Para graphs. .." The Railroad Cases. Asheville, N. C, Special. The sec ond day's hearing before Judge Pritehard in the United States Cir cuit Court in the railway rate matter wherein the South "ii Railway Com pany seeks to perpetually enjoin the North Carolina Corporation " Com mission from publishing and' putting into effect the new passenger and freight rate law, was devoted cutire ly to- argument- with the convening of court, and was immediately followed by General Counsel Thomas, also for the railroad, - Former Chief Justice Shepard, for the defendants, made the concluding argument and the question in controversy in so far as the Southern Railway Company is concerned now rests -with Judge Pritehard. Judge Shepard began his argument shortly" after the recon vening of court for the noon recess and concluded a few minutes after 5 o 'clock. Judge Pritchaid-- at the conclusion of argument did not indicate what would be his decision. After the con clusion of the Southern Railway case there was some discussion relative to the calling of the other cases, and Judge Pritehard indicated that he would consult the wishes of the at torneys as to which should be called next. It is probable that with the convening of court the suit of the stockholders of the Atlantic Coast Line against the Coast Line Officials and the corporation commission will be called. It whs indicated by Mr. Roundtree, of counsel in this suit, that two days would be required tc make a presentation of the case. The points raised by the Atlantic Coast Line are somewhat different from the Southern. One of these differences lies in the attack on the validiay of the new passenger and freight rate law by the complainants. On the other hand, the defendants contend that upon sworn figures of the comptroller of the Southern to the eoropration commission is it is clearly shown that the rates, in stead of being confiscatory, will bo contends that operation for this fiscal year, at the new rates, would be at au actual deficit. Colored Girl Puts Poison in Coffee. Salisbury, Special. On the charge of poisoning five members of her own family, Ora Setzcr, colored, was lodg ed in jail at Salisbury to await trial in Superior court in a hearing before a justice o fthe peace the girl plead guilty to placing rough on rats i.i the coffee of her father and mother. Five other members of the family also drank of the coffee and all came near dying. A ph3-sician Avas called and tho arrest of the negress follow ed. She gave as a reason for the rash act that she wished to see the effect of the poison. This was her third at tempt on the lives of her parents. W. M. Smith a Suicide. Dnrham, Special. William Mose ley Smith, son of Rev. T. W. Smith, of Concord, killed himself here Thursday afternoon. He was a grad uate of Trinity College, haA'ing tak en his master's degree this month and for three weeks has been in the em ploy of The American Tobacco Com pany. No cause is assigned for the rash act other than. that he was tired of the fight Avith life and gave up all hooes. Horrible Crime Attempted. Wilson, Special. Friday morning near Black Creek, this county, an uu knoAvn negro, dressed in overalls, at tempted assault on Mrs. Scott, a ATery respectable lady. The arrival of a party who heard Mrs. Scott's screams prevented the brute from accomplir.b ing his purpose as he had Mrs. Scott by the throat. 'The negro ran and parties are hunting the surrounding country. If he is caught speedy work Avill probably folIoAv. The negro is believed to be one of the hands AArork ing on the new railroad. Mrs. Scott was not hurt. North Carolina Briefs. Commissioner of Agricultre S. L. Patterson Avill in a feAv days send out to each and every tobacco Avarehouse in North Carolina blanks for savoiii reports to be made by the Avarehouses to the commissioner monthly on and after the first of Ausrust, next, under 1 an act of the Legislature of 1907. I "to regulate the statistics of leaf to ! baeco sold upon the floors of the leaf tobacco Avarehouses of North Caro lina." Work on New Office Building. Spencer, Special. The Southern Raihvay Company began preliminary work on a large brick office building to be erected adjoining its shops in Spencer. The' structure, Avhich is .o cost approximately $100,000, Avill be r,o W .-MO feet with GOO feet of stor- j age platform - adjoining, and will be modern in- all its, appointments. Late JVetvr In 'Brief 4 MINOR MATTERS OF INTEREST The defense in the now famous Boise murder case has been having its inning. Witnesses have declared all of Harry Orchard's testimony to be untrue, except that in which he incriminates himself. The legal fight of the Southern Railway against the reduction in pas senger and freight rates provided for by the North Carolina legislature, has been going on in Asheville, before Justice Pritehard. The railroad makes the claim that to allow the lowering of the rates will drive it into bankruptcy. A ' tobacco - stemming machine which promises to completely revo lutionize the tobacco industry, has been patented and will be manufac tured and several of them placed on sale within the next CO days by the Southern Stemming & Manufacturing Company, of Washington, D. C. The Virginia Iron, Coal & Coke Co., of Bristol, Tenn., operating on a capital of $10,000,000 and owning properties in Tennessee, Virgiui.i. Kentucky, Georgia and North Car- lina, has purchased the Ballou iroi mines in Ashe county, North Caro lina. Officials of the company decline to state the price paid for these prop erties, but it is understood that the' property Avas optioned for $50,000. The Ballou ore is of the magnetic variety, and is said to be almost un limited in quantity. The features of the second day's session of the Virginia State Bank ers' Association at the Jamestown Exposition Avere addressed by Frank A. Vanderlip and Robert B: Arm strong, of NeAv York, both former Assistant Secretary's of the Treas ury. Mr. Armstrong touched strong ly on the railroad question as bear ing on the finances of the country. August 2S was the day fixed for the Southern States Immigration Confer ence here to investigate the constant ly recurring reports that European immigrants are mistreated in the South. All Southern Governors, Sen ators, Congressmen, immigration and railroad officials connected with im migration traiTjpoitation v.ill be in vited to attend or lend their svpport to the purpose of the convention. Emperor William in the yacht ra" ing Saturday after sailing over a 33 mile course in a 9-knot breeze steer ed the Meteor across the finish line 3 minutes, 50 seconds ahead of the Hamburg, her only competitor. San Francisco telegraphers struck on Friday, a demand for a 25 per cent increase in Avages being the cause of the trouble. The State closed its case in the Ida ho trials on Friday evening. The de fence will noAV have an inning. Women were shot down in the winegroAvers ' troubles at Narbonna France, by the soldiers. It is stated that General Porter's reservation to bring up the question of the limitation of armament does not indicate that the United States intends to do so. A revolutionist arsenal Avas found in the woods in Courland by the Rus sian police, and 30 leaders were ar rested. Broker Van Riper testified that Ed ward S. Holmes, Jr., signalled the news of the cotton report by means of widoAv curtain signals. The Newport Ncavs Shipbuilding Company was the lowest bidder for the monster 20,000-ton battleship, its bid being $3,987,000. The Fore iuver Company Avill build the other battle ship. John D.? Rockefeller as arrested by a country constable for speeding 4n his automobile. An error lias been found in the Gevernment charts showing depth of water at the entrance to Chesapeake bav. The Avinding up of the annual com mencement exercise: at the Virginia Military Institute marked the retire ment of Gen Scott Shipp as head of the institution. Senator Foraker defended the dis missed Brownsville battallion in un address to a negro graduating class. FolloAying rumors .involving a young woman of Oak Grove, Va.. Rev. J. A. Sullivan pastor of Oak GroAe Baptist church, resigned. The fourteenth animal convention of the Virginia Bankers' Association began at Morgantown, conferred de grees on more than 100 graduates. Mr. Charley C. Carlin, of Alexan dria, Avas nominated for Congress in the Eighth Virginia district to suc ceed Congressman Rixey. The proposed telegraphers' stiik was prcA-ented by concessions on she part of the Western Union. President CleA'eland is reported tc haArc suffered from acute indigestion. At Charlotte, N. C, Friday night, fire totally destroyed the coarse yarn mill owned by Mr. Geo. A. Howell, The loss was about $30,000. Attorneys for the Standard Oil Company intimated that the Oil Trust may not tell the Chicago court what are its assets. The telegraphers strike in San Francisco is assuming huge propor tions and a general tieup will be th outcome.