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TAR HEEL TOPICS
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'tcms Gathered From All
Two Electric tower Plants.
Hiokory-j Special. It is much in
evidence that Hickory is to have in
the near future two electric power
ulants. one having just been charter-
ed unedr the name of Horseford Pow-!
er Co., with capital stock of $125,
000 wiheh is to uevtlop electric power
at the Odell Shoals ci. the Catawba
river two and one half miles north
of the city, the property being that
sold by order of court Saturday, Sep
tember 7th, which was bought by a
local company with a view to having
it developed as soon as possible. This
property is considered among the fin
est unoccupied in the State. The
Sherrill Shoals one and a half miles
east of the Horseford property on
the same stream is to be developed
by the "Water-Power Electric Corn
contracts for the development of
pany for which the majority of the
same have been already let. Col. M.
E. Thorton the company's most act
ive member left a few davs asro for
. ; i
New York Avhere he will join some of I
Ins business associates, who are m- j
terested in the development of the
project. The development of these ,
shoals means much to the city and ,
the surrounding country. Power ean j
be iurmshed at much less cost to our
manufacturers.
The Wcrk is Accepted
Grensboro. Snecial. Thursdav
night the executive committe of the
board of directors of the State Nor
mal and Industrial College were in
session here for the purpose of ac-.
cepting the work done during the
summer by John T. Hunt & Co., who
have been enjrasred in building an an
nex to the Spencer building and com- i
pleting the work on the Students
building. The company completed '
the work according to the specifica-'
tions in the contract September 1st, ;
and the committee accepted the work,
finding it measuring up in every res- '
pect to the requirements laid down!
in the contract. i
Store Burned to Ground.
Hope Mills, Special. A few minutes
after 9 o 'clock Thursday night fire
was discovered in the store of L. C.
McDuffie and before any assistance
could be got the flames had gained
suck headway that it was impossible
to extinguish them, although the store
might have been partly saved had the
No. 4 mill had steam so as to force
the water. Mr. McDuffie had just
begun seme extensive repairs, such
as painting and remodeling; and he
had also quite a lot of new fall goods
which had just arrived. He had some
insurance though not sufficient to
cover the loss. No cause of the fire
is known.
Hanged Himself in Barn.
High Point, "Special. Some time
Wednesday night at Abbott's Creek,
nine miles from this place, Rand
Bodenhamer, a white man 35 years of
age, got out of bed, went to barn on
the lot and hanged himself from one
of the joists. He retired as usual
and was not missed until this morn
ing, when his son found him cold iu
death. The reason given for his rash
act is that he was involved in a law
suit about a horse. He leaves a wife
and five children.
Greenville Has Enormous Tobacco
Sales.
Greenville, N. C, Special. The
Greenville tobacco market had a re-ord-breaking
sale Wednesday. The
banks here paid out nearly $35,000
for the days sales. Farmers are de
lighted at the good prices their to
bacco is biimrinsr.
Dicharges 150 Men.
Spencer, Special. The Southern
Railway Company discharged 150 of
its employes at Spencer pursuant to
a general cut which it is learned cov
ers the entire Southern system. It
is understood that the reduction of
the force is made necessary by ad
verse legislation and in order to meet
expenses. The curtailment applies to
all departments.
Bridge Tumbles In.
Troy, Special. A few days ago
the approach on the east end of Bur
ton's bridge across Little Pee Dee
river, about five miles south of Troy
fell in while Dan Allen was crossing
in a two-horse wagon loaded with
lumber. The driver and team fell a
distance of fifteen feet. Mr. Alltu
received serious internal injury and
probably will die. The mules were
not seriously hurt. The bridge had
been recently m repaired and wa
thought to be in a safe condition. A
rotten piece of timber that was
thought by the workmen tQ be sound
tells the story,
Mutual Insuranca company
Salisbury, Special. Tba People's
,uumai iau insurance Association
has received a charter from the Sec
retary of State and has begun busi
ness. It is backed by the best busi
ness men of Salisbury. Its board of
directors is composed of Thomas
H. Vanderford, Sr., H. C. Trott, M.
L. Jackson, J. M. Maupin, W. C.
Maupin, G. C. Stewart D. R. Julian
N. B. McOondless, O. W. Spencer and
S. L. Adcock of Syracuse, N. Y. . i
Sections of the Stele
Last Examination.
Raleigh, Special. Directions to ap
plicants for high school teachers' cer
tificates were mailed from the State
Department of Education to all thoso
applying lor certificates and to coun
ty superintendents. Another exam
ination will be held jit the county seat
or every county October 11th and
12th. This will be the last one of
the year for high school teachers.
These certificates are valid for three
years and subject to renewal without
examination by the State Board of
Examiners, upon terms prescribed by
the board.
All applications for this examina
tion must be filed with the State Su
perintendent of Public Instruction on
or before September 30, 1907.
Questions for the examination are
being prepared by the State Board of
Examiners and will be in the hands
of the county superintendents in am
ple time for the date fixed.
The examination will cover the
usual high school subjects including
history, State, national and general;
English, German, composition and lit
erature j advanced mathematics,
algebra and geometry; civil govern
ment theory and practice of teaching.
In addition to the subjects men
tioned above, examinations will be
given in physics, agriculture, Latin,
Greek, French and German. To teach
any of these subjects the teacher
must hold a certificate covering the
same and no applicant may become
principal of a public high school
whose certificate does not "cover one
of the following :Latin, Greek, French
or German.
Items of State News.
State Superintendent Joyner says
that the last examination for high
school teachers will be held in every
county in the State, October 11th and
12th, at the respective courthouses.
He says that a great many are need
ed and that in fact not over half these
schools have as yet secured princi
pals. The pay foi teachers is not
less than $40 a month and in some
cases exceeds $100. Some of the
principals get $1,000 for eight
months school term. Those who pass
examinations can serve in any pub
lic school. At the first exanVnallon
which was held in July there were a
good many applicants but not so
many as were expected and some fail--
ea to meet the requirements. The de
mand for teachers of all kinds was
never so marked in the State as at
present and the better salaries which
are paid are proving a very decided
attraction in some sections
The Tennessee Coal Fields and
South Atlantic Trans-continental
Railway Company has changed its
name to the South Atlantic Trans
continental Railway. This is the lino
which is applying for fifty convicts
under a new State law, and which
desires to -srpri;itr oKnnt -ft.
uuim tijji.l.li 11 i
, teen miles of road near Waynesvillt
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1 In fjA r . An i
, in uiuci iu ieucii some very exien
. sivo forests.
J A special worker is engaged in the
' office of the Secretary of State copy
j ing reports regarding Onslow county
Desparate Negro Captured.
Fayetteville, Specitl. Archie Mel
j Lauchlin a desperate negro convict
! rested at Iiii;gstree, S. C, anl Shc;
( iff Watson -toil. down after aiti. la?!:
I week. McLavchlin was one oc four
convicts who escaped from the chain
gang camp a year or two ago, pre
cured arms in some way, fled to a
swamp and had a pitched battle with
a posse who surrounded them during
( which McLauchlin and one of the
T" 1 1 i .
posse Joan iiutry were wounded.
State News Items.
Early next year Raleigh will be in
the way of getting a great amount of
electric power from Buckhorn Falls.
Another charter is to the Edge
mere Manufaeturning Company of
Concord, which will make yarns,
quilts and otiher cloths; the capital
stock being $25,000 and W. M. Green
wood, New York Citj being the prin
cipal stockholder.
Increase of $6,000,000.
Charlotte, Special. Magistrate J.
W. Cobb who has been at work on
the city tax books for the past few
weeks and 'who has just about com
pleted his task, was asked by a re
porter to give an estimate as to the
value of the taxable, property in the
city of Charlotte. His reply was
" About $17,000,000y an increase of
about $6,000,000 over last year. This
means, ? f he continued " ' ? that if all
the taxes are collected, f;he city tax
collector Arill handle ab,out $170,000.
More Southern Employes Discharged
Ralgfgb, Special.? A telegram from
Atlanta, Columbia Richmond " and
some other points states that follow
ing the reduction in the force employ
ed at the shops of the Southern J?ail
way at Spencer a large number of
at Atlanta, 106 at Richmond and so
discharges were made elsewhere 150
on. Vice president Ackert says it
has nothing to do with the railway
rate legislation.
CONTRACT FOR BIG MILL
Ordway & Co., of Winston-Salem,
Will Build the Dam and Building
of the Treasurer Cotton Mill at
Statesville Two- Mills to Use One
Dam.
Statesville, - Special. The f uriier
Cotton Mill Company of which ex
Lieutenant Governor Turner of
Statesville is president which will
build a mill and a small village at
East Monbo on the Iredell side of the
Catawba river, has let the contract
to Ordway & Co., of Winston to build
the' dam across the river and to put
in the foundations for the mill build
ing. The dam' -will be 1,000 feet' long
and will be built of conflate. TIsh
old dam Avhich now furnishes power
or me Monbo Mills will be torn
away" and both mills will e-et their
power from the new dam. The river
bed at this point is of solid rock and
is an ideal place for a dam. The Ord
way people are shipping their fixture
to Barium which will be the shir
ping point of the mill, and will gv
to work on the dam in a short. tim
They expeet to complete the woik
oeiore jonuary 1st.
Mr. Turner is now negotiating with
the brick manufacturers to have tha
brick made for the mill building.
lhey will be made on the site of the
mill and it is probable that a rontrnf fe
will be made in a few days. Part of
me cottages may be built of brick.
The Turner Cotton Mill Company
has a paid in capital of $125,000.
Tive Lives Imperiled.
Black Mountain. Special. An art
eident occurred here about 10 o'clock
Saturday nurht bv which four
people came near 1
Two young men, Bascom Burnett and
and Lea buttle and two young ladie3
Misses Lettie Buchanan and Mnrv
Jamison weie sitting on the balcony
oi tne McCoy building occupied as a
store and hotel when part of the bal
cony gave way and crashed down un-
on the sidewalk which it overhung.
ine young ladies escaped with slight
to the ground together with ihe
wreckage and both young men were
seriously although not fatally hurt.
The youns? lodies psearf.d w.ft. slio-lii
injuries but were badly shocked and
Druisea.
Tile Factory.
Raleigh, Specinal. A manufactorv
nas been established at R.iIpio-, -,f
fine tiles and it is intended to ro into
art worK along this line. The brick
business lias been more important
here this summer than ever before.
The penitentiary has a large plant
and so has Carolina Press Brick
Company and the Johnston Brick
Company. The output has been heavy
at all these plants and much new ma
chinery has been installed. Another
company here makes brick on the
copper mine property on the Raleigh
& Southport Railway a few miles
south of here. The demand for all
kinds of building material was never
so great as at present.
Negroes Fall Out About Woman and
Shoot Each Other.
Wilmington, Tn. C, Special. Lata
Tuesday evening in the northern part
of the city. Albert Jones, a middle
aged negro was shot and fatally
wounded by Sam Glover, who was
also wounded in the thigh. They had
previously quarreled over a woman
and Jones had made at Glover with
an axe. They live in the same vicin
ity in Brown's alley. When they
went home from the lumber-mill
plant where they were employed
Glover went in his house to get les
nistol. When he came out the door,
Jones opened fire on him, the bullet
entering his thigh.- Jones received a
wound in the back, ranging upward
the bullet penetrating the intestines.
Warehouse Company Chartered.
Raleigh, Special. A - charter is
granted the Cabarrus County Ware- I
house Company, mainly to store cot
ton its warehouse to be at Concord.
The capital stock is $100,000 and
John P. Allison and others are the
stockholders.
New Enterprises.
A charter is granted the Horseford
Power Company, of Hickory, which
is to develop electric power at Horse
ford Shoals on the Catawba river, the
amount of capital stock being $125,
000. A. A. Shufordand others be
ing stockholders.
-A charter is granted the Goodwill
Telephone Company, of Stokesdale,
the amount of its capital sock being
$10,00Q.
The peoples Savings Bank & Trust
lo.f of Randleman, is granted a charr
ter, the capital stock being $3,0,000.
farmers Excited Oter Deaths of Oat
tie.
Durham, Special. - Farmers of
Durham county are excited over the
large number of deaths of cattle.
Some say they are being poisoned
One named Riddle gave particulars M
a man coming to him and represent
ing himself to be a cattle-tick inspec
tor sent out by the Washington De
partment of Aarieulture. Soon after
this visit several died and Riddle saj'sj
it DEATH TRAGEDY
Railroad Man's Perfidy is Dis
closed By Accident
AE INNOCENT WOMAN DECEIVED
Close on the Death of Capt. J. W.
Joyner, of Mooresville, Comes a
Terrible Tale of Hi3 Marital dela
tions Though Having a Wile, Ee
Was Engaged, It is Said, to a
Young Lady Living Near Char
lotte and Was to Elope to the West
With Her. ,
Winston-Salem, Special. Conduc
tor J. W. Joyner, of local freight No.
169, was instantly killed in an acci
dent on the yards at Mooresville
Wednesday afternoon at - 4 o 'clock.
The crew of the train was engaged
doing some shifting at the time of the
accident and Captain Joyner was
clinging to the side of a car when he
was struck by a telegraph polo. He
was knocked loose and fell under his
train and his life was crushed out.
The body was shipped to Charlotte
where it will be prepared for burial
by J. M. Harry & Co. The wife of
the deceased left here for Charlott?
acompanied by Captain Smith.
Many persons Avho Avere intimately
acquainted with Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Joyner and were cognizant of the re
cent troubles that have arisen be
tween them 'express the belief that
the sudden death of Mr. Joyner was
a kind act of Providence. They go
even farther than that and say it is
really a blessing in disguise to the
widow. It has been known for two
weeks to intimate friends of the
couple that their married life was not
as happy as it appeared upon the
surface.
. About two days ago Mrs. Joyner
was to meet her husband at Moores
ville and spend the night with hiu.
there. She was to leave Winston
Salem on the train leaving here 2:15
o'clock, but instead left on the 5
o'clock train. .When she arrived at
Mooresville she found that her hus
band was not there, having gone
down to Charlotte on the first train
after finding out that his wife was not
on the train. He thought that she
had decided not to come. While in
Mooresville, so it is stated, Mrs. Joy
ner learned that Mr. Joyner had beeu
going to see a young lady in Char
lotte quite frequently; in fact, spend
ing almost every other night in Char
lotte. She learned the name of the
young Ir-dy and left on the next train
for Chorlotte to investigate.
She learned from the lips of the
voung lady that she was engaged to
be marrined to Mr. Joyner on the
10th ' of September, having promise 1
to forsake father, mother and home
for him. The father and brother of
the wronged young woman were high
ly inditrnant and it was all that they
could do to refrain from deaiinjr
with the man who had only a few
days before had been the idol of their
daughter and sister. They took the
most sensible course, however, and
forbade Mr. Joyner 's ever making
another shadow in their doorway and
wrote- him several sharp letters.
Told of Courtship.
The young ladv. whose name is
Miss Bright McCord, daughter of Ivlr.
P. M.. McCord, who lives just outside
of Charlotte on the Mooresville divis
ion of the Southern, told Mrs. Joy
ner all about her courtship and in
tended marriage to Mr. Joyner, so it
is stated. She said that she and Mr.
Jovner were to be married on the
10th of September and go West. Mr.
Joyper was to quit the Southern and
take a similar position with a vvest-
ern railroad. The parents of the
young lady had given their consent
to the marriage, it is said, but it is
not known whether Mr. Joyner in
tended to carry out the obligations or
was just trying the affections of, the
voung lady. lie had stated to a num
ber of friends here that he expected
to railroad in the West after Septem
ber. Lenoir Votes For Eonds.
Lenoir, Special. Lenoir crowned
herself with the highest honor yet be
stowed by voting bonds for water
works, sewerage, and street improre
ments, voting $80,000 for water and
sewerage and $20,000 for street im
provements. On account of this be
ing an off day for- election quite a
number of people were disqualified
fro'm voting on aeount of not paying
taxes pe rvious to JIay 1st. Only 210
registered. The vote stood 119 for
street improvement, 144 for ' water
and sewerage, and 4 ag'ainst waiar
and street. ''
Negre Wmzn Sbot ta Death.
YadesbSi'u, Special. Rosa Ham
monds, a colored woman of bad
reputation, was killed at Biewett
Falls Saturday night . by unknown
parties. She was shot at three times
and hit in the stomach by one ball,
apparently a 44-calibre. No arrest
has been made and her death is gen
erally considered a good thing for the
camp. . . ; .
25 DIE IN A WRECK
A Misunderstanding of Orders
Results in Awfui Catastrophe
MANY PERSONS INJURED BADLY
Excursion Train on the Concord
Division of the Boston & Maine
Railroad Crashes Into & Freight
With Terrible Results;
White River Junction, Vt., Special.
A fearful head-on collision: between
the southbound Quebec express and a
northbound freight train on the Con
cord division of the Boston & Maine
Railroad, four miles north of Canaan
station early Sunday, due to a mis
take in train dispatcher's orders and
from a demolished passenger coach
there were taken 24 dead and dying
and 27 other passengers, most of
them seriously wounded. Nearly all
those who were in the death car were
returning from a fair at Sherbrooke,
Quebec, 160 miles north.
The conductor of the freight train
was given to understand that he had
plenty of time to reach a siding by
the night operator at Canaan sta
tion, receiving, according to the su
perintendent of the division, a copy
of the telegraph order from the train
dispatcher at Concord which confus
ed the tram Nos. 30 and 34. The
wreck occurred just after the express
had rounded into a straight stretch
of track, but owing to the early morn
ing mist neither engineer saw the
other's head light until it was too
late.
The List of the Dead.
Those identified up to 6 o'clock at
night were as follows:
Timothy Shaughnessey, Castle Bar,
Quebec.
Mrs. Shaughnessey.
Miss Annie St. Pierre, Verte, Que
bec. Fred M. Phelps, Ochiltree, Texas.
Mrs. A. E. Warren, Haverhill,
Mass.
Mrs. F. C. Blake, South Corinth,
Vt.
Mrs. Maragret Largy, Manchester,
N. H.
Mrs. Philip Gagnon, Sherbrooke.
Miss Barrett, Manchester, N. H.
Miss Alvira Giron, Nashua.
Mrs. Webster, a dressmaker livinj
in Massachusetts.
J. L. Conron, Somerville, Mass.
Infant child of Irving Gifford, Con
cord, N. H. . " - -
Mrs. E. L. Briggs, West Canaan,
IN. 1.
John G. Duncan. Bethel. Vt.
The unidentified include a boy 4
jears old, a man 40 years old, a wo
man of 30 years, a man of 55, and
four others.
Those Seriously Driured.
The most seriously injured, who
were taken to the Margaret Hitch
cock Hospital at Hanover, N. H., in
cludes an unknown boy with both legs
broken, arm torn out and head in
jured, dying. The other known in
jured are Mrs. S. Saunders, head
and back injured; Mrs. a N. Saun
ders, Nashua, wounds on head; Miss
C. Saunders, Nashua, contusions on
face; Miss D. Saunders, Nashua, in
ternal injuries; Fred Saunders, Nash
ua, shoulder injured; Mrs. Hester
Saunders, Brocton, Mass., head and
back injured; Charles St. Pierre ,Isle
Verte, Que., internal injuries: Arthur
Jacques, Millbury, internal injuries;
E. A. Batchelder, Somerville, ankle
broken; Philip Gagnon Sherbrooke,
internal injuries; John Barrett, Man
chester, N. II., head and breast in
jured; Miss Abby Jansen, Nashua,
broken frontal bone.
The southbound train was made up
at Sherbrooke, where it picked up
two sleepers from Quebec and two
more on the way down. It consist
ed of the baggage car, passenger
coach and smoking car in that order,
with the sleepers in the rear. The
train left White River Junction at
3:50 a. m., 40 minutes late and fol
lowed 20 minutes later by . the Mon
treal express over the Central Ver
mont. The Quebec express is .known
as No. 30 and the Montreal train os
No. 34.
Meantime a northbound freight
train known as No. 267, had arrived
at Canaan, 18 miles down the road,
at 4:10 a. m., on time. According
to W. R. Ray, Jr., division superin
tendent, J. R. Crowley, the night
trair dispatcher at Concord, sent a
dispatch to John Greeley, the night
operator at Canaan that No. 34 was
one hour and 10 minutes late. The
order which Conductor Lawrence, ci
the freight train, showed after the
accident distinctly states that No.
30 instead of No. 34 was an hour
and 10 minutes late. Conductor
Lawrence, believing that he had suf
ficient time in the hour" and ten min
utes to reach the sidetrack at West
Canaan, four miles be3'ond, before
No. 30 reached it, ordered his train
ahead. The superintendent declared
that the accident was due to the mis
take in placing a cipher after the
three in the number of the train
instead of a four.
Anti-Oriental Blots.
Vancouver, 8. C. Special, The
situation herot growing cut of anti
Oriental riots is intensified by the un
expected genius displayed by the
brown men for organization. The
Japs are threatening to burn the
town if the assaults on Jap : quarters
are not stopped. When the next ship
is due to arrive with 500 Jap immi
erants ' renewed trouble is feared.
Many additional officers were sworn
in. - .
BROKE AIL RECORDS
Giant New Liner Crosses the
Ocean With Unusual Speed
A NEW TYPE GF ENGINES USED
Biff Turbine Steamship Rushes Into
New York Harbor Flying Pias of
Victory, Having Made the Trip
From Queenstown in 5 Days, ? 1
.' Hour and S3 Minutes. 4' '
New York, Special. A new steaoi
ship record betwen a European port
and New York was, made, by the Cu
nard line's "new giant .turbine ship,
Lusitania. '
The Lusitania left Queenstown, the
nearest trans-Atiantic port to New
York at 12:10 p. m.- Sunday and ar
rived off Sandy Hook lightship at
8:43 a. m. (estimated), making the
time for the trip 5 days, 1 hour and
33 minutes. ' j
This is6 hours and .29 minute
better than the previous Queenstownf
New York record held by the Lucania
of the same line.
Hour Record Unbroken.
While the Lusitania has made a
new record for the time a passenger
is actually on board ship, she has
not beaten the average speed per
hour record, of the Kaiser Wilhelni
11,-wbkfr htis made 23.58 knots from
New York to Plymouth and the
Deuthchiand, v.v.th a record of 23.09.
knots per hour to Plymouth, having
made better time.
The Lusitania 's speed per hour on
her maiden voyage was estimated at
22.87 knots per hour.
The new ship was decked with flags
and bunting when she made her ap
pearance olx Sandy Hook. A good
sight of the beautiful vessel was had
from the shore for ouly a short while.
Her passengers lined the railings
and crowded the different decks of
the large vessel, waving handker
chiefs and American and British
flags.
The marine observatory stations on
the shore dipped their flags in salute,
and other vessels in the lower bay
blew their whistles in greeting, and
the Lusitania's blue ensign was con
stantly lowered and raised in ac
knowledgment of the reception given
her.
Report of Record Made.
The log of the Lusitania gives the
time passage 5 days and 54 minutes,
and her time of arrival off Sandy
Hook lightship 8.05 a. m. The aver
age speed 23.01 kuots per hour, and
the days run were 598 miles, 556, 575,
570 and 483 to the lightship. The
total distance was 2,782 miles.
The giant Cunarder was given a
clamerous, greeting by the immense
fleet of steam craft as she swept up
the bay. She presented a magnifi
cent picture as she slowly drew up at
quarantine. From the tower of the
tall Singer Building was strung a se
ries flags signalling in-the marine
code, "Welcome."
Big Georgia Electric Company in
Hands of a Receiver.
Atlanta, Ga., Special. The North
Georgia Electric Company was plac
ed in the hands of a receiver. This
action was taken on petition of Ell
wood Allen and W. D. Chamberlain,
of Dayton, O., and the Western Unioii
Telegraph Company. A similar peti
tion for a receiver was refused by
Judge . Shelby at Atlanta. The
North Georgia Electric .Company has
a plant of 50,000 horse-power on the.
Chattahoochee river and sells power
to a number of points near Atlanta.
Samuel C. Dunlap, of Gainesville, was
apointed temporary Keceiver.
Infatuated With Mulatto Woman.
New Orleans, Special. The seiz
ure of real estate in the name of Vir
ginia Reed, a. mulatto woman to
whom Chief Cierk. Lottenne con
fesses he gave $100,000 of the funds
of the tax collector's oflice will ie
imburse the public for nearly the to
tal amount, of Lottenne 's theft. Un
til he met the woman and became
infatuated with her, his life, he de
clared was upright.
f
American Social Science Association
Meets.
Buffalo, N. Y., Special. "Is So
cialism a Threatening Calamity?''
was the general topic announced for
discussion by the American Social
Science Association. Dr. A. F. Web
er, of the New York State depart
ment of labor, spoke on "Labor Leg
islation, National and Internation
al," and W. J. Ghent on "Interna
tional Socialism; Its Aims, Methods
and Progress." These addressee
were followed by a . general discus
sion. The Bfte Trpubles in Georgia,
Fitzgerald, Ga., Special The mi
litia are holding .back a mob which
threatens a second attack within
twenty- four- hours on the negro
quarters here. Thursday an attack
was a culmination of the ill felmg
developing during many months. Re
pelled by the sheriff and his deputies
after a desperate struggle the- negroes
dare not stir outside the .militii
lints.
DR. MURPID' DEAD
Head of Ncrth Carolina Insane
v Hospital Passes Away '
ray .
:i t.
A MAN OF. RARE ATTAINMENTS
Superintendent of v . State ,i Hoppfta
Succumbs to Illness From Widen
, . , He , Suffered a, Year-j-Wa FJfty
Nine Years of Age and Had ( Been
at Head of Hospital Since' Its" Es
tablishment ANoble Man' Gone-
Sketch of His Career. "
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Charlotte, N. C, Special. Dr. Pat
rick Livingston : Murphy; for 25 years
superintendent of the State Hospital
aj; Morganton died .Wednesday, moru
ning at 11 :3Q, o'clock at his, home . in
Morganton after an illness" of a yea
Dr. Murphy was 59 years of : age.
He was born on October 23, 1848 in
Sampson county near Clinton, and.
there Ispent the younger part of bia
life.' He was the son of the late Pat
rick Murphy and before her .marriage
bis mother was Miss Eliza A. Faison
He was educated at the Bingham
School, which was then at the Oak
afterwards at Mebanc. .
When General Stoneman at the
close of-the war, dashed through the
mountains and made his ' raid ' from
Greensboro to Salisbury the cadet
corps was ordered into the field to
meet him : but that was the only mili
tary service' that' Dr. Murphy ever
performed.
Educational Advantages. ; r
Later he went to school ,to Colonel
Tew, at Hillsboro. His medical, edu
cation was completed at the Univeri
sity of 'Virginia, but after receiving
his degree there , he studied several
years more at the UniversUy . f..
Maryland. For several years he prac
ticed medicine in Sampson couityj
and from there went to Stanton, Va.f
where he served some time, as assist
ant physician at the Western Insane
Asylum. .While- in Staunton he re
ceived the appointment to the super
intendentcy of the hospital for T the
insane at Morganton ' and since ' that
time had made Morganton his home.
Held Many Honors..;
Dr. Murphy was a member of the
board of medical examiners of Nortfi
Carolina and one of the board of di
rectors of the School for the Deaf
and D,umb at Morganton. He was at "
one time the president of the North
Carolina Medical Society and an offi
cer in the American Mcdico-Psycholo-logical
Association.
Marriage in 1878.
He was married to Miss Bettie
Waddella Bumgardner of ' Augusta
county, Virginia. From the marriago
there are four surviving children.
They are Miss May McKorkle Mur
phy, Mr. William Alexander Murphy
Mr. James Bumgardner Murphy, and
Mr. Robert Livinston Murphy, Mrs.
Charles Williams, of Wallace, N. C,
a sister of Dr.Murphy also survives
him. - '
The death of Dr. Murphy was not
unexpected. He has been-ill for the
past year, and last - September wa
taken to Baltimore during the past
year he ' was operated oh several
times and was finally sent home by .
his pbj'sicians, there to die. Tbfr
cause of his death was pancretiti.
His beloyed wife and children werv
at his bedside when the end came.
An Alienist of Hish Merit. J 1
While Dr. Murphy was, an alienibt
of very high merit he was . wonder-;
fully endowed with common sense?
and as a practical administrator had
no superior. In the management of
the Hospital he conducted the affair j
of the immense, institution so as to
excite genuine admiration. ' -At the
head of . this . geat. State, institution '
which he has controlled since it was ;
founded in 18S3 and which under bira
has received more than 4.000 patients
Dr. Murphy most successfully and ad
mirably managed it. He stood! in the. ,
first rank among the eminent men of
his profession and reflected honor
upon the medical fraternity and upou .
the neople among whom he was born
and raised. In person like his father -V
he was tall of statue, sinewy and ca
pable of long-continued exertion. . Al
though delicate in his early youth
in his more mature manhood he was ,
vigorous and full of health.
. Account From Morganton.
Morganton, Special. Dr. P. L.
Murphy superintendent of the State
Hospital here, died at 11:30 o-clock
Wednesday after a year's sickness.
His death was not unexpected. At '
his bed side were all the members of
his family, his wife and four children
The board of directors were in ses
sion at the time death occurred and
adjourned for one hour, Messrs. J.
P. Sawyer and C. H. Armfield bring
ing in by appointment at the expira
tion of that time a suitable tribute,
which was adopted. The State flag
on the rxrain , hospital building wa"?
placed at half mast. Dr. Murphy was
.59 years of age and bad been superin-
tendent of the Hospital since it wa
opened January 1833,
No Hop of Arbitration Court.
. Tbe Hague, By Cable. There is a
"growing belief among the delegates
to tbe International Peace Confer- '
ence that there is no hope of a per
manent arbitration court. : The diffi
culty is attributed to German oppo
sition. Joseph H. Choate, the United
States' leading representative is said
to be one of tbe firmed believers in
Germany's enmity to the plan.'
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