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tlbe Cbatbam TRecorb. $be Cbatbam 1Recort. mm w m ' m ,1 H. A. LONDON EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: 51.50 Per Year STRICTLY IN ADVANCE NORTH STATE HAPPENINGS Occurrences of Interest Gleaned From All SectSoui of the Busy Ta.r Heel State Trying a. Puzzling Case. Raleigh,' Special. A great many people were in the Superior Court room watching a trial for. murder, which is certainly unique here that of "Boots" Brown, the negro who seven years ago shot his paramour at th: door of her home on Carroll al ky in the southern part of this city. SLe walked into the house after she va? shot and there, fell dead and Brov.-n disappeared. The supreme question-is whether the man on trial is er is not Brown. He is very fat a:rl smiles nearly all the time. It is said that Brown was by no means a I aire negro and that this man has really no resemblanee to him. On the 0110 hand it has been said that Unv.n's brothers had not been near him while in jail, .on the ground that :!;;. felt certain he was their brother; h-:: on the other hand it is said they ."id rot go to see him because they v : e convinced he was not Brown at all. The jurors were asked whether they had formed an opinion that the B-.iv.i was or was not "Boots" Brown. Arciuul the streets there was no end of argument as to whether the man w;i of or was not Brown and a number s usincss men who knew Brown fa ill the man on trial was not the criminal. The most interesting' fea ture of the day was the testimony rf the prisoner himself. He r.wore that ris name was Willis Wright, and t! at I:e left his home at Ivor, nof far f:rn Suffolk, Va., when he was 21 vi ars old and that he had not been there since except to pass through on n train. The woman who claims to be his n other swore the same thing. Ever-hotly admits'that the case is not only revel and sensational in the ex treme but also very puzzling and nev er were witnesses more at cross-purposes ihan in this matter of identifi cation of the man. '"Serious Shooting Affray, Washington, N. C, Special. A p'-coir:r affray on the dairy farm of S. Fleming-, about one mile 'from this city, early Friday morning came very nearly resulting in a murder for one of the parties. Two white; men .em ployed on the farm, by name of Wil liam Iladr-ock and John Williams, be came involved in an altercation over n hcg. and Haddock went to his resi dence nearby, returned with a' shot gun and fired two loads of No; 8 shot into Williams ' breast. It seems that there was bad blood existing be tween the two for some time and this was the final outcome. Williams fell in his tracks and other parties noti fied Sheriff Pucks of the shooting. The Sheriff met Haddock on the road to town and arrested him, bringing him to this city where' he was given :i preliminary hearing before Justice cf the Peace A. Mayo, where he v aved all the evidence and pleaded '!'' to asault with- a dangerous vea'peri. He was bound over yto next term of "court and remanded to Fof Supplemental Libraries. Raleigh, Special. The State Super intendent of Public Instruction is sending cards of notification to the various counties, showing how many cii.'inal and supplementary rural echoed libraries each is entitled to. In addition to what they have received out of the appropriation for 1907-OS. Their must apply before November ."Oth. There are-now 1,925 libraries. Each county is entitled to six orig inal and six supplementary libraries each two years. Every county has new. some cf these libraries, though some counties have very few. ' State New3 in Brief. ..Federal Court convenes at Newbern Monday, October 26th. There is a large number of eases on the docket, many cf which are blind tiger cases. The cyster supply at Newbern just nowjs practically nothing. Very few oystfrs have been brought in to that market and they have brought a high price. The retail price at present is from 40 to 50 cents a quart. Yet Another Victim Dies. Salisbury, Special. W. Fletcher Sta fiord, who was fatally hurt in the powder magazine explosion at Spen cer last week, died at a hospital here Friday from the effects of his inju ries, which resulted in blood poison, this being the "fourth death among the victims of the accident. He was frightfully torn by the flying debris from the magazine, his body being pierced in several hundred places. Mr. Stafford was 33 years old and is survived by a wife, two children, three brothers and two sisters. The interment will be at Graham, Ala mance comitv. - Killed Negro Who Waylaid and As saulted Him. Rockingham, Special. John Mcln nis shot and killed Sam Harrington Friday morning. Mclnnis bad been out after wood and was returning when. La was . waylaid and first as saulted by Harrington, who drew a pistel on him. Mclnnis reached for a gun, which he had with him in the wagon, and fired. Harrington died in a little while. Both parties are colored. VOL. XXXI. Spontaneous Combustion. Spencer, Special. Upon an official investigation by the management of the Southern Railway, spontaneous combustion is assigned as the cause of. the great powder magazine explo sion in Spencer last week, when three lives were lost and twenty or more employes injured. It is certain that there was nothing but metal in the construction ofLthe building which contained the explosives, and the ex act cause of the explosion will prob ably never be known. It is the opin ion, of some that a : supply of the ex plosives tumbled down inside the building, causing the powder to ig nite. New Corporations. Raleigh, Special. The Bank of Huntersville, Mecklenburg county, was chartered with $10,000 capital. Charles F. Cline, of Greensboro: B. L. Choat, C. F. Alexander and others Huntersville, are the incorporators. The bank will do a savings and com mercial business. The Southern Stock and Farming Company of North Carolina, Inc., has received a charter. The - principal office- is at Brevard, Transylvania county. The capital is $125,000 au thorized and $30,000 subscribed by B. G. Estes, Charles M. Doyle and others, for farming, gardening, fruit growing, stock raising and general agricultural business, including the sale of farm supplies. Gins Not Protected. Raleigh, Special. It was learned from a very widely known insurance man that insurance companies are not liable for the burning of gins by night-riders or that sort of gentry, who are classed as rioters, a special clause in all policies referring to this matter. The insurance man went on to say that gin owners who are count ing on protection of their property by insurance companies had better look after their gins. This is a very fair warning to the people to protect their gins and to meet any night-riders with their own weapons in effect ; that is, to use bullets and shot against fire brands. This is very plain advice. Waterworks for Lenoir: Lenoir, Special. At a special meet ing of the town council last week the contracts were awarded for installing a water and sewer system in Lenoir The successful bidder was Guild & Co., of Chattanooga, Tenn. The two systems will cost approximately $60,000. The contract for a 500,000, gallon reservoir was awarded the Piedmont Construction Company, At lanta; for the valves and hydrants to the Fairbanks Company, Baltimore, and for the piping to the Dimmick Pipe Company, Birmingham. J. J. McCreary & Co., of Atlanta, were se lected for the city engineers. W. C. T. U. in Session' at ReidsviU. Reidsville, Special. The North Carolina Woman's Christian Temper ance Union opened its twenty-sixth annual convention in the Main Street Methodist church Wednesday night, and the convention will hold three daily sessions, until Sunday night, The meeting was presided over by Mrs. Mary E. Cartland, of Greens boro, the vice president of the State organization. Mayor Robert S. Mont gomery in gracious terms welcomed the convention to Reidsville, Reprisals by Servia. Viena, By Cable. Servia is retali ating for 'Austria's occupation of the Austro-Servia frontier by seizing roads and bridges on the Bossnian border ., where Austria is yet unpre pared to offer resistance. Lieutenant Field Marshall Oscar Potiorsk" lias, been appaointed commander of the Austrian army. Items of State Interest. Mr. G. W. Garrow, of Valdese, Burke county, has succeeded Mr. R. L. Poplin, resigned, as superintendent of the Statesville Kniting Mill. Mr. Garrow has been employed by the Mayo Machine and Needle Company, of Franklin Falls, N. H., and is an experienced mill mam Mr. H. L. Bush, of Newport News, Va., has become manager of the Pos tal Telegraph' Company at Newbern, succeeding Mr. H. L. Kellogg, who has returned to his home in Washing ton, D. G-, where he will be con nected with the Postal. The trustees of Rex Hospital, Ral eigh, has arranged to build a new hos pital largely of concrete ,to cost $36, 000. Dr. Hubert Royster will make a gift to it of $1,000 when the first brick is laid and he pledges $1,000 for the other physicians of Raleigh. Senator F. M. Simmons has pur chased from Mrs. W. P. Burrus the Burrus home on East Front street, Newbern, the consideration being $9,000. 71 W UyY wj urn. . PITTSBORO. CHATHAM COUNTY. N. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14. 1908 NO. 10. CENTENNIAL WEEK OPENS Hundredth Anniversary of Founding of City of Greensboro Being Cele brated . Greensboro, Special. The celebra tion of Greensboro's one hundredth anniversary was opened Sunday with special services in the city churches. The pulpits were occupied by distin guished sons of North Carolina. All the choirs had prepared special mu sic for the occasion and the congre gations were unusually large. In fact, it is doubtful if so many people ever before attended divine services in Greensboro in one day. -i The congregation at West Market Street Methodist church was ad dressed by Rev. Wilbur F. Tillett, D. D., dean of '. the theological depart ment of Vanderbilt University, Nash ville, Tenn., and a brother of Mr. C. W. Tillett, of Charlotte, who chose for his theme, ".The Place of Religion in the Making and the Mission of a Christian Nation. " He discussed the connection between a nation 's pros perity and its recognition of God and laid down the proposition that per fect prosperity is possible only when all the people praise God. . The speaker discussed in a most learned and interesting manner the influence of the Christian religion in the civilization of the world, saying that in no country has the relation be tween Church and State been adjust ed so happily as-in the United States. Great Sermon by Dr. Smith. The sermon at the First Presby terian church was delivered by Rev. Samuel M. Smith, D. pastor of the First Presbyferian church of Columbia, S..C, who spoke with great eloquence and power from the pas sage of Scripture reading: "Except the Lord build a house, they labor in vain that t keep it ; except the Lord keep a city, the watchman waketh in vain." Dr. Smith spoke of the wonderful progress of Greensboro, with special reference to the esprit de corps exhibited by the citizenship in religion, business and society. In addition to these great sermpns there was a splendid sacred concert at the auditorium in the afternoon and special religious exercises again at night in all the city churches. At least twentv thousand teotle attend ed the opening exercises. Ihe ar Department sent the Twelfth Cavalry, a detachment of ar tillery, several hundred flairs and sev eral companies of infantry to parti cipate in the exercises. Tuesday the battle of Guilford Court House will be reproduced. United States "troops State militia with two gattling guns and a detachment of artillerv will participate. Another important fea ture is the erood roads congress, to which Governors of all the Southern States, chambers of commerce and other organizations have made ' re ports. Japanese .Acrobat Slain. Newton, Special. F. Kikuchi, a Japanese acrobat, was murdered in the woods two miles from Newtca. Sunday by another Japanese, Henry Yamagata. The two belonged to a show. The scene of the tragedy was three hundred yards from the house of Mr. George Sigman. Mr. Sigman heard six shots and went into the woods to investigate. As he came to a deep gully, Yamagata was coming up the bank. He pointed down the gully and. seemed to say, "A dead man down there." As Mr. Sigman started in the di rection indicated, the man ran off through the woods. Mr. Sigman found a' pile of boards in the gully and protruding through them a man's coat, and came to town and informed the sheriff. , A .large crowd soon gathered and when the sheriff removed the boards a dead' body was found. The murder er hurried to the show tent, changed clothes and made his escape before Mr. Sigman reached town to inform the sheriff. He was arrested in Hick ory at 8 o 'clock Sunday night and brought here to jail. The man killed has 'a special fea ture with the show in connection with two little Japanese girls and the man who killed him was manager of the troupe. AH were working under a Japanese booking agent in Buffalo, N. Y. -The show people know noth ing as to the motive of "the murder. There were found five bullet holes in the man's back. Will Speak at Salisbury. Salisbury, Special. The coming of the Republican presidential candidate Judge William .Howard Taft, to Sal isbury next Saturday morning, the 17th inst., is being looked upon as a great occasion by this entire section. That this distinguished visitor will be accorded a grand reception by both Democrats and Republicans is assur ed, and already plans have been in augurated to give Judge Taft and his party a royal welcome to the Old North State. A reception committee composed of the leading men of the city, two bands of music, and a line of automobiles will meet the distin guished party upon their arrival on a special train over the Western North Carolina Railroad at 9:30 o'clock Saturday morning. They will then be driven to the. public square at, the intersection of Main and In nis streets, where a grandstand will be erected to accommodate one hun dred and fifty people, and here Mr. Taft will make a. speech, dealing at length upon the issues of the cam paign. The party will spend three and a half hours in Salisbury, and at the close of the speech-making a 1r mYAw m vv reception will be tendered Judge Taft and party by Mr. AH. Price, at the magnificent Price home on North Fulton street: .'Already the committee in charge of . the ' arrange ments are hard at work. One hundred thousand lithographed posters an nouncing the coming "of Mr. Taft are being printed and it is expected that fifteen thousand visitors will be -in Salisbury next Saturday, and" with these and the home contingent who, will turn out it is believed the1 Re publican presidential candidate will have an audience of at least twentv thousand. : The State Fair. Raleigh, Special. With everything in complete readiness the great State Fair the most complete and compre hensive in the history of the fair as sociation opened on -Monday with a record attendance, all parts of the State being represented. - The. num ber and completeness of the exhibits surpassed all previous fairs. The grounds are in perfect condition and with almost ideal weather condition the opening Avas one splendid tri umph. The racing, always an attractive-feature, was far above the aver age, many of the fleetest horses of the country being entered. Altogether the State Fair was one to make every loyal North Carolinian feel proud of his State and her matchless resources and achievements. Drowned While -Drunk. Durham, Special Four miles north of Durham, near Braggtown, the body of W. T. Garrett was found dead in a small pool less than two feet in depth and near him his blind horse, Avhose stumbling into the pool caused his drowning. The unfortu nate fellow, who has but one arm and one leg, left here drunk and was last seen about 6 o'clock almost too "tight", to make the trip. When crossing a deep fill made by the coun ty roads the horse, unable to see its way, tumbled off into the hole and the two were helpless. -The poor fel low had no use of himself at best and being incapaciated by drink was drowned aparently without a strug gle Barn Burned in Mecklenburg. j Charlotte, Special. The barn of Mr. William Ryan, situated a half mile below Mulberry church, south of the city, between the church and the river, was burned to the ground Sunday night about 7 o'clock, it is believed by the hand of an incendiary. "Bloodhounds were sent for" and a promise of their services was secured from Todd's camp, in Gaston county. There is no clue to the guilty party and his apprehension is a matter of considerable doubt. Train Kills Drunken Man. Lumberton, Special. Will Sander son a white man living near Lumber ton Cotton Mills, was found dead about two miles east of Lumberton. He had been drinking heavily for sev eral days and it was apparent at. the inquest held by Coroner Rancke that he was killed by a passing Seaboard train. He was probably sitting on the side of the railroad track and was knocked off by the east bound train at 10 o'clock Friday night. Briefs of State Interest. There is being made a strong ef fort to have a reformatory establish ed in the State fof colored youthful criminals. High Point will have her chrysan themum show the 1st of November. An attractive list of prizes will be offered and there will be many com petitors. t The mayor of Charlotte, together with a large number of influential citizens, made an effort to have Judge Taft 1 speak in that city, but were in formed that he could not do so. The first month of Cooleemee High School closed Friday. The attend ance has been about 190. The high school department as well as the other grades is doing good work. A camp of the Woodmen of . the World ha3 been organized at Canton bv E. E. Clement, district" deputy, with a membership of twenty. Officers have been elected, and the camp bids fair to enjoy an era of much pros perity. Mr. C. M. Hauser, who, with Mr. T. J. Gold was appointed receiver for the People's Building and Loan As sociation of High Point, has resigned, saying he has not the time to devote to it. Judge Jones has been called upon to name some one else. General Cotton Market. These figures represent priees paid for spot middling at diffrent points: Charlotte..'. . .. ... ..S 1-2 Columbia ; .... 8 1-2 Wilmington ....8 3-4 Charleston. 3-1-2 Norfolk...... .. ...8 7-8 Savannah. 8.60 Galveston. .9 New Orleans. . . r .8 3-4 Mobile ....8.60 Baltimore ... ... ..... .9 New York ' 9-10 Boston ... ..8.10 Charlotte Produce. Corn .-'So Bacon. ....... 11 1-2 Lard.... ........ . ......12 Chickens..... ... ... .....25 to 50 pw 28 TWiPT. . .i . . .15 to 30 They have banished the autoimv Dile from Bermuda. But they still nave the onion, proclaims the Chi jago ivenms x-osi, r .1 i CUGUURFJU1 Aeronauts Experience a Drop o, Two Thousand Feet' LAND WITH BUT SLIGHT INJURY American Balloon , Conqueror Bursts at the Height of 4,000 Feet, Precip- - itating the Aeronauts to the , Roof of a House in a Berlin Suburb. Berlin, By Cable. The internation al balloon race which started Sunday from the suburb of Schmargendorf. was the occasion of . a thrilling acci dent, two American aeronauts having a miraculous escape from death. The American balloon Conqueror, the only American built craft in the contest, having on board A. Holland Forbes and Augustus Post, less than two min utes after the start burst at an alti tude of 4,000 feet. For 2,000 fesit shot down like a bullet, and then the torn silk bag assumed the shape of a parachute, thus checking the rapidity of the descent. Coming elefce to the earth, however,'-the .basket smashed into the rocf of a house, but the two men escaped with but slight bruises. The race, in which twenty-three balloons participated, representing Great Britaint, France, Germany, the United States, Switzerland,Italy, Bel gium and Spain, started at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon in the presence of at least 80,000 spectators. The first balloon sent away was the "Ameri ca. II," under command of James C. McCoy, who was accompanied by Lieut en aut Voghmann. The balloon was decorated with the Stars and Stripes and it sailed away to the southeast at a rapid pace, t the oero nauts waving their hats. Dramatic Occasion, A representative of each of the oili er nations followed the American balloon in succession ut intervals of' two minutes, the national hymn of the respective countries ringing forth as the ropes were cast loose. The second batch of eight balloons was led by Forbes in the Conqupror, which reached a high nilitiuV in an ir.cTtdibly shcir period, the basket swaying viQ.I '-.-tly. T:ier. almost in stantly a cry cf horror arose from the crowd who taw the silk collapse. ard shouted: "'.he balloon c ripping The thousar.ls who hud gathered t'ifre stood fo: a moment 3elrified. Some turned aw.-iy fainting, as tln-y saw the balloon falling with light ning rapidity. At the same time, srewers of sand and appurtenance? of the balloon shot downward wifh equal rapidity and then daylight "was seen through the envelope, great rag ged edges of the silk showing on eith er side. y "They are killed," went in a hush ed whisper through the crowd, but shortly the remainder of the envelope appeared to take, first, a triangulai shape and then was transformed into a sort of parachute aji.the top of the net and the progress of the wrecked balloon was considerably larrested. It came down slower and slower, mean while being swept by the wind, far. to the southeast, and finally disappeared from view behind a block, of houses. The suspense among the crowds was terrible. But a few minutes later a telephone 'message was received from Friene.nau, -which announced that the men had landed and had not been seriously injured. The other bal loons were sent up, after' a brief de lay, without further accident. Terrorizing Negrces.j Montgomery, Ala., Special. A spe cial from Tuscaloosa, Ala., says: A negro Baptist church and lodge hall located at Spring Hill, Ala., were burned Friday, night by unknown Dersons. . A- band of horsemen al leged to have been organized with lhe4 intention of driving tne negroes out of the community, are said to have 3et fire to the church and hall. To Increase Bank Examinations. Washington, Special. Comptroller of the Currency Murray has decided to increase the number of national bank examinations, in many cases from twice to three or four times a year. It is not his purpose, he says, to examine all national, banks four or even three times a year, but the new rule will b1 made to apply to all national banks that have in the past shown a disposition to violate or evade any provisions of the na tional banking laws or the regulations prescribed by the Comptroller of the Currency. ; Two Grades Eliminated. New Oi leans, Special.-Directors of the New Oilcans cotton exchange an nounced that they had eliminated low "middling stained and strict-low mid dling stained "from the list cf tender able grades. So much discussion -resulted from the change that the direc tors have y.liod a special meeting of mfmhers cf the exchange for next 'Monday to get their opinion on the ASP WATERWAY ENDORSED Second Day of the Great Waterway Conference Addressed By Colonel Bryan and Others. Chicago, Speiai. Addresses by William J. Bryan' and Gifford Pinchot the latter being chairman of the na tional conservation' commission, the reading of a letter from James J. Hill, short' addresses by delegates, and a big reception at the Coliseum at night were the features of the sec-, ond day of the conveption of the Lakes-to-the-Gulf Deep Waterways Association. Mr. Bryan who spoke earnestly in favor "of deep waterways, not only from the lakes to the gulf but in alLother. parts Of the country, where increased 'transportation facil ities were needed, was an enthusiasti cally reeeived,v'as was- William H. Taft .when he opened th convention the previous day. Mr. Bryan's Address. In addressing the convention Mr. Bryan said in part : - M You cannot give the people too good facilities for transportation of their merchandise. If you tell me your want to improve the Mississippi I tell you that is all right, I will help you improve it just as far as you please, and . make the canal as wide as you please and as deep , as you please, and when you get to improv ing the Mississippi I will start out all alone if necfissary to improve every river that empties into the Mississip pi. Water transportation is the nat ural transportation. God made the rivers, man made the railroads. When you finish a rivei sufficiently deep for commerce, or a canal upon which boats can float, you make it possible for a man with small capital to act while the railroads make it possible for men with largo capital to act Where there is a river any man who can build a boat can engage in trans portation, and if he cannot build a big boat he can build a little boat and if you have a large number - of little boats-the big boat will have to meet the rate that the little boat fixes. You will find it much easier to regulate rates on water than "on land because competition can be much more active on water than on land. We arc an exporting nation. We send our agri cultural products to foreign markets, and when our wheat or our cotton reaches the London market its price is fixed there by the competition which it meets. If a bushel of wheat sells for a dollar in London and it takes fifty cents to get it from the farm to London the farmer gets fifty cents a bushel for his wheat. If you can so improve transportation that the far mer can get his wheat from his farm to Liverpool for twenty-five cents yoi have added twenty-five eents to the farmers' price -for tt is wheat It is a fact-that is admitted that the rail road cannot carry freight as cheaply as the boat can, and therefore every farmer is interested in establishing wa ter communication wherever water communication is possible. Believer in Waterways. "I believe in improving the. water ways everywhere, no matter whether these waterways are the rivers that run down the mountainsides into the ocean and thq. West or the waterways that converge in the Mississippi val ley and carry their floods to the gulf. I believe that it is the duty of those charged with the business of govern ment to develop these, things upon which a nation's prosperity depends. "If the work should be done, and I believe that it should, then you peo ple who believe it should be done should agree upon the best methods by which to do it. But I. repeat that you must not be frightened because it may require an investment. At St. Louis last fall they resolved -that $500,000,000 spent in improving the waterways of the Mississippi valley would bring an interest in ,the way of decreased cost 'of transportation amounting to $180,000,000 a year Why, my friends, if it only saved $50,000,000 a year it would be ten per cent, interest on the investment. "I believe that the plan should be commenced now. I believe that it should be a comprehensive plan; that it should deal with the entire sub ject and that it should be a perma nent plan; that we should begin now to lay the foundation for the future greatness of. this country." in the - development of these natural re sources, these God-given water courses of ours." Russia Getting Her Fleet Eeaiy. St. Petersburg, By Cable. Fearful that Austria intends to take advan? tage of the commotion in Servia to deal the boldest blow of all annexa tion cf Servia the Czar has ordered the mobilization of the Black Sea fleet. Russia still insists upon an in ternational conference to completely revise the Berlin treaty, while the latest word from England is that she has not receded from her position that only existing" issues must be considered. Will Retire Colonel Stewart. Washington, Special. The army re tiring board which has been investi gatine the conditions of the health, ol Col. William F. Stewart, the so-called Fori Grant "exile,?' concluded its work and while the result was not" of ficially made public, it is quite wel understood that the board found Col onel Stewart to be so seriously afflict ed with valvnlar difipase cf the hear! as to incapaciate birr, fof active ser- vice jn the army. RATES OF ADVERTISING; One Square, one Insertion St. One Square, two Insertions...; i.$m One Square, one month........ 9.09 For Larger Advertise ments Liberal Contracts will be made. . - .. RIOTERS ARE FOILED Abortive Attempt to Lynch et Spartanburg, S. C. MILITIA PROTECTED PRISONER InfuriatedvMill Operatives Make De termined Effort to Lynch Negro Who Assaults Young Lady Depu ties and Officers Exchange Shots and Several Are Wounded. Spartanburg, S. C., Special. In the heart of Spartanburg with its 20,000 population, a mob of infuriated citi zens, at times numbering a thousand or more, fought Saturday and Satur day night with the military and civil authorities for the possession of John Irby, a negro who is alleged to have attempted to ravish Miss Lillie Demp sey earlier in the day while, the j-oung -woman was on her way here from Saxon Mill village, three miles away. Four persons were wounded, one of them seriously, aH John Sparks, a restaurant keeper, was arrested and held without bail" on the charge of -shooting Sheriff v rchols who" was slightly-wounded in the exchange of shots between the mob and the au thorities who were protecting the prisoner. Beginning about noon the crowd, sullen and bent on vengeance on the negro, roamed about the court house square, approaching at times the very gates of .the high wall enclosing the jail. Late at night the situation be came alarming. The crowd was augmented by 500 people from Green ville. There was some shooting in the street and the mob moved into the public square ' The'first shot came from a window of the jail and it was followed by others from the same quarter. An answering shot was fired from the crowd. This broke a window .in Ibe jail and slightly wounded Sheriff Nichols. Sparks was accused of the shooting and immediately taken into custody. His attorneys offered $1,000 bail but this was refused. Girl Identifies Negro. Irby's arrest was effected shortly after the commission of his crime and close to the scene of his attack. He was captured by mill operatives, was taken before the young woman, who immediately identified him, and was then carried into the woods. His captors were about to lynch him when mounted police arrived and wrested him from the , crowd, not, however, before the negro had been badly beaten. The negro was taken to the jail and almost immcdiatelv the 6torming of the jail began. Sheriff Nichols swore in a number of deputies and the militia was ordered out. The mob tried to gain ingress by means of step ladders but that, teo, was in effectual." Sunday and Sunday night passed off ouietly with nothing in tho way of a disturbance. N. C. & St. L. Detective Silled. Chattanooga, Tenn., Special. T. J, McElhaney, special detective for the Nashville; Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway, was shot and killed earlv Sunday while on duty in the yards of the railroad company at Cravens, two miles from the union station. W. S. Smith, who was until recently em ployed as a detective for the road, is, in jail charged with the crime. Blood hounds were put on the trail and tracked Smith to his home. The men, it is said, had been on bad terms for some time. McElhaney leaves a wife and seven children. Quiet in the Near East. London, By Cable. Belgrade, the storm center in the present Balkan situation, has Quieted down. Aftev.a long secret session, the National As sembly has taken no definite action with regard to making war upon Aus-. tria-Hungary. The city itself has quieted down, the people apparently realizing that war would mean the de struction of Servian nationality. Missionary Convention Hclis Mass Meeting. New Orleans, Special. At a mass meeting in the Athenaeum Cephas Shelbourne, of Dallas, Tex., preached to a great audience attending the in ternational missionary convention of Jthe churches of Christ. Mr. Shel bourne took as his theme the fact that an inscription was written on the cross of Christ in three languages and developed from this incident an ar gument showing how modern churches of all creeds are pushing aside denom inational barriers in favor of more in timate relations with each other. Marked Falling Off in Greater New York Registration. ; New York, Special. Registration , for the first three das in Greater' Ntsv Ycck as shown by corrected fig ures reVeals a marked falling eff from that of four years ago. For the three days : the corrected figures show, for Greater New York a registration this year of 540,095 as compared with 573,523 four years ago a Joss of 33,428. ,., "I.., : , matter ; , - ... , . -
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