North Carolina Newspapers

You Will Always Find That the Leading Business Houses In Every City Are the Most Persistent AdvertisersAnd the Most Successful Housewives the Ad Readers. - - Posit FAIR TONIGHT AND TUES- THOSE WHO REAIJ THE . WANT ADS ARE WINNERS DAY. VOL. 9. NO. 219. ' SALISBURY. NORTH CAROLINA. MONDAY, SEPT. 22, ItU. PRICE TWO CENTS RATE QUESTION WILSON WILL REVIEW DOUGHTON CALLS ON FROM PARIS TO 0 THREE KILLED AND EX-CATHOLIC PRIEST SCORES OF iAWYERS " BEING AGITATED TROOPS HE COMMANDS PUBLIC PRINTER IN BOTTLELIKE BOAT V MANY INJURED' ARRIVES IN THE CITY FLOCK TO THAWS AID Still Trying to Get at a Settlement of the Mooted Question Travis Says Ignorance of the Case is Res ponsible for the Opposition to Ac- - cepting the Offer From the. Roads Raleigh, Sept. 22. Governor Craig today stated that he has not decided whether to recommend the acceptance of the offer of a reduction in freight rates by the railroads or not. He conferred with rate expert Tlillman and asked him to make a criticism of the roads offered reduction. Criti cism of the offer has ieen received from J. C. Forrest, of Greensboro and J. T. Ryan, of High Point at special legislative commission has the request of ' the Governor. The made a report on the matter but its findings have not been made public. The freight rate situation has paused. The onslaught on the propos ed adjustment from Fayetteville, Wilmington and Charlotte and the re newed call of Fred N. Tate for a big mass meeting next Wednesday has caused many of those" in favor of set tling on tb basis suggested to doubt L-xt it O .i ...Ml I, ...f.lAJ WBfinMI LIM. mHLLHI Will UCT OCI.L1CU with out a bitter struggle. As re gards the contention of opponents of the aggTeement, it is pointed out hero that the state ought to be willing, if it should accept the offer, to desist from retaliatory legislation until the new rates are given a trial two years and that if the state u not willing to do this, it ought to iceept any terms, but to use its club. Governor Craig was expected to contribute something to the contro versy today. But he said this after noon that he had nothing to say. His 'telegram of . encouragement to -the Charlotte association la taken to mean that he is not satisfied in his own mind that the proposal would be satisfactory to the Shippers of the State.:. , The , governor may not an nounce either for or against the pro posal adjusmtent at any time. He has not said. 'Opposition Due to Ignorance Says ' j'Travis. Raleigh, Sept. 21. Reductions of twenty-four dollars a car on mixed furniture from all furniture factories in North Carolina,, to intermountain territory were agreed to by the car- vioM in Wachinfrtshn ftatnrrtav fit. n . " - - ...... - j - conference with Chairman Travis, of the corporation commission. Re ductions of twelve dollars a car from North Carolina-to Chicago andall points based on the Chicago rates were alsi promised. This was the announcement to night of Chairman E. L.Travis on his return today from Washington. Mr, iTravis stated that adverse criti cism of the agreement submitted by .the corporation commission were bas ed on ignorance of the contents and not on a knowledge of the rates. He is positive the, people of the state ' when' they axe , fully aware of the Scope of. the reductions offered, will stamp their 'approval on the proposi tion now in the Governor's , hands. i The proposition for lower rates on furniture' to the west, was taken up! at the conference In : Washington September 10 and the delay in' mak- ' mg the announcement "was due to the fime i necessary for the - carriers to consult with their western connec tions. The' reductions to intermoun tain .territory would give the North : Carolina factories the Virginia cities late; jthajl brihj reduction of twen tyiccny8t4'hin4r pounds. ,t " Tne interwVunlain . territory in cludes Spokane, Tueson ? andi all rnninrn taktat? that -rate 'and includes . Duluth, Minneapolis,' St Paul, and large extent of the north-western ter -ritory. Governor Craig- was asked tonight if he had anything to say And replied j$ifct'2he had not; Hei; said, he was . working over the. matter submitted W ithe corporation- commission ai d it .i. ' - m . l- j ... ii. i -l tire commission. The odds were 100 tortonlght that Governor Craig , wilt' approve' the proposJtion, in ; main. There may; be certain details v that will need trimming a little, hut , tVi urnnosition as a wliole will fctl r d. ' fitioimnait Trnn ' loft tstnurnt fft Charlotte where : tomorrow he will join the other members of the. .om mission at a hearing of the Char lotte depot matter. '- I - Largest Body of Calvary in Wash ington Since Sixties Will I'sss Be fore Him 3,000 Will Come From Winchester, Va. Washington, Sept, 22. President Wilson will be given an opportunity during the rst week of October to le view the largest aggregation of mounted troops of the regular arm;' that has assembled in Washington since the grand review in the la'.e six ties if the seasoned veterans M by Generals Grant, Sherman and Sheri dan. This aggregation, composed of the tenth, eleventh and fteenth regi ments of cavalry, has been encamped at Winchester, Va., since the middle of July ami will break camp October first. It is planned to have these regi ments marched to Washington where the President may review them. Durinr.g their stay her they will be encamped at Fort Meyer, Va., and at the Washington barracks. There are 3,000 men and horses In all. There work at Winchester trying out va rious plans of troop, squadron, regi mental and brigade formation and the latest drills and exercises ui set down by the cavalry board which studied European cavalry methods for some time has put them in the finest condition. , . Secretary 4 Garrison and 'Major General Lednard Wood, chief f the army, returned , tonight from Win chester; where they inspected the en campment and reviewed the troon-i. - The encampment here will be -of brief duration. . The men will, -take trains for their respective posts,' tho tenth, at Fort Ethan, Allen, Vt; the eleventh at Fort Oglethro), Ga., and squadron of the fifteenth at ( Fort Sheridan, 111., another squadron of the twenty-fifth is stationed at.Fort Myer, Va. , ' HAS NARROW ESCAPE In Report to Secretary McAdoo, Cap tain Ballinger Recounts Harrow ing Experiences : in YJcef like .Grip of Ice Packs. Washington, Sept 21. The reve nue cutter Bear, moored to a men acing iceberg and completely wedged in by heavy floes of Artie ice drifting in a swirling current towards the North Pole, narrowly escaped des truction on her annual cruise from Nome to Point Barrow, Alaska, Amer ica's most Northerly, settlement in the frigid rone. , In a report to Secretary . McAdoo made public today, Capt; J. G. Ballin ger commanding the Bear recounts harrowing experiences of his vessel, unmanageable in the vice-like "grip of the ice pack and dependent on fa vorable winds to reach a point of B&fetly. In the grasp of the ice the ship drifted helplessly with the cur rent for a whole night and day at the rate of five or six knots an hour. "No apparent damage waa done to the vessel in- the pack," reported Cap tain Ballinger, "but she encountered the tremendous swirls of the current and narrowly ' escaped destruction against the ground ice four or five miles north of Point : Barrow. She wai entirely unmanageable! and. her situation' for a snort time seemed ex trtraely'' critical!'' She finally drift! broadside through between two heav ily grounded icebergs with but few feet to spare at each end and was worked around to clear water and was anchored to the eastward of the Point' V :ri !'' TP WAS ONLY A COW. i ' - . .... . 'if' '-. Officers Summoned to Apprehend a 1 Prowler and Found a Cow. ! . Last night at a late hour officers were summoned to a North Main street residence by telephone to appre hend a prowler about the house and Policemen'. Kestler and Julian hur ried to the scene and made an invest! gation. .While making a tour of the rear yard Officer. Kestler rounded, up a fine milk cow and this proved to be the cause of the trouble. It was a strange cow that had wandered in during the night r Eighth District Congressman Wants a 1 Job for Constituent -Pontmaster General Asks for Certificate of Eligibility in Post masterships. Washington, I). C Sept 22. -Representative Houghton today called on , Public Printer Ford to urge the ap-: pointment of R. H. Harstin, of l.enoir, ' to a position as Assistant Super in-' tendent of Public Documents in the I Government Printing Office. Harstin has been employed in the G. I'. O. j several years. The Columbia Institute for Deaf : and Dumb, in Washington, has granted a free scholarship to Miss Ophelia Zachary, of Calvert, Transyl vania county, on Representative Gudgfer! recommendation. Mr. Gudger wired her to come to Wash ington as the school term opens in a few days. William E. Breese, Jr., of Ashe ville, is in Washington in company with his brother-in-law, Robert E. Wiidbridge, of Brevard, who is an active candidate for the position of Consul General to . Guatemala City. Throughout the day they called on members of the North Carolina dele gation and secured many , .endorse ments. They will probably lay the matter before Secretary of State Bryan tomorrow. A postofflce inspector has been de tailed to examine candidates for post masters at Hollywood, Cartaret coun ty. The postofflce department has re quested the Civil Service Commission to certify eligible for postmaster at Glen Alpine, Burke county, and Mount Pleasant Cabarrus county, where the former postmasters haver been re moved, t V,--:- Represehtative Page has secured the appointment of Duncan C. Ritter, as rural carrier on Route' No. 1, from West End, Moore county. Representative Faison has recom mended the appointment of, William Felton, as postmaster at eBttie, Car taret county. ASKS FOR BUTTONS. College Boy Wants v to Help Boost - " Week., ; " .a:-,av-,v The following from one of the Sal isbury Booster boys, who is away at college will show for itself : f t:x x September 20th, Salisbury Industrial Club j . saiisDury, n. , , , 1 Dear Sir:Plea8e send me by mail at least one half dozen of the "Sal isbury Booster Buttons!', I am from Salisbury and want, to 'help the Gem City. There are several other boys here from Salibury and they want the buttons also. " ' ' Iread of the buttons in the Salis bury Evening Post J - Yours very truly). C, F. PHILLIPS. " The Industrial Club want to state that if any other boys away at school want to k wear , butons that if they will drop a card to the Club, buttons will : gladly be senti This time to begin boosting is , early in life, so let the school boys Boost' and by the time they arc out in the - world the Spirit will be dyed in the wooL Among the letters received at the Industrial Club office today : was one from a firm in Westport, ,. Conn., stating that ' they would send a man here some time soon to look the sit uation over with the 'view, ofi instalf ling a hat makinif, jand clothes' ren ovating 'establishment 1 Several peo ple will be employed, and they will do a business to cover considerable territory. ; The firm la., not" asking for any local stock, but the advan tages must 'come up to 'their de mands. Every, little added to .what we;, have makes our , old town just that much better off. , .The Industrial Club received a let ter today from a man in Amawalk, N. Y., stating that he and three or four men in : their families would (move here if they could find employ ment Tney are ' high grace work- rmenj builders and mechanices. An effort will be made to find employ ment for them.;' The letter stated that the prospective new comers will buy lots and build their own homes. :' If we could see Ourselves as others see us, conceit would be a drug on Jthe market":.1;.;-;' v:v. :'' -.f- - Two Men Working en a Wood and Tarred Cardboard Craft in Which They Will Attempt 'to Cross the Atlantic Hope f Build Another to Develop a Speed of 100 Miles" an Hour. Paris, Sept. 22. From Paris to New York rn a bottle such is the lat est sensation. Under one or the arch ways of the Pont St Micnael, on the Seine, two men are working in the greatest mystery oh Ihe construction of a cylindrical, bottle-like craft which is to take them across the At lantic. The craft is of wood tarred cardboard, with strong hoops of iron. It is about SO feet long and 7 1-2 feet across. There is a manhole at each end. The master of this curious craft is turned seventy, and . wears a blue suit with no shirt underneath, and no shoes. His long curls have evidently known no barbers shears for many a long year, for they reach to his shoulders and mingle with his pa triarchal beard of snow white. The old man Js a Greek, Constantino Pansjotti by name. His father waa business man, and left a comfort able Utile fortune, which the son.de otes to alleviating the sufferings of his less favored compatriots. M. Pansjotti's wants are few. He lives an crusts, dred vegetables, and boiled water, with no salt or butter." He spends moat of his spare moments in prayer. His only assistant in his work on the Seine is a young work man. ' "The new craft is the slip," de- lares Panejotti, "is only a model. Later on t promise to 'build another measuring 326 feet and driven by three 15 h. p. motors which .will de velop a speed of 100 miles an hour. "The secret of 'my invention Jies in the' action of the propellors, which will enable by bottle to revolve on its axis ,at a dizzy rate. The persons inside will be on a floor fitted with rollers, which will remain completely stable.' My pupil and I intend to go from Paris to Havre, and thence to New .YerkV ' ' "My boat has no keel. ', If by a shock or any other Cause a leak is sprung, a stroke of the propellors causes it to turn upside . down, and a leak can be repaired without the least danger. TARIFF BILL ABOUT READY FOR SIGNING President Wilson Will Issue a State ment to the People Telling Them , What He Thinks Win be the Re sult of the New Law-Mr. Wilson Will go to Princeton Tomorrow to Vote. . v -".v. .V,: : - Washington, Sept 22-HPresident Wilson will go to Princeton tomor row to vote In the state primary elec tion returning late in the evening. It is stated that President WUboq hopes to sign the tariff bill Thurs day, the conference committee of the Senate and tho House having report ed to the White House that an agree ment has been reached and all the biggest considerations at issue. .The president will issue with the si f I'lirj? of the bill a "message to the people telling them what He thinks they may expect from ig operation. f 4 - On account of the inclenment weath er and consequent small congrega tions-the special sermons on "Para dise," and "Man's Final Destinies," which Rev. Jno. W. Moore proposed to preach: t - the First .MethodiBt church yesterday were postponed till next Sunday. ' , j. POWDER : MILL BLEW UP. Camden, N." Sept tL-Ai Is reported that' the DuPont Powder mills - at Gibbatown blew up . this morning. ..: Ac- cording to tho unconfirmed re- port six men were killed and a ' number injured The ruins are " are in a mass of f tmes, though ' detafls'are not to be had. ; : ; ' ':'. e ' '-. .' .' Electric Cars Collide and Two Mater men and 'a Conductor Meet Theft . Death' While Several Paaaengers are laiated Early Morning Aeci . dent on the Long Island Road. New York, Sept. 22. Three train men were killed and Twenty passen gers injured in a head-on collision early today between two steel elec tric trains on the Long Island Rail road at College Point, 'i-ong Island. The inbound train heavily loaded with passengers was on its way to New York. Motormen of both trains were killed, and one conductor. The trains were both made up of all steel cars of four coaches to each train. At the ofjjce of the Ung Island Rail road the cause of the wreck has not yet been made known. All available ambulances have been rushed to the acene of the wreck. . ADDITIONAL CHARGES DEPEND ON JUDGES Point of Contention Made by Suiter's ' Lawyers Figur Prominently in Case.- - : ' f ;;S:. Albany, N. Y," Sept 22.-Whether there will be additional articles of impeachment against Governor Sulser forced through the Assembly under party lash depends on the decision of judges today on the point of con tention made by ' Sutler's lawyers that the court could not take cogni sance of the truth or falsify of the Governor's sworn expense account ' - hi . ii-; :', . Albany,- NN Y., Sept 21. Charles F. Murphy, leader of Tammany Hall, whom Governor .Sulser: , accuses of having instigated :t his impeachment, will be force to take the witness stand practicplly in his own defense before the impeachment trial la over, in the opinion tonight of the Gover nor's close friends. ' They say the governor will take the stand and that hit. story will com pel the attorneys .-ifbr the impeach ment managers to call the Tammany leader1. ;'- v What revelations the Governor may make is unknown. AH attempts to interview him on his expected testi mony have 'been ; futile. But .his friends profess to know that no in fluence cau prevent him from testify ing In event the constitutional objec tions raised by his attorneys to pre vent the case from coming to trial art over-ruledA v; , ; ; ' '' Albany, N. Y, 'Sept. 20. With ru mors current that Governor William Sulser wuiiid resign in event that his attorneys, los! their fight to prevent him from, being forced to defend him self before the , high :.' court of - im peachment, statements forthcoming from his counsel today seemed to In dicate that he has every intention of fighting toe case out to the end, be it bitter or Sweet" .' 'f The statements were inspired by the general interpretation, placed' on the letter which Mr. Sulzer sent yes terday to Lieutenant Governor Glynn' turning over to him -for signature requisition papers for the extradition o fa prisoner. The letter was taken to mean that tite impeached execu tive thereby recognized the right of Mr. Glynn to act as governor, pend ing the outcome of the trial. ' This his counsel Valentine Taylor and D. Cady Herrick as well as the gov ernor's secretary, Chester D. Pitt all emphatically denied. ; ;'' 5 Sale of Jfrowa Property. , . - , The Post, learns that no sale was made today on the former handsome home of the late P. W. Brown, tit is stated that a bid larger, than tho one received today had , previously been offered for .'the place and in conse quence of this no sale was made to day Aa-to the result of the lot sale near the fair 'grounds nothing has been learned. The, case of the negroes' who rob bed the Arey Hardware Store some nights ago and which was set for trial this morning has been postponed until next .Monday. Son Brice, who was shot over a division of the spoils, and who has been in a serious condi tion' is better and it is believed now that he frill recover. f ' You always have to look out fori One enemy will generally do more some fellows, and others will bear to make a man talked about than a looking into, v.-' , ldon f.' "!s. -.'.-' ' Mr. Jeremiah J. Crowley Will Lecture at the Public School Auditorium at 1 7 O'clock This Evening and at the Court House at 9 O'clock Last Talk for Men Only. The ex-Catholic priest, Jeremiah J. "rowley, who has been lecturing in Ohurlotte the past week to thousands who packed the big auditorium ut jach meeting delivered an address yesterday to the largest crowd of men ever assembled in Charlotte, closed his lectures last night in thut city and came to Salisbury at noon today on No. !!fl and by arrangement will deliver two lectures in this city tonight. The .first will be in the aud itorium at the city public school building and both men and women vlli be admitted here, though, chil Ire under 15 will not be allowed, as j is desired to reserve the room for adults.: ; Immediately after the lec tre at , the school building a second lecture will take, place in (he court house, this .o begin at 0 p'clock, and ,o this last meeting men only yilt be admitted. It is already indicated that tedple will bo pouring into the court house and that this will be filled long before the meeting at the school au ditorium is oven .' ' Rev. J. L, Vipperman will probably introduce the speaker at the first meeting, though no One has yet been definitely, selected to present him to the audience a the court house. It is announced that the Public Service Company will' operate additional cars this evening ' and will ; also operate iars immediately after' the close- of the meeting at the court house should the- regular cars have gone in by the time the address is over, i A number of out-of-town people are already here to attend the lectures, both of which are free. Mr. Crowley is stopping at the Yadkin hotel LYNCHED Mississippi Mob Strings . Up Man Simply Because He Frightened a ,-. White . Woman Texas : ' Negro Lynched for Committing V Double y Mmtet. ;i V"y'" -.- -' j: ' -:,- v ' ,': ; -: Louisville, Miss., : SeptV21. Ber cause he frightened a white won.im in her home by his stranc;a tns, Henry Crosby a negro, was lynched some time during last niajht Officers searching for him rj "found - his l-ody hanging to the limb of a tree today. The negro went to a farm houne near here and questioned the woman as to whether her husband i was present The woman says .that when he learn ed the husband was away lie acted peculiarly and she grabbed ip her in fant and ran to a nearly house, where she reported the affair. Lynched In Texas. . Franklin, Tex Sept 21. Will Davis , negro was lynched late today after he had shot and 'hilled Rufus Hodge, aged 80, and Tom Reuuian, 27, and badly wounded Will Max veil, en the Rushing farm ten miles north of Franklin. I Hodg was illed iUt, following a dispute, and Ruisinn Hi d Maxwell were - shot whn they at tempted to arrest Davis, The nsro was captured by a posse and hanged to a tree. . , - , Mr. M. M. Clark, an exper barber who has been with several shops In the city in the past several years, has accepted a chair at the Palace shop, where he began work today. , . ' , Mr. George C. Peeler, who lives at Columbia," has been spending a vaca Uon in the county, .at the home of his father, Mr. J. A. Peeler, returned to Columbia today. ; : .. r A ;. -; "', Mr. T. Pr Sale, of Raleigh, spent Sunday in this city with Mrs. Sale who is visiting he rsister, Mrs. F. W, Brown, on Bank street 1 - ., Mr. J. G. Brawley, of Kannapolis, spent Sunday in the -city, returning to his work this morning. Without Dissent Ins Voice Attorneys Declare There Is Perfect Agree ment ss to Presentation of Prison er's Csse Tuesday. . . ; . Concord, N. H., Sept 21. Eleven Iswyers from four States and the -Dominion of Canada were in Concord today and more are supposed to be on the way her to help Harry Thaw -resist the efforts of the State of New York to obtain his return to the Mat-" icawan Asylum. Without a dissent ing voice the attorneys declared to night that there was perfect agree ment among them as to the presenta tion or weir case Tueatlay when wil- liam T. Jerome of New York, will an-, pear before Governor Felker in behalf of the petition for extradition. ,:. While no oflkial statement was made by Thaw or any of his lawyers tonight, It is understood that the prin cipal if not the only argument In Thaw's csse will be made by Judge William M. Chase, of Concord. : Be- sides Judge Chase Thaw's legal array today included : W. C. McKeeon. . of . Montrealformer Governor Stone of Pennsylvania, Measn.r Grossman, Olmsted of : h New York, Joseph O'Connell of Boston and Vorhaus and Zelig of New York, Messrs. Martin t rv. . . VT . TT . . . .. V. "f- . snire. None of Thaw's family had arrived tonight but tho fugitive said ho ex-' pectel his mother and brother-in-law " hero tomoriow. , ' - A continuation of bad weather kept " Thaw indoors today, c He spent the day answering his voluminous correal pondence, reading Jaw and conferring with his legal force. - -u . SURPRISE MARRIAGE, Mr. J. C, Crow and Miss Ert Barrln ger Married In Salisbury Tea Days ; ' AgOV h., ; j '.i ;-j,';i iXL'" '-1' '( Concord. Tribune. r A marralge that will be quite a surprise to theriends of the contract- i Ing parties was made known yester-t Jay when it was announced that Miss ITrt RarrlncMir mnA . Mi, J f. iflmn " were married. The ceremony was per formed in Salisbury Tuesday a week ago but the' young people kept tne news a secret The bride returning to Concord and. has been here since that time until; yesterday, afternoon, when she returned to Salisbury to neet ner husband. Miss Barrlnger is a daughter of Mr. Wat Baitinger, pf una vnjf, miu iur. www ; . ra-Tiin spent several months here, where he had charge of the erection of a large tank for the Cannon Manufacturing ompany. : Since that time the firm , he represents has been working on bury. - N , : ' CONCORD'S WHISKEY. Our Neighbor Seems to Be Getting Her'n - Through the Drug Stores Yet. ' . , " Catra 4k Tpihiinn fit fiafTYftni..' -i Spiritus f urmenti' came unto its 1 own as a medicine in Concord last month, the local physicians depend ed upon its curative, powers in the largest number of cases on record here in any month. The task of sep arating! all of the prescriptions has not been completed but Chief of Po lice Boger states that the number will reach 1,800 to 2,000. They will range in quantity, from a half pint to a quart One drug store filled 1,210, the largest number ever filled by a single drug store. In speaking - of tho prescriptions,. Mayor Hartselt rt- -cently stated that hereafter he was going to have the prescriptions sep arated and each physician's number-' ed and have the list published month ly. City Attorney Maness has also given the matter attention, sending a letter to every physician in the coun ty containing a section of , the law governing the giving of prescriptions. The law holds that it is unlawful for a physician to give a prescription for vinous or malt liquors to any person other than his regular patients.. ; AThe officers have taken up a stray pointer dog with brown . back and speckled feet and it is at the city hall where owner can get same by identi fying; and paying for this notice. ' Mr. Hilton, Rufty, 'of r.ic!:r,w. Va., and Mr-Ernest Rufty, of C: ur lotte, brothers ' and former I -ians, met here yesterday p-I the day at tbrlr c'l Yn.