North Carolina Newspapers

THE WEATHER VOLUME I. AFTERNOON, SEP 1 LMBLK lb, 1909 ? . -v J CHIES LftWRENCE, JR.. WINS 7 _ BUBY'S EOLD SUM PRIZE "Contest Closed Last Night at Mid night ? Tb^e-Winner Leads by 683 Votes Over Nearest Competitor in Thrilling Contest. Charles LawPA&M, J P.. II lliu buc cessful ? baby the contest that has been going^on at A. G. Smlther & Co., jeweler a, for the past month, -having rwelved 2,160- YOU* _ ? . " The ..contest dosed last night at midnight, and the judges announced c their decision this morning. The Daily News 1b the first medium . through which the. result is known. The judges began to count the votes this morning at 9 o'clock, and fin ished their tas?^ aT>o\jt' nooil. Wiley C. Rodman, Jr? had the Iinr tilglmt miinh'nr nf mtrn, anil' /Pauline Berry the third, as will be seen by the 'table below. Thus Charles Lawrence. Jr.,-fcom>T-Mrr-an<r Mrs. Charles Lawrence, is today the "possessor of -a handsome baby outfit that In " after years he can . refer- to ?with pride. The s$t-4s composed of ten pieces, being as follows: -MHVer kn*?e ihd-tgrttr-vmmi . . . ' 811ver comb and brush 4.00 Silver rattle ...... w. ........ 3.00 ' Silver cup. 1.00 Gold baby pins 2.00 . Neck chain and heart 3. GO Gold ring . . . 1.60 811ver spoon . . , . ?. ,* 1.50 Napkin ring " 1.50 Food pusher 60 Bracelet . . " . 2.00 Totalvslue. .<15.00, This .beautiful set of sliver and gold can be seen ln~the show window of Smlther & Co. - ?' No contest has evefbeen waged In Washington that carried with it. more excitement, which was Indulged In from^'t he first At Smlther & Co.,| Antythe Gem Theater .where'coupons jftte Usued, each favorite baby had ront aollcltors and they did theTr work jffrhe Dally News lwied vnteH for subcsrlbers and . cvilled^UT ff> HAVE FORMED LEGAL FIRM Messrs. W. L. Mpughau, of this I city, mad Mr. W. A. Thompson, of Aurora, have formed a copartnership f f n ? thA-ngitnUrP of \i^wr. J hejlrmwlll have offices In Washington^ and Au rora. Mr. Vaughan wlT! have charge ~~ of the Arm's butanes* In tfiti city and Mrs Thompson at Aurora. ^ . - Mr. Vaughan la tne C6MHIJ Sutmr-j Intendent of Schools, and fast rlalng In his ohoaen profession. Mr. Thomp "r" profession. The Niews wishes the new legal firm every success. t ! EFFORTS TO GET LYCEUM COURSE - ^larerts are being made to secure th? Iijteuiii course' for WasKTpgtoa this 'teason, to be gl^Pfc under the ausplcea and for the Washington II bllt f. r The attractions promised are first class, and if the committee having It in charge are successful, a rich treat awaits oqr people. The shows will be given In the school audlto rlum. Instead of the ppera hcfuse. as heretofore. > CHAMBKB OF COMMERCE.^ 'There 'wlH be a meeting ot thrf -Chamber of Commerce at their rooms tomorrow night. Business of Impor tance. MISS TVRR TO WKD. Invitations Are Received Here Mak . llg TM* Aunonnrefnenr. Invitations have beea received here announcing the marriage- ol .Miss Maud Tyer, daughter of Hev. - ? .. and Mrs. Andrew p. Tywf , to Mr. Wil liam Cotter Sawyer, oh" the roettring of Tuesday. October 5, at 6:30 o'clock, at home, Maxton, N. C. Miss Tyer is Well and favorably known la Washington, having, form erly resided here when ? her father was pastor" of " IB* Tim Hothodlst Church. She was quite popular in 11 1 Mr. Sawyer Is a young tatfaese ttan 9t Hllsabsih City. ABATE chop ABcyPA-rr. llWU.iiilil.lllL ?!? lUUt? I III friendly/and whHe much spirit was exhibited, all -could not win ? some body had to be disappointed. smitser ft Co. inaugurated - a scheme that worked' like a charm. ^The sales of the firm have been greatly increas$iL_ the patronage at the Off" m-"-? and. 'so V as The DallyN&Ws Is concerned. Its subscription list Is much enlarged, -Ail now phould be satisfied^ and doubtless are. The winner la the contest had worthy competitors. No one could guess who the successful ha bv www tin^ll they read this' aftor neon's paper. The winner Is a bright little fel iow ana nas. many iPlsnas all uver the ?Ky that extend to him and par ent* their best wishes. The - following - table gives the nAmea ol the J?at>les -and tha number of votes each recetred as announced by. the Judges after their count to 7 1 ? Raymond A. Latham..' -21 Bruce Martin 1 John B. Hill. V- 1 Josephine Bonner **?? 32 Robt. Olen Ross 3 Mary Lee Bonner. . 44 Josephine Floyd 89 Margaret Nicholson ?. . . : 62 Mary H. Charles... 132 Josephine Nicholson.... 238 Rosemary Bowen , 712 ihrank Rollins, Jr 87 P. A. TlUery. Jt. . 147, Bowen Ross -. . . .? 431 Pauline Berry. ? ? . * .1294 Charles Lawrence, Jr. . . . .v.. .2160 W. C. Rodman, Jr 1477 ? ? ^ Total votes. ca?i/. , . . .'69&1 We. the undersigned, certify that the aBovfe ls?u trtie vote; ? ** . . W. 1^. vai/ghan, -W. K. .TArnRanw V' C. D. PARKER. A BIG SALE FOR J .CARPET FUND Tb* ladies of the Methodist Church j are making preparations .for" tneir i blouse aud shirt Hale for -the benefit of the carpet fund. The sale will ..If. ^If^. .!?? i ? f wr.V j bej ston rre room formerly occupied by Mr. 8. Levin. The goods to. be on sale will be at- j tractive and useful flUtl will Ut' autd j for a worthy, cause. GOES TO LITTLETON*. Miss Emma McCullen, daughter qt |- Rqx. -A. McCullenT presiding elder of the Washlngtn district, left yesterday for Littleton Female Collfcge^'i.lttle ton, N. C.. to continue her studies. RETURNS FROM HUNT. |_ . Mr^rank _ Moss has returned from | a hu tiling nip down the country and] reports good sport. Several deeri were felled. CAPTAIN GALLOP RELIEVED OF DUTY Capt. Peter Gallop, who has been the custodian of the United States "buoy yard here for the r puL three years, has been relieved and a'pfl^lnt ed keeper of a lighthouse hear his home. In Currituck % county. Capt. Smith, keeper of the lightlugue, at Ocracoke, who ranks next to Capt. Gallop in point of service, will auc ceed him. 1 Capt. Gallop has been In the serv ice for 36 years and. during all this time he has b'een faithful and true to every trust. He goes to his new home carrying with him the best wishes of all our .people. IS INDISPOSED. The many ftlfthd* Of Mr. JoUn L. Phillips will regret to learn of his Indisposition. He has been confined to his bed for the past several days. I . TENDER HERE. | Th? United Bum Ulluj UIU1H11 "Umpt. Isa.c UUWB, tinsmirr |mand, Is moored at the government tiu'oy yira wintri. wmi Main tirmt She la here for the purpoee of tak isg eiippllss to the rtifferai In -the sodnds and rivers. LADIES TO OR GANIZE FRIDAY To Meet at School Auditorium " flt 4 O'clock to Start Ladies - ? Betterment Association. Tritnnrrng afinrnnnn I., fhflTpi.Kii,. School Audlfrlum. th* lad lea of the city are expected to meet at 4 o'clock?" for- the purpose of. organizing a Ladles* Betterment Assoc la tipn. The organization will be perfected look ing toward the-J>eau tiffing of the school balMiag With appropriate Pictures, flowers ih'A UlUUf (tunc* tlons. It is the desire of those In charge of the school building to have the interior as attraction mad Ing as possible and they krfow of no better way to accomplish thl* than through the aid and help Af the noon will afford the ladles an oppor-. tunity^of seeing their piibllc school building, what has been done to the Interior slncelast year, and' what*wlll be accomplished. They will also have (the .-privilege of seeing the kinder garten department, the. cqpklng and sewing .classes, and other new fea tures. Although .the meetinfc of the ladles ?to called for 4 o'clock. .Super intendent Newbold, requests that they call, say, about one-half hoar earlier ip order to be ^hown all over the building. r-; ? . ? Thr~NewB hopes every iatfrin-the -citjr-wlH be present. All are especlal , ly dealrftd. t ? "THE FINAL HETTLBMKJ^^.,, What the Papers Say About 'The Final" /Settlement." A strong play. An excellent com pany. ? Pittsburg Dispatch. ? A great play, well produced. H Pittsburg Press. " A far better play than almost any thing else seen here this season. ? Sprtrigfield Dally Ne^fi. One of the best, if .not the best of the . season's dramatfc offerings. ? Louisville Courier Journal. A play of genutpe merit -with StroilR riramAtln cellont company to Interpret thom. ? . Oiualia 1 11 . ? 1 A gripping play of genuine merit ? belongs to the same class of>t>lays as "The Man of the Hour," and "The Lion and the Mouse," aud does not suffer by comparison. ? hpuisvllle Post. The author has .taken the- Jove a*pry_of a millionaire steel king amT an aureas and built around tr ^play as dignified, and In some points even 1 ?more interesting than the story of the haiWonalre oil king ln ' The Lion and Hie Mouae."? lnatan&iMJHS STW. 1 "The Final Settlement" ? an in tensely Interesting and dignified drama ? presented by a company pn'innfinff talent affWrig/l n? flnPOr- . tunity of absorbing the essence of a thousand sermons on. fidelity and vir tue; While enjoying a rare dramatic treat. ? Indianapolis Sun. ' Tp*BKTL"RX . THIS WERK. Rev. M. T. Plylei*. pastor of the First Methodist Church, who has ^ out of the * city for the pasr three weeks on his annual vacation L is expected to return the latter part -0L.tA?-wftek m\i? n |l4? his pulpit next Sunday morning and evening: ? -lad Us "fha meeting toi 1UXIK TONIGHT. - The attractions ' at the Dixie last night were pronounced by competent critics to be the best ever shown at this popular -theater. 1"he program for th6 evening?" tonight blds far to surpass that of last night. The man agement Is especially proud of his numbers for tonight and ajl who at tend will not be disappointed! The Dixie is playing tp good houses each performance and those in charge aik endeavorlngv^o give the patrons their money's worth. They are succeeding: .AH those who visit the Dixie evening will enjoy a -program full of fun and pathos. OPINION HAS SOME WEIGHT Mr. H. H. Carrow has again come to the front as a prognostlcator. This time he Intimates that in as much as the bond issue has been decided and who la to receive the- baby prtze at Smlther & Co., news will be some what scarce in these parti for the. next few .days. ^Mr. CttTtnr ts excel - no doubt hiajgiophi-y carries with it weight, anyhow,. The News will ?nsll <1iiinlrtfi?n%i, qratnra comiiw, Young America wlU be Jubilant HYDE CUliMTY ^ WANTS RAILROAD . TO WASHINGTON If People's Present Interest is Not Protected, There WiU be Another C.?sf ftf Reing IWii R. R. CARES NOTHING FOR THE PUBLIC (By A. O. Iyathaway. ) After dralnage.W most Import taut project to tiki people of Hyde, Bel haven, Bath toi n*hip and Wash ington is the term :al of t^SfiUtta muBkoet Railroad. The hustling, j og J '?t Belhaven not i i manner working for the R rfoHt-wtd South ern, are too far-si, hted to want the Norfolk and Sout ern to bottle un iutfir luwii, #huku ir ? - -Attempting to a: ou sufficient rea-, sona why the. 8*} e CouncU sfiould throw this fallrqfH In control of the i ?Norfolk and Sout; ern at Belhaven, great stress haa b en laid upon the ,ot ft certain rich I commendable worij ?JUJUl ?MrnTinm call Mr, A. In claiming vast tract of extremely fer ule lands, purpor lug with such a great benefit to tlje State. That in extending the M ttamuskeet Rail road on to Washington independent of the Norfolk- n*d Southern, "will damage Mr. A., therefore, It should" not -be done. Thai is not good logic, nor Is It welHBr ihe State to heed. Mr. A.'s project Is a money making one, and now that It is sought to give the t tagonlzed, 'let things In the . Five or six yea 9.000 acres t>( I am told he certain size tar, f i r~tt~ ts tretug an consider a few lago Mr. "A. bought, Tfo 1*190,000. ECTBe timber of a! fee-simple In laa^Eaiul small timber. Five or six yeas ago Mr. A. talk ed freely^ ol CAWWiig. , draining, and bringing these lands under cultl'va Uk>n~tstatjng-that it was among tbi1 '-rMujst in .the world, which is. n6 doubt^fact.)^ Mr. A. has partly ac complished his . aim. He has "also added 16^000 actes-to the 9,000, mak ing 25,0,00 acres In-one body, and we surmise the J6.000 stands Mr^4r4n no jaoi-e tjjan Uie 9,000. Now, I am toid he plims ^to sell the first tract at |30 an acre. Intending to advance the price. At $30 an acre it will bring three-quarters of million dol lars..' Enough to ..risk considerable Miiimy IB!1, rni'i ll! J Of 'Tls a well laid project-by a~greV& man who was thoroughly InformeU and familiar with all phases of the 1 situation, cost and' profit therefrom. The 'Norfolk and Southern Is to freight every iota of the products from this land; hence, should Mr. A. need assistance, he should look to them for it, and .unless -they follow "no matter how the public Improved our holdings, they* must exited noth "IngTn" return." " they will grant It..* [r- After selling the timber, upon thi* land, Mr. X. contracted to get it out. which necessitated railroads, and as -in all of h lsmoves, Mr. A. used-fore* slgbt, he ran his main" tract frrrni -#l?hop'e Grossingtoward the Wash ington and Plymouth Railroad then """After the State Council in" 1907 granted charters for two railroads, ono In the wesj, the other from Hyde county to Washington to be con structed by convict lai*#r (thtrpay for which stock was to be given > the Norfolk and Southern several years before having bought out the Wash-( Ington and Plymouth road, busied It self and secured Mr. A.'s old road ,bed. ? -It ^vas found this roadbed was low, unfit to run regular passenger trains over, and it being almost esaential for Mr. A. to have a canal through the center of his land, we presume an agreement was made to dig along side that roadbed and with the mud make it good and high. For this we were told Mr. A. was to secure a good price, we cannot say the exact figures. Is this all Mr. A. la to get from bis canal? Nol Mr. A. anticipates the future, and with his. untiring, energy, his ability to execute, he -is going to some day Incorporate an immense graining dis trict for Wfilch these ^canalt- can bfc ?man. b from mny He needs no assistance, ??nn? Pul liini la lit emuer n> th. Daaert of Sahara, and ha will malr? ??/wl Knowing Mr. A. as we do. w? re gret ha la trying to ncure the "rm DELEGATES TO If. D.C. CONVENTION \ ?" i Will Attend Meeting in Wilming ton ? Local Chapter Meets elected to attend the convention of lilt U ul wq Pau&bierH of Ounf<der>ey to be held In Wilmington. October 13-16: Delegates^ilfss L. T. Rodman. MlBg^laud Wlrfdley. Mrs.. Stephen C. Bragaw, Mrs. \V. D. Grimea. AiieT!HTfflP ? Jhihji itMcnei KllHAlGy, Mist Lillian Bonuer. Miss Marcie My- ' era. Miss Fannie 3atchwell. Saturday. OEM TONIGHT. The Gem was crowded last night -from ?rtan to finls^r* There was some new muslc> and Hie pictures were as fine as promised. The Elf King was aimply beautiful, and the scenes in Tara way-Lapland were most interest ing. The comedies were goaf^as usual, especially the Love Tonic pic tures. Tonight there will be a very exciting picture. Fire! FlreTwith col ored scenes. This spectacular drama la well worth going to Bee alone. "TH4re U UAlhlhtf s6 thrilling as Are. The Hindoo Dagger is a fine dramrr too, with Oriental ecenery. Orches tra tonight also. occasion, he Imploringly said: "lf ^ ? Mattawtuskeu ? Itallioad goes through Bath township. I am a uiined man.!* < ? ? * The only reason I can see for TUr. A. making that remark was he bad before his eye-rte plum he may re ceive from the Norfolk and Southern, and |t was so luscious all the many sources from which he was to receive immediate profit were insignificant. That remark was unreasonable, for Mr. A. Is already assured of thif Nor folk & Southern through the center of his 25.000 acres." This with the i Norfolk and Southern. Washington and Plymouth and Bethaven branches parelelltng each o^her about ic miles apart and running north and south near his property, and this new rail road i or 10 miles south. y! the Nor folk and Southern within about 2 miles of Mr. A.'s back land. It can't ruin Mr. A. It wtjf be "a" wonderful benefit. But a falf hf.,j emnlnvr. rfTlf sees one point, "Instructions."* The only advantage there could be by having only, the Norfolk and Southern operating in this 'section (and that ts very slight) would be all the fblk must then p**s through j .Mr. A.'s property, thereby' giving it a-Httle advertising. ? - . % I his projeerT^OTe^man our of which he TI~to mako-^" clear half" million dollars is not sufficient rea sons why transportation should be rtni.ln.1 r f lni-tr. n i #*!.. T-,--.--n|| section of progressive, up-to-date farmers of Bath township whose forefathers were the first to settle and start to subdue North Carolina's (opoiitt, dolnrr in mnrh ir> mat* \rif^ Carolina's history at the daily ri6k .of Ujfcir lives by hostile savages' These hard plodders, toiling, har assed and worried at every turn. _.^'e hy th" ^eat of their brow dug dirt from their- ditriies to fill Mr. A.'s canals to regular mountains and paid to the State in revenue and taxes enough tp'~tr huitdred- tlm^s build the roadbed through their township To show how* thickly populated is ftwth tolviiatifpTTtrtFWiLrL- 4 Q0 farmers in It. none of wfrom would-be served by the Norfolk and Sogtbern through In Long Acre township this route' | would serve several hundred more. These people not only deserve! transportation, but- there- are suffi HGnt reasons why they should re ceive It - First: Their's is a section produc ing enormous crops. Second; It being so thickly popu lated a railroad through It would, command an Immense travel from the first. j I am told the sjjpy miles which this railroad runs In Hyde county Is _|o serVeTmTy 1,061 farmers. Through the 2 4 or 2&_ miles (ac cording to the route -through the two jiownahips from Belhaven to Wash ington) within fire miles of this fail road it is to ?erve over 800 farmers. This In ifself is sufllelent reason the etxenalon to Washington would - be the best paylR*4H?^lon of the road; therefore. It should be built. While the Norfolk and Southern are -paying Mr. A. a large price foT his canal dirt, nothing la acknowl edged sb to the price Mr. A. li,lo get for his efforts In getting the' Mat ta muskeet Railroad In control for the Norfolk and Southern. In tfuch trans actions. Mr. A. W ft right keen idea "?U AU i'nuiL Jii lim UBjumiuuiut a fat oi*e, . . **** ^nrfoik and Southern Votild not secure the control or tb* rallf&tV without Mi'. A. He has a great brat* IM BfhMl'ttr at Mffyain in the Motion. He oan ulk m eerneet, he can mlm ^lmoet eTerypne toellere und'tee, his wiy, u the ttnlr ponW. mi and toflnttelr beet (or ?U, which (CbntlpM* !???>' ' ' THRONGS GREET THE PRESIDENT For the First Time Since His In auguration He Visits Chhjgu* - -??? ? CMragn, .Sriil \i\-i\ inn tnm .inlttee of several hundred thousand uhlcagpans, a majority ? of w hum were school children, greeted Presi dent Taft upou his arrival here to day. ? All o t the public. athoulfl ol Llic city wer? tigyrt fgr thy dar pupils might take pait ln the demon stration In honor of the first citizen of the land. Adult Chicago was also vastly Interested lh the comlufcof the chief executive and turned out en masse to give him a glorious recep tion, to the Windy City. After reviewing the t>ch6ul chfl- ' dren and citizens, the President was ente'rtalued by the Commercial Club. His plans for the remainder of twe- ' day contemplate a visit to the Art In stitute to view the" plans for the Im provement and beutlflcatlon _of. the city, attendance at a ball game ? be tween the Cubs and Giants, a din ner at the Annex as the guest of the Hamilton Plnh nnil u I... II ut Mm An. , iULorium theater. The latter evanL has been arranged In honor of the President by the American Bankers' Association, now boldi&g its annual convention Irr the city. The National .League schedule. IfTOrklfhg foi a gamf tip i y 'luiluj. be tween the Chicago .Cubs and the New York Giants, was changed at the re quest of President- Taft. When invited by the Hamilton Club to visit Chicago, the President tdld the committee that he. would like "to see the Cubs play the Giants. An. entire tier of boxes has been reserved for the presidential party, and" Manager Chance has promised that ''Miner" BrpwYr and Ed. Ruel bach, his star twirlers, shall both pitch Iii the game. Arrangements have been made with McGraw lo have' Christy Mathewspn pitch for the Giants. This will insure Mr. Taft see ing a great exhibition of the. nation al game From Chicago the President will proceed to Milwaukee, where he will vi^lt the Wisconsin State Fair tomor row and make an address. It'ls ev ident this early In the trip that. Mr.. Taft has adopted economy as his watchword, and- trr this respect the ! tour differs from tho&e made to the Pacific coast hi sthree Republican predecessors. Roosevelt, McKlnley and Harrison. * These three Presi dents" all went on "handshaking j\nd _*peechmaking Jaunts, and if they !tfft anything undone "tTTTgini^r Itng-j 1 he newspapers of their day failed to I record The fact. Bvery milestone} along the transcontinental lines w<5j linmncirril nnfl r-'-frr rrn-rttia, Jtfcnrl i, prairie dog between the Mississippi and the Great_Divide got a view. of at least or.e of the three peranibulat ing presidents. . . Those rt.-ystorh.g follows, Vain ' ^ KxfltnsP, wlin were on" the Hnrrisoo, McKinley and Rp^evelt trips to the coast, have this, t!me been 'left ? behind. No' matter j 1 how strenuous -they may endeavor to! fellmlf' aboard whefa (lie President 1&-1 f ft'-t_lagkfhR, they will not be permit ted. under any circumstance* ?so set j 1 foot on the executive* ear. This is' official and also renrfarkable, for who on earth ever heard of a public offic ial traveling Jjefore at the public ex- J peine without takfng o?e-or both all these old favorSt.es along? Quite j often, It isTirne. Vain- Show has been I left off of Ju niTets plaaned^aiidcxe-j [ cutea on the quiet, hut never in hls-j tory has Neediest? Expense been Rlv I en such a cruel blow by a public servant. One item will convince the most] skeptical 'oi "Sir. TafOi" InTeiftfon "to j ivold expenses down to bed' rock. '1*he| trip he is making will cost the Treas ury no more than $15,000; the Roos evelt coast trip burned up $60,000 of good money. : Taft has only We and one-half cars at his .disposal; Roose velt had a trhin of five. Taft travels on regular trainer -Roosevelt "ran special" from Washington to Bell Ingham, from Belllngham to Los An geles and from Angeles back to Washington again. Taft will be ac companied by only a small, staff; Roosevelt had a retinue of 20 in his wake. v . Still, frugally as Tait will proceed to the Golden Gate and bacfc.'Mii* go iftg and coming win "cost the United States Treasury more thai^the Jour ney of his predeoepsor six years ago. Tfie Pennsylvania Railroad Com pany paid' the bill for the entire jour ney made by-i Roosevelt? for the Pullman carft, for the porters, wait era and train crewa, for the food eat ?*n,n the cigar* smoked a,nd the cheer till ? iwiwia? w I inmumSi illinium the 66 'days that the presidential par ftM ud WcKUl?y tpnr. fo t&? Fi But. it the roada were to (?Ktrona to Harrison. itciCMI*? Ul Roo?t?lt, ?h r not to T*?* W?r ahouH "the* not,?wln? him around the droW.'W, for a. handabalre with the iwtMi ?????? S KILLED IN BADSMASHUP Nashville, Tenn.,.*6*pt. 16.? Eight1 trainmen killed and Hfteen pasaeng fhn faU,ljr perh?P?. ?? paaaenger and a freight -morning on the Nashvilfe, Chatta gram. 20 miles west of here. In' the Ore that followed at leaHt two of the mangled bodies were" consumed. The dead: Will -MyrKan. traveling engineer. !_ Nashville. ? Joe liower. engineer on passenger train. Nashville. Jetj? Tarkington, engineer on freight, Nashville. Walter Rouch, messenger, Nash ville. Sain Whltted, fireman oh freight, Nashville. -{V ^ 5 S. B. Welp, brakeman. W.J 8. Staleup. mail clerk. Martin, ;J?rvn. Seriously injureth ? - Bob Hailey, fireman. Nashville, two ribs broken and left side Injured. Ellis Martin, conductor on freight, Nashville, injured in head and inter* nally (may die). Slightly injured: ? r-npi. i. jttpp, uutron. v r. William H. Lunsford, Peachtree, N. C. W. L. Thomasson,' Peachtree, N. C. R. W. Boyd, Alntend. N. C. Mrg^L. M. Lee. Tullahoma. Tenn. Mrs. Temple Lunsford, .Murphy, i N. C. Mrs. A. G. Thonlasson. Murphy. s. C ^ ; ? May Thomasson, Murphy. N. C. Mrs. Mary J. Jackson, ? McLean Branch, Tenn. Mrs. Joseph11 S. Lively. McMinn- . villa, Tenn. , ij?'Y, Mrs. John Dunn, Cumberland Fur nace. Tenn. John Dunn, Cumberland Furnace. Tenn. The collision occurred about, 8 ^ o'clock and. was between passewf5F train No. 4. westbound, and fa?t freight. No. 51, en route to Nashville. The wreckage at once caught fire. XLw ? biiggagMi mn ill nrpnaaa - and , ? smoking cars q|_ the passenger train and several of the freight c4rs were burned. But.jone'Uag of mall was sa^dn-.-Tbrough the almost "super- ~ sengers the lhr?e day coaches and the Pullman were pushed back from tlief fire and ihq equipment saved. . It Is the general Impression among passengers ai>d trainmen that the fault was wi^h. .the passenger crew, as ordoca to meet at Pegram station had been twmed -nyd wreek * - purred wpbC of thgt stmiuri. ? SOIVKNII1 WAV. 1 ? Ap w?!! r,f- flff'rfl'iyih t^agg at today's News. J. K. Hoyt will have his fall and winter opening' tomorrow which will be Souvenir Day. , ?** Active preparations havfe been made for thU auspicious event by Mr. Ho>t. and i !u>mv. ?iiuvrnlluk the - ? opening tomorrow will, witness an elaborate display of ladles' tailored t suits, waist s. skirts. &c. Some extra ?specials will bo oftered- frtt ohe day ? "firVTj*" Be sure tfn take the coupon from The News; headed Souvenir Coupon, with you. .When property : signed it entitles each lady to a handsome souvenir. It *111 be void, unless signed. No chlld-wttfbe given ' a souvenir, because Of their expen siveness. this emporium will be~a popular resort f<jj* the ladles tomor row, and no c^g^bt large numbers OACGHTKItS OP- CO.VFEI >ERACY. There will be a meeting of the . Daughters of tha Confederacy at 'the ? residence of Miss L. T. Rodman, next Saturday afternoon, nr rso u'l'Iuch.' A full attendance Is- desired as busi ness of importance -is *to be trans acted. voter and his. wtfe? ~ The answer Is -pasy to find". TU$r former presidents traveled West be fore the "railroad rate law" went In to effect, if Mr- -T?ft were- to ?ex cept free transportation at the hand? * of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com pany or any other concern carrying passengers across t$e boundaries of any of the sovereign states of the Union, or of the Territories, o* of the District of Columbia, h* "vcPtM be liable to - fine and sentence to .the penitentiary. So, too, would the men .who gave him the free , ride across the sacred border lines. [Xc6