a?R? reRtfoON, june is. 1911
m GOMwnnr is aura
Tarboro, Jan* 15. ? -A more atunn
?4 or ?horkeO community would bq
hud to Bud than Tmrboro about two
o'clock reaterdar afternoon Report
came down the atreet that Lather
Hart had shot hlma.lt > ' , , ;
At ome'o'olock Mr. Hart wa* ~im
lnihr h> hla uaual good humor, mi
told a man that h? would m him
after dinner, to which be>waa on bla
wa?. y
Boon alter ra?chla? home hla wife
who waa In a room auportntandlnc
the aerTlnf of dinner when In. h
room abora aha beard a pUtql ahot.
A hurried tlalt up there dlacloaed her
uncooacloua huaband lying prone
with a wound tbrou*h hla head. The
ball had enured Juat above the tam
?io. and cama out Juat back of the
aar oa the other aide. Phmdciana
were aant tor but they could do noth
ing. -
The wtltoa -bora plared a lood
(?me. hlttJ** the ball wtaenerer ther
wasted to. flter played a clean
came, and It the locals could have
made It IntereatSnc tor than no
Graham Qaklry Escaped Con
vict Held la South Carolina
Fot-Ai. other Crime
[ But Bennet who it entered la the
Junior single* of the Lour Island
| dowlng regatta to he held at Long
'Branch, N. J., July 25, laughed at
I their (ears and Soon he was skim
ming over the waters of the bay in
a light barge which is not much more
substantial than a shell. Just before
Bennet entered the trail craft Dunn
warned him again not to make the
attempt, bnt if be was determined to
disregard the warnings at least not
to renutre outside the inlet* as there
I was a big sea rollfng. Bennet simply
j 'smiled.
For two hours the ambitious young
| man swept up and down in (rant of
the club bUH. Then hf *u?4enly
| vanished ? ? k -?eore of etnb DMber.
, waited for him to return, thinking
W tod ???? to^-inlet. found the
"wat?t too rt*i?? and^er tod dimcui
a party of nimbw ?ta.ted out to
|*fa*eh iir htm In a, bU rawl while
U^tor1 partj^ eat* red a napbto
launch 'which carried a aearthtlcht*
When the yawi jot to the Inlet
audi a aaa waa breaking that dia had
mad* tor It That waa about tan
o'clock, fifteen mlnutaa later they
cuia npoa young Bennet clinging to
the overturned bare*. Ai the launch
ran itaapUe the young IBM** grft>
ob tk* craft broke. Bnt Fred An
d*raon, rice preeldent ot the club
reached oat and caught him. A hea
vy e?a Unas Anderaon Into the wa
The requtyns of the late Mr. <fcy
Blount Hsrdj were brought to fig
eitr l?t *lrtt about M:*? o'cllpk
OB tho Kboooer Rollaf 'ram 0?s
coko. N. C., wi.re b* ku bM la 4a
hope of regaining his health. pr.
Hardy qt?d yesterday mornlni M?
tween 8 lu>d ? o'clock at the hcjket
of Mrs. Ana Bran. .At the timet, ef
his death he was in his thlrty-?lgth
year. He waa born a'** reared lit
LaQrange, N. C-. and had be*^n
resident of Washington for tiU .ftfitt
tan years, from the
the esteem and friendship of all o*r
people and his passing lias cast.4
gloom over the entire elty. A boot
two years ago he was happily mar
ried to Miss LiKle Campbell Stewart,
daughter of Bz-Mayor Edward T.
Stewart Their life was all sunshlap
and happiness. As a rssult of thW
union a little girl blecaed their hoax*
for a shdhrt while but Ood In His
providence took onto Himself hSr
several 'months ago' to sweeten the
battlements of heaven.
For months Mr. Hardy has beeb
suffering from bright*? disease. Bve*t
effort was au4e to stay the ravages
of the disease both by the physicist
add loved ones but Ood willed other
wise and so op yesterday he slipped
away to that undiscovered country.
Besides a * -heartbroken widow he
leaves a brother Dr. Ira M. Hardy of
this city and two sisters who reBlds
In Kins ton, N. C. *
Prior to kls falling health the de
ceased was engaged In the bottling
business In this city.
The funeral took pl^ce this after
noon at three o'clock from the Payne
Memorial . church, Nlcholsohville.
conducted by Rev. H. B. Sea right,
pastor of the First j Presbyterian
church. At the grave the services
were presided over by the Benevolent
order of Elks of which the deceased
was an honored member. Mr. Hardy
was also a number of the Charitable
Brotherhood and the Woodmen of
the World.
The sympathy of the entire city
goes out te those bereft* 4*?r. ahouli
_ Aahertlle, Jan* 14. ? The spaclou*
ballroom of ^ the Bitter Park hotel
*u taxed to It* capacity tonight at
the opening of the forty-first annual
eemveatton Vf North Carolina Grand
f*d ge. Knights of Pythlae. It was
public and the formal welcoming, foi
represents tires of the Grand Lodge
hnd visiting Pythlans tn attendance,
when Grand Chancellor A. BJ. Mc
Caosland of Chsrlotte called tihe
meeting to order. Others came In
later daring the evening and still
otter* will como tomorrow- Between
fifty and on* hundred Pythian* took
fhe grand lodge decree tonight^
while the work of checking the rep
rc entatlrt* and paaaln* on credent
t:c's required considerable time,
pr ctlcally 'erery lodge being repre
?arted. ' *, -
The ad drees of keloome waa de
ll rered on behalf of the Pythian* of
Aafcerllle and the people of the city
14. ? Repreeent
spparent
Congresslonal
had no clue
Hla main and
to his office,
for some
of the capltol to- 1
uncovered one friend of the miss
man who knew *1] about the I
disappearance. This Is the|
?toiy:
About the middle of April the con- 1
gr ess man married his secretary. Miss |
Generive Miller, of this city.. The
marriage was not heralded. It took
place In some quiet spot nesr Wash
ington. Coincident with the nuptials
Wr. Dies suffered astroke of ennui, |
and decided to quit public life and !
left Washington immediately. He
rented a bungalow at Mount Rain
ier. a hamlet oa the city's outskirt,
d has not been la town since.
l Ones a week he sends In for his
Ufa." Dief eoa&nues -to. draw
Miss Miller's" salary as his secre
tary. Between them they handle the
correepondeace in their bungalow^
hit. DIM t old i f riend recently he
wm tired of public life abd did not
litfcad *0 tub- fdr re-election to cong
^ , . .?yr^Vfr:'
This W his secoad term. He had
, been a district attorney and Judge in
w ?
His father- la-4aw is a messenger
today that "Old Maa Miller." as hs
is fcaowa. ie -the tmeeeeoger who for
la the fcotrae poetnfflco. It developed
mrda the mala and the pay checks
V-^VT* ?
MUW Ucr Ra^iikl V>;o nlttmKl
' Hla Fifth Natal Daj {Mttnlar
? ' ' ?
Yesterday Was the fifth natal day
of Muter Lacy Rayfleld Mayo, the
bright and interesting aon of Editor
Jamaa L. Mayo, of the Dally News.
He entertained quite a number of his
playmate* and friends at tt}e home
of hla parents on Bast Second street
yeeterdsy afternoon from four to six
o'clock.
Misses Blanch Ricks and Ruth
Mayo greeted Master Lacy'* gueata
at the door and accorded them every ;
welcome. Mlsees Lftllle 8tewart, ,
Blanch Ricks, Llla Roper and Ruth
Mayo served the delicious and tempt- 1
Ing refreshment*. Master Lacy prov
ed to be a moet charming and pop
ular Uttle hoet and his many play
mates and friends voted him thanks
and wished for him many hapfTy re
turns of the glad day. "The following i
Oeorge Taylor,. BenJ. Taylor, Joee
phus Latham, Julia Havens Latham,
Ruby Swindell, Bonner Swindell,
Blanch Ricks, Rachel Ricks, Mary
Thomas Stewart, LlUle Stewart, Eula
Floyd, Will Floyd, Thelma Baker,
Evelyn Baker, Adrian Baker. Pat
Roee, Lyndall Roes, Lon Olen Cox.
Satah Archbell, Llla Roper. Viola,
Reld Freeman, Earl Freeman, Zelma
Ruse, Olen Cox, Madeline Sbope.
Maroy-etta Shope. Mary AUce Hardy,
Martha 8. Hardy. Marlon O. Hnrrell.
Dorothy May Pegram, FeUNar- T*
Phillips Jr., Anna Mayo. South
|c?r.k. On, Taylor, Roth Kara, buy
9Br
' Dili will
[new. to thle hl?hly wiMDod etu
sen's friend* throughout the city.
Since yeaterday his Ulneas haa been
precarious. The end la expected
at any moment.
to Norfolk.
The excursion from Raleigh to
Norfolk Tin the Norfolk Southern
train paaeed thspugh the city this
morning. There were aeveral dhrs
filled to their utmoet capacity.
Quite a number from this city and
surrounding country took advantage
of the low ratea.
Creditable Picture*
The pictures at the Lyric Theatre
laat night were pronounced first claaa
by ail who witnessed them. Manager
Sparrow Is certainly giving full re
turna to hla numerous patrona.
To Meet Today.
There will be a meeting of - the
Womana' Christian Temperance Un
ion at the home of Mra. O. B. Car
male on Reapeea street thft afternoon
at 5 o'clock. A full attendance Is
deaired.
Ia Coavali
The many frlenda of Mr. N. L.
Sawyer will be glad to learn that his
condition la much Improved, after
aeveral days of indisposition.
PANIC REIGNS
FROM FIRE
One Tbousaud People in Edifice
When Lighting Sends
.. , .. 2" Toppling
HUBS IS UK ULF HILLIID
MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND
PKOPLB IN SACRED EDIFICE
WHIN MMA' OP UGMTNTNO
? SHNDH IfWaHPLE TOPPLING.
FIRE STARTS. . M ,
-r - - - - > ?.
L.t High stow n, N. i., June 13. ? The
first day of commencement at ftsddle
Institute a Baptist preparatory school
here, cams near' ending tragically
taet toght, when flgfctnlngstruck the
?teeple of the Baptfce oharch, where
mor| than a thousand persons Were
crowded together to hear the annual
orations of the graduating clasa.
Panic 'reigned when the bolt strdek
and shattered the tOO feet steeple and
sent -U crashing to the earth. In
stantly every light In the building
wfca extinguished and the upper part
of the structure, caught 'fire in a do*- 1
A panic which nklght have resulted
In the death of many waa averted by
the cool-headed oroheetra leader, who
directed his men to strike up the
"Star Spangled Banner" In the dsrk
The effect was magical and the out
rush of the sudlence was stemmed.
Fifty women fainted or collapaed be
fore the ushers could get the crowd
out of the building, however dosens
were bruised and hurt in the Jam
through the exits..
By the time R. W. Swetland, prin
cipal of the lnetltute, had aasured
himself that every one was out of the
building the fire waa beyond control
and there waa little to do but to at
tempt o prevent Its 8pread to the aur
roundlng atructures. The loaa wiy
be about 9500.000.
Peddle Institute Is an exclusive
sohool and the audience In the church
Included prominent persona from
Philadelphia, Pittsburg, New York,
Baltimore and Boston. It waa de
clared today that none of those hurt
In the rush out of the thurch was (n
WM R. D. Kear. David Fowle.j
Wtuua KbIkM and Cherlee I
lun returned fro? PMtlteo sound |
where they hire been ?n ?
trip. report an* iport
that the uillm fU good
pLV
PW fti'tif m f*~' ft
HIT SUBJECT
r EMD HMDS
i sm|
One Haodred And Fifty Deteg
ales at The State
Association
first bat s proceediivgs
WELCOME ADDRESS BY MAYOR
DAI/TON AND RESPONSE Br i
A. WKIXONS ? OONOBK88MAM
SMAliIj'8 ADDRESS ? PRESIDENT
PATTON-S FJNE ADORES^
Wlnnon-8ml.nl. N. c.. Jut,, u._
Annual meeting of North Carolina
Good Roada Association conv.nad
&ere today, with 150 delegate* Af
ter a hearty addr?? welcome by
Maror Dal ton and happy roeponae by
3. A Welions, Prealdent J. L. Patter
eon of thla city, made hi. addreea
which waa heartily retired. He
drew a vlvtd pen picture of sections
Permeated by good road, and thou
Where they are unknown. He allow
ed how goode road. Induce Improve
ment. of various kind, on farm, and
farm home, and bulldlngn, and now
absence of Improvements 1. noticeable
In aectlona> where there are no im
proved highway..
The speaker longed for the time
?11 'be entire South will be link
ed by a system of well located and
properly drained and surfaced roada.
He spoke enthusiastically of the In
creasing sentiment I nfavor of good
road. In thla Mate, and thought that
It should act aa a apur to association
to puah (He work In counUoe where
road building haa been neglected.
During the preaent year many county
good road, associations have been
formed. Latge^iimbors of bond U
? <
and a number of ap lend Id In tra-Mate
end Interstate highways have been
discussed with enthusiasm. These
things give some Idea of the work the
maaoclatloo .la accomplishing. Mr.
Patteraon thought that that aid could
have been aecurad for road work at
the laat saaolen ot the legislature If
all state- wide legislation had been
handled by the state association.
There- were ee many bUR present
?d that It waa dUScult for the legls
lature to act on any of them. The
spsaker thought that the county a.
eocietlons thou Id work together In
?eenrtn? legialaUon. In thla way the
?eod Tu^Sa wUssUfti mey focus
thtlr Wfort. more directly on the ob
*?et la View, "poutice should be left
wut of read holding.- .aid the spaa*
er- 'It la porely an economic quea
tton. We should first educate the
?people -to the 'benefits to be derived
from good road.; then it la only a
matter of securing the fundv to build
them:" -? r. -
Dr. Joeeph Hyde Pratt, secretary
of the seen* stlon. made bin report,
reviewing the work 0r the aeaaeta
tion since its organization, ten year.
*??' ??< more eepeclslly Its work
doting the peat year. The attendance
nt the annum meetings haa grown
from I to 7 to from 76 to #00. He
spoke especially Of the great aid the
North Carolina press has rendered in
advancing the cause of good roada in
the atate and in educating i ubilc sen
alment In favor of them. Tbt senti
ment Is being Incroaaed .11 the time
by good road speakers, by circulara
aent out by the association and by
the newspaper. Thirty-nine oonnty
rood roada anocutlons are also car
| ry!n* on the work, aa wall a. a num
ber of town. hip associations He
agreed with Prealdent Patterson rela
tive to good roada mattera presented
to the legislature The speaker
thought that >0 per cent of the coun
ties would have good roads associa
tion. before the present year la
orer.
J. B. Brown, of Raleich, treaaurer,
waa unable to be preaent. bat hie re
Port was read by Dr. Pratt and adopt
ed. tt showed a ha lane, on hand.
January let ot 11*4; reeipta during
the year $l?j; dlehnrm^nta. tut,
balance on hand Jane 1, ltn. $tM4
Mnoe the organisation wa- formed
the total reoatpta have aggregated.
the total dish. re. fees ta
anregatafibst^.^ Imrhl9 . ^
(Cntlw*? from Second h(.l