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\ THE PANAM Water Transport! | THE QUESTION i BURNING ONE SO SAYS A I WITNESS W. K. Kavanaugh, President Lakes-to-Gulf War.. ?. . icrway Association upI ponent to Tplla. S APPEARS BEFORE SENATE COMMITTEE Presents Argument Favorins free Tolls For the m Ditch." :: - -" 1 VF P.. Waahlnatoo, D. C.. April ??.?W. , K. KiniHtk, of-St. l/nli, Pmk *r dm ot the Lakee-to-th Oulf Dwp |p, Waterway Amclalion ul one of the f leadlnt hualnrae man of tho Mleale| elppl Vallay, la an oatapokan oppon' ant to toile on the Panama canal k aa thay may apply to domeetlc comL meree. While la Waahlnston Ike ? paat weak Mr Kavanaagh appeared . boforo tho Soaata Committee on In> teroccanlc Canala. which la having 'I* heartnga .on tke aubjact of Panama f : regulklloae, and preaeatnd ajaa^aala t|l in lavOr of free tolla which wore Uatf ' onad aa with cloar alien don by thoaa lift entreated with fillululating regal* PL" tlBtae'novernlna the u?. re of tka <m? H. the subject onto: "This to one of the ' burning questions of the day. How any mm In jhe interior jof the coua^ try could urge preferential toils ob 11* domestic cotnmferee is beyond my com [f? prehension. Let me rite a concrete J*"' case of a shipment of barter and can * ned gooMtrota Sea Francisco to Sp? ^ Louis vtaVater routes and the dlffT. erenco- between thcrfa 11 charge aad the water charge. If a toll ia to be added to the water fate then Panama ?,*$; Canal will fail of lta mission. mm V. v^ "This charge of 1X00 tons of bar lay and 300 tona of canead goods m deaUned to *fe Louis loft San Frai , ciaco by boot. It was byiled to Colon ^ and there transshipped tftor the .r Panama railroad to Now Orleans. I There the cargo was put on the dock L and the Mlaalaalppl Valley TranspOrtaMon Com pony loaded tttb cargo lnWr to a big steel barge an delivered the f barley and canned goods to the ConL slgnee at 6t. Louts at a 30 cent rate A . distance of 430* miles by water . and rail hanl aa against a rate of 30 cents a hundred ponnda ob an all rail haul from San Francisco to This is a striking illugtrattan of the benefits of water transportation b > , at^d what myst come ultlmaiyy to the interior of the Mississippi Valley W through the Sgency of the free tolls ^ on the 'big ditch' and tho people of A the Mississippi Valley would resent Hp ' any burden In the shape of tolls or tax on any commodity destined to or 1 from points InTthia wsterabed^;^ .. "The arguments advanced by some Ba*H that-Vhe totl would be absorbed by jfc thp vessels la misleading. Any toll \ or tax assessed through the Panama ^ Canal must appear In Ihe bill of ladjSHnf nWmaletr and ninat be paid for Sp br the coninow. That la aaloamllc. VtC " wou,<1 * J""1 ?" logical to aaoosa v XJtolle on tho 'Soo' Canal on tho atilj i million tone of freight that paaa .'j through that canalor to plane a bur; ovar tho Hlaalaalppl rim and 1U trlf : * hvtarlos an It would be to aaaau toll, through tho canal on donSoatlc com"now aU nation, unt"3?ralx hallow the poller of faeorlng and protecting tbetr own commerce; a certalnlr wo can do no leaa." [ BfT -?? 3-,;. [ k ifojiaodnwtti court Tho Recorder W- D. orlmea, had no caaea for trul at hi. court thte morning. HHO. ition Versus Rail ?k.?.? Colored Man Chas. Eason Hit With Bottle ^3 ?Jt "-: . Charles Eason colored, a character who has been conspicuous In the Beaufort County Courts'for " years, was severely if not seriously beaten at his place of business night before last on the road leading from Whah tngton to Chocowintty. Eaeon alleges that' a party came Into hie place of hnelneee and purchased a toft drink and claimed that he paid for It. This assertion Eason disputed and ths consequence was that an argument ensued with the result that Kasen was hit on the bett and face wit* a bottle. The occurrence was promptly reported to the officials and Sheriffs J. F. Lucas end Disk Adams accompanied by Chief of PoHee George Howard and Polioemmn Richard Robar?a went to tha scene. They round everything In confusion and evidence of blood on all aidea. As yet ?9 one has heed arrested. Bason la now at his home in n predarloua condition . H > re ? wr- ^rl Sryan guides ran secretary of state a i? 4 r... v .>v, " Col. J. Bryan Orlmea is a cacdidata for aomiaatloa to the office of Secretary of State. It has been my pleasure U> know' htm Intimately from boyhood. Like the other members of his family, he la IntsrsiBted In all Ihlncn tbat go toward* Improving agririsltur&l condltlena and hia IM Cor leadacahtp In tfcig elaae oC oar people haa long beep recogaemc. -AW and writing Com a Carnier'a view, it (tvaa me gnat pleasure to andopaa bin aandtdacy moat heartily. The writer waa among tbe first of thoae who advocated hia nomination tor Con grace Is 1191 wgaa ba declined is, ran, and waa sprang the gift to urge him for Secretary of fata. Hia eaoiltoat administration of tbat office la known to alt informed men In North Carolina. Nat only baa bo performed, the doUaa of tbat poaltlen with great aatlafactlon to the entire Mate, bat he km found time to take . leading put ja glmoat arery pkaee of the "atete'e development. Ho le a farmer and all that be baa lo (averted. in farm. In hhn, tbe rarmera fqel tbmt they have "*A friend -at Cqort." ^"egeclal repreaentatiee la the Copneile-of State who bee uWaaured up to their eagertattone. No man In tbe Mate le bet ter.Informed upon agricultural queetlona and bin writing, and addtiaeia on thtn .abject ara widely eed favorably known and appreciated. For twenty ymne he haa hem a leader and eloaety Identified *tth every movement to better tbe conditionj of the farmers end to uplift agriculture In the Mate, and during tbe teat ten yea re be baa bad an Important part In all remedial agricultural, leg Illation. . : Lfca.-5-vC-- ejl. ''I - * '.sT Aa a member of the Alliance he wee one of lie elect end moat con aerrntlve leaden end had hia vlqw. prevailed, the dialntegratlon of that organization would Have been -prevented. He la a strong believer In farmers' organisations He la a mem uvi ?i luq roriuen unigu, hqq iq proving a moat valuable friend an<l counsellor in that body. - M? lias the confidence of the people and hfa atitude on eyery public question hae boon Bound and in fpvor of the people's Interests, In the fast general election, (1*08) for State 0Altera, Mr.' Crimea not only led flle ticket In the number of vote* received, but also led fn the alia of hi, majority. JS J We real ike, of course, that almoat ail the high ofllcts o( truat and profll must necengarfly go to other calling*, hut Col. Crimea t? , farmer who has proeen hta ability and peculiar fltneea for the once ha holda, and I halter, hla continuance fn thwt eflce NGT< - ^ "i, ? \ .i .kg*, - . . xv? WJMOMlfON, HTBBS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. " , ?*-* ; '< Iff*/ ^ I ' 1 r-~-i i * ' uflRNhMi | Norfolk South Derailec Another derailment of. freight cars I happened on the Norfolk- Southern Railway yesterday afternoon about ?Ur>c n<ar th? town of BtatOQsburg a few miles_thla side of Wilson, N. C., Firo ears Jumped the.track and In cosssnusPM all psssrngsr and 1 , freight trains were delayed several 1 hours. It is reported that one colored employe on the freight was to- ' Jured bat tMs as yet bar Met been verified. The Norfolk Southern officials here state that the derailment ~tooj? place at fltantonahurg and so far as they know mm oee was hurt. The train from Ralelah to Norfolk ?nil duo to xfrlvn tun at 1:20 A. M did not arrive until 6 o'clock tbla morning. Tbe paaaaager train going I Tram -tbta city to Raleigh yesterday I afternoon wan delayed at tbe acene of tbe wsaok. about one boar. All I tbo paaaettgara Tor the Capital City I were tranaferred at tbe .poena of tbe accident and carried en to Reletgb. Other re porta atate that tbere were two derallmeota. One happen ad at Staatonhnrg and tbo other at Walton burg. The eatno freight train ; loot tretgbt can at both .polnta ' Maaara Wynn aad Nicbola of tbla dty ' who went to Wlteon yeaterday and I expected to return on the evening ' train dld not arflve until tbla morn- 1 tag. All matla were aleo delayed. 1 The wrocksga baa now'been clear- 1 ad and all tralna are making ragu- j Inr schedule time. 1 WASHINGTON AND B. CITY PLAYING BAIL; a - 4 As tin Dally News goes to yrrec 1 tbo Washington and Elisabeth City 1 High School* baseball teams are bat- " : ling for supremacy on t\? diamond at j riomlng%Paf<i. Quite a number aro \ e-vitupssirTg the contest. Fewle and Shclton aro the battery for the homo 1 team. So far Washington hat van* qulsbed tH oppotinets and hnvp a faff chance of winning the flag for the*season. "r^ -. ~~i w)< i . t PAPKK DRlvAY EP j Duo to & slight mishap t<* the pow- J cr prese yesterday afternoon jqs* as j the reffular-vdftfon of the paper was ( to be printed the dally odftioa was * delayed. This accooat* for the pe- f per being deltrerad this morning. 1 8uch things will occur sometimes 3 and we heft the Indulgence of otr patrons. pr. Jack Ntchotooo two luatwraivad on? of t*? moot attractlvo automobile. yot Hen 10 thlo cttf. The c doctor will 0*0 It In hi. t>r?rttw. m. . .loo. ?. ' WAKMKK IN CWTMI&rUKTION iem Freight T i at Stantonsb HIM NIGHt i AT THE IffiC IWUCHT This evening the Amateurs will 50 to the poet and amonMheni are 1 tome of the beat art rata ha^e J Amateur night means incapacity j loose at the Lyric that takes place 4 >verr friSif- StKfc 1 the program was pronounced to be 3 toe of the beat that has been pulled >r to'- * The motion picture program also 0 another feature worth mentioning ind the many patrons of this place f amusement will find It a good all roisat bill. If you want the beat laueh of the lesson, Me Mutt and Jeff highly featured on the amateur list. lECEPTIfffl MY JVELL ATTEHMD rhe annual reception at Washington Public 8choola was largely attended )7 parent* and rial tor* today and the wprk exhibited In the-rartoas ^deHUlmenU occasioned much p raise It, would he a pleasant aurprlaa-for iny c'tisen to visit this well known Institution of learning and see what progress has been made during the vast year. The exercises Uila morning at the opening of school were in sharps of the Kindergarten departmeat an dthoee present were charmed with the little tots. Tbe manual "training department inhibit has been especially admired tnd praised. The Washington Public Schools are performing a great work for educatlop not only in Waahing'ton hut the surrounding country. ??TFE TO BE MAT HINSTOH The Dally News acknowledges with hanks tho receipt of the following nvltatlnni tthlrh ?t11 Ka ?uv -L^??iro?rcTfO ttuu ' |nterest by citizens In this taction:, n "The citizens of Klnston, St. I fohn's Hodge No. V A. P. A. M. and i he Hoard of Trustees of the North I Carolina School for the Feeble Mind- J id cordially tnvtt*-yW to be preeent j it the Haying of tho Corner Stone ? **lrft Building on May 6. 191 FT at i 11 o'clock A. M. . 1 M 'i C Mr. R. F. Mercer, of New YotK Jn- t i*eetor for Mergenthaier I.inotype < :o., of New York, was In the city t Mr 0. Tiy" AailiixJl^f D.iL la a 1 1^.. T| t j?l. A1LY KNOO.V, APRIL 86 1618. 1 ' = TONIGHT INCRBAAINQ SOV7T i ^ j ' M!iJ^ rain ug Yesterday HISS LUCILE PUGH IN CHARGE OF CASE Miss,Lucille Pugh, the young Porta who was appointed by Judge Swan ;o defend Leroy Poindexter. a negro vho is on trial before Justice Davis a the Supreme Court, charged with he murder of Thomas Brown. ?ak entlre charge of the proceedings restarday. Miss Pugh was ill in bed the day Mfore. When she learned that Justice Davis had ordered the trial to proceed in her absence, with ex-Senitor MacClelland, her associate, acinar for the dafAMA ?ho lo?t no flmn n getting to court, apeared there In ^ime to select the three last jurors. Samuol Freed man, a barber, who was the first of the negro witnesses :o be called by Assistant District-Attorney Moss yesterday. He told of the presence of Polndexter in Brown rooms; of a game of craps and hqw Polndexter won $60 and a $30 scarf pin from Brown. The witness also told of a "hop pipe" that all the men were smoking. Then Miss JPugl^arose, folded her mss and leaned slightly forward 3ho was bareheaded, her brown, ru|? let-tinged hair/was parted on thd tide. She wore a man's collar and blue four-in-hand tie. in which a simple scarf pin was thrust. A blue lerge^coat and a handkerchief peeping from upper pocket were a part if her attire too. There was not a nuory to which the prosecutor objectid. She addressed the witness as 'Sam" and referred tbrthe prisoner it her side ap "this boy Leroy." The Jury had been closely questioned by Mr. Moss as to whether the presence of a "lady lawyer" would have any influence in the finding of t verdlcfc- Eleven of the men said It would have no effect. One Juror, though, said he never had had that Utperlence before, but ho was accepted. That was before Mlss'Pugh appeared. When he returned from luncheon Monday he buaried his face In his newspaper till" court co-nvenkft* hul vmlinipo* .IIJKU IW | UJUl JLUl'-IUUJ?fl?! UIUII I II Be I III! tewspapcr. Instead ho stared at the voman lawyer as she grilled the witjAWYERH discuss the recall Chicago, 111., April 26.?In resjonse tu a call of the Illinois State 5ar Atsociatlon. representatives of lie bar association of a majority >f the States met in conference at lotel LaSalle today to exchange pinions on the judicial recall que*' ion. Horace Kent Tenney, president >f the Illinois State Bar Assoc is Ion, called the conference to order ad Stephen S. Oreqorj, preeldent it the Amerlenn Bar Auoclatloa, wed >ne of the epeaker* nt the Inltiel wo dare and will dleceee, la addlloa to the recall queetloh, the (na-| tal nhlect of refarai la ooort pra-l ?:? ? sag-* omhii nucnoc - 4 All the menhare of the mm K?> hodlot Chorch choir are requeeted 10 NEW H WINDS. M m PERFORMERS , VILLCOMPCTE Delightful Annual Carnival j Relay Races ^ and Field Sports Will Take Place | Tomorrow. air imivcDciTicc i uiu umiLnonibo ' ARE REPRESENTED r ? The Mile Race Promises to I Be the Leading Event of the Day. L Philadelphia Pi.. April 26 ?More than 1,690 star performers on cinder c I path and field, composing the great- g eat collection of athletes erer aaaem- tj bled for a single meet with the single exception of the Olympic Games in * London several years ago, will com- * pete on Franklin Field tomorrow in e the eighteenth annual carnival of re- t lay races and field sports under the t auspices of the University of Penney- p lrania. The entries include nearly j 800 different teams for the various class and intercollegiate relay races ? and nearly 200 hundred entries for a the special events. The contestants 0 will represent every section of the tl country east of the Missouri River h and Canada as well. Iowa will rep- 0 resent the district west of the Miss- tj issippi, and McGill University, of Montreal, will uphold the reputation R of Canada. Of the big universities c of the United States there will be a star athletes from Princeton. Yale. t| Harvard, Columbia, Dartmouth. Mich t lgan, Chicago, Indiana and other ( Western, Institutions. Besides the class races, the stellar I a events will be as usual, the one-mile, !n two-mile, and four-mile champion- L ships of America, the freshman relay If championship, and the following iu-11 vidual track and Acid events: Onojf hundred-yard dash, 120-yard Wgh j hurdle, running broad jump, running, ^ high Jump, pole vault, shot put, ham-! v mcr throw and discus throw. h The mile race promises to be the greatest event of the day. as. besides ^ the Canadian champions, Chicago. a the Ainercian champions; Illinois, the champions of the West: and tbe v big institu^pns' champions. It will be*one of tho most representative col- < lege races, and the winner will have j, every right to the title of champlous of America. ^ EDUCATIONAL SERMON ! AT SI. PETERS CHURCH: I ( | Te next sermon bn the subject of Education will be delivered by the ^ I Rev. Nathaniel Handing, Rector of j St. Peter's Episcopal Church next Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. The Rector's subject will be: "Christ tbo Temple the pattern of Eucation." j Mr, Harding is a speaker of influence , and always interests and instructs his , bearers^ No doubt a large number . will avail themselves of the opportun- ? Ity to hear-him. Thore will be special? aiUtflc. Rev. R. V. Hope will preach , - - *< cm education at Ills church on Sun- j v day evening as tfos announced in1 j yesterday's paper. ADMIKAI* THOMAS TO PFTHtfv id Washington, D. C\, April 20.?Theja Savy will lose a vetornn and efficient^ o officer tomorrow, wherr'Rear Admiral Chauney Thomas recently In h command of the Pacific fleet, will be c placed on the retired list on account a of age. * ti XICHOUOmULR IMtAVKItMErnNQ TtmiUHT I . T". 8 The Nicholsonville Prayermeeting will be conducted at the residence of Mr. A. D. Woolard on Bast Seventh Street tonlghi'at the usual hoar. The services will be conducted by Rev. R. H Broom, assisted by Res. J. W. Aetrey. in charge of i^e Mattamus keet circuit, who la the fsest of Rev. Mr. Broom on his way home from the District Conference at Bethel. All are cordially invited to be yreeent. -.. - TO OPWI "TORS Mr Own 0?atou to ? ^ : 'SSuP [S . I KO 132 ? HBT FATHER 1 AT AGE OF 17 1 FIRST TIE 1 Ml Those Years Charles Hawkins Believed That S He Was the Son of Rufus McNeill. * ^AS GIVEN 10 THEM 1 . _BY HIS MOTHER n His Prosperity He Will Continue to Care For His F oster Mother. Canton City. Col., April 'barlp? McNeil, night cleri^^.ne itrathmorc Hotel lived 17 yearn belevlng himself the eon of Mr. and ire. Rufus McNeill, but recent deolopments show that he is the oldet aon of J. H. Karkina. a rich con- ' ~ * ractor of Divide, a little town on h? line of the Denver and Rio Grand laflroad between Denver and Colora14r Springs. In 1894, a few months after his n&rriage, liar kins disappeared. Soon fterward a eon was born. Left withtit support the "mother went to work o provide for herself and baby, but ier health broke down and the was bilged to part with the little one to he McNeills. About a year, after Mrs. liarkinB ave up her infant Bon her husband ame back and made amends for tbe bsence by his kindness and attenlon. Then they began search for he McNeills to regain possession of heir first horn. All efforts to discover the wherebouts of the family proved futile nd after the birth of a second, and third child the minds of the parents or the most part were taken up with heir household worries. In 1897 the ?iun,< iuuku tu uiviae, One day Charley asked Michael larrett, a Denver and Rio Grand? :d assenger conductor, if he had ever card of J. H. Harkins. "J. H. Harkins? Well. I guess I ave. He's a rich tie contractor up it Divide. But what about him?" He's my father," returned the oung man. "Whot!" exclaimed the conductor Why yflfe're the lad he's been looktig for during the last twenty years. When Mr. Garrett returned to Dener he saw Mr. Harkins and told hlxn ?f the discovery he had matjc. Mr. Harkins went to Canon City ^3 ind found McNeill behind the desk. When the clerk saw the 'name the . 9 ; ranger had written on the register lis heart gave a thump end his eyes glistened with joy before he could speak. Mr. Hartlns asked: "Are you Charley Meieill?" r "Yea Sir." came the reply. "Well, then. I'm your father." ' ^ The father told Charles that hie nother was waiting anxiously at DP ride for his coming and how glad hey were to have found him. Ho rtnted the boy to go back with him it once, but the young man said no. "father." he continued. "I canno-. * 'a votjiise to go with yen unless yon rill agree to help me take care of Irs. McNeill. She has been the ony mother 1 have ever known. She ook me and reared me until I was >id enough to wor for her support. va have cared for her for several years nd I intend to do so during tho rest t her life." . .^3 The father was proud of his son for lis loyalty to the woman who had red for him and settled an nllow,nc? upon "*"her to be drawn every / .?? poitth. " v8M 1 The many friends of Mrs. Samuel AughinRhouse of Vandemere were lad to see her in city today. LIST OP inCW ADVERTISE MENTH IN THE NEWS ' . ? Win. Bracair * Co. Wnablngtyn Klectrlct Plant, P. Orlaaaa. Poatom Canal Company. Doaaa Waahlajtoa Horn fiichaiign - V. . LJ^H Hromalaln* ifl Tka Hub '--S Root ham PanUan Company *
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