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t " Blaze First Seen In
I Which Was Not,(
f _ partment Handicaj
Water. Many Th
\i ployment
' The M. A. Smith Shirt Manufac-|
turlng Factory, and the Tar Hirer
Hosiery Mill building located on Market
Street, were entirely consumed
lA hy (Ire thla moralng and at one time
9 due no the scarcity of water and the!
W inability of the Ocean Fire Company!
V, to secure sufficient hose, several other
buildings adjsoent seemed to be
doomed. Mr. M. A. Smith, proprietor
of the shirt factory states that
his loss will be approximately about
sixteen thousand dollars and the loss
estimated for the hosiery mill build
Ulft, iOVIUUIUI IUO UV1IVI BUU CUBlUt,
will add at least three thousand dollars
more to the loss.
The Are was first discovered by
the employes In the shirt factory
about, nine thirty o'clock, and when
first seen was Issuing from the racntaecond
story.
The building was unoooupled as
the machinery excepting the boiler
and engine had only recently been
moved to Robersonvllle. The building
and boiler and engine was the
property of* Mr. J. E. Kennett, of
Raleigh, K. C. Whether he carried
Insurance or not la not known at this
writing.
.Immediately after the blaze was
^ * discovered the alarm was given and
the fire department responded
? promptly. ' ' : .
Due to their being only a four
inch main located In that section of
' the city, and being three blocks away
water adequate to the demands of
w the Ocean engine was not cpmlng
and for some little time the department
waa at a standstill.
Upon Investigating tha cans? of
F the delay in seen ring water the Dallv
News man was informed there was
water, although the pressure was
low. but the main cause of the delay
waa due to the fact that the Volunteer
Hose Company refused to assist
the Ocean Company ln: loaning
them sufficient hose to reach the
- fire. The Ocean engine waa on the
Job and at the hydrant ready for
* work but lacked sufficient hose in
Free
Will Of
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"The Unpardonable Bin" Vlll be
^ .'r the subject of Iter. "Lather B. Bridge .
the erase!**, at the Fir* Methodist
Church Sunday morning at
|j eleven o'clock. The prospects are
now that on Bandar night the series
of meetings may close yet there Is
a possibility of its continuing long^
or. Last night after the Invitation
was extended for penitents a large
number crowded aronnd the chance]
and--several made an open confession.
Last night the auditorium was
crowded again to hear the gifted
speaker deliver the truth. The discourse
as has been everyone delivered
by Mr. Bridgers, was thought'
ful, convincing and argumenatlve.
^ He preached tn a way to hold hU
f* hearers from beginning to end. On
V Sunday morning and Sunday night
there will be a freewill offering made
tor Mr. Bridgers and Mr. Bird, both
of whom have labored eo faithful In
BOTFTlAlf JfUWt, ROASTR) PKA
aagee. beams. Freeh sandy, let
f Crete mm Hme 4lf. Wash
k| lngCba Fruit Store.
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ShirtP
ry Mill
SlOBE
,01 AND $20,000
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;e not known
Hosiery Mill Bld'g
Occupied. FireDe-\nor1
RrrQpar/^ihr Of
^V^U. xy J WV/UX\^Xl,J v/1
rown Out Of Em
order to reach the blase. If the
Volunteer people bed connected their
hoee to that of the Ocean a stream
would have 'been the result much
earlier. Whether this contention caue
ed the delay the paper will not under
take to say?but one thing Is assul'ed
there was delay and the fault
lies at the door ef somebody and
the consequence property was damaged
that might havd" been saved.
By the time a stream was put on
the Hosiery Vfll building it was too
far gone and the' Shirt Factory building
was doomed. Aftfer It was
seen that both buildings were a prey
to the flames efforts were made to
save what machinery, and material
there was in the shirt factory and
the adjacent houses. At first it was
decided to rase the building the
property of Mrs. W. L. Laughtnghouse
next to the shirt factory and
work toward this end was begun
but soon after the fire department
kept It well flooded with water. The
building belonging to Mr. J. H. J^lIy
and Mr. Thomas Hardison's res^
ittanee caught but were extinguished
Without damage. i
Both the shirt factory and hosts
ery mill are a total loss and in consequence
of the Are over sixty women.
employed in the shirt factory are
for the time being thrown out of employment.
This mill was running
' ore. Its burning Is a severe blow to
the working class of people as wodll
as to the entire city and Mr. Bmith
has the entire sympathy of the community.
The building occupied by Mr. M.
A. Smith.' was the property of Mr.
David W. Bell and was partially insured.
Not only did the Are depytment
work faithfully but a large number
of citizens aided manfully. Due
to the extreme heat several were
over come. This Is the largest Are
to occur In the eity fpr quite owhSle.
The greatest drawback to fighting
conflagrations in Washington is there
are two many bosses.
(g Will Be
Evangelist Bridges
i our midst during the past ten
days. Envelopes for this purpose
were distributed last night. It Is to
be hoped that a generous offeringwlll
be made on Sunday. One of the
features of the meeting last night
1 was S dnet beautifully rendered by
Evangelist Bridgers and Professor
' Bird.<_ .Y , '
On account of today being Saturday
thfre were no morning services
neither Will there be any services tonight.
All are cordially Invited to
all the servicer tomorrwo. Seat free
ana a welcome awaits aiX
JAMESTAYLGE BRISIOW
DIES AT BETHEL I.C.
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Jamee Taylor, the It-month old
on of lira. Badte Brlatov, after an
Ulneoa of a fen day*. paaaad aweetly
anay at the home or hit mother In
' Bethel on Tharaday laat at lf:"bo ? '
clock. Thla anoet and Intereatln*
> little fallow, the aonahlno and hap'
plaeaa of a deroted mother'* heart,
van committed to Ood't chamber
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The Democra
Roads
Special to the Dally News.
'Washington, May 25.?The Democaatlc
House of Representatives has
given the Good Roads Movement a
flying start.
This fact la of momentous importance
to the people of this nation.
"Ever since the Constitution was written
there has been talk of Improving
the public highways. It remains
for this, the first session of the sixty
second Congress, to actually do something
toward bringing about that
end. It required upward of aacoro
of years to make a start toward
stamping out railroad rebating, and
the law prohibiting that practice was
passed In a month after the start
was made likewise. The pure food
law lagged for seventeen years until
an actual start was made. Within a
few weeks after the talking was supplanted
by action the law became a
reality.
The Democrats in Congress have
Injected the first breath of life into
the agitation for better roads. The
House has actually passed a bill,
and as the matter now stands it is
up to the Republican Senate and
President to carry the work along.
If they refuse, the people will know
exactly where to place the responsibility.
Now that the Democrats have
taken a definite forward step the Issue
become clear cut.
In all the Democratic speeches
supporting the bill for road improvement
which was introduced by
Dorsey W. Shackjeford of Missouri,
it was made plain that it is proposed
tq, spend money that is now being
wasted In keeping up useless political
navy yards and to provide
MAN V VISITORS TO CITY
There are a large number of visitors
to the city t^d&y duo to the
meeting of the Democratic County
Convention. All sections of the
WM**\j ?? toiircBBUiru.
yesterday afternoon at three o'clock.
James was an attractive little boy
and daring his short stay on earth
gladdened the hearts of loved ones. H?
sweetened earth and now sweetens
the home not made with hands. All
that loving hearts and the skill of
the physician ooald do was suggested
but all to no avail, for Qod desired
him and he went carrying with him
the tears of broken hearts. Qod gave
and Qod hath taken away, blsased
be the name of the Lord. The Dally
News extends sympathy to the enNh-.
ed mother and loved Ones. They all
should remember that "death la only
a dream" aad some tweet day we
hall all understand. * j, -
CAROLINA. SATl'KOAY AFTEKrvOO!
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THE CITY GAROENER
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IME uke sortfe.
V&OR.T OF TROpIC Ai/
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lCop>ri?llt.l ;
tic HouSe Give
Movement A
I berths for lame duck politicians.
At the present time there is in t
I existenco numerous government t
"commissions," such as the Caxxadi- a
an boundary commissi cp. on which c
former Congressman Jajnea A. Taw- i
ney, of Minnesota, dotends for an
annual stipend of $7,500 of the peo- t
pies money. These pommissiones t
seldom meet, and their only useful- 1
ness Is, to take care |>f politicians
who fail of r^-electionj Tho' Democrats
propose to abolish commissions
and to spend thfe mony thus t
wasted for the improvement of pub- <
lice roads. j 1
"Improve the publld roads with i
money that is now bdng wasted!" 3
This is the battle cry pf the Demo- <
crats In Congress, am It is being 1
taken np by the farmejs in all parts t
of the country. j t
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Soaking the Co- snnwr. 1
Once more the poor old consumer t
"has to dig down Into lis pocket and t
pay tribute to a trnl. This time i
it is the coal truBt, t?d the excuBe i
given for this trust's/ latest scheme i
to gouge a few extra'dollars out of <
the public Is the fac that the coal <
miners struck.
There is no evident o that the coal t
strike which was not strictly speak- i
ing, 'a strike, cost thr trust anything 1
except the profit it v< uld have made
had the men laid 4<wn fheir tools
pending a readjustire it of their contracts.
But with th i weak excuse i
for a basi6, the tru* t has -decreed l
I that themo shall be d usual spring c
j discount of 30 cents er ton on coal i
I this year. ]
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' In Saw Aii
HANDSOME AOfOlOBILES ,
RECEIVED BY CITIZENS;
Maun Frank H RoUlna and J. K. '
Hoyt have just jecelved two very e
handsome and att'active foar door a
auto mobiles sold |y Mr. Caleb Bail a
of thia <;ity. Th?j machines are of 0
36 horsepower at? contain all the a
ery latest appllaftcee aad patents.
Mr. Bell new bas < i the way machln- i
es of the same foi Messrs B. L. Sua- n
man. J. P. Cow 1 and B. Hoyt
Moore.
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Mr. William Df ner. of Greenville, si
la km today ? oalnaaa. J
iAILY
I. HAY 20, IMS.
V $
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s Good
Flying Start
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Thus the consumer pays not only
he loss in profits suffered by the
rust during the "strike," but he alio
pays for the slightly Increased
ost of mining, due to the small raise 1
n pay grafted the miners.
Does anybody pay the miner for
he money he lost In wages during 1
he lay off. Well, not that anybody
cnows of.
McCabe Still on the Job.
George W. McCabe, the Agriculure
department underling who pestjred
and hampered Dr. Harvey W. '
IViley until that efficient public servant
was driven from office, after 1
'ears of faithful work, has branched !
>ff into a new line of activity. He
s now trying to drag down the
itandard of meat inspection tests, so |
hat the beef trust can sell the car:asses
of diseased cattle and hogs as
!ood.
At committee hearings brought
ibout by Congressman Nelson it was
eetifled to that McCabe practically
ssucd orders to the government
neat inspectors to let up In their
igld tests, and to pass over those
mrcasses which were found to be
>nly partly diseased.
How long must the cosumers of
his country stand for this man men- |
mce, arch enemy of the pure food
aws of the nation?
Pigeonholed
The standpat Senate, at this writng.
has refused to pass the tariff ^
evision downward bills, or the ln:ome
tax bill upon which action long 1
igo was taken up by the Democratic
Souse.
rm Mangled
W At Chocowinhy :
1
Thomas Nobles aged twenty-eight i
nd a resident of Chocowlnity, met
rlth the mistfortune Thursday to |
ave his left arm terribly mangled
y a saw at the mill of Mr. LewiB
illen Taylor. Hb was brought to
he Washington Hospital where aftr
an examination it was decided to
mputate the arm between the wrist
nd elbow. The operation was sue- t
sasful and the patient is reported i
s doing 'nicely. Mr. Nobles is an j
nergetic and popular young man
ad has a wife and two children. 11
t is to be hoped that he will soon t
scorer. f
?
Mrs. Loans Hudnell returned ,
one last night from Bethel where
be attended the funeral of Master 1
ames Tayloe Brlstow. ?
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NEV
COll WEEK
MS AS lOWl
pi
Will Be the End of Contests
for the Presidential
Nomination.
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Special to the Dally News.
Washington, D. C-. May 25.?Tlie
tomlng week will see the beginning
jf the end of the contests for the
presidential nominations, so far as
he elections of delegates to the nalonal
conventions is concerned. Inerest
will center chiefly in the presdcntial
preference primaries to he
leid in New Jersey Tuesday. The
contest between Taft and Roosevelt
s similar to the costests already
'ought out in Massachusetts and]
Maryland, the other two eastern
states in which pascal- primaries
iiave been held, and it is the generll
belief that the victor In New Jersey
will wiakby a narrow margin. On
the Derftoerifejr side it Is a fight by
3overnor WJlson to secure tbe solid
indorsement of his home state
igainst the strenuous efforts of his
opponents to split the delegation.
Kentucky's 26 delegates to the
Democratic national convention will
be chosen in Louisville Wednesday,
rhe Btate convention, which will
name the four delegate at large, will
t?e preceded in the forenoon by the
conventions of the eleven congres
itionai districts. Speaker Clark is
believed to have a good lead nmong
the Democrats of the Blue Grass]
State and the only question appears!
to be whether the delegates shall be j
Instructed for talm or shall go to Bal-i
tiniore without instructions.
Other eveuts on the political calendar
for the week will include the
Democratic presidential preference!
primaries In Rhode Island, the Dem-!
jcratlc state convention at Butte to |
name Montana's eight delegates to i
BSmteoWf "YW1wnwcrat*e-ai?d -fte-j
publican atate convention in Texas to|
ratify the results of the recent primaries.
and the Arizona Republican
convention to select six delegates to
Chicago.
The annual convention of the National
Association for the Study and
Prevention of Tuberculosis, which j
will meet in Washington, and the!
fourth annal conference on city plnn-j
nlng. in Boston, will be among the
notable gatherings of the week, j
Meetings abroad of interest on this'
side of the Atlantic will be eighteenth
International Congress of Americanists.
which will assemble in London
Monday, and the meeting in.Milan
of the first international technical
congress for the prevention of!
accidents and injury td laborers and j
for Industrial hygiene. The United
States will be represented at both;
gatherings.
The German squadron, consisting'
of the flagship Moltke and the cruls-j
er Stettin and Bremen, is due to arrive
off Cape Henrv Thursday. The.
vessels will remain off the capes un-'
til the following Monday, when they
will enter Hampton Roads.
The case of Henry W. A. Page,
the New York Wrchant indicted for
criminally libeling Chairman Clayton
and the members of the House Judiciary
Committee, is set for trail
Monday in the supreme court of the
District of Columbia.
The second annual SOO-ntllr- in-",
ternatlonal sweepstakes race, the j
biggest event of the year in the field
Df automobile racing, will be decided
Thursday over the Indianapolis
motor speedway, with nrlzes offer
sd which total 550.000. The entries I
Include twenty-seven speedy racing J
:ars. which will be manned by an
i-qual number of fatuous pilots.
Also of Interest to followers of
iports and thleilcs will be annual
Eastern intercollegiate athletic championships,
which will take place the
tame daye at Purdue University.
mm DAY EXERCISE
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN
Tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock
he First Presbyterian Church Sunlay
School will celebrate Children's
)ay with appropriate exercises. The
>rogram wll consist of music, relations
and a short address. The oferlng
of the occasion will be for for- '
Ign mission. It M to bo hoped that
very member of the school will be
resent and ail oth..j bars a cordial
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NO ITS
DR. HYDE TO I
THIRD
TRIAL SOON
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Is Now Charged With the
Murder of Col. Thos.
H, Swope.
Special to the Daily News.
Kansas City, Mo., May 25.?The
third trial of Dr. B. Clark Hvri*
charged with the murder of colonel
Thomas H. Swope, is scheduled upon
the docket of the criminal court to^ * Jfl
begin next Monday, but it is quite
likely that the State will ask for another
continuance, as the special
prosecutor. United States Senator J.
A. Heed, is still detained in Washington
by biB duties in Congress. If
another postponement is asked for
and granted the case will probably
not come up until after the adjournment
of Congress.
At the first trial. In the spring of
1910. Dr. Hyde was found guilty and
was sentenced to Imprisonment for
life, but a new trial was granted,
which came up laBt year. Hyde s second
trial ended abruptly when Harry
Waldron, one of the jurors, escaped
from the marshals. The third trial
was to begin on January 2. 1912,
but at the request of the prosecytlon
it was postponed until May 27. in the
that by that time Senator Reed
would be at leisure to give his attention
to the case. yjj
Dr. B. Clark Hyde had been under
suspicion in connection with the
mysterious illness and death in the
Swope family ever since the death of
Colonel Thomas H. Swope on October
3. 1909. The death of Colonel
Swope followed soon after he had
suffered a severe convulsion and this
convulsion, it was charged by the
members of the Swope family, followed
immediately after the administration
of n capsule given by direction
of Dr. Hyde. Dr. Hyde said It
WA* a^UggjtU^Jfiblet, .
It was proved at the trial that Dr.
Hyde had purchased cyanide of potassium
in five grain capsules. Dr. 4
Hyde claimed he bought the cyanide
capsuls to kill roaches in his office.
Two days before the death of Colonel
Swope. Moses Huntcn. a cousin
of the millionaire philanthropist,
died at the Swope home following a
stroke of appoplexy. Dr. Hyde and 3
Dr. G. T. Twyntan of Independence
treated Hunton. The patient was
bled profusely, it is charged, a. the
suggestion of Dr. Hyde. Beginning
early in December, an epidemic of
tvnhoid fever hrflfcp not in rhu <o-nna
household during which ten members
of the family* were stricken and
one. ClirSaman Swope. a brother of
Dr. Hyde's wife. died.
Chrlsmati died after taking a capsulc
given at Dr. Hyde's direction
and afier suffering a convulB'.on similar
to the one that attacked Colonel ,j
Swopc. Margaret Swope. Chrisman's
sister, wns alSo treated ly Dr.
Hyde, had a convulsion after taking
a capsule, hut she was given an
emetic at once by Dr. Twyman. and
recovered.
In all, Dr. Hyde wns indicted on
eleven counts, the remaining indictments
charging him with trying to
murder members of the Swope family
by introducing typhoid germa J
and poisons into the medicines administered
by him.
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Mr. Charles R. Mitchell and Dr. U
H. Mann came near meoting with a
serious mishap ct the fire this morning
and while they were not more
seriously hurt is a miracle. Both of
these young gentlemen in their endeavor
to save what they could in
the Shirt factory were carrying out
several packages of acid and from
aome unforaefen cause it exploded
with the result that Mr. Mitchell
was painfully burned about the eyes,
arms and lower limbs. Dr. Mamx
escaped with lighter injuries.
Mr. Mitchell was successful tytrested
by Dr. Joshua Tayloe and j
Is out this afternoon. It was a narrow
eecaps for both partlss. ~ ^ jj
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