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Fair Today.
ASHEVILLE, N. 0., WEDNESDAY M0ENIN0, SEPTEMBER 4, 1907.
VOL. XXII, NO. 2G0.
01
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UNITED STATES FURNITURE
FACTORY WILL LOCATE IN
-THE CITY OF ASHELILLE
Big industrial Concern from
. Lenoir Will Settle In
This Section.
WILL BRING SMALL
i ARMY OF WORKMEN
Plant Will Be Extensire
One and Construction
. Will Begin Soon.
The United State Furniture conv
pny has decided to locate 1U exten
slv plant at Asheville and through
the effort of the Board of Trade and
Southern railway an Important Indus
trial establishment will at an early
date be In operation here.
The company yesterday purchased
from Mr. Reed four and a half acres
of land on the railroad at Blltmore
and close to thj veneer factory and
In the afternon side track was lo
cated and this will be built at once.
It Is the Intention of the company to
have tta entire plant here In readi
ness for occupation by November 1st
and though thla la a bis; undertaking
they expect to - effect it.
The business o,f the company Is to
buy outright the product of furniture
factories and finish the various arti
cles, which are then sold to the trade.
It l not an experiment, but a proven
success.' as the experience of the company-at
Lenoir , demonstrated. The
plant which la to be removed from
Lenoir has been in operation some
years and has caueed the establish
ment of eight furniture factories
there .because there was a ready sale
for their output. The company has
1 purchased the furniture "IB the
white," that la In the roifgh, awl by
Ihw aid" ef iWHed artisans has con
. wted II into high grade and nntohed
-TlMtcie aod. ils It will d'at'Alte
' vllle.'j -v.. ' ' " ..'
? Th reason' for the .ronMval fit
this important plant from Lfcnoir to
Aehevllle are not only highly compli
mentary to Asheville; but Indicate the
Character of the workmen who will
be employed. President J. M. Chiles,
who was here yesterday with other
member of the company, Blotcd that
the men employed were highly skill
ed workmen who commanded good
salaries and that he found It very
difficult to retain them in a small
town because they wished to live in a
city where they could have the ad
vantages they desired and that Ashe
ville was selected for this reason nnfl
because Ita shipping facilities were
good. The Southern railway was
largely Instrumental In locating the
plant here by Its agreement to afford
a low "assembly rate" for tho m
material and finished product.
The plant will be an extensive on"
and work of building tho neceHsary
structures, storage sheds and operat
ing shops will begin promptly, and
the Southern will hasten the building
of (he dde track.
Secretary Powell of the Board of
Trede. who has given attention to In
ducing the company to locate here is
highly gratified at Its decision and is
confident that there will soon follow
a number of furniture factories be
cause of the opportunity to convert
their raw product into ready money
and avoid the comparatively large ex
pense of finishing it. The average
furniture plant has neither the equip
ment nor the skilled workmen to do
this. It is stated that the average
otitpat of the company at present a.
120 cars a week.
NEW JERSEY MEN
GET THE TROPHY.
r y Associated Press.)
SEAGIRT. N. J-. September 1
The Columbia trophy match for Hew
Jersey organisation only was won to
day at the New Jersey Rifle Asso
ciations tournament by the second
regiment of Elizabeth. The scores
The second troop of New Jersey
captured the first honors In the car
bine team match by a score of 424.
defeating both of their old rivals, the
second troop of Philadelphia cavalry,
bv twelve points and Squadron A. of
New Tork by 15. .
The Spencer match, fifteen shots at
1.000 yards begun but was not concluded.
rhMRACT FOR NORTH CAROLINA
SILVER SERVICE IS AWARDED
ii ts Tha Citiren )
RALEIGIt Bept. J The legisla
tive committee to select and present
a eHver service on the part of tnr
state of North Carolina to the battle
ship North Caroline, now being bum
at the Newport -ei
awarded the contract tonight to H.
. Mahlers' 8on company of Ralelga
That U the principal pieces to the
limit of the atate-appropriatlo avail
able, and were selected from the !e
.ubmltted by Mahler. Th-
1 1 -
HAS SPIRIT OF
JOHANN HOCK
-
BEEN ACTIVE?
New York! Police Thinks
They Have Found
Wholesale Murderer.
DEAD BURGLAR
LEFT HIS MARES
Hoffmann Suspected of
Having Murdered Ser
vant Girls and Others.
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, September 1. A ec
oad Johaan Hoch, the police believe,
has boen discovered in Henry Hoff
mann, the burglar who was klllod
while attempting to rob Charles Var
rell's fla early last Friday morning.
Tho m.'iira nn Kuturilav declared
that Hoffmann waa tho murderer of.
Sophy Heckler, a aervanx gin louna
dead August 3, and tonight they an
nounce the bolief that he also mur
dered Mrs. Lena Bchum, who was
killed In Brooklyn, August 20. .
Among the Jewelry In the room
Hoffman hud occupied for some time
before he was killed, were a pair of
earrings which were today positively
ldenUi.ed. . . ,
Samuel "Weinberg, a tailor whose
hop la on the ground floor of the
building In which ,Hoffmanp roomed,
after- tho killing of - Sophy Heckle
today Identified Hoffman' body aa
that -of a1 man who went to hla shop
on August 81, the day after Mrs.
Bchum waa killed, with a coat which
he wanted cleaned. Tho coat, Wein
berg said, was badly blood-stained.
Hoffmann's method, like that of
Hoch, the police say, was to make
tho acquaintance of women of his own
nationality, and by pretending a desire
to marry them secure the opportunity
of robbing and if necessary killing
them. '
Hoffmanr. entered the Vurrell flat
eurly last Friday morning and at
tempted to kill the entire Varrcll
family by turning on the gas. When
this was discovered and the family
retired again ho once more entered
tho fiat and turned on the gae. A
short time after the second attempt
was discovered Varroll saw Hoffman
In the flat and shot and killed him.
WIFE SHOOTS AND
BEATS TO DEATH
(By Associated Press.)
LYNCH Hl'K'l. Va.. Sept. 3 ro.
lowlng a domestic quarrel. Jos. Fee
pies, a farmer living ten miles from
this city, was shot and seriously
wounded by his wife, who then beat
him over the head. He. died shortly
afterwards. The woman tied a wire
around his body, hitched a mule to It
and dragged It Into the woods, where
It Is alleged she concealed it in the
bushes. "The body was discovered
Sunday and the women was arrested
in ia.ll at Bedford City.
The woman claims she acted In self
defense.
LIGHTXIW KUAM
FIVE AT RALEIGH.
ti at LMflll Kpnl 3. Lidfht-
Hrtl.'l""i
ning struck the power house of
the electric plant at Buckhorn
thle afternoon, killing five men
and injuring neiween mi-m-j
twentyfive others. Owing to
wires fcolng down u if" ""i""
Mo to Jlbtaln the names of those
killed (Tnrt injureii. iuw
of damage to the property has
not been learned.
i committee will meet here during the
Iweek of October 22d to1 select addl
ttinnal pieces to the limit of whatever
funds in addition to the $5,080 state
appropriated may be raised at that
.im Thev.are striking for an aa-
jdltional $10,000 service. Instead of
i$S. 000, the amount set aside by the
I state. The principal piece selected
tonight were punch bowl and cop
ilea wt, smoking set. Ice cream set
'1. flnr howl and water pitcher
Smaller piece are to be added when
- Lm ralaxt.
BIRMINGHAM IS
CITED AS ONE
SHINING LIGHT
Municipal Ownership In
English City Discussed
In Report.
HALSTEAD THINKS
IT IS THE THmq
Uncle Sam's Paper Cur
rency To Be Printed
on Steam Presses.
(Special te The Cltlten.)
WA8I11NUTON, Sept. 8. Ju
nowf, when the question of municipal
ownership Is being discussed In an
mnnv nana of the country, a report
on the municipal street car service, a!
Birmingham. Kngtana. rorwaraea jj
fv.iK.nl Albert Halstead. la of more
than ordinary Interest. According c
Mr. Halatcad. Blrmingnam operaiet
about fifty-seven miles of railways,
employing 1.100 men. On this sys
tem about ISO cars are In operation
ar,A 1 42K on nassenaers are carried
each week. The weekly receipts aver
age about 125,293.
nirminirhnm owns and operate lt
own gas works, waterworks, .electric
iihiinff niant. runs street cars and
. ...... n
engages In municipal housing In a
moderate degree and nas us own
BULimminir huth. In addition to sow
ers, parka, technical schools, etc., thai
are part of the recognixeu lunnwi"
of American cities," says Mr. Hal-
latend. "Although In Contrast to man
other municipalities, Birmingham has
.iuiivi owned the ncrmanent way ol
tho street car lines, It was not untr
Jonnsrv I. 104. that it uegan aciue.
operation of a street car line, ana
this waa but one mile In lengtn. i nr
first lines were constructed about 18s0
leased to companies, ' the
city keeping tho repair and mainten
ance under lta own control, -j.ne .cns
expanded approximately 14,800,000 In
preparing to Operate It street car r-
vlce, ; The capital ror mn- purptw.
KnmiwAit at the rata of m. per
cent a year, the loans becoming pay
able at the end of thirty years.
Th fnrns on the various street
car lines operated by the city wore
arranged with the Idea or giving n
movlmnm en rr Hire or two miles lor .
cents. Workmen are carried 4 ft mile'
for 2 centa on workmen s return tic
kets, hut mu.t start before 8 a. m.
and they can return at any time dur
ing tho day. Motormcn and con
ductors work ten hours a day and sla;
days a week. Tho minimum pay of
motormen is $7.29 and of conductors
$6,00 a week, and the muxlmum pay
of motormon, which begins with the
third year's service, is 18,08 and for
oon,lnetora 17.29. In addition the
city grants a pension to every worker
after a minimum of twenty years
continuous service, If he ! not lea
than 05 years old. Pensions are paid
as follows: After twenty years ser
vice, $1.70 a week; aftr thirty years
service. $2 00 a week; after forty
years, $2.43 per week.
"The etreet cars are all of the dou
ble deck type, which Is common In
v.nuXunti with a total capacity of 611
people, of whom '26 may sit outsld.
and 24 InKlde. The majority of these
cars are provided with a top deck
cover, while their sides have large
glass windows which may be opened
or closed as required."
Money by Machinery.
In the near fdture Uncle Ham's
T.m mc.nev mnv he nrlnted on steam
ihna shattering an ancient
tradition that work of such necessary
HnDnAM miH he dnt.e ontv by hand
In fact, so firmly inplantcd wasthl
(Continued on I"br KU.)
I ! M . -.1. H . ',rS ISVyTif I
WILL BECOME A
:-.;' n-.
Miss Marv Elale Moore, dauvhter
of the A minlciin' Protective Tariff League, whosa homo 1 In New York, 1
to marry tho J Uko Marine lVirionla .ot ltomo, ,
Miss MM)ro la extremely handao me and ha a atrlklng figure, bain
quite six feet tall. She la ii years of age, while tha duke Is J. Ha !
possessed of great wealth and an an loht and honorablo llneai. Th mar
riage will take flaco In the fall, ' ,!, i ; ' t ', :' '
TWO ARE KILLED .
AND SIX INJURED
Rear End Collision on a
Steep Grade-Brakes Re
fused to Work.
Bt:ilENECTAIy. N. Y., Sept. 3.
Two persons wore klllcstli and six se.
rlously Injured, three of ' Whom mar
die and a acore less serliuisly hurl in
i rear-end collision Ijelwocn two curs
tin the Albany line of tho Hrhoneetadv
Railway company last night. Tha in ¬
cident occurred on a steep grado lit
the outskirts of the city. Tho brakes
of the car ahi nd set suddenly and tin
car behind it crashed Into It, sending
It down the- hill. There were tw
oilier collisions before (ho cars could
be gotten under control. Both curs
wore packed with persona returning
from Albany.
5H0WER&
4
.-uiiin;:T(iV. Scut. 3. Kon-caat
for North Carolina: Bhowers Wnine;:
day and probably Thursday; vurluble
winds.
BRYAN MAKES THS FIRST PUNCTURE.
ROMAN DUCHESS.
, iWft All
of Charles Arthur Monro, president
SIX PERSONS DIE
IN C.P.RY WRECK
Fast Special Trying to Uakt
Up Lost Time Runs Into
Ditch With Bad Results.
By AsaaelaUd Praia.)
OUANOKV1LLK, Ont., Sept. I.
Klve passenger cars of a special ':
nitillitn l'ttcillc pasuenger traltt from
Markdalo to Toronto are In tho ditch
near Caledon. Hlx pernons are dead
and the seriously Injured number
more than a score. The deaa:
NOHMAN TtfCKKH, Flesherton.
JOHN THUKHTON. Walter rails.
"JAM BH BANKH, Perm,
JA.MKH HtTLLBR, 1'rlcovllle.
W. A. AHMHTRONO. Markdaie.
KOHKIIT f'AHIl. Hhelhlurne.
The train, which was heavily loan
ed, was running behind ' schedule.
Vrnm lira tiaevillti there Is a pro
nounced down grade and the locomo
tive suddenly Jumped tho rails.. rivo
of the seven cars followed. The a
glneer was shot through the window
of hi cab. but escaped almost unhurt
and nol a train hand was killed.
The lx person killed, wera riding
In the' smoking car. next to
motive.
the loco-
f'AIT. IIIMWM lKAl.
f'HAKLKHTON, 8. C, Sept. J
i,i iienrv Hrown. a veteran of the
i.Mcxleun and civil wars, and Inventor
'of the bell buoy as now used at
American ports. 'died here today, aged
vn vnarK lie served during the als
tieii under Kornigut and I'orter and
mled and promoted for
gallant conduct.
YOUNG WOMAN, VISITING
THE VARIOUS ASHEVILLES,
STOPS HERE IN SEARCH
SUPERINT'NTS
OF COUNTY TO
HOLD MEETING
State Association Opens
Three Day Convention
Montreat Today.
FINE PROGRAM r
FOR DELEGATES,
Superintendent Joyner and
Other Prominent Men
To Attend.
The mate Association of County
fiuperlntendents will meet thla morn-
Im mt Unnlniit for & inrM ll v'S CO O-
ventlon to which every superintendent
in tne state is expeoieo mi mumw
law of tha etata forces tha auperinteil
aBt nr ataeh flountv to attend these
eonvontlona and Pay iha expense of
the trip. . ,
utmtm Hn.wtrlntnndi.nt ...Joyner la
much Interested In these conventions
and will every th:ng In his power
to make them a success irom
point . of vlew. i ) -:" - ,--,s
TM exerclsea at Montreat Will con
sist of live sessions and. will consume
tha greater part of three day.? Some
Interesting addressee are scheduled to
be delivered among which la that of
A. C lleynolds.l couoty guperlntan
dent of , Buncombe, t ;
The program la as followei
Vnlnosilay, rW"irtemle 4.
' - MM Mht..'
in oo a. m How Ui I'lan, Billiu
vln . fcehnnl-housa With CltH.
Two or Three RoomsJ. C Klttroll,
Vance County! C. VV. Miiaoy. Dur
ham County. ';,
11:00 a. m-Publlc High "chools
and the Distribution of the Appro
priation for Them J. Y. Joyner, N.
W. Walker. , ' ,
H:00 m The Heat Method of Col-
.. u.iu.ii tha MiHKilal Tax
Fund-T. R. roust, Guilford County;
C. C. Wright, Wilkes coumy,
NKOIHl HrwMOn, '
m.mn . Tha TtaSt Means of fl.
a.mv H'
curing the Interest and Co-operation
of 1'arenta In the Work of Tubllc
Bchooi W. . Long, Alamance Coun
ty; F. P. Hall, Oaaton County,
1:110 P. m How to uei ana uw
Teacher's Library A. C. Reynolds,
Buncombe County; w. t. ivagsuaiu,
Pitt County.
4.10 p. m. General wacuasion,
Tliursdny, MUiiir
Tlilnl Hmwbm.
ii.ii . m r'nnniv Teacher' Asso
ciation Time of Holding. Meetings,
Hours, Attendance, programe n. r.
White, Franklin County; J. M. Way,
Randolph County. N
, . .nn . n. ..Ftvx-vear Rtate f er-
tlflratea and High Brhool Certificates
A. 1. Berwick.
..ah m fnmnnlaorv Attennanev
and How to (Jet It Z. V. Judd, Wake
County; K. A. Bcnteil, naywouu
County,
I Fourtn wswon. i
to Hell) the Hchool
Committeemen Morure the Best Teach
er for Their Urhonl-K. J. Cochran.
Mecklenburg County; V. "e.
Northampttm county.
1:10 p. m. llow to use nu -to
Preserve Rural Libraries B. T.
Atkinson. Wayne County; B. i- Barnes
Wilson County. '
4:30 p. m. Oenorai uiscoiwu.
"THIRTY-FIVE"WRECKED AT CONCORD"
LAST NI6HT; NO
CH A KLOTTE. N. C. 8teinher I.
Bouthorn aouthbound passenger trala
N' thlrty-tlve wiu sldeswlped tonight
at Concord by the first ertloB of
northbound passenger train No. thirty-eight.
The wreck caught flr and
three cars were consumed. The offi
cial, report give th following per
sonal Injuria:
TWO HUNDRED ACRES ARE HEEDED,
FOR mCKSON
pe)sl te The Citixeo.1
n iri,iii Knt. 1. Incorporators
ji.inr. nn the part of the state
for the Btonewall Jarkson Manual
Training and Industrial acnooi. m-
nearesl approach the last leguoatu"
old make to tat reiornni",
.hi. .riemnnn and elected Dr.
her
It.
i . u- ehalrman' and J. f-
j Cooke of Concord secretary. It ws
I decided to hold an eojouniea m
- Ing In Greensboro September lt. at
nhk-h th ctlve commute and
0
She is Looking For Parents
Missing for Eighteen J
x Long Years.
BELIEVES THEY ARE
IN "SOME ABBEVILLE'1,
-":' v
Daughter Was Left in Ger
many When Only Four j
years Old. iii
With eyea that told of Teutonle an
cestry and long flaxen hair which left
no doubt on that ecore, a prepossess-
Ing young woman, who gave her name
as Bertha Neidhammer, alighted from ;
passenger train No. 11 reeterday af
ternoon and unfolded to a citlsea"
rejierter a tale of filial devotion which .
reads Ilk a. romance.! Th young
woman, who did not appear to ba'
more than It year of age, had an
air ot prosperity about her, and her
language, which waa wall ehoaan, ha ,
little trace of th German. : accent
"Ho thla I another Ashevlllo," eh
said, after om preliminary que.
0ona.'W"Well. thla make th alxtli
Olty of that name which I havti visited
In aearch of my parente. who ift m
In Germany .. with an aflnt It year 9
kao. iSy tieopl. wer poor men, n
olroumetaneee compelled them to ernt-,
grat to America. I and my little)'
sister, who dlod aeverat year ago. "
war loft in chorg of my mother..
Bister, and as we grew oldor we were
taught to expect that some day fath- r
or and mother would be rich and
would send for us. When' I waa 1 ;
years old' I, determined to coma out
lo Amerloaani) seek my parent" A
la the eas with most Immigrant, New
I'orlt waa my destination, and 1 waa
,.n.tr tha Irtitiresslon that they hai
very llkelv settled In that city. I had
not been In New Tfork two montna
I tiait an offer of a good posi
tion a governeea and I accepted IL
My Inquiries for Mr. ana Mr. aoip
.n...tiw,n.r nt Leinale. Germany.
ni.uiiui'v. - .
elicited no Information : that would
serve me, and for four year I hit.
steadily at wora in .
two month ago I waa fortunate.
enough to meet a German woman.
who aald ahe was from my noma cuy
i i..rtnnv Khe had been In Amer
ica for more than 80 year, but aha
said that sh remombersd my father
and mother well. Mor tnan inei,
t.ai mat them la New York olty
about five year ago and h ald they
had gone to a plac called Anevm.
Hhs didn't know what state, ao you
see 1 em on aort of wild goose
chase. I hav been to citie vni. ,
AshevlMe In New. York, nonoa, Aia
batsajiilo and Pennsylvania, and
thiJikcstheelxth oltyoftnai nanus
I may be micceseful here, dui i nv
l,en disappointed o wucn m
have but little hope, tner
another Aahvllle In Maine, nui
hardly think 1 ahall go out tnere.
Turning to the reporter, th youn
woman aaked. "Do you know of any
Nlcdhammer herr Upon receiving
a reply In the negative, eh Beamed
rather downcast, but ah ; gathered
new courage when ahe waa told that,
the reporter did not know very fam-.
Ily In the city, and there waa a pos
sibility of her parents Doing n.
waadvlaed to go 10 tne cniw -ii...
n milii lnaullie at the)
piMntofflc. Murmuring her thank.
the young ocrman ion in "" ,
looking tired, tout Mill hopeful. ,
DEATHS REPORTED
If. A. Miller, of Philadelphia, hurt
internally and face bruised; Charle)
Ayrea, "of Charlotte. . leg bruised;
Charley Mill, colored, of, Bencer, bad
ly bruised; Jim Torreuce,, colored, of
Charlotte, N. C llghtly bruised; H.
L. Berry, of Kallabury, N. C.. right leg
cut and slightly bruised. .
No cause for the accident Is glvea
TRAINING SCHOOL
- t
other officer of the board will hd
named. At that time the board al
hopes to receive a proposition front
a number of North Carolina towna aa
lo ltes. rather by donation or rrons
oilier sources for the Institution, Tha
board doclded that 100 acres or la nor
will be nece"jry, he act authorising
from one to Ave hundred acrei. Toe
state appropriate- n f -r the r-' -
tory to I5.f i f
next year
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