I
THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN.
THE WEATHER:
SHOWERS
Associated Press
Leased Wire Reports.
.VOL. XXV. NO. 298.
1
Supervisors or
i JTHEGEHSUS TO BE
EQUALLY DIVIDED
I
ASIIEVILLK. N. C, SATURDAY AlOUXIXO, AUGUST 11, VM).
X33
riUCB FIVE CENTS.
Jotti Parties to Have a LooK
in For Some Nice
Soft Jobs
'OSITIONS WILD PAY
A SALARY OF $2,000
president Declares That Sup
ervlsors Shall Not be
Active Partisans
(By Associated Press..)
BEv tRLY, Mass.. August 13. At
an extended conten nee tonight with
Secretary Nagel of th- department of
'Commerce ana lannr. Postmaster Geti-
jertl Hitchcock and L Dana Durand.
Hlrector of the census. President
rTaft approved t he appointment of
the census, President Tart approved
the appointment of S;;o supervisors
f the thirteenth census. The 11 had
een prepared at Washington fur the
sirealdent and the qualilii aiions of tv-
ry man Inquired into.
There ihaa been marked discontent
inong some Southern republicans
liver the decision of the president to
divide he census patronage In the
Solid South. "
Each census supervisor will have a
ramendous force of innumcratnrs un
ler him. The supervisors will re
elve a salary of J2.000 and their
rork will extend nier eight or ten
ilOJiths. The slat' s where the .super
visors are divided equally between the
'democrats and republicans are Vlr
gllUs, South Carolina, Georgia, Klor-
.11, Alabama. Mississippi, Arkansas.
elUllaim ami Texas. In most of the
)te supervisors are appointed in
fa congressional district. Presi
Ifc Taft. It Is said, laid down the
It, especially in states where a
viswlon has been made -between
imoNirats and republicans, that
mervnWirs sh4 V not be. active Par
ian s anj'1 that V 4 attempt should he
fede tO iaUd V Ypolitlcal machines
it ot the censul ytronsge.
Jthe time of thf president's visK to
f.ton Kouge, l .a., nas neen nx-n. lie
II arrive there at 8 p. m . October
k and make an address from the
fecks of the. steamboat on which he
4111 voyage down the Mississippi.
e.stop at Haton Kouge will neccssi-
HENDERSONVILLE
POLICEMAN SHOT B Y
UNKNOWN PERSON
Bullet Fired From Ambush Takes
Effect in Zeb A Idridge 's Breast
Bloodhounds Sent For.
A telephone message to The Cltlz
late last night told of the shooting
of Zeb Aldridge of the ipollce force
of Hcndi"itnv.ille whil leaving his
home aliout 10 30 laat night. Ac-
cording to the remrt over the tel. -
phmne Aldridge had been home all
evening. I ho house 1 Ia-k Imm the
I reel a sbort distance and the yard
s .lark, and there is no light within
short distance of tlie hnu.se,
On tho Hide of tho yard there arc
clumps of IiIk and trues will, h
make possible the concealment of a
person wlt'hnut any uetection nt the
same time affording a view .t the
entrance to the h ousts
AMridge aliout 10 30 started to
biave the lioiiHe 'by the front door tor!
a few minutes before retiring When!
the dor opened tho light from th"
hall placed In clear view tihe man In
the doorway. Aldridge hal mopped
on the porch and proceeded a few
steps .barely reaching the edge of 'h
porch when the shiot was fire.1 ftom
thte diarknesjs on one side of the yard
lie fell 'back on the porch with the
bullet wound in his 'breast. The fam
ily rufmed "ou( of tho house and car
ried him Inside and the physician
serious, fei not regarded s likely to
prove fatal.
Ah soon as It became knrwn in the
center of the town people gathered
together and Hs-gan to look for tracks
and marks of the l rson who fired
I he shot. They wee. una Id- to find
any tra-e of him, however. Sever 1 1
"f I hem returned to town and tele
phoned the sheriff's oftke here for
the bloodhounds.
After examining the wound last
night the physician rnorted thai he
diil not think the case fatal, anil that
the chances for nvnvity were good
Kvery aid sissi'lde is being given botli
for tlie pei-oie.ry of AMridge end th.
apprehension of the would be murdcr-
't. Several parties have Htartcd out
looking for him. and ewi y possible
means of escape Is being watched.
Aldridge, Is well known In llendei
sonville as he haw -teie.n on tlwc polh-
torce there for .many years He Is
about forty years of age It Ik sup
posed that the gniilty person Ir a
criminal who has tx-en caught at some
time through the efforts of AMridge
ami is taking that method of ven
geance. At two o'clock this (morning
It was rc'Ported that Aldridge was
ii
The Call of The Wild.
fi ST6.ff
was summoned. His wound, while jstlll alive.
NEGRO HANGED FOR
CRIMINAL ASSAULT
(By AiHMMiated Prrws.)
O EOKO ETOWN, S. , Anoint !3
John .Jenkins alias "Slippery Joint,"
rol"r, was IiHRRcd her' tnny fr
assault nitli rriniinal intent mi a
youriR whitct woman of thin imnt.
Several days a?o Jenkins contiss''
his crinio, Kayin h' wa,s mnv'i to
do so hy a dream in whirh tin Lord
told him to confess.
Tli is is tlie firM exeetitlon iiniltr
the new aet making attempttMt erim
lnal assault a capital crime.
STRUCK BY AUTO
SOLDIER IS DEAD
(Continued on pagv four.)
(By AHModsred Irrss. )
CAMP PER ft Y, Ohio. August 13.
Privates ('. H. Powell, of company F..
tenth l'nltcd Plates Infantry, sus
tained iniuiies which repulted In his
death tonight when he was struck by
an automobile while mar the camp
of the marksmen who are here at
tending tlie national shoot
MAKERS OF "PHONY"
CAUGHT IN THE ACT
( By A K'Ih I ed IVpsh. )
N K W YitH K . A UKUHt 1 3 An a 1 -loped
counterlpater'n den on the FOawt
Siih whk raided today hy Kederal
kmc ret scr ii-c men win arret -d t wo
men. KinishiiiK touches were being
put on a lot of newly oaHted ten and
fifty cent pit cea when th Kivernment
officers a p pea red, seized t Iih ImKitn
coins and the planter moulds and oth
er money n.anufa.rtiirin-K parafdierna
lia In the place. The men arreated
wi iv held on $5,000 hail each for ex
amination on Atietist !M.
FIFTH DEATH IS
DUE TO PELLAGRA
o
ENGINEER GOES ON
HIS LAST RU
WITH
RECORD SPOTLESS
Huroic Employe of Southern
Has His Time Marked
up For Eternity
HAD NO TAINT ON
HIS LONG CAREER
ADAMS9 COUNSEL THINKS HONOR
OF WOMAN LESS THAN AN OFFICER 'S
Declares That Mrs. Sutton's Efforts In Behalf of Dead Son's Name Are Merely "A
Woman's Ravings." Attorney Davis Scouts The Idea That Lieutenant
Sutton Shot Himself.
DURHAM, N. C. August 13. An
epidemic of pellagra resulted In the
fifth death here this evening, that of
Mrs. D. C Mitchell, a native fieor-
glan and the wife of an extensive
lumber dealer.
Pliyslelaws are not able to n-sslgn
anv cause for the disease. There
nae neen eigni deaths Horn pellagra
in II. is town and adicetit territory.
WOULDN'T SEEK YOKE
OF MATRIMONY BEFORE
TWENTY-FIVE SAYS Ml
VTorld of Gossip Set Agog
By Miss Stanton's
Latest Declaration.'
V '
fOCt YOUNG IN 'TEENS.
it
(Special-to The Citizen.)
LONDON, August 13. The action
ff Miss May Sutton, the foi nier chain
pln women tennis player, in hreak-
ng her engagement, on the ground
:tha t no woman shnubl marry, before
"tie Is twenty-five, has provided tin
Ppers here with an excellent -subject
'or midsummer discussion, and many
Interviews on the topic have been
Printed.
The most interesting of thc:-e is
liven by tho countess of Cardigan.
ho was married In IKSS to lieuten
Mt-general. the earl of Cardigan.
Wo of Balaklava,, and tin- carl, hav
died in 1868 Ahecame. in 1873. the
"f of Count de Lancastre Saldanha.
Count Lancastre died in 1R9.
'!' Cardigan and Ijnntatre Is twice
-Mow and entitle to an opinion.
She Is also incidentally the patroness
ten livings, and haa estates
SECOND "MR. RIFFLES"
MAKES APPEARANCE IN
GOLHAM S CAY CENTRE
ALABAMA'S LAST CUP
IS DRAINED TO DRECS
BY THE FULLER BILL
Smartly Dressed YountfjNo Imitation Liquors 01'
Man Finds Burglary ; Any Description Wliat-
Prnfitable. ever To He Tolerated.
WHAT POLK'K TIITNK.
AS TO PIIYSiriANS.
ctershlre, Northampton and York
lrp, while her amusements, faith
fulh recorded in 'Who's Who."
h"r her exact age Is glossed over,
f riding, fencing, music and paintr
"Mv opinion," said Tady Cardigan.
' that no elrl knows her own mind
In her teens. At lea.t girls did not
hen I Was voung. It is all very ro-
mntlr and charming at eighteen, but
no girl really knows the heart of
"iri until she rs In her twenties. A
man at twenty-eight is forty-eight in
lperlence. and how can a school-
Hom beauty permanently depose the
Morable he who has rilled the happy
Wuthful years of this man's life?
"Cynics scoff at these turned down
Pges, but. believe me, they are the
lost aacred of any. "The perfect mar
riage comes when after year of dls-
Polntment the man meets the one
oman who ffentlv'' knits tin his lost
Wea onA Hl.1. him fnreet. TJnt thatLsee i-ha.t he caVrlcd In hia valise.
w. ..i. What they saw convinced them be
NEW YORK. Aug 1 I. -1 lost mv
position as a clerk and could find
nothing to do. II w.ii starv.til'.i) on
one side or r..bb. r ..n tie .illo r. 1
took the latter rourw. Kul il does
not Jiay. 1 have never mad.- more
than my meals and room rent since I
begun rdbing. and today, which was
the only good day 1 had .it the gam. ,
I was caught ''
This statement was made , Magis
trate Hrcen ;.tenl,iy in the Harlem
police court by Itichani Cirlin. a
young man arrested for da light roh
b. ri.'S. Th- young fellow was o dap
per and well dressed that al Inst the
detective.! who were following him
wen- disim lin-d to believe anything
wrong about him.
The police belies e that 111 Carlin
they have tin i-al "gentleman burg
lar." who has b. ili gi ttmg away with
no end of loot on the upper West
Hide and lower Harlem. M- was
caught yesterday through the work of
Di t dives Ski ban and llyan.
Iouis Schnlt7.li r. of No. ?, St.
Nicholas avenue, Identified th- pris
oner as tlie partner "i u . 1
mond. a burglar, who is lew serving
two years in prison for robbing
Schnilzler s flat wv. ral months ago.
Carlin denied being i.amond a part
ner.
He said he was formerly a clerk In
a wholesale grocery house, and that
he lost his position
Kobberi-s of flats closed while the
occupants were on their vacations
have become frequent of late. The
detectives followed Carlin for some
time as he entered various apartment
house At last they demanded to
was tblet,
(Hy Associated Press.)
MONTi ;o.M Kit V. Ala. August 13.
Hi a vol, of C lo :fl Ihe boll;-H' to.
day pass-il I h- I 1 1 1 J r bill pi onouiK-eil
Ho- mi:-1 radi..il tFioh jhit ion mi-asnri
iw'i' iIi.iaii. When Mr. -I'lilhr call-d
nr. tin bill lie ,r..du. ed a n n imra r ol
amendriiciits aO.ling about twenty
th.us;irid ioi.1m o tii- a.lr"ady vol
n in n i ii ou. do. iiiii' iit He explained
thai he had added to the prohibiten
ad -I (tomem ull ;.ietures of iHtttl-t.
purporting to contain ll'iuor or ot
hrewsTi-a or distilleries
Another amendment waa to allow
10 I'li-H-d physicist ns of towns wlier
tlo re '.ver- rui regular llcen.ssd phar
macists to disn.-iiKe alcohol Tirr m-d-
11 in.il purposes.
An important addition was lo mala
it -prima fa-ie evidence of guilt It
li'iii-.rs alleg-d to have ii-en solrl are
of like color, ofl'u or La:-te of prohib
ited I ii iiors
All of th- amTi'lmi-nti preserit-d
by Mr. Fuller were adopted.
Ixit-r in tlie oS'iy t.be bouse fia.s-d
the Hnll.ird hill after a heated de
lis t n.
Thks bill Is n covrpendiom of th'
lutl-s of sli-rilTs In th- enforcem-nt
ol prohibition la ak Tt ;rlv-s nhrr
ifTs an exlra exiM-ns allow'an-e f.,r
ferreting crime. It mak-s tlw- insr
lions of all Ruspfter drink stands
compulsory Th- bill provides for
the impeachment of sheriffs and soli -itorji
who negb--t any one of the nu
merous added dutios imposed.
A-ld-d to th-ie tr'thibettin mf;i.i
ores Kne a favorable r-fiort in th
iious.- t'Kl-ay by the temperance com
mittee on the Maynld bill. -which
compels every person coming into
fioss-ssion of any prohibited lirjuori
in Ala-bama to keep a memrrandurn
of who sold, presented as a Rift or
disposed f same to hhn and upon
wTitt-n reHiet of any officer of the
law the peraon hall produce uoh
memorandum.
(By AsMM'laled Fress )
ANNAPOLIS. Mil., August 1.1.--
At Ihe beginning of the last day of
pen sessions of the Court of Inuuiry
investigating the death, October 1.1.
1907, of l.l. ntcnant Jarae N. Sutton,
ir., i;. s. M. c, the altractKm was the
umming up by Henry M, Davis coun-
el for Mrs. Sutton and A. B. Hlrney,
nuns. I for Ur-utenant Ailims. Mr.
Davis' argument led the Judge Advo
cate to apeak briefly. "
The court will alt tothorrt la pri
vate for the purpote of ilijruwilng the
ilndlngs, which will be furwarded to
ihe navy department at.tVaahlngton,
vhence the announcement of the re
mit of the J,no.ulry will be nade
Mr. Davis In summing up went
back to the coming of Ueutenant Mut
ton to Annapolis and alluded, to him
is a "mother's offering to tier coun
try's service," and argued that evi rv
Ihlng tended to nogath- tin- Id. u iti.it
Lieutenant Sutton ronlrtiiplatcd sul
Ide. Mr. Davis said the tragedy did
and other matters should never have
been brought Into tho case, lie
pointed to the, marked difference In
the testimony of Lieutenants Adams,
I'lley, (ifltertuau and ol tiers.
, A. K. Hlrney, counsel for Lieuten
ant Adams, compared the honor of
an officer to the honor of a woman
ulid declared the young lieutenants
Involved would be relieved of all ro
Kponslhillly for button's death. lie
aid the ohftrcea wera base.4 nttraly
on the "frantic raving of a woman."
Ho denied tlie possibility of Lieu
tenant Sutton ha.vlug been beaten to
deat'h and then shot to conceal tho
crime, which, he said, Mr Davis hud
charged by tmpiilHtlon at h-ilsl.
He attacked Mrs. Sutton and de
clared she had pursued bin client and
his n.tsociutos with malevolent hatred,
not with evidence of maternal sor
row us Inspiring her.
nihil Him Cimnril.
Hrandlng Hut ton as a rank coward
Mr. lilrney strongly praised Lleub il-
not follow a drunken brawl, that Kill - lant Adams for his bravery, when as
on's alleged former escapades shed he had testllled Lieutenant .Sutton llr
no light on the case, anil that those led upon him. He fully Justified the
treatment to which, iiccordlng to hia
client and his brother officer, Lieu
tenant Sutton wita subjected mid aald
all variations In their teHttnmny aa
to what had occurred were fully Jim
mied by the conditions and that If
they hud ii g recti fully on all point,
they would have been open to suspi
cion of having conspired to prepare
a falno account of the uffuir. He
aid, the only fair Imputation of any
criminality at any time during the
night of October lt-11, ?, muat
rw( nwn Lieutenant Hutlon lUmaulf.
"'Major Leonard, tho Judge advo
rate, said h came hern with every
good wish for and willingness In help
Mrs. Kutton and Mrs. 1'urker to bring
every evidence poaHlblit before the
court. They hud not, us th-y should
have done, given him all the evidence
In their posse riHlnn, but this he blam
ed on their counsel. Mrs Hutton said
tonight that If the findings of the
Court of Inquiry, declare a did llu
of the former board of Inquest, that
In r son committed suicide, Mlie will
carry the case still further, though In
Just what WHy she Is not now prepar
ed to say.
He Loaves Valuable Estate
Estimated to bo Worth
at Least J: 00.000
NO WHISKEY LICENSES
UNTIL FIGHT IS SETTLED
So Announces Jwlfre Kellv,
Who Is Sitting On tlie
Bristol Liijnor Filit.
"t
(Hy Associated Press.)
BrtlsrrOL, Vs.. August 13
Kelly of the corporalc
iiinoiincril frjorn the
vould not Issue w ho I'-
my one until the In. .1
!es Is- disposed of. II
vK-r. that he would .I.
niitter the first
M-r term, and In th-
oeive a favorable .
;i.llit 1 1, ense.s imiii'd
He fiverrulivl th,-
Irys for a re-heaiuig
Ion of the finality of in treasiurer's
rtitl-. list of e;i O l - Me hi,
iver-rule,l h.- obj I .n f Ihe int.
continue th- (akin. delton..
ipon the ground that th-y deemed
(tie treaurer'a list I . final upon
41 poliiLs
Judge
ourt tod.iv
Il that he
llceri--w o
'ption i on
stild, hi.v
'S' of lie
S-MI III
' !,l t h,. u. :
i'"ii )i- ,m1
'u of th-i.-ii
t he fli s
STHIKKIW IHstMKI.
KOKT WILLIAM
The on.lv developne i.1
'anadian I'acilie do. k
Igvirous sti-ps taken o
under Col st-lil (ti h
rs. Those ho reit-
lall There may Ik- i
tvwc-vr. when I'd
start to work tomorrow
August 1.1
' -day in th.
i e were the
i nuilitia
nlng Mlrik
. -re put in
r- trouffde,
bri-ike.-s
ENRACED WIFE TAKES
I Iiilly Arts (Quickly ;ml
JIurrics Hvr to Hospital
In Kffort lo Save Her.
ATI j N'T A. Aii'iHt i:: l
h r 1 1 ii.slui nl i iv r muii- t r iv in I f a rn II
rl i ;-1 1 1 f Mrs. A I : I lr l tnj;iy hap!
Iowp ra (iH.iiitMv -f :ir ni lit
pr iiu- "f h'T liu.il-.iti-l liiH-etl nl
hurri'-i ( ;i ri;rl.' Hmji; hhh-
I n ii r I mi n 1 1 h i' h. I.'
f'.r.. hi." .'.if'- I') .-..il'-.,. ;if(-r vv, .
-hi in in-()' 'I an .i in I"! ii' nrnl
t h- ,. -fln;i n rifln l t -1 II' i i .ia liu
l-ital Ir m hIm- n.vr
;i!.-K h :r h- li i'l rn Mit
lit '-:f.. imiii (h- iM.i,n vtlh mu f !
I.i I Inli n(. huf l"' hri' -l l flu itKH Mt
farrnh Ir-.uicM. ).- r:ti- u lfV bv-
arn' ffiniK'-'l lnrlnf an ntnntini
Ii 'M I .i f tr lireHkfa '-t nl it f uim rir "I
hT i r 1 1 rit ion nf cii'lin it nil hy tak
ing tptlvm.
DROPPED DEAD
IN ATHLETIC STUNT
WOMEN SHOOTS AS SHE
Takes Shot At tlie Air Hut
Lodges Bullet 111 Negro
Servant'H Leg.
f 91 V A-erfs-hlteil
;i:i:i-;-.'.-H'U
Whil. li ing
Ioiim al i I' ! o
V"gt HII ein '!"--
ra Colli I', "ti.'
b ad He I. i 'I
lo lift a Iif i -
head fifty ton' ;
8H0WER&
WA.SH1NQTON. August 1 J. Fore-
east: North Carolina: Local showers
Saturday and Sunday; light aouth
tnda.
're )
l I. N c Augu. I It
I., i.fil t.lS e.,nin-
nlri-nglh today. Tony
i of Ho Pomona Ter-
ni .ir h-r-. ilrojiped
i-el;ir. d bin Intention
and weight alKive his
but on th- fourteenth
stl-nipl his i' ngth f.iile.l him and
h- f' II to lbJt""'ind. dvlng before
li physician v ho had b-eii called,
could reach him
GENERAL ROW FOR
A BOUNDARY LINE
(Hy A "O" In led lres. )
Wl VKTfjN-SALKM. N c. August
13. A"" a reult of a dispute today
between Lop Henm il and Jack Tlllot
son, farmer, near King. Stok-s coun
ty, regarding the location of the
boundary line between the farms of
Hennett and Tlllotsor.. there was a
shotgun battle In which several
friends of the two farm-rs partici
pated and aa a result Jl-nnctt and
i iii'iioiiii miu lijittc uuici n ncie
I wounded, two ferlously.
fHy AssiM'Inteit Press. )
WINKT'lM HAI,l;.VI. AugiiKt I J
The proverbial iriaccuia'y of the fnm
In In- aim waa re'4poiishble today foi
tin wounding of lh- bbw:k maid of
Mi- r'aith Charli a. wife of a local
Itl.'H
Mrs. ''Iiarl-s sa s she aiiot only to
fiiKhnn bei serv.iul and wan aa niu-b
Miirpriicd, if not as much hurl, a
lh- uiald. when the .bullet, aimod In
Ho ;iir. found lodgi uu-nt In lb- In t -ti
r b g.
A',-,,rdlng to Mis Charles- the
nwid, under the Intluence of a drug,
I-, time lliso'jirit an-d threatuiilnK.
d' ciaring nhe would iult. although In
ln-r inistriW debt To subdio- lor
and Kilng her fo a ral taction of her
ohligtillons, Mrs Charlos flnvl. Th
maid will re. over.
HKWrrcil'K STATKM ;T.
NBW OULKA.N.S. August 3 - H-r-re-1ary
llntter'n ulali-mnl of the vorl.'s
vinWd- supidy of ii.tton l-Miiod today
shown t h- total vl-.ll.l- to b- 2,l.-,H.7!t
against. 2.2 8 fi. 1 r. last w -. k nod 1 -
S i . 7 G lasi year Of this the total
American cotton is I.S07.7J7 against
1.7L':(,459 InM week and l.njtt.Kfl!) last
year and t.f all oth-r kinds, including
Kgvpl. Hrazll. India. et-.. H 52,000
against f,r,fi.00() laat wi- k and 80S,-
04G last y-ar
Of the world's visible supply of cot
ton tb-re Is now afloat and held In
CJreat llritaln arvl coiifim-in,il Kurope
l ,r,77.00fl against 1 .If. T.fl'iO u,M year.
In Kgypt f 0H0 against 70,000 last
year: In India 233,000 agalrwtt 43fi,
000 lait year and in Ihe l'nltcd Btates
280.000 against 294.000 last year.
(Hy Aaaoulateil Ire.)
ATlNTA. Oa., August 11 Paa-
u nger who Wera on ths Houthern
train wrecked near Rrlstol, Va laat
evening, arrived here tonlsrht, bring
ing tletalla of the bravery of Engineer
Samuel Hush, of Knoxvllla, Tenn.,
who died toikiy a a reault of hl In
juria. LUinh waa slowly and Dalnful-
ly working hia 'way out of th wrack
of hi nnitlne, scalded and frightfully
bruised, when) the few paaaengeri
who retained (hulr aenaea, dug Into
the mass of twisted and burning Iron
to meet him. Il waa lifted out upon
the ground and a hurried call for
physician resulted In till dlacorerr
that there was not a doctor on th
train. As tho passenger mu '
hunt for whiskey to stlmulat Mm .
and were breaking open suit Cases in
their search, liush asked for a laat
look at hi old engine, as hopeless a
wreck as was It engineer. When
they came tu hjm with Ihs liquor, h
begged them to look after th com
fort of the passengers. Told that no'
passengers had been Injured, h aald:
"That's good. Hut be for I take
this whiskey, I want you men to smell
my breath and testify, If need be, that
had not been drinking when this
happened."
Although suffering horrible agonies.
the brave engineer would not touch
the stimulant until four of th men
had sine lied hi breath and promised.
to near witness to bM ohrlttjrk--l
"All an engineer has I hia !,' "
he said feebly, "and he oannot afford
to have anything against that," and
L'ngliieer Hush went out oif hia last
run, with his record spciUM.
h.vi :i $100,000.
WitlHTOL. Tenn.. August U. Kr-.
glncer Hush was a natW of Bedford
county, Virginia, being m member of
an old and widely known family In
that section of the state. II had
been In thn service of the Houthern
railway for nioro than thirty years,
lln loaves an estate valued tat 1100,-ooo.
IS SUED FOR MILLION
BT WEILHBAHEH CO.
Charges That Practices of
Trust Have Injured It
To That Extent.
FILL!) AT HA LEIGH.
Hit. TIIOM.tK 1KU.
DBIITNIAK SPRINGS, ria , August
13. -In- Hiram W Trwimas of Chi
cago, one of the msmt fromlnent mln
IMora ajid tbtlf"rrn. lecturers In the
country dtod here last right Th fu
neral will be held, In Chicago Mon-
(SM-olnl to Tim tltlren
ItALKIfill. August 13 Hull wii
tiled hi re today with the clerk Of tho
I'nlt-d Hlan-s eliciiit cmirt by tin
W'-lls Cramer Tobacco company
agaliud the American Tobacco com
pan wh-reln damages to the amount
of mi.- million dollars are claimed.
Th- plaintiff company, formerly of
Wilson. N C, but now of Norfolk.
Vii, claims that it has been injured
to th- amount mentioned "ttfhe al
leged trust practice of the Ameri
can Tobacco company whereby It
crush-s out competition. The ult
was fll-d by Messrs, Woodward and
Danl-ls. the former of Wilson and
the latter of Uoklrtboro.
FELL FROM WINDOW
AND DIES OF SHOCK
(Hy AstsM-lated Press.)
ACOCHTA, (la., August 1J Ar
thur Ft I on k Icy, one of the leading dry
goods merchants of Augusta fell from
a window of his flat, third story, over
his store, to the sidewalk this morn
ing, about one o'clock, suffering
broVen leg and other Injuries. Ha
died tonight at a local hospital.
Death resulted from shock.
STII,Ii COMING IN.
ItoANOKP;, Vn.. August 13 Re
turn from U.st week's democrat state
primary that Altered In today from
outlying- district added to tfh Trjajor
ItyA'f Oeorge W. Koimrr, incumbent,
for the nomination of otato cornnls
sloner of agriculture, and Immigra
tion owr J. T. Brown. In tin last
three days Kolner has pansed Brown
and tonight leads by mora than on
tlvouoand vote. Wythe and EVanklln
counties, . at first reported for Brown
now give subeusntal majorities' fur
Koiner. j
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