THE A PA0ES r TODAY THE WEATHER: FAIR. ASHEVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 23, 1?00. PRICK FIVE CENTS. VOL. XXVI. .NO. 34. CONFERENCE ENDS WITH THE LIST OF THE APPOINTMENTS Wong About This Time E III! VJOUUD OFFICER IN 4Q0JACKTARSAR DRU lEbROES DRDEREOTO SAiLTQ SL1ALL-SIZEDRI0T I'f Nine Members of His Posse Are Also Injured by The . flying Shot - OLD KINO ALCOHOL WAS RESPONSIBLE Deputy Sheriff Retired From Fight With Eighty-Three Leaden Pills UNION, S. C Nov. 22. Following two day of tense excitement, with a race riot of serious proportion threatened, a a result of the whole sale wounding of a deputy sheriff's posse by drunken negroes In the east ern portion of the city late Saturday night, quiet prevails here tonight and the officials believe they have the situation well In hand. The negroes who' did the shooting made their escape and this probably accounts for tne fact that further dis orders were not recorded yesterday and today,' Late this afternoon one of the negro charged with the shoot. Ing was arrested and lodged In Jail. Three others for whom warrant were Issued have not been apprehended. Following repeated efforts on part of Deputy Sheriff A. 8. McCall to put a stop to the noisy revelry at a negTO frolic" Saturday titght, he with a small party of citizens, started for the house occupied by the negroes, when the latter opened fire with shot guns, wounding nine members of the officers force, including the dep uty sheriff, Who received wounds hi each let-. One negro was found In the house seriously, wounded. , It to Bald that he got within rang of his companions shots when the attack was made upon the officers. Sheriff O. M. long was summoned knd Immediately went to the scene iritif.vrriw!rfit"-',tb wM, . . v.n.1 GaA however. rinee, vine and the sheriff and his men directed heu- attention to a systematic search of the negro section for the guilty ones, but without result. A lurge inifr of whiskey was found in the house occupied by the negroes. I-ater the wounded negro was found by the officers near the house, where he had crawled after his compainlona fled. TO C6ME1N THE FUTURE SAYS JUSTICE BREWER! Her Increasing Familiarity With Business Will Do- mand 'Ballot for Her NO BRITISH METHODS: NEW YORK, Nov. 22. "Female suffrage will come. t fully or at once, but by varying steps." j Court Justice David itr-wer thus expressed CotfTldence In the ultimate success or woman suff rage in an article which will appear in the December Issue of The LudieV World. "Woman's broader education," s;iyt Justice Brewer, "the increasing famil iarity with business aJ public affairs, will lead to it. And why not? Th. chief reply is the home- God forbid that It should be Jeopardized. For upon It In nil Tts fullness depends the best social life. In fact, it Is the basis upon which growing humanity de pends. And in it woman must ever t,,' the great factor, the unchallenged iliieen. But female suffrage will not de- liMse the home or lessen Its power and Influence. On the other hand It will Introduce a' refining and uplifting power Into our political life. It will not stop marriage, neither will a high er education. The great natural l.n-.a of our being will always assert them' selves." ' ' Justice Brewer' article is a careful consideration, of . the," facts and statia tics of womari Miff rai in the various states in which it has been tried, either partly or for all offices. The spirit of the article Is indicated in these further elttracts: "It has passed beyond the days of ridicule, and we hear no more of its advocates a short-haired women and long haired men. It Is being consid ered by thoughtful men and women, animated by th desire of doing that which shall be for the best Interests of all. "Speaking abstractly, it is difficult to see how the capacity to vote, and to vote wisely, depends on the mere natter for or; against Temaie aunrage. Yet? htit. alwaye aoe. awtraci ;twi Dr. Rowe of Central Methodist Goes to Charlotte. Will be Succeeded by G.H.Detwiler. Aslicvtlle District. AshevKle; Bethel D. J. Miller. Central O. H. Detwller. Haywood St. T. L. Lallance. North Asheville S. P. Morley. Haw Creek circuit W. L. Edwards. Biltmore and Mt. Pleasant C. H. Christenberry. Burnsvllle station A. P. Kutieuge. Rurnsvllle circuit Kufus K. Brady. Elk Mountfln Elmer Simpson. Falrvlew circuit J. A. Fry. V Hendersonvllle circuit C. B. Hypes. Hot Springs circuit D. R. Aldson Riverside To be supplied. Swannanoa circuit D. R. Proffltt. Tryon and Saluda W. A. Newell. Weaverville station W. K. Coovey. Weavervllle circuit C. L. Keecr. Marshall E, O. Lawton. Mars Hill L. H. Griillth. The appointments for the Asheville district made at the Methodist con ference at Hickory last nigh', win w read with Interest in this city by rea son of the fact that Rev. Gilbert 1. nnwe. for four years pastor or ine Central Methodist church in this city. goes to the Tryon street cnurcn i rhnrlotte. to be succeeded here by the Rev. G. H. Detwller wno nan oceu at the Charlotte church for onty one year. Mr. Rowe's departure will be greatly regretted by his congregation in this city B he has endeared him self to all during his residence here. Dr. Detwller has the reputation of being an eloquent preacher. Another feature ot interest in hub city Is the fact thpt the Rev. T. L. Lallance, or tne naywoou iinv ehurah. will remain here. Since he came here from California over a year go Dr. Lallance nas greatly strengin- ened his church. He is regarueu . one or the strongest infnri. ... district. . Following are the appointments iw the other. districts: Charlotte Dltrtrlct. II, K. Boyer. presiding elder; Char- lotte: Belmont t-orij, ... - Brevard street, Ira Erwin; caivary. 13. E. Williamson; enaawica wu wmwHiai w W H.-RooWns: DHWorm, lotte,, w. U. uomif, iinnj, Bain A. W. Plyler assistant; Tryon n T Rowe w. i.. iiii ". .nnerniimerary: Derita. Seymour Tay lor: Lllesville, C. II. iiyoe. E J. Poe; Monroe, Central, H. K Chreitzberg; Morvln, to be supplied; u wion .1 W. Clegg; North Monroe, r'n A,ii,-ihf Plneville. W. S. Hales: Polkton, L. T. Cordell; Prospect, O. C.j BOGUS COUNT IN JAIL IS EAGER TO CLEAR HIS WIFE DF IDelaws She Had No Part In ; His Swindling Operations In Paris AN ADVENTURER PARIS. Nov. 22. "Count" otnuir Carl ell GiitmtH. formerly dishwasher lat the Hotel Belleclaire, incw i o. ... land his handsome .wife, daughter of 'Unrein do Thomscn, an American jtk-i- chant whom Don Pedro of Brazil en nobled, who were arrested here a fortnight ago on the charge of swind ling merchants out or goods valued at $t0,00O. are still In prison here await ing trial. The count" has been clamoring to be heard In order that he may shoul der ail responsibility , and clear his wife. Adventurer as he doubtless is, there Is that much decency in him, and both he and she havu won u good deal of sympathy on account of its display. His lawyer was engaged in the Stelnheii case and had no time for anything else until this week. Since he has been free he has been pushing for !i trinl and these seems a fair chance that the woman Will be dls charged. The pseudo archduke is not a stran ger to adventure, although oply twen ty years old. He was born In Schar- dtng, Austria, in December. mis father had a government berth, nut resigned on account of brain trouble. From early boyhood the youngster WHS H lwevs eettlne into scrapes. Tir ing finally of school, where he made a bad list of it, he ran away to Mainz, Germany, and hired nimseir out as apprentice to a cook. The work prov ed too hard and paid too mtio to suit him and he went back to his family, then living in Lin. There he succeed ed in raying hands on his mother's jewelry. She thought of placing him in a reformatory, but decided Instead to ship him to the United States. That was five years ago, when he was fifteen. On the voyage across he cultivated the ehlp's cook and on lamt- ingwa accused -of having medeon" - , Brinkman; Dnlonvllle, A. J. Burrus; Wadesboro, J. H. West; Waxhaw, C. M. Campbell; Wedd(ngton, J. m. Bradley; principal Weddlhgton acad emy, J. W. Downum; principal Pled- mont Industrial school, J. A. Baldwin; missionary to Japan, 8. A. Stewart; student Vanderbllt university, N. S. Ogburn. Franklin District. J. E. Gay, presiding elder; Andrews station, L. D. Thompson; Bryson t.lty and Whlttler, A. S- Raper; Diltsbmo and Bylva, C. H. Neal; Franklin cir cuit. W. I. Hughes; Franklin station, M. F. Moores; Glenvllle circuit, K. I.. Andrews; Hayesvllle, J. R. Warren; Hiawassee circuit. Gay Bryant; Jud son and Almond, S. I.. Mcintosh; Ma con circuit, A. W. Jacobs; Murphy station, W. E. Abernethy; Murphy circuit, J. H. Hopkins; Robblnsvllle, A. P. Foster; Webster circuit, J. A. Peeler. Greensboro Circuit. W. It. Ware, presiding elder; Ashe boro circfuit. James Wilson; Asheboro station, C. A. Wood; Coleridge, R. L. Fruit: Lenton, H. V. Clarke, East Oreensboro, Curawuy Memorial. 8. E. Richardson; Centenary, V. M. Lltaker: W. L. Grlssom, assistant; Spring Gar den station, J. W. Long; Walnut street. J. W. Ingle; West Market, B. K. McLarty; West Greensboro, W. I.. Dawson; High Point, South Main, O. P. Adler; Washington street, J. 10. Thompson: Liberty, C. N. Coviness; Pleasant Garden, R. A. Taylor; Rum seur and Franklinsville, J. F. Woul sey; Randleman and Naomi, G. E. Eaves; Randolph circuit. L. E. Stacy; Reidsville station, L. T. Mann; Ruflln circuit, J. P. Hornbuckle; Uwharrlc, J. A. Sharpe; Wentworth, A. Lay- cock; editor North Carolina Christian Advocate, H. M. Blair; assistant eui tor, W. L.Bherrlll; secretary-treasurer Greensboro college, W-. M. Curtis; missionary to Korea, J.,R. Moose. Morganton District. It. M. Hoyle, presiding elder; Be kersvllle. M. A. Osborne; Broad River, J. L. McNeer; Cliffsdale, A. C. Swaf Jord; Connelly Springs, E. G. Husty; Elk Park, Wm. jt. Johnson; Jreen River. W. 8. Cherfy; forest City. J. K. H6"ser: Henrietta, Caroleen, L: P. Bo irle; Morganton station, W. F. Worn ble; Morganton .circuit, N. M. Modlln: Marlon station, H. H. Jordan: Mc Dowell circuit, D. S. Richardson: North Catawba, J. J. Brooks; old Fort, W. O. Malonee; Rutherfordton. T. J. Rogers, J. B. Carpenter assist- (Coiitmuctl on MBy six.) MRS. STETSON RESIGNS MEMBERSHIP IN FIRST OF NEW Y Requests That Name Be Droppd But Will Follow Mrs. Eddy's Teachings LIVES IN SECLUSION NEW YORK. Nov. 22. Mrs. Au gesta E. Stetson, who has been liv ing in seclusion since here, ex-commu-nlcatlon recently by the Mother Church of the Christian Scientists, In Boston, announced tonight that she has resigned from the membership of the First Church of Christ. Scientist. New York, of which she was formerly Hist reader. In announcing her resignation to night after the action of the Mother Church, Mrs. Stetson said: "As this may place the members of your board In an embarrassing position I have decided to resign from membership of the First Church of Christ. HclentUt. New York City, and I now request that my name be dropped from the membership roll I shall continue to make it my sole effort to obey In princ iple und to rol- lot our beloved louder. Mary Baker Eddy." BUYS OLD PALACE FINDS TREASURE MADRID, Nov. 22 Lawrence Rerln of Baltimore has purchow! a ancient Moorish palace ut Honda. Kpaln. Kx rnvations have ben going on there for the past few days and valuablt- Roman archeologlcal remains and much treasure have been found. The government has sent an architect tr make an examination. Ijiwrence Pertn went to Ronda re cently frotn Paris, with the intention of erecting a memorial there to hi wife who committed suicide at liar row, England, last September. STRrCK BY LIGHTNING. MONTGOMERY, Ala., Nov. 22 Th large wholesale dry goods store f the Bernard Frank company wa struck bv IlKhtnlng during a ' severe electrical storm here tonight and was totally" destroyed by the tiro which followed. . HIGH OFFICIALS CONFIRM REPORT OF POSTAL'S ENTR Y INTO ASHEVJLLJZ State That It Is Intention of Company To Operate Here Within Ninety Days; If Possible. Work of Construction Will Be Pushed Forward as Rapid- ly as Possible. f Mr. George K. I'sher. general su perintendent of the Southern divis ion of the Postal Telegraph-Cable company, and Mr. C. W. Kibble, su pedintendent of the Richmond dis trict were In the city yesterday to complete arrangements for the entry of the Postal Into thin territory. When seen by Cltisrn represen tative yesterday both gentlemen eon firmed the announcement in Sunday morning's Cltlsen that the Postal Telegraph-Cable company expected to be operating In thla fity within ninety days. "It 1 pur .fntentlon tc? come here as soon a e nan," said Mr. Kibble, . "Wa are jfinn o psh tha work or cdnstructwff-wt rapidly" "as possible, and uftfefs unforeseen delays occur we will be In full operation here In ninety days or thereabouts. The Postal has hero considering the advisability of entering Aahevllle for the past three years, but It made no definite move until it felt that condi tions were ripe. The policy, of the Postal has always been one of con servatism; it does npt take any new steps without due consideration." Continuing Mr. Kibble gave some Interesting data In eonnevtldn with the growth of the 1-ostal. "The Postal Telegraph compnti- and 1U connec tions," he said. "In the United 'States and Canada na.h about 26,000 points and. combined with the Crnm mercial Cable company, of which It E RESIGNS AS TREASURER Of T.P.A. S Directors (jive Him Vote f Bookkeeper mints Confidence; Short in Ace ST. UH'IH. N 22. Louis T. Lu ll cretary and trcas irs' Prot.-tlve ns i ;i has resigned and ior today a'- epted A shortage of at iieaume, national urer of the Trav soclation of Amcr the board of dlr the rei;natlon I east $27.1100, it " announced, exists n the books of 1 1 . order. The di rectors in acceptiio; Lnbeuume n?s- gnation gave him i vote of confidence and will continue with the orKitn isation in anotln r capiclly. 1- .caume tonlsht sild the words of William Ilensch. ri. head bookkeeper, who committed suicide last July, shows a shortuge. WATERWAY MJKT. COLUMBUS, O.i . Nov. 22. l) le - gates from Georifoi, Alabama and Florida gathered liere today for the annual convention of the Chlpola- Flint - chatttthoi.i hie - Apalachicola Waterway awoc i;. i ion. Cungrcwsman '1. I). Clayton pi' Stded In the ah- icnce of President Milton, of Florida, v.nrrearoan AilHinmn and Judge Mlllyar of the Gc i.rgla railroad com .ng the Rpeakera at iiiMoon. were a ii i today's seslon. WASHINGTON. Nov. 22. Forecast North Carolina: Fair Tueday. colder near the coast; : brisk aooth- west to northwest Wind. Is a part, It is the largest organisa tion of its kind In the world. Be ginning at Paris, Franco, It crosses the Atlantic with seven cables, ex tends across the United States, and then by ruble through Honolulu, Guam, to Japan, the Philippine Is lands and Chlnu, the one system an-' circling more than two-thlrd of tha globe." Mr. Kibble then touched upon tho reported merger of the, American Bell Telephone and tha Western Un ion. "It has been Intimated," he uld, "that tha reported merger eliminated competition between the Postal. and tha Western Union. Thlsjs arronpnua.' If It were true tha ' PoataP'compan)' would not be Incurring; the heavy eg. penae of pushing Its competitor's lines Into thla new terlrtory. The statement Issued by President Mackey of thla company explains its position clearly and concisely." Mr. nibble then hand ed the following statement of Presi dent Mackey to Tha Cltlsten repre dilative: "We have had naming to do, eith er dlrectely or Indirectly with the combination of the American' Tele phone and Telegraph company with the Western Union Telegraph font puny. We have not wished to join It, and have not bees fnvlted to Join It. There have been no negotiations whatever with us In regard to tho matter and there Is every reason why L GET THE PEABODY COLLEGE Chancellor Porter in Re signing Hays Vanderbilt Cannot Get the School NARIIVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 22 For mer Governor Jann-s I). Porter today announced his resignation as chan cellor of the University of Nashville. Governor Porter Is In his eighty-first year. In a stntement he says: "I will remain hero until the new Peabody college is established on the campus of the University of Nash ville. It will nq be located at Van derbllt. although parties Interested In that school and In adjoining property are seeking to persuade the puhll that if It is not located there, 'the mil lion' will he lost. "The Vanderbllt Is n church school and will so continue. It was establish ed bv tho Methodist church, South.. (That great organization will not per- jmlt u, amt,iion of a few men to ) diVrt it from the purpose of Its or- ganlzntion. ; Governor Porter is n member of the I pahody board .If trustees which has I aispcwltlon of the million dollars en- i ii,,wm,.nt and location of the Georgia j p,.hcdy s-hool for teacher. SPKKIIY DETAILED. i ' tl S WASHINGTON, tips: 22. Admiral Sperry has been detailed by the sec retary of the navy to aslst the Na tional Waterways commission In its work. He will give attention to var ious questions an (iwlll uld the forthcoming report. The 'mmliwlon will report to congress about the first of next January. KOKIV TAHIl'K WASHINGTON. Nov. 22. The let ter of Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Hilles to ' the collector of customs at Philadelphia fixing tho new tariff of one-quarter of one per cent per pewnd and an additional per cent advalorem on rosin wa made public today. wa slrauld not have Ha anything to do with It. Wa knew nothing about It until tha day when U wa publicly an nounced. It la true that wa own a large block of stock In, tha American Telephone and. Telegraph company, but that 1 one of aur many Invest ments. W never hava had and have not now uny representation on the board of that company and our stock la not -consulted or considered any mora than' tha stuck at any other stock huldor, as you will awa from tha fact .that wa. knew nothing about thla deal until It was publicly an neunceik The statement that air. Wm. I L. Psker, represents us la Incorrect. hlidoea' norfepraenf tia hi anything In the slightest degree. Neither have wa had anything to do with purchas es of telephone company In tha Mid dle west Our company la alow and conservative In Ita Investment, but awtft and aggressive In Its service. "Wa are not disturbed In any way. We hat aucoeafully met hard com petition for over twenty-five years and hava prospered and ara In first class financial condition, better than ever before. We have waited until thU matter had simmered down so that we could biaka our statement cover ing the whole subject. "As I slated several weeks ago, competition will continue and It will be real competition, the same aa here tofore." TWO KILLED IN FALL OF DIG T( Wedding Party in Auto Plunges oft' Railway with Above Result OUTHBERT, Gs . Nov. 22. Two persons were killed and three others miraculously escaped Instant Heath near here lat night -when a iblg touring car containing a wedding par ty, plunged oft the bridge over the Central of Georgia railroad track for ty feet below. Curusa William, th chauffeur was Instantly killed while Horace Bheppurd. the prospective bridegroom, died or his Injuries this morning. Miss Helen Mattox of Coleman, the bride-to-be. and James Lumley, of Edison, also were Injured. Miss Mary Mattox, etster of the bride-to-be es caped without Injury. The party had been to Culhbert to secure a preacher to perform the ceremony, but unsuccessful In their search owing to the youth of the couple, had started for Fort Gaines. Williams. It Is said, lost control of the machine while attempting to light a cigarette. It was erroneously reported last , night that a brother of Bheppard al so was killed In tne acciueni. REFV8ED TO DANCE. MOBILE. Ala.. NoV. 22 When the daughter of Blmon Nelson refused to dance with Wesley McKenxie at social affair being given In her own home at Barnwell, a town in a rc mote section of Baldwlnc unoty 8atur doy night, a bloody duel followed. Two men are dead, and four are In juxed, and four are under arreat on the cnarge oi miaow, WOMEN KTRIKE. NEW TORK, Nov. JJ. After hear lna Samuel Gompers speak at Cooper I'nioa tonight, two thousand member of the ladies' walstmakers union voted to. go on strike tomorrow for shorter hour and higher wage. ;, s.. ,', : Developments ? of The v Next Few bays Will be Watch ed With Interest ' FIRST ARMED FORCE , EVER LANDED THERE Departure of Marines Result of Rush Order to Tho . Navy Yard , ;. WASHINGTON, No. . M. Prepar s atlona ara being made for four hun dred marine to aall from. Philadel phia, either rbr the canal son or for Nicaragua next Saturday. Thla will constitute lh tirst armed fore tti land In Nicaragua if development in tha situation within the nxt few day require such a comae to b pursued! " All will depend upon the action to -b taksn by the atott department, which la marking time pending th receipt of additional details of tha killing of the two American, Oroca and Cannon. Tha departure of the marine is the result of rush order to tha League Island navy yard, af ter the state department received tha preliminary report of the alaylng by President Zelaya' order of tha two' mn. H had been Intended to send tha marine to Panamtv to relieve about . ISO marines now tin duty there. The date of departure from Philadelphia had been aet for December I by which Jttlm the troop, ah Ip Tralrla vpuia neve poen rrsuy to sail, oy working night and day, tha league island . fore . will bi abla to fluish repairs on the ship by Nowmber 17 and that date has now been set for tha sailing of the marine. .. . , Kaally Transferred. In event of necessity the SIO ma rine now on the canal gone could fa, utilised In Nicaragua In addition to th four hundred to be taken Houth by the Pralrlr, Wllh tha troop hl liuffalfl on tha Pacific coast and thu Prairie on the ' AlUnllo th marine piMild be, transferred ,; from cn. iMt ofNitfaragua to the other In a com paratively short time, by way of th Panama railroad, ' Rear-Admiral lore wer u the navy-department to- day ut In no instance waa It admit ted that their presence there had to do with the trouble In Nlcarat.ua. It wa mated today at the navy department that the (hallow water along Nicaragua on. th . Atlantic! coast made the sending of a battle hip there useless and such action I' not contemplated. ' : . . It was admitted, however, that th; Albany and the ' Yankton would r-1 main for the present. In Magdalen Pay. tt''. - l-1 .1 A . t IRTBYjALLISGLllS Movement of Heavy. Tim bers Attended by Disas ter at Wilson, N. C. , WILSON. N. C Nov. II-Thl af ternoon while heavy timber were be ing placed on the factory building of the Continental Quano company, In course of construction, part ot ,th structure fell, killing B. B. Tyler, cot ored and Injuring U. V. Bate,' white boy, badly bruised, leg . crushed; Speight McKeel, white, badly bruised; Oeorge Farmer; Tobe Bellamy and Junius Woodward, white, eriou1y Injured. About ninety mon were' I working on the building when three rafters, weighing eight ton each, feu catching soma of th men beneath, and bringing down most of the build ing. A heavy financial loss result. GOMPERH BLAMES LAWYERK. NEW YORK, Nov. 21. Bemuel Gompers, president of th American Federation of Labor, paid hi respects to the legal profession today at th opening of tha session of the National Civic Federation' annual meeting. He wo discussing th need in this, country of new law to cover the uo Ject of employer' liability and to pro vide adequate compensation to wage earner Injured In accident. "The lawyera will prevent our getting the beet and wisest law in thla matter," he uld. ; -,t- COMPLIMENT TAFT. ATLANTA. O.. Nov. ft At the annual tate conference of the Meth- odiirt Episcopal church, South, here today. President Taft wa praieea tor hi declining to indulge In alcohollo drlnka at any of the banquet re cently tendered him In thla tat. AFLOAT IX A HIIELL. BEAUFORT, N. C-. Nov. ft Driv ing through heavy eea and facing n rtolng torm. Captain Charle A. San to put in her today In a twenty-tw foot power boat with cargo of Tib, He atarted from Atlantic City, N. J.,, und proposes going south along Ah, outer course to Miamn, Flu. , (ConttiHietl on pafe four.)