North Carolina Newspapers

THE WEATHER: PAIR. rOL. XXVI., NO. 52. THBEEWOMEN ARE BEATEN TO DEATH One Lingers In Hospital But Will Die of Brutal Wounds Inflicted POLICE HAVE CLUE TO THE GUILTY BRUTE Bodies Not Discovered Until Several Hours After Crimes Committed SAVANNAH, Ga., Dor. 10 Victims of a revolting crime, Mrs. Ella (Jrili ble, aged seventy years, and her daughter, Mrs. Carrie Ohlandor, wore found dead in their home. No. 401 Perry street. West, here today, while a third woman, whose name Is un known, found just insldu the front door of the house, is ut the Savannah hospital dying. Physicians Btate. that Mrs. (ihlander wus tho victim of a criiiiiu.il anstult Just before she wus killed. Wholesale Hound lTp. One hundred and llfty mitrn men, caught in the meshes of the polio' dragnet through Yamacruw, I he nou;ro section of the city, are prisoners In the police station, the theory of I he police being that a negro man, having plan ned an assault upon Mrs. olilandcr was compelled to commit the other erlmes in order to escape. Other arrests will be made before morning until every negro in tho ne gro section who In any way resembles the description of a negro soon durir.fi the last three""Hay frequently aliwu the premises of the house of the mur dered women, is a prisoner. The po lice believe that this negro, using an axe taken from the woodshed In the rear of the Gribble home, beat Mrs dribble to .death, struck down the un known woman and after iifcBiiultlni." Mrs. Ohlander In the wide long hall way where .the bodies were found, fin ished his terrible work by beating in her skull with the weapon. Attacked from Behind. Mr Gribbe evidently was attacked from behind os she sat in an easy .'chair-Wading." On the floor heeld her body were found the newspaper she wad teadlng and her .ipectacles. Oruj-OR possibly 4wp ,b,lpws Vere deuli beri Hw gray--hair, bloo matted, shows the Imprint of the blunt .txe. It Is probable .that the unknown wom an was the first to be struck down; that she met the murderer i;t tin PHOT WANTS TO SING New Stoviiine Anaesthetic Surprises Medical Profes sion in Results DESTROYS ALL PAIN" NEW YORK, Dec. 10. "Do you feel any pain?" asked Hi opeiatinp surgeon yesterday, as he lifted a tj mor from Its place in the lorehead of a man In the Post-Oraduat liospitii, In East Twentieth street, wuoro I'rol. Thomas Jonnesco's new stovalne was being uned as the anesthetic. The patient smiled and replied: "I no splk Engleesh." He made Vo sign of being conscious that th" surgeon had Just cut a hole In his hea l anil removed part of his skull. The tiers of students' seats above the operating table were lull of doc tors, nurses in their trim dresses and white clothed internes win n. in lr. Robert Morris' regular clinic ,!r. Jor nesco showed the effects of his new pain killer. One young doctor ha I come from San Diego, Cal., to s e tiv new anesthette used. Four patients, young men or boys, underwent serines operations without a single pain, only one exhibited feeling, and that was when the wound made in operating on a hernia was washed with warm water. Then he -exclaime 1 that be felt the warmth. Yet he i!M not feet Inilfe or needle. The second operation was on a voting man who had had two attack: of appftdicltis. Dr. Morris hinwli performed this operation while Proi. Jonnesco applied the stovalne to He patient's 'spine. The" patient nut laughing and talking with the doctor for a mtnote before' ne saio. i i-S!-are going to sleep." After the incision had been ms.e and the appendix found, the surgeon asked: "Do you feel it much?' "Peel what?" "That pain."' ""No. When will you bep.in?' The patient glanced at the crowded gallery and said with a nugh: "Shall I sing a song'doetnr?" The appendix was removed, the wound closed, and the patiei.t Inform ed that It was all over. "Couldn't you find it?" n. asked. "Yes. Didn't you feel it?" "No; I only felt that I wanted i SAVANNAH (ConllntMHl on page 4) THE. BAPTISTS SCHOOL MTSAEEAD IN THE CONVENTION Show Institutions Under Pat ronage of Church to be In . Flourishing Condition ACCENTUATE NEED OF MOKE ENDOWMENTS Hendensonvilie Chosen as Place of Meeting For Next State Convention WADESlUlItn, N. C. lice. 10 To night closed the seventy-ninth session of the liaptist state convention. The special order was evangelism. Tho appointed speakers were not present, but addresses were delivered by UoV. liayltis Cade of Shelby. Itov. J. K. 1'reBtridge, 1. 1)., of Louisville, Ky., and others. The officers of the con vention together with delegates me loud ill their praises of Wadcshoto people, as hosts. The convention will meet next year In Hondersonville. Hev. J. J. Hall, 1). I)., ulU preach the annual sermon with Kev. Joslah Crudup alternate Resolutions were passed commend ing the Oxford seminary and Rulsc ('reek academy; thanking the pastors and members of Wadesboro Baptist church and the citizens of Wadesboro for their hospitality to tho conven tion; thanking the railroads for .fa vors in transportation, and the papers for reports of the convention. Colleges Kciort. The trustees of Wake Forest col lege reported that the college has St; J students and owns $6&0,000 worth of property. There are 73 ministe rial students. Prof. Carlyle spoke ac centuating the purity of W ke Forest Ideals and railing for enlarged equip ment for the college. The report of Meredith college shows 371 students. The college Is In a flourishing condition but Is greutly In need of an endowment, which, however, will not he projected this year. Hev. C. E. Maddry and Rev. AJ. J. SMxinorlef made splendid speeches on Meredith -college.'"-""' Secondary School. The report of secondary school shows three, college. Mtd WrWrn academies In'the combination. Nearly $30,000 In cash and pledges have been collected for these schools since June. They have 3.000 student, 113. of whom are ministerial studems. Better (Conllniicl on page 4.) T SUCH II TERRIBLE AFFLICTION, HE SITS Surgeon Torney of Army Kinds .Soldiers from South in as good Health as any MANY ARE INFECTED WASHINGTON. Dec. 10. "In spile of Its vast economic Importance in the Southern stufes, the hook worm disease Is believed not to affect great ly the health and efficiency of the army." That is tho conclusion Surgeon Tor ney at' tin- army has reached after a more or less extensive Investigation into the prevalence and severity of the disease, as it appears in the army. II makes the disease the suhj'i't of Con sideration in his annual report, sub mitted to the secretary of Wah to day All the observers have noted, say flen. Torney that In many cases the infection has no evident effect upon the health or appearance of the in dividual. The duration of the disease, was one of the features which the military in ventilators sought to bring out. Ob servations made by Major Chamber lain, at Jackson barracks, Mis., showed Hint out of forty-four South ern bril recruits, sixty-eight per cent were Infected, out of fifty-seven Sou thern bred soldiers Jn first enlistment, fifty-four percent were infected: and out of thirty-four Southern bred sol diers In second, or subsequent enlist ment, only fifteen per cent were In fected. In an examination of Southern re cruits at Fort Slocum, N. Y.. and at Jackson barracks by Captain Slier and Major Chamberlain, 139 Infec tions were found in 109 men exabln ed. "IVith Captain Siler and Major Chamberlain agree that the physique of the Southern recruits is less vigor ous and robust" says the report, "than is the caw with those from other parts of the country and they attri bute this to the injurious Influence of this infection In childheed and ado lescence." Genera! Torney, however, says th.it the statistics by Major Chamberlain deal with numbers too small for, safe Al ASHETILLE CITIZEN. ASHEVILLE, N. S BE HELD PENDING Mystery of Bath Tub Murder itill Not Wholly Unravell ed by Police EXPERTS SAY SUICIDE NO IE IS SPURIOUS Testimony Contradicts Prison ers Contention That Niece Drowned Herself NEW YORK, lro. 10. Tho state of New Jersey will take Its llrst step tomorrow toward the prosecution of Virginia Wurdtuw, now held in the East orange county Jail, charged with the murder of her niece, Mrs. Ocey Wardlaw Martin Suoad. Prosecutor Mott expects to make out a case only sufficient to hold Mrs. Wardlaw for the grand Jury at tho preliminary hearing which will he held tomorrow morning. The Suoad case has developed Into one of tho most punding police mys teries recorded. Mrs. Hnead, a young mother of twenty-four, was found drowned In twelve inches of water in a bath tub on the afternoon of November 29. A note was pinned to her clothing ran In part: "When you read this 1 shall have committed suicide.' Was Heavily Insured. An investigation showed that death had been unreported at least twenty four hours niuf search of the house indicated that Miss Wardlaw, It's only other occupant, hart Inhabited it dur ing the time her niece lay cold In an adjoining room. Life Insurance policies aggregating $30,000 on Ocey Snend's life and all drawn In favor f Virginia Wardlaw lay Jumbled in a mass of old newspapers. Miss Ward- law told the police she had eome to East Orange for her niece's health, but the house was poorly lighted and closely shut In, furnished only with broken chairs and old boxes, and the girl's body was pitifully emaciated. Physicians and nurses, who had visited the Snead-Wardlaw family in New York and Brooklyn, brought rules " of what appeared' -to be systematic neglect. Y letcner Snend. the husband, who was also heavily Insured, Is missing, though, it Is said, Is not dead. Mrs. Caroline B. Vnrd,)aw Martin, Ocey (Continued on page 1) TRADERS SET EXCITED NEAR SIXTEEN CENTS Activity on Exchange Re minds one of Old Days of the Sully Doom REPORT WAS DULLISH NEW YQiRK, Dee.. 10. Not since the Sully boom of 1!04 has the New York cotton fxehange wltnsxcri a more sensational scene or a more spectacular rise In prices than occur red today with the announcement or the government crop report. With the galleries crowded with visitors from tho South and other Interest ed spectators, the market soared to a now high record for the season with gains of more than VI a bale over yesterday. Koth the May and J 1 1 1 options touched the high mark of 15. SO both gaining approximately 4? pfdnts over yesterday's close. Bull brokers prevented a more vio lent advance, as they bad distributed heavy selling ordera every five polnl. u p from IK. a 5 for May and July. They sold enormously supplying thi demand of shorts and also the Inrush of buying orders from Wall street. Chicago and Southern operators ami the local and New Kngland dry goode interests. The market continued In an excited state up to the close, with estimates that five hundred thounand bales had changed hands In the last hour. May closed at 15.67 and July at 16.74. It was two o'clock when tho news came from Washington that the gov ernment estimate was only 10,088,000 bales, the smallest crop since 10S Immediately there wns a tremendous rush of buying. Order pourea , in from the world over and prices Jump ed from 20 to 30 points on the first transactions. Last trades made Just' before the report was announced were on the basis of 15.S0 for May dellv erv; the next sales were made at 15.- 70. an advance of $1 a bale. Thi: was followed by tremendous trading both wavs and by rapid fluctuation. A break to 15.65 followed, then rani' the rise to 15. SO. July cotton fluctu ated along the same lines, while March reached 15.60 as Its high point and closed at 15.40. The government estimate is about 200,000 bales below the prediction of the most sanguine of the bulls and the action of the market naturally MS NVESTbATQN followed. C, SATURDAY MORN1NO. ' yCfUH! 1 152 I 1 J00M2 j ft, WANT ME TO DO AFTER I SPLIT P'VlfEEEl vaAI'''-, THE WOOD- CONGRESSMAN GRANT FINDS HAZARDS ON EVERY SIDE OF POLITICAL LINKS Washington Alive With Republican Politicians a Hungering at the "Pie Counter" Not Enough Jobs to go Around and Nobody Seems Inclined to Give in To the Other Fellow. WASHINGTON, Deo. 10 A large crowd of North Carolina, republicans are camped here -because of the pros pect tout at any minute the scheme for uppolntments will be announced from the white "liouse. Ashevllle In particular is wel represented and one cannot possibly o, along Pennsyl vania avenue without seeing Western Carolinians. Thomas Bottle Is here with one eye on a consular appointment and the other on something else; W. K. Irfi gan, commander In chief of the forces of Congressman Orant, Is hers to land the United States mnrshalahlp; T. F. Koland is fiere to show just why he should be postmaster at Ashevllle, and they confer riften with Congress man Orant. JTbe forces back tit Post master Rollins are conspicuous by their absence for some reason or other. Doubtless the major think the ap pointment rests with Mr. Grant, nnd perTiaps he enn influence it better by stuylng at home i I'nstofllce (irant's Share. The major is right in his view. If such It be, but it looks pretty certain that nothing else-than the Ashevllle postomce "rests' with Congressman (Irant. In fact that Is all he Is as sured of. It niiiv be that he will have to be content with a very small iuan- tlty of patronage and he l alarmed over the situation. As a matter of fact FIFTY MILLION EACH YHR FOR WHTESIWAYSi Rivers anil ILirbors Con-j press M;ikc its Formal l)e- j mauds Tpon Congress j WASHINGTON'. Doc. 10.--Wh.it Ik declared by il" officers to hnve been the most successful convention of Its kind over hold ime to an end today whim the Naii'ooil Hlvers ami Her itors congress-. ol lourned afi. r n thro" day's session Kopresentutlv e. Joseph K. Hunsdell of Louisiana wus re-elect ed president. C.i plain .1. I'. Kllison of Cincinnati wus ie-electod secretury- treasurer. and .1 "tin A. Fox of Arkan sas, special dire' lor. Vice president to represent states nlso wore mimed. The resolutions adopted hv the con- gross make an ippeal to congress lor an appropriation of tlfty million Ool- lars for river and harbor work; end fifty million dollars annually for ten years thereafter: expresses the belle, that the rivers -ml harbors bill shon'd be placed on an 'lual footing with the other greut appropriation bills and condemn what s declared to ho tro present method of (i pp'oprlat inn whereby the ri"r- and harbor lull carries only what may remain alter the other budgets have be.n author, ized. The resolution suggests the creation of al bureau of public worm with a cabinet officer at Its head. Which -partment should have charge of rlwr nd harbor Improvement and otic r work of a similar character WASHINGTON. Dec. 10. Forecast for North Carolina: Fair, slightly warmer Saturday; , Sunday f"ln nnd warmer; moderate north to east wind DECEMBER 11, 1909. There's A Reason it the congressman has made a stiff bid fpr the marshalshlp, but asking Is not getting. Home figure that Morehead will have tho naming of the district attorney, Cowles the colloctor, and Orant the marshal, hut there are lots of things In the way. The president has told a crowd of republicans In bygone times, It Is said, when he appointed Connor Judge, that he would make Adam the of fice hungry one, district attorney and he may have to give th marshal ship to Morehead so that ho will hhve something to distribute. To appoint Adams, and then say Morrhond had the naming of the, district attorney would be like giving lltt.lo roy pen nies and then puyM.caftor, oil with, f hem. . ' ' May Remember Ret 1 1. Possibly, also, Mr. Grant hni fur gotten a little Incident of bygoiid days, that time he told the president he wanted him surely to look after Thomas Hettle and give him a good Job. Tho president likes Mr. Settle and may give him a Job, one that nets n little better salary than fltchtnond Pearson had, and then tell Mr. Orant that Is all tluit la coming to him. Can Mr. flrant kick If he Is taken at his word '.' Dark Horse In Field. Hut still a greater fe' Ir. downing on the congressman's mind. There is MRS.CLARK.WIFE OF CHIEF JUSTUSES HIT Had Hfcn Critically III at Her Home in Kaleigh for Several Days. , ItAUCItlH, N. C, Doc. 10. Follow ing reports lust night of considerable Improvement In condition of Mrs. Clark, wife of Chief Justice Walter ("lurk of the Kiipreinc court there oaine the shocking announcement this afternoon that shit wns dead. Death came in one of those Severn "sinking spells," that sevral times within tho past few days all but caused her i death. There are seven children, W, A. jflraliam Clark, of Washington, David 'Clark. Charlotte, Walter Clark, Jr., of ; Italelgh, John W. Clark, Concord Thorne Clark, Raleigh, Mrs. Krwln, I Morganton, and Miss Kugenia Clark :Mrs Clark was 58 years old and was I a daughter of the late Hon. W. A ;iraham. The funeral will be torn or : row afternoon from the first Baptist I church. FROM NEW YORK TO GEORGIA IN A TAXI 1 KTATEHHOHO. (3a.. Dec. 10. To Inspect tho Havannah, Augusta and ' Northern Hallway In the Interest of i the Carnegie Trust Company of New York, holder of its bonds, C. C. Dick inson came from New York to Btates boro In tax leal), arriving here today. It Is said that the railroad will ex tend through. Just how far Is not known. If Is In receivers hands now. The railroad drains a rich territory. Mr. Dickinson will probably complete his record trip by returning to New York as he came. , BIG MOHTGAOR FIliKD JACKSONVILLE. Fla.. Dec. 10. A $4,000,000 mortgage was filed here today bv the Florida Hallway of which Fraruk Drew Is president. The mortgage was filed to secure a bond itwiiA nf enua.1 amount, the money to be used extending the line from this place' Fenlndlna and some point -w,rh Th. work on the extension la to be commenced In a short while. a gentleman of Ashevlllo, by nam M. D. McKee, who s looming 'large as a candidate for marshal, This is no Joke. Do the republicans there know him 7 Not much, It Is sold, but that doesn't differ. This gentleman has a big pull In Pennsylvania, where, It Is suld, Mrs. McKee Is related to divers congressmen and big political guns nnd that tll the-.e nn working for Mr, McKeo. Now If th thre republican eongresarnen cannot nree on the marshalshlp how tntv it Will toe for thu president to cut loose and make the appointment himself t . And why not the powerfully hanked Mo Kee who Is allied to neither faction t Orant In Fix. The tenth district congressman bat manifold troubles an1 hs wiggles one way nnd another. He want! to fir things so that he can keep Major ltniiins In office and at limes labors under the delusion ht If he en make Logan marshal he can safely keep Mr. Kolllns In the pjetoltlc. Mr. Roland Is here to persuade Mr. Orant that he cannot do anvtiilng of the sort and that If he does there will bt a merry war In the mountains, Per sons Interested will do well to keep their eyes on Mr. McKee. GIRL HED AFTER GIVING HER UN ICY BATH Ilazers at Girls' School Adopt Hough Methods of Their Brothers Ing methods of the young women of tho slate Normal school were revealed today when the state board of regents began an Investigation of the mal treatment of Mis llattle Taylor, oni of the students, who is the daughter of Hlalne W. Taylor, an attorney Of Klklns, W. Vn. The trouble started when Mlas Tay lor violated school ethics by cheering for the Klklns college team, which came to Fairmont to play football Mom limn niro. A number of the girls, bent on giving her a lesson In college patriotism, took her in hand on the night following the game and gave her a bath of Ice water. Miss Taylor, who Is athletic, seized a water pitcher and brought it down on the head of one or the hasers. T I. ,. 1 ' . , .. uj a tntjfituA tn-ule-at And was only saved from havjng her skull broken by the thickness of the "rut" she was wearing. The blow broke the pitcher. Miss Taylor was overpowered, given the bath, a rub-down that took some .r th akin iff htr hrirtv mil (hen re ceived a coat or red paint that cov ered her from head to foot. She ar rived home some time later with her body still the color or an noi,in chief's, ana her father Immediately took the war path. The regents' investigation ronowsa. and It Is predicted that some of the most promising students among the vnim- i&'r.men will tin esDellefl from the school when the Investigation haa tieen completed. TEN MILLION BALES IS CROP ESTIMATE WASHINGTON. Dec. 10. The crop annrtinv hnjirri of the denartment of agriculture estimates that the total production of cotton In tne unuea Htates for th season of 1O-10 will .nuiunt to 4. til. 144. 000 Bounds (not Including llnter) equivalent to 1. 088,000 bales of 600 pounds gro" weight. Associated Press Leased Wire Reports. PRICK FIVE CENTS. THOSE GIVEN OUT BY GOMPTROLLEH Annual Reports Shows That One Third of Population . Has Bank Account , EAST AND MIDDLE WEST V LEAD IN DEPOSITS Loaning Power of Banks Has Increased Two Hundred Perl! Cent In Ihreo Years V i WASHINGTON. tC." le.-i-MoMl thun aa.ouo.OOO deposit accounts hiw carried on the boaka of lh hanks. of all classes of the L'nUed btatni and Its insular possessions, according to statements contained In the annual re port of Lawrence O, Murray, comp troller of the currency, laid beforo congress today. The aggregate d posits on April 1 last were about $14,4S5,SJ,15. The sum of 5,7, 736, S7 represented saving deuosltiul . by 14,8,6 depositors,: The average., rata of Interest paid by national banks on saving amount was J.J it by etutu banks 1.71! mutual saving I, Mi stock saving J. 10; private bank and loan and trust companies paying the am average rate of J 4J per eent. Ioan and discounts, United State bunds, and lawful, money reoreienivd approximately 70 per cent ol tho tik-' gregat resources . of halfonul banks,' unit a. Illra nrnimpllAn it II hltltlu Urn represented hy ' capital, surplus and profit and. individual . deposits. The comptroller figure out that assurninfr the character of bond othttd by n' tional bank la In. accorrianutt with the reoulrements of the act tif Mav- 10. H08. the amount l more thuu sufficient a security for the aggrpgut emergency currency, $500,050,000 au- thorlaed . hy that law, , Molding of , bond and other similar securities by. national bank September showed Investments of thi character limount ing to J89,a8.643. , Th interesting fact I disclosed that $aii,evH,r.o is In foreign government , and ' other bond and securities. , , , . . , vt Ioanliig iHwytr Iiioreitatil Ilnsed on the latent returns, the comptroller asys the lofliilng pewcr f th national blink ha been Inrretsed as a result of the law of Jufti, ltOd, td th extent of M per. cent, although with surplus twice itreat as the cunt Ital of th bank th authorised in crease is sue per cent. , i na.ww r ferred to Increased the llu.'t of ' the liability of bank irom 10 per. cent of paid In capital gtocli to ,ttr per cent of the capital nd surplus, the total, however not, to exco-jil. Ctf l'lif cent of the capital toclf.';'; '. By reason of th deprncintion in, the market price of government bond, during th year the compuM, profit -jxtarijnivvv''iJ-r''r-'f"Ji''J" " " " - ' (Continued on twgn six.) pthdv hr iiiput Dinro UIUIII Ul II1UII I IUUi.II OUTRAGE ftT REELFDOT iin s jsis - iiinr ii Seeond Trial'of alleged Led tiers of Band-Begins with Col. Taylor on Stand ' 4 TELLS 0RAPI1IC STORY I'vlfiW CITY. Ten n.': Dee 10. In all of Its brutal and bloody detail, tha story of the murder of Captain Quuit tln Rankin at Walnut Lov on Meet' foot Lake, by a band of masked and armed night rider, wa re-told to ft Jury In the Circuit court her today. Colonel It. Z. Taylor, Captain Rank,- in's companion on the nignt or tne murder, and whose life . also .was sought by the night rider, was th chief witness for the. state today in th,. prosecution of Garrett Johnson and Arthur Cloar, alleged leader of the night rider, on an inaicimeni barging them with the murder oi Caiptaln Kankln. - ' V Little of tho dramatic intensity at aeherl ti Colonel Tavto'e evidence In the first trial wa ot In the repeti tion today. Colonel Taylor, as in th previous trial, minutely described the events which led UD to the crime It self and then told how Captain Kan kln was nrst nangeo ana men '". and bow he hlnuwlf escaped bjf plunging headlong Into the dark wat era of Bayou Desha, swimming to the tar hank while a hall of bullet splashed the water around him, -t P. C. Ward, proprltor ot ine note; where Captain Rankin and Colonul Taylor were lodging the night after the murder and James F. Carpenter, at wtiose Instigation Captain Rankin and Colonel Taylor visited the lake as representatives of th West Tennessee Land company also testified. ! ft All three of the wltnessea under went lerttihy cross-eicamlnatlon by the defense, but their testimony re mained unshaken., It wa understood today that tbe state would build It, case along the same lines a tho for mer trial, having secured no addH'. -al evidence. dizzy figures are O'-l. 1 I. .11 '