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VOL. XXIII.
A TOUIR
President Roosevelt
Southern
ftATURES OF RECEPTIONS
The Visit of the Nation's Chief Mag
istrate to the State of North Caro
lina and the South an Event of
Great Significance.
The c"ming of President Roosevelt
and i-ntty to North Carolina, his at-iwhiu-e
at the State Fair, his as-
surd cordial reception by the thous
and or' loyal citizens gathered at
the State's Capital City to do honor
to his presence and Oie triumphant
jiiiixy through the heart of the
State on his way to the far South,
marks ;in event in history Ion" to be
rwiiHubered. The visits of our Pres
idents to this section have been all
tx. infrequent in the past, and the
announcement that Mr. Roosevelt had
determined to see this splendid sec
tion of our common country himself
and frive our people an opportunity
of seeing and hearing him, was hailed
everywhere with delight.
The time of his coming is peculiar
ly oHrtu:ie. The crops full and
PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
bounteous have been harvested. The
people have both leisure and means
to take a great holiday. The State
Fair in itself is an event of great
importance in the social and indus
trial -life of the people of North Ca
rolina,, (lathered in the Capital City
of the State will be its substantial
citizenship the men and women who
have done things to make for the
marvelous development of our splen
did resources.
The reception at Raleigh will be
such as befits the dignity and char
acter of Mr. Roosevelt as a man and
as a public official.
The several hundred school chil
dren of the city public schools will
perform a portion of the program in
the reception to be tendered President
Fall River Cloth Market Firm.
Fall River, Mass., Special. The
sales in the print cloth market for
the week will amount to about 200,
000 pieces. The tone of' the market
continues very lirm. The demand for
goods has been active, but the mills
are only moderate sellers at ruling
figures.
Fire in Chicago.
Chicago, Special. Five firemen
"were slightly injured and property
valued at $130,000 was destioped by a
fire that demolished the five-story
brick building at 75 annd 77 Lake
street, occupied by Podrasink, Klap
perieh & Co., wholesale dealers in
paints and wall paped. The fire is
supposed to have started, from spon
taneous combustion and several ex
plosions of oil and-varinsh occurred.
The five firemen were injured by fall
ing glass and flying splinters caused
by the explosions.
Fire on Ocean Steamer.
New York, Special. The steamer
British Princess, which sailed for
Antwerp, returned and anchored off
Quarantine. While proceeding down
the lower bay, fire was discovered in
Rome brewers grain stored on No. 4
shelter deck. The fire was soon ex
tinguished with little damage, but
Capt. Freeth thought it best to wait
until tomorrow to avoid any danger
fire breaking out again.
SOUTH
and His Party Enjoy
Hospitality
Rooseveut upon his arrival in Raleigh
on the morning of October 19th.
These ytmn jieople wil meet at the
Capitol Square at 8 o'clock Thurs
day morning of the Fair, and form
in line. They will then be orderly ar
ranged on Morgan street between
Fayetteville and Wilmington streets,
and on Wilmington street in the end
of the square. When the Presiden
tial procession posses thev will sing
"Coralina" while the President, of
course, makes himself indelible in
their hearts by his profuse bows with
uncovered head.
Military Features.
Hesides the two local companies
and the militia of surruur.ding towns,
there will come several commands
from a distance. In response to the
special invitation issued to the sol
diery of the State a few days ago,
the following companies have signi
fied their intention of coining:
The Sampson Light Infantry, Com
pany II, Section regiment, of Clinton;
Capt. Cyrus M. Faircloth; fifty strong
The Fayetteville Independent Light
Infantry, Company F, Second regi
ment; Capt. N. H. MeGeaehy.
The Lumber Bridge Light Infantry,
Company L, Second regiment; Capt.
J. W. Hall.
At Durham, Greensboro, Lexington,
Concord and Charlotte, where short
stops will be made, tremendous
crowds will greet our Chief Magis
trate and listen to what he may have
to tell them.
The trip through the State Mill be
one grand triumphal march of the
nation's lading citizen, honored by
all, irrespective of -party, because of
the dignity of his office and the grace
and fairness with which he has dis
charged his official duties.
At Charlotte a fifteen minute stop
is promised, when the President will
be driven to Vance Park and the peo
ple will have an opportunity of both
seeing and hearing him.
Killed in a Row.
Union, S. C, Special. In a row
Friday afternoon near the forest, be
yond Buffalo, Davs Smith instantly
killed Bur Bunell by striking him
across the back of the neck with a
stick. Both are negroes, about 18
years old. Magistrate Howell held
an inquest at Buffalo.
Refused to Be Treated.
Fort Worth, Texi, Ex-Gov." James
S. Hogg is lying ill at a hotel here of
dropsy. He was en route to a health
resort when he had to stop. The
ex-governor, who weighs over 300
pounds, has dropsy and his physicians
say unless he is tapped at once he
cannot survive. He declines to be
tapped, saying "if his time has come
he will go, but he is afraid of the
needles perforating an intestine So
far his family and friends have fail
ed to move him.
: News Notes.
After instating its new offices, the
American $ankers' Association ad
journed. .
Baltimore 's Postoffice receipts for
September, 1005, were 10 per cent,
greater than for the same month last
year. .
The President, it is said, has decid
ed not to use force against Venezu
ela until Congress has considered the
questions in dispute. ; a
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KALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1J, 1905.
MURRAY GETS A RESPITE
Governor Glena Makee Some Vigor
ous Remarks About the Courts.
Releigb, Social. W. R. Murmv
was granted a further reprieve until
October 26tb Saturday by Governor
Glenn. A large delegation from Dur
ham, representing the defendant,
were present at the hearing before the
Governor which began directly after
the arrival of the 10:30 train from
Durham and continued till after two
o'clock in the afternoon. The gover
nor will review the records in the case
and announce his decision on the 2Gth.
The petition for the absolute par
don of Murray, who was convicted of
manslaughter and sentenced to two
years on the county roads, was en
dorsed by the trial judge, R. B. Pee
bles, the jury, a brother of the de
ceased and thousands of citizens of
Durham count-.
The attorneys for Murray were: R.
W. Winston, Frank L. Fuler, J. Craw
foid Biggs, J. S. Manning and R. B.
Boone, Jr. The friends of M array,
who attended the hearing was: Dr. N.
M. Johnson, Col. J. Haqter Erwin. J.
II. Barbee, Alderman W. J. Griswold,
T. J. Lambe, W. D. Bradsher, L. A.
Carr, J. A. Robinsin, Alphousa Cobb,
S. F. New, C. C. Thomas, J. H. Cole
man, J. Ed. Stagg and James Mur
ray a brother to the deceased.
For the prosecution there were W.
W. Mason, an attornev of Durham,
and Col. T. M. Argo. of Raleigh. Mrs!
J. S. Murray, widow of the man kill
ed, was also present.
During the argumei t, while Judge
Winston Avas speaking eloquently for
the defendant, Governor Glenn inter
rupted him, and risked if the jury
were "too cowardly to find Murray
guilty." The remark was provoked
by a statement from Judge Winston
to the effect that if Murray were com
pelled to serve the sentence which had
been imposed upon him, being an in
nocent man, and having fought to
protect his life, being shot at three
times, it would be placing a premium
upon cowardice.
"I want to say here that I am tired
of the judges and juries of the State
shirking their duties and sending
cases to me that they ! themselves
should decide."
Five Thousand For an Arm.
Wilmington, Special. In the Su
perior Court the jury in the case of
Melvin Home against the Consolidat
ed Company returned a verdict
awarding $5,000 damages to the plain
tiff. Home was employed by the
company as an electric light trimmer
and lost an arm as the result of com
ing in contact with a live wire while
about bis duties, The defendant ap
pealed the case to the Supreme Court.
Shelby Graded School Building Burn
ed, Shelby, Special. The fire alarm
was sounded Friday night about 1 :30
and the people of Shelby woke up to
find the graded school building on
fire. It being the most quiet hour of
the night, the building was about half
consumed by the flames before many
people could be gathered. The grad
ed school building was a very large
frame structure and burned with
great rapidity. The school has been
in session for about six weeks and
employed ten teachers with about
four hundred students.
Bond Issue of $50,000.
Wilmington, Special. An addition
al bond issue of $50j000 for continu
ing and extending the permanent im
provement of the public roads of the
county was sold Saturday by the New
Hanover board of commissioners to
Seasonsgood & Meyer, bankers and
brokers, of Cincinnati. The bonds
run for 25 years, bear 4 per cent, in
terest, and were sold at par with ac
crued interest.
For Thirty Thousand Each.
Greensboro, Special. Two suits,
claiming damages of $30,000 each,
were filed in the Superior Court here
Saturday afternoon against the
Southern Railway by administrators
of Leslie Garriiiger and Walter
Craven, the two young meu killed by
a train here two weeks ago. Stedman,
Cooke & Strudwick are plaintiffs at
torneys. Mutineers Transferred.
Wilmington, Special. An order
was received here from the depart
ment at Washington, instructing that
the three negro mutineers from the
schooner Harry A. Berwind be trans
ferred from the Southport to the New
Hanover jail Shackles were tele
graphed for, from Raleigh, and the
prisoners will be brought here Wed
neday. The schooner was towed into
port here and will undergo temporary
repairs so as she can proceed.
Lost Two Cars of Horses and Mules.
' Mr. R. R. Ross, of Asheboro, went
to Fort Scott a few weeks ago and
purchased two car loads of horses
and mules. One car was shipped be
fore Mr. Ross left Fort Scott. The
other car was shipped two wt ks ago.
Mr. Ross, kept looking for his horses
and mules, but they did not come.
Last Saturday he received a telegram
that every horse and mule in the car
had been killed in a wreck beyond the
Mississippi river,
THE CLOSING SCENE
Portscoolb Treaty Officially Siloed
By Both triers
IS DONE WITHOUT ANY CMEMONY
War in the Far East Officially Endi
With the Signatures of Czar and
Mikado.
Washington, SpecialThe emperor
of Russia and the emperor of Japan
Saturday morning signed their re
spective copies of the eace treaty,
thus officially ending war.
Baron Rosen, the Russian ambas
sador, called at the state department
and saw Secretary Root. Whi'e he
had no official advices on the subject
information had reached him io the
effect that the emperor of Russia had
early in the day affixed his signature
to the treaty.
A few minutes after noon Minister
Takahira appeared at the state de
paitment with a message stating that
the emperor of Japan had signed the
treaty at Tokyo. A cablegram was
immediately dispatched to SjKmcer
Eddy charge of the American embas
sy at St. Petersburg, who was in
structed to inform the Russian for
eign office that the emperor of Ja
pan had signed the treaty.
St. Petersburg, By Cable. The
treaty of peace was signed Saturday
though the representative of the for
eign office refused to make any offi
cial statement on parchment with the
the French and English text in paral
lel columns, was sent by Foreign Min
ister Lamsdorff to Peterhof, where
the ceremony of signing took place.
Paris, By Cable. Premier Ro.ivier,
acting on behalf of the Russian gov
ernment, cabled M. Harmand, the
French minister at Tokyo, to inform
the Japanese government that the em
peror of Russia had sgined the peace
treaty, thus completing Russia's part
in the conclusion of peaec between
that country and Japan.
DEJLTH OF SIR HENRY IRVING.
Attack of Synocope After Return to
Hotel On Conclusion of Perform
ance at Bradford, England, Caus
ed Death at 11:30 O'clock Friday
Night. -
London, By Cable. Sir Henry Irv
ing died suddenly at Bradford Friday
night.
The death of the distinguished ae
tor was totally unexpected. He was
engaged in a tour of the provinces,
appearing nightly, and a few daj s ago
spoke at a public meeting in advo
cacy of the movement for a munici
pal theatre.
Sir Henry played as usual at Brad
ford, and returned from the theatre
to his hotel, where he was seized with
an attack of syneope, dying at 11:30
o 'clock.
Irving "s last appearance was ts
"Becket," in Lord Tennyson's play
of that name.
The Associated Press received the
following telegram from Sir Henry
Irving 's mnager, Bran Stoker: "Very
terrible news. Sir Henry Irving had
an attack of Syncope after returning
fxom the theatre to the hotel and died
suddenly."
Ready For General Passenger Agents.
Mexico City, Special. The commit
tee having in charge the entertain
ment of the members of the General
Passenger Agents' Association of
Ameirca has completed all arrange
ments for the care of the party from
the time of their arrival at the bor
der until they reach this city, where
they will hold their convention from
October 17 to 21 inclusive.
Slight Fire on Governor's Island.
New York, Special. A slight fire
started Sunday in the bakery of Cas
tle Williams, on Governor's Island,
in which there are about 300 military
prisoners, most of whom were exer
cising in the court yard. The pris
oners formed a bucket bagrade and
had the blase out before the fire com
pany arrived. The damage is small.
Five Swept Overboard.
New York, Special. Five lives are
known to have been lost and more
than 30 persons injured, some of tbem
seriously, on the Cunard line steamer
Campania last Wednesday when a gi
gantic wave rolled over the steamer
and swept across a deck thick with
steerage passengers. John Graham of
Milwaukee was vone of the passengers
washed overboard and lost. He was
traveling in the steerage. In addition
to the name of John Graham the
Cunard lino officials gave out the fol
lowing names of steerage passengers
who were washed overboard ;
Holston Methodist Conference Prais
es President.
Bristol, Va., Special. The Holston
Conference of the Methodist Episco
pal church, South, in session here
unanimously adopted a resolution
commending President Roosevelt's ef
forts in behalf of -peace between Ja
pan and Russia. Bishops Hoss and
Duncan of the Southern Methodist
church, were both present at til con
OFFERED mm ItWAID
Offered For Conviction of a Gang of
Brutes.
New York, Pjiecial. Isidore Worm
wr, the millionaire banker, offered
f 100,000 reward for the conviction of
a gang of men who recently assaulted
Annie Thornton, a domestic employ
ed in hi household. In court when
five men were arraigned for the as
sault Mr. Wonnscr said:
"I will pive $100,000 to have tbe
perpetrator of this dastardly crime
convicted and sent to prison."
Recently, on Miss Tl .ornlon n birth.
day Mr. Wormser gave her $50 and
a Holiday as a reward for several
years service in his household. That
evening while jessing stable on the
est bnie, she said she was seized
by two men and dragged into a stable
and that about a dozen others join
ed them there. She did not escaj
from the stable until the next morn
ing. Her health was seriously affect
ed by her exjieri'Miee.
The five men arraigned were held in
$"2,000 bail each and the jioliee an
nounced that they expected to arrest
nine more men in connection with the
assault.
Mutiny cn High Seas.
Wilming-.on, N. C, SjK-cial. A spe
cial to the Star from Southjort says
the schooner Blanche II. King, Cap
tain J. W. Taylor, Bruuswieh, Ga.,
September 23rd to Philadelphia, put
in there bringing in irons three ne
groes, all that remain of the crew of
the lour masted schooner Harry A.
Berwind. Captain Rumill, from Mo
bile, September 23rd, to Philadelphia,
the captain, mate, cook and an en
gineer having been ostensibly murder
ed in a mutiny at sea and their bod
ies thrown overlward. The body ol
a fourth negro of the crew was found
lying on deck where he, too, had evi
dently been murdered. Captain Tay
lor, of the schooner King, sighted the
Berwind early Thursday morning
about thirty miles off the Cape Fear
bar, and w?.s attarcted to her by the
manner in which she was being steer
ed, having several times come jvery
near running down the King. A near
er approach to the Berwind showed
that she had been practically aban
doned. Captain Taylor and crew
boarded the vessel and placing the two
vessls off the bar, whence one of them
was towed in by Wilmington tugs,
which have nrnv gone for the other
schooner, a gale prevailing on the out
side, i
The Italian Earthquake,
Rome, Special, According to the
latest official reports 300 villages were
destroyed by the recent earthquake in
the province of Calalria. Reconstruc
tion work, it is estimated, will cost
about $30,000,000 and funds contri
buted up to the present time amount
to $400,000. The popo is much dis
tressed because if the situation, es
pecially now that the severity of the
autumn weather is felt among the in
habitants of the stricken district. His
holiness received the Right Rev. Fran
cis Borune, Roman Catholic archbish
op of Westminster, in audience and
thanked him warmly for opening a
collection among the clergy of West
minster, adding: "All good Catholics
throughout the world should imitate
him."
Governor Wright to Retire.
Washington, Special. By reason of
what appears to be dissatisfaction
with the siiuation in the Philippines,
Luke E. Wright, governor general of
the Philippine commission, will retire
from that position about the 1st of
December. General Wright is ex
pected to arrive in the United States
during that month and is entitled to
six month's leave of absence prior to
the formal relinquishment of his la
bors as governor general.
Judse Solicited for Campaign.
Washington, Special. -The charge
of soliciting and accepting campaign
contributions in the campaign of 1902
made against United States Circuit
Court Judge Baker, of Indiana, by
the Civil Service Commission, has
been referred to the Department of
ustice by the commission. In connec
tion with the refernce the commission
gave out an official statement of the
case in whieh it wa3 aid "tbe statute
of limitations . is the only defense
whieh can be opposed to the charge."
Gave His Body to Science.
New York, Special. In accordance
with the provisions of the wUl of
George W. Catt, president of the At
lantic Dredging and Construction
Company, who died on Sunday, at his
residence here, his body was taken to
the Beilevue Hospital Medical College
to be dissected in the interests of
science. Mr. Catt was the husband
of Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt,. Presi
dent of the National Suffrage League.
To Force Mixed Schools.
Topeka, Kas., Special. The State
supreme court issued a writ of alter
native mandamus against the board
of education of Kansas City, Kas., re
turnable November 7, requiring said
board to show cause why colored pu
pils are not allowed to attend sebool
at the same hours and in the same
buildings as the white pupils.
IS LIKE LYNCH LAW
President Spacer Speaks ei liUvay
Tate Icfulatba
TAIE5 A FUfl STASD AGAINST IT
Declares Government Begnlatioa j
Unfair, Unjust, and Opposed to the
Fundamental Principles of Anglo
Saxon Jurisprudence,
Newark, N. J-. Serial. That fwr
erntnent control of railroad properties
as projiosed in tbe Erli-Tonscnd
bill, which was considered at the last
session of congress, is unfair, unjust
to the railroads, ojijwmmhI Io the fun
damental principles of Anjrlo-Saxon
jurisprudence, and is equivalent to
providing by statute for the enforce
ment of commercial lynch law, is in
substance the replay of the railroad
to the agitation for railroad rate leg
islation, as out line, I by President Sam
uel Sjtencer, of the Southern railway,
in an address before the Newark
board of trade. Mr. Seneer said in
part :
"Up to the present time shipper
and carrier have been free to work to
gether, without political interference
to facilitate the establishment of new
industries; to reach out for new mar
kets for our fanners and manufac
turers; to create new communities and
to maintain the prosjwrity of those
already established, and to eoojerate
to the fullest iossible extent to en
large the volume of both our domestic
and foreign trade.
Propose to Change System.
"It is now proposed to change this
system and substitute for it one in
which artificial bureacratic methods
will take the place of the natural laws
of trade and commence, which have
been the controlling force and evolu
tion of the present system.
"And it must be borne in mind that
it is proposed to give those enormous
powers to a body on whom no respon
sibilities rest or can rest, for the pre
servation of maintenance of the rail
road property, or for the discharge of
financial obligations, or the fulfillment
of its duties to the public as an effi
cient common carrier.
"The president, in his last annual
message, laid special emphasis upon
the necessity for doing away with re
bates and for the keeping of the high
ways of transportation open to all
upon equal temw. There is no issue
or controversy boforo the people or
congress as to whether or not rebates
or secret discriminations should be
stopped. No one desires more than
tbe railway managers themselves that
there should be an end to all such
practices.
No Rational Suggestions.
"No rational suggestions have been
made, however, as to how the grant
ing of rate making power to the in
terstate commerce commission sould
be effective to this end. A rebate or
any secret discrimination device can,
of course, be applied to a government
rate as well as to one made by the
carrier.
''One of the most serious objection!
to the legislation proposed is that, un
der it a rate once flxtd by the com
mission would continue in force inde
finitely, unless changed by tho com
mission or by the court. The carriei
would, therefore, have no power to
make either reductions or increases
to meet new conditions.
"To place in tbe hands of one tri
bunal which is or may bo prosecutor,
jury and judge and at tbe same tim
executioner is equivalent to being one
statnte for the enforcement of com
mercial lynch law."
Wisconsin Central Sold.
Milwaukee, Bpeeiil. The Journal
says: "The Wisconsin Central has
been sold and the new interests are in
full control. They represent" big
Eastarn financiers and the change
meaDS that the line will finally enteT
Milwaukee Southern and that it will
become part of a great railroad sys
tem.
Was There Foul Play?
.New York, Special. Police dragged
the Harlem river for the body of Mrs.
Katherine Duerr, who was drowned
under circumstances so suspieious as
to cause the arrest of Mrs. Duerr's
husband, Otto, and his friend Charles
Hahn. Raymond Messmer and his
wife, Mary, parents of the drowned
woman, declared to Coroner O 'Gor
man that they believed she had been
a victim of fool play.
Hearst Accepts Nomination.
New York, Special. William Ran
dolph Hearst has made public a letter
addressed to Judge Samuel Seabury
of the Municipal Ownership League,
accepting the league's reeent tender
of a nomination for mayor of New
York. The municipal convention of
the organization will be held Thurs
day, but Mr. Hearst was offered the
nomination at a meeting some days
ago. His aeeptance assures ' three
mayoralty tickets in the field this faU
the democratic, the republican and
municipal ownership League,
NO. 42.
(EE CtEAT mUUiltG f Ail
TUs Evest Wl Be Cm ef Ue Great-
esl ia lit Uittery ef Cmty
Fairs,
Oustlotto SprtbL Tfce MckWi
bonr Fair, ml'trh 41 W UcW CMfcrr
2ith to 27th, iDIuirr. txoc&i a be
oa? vf tb bo I ?rttt of its kit!
cr htld in the Mslc. Kh year
thU fair has been tttetulfd to its
scope aud iffptwred :a Urrt aJ
atttarmetK tsatt! tic atkM fpf
tbe v-eir Hit pivTC-r that it wiH
far'erlijs cU pmims on-s. Mr
W. S. Oir, tht manstrr r! nvrrtary
of the Fair Asiiatiitt has bcru hard
at nk jrttin everything in hap
for the o4KiHn.t aud hi an.tnunfriarnl
that fll (hints unt to a pknJ4
access Itu vcar carries with it tbe
conviiM-tvr veistit f cxpt-ncnr.
The exhibit ar nearly rotcplet.
and :!! include tlw choicest cwHee
tio;t4 of cvrrylhirs;; ixrtaixaru; to agiv
ecllurr, rm-rbinicis ait, M-icncr and
invculto;i.
The racing will this xcar W tbe
lot ever -n mi a Nnt!i I'aiolina
tiark, tho entries snciudnt? some of
tho fnsUM h'im in the country.
Tbe midway will be a errand fre at
traction, clean and btb-lncd, such
as will ple.n4, atnue and entertain,
without idiockin? t'.e tnoi iwnnativ
All r.ii!ro.id. leading into tlsi rity
will give fcieiMy reduced rates ad
from prt'vnt -ipj-aianccs tie crowds
in .nttfttdatirr will bo trrtneadous.
And ail uho rtitue tvill pi away feel
ing that I bey heve Ihtu richly re
paid for tbeir time and money sjeut
in serin" this excellent fair.
GAT7IS VS. EILOO.
Argument for Fourth Time in Su
preme Court.
Raleigh, Sficrial. Tbe case of Gat
tis s. Kilgo was nrguod in (he Su
prtrue court lat week for Ibe fourth
lime. Besides tbe attorneys interest
ed there were few proeut during tho
Argument which consumed tbe rntir
tiit.e of the court. There were only
four justices on the In-nch. Chief Jus
tire Clark, by reason of his conncc
ti n with the Kilgo-Clark controversy
out of which the suit arose, not sit
ting. 'Hi- publ;e is familiar with tbe
gioun 's on vhirh the suit is based
and with its history. At a special
term ct Wike county court last June
Judge Moore uon-suittd the plaintiff
Gattis on the ground that under tbe
lnet decision of tbe Supreme court the
j .bint ill had not shown any malice
in the publication of the matter com
plained cf. The plaintiff contend!
that although the occasion of the hear
ins: of the charges a?ainst Dr. Kilo
before the Board of Trustees of Trin
ity College was a qualified privilege,
the wide publication aud tbe employ
ment cf the newspapers to give publi
city to the speech of Dr. Kilgo against
Mr. Gattis constituted malice. There
were also questions affecting the right
of the plaintiff to introduce testimony
boRinz material damages which he
hss suffeird by reason cf the alleged
libel.
Tbre were present at the hearing
for the plaintiff Messrs. Graham and
Dcviu. A. A. Hicks, C. B. Watson and
Tom M. Arro; for the defendants
Duke and Kilgo, Messrs. Robert Win
ston. T. T. I licks, ex-Governor Ay
cock for thtf defendants.
A Prayer Husfced.
Greenville. Snecial. Wednesday
night Ernest Dixon, aged twentyone
son of J. U. utxon, or tuts eounty,
died at Whitsett Institute, where be
was attending school. The remains
. cached here on TVursday evening s
inin and were taken out to Mr. Dix
on's home in Cbieou township. Mr.
h ton sent for Rev. O. A. liarwutm.
a minister of the Free Will lUptut
church, to conduct the funeral ser
vice. In the middle of tbe service,
while Mr. Burroughs wes knee'.ia?
in prayer, aud was about to close bis
3mIication. be was stricken helpless
and speechless. He was removed to
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a bed and died an nour jaier.
Wants Heavy Damages.1
HrAennhoro. SneciaL Two suits for
$30,000 each have been instituted in
Guilford Superior court against tne
North Carolina Railroad company by
S. W. Gerringer, administrator of
Leslie H. Garringer and C. B. Glares,
administrator of Walter A. Craven,
on account of tbe death of tbe two
young ' men who were killed by a
shifting engine on the yards in the
western part of this city two weeks
ago. Stedman & Cooke and ex-Tadge
r! C. Strudwick represent the plaintiffs-
The summons bive been rerved
and are returnable at the October
term.
The case touchin? th3 legality of the
bonds voted in Statcsville August 15tb
was heard by Judge Ing Satnrday.
The only question at issue was wheth
er those persons registered on tbe
permanent roll of voters, but not reg
isttrcd on the municipal registration
books under the new registration are
qualified voters for the election in
question and that the bonds voted are
entirely valid. The case was appeal
ed. .
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