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PAT 1. J. vOL. XXVII. RALEIGH, N. C. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18. 1909. No. s ! EDITORIAL BRIEFS The State's Income would prob ably be sufficient If the outgo was not so wasteful. If the politicians keep increasing ths bond l33ue, when will th State ever get out of debt? Something else new under the sun Philadelphia has pulled off an ap pendicitis dinner. Greensboro wants the State Capi tol. It is just like a young child wants everything it sees. There is a deficit of $8,000 in the Shell Fish Commission finances. That is deficit Number 13. Some of the Democratic members of the Legislature are not dwelling together in peace and harmony. Mr. Taft says that the work on the Panama Canal is being done honestly and well .and that he proposes to see that the work is carried out. Now. probably the wind artists, will abate. The Democrats have made a politi cal football of the educational sys tem of this State, and they do not want the Republicans to interfere with their game. During the campaign the Demo crats in North Carolina declared they were in favor of free lumber. Now, these same politicians are busy craw ling on the tariff band wagon. If the report made by the special committee that examined the State offices had not been strong in num ber it would have suffocated before now for the report has been in close confinement for many days. After standing on the Democratic platform for "free lumber," during the recent campaign, Senator Sim mons now comes out in favor of tariff on lumber. The indications are that Simmons was "smoked" out. The Democrats do not want the Republicans to elect the members of the Board of Education in Republican counties because the Democrats are not allowed to elect postmasters. Now, doesn't that jar your nerves. The Democratic politicians claim they ought to be kept in power to guard the State's interest, and that they do it so economically, and yet at every session of the Legislature they increase the bond issue for future generations to par. The Augusta (Georgia) Chronicle has been publishing the "Achieve ments" of the "Near-Dead" Democ racy In the election of 1908. H-u-sh; let Miss Democracy's last dying mo ments be peaceful, or at least at calm as possible, under the circumstances. President-elect Taft will be served alligator steak In New Orlsans to day. He has feasted on Gsorgia 'pos sum, and now the Charlotts Obser ver wants him to stop off in North Carolina and partake of a supper of Chatham County rabbits. They would doubtless compare favorably with the alligator steak. During the last campaign the Dem ocratic politicians abused the Repub lican party for, what they termed, centralization of government. And now these same politicians are trying to centralize the government of this State by knocking in the head every bill that has been introduced in the Legislature in the interest of local self-government. We call the Charlotte Observer's attention to the fact that our special correspondent, Zeke Bilklns, is now in Philadelphia, and has satisfied himself, beyond reasonable doubt that Indenendence was declared in Charlotte before the Philadel phians thought of such a thing; in fact, Zeke may be able to prove that Philadelphia took her pattern after Charlotte. After having heard so much of the progress in education in North Caro lina under Democratic "good govern ment," and after having an Educa tional Governor for four years and a Temperance Governor for four years, or rather for about one year we were then sur 4sed to hear of ex Governor Glenri,, -nient of the amount or Mitera,., 4 h. Caro lina. BILKINS IX PHILADTLPHIA. The Major 1 in Yankeedom- Fell in Love With President Roosevelt Visit Haiti more and is now in Philadelphia Compares Philadel pliia and Charlotte, X. C. Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 15, 1903. Correspondence of The Caucasian Enterprise. I am now in Yankeedom. I tried ter git inter the land ov Yankees endurin' ov the war. But them blast ed Yankees hed too many men an' guns ter suit me. 1 met them at Seven Pines an' several other points in Virginia an me an' General Bob Lee an' Stonewall Jackson give them a mity warm time fer erbout four years; in fack, we wore ourselves out a-thrashin" them blue-coated fellers an' had ter give In an' surrender rite at the last moment. So far, they hev treated me mity clever, an' I guess they won't be any shootin' goin' on this time. But they had better not git me riled, fer I hain't never got over that hard four years that I put through a-flghtin' half ov the time an' starvin' the tother half. I had hard work ter git erway from Washington. I fell in love with Preserdent an' Mrs. Roosevelt. The Preserdent wuz a bit sore because my mule Bob out-traveled hiz fine black horse. But he jist tried ter kill me with kindness. Before I left he writ a lot ov letters fer me ter carry with me ter interduce myself ter awl the Kings an' Queens an' sich like on the tother side ov the sea, in cludin' one ter Li Hung Chang in China. When them Kings an' Queens see me waltzin' up ter the front door ov their palaces they will be sur prized, no doubt. But they will find that I kin hold a full hand at most any game they git up. I felt sorter scared erbout mixin' up with big folks till I spent some time with the Preserdent. Hit iz sorter like havin' a tooth pulled awl rite when hit quits hurtin'. I made Prserdent Roosevelt prom ise ter send over a few warships in case I git inter any trouble in them foreign countries. He sed he'd send the Alabama, the Missouri, the Ken tucky, the Oregon, and the cruiser North Carolina, if he seed any signs ov blood on the moon. "Yes," sez I, "send more than that if me an' the Kings ov any ov them big countries git ter havin' hot argyments." And he sed he would, an that he'd speak ter Mr. Taft erbout hit when he gits Inter the White House. I rode from Washington ter Balti more in a day. rne distance iz er bout 40 miles. Hit wuz not my in tention ter spend much time in Bal timore, fer they air still braggin' er bout the big fire they had thar a few ears ergo, an' can't talk erbout any- thin' else. But I thought I'd stop an' take a look at Druid Hill Park an Electrick Park an "The Bridge." Tbey air awl purty lively places. Baltimore hez a population ov er bout 700,000. Some ov them air purty gude peeple, ov course' an' some air not. The city hez a large wholesale trade with the South an' Southwest, an' they manufacture a gude deal in the way ov shoddy clothin' ,beer, whiskey, an' other stuff, nearly awl shoddy. But the city goes dymakratick nearly awl the time, an' our Southern merchants pat ronize Baltimore on that account. Hit iz the center ov the oyster buziness, an' leads in the fruit an' cannin' buziness, probably handling more oranges an' bananas in a wholesale way than any city in the country. Grate steamboats come inter the city loaded with fruits from Florida, Cu ba an' elsewhar almost daily. Take erway the fruit trade ov Baltimore an' hit would be a dull town, though a large trade iz done in other whole sale lines. Hit iz awlso a very wick ed city, I am told, an' that makes hit a popular tradin' place fer some ov our Southern merchants who air Sunday-school superintendents at home. After a short stay in Baltimore I left fer Philadelphia, whar I landed after nearly three days' hard ridin' through a mity interestin' country. I notice that we hev the best country down in North Carolina. But we ain't fixed up like they air in Mary land an' Pennsylvania. The houses, barns an' fields look very different Yankee energy iz wonderful indeed We have the best climate, the best country, the best people in the South But we air a hundred years behind them Yankees in actual results. Still the South Iz comin' ter the front pur ty fast. The difference, I reckon, iz that we tawk erbout what we air "goin' ter do," while these blasted Yankees air doin' hit. Philadelphia iz called the "Quaker City." IHt iz located jist half way between Baltimore and New York Hit hez a population ov more than a million peeple, a few ov whom air Quakers. An, ov course, they air very gude peeple. Hit iz a grate manufacturin city an turns out sub stantial goods. Awlso hez a large wholesale trade in close territory an in the South an West. Erway back yonder before the Revo lutionary War began, the sitizens ov Philadelphia helt a meetin an de clared their, independence so far az England wuz consarned. That led ter the war between England and the colonies. I beleeve this meetin wuz helt on the Fourth ov July. Af ter the Revolution wuz over, an' we hed licked England ter a standstill (Continued on Page 2. ) MR. TACT'S TRIP Greeted By Large Crowds at New Orleans and Other Southern Cities. DEFENDS WORK ON CANAL Speaks of Unjust Criticisms and False Reports of the Work on the Isth mus Declares the Work is Being I kmc Honestly and That He Pro poses Seeing it Carried Out, in Spite of "Baseless and Hurtful Criticisms" Americans Should Stand Behind the Workers Re gardless of the Efforts of the Wind Artists in Congress and Sensation al Newspapers. New Orleans, Feb. 11. President elect Wm. H. Taft landed here short ly before 3 p. m. from Panama and waa most enthusiastically received by the entire city whose guest he is to be until Saturday morning. Mr. Taft made a brief speech thi3 afternoon in which he heartily ap proved the present lock type of canal across the Isthmus of Panama. He reviewed a parade of enthusiastic citizens, miles in length, and to-night attended one of the carnival season balls. Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 13. Talk ing through Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, just like campaign 1 days, the President-elect had to-day the gratification, which he evidently enjoyed, of being heartily received by large and enthusiastic crowds who had not voted for him. He took numerous occasions to make his ap preciation plain, at the same time leaving a touch of irony behind in the form of a reminder that his pre campaign predictions had surely come true and not only did the South seem willing to accept him as their President, but his greatest desire was to be the President of every man, r . t,A t s woman and child in the nation. 1 There was one other burden on the Taft mi-rnl tn-rtav a desire t.o show his utter contempt for what he;" , termed the baseless and hurtful I Maiden declared that the re criticisms of the work being done on Prt "Mch has been made by the the Panama Canal. i Commission ,n response to the reso- The geniality of the Taft smile ! tion of the House asking for in ma n m thl sentence whirh I forma,ion about increased freight went home to the people of Hattles-! rate? n various sections of the coun . ,f. . try "has satisfied every one thai ex- Durg, MISS.. ,.:.. i . i i. 4. 1 T Qm HClirhtpH tn Inn intn vnnr faces; delighted to say to you that am vour President and you cannot help it, and if ever an opportunity comes again to show, it will gratify me to come down here to Hatties- burg, named after, I doubt not, a beautiful woman, and say to the peo ple of Hattiesburg, 'Come up toj Washington and we will give you the right hand of fellowship, and will show you that you own just as; much of the White House and have as much ight to call on the President, and ndeed on the woman who occupies it and runs it as any.' " The canal remarks of Mr. Taft were delivered with unusual manifes tations of aggressiveness. Hot Air Don't Stop Wrork. "The Panama Canal is going to be built," he declared, "and what I want you to do, and what I want every American citizen to do, is to stand by the men who are building it. Voices: "We will do it.") Don't set a fire in the rear, don't distrust the men that are giving up their strength and energy and enterprise to put that great work through. When you have agents who are doing your work, you stand behind them. f you don't, you cannot get your work done. The men who do your work are entitled to your help and confidence and you ought net to al low yourselves to be led astray by buncombe speeches on the floor of the House of Representatives, or by headlines in sensational newspapers, and go back on the men that are do ing your work. 'I don't care whether you are Democrats or Republicans, you want the work done and when the army engineers who are doing this work are giving all their time to the car rying out of this work, you are not men to go back on them and to be lieve every idle story that comes from the mouth of some politician who is seeking to make himself prom inent or to give himself the adver tisement of a little, unfounded sen sational statement. "That work is being done honest ly. I know what I am talking about It will be built and all the wind op position that comes merely from a desire to exalt and exploit the man who makes himself responsible won't obstruct it. "I know what the people of the United States want in that regard and in so far as I have power, as the Executive of this country, I am going to stand behind the men who are do ing it. And now, gentlemen, you have gotten me into more heat than I expected, but I thank you very much for your welcome." Presented "Billy 'Possum. There was a cordial leave-taking at New Orleans this morning when the Taft party departed. Stidell, La., turned out the first crowd to gree the President-elect, and from that tlms on a was almost constantly on the rear platform of the train ex pressing his pleasure at the crowds and talking to the people of their government. Mrs. Taft took part In the demon trations and was cheered by the peo ple. Floral tributes, bonbons and two live "billy 'possums" constituted the presentations of the day. The 'possums were allowed to escape from their wooden crate and take to the woods at nightfall. The two big demonstrations of the day were at Hattiesburg and Meri dian, while at Birmingham to-night there was a tremendous crowd which expressed its great enthusiasm at the short talk Mr. Taft was about to make in the limited time at his dis posal. With the echoes from the report of twenty-one guns reverberating in and around the terminal station at Birmingham, Mr. Taft stepped into view. There was a cordial applause from about 2,000 people who had gathered in the rain. Mr. Taft said: "I have found nothing but wel coming signs in the South, and you have greeted me not as a political enemy, but as a friend of the sec tion." Mr. Taft was suffering with a bad throat. This fact and the Inclement weather made his address very brief. He had finished before It was time for his train to depart, and retired within the car. THE COMMISSION' NEEDS MOKE POWER. Congressman Madden Discusses the Freight Rates-Thinks They Should Be Passed Upon by the Commis sion Before Becoming Effective. Washington, D. C, Feb. 13. That the Interstate Commerce Commission should have power to pass upon the freight rates made by the various railroads of the country before those : rate? become effective was the decla ration made to-day on the floor of the House by Representative Madden, of Illinois. He immediately added that it ould be better still to give the Commission power "to make a valu- i - of tlle country and to base the rate , ; upen sucn a oasis as win yieia mem a reasonable return upon such valu- s,v neigui 1 ve been made and that the time has ' Pfimn for tVio rcrnlk r f tVio nnntrr through their Representatives, to en act such legislation as will prevent the continuance of excessive charges for the movement of commodities." WHISKER-CLIPPERS INDICTED. Prominent Citizens of Louisiana, Who Cut Off Whiskers of Attorney O'Sullivan, Are Held on n Charge of Intimidating Voters. New Orleans, Feb. 13. A sensa tion was created in the United States Circuit Court this afternoon when a grand jury returned indictments against the mayor and other promi nent citizens of Kenner, Jefferson pa rish, charging them with "conspiring and agreeing to arm themselves with pistols, guns, scissors and other weap ons to injure, oppress and threaten certain voters." The indicted men are Mayor Paul Felix, Dave Mercer, John T. Fitzger ald, Moxie Wildenstein, and Frank Hail. The indictments grew out of the cutting off of the whiskers of E. A. O'Sullivan, a prominent attorney of New Orleans, at the Kenner polls at the last National election. Mr. O'Sul- Ivan went to the polls for the avow ed purpose of giving legal advice to certain clients opposing the Felix regime. As he approached the voting booth he was siezed and his flowing whiskers, with a State-wide reputa tion for their luxuriant growth, were summarily clipped. An incidental intimidation of other parties, it is alleged, figured in to-day's indict ments. A DARING TRAIN ROBBERY. The Thieves Board Moving Train and Force Mail Clerks to Give Up Val uable Package Valued at Tirty-Five Thousand Dollars. Denver, Colo., Feb. 13. In one of the most daring hold-ups ever perpe trated in the West, two masked men stopped the Denver and Rio Grande train No. 4 at Military Junction, be tween Fort Logan and Denver this morning at 3:15 o'clock, looted the mail car and registered mail and made their escape. Chief-of-Police Armstrong, of Fort Logan, has dis patched a police automobile with squad of men in pursuit. The robbers boarded the train as it was running slowly on a heavy grade. One climbed into the cab and with revolver in each hand, threaten ed the engineer and fireman with death unless his commands were obeyed. " . After securing their plunder, about $35,000, the bandits drove the pas sengers and crew back into the cars and ordered the engineer" to proceed to Denver at full speed. THE LAWMAKERS Senator Wray Introduces Bill to Provide School Bsoks for Poor Children BiQ GRIND OF LOCAL BILLS The Bill to lTovide for Election of County Boards of Education Voted Down by the Democrats in the Senatci Representative Barnes In troduces Bill Providing for En largement of the State Capitol and for a Bond Issue New Salary Bill for Solicitors. There was an interesting discussion In the Senate Friday over the bill in troduced by Senator Britt to provide for the election of county boards of education by the people. Some of the Democratic members said it was a scheme to debase the educational system of the State and asked the other Democrats of the Senate to vote it down. The Republicans in sisted that the bill was meritorious and should pass, but the Democrats injected partisan politics and suc ceeded in killing the bill. The bill introduced by Senator Wray Mon day caused some of the Democratic members to sit up and take notice. His bill provides that State shall furnish school books free for the in digent children of the State. There was a heated discussion in the House Saturday over the bill to require certain educational qualifications for physicians. The bill requires a four-years' course in academic schools before applicants can receive icense. The bill was voted down but there was another vote to recon sider the bill later. SENATE THURSDAY. New bills, petitions and resolu tions were introduced as follows: By Jones: To establish a special tax and-school district in Wake and Chatham Counties. By Empie: Relative to the method of drawing jurors in New Hanover County. By Blow: To provide for the reg istration and identification of auto mobiles, and for the control and management of automobiles on the public highways. By Jones: Relative to a change In the Holly Springs school district, Wake County. By Wray, by request: To prevent the sale of near beer in Reidsville. By Fry: To appoint the Board of Education for Jackson County. By Dockery and Elliott: Calling a contitutional convention to be held on the first Thursday in June 1911. By Dockery and Elliott: Amend ing the Constitution of North Caro- ina providing for quadrennial In stead of biennial elections. Passed Final Reading. Bills were passed on their third and final reading, as follows: H. B. To authorize the commis sioners of Anson County to levy a special tax. H. B. To provide for the improve ment of the public roads of Sampson County and for the appointment of a road commissioner. S. B. To allow the commissioners of Iredell County to levy a special tax to pay for building a county jail. H. B.' To authorize Perquimans County to issue bonds. H. B. To amend the road law of Warren County. H. B. For the working of the pub lic roads of Chatham County and al low it to issue bonds. H. B. To authorize the commis sioners of Beaufort County to levy a special tax. The Barringer bill to create a new judicial district composed of Guil ford and Alamance Counties was de feated. The bill by Senator Britt to pro vide for election of county boards of education by a vote" of the people was the special order for the day Te Democratic members injected par tisan politics and succeeded in killing the bill. IN THE HOUSE Petitions were presented on the following subjects: Trom Columbus County against stock law, against all fish law amend ments and opposing the bill repeal ing the law as to county tax collec tor; from ,498 citizens of Robeson County In opposition to bills pro posing to divide the county. Messrs. Morton, of New Hanover, Linney, of Alexander, and Myatt, of Johnston, gave notice of minority reports on the bills reported unfav orably by the Committee on Regulat ing the liquor traffic, giving farmers the right to distill brandy from their apples, to sell wine in quantities less than a quart, and to provide local option on the liquor question for each county. New Bills Introduced. Gavin: To create a stock law for DuDlin County. Perry, of Bladen: Preventing sale of cider and wine in four miles of Elkton graded school. Graham: To establish a fifth. grade of pensions for benefit of col ored men who served In the Confed erate States army. Currle: To place three colored tua of Cumberland County oa It lK.-ti.eion roil. Campbell: Joint resolution rela tive to management of insurance cotumiaioEer's oCjci. (Provide re port fur investigation of cc.) K ferrvd to th Select CozunUu oa Auditing Committee. Livingston: Authorizing the Gov ernor to fill vacancies in sheriffs of fices. Smith, of Harnett: To appoint Justices of the Peace for Harnett County. Magette: To appoint JuUcei of the Peace for Tyrrell County. Weaver: To amend the prohibi tion law ic Buncombe County. Everettc: To allow Scotland County to innuo bond. Martin: to protect fuh in the waters of Pamlico County. Mitchell: To amend the road law of Wayne County. Doughton: Authorizing a refund ing bond issue to pay the State debt falling due in 1910. The special order for the day was the contested election case of String field against Williams from Dare County. Several persons testi fied that they voted for Strlngfield whose votes had not been counted. While both parties were Democrats the House was of the opinion that Williams was more of a Democrat than Stringfield and voted to allow Williams to retain his seat. Permitting Hyde County to issue bonds and levy special tax. To allow Caldwell County to lery a special tax. To authorize Harnett County to Is sue bonds to build bridges and for other purposes. SEXATK FRIDAY. By Barringer: To appoint jus tices of the peace in Stokes County. By Spence: To authorize the commissioners of Randolph County to discontinue the working of convicts on the public roads. By Dockery,' by request: Requir ng the use of electric lights on cer tain locomotive engines. New bills were introduced out of order as follows: By Jones: To appoint justices of the peace for Wake County. By Spence: To prohibit the man ufacture and sale of intoxicating liq uors in certain places. Mr. Manning offered a resolution that when the Senate adjourn it do adjourn in honor of the memory of Abraham Lincoln, it being his birth day. The bill was put on its imme diate passage. Passed Final Reading. II. B. To amend Section 2040 of Revisal making every vessel ''or boat subject to Hens in home ports. S. B. To provide for the working of the public roads of Lee County by convicts. H. B. Relating to the public roads of Columbus County. S. B. To incorporate the People's Savings Bank of Raleigh (a negro bank). S. B. Relative to working prison ers on the roads at their own re quest, adding Person County. S. B. To exempt certain persons from jury service, exempting rural free delivery carriers. An amend ment by Mr. Peele exempting rail way locomotive engineers and con ductors in active service was adopted. S. B. To amend Section 7 of Chapter 850 of the Public Laws of 1907, relative to the separation of the races in street-cars. S. B. To incorporate Louisburg Female College. S. B. To promote the betterment of tno Kural Free Delivery service by preventing gates across the public roads obstructing carriers. The bill provides that gates that open across the roads shall be automatic. IN THE HOUSE. Petition by Butler: From citizens of Columbus County to abolish the office of county tax collector. The following bills were Intro duced: By Carlton: To prevent depreda tions of domestic fowls in Rowan County. By Griggs: To amend the law as to compelling attendance on Indian schools. By Underwood: To protect deer in Cumberland and Harnett Counties. By Cotten: To provide for the settlement of titles to land In North Carolina and institute the Torrens System. By Poole: To prevent forfeiture of life policies without notice. By Harshaw: To authorize com missioners of Caldwell County to es tablish a chain-gang By Gordon: To pay deputy sheriffs In Guilford for collecting taxes In towns other than the county-seat By Gordon: To create the Departs ment of Agriculture and Sanitation for Guilford County. By Cox, of Wake: To protect policy-holders in assessment com panies. By Gavin: To appoint justices of the peace in Duplin County, By Smith, of Harnett: To amend Section 2672 of the Revisal as to the penalties on railroads for failure to deliver freight in reasonable time; prevent persons from walking on railroad track; repeal Section 2621 of the Revisal relating to penalties for failure to receive freight. By Majette: To amend Section 1776 of the Revisal relative to fees of registers of deeds. There was a night session in the House Friday night at which only (Continued on Page 8.) WASHINGTON NEWS Prcsidcct-Bcct Taft Spends Bray Day in Thit City. BELIEVES KNOX EUQIBLE A ad Kay thm rvawytraai kuUr Will H His SrrrriMrj of Ktt-4s Very KathaUUc homt thm Karl CVmpleOoB of the 1'mnis CaL Ird of iciww Maae Thrtr lUXTt ImUdrmi Urgr Iroiec lion for liomHr CtUUlrm. Special to The Caucasian. Washington. D. C Feb. H. 1I0S. Pr4dnt-e!l Taft arrived in Washington to-day and has ba busy ith a number of Important confer ence. One of the Important sub ject considered has tx-en tbe ques tion of reducing the salary of the Sretary of Stato from $13,000 to IS, 000. the amount or the salary of Cabinet officers beforo the rrcenl In crease with a vtw to making Sen ator Knox eligible to that position. Tboe who further the legUlatloa reducing the salary contend that this action on the part of Congress would remove the Constitutional objection which says that no Congressman shall be appointed to any of9c which has been created or the emol uments of which have been Increased during the term of office to whicti he was elected as a Congressman. The section of the Constitution re ferred to reads as follows: "No Representative or Senator shall during the time for which he was elected be appointed to any civil office under the authority of tbe United States which shall have been created or the emoluments Increased during such time." On the other hand, tht.e are good lawyers who contend that the salary having been Increased, the Constitu tion becomes operative, and that Mr. Knox's disability cannot be removed by reducing the salary. President-elect Taft stated to night that he thought Senator Knox was now legally eligible to receive the appointment of Secretary of State under hia administration. It Is also understood that Presi dent Taft Is enthusiastic about tbe early and successful completion of the Panama Canal, and that the re port of the engineers will soon be made public Is looked forward to with Interest. The old enemies of any canal have been striving to make it appear that the locked canal would be a failure, and that we should now change to a sea-level canal. The people who are behind this propaganda are opposed to any canal at all. The Protection of Homelm Children The President has sent to Con gress another menage pertaining to the report of the commission which he appointed to consider the question of tbe care and protection of home- ess and orphan children .and also the care of tbe parents of children who have shown their Incapacity to care for them and raise them as re sponsible citizens of this eRpublic. It is possible that no legislation may follow the report of this com mission during this session of Con gress, yet the investigation of the commission and the message of the president have created quite an Im pression on the country, and is sure to lead sooner or later to tangible) results. Tbe report of the board of engi neers endorsing the present proce udre In constructing the Panama Canal is now In the hands of Presi dent Roosevelt and will be transmit ted to Congress to-day. FODRELL WILL IfAXG APRIL 30. Harvey Nester Shoofe William John- son at a Haw Mill In Surry County. Winston-Salem, N. C. Feb. 12. Charles Fodrell, the negro who shot and killed his wife last Friday eve ning, was convicted in Forsythe Su perior Court this afternoon. Tbe Jury returned a verdict of murder In the first degree. The defendant was sentenced to be executed on Fri day, April 30th, between the hours of 11 and 1 o'clock. At a saw-mill in Surry County last night, Harvey Nester shot William Johnson three times, which resulted In his death to-day. Both parties are white and were Intoxicated when the crime was committed. Nester has not been arrested. lie was the defendant In a. big slander suit in his county last year. INDUSTRIAL NEWS NOT HOLD. Mr. E. C. Duncan Bid $3,000, Bat Judge Boyd Declined to Confirm Sale Will Be Sold Again. Greensboro, N. C, Feb. IS. The plant of the Industrial Publishing Company was sold at public anctlon by Receiver W. I. Underwood to-day. there being a large audience, but only two bidders. E. C Duncan bid'$5, 000 a'3d tendered bis cheek to Re ceiver Underwood, but Judge Boyd declined to confirm the sale at that price, and signed a decree for a re sale In ten days. W The plant will again be adrertlsed for sale In ten days. n t i V
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