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n '- 'CI piVE DOLLARS A YEAR. CHARLOTTE, -N.. a SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 27; 1909; V . .7. k -j FIVE CETS A COPY.; . ; ,. PAYNE AND I CHAMP CLARK - '.' Opposing Leaders Are Good Representative Burton Har friends Except on the ; , rison Attacks the Payne Floor. , - Tariff BUI? ". v THE 3IEX WIIO LE.VD ' I IX THE TARIFF FIGHT I piTtTom-e Irt the Viewpoint Fixing I Tariff Sihctluies a nenous xjusiucss Ien Speak Differently Clark Waxes Sarcastic In Talking About usar Sthedule and Sugar Trust 4 a Good Captain But He Strikes Hard. WASHINGTON. March- 27. The c-mntry i familiar with the names of krno Payne and Champ Clark, the :;-pective leaders of the majority and t-;r.crity of the House of Represent ees of the Congress of . the United itjte?. the one being the chairman ir.J the other the ranking Democratic r-'ber of the Ways and Means com- F.fu wniCIl muvci LUU . UlWUllkl K-hich labored and . brought firth the Payne tariff, bill now being I rr-MJered here. One of these t:emen must look at questions from a the country the poor man will payta Bepatlican and the other a Demo- tax on' coffee. All know, that Brazil' .t;.. standooint. Fixing tariff sche- now Imposes an export tax and upon !es is a serious business as every tse who has watched the progress of junerxan industries for the last sev- -7l decades knows. Generally speak- XS the Democrats stand for a tariff Z rPvnuA and the Republicans for a protective tariff. All seem to I r-ee now that the Dlngley tariff du-1 ves must be revised, but no two would revise them alike. Messrs. Payne and Clark are each trying to convince the other , that he i wronr. uney are gxoa menus, and have been for years. The one joker in tne mu, in. -coxes from New York and the other, poration would be immune from com from Missouri. The one was born In petition behind the wall of a counter- June, 1S43. and the other, March. I Xx30. Mr. Payne is stout, rotund, ruddy-faced, white haired, and wears - ...Vi and Mr. fTlArlr la ta.ll. f.he, well-knit. clean shaven and I rale. The one Isslow of foot and alis like a bear -when- on. 4ts-JUnd Jegs. and the other takes long strides tzi swings like an alert plow mule. The friends of either would recognize iL-n as far as he could see him. 3Ir. "Payne wears a derby hat, cut-a-way coat, and Mr. Clark a broad-brimmed felt, and a plain sack coat. , ' ' In the House this week the New Torker spoke nine .hours, defending iis bill and the MIssourlan five, rld cling it. Their speeches are well jnrorth reading. Each Is able in his -ay. Mr. Payne has been here neair 7 30 years, and Is said to be the I est Informed man on the tariff in the I oase. He has had to do with fram- two or more tariff bills. - Mr. Hark has been here, six or seven terms. -On the floor, speaking. ilr.Payne.Is Izstructive and forceful in that he riarshals his farts well, makes a. !oT- I r al argument and aims direct at his tsa highly entertaining Jir. i-ayne ro3 straight ahead, step .by 8tePTrrovs and tMeans committee j off er a kking to his text, while (Mr. ciarK rambles, digressing from the subject, ... . . . , returns and take up where he left Every sentence counts as argu- ment for lr. Pavn. while some of ... .r'. " r f' l arOUS vn - nuu mirio. i nappened In these neanngs iijai In arivnraf lnc Trent hMpt .In . hiJi. .ontlaman frnm' IIllDOlS ' Added a .---- -ere nas been a duty on niaes meat v ou,a go up ana niaes wouw go aowu -nd then hides would go up and meat I co-jrn. and still there are gentlemen! pended on the fact mat ne couio wta Insimln. that nparlslv Ihla mathemAtda SOOd phrase. """ i . . . . . .j, I r ai " ceni- ol auy " "1U" BW w the farmer. There is not a n1411) aat can put a reasonaDie argumeni,iof one per cent, on a pouna oi reuu that would convince a Justice of the ed sugar as a blow between the eyes I . tn. th unr trust. It seems to me on me maer ox a cuj,io. -ouars oetween his neignoors. xnai receIyed that tremendous t-.e farmer ever got a farthing of this bJw between the eyes instead.of see Cuty on hides. Inr stars, as la the usual result of a "Drive out the tanning business by evening tne hjdes to uermany ana Q0lngxato its coffers every year dur other foreign countries. Destroy! life of the Payne tariff bill. ur tannine hnjilnM and then the I th.t U ac,u.IIy p.d .d o It the American shoes mainly, goes ito the coarse shoes bought by the farmer for his dally work, and bought tnd the laboring man have to pay 11x6 uiy on the hides brought in nere from the foreign, coountlrea. gentle- sen try to put this duty on hides and fry out that they are protecting the farmers' Interests. Good Lord, de- f ... . - -r xne American rarmer irom sucn "uu ana luca 8 yniw.uuuui ,iu fcis interests.' The foregoing give, an Idea of Mr. 6-ne-s style of speaking. .In. an- ewerlng those who Interrupt him he Is ready and clever. rr rr, "Yn 1 then believe that vo are rendering n: ?--n h1DCflt D remOVlD? "I do - Lu v p.. - , -dSaV5.d.eId -ie Texan, -that the genUeman does rot have to run for Congress in some it the districts that I know of.. or would ha v7 a hard time getting elected." "O. well, two-thirds of my people re farmers,' and they are like farm- r H over the country, they are' In- Ulgent men. They yield to reason- ble argument. If gentlemen would BOLTER STILL A DEMOCRAT SAYS -TAXES WILIi FAIX HEAVIEST ON THE POOR Harrison Was a Bolter and His Speech Was Awaited With Interest Attacks Coffee. Tax Wants to . Kill Standard Oil Joker Tax on Tea Unjust to the. Poor Would Put Tea, Coffee, . Iron and Steel Schedule, Shoes and , Lumber on Free List. . WASHINGTON. MARCH 27. The tariff speech to-dafc of Representatire Burton Harrison, of . New "York, was waited for with interest, as the speak er . was one of the . recentbolters . on the vote on rules. . He proved, tq-day that he adhers to Democratiq' prin ciples when the tariff is the issue. 17. .iM "T r tVi Ponnhlican? w " change their slogan from 'full dinner xn-ipair to -empty conee poy ah over the passage of the Payne tariff Bratil will Immediately . Inflict a new duty equal to the United States tariff. New taxes on tea, coffee, gloves and stock- Ings are" a direct provocation to worn- an's sufferage. The duties are chiefly specific and fall upon the poor rather than the rich. The tax on tea will rail on - me poor, ocause io " grades pay the same tax as the higher grades." The speaker said he hoped to have . Carina tn kill the "Standard Oil vailing auiy. e tuuv..uUtu : , " hope vnai mo wuure - - schedule and boots, - shoes, lumber, line : and tea and coffee .wQuldfba -l . . v tx, Ma list i"tt-cu l" Kidnappers to Mercer County JaiL- "PrTTSBTIRp.. March,: ;2T. M James, H. Boyle, alias Helen FaiKner, the alleged kidnapper of : Billy Whltlai was taken from "Alleghenty county this morning and hurried so Mercer county prison. - - ' . In an Interview she denied that her I name was McDermott, said " she was not daughter of a Chicago, fireman and had never lived in Chicago.. Wll n, r-rvrtrTnntt. the father is . ex- liaiu w - w - pected to arrive to-day from Chicago. meet them tut would act out their MTivictinns. and tell their con- stitutents the reason why certain things are so. they would stay in JCon- 1 t 11 k w v w - jttprs a miicniy sikiii. ' here." ' . rhamn marir Injects spice Into al Xrf v .Mrv Rontence. . He arops irura a auotatlon from the classics to ordi- . tti. nnnaKhns a re n ii n Ti na rv Hia.HK. ma oin..uv - with annlause. In. his diSCUS sion of the tariff Wednesday-he ridi culed tne reaucuuu m Llula aa fnlloWS!.' . . . " -o-hUonn members of the great boon to tne Ameneu;yw'' the sugar schedule by cuttlftg o ff the a.rlfr on refined sugar rromr u w icts per pound. . A cut down cj flye jne-hundredths of , tone" cent tier oound. That Is represented as a knAn to the American consum : lnd;bfthe,way. one, .thing that IriBw nhmse to the American. vernac Vna that is -the. ultimate con- "That phrase will live. Happy phrase-makei. . Half of Grover Cleveland's success In the world de- "vKr.nfln(ri sav that one or me h. committee described reduction of five one-hundredths --j ft ,OV) blojr between J2;iS?fiSSE That is. what It saw enabling It to 1tt3S.&r0SS erage consumption of sugar in. the united States Is about 80 pounds per capita per year., so t"1,1"" P1' tionnickle - In his pocket at the end of that time, and ir ne loses . uy. uu. of the whole -o-U-Ji. SaxSaMe tenderness for the sugar rust? It receives a rake-off of 2 per cent on every hundred pounds of an o-a r Tt la a treat criminal. -- Sut a criminate trust- Two or three weeits ago inn United States government recovered Jjt J iudgment. fo-aUUe fs? weigh J and the government has iaw 8Uita pending against It; now for the same thing, amounting , to over 13.000.000, ana every man engngeu that wincraj u Sop?? aanrmore"beve.lthe is one punishment for a small thief and a n?ore lenient punIshment;for a big tnier. . ....(;. .., This sentence Is indicative iof Mr. Clark's manner of speech. He; may not be. a rood captain Jut -he can strike hard. He -bucks. the line. well, whether he compels good team work or not. . l.i Messrs. W V i'f,Hrt men of the hour. en"wA1!d,rj5 and-DanielTrul tovthelrday'ta-the r - - - -. ' .--,-- -- - I A was no mptosmB ON THE Eeport That Startled the Whole United States ,T3iis Morning Was -'Joke" of "Wireless Operator be lief of Navy Department .... . . : Men Were KEY. WEST, March 27. -A wireless received ,this morning says .the battleship Mississippi -was blown up: in Guantanamo harbor, Cuba, at -6:30 o'clock, andll aboard fost. . " ,)A5HINCrTON, (March 27. The Bureau . of Navigation, of yiho.Navy. Department . this morning received yan unofjgcial -report of ;-the dstxiJtiei of the Mississippi and -Is. Investigating sisslppi carrier abput one thousand ! WASHINGTON, March. 27. The AllsslssippI at Guantanamo, - Cuba, is tion. . The wireless was flrst picked believed to be the work of some joker. . t . ' WASHINGTON, March. 27.- The Navy Department has received a message from the ship Eagle, announcing her arrival at Guantanamo this morning, but not mentioning ahy explosidn on the Mississippi. Fol lowing this the department says it will pay no further attention to the re port of an explosion. : ' ' SKY-SCRAPER FOR THE TWIN-CITY Wachovia Loan and Trust . Company Purchases a $30,000 Dot and May . Erect. . 10-Story:. Building $10,000 Damage Suit Against the - Southern Railway Company. - : u . WINSTON-SALEM, March:27.--One of the largest and most Important real estate deals ever ' made In' this .'city has Just . been; "consummated, - by the Wachovia". Loan and Trust: Company, which Is td-day the largest financial institution In the State, having a paid in capital of . $600,000.;.:': The" deal. Includes what. Is; known, as the- Clark and Ford corner. Just; northwest of the court. house, the lot being 25 by 96 feet. The consideration was $30,000. The bank, contemplates .'the erection of a skyscraper of. from' 10 ..to 14 stories, or a model bank 'building with marble front, three stories in height.' Mr. J. L... Rod well, of Warden coun ty, to-day. purchased the entire 'stock; business and good will of the Forsyth Hardware Company on Trade1 street, and . will continue the same at the present stand. ' " . Mr. A. C. Wall, of this city, has Just Instituted a $10,000 damage suit in this county against the Southern Rail way Company. The plaintiff, alleges that while working In a freight car he fell through a hole ina car and sus tained permanent internal Injuries. WOMAN DEAD; BORN ON BATTLEFIELD Mrs. Mary Ann Sullivan, Aged 03, Was' Born -During-. .the Battle .of Waterloo- .. . . . .- ,' DETROIT,- MICH.,' March 27. 'Mrs. Mary- Ahh"'"Siilllvan,,"who was born on the battlefield of Waterloo, diedyes terday at St. Luke's Hospital. She Hvas 93 years old. Her father, William Southall, belonged to the Royarweish Fusiliers, and , her ' mother, accompa nied, the, troops to the war.. - , ,' ' Just before the battle Mrs. Southau started to cross ' the field toet. some brandy for a sick soldier, tut was. or der eft back by the Dukes; of Wellington, !who shouted to her,- "Go bAck: woman, the shooting has comraencea;-. '- Terrified, the young woman. ran to- rwar da small, grove, where, she jell In a swoon,- lying . unconscious curing mih- of the battle. ; When her plight wan discovered, there lay beside her. a llttlt daughter1, who grew up to be the woman who aiea nere yeMeraay, - ' San Francisco's Art Association, cs aw FRANCI-SCO, 'March " 27. The annual spring exhibitlon of the - San Francisco Art Assocaltiorr' wiU . hold its opening to-night, . continuing for four weeks." i. The exhibition .includes ah .-nalntrnffs.-1 water- colors pastels. tilack ' andr white mlniattires . and LOOI INTO THE FUTURE. Was : Reported J700 Killed. ' . the. correctness of it. "The klis- men. : reported explosion rof the battleship denied by every . source -. of Informa up at Wilmington, N. C, and it Is EABLE'S AFFINITY WANTS DIVORCE Wife Says :Ferdinand Pinncy Was . and Is aet a Jjunatie , MIDDLETON, N. . Y.V March .27. Ferdinand "Pinney Earle to-day -de-r nied that ;hewas a lunatic as charged in the. divorce complaint of his soul mate affinity wife, filed 'yesterday, and he is prepared to fight the. divorce ac tion.. . .";'.'. ' " ; ' -. . ' Mrs. Earle and the -baby are .with her mother in New York. Earle is at .his. "castle," Monroe. N.,Y. - , ... - The affinity wife- asks a'divorce on theg. rounds that , Earle was not legal ly divorced when .he married her, and that he was a lunatic then ana. is a lunatic, yet. , : : 24 KILLED IN - MINE ACCIDENT - .... Cage In German Coal Mine Fell 100 ... -vFee.Vlth-utaiijesuits. ZWICKAU, GERMANY, March . 2 7. Twenty-four persons were killed to day and ascore terribly Injured In the breaking ofa cable by which" the cage was being . lowered ' into a . coal mine here. ; . The cage dropped more than 100 feet; ; ; ' .. ' ' V' ' - Mine engineers . say the cable" was r.ecently..examined and found to be in perfect rcondltionl x.j , . - HOSPrTATj IS-GIVEN -; . : TO CRIPPLE CHILDREN New- York PhUanthrbplst : Donates - $500,000 For PeeSanltarium'Por 300 Patients."- ''. - - NEW YORK, March 27. A philan thropist has donated $500,060 -for the establishment at Chappaqua. north of this city of a. " hospital for- sick and ' cripple children-. 'Announce ment of -this gift was made-last 'night by the Children's Aid Society. : The buildiners and' grounds-of a for mer --boarding school- will be useI for the purpose and will be ready by June 1 5. ; It will' accommodate 300 children. ' . The grounds consist of - 70. acres and the society has-already ex-' pehded . $150,000.;for - improvements and alterations. 1 :.; V . ; New; State ; Chemist. Special to ' The Chronicle; f 5 : ' ; L RALEIGH, March 27; rWjiIam ?A. Syme,' - for. several . years chemist v at the; A. & M; College her'ei is 'ap'pointed State : Chemist to test Illuminating. oils under ..the new law. t; - All Holland is Preparing to Celebrate.- AMSTERDAM, " March 2 7. Queen Wilhelmina's condition is .. reported'. day as hljly- satisfactory The whole nation. -Isj en , fete and Is prepared" to celebrate ithe ; hlrth of :. an .'heir .. .by flagVrLina"and.i Ulumlna-; MISSISSIPPI !JOINrSTQC& N BANKS GOT GOLD The $1,500,000 of Bullion Receaitly Shipped ' from New- York ' Was Not ' for Hank of England A-'Depart- urc- for- English Banks. ; NEW YORK, MARCH 27. It was learned from . authoritative sources that the $1,30.0,00.0. bar gold shipped from New York to IJOndon last week was not consigned, as had been gen erally, supposed, to .-the Bank of Eng land, burto-a'jbint' bank,1' ' This is described, as theflrst trans-i action. of3 its kind, . as,, heretofore - the Bank of ' England always been the recipient of shipmepts. from ths. cen tre. ;Tha. "incident arises" from --the agitation that ha been carried -on- in Great Britam' for - more - than A yea'r to Induce ' the" principal . jjoint stootk banks to accumulate 301a reserves-in their cevvn vaiilts so "as" n6t "to 'depend enureiy , upon-ine ijapK ol tuii&iixuix. Littlet progress, has jbeen made to " date as the movement, has; been voluntary, but the British '"government; has taken occasion to warii' 'the"banSrs"that un less reasonable; precautions are taken along this ' line, the necessary legisla tion will ' be ' brought forward It is not known. xvhether other Lon don Institutions, will draw Upon New Ydrk 'for gold, v; It is scarcely expect ed here ' that, the 'l course '.taken by the London City and Midland will be at Tohce-' followed, by others. King Victor Wants to. Hobnob With ' - . - Kooseycit. - ; ' . NAPLES, - MARCH 27.-fThere .is nO confirmation. -of ..-the - rumor that.King Victor will go.to Naples to meet-lorm er President - Roosevelt. ; It 'is- known that the King expressed such. a' wish, but ' it' aroused ' opposition ' among . thi cotinsellors on the ground . of bein; undienifiedi The Kiffg . may , ask Roosevelt to Rome on his return trip from Africa ' '. ':- . . ; ; Reform Candidate Elected in Los An .' . :-- - ' tgdes.- ' -: - . ": LOS ANGELES. '" March 27: The official vote in the recall election11 yes terday shows .' George , Alexander, re form candidate, elected' by a plural ity of 1,650 votes, out of 25,000 votes cast. ' ' ', " .''..- '" ' Fred C Wheeler,.' Socialist f candi date,' carried five out of nine wards. Thirteenth Regiment Junior Metro - politans To-Niffht. NEW YORK. March 27. The dis puted dates between the A; A. TJ. and the Thirteenth . Regiment - indoor championships having been settled by the withdrawal of the A. A. TJ.'s claim to this date, - the spacious Thirteenth Regiment Armory will contain a great throng to see Thirteenth's . boys go through the -events,' which are ' nu merous. - 1 ' - , ' ' ' -'. ''. Six Blocks Burned. WATERTOWN,: '. -March 7 The business section Clayton was ' de stroyed by. fire i early .to-?day. ' Six business blocks and ! tiie 'annex to! the Huobard Hotel j were . , burned. . .The loss is estimated. at$100,000.' Chinese Wins.Cornell Oratorical Prize. ITacA;V. Y.; J'March27.:-rWith "Abraham Lincoln" as . his subject, -Fpo Yong,- a Chinese student, won the first. prize in' ' an oratorical contest .at Car nell -to-day. ';" - , '..' ; -.... ' TarHeel Newsppec. Man to Get - Jol : OnccHeld by; Roosevelt. -: " WASHINGTON, March 27, James T Williams, Jr., of North, Carolina, is expected ; to. be nominated. Monday as civil service, commissioner. He Is a former . newspaper . man and traveled with Taft: and party during the cam paign as -the-" representative of .Chair man Hitchcock.-, v -. ; , . Hfv 20 Committeemen. . .i '. The following- names were;-;handed The-: Chronicle; at' a late hour this af. ternoon to : be ..added '.to. those already 'published in -1 connection1 . .with-: the committees f or ' tfie Twentieth - of ; May celebration: . ' '.!; ' : . " -i- v- y,h : . J.B Spence, jon r programme.; com-;mitteev"?;-'ri r'-:i '.'.'tS.':' E. C, Miller, . oh : finance -committee. ea.- ..-It.' . mmBRAMON TO LAST THREE M19if Last Nighi Appp dent jFaft Comes to - Charlotte H 4Now Name Each DagPersdnnel off the (Committees; : :: " .-. v - : .': The central committee on the - cel ebration of the Twentith of May held anT Important meeting in the Selwyh Hotel last, night; when all of the sub committees for the - Twentieth ; were najned and other work : of a. prepara tory nature" transacted looking" toward the approaching '.'Twentith. The. Twentieth of May celebration, it now agreed shall last three days, beginning . Wednesday,'? Mayl-19 and continuing through Thursday and Fri day. ; . . ,, ; , ; ' '.. .' . . .' '-'.' . -The , prospects for the celebration .this year are the brightest: and biggest that the city has ever known and there willbe; more people' here, .more, inter est, ; and more involved In the ap proaching celebration- than has char acterized any previous event of this nature. - - - The meeting last . night displayed great enthusiasm in their, work and there were, a number of citizens pres ent who likewise participated in - the business of the .evening. - 'Mr." D. A. Tompkins made a "brief talk, stating that as Mr. Taft -was the biggest; at traction at the coming celebration' this fact shouia be constantly Jieia in mind.. Mr in. O Aie-rd.nder . ; alstfT made, a-brief talk "in which he urged that; there be .selected a specialThame for each of the three days. . . The sUgr geaUohs;. of ' these citizens ; were , given .. . ,. - Cmwn4ttee9,-A amed. . t .a, -Thee'eatraJcQmrnittee, pt executive committees named a-com.mltte.es at its meeting, last. s night ands: these' .are asfbllows: - i ' '. . ' , .. . ... ., FJnarice C O. . Kuester, chairman : C;' A. Bland, n: V. - Porter,-. W. . F. Ddwd. J. M. Harrv. T. ;W. Wade. W. J". .Chambers, H. : W. Eddy,' Heriot Clarkson; R. O. Alexander, ''"' A. Dodwbrth,T. J. Davis, J. ;W, Wads- worth, W. ,S. -Lee, . Jr., Joe Garibaldi, P. .M. Brown- J, H. Weddfngon, John momo MINERS Trouble ill British Isles -.Over 8-Hour Day Law and the ' I ' . '.' . ' ' 1.., . , - ". '. ' '..'.',..".' ',.'. . . J age-ScaleT,000 Are :Idle..in, Wales and England. Vv - ' ' - To-Day---Others Give Threats. . - .: , LONDON,-. March 27 Four thusand 'miners are.. idle to-day, .in: Wales- nd the north of England.. Thousands more in Scotland are prepar-'' . ing :to gooutin a' geherai miners'. strike. v , . t '.'.."' ' '.;"'"' -. "The sit nation istthe esult' of, the ' pasage of the eight-hour law, ' the - ; operators: con tei ding t. that;; with - reduced hours should 1 comet reduced; wag'es arid refusihg.: o : pay the sliding scaleunder which all mining has - :been done. .' , " .. ' ''.;;'';" ; ' i. .. ' "":", " ' $he' .Britlsh.'jsle .'.miners , number -. 750,00 6'.'and. they. ' threaten tdput up '., a ' united : front in the impending-: conflict.. , . .- , ''. v.- . '. ' NEGRO ELEVATOR BOY A HERO With the Aid of Three Policemen He Saved Lives of 30 People in Apart ment House Fire. - NEW YORK, March 27. The hero ism, of the three policemen and a. ne gro elevator boy-saved 30 people from death or serious injury in a burning tenement' house, early this morning. . Assisted by the rolice the elevator boy; kept the cai going until every occupant was sare on tne street, wnue the flames scorched the .elevator, shaft, the police and the boy were badly but not fatally -burned. - " ' ' : - " NARROW MARGIN OF , PROFIT. Fire '' ' Underwriting -in ' America Is , Slightly Remunerated. ; NEW TORK,; MARCH J27. Fire underwriting , during - the 1 year 1908 showed a' very narrow margin -. of profit ", as . Indicated . by compilations just completed by the Connecticut In surance . Department." These tables show that, taking: all. companies. re porting, to' that department, the total earned bremlums, -fire and marine, were $231:887,225, and the net under writing profit r thereon .was only 4,- $58,838. or about 1.75 per cent. When itrls considered that last year was free from . any - great .- conflagrations, v the Chelsea disaster of $10,600,000 being the larsresr single, fire "loss, it will be seen that the business as a whole pre sents very little remuneration for the hazards assumed. ''--""K '. " ' Reward For a British Cap tain. , , . . - J.LIVERPOOU Marcel 27. The board of trade has " received through the' Fdreignybfflce; a bionpular glass for Captain John Pritchard.' master -of" the British : steamer.. Mauretania,'" of Liverpool. awarded lilm byTthe Pres ident' of .ithe'ljjnited: States in;.recogn I- tloii 'at-. saving life from 'the- ship Wreeked..Mjnerican schooler Barge -on DAYS s2ffiAND 21- M. Scott, R. .K.. Blair, . T.-, ; FraokUtt and W. H-Twltty. - - Auvertising W. T.Corwlth, chair man; C. M. Cres well; David Ovens, Ju lian S. Miller, E. P. Wldeman, W. C Dowd, W. H. Harris, H. A. Banks.. D. H. Watkins. ' H. E. C Bryant. J. ,-P. Sossamon, D. HLittlejohn J. P. Iu cas and W. D. Adams. ." V " Decorations? O. - A. Wllllama, chair-, man; W. S. Lee, Jr., W. S. fhelorCS. E.. Hooper, W. M. Jordan, H. C. WIN ; Hams, 1 W. C- Petty, A. X Bmlth,. W. , S..Orr, J. M. Barnes,, J.! &. Lord, ."W. V. Hall. Ed Qresham and C S. Stone.' -.v-..,:-"' -' . -'-' Transportation -E. ' W. Thompson, chairman; James Ker, Jr., R. lc Ver- . non, E. -D.-Latta, JrM E. J. Parriah." James NortheyN. V. Palmer A.; Lee, od. Traywick, W. & Bradley. T. J.witherspoon, C. W. JohMton, W. R. Murphy and J. P. Carr. ; , Musics C. .B. . Hooper, chairman: . Ed Creswell, James O. .Walker,- R. ;L' Keesler, p. M. Cave. . . ' ' - .. ' ; Fire1 department committee A. L. Smith, chairman: W, 6. .Orr, " J.'. L Blakely, J. K. Wolfe, Herbert Irwin, W. R. Robertson, G. A. Page, E. W. ": Berryhill, Erskine Smith and C. ".M. ; Davidson.' . ; Military committee C. W. Tlllett! ' chairman;: Ar L. Gmlth,- W R. Rob ertson. Roy -Page, Frank r McNInchj Li6ut,'w. Si Sinclair. Mai. Zeb Vance. J. A.,McRae. E. R., Preston, T. W. Al . ' h-t t n t rtf exander, W. . S. Charles and, Brevard Nixon..- , . s- : . -Parade W. 8. Dorr, , chairman; P.. M. Cave, C. A. WUlfams, Mark Wt" Williams,, j. M Davis and Sam . Ppw- Farmers' -, comrnltte Dr. H. Q. ' Al exander, chairman; Walter- S. Pharr, C. C- Moore. . W. M.- Long Ben.Pric?, J. .. Franks Neely, "Alf. Porter, . R. .B. Hunter, Jv . A; - Newell, W, N. McKea, Joe Davidson, Walter Morrison, I. B.. Grier. J. R.-T Wallace, J. C. Reid, S. D. Faulkner.vMcD. Watkins,. J. M. Da- i vis, N.. S.. Alexander. T. J. Downs, F. C. Cochrane, ' W. . G. McLaughlin.' W. F. Baker, J. . T. McGhee, E. R. Spurrier, F.' M.- HJnson. . . , . ' FELL TO DEATH THROUGH BRIDGE Elder J. Frank Hutchenson Started Across i Condemned - Bridge Over , , the. Yadkin River and 'Fell Through -Horse and Btfggy and Two Mules Went Too. , ' Special to' The Chronicle. ' WTNSTON-SALEM. March i--Oner -span of the approach ta the bridgo ; over the" YaoTkin river at the east end ,. of Nbrtji .Wilkesboro fell in while El-; 4er. ir.;Frank;Hutchenson,. a Prlmltlv Baptist preacher was crossing preelp- -V itatlng himi and' his' buggy and two mules ' 20 feet' In the river.' Elder. Hutchenson was fatally Injured, living .only '30v minutes. The buggy was de- -molished and the - mules badly crip-"; -. pled. ' .. ' : ' ' ''"' '' ' -' . Eldcr -Hutchenson had been a mag-'' -istrate;a'- number br years. He' leaves . a wife and. several children. ' ' "The .bridge had been', condemned. and closed up, but the public Insisted on . tearihgdowp the obstruction anl using" itl ,r '' . .. . ' ' MRS GRACE SANKEY ' V- GETS DIVORCE DECREE r ' : - '. Woman Alleged Misconduct on 'the . Part ofHer Husband at Northfleld," . . Mass. .-v '. , . -'.: 1' ;NEW YORK, March 27- Mrs. Grace ' L. Sankey has obtained a divorce from .. John'E. Sankey, the eldest son of the' late, Tra D. fiahkey, :the evangelist, who became famous -during his. tur with MoodyrV,'; ' - " . ' :. The suit, was settled In the Supreme' -Court yesterday ;Mrs.. Sankey alleded . misconduct' on the part of her hus- " band- as having occurred at Northfleld, -Mass., and inthis city. He denied the obarges. . ' 1 . ; - ..The" iSankeys were married in 1893, V and have , one daughter, five yoars of age 8he is ;itr present living in New York. Sankey, was confined. for some time In .anasylmurn on Long Inland,, but was 0ubseauently released. .1 gtj.eetlo?i.whenibgz H$2?4i "v v . hJJt . 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The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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March 27, 1909, edition 1
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