North Carolina Newspapers

f - "circulation cf T'Tb.3 .-News' Is CTTl PfT Ajfi,. advancing and its power for r I I V I I N "Words 'are only good when they are backed un, by deeds." Roosevelt. 1 Advertising is only good when it Is. backed up by the advertiser. . r its advertising patrons ia - THE WEATHER: Fair Tonight and Tuesday; Warmer Tonight. VOL. XXIX-NO. ffifa CHARLOTTE, N. C, MONDAY EVENING. NOVEMBER 23, 1903. PRICE : 3 CENTS. ... . -. NEWSo iisf ttf COMPANY FIUPETITIOII On Account of Failure to Re alize on Various Stocks Oined by Company the Creditors File Petition In ankrupteyi Useh Ninety Four Thouiand DollarsLiabilities Sixty Two ThousandFu Stole mnnt of ithe Condition of Companyi irWiai lii The News,) t9imiilc N, Nov, g3:Oa ac (t,m t (he failure to realise en their 1 ,,ji,Hfy ia-lading bank stock, cotton itiiij bi.i. k, 11 real estate, the eredU t,s iif Key Furniture 6a-, filed ft iftiti.m u the Federal Court here to nay at eleven oVloi-fc asking that the company lie adjudicated ft bankrupt, Assets of the company are estimated at $94,000 and liabilities at 62,000. The company was incorporated under the laws of North Carolina, capital stork was $35,000. The attorneys for tie petitioners are Armfield and Tur rer ami R. B. McLaughlin. The largest creditors of the company are George C. Jenkins. Baltimore; Mrs. A. T. Key, A. K. Klingender and G. E. French and the First National Bank of States ville. It is estimated that the liabilities of the corporation will liquidate all of its indebtedness. The corporation owns stock in the First National Bank at Statesville, Long Island Cotton Mills, North Carolina railroad ftnd valuable ical estate in StafesviTTerMecklehburg, county and phosphate lands in Fliorida besides stocks and bonds of a smaller nature. . ' " The company employed , the most skilled workmen which numbered eighty ami the output of the factory us of the highest grade of furniture. The weekly pay-roll of the company was estimated at $1,000. which went Hi,. It, r, I, .... .1 ,. ...... I. It,. and will eventually be felt by ' them. Th' offirprs of the company are Mrs. A. T. Key, president: A. K. Kllngen ir. vice president, and G. 15. French, secretary and treasurer. FATAL BALLOON ASCENSION. Balloon Carried To Sea and It It Feared the Occupants Are Drowned (Uy Associated Press.) Oporto. Nov, 23.-A Chemist named Bekhion with two Companions, mem bprs of well known families, toads oa'loon ascension from here yesterday, Their Imiloon, after reachiflg a cohsl flerabie height, was taught by a eur fm of air atid tarried to sea, and it is feitfert that its eeeupanti were flr'Lihe(, teK6UT TQ li SITTLIB, AMsnyThaysand Idle Men Will R 8 , turn ta wrk, fOiitiihndgfi, Mass.., Nay, .The wckoiit Bf-vfra days agg by Ave ittth. Wdge niannfacinrers, including the American OptjYal PDmpany, of mem rs uf Labor unions, is jlkely to be wttlpd within a week, possibly today, ' js understood that many thousand D(Jw idle will return to work DEATH ON THE HAIL. 6 aynor Uwe Killed Last Nlaht At Sf:artariburfcs s sPptiai to the NeWsJ , Spartan l,iirg, ft di( Nby: Mttom ii a hue matt wa kiiied by heiflg the hru th Ijtjuud vestibule, ffX-!: h fiiiht.- Is falling, KK2 HH,, ij the water tank afid hi AtAM MOUNTAIN, A ff- Train Piungei m Tw ar Innpcial tn rpha XTn,n ioi. m tup HEwa.i nhrht phy ranch ran away last making l,ne Palsa" Mountain, kiii,i Ju cnplete wreck of the train, serin ... . fueer and fireman and wy mjurying three others. TWENsiX INDICTMENTS. A9ainst Prominent People For Pionage in South Georgia. (By Associated Press.) with lT-h' Ga- Nov- 23.-Charged of .p?fvl?g held negroes in condition dictmV5 aad Peonage twenty-six In- "unenTR mom i , .... o-aiia ini-v naair,,,. 1 , - icuuruea Dy ieaerai ctizpnJ i "o"""1 cisui, prominent menu n Georgia, pames R. Snred,indictments are Edward MciL-; WHam McRee and Frank I -"-nee nf va,n. - uu!La, ua., ana others, ELEVEN DEAD. That Number Of Missing in the Fergu son, Pennsylvania, Mine. - ; (By Associated Press.) Conneilsville, Pa., Nov. 23. This has ' been a sad day in the little mining set- I tlement of Ferguson, nestled in the hills a mile and a half above thmhnr ! . ' When the books of the company were consulted today to determine the iden- my or tne uean and injured in last j highfs explosion in the Ferguson mine ! It was found thete were 21 men irt the inihe at the time of the explosiofi. Tetl bbdles Were taketi frohl the inihe last nighL Of the ten injured one died tt day atid one matt is missing whose body is supposed to be tili in the taitie.- Aii day the trolley em have been crowded with eriou w&ti& gmm to ma mm the ee of the disaster, f itmnreus nate st&ea fftr Hours arouus l . i i. , . j i i i the little feiaefesisith shop whith was 2!l!ii!f ?lSS inr ten ifs BFine jinisFE-HHate huh- m were prepared teFtnm&Hhis fflOHM IMS: NOTED GQNFEDERATI PEAR, GeneFaj Gearga H Stuart, Of Mary? (and, Jeins the Majority (By Associated Press.) Baltimore, NoV, 23,-Geherat George H, Stuart died at his count home at West RiVer, Atine Arundel county yes terday aged 63 years, from a complica tion of Stomach troubled He was grad Mated from West Point, and entered the regular army, but resigned and Joined the confederate forces in iSfit, He was promoted by degrees to the rank' of Brigadier general.. At the close t4 the war lleneral Stuart returned to Paltimore where he ha since resided.. The Society ef the Army and Navy of the confederate States will conduct funeral ceremonies, arrangements for which have not been completed, A SMALL FIREt' But Several Items Of Interest Are Attributable, The Fire Department answered promptly a call from No. 310 East 5th street at 1:15 o'clock today. The hose wagon closely followed by the hook-and-ladder reached the scene first and got to work quickly. By the use of the chemical apparatus the fire was easily extinguished. The house which is oc cupied by Mrs. M. A. Humphrey-is the property of Mr. C. N. G. Butt. Mrs. Humphrey said that she was sit ting in the house near a -window when one of the men working '.. in Hinson Brothers wood yard which adjoins her lot, called her attention to the fire on the roof She ran . out Into the,"; back yard thinking it was the kitchen roof but was mystified when Bhe saw where it was. She can not explain the fire. In coming down from the roof, Mr. Qresham, who tried to take the chem ical hose with him, was placed in a very uncomfortable position. When he had gotten to about the eighth rung of the ladder he reached for the nozzle "!.M?t. "Z " the spigot was opened and as the pressure was not turned off he got a stroog stream of the liquid In his face. He was holding it at arms length and could not turn the nozzel In another di rection, so for several moments, to the amusement of the whole company, he remained Jn this position nnfl the en glne did her work thoroughly for when the fireman at the wagon cut off the pressure and he was allowed to come down he Was about "put out of bust hess," Fatal h&6tirig Aftef Drunker) tpfce (fly AfesGciatl Press,) Vieksburg, Mis Not, 23.--As a re suit of a sheotiflg here yesterday eveti iflg Leiiv Hufiie i dead and Themas Neisea i believed ts b fatally wufld eo. Hume was under the mfiueflee f liquer and went te the heue f hi brether, Ed Hufue, and defflauded ea trance, Thi wa denied, the dr were belted againet hini and a, eall fer he)n wa made, To this call Nelson i-eeppflded, exchange of ehete fei jgwen between tne tw9 men ana wnen the smoke cleared away the reeulte teld abqye were found, Pythians Te Meet, Charlotte Lodge Ho. 83, K, of P. will confer the third rank upon a can didate ton eht at the Pythian Castle After, the regular meeting there will bd A social session and the Pythians vi be entertained with readings', recita tifls atid a iuflrherjfl will be served Aii Fjtfaiafls wiii be eordiaily weieatne; Attpativa SfiUVifliFs, IIutH, fJiMeu & 68: are egfidiflg ut effl very attraetive petai eard fin fine ia a Bfilendid eut f the m hvterian eal&s&. Jaiiaalieth fiellege; $afmm ybrary, 6ity . hall and the eld and urn eeurs 9a8ii tr mzm disign shows a mm fiiia nar Qhariotte Bark Wreeked, tBy Associated Pressr) Copenhagen, Noy. 33 The Norwelg ian bark, Capello, bound from Aroun del. Norway, for Table Bay, Cape Col ony, has ben wrecked off Borbjerg, The crew of 15 men were arowneu, i Miss Virginia Shober returned last nieht from Washington, where she has been visiting for several days. Miss Lillian Krueger and Mrs. C. H Brannecke returned from Salisbury, n'hprf! thev snent Siunday with Mrs. G H. Rutledge. Little' Misses Alethia ' and Margaret Bland will entertain their friends at a nuttine oartv at tneir nome on Avenue. TO STILL ED n ' n i a i reaCe UOnlmiSSIOn VlSlteCl tile Insurgents Yesterday but the. Overtures Were Declined .'Capital Seen Fall, Must v J iiuov.icn.tw x ircn; i Han jjhih sn as -fccciji wii V.. a m K W tfcfl'rtST t S yM arrasgeiiiefit with the IHsHrgent FFe 'WfligB 8Fe heseigtfl hhfs ty today pqmfflssaned unTte States M nister Powell, the Beiaian MiMster, the Minister pf Hayfi and the panisl, ppnsu tq visit the insnrgent ramp. Consequently en armistice was agreed upon to expire at noon and the peace commission consulted with the insurgent leaders. The latter, how ever, refused to entertain the peace proposals and demanded the surrender of the city but they prolonged the armistice until d o'clock this evening at which hour the befflbardffleiit of santa LWMihed win resume and win be oh tiflued until the capital has fallen.. The united states Minister's residence was destroyed during the previous bom iftfdnients.. The inhabitants of the tity are in a tate of panic, INATi IN gglM, Rev, P, , Pittyman glutei 6h?plain, Wed lnvetigatin 6ntinut, (By Associated Press,) Washington, Nov, 23 Today's ses sion pf Senate began with the preset tation of a resolution by Mr. Allison (Iowa) providing for the appointment of Rev. F. J. Pettyman, of this city, as Chaplain of the Senate for the present session. The resolution was agreed to. Mr. Cullom (Illinois) presented the report of the committee' on foreign re lations on bills to carry into effect the Cuban reciprocity treaty. The b was sent to the Calendar. Mr. Hale (Maine) then moved to reconsider the vote by which the Newland resolutions for annexation of Cuba was referred to committee on relations with Cuba. He made the motion a basis of speech in opposition to the policys proposed by resolution saying thatthis country had declared Its. policy with reference to Cuba by enacting the Teller resolution into law. ' By that vote we.had, he said, bidden God-speed to the Cuban in set-? ting up a government for itself and for hlmselfhehadbeen agreeably surprised by the progress made by Cuba in the right direction. The Senate committee on military affairs held a brief session today to continue the investigation of charges against Gen. Leonard Wood in opposi tion to his confirmation to be Major. General. Capt. W. J. Barden of the Artillery Corps United States of America, who was engineer officer in charge of Street Improvements at Havana during General Wood s admin istration as Governor-General of Cuba, was the only witness heard. Captain Barden's testimony had no Important bearing on charges. Favorable action was taken on the request of Major Ralhbone for an Issue of subpeonas for .army officers. Senator Carmack (Tenn.) today or.- ffred a resolution authorizing the com mittee on conduct of executive departs tnetit tti examine nostofflce department, It went over without discussion until temert6Wi All elements ef dieeentent m tne island weuid, he said, endorse New iflfld's measure and among these he in eluded the gfisnish element in uba and American investors there, W would net extend uh as invitation in Sreat Britain fer the Union of an ads to the United itatee or for Mtsiee for such union, In this eoneptien Mr, Hale eald incidentally he had no doubt that there were mn alive who wemd live to see the annexation of Panada to the TTnited States, He closed by urging the Senate to take po Steps to clog pro nrpsa in Cuba. The President today sent to the Sen-. ate the following nominations for post-acei-ai Vlrdhid, W, MaUlersofli nfrird Ndtth .Carolina, fiimira tf; Mifl ttpuate eammittee on military affairs will designate a subcommittee to fjuba te take testimony regarding eon duet ef General Wood.- The personnel of the eenifflittee has net yet been aapeed uflSB fiflr fiUfflbir Of fflfflUf It is asserted that s much has been said about the eoniuet f Seseral Wei is euha that it : will he neeessary t eafflifle . witnesses in m m&m wh eanset gome te the United t&te: FIRg IN KNQKVItLE. A Sixty Thousand RQllap Fire Near the Southern Freight pepot, . (Bv Associated Press,) Knoxville. Tenn., Nov, 23. Fire to-, day totally destroyed four large whole sale buildings and damaged a" fifth in the wholesale section of the city, ad joining the Southern Railway freight depots. The loss is irom ou.uuu 10 ?tu, 000 fairly, well insured. " The- fire is thought to have originated in McClung, Buffet and Buckell or Scarborougn Henderson buildings. For North and South Carolina: Fair tonight with warmer in the Interior; Tuesday fair. Variable winds shifting to fresh northerly. 7 OM 10 BOMBARD POLICE CHARGE THE RIOTERS III ' CHICAGO STRIKE Obstructions Placed All Along ' the Street Car Lines When the Crews Began to Rfi'move ' Obfilructlon Vol3 ly of Ston Camii Th Polloi-Charged the Riot n With Drawn Rvolvr and Had to Fir them Into thefMob One Man Shot; Several Knocked Down (By Associated Press,) , ehicago, Nov, saaWhiie prepara iiann ujmmm iitf Hft4filiri truidV fHV the opening ef the State street eabie j line, not heretofore operated during the strike ef empleyers ef the ehieag eity ; railway, the rioters were engaged in trying t put out of commission four lines which , the , company has been operating on & limited seale, The trolley wires were put in a half-dogen PIucm on Haletead street cars and were , delayed oyer en hour while repairs) were being made under police protect tion. The effort was made also to blockade Archer Avenue where it is apparently believed the cars would be run today as the possible result of opening State street line. A serious riot occurred at 41 St. and State streets when the trains arrived at that point. Many shots were fired by the police and .one man is believed to have been hit by a bullet while sev eral were knocked down by officers. The car encountered 'obstacles all j along the line after removing spikes from cable" slots at Fiftyseyenth and Fifty-first streets. The . train was blocked at Forty-first street by Iron tails placed across the ' tracks. The crews began to remove obstructions when from behind fences came a vol ley of stones.. The police charged the rioters with revolvers drawn. A run ning fight ensued in which police fired upon the mob. By this time the crew had collected about the cars and another charge by police ' was made upon them before the , obstructions could be removed. CUT IN COTTON MILL WAGES. The Reduction Averaged Ten Per Cent. But No General 8trlke Is Re ported. (By Associated Press.) Boston Noy. 233. The , first of the numerous reductions In j wages an nounced In the cotton mills of southern New England and at a half dozen points outside that territory went into effect in all but one Fall River corpo ration today and irt a number of out. Bide mills, Although about 22,000 op er&tives had their pay cut down no general strike occurred in any mill, Today's cuts average tea per cent, aad places the pay schedules on the basis with thes paid previous to the &d vanee of Mareh, i&02, The reduction was effected in 78 mills in rail Itiver operating nearly gWo hands and about a scare ef corporations elsewhere in New England empieying about 7,009 operatives, entab Charged With Murder. (fly Associated Prees.) WilJiamspert, Pe-., Nov, ii Arthur M, Mitpheitre, of Yonnedale, was ar rested today by ft constable of that plaea on suspicion of being connected with the murder of Wm, Clendenin, a telegraph operator, Mitcheltre was taken to the Clinton jail at Lockhaven, He was arrested as he was about to en ter the Union , church at Youhgdale where the funeral services over the re mains of Clendenin were held, The constable made the arrest on his own responsibility, the detective of the New York Central railroad company werk ing en the ease being the opinion that Miefteitre bnw Bthing ef the murder, . ; ' Micheltre was a witness at the eFner' iapest n Saturday at which time he tsid f his wa movements en the night ef the murder, Merr-hep f urry3ncl 6aptyrd, . (By AssQplated Press.) Cheyenne, Wyor, Nov, 3 Tow 0' Day, formerly a menibey-qf the Curry band, was captured today by a posse, near Summit, in the. Big Horn moun tains. v He is now . being taken to Cas per and his friends are gathering in the Lester mountains to rescue him. . A bloody fight is expected. When cap tured OTXy had 23 horses. Germany Recognises Panama. (By Associated Press.) ' ' x Berlin, Nov. 23. Emperor William has directed the German authorities offi cially to recognize the Republic of Pan ama. The announcement of the recog nition of the new State .is expected daily. ,, - . - ' RALEIGH BOARD ELECT GOOD MEII The Minority Have Won Con trol and the Dispensary Commissioners Have Been Elected With a View to Their Effleleneyi (peeial t The News.) Raieteh, M.- ft, Mev, ii.At a meet ing f the Raleigh Board f Aiderraes today W.- M; Jae, a firofflineftt iaw--yer, 3, A, Mills, president f the Kal--igtt and fape fear ftallfgad, and W, M, nYmm retired mmYmt, were ejepfed dispensary pqmmjsiqneM ta have pontrol of the disuensaFy which wU take the place pf the par-poopis January first Their terpj of office wa3 fixed to expire December jSi, 1906; and they are required to give ft $15,00U bond eachj W; N Jones Was chairman of the anti-Saloon League, which Won the recent dispensary election. This la the 'sequel to the minority's gaining control of the board last Friday nifeht and voting terms of office of the first fconifMssiorters elected to expire today, JectlttllftWe 10 m ,ti,flppfafl,e dovrr'nor Ayeocit eefflfnissions Judge Hoke to hold the special term of eenrt in i'erauimans eounty Jan-- nary u ordered a fe waays age.. The Hpwlntiflit of Piddie Jn--struetien authpriges rural puhlie pebool libraries one eaeh in Pender, Haywood, Cabarrus, Beaufortr etanly, fift' " , IN TOTAL DARKNESS, Two Thousand Men In Academy of Music Walt 15 Minutes for Lights. For fifteen minutes . Sunday after noon during the address of Fred B. Smith, of New York,, in the Academy of Music in this city, two thousand men sat as quiet as children' in dark- j ness so thick that nothing whatever was discernible and not a ran of light was visible. . v 7 . The occasion was one of the most "wierd situations that a Charlotte au dience has ever found itself ..in-V. The jnest inpressiv part of the service was in progress and hundreds of men -were pressing forward to shake hands with the speaker and signify, their Intention of leading better lives, when suddenly every electric light in the big building went out and darkness eo . dense it could almost be felt, reigned supreme for a space of fifteen minutes. The audience showed remarkable judgement and not a man left his seat nor was there the slightest token of anything like a panic The vast au dience remained perfectly still and nothing was heard but the voice of Mr. 'Smith. , Directly the speaker called for a short prayer which was offered from one of the boxes by some one In the audience and then after fifteen minutes of darkness the lights ; were., again turned on. The occasion was calculated to make a lasting Impression on those who Were present, The extinguishing . of the lights was due to a slight accident At the power house which also resulted in the stoppage of street car traffic for some minutes. Dr. Howe G6e Te M&nfde, An important change since the ad joiirnment of the Methodist conference at High Point is ef special interest to charlotte Methodists, Dr, 3, a Howe, who has ably filled the fositien of Presiding Sider fer the eharlotte District, has been sent te the church at Monroe and Rev, j, ma, Thmnson, now in charge of the Men roe church, will succeed Dr, ftowe as Presiding Elder ef this district, The ehurrh at Monroe has been very anxious t eure the services of Dr, Rowe. a special appeal was made to the conference that this change he made, At the time, Bishop Smith 414 not feet called upon to decide the maU ter but by mutual agreement, . Mr; Thompson succeeds to the Presiding Elder's position ahd Dn Rowe goes to Monroe, ' Communion services, Services preparatory te communion on the Sabbath wiii be held at Morn ins fitar Lutheran church next Sat; urday, at ii a, m, and at night. The regular serviee at li e'eieek on Jun daw. t w.,.ta tima tha Ho V fiom dav. at w,rh time the Holy Com rnunion will be administered.- Rev, J, tJ, Moser, ef Hiekery, wiii do the preaehing: ' , H, i, 6, gFyant n Prigram. z Uf, h, 8, G, Bryant, f .wis eity, will be one of the chief speakers on the programme at the meeting of the state press Association In Washings ton, P, C, on December L, Mr, Bry? ant's paper will be on ''How to Securo and ftetain Supscriptlons to North Carolina ' Newspapers." Rey, . J. W, Bailey will also read a paper on "Doe3 it Pay to Use Premiums?" Meant Cnarlottesville, Va. The following was dent out from Washington Saturday night by the As sociated Press: "The contract for the construction of the government build ing at Goldsboro, N. C, , has been awarded to the King Lumber Com pany, of Charlotte, N. C, for $34,850, the work, to be completed by December Slst, 1904. . - - . TRINITY'S NEW PASTOR. Rev. J. A. B. Fry's First Sermon Dr Detwiler's Farewell. Yesterday was one of mingled pleasure and regret with the congre gation of Trinity Methodist church; This new pastor Rev; J. A; B. Fry, re cently of Concord, conducted his first service as pastor of Trinity ehureh Sunday morning. While Dr. Geo. H, Hetwiler, the retiring pastor, preached his farewell sermon before the congre gation last tight HeV. Mr, Fry's seftaort yesterday morning was an ante discourse on the "Successful Chttfebi" He chose as his text the words "These aii eontifltd with one accord in prayer and sopnii tation' Aits Hit; The speaker stressed 4fie fact that the eueeessful ehurdi ffltist have determination, pur peee, nnity.- The individual member m he willing at times te five np his opinion f? the sake f nnitv.- A mas shouid not however saidee his en vietiens at any et, Maav men how ever, mistake their sffibhre fr a ponvietion.. The preafher made a strong plea for ehnrt h nnity, At thB evening hour Pf - Oeq. ff, p&u Wiler, the fetirlng pastor dellyere4 a thoughtful and interesting sermon oq the "Itineracy" pf the Methodist church, explaining how this was pre eminently ft Methodist institution and also showing the logical Usefulness and ptogressiveness of such a ministry, Dr, Detwiier spoke feelingly bf his departure from charlotte but added that he went away to his new work with a light heart as this was en y helping to carty out the great idea of an itinerant ministry, Botn sermoHS were listened to by a paeked t hureh, morning aad evening, T YEAH QW ALL. 6eming Baptiii Genventien Htr Will Make Uniyppassed pepert, The past year in North Carolina has beeq the best In the history of the Baptist Church according to a state? ment by Editor Bailey of tho Biblical Recorder, made in Raleigh recently and the State convention which will meet in Charlotte December 9th will show a record financial and otherwise that has never been excelled In the State. There will be reported about $17,000 raised for Foreign Missions, $8,000 for Home Missions. $25,000 for State' Mis- sions.' The increase in membership for" the past year will aggregate nearly 10,000 which is undoubtedly a . remarkable growth for the Baptist church of North Carolina. i " - v A special effnrLis also being. tnadf to clear off all debt on the Baptist Female University at .Raleigh of which Dr. R T. Vann.ts president. It will require only about $35,000 for this purpose. ' Charlotte generally Is anticipating with pleasure the advent of the con vention here In December. LITTLE COTTON STORED. Mecklenburg Farmers Are 8elllng ' Cotton For Cash. Said a member of a well-known local cotton firm today: "There Is very little cotton being stored In this city or sec tion by the Mecklenburg farmers this teason." ' . 1 The farmers have shown a disposi tion all along to close out their cotton for' cash bn long as they are getting ten cents or more for the fleecy staple, and little cotton Is being stored In .the warehouses. Some of 'the farmers have stored their cotton for a short tira? but quickly removed it fend placed it Od the market with the, advefat of better prices, - The prevailing jdea with the farmers has been that to sell cotton at ten cents is better than storing it and this plan has been generally carried out by them, PQH RiTAILINQ WHIiKEY. Ngre Plad Under ntla f 9169 iah Tday. Two important eases against ne--groes for retailing whiskey without a Jeienso in this eity were given a pre Jimmary hearing befqre the Recorder todey end tho defendants bounds over nndep a bond of one hundred dollars In each ease. The defendants are will Jenkins and Wu Cansler The whiskey was sold yesterday to negroes whd appeared in Court fts Witnesses today. The liquor was sold 'in Jordan's alley on Ifiast- avenue, between the raiiroad and Brevard street, Frem the evidence fettered bv witnesses at the hearing it appeared that the two ne groes indicted sold whiskey yesterday, f at eirfWmdred ! b6fld WSre fiWeifl ftl 8B8 BafiaFI net one, but several times: Their dollars and in default f these bends the negroes were sent to jail Twa ttFed tffltive, There was an Interesting sight at the gutheFn freight depot this morning in the sb&pe of twe big engines wblPh were in a recent wreck and which were being parried, to the shops for repairs, The pollers of the engines were bat? tered out of all shape and everything, Including the cabs, had been broken off by the force of the collision. 'The two engines attracted considerable atten tion while passing through. . A "Chapel Hill Special." v ' Mr. R.. L. Vernon of the Southern railway, informs The News today, that his road will run a "Chapel Hill Spe cial" to Richmond 'the day" before Thanksgiving in order to accomodate the students at the University who in tend to take In the big football game between North Carolina and Virginia on Thanksgiving Day. THE BAR ROOMS THE CITY ARE DISCUSSED A Temperance Sermon of Great Power Preached by Dr, Ji Knox Montgomery at th Flrt A, R, P, Church Lat Evenlm Dr Montgomery Stated That a City That Us&, Saloon Money for Improvement! Is Building on Blood -A Large Congregation Yesterday being World's Temper anee Sunday, Rev, 3, Knos Mentges ery preaehed a special sermon at the : First Associate Reformed Presby--terian ehureh last flight to a large au-- dienee from Hahakkuk 8--18. "Woe to him that huiideth a town with bleed, and establish a eity by iniquity!" The theme dismissed as suggested by this test! The Saloon and the eity, Ho said i In the enlargement, improvement and prosperity of this eity every cltl pen should bo deeply Interested, By ery public building, every Improved street, every granatoid walk is of In terest to every citizen. Parks, public buildings, Industries and institutions of the city concern each citizen. No loyal citizen can fall to rejoice In ev ery evidence of prosperity and pro gress in his city, But it should be the concern of each that these improve- ments are made and these Institutions fare niantaincj In such a way that cy ery true and loyal citizen can look at . filID and point to them' with pride. Nd true .. man wishes to live in a. "city, upon which the curae of God restB. , . ; v The words of our text were spoken: ;, ,of , r Baby Ion ; nhd, .NebnchMiie2a thi'' king. -Walking out one day upon his t , hanging gardens and looking over the X&v said. he exclaimed: is not. this ' great Babylon that -I have bullded?, , : lets, ii was lue musi uiaguiuveat ciiy in the world. But it had literally been .built with blood, tho curse of Ood was upon It and it fell. A mass of ruins -lj all that remains of its .magnifi cence.', ' ' God has net' changed with theae passing centuries. He .values - the blood of men to day as much as he did then. Building towns with blood Is as dangerous a business now aa It vaj then. The bearing of the text upon the subject under discussion is , evident. 1. A town or city which Is licensing saloons and using tho revenue for city Improvement and current expenses is building a town with blood, 'Amid , tho thunders of Sinai the flat of the Al mighty Went forth, "Thou Biialt toot' kill.'' If I kill ft man and use his money to build up my fortune or enlarge tny premises I am building wiih the price of blood, 1 may shoot him down like , a dog, drlva a dagger to his heart, or give him siow poison and employ an other to administer it, but in either case t am guilty ef his blood, Aiee--'hel has been scientifically proven to be a poison, no less deadly taan gttiebnine, Administered irt sufficiently large doses it will do its work as quickly, Scientists tell us that abo not combines tne two characteristics , of nareotics and frj Hants at nie tipn time and is therefore a mere serious poison than if it were only a nareotia or exclusively, en irritant," Homo years ago I knew a man who drank a pint of alcohol one evening and was cja&d before morning, Si? years ago 1U . Cincinnati David Cuok, 4 boy sixteen years of age, was enticed Into ft. saloon, drank deeply and was carried tq his mother's home ft coYpse before day light the victims bionay is what the vender is after, it does not pay to have the poison da its werk so quiek iy, The longer the poison is ia doing its deadly, work; the more money for the saloon keeper, What we need to understand is that every sateen in Charlotte i dealing in a nareetie and. irritant poison: The output ef these' aless f sot nly wretchedness and misery and want aei wreek and ruin, I but death. I The United states Supreme QmH, has declared that "Thfre is no Inner, ent right in a eitisen to sell inteet ing liquors by retail it is net a privi lega 9f a citizen pf & state r of a eltizen pf the United" States," Vet at least J8 of onr eltijens are engaged fn that business. How does It coma that they are doing that, which the Supreme Court has declared .that put citizen has any Inherent right to do? They tell mo that they have pur- -cbased the right from the city council..' of Charlotte. That each of these 4$ ' ealoons havo paid, $1,000 for the priyi-r., lege cf killing men by the slow poison ':: . prccees, at the same time robbing . - them of their money, pauperizing their f amilie3, wrecking their homes, ruin? ing their prospects and damning their souls.. The $18,000 which go into our , city treasury,. each year from these.' ' f . (Continued on Eighth Page.) '-t ' 1 iff .'.. Aa.ft' J v "... ' . 7