North Carolina Newspapers

; THE - ' . - ' CHABlM A AY Vw n i- WAV i 3 i V V THE ONLY EVENING ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWSPAPER IN CHARLOTTE- VOL. XXXV NO. 36 US FOR $510 FOR CAPTURE OF FBpSHSSIH Clement Manfey of Winston Asks Governor to Issue Reward for Capture of Assassin ot. Henry Cobre. Charter Issued. Pro ceedings of Bankruptcy. T0 Organize Movement . Courtry Club. for ah Athletic Ground. Hospital in Prospect. Jim Johnson, Colored, Gets Pre. limary Hearing. y jSptvial to The News. Raleigh, Jan. 24. Governor Glenn received this morning from Clement Mauley, of Winston-Salem, an urgent ;.i lieal for the State to issue a $400 re ward for the capture of the assassin of Henry Cobre, the Russian Jew at Wiiiston-SalemNa, few nights ago. He was a restaurant keeper, highly re jected, and was shot through the win dow of his room while asleep in bed. There seems to he no clue to the as sassin but there is hope that the re ward by the State will encourage the investigation, leading to unravling the mystery. A charter was issued for the Selma Supply Co., of Selma, Johnston county, at a capital of $6,000, W. R. Richard sou being the principal incorporator. Volunteer proceeding of bankruptcy were instituted in U. S, District court for V. II. Proctor, merchant of Dur ham, assets amount to $10,000 and lia bilities $23,100. Voluntary proceedings of bankruptcy were filed against T. M. Woolard of Washington, N. C., the petitioning creditor being wholesale merchants of Petersburg and Wilmington. - Judge Purnell makes an order mak ing a perpetual injunction in the case of B. S. Currin administrator vs. At lantic Coast Line, from Granville en joining the plaintiff from bringing fur ther suit against the railroad in the State courts, non-suit having hereto fore been taken in the Federal Court. The Industrial Club of Raleigh, at a meeting held last night, appointed a committee to aid in the organization of a high class country club a move ment for the formation of which is being bunched with every prospect for Suc cess by some of Raleigh's most promi nent and wealthiest business men. President Winston, of the A. & M. College, says the most gratifying suc cess is being scored in the movement for an athletic ground including base ball and football grounds for the col lege. The trustees have given the necessary land out at the college and bonds are being issued by the Ath letic Associaton to members of the col lege faculty, the students and alumni and to citizens of Raleigh and in fact wherever in the State men can be found public spirited enough to take them. The denomination is $25 and the term is seven years in which time if. is figured the income from the use of the grounds will pay principal and interest. Dr. H. A. Royster and a number of the other leading physicians of thf city are agitating the idea of a thoroughly modern and completely equipped hos pital for Raleigh. The Woman's Club, the Industrial Club ahd the Chamber of Commerce have appointed committees to confer with him and see what can he done in this direction. Jim Johnson, the negro arrested here yesterday for robbing the postoffice at Elmore, Scotland county, was given a preliminary hearing this morning De fore United States Commissioner John Nichols and sent to jail to await the next session of the. Inderal Court. It being impossible for the negro to give any bond no amount was named, but $1,000 would have been required had the question been raised and the of fense is punishable with five years in the penitentiary. Johnson made .a statement to the Commissioner to the effect that there were two other" negroes with him when the postoffice was broken open; that he stood guard while the other two went in and that they did not know it was a postoffice at the time ad thought it was a store. He said their object vas really io get something to eat, but that when his pals came out they brought out the stamps, a post office money order blank, the dating stamp and a rubber pad all of which they turned over to him. He said he siiW nothing of any money. The officers do not credit the story of the negro that there were others with him and believe he has spent the small amount of money that was taken from the Elmore office. DEATH OF MRS. ALEXANDER. Aged Woman Passed Away Early This Morning at Belmont." Mrs. R. Alexander died this morn-' ias at 3:10 o'clock at her home at Belmont after an illness of seven weeks, the Immediate cause of her death beins internal trouble. Mrs. Alexander was 56 years old and is sur vived by a husband and four children, Mrs. Nancy Lewis, Mrs.: Ada Lowry and Messrs. Thomas and Ed. Black, all f this city. The funeral will take place tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Hoskins Methodist church. Mrs. Alex ander is also survived by her mother, Irs. Martha G. Hannon and one "'other and one sister. REWARD , (iAYXOIl-GREEs, vjUvldence In Famoua Case Letter to captain Carter DlseuNKed. , . By Associated Press. ' Savannah, Jan. 24. J. W. O Sterlev cJnef clerk in the office of Captain Carter and his. sucessors identified in the Greene ana Gaynor trial a letter a.rrw and Osborne, attorneys. L Pain arter- written in 1896, and requesting the specifications for a cer- fninntI?K Carter replied asking , vLlLom tne specifications were want ed. The attorneys responded that they wanted them for R. a. Johnson of Au gusta, Ga., whereas the government contends that these specifications were really desired for Venable Bros., of Atlanta, quarrymen. Carter, the gov ernment contends, thereupon sent them io iv. A. Johnson direct so that Venable Bros, did not get the specifications and were not able to get in a bid against Greene and Gaynor. Objection Overruled. A lengthy controversy among the counsel was caused over the question of the admissabilitr. of the evidence of the copy of a letter written by Car ter in 1888 to Gen. C. Duane to "showhis state of mind." As govern ment counsel declared. Judge Speer overruled the objection and the letter was read. The letter to Gen. Duane, chief of the engineers was then read. Captain Carter set' forth therein be cause of the change impending on ac count of Col. Gilmore's death he would like to be retained here as head of the river and harbor district as he had become "acclimated," and was familiar with all conditions and with the progress of the work, then under way and under contemplation. TRIAL OF NORMAN HAPGOOD. Editor of CollIer'H Weekly On Trial Charged With Criminal Libel Against JiiKtice Denel. By Associated Press. New York, Jan. 24. Bernard N. Ba ker, of Baltimore, testified in the trial of Norman Hapgood, editor of Collier's Weekly, on the charge of having crim inally libelled Justice Joseph M. Deuel. Mr. Baker was formerly president of the Atlantic Transport Company. He was shown articles in Town Topics re ferring to his family. Baker said: "I saw Col. Mann. We talked over these objectionable .articles appearing . in Town Topics and I said I wanted them stopped. He told me it was only the best people who - were mentioned in Town Topics. He said other steamship lines had advertisements in Town Top ics and that my company ought to se cure one." Baker said that after the insertion of the advertisement r he thought, the articles ceased. Features of Trial. ' v ? Three years later, the items concern ing his family again appeared in Town Topics," said Banker and he consulted his family counsel about stopping them. After that," the witness9 said. "Moses E. Wooster, the agent,' visited him and asked him tov subscribe to Fads and Fancies. lie.' told me the subscription price - was $1,500." He said he did not subscribe. Edwin M. Post,, stock broker, was called.. Mr. Post preferred, charges ot blackmail- against. Charles , Ahle, so licitor for the publication called - The American Smart Set. Mr Post testi ned that.Ahle came to his office with a letter from Mr. Wayle, of Town Topics, June 20 la'st. "He said," continued Mr; Post, "that stories had been printed about, my connection with races. We have an article in Town Topics about you," he 'said, "aitd the boys want to be, put in. At this I became suspi cious." ' , " ; MRS. STONEWALL JACKSON Invited to AVInnboro, S. C, to Present . - Crosses. v . Y Mrs. Stonewall Jackson has been in vited to go. to Winnsboro, S. C., and present the veterans of Fairfield with crosses of honor. - A special ' from Winnboro to The News . and Courier says: . " " ; -: r . - "At a , meeting of the John Bratton Chapter of the Daughters of-the Con fedearcy, Friday, the 19th, at the. home of the president, Mrs. T. H.Ketchin, it . was decided to present -crosses to the veterans in Fairfield. The chapter hopes to have the presentation made by Mrs. Stonewall Jackson. This chap ter has been recently organized and will take up. the work of the Ladies' Memorial Association, which have the credit of having erected in Winnsboro one of the handsomest monuments iri "the State to the soldiers of the Confed eracy." 1 - ' The finance committee of the countv, composed of Capt. J. M. Davis, Mr. J. H. McClintock and Mr. W. S. Pharr are now auditing the county board of education books, the last set to be audited. BY STORM III W, VA, Heavy Wind: and Rain Storm - Causes Loss of . Several Hun dred Thousand Dollars in Southeastern Part of . State, Floods Rivers. -.: By Associated Press. . Weston W. Va., Jan. 24. A heavy wind . and rain storm resembling a. water spout and causing damage to property that will reach several hun dred thousand dollars, passed over the southeastern portion of this State yes terday, flooding the Cherry, Holly and Elk" Rivers. - .:. , WAtt IS STREETS. Chinatown Llrely With Spirit of Rattle - Two Chineae Killed. fly Associated Press. . . Net York, Jan. 24. War broke out in the streets of Chinatown between two Hval Chmese societies. Hip Sings .and 0 Longs, two Chinamen being kill ed during the shooting affray. A third ws mortally-wounded and the fourth badly injured. v Nominate Postmasters. BWsSfon, S'24.-The Resident senT'to t4 Senate thefollow nni- B EiSste?n. East Radford. North Caro naLouis N. Grant, Goldsboro; Cyrus p. . Frazier, Greensboro. Mr. Eldred Griffith, of New York, passed through, the. city en route to Hot Springs, Arkansas. MUCH DAMAGE DONE CHARLOTTE, N G., WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 24. 1906. BIG DAMAGE FROM FIRE AT NORFOLK, . LOSS OVER $25,000 Fire Sweeps Away International Compress Co's. Cotton Com press, Also Much Stored Cot ton in Other Sheds. Addison May be Burned. Engineer Barely Escaped. Wall of Oyster She!lsv Saved Much Other Property: Loss is Esti mated at $250,000. Crossed Electric Wires Probably Cause. By Associated Press. ' Norfolk, Va., Jan. 24. The Inter national Compress Company's cotton compress on Elizabeth river together with much stored cotton in the ware houses and sheds of Rogers, McCabe & Co., were burned this morning and the intervening wall of oyster shells was the only thing that saved the property of the Norfolk Warehouse Associa tion's Ice plant and many more' bales of cotton stored in adjoining ware houses. Jacob Addison, a white laborer at the burned compress, was asleep in the building at the ti meahd is believed to have perished. , Henry Shumadine, the engineer, who was alseep in the compress, barely es caped. The loss is placed at $250,-000. The fire is supposed to have originated from the crossed electric ligting wires in the burned cotton compress. - MRS. BROWN'S PRESENTMENT. Called For Dr. Stokes and Told Him That There Wag Something Very Wrong At Home. . . Mrs. B. L. Keesler and Mrs. R. S. Busbee left this mtorning for Salis bury where they go to tell Mrs. Louis Brown (Miss Adelaide Clarkson) who is at the Stokes-Whitehead Sanitarium, of her mother's death. They were ac companied by Mr. Brown A telephone message from-Salisbury this afternoon at 3 o'clock stated. that j they-had just left the hotel for the Mrs. Brown's bed side and it is not known Iiow she stood the "or deal. -..v-.r.. ; To tell Mrs. Brown of her mother's death was peculiarly sad, because of a presentment snenaa Saturday just at the hour1 of Mrs. Clarkson's death. Just at this. - time Mrs., Brown called for Dr. Stokes and - upon his arrival at her bedside she asked him how she was getting along if her condition was any better. Dr. Stokes assured her that she was getting along nicely under, the circumstance's tavwhich she replied, "Doctor I may be alright, bijt there is something wrong at home. I am very- blue and have been all morn ing and I know that there" lnustv' be something very wrong at home." Dy( Stokes did hot abuse her mind, . dis tracting it as best he could under the circumstances. Mr. Brown states that her mind has' never been relieved of the thought that something was wrong at home; that she has complained con stantly of havingtbe blues ever since Mrs. Clarkson's death. . Dr. Stokes states he has always be lieved in presntments and - that now he is firmly convinced. . MORE WEATHER" TALK. The told Wave Made Goo Today Ten Degrees Colder Tonight. - 'The cold wave from the Northwest made itself felt in Charlotte last night about sundown and by morrring there had been a fall of , some ten to fif teen degees, with indications for low er readings tonight. The record .sfor last nigh tshowed that the freezing point was not reach ed, the minimum being ,36 . degrees.'. Tonight, however, it is expected that the thermometer will go close to 25 de grees. The change in the weather has been gladly welcomed by. most people as the abnormal temperatures of the- first part of the week were almost oppres sive.. .. .. - ' .. ' - - ' - . There is no indication of snow yet, said the weather man;-today, the pre diction for tonight .and Wednesday be ing clear with a cold wave. : . - - - The change intemperature, " white it has been a very decided one, will not perhaps result in as severe cold tomoi row as man people have been antic ipating ". t GEN. WHEELER'S CONDITION. The General's Condition is Thought to be Much Improved. By Associated Press. ... ' New York, Jan. 24. General Joseph KWheeler, who is ill with pneumonia at the home of h:s sister, m Brooklyn, was holding his own according to the statement of Sterling Smith, General Wheeler's brother-in-law.- General Wheeler "was a little, weaker than yes terday, but his relatives were made hopeful by the assurance of the doc tor:, that tire passing; of. each day. im proved the General s chance of recov ery. AH -his daughters are now with him. ' ; ; . . . - - .- - ft; MOROCCAN CONFERENCE. AIL Articles of Report On Contra band Adopted. Bv Associated Press. Algeciras, Jan. 24. The,Moroccai Conference adopted all the articles of the report of the, committe on contra band relating, to .. the prevention of trade in contraband arms and passed to the consideration of economic ques tions. ' . K PrfRident Henrv Louis Smith, of Davidson College, spent last -nightin the city, stopping at the Central Hotel. MARRIAGE AT LUMBERTON. Miss Mae Roland and Mr. D. F.'Shaw the Contracting Parties. Special to The News. Lumberton, Jan. 24. Miss Mae Roland was married to Mr. D. B. Shaw this afternoon at 4: 30 . o'clock at the residence of the bride's mother, "River side," just one mile .north of the city. -The officiating minister was the Rev. A. E. Baker, pastor of the First Pres byterian church of Lumberton. - The ceremony was witnessed by only a few immediate friends of the : bride . and groom, on account or illness in the family of the bride the wedding was a very quiet unair. Immediately after the ceremony the newly wedded couple left oh the evening train for a tour South, embracing a number of Southern towns and points of interest. They will be at home after February 1st in, Lumber ton. .. . v The groom is the city attorney, of Lumberton and one of the youngest and brightest members of the local bar. He is a "son of State Senator, A. L. Shaw, of this city, and comes of one of the best families in the State. The bride is the youngest daughter of the late Col. Alfred Rowland. She is a graduate of the Southern Presbyterian College and Conservatory of Music and a most attractive; ahd charming young woman. The couple were the recipients of many handsome presents, including a silver service as a gift from the Lum berton bar. This evening at 9 : 30 o'clock at the home of the bride's mother, Miss Thais Thompson was happily married to Mr. V. D. Baker. The wedding was attend ed by only a few .of the immediate friends and relatives'of the family. The groom is a member1 of the firm of the Lumberton Cash Clothing and Shoe Store. The bride is a young woman of ehanning manner and has a large cir cle of friends in Lumberton anl else where. ' CASE COMES UP Curtis Heffney Aga'lft'SueS High'Jhour, and the high sea threatened to land Park Mfg. Co. for $20, 000. Jury Out all Night. Mr.' " Simpson Case Awarding $100 " Damages." . "v For the second time the 820,000 dam age suit case entitled Curtis. Heff her against the Highland Park Manufact uring Comply was called ,in ; tfc'e Superior court shortyjr before $oqn'' to day. - ' , The case grew out of an accident two years ago, when the plaintiff lost kn arm wkile at work, it is alleged, in the plant of the defendant , company. , The case was called in court last year but was non-suited at that lime. Then matters were re-arranged and the case placed on the calendar and was taken up today with the, promise pf being one of the, most stubbornly fought : cases, at , ttusterm ; of .court.- The plarntiff is represented by -Mc-Call and Nixon and Kirkpatrick and the. mill by. ' C. W. Tillett, Esq. The jury remained' but all night on the case of .B. A. Simpson vs. the Hos kins Mills and this morning returned a verdict ; allowing the sum of $100 for the plaintiff. Another case of some interest today, was that of R. H. McKnigut vs. N. S. Alexander. The plaintiff alleged .that While working for the defendant he fell from a scaffold and Was injured. After the contention of the plaintiff was heard, a motion was made by the defendants to dismiss. The motion was all6wed and the plaintiff 'filed an ex ception, and appealed to the Supreme Court of the State. . The case of J. F.., White vs. E. I. Reams wds non-suited by the court today. . . A game of , basket ball will be played tonight between" , the seniors and the business boys at, the Y. M. C. A. The game will commence at 8 o'clock. - . . . ' T REPORTS TREATY The Committee on Foreign Rela tions Reports Favorably the Treaty with Cuba Ceding the Isle of Pines to the Islarrd Re public. . . : - -- , .. i By . Associated Press. . . -. ' Washington, Jan. 24. The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations voted to report the treaty with Cuba, ceding the Isle of Pines to that Republic. - The treaty was not amended. . : , , ' To Allow GeneraV Debate. A rule, allowing a general debate on the Statehood Bill until three o'clock tomorrow was introduced in the House. Rules Adopted'. . In the House the new rule was adopt ed by a vote of 192 to 165. V, Fayetteville Gets Building. . The Senate Committee oh Public Buildings and Grounds agreed to re port favorably tire bill appropriating $75,000 for a building at Fayetteville. Another Favorable Report. f ' The House Committee on !t Public Lands decided to make a favorable re- nort on the 'Burnett bill setting aside the 90,000 acres of mineral land in J Alabama for school purposes. I DROWNED! 10 PERIL AS RESULT OF W Terrible Story of Disastrous Wreck of Steamer Valencia Eastward of Cape Beale Yester day.. Waves Swallow up 50 Women and Children. Over 100 Terrow-Stricken sons Huddle on Deck While Death Slowly Draws Nearer. Steamers Rush to Assistance. May be Too Late. By Associated Press. Victoria, B. C, Jan. 24. The Steam er Valencia, Captain Johnson, of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company, wun 34 passengers on board and a crew of 60, was wrecked to the east ward of Cape Beale, on the Vancouver Island coast, early Tuesday morning, With a heavy loss of life. The surviv ors who have reached Cape Beale, the boatssain and five seamen, who went to secure assistance in . one of the steamer's boats, reports . that at least 50 persons were drowned alongside the steamer when the boats, loaded with women and .children, smashed against the steamer's side soon after they were lowered. When they left over 100 persons were huddled on the saloon deck of the steamer, whicn was then partly submerged with the in-rolling sea, washing over the main deck. : A south east Qraio TCfla Mnwltvfl' nvpr A( mi loo nn uiean up me wrecK. unless several steamers which have been hurried to the assistance, can arrive in time to save those who remain on the wreck, it is doubtful if any of them will reach the shore, for the landing is extremely difficult; if at all possible. The Valencia sailed from San Fran cisco on Tier second trip to Victoria at 11 A. M., Saturday. Nearing the ' en trance to the Straits the weather was very thick. ' Unable to make out their position m the thick weather, . sound Ings were taken, showing 30 fathoms Immediately the. , steamer struck heav ily, against some reefs off the shore with a shock which awoke all oh board. She was immediately backed away. As shewent into deep water, began to fill. Lights were extinguished by the flood ing of the engine 'room. The loss of life was awful when the boats were lowered. ' Two boats filled with women and children were swept against the side of the steamer, smashed and com pletely wrecked, all those in the boats being swept into .the sea and drowned. LUMBERTON NEWS. Over $2,000 Pledged F6r the Erection Of Monument to the Confederate Dead. -Negro Accidentally Killed. Special to' The News. Lumberton, Jan. 24. More than $2, 000 has been pledged for the monu ment to be erected on the court liouse square in Lumberton in honor of the Confederate "dead of Robeson- cbunty. This county sent mure men to. the war than any other in the State and per haps more than any other In the South. The monument will be a very hand some one and will cost $3,000 or more. More than $1,500 has been given, by Lumberton people alone. . James Mclntyfe, a negro boy, was accidentally shot and instantly killed by Douglas Barnard, a young white man, near Rowland Tuesday morning. Mr. Barnard had gone into the house after his gun and was coming out the door when the weapon was accidental ly discharged, the entire load of . shot taking effect in' the boy's head. An in quest was held by Coroner . Rancke, who held that it was "purely an acci dent. Barnard was not, arrested. The number of students at 'Robeson Institute is constantly increasing upder the direction of Prof. Vann,, the prin cipal. The enrollment is now quite large and the faculty has been greatly increased until it' now numbers several most efficient teachers. , M.'W. Floyd has purchased the house and lot owned by N. E. Spivey in the northern Dart of the city. Mr. Spivey. has purchased of Q. T. Wil liams a fine, residence site and will erect a modern home at once. On February 1st Messrs. A. W. Mc Tan and A.' E. White will place on the market, 3Q0 of the.( most., desirable building lots m the city,. The purcnase of tne property was perhaps the lar gest real estate deal ever consummat ed inthi county.. The lots lie . half tn side and half outside the corporate limits of Jhe oity and in. easy distance Qf the business part of the city. - Wreck at Allendale, S. C. An north-bound trains on the Colum- kio : riiviftinn. of the. Southern . were marked up late this .morning caused by a wreck at Allendale S.C. iast might rtnrtn? this the dininsr car-attached to train No, 33 arriving in Charlotte at 8;3l.a.,ia, did not reach Salisbury last night and consequently was not at? oh to this train this morning. An unusually large number of pasengers breakfasted- at Gresham.s as the. re sult. . -.-; Mr. Walter LiLaton Iajnred. The Charlotte friends of Mr. Walter Iti Linton, of Salisbury, will regret to learn that he was seriously injured in a railroad accident last week. Mr. Linton -takes out -an engine between Salisbury and - Greenville," S. C. and while on one . of his . runs, the engine jumped the track. - He is still confined to his bed and will not be able to re sume .work for some tlra MR. Afi. HARRILL RESIGNS. Has Accepted a Position With ' the ; Southern Power Company. Mr. Ab. V. Harrili, assistant city ticket agent of the Southern Railway Company, has resigned his position and will, after the first of the month, be connected with the Southern Power Company. He has, been connected with the.; Southern for a number of years and few employes, of the com pany are held in higher esteem than Mr. Harrili. He is an experienced ticket seller, is accurate and he is one of the quickest ticket sellers the Southern has ever had in Charlotte. A MYSTERY, THIS. Strange Action of Two Men Who Bury Box Near Harris Creek, Three Miles Out. A nArnlini afpoil Tiroes rannvfnil 4- -i rv rer-i'Chlef pf Police this afternoon by a man from the Harris Creek section, about three miles out from the city, which the authorities will investigate this afternoon. , The story is that two colored men were seen this morning to drive up to the creek with a wooden bed wagon and take therefrom a small box which they proceeded to carefully bury in the sands along the banks of the preek, placing a stick at each end of the mound. TRAlSt ROCKERS AT WORK. Two Train Rocked and One , Selected an a Target Monday Night. Trail rockers seemed to - be out in force Monday night. Trains Nos. 12 and 35 were both rocked between Charlotte and Salisbury and train No. 36, pass in through Charlotte at 9:20 a. m was selected as a target by . an un known negro at China Grove yesterday morning and the bullet fired from his pistol crashed through a window. For tunately none of the passengers were struck. The negro who fired into the latter train was seen and the officers at. China Grove were notified of the affair at the first stop made but the culprit was not apprehended. The Southern officials and detectives have been keeping a close watch , on all such occurences and few cases have been reported during the past several months. If the guilty parties are ap prehended they will be-dealt with harshly. . . REV. GEORGE COOK TO LEAVE. Will Sever His Connection With the Paw Creek Church March 1. Rev. George L. Cook, foi many years pastor of the Paw Creek Church,; and also of Cook's Chapel, will leave about the first of March for Texas, where he will spend two years., Mr. Cook's de parture will be a matter of much re gret to the good people of Paw Creek. He has been in their midst, preaching the Gospel more than 15 years during the past twenty. He is an able preach er and his. sermons are always forci ble and'interesting: . -., t -Mr. Kidd ' Again Indisposed. Mr. John Kidd, who for a long while was very ill at his. home in this city and who Up to Sunday last was rapid ly recuperating from a severe attack, Is again quite unwell. It Is not thought, however, that' the illness will prove very serious and the friends of the young man hope he will quickly recov er his lost ground. Mr. Kidd has, been ill since Sunday. - Looking For Snow. On adcount of the long tumble taken by the mercury since -yesterday aug mented by the presence of clouds that seemed to portend snow, many people were freely predicting a fall of the 'beautiful." The weather bureau, how ever, said nothing about the possibility of . a snow, but predicted fair weather tonight and Wednesday. Wires Reported Down North. It was reported today that telegraphic service between here and New York had been considerably crippled on ac count of a blizzard. Inquiry at the Western. Union office, however, brought forth the information that their wires were all right this morning. ' Thoiupnon Orpnnnnge Guild. r An., important meeting of the Thomp son Orphanage Guild will be held in the vestry room at St. Peters' Episcopal church; tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock. Matters of importance will be discuss ed, and all members are requested to attend. - m CONTEST IS " ' -v. V .V V-; - ; .3', II Vanderbiit's Large Machine Ex- V pectedi Track in Fine Shape Records of Racers. Hemry Ruled Out, Merriots Time for . . Five Miles 2:47 By Associated Press. Ormond,. Fla., Jan. 24. Clear, cool weather and a hard dry surface on the beach track gave promise for excell ent racing in the automobile contests. Alfred G. Vanderbilt's big 250 horse power racer, was expected to start to day. Mr. Vanderbilt arrived ere last night. : - . . . ' . . " . Henry Ruled Out. - - Marriot made the 5-mile record In the official time of. 2 minutes, 47 seconds.- He drove a steam car., r - Fletcher went five miles In 4 min utes, 2 seconds., . Immediately after .Henry's fast five miles, it was announced that he had been ruled out of the races and would not be allowed to . race s again in the present .meet because -he had refused to run over again a ner star heat. , ... Lancia Won Out The . final in. the five-mile open championship was won by Lancia In 3 minutes 1 1-5 seconds. Fletcher was secpnd . in .3 - minutes,. 2 seconds, and Marriott in his steam racer, was third. ffl I PROGRESS PRICE: 3 CENTS tSHto Will Urge Passage of the Over man Bill tor the Creation bf a , Cotton Commission for . the Southern States To-morrow at Capital. The Bill was Endorsed at the At lanta Meeting Saturday Last. Spinners Hope that the Bill Will Pass Soon, Would Solve ..... t - . Many Problemsl Mr. A. C. Hutchison, secretary and treasurer of the Southern ; Soft Yarn Spinners' Association will leave this -evening for Washington, D. C.,' on a ' very important niece of business to lay before the Senate Committee the resolution passed by the spinners. Sat urday in Atlanta, endorsing the Over man bill, which was drawn and - pre sented by the North Carolina Sena tor some weeks ago for the purpose of. creating a cotton commission. The Southern Soft Yarn Spinners at their meeting in Atlanta, last Sat urdayadopted a resolution asking that the reports of the cotton crop now being issued regularly by the Depart- -ment .of Agriculture be discontinued,., and, at the Bafne .time, endorsed the Overman bill for the creation of the cotton commission. . ' ' Mr. Hutchison, who was re-elected secretary and treasurer of the Association-Saturday, was delegated to make the trip to Washington this week and meet the Senate Committee with other cotton men from the South and urge the passage -of the Overman bill now before the Senate. - The Southern Soft Yarn Spinners are especially interested in this cot ton commission and they, , through their representatives, will, lay before the Senate Committee tomorrow the good results and benefits that : the Southern mill men believe wiJI accrue to their interest in the creating of.' such a- cpmmission,r"At present the need of such is keenly felt and the mill fnen will leave no stone unturned to secure .the appointing of the comrnis sion and'the passage of the bill. , " " ' Mr. Hutchison goes to Washington . with ; bright . hopes that his mission will be a success and the outcome of the conference with -the committee will be awaited with expectancy , throughout .the South by cotton mill k men everywhere. , CHARGED WITH BIGAMY. S. E. Frazier of Salisbury Waives Ex amination and Gives $100 Bond. Constable. S. C. Ross returned to the city yesterday afternoon from Salis bury, where he. went Monday night to execute a , warrant on S. E. , Frazier, charging him with bigamy,, the charges having been brought against him, by Mrs. Lizzie Wren, of this city. Frazier waived examination and gave bond for $100 for his appearance at the next term of Superior. Court which- con venes the second Monday in Febru-1 ary. . ' , . Mrs, Wren alleges that during: the month of last November Frazier know ingly and willingly married her daugh ter, Miss Fannie Lee Pace .while at the same time he was" married to another woman. . It is. claimed by Frazier that he had instituted divorce proceedings having, at the time,, paid his attorney the required fee and that .he thought he had secured a divorce from his first wife.' Frazier is employed in the lum ber department of the Southern Rail way Company at Salisbury. ' . ' ANOTHER COTTON SLUMP. ' About $2 Per Bale Decline Or 35 Points Yesterday. When, the government ginners report was flashed over the wires yesterday afternbon there , was considerable ' ex citement locally bnt as one cotton man said "We have liad so many scares this season that,, we are getting used to them." , vr ; :"' . '. ?.'' At the close yesterday cotton was off about 35 points for futures which means a decrease of from' $1.75 to $2 per bale. , Today the market was stronger however and a part of yester-. day's loss was quickly regained. Porminent Pythian. ' Mr. Thomas L.. Neal, of Indiana, is a guest of the Buford. Mr. Neal is a son of Mr. Chas. F. S. Neal, president of the , Endowment Rank, Knights of Pythias. Like his father, he is an en thusiastic Pythian and is interested in the Endowment Rank. He has travel led over many parts of the South and Is now. visiting many of the lodges in North. Carolina in company with Mr. Geo. Hv Royster, of Greensboro. Pooch Tree ia Bloom. A gentleman from the country today brings the interesting news that peach trees are beginning to bloom under the unusual influence of the, recent warm weather at Dr. H. L Alexander's in ' Providence. Many trees are said to be filled with blossoms and the appearance of the country t large 'Is quite spring like. The farriers-, howtyer, will regret to, see-, the fruit trees beginning to bloom at suck'aH early . date as It will mean certain loss of the fruit crop, or a large portion Of It. : ' ; ; Mr. Robert W. Stokes has leased through F. C. Abbott & Co.. : the , resi dence formerly occupied by Mn R. L. Durham on - Kingston Avenue in Dil I-