North Carolina Newspapers

X rrr? Y DTOTd wmw THE ONLY EVENING ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWSPAPER IN CHARLOTTE. VOL. Xr 'V NO. 6258 CHARLOTTE, N C, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 12, 1906. PRICE: 3 CENTS HE BO A S.M BANQUET IS TO BE TENDERED The Address ot Welcome will be Delivered oy Mr. Thomas C. Guthrie, of the Charlotte Bar. Who will Respond has not Been Determined. Banquet will be at the City Hall and the Meetings will be Held in the County Court House and O'Donoghue Hall. Officers of Association. Preparations for the coming meeting of the North Carolina Medical Asso ciation which will be held in Charlotte May 29, 30 and 31, are progressing very satsifactory. In fact, most of the preliminary work Has been done. The meetings of the association will be hold in the county court house., though several sessions will convene in O'Donoghus Hall. At the opening session of the asso ciation on the 29th of May, Dr. Martin D. Hardin will deliver tne prayer. The address of welcome will be delivered by Mr. Thomas C. Guthrie, of the Charlotte bar. Just who will respond on the part of the association has not as yet been determined. Mayor S. S. McNinch will hand over the keys of the city to the visiting physicians and Dr. John R. Irwin will deliver the address of welcome on the part of the Mecklenburg Medical So ciety. The banquet, which will be the crowning event of" the meet, will be held in the City Hall the night of the 30th of May. This will be a feast good to look upon and still better to partake of. Not a cent less than $2,000 will be spent in giving the visiting physicians all they can eat and drink. On the night of the 29th, the first day of the association's meeting in Charlotte, a huge reception will be tendered the visitors at the Manufact urers' Club. Other functions will be given in the visitors' honor. The officers of the North Carolina Medical Association are as follows: President, Dr. Edward J. Register, Charlotte; vice president, Dr. L. B. McBrayer, Asheville; second vice president, Dr. W. H. H. Cobb, Golds boro; third vice president, Dr. W. O. Spencer, Winston; secretary, Dr. J. Howell Way, Waynesville; treasurer, Dr. Ginnada T. Sikes, Grissom. The members of the Board of Medi cal Examiners are: Dr. Charles O'H. Laughinghouse, president, Greenville; Dr. George W. Pressly, secretary, Charlotte; Dr. M. H. Fetcher, Ashe ville; Br. J. M. Parrott, Kinston; Dr. A. A. Kent, Lenoir; Dr. J. T. J. Battle, Greensboro, and Dr. Frank H. Russell, Wilmington. During the life cf the North Carolina Medical Association Charlotte has furnished two presidents. Dr. Joseph Graham was the head of the associa tion in 1886 and Dr. Edward C.Register is now the honored president of the association. Charlotte, of course, will open wide her gates to let the visiting physicians in. They will receive a cordial wel come and their stay here, it is to be hoped, will be a most pleasant one. There are 1,300 members of the North Carolina Association. Of this number 600 delegates are expected to attend the Charlotte meeting. In addi tion to these there will be about 125 new students, who will swell the num ber to at least 725. IN MEMORIAM. A Tribute to Mr. J. Sol Reid. A Be loved and Prominent Citizen. Special to The News. Matthews, N. C, March 12 Our town is called upon to mourn the death of one of our oldest and best citizens, Mr. J. Sol Reid. Mr. Reid has been in feeble health for some months but had been very much improved for a few weeks and on Sabbath morning v,as feeling better than usual. He got wp and ate a hearty breakfast and be gan complaining and died almost in stantly. Mr. Reid was a man of superior worth, having been an elder in the Presbyterian church for more than a quarter of a century. He was a man of deep conviction and great power. The church and community has suf fered a great loss. He was also a man of great intellectual ability, having graduated from Davidson College about fifty-four years ago. He has served Mecklenburg county a number of times as Representative and State senator. The deceased was seventy-five years old and is survived by a widow and five children, namely: Messrs. Watson and Anther Reid, of Matthews; Edward S. Reid, of. Charlotte; Mrs. Lydia Fun fierburk, of Charlotte and Mrs. Dr. Reid, of Matthews. The funeral services will be con ducted from the residence by Rev. Alexander Martin today at 11 o'clock. PRESIDENT QUINTANA DEAD Aged President of Argentine Republic Died Yesterday. By Associated Precs Buenos Ayres March 12. Dr. Man uel Quintana, president of Argentine Republic died yesterday of catarrhal pneumonia. He was 71 years of age.. VISITING DOCTORS RESORT HOTEL BURNED. White Stone Springs Hotel Reduced to Ashes Last Night. Special to The News. Spartanburg, S. C, March 12 White Stone Springs Hotel, located six miles from Spartanburg, was totally de stroyed by fire early last night. The fire was discovered between 8 and 9 o'clock, the flames originating in the attic over the ball room. The fire spread rapidly and in four hours the building was reduced to a mass of smoldering ruins. The loss is estimated at $40,000. The building was only partially insured. At the time of the fire there were several bell boys, maids and cooks in the building, though there were no guests. The help worked faithfully and managed to save a small portion of the furniture. Mr. Sam Sheftall, the proprietor, was in Columbia at the time of the fire en route to Savannah. He was noti fied and returned this morning. The hotel was a handsome brick structure and had accommodations for 350 guests. It was opened July 15, 1902. The springs were developed by Mr. J. T. Harris, who managed the hotel successfully for two seasons when he sold the property to Samuel Sheftall, of Savannah. Mr. Sheftall says he will rebuild. MOROCCAN TREATY. French Will Not Accept Foreign Con trol of Franco-Spanish Police For Morocca Germans Remain Firm. By Associated Press. Algeciras, March 12. The French delegates declare they will not accept the foreign control of the Franco Spanish police for Morocca." The Ger mans are firm. This makes a momen tary deadlock upon details, but a so lution is considered assured, as the parties are agreed upon the main prin ciple involved. FURTHER REPRIEVE GRANTED. Governor Higgins Grants Further Re prieve in Case of Albert T. Patrick. By Associated Press. Albany, N. Y., March 12. Governor Higgins issued a further reprieve until May 18 in the case of Albert T.Patrick, under sentence of death for the alleg ed murder of William M. Rice, in or der to allow time to continue the pro ceedings on motion for a new trial. SHE PROBABLY SUICIDED. Police Investigation Into Mysterious Death of Mrs. Ruth Rogers Develops the Intelligence That She Probably Suicided. By Associated Press. Norfolk, Va., March 12. The police investigation into the mysterious death yesterday of Mrs. Ruth Rogers, a handsome woman, 25 years old, re sulted today in finding that she prob ably suicided. A friend of the young woman told the police that Mrs. Rog ers killed herself because of a quarrel with a man with whom she was in love. Greene-Gaynor Trial. By Associated Press. Savannah, Ga., March 12. The pre sentation of a summary of the bank transactions and financial operations of Greene and , Gaynor and Carter by the National- Bank Examiner, E. J. Johnson, was continued in the Federal Court. CALEB POWERS CASE BACHO OLD Kf , Things go Against Powers n U. S. Supreme Court who Hold Case is not Removable From State Court to Federal Court. Basis of Opinion. By Associated Press. Washington, March 12. The Caleb Powers case was decided by the Su preme Court of the " United States against Powers. The opinion held that the case was not removable from the States to the Federal Courts. If the case was therefore remanded to the Kentucky State Courts. The opinion was based on the ground that the Equal Rights statute, section 641, re vised statues, does not apply unless recognized by the State laws or the State constitution. The decision said the Supreme Court of the United States could take cogni zance of the case on a writ of error. Case of Anna Valentina. Washington, March 12. The Su preme Court of the United States, re fused to grant a writ of habeas corpus in the case of Anna Valentina, the Italian woman who is under a sentence of death at Hackensack, N. J., on the charge of murder in that city. CHANGES IN OFFICIALDOM. . Several Important Changes in High . n . : -i . J Offices Being winsiaci cu By Associated Press. , Washington, March 12. It is the President's intention to offer the Cabi net place to George L. Meyer, of Mas sachusetts, the present American Am bassador to St. Petersburg. It is prob able that the portfolio to be extended will be the Secretary of War in the event Secretary Taft accepts the posi tion of Associate " Justice of the Su preme Court of the United State. In case Secretary Taft does not accept the position offered, Mr. Meyer will, m all likelihood, succeed Secretary Bona parte if the latter is transferred to the Department of Justice when Attorney General Moody retires. " THE PURIFICATION Of ALL L Perry Belmont, President of Na tional Publicity Bill Organiza tion Spoke on Election of Pre sident, Congressmen, Etc. On Purification of Campaigns. Advocated Prevention of Secret Contributions. Griggs Willing to Publish all Contributions he Receives in Coming Campaign. A Non-partisan Bill. By Associated Press. Washington March. 12. Perry Bel mont, of New York, president of the National Publicity Bill Organization, addressed the House Committe on the election of President. Vice-President and Representatives in Congress on the purification of political campaigns by preventing secret contributions. Representatives Cockran, of New York and McCall of Massachusetts, al so addressed the Committee on the subject of publicity as set forth in the bill introduced by McCall and sup ported by the organization of which Belmont is the President. Mr. Belmont said Mr. Griggs, who has just been elected chairman of the Democratic Congressional Committee is willing to publish all contributions he may receive in the approaching campaign. It was urged by Belmont that the bill is in no sense partisan and has the support of men prominent in all existing party organizations. ATTEMPTED ASSAULT. On Little Girl Near Rock Hill Lynch ing Narrowly Averted. Special to The News. Rock Hill, S. a, March 12. But for the quick action on the part of the officers of the law here Saturday, the life of a negro brute, Will Corsby, would have been forfeited for attempted criminal assault upon the 13 year oid daughter of W. L. Swett, an operative at the Arcade Mill. The brute waylaid the girl in company with three others, near the mill and threatened to kill her with a huge knife. The girl screamed, and a large crowd of operatives soon gathered. The negro escaped, and came into the business section of the city. He was captured by the police, and hus tled to Yorkville jail to escape the vengeance of the crowd. The negro was identified by the girls. All is quiet now, but a lynching has been narrowly avoided. FUNERALS LARGELY ATTENDED. TheTwo Victims of Horrible Accident Saturday Laid to Rest With Honors. Hickory Company Chartered. . Special to The News. Raleigh, N. C, March 12. A charter was issued this morning for the Hick ory Bottling Works, of Hickory, at a capital of $5,100, by W. L. Boatright, J. G. Gibbs and others. . The funeral of W. J. Weir and John Whitelaw, the two citizens of Raleigh, who met a terrible death by being caught under a large boiler Saturday afternoon, were conducted this after noon, both with Masonic honors. The funeral of Mr. Weir was from Christ Episcopal Church and .that of Mr. Whitelaw from the First Presby terian Church. Both were among the largely attend ed held in Raleigh in a great while. Fourth-Class Postmasters. By Associated Press.. Washington, March 12. Fourt-class postmasters appointed: For Alabama, at Alma, Holland White. For Georgia, at Melrose, Jasper H. Kinsey; at Obom ville, Elbert T. Smith. For North Carolina, at Harkers Island, Mary C. Davis; at High Shoals, James C. Mc Brayer; at Stokesdale, Martha J. Gant. For Virginia, at Luckets, James E. Kidwell; at Stratton, Aisly B. South erland. COLONEL MANN INDICTED. Grand Jury Return Indictment Against Editor of Town Topics For Alleged Perjury. By Associated Press. New York, March 12. Col. William D. Mann, editor of Town Topic, was indicted for perjury by the grand jury. The indictment was based up the testi mony in the recent "trial of Norman Hapgood, editor of Collier's Weekly, on the charg of criminal libel. Caucus Called For Wednesday. By Associated Press. Washington, March 12. The caucus of the Republican members of the House will be called for Wednesday evening for the purpose of discussing the Senate Statehood Bill. The Statehood "Insurgents" are re belling at the prosposition fpr a cau cus on the ground that it is an attempt to bind them. There seems to be a general understanding that the so called "Insurgent" members will not attend the caucus. Cotton Receipts. The receipts at the cotton platform today amounted to 228 bales and the best price was 11 cents. For the same day last year the receipts amounted to 54 bales and the best price was 7 5-8. POLTC CAMPAIGN SOUGHT WILMINGTON GOSSIP "Adjutant" Wiggins and Wife Return From Asheville. Old City Ordinance Put Into Effect. A Ministerial Meet ing. Other News Items. Special to The News. Wilmington, N. C, March 12. "Ad jutant" George M. Wiggins, whose wife was assaulted in Asheville not long since, while they had charge of the Sal vation Army post in that city, by a sa loon keeper named Featherstone, has resigned his ' commission with the Sal vationists and returned to this city to live. Mr. Wiggins has accepted the posi tion of manager-of the Seaman's Home and will enter upon his new duties at once. Before Mr. and Mrs. Wiggins went to Asheville they were in charge of the local Army post and while here and at that time made friends with a great number of our citizens who are glad to see the' "Adjutant" return among us. While delving among the old records at the city hall recently, some one ran across an old ordinance which says that all gates in the city of Wilming ton shall open Inward, and the mayor has instructed the chief of police to sfee that this ordinance is carried out be ginning with April 1st. This will no doubt meet with some opposition as there is hardly a gate In the city that does not open upon the side walk. Some Tittle time ago it was decided by the Ministerial Association of this city to have a big men's meeting to last ten days in the Academy of Music. The meeting was to have been held im mediately after the big revival in the evangelical churches of the city and a Rev. Mr. Jones, of Boston, Mass., had been secured to conduct the services. It is now said that the ministers have about abandoned the idea of the men's meeting as Mr. Jones advises them that he cannot be present. However,, it is probable that the Young Men's Christian Association may take this meeting in charge and have it anyway. The old dwelling house adjoining the old county court house, which has adorned that locality for a number of years is being torn down and a hand some business building will be erected thereon, part of which will be occupied by the Southern Electric Company. The Clyde Line steamer Navahoe. which has been aground off Cape Fear bar since Saturday night, the 3rd, was pulled Friday afternoon by the cutter Seminole and river tugs. The Navahoe came up to the city Saturday evening under her own steam, and is now docked at the Clyde Line wharf at the foot of Grace street. The whole cargo of th steamer was either loaded on barges or thrown overboard prior to the time she was pulled off and the steamer will have to be re loaded before she can proceed on her way to New Y&rk. Not much damage appears to have, been done to the steamer, although- some of her pipes may be clogged with sand and mud. ABOUT CHANGE IN CABINET. Attornel General Moody Says He Has Nothing to Give Out Yet Concerning Change in Cabinet. By Associated Press. Chicago, March 12. Attorney Gen eral Moody, when asked regarding the prospective changes in the Cabinet, re plied: "I am not yet ready to leave the Cabinet; when I am I will an nounce it. I do not know anything about any changes in the Cabinet, and have no right to know anything." TELL pD JURY What They Know in Anti-Trust Law Proceeds. Supreme Court's Opinion. Case from So. District ot New York where Habeas was Wanted. By Associated Press. Washington, March 12. The "To bacco Trust," involving the right of witnesses to refrain from testifying before the Federal grand juries in the proceeding uder the anti-trust law, were decided by the Supreme Court of the United States against the witness es. The cases grew out of the proceed ings for writs of habeas corpus in stituted in the Circuit Court for the southern district of New York whose decision was affirmed. The court held, however, the the subpoena in this case was too broad. CHARTER EXTENDED. Supreme Court Decides Cases ot Franceses of street Railways. By Associated Press'. Washington, March 12. The Chica go Street Railway cases, involving the question of the date of the determini tion of franchises of the lines running from the center or Chicago to the north and west sides, were de cided by the Supreme Court of the United States. The court held that the act of the Illinois legislature of 1865 had the effect of extending the charter of the railway companies for 99 years. g332'.3$J7 Dividend Declared. By Associate! r-ies. New York, March 12. The directors of the Sloss-Sheffield Steel and Iron Company declared a regular dividend of 13-4 per cent on the preferred stock and a regular semi-annual divi dend of 21-2 per cent on common. Mr. J. W. Cannon, of Concord, came over this morning on business, stop ping at the Central. WTHESSES MOST TILLMAN BEPLIES TO THE MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT Senator Tillman Addressed Sen ate Concerning Tillman Gilles pie Resolution Instructing Com merce Commission Regarding Railroad Discriminations. Tillman Says Fate has Allied Him with President and that he Re grets that Amicable Relations Must be Broken. Ridicules President's Message. By Associated Press. Washington March. 12. Mr. Till man addressed the Senate in reply to President Roosevelt's message con cerning the Tillman-Gillespie resolu tion instructing the Inter State Com merce Commission to make an exami nation of the Railroad discriminations in the matter of hauling coal and oil. "I depreciate the necessity of criti cising this most extra ordinary docu ment" said Tillman. "Fate has enlist ed me as an ally of the President in getting an adequate railway rate bill, and I regret very much to have any thing come up which would occasion any disruption of the amicable rela tions that now exist or. anrjear'to ex ist between us." ! Continuing, Tillman said: "But there are some things that as a Sena-- tor; I cannot put up with patiently." He said the executive contempt, and ridicule of the resolution seemed to charge that he had been ignorant of what he was doing in offering the reso lution. "Now that is going a great way in a very little while. That is a pretty big contract the President has taken oa himself to justiiy such a sweping charge," he said. Tillman contended that the Commis sion has the means and authority to carry on the investigation proposed. He added: "There can be no good rea son for the President to scold us in the manner that is almost insulting by charging us with insincerity, pre tense and ignorance. The only reason I can see is that he must have been miserably advised. I am not a lawyer only a farmer but I have better common sense than that." Tillman went extensively into the subject of appropriating money for the purposes of the resolution, declaring Civil bill. Heclosed with a protest Civil bill. He closed with a protest against the President "lightly and flippantly" insulting the Senate. Said he could pardon many things on ac count of the great burdens on the President, and because of his impetu osity. Replying to Tillman, Lodge said: "I have noticed those most ready in criticism, are most sensitive when did not see how the President could treat the resolution other than he did. He said he thought the resolution was of a class passed because of having caught the fancy of a moment. Replying to Mr. Tillman, Mr. Lodge said: "I have noticed those most ready in criticism are most sensative when criticised themselves." He said he did not see how the President could treat the resolution other than he did. He said he thought the resolution was of a class passed because of having caught the fancy of a moment. Statehood Bill. The Statehood Bill was returned to the House by the Senate and was laid on the Speaker's table, without com ment. The House considered the District of Columbia legislation. Railroad Rate Bill. After some further discussion of the President's message the House Rail road Rate Bill was taken up. DAMAGE SUIT FOR $10,000. Opening Of March Term of the Supe rior Court. The March term of the Mecklenburg Superior Court, for the trial of civil cases, convened this morning at 10 o'clock. Judge Henry R. Bryan, of New bern, is the presiding judge. After the organization of, the court this morning, the case of Samuel Hayes against the Atlanta and Char lotte Air Line Railway Co., was. called. This is a suit for $10,000 damages. At the first hearing of the case, the lower court non suited the case. It was taken to the Supreme Court and remanded back for a new trial. In May, 1902, Hayes who was a switchman on the-Southern between Gastonia and Blacksburg, fell under neath an engine and one of his legs was cut off. The accident occurred at King's Mountain. He is suing the road - for $10,000 damages and has employed Mr. James A. Bell and Mr. Mangum, to plead his case. The Southern is repre tented by Col. W. B. Rodman, Mr. L. C. Caldwell of Statesville and Mr. D. K. Pope of Charlotte. The case will hardly be concluded before tomorrow. Arrested For An. Affray. Mag Stephenson and Mamie Jones, nesrrnes. were arrested this morning for an affray. The former is also charged with being drunk and disor derly. Both are locked up and will be tried at the Recorder's court tomorrow morning. MR. J. M. BLAINE LECTURES. A Missionary From China Talks on Different Phases of the Work. An nual Banquet of Knights of Pythias. Money Raised For Missions. Other News Notes. Special to The News. Davidson, N. C, March 12. Rev. J. Mercer Blaine, a missionary from Chi na, conducted the regular meeting of the Y. M. C. A. last week. He spoke of the work, generally, in China, and gave several reasons why there are greater opportunities now than before for car rying on the great work. He gave a brief history of China for the last few years, showing how that country is in the midst of a reformation, and what great good could be done by the Chris tian nations helping on this reform be fore the pagan Japanese can get a firm bold. A large audience of the college boys heard Mr. Blaine with great in terest, for he is a forceful and earnest speaker. - The annual banquet of the Knights of Pythias was served Friday night, by Mrs. H. M. Sloan, in her large dining hall. A delightful ; and magnificent menu was served. Nearly all the mem bers of this lodge were present be sides several guests. Mr. J. A. Johnson, the town marshal, did quite a neat job of detective work last week in regard to several suits of new clothes that had been stolen from Messrs. Kemp Savage and C. M. Tay lor. There was almost no clue, but in a few days he went to Winston and ar rested a negro with the clothes in his possession. At the annual Paris meeting of the Ladies Missionary Society, held last week at the home of Mrs. John Reid, nearly fifty dollars was raised for the cause of foreign missions. Miss Mary McNeely, the milliner of M. H. Goodrum & Co., returned Satur day from Baltimore, where she has been buying spring millinery for the firm. Mrs. Ravenel, who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. T. H. Harrison, has returned to her home in Asheville. Mr. H. W. Glasgow,, principal of the Charlotte University School, has been spending a few days here with his par ents. - Miss Lillian Williams, of Moores ville, is visiting at the home of Dr. Wr. H. Wooten. Miss Irving Harding, of the Presby terian College, spent Sunday here with her parents. Mrs. C. W. Ervin, of Columbia, S. C, is visiting at the home of her uncle, Dr. J. B. Shearer. Mr. H. L. Cathey, of the Senior class, spent Sunday at his home in Steele Creek. DO RAILROADS DISCRIMINATE. Investiaation of Charges Made by In dependent Producers to Effect That Railroads Discriminate in Favor of Standard Oil Co. By Associated Press. ' v Kansas. City Mo. March 12 Acting upon the resolutions passed by both houses of congress the Inter State Commerce Commission began an in vestigation here into the charges made by independent producers of Kansas, that the" railways of Kansas discrimi nate in favor of the Standard Oil Com pany in oil rates outside of that state Hendersonville Postmaster. By Associated Press. Washington, March 12. The Presi dent sent tp the Senate the nomination of Brownlow Jackson as postmaster at Hendersonville, North Carolina. U, S, OFFICERS SLAIN Band of Full Blood Indian Out laws Kill Three U. S. Deputy Marshals in Fight. The Wick liffe Outlaws Headed Band Of Desperadoes. By Associated press. Kansas City. Mar 12. Special to the Star from Vinitia, I. T.,says: In a pitched battle near here with the Wickliffe gang of outlaws three United States deputy marshals have been killed. Six United States deputy Marshals were ambushed in Spavinaw hills, near Kansas, Indian Territory, by a band of Indian fullblood outlaws last night. It was in the fight which ensued that the three men killed met their death. The outlaws are headed by Charley, John and Thomas Wickliffe, sons of former justice of the Cherokee Su preme Court. The Wickliffe boys be gan their career of outlaws five years ago when they were concerned in a stabbing affair at an Indian dance. CASE OF COUNTESS CASTELLAN E. Date For Preliminary Hearing Post poned. By Associated Press. Paris; March 12. The preliminary hearing of the separation proceedings instituted by Countess Boni De Castel lane (formerly Anna Gould) against her husband, Count Boni, set for March 14, " will probably be postponed. There is reason to believe the change con templates the Countess asking for an absolute divorce. President Vetoed Bill. By Associated Press. Washington March. 12. President Roosevelt vetoed the bill"To provide for sittings of the United States Cir cuit and District Courts, of the south ern district of Florida at the City of Miami, in said district." In his message to the House of rep resentatives, where the bill originated the President said there appeared to b.e nothing to demand a term of court at that place. D OUTLAWS I STOPPED BECAUSE OF FATAL GASSES T At Courrieres Pits, Scene of Sat urday's Disaster, all Work of Rescue Suspended Until Wed nesday. To-morrow is Funeral Day. List of Dead 1,060. Relief Gangs Called up this Morn ing on Account of Gasses and Emanations from Decomposing Bodies. Another Explosion is feared. By Associated Press. ' Paris, March 12 All rescue work has been suspended at the Courrieres pits where over 1000 miners lost their lives Saturday owing to the danger gass and emanations from deconiDoa- ing bodies. The engineers fear another explo sion and therefore ordered up the re lief gangs at 7 o'clock this morning. Then engineers wil attempt to ven tilate the chambers before attenintinsr further rescues. If the results are satisfactory the work will be resumed tonight but it is probable that no fnrth be made until Wednesday, as Tuesday win ub uevoiea to iunerals. The mine comnanv's latest pstimsito places the number of victims at 1,060. BOARD OF EDUCATION. Work Done At the Meeting Today At Court House. The county board of education met this morning at the court house. All the members of the board were present. A delegation from Prim Grove, in. Long Creek, petitioned the board for a new district, also a new school house. Superintendent Cochrane was asked to look into the matter and report back to the next meeting of the board. During February Cottonwood Camp,' Woodmen of the World, made a propo sition to the board as to improvements at Sharon. Academy.The camp agrees to add another story to the school building provided the. board of educa tion will allow the members the use of the hall.. The Woodmen also agree to supply the hall - with chairs and other necessary furnishings; A proposition was submitted by the board of education which the Camp agreed to. The Woodmen expect to ex pend about $500 on the school building. Some time ago Mr. A. B. Lemmond and Miss Mattie Caldwell ' had some trouble because Miss Caldwell punish ed a child of Mr. Lemmond. Mr. Lemmond is one of the commit teemen at Wilson Grove and because of the trouble, Mr. Lemmond was ask ed to come before the board and' have the matter adjusted. He failed to ap pear today and Mr. John Stegall was recommended to take Mr. Lemmond's place as committeeman. It is charged that Mr. Lemmond used abusive lan guage to Miss Caldwell, who is the teacher in charge. BAKER ACCEPTS CHAIRMANSHIP. Announces Acceptance of Chairman ship of Mutual Life Policy Holders' Committee. By Asociated Press. Baltimore, March 12. Bernard N. Baker, president of the Union Trust Company, of this city, announces that he has accepted the chairmanship of the Mutual Life Insurance Company policy-holders' committee with the pro vision that he will have the active co-operation - of Stuyvesant Fish, of New York; He said he would like to have his . acceptance ' considered as temporary as v he was anxious for Mr. Fish to be the - permanent chairman. Goes to Little Rock. Mr. T. C. Hartmann who has' held a responsible position in the office of Supt, P. L. McManus, leaves tomorrow for Little Rock, Ark., where he will re side. Mr. Hartmann will be employed in the office of Mr. Horace Baker, who is now with the Iron Mountain road. SOCIAL. Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Vernon and Miss Estelle Vernon" are expected home the datter part of the week. They have left Los Angeles and are now at San Fran cisco. ' ' Mr. R. M. Davis, of Salisbury, was here today to attend the funeral of Mrs. Alice S. Davis. v Mr. Robert Walker who has re signed his position with -the Southern Express Company at Winston, has ac cepted a position with the Express Company of this city. Mr. 'Walker will reside here in the future.' !f President Pardons Former Army Offi- cer. Washington. March 10. The Presi dent has pardoned George S. Richards, an ex-army officer, who was tried on the charge of duplication of pay ac counts in the Philippines. The plea of insanity was set up, but a board of medical officers declared him to be sane, and a court martial found him guilty and sentenced him to two years' imprisonment. Alcalraz Island, Cal., being designated as the place of con finement - i RESCUE WORK BEE