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THE ONLY EVENING ASSOCIATED "PRESS 'NEWSPAPER' IN CHARLOTTE.
VOL. XXXV--NO. 6278
GHARLOTTE, N C.; WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 4, 1906;
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The Sunday School Workers of
the State Devote The Day to
Hearing Helpful Suggestions
Concerning the Sabbath Schools
ot North Carolina.
Mrs. Barnes, Rev. Mr. Spillman
and Others Make Splendid Talks
The Enrollment Shows there
are a Large Number of Dele
gates Here for Convention.
The second session of the 23rd an
nual convention of the North Carolina
Sunday School Association was called
to order at S:45 o'clock this morn
ing in the Second Persbyterian church
by President H. N. Snow, of Durham.
The convention was formally open
ed last night at 7:45 by the president
at which time a large attendance of
delegates and Sunday school work
ers were assembled to hear addresses
by men whose lives have been spent
iii the work of the Sunday school.
After a fifteen minutes' song ser
vice and devotional exercises, cards
were distributed for the enrollment
of delegates and all who are interest
ed in the Sunday school, work.
The "Round Table" for Sunday
school workers, on the theme "Sunday
School Problems Seeking Solution"
was conducted by Mr. N. B. Broughton '
of Raleigh, The round table was dis
posed of in 23 questions, one delegate
being called upon to answer each
question. :
1. Punctuality; How to secure it.
Ans. by President Snow of Durham.
Let the superintendent be . punctual
first. Have a system of merits for at
tendance. 2. Singing. How can it be improv
ed? K. K. Larens. Put life into the
music. Plan beforehand.
3. Attention: What is it and how
to get it? B. W. Spilman. Attention
is concentrated consciousness. Let the
teacher first be interested and know j
the lesson.
Promotion ; How and- When ? , Dr. j
W. C. Pearce. Promote on stated oc- j
casions, perhaps ... twice each : year.
Have some requirement for promo
tion, committing scripture to memory, I
etc.
5. The Boys; How does your school
look after them. Discussed by several
delegates. Keep them inside at the
close of the lesson. Help them in their
work during the week. Credit them
before the school for their work. Have
a debating club.
6. New Teacher; Name some good
way of developing them. Mr. Way.
Have a teachers' training class and
teachers' meeting.
7. The Session; Should it be longer
than an hour. Make it so interesting
that a longer time will not be ob
jected to.
8. Good Books; Name five. Devel:
opment of the Sunday School; Prima
ry Plans; Sunday School Problems;
How to Conduct a Sunday School;
Teachers and Teaching, by Trumbull,
Hud otliGrs.
9. The Offering; How to increase
it? Capt. T. S. Franklin. Interest the
people in the Sunday school. Get them
in the habit of giving.
10. Tiie Juniors: What are their
needs? Mrs. Barnes. Pay strict atten
tion to those between the ages of .9
and 15. The school that does not. pay
attention to them is missing its oppor
tunity. .
11. The Primary Department;
What to do for them?" Mrs, J. W.
Barnes. Have separate rooms f ofr
them, or have screens. It was found
by a vote that fewer schools had sep
arate departments than bad them.
12. Announcements. How shall they
be made interesting, etc. xl
15. The Adult Class; What is the
secret of a successful class? Mr.
Flowers. Adult members must feel
the burden of the work and be sympa
thetic. Have a recognized bond be
tween adults and juniors.
91 ran tim nveraee country Sun
day school be up to date. Rev. Hight
C. Moore. They can be. Have libra
ries, organizations, etc.
On account of limited time it was
impossible to take up all of the round
table questions. -.. ' '
The first speaker this morning on an
asigned subiect was Mrs.-J. W, Barnes
international primary secrtary, who is
an earnest Sunday school worker, and
is thoroughly up-to-date in her -work,
and who spoke on "Childhood; Its
Possibilities and Limitations."
Mrs. Barnes, after expressing her
pleasure at being at the convention,
said in part:
"Many of vou do not realize the pos
sibilities that that are in the children
of North Carolina. You who are re
sponsible for the children of the State
may just move forward with the know
ledge that you are doing a great
work." : ' v - :" ' ' '
The speaker called attention to the
enisled marble, the nursery where
great trees are grown, and told of the
ideal which exists before the finished
product is realized. It is necessary to
have the future product in. mind be
fore we can be successful in dealing
with little children. i !
Mrs. Barnes said that all of the hab
its of a child were 'fixed before it was
13 years old. So we speak of this as
the time of focusing habits for the
Christian life. We have the two things
that may be done for the child, under
13 years of age, teaching and training.
The child unaer 13 has the power
to receive knowledege of the word
of God and grasp spiritual things. Ev
ery child has three possibilities, phy
sical,, mental and spiritual. The first
two are seen in the gymnasium and
the. school. In the third possibility,
the. child's unconscious knowledge
of God may be developed into the
conscious.' "
In all of the schools of the United
States there are 16,000,000 children
under high school age. Above this
class are 776,000, in high schools, and
schools above the primary and gram
mar school. These figures show also
the rates in the Sunday school. This
shows the time - of opportunity with
the children in the Sunday 'school.
Some of the limitations of the child
are, (1) attention, due to growth of the
brain, etc; (2) knowledge of things is
limited. How can they understand the
reign of kings and such things, when
they know nothing more than grand
mother's house. The young children
can't . understand the long words used
frequently in the Sunday school.
Then from 11 to 14 comes the memory
period. If the proportion between the
figures, 16 million and 776,000 is true,
it shows the tremendous opportunity
of the Sunday school at the time when
the greatest number of children are
in the school at the very period of
their lives when they are most easily
impressed and when their habits are
formed.
Among the things that can be done
for this primary army is for the state
executive committee to take it up
and carry out ' the work on their
hearts. Have primary secretaries in
the counties, and primary unions.
- Dr. B. W. Spilman was the second
speaker. He addressed the convention
on "The Origin and Development of
the International Lesson," being a
continuation of his lecture last night.
After reviewing the first lecture the
speaker said:
"I will take up this morning the
third period in the development of
the International Lessons System,
which I will call the "Cook County
Movement," which started in Chicago
about the year 1859. There were Vin
cent, Jacobs, Moody and others who
started the movement included in this
third period. In 1S66 Bishop Vincent,
he is now, inauguarated . a system
much like the modern system, while
Mr. B. F. Jacobs was likewise work
ing in the same direction. Then Vin
cent's system was taken up by sev
eral church publishing houses, each
denomination using its own notes. In
the meantime numerous Sunday school
journals took up the uniform lesson,
giving -their own comments. ,- . ...
Overtures were made, to the evan
gelical alliance to take up the matter
of uniform lessons, but they declined.
Then it was decided to hold A conven
tion of Sunday school wprkers of the
country ."to consider the uniform plan
of lessons. . A : conference was held
in 1881 in New York and 29 publishers
were 'represented. The wisdom of the
uniform lesson -was at once seen and
a committee consisting of Bishop Vin
cent, Dr. Richard Newtonr Edward
Eggleson and others. ; This committee
met and decided that uniform lessons
were . impossible.. . The committee
consisted of Cook, Vincent and Eggle
ston. . Dr. Jacobs, who was absent,
was recalled, and the committee went
to work again. Dr. Jacobs plead for
uniformity and refused to admit fail
ure. Then on August 9th a card was sent
out by the committee that something
new- had been born into the world
a uniform lesson system. A battle
royal followed in Indianapolis a year
later between Jacobs and Eggleston
and the uniform' system was upheld.
That date and event mark the begin
ning of the modern, era. Members
of a committee were selected from va
rious denominations and the question
arose,: "What shall be the basis of the
lessons?" . One man favored doctrinal
teachings, another wanted the church
year recognized, and another wanted
th'e stories of the Bible to be taken one
at a time.
At last a seven-year course was
asreed upon, following historically the
Bible, alternating every , six months
between the new and. the . old Testa
ment. This was in 1873. Next came
people, each wanting to have a special
lesson put into the series. Some want
ed ' a lesson on patriotism, missions,
civic righteousness, church year, les
son condemning social sins, prevention
of cruelty to animals, lesson on some
phase of gambling, Sabbath protection,
profanity, evils of idolatry, prison re
form, etc.
The committee decided the best
Continued on page 2.
BALLOONWAS FOUND
BUT
Balloon in Which the Sculptor
Paul Noquet Ascended was
Found on Shore but Aeronaut
-was Missing. Search was Fruit-
. less.
By Associated Press. ;
: New York. April 4. the galloon
in which Paul Nocquet, the sculptor
made his ascension .late yesterday
was found last night on Jones Beach
on the south shore of Long island.
Tracks about - the balloon seem to
indicate that the aeronaut had sur
vived his flight. ;
The search for the-missing aero
naut proceeded steadily but up to this
afternoon no trace of him had been
found. x
AWFIIl FKPFRIFIIP.F !
lllll UU kill LlllbllUb
TWEHTV-FIVE DAYS
Another Living Survivor of Mine
Disaster March 10 was Res
cued this Morning After 25
Days of Entombment and
Brought from Pit.
Berton Covered with Layer of
Dust Recounted his Harrowing
Experiences While Entombed
How he Subsisted. People
Greatly Excited
By Associated Press
Lens, Department of Pas de Calais,
France, April 4. Another living sur
vivor of the mine disaster at. Cour
rieres, March 10, was discovered this
morning and brought out of the pit.
Was in Good Condition,
The finding of another alive after
25 days' entombment caused intense
excitement. ; He was in good condi
tion.. -
According to his first statements
this man, Auguste Berton, suffered
less than the preceeding rescued men.
As the news spread it caused ex
treme exasperation against the engi
neers who have T been directing the
salvage work-
Tells His Experience.
Berton, who was covered with a lay
er of coal dust, described his experi
ence as follows: "I was working with
my cousin when the explosion occur
red and we became separated. After
wards alone I groped about in the
darkness, trying to find an outlet.
. "I first found a dead horse, but was
unable to eat any of the flesh. Later
I found some lunch bags, which had
belonged to the men who had been
killed by the explosion and I lived on
the food I found in them.
"I suffered from cold and took the
clothing and shoes from the dead. I
also found three -watches and 24 sous.
At one time I gave up hope and tried
Xo commit suicide by opening a vein.
I slept ten times and tried to count
the days. , estimating that eight days
had passed since the explosion."- ;f
intense Excitement. ...
When the engineers came up from
the Courrieres pits at noon they were
atacked by a crowd of women crying,
"Death to" the murderers." They were
rescued by squadrons of dragoons.
The . people are intensely excited. Ser
ious disorders are threatened.
Mr. Whitney's Special.
A special train composed of two
cars of horses, two coaches and one
baggage car, will pass through Char
lotte this afternoon over the Southern
Railway. The train is run by Mr.
Harry Payne. Whitney, of New York,
to ; transport the servants and horses
from his winter home in Aiken, S. C,
to New York. -
Fourth Class Postmasters.
By Associated Press.
Washington, April 4. Fourth class
postmasters, appointed are for Geor
gia, at Hableton. Thos. J. Love, Jr. ;
tor South Carolina, at Broyles, Eulah
L. McAdams; for Virginia, at Har
mony, K. John L. Wade.
Mr. J.s T. Vann has gone to New
York on a business trip;
DEBATESJjEXT MOVE
Independent Operators are Dis-
appointed Because Mines are
Idle After Scale was Accepted.
New York Conference has Ac
complished Little.
By Associated Press.
Pittsburg, Pa., April 4. More mines
were in operation iu the Pittsburg dis
trict today than yesterday, but at none
were the full complement of miners
at work. ':
No work is being done at any inde
pendent mines and 'the operators say
they; have closed down indefinitely,
but : it was - confidently expected by
the operators who signed the scale on
Monday, that the miners would all be
at work today. '
The New. York' Conference. ;
New York, April 4. The Shamokin
scale committee of. the anthracite
miners to which; has been entrusted
the - task of endeavoring to reach a
wage agreement with the mine own
ers, met to discuss what their next
move shall be. f "All demands drawn up
by the scale comnjittee have been rep
fused by the operators and the ques
tion to be decided now by the com
mittee is- whether their , proposition
should be. modified or whether the
delegates representing all the hard
coal mine workers should be summoned-
into a- convention at once to
decide what further action should be
taken. . .
. Soon . this afternoon - the miners
scale committee took a. recess until 2
o'clock. ' ' :
" There will be no prayer-meeting at
tho First Presbyterian church tonight
MINERS' CONFERENCE
SERIOUS TRAIN, WRECK.
Occurred on Norfolk and Western Be
tween Suffolk and Norfolk. News
; ! From Wreck- is Meagre.
By ' Associated Press. ' 1
Norfolk, April 4.- A serious wreck
occurred on the Norfolk -and Western
railroad between Suffolk and Norfolk
when the "Cannon-ball" train, bound
from Richmond. . to this city ran
through an- open 1 switch at Juniper
Siding. ' .- . V --.
It is reported "that the wreckage
caught fire and almost the entire train
consisting of two passenger cars and
a baggage and-mail car were con
sumed. - . -
. The news as to the wreck is meagre
and it is not known whether any one
was killed. The j wrecking trains and
physicians have been despatched to
the scene. '
It is said at the offices of the Nor
folk and Western here that no one has
been killed so far as they had been
advised - and - that only three passen
gers had been lightly injured.
Seven persons were . injured. The
train was running ' at 75 or 80 miles
an hour when Engineer Noble saw the
open switch, 30 yards away. Immedi
ately he threw on his emergency
brakes reducing the speed to about
3 miles, by the time engine struck
the switch. - -: "
The train jumped the track and then
jumped .. an adjoining ditch and ran
headlong into the neighboring woods
before it stopped." The engineer, was
picked up 20 feet ahead of his engine.,
The train careened but did not turn
over and was not burned as first re
ported. No one was killed.
Expressman Wood ' and Engineer
Noble, Jiad orders giving him a free
roact irom Suffolk to Norfolk. No one
seems to know why the switch had
been left open. V
RAILWAY COMMISSIONERS.
National Association in Session Inter
est, in. Retortion .Amendment of-Act
to Regulate. Commer.ee.,
By Associated Press.
Washington, April 4. The National
Association of Railway Commissioners
resumed their sessions. Much interest
is. attached to the report of the com
mittee on . the amendment of the act
to regulate commerce, which specially
expressed the view that Congress has
the power to exercise the legislative
function of fixing the . standard cf
freight charges and then of delegating
to the -commission, the duty -of carry
ing ouf legislation ' in that regard. :
The concluding-paragraph of the re
port declared for the court review.
The report ' waVVsnbmitted' by H.
Warner-HilL of Georgia, and was pass
ed unanimously. - J V -
The Jamestown Exposition manage
ment have extended an invitation to
the delegates to asemble next year in
that vicinity, either in Norfolk of New
Port News.
ABOUT 200 SIGNERS.
The Liquor Petitions Not Being Signed
i . . ( As Expected, -
"Will the advocates; of the open sa
loons secure the requisite number . of
registered voters in order that an elec
tion may be called?
This, question has been debated pro
and con today. The majority of. those
who have entered into the discussion
seem to think it extremely doubtful.
Previous to the last mayor's election
the registration showed something
over 2,400, legally and lawfully regis
tered This would mean that the saloon
advocates would . have to secure at
least 800 signers to their petitions and
all of ' these will have to be. -properly
registered. Whild the reporter has been
unable to see a single one of the eight
petitioners, that" "are now floating
around, it is learned on the best au
thority that ur to noon today only
about 200 names had been secured. :
A statement to this effect, was made
by a gentleman who is an advocate of
the open saloon. -. .
Some seem to think that, those bear
ing the petitions will be able to induce
the required number of signers. This,
however, is not the opinion of the
older heads who have fought just such
fights in the past. ' ; .,
NEW ARTIFICIAL LIMB.
Dr. Walker Says He Will Be Ready
For All Comers, v
The mere. intimation that some one
will makeithe race' against him for
treasurer of Mecklenburg county, has
caused Dr. H. J, Walker to order him
a new artificial leg fro Washington.
In the vault at the treasurer's office
this morning this patented artificial
limb now rests, awaiting the first
move of some one in the primary race
against - the present incumbent.
. Mr. A. Morris. McDonald, who amus
ed Dr. Walker, in a ' race for register
of deeds, on one occasion, said this
morning, that, to. his mind,, the Doctor
needed nothing more than he now
uses that plain, old-fashioned, wood
en leg: . Even with : that the Doctor
makes thb race warm . and spirited
enough for any would-be, candidate..
As to Mr. H.' .K. :Heid making, the
race for treasurer against Dr. Walker,
there seems to be grave doubts. Mr.
Reid, ' himself, has not said he would
and several of his friends say unhesi
tatingly that. he will not be a , candi
date for this office.. . -j :;, ;
Officers Elected.
At a meeting of the Home Mission
and Pastors' - Aid Society, of the Sec
ond Presbyterian., Church, held this
morning, the following officers were
; President, Mrs C. W. Tillett.
first Vice President, Mrs. R. L. Er-
Second Vice President, Mrs. W. H.
Wakefield. . ' :
Secretary," Mrs, Frank R. McNinch.
Treasurer, - Miss Reynolds Cald
well. " ' ' ' "
When Senate Considered Ur
gent Deficiency Appropriat'on
Bill Senator Daniel Took Oc
casion to Protest Against Un
fair Southern Representation.
Said South Need not Expect Re
presentative to Conference of
American States. Declared
that 10 or 12 Southern Siate
were not Treated Justly.
By Associated Press " '
v Washington, Anril 4. The Senate
considered the urgent deficiency ap
propriation dill., - Among its provis
ions is one appropriating $60,000 to
pay the expenses of ., the delegates
to the third international conference
of the American; states tp be. held
at Rio Janerio next July and this
Mr. Daniels criticised as "vague and
indefinite." , -. .
He took advantage of the opportu
nity to sar- that the Southern states1
were not as largely represented in
the conduct of National affairs as
he thought they should be.;
"There are 10 or 12 states," he
said, . which are not adequately rep
resented in the higher spheres of
American life.
He recoPTiized that this condition
of affairs was due, largely, to the
Civil war and political ; differences
but contended that politics should
not be allowed to have too much
influence in such matters.
. Senator : Daniels advocated an
amendment to the bill reported by
the committee providing for the rep
resentation cf all sections of the
country in the proposed conference.
It has been learned from a hearing
by the committee he said, that
there were to . be five commissioners,
but he said, "we look in vain for a
representative from the entire region
South of the Potomac and West of
the. Mississippi." ; . .. ;
, He snoke in support of the proposition-
for" the representation,. of, the
United , States at , the conference .
'- He entered upon a presentation of
the present conditions in the South
outlining its progress " and '; declaring
that there never tad been a day
when there was less impeuiment
than now in that .section to the full
development of American citizenship
He closed with the suggestion for
an increase . of the appropriation : to
$75,000 so as to permit the , appoint
ment: of two more commissioners.
The amendment, was accepted and
the' bill passed.
, The: Railroad Rate bill being taken
up; Newlands addressed the Senate
on that question.
GOVERNOR GLENN
The Governor Wires Union at
High Point to Use Great Cau
tion and Prucjencb in Every
Step Taken. Is Unfamiliar with
Situation.' ' ; '"Z.
Special to The News. : f :;
Raleigh, N. C, April 4. Governor
Glenn made a statement this morning
regarding the letter he .wrote the
union men at High Point m reply to
one from the union' asking the Govern
nor to advise them in the matter of
the adjustment of the troubles on be'
tween the union and the manufactur
ing establishments of that city.
, He says he wired them to the effect
that as the Governor was ; not suffi
ciently familiar with the differences
between the employers and the union
to give advice as to the course except
the general counsel that r they use
great caution and prudence in what
ever step was taken. v .-
The. Governor denies with indigna
tion the insinuations made by some of
the newspapers that ' he in any way
avoided, expressing himself. He says
he -answered, the lettef; in: the regular
course of correspondence, but is not
sufficiently familiar with, the situation
to take issue, one way or other at this
time except for the general counsel of
soberness and liberal spirit..- . -
Presbytery: Meets Asrili 17th.
The regular spring session of Meck
lenburg Presbytery will meet Tuesday
evening, April 17th, with Westminster
church, Dilworth. The body, will prob
ably, be in session about three days.
The work will . be confined to regular
routine work. a : '
Drum Corps Meeting Tomorrow.
The members of the Charlotte Drum
Corps are reauested to meet at the
Colonial Club tomorrow afternoon at
G o'clock for the purpose of making
some arrangement to participate iff the
20th of. M?. celebration. - 5
Mrs. Addie Young Marsh and little
daughter, of Fayetteville, are: in the
city, the guests of Mr. A. M. Young,
South Tryon, street. Mrs. Marsh is a
sister of Miss- Lelia Young, -; - -
TWO MURDER CASES.
May Be Tried at Present Term of
i , Court. Dri Blackwell Arrives De
lightful Reception. . , v
Special to The News.
.Wilmington, April 4. The April
term of the Superior Court is in ses
sion here, Judge James L. . Webb, of
Shelby, presiding. There are two mur
der cases on the docket which will no
doubt be brought up i or trial at this
term; that of M. W. Shockley, a sa
loon, keeper for the murder of Frank
Talbert, a stone-cutter, whom. Shock
ley claims was raising a disturbance
in his. saloon and. whom he hittrver the
head with a piece of lead pipe- Talbert
later died presumably from the effects
of the blow. The case of T. A. Mc
Craw for the murder of his mother-in-law,
; Mrs. ,M., A. Wright, will also be
tried. - McCraw, - while on a drunk,
went to the house of Mrs. Wright and
in a frenzy shot) and killed her.
Rev. Calvin S. Blackwell, D. D., of
Norfolk, Va., arrived in the city Mon
day evening and that night spoke to
a, large congregation at the First Bap
tist church. Dr. Blackwell is a former
pastor of the church and is greatly
loved by all denominations. He is an
eloquent preacher, and the revival ser
vices will no doubt take on new. life
from now on. . ;
The last mixed Sunday afternoon
meeting was; held at the. Armory of
the Boy's Brigade Sunday. Rev, R. W.
Hogue, rector of St. James Episcopal
churcr, being the speaker, Mr. Hogue
spoke on "Self -Mastery" and his words
were listened to with great interest.
:'Mr., James S. Williams very delight
fully entertained at his home on Sixth
and" Ann streets Monday night in hon
or of; two , charming young visitors,
Miss Flossie Quillin, of "Bethel, Del.,
and Miss Elsie Moore, of Philadelphia,
who are guests of Captain' Quillin
aboard the schooner, Herbert D. Max
well. A ; very pleasant' evening was
spent by all present.
Messrs. M. J.; O'Brien, president, T.
W. Leary, general manager, and Mark
Williams, assistant to president, of
the Southern Express Company were
in the city Monday on business. . I
GENERAL BLANCO DEAD.
Was Formally Governor General of
- Cuba.
By Associated Press,
Madrid, April 4: General Blanco,
formerly Governor General of Cuba,
died this morning.
Ramon Blanco, Y. Arenas was sent
to Cuba to succeed Gen. Weyler. He
started on a policy of pacification but
the .Cuban people did not trust him and
his experience on the island was not
happy.- ,. . ..;''"'.:
Mr. Alfred Waiter of Baltimore
was Elected President, to Take
Effect April 30thiM r. Barr
will Continue as a Director ot
the Company. -
By Associated Press.
New York, April 4. At a meeting
of the directors of the Seaboard Air
Line Railway today, J. M. Barr re
signed as president and general man
ager of the railway, company, to take
effect April 30.
Alfred Walter, of Baltimore, was
elected President to take effect April
30th. ', . .
Walter has been connected, at times,
with the Pennsylvania. Baltimore and
Ohio, Erie and Lehigh Valley Rail
roads, having been president of the
latter from. 1897 to 1902. .
It was v announced that Mr. Barr's
resignation is in conformity with the
determination reached by him Decem
ber last, to engage in work that will
give him more leisure.
Mr.. Barr will continue as a diree
tor of the company; , . ; ;
COMPANIES CHARTERED.
Companies at Salisbury, High Point,
and. Hickory .Chartered Directors
Inspect Hospital.
Special to The News.
Raleigh, April, 4. The D. L. Arey
Distilling . Co; of alisburv was char
tered at. a 45,000 capital by G. H.
Knight and others to conduct a
whiskey distillery. .
Another charter was to the Hick
ory Mfg. Co. of Hickory at a $3,000
capital, by J. E. Abee and others.
. The directors of. the state hospital
for the ; insane in: annual session
here today inspected the new annex
to the .hospital being erected at a.
cost of $40,000... . :
The .interior finish is now being
made and the building will be ready
by June 1st. It will add 100 to the
capacity- of the institution.
A charter was issued for-the North
Carolina - Electric, Company, of High
Point,- to r oierate . Inter burban .rail'
ways within 50 miles of High Point
D. Allen . of Candor, Montgomery
fonntvi nrincinal . incorporator. The
capital' stock 1 is - a million ' dollars,
authorized.
DEATH OF MISS MOCK.
Died at Her Home in Vienna This
. Morning-From Burns Received Yes
terday Afternoon. ; ;
Special to The News. :
-Winston-Salem, N. -C, April 4.
Miss Jane Mock died at Vienna this
morning ; from burns received yester
day afternoon - : -
While-burning some trash in ner
back yard her dress ignited, : and be
fore rescued all: of her clothing was
burned off. The deceased was 60 years
old. r . ----- ,
A PROPOSITION TO
BOILD Mi JSLAND
for oiiBi Defense
TheJoint Board on Coast Defense
Proposes the Creation of an
Artificial Island in Middle En
trance of Chesapeake Bay for
Defense.
Claim it is an Absolute Essential
to Defense of National Capital
and Many Other Cities Near
bf. Ask for-Appropriation for
the Project.
By Associated Press.
Washington, April 4. The creation
on an artificial island in the middle of
the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay is
proposed by the joint board on Coast
defense as an absolute esential to the
defense as an absolute essential to the
cities of Baltimore, Norfolk, Newport
News and even Richmond.
The daring exploits of the Japanese
naaL captains during the recent war
has convinced the army engineers that
it is no longer safe to rely upon the
defence at Fort Monroe to control the
entrance to Chesapeake. "
. The board has concluded that the
fortress should be erected td command
the north side of the present main
channel as well as the north channel
and the only proper site for this for
tress would be on what are known as
the middle grounds. r '
The water is shoaL but there is no
land above tide and therefore the gov
ernment must dump stone into the
bottom of the bay.
Congress has already, officially been
made aware of the want but so far no
provision has been made in-any of the
pending appropriation r, bills and the
members of the board fear that they
will not be authorized to enter upon it
during the present year.
MR. BENSCOTER TO RESIGN.
High Official of the Southern Railway
. to Engage in Lumber Bbsiness.
Atlanta, April 4. It ..was": generally
reported "in railroad circles today that
Assistant.- General " Passecrer ' Agent
C. A. Benscoter, of the Southern Rail
way with" headouarters -at Ghattanoo-
ga, will soon - resign ; for. the purpose
of going into the lumber business at
Knoxville. : H
, This report occasioned- great in
terest, as Mr. Benscoter is the oldest
A. G. P. A. of the . Southern- in. point
of serviee:"and has ; the ; reputation;
of being one of the ablest passenger
officials in the south. ; He .very,
well known , in Atlanta where he has
niany friends and admirers -.won from -frequent
trips : to Atlanta both in : a
business and a social way. . ' r , ..
It is-also reported that-this resig
nation of Mr. Benscoter has been
sent into Washington and is now.
being considered by Passenger Traffic
Manager S. H. Hardwick and General
Passenger Agent W. H, Tayloe, who.
are now in Columbia.
With : the report of the resignation
of Mr. Benscoter there was consider
able speculation as to his possible
successor from theV ranks .of the
Southern. In this connection, H.
Carey, now in the. Washington main
ofiBce, was looked .upon as cne, 'of
the . most probable successors. "- Mr.
Carey is - another .railroad man who
has very, many .. friends in, Atlanta,
having been here for f some . time. 'and
later, while stationed at. Jacksonville,
being a frecuent visitor to this city.
It was generally believed that several
promotions, would., follow r, the res
ignation of Mr. Benscoten. " .,
Golden Wedding in County. ' '
Dr.-J. B. Alexander has. received an'
invitation 'to attend the golden wed-"
ding of Capt. and Mrs. James Wilson, '
whose home is in the Sheva neighbor
hood. Dr. Alexander says that he will
attend. It is expected that a large num
ber of friends and acquaintances of the
couple will be present next Saturday
to enjoy the hospitality of Capt Wil
son. . ...
Cotton Bringing 11.25.
Cotton is bringing 11.25 on the
Charlotte market. . The receipts to
day amounted to 40 bales. For the
same day last year 209 bales were re
ceived and the prevailing price was
7.75. . ... ,.
Merchants Banquet Tomorrow.
The first annual banquet of the Char
lotte Retail .Merchants Association'
will take, place at the ; Hotel Biiford
tomorrow evening. A. number ' of promi
nent merchants of tlie State' ' Will be
present : and the affair' will be very '
elaborate. '. . : J ' ' "
;. Mr. Kidd Goes to Richrnbnd.;T:- ''
1, Mr, John . L., Kidd. left last' night'fof
Richmond, Va., where he goes' to take '
charge of the office ' work of the Con
solidated Paper Co. ' : . V'
Farming Lands Sold.
Miss Sarah Ross today sold to Mr.
P. A. Erwin. a tract of land in Sharon
townshop. There are 244 acres in the
tract and the consideration was $4,880.-
Mr. Thos. Allison, who was yard
master for the Southern up to last
July when he was seriously hurt while
engaged in the performance of his du
ties, is now in Jacksonville, Fla., where
he has been spending some time.
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