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VOL. XXXV JO. 6426
CHARLOTTE, N. C. WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 3 9, 1906.
PRICE: 5 CENTS
choonelis Wrecked
Typhoon Resulted
'Thanks, to 5c. 5iW
joi- CLidmcj ub our
In Death to
Lape
Off the
Fear
000
British Steamer Petunia Ar
rived with First Story
Wreck from Recent Storm.
Schooner R. D. Bibber and
Seven of Crew Lost Off
Cape Fear.
Steamer New York Arrived
at Charleston with Mate
and Ihree Seamen from
III fated Schooner. Search
Made for Derelict. Schoon
er Turned Turtle.
special to The News.
Wilmington. N. C, Sept. 19. The
iiniiMi steamer i-eiunia arnvea last
"::ht and reported the first wreck of
h recent storm, being the schooner
R. I). Bibber, from Savannah to New
York, lumber laden, having been
wnvked twenty miles off the Cape
('ar. at the mouth of the river. When
spoken by the Petunia the captain and
. i.ite only were on board the water-
iu.ueii vessel.
The Clyde Line steamer, New York,
: ;rriveu at Charleston last night with
i!i mate and three seamen from the
:.i-r'a!eii vessel, the remaining seven
n of the crew being lost at sea.
The vessel turned turtle. It was
onneil bv Pendleton Brothers, New
York.
The tug Blanche and steamer Comp
! a left here today to locate the dere
iiet and tow it to Southport. Wire
f-oinmunication with Southport was de
stroyed by the storm and it is not
known yet whether the derelict has
in'!; located. The schooner was
i ::t at Bath, Me., in 1S84.
TAMMANY HALL CONTROLS.
Accordinq to Returns Murohy Will
Control 60 of 105 Delegates to State
Convention,
Bv Associated Press. I
New York, September 19. Accord- ved that two persons were drowned.
iug to the returns and reported affil- They arf Hank Llttlefield. ,a c.lrcus
iation of the leaders elected at thejman- an,d .a negro porter The injur-
Democratic primaries Charles F. Mur
j.hy will control 00 of the 105 delegates
i; the convention, which will enable
the leader of Tammany, to apply the
unit rule and cast the vote of Tammany
3 lull solidly for candidate determined
upon by majority of the delegates.
Murphy has made no statement but
it is generally understood he is friend
ly to Mr. Hearst.
Murphy's victory, however, is be
lieved to preclude the possiblity of
Jerome securing the New York county
delegation to the State convention. In
Brooklyn McCarren retains control.
In the Republican party Herbert
Parsons, president of the County Re
publican committee defeated the forc
es headed by the former Governor
Odell and Quigg. The defeat of Odell
may take from him the control of the
State committee of which he is chair
man. Instruct for Hearst.
There was no opposition to Hearst
in the Democratic primaries in Erie
c.ninty, and the full county delegation,
iiK luding Buffalo will be instructed for
him.
WOULD BLACKBALL BAILEY.
A. D. Jackson Issues Call for Mass
Meeting for the Purpose of In
structing Delegates to Vote Against
Senator Bailey.
By Associated Press.
Mineola, Texas, Sept. 19. Mr. A. D.
J ukson, chairman of the Democratic
Executive Committee of Woods coun
ty, has issued a call for a mass meet
ing of Democrats of this county at
yiiitmari Saturday, September 29th,
"to ascertain and express our wishes
3ii regard to instructing our State Sen
ators and our Representatives in vot
ing against J. W. Bailey for United
States Senator from Texas."
Mr. Jackson states that the call is
prompted by recent developments
made in the testimony of H. Clay
i'iorce at Stl Louis.
RUSSIAN GENERAL MURDERED.
Because He Was Thought to be Mem
ber of Court Martial, General Nico
laeff Was Murdered.
By Associated Press.
Warsaw, Sept. 19. General Nico
iaeff, of the artillery, has been assassi
nated. He was erroneously thought
" he a member of the field court mar
tial. General Nicolaeff was walking
nn Wielka street when he was sur
rounded by five revolutionists and
fi:ut dead. The murderers escaped.
HAND GRENADES ADDED.
Are Considered more Efficacious than
Cannon.
By Associated Press.
St. Petersburg, September 19. In
view of the possibilities of urban dis
eider the war office decided to add
Imnd grenades to the equipment of the
Hoops. These were considered more
efficacious than cannon in attacks on
The barricades, and large ' quantities
have been forwarded to Warsaw and
other Polish centers.
CHARLOTTE COMPANY CHARTERED.
Mecklenburg Mutual Life Insurance
Association Chartered.
Special to The News.
Raleigh, N. C, Sept. 19. The Meck
lenburg Mutual Life Insurance Asso
ciation of Charlotte, was chartered
this afternoon by the Insurance Com
missioner with the authority to be
gin business when the company has
the applications of 300 members.
. There is no capital, the plan being
a mutual insurance, to be paid by the
district branches at which death oc
curs, no branch to have less than 200
members. Among the incorporators
are A. D. Penny and E. E. Rollins.
The Southern States Fire Insurance
Company, of Greensboro, was charter
ed with $450,000 capital and the privi
lege to increase to $750,000. Busi
ness will begin with $100,000 paid in.
The incorporators are J. W. Fry, J. L.
King, J. A. Odell, and others.
TELEPHONE CO.'S TROUBLES.
Comnratinn r.nmmiinn Hrc rh,rn
Brought Against Company New-
bern Company Chartered.
Special to the News.
Raleigh, N. C, Sept. 19. The Crav
en Chemical Company, of Newbern,
was chartered today with $100,000 cap
ital authorized, and $20,000 subscrib
ed, for the manufacture of fertilizers
and other farm products, incorpora
tors being C. E. Foy, C. D. Bradham
'and C. P. Bolles, Jr.
There was a hearing today before
the corporation commission on the
charge brought by W. B. Mann, a mer-
eiiaiit nere, against me fiouinern uen
Telenhone Pomnanv that- tWo is still
discrimination in rates of the company
for exchange service. A. B. Andrews, '
Jr., appeared for the Bell Company
and Manager Wynne, of" the Raleigh
Telephone Company, (opposition to
the Bell Exchange) for Mr. Mann.
The commission reserved its- ruling in
the matter.
YESTERDAY'S TRAIN WRECK.
No Bodies of Victims Recovered Two
Thought to be Drowned Injured
Cared for.
y -ocidiuu rrehs.
;break no bodte's of the victims of yes-
'terdav's wreck of the Rock Island
train had been recovered, but it is be-)
ed are being cared for at 'Kingfisher.
The pa?s.f efs were nearly a11 resi
dents of Oklahoma.
May Hear from Missing.
While only two are positively known
to be dead, a number of the missing,
it is believed may be heard from dur
ing the day. Two of the 1G known
injured mays die.
TAFT m BACON
ARRIVEAT HAVANA
Secretary Taft and Bacon Arrive
Early this Morning and Visit
President Palma. Hearty Wel
come Accorded the Secretary
on his Arrival,
By Associated Press.
Havana, Sept. 19. The cruiser Des-
moines with Messrs. Taft and Bacon, 1
arrived at half-past seven this morn
ing. Taft and Bacon received Senor
Ofarrill, the Cuban secretary of
State on board.
Later, Mr. Taft and Mr. Bacon
came ashore and proceeded to the
jalace where they called on Presi
dent Palma at 10 o'clock.
Secretary Taft's Plans.
Secretary Taft said he had arranged
tentatively to hold the hearings at
home of Minister Morgan in Marianao
but that no definite arrangements will
be made until the formalities of the
day are over.
May Solve Cuban Problem.
The situation was discussed with
President Palma in a general way. De
tails were not taken up. . President
Palma expressed himself particularly
appreciative of President Roosevelt's
attitude that no policy had been for
mulated with regard to the future and
that Mr. Roosevelt's representatives
were approaching their task free to
act wholly in accordance with the de
velopments. Upon leaving the palace
the party proceeded to the cruiser Den
ver where Alfredo Zayas and other
members of the Liberal committee,
who had been awaiting Secretary Taft
and Mr. Bacon, presented themselves.
A brief and pleasant conversation en
sued, but there was nothing beyond
exchanges of courtesies
Predictions are already being made
that the Cuban problem will be solved
within a week on what basis is still
a matter of conjecture. Taft himself
reiterates that President Roosevelt's
representatives are here with no policy
except to insure peace in Cuba.
Great Firje Raging.
By Associated Press.
Buenos Ayres, September
19. A
great fire is raging on the docks.
noht.
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The special train provided by the
Southern Railway to convey Mr. Wm.
j. Bryan and part through North Car-
olina arrived in Charlotte yesterday
afternoon promptly on schedule time,
7:30 o'clock. It was sighted by an
anxious crowd of Charlotte people who
had assembled there to get the first
glimpse of the illustrious Nebraskan
When the engine puffed into the yard
a shout arose which later became deaf
ening as the distinguished visitor
stepped from the platform to the
ground. He was greeted oy many
cordial handshakes which delayed the
movement of the score or more of car
riages -up-towhv but "as large bodies
move slow," this was excusable.
Mr. Bryan was ushered to the first
carriage in which Governor Glenn, Mr.
W. C. Dowd and Mayor S. S. McNinch
were also occupants. The rest of the
carriages, about 25 in number, the
Steele Creek band and a number of
automobiles fell in line and the - pro
cession moved rapidly to the South
ern Manufacturers' Club wliere an el
egant dinner awaited the distinguished
guests and members of tne Charlotte
committees. Covers wiare prepared
for 30 guests, but owing to a few more
out-of-town visitors than were expect
ed, this part of the program was some
what altered.
The Southern Manufacturers' Club
has a way of doing things that is
strictly up-to-date and all who went
within its hospitable doors last eve
ning were of the opinion that the re
ception and dinner tendered the dis
tinguished visitors was not lacking
in any respect. A committee from the
Club welcomed the party and ushered
the guests straightway to the dining
room here a beautifully arranged ta
ble, appropriately decorated for the oc
casion, met gladdened eyes. The table
extended the entire length of the din
ing room. At each end was a large
vase of fragrant cut flowers, while star
shaped evergreen and the words "W.
J. 13." and "N. E. B." done in blossoms,
were arranged with splendid taste on
either side of a red, white and blue
shield in the center. The most pleas
ant social entertainment of Mr. Bryan's
visit to Charlotte passed away here,
and much credit is due to Mr. II. A.
Webber, the efficient caterer of the
Club for the style in which the dinner
was served and the smooth manner
in which everyone was served.
The guests were tlite following nam
ed: Mrs. Mary B. Bryan, Mrs. W. C.
Dowd, Mrs. Lee S .Overman, Mrs.
Theo. F. Kluttz, Mrs. Josephus Dan
iels, Mrs Chalmers Glenn, Mrs J. C.
Biggs, Mrs. J. N. Wilson, Mrs. A.
L. Smith, Mrs. S. S. McNinch, Mrs. J.
B. Kenney, Mrs. P. M. Simmons, Mrs.
T. C. Guthrie, Miss Bessie Boyd, Miss
Daisie Collett and Mrs J. W. Menefee.
Hon.' Wm. J. Bryan, Mayor S. S. Mc
Ninch, and Messrs. E. J .Hale, Andrew
Joyner, A. D. Watts, J. C. Biggs, A. C.
Brooks, Josephus Daniels, J. N. Wil
son, E. C. Gregory, Hon. Theo. F.
Kluttz and Senators F. M. Simmons
and Lee S. Overman, Governor R. B.
Glenn and Captain W. E. Gonzales.
After dinner Mr. Bryan and his par
ty, Mayor S. S. McNinch, Mr. W. C.
Dowd, Governor R. B. Glenn and other
prominent Charlotte citizens were
driven to Vance Park where several
thousand Democrats,' and- others, were
waiting for him to' appear. The car
riages drove hurriedly into the Park
and one mighty cheer from thousands
of throats rent the air. The greatest
private citizen the man of the hour
had arrived and was about to deliver
one of the greatest speeches of his
campaign. The crowd swayed and
moved restlessly, feet were trampled
and necks craned to get a better view
and in hearing distance of the famous
orator. Mr. Bryan alighted from his
carriage and went hastily up the nar
row, steps of the little pavillion in
which Theodore Roosevelt, . the na-
lion's present chief executive deliver
ed the last address.
Mi. I ft A a r . f, . . V ' ' J 1 I I
One From the Cartoon ist's Poir;t of
the People
lly Greeted
usiastica
Mr. W. C. Dowd,' master of cere
monies, introduced Hon. E. Y. Webb
who, he said., had been selected to
I resent to the people the" speaker of
the evening.
Mr. Webb, in just a few choice
words introduced H?n. William Jen
nings Bryan, the orator of the even
ing who spoke for an hour and a half
cn various issues of ; the campaign.
Mr. Bryan's Speech.
Mr. Bryan first took up the speech
of Secretary Shaw while in North
Carolina, and carefully analyzed this
snowing the errors' therein and de
claring that the manufacturer was
the only one who i; ';eived any , bene
fit from the tariff.
"On entering this State I was given
a copy of Secretary Shaw's speech.
1 was surprised that he should en
deavor to tell things to people who
boast an instrument that antedates
the Declaration of Independence by
a whole year and yet he did try to
get that off on you people while he
would not have dared do so in Iowa,
or in the North because it - was a
trecond-hand affair that has been
worn out in the North.
"As to the four millions of draw
backs paid by the government as
contested by Mr. Shaw, it would be
$120,000,000 instead of $4,000,000 that
was shipped abroad if such reDates
vere necessary to enable the manu
facturer to meet competition, for Mr.
Shaw said in the same speech that
$120,000,000 exports had drawbacks
paid on them by the government to
the extent of 5 per cent."
"He goes further to show that we
actually sell abroad cheaper than at
home, and in fact Mr. Shaw admits
everything nearly that we claim
about the tariff, and yet he tries to
lell well informed people what he
would not dare tell up North.
"He admits that our manufacturers
can sell cheaper abroad than at
home and that the consumer on this
side really pays the tax, so what
more could we desire of Mr. Shaw."
Mr. Bryan showed the various rea
sons given for the tariff by the Re
publicans from the civil war to the
present. The party has always stood
lor the tariff."
Mr. Bryan's dissection of the Shaw
speech showing that drawbacks were
necessarily a bonus when Secretary
Shaw's contention is accepted as to
SOUfJMJH
Mr. Bryan Charms Great Crowd
with Address at University of
South Carolina. Public Recep
tion Given in State Capital,
Off for Atlanta.
Special to Th.e News.
Columbia, Sept. 19. From the stand
erected on the splendid campus of the
University of South Carolina, Mr.
Bryan at noon delivered the only ad
dress scheduled in this state during
his tovir of speech-making in the
South.
Mr. Bnan arrived from Charlotte
last night. The reception committee
consisted of representatives of eve
ry county in the state.
Mayor Gibbes welcomed Mr. Brj-an
to the city and Governor Heyward to
the State. , . -
A public reception, in the State capi
tol followed the speech making and the
special will leave for Atlanta- during
the late afternoon.
BRYAN ARRIVES IN
tUaX V. borrowed.
View.
IS
in Charlotte
the amount of goods sold more cheap
ly in foreign than home markets to
be true. These contentions have
been refused in the North where they
pre evidently recognized as Demo
cratic principles.
Mr. Bryan next took up the popu
larity of Roosevelt, and showed con
clusively that it grew out of the
President's following so closely the
Democratic platform, and said that
the only indictment he had to bring
against the Republicans was that
they did not accept and adopt the
whole platform of the Democratic
party.
"A few years ago anybody who was
a Republican would answer for the
i.eminee but today there , is only one
man who can fill the bill for them.
This man has won his fame and posi
tion' by the aid of the Democrats
and it is because he rejected his
own party platform and resorted to
tnat of the Democrats that he did
i-chieve great things."
"The settlement of the coal strike,
according to Democratic doctrine,
was one of the great deeds of the
Republican party."
"I am glad that crops have been
good, for they cannot say it was the
Lord who did it all. The Republi
cans say when crops are good, they
caused it, and when they are bad, it
was Providence, and the Republicans
Ere therefore left to stand on their
record.
"Coming down to the trusts, Mr.
Bryan grew eloquent and said that
the Republicans away back yonder
had begun their fight by asking some
court somewhere to issue an injunc
tion to tell them 'please to stop.'
"This did not seem to work, and
they thought they would put a fine
on them. What would you think?
Would it not be horrible for a trust
magnate to be put behind the bars,
to leave his wife and family to suffer
and cause him so much misery, too.
We ought to pity the poor fellow."
Illustrating his point, Mr. Bryan,
s-aid "Suppose for a moment that 1
cm the government, and my friend
Hale here is the Republican party, or
the trusts. There are two ways to
help him get start in business.
"One way is for the government to
give him aid. But suppose Hale is a
Republican instead of a Democrat,
t'-.en he can go ahead as long as we
can keep it quiet. Then Hale, gets
the help and swears this is the best
firm of government. But suppose
somebody objects. Then I will hold
the other fellows and Hale will get
their money. That is the difference.
Mr. Bryan, after some humorous ref
erence to Hale's being a Republican,
went on to condemn the sale of the
American ballot, bought by the blood
of our forefathers; to say that the
tariff would never be destroyed in
good times or in bad times, by its
friends it will never be reformed, the
only remedy is for the people to de
stroy it.
Mr. Bryan again had something to
say about Roosevelt, declaring that
the President had not a single element
of popularity that did not come from
his adopting some portion of the
Democratic platform.;, ,
"Even in the settlement -of the coal
strike, the principles that guided the
Republican administration were got
ten out of the old. Chicago platform."
The Republicans sometimes express
a fear of anarchy, but they have made
more anarchy by failure to enforce
haws against criminals than all the
anarchists created. . .
"Socialism has grown while the Re
publican party has been in power. Its
strength lies in non-correction of abus
es under Republican rule. Every Re
publican . who attempts to encourage
the trust as an economic growth is
encouraging socialism. Socialism is the
honest man attempting to benefit the
race but building on a false premise.
Monopoly discourages invention and
discovery."
"Young Rockefeller has attempted to
defend the trust by saying that it is
like the rose, whose many little buds
must be pinch 2d off in order to get the
great beautiful American beauty.
"Give me," said Mr .Bryan, "ninety
nine small happy homes, with compe
tion, then the great American beau
ty with all its sweetness, and magnifi
cence." "Strange how few people really un
derstand what a trust is. I heard of one
man who explained that by the combi
nation of many factories into a great
monopoly, when a strike occurred, one
factory would of course close, but the
effect would not be felt, as the other
factories could fill the demand until the
working men had been brought to the
ieet of the employer."
Mr. Bryan reviewed the passage of
the railroad rate law and told how
from start to finish, it was engineered,
voted for and worked for by Democrats
and when the President wanted a man
to push it through he came South and
selected a Southern Democratic sen
ator to do it for him.
Mr. Bryan referred to the Philippine
question, and expresed doubts as to
the sincerity of the Republican party
to give the islanders their freedom.
"While we were fighting them," said
he "they said it would never do to let
them alone, and when they quit fight
ing, they said over here that every
thing was quiet and they didn't need
to disturb conditions."
Mr. Bryan told of the conditions of
India, where he said all of the talk
about the happy state of that English
ruled possession is not true to life.
The people are half starved, and tax
ed to death to support an army to
maintain English rule in their coun
try. "We want our fla not alone to be
feared but to be loved."
5 0 YEARS AND 3 0 LASHES.
Such is Punishment Awarded Negro
Who Attacked Two Women.
By Associated Press.
Wilmington, Delaware, Sept., 19.
Charles Conly, the negro who attacked
and seriously injured Mrs. Beatrice
Frankish and; her -daughter, -Miss- Gus
sie Leitch, on the public road ten days
ago was sentenced to 50 years im
prisonment and to receive 30 lashes at
the whipping post.
Two Seriously Injured.
By Associated Press.
New York, September 19. George
Robertson and Arthur Warren were se
riously injured in an automobile acci
dent near Mineola, Long Island, while
on a practice spin in preparation for
the Vanderbilt cup race.
THREE OF THE CREW
E LOST UT SEA
British Tramp Steamer Laura
From Port Arthur Arrived
After Encountering Terrific
Storm. Captain and Two Sea
men Swept Into Ocean.
By Associated Press.
Norfolk. Sent. 19. The British
tramp steamer Laura, from Port
Arthur, Texas, for European points ar
rived at Lamberts point, coal piers
this morning after having encountered
the terriffic storm which swept the
Hatteras coast Monday and during
which the ship commander, Captain
Charles T. Adams, and two seamen,
were swept into the ocean and lost.
The Laura with her, cargo shifted
and badly listed to the port came into
the capes with her cart house gone,
all save one of her life boats missing,
her bridge torn to pieces, sides of her
house bent and superstructure practi
cal a wreck. The ship showed signs
of having been worse handled by
wind and sea than any steel ship
which ever, before entered this port
after a storm at sea.
The second officer took command
while suffering with a fever of 103 de
grees. The third officer and every
man aboard was bruised, sore and suf
fering. FOUR VILLAGES DESTROYED.
Armenians Reduce Four Villages to
Ashes Bodies of Slain Lie Unbur
ied Among Ruins.
By Associated Press.
Tiflis, Sept. 19. Four tartar vil
lages have been reduced to ashes by
the Armenians. A large number of
the inhabitants were massacred and
the bodies of the slain lie unburied
t.mong the ruins.
FIFTY PERSONS POISONED.
Already Nineteen Have Died From
Effects of Poison.
By Associated Press.
Tomasseow, Russia, Sept. 19.
Fifty persons were poisoned at the
confirmation festivity from eating
meat which had been cooked in a
copper kettle containing . verdigris.
Nineteen already are " dead.
WER
Typhoon which Sprang Sud-
denly up Carried Death to
One Thousand Persons.
Property Loss, Public and
Piivate, Amounts to Mil
lions of Dollars,
Twelve Ships were Sunk,
Twenty Four Stranded and
Seven Severely Damaged
as Result. Through Lack
of Lighters Trade is Com
pletely Paralized.
By Associated Press.
Hong Kong, Sept. 18. Ono thous
and lives were lost during the typhoon
and the damage to property, public
and private, is millions of dollars.
Twelve ships were sunk, 24 stranded,
seven damaged and one-half the na
tive craft in port was sunk.
The shipping trade is paralyzed
through the lack of lighters.
Thousands Probably Drowned.
The typhoon lasted two hours. Over
1000 Sampans and Junks are missing
from Hong Kong alone. The wharves
were swept away and houses collaps
ed. The military barracks are in ruins.
The French torpedo boat destroyer
Freude was wrecked. Her guns were
saved, but phree petty officers and one
seaman lost their lives.
The harbor is strewn with wreck
age thrown upon the shore. Several
thousand Chinese water dwellers must
have perished, many within a short
distance of the shore. The losses in
lives and property among Chinese is
apalling. Families of Hong Kong boat
men Jive night and day on Sampans,
and thousands of these people are
now homeless.
Tho Chinese take the disaster calm
ly and show no manifestations of
Krief. One launch that capsized had
1D0 Chinese on board. They were all
drowned. Reports of fresh disasters
are arriving every hour. Only a lew
Europeans are missing.
MR. J. S. B. THOMPSON'S LOSS.
Was Relieved of a Valuable Cold
Watch on Way to America.
It will be of interest to his many
friends and especially his railroad
lriends to know that Mr. J. S. U.
Thompson, of Atlanta had the mis
fortune a few days ago to lose his
valuable Swiss watch he valued at
$1,000. A day later on the same
boat, The New York, Mr. J. Carroll
Payne, also of Atlanta lost $350 in
cash.
Mr. Thompson is general agent of
lueSouthern and is well known
smong railroad men in Charlotte. Hi;;
many friends here hope he will have
the fortune of recovering the valu
able time piece.
THE JEWISH NEW YEAR.
Faithful Jews the World Over Will
Welcome the Coming of Their New
Year.
With the setting of the sun this
evening faithful Jews the world over
will welcome the coming of their
New Year with the feast of Rosh-ha-SLanah.
The year is 5GG7.
The day is sometimes called the
day of blowing the cornet, sometimes
the day of judgment and sometimes
the day of remembrance.
The significance of the first is that
this feast has always best ushered in
ly the glowing of, some instrument.
This is repeated time and again in
Biblical injunction. In many instan
ces, a silver instrument is mentioned,
but the Jews of orthodox character
use the ram's horn as the most primi
tive therefore the most likely and
significant instrument of the earliest
Line.
BOY DIED FROM BLOW.
Negro Boy Died From Effects of Blow
on the Head by Foreman of Fac
tory. Special to The News.
Durham, N. C, Sept. 19. John
Stroud, a colored boy, died today from
the effect of a blow on the head that
he received yesterday from the fore
man in the Automatic room. Mr. Ed.
Hurst, at Blackwell's Durham TobD.cco
Factory. Soon after the foreman
struck him on the head he left the fac
tory and fell unconscious in the
street, bleeding from his mouth, and
nose, and died without regaining con
sciousness. Mr. Hurst has not been
placed in custody. The officials are
waiting for the decision of the coro
ner's jury, which held an inquest over
the remains late this afternoon.
Cotton Receipts.
The receipts of cotton at the city
platform today amounted to 125 bales
at 9.35 cents. On the same day last
;ear the receipts amountoVl to 1G2
bales at 10 cents.
Dr. J. A. Austin who was so pain
fully hurt in an automobile wreck
some days ago was removed to his
home this morning in Piedmont Park,