North Carolina Newspapers

nil A TOI H THE ONLY EVEWNG ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWSPAPER IN CHARLOTTE. ESTABLISHED 1888 CHARLOTTE, N. C, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY I I I 1907. PRICE: 5 CENTS Important Matters are Brought Up at To-day's edby S essi&si of Legislature is Great i- 1 "rj Large Cigar Factory Warehouse Destroy Damage . I p..:m wm nwjf H..IMP ., m. 1! tmm u . n i m m 'mMl 1 . SZ. I I I I I I I Bills Introduced to Ilh? 1 inate Free Passes; tcr Establish Passenger Rates, Etc. Dowd Chair man of Committee. Preston and Greer on Im portant Committees. Dowd Presented Report - of Committe on Rules. Other Matters. By Eell Telephone. Raleigh, N. C, Jan. 11. In the House this morning, Hon. W. C. Dowd, of Mecklenburg, presented the report of the committee on rules. The report recommended the adop tion of the rules which governed the House of 1903, with the following amendments: That on each Monday the speaker shall appoint a committee of three to serve through the week, whose duty it shall be to examine the jour lal. etc., and see that it Is correct; that the House meet at 11 o'clock each day, but this may be changed v.hcnever desirable; that no person except members of the House be al lowed on the floor, or in the lobby, in the rear of the speaker's desK, ex cept those specially invited by the speaker; that the committee on ju diciary be divided into two sections; that a committee on congressional apportionments be established; that i.istead of a railroad committee, there be one on corporation commission; that there be a committee on public ttrvice corporations. The speaker, just, before adjourning the House for the noon recess, an 'uounced, the appointment of the ma jority of the standing committees. V. C. Dowd, of Mecklenburg, chairman committee on liquor traffic. lie Is also a member of the com mittee on the deaf and dunib school tnd on printing. Ran C. Preston, of Mecklenburg, is a member of the jndlclary committee and Greer, of Mecklenburg, of the deaf and dumb s.-hool committee. Only bill introduced in the House this morning was ons to allow, the ommlssloners of Union county to 1 old a three days special meeting, whenever needed. Speaker Justice Introduced bills in the House prescribing changes the rail roads may make transporting passen gers, regulating railroads companies and common carries, extending and enlarging the powers of the conora tion. It Is all understood they be much In line of the recommendations made by Governor Glenn"3 message. An Important bill introduced In the House yesterday afternoon by ISick tt. of Franklin, to provide for the mental defectives of the State. It is to be the effect that the superin tendents of the State hospitals at Rcleigh, Morganton, and Goldsboro ind four other practical business men be named by the Governor as a hos pital commission to buy one thous and acres of land and establish a colony for epileptics and other de tectives who can be treated in such a colony. Also purchase five hundred acres for a similar colony for colored de le etives. Further the commission Is to buy not over two hundred acres of Ir.nd adjacent to each of the hospitals a: Raleigh, Morganton and Goldsboro for giving farm employment to pa tients capable of It and proviJe such tidditlonal building at each as may neet needs for the next twenty Z ears. The bill provides for issuing $500,000 ia thirty-year bonds at 3 per cent. Another bill of special note is tha by Representative Douglass, of Wake, to. make it unlawful to dispense at fcr-da fountains drinks containing caffine, cocaine, products of coal tar cr any narcotic excepting coffee and tea prepared In the usual way. Laughinghousc , of I'itt, has In troduced a bill in the House to rboiish second-class railroad fare and reduce the passenger rate to 2 cents per mile for both ordinary tickets and mileage books. The bill will go to the committee on rail toads when that committee 13 named by Speaker Justice. In the Senate. The following bills were introduced in the Senate this morning: By Graham, to define the rights cf passengers on entering and leaving tars; by Graham, to establish passen ger rates; by Graham, to Uliminate Iree passes; . by . Pharr, of Mecklen burg, to increase the salary of the adjutant-general to $1,600 and re ouiring him to live in Raleigh. A new landlord and tenant act for Lincoln county passed the third read ing. A Submarine Sunk. By Associated Press. Cherbourg, France, January 11. The Riihmarine boat Algerian, was sunk near Its moorings. No one on board at - th time. m NEGRO DIED SUDDENLY. nund D!ad ln tl?e Rfadwiarriage of Popular Couple. -lal to The News. Greensboro. Jan. 11. Lizzie More bead, colored, was found dead last night about G o'clock along side the load leading from the Nursery Co's office at the street car line. She was on her way to a wedding and it Is supposed that heart failure caused her death. Her hat and one or two t undies she had carried were found lying in the read near the street car line, but her body had fallen down the embankment The woman was the wife of Jim Morehcad, who was at the Nurseries and was a highly icspected negro. The office of publication of The Christian Sun, the official organ of the Southern Christian convention, has been moved from Elon College to Greensboro. Rev. Dr. J. O. Atkinson the editor, will remain in Elon Col lege where he has had his office since he assumed the work A simple but pretty wedding was celebrated at the home of Mr. and Mrs. V. E. Patterson in West Wash ington street last night at 9 o'clock when their daughter, Miss Elizabeth, was married to Dr. Charles T. Lip tcomb. The ceremony was perform ed by the Rev. Dr. H. W. Battle, pastor of the First Baptist Church. The bride was attired in a grey suit, i nd carried a bouquet of bride's roses. Miss Mary Patterson, sister or the bride, was maid of honor and wore a white silk dress. Mr. Oscar Patterson acted as best man. HARRIS NOT GUILTY. Charged With the Murder of May- nard Goss, He Comes Clear. Special to The News. Durham. N. C, Jan. Jan. 11. Last night at 7:15 o'clock the jury in the case of Joseph B. Harris, charged ith the murder of Maynard Goss, whose trial has been in progress for the past two a""3, rendered a ver tf'ct of not guilty. Prolonged ap plause rang from the court room, this being the first occurance when -ne attendance havve applauded In the history of the courts of Durham county. River and Harbor Bill. IJy Associated Press. Washington, Jan. II. Thetiver and Ilarbrr bill probably will be reported to the House January 10. Delegations vepsenllng the various sections of the counTry'aro heard daily by the va lious sub-ccmmlttees. Confessed to Murder of Cox John Smith Makes Con f e s s i on, Implicating Judge Hargis and Ed ward Callahan in the Murder. Dy Associated Press. Jackson, Ky., January 11. John Smith, under indictment for the murder of Dr. Cox made a confession. Smith says James Hargis and Ed ward Callahan induced him to enter the conspiracy and says Callahan gave him 5100, saying James llargin had sent the moner. According to Smith's confession 3 men shot Dr. Cox. His words in describing the murder are: "So Judge and Ed. put us three Spicer, Abner and myself tinder the barn .shed and sent Elbert Hargis to stand on the corner and when Dr. Cox left his office and started home and sot opposite where wc were in hiding, Elbert Hargis was to call to him so we would know it was Dr. Cox. We stayed under the shed about an hour and while we were there Ed Callahan came to us and stayed with us until just about 20 minutes before Dr. Cox was killed and he told us to be sure not miss him. "And when Dr. Cox did start from his home and came down just across the street from us, Elbert Hargis called to him and said 'Is that 3'ou Doc?' and he said 'yes' and stopped, and all three'of us fired at the same time, or so near the same that it was all one report." Corey Not to Marry. Dv Associated rrcss. "Paris, Jan. 11. William E. Ccrey, president of the United States Steel Corporation, authorizes the Associat ed Press to state he will not marry during this present European trip. Endorse President. Bv Associated Press. Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 11. The upper house cf the legislature to day adopted a resolution endorsing the' President's stand on the dis charge of the negro soldiers. . Bishop Duncan's Condition. By Associated Press C, Jan. 11. The " Spartanburg, b. condition of Bishop Duncan Is much improved today. Mr. H. H. Martin held coupon No, 2S34, given at the Masonic bazaar and was awarded tne nanusome uruget. Probably 300 W Qt& JLFOZVTlGCl Tidal W aVC SWeepS Over r-v . , rr u. t , t . tncycncai auiii usseu vy mo rope 10 Dutch East Indian Is-the JFrench catholics. tntistv Cnrrxfiricr Tlnnth Regarding the ecclesiastical prop- lanas, carrying eaTniiritics. the encyciiCai said the pope and Destruction. Over ha not abandoned them. J . The French government had im 4.0 KtlOWn DrOWned. i rosed on the Catholics of France, an ' fsrganization which the church was By Associated Press. The Hague, January 11. A tidal ... ... . . wave uevastateu some ot tne uuecu . T . , . - A East Indian islands south of Achln. The loss is very great. J were opposed to the hierarchy es Accordmg to a brief official despatch 1 . . J1 . VlQ r S00 persons perished on the island of Tana, while 40 are said to' have been drowned at the Island of Simalu. . COTTON THROUGHOUT WORLD Comparative Cost of Cotton Land and of .Growing Product Meaning of South's' Concerted Action. By Associated Press. Berlin, Jan. JL1. Colonial Director Dernberg, in explaining, the Entpsf or's -world policy described the rapid development of the United States and it's increasing . commercial influence, paying among other things that planters of the. Southern States were trying to arrange for the control of the price of cotton, to advance it 1 cent per pound, meaning an added tost of- $80,000,0u0 marks to the world's manufactures. West Africa, he said, can send Ger many cotton of American grades, while East Africa produces Egyptian qualities. The great cotton growers of the Nile valley already are study ing the cotton possibilities of East Africa, because the quality of the Egyptian product had deteriorated, owing to the construction of the Assuan dam. Cotton land costs from 71 to ?1.50 for two and a half acres in East Africa, compared with ?500 to $G00 in Egypt and 5300 in Texas. Prof. Orwarburg estimated the Ger man colonies were able to produce 2,500,000 bales of cotton. The cot ton raised in Togoland already sold tor 2 cents a pound more than American cotton. STEAMER MARACAS ARRIVED. X Saw Nothing of the Ponce Later Re port Says Ponce is Safe. By Associated Press. Quarantine, N. Y., January, 11. The steamer Maracas arrived this morning from Trinidad. She was de layed owing to derangement of her machinery. Fine weather prevailed. She saw nothing of the Ponce. Apprehension Felt. , By Associated Press. New York, January 11. The arrival of the Maracas without the Ponce has greatly increased the anxiety regarding the belated steamer. It happened that the Maracas, which sailed from Trin idad for New York, December 29th had to come along the same course pursued by the Ponce vhich sailed from Porto Rica for New York three days earlier. The Ponce ic Coming. By Associated Press. New York, January 11. The New York and Porto Rico steamship com pany received a cablegram from Ber muda saying the missing steamer Ponce is comins in there in tow. - Hamilton, Bemuda, January 11. The steamer Ponce was towed into Hamilton. Dispatches from Bermuda report the Ponce has a broken shaft. All on board are well. The Strenuous House. By Associated Press. Washington, Jan. 11. The House broke all records so far on pension legislation concerned, passing 628 ! bills ln one hour and thirty-five min-! utes. Mr. P. V. Moody, deputy clerk of the superior court, is in his office today after an indisposition of several tfays. WHAT WILL THE "ANSWER BE? AFew Questions in Which Charlotte is Deeply Interested. THE POPE'S ENCYCLICAL. i -wi a i r r . . i : f j ' Encyclical Addressed by Pope to I French Catholics. ; By Associated Press. ' T- T 11 TV. Romano published the text of the . -J 1 ,1 1 J. t T"k J unable to accept without imperialing 1 l;.er existence as a divine institution. TVira linvfh rrinlil nnt nrpvont trio i " :r . . t-.-.w unjust spoliation in progress tor as i.. . T11 . V " ' " demned them. I Importation of Cotton Goods American Importation of Goods into "-China Suf fered Heavy Loss Last Year. The Reason for Large Drop Off. By Associated Press. Washington, Jan. 11. The American importations of cotton goods into Chi na suffered a heavy falling off during the year just closed, according to the statement by the Department of Com merce and Labor. It is claimed that China bought more of these goods than she could consume a year ago. It is shown that China purchased about $14,000,000 worth less cotton goods for the 11 months ending No vember last than during the corres ponding period of 1905. For the first nine months of the past year American exportations of sheet ings into China were 4,705,744 pieces; drills 1,680,235 pieces; jeans, 212.3S0 pieces; shirtings 239,145 pieces. The "Dreadnaught." By Associated Press.- Washington, Jan. 11. The House committee on naval affairs expects to report the naval appropriation bill Feb. 1. It is practically assured it vill not authorize an additional bat tleship but will re-authorize the build ing of the proposed "Dreadnaught." Under Manouvers. By Associated Press. Washington, Jan. 11. It is stated inday that, the naval general board las no intention of disturbing the pians for winter manouvers. But it is not improbable that afterward some of the ships of the heavy ar mored class will be sent around the Horn for the station on the Pacific coast. 2 0 Perished In Big Fire Vat of Boiling Celluloid Exploded. Twenty Per sons Perish in Flames. Many who WereDread fullv Scalded. By Associated Press. Strasburg, Germany, Jan. 11. : Twenty persons perished in the firej' which destroyed the book bindery of Ifudert & Co., at Geispolsheim. A vat of boiling celluloid exploded Some of those who escaped from the burning rooms were dreadfully Were not Bona Fide Patients Dr. W. S. Davidson Ar rested on Charge of Prescribing Liquor to Men who Merely Want ed to get Drunk. Dr. W. S. Davidson, who came here from Huntersville some months ago, will be given a hearing in the Recorder's court , to-morrow morning for a violation of the Watts law which prohibits a physician from writing pre scriptions for any except bona fide pa tients. The case was called this morn ing, but on account of the absence of the city's attorneys, and witnesses for the defendant, the hearing was post joned until to-morrow morning, Dr. Davidson's recognizance being taken for his appearance at that time. The charge against Dr. Davidson originated in two arrests for drunken ness made yesterday afternoon. ..R. E. Henderson and C. W. Blackwelder, two white men of the city, were found in an intoxicated condition, and . ar rested. They were tried this morning before Acting Recorder Hilton who fined them ?20 each for being drunk on prescription licuor. When Questioned as to where they got their liquor, the men stated that a prescription had been received yes terday from Dr. Davidson for a quart. Henderson took the prescription to a drug store, got the spirits, and went back to Blackwelder and E. H. Kim ball, a third party in the transaction, who partook of the drink, but who did not get drunk. . After the men had been given a hearing this morning, a warrant was issued for Dr. Davidson, as a result! of the testimony offered. All swore that they had simply been struck with a notion to get drunk, and went im mediately to see Dr. Davidson. Ac cording to their statements, the physi cian neither felt the pulse, nor looked at the tongue. Upon their simple re quest, he sketched them off an order on the Charlotte Drug Company for a quart, which the officers say, is a plain violation of the Watts law. It has been many months since a Charlotte physician has been Indicted for this violation only one or two cases of this kind having ever been -heard since the reign of prohibition . began in Charlotte. The difficulty in ap prehending the very few doctors who' violate the law, the officers declare, is due to the fact that witnesses swear they were sick and needed the medi cine. DIVORCE BUT PROPOSED. Mr. Dixon Introduced Divorce Bill in Legislature Little Chance of Passing. , , Special to The News. . Columbia, S. C, Jan. 11. Mr. Dix on, of Fairfield, today introduced in the House a bill to permit - divorce for certain reasons. This is a limited divorce bill, but even such a measure stands . no chance of passing the legislature of South Carolina, which has never had a divorce law except during negro rule. DR. JUDSON DYING. Dean of Furman University Not Ex pected to Live Through the Day. Special to The News. Greenville, S. C, Jan. 11. Dr. Charles H. Judson, dean of Furman University, is dying at the home of Prof. Geer, in this city.' . He is not expected to survive the day. ' A. F. Statter Appointed. Washi"ngton, Jan. 11. Arthur F. Statter, private secretary to Secre tary Shaw, will be appointed assist ant secretary of the treasury , to suc ceed Charles Keep, Feb. 1. Later on he will be succeeded by Frank Hith cock, now first assistant . postmaster ceheral. WAKE FOREST NOTES. A Lot of Personals From Wajce For eet Other News Items. Special to The News. Wake Forest College, Jan. 11. Rev. I. N. Loftin, a Wake Forest man, was married at Elizabeth City this week to Miss Mary Gilbert Mitchell, of that place. : Mr. Loftin is pastor of the Bap tist Church at Elizabeth City and Mr. and Mrs. Loftin will make their home there. " President W. L. Poteat has consent ed to occupy the pulpit of the Baptist Church at Sanford Sunday. ; The , pas tor, Rev. J. H. Haymore, is assisting in a meeting at Wilmington. Dr. Lewis M. Gaines, professor of anatomy, and physiology, who during his convalescence from a long illness has been in. Atlanta,. Ga., will return to Wake Forest January 19th to resume his work, in the college. ; President Poteat has accepted an in vitation to. address the State Sabbath Convention in Greensboro next week. He has been asked to speak on "Sab bath Observance Promotive of Nation al Prosperity." . Prof, John B. Carlyle has given up all his class work in the college to de vote his time to the raising of $150,000 increased endowment of the college. Mr. J. Richard Crozier and family, who spent the holidays in Atlanta, Ga., have returned to Wake Forest, and Mr. Crozier has resumed his work as physical director. '" The Young Men's Christian Associa tion has reorganized for the ensuing year. Fred M. Brown, of Buncombe county, is president. ' Great Brittain's Exhibit. By Associated Press. : Washington, Jan. 11. The House committee on industrial arts and expositions, decided to make a fa vorable report . on . the resolution au thorizing the President, in conjunc tion with the Jamestown Exposition Co. to appoint a special commissioner who shall invite Great Britain to make an exhibit relating to the period of exploration and colonizing frbm 1580 to 1625. Real Estate Deals. : Mr. J. McDearmond has sold a tract of 10 acres of land in Clear Creek to Mr. W. B. Estridge, the considera tion being $1400. . r Mr. J. L. Garrison has bought' for $975 a lot near the old Fair Grounds property from Mr. W. S. Clanton. Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Hayes will have apartments at Mr. Archibald Graham's, at the corner of Fifth and . Brevard streets, after the 15th. - . One Feature of Exp osition President Tucker Hard at Work in Effort to Make Naval and Military Dis play at Jamestown Ex position Attractive. By Associated Press. Washington, D. C, Jan. 11. Presi dent Tucker, of the Jamestown Expo sition Board, has received letters and telegrams from nearly every one of the members , of the advisory commit tee of the - great exposition, except those who signed the protest against the alleged undue prominence to be given to the military arfd naval gov ernment exhibit. All these correspondents take ex ception vigorously to the criticism im plied in protest of the dozen signers to the published statement and as there are 100 members of the advisory committee, the exposition authorities feel they are privileged to regard the protest as failing to set out the views of any -considerable part of the com mittee. Mr. Tucker, in the meanwhile, is ear nestly at work personally at the war and navy departments, doing all that he can to induce the officials to has ten the arrangements for an encamp ment and naval display, which it is in tended shall be, though by no means the principal, yet among the most nov el and attractive features of the James town Exposition. Transmission Lines to Concord. The Southern Power Company has begun work on the transmission lines from this city to furnish their electric power to Concord mills, ac cording to i contracts made some weeks ago. The .. work will be com-1-jeted 1 about the first of June.. It s the purpose of the company to fur rash the T power to all the . milling districts in Piedmont Carolina, and to this end they are pushing the con struction work at Great Falls, S. C, which will be one of the largest de velopments undertaken. Attended Mrs. Whisnant's Funeral. Mrs. W. W. Hagood has returned to the . city from Rock Hill, S. C, where she attended the funeral of her sister-in-law, Mrs. Charles S. Whisnant, who, before her marriage was Miss Pauline Boniar. Mrs. Whisnant's death was unexpected and resulted from pneu monia. She had many friends in Charlotte who will be grieved to know) of her death. Besides a husband she' is survived by several small children. I The Moss Cigar Factory and Warehouse, at Lan caster, Pa. Totally De stroyed by Fire. Five Dwellings Ruined. Loss is Estimated at $1, 000,000. Narrow Es cape of Firemen by Fall ing Wall. Other Build ings were in Danger. By Associated Press. Lancaster, Pa., Jan. 11. The large tobacco warehouse of S. R. Moss has been destroyed by fire and his large cigar factory is on fire. The flames have spread to the American Cigar Co's plant. An appeal has been made to Harrisburg and Columbia for help. A Later Report. ' The Moss Cigar Factory was de stroyed. The warehouse of the American Cigar Co. was not greatly damaged, but it is feared the company's loss will be heavy from water and smoke. Five dwellings to the east of the cigar factory were completely ruined. Large warehouses on the opposite side of the street were threatened but none caught fire, although the , contents were damaged. The appeal for help was counter manded. When the wall of the Moss , Cigar Factory fell the only truck of the fire department was buried in the debris and a number of fireman narrowly escaped death; The loss is estimated at a million. OHIO OFFICIAL ARRESTED. Supervisor of Printing Accused of Trying to Influence Court. Columbus, Ohio, January 11. Jas. W. Jackson, State supervisor of pub lic printing, was Indicated and arrest ed ' today for the alleged interference with the processes of justice. He was appointed by the late Governor Pattl son and when he sought to take office, his predecessor, Mark Slater, refused to surrender, insisting that Governor Pattison's illness prevented him from properly signing Johnson's commission The lower court, however, refused to recognize Slater, and Johnson took the office. - While mandamus proceedings wera pending in the upper court the judge to whom the matter was referred re ceived a letter signed, "T. E. Ryan," accusing Slater of corruption while in office. Slater's attorney submitted the letter to penmanship experts, who declared that it was in Johnson's handwriting. It was upon this evidence that the indictment was found. , Johnson has all along declared- his innocence of the charge and says the indictment is part of a political con spiracy. Governor Harris will not re move Johnson even though he is a Democrat, unless he is proven guilty. Ought Not to Dig Ditch. ; The debate which took place this afternooa at the class meeting of the Charlotte High School was won by tho negative side. The subject was, "Re- solved, That the Panama Canal will bo detrimental to the interest of the Unit ed States." The best debating was. by Mr. Howard Huntley. The affirmative was upheld by Marvin Rich, Harry Loving, Miss Helen Matthews and Miss Zoe Hackett, the negative by Howard Huntley, Clarkson Ross, Miss Chattie Usher and Will Belk. . First Steel Passenger Car. By Associated Press. Norfolk, Va., Jan. 11. The Penn sylvania Railroad engaged space at Jamestown and will display the sec tion tunnel under North River, in which the first steel passenger car ever constructed will stand. A topo graphical map of the new Pennsyl vania station of New York also will be shown with tracks from the tunnel. The Pension Bill. By Associated Press. Washington, Jan. 11. The Senate today passed the McCumber servic pension bill. More Pensioners. The bill was amended at Senator Carmack's instance to include Mexi can war survivor; The words "War of the Rebellion" were changed to "Civ il War." Messrs. .Money, Bacon and Patterson contending it was "War Be tween the States," while Senator Tel ler said it was either a civil war or a rebellion. Senator McCumber esti mates the bill will increase the pen sion expenditure about 6,000,000 an nually. Two Mills Fail. Special to The News. Bessemer City, Jan. 11. It is report ed here this afternoon that the South ern Cotton Mill and the Vermont Mill, capitalized at $275,000, have failed. Chief Irwin will return tonight from Lynchburg, Va., where he went to arrest and bring back to this county Babe Williams, an es caped convict, who has been enjoy ing freedom for several months. - w