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BIRTHS
OF LEE'S
Joint Resolution Adopted in
Senate to Adjourn Jan.
19th. in Honor of Gen.
Lee. Bill to Reduce Pas
senger Fares.
To Require Inter-Changeable
Mileage Books. Bill to
Change Uniform of Pris
oners Convicted of Mis
demeanors. By Bell Telephone.
Raleigh, N. C, January 12. The
Senate this morning adopted a joint
resolution to adjourn January 19th
in honor of General Robert E. Lee's
birthday and to invite General R. F.
Hoke, of Raleigh, to be present at the
joint celebration.
Blair, of Montgomery, introduced a
hill to regulate and reduce railroad
passenger fares and to require an inter-changeable
mileage book; also a
bill to change the uniform of prisoners
convicted of misdemeanors.
Of the bills passed, there was one to
create a highway commission and to
levy a special road tax in Buncombe
county, and one to incorporate the
Trycn Electric Light and Power Com
pany; also one to change the name of
the Salem Female Academy to the
Academy and College.
Irs The House.
In the House, Winborne, of Hert
ford, introduced a joint resolution to
appropriate $25,000 additional to the
Jamestown Exposition fund. A large
number of bills of purely local char
acter were also passed. A number of
committees also reported bills which
were placed on the calendar to come j
up in regular order.
The Williams resolution, to create a
special commission to examine offices
of public service corporations, etc.,
came up as a regular order cf business
this morning and is now under dis
cussion. Of the three bills designed to regu
late railroads just introduced in the
House by Speaker Justice, one relat
ing to public service corporations pre
scribes that adequate service shall be
maintained, also forbids discrimination
ugainst persons or shipping points
similarly situated, the penalty being
500 to those suffering the discrimina
tion and $500 to the state. Also fine
and imprisonment for officers permit
ting discrimination. Further, still, it
makes it 'unlawful ror railroad em
ployes to work more than eight hours
in 24 except where trains are belat
ed with the crew. "Violation is made
a misdemeanor for officers permitting
it.
Another bill by Justice prescribes a
two cent rate on the Southern. Sea
board Air Line and the Atlantic Coast
Line with the smaller roads on a two
and one-half cent basis.
Still another bill by Justice confers
on the corporation commission plen
ary power to control and regulate pub
lic service corporations in the state.
A bill by Graham in the Senate is
designed to reduce passenger fares to
2 1-2 cents first and 2 cents second
class effective April 1, provided the
corporation commission finds such
would be fair to the railroads. He
also presented a bill prohibiting free
2asses except to -families of employ
ees and some specified exceptions, in
cluding ministers, objects of charity
and others.
All these bills are in the hands of
committees and lively fight3 over
them are impending.
Williams Resolution.
After the liveliest discussion of the
session, lasting for more than two
hours, the Williams resolution was, on
motion of Mr. Gillert, of Rutherford
county, referred to the committee on
public service corporations. Gallert's
motion was supported on the floor by
W. C. Dowd and others. The senti
ment of the majority seems to be that
this committee can look after the mat
ters specified in the Williams resolu
tion without the appointing of a special
committee.
IINDIANS MAY MAKE TROUBLE.
Abandonment of Fort May Stir Indians
To Make Trouble Head of Council
Murdered. .
Tjy Associated Press.
T,anfin. Wyoming. January 12. Geo.
Terry, head of the Shoshone Indian
council was murdered Thursday as he
came out of the council lodge on the
Indian reservation.
He was first knocked down with a
wir club and his body then cut to
pieces.
The murder is supposed to be the
outcome of a family feud. ' .
The proposed abandonment of Fort
"Waskkie, will, it is beieved by the
leading citizens, result in grave dis
turbances among the Indians, who
have been held in restraint by awe ot
the soldiers.
25,000 McCabees Going.
By Associated Press. '
Norfolk, Va.. Jan. 12. August the
fourteenth has been named as "M.a9"
cabee Day." at the expesition at which
it is expected 25.000 McCabees. will
ibe present-
Hickory to Have
Freight Depot
The Corporation Commis
sion To-day Ordered
the Southern Railway
to Build a Freight De
pot at Hickory.
By Bell Telephone.
Raleigh, N. C, January 12. The
corporation commission this morning
issued an order for the Southern rail
way to erect a new freight depot at
Hickory. This matter, of a depot for
Hickory, has been under discussion
for some time, those interested being
unable to decide on the location for
the new depot. The commission order
ed that the depot be located on Marsh
all and Bruns streets, not nearer to
Marshall street than the east end of
the warehouse, and that 4he track of
the C. and N. V. railway be moved
to the south side of station and that
the yard be so arranged that the
shifting could be done on Marshall
street.
SOUTHERN'S WATER SUPPLY.
Has Trouble in Boring Well at Rock
Hill Meeting of Eueppian Club.
Special to The News.
Rock Hill, Jan. 12. The officials of
the Southern Railway have had a force
of hands at work for some time boring
a well on their premises in this city.
The undertaking has been a difficult
one. The well now is 412 feet deep
and since starting the well the drill
has only gone through 48 feet of dirt.
The remaining 3G4 feet is solid gran
ite. The granite is drawn from the
to three and four feet. Some of the
granite is very fine material, being
well grained. At present the water
suply is not sufficient for the de
mand. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Wilson and Miss
Minnie, left yesterday for a trip to
Cuba.
The Euppean Club met yesterday
well in round slabs of from six inches
afternoon with Miss Mary Marshall.
The following program was carried
out: Sketch of Napolean's Life by
Mrs. A. S. Rogers-; Life and Charac
ter of Empress Josephine, by Mrs. C.
B. Haynes; Current Events, by the
members of the club. Refreshments
were served in a most unique manner.
A most enjoyable evening was spent
by all.
PRESIDENT DECLINES.
Already Having Two Engagements to
wSpeak at Jamestown He Declines
Third.
By Associated Press.
Washington, D. C, Jan. 12. The
President declined the invitation to at
tend the celebration of the first perma
nent settlement in the United States
at Jamestown on May 13th, which is to
be a feature of the exposition.
This affair is to be held under the
auspices of the Association for the
Preservation of Virginia Antiquities.
The President expressed regret that
he could not attend, but explained to
the committee of the association that
he already had two engagements to
speak at the exposition.
The committee included Thomas Nel
son Page, of this city; Wyndham R.
Meredith and R. A. Lancaster, Jr., of
Richmond.
They were accompanied to the White
House by Senator Daniel and Repre
sentative Jones.
ALL QUIET AT JACKSON, KY.
Feudists Return Home, But Will Come
Again for Trial.
By Associated Press.
Jackson, Ky., Jan. 12. The situa
tion is quiet today. Many of the feud
ists left town to remain until Tuesday,
when the case against Judge James
Hargis and the others, charged with
the assassination of Dr. D. B. Cox,' will
be reopened unless Judge Games is
permanently enjoined from trying the
case.
It is almost certain troops will be
sent there to preserve the peace when
the trial begins.
Workmen and
Police Fight
Desperate Fight Occurred
in Which Two District
Inspectors and Two
Policemen Were Killed
and T hree Injured.
St. Petersburg, Russia, January 12.
Desperate fighting between the police
and workmen occurred in the Okha
quarter of the city last night, during
a domiciliary search.
When the police appeared three
workmen who were in the building
extinguished all the lights and opened
fire on the police.
The latter responded and a fusillade
was continued for some time .in total
darkness.
The workmen retreated after killing
two district inspectors and two police
men and wounding three policemen.
DR. JUDSON'S CONDITION.
Death is Momentarily Expected
-Con-
dition Little Chanced.
Special to The News.
Greenville, S. C January 12 Dr.
Judson seemed to gain strength during
the night, though this morning he ap
pears to be in a similar condition as
yesterday. ,
Uis death is momentarily expected.
Senator Tillman Delivers Fiery
Discourse on Race Question
In Th? Senate This Morning
STATE CAPITAL NEWS.
Corporation Commission Retains At
torneys Freeman Jones Must Hang
Pardons Granted.
Special to The News.
Raleigh, Jan. 12. Chairman McNeill
of the Corporation commission an
nounces that the commission has re
tained Wrinston and Bryant of Dur
ham ami F. A. Woodard of AVilson as
counsel for what ever suits or other
procedings the commission may insti
tute against the Southern Railway
company in the matter of requiring
the Southern to reinstate the "Selma
connection". Months ago the com
mission required the Atlantic Coast
Line to put on a special train between
Rocky Mount and Selma to connect at
Selma with the Southern train for Ra
leigh and Greensboro. A week ago
the Southern changed schedule in such
a way as to break the connection.
The commission is preparing to take
steps against the Southern.
A petition has been filed wjth the
commission protesting against the
breaking of connection between the
Atlantic Coast Line and the Southern
trains on the Atlantic and Yadkin and
at Sanford between Wilmington and
Mt. Airy. The chairman of the com
mission and Governor Glenn held a
conference relative to the matter to
day and some action as to this case
is impending.
Governor Glenn refuses to further
reprieve or commute the death sen
tence of Freeman Jones the negro
who is under sentence to be hanged
in Durham February 8th, for criminal
assault on Mrs. Jack Baker. The prin
cipal plea for commutation was that
the negro was drunk and did not real
ize what he was doing. The governor
regards this as no excuse.
The governor also declines to inter
fere with the execution of the death
sentence in the case of Sylvester Bar
rett, convicted in Pitt county for mur
der in that he shot and killed Walter
Loviee, constable of Pitt county while
he was attempting to arrest Barrett
for fighting.
Pardons granted by the governor to
day are to Wiley Lucas serving twelve
years sentence from Harnett county
for murder in the second degree, par
doned because it seems now that Lu
cas was not connected with the crime.
Alex McMillen serving eighteen month
Alex. McMillen serving eighteen
months for carrying concealed wea
pon and disturbing public worship in
Robeson county.
George Vickers serving five years in
Durham county for larceny.
The North Carolina delegation in
Congress are designated by Governor
Glenn as delegates to the National
convention for extension of foreign
commerce of the United States at
Washington, January 14th. It is not
able that Congressman-elect R. H.
Hackett is named by the governor in
thep lace of Congressman' E. Spen
cer Blackburn.
Fire in the store of W. C. Stronach's
Sons, grocers, the handsomest grocery
in the city, gutted the second story
and necessitated the flooding of the
fancy grocery stock on the first floor
with water. The damage will be
?10,000 or more mostly by water. The
loss is covered by Insurance.
AUDITORIUM CO. CHARTERED.
Secretary of State To-Day Granted
Charter for Charlotte Auditorium
Company.
By Bell Telephone.
Raleigh, N. C, January 12 The
Charlotte Auditorium Company was
chartered this morning at a capital of
$100,000 and ?4,000 subscribed by W.
F. Dowd, and F. D. Lethco and others.
Steamer Probably Wrecked.
By Associated Press.
Seattle, Washington, Jan. 12. The
report reached here that the schooner
Alice Gertrude has been wrecked off
Clallam on the straits of Fuca.
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A VERY POPULAR YOUNG LADY AT PRESENT.
The "Pitchfork" Senator
Delivers Sensational
Speech To-day, in Con
nection With Browns
ville Embroglio.
Declares Mr.. Roosevelt
Partially R esp o nsible
for Serious Conditions
of To-day. Declares
White Men Must -Rule:
By Associated Press.
Washington, D. C, Jan. 12. Sena
tor Tillman addressed the Senate on
the Brownsville incident. He char
acterized the President's action in
the matter, "as nothing more nor less
than lynching."
He declared that men should be
considered innocent until proved
guilty. He said, no doubt, the sol
diers were responsible for the out
rage at Brownsville. He declared
negro troops should not have been
srrnt to Brownsville.
Mr. Tillman declared Mr. Foraker
had belittled himself by attacking
Maj. Blocksom, as a man whose
father vwas a copperhead.
"Are we never to have an end of
war and its bitterness," he exclaimed.
"Are the people of the North and
South never to understand each other
and to recognize the rights of both
sections?" It is useless to deny that
the race question lies at the bottom
of all this:" Continuing he said:
"The whole issue involved is one
of the races and the President is
lirimarily more responsible than any
ether man for the position the ne
groes in the South have taken on
the question .of negro rights. He
gave recognition to Booker Washing
ton in a social way. He did this
Knowing he was flying in the face
cf caste feeling among 17,000,000 ot
Southern white men.
"It is well known the attitude of
the administration on social ques
tion, has been the cause of a great
&nd noticeable change in the de
meanor and action of the negroes
throughout the South."
After predicting, in the near fu
ture, a race conflict to determine
whether the negro is the equal of
the Caucasian.
He continued:
"In six Southern States (South
Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama,
Mississippi and Louisiana) in the
aggregate the negroes outnumber
ihe whites and in two of them (South
Carolina and Mississippi) the negro
preponderance is very heavy."
Mr. Tillman added: "In Cuba the
cclor line has been obliterated and
miscegenation is in full blast. At
the North the same conditions exist
and the large number of mulattoes
and quadroons, with white blood in
their veins, who have migrated there,
are leaders of the doctrine of abso
lute social equality, encouraged as
they have been and are now by the
President."
Mr. Tillman asked, "Is the Presi-
theory anl have his chHdren marry
men aim wuiiicii xji. uwci iav'
1 . rV O O n O V 1
Would he accept as a daughter-in-law
a Chinese, Malay, Indian or Negro?
In accord with the doctrine laid down
in his message, which I have quoted,
we all know. he would not."
"Southern white men and women
who have for 40 years resisted in j
fcverv nossible way this doctrine of
equality of the races, are just as
resolved now as they have always
Leen not to submit to it or its re
sults." "They are resolved to maintain
control of their State governments
and to prevent, in every way possi
ble, social and political equality with
rhe inviteable destruction of their
civilization, which would follow ii
they yielded. Conditions are grow
ng more and more aggravated every
clay. The things to drift until the
direful tragedies multiply on ever
band and blood shall flow like
water?"
He said that 40 years after the
civil war we found conditions more
threatening in some of their aspects
than in 1861.
In concluding, he said it was
4ime to settle this question, in some
practicable and sensible way. He
said he was ready to go to battle
under the slogan "America for Ameri
cans." And that this is the white
man's country and white men must
govern it.
Many Heard Him.
The announcement that Senator Ben
Tillman would speak on the race ques
tion in connection with the proposed
investigation of the Brownville affair
had the effect of attracting to the
capitol an exceptionally large number
of people.
A Hot Retort.
Reading from the order issued by
he War Department and signed by
the President in which the State
uniform is" the badge of honor and
entitles enlisted men to peculiar con
sideration, Mr. Tillman said it was
that sort of stuff that put into the
heads of the negro soldiers that they
were entitled to demand social
equality.
"Why should not the colored sol
dier, if he conducts himself as a
white soldier, have the same con
siderations," asked Senator Nelson.
"For the simple reason that God
Almighty made him colored. He did
:.ct make him white," retorted Mr.
Tillman.
Broiled Negro Breakfast.
Mr. Tillman prefaced his discussion
with the characterization that it re
sembled a case in court. He said:
"The President of the United States
is the prosecutor as well as execution
er. . The array of counsel of the de
fense and prosecution is not yet com
plete. So far as their names have
appeared on the record there is an
element of incongruity and of the ridi
culous. For instance, as the attor
neys aiding the prosecution we have
the distinguished Senator from Tex
as (Mr. Culbertson) Democrat; the
distinguished Senator from Massachu
setts, (Mr. Lodge), Republican; the
distinguished Senator from Virginia
(Mr. Daniels), Democrat.
"And for the defense if it shall be
considered, when I get through I will
be put in record as aiding the distin
guished Senator from Ohio (Mr. Fora
ker)." "But the ridiculousness of the situa
tion is again apparent when one con
siders that the Senator from the North,
who, by reason, of his radical and ag
gressive utterances and probably ac
tions in the past, once gave the name
of fire alarm.' "
"That Senator finds himself aligned
with that Senator from the South,
(Mr. Tillman, himself) who is usually
supposed to have broiled negro for
breakfast; (laughter) who is known to
justify the lynching for rape, and
whose attitude, if not that of hatred to
e negro , tew :a,n
better clay and that white, men ajone
are entitled to participate in the gov
ernment,." End of Their Hopes.
Tnr?c Jan. 12. The Encyclical is,
i .pd h PoDe Pius, seemingly puts an
end to the hopes of the moderates of
all shades of opinion that the church
eventually would accommodate itself
to the new conditions in France.
Dr. Davidson
Bound Over
Charlotte Physician Did
not Go on Stand Before
Acting Recorder Hilton
to Answer Alleged
Violation of Watt's Law
For alleged violation of the Watts
law, which prohibits a physician from
writing a prescription for any person
who Is not a bona fide patient, Dr.
W. S. Davidson was this morning
hound over to the Superior Court
before Acting Recorder Hilton in
the sum of $200. Dr. Davidson was
represented by Messrs. W C. Max
well and J. E. Little, who refused
to put their client on the stand.
Ihe city's attorneys were not pres
ent. Mr. R. E. Henderson was the first
witness called. "Dr. Davidson took
me into a little room shortly after 1
went to see him, and said; 'You
want a script, don't you? began the
witness. He asked me how much 1
wanted, what kind of whiskey I want
ed, looked at my tongue and felt my
pulse, but did not ask me if I was
sick.
"Were you sick?" asked the court.
"No, sir." j
Cross-examined by Mr. Maxwell,
Henderson swore that he hadn't been
sick in twenty years, and that he had
no notion of making that plea in
order to get the whiskey.
"Did the bottle have any directions
on it?" asked the defendant's coun
sel.
"I never looked to see. We got
ihe liquor to drink and we didn't care
anything about directions."
Mr. C. W. Blackwelder was the
second witness, practically corroborat
ing the evidence submitted by Hen
derson. He strongly asserted the
fact that neither he nor his partner
was sick."We were all well as com
mon," said he. He testified that he,
Henderson and Kimball, the third
witness, had made an agreement be
fore coming up town Thursday after
noon that they would secure a script.
E. H. Kimball was the third witness
for the State, but no new points were
brought out in his evidence. When
he had finished telling his story, the
court asked the counsel for the de
fendant for their evidence, but, none
was submitted.
"We rest here," said A-r. Maxwell.
"I'll hear from you all," invited the
court.
"We have nothing to say," was the
response, in consequence of which
'SquIfeTllTfon"" rea'dthesTatne ani
Lound the defendant over to the
Superior Court.
Dr. Davidson's Side.
Dr. W. S. Davidson thinks that
The News story yesterday did not
iairly represent him in regard to the
charges against him writing a pre
scription for liquor for an applicant,
Mr. R. E. Henderson. The News
would not misrepresent anyone
knowingly and therefore presents Dr.
Davidson's version, which is this:
"I examined Mr. Henderson, who
did tell me that he was sick, though
The News' report stated otherwise.
He told me he had rheumatism and
ialaria and I prescribed quinine and
whiskey for the malaria. I told him
he didn't show any signs of rheu
matism but I gave him a prescription
cf arsenic and quinine, which he
reeucs not to have had filled. I told
him to come back in a day or "two
and I would give him a rheumatic
treatment. I did not write a pre
scription cn the Charlotte Drug Co.
and did not tell him where to get
the prescription filled, which I wrote
for him."
CHARLOTTE PARTIES WILL SUE.
Special to The News.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Jan. 12. Five
of the Charlotte party who were
brought to Lock and Dam have sued
Oliver Gunter Company and James
Cheatham for ?500 damages, following
criminal action, and they assert that
although they are stranded, they will
remain here until the cases are set
tled. Suit has been entered by the fol
lowing: E. P. Holman, G. D. Williamson,
Hamilton and Jas Mcllwaine and E.
W. Sizer. Other members of the par
ty who remain here as witnesses are:
T- C. Crump, Ben McCorkle, Sam Mc
Call, L. C. and Oscar Donaldson, J. O.
Smith, A. H. Nash, A. L. Tarlton and
L. M. Moore.
Mrs. Helton, who came here from
Charlotte with the expectation of find
ing her husband at Lock and Dam,
has been sent back home by the autho
rities at Lock and Dam.
The Grand Jury will take up the
criminal cases Monday and the civil
cases will be tried Friday. Plea has
been made , by members of the party
asking that Charlotte citizens raise
funds for their support until the cases
are settled. The Oliver Gunter com
pany refuse to give up baggage, tool
chests, etc., attached for transporta
tion charges.
The men claim that they were en
ticed to Tennessee by one James
Cheatham, who promised them higher
pay than they were receiving here,
alleging further that when they ar
rived at the place of operation they
were treated inhumanly and tii2 rem
ises made not kept. Solicitor Clarkson,
in response to a telerra::i from the
city attorney at Chattanocja, has wir
ed for one of the men to come back
and make a written complaint and he
will take out requisition papers
against Cheatham.
PROHIBITION BEEN
DECIOEO SUCCESS
IN GITYf DURHAilfl
A Strong Article on True
Situation in Durham Since
Abolition of Saloons. Has
Been an Era of a Remark
able Prosperity.
Criminality has Decreased
Near 50 Per Cent. Busi
ness Activity More Flour
ishing. Absolutely no Need
for Dispensary.
Special to The News.
Durham, N. C., Jan. 12. The fol
lowing article on the situation in
Durham since the abolition of sa
loons was prepared by Mr. J. H.
Scuthgate and others:
In some of the papers of recent
cate appears a communication from
Durham which makes the statement
that "there is a strong sentiment that
Dui'ham should have a dispensary,"
and the writer goes on to call atten
tion to the jug trade carried on here
and then says further: "This being
the condition, there are those who
?re opposed to whiskey in every form
who say -that if Durham is to get
on a jag, then why not get the jag
from Durham and assist in bearing
the burden of taxation. The senti
ment is strong now and getting
stronger."
Now, there is no doubt that those
who drink liquor would rather be
able to get it from a dispensary in
Durham than go to the trouble and.
expense of sending to South Boston,
or other points in Virginia for it, but
certainly no one can claim that the
representative people of Durham
want a dispensary. The saloons
were voted out three years ago by a
ruajority of about two to one, and
when the friends of the dispensary
circulated a petition a year ago, after
two years of prohibition, the people
were so well satisfied with the pres
ent situation that the dispensary ad
vocates failed -to get the requisite
cne-third. ojtJequalified voters to
s:gn their petition calling an elec
tion. Then the advocates of the
saloon took up the matter and they
also failed to get enough signers to
their petition to call an election.
Durham is a prohibition county,
and for three years no liquor has
leen sold legally in the county, ex
cept in the drug stcres on the pre
scription of a physician. Granting
that liquor is sold illegally, yet every
body knows that through the efficient
faithful prosecution of the violators
of the prohibition law by ; the able
Solicitor of this district, Mr. A. L..
Brooks, particularly within the last
few months, violations of the law are
being steadily reauced and many of
its violators are working on the pub
lic roads.
Much emphasis is placed upon the
heavy jug trade of Durham by your
correspendent, and the conditions
just before Christmas are described
as horrible. We grant that this heavy
jug trade is one of the greatest hin
drances to the temperance cause in
Durham, yet with all the liquor tha"t
was shipped in here, and with all
that was sold by all the law-breakers
in and around the city, the police
records show that there were eleven
fewer arrests for drunkenness during
the last ten days of December, 1906,
than were in the same period of 1903
when the bar-rooms were open, and
this in spite of the fact that thero
are now several thousand more peo
ple in Durham than there were in
December, 1903.
The sober and quiet Christmas of
Durham this year, as compared with
former years when' the bar-rooms
were in operation was the subject of
comment on all sides; and not only
is this true of the Christmas holi
days of 1906, but it is true of the
whole period of the three years under
prohibition. During the year 1903,
the last year - in which bar-rooms
were allowed to exist in our town,
there were, according to the report
of the chief of police, 1,635 ' arrests
for all causes, and 674 of them for
drunkenness. During the year 1904,
the first year under prohibition, there
Or to put " it in another way, there
were only 72 crimes of all kinds
under prohibition to 100 when bar
100ms were open, and only 29 arrests
for drunkenness under prohibition to
100 when we had bar-rooms.
This is a comparative ' statement of
one year only under each administra
tion. Taking the whole period of prohibi
tion in Durham, three years, the
were 1,010 arrests for all causes, and
200 of them for drunkenness. That
is, under prohibition in Durham,
crimes of all kinds were reduced
from 1,635 to 1,010 for the first year;
arrests for drunkenness were reduced
from 674 tox200 for the same time.
Continued on page 7
"An Out-Witted Detective," is a
bright, snappy story, written for The
News, by a talented North Carolina
woman and appearing in the supple
ment to-day.