North Carolina Newspapers

The News has the Largest Circulation of Any Afternoon, Pamper Published i in. the Two Carolines. c -i ti " ii i j SECTION ONE EIGHT PAGES. JL 1 ITa HI it2 n SECTION ONE EIGHT PAGES. 4"r4"HtM"H-i'I-I"I"I-I''I' THE ONLY EVENING ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWSPAPER IN CHARLO TTE. ESTABLIS.O ED IS88. CHARLOTTE, N. C, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 4, 1908. PRICE 5 CENTS. in - IS N. Carcjina Was First 1 o Any Concession Fron The Railroads Governor Glenn Thinks Two And Half Cent Rate Was Fits? Offered This State By Southern Railway. Governor Thanks Gover nor Hughes for Not Ac cepting Old North Car olina Bonds Offered by Bonding Syndicate. Special to The News. Raleigh, N. C, Jan. 4. Governor Glenn, in an interview foday, an swered the charges made from some quarters that South, Carolina has received from the Southern Railway Company concessions in rebates be cause that state has not harrassed the railroads on, the rate question and intimating rates were withheld from North Carolina because of the course of the state authorities. The Governor pronounced such con tention absurd and says the rates offered South Carolina by the railroad are the same demanded by him of the railroads and consented to by most of them. And North Carolina and not South Carolina was the first state given these rates, subject to the approval of the legislature. He says South Carolina had no legislature in 1907, but will have one this year and that will be called upon to approve the rates offered as the North Carolina e(j to go over the county and collect, legislature will be asked to do. the bale levy from the framers, re The Governor says North Carolina j ported that he had given one week to was the first state to compel the the work, ana that he had secured sub railroads to obey the law first, with scriptions for and collected $35. which au agreement was reached and? The secretary and treasurer, Mr. W. will go as far as any other state S. Pharr, reported collections for the to aid the railroads in this financial crisis since the authority of the state is recognized by the railroads. Governor Glenn wrote Governor Hughes of New York today thanking him for the example he set the gov-, ernors of other states and foreign rrom tnese were good, ana mat wnere nowers in declining the offered gift! ever the farmers had banded together of several million dollar of NOrth i-ti;o onoini bv bonds, issued, it V til wii mi tivviut " ' j alleged, under fraudulent conditions in the reconstruction period and re nliPrt rpneatedlv bv North Carolina legislature and the people. He ie- views the historv Of those bonds tO prove his claim that the same should , not pay them ana appreciation on behalf ot the peop of this state for the com se t ' . . gilt preterrea uy uie r - , i 11. ,. 1 . . , .-, . 1 f.Tc .nnru which recent ently renewed mc em nu of force. Governor Glenn win nave the legislature reconsider the repudia tion. Remarriage Mr, Mrs. Caldwell Ceremony Performed at Metropolitan Hotel in Washington, D. C, by Rev. Dr. Donald Mc Leod at Noon To-dav- Special to The News. Washington, D. C, Jan. 4. Mr. J. P. Caldwell and Mrs. Addie Williams Caldwell were remarried here today at noon at the Metropolitan notei uj n.ev. Donald C. MacLeod, of the First Pres byterian church, in the presence of several witnesses. Thev were first married inNework on Sept. 9, 1900. Mrs. Caldwell pro cured a divorce in Sioux Falls, S. D., in July, 1903. Mr. and Mrs. Caldwell will return to Charlotte within a few days. tiip above wire was received Tho News office this afternoon from Mr H E. C. Bryant, the Washington correspondent of the Observer. It will be read with the greatest interest in the social circles of Charlotte and Mr and Mrs. Caldwell will be univer sally showered with "happy New Years" when they reach this city with their lovely itllte daughter, Miss Ade Jaide Pearson Caldwell. It is needless for The News to add another word. Mr. and Mrs. Caldwell rue too widely known at home and throughout the state. Both are shin ing lights in journalism. Mrs. Cald well has been identified during her brilliant newspaper career with both the Observer and The News. This pa per extends to them the wish for many Jiappy New Years. High Point Concern Makes Assignment Special to The News. High Point, Jan. 4. Hendricks 5 and 10 Cent Store has made an assign ment for the benefit of creditors, nam ing T. J. Gold as trustee. The assets :ind liabilities are unknown. H H Paylor is now engaged taking slock and the store will be closed for County Cotton Growers Meet The Mecklenburg division of the North Carolina Cotton Growers' As sociation met today in the court house in regular monthly session. The most important business before the association was the preparation for the meeting of the state association, which will meet in Charlotte on Jan- nary 21st and 22nd. j The meeting was called to order by j the president. Mr. B. T. Price. Secre-1 tary W. S. Pharr then called the roll, and it was found that nearly every township in tha county was repre sented. The secretary read a letter from Mr. Moore, the manager of the Selwyn ho tel, inviting the state association to meet in the assembly room of that hotel. This invitation was accepted, and a vote of thanks was given to Air. Moore for his courtesy. A letter was also read from Mr. A. J. McKinnon, of Maxton, chairman of the executive committee of the state association asking that Mecklenburg county send a big delegation to the meeting of the association. The following were named as a com mittee to confer with a committee from the greater Charlotte Club in regard to the entertainment of the delegates:: Capt. S. B. Alexander. J. N. Bingham, McD. Watkins, C. M. Wolf, W. S. Pharr, W. M. Long, W. A. Peoples and J. M. McClintock. A committee of three was appointed to arrange to have a program printed. This committee is composed of the following: McD. Watkins, C. H. Wolf , and Capt. S. B. Alexander. Mr. Chas. Gibson, who was appoint- present month at $60. Mr. Moore, president of the state as sociation, made a few remarks . in re gard to the success of the warehouses, which had been established throughout the state. He said that the reports for the storing of cotton that htey had round no trouuie wnaiever m securing loans. Captain Alexander advdcated the es tablishment of a banking warehouse. He said that the farmers could not ac- eumpnsn auj uuiig wim tiiu . n.: .. 1 LUt; tululu"cu luc ,uuuc'- iiC Raid that if hankine warehouses were established, that the farmers could and f&n Qf ithp nnlv nnr th farmers owed would ' ' ' .7 ' ' " w - i)ank.ns warehouse, and thatUn-t rnr etrifep . . . tt u(1 , be controlled during: the months of mti,0 nf October and November. Captain Alexander contended that this was the only solution of the ware house system. Several speeches were made along these lines by the farmers present. A motion was made that Mr. Arm strong, the organizer of the Farmers' Union, who was present, be invited to address the association. There was several objections to this from several members. They contend ed that Mr. Armstrong was engaged in organizing a separate organization, one that if successful, would do away with the Cotton Growers' Association, and that they were not in favor of having discord to enter their ranks. Thai, they must stick to one thing if they wanted to accomplish their purpose. Powers Jury Has Been Discharged ry Associated t-iesb . Georgetown, Ky., Jan. 4. The Pow-i ers jury disagreed and was discharged. -i t- Out Forty-Eight Hours. After being out more than 43 hours the jury in the case of Caleb Powers, tried on the charge of complicity in the murder of William Goebel, reported t ' for the second time they were unable ll. i-i. , .j ; to agree upon a veruict auu weie mo charged by Judge Morris. This was the fourth trial of Powers. The jury stood ten for acquittal and two for conviction. PAVING MAY BE RESUMED Company Offers to Borrow Money For the City in Boston. The question of continuing the street paving Work will come up before the board of aldermen on Monday night. It is understood that the city has a proposition from the Atlantic Bitulithic Company, offering to borrow tne mon ey in Boston to go ahead with the work now while labor is cheap and plentiful, which will only cost the city a reasonable interest. Just what the proposition of the companv is to the city was not given out today by the mayor, but it is thought that some arrangement will be made whereby the work can be con tinued. Committee of 100 to Meet. The committee of One Hundred of the Laymen's Missionary movement will meet tomorrow afternoon at the Y. M. C. A. at 5 o'clock. There are a number of splendid reports to be made, and permanent officers are to Jbe elected. All men are invited. , t OF THE HJ0 - ABOARD A!P LINE wtrZjK,A I SYSTEM ' fQ RUTHEKFOfrDTON M y CJ- 4fcE.fe4FERNAND!NA .SaSagBgil iTACKSONVILLE CEDAR kEW&l 4--TAMPA 1V liFV VJjuJ, 1 Map of the Seaboard Road Now Martial Law Proclamation By Associated Press. Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 4. Governor Hanly has issued a martial law proc lamation placing Major General McKee in complete control at Muncie. General McKee has 12 companies of infantry, one battery and details from the signal and hospital corps of Indi ana National Guard with him at Mun cie numbering 530 men. ' The assembling of troops is the re sult of rioting in connection with the . .. . tv the state factory inspec K A J tor there are, all told, S,000 men idle in Muncie, a number of other union men beside street car employes being out of work. Bomb Exploded In National Bank Building By Associated Press. Kansas City, Jan. 4. A bomb was exploded in the basement of the three story marble building of the First Na tional Bank, in the business center, a few minutes after the noon hour. The force of the explosion was ter rific and caused much damage. Three persons were injured, one fatally. No clue to the person who placed the bomb has been found. A Fuller Story. About 250 people were in the bank at the time. The building was one of the most beautiful in the city, costing one million dollars. ' The bomb was placed in the toilet room in the base- ! tieiu .in hh ii u: Lilt: iiid.ni vault. iuc building was shaken as if by an earth- g &nd losion felt in all ) t f th it They Don't Want The Government Pensions By Associated Press. Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 4. At a meet ing last night of the Frank Cheatham Bivouac, United Confederate Veterans, a resolution was adopetd requesting the southern representatives in con gress to do all in their power to de feat the proposed pensioning of Con federate ' soldiers by the government. The resolution says in part: "We do not need the paternity of government. We consider it the duty of the respective states formerly com posing the Confederate States of Amer ica, to care for the worthy, needy Confederate soldiers out of their state treasury, as many of them are now do ing with great liberality." New Legal Firm. Messrs. J. L. Delaney and L. L. Cau dle, two of Charlotte's young attor neys, have formed a partnership for the practice of their profession. The style of the firm will be Caudle and Delaney. The firm will have offices in the new Law Building. A great deal of interest is being centred in the game of basket ba. I that will be played at the Young Men's Christian Association tonight at 8:3. o'clock between the Mystic Five and the Athlei.es. Juding from the games played by these teams a very close con test may be expected tonight. palkT h D C A ru V in the Hands of Receivers. Murder Mystery Nears Solution By Associated Press. "-' Newark, N. J., Jan. 4. Now that the identity of the "Lamp Black Swamp" murder victim has been definitely es tablished the police are hopeful that a complete solution of the mystery may be reached. It is likely several letters which have turned up since the body was identified as that of Mrs. Whitmore, may have important bearing on the fixing of the responsibility fo the woman's death. Some of these letters; signed with Mrs. Whitmore's name, were written several days after her body had been found. - The evident intent of the writer of the letters was to mislead the relatives of the dead woman to believe that she was still alive. The police take the ground that if they can trace the writer of these let ters tney will be justified in holding the person on the direct charge of mur der. To this end thew have procured sam ples of the handwriting of the dead woman's husband, which will be sub mitted to experts for comparison wTTn that in the letters purporting to have been written bv Mrs. Whitmore. Many Employes Affected By New Hour Scale By Associated Press. Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 4. The an nouncement was made thai beginning on Monday the Baldwin Locomotive Works will run on the eight hour in stead of the 10-hour basis. This will affect 15,800 men and boys and is equivalent to a suspension of more than 3,000 persons. WHITE ASKS FOR PARDON. Petition to the Governor Being Circu lated For Man In Jail for Con tempt. " A petition was being circulated to day asking the governor to pardon J. T. WThite, the young man, who is in jail under a sentence of thirty days for contempt in the recorder's court for refusing to answer a ouestion in a retailing case. White is now willing to-testify, but the recorder can find no decision whereby he can undo the sentence which was imposed in open court. The recorder will sign the petition, as will also the solicitor, and there is no doubt but that the pardon will be granted. In the meantime, however, White will have to remain in jail until he can be liberated by a legal process. Jury Finds Geo. A. Pettibone Not Guilty By Associated Press, Boise, Idaho, Jan. 4. The jury In the case of George A. Pettibone, charg ed with complicity in the assassina tion of Governor Steunenburg, found the defendant not guilty. REV. H. C. 100RE NEW EDITOR OF BAPTIST ORGAN Rev. W. C. Blanchard, For mer Editor of The Biblical Recorder, is Succeeded by The Rev. Mr. Moore to Take Charge. Progress Made on Mattam uskeet Railroad New Companies Chartered Spanish-American War Soldiers Receiving Money. Special to The News. Raleigh, N. C, Jan. 4. Rev. Hight C. Moore succeeds Rev. W. C. Hammond as editor of the Biblical Recorder, or gan of the North Carolina Baptists. This announcement, together with tne statement that Mr. Moore will accept and take up the duties at once is just made here. Only a few days before the Baptist state convention met in Wilmington the Recorder acquired the North Car olina Baptist, its only competitor and discontinued that publication at Fay etteville. The convention appointed Rev. William Lunsford, of Asheville; Rev. C. A. Jenkins, of Statesille; Mr. W. C. Dowd, of Charlotte; Prof. h. P. Hobgood, of Oxford ; Rev. J. C. Massee, of Raleigh, and Rev. C. J. Thompson, of Durham, a committee, in conjunction with the directors of the Recorder Com pany, to elect an editor to succeed Mrt Blanchard, who had determined to retire. The latter has disposed of his stock in the paper, which amounted to about $10,000. Rev. Hight C. Moore is recognized as one of the ablest of the younger Baptist ministers .in the state. After doing pastoral work for a number of years he was corresponding secretary for the ' State Baptist Sunday Sshool Board and had resigned this work to accept a similar position with the Southern Baptist Board at Nashville. His family has resided1 in Raleigh sev- eral years. Progress of Road. The council of state has received a report from the Mattamuskeet Railroad Company, on the progress of the con struction which is being pushed by use of state convicts, the state receiving pay in stock in the road, which is to be only 43 miles long and skirt the Matta muskeet lake. It shows that 23 miles of the road is graded and that very sat isfactory progress is being made. Tue company has renewed its bond with the state for the completion of the line. .Mr. Kitchin Confident. Congressman W. W. Kitchin, who has been in the city since yesterday evening at work in the supreme court library, left for his home this after noon, his purpose being to leave for Washington , Monday to resume at tendance on the sessions of congress. He expresses confidence that he will get the nomination in the next state democratic convention as gover nor to succeed Governor Glenn, and declared while here his belief that his victory over all opponents will be so great that he will get the nomination on the first ballot. Other News Notes. Adjutant General T. R. Robertson, of the North Carolina National Guard, in his annual report, just forwarded to the war department shows that the North Carolina guard now numbers 2, 078 men of whom 203 are officers. The enlistment is 79 men more than the re- DOFt last year showed. Inquiries, applications and proofs for the collection of the. balance due Nortn Carolina volunteers for the Spanish American war are pouring in to the governor's office now in great numbers, giving the governor, his private secre tary and Adjutant General T. R. Rob ertson a busy time for several hours each day. It is a hard task that the governor and his aides have assumed in distrib uting this money, but they are making progress and are striving to close the accounts just as fast as the proper proofs and o.ther papers are filed, rri vate R. L. Gray was the first to draw his check. He was a member of Com pany K, first regiment; and the amount of his check was $3.69. The Wilson Hardware Company, of Wilson, received a charter today, the capital being $25,000, by J. B. Barnes, J. B. Gray and others. There was also' a charter granted for the Faison-Clintpn Telephone Compa nv, of Faison, Duplin county. This company has a capital of $3,000 for es tablishing a line between Faison and Clinton, the incorporators being H. C. Precise, Jno. M. Faison and ' others. The negro managers of the colored exhibit at the Jamestown exposition from North Carolina have presented a fine umbrella to Col." Joseph E. Pogue as a testimonial of their appreciation for the interest and assistance Colonel r'ogue rendered them ia making the negro exhibit the. big success it was while he was commissioner general on the part of North Carolina for the state exhibit. - ' Dr. and Mrs. Fred. Misenheimer, of Salisbury, have returned home after spending a day here with Dr. and Mrs. Charles A. Misenheimer. Mr. Jay Mis enheimer was also here from Salisbury. Arkansas Posses After Escaped Convict Who Killed Two Pe o pie SPOKE OF JUDAS Great Interest in Revival Services at Pritchard Memorial Church. Chairs were used in the aisles in order to seat the crowd at Pritchard Memorial Baptist Church last night. Rev. Mr. Walker preached a powerful sermon on the "Doom of Judas." At the close of the services more than a score of people . came forward and gave their hand to the preacher in tok en of theid desire to lead better lives. Small Steamer Ashore. Ey Associated Press. Atlantic City, N. J., Jan. 4. Barne gate life savers report a small steam er ashore off Barngate. The vessel is said to be in no danger and is ex pected to float soon. Life savers have gone to the assistance of the crew. A Black Murder. By Associated Press. Irvington, N. J., Jan. 4. Nine stabs with a knife in the region of the heart accomplished the murder of Joseph Avellino, an Italian shoemaker, found dying in his shop. ' That robbery was not the motive of the assassination was indicated by the finding of a roll of bills in Avellino's pockets. Cotton Receipts. The receipts of cotton at the plat form today amounted to 46 bales at 11 1-16 cents, as against 41 bales at 10 cents on the same date last year. Boyish Burglar Shot By Officer Flovd Whitaker, Just 18 Years Old, Caught Robbing Store of C. B. Moore & Sons,is Woun ded by Officer J. H. Orr Floyd Whitaker, a youthful burglar, just 18 years of age, was shot last night while plundering the store of C. B. Moore and Sons, on Church and Stonewall streets, by Constable J. M. Orr, who was assisting his brother, Patrolman W. R. Orr and Patrolman W. W. Irvine to make the arrest. The ball entered the groin and ranged down into the hip. The wounded man was taken to the police station, where Dr. F. O. Haw ley, city physician, was called. Af ter an examination the boy was sent to the Presbyterian hospital. The ball was probed for, but has not been locat ed as yet. The patient is resting quit ly today and it is not thought that the wound will prove serious. Mr. H. M. Day was passing the store of C. B. Moore and Sons last night about 10 o'clock when he heard some noise inside the building as if some one walking around. He at once noti fied Mr. Moore, who telephoned for the police. When the officers arrived they found that a window had been broken open. The officers accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Moore went inside and lighted the laip3. Mrs. Moore was the first to discover a crouching body on top of a meat rack near the open window. She call ed to Constable Orr, and just at this moment the robber made a movement towards the window, and the officer fired, thinking that the man was about to open on the officers. The wounded man was carried at once to the police station. He gave his name as Floyd Whita ker, 18 years old. He stated that he came to Charlotte about two weeks ago, from Spartanburg, and had work ed around the Western Union Tele graph office. - He quit there about two days ago, and since that time, little had been seen of him. He went to the show last night, and afterwards loiter ed about the telegraph office until he was told to go away. He stated that his mother lived in Asheville, and ask ed that she be telgraphed for. In the pockets of the boy were found various small articles which he had taken from the store. These consisted of chewing gum, crackers and canned goods. . It was evident that he had just got in the building, and it is supposed that he had confederates on the outside watching, but these ran away when they found that they had been dis covered. No blame is atached to the officer doing tho shooting. A trapped bur glar is supposed to be desperate, and in such situations officers are in dan ger of their lives, and must use their guns to protect themselves. Trinity Gets Famous k Player As Coach By Associated Press. Baltimore, Md., Jan. 4.; Dr. Marie T. Adkins, one of the pitchers of tne Baltimore eastern league club, has accepted-the position of base ball coacn of Trinity College, Durham, N. C, He will enter on his duties there February 1st, returning to Baltimore in time for the coming championship season. . Members of The Posse Declare Standridge will Be Lynched if Caught His Bloody Record of Murder. Wife of Convict is Miss ing And is Thought to Have Been Murdered By Husband Intense Feeling. By Associated Press. Little Rock, Ark.. Jan. 4. Posses of citizens are searching the woods m tne vjjpmity of Spence, Newton county, in the effort to capture Yates Stanbridee. the escaned ccuvict who yesterday killed two peisons and wounded another. Members of the -posse declare Stanbridge will be lynched if caught. Stanbridge after escaping from state prison, where he was serving a RPJltpnPA fnr rnl-VoT-r wont tho home of his wife" and threatened her life. The woman sought protection at the home of a neighbor. Stanbridge followed 'her to the neighbor's home anw killed N. Rousemount and dan gerously wounded Mrs. Rousemount. Mrs. Stanbridge is missing and is believed to have been killed. THAT FIDDLERS' CONVENTION Estimated That Between 75 and 100 Performers Will Participate.. The date of the much-talked of Fid dlers' Convention is fast approaching and the managers promise the people of Charlotte one of the greatest treats they have ever had. It is estimated there will be anywhere from 75 to 100 performers in the opening overture, which is that grand old soul-stirring-foot-moving piece, "Mississippi Saw yer." Among the number will be boyb in the tender age of manhood and raen whose locks have been touched by the frosts of many winters. A beautiful picture this, the smooth faceed lad and the wrinkles and snowy locks of age, united in perfect harmony, striving to perpetuate the one thing that when struck sounds the key-note to every soul. "I have studied the musical situa tion in North Carolina," said Prof. C. B. Whitaker, "especially in the rural districts and find the interest in music very much retarded. The old veteran has laid his fiddle on the shelf in the -dusty cutty; the young chap has nev er caught the spirit. Every one has drifted into one monotonous rut, and all are longing for something and can't tell what it is. They have forsrotten that when the heart was heavy v. ;th sorrow, music turned the whole v.orld into one perpetual summer full of sun shine and happiness." "These conventions are to resurrect the fiddle,"continued Mr. Whitaker, "to make him get down his fiddle, teach his boy the 'old tunes so there will be more music and better music in old North Carolina than has ever been before." . DEATH OF MR. J. R. RUSSELL. Well Known Resident of Matthews' Dies of Heart Failure. Mr. J. Robert Russell, a well known farmer of Matthews, died suddenly last night at ; 12 o'clock, the immediate cause of death being heart failure. Mr. Russell was highly esteemed in his community. He was a native of Union county and went to Matthews about, six years ago. His wife and one son, Mas ter Willie Russell, survive him. The funeral services will be con ducted from the home tomorrow morn ing at 10 o'clock. The deceased was 45 years old. To Continue Prosecution Of Herbert Druce By Associated Press. London, Jan. 4. At a conference of lawyers an J others interested in the claim of George Hcllamby Druce to the estate and title of the Duke of Portland,' it was decided to continue the prosecution of, Herbert Druce for perjury when the case comes up in the police court January 6. While no statement was given out it is understood that the prosecution will insist that the burden of proving that the body found in the coffin is actually that of T. C. Druce lies with the defense. Smuggling of Small Arms. By Associated Press. San Francisco, Cal., Jan. 4. That small arms in large quantities have been smuggled into the interior of China from this city has come to the notice of the imperial consul at this port, Sun Sez Yee. Mr. Jenkins Chairman. Mr. L. L. Jenkins, president of the First National Bank of Gastonia, will act as chairman of the arganization committee of the Central National Bank. He will serve by mutual con sent. Mr. C. M. Hickerson will serve as secretary. a few days. v