ThgNews h sxs the LargesCirculation of Any Afternoon, Pa.per Published in the Two Carolines.
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ESTABLISHED iS88.
Jar Heel farmers Will
Make FertVjzer lrom
if.
Air Insia
lit. E. J. Berg, Distin
guished Expert, Believe
That Electricity Will
Secure Needed Nitrogen
from Air.
The Southern Power Com
pany's System is The
Best in Every Way the
Visitor Has Ever Seen,
He Says.
"In tlie present development of
electricity, one of the greatest things
j- the principle of utilizing electric
ity. tVr making fertilizer from the
nitrogen in the air. In ten years
f I'i 111 HO" w C mil OSTC, A UVin.iv,
much electrical power used for that
purpose us is now used in running
v,mr cotton mills. It will place North
'Carolina on a par as an agricultural
date "vith the western states of the
country, whu-h have the advantage of
virsin soil."
This statement was made today
in rn interview which a News rep
resentative had with Mr. E. J. Berg,
consulting engineer of the General
Electric Company, of Schenectady, N.
V Mr. Berg is a young man, com
paratively speaking, and yet he is a
rv-rLor of electrical science, so iar
lis it has allowed itself to be master
ed The News gave an account the
oilier day of an address by Mr. Berg
before tlie Engineering Society of the
Carolina?. At the conclusion of that
address a number of very difficult
questions were put to him and the
r.rviness with which he had an
iir.s7.-er for every one amazed those
vlin heard him.
Already a Success in Sweeden.
Continuing, Mr. Berg, said that
there was a great need of some such
pooess as he had referred to, for
s;.it-r,etre. which we have been im
porting from Chile, is well nigh ex
isted Mr. Bradley, of the Atmos
pheric Product Co.. of Niagara Falls,
ks the inventor of the process, but
the cost of electricity and other mat
ters hampered him, and did not
have 3:1 the success - he deserved.
Tk manufacture of fertilizer this
vy, kwever, is perfected and in
SfreeioT, there are many such plants
4.0;'
working with the greatest
success. The farmers here, too, ere
Ion?. . e distinguished expert thinks,
nil! be buying their own transformers '
an? njaxms their own lertmzer.
Mr. Ber? in his paper a few even
ings ago before the Engineering So
ciety srail that the conversion of
electrical energy from the sun had
passed the visionary stage. He de
scribed the method in his paper be
fore the society. The apparatus con
sists of a large shallow tank, cov
ered with glass, in which there are
a few inches of water. The water
is raised to the boiling point by the
sun's heat: vacuum pumps are em
ployed to lower the pressure, and the
steam thus obtained is used in driv
ing steam turbines.
"The heat on the deck of a steam
er even the largest of the ocean
greyhounds is enough," Mr. Berg
dtciaics. "to propel the big ship
across the s c." The introduction of
low pressure steam turbines has over
come the problem of low temperature:-?.
Southern Power Co. Praised.
llr. Jcrg had just returned from
an inspection of the Great Falls ana
Rocky Creek plants of the Southern
Power Company. He was asked forigpec;aj to Tne News.
sn opinion of the work there and 01
the possibilities in it, and he re
plied: "It seems evident that the South
ern Power development will be the
greatest, electrical development in thej
south, for very many reasons, among
them because it has the largest
available market for power and the
rather easy means of obtaining it.
Your rivers lend themselves to power 'at
I'.veiupment. rne nead 01 water is emu. umcia, mcivuun- .-.m.
favorable. It is not too high nor too) Edwards Humphrey Clothing Corn
low pany, of Lumberton, at a $10,000 capi-
'I know of no plant covering so tal, by N. W. Edwards and others.
much territory-some 350 miles of An amendment to the charter of tie
transmission-m which there have ; Independent Ice Company of Wilming
ton so w interruptions of service.; ton to increase the capital to 2o0,000.
IZ7 irT? Witht rKLrardC nofdenS
Witt seem-a 1 ofllce to Sandy
This excellent system extends to the.Cr0SS tates coumy.
hook-keeping auditing, etc., and this' .. , Pnat ppnata
important. I am much impressed! Mojor Bo. Regatta. ,
X
n ;V umai 1 ,
r- ui uie great men ot tne proies-;
:on.
Unusual Activity.
T did not exnect to see so much
fee' -VL tlus when. th . i
- v. ui.; paiuc are sun utuus u
jelt so senerally throughout the coun- 1
Jjr. I found 000 men at work and
ur. Lee put on a night shift while
n,Li , Je , re- 1 am sure Caarltte riage of interest to many Salisburians
JAM- to he happy to supply so mucht.jri. nthnvii took', nlaee at Morganton
tw time- K seems t0 me ,last week, the' contracting parties be-
' ,no cotton manufacturer within in Miss Willie Skahan, of this city,
raf.nis of 100 miles can afford toand Mr. Jerome Workman, of Morgan
r,. vri. 011t this Power. A steam tnn Miss Skahan was for a long time
W 1S t0 be erected at Spartan-1 an operator for the Bell Telephone
s and thus the continuity of pow-i mpany here. Mr. Workman is also
-o essential is assured. hn the emmoy of the Bell Company,
have read in books that the They will reside in Morganton.
Ten Years
southt i, -xan was not aggresive," said
Mr. Be4 s the conversation drifted
to other nnels but I find this ut
terly erix us. "I find him just
as aggress. as in any other sec
tion, of the country. The one draw
back is your negro problem, and
since coming down here my view
point is that of the southern man
on this question.
Must Insure Safety
Of Our Gunners
By Associated Press.
Washington, D. C, Feb. 27. Before
the senate naval committee, investigat
ing the charges of imperfections in our
battleships, Admiral Mason, chief of
ordnance, insisted that the American
method of handling ammunition in tur
rets is equal to any in the world, and
that all possible precautions are taken
to prevent "flare-backs" and other ac
cidents. He said that the changes now being
made in the ammunition hoists were
intended to secure greater speed of
loading rather than additional safety.
Chairman Hale and Senator Tillman
both declared that no expense must be
saved to insure the safety of the gun
ners. Admiral Mason, in answers to ques
tions, declared that the twelve-inch
gun was preferable for many reasons
to the large calibres for turrets.
As Regards Speculation.
By Associated Press.
Washington, D. C, Feb. 27. Discuss
ing the recent financial crisis in the
senate, Senator Nelson complained of
the amount of money which had been
loaned by banks for speculative pur
poses, which had the effect of taking
it out of the channels of legitimate
business and placing it "in the hands
of New York loafers, who live on stock
manipulation."
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More Trouble
At Fayetteville
bndercurrent of Reeling
Over Killing of Benton
Still Strong Negro Ar
rested Last Night Sev
eral Ordered Out Town
Special to The News.
Fayetteville, N. C, .Feb. 27 Upon
receiving advice that the negro Jones
had not left the citv. a?? ordered a
few days ago for threatening the
life of Deputy Sheriff Pate, a vigilant
committee of citizens silently gather
ed at midnight to call on the negro.
Upon arriving at the Jones resi
dence he was found to be absent.
As the committee were returning
back to headquarters they met a
negro, Professor Pate, who claims to
be a teacher in the Normal school.
He was heavily armed and loaded
down with ammunition.
He was immediately siezed and
placed in jail.
Another prominent negro, on ac
count of certain remarks, has been
requested to leave the city immedi
ately. There is a marked undercurrent of
disquiet beneath the surface of ap
parent smoothness and much is being
said which proves that the indigna
tion of the people has not abated at
the brutal killing of Chief Police
Benton.
New Incorporations
Raleigh, N. C., Feb. 27. Charteis
and amendments today are:
Cronly Brick Company, of Wilming
ton, at a capital of $10,000, by G. T.
Wilder and others.
Argyle Club, of Laurinburg, 40 mem-
hers, for literary and social purposes,
Judge Walter Neal is among the in
corporators. Bavid Dewyn Co., of Bessemer City,
a $10,000 capital, by N. C. Nichols
St. Augustine, Fla,Feb. 27.-St. Au-
leustine's first annual motor boat re-
, tn.inv Three events are
scheduled; a five mile race for boats
rating under SO feet; similar race for
I three rating 80 feet ana aoove, aim i
mile race open to all boats. The entry
f ljht
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skahan-Workman.
qn1iqi11irv n n Feb. 27. A mar-
CHARLOTTE, N. C
Officials of Many Roads At
tend Hearing on Applica
tion to Put Off Operation
Of The New "Nine Hour"
Law
General Manager of South
ern Says His Road Simply
Could Not Bear The Bur
den of Additional Expense
The Result.
Special to The News.
Washington, Feb. 27. The operating
officials of railways from all parts of
the country were inattendance upon
the hearing given by the interstate
commerce commission of the applica
tion of an extension of the time of
going into effect of the "nine-hour-law."
A petition of the Georgia Southern
and Florida Railway already has been
denied.
Among the thirty-seven petitioning
are the following: Southern, Sea:
board Air Line, Central of Georgia,
Norfolk and Western, Georgia Rail
road. Could Not Bear Burden.
General Manager Ackert, of the
Southern frankly stated that his sys
tem could not bear the burden of
additional expense and that if the
law was enforced it would mean
simply that the curtailment of oper-
ating expenses in every direction,
would have to be made. . Such cur
tailment, he said, would put out of
employment many men now occupying!
positions with the company.
Standard Oil Company Hearing.
By Associated Press.
Washinston. D. C. Feb. 27. Com
nptitivfi t-nt.ps? pernin was the subiectJ
developed at the hearing of the suit'
of the government against the Stand
ard Oil Company, for the annulment
of the corporations charter.
R. N. Wooten. of Atlanta. Ga.. for
several years manager for the Inde-,
pendent- OH company m -usorgia,
continued his testimony as to the
methods pursued by the Standard in
"breaking down" competition of the
independent concerns. On cross ex
amination Wooten said he was un
able to fix any specific instance of
price cutting on the part of the
Standard in any specific year, during
three or four years covered by the
examination.
German Speculator
Visits Winston-Salem
Special to The News.
Winston-Salem, N. C, Feb. 27.
Mr. Heinlick Wollheim, a distin
guished citizen and capitalist of
Grunwald-Berlin, Germany, was here
this week investigating the merits
of the stamp-vending machine inven
tion of Messrs. Briggs and Williams.
Mr. Wollheim was so well pleased
with the machine .that he purchased
an interest in the American and
foreign rights and decided to intro
duce the machine in all countries of
Europe and other parts of the world.
He gave the manufactures here large
order for immediate shipment to
London, Paris, Berlin and Viena.
Mr. Wollheim came to America on
invitation of United States govern
ment to exhibit the able stamp vend
ing machine which has met with
great success in Europe. The finan
cier stated that the Briggs-Williams
machine was the smallest 'he had
ever seen. He will sail for home on
March 3rd.
MORGAN GOING TO EUROPE.
Banker's Departure Regarded as Sign
of Financial Safety.
New York, Feb. 27. J. Pierpont
Morgan sailed for Europe yesterday on
the Adriatic. He will go directly to
London.
The fact that Mr: Morgan regards
the financial situation as sufficiently
cleared to permit him to go abroad
was interpreted as a favorable indica
tion in Wall Street and in banking cir
cles generally.
Lima Regrets to
Say Good bye
By Associated Press.
Lima, Feb. 27. Lima is regretting
that the stay of the American fleet is
drawing to' a close. Entertainments
have been constant, brilliant and suc
cessful. The sailors have enjoyed their
excursions and shopping expeditions,
and they have maintained a reputation
that the man afloat has for spending
his' money. Shop-keepers, fruit vend
ers and curio dealers have reaped a
rich harvest.
Thousands of men had shore-liberty,
but there has been no unpleasant in
cident or clash.
There was an informal reception on
board the battleship Connecticut yes
terday. The fleet leases Saturday.
AGKERT SAYS ROAD
COULD NOT STAND
HIRE HOUR LAW
THE ONLY EVENING ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWSPAPER IN CHARLOTTE.
THURSDAY EVENING,
THREE CI
ED TB DEATH
EAR GREENSBORO
Horrible Tragedy Occurs
Near Greensboro, at Home
of Thomas Hardin, When
Three Little Children were
Burned to Death.
Were Playing Around Pot of
Boiling Tar When Con-
- tents Emptied Burning
Them to Death Instantly
V a Jtuu diory.
Special to The News.
Greenaboro, N. C, Fb. $7. This
morning, at the home ot Thomas Har
din, a dairvman. two miles frnm tTio
city, two of his children, and one of
nis brother's, were burned to death by
turning over a pot of boiling tar.
They were playing around the pot
where the tar was being prepared for
roofing.
The children were age four, six and
seven years.
They were playing to take the pot!
Wit, IUUIUUU5 C AJ.Wj IUXUU5.
The pot overturned, the fluid envel
oping them, causing the instant death
of two, the third surviving only half
an hour.
Forest Reserve
Measure Up
By Associated Press.
Washington, Feb. 27. Hearings
were begun before the house judiciary
committee on the constitutionality of
the proposed acquisition by the gov
ernment of lands more valuable for the
regulation of stream flow than for oth
er purposes in the Southern Appala
chian Mountains and in White moun
tains. v.
Among those who spoke in support
of the constitutionality was F. I.' Oli
ver, of Charlotte, N. C. The consti
tutionality was denied by Representa
tive Bartlett of Georgia.
The Lever-Currier bills, authorizing
tho acquisition of these watershed
lands and appropriating five million
dollars for that purpose were referr
ed to the house committee on agri
culture. Subsequently Representative Bart
lett introduced a resolution referring
the question of the constitutionality of
the bills to the judiciary committee.
Today's hearing was preliminary to
that of the committees report, which,
it. is conceded, will either prevent the
Lever-Currier bills from further con
sideration by the agriculture commit
tee or will give them strong impetus
toward the passage.
Dr. Adam Fisher Is
Given Commission
Special to The News.
' Raleigh, N. C, Feb. 27. Commis
sions were issued by the governor to
members of the North Carolina board
of exaniners of the State Veterinary As
sociation, before whom all applicants
for licenses to practice veterinary sur
gery, must be examined in the future.
The commissions are to Dr. Taite.
Butler, of Raleigh, five years; Dr. Ad
am Fisher, Charlotte, four years; Dr.
W. G. Roberts, Raleigh, three years;
Dr. Watts Ashcraft, Monroe, two years
and Dr. T. B. Carroll, Wilmington, two
years.
"Round Table"
Conferences
By Associated Press.
Washington, D. C, Feb. 27.
"Round table" conferences of the
Department of Superintendence of
the National Education Association
were held at the various places dur
ing the forenoon.
These conferences consisted of state
and county superintendents; superin
tendents, of larger cities; superiten
dents of medium and smaller cities
and on agricultural education.
Among those who talked at the
round table conference of the state
and county superintendents were G.
G. Joynes, Onancock, Va.; Lewton
B. Evans and J. M. Pound, of Augus
ta, Ga.; and J. Y. Joyner, of North
Carolina.
Carlton B. Gibson, of Georgia, was
a speaker at a conference of super
intendents of medium and smaller
cities, and H. C. White, of Georgia,
on the topic, "Preparation of Teach
ers for Agricultural Education."
Receivers for Big Companies.
Norfolk, Va., Feb. 27. Under suits
filed by John A. Barham, of Phila
phia, Federal Judge Waddill has ap
pointed J. J. Dekinder, of Philadel
phia, and ohn B. Locke, of New
port News, Va., receivers for the Na
tional Water Supply Co. and Penin
sula Pure Water. Co., allied in con-j
struction and operation of water sys
tems for Newport News, Hampton
Phoebus and government reserva
tions in the county, of Elizabeth City,
Va.
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FEBRUARY 27, 1908.
NEGRO TELLS OF
black mm
Two Negro Boys Arrested
And Lodged in Peniten
tiary, Charged With The
Murder of Mrs. Ellisor on
Yesterday.
Lynching Was Narrowly
Averted One of Negroes
Tells Story of The Killing
Implicates Anothei Ne
gro. Special to The News.
Columbia, S. C, Feb. 27. Two young
negroes, who give their names as Brack
Toland and Ned Toland, are now in
the penitentiary charged with the mur
der of the aged Mrs. P. W. Ellisor,
which murder occurred in Lexington
county, across the Congaree river from
Columbia, yesterday morning.
The younger of the two boys admits
that he was present when the old wom
an was killed, but says that his broth
er was not present. The two boys
were caught last night at Newberry by
Sheriff Buford and brought here this
morning under strong guard.
Posses of determined men were wait
ing for them and had the opportunity
offered they would have been lynched
certainly, but the train from New
berry was stopped near the peniten
tiary and the boys were soon safely
within the gates of the big prison,
where the correspondent of this pa
per talked with them a few minutes la
ter. Told of Black Plot.
Brack Toland says -that he went to
Cayce yesterday morning and met
there a strange negro who suggested
that they go to the Ellisor house, where
he could get some money, as all the
folks were away.
Brack waited on the outside of the
house to watch while the strange neg
ro went inside. After about 15 min
utes the negro came out the back door,
saying he had killed the old woman.
Brack declared he did not hear the xld
woman cry Out at all. The 'two went
up the railroad track and walked in
each others footsteps, for a distance,
then they entered the town of BrooK
land and sold the shotgun which had
been taken from the house, getting
therefor $1, which was divided between
them. Brack left the other negro on
the Columbia side of the toll bridge
and later joined his brother, both tak
ing the train for their home in Newber
ry county.
Mrs. Ellisor, an aged woman, while
at home alone yesterday morning was
struck in the head with her husband's
axe and killed instantly.
Her husband, returning home later,
found his daughter sitting on the
doorstep and the door locked. They
thought the old woman had gone off
and left the door locked, but after wait
ing some time became suspicious and
broke in the house, finding Mrs. Elli
sor dead in the clothes basket.
ThP storv of Brack Toland is not
altogether accepted, and it is suspected
4-1. n 1- io Kvnthor was with him and
helped commit the murder.
Permanent Receivership.
Special-to The News.
Raleigh, N. C, Feb. 27 Judge Biggs
this afternoon made permanent the re
ceivership for the Raleigh Evening
Times, requiring Receiver W. H. Pace
to increase his bond from one to five
thousand dollars.
The counsel for the paper admitted
insolvency and offered no resistance
to Mr. Pace as receiver.
Attempt to Wreck Train.
By Associated Press.
Hieeinsville. O.. Feb. 27 An
at-!
tempt to wreck an eastbound Chicago
& Alton passenger train, running be
tween Kansas City and St. Louis, was
made at the west edge of Higginsville
last night. A freight train that pre
ceded the passenger knocked the ob
struction from the track.
At the' foot of the main street, a
dozen logs had been placed across the
tracks. The freight train fortunately
was running slowly, and no one was
hurt. The only thing that saved the
passenger train was that it was a few
minutes late. No clew to the wreck
ers has been found.
Night Riders
Destroy Home
By Associated Press.
Hopkinsville, Ky., Feb. 27. Night
riders set fire to the residence of
Broussais Gregory, near here, and fired
guns into the bedroom in which Greg
ory, his wife and daughter were sleep
ing. The residence was burned to the
ground.
A detail of troops has been ordered
to the scene.
The band left a note accusing Greg
ory of violating his pledge to the as
sociation.
it ..r. TT7o w tVoqI nf T.aiirinlinrs'
mm
is spending a few days in the cityjwade Hampton, and had a good
at the Selwyn Hotel. ' cord.
Many Persons Were
Badly Injured in Early
Morning Conflagration
The
Career of
Mrs. Paul Roy
By Associated Press.
New York, Feb. 27. The investiga
tions which followed the startling
charge of Mrs. Paul Roy, or, as she is
better known, Glacia Calla, a singer,
that her brother, George A. Carkins,
who was supposed to have committed
suicide at Newington, N. H., was in
reality murdered by Paul Roy, has
brought to light the young woman's
eventful life-story.
Her career, which began at Ports
mouth, N. C, included a series of ad
ventures in New York and New Eng-
iland, and reached its height in Paris,
where she lived for several years.
In 1889 she announced that she was
going on the stage. Nothing was heard
from her until three years later, when
her beauty and manner of dressing cre
ated a sensation on her return to Ports
mouth. Among her admirers was a j-oung
lieutenant of the Portsmouth navy
yard. For some reason the attention
of the government was called to this
attachment and an inquiry was begun
which resulted in the lieutenant leav
ing the service.
Immediately afterward she again
took to the stage under the name of
Gladys Hodgdon, and appeared in nu
merous productions as a dancer.
Subsequently she appeared in Paris,
where she attended many smart func
tions. It was there she met Roy. Their
acquaintance was renewed when they
met in America and their marriage fol
lowed in Boston.
Second Travel Talk.
The second series of travel talks at
the Y. W. C. A. parlors will be de
livered tomorrow evening at 8 'o'clock.
It is open to all the friends of the
association who would like to hear it
The East Trade
Street Crossing
City Engineer Firth's Spe
cifications Showing St,
And Railroad Grade
Elevations Side Walks
Would Not be Changed
There seems to be but little doubt
that the conference in this city on the
lbtn-or March between the city engi
neer and engineers from the Southern
and Seaboard railroads will result in
an agreement to build an overhead rail
road crossing on East Trade street
where the tracks of those roads inter
sect this street. City Engineer Joseph
Firth has completed his specifications
of the proposed work, showing both
the grade perecentage of East Trade
street and that of the railroad tracks
as they will appear on completion of
the work.
It is proposed that the railroad be
raised six feet, making a one per cent,
grade from Fifth street, and the
street lowered nine feet, making a five
per cent, grade beginning 250 feet east
of College street. This will allow 15
feet for the subway which is high
enough for the passage of the street
cars or any kind of lofty vehicles.
Should this plan be accepted the pres
ent sidewalks on both sides of Trade
changed as the raising of the railroad
six feet will allow a sufficient heighth
for pedestrians to pass. By this ar
rangement the abutting property will
not be injured.
The East Trade street grade, accord
ing to Mr. Firth's survey, beginning
from a point 250 feet East of College
street to the lowest level under the
railroad tracks, will not be as .much as
the grade from College street to the
Square, the latter being six per cent.
Trade street from College 250 east
ward will not be altered, thus
forming practically a level platform,
or "resting place," after climbing the
first hill. This grade will dip down to
the railroad property and will be per
fectly level under the tracks. On the
other side it will rise on a one per cent,
grade to 100 feet toward Brevard
street where it meets the present
grade.
The cost of this work, it is understood
will be divided between the railroads,
the 4 C.'s Company, the city and the
county, but until further surveys are
made as to the amount of excavations,
the bridge and other things, the cost
cannot be estimated. The railroads, it
has been said, will not agree to two
tracks as they claim it will require at
least four, two each, to accommodate
the present and future traffic over this
route. However, four tracks may be
put in as easily as two with extra ex
penditures. COURIER OF HAMPTON DEAD.
Veteran Soldier and Merchant Passed
Away Last Night.
Special to The News.
Greenville, S. C, 'eD. zi tienry
fcjnumaie, One UJ. wecmuroa yxvmv.v,
merchants, died last night at the
home of Mr. Hovey Smith on Manly
street, in his 63rd year.
Mr. Shumate in his business expe
rience in Greenville covering morel
ed quite o comfortable competence. In
itiio -nrr- Tiq wna ft or.nripr for fieneral
re-
PRICE 5 CENTS.
Two Persons May Die
0
From Injuries Received
Others Badly Hurt
Narrow Escape of Many
In Two Fires.
Fire in Big Chicago Build
ing Creates Panic
Among Telephone Girls
Two Faint Firemen
Overcome by Smoke.
By Associated Press.
New York, Feb. 27. Two persons
were burned so severely that may die,
a dozen or more were severely hurt,
and scores of others were rescued from
perilous positions by the firemen in
two early morning fires.
Although in widely separated sec
tions of the city, it is believed that
both fires were of incendiary origin.
The fire in which many were injured
was in a tenement house in East First
street. The flames were noticed on
the third floor and before those sleep
ing in the upper floors were aroused
the fire had spread throughout the
third floor, cutting off all escape by the
stairways.
Even before the firemen had arrived
the fire escapes were crowded with
scantily clad and badly frightened men
and women, many of them carrying
children in their arms. So closely were
the tenants crowded on the fire es
capes that the openings were choked,
and they had to be taken down on fire
ladders.
Another serious fire was that in an
apartment house in One Hundred and
Fourteenth street. Thirty persons
were removed from this building by the
policemen and firemen.
Fire at Chicago.
Chicago, 111., Feb. 27. Two girls
fainted and forty-eight others, all tele
phone operators in the main exchange
cf the Chicago Telephone j Company,
vere thrown into a panic this morn
ing, when smoke entered the building
from an adjacnt four-story brick struc
ture, where fire was discovered in the
basement.
Four firemen were slightly overcome
by smoke. The damage to the building
is estimated at $40,000'. ; r ' v :
Mediation Conferences
On Wage Difficulty
By Associated Press.
Washington, D. C, Feb. 27. Commis
Fioner of Labor Neill said the first of
the mediation conferences between the
mediation board and the Southern Rail
way oiQcials and employes, who have
been unable to agree on the proposed
wage reduction scale will be held pos
sibly by Saturday. Commissioner
Neill has called on the Southern for
names of organizations and addresses
of their representatives with whom the
road has been dealing the past two
weeks in an effort to compromise
a reduction.
TO CELEBRATE MAY 20TH.
A Movement cn Foot to Plan Big
Celebration.
There is a movement on foot, and
it is understood that certain of the
city omcials are interested for a big
Twentieth of May Celebration this
year. Sometime ago the mayor re
quested an official to approach the
merchants and business men of the
city for an expression cf opinion and
while quite a number of merchants
have been approached-there are still
many more who have not been seen.
However, the general opinion is that
the week should not go by without
a public demonstration of some kind.
Many merchants said they were will
ing to contribute and assist in any
way possible in a celebration.
TO FIGHT STATE PROHIBITION.
An Effort to Rid Democratic Party of
Certain Leaders.
That there will be a strbng fight
against state prohibition is now a cer
tainty, and the movement will bo
launched in Salisbury on March 5th.
Letters have been received by
Charlotte parties from Hon. George
L. Morton, of Wilmington, asking
them to be present at a meeting in
Salisbury on March 5th, which will
"take concerted action to rid the
democratic party of its populistic
tendencies and some of its populistic
leaders and to save the principles dt
local self-government rrom attacks
made upon it in the present prohibi
tion fight."
It is not stated who theso alleged
"populistic" leaders are.
Baby Carriage Needed.
A baby carriage and baby clothing is
needed at the Crittenton Home in
this city. If any persons nave a iuu-
rc5Q r.TTrv nnd outgrown miduu
thev mav do a useful tavor
, fecn mv. , . -Ttt ttt TTarnn(1 No
by 'phoning Mrs. W. V. Hagood, o.
661.
A Correction.
A mistake occurred in the headlines
the story of the meeting uj. m
creditors of the Odell , ctn
11 Yt.TJZ'U have read "Odell Mfg.
Company m jeacmaj o
neauwuw aw -
Co.," rather than "Cone Mfg. Co.