North Carolina Newspapers

The News has the Largest Circulation of Any Afternoon Pevper Published in the Two Carolines M -M BL. m A 1 THE ONLY EVENING ASSOCIATED. PRESS NEWSPAPER IN CHARLO TTE. ESTABLISHED )888. CHARLOTTE, N. C., WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 11, 1908. PRICE 5 CENTS. Horrible 1 ragedy Enacted At The Laurens School May Locate Big Pulp Well, Who Could Turn'-, Down Ah Gf-( Mill Here To Utilize The Old Field Mnes NOW. THINK Liinrder .And & r -g uiciae I Shall Stick K X ma ,1a t Awn fin- I wmM:j if When Matron of i ion able School for W m Went To Room Found Two Women Dead tn Bed. Revolver With Two Chambers Empty F ound Lying on Women's Breast Woman Had Long Been Friends, y Associated Press. 'Visum, Mass., March 11 Murder r'.:. 1 suicide at Laurens School, an ex d . -h e finishing school for young wo w.. n. at 107 Audcbon Road, is reported ;,i ihe l olice here. The dead women are Miss Sarah eiu-.mberlain Weed, of Philadelphia, Ta., an. I 31iss Elizabeth Bailey Hardee, si: :H Uwinneth street, East Savannah, Each was about 35 years of age and had been intimate friends since v graduation from Wellesly College, :;iss Hardee receiving her diploma in and Miss Weed a year later. Miss Hardee was instructor in mathe iu.i'ics nt Wellesley in 1S99 and 1900, since that time had been teaching in Vermont. Last summer the two women decided tc open a boarding school for girls on A::ii'bcn road, in the Fenway. On October 1, the day upon which the Laurens School, as they called it, v.'.s opened, Miss Weed broke down ,;s a result of overwork, and was taken io a sanitarium, where she had since ! H vii under treatment for nervous pros ;va; ion. Last night she escaped from the saii ii:;rium and made her way to Laurens .Sdie-cl. Miss Hardee volunteered to .-.; tor her during the night pending her return to the sanitarium. .Miss Weed behaved in a peculiar manner, according to the teachers, wandering aimlessly about the school 'jjil'img and occasionally making uine strange or incoherent remark. At length Miss Hardee persuaded "diss Yv'ccnI to retire, and the demented vo-.i)-!n followed her to her own cham on the third liuov of the school. WW. Mrs. Page, the matron of the school, went to Miss Hardee's room ibis inoming to awaken her, she was Ai".ek$ to find both women dead in lu. Mi.-s Hardee had been shot through tiie base of the brain, while there was a I ;;:Li wound in Miss Weed's right A r. -. elver with two chambers empty was lying on Miss Weed's breast. M'Viicul Examined Steedman, after reviewing the bodies, declared that Miss Weed had committed suicide after having killed Miss Hardee. A Later Story. ' Suffering from melancholia, due to (v('iv.oik, Miss Sarah Chamberlain W i . a, of Philadelphia, shot and kilied .Miss Elizabeth Bailey Hardee, of East Atv;:r.ruiii, Ga., and then committed sui ei'ie a the Laurens School. Lorii women were awakened by Mrs. Pao at G o'clock this morning and weiv notified that they must get up it i Ucy were to catch the 7:35 train, on videh Miss Weed was to be taken l ack to West Newton. Miss Page then left them, and a few nxna nts later the shooting occurred. Mrs. Page thinks that the mention of rotund ng to the sanitarium must have ; and angered Miss Weed and hi'!uc-e 1 the shooting. Simply Worked Too Hard. Miss Hardee., in addition to her v-ii"., work had taken great interest in scuh.meat work in this city espe- OUtl! among the Italians in North Huiing her college career, she End. prominent in many branches and !':::( :-lv nonnlav. Miss Weed's work o bavin? college has been confin o'i ainiost entirely to teaching and it was entirely due to her exertions in "''ihig the new school ready that her ': :'! and mind broke down. While a saniturium at West Newton she v as liveuontly subject to extreme par ''Misiu .;f weening but never anneared If ar anv imimosHv a.sainst. anv of or Iriends. Family Hear the News. J'liiiadf-lijliia, Pa., March 11. Mrs. iiva. M. Vpf- mnilior r.f ATisa SHrah Cl'.yiaberlain Weed, who shot and kill 'l Mis:; Elizabeth Hardee of East Sa V;,ia, Ga., lives in a fashionable su !ui!i of Philadclnhia with her daueh- t( nai L. W. Tavlor. an uncle of the -1 woman. The family did not know 0! ;.. tragedy until shown the Associ ;" M Press dispatch from Boston. The I!!0! who is a widow, is ill in bed " raator is librarian at Wellesley io ie. The news was first impart ' Miss Harriet N. Weed, another or. This rsister and the family ' -diss Sarah Weed was ill in Now ;iai!d with nervous prostration but net. believe her condition as se '' a:; it, must have been. Miss Sa- W ", ii, was learned from the !h", did not live here, but occasion- vi sited hor mother, acebmnanied Miss Ha: dr. Co I'll,' Hi'1 warily is in comfortable circum- ilir; TKe Yorktown Was Second. ii 1 ranfisf-n n-i Hn.i, 11 Thn ' !!HHat v'oi'ktnwn u rrlircl Jr. V,r mat! .'.in ui iiivu, in L.11V. iiiuv- i i't i f t.n : , , .. .1 ''t scoring at target practice at ,u"- was next to the Albany. BID MAJORITY OF DELEGATES FOR IJUF.ES bity Special to The News. Raleigh, N. C, March 11. A special Pullman car filled with delegates from Charlotte arrived this morning to work for the state democratic convention to be held in the Queen City. They are working "like beavers," with every prospect of success. Members of the delegation declare that they already have a majority of the committee committed to Charlotte. Executive committeemen are arriv ing on every train and the prospect is that this will be one of the most largely attended committee meetings in years. The Rev. Hester Accepts Call. Special to The News. Winston-Salem. N. March 11 Rev. W. R. Hester, , who has been pastor of the four-fold Gospel Church here for a year and a half, has re signed. He and his family left today for Canton, N. C, where Mr. Hester will become the pastor of the Metho dist Episcopal Church at that place. Politicians Fight Duel Democratic State Senator Kemp of Louisiana was Killed in Political Brawl By Political Leader Flyde By Associated Press. Amate, La., March 11. A strained political situation in the Louisiana democratic circles was last night re sponsible for the killing of a demo cratic state senator-elect, Kemp. He was shot and killed by C. F. Hyde, a voniig political and business lender of' this section. Yesterday the men quarreled about a recent democratic primary for lieu tenant governor, in which J. J. Bailey and Paul Lambremont competed with the result that Bailey, the defeated candidate, filed a protest charging the democratic state central committee with fraud. Hyde in the discussion of this con troversy is alleged to have called Kern) a liar. The friends of both thought the incident trivial and it had apparently been forgotten until last right, when Senator Kemp with a drawn revolver walked into Hyde's place of business accompanied by a friend. Hyde was unarmed. Kemp still keeping his revolver 5n sight demanded an apology, which was re fused. Kemp is then alleged to have slapped Hyde in the face. The sen ator's friends at this point interfered and separated the two men, who there upon agreed to meet and fight it out with revolvers. Senator Kemp then leit, and Hyde went into his house nearby and secured his revolver. When he came out he shouted to Kemp to wait for him which the senator did. They approached each other and Hyde opened fire, two shots fatally wound ing the senator who died. Hyde was not injured and the witnesses claim Kemp did not shoot. International Congress On Welfare of Child By Associated Press. Washington, D. C, March 11. First on today's program of the Internation al Congress of Mothers on the welfare of the child, at its morning session, was a conference of the national press committee of the society. The morning session closed with the reading of reports of the foreign dele gates. Medical Journal Of Charlotte Chartered Raleigh, N. C, March 11. The Char lotte Medical Joudnal Co., Charlotte, was given charter today, with authori ty to publish periodicals, newspapers. Capital $25,000 authorized; $12,000 subscribed by E. C. Register, W. C. Nisbitt, R. Li. Gibson, P. M. King, W. HH. Wakefield. Bv Associated Press. New York, March 11. Charles W. Morse, former banker, and Alfred II, Curtis formerly president of the Na tional Bank of North America, pleaded nrvt P-niHv in tbr IT. S. circuit court to c, inini" lnrlintTTlPnt of 29 Counts. i.. . m, isi j- 9n nnn f-T- l ne oan was liAtJu. il ou,uuu Morse and $10,000 for Curtis, which was furnished. rScfp nil n c U llldll u u I! II u Cut Baseball vA L FOREVER 0 uncombe Farmer Confessed Shooting Commander Key Gives Views By Associated Press. Washington, D. C, March 11. Com mander Key, naval aide to the presi dent, before the senate committee on narval affairs, which is comparing the American ships constructed since 1890 with British ships built in the same period, tendetl by his diagrams to show that the American vessels overdraft to a greater degree than does the English ships. His observations were that the de cision of the Walker board, that the; normal draft of a battlship should be j here, the fighting draft has been dis- j regarded by the naval constructors. Commander Key suggested that the ; general boards, which are not responsi- j ble under the law, have too much au-i thority. He said America is the onlyi country in the world that has "hung" to the type of hoist which does not iso late the handling room from the guns, adding that it has been six years since, the dangers of this hoist had become known, in which time it had cost fif teen lives. Commander Key then said that these fifteen lives were "unnecessarily sacri ficed," but that the chief of ordnance has now asked for more than $2,000,000 in order to correct the defects in the hoists. High Point Wants A New Opera House Special to The News. High Point, N. C, March 11. There is a movement on foot to give High Point a new opera house. The plans have not fully matured yet, but the parties interested have every reason tn bfilifive thai, the arrangements will! be perfected in a short time. The! building in view can be so arranged as to make a very nice little opera house by the investment of about $5,000. Mr. A. E. Tate, president of the Man ufacturers' Club, Dr. W. G. Bradshaw and Mr. F. N. Ttate, of the board of governors, left last night for Washing ton, to try and secure a speaker for the annual banquet to take place in April. This commitee will extend an invita tion to Hon. Champ Clark, of Missou ri, and there is a probability that he will accept. Special to The News. Statesville, N. C, March 11. Dep nt.v Collector J. M. Davis during the past ten days has destroyed four stills which had just begun business and had not gone far enough with a "run" to make any of the genuine article before ' the officer came and whacked the stills in pieces. The last still Mr. Davis destroyed was the largest, it being a big steam plant in New Hope township. The plant con sisted of a 100-gallon still, cap and worm, 14 fermenters and 2,100 gal lons of beer and 23 bushels of meal. Deputy Sheriff Albea found on Sun- . T 'i tt onI .octrnvof. 1 n t-""o pnnnr I still, a large quantity of beer and the other paraphernalia of a distilling plant which had been doing a thriv ing business in Eagle Mills township. Roosevelt's Administration.- By Associated Press. . Richmond, Va., March 11 The republican convention for the Seventh Virginia District held in Luray to day passed resolutions endorsing President Roosevelt's administration. 4 BLOCKADE STILL HEBE DESTROYED THAT Y siUzX THE SAME OLD STORY. His Neighbor Says A Right To Do Ft Sensational Shooting Af fair Occurred at Shy land, Near Asheville Prominent Farmer In 3 Htm ore Hospital. Five Shots Fired by His Assailant W h o Then Used Butt of Pistol Trouble Said to Be of Domestic Nature, Special to The News. Asheville, N-. C, March 11. Parris Sumner, of Skyland, is lying in the Biltmore hospital, with three bullets in his body, and his skull badly frac tured by a blow from the butt of a heavy revolver, and James Frady, his alleged assailant, is in jail in this city, charged with attempted murder. Frady appeared at police headquar ters at a late hour last night, and made the announcement that he had shot Sumner, and had come to give himself up. In reply to questions, he stated that hehad shot Sumner and then knocked him on the head withhe butt of his pistol, and added: "I had a right to do what I did." Further than this he could not be in duced to talk. He was placed behind the bars and a physician hastily summoned and dis patched to Skyland, which is but .. a short distance from Asheville. Sumner was found to be still alive, and after his wounds had been dressed temporarily, he was brought to the Biltmore hospital. It is hardly probable that he can re cover. The wounded man was not inclined to talk regarding the shooting, but made the statement that he was pass ing Frady's house, when Frady, who was standing in the doorway, opened fire with a pistol, firing five shots, three of which took effect. After emptying his revolver, Frady, according to Sumner's statement, rush ed at him and beat him over the head with his pistol. As the telephone wire to Skyland was down last night it was impossible to obtain further details as to the cause leading up to the shooting, but from the meagre information obtainable this morning it would appear that the trou ble was of a domestic nature. Frady is a man of about 40 years of age, and has a wife and several chil dren. Sumner is about 30 years old. The men, who are neighbors, and well-to-do farmers, had been close friends up to the time of the shooting. Both men are well known in Limestone township. 400 Men Laid Off At Spencer By Bell Telephone. Salisbury, N. C., March 11 An other cut in the force of the South ern Railway, at the Spencer shops, cf 400 men was made this morning. The men laid off are mechanics, blacksmiths, locksmiths, painters and coppersmiths. Only about 150 men are left, just enough for repair work. Eighteen new engines are to be placed in use. This cut, in addition to that made recently, amounts to between 600 and 700 men. The men are laid off indefinitely. Sensation At Chester Young Society Leader has Disappeared Rumor Flas it He is Short in Accounts With South ern Cotton Oil Co. Special to The News. Chester, S. C, March 11. Quite a sensation was created by the announce ment that Jay Hardin, the popular manager of the cotton seed oil mill in this city, a branch of the vSouthern Cotton Oil Company, was short in his accounts. Mr. Feischburn, who is here auditing the books for the company, when seen this morning positively refused to give out anything. When asked to either affirm or deny the report of Hardin's shortage, Mr. Fleschburn replied: "Mr. Hardin is not here. That is all I can say." Hardin left on the northbound train, No. 23, on the Southern, Monday evening, and has not been heard from since. Rumor has it that up to the present time it has been found that Hardin is $3,000 short. It is not thought that the shortage will amount to very much over that fig ure. Mr. Hardin is about 26 years of age, and was one of the most popular young society men in the city. His parents live at Richburg, this county, and are wealthy. Mrs. L. R. Fuqua Dead. Winston-Salem, N. C, March 11. Mrs. L. R. Fuqua, who died here yesterday at the age of 49 years, was laid to rest today in the Liberty cemetery. The funeral services be ing conducted from Burkhead M. E. Church at 3:30 o'clock this after noon. There wil lbe a meeting tonight of Zeb Vance Aerie, Fraternal Order of Eagles Apopular candidate will be initiated. All members are urged to be present. NEGRO LYNCHED Mobile, Ala., March 11. Dave Poe, Tom Ranston and two Jenkins broth ers, all colored, were lynched at Van Cleave, Miss., 20 miles north of Biloxi, Miss., by a mob of 30 men Monday night. The men were in the cutsody of Deputy Sheriff Evans, of Jackson county, enroute to jail wlten the mob overtook them. A series of incen diary warehouse fires, causing . losses in chacrcal, feedstuffs and other sup plies, incensed the people of the vicin ity. The four negroes confessed their guilt when the mob took them from the deputy and all four were hanged fo the limbs of trees by the side of the road where their bodies were found this moining. The immediate cause of the lynching was the burning of the warehouse of 5am Byrd last Fri day night, when it is said an attmept was made to waylay and rob Byrd, who conducted a store neaf Van Cleave. Among the other warehouses burned in the vicinity are those of W. H. Westfall, about a month ago and the Dantseler Lumber Company recently. The lynching was conducted in an orderly manner. INGE1DIERISM Evelyn's Counsel Takes First Step In Action By Associated Press. New York, March 11. The first le gal step was taken today by counsel for Evelyn Nesbit Thaw in her con templated action to secure annulment of her marriage to Harry Thaw. Daniel O'Riley, the young wife's counsel, said he has sent a clerk to Matteawan Asylum to serve the papers upon Thaw and also had sent papers to be served on Thaw's mother. He said: "Legally speaking, Harry Thaw is dead, so it is necessary to have for defendent his next of kin. His mother will not try to make any trouble for us." "Nothing has been done in regard to a statement," said O'Riley. According to Thaw's counsel, Thaw will oppose annulment. It was re ported that members of Thaw's fam ily strongly favor the move to annul the marriage an dif it be successful Evelyn will be provided for finanl cially. Wireless From Fleet. By Associated Press. San Diego, March 11. The naval wireless station here was in commu nication with the battleship Connecti cut off the Mexican coast today. It Indicated the fleet is about 400 mile3 from Magdelena Bay. Asbestos In The Brushtes The Emerald Limber- twigs of Alex ander County Grow Over Five Proof Deposits Down Below. "Are they getting out much Hid- denite in Alexander county now, asked a News man of Mr. W. B. Matheson, of Taylors ville today. Mr Matheson is the father of Dr. J. P. Matheson, of this city, and is here on a combined mission of business and a visit to his son. He was speaking with his old friend, Re corder Smith, when The News man found him. "They are still developing that Hiddenite property, I believe," said Matheson. "Last year they bought some additional property and found quite a number of gems, as well as some Hiddenite. It has also been discovered that there is asbestos in our county and in Iredell. I don't know whether it is considered to be of servicable quality or not. Gold has been been found which promises to pay well. They took $2.50 worth of gold out of a quart of dirt recently near the Iredell-Alexander line, and it is said to be a fair sample ol the way it promises to pan out." The ridge where this discovery has been made is the same as that on which the precious Hiddenite was discovered some years ago, and which has been found by Tiffany and others to be such a remarkable gem. Alex ander has always been a rich miner al yielding county and it is still a matter of conjecture as to what other treasurers it will yet furnish forth. But Alexander is also famed as j one of the greatest apple growing counties in this great apple-growing state. Capt. Tom Rowland, who hails from that way, is doing much to increase the knowledge of these trees of good. "And still only a beginning has been made in the apple growing in dustry," declared. Mr. Matheson. "Alexander and the counties which include the Brushies are the home of the limbertwig. It grows to per- ' fection nowhere else, through it does grow elsewhere. It is a hardy apple. It is the only apple that I know of that you can ship in car load lots without crating. This can be done in the fall." "That's right," interjected Recorder Smith, "they are just like walnuts in that respect." "I have a little orchard on my place in Taylorsville," continued Mr. Matheson. "You know where it is," he interjected, turning to the Re corder. "Well I sold about $50 worth of apples from this little orchard to my neighbors at 75 cents a bushel. Then I have been having green apple pies on my table ever since last May and it is nearly May again and I still have some apples left." But the finest crop that Alexander county produces is men. Mr. Mathe son is an illustration of it. His sons are further illustration of it; so is Recorder W. H. Smith, Capt. Tom Rowland, the Hon. Romulus Z. Lin ney and the Linney clan, Preacher. Bagwell ,and many others too numer-! ous to mention. Lawyer Cansler, of ; this city, is another product of the Brushes but was born a leetle to furj West to have the distinction of com-j ing from Alexander county. , For jewels, Eden fruit and men Alexander can't be beat. Two Expert Canadian Manufacturers Over looking This Section With a View to Estab lishing a Large Plant, They Have a Special Pro cess For Eliminating The Bi-products From Pine And Would Use Electric Power. The land and industrial department of the Southern railway, with the co operation of Southern Power Company officials, notably Dr. W. Gil. Wiley, president of the company, is endeavor ing to land in this vicinity an enormous pulp manufacturing concern. ,Mr. W. J. Hurlbut, agent of the land and ir dustrial department of the Southern, broght to Charlotte last night tw.- wealthy Canadians, who were former! -large pulp manufacturers at Grand mere, Quebec, and who are interestec1 in other pulp concerns in that section of Canada.- Upon arriving at Charlotte Mr. Hurl but introduced the capitalists to Dr. Wiley, who pointed out to them the ad vantages of locating in the vicinity cf Charlotte, where any quantity of cheap power is available for the purpose. Mr. Hurlbut is thoroughly acquainted with, the resources of this section of tho country. A long conference was held and this morning Mr. C. A. Mees, of the engineering department of the Southern Power Company, accompani ed them to Great Falls, S. C, to in spect the power company's operations at that point. It is understood that these gentle men, Messrs. R. Pagenstecker and E. Muerer, are looking for a location in near proximity to the old-field pines., which will be extensively used in the manufacture of pulp. They claim that a new and yet unheard of cheii rcal process has been discovered by Tuicli the rosin, tar and other by-products in pine may be easily removed, leaving the raw pine wood suitable for pulp, free from rosin: The manufacture of pulp from pine wood has - heretofore been an impossibility because of rosin, but the new process of eliminating it opens big possibilities. An enormous pulp mill has been eredted in the west ern part of the state which uses pop lar. The extracted bi-products may also be utilized. The main reason why these gentle men are turning their attention south is because of the scarcity of pine in the north, while in the south there is an abundance. Should the mill be lo cated in Mecklenburg county it would have 16 counties to draw on for an un limited supply, while great forests of pine would be placed at the very doors of the mills at a further distance by the railroads. Electric power would be available in any quantity. Special to The News. Greenville, S. C, March ll.--The Huguenot Cotton Mills, of Greenville, which were placed in the hands of a receiver January 12th. will shut down within the next few days by order of court. Tho nronertv will be sold at private sale, the bids will be asked through the medium of advertisement as or dered by the court. The plant is one of the smallest in the city, and comprises 0,400 spindle;, and 300 looms. The indebtedness of the plant i i placed at $150,000, while on paper tho plant, real estate, and machinery i:-. valued at about the same amount. though it is doubtful if it would real ize anything near that figure on the open market at this time. It is stated that the sockhomers oi thr mill will set nothing and the cred itors only about 50 cents on the dol lar. Mr. Clarkson In Raleigh Special to The News. Raleigh, N. C, March 11. Hon. He riot Clarkson arrived from Charlotte last night as a sort of forerunner of the big delegation of Charlotte people who will come in during today on a special train from Charlotte, to capture the next democratic state convention. He brought with him splendid exterior and interior views of the auditorium building and they will be given con spicuous positions about the lobby of the Yarborough, where they can catch the eyes of the state democratic com mitteemen as they arrive for the meet ing tonight when the time and place for the convention will be determined upon. Mr. Clarkson says he is receiving most gratifying assurances of support for Charlotte in the contest with Greensboro for the convention. GREENVILLE HILL WILL BE SOLD