North Carolina Newspapers

The News Has the Largest Circulation of Any Afternoon Paper Published in the Two drolinas nn 4 o'clock Edition H 4 o'clock Edition A THE ONLY EVENINQ ASSOCIATED PRE NEWSPAPER IN CHARLOTTl ESTABLISHED 1888. CHARLOTTE, N. C. TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 10, 1908. PRICE 5 CENTS Brilliant Sbn o Tennessee c NEWS, jmsk'jtmm:- Maioritv For f Pfc' - W. W. Kiicftm Shot In Du 'S ill I Wm-: m,J Over 36 ,0OQ Ex-Senator E. W. Car mack, Editor of the Ten nessean, Meets Death at Hands of Young Robin Jones cooper. 1 Tf&m an strut o Vd evi 4 A Over South Cause -t rrl rr r t or i ne i raseav aoav B i . 3 ? By Associated Press. !' Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 10. Mes- ;" sages by wire and mail from various 3 ; ensation caused throughout the f state and South by the killing of i; former Senator E. W. Carrnaek by 1 oung Robin Jones Cooper in a t street duel here yesterday. Mr. Car J in;:ek's brilliant career as United i States senator from Tennessee had made him one of the best known of! - T. . - 1 ! I i iie national ngures. , Col. Duncan B. Cooper, father of j 3 mug itoom cooper, ana wno was i vhh his son when the duel occurred, lias an extensive acquaintance and a .... .,.... . : , . i ; i-: i I various other states. i Mr. earmark's race for the Demo- B frnfjp nnminnttnti tnr spnatnr in which he was defeated by Senator i Robert I. Taylor; and his more re cent race for the governorship in which he was defeated by Governor Patterson, served to draw his follow ing in the state closer to him and his tragic end has spread distress nd bitterness among them. It is feared by some that the end of the trouble is not yet and it is sure to play a part in the coming I political alignments. I In each of Mr. Carmack s recent I campaigns feeling ran to fever hear Jaud on both occasions Cooper was ;v. i!h the opposition. In farmer years the men were dear friends. Carmack having declared in -j public print that Cooper was his henef actor. ' But the friendship had been re V placed by an enmity .which v.as more "noticeable since Carmack became edi ,tor ol The Tennessean, following the late primary; then the editorial at . - lacks began which culminated in .".yesterday's killing. Remains Taken to Columbia. After having been prepared for burial the body of the . dead ex- conference between Governor Pa son and former Gov. John I. Cox. tween whom, because of past politic contests, it has been alleeed the feei ing was anything but cordial. The ed itorial m headed "The Diplomat of the Zweibund,"J and reads 'as follows: "To Major Duncan Brown Cooper, who wrought the great coalition; who achieved the harmonious confluence of incompatible elements; who welded the pewter handle to the wooden spoon; who grafted the dead bough to the living tree and made it to bloom, and bourgeon and bend with golden fruit; who made playmates of the lamb and the leopard, and boon companions of the spider and fly; who made soda and vinegar to dwell plac idly in the same bottle, and who taught oil and water how they might agree to Major Duncan Brown Cooper, the great diplomat of the political Zwei bund, be all honor and glory forever. Highly Thought of in Washington. Washington, Nov. 10. Senator Car mack is well remembered in Washing Ion, where he served in bot h houses of congress. During his senatorial career from 1901 to 1007 he made a num ber of brilliant speeches. Although in clined to be sarcastic in some of his utterances, he had many friends in congress among both Democrats and Republicans, who admired his fearless ness and his intellectual attainments. Perhaps the most notable spech during his four years in the lower house was his brilliant effort. in his own defense when Josiah Patterson, father of the present governor of Tennessee, con tested Carmack's seat. During his con gressional career lie constantly attack ed the Republican administration, in connection, among other things,- with the lndianola, Brownsville and Pana ma revolution incidents, executive en croachment, etc., and his speeches on the subject of the Philippine tariff and in answer to Senator Foraker on the negro "shooting up' incident at Brownsville are among those particu larly recalled by Tennessean admir ers. He was a minority member of the committee on Philippines. Sketch of Career. Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 10. Former United States Senator Edward W. Car mack was born near Castillian Springs, Summer county, Tennessee, November 5th, 1S38. He had an academic educa tion, studied law, practiced in Colum bia, Tenn., and was a member of the legislature in 18S4. He was a delegate to the national Democratic convention in 1S96 and a member of congress, 1S97-1901, from the tenth congressional district of Tennessee. He served with distinction in the United States Sen ate for six years, being defeated for re-election in the primary a little over a year ago by former Governor Robert JSffiHC ' - m KiM VW U, ' tyl Mi-6aTs The Report of ' mK a' lumpers : senator was removed to the home of Taylor. Senator Carmack then resum- Frank Lander, business manager ot'e(1 the practice of law in Memphis, his newspaper, The Tennessean .There it remained until removed to .(';iy to Columbia where it will be f interred. Mr. Carmack was married at Columbia and bad made that city Ibis home until he went to The Ten nessean. Mrs. Carmack had not yet which was then his home, but within a few months removed to Nashville. Las spring he opposed Governor Pat terson for the Democratic guberna torial nomination, championing the cause of State-wide prohibition. - Mr. Carmack was defeated. Shortly nf- Ucome a resident of Nashville, al- ter his defeat. Mr. Carmack accenied though almost prostrated she came, the editorshin of The Nashville Tn- wttunue ji.-i. infold m , nessean. ana tor tne last two months f with her husband s bony today. I Young Cooper Improving. I Young Cooper after having had his wound dressed spent a quiet night in ihe editorial stoff of the Nashville . me nospuai jast liignt in cimiS "American. He founded the Nashville ' officers. His injury proves to be but Democrat in 1SS9 and when it was siignt. 'litis morning ne uas re- mftrewi into The American bo hep.imp editor-in-chief of The American. In 7 S92 he became editor of The Commer cu ) Ar peal of Memphis. Ue " as married in April, 1S90, to I,i.-,,3 i::izabeth Cobey Dunnington, of Columbia, Tenn. News & Observer of Ral eigh Estimates Majority of Democratic Guberti- Two Murderers in Jail; Two Others Escaped Special to The News. Durham, N. C, Nov. 10. Durham has two murderers in jail and two who committed their offenses inside the city and upon well-populated streets, have escaped. "The first murder committed Septem ber 16th, W. H. Tilley killing his wife three miles in the country, resulted in lodging Tilley in jail. Three nights later. Jack Robertson, a night watch man at the Carrington Lumber Com pany, was killed and Wesley Bates, a negro, was acused. He is now in jail. On October 31st, on a principal street. Van Ray, a negress, cut the throat of Rena Parrish and has never been seen. Monday night of last week Charles Merritt, a negro separated from his wife, cut the throat of his wife and skipped. The woman died yesterday wdiile the van -Ray woman's victim died within half an hour. ' The negro man broke into his wife's room, dragged her out and cut her throat with a razor. All of them were well known, but none of them can be heard from. x Durham Elks to Have Minstrel has been at the head of that paper. Senator Carmack's newspaper ca reer began in 1SR6 as a member of i ported as resting easy night at police headquarters and i-t reported to have slept well. Two warrants were sworn out against him; one "accessory to the murder," and another "carrying a pistol." Coopers Arrested. Colonel Duncan B. Cooper, who was with his son Robin Cooper, when the latter shot and killed Senator Car mack, was brought before 'Squire Levin today. Cooper was charged with mur der and with carrying concealed wea pons. He waived examination and was remanded to ail without bail. Warrants were sworn out today against Robin Cooper, who killed Mr. Carmack, charging him with murder and carrying concealed weapons. He i still at the hospital and it is not known when he will appear for pre liminary examination. Funeral Tomorrow. Senator Carmack's body will arrive at Columbia, Tenn., his home, late today, accompanied by his wife and a number of close friends The fun eral service will be held tomorrow. Two Warrants. fn the first instance the complain ant is Mrs. E. W. Carmack; in the latter it. is the mayor and city coun cil. Cooper gave his occupation as that of a farmer. He accepted the situation calmly, although once or twice he seemed somewhat affected and observed that the shot was meant for him and not for his boy. He was reconciled" to his condition TROOPS GUARD NEGROES IN JAIL AT SPARTANBURG Special to The News. Spartanburg, S. C, Nov. 10. The Hampton Guards have been ordered out to guard the jail tonight upon the arrival of John Irby and Clarence Agnew from Columbia. The prisoners will be tried at a special term of court tomorrow. Irby will be tried on the charge of -attempting to rape a young white lady and Agnev on the charge of wrecking a passenger train, No. 41. The troops will guard the court room during the trial. Irby will be tried first' as Solicitor Sease " is anxious to get the case of imprisonment, remarking that as done with on account of the feeling a soldier in the Confederate army against the prisoner. Special to The News. Durham, N. C, Nov. 10. At a meet ing last night of the Elks, it wras de cided to put on a local talent minstrel for the purpose of raising money enough to purchase the gifts for the great Christmas tree to be given to the poor children of the city. Mr. Harry Fcote, who has successful ly trained a cast of 400 here to pre sent "Slumberland," a musical ex travaganza, has been engaged to coach the minstrel boys and wil begin tomor row rehearsals which will take place about Thanksgiving Day. The Elks expect to raise about $400 this way. Thousands See Ship Launched Quincy, Mass., Nov. 10. Ten thous and people gathered at the Fore River Shipbuilding Co.'s to witness the launching of American's most powerful warship, the North Dakota. The advent f this sea tighter estab lishes a new epoch in the history of the United States navy, as she is the first all-uig-gim phip of the navy. Dr. Thompson Dead. St. Lotus, Nov. lO.-Dr. Davis De Camp Thompson, of Chicago, editor o. the Northwestern Christian Advocate, died here from the effect of an automo bile accident. STANDARD OIL REBATING CASE AN he had spent more than one year in federal prison. Only two statements were made by young Cooper while in the physi cian's office last night. One was the request to his father to give up his pistol and in the other, he said: "I'm sorry the shooting occurred." The Fatal . Editorial. Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 10. The edi torial referring to Colonel Cooper in The Tennessean j'esterday morning is It will be recalled that a mob of several thousand angry men attempt ed to take Irby from jail several weeks ago and lynch him. Several shots were exchanged and two men were wounded The young lay upon whom the at tempted criminal assault was made was Miss Lelia "Dempsey. The front of the Little-Long stores on North Tryon street, is be- one of several which have mentioned j iusr freshened un bv a new coat of Cooper. It had reference to a recent paint. By Associated Press. Chicago, 111., Nov. 10. The govern ment's petition for a rehearing 'of the case in which the United States cir cuit court of appeals reversed the trial court in fincHng the Standard Oil Company of. Inidaia $20,240,000 for for alleged rebating, was denied in the court of appeals today. It is authoritatively stated that the government will now attempt to bring the whole mater beforeN the supreme court on a writ of certiorari. The government in its petition for a rehearing intimated that if the opinion of the judges of the appellate court, Grosscup, Seaman and Baker, were al lowed to stand it would nullify every shred-of rate reformatory legis lation accomplished by the Roosevelt administration. THE FREEDOM OF: THE PRESS! Want AiFair Hedge Contract Committee of American Cotton Manufacturers Association on An Im portant Mission to New Orleans. j Cotton manufacturers will be in terested in the progress a committee of the American Cotton Manufactur ers' Association is making in secur ing a change in the form of contracts of the New York and New Orleans exchanges with regard to the relation of futures to spot cotton. The Greenvibe, (SC.) Daily News says th-i .commiteif., which Miv R. M. Miller, of this city, is a mem ber is meeting in New Orleans now. The- News says: . "At its annual meeting held in Richmond, Va., the American Cotton Manufacturing Association inaugurat ed a movement attacking the New York and New Orleans Cotton Ex changes on the form of contract and the lack of responsiveness between futures and spot cotton, on account of the evil done the cotton goods business by quotations of these ex changes which are flashed all over the world every hour and which quoted futures some times 2 cents a pound cheaper than spot cotton. "These quotations have been ac cepted by foreign buyers as an indi rect value of cotton in the United ( States and consequently of cotton ' goods. Naturally this had a damag ing effect on legitimate business and the American Cotton Manufacturers' Association took it up, with : the re sult that a crusade against the practice was started. The . fight for this reform has already had tremen dous effect and even greater benefits from it will be seen in the future. "The committee which was ap pointed by the national association i of cotton manufacturers to carry on the crusade visited the New "iork Cotton Exchange some months ago, with excellent result. This same com mittee will meet a committee from the New Orleans Cotton Exchange in Xew Orleans today, as a matter of courtesy, to run over the situation and 1o outline formally what , the as sociation has undertaken to accom plish and in reality has already brought about. "Capt. E. A. Smyth, of Greenville, is chairman of this committee. The other-members are: Arthur H. Low, Fitchburg. Mass.; R. M. Miller, Char lotte, N. C: C. C. Taller, Atlanta; D. Y. Cooper, Henderson, N. Y.; A. F. McKissick, of Greenwood; L. W. Par ker, Greenville. "Messrs. Smyth, Parker and Mc Kissick left Greenville yesterday for New Orleans. It is expected that every member of the committee will be present." Finding Mr. It. M. Miller still in the city today, a News man asked him about this matter, and he said that he had arranged to go with the com mittee to New Orleans on Dec. 3rd. but after they moved up their trip, he was unable to get away. Mr. Miller said the exchanges had modified .their contracts but they fwere not yet satisfactory to the manufacturing industry. He con tinued: "The manufacturers want a Nev; York and New- Orleans contract whereby a manufacturing plant can pledge its sales of goods for future delivery bv buying contracts against such a sale in New York or, New Orleans; and when this delivery , of cotton is demanded on contracts that it shall be on a basis of mid dling and not over four half grades up or four half grades down.. "On : the New York contract , as it exists today they can deliver to manufacturers - about 25 different grades and practically all of them of such a low grade that it is .worthless to manufacture for spinning purposes In other .words the manufacturer wants a hedge contract on which, if desired, he can demand cotton, ship it to the mill and put u into clotn. Calcutta Terrorized by Outbreak of Crimes By Associated Press. Calcutta, India, Nov. 10. The city of Calcutta is terrorized by an outbreak of political crimes. An attempt was made three days ago on the life of the lieut. governor of Bengal, and was followed by his A Bengal detective, who had been ac tive in ' trailing revolutions was shot down on the, crowded street by three men. People fear to give information con cerning the criminals, lest vengeance be visited upon them. The police are powerless. FUNERAL OF CAPT. SPRINKLE Will Probably be Held Tomorrow Traveled 4,000,000 Miles. The funeral of Capt. Wm. Sprinkle will probably be held tomorrow. The tlelay is on account of the desire of distant relatives to attend. Captain Sprinkle's railroad career was remarkable in many respects. He entered into the service before the war and accepted his position, that of brakeman, with the old Charlotte Col umbia and Augusta road when it was first built, in '53 or '54. At that time the air brake which are used now on nearly every railroad in the world, was an unknown thing. The only means of ap plying brakes then was the wheel which was turned by hand. Captain Sprinkle served in the capac ity of brakeman for a dozen years be fore he was promoted to the position of conductor which he held for 47 years, until his last illness. He made the round trip run from Charlotte to Columbia and for a few years , from Charlotte to Augusta daily during al most his entire railroad career and it is estimated that he traveled during this time more than 4,000,000 miles. In popularity there were few, if any employes in the railroad service more popular and highly esteemed than was Captain Sprinkle, He knew everybody and everybody knew him. Several years ago he was running between Charlotte and Augusta, he walked up to the ticket window at the Southern depot in this city and said to Mr. Witherspoon, the ticket agent: "Well, Thomas, I've been looking at your face one day and Captain Gibbs the next 065 days in the year for a long time." Captain Gibbs was the' ticket agent in, Augusta. Captain Sprinkle remark ed ai the time that he had not been off duty more than three or four days in as many years even in his old age. . MacDowell-Coilins Engagement. Mr. and Mrs. John MacDowell an nounce the engagement of their daughter, Anna Lois, to Mr. Frank Collins, of Anderson, S. C. The mar riage will take place Thursday, Nov. 26th, at half-past 3 o'clock, at the home of the bride's parents, six miles south of the city. , IN BLEW OUT BRAINS WITH : A SHOT GUN Special to The News.. Raleigh, N. C, Nov. lO.-Leaving a note that he was perfectly sane and had contemplated the rash act for some time, l. L. Smith, for eight months past joint station agent of the Norfolk and Southern and Raleigh and Southport railroads at Varona, this count y, blew out his brains with a double-barrel shotgun about 9 o'clock this morning. He maninulated the trigger of the gun with a string, and literally blew his head to pieces. , - He was 24 years old. His parents live in Durham, where the body was sent. - - . It is reported that he manifested, re markable despondency at the defeat of Bryan. By Associated Press. Denver, Nov. 10. Considerable comment" was caused by the portion of the annual . report of Samuel Gompers read to the American Fed eration of Labor yesterday in which Mr. Gompers said President Roose velt had issued invitations to a num ber of labor leaders to dinner at the White House to discuss labor legis lation. President Roosevelt, the report said, had excluded from the list of guests the officers of the federation, including himself. In an interview today Mr. Gomp ers said, he deemed himself honored by the exclusion and considered the president s act a tribute to his hon esty. He said it was the first affair of the kind he knew of at the White House to which he had not been jnvited. His dealings with the presi dent, he added, had always been on a business basis, and he had always been well received and courteously treated whenever he sought an audi ence with the president. John Mitchell, Jas Duncan and D. J. Keefe, who were invited, said they would decide later whether they would accept the invitation when thev received the president's letter. atorial Candidate' At Near 37,000. Figures Based on Official five Counties- And Es timates On Remaining Three, Special to The News. Raleigh, N. C, Nov. 10. The Raleigh News and Observer of today estimates Kitchin's majority at 36,678. These figures are based on official returns from 95 counties, and esti mates from three. Following are the News and Ob server's figures: by Alleged Yeggmen Make Successful Hau Special to The News. Greenville, S. C, Nov. 10. Supposed "yeggs" last night entered the insur ance and real estate office of Wm. Goldsmith, chloroformed the cashier and bookkeeper, Tl E. McCullouch, and went through his pockets, found the keys to the safe, rifled the nioney drawers and set fire to the books. ' When the fire department arrived the room was so dense with smoke that the firemen on entering stumbled over the body of the unconscious book keeper,whb was taken , into the air and soon revived, giving a, story of the robbery as above stated. The police say the firing of the office injects an element of mystery. Will Lee Co. be Represented? Special to The News. Raleigh, Nov. 10. North Carolina's baby county of Lee has elected D. A. McDonald as representative m the 1909 legislature, . this making 121 members re-elected the state over last week. The state constitution limits the membership of the lower house to 120 . members, no arrange ment having been made for Lee's rep resentative when the county was created. So ;he approaching legisla ture will be confronted with the question of whether the baby county shall be refused representation or some .. county .with more than, one member curtailed to make room for the Lee representative. There is Democratic opinion here that the course to be taken will be the seat ing of the Lee county man and elimination of one of the two mem bers lrom Sampson county where it is" claimed fie census figures shc? t.ie -least excess over the number that entitle to extra representative. Sampson's representatives J. T. Ken nedy and B. H. Crumpler are botn Republicans. Farabee-PoweH. Mr. Samuel H. Farabee, promir-pn? young newspaper man of Winston Salem, now with The Journal and formerly city editor of Raleigh Even ing Times, is to marry Miss Jennie Mabel Powell of this: city at' the Powell - homo on Hillsboro street, Nov. 24th. Miss Powell is -.a daugh ter of the late A. M. Powell, for several years, mayor of Raleigh. She is an accomplished and popular young woman and much interest at taches to the wedding. United States Commissioner John Nichols has bound over R. E. Young, a deputy sheriff of this coun ty, to the next term of federal court on the charge of operating a blockade distillery, having; been ar-it-sted by revenue officers on a raid. Young gave bond. He lives near Garner. - Detectives have found no tract whatever of cither the Soui-hern Ex press pouch or the daring negro wno snatched it from Transfer Clerk Johnson here last week.. The value of the express in the, pouch, it de velops, was very inconsiderable al though another pouch Johnson was carrying in his other harifl and which the thief missed, contained a large sum of money in addition to other packages. All the way bills for the express he had received from that Greensboro-Goldsboro train from which the pouch was received were in the pouch and this caused serious trouble and delay in the delivery of freights for two. or three days. It is a rule of the express company that : the transfer and other clerks, especially those on, duty at -night, shall carry revolvers. However Johnson had loaned his to the day clerk the evening before and was not armed. This accounts of the negro having gotten away so easily. Majorities Counties. . Alamance Alexander Alleghany Anson Ashe Beaufort Bertie Bladen Brunswick Buncombe Burke . : Cabarrus Caldwell Camden Cartaret Caswell Catawba Chatham Chowan Clay J Cleveland i Columbus . Craven -..-., Cumberland . I Currituck Dare .'....; Davidson ...... Davie ......... Duplin Durham Edgecombe Forsyth . . Franklin ....... Gaston ......... Gates Graham Granville . . . Greene Guilford Halifax Harnett Haywood Henderson Hertford , Hyde Iredell Jackson .... Johnston . . . . . Jones Lee - Lenoir Lincoln Macon . . ..... Madison .... . Martin Mecklenburg . . . McDowell .... . Mitchell ... . :. . - . Montgomery . . . Moore -. . ... . Nash ...... . New Hanover. . Northampton . . . Onslow ... . . . Orange .... Pamlico .... . . . Pasquotank . . . Pender .'. Perquimans . . . Person .... Pitt ... . .... . Polk Randolph . . . . .. Richmond . . - - Robeson Rockingham . . . . Rowan . . . . . . Rutherford . . Sampson ; . . . . . Scotland Stanly .. ... Stokes ., .'. Surry ...... . Swain Transylvania . . . Tyrrell Union . . ...... Vance : Wake .. .. . i Warren .... : . . (Washington .'. . 1 Watauga Wayne Wilkes .... .. ... Wilson . . . . . . Yadkin ... . . ... Yancey . . . . . . Counties. Kitchin. . .. - 86 100 1275 125 705 1054 614 Cox. 28 195 38 264 225 550 i66 400 30 866 850 1180 ,761, .684 69 "504 269 1447 1661 798 450 1154 1183 2009 436 690 587 350 787 220 359 300' 398 180 1021 2848 243 726 1827 570 430 63 250 783 738 141 43 1689 740 1890 156 1118 182 ' 705' 10 21 i09 01 Ml 121 " 'iri i)5 49t . . . .1 . . . .1 , . . 12 H2 11 - ' . - . . .1 101 1022 54S 300 180 .. .. 22 .... 1. .. 10 X385 . . . .. .. 600 .... .. 1179 ..' ..' 100O.- u... 2S1 .. ..' 824 .... .. .... 1732 1068 ..... ..... 950 . . .. 150" Total .. .. ..47068 10390 . Kitchin's total majorities, 36,678. Semi-official and close estimates made and sent the News and Observer. - Death of Mr. Muey.. Mr.' Samuel Huey died last night at No. io South. Brevard street, at tno age of 35 years. The funeral was held from, the residence this afternoon at half-past 3 o'clock. Mr.' Huey was a native of Fairfax county; . Virginia, i He came l.toX3hai lotte recently and has been writing- in surance. " - '. ... -