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NY SPHtiSf NOTE
Oil PRGGRAlv.
Among Speakers of Day
Were Speaker Cannon and
Brazilian Ambossador-W.
A, Edwards Told ot The
Waterways in Canada.
Interest of Manufacturers in
Waterway Improvement
Discussed by James W.
Van Cleave Other Fea
tures of Subject Treated.
I?y Associated Press. -. "
Washington, Dec. 10. Prominent
-inkers, among them Speaker Can
i.on and Joaquim Nabueo, Anibassa-,i-ir
i i om Brazil addressed todays' ses
ion ot the National Rivers and Har
i is Congress Convention. W. A. Ed
va: lis. member of Canadian Parliment
iol i of the waterways of Canada, and
the Atlantic Coast in the National
Rivers and Harbors policy, was the sub
.itct on which Anthony Higgins, former
Senator from Delawareaddressed the
con vein ion, while James W." Van
i'kv. President of the. National As
sociation of Manufacturers told of the
lnaiiVifacturers' interest in Waterway
improvement. Utilization of waterways
;i? a factor in the transportation, was
the subject of the address by J. A.
Ockevson, member of the Mississippi
Jiiver Commission. Among the speakers
;.t the afternoon session were Governor
Dcr.?on, of Illinois, and Senator Owen
from Oklahoma
i-or
Deep Waterway Ship Canal.
Former Senator Higins, of Delaware,
strongly advocated the construction of
.-!'. Atlantic deep waterway ship canal,
saying it would prove of immense bene
fit to the country.
Speaker Cannon said he agreed with
'.hp Rivers anc Harbors congress that
the waterways of thee ountry must be
improved, but he advised against what
he termed unsafe and unsound legisla
tion with respect to waterway im
provements. Judge Neat's ;
Reasons
Sj.eciiil to The News.
Raleigh, N. C, Dec. 10. Hon. Walter
H. Xealr of Laurinburg, who has filed
with Governor Glenn his resignation
:ts judge of the Eighth judicial district,
effective December 12th, says he is
giving up the judgeship in order that he
may be with his family more. He is'
tired of spending his time traveling
"ver the state and being almost con
stantly away from his family. He be
lieves that his law practice will be
mnr-h more lucrative than the judgship.
The governor is in Washington, so
no action can be taken until his return
auiniMv. when it is exnected a suc-
fssor will be appointed so "that he
'an open Johnston county court on
Monfiay.
Anions: those mentioned for the an-1
P"i!itmont are Maior H. A. London,!
i'vsboro; Lee Robinson, Wadesboro,
a' present solicitor of the district;
II- H. Adams, who was Neal's oppon
ent for the nomination, and Wi J. Ad
ams, of Carthage.
There will doubtless be other appli
aiits for the judgship.
Carnegie's Testimony postponed.
Hy Associated Press. : .. '
Washington, Dec. 10. At today's
iii'.-uins: of the House Ways and!
ri"ans Committee, which is devoting
i' ; f ffortS40 the revision of tariff,
witnesses were sworn for the first
tiu..
Andrew Carnegie, -who was served
v.ith a subpoena to appear at the
Wring today, asked that lie be ex
' until some day next week. His
r-'miest was granted.'
The Taft's to Visit Augusta.
!';.' Associated Press.
Augusta, Ga., Dec. 10. It is an -
i''ine-d that President-elect Taft and;notice from the r'aiiroads today that
;'imly will arrive Friday of next week j snecial rate of one fare coming to
'"l will be the guests of Mr. and Mrs.;and onetnird fare . returning from the
audon Thomas until the
following i
-Monday.
In Interest of
Our Forests
HKhington, Dec. 10. Senator Reed"
: "' of Utah., chairman of the sec
' n of forests of the national conserva
"'oii commission, submitted' an inven-'--ry
of forests at tcday"s session of
Tht commission.
General diacussich on the report fol-
o-ed in which the governors of sever-.'
"- Starps narfininQtoH cinrl fPliprnllv
i 'edged themselvesto co-operation with
"is Federal Government In a practic-!
Uz scheme for conservation of naticn-1
f naticn-
x '
-il forests.
IKE
'I
SYTH HEDIUL
SOCIETY OFFICERS
Special to The News.
Winston-Salem, Dec. 10. The For
syth Medical Society at its regular
monthly meeting yesterday afternoon,
elected the following officers:
President Dr. R. D. Jewett.'
Vice-President Dr. John Bynuin.
Secretary and Treasurer Dr. E. P.
Gray.
Delegate to State Convention Dr.
J. F. Shaffner; alternate, Dr. A. Y.
Linville. .
Executive committee to serve with
the ladies of the hospital, Drs. Gray
and Shaffner.
No business of public interest was
transacted. , V
Raleigh Coroner
IsStiil On Trail
Special to The News.
Raleigh, N. C, Dec. 10. There is still
no time set for the coroner, Chas. Se
parks, to conclude his inquest in the
E. W. Smith murder case, in which the
police justice has already committed
without bail Earle Cotton and Tim
Hoiderfield. The coroner has three
prisoners in jail that are not connect
ed with the case, as the police have
worked it up. They are Fred Miller,
a well known young white man, quite
well connected; Ed Crenshaw, a negro
hackman, 'and Gracie James, the lat
ter being a white woman of the "red
light" section.
These have been held as prisoners
now for nearly a month.
It seems 'probable that the coroner
will dismiss the proceeding entirely
and turn loose the prisoners he has.
He admits that he made a mistake in
not concluding his jury investigation
within a day or two after the murder,
merely with a verdict as to how the
deceased came to his death.
Separks has declared his intention
to resign as coroner, but his friends
do not believe he will do this.
COMMERCE
By Associated Press.
Washington, D. C, Dec. 10 A no
table assemblage of representatives of
the commercial interests of the
country was held today at the De
partment of Commerce and Labor.
It was the "first annual session ot
the National Council of Commerce,
'organized early in the present year
largely through the efforts of Sec-
rotary Straus
Abo:t 100 dek
Abo:t 100 delegates, representing
65 chambers cf commerce, boards of
trade, and industrial bodies tnrougn
out the country attended the ses
won
The fundamental idea of the or
ganization ' is " the promotion of for
eign commerce of the United States.
It is expected that, eventually, the
organization will establish permanent
headquarters here which will be in
touch with all of the great commer
cial and' industrial interets, not only
of this country, but of tne wona.
Plans were formulated today looking
to that end.
Special Rates to Com-
missioners Meeting
Special to The News. -
Greensboro, N. C, Dec. 10,-Mr. J.
A. Davidson, chairtaan of the 'Guilford
board of. county commissioners, and
vice-president of , the North : Carolina
Association of . County Commissioners,
whiih will hnlrl its aminjil nrrnvfillt.ion
in rwATihom Tie.: int.h-1fith. received
convention had been arranged for all
who presented a certificate of having
attended.
Castro at Brodeaux. ,
Brodeaux, Dec. 10. President Cas
io, of Venezuela arrived here from La
guaira. - Representatives of foreign
Minister boarded a steamer and had
an interview with Castero after which
the President and the members of his
party came up to Brodeaux on a pri
vate car:' ' ' v
Earthauake in Cuba.
B Associated Press
J .
Washington, Dec. 10. News has
reached the navy department of an
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HARBORS CONGRESS
FUR
F0RPR0M0TI0N
OF FOREIGN
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Iba.
earthquake fiojfk at Guan.anamo, tu-
THE ONLY EVENING ASSOCIATED
CHARLOTTE, N. C ,
AYDLETT HEARD
Special to The News.
Greensboro, Tcc. 10. A committee
of the North Carolina Bar association,
composed of eminent attorneys, is sit
ting here' today hearing testimoney
for and against E. F. Aydlett, of Eliz
abeth. City, one of the most prominent
lawyers -and public men of eastern
North Carolin, on charges of unprofes
sional conduct concerning aleged mis
representation to a Northern creditor
clients of sums colected on claims. .
The prosecution is said to grow out
of the recent, controversy between
Isaac Meekins and Mr. Aydlett, where
in under charges brought by Aydlett,
Meekins lost the postmastership of
Elizabeth City.
Meekins is present as the prosecut
ing' witness. W. M.'Bond, of Edenton,
is appearing as prosecuting attorney.
Ex-Solicitor A. L. Brooks, of. Greens
boro, represents Aydlett. Strict se
crecy is endeavored to be had in the
investigation.
Lease Store No. 29 South Tryon Street.
Mr. J. E- Reilley, representing a
Grand Rapids, Mich., furniture concerii
and Mr. Herb, of the American Fixture
Company, have leased the store room
on South Tryon street, at present
occupied by the Pound & Moore Com
pany, commercial stationers. They will
take possession on the first of the
year. ,
The Pound and Moore Company has
leased the two store rooms in the
Carson building at present ocupied by
the Smith Electric Company, and the
Life Insurance Company of Virginia.
John Tucker, colored, wanted in
Concord for skipping his bond, was
arrested here yesterday andv was
taken back to Concord this morn
ing. ST01E 1
RE CO. CASE
By Associated Press.
Washington, Dec. 10. The big' la
bor test case, with former Demo
cratic presidential candidate, Alton
B. Parker, .among the counsel and
executive heads of the American
Federation of Labor, with its 2,000,
000 odd 'members, arrayed against
the . Buck. Stove and Range Com
pany, of St. Louis, affiliated with
great manufacturing interests in the
country, was argued today in the
court of appeals of the District of
Columbia. . .
Death of Aged
InvaVid
Special to The News. .
Winston-Salem, Dec. 10. Mrs.
Loetts Spaugh, widow of the late
Christian Spaugh, died Tuesday even
ing at the home of her nephew, Mr.
R. O. Butner, at Bethania. Her age
was 87 years. Mrs. Spaugh fell about
a year or more ago and broke her
hip. since which time she has been
con lined - to her bed.
She was a natn-e of Bethania but
after, .her marriage and until her
death of her hifsband she resided a
few' miles south of Salem. ,
- Mrs. SDaugh.was an estimable lady,
one who was , held in the highest
esteem by all who knew her. She
was an honored and consecrated mem
ber of the Moravian church at Beth
ania.. The funeral" services were held
there at 11 o'clock conducted
her pastor Rev. F. W Grabbs. '
THREATENED !
TESTIMONY FOR
ID AGIST
BUCK
IN
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A K G U ED
Any Afternoon
PRESS NEWSPAPER IN CHARLOTTE.
THURSDAY EVENING
New Officers jof Twin
City Board of Trade
Special to The News.
Winston-Salem, Dec. 10. The new
officers of the Winston-Salem Board
of Trade are as follows:
President Frank S. Vernay.
First Vice-President H. A. Pfohl.
Second Vice-President D. H. Blair.
Treasurer H. F. JBhaffner.
Directors R. W. Gorrell, G. E.
Webb, H. E. Fries, R. C. Norfleet, E.
W. O'Hanlon. D. S. Reid, F. J. Liip
fert and W. H. Maslin.
President Vernay accepted his elec
tion to the office of - president on
condition that the board elect a
paid secretary whose duty it will be
to strive to increase our city's wel
fare in every was'.
New York, Dec. 10. The killing pace
maitained by the riders in the six
day bicycle race at Madison Square
Garden already has proved too great
a strain for eight of the 16 teams.
Even the leaders let down in the early
morning, hours and at eight o'clock had
fallen four miles behind the record but
at the end of another hour records be
gatf to fall again and at 9 o'clock ev
en the trailers had a good margin over
the best previous figures.
Standing of Teams.
Standing of teams at 10 o'clock was
as follows : "
Rutt-Stol, Moran-Macfarland and
Hill-Damara, l.fiOO miles, three laps:
Walthour-Root, 1,600 miles, two laps:
Mitten-Collins, L600 miles, one-lai:
Wiley-Calvin, 1,600 .miles:
Vanoni-Andersoir, 1.599 miles, seven
laps:
Devonvitch-Drobach, IJj'j'd miles, five
laps:
Best previous record for S2 hours
was L599 miles mid three laps.
Record at 11 A. M.
At eleven o'clock the leaders had
covered 1619 miles five laps.
Standing at 2 O'clock.
At 2 p. m. the three leading teams
had made 1,674 miles 5 laps, with
Walthour-Root only one lap behind
them.
LE1GT01 NEVUS
Special to The News: ;
Lexington, Dec. 10. The prelimi
nary trial cf Mr.- I nomas Crotts, who
is charged with embezzlement, was to
have taken place yesterday before Jus
tice of the Peace John H.' Mover but
the prosecution was not ready for trial
and a continuance was granted until
Saturday mprning at 10 o'clock. Crotts
is engaged in the lumber business and
George H. Mize, for whom he sold
some lumber, contends that he has
not accounted for the funds that came
into his hands. Crotts says he paid
for the lumber.'
Lexington sent three delegates to
the Baptist state convention, Rev. Jo
seph T. Watts, pastor of the Bap
tist church here, Rev. Henry Sheets,
pastor of several churches in the coun
ty, and Mr: James Smith. 'Rev. Mr.
Watts will be able to report a year
of progressive work in Lexington, for
the membership of the church has been
increased and a splendid church build
ins is now in foui-se of construction.
Siuce Rev. G. L. Ley burn, D.-D., pas
tor of fbc Presbyterian church, gave
up his ministerial duties several weeks
ago and left for California. where.he
expects to live m the future, the
church here has been without a Das
tor. It is very pr-obable that a call
will be extended to Rev. S. M. Glasgow,
of Richmond. Virginia. Ttfr. Glasgow
preached in Lexington -twice on Sun
day last and the congregation was
highly pleased with, him and will con
sider themselves fortunate if they can
secure him at this place., - .
KiLLlWG.PACE
TOO MUCH FOR
EOT TEAMS
Paper Published in the Two Caroli v. 3
DECEMBER 10, 1908
Special to The News.
Wilson, N. C. Dec. 10. The 76th
annual session of the Baptist State
Convention opened the second day
with a deeply spiritual devotional
service.
The opening sermon was preached
last night by Rev. Dr. William Luns
ford, of Asheville, who preached upon
the topic, "The " Holy Spirit the
Preacher's Helper.". Organization fol
lowed the sermon and Prof. J. B.
Carlyle was re-elected president by
a unanimous vote. N. B. Brough
tbn, secreTary ; VVaeT-T3urhaTffr
treasurer, and Livingston Johnson,
corresponding secretary, were re
elected. .'.'.
The board of state missions re
ported this morning 2,047 baptisms
during the year and $38,101.27 gath
ered during the year for state mis
sion work. The report shows ai? in
crease of $l200 for state missions,
and the baptisms, reported on only
for the quarter's work, show a large
increase.
The aged ministers board recom
mended to the convention that a
house for aged ministers be built by
the convention. The suggestion was
referred to a committee.
Dr. Livingston Johnson.
Wilson, N. C, Dec. 10.--The eight
years of 'the service of Livingstone
Johnson as corresponding secretary,
which close'd with this month, show
remarkable growth in the work of the
state mission board of the North Caro
lina Baptists.
Dr. Johnson is a native of the Old
North state, born in Scotland county.
With the sturdy determination of the
Scotch blood, he has in addition, a
consecrated spirit and is led by a vi
sion of great denominational success.
In the year 1900, when Dr. Johnson
came to the secretaryship the? Bap
tists of North Carolina numbered 161,
668, and contributed to state missions
$13,530.13; to foreign missions $9,805.79
to home missions, $5,957.76, making a
total of $29,392.69 contributed to mis
sions or 18 cents per capita. The year
just closed shows a Bautist member
ship of 205,000 and during the year
the contributions were: To state
missions, $36,245.73; to foreign mis
sions $32,295.80, find to home missions,
$17,010.21 making a grand toal of $86,
551.74, a per capita of 42 cents.
Rev. A. J. Moncrief.
Rev. A. J. Moncrief, the new pas
tor of the Tabernacle church, Raleigh,
delivered a magnificent address yes
terday. This eloquent minister is a
native of Georgia and comes to Ral
eigh from Atlanta. One of the Atlanta
papers recently had this to say of Mr.
Moncrief: s
"With an eloquence like unto Tom
Dixon, a humility as gentle as that of
A. C. Dixon, with a good solid case
of religion like unto Charles Spurgeon,
Mr. Moncrief will lead the student life
and citizenship ' of North ; Carolina's
capital to the shining heights of Faith,
Hope and Love!" f v -:
Mr. Moncrief spoke to the pastors on
the subject: "The Pastor an Evange
list -to His Own Congregation." ,The
speaker urged the obligation of pas
toral evangelism and further placed
the obligation upon every Christian to
be a soul winner.
"Winning Souls."
Rev. G. T. Watjtins, of Goldsboro, dis
cussed the question, "Winning Souls
Through the Members of the Church.'
Mr. Watkins. in "a practical address,
t'liiphapized the importance of a con
secrated membership saved to save.oth-cr:-.
i -'v ' ,' ,: . . ;
Fey. J. R. Doau. in the closing ad
dress of the morning sesion urged the
importance of the training of the
young converts and placed the respon
sibility for this up6n the pastor.
The closing sesion of the Pastor's
Conference was held yesterday after
noon. -
Dr. V,'.. P.. Cullcm, cf Wake Forest
(Continued on page 4.)
BAPTISTS AT
W I L5 0 H RE-ELECT
OLD OFFICERS
new a
Three Bandits
Hold
Up
Nor thern Train
WANTS FAIR PRICE
FOR TOBACCO
BIG GATHERING
By Associated Press
Louisville, Ky., Ic. 10.1 Promoters !
of the Union Tobacco Socie.ty,. to be
made up of all tobacco ' gowers or
ganizations in the United States, will
meet here today with "the view of in
corporating 'a permanent organization
the object of which is said to be to
control the production of tobacco and
to guarantee to all growers a "fair"
price for their product.
Representatives of growers from
Virginia, Tennessee and numerous
societies in Kentucky have arrived.
NEW CANDY FACTORY.
This is One of Charlotte's Newest In
dustries Located on East Second
Street. 1
One of the new industries for Char
lotte is a candy manufactory. Appli
cation has been made for a charter for
the Southern Candy Company, the in
corporators being Messrs. J. B. Vree
land, J. M. Porter, W. W. Haywood,
and J. O. Chambers.
The plant is located at No. 10 East
Second street, in the building formerly
occupied by the Sanitary laundry. '
" The management state that they will
manufacture all grades of candy, stick
candies, and fancy, and that the out
look for a . splendid ' market , for their
products is good,
Expert candy makers have been em
ployed, and the work of manufacturing
has already begun.
Shoe Company in Trouble.
Special to The rcews.
Greensboro, N. C, Dec. 10. An in
voluntary petition in bankruptcy was
filed here today by creditors against
The Charles Shoe Company of High
PoinL Papers : will be forwarded to
Judge Boyd at Charlotte for action.
Davis. Cleared of Murder , Charge..
By Associated Press.
Omaha, Neb.. Dec. 10. The jury in
the case of Charles E. Davis, charg
ed with the murder of Dr. Frederick
T. Rustin, this morning returned a
verdict of not' guilty. :
Special to The News.
Winston-Salem, N. C, Dec. 10.
Ex-Lieutenant Governor R. A. Dough
ton, who will represent Allegheny in
the next legislature, here today, an
nounced he had no idea now of enter
ing the race for the speakership, not
withstanding many friends are urging
him the- run.
"I don't care to enter a contest
against my friends, Dowd, Hajes and
Graham, all of whom are thoroughly
qualified for the honor and duties at
tached to the speakership," said Mr.
Doughton.
The Alleghany statesman favors a
short session of the legislature. He
thinks all the necessary business and
legislation should be transmitted in
30 days or less.
'We should pass a just and conser
vative revenue' act and adjourn, be
cause the .state needs a rest from
legislation. Besides a short session
of the general vassembly would save
the state several thousand dollars," is
the way the ex-lieutenant governor ptu
it. .
Coroner Gives
Up Fight
Special to The News.
Raleigh, Dec. 10. The county cor
oner today abandoned his separate
hearing in the case of the murder of
Dr. E. W. Smith, of Richmond, Va., a
trading salesman, ' who was found
dead in a rock quarry here.
. Fred Miller, a young white man,
and Tom Crenshaw, a negro driver,
who has been held by the coroner,
were released by him without any
jnvestigation, as the police had held
for the murder Earle Cotton and .Tom
Holderfield, white, with. "Red" Hop
kins, as a material witness, in $10,
000 bond. Hopkins . refused to tes
tify at the preliminary hearing on
the ground that it would incriminate
himself. '
New Harness Store.,
Mr. O. W. Montgomery is at the head
cf a new concern which is being or
ganized to conduct a harness tmsiness."
A location has been secured on North
College street. . ; -
Mr. Montgomery haa had considera
ble experience in this line cf busi
ness. At cue time hs conducted a
business on West Trade street. -
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Daring Robbery lakes
Place Near Spokane
Mail Car Looted By
Desperadoes, who Made
Geod Their Escape.
Presence oj Mind o1 Fire-
of Express Car Which
Carried Large Amount
of Money.
By Associated Press. . "
Spokane, Wash., Dec. 10. Three men
held up the eastbound Great Northern
train, No. 4, a miie and a half east ot
Hillyard, this state, this morning, rob
bed the mail car and made their es
cape. Only the presence of mind of the
fireman prevented the looting of the
i express car, which carried a large
amount of money, including ?u,uuv
consigned from the Spokane bank to
a Montana town.
The train had slowed down .in . the
yard at Hillyard when three men, arm
ed with revolvers, crawled over the
tender of the engine, and covering the
engineer and fireman ordered the train
brought to a standstill, a little over a
mile from the station.
The engineer obeyed and when
the train had come to a stop the bandits
forced the engineer and fireman to
leave me cau.
" While two of the robbers stood guard
over the engineer the other took Frie
man Perrin back to uncouple the mail
and express cars from the rest of the
train.
In the darkness the bandits failed
to notice that the first car was mail,
while the second was baggage, and the
express car, which contained the de
sired booty, was the third in ' the
train.
Perrin saw this mistake, and quick
ly, taking advantage of it, in spite of
the menacihg.revolver held close to his
head, cut off the baggage cars, leaving
the express car attached to the dead,
train.
The robbers then left the engineer
and fireman with the train and board
ed the locomotive and themselves ran
it several miles east from where they
brought it to a stop, rifled, the mail
car, then again boarded the engine, un
coupling it from the cars, which they
left on the track, and proceeded three
miles to Read.
-There a rig was awaiting them and
they made their escape.
Read is only 10 miles from Spokane,
and it is supposed the bandits were
on their way to Spokane.
The amount of their booty is un
known. Tobacco Sales.
special to The News.
Raleigh, N. C, Dec.a0.-The state
department of agriculture reports the
total tobacco soles of the 41 markets
of the state to be 17,831,000 pounds,
Winston-Salem leading with 1,112,249;
Wilson was second with 1,899,249.
Special to The News - -,
Durham, N. C, Dec. 10. The sec
ond, day's session of the Methodist
conferene opened with religious ex
ercises by J. E. Underwood, after the
roll was called- and proceedings ot
yesterday read. 7 - '
Fraternal greetings were 'sent to
the Baptist convention in session at
Wilson.
H. D. Stanley, W. H. Kirton were
referred for superanuation.
' R. F. Bumpas surrendered the cre
dentials of W. H. Li. McLauren, he
having withdrawn from the church.
rtlncnn -fio connn r onri thirl!
years were called, characters passed,
reports heard and they advanced
or remained in class as examina
tions in studies indicated.
W. S. Rone asked that R. D. Daniel
be discontinued at his own request,
which was granted.
Thos. N. Ivey, editor of the Advo
cate, made a report of his work and
the paper.
Geo. H. Buggs and O. P. Routh, of
the Methodist Protestant churcli, was
admitted, to the conference in elders
orders. - -
Seven young men, Wiiliam. Vogle,
McRae, Walton A. Stanbury," E, E.
Barnet, Cornelius Blackman Cul
breth, Wm. Joseph Wilson, Thurmon
Gorhez Vickers and James "Arthur
Martin were admitted on trial. Dr.
Lumbeth, missionary secretary, ad
dressed the conference. . " ;
- Preachers of New Bern and Wash
ington districts passed characters and
reported.
, The laymen held a meeting at 10
O'clock at which such missionary;
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