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ESTABLISHED 1888.
Cabman on The
Witness Stand
In Mains Trial
Martin Skura, Who
Drove Hains Brothers
to Yocht Club on Fatal
Dav Gives His Testimony.
Szvears That Thornton
Ordered Him to Get as
Close as Possible to the
Club Stage 'Containing
Mrs. Annis.
By Asociajed Press.
Flushing, N. Y., Dec. 21. In the tri
::1 ef Thornton J. Haines in connection
with the killing of William E. Annis,
Maitin Skura the cabman who drove
il:o Hains brothers to the Yacht club
v tlie day of the shooting was a wit-
t-ss this morning. He testified that on
the way to the club lie was directed
to let the club stage which was
nlKv.d of them pass them.
Did you hear the defendant say
bvniething when the stage went by?"
' Yea. some one said" 'we'll go him
now:
The cabman said he saw Mrs. An
nis alight from the stage at the club.
The witness said the defendant and
the other man left his cab at the club
and the two men entered the club
house.
Skura said that about ten minutes
after the two men entered the club
house they came out and went down to
the dock.
Did the defendant tell you how far
you were to drive behind the stage?"
"The defendant said," 'keep behind
the stage about one hundred feet.'
Near the club house grounds he told
me to get as close to the stage as I
could, which I did." 1
FOR THE
MISRI P
OF THE WORLD
l!y Associated Press.
Sydney. X. S. Dec. 24. The fight on
Saturday for the heavy weight weight
championship of the world between
"Tommy" Burns, heavy weight pugi
list, and .Tack Johnson, the colored
fighter is today the chief topic of con
versation in Sydney.
The betting on Burns is a point
stronger. Four days ago it favored
Burns at 5 to 4, and a large amount
had been placed at these figures..
Mcintosh, the promoter of the con
test has finally agreed to be referee at
at the request of both fighters.
Au ms A ctive ly
The Race
Special to Th Tews.
Greensboro, C, Dec. 24. From
the article in . Industrial News,
Judge Adams's oi. yesterday morn
ing it would appear that this gentle
man was actively in the race at last
for the Judgeship of the Eastern Dis
trict. The coming here yesterday of
Col. Skinner, in quest of the same po
sition evidently caused the "receptive
-lcandidate" in the Western District to
become a real live one. A. H. Price,
of Salisbury, former Assistant District
Attorney, and a strong rival of Thom
as Sejtle in their recent contest for
a Florida-United Stales Judgeship,
was here last night, and is a heavy
Adams boomer, lie had a conference
with Judge Adams and quasi interview
in the organ this morning is the first
gun in the coming battle for place be
tween the State Chairman and the
Eastern District Attorney.
There is no doubt about the Eastern
man's having got the jump on the
Western man, so far a official endorse
ment and judicial approval is concern
ed, but the chairman can easily down
the other should it come to question of
party political endorsement, for he
controls the machinery.
CHARLOTTE, N. C , THURSDAY EVENING DECEMBER 24, 1908
PRICE 5 CEN TS
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THE SOUTH'S CHRISTMAS!
That. Buick Car
Will Be Yours.
If You Try
Chicago After.
By Associated Press.
Chicago, Dec. 24. In the struggle to
secure a fair portion of the business
of the southeast for Chicago, the
Chicago Association of Commerce has
received material aid from the Illinois
Central, and the Nashville, Chatanooga
and St. Louis Railroads.
These have just established a new
fast freight service which will bring
Chicago a full 24 hours nearer in
point of delivery to many of the mar
kets of the southeast.
This service is said to excel any
thing which is given the southeast by
the railroads which connect them yith
New York, Boston and Philadelphia.
Castro States
His Position
GLENN PROCLAIMS
A DOUDLE HOLIDAY i
Italeigh, Dec, 24. At the urgent rV
l'i.'st of the business men of tlx ,
snfe Governor Glenn issues a pro
clamation declaring Dec. 26 as well
as Christmas day a legal holiday and
on these two days instead of one the
people may observe the usual Christ
mas custom..
"BATHHOUSE" HARD TO TRY
Jury Not Complete for Chicago Alder
man's' Ball Assault Case: . -Chicago.
Dec. 24. After almost ah
ntire day's work, 11 jurors were ob
tainoii today in the case of Alderman
John Cougklin, known as Bathhouse,"
who is charged with assault and bat
'ery in trying to keep Lyman Atwell,
a newspaper photographer, from taking
pictures of the crowds' at the First
vanl ball last week. Several venire
r. were excused on the ground that
had attended the ball. It is ex
itc ff., that-the trial will begin' tomorrow.
While Doubting Accuracy
of Reports, is Resolved
to Place no Difficulties
in Way of New Govern
ment. By Associated Press.
Berlin, Dec. 24. Cipriano Castro
this morning gave a statement torthe
Associated Press which virtually
amounts to an abandonment of his
present claims to the presidency of
the Venezuelan republic. The state
ment follows: "
"After 'taking cognizance of every
thing printed in the- newspapers from
Venezuela, I doubt the attitude there
in attributed to the present govern
ment at Caracas. But I will have
more to say on this subject when 1
am. in better health and when I have
full knowledge of what . has oc
curred. "In any event I shall place no
difficulties in the way of the present
administration of Venezuela in set
tling the pending controversies with
foreign governments, even if, this
should involve my own withdrawal
from activity in the affairs of the
nation.
Heavy Christmas Travel.
The railroads are omlng in for
"i'-'ir share of the Christmas, rush.
Every one of the trains are running
!ato and it is with no little difficulty
ifcat schedules are being maintained.
'J. 30 came in this morning four
fcours; ts,-0 37 nearly two hours lato
ftiir No. 11 two hours or more.
ABE ATTEL ID
"BIG" MACKEY
New Orleans, La., Dec. 24. Abe At
tel, the former champion featherweight
lighter, and "Biz" Mackey, of Cin
cinnati, have been engaged to furnish
the main bout at the boxing show to
be pulled off at the Southern Athletic
club tomorrow night. The articles
call for ten-round contest, the men to
u'iirli 4- 1 no i ai
For Masonic'flome for
Aged And Indigent
Specia 1 to The -News. .
Raleigh, N. C, Dec. 24. Grand Mast
tr S. M. Gattis, Hillsboro, of the North
Carolina Grand Lodge of Masons, who
is here preparing for the annual ses
sion of t bp. Grand Lodae. January 12
to 15, predicts that within less than
live years the grand lodge will estao
lish its long dreamed of home for aged
and indigent Masons, leading in this
work just as North Carolina Masonry
led thirty odd years ago in the orphan
age work of the state. He believes
that within five. years the finances of
the Grand Lodge temple will be so ad
justed as to admit of opening the home
with proceeds from the temple rentals.
Grand Master Gattis is expecting dis
tinguished Masons from all parts of
the country tor tne ceremonies aeai
cating the temple at the approaching
session and says, information from
lodges in 'every part of the state indi
cate that by far the greatest gathering
of Masons ever brought together in
the state will be here for the formal
opening of the tmple by the - Grand
Lodge. . 1
BROKE HIS LIQUOR.
V- - ; ';
So That He Didn't Have 2 1-2 Gal
lons When Arrested.
A nice question dame before the
Recorder this morning. AlberJ Blair,
colored, was charged with retailing.
He got off the train, acted in a
suspicious manner and before Officer
Pitts could arrest him he broke
cr.Tno of his liauor bottles enough to
'make the quantity he "had less than
9iA gallons. Mr. Newell argued that
.he was 4ot guilty under the statute
The Recorder sent the case np.
Mail Boxes
Are Clogged
A Package in The Post
Office for Everybody in
Town Nothing Re
mains Bui Pop Stick
and Cap Pistols.
This is the day before Christmas,
and a glorious one it is. It marks the
end of Christmas shopping, and the be
ginning of the small boys' delight.
The pleasant task of mailing Christ
mas presents is over and nobody is
. . i tt t ri J i- i
any jaappier man uncie oaui s poeu ui-
fice clerks and the men in the express
office. Everybody waits for to-morrow.
' K
Vlt cannot be denied that Christmas
shopping this year was the greatest
ever known in Charlotte. Those who
have mingled with the crowds and
who have been told by merchants that
shopping this year was the heaviest on
record have never disbelieved it, but
if there had been any doubting
Thomases a visit to the postoffice
would remove every shadow of doubt.
Mr. W. B. Bradford, assistant post
master, slipped out of the office this
morning long enough to visit the news
paper offices and ask the reporters to
say that Sunday hours will be observ
ed to-morrow. All windows except in
the money order' department, will be
opened froni 12 to 1 o'clock. The
carriers will make' no deliveries dur
ing the day and those who are expect
ing something in the mails will not
get them until Saturday unless they
get in line to-morrow at noon.
Mr. Bradford was asked how the
postoffice rush compared with that of
last year.
"I don't believe the office has ever
handled so great an amount of busi
ness." he said, "and I believe there is
a package there for everybody in town
but me."
Yesterday was "mailing day" and be
sides the tremendous pile of incoming
bags the clerks handled during the
day and night just as many bags of
outgoing mail. Everybody who made
purchases weeks and even months ago
tried to crowd their dainty Christmas
decorated packages in the big Jnail
boxes on the streets all at the same
time. The result can well be imagin
ed. In a few minutes they were over-'
flowing and scores of packages were
carried to the postoffice.
The postal carriers made extra trips
throughout the day. It was with the
greatest" difficulty' that the boxes were
kept empty, and occasionally they
would be refilled before the carrier
could make :'. trip to the office and re
turn again.
But the joy and delight that awaits
the arrival of the hundreds and hun
dreds of presents that will be deliver
ed in Charlotte to-morrow is nothing
as compared with the thousands that
old Santa Clans -will place in stock
ings to-night. The old fellow starts on
his rounds just after the sun sets, when
the little folks hegin going to bed,
and will have about s-.ll he can do until
the chickens crow in the morning.
The little boys, some of whom, have
just passed into their teens and some
who "have not, who have awaited; with
almost unbearable suspense the time
when they will be allowed to use their
pop-sticks and toy ca.p-pistols, are joy
ous to-day. At S. o'clock to-night they
can rop and shoot just as much as
they please, anywhere and every
where, and they may continue to do
so until 12 o'clock to-morrow night.
The city officials had an informal con
ference yesterday afternoon and nam
ed the hour.
Hundreds of pop sticks and pistols
have been sold all with an abundant
supply of ammunition, and it is need
less to say that there will be plenty
of noises from these instruments as
well as every other kind of a noise
making machine, in Charlotte to-night
and to-morrow.
Mr. Ted Wylie, of New York, son
of Dr. W. Gill Wylie, president of
the Southern Power Company of this
city, has arrived in the city and wil
be here for a few days.
Santa Glaus
4
For the Needy
Following is a list of additional
contributions to The News' Santa
Claus fund. The money received is
being spent to the very best ad
vantage: "
Cash I :.. ?2.50
Cash '1.00
Miss Jeane Parks' Wolfe. . .' 50
Charlotte Hardware Store 1.00
Cash 25
Cash 2 b
Cash 25
Cash .25
Cash .25
Cash .-50
Cash .25
Cash 50
Cash ..; .25
Cash 25
Cash .50
Cash .- .:. .50
Cash :. .25
Cash 50
Arkansas Teachers to Meet.
Little Rock, Ark., Dec. 24 The best
program ever prepared for a metting
cf the Arkansas State Teachers' asso
ciation is that arranged for the annual
convention to be held in this city next
week. President J. B. Aswell, of the
Louisiana State Normal School, Chan
cellor Kirkland of Vanderbilt Univer
sity, Dr. Russell, of the University
of Wisconsin and several other edu
cators of national prominence will be
among the speakers. The local com
mittee of arrangements is in receipt
of advices indicating that the conven
tion will be well attended by teachers
from every county of the state. The
session will begin Monday and con
tinue four days.
Hargis Case
Goes to Jury
By Asociated Press.
""Irvine, Ky., Dec. 24 The closing ar
gument in the trial of Beach Hargis
for the slaying of his fathtr were made
this morning and the case is expected
to go to the jury this afternoon.
Christmas Cantata.
The children of the First Baptist
church will give a cantata tomorrow
night at the church at 7:30. Tne
title is "The Interrupted Program,"
and was published in full in yester
day's News. These children will give
presents instead of receiving them.
Cotton Recipts.
The receipts of cotton today at the
local platform amounted to 58 bales
at SMj cents. Onthe same date last
year not a single bale of cotton was
sold.
BELL S REPORT
CRITICISES Hi
onzm
On
By Associated Press. v
Washington, D. C, Dec. 24. The
most urgent need of the United States
is an adequate remedy for the evils
resulting from the detached service
of officers, says Gen. Bell, chief of
staff in his annual report.
Gen. Bell says it is a discouraging
fact that in case of a sudden out
break of hostilities with a first class
nation there are not sufficient regular
troops in the country, even when re
enforced by the National Guard to
form an army after deducting the
necessary force to provide small gar
risons at our permanent posts - and
the necessary infantry . supports for
qur sea coast fortifications. The in
fantry arm is referred to as to weak,
numerically, for the services required
of it even in a time of peace. He
also criticises . the cavalry organization.
SCIENTISTS MEET
EE
IN Gun
E
Santiago, Chile, Dec. 24. Every
thing is in readiness . for the opening
of the fourth anual international Amer-
GaUant Veteran Passes
Away in Green Old Age
Special to The News.
Asheville, N. C, Dec. 24. Jonathan
Nowell, aged SS years, veteran of the
Mexican and civil wars, and who
sought to enlist for the Spanish-American
war, died at the home of his son,
Charles Nowell, at West Asheville,
Tuesday morning. He retained full
possession of his faculties up to a
short time before his death.
Mr. Nowell was a deputy sheriff of
jWake county, this state, when troops
were mustered in for the Mexican
war, and enlisted in -Company I, of the
Twelfth regiment, composed almost
entirely of North Carolinians, and saw
much active service during the cam
paign in Mexico, lie participated,
with General Scott's army in the at
tack upon the walled heights of Chap-
ultepec, and was one of the intrepid
detail which hewed a hole through the
castle walls through which te troops
entered the fortifications. In speaking
of this incident the old veteran related
that many men were shot down by his
side while they were working on the
walls, adding "the Mexicans stopped
shooting when our men began to pick
them olf every time they poked their
heads over the wall to shoot at us."
When the civil war broke out Mr.
Nowell enlisted in the Fourteenth
North Carolina regiment and served
throughout the war, seeing much active
service with his regiment.
When war was declared agains.
Spain, the doughty old veteran, still
full of fight, again sought to enlist for
Many Making Their Get
away Before the Holi
days Vote Increases
New Nominations Pour
ing In.
ican conference, which will begin its
session in this city tomorrow with an 'active service in Cuba, but was reject
attendance of distinguished delegates
representing practically all of the
counties of the three Americas. The
Government has extended a tcordial
welcome to the visitors and will leave
nothing undone to make the confer
ence the most successful of its kind
that has yet been held.
The purpose of the conference, as
set forth in the official call for the
of the various American states in the
fHrpntion nf material undertaking: and
- m x special Uo- The
ed on account of his age,
Mr. Nowell was born in Wake coun
ty, North Carolina, on August 3, 1820,
but for many years past had been a
resident of Buncornb county. He was
the last of the Mexican war veterans in
this county.
Guilford Good
Road Bonds
.... - . ," . . V
IJrofiTiahrvrn M f: .- Tlf 9.4 The
to be considered, sucn as nygiene, qua-, Guilford County Highway Commission
rantine, commerce between the na
tions on the high seas and by over
land routes and the political rights of
citizens of each in relation to the oth
er. The United States has sent a dis
tinguished delegation to the confer
ence. Includedamong its members are
Dr. Leo S. Rowe, of the- University of
Pennsylvania; Professor Archibald C.
Coolidge of Harvard University; Pro
fessor Hirm Bingham of Yale Univer
sity ; Professor Paul S. Reinsch, of the
University of Wisconsin; Professor
Bernard Moses of the University of
California; Col. William C. Gorgas, of
the United States army, and chief
sanitary officer of the Isthmian canal
commission; William H. Holmes, of
the Smithsonian institution, and Geo.
M. Rommel, representing the United
States department of agriculture.
Retirement of Vetecan Officer.
Washington. D. C, Dec. 24. After
more than- thirty-one years' sei-vice,
Major Francis G. , Irwin, 2d Cavalry,
one of the best known officers in the
army, will be retired from active ser
vice tomorrow upon his own applica
tion. Major Irwin is from Kentucky
and was graduated at the United
States Military Academy in 18S2. He
reached the grade of major several
weeks ago and has been stationed re
cently at Fort Des Moines.
GOMPERS AND HIS
FRIENDS TO MEET
IKE
By Associated Press.
Washington, D. C, Dec. 24. The
whole question qf the sentencing
for contempt of court -"of President
Gompers, Vice President Mitchell and
Secretary Morrison of the American
Federation of Labor will be thrashed
over at a meeting of the executive
council of the Federation to ba held
on January the 11th.
Secretary Morrison said: "We pur
pose to exnaust every effort to. sus
tain every tright to a free press and
free speech. I believe and I am con
fident that the position taken by the
Federation is right."
It is ftot likely that the argument on
the appeal will be heard in the court
EXEGUT
COUNCIL
has advertised for sealed bids for
board construction bonds of $55,000 to
beopened January 18, 1909.
This series is the last of the $300,
000 of good roads, authorized by the
people of the county at an election
held here six years ago. These bonds
constitute- the only debt the county
has, and this issue of $55,000 will no
doubt bring a big premium. When
used, the county will have about 100
miles of macadam roads to show for
the investment, which is now general
ly realized to have been the wisest the
county ever madt.
Sportsmen's Show
Opens in Boston
Boston, Mass., Dec. 24. The annual
sportsmen's show of the New England
Forest, Fish and Game Association
opened in Mechanics Building today
for practically a two weeks' session.
The interior of the big building has
been transformed into a bit of wood
land surrounding a lake where the
aquatic performances are to take
place.
All the features of the previous
years are retained, while a number of
novelties have been added. Among
some of the principal features of the
show will be an indoor rifle shooting
tournament, under the auspices of the
National Rifle Shooting Association of
America; an athletic carnival, a fly
and casting tournament and a new se
ries of moviDg pictures of fishing,
hunting and outdoor scenes.
DR. WHITE'S SCHOOL
in
of the District
March.
of Columbia until
DISTRESSING SUICIDE.
Aged Man Takes His Own Life On Ac
count of Grief at Sons' Intoxication.
Special io The News.
Raleigh, N. C, Dec. 24. Bennett
Wall committed suicide this morning
by blowing off tor. of his head with
a shotgun. ""t ' . -
Two sons had slipped three gallons
of whiskey into the home and tanked
up. The aged father, beside himself
with srief . took his own life.
Rev. D. A. Tedder Enthusiastic
Its Praises.
Rev. Daniel Allen Tedder returned
last night from New York city, where
he has been studyifig at the Bible
Teachers' Training School. This is
the Bible school of which Dr.,Wilbert
W. White is president. Dr. White
recently delivered a series of lec
tures in the First Presbyterian
church, of Charlotte. He formerly
taught the English Bible in Prince
ton Theological Semninary and at
the Moody Training School, and is
the author of perhaps a dozen books
relating to the best methods of Bible
study.
Mr. Tedder speaks enthusiastically
of the work which Dr. White and his
large corps of assistants are doing.
He considers the school much su
perior to other theological seminar
ies, because; in addition to the usual
courses, it lays special emphasis on
the study of the English Bible and on
actual practice in Cnnstian worK.
Nearly all of the students teach or
preach in or near New York city.
Among the alumni are missionaries
to at least seventeen foreign coun
tries, and perhaps fifty or seventy
five of the students expect to work
in the foreign field. The school 7 is
co-educational and interdenomination
al. In connection with the sehool,
which is located at No. 541 Lexington
avenue, is a large hotel , where the
students; friends, .and hundreds of
other Christian people throughout
America are accustomed to board
while visiting in New York.
Remember the Contest is
Just Under Way Whv
Not Make One of The
Dozen and Half Costly
Prizes Yours.
The Christmas rustle, hustle and
bustle is catching, and all the "Daily
News" auto contestants have it, and
have it bad.
The intense interest manifested by
citizens in general surpasses afl ex-1'
pectations. The girls mix "Contest
Talk" with their Christmas shopping;
and the young fellows exchange it at
the candy and cigar raffles. Already
many thousand votes have been poll
ed for the various candidates in thia
Great Contest; for the valuable and
costly prizes and for the great '
honor conferred upon the winner of
such a race.
The valuable prizes offered by The
News are so liberal in nature that the
most ambitious and wide-awake men
and women in Charlotte and vicinity
are rapidly seeing that it is to their
interest to get in and make a pains
taking effort to win. While the Con
test Man was out calling on con
testants Wednesday afternoon, one
charming young lady said: "Oh, how
I wish I were a man. Why, 1 i
wouldn't hesitate a moment, but jump.,
into the race and win it as a busi
ness venture. But I don't care if I
am not a man," she .continued ? after
a minute's 'fa'use," "I ? ani going - to
enter the contest and get the auto
anyway, and what's more I am going
to start bright and early tomorrow
morning so that I can get the prom- '
ise of all the renewals due. the first
of the year. You know I would real-
ly rather have the lot," she confided, 1
"but it would sound so much better
to win the auto." This young lady had
the right idea and is sure going to
be a leader of the lists.
Now is the time to start out and
see your friends before the otMer
fellow has a chance to see them.
Let every citizen of Charlotte know
that you are in The News' "Great
Tripple Prize" contest and that you'
are expecting their support. You will
get a renewal or new subscription
from most of. them.
It is a worthy ambition to get to
the top of the list but it is also a
good idea to start a reserve fund of
votes, to drop into the ballot box
at some future date when you think '
its necessary and also to have a
bunch in reserve for the concluding
night when the real strength of con
testants is shown.' Why show your
hand to the other fejlow? It will
just make him work the harder if you
keep a slight lead. Later on in. the
contest of course it is good judgment
to maintain the lead of your district
as many who have Jio direct interest
in the contest will cast their votes
on what they believe to be the win
ning side.
The new nominations keep pace
with the old votes and the list grows
rapidly from day to day. The slight
advantage gained by some can be
readily overcome by any new nomi
nee who will devote a few hours to
seeing their friends.
Following is a list of the contest
ants and their standing up to 2 p. -m.
Wednesday afternoon:
Phone for the Contest Man.
There is an idividual now con
nected with The News office whose
business it is to talk to interested
parties and explain all about the de
tails of the contest. That's what ha
is here for so don't hesitate hut
come right down to the office and
take up as much of his time as you
like. He will tell you everything
about the contest that you care tox
know and answers all questions reg
ular contest encyclopedia. Come in
and let him tell you how to win:
How to ecure otes in News' Great
Contest.
In addition to the ballots published
daily in The News, votes may be se
cured by turning in paid-in-advance
subscriptions, which will entitle
a candidate to votes according: to the
11 m -am
iouowing scneauies: ?
Old. Subscribers.
$5.00, One Year . . ... . . 5,000 votes
$2.50, Six Months 2,000 votes
$1.50, Fifteen Weeks. .. . 1,000 votes
$1.00, Ten Weeks .. .. .. 600 votes
$10.00, Two Years .. .. ..15,000 votes
$1.00, One Year, Times
Democrat .. 600 votes
$2.00, Two Years. Times-Dem-
crat . . 1,500 rotes
New subscribers will be entitled, to
double the above number of vote.
Awarding of Prizes.
First Grand Prize The candidate
securing the greatest number1 of votes
in the entire contest, fegadless of"
district, wiir be awarded the first
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