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DHCniT OF 1HE
NEGRO
ilSIDERED
THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE
Already Senate Has Pass
ed "Beard Disfranchise
men t Resolutio n"
House Has Measure
Vnder Consideration.
The Principal Opposition
Will Home From The
Prohibition Fo rce s
Senator Money And
Others Defend Bill.
p.;. A.-seciated News.
T;;11;ih;it.seo. Fla.. May S. A joint
nsni uion by Senator Board, proposing
;m nir.endincnt to the constitution re
.i:ini tn suffrage, better known as the
U ar.l disfranchisement resolution"
i iv.i s ii i ;is special order in the house
f representatives to-day when Ignited
S'.ifr Senator Money from Mississippi
;:nd Mat- Senator Beard will address
thit bo.'.y in its favor.
This resolution, which passed the
ra'r Lst week, contains this clause:
"'.;v.m white male person of the age
; 21 ears and upwards, who shall
; Jin- time of registration a citi--,.11
of the 1'iiited States." etc., "Shall
hi il. .:ii'.l a qualified elector at all
under this constitution."
vhi.li hinsuase is directly in conflict
i;h tli''1 fifteenth amendment to the
F"'"t .! 1 constitution.
Tin i rim i'.al opposition w ill come
from ih.' prohibition forces, who sire
M'.orh opposed to this measure being
'i!iini't"i to the people at the same
tin '' ,!.- the state-wide prohibition res
oktion. Tills sentiment will in all
Vr AiuiHiv defeat the disfranchisement
rr.-niuii. :i.
SB STOW OPPOSES
DUTY 01 ID ifl
TARIFF BILL
I'y As.-.iciated Tress.
Viishins;fon. May S. As soon as the
Jiiiiff Mil was taken nn bv the senate
-itnl tin- sect inn placing a duty of two
itnl Mif-oihth cents per pound cn pis
l.'.i'l was re;il, Sen it tor Brlstow arose
id njij,nsr increase from one and one
hall cfips a pound as provided in the
',ki i,it.
S;ivin;; the increased rate would
imdwi it rrnial to rate of the Dingley
Mil. Mr. Bristmv read from tariff hear
ing held by the ways and means com
Miittio to show that it was there con
" nih il that this increase if made would
necessitate an increase of duties on
ether ingredients that are used
'iiiikin? paint. If argued that
JlOMse had been imMrioiiK in it iir-tioi
' It nial.;eS no difference, what the
h'liiv did from timn to time," said Mr.
-M'!i if h. interrupting. "We are here to i
' )i:-tee to this industry hi view cf
tlie- tads of this case."
Wadesboro
News Items
Special to The News.
Wadesboro, May 8. The Daughters
of the Confederacy have arranged for
memorial Day exercises at the Pres
byterian church Sunday afternoon.
After the opening exercises, Rev. J.
H. West will read the scripture les
son for the day and Rev. T. W.
u-namonss will deliver the address, i
ihe Frank Bennett Chapter will
tend in a body.
The May term of the superior court
will convene Monday morning and
Judge J. Crawford Biggs" will preside.
This term is given to civil cases and
unless all signs fail the term will last
only a few days. The arranged cal
endar does not call any important
cases.
The commencement exercises of the
Wadesboro public schools begin this
afternoon with a piano recital by the
music pupils under the direction of
the music department, Miss Jessie
Moore. The program promises to be
of special interest.
Monday night the children of the
primary grades will give the oper
ettas. Bonniebell and Elma for the
benefit of the Betterment Association.
The training of these children is
under the direction of Misses Bessie
Ashcraft, Reua Lassiter and Bernice
Turner.
The commencement exercises prop
er will take place Tuesday night. The
prize offered bv Mr. J. G. Boylin for
the best declamation will be contested
for by Preston Alexander McLendon
and Archibald Ewart Morrison. The
prize offered by Mr. W. Clyde Bivins
for the best essay goes to Miss Janie
Wilma Gtil'.edge who will read her
essay, 'The New South" Tuesday
night. The contestants for the prize
were, Robert Frederick Gray, "The
Panama Canal," Miss Laura Elizabeth
Ledbetter. subject, "The Country
Girl,'' Miss Caroline Ashe Lockhart,
subject, "Patriotic Songs" and Miss
Ina Lee Winfree, subject "The Manu
facture ( " Paper." The limited time
forbids me delivery of ail of the es
says and they were submitted to the
judges and the prize awarded to Miss
Gulledge and she will be the only
speaker Tuesday night. The Class
Historian. Miss Laura Elizabeth Led
better will read the class history and
prophecy. The literary address will
be delivered by T. W. Bickett, State
BOY
T
B Y RGGIDENTAL
DISCHARGE DFGUN
Special to the News.
Chester. S. C. May 8. Hubert, the
11 year old son of Mr. George A- Mc
Cain, of Waxhaw, X. C, accidentally
discharged the contents of a double
barrel shotgun into his right lung last
night about 8 o'clock.
He was brought here on the early
morning train and carried immediately
to the Magdeline Hospital. There Is
the barest chance for recovery.
Mrs. Boyle
Gut I ty
HE TRIED TO BUTT INTO MUNiCl PAL POLITICS!
TELLS HOW
Waverly, Tenn., May 8 Ed Stan
field, who testified yesterday, was the
first witness examined to-day in the
night rider trial. He remembered see
ing nearly all of the night riders on
trial at various meetings of the clan.
The night riders grip was to clasp
Fit! FAVORS
WISE FOREST
MANAGEMENT
hands and touch the pulse at the
SALISBURY
TO
HOifl G
ERflTE SOLDIER
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wnsii wiiu tnv lure linger. T?iniov
lesuueu mat i.rauy , the
Sheriff O'Barr
Ashley, and Sam
Dickevson came
Attorney General. The evening's ex
ercises will be enlivened with musical
selections.
Naval Hospital Ship to
Be placed in Commission
By Associated Press.
" Washington, May S. The surgeon
generals of the navy will soon detail
five medical officers for duty on the
naval hospital ship, Solace, which will
be placed in commission at Charles
ton navv yard within two months.
m Fortv hosnital corns men intended for
tne duty aboard the Solace are now being
trained at the naval medical school
here.
14 of Ships Crew
Probably Lost
Aiken, S. C, Boy Takes
Handsome Prize at Yale
'-y As.-ficiated Pros:;.
Cleveland. Ohio, May 8. It is believ-
l h'-re that 1 i members of the crew of
'lie steamer .(f-lia Shores have perish-
'l and that h boat lis at the bottom
"f Lake Superior, off Whitefish Point.
News From
Lion Hunter
Naii'oi,!. British East Africa, May 8.
Ihe R(,()S,.V0t oxpfvlition is still in
"tup on the ranch of Sir Alfred Pease,
N'.t'hakos. All are well.
" is reported that two more cases
smallpox nave been discovered
;nii'.iis the porters of the expedition.
Mr. Roosevelt will proceed to George
MrMillans Ju La ranch some time be
' Vee .May U;tl, an(j 2mh
Mr. Has-j Gets E'rj Contract.
Mr. J. W. Haas, the well known
J'"tnt and concrete contractor or
city, -n hern awarded the con
ti'art fur tin construction of 14 con
"ete bridges in Alaniaiire county,
l! was awarded by the Highway
" imnlssion. of Alamance and
By Associated Press.
New Haven, Conn., May 8. The
McLaughlin memorial fund prize at
Yale, established for the encourage
ment of English composition in the
freshman class, has been awarded to
.TnRPiih La Conte Bell, of Aiken, S. C.
His subject was "The Eclogues of Virgil."
In The Fla.
Legislature
Tallahassee. Fla., May 8 The house
has passed the Stokes bill prohibiting)
usury and usurious contracts in tnis
state. The bill requires that mort
gages shall state separately the prin
cipal, interest and fees secured, and
that creditors shall give vouchers for
money received from debtors.
Tho senate this week passed the
house concurrent resolutions request
ing Florida's representatives in con
gress to use all honorable means to
have placed on the free list all fertiliz
ers and manures and all materials used
in their manufacture.
him to make a confession. They were
taken before General Bowman. Dick
erson stated that he was the one that
whipped Justice Reese., but hated to
do it, but he had been voted to this
task. Violators were not promised any
immunity for confessing.
W. F. W'arren, formerly of Perry
county. Cripple Creek district, who
appeared against Will Fortner last
night, states that he took a copy of
the oath of the night riders of Perry
county from Fortner and wras to bring
it to Tad Smith, of this county. In
stead of surrendering it to Smith he
placed it in a baking powder cup and
buried it, and it remained buried until
taken up and given to the attorney
general yesterday. He also turned
over to the state the mask, or cap, he
w-ore in Perry county.
"Warren was allowed to tell that at
the Blue. Hole bridge meeting, in this
county, he heard the agreement reach
ed that all night riders were to keep
mum so as to stay out of court until
the trouble died down. This was the
general meeting of Perry and Hum
phrey counties night riders since Janu
ary, when it is alleged that plans were
to be laid to keep down indictments
and secure the release of members if ;
arrested.
Rose Swan, a confessed night rider,
detailed the proceedings of all the
meetings of the night riders. He help
ed to cut the telephone wires on the
night of the Reese raid. He was de
tailed to do the work.
That the wise management of the
forests is regarded by President W.
W. Finley, of the Southern Railway,
as a necessity in the development or
the South is strongly brought out
in his recent address to the student
body of th,? University of Georgia.
"In my opinion," said President
the economic importance of
i the management or our Southern
to ! forests -so' his' fcjecmv fr5m them the
largest present profit consistent with
their preservation can not be over
estimated. In addition to their in
fluence upon stream flow, tending to
diminish the destructiveness of floods
and to maintain higher water for nav
igation and for the generation of
power in bry seasons, they form the
foundation of our woodworking indus
tries. "Until comparatively recent yeaVs
the North Atlantic states predominat
ed in furniture manufacturing and
other' woodworking industries. Timber
supplies in that section have been
almost exhausted and these industries
are folio-wing the rapidly receding
forests into the South and West,
greatly increasing the value of our
timber lands.
"If Southern woodworking indus
tries are to thrive in years to come,
they must be assured of a constant
supply of their raw material. This can
be brought about only by the adop
tion of scientific methods of forestry
by the owners of our woodlands'
Grubb Nominated Judge.
By Associated Press.
Washington, D. C, May 8.Presi
dent Taft sent to the senate the nomi
nation of William L. Grubb as judge
of the Northern district of Alabama.
T03Be!
Acquitted of
Actor's Death
"nt raH pric.. w;i 3"UM)'.
To Promote Music Festival.
Mr. J. Leon Williams has returned
to the citv from Richmond to take
the charge of promoting the musical fes
tival during the 20th celebration.
Jacksonville. Fla., May 8. Two sen
sational killing episodes were ended
here Thursday when the grand jury
ordered the release of Miss Jessie
Brown and R. A. Humphries.
Miss Brown shot and killed Earl P.
Adams, her sweetheart, following the
announcement of Adams' engagement
to another woman.
Humphries shot and killed both his
16-year-old wife and Thomas McManus
when he found the two together in his
home.
The mother of Mrs. Humphries com
mitted suicide because of brief over
ier daughter's death.
Daring Plan to Rob
Treasury of $100,000
l!y A--H"ted Press.
Russia. May 8.-A daring plan
'! ,hp treasury of Gori. in which
K''i,:!:'M,1 m' Pf. was discovered
ki.i evening.
i.lenU',T,"'MH (,f ,hG criminals, five
"d a woman, was to dig a tunnel
into the building from the outside.
They had progressed a distance of
330 feet and had reached a point di
rectly below the cellar when the book
keeper heard sounds of excavating and
summoned the police to investigate,
with the result that all six were captured.
U.
FLAGS ARRIVE.
Memphis, Tenn., May S. In a futile
attempt to save the lives of his sister-
in-law, Mrs. B. F. Chiles, aged 45 years
and her little daughter, Virginia Chiles
aged lz years, vviniam nipernartit, od
years old, a member of the St. Francis
Levee board, a wealthy plantation own
er and prominent Memphis merchant,
was drowned in the Mississippi river
near Pecan Point, Ark., Wednesday
night.
The party were crossing the Mis
sissippi river from Pecan Point to Is
land 35, where Mrs. Chiles lived, in
a batteau towed by a gasoline launch
In some way the larger cratt was
sunk and the occupants of the batteau
were suddenly thrown into the water
Eberhardt, who is an expert swim
mer, at once went to the rescut of
Mrs. Chiles and her daughter. For
fully half an hour he battled with the
swiftly flowing current and again and
again succeeded in getting the strug
gling women to the overturned boat
onlv to lose his hold, and finally all
three sank.
The bodies have not yet been recov
ered.
Six
in
Hundred Will be Unfurled
Charlotte for the 20th.
Six hundred United States flags ar
rived in Charlotte this morning and
will be distributed at once for decora
tion purposes. They are all sizes, rang
ing from 2x4 to 10x20 feet.
A large number of the flags will be
used by the decoration committee.
They will be nlaced on top of the whit
monuments and arranged in profusion
along the streets. What remains wia
Four in School Yard
Struck By Flash
Denison, Tex.. May 8. Lightning
struck the school yard at Bennington
Oklahoma, to-day. Roy Shumate and
Ollie Gray are believed to be fatally
injured, and Nathan Rigar and Lorena
Harris were injured.
Special to The News.
Salisbury, May 8. Everything is in
readiness for the unveiling Monday
of the beautiful $10,000 monument
erected to the memory of Roman's
Confederate soldiers by the Daugh
ters of the Confederacy. General Ben
nett H. Young, one of the principal
speakers, will arrive in the city to
night from Louisville, Ky., and will
be the guest of Mayor "A. 11. 3oyden,
who is to be the orator of the day. I
Working For
Better Team
Local Baseball Magnates
Meet With a View to
Strengthening Bunch
on Diamond Avoid
Last Year's Experience.
A meeting of the holders of the lo
cal baseball franchise was held last
night and it is understood that steps
were taken to strengthen the local
team, which has been meeting with
general disaster everywhere of late.
The local baseball public is very much
disappointed and criticism has been
heard on all sides. Almost everybody
in Charlotte loves a good game of bail
but the fans can't stand last year's
experience. One year of the Waterloo
business is sufficient. The chief com
plaint is that Charlotte is too economi
cal in the salaries of players, and that
she ought to get the best team in the
league, no matter what it costs. It i
doesn't matter whether she runs the,
game as a money-making institution
or not, say the critics. The best team
in the best ball town in the state, is
what the public wants. It will be a
pleasure, therefore, for it to know that
the local magnates are aroused to the
situation and are working to better the
team.
The boys started the season off in
fairly good shape and won enough
games to keep Charlotte in the first
division. Winning two out of three
games from Nick Carter's bunch
brought encouragement into the camp,
and everybody believed that the boys
would play a better game when warm
er weather set in. They might have
done so but those who had that idea
failed to reckon that the other teams)
in the
ter game
er.
At anv rate with the Spartanburg ra,r ,,as not ,)een arrested. I am wii
series on the home grounds last week. ,inS to suffer for any crime I may
trouble of some kind spread among the have committed, but there is no evi
players and thev have net been' able dPllce that 1 have heon mixetl UP ,m
to overcome it Lost six straight . ,,lis case and rather than ,f.uffe.r
games. It brought out the hammers Jstco from this court I will quit this
and they have been used freely ever .ea,,',th aI,(i take Justice from my Mak
since the team went away. S1'-' , .
The sisminsr of Rp-tct for slim! vio 1 e aness oi .niuge Miner, touusi
By Associated Press.
Mercer, Pa., May 8. Jury In trial cf
Mrs. James Boyle returned verdict of
"Guilty as indicted in second count."
Second count charges her with aiding
and abetting kidnaping.
Mercer, Pa., May 8."Life in the pen
iteutiaryy would kill me, and rather
than submit to this I would take the
'Dutch route. " said Mrs. Doyle to
day. Ijke her husband, she is anxious to
tell more thau has been brought out
in the trial of herself or her husband,
regarding the kidnapping of "Billy
Whit la, in the trial of herself or her
husband regarding the kidnapping of
"Billy" Whitla.
"If Jinimie and I are sent to the
penitent iaray," she said, "we will not
go alone. Others will go with us or
circuit would, also, plav a bet-join l,s SO(J11 tnere- Half tne truta has
ae with a change in the weath- not beP to,1 et in tllis case- ne
otner man. wtio planned tne wnoie ai-
Mrs. Frances Tiernan, the noted au-iclub last season
thoress and a daughter of Col. Char
les F. Fisher, will unveil the monu
ment. The exercises will be partici
pated in by the Salisbury Choral So
ciety, veterans and school children
and a splendid program has been ar
ranged for the day. -A mammoth stand
has been erected near the monument
at the intersection of Church and
Inniss streets, for those taking part
In the exercises. Preceeding the un
veiling the parade will form on Mam
street near the Empire hotel, Capt.
W. C. Coughenour chief marshal, and
march up Main to Inniss and down
Inniss to the monument. The whole
county and hundreds from adjoining
counties and .cities are coming to
witness the unveiling. The business
houses will be decorated, and already
a number of display windows con
tain relics of the Confederacy, uni
forms, guns, swords, etc. From 10 to
12 o'clock Monday morning business
will be suspended throughout tne
city. The granite base is surmounted
by the Buckstahl group of Fame witn
enc outstrctcnen nana noming i
wreath and with the other supporting
a dying soldier and in the act of
crowning the soldier. It is probably
the finest Confederate monument in
North Carolina and one of the finest
in the South. It stands upon the east
end of the Park plat on West Inniss
street, facing the main square, and
just across from the eite upon which
tho cnvprniiipnt. huildin2 is to be
erected. The unveiling day is to be
be one of the most memorable in
the history of Rowan and the entire
vicinity is looking forward to the occasion.
for Mr. Boyle, to the jury was begun
this morning.
One of the instructions to the jury
given by the judge reads:
"The jury cannot convict merely up
on theory. They must consider only
the sworn testimony of witnesses. Al
'f -:-. eous;ira.y m;;rt Je shown Vt
Anderson ihHV'e,.;-,VCI1 i5? Mercer county.
Vfia nhvincr ivaj nf ' 11,1 11 UK I fStlllUJII UUS IIUl MIU LUIS
such a high order that the Jacksonville !HP dcfen'lsnt cannot be convicted of
and the shifting around of the players
has again brought encouragement into
the camp and the fans most interested
in the success of the local team in
the race for the pennant are inclined
to be patient a little while longer.
These changes are calculated for the
better.
Reggy played with the
Girl Killed in
Mexican Riot
club in the South Atlantic League.
drafted him. When "weeding out"
time came Jacksonville had a few ex
tra men to farm out or lease.
Since it was against the rule to farm
them in this league Charlotte was able
to buy the ex-Anderson star.
Reggy has a great record as an in-
fielder, his percentage last season be
ing higher than any ether short stop
in the Carolina League. His record
was as follows: Games played in. 51);
put out, 132; assists, 1ST; errors. 23;
percentage, 937. His batting average
was 226.
With Reggy at short stop, Linneborn
who has been dissatisfied in that posi
tion, will probably be returned to third
where he belongs. Brennan at second
base is as good as they make "em.
Shumaker played a star game at first
for awhile but his average for some
reason has been pulled down in latter
days. Warner and Collins at the re
ceiving end could hardly be improved
on. Moreland in center covers the
ground like the dew in the morning.
Left and right fields are uncertain.
Noojin who is to report in a few
days will likely take one of the outfield
positions; and if Hunter would only
return! It has been rumored for sev
eral flays that he would return but
if the report is true Collins would apt
to be the first to know it, and he's not
here.
With the line-up as suggested above
it is believed that Charlotte might fin
ish somewhere in the first division,
first, second or third. It is believed
that the fans would be satisfied with
either position in the "Standing of the
Club's column" at the close of the season.
the crime charged.
He made it clear that the commission
of the act in this county would hate
to be proven to convict on a charge o
kidnapping and that it must be proved
that the abduction was planned In
Mercer county LVore sne couW
convicted on the second count.
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CAMPUS
PTES
FROM IK FOREST
El Paso, Tex., May 8. Additional
reports received here of the recent riot
on the Sanborn ranch, near Vera Cruz,
Mexico, are that seven persons were
killed during the riot and that Harold
Sanborn, of Chicago, son of the presi
dent of the La Junta plantation, was
dangerously wounded. Young San
born is still being held in jail, the
charge against him being the killing
of a 19-year-old girl, who, it is alleged,
stabbed Sanborn's ranch partner, Vi
cente Espionoso, in the back. The
killing of the girl took place in the
general fight that followed.
Mr. L. B. Humphrey, representing
the London and Lancashire Fire ln-
be disposed of to whoever wants them headquarters in Charlotte and has
for decorating buildings. J room No. 1018, Realty building.
Young Woman Leads
White Plague War
Chicago, May 8. A woman is to
be in charge of the real fight against
the white plague, which is to be waged
by the Chicago Tuberculosis institute.
She is Miss Edna Foley, of Boston,
Mass., and she has already taken up
her preliminary duties.
The institute has seven dispensaries
in different parts of the city and nine
graduate nurses, who assist in treat
ing the tuberculosis patients.
Over these dispensaries and nurses
Miss Foley will have full charge and
the responsibility for the treatment
of the afflicted will rest with her.
Miss Foley is a young woman, hav
ing been graduated from Smith col
lege in 1901.
Social to the News.
Wake Korcst, X. C, May S. Th?
piesident's and the bursar's reports
will be put into the hands of the print
ers to-day, and toegether with the
treasurer's report, will be privately
distributed in the next few days.
President Poteat heard the speech
of Senator Dolliver, of Iowa, in the
tariff debate in Washington Tuesday,
and feels like congratulating our
friends of the Baptist University for
Women uion securing so superb a
speaker for the literary address com
mencement. The societies have arranged for the
next anniversary celebration. The re
sult of the election was as follows:
L'uzalian Society Orator, W. IL
Hill, of Rutherford county; first de
bater, H. B. Jones, of Union county;
second debater, R. R. Blanton, of
Rutherford county.
Philomathesian Society Orator, J.
J. Best, of Duplin county; first debat
er, E. X. Johnson, of Sampson county;
second debater, S. C. Hilliard, of Wake
county.
The friends of Mr. Hubert Poteat
will be Interested to know that he will
complete his examinations in Columbia
University in time to arrive here for
the commencement exercises. It is
indirectly learned that Mr. Poteat's
Ph.D. test on French was highly
creditable to the modern language de
partment of this college, the profes
sor declaring that no better showing
Jin French had been made by any man
who had not studied in Europe.
Dr. E. W. Sikes left Wednesday for
Monroe, where he spent a day with
political organizations. Its purpose is 1 relatives previous to going to Shelby
to convince colored voters, particular-1 to make an address at the commence
ly in the North and West, of the neces-; nient of the graded school.
President Poteat left yesterday for
Washington, X. C, where he will
speak at a high school commencement.
Negroes Work
For Race Rights
By Associated Press.
Washington. D. C, May 8. Officers
of the National Association of Political
Leagues have issued a call for a sec
ond annual meeting to be held in Colum
bus. Ohio, May 26th and 27th.
This league was formed as a merger
of a number of national, state and local
sity of using their ballots primarily to
secure race rights, rather than in the
interest of any particular political
party.
What Might Happen if
Connor Was Appointed
Special to The News.
Raleigh, N. C. May
a petition endorsing Judge Allen for the
the 'seat on the supreme court bench that
8 On
strength of the reports from Washing- , Q "T afTl thV
' , , J . nor s resignation. It is understood that
ton that President Taft has finally de-(the document already bears the names
termined to appoint Associate Justice t of nearly all the members of th Ral
H. G. Connor, of the supreme court jeigh bar. Many here believe that In
bench, to tfie Eastern Carolina United the event of a vacancy on the supreme
States judgship, friends of Superior court bench Governor Kitchin would
Court Judge W. R. Allen, of Goldsgoro, most likely appoint J. S. Manning, of
under the leadership of Solicitor Armi- Durham, who was manager of Mr. KitcU
stead Jones, put in circulation todayj in's campaign lor Ui go.xeraorsUifi.
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