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CHARLOTTE, N..C, TUESDAY EVENING MAY 25, 1809
PRICE 5 CENTS
Cotton Mill
Men Meet At
l&ichmond, Va.
10 MS BARREL OF
UPR AT THE SOUTHERN
FREIGHT DEPOT?
ti
. vv.uuuwure 01 uie case until a
uh: complete invest lmirm .,-.
- v CD UVj
dered The
Goods.
Yellow Liquid
At The Request of Solicitor
Ciarkson, The Case Goes
Over Till Saturday in Or
der to Secure More Evid.
eucc.
Ml
th.
the
owner of a barrel of li
Southern freight depot
to John Bo ett was the per
li'U'stion r the recorder
mine, and. . O -der that fur
estigation nia.. dble reveal
!i;iiy of the ct nee, the
ih ' State vs. the , ern rail-
lljree John Bennetts in The;i.
m:iln
xtcoAwv wu&b xsuy iTiuRiiiig u) mv iiifornnition," said
TW Th, n. Ir:.1?!ark,soll'': "the are now in the
uuu xAivjr uuu lint v ; fiMuuern ireignt olliee 18 or 20 barrels
ji iniuui, una u mere ever w:w n. time
viien a thing needed investigation it
. now. And I think the railway offi
Udl!i snount gladly aid the officers ot
the law in their endeavors to nn mirth
the parties who ordered this whiskey.
It is very evident that a man does not
order a barrel of whiskey for his indi
vidual use. For this reason I do not
wish a final disposition to be made
of the case at present, but would like
for it to be continued until further in
vestigation can be made."
Mr. Lucas contended that such a
course would be working a hardship
on his client. There was nothing that
could be construed into evidence tend
ing to show that the railway company
had the whiskey' for sale. It accepted
no money except the freight charges
and could in no v.-ay be a party to the
alleged crime. While the railway offi
cials, he stated, were in full sympa
thy with the officers in their efforts to
enforce the prohibition law, they were
simply discharging their official duties
in hauling and delivering liquor to
those who order it. lie said that if
they should refuse to deliver this bar
rel of whiskey to the consignee on
presentation of the bill of lading it
would make them liable, and he
thought the case against the railroad
should be dismissed.
, Recorder Smith, after hearing both
bides, continued the case until Satur
day morning in order to give the state
an opportunity to unearth more evi
dence if it be possible.
.in!: a
i i'lUiV
ii
Dennett was.
'4.
morning. For
tinued
,. '-son
posM'ssion more tin. 1-2
v. hiskey is. under tlu.
evidence that the sank .s
Malcolm and House yester
'.iiv.l about 25 barrels of
:i iiie Southern freight depot,
barrels containing, by esti-
I r. i-hf Agent D. D." Tray's-
-"o pints, was directed to
a-, tt, .nid this barrel was the
.va.Tiiut being sworn out by
.'.usiinst John Bennett and the
railway, on the charge of
iv i ray wick, local freight ag-
Sjuthern. was summoned
r hi fore the recorder this
representative defendant.'
h of the city revealed three
: ' i.-. two white and one col-
v.vro likewise summoned as
i:is. Solicitor ileriot Clark
- n i 1 the prosecution in the
f litv Aitorney V. C. Max-
rA
"WELCOME TO OUR CITY!"
Strike On Th
Railroad G
Seriou
'. Ltir-:i3 i'.ppeared for
'way.
Tray wick was placed1,
questioned as to what
' ; Mr. II.
r;i ra
i'- - A sent
'i and
- about the liquor.. He said it
: i tip- ili'jMJt marked To John T3on-l
". ; that he was simply holding
" " ii nan who should present the,
.1 l h'd'.ng. which was his duty.!
.'.-'.I l.v Solicitor Ciarkson if in
. .'. it was the custom for the
i-i. M. to make payment through
icli! ofliee. the witness stated
i- not. Only the freight charg-
.i!-et'-,t;d.
V- I l nn"tt No. 1 wn rallod
: 'ii i ill row no tidilit buial light on
-'it.-r. , S;nd that lie is a house
r. "!, i::d pot ordered any whis
' :'. v r,;!v. ago. so he stated, he
!' i rard from th; freight of-
i'i f'-e 'fl'Tt that a barrel f
"r a there in his name and 'for
" '. r ill ; nl get it. lie went to the
" 1 " to try and find out who had or-
i in l i.; name, but th officials
. i i ' ! i il"y comI, i not give him any
-'on unless he held the bill
rmr nrnonnin 1
rut xmm w. mM
rarayu planned fqr
j -w m m m -war K q -w w
e Kjreoraia
rows More
s Each
Chases Burglar;
Finds Wife
New York, May 2o. Police Lieut.
Frank Leary started out to find a bur
glar a year ago and found a rich and
pretty wife in Miss Thomas instead.
1 he romance of blue and brass was an
nounced by Leary last night, when he
confessed the secret wedding.
Leary would say little about his
bride, except that she was a graduated
physician and rich in her own right,
and had practiced only for charity.
Leary now owns a diamond studded
charm that cost ?2,000, a watch valued
at $1,000, and is said to have received
a more substantial present.
The course of true love runs no more
smoothly for a policeman than for any
one else. Leary soon found that he
had a rival in a man high in the depart
ment. The automobile of the official
was no stranger in front, of Miss Thom
as home. Soon after the official found
tliat the lieutenant was preferred to
himself Learv was -transferred.
With Large Attendance
Convention of Ameri
can Cotton Manufactur
ers Association Opens
in Virginia Capital.
Forged Names
To License
Day
v.
He th
Stewait
hands.
"T llefe!i
called,
of the v
lie 1
n went to see Mr.
and placed the mat-
"e. a
it til
11iii-
'ii.-t
whi
'laut. John r.ennett
I. He disclaimed any
whiskey. He said the
nil anything about it
when Officer House
'..me. No. ;.",r, South
nd summoned him to
recorder's court this
him the nature of the
or-
Oklahoma City, Okla., May 25.-Five
persons are dead, at least 10 seriously
injured, several acres of crops are in
undated and every stream in the north
ern and eastern part of Oklahoma is
raging as a result of heavy rains
during the last 21 hours. A number of
houses. -were washed away.
The dead are:
Mrs. W. V. Urowii and three chil
dren, of Foraker.
Mattie Jones, a negress.
Mrs. Brown and her children were
drowned on Salt creek, while attempt
ing to escape from high waters. The
negroes dropped dead from fright,
when the waters of Hoggy Creek, near
Enid, surrounded her home.
1 A small tornado struck Morris, de
molishing the Methodist church and
several residences, including that of
Ernest Scott. He and his wife and
child were seriously injured.
I Cattle Drowned.
! ?San Angelo, Texas. May 25. Reports
were received yesterday from Tom
Ureck and Concho counties that many
cattle and sheep were drowned in the
storm.
Fil't" houses are reported destroyed.
Mrs. W". J. Peebles was killed by fall-in-'
timbers. The loss is $100,000.
Special to The
Union, S. C,
services lasting
and conducted
national reputation, is
for to begin Sunday,
News.
May 25. A series of
three weeks or more
by an evangelist of
being planned
June loth, at
the First Baptist church of this city
by the pastor. Rev. K. W. Cawthon.
who is hoping to have the co-operation
of ail Christians in Union to
snake this- a rcat revival in the
truest sense of the word.
Etev. Dr. L. B. Warren, pastor of
the First Baptist chur.di of Owens-
boro, Ky., is the minister, who has
accepted the invitation to present, the
gospel message during the meetings.
ur. warren is saicl to be a very elo
quent, earnest evangelist, and has had
phenomenal success in presenting the
message, so as to awaken hundreds
of persons to the performance of their
Christian obligations.
It is expected that the music will
be an especially attractive feature
of the meetings. It will be under
the direction of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. A.
ischer, of Louisville, Ky., who have
had much experience in conducting
choruses during revival meetings and
have made the musical feature an un
usually strong ally
Post Office Department
Greatly Concerned Over
Inability to Dispatch
Mails JSinth Day of
Strike Offers Little Hope
Interest Centers in Com
ing :of Commissioner
Neil I Governor Striv
ing to Bring About Arbitration.
Kermit Slays An
"Undesirable" Hyena
' T
"111:
le
HI'
I
him. He had never
l.v wntskev. so he said.
inn my name J. F. Ben
' h" concluded, "and have
. : i l
Mill I Wil.S il K.IV . l- A !'. ri..,.,.
ett colored, called out, . .
.Inn v. iind from the audi- Nairobi, British Last
tall, hi-uvv-set darkey,' 25. The correspondent of the Asociat-
vanl. He was No. 3. !0d Press returned to Nairobi after
two-davs' visit to the Roosevelt camp,
as the Ruest of Mr. Roosevelt.
Africa. May
.!l'l
e ai'it .John Bennett," he'
the court after he had been
-eai..i iu the witness chair.
'. " i- it :
i'!..
:i i Ili!!e:t,
I'loVIl.
tiliel I .
I,
IIO
aui
eti;
inquired Recorder
the witness re-
eviilence against the
they were dismissed
contained in the war-
to the preaching
in the winning of souls
"Tin.
I'I
ir;
, he,
lell ,,f
asked that the court
ise with the Southern
inlant until the city at
i nd further investiga
iinde. The whiskey,
.onie one else, was in
railway compa
sdflicient to jus-
the
I'd
Kermit recently killed, at close range
a hvena that attacked him.
Mr. Roosevelt is annoyed at certain
special dispatches reported here as ap
pearing in American and English news
papers. He authorized the statement
that no newspaper has a representa
tive with the party.
Presbyterians
At Savannah
NEGROLYHGHED
w r nflirmimiT mi
i ,H Kf !
n ijiiUillUii I til !
ill 5 1 m
A special
from Pine
'i'i
ii
-seated Pr.'SS.
''d'ld-'. Ten"... May 25
" '01l.ll!e,ci;..))l.al
my.-:
,v' " Wavis. a negrti. charged with
1 l,,,,l M'iiai'ial assault upon a
v,iiit,. "j,!, w.,,; lynched at
'::!it."
Bv Associated Press.
'Savannah, Ga.. May 25. The gen
eral assembly of the Presbyterian
church accepted the invitations of
Lewisburg. Vest Virginia, to hold its
next meeting there.
The morning was taken up with
hearing of reports. As special order
i for to-morrow morning was piaceu uie
report of the special committee upon
the memorial as to whether polygam
ists in foreign mission fields may be
long to the Presbyterian church. Dr.
Morris of Atlanta, denvereo an au
dress upon the relation of Calvin and
Galvanism to missions. To-night Dr.
i George H. Dennv, president of Wash
! ington and Lee University, will deliver
Ian address from the subject. ' Calvin s
Contribution to Educational Progress.
of the word
for Christ. Already preparations
are being made for a great revival
chorus, in which it is hoped to have
from sixty to seventy-five voices. Mr.
Cawthon in speaking of this yester
day said that he had already gotten
nineteen persons outside of his own
church who had agreed to participate
in this choir work, it is expected j
that Mr. and Mrs. Fischer will reach i
Union in time for the first rehearsal
on Thursday, June 10th, three days
before the meetings begin.
Rev. Mr. Cawthon has expressed
the hope that all Christians in Union,
irrespective o denomination will co
operate in making the meetings a
great help to every one. He says
that while the present human plan is
to have the meetings last three weeks
that if the interest manifested indi
cates the advisability of continuing
th'e services that such will be done.
He cited an instance of how in Pad
ucah. Ky.. such services continued
for five months., two services a day
with the result that literally thous
ands were converted, one church
alone received 1.000 additional mem
bers. Last year Rev. L. A. Cooper con
ducted a three weeks' meeting fol
lowing the close of the State Sunday
school convention. These services
resulted in over 100 conversions, and
the membership of all the churches
were greatly strengthened, and it is
anticipated that equally good results
will follow the services this year.
By Asociated Press.
Atlanta, Ga., May 25. With the de
livery of seme necessities of life stop
ped in several small Georgia towns,
the Georgia railroad firemen's strike
to enforce the supremacy of white men
over negroes, is in its ninth day, with
not a wheel moving on the entire main
line between here and Augusta, nor on
any of the road's branch lines.
No definite hope of improvement is
held out until the arrival here of Com
missioner of Labor Neill.
General Manager Scott, of the rail
road, and Vice-President Ball, of the
firemen's organization, leader of the
strike, are both here awaiting the com
ing of Mr. Neill.
Governor Smith meanwhile has not
abandoned the efforts to bring about'
arbitration.
The complete tie-up of the railroad
has one unusual aspect. Several com
munities through which the road passes
day that the tie-up on the Georgia rail
road continues because of striking fire
men on that system adds greater con
cern to the officials of the postoffice
department.
The only interest the department has
in the matter is the prompt dispatch of
mails along that line and the inability
to do so occasions considerable anxie
ty. Every effort is being made to '
promptly despatch mails when train ser
vice is resumed.
Lss to Business
Reports are coming in daily to the
department from business men and oth
ers all along the Georgia railroad in
dicating the lack of mail facilities is
proving a source of great inconvenience
and business loss.
So anxious are they to secure some
kind of service that automobiles and
other means arc being employed for
that purpose.
Fall River, Mass., May 25.-A jail
term for forging the names of his
parents and that of his wife to a per
mit of marriage was the risk taken by
18-year-old A.fred Morrissette to win
10-year-old Emma Curtis.
Morrissette spent yesterday
his young wife having failed
the ?500 bail to liberate him.
The young husband intends Jo fight
the case., and will claim that he has
been legally married to his wife when
the case comes up in .court tomorrow.
The Morning Session was
Given Over to Ad
dresses ot Welcome and
Reading And Discus
sion of lechincal Popers
By Associated Press.
Richmond, Va.. May 25 The
American Manufacturers" Associa
tion met here today with a large
attendance.
The early part of the session was
taken up with an address of welcome
by Mayor Richardson, the reply being
!by L. D. Tyson, of Knoxville, Tenn.,
and the annual address of President
At the close of his address, the
retiring president was presented with
a handsome cold watch fob.
The remainder of the morning ses
sion was devoted to the reading and
discussion of technical papers.
in jail,
to raise
Lodge Found
ers in Trouble
Five Children
Fatally Burned
By Associated Press.
Central City. Kan., May 25. Five chil
dren were fatally burned during the
commencement exercises in a private
school here last night.
AND OTHERS
By Associated Press.
Washington, D. C, May 25.--Upon
Major J. M. Wright, marshal of the su
preme court of the United States, will
fall the duty of bringing before the
court Sheriff Shipp and other Chatta
nooga men who were yesterday pro-
made it known that trains win ! nounced guilty of contempt of court
n a v
not be allowed to pass carrying negro
firemen or strike-breaking firemen. So
positive have been these announce
ments that the outcome of attempting
to force trains to run is a matter ot
some anxiety.
Shortage of Ice.
Shortage of ice was one of the in
conveniences imposed by the strike
today and wagons left Atlanta, some
carrying ice fully 25 miles. Lithonia,
Stone Mountain, Scottdale and Deca
tur all sent to Atlanta tor ice.
because of their supposed participation
in the lynching in 1905 of the negro
prisoner, Ed. Johnson, after the su
preme court had taken cognizance of
his case.
Ordinarily, Major Wright deputizes
local United States marchals to serve
his warrants and it is probable that
that course will now- be pursued and
that the marshall for the Eastern Dis
trict of Tennessee will accompany the
prisoners to Washington.
! Tneir bonds will insure their free-
until i uesdav, when the sheriff
Tho .jntmnihilp nowmanpr iIp ivprv . uom unin niesuav, wueii uie
uitn h-ic i,0m oQtnmichfwi for and nis nve co-aetenaants will be ar-
than 40 miles along the railroad
Mr. G. C Huntington left this morn
ing for St. Louis to attend the conven
tion of the Railroad Secretaries of the
Y. M. C. A. He expects to be away
about ten days.
Damage from Winds.
By Associated Press.
"Montgomery, Ala., May 25. Heavy
winds interrupted telegraph business
frcm Montgomery to the South, al
though there are no reports of serious
damage.
20th
more
line.
Towns Seriously Affected.
The towns most seriously affected
by the tie-up, in addition to those
named above, are Conyers, Almond,
Covington, Hazlebrand, Alcovin, Social
Knriedee. Dorsev. Madison.
Buck Head. Blue Springs.' Carey, Union anfl administer
Point, Greensboro, Washington,' Lex
ington and more than a score o? small
er places.
Vice-President Ball, of the firemen,
said today that there is no immediate
prospect of the Strike spreading to eth
er hoads on account of the diversion
of the Georgia railroad's freight.
Mr. Ball said he has no intention
of calling such a strike on other roads,
and that it would be entirely outside
his powers to do so.
General Manager Scott went into con
ference with the officers and directors
of the road.
Augusta. Ga.. May 25. Not a wheel
is moving in the Georgia railroad yards
and no indication of immediate efforts
to start the train service are seen.
Complaints have poured iu from small
towns near Augusta and automobiles
were sent out carrying mail and most
urgently needed supplies.
Six Men Arrestee:
raigned before the court, and each and
all of them receive sentence of that
tribunal.
The prevailing opinion among the
attorneys is that the sentences will not
be heavy, as it is believed the principal
object of :he court in prosecuting the
men was to emphasize its authority
lesson.
Prohibition Tax
On Near Beer
Special Committee f f New
Board of Aldermen
Propose Drastic License
to L a w - Eva ding
Drink.
The executive board held a meeting!
this morning at 10: "0 o'clock and
amongst other matters heard from Mr.
Paul C. Whitlock, chairman of the
special committee of the new board of
aldermen on tbo revenue act. Mr.
Whitlock and bis eoinmitt e, the other
members of which are Messrs. Willis
1. Hen.'er.son and Zachary Taylor
Smith, have been working hard on
this matter and have the new revenue
act for the next two years practically
licked into shape for the consideration
of the board of aldermen, which will
be called into session at once by May
or Hawkins.
It is understood that the board has
made not many changes in the revenue
licenses fixed by the last board of
aldermen, which wss drawn up by a
special committee of which Mr. G. G.
Scott was the chairman. The license
taxes arranged at that time will be al
lowed to stand pretty fully as they are.
One material new feature in the
revenue act, however, will be the pro
position to put heavy taxes on "near
beer." The near beer question has
come to be a problem. The stands
where it is sold are said to be selling
a concoction which contains a large
amount of alcohol or other intoxicants
and that the sale is really a violation
of the revenue lawt
St. Louis. May 25. The Kev. J. W.
Wilson, aged 73. of New Foxboro,
Mass.. founder of the Royal Arca
num and Knights of Honor, who is
now the Royal Ana mini's past su
preme regent, and his son. Dr. James
Wilson, aged .".:. were arrested today
in their apartments in the Planter's
Hotel, where the Royal Arcanum
grand council is in session. Ths
charge is obtaining money under false
pretenses.
12. C. Graulich. terminal railway
assistant yardmaster and Special Po
liceman O. ChrisiuVr allege that they
paid i he younger Wilson $ each for
tnree degrees jn the Egyptian rite ot
Free Masonry, after - leing assured
that their membership would give
them entry to stiiy lodge of the An
cient Free and Accepted Masons.
Both Wilsons deny the charge, and
refer to the lodge applications of the
complainants, which set forth that
the Egyptian rite of Free Masonry is
not connc-ctcd wiMi and gives no
privileges in the A. F. and A. M.
Spe-.-ial Policeman Chrisnier says
he will apply for warrants tomorrow
based on the Wilson's statements.
The Wilsons were not locked up. Ie
ing allowed to remain in their office
until they furnished bond. They
claim their new order has 61.000
members, and they recently organized
tlio Isis Chapel. Egyptian Rite of
Free Masonry in Chicago, where they
iived at 124:; Indiana avenue.
Paints With
His Teeth
London. May 25. The success of
curiosity in this year's Royal Acade
my is the picture by IJartram Ililes,
who has lost both his arms and paints
with a brush held in his teeth.
Mr.' Hiles is not the only one of
the kind. M. Carton, another armless
artist, has frequently exhibited at the
Salon. Miss Sarah P.iffcn, who was
miniature painter to Queen Victoria,
was born limbless, and amon; the
most prized portraits of Queen Alexan
dria is one in pastel of herself execut
ed by a French woman who has had
the misfortune to lose both her arms,
Mile Aimee Rapin.
Georgia Pill Rollers
Gather At Macon
Macon, Ga., May 25. Druggists
from all parts of the state were in
attendance when the 34th annual
rinrino- n, 9af ti meeting of the Georgia Mate Pnar-
. ,
Kansas Jewelers in Session.
Topeka, Kas., May 25. The annual
convention of the Kansas Retail Jew
elers' Association opened here this
morning at the Y. M. C. A. building
for a three days' session. The Kan
sas Association of Opticians and the
State Optometry Beard, which usu
ally meet in conjunction with the re
tail jewelers, also opened their cor
vention" here today. Among the in
teresting features of the conventions
1,-. inctrnr'tivo 1 1 1 11 ct r a toH 1 f'tll rp
v. ill i ; . ii; 1 1 ii.. .1 v, ix i i i.'i i. . . . - '
on optical subjects which will be
given this evening and tomorrow
night. The attendance is unusually
large. .
Scoet Car Leaves.
By Associated Press.
New York, May 25. The good roads
scout automobile, under the auspices
of the New York Herald and Atlanta
.for failure to move on at orders of J Herald Square to Atlanta, Georgia.
Senator ' police, appeared in court today ana. Passengers were John b. copen.
managing emtor ci me auania jour
nal, a Herald reporter, and photogra
pher and mechanician, and driver.
Mav Adjourn June
Bv Associated Press.
Washington, D. C, May 25
Aldrich is of the opinion that con-, were dismissed with warning,
gress will be able to adjourn by June Postoffice Officials Alarmed.
20th, or not later than June 25th. Washington, D. C, May 25 Each
these near beer establishments did a
land office business. There be some
who think that some of the beer im
bibed on that date was more than
"near," that it was close up. yes, that
it was jamb up to real beer.
There is little doubt but that there
is a." revival of blind tigerism in the
city at present. Solicitor Ciarkson said
in th-? recorder's court this morning
that he understood there were IS or
20 barrels of Honor at the Southern
freight office waiting for customers to
come and cart it away. He declared
his doubt whether any man with law
ful intentions would order a barrel of
liquor at a ciip. The law makes it
illegal to have over 2 1-2 gallons.
Dr. Hulten and Dr. Detwiler thun
dered against the near beer business
from their pulpits Sunday, and it is
an open secret that the stuff is flowin-'
in larger streams than is legal or
healthful. Therefore the special reve-
maceutical Association was opened
here today for a two-days session.
An interesting program including
discussions of various questions im
portant to pharmacists, has been ar
ranged for the convention and the
social side will not be neglected.
The local druggists have arranged
for the visitors a trip to the dam
now being erected by the Central of
Georgia Power Co. and automobile
rides through the city for the visit
ing ladies.
Pres byterians
At Denver
By Associated Press.
Denver, Col.. May 25. The report of
the standing committee on home mis
sions engaged the attention of the Gen-
nue committee of the new board of al jeral Assembly of the Presbyterian
dei men is going to propose a tax on ' Church when the vssit
near peer that is intended to prohibit
it ovt of town.
It is to be hoped that the full board
will back up the special committee in
its effort to tax the concoction out of
town.
don opened.
This report, together with that of the
standing committee on colleges and
other of the standing committees on
synodical home missions is expected
to take up the time of the assembly
for the day. . .