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The News 0 TEN PAGES. J 4? . , 4) THREE O'CLOCK EDITION dinners 0;e Local A l oritv Sees in i 1 Inrfi cfl1 o ?i ,s, of About 11 50,000 Bales the Same s The Crcp of 1907. rOTADI lOMPrk ln - coirtDuoncu 1000. Means a Mr. Tanner bay Cotton (watkins, constable of Black Moun ts Merely on Parity with tain townslliP on August i last shot and killed John H. Bunting, a Com and Wheat Bet- traveling salesman of Wilmington, . nd seriously wounded Paul C. Col- tCr Ft tCeS rOt GoCaS Irt- lins- wnile they were guests at a ! Tilarl.- Mrmntnin Untol WafVi evitable. There wa of -course unusual inter est here today in the ginners' report, ine" government's report estimating lhat 5.525,591 bales have been ginned against 6,296,166 in 1908 and, 4,420,258 in 1907. The estimate of the National Gin ners' Association report this year is for 5,325,384, a couple of hundred thous and bales under the government's esti mate. It seemed to be generally admitted that this indicates a short crop of v cotton this year, and some of the peo- pie familiar with cotton for years are predicting 15 cents, and perhaps more, was 13.500.000 bales and with a short crop this year, pric.es re almost bound to stay high. It will be noticed that the estimate in the ginners' report for the year is down i nthe neighborhood of the amount ginned two years ago, when the crop was 11,500,000. Speaking of this I k7 ,7 A I L Y r ? ?"S mat he had been predicting Touav a i city said , r 1ShhTaCr?,Pn-W0,,W ! on iv iiM'thor confirmed him in this be lief. That year cotton sold for an av- i;;ie li-iucips ji i-i. x-i uteuts. rrices i ranged between 10 and 12 cents that year. "If the crop is as short as that." said this cotton man, "I believe it will go to 15 cents." There seems to be a realization now that the chances of any break in the market grow less strong, and that pur chase have got to be at high prices. The News asked Mr. S. B. Tanner, ex prpsidont of the American Cotton Man ufacturers' Association today what he thought of the ginners' report, and he replied! "It seems that the cotton market is Hooking a parity with other farm prod ucts, such as are made in the West ad in foreign countries. For exam ple the price of flour for the past 18 months has been around $8 per barrel, as against the old price of $4.25 to $4.75 ijnd corn $1 per bushel against 30 .to 50 cents formerly. And 14 cents for cotton is not above a parity with the above stanle commodities. "Indications point to only a mod erate cotton chop at best, this year, v, inch assures good prices for the sta ple if the crop is marketed gradually. And this being the case, a correspond ing advance above th present compar atively low prices of cotton goods is inevitable, and present comparatively low prices of cotton goods is inevitable, ''"' must come quickly if the mills start on ful time and prevent very hi eh prices for cotton goods later on, which would be brought about by prolonged curtailment." ., were apetred 4 I56 T6 "nrlBy Associated Press, tainty on the New York market in the annna tq not 9 Mr 1 J! .1. j. j AJ rVU ' "'ici iiuurs ui Liie Uciunig luutij. me future market is from 10 to-15 noirt-. "P. At one time it went 20 points up hut dropped back a little. Long cot ton anoearded to be taking its profits. Spot cotton was bringing 14 cents "P to 1 o'clock today. There was the heaviest frost of the year in the coun ty this morning and it has about fixed the younger and tenderer cotton in the fi i Is. It fooked lipe 10 Obales, or a little more, would come in today. Monday is always a day of small receipts, but farmers appeared to be rushing what they had left ginned to market what didn't get to the market Saturday when 534 bales or so came vln. While curtailment is reported in a number of places, as at Spartanburg, -nrl at McAdensville, where 30,000 spin '11 cs in the mills there will shut down tor a month, and at other places, a few mills are -still running on full time, hut perhaps the most of them are run ning on about two-thirds time. This is the' case in the mills at Greensboro, Burlington, Graham and in that sec tion. A number of local mills will take advantage of the circus to shut down for one or two days. - There is a gleam of hope for cotton manufacturers. A Charlotte house sold 32-2 warps at 27 1-2 last week, tha same yarns which have been sell ing at 23 and 24; and which on July 10-cent were selling at 22 1-2 . Knocked Out in Iwentieth Rourd By Associated Press. ' Melbourne, Oct. 25. "Bill" Lang. Australian pugilist, knocked out "Bill" Squires, of Australia, in twentieth round. They fought for the heavy weight championship of Australia. Has rthe L &rgest if ' A Coif on Asheville, N. C, Oct. 25. A spe cial term of the superior court con VPHPfl tnHiTT -P- Ti-v l 4-- u i make -a plea of self-defense. Andrews Has Serious Fire Asheville, Oct. 25. The' business part of the town of Andrews on the Murphy branch, near Murphy, was almost wiped out by fire which broke out in the center of the. town Satur day night. Six buildings were de stroyed before the fire could be checked. . 1 RSS9irs druS stor,e Haa adjoining millinery store, a hardware store, e Andrews bottling works and office (buildings were burned, f The.-. buildings destroyed carried Breaks Neck But May Survive Macon, Ga., Oct. 25. Lying in the Macon hospital with his neck broken by a fall irom his room window at an early hour yesterday morning, Earl Hodges; a well-known young man and i,6' tI tw u0, nt "his cy, is fuUly ife. In' attempting to fasten a window- shutter the young man lost his bal ance and fell twenty feet on a brick pavement. He was picked up and sent to the hospital immediately. The surgeons found complete par alysis of the entire body except the muscles cf the head. The youth re gained consciousness and later talked coherently. Old Time Hotel Is B u r n e'd Special to The News. Chester, S. C, Oct. 25. The old Bel mont hotel, which was erected immed iately after the close of the Civil war, and has been the scene of many inter esting events in the history of the past 40 years of this city, burned Sunday morning at 1:30 o'clock. It v.-as,the property of Mr. W. W. Cocgler, located on Gadsden street. He considered it worth $3,500. It was in sured for $2,000. Mr. W.- P. Johnson was living in it at the time. He saved none of his household goods, however, they were fully insured. He lost several hundred dollars in cash in the flames. The origin of the fire is unknown. Minister was Badly Injured in Runaway Oct. 25. Rev. A. L,. iwoiiunv, n.. Harnsharger, cf Bethany Circuit, Bal timore, Methodist Episcopal Confer ence, in Roanoke and Botetourt coun ties, lies to-day at his home at Clover- ; dale in a precarious condition as the result of a runaway Saturday evening. The minister's skull was badly fractured-and his leg broken. To Help the Irish Causa. - ""Rnctmi MfSK Oct. 25. T. P- O'Connor', the famous journalist, ; heading a committee sent oyer oy John Redmond, the Irish parliament ary leader, to enlist American sympa thy and raise funds to help - in Ire land's fight for home rule, arrived in Boston today and was given a hearty reception by the United Irish league. Tonight, in Tremont .Temple, Mr. O'Connor delivers the first' of a series of -addresses that he will make in the chief cities of the United States. The Meetinn at Villa Heights. A large and " appreciative audience heard Rev. J- W. Carson preach at the Villa Heights A. R. P. church last night from the text, "What shall I do with Jesus, which is called Christ'" Mr. Carson will preach this afternoon at 3 o'clock and again this evening at 7:45. The meeting will close with this evening's service. . Killing Frost. . The local weather station register- r y f -- fcpnw- frosty ot:tne se fcOtf lfl tniS section this morning tcmwture was the lowest it has,; been 'this fall and young corn and cotton suffered considerably, the frost was general throughout the cot ton belt. ' -. Mr A F. Patterson, of Newbern, is spending the day in the city on busi ness. - ... ,. : - '- TO TRY CONSTABLE FOB MURDER Circulation of -T-r , - . CHARLOTTfc, N; C Shoots Wife, Kills Himself Tragedy in Lnion Depot at Waskingtop; Woman Declined to Leave The Stage Was a Chorus Git I. "Washington, Oct. 25. Enraged be cause his chorus girl wife preferred a life on the stage to his companionship, Williani H. Short, of New York City yesterday shot and perhaps fatally wounded her in the west portico of the union station here and then sent a bul let crashing through his temple. He died, an hour later at Casualty hospi tal. The tragedy followed a series . of quarrels between the couple. Mrs. Short had just alighted from a cab, which was also occupied by her huSband and Miss Caldwell, a girl friend, and was hurrying to catch a train to Pittsburcr. when Short, with out warning, whipped a revolver from his pocket and fired three bullets into his wife's back. The woman, who now lies near death in the Casualty hospital, is known to the stage as Evelyn Howard and played in Washington last week with the "Motor Girl" company. She was formerly Evelyn Lewis' of Jack sonville, Fla., and married Short, who is a native of Livingston, Ala., about seven years ago. They lived in iew York, where he was employed as a bookkeeper- in a bank, but soon after their marriage, the man got into the clutches of the low through alleged misappropriation of funds, Mrs. Short told the police when she regained consciousness at the hospital, and served a term in Sing Sing. Through sheer necessity .. Mrs. Short said she drifted to the stage as "a means of livelihood. Short recently was paroled from prison, Mrs. Short said, and made ft new start in life. When she declined to return to him, he followed her here. She persisted in her refusal. Accompanied by Miss Maude Cald well, another member of the company she left her hotel this morning for the station. She vainly tried to elude her husband, who followed her and plead with her again to turn from the stage. When they reached the station Short made his final entreaty and when he wasagain rebuffed the trag edy ensued. " To eye witnesses it appeared that Mrs. Short, much terrified, had jumped from the cab drawn up at the west portico of the station and had at tempted to run, when Short pulled his revolver and. rushing at the woman, fired a bullet into her shoulder; She fell at the first shot., and the man stood over her and sent two more bullets through her body. Without a moment's hesitation, evidently believ ing he had killed his wife, Short turn ed the revolver upon himself and sent a bullet into his - right temple. He fell at the foot of his unconscious wife. Miss Caldwell was detained by the police as an eyewitness, but upon Short's death scon afterward, she was released , and was permitted to pro ceed (With her company to Pittsburg. Short a Traveling Man. In the room which Short occupied at the hotel, the police discovered - a card bearing the following words: "William H. Short, representing Au tolite Manufacturing Company, self lighting cigarettesj 339-41 Sixth ave nue, Newark, N. J." Short. w.as apparently without funds. He had made two ineffectual attempts to get checks cashed," it is said. Mrs. Mary Lewis,' living at No. 2 East One un(vji and Eleventh street. New York City, who is believed to De tne moth of Mrs. Short, was notified of the tragedv and is-expected here late to-night. Short's body is at the mor gue awaiting advices as to disposi tion. '. . Mr W. T. Buchan is enlarging ana improving his" brick ; dw elling house on Mint street, next; to the Vanoe apartment houses. . liUUUt mm - l Any Afternoon Paper Published in the Two Hi J- JL THE ONLY EVENING ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWSPAPER IN CHARLOTTE. , MONDAY faV lN1NU OUr FACTS ABOUT THE LONG TOUR. Conducted under the rules and sanction of the American Automo- mobile Association. Starts from New York Oct. 25 and ends at Atlanta Nov. 3. Route . passes through nine "- States, touching important histor- ic spots. v Prizes 3,400 for good roads; 1,700 for competing owners. .Total distance to be traversed 1,050 miles. New York, Oct. 25. The much-discussed automobile tour from New York td ; Atlanta, arranged primarily to promote public interest in the con struction of a "National Highway" be tween the metropolis and the "Gate City" of the South to arouse interest m the good roads movement in gen eral, had its start 'from Herald Sana re in this city today. A large crowd assembled to see the two-score competing cars get away. It will be a contest of physical en- . . . ON THE FIVE YARD LINE! New York to '. Atlanta Auto 1 our Starts durance as well as one that is bound Winder and Lawrenceville to At to test the cars. Before it is ended ianla. Woman Shotby. Hus- , band is I By -Associated Press. , Washington, Oct. 23. Slowly recovering from wounds inflicted by her husband, whose body lies unclaimed at the district morgue, Mrs. Evelyn Louise Short will be operated upon today for the removal of two bullets which lodged in her back. ; . " At the hospital this morning she was reported improving. . She was shot .yesterday morning at the Union station because she re fused to leave a stage and resume unhappy life with William H. Short, cf New York, an-ex-convict-whom she married in her teens. an ing By Associated Press. . - - - , - . Laurel, Md., Oct. 25. A gruesome find was made by a negro yesterday near here when he came upon the body of Charles A. Fox, Jr., formerly nosi master of Beltsville. Md. Fox disappeared last June, when lirious with raver. It is thought he succumbed, to the murder of suicide. - This Prisoner is a Pnze Scrapper Special to The News. Durham, N. C, Oct. 25 The cham pion scrapper that the officers have met lately was before the recorder's court this morning in the person of one Tilley, charged with an assault. Tilley was arrested Saturday night by Officer Hall and resented the manacling ' by hitting Mr. Hall over the head with a coca cola bottle. He was then handcuffed and carried to the lock-up. On the way he broke the manacles and was put in the cell. He broke out soon and was again put back. This time he amused himself by whipping all of 'the. cell-mates anu again he tore out the iron work of the enclosure. Finally Deputy Belvin had OCTOBtR 25, 1909 - V f I the contestants will have made a journey of over 1,000 miles that will taue tnem within zne boarders of nine states. There will be days when the motorists will have to cover more than 200 miles over roads that they know little about. The route to be followed leads across Staten Island, then to Trenton, crosses the Delaware River at that point and thence proceeds to Phil adelphia. From Philadelphia, the route leads almost due westward to Gettysburg, via Lancaster and Yorit. At Gettysburg the route turns south ward to Hagerstown, thence to Shep-, furthermore, it will become a prece erdstown, W. Va., and from there j dent in the matter of state or county to Winchester.,From this point the 5nterference with' United States reve- roufe follows the famous Shenan doah Valley Pike to Staunton and then southward to Roanoke. Then comes a stretch of about fifty miles across the mountains, where the worst roads of the entire route are to be encountered. As soon as the high way enters North Carolina, better con ditions are found and there are good roads almost all the way across the state, Via Winston-Salem, Greensboro and Charlotte. Greenville and Ander son will be touched in South Car olina, and then the motorists will enter Georgia, proceeding by way ot improving Long piss- nn Found at Last he wandered from his home while de- i - disease, there being no suspicion of - - - -, j to take a board and spank the fellow ! into." submission. ' ' ' Sheriff Harward carries today-" a bruised hand which he used on a negro who stole his horse Saturday eve ning. The sheriff got his animal back but the negro was driving the horse back and forth and having a good time. The officer then took him out and gave him a good drubbing with his fist, making them exceedingly sore on he nigger s noggin. . ' . S. Jones, of , Raleigh, a negro who followed the circus here Saturday, was caught in the act of picking the, pock et of .A. W. -Everett, of Roxboro, and taken captive by S. H. Edwards and S. H. Daniel. " The negro fell down and prayed bit terly for deliverance', biit the facts were against him'-He was taken to the lock-up and held. 1EWI f 1 - J H . ' 9 R e p o Cott "on The Viper is Fast in Sand By Associated Press. uewwaie i3ieaK water, uei., uct. za. The submarine boat Viper, which came into this harbor last night with Tarantula and Plunger and gunboat Castine, was dragged aground last ..1. ............ II 1 . t-v , . r. night off the northeast end of Break-j water and is still fast in the sand. The submarine is lying easy-and it is expected will be floated at the next high tide. A high northwest wind prevailed last night which caused the Viper to drag her anchors. The submarine 'and gunboat are bound from Brooklyn to Charleston. STEGftLL CASE Bf BE Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 25. The hearing in the now famous case of Charles E. Stegall, a guager in the employ of the United States department of in ternal revenue, was resumed today in the United States court. The case; it will be remembered, evoked a sharp conflict between the state and federal courts, the t)ade county superior court holding Stegall in contempt because he declined to answer before the grand jury a ques tion as to what was being manufac tured at the Cureton distillery. The United States authorities, on the ether hand, upheld the guager, taking the. stand that his oath and bond for bade him to divulge the desired in formation. The issue is regarded as one or great importance, especially in pro hibition states or localities. The de cision is awaited with interest as it will . afford a precedent for state courts in the trial of alleged viola- - ,1 lions of the prohibition law. And, - ; iue officials. Caldwell Court Is S e s s i o n Special to The News. Concord, N. C, Oct. 25. A two weeks' term of Cabarrus county super ior court convened this morning, Judge J. L. Webb, of Shelby, presiding, and Solicitor Heriot Clarkson, of Charlotte, is appearing for the state. The most important criminal case will be the State vs. Jerry Wentz, for secretly as saulting Mr. Chalmers Sims, at the Gibson, Mill, several weeks ago. Rev. Plato Durham is conducting a ries of protracted meetings at Cen tral Methodist church this week. Ex-Judge W. J. Montgomery has re turned from a week's trip to Polk coun ty, where he has been attending court. Mr. Walter Moser arrived home Sat urday from Lynchburg, Va. Moser was a Member of the pitching staff of the Lynchburg baseball team of the Vir ginia League for the past season. He made a wonderful record this season, considering the fact that he was with a tail-end team. Mr. J. W. Clark returned to the city yesterday after a wek's visit to his father, Chief Justice Walter Clark, of Raleigh. Miss Emily Gibson returned home Saturday from Paris, where she has been spending several months. j Mrs. R. P. 'Brunsonjs visiting her father, Mrs. George W. Best, of Wayne county. ' . A large delegation of Concord people will be in Charlotte tomorrow to swell the throng of visitors . to the circus and the fair. "Ty" Cobb may spend Sunday in the Queen City and "Watch Charlotte Grow," but he will have to "See-Concord First,", a city of a thousand op portunities. Sir Thomas Still Hopeful. By Associated PrPess. New York, Oct. 25. "I have come over this time red hot for another challenge to the New York yacht club and will do mv best to arrange mat ters . with the club so. that I can have another chance to lift America's cup." So spoke Sir Thomas Lipton on his ar rival from Europe. , N Great Interest In Progress of Pellagra Especially By Associated Press. - , vice. , . Washington, Oct. 25. The - wide- New Orleans reports , two deaths -spread .interest in the progipess of from pellagra for July and ; one death "pellagra", especially in the South, has for August. Two cases' are reported led Surgeon General Wyman, of the from Camden, South Carolina,- for the public health and marine hospital ser- week ended October 9. Up to Sep- vice, to give the subject prominence in the weekly health reports of the ser- Carolines TEN PAGES. THREE O'CLOCK EDITION v PRICE 5 CENTS s r n Up to Oct. 1 9 5,525,591 Bales Had Been Ginned from 1909 Growth Ac cording to Government Figures. This is Compared With 6 296,166 For 1908 Effect of Report on Loal And Fore ign Markets. By Associated Press. Washington, D. C., Oct. 25.-The cen sus bureau today issued a report show ing 5,525,591 bales, counting round bales as half bales, had been ginned from the growth of 1909 to October 18, as compared with 6,296,166 for 1908; 4,420,258. for 1907. The census bureau reports the fol lowing comparisons of cotton ginned , up to October 18th, 1909, with that of the same period of 1908: Report by States: State: 1909: 1908: 694,104 347,468 34,027 1,119,228 127,992 621,399 276,222 132,556 660,678 131,073 2,047,796 Alabama 513,545 Arkansas 327,645 Florida : . . 34,903 Georfgia 1,112,700 Louisiana . 144,073 Mississippi 393,414 North Carolina 253,245 Oklahoma 329,705 South Carolina 622,570 Tennessee 110,190 Texas ..1,672,812 All other stated. . . 19,799. 23,623 In this report 87,854 round bales were included, as compared with 118,720 for 1908. The number of Sea Island bales in cluded was 36,330, as compared with 32,013 for 1908.-; , - The bureau announced that individ ual returns of ginners had altered the report of cotton ginned to Sept. 25th, so that the corrected number of bales ginned to that date was 2,568,150. Effect on New York Market. By Associated Press. - New York. Oct. 25. There was great excitement in the Cotton Ex change market, prices making new ijigh records, owing to big gains in Liverpool, bullish crop estimate by a prominent English expert, scarce of shorts and general buying. .'. V. December cotton sold at 14.11 and May at 14.25, about 15 or 20 points higher than Saturday. There was enormous realizing, par ticularly as the census report showed; rather more cotton ginned to OcL 18 than recent private figures, and prices lost several points of gain. Business continued very active dur ing the middle of the day, with South ern bulls aggressive buyers on the re port cf further damage to the - crop from frost over Sunday night. Early reactions were received late in the af ternoon, while bull leaders were pre dicting farther 'advance, - and meeting with little opposition aside from con tinued realizing. Sixty One Cars in Race By Associated Press. .. - J : . New York, Oct. 25. Sixty-one au tomobiles representing 34 different makes,' were sent away today on a ten days' run to Atlanta, Ga., as participants in the good ' roads tour promoted . by the New York Herald and Atlanta Journal. A score of non-competing cars ac companied the caravan as far as Perth Amboy, N. J., where the first stop was made. , .. ; The contest is for trophies aggre1; gating S1.7C0 and was open to stock cars selling from $850 to $4,000 and over. .. -; Stops will be made at Philadelphia, Staunton, Va., Roanoke, Va., Winston-Salem, N. C- Charlotte, N. C, and Greenville, S. C. Adjourned Out of Respect. By Associated Press. . - Washington, Oct. 25. Out of - re spect to the memory of the , late Jus tice RifUs W. Peekham, -the jSupreme court of the United States, toiday, ad journed until next Monday ,i-anv.ill . m Sou t li t ember, 21 cases are reported from Texas-' 0 Ginned 5. 1,t E 5. ? S -ft it- ii n II it 2;- .
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