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CHARLOTTE, N. C. SATURDAY -ViiNiNU NOVHMRkR n lQrtu -.,-.--- : -r ...---
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a? Pi fa. Of cMfA . . Fourth Daw Of
Bodies Famd in . "mmSTl V . Met.h.o;&is$
m. --raw mmem rs-c - 7nrf
I-- --s , , , . -5
.4f-r Sight oj Desperate
Efforts to Remwe Ob
structions Rescuers Hr
all-; Reach Number of
Bodies of Dead Miners.
J be Cry, "Theyr'e Bring
ing 7 hem Up at Lust"
Bro Mght Great C roivd
of Grief-stricken ' Wo
men on Scene.
jv a-1' iated Press.
was reacneci in at. faiu-
i . -- .i
morning, after a night of
efforts to remove obstrue
nt pile behind a "Fall in' of coal
i:r;bers, the explorers discovered
U s. They waited untjl day
: bring the bodies to"tJe sur-
uvas was spread and one by one
. s v.-ere placed on it.
spread like wild fire
:;u :u the village.
..- 're bringing them up at last,"
h: crowds, of bereaved women
rphans qxiickly to the scene.
tie situations accomnamea tue
f the first dead yesterday and '
J
: v-t'iiacted on a larger scale this
.V.nz relays of volunteers to fes-
lie shaft with stretchers was a
task.
;y were unable to endure the
; ih1 malodorous air.
s to the condition of the
vili be held only 21 hours. It':" "'" ut, iiC niCO ui
i' -inificd a careful record will be e Bel1 system at the regular rates
t : ved and the bodies buried. . J charged by that company
.,,.,. .--ro.. thmwhnnt rhp I The subscribers to the Charlotte Ex-
t digging graves in anticipation
vuveries today. ;
k cf recovering the bodies
WOl
iiecked for a time this morning
10 bodies were brought out, by
: of coal.
Woman Captured in
Samp--Son Led Chase
Br A-.r-.ated Press.
St. John's Mich., Nov. 20. Mrs. Berth-
S:'kt.-r. who escaped recently from
thr county jail, where she waiting trial
for the murder of her husband, was
captured in a swamp this morning,
v.iappe 1 in a blanket.
The woman's boy led the sheriff to
'i;p ni.u e where his mother was in
hiding. ' -
elaya Our Enemy.
Bv Associated Press.
S;:n Francis.ro. Cal.. Nov. 20.Senor
Csi'oi ie Selva, veteran Nicaraguan
soldier, a refugee, in an interview de-1
i-frii.f-,1 President Zelaya as an ene
all Americans.
"Shad King Joe" Dead
A-.-c.ia ted Press.
New Castle. Del.. Nov. 20, Joseph '
Kin., a wealthy shipper of fish, known j
"Shad King Joe," is dead. He
v a-: 77 years of age
-.iiiicus "0o you believe in a club
for women?" Cvnicus "A club is too
cci iir tor some women. I should pre- j some changes in the mill and to con
lei r.u axe." ; nect up with the new dye house.
News F
Com
"sMiington, D. C, Nov. 20 For the
1 t::n - since he left Washington for
-' :::!!! vacation, the president is
.! n V ; -filiVl woo in rlpvntp tr.-W.Tlr
faring his desk' of the busi
5:;s; 'hat accumulated during his long
; !j 'race. g0 far as ni3 present plans
;: ! ;' vxw -rned he will remain in Wash-In?t'-iK
from now until the meeting of
on?re. and will devote much of his
iri;e to ?he completion of the message
Jo in. :;r seiited to that body early next
oar.h. The only break in the routine
of vi,i win come next Thursday, when
; '!ii:;kHgiving reunion of the presi-
'ii '. f 's, .mrilli. .T-ill V,v YteAA o tha mhito
" i . ' 1 1 1 i i, in J (7. i ai Lll "l.v
'iitii ians are interested in the out
ron.c of the special election to be held
Chicago Tuesday to fill the vacan
in the Sixth congressional district
fa;;s,n; by the promotion of William
.ilraer to the senate. Three can
r,i a.Uoi:, a Democrat, a Republican and
independent Republican, are in the
- '' -'. The campaign has assumed a
i-'iionul aspect from the fact that the
l? l'-:ri' question was made the issue of
contest.
At t'ue annual meeting of the Na-'a.r;.-!'
Civic Federation in New York
,iK' questions of compensation for
"a.tims of industrial accidents, em
plovers' voluntary sick and death
':uds and old age pensions will be
aH.'ii.-;sed by foreign authorities on
'iif'sf subjects and American business
! !.. Senator Root will be one of
l! e speakers on the topic of old age
i-ensions. .Among other3 who will take
: FORTY THOUSAND "T SERIOUSLY .NJURED
SEE YALE GAME. - ' S-' ) ' IN FOOTBALL GAME.
By Associated Press.
Carribridge, Mass., Nov. 20. For-
ty thoussrid people gathered in the
Stadium today to witness the Yale-
Harvard football clash.
Dixie Boasts a
Telephone Co.
Some 40 People of This
r r m ,
rroSDSrOUS lOmmiintlV
Will JMow be Able to
Get in Direct Local Con
nection With Charlotte.
It is of interest to readers in Char
lotte and Mecklenburg county to know
that the prosperous community-of Dix
ie has organized a local telephone
company, and contemplates the in
stallation of the system at an early
date.
Arrangements have been made with
the Southern Bell Telephone and Teie-
SraPh Company to connect the system
- 1, j-T ni i - ,
wi me iiiariotie exenange ana Dj
this connection 30 or 40 people in the
community will be able to get a direct
local connection with the Charlotte ex
change and its local connections at a
very lew cost. It also enables the
Dixie community to get long distance
bod-)fervice fr.om their respective homes
change will also have the advantage
f ,a ,local connection with the Dixie j
Tei.:ph(ne, Companj
The following people have exnress
ed themselves as being interested in
the establishment of this company and
will probably be affiliated with it and
several others will probably connect
later:
R. C. Freeman, I. H. Freeman. E. S.
Berryhill, T. M. McConnell, C. P.
Brown, Jas. A. Freeman, V. E. Neal,
J. L. Brown, R. Z. Query, C. F. Brown,
W. A. McGinn. E. R. Byrum, 11. X.
Hovis, H. A. Sparrow, C. A. Spratt,
C. E. Cathey. Covington Garrison, I.
E. Griffith. S. L. Porter. June W. Au
ten, I. W. McGinn, W. A. Glenn, J. D.
Clark, R. M. Walker, Sloan Bros.
When the system is completed the
Dixieites are going to wTant to talk to
their many friends in all other sec
tions cf the county, and would be
proud to know that other systems of
this kind were being established.
Mr: Julian H. Webster, of Atlanta,
has worked up the line for Dixie,
Ex-Chaplain Steele at Tenth Avenue.
Rev. Robert E. Steele, cf Spencer,
forgaer chaplain cf the navy, will
preach to-morrow night at the Tenth
Avenue Presbyterian church. Mr.
Steele last night
lectured at the
church on Norway and Sweden and
greatly delighted his auditors,
Locke Cotton Mill? Curtail.
The Locke cotton mills at Concord
have shut down for two weeks to make
hrecust
Vee
riart in thp rliscussions are A. H. Gill
oni t ? rivmp labor members of
the English parliament; Franklin Mc-
Veagh,' secretary of tne treasury,
John Hays Hammond, Andrew Car
negigie George B. Cortelyou and Sam
uel Gompers.
An event of interest to society win
be the wedding in Washington of Miss
Yule E. Noble, daughter of the late
William Delden Noble, ana lieut. &ner
man Miles, U. S. A., son of Lieut.-Gen.
Nelson A. Miles. The ceremony will
take place at St. John's church and
will be given added brilliance by the
presence of many prominent army om
cers. Wednesday is the day fixed for the
formal inauguration of W. Cameron
Forbes as governor general of the
Philippines. Mr. Forbes was recently
chosen to succeed Governor General
James F.. Smith.
, The budget controversy, which has
kept England in a political turmoil for
several months and has even threaten
ed the existence of the present gov
ernment will come to a head Monday,
when the debate on the second read
ing, which will determine the fate of
the bill, will begin in the house of
Lords.
A eeneral election will be held in
British Columbia as a culmination of
one of the most exciting political cam
paigns ever witnessed in that province.
The chief issue of the contest has to
do with the government's policy in re
gard to the railways, their construction
extension and subsidy.
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Government
i g
It is Announced From
New York Head quar
ters lhat Appeal Wilt
Be Taken to Supreme
Court of U. S.
Effect oj Announcement
on Stock Exchange
Shown In" Declines
Throughout General
List.
By Associated Press.
St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 20. The govern
ment wins the suit to dissolve the
Standard Oil Company cf New Jersey.
Judge Adams, of the United States cir
cuit court, made a sweeping decision
today, sustaining the government prac
tically in all points.
The order is effective in 30 days from
date.
The decree of dissolution of the
Standard Oil case, takes effect in 30
days unless suspended by appeal to the
United States supreme court.
WILL APPEAL.
New York, Nov. 20. It is authorita
tively announced by officials of the
Standard Oil Company, that an appeal
wil Ibe taken from the decision or
dering the company's dissolution, this
being the result of a general un
derstanding between the counsel for
both sides.
EFFECT ON STOCKS. -
News of the order dissolving the
Standard Oil Company caused an out
break of liquidation on the stock ex
chage. General declines were from one
to four points in the genera,! list.
There were igns of support at the
close of the market.
The first hour was one cf activity
centered in industrials, with certain
copper stocks the chief features.
WICKERSHAM GRATIFIED.
Leavenworth, Kan., Nov. 20. Attor
ney General Wickersham, commenting
on the Standard Oil decision, declared:
"It is one of the most important deci
sions ever rendered in this country.
I am very much gratified."
THE JUDGE'S DECISION.
St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 20.--judge
Sanborn's opinion says that the test
of legality of the combination, under
the commercial clause of the constitu-
By Associated Press.
Toronto, Can., Nov. 20. Samuel
Gompers was unanimously re-elected
president of the American .Federation
of : Labor this morning.
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r . 'X'MS '
i- V lL4ufc. PSiSmZcZZ.. .
THE LID SHE WILL BE WEARING
Wins
h t Ag a i n s t
Oil Trust
tion, is its necessary effect upon
competition in commerce; that if its
necessary effect is to stifle or directly
and substantially to restrict free com
petition in commerce, such combina
tion is illecial. v
33 CORPORATIONS EXEMPT.
St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 20?-Thirty-three
of the 70 odd subsidiary corporations
of the Standard Oil Company are ex
empted from the order of dissolution
and the bill dismissed as against them.
Conference at Bethel Church.
The grand opening star rally and
annual conference of Bethel A. M. E.
church will take place to-morrow. The
conference program will run all
through the week. Bishop Cappin will
preside.
Dr. McKelway on Child Labor To
Night. Dr. A. J. McKelway, of Atlanta, will
speak on "Child Labor in the Nation"
at the Second Presbyterian church this
evening at 8 o'clock. The public is
cordially invited to hear him. He will
have special reference to conditions in
North Carolina.
By Associated Press.
Norfolk, Va., . Nov. 20. With the
declaration that his stay has been one
of continuous pleasure and great satis
faction, President Taft sailed at 8?80
this morning on the Mayflower for
Hampton Va., where he attends a meet
ing of the governing board of the
Hampton Normal and Industrial Insti
tute for Indians .and negroes.
He delivers an address to the student
body this afternoon.
The president's departure jWas an
nounced by the firing of a salute of 21
guns from the navy yard.
Line Up For
Game To-night
The most exciting game of basket-
j ball to be played this season will be
the one between the Varsity team
from the Presbyterian College and the
Varsity of Chicago College on the field
of the latetr to-nis'nt at Greenville.
The Presbyterian girls have practiced
hard and have an excellent team and
are ' confident of victory by a large
sccre to-night.
The team' that went to Greenville is
as follows :
Forwards Misses Myriam " Long,
Capt.K Jennie Pegram and Bessie
Blakeiey.
Centers Misses Lillian Reed and
Louise Morrow.
Guards Misses Laura Watt and
May Beverley Alexander.
Substitutes Misses Helen Shaw,
Majorie Washbourne. '::;''
- Manager Miss Sue McKeown.
Chaperones Misses Page and
Washbourne. " r
Miss Louise Davis of the class of 'OS
accompanied the t team.
SOON.
They May lest
Method of Pay
Many Citizens Pay ing Bi
tulithic Accounts hnder
Protest Clc iming That
M inner of Computing
Cost Was Unfair.
Since the "sending out, a few days
ago by city tax collector John M.
Wilson, of statements of bitulithic' and
cerrreht ""iewa.lT- crae-&bo-t - OQand-aftei, the -regular . business - is
has been collected on these accounts
and other amounts are coming in very
satisfactorily.
There are many kicks, however, be
ing made on the part of some of the
property owners especially, in regard
to the bitulithic accounts. -.This is
said to be especially true of the own
ers cf property abutting on South
Tryon, many of whom are paying their
accounts under pretest, and some have
intimated that they will fight the mat
ter and see if the city has a light to
compute the costs by the method
adopted and which, it is said, the char
ter prescribes' shall be made use of.
Several of these citizens appeared
before the board of aldermen several
months ago and made their objections
known. The method used in comput
ing the cost to each abutting, property
owner is to take the entire length of
the street and get its average width
and from this" reckon the cost accord
ing to the number of feet each piece
cf property abuts cn the street.
By this method the citizen who owns
a piece of property on the narrowest
section of the street is forced to pay
as much for the bitulithic improve
ment as the man who owns an equal
number of feet on the widest section
of the street, and many of the citizens
in this part of the city claim that this
method is unfair and unjust, and it
may have to be tested in the courts.
The city attorney has given it as
his opinion that the method used is
legal and will stand the. test.
Very little trouble is being encoun
tered in the collection of amounts due
on cement sidewalks.
Mr. Clark.on to Address Boys' Club.
Mr. Heriot Clarkson will address the
Boys' Sunday Club of the Young
Men's Christian Association to-morrow
afternoon at 5 o'clock. He will speak
ion the subject: "True Success." All
1 boys over fourteen years invited.
Real Estate Deals.
Dr. J. P. Munroe has sold to J.
Wetzel for $5.00 a. lot in Piedmont
Park.
Mrs. M. L. Barringer has sold to D.
W. -Mitchell 'a lot at the intersection
cf Maple and Sycamore streets, the
consideration being $400.
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IF ADVERTISING IN .
THE NEWS WILL
NOT IMPROVE
YOUR BUSINESS
THETRE IS SOME
THING WRONG
WITH THE BUSINESS.
By Associated Press.
Baltimore, Md., Nov. 20. Wil
litm M. Marcus, a, student of the
Methodi-t Theological Seminary
at Westminster, Md., is in a seri
ous condition in the hospital as the
result of injuries sustained in a
football game on Thursday.
An operation revealed ruptured
intestines.
Synod Meet
Here Next Time
The invitation which was extend
ed to the A. R. P. General Synod,
winch is meeting in Bartow. Fla.. by
the Chalmers Memorial church, of this
city, has 'been accepted and the next
General Synod of the A. R. P. church
will meet in this city. The Chalmers
Memorial is , the youngest church in
the synod and they are just now erect
ing a beautiful edifice in Dilworth,
which will be ready for .services when
the? synod meets here next year.
Rev. H. H. Young of South Carolina,
was unanimously elected moderator to
preside.
There is a probability that Rev. John
A. Smith, co-pastor of the East Ave
nue Tabernacle; will be made synodi
cal evangelist of the A. R. P. Synod.
The Rev. Dr. W. W. Orr, who has
been doing a great work in the evange
listic line for the synod, will return
to the congregation of the East Avenue
Tabernacle.
U. C. T. Gives
Dinner at Gem
The United Commercial Travelers
will hold a meeting in their hall over
Belk Bros.' store to-night at 7 o'clock
transacted they will adjourn to the
Gem Dining Room at 9 o'clock where
the lodge is giving a dinner to its
members. All the visiting traveling
men in the city are invited to attend
whether they are members of the or
ganization or not.
DEATH OF MRS. HOVIS.
Estimable Lady of Steel Creek Passes
Away at Early Hour.
Mrs. Dora Hovis, the wife of M R.
M. Hovis.. a prominent farmer of Steel
Creek, died at her home at. 8 o'clock
this morning after a very brief illness
with pneumonia. Mrs. Hovis had been
afflicted only a few days.
Surviving her, be'sides her husband,
are seven children, four girls and
three boys. She was about 40 years
of age.
The funeral will be conducted from
Steel Creek Presbyterian church .to
morrow morning at 10 o'clock by . the
pastor. Rev. W. A. Cleveland, and the
interment will be at the Steel Creek
church. Mrs. Hovis was . Miss Dora
Robinson before her marriage. She
was a consecrated Christian character
and for a number of years had been
a faithful and devout member of the
Steel Creek Presbyterian church. Her
numerous friends were shocked to
hear-of her death this morning.
Official Confirmation
of Double Execution
By Associated Press.
Washington, Nov. 20. Official con
firmation of the execution of two
Americans, Leroy Cannon and Leon
ard Grace, reached the State De
partment this morning.
SOCIAL,
For Miss Ray.
Miss Louise Wadsworth delightfully
entertained a number of the friends
of Miss Lucy Ray this morning at her
home on North Church street, compli
mentary to Miss Ray, who is to be mar
ried on Tuesday night to Mr Phillippe
Ballicger, of Savannah,- Ga. Quite a
number of ladiesz were present and
each one of them presented the bride
elect with beautiful hand-made sachet
bags. Delicious refreshments were
served by the hostess.
-
Messrs. Edward Chapmonde Dewey
and Westray Battle Nettles will leave
the latter part of next week for Jack
sonville, Fla., where they , will spend
the winter months. '
Miss Nan Jones, who has ben the.
guest of Miss Marguerite Sprigs for
the past two weeks, returned to her
home in Petersburg, Va., this morn
ing, The funeral of Mrs. T. f. Gattis
was conducted this morning at 10:30
o'clock from the residence by Rev.
George A. Pas-e and the interment was
in Elmwood.
Blobbs "Something should be done
to suppress the divorce evil." Slbbbs
".Well, there's bigamy."
Large Amount of Busi
ness Transacted atDay's
Sessib nH ome For
Homeless Superannuate
Widows and Children.
No Report on Sherrill
Trial Prof. Hayes 1 ells
of Children's Home at
Winston Full Account
of Proeeedings,
Special to The News.
Hickory, Nov. 20. The fourth day s
session of the Methodist Conference
met at 9'. Religious service was con
ducted by W. M. Biles.
The election of lay alternates was
completed as follows: C. W. Tillett
J.S. Martin, and H. A. Hayes.
All superannuates were continued
in that relation and revised. Vance
Price, J. D. Arnold and W. W. Bays,
were addend to the list.
J. S. Martin read the report ot
the joint board of finance, paying
$10,000 to superannuates, widows
and children, p
A plan was formed to build homes
for homeless superannuates- and wid
ows and Rev. W. M. Bagby, will be
appointed agent to raise funds.
Eight trustees were appointed to
hoid property.
Rev. .D. C. Ballard, was located tor
inefficiency. "
Second and third ballots for cler
ical delegates were fruitless, on the
fourth ballot John C. Rowe, H. K.
Boyer, and Geo. H. Detwiler, were
elected. On fifth ballot W. L. Sher
ril was elected.
rof. Hayes spoke on the Chil
drens' Home work at Winston. The
conference, takes to this work enthus
iastically. Rev. F. S. Blair, addressed the
fnnfprpnrp rT nhiopta rf tho PPflpn
progress.
" r.rR ' Ti - f- WfltprhmiHrt- aiiii ' .f 1. .
Nelson, Mrs. Lucy H. Robertson ana
pProf. Gilbert, were introduced.
No report was -made in the Sher
rill trial. '
S. B. Turrentine, was elested alter
nate to the general conference on
second ballot
Rev. Charles F. Sherrill Tried.
The, long clean record off this
conference, as tp charges against
its preachers has been held up for
the time, as Mr. Sherrill reported
Wednesday that there were rumors
as to his acts in certain case, and
asked for an investigation. A commit
tee of Revs. J. C. Rowe, Parker
Holmes and L. T. Cordell were ap
pointed to inquire and have reported
that the case is such as should be
inquired into, and the bishop ap
pointed the loiiQwmg committee w
bear the case and report: Revs. S. B.
Turrentine, chairman; B. Margeson.
R. M. Courtney, W. M. Curtis, A. Wv
Jacobs, Z. Paris, W. A. Newell, L. A.
Falls, R. G. Tuttle and E. K. McLarty.
With these will appear Rev. J.
Wooseley as prosecutor and Drs.
Man, Detwiler and Boyer as defend
ers of the accused. Mr. Sherrill has
many friends who are still hoping
that there will not be found any
crime against him. .
The men who will sit upon the
case are all good and true men who
will give him all that is due him, let
it be which way it will.
Church Extension ( Anniversary
The annual celebration of the boaid
of church extension Friday night
was properly under the charge ot
the chairman, Mr. J. D. Lineberger ot
Shelby, but he appointed a proxy
in the person of W. G. Mallonee, who
presided, and the religious devotion
was conducted by Rev. H. H. Jordan.
The speaker of the evening was
Dr. Wm. F. McMurray, general sec
retary cf the church extension boarn.
with offices in Louisville, Ky. Dr.
Mr-Murrav needs no word of praise
where Southern Methodists live for
he is the man doing so much to
build and keep built ncdy churches
and to loan money to -.-nurches want
ing to borrow. He is a-fine fellow
indeed, ready with figures. He told
the conference that the loan lund
had increased by $30,000, the as
sessments have increased by $27,OOi
At the end of 'the year April 1st
'last the capital of the loan fund
was S28H.503.28, but since that ume
has increased- t oover $325,000, he
recently having found a Georgia lady
80 years of age who increased, this
fund bv $15,500 cash. He told them
also that he had raised a round $luu,
000 in four years that he will make
it S500.000, and to to the best work
must be made a million dollars to
loan needy and growing places.
Referring to the rest he mentioned
Oklahoma that was the theme otr
former addresses, he told how the
in-rca&e in membership of 1,300 in a
vear. while North West Texas cad
had a net increase of 8,000 members.
In New Mexico the country is espec
ially adopted to Methodist for said
I he the Baptist have to go 700 feet
j in the ground for water, and he
favored "taking lhat country for tne
Methodists and turn over some ot
' this swamp country to the Baptist."'