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CHAKLOTTE. N C. THURSDA'V EVENING. MARCH 30, 191 I
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Improvements At
2he Court House
Extensive Improvement Are
Underway That Will Benefit
Officials And the Public—
Changes in Clerk's And
Jreasurer's Offices,
I lie 0 ut I lu> (•oniit>- troUsiirrr
I'l.’s-. an a|t|ifainiu e (juite (liff'i'ri'iu
■l!.«' iisua!, as h re.-;tilt of ih,. lo-
'•auon ot a railini> about lour teot in
I'l'iul;:. which sci)arai».'s the I'ooin into
tw- > ajtan :i' ";i; s, l^oliind iho ruilin.i;
‘u:.- 'i'r. iu ui'or Siinsuti has las desk
‘ ''iK'r iu'ies>ai’\’ otl’ei'is. while n
(iosk iilact'ii o,;i in iront of the rail-
■> - !"f the an onMiioiiation of those
■>vho h.a\t“ i)usint‘ss in the otlice. 'I'rpas-
" ' I' Stinson likes the afrangeturnt im.
nu‘!is- .
i II" ( 0’;nty eoniniissionersi have also
-;i\iii !!u' offiof tor extensive lni])rove-
11': irs in clerk «»!' the eonrt'.'+ office. A
ui>or \'iil hf made in the wall which
ai present divides the ofTice of the
( U>rk irnni ilic deputy clerk. .-\ parti
tion will liv erected acros.s tlie ilepitry
eji'rk s oftice ainmt mid\\a\ between
the door on the hall and the back
''all. riits will cive the deputy clerk
an office wliere !ir> can work v.itliout
lu ■•.: si.bjei . to ilie interruption that
i « ' Mab!> occurs \'lien peoi'le are
» ou.'taiu 1\ pat'siny throiii;h the t)f-
tice.
'I'he main office also will be ei|uip-
lied wiili e.Mensive improvements, he
I'^'r'hea.-^r corner ot tlie room will be
tiansicrmed in to an ot'fice, separaieo;
li'om tl’e r‘st of thi.' office by a fjlass
i'artitiiui. 'I'his Aili insure urivacy for
a part ot '.he business and will be a
j-i'eai eomenience not only for the
'•]■. rk. Itui for the public as well.
A basin has already been placed in
:ii. va ilt of the clerk's office and an
;r ':m:u' ’ii'Ui’ ill he made for a cloak
aiu! c :;ti roeu’. which will also be a
.urea accmninndat ion^ to all con-
(•(.■riitd.
More Testimony
In Coca Cola Case
WHIJtlfflT
BOIIDIIIES
By Airsociatod Press.
.Moxandi'ia, La., March :!h.—A two
hundred thousand dollar tire practical-
wii)ed out the business section
Iv
wm) WILL GLT
GBMMIIIEE
BUCKET SHOP
of ro]loci\. La., (luring last night.
Twnlyeight buildings including two
hot ('Is, several stoi es and residences
w’ere destroyed. I'he fire. whi-ii start
ed at o’clock, is suppo.sed 10
hy\e been of incendiary origin.
i’oil(H‘]( is .-seventeen niiies north
of Mexandria on the Si. Louis, Iron
?.i()untain Southern Kailway.
Bomb Exploded
Near Policemna
Hy .Associated Press.
.'■«w Y')rk. .Mar h .'10.—,\ Black
llati'i bomb was exploded early today
alnioFt heneath the ccai tails of a
New York policeban. 'Phe biuecoat.
making his regularly night rounds,
was standing at: Die doorway of a
tenenieni house on P'irsi avenue and
the bomb was in the cellerway of
the building not a rod from his fee*.
He was tinin.iured although the front
of the building was damaged and
doors and windows blown in.
'I'he bomb, apiiarenily deposited
in the celiarway early in the night
with a time fuse, was aimed a( the
wine shop of .Anthony Valenza on
the ground floor.
Camonist Under
Cross Examination
I wo Million Dollar
Contract Awarded
A Chailatte Firm
H' \ :■ iated i’re-.s
I 'haFtauooiia. ■reiin.. .\Iaicb ‘!0.—
'i'U'i >'•' .Madp-' I'carin;; for the defense in
t w.Mi’d rnai^e ! • 1'*' «'oc.ic(;ia t'ase w as resuuu'd in the
ui's emeu'
-;ild regotiations
ai'e smaM
■ ■■n Ml -he field
•.'-'d II’. n,'
y I ^lairing
';.d, i’ is
willing
a\>ai: tlu’
a-s red b.'.
ad'nil'' -tint ion
i>:it!i' .-d w dl be
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F('d- i,il c'“irt today. Dr, II. A. Hare,
o: I’liila(iel|»hia. testified that the last
pharmaco|tia llxed the dose of caffeine
at «me grain. He was one of the
(Htiipilers of this book and voted
agains; this and in his own works re-
commendcfl troui two 10 four sr''ains.
 affi ine is an alkaloid from tea and
(iti'lce; it is a siimulant. i)ut its u.se
,a> sticii is not f(dlowed l>y bad results;
i is not a liabit forming drug and ’s
' nn in.'iuriwus to healtli in the slightest
i (jeLrree. Ii:‘ said.
lie s;;id tlie effects of experiments
on animal organs are sometimes diffcr-
i-nt than on tho^e- of the iiunian s.vs-
leni he'.':’,M.--'‘ of tlie difference in di 't.
\Vi'ne.-^ said be had declined to repre-
'eiit the u(nei-nnient in this case.
)u cross-examination he admitted
ili 'i he !’ad urepa'ed sc'verai opinions
for the !(;ea-col:i company since this
litim:non was started. He then in de
tail gave the physiological effect of
caffeine on the human system.
I Dr. \\'. S. Haines, of the I'niversity
!..i r . In ihei(,f ('hica>jo_ tt!d of condm;ting e.xperi-
. e ll ,rd n of taxa-1 nieiits with caffeine on guinea ))igs.
,.t lomty boaid.'riic pius nor tiiven caffeine showed
■a i ed ’lie deci-jthe .-ame conditions as the caffeine pig
.. - in several of i when under iiost mortem examina-
■ |ila> e real es«iato Uic'tis.
IT .asis Ilf the oth-i I "'. Samuel D. Sa«ller, of Philadel-
r A. .-s-ments i pliia. testified that he iiad analyzed
water front i samples of fmntain and l)oltle coca-
' - d Heal ♦■;+!ate ■ ■'!:! s.\ rup in which the forir.er show-
■ n .ch hi:ilirr het-e I'“'I 1-" ^'^d the bottles l.LS grains of
it'K f"~'air pro-’ottnce.
B.\ Associated Press.
\'iteibo. Italy, March 3(),- Gennare
.Al)batemag.gio, the (’amorra inff)rmer,
wa.^ .ross-examined at today's sitting
of the court of Assi:^s. which is try
ing the ;:t' Camorrists for the murder
of their treacherous associates, (Jen-
naro C'uoccoio and his- wife.
.Most of the questions asked by
Presideiit l',iatichi and the lawye-i's of
the defe;ise concerned matters of sec
ondary imponanie and were intended
If) imi)cacli the Informer. The latter
stood the ordeal very well.
Lawyer ’’iOrre, of couuscl for the
deiens('. ioday reciv('d an anonymous
letter, in wh.ich the wri;er aiieinptedt
to prove whaf has before been as
serted by the other prisoners. tha
the carbineers who ran down the Cam
nioripis had nian.iiactured the C'uoc-
colo ring e\ idence.
(BY. H. E. C. BRYANT.)
News Bureau.
Congress Hall,
\Vashingim. March 30.^—The town i
is full of democrats and the demo-1
crats are full of ideas. Son'iething is j
going to liappen. All sorts of iiimors
are aioai. Candidates for office are
on the run. Democratic congressmen
were never more popular than right
now wiren good jobs are waiting for
tile ri.ght men. Three or four North
Carolina negroes, old fellows who
voted many .\*ears a.go but will never
do so again unless thev change their
resiflence. are here to get their share.
Everyl)ody is jireaching that to the
viciors belong the spoils and the doc-
triae is taking well.
But, the most absorbing toi)ic is:
"Wliat is the 'oinrnittee on comm’t-
tees going to do about its report cn
committee assignmenrs? When will
it report?”
Reciprocity is not half as interest
ing to the average congresscan as
committee places. This is perfectly
natural for most of the good -work
here is done hy and through com
mittees. A ma.jority of the representa
tives ])resent desire a report Saturday
night. The committee, it is under
stood, would wait a week or longer
and report to a second caucus.
Reciprocity lias friends and ene
mies. Rejiresentative Webb, although
he is not here to speak for himselt,
is opiiosed to Piesident Taft’s pro
position. So is Senator Simmons and
Repre.‘--enrarive (^lulger. More than
one hundred democrats of the house,
it is said, will not vote for the Cinia-
di?n treat.v unless there is tacked to
it i)rovisions reducing the duties on
farm im])leraents and other things
that the tiller of the soil buys. Most
of tlie democrats believe that it—
reciprocity—is a good thing but it
should be accompanied by se^eral im
portant tariff sehedules.
“W’e will see that the farmers gets
aa squaif' deal," said Representative
Kitchiii to me today. "We are here
to look after that eiul of it.’’
“The Soiitli will profit greatly in
one item," said Congressman
By Asso^iated Press.
Washington, March :?0.—The amend
ment to the so-called bucket shop law
which defines "bucketing'’ was de
clared unconstitutional by .Justice
Eright in the District of Columbia
sui)renie couit in that it de})rived :i
citizen of the lil)erty to contra(!t. A
demurrer of Edward Altenias, of .ler-
sey City, and l.KJuis A. and Angelo
Celia, of St. i.ouis, who were indicted
last .April were sustained. The gov
ernment will ap))eal.
Prosecutions Not Affected.
Chicago, .March :!().— {’rosecution of
alleged luicketshoji operators in Chica
go by the F'eueral .government will nor
be affected l)y the decision in the Dis
trict of Columbia supreme court. The
r!ason for this is that the jirosecutions
here are nor founded on any bucket
shop legislation but on the old statute
against u.sing the mails to defraud.
Bucket Shopping
Is L aw J u l\
The Propst Conti acting Com-
pany is to Build Line oj
Railway From Winston-
Salem to Floyd, Virginia.
my TO iifiBEE
By' Associated Press.
Alban,\. N. Y.. March 30.—Only a
handful of democratic members of the
legislatiire were at the temporary cap-
itol of the state in the Albany city
hall at the time set for the reconven
ing of the caucus today to act on the
matter of selecting a candidate for
T'nited States Senator. The situation
since the ad.iourninent of the caucus
last night appeared to have been cora-
l)licated by Charles F. Murphy’s ful-
mination against Francois Lynde Stet
son, whom he accused of planning the
ruin of the democratic |)arty in this
state !)y the defeat of William F. Shee
han, the first cauctis nominee, attribut
ing Mr. Stetson's alleged course to
the so-called "interests".
Senator Brackett, minority leader,
said today that the rejjublicans were
"sitting ti.ght and awating develop
ments." 'I'he failuie to date 10 bring
about an alliance betwef'U the minority
Lever, j members and the insur.gents is taken
of South Carolina. ' if the reci))rocity j as another indication that the regu-
treaty is iiassed. We now sell $1,101),- lars will defer caucus action at least
liy Associated Piess.
Washington, March 30.—"Bttckec
shoi)j)ing" in ihe District of Coliimiiia 1
is a lawful occupation, according to a
decision handed down today by .lustice
Wright, in the Distiitt supreme court,
and as a result the widespread cru
sade waged by the department of .jus
tice to end the practice in several cit
ies threatens to come to naught, .jus
tice Wright based his decision on the
ground the amendment to the code
defining "bucket ing" is unconstitu
tional because it deprives citizens of
The liberty to contract, guaranteed
them by the constitution.
The decision was rendered in the
case of Edward Altemas, of .Jersey
City, and Ixauis A. and Angelo ('ella,
who ojierated a so-called sho]) under
the title of the Standard Stock &
Com])any. With twenty-six others they
were indicted; some of these plead-
! ed guilty and were fined in sums ag-
gre.gating $8100, the remainder de
cided to fight the case.
The movements of the government
leading up to the indictments were |connect .\orth (,'arolina and Vii-
shrouded in the greatest secrecy. | ginia is a matter of more than pass-
On April 2. 1910, however, when in-ji'Lg interest. The contract awarded the
dictments were obtained raids on : Charlotte firm is the largest one ever
Contract is The Biggest One
Ever Let in Carolina or
Eastern Virginia And Woik
is to Begin Within a Few
Days.
To Ijiiild. complere, the iiroposed in-
terurban line itetween Winston-Salem,
and Floyd, Virginia, a ilistance of 10::
miles, the Propst Contracting Company
of this city has secureil a contract
from the North Carolina Traction
('onipan.\.
-Apiu'oximately $2,000.(»00 is involved
in the contract, and in the expenditures
to follow- anothei- million dollars will
be used for eguijiment, etc.
Opening up a new’ territory now
without railroad facilities the line that
"shops” in seven cities were mad©
simultaneously; wires were cut and
customers thrown into jianic. Since
then, according to .Attorney General
Wickersham. “bucket shop{)ing" has
become a thing of the past east of
Denver.
The government announced today
its intention to appeal the case from
.histice Wright's decision.
non worib f>f cotron seed oil to Can
ada. witiv. ;i:i ad valorum dut.\- of 17
i-J i)er cem. 'I'al.e down this wall and
until .Monday.
Before Hie caucus reassembled it
was planned to bring about a further
vill se
three times
hep r
iiiiil
the i the
I'l'W-
t ha!
r^au
r*M- i“d and
. I ■* will) l;;ive
ailK- I'e L:.vcu
• p- ;'W;ii(!ed to
al d. ad.
Tax Values.
r;»v'es Savannah.
1 ■ h , H (:11. .1
■. IliastCi ■)! 1 iie
1 . lio i; Is bf'f'll
' ill 'ea\»- toniglit
•  f witne,- -ing th>
, ,1, ■; oe upon a
;I I d'Mu's coiidi-
i ./ii.ved .luce he
Results Of
Auto Races
Paldo Beach. I'la.. .March 30.—First
raee, .'i mile, open cars. Kll to
( iibie inches, class (', non-stock; Witt
;K .\i. !•'.» firsL t:20,in; 'Power 1 War
ren i'('troi') second, LJ.); Rouse (Lan-
I'ucker (Coles) fourth;
.M. F.) fifth; Evans (War-
.C'i) third;
; ('oheiis ( E
; r ii I sixth,
j Sef-oud Race
ItEN TO
.l.i'- h ::o.—W. I.. J'ark.
. " the Illinois (’entral
■ I'' I'ham. of St. Louis.
'(•legraidK'rs and -L
li' rui of th(‘ Louisiana
'l eb graphers' I'nion.
•■•dav o!i the wage
‘ 1-.1 i,- tlireateiied for
• men, w ho ask an in
i' cei't in wages.
,' t« r> ceiitl.. laken I*")
^ .I'.ii'i tele;;ra libers voi-
•s th' re was a satis.
1 ' ’ase granted.
,,, . . .. mile, ojien cars-, of
l;:oi ti tr»t» cubic inches, class B stock:
i Wih-ox (.National) first. 3:.'>?.>^2;
'Hughes (.Merce. 1 second, 4:18.98. Only
I two starK rs.
Pablo Beach. Fla., Harch 30.—Third
ra'-e. !• miles, open cars, from lt51 to
2:!o cubic inches, class i? stock. Tower
I Warren-Detroit) first. t):10.o2; Rouse
(Lancia I second. |U: 13.14; Tucker
Cole) third. Evans ( Warren-Detroit)
u-
Fourth race. 10 mile open, 600 cubic
inclies displacement or less, minimum
weight 2,300, -lass E, non-s-tock: Dis-
brow (Pojie-liartford) first, 7:42.39;
Wilcox (NaHonal) second, 7:f>4,^l;
Merz (National) third; Haycroft (Mai-
quette-Buick) fourth; Hurman (Benz.)
not finished.
Today's card consists of a twenty
mile open free for all class D, non-
sf;'ck cars; two 2-mile events tor
cars of ♦^JOO inches# and less; three I)-
mile open ra(*es tor machines of t>
(f) 4.")0. 1t;i to 230 and 1H1 inches and
jess; 10-mile handicap non-stock
I) and a 10-milc amateur beanch
championship race for class E non-
sK.ck automobile witli 000 inclies 01
less.
‘‘Oo;/s” Aie Wise-
Lawyer Coming
Attorney Of Boston Comivg
Wednesday to Represent Ihe
Older Whose *'Nest” Com-
missioner Disturbed.
The trouble in the Charlotte Nest,
Order of Owls, told of in yesterday's
News, is to be stiiiightened out, Wed
nesday night, in court.
■\lr. .1, H. Holland, deputy for .Mr. .L
.1. .Arlington, representative in charge,
here is authorit.'- for this statement.
.\sked this morning if there were
any new developments in the stay
jiroceedings tor which Insurance Com
missioner Young is resi)onsible. Mr.
Holland said: "Our men, Mr. IL R.
Canefteld. of Fiirminghatii. .\la.. and
our lawyer, .Mr. Samuel II. Kcne. nie
of the iiest known attf)rneys of Bos-
tfin, will be here to thrash this mat
ter out Wednesday. We cannot un
derstand -Mr. Young's jirocedure or
char.ges. We d(» business on a busi
ness basis. We have “Nests" in ev
ery city of any size throughout the Un
ion. if you wish to see any data
about us iook in the World's .Almanac
— authority which the government
uses. We cannot understand Mr.
Yfuing’s course, except that he may
iiave confounded us with some order
that has imitated us or V)rancbed out
as an independent order. We have
state licenses from all states requir
ing a license. There has neve been
ati^v charge preferred against us. as
we conduct our business on a high
plane. Our representatives are ready
and eager to meet any charges Mr.
fer."
Youna or any other official may pre- By As.sociated Press.
.Mr. Young brings the charge of Albany. N. Y., March 30.—The work
fiaudulent action on the part of the of rehabilitating the fire swept state
suiireme secretary of the order. Helca])itol begun yesterday while the
charges that the supreme secretary | flames were still crackling in the west-
has admitted personal appropriation | ern wing, was continued today with in-
f)f death benefit funds. j creasing vigor. First efforts were di-
i reeled toward drying out the portions
j of the great building untouched by
; the fire but soaked by tons of water
poured upon tiie conflagration.
State Architect Ware has recom-
we
'i'his wil’ .Hid
 ot'(Ut seed oil iuiil and the cotton I pi’oniise
farmer.'' upon.
“.Are you in favor of jiassing the
reciprocity bill py itself?" he was
asiv'ed.
“No, indeed. We must, send with
it a bill reducing the tariff on w'ool
and woolen goods and steel and add
free foodstuffs."
This is a sample of the talk heard
at the capitol.
Iteiiresentative (Jiidger, of the Ashe
viile :iistrict. is here.
‘‘What about recij)rocity, it is re
ported that you are not in favor of
the treaty with Canada'.' Is that
true?" he was asked.
"I have not made up my mind fin
ally," said he, "but 1 am inclined to
oppose it.
“It is this way: They would put
wheat or. the free list hut leave a
(lut.\ on flour and luit cattle on the
free list and leave a duty on bec'f. .
The farmer is the loser and tliei
manufacturer the gainer. Thar is thej
way I see it. They tell us that rhe'
cost of living will be reduced b.v this
reciprocity treaty. Why? Do you eat
what and cattle or flour and beef?”
Mr. Gudger admitted, however, that !
he is open to conviction.
"One thing certain, ’ he added. “I
am going to be independent. I will
do niy own thinking."
Representative Small jiassed
through thee ity yesterday, tarrying
for a moment only, and Rejiresenta-
tive Kitchin and Pou returned here
last night.
Mr. Kitchin said today that Ihe
country could rely on the house, dem
ocratic as it is. to do the projier
thing by the people. He said that the
consumer was going to have his turn.
Many of the congressmen are ar
riving daily. All of the dentocrats
will ne here foi- tiie caucus Satur
day night.
ts much. I adjournment un'til .Monday night in
t--e fnat in the inierim
candidate would be
a com-
agreed
The Albany Situation.
■Albany, N. Y., .March :!0.- The demo-
crytic senators hope to settle the sen-
ator,= hii) contest at a .secret caucus
tomorrow’ morning. The caucus today
ad.iourned until 10 a. m. tomorrow,
without taking a vote, the or.ganization
leaders had directed a full attendance
with the exception that a senator ma.\
be elected an.j adjournment taken for
a week until the regulai' quarters in
the capirol are ready for use.
After Missing Express Messenger.
By Associated Press.
El Paso. Texas, March 3U.—Officials
of the Wells-F''argo Express Comiiany
declared today that A. W, Hawkins,
the ex|)i'ess messenger who disap
peared a I the same time as a ship
ment of jjrio.uoo in currency from the
Fianco de Sonora, in Hermosillo, to
its branch in Guayamas, ha.s been
seen at .Mazatlan. The express com
pany officials (let lare they are coii-
tideiit Hawkins lias tiiken ship !'or
some South American port, as he isj
known to have made many inquirie.sj
.‘is to sailing dates of vessels ff>r|
South America.
Sienographeis Asso.
lo Be Oiganized
At Methodist Conference.
By .Associated Press.
Washin.gton. March :50.—Predictions
of a union into one great denomina
tion of the Baltimore conference of
the Methodist Episcopal church-. South,
the Baltimore conference of the Metli-|
odist Fi^iiiscopal church and the .Maty-j
land conference of the .Methodist l^ro-j
te.stant church were made at loda.x sj
session of the Baltimore Methodist j
Episcoi)al conference in session here. J^GlieraL
Siieeches advocating the burying 'f
I the differences between these churches
and a closer union marked the moiu-
ing session.
handled in the two states.
'riirough the territory to be trav-
ei’sed there is a fonune, it is said, in
virgin tiniiier. such as oak. poplar,
walnut, hickor.\, and pine. There is on
the survey a tract of coal deposits of
30,000 acres and immense rich iron-ore
deposits that were once worked some
years ago when the Virginia and
Soiiihweslern Ftailroad and (he Vir
ginia Iron. Coal and Coke (’omi)an.v
first started ojierations.
It will also develop a district that
possesses large deposits of mica, and
will pass through a great tobacco and
apple-raisin.g country. .All apples—and
there were more than 300,000 barrels
shipped from one county in Virginia
last year— have now to l)e hauled I'rom
20 to SO miles in wagons in order to
reach a market.
The line will have no competition
and will serve, it is estimated, 270.000
peo|)Ie within tive miles of its roadway.
It peuet rates-Uie foothills of tlu‘ .\lle-
.s.;han,\ and the Blue Ridge Mountains,
mounts their hei.uhts and jiasses to
the North with a (dear grade not ex-
ceedin.g two jier cent.
The railroad is to be completed with
in two years after work be,gins and
the contract awarded t 1k' Propst Con
tracting (!ompany juoxides that it
shall do the grading, track-laying,
build l>ridges, trestles, culverts and
other work.
Offieials of the Carolina Traction
(’oiii!)aii.\ are .Mr. .\. .\L ('lark, presi-
deiii, of S(;ulhein Pines: .Mr. .1. W.
S.vkes, vice lux-sident, of Crecnsboro;
H. P. Macknight, director
Repairing Burned
Capitol Building
Relief for Famine Victims.
By .\ssociated Press.
Washington, March 30.—The United j
States transport , mended that the legislature authorize
relief su])plies to the starving peO'
pie of (i'hina, arrived at Shanghai
today.
.Annotmcement of the arrival of
the Buford in Chinese waters reach
ed Washington almost simultaneous
ly, with mail advices to the state
department from Shanghai and Nank
ing detailing pitiful tales of the in
describable suffering of the starving
millions. . .
Mr. Bostick, a missionary writing
from Pochow, says the suffering
poor have reached the extremes of
misery. A few months ago they were
living on wheat bran. "With this ex
hausted they have resorted to cook
ing leaves of trees and even simple
drv wheat chaff.
—Clean-Up Day tomorrow.
immediately the preparation of plans
for rebuilding the ruined third, and
fourth floors in the west end.
Unofficial estimates place the cost
of reconstruction close to $4,000,000.
It is said that an appropriation of this
size will practically wipe out the esti
mated surplus remaining in the treas
ury at the end of the present fiscal
year. The state cannot bond itself for
this rebuilding and the money must
be taken directly from the trea&ury.
The first inspection after the smoke
cleared away convinced the state archi
tect that the remaining walls of the
southwestern cupola were unsafe and
the occupants of houses on the oppo
site side of State street have been
directed to vacate until the walls are
I pulled down or made safe.
Idea Originates With h/irs. Sal-
lie Witherspoon Summers,
Court Stenographer-Call Is
sued for Meeting at Selwyn
Hotel To-morrow Afternoon.
In the clever brain of Mrs. SalHc
Vv’ilhersiM)on Summers, the well
known steno.grai)her, has originated
(he idea of having a stenographers'
association, which is to be known, if
organized, as the North Carolina
Stenographers' .Association.
Charlotte has a small army of
Stenographers. Up to the present
time there has been no concert of
action amongsr tiiem. Believing in
the old maxitn that “in union there
is strength"—not in “a" union—Mrs.
Summers is to launch a movement
which if carried out as she plans and
hc'pes ff>r, will be of benefit to rhe
operator as well as to the Dusiuess
iniblic. To this end—that of perfect
ing an or.ganization " Mrs. Summers
issues through The News this call:
Notice.
All stenograiihei s of the city, ladies
and gentlemen, are inviteu to meet
in the assembi.v room of the Sehvyn
hotel Friday night, March 31, 1911. at
8:30 p. m,. for the purp'ose of talk
ing over the advisability of an or-
g.t.uization. which organization is ‘o
b(‘ known as the N'irth Carolina
Stenographers’ Association.
It is earnestly desired that there
will be a large attendance, and it is
also desired that the stenographers
will not look upon this organization
as a union, because it is nor. and it
is only for the benefit of the ste
nographers, bringing them in unison,
and also for the benefit of the busi
ness public.
Ft is requested that all the business
men will remind their stenog’-aphers
of this meeting, and urge their at
tendance, as it promises to be bene
ficial to both stenographer and their
employer.
Mr. Probst Talks of Deal.
“1 can no; state positively just
the time w(> will begin work on
the road," said :Mi- Probst, iiresident;
-Holidav tomorrow at the schools'
or the Probst Coiitraeling Company,
Continued on Pa.co Nine.
Two Trainmen Were
Badly Injured In
Head -on- Collision
/
Special to The News.
Statesville. March 30. -Two train
men were badly injured, one proba-
blv fatally, this morning about 9:30
when westbound freight train No. 73,
and eastbound No, (it! collided head-
on on a mountain just west of Old
Fort. Mr. Walter A. Harrison,
tiie engines just, be-
beinfj
track
ntsh'.'d to the
will lie cleared
j ju mi ling from
' forc! the crasli,
1 Dfriiclvs are
; scene and tlie
j tliis aftei'iioon.
I ,A confusion of orders is restionsi-
ble foi- Ihe wreci;, and it is sai'l that
ieiihei' t!ie dispau-iier or .-hi operat r
.1 will have to answer tor ii.
: ('ondnetor P. 'I', Kale was in ciiarge
Asheville, fireman on Oti. was so bad
ly hurt that he was thought to be
dying at 11 o’clock, while R.
.lames, fireman for
hurt about the back.
S. E, Shook
was
Mrs. Summers is court stenograph
er for Mecklenburg and twelve other
counties of this state. She is a wo
man of marked ability. Her work in
tlie courts is exceptionally fine.
Patrick Kehoe Dead.
Savannah, Ga.. March 30.—-Mr. Pat
rick Kehoe. an old. resident of Savan
nah, and brother of Mr. William Kehoe
the foundryman, was found dead in
bed this morninK.
of 73 and (’(uiduetor
was running (it!.
L. i Engineer .lames ha'-- had Hie mis-
tjadly' foi tune to be in se\'erai liad weeks,
I ar.d ha:- sus'ained serious iiijur'cs ou
The engines were both demolished ■ several orcasions. Furthf'r j.articaihns
and it. is understood that .the train-j of the wreck are not obtainable al
men saved themselves frciin death byj picsent.
Smilingly Said ''Good Bye
All” Just Befoie He Was
Hanged For Awful Mwder
Bv Associated Press.
Pottsville. Pa., March 30.—A re
markable display of nerve was made in
the county jail yard here today by Jos
eph Cliristock, as lie wl about to 1
be hanged for the murder last fall of
Mrs. Ann Richards. Declining the prof
fered assistance of a priest and deputy
by his side to be s-trapped and smiling
ly said:
“(iood-bye. ail.”
The nervy man then held his head
in position for the adjustment of the
black caj) and in another moment the
trap was siirung. He was dead in 12
minutes.
Before going to the gallows Chris-
tock made a comidete confess’ion, de-
, ,, , ... , „ I daring he had shot the woman w’hen
shenn, the man walked smilingly from | detec leil by her alien,i.llns to
his cell to the foot of the gallows *nd; daughter. He told of num-
ran lightly up the steps.
It was a pvblic hanging and about
the gallows stood 1,500 perst^ls to
whom Christock v. aved his hand. Then
he reached up, grasped th6 noose and
erotis highway robberies an . burglarie.s
he had commit.ted in the neighborhood
and wound up his confession by say
ing he deserve(' to be hanged for
bis crimes. He joked of death to the
placed it around his neck, p t his arms very end.