Decision Against the Two? Cooped for
Killing , of JSeiw CarmaLclj--20 Years
In the PenrtenfiaiyiVe Teitalty.'
: Nashville, JTenn., Special.1 Guilty
.of murder in the second degree pun
ishment 20 years' imprisonment this
was ' the unexpected verdict rendered
by the ury against CoL Duncan B.
Cooper and Robin J. Cooper. when' the
court opened Saturday The jury Fri
day 'acquitted John D. Sharp, indicted
with, the Coopers for the slaying; "of
former U. S. Senator Edward W. Car
. mack.
i Bush to Sign Bond.
Although Judge Hart fixed the bond
at $25,000 there was a .rush to sign
it on the part of .wealthy citizens of
Nashville which fairly swamped the
clerk of the criminal court. '
'The first to arrive was John J.
Greener, who signed for $10,00 on
each. bond. Several Qthers had been
aent f or and telephoned that they
would come as quickly as automobiles
would bring them. In a few moments
Walter O. Parmer arrived and signed
for .the balance. "I will sign for a
million for these men," he remarked.
In vain the clerk protested over and
over again that more than enough
sureties had signed but the invariable'
Answer was "We want to put our
name on that bond too." It seemed
as though every friend of the Coopers
considered it incumbent upon him to
sign ! the bond. When there was no
more room for names at the foot of
the document the new bondsment en
dorsed across the face until it was
difficult to decipher the signatures.
When filed the bond totaled nearly a
million and a half.
The Jury's Verdict
At 9:25 the 12 men entered the
room and took the same seats they
had occupied for nearly 9 weeks.
wHave you agreed upon a verdict,
gentlement?" said Judge Hart.
"We have," replied Foreman E.
M. Burke hoarsely.
"Advance, Mr. Foreman, and read
the verdict." v
"We, the jury, find the defendants
.Duncan B. Cooper and .Robin
C6pergmI!y""6TmurerSr the second
degree and assess their pnnishment at
confinement in the State penitentiary
for a period of twenty years."
"So say you all, gentlementf "
"So say we all," in chorus.
"I thank you, gentlement," said
the court, "for your patience and de
votiton to the State, and dismiss you
to your homes and to your personal
vocations. '
The jurors were tired-looking and
disheveled, but with the conclusion
of this remark the entire 12 sprang
from their seats as one man and hur-
- nedly left the court room.
UNITED STATES CENSUS REPORT ON THE COTTON CROP
Washington, Special. Running
bales of cotton numbering 13,408,841,
of . average gross weight of 505
pounds,4 all equivalent to 13,563,942
500-pound .bales, with 27,587 ginner
ies operating, was the final report of
the census bureau Saturday on the
cotton crop grown in 1908.
The report included 344,970 linters
and counts round as half bales. The
final 1907 crop report was 11,325,882
bales, equivalent to 11,375,461 500
pound bales with 27,597 ginneries
operating.
Included in the 1908 figures are. 93,
085 bales, which the ginners estimate
ed they would turn out after the time
of the March canvass.
Bound bales in the report are 340,-
THE HOUSE PASSES AMENDED
Washington, Special. In its emend
ed, form the House took Thursday for
consideration the bill providing, for
the taking. of the next census.. The
biU was passed at the last session,
but was vetoed by the President be
cause of his objections to the pro
visions which took away from the
Civil Service Commission the power
of appqintment of .the clerks. An
amendment by Mr. Sterling (Ills.)
DECLARE ALCOHOL
Washington, Special. Alcohol
practicality- has no? therapeutic, uses,
judging; from the discussion at the
semi-annual meeting here Thursday
of the American Society for the
Study of Alcohol and Other Drug
yrcotics. . Some of the medical
scientists contended that alcohol has
no therapeutic uses; others that on
the whole it has few such uses, while
another V declared that alcohol grad
ually is being eliminated- as a drug.
-Papers .were read by -Drs. Henry O.
Marcy,. of Boston, honoarary presi
dent of i the, society,: . entitled, "A
LYNCHED AT ELKINS. W. VA., FOR ASSAULTING Of f ICER
. Elkins, W. Va., . S pecial. J oseph
';,Brown,v said to have been , an ex-con-vict,
who Thursday evening shot and
v seriously wounded Chief of Police
, Scott White," at Whitmere, near here,
:' Iwas taken from jail by a crowd of
cmenat .1:30 ..Friday morning and
j-lynched.. Brown was hanged upon a
" telegraph , pole. " Thursday evening
l' White, who Is a son of Wayor Wash-
l ington White, of s Whitemere, remon
, Verdict a . Snrj9se.
The verdict, coming as it did upon
the heels - of Foreman Burke's dec-
lessly tied up as to the Coopers," was t
a decided surprise. Ihe deiendants
took it colly almost without emotion.
In "a second after Judge Hart, ceased
dismissing the jurors," Judge Ander
son, of the defense, was on his feet
exclaiming : " Your honor, We move
that the case be declared a mistrial
because of the verdic Friday we con
tend that Friday 's verdict 1 was the
only one, and that it acquitted John
Sharp but declared a disagreement on
the other defendants. We also ask
that the defendants be admitted to
bond at once. y :,
A Bailable Case. .
, "The verdict of the jury' makes it
a bailableease," was" the. court's re
tort. 'Hence' I will fix the bond of
each defendant at $25,000 unless
there be some objection. In that
event I will hear arguments." "It
is satisfactory to us," said Attorney
General McCain. "And to usi'f re
torted Judge Anderson. " There
seems nothing left but for the court
to pass sentence, V added Judge Hart.
"I do not think that necessary,'.'
said -Judge' Anderson. We "move that
judgment be" suspended and that we
be given a new trial.-; We will be pre
pared to argue the motion ; later1
probably next week."
' All right, judge, ' ? remarked the
court. "I know you will not delay
unnecessarily and I will take it. up at
your own convenience." -
How the Jury Voted.
The. jurors were, not inclined to talk
but one of them said: - ..." y
"On the first ballot we acquitted
John Sharp and -disregarded the con
spiracy theory. On this same ballot
we tstood six for guilty of murder in
the .first degree with mitigating cir
s 1 cumstances, five lor murder in tne j
cumstances, five for murder in the
maximum penalty . and one tor ac-
quitttal. The ballots all day Wednes
day and Thursday showed the same
result. Friday the man who voted
for acquittal came .over to murder in
the second degree but demanded that
only 10 years be assessed. . The ''rest
of us did not deem ten years as any
thing like adequate, so we disagreed
again. Of course, -aUlthis refers to
the Coopers, not- Sharp, whom we had
acquitted. Early Saturday morning
the man who was holding out for .10
years agreed to 20 years and the six
who.were voting for. a -first degree
verdictVagreed to this verdict."
450 bales. Sea island bales included
are 93,848 for 1908 and 86,895 for
1907.
The crop by States, in running
bales, including linters, follows:
Alabama, 1,358,339 bales; Arkan
sas, 1,018,708 bales; Florida, 71,411
bales; Georgia, 2,022,828 bales; Kan
sas, Kentucky and New Mexico (in
cluding linters, of establishments in
Illinois and Virginia) 5,054; .Louis
iana, 481,694 bales; Mississippi, lr
665,695 bales; MSssouri, 60,609 bales;
North Carolina, 699,507 bales ; Oklal
homa, 703,862 bales; South Carolina,
,1,239,260 bales; Tennessee, , 348,582
bales; Texas, 3,719,189. bales; Vir-
Jgmia, 13,013 bales.
CENSUS AND HEALTH BILLS
was agreed to providing that the ap
pointments shall be made in con.
fortuity with the law of apportion
ment among the States under the
civil service act. In order to prevent
the spread of tuberculosis among
government clerks, an amendment bj
Mr.- Bennett (N. Y.) was agreed to,
requiring that each census applicant
furnish with his or her application
a certificate of good health.
IS BEING ELIMINATED.
Medical. Study of the Temperanc
Movement in the South Howard A
Kelly, of Baltimore, on " The Alco
holic Problem v in Every-Day Iif e j
T. D. Crothers, of Hartford, Conn,
on "The Future of the Alcoholic
Problem;" and, W. B. Parks, of' At
lanta, Ga., oh "The Effects of Al
cohol' on Temperament" as it Relatef
to Race and Nationality.' Th(
night's session developed much in
terest among the scientists as indi
cating ' the necessity for laws relat
ing to the care and protection of in
ebriates. - . ..
strated with' Brown for using., olfen
sive language. --Brown drew a revol
ver and shot White ahd then, took t
the mountains. He was followed bj
a posses of citizens, - captured - and
placed in jail"." Early Friday it seem
ed that the whole town was aroused
and "Brown was quietfy .taken$ out 6i
the jail and hanged. Chief of; Polit
White, it is believed, will-, recover
Brown is said to; have served severa
terms of imprisonment.- " ' ' '
(Census bureau report
Amount 4f Oottoir-Stocks
on ftXixu)
rehrjuarr2$.Wa 5,262,663 Bales, t
Report Preliminary to Official
i - Statement- and is Made at Request
of Coniress-r-Total Supply of Cot
ton. , ' rti
Washington, SpeeiaL-r'The aedsnf I
bureau in ; avreport Monday . announce
ed . that . the . amount of cotton stocks
on hand in the United States at. thfe"
close of February was 5,252,663 bales.
; The indicated consumption of cot
ton is 2,521,436 bales. The report is
a preliminaryone,"and is in response
to a1 resolution of . . Congress. The
f tocks on hand are distributed as fbl-
lows:
Manufacturers, 1,844,992; produc
ers; 326,377j" warehoiaes andWxn
press, 305,786; transportation, com
panies, 518,479; other holders, 255,-
em. : - . -- -s '
The-total supply-of cotton in the v
unuea oiaies ana me neb uuporw xus
tneisix months' period ending FenuV
ajy ,ilast, were 1440,670 rftd:
98,000 baldsXrespectively. Tho total
stock held September 1, last, ?ysL
136,058 , and cotton ginned smea
August '3i; last, aggregated ,13,0(MJ,
612 running bales. The total export
of cotton; from September 1, 1908, tov
February" 28, '4ast, inclusive, was 6,
566,571 bales.
The approximate segregation v of
cotton stocks, shown in the report re
lates to Ideation and not to owner
ships ' Cotton in warehouses owned
and operatingin conjunction with mills
is classed as in- possession of "mann
facturers, 'under . independent Uware-
houses and compresses : is shown all
cotton so stored, regardless of its
ownership. Cotton of foreign growth
included in these statistics" amounts
to 55,629 bales, of which 50,561 ; are
Egyptian, 1,859 Indian, . 3,085 ".Peru- I
vian and 124 others; Of the total. ;
amount held. 3,721,971: bales were in j
.the cotton-growrr.tr States and 1,530,
692 bales in all other States.
Feudists Shot From Ambush.
Huntington, W. Va., Special. John
and Frank Flemming, alleged mem
bers of a feud gang that has terror
ized Harts Creek, incoln county, 40
miles south of this city, were shot
from "ambush MJciday evening. Frank
was - Killed and John was seriously
WOnnded, John Flemining was r I
tiary Where he served two years for
conspiracy to defraud the govern
ment. " When he learned that his
young wife had secured a divorce and
had married John McCoy, a bitter
enemy of Bis, the Flemming brothers
started for McCoy's home. They
were ambushed en route.
Five Persons Die in Mine Explosion.
Evansville,Ind.,. Special. Kve men
were killed and a. score injured in an
explosion at the Sunnyside coal mine
near this city Saturday afternoon.
The explosion was caused by a windy
shot nine to an overcharge of powder
said to have been placed by John
Petit. "Petit is burned over his entire
body and will die. The dead were all
killed by sulphuric fumes which fol
lowed the shot. The mine was swept
as . if by a whirlwind. Twenty-nine
were A in the. west shaft of the mine
when the explosion occurred..
Wild Train Hits Station. .
. Montreal,- Special. Four persons
are dead and thirty others were more
or less seriously inured as the result
oftjieblowing out . of a wash pipe
on the locomotive hauling' the Boston
express of the Canadian Pacific Rail
way Wednesday morning, three miles
out from this city. Scalding steam
filled the cab . and ; the engineer and
fireman Were forced to jump. The
train without a guiding hand at the
throttle, j dashed into the Windsor
street sation, through the granite wall
into the woman's waiting" room and
then into the rotunda. - v
Furniture Shippers Mpsfe Pack Theii
Wares.
-Mbbile, ;Ala Special. The Soutfai
ern classification committee adjourn
ed to meet in Atlantic City in Jury.
The committee devoted most off its
time to correcting errors in the pack
ing of freight, with a view to decreas
ing the number of claims for dam
ages. It was ordered also that fibre
boxes must be made waterproof.
: Shortest Bill on Record.
Washington, Special. Representa
tive Coudrey, of Missouri, has just
introduced what is probably the!
shortest bill so far, presented during
the present session, yet if enacted in
to law- it would attract more atention
than the Sherman' t Antitrust law.
After the enacting clause the entire
bill is as follows: ' -
That from and after the passage
of this ac.t all corporations shall pay
a 'license tax of I 1-10 of 1 per cenl
on their capital. '.'.'f . ':,r
Items of General "Interest. . .
Small pox is said to be "raging ; in
Guatemala and . Mexico "is making
rigid ' quarantine, against it- ; -.
The latest prospects in the East are
for peace. Th e - Servian government
-acceding to Austria 's propositions. -
;A case Was handed down'from. the
higher courts of; Georgia recentlyv to
the effect that for -a man to -call a
Georgian a liar meanjj. a.fiht; anM
to be construed as an assault.;- ' :
fl CtiiLD IllDHlPFfD
Wflfle Whitl aCCl 8; Tekeil
cj.-dAS cu" -D '
from Schccl ct Sheron, Pa
Nft CLUE TO TIIEPERPETRATORS
Willie Whitia, T t7ean Old, Taken
From ,Hiaf School at Sharon' Pa-
Held For ,$1Q,Q0$ Uanaom Terms
- On last Friday.! Willie WhitIaVr8
years old, was kidnapped from' school
at- .Sharon. . Pen'am: Arwefl
dressed man drovfj up.'td- the school jr
mi vuMi wie .juvyr : mat .; vvoiue'8
S&Wp ,4l&r.1iiinji;vWl
to;hifiloe of 'suspecting any
thing wrong' the teacher fixed Willie
up and sent him on in light pleasan-
try i sayinff she h6rd,he was not be-
ulb aianappeov -li ;
All too soon she ifound that it was
;v stern reality. A tetter was received
Friday in -jWillieff f own hand, which
reaa:.v't!ii-" .
PearjFather; , ; J
, Two bad inen hare me,- and if you
don't send $10,00OA they will kill me
inMOdaya. , - Wime'.WhUla.,;
'nere' was nothing on: the- envelope
to denote where the letter had been
mailed. v-VW:V'.; -yik - v m
... Frank HBu$l, millionaire tmele
of WilUe tpok' aecide interest in
the1 case and wilt' freely pay the $10,-
uuu ior,.ms saxer reoovery,- ?
ti - Jt ytt&.
from that j, city
that two men and a "boy answerinir the
description, of thej kidnappers and
their- Victim hafe loeen 'seen .there,
consequently the 'supposition is that
Mr. 3 Buhl has received; word which
made him believe his nephew was in
Cleveland or that vicinity. The bue-
gy in which "the child was taken from
schooiwas located , at -Warren
umojr ana 1 as tne . i;ieveiana papers
were 'among tkose specified, in which
the demand at ; the kidnappers' for . a
$10,000 ransom should be answered
by a personal ad.yftisement, all evi
dence seemed to - indicate that 'devel
opments in the 'mystervous case was
centered about the XiakeCity.
A. clue ywas , secured .Sunday, is
which little credence is placed, how
ever. On March l. the local .postoifice
department received a circular s an
nouncing ; a reward for a " man de-
T,7.Tr Q-?.j-rtt- u Ti 'T -1 it"
Canton, O., said to be wanted there
for the theft of $400. Janitor Wes
ley C. Sloss, of the school from which
Willie was taken, when shown the cir
cular bearing a portrait of the man
wanted, declared it bore a strong re
semblance to the abduetor.
A Cleveland," O., special on Sunday
says: Whitla was instructed in a
letter from the kidnappers to leave
$10,000 in Flat Iron, Park Saturday
nighty If no detectives were about
the kidnappers promised they would
deliver the hoy safely to the fathel
in a hotel at Ashtabula at 3 o'clock
Sunday morning. Whitla deposited
the money as requested, but the Ash
tabula police learned of the plans to
pay the ransom and went to the park.
The kidnapers are supposed' to have
seen them, for at 3 o'clock the money
was intact and not . a man had ap
proached the spot. -rf!! .v- 'u
Whitla believes that the 'failure to
effect a settlement with him will
frighten the kidnapers and they will
not communicate with him again.
The police of Ashtabula are unwil
ling to believe that the kidnapers
have left that section of the country.
The letter from the captors of Wil
lie Whitla came to the boy's parents
in Sharon Friday afternoon.
Upon receipt of the letter Whitla
called inr private deetives and asked
their" advice. They were anxious to
t capture ' the kidnapers and pleaded
1 lit ' l-l A . . - .. ... " -
wiin mm 10 permit tnem to place a
decoy package of bills at the desig
nated spot and let officers lie in waif
and capture the men who came aftei
the money.
Whitla would not agree to this. He
finally consented, to permit the detec
tives to acompany .him to this city
and await his summons to start; a
search for the kidnapers. - . 7 :; J
Promptly at 10 o'clock Whitla lefl
the packajge of bills in the park. He
went tto . the designated ' spot alone,
feeling ;certain' that his compliance
with the request Of the ' kidnapen
would ' prove the means of delivering
nis boy back to him. J H
Three policemen who had been senf
out from the Ashtabula central sta
tion saw Whitla leavethe money ia
the park. They appraised Chief La
key of tieir discovery and received
fractions to remain : on . duty and
capture , the kjdnapers : should thej
appear. .
In the meantime Whitla returned
to the city and communicated with
his deteetives in Cleveland. A They ad
vised him not . to go to the hotel foi
his boy a minute before the time set
After five hours of anxious waiting.
jWhitla state.dxaf ter ?. his 4boyj -As he
was ion his Way, a policeman inform
ed him that three officers had been onj
guard -in the immediatjs vicinity i oi
cue; pars and, that no one had called
for the money. t : I i
: - Whitla was overcome when , this
news was broken to hm. He went tc
the : park and found jhis package . oi
money undisturbed. - J .
. 'A dettachment of J detectives was
sent out from Cleveland as "sdOn as
it. was ( learned jthat the ' AshtabdU
police were' working o 1 the- case. . - 4
i,The father refuses to sleen at all
and Keeps., up- thro
hj sheer wil
power. . The mother,
ho will not al-l
vfcwT,her ' daughter, Saline, out of hei
eighty is showing the effects of the
worry. - , , '
s : -Whitla returned to Celevland and
P.a inference with .Detective
i1"18 return trip to Sharon wa
made.- . y -
! Hundreds- of letters from all ovet
the country continue to come Amlt jbi
11 A- J
.txio country com, in ue 10 pour m xrom
friends and strangers 'alike, tendering
sympathy. ; But among all the corres
;pondence there has been v no . - word
fromt the. abductors, .nor any one who
teemed to - be 4 ia. any way in touch
witfcithem; t - -
fflECBIlflESTPXEP;.T,..
KIDNAPERS CAUGHT
qnired ? Eansom Paid -Aent--lIatf
1 and: Woman ' Described & by y Willi
' 1 Whitla Arrested -Ths Woman Had
f;J the Coney ' and Confessed. Gov,
Stnarr Offers lS,0d0 fiwardj-r
f ;Mnday?J;Pi "TbaisXoi
Willie the kidnaped kby, received a
note telling him wJiere .to go and com
municate with a woman in Cleveland,
Ohio, who 'would tell aim' how to se
cure the boy; : The first pVin having
failed on account of the .watching of
detectives, Mr. Whitla went . alone,
found" the woman and paid the $10,
000. 1 He then returned to the Hollen
den Hotel and waited. The kidnaper
dressed PVUlie ; in disguise, paid the
fare and-saw him off on the car. He
was soon in the Ijarms of his father
and back to Sharon where the ; whole
town went wild in rejoicing over.
LWUliejls return.
: Cleveland O., Special. In the ar
rest, here Tuesday night of a man and
womafl having $9,700 . in their , pos
session, the 'police Delieve they have
captured the kidnapers of Willie
Whitla. V In fact, the woman in the
oose, , who is somewhat befuddled, ad
mitted that she had been responsib'e
for the kidnaping. When placed in
custody at the -central police station
she said to Captain Shat tuck: "I am
the one who planned, the whole things
There will be trouble for me and hell
in Sharon to-morrow.?' - ' ' :v -Beneath
- the woBaan'sf skirt - was
found $9,790. All of it. jbtft ,$40;was
bound in packages '. with the original
slips placed -; on the , meney when'
Whitli took it from ' tiie banks still
TTMan Tries tor Escape. -Captain
Norman Shattuck and De
tective Frank Wood made the arrests
in the east end of the city. When
near he police station the man broke
away from Detective Wood and ran
towards an alley. The police ' official
flrel two shots from his revolver into
the air and the man stopped. The
woman made no attempt to escape.
The woman appears to be well educated-and
is refined in manners. She
says she spent ' 15 years of her life
in a convent in Pennsylvania, but de-.
nies that she has ever been in trouble
before. Both the man and the woman
deny that they knew the name of each
otner. iney admit tney are not man
and;;, wife. Acording to the police J
they were intoxicated when placed in
custody. Duelto -their condition they
Were not questioned .closely by the
police, and. were locked up in separate
ceils. Both will be arraigned in po
lice court on the charge of abduetion.
according to Detective Wood. At
tempts were made to communicate
with Whitla in Sharon but he could
not be located. :
t ; Captain Shattuck is said to have
secured his ' description of the kid
napers from Willie Whitla and this
description led . to the arrest.
Tuesday detectives ; heard that a
man and woman answering the de
scription of the kidnapers had . been
seen on. the outskirts of the city.' They
came down town and 'bought numerr
ous articles of clothing, tendering $5
and $10 bills in payment, it was learn
ed. : Shortly after1 nightfall the police
learned that the two had gone to the
east end of the city. ; The police walk
ed up behind the, pair, and Captain
Shattuck took, the woman by the arm,
detective Wood securing ' the man.
The couple staggered, say the police,
as if they were' intoxicated. They
made no protest against accompany
ing the officers. The woman chatted
with the policeman at her side at first
and asked to be released.
.Whitla says he has the numbers on
the currency bills handed the - kid
napers and the police are comparing
the notes -found in the possession of
the prisoners with the memoranda of
Wtbitla. ...
Sharon people who heard of the ar
rests in Cleveland suspeet a woman
well known there. The jeoman sus
pected has not been living with hei
husband for some time,' but. has been
making her home there. She is said
to : have had intimate knowledge "of
the Whitla f amily and to have known
that Mr.v Whitla would unquestionably
give up any amount for the recovery
of -his son.
' '.- Gov.- ' Stuart : offered a reward
of $15,000 for the arrest and convic
tion of -the kidnapers.
Within 111" Miles: of the South pole
. lieutenant E. H- Shaeklef ord oi
the British navy, has just returned" tq
New Zealand and reports that his
pedition which left in July, . 1907.
reached, the Qouth Magnetic , pole anj3
came withlylll miles of the Scutl
Pole proper. The theory of a still ail
zone about the pole is practically dis-
proven. . At tne point wnere tne panv
i W3S comoelled to" turn iback ; the alti-
tade is 9,000 feet. , '
TaytorsTiHe xTralB Wrecked. ; v
- Statesville, SpeciaL The mixed
passenger . and, freight , train from
Taylorsville which . is due in States
villa at 10 :10 o'clock was t wrecked
Thursday; morning at a point about
one and a half miles south of Hid
ij . s 1. ..t;i i' u i
elisi 5asger coach left the track
'and were "badry damaged, but no one
wag" hnrtihThe .locomotive broke ;loose
from, the derailed cars and. remained
on the , track uninjured, and ' the first
class passenger coach, 'which was. at
the rear of the train, .did- not leavd
fhe rails., As soon as the extent of
;the: damage was -learned the Iocp
jDiptive proceeded , to '. Stony Point
station,, where. an( empty, box car, was
secured. '' Chairs .were placed in the
car 'and' it was taken' to the scene of
the wrecks Captain Rowland quickly
transferred the passengers to the .box
car'1 a side door Pullman ''and
the engine and car came -on to States
ville, arriving here on. schedule . time.
The train , which arrived here ; from
Charlotte at 10' o'clock was sent back
to Charlotte and the morning train to
Taylorsville .Was annnllecU , What
caused .the wreck is not known and
neither Engineer Patton or 'Captain
Rowland offer any theories as to the
cause. - .
New Industrial News Deal ; ;
Greensboro,- SpeciaL Another turn
was, taken .in the affairs x of . The; In
dustrial News Thursday,' when Judge
Boyd signed an order ' transferring
the . bankruptcy proceedings .against
the corporation to Mr. G. S- Fergfc
son, Jr.', referee in bankruptcy. Rei-"
eiree Ferguson -mil advertise a meet
ing, of -creditors for ithe purpose of
electing a trustee, for the purpose, of
winding up . the A affairs of the bank
rupt: vThe - Daily IndustrialV 'News
Which, was jestablished here as the Re
publican rgaoi 4 in... North Carolina
. early in October 1905, was; placed in
thehands of a'receiyer November li,
ISWand the paper ahspeded public
cation j annary 29.i The receiver nade
not a single bid being offered at the
last sale,on February 15thi The f ail-i
ore to Resurrect The Industrial News
means that, for a while, at least,
Greensboro will ,be without an Asso
ciated Press rooming paper. .
Mr. Walter H.-Savoy,"the represen
tative of the Mergen thaler Company,
is here and has arranged to have the
linotype machines' used by" The In
dustrial News boxed and shipped- to
the " company 's.efactory in : Brooklyn,
N. Y. Mr. Charles G. Harrison, of
the Harrison Printing Company,'- has
been engaged , to take down and pre
pare the machines for shipment and
went to work on the job Thursday.
Hearing in Whitney Case.
Salisbury, SpeciaL For the pur
pose of conducting a special -hearing
in the litigation against the Whitney
Power' Company, of Pittsburg, own
ers of the ? big electric and water-
Swer plant being developed at the
arrows, on the. Yadkin River, (near
Salisbury, Al H. Price, of this city,
went - to -New- York Thursday. . Hon.
John S. Henderson, receiver, of the
$10,000,000 concern, and Burton
Craige, also of this city, are also in
New York for the hearing; which, it
is said, will last ten, days.. . The prin
cipal ' issue in the 'cases arises over
a claim of the contracting firm of the
T. f A. . Gillespie Company for a' bal
ance of about $253,000 alleged ta be
due from the Whitney Company. It
is believed here that all "the. differ
ences will be adjusted and work re
sumed on thi big plant.
In Trouble Again.
Raleigh, SpeciaL Fred Miller,, the
ydung man of good family who came
into the limelight some months ago
through being arrested and held in
jail some time on suspicion of being
connected with the murder of Dr. W.
E. Smith, of Richmond, , last Novem
ber, is in troble again, . having been
jailed on the charge of robbery. He
is accused by Gordon N. Morgan,
Fate Uncertain.
Raleigh, Special. Governor Kitch
in will make his, order; very soon as
to whether former Sheriff Amon, of
Sampson county, shall serve his six
years' sentence- for embezzlement of
county .funds in the penitentiary or
on, the roads of Sampson county.
Friends of the prisoner are. urging
that lie be allowed to remain in
Sampson and serve on the roads. The
carrying out of the sentence .to the
State's prison has been suspended
several, weeks, krorder'that the Gov
ernpr might have opportunity-to look
into the merits of the appeal for
change of -. sentence.
' , ly His. Eye Removed. ;.
' Salisbury, SpeciaL As a result of
the explosion of a powder magazine
at i the Southern Railway, : shops at
Spencer - last - October, an . operation
was performed Wednesday ;upon Fred
Loftin, of -Salisbury; one of his eyes
being removed. - AiTjiece of steel was
found ; behind the Teye; and the other
member ,. is said ; to be Severely: in
jured. Mr. Loftin is the last victim
of; the" explosion to be dismissed from
a' hospitaPhere. ' '
toil. - a wo loaaea dox cars, uie-oag- - . , m - - . v " x
, , ' j know that ithe Cloers sow-:vi.A-
JLgl-?A th-&-scb?d'Ibntthey'donrt care to let 4 kdfTTF '
4.
'' : vioers - -v tcusu xnervase - -' .
I tatesvme,-s Special jAvd
charges.. against the Cloer .- .brothr , : ;
Robertand J Joe CToer ' the- oiote t ;
check flashers who are ,in. f 5ailthar a
iwaiting trialeontinua4o pile up anj '
if, is prpbable :tiiat. the number ;j
their - victims wilt never Ibe 'known
xnere are troiaDivinanv"3ncwHi"wuw : v.
Caase "- the- tefling1 . will'v not Tmnei. r
back iheir money,!! fsewJofcnJS iai; ' '
tho telling.wiirv not -brine
anxious , to let ,i b;Jfcnjo$Jft,;-.:
have bei .taken , in; or worked; jbya
sharper. ' ' This is p relrnuna'' t6rsay' - "
ingvthat Mx. RiiOfcBTrrtoniKeasMeicK i
df a bank at Marion was fahown 4p 4
photograph f,;
3hb operated niost citenslvely Yl
tier' day : and"recognized -'hhif ai ttal
manwhOj passed t a forged .check i foot;i
ther .Marion baAk ..This , is . the. . firsi(,
case td turn up from the Marion, sse4
: Pitt Oon. Teachers. -: ; "
j Greenville, : palrPitt- county ,
has a teachers' - iassb(nation',.that ranks -:
with the bjest in the. Stated - It has ; i
membershfo considerably iabove Cp i
ail j the public school a teachera ,'inr.tha :
county, " Through 'the efforts of tne
association, led by' the 'connty?snper"
intendent ofT schoQlSjs Prof, Wi kEL ,
Ragsdale, j educational interest t haa p
reached: a high pitch over the. entiria. r
eounty. InJ addition, to the splendid
programme; participated in by varions
teachers of the county, a; prominent
educator ' from different , colleges ; ia
the-Siate is -secured ia1. address 'acbt
meeting: of -the fassWationi J The afe-A
dress , at .the, meeting v.last jSafeurdai
was" by Prof. , J. Henry .Highsmith eZcr
Wake ' Forest v College and vis pro- j
hounced one of the best . ther associa
has ..-ever heard.', -r i, :' s'.".
his
'State Officers Club,
f RaleighciaLTnelN'C
lina t Stoti pffieersa artr 4brganiiinff ;
themselves. Into. ,a. social; crab .with.-,.
jrmite.4l InmW tsfde member
sation . will come to be -quitef a 'feature-'-;.
of interest t in i Raleigh. f The v ehtiMfe i )
Woman's Club building, west of Cap-
itof Spuare, has been leased exce)
the assembly room which the" Women. .
will retain-for -meeting purposes ' Itw
has been a matter of dissatisfied cpnij ;
ment for some time' among 'the" State; -officers
that they had no place where'
they could ome together in ; a social
way and exchange . views, without the 't
formalities' of some ofiicial sessioni t
or conference. " Tor Honi B. Fl Dixon
State - auditoris due ' the i credit' for
having hit upon a solution., of ;tthjerr -i
difficulty in conceiving the formatipia .
of the club. ' X ' '
Many. Want Jobs,,..
. Raleigh, SpecuL-Goyernor . Kiteln
in says he is receiving nanjr . ettesra :
from people in various parts ..of ,,tha,
State asking to be appointed' as ir .
spectors 1 of -illuminating oils' hndeaf ;
the operation of .the nact (passed jby v
the recent Legislature providing an '
inspection system for North , aCro- :
lina, provision being inadel for teii--"'
inspectors, one for each congressional,,
district, the pay1" for' each not'tp'ex-,,
ceed $1,000 . per-, year, i The Governor ''
savs, however,;, that Jie finds , thafc. thai,
appointments are not to be paade by,u
hlqij ; but by the State Departmeh of 3
Agriculture. '. Thev act ' becomes3 oper-:
ative July, 1, and, will necessitate: jtheM'..
testing of all illuminating oils .offered . :
for! sale in the State, 'the ihspector'a -tag
of approval being necessary oa
every i package . of oil before it a&
be Offered for sale at. retail. . t . ,
Pasteur Treatment Successful
Statesville, 1 SpenaL--Mr.rK Fredr
Abernathy, who was bitten by '
rabid dog two -or three Weeks ago -';
and iwent-i to ; Raleigh Yio take the
Pasteur, treatment, for hydrophobia,
passed through Statesville Monday;
evening en route to' his home at Oak
Forests .' 13&1 can, now . rest assured 'of
no -further all .effects as a result' of
his , experience with , the mad dog.;
Special 3 Tax? For' Schools. !
Raleigh, '. .SpeciaL The f election for
special: tax. of ,15; cents on the $1,000''
of valuation and 45 i cents on ; the polF-
-to : maintain the ' schools of ; Raleigh, -
township for' nine, months, in place
of i six; was Tuesday won ; by ' - the
schools, which polled .1,154 Totes out
of' 149 registered. Thfe,. opposition-, :
voted only '. 345 The deficiency ; in
funds : was caused ' by the ! voting out :
of the liquor -dispensary and for two '" 1
years the schools have 1 had only a t.
six months .term. The : increase . ; apg :
plies - to next year's terms, as the
schools are now. closed. -
Wounded Negro' Dies. .7 i ; ;r.
C Fayetteville, ; SpeciaL Robinson :,
ElliptV; negroj who was stiojL whj V'
resisting, arrest, V by . Deputy -. Sheriff-- ?
Godwin, Sunday, died from i injuries.
Tuesday night, after amputation v'of -his
wounded leg. When 1 shot, -Elliott
was engaged in . a hand-to-hand fight
with the f deputy while his i.daughtel -was
attempting to place a shotgun in
his hand. The coroner's jury jrender- . -
led a verdict of self-defense."; . ,
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