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t .- s" Ihe & ' rtU'ig medium in i Eastern North CanXme. ?'" .'.-T;-i..;--, ' . ... : . - ryciuni8 3, No. lO, ' ' v : " -.NEW BERN, :-': i".V-i-. Price Two Cent mm 1 St 1 t M A Case , of State vs. fibher Parris on -:Trial Today Before Justices ' v Baxter and Davis ; ANYNULWER OF WITNESSES Still Hearing Evidence in the Case, The case of State vs. Abner Parris, growing out of the shooting of Tom Toler last Sunday evening was called today before Justices of the Peace Z. R. Davis and W. K. Baxter. Appear; lng for the defence were R, A. Nunn and R, B. Nixon while' A. D. Waxd, M. H. Allen and B. M. Green for : the state. The case was to have been heard before Justice Barrington, but the de fence asked , to have it tried before other magistrates and Messrs. Davis ; and Baxter are ; hearing . the case, - There - were . anyr -number, ot - Vit i nesses to be a examined ; .-. i and the court took a recess at. 2:05 until 3:80 said h was at the camp Sunday! last and md saw, Toler aftet he had, come back from the station. WitnesB Bald Toler had whiskey and saw him take, a drink ;' that Toler was in a, playful moodr would run and jump apouiu first going in ms ceu wih-vuuj ning oui hm-w" fws """,- that manner. Heard - guard ;1 to go In the cell. Heard Tol Toler say lie toward was going to town andjn ha vnhriR. Mearrt Guai Farris teu 'Mm, ,lftodrun I ifil Bhootybu." 7 Heard Toler say, "a6ot and be d d." Heard Parris aayl 3a vp to at tempt to run w" I will shoot you." Saw Toler tak anotner drink and say lets have .soo fan at my expense, and kept V he inning and playing around, ytapi88 said Toler kept this gp nntiin his opinioH, Toler did not f know nat ne '; wwr doing y Heard Gua -Swindell call on the .crowd; to taf To,er mi ne 'or one bad start jrt ftto neip. ueara rarng jceii swindeu ge,i out or tne, way or he would shoot both of them. , Witness said when w were going to take him, Parris ' i hothimT v'1 ' In reply to Questions, witness said Tolef c was walking backward : When witness turned his head. Was about twentyflve .people present and saw the? whooUng. All had started to fake him whenle was shot, Stick tthat To. ler 'ad was a walking cane about the size of witnesses "thumb. Had no oth er weapon. Was a cripple and had to use , stick to walk with. Wnt out II v c y pv piaiijngs. never nearo liL'Tole? say that he would cut the-liver 'ry:.uLsr - r. !ttme m.l9nd Tokr K ',1 the camp. Toler was nearthe busheB. B ,-. Wna hot thATA . wTlnn Tnlof. man tn : ; , -rt ,--7-- r r ' ,,y.-w , , the train. Witness, denied hearing any .'threaU.'' m k , : . ; ' In - reply,- to questions concerning .'' himself, wltnesn saM that ha tiad-dw 3 ' negro and carrying a little whiskey. 4, Bomeumes worn in tne logging busi ness., Witness "then pointed out apon k JlnMixM Ua..A 'L..1' fM-4 f , a diagram about where "Tolere ',was standing when shot. J- ..T' - ' -'L IT.' X. Holland. . 'y ' - W T ttnti.. i I".:.:.. r : r" l"v I was at me camp Sunday. That Parris Be- i. niw to -tne Btation to tell ; ,Mr. l .ndell about Tpler being there.' He ''.t,went ',to the station but before he a got there -he overtook , toler. And ' .Swindell. He came'ba.k and told Mr. Parris, and Parris said - J.-l twill shpot him. ,''' r A ) ; ,' - , v , In'.reply to questions witness said he was a convict in the camp. Was put there for carrying a concealcJ ' 1 IH FEATURE pu there for carrying ,acoricealed weapon.. Was.', arrested for v fighting, and the weapon .was found bit him; that Vie came from North. Haflowe. Witness -said die had nothipg against Parris, that Parris had hever (.done him any harm. ' , : , v Replying farther to questions, wit ness said he heard Parris say, if he (Parris) ? was in Swindell's place he would bring Toler back in a box. Thos Fay. ' " Thos Fay, col., said lie was In camp Sunday and went over the run of things and conditions leading up to the shooting, having heard Toler say. take iuy life but don't take my whis key.. Heard, Parris tell Jonnie to get out of the way. that he ; (Parris) was going to shoot him. That Toler was getting further off from Parris all the t me. Heard Swindell summons men to take him and no one went, but was going when Parris shot him. ' " v Witness stated- he (himself) was on the road for, 12 months for . selling whiskey,- as 'riit jgood o-owd jOf people ppesent. Klines 8aid , Harry Douglass. S Harry Do if,' testiCe.i that he the b stetf' back bfT arid' heard htm reJ mark 'that ha Wiui? rnlno- tn-tn1rd. it jde,j gtantf M dell to stand aside or h would shoot both of them,': Witness - said he heard Swindell tetf Toler ' ta.r go In - the Lstockader ' . x , , . Replying to question witness said he m the camp for larceny. couldn't tell how far It was from the nouse - to wnere ne was shot; saw Toler run off; heard Jhat "they . had been-to Btation. Heard Toler tell Par ris a " he did not iave nerve enough to shoot him., Parris said all right,, if you run I will shoot you. " s Will Styron. Mr. Will Styron testified that he was at the "camp Sunday, 'had been 'there between 'the morning and evening trains; Went there with Toler's. child renj-.that they might see him, -Wit ness said when-Toler would come out he wourd . call " Swindell to go with him.-And when he left to meet the train,- and got at the station saw To. lericotnlng. Mr. Swindell was ' with him.-' S. , : Toler said he wanted to go to New Bern. " When train started Toler ask ed It both his children were' on the train and walked In the car. ' Toler got on the train and when he saw Mr. Smith went in a closet and closed the door. After some force was nsed to' get in the placo T,oler told them to get away and he would' come out . Swindell summoned .wliat men were there to get,iilm but no one took hold. - . -l .. hold. i Conductor told .Toler to come out Toler made 'no answer. When Toler came out Swindell said ne needed 'help taid no, that ' he would ' go. Smith sad'' lock him' up when he gets back to the cjunp. . , k ,v ,u Witness said Toler had nd weapon except. his walking) stick, - ' ' In . reply, to questions witness said he' did not carry any whiskey there, have gave him ' whiskey,' when Toler was out here (pointing out to the edge Of the city.) ''v . .Kt v; ,Witnesg said Toler wa i .not In con dition to run. . - " Other Witnesses. wiinesses tesunea to about the same as was testlfled by the above, witness, excepting Ed Hill, who told of the shooting -and ' what followed.' .Witness said Swlddell' told him to get some water for Toler,. and thatj he heard Parris tell Toler if he ran he would shoot him, saying, "Tom if you run, I will certainly kill you. On being ques'Joned, witness" said there was no White man to bother Toler. Witness said that Dave Bryant and 1' nself were all who went td him. iliyseif and Charlie Slade came with him to; tdwn; there was about ;35 or 20 people present , Said lwia crave them -whiskey to give ; Toler," If : he should ask for anything while on the way to town. - . . ' , i Will Stalilngs testimony was along the same line of the others, except that witness stated that he was 5 or. 1 feet from him when he fell. Witness said he saw, no weapons.-" Jor had not given Toler any whiskeys That the whiskey was' out in the woods about 150 yards. " . OUT ON $10,000 BAH. Abrkam Rnef Shown to Be a Million- . f " aire. , By Wire to The 8un.- ' San Francisco, July 10. Abraham Ruef was released from the county jail last night on bonds aggregating $1,560,- 000, the largest amount ever given in a criminal case in this state. This sum is the aggregate bail on 78 Indictments returned by the Oliver grand Jury, wliich charges Ruef with bribing the former board' of supervisors in con nection with the granting of franchises to public corporations and whereon he was taken in custody on -March 8th, 1907. . : Twenty sureties, including Ruef's father and sister and himself, signed the bonds. It developed that Ruef owned real estate In this city which he recently transferred to his father and sister, and on which a real estate expert placed a value of $1,095,556. Ruef's annual income from this prop erty was f 16,900. - His father and sis ter went his bond to the amount of $690,000. while his bond to the amount of $690,000, while other suretle.8 quali fied for 1870,000. , Ruef's next trial has been set for July 15th on tine of the Indictments charging bribery in connection with the granting of a franchise to the Uni ted Railroads. -. ; - PASTOR'S PKAIEK. AAS WIRED. Be Ha4 : AskMf ftit Resorts . Where 'i'tr By Wire to1 The Sun. Ik . J CH.. 1. i i .....I Chicago, July 10. Twelve iours af ter ne v. ueorge juawara iewis, in a public , prayer had" asked that '. the amusement resorts of Irving Park, where liquor is served might '"be burn ed to the ground,".. Excelsior Park was consumed by fire yesterday, The prayer was offered at a revival meeting of the Emmanuel Congrega tional Church, held In a tent Excel sior Park is w? thin three blocks of the improvised church, Proprietors of other parks in the neighborhood admitted last night that they are both puzzled and frightened. They also declare that they have taken precautions to protect their properties. The effect of the preacher's, words and the actual burning of one of their rivals In business have hastened a gen eral expurgation of the faults touched on by, the minister. ' A. J. Smith, proprietor of . the de stroyed place, said last night that his lbss ; would be - about $50,000. He thought that crossed electric wires was probably the cause of the fire. RABBIS OPPOSE CHILD LABOR. Central ', ;' Conference v Unanimously - Adopts Resolutions. By Wire to The Sun. . ; r Frankfor Mich, July 10 The Cen tral Conference; of , American Rabbis today . unanimously adopted a resolu tion expressing "sympathy, with all movements In state and federal legis lation that endeavor to- abolish child labor, as weitias with all movements that make for the proper development of child life through education and rec reation." ' . ' v ' - " Rabbi Samue , Schulaman,' of New York, presented the report of the com mittee on the , elaboration of a syste matic Jewish theology. :: It proposed the publication of a volume of essays on the fundamental principles of Jew ish theology. , j " i , , - i MARKET REPORT. Cottonj..- By Wire to The Sun. , - ' New York,. July 10. Cotton active prices firm, July offered 8.60. ' w S'.IMWlBM "New YorlC July 10.-r-Smel ting1 down S-4, B and O. 'and D, and H. 6-8, Copper, St Paul,. Illinois, Central, Union Pa cific, Southern Pacific. 1-4, Reading 1-8, Rock Island and Anaconda Unchanged, Great Northern one-half higher, Con solidated gas and Brooklyn Rapid tran glf 1-4 Steel unchanged. ' , , '' CAPITAL CITY NEVIS BUDGE! llew of Interest From WAKE COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY And Partook of a Barbecue at the , State Fair Ground&y-Bnd Bell and Ed Long: Sow in Pen Other Items . of Interest. j ' Special to The Sun. Raleigh, N. C, July 10. The Wake County Medical Society today held Its annual . meeting and partook of a barbecue out at the state feir grounds. The society is a thorough going work, ing body having for its purposes both the professional advancement of its members and the protection of their financial interests, in- maintaining standard fees and co-operation against those who. would unnecessarily defer the payment of 'doctor's bills." Dr. W. I. Royster is president. Bud Bell and Ed Long, two negroes were brought here today from Cary and lodged In Wake jail to await trial at the next" term of criminal cpurt on the charge of seriously cutting Pas cal Evans last Sunday; Evans and his sweetheart had been ' to church and were returning home when they .met Long and Bell who picked a quarrel with Evans and cut him in the fight that fHwedfC,'-' An oru Vor st military 9 ' -'1 '4fl&6W and R. W. - - - - BroWer of the Tlhrd Infantry, Greens borqr to proceed to Chickamauga July 13 for duties at the manouvers of the Socond infantry. There have also Just been issued commissions to JJno. A. Williams and Eugene M. Lewellyn as first and sec ond lieutenants of company E, Third Infantry, Oxford. . : "Boots" Brown, the negro captured this week in Norfolk after being -a fugitive for eight years for shooting to death in cold blood a woman in Ralelrii against ; whom he had a grudge, Is to be brought here Saturday by a Norfolk officer. The necessary re quisition has toen procured from the executive office of Governor Glenn on the governor of Virginia. When he de. livers the prisoner the Virginia, officer will receive the reward of $200 that has been outstanding for "Boots" all these years. v - . . v The general offices of the North Carolina section director of the Unit ed States weather bureau here is to be moved Into new quarters in the new $125,000 Masonltf temple within a few days from the Fisher building' which has been the tallest here for a great while'. The equipments the suit of offices and on the roof garden of the temple are being placed and will be much more complete than ever before provided for 'any office in North Caro lina by the Washington department 'A; telegram came today to Hon. J. Y. Joyner, state superintendent of public instruction, Informing him of " the death of his aunt-Mrs. F. T, Oliver, of Mt Olive. She was a widow and leaves a married daughter - And fwo sons, the latter living at Mr. Olive. The daughter is : Mrs; Norman Royal,' of Wilmington.' Mr.. Joyner- left during the afternoon for' Mt. Olive. : - Mr. Henry C. Brown, secretary to the I'Nortli Carolina "corporation com mission; has developed typhoid fever. He has been til, at his home here for ten days,- The physicians are hopeful that 1 will be only a mild case. - An amendment. tothe Charter of the Roberdel. Manufacturing Company, of Rockingham, Richmond county, is fil ed with the secretary of state increas ing tbe capital from $200,000 to $500, 000, T. C Leae being president of the corporation. , ' , -The work of receiving the reports of corporations doing business- In th$ state and assessing the capital stock ' (Continued on Page Eight.) . " WILLIAM JEINGS BRYANf NOMINATED, ... i Hammond Who Nominated Johnson Moved to Make The Nomina tion Unanimous RESOLUTIONS ARE CARRIED No nomination For Vice President as Yet Denver, July 10. As the hour ap proaches for the convention to pick the candidate for second -place from the list of forty or fifty avallables, the leehng is general that John W. Kerr, of Indiana, John Mitchell, of Illinois. Ollie James, of Kentucky, and Herman Riddar, of New York are men having the chSnce to be nominated, but noth ing definite yet and another all night 38S1C.1 may be required. Bryan would like James beet, it is believed, but sentiment is growing stronger every minute that Mitchell is needed to catch the big labor vote in the mining and manufacturing states, particularly now- as Gompers anti-la-junotion plank is in platform. . If 'New York and Tammany leader Murphy tVvlilg!ttatseikeT -tin c-nejman. ih.at v-2 ieans towara wrewn for- mer state senator of Connecticut and seems disinclined at this hour to come out for Herman Ridder, Francis Bur ton Harrison or Judge William J. Gay nor, are strongest men the Empire State has to offer.' Eastern man safe to assume, will be named in the end. There may be another battle when the convention convenes at 1 o'clock, as there are 20 to 40 candidates for second place. Judge Gray, of Delaware, ran ahead of Governor Johnson, of Minnesota, In the voting for first place and there is no question of a nomination if he will take second place. Archibald McNeill, of Connecticut is the next strongest man. : From Francis Burton Harrison, New York, the list dwindles to some one in the west. , It is conceded that the east shall have the naming of vice presi dent and New York is the logical state to get it Happenings in Denver's beautiful convention hall early this morning was not unknown to the nominee as Colonel Martin, sergeant at arms, got into com munication with Mr. Bryan by tele phone and Bryan heard the second demonstration following the presenta tion of his name by Mr. Dunn. "Oh that I could see that," he shout ed over the telephone. . " "I am a happy man tonight." That happened early In the evening. Eight hours afterwards. Bryan's third nomination was made unanimous. The convention adopted the platform in accord with Bryan's views on the financial and labor situa tions. ..- ' -' . The platform is one of the strongest items the republicans will have to deal with in this campaign. Chairman Clayton was almost voice less from his strenuous day, but car ried the seconding program through although the convention was in an uproar most of the time. y Men arose to second the nomination but the delegates would call "time" almost before they could start. Scene of discord and disorder from start to end ofj the seconding speeches Even during the presentation of the came of Judge Gray, delegates attempt ed to "dismiss the speaker by calling "time," but he persisted and compelled them to listen to his speech. ; ; -Fail-view,. July , 10. ;The ' presl-dencW-- is ' the v highest official position In tbe world - and no one occupying it can afford to have bis views upon public question biased by personal ambition. Recognizing his FIRST BALLOT responsibility to guard and his obli gatipn to his countrymen, he should enter upon the discharge of his duties with singleness of purpose believing that one can best do this when he is not planning for a second term. I an nounce now, as I have on former oc casions, that if elected, I shall not be a candidate for re-election." Then Mr. Bryan added: "This nomination is as pure a no mination from the people as was ever made. If elected by' obligation will be to the people. I appreciate the honor the more because it came not from one person or a few persons, but from the rank and file of the democratic partv acting freely and without com pulsion." Denver, July 10. William Jennings Bryan was nominated by practically a unanimous vote at 3.42 this morning, after an all night session. Hammond, who named Governor Johnson, moved to make the nomina tion unanimous, and was quickly fol lowed by other states, which had cast vctec for either Gray or Johnson. Resolutions were carried with a wild whoop . and the convention recessed until 1 o'clock today when the running mate tor Bryan will be. named. , The official: vote was: -Bryan ; 892 , 1-2; prayC? 1-2;. Johnson, ; absent, xjonver.-JWyxio-Mr. ,Hlll -name Ujark Howell at 2.25 for viee-presi-" dent , ' John Walsh names Archibald Mc Neill, of Connecticut for vice-president At 2.20 p. m. Governor Thomas, of Colorado, places in nomination for vice-president Chas. A. Towne. Thos R. Marshall at 2 p. m. places in nomination for vice-president John W. Kern, of Indianapolis. The speech of Governor Glenn, seconding the nomination of William Jennings Bryan, will be found on the seventh page. - THREE YEARS' STRIKE TO END. Benefits to Hartford Printers Will Cease Jnly ISth. Hartford, Conn., July 10. The prin ters' strike Inaugurated in the job offices in this city September 14, 1905, Is to end, word having come from the International Union that after July 18 all strike benefits will cease. For a year married men received $11 a week and single men $9. Then the benefit was cut to $9 for married men and $6 for single men. About 100 men struck on the order of the International Union and at pres ent 46 men are carried on the benefit list JUMP TO DEATH FROM FIRE. Fonr Killed In Leaping Ont of Buda pest Plant After Explosion, By Wire to The Sun. Budapest, July 10. A serious fir broke out here today, as a result of a benzine explosion on the premises of a chemical cleaning company; and the flames spread so rapidly that It Was feared that many of the 200 persons employed by the company would be burned to death, v Four persons were killed by jumping from windows. Two women were burn ed to death, making the total loss of life six. .Fourteen of the employes bus. tained serious injuries and the re mainder were rescued. Oil Tank Keeps Firemen at Bay. By Wire to The Sun. ' Winston-Salem, N. C, ' July 10. Fire at ' Enterprise destroyed 1 the frame building owned by the Junior Order United American Mechanics,' and goods belonging to X W, Zimmer man and A. R, Craster, valued at $3 600. Fear of an oil tank In the rear of : the building exploding kept "the' ' r JMt . :,.:,?fi-;,!" i ':.y".;it.''f V-f . ?..Vi.. 1 mm '.S''&'j -' ' . ' i -""." v 4 VJ?v.---
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