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' RECONSIDER Ticket Must be Entirely to His Liking v NEW TRIAL ASKED FOR PERDEE Attorney. Says He Failed to Do His Duty In Not Attacking Prosecuting w itnesses Character H. J. Stewart Asks to Make a Statement In His Own Behalf. Special to The Sun. Raleigh, N. C, July 22. There la re. newed Interest In talk here as to who the republicans will probably put In the race against Hon. W. W. Kitchin for the governorship in that It Is stated on good authority that Mr. J. Elwood Cox, of High Point, than Whom there is no more popular and successful business man In the state has intimated that he might recon sider his decision some time ago that he would under no circumstances ac cept the republican nomination. It is said now Mr. Cox has decided that he would accept the nomination pro vided the state ticket named was en tirely to his likingAlso that ha would want the republicans to declare for a non-partisan educational department, and on the ground that State Super intendent J. Y. Joyner has made such a good record and proved himself the right man tor the place to endorse him for re-election, pledging to take the department entirely out of politics in the event the republicans come In ! to 'power;;e0 . Saying that he had failed to do his duty by his client, Frank Ferdee, con victed yesterday evening of stealing hams from a Seaboard freight car last March while a car inspector In the employ of the Seaboard, Attorney Charles U. Harris appealed to Judge Neal today for a new , trial for Per dee. Mr. Harris told the court he should have attacked the character of H.'J, Harris, one of the principal pro secution witnesses and It was for this reason he deBired the new trial. He fated to the oourt.tbat he leatns now On the highest authority thfit S taw art Is now suspended from his duties as yardmaster for the Seaboard here on the charge of padded pay rolls In that It appeared that he reported numbers of men as employed in the yard when they were not, one or two of those re ported being actually dead. Further more that he forged the names of these men on the checks and cashed them for his personal. benefit v The appeal tor new trial was over. ruled but sentence of the prisoner was deferred, Judge Neal commenting that Perdee had shown a very good char - acter In spit of the circumstantial evi dence against him that had caused the Jury to convict H. J. Stewart asked to be allowed to make a statement in hla own behalf nd said that while the statement of Mr. Harris was true as so far as the charges against him were concerned It was also true that there had been - an investigation , of these charges by .the Seaboard authorities, concluded only last night In which he was ac Quitted of all blame except that of possibly being negligent In seeing that his pay rolls were properly signed, having left that largely with the chief lerk. He said also that his Informa tion was that unless there were fur ther developments - In the : charges against him he would be restored to - his work on the Seaboard yards hers. .-The Johnson Julton Co.. Walnut Cove, Stokes county, received a char- :' ter today, capital 110,000, by D. S. Watklns, J F. Fulton and others, At 8unbury today Grand Master S. H. Oattis, of the North Carolina Lodge of Masons laid the corner stone for a handsome new, public school. building ' R. H. Braliey, grand (Her, went from : here to assist The address for the ceremony was delivered by Secretary of State 3. Bryan Grimes. ' , '.July 24 anLJ5 a district associa tion of county superintendents of pub lie . ttli.ii'ln f.T this ! section ol the , state r mbrao'ng twenty counties will be In session at Cary, this county, and Stat Srtif.-rintendent J. Y. Joyner, has perfecting a program fojrihe meeting lu which a n'iniber of the best known educators of the state will partici pate. There will be- features bearing upon every phase of the work de volving cn the superintendents. The past three days the congrega tion ct the Church ot Good Shepherd here has areatly ' noyed having Rev. William "Meade Clark, rector of St. James parish and editor of the South. em . Churchman, as their guest, he having seryed a number of years as rector .here and been succeeded l8 years aga by Dr. I. McK. Plttinger, the present rectqr. Mr. Clark waa here for a Bpecial purpose of -delivering one 'of a series of addresses under the auspices of the Brotherhood of Good Shepierds Monday night.'" His theme was the ideal relation between the layman and the rector and It proved an able and Inspiring address. An order just made by Judge Wal ter Neal in Wake superior, court dis missing the receivership of the com pany Publishing the Raleigh Evening Times, the paper being restored to ,thc former management with the full consent of the creditors with Mr. Jno. C. Drew as president of the cor poration and Mr. J. V. Simms, busi ness manager. The name of the cor. poration is soon to be changed from the Press-Visitor Co. to the Raleigh Evening Times Co. Fifteen car loads of melons have been shipped from one locality along on the line of tfle Raleigh & Southport Railroad, Raleigh to Fayetteville, dur ing the past five days to markets north and east. This was from the Linden section near Fayetteville. The trucking industry is developing rapid, ly ail along the Raleigh and South port which is proving a . remarkable successful line of road, under the man agement of President Jno. A. Mills. The trustees of Wake Forest College meet in this city Thursday of this week to elect a successor to Dr. Lewis M. Gaines as a member of the medi cal faculty and It is understood that Dr. Stewart at. thin t.lm a memhpr of the faculty of the Columbian Col lege of Medicine, New York, will be the choice of the board. A jury in Wake court had heard voluminous evidence and argument of contending counsel in a hard fought case ' against Nettie barber, woman about town, charged with keeping "a disreputable house, wheavvthe Jury came into court for additional instruc tions on the point of whether the con fession of the woman mades to a po liceman before the passage" of the 190? act making "general reputation" com petent evidence, could be considered against her. The judge had told the jury they could, that the act was merely a rule of evidence and the jury through Foreman' Holding had replied the 1ury insisted on considering this point "Well," replied Judge Neal In dlgnantly,, "If that Is your view of It and you insist that you know as much on this point as the court, I had as well order a mistrial." This was done on short order and the woman held in custody for another trial Instead of going free as' she would had the jury been permitted to return its verdict ARMY BALLOONING DELAYED. Omaha Plant May Not be Ready for Use Before Spring. By Wire to The Sun. Omaha, Nebr., July 22. The gov ernment balloon experiments at Fort Omaha may be postponed until next spring. The big balloon house Is not finish ed and additional machinery for the hydrogen gas plant Is required. .. Capt C. F. Chandler, who' Is charge of the signal station, Is doing all possible to rush forward the work. On. account of the discontinuance ot the balloon practice, work at Fort Myer, Va., owing to the difficulty of procuring gas for inflation, the Oma ha plant, which" is intended to br the most perfect in the wo)rld, is greatly needed. ! , ' Lieut' F. C. Lahm, winner of the balloon race In England in 1908 expected to participate in the experi ments here. , , ' Dr. Hill Endorsed. Raleigh, N. C, July 22. At availed meeting of the Alumni Association of the A, ft M. College, Dr. D..H. Hill acting prlsedent was today unanimous ly endorsed for the position and the board of trustees at a meeting tomor row are urged to elect him. - JUDGE LAMM IS REVERSED Standard Oil Co. of In diana Gets New Trial WAS A SCATHING CRITICISM District ""Attorney Will Get a New Trial This Fall Attacks Judge for Call ing Each Count In the Indictment a Separate Offiense. By Wire to The Sun. Raleigh, N. C, July 22. Judges Grosscup, Seaman and Barker, of the United States circuit court of appeals, today reversed the . decision in the fnmmia onlf Aflrntnat Vta flranrlaril C 1 uompany oi maiana, in wnicn juage Landis fined the trust twenty-nine million dollars and remanded the case to the lowr court lor a new trial. I The decision scathingly criticises Judge Landis for calling each count in the indictment a separate offense and Imposing a fine on each. District Attorney Simms, who pro-- secuted the case, said: "We cannot ap peal, but we can get a new trial and this we will do this fall" CHARITY RACES TO COME OFF. Suffolk. Va.. July 22. The King's daughters charity narse races, against which every clergyman of Suffolk, but one, signed a protest will come off to morrow, afternoon, according to sched ule. Notwithstanding the preachers' protest was prepared Saturday and a special meeting ot the circle was call- ea lor s:4i o ciock xnis morning, to take final action, the delivery of the paper was for some reason delayed and the, daughters voted that the raves be held as announced. After adjournment, Rev. W. Mosby Seay, secretary of the ministers' meet-' ing met Mrs. M. T. Withers, president of the circle, and offered the petition. Mrs. Withers then declined to reoelve It saying it was too late and the mat ter waa closed. Three classes of trot ting races have been filled, 2:50, 2:40, and 2:30. SCHR. IS RUN DOWN president Helps to Retcue The Crew Presidential Yacht "Mayflower Buns Down Coaling Schooner Crew Tak en Aboard Yacht By Wire to The Sun. Newport, R. I., July 22. While en route from Oyster Bay to New York, where the president will meet and confer with the naval board at the war- college, the yacht Mayflower ran down and sunk a coaling schooner in the Bound. " The Mayflower crew, assisted by the president and Secretary. Loeb, rescued the crew of the wrecked vessel and took them aboard the Mayflower. BODY OF WOMAN FOUND. Discovered In a Boiler Room In Irving .Square Park. By Wire to The Sun. Brooklyn, N. Y., July 22. The body of a beautiful young woman, hand somely dressed, was found murdered today in a boiler room in Irving Square Park by the police, who have thus far, no clue to the murderer. The body and clothing bore no evi dence of a struggle and so far the de tective force at the central office ad mits itself completely baffled in an ef fort to discover the perpetrator of the qrime. i A small room on the Jlrst floor of the county court house which here to fore has been used as a wash room will be converted into a record room for the safe keeping of old documents, The wash basin has bee taken out and placed in the Jial near the door at the north entrance, of the butldhig. CLAMS THE NEW RECORD iv" F. C. Irons Won His Section of Broad lump HARRY PORTER MAKES RECORD. Better Weather, a Larger Attendance and Exciting Finishes Made Day's Sports Far and Away More Interest- ing Than Previous Performances. By Cable to The Sun. London, July 22. United States claimed new Olymplc'record when F. C. Irons won his section of the run ning broad jump, clearing 24 feet five inches or 4 inches more than Myer, of I Princeton in Olympic games and oth- era. jn lightweight wrestling, Dale of h the American team, threw Cocking 'Englishman. England is ahead in the wrestline section, The day is foggy and chilly at Shep- herds Bush, but for all that unfavor- able climate, the American team has been crawling up and opened today with score of 56 points or only 11.3 behind the English. Meivin w. bneppard, of the Irish- American Athletic Club, who took the measure of England's best distance men m tne i.buu-meter run at the Olympic games just a week ago, scored another victory today when he finished r lu-uw leau vi u.e ouu-meier event, j. W. Swayne, and his order is said Norfolk and Southern acquired an in establishing a new Olympic record of t0 haVe been carried out by Sam and terest in the property and made great 1.52 4-5 for the distance and continuing MlUnr ftatnen.' brothers. Godlin and . i : . on the half mile which he ran in 1.54 - -. I within 35 of a second of C. H. Kilpat- rlcfcs world's record made in New York In 1835. ... Anouer gold medal, went to. America American Athletic Club, captured hteh juniD bv clearine the bar at six feet three Inches and beating the Olym- pic record made by J. K, Baxter, in Paris in 1900, of six feet two and four- fifths inches. The bar was placed at three feet 5 8-4 Inches, just one-eighth of an Inch higher than the record which was made by M. F. Sweeney in New York in 1895, but it was just a shade too much for him. BISHOP POTTER DES , JKmI C.m..IL. r- kyruK.vf.u4v a umiuram mm Night All Hope for His Recovery Was Given Up Monday Night and He Gradually Sank Until the End Came. By Wire to The Sun. Cooperstown, N, Y., July 22. Bishop Henry C. Potter, who has been ill since June 27th at Fernlelgh, Mrs. Potter's home here, died last night The blshon had been doing very well tor a week past and his physicians -., wc.c 6.0., u a i am j i m... that time he has gradually failed until Ue ena came last evening. inrougnoui me mness oi me oisnop oxygen nas oeen aaminisieren occas- " greauy.iHcreaMa.. ine oonuiuun oi uie agcu umLO o a ici ico nao duwu Mini his circulation was greatly impaired. Roth his legs were affected, one of them being rendered useless, and yes terday It was necessary to resort to the use of drugs to ease the pain. All hope of his recovery was abandoned last nignt. NIGHT RIDERS AGAIN. Small Bodies sf Riders Do a Burning Stant By Wire to Th Sun. Honklnsvllle. Kr.. - July 22. Nlght riders early this morning, burned the Illinois Central depot's gracey In roiHatian emmtv. Oonelln Snrincs. Triggs county and Otter Pond, Cald- well countv. Tho road was bad and permitted detachment of soldiers to camp on right of way at Cobb, Caldwell county, mesage into Cold Water, Mich., where which found a ready market. Her far Small bodies ot riders did the burn- it leaves the state, about 5 o'clock go also consisted of fish scrap and iaa atunt' without interference." today. . ' ' ' barrels 6f fish oil. ' ,. ' , J DROWNS SELF AND CHILDREN Despondent Mother Takes Little Ones to Death In East River. By Wire to The Sun. New York, July 22. Despondent be cause of ill health and fearful of the fate which might await her two little children if they were left alone, Mrs. Gussie Benson sought peace for all three in the waters of the East river. Today-: the bodies of the mother and her, little ones lie side by side in the morgue awaiting burial. For several years Mrs. Benson had lived 'with her husband and children on a South Dakota farm, but when her heaUh falled ghe decide'd t0 return t0 her old home In this city. With her came the c,hll1dfen-a y ot 4,and a Bin m years uiu. a ue uuaugc ui diuc failed to have the hoped for effect upon her health. On Wednesday she started for a walk with the little ones and did not re turn. Today the bodies were picked up In the river. It is believed that Mrs. Benson sprang from a ferryboat with the cnlld"n- LYNCHED FOR BURNING A GIN. Negro Prophet and Two Followers Caught and Hanged. By Wire to The Sun New Orleans, July 22. Correspon dence received from Jonesvllle, La., contains particulars of the lynching of several negroes in Catahola Parish, jja, which w nieht reported Saturday Three negroes instead of two wore hanged because of incendiary preach- ing by a negro "prophet" named Albert Godim. Godlin is alleged to have called for the burning of the cotton gin of Capt. I th 0f his converts paid the penalty with their lives. MIMIC SEA WAR BEGINS. Mllltla Has Searchlight Drill After Day of Practice. By Wire to The Sun. Norfolk, Va., July 22. The naval vessels having aboard the Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, District of Columbia, and Carolina naval reserves for nautical practice and mimic war- fare, experienced a severe electrical storm last night. The torpedo flotilla under Lieut. W. G. Mitchell, which re- turnea to tne navy yara aiuraay night, rejoined the fleet last night. Today was spent In other prelim! nary practices, preparatory to a real war game drill which occurred late I tAYilffht Thoro vrlll ha nrt hnrntnir nt . , it . gun powaer in ine mimic wariare, tne I arm being to detect the "enemy" (the torpedo boat) by means of searchlight work, while the latter seek to break Into the defensive line. ROYAL PAIR HONORS BISHOPS Amerlcsns Among Prelates Received In Farewell Audience. By Cable to The Sun. London, July 22. The king and queen received more than 200 of the bishops who attended the recent Pan- Anglican Congress in a farewell au- utnn A n...i,tnL i 4li- u,c""' cul-,"',6uu' mu M- lernoon. . archblBhon of CantephllPV rfiIlI, I " by the bishops, to which the king hrradnnslv rfinllfl Th archbishoD of Canterhurv lRn pre8ented each of the bishops separ Uftiy to the king, who conversed and . fc fc - . rrtlnllv wlth tha M. hop of Missouri and many of the oth er Americans who attended BOYS MAKE FAST TIME. Beiny r,, From New York Expected I . . . . , . By Wire to The Sun. Andrlan, Mich., July 22. The Y. M. C. A. boys who are to relay Ahe mes- sage from New York to unicago ar- i nvea in Aanan irom ioibuo ai o:io ! as. .a... m.i.j -a. rt . ociock, ana an msiam lawr an Aunan boy oarted away toward Cold Wattr with the sliver tube in nis nana. un me run iroia ioibuo me poys, . .. m . m.i. j. . i i about 60 in number, who ran in half- 'time relays, averaged the miles in a minutes 2 seconds each. , Tne relay is expecicu to, Dnng me BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS Referred to S.W. Small wood of This City KINSTON LCBER CO. INSOLVENT Geo. W. Roper, President of the Com. pany, Appointed Kecelrer Total Claims N. k S. Receiver and Ellington & Guy Institute Pro ceedings. By Wire to The Sun. Raleigh, N. C, July 22. Involun tary bankruptcy proceedings were in stituted here yesterday in the United States district court against the Kins ton Lumber Company by the John L. Roper Lumber Company, Thos Fitz- gerald, Harry K. Wolcott and Hugh M. Kerr, receivers of the Norfolk and Southern Railway, and Ellington & Guy of Richmond, Va. The comrany admitted in wriUns its insolvency and willingness to be adjudged a bankrupt. Judge Purnell appointed George W. Roper, who was president of the com- pany, receiver of the property, fixing his bond at $25,000, and M,-. Roper left Immediately for Kinston to take cnarge. It wa8 stated that Mr. Roper became presldent sometime after the enons 10 exincaie me company from the embarrassment by which it was surounded when the property was turned over to his management These proved to be unsuccessful because of adverse flifanclal and market Condi. tlons. was said that the petitioning cre- ditors controlled practically all the stock and probably eighty per cent lot the company's liabilities, and that I Mr. W. W. Mills, of Kinston, general I manager, was acting with the petition- ing creditors, and that the proceed ings were of a friendly, character intended to protect ahd preserve the assets of the company. Edward R. Blair, Jr., of Norfolk, Va., who is general counsel for tho John L. Roper -Lumber Company, and the Norfolk and Southern Railway ComDanv. and lta recelverB. rrare ents the creditors and receivers and Instituted the proceedings. It was learned here this morning that the total claims of the petition and creditors amounts to $29,748.18. The whole case has been referred to Samuel W. Small wood of the Third bankruptcy division, and the papers nave becn flled wltn hIm I The case is cited to be heard before I Mr. Small wood on August 5th, In Kin- ston. TEAMS SWAP PITCHERS. I Vikna J toti n l v n num, m dvbivu, iu u, cnange ior xmeiman. By Wire to Th. Sun. i " Prultt, of the Red Sox, has been trad- ed for Jaku Thlelmnn of PlnvplaiM The swaD of Ditchers was effected af- ter the game today. President John I. Taylor wiring Lajole to send his man on ftt onft Prultt came to the Boston Ameri cans In 1906 from the St. Paul team of the American Association, where he was considered one of the best He went to St. Paul from the Texas League. Thielman is regarded as a good, steady twlrler, and is also a player who can hit some. He Is ex pected in town Thursday. Prultt will probably join Cleveland when the team gets back home. Thlel- man has won four games and lost r I - .... mree, wnue fruitt nas won two and lost eignt Taylor is scouring all over the country for pitching material and adding to his staff as rapidly as possL Die 51 The gas boat Carl T. came in this morning from Bogue Sound with sev- terai nunarea nne sound watermelons
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